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Don't Rely On People
Joel OsteenAbout this sermon
Are you relying on what others say or don’t say for your value? Are you frustrated today because you don’t have the support from others around you?One of the greatest lessons in life is to learn that your true value does not come from people; it comes from Almighty God. Yet many people today rely on the complements, encouragement and approval of others to feel good about themselves and stay motivated. Paul said in Philippians 4:13, “I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency.” Let Joel show you who you are in Christ and how to go to Him for your value and self-worth. As you apply these biblical principles, not only will you live a more peaceful life, but your relationships will improve, too! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It's time 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.200 to get the recognition you deserve and earn a degree 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:04.840 you'll be proud of, one that employers will trust and 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.119 respect when you take the next step in your life 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.280 and career. Make it count with Purdue Global Produce online 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:14.920 university for working adults. Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:29.440 We're a God bless you. 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.399 It's joy to come into your homes, and if you're 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.920 ever in our area, please stop buy and be a 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:36.320 part of one of our services. 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.759 I promise you will make you feel right at home. 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.920 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.280 about these three sons that left home and went out 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.400 and prospered. They got back together to talk about the 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:50.560 gifts they bought their elderly mother. 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:52.040 The first son. 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.559 Said, I built mom a big house. The second one said, 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.920 I got her a fancy car. The third son said, 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.840 since mom loves to read the Bible. 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:03.840 But she can barely see anymore. 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.880 I got her a specially trained parent that can quote 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.440 the entire Bible. A few months later, they received a 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:13.360 letter from their mother. It said, Milton, the house you 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:14.800 built me is way too big. 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:17.880 Gerald, the car you bought me is way too small. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.840 But my dearest Donald, your simple gift is my favorite. 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:23.360 The chicken was delicious. 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.480 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.040 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.480 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.280 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:40.480 of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:44.760 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:48.400 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:52.720 about not relying on people. It's great when people believe 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:56.919 in us, cheer us on, make us feel valuable. We 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:00.320 love when our spouse compliments us, a friend is there 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:03.800 to give encouragement, our coworker stays late to help us 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:07.359 on a project. God uses people to help move us 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.080 toward our destiny. 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:10.000 But here's the key. 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:14.040 You can't become so dependent on people that you're getting 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:16.840 your worth and value. 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:17.359 Out of how they treat you. 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:24.560 It's easy to become addicted to compliments, addicted to encouragement, addicted. 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:25.040 To them cheering you on. 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.959 Now you rely on them to keep you feeling good 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:32.640 about yourself, to always be there to validate you, to 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:36.080 make you feel approved and like a drug. If they 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:41.040 don't keep you fixed meet all your expectations, you get discouraged, 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:45.200 feel inferior. Work over time to try to win their approval. 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.400 The problem is you're trying to get from people what 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:50.640 only God can give. 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:52.160 Your worth. 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:56.800 Your value doesn't come from another person. It comes from 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:01.040 your creator. If you rely on people, you'll be disappointed. 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.120 People will let you down, people will. 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.120 Get busy and not be there when you need it. 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:08.520 Sometimes people will even turn on you. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:13.320 In the scripture, Peter was Jesus's close friend. They were 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:14.680 with each other day and night. 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.600 But when Jesus needed Peter the most, when he was 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:22.960 about to be crucified, Peter denied that he even knew Christ. 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.920 Jesus could have been upset. God, I don't understand it. 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.599 Why wasn't my friend there for me? He would have 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:31.320 missed his destiny. 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.120 Quit relying on people. 