This video is... Amazing. I had just finished praying a few minutes before bumping into this video and it really hit me. I identify myself with all 4. I can't really describe what's going on in my head right now because it is an exact answer to what I needed to hear. Beautiful. God is so good. He IS alive, and he IS listening to every word and every tear. God bless you.
I'm most likely to believe the myth "You are defined by what you do". Even though I'm still a student, I have next to no idea on how and when I'm going to finish high school because I'm very focused on a classical music path. And when I see most of my friends finish school and go to college years earlier, I tend to feel vulnerable as I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't have it figured out. This video helped me remember that it's alright to be that way, so thank you all for doing what you do :)
You are defined by who you know. As someone who doesn't have many friends, that hits home with me. Proverbs 18:24b says, "but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother". Keep being awesome.
The Anima Series has changed my faith dramatically over the last year, so thank you so much Jon! I listen intently to everything you have to say and look forward to each new video. This one particularly touched me in a way I wasn't expecting. I realized I can identify with hearing all 4 of those loud and false messages in my head. I repeated what you had to say about "who you know" several times though because I feel God really wanted me to hear it. As a sophomore in high school I constantly deal with relationship pressures and I never noticed just how much of an effect it had on me until watching this. Knowing my relationship with God is what matters makes me feel relieved and loved. I don't have to try so hard! Looking forward to what lies ahead for TheAnimaSeries. Praying for you all and thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤️
Thanks so much, guys, this is exactly what I needed right now. I think I'm sort of a mixture out of all those myths. I struggle with everything mentioned, but God keeps sending me people who tell me differently and I'm so grateful for it!! But if anyone feels like praying, I appriciate it!! God bless
The fact that you arent defined by what you have done really changes the way i think about my life. Thanks for making these, theyre grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!
I am most vulnerable to the third. I tend to tie my worth to my physical appearance. I have struggled with an eating disorder, but I have learned to look at myself differently, through God's eyes. I still struggle, constantly, but I know and have to choose to believe truth.
Sometimes, I even wonder If have a relationship with Jesus because I mean yes i have accepted Him as my Lord and saviour but im selfish, I think of myself too much. I do things for my own pleasure and its always about me. I need prayers brothers and sisters
Take heart buddy! Jesus died for us while we were still sinners. He knew when He died for us that we would still be messy. Even while you may struggle with being selfish, you are still pursued by the Lord! God says that his love never fails. That is why his grace is so beautiful! Because we wants us while he is aware of our sins!
There was a kid who ran away from a foster home. He was being bullied by other kids. He took off on foot and had made it about a mile or two up the road from my mothers home. My mother and I drove up the road to get the boy, and took him back to my mother's house, and I talked to him, and he began to cry, and confessed his father was drug addict, and he was being bullied in foster care and did not want to be there any more. My heart went out to this kid because I felt his pain. This is where too many kids are now days. They fall between the cracks of society and have no role models, nobody to really just love on them, and tell them that just because their parents made bad choices does not brand them as a failure, or left out or alone. They are never alone.
Probably " you are defined by what you do"... but I've grown so much out of it through God's Word! Thanks for the message and I will continue to share... God bless!
Two of the myths apply to me; the "what you do" and "who you know". I get caught up in performing well, whether that's in school or how I behave. The pressure of doing well comes mostly from myself, my parents (they do it unknowingly), and the good feeling I get when I'm praised for my grades or score higher than others. I am also a people pleaser. It's part of where I unhealthily get my value. I know the truth and the freedom of Christ: that he will love me no matter what, and that my life should be lived in such a way as to respond to his love. The acceptance of His truth the hard part.
The third myth was the hardest for me: being defined by who you know. I never needed/wanted to be the most popular, but with the people I did associate with, I placed so much stock into pleasing them so that they'd love me. My worth had been totally based off my peers thoughts of me for the longest time. It was exhausting. I spent so much time doing that, that I never really focused on myself. So I'm now at a stage in my life where I'm learning who I am and all that encompasses it. I feel so late, but better late than never.
Thankx heaps for this video Jon. I happened to see this video at a completely broken stage in my life. I am a nurse. Three days before i got rejected by a guy with whom i had a courtship of 2 months, who claimed to love me and said that i was the most important person in his life and had promissed to marry me. The reason for rejection was that his family does not approve of me bcz he is an engineer and i am a nurse nd I do not match his level and education. His father is a pastor. He himself is a worship leader nd drummer in d church. This is d understanding that the family wid such a spiritual background has. I hope dis video opens the eyes of many others. Thankx Jon. You r doin a great work. May God use you more nd more.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Out of the four myths that you listed, the myth that I am likely to believe or find myself accepting at times is: "You are defined by what you do." In this life, if I see, as I do now, everyone is fulfilling their careers or working hard to achieve their dreams but I somehow can't fulfill mines, or it seems too difficult to do mines, I am going to feel really low as if I did nothing in life. If while I was in high school I was the teacher pet with straight A's and B's but when I get out in the real world, I haven't accomplish anything, that doesn't really makes sense. I would love to be the person that fulfills everything I put my mind to but that doesn't really happens in life. Sad to say, I rate someone's career very high on my level of success.
Hi there! I used to feel the same pressure. Jeremiah 29:11 really helped me. It reminds me that God has got this and has a story for each one of his children. There's also a verse in Psalms (although I can't remember where) but it says The Lord knows the desires of your heart. God knows exactly what you wish and dream. But my challenge for you, as someone once challenged me, was to make God the desire of your heart. That way, no matter what happens in your lifetime, you will always bs satisfied and content and consumed God in all his love and beauty. Sometimes life doesn't go the way we planned, but when we let God plan it and keep our hearts set upon him, we can know our story will be fantastic.
Maggie Bullington Thank you for this comment. I really do just have to let God do whatever he had planned since the beginning of time for my life. You're right, if I end up only putting God as my top desires and priority, then whatever he allows to happen, will not hurt or get me down as opposed to me focusing on my dreams. I know I should believe but my mind always have something negative to come forth that makes me doubt my dream coming true. I need to work on trusting in God completely
For the last year I have learnt that I have boundary issues - I struggle to let in the good and to let out the bad. This shows that I have believed myth 3 & 4. I am hoping to overcome and conquer these myths so that I can guard my heart and soul and make healthy decisions for myself and those around me. Thank you for sharing the Word that God has placed in your heart. It is exciting to receive confirmation!
please never stop with this video because you are helping me draw even more closer to the word of God and to God himself. Thank you so far for all your teachings and I hope to see more inspiring videos.
That first myth haunts me all through my creative writing hobby. "Is it good enough?", "will it gain acceptance by others?", "how can I improve it?", " and "will any part of my family enjoy reading it?" Those are my questions pretty much every day, and they all tend to come up "no" or "can't" each time I ask myself those questions. I try to get away from them, but they stay with me always. There are definitely times where I need help, a second opinion or what have you, but this video helped me realize that my writing won't always be trash.
This is Truth! Thanks for sharing these videos---you're a city on a hill that cannot be hidden--- you're impacting many kids who have no one else to turn to ---that's awesome!
