1.0You Can Sit With Ushttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/youcansitwithussstoddardhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/youcansitwithus/author/sstoddardThe Performance Trap - You Can Sit With Usrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VG3EcYn8FC"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/youcansitwithus/2016/02/the-performance-trap.html">The Performance Trap</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/youcansitwithus/2016/02/the-performance-trap.html/embed#?secret=VG3EcYn8FC" width="600" height="338" title="“The Performance Trap” — You Can Sit With Us" data-secret="VG3EcYn8FC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Why do we think performance is so critical in our lives? Is it possibly because we want to be loved and accepted? The world views success equal to love and acceptance. The perpetrator of such deception is none other that Satan. Remember, this world is Satan’s playground and even though he is defeated in the…