Do you ever get discouraged by your failures?

Amy Baker says, we need to change our perspective.

I don't want the bottom line to be, now I see more ways that I've been blowing it.

I want the bottom line to be, I have a savior who I can praise because once again, he has forgiven me.

Welcome to the Reviver Hearts podcast for March 3, 2021.

I'm Nancy DeMoss Wagamond.

When you hear the word failure, do you think of it as something negative?

I think most of us do.

But, you know, failure may not be as bad as you think.

In fact, it can be a great opportunity.

Today we're listening to the final episode of a series on perfectionism.

One of our guests this week has been Dr. Amy Baker, who's a counselor

and has dealt a lot with his subject. In fact, she's written a book on the topic called

Picture Perfect when life doesn't line up. That book is available in our resource center at

revive our hearts.com. And if you've been helped or maybe even convicted by the conversation this week, I hope that

you'll get a copy so you can continue grappling with this subject. Here's a line from Amy's

book that I think many of us can relate to. She said, the terrible truth is that perfectionism is a

crushing burden that can leave us angry, anxious, and paralyzed. Wow. We may have seen ourselves being

angry, anxious, or paralyzed, and not realize that maybe that's because we're coming under

the crushing burden of a perfectionistic spirit. Well, this conversation has been not just

convicting, but it's also been helpful, a gospel-centered,

Christ-centered discussion, not only with Amy, but also with Aaron Davis, who's the content

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