Positive Mantras don’t work

In fact in the people who need them the most (those with low self-esteem), they have the opposite effect:

http://www.canada.com/health/Sorry+Oprah+Self+help+books+seldom+helpful/1756585/story.html

Just being told that “God is love” and “Christ died for you” over and over and over again is unlikely to have any benefit for the soul who feels lost and unworthy. Unless this is proven through experience (through a real relationship with Christ), nothing much may change. It’s interesting that one rarely is able to convince oneself to believe something when one is aware that one does not yet believe it. Most people who believe something strongly either have clear evidence, or have never needed convincing in the first place.