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Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to

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Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening

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Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants

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Speaker 1: to hear from you. Right after the short word from

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Speaker 1: Feel Worthless. A Prayer for when You Feel Worthless written

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Speaker 1: by Vivian Bricker, read by Lea Gerard. He heals the

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Speaker 1: broken hearted and binds up their wornds on one seven to three.

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Speaker 1: During middle school, my life changed in the worst way.

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Speaker 1: My teachers and fellow students relentlessly bullied me to the

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Speaker 1: point of tears. Because I didn't look or act like them.

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Speaker 1: They saw me as inferior. Due to the bullying, my

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Speaker 1: mom pulled me out of public school and I began

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Speaker 1: homeschooling in the seventh grade. Unfortunately, the damage had already

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Speaker 1: been done. Within my first year of homeschool, I developed depression, anxiety,

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Speaker 1: and anorexia. All of these experiences left me feeling completely worthless.

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Speaker 1: Homeschool brought its own challenges. My two sisters were often

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Speaker 1: praised by my mother for their work, while I was

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Speaker 1: frequently put down throughout my school years. My mother never

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Speaker 1: told me she was proud of anything I did. This

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Speaker 1: is a painful reality I've had to accept and learn

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Speaker 1: to live with. To make matters worse, my elementary school

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Speaker 1: friends stopped talking to me, leaving me more isolated than ever.

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Speaker 1: Being treated poorly by people I trusted deeply reinforced my

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Speaker 1: feelings of worthlessness. Although the way others treat me has

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Speaker 1: improved over time, those feelings have lingered. I've gone through

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Speaker 1: therapy to address these wounds, yet it's still a daily struggle.

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Speaker 1: Feelings of worthlessness often fuel depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

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Speaker 1: If you're in the same place, please know you're not alone.

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Speaker 1: Some of us are dealt a heavier hand, and we're

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Speaker 1: left carrying wounds we didn't deserve. Still, there's one truth

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Speaker 1: we must hold on to. We are not worthless. Colaussians

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Speaker 1: two nine through ten reminds us that we are complete

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Speaker 1: in Christ, saying for in Christ all the fullness of

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Speaker 1: the deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you

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Speaker 1: have been brought to fullness. He is the head over

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Speaker 1: every power and authority. The Bible also tells us in

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Speaker 1: Romans eight thirty seven through thirty nine that nothing can

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Speaker 1: separate us from God's love. This truth assures us of

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Speaker 1: our value even when others make us feel unloved or unwonted.

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Speaker 1: We can rest in the certainty that we are irreplaceable

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Speaker 1: in God's eyes. Psalm one forty seven three says He

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Speaker 1: heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds. Feeling

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Speaker 1: worthless can leave our hearts shattered and wounded. If your

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Speaker 1: heart feels broken today, turn to God and allow him

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Speaker 1: to begin healing you. God often heals us by reminding

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Speaker 1: us of who we truly are through his word. The

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Speaker 1: Bible tells us in Ephesians two ten that we are

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Speaker 1: God's masterpiece. Psalm one thirty nine thirteen through sixteen says

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Speaker 1: we are fearfully and wonderfully made, and Genesis one twenty

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Speaker 1: seven tells us we're created in his image. People will

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Speaker 1: fail us and say things that hurt deeply, but God's

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Speaker 1: truth remains steady. Listen to what he says about you,

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Speaker 1: apply his word, rest in his love, and allow him

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Speaker 1: to remind you that you are worthy, deeply cared for,

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Speaker 1: and fully loved. Let's pray, Dear God, I have felt

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Speaker 1: worthless for a long time because of the wounds others

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Speaker 1: have inflicted. I've questioned my value and struggled to see

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Speaker 1: anything good in myself. People I trusted have made me

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Speaker 1: feel small and unwonted. Instead of confidence, I often feel

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Speaker 1: like I don't belong and that the world would be

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Speaker 1: better without me. Please help me reach out for support

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Speaker 1: when these thoughts overwhelm me, but teach me to bring

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Speaker 1: my worries to you. Heal my broken heart and bind

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Speaker 1: my wounds. I know nothing is impossible for you. Help

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Speaker 1: me remember that you love me and see me as

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Speaker 1: worthy because your opinion is the only truth that matters.

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Speaker 1: Help me to always remember that I am your beloved child. Amed.

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