Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Have you ever been rejected by family, a friend, maybe a mate even?

Do you hate walking on eggshells or finding yourself

always trying to please people all the time? If you want to break from that, stay with me.

That's today on Living on the Edge.

Have you ever been picked last or walked into a room and wondered if you really belonged?

Well, most of us have felt that ache,

the quiet, persistent need to be wanted. Today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram opens his

Bible to Ephesians Chapter 1. And the truth he impacts might be exactly what you've been waiting

to hear your whole life. We're beginning a series called The New You, Claiming Your Birthright as a Child of

God. And now, to get us started, here's Chip Ingram with his message titled, You Are Wanted.

What comes into your mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.

There is a secret law of your soul that you will gravitate

toward your image of God. And that's why getting a high, holy, clear, loving, accurate picture

of him is the greatest thing you can do for every year of your life. But the second most important

thing is that you can see God accurately, but he longs for you

to see yourself the way he sees you.

Let's do a little experiment.

I want you just think of a picture of yourself now coming to your mind, and I want you to

describe yourself just in your heart of hearts.

How would you describe yourself? What are the three or four words that depict you that you think are accurate? Is it loving,

caring, warm, approachable, smart, or is it lonely, inadequate, angry? Are there old labels of too tall,

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