I suffered for years and years with spirits of legalism, scrupulosity, anxiety until the real me was practically obliterated. Thank you so much for your ministry. There is so little help out there 4 mental illnesses. I'm so grateful for you. You are helping others to be set free.
Yes it is. I knew my life was screwed up and I did most of it. When I listen to DeJesus I get frustrated because what he is saying sounds so simple, yet it is beyond my understanding. I still struggle with Step 3 in AA. Simple but not easy, getting out of God's way.
Thank you so much for this message. Ever since coming back to God, I have been constantly so afraid to make a mistake and sin. I walk around unhappy, anxious and looking like an emotionless hollow zombie going about my day.
Been there brother, and I am gonna be totally honest with you, that Brother Marks videos are the ones that taught me freedom. Listen to marks videos only love can set you free, only the love of God can set you free. 🆓
""...emotionless hollow zombie going about my day..."" I can relate to that 😢...but thanks be to our Lord Jesus. May be you should listen to the late pastor R C SPROUL on imputed righteousness...for sure it will set you free. [Sole scriptura] [Sole fide] Oh how I miss R.C Sproul....my late pastor from another continent 😢 I remember him quoting Martin Luther of the reformation...""oh! the gates of paradise open wide and I entered in"" Martin said this when he first understood that salvation is by grace NOT works.
I thought I was the only one who hear certain words used in church and immediately have a trigger. Like you said it’s funny how a persons mental health can really get messed up with being brought up under religion and not relationship. It had gotten so bad with me after God opened my eyes to the gospel of grace I would literally have anxiety and get a knot in my stomach trying to read the word because I was so afraid to be deceived because the gospel sounded too good to be true. But by the mercy of God I have gotten much better 💙 it’s a process.
@TealSplash I know exactly what you mean and yes, it is a bad feeling to battle with this. How I started to receive the gospel of grace is I began to look up messages on RUclips about “the spirit of religion” and the spirit of legalism. I stayed reading the book of Roman’s too for better understanding as well. The more I read it the more it started to make sense to me. Then I would look up other reference scriptures to back up that we are made right with God simply by faith. I hope this helps answer your question. If not feel free to let me know and I will try my very best to help you 💜
@@tylere5817Every day, ask the Lord to fill you with His Spirit. Trust that He will…”He gives good gifts to His children.” Thank Him that He is with you throughout the day. Trust in the Righteousness of Jesus FOR YOU! “God made Him Who had no sin be sin for us, so that in Him, we might become the Righteousness of God.” When you “fall short”, 1 John 1:9 it…”If we confess our sins, He is faithful & just to forgive our sins cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” And keep listening to Mark! It’s a process, but YOU ARE HIS in a Covenant relationship…like marriage. If you have a fuss, doesn’t mean you’re not married anymore. ☺️ God bless you!❤
Your videos have helped me so much. I have been in Recovery from a substance use disorder for over 8 years and I work a 12 step program. While that has helped me tremendously and I’ve learned so much, I faced so much anxiety and mental health struggles this past year I thought I’d lost my mind. Your videos helped me better understand myself and God and I cannot thank you enough. I’m grateful for you.
WOW…..this message has turned my relationship w God upside down. I’ve tried all my life to obey Him in order to deserve His love, His smile, His approval, His acceptance……no wonder I so easily feel that God is disappointed in me and is therefore going to frown at me, withdraw from me, let go of me….God does not do that!!!!! I’m loved, I can’t ever be good enough to earn His approval…..it’s time to surrender from my belief that says I must be good enough for Him to love me….WOW!!! Thank you, God…..nothing I can do will drive you away…..your Mercy , your LOVE, your everlasting care for me is not going to leave me!!
Mark... Thank you so much for what you do. This message was especially helpful. I felt it in my heart. I have been so mentally tormented by unwanted disgusting intrusive thoughts about the Lord. It makes me disgusted with myself even though I do not want nor believe these thoughts. I was terrified I would be doomed to hell even though they are beyond my control. You saying over and over that God loves us in whatever state we are currently in has helped me so much. I know God meant for me (and so many others) to find your videos. Thank you for reminding me that I am forgiven... even for every intrusive thought or disturbing dream. I know this sounds weirs bc I don't know you... but as a sister in Christ, I love you. You have done more than you will ever know. May God bless you and your family abundantly.
Mark, I cannot begin to articulate how much your ministry has changed my life. I sit here crying as I write this. I have been saved for close to 40 years (I am 52) and it's like I am hearing these things for the first time. Although as a child when I gave my life to Jesus it was his love that drew me to him. So, I started in love but somewhere along my journey I got into deep heavy bondage to religion that almost cost me my life. The weight of performance, perfectionism and all kinds of religious fears had me so weighted down that I honestly wanted to check out. It wasn't worth living. BUT for the mercy and grace of God that kept pursuing me and just wouldn't let me give up. Thank you, thank you Jesus and Mark for allowing God to use your struggles to bring hope and healing to the world. May the coming years bring greater opportunities for this message to reach more hurting people. God bless you and Melissa for all you do for the body of Christ.❤😊
I so relate to exactly what you said! Saved sobres 9 yo, 55 now... walked in darkness/depression much of my life. Found Marks videos recently and have learned so much and been able to make some positive changes in my mental health journey bc of it! God Bless you friend ❤
This message is so good. Especially your statement at 21:54. ... I had a Christian group attack me and say that I was "idolizing sports" because I simply liked to play soccer. ⚽️ For a long time I avoided the appearance of anything healthy or "enjoyable" because of the fear of my heart and motives being falsely accused by others, and being isolated and misunderstood because of that. It's so good to finally come out of legalistic pressure. Thank God for his love and mercy. Real surrender, and not false appearances of "godliness."
