All Self-Concern Will Keep You Out... | Church 5/17/26

"All self-concern will keep me out of the Kingdom." Demons and people's purpose: To attack you to keep you where you are.

Church with Jesse Lee Peterson, Sunday, May 17, 2026

📜 "All self-concern will keep me out of the Kingdom."

📖 BQ: Have you ever been angry at your mother for the way she treated your father?

📖 NEW BQ: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?

🗓️ Women's Forum third Thur, May 21st, 2026, 7pm at BOND, L.A. https://rebuildingtheman.com/events

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TIMESTAMPS

(0:00:00) - 00 - Small talk off-mic; Welcome
(0:01:52) - 01 - Can you do better? Don't fight thoughts.
(0:04:38) - 02 - All self-concern will keep me out of the kingdom: Respond
(0:14:04) - 2B - What "self" is? Hard to drop your ego? More response
(0:32:27) - 03 - Who are you?
(0:45:42) - 3B - "My husband watches you." 8yo mad sometimes
(0:52:43) - 04 - JLP: Testing thoughts: Wait and see they're lies.
(1:02:36) - 4B - Get off the battlefield. Discover who you're not. Bad words.
(1:07:09) - 4C - Trump: "I don't think about" the economy: Too dismissive?
(1:12:12) - 4D - JLP: Lay down thinking. Have a wait-and-see. Marriages. Devil laughs.
(1:20:27) - 05 - Judging a "sl—," Trump, marriage, a woman's "past"
(1:30:26) - 06 - Demons, people's purpose to attack you, to keep you where you are
(1:41:00) - 6B - Satan illusion: Saturday night, just got paid. "Gas prices" vs God
(1:48:06) - 07 - Laid weapons down? Coworker playing "manager"
(1:57:06) - 08 - BQ: Ever angry at mother how she treated father?
(2:02:25) - 09 - New BQ. Closing: There is no you!

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CHURCH NOTES 5/17/26

📖 Biblical Question: Have you ever been angry at your mother for the way she treated your father?

📖 NEW Biblical Question: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?

📜 "All self-concern will keep me out of the Kingdom." People, respond to that.

🗓️ Women's Forum third Thur, May 21st, 2026, 7pm at BOND, L.A. https://rebuildingtheman.com/events

00 - Small talk off-mic; Welcome

(0:00:00) Start (0:01:32) Intro

01 - Can you do better? Don't fight thoughts

(0:01:52) - “What a beta”... Welcome

(0:02:21) Can you do better?

(0:02:44) Any Q’s? Vanessa: Thoughts put you up and down — endurance, no reaction to thoughts at all. Doormat: Allow it… (0:04:26) If you never fight, you never have pain

02 - All self-concern will keep me out of the kingdom: Respond

(0:04:38) - Respond to this: "All concern about self will keep me out of the Kingdom."

(0:06:14) - Colin: Thinking is self-concern, will keep you out. “Isn’t this fun, y’all excited about this?” (0:06:52) - Another man: Being concerned about the kingdom will… (0:07:19) - “Tricky one”

(0:08:50) - Are y’all thinking about it? (0:09:00) - I don’t wanna hold this up: What is self? (0:09:45) - Rochelle: I agree. “No. That’s a copout! I ain’t ask for no agreement!”

(0:10:26) - 📜 "All self-concern will keep me out of the Kingdom." (0:11:04) - Same as worrying. Eric. Vanessa.

(0:11:42) - Dolores: I’m not saying I’m there. “I didn’t ask you to be nowhere.” … (0:13:06) I’m thinking about me when I’m concerned or pretending to be.

(0:13:28) - Doug — JLP: If you understand this, It’s gonna blow your mind. — Doug: Idk yet.

2B - What self is… Hard to drop your ego? … Hake, Nick…

(0:14:04) - I got this. Man: What self is. If you cut your finger off, if you cut your head of, if you get a lobotomy. Silent Prayer … I cannot be concerned about my intention.

(0:15:45) - Respond to that. “I was zoning out. No offense.” He wanna know who is he? All these identities within yourself. (0:16:43) Have you dropped your ego? Why not? Hard to say. How do you know you still have it? (0:17:23) …Hard to drop the ego? It’s not. Took me 36 years. … (0:18:36) - Good question! Was he able to help you?

(0:18:46) - He’s a very nice gentleman. Raymond: You’re overthinking everything again, sir! Stop and take it one step at a time. “Motivation…” But it doesn’t really help!

2C More feedback: Young lady in the hair, Man, Hake, Nick…

(0:19:55) - The young lady in the hair, respond. (0:20:50) Jesse reiterates the quote. “I agree?” Uh-uh. What does that mean? (0:21:52) Have you dropped it? “I’m currently dropping it…. Not 100-percent… I’m still blind to some of it… Don’t see it all.”

(0:22:29) - Man next to her, bf: Fear, not perfect love. … Hake talks… (0:24:19) - Anchor Baby - (0:24:56) - If y’all did this, you’d walk on water. Nick responds…

2D How do you know? Doug, more feedback

(0:26:05) - How do you know what it’d be like if you didn’t have an ego? You described what it’d be like. “I guess it’s only my imagination… Seems peaceful…”

(0:27:15) - Doug responds: Swimming in thoughts. Anytime I’m believing thoughts, I’m concerned. When I’m not, I’m not concerned.

(0:28:54) - We’re not in school; it’s just fellowship! Mateus: Selfish, prideful — You’d be free! How you know?

(0:30:07) - Man: It’s like if God gave me a perfect place to live, and I start trying to do my way. (0:30:39) - Francisco: To be a Bible thumper? Cares of this world, what Christ said. Dying of yourself. That’s it. (0:31:14) - (My friend) Means worry. That’s Satan. I know where I’m going.

(0:31:40) - I don’t have an original thought, says Dolores’ daughter. My ego’s still intact.

03 - Who are you? White? Privileged?

(0:32:27) - Who are you? “My intention.” … “experiences… goals…” (0:35:31) - Are you white? Are you your successes? Not concerned with my whiteness. (0:36:22) - Are you privileged? Funny… At the end of the day you’re not really much.

(0:37:17) - Who are you? One of the Armenian ladies, I think: I’m a spirit trying to stay on the straight and narrow path.

(0:38:41) - Bryan … thoughts are not me. Why do you do them? No free will. Anything else? Nope! What a mess!

(0:39:28) - Colin: There’s no who. The observer of thoughts, the witness of thoughts and feelings in this body. Have you overcome the ego? I’m not sure it exists; is it a thing? There’s still reactions. I still feel reactions. What is that reacting? A demon, the Devil; it’s not me. OK. Now you lookin’ silly. Do you feel silly? No. Amazin’!

(0:40:42) - Raymond. I thought you guys’d have a whole bunch of fun with this. “I am an idiot….”

(0:41:14) - Young man: The observing thing you are — can you call that you?

(0:42:09) - Kevin: I read in your book: I am not yesterday nor tomorrow. Then who are you? “Now.” What does that mean? My original thought: I am nobody. (0:43:08) - “I am somebody.” (Jesse Jackson)

(0:43:19) - Adriana: I’m everything I’m not. (0:43:44) - All self-concern will keep me out of the Kingdom. …

(0:44:37) - Adriana’s friend asks questions to clarify — first time. Angelica: This lovely lady. “She ain’t lovely at work!” Anybody else first-time?

3B - "My husband watches you."

(0:45:42) - Marisel (sp) My husband’s always watching… And so you hate me, huh? “I don’t hate anyone.” You stopped hating me? “I know I am a child of God… who is not perfect.” Jesse interrupts at the first part: How do you know you’re a child of God? We’re all child of God. My husband asks me…. (0:47:30) I’m so nervous… You don’t have to come. “Ohh… I’m not really good in English too. I’m from Philippines.”

(0:48:25) - I have my own opinion. That’s the problem. Obey? Why? Not partner, husband. (0:49:10) - Did you wanna see me too? “I have no choice… I have to love everyone.”

(0:49:42) - Husband speaks: Worry; thoughts don’t come from us; Satan playing with us — identifying with those thoughts. (0:50:28) - Who are you? Idk.

(0:50:40) - JLP: You got yourself a good man. Be quiet. Nah (as in jk). Don’t hold her hand. I was just playin’ with her.

(0:51:21) - Oliver - (0:51:32) - Sabrina, 8, mad sometimes. Why? Idk. Did you know all people who get mad are crazy! Stop bein’ mad, you gonna go crazy. “She’s a little nervous.” Speak up but don’t be mad. (0:52:20) - Man: Sometimes I’m ego… learning just to be the observer: Work in progress.

04 - JLP: Testing thoughts: Wait and see they're lies.

(0:52:43) - Man repeats Q: Was there any particular thing that made you drop the ego…

(0:53:08) - JLP: I started to test thoughts to see if they were real. … They’d never be true. The more I did that, the fewer thoughts would come. (0:55:56) - When you’re a doormat, nothing is happening to you. 📝 2026 Assignment: Be a doormat. (since Church 12/28/25) (0:57:03) - Everything has been a lie… (0:57:28) - I give assignments so you can remember to be present. The Light can rule your life… There is no you.

(0:57:51) - JLP: Angry people are crazy people. They’re insane. (0:58:30) - One friend, not Hake, got mad they’re eating all the time. Wanted to go off on me. Nothing has ever happened to you. It was always just a thought. You’ll identify with your body. “My body, my choice.” A lie straight out of hell. Only a thought, not real at all.

(0:59:46) - When worried, afraid… operating from the mind of Satan. Demons, not you at all. You don’t exist. It’s just a thought! (1:00:34) 📜 "All self-concern will keep me out of the Kingdom." You’ve stepped away from the Light. You think it’s you you need to be concerned about. No you — just One with the Light of God. The Light is doing the work for you. Everything that happens comes from God. Stay present. Know what you’re doing, keep mind where body is.

(1:01:40) - A child of God, created by Him. But you don’t know it — you keep stepping into the darkness, thinking it’s you. If you stop thinking, you’ll live a life of knowing, without thinking. Knowing your day is gonna be amazing. Zero troubles.

4B - Get off the battlefield. Discover who you're not. Bad words.

(1:02:36) - Did that help? You’ll get off the battlefield. No more wars. Everybody love you till you say or do something they disagree with. Enemy *snap* just like that. Everybody turning, thinking they know what is right, on a false battlefield. Any Q’s?

(1:03:33) - To find out who you are, discover who you’re not. Not your desires, urges, past, future, black nor white. Hake been having discussion about the N-word the last 2-3 weeks. Who fight over a word? Sorry, Hake, I don’t wanna put your callers down.

(1:05:29) - Once that’s stripped away? How do you articulate who you are? You don’t. There’s nothing to describe who you are. Give it up and find out you’re nothing. Perfect peace. One of the happiest people on the planet. Amazin’, huh!

(1:06:20) - Another man: How do you resist the Devil and drop your weapons? Be aware of the thoughts, and not going with them. It’s not even you being aware — the Father, the Truth is shining a light on the darkness, so you’d see they’re not you.

4C - Trump: "I don't think about" the economy: Too dismissive?

(1:07:09) - Not pushing Donald Trump: “I don’t think about” the economy. (1:07:49) - Wasn’t my favorite comment. Too dismissive. I get it on a principled level: need to be focused. I understand it.

(1:09:13) - I get it. Uh-huh, now you lookin’ silly. Raymond…

(1:09:46) - Colin: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It’s love. Safety for the world.

(1:10:29) - They were trying to set him up. (1:10:51) Hake

4D - JLP: Lay down thinking. Have a wait-and-see. Marriages. Devil laughs.

(1:12:12) - JLP: Lay down thinking. Thinking is wrong. He’s living a life without thinking. If you live that way, you and God will be one. Husband and wife. Your thoughts are not my thoughts. Your ways are not my ways.

(1:13:54) - People who don’t think always have a wait and see. Marriages: People who think will want a divorce. Have a wait-and-see attitude. It’s too stressful to wait and see. … And the Devil laughs: What an idiot! And you consult with the Devil for more advice. And that doesn’t work! And then he laughs again. … YOu have PTSD. Need a pill. Crazy zombie. Stop thinking!

(1:15:46) - Another man: Trump latest assassination attempt: I don’t think about it.

(1:16:22) - JLP: Counseling with couple married 70 years. Wife remembers EVERYTHING.

(1:17:05) - Man continues: See the thought, and think I’m not supposed to resist this, and I’d go unconscious. JLP: Nope that’s listening to thoughts! … Fall into a ditch. Stop thinking! Adam and God… (1:19:10) - Man: Evil comes in 1000 ways.

(1:19:25) - JLP: Picking cotton in Alabama. Seeing self in a shadow. Just an illusion. It looked real! When you get there it’s not real. I’m black and slow. Y’all white, Filipino, Mexican. Gotta go dumb. Don’t think you know. You don’t.

05 - Judging a "sl—" friend, Trump, marriage, a woman's "past"

(1:20:27) - Judging somebody when they’re talking to me. Let’s say one of your friends is a sl—! Sally still a s—! When that thought is there, do nothing about it. When you allow the emotions to come — when you have an opinion…. Just a thought, no opinion, showing love. “I won’t use s— no more.” Noticed a theme.

(1:22:19) - Disagree? I didn’t agree with the President example. Nat’l security, practical thought? No, you delegate it — I don’t know my social media. Marriages, you’d never think about whether your husband or wife

5B - Knowing a woman's history?

(1:26:01) - A woman should never tell about her past. Men don’t normally wanna know the woman's past. “Is that not practical?” No, that’s crazy. Now you’re not gonna trust her.

(1:28:09) - In a job, you gotta put your history in. Getting married ain’t a job. (1:29:26) - Chances of finding a woman who’s not of the world, really low. Know why? You shouldn’t be looking for one. Satan’s daughter or son.

06 - Demons, people's purpose to attack you, to keep you where you are

(1:30:26) - Speaking of Demons… Have you noticed that the demons in you and in people — people’s whole purpose in life is to attack you to keep you where you are? Respond. The demons and people's purpose is to attack you to keep you where you are. Have you noticed? Angelica… (1:32:27) - How did you know to forgive your mama? She’s getting older…

(1:32:48) - Colin… When I used to fight with family, they’d try to keep me where I was — I couldn’t grow. My stepmom a lot. Demons: Whenever I believe a thought, it keeps me there. Ever attacked anyone? …Yeah. Why? Internalized it more.

(1:34:10) - Demons attacking your mind to keep you where you are. And human beings attack you to keep you where you are. Noticed that? Sam… Put any value in anything of this world, it’ll be used against you.

(1:35:02) - Puerto Rican? Filipino. Same thing. She’s noticed. What do you think? Devil’s always there. Ever verbally attacked anyone, even in your mind? Why? Devil. Bad thought. Forgive mother? (1:36:01) She died, I was here. Never had a talk. I always prayed forgiveness. Forgive father? He passed away. We weren’t open. I love them. Always far from each other. Cycle of life? Spirit. (1:37:14) Every human being: Understand, forgive. (1:37:44) Who am I to hate you? Women evil. Satan her god?

(1:38:43) - Adriana to the demons and people attacking to keep you where you are. Dropped your demons? “I’ve kept a couple.” Gremlins

(1:40:19) - Another lady: Did you let your demons go? Forgave mama? No, she passed away.

6B - Satan illusion: Saturday night, just got paid. "Gas prices" vs God

(1:41:00) - Q: God is in control of everything. When you’re out of the light, Satan is punishing you. Satan is in control of your illusionary life. You’re doing what he’s telling you to do. You’re depressed. It’s Saturday night and you just got paid. Ain’t got nobody to play with. S—de! Take a pill! It’s Saturday night, and I just got paid.

(1:42:51) - Satan is really nothing. An illusion. … (1:43:47) - Stalker: God told me you’re my husband! God didn’t tell me! God’s smart enough to let us both know! She started living in the alley. “I love you.” I said, I hate you! The Devil’s playing. It’s not real. It’s just a thought.

(1:44:51) - Some people worried about the gas prices. Friends at the gym. What are you worried about? Why you b-word? Gas in the tank, and you can go.

(1:45:57) - Realize, in closing, your Father is everything. He owns everything. Everything is from him. He owns you, the house, giving you life. (1:47:51) - Don’t fight about anything. Stop arguing.

07 - Laid weapons down? Coworker playing "manager"

(1:48:06) - Any questions? Southern gal, laid weapons down? Yes. Working on it. Miss Alabama — ego vs practical speaking… Thinks she’s a manager but she’s not. Sounds like Hake! She texts me about work, my schedule. (1:49:45) Doug would ignore her. (1:50:18) “I have anger” — because you haven’t said anything!

(1:51:02) - My friend: I’d tell her. (1:52:05) - The moment I was gonna correct her, I felt anger rise.

(1:53:03) - Doug: You didn’t speak up because you’re angry. Speak up especially when you’re angry — just don’t give in to the anger. A habitual lying something … Demons (1:54:03) - JLP: The Demons in others will go crazy when your demon does not appear.

(1:54:26) - Adriana last word — what is it that angered you? What are you angry at? Southern gal: let it go so long, came to texting my phone after hours about work… She’s angry because she won’t speak up; she’d rather judge… The lady’s not to blame for the way this gal’s feeling. (1:56:50) - “I shouldn’t be getting this irritated.” Do it without the anger.

08 - BQ: Ever angry at mother how she treated father?

(1:57:06) - BQ: Have you ever been angry at your mother for the way she treated your father? Andrew: Never. (1:57:35) Daniel… (1:58:02) My father was absent. Stepfather? I didn’t like him either! (1:58:31) - His stepfather here lol! (1:59:04) Bryan, I never saw her nagging, Silent Generation, kept it inside. (1:59:27) - Yes, and with me. Forgave. (1:59:49) - Colin: never saw them fight or argue, until they got divorced. Hid it from us.

(2:00:07) - You look like Miles! (To another guy) Armenian-maybe lady mad 58 years, mad her dad didn’t put her in her place! I would’ve been a wifebeater if I were a man. (2:00:57) - Another man: didn’t see him for years, took us away from him. (2:01:20) - Mr. Trump hater: I did get mad in HS; my father wasn’t working, she was: Berate him in the AM before work — because she knew I was there. Got that into my head.

(2:01:58) - Raymond…

09 - New BQ. Closing: There is no you!

(2:02:25) - New BQ, Closing: Helpful about thoughts?

📖 NEW Biblical Question: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?

It’s just a thought. The Devil has no power. Leave the battlefield. Friends gonna call you weak, beta. Forgive them. They can’t see. Fighting over stupid stuff. Nothing ever settled. Overcome the world in your mind, and outside you inside others.

Stay with it. Nothing can happen to you.

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📖 Biblical Question: Have you ever been angry at your mother for the way she treated your father?

📖 NEW Biblical Question: Jesus said to deny yourself. What does that mean?

📜 "All self-concern will keep me out of the Kingdom."

🗓️ Women's Forum third Thur, May 21st, 2026, 7pm at BOND, L.A. https://rebuildingtheman.com/events

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)