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beginning to end. Here's Chip with his message
on how to overcome inferiority and low self -image.
Did you know that according to personal observation,
it is almost impossible for a human being to
walk by a mirror and not look at themselves?
Did you know that when you are giving a photo
to someone and their picture is in it with a
group of people that the very first person that
they look at is themselves? Did you know they
did a study of five and six year olds and they
found that how a child views him or herself is
a higher determinant of success than even their
IQ? Did you realize that how you view yourself
is pivotal in the quality of your life and the
quality of your relationships. It's what I call
mirror madness. We're all involved in it every
day. We're all asking and answering questions.
Sometimes it's physically and we look in the
mirror, but more often it's emotional and psychologically
as we look into people's eyes and we have these
thoughts as we look into the mirrors of life.
And some of the questions we're asking are, who
am I? Where do I belong? Do I fit? Am I okay?
Am I competent? Am I a somebody? Am I significant?
What are other people going to think of me? So
let me ask you, when you look at the mirror,
what do you think? When you look into the mirror,
what do you see? Do you see someone that is unique,
beautiful, wonderful, full of potential? Or do
you look in the mirror and say, oh, I wish I
was a little taller, a little shorter? A little
thinner. A little stronger. When you walk around
in your world, what are the messages that you
say to yourself? Do you look at other people
and say, boy, I'm glad they're the way they are,
but I'm glad who I am. Or do you kind of unconsciously
say, they all look happy. They've got it together.
They have lots of friends. I don't think I'd
fit in. I don't think I'm worth very much. I
hope no one asks me anything because I'm sure
I don't have much to say. If I really got to
know them, I know they wouldn't like me. Do any
of those thoughts ever float through your mind?
They do for most of us. See, the problem with
the mirror madness is that there's more distorted
mirrors out there than there are good mirrors.
And distorted mirrors will destroy our lives
because a distorted mirror doesn't tell you the
truth about who you are. A distorted mirror,
it gives you a picture of what's not true. Have
you ever gone down to the boardwalk and gone
through like one of those fun houses or at a
carnival? And they have the section where they're
the weird mirrors, you know, with all the bends
in them. And you stand in front of one mirror
and you look like you're about one foot tall
and like nine feet wide. And you all laugh and
go, ah. And then you go to the next mirror and
they. Do it differently and you look like you're
about three inches. That makes some of us feel
pretty good. But you're like nine feet tall.
Those are real funny. Except you know what the
reality is? The reality is for most of us, all
of our lives, through our culture, through the
media, through multiple relationships and family,
we have distorted mirrors that have been telling
us stuff about us that is totally untrue. Can
you imagine living if the only mirror, what if
there was never a real true mirror, and you walked
around looking like you do, but you thought in
your mind, I am one foot tall and I'm nine feet
wide. Now, the reality wouldn't change, but if
you thought that way about yourself, just imagine
how you would buy clothes. Imagine certain places
you would never go. I mean, the beach would be
out for you. Let me give you three distorted
mirrors. The first is the appearance mirror.
We are shot through with it, especially in this
country. It says my value depends on how I look.
So we find pretty people and we give them millions
of dollars. We give them all kind of makeup,
wind machines and multiple surgeries so they
fit this ideal. And then we all try and be like
that person. It's how you look. Second distorted
mirror is the performance mirror. My value depends
on what I can do. You got to be good. You got
to be successful. You got to be a great athlete.
You got to be a great student. You got to be
a great artist. You got to be a great this. You
got to be a great that. You got to be able to
do, do, do, do, do. And so your whole life, your
whole value revolves around your performance.
If you do well, you're great. If you don't do
well, you're a loser. Third distorted mirror
is the status mirror. My value depends on what
other people think of me. And so we dress. talk,
drive, buy, go to certain groups, don't go to
certain groups, eat certain things, don't eat
certain things. Why? Because it matters what
everybody thinks. Those three distorted mirrors
are tools that will destine you and destine me
to feel inferior. Because the rules always change,
don't they? It's a no -win situation. We're talking
about how to overcome inferiority and low self
-esteem. My thesis is until we see ourselves
as God sees us, we are destined, not maybe, we
are destined to feel inferior. Until you and
until I can see in my mind's eye that can sink
down into my emotions how God looks at me as
the true mirror of who I really am, that my value
doesn't... depend on how good I am, my value
doesn't depend on how I look, and my value doesn't
depend on what other people think. Until you
get three of those things, you are destined to
feel inferior. Now, before I go on, let me highlight
something. What I've said so far, most of you,
you haven't nodded because it would be embarrassing.
