Our low self-esteem story arises from the three fictional beliefs in being separated, lacking and stuck. To help locate some of the specific sources of these three beliefs in your story, please answer the following questions or complete the following sentences:

1. The sense of separateness or aloneness

What separative thoughts do you have?

What are you telling yourself that makes you feel lonely, isolated, abandoned?

Do you have emotions of fear, jealousy, guilt, anger, self-righteousness?

I most often feel separated from__________

I feel left out of_______

I would like to be closer to________________

I can’t forgive_____________

I am critical of others who______________

I envy others for_________________

I feel unworthy about___________________

The sense of lack, deprivation, or insecurity

I compare myself with__________

I feel inadequate about______________

I feel incomplete about____________

There is not enough _________________

I have less than____________________

I feel cheated of____________________

I would like to have more____________

A quality missing in me that I see in others is________________

If I could live my life over, I would_____________

I don’t have the ability to________________

What do you feel trapped about?

I feel burdened with_____________

I am too involved with___________

I can’t seem to get out of____________

I feel handicapped by________________

I feel victimized by_______________

One habit I am stuck with is__________

An attitude I would like to get rid of_____________

An obstacle in my path is_____________

Scriptures to Remind us of our Unity, Wholeness and Freedom

The spiritual truth about these three beliefs is that separation is only found in our story, that deprivation is only found in our story, and that entrapment is only found in our story. The truth, outside of our story, is that unity, security and freedom are already ours to recognize and claim

Unity

Nothing shall be able to separate you from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)

He is our peace, for He hath broken down the middle wall of partition (Eph 2: 14)

You that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now he has reconciled unto Himself (Col. 1:21)

You life is hidden with God in Christ (Col 3:3)

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ (Gal 3:28)

I pray that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfect in oneness (John 18 :21-23)

Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world (Matt 26:20)

We are not sufficient of ourselves, our sufficiency is of God (2 Cor 3:5)

My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor 12:9)

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want (Ps 23: 1)

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4: 13)

My God shall supply all of your needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus (Phil 4: 19)

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid (Mtt 5:14)

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust (2 Peter 1:4)

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32)

If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you (Matt 6:14)

Perfect love casts out fear (I john 4:18)

Whosoever keepeth the word of God, in him verily is the love of God perfected (I John 2:5)

For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am in, therewith to be content (Phil 4:11)

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (Matt 6:10)

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2) He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:32) Now being made free from sin, you have become servants of God (Rom 6:22)