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Nina and Michelle, are best friends with a passion for the Lord. They bring uplifting conversations, encouragement, and shared personal stories of overcoming and victory straight to your screen.
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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.Faith Over Circumstances 0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:55 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about God's word being first over all circumstances and to know what triggers you1:08 to to go the other route, like to go against God's word or to fly off the handle or whatever the case may be. Whatever's gonna cause you to get away from God's word and to focus on1:20 your circumstances over what he's saying. And that is a big issue and we're gonna talk all about that today because, you know, there's there's so many times that we just need to only believe. The1:32 Bible says only believe and then we will see the goodness of the Lord. We will see the glory of God. And there's an order to that. We have to believe first and then we will see.1:43 And so many of us, if what's your trigger? If you're not seeing something right away, you're gonna fly off the handle, you're gonna start speaking the word and woe is me and, you know, speaking all the things that could1:54 happen. And instead, we need to go back and remember those triggers. Like, here it is again. Right. Devil's trying to trick me again. He's trying to get me to worry or to to get off of what the word said.2:06 Well, I think about the children of Israel. Whenever, you know, God told them that they could go into the promised land. This is, you know, before the 40 years, right at the beginning.2:17 They stood, and God said, go in, and you're gonna be just fine. You're gonna take the land. Well, they didn't believe God for his word. They at his word, God2:29 cannot lie. Instead, Instead, they came up with the plan for the spies. They did that. Mhmm. And God said, well, then send 12, at least 1 from each tribe. But he did not come up with that plan. That was the2:41 plan that they came up with, and then god said, okay. Go ahead. Had they not gone in and they had just just looked and if they had just obeyed god at the2:53 onset, they could have saved themselves all those years of the same scenery until 1 generation died out and the new generation was ready to go in. Right?3:04 Can you believe that whole trek, which was supposed to be, like, 11 days Yeah. In 40 years. Nearly how many of us?3:11 This is what happens when you get away from God's principles, God's wisdom, his prudence, and his word. Mhmm.Breaking the Cycle 3:20 It's so true because how many of us are on that same trajectory? Because are you are you still in that same old place? Are you still having are are are maybe it's your marriage. Maybe you're3:32 still going around that same mountain, having the same fight, the same struggle, the same everything. Maybe it's a child. Are you still having those same issues? Are you still like, what is it that that it needs to3:43 break? And when you break the cycle or the trigger, you know, that causes you to, like, the fight. Like, what's gonna bring on the argument or what's gonna bring on the the the3:55 problem of the day that is the same. But if you're anticipating those same things every time, if you're gonna always get on the offensive and be defensive on things because you're, you know, this is4:07 what this is gonna come to. You know, if you what happens if you did something different? What happens if you just, you know, maybe apologize and say, you know what? I just don't really wanna fight. I see4:19 your point. Even if you don't really feel like it, even if you but if you could just stop the triggers and move away from that and go along with what God said. He said, be4:31 peaceable. First and foremost, be peaceable. And, you know, when you start changing those things, changing your triggers, changing your attitude, and speaking his word, what doing his word. Don't just4:43 don't just read it. Do what it says. And, you know, that's how we're gonna have the victory.4:48 Yeah. I mean, honestly, some people that are watching right now and are saying what the word of God says in my life look nothing alike. And if that's true for5:00 you, it's not the word of God that is wrong. It is something in your life that is in error. Mhmm. And we love you, and, you know, we we have to call5:12 ourselves into account for his word. We miss the mark as well. So we're not pointing a finger, but we're saying God doesn't make mistakes.5:24 God's word is true. So if your life doesn't look like his word, then something in your life isn't measuring up to his word. So if you want something you've never had, you have to do something5:36 you've never done, which is walk in the way of the Lord. Walk in it. Do it. Even though it's gonna hurt you, even though the Bible says that discipline and5:48 walking in God's word is a discipline. It really is. I mean, you walking away from an argument, that hurts your flesh. Trust me. You know? I mean, my husband and I have been married6:00 forever and a day, And I remember, you know, I I I was always thinking I was telling my mother-in-law 1 day, you know, I we're6:12 in this argument and I don't wanna be the 1 to say sorry. And she said, let's not that's just not gonna get it, honey. And I said, well, that's not fair. Why do I have to be the 1 to6:24 say sorry? And she goes, well, number 1, you're the 1 on the phone with me right now. You know? I mean, you have a point. And, and you need you have to do something to6:35 shift the paradigm. You cannot