I'll Be Honest

As Christians, there are many so-called "respectable sins" that we battle against, one of which is self-pity. In this video, we will consider what self-pity is at its root--what indicators to look for that we are having self-pity--and how to overcome through Christ and truly believing that God cares for us.

0:00 - When was the last time you hosted a pity party?

0:26 - Luke Chapter 10 and Martha's pity party.

1:27 - What is self-pity?

2:40 - What leads to and causes self-pity?

4:15 - Example of Barbara not rotting her life away in self-pity.

5:21 - Why did she not wallow in self-pity?

7:02 - How can identify self-pity in our own life?

7:11 - 1 - Complain and seek attention.

8:07 - 2 - How do you respond when you are not treated as you think you deserve?

8:56 - 3 - Are you a demanding person?

9:45 - 4 - Do you have false humility?

10:18 - 5 - Is it difficult for you to accept criticism?

11:43 - 6 - How do you respond when you have unmet expectations?

12:46 - How do you prevent a pity party from happening?

13:43 - What are your priorities? Are you putting yourself in a vulnerable spot for a pity party?

15:04 - Want to avoid self-pity? Think about Christ!

16:08 - Time in self-pity is wasted time.

16:40 - Don't know Christ? He in pity will forgive you.

Is there any connection between sexual sin and wasted time? Does the believer go from boredom to temptation? From wasting time to wrecking morally? In this video we consider 2 Samuel 11 and what led to David's fall into adultery. Maybe you say to yourself, "I struggle with lust..." but the truth be told you should be saying, "I struggle with pride and wasting my time... and that leads to falls into lust and other sins." In our fight against sin we must not be as one who boxes against the air, but have a clear target.

Christian, we are all being sustained by the providential preserving power of God—we owe it all to our LORD.

Psalm 124

1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side– let Israel now say–

2 if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us,

3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

4 then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

5 then over us would have gone the raging waters.

6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!

7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!

8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

0:00 - Connecting today's message with Tim's previous message.

1:56 - My text—Romans 1.16

5:05 - Apostle Paul's intention to preach!

13:50 - The gospel is God's gospel.

16:23 - The Gospel—a righteousness not of our own.

25:36 - The first way we prove ourselves to be ashamed of the gospel.

27:35 - Secondly, a shallow grasp of the truth.

32:25 - Thirdly, by entertaining doubts about the Gospel.

36:25 - Fourthly, when we live in gloom and not in joy.

43:50 - Fifthly, we modify and soften the truth.

47:01 - Do you just make excuses for people that allow them to not face reality?

52:17 - We become ashamed when we have low expectations.

1:02:03 - Do you believe in Jesus?

If you are a Christian you love Jesus for who He is—gloriously worthy of all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength—because that is exactly how the Father loves the Son. - Michael Durham

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Psalm 123:1 A Song of Ascents. To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. 4 Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.

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