FORGET YOURSELF AND THINK ABOUT JESUS!   DO 2938  7/90
Grandpa's Talk to Techi!

         1. Don't sell yourself short! Don't underestimate yourself or what the Lord can do in you. Look at me! I was only one little person, but look what the Lord did with me. Now we have a Family of thousands around the world who have won millions to the Lord! I was defeated and discouraged and had an inferiority complex, but I just went ahead and did what the Lord told me to do anyway. Isn't that wonderful? "By one man's obedience, many were made righteous!" (Rom.5:19).
         2. So just do what the Lord tells you to do! Forget about worrying whether you're good or bad or best or better or perfect or whatever! Just obey the Lord! That's all! You'll never be perfect. Look at me!--I'm still not perfect, I'm still struggling! I'm still having a hard time being better, but look at what the Lord has done through me! (Referring to the "Acts of the Revolution" videos they'd been watching of our early days!) All those people you see on video of our wonderful Family--they're serving the Lord in the Family because they listened to God's message through me. I'm just a delivery boy, a telegram boy. They just received it and believed it, acted on it, obeyed it, and look what they did!--They've reached the world!
         3. That's all you have to do! Just believe, receive and obey! Don't worry about how good you are or how bad you are! Just love the Lord! That's the secret of it all! Don't worry about whether you're good enough! Don't worry about whether you're perfect. Don't worry about whether you conquer every sin or not. Just love Jesus and love others and try to help them. And if you will really love Him and love others, He will channel His love through you to them.
         4. You just relax and let the Lord do it! Just let Him do it, okay? Let go and let God! If you let go and really let Him do it, then He will do it! All He really needs is a channel.
         5. Just relax and yield to the Lord and let Him do it through you. The worst thing in the world you can do is worry! Just trust the Lord! That was the greatest relief, when I finally realized that I couldn't do anything, the Lord had to do it! All I had to do was just do what He told me to do. And look what He's done!
         6. Forget the Devil's voice that tries to tell you all those bad things: "Oh, you're so bad, you could never be good. Look at all the mistakes you made today. Look at all your NWOs and blah blah blah!" Think on those things which are good! (Phil.4:8).
         7. You'll get the victory if you keep your mind on the Lord! Just think about Jesus! Forget yourself and think about Jesus! You're a hell-of-a-mess and I'm a hell-of-a-mess, but when we think about Jesus, He can turn hells-of-messes into wonderful instruments of love for others, to love others who are also hells-of-messes! We can sympathize with them. We know how it feels to be a hell-of-a-mess! But look what the Lord can do! He can take a hell-of-a-mess and turn him or her into a Heaven-of-a-blessing! So I don't like you spending too much time concentrating on all of your NWOs and troubles! I think you ought to be thinking about Jesus and reading His Word, thinking positive and good things!
         8. If I had dwelt upon my mistakes and all my weaknesses and the things that I am not able to do, I would have given up years ago! But I just trusted the Lord, looked to Him and said, "Well, Lord, You did it! I just did what You told me to do, that's all. I know I'm a mess, but You love me! And You're loving others through me. So that's that!" Keep your eyes on Jesus! (Sings:)

         Keep your eyes on Jesus.
         Do not watch the waves!
         Keep your eyes on Jesus,
         It's faith in Him that saves!
         Keep your eyes on Jesus,
         His promises avail!
         Keep your eyes on Jesus!
         Praise God, He cannot fail!

