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Unfiltered Christian Podcast
Ep 17 - Colossians 3:1-10
This episode invites listeners to explore the transformative power of Colossians 3, focusing on shedding our old selves and dying to earthly desires while upholding love, honesty, and integrity. By emphasising accountability and the significance of sincere prayer, we arm ourselves with valuable tools needed to navigate our faith journeys more effectively.
• Discussing Colossians 3:1-10
• Understanding the concept of shedding earthly desires
• Exploring anger, malice, and accountability
• The significance of honesty in our daily lives
• Encouraging perseverance in our Christian walk
• The importance of seeking prayers and support
• Emphasising integrity and resisting temptation
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Welcome to the Unfiltered Christian Podcast with Cece and Shea.
Speaker 2:Come and join us on an authentic journey through the highs and lows of our Christian faith where nothing but the truth is spoken.
Speaker 1:Hey Saints, it's your girl, cece.
Speaker 2:And it's your girl Shea.
Speaker 1:So I don't have a question. Oh yeah, I don't have a question today. Because I was doing my Bible reading and I thought, oh, let me share these verses with you and what do you think about them, shay? Because I was thinking, oh, because you know, sometimes we read the Bible and we could read a lot of things and it doesn't really stick out to you. But with this one I was taken back.
Speaker 1:Okay, so it's Colossians 2, and I'm going to be reading Colossians 2, sorry, colossians 3. And I'm going to be reading verses 1 to 10. Okay, and I'm going to be reading from the New King James Version. It says if then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things that are on the earth, for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you will appear with him in glory. Therefore, put to death your members which are on the earth fornication, uncleanliness, passion, evil, desire and covetousness. And let me just say what convertiveness is this? The same, which is I'll read it in there in there niv convertiveness, which is idolatry.
Speaker 1:Oh sorry, it explains it anyway, because because of these things, the wrath of god is coming upon and the sons of disobedience in which you yourself once walked when you lived in them be now. You yourselves are to put all of these angers, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie on one another, since you have, since you have put off the old man with his deeds and I'm just going to read it in the NIV version, just so it's a little bit clearer, even though I don't like the NIV version, but I just wanted to just tell you in the New King James version, which I read, but just so it's simplified since then, you have been raised with Christ. Set your heart on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things, for you have died and your life is now hidden in Christ, in God.
Speaker 1:When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you will also appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil, desires, greed, which is idolatry Because of these the raft of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways in the life you once lived, but now you must also rid yourself of all of these such things such as anger, rage, mal rage, malice, slander, filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to one another, sorry, do not lie to each other, since you've taken off your old self with its practices. It's a lot so, shay, what did you get from that?
Speaker 2:okay, so I was reading along as you were reading um, and to me this is simply saying um that if you were born into Christ, which we all are, um that, all your natures of this earth, um, let me see if I'm explaining this correctly yeah, you're on the right path um, every desire you have at this earth, like all your sinful desires.
Speaker 2:You put that like. You don't put them away, you let go of them, basically because putting them away could just be like they can always come back, if that makes sense. You should be working on shedding those things. That's the old you. Because Christ has died for you, right, those things no longer have control over you anymore and because we are of Christ, those things should no longer be a part of us. Um, we should be working on it daily to let go of them. They should be put to death, as it even says.
Speaker 2:Um, and it's even listed those things that we should be put into death, which I love that. It's very specific, um, because, for example, like evil, desire covers a lot of things. Um, fornication, I mean, that's very obvious. Um, but that covers the whole area of that. Um, uncleanness as well. Um, because when you look at it, you think the list is short, but then when you think about all the things that are unclean, um, that relates to, like, the things you eat, or even the things you think about, or, um, that kind of thing. So I like the fact that these, to me, are like subheadings and there's, there's so many lists of things that can go underneath those things.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, simply saying you're working on shedding those things away because God is coming back soon. And if we're disobedient, sorry, I'm just trying to like, I'm like skim reading, but also trying to like explain it. Yeah, sorry, not if you're disobedient, he's coming for those who are disobedient. So we don't want to be under that umbrella of the children who are disobedient, we want to be obedient. So basically, we want to let go and shed all those old things. And also, sorry, I'm just trying to break it down Because it's a lot. It's a lot to process from one to ten. Yeah, I definitely took away from the first seven verses the rest of it.
Speaker 1:I need to kind of even read it to kind of break down for me, verse eight, where it says but now yourself?
Speaker 1:But now you, yourself, are to put off these things, which is anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language, out of your mouth. I feel like many of us get angry, many of us have malice, especially when we're dealing with humans, um, and he's literally saying, like to put these things away, and I think we don't pray about these things enough for ourselves. We might pray about it for other people, like um, you know, like lord, this person causes me to act out, or this person causes me to do this, but it's kind of like what, the what? The prayer we need to be praying is Lord, help me to not have malice, help me to not get angry. Rather than pinning it on a person because their action shouldn't make us feel a way, we need to be praying for ourselves that whenever we're put in a situation that we are carrying the armour of God yeah, we're wearing the body of christ and just to show kindness or to remove ourself from it. And, as, as you said when I was reading this, I think what verse is it? Um?
