Unfiltered Christian Podcast
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Unfiltered Christian Podcast
Ep 28 - You Don't Need to Be Perfect to Start Your Spiritual Journey
Have you ever felt like you need to fix everything in your life before approaching God? Like some invisible spiritual bouncer is checking your qualifications at heaven's door?
This deeply personal episode tackles the pervasive myth that keeps countless seekers at a distance: the belief that you need to be "perfect" before starting your spiritual journey. Shea and CC share vulnerable insights about their own ongoing struggles, creating a judgment-free space for honest conversation about faith's realities.
"There is never a perfect time to give your life to God," CC emphasizes, challenging the notion that spiritual transformation requires meeting some prerequisite standard of behavior. The hosts explore how focusing on outward appearances misses the heart of faith entirely—God looks at our hearts, not our habits, dress code, or vocabulary.
Through candid discussion, they address why many people hesitate to enter spiritual communities, fearing judgment for visible struggles like smoking, drinking, or relationship choices. They contrast these with the "behind closed doors" sins that remain hidden yet equally present in religious communities.
What makes this conversation particularly powerful is its exploration of spiritual growth as a gradual, ongoing process rather than an instant transformation. You'll hear how conquering one struggle often reveals another, creating a lifelong journey of refinement that keeps us dependent on divine guidance rather than self-sufficiency.
For anyone who's ever felt disqualified from faith because of their imperfections, this episode offers liberating truth: the spiritual journey doesn't begin with your perfection—it begins with your willingness to come exactly as you are.
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Speaker 2:I'm shea and I'm cc and today is my question.
Speaker 1:So, cc, do you think you have to change your life before you start following elohim properly, like, do you have to be perfect and ready?
Speaker 2:no, you don't have to be perfect, you don't have to to be ready. Um. There is never a perfect time to give your life to y'all, no matter what you're going through, um no matter what habits you have. Um, he says, come as you are, because he knows that we're carrying stuff we're still gonna carry stuff regardless.
Speaker 2:I've been baptized I don't know how many years now and I'm still going through stuff and so I just say like I know, like sometimes you feel and I think it's not to judge and when I say judge, it's not that you're judging but sometimes you might look at certain people that are Christians and say like, oh, you know, but she's dressed like this, I'm still smoking, I'm still drinking, I still swear, I still do this, and that's fine, like y'all is looking at your heart, not your outward appearance, because we all sin, even christian sins, even the ones that you think is prim and proper. Um, they're sinning. So give your life like you know.
Speaker 1:Just take that moment to get baptized I ask this question because I feel like so many, so many people assume that people in church were just there and they think that they have to be perfect. I've had conversations with so many people like I can't come to church. Like I know I still smoke, I know I still this, you know they don't actually believe that the Father in heaven that we serve will accept them for who they are, and I think it's really important, especially in these times, that everyone knows that that's not true. Whoever's told you that or whatever lie has been told to you, is incorrect. But I wonder where people get that from. Why do they feel?
Speaker 2:do you think that they have to be perfect or they have to have it together before they say, lord, I accept you um, okay, so going back to what the question I just answered, there's some people that that like, for example, like I don't know, let's be, let's use an extreme example you could have somebody who is a a gangster, like a thug, and one day he has the revelation and then he just stops everything. And you know, sometimes people hear these type of testimonies and think, oh well, I haven't heard that, I haven't been convicted, I haven't heard xyz, so it's not my time. And I also feel like, depending where, who we have grown up around, like you could have grown up around a lot of people that are, um, that went to like a catholic school, or growing up in the caribbean, where when you come to church, you come prim and propite, there's no foolishness, and that's still. That's still. That's still correct. However, that whether there is no foolishness still come with your heart.
Speaker 2:And even if you get some people that are in the church that are judging you to be like oh you know, she's still smoking, she's not ready yet, he's still doing this, he's not ready yet, he's still doing this, he's not ready yet. Those are the outward sins, like the behind the scenes sins. We don't know if the personal and appraisal scenes just come from having sex. You would never know that because you won't see that, because it's behind closed doors. And I think a lot of people that are scared is because their sin is outward. They're drinking, they're smoking, like the way how they dress, their attitude or their behaviour is an outward sin. So they're thinking, oh, people are going to judge me and yes, there are going to be some Christians that, unfortunately, are going to judge you, but don't let that shy you away. Bring your heart.
