Am I Living in My Strength or God's Strength? (What Does that Even Mean?)

I like to address common statements that Christians say that often become cliche, but also don’t have depth of meaning and understanding. They become blanket statements that are overused without much thought. We often do not even know what they mean.
One of them is, "You are doing this in your own strength, not God's strength."
But what does this even mean?
Many times when I ask people what they mean, they don't really know. The statement, “You have been doing this in your own strength. You need to do it in God’s strength,” is a common prescription given to believers as a reason for why they are struggling, stuck or battling.
What does this statement even mean and can we get some fruitful insight?
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  • @elizabethwoolington4822
    @elizabethwoolington48226 ай бұрын

    I had a faceplant yesterday in ocd recovery, and I had just written in my notes, "Jesus invites me to stand up and step forward." And Mark, here you are once again, bringing confirmation to what the Lord is doing in my journey. BLESS YOU, my bfam!

  • @Andrea-yq9oi
    @Andrea-yq9oi5 ай бұрын

    Since becoming Christian and trying to follow these scriptures you're referring to, I i have struggled to make decisions, take steps, go forward, to live!! I have this concern that my choices are not His so i analyze everything to death..and come to hate life. I Have no life...i find myself remembering the vivacious, adventurous, happy, positive, energetic explorer i was prior to my conversion. Thanks for this! I will listen over and over until i truly understand and hopefully i can find my way out of this ditch i keep myself in.

  • @Tyrus919
    @Tyrus9196 ай бұрын

    I was just having thoughts about this topic literally a few hours ago lol…God works in mysterious ways 🙏🏽

  • @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    6 ай бұрын

    So cool. Yes HE does

  • @peace6107

    @peace6107

    6 ай бұрын

    He does!

  • @iseeyou5791
    @iseeyou57916 ай бұрын

    you should make a series : What Does that Even Mean?

  • @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    6 ай бұрын

    YES. @user

  • @rosannapuentes
    @rosannapuentes6 ай бұрын

    Literally just prayed about this and then this shows up. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @Tony-Pino
    @Tony-Pino6 ай бұрын

    I always bring up questions in bible study like "How do I know if I'm living in God's strength and not my own?" and I get crickets

  • @redemmingthetime
    @redemmingthetime5 ай бұрын

    I was literally breaking down in the car this last week with my husband telling him i know i need to walk in step by step mentally but i dont know how and it feels impossible to do. I recognized i have a all or nothing, controlling and compulsive OCD. I told him to take one step feels overwhelmingly impossible. Thanks for this! Walking in my own strength to me means to walk out how i desire thing to unfold and when they dont go as planed i lose it! To walk in his strength is to walk step by step by faith not sight to rest in his faithness and goodness. To let go and let God is a war for me, to release control feels scary but hes guiding me in healing! Thanks Mark!

  • @sawsanmin8249
    @sawsanmin82494 ай бұрын

    I am living in God's Strength. God bless to Mr Mark.

  • @peace6107
    @peace61076 ай бұрын

    A collaborative exploration/discussion of scripture with @Mike Winger...I can only imagine how much of a blessing that would be 😊.

  • @margaretgrosskreuz8687
    @margaretgrosskreuz86876 ай бұрын

    Mark, ty so much. Its freeing and TRUE. I, In my many years, have heard so few people explain Jn 15 in such a clear way. The way it was taught to me was fear, performance-based, instead of the assurance the passage is meant to give. Praise God for you

  • @marti5173

    @marti5173

    6 ай бұрын

    So agree Margaret …I had the same background as you and it so good to be free from that ❤

  • @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    6 ай бұрын

    ​​@@marti5173 I am 78 yrs old!! So happy to be a supporter of Mark. Just BTW I know you are on the journey. I would like to know pls which book would be a good one to start with in your opinion?

  • @lynseypearson
    @lynseypearson2 ай бұрын

    Wow, another great video. I’m so pleased to have found you. You described me completely in this video. I’m exhausted from trying to know everything and get it all right. I prayed to God that he would help me and he sent you to me! I feel like a weight is lifting and I can breathe more easily now. Thank you! ❤

  • @jeanparish9559
    @jeanparish95596 ай бұрын

    Yah. I was just thinking of this topic in myself this weekend too. We know we have a degree of action to carry out on our end as agents of our change, but the line that gets crossed where we step over onto works and out of reliance on God is a bit more muddied.

