In this episode of Rescue & Recovery, I want to talk to you about recovering lost opportunities. Every one of us has faced moments where we felt like we missed our chance, made the wrong decision, wasted years, or watched something valuable slip away. But one of the greatest truths I’ve learned in my walk with God is this: His mercies are renewed every single day.
Too many people allow failure, disappointment, or painful circumstances to shape the way they see God and themselves. When life doesn’t work out the way we expected, we often create beliefs based on our experiences instead of building our lives on God’s truth. But God never intended for your past to define your future.
In this message, I’ll show you how reconnecting your heart to God can restore hope, renew your vision, and help you move forward with confidence. We’ll talk about why people get trapped in “circumstantial theology,” how failure can actually become the doorway to deeper intimacy with God, and why the person who has been forgiven much often loves much.
No matter where you’ve been or what you feel you’ve lost, God is still able to bring restoration, purpose, and new opportunities into your life.
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Everyone has a set of core beliefs for identity, self-image and self-worth, and it’s from this Life Matrix that every decision is determined. We can never succeed when we make any decision that exceeds these beliefs. We do one of three things with goals and dreams that exceed our Life Matrix: we disqualify ourselves and never try, we quit before we accomplish the goal or we sabotage our success. Therefore, self-worth is one of man’s deepest needs.
According to one of America’s great leaders, “America doesn’t have a sin crisis, it has a self-worth crisis.” If you feel like a king you act like a king and you make decisions like a king. Lack of self-worth often drives us to the need for professional accomplishments, material possessions, and personal comparisons and judgments; yet, none of these provide the sense of dignity that God intended for man.
In the beginning God crowned man with dignity and worth from which he ruled Planet Earth. We will only discover the life God has for us when we experience Bible-based self-worth. In this powerful series you will be taken through the process of establishing a biblically-based self-worth founded in your identity in Jesus. A few of the many benefits you will gain are:
• You will discover God’s incredible value for you.
• You will change the way you feel about yourself.
• You will be transformed by experiencing dignity and worth.
• You will find insights into the true biblical basis for spiritual authority.
• You will change the way you see others by changing the way you see yourself.
• You will experience the incredible power of dignity and worth.
• And much, much more…
Investing in your dignity and worth will be one of the best investments of your life!