I am defined by what I do, ocd issues. Everything had to be organized, clean, and rules are established for a reason with no deviations. Being the oldest of my siblings I set the bar that my parents set me. And now I found I pass this to my four kids. I've come to realize this is a myth as you say because it's not about how I did it, but that I cared enough to do it. It's been hard trying to find where to start in reading the bible and with everyday problems that remove my focus from the scripture that I feel lost. No matter what I do it seems like it's two steps forward but one step back. I spend lot of time reliving the past as I feel it is what defined me. Thank you for this video and thank you for everything you do!
Once again, a great video. My wife and I work with kids incarcerated in juvenile detention. I stick to the guys while she works with the girls. We use a lot of your videos as well as the "I am second" series. I showed your "Message to Men" video one week when there was a particularly tough gang banger in the group. The next week, when I came back, he had to see that video again. He said it changed his life and he'd been thinking about it all week long. I said, "Why? Hasn't anyone very told you you're awesome?" He said no. I said, "Well, you are. I think so, and so does God." He broke down crying. These kids have pasts that make me cringe. Most of the guys don't know their dads. Their pasts are what block them from thinking they could ever have a relationship with God. I think they connect with me, because I, too, struggle with a past containing some very nasty things. But when these kids (and I) come to realize it's not what they do, but what Jesus did, you can almost see a weight fall off their shoulders and the stand up straight. Grace is a scandalous concept that shows them for the first time that someone loves them for who they are.
The myth I used to believe, is that I'm defined by what I've done.....I know now that it's just a trick of the enemy because he saw what God had in store for me and didn't want to get it so he made me feel like I didn't deserve it. But I know nothing that I've been through will be wasted! !!! God will use every bit of my testimony to help someone else. Love your videos keep it up with this great ministry! !!
I am most vulnerable to the one about who you know. I am afraid of people getting mad at me and its scary. I am always wanting to please people and recently at a retreat I went to I discovered how fake that made me first with people and also in my relationship with God. I am glad to say God rescued me and has given me a new identity that I am slowly growing into. I also worry about my physicality and how I look like but I am learning to accept that I am fearfully and wonderfully made as well. Thank you for your video.
I don't know if I have ever technically believed any of these myths, but I have struggled with being a perfectionist and with self esteem in regards to my body. God has taught so much through the years in these areas of my life, but it's still a struggle. Someone once told me "I hope you never let anyone's reckless words define who you are" and I still believe that. The primary thing to should determine your identity is your understanding of God's love for you. If you truly believe Christ died for you, then you will know that your identity is in the One who died to redeem you. Never forget that!
Good day ... I've missed a couple weeks. . Been going through a lot and ... today decided to catch up on all the videos .... Thank you as they have relevance to my situation and thoughts . I have no other words but Thank u .... as always in the words of Robby Dawkins. .. keep it simple, love them and let Me change them ... God bless you all
Ive fallen for all the 4 myths my whole life because until now ive never been told of a different path & one that is full of love and also true. Thank You For This Amazing Message ; truly grateful. This has changed my life cause I have reflected on these voices and decided to drown them so only the truth remains
You know jon jorgenson, because of you I find the answer that I ask from God. I'm glad that God made you as His instrument to help His people. Thank you very much. And May God Bless you my Brother.
I have been most easily overwhelmed by what I do, what I've done. It hurts me a lot sometimes. I'm a person who pleases others but so locked away in my past and what I do that such simple things can be so painful and it isn't great. You've helped me realize to a fuller idea that its lies, and it helps me find my path to be both more narrow, but more defined in my walk with God.
I have listened to 3/4 lies my entire life. As an athlete I punished myself for making mistakes, I would get so mad at myself for not being better and take peoples criticism to heart. I also worry about my appearance way too much and have become obsessed over it for the past couple of years. And my biggest one that i fear will never go away is my want/need to please people or afraid that someone won't like me. I have been praying to God about these things and I am so glad you made this video, God Bless the Anima team ya'll are doing great things with God by your side. Thank you.
Hi Jon. Thank you for the reminder. I would say I would struggle the most with trying to know more than everyone else and being proud in my puffed up jerkish knowledge and what I have done and on some cases continue to do on speech, thought, and action. Thank you for your prayers. May God grant us all visceral victories!!
The ones I was most likely to believe was the 1st, 2nd, and 4th. I hope you never stop making theses videos. Because of God working through you, your videos have got me through a big rough patch in my life. Thank you for all you are still doing.
I struggle with my self esteem, especially because I'm in the 8th grade and everybody is judging you based on how attractive you are and how many friends you have. Even my closest friends have said mean things about me being my back. It's a hard world to live in, but I hope, that with love and forgiveness, we can make this world a better place and build a strong foundation with God so even the strongest hurricanes will not shake it.
I love how you talk Jon! It's inspiring, thoughtful, and full of love. You're a great speaker! I can't emphasize how much I enjoy watching your videos. I think mine would have to be all 4. But the one that gets me is the appearance one. Thank you for putting up videos!! 💕
To be honest I too often define myself by what I do. I'm in Med school in Belgium, Europe and my dream is to go to an Ivy League University so I work hard everyday and when I fail, I feel like I have nothing left. But our God is so good and every time He picks me up again and show me that through my failures I'm still love the same and that helps me to realize that who I am is define in Christ and the rest is part of the process of me growing into the person He designed me to be! God bless you all! PS: Keep up with the good work! I always have awesome and blessed study breaks when I watch your videos.
Hey y'all, first of all I want to encourage the channel cause it's really great. Now, out of those four identity myths described, I am more inclined to believe in the first one - That I am defined by what I do. In many occasions throughout my life I've been trying to be and to do the perfect, and without reaching it I was constantly unhappy. With meditation and wise reasoning, though, I realize I need to do my best, yes, but also be sincerely happy with the outcome, whatever it is. Thank you for reading this far. I hope you all have a great year/life.
As for me, I have this difficulty of forgiving my self of what I've done in the past to God. I can't forgive of hurting Him. That all throughout the years of my life in the past I'm stuck and enjoying my life with the hand of the enemy and remembering it makes my heart breaks for I know I have hurt My Father. No person is judging me about my past but the enemy is. He is condemning me of what I've done to God and I hate my old self because of it. There are these "if's" like, if I am what I am today last 4 years then our ministry might have grown. If I have know God well in the past then I might have done something to Unite our Ministry with God. If I have stand up and answer God's Calling at that time then I won't be alone right now. Happy to share my thoughts. I want to ask: How can you forgive Yourself? #askAnima
thank you so much .Just today i was struggling with the past mistakes are what you are worth and this video has really changed my perspective thank you so much jon and all of animaseries thank you!
Thank you for making these awesome videos! I wish there were more good guys like you! The 4th myth definitely haunts me. I got divorced and sometimes feel like people look at me like I'm "damaged goods." I hate that! It's like I'm judged before they even know anything about me. If they would only give me a chance they would understand the reason why I chose to leave and why it was the hardest decision of my entire life up to this point. I'm working on getting stronger. I'm also working on trusting God more. He promised me that he would prepare someone for me who would love me and treat me with love and respect if I left. Now I just have to trust his timing. It's hard, but I'm working on building my faith and trust in him.
