Overcoming Insecurities Through God's Promises and Assurance
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We do not live for the applause of many. We only have to live for the approval of one, and his approval and his love is already sure. How do we see it? How do we know it? Because of his son Jesus, who died in our place, my place and your place. And if you do not believe that God loves you, I want you to think about Jesus. He died in your place." [43:48]
2. "Remember, in God's unconditional love for us, there is not one thing we can do today that will make God love us more or love us less, and this truth can help cure the insecurities of your hearts. A secure heart knows that he or she, is already accepted and loved by the Heavenly Father. He accepts me. That's all that really matters in life. I'm loved and I'm accepted. I don't need to do anything else to get God to love me more." [22:00]
3. "It's imperative that you begin to work on improving your self-confidence and self-esteem so that you do not let your insecurities be damaging to your life. And biblically, how do we improve our self-confidence? How do we improve our self-esteem? How do we improve our self-worth? It's by embracing the truth of God's Word. Biblical truths about who we are as valuable human beings in the eyes of God, as beloved children of the Heavenly Father, will prevent us from thinking thoughts that will often take us to very dark places." [14:26]
4. "We can come boldly before the throne of grace. We can approach a holy God even as sinners because of the finished work of Jesus. While in ourselves as sinners, we have no standing before a holy and righteous God, but Jesus Christ's blood forgives us of our sins and washes away our sins, so we stand before God sinless. Through the blood of Christ, we have rights as children of the heavenly Father to come before God and ask Him anything. We do not have to pretend who we are not." [37:34]
5. "The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel. Isn't that true? We compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel. Of course, it will be different. We always think that someone is so much better, has it all put together, smarter and stronger than we are, but we're not always seeing the real them." [42:11]
### Quotes for Members
1. "God's promises should give us confidence and assurance. You know, my friends, the many promises of God in the Bible should assure us of our insecurities. For example, our safety is secured by God's promised protection. Our salvation is secure because of the finished work of Jesus Christ. Our eternal future is secure because Jesus died in our place. Our identity is as children of the heavenly King. Our success then is measured on our faithfulness and not according to worldly accomplishments. Our provisions will be taken care of by a God who provides." [08:33]
2. "Insecurities driven by unfounded fears lead to damaging actions. As Pat Molina writes, I can't begin to describe to you how important it is to not let your insecurities spiral out of control. Yes, every human from time to time gets a little insecure about something. Even the most confident person out there have moments of self-doubt and question their abilities and competencies. It's a part that exists in us all. And unfortunately, it can kill everything from our self-esteem to our relationships." [12:53]
3. "The focus of an insecure heart is gaining the approval and acceptance of others. If one is insecure, then, of course, his focus will be on trying to find acceptance and gain the approval of others. To be liked, that becomes the main goal of a person. And if this is the overall driving force for how we live our lives, then it's problematic because then we will compromise doing what is right, just to pander to the people or to be willing to do what is wrong for the sake of being accepted by them." [20:34]
4. "Insecure people do not often tolerate dissension and accept constructive criticism. My friends, the reason this is important to identify is if we find ourselves too prideful to admit that we need to change our ways or do not desire to listen to people who are trying to help us, even if it's in the form of criticism to point out blind spots, then it shows that we are insecure because we think that people are judging our abilities and our worth, but that's not often the case. They actually want us to listen to them. They want us to improve and better ourselves." [28:18]
5. "In Christ, we can be confident to stand before God and ask Him anything. We can ask Him to help even if we've gotten into the mess ourselves. We can ask Him to forgive even if we were warned many times not to do it, and we still did it. We can ask Him for strength when we are weak and afraid. We can ask Him to forgive even when we are undeserving of it, all because of what His Son, Jesus Christ, did on the cross. That if we place our trust in Him, all our insecurities go out the window, because our standing before the Heavenly Father is sure." [39:08]
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1. "We do not live for the applause of many. We only have to live for the approval of one, and his approval and his love is already sure. How do we see it? How do we know it? Because of his son Jesus, who died in our place, my place and your place. And if you do not believe that God loves you, I want you to think about Jesus. He died in your place." [43:48]
2. "Remember, in God's unconditional love for us, there is not one thing we can do today that will make God love us more or love us less, and this truth can help cure the insecurities of your hearts. A secure heart knows that he or she, is already accepted and loved by the Heavenly Father. He accepts me. That's all that really matters in life. I'm loved and I'm accepted. I don't need to do anything else to get God to love me more." [22:00]
3. "It's imperative that you begin to work on improving your self-confidence and self-esteem so that you do not let your insecurities be damaging to your life. And biblically, how do we improve our self-confidence? How do we improve our self-esteem? How do we improve our self-worth? It's by embracing the truth of God's Word. Biblical truths about who we are as valuable human beings in the eyes of God, as beloved children of the Heavenly Father, will prevent us from thinking thoughts that will often take us to very dark places." [14:26]
4. "We can come boldly before the throne of grace. We can approach a holy God even as sinners because of the finished work of Jesus. While in ourselves as sinners, we have no standing before a holy and righteous God, but Jesus Christ's blood forgives us of our sins and washes away our sins, so we stand before God sinless. Through the blood of Christ, we have rights as children of the heavenly Father to come before God and ask Him anything. We do not have to pretend who we are not." [37:34]
5. "The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel. Isn't that true? We compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel. Of course, it will be different. We always think that someone is so much better, has it all put together, smarter and stronger than we are, but we're not always seeing the real them." [42:11]
### Quotes for Members
1. "God's promises should give us confidence and assurance. You know, my friends, the many promises of God in the Bible should assure us of our insecurities. For example, our safety is secured by God's promised protection. Our salvation is secure because of the finished work of Jesus Christ. Our eternal future is secure because Jesus died in our place. Our identity is as children of the heavenly King. Our success then is measured on our faithfulness and not according to worldly accomplishments. Our provisions will be taken care of by a God who provides." [08:33]
2. "Insecurities driven by unfounded fears lead to damaging actions. As Pat Molina writes, I can't begin to describe to you how important it is to not let your insecurities spiral out of control. Yes, every human from time to time gets a little insecure about something. Even the most confident person out there have moments of self-doubt and question their abilities and competencies. It's a part that exists in us all. And unfortunately, it can kill everything from our self-esteem to our relationships." [12:53]
3. "The focus of an insecure heart is gaining the approval and acceptance of others. If one is insecure, then, of course, his focus will be on trying to find acceptance and gain the approval of others. To be liked, that becomes the main goal of a person. And if this is the overall driving force for how we live our lives, then it's problematic because then we will compromise doing what is right, just to pander to the people or to be willing to do what is wrong for the sake of being accepted by them." [20:34]
4. "Insecure people do not often tolerate dissension and accept constructive criticism. My friends, the reason this is important to identify is if we find ourselves too prideful to admit that we need to change our ways or do not desire to listen to people who are trying to help us, even if it's in the form of criticism to point out blind spots, then it shows that we are insecure because we think that people are judging our abilities and our worth, but that's not often the case. They actually want us to listen to them. They want us to improve and better ourselves." [28:18]
5. "In Christ, we can be confident to stand before God and ask Him anything. We can ask Him to help even if we've gotten into the mess ourselves. We can ask Him to forgive even if we were warned many times not to do it, and we still did it. We can ask Him for strength when we are weak and afraid. We can ask Him to forgive even when we are undeserving of it, all because of what His Son, Jesus Christ, did on the cross. That if we place our trust in Him, all our insecurities go out the window, because our standing before the Heavenly Father is sure." [39:08]
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