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Read: Philippians 1:8-11 I hold you in my heart. . . . For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all. (vv. 7-8) Sociologists have a theory called “the looking-glass self.” The theory suggests that we become what the most important person in our lives—parent, spouse, child—thinks we are. We live up (or down) to that person’s image of us. How would your life change if just one person truly believed in you and loved you without conditions? There were some Christians in Paul’s life who did not believe in Paul’s love for them. They were convinced that he was less than sincere, or worse, simply a pretender. In an effort to demonstrate his genuine heart, Paul appeals to God as his witness. He puts himself under a sacred oath before God in an effort to convince these