My Confession...

I am alert and active, watching over my word to perform it.  Jeremiah 1:12

One of the most powerful things we can do as believers is to confess God's Word.  His Word is truth, and when He hears us speaking His truth and living our lives according to it, great things happen.  I encourage all of you to confess the Bible-based truths below repeatedly, so they can become part of the foundation of a strong self-image in your life.

1.  I know God created me, and He loves me.

2.  I have faults and weaknesses, and I want to change.  I beleive God is changing me little by little, day by    day.  While He is doing so, I can still enjoy myself and my life.

3.  Everyone has faults, so I am not a complete failure just because I am not perfect.

4.  I am going to work with God to overcome my weaknesses, but I realize that I will always have soemthing to deal with;  therefore I will not become discouraged when God convicts me of areas that need improvement.

5.  I want to make people happy and have them like me, but my sense of worth does not depend on what other think of me.  Jesus has already affirmed my value by His willingness to die for me

No matter how often I fail, I will not give up, because God is with me to strengthen and sustain me.  He has promised to never leave me or forsake me.  I like myself.  I don't like everything I do, and I want to change but I refuse to reject myself.  I am right with God through Jesus Christ.  God has a good plan for my life.  I am going to fulfill my destiny and be all I can be for His glory.  I have God-given gifts and talents, and I intend to use them to help others.  I am nothing, and yet I am everything!  In myself I am nothing, and yet in Jesus I am everything I need to be!  I can do all things I need to do, everything God calls me to do through His Son Jesus Christ.

I am who He says I am......Not who everyone, including myself thinks that I am!!

True Forgiveness

I discovered something very powerful this past weekend about the power of forgiveness. All my life I have been willing to forgive, or so I thought, and to forget instances where I had felt that I had been wronged. I felt in my heart and in my soul that I truly did forgive people who had hurt me and was a bit arrogant that it seemed to have come so easily for me. Since I have been forgiven of much, why not forgive others. I watched unforgiveness rip apart the lives of other people around me and decided that I wouldn't allow that to happen to me because after all my unforgiveness would only hurt ME in the long run. What about those who have hurt us? They know that they have wronged us in some way....what feelings do they have...how do they react if they pass us in the grocery store or when we see them at the doctors office? What do they feel inside their hearts? This never concerned me before until now. My vision was clouded by the thought that they went along living normal lives not caring whether or not they hurt me or not. This is true for some, but not for most! We all want love and harmony. No one wants discord and bitterness or wrath. To let someone who has wronged you know that you forgive them and love them no matter what they may have done allows "them" to be free from the weight of unforgiveness and not only us. After all this walk in life is not about us! ME ME ME ME!! It's about us connecting to and being transformed in our hearts, minds, & bodies. To hear the words, "Thank you for forgiving me," and seeing their heads rise and the smile on their face is one of the greatest rewards for us as children of the Most High God. #justathought