Speaker 1:verse six, because of these things, the raft of god is coming and it's like wow but all of these things we do in different ways, but he is coming coming because of these things.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's powerful, yeah, it's true and I was reading it this morning and I had a question. I was thinking, no, let's talk about this, because we are all struggling with these things and I think the world society has taught us to um look at other sins, where a sin is a sin, no matter what you're doing, from the time you think about the sin. We look at outward sins like, um, homosexuality or having a child out of wedlock, the things that you can see, um, but then it's kind of like, the sins that you can't see is the sins that people are doing day in, day out, like even the fact that he's saying like lying to one another, like, you know, in the caribbean, or I can't even say in the caribbean, but I just say like in a household.
Speaker 1:I think we spoke about this, I'm not sure about like white lies yeah, yeah, yeah, we did touch on that a lot like the things that we even make our children.
Speaker 1:Or if you're looking after people do like oh, say that I'm not in if the phone rings, or you know you don't want to do something. Oh, I'm not feeling well, but instead of just saying the real answer, I don't want to call I don't want to do it yeah yeah or like oh, I'll get back to you. Oh sorry, I had. I was doing something, you wasn't doing anything.
Speaker 1:Like all of these things, we need to uncondition ourselves because we are lying like it's not no white lie, because you're telling your friend that I don't want to go, and it's just like. I'll just say, like you know, something came up, or you know, blah, blah, blah, but it's a lie, it's true and we don't even know that we're doing it because you're just so used to it.
Speaker 1:And it was even myself, like um, I was speaking to Shay on the first and I feel like it was the holy spirit that brought it to my mind, like watching things illegally because, like, I don't go cinema anymore but what I'm doing is a sin because it's illegal, things like that. It's like the Holy Spirit brought it to my attention that you, you shouldn't be doing this, it's wrong. But in my mind it's like I don't want to pay for it. I'm saving money, but what I'm doing is wrong.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I know in america you can get fined for things like that, like if they find you if they find that you're doing it, yeah yeah, even imprisonment I was thinking back to what you said about in regards to verse eight and praying away anger and wrath, but I was mainly thinking about malice and I've been praying about a colleague that I work with that really just, oh my gosh, you know, like, do you know? You just got some people that just just tick you off. They just kind of they, they just do stuff and they just irk you. I have a colleague like that, just because they know what they're doing, like they know they're lying, like they're you know they're lying. Do you know what I mean? Like they lie a lot and I think that's what annoys me as well, the fact that this person always lies. Um, I feel like if you genuinely can't do something and like you said, you said you can't do something, it's okay, but the fact that they lie about it and it's like we would support them but they don't support the other team members and it's really, um, it's a tough one. Like I've been praying about that colleague because I don't want to have malice against them, um, because I really struggle with working with them. Like we can be fine, but like we're fine because it works in their favor. And if it doesn't work in their favor, then you know, but it's like we can't control people's actions, but we can control our own. But trying to be like you really have to. You really have to like really die to that old self and try your best to be the child that Elohim wants you to be.
Speaker 2:When you're dealing with people like that, because the the Christian path, right, it's not no, like he never wrote and said it was meant to be easy. You know, um, and we always say the narrow path is not easy, like we've spoken about this a lot, um in our episodes and um, when you're dealing with those people, that's easy, that's all right, that's all good. Like, if you go to someone and you say, like, can I pray for you? And they're like, yeah, sure, you know, they're all happy and stuff, but this is the part of your walk that is the realest part. That's the challenges you want to deal with when you're dealing with people that you're struggling to deal with. Like, that's the type of stuff you want to deal with.
Speaker 2:When you're dealing with people that you're struggling to deal with, like, that's the type of stuff you want to deal with. Um, that's the type of stuff that God is watching you with to see how you handle it and what you do. What's your mindset, what are you thinking about, what are you saying? And I'm still struggling with that situation. I really am, um, I'm praying about it, but I still do struggle. Like I'll have times when I'm good, like I handle being around them, I'm fine, like, um, I treat them as they should be treated because they're still God's child.
Speaker 2:And then I have other times I'm like, oh, this person's driving me mad, like they're really irritating me and like people will come talk to me about them and it's like, you know, like it fuels you to get involved in the gossip, right? So it's really tough and I'm trying to be I'm really trying to be the light that stands out of everyone, to not roll with what everyone else is doing. But it's hard because I see everyone's frustration. Do you get what I'm saying? Because I'm going through the same frustration.
Speaker 2:So it's like, like you said, we have to keep praying for these things because I can't do it in myself. I really can't, because, wait, I already know what I'm doing is wrong. So clearly I can't do it in my own strength. So it is things that we should pray for, like there's a lot of things listed within these verses that we need to pray for, we need to pray against, and I was thinking about even blasphemy, because I was watching something yesterday and I was thinking about the fact that like how much oh my God is used when I was watching this show. It's like such a typical, especially in America, like it's such a typical phrase that's used Like it's just like a normal saying in it. You know, like oh my God, you know, but it's like when I when I say it over here too.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, we do say it here.
