MFM DEVOTIONAL 3RD OCTOBER,2021 - UNHEALTHY SELF ESTEEM (I)

 

Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTION

UNHEALTHY SELF ESTEEM (I)

3^RD OCTOBER, 2021

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: John 5

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 139:13-17, 1 Peter 4:4-10

26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.

5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

10As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

MEMORY VERSE: "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works;and that my soul knoweth right well."– Psalms 139:14

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:

Always remember that you are one amazing person created in God's image, for His pleasure, full of potentials and incredibly precious before Him.

PRAISE WORSHIP: Take a worship song as led by the Holy Spirit

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
GOD WILL BREAK OFF EVERY EVIL PREVENTING YOU FROM KNOWING AND LIVING BY THE TRUTH, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THE MESSAGE:

Self-esteem can simply be defined as having a healthy confidence in oneself. It is a revealer of the true source of your worth and an evaluation of your abilities. It involves your level of self-love, self-dignity, self-respect and self-honour. Summarily, it is what you think and how you feel about yourself!

Contrarily, it becomes a low, poor or unhealthy self-esteem, when self-evaluation is done with a poor assessment of yourself by yourself and sometimes through the eyes of others. While the person with healthy self-esteem thrives healthier, the other suffers poor health in all areas of life: physically, emotionally, socially, and even spiritually.

Unhealthy self-esteem affects the total health of its victim because it emanates from within the person (Proverbs 23:7). It centers around self and makes the person to be consumed with himself. The truth is that no one can make you inferior without your consent. It all starts and ends with you. The best person to correctly define who you are is you, in line with the Almighty God, your Creator.

As a child of God, it is important that you begin your self-evaluation with God in mind. You didn't create yourself. God did (Genesis 1:26-27). The manufacturer has the blueprint of his product and the operation manual. He is best at giving the first hand information about the viability and durability of the product. The same goes for humans. We are made in the image of God and as such our self-evaluation should be within the divine perspective, nothing more. To think or do otherwise will amount to sin! Everything created by God is good (Genesis 1:31). You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

If any distortion or damage arises, the Potter is ready to remould the clay and will bring out a better and more beautiful vessel. Nothing is ever wasted or fit to be discarded in His sight. You are precious in His sight!

Self-love starts with loving God, and seeing yourself through His eyes. You are precious in His sight. Everything about you is not a mistake. He has a good reason for making you who you are and what you are. You cannot be like another because it takes divine wisdom to create you differently. The best thing: begin to appreciate God! Stop the self-pity trip! You are a peculiar person!

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Father Lord, forgive me for being too full of myself, in the name of Jesus.
2. Every feeling of emptiness within me, disappear, in the name of Jesus.
3. Internal torments, release me and die, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

4. Lord Jesus, help me to discover my true self in You, in the name of Jesus.
5. Every feeling of inadequacy, assigned to destroy my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
6. I rise above every lie of the devil for my life, in the name of Jesus.
7. Lord Jesus, break me, mould me and remould me, in the name of Jesus.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF FIRE and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)