Speaker 1:Amen. Couldn't have said that better. So I'm not saying that you're not a sinner. I'm not saying that you're perfect. But you will give yourself to elohim and still feel not like perfect. But he takes you as you are. Like cc was saying like. He says, come as you are. Like Cece was saying he says come as you are and he takes you as you are and you will.
Speaker 1:We're all sinners, like all of us Christians. We're still struggling. We're still going through struggles and you know what happens you conquer one struggle and then there's another. You conquer one and there's another. Sometimes I'm sitting there saying, oh my gosh, is there an end? Like, is there actually an end?
Speaker 1:But we wouldn't continue in our relationship with our father in heaven, I guess, if we didn't have those challenges. Like that's what makes us hold on to him. If we are perfect, why would you want him? You know, if you feel like you have it, you're going to live on your own merits. You're going to live for self. If you have it all perfect, but because this life isn't perfect and this world is not perfect, having that reliance on him is going to push you to continue to walk with him.
Speaker 1:So when we chose to give our life to Elohim. We were not perfect at all. I got to the point where I felt like I've had enough. I've had enough of being in the world, I've had enough of doing worldly things. And bear in mind I was still in the world, I was still doing things at that time when I made that decision. But because I was tired and I made that decision to say Elohim, that's it, I don't want to do it anymore, he was like okay, my daughter, I've got you and he's the one that's taking me on that journey of removing things. So that's what you do. You just like?
Speaker 1:Cece was saying he looks at your heart. So once you choose to say, okay, do you know what I'm going to do this? He's like okay, I've got you. Like with any relationship, but this relationship is different because not every human being has got your back. Not every human being will be like is different because not every human being has got your back. Not every human being will be like well, come, with all your scars and your, your traumas and your insecurities and your. You know your drug use and whatever it is. There's. There's no human being that's going to be like yep, I take you as you are nope. You're going to have to sacrifice something, give up something, do whatever. But he is the one person who will say I take you as you are, come to me and just I will help you with the rest. I will take you through the journey, I will walk with you on this path, I will guide you, I will hold your hand and I will do the rest.
Speaker 1:So we should never feel like we're not enough. And even us as Christians on our journey, like me, right now, I feel like, lord, I'm not doing the right things and I'm not the child you want me to be, and I feel disappointed in myself. But he still loves me, he still accepts me because I recognize that I'm coming to him, I'm speaking to him and I know I don't want to let go of his hand. I know I don't. I'm into him. I'm speaking to him and I know I don't want to let go of his hand. I know I don't as much as I'm struggling. I know that I don't want to let go of his hand. So don't think that we don't go for it. We go for it. It's an everyday challenge to hold on to the hem of his garment. It is an everyday struggle, but we push through because we know that he has our back. Struggle, but we push through because we know that he has our back. We know that he's there. We know that he will never let go. We know that he loves us.
Speaker 1:Like that scripture that I read this week of my son talking about, there's nothing that can separate you from his love. Nothing, there is nothing. It says no powers, no angels, nothing, nobody not Satan, not your mom, not your dad, not your children. Nobody can separate you from his love. That love is deep the people that you love in this world or people that love you. There's things that can can, I mean you can do something that you did not intend to do, or you could hurt them in some way, and that love can be separated. But when it comes to him, that's not the case.
Speaker 1:Nothing, and the fact that he made sure that that was written in his word. He knew that we were going to struggle. He knew that we were going to struggle. He knew that we were going to go through things. He knew that it was going to be hard to come back to him because we were always with him I guess we just fell due to sin, and he always knew that we would need those words of encouragement, and so that's the reason why he wrote that to give us comfort. All the things that's written in the word is there for a reason. He wrote it for you, john or David or whoever your name is Like. He wrote that for you.
Speaker 1:So I know this is always a challenge that I hear about, and that's why I wanted to have this discussion with Cece, because there's so many people that feel like I cannot come to him, and I had that feeling at one point in my life that I can't come to him, I can't turn to him. But once I got to that point where I was just fed up and I said, nope, I cannot do this anymore, I can't be in the world anymore, I came to him and it was the best decision I made. And now you know, I'm on the journey and I can't, I can't turn back now. I cannot turn back now. So, yeah, that's my long-winded two pence.
