What Does “Healthy” Look Like?
NINTH IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Instead of being refreshed by the fruit of God’s love, if we have been deeply wounded, we may recoil from it, believing that we are unlovable. We may be fearful of reaching out and being hurt again. Whatever the cause, the result…
What Makes It So Difficult?
EIGHTH IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. If we base our self-worth on the approval of others, then we are actually saying that our ability to please others is of greater value than Christ’s payment for us. We add nothing to our salvation. It is God who seeks us…
Reconciliation: Total Acceptance Through Jesus
SEVENTH IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Have you given up on experiencing God’s complete acceptance of you? Can God accept a person who is unacceptable because of their sin, or does He have to make that person completely acceptable through salvation first? Is Christ’s payment sufficient enough to…
Effects Of The Fear Of Rejection
SIXTH IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. “For am I now seeking the favor or man, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 According to this scripture we…
Approval Addict
FIFTH IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. How much of your life have you wasted trying to gain the approval of others? My Performance + Your Approval = My Self-Worth Our self-concept is determined not only by how we view ourselves, but by how we think others perceive us….
We Sometimes Don’t Receive God’s Truth
FOURTH IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Obstacles To Receiving As wonderful as it is to be pleasing to God, as much peace and joy this would bring to our lives, what are our internal obstacles that keep us from raching out and grasping this reality? Reasons For Obedience…