#2. I am enough because of Christ
How many of us base our worth off of the worldly things? How many followers we have, how many likes we receive on a post, how popular we are, how much money we make, etc. The list could go on and on. For me, it was believing the enemy's lie that my worth as a woman comes from two lines on a pregnancy test. At the beginning of our journey I struggled deeply with this. It took time for me to realize that this was a lie Satan, our true enemy, wanted me to believe. He wares us down with his lie of us being unworthy of God's love. God defines our worth! And He tells us over and over again how much we are loved. But as I say this I'm also reminded that He is greater than I.
I must become less and He must become greater!!!
I just finished a book a few weeks ago called Captivating and I want to share some of the notes I wrote down from it. It was a great book and just gave me a whole different outlook about how and why God created me.
We were created because something was missing...one more time.. Women were created because something was missing.
"We come to God in worship not to get from Him, but to give to Him. Jesus loves it when we offer our hearts to him in devotion."
"You, dear heart, are the crown of creation, His glorious image bearer. And He will do everything it takes to rescue you and set your heart free."
"The things you've struggled with - They came from the enemy who wanted to take your heart captive, make you a prisoner of darkness."
"How many of us see God as longing to be loved by you? We see Him as strong and powerful, but not as needing us, vulnerable to us, yearning to be desired."
Prayer from Captivating: Rejecting the Lies
"Jesus, forgive me for embracing these lies. This is not what you have said of me. You said I am your daughter, your beloved, your cherished one. I renounce the agreements I made with (name of specific message you've been living with). I renounce the agreements I've been making with these messages all these years. Bring the truth here, oh Spirit of Truth, I reject these lies."
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Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before Him. He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace that He lavished on us in the Beloved One. In Him we have redemption, through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of His grace that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding. He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that He purposed in Christ as a plan for the right time -- to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him. In Him we have also received an inheritance because we predestined according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of His will, so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to His glory. In Him you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1:3-14
Happy Thanksgiving!
And WAR EAGLE!
FET Update: We will not have a transfer in December. The timing of the transfer is out of our control, so January will hopefully be the transfer.
