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Personal Growth Through God's Transformation 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's the god of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:56 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about personal growth and how if you're 1 of those people that always thinks that everyone else around you has to1:08 change, then this is the show for you because it's really kind of the opposite. And so we're gonna be talking all about that because many, many times we're praying and asking the Lord to change all these1:20 people around us, maybe your spouse, your kids, your coworkers. And sometimes, just maybe, we need to look inside and ask the Lord to change what we're doing that might1:31 be causing things to keep happening in the same way. So we have to change our reactions sometimes. Don't you think, Michelle? It's like how we respond and you have to do this in the1:43 spirit.1:43 So how do you change really? How do you actually change? Well first and foremost, we know that to change Christianity is not a self help program. It is1:55 not a self help program. True. No pep talk, no coach, no 1 is going to get you into the kingdom of heaven by you just doing better. You2:07 have to start from the beginning, which is Jesus Christ died on a cross to save you from your sins. Acknowledge your sins2:19 and the Bible says that if you invite him into your heart and and then make him the lord of your life that then behold all things pass and everything becomes new and2:31 that's where true change begins.2:35 Don't you agree? Well, you know, it begins with us. And the bible talks about how behold, when you have given your life to Jesus, you are a transformed person, transformed by the blood of2:47 Jesus. And when we look to ourselves, because if you think about it, if you look over and over again, maybe if you have, like, some certain thing that hits you, that is the same button that seems to2:58 bother you, whether it's in in confrontations with your kids or your spouse or what have you, If you are continually responding the same way, doing the same things, maybe it's some kind3:10 of silent treatment or you do this or you you won't neither 1 of you wants to apologize or, you know, these same old things are gonna cause you to continually go around these same old mountains3:22 over and over and over again until you can kinda come up with a plan with the Lord and say, help me. Whether it's to put a guard on your mouth, help me to respond differently, help me to not3:34 be so reactionary to things. You know, I have some really dear friends that have been married like 37 years. And she told me that when her and her3:46 husband were first getting married and they went to like those classes at the church to, you know, and at that time they had to write down things that bothered her about each other, what they were bothered3:58 by in in their, you know, fiance's. And she said pretty recently she found that. She found what she wrote down, cleaning out stuff, and she said, you know it's exactly the same.4:10 It's 100 percent exactly the same, and they have been married for all these years. And so your point being, we don't change other people. Right. And so if we're4:21 waiting for that person or that situation to change because we're waiting for them to change, chances are they're thinking the same thing about you. And so what you need to do is4:33 come up with a plan together and with the Lord through prayer, through through whatever it is to to ask him how you can get through this differently and according to his word4:45 and his way to to bring out transformation in in the changes you're wanting to have. And it's really about him. It's about releasing it to him, and it's about giving it all over because4:57 it does have to begin with you. And when you would start to say, Lord change me. I don't wanna respond this way anymore. I don't wanna go around this mountain again anymore. Just help me to not be, you know, just just to5:08 jump to conclusions or to to to, you know, get so hurt or pick up these offenses or whatever it is that you're gonna start, beginning to change by asking the Lord5:20 to show you how you can change and how you can respond differently. And it really does have to begin with our personal growth and our personal maturity, and I'm I'm preaching to myself because we're all we're all5:32 in progress. We are. Exactly.5:35 So it's true. We're we're preaching to ourselves. Trust me. But but you know the Bible says, Naina, examine yourself and see if there's any wicked way in you. Yes.5:47 Not your husband, not your wife, you. So you can't change them. That's never gonna work. I I remember, calling my mother-in-law5:59 and, fussing about something in my marriage years and years ago, and and I was complaining and she just finally stopped and said, well honey,6:11 that's just not gonna get it. And I said, what are you talking about? And she said, you're just gonna have to just step over your flesh and walk in the spirit6:23 so that you can get where you wanna go. And I mean I was like well I didn't like that a bit. I mean I didn't. I wanted to hang up. I was done.6:31 That's nice that you're calling your mother-in-law to talk about6:33 your marriage. That's hilarious. If I had called my mama she would have sided with me and I knew I knew better.6:39 I knew. But your mother-in-law was awesome.6:41 She was awesome and she was spiritually mature. If you're gonna call someone you have to call someone very spiritually mature.6:47 Because I'm not gonna let it.6:48 Gossip about your marriage, which of course my mother-in-law wasn't going to and, you know, and and she said the right thing which was this isn't going to get it. If we want7:00 something to change, if you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done, and if you've been responding in the flesh, how about giving giving responding in the spirit a try?7:12 Because that's what's really going to make a change.7:15 Exactly. It's so true because it and it's hard. It's hard sometimes because sometimes it's even just it's like don't do it, don't say it. Stop.7:25 You want7:25 your flesh just bubbling up in the middle of the fight and you wanna go and7:29 you have7:29 to stop. I'm gonna put a guard on my mouth. Don't let me do it. Don't let me say it. And sometimes it's so hard, but you can do hard things. And when it's gonna be what's gonna bring about the7:41 change, and once you start to see the fruit of the changes that you're making, you're gonna see a difference. And we're gonna come right back. