S15 Ep3: How to Handle the Pressure to Conform

Made For This with Jennie Allen

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jennie delves into apostle Paul’s journey as he grapples with the immense pressure to conform and the transformative power of embracing our own authentic path. We’re not meant to be bound by the expectations and traditions of others but to seek a direct connection with God. You’ll hear how Jennie’s listened time and again to God's unique call for her, even when it doesn't align with societal norms or the opinions of those around her.

MAIN POINTS:

0:00 Jennie reads from Galatians 1:11-17
1:00 What we can learn from Paul’s story
3:00 Jennie uses IF Gathering as her example
3:56 Accepting what God has given us
10:25 When we feel pressure from the outside world

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0:00.0	This is Jenny Allen and you are listening to the Made for This podcast.
0:03.6	The thing I love most about Grace in my life is that it has made me so much more carefree.
0:15.1	As I have accepted who God has made me to be, what he's called me to do and received His
0:20.1	grace that I don't have to measure up while I'm doing it, that I can screw up along the way because he's made Company for supporting Made for this.
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0:49.7	dot com slash Made for this. Galatians 1, verse 11.
1:02.8	For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's
1:06.4	gospel.
1:07.4	For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through
1:11.3	revelation of Jesus Christ.
1:13.2	For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the Church of God violently
1:18.5	and tried to destroy it.
1:19.8	And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people so extremely
1:24.3	zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers but when he who had set me apart
1:28.9	before I was born and who called me by his grace was pleased to reveal his son to me, in order that I might preach
1:35.3	him among the Gentiles.
1:36.8	I did not immediately consult with anyone, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were
1:41.5	apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again to Damascus.
1:50.0	This week we're talking about the pressure we put on ourselves to be something that we're not.
1:56.0	And what I love about Paul specifically in these verses is he starts the book by saying,
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