Acts 20 KJV 🩸 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Romans 3 KJV 🩸 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1 John 5 KJV ♥️ 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
That’s exactly how I am feeling right now. My husband of 41 years passed away 2 years ago and I feel like I just can’t take the sadness anymore. Too many losses in my life.
I so needed this. Last night I watched a tiktok stating that prideful people have a leviathan spirit; that it makes them stiffnecked and consequently these individuals have back and neck problems. I became very defensive, which made me realize that I suffer with this sinful pride (along w the back n neck problems). I asked the Lord to help me identify how I was prideful and lo and behold, less than 24hrs later this video just happens to pop up... why didn't it do so 2 weeks ago? Praise God. I wasn't ready, but I am now. 🎉
I have often reminded the dear Lord that I in the slow school for Christians, as in developmentally delayed. I know only His grace and mercy can lead me on.
I'm not a catholic, but I've started watching every one of Father Mike's videos. It's amazing how many times he's talking about the exact thing I need help with that day. This video helped me a lot today. I'm in the process of getting a new job and moving and my goal is to start going to a Catholic church by the end of the year. Thank you father Mike.
My arrogance for years did not allow me to realize how much I needed God’s Grace and mercy. I know better now and I am grateful he have it to me anyway❤
Yikes. Exactly me. So disappointed and scared by who I am. It's just that I have little fight left in me as I'm almost suicidally depressed, and I don't know how I'll ever get out of this and become better.
I never thought I would have Parkinson’s Disease at 52 and disabled. I have a potentially fatal disease and I use it to laugh. I love messing with people with it 😂. No matter what I know God loves me and with take care of me. ❤
I am sorry that you are dealing with this disease. Prayers that you will find healing and strength. Please consider a heavy meat diet: ketogenic/carnivore. It is astounding how many people have experienced improvements in neurological symptoms and so many ailments. Look up Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Dr Ken Berry, Dr Paul Mason and Dr Eric Westman. There are many others… one hundred years ago before anti-seizure medications epilepsy was treated with the ketogenic diet. 🙏🙏🙏
Father Mike. I just heard a Jewish Orthodox fellow online Berel Solomon, say, that "when we feel we are buried in deep, dark places, maybe, we arent being buried, but we're being planted!" I hear these words in my heart, because it's when Ive been in such despair, wishing on God in my life, that this, this, is the time, when He comes, in the deepest, darkest moment and I see Him, hugging me, "planting me!" ..... "My yoke is light." (Jesus.)
If we remember Jesus asked us to pick up and carry our cross with him, that we are broken and not perfect, remember that we cannot see or know what he has planned for us…it’s just over the horizon or out of time-pray, and just get on your knees-he is carrying you. ❤
Holy Spirit cannot dwell in someone who is full of themselves (literally). Through humiliation, through the opportunity to realize that we aren't what our pride had projected, we come to see that our vision was myopic and turned inwards, we detach from all expectations and begin to look OUT to see what God (the one who is greater than us) is doing and where he may be calling us to action. Count it all a blessing when God allows adversity or humiliation to visit you. He is giving you an opportunity to rectify your path and get one step closer to him, the uncreated, the perfect one, the king of kings and Lord of Lords.
Reminds me of St. Therese of Lisieux's "little way"; when you fall, run to God the way you ran to your parents when you were a toddler & you scraped your knee or got scared by something
I’m not tired of needing God but I’m ashamed that I’m not always the child I should be for him, considering the breadth of his love for me. I know that’s pride. I will never be good enough but his love won’t waver. I also often get frustrated that the world distracts me from God.
@@kirtboyd3281 I know, you’re right. My pride of course often stops me from acknowledging that! Lord, give me the humility to accept your love, and not try to control everything all of the time. Just because I can’t comprehend your love for me, doesn’t excuse my lack of total acceptance. Give me the gift of surrender, the grace to just be with you and know that you will never leave me, even at the end of time. Let me go to sleep at night and wake each morning with joy in my heart because with my Father’s arms around me, I can do and face anything. Amen.
