DON'T LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR OTHER PEOPLE
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Summary
In one line: Don't live your life for other people — your identity isn't your bank balance, and where you are now is a stage, not your destination.
Key insights
- "Your identity has become your account balance — what a sorry way to live." You think the apartment is your home and the crisis is your life; everything under the sun expires — even your troubles.
- See yourself through Jesus' eyes — He died for you because He sees your value and greatness.
- Many live not to disappoint their haters. Pastors stop saying "can I prophesy?" when it's mocked online; men change how they dress to look "masculine" — "you're eating from the wrong tree." Eat from the tree of life (Genesis 2:9) and live free — please Jesus, not people (Galatians 1:10).
- "Imagine living your life for a critic in a basement" — some can't wait to make a video about him because it pays their rent. Most online "ministers" hunt scandals without prayer or fasting — "content creators, not ministers." Some correct in love, even harshly; he respects that.
- "Imagine telling me how to run my church when you weren't there when it started… or how to prophesy when you can't see."
Transcript
Automatic captions, reflowed into paragraphs. Scripture references are highlighted; passages that sound like read scripture are set apart; people and spiritual beings are in bold.
Many of you, your identity has become the money you have in the bank.
What a sorry way to live that your identity is your account balance?
Your identity is not who Christ made you to be. And you're a believer in the Lord. BUT YOU ARE ASHAMED OF YOUR LIFE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT WHERE YOU ARE in life is simply a process. It's simply a stage. IT IS NOT YOUR FINAL DESTINATION. BUT BECAUSE YOU SEE LIFE THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S SIGHT,
YOU THINK THAT APARTMENT IS YOUR HOME.
YOU THINK THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IS YOUR LIFE.
Everything has an expiration date. Everything under the sun. Even your troubles have a day they will expire. EVEN IF YOU DON'T PRAY, THERE IS A DAY IT WILL END. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU SEE LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE LORD JESUS. HE DIED FOR YOU BECAUSE HE SEES YOU VALUE HE SEES YOUR VALUE. HE SEES YOUR IMPORTANCE. HE SEES YOUR GREATNESS. HE SEES THAT YOU WILL FULFILL PURPOSES HE ORDAINED YOU FOR. MANY of us are living because of what people said about us.
Many of you are living not to disappoint your haters.
I have seen pastors when a trend breaks out online, you can't say, "Can I prophesy?" You can't say this. You can't do that. That's not how prophecy is. Even if they had a small gift of prophecy, they will stop saying that because they don't want to offend the masses.
If they say, "Oh, you know, you know some of us have a European background. So, we don't dress like this side of the West." Oh, all these men are little bit on the feminine size. You don't side. You don't know fashion. Shut up. Sit down somewhere. So, other people to look masculine, they start Listen, don't live your life for people. You're eating from the wrong tree.
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If you eat from the tree of life, YOUR LIFE BECOMES FREE. You live IN FREEDOM. YOU DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY IS SAYING ABOUT YOU. YOU DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU. YOU LIVE IN FREEDOM OF WHAT GOD HAS SAID ABOUT YOU.
YOUR WORRY IS TO PLEASE JESUS, NOT TO PLEASE ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, they do not matter.
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Imagine living your life for a critic who lives in a basement.
Yet, you are living either a bet You're definitely living a better life than your haters. I'll tell you why. Their whole life is based on you.
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Some of them can't wait to make a video about me because it pays their rent. So, they have to hate on you to be blessed.
Imagine that. Most people online now, so-called ministers, they look for church scandals to make a videos about. They don't pray about it. They don't fast about it. They have to make a video about what is happening, some scandal, in order for themselves to look like they are righteous. They are now They are some people who are doing a great job because their intention is not to destroy anybody, is to bring people to repentance genuinely with love. Even if they are harsh. But majority of these people don't care about any They are content creators. They are not ministers anymore.
Imagine somebody telling me how to run my church yet you are not there when it started.
Imagine somebody telling me how to preach, but you are not there when my calling was given. Imagine somebody trying to tell me how to prophesy. First of all, you can't see.
You know, I'm just uh you know, I'm just not petty. I thank God I'm not a petty person. Because one day I may just wake up from the wrong side of the bed. I'll just post people's DMs. I'll post their texts and you will see what they really are in the background.
Don't live your life for people. I'll say it one more time. Don't live your life for people.
I'll say it one more time. Don't live your life for people.