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Are there lies in your life that need to be erased by telling yourself the truth?

It was not self-esteem that I needed but rather Christ-Esteem.  I realized that all of the negative assurances that I had been given about me, all of the negative ways I thought about myself needed to be considered both in the light of God’s Words and with obvious facts and then erased by telling myself the truth, And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)  To be able to love myself so that I could love others I needed to truthfully see that God perfectly created me, see all the positive attributes that God created in me because of all the circumstances of my life, and see all of the scriptures as true for me.  This sat me free to believe that all of the steps in my life were filtered through God’s fingers of love to create in me strengths, abilities, character, talents, and other positive qualities that enable me to be a vessel fit for the  Master’s use.

From those life-changing sessions at the library came many notebooks filled with hand copied text from many books; truths that God used to change my thinking so that He could change my responses and actions.  I sought answers because I wanted to be different ... I was tired of hating myself and berating myself constantly. I am going to quote many of the passages that God used to renew my mind as I asked Him to teach me and change me.  If you have areas in your life that need an application of truth, I hope the following will speak to your heart.

Self-worth does not depend on other’s opinion but upon God’s declaration. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (I Corinthians 3:16) We are God’s temples on earth ... living epistles.  A most godly thing you can do is to have respect for yourself.

Many people have told me that they think having self-worth is cloaked vanity or pride and arrogance.  It is not vanity to stand before God with a humble heart knowing we are nothing in ourselves but everything IN HIM.  It is not vanity to read and believe multiplied scriptures that teach us our standing IN God as His children and heirs and joint-heirs with Christ.  God also commands us to love ourselves in a proper way seeing ourselves IN the Beloved so that we can love others.

Vanity is NOT accompanied by contentment and peace.  You can recognize your own godly motives by the contentment and peace that surround them.  You won’t be living in strife if your motives are godly. But godliness with contentment is great gain ... (1 Timothy 6:6)

Loving yourself is seen in your self-respect, your wisdom and your integrity.  You see the nobleness of humility.  You love and respect yourself because you belong to the Lord Jesus.  Your life is His and the Holy Spirit lives in the temple of your being.  The Lord has wonderfully created you and designed you, as He has those around you.  You love yourself therefore you can love others.

Next to this paragraph in the margin of my notebook is written A life long turning point.  Truly it was for me. I chose to put away thinking I was a mistake a freak of nature.  I chose to put away thinking that I was unable to do anything well.  I chose to put away my belief that everybody was better and smarter than me.  I chose to believe that God created me perfectly and ordered my steps in life according to His perfect will. It was with the realization that the Lord had wonderfully created me and designed me that I chose to see myself as a Princess ... a daughter of the King of King’s.  With this change in thinking, and my daily walking in the truth of that thinking, that God was able to do a lot of re-construction work on Sharon’s mind and heart.

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