I hope to not muddy the waters of the spiritual life for you. However, I struggled here too. I found out it was more about scrupulosity than pride. Sure all of us struggle with some level of pride. Please consider reading "I believe in Love" and Humility of Heart. If you struggle with pride both will help. If you struggle with scrupulosity, I believe in Love will help and Humility of heart will make you a bit more scrupulous but will provide you the confidence that it's not so much pride. Because the book clearly defines and displays pride. The scrupulous person can gain clarity that it's not so much pride as it is scrupulous behavior. Like a mirror that helps confirm this for us. That's at least my experience with it. Scrupulosity will highlight our sin. Since all sin comes from pride. The scrupulous person with detailed self examine will conclude they are prideful. It's like a formula for the scrupulous Great sin + can't stop = pride Plus Satan loves conjuring up lies and making you despair.
Ohmygosh perfect timing 👌🏼😭 I was just thinking the same thing yesterday! Like- man, I'm tired of running to God for every weakness I have, I wanna feel like a capable adult who has her stuff together. 😭😭😭
This sounds like me, however, it's not that I need God that bothers me; it's that I keep falling! I pray daily more than once a day; and when I go to bed and one of my prayers for myself is to be courageous, not cowardly. That I fall every day, makes me feel like a fraud, that God will get sick of hearing from me, especially when some of those sins (like, say cursing) are a bit too often. Granted, they are less, so there is some progress, but still... I sometimes picture God saying: "Ok Felicia, enough already. Get it together." Thanks as always, Fr. Mike for your inspiring videos. ✝️🙏🏼❤️
I recently saw a video of a Jewish man who became convinced of Christianity. He said his friends and family noticed he was more patient and stopped cursing. This happened suddenly at the time of his conversion, w/out him trying. God is more than capable of getting you to stop sinning. If you are struggling w/something, maybe it is as the message of this video says - He wants you to keep needing Him.
Yes, this video resonates with me especially recently too. We can't fall into discouragement though! God's power is so great, and remembering the descent of the holy spirit upon the apostles, we can have faith that the Holy Spirit is beyond powerful too. So keep having faith that God is working in you even when it doesn't look like it! It feels difficult because it's not for US to handle. Something that might help you in particular is to understand the power of words. God spoke our entire world into existence. "He said 'let there be light'." If all creation was made through words, that shows words can be powerful. On the flip side, curses are casted with words because words *mean* something. We need to be careful with our tongues. They can either wield good or evil. Sounds like a strange sentence but anyways, I will pray for you! I hope you know God will never give up on you, he just needs you to know it's not as easy for you as you think it might be, so it's okay to ask him for help throughout the difficulty. Even Jesus struggled if you remember his agony in the garden. An angel had to come down and strengthen him. Humans can only do so much, we are fickle, but God is steadfast. I hope the best for you friend
Yes, I am convicted all the time of my failings. With that said, Ive stopped judgeing myself in a way that leads to any doubt, either in myself or in Gods plan. I can only do so much and I can never accomplish what God has planned without Him. His grace is the only reason I grow, so I do what I can and wait on Him for the rest. I need Him and I will never be ashamed of that. In my failing I turn to Him, in my triumpth I turn to Him. That's kinda the point. We can not do it on our own and we don't know His time table, so I do my best to be patient, thank Him for all lessons, humblings and small victories.
I think for me, is that I always feel tired of asking for God's forgiveness & I keep falling everytime. And it feels like I have to go back to square one. Ask for forgiveness, repent, ask for forgiveness, & repent. Most of the time, for the same things I think its because everytime I keep falling, I beat up myself about it, and I can't find the words. Therefore I ask God for His leadership, Grace & Mercy. I thought He had a limit. That's what I have trapped myself into that mindset. This video has truely helped me abundantly. Now I know God will never get tired of me, despite every single bit of my flaws, and everything. There is nothing new for God, because He already knows my heart. And I have been scared to see those, within myself. Thank you Fr. Mike for this. Thank you for reminding me, and all of us, that God is always here for us. All we have to do is ask Him. God bless you and the Channel🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It's easy to not be humble when you have never tried to do anything that is actually difficult. It's easy to be overconfident when you have never been put to the test.
