Be yourself

Thursday 25 March 2021

Be yourself

For according to your words you will be declared righteous ; according to your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:37

Never say or think negative things about yourself like : "I never do anything right." "I will never change". "I don't feel beautiful, beautiful". "I'm dumb". "Who could possibly love me ?"

Matthew 12:37 says : "For it is according to your own words that you will be declared righteous, or that you will be condemned." In other words, the way we talk or think about ourselves reveals the emotional state we are in, and affects our lives.

In the personal times you spend with God, say good things about yourself, things that agree with what God says in his Word. For example, "I am the righteousness of God in Christ" (Romans 3:22). "God formed me with his own hands and God makes no mistakes."

"The way we talk or think about ourselves reveals the emotional state we are in, and affects our lives."

I like to start the day by declaring confessions from the Bible. You can do this while you are in your car, on your way to work, or while cleaning your house.

I also encourage you to look at yourself in your mirror and say out loud, "God loves me and accepts me as I am and I will do so."

When you start to speak the right way about yourself, then you can "start to be really yourself" the way God created you.

A prayer for today

Lord, I'm tired of saying bad things about myself. I declare the truth : "You love me and you accept me. I can be the person you created."

Joyce Meyer

Source (The Thought of the Day)