Unfiltered Christian Podcast
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Unfiltered Christian Podcast
Ep 9 - Discovering Your True Purpose Through Faith
Ever wondered if your life's purpose is more than just a checklist of duties? Join us on Unfiltered Christian as Mimi and Shea share their heartfelt journeys of discovering purpose through faith. Mimi opens up about her childhood belief that serving the Lord was about earning a place in heaven, only to realize as an adult that it's about building a deeper relationship with God. With references to Ephesians 6:12, we discuss recognizing spiritual battles that shape our understanding of true purpose.
Finding your calling isn’t always accompanied by trumpets and grand titles; sometimes, it’s in the simplest acts of kindness. In this episode, Mimi and Shea reflect on the courage required to stand firm in one's faith amidst societal pressures. We explore personal stories of how acts like prayer, teaching, and everyday compassion can reveal unique spiritual journeys. Our conversation sheds light on building a relationship with God as a foundation for discovering purpose, far beyond merely fulfilling religious duties.
Stepping into unexpected roles can transform your understanding of purpose. Shea shares her story of embracing new challenges, from becoming a Sabbath school teacher to taking on larger roles within the church. We highlight the beauty of letting go and trusting in divine guidance, emphasizing how small acts of service can lead to profound connections and personal fulfillment. This episode is a testament to the transformative power of faith, encouraging listeners to embrace their unique callings and find joy in serving others. Join us for an inspiring discussion that promises to deepen your relationship with Elohim and enrich your spiritual journey.
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Welcome to Unfiltered Christian with Cece and Shea.
Speaker 2:Come and join us on an authentic journey through the highs and lows of our Christian faith.
Speaker 1:Where we'll be holding nothing back.
Speaker 2:Hey guys, welcome back. I'm Shea and I'm Mimi. So, mimi, it's my question today. So do you know what your purpose is, in Christ or in God? And if you do know what your purpose is, what is it?
Speaker 1:What is my purpose? That's actually a good question, because my purpose was taught right and now I'm an adult. So my purpose was taught that I must serve the Lord to get to heaven and you must do everything. That is right, think that is right. Um, now that I have my own personal relationship with Yahweh, I would say that getting to know him on a deeper level, having a interaction and seeing his hand, I would say my journey right now is to please him. As hard as it is it's very hard because self gets involved but even though I still want to get to heaven, my goal is to have a relationship. My purpose right now for me is to have a relationship with my father, get to know him on a deeper level so I can hear him, listen and be the obedient child that I'm meant to be what's the other part of your question oh well, yeah, you answered it, I think, because I was saying um, but the first part was do you have a purpose?
Speaker 2:because I feel like some people don't know what their purpose is. Um, it's like Like some people don't know what their purpose is. It's like, yeah, oh, my gosh, I'm mixing up my own question now, my brain. No, I was saying what is your purpose? Yeah, do you have a purpose? And if you do, what is it?
Speaker 1:So you just basically explained what it was. I think before it it was just I wouldn't even say military style, but it was like don't do this, don't. If you do this, you go to heaven. If you do this, you'll go to hell and.
Speaker 1:I didn't really understand it, um, and even though my goal, my purpose, is still to get to heaven, but my bigger purpose is to know my father and have a relationship with him and get to know him, because he has done so much for me, still doing so much for me, and I'm learning, like I'm forever learning. Um, and I think recently I've been going back over the book of Job I read it last year, but this year, um, there was a bit that stood out to me. I don't know if it's chapter one or chapter two and um, it's basically like Satan just saying like you know, he's out here to test us, and I was just thinking to myself sometimes I'd be failing these tests. I'm picking self over what is right and what.
Speaker 1:I should do so. My purpose is to try and please God and try and do what he asks of me and not what I want. Because let me tell you something, it's hard.
