Feeling unworthy lowers your self-esteem and sets you up for all the things that go along with low self-esteem. People with high self-esteem don't commit crimes. People with high self-esteem don't hit their wives or kids. And did you know that feeling guilty blocks your blessings? "Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him." (1 John 3:22-23) People with the kind of self-esteem that God wants us to have honor their temples by not smoking, not doing drugs, and by not indulging in unhealthy or excessive eating. If you wouldn't do it in church, don’t do it in your temple either. You can never become what you are capable of being -- what you were designed to be -- as long as there are barriers to your self-acceptance. You don't need to improve yourself so that you can become more acceptable. You need to accept yourself so that you will then be free to improve!
Are You Rejecting God's Gifts To You? What would you think of a child who, when confronted with a pile of presents on Christmas morning, said to you "Well, you know, I don't really think I deserve these presents." Would that be about the silliest, most foolish thing you ever heard? Can you imagine any child thinking he was unworthy of the gifts of his parent? How would that make you feel as a parent? Now try to imagine how God would feel when His children refuse to accept His presents. How do you imagine God would feel if you felt that you were unworthy to receive his presents? My guess is that He would feel just as we would if our children felt unworthy of our presents. When you truly understand who you are in Christ, you will simply no longer be willing do anything inconsistent with who you are. You will no longer do things contrary to the best interest of your body, mind, or spirit. You will honor and revere yourself as the divine creation you truly are, and you will act accordingly. When you at last discover that YOU are God's own creation, made in His image, your ungodly behaviors will simply disappear.
Believers Are One With Jesus! For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren..." (Hebrews 2:11) When you recognize and accept who you are in the Lord, your entire experience of who you are changes. When you see yourself as God's representative here on earth, your entire experience of life changes. And if you still need a "logical" reason to love who you are, here it is: - God made me in His image.
Weight Loss God's Way 4.0 by Dr. Frank B. Smoot Š2010, all rights reserved.
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