Have you fallen for the performance trap in your Christian walk?

Listen to Adrian Rogers.

If you get in your mind that God is going to accept you on the basis of your performance, your quiet time,

your giving, your witnessing, your holy life, if you get that in your mind,

do you see what a trap that is?

Because you will never know if you've done enough. You will

never, ever truly feel accepted. Welcome to Love Worth Finding, featuring the timeless

teaching of pastor and author Adrian Rogers. The idea that God accepts us on the basis of our performance is the opposite of grace and faith

in Jesus.

Pastor Rogers said, God is not the God of push and shove.

God is not the God of more and more, faster and faster, harder and harder.

Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God's

acceptance of us. 1 Corinthians chapter 15 reveals how grace grants us freedom from traps of our own

making. If you have your Bible, turn there now, as Adrian Rogers shares more about the freedom from the performance trap.

Today, I want to speak to you on this subject, freedom from the performance trap.

And I think many of us have gotten into this problem, trying somehow to make ourselves acceptable to God. And we have gotten into

this thing called perfectionism. Now, perfect is a beautiful word. But perfectionism is an

ugly word. What is perfectionism? Well, perfectionism is an ugly word. What is perfectionism? Well, perfectionism is that disease

of judging yourself by your achievements. Does that apply to you? The performance trap. I judge myself by how I perform, and therefore I must perform.

The key words for the perfectionist are these.

I must.

I should.

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