A Little Bit of Everything
Just as the title says, episode 10 touches on a little bit of everything going on in your Host's life. All good things, by the grace of God. Let's discuss how God is moving in my life AND let's discuss what God has in common with our love languages!
Transcript
Welcome to the I Can.
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:He Can podcast the podcast
for literally anyone.
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:However, if you are a woman, you're
probably the person listening on the
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:other side of that speaker right now.
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:I'm your host Sarai, And you'll
pretty much get to know everything
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:about me, including the things that
make me say I can't, but also the
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:things that remind me that he can.
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:So without further ado, let's
jump into today's episode.
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:I.
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:Hello and welcome back to a
new episode of I Can't He Can.
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:Happy Monday to you all
and Happy Labor Day.
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:If you were not working today, don't
forget to be grateful for that.
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:And fun fact, just in case you
were like me and you have no idea
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:why we even celebrate Labor Day.
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:But, labor Day actually became
a federal holiday in:
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:That's the 19th century, and that
was during the Industrial Revolution
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:Where they recognized the hard work
of the labor movement and advocated
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:for better wages, shorter hours,
safer conditions for workers.
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:Um, because from what I read, there was
a lot of harsh treatment at that time.
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:So thank goodness, no more of that.
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:And thank goodness that we
also have an extra day off.
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:Right.
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:So with that little nugget of
information, I am even more grateful
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:and happy to be off of work today
because not only is it just a day of
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:no work and some relaxation, but I am
also celebrating along with my family.
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:My youngest sister's birthday, she
is turning 25 today and it feels
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:like yesterday I was holding her in
the hospital while I was wearing my
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:Backstreet Boys Millennium T-shirt.
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:And you know, they're just some things
and some moments that you don't forget.
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:But anyway, I'm not going to
bore you going down memory
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:lane like that right now.
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:So.
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:Happy birthday, Jan.
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:May God bless you with many, many
more happy and healthy years of life.
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:God knew exactly what he was doing
when he made you my littlest sister.
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:And I love you so, so much.
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:So I hope that you listen to this.
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:But anyway, I'll tell you, I'll
tell you later anyway, and alright
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:friends, if you follow me on Instagram.
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:Well, my tag is walking with Yahweh,
that's spelled walking with YHWH.
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:It's actually the, I
guess, acronym for Yahweh.
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:But anyway, if you guys follow me
on Instagram, you'll see that I
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:posted a story, in which I mentioned
that I was like really, really
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:exhausted just from this week, and
I feel like I say that a lot lately.
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:But the truth is that, coming home from
work, dealing with the kids, schoolwork,
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:homework, meal prepping during the week.
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:'cause I am trying to do a little bit
better as far as, having homemade meals,
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:It's just a lot.
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:It's nonstop, and I'm usually also
using my Saturdays to run errands, and
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:then Sundays is for church and serving
and sometimes even some more errands.
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:it's so fast and so much all
the time, and me having MS just
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:really doesn't help either.
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:You know?
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:It's more taxing on me than I'd
like to admit most of the time.
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:But let's put it this way.
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:What is normal activity for
someone, can quite literally suck
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:the life out of me, for example.
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:So a day at the park in the heat, fatigue
and vertigo like no questions asked.
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:This Miami weather just
fatigue and vertigo.
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:walking around Costco or Target, us
women, we tend to walk and walk and
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:spend hours going up and down the aisles.
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:that leaves my legs
feeling super weak and.
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:get that tingling sensation like my
legs are asleep and depending on how
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:many things I've already done in the
day, then I'll end up with some major
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:fatigue just 'cause I've had enough.
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:But if you know me, you know that my
life is always on the go, especially
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:on weekends, and I always overdo it.
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:But this is why I enjoy
working on my podcast.
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:it's just been such.
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:A nice time for me to Stop.
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:And it really forces me to be still
kind of like how God says in the
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:Bible, be still and know that I am God.
