Daily Devotional 6/15
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By:
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BrookeAdams
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Mood:
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in love
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Date:
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06/15/2007 07:49:55
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Music:
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None
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ACCEPTING YOURSELF
God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure He will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ comes again. Philippians 1:6
Accepting other people can be difficult. But sometimes, we find it even more difficult to accept ourselves.
We have high expectations and lofty goals. We want to achieve them now, not later. And of course we want our lives to unfold according to our own wishes and our own timetables -- not God's.
The Bible affirms the importance of self-acceptance by exhorting believers to love others as they love themselves (Matthew 22:37-40). Furthermore, the Bible teaches that when we genuinely open our hearts to Him, God accepts us just as we are. And, if He accepts us - faults and all - then who are we to believe otherwise?
The great freedom Jesus gives us is to be ourselves, defined by His love and our inner qualities and gifts rather than by any kind of show we put on for the world. Leslie Williams
By the grace of God you are what you are; glory in your selfhood, accept yourself and go on from there. Wilferd Peterson.
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