LIES VERSUS THE TRUTH #2

Welcome to Women of Valour
which is about
YOU

experiencing your freedom in Christ, being set free,

experiencing the love of God, and opening your blinded eyes

Isaiah 61:1

 

As I read back over my last blog post, I thought about how I used to and sometimes still do handle the lies I believed about myself. I would have a pity party. I would dig a hole and sit in it for days or even weeks. I have had too many pity parties over the years.

A pity party is when you feel sorry for yourself and you rehearse something that has happened to you. It can be something you caused so you blame yourself. It can be something that someone did to you so you blame them. You rehearse whatever it is over and over again. This can lead to feelings of depression. I lived most of my life depressed but did not realize it as depression.

I was famous for the pity party where I was to blame. Everything was always my fault. The list goes on and on and on but here are a few of them. I have had pity parties for:

• the man leaving me for someone else
• not getting the job I interviewed for
• a friend betraying me
• a failed marriage
• a miscarriage
• not being good enough or unworthy
• procrastination
• being unattractive and unlovable 
• being lonely
• not being a good Christian

TESTIMONY: I was having a pity party just last month (July) dealing with feelings of inadequacy (less than). It was in relationship to this ministry. I just did not measure up to other Christians. I was not worthy of the vision God has given me for this ministry. I did not feel that God could use me based upon my background and past.

In the midst of that pity party God showed me that a pity party is NOT helpful but harmful to bringing about a solution. It is designed to keep me rehearsing my hurt/problem instead of looking to the SOLUTION to the problem. A pity party requires me to focus on me versus God’s Truth about me which can only be found in God’s Words.

I KNOW from experience that this concept is easier said than done. The thoughts may be hitting you that God could NEVER love, accept, forgive, or use you because of your past. You have to choose to refocus on the truth of God’s Words instead of the lies you have always believed.

When you accept Jesus Christ as Your personal Savior GREAT things happen to you immediately. You have to choose to believe they have happened no matter what your thoughts or feelings say to you.  

• I am immediately loved (John 3:16 NLT)
• I am immediately forgiven (Romans 4:7-8 NLT)
• I am immediately accepted (Ephesians 1:6 NKJV)
• I am immediately made into a new person (II Corinthians 5:15-17 NLT)

You are in a battle for your own mind. Keep reading and speaking GOD's Words to you until they manifest to you.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, I choose today to believe what God's Words say about me. I am forgiven now. I am loved now. I am accepted now. I am a new person now.

QUESTIONS: What pity parties have you thrown for yourself?

Who did you blame: yourself or others?

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