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See yourself the way God sees you

….the son of Adam, the son of God. (NIV) Luke 3:38

I am not beautiful! I am not capable! I do not have money! They will not accept me! I will fail!
Many believers struggle with these kinds of thoughts. On the other hand, people themselves try to present saying that: I have (possessions and achievements). I am (titles). Both the groups of people look into themselves through these kinds of lenses.

These kinds of thoughts usually make people to seek acceptance, appreciation, recognition, position in their life. The root cause of these kind of thoughts is that they do not know who they are in God. If we fail to see us the way God sees us, we will live in false identity. God sees us as His sons and daughters. Until you see yourself as God sees you, think about yourself the way He thinks about you and feel the way He feels towards you, you may not walk in real identity as God’s sons and daughters. Coming to agreement with how God sees you will unlock our inheritance in God and destiny in God. The supernatural resources, confidence and enablement will flow to you from God when you see yourself as God sees you. When you see yourself as God sees you, you will have greater level of intimacy with God. We are called out to live a life from our identity as sons and daughters of God. Cancel all other voices, feelings and thoughts in order to see yourself as God sees you, feels toward you and thinks about you. 

I like to propose to you to take little time and ask God: how you need to change your thinking about yourself in order to align your thoughts with God’s thoughts for you?  Hear God and try to write down and apply to your life.

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