What Does It Mean to Deny Yourself? | Church 5/24/26
Do you have fear? What's your fear? Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean? How do you trust God if you don't know Him? Do you want to stay young?
Church with Jesse Lee Peterson, Sunday, May 24, 2026
📖 Biblical Question: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?
📖 NEW BQ: Has the Christ resurrected in you?
|| See clips, links, and notes below.
TIMESTAMPS
(0:00:00) White House incident; Memorial Day
(0:03:50) Women's resentment toward fathers?
(0:04:55) 📌 What's your fear?
(0:19:55) Fear: A young woman living downtown. Drop your goals…
(0:33:25) Why she doesn’t have fear
(0:37:15) 📌 BQ: Jesus said to deny yourself…?
(0:48:00) Anyone trust God?
(0:59:30) Did your teeth fall out? "Altruism," Trust…
(1:10:10) Tripping out… Forgive incoherent mother
(1:23:10) 👨🏾🦲 JLP: Only reason for fear: Comparison. Deny ego.
(1:32:20) Why wanna be young all your life?
(1:38:55) 👨🏾🦲 JLP: YOU will never get old, never die
(1:45:50) Don’t walk in fear. Love God. "Trust God?"
(1:50:25) Go through hell?
(1:56:15) Prov 3: 5-6, Acknowledge Him. Consider the sparrow
(2:02:05) 🤔 No free will, yet we want? One choice?
(2:07:35) 📌 New BQ, Closing
CLIPS
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CHURCH NOTES 5/24/26
📖 Biblical Question: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?
📖 NEW Biblical Question: Has the Christ resurrected in you?
00 - Welcome, WH
(0:00:00) ⚠️ Another alleged attempt at the White House?
(0:01:43) 🎶 Intro (0:02:06) 📌 Welcome (0:02:39) 🗣️ Memorial Day?
(0:03:32) 🗣️ Any Q's? (0:03:50) Women's resentment toward fathers?
01 - What's your fear?
(0:04:54) - 📌 What's your fear? Dying, says one man. (0:06:19) Jason: death… (0:07:15) Afraid of serious illness, because of family.
(0:08:18) Little fears, uncomfortable conversations at work — I tell myself I don’t want to make them feel bad, to demoralize them — try to be objective. I feel fear of their reaction.
(0:09:19) Fear of being judged. Letting my ego go. Letting people think they know who I am. (0:10:12) Fear of being uncomfortable, young lady says. (0:11:20) Adriana: Afraid of getting it wrong. (0:11:55) Alexis: Fear of living, fear of dying lost. Just floating.
(0:12:51) Dying without feeling accomplished — wasting potential. White people! (funny) Seen happy families. (0:14:21) Second guy: Fears come and go, wasting youth, accomplishment. “Disneyland, a roadtrip.” White people (sort of funny).
(0:16:20) Donyale: I get the feeling at times. A health report with my husband. I know it’s not me. “My bad.”
(0:17:37) Sam(?) - Fear of not being able to provide for my kids. Being judged.
(0:18:47) - Loss, losing everything. Grew up in extreme poverty. Built life I wanted. Abundance I built could go away with one bad move. First-timer Claire (sp), stability, safety — I work harder.
1B - Fear: A young woman living downtown. Drop your goals.
(0:19:55) - Another young lady: Levels. Safety, female downtown, walking two dogs. BF drives thru skid row, I’m scared. Homeless almost chase me.
Also fear of failure, accomplishing goals (0:22:06) Why (2x). What would happen if you had no goals. Drop all your goals. Goal to have a bf? A little bit? Afraid of being alone. Yet you’re still alone!
(0:23:42) - Kurt - fear of dropping all of it! Don’t say “screw you” in church.
(0:25:08) Jackie (sp) that I won’t have enough money to take care of myself, be in one of those homes where you’re treated bad. Today’s women make more than men. But stuff is getting more expensive. I don’t wanna be stuck in a poop diaper. I’ve seen it firsthand.
(0:26:07) Dolores can't think of it. Hake’s answer.
(0:27:15) Nick. Fear of failure. I already am failing… Look at your car. “I’m surprised you ride in that car with him!” They live in Mexico or something? I’m joking. Kind of.
(0:28:32) Green shirt. Fear of uncertainty... the future…
Biblical Question? Don’t have fear?
(0:29:24) 🗣️ Leading me into the BQ — Donyale — 📖 Biblical Question: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?
(0:31:55) 🗣️ Those who don't have fear? Rachel says no. (0:33:10) Another lady: Whatever's gonna happen…
She doesn’t have fear.
(0:33:24) Yet another lady: feeling of fear, you come back to present… cancer, my mom died from it.
(0:35:21) Perfect love casts out all fear — Tough guy, black wife.
(0:35:53) Hassan: Illusion. Does it come? Biblical question…
02 - Biblical Question: Deny yourself?
(0:37:15) 📌 Biblical Question: Kurt … (0:37:58) Man: Deny your ego, what we think of as the self.
(0:39:37) Deny your pride, ego, thoughts
(0:41:11) How do you let go and trust him? Would you take your dog?