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:And now that I think about it, it's
almost like this was given to me to allow
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:me to wind down and think and feel some
peace and enjoy that quiet time and just.
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:Dive into the word, when I'm prepping
and looking up scriptures, I kind
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:of like really, just bring home
the point that I'm trying to make.
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:it's just funny how things work
because I hadn't thought about
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:that until now, and it's been seven
whole weeks of me doing the podcast.
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:And I finally had that realization, like,
wow, you know, maybe this was God's way
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:of saying, girl, you need to slow down.
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:I'm gonna give you some homework.
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:You, you wanna talk about me all the time?
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:You wanna talk about me all the time
and let people know that you love God.
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:Okay, fine, but you need to chill.
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:Let's do it this way.
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:And, um, I'm okay with that.
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:You know, I love doing this and
it just really makes me so happy.
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:Like, if you could see me right now, I'm
sitting here in my little corner desk and
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:I just, I have a huge smile on my face.
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:anyway, I'm not gonna continue
rambling about that, but.
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:As you can see, my friends,
this episode is pretty chill.
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:I have a lot on my mind today and
just a lot of things going on and
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:it really has been nonstop, but.
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:While I do have a topic I wanted
to touch on, I also wanted to
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:acknowledge that it's just insane.
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:this is episode 10, technically
11 if you count the two
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:testimonies, as separate episodes.
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:But yeah, this is episode 10 and
to all that have listened and.
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:have stuck around this far for the ride
I'm just so, so grateful that you're here.
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:And speaking of grateful and just having
gratitude, uh, there are two things
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:that I wanted to briefly discuss today.
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:And the first thing is building a
relationship with God brings you even
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:more Godly relationships to your life.
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:And I'll give you a set of examples.
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:And the first one obviously,
is when you go to church.
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:When you start going to
church, that just opens.
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:An array of different people
new things that you're going
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:to immerse yourself in, right?
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:So I have met just so many wonderful,
wonderful people and I know that
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:some people, you know, go to church
and just go and leave, and they just
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:sit there and they get the word and
they feel, great during worship,
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:But honestly, serving at church
is probably the best thing that
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:you can do if you do go to church.
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:And it's brought so many
amazing people into my life.
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:For example, D Mara, she is an usher
for the church, and I feel like
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:the first time her and I began to
get close was in the women's group.
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:after that I know that we started
talking more and more and, when I
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:saw her ushering at church, we'd
be like, oh, hi, how are you?
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:And it just flourished from there
after we started the women's group.
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:And then, um, there's Tanya and Hector
and Ami, they are in the worship team, and
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:Tanya and Hector are the worship leaders.
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:And I mean, they've just all been.
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:So wonderful in different ways.
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:I could go on and on about them, but
in their own individual way, they
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:have all helped me in something.
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:And, you don't realize how
much you need people who.
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:Love God just like you, but have used God
in a different way and can share their
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:experience and their wisdom with you.
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:So I'm really grateful for them.
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:and then there's Yuli and Isis.
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:ISIS is just so funny.
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:She's, she's full of life and she
loves God and loves her husband and
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:her son so much, and she just has so
many ideas and she's such a go-getter.
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:And I just, I love.
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:How energized I feel when I'm with her.
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:we talk a lot now 'cause we're both
also helping in the, social media team.
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:So it's just, it's just wonderful because
she has like a different vibe, than
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:some of the other people that I talk to.
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:And we really connect because
we've always had that.
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:build a business mentality and we wanna
do our own thing, but at the same time,
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:now it's all kind of like wrapped up
in God and this is where he's led us.
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:And it's just, it's so beautiful to
see, and how the word and church and
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:just God has brought us together.
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:there's also yuli and she's just.
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:So sweet.
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:Probably one of the nicest and
sweetest people that I have ever met.
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:And she's just such a prayer warrior.
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:Like, oh God, I just, I
love these people so much.
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:They've done so much.
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:So it's, I didn't expect to get emotional.
