Evergreen Christian Community

/Chat: “Tell us what your biggest food addiction is!”/ Matthew 6:1-4 The Big Idea: Real transformation will always include the death of an addiction to approval. Approval Addiction Symptoms: ● Getting hurt by what others say about us. ● Habitually comparing ourselves to others. ● A nagging sense that we are not important enough or special enough. ● Envy of others’ success. ● Trying to impress important people. /Chat: Which ‘approval addiction’ symptom do you most suffer from?/ “At issue here is the question: ‘To whom do I belong? To God or to the world?' Many of my daily preoccupations suggest that I belong more to the world than to God. A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me… Often I am like a small boat on the ocean, completely at the mercy of its waves.” Henri Nouwen The alternative: A life of FREEDOM. “One of the fine arts of gracious living is the art of living freely with our critics. When we