The world says you're a loser. You tell yourself all the time that you're a failure. Your girlfriend tells you you're selfish. Your dad tells you you'll never make anything in life. Your boss tells you you're not doing a good enough job. The world says that there is no hope for you. Satan tells you that you will never get over your past. But God has a much different view of you.
As believers and followers of Christ, one of the first things we should realize is that what God thinks of us is much different than the way we typically view ourselves or how the world views us. We have to start seeing ourselves the way God sees us. We have to be the people that the Bible tells us we are. John 1:12-13 offers, "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God." The Bible tells us that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. (Philippians 4:13) The Bible says that there is hope when it seems that all hope is lost. (Romans 5:2) The Bible says that we have been forgiven, made clean, and justified by the blood of Jesus. (Romans 3:24) The Bible says that God has a plan for us to prosper. (Jeremiah 29:11) The Bible says that the Spirit of God is within us. (1 Corinthians 3:16) The Bible says that the
When are we going to stop thinking about all of the negative things in our life and take on the mind of Christ? When are we going to stop fearing our giants and start facing them? 1 Samuel says that "the battle is the Lord's." Today it is time to let him do the fighting for us.
