Battling self-pity is much like battling pride as there's a desire to be noticed and craving attention. We're putting ourselves first and the current times before the glorious future to come.
@@AtamMardes atam seems I have you by the balls as I'm still waiting for you to answer my questions and respond to my points😂😂 maybe I should post them yet again, only for you to either run away or try to change the subject.
@@HearGodsWord Based on scientific psychiatric medical science findings, you are hallucinating if you think an invisible being is watching you and giving you commands/comments. Religion has got you by the balls.
@@AtamMardes I'll re-post them shall I or do you just want to keep running away rather than facing up to the fact you're an atheist because you were brought up as one, which would make you brainwashed? You never state any facts or evidence, which really doesn't help your case. You're just making things up because you can't deal with my points or questions. Maybe you should stop trolling as you clearly can't handle a debate and refuse to engage on your own points. 😂
@@HearGodsWord Based on scientific psychiatric medical science findings, you are hallucinating if you think an invisible being is watching you and giving you commands/comments. You are hallucinating as religion has got you by the balls. LOL
Everything pastor said about his struggles 10 years ago is something I'm struggling with today. Thank you for helping me be aware of it. Please pray for me
That quote is ungodly. For those of us who are saved we are awake to the fact that our human nature is corrupted by sin its called on the flesh or the sin nature its that part of us we are to hate that self NOT the self that is in christ (our spirit man) or the born again us also know are the Spiritman.
It still amazes me to find that great Godly men really do have the same struggles we do. I tend to forget all have sinned and fall short, which is fuel for my self pity! Thank you Pastor John for being so open and transparent.
I believe every human needs to hear this kind of message regularly. I know I do. I find at the root of self-pity is that dirty, sneaky monster-pride. Our constant foe. Thank you much for sharing this 🌷
I needed to hear this special episode of the Word of God for me. I am going through that horrible phase trying to fight with my human strength, but to no avail. I will rely in His Word and the blood bought strength from the Lord, I won't be passive anymore but will actively fight it with the Word in prayer. Thank you Pastor John, I am blessed.
@john piper You can't be Pastor John because you're a scammer. How dare you? How dare you come here on this platform to ditch this nonsense? People like you move around to dupe innocent and gullible people, but unfortunately for you, you've chosen the wrong person. I'm also from Nigeria but I am not and don't belong to that gullible category. Take it from me, your shameful attitude will be reported.
Sometimes when I am tempted to feel sorry for myself about something, I think about Joni Eareckson Tada. She has been paralysed from the neck down for over 50 years, but instead of complaining, she writes books to encourage other Christians! I think if she can do that, who am I to feel sorry for myself? I think some Christians reading my comment might think that it is wrong to look to a mere human for inspiration. But I believe it's OK to do that, as long as we also look to the Lord. The New Testament encourages us to imitate each other's good points. So I like to try to imitate Joni in this respect.
THIS!!! I have been struggling with this but could not see it. I have been boxing the air. Thank you Jesus for this clarification of my son and my struggles. Thank you for showing me a way out through Pastor Johns experience.
'Passivity in the pursuit of holiness is not what the Bible teaches.' Very well put. Yes, we must fight hard against all sinful tendencies in the strength that the Lord supplies.
Thank you for this. This is coming at a time where I'm trying to find peace in my life. I learned recently that "self-esteem and self-love" are sinful, which completely astonished me because that's what we are taught these days. But, that's what happens when you desire to have a deeper relationship with God. I'm feeling low right now, but with God as my foundation now, I will always have the strength to endure.
Self-esteem and the right sort of self-love are not sins. Firstly, self-esteem is about viewing yourself as valuable. And we are very valuable, so valuable that Jesus died on the cross for us. As Jesus says in Matt 10:31: 'You are worth more than many sparrows.' And secondly, in part love is about wanting what is truly good for a person. And there is nothing wrong with wanting what is truly good for ourselves. In Mark 12:31 Jesus says that the second most important command in the Old Testament is: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' This means that we should love our neighbours as we rightly love ourselves. I pray that the Lord will lift your spirit.