Mark ty for this message. I prayed before I found this message that GOD would help me understand the fear of God. That sermon by jonathon Edward's terrified me. I thought surrender meant if I didn't lay down everything (behavior and addictions) that I was not ok with God. I dont want to be separated from him. I have been so afraid I'm gonna mess up or not be able to get my life right because of turn or burn.
I was in prayer asking the Lord to clear up any lies I believed, I believed that God didn’t want anything good for me without even knowing so that when something good came along my way, it was a “trick”
I am someone who didn't think God wanted good things for me. I brought over a lot of baggage from my childhood religion (Islam). I almost lost my now husband from constantly trying to sabotage our relationship because I didn't think I deserved goodness and love. It was too good to be true and I thought if I loved something God would take it away from me, based on incorrect reading from Scripture and life experiences. I'm still healing and frankly am still hard on myself but God has brought me so far it's amazing
This one brought me to tears. The Holy Spirit looked me in the eye with this one. I have a few people to share this with. I believe it will change their perception of Christianity. Thank you
My favorite Hands Down❤️ I’m looking forward to my early mornings starting tomorrow until eternity. Thanks Mark❤️ But Mainly Thank You Lord for reaching us through such an easy Man to listen to. ❤️
Thank you for always passing on the comfort you’ve received from Him to your brothers and sisters! Thank you for feeding His sheep Mark. So much healing and power in this message. So much love and comfort. Evidence that it’s from Him.
THIS WAS THE BIGGEST BEST video Mark.😭 I NEVER allowed myself to be loved by God because of my past mistakes. I had kept him always at a distance. I have come to a place in my life where I miss, I so miss the intimacy I had with him. At one Time, I did let him love me. I want that back.😢 God EVEN sent a homeless woman, I believe a Angel, to tell me God isn't mad at me. Yes, we can't sin on purpose and willfully not love others. BUT God desires a relationship, a intimate one. I can't thank you enough for this video. THANK YOU for using your experience to help console others. God bless you😭
Thank you so much. I got angry and told God i dont know why i dont have peace and a sound mind. I was so upset and said im about to give up and im going to bed. The next day i called my dad and he said my grace is sufficient for you verse and i said well thats fruits of the spirit and i dont have them. God put your video there after that and i was in tears for days. God told me at 3 am a month ago damascus road and thats all he said. Then i prayed where to read in bible and Facebook had a post that said Its in Acts. I didnt think that was for me lol. Im seeing now
Hi Mark. I just experienced one of those amazing milestones in my journey and wanted to quickly share in hopes that it encourages both yourself and others. I’m 61 and had my very powerful conversion experience in a Pentecostal church at 25. So many years in church and walk with Jesus. Yesterday the penny dropped on how God as a loving father sees me. Why did it take so long? (Something for another day maybe) I’ve obviously heard that God loves me. God “is” love. There is too much to this story to tell now. However. Briefly. The day before yesterday I wrote down in my small Holy Spirit notebook. (Something I started this year. Every time I think that The Holy Spirit is saying something I jot it down so I don’t forget and can encourage myself when I go through times of depression) what He I believe was showing me. I never connected the dots of my non affectionate father’s inability to express love or say anything encouraging with how dramatically it was affecting my ability to see God as much different. Even though I have heard it said a heap for over 36 years. So He showed me two days ago how this has effected me. So I was pondering this. All the while preparing me. So then, in my pondering, I found your RUclips channel. Then I realised. Hey. This guys been reading my mail. You see both my wife and I are diagnosed on the spectrum with ASD and a healthy dose of ADHD and a couple of spoon fulls of OCD. 🤓🫨😮💨 So obviously we connected. BTW you’re now my wife’s new focus 😯😂 But anyway. Yesterday because God had prepared me the day before by speaking that into my heart. When I heard one of your messages. Sorry I can’t remember which one because I binged the day away. But the penny dropped regarding this block I have always had that the completed goal of holy living, “is the goal”. But now I can see with grace that The Father loves all my attempts and every decision to try to be like Him. Not an unobtainable perfect man but a Father and son on a journey. I hope all that makes sense. I’ve just pulled over on the side of the road here on the Gold Coast of Australia to try and quickly relay this to you. God bless. Paul. PS I have a clue as to why this was 36 in the making, but maybe this could be a good topic for you. 🤔
Again, such a much needed message that I needed to hear. I will never look at Romans 12:1 the same way. Connecting and accepting his love instead of beating myself up for not measuring up to standards that are impossible to fill. Relinquishing control over my life is a huge burden off my shoulders that I have been carrying all my life. No wonder I feel so exhausted and hopeless.