continue in this stubbornness, and God wants you to walk out of that stubbornness because it's6:47 that stiff necked, stubborn attitude that is causing you to to walk around the mountain over and over and over. And God said that he would give you6:59 the the victory, that he saves you to the uttermost, that he gives you all you need for life and godliness. So if that's the case, then our lives need to7:10 be a public spectacle of the word of God. It really they really do.7:16 Yeah. It it's like, are you being the example that you're supposed to be? You know, our life should be an example. And if you are living out those things that7:27 God said to do, it's gonna work out. Even if it doesn't feel right, even you know, the Bible said don't go to bed angry. There's so many things it says about being peaceable. It also says, you know, there's sometimes7:39 you're gonna encounter some divisiveness. Maybe there's someone at the office. Maybe there's there's someone that's just always trying to get your goat. And, you know, the Bible says warn them once, warn them twice, and7:50 have nothing more to do with them. And and what you're saying, okay, Nina, but I work with them every day. Well, you don't you can you can be peaceable. You can say hello. There can be pleasantries, but you don't have to8:01 pick up the the the whatever is going on every day. You whatever this they're slinging, you don't have to agree with that. You can just say have a nice day or walk away or go8:13 say excuse yourself. I have to go make a call or whatever the case may be. Take yourself, remove yourself from the situation, and remain the example of peace no matter what's happening because you canThe Power of Prayer and Forgiveness 8:25 change the atmosphere. At the same time, you can be praying over it. You can ask the Lord before you go to the office or before the situation. Lord, show me how to remain in peace and how to be an example8:36 of you here on this Earth. And when we come back, we're gonna talk more about this because this is so important. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.8:46 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.8:58 When you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the9:09 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging9:21 on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 road9:33 number 1 22 Magnolia, Texas 77354. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.9:45 Give now.9:48 Hey. Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. We're just getting to the bottom most of things here about how God wants you to use his word first over your circumstances and not going straight to what you10:00 think is what you need to say at the point to maybe clear yourself or to, you know, I by the way, you know, get in me with anger and all that.10:09 And I think with, like, relationships. Right? Especially, like, with people that you work with. Now, a lot of people work from home now, and that's that's a great thing. You still have to10:21 have, you know, some relationships with people, but it's not the same. But if you work in an office day in day out, if I were you, I would get a list of everybody in that office and I would10:33 just picture myself going before the throne of God, and I would say, Lord, here they are. I pray for them right now. I ask that you save them. I ask that you10:45 fill them with the power of the Holy Spirit, that you make them born again, that you make them new creatures, God, that, Lord, that you will touch their lives like no 1 else can.10:56 And, you know, I I have seen the Lord move in so many ways like that. And and that has happened with me in work situations where people have been horrible11:09 to me and then ended up saved. And it wasn't anything that I did. It was just even though I was gritting my teeth going, god, really? You're gonna make me pray for these11:21 people? And just keep praying, you know, because they're they're not nice to you because they're miserable, and they're looking for something, and they see it in you, but somehow the enemy11:33 paints a picture of you. Right? And so truly, you know, go every day, you should be asking the Lord to save people. Every single day, me included.11:45 Like, God, just go through your list. You know, something that I always say is, Lord, don't let 1 person in my DNA drop into hell ever. Like, god,11:57 save every person in my in my household. Save anyone who has anything to do with us. Save our neighbors. You know, god, do a miracle. He can do it.12:08 And, you know, you can also take your authority over your work environment or your neighborhood or wherever you are because, you know, there's if you keep setting that example, even if, you know, maybe they know you're12:20 a Christian and maybe they don't agree with any of that or they think it's nonsense. But let me tell you, this has happened to me so many times. There will come a day when they are going through a trial and they12:32 are going through something. And I can tell you so many times, I cannot tell you how many times people who I thought, you know, didn't like me or for whatever reason have contacted me for prayer. At the end12:44 of the day, they are gonna want to know why you are calm in that situation. What is it about you? And then maybe your Christianity or your faith is not gonna be so crazy to them12:55 anymore because all of a sudden there's there's something about you that's different. You're not responding in the same ways that the world is responding. You know you know, Satan's accusations are gonna13:07 be so ineffective with the power of prayer and when you walk, whatever he's trying to do, when you walk in