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114. Devil Says You’re Unloved; God Says 'Lie' with Nancy Bruscher
We trace how a hidden lie—“I am not loved”—can take root even when life is full of love, and how God gently replaces it with truth. Through journaling, Scripture, breath, and a picture of a Father’s heart, we move from head knowledge to heart knowledge.
• naming I am statements that wound
• pairing each lie with a clear biblical truth
• using Scripture to anchor identity
• breathing practices to embody truth
• recognizing how focus distorts love
• moving truth from mind to heart
• Advent as a call to slow down
• asking God for wisdom with expectancy
“Let me end with this beautiful, simple children’s song sung by my daughter Rachel: Yes, Jesus loves me... The Bible tells me so.”
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I am not loved. A lie I didn't know I even believed. It seems so silly. Of course I'm loved. I'm loved by my husband. I'm loved by my kids. I'm loved by many family and friends. I know I'm loved by God. Yet, as I took the time to journal, that's what came up. This is a raw story that I'm sharing, and honestly, I didn't want to, especially not yet. But I had an opening in my podcast schedule, and the thought came for me to share this. I quickly dismissed it. It was too personal, too soon. But I was at an Advent Christian yoga event and felt God telling me it's time because Advent is all about hope, peace, joy, and love. After all, this is what I ask others to do on my podcast, and I truly believe when we honestly share how God has worked in our lives, it allows others to see how God might be working in their lives. And one of the devil's greatest lies is that you're alone. No one else feels like you do. So here's the story. I was at a women's retreat and one of the speakers asked us to take the time to journal lies that we believe. They had to be I am statements. I am not successful. I am a failure. I'm not cared for. This was really hard, but we didn't stay in the brokenness and the failures. We went on to see what God says about those things. I am enough. I am a child of God. I am loved. Then we looked in scripture to actually see what God says about those lies and truths. This was super powerful, and I recommend you do it. Give yourself time. I bet you will find something you didn't even know was there. And that's why I feel so silly even sharing this story. Why in the world would the thought of not being cared for come up? This is Christianity 101, right? There are so many verses about how we are loved, and I know I'm loved by God, and I'm loved by so many people in my life. But here's how the enemy works. You can take something that's so core to you. I am loved, and switch it just a little. And if you allow those thoughts in your head to keep thinking of those people that don't care for you, for the people that said something they shouldn't have, or didn't say something, or acted in a negative way, when you focus on that, then your mind does become distorted with a lie. But I bet I'm not alone. I bet you felt the same way too. Here's the other thing I learned that day. Sometimes it doesn't matter what you know in your head. It's hard to get that into your heart. God seems to see this connection. In Mark 12, 30, it says, And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. So after doing this exercise of writing down lines, then writing the truth and writing down Bible verses, I went into a Christian yoga session. Part of it was breathing in and breathing out truth. So I would breathe in, I am, breathe out, loved, over and over throughout the session. And God gave me a beautiful picture. I felt him say in my heart, Nancy, how would you feel if your kids said I am not loved? And I knew immediately it would break my heart. And I would do everything in my power to tell them and show them and remind them that they are loved by me, by their dad, by God, and on and on and on. And I got it. I really got it. I understood that I was breaking God's heart by allowing this lie to come into my mind and allowing it to take root. I felt such peace and knew this was a thought I could keep coming back to. Because that's the hard thing, right? When we learn something new, when something shifts, it's mostly not forever. It's something we have to continue to come back to. Or if it's not the same lie, a different lie. So this advent, may you take the time, yes, take the time in this busy season to root out the lies the devil hopes that you won't even realize are there. But the enemy wants you to keep so busy, keep you so focused on the beautiful traditions and things that you love to do that you won't sit and journal. You won't flush out those lies and then see the truth. You won't open your Bible and see what God says about those lies. And you won't be silent, you won't go on a walk, you won't take a Christian yoga class or talk with a trusted friend or however you listen to God, because I know He will answer you. He will. James 1:5 says, if any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He will give it to you. He does not want you to continue believing the lies that you've allowed yourself to think. Let me end with this beautiful, simple children's song sung by my daughter Rachel.
Rachel Bruscher:Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so.