It Starts Small

Category: Approval

  • You only need one Approval

    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”15 Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then…

  • Approved.

    One of the greatest insecurities most of us suffer is approval. We seek the approval of those around us. We seek our spouses approval. We seek the approval of our children, our boss, our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. We seek it from our friends, family, and the world. We desire deep down for…

  • Approval in Christ

    We have spent the last few days examining our craving and desires for approval in all the wrong places. So how do we find our approval in Christ when it seems like there are so many other places we can get it? We have to be in God’s Word to…

  • People Pleasing

    Think about people that make you their favorite: a coach that takes special interest in you, a favorite teacher, a mentor, or even a parent who loves you very much. You know where you stand with them, but you still want to do things that they will be proud of.…

  • Looking for Approval

    Looking for approval in all the wrong places is not a new problem. All throughout the Word of God, people struggled with caring more about what people thought of them than God. God created us from the beginning with an appetite for approval that only He can fill. Peter ended…

  • Craving Approval

    DO you crave approval? At some point we all crave the approval of others. We scroll through instagram comparing our unfiltered lives through someone’s filtered feed or building a huge snapchat streak with friends. We fill our facebook posts with whatever we can so someone will hit that “like” button.…