But in your hearts, most of you have been going,
yeah, man, that's right, man. I don't like me
very much. I mean, real down deep. But there's
a small percentage of you and you wouldn't say
this either because it would be more embarrassing,
is sort of like, I like me. In fact, I wish most
people were like me. In fact, the world would
be a lot better like me. And you look in the
mirror and you say, this is how people I love.
And when you go to work, everyone's slower than
you, and you're thinking, man, if they could
just get with the ball game. And these kind of
people often project ultimate confidence. And
like they've really got it together. Can I tell
you something? Everyone feels inferior. Inferiority
just wears multiple masks. Paul Turney in a book
that literally transformed my life. The book
had one thesis and then the rest were stories.
He's a Swiss psychologist of many years ago.
Books out of print. But the book was called The
Strong and the Weak. Thesis of the book. Every
person is desperately inadequate. And all of
us as human beings will either express that with
strong reactions or weak responses. So we're
all insecure. We all have this feeling that something's
wrong, that we're inferior. And so some people
will be shy, withdrawn, low self -esteem. I'm
not worth much. No one wants to hear me. I probably
wouldn't do very well. I don't want to try because
I'd probably fail. I know they won't like me.
To cover their insecurity. But there's another
group of people who are just as desperately insecure
who say, man, I got it together. I'm going to
be on top of this. They're powerful. They're
aggressive. Hey, get out of my way. And you know
what those strong things are doing? Covering
the same insecurity. I know I was that person
growing up. Arrogant. Loud. Pushy. Because I
was so afraid if anyone saw who I was really
like inside, I knew they'd reject me. Here's
what I want to do today. I want to tell you that
you do not have to be in bondage any longer to
the distorted mirrors of our world. But you can
do three things, three keys God's going to give
us today. Now, it's going to be a lifetime of
working it out, but you can get the data today.
There's three keys to getting what I call a healthy
biblical identity or a healthy self -concept.
The first one has to do with knowledge. You must
get God's view of you. You've got to see yourself
from God's perspective. It's knowledge. Remember
what Jesus said? You will know the truth and
the truth will set you. Good job. If you don't
know the truth about you, you'll believe lies.
But knowing the truth doesn't change your life.
The second key is you must believe God's view
is true. So you can know it, but think, oh, that's
like for everybody else, but not me. And then
third, you must discover the you that's true.
You've got to experience. You've got to get involved
in some risky, out of your comfort zone relationships
where you actually experience through people
being deeply loved and deeply affirmed. And we're
going to talk about how to do that. So now, by
the way, what I've given you today, you can do
a Bible study for the next week or two. I'm going
to just highlight because what I want you to
do is get big picture. I'm going to give you
five reasons why you are very significant, regardless
of what the world may or may not say. You're
significant first because you are unique. Jot
that down. Genesis 127 says you're made in the
image of God. Psalm 139. 13 and 14 say, for you,
God, created my inmost being. You knit me together
in my mother's womb. I praise you because I'm
fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are
wonderful. I know that full well. You're unique.
You are not one in a million. Your DNA is different
than any other person on the face of the earth.
God created you uniquely. That makes you significant.
It's like an original piece of artwork. You know,
there's an original piece and there's prints.
God doesn't have any prints. You're an original.
So you're significant. Second, you're significant
because you are loved. Jeremiah 31 .3 says, The
Lord appeared to us in the past saying, I have
loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn
you with loving kindness. Because of some things
in my background, I have a hard time with that.