Speaker 1:I mean, you do say here, but like I feel like some people we say it out of frustration over here like something happened. He'd be like oh my god, like oh yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2:That is true, people do say it. I don't know, maybe it's because I hear people in my circle kind of say, oh my gosh, a bit more. Um, I don't feel like I hear it, like I hear it but I don't hear. Do you get what I'm trying to say? Um, but it's like I don't think a lot of people are taught that that's not something you should be saying, because I remember having to teach my son that and then, like because he's hearing other people say it in school and stuff, and I'm like it doesn't matter what they're saying, it's not correct.
Speaker 2:We should not be saying God's name in vain. Yeah, saying God's name in vain, um, yeah, and I just I felt so uncomfortable when I was hearing it yesterday in this show and I was thinking, oh, like before that didn't bother me, but just hearing it said like that, with such passion, like you said, like it's said when you're upset, it's like such an offense, do you know? I mean, like it seems like you're really just like. I really feel like you were offending God, like I feel like it's so rude. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, it's just something that we really don't take seriously enough because it seems easy to do, but we should not be doing it. It's as simple fact as that. So, yeah, I think that verse 8 is just's a lot there. There's a lot in verse eight.
Speaker 1:But you know what I feel like, um, a lot of shows let's talk about tv a lot of shows and movies that we watch have blasphemy, but we like it because our mind is desensitised, because it's going against what God ordained and his will, but we'll be watching it. Because I was watching a series, which I'm not going to name and I watched it because it was a Tyler Perry one, but mate the Sodom and Gomorrah that was going on. I was like wow. Um, it was like wow that I had to stop. But it's kind of like our mind is like oh well, you know, this is just, this is just showing life, or we make excuses for entertainment yeah um, when you know they don't have to show those scenes, they could just talk about certain things like, for example, war room.
Speaker 1:I always talk about that movie, um yeah like, for example, in war room he was. I don't know was he about. I don't think he committed adultery, but he was what he didn't I think. I can't remember, I think he was.
Speaker 1:You know he was he was doing yeah but he didn't show it, though he was entertaining, yeah, no, no, no, but I know he didn't, they didn't show it, but I think he was going out on dates and whatever and I think I think there was a time when he was actually going to do the physical act, but then she was praying. But even with that, like you could say, like you know, you could him coming home late, you kind of know, like okay, where was you? You?
Speaker 2:right, it was right, you don't have to. Yeah, it doesn't have to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I agree, yeah um, and with a lot of shows that we watch, it's not of God. So we think that it's not of God and I think we really the reason why. When I was reading this, it literally shows like everything that it says here we can have in a show like fornication, uncleanliness, evil desires, curvaceousness, idolatry Do you know what I mean? Anger, wrath, malice. We could all pick a show that we watch that have all of these things in, but then we're just like, oh, it's just a show yeah, but what we don't realize is that we're picking up on stuff.
Speaker 1:it's like I used to say a four letter word when I was driving, or when I used to hit my toe and um, because it's what I grew up with my brother saying. So my brother said it so much that I automatically picked it up and then I stopped saying it because I prayed about it.
Speaker 1:But then I realised there's a show that says that word that I didn't even realise. They say it like it's not all the time, but it says it every now and then. And then the other day I heard myself saying it and I was just like wow, I'm being reconditioned Without me even realising.
Speaker 2:Realising. Do you know what's funny? There was a show that I used to watch on Sabbath. Yeah, because it's meant to be a quote-unquote Christian show or whatever. It's called Amen. It's a really, really old show, because I like old shows. It was done in I think the oh my days, was it like early 80s or something? Um, and it actually is about like a church. Um, it's meant to be funny, it's meant to be like a funny comedy and stuff. And, um, it's got that guy from the Jeffersons. His real name is Sherman something, I can't remember it, but he's really funny because I grew up watching him, because I grew up watching the Jeffersons.
Speaker 2:So when I came across it, I thought, oh, this is good, like you know, like something I can watch on Sabbath or whatever. But then when the Holy Spirit took me outside of the show, like so you know, like, remove the where, like okay, I really like the show, and showed it to me from God's eyes, I feel like I thought, oh, my gosh, there's so much, like all the list of what we just spoke about in this show, even though this show is meant to be like a show about church. It's meant to be about church, like he's a deacon. It's it's supposed to be about the pastor, it's supposed to be like them helping people, but it's like funny things that happens along the way and stuff. But then it's like, um, the deacon lies a lot, um. But then it's like, okay, we know this happens in church, right, but it's the fact that they go deep where, like, this one's ended up dating this one and this one's kissing up this one, and it's just like, but I thought this church was supposed to be not church.
Speaker 2:This show was supposed to be around like church and stuff, so I thought it would have been appropriate. Things that happened. But, like, the more I watched it, the more I started seeing all these like really just terrible things happening in the show, um, and I thought, oh my gosh, like this is really sad, because the show itself it actually is good, it's written well and stuff, but all these extra bits they added in was not needed. Like they didn't need all those things. Like you didn't need to see. Like OK, like, even if the deacon, the deacon's, got too many women, for example, right, but it's like you didn't need to see all of these details of it. Like, or whatever, or you didn't need to see all of these details of it, like, or whatever, or you know he should learn a lesson from it, or whatever. Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2:But it was just it was really sad and I was just like it's like to me it makes Christians, it makes sense, but it just makes Christian look like a joke, Like I feel like what did people think about Christians when they watched that show at that time?
