TERRI: A recent study showed that women's magazines have
10 times more advertisements promoting weight loss than men's
magazines. They say the majority of people's problems are, we
don't like ourselves, and a poor self-image, low self-esteem, it
shows up in every area of our lives. I want to share with you
five tips to build your self-image and your body image.
(Music)
TERRI: Hey. I'm Terri Savelle Foy and you're watching Live
Your Dreams. I pray that as you invest in yourself today, you're
captivated and you're catapulted to live your dreams. I want to
talk to you today about making improvements in your self-image
and even your body image. Why? Because it affects every area of
your life, and I believe God is speaking to you today that it's
time to boost your confidence. Why? So you can go after the
dreams that God has put in your heart. In fact, I heard this
story, I thought it was so cute, about this mayor who was on a
float with his wife going down the parade. They're going down
main street in this parade. They were waving at the crowd, you
know? Seeing everybody. All of a sudden, the mayor, he just
happened to point out there and he noticed his wife's former
boyfriend who now owned the local gas station. He kind of
snickered sarcastically and he said, "Aren't you glad you
didn't marry him? You'd be working at a gas station." She
snickered and said, "No, if I'd married him, he'd be the mayor."
I love that because she had such confidence in who she was,
didn't she? You got to change the way you see yourself if
you're going to fulfill your assignment. In fact, you may
have heard of a man named Jim Rohn who was a great motivator.
He's gone on to be with the Lord, but he's been a great
motivator and a mentor to other people. In fact, he was a mentor
to Tony Robbins. Well, Tony Robbins apparently grew up very
poor. He said he had a very poor mentality and he just didn't
expect much out of life. Jim Rohn began to mentor him, teach
him success and he told him right off the bat, he said,
"Tony, you've got to change your whole psychology about success
and about the way you see yourself." He said, "You have a
poor mentality and we've got to condition yourself to begin to
see more, that God has more for your life." So He said, "What I
want you to do is go to the bank and I want you to get $300 out."
He said, "Even if that's all you've got, go get three $100
bills." He said, "I want you to put it on the outside of your
money clip so that every time you get your money out, you see
wealth and you condition yourself to build your
confidence to succeed." He said, "I want you to program your mind
for abundance." He began to teach him stuff like, he said,
"You know, the Bible says, 'Come boldly to the throne and ask for
what you need.' Don't come with your head down, sheepishly,
cowardly, begging God for a few dollars." He said, "The Bible
actually says you have not because you ask not." He said,
"Why are you so intimidated to not ask the Lord for things?"
Well, you know, Tony began to learn these success traits and
he became a great motivator. He said one night he was walking
out of this conference in downtown Boston and he said he
saw this homeless man approaching him off in the
distance. He had on a trench coat. He had a paper bag in his
hand, and he's getting closer to him. The homeless man walked
right up to Tony Robbins and he just asked him, he said,
"Mister, can you loan me a quarter?" All of a sudden, Tony
just had this idea. He said, "I'm going to practice this on
this homeless man," so he said he took out those three $100
bills from his wallet, but he also took out a coin from his
pocket. He held them up in front of that homeless man and he just
said, "Listen, life will pay you any price you ask of it. The
Bible says, 'Ask and you shall receive. You have not because
you ask not.'" All of a sudden, he said that homeless man looked
at Tony, he looked at those hundreds, he looked at the
quarter. Then he did it again. He looked at Tony, he looked at
the hundreds, he looked at the quarter. He said he did this
about four different times. Then all of a sudden, he said,
"You're weird." But that's not all he did. He said he grabbed
the quarter and he ran off. Now I don't know about you, but when
I heard that story, that broke my heart that that homeless man,
he asked for what he thought he was worth. He didn't think he
was worth $300. He thought he was only worth a coin. You hear
a story like that and you think, "That is so sad," but what are
you asking God for? Are you asking God to put gas in your
car or are you asking God to pay off the car? You know, I've
heard Joyce Meyer say this. She said, "I'd rather ask God for
everything and get 50% than ask for nothing and get 100%." Well,
my point is we live in a world where there is an epidemic of
low self-esteem and the thing is it affects almost every aspect
of our lives. It affects your relationships, your health even.
It affects your appearance, the way you carry yourself. It
affects your children. Insecurity can come off on them.
It affects the career you choose. It even affects
your relationship with God, what you think He'll really even give
you. First of all, let me just define what a self-image is.
