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Seeing yourself as God sees you is essential to overcoming your deepest struggles, having healthy relationships, living in freedom, and fulfilling your life purpose. Yet most of us look at ourselves with warped mirrors, believing lies that lead to shame, guilt, fear, insecurity, and spiritual stagnation. The lies of our past keep us stuck, struggling with the same issues and habits for years. But according to the first three chapters of Ephesians, that's not how God sees us at all.Pastor and author Chip Ingram wants to open your eyes to your true self, the "new you" that God sees, the person who is immeasurably valuable and beautiful. In this Scripture-soaked book, he shows you how getting God's perspective- satisfies your search for significance- undoes your shame- makes you secure- frees you from comparing yourself with others- helps you discover your calling- and moreAre you ready to see yourself as God sees you? Then let Chip Ingram show you how to silence the lies of your past and experience your true identity.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	18 août 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781493421398
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Endorsements
Praise for Why I Believe
“Chip Ingram has a way of taking complex and intimidating material and making it accessible and applicable to everyone.”
Kyle Idleman , pastor, author of Grace Is Greater
“We all need straight answers to the questions we ask about God, faith, and the Bible. Chip Ingram helps us to get our hearts and minds around the most important issues we face and offers authentic and transparent answers.”
Jack Graham , pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, Plano, TX
Praise for The Real God
“Chip Ingram provides wonderful insight to help you see God’s character as presented in Scripture. In these pages, he offers practical biblical help to live out the implications of a refreshed and renewed perspective of God. The principles in this book will inspire, encourage, and empower you to become more like Jesus Christ.”
Rick Warren , founding pastor, Saddleback Church
Praise for Good to Great in God ’s Eyes
“The principles that my good friend Chip Ingram outlines in this book will inspire, encourage, and enable any sincere reader to maximize their God-given potential for the glory of God and for the good of others. Only read this if you want your life to matter.”
Tony Evans, PhD, senior pastor, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship
Praise for Culture Shock
“Is it possible to articulate timeless biblical truth without resorting to anger and argument? Is it possible to lovingly embrace those with whom we disagree without compromising our beliefs? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding YES—and Chip Ingram explains how it’s all possible in this timely and relevant book.”
Jim Daly , president, Focus on the Family
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
© 2020 by Chip Ingram
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakerbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2020
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-2139-8
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB), copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org
Scripture quotations marked NLT are from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Italics added to Bible quotations reflect the author’s emphasis.
Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.
Dedication
I dedicate this book to
Bill, A. C., and Dick,
three mentors and father figures who helped me discover the real me. These men believed in who God made me to be long before I could see it or believe it myself. Their love, encouragement, support, and sometimes painfully honest feedback have shaped my life. I am eternally grateful.
Contents
Cover 1
Endorsements 2
Half Title Page 4
Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Dedication 7
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction: The Power of Mirrors 13
Part 1: Wanted 19
1. The Lie of Rejection 21
2. You Are Wanted: Ephesians 1:1–6 33
Part 2: Valuable 49
3. The Lie of Insignificance 51
4. You Are Valuable: Ephesians 1:7–10 65
Part 3: Secure 81
5. The Lie of Fear 83
6. You Are Secure: Ephesians 1:11–14 97
Part 4: Competent 119
7. The Lie of Shame 121
8. You Are Competent: Ephesians 1:15–23 135
Part 5: Beautiful 157
9. The Lie of Guilt 159
10. You Are Beautiful: Ephesians 2:1–10 171
Part 6: Called 193
11. The Lie of Angst 195
12. You Are Called: Ephesians 2:11–3:21 207
Conclusion: Your Journey Has Only Just Begun 229
Notes 232
About the Author 233
Back Ads 234
Cover Flaps 241
BackCover 242
Acknowledgments
This book has been developing in my heart and mind for many years. Like most followers of Christ, I grappled with what it really means to be “in Christ” and live from my worth in Him rather than seeking to gain it through success, productivity, or self-improvement.
Dr. Bill Lawrence, Professor Howard Hendricks, and too many wise teachers to name taught me the theology of my position in Christ, as my wife, Theresa, modeled for me the practical means of replacing lies about myself with the truth of my new standing before God.
