Beth Moore Continued

  After thinking about what to post, I figured more than anything this post is for me rather than others. I need to write down my thoughts and lessons so that when I need them I can come back to this.

Her message was based on her book, So Long Insecurity; you’ve been a bad friend. I never really thought about all the ways in my own life I’m insecure about things, and how those petty insecurities infiltrate all the areas of my life and cause problems that don’t need to exist.

So here are a few key points that really impacted my life, for anyone that cares:

• Insecurity is not a weakness. Plain and simple, insecurity is unbelief. We are insecure because we really do not trust God.
• Live your life worthy of the calling God has for you. He won’t insist the calling on your life; you have to choose to accept it. You can live your entire life and go to heaven and still miss the calling God has for you.
• You were taught how to live. (Is. 43) There are no excuses for things in life. I know how to live and have faith and I have to do it.
• Beth shared the acronym for a SECURE woman:
• Saved from herself. I can be my own worst enemy. When I am secure, I trust God to be who He says He is and I stop bringing everything back onto myself. Insecurity is its own form of pride. When we are secure women, we think more of God and less of ourselves.
• Entitled to truth. I am entitled to know the Truth, walk in Truth, and live in Truth.
• Clothed with intention. I must make a conscious decision each and every day to be secure. I must fight the battle in my mind, walk it out in my feet every day and then my emotions will follow through. I must will myself to be in God’s will. The battle of insecurity is won in my mind, so I must renew the spirit of my mind daily; or in my case several times a day!
• Upended by Grace. Our insecurities are the root reason we are easily offended by things in this life. Grace turns everything around. If I truly believe that I’ve been forgiven, then I will easily forgive others. When we do not truly feel forgiven we withhold forgiveness from others. (Heb. 10:19) 2 Cor. 5:17 states that I am a new creatures. I must daily put on the new- clothed with intention- and give the grace to others that has been given to me. We hold on to anger, hurt, resentment, because to give it up means we lose control and power over something. Grace is the only thing that we can give away and still keep at the same time. Un-forgiveness is a tapeworm that will eat away everything good God is doing in our lives.
• Rebounded by Love. I must live like the dearly loved child that I am. My son knows he is loved, and he lives his life in that manner. Exploring, creating, adventuring, and caring about things because he knows he can always come back to our love. I must live the same way because God can not be run off. A heart that has been hurt and does not heal will become hardened. I must guard my heart with grace and allow healing to happen in areas so my heart does not become hard and callous toward God.
• Exceptional in life. We have a need for significance in this world. God desires our lives to be exceptional.