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:37.320 What they do or don't do doesn't determine your worth. 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.040 What they give you or don't give you cannot stop 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.840 your purpose. God breathed his life into you. He has 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:48.479 crowned you with his favor. Quit waiting for people to 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:53.640 approve you and start approving yourself. People may not encourage you. 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:57.520 You can encourage yourself. People may not make you feel special, 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.680 you can make yourself feel special. I'm a child of 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.640 the most high God. I know I'm crowned with favor. 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.200 I'm one of a kind, I'm a masterpiece. You'll have 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:10.919 better relationships if you'll start validating yourself. 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:12.960 If you're always. 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:17.560 Depending on somebody else, you'll become needy, a burden, waiting 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.640 for other people to keep you fixed. Can I tell 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.800 you your friends, family members, they have enough problems of 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.200 their own, They have enough issues that they're dealing with 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.120 to not come home and have to work on you 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:35.640 for three hours. That's not only hurting you, it's unfair 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:39.039 to the people God put in your life. They're not 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:43.039 responsible for your happiness. They're not responsible to keep you 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:47.560 cheered up. Don't put that extra pressure on them. Learn 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:52.119 to receive your value, your self worth from your heavenly Father. 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.480 If you're basing that off of what people give you, 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:59.160 then if they change their mind, if they stop doing it, 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.120 you'll feel devalued. But when you go to God for it, 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.440 nobody can take it away. It's not dependent on how 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.600 somebody treats you, how they make you feel how many. 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:10.520 Compliments they give you. 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.039 It's dependent on the fact that you're a child of 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:17.680 Almighty God, and you know he has already approved you. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.120 That's where you're getting your value. 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:21.160 Well, Joel, my. 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:24.520 Parents didn't raise me right, I didn't have a good childhood. 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:28.680 Or my spouse never compliments me. My boss didn't give 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.760 me the credit that I deserve. I say this respectfully. 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.480 If you didn't get it, you didn't need it. They 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:36.839 can't stop your destiny. 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:41.280 What they say or do cannot override God's plan for 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:42.040 your life. 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:43.840 Shake off the negativity. 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:49.080 That person that walked away did you wrong, made hurtful comments, 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:53.160 Shake off the disrespect. Don't believe the lies that you're 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:57.600 not talented enough, attractive enough, good enough. They don't determine 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:01.760 your value. They can't lessen your self worth. The only 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:05.000 power people have over you is the power that you 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:10.320 give them. Jesus had all kinds of people come against him, politicians, 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:15.280 religious leaders, haters, critics trying to discredit him, make him 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.800 feel inferior, cause him to give up. He could have 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:22.600 taken debit, thought I must not be too special. Listen 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.000 to what they're saying. Look at how they're treating me. 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:30.200 But Jesus understood this principle. He knew his value didn't 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:31.120 come from people. 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:33.120 It came from his heavenly father. 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:37.200 He said to them in John chapter five, your approval 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:39.560 or disapproval. 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:42.600 Means nothing to me. He was saying, I don't need 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.760 your approval to feel good about myself. 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.360 I don't have to have your encouragement, your support to 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:52.320 keep me moving forward. Paul said it this way in Philippians. 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:54.920 I am self sufficient. 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:59.240 In Christ's sufficiency, not in our own strength. But when 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.800 we know the creator of the universe lives in us. 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:07.360 He's equipped us, empowered us, anointed us, we can put 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.760 our shoulders back, hold our head up high, knowing that 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:14.120 if God approves us, we don't have to have people's approval. 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.680 And this good when people encourage us, when they cheer 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.680 us on. What I'm saying is, don't become dependent on that. 