![]() In our marriage, Theresa and I found ourselves on a journey to learn how God actually sees us so that we could learn to communicate and actually make our marriage work. In my case, my insecurities led me to project and think too highly of myself, while the woman I married erred on the opposite side of the equation. It wasn’t until I discovered that I was already pleasing to God and didn’t need to perform for God that I began to develop a sober self-assessment. I would swing from feelings of condemnation and discouragement to ones of pride and self-righteousness depending on my performance. I read, studied, served, and never felt like I measured up to God’s standard. As a result, I spent the first decade of my Christian life trying to please God through my performance. I caught it in bits and pieces as I read the Bible and studied, but I had no clear understanding of how God viewed me or how to live out that truth. ![]() ![]() But the thing that was missing in my life was an accurate view of myself-from God’s perspective. I learned to pray, get into God’s Word, share my testimony, share the Gospel, and serve others by leading Bible studies and doing discipleship. The first ten years I was a Christian, I received great training in the “how-tos” of the Christian life. ![]()
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