Speaker 1:It's very, very hard, especially when it comes to humans, humans that hurt you, humans that chastise you. But we know that it happened to Jesus. He came on this earth for our sins and his own killed him. So if that happened to him, it's gonna happen to us in different ways and I'm trying to stop looking at it like that, looking at it as the person as me and Shay I always me and Shay always have was. Me and shay always have this conversation like it's about spirits, spirits and principalities. I need to find that bible first.
Speaker 1:I don't know if you can find it for me, so then people, people that don't know, can yeah, I'm on it, I'm on it okay, yeah, spirits and principalities, and so what I, what, what me and Shay talk about is not to see it as when somebody that you love or don't even have to love that person actually, but or you could be around and they can hurt you, whether it's like verbally we're going to talk on, verbally hurt us, um, and it doesn't have to be profanity, it could just be like they could say something that has hurt our feelings or displease us is to not see it as that person, but see it as spirits and principalities.
Speaker 1:Satan is using that person to try and and get to us, and it's very, very difficult sometimes, especially when somebody just cuts you up, um. So that's my journey at the moment, because I've I've been broke, I've I've been in debt, I've haven't been homeless and I'm not asking for that one to happen, but but I've been through so many things that I could say do you know what? I know the Lord is going to provide, but when it comes to people and their words, that is my. I think that's part of my purpose now, to try and not let people's words get to me, and I don't take vengeance, but I think vengeance in my head and I guess that's a, but I don't actually physically do anything, but yeah sorry guys if you're hearing me rumbling, trying to get my Bible out so found a scripture.
Speaker 2:It's Ephesians, chapter 6, verses 12. That is that scripture. That is that verse that Mimi was just just talking about. But I was trying to get my physical bible to actually read it.
Speaker 2:All right, um, but the reason as I'm looking, the reason why I asked that question or questions, is because I remember going through that journey of, like you know, like I'm in all these different, you know listening to sermons and you're listening. You know you're at church and then you're hearing these, you know devotionals and talks, et cetera, and it keeps talking about purpose and purpose and purpose. And I'm like I don't get what this means. I don't understand what this means and in my head I kept thinking it's like I don't know specific, like how someone is called to preach or how someone is called to, I don't know, feed the homeless or I don't know like those specific things.
Speaker 2:Like I thought it was a thing where, like you, you literally sit there and you hear um Elohim say to you oh, I want you to do this and this is what you have to do, like I literally thought it was like an instruction which it can be, though I guess for me that will come under calling, but I guess what the sermon is on the pastor could say like purpose, because I think it's universal yeah, yeah, that's true, calling, yeah, but I always hear purpose, purpose, purpose, and you're like, yeah, I basically felt like, um, because I've struggled a lot with self-esteem, I was like do I actually have purpose?
Speaker 2:like, why am I here? Um, why am I still alive? Like what does God want of me? Because I've I wouldn't say I've removed myself from the world, but I've accepted that the world is not for me, in a sense, by giving myself back to Elohim. Um, because I just felt like I wasn't finding purpose there. I was more lost in doing the worldly things, not saying I don't still do worldly things. That's the one I'm saying. Guys, there's no perfect person here. I'm just saying in the sense of like, refocusing my mind on our saviour and not focusing myself on doing the things in the world, if that makes sense. So it was like what now I've done, made this, made this step? Now, what? What is my purpose? So what do you need of me now? Why am I still alive? Why am I still here? Because clearly you want something of me. Why am I here?
Speaker 2:And I started beating myself up about it and I was like this is just really exhausting and I'm praying about it and I don't get it and like you know, and I feel like a lot of people go through this thing where they're just like, okay, god, what is it that you need of me to do? And you're fighting so much to look for this purpose, or calling that we're not doing what you said having a relationship with him and we're just trying to have this tick box of like, okay, if I do this, then I'm gonna please him. Like, if I do this, I'm gonna please him. And I feel like that's what I was going through, like I wanted him to just tell me what it is he wants me to do so I can be a good child.
Speaker 1:He called her already. Honey, he's been calling her.