Self confidence/love fueled by self is sinful and leads to failure or unhealthy selfish levels. Self confidence given by giving your attention to the Lord and His word will build your identity in Christ by understanding how God values you and finding what real pure love is will begin to break self pity. Your hunger for God's will will grow and so will your love for him. The emptiness will melt away and you will have a new identity in Christ. Through that, you will see value and be able to share that love by ministry to those around you. For me, I believe in God value/love (not "self" anything as it comes from God). I also believe that love shouldn't be harvested for self, but shared. You can care for self but not necessarily love. I know, I'm on the same path as you 😌 🙏.
@Diana21692 Diana, sometimes we need to, as the Bible says, "seek and ye shall find". Don't just hope that God will save you when you have no motivation to start the process. I'll help. First, you have to be willing to renew your mind and heart. How? Read books like Hosea, Matthew/Mark/Luke/John, Acts, Romans, Timothy, the story of Moses, Corinthians, ect...those show God's love as our actual Father or Judge or just our love. Second, begin to take your mind off of self! Self pity is still the same as self indulged. I know exterior stimuli will knock you down but knowing God's promises like "I'll never leave you nor forsake you"...as long as you seek him, will help. Lean not on your own understanding if it appears God isn't there for you. Building courage in Him and knowing His words aren't lies will take you a long way. I am comfortable in the Lord now when I am in my home BUT now, I have to work on applying that outside in society. We shall not fear none but God. We'll reach our goal of being filled with the truth and withstanding threat one day. I will pray for you! 🙂💕
@Diana21692 Let me tell you, I can laugh because I was in your position about 3 weeks ago (although my self pity and depression went far beyond then). I was always gloomy and barely saw the light until that trusted person broke my heart. I realized that I made them my literal world. They loved my personality and admitted how we have something special but they still didn't want to take things to the next level. My self pity started making me doubt myself and think I was undesirable blah blah blah....but how when he complimented me and said that timing was the issue? I laughed even though it hurt. It made me see my emotions were wrong and I was not trash. I saw that God wanted me to love him with all my soul instead of an unbelieving guy that actually cared enough to compliment me and admit he meant those compliments. My main point is you aren't the only one who went through feeling betrayed...I mean, JESUS even went through it by Judus, the Jews, Peter, and gentiles. He says "they hate you because they've hated me first". In other words, we aren't exempt from hurt. Like you've said, we are sinners. One thing I've realized is it was me that caused the consequences when God tried to warn me the guy wasn't in his plan for me.Guess who was there after? The Lord, to say he waited for me to come back. I was always a believer but I didn't under what real love was until my broken heart lead me back to the word. I now put the Lord above my feelings as our heart is deceitful. I know my story was romance based but can be applied to family or whatever. It may not seem like it but you won't feel this pain forever. Continue to read your Bible and seek God. That is the answer to healing!
I had literally just mustered up a Spirit empowered resolve for a week's worth of self-reflection yesterday. I've been growing passive over the past year - still despising sin and being put to anguish by it yet adorned with a sense of hopelessness in self and a blind dependence on the Holy Spirit. I call it blind because I was sitting there, doing absolutely nothing! As if His blessing had not come upon me, as the Jews wait for the Messiah who had already come! I thank God for this wonderful video that came at such a fitting time and I pray that my fellow brothers and sisters may strive alongside me that we may bear our cross with joy and gladness, with a Spirit empowered will to lay the demons to rest - not by our own strength, but of God's - Amen.
Last night I was in such a longing to just be at the feet of Jesus ,i want to feel His arms around me ,this morning I cry out why why are we in this situation ,what is going on ,Jesus just help me to understand make me quite and still to be just at Your feet,everything is so upside down ,but deep in my heart i know He is still in control.
@Yohanes Markos Thank You for the scripture ,its so wonderful to Know that Jesus our savior is so involved in our life's every second every breath we take He is with us and hold us ,regards from south africa,All the glory to our Father Jesus Christ.
I know how you feel I feel the same way. Just keep seeking the Lord just keep praising his holy name he is worthy he is worthy and he has a beautiful eternal future for you in heaven think about that
WOW. JUST WOW! This is the kind of honesty and humility that affects change in the lives - SOULS - of others who are willing to truly listen and be honest with themselves. Thank you!
