In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the tremendous pressure that families face and how easily it can lead to disaster. He highlights the importance of the cross as the answer to these challenges. The speaker also discusses the struggle of not getting distracted and staying focused on God's plan for our lives. He mentions the difficulty of finding balance in various aspects of life, such as studying and serving others. Overall, the sermon encourages listeners to worship God, trust in His greatness, and seek strength and clarity from Him.

which is very similar to the theistolistic philosophy of the Muslims. aur jo ki musulmano ke binas vaad ke siddhan se bilkul minta juta hai In other words, because I've had these problems in my background, I'm predetermined to be this kind of person, and I won't change. aur jaisa ki hum soche ki hum is tarah ke bhoomikaan se aaye toh ya nisthit hai ki hum is tarah ke aadmi hoge aur mere mein parivartan nahin hoga We don't believe that. aur hum usse vistas karte hain We believe God can change. hum vistas karte hain ki parameeswar humein badal sakte hain We believe He can meet that deep, deep need because we never had love as a child the way we should have. We believe God can meet that. hum sochte hain ki humko yadhi bachche ke roop mein bahut gara prem nahin mila aur usse humein aur sakta hai toh parameeswar usse poora kar sakta hai In fact, we believe that oftentimes that can be a help in getting to know God greater because there's a vacuum, a greater vacuum than in a perfectly emotionally stable person. And so God meets that. aur humein sochte hain chahiye ki yeh toh humare liye aur bhi accha aur sakta hai kyunki humare andar aur rikshata hai aur parameeswar ka prem usse bhar sakta hai unke bajaye ki jab humein ekdum santulit bhavnao wale bhekti hote And then the devil uses our lack of self-acceptance. aur tab saitaan suru karta hai prayog karna jab hum apne ko swikar nahin kar sakta hai This is a major problem. yeh bahut mili samasya hai So many girls don't really accept themselves. bahut se larkiya apne ko vaasma mein swikar nahin karti hain And this can be difficult, you know what I mean. I'm sure girls do lack self-acceptance. Maybe, even in their own feminine way, try to be a doer as well. Of course, that's enough to put any girl in a mental institution. Aur yeh paryag hai ki koi bhi larkiya aise sanstha mein aaja hai And there are girls that do not accept really that they are a girl, not a boy. aur bahut se aise larkiya hai jo yeh swikar nahin karti hain ki yeh larkiya hain yeh sochti hain, yeh larkiya hain And subconsciously, that can make a real mess out of your inside. aur humare antar mann se woh kabhi kabhi bahut hi jatil taayin payda kar sakta hai Girls are much more subject to psychosomatic sicknesses than men. aur larkiya jo hai apne naivik pariskitiyon ke liye bahut zyada daas ho sakti hain mannishtiyon ke bajay There are a number of reasons for that. aur uske bahut se karan hai But I won't go into it now. aur mai unme nahin jaunga aap Except that it's deadly when women, because of shyness or other reasons, bottle things in, keep things in. aur yeh bahut hi khatarnak ho sakta hai jab ki larkiya apne lajja silta ke karan cheezon ko andar chupati hain iske bajay ki woh kisi tarah usse bahar nikaal de I'm sure David Hicks' course is on this. And this kind of material is a great help. And I think it's a good thing. mai sochta ho ki David Hicks ki samagri in cheezon par bahut hi madad hai aur bahut hi achi cheezon Then the devil tries to use our feelings. aur tap pehtaan humari bhaavnaon ka prayog karta hai He's saying that this is one of our biggest enemies. aur humein yaad rakhna chahiye ki humaari sabse bade sabse bade pushman hai Especially in this kind of work. After working so many weeks in any kind of evangelism your feelings are going to begin to move in different directions. And you know there's a place for God-given sheer perseverance and you're going to need that someday with your little children and with your husband and with your home and I hope you'll develop some of it now from the OS team. We're immature if we think life in general is filled with doing things we like to do and going places we like to go to. Don't you realize most people on this earth spend most of the day doing something they don't want to do? These thousands of women that chip stone all over Indian streets I don't think they're doing that because they have a feeling for stone chipping. But they have a desire to live. And you know here's the big problem with our society. Keith Miller brings this out very clearly in his very good book called The Becomer. Many people, especially poor people and villagers they have just a couple of major drives. One is to get some food. The other is to stay alive. To shelter somewhere and stay alive. Basic drives. Now, when you come into the affluent society and you have enough money to meet your needs then your desires move in a whole new level that is much more complicated. And unless there's some discipline it gets more and more complicated. And you keep grabbing for this and that, trying to satisfy these desires and you never do satisfy. This is why a vast percentage of the women in the affluent society who have everything