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Today there are so many ways to encourage yourself and affirm your value and worth. However, one who loves the Lord must be careful to pay attention to the sources they rely on for affirmation. Here is an example:

I drink Yogi tea because it is one of the most beneficial teas for healthy living I know of. Each tea bag has a little saying on it and while most are pretty good some are a little bit far fetched. Like….

• Empty yourself and let the universe fill you

Stuff like that will get you no where fast because it is most likely founded upon very shaky ground.

It is a good to learn to affirm yourself with the Word. It helps keep you grounded in good soil so that your roots run deep. Affirming yourself with the Word gives you confidence and assurance. Affirming yourself with the Word helps you to be enlightened with the Truth that sets you free. Affirming yourself with the Word helps you to see the value of abundant life in Christ.

When I was stepping out of the box of box of mediocre living and into the authentic existence that God had for me, I used the word to affirm and motivate me to never stop believing in the woman God is creating me to be.

I remember when I had my breakdown in 2008. God had been dealing with me for sometime about stepping out of the box but I was letting my husband’s mess stifle my creative being and I walked down his path. There was no intertwining the paths as far as he was concerned. It was his way or no way because he knew best.

Let me tell you that when God says “touch not mine anointed” He means it and my husband, bless his heart, is learning some valuable lessons about trying to control people. He too has an anointing on his life and a prophetic message; but he had to realize that God has a Plan for us all that only HE can determine. I will share this story at another time.

Ok, yet again I digressed a bit. Back to the example I was giving.

In February of that year I was tired and just wanted to end it all. My oldest son stopped me from literally slitting my throat. I was that miserable…can you imagine. Please don’t because it is not worth it to do so.

It was a wake up call for our family that something was terribly wrong. My depression had taken its toll on me.

That next day my husband, who was scared out of his wits, found a counselor for me but it turned out we could not afford him. So I prayed and asked God what to do because I had scared myself too.I could not afford

He gave me Psalms 139 and I read it over and over again until it began to really sink in. I had read it so many times before and had even suggested for others to read. But this time I meditated on it until I cried and started truly believing that I was fearfully and wonderfully made. It ROCKED my world and gave me such a sense of being.

Things did not change over night and my marriage is still a little shaky but what affirming myself through the Word was an awesome experience.

If you are wondering if I got any help for my breakdown I did. I just so happen to be surrounded by a group of strong coaches and they were vital in my recovery. However, my main Therapist was GOD!

I gave this example of my life to say that if you are looking for something to meditate on that will affirm you then try the Word or a resource very much grounded in it.

Here are a few of my favorite Affirming Scriptures all taken from the New American Standard Bible:

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.0
(Psalms 139:13-14

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday. (Psalm 37:4-6)

I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them. O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! O fear the LORD, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want.
(Psalm 34:4-9)

Romans 8 – The entire chapter

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
(Philippians 2:13)

I can do all things through Him (Christ) who strengthens me.
(Philippians 4:13)  (italicization mine)

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
(Colossians 3:3)

How do you affirm yourself? Is it grounded in the Word?