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A complete knowing of our self in relation to God includes knowing 1) Our self as deeply loved, 2) our self as a deeply sinful, 3) and our self as in a process of being redeemed and restored. Facing these deep truths about ourselves, makes it possible for us to accept and know ourselves, as we are accepted and known by God.

If all I do is focus on avoiding sin, sin management becomes avoiding sin and strategies to deal with guilt which proved to be unsuccessful. Spiritual transformation is more looking at the behavior of the heart.

To see God, as God is, not as who we want God to be, requires that we see ourselves as we actually are

What is the first thing I think of when I think of God?
What is the first thing I think of when I think of myself?
What is the first thing I think of when I think of myself in God?
What does God see when God looks at me?