YOU ARE PRECIOUS TO ME. YOU ARE HONORED, AND I LOVE YOU.’ ISAIAH 43:4 NLT

YOU ARE PRECIOUS TO ME. YOU ARE HONORED, AND I LOVE YOU.’ ISAIAH 43:4 NLT

Are you able to look in the mirror today and say, ‘Thank You Lord, You did a good job?’ If you can’t you’ll settle for anyone who can give you what you’re incapable of giving yourself – a sense of worth! You can’t become arrogant, but you’ve got to find a healthy balance somewhere between martyrdom and narcissism. Until you do everybody else’s needs and opinions will be more important than yours. When that happens you end up resentful, living without things you don’t have enough self-esteem to ask for because you don’t think you deserve them. If you don’t believe in yourself and respect your own opinions you’ll finish up living to please everyone else. One wrong look or one critical word from them and you’ll say, ‘I’ll never do that, say that, or wear that again.’ Talk about feeling worthless and insecure! Thank God you don’t have to live that way. Peter writes, ‘The God of all grace…[will] make you perfect, establish, strengthen, [and] settle you’ (1 Peter 5:10 NKJV). God wants to give you a sense of self-esteem – built on His esteem. Will you let Him? Once others have heard you sing confidently they’ll want to hum along. Just make sure they’re in harmony when they do. You train others to treat you by how you treat yourself. The buyer will pay no more than the seller demands. So go to God today, ask Him to tell you who you are and what you’re worth. He will say, ‘You are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.’ That’s God’s opinion – make it yours!

love story of God LOVE…ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES…NEVER FAILS…’ 1 CORINTHIANS 13:6-8 NIV Shout ‘wonderful’

LOVE…ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES…NEVER FAILS…’ 1 CORINTHIANS 13:6-8 NIV Shout ‘wonderful’

When you meet someone who needs encouragement, give it to them! Why? Because more people die of broken hearts than swelled heads. And that’s true whether they live in a mansion or a mud hut. The story is told of a little boy who wanted to play darts with his father. He said, ‘Come on, Dad, let’s play darts. I’ll throw, and you shout “wonderful!’’ You may smile, but we tend to become what the most important people in our lives think of us. So think the best, believe the best, and express the best toward them – for your words are helping to shape their destiny. And remember, change happens by inches, not miles! You didn’t get there overnight and they won’t either. Even when change seems simple, it’s rarely ever easy. The only way we can break old habits is to form new ones – and that takes time and practice – lots of it! You can’t tell people something just once and expect them to get it. No, they need to hear it over and over before they can make the adjustment. And how you tell them, the look in your eyes and the tone of your voice, can determine whether they freeze in fear or soar above the obstacles. It can also determine the coping skills they hand down to their children. So this is no small matter. Be persistent! Never give up trying to help them improve. Express gratitude for every step of progress they make. Flying off the handle doesn’t help them; or you. The way to get lasting results is through patience and love. Remember, ‘Love…always hopes, always perseveres… never fails…’