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:25.840 If somebody's not given you what you expect, they're not 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:30.200 validating you. That's okay. You can validate yourself. You can 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:31.280 approve yourself. 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.479 You are self sufficient in Christ's sufficiency. 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:37.920 You can feel good about who you are knowing that 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:41.640 God hand picked you, created you in his image, put 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.240 seeds of greatness on the inside. 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:45.240 What am I saying? 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:49.400 You don't need somebody else's praise. You don't have to 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:53.240 have people's applause. You have the applause from the one 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:57.040 who matters most, from the God who spoke worlds into existence. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.920 I'd rather have his applause than people's applause. Well, if 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.840 I could convince this person to like me, they know 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:07.040 a lot of people, then maybe some new doors would open. 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:11.359 The scripture says promotion doesn't come from people. 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.840 It comes from the Lord. God knows where all the 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:16.000 opportunities are. 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.839 He can make things happen for you without you having 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.240 to convince somebody to like you. You don't have to 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.079 play up to people try to win their favor. 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:28.800 If they don't want to be your friend, it's their 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:30.040 loss and not yours. 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.760 Do yourself a favor and keep moving forward. 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:34.560 They're not a part of your destiny. 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:39.960 God has divine connections people. He's already lined up. They're 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:44.360 already in your future. Sometimes the reason people don't give 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:46.679 us what we need is because. 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:47.160 They don't have it. 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:50.760 Nobody gave it to them. They didn't see it modeled 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:51.360 growing up. 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:53.040 If they weren't. 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:57.440 Raised showing affection with people expressing feelings, being good to 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:57.960 each other. 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.920 The problem is that don't have it to give. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.360 If you're trying to get it from them, you're going 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:07.360 to be frustrated. Why don't you let them off the 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.079 hook and go to God for what they can't give you. 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:12.000 Here's the key. God has it all. 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:16.079 If you'll learn this principle to not rely on people, 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.920 but to go to Him for your encouragement, for your approval, 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.520 for your self worth, then you want live stressed out 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.560 because somebody is not giving you what you expect. If 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:29.320 nobody's complimenting. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.720 You, you can compliment yourself. Get up in the morning, 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:33.880 look at yourself in the mirror, good morning, you good 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:38.439 looking thing. Call it by faith. God calls you a masterpiece. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:40.839 Say what God says about you. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.480 I'm strong, I'm healthy, I'm one of a kind, I'm 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:49.360 highly favored. You have to build yourself up, encourage yourself, 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:54.680 compliment yourself. You cannot rely on your spouse, your parents, 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:55.520 your coach. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:56.400 Your teacher, your pastor. 0:10:56.640 --> 0:11:00.520 They may mean well, they couldn't love you anymore, but 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:03.160 no person can meet all of your needs. 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:04.600 Only God can. 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:09.120 If you're just looking to people, eventually you're going to 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:14.040 become resentful, bitter, start holding that against them, it will. 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:17.960 Sour the relationship. And the truth is it's not their fault. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.760 Maybe they have issues, they could be doing better in areas. 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:25.920 But if you'll not rely on people instead go to God, 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:30.000 then you won't be dependent on what somebody does. If 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.599 they're not giving you what you need and that was 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.800 the only way to get it, they would control your destiny. 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.480 God didn't design the plan for your life and say, Okay, 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.520 it's all dependent on if these other people do what's right, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.160 if they encourage you, if they cheer you on, if 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.640 they never let you down, or God put everything. 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.079 You need within your power, and. 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.120 Instead of us live in needy. Oh man, why don't 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:56.080 they compliment me? Why won't they be my friend? The 0:11:56.200 --> 0:12:00.560 right attitude is nobody owes me anything. I don't have 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.560 to have people's credit, their applause, their support. 