Speaker 2:Here we go, here we go. She's going into something. Now I don't know what is this meant to be, by the way, because I'm just like I still don't do I get it?
Speaker 1:Her calling yeah, she's a very given person, like she will give her last, and I think sometimes calling yeah, she's a very given person, like she will give her last, and I think sometimes calling purpose, whatever you want to call it, sometimes we expect it to have a super title and it doesn't have to be like that, like oh.
Speaker 1:I'm a Bible scholar. Oh, I'm a witnesser Like we can witness in so many different ways that you just don't know. And Shay is a giver, like you know. She will feed the homeless. Um, always checking in on the people. That is like homeless outside of the shops and stuff. She'll check in, she has a relationship with them. You know she's a sabbath school teacher. You know, the list goes on. You know, the list goes on. And I think sometimes we try to put ourself in a box. And you know, like you're, you're a giver. It doesn't mean that the Lord just says you must just do this, because when we look at people in the Bible, they all had an assignment and their assignment could be either big or small or it just stayed level. Um, when I used to think about my calling, I used to feel like my calling is praying for people. Um, because I love to pray for people in my little quiet time.
Speaker 1:I use I always say, like that is my quote-unquote purpose, slash calling, and I witness, like through my business with playing gospel music, um, because I'm not that person. You've got some people that will hand out tracks or can knock door to door, and that's not me. And that's what I'm saying. He chooses us in his own way. I'm too shy for those type of things. If he was meant to ask me a question about Yahweh, I could answer you, but to just start off a conversation, I'm a little bit scared, not saying I'm embarrassed of him.
Speaker 1:But it's just, we live in a world where you could get cancelled left, right and center, and I think that's another thing that I need to work on, because when the time we're in the end, the end days, and you know when it's time to stand like me, shakshadra can stand like am I going to be shy or am I going to stand?
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's. I mean, I hear you, it's very true and I feel like I agree with you, like I was at that point where I was at that point where I also thought my purpose was to pray for people, because I went from being so shook to pray like I was just scared I couldn't even pray in front of anybody to being this person that just fell in love with prayer and, um, I did. I definitely felt that that was my purpose. But as you were talking just now, I felt like, oh, I started reflecting on how far I've come and thinking, not saying that's still not my purpose, because I still do pray for others.
Speaker 2:But it's amazing how you start off accepting what Elohim has given you as a gift and then he continues to give you more over time. So I think that's just what it is, because I never thought that I would be a Sabbath school teacher. Like, yeah, if you told me that a year ago, I'd be like, yeah, are you okay? I would never, ever say that that's something I'd be able to do. I thought I'd be so fearful and like I just couldn't see myself sitting there, even though it's children, but still, you know, like I have my own um insecurities of that, and I just never thought that that would be me.
Speaker 1:So and for those, if you could just touch on what a Sabbath school teacher doesn't know, right, I was just thinking that.
Speaker 2:So it's basically the same as what everyone would say is a Sunday school teacher um, but as Adventist, because we worship on the sabbath, basically it's a sabbath school teacher. So it happens in the morning before um, our main divine service, worship, um and the. Of course, the adults have their own class and the children have their own class, um, and that's it.
Speaker 1:That's literally what it is and for those who do not understand at all. It's basically she teaches children about the bible in their at their age right.
Speaker 2:So my class is um. What is my class? Zero to fours. So that is beginners class, um, and then you have the other class up, which will be the five to nines, and then the nine-year-olds up is basically going to the teens class.
Speaker 1:So yeah, what do you now think your purpose is?
Speaker 2:I now don't think I have one purpose. I can see how Elohim is using me in different ways, so which I thought, like you, just have specifically just one thing. I think that's where I had placed. I feel like I placed, um, I placed Elohim in a box, you know, I boxed him off, like you know that's what we tend to do and, um, I placed myself in that same box, I guess, and I feel like once you place him off like you know that's what we tend to do and I placed myself in that same box, I guess, and I feel like once you place him in a box, you're placing yourself in a box. You know we're limiting what he can do in us. And so I've realised that it isn't just one thing. There's so many things that he's shown me that I can do that I would have never, ever done. And I think it just all goes back to what you said. It's having a relationship with him and letting him use us, and that is our purpose.
