Meditations on "Truth"

Feelings of rejection challenge three beliefs that humans need to affirm in order to be healthy: I belong; I have worth; I am adequate and/or competent.

Audio for ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED (1) Each of us will experience some degree of rejection in our lives.

When we think of the shortcomings in our character, do we immediately have a sense of remorse or are we more likely to try to justify them?

As we remember service men and women who helped their comrades in times of war and trouble, it’s also good to be mindful of beautiful words in the Bible that describe God's help in times of need.

As we become willing to have God remove our defects of character we commit to being persons who desire God’s will instead of our own.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

The exact nature of our wrongs is rooted in the lie that our problems are caused by what is around us rather than what is within us.

The basic questions to ask when making a searching and fearless moral inventory are, "God what does my life look like to you?

What is the challenge for us as we reflect on making a searching, fearless, and moral inventory based on God’s way of living as revealed in the Bible?

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

If we grew up in a dysfunctional family or surrounded ourselves in our addictive lifestyle with individuals who were broken, we likely developed thought patterns that were incorrect and even harmful.

We are not shaped so much by our environment as we are by our perception of our environment.