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.640 Their compliments. I am self sufficient. 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.720 I know where to go for everything that I need. 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.320 My father was raised very poor on a cotton farm 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.319 during the Great Depression. He didn't have enough food, hardly 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:22.160 any clothes, a limited education. It was a very rough childhood. 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.160 At the age of seventeen, my dad gave his life 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.839 to Christ, and he left the farm and went out 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.760 and started ministring. Years later, when he was in his 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:36.120 forties and had become a successful minister, he started thinking 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.040 about how he was raised and all the things he 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:43.400 had to endure. He wondered why his parents didn't give 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:45.760 him a better childhood, and why he had to go 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.880 without food and without a good education. All these negative 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:53.480 memories filled his mind and he started thinking, Ah. 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:54.040 That wasn't right. 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.040 They should have done better. They didn't give me what 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.560 I needed. He got so stirred up about it. He 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.080 was about to travel back to his parents' hometown and 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:08.320 confront his parents and tell them what he thought. Just 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.920 before he left, he heard something on the inside saying 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.559 they did you wrong, didn't they? He said, yeah, they 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:19.439 sure did. It said it wasn't fair, was it. They 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.680 didn't give you what you needed. He answered, no, it 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.080 wasn't fair. You're gonna let them have it? Yeah, I'm 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.400 gonna let them have it. Then the boy said, how 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.960 do you think you would have done if you would 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.360 have been in their shoes, with no income, with the 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:37.120 banks closing, with nobody to buy the cotton, with six 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:41.520 children to raise, no electricity, no washing machines, no modern 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:46.840 day conveniences. That conversation changed my father's perspective. 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.960 He realized his parents did the best they could with 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.320 what they had. They couldn't give him what they didn't have. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.680 Why don't you let the people in your life off 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:01.600 the hook. They did the best they could. 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.400 They may have made decisions that you don't understand. Feels 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.280 like it puts you at a disadvantage, but you didn't 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:12.040 have to walk in their shoes. Maybe nobody gave them 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:15.600 what they needed to give to you. Bottom line, nobody 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:19.120 owes you anything. God is keeping all the records. 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:21.200 He has seen everything. 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:25.760 That's happened in your life, the injustice, the bad breaks, 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:30.320 the person that did you wrong. Those people cannot pay 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:34.280 you back. They cannot make your whole. Only God can. 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.760 He said he would give you beauty for the ashes. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.880 He would pay you back double for the unfair things 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:43.880 that have happened. Quit looking to people to make it 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.320 up to you. Quit trying to get somebody to apologize, 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:50.680 to admit they were wrong, to give you what they 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.880 don't have. If you'll go to God, he'll bring you 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.840 out better. He'll make the rest of your life more 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.080 rewarding more fulfilling than it would have been if that 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:01.600 hadn't have happened in the first place. 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.440 And that's what my father did. He let it go. 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.440 He realized his parents couldn't give him what they didn't have. 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.200 Daddy went on to live a blessed, prosperous, successful life. 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.800 And when you let people off the hook and quit 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:19.520 trying to make them perform perfectly and keep you fixed, 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:23.960 not only would their life be better, but your relationships 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:28.080 will improve. No matter how good of a person is, 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:32.600 they can't give you everything that you need. I realize 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.960 I can't meet everyone of Victoria's needs. I can do 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:40.320 my best. I can compliment her, encourage her, treat her 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:41.440 with respect. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:42.960 But I'm human. