07-22-2020, 09:43 AM
*RESTORATION TODAY*
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020.*
*TOPIC: YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE*
_"For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” James 3:2_
*MESSAGE*
When we make a mistake, we can end up feeling bad about it for too long. We overthink it, worry about it, think we’ve failed and anticipate that we’ll just fail again. Once we are in this mindset, it’s dangerous. Our self-esteem evaporates and we can label ourselves as failures. But this isn’t our identity.
It is true that we will make mistakes. James wrote: ‘in many things we offend all.’ and Solomon said: ‘For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.’ (Ecclesiastes 7:20). We will fail. But we are not failures. It is good to recognise where we are going wrong so that we can try and avoid making the same mistakes again. But when we start living out of a place of guilt and shame, we have let God’s truth about who we are become drowned out.
The truth is that we’re loved by God and accepted by Him. He doesn’t see all our mistakes and condemn us. Instead, He sees the mistakes, forgives us and continues to love and accept us. The Bible says: ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus’ (Romans 8:1). God is not condemning us, so we need to stop condemning ourselves. We’re all a work in progress.
In Philippians 1, Paul says: ‘Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ’ (Philippians 1:6). God is working on us, and He’ll finish what He has started. He’s not a harsh God who’s angry when we make mistakes. He’s gentle with us, so let’s be gentle with ourselves too.
*ACTION POINT*
?️ Next time you find yourself focusing on your mistakes, remind yourself by saying to yourself: ‘I am accepted and forgiven by God’.
*SCRIPTURES*
Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 8:1; Philippians 1:6
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank You for forgiving me and accepting me in Christ Jesus;
2. I declare that every voice of condemnation is silenced in Jesus’ name;
3. Father, put the enemy to shame in my life in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
Judg.17-18, Isa. 38-39, 1 Cor. 14
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020.*
*TOPIC: YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE*
_"For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” James 3:2_
*MESSAGE*
When we make a mistake, we can end up feeling bad about it for too long. We overthink it, worry about it, think we’ve failed and anticipate that we’ll just fail again. Once we are in this mindset, it’s dangerous. Our self-esteem evaporates and we can label ourselves as failures. But this isn’t our identity.
It is true that we will make mistakes. James wrote: ‘in many things we offend all.’ and Solomon said: ‘For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.’ (Ecclesiastes 7:20). We will fail. But we are not failures. It is good to recognise where we are going wrong so that we can try and avoid making the same mistakes again. But when we start living out of a place of guilt and shame, we have let God’s truth about who we are become drowned out.
The truth is that we’re loved by God and accepted by Him. He doesn’t see all our mistakes and condemn us. Instead, He sees the mistakes, forgives us and continues to love and accept us. The Bible says: ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus’ (Romans 8:1). God is not condemning us, so we need to stop condemning ourselves. We’re all a work in progress.
In Philippians 1, Paul says: ‘Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ’ (Philippians 1:6). God is working on us, and He’ll finish what He has started. He’s not a harsh God who’s angry when we make mistakes. He’s gentle with us, so let’s be gentle with ourselves too.
*ACTION POINT*
?️ Next time you find yourself focusing on your mistakes, remind yourself by saying to yourself: ‘I am accepted and forgiven by God’.
*SCRIPTURES*
Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 8:1; Philippians 1:6
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank You for forgiving me and accepting me in Christ Jesus;
2. I declare that every voice of condemnation is silenced in Jesus’ name;
3. Father, put the enemy to shame in my life in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
Judg.17-18, Isa. 38-39, 1 Cor. 14