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worth the death the
Bloodshed of the only son of God and to
think today that he would have done that
if you would have been the only person
on
Earth I’m Joyce Meyer and I believe that
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hurt thank you for joining me today on
Enjoying Everyday Life we’re so glad
that you tuned in and I believe that
you’re going to enjoy the program today
I want to talk to you about the search
for
selfworth and I think most of
us do spend at least some time in our
life searching for selfworth and many of
you may still be doing that and we but
we tend to look for it in all the wrong
places we look for it in how much
education we have we look for it in what
kind of automobile we drive what the
label is in our clothes what kind of
title we have at
work how we look there’s you know how
much success we have how much money we
have
and it can be absolutely EX
exhausting I was listening to a little
bit of a program yesterday and the the
man at one point had been a pro football
player
and since then he’s become a minister
and uh he had written a book about the
difference between success and
significance and that most people think
that
success will give them significance but
he said I found that keeping my success
at a high level was
exhausting you know and so when you when
you try to get your s wor worth out of
all those outward things that are con
you I mean like your looks for example
no matter how good you look you’re not
going to stay that way forever so what
happens when you get a few wrinkles or
you get a little bit older then are you
no longer worth anything you know I’ve
thought about myself a lot and you know
I want to be very very careful not to
get my worth and value out of what I’m
doing in the ministry
because although I believe that I’ll be
able to do it till jesus takes me home
what if
someday I can’t do this you know what if
I’m not Joy Meer but I’m just Joyce
Meyer you know well I and I hope I never
hear anybody say did you used to be
Joyce
Meer that
would I would I would have a good answer
for them
and um so what does it mean to be
worthless because the devil really loves
to try to make you think that you’re
worthless and uh it means good for
nothing no
good without
value piece of
junk
incapable therefore having nothing
anyone would
want and being useless and this can
occur through many different
things uh a lot of times through abuse
verbal emotional physical or sexual
abuse in your childhood or even
like some women that are
battered in their marriage or in a
relationship with a man they can they
they put them down so much that they
begin to believe that they are no good
and they actually deserve these beatings
that they’re getting and uh so the the
devil loves to try to make us feel
bad about ourselves I was just talking
to somebody yesterday and they were
changing jobs and they said they were
going to have to take a pay cut to
change jobs and then somebody talked to
them and said no you go back in there
and you stand up for yourself if you
don’t value yourself they won’t value
you and
so just by confronting it they got what
they wanted and a lot of times we don’t
have enough value in in
ourselves to make other people value US
you know for me like if I’m around
somebody that’s
confident it causes me to have
confidence in
them but if I’m around somebody that’s
shy and insecure and afraid of
everything then that’s not the kind of
person that I enjoy working with because
I don’t feel like I can count on them to
come through when I need them to and so
we there’s a lot of reasons you know
why you can begin to feel worthless I
mean it could be words that your parents
spoke to you it could have been being
con uh compared to other siblings you
couldn’t do what they did or you’re not
as smart as Johnny or you know it could
have been something that happened to you
in school but the point is is that
you are
worth the death the bloodshed of the
only son of God and to think today that
he would have done that if you would
have been the only person on Earth so
you really need to take it personally
you know yes he did it for everybody but
look at it like he did it for you and
the Bible now says I think it’s in 1
Corinthians 6 that we no longer belong
to ourselves that we’ve been
purchased with a precious
price the blood of Jesus we’ve literally
been bought
back from the devil who thought that he
owned us but God had a big surprise for
him amen and so you’re worth
more than what you can ever possibly
imagine and I’m talking to those of you
watching by TV too you’re worth more
than you can possibly ever imagine and
you have gifts and talents and abilities
that will never be released in you if
you don’t gain confidence in who you are
in Christ now obviously we’re warned in
the Bible about Pride so we don’t want
to get full of ourselves and start
thinking that Bible says don’t think
more highly of yourself than you ought
to so what we always need to do is see
ourselves in Christ I always like to say
I’m an everything nothing I’m everything
in Christ and nothing in
myself apart from him I can do nothing
but through
him we can do all things any I mean you
you’re each one of you is capable
of more than what you can even imagine
but how often does Fear keep us from
even stepping out our train and I wonder
how many times you know there’s a job
opening and you’d love to apply but
you’re afraid you won’t get it so you
don’t apply and
that’s what would be the harm if if you
applied and didn’t get it you know see
if you know who you are then that kind
of stuff doesn’t have to bother you then
you can just say well that wasn’t what
God had for me that wasn’t God’s will
for me at this time when we totally put
oursel in God’s hands and we really
begin to believe that he is ordering Our
Lives then you don’t have to try and
figure so many things out and you don’t
have to take on a false sense of
responsibility make yourself responsible
for things that you’re not responsible
for maybe somebody doesn’t like you well
that’s their problem not yours I mean
