May Meeting on.... Modesty!

OK, be honest! What do think about when you hear the word modesty?
-out of style, dumpy, nerdy, unattractive, old-fashioned, boring, legalistic, ugly, baggy clothing, long skirts? Maybe modesty is a word you don’t really want to think about. It may not have occurred to you that God has something to say about the clothes you wear! 

1 Timothy 2:9, adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control
1 Peter 3:3-4, addresses how external looks are not as important as internal character
1 Corinthians 10:31, addresses how, for the Christian, whatever we do is to be done for God’s glory. 
Your clothing and appearance reveal a lot about your values, character, and beliefs.

1 Timothy 2:3-6 tell us God desires all to be saved - this is mentioned before v.9. The gospel message is the motivation for modest dress. If we love Jesus, we wouldn’t want to distract from or reflect poorly upon the gospel. Let there be no contradiction between the gospel message and the clothes you wear!

Modesty is humility expressed in dress, a desire to serve others, neither promoting nor provoking sensuality or lust. Modesty, quite simply, is daring to live a life submitted to God. It is choosing to live outside of the norm. Modesty--“Propriety: The avoidance of clothing and adornment that is extravagant, showy, and sexually enticing.”
~you’ve given your life to Jesus! Be thankful He’s made you a woman and look like one!~
A girl can be covered from head to toe and still be dressed immodestly. Realize that there's a difference between dressing attractively and dressing to attract. Let’s walk among guys in a manner that seeks to protect them from temptation. Let’s serve our brothers through modest clothing.

What needs to change in MY wardrobe to reflect humility and self-control, so that I can better reflect the transforming power of Christ? Seek to shop for the glory of God!

Important thoughts: it's easy to turn a tool like this into a list of rules or to sinfully judge others who don’t agree, but we are not to impose personal preferences on others. Even if they aren’t like you, you should still be kind and genuinely interested in others. Make everyone feel welcome! Recognize everyone. Care about your heart.

Do all to the glory of God, for God, out of your love for God!

Romans 12:1-2, I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].