Your self-image is simply a mental portrait that you carry
of yourself. It's the idea you have of your abilities, your
appearance, your personality. It's like this mental image or
mental portrait that you have of you. It's the way you see
yourself. The thing is, it doesn't matter if other people
see you completely different. It's how you see yourself that
affects everything. In fact, I was reading something about the
effects of a poor self-image on your life. Listen to this, these
are just some of them. Negative emotions and feelings. You know
a poor self-image affects your mood? You might battle with
constantly feeling sad, ashamed, anxious, depressed or even angry
at times, and you don't even know why. People may even
comment, "You're so moody," and you can't even explain it. Those
are just symptoms of a poor self-image, or being
unmotivated. Maybe even watching a show like this on Live Your
Dreams, you're like, "Give me a break." Maybe you find it hard
to get excited about pursuing any new goals or dreams for your
life, and it could be because you automatically assume you'll
fail, so what's the point? It even affects relationships. You
have relationship troubles. Well, for one thing, there's
nothing more unattractive than insecurity. In fact, I read
where the most attractive trait that men and women find in each
other is confidence. See, if you don't like yourself, it's hard
for other people to enjoy liking you either, so it affects
relationships. It also affects comfort zones, being locked in
comfort zones. Well, we know that it's all fear-based. You
know, insecurity, poor self-esteem, those are all
fear-based. It's the fear that you're not good enough, you're
not smart enough, you're not educated enough, you're not
skinny enough, you're not pretty enough. Those are all fear-based
and because of that fear, you'll stay locked in a comfort zone
when God is saying, "Everything I have for you is one step
outside that comfort zone." Another symptom of it is just
not looking after yourself. When you already feel bad about
yourself physically, it's easy to just let things go like
eating healthy, exercising, because why does it even matter?
I read where eating disorders, substance abuse, addictions,
staying in abusive relationships, it's all linked
to heavy doses of a poor self-image. You know, many
people have what they call a distorted self-image, which I
can identify with that. I've shared on other broadcasts how I
had a very distorted self-image and it didn't matter what other
people said. I saw myself a certain way. I saw myself as
ugly and fat and worthless and insignificant, and because I saw
myself that way, you behave in a manner consistent with how you
see yourself. If you see yourself as worthless, you'll
let people treat you as worthless. Now you see why it's
so important that you build your self-image because God has a
plan for your life and He needs you to pull your shoulders back,
hold your head up and get serious about your destiny. I
recently read a statistic that said 91% of women are unhappy
with their bodies. 91%. We're getting close to 100% of all
women hate their bodies. 58% of college-aged girls feel
pressured to be a certain way. 95% of people with eating
disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25. Most of this stems
from experiences in our lives and some people, you would
assume they have it all together because maybe it appears that
way on the outside, but you never know what people have been
through and are hiding it. In fact, I wanted to read this
letter to you from a precious girl named Chris, from Canada,
who wrote to me. Her story, you may identify with some of it or
maybe just portions of it, but listen to this. She said, "I was
raised in a Christian home all my life, although some might
find that hard to believe. I was sexually abused, but my parents
never knew. I wasn't the same child." She said, "I've often
wondered who I was before the abuse started. I would flirt
with my dad's friends and do anything for their attention. I
was so confused, I hated myself." She said, "I became
best friends with the girl next door to us. Sadly, she was being
sexually abused by her brother's best friend and because her and
I were so close, I was dragged into it as well. Only for me, it
was her brother, his best friend and her cousin." She said, "At
first, I fought them off, but after a while I gave in. Then I
even looked for it. I convinced myself that if at least I do
some of what they want, they'll love me. My parents had no idea.
I started growing cold inside." She said, "I started to drink
and do drugs. I started dressing sleazy when I could. When we
moved again in the eleventh grade," she said, "it went from
bad to, 'I'll never get through this.'" She said," I began
cutting myself. The pain inside was so great. I was an
embarrassment to my father." She said, "He always labeled me as a
troublemaker and someone just looking for attention." Then she
wrote this, "If only he knew. I first started thinking about
killing myself when I was about 11 years old and still being
abused. We lived by a highway at the time and I would sit outside
my home and imagine jumping in front of a truck. At 16 I was
told that my boyfriend would leave me if I didn't sleep with
him, so I did and became pregnant." She said, "I was
happy though, because I thought, 'Finally someone will love me.'
However, my boyfriend bailed when I was seven months along.