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:47.320 I have flaws, shortcomings. If she just looks to me, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:51.120 she'll be disappointed. But if you'll look to God, you'll 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:58.640 never be disappointed. No person has one hundred percent. I've 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.520 heard it said in a real life relationship, the most 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:05.320 the other person will have is eighty percent what you need. 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.280 There will always be twenty percent that they don't have 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:09.960 to give you. 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.880 The mistake we make is we leave the eighty to. 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:17.360 Go find the twenty in somebody else. The problem is 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.160 that next person will be missing twenty percent as well. 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.080 I know some of you thinking, Joel, my wife is 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:27.840 missing a lot more than twenty percent. Think of it 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.720 this way. If she had more, she wouldn't have married you. 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:39.080 I'm thinking with the ladies, part of the twenty percent 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.760 that I'm missing that Victoria needs is I don't like 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.200 to talk a lot. You see me up here and 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:49.400 I seem outgoing, but in private, I'm more quiet and reserved. 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.760 Small talk is not one of my favorite things. And yes, 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.080 at home we talk and laugh and have fun together. 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.160 But Victoria and her family they can talk for hours. 0:16:58.200 --> 0:16:59.360 They enjoy each other. 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.920 We were having lunch one time at our house with 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:06.120 all of her family, and you know, after about thirty minutes, 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.280 when I'd finished eating, I asked to be excused and 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.120 I went to the back and watched the football game. 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.479 Three and a half hours later, I came back and 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:17.119 they were still sitting at the table. 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:19.520 Nobody had moved. I was so amazed. 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.480 I asked them, did y'all go somewhere? Victoria said no, 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:24.840 we didn't go anywhere. I said, what are you talking about? 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:26.040 Victoria said nothing. 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:31.000 They talk about nothing longer than anybody I know. But 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.040 the key to a good. 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:39.800 Relationship is to recognize the other person's strengths and weaknesses, 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.880 then give them room to be who they are. Don't 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:46.840 try to squeeze them into your mold. What I appreciate 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:49.520 about Victorious she doesn't say, Joe'll come in here and 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:50.560 visit with us for three and. 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.080 A half hours. I'll get upset, I'll give you the 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:53.679 cold shoulder. 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:56.960 She recognizes that's a part of the twenty percent that 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.480 I don't have. I thank God every day that I 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:05.639 didn't get it. But Victoria, she doesn't try to squeeze 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:08.960 me into her mold, and even more importantly, she doesn't 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.480 try to get something from me that I don't have. 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.760 If you're relying on another person to meet all your 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.200 needs and become everything in your. 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.200 Life, you're going to be disappointed. You have to let 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:22.119 them off the hook. 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.760 Sometimes God will let us go through seasons where we're 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:30.840 not getting what we expect from people. On purpose, He'll 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:34.040 have them withhold it to teach us to not rely 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:37.720 on another person, but to get our encouragement, our value, 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:41.200 our worth from Him. And when I first started ministering 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:45.120 back in nineteen ninety nine, I was very insecure, very 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:46.320 unsure of myself. 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:47.160 I'd never done it. 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:49.760 My dad had that heart attack and went to be 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:51.520 with the Lord, and I. 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:54.119 Stepped up to pastor the church. Now I was so 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:57.600 concerned about what people thought and was I doing it 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:58.160 good enough? 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:01.480 Were they going to accept me after the services when 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:04.640 I talk with visitors and different people. I lived off 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:08.159 of people's compliments. Joel, that was good today. I really 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:12.960 enjoyed it. Those comments were like water to a thirsty soul. 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.280 Now it's getting my approval, my validation from people, and 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:19.040 you know, God uses that to keep us going, keep 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:19.639 us moving. 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.200 But at some point, like a. 