a woman could ever dream of are unhappy. They're unhappy, taking pills and having nervous breakdowns much more than the village women you can be sure of. And one of the things we can teach in OEM I believe it's valuable is simplicity. If you simplify your life you're going to be happy and you're going to be healthy. We think that more possessions solves our problems. In fact, more possessions complicate our problems. And we are in this materialistic rat race and it is one of the biggest reasons that women are not making it in the 20th century. OEM India is never going to make it no matter how many improvements we have if we don't learn how to live by faith instead of feeling. And this is very important Do you know how many women have killed their own babies? Do you know how many women have testified that they have real difficulty loving one of their own offspring? Very, very common phenomena. Many women make the mistake also of loving one child much more than they love one of their other children. Why? They live by feeling. One child appeals to him. And there are psychological things involved. And so that discipline you need on that team, that living by faith you need on that team, that's what you also need someday when God gives you two or three or four little children that you are to bring up in love. And that was greatly hindered by lack of vision. Girls more than men tend to live in a small world. I've seen this with my wife. Though I think my wife has more world vision than most women. I've seen this with my wife. I've seen this with my wife. And some of this type of thing that I'm going to describe is good. But her world is much smaller than mine. Now I need to try to understand that. She needs to try to understand me. I'm thinking always in big terms. The whole world, the whole world, China, India, all kinds of things. She's thinking about her teapot. She's thinking about her sheets. She's thinking about the room and the suitcase and all kinds of things. And of course this is good for caring for the family. And we need that. Because we men are terrifically unrealistic. And I am totally inconsistent. Teapot, it's ridiculous. Don't worry about the teapot. Until the moment that I need cupcakes. Then the world vision is ours. Only one thing at that time. My wife must produce instantly the cup of tea. At the right grade, at the right time and the right amount of sugar. So the kind of men that are being manufactured these days. It is hard for women to have a world vision. And she shouldn't neglect her task at hand. And stick a pin in the baby's bottom while she's playing over a map of the world. So again it's the old thing that needs to be somewhere, the balance. And you'll never find it very easily. In fact in all of life, finding the balance is taking a struggle. Dr. Schaefer was sharing with me. And his greatest struggle has been finding the balance. For example between when to study and when to give out to others. And teach and eventually. There are no easy answers for a lot of these things. It's good to talk about it. It's good to have our conferences. It's good to go to school. But there's some of these things. There's no easy answer. And then lastly I just wrote these words. That because you as a girl have to live sometimes in a smaller world. Especially when you get married. There's a great danger. That you'll make a God too small. You have a small world. So you make a small God. And you limit God in your life. And you limit His power. And you limit the scope of your limits. And this of course is often seen. In the way women worry. Men lust and women worry. And perhaps the number one enemy. Worry because our God is too small. Worry says God you can't handle this. Too big for you God. That's too complex for you God. There's a problem with my future. We make a very small God. And we worry. Worry denies the greatness of God. Worry denies the premises of God. Worry denies the presence of God. And I believe if we want to go anywhere. We have to declare war on worry. And worry has forced many girls. To make a disastrous decision in her life. And it must be more difficult in India. Tremendous family pressure. How easy that can cause you to make a disastrous decision. Of course there are two other words I wrote down here. They're very basic. You have no need to mention them. Every OM conference you make. Selfishness. And lack of love. And that's why the cross is the answer. How easy it is God. How easy it is to be selfish. I have to accept this. After 1900 years. How easy it is to be selfish. How automatic it is. And it's a big challenge for us. That we are lovers. And not selfish. And I have a long way to go. But I'm determined as I have. Many times girls don't. Whatever you do. Don't get discouraged. Don't get depressed. Even when you're depressed. Don't get depressed. Just try to figure that one out. Let's pray. Living God we worship you. Because you have a great plan. For all of us. You are a great God. Greater than all of our problems. Greater than all of our weaknesses. Greater than our selfishness. Greater than our fears, our inhibitions, our insecurities. And we lay ourselves at your feet. Give us peace. Keep us from these misunderstandings. Work in our hearts and minds. In Jesus name. Amen.