Speaker 2:The other stuff, the list of things that I can give it, comes after the relationship. The relationship is first. My purpose is to build that relationship and to work hard on keeping that relationship going, as we would with any other relationship in our lives, but that one is number one and everything else follows. I feel like it's as simple as that. But if we're going to be specific about purpose, I mean definitely praying for others.
Speaker 2:I love checking in on other people. I love the fact that the Holy Spirit would just say to me check in this person, message this person, and they're in need of that message or they're in need of that comfort. You know, it's something I love to do. It's something I really enjoy. I love talking on the phone and I love, like having conversations with others and, you know, just being there for them. So that's something I always did, even before I started building my relationship back with Elohim. Like before, that's something I always did in general, um, and then, of course, this year, I feel like he's exposed me to purposes that I would have never, ever done, like the Sabbath school teacher. Um, I've been a part of programs. Um, like writing devotionals, which I thought I'd never, ever do, writing devotionals for prayer lines.
Speaker 2:And I've presented in one of my Zoom programs. I've actually presented the program Like this is stuff. I would have all the stuff I listed there, those last things, the stuff that I would have never seen myself do and never volunteered to do, but because of my relationship because you said that you like talking oh yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2:I didn't actually see that as well, actually, um, but then I like talking, but that's that's uncomfortable situations for me to talk in. So I'm not a group person. I'm not very good at being in group settings and having to speak and for people to listen like that's not me. Um, even though I do like to talk, that is really difficult. I'd have to be in a group that I've known and I'm comfortable with, you know, like all these things, whereas you know he's done this thing of pulling me out of that and making me go into settings where it's very uncomfortable, I think he does that with everybody.
Speaker 2:I was just coming to say that.
Speaker 1:When you talk about the Bible. It's so funny because you made me think of Moses, right right. I'm trying to think of the Bible text with Moses, moses, because moses had this um, I wouldn't what, what would you say? His speech was slow, I'm not sure, but he had a problem with speaking speaking.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's what it says, because some people would say he may have had a stutter, but we're not. We're not, we're not sure, because I think the bible does say that he just had a problem with speaking. It wasn't specific. But just rewind in a second, talking about scriptures, when we're talking about spirits and principalities. So the scripture is from Ephesians, chapter 6, verses 12, and it says for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against spirit, principality, okay, but against principalities, against powers, against the rules, rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. That is what that says.
Speaker 2:Yes, so that's what we meant when we were talking about the battles of what we're battered. This, that's out of all the battles you're going through in life, that right there is the scripture that explains to you why you're going through those battles. So when you're having that, why question the scripture right here? You can always go back to it, you can break it down if you want to really study it and see what you are battling against and then we had Moses in Exodus 4, 10.
Speaker 1:He said. Then Moses said to the Lord oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since you have spoken to your servant, but I'm slow of speech and slow of tongue. And when people talk about Moses today Moses that parted the Red Sea, moses that led the Israelites nobody would ever think that you know he had a speech problem. Right, but he did it. And I think I think this is a good, a good conversation, because we all struggle with what our purpose is, what our calling is, what. What are we here to do?
Speaker 1:I would say don't compare yourself to others. Pray, don't give yourself a dramatic title, because you don't need one, like Elohim will tell you what you are, what your calling is, and because it's so easy to look at the person to the left that is doing xyz and you think, oh, I'm not half as good. Or they do this this way or they do that. Our purpose is different. He calls us in different ways, he puts us in different positions. The same way, how I said I'm not good at doing door-to-door, there's somebody else that can do that. However, I might be able to pray for somebody that's in a difficult situation that the person who knocks door-to-door can't do. So he gives us talents in different ways. There's people that are excellent at breaking down the bible and giving super duper bible studies so that you could just get it um, and yeah, he's made us in his image, so his.
