Are You Ready To Treat Yourself As Being Worth More?

Lolly Daskal, President and CEO of Lead from Within, a global consultancy firm, provides us with the following list of 12 Destructive Habits You Need To Stop Right Now (I have added related contrasting scriptures):

• You don't believe in yourself (Philippians 4:13). 

• You don't own your unique self (2 Corinthians 10:7-18).

• You care too much what other people think (1 Corinthians 6:12).

• You compare yourself with others (2 Corinthians 10:8-13,18).

• You surround yourself with negativity (2 Corinthians 6:14-18).

• You indulge in pessimism (Philippians 4:13).

• You criticize yourself relentlessly (Exodus 4:10-17).

• You don't trust yourself. 

• You don't let yourself speak up (Titus 2:15).

• You're no longer curious (Acts 17:11).

• You dismiss compliments (Matthew 25:20-21).

• You limit yourself (Matthew 25:24-30).

Beloved, let us be ready to treat ourselves as being worth more, for God certainly does (Matthew 6:25-30).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets