It's My Party

Lesley Gore song from 1965

“It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.”

Message of the song

● College roommate – sister played this song over and over

● The message of the song – I can do what I want to do, it's my party.

● Crying, weeping is not wrong● Men & women cry when happy (NFL draft)● We also cry when sad, in grief

Message of the song

● Solomon said there is a time to weep.● Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, And

a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance

● Many live by the message of this song.

It's my lifeI can destroy it if I want to

● Alcohol, drugs● Abuse of body – lack of rest, no exercise● Negative attitude – complain, squawk, gripe● Prodigal Son – Luke 15:11-12 11 Then He

said: "A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood.

It's my lifeI can destroy it if I want to

● Fill your life with:– Work– Joy– Good works– Prayer– Friends– Obeying God

It's my moneyI can waste it if I want to

● Actually it belongs to God● Haggai 2:8 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is

Mine,' says the Lord of hosts.● Attitude of many – I can:

– Spend it– Gamble it away– Keep it for self– Waste it

It's my heartI can desire if I want to

● Heart in the Bible● Intellect – Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in

his heart, so is he. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.

It's my heartI can desire if I want to

● Heart in the Bible● Intellect – Proverbs 23:7 ● Emotion – Deuteronomy 6:4-5 4 "Hear, O

Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

It's my heartI can desire if I want to

● Heart in the Bible● Intellect – Proverbs 23:7 ● Emotion – Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ● Desire – Psalm 10:3 For the wicked boasts of

his heart's desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.

● Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

It's my heartI can desire if I want to

● Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

It's my graveI can fill it if I want to

● Hebrews 9:27-28 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

● Will we die with wonderful memories?● Will we die with deep regrets?

It's my eternityI can choose where if I want to

● Revelation 21:6-8 6 And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

It's my eternityI can choose where if I want to

● You can choose:● How you will live● How you will spend your money● How you treat your body● How you think in your heart● Where you will spend eternity