you Hey, Forever GodGirl, I'm your host, Iz,
and welcome or welcome back to the Forever God
Girl podcast. In today's episode, we will talk
all about faithfulness and what it means to remain
faithful. Are you ready? Yes. All right, let's
go. So the regular definition for faithfulness
is the quality of being loyal, trustworthy, and
steadfast in your commitments. But the biblical
definition, when we talk about faithfulness in
the Bible, refers to mainly God's faithfulness
or human faithfulness inspired by God. I thought
faithfulness only referred to married people.
Me too, but faithfulness has a much broader meaning
than that. When we refer to God's faithfulness,
we refer to His unchanging nature, that He's
consistent and reliable and He will fulfill His
promises, like Abraham and Isaac. That is a great
example because God promised Abraham that he
would have a son. Even though he was already
well up in his age. How old was this guy? Let's
just say he was like really old. but he had to
wait 25 years before God's promise was fulfilled.
But either way, Abraham was patient, and he believed
God was faithful to keep his promise. But what
about Hagar? Well, let's not blame the man. He
had to wait 25 years before the promised child
came, and sometimes it's really difficult to
be patient. But even though Abraham wavered in
his faithfulness, God never wavered in his. So
even though Abraham wasn't always perfectly faithful
to God, he did learn to embrace the faithfulness
of God. Which reminds me, I didn't even say what
it is. Faithfulness is a fruit of the spirit.
In Galatians 5, 22 through 23, ESV version, it
says, but the fruit of the spirit are love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness,
faithfulness, and self -control. And as you can
tell, the one we're highlighting today is faithfulness.
So in order to have the fruit of the spirit,
first need to have salvation. We need to be saved.
And then once we have the Holy Spirit, we can
take that same love of God and show it to others
by being faithful to friends, family, and faithful
stewards. Which means people can trust us because
God's faithfulness is in us and our cup is overflowing.
Psalm 23, eh? Yes, 100 % pun intended. Speaking
of faithfulness and faith, in 2 Corinthians 5
verse 7, it says, for we walk by faith, not by
sight. Faith means to completely put your trust
in Jesus. And when we look into past circumstances,
we have more than enough evidence to know why
we should trust Jesus in the first place. Well,
I can't really think of a time he's never not
come through. Exactly. And here's a challenge
for you. Write down one prayer God has answered.
And why am I telling you to do this? Well, because
God is faithful and our faith should only be
in him. And God also wants our faith because,
let me see, If you can guess, you can't have
love if you don't have trust. Yes, that's literally
it. Strong relationships are built on faith.
I knew I was gonna get it right. Yeah, we're
gonna talk about pride in the next episode. Our
last scripture today is Revelations 2 verse 10,
and it says, do not fear what you are about to
suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some
of you into prison, that you may be tested, and
for 10 days you will have tribulation. Be faithful
unto death, and I will give you the crown of
life. Crown of life? Heaven, can I get some angelic
voices in the background? Yeah. When we are faithful
and committed, we won't mind sacrificing for
the next person. I mean, look at Jesus. He was
literally so caring, so faithful, so loving that
he gave his life. He died? Yeah, for us. Whoa,
man, that's tough. That's tough right there.
But guess what? He rose again three days later.
I could make a whole episode on the resurrection,
but that's for next year. Back to the subject.
Part of godly love is to stay faithful, committed,
trustworthy, not only to God, but also people,
our friends, our family, and the people over
us. And faithfulness is also a gem that we oftentimes
learn through hard situations. We learn how faithful
God is to us. And by the end of those hard situations,
we become even more faithful to him. Now it's
time for our special segment. And in today's
special segment, we will once again be talking
about movies and TV shows. Also, I haven't mentioned
this in any of the other special segments this
season, but feel free to DM us at ForeverGodGirlPodcast
and tell us some of your favorite Christian movies
and TV shows. And if you're not allowed to be
on social media just yet, then ask a parent or
legal guardian. So last time I told you about
Moses, the Prince of Egypt, but today I'm gonna
tell you all about Joseph, King of Dreams. Now
this one is also a throwback, except this one
was made in the year 2001. And because I just
told you the movie title, you can probably guess
that this movie is all about Joseph, because
his name is the title of the movie. This movie
and the songs in this movie are impeccable. This
movie has me singing all day every day. Excuse
me. Yeah, that's how I sound in the shower. Not
as exquisite as I thought I was. If you don't
know the Bible story of Joseph, I definitely
recommend watching this movie because it is incredibly
biblically accurate while also maintaining the
storytelling factor and making it so intriguing.
This movie is a 10 out of 10 watch for me, and
I can't wait to hear your rating on it once you
watch it, too. That was such a great special
segment. Also, I promise I'm a better singer
than that, but now it's time to talk about something
even more important. and even more exciting,
salvation. Here's a word from Zion. So, if you
have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,
then this message will help you. But, if you
don't have a personal relationship with Jesus
Christ, I invite you to give your heart to the
Lord today. To receive him into your heart, go
to Romans 10, nine through 10. It says, If you
confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe
in your heart that God has raised him from the
dead, you will be saved. For with the heart,
one believes unto righteousness, and with the
mouth, confession is made unto salvation. If
you said this prayer with sincerity, you are
saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You
are saved from all your sins. Past, present and
future sins you may commit. This truth is not
a free pass to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives
you power over all wrong choices and empowers
you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved
forever and your name is written in the Book
of Life. Did you just give your life to Jesus?
Because if you did, give yourself a pat on the
back. I am so godly proud of you. Thank you so
much for listening to this podcast episode. I
trust that it helped you and that you learned
something. And remember, Jesus was the ultimate
example of faithfulness and obedience even unto
death. But remember, he still resurrected three
days later. Who we talking about? That's my king.
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