“Do you believe God can use you?” I asked in my last post.
It’s a question I also ask myself on days when doubts threaten to overwhelm me. I don’t doubt Him. I know He is faithful. It’s self doubts fueled by the accusations of the accuser that I struggle to overcome.
How can I – how can you – overcome the self-doubts that hold us back from experiencing the victory that faith brings?
1. Cut the old tapes. “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32 TLB).
2. Stop listening to the wrong voices. “Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:4 NASB)
3. Change your focus! “Look out for one another’s interests, not just for your own. The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had” (Phil. 2:4-5 TEV).
4. Renew your vision. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Prov. 29:18 KJV).
5. Set specific and measurable goals. “We should make plans – counting on God to help us” (Prov. 16:9 TLB).
6. Refuse to let disappointments derail you. “No one who believes in Christ will ever be disappointed” (Rom. 10:11 TLB).
7. Don’t reinforce your doubts. “But I’m not the person for a job like that” (Ex. 3:11 TLB).
8. Refuse to fall victim to discouragement. “He is a mighty Savior. He will give you
victory. He will rejoice over you with great gladness; he will love you and not accuse you” (Zeph. 3:17 TLB).
9. Stop procrastinating and persist. “Dreaming instead of doing is foolishness, and there is ruin in a flood of empty words” (Eccl. 5:7 TLB)
10.Draw near to the Promise Keeper. “When you draw close to God, God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and let your hearts be filled with God alone to make them pure and true to him” (James 4:8 TLB).
11. Stay in the Word. The whole Bible “is God’s way of making us well prepared at
every point, fully equipped to do good to everyone” (2 Tim. 3:17 TLB).
12. Get to work. “Be strong and courageous and get to work. Do not be frightened by the size of the task, for the Lord my God is with you; he will not forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly” (1 Chron. 28:20 TLB).
13. Put on the armor and commit to what He is calling you to do – NOW! “So I run
straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I fight to win. I’m not just shadow-boxing or playing around” (1 Cor. 9:26 TLB).
Now you have every grace and blessing;
every spiritual gift and power
for doing his will are yours
during this time of waiting
for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:7 TLB
Write His Answer 
Just in case you have a very picky reader–you might want to edit this to “None of the workshops or continuing sessions *is* closed.” Someone just told me about conferees commenting on things like this so–
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Write His Answer wrote:
> Marlene Bagnull posted: “”Do you believe God can use you?” I asked in my > last post. It’s a question I also ask myself on days when doubts threaten > to overwhelm me. I don’t doubt Him. I know He is faithful. It’s self doubts > fueled by the accusations of the accuser that I struggle” >
Wonderful article and thanks for the reminders, Marlene!
While not a great grammar scholar, I thought that verbs modify nouns — and that if the noun is singular/plural, then the verb must also agree with it. If this is indeed the case, are not the [plural] nouns “workshops” and “sessions” correctly modified by “are” — as you have written rather than “is” as has been suggested? Just asking . . . Thanks much.
Thanks, Oleatha. And “are” is correct.