Speaker 1:That's what I'm thinking about, because I think one of my favorite things about christian african movies is that they will show that, but then they will show the consequences of you doing what you're doing. If you're fornicating, something will happen to show like what you're doing is not of god and these are your consequences. Yeah, and then they have like a bible verse at the end or you know, yes, you fall, but how do you pick yourself up? So they show you the things, but they go not too much into detail, but you know like they might show like a pastor dabbling outside and then the lady gets pregnant and what are you?
Speaker 1:going to do and things like that, and then yeah, yeah these are your consequences for what you're doing, and then they really keep um Yahweh in it and they don't sway away, where it's kind of like I don't know. It just shows you that the world that we're living in now things are so open, like everything is so open, that nobody cares about things anymore, and that's where it's more harder that's why the narrow path is way more harder because now you know you might have christian saying it's okay to, it's not right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, when it's not right, point blank period.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Simple and they were saying like and this was like a group of women that was saying, oh, there's nothing wrong with it if you're like it's more better for them to do that than to go outside and have sex with somebody and whilst they're waiting to get married, and it's kind of like, wow, and due to tiktok and all of these things where people will go and look like, how do I abstain? And if they're seeing things like that and seeing other christian women saying like that, oh, it's okay, no, it's not, like everybody's trying to look into something where they could please self. And I think this is why, like, even we don't. I can't remember the Bible has been written for years, but clearly the Lord knew that, even though these there there's a lot, as you said, they're bullet points, but we're still struggling. And it's now even worse the fact that he's saying fornication, uncleanliness, passion, evil desires.
Speaker 1:You know, even with passion, with being passionate about something which is not bad, but on the same time, do you spend that same passion with the Lord? And I was even like praying about that with myself. I was saying that, well, you know, I could sit there and for a good two, three hours doing something, but when it comes to reading like I've now even got back to before, I was reading my Bible. Reading my Bible and then, because I'm reading the Bible in one year and it was amazing till we got to Songs of Solomon, I fell off. And now we're on Isaiah. Isaiah's okay, but I'm not enjoying it, so now I've gone back to listening to it rather than reading.
Speaker 2:No, no no Cece no, no, no Cece you can't.
Speaker 1:Why are you being lazy? And there's a verse in the bible that says, if you're gonna do anything, you need to do it. Well, like, give it your best, not no, if you're gonna do it, put your hundred in. And I was like, yeah, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, but tomorrow's not guaranteed. And I just wanted to say that for anybody listening that we all struggle with these things. That's like verse eight. You know anger, wrath, malice. When somebody does something, you automatically feel wrath. You might not do it, but you might think it's da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da sometimes.
Speaker 1:Or malice, it's just things that we need to pray about Definitely definitely we can't do it in our own will.
Speaker 1:We really, really can't. Vengeance is the lord. When people do things. It's not for us, and it's like with me and shay. We've even done something that if we find ourselves, like the other day I was a situation where somebody lied on me and I was so angry about it, I called her to pray for me because I don't want to come out of character and I think if you could find like somebody that you could that, a prayer partner, or somebody that you you can trust, because trust is a key thing, because you're going to be vulnerable with that person where they won't judge you, in that moment they could just pray for you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we wear each other's accountability. Um partner, like when you feel like, okay, I'm gonna act out of character or I'm gonna do this and I know that it's wrong, like we could talk about it and pray. It's not about like to gossip or to do whatever.
Speaker 1:It's about we need to do the correct friend, correct thing, friend, correct thing thing. Yeah, we need to do the correct thing. Yeah, because our days are numbered and we want to be saved and we know that we cannot do it alone. So I think it's very important if you can find somebody, um, that you can pray with. That you know, like, do you know what? My manager did this? Or I'm getting this work, like because, like, we are tempted in every situation, whether it's our household, whether it's our workplace, whether it is whatever we are going through yeah we're gonna be tempted and unfortunately, the lord gave us feelings and it's not always happy feelings.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you know I mean in that split moment so many things go through our mind. But when you catch yourself, you know, even if you, if you're at work or whatever, and you just have that time where you could just go and message your friend to be like pray for me, because I was so livid and I was driving with what I with what I heard, because, yeah, it took me off character and she just literally, she was on her way going out and she stopped and she prayed, but by the time she said amen, it was removed from me like relief, like amen rather than yeah me still going through.
Speaker 1:I could have gone home and done strippiness. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah but I didn't like my whole thought process. However, I felt whatever I was gonna do changed. It's really good to have an accountability partner, but again I would say somebody that you can trust, somebody that won't judge you but can just pray for you within that situation.
Speaker 2:I would say that's hard. It is hard to find that person because, like, we are in end times and there is a lot of corruption. There's a lot of do you know? I mean, there is a lot of people out there that's just been used by the enemy, and I get it. But these are also the times that you do need to find someone that you can trust, because there is things that we are all struggling with.
