I am in the process of reading a book called "Pleasing People" by Lou Priolo (www.prpbooks.com). As a parent or youth worker, this would be a valuable read if you struggle in the area of seeking approval from people. The book presents an excellent Scriptural basis for understanding how pride affects our self-perception and how it causes us to seek out the approval of people. It also separates people pleasing into two categories--seeking the approval of men and fearing the rejection of men. This is so important as we interact with high school students. We set up our family systems to hinge on our approval and disapproval of our kids activities. I have already seen evidence of this in my own family and my oldest is only 4. In some ways we train our kids to seek out the approval of men rather than to be content in the approval of God.
Part of the problem might be that we ourselves seek the approval of men rather than the approval of God. If this is something you think you might be struggling with, this would be a great book to pick up. It's not perfect, but it does have some great insight into the issue.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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Reproducing the mission of Jesus Christ
Thanks for stopping by. The goal of this page, and anything I'm involved in really, is to create the motive and opportunity for people to pursue the Jesus mission with everything they have inside of them. Beyond head knowledge of Jesus, we need to be people who are consistently helping people find their way back to God and apprenticing others to do the same. So... make it hap'n cap'n.
Writing and updates from Matt Larson, lead pastor of Anthem Church in Thousand Oaks, Ca.
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