21:44 God BLESS YOU IF YOU DON'T understand the mental anguish anxiety, perfectionism, growing up being told you have no self. Told that any compliment would hurt you. That you cannot love yourself bevause that is vanity. Bless you if you did not grow up that way. ❤
I thank the Lord for you Mark. You have no idea, just how much of an instrument your Channel has been in the healing and restoration Journey the Lord has been taking me through. Thank you so much for what you do! 🙏💚💛❤️🙌
When I think of the Lord, I feel like I have to be perfect in his eyes to be approved by him otherwise condemnation takes place. I also feel like Jesus is sweeter and more loving and the Father is much more stern and strict.😔🙏🕊
Ive never heard another Christian teacher speak my thoughts this way. My thoughts would object to the things you were saying and then your next sentence would be the answer to that objection. Thank you for making this, I didn't know it was exactly what I needed.
I gave all my outdoor gears away because of with this wrong way to understand what desire is.…😅😜 I thought it to be an idol…I want it all back please Jesus!
Nice, personally I’ve been working through Celebrate Recovery’s 3 workbooks. I’ve been asking for help with taking on Humidity when triggered by not getting the validation when I love bomb. Mercy & Surrender are the keys to humility. ❤
Great teachings glory to God. Thank you Mark you are doing a very important job deliverance taking place from the comfort of our residencies halleluiah amen.
I’ve thought that my whole life, giving sacrifice thinking I need to give love, was left empty. Nobody ever gave and loved sacrificed for me. It’s the people that make it even worse, like a sheep to the slaughter. You find out people talk it, but won’t give help back. Learning the hard way🙏❤️🙏❤️thank you Pastor🙏❤️
at first I thought this was playing off my religious and cerebral veneers, that " i got this" , but gradually there were grains of sand getting stuck in sensitive places (ie: it was turning into no 'day at the beach'). `going to have to replay this, call myself out on my own reactionary /responsive b.s. & maybe someday get a pearl out of the parts that got under my shell(s).. Thanks once again..
Dude, dude dude.....I wish I could fully express everything on my heart. I have been listening to a lot of your videos and this one especially hit home. For the past few years I have been on this journey, definitely have had the "abuse" in a sense, and I can legit relate to EVERYTHING you are saying. The guilt and everything. Still a daily battle. To much to share here but suffice it to say I can relate to what you have gone through, and literally was nodding my head the entire time. I still have a ways to go, and I am still struggling with anger towards people who I felt led me astray and put wrong ideas and thought in my head. Hopefully in time I can have peace from that as well. God bless you and thank you for helping me move away from guilt and into love and peace. Praise God!!
So well said. Thank you Mark! Sometimes I try so hard to surrender and change my destructive habits, while totally forgetting the Fathers love for me. Or just not believing it. Thank you for your teaching!
Oh my. This is exactly who I am and I thought it was godliness. Thank you so much for this message. I am listening to it as if it's a life preserver ring thrown to me. I just did not even realise I was drowning.
I can definitely relate to what you said about “if you want it, God doesn’t want it”. I even had a religious leader years ago tell me that, or something to that effect. I also have many many times experienced guilt after a purchase where I felt it was evil or cursed because I wanted whatever the product was and took delight in owning it. Strong sense of it being dirty or evil, or that I should destroy it or return it. Sadly, sometimes I did do that. I am talking about fairly mundane items such as a cell phone, an item of clothing, musical instruments or cameras. Nice items, perhaps not necessary items, but not “dark” items or demonic items either. The persistent thought always said “well, anything can be an idol”. Maybe I felt guilty about having the luxury to buy the item, however this sometimes occurred from thrift store items or used items from eBay. Basically, anything other that food or required expenses (those felt “biblical”) could be subject to post purchase spiritual guilt feelings.
I love your teach so much wisdom and clear understanding, keep teach and preach the gospel. Thank God I stumble upon your video's they have help me to get a lot of understand in my journey. God Bless You!
I didn't think surrender meant that I couldn't have anything good in my life. I thought that surrender meant that I would have to be fine with having *no* good in my life; that if this current miserable moment is the best I will ever experience, I must "happily" accept.
This video is so incredibly helpful. I’ve been despairing & neurotic for 7 years but now I’m learning about His mercy! He will complete the good work He started! His mercy has started healing the anxiety & the fearful, intrusive thoughts! I was demon possessed for many years & I’m walking in God’s love now & can feel the Holy Spirit in me. It’s so so good! Thank you Mark for helping me on this journey!
I feel the same way,I have been walking around with a wrong view and perspective of who God is I entered into a terrible roller coaster for my mental physical even emotional health but Thank God for his love and victory
Love you so much brother , I really need to relearn God's Love and Mercy. I realise I've been abused too by people distorting my lens of the Heart of our Heavenly Father
Praise God for loving us and giving Christ as a sacrifice for us while we were sinners! I therefore pray and bind one to fully understand the depth of God his love for one while binding to hell every lack of full understanding of the depth of God his love for one in my life, the lives of my family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquitances, opponents and the body of Christ, binding to hell every unequal yoke and common share with anyone lacking to fully understand the depth of God his love for one, in accordance with this word and john 3:16, 1 john 4:19, 2 corinthians 6:14-18 in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah, glory to God ❤!