Powerful stuff! I definitely feel defined by what I do. I recently left my job to move back to my hometown, it was long over due and definitely the right move but not working is much harder than I anticipated. I didn't realize how much of my identity I tied to my job. Happy new year and thanks for the post!
Awesome, Jon, just awesome. If I had to answer your question on where I am most affected, it's the part when you get to ALL four myths. I've come to accept Jesus as my personal lord and savior but struggling to unlisten to all sorts of perspective by so many people that everything comes confused. Thanks for reminding me. Keep posting these videos. Wish I could help you and your team more in terms of concrete things but all I can give are prayers and comments. God Bless you and the entire Anima Team. I pray we could meet sometime in the future. May God continue to bless people by what you are doing. Keep the faith!
I have the myth that I am defined by what I do. I'm in grad school in analytical chemistry, and it seems that I keep getting more behind in my work everyday. I also don't get asked out, so I feel like I'm missing some unknown quality.
You wouldn't have a position in grad school now if God hadn't anointed you to be there, to be in such a place! :) School will always be stressful but God will see you through and He will not allow you to carry any stress you pick up in trying to catch up to your workload alone (1 Peter 5:7) About your second point, God made us in His own image-honestly, you lack nothing! God has a plan for you, which includes every aspect of your life, even your love life...it's a good plan for a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11) so forget your worries & keep faith : ) Side note: I'm a university student myself and whenever I feel like I'm about to be swallowed whole by school I like to remind myself of 2 Corinthians 12:9. Blessings and all the best!
You are not lacking an unknown quality. You are who God created you to be. God might be protecting you from dating for the time being. My hope is that when some one does ask you out that it will be the one you are to marry so that you don't have to go through the heart ache of many break ups. Here are a few more good scriptures. Matthew 11:28-30 and Philippians 4:6 . Remember take all of your cares to God and that God sees the big picture and we don't.
We are not defined by what we do, but rather what He did for us. As far as the unknown quality thing goes, I'm the same way, but my sister said something one time that really stuck with me: "There are some girls that guys will line up to date, then there are women who men will line up to marry." I fall into the second category, and I have a feeling you do too. :)
My biggest struggle: "You are defined by what you've done. (And it wasn't even necessarily something that was my choice but I still blame myself). You're damaged goods. How could anyone ever want you?"
I just happened upon this video and it completely changed my perspective. I'm the first one, defined by what I do, and it has been ruining my life. Thank you for blessing my day with this video.
All of the above!!! Thanks for sharing those verses. I'm trying to learn to live from the word & not the "voices of the world". One of my favorite verses I constantly repeat to myself when I'm really battling is "do not conform to the pattern of this world" this video is perfect & a great encouragement. Thank you :) love you work :)
Definitely 3 and 4.. I have heard all of those scriptures at least 1048299928349292 times but I think they're finally starting to click and I just started crying. Thank you so much.
Um...all of them? Yeah. All of them. I'm a self-conscious-about-my-weight people-pleaser who can't stand anyone to be mad at me, who still spends way too much time beating myself up for my mistakes, and who feels like school and my grades are the only thing I'm really good at. I missed this video a few weeks ago because I was staying at my grandma's and she doesn't have Wifi and then I forgot to come back and find it, and just wow, y'all. I needed this hard truth. Thanks.
God bless you Jon. I pray one day I can find a minister as inspiring as you! You are AEWSOME. You have strengthened my faith. I love your videos brother!! I would say you are unequivocally an 'arm of the Lord '. With honour & blessings, over & out🙏🙏 x
God bless you brother, this is so true and to tell you the truth i have been struggling with all four personality myths for ever and the Lord has been talking to me and I stopped to watch this video because i declare this year the year where i walk freely in the paths of the Lord
I'm always caught believing that I'm damaged goods.. This video made me weep because most of it is try and puts everything I've been feeling into words!! Thanks!
I'm the 4th myth. I find it very hard to look forward and to not see myself as damaged goods. I nearly cried when you said it was a myth, so thank you very much for that. I also find it very hard to change, because once people see me in a certain light, I feel defined by it. In my case it's the quiet, shy girl with anxiety issues that is constantly struggling to change.
I have fallen for the the fourth myth.I thought I was defined by my past.Up to this point I have believed that.My friend just told me something that made me believe that even more.But you, your video, and what Jesus has done through you. Has made me stop believing that.Thank you Jon, thank you God, thank you Jesus, and thank you Holy Spirit.
In a world where almost the first question you get asked, is "where do you work, what position do you have (= "how much money do you earn?")" it´s hard to keep up your self worth if you are, say, without a job. just as a quick note on the side, you could have included a 5th point which is: you are defined by your material possesions.
I often believed that my self-worth was determined by what I did and by how many friends I had but after watching this video, I know despite of what I do or what I have done, I am worthy in God's eyes. :) I am going to listen to the Lord's voice more often now.
I think the myth of our past is the one that disturbs me sometimes. I wanna say thank you for the videos and wish you all an awesome 2015. By the way, I'm Brazilian and your words are here too, and since the day I met The Anima Series, I changed a little, thanks for you and your new way of spread the word of God. Thank you so much!
I was most affected by the last one. I've made a lot of mistakes and have had to deal with other things that really aren't even my fault. I blame myself for nearly everything and even have to carry the burden of other people's mistakes. I get guilty very easily and apologize to The Lord even when I didn't do anything. But now, I feel pretty good. Thanks to that video I'm gonna work on changing and only listening to The Lord's voice.
I think the two myths that I'm most likely to believe are 1) you are defined by what you do and 2) you are defined by what you have done because (1) I am a massive perfectionist, and I have high expectations and reputations from my family and people at school so when I have failed (in my opinion) at something I feel awful and (2) my mind is often haunted by the (really stupid) mistakes I've made which have really impacted my life, making me really question my worth. Also I get embarrassed so easily so all these things play up in my mind all the time. But thanks be to God because He helps me ignore all the wrong voices and helps me to concentrate on His voice. xxx
First, thank you so much ! The videos are helping me keep it up while I'm in transition to a new church. I think I get caught by the "what I do" and "what I've done" most. Always trying to be the best in everything and can't forget my past mistakes :/
I believe the first myth the most. That you are defined by what you do. I've done some many accomplishing things like top of my class, class president, first place in speech contests, superior ratings in solos. I feel as though if I don't continue doing these things that people will have bad impressions of me and think I'm starting to go down the wrong path and that all these things are expected of me since I've been this way in the past. I love achieving all these things but sometimes I just want to slow down and take a breather.
Thanks for sharing the truth Jon. I needed to hear this. I've believed all of those lies for most of my life. (Not about the gum, brains, or lobsters...but the spiritual lies) Feeling like this is the beginning of being set free. Thanks for showing me that I'm not locked in those chains anymore, bro. Peace to you and yours
I always attempt to be a people pleaser or be someone that everyone seems to like. But I really want to be genuine in who I am. Not just because someone told me to be. But because I want to be a genuine person and not hide who I am. It may be scary but its worth the risk.
I think we all have a bit of all of them but it's what you decide to do with it, get consumed by it or acknowledge, change your thought pattern and move on. Hard to do I know but once you practice changing your thoughts and trusting god, the easier it gets. You videos are so inspiring, you are a gift my friend!
