Lesson 1
OUR NEED FOR SIGNIFICANCE IS UNIVERSAL
Significance Means How We Think of Ourselves
Bible Explains How We Should Regard Ourselves
Concerns About Significance Are Very Common
Concerns About Significance Occur on Three Levels of Thinking
Feeling Loved Is Essential to Significance
The Image of Self Has Three Imaginary Sides
Lesson 2
OUR NEED IS DERIVED FROM OUR INNER SELF
Significance Involves Several Life Principles
The Spiritual Origin of Our Need for Significance
Lesson 3
LIFE-GIVING EFFECTS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Feeling Secure Holds Hands with Significant
Our Sense of Significance Has Powerful Effects
Our Significance Changes When We Become Christians
Lesson 4
BELONGING - THE FIRST ELEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Belonging Experienced Naturally – with Our Parents
Belonging Experienced Spiritually – with Our Heavenly Father
Lesson 5
WORTHINESS - THE SECOND ELEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Worthiness Experienced Naturally – with Our Parents
Worthiness Experienced Spiritually – with the Son of God
Lesson 6
COMPETENCE - THE THIRD ELEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, PART I
Competence Experienced Naturally – with Our Parents
Lesson 7
COMPETENCE - THE THIRD ELEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, PART II
Competence Experienced Spiritually — with the Holy Spirit
Fundamental Changes Needed in Our Thinking
The Holy Spirit Is Our Enabler
Lesson 8
UTILIZE THE SPIRITUAL; LET GO OF THE NATURAL
We Live by Faith and Not by Sight
Notice How Babies Grow
Living by Faith Produces Spiritual Growth (2 Peter 1:5-11)
Spiritual Growth Has Its Reward
Lesson 9
OVERCOME THE UNDERTOW OF SOCIAL CUSTOMS
Social Customs Cause Stress for Christians
The Role of Stress in Self-Made Significance
The Law of Fair Exchange in Social Interactions
The Social Exchange is Often Mismanaged
Lesson 10
CONQUER SELF-DEFEATING MINDSETS
Mental Habits Resist Change
Bad Mind-Sets Relating to Ourselves
Bad Mind-Sets Relating to Our Environment
Lesson 11
PURSUE AGAPE LOVE
Agape Love Is the Most Godly Love
Agape Love Focuses Upon the Value of the Person
How Love Grows Normally — with Our Parents
Agape Love Is Derived from God
God's Description of Agape Love
Lesson 12
INVEST YOURSELF IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Triangular Relationships Are the Most Satisfying
Linear Relationships Cause Much Stumbling
Being Religious Does Not Assure Good Relationships
Agape Love Bonds People Together
Agape Love Meets All People's Love Needs
We Are Responsible to God for Our Relationships
Lesson 13
AFFIRM STEADFAST SIGNIFICANCE BY TELLING OTHERS
Identity Illness is World Wide
Testimonials Are Very Convincing
God Knows How Our Minds Work
Jesus Is Our Model Witness
Steadfast Significance Is Reaffirmed by Witnessing
We Are Used to Hearing Testimonies Today
Testimony Needs to Be Voluntary