Hey Mark! Once again thank you so much for your videos. I have been plagued by intrusive thoughts for a year now and as of late it has taken presence in the form of religion. I am deeply in love with my current girlfriend but she isn't religious, though it didn't bother me at first. suddenly i keep thinking that God is somehow disappointed in me and that I can't be with her. It really tears me apart because I know my relationship with God is mine alone and that my relationship with my girlfriend is completely separate. Yet somehow I always get thoughts that I need to leave her because of it but I don't want to. I don't really expect an answer but I guess I just wanted to vent. Your videos really help me Mark, thank you for spreading God's positivity.
you probably know deep down that she is way closer to spirit in her own knowing than any church goer you have met. Otherwise, you would not have anything in common. So I say, don't give it a second thought! God Bless!
Soooooo helpful bro. Thank you. God has brought me back to your videos after subtley and unknowingly slipping back into legalism and performance based Christianity. Interestingly, that is the very opposite of living a life of faith, as the Bible describes. 😊
For me the thought of surrender has been terrifying .I spent years as a young person in mental hospital between age 10 and 17 .I have autism Nobody knew what to do with me when i was young I was under many thumb and shamed and punished because i couldn’t produce a convincing false self .I was repeatedly told people wouldn’t accept me unless I stopped personifying certain objects .Cognitively I couldn’t understand people and relate to their feelings and experiences .I had sensory issues .nobody knew anything about sensory issues then 1960s Relating to people was hard .It was like I couldn’t understand their language .i got lots of negative feedback .I was diagnosed with autism in 1992 at 40 .To me the thought of surrender sounds like “if rape is inevitable relax and enjoy it”or going back into a mental hospital and trying hard to become an empty shell that performs to meet everyone else’s selfish demands .Nothing for me in my life exist only to make others happy . Give up all happiness and live in misery but LOOKING cheerful so others wont be inconvenienced.Having no rights .I hate the term dying to self . Living empty to conform to someone else’s demands but showing a false self that looks satisfied SUCKING UP BIG .BECOMING A COMMODITY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO EAT .TOLD WE TREAT YOU THIS WAY BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU .YEAH JUST LIKE YOU LOVE CHOCOLATE CAKE AND POTATO CHIPS .YOU ARE TASTY WE ENJOY EATING UP YOUR LIFE .TOO BAD YOU GET DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS IF WHAT MARK DE JESUS IS SAYING ISNT TRUE IT SHOULD BE TRUE..IF IT WASNT LIFE WOULD NOT BE WORTH LIVING What good is life if you have to be a puppet with no rights and no life of your own
@Barbara Moran I am so sorry for the pain you have lived. May you feel the presence and love and acceptance of YHWH, El Roi - the God who sees and catches all our tears in His bottle.
I have ear buds in. My volume is one notch above off. And it still feels a bit loud. But I appreciate this teaching. When nothing else has seemed to help❤
Can you talk more about how we in a sense mutilate ourselves thinking that’s how we prove we love God and are submitted to Him? I hope that made sense…
I'm struggling with religious OCD and rumination. What you went through Mark sounds a lot like me. Today I messed up again and have been feeling awful about it and feeling distant from God, trying to repent and then feeling shame like I don't deserve repentance because it always seems to happen again eventually so how dare I ask for it. I started monitoring my entertainment for sin as well. For days I was able to keep my head clear and I was doing good but today I feel like I backslid and now I'm thinking too deeply again.
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I suffered for years and years with spirits of legalism, scrupulosity, anxiety until the real me was practically obliterated. Thank you so much for your ministry. There is so little help out there 4 mental illnesses. I'm so grateful for you. You are helping others to be set free.
Appreciate that Betty.
Totally Agree, Betty!
Amen!
Right there with you.❤
Yes, and Amen. ❤
“Stop TRYING to love God’’ WHEW!!!!! Lean into Him loving ME… that was so heavy.
Hopefully heavy in a good way. . .
@@marktdejesus yes sir! In a GREAT way!
Yes it is. I knew my life was screwed up and I did most of it. When I listen to DeJesus I get frustrated because what he is saying sounds so simple, yet it is beyond my understanding. I still struggle with Step 3 in AA. Simple but not easy, getting out of God's way.
Thank you so much for this message. Ever since coming back to God, I have been constantly so afraid to make a mistake and sin. I walk around unhappy, anxious and looking like an emotionless hollow zombie going about my day.
I understand brother, I'll send you my playlist about such things that helped me.
ruclips.net/p/PLFjspRkmi3DjZ3GIa8ZJ4eZ2MYlsEErWN&si=DuPX89zhWsS4ovJp
It's got a lot of Marks teachings on the topics we spin about.
His stuff on grace, especially that from the OT perspective helped a lot.
Been there brother, and I am gonna be totally honest with you, that Brother Marks videos are the ones that taught me freedom. Listen to marks videos only love can set you free, only the love of God can set you free. 🆓
""...emotionless hollow zombie going about my day...""
I can relate to that 😢...but thanks be to our Lord Jesus.
May be you should listen to the late pastor R C SPROUL on imputed righteousness...for sure it will set you free.
[Sole scriptura]
[Sole fide]
Oh how I miss R.C Sproul....my late pastor from another continent 😢
I remember him quoting Martin Luther of the reformation...""oh! the gates of paradise open wide and I entered in""
Martin said this when he first understood that salvation is by grace NOT works.
Lord heal my heart and help me to know your love and mercy for me
Amen, same for me.
I'm beginning to realize it's ALL about His love and mercy!
Yeah! It really is!! 🤍 That's how we grow and overcome!