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:Gosh, maybe it's 'cause it's 10
30 at night and I'm exhausted.
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:I don't know.
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:But anyway.
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:she is prayed so much for
my daughter and my son.
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:and there's so much value in that.
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:There's people in your life who will be
there with you, through your successes
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:and the, for you only in good times, but
that doesn't really matter if they're not
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:there for you in the bad times, you know?
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:she's always followed up with
me, texted me, just showed
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:how much she genuinely cared.
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:And, um, you can't put a price
on that, you know, so, ugh.
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:Gosh.
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:I'm gonna pause for a second.
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:Okay.
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:If you guys are on episode
10 and you're listening, you
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:know that I cry all the time.
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:I cry all the time, and you can probably
hear in my voice every single time I'm
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:getting emotional, so I just had to
take a few seconds there because I never
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:thought that talking about all these
people would make me so emotional anyway.
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:moving on you guys.
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:I never imagined that going to
church would just open up my
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:heart in the way that it did.
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:but when I surrendered to the Lord,
I truly immersed myself in what, in
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:my opinion, the Christian life is.
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:And that's exactly what I'm doing.
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:going to church every Sunday, reading
the word just Sharing my experiences and,
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:and what he's done for me and how he has
transformed my life with other people.
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:And one of the ways that I could
give back is to serve the same way
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:that Jesus came here to serve his
disciples and, and everyone that
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:he was healing and praying for.
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:So, he showed up in my life in so
many ways, and I just wanna show
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:up that same way for other people.
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:And, hopefully that's what I'm doing here.
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:maybe I don't know you when you're
listening and I just showed up
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:here and gave you some encouraging
words that can help you get through
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:to the next step in your life.
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:So anyway, my friends, when you build
that relationship with God, you get
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:more godly relationships in return.
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:And when you're speaking to people
that are also following Jesus, those
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:conversations are just so different.
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:And for the past two weeks,
I've been doing a morning Bible
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:study on TikTok with Doug Mara.
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:my friend that I mentioned, she is, one of
the ushers at church it's been so amazing.
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:So amazing to wake up, start
your day, some sort of peaceful
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:time with your friends.
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:Reading the word of God
or having it read to you.
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:'cause essentially she's
reading it and I'm listening.
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:it's just, it's wonderful.
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:It just brings you a sense of peace
and tranquility that we all truly
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:need, especially to start our day.
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:and with those lives I actually also
met two more wonderful ladies that
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:are friends of Dara Nori and Tori.
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:it's funny because.
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:Tori also has MS just like me.
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:And even though, having MS is not
the most important thing, it's
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:not like the center of our lives.
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:It really is great to meet people that
you have so many things in common with,
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:not just ms, but also God, she's amazing
when she prays and it's beautiful to see.
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:It's beautiful to see
and it's very uplifting.
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:And again, gratitude, like I am just so
grateful, for those new relationships.
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:And speaking of new relationships,
sometimes these people that are
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:brought into your life can quite
literally just come out of thin air.
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:let me just say I had the most random
but amazing conversation the other
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:day, with this gentleman that I've been
following for a few months now on TikTok.
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:his name is Rich.
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:he's an Army vet.
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:I'm not sure if he's still
active in the army, but.
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:I know for sure that he's in the Army.
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:and he owns his own business
called Map to Manhood.
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:And in a nutshell, his business is also
rooted in the faith, which I absolutely
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:love, and he helps build young men of all
walks of life in leadership and in God.
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:And I've really enjoyed seeing his
content because, even though I'm not a
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:man, um, it, it's still so encouraging.
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:And every day like clockwork, he
has, something positive to say.
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:He always manages to rap in the
word of God and what he's saying.
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:And I would love for Eli to see things
like that, as he's growing up and
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:not just the nonsense that's out there
on the internet, but what Rich is
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:doing it's just so good for the heart
and it's, it's truly amazing to see.
