Self-criticism is crushing, but God can free us from it. All we have to do is be teachable.
The Bible gives us a lot of examples of people who found the courage to be themselves by believing that God loved them for who they were.
This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
What we’ve experienced is that living by religious rules is a very tempting way to avoid facing the insecurities in our hearts.
Looking at two key areas in my life that stop me from being motivated to build relationships: pride and insecurity.
When we are insecure, it can be easy to feel like we are a “nobody going nowhere.”
A courageous person is someone who isn’t shaken by circumstances, may experience fear but doesn’t live in it, and is secure and strong no matter what. Does this describe you?
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.
We need “Deep Forgiveness” when we feel guilty after we have confessed our sin to God and, knowing God forgives us, confessed our sin to people so they can support us in our efforts to change.