No more fear. No more insecurity. No more lies. You have a new identity!
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Depression and fear are NOT a part of God’s plan for His children. Fear is a spirit, and the Word says,
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind.”
The original Greek meaning for the word "sound" is the word “sozo.” Sozo in Greek means wholeness, healing, deliverance, and salvation. This is the same word used in John 3:17, where Jesus said He came that the world might be saved. Jesus came not just to save you from sin, but to heal you from its effects upon your life. His death means you can now think and live in the light of His love! No more fear. No more insecurity. No more lies. You have a new identity!
You can now be confident no matter what you have done, because Jesus has made you pure through His blood on the cross. He has covered you with His radical, unending, beautiful love. His love has made you beautiful! So yield to Him all the contents of your heart. Offer up to Him your hurts, your past mistakes, your present struggles, and everything you do not understand. Ask Him to heal your heart from any wounds people have inflicted upon you. Forgive those that have attacked you and bless them with your mouth (Matthew 5). Jesus is your healing. He is your rest, and He makes all things new in His presence.
Give yourself to Him and as you do, He will mend your brokenness and give you beauty for ashes. No one can stay the same in the presence of Jesus, for He is life, healing, peace, joy, and love. I know how it feels to be broken, but I know that my brokenness does not phase Him. He is bigger than my pain!
Here are some simple ways to find renewed confidence and worth in Jesus:
Worship Him: Turn on your favorite worship music and pour out your heart before Him. Peace will flood your heart, and He will speak His love over you!
Read the Word of God: The Bible is God’s written words! There are truths in the Word that will set you free, once you believe them and speak them over your life. Ask God to lead you by His Spirit to what He wants to say to you in His Word. He will speak when you ask and believe!!! This will help your mind to think His thoughts instead of the lies of the enemy.
Talk with Jesus: Prayer is simply talking with God. When you talk things out with Him and cry out before Him, He will bring His healing to your heart. Prayer is power when we believe in the one we are talking to! Jesus wants your pain; tell Him about it. Jesus wants to embrace you!
Renounce the lies: When the enemy or people speak negative things into your life, refuse to listen to them and counterattack the lie with truth. When the enemy says to you that you are not beautiful, say,
“I am fearfully and wonderfully made! I may not feel beautiful but I am! Jesus makes no mistakes.”
Your heart and mind will line up with your words.
Meditate on beautiful things: Do not relive your past in your mind. This is easier said than done, but when you meditate on the wrong things you feel the wrong things. What you feel is a product of what you think. Think about it... if you think about your struggles and your past mistakes it will discourage you, but if you think about His love for you it will empower you. You cannot rise above what you think and believe.
God is doing so much healing and restoration in my heart through these simple tools. Song of Solomon, Psalms, Isaiah, John, Ephesians, Colossians, Galatians, and Philippians are just a few encouraging books of the Bible that will lift you up as you read them! (Continued on next page...)
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:13-14
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