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Freedom for the Present Identifying the Lies We Believe and Replacing Them With Truth

Replace the negative self-talk in your head with the truth from the Word of God. Identify the lies, stop the tapes playing in your mind, and allow God to transform your thoughts. Discover the freedom and joy of embracing the truth.

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Freedom for the Present Identifying the Lies We Believe and Replacing Them With Truth

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  1. Freedom for the PresentIdentifying the Lies We Believeand Replacing Them With Truth Sue Bohlin sue@probe.org suebohlin.com

  2. Changing Our Self-Talk • Self talk: the old, destructive tapes that run in our heads • Where do they come from? • Parents • Classmates • Shaping forces of the media • What we tell ourselves

  3. Changing Our Self-Talk • What to do: • Identify your tapes. “Lord, show me where I’m being deceived.” • Stop the tape player in your head. • Replace the lies with the truth from the Word. • Be transformed by the renewing of your mind –Romans 12:2 • Biblical change: put off/put on -- Ephesians 4:22-24

  4. Changing Our Self-Talk 1. Identify the lie 2. Renounce the lie 3. Ask God to speak truth to you 4. Affirm the truth in your mind

  5. Lies/MisbeliefsTruth “I am a failure. I can’t do anything right.” • I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13) • Christ lives in me; I trust Him to do this through me. (Galatians 2:20)

  6. “I am unloved.” “You are precious and honored in My sight, and I love you.” (Isaiah 43:4) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  7. “My parents’ problems were my fault.” “I am responsible for my parents (or my children’s) happiness.” I don’t have that kind of power. Each one bears his own load – Galatians 6:5 Each one is responsible for his own choices – Ezekiel 18 Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  8. “If I mess up, that would be the end of the world. I have to be perfect.” Only God is perfect He has promised to hold my hand when I stumble. Psalm 18:35 Psalm 73:23 I am longing for Eden Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  9. “If I don’t do things right I can be abandoned.” God will never leave me or forsake me. (Hebrews 13:5) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  10. “I’m nobody special.” I am fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14) I am made in God’s image, and that makes me infinitely valuable. (Genesis 1:26) I am God’s masterpiece, His workmanship--His poem! (Ephesians 2:10) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  11. “God doesn’t love me, let alone like me.” He will take great delight in me, He will quiet me with His love, He will rejoice over me with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17) I am precious and honored in His sight, and He loves me. (Isaiah 43:4) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  12. “God will speak and do things for others, but not for me.” My sheep hear My voice (John 10:27) God is no respecter of persons. He doesn’t play favorites. (Acts 10:34) There is no partiality with God (Ephesians 6:9) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  13. “Because I have __________, or because __________ happened to me, I am unacceptable.” I am accepted in the Beloved. (Ephesians 1:6) The Father has accepted me. (Romans 14:3) Christ has accepted me. (Romans 15:7) Not only am I accepted AND acceptable, but God delights to use the very thing I am ashamed of! Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  14. “I am such a disappointment to God, to my family, and to myself.” I cannot disappoint a God who knows everything and has no expectations about me. I can accept myself as a work in progress, accepted and loved by God. Jesus was a disappointment to His family too, because of their unrealistic expectations. Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  15. “I am damaged goods--I have scars.” My scars are trophies of God’s grace! Jacob’s limp We will worship Jesus’ scars in heaven. Scars will be beautiful in heaven! Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  16. “Everybody has to approve of me. It’s essential that everyone like me.” God’s approval is all that matters, and He approves of me. He not only loves me, He LIKES me! – (John 17:23) Jesus wasn’t liked and approved of by everybody--and He was perfect! Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  17. “This pain will never go away. I will be hounded forever.” I have a finite number of tears inside me, which God is collecting in a bottle as I cry. (Psalm 56:8) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  18. “There’s something wrong with me because I am depressed.” Depression is a signal that I need to address something in my soul or body. God will help me as I give Him access to my heart and my thinking. Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  19. “I am ugly.” I can adorn myself with a gentle and quiet spirit which is precious in God’s sight. (1 Peter 2:4) The King is enthralled by my beauty. (Psalm 45:11) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  20. “I can’t feel God’s love” The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is Thy faithfulness! (Lamentations 3:22-23) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

  21. “I’m too old to change.” God is renewing me on the inside, day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16) Lies/MisbeliefsTruth

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