Biblical Affirmations

It’s the language that we speak to ourselves.  Are we saying nice things to ourselves or are we talking bad to ourselves?  I ask people to rate the percentage of negative self-talk that they provide to their self throughout the day as this is a HUGE factor in our spiritual and mental health journey.  The majority of the people that I work with rate this number from 50-100%.  If you are one of these folks, do NOT feel bad about this.  For were you taught how to be kind to yourself and to talk nice to you?  Did your parents or caregivers supply you with kind information about yourself or did they say mean and negative comments to you that stuck with you and flavor how you think of yourself?

Most of us are not taught how to be kind to us.   So, we just go along with this conversation in my head of “I’m so stupid… I can’t believe I did that…  Why can’t I do anything right….”  and the list goes on to the vile information that we produce to ourselves in our brain. 

And then we have all this trauma to go on top of all this.  We start to really believe that we are not good people.  We are people filled with guilt and remorse often about circumstances that were out of our control.  We begin to believe God can’t love a soul like me.  We think that we are rotten, unworthy, and unlovable.  We have trouble looking at ourselves in the mirror because we just can’t with ourselves.  We see the past and the failures and all those emotions overwhelm us so we just don’t go there with ourselves.    

But the truth is far from this.  For the Bible describes a woman in many positive descriptions… 43 that I found.  Not once does God says He does not love us or that we are not worthy.  Yet this is what we have told ourselves.  Are we going against God when we believe what we tell ourselves?  I know I do when I really look at the scripture. 

How do we change this to start to love ourselves and the truths of the scripture?  Is the work that we do in our own minds that changes our lives.  How’s the conversation going in your head?  Is it working for you or are you ready to challenge yourself? 

If you are ready for the challenge, then let’s get to work!  Sounds cheesy yet find some affirmations to change your thinking.  I have post-it notes all over my desk to challenge my thinking.  I put these here as often it’s where the devil shows up telling me that I can’t help people or that I’m no good at my purpose.  I have to challenge this!  As I know what my God has for me!  Where ever you struggle put up information to challenge you.  If you struggle with looking at yourself in the mirror, put your affirmations here.  Find some super cute post-it’s that make you feel good and put what you want to be; not what you currently think you are.  If you struggle with your job, put your positive quotes on your desktop.  If you struggle people… well you can’ put affirmations on their forehead like you would probably want to remind yourself so get creative.  Maybe put affirmations on your door so you can see them before you leave the house.    

Remember when you first start this journey, you will probably think yuck and want to almost vomit when you start saying nice, kind affirmations to yourself… seriously.  This is natural as how long have you programmed yourself to think as you have?  Remember if you are uncomfortable, you are growing.  Cut yourself a break. If you can’t be kind to you today, that’s okay.  Just try again tomorrow as you know why?  Cause you are worth it!

I have assembled a sheet of positive descriptions of women in the Bible.  Please feel free to utilize this!  I have added the verses of where these descriptions can be found.  Go read for yourself how the Bible describes us then challenge how you describe you.  Have fun with this and be kind to you 😉

With Love & Gratitude,

Steph