FAITH BASED Q&A // answering hard questions..

hi guys today I am going to be filming a QA but a very special QA because I am going to be answering some of y'all's faith-based or faith related questions and I'm really excited for this video but also to be honest I am a little bit nervous because I know that these topics can cause a lot of controversy and disagreements and arguments and I just want to say before we start that I'm not perfect and I hope that you go into this video with an open mind and an open heart and everything that I'm gonna say is out of love but I know that this is the video that I am supposed to film today because I really have been feeling like God has been telling me to be more open about my faith on my channel honestly my faith is the whole reason and basis behind why I started my channel in the first place I just wanted to talk about God and you know fun things with you guys and so I don't want to be silent about my faith and I'd like to think that I am very open with my faith on my channel and on my social media platforms but I thought it would be nice to talk even more about it before we get started I should probably clarify what my beliefs and my faith are so I am a Christian and that means that I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and I have given my life to him if you want to see my entire testimony video on when I came to be a Christian and my story kind of I'll link that video down below because I already have a whole video dedicated to that ok first question is how do you stay true to your beliefs when they are unpopular or unaccepted and I actually just last Sunday went to church while out in Virginia with my friend and the pastor was talking about this topic a little bit and he was basically saying if you are a Christian and you've devoted your life to Jesus your life isn't going to look like everyone else's life around you you shouldn't technically fit into the culture and be loved and accepted by everybody because the you live and the things you believe are different and when he said that it really convicted me because I feel like I tend to want everybody to like me and everyone to agree with me and I tend to stray away from more controversial topics and things like that but if I'm truly living my life devoted to Jesus it is going to look different than the culture that we're living in right now so that was actually one of the things that made me feel like it was time to do a video like this because I just feel like I can't be afraid to share what I truly believe in when that isn't the whole purpose of my life you know what making sure nobody is offended and making sure everybody likes me is not the purpose of my life my purpose in life is to show Jesus's love to others and share the gospel and share what I believe in when you are feeling like your faith is making you maybe a little bit less popular or a little bit less accepted I think that's when you know he's kind of doing something right and you're truly following what you believe in and I think that is a good thing the next question is what is your view on modesty as a Christian woman my views on modesty have never been something that I thought about like consciously a lot because I just think I have naturally a pretty modest style because you know I love a good flowy dress and big puffy sleeves and all that kind of stuff I think everybody has widely different views on modesty my views on modesty probably stand more towards like if I wouldn't wear it around my parents probably I'm not gonna wear out in front of a ton of random people but also I think that modesty is something that Christians really tend to judge other Christians especially about and I also don't think that that's right I mean even if I post a photo in a skirt that's shorter than my normal you know a knee-length skirt I do get comments like wow you've changed like you're not a very modest like Christian anymore and I think that does the complete opposite - especially non-believers and believers it doesn't seem to be coming from a place of love it seems to be coming from a place of judgment and that's not really our place so I think the technicalities of modesty can vary person to person but if you just keep that in mind that you're just trying to protect yourself and others I think that is the right way to think about it my camera died so I had to plug it in for a little bit but okay we're on to our next question how do you deal with social media and negative comments and then I also got a question that says how to deal with Christians spreading a negativity and hate I'll answer the first one kind of to begin with but I don't deal with negativity and hate very well and I think I've actually gotten way better at dealing with it but still when I see a comment that's like bashing my character or bashing my authenticity or something like that it obviously really hurts because I really don't think we were created to be able to you know read or hear all of these negative things about us like so often and it definitely does affect me but I think that what makes me feel a little bit better when I do get a hate comment or someone comments something rude to me I just remember it that that person doesn't know me and they're probably having a horrible day so I would just say if you are or aren't a Christian just think before you speak or type because I mean imagine you getting the message that you're sending to somebody would it uplift you or would it put you in a really bad headspace and I'm not saying there's not room for criticism there's totally difference between hate and criticism and hate is not gonna do anybody any good and I'm sure it's gonna make you feel even worse about yourself so that's what I gotta say about that do you ever drink alcohol what are your thoughts on drinking and being Christian I don't really drink alcohol because I just really genuinely hate the way the alcohol tastes I don't think it tastes good at all even if it's a really sugary cocktail I'm still like oh whenever I drink it but Markus drinks wine and I don't have anything personally against drinking I think drinking to get drunk is never a good idea and similar like to the topic of modesty when God is telling us don't get drunk be modest don't have sex before marriage he's saying all these things to protect us and he's saying it out of love because I don't really know one person that gets drunk and makes like great uplifting citizens so I would say that's my views on alcohol I don't have anything against drinking but I do not think that getting drunk is a good thing the next question is did you struggle saving yourself until marriage any tips about that and I did save myself for marriage and so did Marcus and this I feel like is one of those topics that is really really sensitive and I totally understand why so I'm gonna try to say this as delicately as I possibly can I