Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. Ephesians 6:14 (NLT)
How do you see yourself? Your thought life is powerful. If you continue to think about something, eventually it becomes a firm belief, which means your heart becomes fully persuaded. When a belief takes root in your heart, your heart begins to produce that belief.
If you keep dwelling on your failures, you’ll begin to believe deep in your heart that you’re a loser. You might even begin to unconsciously sabotage everything you do. I’ve watched believers sabotage themselves, right as they’re on the brink of doing something incredible, just because they can’t see themselves succeeding. You need to realize that you’re an overcomer and that you can do all things through Christ.
Otherwise you might fall for lies that say, “Oh, that’s not me. I don’t feel good about it. I can’t do this.” You’ll think you’re being true to yourself, but you’re actually limiting yourself. Those limitations are not who you are and they are not who God says you are! You are an overcomer, born of God and victorious! Sure, you’re not perfect. You have things you’re working through. We all do! You may even be dealing with something serious like an addiction, but that is only a problem you’re facing. It doesn’t define you. It’s not the truth of who you are.
You are a new creation. You’re able to break through. You’re empowered to go to a new level in your finances, business, career, relationships, closeness with God and with peace and joy in your mind. You can rise up to be who God has made you to be! Get the truth deep in your heart by meditating on who God says you are.
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