I struggle mostly with the first (What You Do) and the last (What You've Done) I am a perfectionist and I realized it is one of the reasons I never feel like I can let go and trust God and let him take over my life. I've always been determined to please my parents because I know they deserve to be proud of the child they raised but that aspect have spread in so many other parts of my life that I've reached the point where I have to do everything to the absolute best way it can be done. This have lead to a very stressful way of life and I realized it's made me hold back on thing I don't think I can do well on because I rather not try then fail. Right now my biggest goal is to let God be in control because I cannot do the best all the time and after all I'm only human.I'm also currently caught up a dark area that I keep going back to and I don't think I'm worth the fight because no matter how i try I'm always tempted and the worst feeling is realizing what I've done after being drown. It's quite frustrating and I feel helpless and unworthy because it feels like I'm fighting against myself and somehow the sinful side always win.
The myth I am used to believing is "You are defined by what you do". I would like to study at medicine university and it is quite difficult to get there and I feel often too "small" or not smart enough, not industrious enough...Honestly, I have always tried to have the best results so that my parents could be proud of me and I also wanted to prove myself that I am the best. But this time I cannot succeed, it is so demanding to start learning and I feel just helpless. I realized the lies I was living in and I pray to believe again who I am.
Love this video to me is all, I need Gods strenth all the time. Anima series younare the best thing that kept my faith together. Sometimes I wonder how you guys do it but when I listen to your videos again am convinced that your calling is from the Most high keep it up. The you reward is SURE.....GOD Bless.
I would have to say I see myself in two of the myths: defined by what you do, I work in the Department of Corrections and after years of doing this job I hope that I am an encouragement to people going through some of the worst moments of their lives, but it is also so incredible draining on my own soul sometimes....and I am also myth of being defined by my own past....but the key there is MYTH. Thank you for this encouragement!
Thanks Jon for this. I think mine is the mixture of what I do and what I did. I am working on these and getting better at it. This video is essential and it's great to have heard this, this early in the year. 😊 Happy new year, let's make 2015 the best year.
I realized that all of those myths has a hook in my life. It got me thinking of when I was very young, most of us enjoyed life with out worries with out problems. But as we went on throug the different fases of life we somehow changed our perspective of what we are and what our purpose is. The past few months I have been on a journey to find myself and fall in love with who I am all over again. This is a challenge that I want too put out for every one. If we can love God why is it that we don't love his work(that wil be us)
uhhhhh....I did...sometimes still do...let all 4 myths take over and rum the committee in my mind. Since about age 5 the enemy has been hard at work on my mind. finally at age 43, after battling addiction, codependency and just life itself, I now know and BELIEVE that I am "fearfully and wonderfully made", loved, cherished and forgiven by my heavenly Father. nothing if this world can fill me with the true joy, peace and love that He so freely gives....and all I had to do was accept it.
4th myth. Definitely. Always thought I was defined by my mistakes. Had to struggle with that for almost 2 years but praise God, He has helped me and still helps me with my everyday life. Thank you so much Jon for sharing this :)
I am constantly falling for myth 1. I am a huge perfectionist. And if something doesn't go the way I want it to , then it feels like the end of the world to me. But I have to remember that I don't have to be perfect all the time. Thank you Jon Jorgenson for making this video!
Is it sad to say I'm guilty of all of them? Like to whole video resonated with me so I am so thankful that you made it. Having someone else say all these things gets me to accept that all aspects of myself don't have to be perfect
this guy needs a reward he is awesome, i wish the whole world can see this video because it changed my life, I believed i was the fourth myth i felt that my mistakes in my past defined me and that i was not good enough anymore, but the video changed my mind and im now living through Gods word
I fall under the myth that I am defined by what I have done. I've made crappy decisions I'm my life and there are people who know I've made these bad decisions and they define the kind of person they think I am.
I really think we can be our own worst enemy sometimes. Guilt, no self worth, not realizing that GOD MADE US ENOUGH, AND AMAZING . I personally have gone through so much in the last few months and now the ohysical aspect has gotten to me. Some medical things that have aftected me possibly for ever. It placed fear in my heart, in made me wonder if others could still see me beautiful despite all that... And well....GOD LOVES ME AND MADE ME PERFECT IN MY OWN WAY, there is so much more to me. Thank you so much for reminding me. You are such a blessing
I am going though an extremely horrible divorce. My husband was all of these. I have been mentally abused for some time now and my worth is nothing. It has been a grace of God that I found you. Thank you for saving me!
I'm most vulnerable to the 4th identity myth. My past has a hold of me and to be honest I am a very angry person because of it... it's hard for me to be happy and thankful for what is happening in my life now.
NUMBER 3! I always feel like I need to prove my worth to others and that everyone likes me and sometimes I'll even go so far as to change my opinions and interests just so that I'm liked by everybody. I've learned that you really can't please everybody and I'm really trying my best to be humble and and God-seeking and whatever comes from that is all that truly matters.
I am the myth that I am defined by what I have done. I have a really messed up past and I have found God again so I know I am new but sometimes I need to be reminded of the grace God has bestowed on me!
The myth I most believe is the one where I'm defined by who I know. I have realized over the course of 2014 that I want people to just accept me and that I want to make everyone happy. I know that I am worth more than what people think of me because Jesus saved me and His thoughts about me are the ones that count, but as Jon states: the voice we listen to is often the loudest and it is often the world's. I really liked this video and believe I needed to hear it. Keep up the good work, Anima.
I have believed 3/4 lies. I believed every one except "you are defined by what you look like." I get attached to people very easily and if someone opens up to me, I open up to them. If I think they are annoyed with me, then I get depressed about it and feel alone. I also strive to get good grades and when I am not proud of what I have accomplished then I feel really down. And finally, the mistakes of my past are really dumb. I won't get into them here but the fact that I made the decision to do them really hurts me.
This video focuses on self-worth and the myths we believe about ourselves that develop our identity. Jon is a powerful speaker and when he talks about self-worth, he makes you realize that much about what defines us is based on the false beliefs we have about ourselves or the false beliefs others have put on us. These points are reinforced in the book by Sharon Law Tucker, How to Be a Badass. Gotta love it!
This video is... Amazing. I had just finished praying a few minutes before bumping into this video and it really hit me. I identify myself with all 4. I can't really describe what's going on in my head right now because it is an exact answer to what I needed to hear. Beautiful. God is so good. He IS alive, and he IS listening to every word and every tear. God bless you.
I'm most likely to believe the myth "You are defined by what you do". Even though I'm still a student, I have next to no idea on how and when I'm going to finish high school because I'm very focused on a classical music path. And when I see most of my friends finish school and go to college years earlier, I tend to feel vulnerable as I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't have it figured out. This video helped me remember that it's alright to be that way, so thank you all for doing what you do :)
As long as you have God
, you don't need to have it all figured out because he already did. You are smart, beautiful and important!
You are defined by who you know. As someone who doesn't have many friends, that hits home with me. Proverbs 18:24b says, "but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother". Keep being awesome.