Pastor John has clearly explained a necessary part of the healing process and the degree to which we have to cooperate with our own healing, not passively expect it to happen. I found this testimony so helpful🙏
Self-pity is maybe the ugliest trait 😢 As children of God we are blessed with all the spiritual blessings. We must keep this before us at all times ☺️🙏💕 Those who don't know Christ are the only ones to be pitied 😢 If only we could SEE *ONE GLIMPSE* of Heaven 😇 our inheritance
You are right that we must keep our blessings before us at all times. You say that the only ones to be pitied are those who don't know Christ. But it is right for us to feel pity and compassion for Christian brothers and sisters who are suffering.
When so many have taken and rolled it on God saying that He will take it away and my own efforts add nothing to it. I am glad that somebody is emphasizing that our own efforts have very much to do with the direction of our lives. Yes, He has given us the tools for Godly living but it is up to us to use those tools and make a difference. Okay, before somebody gets on a high religious horse and says it’s nothing but God; it IS God, His power and love that causes us to make a difference. Same time I am not blowing a horn for myself but I am giving God the glory There is a fine balance. That being said...for years I was struggling with lust. As it was described in this video, I fought as hard as I could yet again and again fall for it. All the teachings I’ve heard left me but confused and powerless. What happened to the “take my yoke upon you for my burden is light and yoke is easy”? But that is what religion does, leaves us powerless. Coming to the point where I got tired of being pushed around and bullied I decided “hell or high water” I am getting to KNOW this God or I will die trying. Started to seek God and the power which was promised to us by the Son. Some years took me to get close to Him to where I was hearing His voice. Not that He was far away but my “hearing” (which Jesus was speaking of) was not tuned to hear Him with the religious doctrine I received. Continuing to seek Him I suddenly noticed that I no longer struggle with the lust. Even more I came to realize that what I have heard was way too much emphasis on the sin issue when it is no longer an issue at all. John the Baptist said that Jesus will TAKE AWAY the sin. What, He failed? NO! Satan has successfully kept you bound with this sin thing when it is no longer a problem. I realized that fighting with this sin I completely lost focus on God. When if we have focus on God sin loses power over you. Sin, as it always has, separates you from God. The relationship you have with Him, it hinders it. If you “stumble”, don’t linger on that but as soon as you can get back to God and deal with it. It is not a big deal! Longer you sour on it tighter grip it has on you. Same time I have to warn you not take granted. Last and THE most important thing is the Holy Spirit for He is the power of God and the Teacher who guides you in to ALL truth. Be blessed!
I don't want to 'like' this video, it's so convicting. But I have struggled in this area my whole life (even though in my pride I didn't recognize it) and this word was just what I needed to hear. Please pray that God will give me the desire and strength to overcome what comes naturally. Thank you.
@@olanikeoluwatosinadewusi-a6017 thank you yeah he’s commented on a few posts I’ve made dunno why me but I just don’t respond. I did at first to call him out then realised I was wasting my time
Thank you Pastor John for your openness. God tells us to confess our sins. I see why now, it is because we all struggle with the same in differing degrees. You are such a great man of God and you are glorifying our precious Father by your humility.
what a blessed message given by God through Pastor John piper, I ask know that I may fight my self pity for it has taken me by the neck and dragged me in to sin and anger. by this sin I have been blinded of The Lord 's work in me, whom has allow these traits for my benefit and sanctification.
I feel sorry for myself because of regretful decisions I made that resulted in losing almost everything and losing my lifestyle and comfortable life became drudgery and depression. Our happiness should not come from Outer things, and I didn’t think it did until I lost them.
Understanding what self pity is is the key to overcoming it. I going through so situations that's trying to bring about self pity but today, I refuse. Dont know about tomorrow. That is not my concern....be blessed....
Father God, I thank you for all the chances and space to come back to my senses. I thank you you are with me wherever I go. I thank you I still have hope to fight for my future, knowing God will help me on my way. Thank you Lord for all you are, I bind to hell every lack of desire of freedom of every self-pity in my life and the self-pity of my family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquintances, opponents, the body of Christ and those around me with self-pity while binding one to see the good in Christ, life and oneself while binding to hell every spirit of self-pity and binding to hell all lack of seeing oneself as more than a conqueror, in accordance with philippians 4:11-12, romans 8:37, 2 corinthians 6:14-18 and this word while I bind to hell being unequally yoked and have any common share with those with self-pity and lacking desiring freedom of self-pity, in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
No matter how hard our lives are, our time on this earth is like a grain of sand compared to the mountain of eternity with the Lord, when we will feel fantastic all the time. This is what we are headed towards, and in the light of that, self-pity makes no sense at all.
