Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

From the moment that we're born to the moment we die, we find ourselves on the prowl,

searching to satisfy some inner unexplained yearning. Our hunger causes us

to search for people who will love us. Our desire for acceptance pressures us to perform

for the praises of others. We are all searching for significance. Where do you find it? That's today. Stay with me.

You know, most of us spend our entire lives trying to prove we matter to our parents,

our peers, our coworkers, even ourselves. But what if that exhausting search for significance

was never meant to be a search at all. Today on Living on the Edge,

Chip Ingram continues our series called The New You, claiming your birthright as a child of God.

It's an inspiring study about worth, belonging, and true identity. And you can revisit these lessons

or share them with a friend by going online to living on theedge.org.

Well, now here's Chip with today's message titled, You Are Valuable.

I think we all understand intuitively that we have this God-given need to know that we matter,

to know that we're valuable, to know that we're important.

And you don't have to be a rocket scientist or a psychology major to understand that our parents

are the very first people in our life, for better or for worse, that imprint into your soul,

into your mind,

that answers the question,

what makes me valuable?

What makes me important?

Do I really matter?

And for some, you had great parents and for others not so great parents,

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