Speaker 2:But you need someone to help you pray, because sometimes I can be praying for something for myself over and over and over, and I'm still struggling. Do you know what I mean? Whereas if you have someone that you trust because you're going to have to be vulnerable with them, you're going to have to tell them those deep things because you yourself, like, sometimes you might not even want to let it go. You know it's so hard for you, um, and you need that person that you can just give it up to them, that you can just say do you know what? Please remove this from me.
Speaker 2:I know it's not right, I can't like. It's too much. Like, please, um, not remove it from me, sorry, please help me, please pray for me for it to be removed, um. And even when I was looking at what you were talking about, passion in verse five, like and you're right, it can be a thing where it's not a bad thing. But then when I look up, for example, the passion that people have in certain music artists, like the passion that people will put into that person, do you know?
Speaker 2:I mean like Beyonce exactly there we go I was thinking about her, like, like, if that's your ride or die, like that is that? Like when I, when I um, literally when you brought that up and you said passion, and I thought passion, like why did God say passion? Then I started thinking about that, like the way people would go, so ham for those people. Like they'll be, like we've got people here in England and they'll fly to Amsterdam or wherever just to see Beyonce. Like you'll pick up yourself to pay the 500 pound for the ticket. Then you pick up yourself to say you're gonna pay the other how much money for the flight? Right, say the flight's 200. You've already spent 700 already on one person. You don't even know, like the passion you've put in. Like you've broken your pocket. You've you put a dent in your credit card for this person.
Speaker 2:For what reason? Because when I was in the world and I liked artists, yeah, the one thing that I never did was broke my pocket. Like if I went, like there's people that I went to see, yeah, at certain venues. For why? Because it was it had less people, so I can actually see the person, because I ain't paying money that I can't see nobody. Secondly, the money was affordable, so I wasn't breaking my pocket like do you know? I mean like I just I didn't do that to myself because I just thought no matter, like, even though I wasn't fully close to god, my spirit just couldn't do it. It was like I'm not spending no 60 pounds to see one person. Do you know what?
Speaker 1:I mean it comes under idolatry as well. Passion and idolatry.
Speaker 2:Right right idolatry. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Do you know what People go for?
Speaker 1:celebrities yeah.
Speaker 2:Because, like you know, they idol worship them.
Speaker 1:Right, exactly, definitely. Because I have a friend well, not really a friend well, yeah, your friend and associate and they. They flew to paris to see her. They're from america, so they flew to paris to see her. Then they saw her in london and then they also saw her in america as well, like the same show wow, and that's beyond me and like they say, like they're a fan, like some people say, like oh, that's my idol and they don't know me better.
Speaker 2:Yeah, actually people do say that, don't they.
Speaker 1:But it's so easy. Yeah, but it's because they don't, they don't get it. Like I remember growing up, people used to be like oh, who is your idol? Like who would you want to be like? Because that was like somebody that you looked up to. Because I remember back in the day I used to say like oh, I would always want to be like Whitney Houston or like Michael Jackson, and they used to use the word idol before celebrity. Like who's your idol.
Speaker 2:I've never thought about that phrase. You know, I haven't heard that phrase for a long time, but it's true. It's like who's your idol? Yeah, I know, like because I was thinking they don't say that now right, but we grew up hearing that we don't realize it. Now that I hear it, I'm like oh, that freaks me out to hear that like who's your idol?
Speaker 1:like oh my gosh, no. And then, even like american, it was like oh yeah.
Speaker 2:American Idol.
Speaker 1:Wow, we don't realise how Satan creeps in and uses words and uses things, and that's what I'm saying. We're so innocent to this. We're very naive and we praise the Lord that he winks at our ignorance.
Speaker 2:Honestly. Because if he didn't, you know, we'll all be dead we really would yeah, it's not a truth, honey we really would wow that's deep.
Speaker 1:I think you know what I think for this period. I feel like colossians chapter three read all of it, I think you. You just read Colossians in general, but I think it's something that we can meditate on, because there it literally lists the sins that he's coming back to destroy.
Speaker 1:And I think, when we're aware of them, not to be frightened, not to be scared. It's not to beat yourself up, it's just like a tick list of like. You know what? I'm still struggling with this. Let me pray about it more. Are you a person that is always angry? Pray about it more. Get your accountability person like to pray about it. And the same with, like with shea and I like, if I know that she's struggling with something, I would like encourage her, like to do things, but not in a malice way or a hurtful way. Everything is done out of love and like because we've got to correct each other. Do you know? I mean, if you want to be in that number and sometimes, when you're so into something, it is hard to come out of it, like it's not gonna happen in a day, it might not even happen in a year, and that is okay as long as the
Speaker 1:lord sees that you're trying. But when I say trying, it's not to just do it outrightly, like okay, let's use um ice cream, and like say, for example, well, gluttony is a sin, so let's use ice cream. Let's use ice cream, like if Shay says do you know what, cece, I struggle with eating ice cream and I'm really trying. And there's a difference between, if you know, she goes to the supermarket and her son might be like, oh mum, can I, can I get that? And then she's getting it. But she knows that she's gonna watch what he's eating and then one day she might scoop some and just eat it by accident. That's, that's different between do you know what? I'm struggling with this? I'm just gonna go and buy me a haagen-dazs chocolate one and see it.
Speaker 2:That's when it's like you're not caring you know, yeah, you're not even trying right. Yeah, but when?
