Day 38
Approval Seeking
Prayer: Father, as I grow in you, help me recognize approval-seeking behavior in my life. Help me to see myself through your loving eyes when I am in doubt of my own worth. When I feel uncertain, Lord, I will look to you. Amen.
Affirmation: I will take care of myself today, abandoning the need for approval of the person I have become. I understand my own value.
Describe some of the ways and areas you seek approval.
Give God thanks that you understand your own value.
Some possible approval seeking behaviors include:
Habitually asking for the opinion of others.
Denying our own needs to meet the needs of others (yielding).
Questioning yourself about encounters with others.
Trying too hard to impress others.
Being overly polite/accommodating.
Placating.
Conceding.
Patching up, making things ok, placating.
Unhealthy self-sacrifice.
Manipulation.
Provocative behavior/dress.
High need for attention.
Drama/exaggerated emotions.
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Helpful Scriptures:
“Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him.” Psalm 62:5
“I am the way, the truth and the life.” John 14:6
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27
“God chose you out of all the people of the earth as his cherished, personal treasure.” Deuteronomy 14:2