We're in a series on the book of Proverbs.

It's called I'm too smart for this.

And so I want us to look at the book of Proverbs chapter number 29, verse number 25.

Now, 1.30, let pastor talk to you.

I've been tilling hard ground all day long.

So I need those who know the worth of prayer to be praying for me as I teach this.

And I need those who know how to talk back to the preacher to talk back because I didn't know how

how much deconstructing this sermon was doing.

I don't feel like I've been getting resistance all day, but I've been getting a lot of reflection.

And so that's been really interesting, and I wouldn't expect in that.

But so let's go to the book of Proverge chapter 29, verse 25.

It says, the fear of man will prove to be a snare.

But whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

I want to talk from this subject, tag this title to this text, you doing too much.

Clap your hands, 130. Help me holy ghost.

As we leap into this lesson today, I want to expose an often unaddressed and undiagnosed emotional epidemic that is sweeping through our culture,

sabotaging some success, and stripping away our sense of self. This emotional crisis is causing

many to offer their standards and their sanity on the altar of approval.

It is an issue that if unaddressed leads to overwhelm, over extension, anxiety and exhaustion.

This issue I am speaking of is referred to by Dr. Harriet Breaker as the disease to please.

She says the disease to please is a compulsive need

to accommodate other people's wishes at the expense of one's personal well-being. It is an incessant need for external validation and approval that causes individuals to prioritize

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