Please pray for us if you can spare a few seconds, my fiance and I are quitting smoking and it's been a huge challenge for us both, tried and failed many times, it's messed up. This time we are really praying and hoping to make it. So tired of this trash habit 😢 PS. any quitting tips or words of encouragement below are welcome, TIRED OF FAILING
I was never able to quit smoking. Now I have stage 3 COPD and have finally stopped. I have to take 3 breathing treatments at home every day. I use 2 inhalers and take allergy pills. I sleep with supplementary oxygen at night. And I have flare-ups that can send me to the hospital and require steroids and antibiotics. This will never get better, only worse. I never thought it would happen to me. Please quit. It's hard, but you will never regret it like I do. But God is good and I will say a prayer for your success ❤
1. Reduce the number of cigarettes you take per day. Keep reducing it gradually until you stop completely 2. Replace your craving for cigarettes with a healthy food e. g when you crave a cigarette, eat a carrot instead. You can also engage in others healthy habit like go on a walk, call a loved one e.t.c 3. Have an accountability person or people You can call when you feel like smoking. 4. Hang high resolution pictures of smokers lungs in your apartment. Your bed room, living area, kitchen, bathroom, along the stairs if you have a stairs. 5. Keep all the money you would have used to buy cigarettes in a Jar and use to to do something good for yourself weekly or monthly. You can also use it to do something good for others. 7. Stay away from people and places that might trigger your craving. Besides when you are in the company of people or a person that smoking, you are also inhaling the smoke which is bad for lungs 8. Write a list of all things you want to accomplish in life and remember that an healthy lifestyle might hinder you from accomplishing your goals and enjoying the success that comes with it 9. Hang a picture of Jesus with the words of I love you written on it. To remind yourself that he loves you and wants the best for you which includes a healthy set of lungs. Let me know how this goes for you
Pray for me. I have a panic disorder, especially around religious matters, and have had a massive attack since a week before Tuesday. I can barely eat.
You are making it make sense, Father Mike. You are a blessing. You know how to meet people where they are and help them get to where they need to be…closer to God. I never thought about humility like this.
Father Mike, could you please make a video for couples middle-aged and older who used contraception in their early years of marriage (to prevent pregnancy) and don't know how to look back on it? I feel that this would really help my parents. I love them so much. This might have been fully tackled in one of your older videos but I don't know.
Here is a prayer for you Father Michael. (Dear God I love you! May I love everyone no more and no less than you want me too! I ask this in the name of Jesus Amen )❤ I promise you no matter how great the temptation if you pray this prayer God will come to your aid.
Thank you fr Mike . Just what I needed . God be praised!! I thought I would be better at raising my kids , I thought I can do right ….😢 But now I realise “ I-need God in this , “ Lord I need you , have Mercy on me ❤️🩹🙏🏽
I try to pray for the words to give a long distant friend in her 80’s . She has mentioned suicide several times . Please unite in our prayer family here to send angels to Pia ❤
Tell your friend to pray the surrender novena and rosary. And you can also pray it and put her in God’s hands. You can find it on Google, at least that’s where I found it. God bless you both ❤ 🙏🙏🙏 If she is really ailling and in pain, I remember years ago when my mom was in that situation, she asked me why God doesn’t let her die. I had no answer but I believe God spoke to her through me, He is letting you spend your purgatory on earth among those who love you so you can go straight to heaven. And I received a sign shortly after her death that she was in heaven 😊
Prayers for this lady 🙏Is she feeling lonely? Please tell her that this person who has never met her, sends the biggest hug and the biggest heart of love to her. And God loves her more than she will ever know. Could you ask a local priest to talk with her? She may need community support but is unable to reach out.
Bookmarked. A lot worth remembering in this teaching: But this, at 2:32 to 2:45: "We have the infinite amount of God's mercy, that God has no limits to His mercy. God has no limits to the number of times He will stoop down and pick us up and put us as high as possible; there's no limit to this." And this, at 7:15 to 7:42 "Remember this last thing; I'm just so convinced of this, because if we miss this, we miss out on so much joy. Every time you and I need God, we have God. The deeper we have a need for God - meaning, the more broken we are, the weaker we are, the more desperate we are for Him, the more we get of Him. The greater the weakness in our heart, the greater His power comes to save us."
Thank you for this lesson in humility. We can all use a little more humility. Depending on God's grace is magical! He comes through in the most profound and mysterious ways!!!! Keep on doing a great job. We need priests and teachers like you. Thank you for your work! ❤ God Bless!