Speaker 1:It is his purpose for us, not ours and sometimes we find ourselves saying, like you know, I meant to be doing this because we want to and it's probably not working, because you know that the Lord has called you to do something else, like let's, let's talk about talents. For example, you might say, actually I want to um, write books, but the Lord has given you a voice to sing and he's like my daughter, my son, I want you to sing um. And you're like no, I want to write books. And you keep getting called like can you sing at this church? Can to sing um? And you're like no, I want to write books. And you keep getting called like can you sing at this church? Can you sing here? Can you sing there? And you think, why is this kid? Why what's going on here?
Speaker 1:because that's what he's calling you to do yeah, and then maybe when you actually listened, then the books that not saying that it's not important for you to spread your word about the lord in writing, but we must listen, man. It's hard. It is hard because you ask yourself daily yeah, and I hold my hands up.
Speaker 2:Guys, I'm one of those people, right, mimi knows me for this I'll be the one comparing myself to others saying that, oh, I can, I can't do that, they do this. I'm going to hold my hands up to that. I'm telling that for free. But I think when you finally start to let go, this is the huge thing. I feel like the phrase let go is huge in the relationship with Elohim.
Speaker 2:Letting, when you start to let go of a lot of things, um, it could be many different things that's happening within you. Letting go of the old you, letting go of the things you used to do, the things you used to say, like letting go of a lot of stuff. Um, and I see why people, whoever made up that phrase let go and let God. I kind of see where that comes from. You know, I do like that song. Is that a song? Mmhmm, ah, trying to remember what song. That is okay, yeah, but when you do start to let go and let God, literally you see those changes happening and you no longer start comparing yourself to others, and I'm saying that as someone that has done that and still does it intensely, and I used to look around my church and be like, oh my gosh, I would love to be like the one that does this and the one that does that and whatever you know.
Speaker 2:Like you know, comparing myself and um, then I started seeing Elohim using me in his own way to do my own thing and it simply just started off actually with me, just like volunteering to wash the dishes, like after lunch as well. I remember that's how it started and that's not my favourite thing to do, like, but I felt myself pushed because I like to help. So it wasn't really about like me liking to do it, it was just the fact of seeing other people work hard to provide lunch for me and cater to us every week and it felt nice to be able to support them in whatever shape or form. Nice to be able to support them in whatever shape or form. Um, and I remember being in the kitchen and seeing that like we needed a cleaning product and we needed like kitchen towels and stuff, and I remember going to buy it and I never told anyone I bought it and I just put it in the kitchen.
Speaker 2:Um, and it was just like stuff like that that internally just connected me to our Lord, like I just felt so humbled to be able to do that for us, for his children, you know, and I think that's where it started. And then, like suddenly, like people started seeing me do stuff and then someone asked me to serve and I was just like to serve, like that's a big deal, like someone asked me to serve the food, like you know, it was just this big thing. And then, just bit by bit, like people started asking me to do things, um, when I just wasn't paying attention. Um, so that's just, that's just how he wants it to be, um, and that's when it would just flow so naturally um.
Speaker 1:so yeah, yeah, so yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:That's good, it's good that you're in a't even I don't even really reflect on it that way. I just like roll with whatever I have to do this week. Like, um, a few weeks ago, what was the last thing I had to do? I had to do the welcome um, and it's so funny that you like for me, I that's. I feel like now that's how I know that this is something the Lord, whatever task I've been given, that's when I know the Lord wants me to do it, because I'll come up with an idea like that.