Oh man.. I struggle with the same sins Pastor John.. they are so awful and so destructive towards the church and other people. It causes the complete opposite in people to what our hearts desire (praise), it is really humiliating to be like this! May the Lord helps us to be meek and humble as He was and is
Going through this phase that i let my self pity affects my relationship with my husband and makes him feel like nothing he does is good enough for me. I don’t have the power to fight the evil negative thought.
I think we can use this principle, especially with fighting low self-esteem, but also with fighting anxiety too. We can speak out rejection of anxiety and low self-esteem. We are all extremely valuable in God's sight. We are no less important than people made in the image of God, and no less important than people who Jesus died for on the cross. We can speak these things out and reject low self-esteem.
The classic 2:46am upload. Why don't you guys do premiers on these? Make an event out of them. Have them in a schedule. We anticipate them, so help us be here for it.
He was not out to get our pity hence he said those words he laid his life down it was not taken from him He said those words because he saw the human condition & the judgment to come , he was compassionate to them. Put it like this he was saying "if you knew the judgment was coming you'd be crying for yourselves not me." It isn't really self pity when your about to be judged its more terror fear of what's about to happend to you the predominant emotion would be fear /terror NOT self-pity. So in context christ was putting them right in God's eyes it wasn't Jesus who was to be pityed but those who were pitying him at the crucifixion hence he said "father forgive them for They KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO"
Overwrought pedantic explanation that tired me out just listening. What’s with the lists? Also, psychologises the gospel Focuss on the pain of pahycholigy and ignoring th joy of the spirit. Ignores the holy spurt and supplants it with self chastisement. Ugh.
Why didn’t he just ask for acknowledgement and caring from his wife and daughter I’m sure they would have been willing to share their love in small acts of consideration and kindness. Then he wouldn’t have had to go to war with himself had he articulated his needs as any healthy relationship knows resentment creates unhealthy relationships full stop!!!
The women were obviously in the middle of something that he would not have had interest in. That's why they greeted him and explained what they were doing. The point that Pastor John is making is that he was using their behavior as an excuse to feel sorry for himself. He didn't really need their attention.
Battling self-pity is much like battling pride as there's a desire to be noticed and craving attention. We're putting ourselves first and the current times before the glorious future to come.
Are you waiting for Jesus to come back? LOL. Religion has got you by the balls.
@@AtamMardes atam seems I have you by the balls as I'm still waiting for you to answer my questions and respond to my points😂😂 maybe I should post them yet again, only for you to either run away or try to change the subject.
@@HearGodsWord Based on scientific psychiatric medical science findings, you are hallucinating if you think an invisible being is watching you and giving you commands/comments.
Religion has got you by the balls.
@@AtamMardes I'll re-post them shall I or do you just want to keep running away rather than facing up to the fact you're an atheist because you were brought up as one, which would make you brainwashed? You never state any facts or evidence, which really doesn't help your case. You're just making things up because you can't deal with my points or questions. Maybe you should stop trolling as you clearly can't handle a debate and refuse to engage on your own points. 😂
@@HearGodsWord Based on scientific psychiatric medical science findings, you are hallucinating if you think an invisible being is watching you and giving you commands/comments.
You are hallucinating as religion has got you by the balls. LOL
Everything pastor said about his struggles 10 years ago is something I'm struggling with today. Thank you for helping me be aware of it. Please pray for me
🙏
Pray for everything.
Saw a quote once that essentially said, "Self-hatred is self-worship". Got me thinking....
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
So if you hate a devil does that mean you worship it?
Jesus said die to self our biggest enemy the flesh the world (systems) the devil
That quote is ungodly. For those of us who are saved we are awake to the fact that our human nature is corrupted by sin its called on the flesh or the sin nature its that part of us we are to hate that self NOT the self that is in christ (our spirit man) or the born again us also know are the Spiritman.
It still amazes me to find that great Godly men really do have the same struggles we do. I tend to forget all have sinned and fall short, which is fuel for my self pity! Thank you Pastor John for being so open and transparent.