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:25.880 Mother weans a baby off a bottle so the child 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:28.920 can grow up, God is going to wean you off 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:33.400 having to have people's compliments. People's applause doesn't mean it's 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:36.320 never going to happen. It means you're going to get 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.880 to a place where you're not dependent on someone else 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:43.000 cheering you on so you can feel good about yourself. 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:47.360 You're not dependent on them complimenting you and keeping you encouraged. 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:52.959 It's nice to hear, but you've developed this self sufficiency. 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.000 You don't rely on people for their approval. You go 0:19:56.080 --> 0:20:00.280 to God for your approval. The first year that I 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:03.479 started ministering at Lakewood, every time I got up to speak, 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:07.600 people would cheer for me. They were very encouraging, very loyal, 0:20:07.800 --> 0:20:11.520 and supportive. Every time I walked off the platform, Victoria 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:13.439 would say, Joe, that was amazing today. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:16.399 You did so good. Could have been the worst message 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:16.959 in the world. 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:19.359 I could always count on her to tell me it 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:19.840 was good. 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:22.600 Now, I know sometimes she was lying, but I needed 0:20:22.640 --> 0:20:23.120 it back then. 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:28.480 One day I just finished my message about a year 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:31.880 in and I walked off the platform, and Victoria didn't 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:32.480 say a word. 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:35.639 I stood there and waited and waited. 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:37.240 Gave her plenty of opportunities. 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:38.000 Still nothing. 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:41.240 I thought, well, she just preoccupied thinking about something else. 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:43.880 I went out to visit with the visitors and talk 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:48.640 with different people. Not one person complimented me on my sermon. 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:52.560 Usually every other person says something just being polite. I 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:54.960 thought they were playing a trick on me. I left 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:58.960 there so discouraged. I got home. My little dog can 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:00.159 hear our car coming in. 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:03.359 She's always at the back door, so happy to see me, 0:21:03.440 --> 0:21:06.200 jumping up on me. I opened the door. My dog 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:10.960 wasn't even there. I walked over. She was in her bed. 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.360 She looked up at me, barely opened her eyes, like, oh, 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:15.120 it's just you. 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:17.159 Close your eyes, went back to sleep. 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:20.919 God will use your dog given to work on you. 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:27.239 Looking back now, I realize God was teaching me to 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:28.200 not rely. 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:29.920 On what people think to. 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:33.520 Have to have their applause and their approval. If I 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:36.600 had not learned that back then, I wouldn't be standing 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:40.360 here today. Because the higher God takes you, there will 0:21:40.400 --> 0:21:44.480 be more disapproval, more opposition, more critics. If you're basing 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:50.200 your work and value on how people are treating you 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:52.840 and how much they're cheering you on, and you're trying 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:56.480 to keep all of them happy, you'll never become everything 0:21:56.560 --> 0:21:59.959 God created you to be. In those early years, if 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:03.160 I heard one negative comment, it ruined my whole Sunday. 0:22:03.640 --> 0:22:06.320 I'd go home discourage, thinking that I didn't do good enough. 0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:10.040 But now that I've been weaned off that bottle, so 0:22:10.160 --> 0:22:12.760 to speak, if I hear something negative. 0:22:12.480 --> 0:22:13.280 Doesn't bother me. 0:22:13.600 --> 0:22:17.040 I realize, as long as I'm doing my best honoring God, 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:19.160 I don't have to have people's approval. 0:22:19.240 --> 0:22:20.800 I have al Mighty God's approval. 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:26.720 Here's the thing you're never going to keep everyone happy. 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:29.560 Quit trying to please people. 0:22:29.920 --> 0:22:32.199 When you come to the end of your life, you 0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:35.200 are not going to stand before people and give an account. 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:38.119 You're going to stand before God. He's not going to 0:22:38.160 --> 0:22:40.959 say did you keep everyone happy? Did you please all 0:22:41.000 --> 0:22:44.040 your family? Did you have the support from your coworkers. 0:22:44.320 --> 0:22:47.720 He's going to ask, did you fulfill my purpose for 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:48.400 your life? 0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:52.040 Did you run your race? Did you finish your assignment? 0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:56.679 Maybe, like with me, you're not getting from people what 0:22:56.800 --> 0:23:00.600 you used to, the compliments, the support, the encouragement. Instead 0:23:00.640 --> 0:23:03.400 of being frustrated, have a new perspective. 0:23:03.800 --> 0:23:05.040 God is growing you up. 0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:08.960 He's getting you prepared for the next level of your destiny. 0:23:09.320 --> 0:23:14.200 The less you depend on people, the stronger your spiritual muscles. 