💯
Goodness and mercy will follow me today and always no matter what comes near me
I thought I was the only one who hear certain words used in church and immediately have a trigger. Like you said it’s funny how a persons mental health can really get messed up with being brought up under religion and not relationship. It had gotten so bad with me after God opened my eyes to the gospel of grace I would literally have anxiety and get a knot in my stomach trying to read the word because I was so afraid to be deceived because the gospel sounded too good to be true. But by the mercy of God I have gotten much better 💙 it’s a process.
@TealSplash I know exactly what you mean and yes, it is a bad feeling to battle with this. How I started to receive the gospel of grace is I began to look up messages on RUclips about “the spirit of religion” and the spirit of legalism. I stayed reading the book of Roman’s too for better understanding as well. The more I read it the more it started to make sense to me. Then I would look up other reference scriptures to back up that we are made right with God simply by faith. I hope this helps answer your question. If not feel free to let me know and I will try my very best to help you 💜
So how do you now juggle our need for holiness and God's wrath, and do you have full assurance now that you are saved and will be kept saved?
Thank you Jesus🙏🏾
@@tylere5817Every day, ask the Lord to fill you with His Spirit. Trust that He will…”He gives good gifts to His children.”
Thank Him that He is with you throughout the day.
Trust in the Righteousness of Jesus FOR YOU! “God made Him Who had no sin be sin for us, so that in Him, we might become the Righteousness of God.”
When you “fall short”, 1 John 1:9 it…”If we confess our sins, He is faithful & just to forgive our sins cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
And keep listening to Mark! It’s a process, but YOU ARE HIS in a Covenant relationship…like marriage. If you have a fuss, doesn’t mean you’re not married anymore. ☺️
God bless you!❤
Your videos have helped me so much. I have been in Recovery from a substance use disorder for over 8 years and I work a 12 step program. While that has helped me tremendously and I’ve learned so much, I faced so much anxiety and mental health struggles this past year I thought I’d lost my mind. Your videos helped me better understand myself and God and I cannot thank you enough. I’m grateful for you.
WOW…..this message has turned my relationship w God upside down. I’ve tried all my life to obey Him in order to deserve His love, His smile, His approval, His acceptance……no wonder I so easily feel that God is disappointed in me and is therefore going to frown at me, withdraw from me, let go of me….God does not do that!!!!! I’m loved, I can’t ever be good enough to earn His approval…..it’s time to surrender from my belief that says I must be good enough for Him to love me….WOW!!! Thank you, God…..nothing I can do will drive you away…..your Mercy , your LOVE, your everlasting care for me is not going to leave me!!
Mark... Thank you so much for what you do. This message was especially helpful. I felt it in my heart. I have been so mentally tormented by unwanted disgusting intrusive thoughts about the Lord. It makes me disgusted with myself even though I do not want nor believe these thoughts. I was terrified I would be doomed to hell even though they are beyond my control.
You saying over and over that God loves us in whatever state we are currently in has helped me so much. I know God meant for me (and so many others) to find your videos. Thank you for reminding me that I am forgiven... even for every intrusive thought or disturbing dream.
I know this sounds weirs bc I don't know you... but as a sister in Christ, I love you. You have done more than you will ever know. May God bless you and your family abundantly.
Mark, I cannot begin to articulate how much your ministry has changed my life. I sit here crying as I write this. I have been saved for close to 40 years (I am 52) and it's like I am hearing these things for the first time. Although as a child when I gave my life to Jesus it was his love that drew me to him. So, I started in love but somewhere along my journey I got into deep heavy bondage to religion that almost cost me my life. The weight of performance, perfectionism and all kinds of religious fears had me so weighted down that I honestly wanted to check out. It wasn't worth living. BUT for the mercy and grace of God that kept pursuing me and just wouldn't let me give up. Thank you, thank you Jesus and Mark for allowing God to use your struggles to bring hope and healing to the world. May the coming years bring greater opportunities for this message to reach more hurting people. God bless you and Melissa for all you do for the body of Christ.❤😊
I so relate to exactly what you said! Saved sobres 9 yo, 55 now... walked in darkness/depression much of my life. Found Marks videos recently and have learned so much and been able to make some positive changes in my mental health journey bc of it!
God Bless you friend ❤
The OCD thinking was me and it's so horrible I thank Jesus that he IS good ALL THE TIME ☺️
This message is so good. Especially your statement at 21:54.
... I had a Christian group attack me and say that I was "idolizing sports" because I simply liked to play soccer. ⚽️
For a long time I avoided the appearance of anything healthy or "enjoyable" because of the fear of my heart and motives being falsely accused by others, and being isolated and misunderstood because of that.
It's so good to finally come out of legalistic pressure. Thank God for his love and mercy. Real surrender, and not false appearances of "godliness."
Christians are their own worst enemies
Christians are their own worst enemies
Christians are their own worst enemies
Christians are their own worst enemies
Amen glory to God ❤🙏🏾
Mark ty for this message. I prayed before I found this message that GOD would help me understand the fear of God. That sermon by jonathon Edward's terrified me. I thought surrender meant if I didn't lay down everything (behavior and addictions) that I was not ok with God. I dont want to be separated from him. I have been so afraid I'm gonna mess up or not be able to get my life right because of turn or burn.
Thank you. It's becoming a child and coming back to the Father. Thank you Mark.