After hearing your message about self-image, you opened my eyes
to so many things. I have never stood up and told anyone my
story. Your messages mean so much to me." She said, "I've
listened to them over and over, and I haven't missed a day with
God since hearing you. I'm truly allowing God to heal me from the
inside out. I feel so much happier." She said, "I want
girls to know that having a baby won't make the pain go away. I
want them to know that even when men or boys hurt you in horrible
ways, that hurting others won't take the pain away." She said,
"I want girls and boys with eating disorders to know that
God can heal them. I want cutters to know that they don't
have to bleed to relieve their pain. There's other ways." She
said, "I want them to know that God loves them." Then she said,
"Thank you, Terri, for making me believe I am princess in God's
eyes. I will never be the same." That blesses my heart, but what
I want you to know are the words that the Lord so gently and
lovingly told me, that things will never be right around you
until they're first right in you. See, God can't use you
publicly until you get victory privately, and I believe you're
watching this on purpose. There's a reason you tuned in to
this broadcast today, because I believe God's speaking to you or
maybe for someone you know, someone you love and care about,
and you see them going down this path of self-destruction and
it's because they have this rooted, deep-seated low
self-esteem, insecurity, poor self-image, but God is the cure
for the insecure. He can heal you from the inside out. I'm so
glad you're watching today because I'm going to share with
you a few tips to help you improve your self-image.
ANNOUNCER: You were fearfully and wonderfully made. You are
God's masterpiece and the apple of his eye and when you see
yourself the way God sees you, the limits on your life are
removed and your future comes alive. As a thank you for your
gift of $25 or more, Terri would like to send you the Build Your
Self-Image Package to help you grow your confidence and enjoy
your life. As you listen to your self-image affects your destiny
and 10 Tips to Build Your Body-Image and Self-Image,
you'll discover the truth about how your purpose can be limited
by your self-image. How to repair a damaged view of
yourself. How to live every day with a healthy self-image and
much more. Plus for a limited time, you'll also receive a
special declarations mirror cling to help you speak God's
Word over yourself every day. So don't wait, call toll free,
800-795-5597. Or visit us online at terri.com.
TERRI: I want to share with you a few tips to
help you improve your self-image on the inside
and the outside, and these are the very things that
the Lord dealt with me about so that I could do what
I'm doing today. Number one is change your mind. Change your
mind. Now when I say that, what I mean is that your life will
never change until your thinking changes. Nothing will change in
your life until you begin thinking differently. You know,
Proverbs 23:7 says, "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he."
Of course, that scripture can be positively or negatively. In
other words, if you see yourself as a loser, you'll act like a
loser. If you see yourself as insignificant, you'll actually
insignificant. You'll let people treat you like you're
insignificant. If you see yourself as trashy, worthless,
crazy, psycho, messed up, maybe words that have been spoken over
you, then you'll act that way, but see, if you see yourself as
forgiven, loved, valuable, confident, chosen by God, then
you're going to start acting like a person chosen by God.
Well, how do you change the way you've thought for 10, 20, 30
years of your life perhaps? Romans 12:2 says this. "Be
transformed by the renewing of your mind." First of all, you
have to ask, what do you renew your mind to? Well, it's the
Word of God, and here's the thing about renewing your mind.
It's a two-step process. It means you have to get rid of the
old way of thinking and replace it with a new way of thinking
about yourself. In fact, I've heard Joyce Meyer talk about
how, if you open up your refrigerator and
you have this horrible smell in there, she
said, you can't just spray something, close the door
and expect it to go away. I've tried that. It doesn't
work. No. You have to open it up, take out all the junk, all
the disgusting stuff, clean it up. Then you can spray something
and then replace it with the new, fresh, clean stuff. It's
the same with the Word of God. What you desperately need more
than anything is to hear the Word consistently, so see, if
your mind is tormented with fearful, insecure, debilitating
thoughts, then you're not hearing enough Word. If you lay
down at night and your mind is just racing with hopelessness
and fear and insecurity and painful memories, then you need
to get a plan to hear the Word of God more today than you did
yesterday. In other words, kick it up a notch. Here's the thing.
