Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Week 6: Chapter 5 — I Feel Insignificant: Choose to Be Known
Read Chapter 5 of Get Out of Your Head. Key Scripture: Psalm 139:1–18; John 10:14
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Allen names a lie that many of us have believed for years without ever saying it out loud: that we are invisible, unimportant, or too small to matter — and she confronts it with the radical intimacy of being fully known by God.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.The toxic thought Allen addresses in this chapter is "I am insignificant." On a gut level — not a theological level — how often does this thought visit you? In what contexts does it feel most true?
2.She draws on Psalm 139 — one of the most intimate portraits of God's knowledge of us in all of Scripture. Which verse or image from that psalm is most striking or surprising to you? Why?
3.Allen argues that the antidote to feeling insignificant is not accomplishing more or being seen by more people — it is accepting that you are already fully and completely known by God. Why is being known more satisfying than being noticed?