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Hey Forever GodGirl, I'm your host Iz, and welcome

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or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl podcast.

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Today's episode is a reminder and a reality check

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that we are not the Holy Spirit in anybody's

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life. Hold on, wait, what do you even mean by

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that? Trust me, you'll see in just a moment,

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but let's get into part one of signs that we

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are trying to be the Holy Spirit. One, we're

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trying to fix people. Two. We're low -key trying

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to control their spiritual journey. God might

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convict that person differently or later than

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he did you. Just because it might take someone

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a little longer to get the hang of the whole

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modesty thing doesn't mean that God isn't working

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through them. Three, we feel responsible for

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their choices. And four, we get stressed or even

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upset when they don't listen to us. Okay, okay,

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you got me there, but that is not a crime. I

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just want to see the best happen to that person.

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Well, yeah, I know we have great intentions,

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but that's not our job. Because the Holy Spirit

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is the one who leads, not us. Even Jesus said

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in John 16, 13, that when the Spirit of truth

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comes, a .k .a. the Holy Spirit, he will guide

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us into all truth. For he will not speak on his

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own authority, but whatever he hears, he will

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speak. And he will declare to you the things

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that are to come. He's the leader, and when we

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try to take his place, we end up straining the

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situation, quenching the Holy Spirit, and losing

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control ourselves. 1 Thessalonians 5 .19 says,

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Do not quench. the Holy Spirit. In 1 Corinthians

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chapter 3 verse 6, it says we can water or plant

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seeds, but we can't force growth. God is the

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one who does the drawing. We just have to believe

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and have faith that when we plant or water seeds,

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God will do his perfect work in that person.

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Okay, okay, I know that, but what if the person

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ends up going down the wrong path? I mean, shouldn't

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I interfere? What do I do? How do I let go? Well,

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like we just did, we have to recognize what we're

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doing wrong, we have to know why that's not our

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job, and we have to let go. How do we let go,

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you might ask? Well, we have to set up healthy

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boundaries. I don't need to be involved in every

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decision a person makes. I need to pray for them,

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but I don't need to be involved in everything.

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Secondly, when it comes to setting boundaries,

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don't just cut them off, but spend more time

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with Jesus than you do that person. Next, you

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might have heard this one already. pray for them

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instead don't pray that god would necessarily

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change their minds but pray according to scripture

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and seek god's will over your own lastly encourage

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but don't micromanage or try to dictate okay

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i know it's hard but i gotta surrender my will

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to god's yeah give it to god girl because second

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corinthians 3 17 says where the spirit of the

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lord is there is freedom yep Because let's be

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so for real, it's stressful trying to manage

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another person's life. And the last thing we

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want is to create a codependency on someone or

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for someone to become codependent on us. Anyways,

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now it's time for our special segment. In today's

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special segment, you know it, we got three hot

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takes. And today we got some interesting ones.

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First hot take is, should Christians have tattoos?

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Ooh, kind of controversial. 14 % said, yeah,

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nothing's wrong with it. 57 % said, sure, but

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don't make it an idol. And 29 % said, nope, it's

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ungodly. What do you think? Hot take number two

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says, which is better? Read the physical Bible,

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online Bible, or both are good? 50 % said, read

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the physical Bible. 0 % said, online, it's mobile.

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And 50 % also said, both are good. Last hot take

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of the day. This one is also kind of controversial.

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Turn a little bit of heads. All right. Modesty

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applies to dot, dot, dot, just women. 0 % said

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just women. 89 % said both genders. And 11 %

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said men and women, but mainly women. But I want

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to know, what is your opinion on these hot takes?

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If you didn't get a chance to vote, make sure

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you're following us on Instagram at Forever God

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Girl Podcast so that you can be a part of the

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polls. And remember to ask your parent or legal

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guardian for permission first. That was such

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a great special segment. But now it's time to

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talk about something a little more serious and

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even more exciting, salvation. Here's a word

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from Zi. So, if you have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ, then this message will help

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you. But if you don't have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ, I invite you to give your

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heart to the Lord today. To receive Him into

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your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 -10. It says,

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If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,

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and believe in your heart that God has raised

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Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with

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the heart one believes unto righteousness, and

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with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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if you said this prayer with sincerity you are

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saved and now have eternal life with jesus you

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are saved from all your sins past present and

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future sins you may commit This truth is not

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a free pass to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives

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you power over all wrong choices and empowers

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you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved

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forever and your name is written in the book

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of life. Did you just give your life to Jesus?

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Because if you did, give yourself a pat on the

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back. I am so godly proud of you. Thank you so

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much for listening to this podcast episode. I

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trust that it helped you and that you learned

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something. And remember, God didn't ask any of

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us to be another person's Holy Spirit. Instead,

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He wants us to trust that He will finish His

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perfect work in everyone's life. Hey Forever

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