God's word is final authority. I love what T. D. Jakes said. He
said, "You can't take a person who feels ugly about themselves
and make them feel lovely." He said, "They cannot retain the
encouragement because they're leaking from the inside." Then
he said this, "Only the Word of God will get down on the inside
of your soul and fix the plumbing so you can retain what
God has placed in you." So only the Word of God can change a
poor self-image into the image of God, so I want to challenge
you, when you get the resources this week, set a goal that
you're going to make yourself listen to these teachings over
and over and over for 21 days straight because
God is the cure for the insecure. Here's
the thing. What you repeatedly hear, you will
eventually believe. Number one is change your mind. Number two
is speak positively about yourself. What I mean by that is
do not let one negative word or comment come out of your mouth
about yourself ever again. That's easy to say, it's hard to
do. I understand. Trust me. I told you, I only know how to
speak from experience. These are the things the Lord dealt with
me about, but it means you stop saying things like, "I'm so
stupid" or, "I'm too short. I look so fat. Gosh, look how old
I look. I look awful." The thing is, you believe yourself more
than anyone, so cut that stuff out of your vocabulary. Your
words create your image negatively or positively, and
I'm not saying this is easy to do. In fact, there's times I've
looked at the broadcast, I've seen it on my phone, and I
think, "Oh my gosh, look at me." Then I'm like, "Don't say it.
You might think it, but don't say it." Well, how do you change
the way you speak? Number one is stop putting your own self down.
Like I said, you may think it, but don't say it. Number two is
stop exaggerations. Stop saying things like, "I'll never get
that job. I'm always the last one chosen. I always make that
mistake." Stop those exaggerations about yourself.
Number three is stop trying to be perfect. Accept the fact that
you have flaws. It's okay that you're not perfect. I'm not
perfect. We have weaknesses. Maybe you get nervous, you're
shy, or maybe you're outspoken and bold. It's okay. Here's the
other thing. Start agreeing with what God's Word says about you.
You know, your words are vital to transforming your self-image.
In fact, the Bible says in James the tongue is a small thing, but
what enormous damage it can do. Well, the opposite of that is
when you start speaking positive things over yourself, you get
positive results out of yourself. That's why I've put
together this little cling, was so that you'd get into this
habit. Stick it on your mirror so you get into this daily habit
of making these declarations over your life, and these are
the very declarations and life changing scriptures that I spoke
over myself and still do. Remember, successful people do
consistently what others do occasionally, so a poor
self-image, it doesn't show up overnight. Well, neither does
renewing the mind, neither does a positive self-image. That's
why you need to make things like this just a part of your routine
where it's not even up for debate. You just say, "I brush
my teeth, I put mascara on and I make my declarations." Like I
said, your words create your reality, so I'm going to teach
you how to train your mouth to declare and start expecting the
favor of God on your life. I would have encouraged you to
make a list of positive declarations and maybe get a few
scriptures, but I've already done the homework for you. I've
put my declarations and my scriptures, so just start doing
it consistently. My next point, number three, this is something
you can change overnight. Is stand up straight. Just stand up
straight. Do you know that people immediately connect good
posture with confidence? Just the fact that you start
practicing good posture, just practice stand up straight, when
you sit in your car ... Someone told me, adjust the rear view
mirror with perfect posture and just practice driving around
with your good posture. If you start to slump, straighten up
again, but you're going to immediately feel and appear more
confident. Number four is look people in the eyes. Insecure
people, they avoid eye contact with people, they look away,
they look down and those are just signs that scream
insecurity. Here's the thing. You are a child of the most high
God. The blood of Jesus flows through your veins. You have
every right to look another person straight in the eyes and
carry on a conversation, so I just want you to practice that.
Practice making eye contact with people. Number five, this is
another one on a practical side, is exercise. Do you know
physical fitness has a huge effect on self-confidence?
Obviously, if you're out of shape, you'll feel insecure, you
feel unattractive, you feel lees energetic, but by working out
you improve your physical appearance, you energize
yourself and you accomplish something positive. In fact,
they've discovered that there is a direct link between physical
health and mental health, emotional health. When you just
start taking care of yourself physically, it affects your
emotions. Having the discipline to work out, it creates positive
momentum that you can build on the rest of the day. Let me just
tell you, don't listen to Satan's lies telling you that
you can't do this because you've done it in the past and you
quit, and you did it again and you quit. Yes, you can. In
fact, that's one of the declarations is, "I am
disciplined, spirit, soul and body. I'm full of energy." See,
when you start making those declarations over yourself, the
moment those lies come to you, "Stay in bed. What's the point?