  • @Prathamesh-qy6yq
    @Prathamesh-qy6yq6 ай бұрын

    Mann, Glory to God...i was badly struggling with this topic....Keep it up mark

  • @Nightwalker25-m3u

    @Nightwalker25-m3u

    6 ай бұрын

    Amen, glory to God who gives strength. I thought the verse was going to be "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." I think that is in Philippians 4:6.

  • @Nightwalker25-m3u
    @Nightwalker25-m3u6 ай бұрын

    I'm not sure, but I would really appreciate t-shirts that say. Stop spinning&chill.

  • @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    @margaretgrosskreuz8687

    6 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a good idea 👍🏼

  • @sydneylol9
    @sydneylol96 ай бұрын

    I really got some strength added to my journey from this. This was right on time once again! Thanks so much for speaking on this!

  • @marti5173
    @marti51736 ай бұрын

    I just love the way you explain scripture. My interpretations are very goofy ..thank you so much Mark ❤

  • @disaj7460
    @disaj74606 ай бұрын

    Such great insights bro Mark! Truly empowering...encouragement to release the death-grip so many of us have on so many aspects of our life (and others' lives)...helps to conserve energy, so that we can put it toward some other mission Father has for us. Sometimes I feel like the energizer bunny gone amok! Lol! Instead of wisely sublimating the power that Father lavishes on me to do His good work, I feel as tho I let it go to waste on more trivial things or worse, let it just dissipate when there's the overwhelm of too many self-initiated tasks (that the Lord never asked me to tackle in the first place). Super helpful...thank you!🙏👑🕊

  • @krystenray9190
    @krystenray91906 ай бұрын

    This is so much needed for me! Thank you so much.

  • @brianabramsjr.7245
    @brianabramsjr.72456 ай бұрын

    This message was a blessing 🙏. I definitely can relate to the feeling of God being there and not there in my struggles. Thank you for making sense of it

  • @pauuuuuliiiinaaaaa
    @pauuuuuliiiinaaaaa6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much Mark! God is telling me I need to chill out and rest in His grace. Blessings brother, keep strong. God bless you 💙

  • @G-Loheem
    @G-Loheem6 ай бұрын

    I am battling heavy depression. I have been recently diagnosed with a life threatening disease. My relationship with my partner for a decade seems to be deteriorating. Her father is very ill and it just seems to be coming from every direction. I have been agnostic my entire life. I desperately am searching for God . I just feel so alone.

  • @keithawhosoever5384

    @keithawhosoever5384

    6 ай бұрын

    Believe and receive Gosch .👌 Believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins , and rose from the dead three days after for your justification , and you shall be saved. You'll receive God's forgiveness , freedom from guilt , a peace that passes all understanding , a clean heart , a new spirit and so much more ..... Not necessarily all at once ; you may not even feel anything has changed , but God cannot lie . Just ask Him to reveal Himself to you . He'll never reject you . He'll never condemn you . His Agape love for you is everlasting. Jesus said , " Without Me , you can do nothing " "I AM the Way , the Truth and the Life . No one comes to the Father but through Me " . All your sins have been forgiven , past , present and future . It's all good news . "Faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen" " I believe . Lord , help me in my unbelief" ... it's scriptural. Just be honest with God . He knows anyway . (Gods) "Perfect love casts out all fear , for fear has to do with punishment/torment. Those who still fear are not (yet) perfected in Love " Keep listening to Mark DeJesus 🙏 It's a journey of coming to the realisation , that we have a Heavenly Father Who loves us unconditionally . ✝️♥️🆓

  • @RoccoGermani

    @RoccoGermani

    6 ай бұрын

    I am so sorry to hear that. I just want to let you know that I am praying for you! The good Lord Jesus' arms are wide open to embrace you. Turn to Him and place your faith in Him, and you will not be disappointed.

  • @thespeedster7700
    @thespeedster77006 ай бұрын

    Thank you Mark 🙏🏿

  • @Jesusandmentalhealth
    @Jesusandmentalhealth6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this.

