SelfDestruction

00:00Episode 194: self-destruction (almost 40 years since I became a believer)

Hello, dear friend, welcome to our episode 194. Today, July 29, 2026: almost 40 years ago, I became a believer, exactly on a July 29. Praise the Lord for Pastor George Lopez and Flatter in Guatemala. The topic of today is self-destruction, and the reading comes from the Easy-to-Read Version. There are several passages on the scripture that you see here on the screen

00:31The reading: Matthew 12:25

About several topics, but today I'm gonna stick with this particular moment of the reading That we read in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. Please, Lord, guide us through this study. Thank you, Jeho, for the scripture on the screen. It says Matthew 12:25, section B: The Lord said to the Pharisees, "Every kingdom that fights against itself will be destroyed. And every city or family that is divided against itself will not survive." Well, that's a fact.

01:08Last week, and today

Last week we talked about the ability of God to know everything even our own thoughts, right? Today you will learn about self-destruction

01:19"Every family that is divided against itself will not survive"

It's powerful when you Read and hear what the Lord Jesus said every family that is divided against itself will not survive

01:30How does that happen?

But how that happens? I mean think about this children are most of the time The result of the love of two people, right? so in an average home There was if there are not now two parents together Two that love each other and they conceived, so there was a beautiful individual, you. but let's say

01:56Homes that fight each other

Houses homes families That are starting to fight with each other. Eventually they break up And that's a problem, right?

02:07Lack of appreciation

Why that happens? So I want you to see here right on the screen lack of Appreciation that's the problem

02:17Childhood abuse or current abuse

Why is that? childhood abuse or current abuse The abuse the pain in the hearts of people makes them to be difficult Of course, if you are the result of childhood abuse or you are actually Victim of abuse you are in pain You're going to be acting in a very strange way Because you are in pain That makes sense

02:46Find your identity in God

What is what you need to do? My friend you need to find your identity in God

02:52John 1:12

And how do you do that read with me here? John chapter 1 verse 12 believing that Jesus is the Son of God gives you the right To become a child of God. Do you believe that? The power of God comes to you To show you that Jesus is the Son of God that you are sinner That you need forgiveness and that is how you become a child of God my friend

03:18Children of God with mental health issues

But there are individuals that are children of God still with mental health issues Of course mentally they are Affected for many reasons

03:31What is it to be normal?

What is to be normal? Do you feel that you are a normal person?

03:36Normal changes

You know what was normal 20 years ago It was not normal 10 years ago much less now Things change, you know, it was normal to read the paper in a paper Now It's different 10 years ago. It was normal to watch the news on TV. Now it's different Things change Now

04:03Normal things

What is to be normal? Well, there are many things that we can consider As a normal things like what well like Having a job Like paying your bills like speaking walking interacting interacting with individuals But some people are just different, you know that Personalities, you know

04:28Struggling with mental health

Is one thing but some people are definitely struggling with mental problems health problems Physically mentally and that is precisely why many of them they have low self-confidence They don't see themselves the right way

04:49Unresolved trauma

They have unresolved trauma

04:51Self-destructive parents, and Romans 12:2

And in some cases they have a bad example of self-destructive parents That's why the apostle Paul writes to the Romans chapter 12 verse 2 saying, "Renew your mind with God's Word." The renewal of your understanding of your mind

05:10Raised in homes with unresolved trauma

But imagine if you are the result of a household where there was an alcoholic or a drug addict or any type of person with mental problems And it was self-destructive You know, some people hurt themselves. They cut themselves It is awful when you hear about the news of suicides and other people that do crazy things But the thing is many of them they were raised in houses Families where there was an issue with unresolved trauma

05:471. Be honest with yourself

The first thing you need to do my friend is to be honest with yourself You need to start there And think to yourself Am I a regular individual or I am very strange We all have our things, right?

