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Hey girl, we're your hosts, Iz.

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And Zi.

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And welcome or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl podcast.

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In today's episode, we will talk about procrastination.

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Firstly, we have to talk about the roots of procrastination, which are laziness and perfectionism.

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Laziness when we don't value what we must do.

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And perfectionism when everything has to be just perfect for us to start doing something.

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These can both diminish our self-worth.

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Laziness by feeling unaccomplished and feeling like you can never rise to the expectations.

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And perfectionism making it as if it's never enough or it has to be just right.

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Or you can never get anything right.

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Well, now that we looked at the root, you might be asking, well, how do I fix this problem?

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How do we overcome?

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We do that through Jesus Christ.

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We stop making excuses for ourselves.

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And sometimes we can make excuses for it like, oh, I'm just lazy or I'll do it later.

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But the more and more that we push something off is the more that we procrastinate.

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So what scriptures talk about procrastination?

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Well, in James chapter 4 verse 17, it says,

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So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is a sin.

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Now this doesn't outrightly speak about procrastination.

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However, for a lot of times for us, we can excuse procrastination or we can say, well,

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it's not a sin.

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It's not that bad, but it is bad.

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When we know the right thing to do, when we know that we should be working at something

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instead of playing around or pushing it off, it is a sin for us because we know exactly

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what we are to do.

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And besides, God is not pleased with us when we actually waste our time.

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In Ephesians chapter 5 verses 15 through 16, it says,

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Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, making the best use of the time

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because the days are evil.

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When we spend our time on earth, we are supposed to be spending our time doing stuff that honors

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God.

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If your parents tell you to go wash the dishes or do some of your chores, we do it happily,

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glorifying the Lord.

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And he honors that and he blesses you for that.

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It may not be physical, but it may be spiritual.

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And Colossians 3 verse 23 says,

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Whatever you do, work heartedly, onto the Lord and not to man.

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See, God never said that we will never feel tired or unwilling, but he said he will give

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us rest and rejuvenate us to do his work and all our responsibility.

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For instance, the scripture says, my grace is sufficient for you.

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God also never said we would be perfect.

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He said his strength is perfected in our weakness, which can make us rest in him, knowing that

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we don't have to be perfect in everything because he is the one who perfects us.

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And he wants us to do it with our whole heart.

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That means that it may not be as perfect as we want it to be, but as long as we give our

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first, our best, and our all to him, that is what matters.

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We don't strive for perfection, but we strive for excellence.

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Now it's time for our special segment with Iz and Zi.

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Alright Zi, I have a question for you as well as everyone else listening.

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Alright.

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What is your favorite Bible verse?

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My favorite Bible verse is, God has not given me a spirit of fear, but a power, love, and

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a strong mind.

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It helps me through everything, especially when I'm doing horseback riding.

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Mine is an easy one, it's been my favorite scripture since I was so young.

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Philippians chapter 4 verse 13, and it says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens

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me.

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I love the scripture, especially when I'm doing gymnastics or anything that's hard in

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my life.

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And it's actually perfect because our favorite scriptures go with today's topic.

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The scripture you mentioned for fear of anything, fear of not being perfect, fear of messing

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things up, God gives us a spirit of power, love, and a strong mind, or some versions

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say a sound mind.

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And mine, Philippians 4 verse 13, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens

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me.

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I know that I can do all things with Christ in Christ and through Christ, not in my own

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strength.

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That is why whenever we feel unwilling or we see something that's very challenging,

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we know that God can help us.

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Wow, that's so true, Zi.

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But now let's talk about salvation.

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See this episode is great and it's really encouraging, but if you don't have the Lord

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Jesus as your personal savior, then you can't experience what we just talked about.

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But you can.

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If you want to give your heart to the Lord today, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10.

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It says, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that

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God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto

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salvation.

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If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus.

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You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit.

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Now this truth is not a free pass to sin anytime.

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Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel

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to others.

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You are saved forever.

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And your name is written in the book of life.

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Did you just give your life to Christ?

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If you did, give yourself a pat on the back.

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We are so proud of you.

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Anyways, thank you so much for listening to this podcast episode.

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We hope it helped you and we hope that you learned something.

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And remember, God's power is perfected in our weakness.

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