Isaiah 43:1 Psalms 56:8 Romans 15:13 Psalms 27:10 www.endabuse.com First Day in Heaven Picture: https://myteashirts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/First-Day-in-Heaven-poster.jpg Artist Kerolos Safwat info@endabuse.com
Today, I just want to jump on real quick, and talk to you about two things that I struggle with the most and the exciting news that we find in scripture about these two things. One is something that I struggle with within myself and the other one is something I struggle with in regards to others. But we're going to first focus on ourselves, and that is how we feel about ourselves. And the number one word that comes to mind when I think, is “worthless”. That word is something that I have as a description of myself in my own thinking from early, early on. Today as a woman, knowing the Lord and walking with him for several decades. I know that I'm not worthless. I know that I can tell you that because of the blood of Jesus, I am not worthless. But it doesn't change the fact that we have an enemy that tries to convince us of that. Sometimes on an hourly basis. It's something that we have to learn to fight against or else we will find ourselves slipping down into that mentality. And I learned long ago, you can't just stop thinking about something. You can't remove it from your mind unless you replace it with something else. So, you know, kind of like if someone says to you, Okay, “don't think about a blue elephant, don't think about a blue elephant”, what are you thinking about right now, a blue elephant. Okay, so you have to give them something to think about to replace the thought of that blue elephant. So today we are going to look at the scripture and have some actual ammunition. This is the Word of the Lord, this is how we fight our battles, right, this is what we do with the enemy. And these are some words that are coming out, worthless, you know, broken, whatever words that you identified when you think like that. These are some scriptures that I think are really going to help you, but what I would do is, pick one that resonates with you, and then memorize it and then that way, it's just there. No matter where you are. You don't have to have your Bible with you. It's just there, no matter where you are, you replace those crazy thoughts with one of these. Okay, so one is. “But now, Oh Jacob, Listen to the Lord who created you, oh Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name, you are mine.” This is Isaiah 43:1. Now what stood out to me here is, “I have called you by name, okay this is this the God of the universe. He literally called you by name, like he knows my name. He knew what name that my parents would pick for me when I was born, He already knew it. Okay, so this God, that, and everything He would say came into being. He also knows my name. Then, on top of that, he says, You are mine. Okay for those of us who feel like we are worthless and we are broken, and maybe we've been abandoned, or we don't trust the people that should have protected us because they pushed us away or whatever your situation is. When someone claims you as their own, there is a sense of worth. There's a sense of belonging to whatever that is. Sometimes it's a family member. Sometimes it's a church. This is saying, I belong to God. There is no better place or a person to belong to. He says, You are mine. And that is something that, when I am feeling like I have literally no value, I have to stop and remember, that is the lie of the enemy. That is a lie from the pit of hell. I have one thought, that Jesus hanging on a cross and that thought of worthlessness has no value and goes away pretty quickly.