I was in prayer asking the Lord to clear up any lies I believed, I believed that God didn’t want anything good for me without even knowing so that when something good came along my way, it was a “trick”
Thank you for sharing this! I’ve been experiencing the same symptom and your post is hopefully the final nail in that coffin.
I am someone who didn't think God wanted good things for me. I brought over a lot of baggage from my childhood religion (Islam). I almost lost my now husband from constantly trying to sabotage our relationship because I didn't think I deserved goodness and love. It was too good to be true and I thought if I loved something God would take it away from me, based on incorrect reading from Scripture and life experiences. I'm still healing and frankly am still hard on myself but God has brought me so far it's amazing
I AM LOVED RIGHT NOW! ❤
This one brought me to tears. The Holy Spirit looked me in the eye with this one. I have a few people to share this with. I believe it will change their perception of Christianity. Thank you
This was soooooo gooooood!!!! Power of surrender cannot be done without experiencing Gods love!!!! Profound!!!❤️
27:07 "YOU'RE LOVED RIGHT NOW"!!!!!
Help me god to understand the healing of the heart and not resist because of pride and shame and harsh legalistic preaching that was bestowed upon me.
My favorite Hands Down❤️
I’m looking forward to my early mornings starting tomorrow until eternity.
Thanks Mark❤️
But Mainly Thank You Lord for reaching us through such an easy Man to listen to. ❤️
Thank you for always passing on the comfort you’ve received from Him to your brothers and sisters! Thank you for feeding His sheep Mark. So much healing and power in this message. So much love and comfort. Evidence that it’s from Him.
THIS WAS THE BIGGEST BEST video Mark.😭 I NEVER allowed myself to be loved by God because of my past mistakes.
I had kept him always at a distance. I have come to a place in my life where I miss, I so miss the intimacy I had with him. At one Time, I did let him love me. I want that back.😢
God EVEN sent a homeless woman, I believe a Angel, to tell me God isn't mad at me.
Yes, we can't sin on purpose and willfully not love others. BUT God desires a relationship, a intimate one. I can't thank you enough for this video.
THANK YOU for using your experience to help console others.
God bless you😭
35:03 hit me hard. Such an amazing brother in Christ...
Thank you so much. I got angry and told God i dont know why i dont have peace and a sound mind. I was so upset and said im about to give up and im going to bed. The next day i called my dad and he said my grace is sufficient for you verse and i said well thats fruits of the spirit and i dont have them. God put your video there after that and i was in tears for days. God told me at 3 am a month ago damascus road and thats all he said. Then i prayed where to read in bible and Facebook had a post that said Its in Acts. I didnt think that was for me lol. Im seeing now
Much appreciated! Please exposit more verses. I hope a Mark DeJesus Study Bible is in the will of God :)
You're incredibly kind.
This was an incredibly powerful message!
Hi Mark.
I just experienced one of those amazing milestones in my journey and wanted to quickly share in hopes that it encourages both yourself and others.
I’m 61 and had my very powerful conversion experience in a Pentecostal church at 25. So many years in church and walk with Jesus. Yesterday the penny dropped on how God as a loving father sees me. Why did it take so long? (Something for another day maybe) I’ve obviously heard that God loves me. God “is” love.
There is too much to this story to tell now. However. Briefly. The day before yesterday I wrote down in my small Holy Spirit notebook. (Something I started this year. Every time I think that The Holy Spirit is saying something I jot it down so I don’t forget and can encourage myself when I go through times of depression) what He I believe was showing me. I never connected the dots of my non affectionate father’s inability to express love or say anything encouraging with how dramatically it was affecting my ability to see God as much different. Even though I have heard it said a heap for over 36 years. So He showed me two days ago how this has effected me. So I was pondering this. All the while preparing me. So then, in my pondering, I found your RUclips channel. Then I realised. Hey. This guys been reading my mail. You see both my wife and I are diagnosed on the spectrum with ASD and a healthy dose of ADHD and a couple of spoon fulls of OCD. 🤓🫨😮💨
So obviously we connected. BTW you’re now my wife’s new focus 😯😂
But anyway. Yesterday because God had prepared me the day before by speaking that into my heart. When I heard one of your messages. Sorry I can’t remember which one because I binged the day away. But the penny dropped regarding this block I have always had that the completed goal of holy living, “is the goal”. But now I can see with grace that The Father loves all my attempts and every decision to try to be like Him. Not an unobtainable perfect man but a Father and son on a journey.
I hope all that makes sense. I’ve just pulled over on the side of the road here on the Gold Coast of Australia to try and quickly relay this to you.
God bless.
Paul.
PS I have a clue as to why this was 36 in the making, but maybe this could be a good topic for you. 🤔
Thanks so much... Your words helped me... Trusting Jesus Christ... 🙌🙌🙌 2 Chronicles 20:15 & Proverbs 3:5-6
Be blessed 🙏🙏🙏
Again, such a much needed message that I needed to hear. I will never look at Romans 12:1 the same way. Connecting and accepting his love instead of beating myself up for not measuring up to standards that are impossible to fill. Relinquishing control over my life is a huge burden off my shoulders that I have been carrying all my life. No wonder I feel so exhausted and hopeless.
"As Jeremiah looked on the destruction of Jeresualem he said "God's mercies are new every morning." Whoo!