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:But he and I actually had a conversation
over message a few days ago and to give
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:you some context, I posted a clip of
my numbers Bible study the other day
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:where I shared what I felt, you know,
my opinion was the message that I took
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:away from chapter 22, in numbers.
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:And the conversation
was so refreshing and.
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:he kind of just poked a little
further into what I meant by the
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:caption, in my post, and I'm going
to actually read that for you guys
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:just because it, it was so great
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:So he first asked?
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:How do you derail God's plan?
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:Sister and I put hi.
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:Well, I did in the past.
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:now I'm more careful.
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:I'm patient.
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:But some people would say
they don't listen to their
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:gut, so things get derailed.
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:I say now it's discerning
what's good and bad.
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:So I was speaking, about chapter 22 and.
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:If you're not familiar, This is where this
gentleman Baam is writing, on his donkey.
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:And his donkey is clearly trying
to give him signs that there's an
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:angel and he's just not listening.
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:And he also didn't listen
to God's instructions that
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:were clearly given to him.
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:So, I took the story as if you do not
listen to what God is trying to tell you
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:where he's trying to take you, you can,
derail the plan that he has for you.
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:But, what Rich was questioning
is, you know how it is that
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:we can derail God's plan?
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:Because if it's God's plan, it's his
plan, it's going to happen, which is
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:true, Essentially our conversation
led to me saying, we will get there.
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:We will just have more
trouble getting there.
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:because we failed to listen
and because we failed to obey.
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:So.
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:he just gave so many great examples and
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:It is just amazing.
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:There's just so many things that you can
take away, from conversations like that.
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:So I'm really, really grateful for all
of the people that have come into my
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:life and just not just praying for me
and the time that I spend with them, but
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:even conversations like that, I truly
hope that someone one day can feel what
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:I'm feeling because I feel like just
all aspects of my life are changing.
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:And while, yes, I do still go
through things and I have my
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:days where I don't feel good or
I'm just not in a great mood or.
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:marriages are also shaky and whatnot,
and relationships at work, whatever
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:it is, I still go through things.
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:I'm not exempt because
I'm a follower of Christ.
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:it's still amazing to have all
of these other positive things
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:that you can look forward to.
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:So, I did mention that I had two
things to talk to you guys about, but.
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:To wrap up this episode, I wanted
to do a little comparison, God and
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:the Five Love Languages sometimes
we forget that even if we don't
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:find the perfect man, we don't find.
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:The perfect relationship, we
will always have the perfect God.
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:And it's funny because as I was praying
here on my desk, planning out this
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:episode, I just looked up and I saw the
book that my best friend gave me for
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:my birthday, the Five Love Languages.
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:And I was like, wow.
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:It was almost like an epiphany.
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:I was like, oh my God, God actually.
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:Does everything in the five
love languages, like he meets
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:every single one of them.
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:Um, so I kind of broke it down, in
my own take of course, and I just
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:wanted to share that with you guys.
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:The Five Love Languages.
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:The Secret to Love That Lasts by
Gary Chapman and the Five Love
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:Languages are words of affirmation.
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:Acts of service, receiving gifts,
quality time, and physical touch.
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:Me personally, I think my love languages
would probably be words of affirmation,
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:acts of service, and physical touch.
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:so when I was writing this down and really
analyzing how God fills every single one.
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:Of these love languages,
words of affirmation would
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:be of course his Holy Bible.
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:The Bible is quite literally
his love letter to us.
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:It's our guide.
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:And while I can narrow it down
to one or two scriptures, there
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:are just endless words in there
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:That shows his love for us and
obviously what Christ did for us on
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:that cross, the second one is acts
of service and in acts of service.
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:this one to me was a no
brainer, and that is that God or
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:Jesus, they fight our battles.
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:They take away our anxieties.
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:They're also healers, they feed our souls.
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:And of course, we've all
heard of miraculous healing.