         9. All He wants is you!--Your heart, your mind, your thoughts and your soul. That's all He wants, you. Just yield yourself to Him and He will flow through you and you don't have to worry about yourself and all your faults and all your weaknesses, all your NWOs! What you ought to be doing is praising the Lord and thanking Jesus and asking Him to help you! Forget about yourself! Get your eyes off of yourself!
         10. (Techi: It helps me to talk to someone when I have problems sometimes.) (Maria: With someone's help, we can often better see the Lord's positive solution and what He can do for a situation.) Well, yes, that's one time you do need to think about your NWOs, when you discuss them with your shepherd. But you shouldn't always be thinking about them!
         11. I just keep my eyes on Jesus, that's all! I know only He can do it, and I let Him do it through me! Just yield! Just be a yielded wire carrying His electrical current. Don't worry about the kinks and knots in the wire, and the problems with the wire and blah blah blah! Just be yielded to Jesus!
         12. Don't condemn or belittle yourself, not for a minute! Forget yourself. Just think about Jesus and let Him work through you. Just throw the switch and turn on the current and let Him flow! Because if you keep worrying about yourself and your problems, your NWOs, that causes a whole bunch of resistance to the steady flow of the current of God.
         13. It doesn't matter how much you fail, the Lord will never fail! So just keep your eyes on Jesus! (Sings:) "Get your eyes on Jesus, do not watch the waves! Get your eyes on Jesus, it's faith in Him that saves!"--You can't do anything by yourself! "Get your eyes on Jesus, His promises avail!" Just say, "God damn the Devil and his doubts! To Hell with you, Satan! I believe in the promises of Jesus! They avail! They conquer! They win!" (Continues song:) "Get your eyes on Jesus! Praise God, He cannot fail!"
         14. I would have quit a long time ago if I had just worried about myself and my problems and my sins and my NWOs! I just keep my eyes on Jesus and I know that He will win no matter what I do! No matter what I do, God will win! I've done a lot of crazy things, a lot of stupid things, made a lot of mistakes, but the Lord won!
         15. Just let the Lord do it! Don't worry about it! Just remember He will do it. He never fails! He cannot fail!--As long as you love Him and yield to Him and try your best to serve Him and obey Him. No matter how many mistakes you make, He will correct them and He will do it. Praise the Lord? Hallelujah!
         16. The worst thing you can do is to just keep worrying about yourself and looking at yourself and being introverted--that means to look inside. My God, what a hell! Be extroverted, look outside at the Lord and He will do it all! Don't worry about it. Say, "Of course, Lord, I'm one hell-of-a-mess! Of course I don't do anything right, You know that. But I love You, so help me! You know I can't do it, Lord, so You do it through me! I'm just a yielded vessel!"
         17. Quit trying so hard! Don't be the Christian Endeavor Union, the Christian Triers Union! Just let go and let God! That's the secret! Let go! Quit trying to hang on to yourself and trying to do it. Let go and let God!

(The next day, Grandpa talking to Techi:)
         18. It doesn't matter if you fail--He cannot fail! You just need to look to Him and hang on to Him! The Bible says the Lord grabbed Peter's hand to keep him from sinking (Mat.14:31). The Lord has to do it! Amen? Praise the Lord! My goodness, you're a daughter of the King of kings! Don't you think He's going to take care of you? Here's a good verse for you: "The Lord Who hath begun a good work in you shall perform it to the end" (Phil. 1:6). That's a promise! "Who hath delivered, Who doth deliver, and Who will yet deliver!" (2Cor.1:10).
         19. It's the Lord Who does it! Don't worry about your trying to do it. Of course you're a mess! I'm a mess, Mama's a mess, we're all a mess, but the Lord does it! So quit worrying about yourself. Quit thinking about yourself! Think about Jesus! I mean it!
         20. I don't go for this stuff of worrying about yourself all the time--introversion, looking inside and seeing how horrible you are. My goodness! If I spent all my time looking at myself and how bad I am and how much of a failure I am and all of the things that I do that don't live up to what I would like to do, I would get so discouraged I'd want to just go get lost!
         21. But if I keep my eyes on Jesus, praise God, He cannot fail! Amen? So I don't like this business of looking into yourself and at yourself all of the time, and at all of your mistakes and NWOs! The only thing that can save any of us is to keep our eyes on Jesus! Keep thinking about Jesus! Look at Jesus! He can do it! Just keep your eyes on Jesus! Praise the Lord! God bless and keep you always! And He will! Thank You Jesus! Amen!


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