About bless. You joy. They come into your homes and if you ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of it our services. I promise you will make you feel right at home, start with something funny, and I heard about the three sums that left home and went out and prosper. They got back together to talk about the gear they bought their elderly mother, the first said. I mom a big house. The second once said I got or a fancy. Are the third son said since mom law, to read the Bible, but in barely see anymore. I got her. Specially trained apparent, they can quote entire bible of

months later. They received a letter from their mother is said. Milton the house you built me is way too big Gerald the car you me is way too small. But my dearest dung you're, simple gift, is my favorite that chick was delicious, say it like you mean it, This is above all, I am what it says. I have what it says I have. I can do it says I can do today We talk the word of God. Our boldly confessed my mind is alert. My heart, receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you. I want to you today about not relying on people when people believe in us cheer ass on make us feel valuable we love when our spouse. Compliments us a friend? Is there to give encouragement our

Co worker stays late to help us on a project. God uses people to help move us toward our destiny, but here's the key You can't become so dependent on people that getting your worth in value out of how they treat you. It's easy to become addicted. To compliments addicted to encouragement. Addicted to them. Cheering you on You rely on them to keep you feeling good about yourself. To always be there to validate you to make you feel approved like a drug? If they don't keep you fixed, meet all your expectations. You get discouraged feeling your work over time to try to win their approval. The problem is you're trying to get from people what only God can give your worth your value, doesn't come from another person. It comes from you, creator,

and if you rely on people you'll, be disappointed. People will let you down. People will get busy and not be there when you need it. Sometimes people will even turn on you in the scripture Peter was Jesus close friend. They were with each other day and night but when Jesus needed Peter the most when he was about to be crucified, Peter denied that he even knew Christ Jesus. Could have been upset. God. I don't understand it. Why wasn't my friend there for me he would have missed his destiny quit relying on people what they do or don't do. Doesn't determine you're worth what They give you or don't give. You cannot stop your purpose, God read his life into you. He is crowned you with his favour. Quit waiting for people to approve you and start approve, Your people may not encourage you. You can encourage yourself. People may not make

feel special. You can make yourself special much the most time gone. I know I'm crowned with favor I'm of a masterpiece, you'll have better relationships. If you'll start valid, yourself, you always do. Ending on somebody else. You committee, a burden waiting for other people to keep you fix, cannot tell you your friends, family members. They have enough problems their own. They have enough issues that their dealing with two not come home and have to work can you put three hours that's not only hurting you, it's unfair to the p. Oh God, put in your lie. There not respond both for your happiness. There not responsible to keep you cheered. I don't put that extra pressure on learn to receive you value. Your self worth from your heavenly father If you're basing that offer what people give you, then, if they

in their mind, if they stop doing it, you'll feel devalued but when you go to God for it, nobody can take it away is. Dependent or how somebody tree to how they make. You feel how many compliments they give you its depended on the fact that you're, a child of Almighty God and you know he has already approved you. That's where you're getting your value. Well, Joel, parents didn't raise me ride. I didn't have, good childhood must files Compliments me my boss didn't Give me the credit that I deserved. I say this respectfully. If you didn't get it, you didn't need it, they can't stop. Your destiny, what they say or do cannot override God's plan for your life shake. Off the negativity that person that walked away. Did you wrong made hurtful comments, shake off the disrespect,

Don't believe the lies that you're not talented enough attractive enough good enough. They don't determine your value they can't lessen your self worth the only power people have over. You is the power that you give them Jesus had all kinds of people come against him. Politicians religious leaders. Haters critics trying to discredit him, make him feel inferior, cause him to give up. He could have taken the bait, thought I must not be too special? Listen to what they're saying look at how their treating me but Jim has understood this principle. He knew value didn't come from people. It came from his heavenly father, he said to them in John chapter: five, your approval or, Approval means nothing to me. He was saying I don't need your approval to feel good about myself. Have to have your encouragement. Your support to keep me moving forward Paul,

