Made to Magnify: Breaking the Cycle of Self with Morgan Krueger
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The Tried & Truth Podcast: Rethinking Success for This Season
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Why does our self‑focused culture increase anxiety and loneliness?
Would you agree that we're living in the most self-focused era in human history and yet also one of the loneliest? We all woke up this morning in a world with a lot of messaging about who we should be and what we should be doing. And here's the question we're answering today. Is focusing on ourselves actually linked to more anxiety, more dissatisfaction, and feeling stuck? That's exactly what we're diving into with today's guest, Morgan Kruger. She's the author of Made to Magnify, and I cannot wait for you to hear this one. Hi, everyone. I'm Annika, and this is the Tried and True Podcast. Morgan, thanks so much for joining us on the Tried and Truth podcast today. So glad you're here. We are talking about the really interesting paradox in a world today telling us to focus so much more on ourself. We're actually talking about how the more that we actually do this, the more unsatisfied and anxious and insecure we are.
become and what it is that we're really chasing after. And I think that that is something so many people, especially women around our age, can 100% relate to. So let's just dive right into talking about why. Why do we feel like we're going up against the grain here?
Yeah, I think it's a twofold. I think that we woke up in a world this morning that has a lot of messaging for us about who we should be, how we should achieve the purpose of our life. Right. You know, and you know, it's so interesting about the day and age that we live in. It's not just like walking outside of our house anymore and we're being met with messaging. I'm a mom. Anika, you're a mom. And it's like, we could be sitting here and just on our phones during nap time. And we're bombarded with the messaging that we are enough. We control our destiny, all of those things. So I will say, I'll start there with the like easier news. Like it's a cultural moment that we live in, but I think we also have to understand and be honest enough with ourselves that on the flip side, it's not just an out there problem. Like it's an in here problem. Like I woke up
this morning, Annika, if I'm honest, like with a natural bend towards self, my desires, my comforts, my defensiveness, if any of those things are threatened to me. And so I think it's something that we have to be aware of. And I think, you know, there's a tension that we're living of the out there issue that as women of God too, we have to be aware of. But also I think that scripture takes us time and time again, back to the point that it's a matter of the heart as well. David cries that out. You in this desperate moment with the Lord when he's so met with his sinfulness and so met with the fact that he's a broken person. And he just says like, search me, God, try me, know me, like point out anything in me that might grieve you and lead me down the path of everlasting life. And I think that's a really great model for each of us and a good place for us to start as well as understanding that it's an in here battle that we face as well. It's so true. And isn't it interesting how motherhood is the biggest test? Yeah.
We wake up realizing how we just want everything to be controlled and comfortable and everything feels irritating. Yeah. Well, I don't know what you're talking about. I honestly, the best version of myself always comes out with my two kids. I'm just kidding. It is like the biggest telling sign of what is actually going on in our hearts. And it's the greatest sanctification tool ever. And thank God that his grace meets us in that. And that he's like, I'm going to use these little humans to really extract what's what's going on in there. And a lot of times, if we're honest, like you're saying, it's not pretty. It's really been on the self. And so the beautiful part of walking with Jesus is our lives are an invitation to not make it about ourselves. Like everything around me today points to the fact that the story isn't about me. It's actually about him. And therefore, it's about his people.
Um, and I'm just grateful that even though my life points to the fact that I could really struggle with this battle of self, I have every opportunity in the world day after day to, to actually make that shift. And we can talk about how to do that, but to make that shift and, and make it about something that's bigger than myself, better than myself.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why does our self‑focused culture increase anxiety and loneliness?
0:00–5:22
2
What is the “in‑here” problem and how does our natural bend toward self affect us?
5:22–10:38
3
How does the “drift” concept from Christine Caine illustrate the danger of doing nothing?
10:38–16:33
4
What does it mean to magnify Jesus in everyday life and how is it different from magnifying ourselves?
16:33–22:21
5
What are the three parts of the cycle of self—pride, fear, and doubt—and how do they keep women stuck?
22:21–27:25
6
How can we practice self‑care, home decisions, and ambitions without guilt, inviting God into the small choices?
27:25–33:28
7
What does success look like for Morgan Krueger when it’s defined by God’s delight rather than the world’s applause?
33:28–40:37