Speaker 2:I think that uncomfortable feeling is the best. Many of us don't like it, but I think it's good when you feel like whatever it is, let's use like drinking or smoking or having sex before marriage, Like when you're on your walk and you start to feel like, oh, I shouldn't be doing this. It's good Because it knows that you're connecting with the father.
Speaker 2:So when you feel that feeling. It's just like okay, just keep praying about it. Many Christians, I don't know for some people there's a terminology called backslide. That's when everything is going well and then you dive back into the world, for whatever reason, whether it be trauma, a traumatic experience and he will still accept you.
Speaker 1:And he uses different people in the.
Speaker 2:Bible that has turned away and has come back and he still forgives them. So I think, with that being said, is, everything is a process and satan will come into your air like oh, like say, for example, you're doing really well, like you haven't, it's been two weeks since you've had a fag. You're praying, you're reading, I don't know stress happened or something happened, and you pick up that cigarette, you pick up that drink, you pick up whatever, and then Satan makes you feel really bad, like, oh, you see, you're not ready. You're not ready, like all of that, just ignore that. Just say get behind me. Satan, he roams to and fro on the earth looking for who he can devour. That's his job. His job is to look for us, tempt us, and yeah, yeah, hold up our hands and say do you know what, lord, I was tempted, I fell and I'm ready to get back up, and that is okay.
Speaker 2:You know, like some people think again with this outward sin, the bible says as a man thinks, so is he. So the things that we think, just because I say like, sometimes that's, I don't know, we've all had them thoughts where I want to kill you in your head, like am I a murderer? No, but I've really fought that for, even though I haven't said it, I've sinned. So it's kind of like little basic things like that, because we always look at the extreme sins, the sins that it's like oh no, oh, I'm pregnant. Oh, like you know all of this. But the simple sins we don't think about, the gossiping, the backstabbing, the lying, the this, the that, that they're all sins. Thinking bad, dis, disobeying our parents. Many of us think that, like you know, because you're not doing it in their face, but when you're talking about you're dragging your mom and dad behind their back, you know it's a sin, do you know what I mean? But we're not thinking about that.
Speaker 2:But if little things like that is a sin and he could forgive us, whether you've hurt somebody really badly physically, mentally, emotionally, whether you're on drugs, whatever kind it may be, whether you're having sex out of marriage, whether you're having a high sex drive, let's talk about it. This is unfiltered. There's many people that have a high sex drive and they don't know what to do with it. They don't know where to go. They're like lord, help me. I'm trying, I'm trying and I just keep falling back like you've given me this body. Cry out to yar about it.
Speaker 2:This is why he says come down, nil, talk to him the same way how you could talk to people. He hears you, you know, like he hears us and just say renew, renew my heart, renew my mind, like you know, instead of me feeling this, remove it until I'm married and replace it with something else, replace it with I don't know, either volunteering or this. And then I also want to talk about people who do not have a community around you. You don't have a church community, you don't have friends, you don't have family, you're just by yourself, and sometimes that is even harder. Continue to pray, continue to have a constant relationship with him. It's like, you know, you get to a point where you're in a shop and then you're like oh yeah, like what? Which color should I pick? And some people might laugh and think like, why are you asking him that? But it's just because you've got that relationship with him now.
Speaker 2:And it's not easy. There's, there's some. As she was saying this, every trial is different. You conquer one, is on to the next one. You think you passed one, then you're 10 steps back. It's a continuous growth because people like you might overcome I don't know, like a friendship group and you've now left them. But now you've that your child is challenging you or your workplace is challenging you. You find different challenges and different areas where you think, oh, I've conquered this. But then you're saying, oh, but you haven't conquered it fully. You think you're over something but you're not.
