Madi Prewett Troutt

And we let him tell us who we are.

We're no longer thirsty for other people to tell us who we are because we know who we are.

And that's been an adventure for me.

Like that's I've definitely had a lot of moments where I've looked for, you know, the guys that I was dating or into or my career or my following or what just what people thought about.

me, you know, my, my people pleasing, just wanting to be approved and, you know, to be good with, with other people and caring more about what people thought about me than what God thought about me.

And Galatians 1.10 has been a continual convicting verse for me because it says, are you really trying to win the approval of people?

Because if you're trying to win the approval of people, you are not a servant of Christ.

And I'm like,

Ouch.

That's so good.

I used to write on my wrist every time before a basketball game.

And I've just carried this principle into my life now.

Audience of 1A01.

And just would remind myself, I am living for only his approval.

But how do you practically do that?

Like, what are steps for you that you, how do you choose to resist living for the approval of people and remind yourself daily that your true identity is in God?

That's so good.

I think about my little Hosanna and just the way that she, you're talking about like having a little child and the way she looks up at me all the time.

Anytime she sees something new, she just looks back at mom.

What do you think about this?