Nothing to Prove by Jennie Allen
Week 4: Chapter 3 — Empty
Read Chapter 3 of Nothing to Prove. Key passages: Philippians 4:11–13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10.
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Allen confronts the uncomfortable reality that many of us are running on empty while projecting fullness — and asks what it might look like to finally stop pretending.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Allen describes the exhaustion of trying to appear full when you're actually empty. Have you been in a season like that? What kept you from admitting your emptiness to others or to God?
2.Paul's words in Philippians 4 — 'I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content' — are some of the most countercultural in the New Testament. What strikes you about the fact that contentment was something Paul learned rather than something he was born with?
3.Allen argues that our emptiness is not a problem to be fixed but a space to be filled — by God. How does reframing emptiness as capacity rather than deficiency change how you relate to your own neediness?
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