Loving yourself, Loving your life - Joyce Meyer (S1)

-you can never hide from your problems, the only solution is to DEAL with them.
-you can never run away from yourself. in the toilet, u are there. when you sleep, u are there.
-therefore, learn to love yourself!

-psm 107:27, Mt 22:36
-how you love yourself determines how you love people
-if u wanna see changes in your life, you must first be willing to face the truth
-we all have responsiblities; we all must take responsibility

-staying the way you are is WORSE than facing change/coping with change.
-feeling ashamed of something abt you've done is different from feeling ashamed of yourself.

-if you:
i) feel bad about yourself all the time
ii) feel guilty/nervous/anxious/fearful all the time
iii) always compare with others all the time

-> this will eventually create a 'storm' on the inside if u no matter how hard u try to hide it by trying to be someone ure not/do things to show others that you are alright...
and the moment a SMALL matter happens in ur life, you will eventually respond in an unbalanced way and affect the people around you as well as yourself.

-stop looking at others, stop blaming others and start analysing the common denominator, yourself!

-what you hate about yourself the most, that is what God can use the most. -> nobody asked you to handle it on your own, give it to God! -> let go and let God because He created you and He knows the way you work and what makes you tick, He knows best, how you function, etc.

-A selfish person is like the walking dead, so full of himself, so full of death.
-God prepares you for that which He has prepared for you. -> dun be surprised if you find God leaving you on the shelf while He works on something else, because He is preparing you!
-God chose you on purpose, even though He knows your weaknesses and even the mistakes you will make before you actually make them! -> you are no surprise to God, He made you!

-you can never love your life without loving yourself.
-as believers, God has ANOINTED us to live ordinary lives in an extraordinary way! -> we dun have to wait for something BIG to happen in order to celebrate, we should be happy and celebrating every moment of our lives! -> love God, love yourself, love your life.

-dont look at what God doesnt want you to have and WASTE your life on it!!! -> focus on what you have, on your strength, on your distinctive (ps kong's msg).
-stop looking at your negatives, stop looking at OTHER PEOPLE's negatives! -> the amt of +ve and -ve in ur life is dependent on how much +ve or -ve you focus on. -> what you have faith for, you attract, what you fear the most will overwhelm you.

-there is POWER in the LITTLE things that we do. sometimes we tend to remember the little things more than the big things. -> THIS is the power of life.
e.g. a person maybe a high status/position person. when he shares something with you/meet your needs, you'll remember that small act more than his great position/status. e.g. remembering your birthday, etc...

-If you are not happy and positive with what you have or where you are now, you will never be happy/satisfied even when God promotes you because you will never have enough. -> be happy, be positive, God will promote you whenever He wants. -> stay focused on your calling!

-dont try to be someone you're not; dont try to do something God has not equipped/enabled you to do. -> fulfill your calling. (live by revelation, live by the spoken (Rhema) word of God).
-> whatever God has called you to do, He will provide, He will give you the anointing, the desire, the grace and the strength to carry out God's purposes for your life.

-God is not obliged to take care/maintain that which He has not given to you.
-the more you try to make yourself happy, the more unhappy ull become. -> instead, whatever ure unhappy about, there is sure someone else who is worse off than you, mix and meet the needs of such people, that are going through the same crisis as you.

-God has not called us to in-reach, but to OUTreach!
-you are what you are, you have what you have. -> God made you that way and He said it was VERY GOOD. so love yourself! -> dont give up on yourself because God has not given up on u!
-learn to LOVE the little things.

-> zachaeus was short, but he did something about it, he climbed the tree. he stepped out and did something with what he had and did not allow people's opinions/his 'handicap' to cripple him.
-Stop fearing man, fear God! (not human fear, but reverential fear).
-the moment you fear man more than God, or do something/compromise just to get the approval of others/to please others, you will NEVER be able to fulfill what God has called you to do.

-dont just tell people about Jesus, SHOW them Jesus!
-while learning the steps of Jesus, we must learn the 'stops' of Jesus. -> before Jesus did a major miracle (e.g. raising e girl frm e dead), He stopped along the way to help someone else.
-get interested in other people's lives! dont be so full of yourself! -> the little things are most remembered.

-the little things that we do can change people's lives and make them happy, likewise the little things that we DONT do may bring unhappiness to you/them.
-Jhn 21:1-12 -> Jesus has just been resurrected, overcame death, went to hell and won e devil, took the keys of life n death frm satan, and now is full of glory and victory.

and what does He do...?

He prepares His disciples' breakfast!!!! -> the power of little things! the heart of a servant, a true friend. never despise small beginnings, if you are faithful in the little, much will be given to you!

-how come Jesus, the Son of Man, could wash the feet of His disciples? -> because He knew who He was and where He came from + was going. -> Love yourself, love your life!
-God is interested in every little/small detail of your life.
-we may be on our way to Heaven, but ironically, how many are enjoying the journey?