Don't underestimate what your internal conversations do to your faith.
_______________WOW! This hit home.
We all have baggage. There is an enemy that "steals, kills and destroys" and he uses the messages and pain from our past to influence us to believe the lies. We play old out-of-date, recordings in our heads, messages which are no longer relevant and are often created by people who didn't know what they were talking about when they blabbed their mouth.
We believed these individuals because we were kids, or they were in a position of authority or a family member, which gave them credibility. We believe the wrong things which come from imperfect, wrong-intentioned humans, when the messages we SHOULD receive, accept and believe are from God. Those old wrong messages are monsters that feed our insecurities and chip away at our self esteem and put cracks in our confidence.
Pastor David is teaching a series called Mind Monsters that is PHENOMENAL! It's based on a book by Kevin Gerald.
5 Part Series:
1. Mind Monsters (Oct 6)
2. Anger Danger (Oct 13)
3. Me Monster (Oct 20)
4. Monster-In-Law (Oct 27)
5. Mafia Monster with Michael Franzese (Nov 3)
Other points of interest that might make you want to listen to this message for yourself:
1. Working too much, puts chinks in your armor and makes you more susceptible to running away.
2. Spend time with those who celebrate you, not those who tolerate you.
3. There will always be someone who is smarter, faster, better than you. Hire them!
4. Trying to be accepted by others will drive you crazy and cause you to run from them.
5. Pull in the outcasts, don't exclude others. Jesus didn't gravitate to the pretty people or people he knew.
6. Don't have the need to be validated by another human. Go back to the Word and be validated by God.
7. Resucitate others and you resucitate yourself.
8. Your mind has the power to influence and create your own reality.
9. What others think will keep you on the run.
10. Care what God thinks and don't run from Jezebels, get your rest and stay plugged in to God so you can stand up to them in His strength.
For more information, go to www.faithchurchstlouis.com and ask how to get this series. Remember this coming weekend (Oct 20) is only Week 3, so you can't get the whole series just yet. But you can watch online or come in person.
You gotta show up to grow up! Be Blessed!
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