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:All these stories where people were
sick, fighting all sorts of diseases,
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:and then out of nowhere they're just,
they go to the doctor and that's it.
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:There's nothing there.
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:so these are acts of service that we
receive from God and from Jesus, And
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:now we move on to the third, the third.
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:Love language, receiving gifts.
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:This one is a little more tricky.
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:When I was thinking about it, I was like,
oh, well I'm not actually gonna, you know,
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:say that my car is a gift from him, but.
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:Physical things that we have, like
money, our home, our cars, those
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:are, those are blessings from God.
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:So while he actually didn't give it to
us, because we worked for those things,
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:we wouldn't have those things if it wasn't
because he has blessed us with the ability
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:to work in a particular place, to have
enough money to do all of these things.
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:So all the things that we have
are from God, and especially.
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:The biggest gift of all is our children.
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:That's the heritage of God and
what greater gifts than that.
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:Only he can do that.
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:Only he can do that.
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:So now we move on to number
four, which is quality time.
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:And this was actually one of my
favorite ones because even though
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:I don't need to have quality time
with my spouse all the time, I
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:love having that quiet time for me.
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:And with God and the gift of prayer
and just being still feeling his
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:peace, that is his gift to us.
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:We are able to just feel his presence.
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:We are just able to have that time,
read the Bible, and know that he is
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:listening and we are always being heard.
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:And finally The last love
language is physical touch.
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:And of course, while God physically
can't touch us and we can't feel that,
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:we can feel the Holy Spirit, and this
is just probably the most amazing,
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:amazing feeling that I have ever had.
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:Sometimes it feels like a
little shiver down the spine.
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:Sometimes it's just swelling in
your chest and you just feel this
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:immense joy, and it's just kind of
like pure love flowing through you.
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:That's really the only way
that I can explain that.
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:So these five things, words of
affirmation, acts of service, receiving
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:gifts, quality time, physical touch.
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:God checks every single one of
those boxes in different ways.
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:And if you are wanting those
things, all of those things from
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:one person and you can't find them,
of course you can't find them.
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:No one is perfect, but God is perfect
and he is whole and he is righteous, and
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:he will most certainly give you all of
those things that you are looking for.
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:So to finally wrap up this episode,
guys, I've read a lot of scripture,
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:But for some reason, the first time
I read this one today, I don't know.
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:I was like, wow, this,
this is really good.
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:but anyway, it's first Corinthians
chapter six, verse 19 through 20.
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:Do you not know that your bodies
are temples of the Holy Spirit?
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:Who is in you, whom you
have received from God?
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:You are not your own.
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:You were bought at a price,
therefore honor God with your bodies.
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:of course, it's talking also
about honoring God with our
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:bodies, like taking care of it.
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:But the part where it says that our bodies
are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is
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:in you, whom you have received from God.
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:Right there.
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:It's like in our own physical touch,
we already have the spirit within
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:us, and if we can just build our
relationship with God and with Christ,
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:we can tap into that and truly feel
the spirit as often as we want to, as
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:long as we, you know, have faith and
believe and just want to hear from him.
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:And that is so amazing Who wouldn't
wanna feel that, who wouldn't wanna
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:feel that joy and just enormous love.
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:That really is never ending.
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:But
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:All right, my friends.
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:Well, I hope that you enjoyed this last
section of the Five Love Languages,
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:because he really is perfect and he really
does embody every single one of them.
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:So it's, it's amazing.
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:Um, but anyway, I hope
that someone could maybe.
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:I share this with her daughter one
day and say, you know what, honey?
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:You don't need anyone to check off
every single one of those boxes.
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:you already have a person
that does that for you.
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:And that's God.
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:That's Jesus.
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:He checks every single one,
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:But thank you guys for listening.
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:Thank you for tuning in.
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:I hope that you've enjoyed
this episode and I hope that
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:it has blessed you in some way,
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:I can't wait to see you guys
again for the next episode.
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:Have a great day, my friends.
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:Be safe Till next time.