Thank you Father Mike for this video! I have been disappointed in myself the last month after a few months of bliss. I expected to fall, but I was still discouraged that I still fell so quickly and completely. I have Confession and Adoration today, so I hope to use this day to turn things around.
I couldn't believe what you were saying at first but after you explained. I realize it is my pride in action. I feel like I am failing all the time over everything. As always I ask God for help and then usually say I am so sorry to be failing again my Lord. I know I can do anything with the help of our Lord Jesus. Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, Mary I love you save souls.
Wow, powerful. I think God puts these type of videos right up front on UA-cam to show that’s it’s ok to NEED God. Despite our constant failure and frustration with a situation that seems to nevvvvvvver end! Thank you for helping me see my own pride.
Our weakness combined with the presence of demons, is all part of the plan to make us stay on the path of IMPROVEMENT of our frailness and our realizations of the greatness of God !!!
So very interesting Father Mike. I needed to hear your voice and words of wisdom. I need Jesus and call on him all day, every day. Sure he's tired of hearing from me, but I still do it and will continue.
I’m not catholic but I’ve been listening to Fr Mike for the last 6 months… I can’t believe I’m watching this video today, I really needed it
Im not catholic either but this man of God speaks my language n says everything i know to beleive and confirmation feels geat
Wow, 50 years of Christianity and I have NEVER heard this preached. Amazing and so true. I grew from this.
The Holy Spirit uses you Father Mike and I’m so thankful. All glory to God. Praying for you Father!
Acts 20 KJV 🩸
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Romans 3 KJV 🩸
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
1 John 5 KJV ♥️
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
That’s exactly how I am feeling right now. My husband of 41 years passed away 2 years ago and I feel like I just can’t take the sadness anymore. Too many losses in my life.
The love of Jesus is with you ask him to come you and he will. God bless you. Your husband is with Jesus and he’s telling the Lord to look after you.
I so needed this. Last night I watched a tiktok stating that prideful people have a leviathan spirit; that it makes them stiffnecked and consequently these individuals have back and neck problems. I became very defensive, which made me realize that I suffer with this sinful pride (along w the back n neck problems). I asked the Lord to help me identify how I was prideful and lo and behold, less than 24hrs later this video just happens to pop up... why didn't it do so 2 weeks ago? Praise God. I wasn't ready, but I am now. 🎉
It does get old when you are a slow learner like myself. 😂
Thank goodness God is so merciful
I hear that 👍
Yep and dull of hearing and heart
I have often reminded the dear Lord that I in the slow school for Christians, as in developmentally delayed. I know only His grace and mercy can lead me on.
Right! 🙏✝🩸💯
Perfect timing Fr. Mike. Exactly what I needed
Same
I can say the same thing
I'm not a catholic, but I've started watching every one of Father Mike's videos. It's amazing how many times he's talking about the exact thing I need help with that day. This video helped me a lot today. I'm in the process of getting a new job and moving and my goal is to start going to a Catholic church by the end of the year. Thank you father Mike.
I'm in the RCIA process to become a Catholic and it's very fulfilling and informative! PG BABY praise God!
My arrogance for years did not allow me to realize how much I needed God’s Grace and mercy. I know better now and I am grateful he have it to me anyway❤
Yikes. Exactly me. So disappointed and scared by who I am. It's just that I have little fight left in me as I'm almost suicidally depressed, and I don't know how I'll ever get out of this and become better.
I never thought I would have Parkinson’s Disease at 52 and disabled.
I have a potentially fatal disease and I use it to laugh. I love messing with people with it 😂.
No matter what I know God loves me and with take care of me. ❤
You're awesome and so is God
I am sorry that you are dealing with this disease. Prayers that you will find healing and strength. Please consider a heavy meat diet: ketogenic/carnivore. It is astounding how many people have experienced improvements in neurological symptoms and so many ailments. Look up Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Dr Ken Berry, Dr Paul Mason and Dr Eric Westman. There are many others… one hundred years ago before anti-seizure medications epilepsy was treated with the ketogenic diet. 🙏🙏🙏
Bless you❤
@@BjornBear21 God bless your courageous heart!