Yes, it is helpful to hear Christian leaders open up about their fights and struggles.
I believe every human needs to hear this kind of message regularly. I know I do. I find at the root of self-pity is that dirty, sneaky monster-pride. Our constant foe. Thank you much for sharing this 🌷
It’s one of those devil’s ploy to trap the innocent soul. Thank you Pastor John for an excellent preaching & help awaken in lord’s spirit😇.
a very effective weapon,,,but nonetheless defeatable.
I needed to hear this special episode of the Word of God for me. I am going through that horrible phase trying to fight with my human strength, but to no avail. I will rely in His Word and the blood bought strength from the Lord, I won't be passive anymore but will actively fight it with the Word in prayer. Thank you Pastor John, I am blessed.
@john piper
You can't be Pastor John because you're a scammer. How dare you? How dare you come here on this platform to ditch this nonsense? People like you move around to dupe innocent and gullible people, but unfortunately for you, you've chosen the wrong person. I'm also from Nigeria but I am not and don't belong to that gullible category. Take it from me, your shameful attitude will be reported.
Sometimes when I am tempted to feel sorry for myself about something, I think about Joni Eareckson Tada. She has been paralysed from the neck down for over 50 years, but instead of complaining, she writes books to encourage other Christians! I think if she can do that, who am I to feel sorry for myself?
I think some Christians reading my comment might think that it is wrong to look to a mere human for inspiration. But I believe it's OK to do that, as long as we also look to the Lord. The New Testament encourages us to imitate each other's good points. So I like to try to imitate Joni in this respect.
This is gold! I’ve judged others so harshly for their sin of sexual immorality but gave myself much grace on my self-pity.
THIS!!! I have been struggling with this but could not see it. I have been boxing the air. Thank you Jesus for this clarification of my son and my struggles. Thank you for showing me a way out through Pastor Johns experience.
'Passivity in the pursuit of holiness is not what the Bible teaches.'
Very well put. Yes, we must fight hard against all sinful tendencies in the strength that the Lord supplies.
Thank you for this. This is coming at a time where I'm trying to find peace in my life. I learned recently that "self-esteem and self-love" are sinful, which completely astonished me because that's what we are taught these days. But, that's what happens when you desire to have a deeper relationship with God. I'm feeling low right now, but with God as my foundation now, I will always have the strength to endure.
A good self esteem and acceptance of yourself especially physically isn’t a sin when the source comes from Christ He gives us the confidence....
Self-esteem and the right sort of self-love are not sins.
Firstly, self-esteem is about viewing yourself as valuable. And we are very valuable, so valuable that Jesus died on the cross for us. As Jesus says in Matt 10:31:
'You are worth more than many sparrows.'
And secondly, in part love is about wanting what is truly good for a person. And there is nothing wrong with wanting what is truly good for ourselves. In Mark 12:31 Jesus says that the second most important command in the Old Testament is:
'Love your neighbour as yourself.'
This means that we should love our neighbours as we rightly love ourselves.
I pray that the Lord will lift your spirit.
Self confidence/love fueled by self is sinful and leads to failure or unhealthy selfish levels. Self confidence given by giving your attention to the Lord and His word will build your identity in Christ by understanding how God values you and finding what real pure love is will begin to break self pity. Your hunger for God's will will grow and so will your love for him. The emptiness will melt away and you will have a new identity in Christ. Through that, you will see value and be able to share that love by ministry to those around you. For me, I believe in God value/love (not "self" anything as it comes from God). I also believe that love shouldn't be harvested for self, but shared. You can care for self but not necessarily love. I know, I'm on the same path as you 😌 🙏.
@Diana21692 Diana, sometimes we need to, as the Bible says, "seek and ye shall find". Don't just hope that God will save you when you have no motivation to start the process. I'll help.
First, you have to be willing to renew your mind and heart. How? Read books like Hosea, Matthew/Mark/Luke/John, Acts, Romans, Timothy, the story of Moses, Corinthians, ect...those show God's love as our actual Father or Judge or just our love.