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle. Stay right there.7:51 I'm excited to announce that we're bringing back our best offer ever on our original My Slippers. You saved 90 dollars a pair with your promo code, and now My Slippers come in even more8:02 sizes. Smaller sizes, larger sizes, wide sizes, and all new styles and colors. Get them for your friends, your family, your neighbors, everyone you know. What makes my slippers different is my8:14 exclusive 4 layer design that you're not going to find in any other slippers. My slippers' patented layers make them ultra comfortable, extremely durable, and they help relieve stress on your feet.8:26 I'm so confident that you and everyone you know are gonna love my slippers that I'm extending my 60 day money back guarantee until March first 20 24, making them the best Christmas gifts8:38 ever. So go to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen now. Use your promo code to save 90 dollars. That's only 49 98 up here. Quantities won't last long, so please order8:50 now.8:51 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, and we're talking about personal growth and maturity in ourselves because if you want change, we it's gotta start it's gotta start with you. It's it9:03 really does because we can try over and over again to to to pray and think it's gonna be the other person, but guaranteed that there it's you ever hear there's, you know, there's 29:15 sides to every story and then there's the truth that's somewhere in the middle. Because when you're dealing with hurt people and hurt people hurt people, then you know you're gonna pick up offenses, you're gonna9:27 wanna hurt them back. That's just that's just normal. But we have to know and understand that if we would stop reacting in the same old way, which is always, you know, we're escalating these9:38 situations through the what the devil expects. He expects this is the button you always respond to. This is how you always react. And if you think about the Israelites,9:51 40 years it took them to get to to it it it to miss the promised land. They missed it because of the grumbling, the fault finding, the complaining, all the things that they did that kept them10:02 from the promised land. And so how many of us have been going around this same mountain just just it's really the definition of insanity. You do the same things over and over again and expect different results.10:15 Exactly. And what we have to remember is that, you know, the Bible talking about the Israelites, it says what Nina is saying is a hardness of heart. Because the Bible says, do10:26 not harden your heart as the children did, children of Israel did at Meribah. What happened at Meribah? They grumbled. They complained. You can complain all10:38 day about your marriage. You can complain all day about work. You can complain all day about your children, but that's not going to change anything. You if you complain, you10:50 remain. And I remember this story. I worked for Pat Robertson for years, and 1 of my favorite stories of Pat is that he and Didi lived in a donated house with their 411:01 children in the dead of winter, and he said it was up on piers and it was freezing. And the whole family was huddled in the kitchen, and it they had the oven open just to keep warm. And11:13 Didi said something, and Pat whispered in her ear, and he said, Didi, please don't complain or we'll never get out of here. And it is so true. I thought that was such a great truth.11:25 Stop complaining. Don't curse your marriage. Don't curse your children. Don't curse your situation. Instead begin to bless it. What does the word bless mean? The word bless11:37 means that you are going to be released into all of your intended purposes that God has called you to. So begin to bless the situation. Declare your blessings11:49 over all of these areas of your life, whatever it is. Even if it's weight loss, even if it's an addiction, whatever it is, the Bible says that God has given you all you need12:01 for life and godliness. And the last time I heard, all means all. So Yeah.12:07 It's everything. God doesn't feel like, I just left a few things out. Yeah. You know, I didn't really mean all. Like, you know, you think about how those promises and what if you just really just look at some of those12:18 and just stop and break it down and and go, okay, this is what he says and this is what he means. And, you know, pastor, Jerry Savelle, he says, to to put a muzzle on your mouth, he says he likes to practice12:30 the sermon of silence. And so sometimes if you really think about that because isn't that isn't that the the truth about once you start react reacting to a situation and you start12:42 running off at the mouth, you know, so many times we are saying things that we don't really mean because we're reacting out of hurt or we're just mad at the situation. And then it's so hard to to take those words12:53 