Amen 🙏✝
Father Mike. I just heard a Jewish Orthodox fellow online Berel Solomon, say, that "when we feel we are buried in deep, dark places, maybe, we arent being buried, but we're being planted!" I hear these words in my heart, because it's when Ive been in such despair, wishing on God in my life, that this, this, is the time, when He comes, in the deepest, darkest moment and I see Him, hugging me, "planting me!" ..... "My yoke is light." (Jesus.)
If we remember Jesus asked us to pick up and carry our cross with him, that we are broken and not perfect, remember that we cannot see or know what he has planned for us…it’s just over the horizon or out of time-pray, and just get on your knees-he is carrying you. ❤
Thank you for what you said it has helped me and I will take it to heart.
It's so simple isn't it.😅
Never get tired of asking for grce and mercy, humble myself and He will lift me up 😢
💙 thank you, that's beautiful 💙
Holy Spirit cannot dwell in someone who is full of themselves (literally). Through humiliation, through the opportunity to realize that we aren't what our pride had projected, we come to see that our vision was myopic and turned inwards, we detach from all expectations and begin to look OUT to see what God (the one who is greater than us) is doing and where he may be calling us to action. Count it all a blessing when God allows adversity or humiliation to visit you. He is giving you an opportunity to rectify your path and get one step closer to him, the uncreated, the perfect one, the king of kings and Lord of Lords.
Reminds me of St. Therese of Lisieux's "little way"; when you fall, run to God the way you ran to your parents when you were a toddler & you scraped your knee or got scared by something
I’m not tired of needing God but I’m ashamed that I’m not always the child I should be for him, considering the breadth of his love for me. I know that’s pride. I will never be good enough but his love won’t waver. I also often get frustrated that the world distracts me from God.
What child should you be for Him? You are loved as you are. He's not madly in love with who you could be. He's madly in love with you❤
@@kirtboyd3281 I know, you’re right. My pride of course often stops me from acknowledging that!
Lord, give me the humility to accept your love, and not try to control everything all of the time. Just because I can’t comprehend your love for me, doesn’t excuse my lack of total acceptance. Give me the gift of surrender, the grace to just be with you and know that you will never leave me, even at the end of time. Let me go to sleep at night and wake each morning with joy in my heart because with my Father’s arms around me, I can do and face anything. Amen.
@InExcelsisDeo24 Amen! I have struggled with similar problems so I know this battle well! Will be praying for you tn!
@@kirtboyd3281 🙏❤️
I hope to not muddy the waters of the spiritual life for you. However, I struggled here too. I found out it was more about scrupulosity than pride. Sure all of us struggle with some level of pride. Please consider reading "I believe in Love" and Humility of Heart. If you struggle with pride both will help. If you struggle with scrupulosity, I believe in Love will help and Humility of heart will make you a bit more scrupulous but will provide you the confidence that it's not so much pride. Because the book clearly defines and displays pride. The scrupulous person can gain clarity that it's not so much pride as it is scrupulous behavior. Like a mirror that helps confirm this for us.
That's at least my experience with it. Scrupulosity will highlight our sin. Since all sin comes from pride. The scrupulous person with detailed self examine will conclude they are prideful. It's like a formula for the scrupulous
Great sin + can't stop = pride
Plus Satan loves conjuring up lies and making you despair.
Well isn't this video EXACTLY relevant to me right now. You do it again, Fr. Mike, you know exactly what I need when I need it most. God is so good.
God is so good...
Took the words right out of my mouth.
I literally feel bad needing Jesus so much, but I am surrounded my witches so. . . He never refuses to assist me with my Holy Angel!
Ohmygosh perfect timing 👌🏼😭 I was just thinking the same thing yesterday! Like- man, I'm tired of running to God for every weakness I have, I wanna feel like a capable adult who has her stuff together. 😭😭😭
This sounds like me, however, it's not that I need God that bothers me; it's that I keep falling! I pray daily more than once a day; and when I go to bed and one of my prayers for myself is to be courageous, not cowardly. That I fall every day, makes me feel like a fraud, that God will get sick of hearing from me, especially when some of those sins (like, say cursing) are a bit too often. Granted, they are less, so there is some progress, but still...
I sometimes picture God saying: "Ok Felicia, enough already. Get it together."
