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Month: February 2022

  • Image and Identity / 4 – Am I What Has Happened To Me?

    The way we view ourselves and the way others view us have profound impacts on our sense of identity. In our series looking at Image and Identity, we are looking this week at the influence our past experiences have on our identity. Am I what has happened to me? Am I defined by my past? As we look at these questions, we examine the life of Joseph; and we see how he is transformed in life, not just by circumstances but by the power of God. Genesis 37:2-8; 18-30 Genesis 39 Quotes: “You can't always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response. Your options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better.” Tony Dungy, Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow Streatham Vale Baptist Church on Social Media: www.facebook.com/groups/streathamvalebc/ @streatham_vale_baptist_church on Instagram @Rev_AlexFisher to follow Pastor Alex on Twitter Email Pastor Alex at minister.alex@outlook.com If this topic causes you any distress or you need to talk, please contact me, I am always happy to talk.

  • Image and Identity / 3 – Am I Who I Know?

    The way we view ourselves and the way others view us have profound impacts on our sense of identity. In our series looking at Image and Identity, we are looking this week at the influence other people have on our identity? Do we get our identity by seeing the way we are reflected in the eyes of others? Whose voice do we listen to? Who speaks the truth about who we are? Proverbs 3:1-12 Proverbs 27:17 Proverbs 22:24-25 Proverbs 19:20 Quotes: “we can know ourselves only as reflected in the eyes of others. Consequently, our basic endowment of self-appreciation is largely the gift of our parents.” John Powell SJ, The Secret of Staying in Love, (Texas: Tabor Publications, 1974), p.26 “The first three or four years of life are a period when the toddle’s brain grows to about two thirds its full size….complexity at a greater rate than it ever will again.” Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, (New York: Bantam Books, 1995), p.195 “I surrendered myself to the cages of others' expectations, cultural mandates and institutional allegiances. Until I buried who I was in order to become what I should be. I lost myself when I learned how to please.” Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life “The hardest question we have to ask ourselves in this life is, "Who am I?" Ideally, we answer it for ourselves, but be warned that others will strive to do it for you- so don't let them.” Karma Brown, Recipe for the Perfect Wife Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow Streatham Vale Baptist Church on Social Media: www.facebook.com/groups/streathamvalebc/ @streatham_vale_baptist_church on Instagram @Rev_AlexFisher to follow Pastor Alex on Twitter Email Pastor Alex at minister.alex@outlook.com If this topic causes you any distress or you need to talk, please contact me, I am always happy to talk.

  • Image and Identity / 2 – Who Am I?

    The way we view ourselves and the way others view us have profound impacts on our sense of identity. In our series looking at Image and Identity, we are looking this week at how we know who we are? What is it that gives us our identity? Where do we get our identity from? Psalm 139 Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow Streatham Vale Baptist Church on Social Media: www.facebook.com/groups/streathamvalebc/ @streatham_vale_baptist_church on Instagram @Rev_AlexFisher to follow Pastor Alex on Twitter Email Pastor Alex at minister.alex@outlook.com If this topic causes you any distress or you need to talk, please contact me, I am always happy to talk.

  • Image and Identity / 1 – Perception

    The way we view ourselves and the way others view us have profound impacts on our sense of identity. Join us as we begin our series in February, looking at image and identity. This week we will look a little into the differences in the way the world looks at people and the way God looks at people. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1 Peter 3:3-4 Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow Streatham Vale Baptist Church on Social Media: www.facebook.com/groups/streathamvalebc/ @streatham_vale_baptist_church on Instagram @Rev_AlexFisher to follow Pastor Alex on Twitter Email Pastor Alex at minister.alex@outlook.com If this topic causes you any distress or you need to talk, please contact me, I am always happy to talk.