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Hello there.
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Welcome to our
program Pure Choices.
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This is actually
our 100th episode.
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We have a really
great program for you today.
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And we also have
a very great panel.
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Over here, we have my
husband Xavier Morales.
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On the couch, we
have Mrs. Myesha Lawson.
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Right beside, her
husband, Mr. Timothy Lawson.
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And also,
Brother Jacques LaGuerre.
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So before we jump
into our topic for today,
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let us pray.
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Dear kind most
heavenly Father, dear God,
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I pray that you will be
with us here as the panel,
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and that you'll also be
with the viewers at home
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as we figure out
what it is women need.
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In Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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So the title for
today's program is Search,
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A Real Woman Is.
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I think we all can agree
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there has been
truly a search among women
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trying to figure out what it
is that we're supposed to be,
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what's our role,
what is it that we need,
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what really defines us as women.
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And I think even men are
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trying to figure out
what is a good woman,
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what is a real woman,
who should I look for,
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what should I be thinking about.
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Just the other day, I
was looking at a program,
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and it was very, very crazy
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as this gentleman was
trying to explain the issue
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with Lot's
children and his daughters
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and how they got him drunk.
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And I was like,
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"Okay, this might be
like a really good sermon,"
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until he made an
extreme twist and said,
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"Well, daughters are supposed
to marry their fathers."
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And I was so in shock
and said, "No, no, no.
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What?
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Are people
really thinking this?"
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And we think about so
many different situations
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of women in Asia
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and how they're dealing
with how they're treated
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and trying to
understand their self-worth.
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So among you guys,
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what do you think
it is that women need?
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Well, to me, women
need... Well, what I need...
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I always felt like I
needed to be loved, you know.
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In today's society,
women are not getting that.
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Or real love, you know,
we get this counterfeit,
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you know, in the world
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or thinking that
we can be loved by men
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or, you know, other people,
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but the real
love comes from God.
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It's interesting.
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You know, in society,
women are the nurturers,
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you know, as it were.
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But, you know, in all actuality
women themselves need to be,
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you know,
strengthened and nurtured.
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You always hear the comparison
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to women or girls
being like flowers,
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I guess you could say...
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Delicate
flowers. Delicate flowers.
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And, you know, a
flower needs to be watered
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and cared for in a
certain kind of way.
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Jacques, you
want to say something?
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Well, me being
single, I'm still learning.
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I'm still learning
exactly what women need.
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But from all the
reading I've done on the subject
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and just talking with
people, women need love
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and women need to
feel like they belong
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and that they're
loved for who they are,
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not because of who
you're trying to make them.
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To be accepted.
Also, women need to be...
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They need to feel
they're assured and protected.
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Can anybody else speak
a little bit about that?
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Well, I think, you know,
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women often want
to find that security,
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and nowadays, especially,
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you don't have a lot
of fathers in the home.
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You know, you have
a lot of fatherless...
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And that's crucial to
the development of a girl
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into womanhood, it's
crucial to have that,
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you know, that
strong male role model.
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And, you know, women
like to feel that protection,
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like to feel that,
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you know, even though
they're strong, independent,
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you know, they're able
to do what they need to do.
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They also want
to make sure that,
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you know, they
have a good support,
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that protection, that validation
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with them as well.
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Yeah, I think every woman
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wants to be able to
walk down the street
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and know that nothing
is going to happen to her.
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Exactly. How about women...
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'Cause a woman
needs to feel safe.
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She needs to
feel safe in herself,
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feel safe in her home, in
her family, in her church.
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She has to feel safe in
all these different avenues.
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I would also
say a woman possibly
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also needs to be humble.
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Oh, yes. Most definitely.
Oh, yes. Most definitely.
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I'm growing in
grace. Pray for me.
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Lord is great. Pray for me.
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Okay. Yes, most definitely.
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I believe that a
woman should be humble,
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especially when she has
to be a wife and a mother.
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Not only she may
have duties in the church,
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as well as, you know, she might
have a business of her own,
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a ministry and, you know,
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she's going to play
different parts of her...
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You know, she's
going to have, you know...
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She's gonna play
different roles in her life.
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And so, yes, most definitely,
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she needs patience and
she needs to be humble,
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especially with her husband.
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Amen.
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You know, it's interesting.
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And, you know,
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we might keep bringing
up this topic as it goes on.
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But ever since, you know,
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the '50s and '60s
with the feminist movement,
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it's almost been like
women have been taught
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that humility is a weakness.
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You know, American
culture, in general,
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it doesn't place a
high value on humility
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on a man or a woman.
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But, you know, the Bible
says, a meek and quiet spirit,
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you know, is kind of worth
all the treasures in the world.
