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Bonus episode: Being a man or woman of God · Spending time with Dr. Christina

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  Hello and welcome back to my podcast spending
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  time with dr. Christina, we're still in season
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  7 But we're on a bonus episode and tonight. We're
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  talking about being a man or a woman of God this
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  is one of our first topics for the bonus episode
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  because So many people want to be a man or woman
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  of God yet They don't know all the elements of
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  becoming one I say they don't know all the elements
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  of becoming one because so many say well I'm
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  doing the best I can and God knows me and I don't
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  want you to judge me. Well, here's the thing
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  Christians do judge one another and God does
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  correct us so you have to be able to take correction
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  that's number one and When we think about being
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  say a woman of God This is about having character.
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  This is about not engaging in immorality. This
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  is about walking with God and having a real relationship.
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  Now the same goes for men of God and I want to
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  spend some time on that too because we also have
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  many people that want to be men of God. However
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  just like the ladies they struggle. and they
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  struggle with their character and they struggle
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  with humility not being humble they also struggle
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  with immorality and let's talk about getting
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  there tonight and creating a path to get to being
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  a man and woman of God because we all have had
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  our struggles we have all had our mistakes as
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  Christians but as the Bible says a good man fall
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  of seven times but gets back up What we want
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  to make clear tonight is that when you do Start
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  on a path where you want to walk closer to the
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  Lord You want to know that first he is a holy
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  God, right? So therefore he is holy and you are
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  holy because you want to be just like the character
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  of God through Jesus Christ and The next thing
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  we want to talk about is the humility part. You
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  want to be humble You want to be able to take
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  correction and you want to be able to See what
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  God is showing you through certain people When
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  you have a relationship with the Lord you can
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  tell what's of God and what's not of God But
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  when the Lord is telling you something from somebody
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  that walks with him you should be able to discern
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  it you should be able to find the passage and
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  it should bear witness with you. For example,
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  if you find that you're in a backsliding mode,
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  you know, because God gives us gifts without
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  repentance. So if you're backsliding, you are
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  doing something as a Christian. that is not pleasing
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  to God. You're engaging in another sin. Maybe
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  it's fornication. Maybe it's adultery. Maybe
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  it's lying or stealing, cheating, something to
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  not just your Christian brothers and sisters,
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  but other people. And the thing about even lying,
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  we know lies come from the father of lies. It
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  starts out very subtly. And if you don't catch
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  it, it will truly set you behind the mark, just
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  like any other sin. which leads to a reprobate
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  mind, things I have talked about in other episodes
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  of the five -minute Bible study, and the reprobate
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  mind. You don't know what's good or evil, right?
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  You can't discern it, but you always want to
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  be in a place where you're discerning the path
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  of God for your life. You're not letting sins
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  easily beset you, as the Bible warns us about.
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  Because the enemy goes around like a roaring
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  lion looking to whom he may devour and when we
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  let sin into our lives We open a door That we
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  need to close immediately through repentance
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  and through seeking God's face Closing that door
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  so that it doesn't take over our lives and it
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  doesn't umbrella into something bigger So to
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  be a man or woman of God you're pursuing holiness
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  you're pursuing humility You are pursuing God's
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  love and loving his people you're loving everyone
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  whether they're Christian or not but most of
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  all you're walking in the fruits of the spirit
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  the joy the peace the happiness the meekness
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  the love and When you find that you're getting
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  off the path and the Holy Spirit is warning you
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  You seek the Lord's face in prayer. You read
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  His Word. You even seek help from those that
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  walk with the Lord because the Bible says confess
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  our sins one to another and you get back on the
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  path. Being a man or woman of God is simply more
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  than something you're saying is what you're doing.
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  People are always watching you and the enemy
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  is always trying to trip you up. But if this
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  happens, you know this. As long as you're here
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  on this earth, you have another opportunity,
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  another day to get your walk right. Repent of
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  your sins, turn away from it, and continue forward
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  pursuing God. Well, this is the end of this bonus
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  episode. We will revisit this topic again because
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  it's so important being a man and woman of God.
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  But in the meanwhile, I hope this message was
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  a blessing to you and I wish you all a good week.