said it this way in the Libyans. I am self sufficient in Christ sufficiency, not our own story, but when we know the query of the universe lives in us he's equipped us impact Where does anointed ass? We can put our shoulders back, hold our knowing that, if God, approves us. We don't have to have people's approval. This goodwill people encourage us when tourists on what I'm saying is don't become dependent on them. If somebody is not given you what you expect there, validating. You are, so you can vote nature, so you can Prove yourself you self sufficient in Christ sufficiency. You can feel good about who you are. No one that God hand picture. Created you in his image, put seeds of greatness on the inside. What am I saying you don't need

somebody else's praise, you don't have to have people's applause. You have the applause. From the one who matters most from the God who folk whirls into existence. I'd his applause than peoples of large. Well, if I could convince this person to like me. They know a lot of people, then maybe some new doors would open. Scripture says promotion doesn't come from people. It comes from the law. God knows where all the opportunities are. He can make. Things happen for you without you haven't I Vince, somebody like you, you don't have to play up to people taught a win their favor. If they don't be your friend, it's their loss and not yours. Do yourself a favor and keep moving forward. There are not a part of your destiny, God has divine connections, people here already land. There are already in your future, sometimes the real,

and people dont give us what we need is because they don't have it. Nobody gave it to them. They didn't see it model growin up if they We re showing affection with people expressing feelings good to each other? The problem: is they don't have it to gear if you're trying to get it from them. You're going to be frustrated Would you let them off the hook and God for what they can't give you here's the can. God has it all. If you'll, learn this principle to not rely on people but to go. Him for your encouragement for your approval for yourself were then you what lives stressed out, because somebody is not giving you what you expect. If nobody, complementing you. You can complement yourself get up The more look at yourself in the mere good morning. You good looking thing call it by. Thank God cause you a masterpiece, say what

It says about you, I'm strong unhealthy, I'm one of a kind of highly favoured you have to build your cell in car. Yourself. Complement yourself you cannot rely on your spouse, your parents, your coat, you teach you you pay they may meanwhile they couldn't the anymore, but no person meet all of your needs. Only God came view just look into people s, Finally, you going to become resentful better. Start hold that against them. It will sound the relationship and the truth is, is not their fault? Maybe they have issues they could be, do do in better in areas, but if you're not rely, people instead go to God. Then you won't be depended on what somebody does. If not giving you what you need and that was the only way to get it they would come your destiny guy.

Didn't design the plan for your life and say: ok, it's all depended on if these other p do what's right, if agent, Roger, Cheerio, and they never let you down, God put everything you need within your power, Instead of us live in media me, why don't they complement me while If they be my friend. The right attitude is nobody owes me anything. I don't have to have people's credit their applause, their support their compliment. I am self sufficient. I know where to go for everything that I need. My father was raised very poor on a cotton farm during the great depression. He didn't enough food, hardly any clothes. A limited education is a very rough child. At the age of seventeen. My dad gave his life to Christ and he left the farm and went out and started ministry year later when he was in his forties. Become a successful minister. He started thinking about

he was raised and all the things he had to endure He wondered why his parents didn't give him up, childhood. Why he had to go without food and without a good education. All. These negative memories filled his mind and he started thinking that wasn't right. They should have done better. They did. Give me what I need it. Not so stirred up about it? He was about to travel back to his parents, home town and confront his parents and tell them what he thought just before He left he heard something on the inside saying Did you wrong? Didn't he said yeah, they sure did it say it wasn't fair was it they didn't give you what you need. He answered? No, I wasn't there, you go let them Haven't you ever more? Let them have it. Then the voice said: how do you think you would have done? if you would have been in their shoes with no income with the banks, closing with nobody to bother

cotton with six children to raise no alike city, no washing machines, no modern day, conveniences that conversation change my father's perspective, he realized his parents did the best they could which what they couldn't give him what they didn't. Have? Why don't you let the people in your life off the hook? Maybe they did the best they could They may have made decisions that you don't understand feels like it puts you, disadvantage, but you didn't have to. Walk in their shoes. Maybe nobody gave them what they needed to give to you bottom line. Nobody owes you anything. God is keep in all the records. He has seen everything that happened in the injustice, the bad breaks, the person that you're wrong. Those people cannot pay you back. They cannot make your whole only God

he said he would give you beauty for the ashes. He would pay you back double for the unfair things that have happened, quit look into people to make it up You could try to get somebody to apologize to it. They were wrong. Give you what they don't have you'll go to God. He ll bring it out better human the rest of your life more rewarding more, filling than it would have been. If that happened have happened in the first place this, what my father did he go. He realized his parents couldn't him what they didn't. Have daddy deliver want blessed prosperous, successful lie when you let people off the hook quit trying to make them perform born perfectly and keep you. Not only were their life be better Joe relationships will improve. Now. How good of a person is. They can't give you everything that you need

