What are you telling yourself about yourself?

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself”

Our Bible verse for today: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT)

Our thought for today: “What are you telling yourself about yourself?”

This morning, I want to continue our thinking from yesterday regarding the fact that the most important conversation you have is the one you have with yourself about yourself. The storyline in your head, the one you repeat over-and-over again about yourself, becomes what you believe to be true about yourself. And for many of us, that’s not a pretty picture. We are our own harshest critics.

But the actual truth about you is not revealed by what you think about yourself, it is revealed by what God thinks of you. And the fact is, that God loves you. He really, really loves you. Even more than that, He likes you too.

Jeremiah 31:3 is an important verse of Scripture that was spoken originally to the people of Israel but it applies equally to us. You are deeply loved by God and it is essential to remember that. But is that the refrain playing in your head, “I am loved by God, I am loved by God, I am loved by God …”? Do you believe that you are so special in God’s eyes that His heart is warmed by the thought of you? Many people struggle with that truth.

Good self-care, self-care that enhances our emotional health, involves rehearsing over-and-over again the important positive affirmations of what God says is true about us. This is critically important because a poor self-image is very destructive.

Psalm 139:13-16 says that God lovingly knit you together in your mother’s womb. Romans 8:1 says that there is no condemnation for you because you are “in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 says that God sees you as a new creation. Ephesians 2:10 in the NLT says that you are God’s masterpiece.1 John 3:1 says that God loves you so much that He calls you His child. Psalm 139:17 says that God’s thoughts about you are precious and beyond number. 1 Peter 2:9 says that you are part of His royal priesthood. John 14:1-3 says that Jesus is preparing a special place in heaven just for you. And that is just a small sampling of the verses and passages which assure you of what a special person you are to God.

So, which storyline about yourself are you going to believe, the distorted one you are telling yourself or the one God is telling you through the Bible? I encourage you to read all the positive things God has said about you in the Bible and make that the story you tell yourself about yourself.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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