Second, begin to take your mind off of self! Self pity is still the same as self indulged. I know exterior stimuli will knock you down but knowing God's promises like "I'll never leave you nor forsake you"...as long as you seek him, will help. Lean not on your own understanding if it appears God isn't there for you. Building courage in Him and knowing His words aren't lies will take you a long way.
I am comfortable in the Lord now when I am in my home BUT now, I have to work on applying that outside in society. We shall not fear none but God. We'll reach our goal of being filled with the truth and withstanding threat one day. I will pray for you! 🙂💕
@Diana21692 Let me tell you, I can laugh because I was in your position about 3 weeks ago (although my self pity and depression went far beyond then). I was always gloomy and barely saw the light until that trusted person broke my heart. I realized that I made them my literal world. They loved my personality and admitted how we have something special but they still didn't want to take things to the next level. My self pity started making me doubt myself and think I was undesirable blah blah blah....but how when he complimented me and said that timing was the issue? I laughed even though it hurt. It made me see my emotions were wrong and I was not trash. I saw that God wanted me to love him with all my soul instead of an unbelieving guy that actually cared enough to compliment me and admit he meant those compliments. My main point is you aren't the only one who went through feeling betrayed...I mean, JESUS even went through it by Judus, the Jews, Peter, and gentiles. He says "they hate you because they've hated me first". In other words, we aren't exempt from hurt. Like you've said, we are sinners. One thing I've realized is it was me that caused the consequences when God tried to warn me the guy wasn't in his plan for me.Guess who was there after? The Lord, to say he waited for me to come back. I was always a believer but I didn't under what real love was until my broken heart lead me back to the word. I now put the Lord above my feelings as our heart is deceitful. I know my story was romance based but can be applied to family or whatever. It may not seem like it but you won't feel this pain forever. Continue to read your Bible and seek God. That is the answer to healing!
I had literally just mustered up a Spirit empowered resolve for a week's worth of self-reflection yesterday.
I've been growing passive over the past year - still despising sin and being put to anguish by it yet adorned with a sense of hopelessness in self and a blind dependence on the Holy Spirit. I call it blind because I was sitting there, doing absolutely nothing! As if His blessing had not come upon me, as the Jews wait for the Messiah who had already come!
I thank God for this wonderful video that came at such a fitting time and I pray that my fellow brothers and sisters may strive alongside me that we may bear our cross with joy and gladness, with a Spirit empowered will to lay the demons to rest - not by our own strength, but of God's - Amen.
Last night I was in such a longing to just be at the feet of Jesus ,i want to feel His arms around me ,this morning I cry out why why are we in this situation ,what is going on ,Jesus just help me to understand make me quite and still to be just at Your feet,everything is so upside down ,but deep in my heart i know He is still in control.
@Yohanes Markos Thank You for the scripture ,its so wonderful to Know that Jesus our savior is so involved in our life's every second every breath we take He is with us and hold us ,regards from south africa,All the glory to our Father Jesus Christ.
I know how you feel I feel the same way. Just keep seeking the Lord just keep praising his holy name he is worthy he is worthy and he has a beautiful eternal future for you in heaven think about that
WOW. JUST WOW! This is the kind of honesty and humility that affects change in the lives - SOULS - of others who are willing to truly listen and be honest with themselves. Thank you!
Pastor John has clearly explained a necessary part of the healing process and the degree to which we have to cooperate with our own healing, not passively expect it to happen. I found this testimony so helpful🙏
Self-pity is maybe the ugliest trait 😢
As children of God we are blessed with all the spiritual blessings. We must keep this before us at all times ☺️🙏💕
Those who don't know Christ are the only ones to be pitied 😢
If only we could SEE *ONE GLIMPSE* of Heaven 😇 our inheritance
You are right that we must keep our blessings before us at all times.
You say that the only ones to be pitied are those who don't know Christ. But it is right for us to feel pity and compassion for Christian brothers and sisters who are suffering.
Praise God!
This was the exact message I needed this morning. Perfectly timed. Thank you.
When so many have taken and rolled it on God saying that He will take it away and my own efforts add nothing to it. I am glad that somebody is emphasizing that our own efforts have very much to do with the direction of our lives. Yes, He has given us the tools for Godly living but it is up to us to use those tools and make a difference. Okay, before somebody gets on a high religious horse and says it’s nothing but God; it IS God, His power and love that causes us to make a difference. Same time I am not blowing a horn for myself but I am giving God the glory There is a fine balance.
