Pressing Past Negative Feelings - Part 2 | Joyce Meyer | Enjoying Everyday Life Teaching

[Music] don't give up your life to keep somebody else happy that won't keep a relationship with you if you don't let them control you I do what I do because I've seen God's power transform my own life and he will do it for you the key to everything is found in God's word I'm Joyce Meyer and I believe that God can heal you everywhere you hurt [Music] because you know we've all been hurt there's nobody in here that hasn't been hurt you know my story I was sexually abused by my father I was trying to think the other day what what my first memory was as a child and I was even kind of surprised myself the first thing I ever remember is being afraid of my dad he was just mean and just mean and he had a spirit of lust that didn't just affect me but anybody they he got around and I'm not here to tell that story tonight but by the time he got finished with me I was a mess and he didn't he controlled me with fear just fear I was so afraid of him and I went to a couple different people aunt and uncle and somebody else in the family and they didn't want to get involved and so I just remember saying okay nobody's going to help me I'm going to survive this now listen and I said said to myself as soon as I'm 18 and I graduated from high school I'm leaving home I'm getting out of here and I'm going to get a job and I'm going to take care of myself and I am never going to ask anybody for anything well I made a few promises to myself that I had to undo later on in life but I decided that I was going to make it through it come on you you can't make it through anything if you don't decide you're going to you have to make a decision don't stop using that I can't stand this I can't do this this is too much I can't stand this I can't take this I can't take this one more day God will never put more on us than what we can bear but with every Temptation he will always provide the way out a safe escape to a landing place and I don't know what some of you are going through but I know enough about people to know that probably some in this room tonight there's probably some pretty awful things going on behind the scenes it may be your kids that are in trouble it may be a married marriages that are in trouble it may be things from your past that you've never dealt with and and yes when you think about everything you're going to have to go through to face all those issues and deal with them it can be pretty daunting it is kind of like um but you want to live with the pain forever or do you want to start getting well okay now I'm gonna I I've got a few things to say that I think are very important so listen to this here comes one of them we have to start making right choices while we're still hurting you're going to pause and let's think about that for a minute ever said that you have to feel like doing what's right to do it how many people do you think there are in here are watching my television that are mad at somebody and they won't forgive them because it they don't feel like it you or Josh you don't know what they did to me it doesn't matter and I don't say it doesn't matter because I don't care God said you forgive and Satan gains more ground in the lives of Believers through unforgiveness than any other single thing that's his favorite thing is to get you mad at somebody to cause division between us division between nations division between races Division and marriages division between siblings he wants to divide us so we have no power and each one of us has to make a decision that we are not going to stay mad at somebody [Applause] and I say this probably in every message that I preach and probably always will because I'm not joking when I say it's the single biggest problem we have in the church angry people who won't forgive and you don't have to feel you know love is not a Feeling is the decision you make about how you're going to treat somebody and forgiven I mean you you can pray to forgive somebody and you know you probably won't feel any different about them and so then you assume you didn't forgive them but really God's just asking you to do your part you say God I want to forgive I want to be obedient to you and I forgive them and then you start praying for them which is what the Bible says to do God says bless and do not curse them and and to bless means to speak well of and to curse means to speak evil of so you've got to quit telling everybody what they did to you come on this is just a little short lesson if they need help you help them and oh I just got a hold of this one two weeks ago gosh I thought God how deep are we going to go and if they have something bad happen in their life and you're kind of happy about it listen to this the Bible says that your sin is worse than what they did to you [Applause] I got one lady out here that claps when I say good stuff but you know and you know I mean I've done it well they got what they deserve I know you'd get yours sooner or later foreign and the Bible says that my sin is is greater than what they did to me and I'm like well you're just not going to let us wiggle out of this any way shape or form are you we got to pray for them love them not talk bad about them help them if they're in trouble and we can't even be happy well I'll tell you David had a different deal than we did he said God break their teeth in their mouth [Applause] some of the stuff David said about his enemies I don't know what happened Psalms in Matthew but it sure I know what happened Jesus happened amen and see he came with a whole different message you love the Lord your God with all your heart soul mind and strength and you love your neighbor as you love yourself two things God's asking for us faith and love trust him love people if we do that we don't have to be concerned about anything else so we have only three choices you can decide to not which tonight which one you want you can press past your pain now and start doing what you know you should do whether you feel like it or not you can press past the pain later and be miserable until then or you can keep the pain forever [Music] well you know this is one of those ouch Hallelujah messages you know what that is a woman told me one time after I preach something probably similar to this she said man that message tonight about every other word you said I was going ouch ouch ooh but she said I know a year from now I'll be going hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah [Applause] amen how many of you think that you can do what's right whether you feel like it or not yeah [Music] oh this is funny maybe 10 people put their hand up big a few more did this and then they were kind of like not sure I'm gonna let you go home till you get this you can do what is right rather you feel like it or not [Applause] now one of my things used to be when Dave made me mad my walls went up and I was not going to talk to him shutting you out you won't hurt me again anybody else ever done that well now as soon as the wall gets about halfway built God makes me take it down and then he makes me talk to him you say well how does he make you well he doesn't really make me but I love God and I want to do what he wants me to do amen and Jesus said if you love me you will obey me did you hear me Jesus said if you love me you will obey me he didn't say if you feel like it he said if you love me you will obey me he did not say if you obey me I will love you he has already decided to love us while we were still yet in sin and we are to respond to that great