Living For an Audience of One (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Karen Ehman’s journey as a recovering people-pleaser began when she realized she was seeking others’ approval more than God’s. In this conversation, Karen shares practical guidance on healthy boundaries and encourages you to serve God intentionally in the areas he’s called you to serve. (Part 2 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | I remember just getting like really panicky like no I have to figure this out right now because |
| 0:06.9 | My my sons are gonna come home from school in like two hours and I have to know what to say |
| 0:12.0 | When Holly's son was considering suicide she called a focus on the family counselor |
| 0:17.4 | All those years I'd been listening to focus. I was thinking about how |
| 0:21.8 | They were like that practical guide for me that was sounded by I could get from them. I didn't really know where else to turn |
| 0:28.5 | I'm Jim daily working together. We can rescue hurting parents like Holly and give families hope |
| 0:35.3 | We need the truth that focus on the family brings into our minds and into our homes |
| 0:41.8 | We need that if we're gonna raise up the next generation of believers to walk in obedience and to walk in the truth that God loves us |
| 0:50.5 | Donate today at focus on the family dot com slash hope and your gift will be doubled. I |
| 1:02.0 | Had someone say to me one time when I was in my busiest season of people pleasing and just running around and doing everything and I was |
| 1:08.6 | Exhausted it's an exhausting way to live. I was processing with her and kind of venting and she said you know |
| 1:15.5 | This is gonna sound trite but Karen. We are human beings not human doings and I think you've kind of got that mixed up |
| 1:23.6 | You are equating your worth by how much you're doing but how much you're helping people |
| 1:27.2 | That's Karen Eman and she joins us again today on focus on the family for an ongoing conversation about the topic of people pleasing |
| 1:34.6 | Thanks for being with us today. I'm John Fuller and your host is focus president and author Jim daily John is there anything I can do for you |
| 1:41.6 | I appreciate that I'm good at the moment |
| 1:43.6 | I'm always |
| 1:44.6 | Last time we talked about how easy it is to fall into those patterns of people pleasing |
| 1:50.2 | We think it's got honoring to a degree and and we move in that direction thinking okay |
| 1:54.6 | We're doing what we need to do is Christians, but some of this is unhealthy and you've got to know those boundaries and set those |
| 2:00.2 | Boundaries and believe me there are people around you in your life that will take as much pleasing as you'll give them and |
| 2:06.5 | Today we want to equip you to just manage that a bit better and be healthier in those relationships in the book |
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