“Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep

buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and

stop enjoying yourself.”

“I love new clothes. If everyone could just

wear new clothes everyday, I reckon

depression wouldn’t exist anymore.”

- Sophie Kinsella

Clothing Accumulation Quiz:How many clothing items do you own?

Jen’s 7 Clothing Items:

1 pair of jeans 1 pair of Capri pants 1 dress shirt 1 long-sleeve shirt 2 short-sleeve shirts * 2 types of shoes * Not including undergarments!

Pastor Josh’s“Workers”- 46 Slaves

“I don’t want to wear

someone else’s

despair.”

- Ashley Judd

Isaiah3: 16 – 4:1

A Warning from God about the temptation

of basing our life around appearance.

Matthew6: 25-33

Jesus urges us to not stress out and fixate

on clothing and other earthly concerns.

James2: 1-9

The Church must always be on guard against favoritism

towards appearance.

John Eldredge’s2 Deep Questions

For Men:“Do I have what it takes?”

For Women:“Do you see me, and

are you captivated by what you see?”

Too often, we can base our worth on our

external appearance and how we feel others see us.

This is a never-ending quest that will end in

disappointment and frustration.

1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel,

“Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.

The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.

Man looks at the outward appearance, but

the LORD looks at the heart.”

Isaiah 53: 2-32 … “He had no beauty or

majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

3 He was despised and rejected by men…

and we esteemed him not.”

Isaiah 58:8“Is [true fasting] not to share

your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked,

to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”

Luke10: 30-35

Clothing Redeemed:

“Parable of the Good Samaritan”