(0:42:09) Green shirt on BQ: Eggs in my cooler; I didn’t feel like cooking, so I went out. But had I denied myself, I’d have saved my money.
(0:43:09) Downtown gal: Not put myself first (0:43:36) Deny thy flesh, says another gal.
(0:43:58) Hake… guessing (0:44:48) Jason: Ego
(0:45:29) My friend who thinks I'm irritated that she wants money: Jackie gonna stop doing that? You just had the light come on! (0:47:30) How you gonna trust God? you don't even know him!
02B - You trust God? Why not?
(0:48:01) - Anyone trust God? (0:48:21) My friend who's 80-something
(0:49:14) Man: How do you know you trust God?
(0:50:19) Another: It allows me to drop the fears, lets me see it's not me. Did God tell you to trust Him? (0:52:05) If you trust God, would you have fear?
(0:52:32) I really don't act like I trust God. (Sounds really nice to say, but...) I’m not acting like it. (0:53:04) Adriana echoes him. It’s a battle, a struggle, “happens in the moment, when I’m in it, I don’t trust God… I don’t know why I won’t deny myself…. Even though the song, ‘Ego, you’ve gotta let it go.’”
(0:54:53) Rachel listening to Satan too many years in training — still a figment of my imagination
(0:55:43) Everyone in this room thinks the way you think. Doug: No. Why? I get caught up in thoughts. Why don’t you just do it? “Ain’t ever seen Him.”
(0:56:32) Alexis: Why don't you trust God? I think I know who and how I am, and what I want
(0:57:17) I'm pretty sure I've seen God in my dreams. He never spoke word to me. I felt Him. Eternal peace. (0:58:09) She came from East Coast, grew up without a lot? Don’t fear losing it.
02C - Homeless, replacing teeth… Why don’t you want them to die?
He’s still homeless, on the street, but with a car. (0:59:36) Did your teeth fall out? Call Karen. Who's Karen? Bass. (1:00:48) Why do you give them your money? “I don’t want them to die.” Altruism…
(1:03:08) Marissa(?) on growing up poor, having fear now — both places, they still have the fear. What would happen if you never thought about losing it?
(1:04:12) Lady with accent: praying, asking for truth, directed to BOND... Why she trusts God… He was always there.
(1:05:25) Kurt trusts God… no reason not to. Did God tell you to trust him?
(1:06:06) I would drop my lil altruism, says Jesse. (funny connection from earlier)
(1:06:55) I trust Him b/c of my earthly father and grandpa — he’d joke about cry, die, etc.
(1:08:16) Donyale trusts, why? I don’t think about it — I just live my life.
03 - Tripping out on "trust." Tried to forgive incoherent mother
(1:10:08) Sam was tripping out neither for nor against “trusting God”
(1:11:03) Does that make sense? Young lady behind him. Did you forgive your mother? (1:11:45) I've lived most of my life without any parents. I never got to tell her. She’s not coherent enough… Nobody’s mentally healthy. Everybody crazy! Why can’t you go and forgive her? Do they have a telephone? “I do forgive her. I feel like I have [told her]. I never resented her.” Were you angry at your mother? “Not really. No.” (She starts to hand off the mic, but Jesse brings her back.)
(1:15:09) Are we supposed to forgive for being angry as kids for things she did wrong? Yes. Really? If you wanna be free... Otherwise God cannot forgive you. … “We don’t talk,” she and her father.
(1:16:43) (Oh, Lord, what kind of friend are you?) Forgive so you can be free. Her mother didn’t love her. Father didn’t know how to deal with your mother. (1:17:34) Does it mean you have to say it outwardly? If they’re dead? I knew from maybe age 9 they couldn’t help themselves. I’ve never hashed things, sat them down so they could do their typical little spiral.
(1:18:43) What would you say? To her friend.... Get your courage back, face the fear. The Devil doesn’t want you to face them. Don’t let him talk you out of it.
(1:21:12) Downtown gal, everybody say they forgive in the heart but they're lying! That's a setup! Want me to go with you? (1:22:30) Did you forgive your boyfriend? No bf. Oh, good. Why not?
04 - JLP on Fear & BQ: Comparison, Love
(1:23:10) 📌 JLP on BQ: The only reason you have fear… The Devil talking to you about becoming poor again. Another false fear, because she compares herself to not having it. You’re comparing yourself
(1:26:29) 🗣️ Live in fear. Do nothing about it but notice it. You’re adding to an illusion, adding to fear. So you work hard to be ambitious. The life God telling you to lay down: Do nothing but be aware of it. You’ll never go without anything, nor think you don’t have enough, or too much… The ego life, the Devil’s life. Demons directing your life. Relax and live with them, and let the Light do the work for you — till then, big trouble. Never enough, satisfied.
You want the love of God. (Perfect love casts out fear.) Love God with all your heart, soul, and might. And love your neighbor. … Don’t deny it’s there. There’s no tomorrow! Just a thought! (1:29:22) Go eat out! Eat eggs tomorrow. Stay present, in the Light. Stay present, not lost
(1:30:10) Feed the homeless? That's insane, though I understand it. God's not gonna call Karen Bass. You have the life you want.