Speaker 2:So like, for example, that welcome was pre-written like weeks before I actually did the welcome um, because someone asked me to do it. And then, on the spot, I wrote the welcome. Like I was literally sitting in church, in a church hall, and then, like someone was like, oh, I'd like you to do the welcome, and then I started having my normal nervousness and anxiety and I was like, oh, my gosh, what am I gonna say? And then, as soon as, like I have that internal conversation with the holy spirit, the holy spirit goes, boom, there you go, and it's like I have to put it on paper and then I might have to re-edit it just for, like grandma, but the actual initial foundation is there and then, suddenly, like I didn't actually end up doing it when the person asked me and then someone else came and asked me. So that was the funniest thing is like the person that asked me to do it. I didn't even do it for that person. It was another person that came to ask me to do the same thing and then it was already written so I could do it. Oh my gosh, yeah, but it's like talking about out loud of how it happened. It sounds so surreal. It's like oh my gosh, you know, um, but I just feel like that's huge because that's just not me, because I know myself, like guys, if you know me, like that's just not me. I'm not this writer, I'm not a researcher, I'm not any of these things. So when I had those devotionals to do, that's not me.
Speaker 2:Like researching and stuff, like I, I don't like stuff like that. That's Mimi, that's Mimi's thing. Like she, she, I can just ask her something. She'll be like okay, I'm gonna do some research. Like if I need, if I need to buy something. You know, like I remember when I wanted my air fryer and I was like I want an air fryer no, I lie, it wasn't. My air fryer was, um, I wanted a soundbar and I asked her, like she went to research and she found me this amazing soundbar that I have to this day. So it's like that's her thing, like she can go and do research. That's not my thing.
Speaker 2:So when I did these devotionals, I was just like what, how you know, like you know and I didn't necessarily like write every single piece of information, I went and searched for the stuff and took information from places, but even that for me is big, you know.
Speaker 2:But it's like the fact of like the holy spirit just pointing you to where to go and like placing the right information in front of you to present and placing the right scriptures in front of you to present, that is huge and that is how it goes, like when you're doing things for our savior, like that is how it goes, like that's how he moves you and it's so powerful it makes you so overwhelmed. And like I savior, like that is how it goes, like that's how he moves you and it's so powerful it makes you so overwhelmed and like I even feel emotional talking about it because it's beyond you. It's not you, that's how you know it's him, yeah, and it's more powerful than what you can quote, unquote, create to say that you want to do for him. What he can move in you and do is beyond what you can say you want to do for him.
Speaker 1:He will show you what he wants you to do yeah, and I think Isaiah 41, verses 10, says do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God, I will strengthen you and help you and I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. And I think sometimes we panic and we stress and sometimes it goes wrong, and that is okay. Like guys, if I tell you how annoyed I was because I got a new laptop and it, it just wasn't, I just couldn't record, yeah, I didn't even pray about it, but I just knew the Lord was gonna make it work and and he did, and hallelujah for that. But it's just certain times when you just gotta like literally give it to him. You don't know the outcome and you don't know if it's gonna be.
Speaker 1:You could be speaking for the first time. You could be even, you know, telling your friends about Elohim for the first time, or your family or something could be out of character, like you've just given your life to the Lord or you're changing your lifestyle and it might be new and you don't know how to navigate around that friends or family or work or wherever it may be Like those in itself is a testimony as well, because you're standing up for him. That's another type of purpose.
Speaker 2:That's true, that is true, that's powerful. It's so funny you said that because that literally just happened to me. You know. It reminded me of the conversation I had with a certain family member, with them seeing changes in me and they've been automatically respectful about it. But it was like I don't know what that emotion I felt when we were having a conversation, because it was like you're no longer fun, you're no longer like that's what I got got from it. It wasn't like they physically said it, but, um, you know it's.
