Life At Its Best, Part 7
Leading The Way Radio Podcast
Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef
4.9 • 620 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this 9-part series, Michael Youssef walks through the first letter of John to share how life is only at its best through the salvation of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | Scientists and experts tell us that by the time a child turned eight, 80% of their self-esteem is already developed. |
| 0:16.2 | And by the time they become teenagers, their self-worth is fully developed, although there can be |
| 0:24.3 | still some changes during the early adolescence. But nonetheless, that early time in the |
| 0:32.4 | life of a child is a vital importance. But here's the catch. |
| 0:50.1 | If parents build their child's self-esteem and self-worth based on performance or looks or accomplishments, |
| 1:05.0 | when that child becomes an adult, he or she will always associate their self-worth and their self-esteem with accomplishments and with looks and with performance. |
| 1:16.8 | And when they cannot perform or when looks change or when they cannot accomplish, their self-esteem collapses with them and they live their life in discouragement and defeat. But if self-esteem and self-worth |
| 1:25.4 | is based on the assurance of unqualified love and acceptance. |
| 1:33.3 | If it is based on the assurance of total security, that person, when they become an adult, |
| 1:41.3 | no matter what happens, regardless of the circumstances, regardless of their |
| 1:47.1 | accomplishments, regardless of the degree of their success, regardless of lives ups and downs, |
| 1:55.8 | that person's self-esteem will not suffer. And I want to declare to you this morning that this is thoroughly |
| 2:02.8 | biblical. I'm going to show it to you. This is absolutely biblical. Let me explain it. The person |
| 2:10.0 | whose self-esteem is founded upon the knowledge of the overwhelming, unqualified love and grace of God, that person will |
| 2:23.9 | have confidence in God regardless of the circumstances. That person will be strong when others |
| 2:31.2 | are failing. That person will be positive, even when he or she is surrounded by |
| 2:37.4 | negative people and negative circumstances. That person will be self-assured when others are |
| 2:44.9 | tormented. It's like that new recruit in the army that I read about several years ago, who obviously |
| 2:53.2 | had his self-esteem all built on the right stuff. |
| 2:57.3 | And so when they're all lined up and the drill sergeant barked at them and said, |
| 3:06.1 | all you dumbbells fall out. |
| 3:09.2 | Well, they all did except for him. |
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