Hey Forever GodGirl, I'm your host Iz and welcome
or welcome back to the Forever God Girl podcast.
In today's episode, we are going to talk all
about people pleasing. What is people pleasing
though? People -pleasing is the tendency to prioritize
the needs of others over our own, often at the
expense of our own personal boundaries. So now
you may be asking, what's the difference between
people -pleasing and being kind? Well the difference
is... Kindness is showing the love of Christ
to others But people -pleasing is doing stuff
for others that often goes beyond our own Boundaries
just to get validation and approval from others
But as it says in Proverbs chapter 29 verse 25
and the easy English Bible If you are afraid
of what people think about you, you will never
feel safe But if you trust in the Lord, he will
keep you safe cool, but I have another question
What is the root of people -pleasing? Okay, so
people -pleasing is a rotten fruit. And the root
of it can be many things. It can be a low self
-esteem. It could be fear of man, which is a
strong desire to control how other people see
you. Honestly, it can even be caused from idolatry.
Idolatry? Which, in a nutshell, just means that
someone takes the place of God in our lives.
Instead of God influencing our decisions, people
start to influence our decisions. And as you
might be beginning to see, people -pleasing can
have a detrimental effect. So it's important
to ask God to evaluate our hearts. In 1 Thessalonians
chapter 2 verse 4 in the ERV version it says,
So when we speak, we are only trying to please
God, not anyone else. He is the one who can see
what is in our hearts. We are to please God.
Okay, so now that I know all this stuff about
people pleasing and why I shouldn't do it, how
do I break the chain of people pleasing? Well,
let me start off by saying you are on the right
track, because in order to break the problem,
we need to become aware that it is a problem.
And then the second thing we have to do is to
pray about it and surrender it to God and ask
him for his help. Once we ask God for his help,
the third thing we need to do is show our faith
by our works. And what I mean by that is to set
healthy boundaries. Which will be difficult at
first because we might be used to our old behavior
and others might be used to our old behavior
as well. But don't let that take down your guard.
In Galatians chapter 1 verse 10, again in the
easy English Bible version, it says, Now this
scripture reiterates to us that we should make
it our ambition to please God and not please
people because here's the thing when we please
God we live in freedom but when we please people
we live in bondage And it's so much easier to
get over people pleasing when we understand that
not everybody is going to like us. Just like
we might not like everybody, not everybody is
going to like us or has to like us, I've got
to understand that not everybody is going to
be my friend. But I don't have to go out of my
way to try and please them. I just have to make
sure I'm showing the love of Christ to them.
In Ephesians chapter 6 verse 6 in the easy English
Bible, Paul is encouraging the servants to not
do good. work only when their masters can see
them, because some people only work to make other
people like them. Instead, work well all the
time as slaves who serve Christ. Work in the
way that God wants you to work. Wait though,
sometimes it's difficult to know if I'm pleasing
people or Jesus. That was my question too. And
so I did some research and I came across this
website called sarahkbutterfield .com and the
article is titled, How to know if you are pleasing
And here are the questions it's said to ask yourself.
One, who will I disappoint if I say no? Two,
who will I please if I say yes? Three, who am
I trying to impress? Four, will saying yes distract
me from my calling or enable me in my calling?
And five, am I choosing out of love? or out of
fear. These questions will help us understand
if we are pleasing Jesus or people in the decisions
that we make. Now it's time for a special segment.
In today's special segment, you guessed it, movies
and TV shows. Last week I told you all about
The Forge, which is an amazing movie made just
recently. But today we have a throwback called
The Prince of Egypt. And when I say it's a throwback,
I mean it's a throwback because it was released
in 1998. I have watched this movie probably a
hundred times by now, and it is all about Moses.
If you already know the Bible story, then that
is incredible. But if you don't, I encourage
you to read the Bible and watch the movie to
get some more biblical insight and enjoy the
movie 10 times better. I know I've said this
pretty often, but I really love that movie. That
was such a great special segment. But now it's
time to talk about something a little bit more
important and even more exciting. Salvation.
Here's a word from Zy. So if you have a personal
relationship, with Jesus Christ, then this message
will help you. But if you don't have a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ, I invite you
to give your heart to the Lord today. To receive
him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through
10. It says, if you confess with your mouth the
Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God
has raised him from the dead, you will be saved,
for with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are
saved, and now have eternal life with Jesus.
You are saved from all your sins, past, present,
and future sins you may commit. This truth is
not a free pass to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus
gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers
you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved
forever and your name is written in the book
of life. Did you just give your life to Jesus?
Because if you did, give yourself a pat on the
back. I am so godly proud of you. Thank you so
much for listening to this podcast episode. I
trust that it helped you and that you learned
something. And remember, when our ambition is
to please God, we live in perfect freedom. visit
us on our website at ForeverGodGirl .com. That's
how you help us spread the good news. See you
next time. Bye.