So Long, Insecurity by Beth Moore
Week 4: Chapter 3 — What We're Really Dealing With
Read Chapter 3 of So Long, Insecurity. Key Scripture: Proverbs 4:23
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Beth shifts from the origins of insecurity to its anatomy — helping us recognize exactly what we are dealing with so we can stop being blind-sided by it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Beth offers a working definition of insecurity in this chapter — a sense of instability or inadequacy that causes a person to seek validation from outside themselves. How well does that definition fit your own experience of insecurity?
2.She argues that insecurity is fundamentally a heart issue, which is why Proverbs 4:23 — "Guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life" — is so relevant. What would it mean, practically, to guard your heart against the inputs that most fuel your insecurity?
3.Beth identifies several symptoms that signal insecurity is operating beneath the surface: people-pleasing, jealousy, control, defensiveness, and chronic comparison. Which of these symptoms do you most readily recognize in yourself?
a.What situation or relationship tends to trigger that symptom most strongly?
b.What fear underneath the symptom is that behavior actually trying to protect?
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