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The Amazon Experience: Christians at Amazon · Spending time with Dr. Christina

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  Hello everyone and welcome back to my podcast
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  spending time with dr. Christina. We're in season
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  8 episode 4 of the Amazon experience But tonight
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  I want to talk a little bit more About the Christian
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  experience inside of Amazon, you know Amazon
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  has so many different faiths People that are
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  our faith and not even atheists. However as a
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  Christian Which I am and for those of you that
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  have followed along with my podcast and I do
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  a Bible study called the five -minute Bible study
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  you know, this is something I want to talk about
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  because from the Christian lens I Think it's
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  important for those of you out there that are
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  of this faith to think about how to manage Amazon
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  and when I say manage There's so much that goes
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  on in this organization, right? Especially at
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  this warehouse level. It's important to be fortified
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  when you go to work because I can't tell you
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  how many times when I was there and it can be
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  disheartening and you're thinking, wow, God,
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  what do you want me to do about this? And, um,
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  Rest assured there is a path for Christians to
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  take There's a path for everyone of different
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  faiths to take but for those of you that are
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  Christian, I'm talking to you tonight and Let's
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  kind of get into this. So one of the things that
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  I've noticed just being a Christian going to
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  Amazon is that No organization is perfect. I've
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  said this over and over again, whether I'm talking
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  about employment law issues on my podcast or
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  other related issues, there is no organization
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  that's perfect. But being fortified, going into
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  a place like this is so important. Um, that's
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  a lot that happens at the warehouse level. There's
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  quite a bit. And there's fights going on, right?
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  There's general disagreements, arguments. Yeah,
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  there are things that really can take people
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  to another level. There's other banana type behavior
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  going on. There's stalking. There is just a lot
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  of... Only way I can put it demonic activity
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  and you may be thinking as a Christian How do
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  I deal with this and you may be praying every
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  day? Lord, what do you want me to do? Do you
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  want me to stay here? Or do you want me to go?
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  Well We know one thing Jesus came for the sick
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  So that should be the first thing you think about
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  right as Christians were all Call to share the
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  gospel in one way or another not to ram it down
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  anybody's throat or anything like that But if
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  they ask like the Bible says give a good word
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  Share what you know about the Lord, right? But
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  I can tell you this firsthand You want to be
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  fortified going into a place like this. You want
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  to be so grounded in the Lord so that you can
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  make it through this organization right you can
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  even make it through the week and let's let's
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  spend a little time on that right because If
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  you say you're a Christian But you don't have
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  time to go to church You're working on Sundays.
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  You don't even have time to go to Bible study
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  Wednesdays or Thursdays at your church When do
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  you fellowship with other believers, right? Because
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  the Bible tells us we gain strength when we are
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  in the presence of other believers So when do
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  you have a chance? to worship with other believers
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  when do you have a chance to Get strengthened
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  by other believers encouraged Some of the things
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  that I have witnessed with a lot of Christians
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  in the workplace is that They're not really strong
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  and when I say that they have been weakened they've
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  been weakened by life and It happens when we're
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  not fortifying ourselves when we're not reading
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  the Bible when we're not worshipping when we
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  are not in fellowship with other believers Strong
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  believers. I want to give a few examples. I think
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  one of the saddest things that I have seen at
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  Amazon married people That say they're Christian
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  and I had mentioned this to a friend of mine
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  who said he was a Christian And and I'm gonna
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  spend some time, you know giving examples like
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  this real life however Married people that say
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  they're a Christian, but yet they're looking
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  for other spouses. They're not wearing their
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  rings. They're doing things that are not godly
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  They're making excuses and they're saying this
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  or that The world has really crept into their
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  lives and so their contract for marriage, their
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  commitment for marriage, it means nothing. They
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  have pretty much become like the world. I also
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  remember one person I befriended. This person
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  said that they were elder in their church, but
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  yet they want to put their wife away. They want
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  to What did he say? Look for their queen. No,
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  you have a queen at home. You have a wife at
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  home. Pray for this person. Pray for that marriage.
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  Right? This is what it's like to be a Christian
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  at any organization. You will be challenged.
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  You have to fortify yourself. You just can't
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  go along Sometimes the marriage is good. Sometimes
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  it's not sometimes you're there. Sometimes you're
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  not no the Bible tells us that When we are unstable
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  like this We can't expect to hear from God we
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  have to get positioned in a place of faith where
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  we know that God called us into relationships
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  where God if you are a married person that God
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  is with you and he's going to heal your marriage
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  and if it's a case where you're being abused
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  in a particular relationship you see you're a
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  pastor you get help and these are some of the
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  reasons for divorce if that's it But if you choose
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  to stay as the Bible gives us a choice you pray
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  through that relationship Now some of you may
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  be thinking hey, I thought we were talking about
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  Amazon Yes, I'm absolutely talking about Amazon
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  because these are some of the things that I have
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  witnessed with Christian people If you say you're
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  a Christian be about it be about it You know,
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  nobody is perfect, but there are things that
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  we can do Because people are always watching
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  us That says hey, I stand with the Lord. I stand
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  with his precepts. I stand with doing what's
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  right There's so much to say about this, you
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  know, I remember instance of a lady and She said
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  to me Wow, I really can't work too many Sundays
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  Because I want to go to church and I said hey,
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  that's great. You're a Christian you go to church.
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  She's like, yeah however, it did not take very
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  long the next minute she's talking about people
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  and Ripping into folks and you've got to ask
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  yourself. Hey Who do you want to be? Are you
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  gonna be a Christian that watches their mouth
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  because the Bible tells us about Salt and being
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  the salt of the earth Right. Are you gonna be
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  the salt of the earth or are you gonna be like
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  everyone else and gossip and Join in just to
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  fit in or can you stand alone with just the Lord
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  Jesus Christ at your side? I Thought it was really
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  important. I felt impressed even by the Holy
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  Spirit just to spend a minute or two Being a
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  Christian at Amazon. I am a Christian as I mentioned
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  and Spent a lot of time studying organizations
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  but when I come across other Christian people
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  and They complain about their organizations.
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  I Think about first. What are you doing? What
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  is your contribution to this organization to
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  make it better? What is the matter with this
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  organization? that is troubling you so much that
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  you can't leave or find another opportunity.
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  Have you prayed and asked even the Lord to guide
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  you through the turbulent times you're experiencing
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  at your organization? These are things that Christians
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  need to think about. You need to think about
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  when the Lord tells you to stay and when he tells
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  you to go. There's a lot to say there but for
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  those of you that are at Amazon and you call
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  yourself a Christian Get to church No church
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  is perfect You don't have to go to a mega church
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  find a nice small church, but get to church Fellowship
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  with others get strengthened by others. So you're
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  not tossed to and fro around that the enemy likes
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  to do when you're not stable in your faith. Think
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  about what God is calling you to do. You're to
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  be the light of the earth, right? A light in
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  a dark place is what the Bible says. Think about
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  how God is using you in these organizations.
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  No place is perfect, right? But even if the Lord
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  uses you to change one life, maybe that's all
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  your assignment there. Outside of working and
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  having stability for your family, the Lord using
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  that job as a seed. People watch us as Christians,
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  so think about that. Because the enemy will use
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  anybody to try to take your good and make it
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  evil. Well, there's so much to say about that.
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  But I am praying for all of you that are Christians
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  there to get plugged in To join a local church
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  to join a local ministry to read your Bibles
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  to stay encouraged in your faith and Know that
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  God's got you you try a little bit and God will
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  do the rest, right? So this is all I have to
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  share with you this week Until the next time
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  I wish you all a very good week