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Taffi Dollar - The Drama That Life Brings

September 9, 2025 | 28:54

Taffi Dollar - The Drama That Life Brings
Join the dynamic leadership and teaching of Dr. Creflo and Taffi Dollar.
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Creflo Dollar | Taffi Dollar - The Drama That Life Brings | September 9, 2025
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  • Taffi dollar: and sometimes if we don't experience that or
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  • Receive that apology, it can open the door to offense and
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  • To unforgiveness.
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  • The right to hear "i'm sorry," the right to dwell on the
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  • Offense, we have to let that go.
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  • Taffi: so living free of--as what is called tonight drama
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  • Addiction, look at matthew chapter 11, verse 28 in
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  • The message.
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  • Matthew chapter 11.
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  • He says, "are you tired?
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  • Worn out?
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  • Burned out on religion?
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  • Come to me.
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  • Get away with me and you'll recover your life.
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  • I'll show you how to take," what?
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  • "a real rest."
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  • It's kind--you know, drama is draining.
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  • It is tiring, it will what?
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  • Burn you out.
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  • So he says, "are you tired?
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  • Are you born--are you burned out?"
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  • He says, "walk with me and work with me--watch how i do it."
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  • And that's something about spending time with the lord and
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  • Recognizing that we can be in his presence, and we can steal
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  • Away and not be sucked in.
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  • He says, "learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
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  • I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you."
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  • Are we participants of the drama?
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  • What is the holy spirit wanting us to do?
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  • To pray, to yield, to be silent, to confront, to submit.
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  • Do we really trust god?
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  • Some drama is self-inflicted.
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  • Like martha, some were--are worried about this or worried
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  • About that or people approval.
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  • Do we have an ability to help others without taking on
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  • Their problems?
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  • Look at 1 thessalonians chapter 4, verse 11 and 12.
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  • Because sometimes that brings on unnecessary stress and not
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  • Recognizing our own boundaries in our own lives, and then we
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  • Wonder why we find ourselves not having the real rest and the
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  • Real strength that we need.
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  • "stay," what?
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  • "calm; mind your own business;
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  • Do your own job."
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  • So that was what jesus was saying to martha, "martha,
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  • Stay calm.
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  • Don't fuss, don't get worried about this.
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  • Don't get worked up.
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  • Mind your own business, do your own job."
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  • But you know what happens sometimes, when we are in other
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  • People's affairs and we insert ourselves and we're minding
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  • Everybody else's business, we're not calm and we're not doing our
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  • Own job.
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  • He says, "you've all heard, you've heard all this from us
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  • Before, but a," what?
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  • "reminder never hurts."
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  • "a reminder never hurts."
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  • So the root cause of a consistent drama can be a
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  • Wounded heart of fear, a wounded heart of fear.
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  • Embracing vulnerability through grace, grace allows us to
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  • Embrace vulnerability.
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  • When we let go of the need for approval--i don't know what it
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  • Was that martha--her need was.
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  • Like i mentioned, i don't know if it was jesus's approval of
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  • How, you know, organized the kitchen was or how well, you
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  • Know, things were being presented, or the approval of
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  • Her sister.
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  • We don't quite know, the scripture doesn't say that, but
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  • When we let go of the need of approval or to appear perfect,
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  • We open ourselves to genuine connections with others,
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  • Fostering deep relationships based on authenticity rather
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  • Than facades.
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  • Now, listen to this.
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  • We have two choices with every occurrence.
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  • We can respond with emotional maturity in a reasonable,
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  • Rational, and godly way to diffuse situations, or we can
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  • React emotionally, impulsively, and escalate the drama.
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  • So some of the things that we can do is renew or reprogram
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  • Our minds.
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  • Somebody say, renew.
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  • Another thing that we can do is worship.
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  • Renewing our mind where we recognize, okay, i don't need to
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  • Feel abandoned, this is not about me.
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  • Have to talk ourselves down.
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  • I know my sister loves me.
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  • I know i'm loved, i know god loves me.
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  • Reprogramming our minds.
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  • Just getting into a place of worship, lord, i just worship
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  • You that i can host the king of kings and the lord of lords.
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  • What an honor, what a privilege, you're allowing me to be
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  • Hospitable to him and my sister to hang on every word.
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  • Another thing that we can do is set boundaries, to recognize
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  • Our boundaries.
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  • This is where i'm responsible for, this is where i begin and
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  • This is where this other person ends.
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  • This is where i begin and this is where i end.
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  • Anything beyond that is outside of my boundaries.
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  • Sometimes drama occurs because we are in other people's lane,
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  • We're in their race.
