Title: We Must Get Our Minds Off Ourselves Meta: If we get our minds off of ourselves and get our minds on our brothers and sisters needs; and especially our minds in worship on the Lord Jesus Christ, a whole lot of problems that we're having would be gone. Tags: self,Christian,Life,Believer,Bible 1 00:00:00,778 --> 00:00:01,898 I am convinced 2 00:00:01,898 --> 00:00:02,945 that we in America 3 00:00:02,945 --> 00:00:06,598 have lived through an anomaly of Christianity. 4 00:00:06,598 --> 00:00:11,940 We've had about 150-200 years here of 5 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:15,956 a strange kind of Christianity. 6 00:00:15,956 --> 00:00:19,517 It's the kind that gets up on Sunday morning and goes to church 7 00:00:19,517 --> 00:00:21,817 and we sit there and listen to the preacher preach. 8 00:00:21,817 --> 00:00:24,057 We call each other brother and sister 9 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:25,678 and shake hands with one another 10 00:00:25,678 --> 00:00:27,338 and hug necks and 11 00:00:27,338 --> 00:00:29,279 go home and watch the football game 12 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:31,767 and eat a big dinner. 13 00:00:31,767 --> 00:00:34,440 And if we're really dedicated to the Lord 14 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,837 and really sacrificing for Christ, 15 00:00:36,837 --> 00:00:39,689 we'll get up maybe and go to the evening service. 16 00:00:39,689 --> 00:00:41,511 And if we're absolute fanatics 17 00:00:41,511 --> 00:00:45,457 we show up on Wednesday night pray. 18 00:00:45,457 --> 00:00:48,141 And then the rest of the week, 19 00:00:48,141 --> 00:00:50,609 nothing 20 00:00:50,609 --> 00:00:52,528 in our life relates 21 00:00:52,528 --> 00:00:56,228 to what happened down at the church house! 22 00:00:56,228 --> 00:00:59,156 You see brother George over at the church house, 23 00:00:59,156 --> 00:01:00,930 and when you see him down on the job 24 00:01:00,930 --> 00:01:02,911 he's just "hey George". 25 00:01:02,911 --> 00:01:06,197 But he's brother George over at the church house. 26 00:01:08,907 --> 00:01:10,419 We have lived through that age, 27 00:01:10,419 --> 00:01:13,287 but I'm telling you we're coming out of that age. 28 00:01:13,287 --> 00:01:14,748 We're coming out of that age 29 00:01:14,748 --> 00:01:15,758 in the world 30 00:01:15,758 --> 00:01:18,759 and we're coming out of the age in America. 31 00:01:18,759 --> 00:01:23,201 And things are changing more quickly then you can imagine. 32 00:01:25,451 --> 00:01:27,841 Jeremiah I think it was, asked 33 00:01:27,841 --> 00:01:28,416 some people, 34 00:01:28,416 --> 00:01:36,289 he said, "If you are having trouble when the streams are low, 35 00:01:36,289 --> 00:01:40,021 what are you going to do when the Jordan floods?" 36 00:01:42,011 --> 00:01:45,318 What are you going to do when the horsemen come? 37 00:01:45,318 --> 00:01:47,228 If the footmen bother you, 38 00:01:47,228 --> 00:01:49,378 what are you going to do when the horsemen come? 39 00:01:49,378 --> 00:01:50,452 Listen to me fellows, 40 00:01:50,452 --> 00:01:51,599 I'm saying this to you. 41 00:01:51,599 --> 00:01:53,878 It doesn't matter how you feel! 42 00:01:53,878 --> 00:01:56,208 It doesn't matter what you think! 43 00:01:56,208 --> 00:01:58,789 It doesn't matter what the devil throws at you! 44 00:01:58,789 --> 00:02:00,456 It just doesn't matter! 45 00:02:00,456 --> 00:02:01,427 It doesn't matter! 46 00:02:01,427 --> 00:02:02,718 Get off your feelings! 47 00:02:02,718 --> 00:02:03,808 Quit petting yourself! 48 00:02:03,808 --> 00:02:07,116 Quit thinking about what a rough time you're having 49 00:02:07,116 --> 00:02:10,069 and think about what a rough time some other brothers are having. 50 00:02:10,069 --> 00:02:14,166 And go somewhere and bury your face in the sand and weep for them. 51 00:02:14,166 --> 00:02:16,369 I'll tell you something. 52 00:02:16,369 --> 00:02:18,272 If we get our minds off ourselves 53 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:19,870 and get our minds on our brothers and sisters 54 00:02:19,870 --> 00:02:23,877 and especially our minds in worship on the Lord Jesus Christ 55 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:26,610 a whole lot of problems that we're having would be gone. 56 00:02:26,610 --> 00:02:27,998 They'd be gone! 57 00:02:27,998 --> 00:02:32,475 I'm talking about personal problems that we have in our lives.