When You Don’t Feel “Good Enough”: Episode 698
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Struggling with inferiority, plus the value of being a Christian “nobody,” and his girlfriend’s past eating disorder still bothers him.
Featured musical artist: About a Mile
Roundtable: Think You Don’t Measure Up?
Another engagement announcement on social media, a married couple you know is expecting, and your best friend just landed a new job. While you celebrate your friends, deep inside you wonder, “Will it ever be my turn? Maybe I’m just not good enough.” Our panel shares how they’ve wrestled with those feelings in relationships and beyond, yet learned to overcome feelings of inferiority and despair.
Culture: Christians Behind the Scenes
It’s easy to think that God only uses those with a platform. The well-known pastor, the social media influencer, the worship leader on stage at big conferences. But what about those who are faithfully serving God when nobody knows their name? Dr. Jeff Iorg reminds us how God uses unknown people in big ways. He should know; he was led to Christ by one.
Inbox: Eating Disorders & Dating
His girlfriend previously had an eating disorder, and he’s concerned she still struggles but won’t admit it. What should he do? Counselor Elaine Humphries weighs in.
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| 1:00.0 | Well, hey everyone and welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show, Lisa Anderson, here with you. |
| 1:12.3 | Later on for our inbox, we have a guy who's trying to be encouraging to his girlfriend, |
| 1:18.2 | but she feels like he keeps bringing up her past, specifically an eating disorder that she's struggled with, |
| 1:24.0 | where he's concerned that she hasn't yet overcome it. |
| 1:26.7 | So one of our counselors |
| 1:28.0 | is going to weigh in, hopefully with some insight for him. And then for our culture, Dr. Jeff |
| 1:34.0 | Orge is here to talk about shadow Christians. What is a shadow Christian? You have to listen to |
| 1:40.9 | find out. Okay. So what it means, uh, we will talk about serving God in that |
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