Speaker 1:you're trying and, like you, might have a fall. Just keep praying it, you will get past it, whatever you are it is true anger, malice, fornication, masturbation, lying, like I still lie I even lied on um the other day and when I mean lying because it is a lie it is a lie.
Speaker 2:It's what people say yeah, what did I? What that? What people try to call it?
Speaker 1:well, technically we're in 20, 2025, but that's a story for another day. But last year, if we're going in, the worldly thing, was it even last year? Maybe it was 2023. Basically, I told my cousin that we were going somewhere and because she's shorter, I I knew her age and I asked I literally ticked the age below because the price was cheaper. That's a lie but yeah it's kind of like.
Speaker 1:So sometimes we just think that lying is just like oh yeah, I feel sick, but you're well, because you don't want to do something. But when you're ticking to save money and you're lying, it's like you're lying. It's still a lie just because you're like, because I want to save money, but because I did, I think it was like seven pounds. So it's something that I need to pray about. That lord, not only help me when I'm talking to people, but when I'm filling out forms to save money. Allow me not to lie, allow me not to say like oh yeah, this I can just get this, because we're basically making fun out of him, that he's not going to help us, so we're helping ourself by lying. Which?
Speaker 2:is not good hey, yeah, I get it. I've been trying to work on that a lot recently, especially when I don't want to do something. I've been trying to find a way to like just tell the truth without like hurting someone or whatever, because I've had things pop up where I'm just like I don't want to go or like this is going to be too much for me to juggle with whatever. So I'll just tell you the truth. Like you know, I would have liked to, but I've got this or whatever. And sometimes it gets thrown back in my face, because I had that with a family member where, like I wanted to do something, but I was expressing to them like I have a lot going on, and it was just like, oh well, you're making excuses, so, um, don't bother. And it's like I wasn't making excuses, I'm genuinely just saying like I'm juggling so, so and so, and that's the reason why I'm not sure if I can do it. Do you know? I mean, um, so that can be hard, but the one thing I will say is that, like you will always feel like, feel like you can you always know when you, you know when you lied, you get that, you get a feeling in it. You get like, oh, like, why did I say that? Or you know, I shouldn't have said that. But, like, when you do tell the truth, trust me, you always feel this peace, like well, you know what, even if you're coming for me, I told the truth, you know. I mean, like you always have that peace of mind. Um, so it's something that we can keep working on because, like, even as you talk, I'm just like trying to think of stuff that I may still do, but I'm more conscious of it now, especially with the words that come out my mouth, I'm very much more conscious of it. Um, and I've realized, like, when I say, when I actually like just give up the truth about stuff, like I see how much Elohim helps me even more in ways that I didn't think could be helped to get my point.
Speaker 2:Like even yesterday, like I had an appointment for something and I knew I wasn't going to make it for the appointment because I knew I needed to do something else. So I tried to reschedule the appointment since morning to not mess about, like with the company, and I was calling them and like nobody called me back. They didn't call me back until like half an hour before the appointment and I'm like, ok, well, this is not my fault, because I've been calling you. I even left a message and then the person was just like, um, I was like to be honest, I just knew I wouldn't be able to make it today. That's why I tried to call to change it. And like they were like, oh, trying to give me all. They gave me all these different dates, but I I couldn't, um, I couldn't make any of those time frames because I knew that, like now, the next week is going to be so busy. So, like, like, I wanted an appointment for today, but they said they don't normally do that type of appointment for the timing that I wanted. So it's like, after we've gone all around in circles, and I'm like, ok, well, do you know what? I'm going to have to wait until another week, basically to reschedule this appointment. And then they went off, like they put me on hold, and then they came back and they're like oh, yeah, so we can give you your appointment for today for the time I wanted. And I was like, huh, but he just told me that he couldn't.
Speaker 2:So it's like, when you tell the truth honestly, like it is so much more worth it it's a piece and like, at the end of the day, you just accept whatever it is and that's what God will come in for you, because I accepted that. Do you know what if? If it has to be in a week, it has to be in a week. Like I'm not going to stress myself. Do you know what I mean? It's not ideally what I wanted, but god knows what's best. Yeah, and literally the guy came back and gave me the appointment I actually wanted.
Speaker 2:So, um, that's an example of just what would seem like a white lie, do you know? I mean, like you know, people would tell that quote, unquote white lie to be like, oh no, it has to be tomorrow because, like you know, I mean, they could have lied about the reasons why they can't make it, just because they don't want to do it in a week. Do you get my point? Yeah, um, but what's the point? Like it's just silly because now, look, I did. I know that god would have worked it in my favor, do you understand? It's like it's.
Speaker 2:It's, it's things like that we have to think about, because at the end of the day, like when he sees that you're willing to accept, like, this is what can be done and you're still grateful. He will come in in ways that you cannot even imagine, like literally I've seen him do that in so many ways like there's something he's removed for me that I've been praying for for time, that I did not think could be removed for me at all. Like something I was struggling um to give up, like a medication that I was on that I couldn't. I I've struggled because I really love that medication.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh, wow. Praises be Testimony. What did I say?