That being said...for years I was struggling with lust. As it was described in this video, I fought as hard as I could yet again and again fall for it. All the teachings I’ve heard left me but confused and powerless. What happened to the “take my yoke upon you for my burden is light and yoke is easy”? But that is what religion does, leaves us powerless.
Coming to the point where I got tired of being pushed around and bullied I decided “hell or high water” I am getting to KNOW this God or I will die trying. Started to seek God and the power which was promised to us by the Son. Some years took me to get close to Him to where I was hearing His voice. Not that He was far away but my “hearing” (which Jesus was speaking of) was not tuned to hear Him with the religious doctrine I received.
Continuing to seek Him I suddenly noticed that I no longer struggle with the lust. Even more I came to realize that what I have heard was way too much emphasis on the sin issue when it is no longer an issue at all. John the Baptist said that Jesus will TAKE AWAY the sin. What, He failed? NO! Satan has successfully kept you bound with this sin thing when it is no longer a problem. I realized that fighting with this sin I completely lost focus on God. When if we have focus on God sin loses power over you. Sin, as it always has, separates you from God. The relationship you have with Him, it hinders it. If you “stumble”, don’t linger on that but as soon as you can get back to God and deal with it. It is not a big deal! Longer you sour on it tighter grip it has on you. Same time I have to warn you not take granted.
Last and THE most important thing is the Holy Spirit for He is the power of God and the Teacher who guides you in to ALL truth. Be blessed!
I so needed to here this especially John’s humility in admission. Thank you Pastor John
So needed this today! Thank you Jesus!!!
I needed this 🙌🏾 Praise God
Super helpful as always. Thank you.
Wow! Such a HUGE blessing to us all.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
Thank you Pastor John Piper, again!
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
praise God thank you Jesus and God bless you Pastor John awesome so on point for me and I am sure others.
I don't want to 'like' this video, it's so convicting. But I have struggled in this area my whole life (even though in my pride I didn't recognize it) and this word was just what I needed to hear. Please pray that God will give me the desire and strength to overcome what comes naturally. Thank you.
Wow what a humbling and challenging message. Thank you so much for this❤️
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
@@olanikeoluwatosinadewusi-a6017 thank you yeah he’s commented on a few posts I’ve made dunno why me but I just don’t respond. I did at first to call him out then realised I was wasting my time
Amazing ❤️
Thank you Pastor John for your openness. God tells us to confess our sins. I see why now, it is because we all struggle with the same in differing degrees. You are such a great man of God and you are glorifying our precious Father by your humility.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
what a blessed message given by God through Pastor John piper, I ask know that I may fight my self pity for it has taken me by the neck and dragged me in to sin and anger. by this sin I have been blinded of The Lord 's work in me, whom has allow these traits for my benefit and sanctification.
I feel sorry for myself because of regretful decisions I made that resulted in losing almost everything and losing my lifestyle and comfortable life became drudgery and depression. Our happiness should not come from Outer things, and I didn’t think it did until I lost them.
Thank you, pastor, this was so moving and helpful. Yes! Wage war on our sin of self pity! Put the flesh to death where it belongs.
This right here is GOLD.
By the way, the definition of depression is here. Nailed it!
This was a God send. I exhibit all those behaviors. I vow by the power of Christ to repent of those sins and to fight them with everything I got.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
You're a disgrace to Nigerians.
Thank you pastor John! Your answer will help me a lot.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
@@olanikeoluwatosinadewusi-a6017 thank you! I Know it
Beautifully said… thank you for breaking this down…
Man I actually needed this 😩
The Battle for the Beginning: so NO to self-pity.
When he said the way he fought sexual sin and the way he fought self pity struck such a chord with me. He nailed it on the head. Thank You, Jesus.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
Beautiful message: the Bible indeed tells us to strive and to work out our salvation, not to be merely passive.
Thanks for this.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
Understanding what self pity is is the key to overcoming it. I going through so situations that's trying to bring about self pity but today, I refuse. Dont know about tomorrow. That is not my concern....be blessed....
