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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call To Authenticity</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John 21:18-25</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
  style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Integrity</span></b><b><span
 style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Church</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>  Todd
Felkel  6.12.11</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comparing Yourself To
Others Causes Problems</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. 
You <u>ignore</u> God’s goodness in your own life.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. 
You <u>resent</u> God’s goodness in other’s lives.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. 
It is relationally <u>unattractive</u>.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. 
Struggle with <u>insecurities</u>.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5. 
Suffer from stress and burnout from the need to <u>perform.</u></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6. 
Life becomes <u>painful</u>.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7. 
Ultimately, you miss God’s unique <u>purpose</u> for your life.</span></p>

<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-style:normal'>Proverbs 14:30</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>  A heart at peace gives life to the body,
but envy rots the bones.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Who
do you compare yourself to?  _____________________</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How To Be Free To Be
Me</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. 
Resist comparing yourself to others</span></b></p>

<h5><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:
normal'>2 Corinthians 10:12</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>  We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves…</span></h5>

<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-style:normal'>Galatians 6:4</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>  <span class=apple-style-span><span
style='color:black'>Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will
get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself
to anyone else.</span></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. 
Realize You Are <u>Accepted</u> By The One Who Matters Most.</span></b></p>

<h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>1 Corinthians 6:19-20  <i>Don’t you realize that your body
is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?
You do not belong to yourself,<span class=apple-converted-space><span
style='color:black'>&nbsp;</span></span>for God bought you with a high price.
So you must honor God with your body.</i></span></h3>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. 
Recognize Your Own <u>Uniquness</u>.</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Psalm
139:13-18  <i>You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me
together in my mother’s womb.  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! 
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.  You watched me as I was
being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the
womb.  You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your
book.  Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.  <span
style='color:black'>How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.  They
cannot be numbered!  I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of
sand!  And when I wake up, you are still with me!</span></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. 
Refocus On Living For The Audience of <u>One.</u></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
21:21-22  <i>Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”  Jesus replied,<span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;</span></span>“If I
want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? As for you,
follow me.”</i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How
to Follow Jesus?  <u>One step at a time!</u></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NextSteps @ Integrity</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What is your next
step closer to God?</span></b></p>

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