The Anima Series has changed my faith dramatically over the last year, so thank you so much Jon! I listen intently to everything you have to say and look forward to each new video. This one particularly touched me in a way I wasn't expecting. I realized I can identify with hearing all 4 of those loud and false messages in my head. I repeated what you had to say about "who you know" several times though because I feel God really wanted me to hear it. As a sophomore in high school I constantly deal with relationship pressures and I never noticed just how much of an effect it had on me until watching this. Knowing my relationship with God is what matters makes me feel relieved and loved. I don't have to try so hard! Looking forward to what lies ahead for TheAnimaSeries. Praying for you all and thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤️
Thanks so much, guys, this is exactly what I needed right now.
I think I'm sort of a mixture out of all those myths. I struggle with everything mentioned, but God keeps sending me people who tell me differently and I'm so grateful for it!!
But if anyone feels like praying, I appriciate it!! God bless
The fact that you arent defined by what you have done really changes the way i think about my life. Thanks for making these, theyre grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!
I am most vulnerable to the third. I tend to tie my worth to my physical appearance. I have struggled with an eating disorder, but I have learned to look at myself differently, through God's eyes. I still struggle, constantly, but I know and have to choose to believe truth.
Rebekah Davidson relatable
Sometimes, I even wonder If have a relationship with Jesus because I mean yes i have accepted Him as my Lord and saviour but im selfish, I think of myself too much. I do things for my own pleasure and its always about me. I need prayers brothers and sisters
Praying that you can grow to put Him first!
Yes, we will be praying for you!
MusicIsLife9398 Thank you😊
l1zzz00 Thank you!😁
Take heart buddy! Jesus died for us while we were still sinners. He knew when He died for us that we would still be messy. Even while you may struggle with being selfish, you are still pursued by the Lord! God says that his love never fails. That is why his grace is so beautiful! Because we wants us while he is aware of our sins!
There was a kid who ran away from a foster home. He was being bullied by other kids. He took off on foot and had made it about a mile or two up the road from my mothers home. My mother and I drove up the road to get the boy, and took him back to my mother's house, and I talked to him, and he began to cry, and confessed his father was drug addict, and he was being bullied in foster care and did not want to be there any more. My heart went out to this kid because I felt his pain. This is where too many kids are now days. They fall between the cracks of society and have no role models, nobody to really just love on them, and tell them that just because their parents made bad choices does not brand them as a failure, or left out or alone. They are never alone.
Probably " you are defined by what you do"... but I've grown so much out of it through God's Word! Thanks for the message and I will continue to share... God bless!
Two of the myths apply to me; the "what you do" and "who you know". I get caught up in performing well, whether that's in school or how I behave. The pressure of doing well comes mostly from myself, my parents (they do it unknowingly), and the good feeling I get when I'm praised for my grades or score higher than others. I am also a people pleaser. It's part of where I unhealthily get my value. I know the truth and the freedom of Christ: that he will love me no matter what, and that my life should be lived in such a way as to respond to his love. The acceptance of His truth the hard part.
The third myth was the hardest for me: being defined by who you know. I never needed/wanted to be the most popular, but with the people I did associate with, I placed so much stock into pleasing them so that they'd love me. My worth had been totally based off my peers thoughts of me for the longest time. It was exhausting. I spent so much time doing that, that I never really focused on myself. So I'm now at a stage in my life where I'm learning who I am and all that encompasses it. I feel so late, but better late than never.
Thankx heaps for this video Jon. I happened to see this video at a completely broken stage in my life. I am a nurse. Three days before i got rejected by a guy with whom i had a courtship of 2 months, who claimed to love me and said that i was the most important person in his life and had promissed to marry me. The reason for rejection was that his family does not approve of me bcz he is an engineer and i am a nurse nd I do not match his level and education. His father is a pastor. He himself is a worship leader nd drummer in d church. This is d understanding that the family wid such a spiritual background has. I hope dis video opens the eyes of many others. Thankx Jon. You r doin a great work. May God use you more nd more.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Out of the four myths that you listed, the myth that I am likely to believe or find myself accepting at times is: "You are defined by what you do." In this life, if I see, as I do now, everyone is fulfilling their careers or working hard to achieve their dreams but I somehow can't fulfill mines, or it seems too difficult to do mines, I am going to feel really low as if I did nothing in life. If while I was in high school I was the teacher pet with straight A's and B's but when I get out in the real world, I haven't accomplish anything, that doesn't really makes sense. I would love to be the person that fulfills everything I put my mind to but that doesn't really happens in life. Sad to say, I rate someone's career very high on my level of success.
Hi there! I used to feel the same pressure. Jeremiah 29:11 really helped me. It reminds me that God has got this and has a story for each one of his children. There's also a verse in Psalms (although I can't remember where) but it says The Lord knows the desires of your heart. God knows exactly what you wish and dream. But my challenge for you, as someone once challenged me, was to make God the desire of your heart. That way, no matter what happens in your lifetime, you will always bs satisfied and content and consumed God in all his love and beauty. Sometimes life doesn't go the way we planned, but when we let God plan it and keep our hearts set upon him, we can know our story will be fantastic.
And remember, nothing is impossible for those who believe.
Maggie Bullington Thank you for this comment. I really do just have to let God do whatever he had planned since the beginning of time for my life. You're right, if I end up only putting God as my top desires and priority, then whatever he allows to happen, will not hurt or get me down as opposed to me focusing on my dreams. I know I should believe but my mind always have something negative to come forth that makes me doubt my dream coming true. I need to work on trusting in God completely
For the last year I have learnt that I have boundary issues - I struggle to let in the good and to let out the bad. This shows that I have believed myth 3 & 4. I am hoping to overcome and conquer these myths so that I can guard my heart and soul and make healthy decisions for myself and those around me. Thank you for sharing the Word that God has placed in your heart. It is exciting to receive confirmation!
please never stop with this video because you are helping me draw even more closer to the word of God and to God himself. Thank you so far for all your teachings and I hope to see more inspiring videos.
That first myth haunts me all through my creative writing hobby. "Is it good enough?", "will it gain acceptance by others?", "how can I improve it?", " and "will any part of my family enjoy reading it?" Those are my questions pretty much every day, and they all tend to come up "no" or "can't" each time I ask myself those questions. I try to get away from them, but they stay with me always. There are definitely times where I need help, a second opinion or what have you, but this video helped me realize that my writing won't always be trash.
This is Truth! Thanks for sharing these videos---you're a city on a hill that cannot be hidden--- you're impacting many kids who have no one else to turn to ---that's awesome!
I am defined by what I do, ocd issues. Everything had to be organized, clean, and rules are established for a reason with no deviations. Being the oldest of my siblings I set the bar that my parents set me. And now I found I pass this to my four kids. I've come to realize this is a myth as you say because it's not about how I did it, but that I cared enough to do it. It's been hard trying to find where to start in reading the bible and with everyday problems that remove my focus from the scripture that I feel lost. No matter what I do it seems like it's two steps forward but one step back. I spend lot of time reliving the past as I feel it is what defined me. Thank you for this video and thank you for everything you do!
Bruh, 4/4. Me and my friend literally just had a conversation about this today! Thanks for being a blessing!
