Who will"); document.writeln("bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who"); document.writeln("then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died\'”more than that, who"); document.writeln("was raised to life\'”is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us."); document.writeln("Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or"); document.writeln("persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: \'For"); document.writeln("your sake we face death all day long, we are considered as sheep to be"); document.writeln("slaughtered.\' No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him"); document.writeln("who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels"); document.writeln("nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height"); document.writeln("nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from"); document.writeln("the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.1
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Having a sense of security is more than building"); document.writeln("self-esteem. Christ is our true source of strength and confidence. If we"); document.writeln("try to overcome our insecurity without Him, we will only be masking it.
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The way we look is not necessarily how we really are."); document.writeln("Instead, we need to ask the Lord how He sees us. To shift the focus of"); document.writeln("ourselves, we must immerse ourselves in God\'s Word. The Bible is so powerful"); document.writeln("that when we read what the Lord says about us, our thinking begins to change.
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To continue the process, focus on the positive qualities you"); document.writeln("possess. What makes you unique and wonderful?
"); document.writeln("Take a blank sheet of paper and ask the Lord to guide you in"); document.writeln("writing an honest evaluation. But be careful not to compare yourself to others."); document.writeln("No one is like you, so there is no point in making comparisons. You will be"); document.writeln("surprised at what God shows you. Remember that you were made fearfully and"); document.writeln("wonderfully (Psalm 139:14). He created you with a unique purpose, and He wants"); document.writeln("you to trust Him as the source of your identity and security.
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Suggested Prayer: Dear Father, Your Word says that I am made"); document.writeln("in a formidable and wonderful way... and I believe it. Lord, I trust you as my"); document.writeln("only source of identity and security. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
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