# Being a Doormat, You Are Free | Church 1/4/26

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Podcast: [Church with Jesse Lee Peterson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-with-jesse-lee-peterson-1003515)
Published: 2026-01-04T22:11:05+00:00
Episode link: https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/p/being-a-doormat-you-are-free-church
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## Resource

2026: Be a doormat. Romans 8: 2 – the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Church with Jesse Lee Peterson, Sunday, January 4, 2026 * 📝 Assignment for 2026: Be a doormat. * ⏳ Theme for 2026: Endurance * 📖 NEW Biblical Question: What’s the difference between animal nature and human nature? * 🗓️ We’re back on the radio show schedule! TIMESTAMPS * (0:00:00) - 00 - Small talk / Welcome * (0:03:25) - 1A - Doormat “in love” again * (0:07:52) - 1B - Have your kids seen black people? * (0:10:42) - 1C - “Disrespect.” Landlord * (0:13:34) - 1D - Beta? Doormat or slave. “Little boy.” Road rage * (0:17:30) - 1E - I winced at the word. Sister didn’t ask me. Sister mad all day. * (0:22:31) - 1F - I’m NOT gonna be a doormat. * (0:23:52) - 1G - Coworker name-calling. JLP: Manager’s horror stories * (0:28:47) - 1H - When do you speak up? * (0:30:11) - 1I - Husband-wife: She held her tongue! * (0:31:22) - 1J - I don’t appreciate that word at all. * (0:33:17) - 1K - Hake: Right and wrong way to be a doormat * (0:34:49) - 2A - Doormat husband: People-pleaser * (0:41:52) - 2B - Wife: Hot in here. Stop reacting. Destroying the children. * (0:49:15) - 2C - I yelled at him two and a half hours straight * (0:52:01) - 3A - Forgave mother, but I still hate and don’t respect women * (0:58:36) - 3B - He calls his mother “Cathy”?! * (1:00:02) - 3C - As a woman…? * (1:03:05) - 3D - Feedback: Identifying… drop it. * (1:06:31) - 3E - You marry your mother. “You stupid [Bible]!” * (1:09:14) - 3F - JLP: It’s not you. It’s totally ego. Take the pain. “I thought…” * (1:12:45) - 4A - Romans 8: 2 … Derrick a doormat? * (1:14:37) - 4B - JLP: Conditioned. Lied-to. Christ freed us. * (1:19:44) - 4C - Being born again: Love one another. * (1:23:11) - 4D - Why…

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