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YOU’RE NOT ENOUGH

Now, this one surprised me during my research as much as I bet it surprises you too, but the amazing and beautiful Jennifer Lopez has suffered through low self-esteem issues ever since she was a child, with it seriously affecting her personal relationships and her ability to find and feel like she deserves love. In an interview with Today Magazine, she revealed that being the middle child in her family meant that she often felt invisible and as a result pushed herself to over-achieve at both school and in her career. While this may not appear to be a bad thing, she said that she only had confidence in what she could do, not in who she was or what she could offer as a girl with these thoughts often getting in the way of her love life and even lowering her confidence. It just goes to show that anyone can be susceptible to this problem.

YOU CAN DO MORE

Newly minted Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is known for her incredible stamina and work schedule. She used to put in 130 hour weeks at Google, and told Joseph Walker that she managed that schedule by sleeping under her desk and being "strategic" about her showers. 

Even people critical of her management style acknowledge that she "will literally work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." That paid off with one of the biggest jobs in technology.

Steve Jobs left incredibly big shoes for Tim Cook to fill. However, the man got the top job for a reason. He's always been a workaholic, Fortune reports that he begins sending emails at 4:30 in the morning.

A profile in Gawker reveals that he's the first in the office and last to leave. He used to hold staff meetings on Sunday night in order to prepare for Monday. 

We have our own version of this in the church

Romans 12:2–3 NLT

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.

Change the way you think

-Greek word Metamorphosis

This is a daily process of transformation-

Cognitive conformity

Seeing things the way people around you view them. Research has shown that this often happens at an unconscious level.

Romans 5:8 NLT

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

This is the truth that tells us that before we knew we needed Jesus he died for us.

-if he died while we were still his enemies there is nothing that we can do to deserve it

Good News

We were not good enough at any point in the history of humanity to ever earn our salvation