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Faith, Write 31 Days Challenge 2021

31 Days of Bible Affirmations – Day 9 – I Am Cared For

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31 Days of Bible Affirmations - Day 9 - I am cared for
31 Days of Bible Affirmations – Day 9 – I Am Cared For

I Am Cared For

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7

When a friend says to you, “I care about you”, how does it make you feel? Warm and fuzzy inside? Do you feel safe? Does it make you feel at ease with what they say?

Not me.

I yearn for others to show care towards me, but when it happens something inside me makes me feel on edge. I have mixed feelings and am very suspicious about what their intentions are. Underneath all of this, I am fearful about their motives in wanting to care for me.

“My mind hardens, my spirit stiffens and I respond with a cold toughness and distrust—of them. Of myself.”

This is what one friend told me. And she is right. Why? This sense of distrust is a direct result of the abuse suffered. My friend shares…

“As a little girl, I interpreted a babysitter’s niceness as care, and it turned out to be a selfish means to get their needs met—taking my innocence and trading it for betrayal.”

What my friend writes is exactly my experience too. Maybe you have experienced something similar. Or maybe you have had a friend you thought cared about you but has betrayed you instead.

We do have someone we can turn to though who wholeheartedly loves and cares for us. What Peter is saying in this verse is that we are a matter of God’s concern. We are not alone. We don’t have to bottle up all our worries. God alone is concerned about our well-being. He wants us to be complete.

God knows when we are sad and He feels our pain. He actually cares for us and He showed this by sending His One and only Son to set us free from all that holds us back. We shouldn’t worry about how much we can burden God. He can take everything we have – all our worries and concerns, and everything we have ever faced in this life.

Something to think about…

Why not have a go at personalising 1 Peter 5:7 and re-write in your own words what you feel God is saying to you. You could also use my version and change to your own name.

Lynne, I care for you deeply. Give to me all your worries and concerns.

Something to listen to…

Cast all your Cares by Sarah Begaj

If you enjoyed reading my thoughts on today’s Bible affirmation then why not catch up on my other thoughts for previous days.

Faith, Write 31 Days Challenge 2021

31 Days Of Bible Affirmations – Day 8 – I Am Secure

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31 Days of Bible Affirmations - Day 8 - I Am Secure
31 Days of Bible Affirmations – Day 8 – I Am Secure

I Am Secure

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.  He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
Psalm 40:1-2

I have been through times in my life where everything seems to be crashing down around me. At first, I think I can get through these moments on my own. I try and stay strong even though I feel everything is caving in. It’s in those moments I don’t feel secure anymore.

When my situation gets really bad, I feel like I am in a place that David describes in this Psalm. I feel so low down in the pit that all I can do is look up and scream. I’m down on my knees crying out to God hoping He can hear my cries.

I find the times when I am at my worst, this is where God is at His best. When we are at rock bottom, God is there at the bottom being our rock. There have been many times God has rescued me from ‘the slimy pit’. He has taken hold of me and put me in a place where I feel secure.

I find the times when I am at my worst, this is where God is at His best. Click To Tweet When we are at rock bottom, God is there at the bottom being our rock. Click To Tweet
Something to think about…

Why not have a go at personalising Psalm 40:1-2 and re-write in your own words what you feel God is saying to you. You could also use my version and change to your own name. 

Lynne. I see you. Don’t think I don’t hear your voice crying out to me. I see you waiting. Waiting in the deepest, darkest place. Lynne, I am with you. Let me be your Rock and I will lift you out of this. You will have somewhere to stand strong again. On me.

If you enjoyed reading my thoughts on today’s Bible affirmation then why not catch up on my other thoughts for previous days.

Faith, Write 31 Days Challenge 2021

31 Days Of Bible Affirmations – Day 7 – I Am Accepted

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31 Days of Bible Affirmations – Day 7 – I Am Accepted
I am Accepted 
to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:6

A child longs to feel accepted by those around them, especially by family and close friends. Children crave their parents attention to know they are doing well. When a child lacks the security they need, they carry the fear of rejection later on in life.

When we carry this fear of not being accepted as adults we start to look for it in other places. We still need that reassurance as adults that we are fully accepted, just as ourselves.

Accepted no matter what we have been through in our past.
Accepted even when our lives are in a mess.

I forget sometimes that I don’t need to turn to anyone else when I feel rejected. I am accepted by the One who matters. God. He is the one that can fill the void when I feel unworthy. He loves and accepts us just as we are.

Something to think about…

Why not have a go at personalising Ephesians 1:6 and re-write in your own words what you feel God is saying to you. You could also use my version and change to your own name.

Lynne, I have abounding grace. So much that I freely give it to you. Why? Because I love you and I accept you. No questions asked.

If you enjoyed reading my thoughts on today’s Bible affirmation then why not catch up on my other thoughts for previous days.

Faith, Write 31 Days Challenge 2021

31 Days Of Bible Affirmations – Day 5 – I Am Unique

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31 Days of Bible Affirmations - Day 5 - I Am Unique
31 Days of Bible Affirmations – Day 5 – I Am Unique

I am Unique

I will offer You my grateful heart, for I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe.
    You have approached even the smallest details with excellence;
    Your works are wonderful;
I carry this knowledge deep within my soul.
Psalm 139:14

In my previous post I wrote about how I felt I wasn’t good at anything when I were younger. A lot of how I felt about myself was due to the bullying I experienced throughout my school life. As a result of this, growing up I felt like the odd one out. I didn’t fit in.

Satan loves to use these negative feelings I have about myself in order for me to forget how wonderfully unique I am. After all, if I am beating myself up, I’m not working for God’s kingdom. Satan loves that and will exploit it whenever he can using whatever and whoever.

In order for me to overcome these thoughts and feelings, I need to stand strong on what God says about me. I need to believe what the Psalmist says: I am fearfully and wonderfully made. It’s not easy trying to change my thinking, but I am a work in progress.

Something to think about…

Why not have a go at personalising Psalm 139:14 and re-write in your own words what you feel God is saying to you. You could also use my version and change to your own name.

Lynne, I want you to know deep within your heart that I created you so uniquely. You are wonderfully made. Even the parts you don’t feel good about. Let this truth sink deep inside you.

Something to listen to…
Faith, Write 31 Days Challenge 2021

31 Days of Bible Affirmations – Day 4 – I Am Gifted

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31 Days of Bible Affirmations - Day 4 - I Am Gifted
31 Days of Bible Affirmations – Day 4 – I Am Gifted
I Am Gifted
In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.
Romans 12:6 (NLT)

Growing up, I didn’t feel like I was good at anything. I was always striving to achieve the best, but what I had was never recognised. Anything I did, didn’t seem to be good enough. I took part in plenty of activities, but I didn’t feel gifted in any of them.

I compared myself with other people a lot. Their standards were something I could never reach. What I didn’t realise was, I was playing this comparison game. And I was losing. As a result, this game I was playing didn’t help me to reach my full potential.

I needed to let go of this idea that everything had to be perfect. The expectations I have placed on myself, and what others expected too, has to be broken down. (I say has instead of had because I’m still working on this). God has given each of us a special gift. Furthermore, He longs to see us reach the potential we all have.

The good thing about God is the amount of grace He gives us. He doesn’t expect perfection. However, what He does expect is for us to reach our potential in the gifts He has gifted us.

Something to think about…

Why not have a go at personalising Romans 12:6 and re-write in your own words what you feel God is saying to you. You could also use my version and change to your own name.

Lynne, God has given you a gift that is unique to you. With the help of His grace, He wants you to use that gift to do what you are called to do well.