Thanks as always, Fr. Mike for your inspiring videos. ✝️🙏🏼❤️
I recently saw a video of a Jewish man who became convinced of Christianity. He said his friends and family noticed he was more patient and stopped cursing. This happened suddenly at the time of his conversion, w/out him trying. God is more than capable of getting you to stop sinning. If you are struggling w/something, maybe it is as the message of this video says - He wants you to keep needing Him.
Yes, this video resonates with me especially recently too. We can't fall into discouragement though! God's power is so great, and remembering the descent of the holy spirit upon the apostles, we can have faith that the Holy Spirit is beyond powerful too. So keep having faith that God is working in you even when it doesn't look like it! It feels difficult because it's not for US to handle. Something that might help you in particular is to understand the power of words. God spoke our entire world into existence. "He said 'let there be light'." If all creation was made through words, that shows words can be powerful. On the flip side, curses are casted with words because words *mean* something. We need to be careful with our tongues. They can either wield good or evil. Sounds like a strange sentence but anyways, I will pray for you! I hope you know God will never give up on you, he just needs you to know it's not as easy for you as you think it might be, so it's okay to ask him for help throughout the difficulty. Even Jesus struggled if you remember his agony in the garden. An angel had to come down and strengthen him. Humans can only do so much, we are fickle, but God is steadfast. I hope the best for you friend
Praying for you, Father.
Yes!!! Thank you our actuall genuine church leadership do so much and we dont realize not many look after or pray for then
Yes, I am convicted all the time of my failings.
With that said, Ive stopped judgeing myself in a way that leads to any doubt, either in myself or in Gods plan.
I can only do so much and I can never accomplish what God has planned without Him.
His grace is the only reason I grow, so I do what I can and wait on Him for the rest.
I need Him and I will never be ashamed of that. In my failing I turn to Him, in my triumpth I turn to Him.
That's kinda the point.
We can not do it on our own and we don't know His time table, so I do my best to be patient, thank Him for all lessons, humblings and small victories.
He always seems to say what I need! Thank you, Fr. Mike!! 🙏🏼❤️
I think for me, is that I always feel tired of asking for God's forgiveness & I keep falling everytime. And it feels like I have to go back to square one. Ask for forgiveness, repent, ask for forgiveness, & repent. Most of the time, for the same things
I think its because everytime I keep falling, I beat up myself about it, and I can't find the words. Therefore I ask God for His leadership, Grace & Mercy. I thought He had a limit. That's what I have trapped myself into that mindset.
This video has truely helped me abundantly. Now I know God will never get tired of me, despite every single bit of my flaws, and everything. There is nothing new for God, because He already knows my heart. And I have been scared to see those, within myself.
Thank you Fr. Mike for this.
Thank you for reminding me, and all of us, that God is always here for us. All we have to do is ask Him.
God bless you and the Channel🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It's easy to not be humble when you have never tried to do anything that is actually difficult.
It's easy to be overconfident when you have never been put to the test.
Man, and I though going to high school was hard but after reading these comments, I realize I need to be more thankful for my situation
Well, father Mike is saying is being weak is a good thing because it gives God an opportunity to provide and gives strength
Fr. Mike is an amazing gift from God, who ALWAYS knows what i need 🙏🙏🙏. Thank you.
Please pray for us if you can spare a few seconds, my fiance and I are quitting smoking and it's been a huge challenge for us both, tried and failed many times, it's messed up. This time we are really praying and hoping to make it. So tired of this trash habit 😢 PS. any quitting tips or words of encouragement below are welcome, TIRED OF FAILING
I was never able to quit smoking. Now I have stage 3 COPD and have finally stopped.
I have to take 3 breathing treatments at home every day. I use 2 inhalers and take allergy pills. I sleep with supplementary oxygen at night. And I have flare-ups that can send me to the hospital and require steroids and antibiotics. This will never get better, only worse. I never thought it would happen to me.
Please quit. It's hard, but you will never regret it like I do.
But God is good and I will say a prayer for your success ❤
1. Reduce the number of cigarettes you take per day. Keep reducing it gradually until you stop completely
2. Replace your craving for cigarettes with a healthy food e. g when you crave a cigarette, eat a carrot instead. You can also engage in others healthy habit like go on a walk, call a loved one e.t.c
3. Have an accountability person or people You can call when you feel like smoking.
4. Hang high resolution pictures of smokers lungs in your apartment. Your bed room, living area, kitchen, bathroom, along the stairs if you have a stairs.