decided when I became a Christian that I was gonna save myself for marriage and of course it is not an easy thing to do especially I mean as you guys know if you're with somebody that you love so much it's the natural human response to want to be intimate with that person but again this is just another way that God is protecting us because when you do have sex with somebody you are giving them a part of your heart and I mean I'm sure a lot of you guys have gone through having sex with someone not ending up with them and it is even more emotionally painful to move on from that relationship sorry I had to move you guys because the lighting was getting a little bit wild but the last thing I'll say about saving yourself for marriage is that it is a very very special thing and if you are saving yourself for marriage I think that is so so commendable because I know in today's culture it's like the weirdest thing ever but also on the other side of that if you haven't saved yourself for marriage or if you've had sex and now you're saving yourself for marriage I think that that is still so special someone asked what my favorite devotional is and I've talked about a few of my devotionals on my channel before but my number one favorite one is walk with God by Chris ty green you can get it on Amazon I also love this one I always forget the name of it let me see I think it's in my bedside table this one is emotionally healthy spirituality day by day by Peter Cera you can get both of these on Amazon but these have been my two favorites why do you think some influencers keep their faith under wraps I think it's a pretty obvious answer because it's scary to share your faith and a lot of judgment will come on you when you share your faith and that's just the truth because I know a lot of my friends that are also influencers just feel like any time they do share their faith they're just come at with so much judgment and so much hate and if they ever do anything slightly different than what their faith says they get so criticized and it can be a lot but like I said at the beginning of this video I want my faith to be at a higher priority than people's opinion or people's acceptance of me if that makes sense someone asks have you seen American gospel how do you feel about the prosperity gospel you don't know what she's talking about American gospel is a documentary I think it's on Hulu it's very very eye-opening and shocking I feel like I do disagree with a few things that they say in that documentary I think they're a little harsh but overall I definitely disagree with the prosperity gospel basically what the prosperity gospel is is it's saying if you follow Jesus you're gonna have health wealth and happiness and honestly the gospel couldn't be farther from what that is standing for God does not say in the Bible that we are just gonna be totally happy live these perfect lives if we just follow him that is so not the truth and we're actually gonna deal with more hardships more pain more judgement from society if we're following Jesus with our lives and I just think the prosperity gospel of all these pastors preaching how you know just follow Jesus and you're gonna get all the desires of your heart is just really sad because they're twisting the gospel into something that it's really not Jesus does want us to live fulfilling happy lives but that does not you know align with what society is necessarily calling a fulfilling prosperous life so yeah I mean if you are a Christian and you are interested in this topic there's so many different things about the prosperity gospel oh there's a really good bio verse about this let me just let me just look this up really quick ok this is 2nd Timothy 4:3 this is the New Living Translation and it says for a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching they will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they're itching ears want to hear and I feel like that verse kind of sums up this whole question it's just like people are gonna want to listen to things that make them feel happy inside and a lot of things in the Bible are not going to make you feel happy inside they're gonna convict you they're gonna make you say whoa I never thought of it like that and it's not gonna be like in the best way possible you know what I'm saying it's not all rainbows and butterflies and I think that's what a lot of churches are preaching these days and I do think that that is very sad ok I think this is gonna be my last question because I think I've been filming this for over an hour now so what do you do when you don't feel God and this is something that I feel like I got asked a ton is just what to do when you're not feeling connected to God when not feeling his presence and I think this is something that every single Christian deals with is times of drought I guess you could call it like times where you just don't feel God's presence times that you just don't feel close to God and what I would say is in those times just pursue God even harder and I think those times are definitely a test of your faith and I would just say to dive even deeper into the Bible pray even more fervently and I think that those are the times that have taught me the most because I don't really think that we should rely on feelings we should really have a deep strong faith and that is not easy I must say it's not easy but in times that I'm really feeling far away from God one way that makes me feel really close to him is worshiping so whether that be you know worshiping in church or listening to worship music on my phone or even if it's just praying out loud on my knees to God I feel like those are all ways that really always make me feel way more connected to God okay guys I think that wraps up this video I hope that you guys enjoyed and I hope that what I said made sense because you know sometimes I just feel like wow and I even making sense and i speaking english are my sentences even coming together at all I don't even know but I hope that you guys liked it and there's so many other questions that I didn't answer if you guys want another video like this let me know but if you did like this video please give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe to my channel something I just wanted to say before I ended this video is that every time I meet you guys I feel like the number one thing that really has resonated with you guys or made you feel connected to me is my faith and me talking about my faith openly so I just want to say thank you to those of you who have encouraged me in that way you make me feel way more brave and we more comfortable about sharing my faith and I'm gonna continue to share my faith so thank you guys I love you so much and I will see you very soon bye

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Length: 15min 34sec (934 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 05 2020