  • @dagrnning4456
    @dagrnning44566 ай бұрын

    Thank you! This is so useful. Stay blessed!

  • @WhatsOnYourMind.
    @WhatsOnYourMind.6 ай бұрын

    Mark, ya such a blessing.

  • @hagoswoldegebriel1137
    @hagoswoldegebriel11376 ай бұрын

    Its helpfull teaching.God bless u!

  • @CharlieBass5
    @CharlieBass55 ай бұрын

    I don't know how to use my HEART!!! I know it has something to do with emotions. I'm not good with trust or emotions. Yes I'm asking the question, WHAT DO i DO??? i know that God is involved in my life, I wouldn't be here without him. that's as far as I can get.

  • @meganjohnson3710
    @meganjohnson37106 ай бұрын

    This was so good!!! So helpful!!!

  • @jayheinz4624
    @jayheinz46246 ай бұрын

    Well said!,Edit,, and so true about being good yourself, there was a time in my life that that was almost impossible, that went against everything I felt and was taught.. and I really like how you put that, that's key ✨👍about steps of Faith! 👍 I've been thinking about this subject a lot lately. This is some of the best stuff I've that I've heard you talk about. That Proverbs 3 verse has always been one of my very favorites and I like how you described it. Thanks Maximus Mark!😁👍

  • @JSOPETTYY5686
    @JSOPETTYY56865 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much this was a blessing

  • @BH-wj9lx
    @BH-wj9lx5 ай бұрын

    God said that Himself to me .your trying to do things in your own strength

  • @graisen.nicholson
    @graisen.nicholson6 ай бұрын

    This answers a prayer I prayed a few days ago. Wow

  • @heyitsrachelgrace
    @heyitsrachelgrace6 ай бұрын

    Great message! Could you do a video on how you recommend studying the Bible so that we are understanding the context of what we're reading, how it applies to us (or doesn't), word meanings, etc.? It'd be great to hear your take on this!

  • @vincentvuong7641
    @vincentvuong7641Ай бұрын

    Thank you for being comprehensive about this, I have always struggle with these terms, "Give it to God", or even how do I know if I know its my strength or how do I know if its God's strength, its confusing sometimes, using God's word to fight?

  • @usernameanonymous158
    @usernameanonymous1586 ай бұрын

    I am so sorry if I might maybe sound ungrateful for friends.. because I truly am very grateful for advice of christian friends.. but I suffer from pretty intense PTSD and I cannot ever really be at peace, and sometimes people will tell me "You have to surrender to the Lord" As if my nerves mean that I have not surrendered or something 😔 and sometimes it truly is painful... I would very much long for christians to maybe.. when a friend of theirs is suffering , to maybe to research on the thing that they are suffering with, and maybe, though I understand that you may find wrong/half true information,sometimes I have found that even non christian websites, if not anti-biblical, could truly offer lots of insight on, for example, mental health issues.. sometimes words just hurt so much..🙏🏻😔

  • @LexHeroux
    @LexHeroux6 ай бұрын

    Absolute certainty is ME 😅 ….I HATE IT. But it’s the hardest thing to let go because I’ve been in a habit of this for YEARS. It has caused so much fear in me.

  • @jeanparish9559
    @jeanparish95596 ай бұрын

    Well...THIS is/was definitely a message I need(ed) to hear! lol 😶 Very much so.

  • @jeanparish9559

    @jeanparish9559

    6 ай бұрын

    As many of your messages are though.

  • @abhirai6124
    @abhirai61246 ай бұрын

    Happy New Year from your another brother from India Mark 🙋🏻‍♂️❤. I would like to put a request if you are able to talk about the topic of -- Ministry burnouts.

  • @disaj7460
    @disaj74606 ай бұрын

    Such meaty fare...hafta re-watch & chew on it s'more! 🎁🙏👣

  • @_cr8ive_
    @_cr8ive_6 ай бұрын

    I've had so much wrong advice from Church people starting their "advice" with "MAYBE..." . . . and today I am completely burnt out... 🔥🔥🔥👩🏿‍🦲🔥🔥🔥

  • @CharlieBass5
    @CharlieBass55 ай бұрын

    God gave us brains, doesn't he want us to use them? Do we struggle because we don't lean on him? I hate asking for help, and I don't understand how to connect to God. Process and Journey are not good words, I'm involved it this and I see what my involvement has done. With process and journey to me it means I'm subject to have the same results. I know God has taken care of me because I'm still here, I still would like to know how to connect to Him.