Father God, I thank you for all the chances and space to come back to my senses. I thank you you are with me wherever I go. I thank you I still have hope to fight for my future, knowing God will help me on my way. Thank you Lord for all you are, I bind to hell every lack of desire of freedom of every self-pity in my life and the self-pity of my family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquintances, opponents, the body of Christ and those around me with self-pity while binding one to see the good in Christ, life and oneself while binding to hell every spirit of self-pity and binding to hell all lack of seeing oneself as more than a conqueror, in accordance with philippians 4:11-12, romans 8:37, 2 corinthians 6:14-18 and this word while I bind to hell being unequally yoked and have any common share with those with self-pity and lacking desiring freedom of self-pity, in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
I needed this!!! I was praying how to make war and be delivered of these thoughts and feelings that are not from God.
No matter how hard our lives are, our time on this earth is like a grain of sand compared to the mountain of eternity with the Lord, when we will feel fantastic all the time. This is what we are headed towards, and in the light of that, self-pity makes no sense at all.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
Thank you Sir,
It is this kind of relational, information, that is practical, and applical to me and how I relate to the Creator.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
Thank you for this. I’d love to read a whole book on this.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
I needed this!
Thank you for this soul check. It was almost exactly what I am dealing with. Now I feel better equipped to deal with the future.
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
Powerful, thank you
I definitely needed this.
Oh man.. I struggle with the same sins Pastor John.. they are so awful and so destructive towards the church and other people. It causes the complete opposite in people to what our hearts desire (praise), it is really humiliating to be like this! May the Lord helps us to be meek and humble as He was and is
I think Dr. Piper just cured my addiction. •_•
Needed this
This guy is not the real pastor John he is a scammer, beware.
OK. So bury myself in my work. Suppress the feelings. Got it.
This is sooooo Powerful!!! 🔥🔥🔥😀
best way to defeat self pity is blame yourself instead of others
Great!
Amen!
Going through this phase that i let my self pity affects my relationship with my husband and makes him feel like nothing he does is good enough for me. I don’t have the power to fight the evil negative thought.
I'm dealing with some one with such self pity he pushes ppl away . How can I cope with someoneike that?
I have a question: Can we use the same principle of fighting the cancelled sins with stuff like anxiety and low self-esteem?
I think we can use this principle, especially with fighting low self-esteem, but also with fighting anxiety too. We can speak out rejection of anxiety and low self-esteem.
We are all extremely valuable in God's sight. We are no less important than people made in the image of God, and no less important than people who Jesus died for on the cross. We can speak these things out and reject low self-esteem.
The classic 2:46am upload.
Why don't you guys do premiers on these? Make an event out of them. Have them in a schedule. We anticipate them, so help us be here for it.
Depends where you live as to what time of day the videos appear. Here they're late morning, so was about 10:50.
Here in Louisville it’s 6:00 when they are released.
Why did Jesus tell others to weep for themselves if self pity's a sin? Sorry I'm confused
He was not out to get our pity hence he said those words he laid his life down it was not taken from him He said those words because he saw the human condition & the judgment to come , he was compassionate to them. Put it like this he was saying "if you knew the judgment was coming you'd be crying for yourselves not me." It isn't really self pity when your about to be judged its more terror fear of what's about to happend to you the predominant emotion would be fear /terror NOT self-pity. So in context christ was putting them right in God's eyes it wasn't Jesus who was to be pityed but those who were pitying him at the crucifixion hence he said "father forgive them for They KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO"
Strive to enter rest..
This is me,true monster this totally ugly.......
Overwrought pedantic explanation that tired me out just listening. What’s with the lists? Also, psychologises the gospel Focuss on the pain of pahycholigy and ignoring th joy of the spirit. Ignores the holy spurt and supplants it with self chastisement. Ugh.
Around 4 min 30 he challenges passivity , that is ‘ok’ with continuing to sin
Why didn’t he just ask for acknowledgement and caring from his wife and daughter I’m sure they would have been willing to share their love in small acts of consideration and kindness. Then he wouldn’t have had to go to war with himself had he articulated his needs as any healthy relationship knows resentment creates unhealthy relationships full stop!!!
The women were obviously in the middle of something that he would not have had interest in. That's why they greeted him and explained what they were doing.
The point that Pastor John is making is that he was using their behavior as an excuse to feel sorry for himself. He didn't really need their attention.