Let someone know that although you don't have it all together, you find comfort and hope in the Lord.
"An anxious word weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up." -Prov. 12:25
Emotions can make us appear so crazy! Ever been mean to someone because you missed them? And you felt that they no longer cared about you? You have sadness regarding them, but instead of telling them you lash out in anger! Wierd, huh?
Or someone gets recognition for doing a good job and instead of being happy for them, we react in jealousy and resent! We act as if their accomplishment diminishes our self worth! We are so silly!! So silly and insecure!
If you have an idea, a dream or a future that you feel is failing, turn your eyes back to where you can get real help, hope and inspiration! God says, "WIN ME and WIN ALL!"
So how do we get this hope from God? By worship. What is worship? Worship is voluntary preoccupation. People bow under the weight of anger and unforgiveness, insecurity, jealousy, fear, anxiety. We are preoccupied with our money, our status, our food, our figure, our health, our relationships. We obsess about others and turn our focus, our preoccupation, our worship to the things around us.
In Beth Moore's words, she was talking about how we view men, "They are neither gods, nor devils." But I say this about everyone! Other people (no matter what sex) are neither gods, nor devils.
Beth says, "Insecurity is every where, it's epidemic. We all have just enough meanness in us to occasionally enjoy a peck or two at somebody we know to be weak. Maybe we are in a mischievous or terse mood or maybe just tired of tiptoeing around a person. Let's take a good, long look in the mirror and make absolutely sure we don't see a mean woman staring back at us. We need to encourage one another's security. Not enable one another's insecurity. Catch yourself making comparisons and stop! Personalize the other person who feels threatening to you. Our goal in our relationships should be to encourage one another's security. Let's deal with our insecurities and cravings for attention in ways that don't minimize those around us!
When we work from an activated mentality of God given security, we are fully capable of thinking another woman is beautiful without concluding that we are ugly. We can esteem another persons achievements without feeling like an idiot. We can admire another persons terrific shape without feeling like a slob. Where on earth did we come up with the idea that we have to subtract value from ourselves in order to give credit to someone else? It is our insecurity that makes us constantly draw wrong conclusions.
You were made to be God's dwelling place.
"How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord!"
You, beloved, were created to be exceptional.
You can come to love God more than any other living soul on the planet." -Beth Moore
If we can refocus we can win peace and kindness, and forgiveness.
THE VERY DAY I STOP PRAYING,
THE TOXINS RETURN TO MY EMOTIONS
-Beth Moore
"An anxious word weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up." -Prov. 12:25
Emotions can make us appear so crazy! Ever been mean to someone because you missed them? And you felt that they no longer cared about you? You have sadness regarding them, but instead of telling them you lash out in anger! Wierd, huh?
Or someone gets recognition for doing a good job and instead of being happy for them, we react in jealousy and resent! We act as if their accomplishment diminishes our self worth! We are so silly!! So silly and insecure!
If you have an idea, a dream or a future that you feel is failing, turn your eyes back to where you can get real help, hope and inspiration! God says, "WIN ME and WIN ALL!"
So how do we get this hope from God? By worship. What is worship? Worship is voluntary preoccupation. People bow under the weight of anger and unforgiveness, insecurity, jealousy, fear, anxiety. We are preoccupied with our money, our status, our food, our figure, our health, our relationships. We obsess about others and turn our focus, our preoccupation, our worship to the things around us.
In Beth Moore's words, she was talking about how we view men, "They are neither gods, nor devils." But I say this about everyone! Other people (no matter what sex) are neither gods, nor devils.
Beth says, "Insecurity is every where, it's epidemic. We all have just enough meanness in us to occasionally enjoy a peck or two at somebody we know to be weak. Maybe we are in a mischievous or terse mood or maybe just tired of tiptoeing around a person. Let's take a good, long look in the mirror and make absolutely sure we don't see a mean woman staring back at us. We need to encourage one another's security. Not enable one another's insecurity. Catch yourself making comparisons and stop! Personalize the other person who feels threatening to you. Our goal in our relationships should be to encourage one another's security. Let's deal with our insecurities and cravings for attention in ways that don't minimize those around us!
When we work from an activated mentality of God given security, we are fully capable of thinking another woman is beautiful without concluding that we are ugly. We can esteem another persons achievements without feeling like an idiot. We can admire another persons terrific shape without feeling like a slob. Where on earth did we come up with the idea that we have to subtract value from ourselves in order to give credit to someone else? It is our insecurity that makes us constantly draw wrong conclusions.
You were made to be God's dwelling place.
"How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord!"
You, beloved, were created to be exceptional.
You can come to love God more than any other living soul on the planet." -Beth Moore
If we can refocus we can win peace and kindness, and forgiveness.
THE VERY DAY I STOP PRAYING,
THE TOXINS RETURN TO MY EMOTIONS
-Beth Moore
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