Speak What God Says About You
Loving Yourself to Life involves knowing and BELIEVING what the Father thinks and desires for you. His thoughts are good towards you and not evil. Whenever you find yourself entertaining a negative thought seed placed in your mind, you have to combat it by speaking positive affirmations about yourself.
I am a firm believer of Proverbs 18:21– “The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.” Instead of negative self-talk, speak care and compassion, empowerment and motivation, and power and strength. More importantly, speak what God says about you. I like to speak God’s Word over me in first person.
- I am the head (leader) and not the tail (follower). I am above and not beneath. Deuteronomy 28:13
- I have God’s peace, and it surpasses all understanding. Philippians 4:7
- I am more than a conqueror. Romans 8:37
- I am holy and unblemished in God’s sight. Ephesians 1:4
- My needs are met. Philippians 4:19
- I can do all things through Christ because He gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
- Although I have sinned, I have been forgiven and washed by Christ’s blood. Ephesians 1:7
- I have a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
The Word is filled with scriptures that describe who we are in Christ. We have to make sure to access His Word on a daily basis and study who God says we are in order to combat the negative thoughts that Satan consistently tries to plant in our minds.
What are some negative thoughts that you are plagued with concerning your self-image (inner and outer)? Beside each of the negative thoughts, write down a scripture that is the complete opposite of the negative thought. The scriptures you find are promised to you if you embrace the promises and follow the commands of God. Receive love from Father to truly Love Yourself to Life!
Excerpt from “Love Yourself to Life” Author: Dr. Monica Debro
Embracing the Essence to Love Yourself to Life
The basis of Love Yourself to Life indicates that we are going to do everything possible to live a fulfilled life without fear, blame, comparing, judging, or allowing others to minimize our God-given Promises.
Love Yourself to Life embraces:
- Spending quality time with God
- Knowing who you are and not allowing others to minimize you
- Finding something every day to motivate you and guide you towards your purpose–not just any purpose (I’m talking about your very own God given purpose. We’ll talk about purpose again in another chapter.)
- Identifying the greatness inside of you
- Being aware of your surroundings/environment
- Not comparing yourself to others
- Not minimizing who you are because of someone else’s insecurities
- Realizing that your past cannot be changed and not allowing the past to interfere with your present and future
- Knowing that you are worthy of God’s perfect love
- Identifying true love and knowing that it does not involve physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, or financial abuse
- Knowing, Accepting, and Valuing your self-worth
When you love yourself to life, you have a true confidence in who you are and how you should live in this world. You won’t be conformed to the patterns of the world or to what society says you should or should not be. You won’t give so much attention to what’s happening with others around you. You won’t minimize your hopes and dreams to make others feel comfortable.
Excerpt from “Love Yourself to Life” Author: Dr. Monica Debro
Healing in an Action Word
Healing in a Action Word! We want God to heal us and must accept that it takes work to receive the healing. Often times people dread the time it takes to heal. We shouldn’t go to bed thinking about the pain, whether it is mental, physical, emotional, financial, or spiritual. We definitely should wake up thinking about pain. Instead, we should wake up rejoicing and thanking God for the healing process. There may be times when we are healing from one thing and we are faced with something else to deal with and suddenly feel the pain starting all over again. I encourage you to keep your faith in God because through everything that you’re experiencing, He is growing you in different areas of your life. It doesn’t feel good when you are in the midst of a storm and you may want to give up on “whatever” is causing you to struggle. Don’t lose heart because a brighter day is coming. [Read more…]
Staying Committed to Your Purpose
I understand that sometimes it may get difficult to stay committed to our purpose. Whenever we are doing something to benefit others, we will always run into resistance because we are doing the work of God. Because Satan does not want to see us succeed, it takes diligent effort to keep from becoming frustrated in our purpose.
In the midst of us living out our purpose, Satan always has a way of causing frustration, confusion, disappointment, hindrances, and setbacks. Do you see how these words have a negative connotation? That’s Satan doing his job of stealing, killing, and destroying (John 10:10) what we’re purposed to do. Satan’s purpose is to kill, steal, and destroy our purpose, walk with God, and relationships, everything God has planned for us. Satan has no intention of allowing us to succeed without him planting doubt, fear, and hindrances into our journey. God wants us to focus on His will, His way, and His Word to receive the benefits of maneuvering through Satan’s schemes. God desire is to give us an abundant life (John 10:10b). He wants to see us have fulfilled lives, filled with His glory. Each one of us has a specific purpose we are to complete in this one life we are given.
3 things to remember:
* God’s purpose for your life;
* Your vision; and
* Your heart’s desires. [Read more…]