Once again, a great video. My wife and I work with kids incarcerated in juvenile detention. I stick to the guys while she works with the girls. We use a lot of your videos as well as the "I am second" series. I showed your "Message to Men" video one week when there was a particularly tough gang banger in the group. The next week, when I came back, he had to see that video again. He said it changed his life and he'd been thinking about it all week long. I said, "Why? Hasn't anyone very told you you're awesome?" He said no. I said, "Well, you are. I think so, and so does God." He broke down crying. These kids have pasts that make me cringe. Most of the guys don't know their dads. Their pasts are what block them from thinking they could ever have a relationship with God. I think they connect with me, because I, too, struggle with a past containing some very nasty things. But when these kids (and I) come to realize it's not what they do, but what Jesus did, you can almost see a weight fall off their shoulders and the stand up straight. Grace is a scandalous concept that shows them for the first time that someone loves them for who they are.
The myth I used to believe, is that I'm defined by what I've done.....I know now that it's just a trick of the enemy because he saw what God had in store for me and didn't want to get it so he made me feel like I didn't deserve it. But I know nothing that I've been through will be wasted! !!! God will use every bit of my testimony to help someone else. Love your videos keep it up with this great ministry! !!
I am most vulnerable to the one about who you know. I am afraid of people getting mad at me and its scary. I am always wanting to please people and recently at a retreat I went to I discovered how fake that made me first with people and also in my relationship with God. I am glad to say God rescued me and has given me a new identity that I am slowly growing into. I also worry about my physicality and how I look like but I am learning to accept that I am fearfully and wonderfully made as well. Thank you for your video.
I don't know if I have ever technically believed any of these myths, but I have struggled with being a perfectionist and with self esteem in regards to my body. God has taught so much through the years in these areas of my life, but it's still a struggle. Someone once told me "I hope you never let anyone's reckless words define who you are" and I still believe that. The primary thing to should determine your identity is your understanding of God's love for you. If you truly believe Christ died for you, then you will know that your identity is in the One who died to redeem you. Never forget that!
Good day ... I've missed a couple weeks. . Been going through a lot and ... today decided to catch up on all the videos .... Thank you as they have relevance to my situation and thoughts . I have no other words but Thank u .... as always in the words of Robby Dawkins. .. keep it simple, love them and let Me change them ... God bless you all
Ive fallen for all the 4 myths my whole life because until now ive never been told of a different path & one that is full of love and also true. Thank You For This Amazing Message ; truly grateful. This has changed my life cause I have reflected on these voices and decided to drown them so only the truth remains
You know jon jorgenson, because of you I find the answer that I ask from God. I'm glad that God made you as His instrument to help His people. Thank you very much. And May God Bless you my Brother.
I have been most easily overwhelmed by what I do, what I've done. It hurts me a lot sometimes. I'm a person who pleases others but so locked away in my past and what I do that such simple things can be so painful and it isn't great. You've helped me realize to a fuller idea that its lies, and it helps me find my path to be both more narrow, but more defined in my walk with God.
I have listened to 3/4 lies my entire life. As an athlete I punished myself for making mistakes, I would get so mad at myself for not being better and take peoples criticism to heart. I also worry about my appearance way too much and have become obsessed over it for the past couple of years. And my biggest one that i fear will never go away is my want/need to please people or afraid that someone won't like me. I have been praying to God about these things and I am so glad you made this video, God Bless the Anima team ya'll are doing great things with God by your side. Thank you.
Hi Jon. Thank you for the reminder. I would say I would struggle the most with trying to know more than everyone else and being proud in my puffed up jerkish knowledge and what I have done and on some cases continue to do on speech, thought, and action.
Thank you for your prayers. May God grant us all visceral victories!!
The ones I was most likely to believe was the 1st, 2nd, and 4th. I hope you never stop making theses videos. Because of God working through you, your videos have got me through a big rough patch in my life. Thank you for all you are still doing.
I struggle with my self esteem, especially because I'm in the 8th grade and everybody is judging you based on how attractive you are and how many friends you have. Even my closest friends have said mean things about me being my back. It's a hard world to live in, but I hope, that with love and forgiveness, we can make this world a better place and build a strong foundation with God so even the strongest hurricanes will not shake it.
I love how you talk Jon! It's inspiring, thoughtful, and full of love. You're a great speaker! I can't emphasize how much I enjoy watching your videos. I think mine would have to be all 4. But the one that gets me is the appearance one. Thank you for putting up videos!! 💕
To be honest I too often define myself by what I do. I'm in Med school in Belgium, Europe and my dream is to go to an Ivy League University so I work hard everyday and when I fail, I feel like I have nothing left.
But our God is so good and every time He picks me up again and show me that through my failures I'm still love the same and that helps me to realize that who I am is define in Christ and the rest is part of the process of me growing into the person He designed me to be!
God bless you all!
PS: Keep up with the good work! I always have awesome and blessed study breaks when I watch your videos.
Hey y'all, first of all I want to encourage the channel cause it's really great. Now, out of those four identity myths described, I am more inclined to believe in the first one - That I am defined by what I do. In many occasions throughout my life I've been trying to be and to do the perfect, and without reaching it I was constantly unhappy. With meditation and wise reasoning, though, I realize I need to do my best, yes, but also be sincerely happy with the outcome, whatever it is.
Thank you for reading this far. I hope you all have a great year/life.
"You are defined by who you know." This one always gets me.
As for me, I have this difficulty of forgiving my self of what I've done in the past to God. I can't forgive of hurting Him. That all throughout the years of my life in the past I'm stuck and enjoying my life with the hand of the enemy and remembering it makes my heart breaks for I know I have hurt My Father. No person is judging me about my past but the enemy is. He is condemning me of what I've done to God and I hate my old self because of it. There are these "if's" like, if I am what I am today last 4 years then our ministry might have grown. If I have know God well in the past then I might have done something to Unite our Ministry with God. If I have stand up and answer God's Calling at that time then I won't be alone right now.
Happy to share my thoughts.
I want to ask: How can you forgive Yourself? #askAnima
Wow, this was EXACTLY what I needed right now. Thanks so much for uploading this! 😄
thank you so much .Just today i was struggling with the past mistakes are what you are worth and this video has really changed my perspective thank you so much jon and all of animaseries thank you!
Thank you for making these awesome videos! I wish there were more good guys like you! The 4th myth definitely haunts me. I got divorced and sometimes feel like people look at me like I'm "damaged goods." I hate that! It's like I'm judged before they even know anything about me. If they would only give me a chance they would understand the reason why I chose to leave and why it was the hardest decision of my entire life up to this point. I'm working on getting stronger. I'm also working on trusting God more. He promised me that he would prepare someone for me who would love me and treat me with love and respect if I left. Now I just have to trust his timing. It's hard, but I'm working on building my faith and trust in him.
Beautiful message, God touch my heart. God bless you guys! 👍
Powerful stuff! I definitely feel defined by what I do. I recently left my job to move back to my hometown, it was long over due and definitely the right move but not working is much harder than I anticipated. I didn't realize how much of my identity I tied to my job. Happy new year and thanks for the post!
Thanks for sharing. We'll be praying!