in integrity and when you walk in peace and you take your authority and you say no matter13:19 what, you know, put your armor on before any of these situations and just know that when you come with your authority, the devil has to run. He has to flee and even if you don't13:31 see anything change right away, you can remain in peace. You can have peace in the midst of whatever's happening because you get to you get to choose that you're gonna make13:42 sure no matter what, help me maintain my peace, help me to stay calm. Lord, you give me the words to say right now. You know what's gonna pierce through this darkness. And if you're walking away, you know, just just13:54 make whatever the devil's saying, like, they're just trying to get your goat in whatever way. You just say, you know what? I'm gonna choose to not get in this fight right now. I don't want to be in this battle in your14:04 mind. Just have a nice day. I really don't wanna, you know, be in this situation right now. I really pray that you're blessed and and you walk away with your head held high and then you go give it to God and14:16 you say you do a work. You're the 1 who can change hearts. You're the 1 who can go do a miracle in this situation. But when we're called we are called as14:28 sons and daughters of Christ, as as born again believers to to have a different level. We're called to a higher standard of integrity and of holiness than to be at peace and14:40 to live at peace with everyone. Because if if Christians all acted all terrible and mean and crazy, why would anybody ever wanna be 1? I wouldn't.14:48 It says that14:48 you they will14:49 know you by your love. And your fruit. And your fruit. And you know, I I shared this before on the program, I believe once, but, it's just a miracle of God, honestly.15:01 I I worked, whenever I was in college, I had managed an apartment complex, and the owner of the complex requested that I work there and this other girl15:13 worked there. And the management company knew both of us, and they placed bets that we were gonna be like the Clash of the Titans. And that kinda hurt my feelings because I thought,15:26 they think that a Christian and a non Christian cannot work together. Right? And so, it was hard, I will say. It would have been Clash of the Titans if I would have let my flesh,15:37 like, rear up because I wanted to. But but she was really hungry for God actually. She wasn't super nice. She was in fact every day she was not nice.15:50 And 1 day she needed God because our most we had 200 over 200 apartments and our meanest resident, she lost his check.16:02 She lost it, and that was before the electronic funds transfer. That was before Venmo, Zelle, all of those things. The check, she lost it. So we knew if we went to him, it was16:14 no telling what would happen. I mean, he was just kinda scary just on a good day. You know? So she was scared. And, so she came to me. I was the manager, and she was the assistant manager, and she said, I have to tell16:26 you something. For a couple of days, I've been looking for this check, and I cannot find it. And I don't know what to do, and I said, let's pray. And, you know, I gulped a little because how are we gonna find this check?16:37 But I wanted to show her that God does answer prayer. So I prayed a bold prayer, and then, she went out to show an apartment, and I'm not making this up. She found that16:49 man's check-in a tree. I'm not kidding. No.16:52 It's true. You told me this before.16:54 She grabbed it out of a tree and came back stunned. It had blown away. It it had blown away. And, honestly, I I was as shocked as she was. I mean, I know God answers prayer and he has17:06 answered so many prayers, but that's kind of a crazy thing. Right?17:09 I guess money really does grow17:10 on trees. In that case,17:12 it does.17:12 And we were so glad we didn't have to go to the mean guy and tell him, and she was in awe. And you know what? Eventually, she just gave her heart to Jesus, and she's 1 of the finest ChristiansLiving in Forgiveness 17:24 I know. She moves in the gifts. She got filled with the Holy Spirit. She's she, raised her kids to know the Lord. I mean, it's amazing. She witnessed to her family. It's exponential what God did17:36 there, but it started with a check-in a tree. And when we come back, we'll talk more about that. Amen.17:43 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.17:55 When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the18:06 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging18:18 on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 Road,18:30 number 1 22, Magnolia, Texas 77354. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.18:42 Give now.18:45 Welcome back. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're talking about God's word over your circumstances and to be on guard for those triggers that cause you to just get so mad or so18:56 angered or so hurt or whatever the case may be. Those are triggers. That's what the devil wants you because the devil tries to put you in a room that's called drama all the time, and he wants, you know, you to19:08 be ruled by your emotions. Never you will never get anywhere by letting the emotions rule. And I know I know recently And we're Italian, so we know. So we're19:20 It's a whole another ballgame.19:23 We would be just fine. Right?19:25 It's not a room call drama. That that is like a mansion call drama. And so, you know, when you get a bunch of Italians in19:32 a room, Lord help us. Drama.19:34 So, but they all big hearts in Italian people. But, you know, I like recently, I I thought I was doing, I've been I was kind of very gone through something19:46 