The performance trap is mine. I feel loved when
I do well and I feel not loved when I don't do
well. That's a lie. I have been working at letting
it soak into my mind, seep into my heart and
realize God loves me unconditionally, not because
of anything I ever have done or I ever will do,
but because he is creator. I am creation and
I am the object. I am the object of his love
and compassion. See, God doesn't love somebody
somewhere out there. He loves you. He's totally
committed to you. He knows your situation, your
struggle, your hurts, your depression, your relational
chaos, your dysfunctional background. And he
looks at it all and he says, I love you. And
I want to be close to you. Third, you're significant
because you are valuable. First Corinthians 6,
19 and 20 says, do you not know that your body
is a temple of the Holy Spirit? who is in you,
whom you have received from God, you are not
your own. You have been bought at a price. Therefore,
honor God with your body. See, we always evaluate
things by what they cost, right? Now, I would
never want to be a slave of any kind in any situation.
But if I were a slave and they were selling us,
I'd like someone to walk up and say, I'll give
you five. A million dollars for Ingram. Because
if I'm going to be a slave, I want to be a valuable
one. I mean, I don't want someone to walk up
and say, I'll give you $5 .95 for him. I don't
think he could lift a thing. You know, the fact
of the matter is, though, we're all slaves. Before
you trusted Christ, the Bible pictures you and
pictures me as being in the slave market of sin,
bound by desires and lusts that we can't break
out of. And the Lord walked in as he saw you
on the block in the slave market of sin. And
he says, I'll take this one, this one, this one.
No, you know what? I'll take them all. Price
tag, the death of my son. The blood of Jesus
paid on the cross as your substitute. That's
how valuable you are to God. And, you know, we
get uptight like, oh, God doesn't care about
me. And won't he show me about what's going to
happen in the future? And what am I going to
do about this? He that spared not his own son.
How will he not with him freely give you all
things? Our problem is not that God doesn't love
us. Our problem is we don't believe he loves
us. Fourth, you are significant not only because
you're unique, loved, and valuable, you are secure.
Things that last have a lot of value. Paper plates
aren't worth much in my home. You eat them all,
they're done. It's priceless heirlooms. They're
going to last. That's what's valuable. You want
to know how long every believer in Jesus Christ
is going to last? How secure? Ephesians chapter
one, verse 13. It says, and you also were included
in Christ. Speaking of believers, people have
come to Christ. Well, when did this happen? When
you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation. Having believed at a point in time
in our life we need to come to where we believe
in Christ that he died in our place and we receive
him as our Savior. Having believed, notice this,
you were marked in him with a seal, the promised
Holy Spirit. You're secure. The word picture
here meant a lot to people when this was written
because in Roman days they would put a seal on
a document. You know, the wax and then the emperor
would put his ring on it. No one could break
that document except the power and the authority
of the emperor. God says when you trust in Jesus
Christ and accept the free gift of salvation,
you are sealed, but not with wax and not with
a ring, but it's with the authority of God himself.
He seals you and marks you off by the Holy Spirit.
In fact, the scripture says that the Holy Spirit
is a down payment or literally it's earnest money.
To remind you of how valuable you are and that
every promise God ever made to you in scripture
is going to be true. People put, I've heard of
people, they're putting their house on the market
and they get two or three bids. They're getting
more than they're asking. And as they do that,
what do you ask people to do? To put down earnest
money. You know, you put $50 ,000 down on a house,
you're pretty interested. And you know what God
has done? He's put down earnest money. He's placed
the Holy Spirit in you as a believer, as a deposit
to let you know he's committed and you're secure.
Now, wait a second. Do you really think this
way about yourself? Do you believe that you're
loved, that you're secure, that you're valuable,
that you're unique? Let me give you one more.
According to God, when he looks at you, not the
person next to you, we're talking about you,
you are indispensable. Indispensable. Ephesians
chapter 4, the Apostle Paul is talking about
the church and how God put it together. And the
church isn't a building. It's just a place where
anytime believers are gathered, that's the church.
I encourage you to take those passages and do
a little Bible study and let it sink down through
your mind into your heart. First, you need to
understand faith is built on God's Word. Hebrews
10, 17, faith comes by hearing, hearing by the
Word of God. I do not understand this. I don't
understand it, but I'm telling you that when
you expose yourself to the Scripture, when you
hear the Word of God, when you read the Word
of God, when you put Christian music on that
has content and lyrics and truth, faith grows.
Secondly, though, it's not enough just to be
exposed to the Scriptures. It grows when you
renew your mind. Romans 12, 2 tells us that don't
be conformed any longer. To distorted mirrors.
