Scriptures About Believing In Yourself

[altersteve]

I've been asked to give a talk in sacrament next week (I was going to do it today but won't be able to make it to church today) and I've chosen the topic of believing in yourself, going after your dreams, and not listening to critics, a subject which means a lot to me. I've found a few examples of scriptures that touch on this, but I'd like to hear some feedback from all of you. Thoughts?

[emarkp]

My belief is in Christ. Not in me. If I'm doing what He wants, critics are irrelevant. If I have His approval, I need no other.

2 Ne 4:19 And when I desire to rejoice, my heart groaneth because of my sins; nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.

[altersteve]

I'm talking about the divine light inside each of us. About realizing that you're worth something and that God wouldn't have put you on this world if he didn't think you could change it. That's something worth talking about and believing in. We don't hear about it in church often enough.

Edited September 22, 2013 by altersteve

[Questing Beast]

"Brothers, now are we the sons of God. It does not yet appear what we shall be. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he Is"....

[Nathair/|\]

Psalms 82:6

Ye are gods..

[DarkScythe]

good one Nathair.

[Tacenda]

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Believing-in-Yourself/

 

Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.

Proverbs 16:9 - A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Psalms 30:5 - For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Acts 16:31 - And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Proverbs 1:1-33 - The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;  

 

Proverbs Chapter 1

¹The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

²To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

³To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

⁴To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

⁵A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

⁶To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

⁷The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

⁸My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

⁹For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

¹²Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

¹³We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

¹⁴Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

¹⁵My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

¹⁶For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

¹⁷Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

¹⁸And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

¹⁹So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

²⁰Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

²¹She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],

²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

²³Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

²⁵But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

²⁶I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

²⁷When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

²⁸Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

²⁹For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

³⁰They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

³²For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

 

 

from ChaCha:

 

"Here is one verse about believing in yourself and what you can do : But those who hope in the LORD, will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31"

 

(I like how it's said in the NIV Bible much better than the KJ version) 

 

And then there are these........

 

Matthew 21:22 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

John 20:31 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

1 Peter 1:8 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Acts 24:14 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

1 Timothy 6:2 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

Romans 15:13 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

John 20:27 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Acts 16:34 | Read whole chapter | See verse in context And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

ETA:  You wanted scriptures but I thought this quote was appropriate....

 

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Mormon.org

 

“Recognize that enduring happiness comes from what you are, not from what you have.” –Richard G. Scott

The world teaches that happiness comes from physical and material things, but lasting happiness and peace, along with your personal self-worth and sense of purpose, come from God.

If you are struggling with self-worth or direction in your life, ask God to show you how much you matter to Him.

http://mrmn.org/1eQtTNc

 

Edited September 22, 2013 by Tacenda

[TAO]

Kinda long, but...

 

http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/12?lang=eng

 

 23 And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;

 24 And thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands. Behold, thou hast not made us mighty in writing like unto the brother of Jared, for thou madest him that the things which he wrote were mighty even as thou art, unto the overpowering of man to read them.

 25 Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore, when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.

 26 And when I had said this, the Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that they shall take no advantage of your weakness;

 27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

 28 Behold, I will show unto the Gentiles their weakness, and I will show unto them that faith, hope and charity bringeth unto me—the fountain of all righteousness.

 29 And I, Moroni, having heard these words, was comforted, and said: O Lord, thy righteous will be done, for I know that thou workest unto the children of men according to their faith;

[pogi]

I always thought this was an interesting one:

 

"Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth." (Rom 14:22)

[Bob Crockett]

Read the poem "Invictus," which is occasionally quoted in conference, and then Orson F Whitney's rejoinder, which is often overlooked. Two great poems when read back to back.

 

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

 

 

versus Whitney's:

 

Art thou in truth?

Then what of Him who bought thee with His blood?
Who plunged into devouring seas
And snatched thee from the flood,
Who bore for all our fallen race
What none but Him could bear-
That God who died that man might live
And endless glory share.

Of what avail thy vaunted strength
Apart from His vast might?
Pray that His light may pierce the gloom
That thou mayest see aright.

Men are as bubbles on the wave,
As leaves upon the tree,
Thou, captain of thy soul! Forsooth,
Who gave that place to thee?
Free will is thine-free agency,
To wield for right or wrong;
But thou must answer unto Him
To whom all souls belong.

Bend to the dust that ‘head unbowed, ‘
Small part of life’s great whole,
And see in Him and Him alone,
The captain of thy soul.

Edited September 24, 2013 by Bob Crockett

[Nathair/|\]

I am also fond of Volgadon's restatment of an old rabbinnical saying, "Though I am but dust and ashes, yet for me was the world created."

[Rivers]

D&C 18:10 "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God."

[savedbygrace]

I am also fond of Volgadon's restatment of an old rabbinnical saying, "Though I am but dust and ashes, yet for me was the world created."

What a beautiful quote, and so true