back. And, you know, words, you know, that whole thing sticks and stones can break a bones, but words will never hurt me. It's the exact opposite. Words can really pierce and cut, and13:05 you you can really be fighting a battle there because those things are hard to let go of. And I know that that, you know, then then you're getting into some unforgiveness issues, and so really 1 of13:17 the key things is when you're tempted to run your mouth off, when you're tempted to be escalating or to just like, that's it. Well you did this and you said that, is to really stop13:29 and think first. Think. Hit the pause button and just take a break and just think, okay Lord show me, guard my mouth right now, help me to just see it in a different way, help13:41 me to just walk away, stay in peace. And when you can start practicing something different because if what you're doing is not working, it's never gonna work. So why not start13:52 today? Biblically speaking, get a hold of some of these things. You know, go into the Bible and say, you know, give me scriptures that are gonna help me, you know, refrain from anger or control my mouth14:04 or to live peaceably with the people that are bringing these issues to my life. Exactly. And And then start speaking those and really start changing, asking the Lord because apart14:16 from him we can do nothing. Asking him to help you change and he will. He he but he wants we have to acknowledge that.14:25 Well and it starts with thinking. You know? When you think about it, it's it says let the meditation of my heart and the words of my mouth be acceptable in your sight, oh God.14:36 You know what I love about God is that he knows what I'm thinking. I mean, that's a little scary, but it it's true. It's true. He knows what you're thinking already. You cannot hide anything14:48 from God. He knows everything. There is no search in his understanding. So he knows what you're thinking already. And don't you have some of the best conversations or the best fights15:00 in your mind before you ever have them actually in the flesh? So before when you're thinking of those like cool things to say, you know, oh that'll get them. You know,15:12 which think about those things then say, God please change my thoughts. Because that's gonna keep you from saying it. It starts with the meditation of your15:24 heart. And when you begin to think about being frustrated, like do you ever wake up and you just feel you just start running through offenses? Stop that and and turn on some worship music.15:36 Like sometimes you just have to do some things, you15:39 know, yeah15:40 change the atmosphere and get the atmosphere ready for a miracle. Because you going through all of the offenses isn't gonna work because obviously you've already15:51 done this before and it hasn't worked. So what makes you think it's gonna happen again? Or what makes me think that, you know, that that's gonna change anything. Right?16:01 Well, somehow we think that by hanging on to these offenses, it's gonna bring justice. You know, like, we're just like they you know, like that did you know what they did or what they said or what they did? Well, look at16:13 all that Jesus has forgiven us and, you know, honestly, you know, we we deserve nothing. We deserve none of what he died for us to have and how he has cleansed us16:24 and and so when we try to walk circumspectly and live according to what he has called us to live in these principles of forgiveness and just trying to do better. He knows we're not perfect, but when16:36 we try. But we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. Stay right there. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle.16:44 I'm excited to announce that we're having our biggest Christmas sale ever. You get our brand new 6 piece my towels for only 29 98, or rejuvenate your bed with a MyPillow16:56 mattress topper as low as 99 99. Or how about MyPillow bedsheets for as low as 24 98? There's something for everyone. Duvets, quills, down comforters,17:08 body pillows, bolster pillows, and so much more. Well, I know MyPillow products make for the perfect Christmas gifts, so I'm gonna extend my money back guarantee until March first 20 24.17:20 So go to my pillow dot com now or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code to get huge discounts on all my pillow products. For example, you get our 6 piece towels for only 2917:32 98, or get your very own MyPillow bed sheets for as low as 24 98. It's our biggest Christmas sale ever. Get all your shopping done now while quantities last.17:44 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, and we're talking about personal growth, maturity. And if you're always trying to change the other person, we got news for you. That's not gonna work.17:55 And, you know, we're we're talking here that, you know, we're we're all a mess, really. Like, you know, God doesn't expect perfection, but God can turn your mess into a message. God can help18:07 you. He can get you through these things. He knows we're not perfect, but he knows our hearts. And so ultimately when when he knows we want to do better, we're not gonna just like say all this and18:19 go, I'm sorry God. Like he knows your heart. And so when he knows I you know, oh, I I'm so upset that I said that Lord. Please forgive me and help me to do better. And he will because when you18:31 start to acknowledge, it's like any of these 12 step programs or whatever. It's, you know, you acknowledge that you have an issue that you maybe if you an addiction, an anger18:43 problem, or whatever it is. Or just like this that you you can't lay down offenses. When you bring that to the Lord and you say just help me with this, that is how we're gonna get changes18:54 by first acknowledging your