Backwards
The Principle of Vulnerability
Jeremy Johnson
Part of Backwards

Our natural tendency is to

an .

God invites us to

our .

Philippians 2:5-8 (NIV) In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!

Disappointment - when

isn’t enough

Rejection - when

isn’t enough

Intimacy - “into

, see”

Vulnerability - having the

to show your .

God cannot

what I will not .

If I live for others’

, I’ll die from others’ .

Matthew 3:16-17 (The Voice) Jesus emerged from His baptism; and at that moment heaven was opened, and Jesus saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him, alighting on His very body.
Voice from Heaven: This is My Son, whom I love; this is the Apple of My eye; with Him I am well pleased.

It’s hard to be confident

if I’m not confident in .

God’s commitment is that we can be fully

, and never .

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