21:44 God BLESS YOU IF YOU DON'T understand the mental anguish anxiety, perfectionism, growing up being told you have no self. Told that any compliment would hurt you. That you cannot love yourself bevause that is vanity. Bless you if you did not grow up that way. ❤
Gosh. I'm going to have to listen a few times. Yes. I need to understand God's love and mercy. Thank you again for sharing.
I thank the Lord for you Mark. You have no idea, just how much of an instrument your Channel has been in the healing and restoration Journey the Lord has been taking me through.
Thank you so much for what you do!
🙏💚💛❤️🙌
God bless you! I also was misled that way, but a new mindset begins. Thank you
You are saving my life! Mark thank you!✨🕊💖
Thank you for your teachings. Really helping me shift into LOVE
I am so glad that I found these videos in this season of my life thank you Mark for being alive!!
When I think of the Lord, I feel like I have to be perfect in his eyes to be approved by him otherwise condemnation takes place. I also feel like Jesus is sweeter and more loving and the Father is much more stern and strict.😔🙏🕊
Thank you soo much for another inspirational message that is helping me to be transformed (renovated) in my mind and emotions.
I'm happy to know that.
3rd time listening to this message. Going to do so everyday.
Ive never heard another Christian teacher speak my thoughts this way. My thoughts would object to the things you were saying and then your next sentence would be the answer to that objection. Thank you for making this, I didn't know it was exactly what I needed.
I gave all my outdoor gears away because of with this wrong way to understand what desire is.…😅😜 I thought it to be an idol…I want it all back please Jesus!
Your such a gift to the body of christ . Thank you brother
Nice, personally I’ve been working through Celebrate Recovery’s 3 workbooks. I’ve been asking for help with taking on Humidity when triggered by not getting the validation when I love bomb. Mercy & Surrender are the keys to humility. ❤
Great teachings glory to God. Thank you Mark you are doing a very important job deliverance taking place from the comfort of our residencies halleluiah amen.
I’ve thought that my whole life, giving sacrifice thinking I need to give love, was left empty. Nobody ever gave and loved sacrificed for me. It’s the people that make it even worse, like a sheep to the slaughter.
You find out people talk it, but won’t give help back.
Learning the hard way🙏❤️🙏❤️thank you Pastor🙏❤️
Very powerful message. God continues to bless your ministry.
I can't say a big enough thank you for these videos!
That is wonderful to know.
I am muslim but I can relate to this so much
You are SO real, my friend! And
I'm SO GRATEFUL. You offer me balance in mind, heart, and spirit.
God Bless. ❤️🙏
Thank you
I'm glad it was helpful.
at first I thought this was playing off my religious and cerebral veneers, that " i got this" , but gradually there were grains of sand getting stuck in sensitive places (ie: it was turning into no 'day at the beach').
`going to have to replay this, call myself out on my own reactionary /responsive b.s. & maybe someday get a pearl out of the parts that got under my shell(s)..
Thanks once again..
Dude, dude dude.....I wish I could fully express everything on my heart. I have been listening to a lot of your videos and this one especially hit home. For the past few years I have been on this journey, definitely have had the "abuse" in a sense, and I can legit relate to EVERYTHING you are saying. The guilt and everything. Still a daily battle. To much to share here but suffice it to say I can relate to what you have gone through, and literally was nodding my head the entire time. I still have a ways to go, and I am still struggling with anger towards people who I felt led me astray and put wrong ideas and thought in my head. Hopefully in time I can have peace from that as well. God bless you and thank you for helping me move away from guilt and into love and peace. Praise God!!
Thank you, I'm weeping
Mercy , thank God
God bless you and your family.
So well said. Thank you Mark! Sometimes I try so hard to surrender and change my destructive habits, while totally forgetting the Fathers love for me. Or just not believing it. Thank you for your teaching!
Thank you mark
Thanks! I’ve never heard this message from anyone before. And I hope to never forget it
Oh my. This is exactly who I am and I thought it was godliness. Thank you so much for this message. I am listening to it as if it's a life preserver ring thrown to me. I just did not even realise I was drowning.
I can definitely relate to what you said about “if you want it, God doesn’t want it”. I even had a religious leader years ago tell me that, or something to that effect. I also have many many times experienced guilt after a purchase where I felt it was evil or cursed because I wanted whatever the product was and took delight in owning it. Strong sense of it being dirty or evil, or that I should destroy it or return it. Sadly, sometimes I did do that. I am talking about fairly mundane items such as a cell phone, an item of clothing, musical instruments or cameras. Nice items, perhaps not necessary items, but not “dark” items or demonic items either. The persistent thought always said “well, anything can be an idol”. Maybe I felt guilty about having the luxury to buy the item, however this sometimes occurred from thrift store items or used items from eBay. Basically, anything other that food or required expenses (those felt “biblical”) could be subject to post purchase spiritual guilt feelings.
I love your teach so much wisdom and clear understanding, keep teach and preach the gospel. Thank God I stumble upon your video's they have help me to get a lot of understand in my journey. God Bless You!
I didn't think surrender meant that I couldn't have anything good in my life. I thought that surrender meant that I would have to be fine with having *no* good in my life; that if this current miserable moment is the best I will ever experience, I must "happily" accept.
