Self-Worth

 
There are moments in everyone’s life that we feel as if we don’t matter. And question why you were born. Admit it, we have all felt that. Well, in the Bible God reveals your worth, and proves how much He loves us, and how valuable our lives are to Him. He had sacrificed His only begotten son to die on the cross for us, for our well being of OUR soul. What Father would give His only son in exchange to save ours? God! Jesus knew His birth and Ministry were in His father’s will, and had respected that. He had also loved us, and knew the pains He was to suffer for us. Where we feel those moments of despair, loneliness, and desperation of our well being, just remember who is there waiting, and wants you to know that you are worth more than you think!

 

 

 

Do you know you’re no mistake?

God knew you before your birth!

In your mother’s womb He wove together
all your parts and gave you worth.

 

Do you know God knows your days?
Each one He fashioned; each decreed
and written in His book
before they came to be.

 

Do you know God loves you
with an everlasting love?
Do you know He draws you
with loving kindness from above?

 

Do you know God will not leave you
to sail stormy seas alone?
Do you know God’s plans succeed
wherever you might roam?

 

Do you know He carries you …
bears with… delivers too?
From womb to grey hairs, He is God:
His word to you is true!

Do you know – really know -
this God who loves you so?

Psalms 139:7-10

“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.”

Psalms 139:13

“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.”

**God’s character goes into the creation of every person. When you feel worthless or even begin to hate yourself, remember that God’s spirit is ready and willing to work within you. God thinks of you constantly. We should have as much respect for ourselves as our Maker has for us. **

Psalms 139:15-16

“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”

Romans 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

He is Waiting, But will you walk away.....

He has held our pieces in his hands

and took the pains and sorrows for every man

We didn't ask him to, nor did we know

all the love that he bestowed

His love is pure, his love that heals, how can we know the pain he feels

He's proved by bruises, and torn with scars

He'd give his life, time again in reward for ours

Where we are slaves trapped in captivity

He holds the key that will set us free

Our chains have fallen, and we're no longer bound

to a life or chaos, and a place so profound

 He's standing there, his arms are open, here to stay

Will we forsake all, and follow him, or will we hold the chains and turn away....

 

Romans 6:22-23

"But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

 

** You are free to choose between two masters, but you are not free to adjust the consequences of your choice. Each of the two masters pays with his own kind of currency. The currency of sin is death. That is all you can expect or hope for in life without God. Christ's currency is eternal life--new life with God that begins on earth and continues forever with God. What choice have you made? Jesus says we can have only one master. We live in a materialistic society where many people serve money. They spend all their lives collecting and storing it, only to die and leave it behind. Their desire for money and what it can buy far outweighs their commitment to God and spiritual matters. What ever you store up, you will spend much of your time and energy thinking about. **

 

((The truth shall set you free))

John 8:31-32

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

 

**Jesus Himself is the truth that makes us free. He is the source of truth, the perfect standard of what is right. He frees us from the consequences of sin, from self-deception, and from deception by Satan. He shows us clearly the way to eternal life with God. Thus Jesus does not give us freedom to do what we want, but freedom to follow God. As we seek to serve God, Jesus' perfect truth frees us to be all that God meant us to be. **

 

1 Corinthians 4:3-6

"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servant for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

**The good news is open and revealed to everyone, except to those who refuse to believe. Satan is  the god of this world'. His work is to deceive, and he has blinded those who don't believe in Christ. Those who refuse Christ, preferring their own pursuits, have unknowingly made Satan their god. **

 

 

 



Our Own Worst Enemy

At times we are our own worst enemy. You know why I say this? Because in life things don’t go our way, and instead of getting back up and trying again, we get discouraged, and the thought of failure resides in the back of our minds, and every time we make a mistake down the road, we resort back to the thought of failure again. We need to re-program our minds. Where instead of “I Can’t”, We say “I Can”. And Instead of saying, “I am weak” say “I am strong”. Now this is impossible to do on our own, but it is done completely through Jesus Christ. He provides the real strength and encourages us to keep the good fight of faith…

 1 Timothy 6:12
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”
There is hope knowing that even going through the struggles and battles of this wicked world, and against our enemy (devil), we can make it in the end as long as we have Jesus guiding our path. Don’t let the enemy receive their strength by you doubting yourself, and putting yourself down. You don’t want another enemy on your list (you). When fighting this battle with God, who can possibly fight against us and win. No one. We are winners through Jesus Christ.

 Psalms 27:1
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Psalms 23:4
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Jesus’ disciples had to have inspiration and motivation to make it in this wicked world. Jesus told them of persecution and trials ahead, that they will face. Rejection and grief from others. But He gives encouragement to say that through Him He is the ‘way, the Truth, and the Life’, and that He will provide the comforter (Holy Ghost) that will guide us, and instruct us wherever we go.
John 14:6
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
John 14:13
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
Where do we have room to say that we can’t do anything, where Jesus gives us the power to ask anything in His name and that we can receive it from Him. No self help book, nor so called life coaches can give you a strong foundation like Jesus gives to his followers. It doesn’t come close… Where they give empty words and fill their pockets for profit, Jesus gives solid instructions that no one can put a price on. It just involves our participation, it involves our soul for eternal life.

John 14:16-18
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”
And here is a famous scripture that proves of our worth and strength with Jesus. Reminding ourselves that we CAN do it, and that we are NOT failures. Jesus helps us through His word, to remind us of what we can do, and how he can help us achieve the obstacles in life.
Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
*Paul was content because he could see life from God’s point of view. He focused on what he was supposed to do, not what he felt he should have. He had his priorities straight and was grateful for everything God had given him. Paul struggles in his life, and he had overcome them, and in his obstacles, he sought strength from Jesus, because he knew without him, he couldn’t make it on his own. Just like many, Paul could have in any moment said, “I give up”, “I Can’t do it”, “This is too much”. But he didn’t, he went to Jesus, and had placed his troubles on him for help, we can do the same, it’s that simple. *
2 Corinthians 11:24-29
“Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice suffered I shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeying often, in perils of water, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I burn not?”