How to Let Go and Let God (Part 1)

269: How to Let Go and Let God (Part 1)

In this episode, Jay is joined by Pastor Dameon Madison to address the question: What factors can make it difficult to let go of someone or something?

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Episode Title: How to Let Go and Let God (Part 1)

Guest: Pastor Dameon Madison – Follow Him on Twitter

Check out Pastor D’s book, The Empowerment Pages: 40 Days of Encouragement for Empowered Living

Quotables:

“When you don’t have a healthy model, you really don’t know how to engage in relationship.” – Paster Dameon Madison

“It’s one thing to call yourself a Christian; it’s something completely different to live it out.” – Jay Mayo

“We are creating a culture of self-centered Christians.” – Pastor Dameon Madison

Questions We Address and Answer:

Are most people willing to admit that they struggle with letting go of a person or a relationship?
What factors can make it difficult to let go of someone or something?

Key Lessons and Takeaways:

Why many of us struggle with letting go.
How selfishness has negatively impacted our current generation.
Four main factors that make it difficult for us to let go.
The lack of healthy models for relationships.
Why many Christians tend to live unauthentic lives.
The responsibility parents have to teach their children the right things.
The importance of investing in a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Experiences:

Pastor D opens up about how his unwillingness to let certain people go began to wound him.
Jay explains how he learned to let go of certain relationships when he discovered he was the only one willing to work for them.

Scriptures:

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.“ – Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV)

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.“ – John 14:26 (NKJV)

“How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:

“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”“ – Romans 10:14-15 (NKJV)

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.“ – John 3:16 (NKJV)

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. ¹²Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. ¹³And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.“ – Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NKJV)

“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,” – James 1:2 (NKJV)

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
⁶In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.“ – Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV)

“Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
    Nor stands in the path of sinners,
    Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
²But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
    And in His law he meditates day and night.“ – Psalm 1:1-2 (NKJV)

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.“ – Romans 8:28 (NKJV)