Breaking Free from the People-Pleaser Trap
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"Dear Pastor Rick your Crazy Maker series is really helping me a lot but there's one area where I always make myself crazy. And that is the fear of disapproval. It really messes up my relationships and it makes me miserable to be honest. I am so afraid of being rejected that I let people walk all over me. It affects what I say. It affects what I wear. It even affects the food I eat. I hate feeling this weak but I don't know how to change." [00:16:52]
"It is a dangerous trap to be concerned with what others think of you. But if you trust the Lord you are safe. It is a dangerous trap. The Bible calls it a snare in the King James version. The Bible calls it disabling in the message paraphrase. It is a trap. And so today I want us to look at the concept of escaping the people-pleaser trap." [00:238:24]
"You cannot be worried about being what everybody else wants you to be and focus on what God created you to be at the same time. If you're always worried and you're always trying to be what your parents wanted you to be, what your husband, your wife wanted, what your friends, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, whoever it is, if you're always trying to meet their expectations, if you're always trying to meet fulfill their purpose for your life, you will miss God's purpose for your life." [00:444:56]
"When God is big in our lives, people have less power in our lives. Their influence is a little bit diminished. When God is big in our lives, but on the flip side, when we allow people to be big, what ends up happening is God becomes diminished and we give to people in our lives what really only belongs to God. We give to people authority. We give to people influence. We give to people what God deserves to have." [00:569:04]
"Trying to please everyone leads me to sin. You might want to next to that just write Giving in to peer pressure. When I try to please everyone I inevitably end up giving in to peer pressure. Um I've been a youth pastor for 25 years and time and time again when teenagers are talked to about their biggest struggle. Now it doesn't matter if you talk to Christian church-going teenagers, if you talk to non-church-going teenagers. It doesn't matter what region of the country these teenagers are asked this question." [00:761:83]
"Over and over again overwhelmingly the number one answer is peer pressure. Over and over again my number one struggle is peer pressure. My hunch is for those of us who are a little bit older that might be the same struggle we have. It looks a little bit different for us but it's the same struggle. This desire to please. And when we have a desire to please we end up doing things that we know we shouldn't do." [00:806:24]
"Integrity is more important than popularity. Integrity is more important than popularity. For me this week I'm going to turn that into a prayer in my time with God. And it's just a simple addition. God help me. God help me make my integrity more important than popularity. The Bible says this in 2 Corinthians 10:18. You brag about yourself but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval." [00:1288:08]
"It silences my ability to share the simple truths of who Jesus is and how he's changed my life. We're pleasing everybody. We don't do this. We find a story that illustrates this perfectly in John chapter nine. Jesus rolls into the scene and he heals a man who's been blind all his life. And you would think in that moment wow what a place to celebrate and declare God's glory, God's greatness." [00:1348:00]
"Many people including leaders believed in Jesus but they wouldn't talk about it publicly out of fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue. And this is the kicker this last part. They loved human approval more than they loved the approval of God. Now sometimes silence is golden right but in other cases it's just cowardly. It's just straight cowardly. The desire to fit in keeps a lot of us quiet." [00:1451:60]
"Who around me would hear about Jesus if fear wasn't an issue and for me the answer is more people than are hearing about him right now. Hi everybody. Today I want to ask you to join with daily hope as we focus on fulfilling the great commission of Jesus Christ. You know sharing Jesus with others is the most important thing you can do. If we join together we can reach across the whole world with the message of Christ." [00:1497:55]
"Now right now through Daily Hope we're able to take the good news of Jesus into almost every country of the world including regions where it's difficult or even dangerous to share the good news of the gospel. And it's even being translated into 25 different languages and counting. And by translating into these 25 languages we're able to reach over 80% of the world's population." [00:1531:67]
"When you give a gift to Daily Hope you're helping share the hope of Jesus with people everywhere. Right now your gift will be doubled by the $10,000 matching grant and we'll send you this beautiful Journey with Jesus book to say thanks." [00:1578:64]
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"It is a dangerous trap to be concerned with what others think of you. But if you trust the Lord you are safe. It is a dangerous trap. The Bible calls it a snare in the King James version. The Bible calls it disabling in the message paraphrase. It is a trap. And so today I want us to look at the concept of escaping the people-pleaser trap." [00:238:24]
"You cannot be worried about being what everybody else wants you to be and focus on what God created you to be at the same time. If you're always worried and you're always trying to be what your parents wanted you to be, what your husband, your wife wanted, what your friends, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, whoever it is, if you're always trying to meet their expectations, if you're always trying to meet fulfill their purpose for your life, you will miss God's purpose for your life." [00:444:56]
"When God is big in our lives, people have less power in our lives. Their influence is a little bit diminished. When God is big in our lives, but on the flip side, when we allow people to be big, what ends up happening is God becomes diminished and we give to people in our lives what really only belongs to God. We give to people authority. We give to people influence. We give to people what God deserves to have." [00:569:04]
"Trying to please everyone leads me to sin. You might want to next to that just write Giving in to peer pressure. When I try to please everyone I inevitably end up giving in to peer pressure. Um I've been a youth pastor for 25 years and time and time again when teenagers are talked to about their biggest struggle. Now it doesn't matter if you talk to Christian church-going teenagers, if you talk to non-church-going teenagers. It doesn't matter what region of the country these teenagers are asked this question." [00:761:83]
"Over and over again overwhelmingly the number one answer is peer pressure. Over and over again my number one struggle is peer pressure. My hunch is for those of us who are a little bit older that might be the same struggle we have. It looks a little bit different for us but it's the same struggle. This desire to please. And when we have a desire to please we end up doing things that we know we shouldn't do." [00:806:24]
"Integrity is more important than popularity. Integrity is more important than popularity. For me this week I'm going to turn that into a prayer in my time with God. And it's just a simple addition. God help me. God help me make my integrity more important than popularity. The Bible says this in 2 Corinthians 10:18. You brag about yourself but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval." [00:1288:08]
"It silences my ability to share the simple truths of who Jesus is and how he's changed my life. We're pleasing everybody. We don't do this. We find a story that illustrates this perfectly in John chapter nine. Jesus rolls into the scene and he heals a man who's been blind all his life. And you would think in that moment wow what a place to celebrate and declare God's glory, God's greatness." [00:1348:00]
"Many people including leaders believed in Jesus but they wouldn't talk about it publicly out of fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue. And this is the kicker this last part. They loved human approval more than they loved the approval of God. Now sometimes silence is golden right but in other cases it's just cowardly. It's just straight cowardly. The desire to fit in keeps a lot of us quiet." [00:1451:60]
"Who around me would hear about Jesus if fear wasn't an issue and for me the answer is more people than are hearing about him right now. Hi everybody. Today I want to ask you to join with daily hope as we focus on fulfilling the great commission of Jesus Christ. You know sharing Jesus with others is the most important thing you can do. If we join together we can reach across the whole world with the message of Christ." [00:1497:55]
"Now right now through Daily Hope we're able to take the good news of Jesus into almost every country of the world including regions where it's difficult or even dangerous to share the good news of the gospel. And it's even being translated into 25 different languages and counting. And by translating into these 25 languages we're able to reach over 80% of the world's population." [00:1531:67]
"When you give a gift to Daily Hope you're helping share the hope of Jesus with people everywhere. Right now your gift will be doubled by the $10,000 matching grant and we'll send you this beautiful Journey with Jesus book to say thanks." [00:1578:64]
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