You're not going to lose weight. You've done this before." You
just say, "Shut up. I am energetic. I'm in the best shape
of my life. I'm disciplined, spirit, soul and body." You may
need to get a partner to help you stay accountable, but here's
what I want to suggest, is get a plan to do something for 20
minutes a day. You know I tell people all the time, don't
look at the one hour you don't have. Let's look at the 20
minutes you do have and just put some effort into some physical
fitness for 20 minutes. It could be walking around your
neighborhood. It could be, if you have a treadmill, you get on
that treadmill for 20 minutes. You've got to decide too, when
are you the most energetic? Are you a morning person, you wake
up ready to go? Or does your energy really kick in when
everybody goes to bed? All of a sudden, you're ready to conquer
the world? Honor your energy cycles, but decide when you can
be the most consistent. Here's a funny little point. The average
American watches six hours of television every day. Six hours
every day. Well, what if you were to just take 20 minutes? I
mean, still watch your five hours and 40, but take 20
minutes to do something to invest in your physical health.
Do you know 20 minutes times 30 days in a month, that is 10
hours of investing in your appearance, in your physical
health? We can do that, can't we? I got a friend I met in
Denver. She said, "I took that advice instead of putting it
off, and already assuming that I'm a procrastinator and I'm
lazy." She said, "I started changing my dialogue, saying,
'I'm disciplined, spirit, soul and body.' And Terri said, 'Just
take 20 minutes. Don't look at the one hour you don't have.
Look at the 20 minutes you do have.'" She said, "I've lost 36
pounds in a simple dose, 20 minutes every day." I want to
challenge you this week to get this special package, Your
Self-Image Affects Your Destiny. Now I put this little bonus
teaching in here, 10 Tips To Build Your Body Image and
Self-Image. I believe you're going to get that boost you need
to get free from all those damaging emotions and effects of
the past that have caused you to feel inferior, insecure,
ashamed, low self-esteem. I believe God's telling you today,
"It's time to kick this thing." Get rid of these insecurities
because He has a plan for your life, and see, you'll never
fulfill God's plan for your life if you're insecure, have low
self-esteem, a poor self-image. That's what the Lord began to
deal with me years ago because I couldn't do what I'm doing today
if I continued to see myself the way I used to see myself, so I
want you to get this special package. It comes with this
cling that you stick on your mirror. Maybe you need to get
this for a child, a teenager, a friend, a coworker. Get this
package. Have them stick it on the mirror and just make it a
part of your routine every day. Let me remind you, at the lowest
point in my life when I was so insecure, I remember hearing the
Lord say, "God will change your circumstances, but He'll change
you first." Actually I heard another minister say that. God
will change your circumstances, but He'll change you first. You
may be feeling like God's calling you to have your own
ministry, to have a business, to get married, to move on with the
next thing, but God's saying, "I can't use you publicly until you
get victory privately." That's what He began to teach me, so if
you don't want the next five years to be like the last five,
embrace the change that needs to be made. Get this special
package. Invest in yourself, and I'm declaring by faith, you are
a new creation in Christ Jesus. Old things have passed away.
Behold, all things have become new including your self-image
and your body image, so don't look at the years you've lost.
Let's look at the years you've got left and
start living your dreams. Thank you for watching.
ANNOUNCER: You were fearfully and wonderfully made.
You are God's masterpiece and the apple of his eye
and when you see yourself the way God sees you,
the limits on your life are removed and your future comes
alive. As a thank you for your gift of $25 or more, Terri would
like to send you the Build Your Self-Image Package to help you
grow your confidence and enjoy your life. As you listen to your
self-image affects your destiny and 10 Tips to Build Your
Body-Image and Self-Image, you'll discover the truth about
how your purpose can be limited by your self-image.
How to repair a damaged view of yourself. How to live every day
with a healthy self-image and much more. Plus for a limited
time, you'll also receive a special declarations
mirror cling to help you speak God's Word over
yourself every day. So don't wait, call toll free,
800-795-5597. Or visit us online at terri.com.
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BRENDAN: Congratulations Terri-- CAMILLE: Yes! BRENDAN:
--On 10 years in the ministry. CAMILLE: Woohoo! BRENDAN: We
just want to say that all the way from Paris, congratulations.
CAMILLE: It is absolutely incredible to think about 10
years in Ministry. And we want to thank you for your love, for
France, for it's people, and for investing year after year here
in this nation and were so grateful for the impact of your
ministry. BRENDAN: So have a great day, a great celebration,
and all our love towards you ad were so excited for all that God
wants to do in the future-- CAMILLE: Yes. BRENDAN: --in and
through you. So have a great celebration.
CAMILLE: We love you! BRENDAN: We love you!
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