Don't be conformed any longer to this world,
but be transformed how? Metamorphosized from
within. Changed by the renewing of your mind.
That your life or your lifestyle could demonstrate
what the will of God is. That it's good. That
it's acceptable. That it's perfect. The key is
the renewal of your mind. See, one of the things,
you know, I've got some real problems with the
whole positive thinking movement. I mean, they
promise pie in the sky. You think it. Think and
grow rich. Think and do this. Think and do that.
A lot of that is thinking by their books and
they get rich is how it works. But there's a
tremendous kernel of truth in the positive thinking
movement. You know what it is? You are what you
think. You are what you eat. And you are what
you think. Whatever you think, eventually, because
that's scriptural. Proverbs 23, 7, As a man or
a woman thinks in his heart, so he or she becomes.
Now ask yourself, You watch 20 to 25 hours of
TV. You read three or four cheap novels. Make
sure you get in the sports page, the business
section every day or four out of five days. And
you put all that information combined with all
the commercials, all the billboards and all the
people you meet. And their agenda is to say your
value depends on your appearance. Your value
depends on your status. Your value depends on
your performance. What do you think you're going
to believe? Lies. But if instead you took some
of that time and you begin to take seriously
mastering the English Bible, in fact, memorizing
key passages and studying it and getting God's
view of you, you know what will happen? You'll
be transformed. You'll be transformed because
you're going to be what you think. You only have
168 hours every week. And if you think that 45
minutes or an hour or so here together is going
to offset the content of what's going into your
head, the other 167, you're dreaming. For some
of you, memorizing some scripture in the next
four to six months, if you got real serious about
it, could change and transform how you think
about life into how you feel. And that would
change all your relationships. But it's hard
work. In fact, more than renewing your mind,
I think you have to come up with a plan. Notice
three, develop a plan to remove the distorted
mirrors of the world with the mirror of God's
word. I stole this material from my wife. I watched
my wife for over five years read this every morning.
And read it every night. These are affirmation
statements from Scripture about appearance, belonging,
worthiness, security, and competence. I mean,
she didn't try. It wasn't legalistic. She didn't,
oh, I've got to read this this morning. She wanted
to see herself how God sees her. And so she would
read in the morning, appearance. My physical
appearance and my unchangeable aspects is beautiful
or handsome in God's sight. He is my designer
and maker. And then she kept reading it over
and she memorized the passage underneath. Belongingness,
I am wanted, appreciated, and loved by God, the
most important person in my life. She affirmed
that. She'd pray and just let it wash over her.
Worthiness, I am now a righteous person in God's
sight since I've trusted Christ. I am covered
by the robe of his purity and goodness. Also,
since I have a new nature, I am a good person
in my general practice of life as I continue
to grow in Christ. And she would read this over
and read it over. And you know what happened?
I watched my wife like a flower bloom. Years
it took to where she began to look in the mirror
and say, I'm unique. I don't have it all together.
I've got a lot of room to grow. But I'm not a
bad person. And what other people think of me
is their own personal business. I will not give
it the power to determine whether I'm an okay
person or not. I put that in there because some
of you, some of you, what we're talking about,
if we were one -on -one and we knew each other
better, tears would be coming down your cheek
right now. Because you don't like you. You don't
like you at all. And you're hurting down deep
inside. And you know what's amazing? Some of
you that feel the most this way are some of the
prettiest, most talented, gifted people in the
room. There is no correlation. No correlation
whatsoever between how you really look, act,
feel, competence, and what goes on inside. I've
learned that over the years. But God can change
you. How does it start? You get God's view of
you, number one. Number two, believe God's view
is true. Now, three, here's the kicker. And my
wife told me to warn you all, especially those
of you, this is hard, all right? So I'm going
to warn you. She said, Chip, make sure when you
get to number three, That you let people know
they may not be able to do this one alone. They
might need a coach. They might need a cheerleader.
Chip, we're different in personality and you've
got to make sure to tell people. For some people,
this is really a scary thing. And what I want
you to know is that I'm going to ask you to do
some things that will be real hard for some.