I realize I kept me everyone a victorious needs. I can do my best. I can complement her encourage her tweet her with respect, but I'm human. I have laws. Shortcomings, if she just looks to me she'll, be disappointed, but if you look to God, you'll never be disappointing. No person has a hundred percent, I've heard it said in a relationship the most The other person will have. Is eighty percent what you need. There will always be twenty percent that they don't have to give you the mist we make. Is we leave the eighty two go find it we in somebody else, The problem is that next person will be missing twenty percent as well,

I know some of you think you're. My wife is missing a lot more than twenty percent. Think of it. This way, if she had more, she wouldn't married you, I'm thinking with the ladys part of the twenty percent that are missing. Torreon needs is I don't like to talk a lot see me up here- and I seem out going, but in private, a more quiet in reserve. Small talk is not one of my favorite things and yes, home? We talk and laugh and have fun together, but big Torreon, her family. They can talk for. Were they enjoy each other? We were having lunch one time at our house with all of her family and you'll have to about thirty minutes. When I had finished eating, I asked to be excused and I went to the back in What's the football game three and a half hours later, I came back and they were still sitting at the table. Nobody How so may I ask them to John GO somewhere

Of course it wouldn't go anywhere said. What are you talking about? Victoria said nothing, they talk about nothing longer than anybody. I know, but the key to a good relationship is to read it the other person, strengths and weaknesses. Give them room to be who they are protracted school he's them into your mouth. But I appreciate about victorious. He didn't say you come in here and visit with us for three and a half hours I'll get up there I'll give you that children recognizes that's part of the twenty percent that I dont. Have I thank God. Every day, I didn't get it but Victoria. She does. Trotter squeeze me into her mall and even more importantly, she doesn't trying to get something from me that I don't have if you're, relying on another person tat meet all your needs and become every

thing in your life you're going to be disappointed. You have to let them off the hook sometimes God will let us go through seasons, we're we're not getting We expect from people own purpose, he'll have them with hold it teach us to not rely on another person, but to get our encouragement are ah, you are worth from him not for started ministry backing. Ninety nine, I was very insecure, very sure must have I'd, never done it. My dad had that heart attack and to be with the Lord and I stepped up to pass through the church. Now we're so concerned about what people thought was good enough, where they going to accept me the services? When I talk with visitors and different people, I lived off of people's compliments. That was good. Today. I really enjoyed those comments, we're locked water to a thirsty. So let's get my

prove my validation from people and no God uses it to keep us going. Keepers moving, but at some point a mother wean a baby offer bottle, so the child can grow up. It is going to win you off having to have people's compliments. People's applause it mean it's never going to happen. It means you're going to. To a place where you're not dependent on someone else, cheering you on. So you, and feel good about yourself, you're, not dependent on them, complementing you in keeping. You encourage it's nice to hear, but you develop this self sufficient You dont rely on people for their approval. You go to God for your approval. The first year did, I say, administering it Lakewood. Every time I got up to speak, people would cheer for me. They were encouraging very loyal and supportive. Every time I walked off the platform Victoria,

a that was amazing today you did so could have been the worst message in the world. Can always count on her. To tell me it was good sometimes she was lying, but I needed it back. Then, one day, I just finished my message about a year in walked off the platform and Victoria didn't say a word. I stood there and waited, and why paper plenty of opportunity still nothing. I thought, wish you just preoccupied thinking about something else. I went out to visit with the visitors and talk with different people. Not one person complimented me My sermon, usually every other person, says something just being polite. I thought they were playing a trickle me I left there so discouraged. I got home, A little dog can hear our car company. She's, always at the back door, so happy to see me jumping up all me opened. The door dog wasn't even their October. Two thousand

She looked up at me, play open your eyes, like it's issue, closer close back to sleep God will use your dog, given the work on you, lookin Now I realize God was teaching me to not rely. What people think they have to have their applause and their approval. If I had not learned that back then I wouldn't be standing here today, but the higher God takes you there be more disapproval. More opposition bore critics if you're basing your work and value on. How fuller, treating you how much our children, you on and you're trying to keep all of them happy you're never become everything. God created you debate, in those early years, Her one negative comment: it ruined my whole Sunday I'd go home discourse. Thinking that I didn't do good enough, but now that I've been weaned.

