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Episode 1419 | March 18, 2026

How Chasing Approval Kills Your Faith

The Gospels | Luke 3:21-38 Do you feel like you constantly have to prove yourself? Are you trapped in the need to be liked, validated, or praised? How can you break free from this faith-killing cycle?

Do you feel like you constantly have to prove yourself? Are you trapped in the need to be liked, validated, or praised? How can you break free from this faith-killing cycle? In today’s episode, Luke shows how Jesus’s baptism in Luke 3:21-38 reminds us that the Father’s love and approval come before anything we do.

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