Awesome, Jon, just awesome. If I had to answer your question on where I am most affected, it's the part when you get to ALL four myths. I've come to accept Jesus as my personal lord and savior but struggling to unlisten to all sorts of perspective by so many people that everything comes confused. Thanks for reminding me. Keep posting these videos. Wish I could help you and your team more in terms of concrete things but all I can give are prayers and comments. God Bless you and the entire Anima Team. I pray we could meet sometime in the future. May God continue to bless people by what you are doing. Keep the faith!
Awesome video, praise God.I'll be sharing this with friends
I have the myth that I am defined by what I do. I'm in grad school in analytical chemistry, and it seems that I keep getting more behind in my work everyday. I also don't get asked out, so I feel like I'm missing some unknown quality.
You wouldn't have a position in grad school now if God hadn't anointed you to be there, to be in such a place! :) School will always be stressful but God will see you through and He will not allow you to carry any stress you pick up in trying to catch up to your workload alone (1 Peter 5:7) About your second point, God made us in His own image-honestly, you lack nothing! God has a plan for you, which includes every aspect of your life, even your love life...it's a good plan for a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11) so forget your worries & keep faith : )
Side note: I'm a university student myself and whenever I feel like I'm about to be swallowed whole by school I like to remind myself of 2 Corinthians 12:9. Blessings and all the best!
Sara Freeman Thanks for the scripture references! I'll probably share them in church tomorrow!
You are not lacking an unknown quality. You are who God created you to be. God might be protecting you from dating for the time being. My hope is that when some one does ask you out that it will be the one you are to marry so that you don't have to go through the heart ache of many break ups. Here are a few more good scriptures. Matthew 11:28-30 and Philippians 4:6 . Remember take all of your cares to God and that God sees the big picture and we don't.
Tania Atkins Thanks!
We are not defined by what we do, but rather what He did for us.
As far as the unknown quality thing goes, I'm the same way, but my sister said something one time that really stuck with me: "There are some girls that guys will line up to date, then there are women who men will line up to marry." I fall into the second category, and I have a feeling you do too. :)
My biggest struggle: "You are defined by what you've done. (And it wasn't even necessarily something that was my choice but I still blame myself). You're damaged goods. How could anyone ever want you?"
I just happened upon this video and it completely changed my perspective. I'm the first one, defined by what I do, and it has been ruining my life. Thank you for blessing my day with this video.
1 and 2, thank you so much, I cant believe I cried when I saw this. I will start listening to the right voices. God bless YOU !!
You are defined by your past. I constantly talk down on myself about my past mistakes
The myths I struggle with the most is that I'm enough, and that my past mistakes don't count against me.
All of the above!!! Thanks for sharing those verses. I'm trying to learn to live from the word & not the "voices of the world". One of my favorite verses I constantly repeat to myself when I'm really battling is "do not conform to the pattern of this world" this video is perfect & a great encouragement. Thank you :) love you work :)
P.s. Happy new year :)
Definitely 3 and 4.. I have heard all of those scriptures at least 1048299928349292 times but I think they're finally starting to click and I just started crying. Thank you so much.
Um...all of them? Yeah. All of them. I'm a self-conscious-about-my-weight people-pleaser who can't stand anyone to be mad at me, who still spends way too much time beating myself up for my mistakes, and who feels like school and my grades are the only thing I'm really good at. I missed this video a few weeks ago because I was staying at my grandma's and she doesn't have Wifi and then I forgot to come back and find it, and just wow, y'all. I needed this hard truth. Thanks.
God bless you Jon. I pray one day I can find a minister as inspiring as you! You are AEWSOME. You have strengthened my faith. I love your videos brother!! I would say you are unequivocally an 'arm of the Lord '. With honour & blessings, over & out🙏🙏 x
God bless you brother, this is so true and to tell you the truth i have been struggling with all four personality myths for ever and the Lord has been talking to me and I stopped to watch this video because i declare this year the year where i walk freely in the paths of the Lord
I'm always caught believing that I'm damaged goods..
This video made me weep because most of it is try and puts everything I've been feeling into words!! Thanks!
I'm the 4th myth. I find it very hard to look forward and to not see myself as damaged goods. I nearly cried when you said it was a myth, so thank you very much for that. I also find it very hard to change, because once people see me in a certain light, I feel defined by it. In my case it's the quiet, shy girl with anxiety issues that is constantly struggling to change.
I have fallen for the the fourth myth.I thought I was defined by my past.Up to this point I have believed that.My friend just told me something that made me believe that even more.But you, your video, and what Jesus has done through you. Has made me stop believing that.Thank you Jon, thank you God, thank you Jesus, and thank you Holy Spirit.
Thanks for watching!
just what I needed, I appreciate you much for doing these videos
In a world where almost the first question you get asked, is "where do you work, what position do you have (= "how much money do you earn?")" it´s hard to keep up your self worth if you are, say, without a job. just as a quick note on the side, you could have included a 5th point which is: you are defined by your material possesions.
I often believed that my self-worth was determined by what I did and by how many friends I had but after watching this video, I know despite of what I do or what I have done, I am worthy in God's eyes. :) I am going to listen to the Lord's voice more often now.
That's so awesome to hear!
I think the myth of our past is the one that disturbs me sometimes. I wanna say thank you for the videos and wish you all an awesome 2015. By the way, I'm Brazilian and your words are here too, and since the day I met The Anima Series, I changed a little, thanks for you and your new way of spread the word of God. Thank you so much!
I was most affected by the last one. I've made a lot of mistakes and have had to deal with other things that really aren't even my fault. I blame myself for nearly everything and even have to carry the burden of other people's mistakes. I get guilty very easily and apologize to The Lord even when I didn't do anything. But now, I feel pretty good. Thanks to that video I'm gonna work on changing and only listening to The Lord's voice.
I think the two myths that I'm most likely to believe are 1) you are defined by what you do and 2) you are defined by what you have done because (1) I am a massive perfectionist, and I have high expectations and reputations from my family and people at school so when I have failed (in my opinion) at something I feel awful and (2) my mind is often haunted by the (really stupid) mistakes I've made which have really impacted my life, making me really question my worth. Also I get embarrassed so easily so all these things play up in my mind all the time. But thanks be to God because He helps me ignore all the wrong voices and helps me to concentrate on His voice. xxx
First, thank you so much ! The videos are helping me keep it up while I'm in transition to a new church.
I think I get caught by the "what I do" and "what I've done" most.
Always trying to be the best in everything and can't forget my past mistakes :/
I believe the first myth the most. That you are defined by what you do. I've done some many accomplishing things like top of my class, class president, first place in speech contests, superior ratings in solos. I feel as though if I don't continue doing these things that people will have bad impressions of me and think I'm starting to go down the wrong path and that all these things are expected of me since I've been this way in the past. I love achieving all these things but sometimes I just want to slow down and take a breather.
Thanks for sharing the truth Jon. I needed to hear this. I've believed all of those lies for most of my life. (Not about the gum, brains, or lobsters...but the spiritual lies) Feeling like this is the beginning of being set free. Thanks for showing me that I'm not locked in those chains anymore, bro.
Peace to you and yours
I always attempt to be a people pleaser or be someone that everyone seems to like. But I really want to be genuine in who I am. Not just because someone told me to be. But because I want to be a genuine person and not hide who I am. It may be scary but its worth the risk.
