Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8   In our busy, outward-focused world, we can tend to get our self-worth from all the wrong places. We might measure our worth by what we do, who we know, or what we look like, seeming always to come up short. Getting our self-worth from who we are in Christ is the answer, but how do we do this? Yesterday we talked about the power of claiming God’s promises out loud. When you do, you begin to renew your mind to who you really are. Another step involves …

God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did. Romans 4:17 (NKJV)   Over the last few days, we’ve been on a series of devotions about learning to love yourself. Why is this important? Because when you grow in your knowledge of what you are worth to God, you begin to trust, respect and care for yourself more. You also begin to believe and walk in the authority you have in Christ. All of these are key when it comes to doing what God is calling you to do. But how can you begin to renew your mind regarding your self-worth? One highly effective thing you can do is speak and claim God’s promises out …

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Luke 12:6-7   Yesterday we talked about the fact that self-confidence is very different from self-worth. We develop self-confidence in an area of our lives when we have experience and a good track record in that area—when we’ve become more competent at doing something. Self-worth, on theother hand, doesn’t need to be related to our performance at all. Many times we do tie the two together. We feel that if we perform at a higher level, we’re worth more. But that’s an unstable place to get self-worth. Every …