One of the hardest things we do is change our perspective about ourselves. We looked at 4 things we can do to assist in that process yesterday, and I would like to conclude with three more today: 1. Avoid making unbiblical prophecies about our future (Phil. 4:6). Inaccurate perceptions are often made worse by the sin of worry. Worry is fear in the absence of actual danger. he tend to overestimate the possibility of danger and magnify the degree of potential adversity. This is often accompanied by imaginary pessimistic and foreboding outcomes that have been distorted beyond all likelihood in our minds. Don’t allow your mind to minimize the available power of God, to see us through the circumstances of our lives. We want to be in control, but we must allow God to shepherd us through the dark valleys (Ps. 23:4) 2. Practice bringing every thought into captivity by writing out accurate perceptions based on Scriptural evidences (2 Cor. 10:3-5). In other words, take the inaccurate perception(s) and to the Word of God and see what God says about those perceptions, and then meditation on those verses to help reinforce your new understanding. 3. Learn to speak the truth … READ MORE

When I was in High School, I had a classmate tell me one day, “If you were to die, no one around here would ever miss you” – my assessment was that people would be better off without me around! That was an inaccurate perception of my worth. Proverbs 28:26 says “he who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely will be delivered.” my classmate’s statement was not a true statement because if I would have died, there were many around who would have missed me (I would venture to guess that classmate would have, also!). Let me suggest to you, a few things you can do to overcome inaccurate perceptions you may make like mine in this case. 1. Evaluate the available data on which you have based your erroneous perceptions (Pr. 28:26) – Asking yourself the right kind of self-examination questions can help you deliver yourself from much misery by getting you right to the heart of the issue. 2. Invalidate erroneous perceptions on the basis of two or three witnesses (2 Cor. 13:1) Call together 2-3 of the wisest, most mature people you know. Explain your perceptions, and ask them if it … READ MORE

The first area of we must learn to control if we are to develop Biblical value judgments is inaccurate perceptions. This has to do with the accuracy of our perceptions about ourselves. The effects of sin on our minds hinder us from interpreting life from God’s point of view naturally. We must overcome those inferiority judgments with the assistance of Scripture. We must never look for some mystical power in that Scripture, but the power of the Word of God is seen in the application of the truth in our thinking. It takes hard work to reprogram how we think, and this is not “mind over matter” but rather learning to live and walk in the power of the Spirit of God to transform our minds. Before we come to Christ our assessment of ourselves in based on what our peers say and think about us. Yet the reality is that as a believer we need to understand that we are created in the Image of God, and therefore, have value no matter what those around us may think. Everyone has value from the newly conceived child, to the oldest person, age does not determine our value, God does. And … READ MORE