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I like to start with something funny and I heard about this senior citizen. He was driving down the freeway in his brand new Corvette with the top down, going 80 miles an hour when he saw flashing red lights from a state trooper in his rearview mirror.

Without thinking about it, he floored it, took off to a hundred miles an hour. He heard the sirens behind him, he finally pulled over to the office. I'm so sorry.

I don't know what I was thinking. The state troopers said, listen, it's Friday, 4 o'clock, my shift is over in 30 minutes. If you tell me a reason why you're speeding that I've never heard before, then I'll let you go.

The man thought about it, said, officer, years ago, my wife ran off with the state trooper and I thought you were bringing her back.

The officer said, have a great weekend. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about peace with yourself. Too many people go around feeling wrong on the inside. They don't really like who they are. They focus on their faults, weaknesses, they're constantly critical toward themselves.

That recording of everything they've done wrong is always playing in their mind. You're impatient, you blew your diet yesterday, you lost your temper, you're still struggling with that addiction, you should be ashamed of yourself.

They wonder why they're not happy. It's because they have this war going on on the inside. If you're not supposed to go through life, feeling wrong about yourself.

Quit focusing on your faults. Quit over analyzing your weaknesses. Quit beating yourself up because you're not where you thought you would be.

Here's the key. You're not a finished product. God is still working on you. The scripture says God changes us from glory to glory.

You have to learn to enjoy the glory that you're in right now. You may have some weaknesses. We all do. There may be some areas where you know you need to improve, but being down on yourself is not going to help you do better.

Having that nagging feeling, telling you you don't measure up, God's not pleased with you. You'll never get it right. It's not going to help you move forward.

You have to accept yourself right where you are, faults and all. God is the potter, we are the clay. He's the one making you and molding you.

It may not be happening as fast as you like, but you don't control the timetable. Will you trust him in the process? Will you accept yourself in the glory that you're in right now?

The problem with not liking yourself is you're the only person that you can never get away from. You can get away from your boss, you can get away from your neighbor, you can get away from that crazy uncle, but you can never get away from you.

You wake up with you, you take a shower with you, you go to work with you, you even go on vacations with you. If you don't like you, life is going to be very miserable.

Don't go around being against yourself. You may have some things wrong with you, but can I tell you, you have a lot more right with you.

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