0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:16.159 Are going to become, and the higher you're going to go. 0:23:17.520 --> 0:23:21.640 In Judges chapter seven, the Midianites joined forces with two 0:23:21.760 --> 0:23:24.640 other armies that crossed the Jordan. 0:23:24.359 --> 0:23:26.960 River and were about to attack the Israelites. 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:29.880 Gideon put out a call to all of his men. 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:32.159 Thirty two thousand. 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:36.200 Israeli warriors showed up ready to fight. Gideon was feeling good. 0:23:36.640 --> 0:23:40.119 He had a large army to protect the people of Israel. 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:43.720 They marched out toward those enemies. But God said to 0:23:43.800 --> 0:23:47.479 him in verse two, Gideon, you have too many people 0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:47.879 with you. 0:23:48.640 --> 0:23:51.280 If you win the battle, you'll think you did it 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:52.440 in your own strength. 0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:57.160 God instructed him to tell everyone that wanted to leave, 0:23:57.320 --> 0:24:00.800 anyone that was afraid they could go back home. Twenty 0:24:00.880 --> 0:24:04.680 two thousand men turned around and left. He lost two 0:24:04.720 --> 0:24:09.600 thirds of his army. I'm sure Gideon gulped and said, God, 0:24:09.640 --> 0:24:11.320 did you see what just happened. 0:24:11.800 --> 0:24:13.080 God said, yes, I saw it. 0:24:13.280 --> 0:24:17.240 But Gideon, you still have too many people. And God 0:24:17.320 --> 0:24:21.359 told Gideon to take those remaining ten thousand men down 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:24.280 to get a drink. He was to divide them into 0:24:24.320 --> 0:24:27.520 two groups. Every man that put his mouth to the 0:24:27.560 --> 0:24:30.840 water and drank that was one group. The second group 0:24:31.280 --> 0:24:33.720 was the men who cupped their hands and brought the 0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:38.560 water to their mouth. Nine thousand, seven hundred men put 0:24:38.600 --> 0:24:39.240 their mouth. 0:24:39.040 --> 0:24:41.520 To the water. That was the group that was to 0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:42.040 go home. 0:24:42.760 --> 0:24:46.199 Only three hundred men drank it the other way. His 0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:49.640 army went from thirty two thousand to three hundred. 0:24:50.359 --> 0:24:52.440 I can imagine Gideon. 0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:55.679 Thought God, I was confident with thirty two thousand, I 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:58.320 was a little worried with ten thousand, But God, three 0:24:58.400 --> 0:25:03.399 hundred men, this is impossible. God was saying, Gideon, you 0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:06.240 don't need everyone that you think you need. 0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:10.560 You're depending on too many people. God is saying that 0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:11.080 to us. 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:15.120 You don't need all of your coworkers to support you. 0:25:15.119 --> 0:25:17.600 You don't have to have all your friends and family 0:25:17.640 --> 0:25:18.679 members cheering you on. 0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:19.640 Here's the key. 0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:24.000 The less you depend on people, the greater the anointing 0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:24.760 in your life. 0:25:25.920 --> 0:25:28.159 When you're not depending on someone. 0:25:27.800 --> 0:25:32.080 Else hoping that they'll help you, thinking that they're the savior, 0:25:32.440 --> 0:25:35.399 then God will release his favor in your life in 0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:38.960 a greater way. Gideon went out with those three hundred 0:25:39.000 --> 0:25:43.760 men one percent of what he started with. God supernaturally 0:25:43.840 --> 0:25:47.080 helped them to defeat those armies that were much bigger 0:25:47.359 --> 0:25:51.240 and much more equipped. In the same way, God is 0:25:51.280 --> 0:25:54.440 going to give you victories where the odds were totally 0:25:54.480 --> 0:25:58.160 against you. You know, you could accomplish your goal if 0:25:58.200 --> 0:26:02.480 you had the support, the connect You could overcome that obstacle. 0:26:02.880 --> 0:26:05.840 If you had the strongest players, the best people on 0:26:05.880 --> 0:26:09.120 your legal team. God is saying, don't worry about it. 0:26:09.440 --> 0:26:12.560 You don't have to have all those people. You and 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:16.320 God are a majority the forces that are for you 0:26:16.680 --> 0:26:19.560 are greater than the forces that are against you. Now, 0:26:19.640 --> 0:26:22.719 quit saying, oh, if they just train me, if they 0:26:22.920 --> 0:26:26.320 just get behind me. If you'll quit depending on people, 0:26:26.560 --> 0:26:30.040 the anointing will increase in your own life. You'll accomplish 0:26:30.119 --> 0:26:33.840 more with less help, with less people because of God's 0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:38.080 favor on your life. Are you frustrated because you don't 0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:41.359 think you have enough support? Have this new perspective. 0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:45.000 The greatest force in the universe is breathing in. 0:26:44.920 --> 0:26:49.160 Your direction right now. Are you discouraged because people are 0:26:49.160 --> 0:26:52.399 not giving you what they used to. It's because God's 0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:56.440 growing you up. Quit trying to get from people what only. 0:26:56.200 --> 0:26:56.880 God can give. 0:26:57.400 --> 0:26:59.840 Go to Him for your value, your self worth, for 0:26:59.840 --> 0:27:04.640 your encouragement. If you'll start passing these tests, not relying 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:08.680 on people, you'll not only live more confident, more secure, 0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:12.960 but I believe and declare, like Gideon, You're going to 0:27:13.000 --> 0:27:18.680 overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable, accomplish dreams that seemed impossible, 0:27:19.000 --> 0:27:22.520 and reached the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, 0:27:22.880 --> 0:27:23.159 If you. 0:27:23.200 --> 0:27:25.000 Receive it, can you say it then? Today? 0:27:27.040 --> 0:27:30.000 We never like to close our broadcasts without giving you 0:27:30.040 --> 0:27:33.080 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:27:33.560 --> 0:27:38.000 Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:39.200 repent of my sins. 0:27:40.720 --> 0:27:46.480 Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 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