Spiritual Self-Discovery

Self-Discovery and Understanding

• Importance of self-discovery: understand who you are, where you are, and where you're going
• Need for divine insight into God's plan to eliminate confusion, stay focused, live in God's will, and achieve fulfillment

Key Factors to Consider for Self-Discovery

• Areas of strengths: tasks and actions you can do well, including knowledge, proficiency, skills, and talents
• What you want most: doing things that make you happy and making the most out of your time
• Unique personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness
• Family background: understanding your family's influence on your life
• Aspirations: hopes, ambitions, and setting goals for achieving something in life

Boosters of Self-Esteem

• Identify and challenge negative beliefs
• Focus on positive aspects about yourself
• Build positive relationships and avoid negative ones
• Improve physical health
• Learn to say affirmative "yes" or "no" to situations
• Identify and develop competences
• Eliminate self-criticism and introduce self-compassion
• Affirm your real worth
• Accept complements
• Use positive affirmations

The Nature and Power of the Mind

• The mind determines a person's worth
• Law of concentration: what you dwell on grows in your reality
• The power of thought: thoughts of boldness, courage, and self-assertion can become a part of your character and personality
• Importance of feeding your mind with the word of God to avoid corruption

The Nature of the Mind

• Creativity: the mind is the seat of creativity
• Memory of past failures: learning from past mistakes
• Uncertainty: dealing with uncertainty and doubt
• Divided attention: avoiding distractions and staying focused
• Procrastination: overcoming procrastination and taking action
• Fear of success: overcoming fear and achieving success
• Lack of vision: having a clear vision and direction
• Disobedience: obeying God's will and commands
• Discouragement: overcoming discouragement and staying motivated
• Wrong environment: avoiding negative influences and environments
• Opposition: overcoming opposition and staying committed

Biblical Dynamics of Self-Esteem

• Self-Esteem: the overall opinion of oneself, including abilities and limitations
• Importance of having a healthy self-esteem: feeling worthy and deserving of respect and honor
• God's perspective on self-esteem: worth is based on being created in God's image, not on wealth, strength, appearance, occupation, popularity, or relationships