The Problem With Perfect

Should Christians Be Self Sufficient? With Guest Co-Host Matt May


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As believers, we know we are created in God’s likeness and as such are called to reflect his image. But that isn’t always what we really want to do, is it?

Unlike Jesus, we struggle to forgive and extend grace. We aren't curious to go have a meal with someone different than us. We don’t want to be selfless and our work to go unnoticed and we don’t like it when our love for others to come with a cost. 

Instead - since we are being honest with ourselves - we simply want to be God. We want to be the one in control and not need anyone or anything. 

Matt May joins Robin on this episode and we explore the ways this desire for self sufficiency shows up in our lives and in doing so, how it actually keeps us from experiencing the joy of relationship with God and those around us. As always, Matt’s insight is profound and he’s beautifully transparent about how his cancer taught him the value of interdependence.


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Co-host: Matt May, son of co-host Robin and two-time cancer survivor. Matt holds an English degree from Truman State University and is currently pursuing a Masters of Education degree.  For more on Matt's story, visit www.RobinMayMinistries.com. or on Facebook.

Conversation based on Chapter 4 of the book None Like Him: 10 Ways God is Different From Us (and why That's a Good Thing) by Jen Wilkin

7:00 Is independence the same as self-sufficiency? How are they connected?

9:00 God needs nothing from us. Why is this a good thing?

13:30 Listen here for the connection between asking for help and experiencing whole living.

18:30 Are you making this life-giving activity a priority in your life? 

23:00 Matt admits he didn't want everyone to know he was a cancer survivor and this is why.

25:00 The lie the world tells us about doing life alone.

30:00 Each one of us have this special thing. Are you curious enough to find it and learn from it?

31:30 Do you find yourself consistently anxious and overwhelmed? Listen here for important, practical wisdom about how to overcome it.

34:00 Listen here for why Matt calls his cancer a "saving grace."

38:00 Are you waking up and asking God this question?

41:00 Matt hasn't ever been angry about getting cancer. But he was angry with God about this thing and the experience changed him to see "I am not on my own in my pain."

46:00 How is Matt's health as he's passing his four-year cancer anniversary?


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