Do you feel defined by your mistakes? No matter what you’ve gone through, what you see as a damaged or tattered life, God sees every one of His children as a masterpiece, displaying His glory. If you’re struggling to believe that’s true, join Theresa Ingram, as she shares her story and why we can hold on to God’s promises.

Main Points

Learning how to experience God's love by "opening the window of our soul"

Closed window: Sin in my life and disobedience to God’s Word keeps me from experiencing God’s love.

Open window: I will live righteously because God’s love is perfected in lives that are pure.

Steps to take:

1. Make confession a part of your daily life; keep short accounts.
2. Spend time in God’s Word on a regular basis (5-7 days per week).

Closed window: A believer’s learned way of thinking about themselves (self-talk) can keep them from experiencing God’s love.

Open window: I will fill my mind with God’s truth to overcome the negative beliefs I have learned. I will cling to His promises for my life. 

Steps to take:

1. Evaluate your own thinking patters against Philippians 4:8. Does your self-talk align with God’s truth about you?
2. Begin the process of replacing those lies with God’s truth (fix your mind on what is true and honorable and right).

Closed window: A believer who is building the foundation of their life on worldly, temporal things instead of on God’s foundation and eternal things will have a hard time experiencing God’s love.

Open Window: I will surrender my life (all that I am and all that I have) to my Father in Heaven (the only One who is able and willing to give me all things to enjoy).

Steps to take:

1. Build the foundation of your life on God’s Word.
2. Seek His will in everything you do.
3. Choose by faith to surrender (sign over) every part of your life to God each day.

Closed window: A believer who listens to Satan’s lies and accusations about God’s Word and God’s character will miss the signs of God’s love.

Open window: I will pray specifically against the accusations of Satan and refuse to believe his lies. I will ask God to increase my knowledge and awareness of His love for me.

Steps to take:

1. Stand firm against Satan’s lies!
2. For every doubt, pray a prayer!

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Additional Resource Mentions

• Prayer Journal - Grey
• Prayer Journal - Brown

About Theresa Ingram

Theresa Ingram has a passion to see women transformed as they learn to see themselves as Christ sees them. Theresa has taught and mentored women in the local church for over 25 years. She is a graduate of Fairmont State University, the mother of four grown children & 12 grandchildren, and resides in San Jose, California, with her husband Chip.

About Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

About Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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