Speaker 2:And that's the amazing thing about him, because it shows us where we're weak and where we strengthen. So don't look at it, as I'm never going to get bad. Just say like, ok, he's shown me that I'm weak in this area here. Got to strengthen it? Ok, I'm not ready. Got to strengthen it a little bit more? Ok, strengthen that bit now. Now there's a next hole in the boat and sometimes it's tiring, but you just got gotta laugh and be like, okay, yeah. And then sometimes, when you look at yourself, two years from now you're gonna be like rah, I didn't even expect to be where I am and it's amazing. It's amazing when you see your growth journal. It write it. Because there's a lot of things that we think like oh, I'm not going to be able to get there, but you're not going to be able to get there by yourself. You need to give it to him and he will help you.
Speaker 1:I like that, um, that breakdown of, uh, what you're saying about building your character and, um, the fact that you have to. You realize that, okay, you haven't, you haven't conquered that area yet and you have to keep, um, keep, keep at it. You have to keep at that specific thing. I think me saying this for myself, like I think that that was my word for this podcast, because I always get a word from every podcast. I feel like that was my word for this, this episode, because I feel like, at times, what happens I'm not always going to say is the devil, because it isn't always that's a figure of speech that we use a lot oh, it was the devil. Sometimes it's actually you yourself that's condemning yourself all the time, and sometimes you think that, oh, because you fell, you completely think like, yep, I've fallen, so I'm gonna go all the way to the end now, like I've. I've backslid so much. There's no point, there's no going back like, that's it. And it might not even necessarily be the case, by the way. You might have just slipped a little bit, um, and you just assume that, yep, god's not going to take me back, that's it, I'm done, um, and you just completely go off course, and it's a good, that's a very good. Um, what is the word I'm looking for? Tool, I guess, to have in regards to remembering the fact that when you're trying to undo the old you, that is not going to be overnight. It's not going to be overnight.
Speaker 1:I think my struggle for me is, if you've been at something for so long and you fall, it's just like I feel like that's where the failure hits hard, because you're just like, wow, I, I stuck it out, I did so well for all this time. What made me? For why did I get to this place? And you know, you really feel like a failure, but you have to keep going. You have to keep going. There's no other choice but to keep going. And there's no other choice but to keep going in Elohim, like you don't want to keep going in Satan, like that's not the path where you want to go, like you want to keep going in him, like with him, by your side, in his presence, because, trust me, there's nothing out there. There's nothing out there for us, he, nothing out there for us. He's the one that created us, he made this world, he knows everything.
Speaker 1:And there was a sermon I think I heard the other day and the pastor was saying like isn't it amazing that you are? I don't even know exactly what he said, but he said something along the lines of like isn't it amazing that you are? We're walking with somebody that knows everything, and that is great. You know, that is the, that's the best feeling. I'm trying to like put that in my head now, like, no matter what happens, I'm walking with someone that knows everything. So even when I'm feeling worried, anxiety, stressed about whatever, worried that I haven't changed enough or why have I not done enough of this, I'm walking with somebody that knows everything. So that's such a huge security that, no matter what happens, at least I know he knows what's going to happen. And that's good. That's the best relationship ever.
Speaker 1:You can be in a relationship with somebody and you're both walking blinded because you don't know what's going to go on. But I'm blinded, but God is not blinded. He knows exactly what's going to happen, he knows what's going to go down. And so in that, in that time when I'm stressed about something and I'm wondering what am I going to do, or why I can't change or why I can't move forward, he knows everything and, like Cece said, said, he knows your heart. So once you place yourself in his hands and in his care, trust me, that's not a fail. That's the best thing you could ever do, no matter what.
Speaker 1:And it is harder being in the world knowing that there's no one to rely on. It is harder continuing forward in that struggle of whatever it is that you feel like you want to give up. No one else can help you with that but him. It's as plain and it's as simple as that. No one else can release you from that place, release you from that darkness you may feel, release you from that frustration, release you from that hurt. There's nothing else that can do that for you except him. And even if, in this time, you're sitting here right now listening to this, still drinking, still smoking, still fornicating, still whatever, trust me. He simply says come as you are and he will do the rest. He will take care of everything else. You don't have to fast, fight, stress or worry. You will start changing in ways that you think, oh my gosh, I can't believe. That's me and the question for you.
