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How Faith Can Boost Self-Esteem

by Ryan

Have you looked at people around you and marveled at their positive self-esteem?

Sometimes it seems that people around you are more confident than you are, and sometimes it makes you feel that there’s something wrong with you. Sometimes, it can make you even feel inferior.

The truth is that almost no one has positive self-esteem.

According to the research by NBC, 85% of people suffer from low self-esteem occasionally or on a regular basis. This means that the person that seems very confident to you may have had a low self-esteem moment at least once a week.

The reason why this person may seem more confident than you are is that they have developed some kind of coping mechanism that boosts their self-esteem.

Faith as Self-Esteem Booster

You may have heard about many mechanisms that can help you boost your self-esteem, from lifting your hands and looking up to smiling at yourself in the mirror. Some people exercise to boost their self-esteem. For others, meditation works as a confidence booster.

Today, however, we will talk about a more unconventional way to not only boost self-esteem but to engrain it deeper and make it a part of your personality.

We’re talking about faith.

Why Faith is a Great Booster of Self-Esteem

Let’s cover some reasons why faith works well as a confidence booster, based on religious views and how they can be incorporated in making you feel better about yourself.

1. You Feel that the High Power Has Faith in You

 

According to all religious beliefs that exist around the world, there is an idea that all people are created to serve a certain purpose. A higher power they believe in guides them through their lives, helping them achieve this purpose.

Low self-esteem happens when we start placing a higher value on the opinions of other people over what God would think. This cripples our confidence and makes us doubt everything we do, thus, doubting God’s will and intentions.

When it happens to you, remember this verse from the Bible:

‘Have faith in God… whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea’, and does not doubt this in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.’

The holy scripture of Quran delivers the same idea:

‘If God supports you, none can defeat you. And if He abandons you, who else can support you? In God, the believers shall trust.’

Remind yourself of these words every time, when you feel low. Even if there’s beside you to support you, remember that God put you on this path, and He will guide you through it without losing His belief in you.

2. You Get More Compassionate, Towards Yourself As Well

 

You know that people who have strong faith are often more compassionate towards others.

Schools that teach their kids religious studies even have fewer situations that involve bullying and aggression. “Our research shows that programs that include religious studies help decrease bullying rates at school by more than 40%”, says Jennifer Perkins, a researcher at Axonim.

However, what faith teaches us is also to be more compassionate towards ourselves, and that’s what can help us boost our self-esteem.

You’ve probably heard a quote from the Bible ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’. According to the Bible, only those who are loving and compassionate to themselves can be loving and compassionate to others.

How does it apply to confidence?

There is a direct connection between self-compassion, self-love, and self-esteem. Have you ever how your confidence goes up when you’re taking care of your body and mind?

So, if you want to make a positive self-esteem a part of your nature, practice self-compassion first.

3. You Realize that Everything Comes to an End

 

We’re not talking about death or the apocalypse, we are talking about different cycles of life, each coming to an end and becoming the foundation of a new beginning.

Here’s an example.

We’ve all had low self-esteem before talking in front of other people. This especially can be noticed in students. A study on the connection between faith and self-esteem has shown that, in these situations, low self-esteem even has a noticeable negative effect on academic performance.

If you ever go through such situations, try to take a look at them from a different perspective. You are only at the beginning of something, and it’s not easy. But the result will bring you more satisfaction, and after a while, you won’t remember how hard it was.

Keep in mind the following quote from the Bible:

‘The end of a matter is better than its beginning.’

Having faith in that God will guide you through this experience, and you will reap the fruits of it, in the end, will give you an immense self-esteem boost.

Have Faith in Yourself

Because the higher power you believe in has faith in you.

Keep that in mind the next time you feel low and inferior, and you will get a strong stream of positivity, confidence, and gratitude that will guide you through all your hurdles.

About the Author

Ryan is a passionate writer who likes sharing his thoughts and experience with the readers. Currently, he works as content editor and internet researcher, currently he works on medical device design. He likes everything related to traveling and new countries.

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