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Rebuilding Our Self-Worth | Guided Prayers · Central Christian Church

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: God's word says the tongue has the power of life and death.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our words carry weight, and that weight can be crushing when words are used to cut down, belittle, or discourage.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: Over months or years, that weight can bury a person's true identity under layers of criticism and cruelty until they no longer recognize their own worth apart from what they were told.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: Today we are going to let God's word remind us of what is true.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Rebuilding a sense of worth after the long-term effects of damaging words rarely follows a straight line.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: Today's passages don't rush to that healing, but they offer a steady anchor for the days when the old voices feel louder than the truth.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: Psalm 34.18 says, The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: Isaiah 61.3 says that God gives his people a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and the garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: Notice where God positions himself in the Psalm.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: Ashes for beauty, mourning for joy, despair for praise.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: God offers redemption for what is broken.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus, you are mocked, mischaracterized, and spoken to with cruelty, yet you never let those voices define you.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you that you are near to the brokenhearted, not distant.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: Ask the Holy Spirit to bring gently to the surface any specific words that have shaped how you see yourself, whether spoken recently or years ago.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Bring that lie honestly before God and ask him to replace it with what he actually says about you.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: Pray that the Holy Spirit will draw especially close to them in the moments they feel most alone in their healing.
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_00: Ask God to surround them with safe people, wise counsel, and communities that speak truth and life over them.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: We ask you to finish the healing that only you can complete.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.