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Hey Girl! We're your hosts, Iz 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 why to not listen to trendy music.

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But how is it bad?

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In 2 Timothy 2 verse 16 it says,

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But avoid irrelevant babble, for it leads people into more and more ungodliness.

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Sometimes what the world deems as good is actually sinful in God's eyes.

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A lot of trendy music today has bad words, sexual themes, and can even be mocking God.

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Sometimes it's not bad per se, but it's just meaningless.

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How does it help us in our relationship with Jesus?

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And how does it honor God?

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By the way, when we say secular, it just means non-Christian.

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Alright, so how much secular music is too much?

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In 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 21 says,

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Test everything, keep what is good.

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Look at your most listened to playlists and songs.

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How much secular music do you listen to daily versus worship music?

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Jesus should be our number one focus, and worshiping him is the most important thing.

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In other words, he is our top priority.

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And that's why we shouldn't listen to certain secular music.

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But now that we've discovered why certain secular music is bad and we shouldn't listen

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to it, even if it's trendy, what should we listen to instead?

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What are some good Christian artist recommendations?

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Anne Wilson, Katie Nicole, Brandon Lake, Elevation Worship, Hillsong, and so much more.

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If you have any trouble finding Christian artists that you like, usually in the app that you

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listen to music, they'll have a playlist of Christian music just for you.

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So if you press on that, then you'll see all the different genres of Christian music

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and find stuff you actually really love.

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Time for our special segment with Iz and Zi song trivia.

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What song are these lyrics from?

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When oceans rise, my soul rests in your embrace, for I am yours and you are mine.

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Take a second to see if you know what song these lyrics are from.

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Alright, I have a guess.

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What is it, Zi?

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Oceans by Hillsong Worship.

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Hillsong United.

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I knew that!

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Who wouldn't?

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Anyways, was your guess correct?

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That was a good special segment, right Zi?

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Oh yes, it was.

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But now we have to get into something a little deeper.

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Salvation.

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See, this message is great and all and entertaining, but if you don't have salvation, then none

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of these tips we just shared with you can actually help you.

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So, if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help you.

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But, if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give

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your heart to the Lord today.

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To receive Him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9-10.

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

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that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved, for with the heart one believes

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unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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If you say this prayer with sincerity, you are saved, and now have eternal life with

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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 and your name is written in the book of life.

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Thank you so much for listening to this podcast episode.

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

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And remember, some music has bad words, but other music has God's blessings.

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Hey, Forever GodGirl.

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See you next time.

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Bye.

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