Speaker 2:Nah, oh, do you know what it is? Do you know what I didn't say? It's because when I got to like, because I couldn't even get past a day, when I did a day and I did two days, I didn't think about it because I didn't want to. I didn't want the enemy to get into my head and I didn't want to get into my head either. Yeah, like, I just didn't want to dwell on it. I'm like if I got past one day, cool. If I get past the second day, cool. Do you know what I mean? Like I never wanted to, just not like I didn't want to give it the glory that it deserves. But I know like, you know, like, when stuff gets into your head and you're just like, oh, like, maybe you need it this one time, let me take it, you know, I mean um, so I was trying to not dwell on it.
Speaker 1:This is. This is not no harsh drugs or anything like that no, no, no, sorry, yeah, it's not like that.
Speaker 2:It's not like that, it's not anything like that, um at all. Uh, it's not no class a or nothing like um, it's prescribed but still um yeah, it was just something I just needed to, I needed to get away from, but I genuinely did not know how I was going to give it up, genuinely did not know how I was going to give it up.
Speaker 1:At all. Maybe you should even say what it is, because there might be listeners that struggle with that and probably Okay, I can say it.
Speaker 2:So, because I went for a really hard time mentally with my mental health, I didn't want to go on antidepressants and the main thing I had was, um, insomnia, like it was huge. I could not sleep at all, at at all, at all. Like literally, I could not sleep. So the doctors gave me sleeping tablets and I've been on those sleeping tablets for, let's just say, three years. I'm going to say three years. I was on sleeping tablets for three years and I went down my dosage. I completely went down by a lot. I went down my dosage. I completely went down by a lot. I went down by a lot. I went down by 15 grams or whatever. So I was on the lowest dosage that you could be on, but I still relied on it like every day. In my mind it's like I need to drink this thing because it's the only way I'm going to get to sleep. Like I could not sleep, naturally, as much as I tried. When I could get to sleep, it would be like three o'clock in the morning. Um, I just couldn't, and it's like there's no way I can be going to sleep at three o'clock in the morning and I've got work and I've got a child that I've got to take to school. And do you know what I mean? Like I couldn't function in life without my rest. And I've been praying about that thing, not from the beginning because I was grateful with the fact that, like I didn't go on antidepressants because, like that was the main thing, and I was grateful that, like through counseling and stuff, I got through, what like I got through and it took me out of that place. Glory to Elohim.
Speaker 2:Um, but those sleeping tablets. I was leaning on them heavily to function. I was really leaning on them and I don't know. I was on the last box and I think I've even got one left in that last box. I think I've even, I think I've thrown it away, but I had one left. And then one night I decided I'm not going to have it, and I think I even just fell asleep. I forgot to take it. That's what it was. I started forgetting to take it. I think that's how Elohim started. I started forgetting to take it and I was falling asleep and I wake up and I'm like raw. I didn't have it today, okay cool. I didn't have it today, okay cool.
Speaker 2:And then it got to like two weeks and I was like whoa, like I remember I did give that testimony on my church's prayer meeting, that like I haven't had it for two weeks. But I was still like, okay, whatever Elohim does, like I won't beat myself up. Do you know what I mean? So I said I'll keep going. But do you know what? I don't even remember when I last took it. I know it's been months now, I know it's actually been months Like it's not even something on my mind anymore, I don't even think about it, it's not a part of my routine anymore.
Speaker 2:And like, as I'm saying it, I'm still in disbelief, because I remember thinking I don't know how I'm gonna come off of this thing, like guys, genuinely, genuinely, like I didn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I didn't know how I was gonna get past it. I really didn't, because I tried, like I didn't try enough, but I tried where I was, just like when I had, when I went one night, where I'm going to bed at 1am and I'm and I still got to wake up at six because I because I didn't have my tablet, like it was a lot and it wasn't easy at the beginning, by the way, because I was still going to bed at like after 11. But for me I was like after 11, I'm going to take it. Do you know what I mean? Like, whereas before it would be 1 am, it would be 2 am, it would be 3 am, so I was just like that's progress.
Speaker 2:So I did go through a lot of times at the beginning of the journey where I was still very tired because I was still going to bed too late, and that's kind of still happening now here and there. But I haven't given up Like I will have a night where I can sleep at nine o'clock. You know, I still don't have that time. I don't have that at the moment, but somehow, some way, elohim still gives me the energy. He gives me enough sleep to wake up and have the energy to keep going. And I'm trying to like up my vitamin intake. And do you know what I mean? Like give myself the strength, give my body the strength it needs, you know.
Speaker 1:And that could be with anything. So, like what she used as her sleeping tablets, um, she became codependent on it and like not taking it to god or not relying, like relying on him solely, like how she is now. That could be your thing that you're struggling with in Colossians. And there's one thing that I want to say, because it happens to me numerous times in different situations. It's like, for example, you could not maybe be, you might just pray every day but may not do reading, or the other way around, or whatever you might do, it'd be like a bare minimum.