But if you'll do them, God will show up. Because
see, you can know it. You can start to believe
it, but some things can never, ever become a
part of your psyche and your life until you experience
them. So you have to discover the you that's
true. Jesus taught this way. Remember when Peter
was in the boat and Jesus was walking on the
water? He believed. Is that you, Lord? He said,
yeah. Peter said, well, if it's really you, I
believe, then have me walk out to you. What did
he learn when he was walking on the water? It's
true. It's true. And then he did what we do.
Then he looked around and said, uh -oh. But that's
how faith grows. It's true, it's true, uh -oh.
It's true, it's true, uh -oh. That's life. The
spiritual life isn't this. The spiritual life
is this. But notice the direction. Lots of ups
and downs. Remember when they were fishing? Jesus
let them experience it. They've been fishing
all night. They heard a sermon. He wanted them
to have some faith in who he really was. You
have to discover it. You have to experience it.
So Jesus says, hey, why don't you take your nets
and throw them out on the boat on the left side?
They're professional fishermen. Their basic answers,
look, we've done this a little bit ourselves.
We've been out all night. They don't bite at
this time of day. You can almost hear them say,
and there's no fish here. And you can almost
hear, you know, as you paint the text in your
mind. Jesus sort of looking at him like, humor
me, guys. You know, just humor me. Just throw
the net out. And they do, and you remember what
happens. I mean, it's so filled with fish that
the nets start to break. How did he teach him?
It wasn't just lecture. It just wasn't intellectual,
cognitive faith and belief. You have to discover
it. Here's the axiom. Here's how a lot of things
transpire in your life. The principle is Luke
638. Give, and it will be given unto you. Good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, running
over. For by whatever measure, the idea is, you
know, a scoop, or by whatever measure you give,
in that same measure, it will be given back to
you. Now, that passage is often quoted with reference
to money. It's true. But that passage is not
a money reference in Scripture. You go read Luke,
and you'll just find... It is in a section of
scripture that talks about how life works. When
you give away friendship, what happens? People
want to be your friend. When you give away a
listening attentive ear, what happens? People
want to listen to you. When you give away compassion,
what happens? People are compassionate to you.
When you give away short, quick, abrupt, rude
actions toward others, what do you get back?
It's axiomatic. Some things can only be learned
by experience. I'm going to give you five things.
By the way, this is a mouthful. Someone asked
me, how long does it take to prepare messages?
This one took about 20, 25 years. I'm dead serious.
These are things I've been learning for 25 years.
And I'm just skipping over the mountain peaks
and encouraging you to go back and study. Because
all I want you to get is the big main points.
See yourself the way God does. Believe what God
says about you is true and then discover the
you that is true by experiencing it. Let me give
you five key ways to begin to experience what's
true of you. Number one, unwrap your spiritual
gift. First Corinthians chapter 12, verse one
says now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I don't
want you to be ignorant. God wants every person
in this room to know that you have a supernatural
ability. If you've trusted Christ, if you're
a part of his family, he's saying every believer
has a supernatural ability at least once. When
you put that on on the playing floor of the body
of Christ, boom, stuff happens. People get loved.
And you know what happens when you exercise your
spiritual gift and you see people moved and changed
through you? Guess what happens to you? God used
me. Maybe this is more real than I think. Second,
unleash your spiritual passion. Psalm 37, 4.
Delight yourself in the Lord. He'll give you
the desires of your heart. Some of you have these
desires, but you've never shared them with anyone.
You've got a desire to see disabled people reach
for Christ. You've got a desire to see what could
happen in third graders. You've got a desire
for an Hispanic ministry to grow. You have a
desire for people to meet in homes all over the
county and study the Bible and become close friends.
You have all these passions and desires. Nobody
knows what they are. And you've not put them
out on the playing field. You know why? Because
no one would ever want to listen to someone like
you. And if you tried it, of course, it wouldn't
work, would it? Of course not. An inferior person
like you, like me. Hey, unleash them. Unleash
them. Get them out there in the playing field
of the body of Christ and see what God will do.
This is the part where those of you are thinking,
this guy's nuts. Teresa was right. This is scary.
You're right. Give and it will be given unto
you. Third, use your God -given talents. Speaking
of the building of the temple, the Lord says
in Exodus 31 .3, And I have filled him with the
Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge
in all kinds of crafts. Some of you can work
with wood. Some of you can crochet. Some can
work with computers. You have all kinds of talents.
