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Greetings in the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today I'd like to talk about what eople think about themselves. I believe that there is an attitude that overtakes people sometimes that causes them to stop believing in themselves.
I'm not saying now that we should be all caught up in our own perceived self-importance.
Some people have a big problem with that. But I'm talking about that broader social
phenomenonthat causes people to feel like second class human beings and limits their ability to
accomplish things in this life, both for themselves and for God.
If we are poor, we should realize that we can be rich in the Spirit of God. We should not look
up too much to people in the world that hold positions of authority or wealth to the point that their decisions impact our own self worth. We do, of course, respect authority (he who cannot obey cannot command), but we also realize that these people have what they have only because God has let them have it and because they have taken the initiative
to grab hold of it.
We should not limit ourselves. God gave us all an instrument that is so beautifully powerful that it can impact profoundly the human race at large. That gift is the human mind. We don't have to be geniuses to use it. Most of the people who have greaty affected the course of history were not intellectual giants. They just had an imagination that was unfettered by fear of failure and inadequacy.
Peter and the Apostles were ignorant and unlearned men, but Christ entrusted His ministry to them.
And finally, we need to realize that those of us who are born into the Kingdom are of a royal lineage. For we are given the power to become the children f God(John 1:12). With our Father we know that all things are possible. Thus we should not feel inferior to anyone out in the world. Being content with our own talents, we can then make a tremendous impact on this world for the better.

God Bless!