Self Image By James M. Becher

We are of great value first because God created us and He don't make junk, and secondly because when we went astray He paid the price paid for our redemption.
There is an old story which illustrates this perfectly. A Young boy made a beautiful toy sailboat and took it to a lake to sail, but a gust of wind blew the boat out into the lake. The boat was lost. Several weeks later, the boy saw his sailboat in the window of a toy store. When he asked for his boat, the store owner said, "I own the sailboat now. If you want it you will have to buy it back."
The boy sold all he had to buy back his boat. After paying the store owner, the boy took his boat to his heart and said, "Little boat, you are twice mine, I made you, and now I brought you." Like that little boat, we are twice the Lord's - He made us, and Christ bought us back by paying the price for our sin with his own blood.
Once we accept God’s great gift of salvation through His Son, He accepts us and we become His dear children (John 1:12). That should do something for the old self image. Think of it--to be a son of the Most High God. And this is where the road to real success begins.

So how can we bring our self image in line with the Word of God? I offer the following 5 steps: 1) Understand the source of your self-image
The image you have today exists because of the experiences of the past and not necessarily from God. The experiences of the past have not made you the way you are, but have made you believe you are the way you are, and it is the believing that made you indeed the way you are. (By 14 years old most of us have a well developed sense of inferiority.) But, once we identify the source we need not dwell on it. Part of Paul's goal in Philippians 3:13 was "forgetting those things which are behind."
2) See yourself as God sees you, first valuable because He created you and second, valuable enough for Him to send his only son to die for you.
3) Believe your self image can and will be changed. You are not locked in. In fact, God is at work in you every day to make you into the image of His dear Son (Phil.1:6; Romans 8:29) That's a process which will happen no matter we do. But we can hasten it by co-operating with God.
4)Search the scriptures to find out what God says about you, now that you are his son. Allow the Word of God to change you (James 1:25 IICor.3:18). As you read it and meditate upon it daily, picture yourself fulfilling it's requirements and pray it back to God in positive statements.
5)Be patient with yourself. (You did not become like you are overnight.) If you fail, confess it (I John 1:9) and try again.

excerpt from Formula for Dynamic Living By James M. Becher

Let’s suppose for a moment that we all believe in God. If we believe that He made us, then He best understands how we function. And is it not reasonable that he would have left us some sort of instructions for this thing called life? Well, He did. It's called the Bible. When you buy a VCR, say or a stereo, it usually comes with a manual. But how often do we, in our haste to enjoy the product, try to set it up and run it without checking the manual? We think it seems so simple. Just plug this here and push that button. And then we wonder why it doesn’t work. Well, it's time to check the manual. It’s the same with life. If your life is messed up, perhaps its time to check the manual.
FORMULA FOR DYNAMIC LIVING :
DL=(GGE+GPS)xPSI
dynamic living =
God Given Equipment [potential]
+God's Principles of Success
X Proper Self Image.
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QUOTES :

1)"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious
triumphs, even though checked by failure, than to rank with those
poor spirits who neither enjoy
nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows
neither victory nor defeat.
-- Theodore Roosevelt 1855

2)"If we might have a second chance to live the day's once more,
and rectify mistakes we've made to even up the score. If we might
have a second chance to use the knowledge gained, perhaps we
might become at last as fine as God ordained.
But though we can't retrace our steps, however stands the score,
tomorrow brings another chance for us to try once more. "
---Unknown

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POETRY CORNER:A Winner’s Creed (author unknown)

If you think you are beaten you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t
it’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose you’re lost;
For out in the world we find success begins
with a person’s faith;
it’s all in the state of mind.
Life’s battles don’t always go
to the stronger or faster hand;
They go to the one who trusts in God
and always thinks “I CAN”

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