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  • We are inserting ourselves into their--we're too enmeshed into
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  • Their boundaries, and recognizing that's none of my
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  • Responsibility, that's none of my business, amen?
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  • Listen to this, i thought this would be good.
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  • Four things to release in situations that can be
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  • Drama-filled, the right to hear, "i'm sorry," the right to dwell
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  • On the offense, the right to hold on to anger, and the right
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  • To bring up the offense.
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  • Because sometimes when things occur--we don't quite know how
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  • Mary was receiving and what her reaction was to what her sister
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  • Was doing and what her sister was saying, if she was
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  • Apologized to by martha, "mary, i apologize.
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  • You have every right to be where you are, doing what
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  • You're doing."
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  • And sometimes if we don't experience that or receive that
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  • Apology, it can open the door to offense and to unforgiveness.
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  • The right to hear "i'm sorry," the right to dwell on the
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  • Offense, we have to let that go.
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  • Because sometimes when you allow those things to fester and you
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  • Meditate it, you rehearse it.
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  • You nurse it over and over and over what they said, what they
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  • Did, accused me of abandoning her, i didn't abandon
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  • Her, she's just doing too much in the kitchen.
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  • She needs x, y and z, but we have to release the right to
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  • Hear because some people may never apologize.
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  • You have to release the right to hear it and just realize, like
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  • Jesus did, "lord, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
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  • People get so caught up in their--what they want to do at
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  • The time, that in most instances they're not thinking about you
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  • Or how it, in some instances, affects you or affects
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  • Someone else.
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  • And so if they don't apologize, if they don't take
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  • Responsibility, we have to let that go and to release it, the
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  • Right to dwell on what was done.
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  • Jesus just let it go, he didn't hold on to it.
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  • And you know, what if he had gone and got to the cross and
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  • Said, "no, i'm not doing this, they didn't apologize."
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  • No, he willingly modeled for us the importance of carrying out
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  • The will of god.
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  • And he didn't allow even when peter and other folks were
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  • Cutting off ears and stealing and judah and doing all kinds of
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  • Stuff, but he didn't hold on to those things, and we have to
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  • Release the right to bring up the offense.
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  • Now, if you feel led to address it, it's a way to address it
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  • As well.
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  • But sometimes when we address things from a place of
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  • Brokenness, it can escalate, so asking the lord and seeking him
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  • On how to handle and how to address situations.
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  • Not to say that things must be unaddressed, because it
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  • Does affect.
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  • And as a result, it helps us to grow together, when we can
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  • Address and confront things and talk about things and
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  • Express, amen?
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  • So when we understand and accept grace, we become less critical
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  • Of ourselves and others.
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  • The shift in mindset frees us from the constant need to
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  • Measure up to unrealistic standards both personally
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  • And socially.
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  • So tonight, i want us to let go of perfection, and the need to
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  • Control can indeed reduce drama in life.
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  • Now, martha could indeed have had in her mind certain
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  • Expectations that perhaps were not communicated, unspoken
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  • Expectations of perfection could have been that which caused her
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  • To respond.
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  • Control over others involves dictating the actions of those
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  • Around you.
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  • So, you know, her sister was not doing what was expected and so
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  • This led to frustration and conflict as people often resist
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  • Control, instead of fostering healthy relationships.
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  • Look at some ways in which we can exit the drama
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  • Of perfection.
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  • Another thing, control over self.
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  • This area pertains to the pressure that we put on
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  • Ourselves to meet certain expectations or
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  • Certain standards.
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  • Another area in which the need to control can create drama is
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  • Control over situations.
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  • This can involve the urge to manage every aspect of
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  • Your environment.
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  • While some level of organization is good, an excessive need can
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  • Lead to frustration when things do not go as planned.
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  • Learning to embrace flexibility and spontaneity can enhance your
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  • Ability to enjoy life,
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  • To minimize drama, create space for connections and experiences.
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  • And so there is the need in certain situations for things to
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  • Go as they should.
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  • But just as pastor was talking about, male domination in
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  • Situations like this, we have to ask ourselves that there are
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  • Situations where there's female domination, ladies, and so we
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  • See from this example how we can learn to embrace flexibility to
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  • Enhance and create space for meaningful connections.
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  • Some of the ways in which this shows up as past experiences, as
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  • I mentioned, may be trauma, loss,
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  • A heightened need for control.
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  • Sometimes individuals will feel as if this situation, "i've seen
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  • This go left, where i've hosted someone before and things
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  • Weren't right in the kitchen.
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  • So as a result, i'm going to usurp and cause myself to be
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  • Seen in the less positive light."