Speaker 2:It's when you're working, walking in purpose, in the purpose that you know our father in heaven wants you to walk in, and like people are seeing these changes in you and it's like it makes you feel like, oh, what's wrong with you? But there's nothing wrong with you, of course, there's nothing wrong with you, um, but you're right, it is walking in purpose, um, because you are definitely reflecting. You're reflecting who our father is, and for others they do struggle, and that's one thing. That's one conversation that Mimi's had with me. You know, like we have to try not to be offended with others because they're just learning about the new you and, yeah, even me. I am learning to have to accept that as well, and that was okay, like the fact that they automatically respected we didn't even have the conversation yet they were already respectful the fact that I don't do certain things. That was already powerful enough for me, so that conversation don't get it, and that's okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's that's, that's the main thing. Like we don't understand, I think sometimes people feel like you need to have an answer for every question and sometimes, and for people that don't get it, that's okay. Um, because we don't understand everything. We don't understand why people do certain things. We might see something that is not normal to us, that we question, but it's normal to them, especially if we talk about people coming from different cultures. You might think, oh, oh, wow, that's crazy. I would never do that. And if people's been used to you being a certain way for so long and then you just one day change, you have to. Just the same way, how you're adapting to a new lifestyle, they have to adapt to you and they might miss the old you, and that's okay. But they get to love the new you and some people won't you, and that's okay. But they get to love the new you and some people won't, and that's okay, because not everybody accepted Jesus, and that, too, is okay.
Speaker 2:Yeah, definitely. I think that's the one thing I remember. In the end, no matter what emotion I feel towards how others may react to me, I always remind myself that they did the same thing to Jesus. You know who am I. They did the same thing to him and I feel like that's what makes it easier to deal with, because you just remember who you're doing it for and it takes it all away. You're like you know what he dealt with worse.
Speaker 1:This is mine now, so you'll be okay and eventually, you will and I think my new text that I've been saying to myself when things are going left or things that the Lord may have put in your heart to do, but it's still just going left, just like Moses trying to lead the Israelites and they're not listening. Yeah, is Exodus, I love it, exodus, way Exodus. And it says the Lord will fight for you. You only need to be still. Lord will fight for you. You only need to be still, and I've been repeating that to myself, that just be still, just be still.
Speaker 1:Not everything needs a reaction, just be still. Whether you're offended, whether you are hurt, just be still, because the lord will fight for you that's a tough one that's a great one, but it's a tough one.
Speaker 2:Being still is very hard, um, that's one that's hard for me, even you know. Physically being still, mentally being still the world we're in now. It's so much harder to um to hear, to hear sometimes, like, hear the spirit. It's a bit harder just because it is hard to be still Like. It's just not a part of quote, unquote nature or human nature anymore. It can be so tough. It's something we have to fight, harder to do, but it's possible. It's's definitely possible. It's not impossible, um, and I feel like once you're willing, the lord will do the rest. Once you are willing and you're committed, he will do the rest.
Speaker 2:Um, and I feel like that's a great um takeaway for this whole thing um, just being still, be still. You will hear him, he will tell you um, he will guide you to whatever it is that he wants of you, because he made you um, like Mimi said from the scripture, you know you are made in his image with there's only one you like. Literally, there's only one you. Even if you're a twin, there's still only one you. There's still differences. That makes you own, makes you you um, and that's amazing enough to think about, like he was so specific about creating each and every one of us, like he made no mistakes he was.
Speaker 2:It's just. It just amazes me. You know like, look like they can identify you by your specific fingerprints, your specific I don't know. Like, I know, in America they scan your eyes like it's only your eyes. You know like, that just amazes me. It's just, it's just beyond my understanding how our father in heaven did that. But you know's, there's literally only you and um, he's very specific and he knows what he wants of you and it's a privilege to be used by him.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, I think that is my two pence as well thank you guys for listening and checking in and just remember you will always have the final say be still, be still people and know that he is God. Amen.
Speaker 2:But thank you guys, once again, thank you for your support, thank you for listening in and we just really pray that you've been. You've had some takeaways from each episode. That is fueling your relationship with Elohim and feeding you in some shape or form. So take care, have a good week, have a good day. Bye.