that caused me some hurt to and, I thought I was doing something nice for someone. I kind of, you know, stepped out in faith and kind of did something that I thought was very nice for somebody that I thought19:58 needed something for a while. And then I really felt like I was getting taken advantage of in so many ways because of the situation. And I feel like that some that20:10 this this particular situation, they were trampling on my generosity in in in kinda using it for their good and it was really hurting me in in a lot of20:21 ways. And I guess the 1 the the takeaway on this is you never really know somebody, you know, you you find out a lot about people sometimes that you might think are 1 way and they20:33 could be another way. And what the devil I saw do through this was cause me to have hurt and unforgiveness. And then with that came, why does this seem20:45 to always happen? I always no matter what I try try to do, that's nice. I feel like I get walked on or taken advantage of or get hurt in these situations. And so the devil was causing me to go around these mountains and20:57 rehearse the different things I've been through under these very situations. And I had to take a step back and remember that look what Jesus21:09 suffered. I mean, my goodness, like, what he went through. And he would do that if you or I were the only people on the planet. He would have suffered the atrocities just21:21 for 1 person because he loves us so much. And if he could forgive that, you know, I know forgiveness is hard. It is a struggle for me. And I have forgiveness21:33 that I have to go back from childhood. I was very, very hurt in my house growing up and people that I thought over my lifetime that I was supposed to be able to trust that have repeatedly hurt me21:45 and hurt me and hurt me. And so, you know, at a certain point, you know, am I gonna let that bitterness keep popping up because that's what the devil wants? Or am I gonna choose to be like21:57 Jesus? And I am not saying it's easy or I have this figured out. But when the Bible says 70 times 7 a day, that's how many times we need to forgive. And that's not because they're constantly hurting you,22:09 it's because you're constantly being the thoughts of the devil are tormenting you and he keeps bringing it up and they did this and they did that and you should be mad at that. Because why?22:21 If the devil can cause you to have ought and unforgiveness it says then you shouldn't expect to receive anything from the Lord and he wants you in that place22:33 so that you can never grow, so that you never get over things and and it doesn't mean that you have to be all best friends with any anybody who's hurt you. It's just that you keep saying, Lord,22:44 I ask you to help me forgive them and I ask you to bless them. And I ask that you would show them the error of their ways and you would help me to be in a place of forgiveness because of what you22:56 forgave me. Jesus has forgiven me so much. He has he has forgiven so much, and he loves us no matter what. Even though we are repeatedly messing things up on a daily23:08 basis, his grace and his mercy are sufficient because of his love for us, and we need to extend that. And, again, this is not easy. And so23:19 we have to know what is really a plot of the devil to cause us to to just pick up these hurts and to miss out on what God wants to do. Because at the end of the day, we have to look at23:31 this. God knows I tried to bless someone. Okay? Say you you say you've given you know, you're gonna give some money to a homeless man on the street and then people are gonna say, oh, well, he's gonna go buy alcohol or23:42 whatever. But God knew your heart. It does he's gonna bless you for giving that blessing. He regardless of what the man is gonna do with the money. God's gonna take care of you because of your23:54 generosity and what he knew what was in your heart at the moment no matter who who hurt you, no matter who took advantage of the situation. We have to remember that God is gonna24:06 if you do things his way and with an intent to be like him, he's going to bless you regardless of what happens. But you have to we have to forgive and we have to keep24:18 not letting those triggers, and we have to speak his word. Again, his word says we have to forgive. It is so important. And and again, so so hard to do, and and that's a tough24:30 1 for me. It is.24:32 And I think about even on the cross even on the cross, whenever Jesus was being crucified, he said, forgive them. They don't they don't understand what24:44 they're doing. And the people that have hurt you, they don't understand what they've done really. So you think, well, maybe that was intentional or whatever, but our job is not24:56 to judge the motive of their heart. Our job is to forgive them. That's a commandment. And so even to take holy communion, you know, to do that often, you the Bible says if you have an offense, go to that25:08 person. And if you can't go to them, then go to the Lord and say, I forgive them. I choose to forgive them. So, you know, with with all this in mind, let's pray. Father,25:19 we thank you, God, that there will be no ought, that there will be nothing, God, that causes anything in our hearts to lodge and cause us to be defiled before you. Lord, cleanse us from all25:31 unrighteousness, and we choose to forgive those people who are forgiven us who who have offended us rather, and we and thank you for forgiving us, lord. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.25:43 We are so glad you've you've watched our broadcast today. We're so excited that you're here. 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