The Pressure to be Perfectly Christian

For The Girl

Mac Bridges & Kenz Durham

Flirt, Christianity, Ministry, Faith, Cautious, Independent, Dating, Spirituality, Women, Rescuer, Quiz, Forthegirl, Religion & Spirituality, Romantic, College

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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We’re talking to the girl who feels like she has to be the perfect Christian. We’ve been there too—trying to say the right thing, pray the perfect prayer, and never mess up. But that pressure? It’s exhausting. We open up about the ways we’ve struggled with perfectionism in our own faith and how God has gently reminded us that His grace isn’t something we can earn. Together, we’re breaking down lies, uncovering truth, and choosing freedom over performance. If you’ve ever felt like you had to have it all together, this one’s for you. In This Episode [00:00] Let’s Talk About the Pressure to Be Perfect [01:00] What Perfectionism Looks Like in Our Faith [03:00] When Culture Becomes the Standard Instead of Christ [09:00] Where We’ve Seen the Pressure Come From [16:30] What God Actually Says About Being Holy [21:00] God’s Grace in Ephesians 2 [22:30] What We Can Do to Break Free [25:00] How We’re Learning to Be Honest in Community [27:00] Learning to Rest in God’s Love (For Real) [28:00] Finding Growth, Not Guilt, in Our Failures [29:00] Choosing to Be Imperfect on Purpose [31:00] Final Thoughts + Why We’re So Excited About the Bible Study ⁠⁠⁠PRE ORDER OUR NEW STUDY! ⁠⁠⁠⁠ This seven-week, verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts invites you to embrace the unpredictable, sometimes challenging adventure of Spirit-led living that characterized the early church. Thanks to Our Sponsors Brooklyn Bedding: Go to ⁠brooklynbedding.com⁠ and use our promo code FTG at checkout to get 30% off site wide. This offer is not available anywhere else. NIV Application Study Bible - ⁠⁠Grab your copy today!⁠⁠ Winshape: ⁠Learn more or submit your application today⁠! If you’d like to partner with For The Girl as a sponsor, fill out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advertise With Us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ form! Follow us! 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthegirl___ https://www.instagram.com/macleighbridges/ https://www.instagram.com/kenzraedurham/ Subscribe! 🍏⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📹⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, you guys, welcome back to another episode of For the Girl.
0:03.4	Today we are talking to the Christian that feels like they have to be perfect and have it all together.
0:09.7	We're giving you some practicals of how to break that mentality and experience the freedom of Christ.
0:15.0	I hope you love this episode.
0:17.2	It's going to be good.
0:17.7	Let's jump in.
0:26.5	Yeah. this episode. It's going to be good. Let's jump in. All right. So today's episode, we are talking about the pressure to be perfectly Christian.
0:33.2	Perfectly, perfect, perfect Christian girl. Perfectly perfect, perfect, perfect Christian.
0:39.4	Perfect girl. Yes.
0:40.5	This is a dynamic that I feel like you and I have had to like walk in for a long time.
0:46.1	You know, like, and it's kind of like resonated in different seasons and we've struggled with it in different ways.
0:53.5	But I know I think like when you're when
0:56.2	you're deciding to follow Jesus and you are choosing to walk in obedience, there can kind of be
1:01.8	this moment where you're like, okay, now like now that I know who he is, like, and I want to like
1:07.4	bring my best before him and I want to get it right and I want to do it perfect and I don't want to mess up.
1:12.1	I don't want to disappoint.
1:13.8	And suddenly, like, this good desire can really quickly get tainted and turn kind of almost into an idol.
1:21.8	And I think we wanted to do this episode because we know this is something that so many girls resonate with and struggle
1:29.1	through. And honestly, probably, I mean, I'd hope not. I hope we've been real enough with you guys
1:35.2	that you guys don't look at us now and think like these girls have it all together because we
1:40.6	clearly don't. We try to be as like open about and honest about like our shortcomings, our flaws, our messups, our sin, our junk, all the things.
1:49.5	But sometimes you look at other people via social media, via podcasts, via messages, via all these different things.
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