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I want to impress on you how miserable that makes you.

But boy, when you come to the point, listen, what I'm going to say,

where you don't feel the need to impress anybody.

I'm Joyce Meyer.

I've seen God's power transform my own life and he will do it for you.

How many of you know that we go through testing times in our life?

And I said last night if we get wise we'll start to pass our test the first time we take them because with God nobody ever flunks out you just get to keep taking

the test over and over and over until you finally pass it. Last night we talked

about the the tests we go through while learning how to trust God.

This morning I want to talk to you about the things that we go through while we are becoming secure and confident in Christ rather than in

ourselves or in other people. Do you know how miserable it is to be an insecure person with no confidence?

I mean literally I was thinking about it and I look back at the way that I used to be,

say like when I first started preaching. I look back at the way that I used to be,

it's like when I first started preaching.

You know, if I would get done doing a session

and I didn't have 20 people rush me and tell me how wonderful it was,

I'd go home and fall apart.

You know, we shouldn't have to look to other people to

tell us that we're okay all the time. If you need a 20 compliments a day to get through the day without feeling bad about yourself,

then God is going to have to let you go through some things so you can finally learn who you are in him.

And yes, we all want to be liked.

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