The enemy likes to fill our minds with thoughts like I can’t, and I’m not strong enough. He wants us to be weak minded so we’ll give up before we even try.
It seems that between childhood and adulthood, we receive a lot of messages from the world and other people that make us afraid that we don’t have what it takes.
But if you have Jesus, then you have what it takes to do anything you need to do, and anything He wants you to do. And He definitely wants you to be healed from past wounds, and to be able to enjoy Him, yourself, other people, and your life.
I encourage you to begin thinking, I am strong.
See yourself as the new creation that you are (see 2 Corinthians 5:17), and believe that through Christ you can do whatever you need to do in life. You are far too precious and valuable to allow people to use and abuse you.
We all feel weak at times, but when we do, we can go to God and His Word and receive His limitless strength. Isaiah said that God never faints or grows weary (see Isaiah 40:28); He lives in us, and “he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
Just think about it: The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us (see Romans 8:11)!
The strength I’m talking about comes only from our relationship with God through Jesus; we’re not strong in and of ourselves. Jesus said that apart from Him, we can do nothing, but in Him we can do all things (see John 15:5; Philippians 4:13).
Learning to lean on Him for everything is one of the first steps that will help your soul begin to heal.
You are stronger than you think you are!
You CAN read the Bible through in a year. Start today!
Mon:Jeremiah 49-50, Luke 7:1-10, Ps 118:1-9, Prov 15:27-30
Tues: Jer 51-52, Luke 7:11-23, Psalm 118:10-18, Prov 15:31-32
Wed: Joel 1-3, Luke 7:24-35, Psalm 118:19-29, Proverb 15:33
Thurs: Acts 1:1-3:10, Luke 7:36-50, Psalm 123, Proverb 16:1
Fri: Acts 3:11-5:42, Luke 8:1-15, Psalm 133, Proverb 16:2
Sat: Acts 6-7, Luke 8:16-25, Psalm 140, Proverb 16:3
Sun: Heb 11:8-12, Gen 17:1-27, Gen 22:1-18, James 2:21-24
The LORD is my Strength and my Song, and He has become my Salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him....
Exodus 15:2 (AMPC)