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A good read! Thought I would share. Thank you @KimFairchild Think about what you think about. What you tell yourself every day matters. If you believe something about your identity that isn’t true, then you will struggle to believe what God says about you.  But, when you root your identity in God and allow His Spirit to shape your life, you will begin to see yourself the way HE sees you. This changes everything! Here are three ways you can guard your thoughts and declare God’s truth over your life: 1. Identify the lies you tell yourself. Your words and actions reveal the narratives you tell yourself. To figure out if a narrative is false, ask yourself: Is this thought marked by fear, insecurity, pride, bitterness, or a lack of confidence? Is this thought leading me to cynical or self-serving behavior? If you can answer “yes” to either of those questions, then the narrative you’re telling yourself probably needs to be addressed and adjusted.  When you can identify where and when you began believing a lie, it’ll be easier to change the way you think. 2. Shift your perspective. For every lie, there is a truth that can replace it—and those truths can be found in the Bible. Look over your list of lies, and ask God to show you in His Word what His truth is. Create mental space for the Holy Spirit to clearly show you how He sees you. 3. Declare what’s true. Turn the truths from Scripture into specific, intentional statements you can declare over your life each day.  Here are some declarations to get you started: - I am enough because I am a child of God (John 1:12-13). - I am greatly loved (1 John 3:1). - Nothing can separate me from God’s love (Romans 8:38-39). As you practice these steps, keep in mind that if God—whose Word is truth—says something about you, then it must be true. So allow His Holy Spirit to transform the way you think. Let His thoughts about you become your thoughts about you.

Happy Sweet 16 to my firstborn!! You are greatly loved ❤️

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Even If by Mercy Me

- 5 of 5 - As you listen to the song, let the words wash over you, expressing the unnamed feelings and trapped thoughts. Go through each stage of the song allowing it to represent your place right now in life. There are reasons we take steps –an order of things. We cannot move up or away until we step through this. We cannot move forward or away until we land on this step. We cannot jump over this step without it hurting us. We don’t have to linger on this step or that step. So with each thing that is hurting you go through the steps: be forthright with the LORD about it; acknowledge His sovereignty; surrender to His goodness; trust in Him; praise Him for His promises and faithfulness to those Who love Him. Then think on the Things That Matter Most. Because even if… He loves you.

- 4 of 5 - I absolutely love the song, “Even If,” by Mercy Me as it captures some of my most special alone times with God. The song starts off with unrestrained truthfulness: This is so very hard, LORD. I am losing faith. It moves to the obvious: You are the only One Who can. It covers the desire: I want to move to You, Your ways. It shows the tenderness: I do love You. A pause and deep breath then praise: You are my Hope! Then the ultimate display of love for Him: I trust You. A final understanding: All that matters is that I am okay with You.

- 3 of 5 - I freely admit I have made mountains out of molehills. But, I have also taken my brokenness, shoved it to the side, then pretended it didn’t hurt. You want to heal? Truly? Not have your circumstances change, not worry about others, but have your mind and your heart be gloriously renewed? Be honest before God. You bring it all to Him. All. Of. It. Every angst, irk, and miff. Tell Him about your discontentedness, disappointments, and disgruntlement. Just you and Him. It’s okay to be fierce and vocal as you concentrate on what pains you; just ask the Holy Spirit to give you the words to express what discomfits you. Then be quiet before Him. Let Him soothe you. Cast your thoughts heavenward –literally imagine yourself present in His heavenly realm. You are His child and have access to Him! Take all the time you need. Just you and Him.

- 2 of 5 - Are there people who have it worse than us? Yes. And our enemy would have us stuck in a pit of guilt over it. Just because someone else is going through something more difficult than our situation doesn’t minimize the impact of our own challenges. The key to all this is honesty. Being honest with the LORD. Telling Him why we are frustrated, why we are afraid, why we are angry or jealous or resentful. Pretending we’re okay –or that we’re supposed to feel okay- when the situation doesn’t warrant such a response is being dishonest with God.

- 1 of 5 - I don’t know about you, but by the time Friday comes around, I’m pretty much tuckered out, and I wonder how am I going to get to all the chores and errands that seem to be reserved just for weekends. The daily obligations that are always beckoning, pulling, tugging… The monkey wrenches and boomerangs… The ebb and flow of emotions… And the worst? When it feels like my thoughts are stuck on a pendulum, going to and fro between frustration over the things I cannot control to feeling that I should be focusing on the blessings I have been given. Sometimes you run so far on fumes you forget what it feels like to be filled by and satisfied in the LORD.

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