06:05We all have our things

Everyone you have your things I have my things and that that could be considered, you know part of your personal characteristics

06:142. Seek professional help

But if you honestly say to yourself No, I don't think this is normal Maybe I need help. There you go And you need to seek professional help my friend And by that I don't mean that you need to go to look for those Individuals that they charge you to Go to talk to them and they just sit you know, there are jokes about it But those guys are sitting there with a notebook and they are doing whatever in the notebook and they just go Go ahead. Go ahead. And you are in a recliner or in a couch talking to that I'm not talking about necessarily that

06:55The help of a minister of God

You know the professional help that you need Especially when it's about not finding your identity in God is the help of a minister of God

07:06Not every pastor

Sometimes people think no going to a pastor is not going to help me at all but it depends Because for example if this pastor that you are trying to talk to is crazy Or is is someone that doesn't have a good life Something that you could say a normal life Of course you say I'm not going to talk to him, you know

07:31A godly, trained pastor

But if is someone That is decent is godly someone that went to school He went to a Bible college or theological seminary somebody that is trained Is somebody that has a good reputation. You'll hear him talking And you see that this person talks to you With wisdom and common sense You might consider talking talking to him You know pastors are equipped to help people in many aspects of life

08:04Pastors can help in many areas

Not just emotionally not just spiritually but with your relationships Actually financially as well In many areas that are pastors not everybody but some are pretty well equipped To help you in many things finding job finding a spouse finding a purpose in life

08:28If you are hurting

You need to seek professional help my friend because if you are hurting if you're not okay Obviously you are going to go into a path of self-destruction

08:413. A daily Bible study

That is why once you find professional help you need to start Looking for a daily Bible study But I'm not talking about something just to watch like this program Or something just to read like some books are available there I'm talking about you talking with the Lord God With your Bible reading the scripture writing your notes And doing it the right way with prayer and an honest heart

09:174. Become accountable

I will suggest you Try to find someone that you can be accountable You need to find a mature believer near you Somebody that you can talk to you know being isolated is a bad thing

09:33In my case: I am accountable

You know in my case I am 62 years old now in July 2026 62 years old And I have degrees an education I'm a grandpa I'm a pastor I oversee pastors Just for your information There are over 25 pastors that are in training permanently with me in our online school And yet I am accountable I have people that I talk to I am accountable

10:11It's a healthy thing

Because it's a healthy thing So imagine you Whatever your age is or whatever your life is it doesn't matter and you don't want to have anybody to talk about Your life You know, it's very dangerous That could be a self-destructive path. You don't want that

10:32What accountability is

The thing is finding someone that you can be accountable doesn't mean that you are going to To tell this person every single thing you do But when you have questions and when you are wondering about certain things If you find that person that you can be accountable to it will be fun for you I have so much fun talking with my mentors The pastors that are actually helping me to continue growing It's so fun for me

11:04Do it, my friend

Do it my friend You will enjoy it now

11:09"I am not used to talking about my personal things"

Some people say no I am not Used to talking about anybody about my personal things well Thank you for watching. That's all that I can tell you about

11:23Some humor: the message that self-destructs

Speaking about people that are troubled One day somebody told me this funny story. He says well, you know what this this guy that I know He was always afraid Always afraid that somebody will get him somebody will do something So I was just messing with him and I thought What can I do to mess with this guy? And he had this idea. I'm gonna do something that that I'm going to force this guy to throw His phone out the window And I said, did you do that? How did you do it? He says yeah, I send him a message a text message And I typed this message will self destruct in 10 seconds

12:12An outtake

Hello dear friend welcome to our episode 194 to let today to lay To lay to lay

12:23More humor

Now this is another funny thing, I don't know if it's true or not But one of my friends told me that one day he's a pastor He said that there was one guy in his church. I was really depressed And he said to my friend Okay You can use me as a bad example That way I would not feel totally useless Okay last ones for you This guy said I just realized that my life Can't fall apart If I never had it together in the first place

12:59This was episode 194

So Thank you for connecting with us this was our episode 194 of the series there are tons of teachings music Bible sundays Bible sunday messages as well Search all this through our platforms and you know what there are tons of churches also Broadcasting sharing us world with the world Thank you for being here with me and I hope to see you here soon. Have a great day

Transcribed from the video and lightly corrected. Spoken words are kept as Dr. Gian said them.