yes you can ask yourself you know am I
doing something
that’s I shouldn’t be doing that’s
causing this problem but statistically
10% of people won’t like you no matter
what you do right so I figured a long
time ago if I’m going to go out and be
in the p put all the time and preach I
might as well just be bold enough to say
what I believe God’s telling me to say
because no matter what I say somebody’s
not going to like it amen am two kinds
of cover up we
either if we feel like we have no value
we either become extremely shy timid
fearful and
withdraw and just kind of live this
lonely isolated life where we don’t want
to get involved in any way anything that
way we can’t make mistakes and nobody
can judge us or we go to The Other
Extreme and become extremely
bold with a harsh
forwardness that attempts to hide our
real
insecurities and it’s interesting how
people respond to abuse because I know a
woman that became the shy
fearful timid because she was abused
sexually in her childhood I went to The
Other Extreme where I was like extremely
bold and I mean I have a bold
personality anyway but I was obnoxious
and there’s a difference in that and
so the
search can end at Christ
am he’s the end of your search for
selfworth because in
him you’re accepted by
God made right with him 2 Corinthians
5:21 wonderful
scripture he that knew no sin became sin
see it’s amaz he didn’t just take on our
sin he became sin I can’t even imagine
what that had to be like
for one so holy and perfect to literally
on that cross
become
sin so sin died with
him on the cross that doesn’t mean we
can’t sin but it no longer has any power
over us and you know what I believe the
power of sin is I think it’s
guilt and
condemnation I think that’s you know you
how many people Christians do something
wrong and they ask God right away to
forgive them but then they still
continue to feel guilty about it I did
that for years and years and years and
years until God showed me that I
actually was trying to pay for my own
sin good with that guilt that’s good and
that he did a perfect job and I didn’t
need to try to add to that you know and
so think about it if the sin is gone and
the Bible says he not only forgives us
but he removes our
sin remembers it no
more in Isaiah 53 it says he bore our
sin and our
guilt and so I remember a long time ago
the Lord saying to me speaking in my
heart and he’s saying you know you’ve
tried to use your faith for everything
imaginable now if you want a real
challenge use your faith to stay free
from
guilt so I love this scripture Isaiah
43:25 I only I am he who wipes out your
transgressions but listen to these next
four words for my own
sake and I will not remember your sins
he wipes out our
sins for his own
sake and I think that’s why he wants us
to forget the sins of other people and
forgive them it’s really not for them
it’s for us because we’re the ones that
are
tormented when we’re full of hate and
bitterness for somebody and it still
amazes me even this last Women’s
Conference that we had 16 ,000 and a
half people in attendance and when I ask
how many needed to forgive somebody for
something at least 90% of the people
stood up and I you know I have to talk
about this every time I preach because
the Bible says that we if if we won’t
forgive then God can’t forgive us so
that puts a a wedge between our
relationship with him and everything is
messed up so that’s like a key issue we
have to we receive the Forgiveness that
God gives us that he gives us for his
own sake because he doesn’t
want to have that between us and
him he wants us to have that good
relationship and what an example to the
rest of us about how we
should forgive other people and how we
should look at other people one
scripture in the Amplified Bible says
that God views us as righteous
it’s just how he’s decided to see us you
know well what would happen in
relationships if we would just decide to
always believe the
best of every person you know we are
supposed to love one another and we’re
certainly not going to be any example to
the world as long as all the Christians
are fighting and not getting along and
you can’t get along without the
Forgiveness right so you need to get so
good at forgiving that while somebody is
still offending you you’re already
forgiving
them that’s my goal just while you’re
still trying to offend me I’m going to
go ahead and forgive you because I’m not
going to let that stuff get stuck in me
and live like
that God chooses to see us as righteous
why because he wants
to not because we deserve it not because
we’re good but because he’s good God
chose to love us and view us as
blameless because he wanted to it
pleased him and here’s the scripture
Ephesians 1: 14 and
5 even as in his love he chose
us actually picked us out for himself as
his
own he picked you
out might say he picked you out and he
picked you
up in Christ it’s always in Christ it’s
through our faith in Christ before the
foundation of the world why because he
can look down through time and he
already knows who’s going to receive him
so before you’re ever born if God knows
you’re going to make the decision to
Believe In Christ he already
says I love you what did he say to
Jeremiah before I formed you in the womb
I knew you and I chose you as my
instrument amen
amen that we should be
holy consecrated and set apart for him
and blameless in his sight even above
reproach which is shame and blame before
him in love and he foreordained
us destined us planned in love for us to
be adopted and revealed as his own
children through Jesus Christ in
accordance with the purpose Pur of his
will because it pleased him and was his
kind
intent so the good news is is everything
that God’s done for us really has
nothing to do with us it’s not our
goodness or our good behavior or our
good
record but it’s all because that’s what
he wanted to do and if we understand
that how can you not respond to that
then with spending your whole life
wanting to please him and love him and
then what’s important to him that we’re
good to other
people so when you what comes to you
