Become New with John Ortberg Episode 5 - The Longest Journey
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Feb 23, 2021 A short spiritual roadmap about moving from intellectual belief to heartfelt belonging. Topics include admitting personal inadequacy, wrestling with doubt about being loved, and how shame blocks receiving love. Discussion of Jesus' affirmations of identity, practical steps to give up self-rejection, and using a simple song to internalize God's love.
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Journey Starts With Confessing Inadequacy
- Spiritual journey begins with confessing personal inadequacy, not promises to God.
- John Ortberg calls recognizing our need for Jesus a spiritual achievement illustrated by the fellowship of the withered hand.
Believing God Wants Good For You
- Next stage is believing God has power and wants good for you, not just that He could act.
- Ortberg cites Isaiah 43, John 3:16 and Romans 5:8 to show scriptural grounding for God's love.
Personal Struggles With Feeling Loved
- Ortberg shares friends who doubted God's love, including Steve Hainer who wondered if God could love him.
- He admits his own stabs of comparison and self-rejection despite teaching God's love.