Have you ever bruised your heart by tripping on a relationship? Maybe your best friend stopped speaking to you, your boss spewed his bad attitude all over your work, or the kids tried to wake you to ‘woke,’ and because you said, ‘no,’ in love, you must deal with the fallout. These things shouldn’t happen, not when you have God’s Holy Spirit inside of you, right?
Being confident is not the same as being conceited. Unlike conceit, self-confidence is independent of unhealthy comparisons with others.
DR. SAUNDRA DALTON-SMITH in Leading Hearts Magazine
YOU SHOULD LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF (MARK 12:31), BUT WHAT IF YOU HAVE NOT LEARNED HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF?
Self-worth is a needed asset for anyone who desires to love others well. It requires a biblical understanding of self-value as one who is created in the image of God. You must first be confident of your God-worth before you can fully grasp your self-worth. It also requires the ability to overcome the emotional and mental battlefield daily threatening to reveal all the ways you seemingly don’t measure up.
Everyone has setbacks. Even the best-laid plans can end up in ruins, but that does not mean it has to ruin your self-esteem. Disappointments are opportunities to repair, regroup and restart. Learning how to maintain a consistent level of confidence will help you be able to bounce back quickly when things don’t go as planned.
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by Michelle Lazurek in Leading Hearts magazine
I can’t believe that woman took my seat. Doesn’t she know that I sit there every Sunday?
Boy, this sermon is long. I wish he’d speed it up a bit.
I can’t believe my friend isn’t here again this week. She’s missed twice this month.
When I got home from church, I felt angry, depressed and just plain cranky. I couldn’t figure out why, so I sat on my bed and asked God to reveal why I felt the way I did.
(more…)“Analyze your heart,” He said to me.