should flow through you amen so he
forgives you you forgive other
people he loves you you love other
people to you and through you amen amen
he’s kind to us we’re kind to others
he’s patient with us we’re patient with
others because he’s given us everything
that we need to do what he wants us to
do now the Bible says that God adopts
us and you
know our oldest son David is adopted by
Dave I had him from
a first marriage when I was 18 years old
desperate to have anybody that would
take me because of being abused I
thought nobody would ever want me and I
knew I was doing something dumb when I
did it but you know desperate people do
dumb stuff how many of you know
that and interestingly enough I named
him
David and then met Dave when he was 11
months old and I remember when Dave
asked me to marry him I said well you
know I have a son and I love his answer
he said said
well he said I don’t I I haven’t had a
relationship with David
so I can’t say that I love him but I
love anything that’s part of
you and so that’s kind of like when God
adopts us he’s like you know on your
own you haven’t done anything to make me
love you but if you’re part of Christ
see then I love anything that’s part of
him and uh in our home you never hear
the half brother half
sister that there’s there’s no half he’s
holy and
completely Dave’s son and my son and has
all the same when when we went through
the adoption process I remember the law
you’re saying to da now you do realize
that if you adopt him that he has all
the same
rights privileges to
inheritance that your blood children
have there’s never any difference so
that’s why we talk about being joint
heirs with
Christ you see what Jesus
earned we get yes because we’re in him
right well wow you know you can spend a
lifetime thinking about this and never
get tired of thinking about it but I
think sometimes we don’t spend enough
time thinking about it you know what you
know what a lot of people do they spend
more time thinking about what’s wrong
with
them than they do what God has done for
them we have redemption in him and to be
redeemed means to be bought back to be
purchased Ephesians 1:7 in him we have
Redemption through his blood the
Forgiveness of our trespasses according
to the riches of his
grace we are
redeemed because we are precious in
God’s sight Isaiah
431 and 4 but now thus says the Lord he
who created you oh Jacob he who formed
you oh Israel fear not for I have
redeemed you I have called you by name
you are
mine
so I like to say my morning prayers I’m
yours and you’re mine I’m in you and
you’re in me you know confessing the
word is a good way to keep it stirred up
Amen on the inside of you remind
yourself of what the scriptures say
verse four says because you are precious
in my
eyes so anybody listening to me who
feels
worthless it’s a lie from Satan
because if you have placed your faith in
Jesus as your
savior
would have been taking my
application there would have been no way
right I don’t have the right education
for this I don’t have the right
training sometimes I think I don’t even
have the right
voice you know I don’t sound like nice
and sweet like
you but you know it doesn’t matter what
you have or don’t have it’s not even my
level of Education I could have 25
degrees and God still couldn’t use me
you know what qualifies you the
anointing that’s good and the anointing
is the presence and the power of God on
your life and with that
anointing
wow the anointing destroys the Yoke of
bondage so if I’m anointed as I teach
the word that word can actually break
bondages off of you and heal your
wounded soul but somebody could stand
next to me and preach the exact same
message word for word with no anointing
and it would put you to
sleep it’s amazing so we might as well
take a look at it verse TW 1 Corinthians
1:26 for consider your own calling
Brothers not many of you were wise
according to worldly standards not many
were powerful not many were of noble B
birth but God chose what is foolish in
the world to
shame the
wise God chose what is weak in the world
to shame the strong and here it comes
God CH what is low and
despised in the world even things that
are not to bring to nothing
things that are he chose you and wants
to lift you up give you favor give you
honor
and have people just with their mouth
hanging open and a I can’t believe
that’s
you I can’t believe that you could ever
do
that so that no human being might
boast in the presence of God now that
doesn’t mean that God doesn’t use smart
people and people that are Highly
Educated I mean Paul the Apostle Paul
was I heard yesterday that he in all
probability was a
genius and yet he said that his speech
was not
eloquent which I think is interesting so
he apparently wasn’t an awesome
speaker but he was
anointed and he was chosen by God to do
what he did and so he wrote 2third of
the New Testament he had to be brilliant
so yes God uses brilliant people but
Paul was totally dependant on
God and so that’s the key you know I
don’t think that there’s very many
people that God can allow to do great
things without them getting full of
themselves try staying
humble as God lifts you
up is the
key to staying in that position and even
being promoted beyond that and I can
tell you one of the quickest ways that
you can see pride in somebody is if they
mistreat other people under
them if they mistreat people people that
are they are in authority over nothing
aggravates me worse than to see somebody
in Ministry that’s got a large
staff treating them like dogs or talking
to them like they’re no good or they’re
stupid I absolutely hate
that because of him you are in Christ
Jesus who became to us wisdom from God
righteousness sanctification and
Redemption so as it is written let the
one who boasts boast only in the
Lord amen amen where everything in
Christ and nothing in ourselves so thank
you for being with me today and I pray
we’ll see you again tomorrow when I end
up this series talking about a sure
foundation and how important the
foundation of righteousness is in your
life God bless
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