Identifying Truth

What does your self-esteem/self-image look like?

The Sensation of Being Somebody

• • A sense of belongingness
  • A sense of worth and value
  • A sense of competence

Sources of Identity

• Your outer world
  • 1 Cor 13:9-12; Romans 5:7-11
• The world within us
  • Romans 5:12
• Satan
  • John 8:44; Revelation 12:10; 2 Cor 4:4
• God

Practical Steps Toward Healing 

• Correct faulty theology
• • Matthew 22:37-40; Ephesians 5:28-29; Romans 12:3
• Take your self-estimate from God

What right do you have to belittle or despise someone whom…

• God loves so deeply
• God has honored so highly – 1 John 3:1-2
• God values so highly – Romans 5:7-8
• God has provided for so fully – Matthew 7:11; Phil 4:19
• God has planned for so fully – Eph 1:3-5; 1:6

Practical Steps Toward Healing 

• Correct faulty theology
• Take your self-estimate from God
• Cooperate with the Holy Spirit
  • Romans 12:2