You know where a lot of the talents are in this
room? Buried under the floor. We don't even know
what you can do. Because you think, oh, well,
I mean, that's, you know what? When you're really
talented, here's my almost 99 % experience with
talented people. Everyone here has talents. But
the one that you're good at, because you're good
at it, you say, oh, shucks, that's nothing. Yeah,
for you. For the rest of us, it's like, whoa.
Where'd you learn how to do that? Oh, well, my
dad played the guitar, and I just started picking
a little bit. And you know, you're saying, oh,
well, I don't know much about computer. I just
taught myself. You know? I don't build anything.
I just tinker out in the garage. Yeah, it's 4
,500 square feet. I did it in a week. Hey, get
your talents out there. Let us know what they
are. Put them into play. Serve people. Take your
gifts and say, I want to serve people. Get your
passions out on the playing floor. Take your
talents and say, hey, God, I'll help somebody
with these. I don't think it's much, but I'll
put them into play. Fourth, embrace your God
-given personality. 1 Corinthians 2 .11, the
Living Bible says it well. It says no one really
knows what anyone else is thinking or what he
is really like except that person himself. And
no one can know God's thoughts except God's own
spirit. You know what? There's different personalities.
There's not a right one. Have you got that down
yet? You don't have to be upfront, outgoing,
visible, motivating people. And you don't have
to be sly and cool and reserved and stoic. You
can be you. If you're funny, be funny. If you're
laid back, be laid back. If you're driven, get
driven in the right direction. Just, you know
who the most attractive personality in the whole
world is? You! There's only one of them. Why
copy something else? Put it into play. Pull off
the mask. Just be you. A sanctified you, Lord
willing. A spirit -controlled you, Lord willing.
But just be you. The person that people will
most be attracted to is not you trying to fulfill
what you think they want. It's you being who
you really are. Fifth, leverage your past experience.
Romans 8 .28, great promise. It says, Some of
you have educational experience. Some have vocational
experience. Some of you have marriage experience.
Some of you have... parenting experience. Some
of you have suffering experience. And you've
been through the agony of just cancer or of a
divorce. Or you've been through a childhood that
was just unmentionable. God doesn't waste pain.
2 Corinthians chapter 1 says that the comfort
and the grace God gave to you through your pain,
He wants to take that so you can comfort others
in the same way. God doesn't use people's strengths
normally. He usually uses your weaknesses. You
know, when someone has it all together and says,
hey, do you want some help from me? I'm really
good at this. Most of us say, no, not really.
But when someone walks up to you and says, boy,
I struggled with that too. And you know what?
My dad left when I was five too. And I've surely
had some struggles. And kind of here's what the
Lord showed me as I've grown up without a dad.
Leverage your experiences. Do you hear what I'm
saying? Let's get out of the cubicle. Let's move
out of the little TV room with the entertainment
center. Let's get out of the fences that go all
the way around to keep our life safe. Let's get
out of making sure our 401ks and all those things
that we think are going to keep us secure that
won't. And let's serve other people. Let's get
our focus out on others because here's the axiom.
Ministry is how God makes what's true of us true
in us. Think of that. Ministry, giving it away,
is how God makes true in us what's already true
of us. Sometimes it's only in the act of loving
others that we can fathom that we ourselves are
loved. Sometimes you can only fathom how deeply
loved you are when by giving love to another,
God lets you see how very real it is. I struggle
with grasping that God loves me unconditionally.
For even the Son of Man came what? Not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, to serve. Are
you hearing it? Believe what's true, but discover
it by giving away what he's given you. Risky?
Yes. Need a cheerleader? Probably. Need a coach?
Yes. Need help? Absolutely. But according to
a Gallup poll, only 10 % of all laymen are involved
in ministry in the Church of Jesus Christ. 50
% of them said they have no interest. I feel
sorry for them. I feel really bad for them because
they're ignorant. I don't mean bad ignorant.
People that have no desire to be involved in
ministry, they're going to miss out on the richest
blessings of life. But 40 % of them said, no
one's ever asked me or I just don't know how.
I'll tell you what, if you're involved in ministry
here, I'd start asking people to join you. People
just need to get hooked up, put their gifts into
play, get their talents on the playing field.
You must get God's view of you. You must believe
God's view is true and you must discover the
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