gift that he's given us by walking in obedience to him whether it feels good or it doesn't amen [Applause] you have to have the right mindset you got to set your mind how about doing that what's that in your mind tonight I don't I'm I'm not not going to live by how I feel anymore I'm going to live on the other side of my feelings I've got a good book on living beyond your feelings matter of fact I got a good book on everything I think Dave's been married to 20 different women because I'll change a little and then he's got a different wife and then I'll change some more and he's got a different wife now he's got a really good wife [Applause] see he's down there he turned a pen he said what'd she say huh and I've got a microphone on he tells me that he hears fine that I mumble set your mind and keep it set on things above on right things you know don't don't think about everything that's wrong with your kids how am I thinking about a few things that's right with them remember you wanted them foreign [Music] with that person you married too you beg God to give you somebody now you got them and you know if you really don't want them there's probably some lonely man or woman that would take them off your hands think about the good things set your mind and keep them set on things that are above okay here we're going to have another one of these icky scriptures this is Icky scripture night first Peter 4 1 and 2 Amplified so since Christ suffered in the flesh I want to wait till they get it up there because I want you to see it first Peter 4 1 and 2. first Peter 4 1 and 2. first Peter 4 1 and 2. there you go so since Christ suffered In the Flesh for us and for you arm yourselves with the same thought foreign and purpose patiently to suffer rather than fail to please God for whoever has suffered in the flesh and I'm talking about dying to self I'm not talking about like I said I'm not talking about disasters I'm talking about just being willing to die to self he said I've set my mind see it's so important to set your mind yeah have a talk with yourself like Mike and Penny flying a little bit before we do and they get get us checked into the hotel and get some things ready so we can pay attention to this stuff when we get here and so I always ask penny what the hotel's like and she was kind of quiet for a minute she said it's spacious foreign what else is it like she said um it's rustic well see I already knew I was in trouble so I prayed before I got there God please help me not to complain about anything in that room because I am just thrilled to be here and that you let me do this amen [Applause] I set my mind before I got to the hotel room that I wasn't gonna let it make me unhappy amen you can set your mind in the morning I am not going to let anybody or anything make me unhappy today because the joy of the Lord is my strength is this helping anybody all right patiently to suffer rather than fail to please God for whoever has suffered In the Flesh having the mind of Christ is done with intentional sin has stopped pleasing himself and the world and now pleases God so then you can no longer spend the rest of your natural life living by his human appetites and desires but now he lives for what God for God's will the Bible says that Jesus endured the cross for the joy of the prize that was on the other side and that's what I'm proposing that we all do we endure these things for the reward that's laid up for those who are willing to pay the price to mature spiritually so they can be usable material for God [Applause] vessels fit for the Master's use amen are you understanding me [Applause] it's time to get rid of our pacifiers our baby bottles Dave and I have a three and a half year old grandson he's the youngest one out of the 12. and he says to his parents I don't like it when you tell me no I thought well at least he's telling how he feels early I don't like it when you tell me no and then he will repeat back to them things that they've said to him he will say you need to be more patient with me or how about this one you're being rude because you know they've told him you know you're you're being rude [Laughter] well you know that's cute at three and a half but it's not killed at 50. it's not cute when you've been in the church 15 years but I tell you I need to come here more often [Applause] [Music] [Applause] trying to figure out where I want to go from here you know just a just a small list of the types of feelings that we need to live on the other side of what about this feeling that I got to please people all the time keep everybody happy anybody tired of being a people pleaser foreign to keep somebody else happy that won't keep a relationship with you if you don't let them control you [Applause] what is the absolute worst thing that can happen if you stand up to them they're not going to want anything to do with you anymore well they don't care very much about you anyway it's the only way they're going to have a relationship with you is if they can control you love is not controlling people God doesn't control people everybody needs to have freedom and not only that you'll miss your destiny if you if you spend your time trying to please people amen Galatians 1 10 Paul said now am I seeking the approval of man or of God or am I trying to please man if I were still trying to please man I would not now be an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ he said I would have missed my destiny I would have missed my calling if I would have been trying to please people [Applause] how about um living on the other side of the pain of being misunderstood that you know that to me that's a hard thing you know when when you're just doing the best you know how to do and people just don't get you or they think things about you that just aren't true or say things about you that aren't true and you know we can judge sin we should judge sin but we're not supposed to judge people because we don't know their heart and Moses there's a scripture that says that he expected that his Brethren would understand that he had been called to deliver the people but they did not understand well you know I started thinking and you know really when God called me to preach I I was just so tickled and so happy and I thought everybody would be happy for me and you know what they weren't they had plenty they had plenty to say about why I couldn't do it first one I heard was well you're a woman well you know I had mentioned that to God too I said you know I'm a woman you think he didn't know that I don't know maybe God would have given the job to a man if he could have found one to take it I don't know [Music] you know all I've done for 45 years is work but I've enjoyed it I can't stand a waste of my life and you know if Jesus would take me home tomorrow I've had a good ride and I've helped a lot of people [Applause] I'll tell you one thing I will not die with is regret amen foreign but people didn't understand me they didn't I mean we lost friends we got asked to leave our church I mean it was painful it was a very hard time but now I'm on the other side of that and I got a few friends now at least a handful anyway [Music] I'll take that thank you see the Bible tells us over and over that God is a rewarder the biggest thing that we need to do is learn how to think like God thinks and the only way you can do that is by knowing the word of God in words to live by Joyce Meyer shares 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Length: 26min 52sec (1612 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 10 2023