5. Keep all the money you would have used to buy cigarettes in a Jar and use to to do something good for yourself weekly or monthly. You can also use it to do something good for others.
7. Stay away from people and places that might trigger your craving. Besides when you are in the company of people or a person that smoking, you are also inhaling the smoke which is bad for lungs
8. Write a list of all things you want to accomplish in life and remember that an healthy lifestyle might hinder you from accomplishing your goals and enjoying the success that comes with it
9. Hang a picture of Jesus with the words of I love you written on it. To remind yourself that he loves you and wants the best for you which includes a healthy set of lungs.
Let me know how this goes for you
@@Rit-mx9ekwhat an excellent list, I’m not a smoker but I imagine lots of these practices could be adapted on many habits
I needed to hear your words, Father, on this subject. It has given me clarity, which I had been praying for.
💙 keep asking, praying, holding on to your faith & hope 💙
Yes. That’s exactly what it is.
I feel like I keep getting beaten up. Exhausted but not giving up
3:50 Sweet Lord! Wow!
Thanks!
I love God I need him in my love Amen
Thank you Father Michael , your words always bring me comfort just when I need to hear them❤
Pray for me. I have a panic disorder, especially around religious matters, and have had a massive attack since a week before Tuesday. I can barely eat.
that is a demonic oppression...
REBUKE, renounce and reject it: in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Thank you Fr.Mike for your Guidance and Support
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner ✝️💕
Fr.Mike...You are AMAZING...This is what I need...Thankyou so much. May God bless you. 🙏
This is exactly what I need right now🙏🏻
Thank you Thank you Father Mike! I really needed this message and wisdom. God Bless 🙏🏽
Really.I am beside myself. Whew. I' m trying. Thank you.
You are making it make sense, Father Mike. You are a blessing. You know how to meet people where they are and help them get to where they need to be…closer to God. I never thought about humility like this.
Thank you father Mike. May God bless you, always!
Thank you so much father
Needed to hear this today Fr. Mike!
Oh God needs us: without which He is nothing.
Thank you Father Mike, i needed to hear this...🙏
I think that 2 Cor. 12:7-10 fits well with this topic.
Father Mike, could you please make a video for couples middle-aged and older who used contraception in their early years of marriage (to prevent pregnancy) and don't know how to look back on it? I feel that this would really help my parents. I love them so much. This might have been fully tackled in one of your older videos but I don't know.
I'm not tired of needing God...I'm tired of not LETTING God...🫣
God's got us! 🙌 🙌 🙌
I needed to hear this today. Thanks Father
No limits to His mercy! Alleluia.
Here is a prayer for you Father Michael. (Dear God I love you! May I love everyone no more and no less than you want me too! I ask this in the name of Jesus Amen )❤ I promise you no matter how great the temptation if you pray this prayer God will come to your aid.
Need this, perpetual sin that just brings this shame. Currently doing a 33 day consecration to st Joseph.
Consecration to St. Joseph is incredible, congratulations on doing that!!👍🎉🙏
I really needed this today. Thank you Fr Mike !
Thank you fr Mike . Just what I needed . God be praised!!
I thought I would be better at raising my kids , I thought I can do right ….😢 But now I realise “ I-need God in this , “
Lord I need you , have Mercy on me ❤️🩹🙏🏽
Fr. Mike I really get a lot out of your videos. Thank you so much. God Bless you
God, I need you again . I like this calming words. Tq Fr Mike for reminding. God bless.
Thank you Father Mike, God bless you! Prayers and blessings always 🙏🏻
❤🙏🏼 Father Mike , I just love how you understand so deeply what it is to be human and how to help us learn to navigate life with Jesus at the center .
I try to pray for the words to give a long distant friend in her 80’s . She has mentioned suicide several times . Please unite in our prayer family here to send angels to Pia ❤
Done ❤🙏
Tell your friend to pray the surrender novena and rosary. And you can also pray it and put her in God’s hands. You can find it on Google, at least that’s where I found it. God bless you both ❤ 🙏🙏🙏
If she is really ailling and in pain, I remember years ago when my mom was in that situation, she asked me why God doesn’t let her die. I had no answer but I believe God spoke to her through me, He is letting you spend your purgatory on earth among those who love you so you can go straight to heaven. And I received a sign shortly after her death that she was in heaven 😊
Prayers for this lady 🙏Is she feeling lonely? Please tell her that this person who has never met her, sends the biggest hug and the biggest heart of love to her. And God loves her more than she will ever know. Could you ask a local priest to talk with her? She may need community support but is unable to reach out.
