While most of us don’t want to admit it, we crave attention. Our social media–obsessed society is proof that people everywhere want to be seen. But this self-promoting system leaves many women feeling overlooked. In today’s episode, Whitney Akin chats about her book Overlooked where she discovered how the human need for attention and approval is God’s intentional design and encourages you to live seen by the God who loves you. Join us to
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Understand why you long to be seen.
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Get real about the ways social media is hard on your heart.
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Tap into the true source of the attention and approval you long for.
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Implement practical ways to trade feeling overlooked for a lifestyle of living seen.
You don’t have to live overlooked anymore.
Quotes:
“There was always someone else who noticed.”
“I felt overlooked.”
“I felt very alone.”
“We naturally want to be seen.”
“Why do we long to be seen?”
“Attention is a biological need. If God created this need then there has to be a purpose for it.”
“My Father sees me and loves me.”
“We are looking to people to fulfill the need only God can fulfill.”
“Sometimes the idea of being seen by God can be scary and unsettling to some. He not only sees, but He also loves.”
Genesis 16- the story of Hagar
Hebrews 4:13
“Self-confidence is circumstantial but confidence that’s built on God is built on confidence in the history of the God that comes always through.”
“When we know God satisfies this need to be seen then we are freed up to get about the kingdom work.”
“Obedience is an act of love.”
“Meekness isn’t synonymous with timidity. Jesus is meek. It is a quiet strength.”
“No one endured injustice or longing for home like Jesus.”
“When we take a step of obedience and God comes through, our confidence grows.”
“When we get what we need from God, it frees us up to see people not from what we can get from them but rather as souls and what we can give to them.”
“God is sovereign.”
“There is a problem and God is the problem solver. God didn’t fix my problem right away but He was with me and comforted me in ways I’d never experienced before. I could feel His tangible presence.”
“People are motivated by being positively acknowledged.”
“There are whole margins of society that are forgotten.”
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