Mike Matthews – Universe of Faith https://universeoffaith.org Never Stop Searching Fri, 14 May 2021 08:10:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.4 https://universeoffaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-uof-favicon-new-32x32.png Mike Matthews – Universe of Faith https://universeoffaith.org 32 32 Prayer For Body Acceptance https://universeoffaith.org/prayer-for-body-acceptance/ https://universeoffaith.org/prayer-for-body-acceptance/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:54:00 +0000 http://ci-staging.co.uk/uof/prayer-for-body-acceptance/ Prayer For Body Acceptance The author of this prayer lives with celebral palsy “Father, there are days when it’s hard to accept my body; I hate looking at my outward appearance. I hate being me. Thank you so much for your word. I am your child and you are not ashamed of my body. You […]

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The author of this prayer lives with celebral palsy

“Father, there are days when it’s hard to accept my body; I hate looking at my outward appearance. I hate being me. Thank you so much for your word. I am your child and you are not ashamed of my body. You call me holy and clean. A temple of the Holy Spirit. May I grasp this truth as I face a world that wants me to find my identity in worthless things. May I use my body to bring you glory. Amen.”

Mike Matthews 

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]]> https://universeoffaith.org/prayer-for-body-acceptance/feed/ 0 Living With Cerebral Palsy: My Body Is God’s Temple https://universeoffaith.org/living-with-cerebral-palsy-my-body-is-gods-temple/ https://universeoffaith.org/living-with-cerebral-palsy-my-body-is-gods-temple/#respond Wed, 16 Mar 2016 04:00:00 +0000 http://ci-staging.co.uk/uof/living-with-celebral-palsy-my-body-is-gods-temple/ There are days that I have a very hard time living in my body. I’m hating my cerebral palsy and dealing with my limitations.  I believe the lies that culture screams at me about not adding up to other people. But God’s word breaks through the noisy world and sings to my heart.  He redeemed […]

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]]> There are days that I have a very hard time living in my body. I’m hating my cerebral palsy and dealing with my limitations.  I believe the lies that culture screams at me about not adding up to other people. But God’s word breaks through the noisy world and sings to my heart.  He redeemed me. He changed my heart. He did this while I was living with cerebral palsy.  He’s not ashamed of my outside appearance.  To him, my body is his temple. A holy Sanctuary where you can find his Holy Spirit.

How can I let myself get weighed down and tripped up by what others think about me? If my body is good enough for Jesus to use it to show off his light, than it’s ok for me to live in too.  I am so much more than the definitions the world tries placing on me.  I’m not handicapped, crippled, gimp, retard, and whatever else people use to label others. My identity is in what God says about me. I may have cerebral palsy. But by the grace of God, I belong to him and he’s happy to make me his temple. I’m never alone in my circumstances. Knowing that God is in our circumstances gives us hope that he will use them for his glory and our joy.  On my darkest days, I step out to face the world in a body that I trust God is in to big things with. I wait with eager expectation to see how God will use my life that day.  He never disappoints. No self-help magazine or feel good talk show can give you this kind of outlook on body image. The world will fail you. God’s Word will never let you down. Enjoy life in your body knowing you belong to him. You make the Lord smile.

 

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