That bottles so to speak, I hear something negative doesnt. Me, I realise, as long as I'm doing my best honor God I don't have to have people's. I have Almighty, God approval. Here's the thing, you're, never going to keep everyone happy quit trying to please people when you come to the end of your life, you are not stand before people and give an account you're going stand before God he's not going to say. Did you keep everyone happy? Did you please all your family? Did you have the support from your coworkers he's going to ask? Did you fulfil my purpose for your life, did you run your rice? Did you find Your assignment, maybe like with me, you're, not getting from people. What you use to the compliments, the support The encouragement, instead of being frustrated, have a new perspective. God is growing. You up he's getting you

prepared for the next level of your destiny: the less you depend on people there stronger. Your spiritual muscles are going to become and the higher you're going to go in judges chapter seven, the media nights join forces with two other armies. They cost the Jordan River and we're about to attack the Israelites. Gideon, put out a call to all of his men. Thirty two: thousand israeli war. Warrior showed up ready to giddy was feeling good. He had a large army to protect the people of Israel. They marched out toward those enemies. God said to him in verse to Gideon you have too many people with you if you win the battle, you'll think you did it. In your own story- got instructed him. To tell everyone that won't leave anyone. That was afraid they could go back home twenty who thousand men turned away

laughed he lost two thirds of his army, I'm sure Gideon go. And said God: did you see what just happened? Godsend Yes, I thought, but Gideon you still have too many people God told Gideon to take those remaining Thousand men down to get a drink. Was to divide them into two groups. Every man, put his mouth to the water and drank that was one group. The second group was the man who cut their hands and brought the water to their mouths. Nine thousand seven hundred men put them out of the water. That was the group that was to go home. Only three hundred men drink it. The other way his army went from thirty two thousand two three hundred I can imagine Gideon. Thank God competent with thirty two thousand as a little worried with ten thousand, but God three hundred men. This is impossible.

Was saying Gideon you'd Need everyone that you think you need your depends. On too many people, God saying that to us. You dont need all of your co workers to support you you don't have to have all your friends and family members cheering you on his two key. The list Few depend on people the great The anointing in your life. When you're, not depending on someone else, hoping that they'll help you thinking. There, the saviour, then God these his favor in your life in a great away giddy. Went out with those three hundred men. One percent of he started with God: supernaturally help them defeat. Those armies were much bigger and much more equipped. In the same way, God is to give you victories, where the odds were the against? Do you know

you could accomplish your goal. If you had to support the connections, you could overcome that obstacles. If you had the strongest players, The best people on your legal team- God is saying, don't worry about it. You don't have to have all those people you and God or a majority. Therefore is that are, for you are greater than the forces that are against you, how quit our just trainee, if they just get behind me if you're quit, depending on people the anointing will increase in your own life. Yola com more with less hell with less people, because the gods favour on your line. Are you frustrated because you don't think you have enough support. Have this new perspective, the great sport in the universe is breathing in your direction. Right now, are you scores, because people are not giving you what they used to its because God glowing you quit trying to get from people would only

God can give go to him for your value yourself work for your encouragement. If you start passing these test, not rely on people. You're not only live more confident more secure, but I believe and declare like Gideon. You go. Overcome. Obstacles that looked insurmountable, accomplish dream, It seemed impossible and reached the fullness of your desk, in Jesus name. Maybe we're save it. Can you say that we never like to close our broadcast without giving you and opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you play with me just Lord Jesus. I repeat of my sins, come to my heart. You're, my lord and saved, principally pray that simple prayer. We believe you got again get in The bible base charge, keep God first place. He's gonna. Take you,

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