II COR.

9:15 NIV

THANKS BE TO GOD FOR HIS

INDESCRIBABLE GIFT!
BIRTH·DAY
/ˈBƏRTHˌDĀ/
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY ON WHICH A
PERSON WAS BORN, TYPICALLY TREATED AS AN
OCCASION FOR CELEBRATION AND THE GIVING
OF GIFTS.
WHY PEOPLE CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS?
THE IDEA OF CELEBRATING THE DATE OF YOUR BIRTH IS A PAGAN
TRADITION. IN FACT, MANY CHRISTIANS DIDN’T CELEBRATE
BIRTHDAYS HISTORICALLY, BECAUSE OF THAT LINK TO PAGANISM.
PAGANS THOUGHT THAT EVIL SPIRITS LURKED ON DAYS OF MAJOR
CHANGES, LIKE THE DAY YOU TURN A YEAR OLDER.
BIRTHDAY ACCOUNTS IN THE BIBLE
1. PHARAOH’S BIRTHDAY (GEN. 40:20-23
2. HEROD’S BIRTHDAY (MATTHEW 14:6-12)
3. JOB’S OLDEST SON (JOB 1)
I COR. 10:31

WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT, OR DRINK, OR

WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
TOP 9 MUST DO ON YOUR BIRTHDAY
• FLY SOMEWHERE FAR FAR AWAY. THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THAN
YOUR BIRTHDAY TO DO SOME TRAVELING. ...
• PLAN A DAY PARTY IN A PARK. ...
• GO TO THE BEACH. ...
• HAVE A BONFIRE. ...
• GO ON A CAMPING TRIP. ...
• VISIT FAMILY WHO LIVE IN A DIFFERENT STATE. ...
• PLAN A DAY ADVENTURE TO EXPLORE A NEARBY CITY WITH YOUR BEST FRIENDS. ...
• GO TO A MUSIC FESTIVAL.
• 9. GO TO A MUSEUM/AQUARIUM/ZOO/THEME PARK/SPORTING EVENT
“SELF-CENTEREDNESS”

•BIRTHDAYS SHOULD NOT BE A

“SELF-CENTERED” BUT RATHER A
“GOD-CENTERED” CELEBRATION.
•MUST NOT PROMOTE THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED
SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, WHEN IN FACT LIFE IS A GIFT FROM
GOD.
•MAN MADE NO EFFORT IN HIS CREATION.

•GENESIS 2:7
AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE
GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE;
AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL.
GIFT-GIVING
•GIFT-GIVING IS USUALLY A CENTRAL PART OF THE CELEBRATION.
GUEST GIVE GIFTS TO CREATION INSTEAD OF THE CREATOR.
•SPIRITUAL GIFTS SUCH AS PRAISE AND THANKFULNESS SHOULD
GO TO GOD FOR ALL HIS WONDERFUL CREATIONS, AS WELL AS FOR
THE MANY GIFTS HE GIVES.
•SATAN USES THIS COMMON PRACTICE TO DE-
EMPHASIZE GOD’S GREATNESS AND
WORTHINESS.
WRONG ATTITUDES/MOTIVES
•GAL. 6:3
FOR IF A MAN THINK HIMSELF TO BE SOMETHING, WHEN HE IS
NOTHING, HE DECEIVETH HIMSELF.
•“DECIEVES” IN GREEK - PHRENAPATEO MEANING “MISLEAD”
•MUST NOT ENCOURAGE SELF-EXALTATION OR PRIDE
•MATT. 23:12
AND WHOSOEVER SHALL EXALT HIMSELF SHALL BE
ABASED; AND HE THAT SHALL HUMBLE HIMSELF SHALL BE
EXALTED.
•SATAN USES PRIDE TO COMBAT HUMILITY BECAUSE HE
KNOWS THAT PRIDE AND HUMILITY CANNOT CO-EXIST.
PRIDE REPLACES HUMILITY UNLESS WE ACTIVELY FIGHT
AGAINST IT.
ROMANS 12:3
FOR I SAY, THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME, TO EVERY
MAN THAT IS AMONG YOU, NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE
HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK; BUT TO THINK SOBERLY,
ACCORDING AS GOD HATH DEALT TO EVERY MAN THE
MEASURE OF FAITH.
A TRUE CHRISTIAN IS GOD-CENTERED
RATHER THAN SELF-CENTERED AND
GIVES HONOR TO GOD RATHER THAN
HIMSELF.
ENCOURAGEMENT
• GOD-CENTEREDNESS RESULTS A THANKFUL HEART
• BIRTHDAYS ARE DEPENDENT ON INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDE AND MOTIVE
• BIRTHDAY IS ONE OF BLESSING, JOY, PEACE, AND LOVE THAT SATISFIES THE
SOUL. ANOTHER YEAR OLDER IS ALSO ANOTHER YEAR OF LEARNING TO PRAY,
TO LOVE, AND TO FEEL GOD'S GRACE.
• LET OUR BIRTHDAYS GLORIFY GOD NOT OURSELVES, NOT ONLY ON
BIRTHDAYS BUT EVEN EVERYDAY.