  • @julienelson4874
    @julienelson48744 ай бұрын

    What is the difference between doing things in the flesh (self-effort) and walking in the Spirit (letting Christ's life flow through us, i.e. the vine life)?

  • @lindarussell4377
    @lindarussell43776 ай бұрын

    Mark, What about if your born again son, takes every little thing I do, or NOT do .. he takes it personal.. and he takes it that i did it personally against him... I am SOOOO stressed

  • @houmanrm

    @houmanrm

    6 ай бұрын

    Sounds like he has some paranoid ideation and is justified in religious beliefs. The thing with paranoia is that the more someone external tries to disprove it, the more the paranoid can find reasons to prove his point so it can have the adverse effects of reinforcing himself. You have no idea if deeper darker thoughts are going through his head. So what's important is to avoid confrontation, avoid conflict. Stay away from him. Read about the subject of how to deal with paranoia and hope that he will calm down. Remind him that Christianity is about loving one another, even your enemies. But stay away then.

  • @CharlieBass5
    @CharlieBass55 ай бұрын

    YOU ARE SO HARD CORE!!! It's hard enough to trust and you say "Trust the journey". If I knew how to trust , how could I if I'm involved? Yes I'm doing everything you say I shouldn't. Absolute certainty would be nice, at least I would have something to work with. This all makes me crazy.

  • @jayheinz4624
    @jayheinz46245 ай бұрын

    Was listening to this again, and have to add,, what you said about, God are you here,? You can hear this wrong teaching everyday of the week, from pastors on TV or in churches,,This out of Gods fellowship teaching!,, it has done a lot of harm to many believers in Christ!,, I being one of them.. now that I have studied this indepthly, I challenge anyone to find anywhere in the apostle Paul's letters or any of the other apostles letters ,where it says, that a true born-again believer can be out of fellowship with God and God will not hear him if he is out of fellowship. It is nowhere to be found, unless you twist the scriptures to make it so,,. 🎶

  • @amandaweldon9022

    @amandaweldon9022

    5 ай бұрын

    @jayheinz4624 Hello. Thank You for sharing this comment. I identify. It’s hard for me to invite Jesus into my mess because I do not think he hears me. Do you know the meaning of the Scripture about God not hearing sinners? I would give the book and verse but I am not an expert of the Bible and I am trying to establish a relationship with Christ. If not, it’s okay. I am just trying to learn anyway I can. Be Blessed 🙏🏾

  • @TheProGamerMC20
    @TheProGamerMC206 ай бұрын

    you targeted the right person, yay! :D im black and white so yeah

  • @manimustardseed
    @manimustardseed6 ай бұрын

    Baby Christian here, still got a list though 1. "Surrender your life to Jesus/make Him the Lord of your life" Jesus is Lord of all heaven and earth whether we address it or not ❤ 2. "The Lord is ordering my steps" 3. "What season am I in?" (wilderness, valley, mountain, pruning, harvest, etc.) Said by Christian content creators and among prophecy channels 4. "Am I in God's Will or not?" 5. God "allowed" it 6. "TURN FROM YOUR SINS...to be saved THEN believe...then work some more to prove that you're saved" (works based 'gospel' SuperSpreaders🦠) the cure for this foolishness is John; 3:16, 3:36, and 5:24 Romans 4:5, Ephesians 2:8-10-NKJV 7. "Praise the Lord anyway [whilst in trials]" Do they really tho? What does that look like? Mark God bless you and your channel. It's truly sobering🙏🏾

  • @youaintmymommaonperiodt8007

    @youaintmymommaonperiodt8007

    6 ай бұрын

    This

  • @maggiej8358

    @maggiej8358

    6 ай бұрын

    Can say yes praise and thanks and speaking in tongues is a survival necessity in trials and the best form of warfare. (7)