Speaker 2:Go on it's a question you asked me many moons ago when you started your walk, so now you can answer it for yourself. As you've changed, why should I give my life to him when I'm enjoying my life, like I'm enjoying the music, I'm enjoying, drinking, I'm? Whatever Life is still good for me, so why should I give my life?
Speaker 1:Boy, I didn't even remember asking that question, but when you finished it, I'm like I did ask that question. Funny enough, I don't remember your answer.
Speaker 2:Nice to answer it as yourself.
Speaker 1:I love that you remember that though, because it just I can be a witness to show you guys that I've come so far, because I thought what's the point why? Because there's emptiness in those things. It gives you fulfillment for a moment and it's not long lasting and that's like you're gonna get fed up of that. Do you really, really and truly want to be in that all the time, living in the moment it's? And I'm not saying that, I'm saying that I've got to add on it's not easy.
Speaker 2:To what you said. Yeah, the question that you asked me. Like whenever I try y'all, things got worse for me so I'm more better staying on the other side well, no one ever said the path is going to be easy.
Speaker 1:it probably got worse because the enemy knew it was going to get better. Oh lord, I definitely wouldn't have to answer that eight years ago. Jeez, I did not know that at that time, but I know that now it will always feel like. I now know the path is not easy. It's not meant to be perfect. It's not going to be perfect because when Jesus walked on his earth it was not perfect. He got flogged. He got like people attacked him, like wherever he went, wherever he spoke, he got attacked Right.
Speaker 1:And he is our perfect example, because I always tell my son every time he comes to me and I was like who is perfect, who is the most perfect one? And he always answers with God, because I told him none of us are perfect, he's not perfect, I'm not perfect, I will fail. That way at first is because the enemy knows that you're another soul that's about to be saved. He knows that God has come for you, his child. So he's trying everything to not let that bond start. He doesn't want you to have that attachment. He doesn't want you to be drawn to him. He doesn't want that love. He doesn't want you to feel that love from him. He doesn't want your love to grow for the father in heaven. So he's just like, yep, oh, my gosh, what? This is not happening. Like no, I'm about to, I'm about to destroy this right now. Like it's about to go down and that's why he's going to do everything to break that. He's going to do everything to attack you. And you just have to keep going. You have to keep pushing, remembering the fact of what's the point of walking with him, like he's not doing nothing for you, like, yeah, you might have a nice time and you're going to the party and you're enjoying it for a second or whatever. Then, when the moment is gone and you're behind closed doors and you're in hurting again and in pain, what did the enemy do for you? What did the devil do for you? Nothing, he doesn't care about that. He just wants to take you down, whereas God will be there with you everywhere. He with you.
Speaker 1:Like that scripture says power phrase in here if you go to the moon and the star, what is it? What is it? What is that scripture? Oh Lord, all right, but anywhere you go in the world, basically it's saying that he will always be there with you, no matter where you go. If you go to the, what does it say? If you go to the depths of hell, he's with you, like wherever you go, he is with you. The enemy just wants to take you to hell and leave you there. That's all he wants to do. But God is with you, no matter what. When you're in the corner crying, when you're broken, when you're hurt, when you're lost, he is there. He's right there with you. And so it gets. It does get, it will get better.
Speaker 1:You would not always stay down in that path. When you start, when you start your path with him and you start your journey with him, you will not always stay down there. You will not always continue to be attacked, trust me, because God will come for you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. He will not leave his child to continue to be attacked, because he knows that you want a relationship with him. He knows that you're trying. He knows that you're calling out to him and in that moment you just call out to him. You just shout out to him saying Lord, look, I can feel this attack. And what is the point? Like I've chosen you and I'm still feeling this and he will help you. He is your redeemer, he is your saver, he is your lover, he is your friendour, he is your lover, he is your friend and he will trust me. He will help you and it will feel like that at times and trust me, I am speaking to you saying this in a moment, right now, that I am going through it.
Speaker 1:I am going through it and I still have those thoughts sometimes. Why am I bothering? What's the point? Like you know, like I still have those thoughts, even in my journey, seven, eight years down the line. I'm still going through that battle, um, and that feeling of like I'm still going through it. But I hold on because I know that everything is worth it, that this path is worth it. It is worth it. I know that everything is worth it, that this path is worth it. It is worth it.
