Beth Moore tackles issue of insecurity

Written by Eric Tiansay

Thursday, 10 December 2009 02:49 PM America/New_York

The seeds for popular speaker and author Beth Moore's new book were planted during work on her last Bible study release, on the life of Esther.

"We touched on (insecurity) just enough (for it) to come wide awake in my soul," she said. "If God has something on His mind that He wants me to research toward and listen to Him about, He'll make it to where I can't get enough of it-and that was true with (this subject)."

The result is So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us, to be published in February by Tyndale House Publishers.

Moore said that everywhere she turned, she began to see the effects of women struggling with insecurity in their lives, from the casual attendees of her live events to women in political life she met at the National Day of Prayer event in Washington, D.C. "It spans professions and vocations," she said.

"I especially felt in some ways that Christian women had an extra complication with it," she said. "Because, how do we grow in our sense of God confidence and security without getting it all messed up into lack of humility and all those other types of issues? It's complicated for a woman of God that wants to be a humble servant before Him and have a heart that's pleasing to Him."

Read more in the January 2010 issue of Christian Retailing magazine.