See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! 1 John 3:1 (NLT)
Would you like to walk in more freedom in 2023?
We’ve been on a series about how to disengage from toxic sources of love—specifically how to stop feeling like you need to please people to feel okay about yourself. Walking in more freedom in this area involves changing your expectations.
You see, relying on people-pleasing means you expect others to meet all your needs for love. The problem is you can’t make everyone happy. Sometimes the people in your life will be great at loving you; other times they won’t. But when you rely on God’s love, it’s so freeing! You can stop relying on others to make you feel okay and start believing in and receiving God’s love.
The truth is God loves you. You’re His treasure (Deuteronomy 7:6), He calls you His masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10), and there’s nothing you have to do to earn His love.
In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve did nothing to earn God’s love. God looked after them and spent time with them, just as parents love and look after their new baby who hasn’t yet done anything to earn their love. God’s love for you is a gift. It’s something that He bestows on you, hands out freely, and lavishes and heaps on you!
I encourage you to begin to accept the love God so freely gives you and experience a whole new level of freedom this year. Get established in His uncompromising, unearned, always flowing, blasting-into-your-life love, and let the value He places on you determine your self-worth.
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