Speaker 1:I know that I will never regret holding on to Elohim. I will never regret it. That's what I do know. No matter how much I'm struggling, I know that he is the best decision that I can make. So know that he is the best decision that you can make, as much as you might be feeling like I started this and things still don't seem to be getting better.
Speaker 1:But knowing that you have someone that is a chain breaker, that he is a miracle worker, he is a promise keeper quoting the song here, but she's right, he is a light in the darkness. Knowing that you have someone like that in your corner, no matter what's happening, just hold on to those promises, seek out his word. Hold on to those promises and know that he will always have your back. He will always be with you. Um, and I sought out some scriptures even yesterday that talks about that. That's highlights those things. Um, let me find them because I kind of used use this app and it gave me some encouragement and with that, it gave me some scripture to go with those encouraging moments.
Speaker 2:Do you want to say the app for other people who are trying to search?
Speaker 1:I'm not sure, because it's not a Christian app. That's why it's not a Christian app. It's not used for that. But I used it, for I kind of use it for that. Sometimes I don't know if I want to say it, because I feel like it can be a bit of a dangerous place to go. You have to use it wisely. That's why I'm saying what I'm saying. But I just I kind wrote in it how I was feeling, I guess, and it gave me some scripture to go with those things. But I cannot find the document it gave me. Oh man, I can't find the document it gave me, but it was excellent because it was like, in moments of hurt, it gave me scriptures to go with it. In moments of when you're feeling like you can't go anymore, it gave me scriptures to go over. In moments of when you're feeling like you can't go anymore, it gave me scriptures to go over. Like I said, it gave me these categories and it gave me those scriptures.
Speaker 1:But yeah, I don't think I'm going to share it with you guys today because it's a dangerous app. You have to either use it correctly and it can be used incorrectly. But you can still seek out the Bible app for that. You can still seek out, even can still seek out the the bible. App for that? Um, you can still seek out.
Speaker 1:Even, to be honest, google, I've googled it. Sometimes, when you're googling scriptures in regards to peace or whatever, it would give you the scriptures, just, obviously, take those scriptures back to your bible and make sure it's giving you the correct, the correct um wording, that it actually does say that in the bible. But, um, something as simple as that. Sometimes I go to google I'm being serious because it would give it to me instantly and I'm able to go into the word and say, okay, yes, that is the scripture I was thinking about. But I just because I'm not good at, as you guys can tell, I'm not good at remembering scriptures. I can't even remember, like I was just paraphrasing through a lot of the stuff I was just saying.
Speaker 1:But it's yeah, even just doing that can really really help and you can just create something for yourself. You can do post-it notes or whatever it may be around the house and just have those scriptures written just to encourage you. So if it's scripture of encouragement or scripture of peace, you can seek out the scriptures in the words. Like I said, you can use the Bible app and type it in. It will help you with those. Or you can use Google and go back to the Bible and make sure it's the correct scripture and write them down and just put them around or type it if you feel like it. You could do that as well.
Speaker 2:I would say the biggest thing on your journey, of your relationship with Yahweh, is to never compare yourself to whoever's around you. Everybody's journey is an individual journey. You might see some people that might be able to understand the Bible more. Or you feel like, oh, I've been in church but I'm not getting it. Or you feel like, oh, I've been in church but I'm not getting it. This person just came in and they've got it. Or this person is praying. I might feel like my prayer is not being heard. Do not compare yourself. That's the worst thing that you can do. Your journey is an individual one because when we, when it's your salvation, your salvation is individual. You won't be going with your child, your son, whoever, your mother, your father, your, your. Your salvation is about you. So do not focus on other people. Yes, you can look at people and think, oh wow, like you know, she prays really well, or like he gives amazing um bible study or certain things like that.