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  • Maybe previous experiences, low self-esteem, seeking control to
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  • Compensate for feelings of low self-worth.
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  • Attempting to manage situations, feeling a temporary boost or a
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  • Sense of importance.
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  • It could have made mary feel important that she would do what
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  • She thought was necessary at the time.
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  • And we want to recognize that wholeness, that we're not
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  • Inferior, but we are in him, and we are standing side by side on
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  • Equal ground.
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  • And then cultural or societal influences, cultural norms,
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  • Societal pressures can play a role.
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  • Success and achievements are highly valued, leading
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  • Individuals to adopt controlling behaviors to meet expectations.
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  • Another issue is desire for validation.
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  • The need for external validation can lead to controlling
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  • Behavior, to feel your worth is tied to how well things are
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  • Managed or influence situations and others.
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  • So let's look at some ways here how martha may have spoken to
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  • Mary and to jesus in a more--way that was not causing her to
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  • Bring negativity in that situation.
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  • Number one, the approach, the approach.
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  • Now, let's look back at luke chapter 10.
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  • Somebody say, "approach is everything."
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  • Approach is everything.
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  • In the message, if you would pull that back up, luke 10.
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  • And so here,
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  • Her approach was not to mary, but her approach
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  • Was to jesus.
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  • Instead of approaching mary and saying, "mary, i know that you
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  • Want to be here with the son of god, but i could really use
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  • Some help.
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  • I really need for you to help me out."
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  • And so her approach was different, it was contrary,
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  • Because what she said in luke chapter 10 verse 38: "master,
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  • Don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen
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  • To me?"
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  • So she approached jesus about it.
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  • Somebody say, "approach."
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  • And martha might have been like, "no, no, you didn't go and--all
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  • The way around me and talk to the sister--talk to the master
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  • Instead of talking to me."
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  • So it was her approach, number two, showing appreciation.
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  • Recognizing that it was so wonderful to have the presence
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  • Of the lord there in their home, and instead of her addressing
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  • Jesus about martha--i mean about her sister--she could have shown
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  • Her appreciation.
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  • An invitation could have been another way, the third thing.
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  • "mary, how about we tag-team this situation?
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  • You help me out, and then we both can enjoy the presence of
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  • The lord.
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  • And both can benefit and get what we need."
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  • We also see here that she obviously was fussing and
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  • Complaining possibly, and she recognized her vulnerability
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  • To that.
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  • But to be real about the stress and that it was getting her
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  • Worked up and stressed out, and knowing that we're becoming
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  • Vulnerable and becoming stressed and being able to confide in her
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  • Sister or talk with jesus about it.
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  • "i do want everything to be perfect.
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  • I do want the meal to be right.
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  • I do want everybody to be comfortable, to enjoy
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  • Themselves, to have a good time, but right now i'm getting a
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  • Little anxious.
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  • I'm getting--i'm feeling unsupported, i'm feeling as if
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  • I'm alone."
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  • Another tip is she could--she was asking out of desperation
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  • For health--help and relief, asking jesus, getting some
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  • Advice from jesus.
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  • Asking him, "how do i juggle all of this without losing it?
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  • Lord, you gotta help me."
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  • I don't know about you, i've been in situations and just feel
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  • So overwhelmed with what's going on all around.
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  • And to be able to ask, what is necessary?
  • 00:21:56.194 --> 00:22:02.334
  • What is the most important thing to do for relief and for help?
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  • Perhaps she could have made a plan, a plan to divide and
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  • Conquer with her sister.
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  • "okay, martha, i'll help you.
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  • What is the plan?
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  • Let's talk about this beforehand.
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  • I don't want you to start, you know, reverting back to what
  • 00:22:25.857 --> 00:22:29.327
  • Happened in 1922, that i'm gonna do it again, because now i know
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  • How you do things and how you want things done, so what's
  • 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:39.337
  • The plan?"
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  • "mary, let's--that's not the time for you to be at jesus's
  • 00:22:42.607 --> 00:22:47.012
  • Feet, i need you to stand up and come in here with me.
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  • That's the plan.
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  • Encouraging meaningful connections, let's make this a
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  • Good time.
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  • And sometimes just having to breathe and decompress and
  • 00:23:01.393 --> 00:23:08.133
  • Knowing and telling yourself, this is not about me, it's not
  • 00:23:08.133 --> 00:23:12.370
  • The time to lose it over small details, but what really matters
  • 00:23:12.370 --> 00:23:20.045
  • Is being able to connect and spend time with jesus.
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  • And then wrapping it up and just recognizing the presence of the
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  • Lord, being ready to learn, having a good time with the lord
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  • And creating an unforgettable time.
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