Talking About the “Selfs”

Melissa Gabler—We also need to be shaken because much of the church has embraced materialism, self-care, self-love, self-help and entertainment. Let’s talk about the “selfs” first. I’m not saying being healthy and smelling good is wrong, nor am I saying you should hate yourself! What I am saying is self-focus is the center of what I just listed and that’s the raging drive in our culture. All of this self-comfort is often fueled by the drive to be happy and the problem there is that happiness shouldn’t be a goal but a side effect of how we are living. A lot of this pseudo happiness is found in materialism which has crept its way into the Christian scene. The big problem here is that we have had no idea what darkness is behind and attached to so many material things. I recently put on a necklace and heard a small, “Don’t wear that.” It caught me and I said, “Lord, is that you?” The only way I can describe what came next is a roar out of the center of my being and I could not rip that necklace off fast enough! I did some digging and found dark things intentionally attached to many of that creator’s pieces. I ended up throwing a bag of jewelry away.

(Come to DREAMS VISIONS PROPHECY Sept.13-14,2024 and worship with Melissa and the Grace Worship Team. She will also be speaking Sept.13 at 7pm. No Fee. All info for DVP2024 is at martygabler.com/dvp2024/)