3 Types of Perfectionists:
____________________- formulated Perfectionist
___________________ – felt Perfectionist
___________________ – focused Perfectionist
Matthew 5:48 NLT
But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Perfection:
Romans 3:20-23 NLT
For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
THE BIG IDEA:
The pursuit of is the enemy of _________!
Colossians 3:23 GNT
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.
How do I keep perfectionism in check?
If you are beating yourself up:
Romans 3:24 GWT
They receive God’s approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free
If you are holding others to impossible standards:
Romans 13:8 ESV
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
If you feel the weight from others:
1 John 4:18 NLT
Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that
we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
If you are a human who’s ever messed up:
Matthew 5:17 ESV
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.
Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.