(1:31:16) It's the ego life you must lay down — the only reason you fear death. You’ve identified with someone dying. As soon as you have one pain….
4B - Why wanna be young all your life?
(1:32:17) How many people wanna stay young the rest of your life? My back wouldn’t hurt? No headaches. Heal faster.
(1:33:53) Potential when you're young. Older unfulfilled, a bummer. Lusting for more, to have a good life. Future possibilities. (1:34:56) I don't wanna deal with chronic pain. -Andrew. Ain’t pretty. (1:35:37) Marissa (sp) make better choices… (1:36:17) Kurt: Less time on earth. To do what? (1:36:45) Jason fear of death — most older people seem miserable.
4C - Being young.
(1:37:16) 80-something too many problems to be young. You don't have a good time. (1:37:45) health reasons, be pain free, experience life more. How do you see older people? Sad to see health issues. Rice? “I’m Korean though.” We all eat rice.
4D - JLP: Compared again. You will never get old, never die
(1:38:55) 🗣️ JLP: You've compared yourself to others, on an ego trip… YOU will never get old, never die… I never think about my age until someone asks. …
(1:40:58) JLP: How are you gonna have faith in God you don't even know? Love him, know him. … Be aware of the illusions without doing anything bout it. We can literally do nothing. It’s all done for us. There’s nothing to do. Even going to work. God is giving us the common sense to know how to do it. We’re not in control. Before you return to God, Satan is controlling you! You get it, and still nothing!
(1:42:59) 🗣️You and God are one. The world belongs to you. But you keep listening to Satan and other people — who are crazy! (1:43:41) 🗣️ God doesn't want you to think about Him.
(1:44:51) 🗣️You have the life you want — you’re in control of your life. You think you’re God. God freely gives life. He doesn’t interfere until you invite Him in.
4E - Downtown: Don’t walk in fear. Love God. Trust God?
(1:45:51) Don’t walk in fear — so you can be present, and aware. Or see where to go or not. … The man asks about loving God and trusting God?
4F - Go through hell?
(1:50:23) Man: To live the life I want...? What does relaxing in it look like? (1:51:27) 🗣️JLP: catch it … I eat a lot, but I don’t talk about myself or think about myself. Don’t reach out for anything that would cause you to forget the pain. Knowing thoughts and pain are there… (1:53:47) ☎️ Why do we have to go through hell to reach paradise?
(1:55:06) 🗣️ Because we think what we think and feel is who we are…
4G - Prov 3: 5-6, Acknowledging Him. Consider the sparrow?
(1:56:13) 🗣️ dont look for love... want for nothing... i know you're white... moon... Hake: Proverbs 3: 5-6 acknowledging Him… Consider the sparrow? (1:58:54) The birds… (2:00:34) 🗣️ Hog head cheese sound weird? He think he white. Is God also all eternal death? There’s no death in God. (2:01:41) 🗣️JLP: You’d see it has no power over you…
4H - No free will? One choice?
(2:02:05) 🤔 Young lady: No free will. Yet you’re choosing, you want to be miserable. And that you’re in control of your life. But God is doing the things. Trying to understand. JLP: You’re in hell and don’t wanna be in hell anymore…
(2:04:45) Preacher told us not to have sex. Yet from church I had to make a stop before I even got home! Jesse retells forgiving his mother…
I don’t have a free will… He’s not gonna make you love him. Stay with Satan and love evil. But a choice to admit you’re wrong.
(2:06:38) 🤔 Another gal: Are we trying to return to … the father, to be the child of the Father. The Light of God. Let him guide you. Children don’t judge till they become angry. Be childlike.
05 - New BQ, Closing
(2:07:34) 📌 New BQ — 📖 NEW Biblical Question: Has the Christ resurrected in you? My daughter if I had one; Anita; Donyale…
(2:09:01) 🗣️Christ came for everybody, but he’s not gonna impose … It’s not gonna work your way… You already have enough — people complain about the gas prices (Jesse made this point last week, too) and food prices. Roads are crowded with people going out of town. “I gotta have some fun!” God rules everything! I will not say bitching, Hake! Stop bitching like the world bitches! What’s more important: the gas or your ego? While buying pot! People a mess! Be in the world, not of it.
(2:12:23) 🗣️One last thing — you’ll notice everyone with anger has fear…. If you’re mad at them, you’re afraid of them. Bye!
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📖 Biblical Question: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?
📖 NEW Biblical Question: Has the Christ resurrected in you?
REMINDERS / Assignments…
- 2026 Theme: Endurance (since Church 1/4/26)
- 2026 Assignment: Be a doormat. (since Church 12/28/25)
- Rise to the 3rd, 30th, 50th or 100th floor, out of the basement (Church 2/15/26)
- Be a thought watcher. (JLP Mon 4-20-26)
- Resist anger. (Church 3/29/26, Church 4/5/26)
- Don't think about you at all this week. (Church 3/8/26)
- Keep your mind where your body is, for one week. (After Church 3/1/26)
- Next time you cry, check yourself. (Church 3/1/26)
- Watch the Devil in you. (Church 2/1/26)
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