Speaker 2:There's nothing wrong with aspiring, but do not compare yourself, because then you'll find yourself pushing yourself away from y'all because you're focusing on the wrong things. You're focusing on a person rather than your relationship and your walk. It's not a competition. Y? Yah comes to us in different ways at different stages, depending where we are going through. You might be a single parent, you might be pregnant, you might be jobless, you might be homeless, you might be can't read, you might be not good at speaking. We all go through different things, things. And does that mean that we're useless? No, does that mean that we're never going to get it? No, but maybe y'all is strengthening us, like in other ways that we don't know. Like let's use, for example, somebody you've you've been in church or you've been in a community for five months and you're struggling with your words, but then you get somebody that come in and then they can articulate and you think, oh, maybe my relationship is not good, but at that same time, you're witnessing to people by either helping them, like feeding the homeless, doing little things. That's all still a witnessing. Y'all is still using you so you might be able to articulate on a one-to-one level rather than a bigger audience. Does that mean that the other person is better than you? No, because we are all his children, and I find that a lot of times in the christian faith, other people look at other people's walk rather than their own. And this is where, like, trouble or drama comes in, or you might just feel like you're not good enough and go back to your old ways. Don't do it. Focus on yourself and pray, and even pray for that person as well, like cause, you know, even like Moses.
Speaker 2:Well, let's use Abraham. Many people are mothers or fathers or guardians prayed for his son, his one and only son that they had to wait for, and Yah told him to go and sacrifice his son and he went. Many people will be like I could never do that. Does that mean that you're not you're you're, you're not worthy? Does that mean that he would only hear Abraham's prayer and not yours? No, no. So there's many people in the Bible that their journey was different, because the Bible says I will only give you what you can bear. So sometimes you don't want other people's burdens. You might be looking at that person, thinking, oh yeah, they're doing this and this and this. Well, you don't know what they're going through behind closed doors. Nobody looks at that. Everybody just looks again at the outward appearance. The outward things that we're talking about don't look at that.
Speaker 2:Focus on yourself. Y'all hears you, even for those that say, like you know, all I say is all I can say is two, two words. There's little children that babble they, but we don't understand what they're saying. But the lord understands what they're saying when they say amen, the Lord hears their prayer. They can't, it may not sound like English, but the Lord hears them, and that's what is so amazing about y'all is that he meets us where we are at. So don't look at other people. Focus on yourself, strengthen yourself, strengthen your relationship. There's people out there that are blind, that cannot read or cannot hear, but they're having this great communication with y'all. He meets us everywhere, no matter our disability, no matter what, and this is why we love him. So don't focus on other people, don't focus on the person on the left, the right, the front behind you. Focus on yourself and pray, and he will never leave you nor forsake you, and just keep holding on to him.
Speaker 1:Amen. Who couldn't say that better? I can't add to that, because that's something you've always told me about. I'm always comparing myself, so I'm still working on that journey, so I don't have much to really add to that one. Trust me, because it's it's, it's hard, like it's, it is dangerous. It's something you should not do, trust me, because it it's painful. It can consume you and you yourself. You don't know where you're walking because you're so focused on other people.
Speaker 1:So, um, just know that, on this journey of getting to know him, all you have to do is say yes to him as he knocks at the door. He's not forceful, he's not going to make you come into a relationship with him. All he does is knocks at that door and it's up to you to open it. And once you open it, he will only step in if you say come in. And so that's what you need to do. You need to open the door and say Lord, I welcome you into my heart, work on me, hear me, hear those unspoken prayers, hear what's on my heart, hear what's on my mind, and he would do the rest. And, trust me, he will work within you and do the things that that you would like to see changed in your life. He will work on those things. You just continue to walk with him and work on being as obedient as you can, because you're not perfect, and he will do the rest. Yeah, that's my closing remarks.
Speaker 2:Thank you guys for listening. Just remember to focus. If you have a prayer partner, reach out to them. You guys can pray for each other.
Speaker 2:If you don't pray for yourself and pray that you'll find a prayer partner Because having a prayer partner sometimes is so good Because, especially that they could pray for things that you struggle with, especially if somebody's hurt you or done certain things that you're hurt, they could pray for you, for them, and just know that you're not alone, even though it may feel like you're alone, the many nights that you cry or you're upset, or you're angry or things are just not working out. Each and every one of us has been there. I remember when I was jobless for like four years and I had debts out of my ears and I was praying and I was doing everything and I felt like, where are you? He came through, so just know that he sees, he hears, he understands and he will never leave you or forsake you. And thank you guys for listening and we will see you soon amen take care guys, bye.