01. 3 Biblical Truths to Win the Fight Against Perfectionism, People-Pleasing, and Overachieving

Perfectionism, people-pleasing, and overachieving are a special kind of torture, but through Jesus, there is freedom on the other side. Discover 3 biblical truths to win the fight against these not-so-welcome companions.

 

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Hebrews 4:11 So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall. (NLT)

 

1John 4:16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. (NLT)

 

Romans 5:8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.(NLT)

 

Joshua 2:11 And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

 

1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you[fn] are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

 

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

 

1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

 

Exodus 20:5b You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Acts 12:21-23 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. (NIV)