Overcoming Inferiority -You are Loved

(Internet connection has been bad enough in our West African town that I’ve been unable to get online until today and this success is only because we found a place in town with better connection than home.)

Exercise for the week: 

Along with catching our thoughts in their infancy, focus on this: You are loved by God. If only we could wrap ourselves in this blanket, snuggle in, and never shake it off we would never ever be cast into the despair brought on by feeling insignificant. Allow this truth to penetrate through the lies of the Enemy that tells you God made a mistake in creating you, that you are insignificant in His kingdom (or anywhere else), or that you are inferior. When He made you, He did so with purpose and ended that creation by saying you were very good. Trust His judgment. Lean back against this truth, close your eyes in deep contentment, and bask in His love. 

John 17:23 –God loves us as he loves Christ. And that is a lot.

John 15:9 –As God loves Christ, so Christ loves us. This, too, is immense. So much so that He not only died for us, but also loved us enough to want us to sit with him in heavenly places. (Ephesians 2:4-6)

Psalm 139:13-16 -He designed you, then placed you carefully in your mother's womb where you were watched over and loved by Him.

Ephesians 1:6 -In Him, you are accepted with an unconditional acceptance not based on accomplishments, degrees, or recognition of friends. His death gives us worth and value. We are accepted by God. 

John 3:16, 1 John 4:9 -The greatest expression of His love was to die so we could live, not just 'somehow' but victoriously and fully. He paid very dearly for you.  You have great worth and value. 

John 15:16 -You were chosen by Him. I can't remember the name of the speaker, I remember very little else he said, but I remember him reading this verse and saying, "I likes to be chose." I agree with him. I likes to be chose, too. 

Ephesians 2:4-6 -God loved us enough to let Jesus die so we could be seated with Him in heavenly places. Our position in Christ is one of victory and power, not defeat. Not despair, not condemnation, but hope and joy. And all because He loved us with amazing love.