Venture Christian Church’s elders, staff, and congregation helped me develop and refine the concepts in this book as I first taught them in a series of expositional messages on Ephesians 1–3.
Jerry McCauley’s insight, feedback, editing, and oversight of this project were invaluable, and this book would not exist without him.
Chris Tiegreen’s wordsmithing and editing of the actual manuscript were foundational as we transformed messages into paragraphs and chapters.
My assistant for many years, Charlotte Coulter, diligently protected my time, managed my schedule, and provided logistical support with tons of encouragement when deadlines and life seemed to collide.
I’m especially grateful to Brian Vos, Mark Rice, and the entire team at Baker Books for their feedback, suggestions, and tremendous flexibility.
Finally, thank you, Theresa, not only for hours and hours of listening to this book but for years of helping me learn to see myself as God sees me. You’re the best!
Introduction
The Power of Mirrors
I will never forget an experience I had my senior year in college. After my college basketball team lost a tournament game that ended our season, most of my teammates determined the best way to celebrate would be to go out and party.
By this time, I was walking with the Lord and had no desire to hit all the bars in Charleston, West Virginia, to watch my buddies get drunk. A cheerleader named Mary was of the same mind. She was a friend I knew from a couple of the Bible studies on campus.
After the game, Mary and I found ourselves in a small all-night coffee shop. To be honest, I was more than a little intimidated. She was stunningly beautiful and athletic, with long blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and a 3.7 grade-point average. Though I had come to believe that no one “had it all together,” she seemed to be the exception. She had been blessed to be in that 1 percent of the gene pool.
After listening to her story for about two hours, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The distance between how she viewed herself and objective reality was stunning.
I’m not exaggerating when I say she seemed to hate herself. She actually looked in the mirror and thought she was ugly and worthless. I tried to encourage her, but when I reminded her of her great GPA, she said, “4.0 is a success in my family. I’m a failure.”
I was sitting with someone who had so much going for her in every respect, yet she saw herself as a failure, ugly, and unacceptable.
Her perception was completely illogical to me.
Despite her beauty and her gifts, Mary had multiple mirrors throughout her childhood that told her she was ugly, didn’t measure up, and was unlovable. Those mirrors shaped her thinking about herself and, as a result, how she interacted with others.
But after thirty-plus years of pastoring and counseling, I’ll tell you this: Mary is not an exception.
The Power of Mirrors
Let me ask you a question: What do you see when you look in the mirror?
We look at ourselves in the mirror multiple times a day. There’s the mirror in the bathroom that says the makeup looks good, the hair is in place, and that shirt matches the sweater. There are mirrors at the gym that tell us we’re making progress—or that we’ve got a long way to go.
But it’s not just physical mirrors that are powerful. We each have mirrors within us:
The mirror of a little boy looking up and catching his mom’s first reaction of disappointment.
The mirror of going to middle school, thinking, Wow, I really look cool in this new outfit , and then realizing three minutes later in the hallway that you not only don’t look cool but people are laughing at you.
The mirror of disapproval from a spouse.
The mirror of a boss who says, “You don’t measure up.”
The mirror of a coach or teacher who said you were dumb or lazy.
The mirror of the media that says if you don’t have a perfect body, you’re not acceptable.
These mirrors create a composite picture in our minds and tell us who we are.
Warped Mirrors
I am no longer surprised by how radically people’s views of themselves differ from objective reality. The truth of the matter is, we all have warped mirrors.
We all experience distortions, mirrors past and present, that affect our lives and our relationships. It’s a lot like when you were a little kid and you went to one of those fun houses where you would walk in front of one mirror and look eight feet wide and then run to the next mirror and look two feet tall and then the next mirror made you look skinny as a toothpick. As children, we laugh when we see ourselves in the distorted images in the fun house mirrors. But there’s nothing funny about the distorted mirrors we believe.
When it comes to distorted mirrors, the most powerful influence in our lives is our parents and family of origin: our mom, dad, siblings, or lack thereof.
The second most powerful influence is authority figures, role