This teaching was life changing for me. Thank you!!😊
Manifesting love ❤
Wow wow....how Great is our God...Wonderfull...His Love endure forever...Amen
This video is so incredibly helpful. I’ve been despairing & neurotic for 7 years but now I’m learning about His mercy! He will complete the good work He started! His mercy has started healing the anxiety & the fearful, intrusive thoughts! I was demon possessed for many years & I’m walking in God’s love now & can feel the Holy Spirit in me. It’s so so good! Thank you Mark for helping me on this journey!
SO GOOD, MARK! ❤
I feel the same way,I have been walking around with a wrong view and perspective of who God is I entered into a terrible roller coaster for my mental physical even emotional health but Thank God for his love and victory
Love you so much brother , I really need to relearn God's Love and Mercy. I realise I've been abused too by people distorting my lens of the Heart of our Heavenly Father
Thank you for your ministry.
Brilliant, thanks Mark!
AMEN!I AM TOUCHED WITH THE WORDS I AM.LOVED NOW.
Praise God for loving us and giving Christ as a sacrifice for us while we were sinners! I therefore pray and bind one to fully understand the depth of God his love for one while binding to hell every lack of full understanding of the depth of God his love for one in my life, the lives of my family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquitances, opponents and the body of Christ, binding to hell every unequal yoke and common share with anyone lacking to fully understand the depth of God his love for one, in accordance with this word and john 3:16, 1 john 4:19, 2 corinthians 6:14-18 in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah, glory to God ❤!
Thanks for proclaiming these truths! You said it so very well!
Hey Mark! Once again thank you so much for your videos. I have been plagued by intrusive thoughts for a year now and as of late it has taken presence in the form of religion. I am deeply in love with my current girlfriend but she isn't religious, though it didn't bother me at first. suddenly i keep thinking that God is somehow disappointed in me and that I can't be with her. It really tears me apart because I know my relationship with God is mine alone and that my relationship with my girlfriend is completely separate. Yet somehow I always get thoughts that I need to leave her because of it but I don't want to. I don't really expect an answer but I guess I just wanted to vent. Your videos really help me Mark, thank you for spreading God's positivity.
you probably know deep down that she is way closer to spirit in her own knowing than any church goer you have met. Otherwise, you would not have anything in common. So I say, don't give it a second thought! God Bless!
Thanks!
Thank you Mark
Danke!
Thank you so much. God bless your family.
This is a great testimony and sermon, keep it up
Thank you for your videos 😊
This was such a blessing, thank you
God bless you and your family this Christmas Mark.
Mercy and Love ( Agape.)
This was very timely for today. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this teaching ❤
LOVVVVVVE THIS.
Soooooo helpful bro. Thank you. God has brought me back to your videos after subtley and unknowingly slipping back into legalism and performance based Christianity. Interestingly, that is the very opposite of living a life of faith, as the Bible describes. 😊
For me the thought of surrender has been terrifying .I spent years as a young person in mental hospital between age 10 and 17 .I have autism
Nobody knew what to do with me when i was young I was under many thumb and shamed and punished because i couldn’t produce a convincing false self .I was repeatedly told people wouldn’t accept me unless I stopped personifying certain objects .Cognitively I couldn’t understand people and relate to their feelings and experiences .I had sensory issues .nobody knew anything about sensory issues then 1960s
Relating to people was hard .It was like I couldn’t understand their language .i got lots of negative feedback .I was diagnosed with autism in 1992 at 40 .To me the thought of surrender sounds like “if rape is inevitable relax and enjoy it”or going back into a mental hospital and trying hard to become an empty shell that performs to meet everyone else’s selfish demands .Nothing for me in my life exist only to make others happy .
Give up all happiness and live in misery but LOOKING cheerful so others wont be inconvenienced.Having no rights .I hate the term dying to self .
Living empty to conform to someone else’s demands but showing a false self that looks satisfied SUCKING UP BIG .BECOMING A COMMODITY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO EAT .TOLD WE TREAT YOU THIS WAY BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU .YEAH JUST LIKE YOU LOVE CHOCOLATE CAKE AND POTATO CHIPS .YOU ARE TASTY WE ENJOY EATING UP YOUR LIFE .TOO BAD YOU GET DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS
IF WHAT MARK DE JESUS IS SAYING ISNT TRUE IT SHOULD BE TRUE..IF IT WASNT LIFE WOULD NOT BE WORTH LIVING
What good is life if you have to be a puppet with no rights and no life of your own
@Barbara Moran I am so sorry for the pain you have lived. May you feel the presence and love and acceptance of YHWH, El Roi - the God who sees and catches all our tears in His bottle.
Thank you Mark ❤
Thank you so much Mark.
22:00
Yep, been here
I have ear buds in. My volume is one notch above off. And it still feels a bit loud. But I appreciate this teaching. When nothing else has seemed to help❤
Preach it!
Can you talk more about how we in a sense mutilate ourselves thinking that’s how we prove we love God and are submitted to Him? I hope that made sense…
Yeah its a self-hate thing. Check out my loving yourself resources: markdejesus.com/lovingyourself/
This is incredible. Thank you.
I'm struggling with religious OCD and rumination. What you went through Mark sounds a lot like me. Today I messed up again and have been feeling awful about it and feeling distant from God, trying to repent and then feeling shame like I don't deserve repentance because it always seems to happen again eventually so how dare I ask for it. I started monitoring my entertainment for sin as well. For days I was able to keep my head clear and I was doing good but today I feel like I backslid and now I'm thinking too deeply again.