I think we all have a bit of all of them but it's what you decide to do with it, get consumed by it or acknowledge, change your thought pattern and move on. Hard to do I know but once you practice changing your thoughts and trusting god, the easier it gets. You videos are so inspiring, you are a gift my friend!
I struggle mostly with the first (What You Do) and the last (What You've Done) I am a perfectionist and I realized it is one of the reasons I never feel like I can let go and trust God and let him take over my life. I've always been determined to please my parents because I know they deserve to be proud of the child they raised but that aspect have spread in so many other parts of my life that I've reached the point where I have to do everything to the absolute best way it can be done. This have lead to a very stressful way of life and I realized it's made me hold back on thing I don't think I can do well on because I rather not try then fail. Right now my biggest goal is to let God be in control because I cannot do the best all the time and after all I'm only human.I'm also currently caught up a dark area that I keep going back to and I don't think I'm worth the fight because no matter how i try I'm always tempted and the worst feeling is realizing what I've done after being drown. It's quite frustrating and I feel helpless and unworthy because it feels like I'm fighting against myself and somehow the sinful side always win.
Tht I'm defined by my past mistakes and my relationship.wonderful sermon ..really helped me alot
The myth I am used to believing is "You are defined by what you do". I would like to study at medicine university and it is quite difficult to get there and I feel often too "small" or not smart enough, not industrious enough...Honestly, I have always tried to have the best results so that my parents could be proud of me and I also wanted to prove myself that I am the best. But this time I cannot succeed, it is so demanding to start learning and I feel just helpless. I realized the lies I was living in and I pray to believe again who I am.
Thank you this is what me and probably many others needed to hear! :)
Thank you God! Thank you! I needed this and you've provided for me! Thank you for making me new! Thank you for making this video Jon!
I loved your 4 identity myths video!!!!Awesome...
Love this video to me is all, I need Gods strenth all the time. Anima series younare the best thing that kept my faith together. Sometimes I wonder how you guys do it but when I listen to your videos again am convinced that your calling is from the Most high keep it up. The you reward is SURE.....GOD Bless.
Thank you... I listened to this because I am hoping it would help me write my testimony. And it's gonna help me a lot. To God be all glory.
I would have to say I see myself in two of the myths: defined by what you do, I work in the Department of Corrections and after years of doing this job I hope that I am an encouragement to people going through some of the worst moments of their lives, but it is also so incredible draining on my own soul sometimes....and I am also myth of being defined by my own past....but the key there is MYTH. Thank you for this encouragement!
Thanks Jon for this. I think mine is the mixture of what I do and what I did. I am working on these and getting better at it. This video is essential and it's great to have heard this, this early in the year. 😊 Happy new year, let's make 2015 the best year.
I realized that all of those myths has a hook in my life. It got me thinking of when I was very young, most of us enjoyed life with out worries with out problems. But as we went on throug the different fases of life we somehow changed our perspective of what we are and what our purpose is. The past few months I have been on a journey to find myself and fall in love with who I am all over again. This is a challenge that I want too put out for every one. If we can love God why is it that we don't love his work(that wil be us)
uhhhhh....I did...sometimes still do...let all 4 myths take over and rum the committee in my mind. Since about age 5 the enemy has been hard at work on my mind. finally at age 43, after battling addiction, codependency and just life itself, I now know and BELIEVE that I am "fearfully and wonderfully made", loved, cherished and forgiven by my heavenly Father. nothing if this world can fill me with the true joy, peace and love that He so freely gives....and all I had to do was accept it.
4th myth. Definitely. Always thought I was defined by my mistakes. Had to struggle with that for almost 2 years but praise God, He has helped me and still helps me with my everyday life. Thank you so much Jon for sharing this :)
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I sometimes have trouble not thinking that I'm defined by my success.
I am constantly falling for myth 1. I am a huge perfectionist. And if something doesn't go the way I want it to , then it feels like the end of the world to me. But I have to remember that I don't have to be perfect all the time. Thank you Jon Jorgenson for making this video!
Is it sad to say I'm guilty of all of them? Like to whole video resonated with me so I am so thankful that you made it. Having someone else say all these things gets me to accept that all aspects of myself don't have to be perfect
this guy needs a reward he is awesome, i wish the whole world can see this video because it changed my life, I believed i was the fourth myth i felt that my mistakes in my past defined me and that i was not good enough anymore, but the video changed my mind and im now living through Gods word
I fall under the myth that I am defined by what I have done. I've made crappy decisions I'm my life and there are people who know I've made these bad decisions and they define the kind of person they think I am.
I really think we can be our own worst enemy sometimes. Guilt, no self worth, not realizing that GOD MADE US ENOUGH, AND AMAZING . I personally have gone through so much in the last few months and now the ohysical aspect has gotten to me. Some medical things that have aftected me possibly for ever. It placed fear in my heart, in made me wonder if others could still see me beautiful despite all that... And well....GOD LOVES ME AND MADE ME PERFECT IN MY OWN WAY, there is so much more to me. Thank you so much for reminding me. You are such a blessing
I am going though an extremely horrible divorce. My husband was all of these. I have been mentally abused for some time now and my worth is nothing. It has been a grace of God that I found you. Thank you for saving me!
I needed to hear this today. Thank you!
I'm most vulnerable to the 4th identity myth. My past has a hold of me and to be honest I am a very angry person because of it... it's hard for me to be happy and thankful for what is happening in my life now.
I am all four. I am saved from all four
NUMBER 3! I always feel like I need to prove my worth to others and that everyone likes me and sometimes I'll even go so far as to change my opinions and interests just so that I'm liked by everybody. I've learned that you really can't please everybody and I'm really trying my best to be humble and and God-seeking and whatever comes from that is all that truly matters.
Thank you so much. I am not defined by my past!
I am the myth that I am defined by what I have done. I have a really messed up past and I have found God again so I know I am new but sometimes I need to be reminded of the grace God has bestowed on me!
The myth I most believe is the one where I'm defined by who I know. I have realized over the course of 2014 that I want people to just accept me and that I want to make everyone happy. I know that I am worth more than what people think of me because Jesus saved me and His thoughts about me are the ones that count, but as Jon states: the voice we listen to is often the loudest and it is often the world's.
I really liked this video and believe I needed to hear it. Keep up the good work, Anima.
I have believed 3/4 lies. I believed every one except "you are defined by what you look like." I get attached to people very easily and if someone opens up to me, I open up to them. If I think they are annoyed with me, then I get depressed about it and feel alone. I also strive to get good grades and when I am not proud of what I have accomplished then I feel really down. And finally, the mistakes of my past are really dumb. I won't get into them here but the fact that I made the decision to do them really hurts me.
This video focuses on self-worth and the myths we believe about ourselves that develop our identity. Jon is a powerful speaker and when he talks about self-worth, he makes you realize that much about what defines us is based on the false beliefs we have about ourselves or the false beliefs others have put on us. These points are reinforced in the book by Sharon Law Tucker, How to Be a Badass. Gotta love it!
I would say that for me at time it's all of them.
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All 4 myths deceive me at times. Though I would have to say 3 and 4 have been the hardest to overcome. Thank's for the video. Y'all are awesome too!