July 16, 2015 - Insecurity
The author, counselor, and speaker Nicole Unice notes in her book, “She’s Got Issues” that all women are insecure, although we can be insecure if different areas. Here are some she has found from counseling women:
1. A pattern of feeling unsure about relationships/friendships.
2. Needing the approval of others in what we do and say.
3. Achievement. Needing to stand out and be impressive.
4. Appearance. Needing to look great compared to others.
5. Belonging. The feeling that you are different and don’t fit in.
Which of these do you relate to?
What are some of the weeds that you’ve seen grow from these areas of insecurity?
Verses: Colossians 2:6-7
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Matthew 7:1-4
Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Timothy 1:7
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self- discipline.