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The Approval Trap: When Pleasing People Costs You Your Peace

00:00 The Donkey Story: You Can’t Please Everyone A powerful parable illustrating the cost of chasing universal approval. 02:26 – The Approval Trap Defined Introducing people-pleasing as a form of “stinking thinking” 03:17 – People-Pleasing vs. Pleasing People Romans 15:2 and the critical difference between fear and love 07:09 – Why People-Pleasing Is So Dangerous How approval-seeking divides our loyalty between God and others 08:16 – Impression Management & Fear of Rejection Why we manage perceptions instead of trusting God’s opinion 08:40 – God’s Approval vs. Human Approval Paul’s words: you can’t serve Christ and chase popularity 12:29 – Signs You Might Be a People Pleaser Practical red flags that reveal approval addiction 13:16 – When the Outside Doesn’t Match the Inside How people-pleasing poisons the soul and damages relationships 15:08 – A conversation with God How might a future conversation with God go, if we miss our true calling because we were worried about people-pleasing? What happens when our need for approval begins to shape our decisions, silence our convictions, and steal our peace? In this message, we confront the hidden cost of people-pleasing and explore the crucial difference between pleasing people in love and people-pleasing out of fear. Through Scripture, story, and honest confession, we discover how the approval trap imprisons us—and how God’s grace sets us free. If you’ve ever struggled to say no, feared disappointing others, or felt torn between pleasing God and pleasing people, this message is for you. 👉 Freedom begins when we stop living for approval and start living from God’s love. 📖 Scripture: Romans 15:2; Galatians 1:10; Matthew 22:37–39 📍 Series: Stinking Thinking – Week 2 ⛪ Saint Paul Community Church Visit or Connect with Us: St. Paul Community United Methodist Church 8211 Miami Rd, Madeira, OH https://www.stpaulcumc.org Facebook:   / stpaulcumc   We welcome you to worship with us at our blended service at 10am or our interactive modern worship service at 11am— all are invited. #ApprovalTrap #PeoplePleasing #FaithAndFreedom #ChristianSermon #HealthyBoundaries #GraceOverApproval #LiveFree #StinkingThinking #FaithJourney