Bryan Jarrett

Last year while in prayer, I sensed the Lord asking me to lead our church into a year where we would commit to: Giving Honor and Adding Value: To Everybody, Everywhere, All the Time.

The foundational piece of being able to live this way is understanding this fundamental biblical truth: Identity and Honor are inseparable. Every human being is an Image-Bearer. We don’t just bare the fingerprints of God. We have literally been created in the Image of God.

Understanding the “Image of God” on you, and on others, impacts the way you show and experience Honor. When you truly live as if every human being is an Image Bearer, it will impact the way you relate to God, to yourself, and to everybody else.

When you intentionally dishonor another person, in essence, you are disparaging the God in Whose image they have been made.

Human life is holy and sacred. And because all people matter to God, ALL people should be valued by us.

The only public I really care about “hearing” me is my Northplace family. Northplace, don’t get caught up in the fray of devaluing and dishonoring or defending those who do.

Because “the love of Christ compels us” (2 Corinthians 5:14), we WILL Give Honor and Add Value, to Everybody, Everywhere, All the Time.

In a church comprised of people from over 100 nations of the world made up of almost every ethnicity and color on the planet, remember the words of Paul: “One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” (Ephesians 4:5-6)

We are one family in Christ Jesus. And to every person of color, to every immigrant family in our church, I see you, I love you and I’m honored you are on this journey with me as spiritual family.

PS. My profile is a rarely used place for me to share my heart and thoughts with the people I pastor. If you want to argue or spread dishonor in any way, your comments will deleted and/or blocked. Take it somewhere else. Or better yet, check your heart.

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