Speaker 1:But the moment you up your game with your relationship, with your way, sometimes everything negative starts to happen. And to those people that it happens to because it happens to me, it really happens to me with my business, like all the time, like when I art mark, it's like things just go left and it's for us not to be deterred by it but to know that everything is working for his good, not ours. And the way how things are going left, it can 100% go right times 10. And I will give an example I remember when I started picking up my Bible and I was forcing myself to have 10 minutes a day and with those 10 minutes a day, like I had two months of like no clients and I was thinking like, wow, imagine I'm starting to like have a relationship and I'm losing clients, not knowing that in that third month I got a booking with a law firm and that money that I made in that one day was like money that I could make in four months. So whenever things is going left, when you're up in your relationship with your heavenly father, do not be deterred when it's at work, or your child or your household, or even church, the the building.
Speaker 1:If things are going starting to be rocky, when you're up in your relationship, just know that a mighty blessing is coming. It's easier said than done because you're thinking like wow, but don't let the enemy corrupt your mind and get in your head and I know it's easier said than done because we're human that we forget where the lord has brought us from. That we have to like always remember. But, whatever you are going through, that you remove the sin, that you remove the closer time that you have with your father, keep holding on and that's all I have to say. That's my last two pence well said cce.
Speaker 2:Well said um. On that note, not sure if I have much more to add, but basically, what I will have to say is just keep going. Just keep going honestly. Like we completely understand what it's like like we are all human and you know me and Cece understand what it's like Like we are all human and you know me and Cece understand what it's like. We might not exactly understand what you're going through, but, trust me, we know what it's like to struggle to give up on something or to remove yourself from something. Like, honestly, like I said, I didn't think that I would ever be able to get past this whole thing of my sleeping tablets, and I remember praying about it, saying Lord, if I can get past this, I can do anything.
Speaker 2:You know and I'm only remembering now that I said that, by the way, guys and I need to think about that myself that, like the Lord took me away from that and I did say, do you know what I mean? Because that was so big for me that if he can get me past that, he can get me past anything which he can. So sometimes it's important to reflect on the things that Elohim has taken you away from, and especially those hard ones where you felt like I couldn't do it, like I can't do it, like there's no way. There's no way. You know, like, when you're you're doubting him, because it's not, it's not yourself you're doubting, it's him. You're doubting, um, you're doubting his, his abilities and his powers, um. And when you're there doubting, reflecting those times where he actually did take you out of those things and where you at now, how far have you come? What are you doing? And the challenges will still come, but trust me, the more you get past stuff, getting through those challenges will be a bit easier to handle. They'll become more and more easier. You'll handle them better.
Speaker 2:So, for example, instead of you being angry for a week, you'll be cutting down to be angry for two days. Then you'll be angry for an hour. Do you know? I mean like it will. It will cut down and eventually it will go. We're like it will not bother. You're like it will not bother you. But remember we live in a sinful world and this is the enemy's planet and he will still come for you.
Speaker 2:When you've removed yourself from one thing, he will try something else and, like I, get frustrated with that. I'm just like, oh Lord, like seriously, I just got over something. Why are you sending something else? You know, and I'll be honest, I will tell the Lord like I'm annoyed, like why are you sending me something else? Like I don't want to deal with this. Do you know what I mean? But he is our father and he loves us and he wants us to be honest, he wants us to be real. The same way you're going to sit there with your girl or your guy and tell the truth, do the same exact thing with him. Give it to him and trust me he will, he will take you to the end, he will help you and you'll feel that burden lifted.
Speaker 1:So amen, that's me done would you like to say a prayer for the sins that we're struggling with, that the lord is coming to wipe away with. That we're struggling with.
Speaker 2:Oh, yes, amen, yes, yes. So let's all pray. Dear wonderful Father Lord, I want to thank you so much, heavenly Father, lord, for bringing us together. Thank you, lord in Heaven, so much for your word, and thank you, lord, that we can speak about it, that we can reflect in it. Lord, thank you, lord in heaven, that you've given us everything that we need to know within your word.
Speaker 2:Father, lord, we don't have to look anywhere else but in the Bible to see how to live our lives, and thank you, lord, for that guidance that you provide for us. Thank you, lord, for the reading from Colossians, chapter 3, verses 1 to 10. Thank you, father Lord, about all the things that you've taught us that you want us to do or not do. Father in heaven, please be with all of us, lord in heaven, all of us that are listening right now, who are struggling with these sins. Lord, father, lord, we cannot get past these sins without you. Holy Father, gracious God in heaven, strip us from these things that continue to attack us. Some of us are trying to even walk away from them and they continue to still come for us.
Speaker 2:Lord, father, Lord, be with each listener who are right now struggling. They are struggling to even pray to you about it. Help them, father God. Draw them closer to a prayer partner if they don't have one that they can turn to to pray for them. With these things they're struggling with, strip them away from us, heavenly Father, that they may no longer have control over us, that they may no longer be the master of us. Heavenly Father, because you are our master, you are our redeemer and you live, you are omnipotent, you're always there and we can always turn to you, father God, because you love us so dearly. Thank you so much, lord in Heaven, for this episode and we just pray, heavenly Father, lord, that it reaches the individuals that it needs to reach. Thank you for listening and thank you for your time. If there's anything in us, lord, stopping this person reaching you, may please be removed in your son's name, jesus christ, as we pray, amen amen and we'll see you guys week after next.
Speaker 1:Have have a blessed new month, as it's January, take care, guys Toodles.