@@InExcelsisDeo24 my thoughts as well . Thank you for your prayers .
@@jeanmariedenning62 🙏❤️
Right on for me! Thanks Fr. Mike 🙏🏻
A beautiful reminder. Thank you and God bless, Father!
God bless Fr. Mike and the entire Ascension team.
I needed this, Father Mike.
Thank you.
Laughter and Jesus will see me through.
I will continue to seek the Lord.
Thank you Father Mike God bless you
Hallelujah hallelujah is the highest I praise 3 I
Bookmarked.
A lot worth remembering in this teaching:
But this, at 2:32 to 2:45:
"We have the infinite amount of God's mercy, that God has no limits to His mercy. God has no limits to the number of times He will stoop down
and pick us up and put us as high as possible; there's no limit to this."
And this, at 7:15 to 7:42
"Remember this last thing; I'm just so convinced of this, because if we miss this, we miss out on so much joy. Every time you and I need God, we have God. The deeper we have a need for God - meaning, the more broken we are, the weaker we are, the more desperate we are for Him, the more we get of Him. The greater the weakness in our heart, the greater His power comes to save us."
Thank you for this lesson in humility. We can all use a little more humility.
Depending on God's grace is magical! He comes through in the most profound and mysterious ways!!!!
Keep on doing a great job. We need priests and teachers like you. Thank you for your work! ❤
God Bless!
God Bless you Fr Mike ✝️🙏🏻 I needed to hear this for so so long I have been repeatedly telling myself I’m not enough.
Thank you Father Mike.
No, I didn't think I'd be better. I thought God would help me more. I get discouraged because I wonder why He hasn't helped me out of this.
Thank you for sharing this sweet friend ❤️. Life is so hard with ups and downs. Sometimes are harder than others 🙏❤️🌹
God is love whit out God and Mather Mary my live will be enty
All the Glory to God Amem
Most powerful message ever
Thank you Father Mike for this video! I have been disappointed in myself the last month after a few months of bliss. I expected to fall, but I was still discouraged that I still fell so quickly and completely. I have Confession and Adoration today, so I hope to use this day to turn things around.
I needed this message today. Thanks for this.
I couldn't believe what you were saying at first but after you explained. I realize it is my pride in action. I feel like I am failing all the time over everything. As always I ask God for help and then usually say I am so sorry to be failing again my Lord. I know I can do anything with the help of our Lord Jesus. Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, Mary I love you save souls.
Wow, powerful. I think God puts these type of videos right up front on UA-cam to show that’s it’s ok to NEED God. Despite our constant failure and frustration with a situation that seems to nevvvvvvver end! Thank you for helping me see my own pride.
JST Exactly how I've been Goin through, Gracias Father Mike GOD Bless You and Everyone Who listens. ☝️💯💯✌️
❤ God i need you ❤
Beautiful Father Mike.. thank you✝️🧓🏻🌹
This is exactly my problem. Thank you for this video
Always timely, Thank you and Glory to God🙌🏻✨
Thanks for keeping the focus on God’s merciful loving character.
God is so timely ❤
Our weakness combined with the presence of demons, is all part of the plan to make us stay on the path of IMPROVEMENT of our frailness and our realizations of the greatness of God !!!
Great talk about humility and humor!
Thank you, been down like just as you described for Y E A R S ! ! ! I had no clue until now. I am saving this convo.
Thank you for this! I needed this today, love it!😇
Very righly said Sir. I thought I would be... so on and so forth.
Thank you Father, for giving me a little hope. I needed this
So very interesting Father Mike. I needed to hear your voice and words of wisdom. I need Jesus and call on him all day, every day. Sure he's tired of hearing from me, but I still do it and will continue.
Lord I pray for the Grace of humility,, humility, humility
Thank you, Father.
I cried when I watched this. Thank you Father
Thank you Father Schmitz !!!!!!
I've just prayed for this at Mass. I'm so grateful! Thank you, Father. 😇