need for his help that you're gonna just just lay this. You're just gonna just decree it and lay it on on the throne. Cast your cares19:06 onto him and then start to recognize these things and ask him to show you. You'll be surprised what pops up and how you'll you'll hit that little gentle, you know, he'll he'll say, hey, you'll you'll19:18 feel it.19:19 Yeah. You will. And you know the Bible says that we can go boldly to the throne of grace to find help in time of trouble. Now, you know, the first step is to acknowledge that we have an issue19:31 and and go to the Lord who can do anything. It says with God, all things are possible to them that believe. And the back to the mustard seed, if you have the faith of a mustard seed and you say to19:43 the mountain be thou removed and be cast into the sea, it shall be done. So know that there is hope for your situation, that God does and can change you, and19:54 he wants to change you. And and I tell you what, I I you just you know, sometimes you have to get before the Lord. I know with different situations, I have just20:06 gotten on the ground and almost pounded the ground and say, God, you have God to help me in this. I don't have a clue how to change myself because obviously I've had this issue my whole20:18 life, and I don't know how to change me, and I don't even know how I got here. And so don't you think? Yeah. Sometimes you just go and just be very honest with the Lord and say,20:30 you know, God, you you gotta help. And he will. He hears. There there's a song it says20:37 by what you're saying anyway. He sees the whole thing.20:40 And, you know, there's there's an old, like, Christian song. It used to be on KSBJ here in Houston. And it it said, I believe in miracles because I'm a miracle myself. I I it's a fact.20:52 You know, I believe in miracles. Miracles have changed because I am a miracle myself. God can help you with whatever situation you're going through today. It is not21:04 hopeless. Your life has great things ahead of it provided you go to that throne of grace today and find help in times of trouble.21:13 And extend grace. I I have a couple of friends, that that have kind of lived by this principle and and, 1 of my friends like you many many years21:24 ago, you know her husband was very addicted and we're talking 40 some years ago, maybe 50 at this point. And and he would come home, he would go on these benders and instead when he21:36 would show up, she didn't know if he would be dead or alive, and he would show back up at at the house and she'd be like, well I'm gonna fix you some breakfast and I'm gonna make you some and it would be like, I would21:47 say to her how were you not just so mad and she goes, I was but I knew that wasn't gonna work. And and so I've learned she's so inspiring to me and I've learned so much from her, but and21:59 another friend of mine who just says she'll be in a big fight with her husband and she'll say, he doesn't apologize or whatever. She says, you know what? I I forgive you because I know you don't really mean that and so22:08 I'm just gonna let's let's would you like for dinner? And I love that and I thought that is so hard and maybe I'm too stubborn and too Italian, but I need to have some of these practices, you know, in my life because I22:20 love that if you're the first to to basically it is a turn the other cheek and you're basically extending the grace that God gives us all the time and that you're offering22:32 and then what happens is in both of those situations it just the whole thing is kind of diffused. And then, the first story, he he he22:44 showed up to breakfast. He had gone to shower and came back into this beautiful breakfast for him, and he just started crying. And he goes, why are you so nice to me? When, you know, and and of course this was a a22:54 struggle that he had to get through was an addiction, but he's he's such an amazing man of God now and but it was her just just doing these kinds of things23:06 with prayer that we're going to bring the change that that needed. And so so some good ideas. Michelle, do you want to pray for today? We'll pray for maturity and good things to23:18 come.23:19 Amen. Lord we just thank you right now and we give you praise. We thank you that you didn't leave us, to be this same old23:31 person that we were when we first met you. And, Lord, right now, we pray that for anyone that is watching or listening that does not know you, we ask you23:43 right now just wherever you are, if you have never asked Jesus to be the Lord of your life, we ask you just to pray right now with us. Lord Jesus. That's right. Pray with us right now. Say, lord23:54 Jesus, I believe you died on the cross. I believe you rose from the dead to save me from my sins. I invite you to come into24:06 my heart, and I ask you to be the lord of my life and change me from here on out in Jesus' name.24:18 And Lord, right now for those who are struggling with addiction, for those who are struggling with marital issues, relational issues, work issues, anything that needs change,24:30 Lord, habits, whatever it is, We thank you God that your word says that we overcome by the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony. And I thank you God that they are overcomers and give24:41 them a spirit in them, a strength that causes them to overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony in Jesus' name. Amen.24:51 And wow. What a powerful show, and we just believe that God's got so much more for you, and he's always in the healing and the delivering business, and and he wants to take us all from glory to glory and be25:03 those transformed people that that we can only get there through Jesus, and he's ready to help you. 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