Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast How To Overcome Inferiority and Low Self-Image
Do you like who you are? When you look in the mirror do you like what you see? Or do you wish you were a little taller, or a little stronger, or a bit thinner? When you think about you, do you like yourself or do you struggle with feelings of inferiority? Chip shares three keys to developing a positive, healthy self-image.
Distorted mirrors destroy our lives:
- The Appearance Mirror
- The Performance Mirror
- The Status Mirror
Thesis – Until we see ourselves as God sees us, we are destined to FEEL INFERIOR.
3 keys to a Biblical self-image:
1. Get God’s View of You = KNOWLEDGE
You are significant because:
- You're UNIQUE -Gen 1:27, Ps 139:13-14
- You're LOVED -1 Sam 16:7, Jer 31:3
- You're VALUABLE -1 Cor 6:19-20
- You're SECURE -Eph 1:13
- You're INDISPENSIBLE -Eph 2:10, 4:15-16
2. Believe God’s View is True = FAITH
- Faith is built on God’s Word -Rom 10:17
- Faith grows through mind renewal -Rom 12:2
- Develop a plan to remove the distorted mirrors of the world with the mirror of God’s Word -Jam 1:22-24
3. Discover the “You” that’s True = EXPERIENCE
- Unwrap your SPIRITUAL GIFTS -1 Cor 12, Rom 12
- Unleash your SPIRITUAL PASSION -Ps 37:4
- Use your God-given TALENTS -Ex 31:3
- Embrace your God-given PERSONALITY -1 Cor 2:11
- Leverage your past EXPERIENCE -Rom 8:28
Ministry is how God makes what’s true “of” us, true “in” us. Sometimes it’s only in the act of “loving others: that we can fathom that we ourselves are loved!
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Additional Resource Mentions
- I Choose Love Book
- Daily Discipleship - Psalms of Hope
- BOOK: "The Strong and the Weak" by Paul Tournier
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