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And so, you know, having
that aspect instilled in women,
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they're mostly taught,
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you know,
strength or intelligence
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but not to be
humbled and graceful.
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And I think that is
a very high commodity.
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Yeah.
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You know, I think too
that lack of being taught
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to have that humility
has affected their image,
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has affected the way
they relate to other women,
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it has affected
the way they dress
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because society says, you
know, humility would dictate,
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you know, the way you dress,
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you know, versus
the society says,
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"The more you expose,
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the stronger of a woman you are,
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the better looking you are.
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The more plastic
pieces you have on your body,
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the better, the
stronger of a woman you are."
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Humility is a rare commodity.
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It's almost an
anomaly in today's society.
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And as you just talked about,
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women are probably
changing their bodies.
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They need to
know their self-worth.
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Yes, most definitely.
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And also need to know that
they're accepted by Christ,
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that they're loved by
Christ, they need Jesus Christ.
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That should have
been the first statement.
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Yeah. They need Jesus.
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And they need to
know their standards
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and not to have them so low
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that it
diminishes their self-worth.
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Anybody else has
something to say?
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Yeah, I think
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to piggyback a little
bit off what you're saying,
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one of the main things
is that they need to know
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that they don't have to
listen to everybody else
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to find out who they need to be.
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Like you said,
they can go to Jesus.
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Magazines tell them
they need to wear this,
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dress like this, look like this,
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and then the
images on the magazine
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are fake and
Photoshopped in the first place.
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And then, you
know, television society,
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like he was
saying, is more power
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if you be like this and
women need to have that,
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you said
self-worth and confidence
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in themselves that,
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you know, from
their family circle,
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from their church family circle,
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and also from the Bible,
they can find out who they are
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and walk in what God
has ordained them to do.
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And, Jacques, got
something else to say?
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To piggyback on self-worth
and what Tim was saying,
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just last week, I
preached a sermon entitled,
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"The Cross and Two Marys."
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And I was talking
with a lot of young women
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about how they could find
their self-worth at the cross
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and how Jesus himself,
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while He was dying on the cross,
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He was worried about two things,
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He was worried about
the salvation of the thief
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and He was
worried about His mother
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and who would take care of her.
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And then after He rose again,
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the first person to see
Him on that Sunday morning
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was Mary Magdalene,
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the woman caught in
the act of adultery.
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And so at the cross, on
both sides of the cross,
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you see Christ
placing a high value on women.
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And so women need to
be able to go to the cross
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and not to the magazine covers
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and not to the music
videos and not to the TV shows.
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And once they get
their self-worth there,
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everything else
will fall into place.
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Amen. Amen.
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So when it comes to a
woman's calling in life,
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I have heard
three very different
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controversial
kind of statements.
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All right.
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The first one is
"All a woman needs
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is a husband and some kids.
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It's best for the
family if she's at home,
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and that is where she belongs."
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Well, well, well.
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I think, with that,
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I think, you know,
growing up in the Caribbean,
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you know, you have
a lot of patriarchal,
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big patriarchal family
and you tend to see that.
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You know, that's predominately
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what I grew up
around where the woman
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is to stay at
home, cook, and clean.
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However, my
immediate family, the nucleus,
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with my mom and dad,
it was always shared,
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you know, I was always...
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It wasn't anyone's
rule. I remember my mom...
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If my dad ever
told my mother just say,
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"Cook me a meal and clean,"
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I don't think my dad
would be around right now.
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You know, you have
to understand that,
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in Jesus, there is no hierarchy.
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It's equality,
everybody has to rule.
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But at the same time,
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no rule is greater than another.
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I think it's crazy
because even in our churches
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some women do always ask,
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"So when are
you getting married?
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When are you getting married?
When are you get married?
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When are you
gonna have some kids?"
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It's like your life is not
complete unless you have...
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unless every
single woman in this world
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has a husband and kids.
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Yeah.
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I think that the woman should
find out what she wants to do.
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You know, some
women don't want kids,
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some women don't
want to be married,
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some women just want
to focus on the ministry.
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As for me, personally,
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I didn't know
how great it would be
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to just be a wife
and a mother fulltime.
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I've tried going
out working in...
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you know, being
in the working field,
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and it just wasn't for me.
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You know, I love
being with my children
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and doing my
domestic duties at home,
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being able to, you
know, cook and clean.
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I mean, that's
therapy for me, you know,
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knowing that while my
husband is out working
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and bringing home the
meat, not literally...
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Veggies.
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He can come home
to a loving wife,
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his children are taken care of,
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he's coming
home to a cooked meal
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and a clean home.
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He can come home, you know,
the home should be pleasant,
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you know, it
should be heaven on earth.
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Another, I guess you can say,
is a controversial statement
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is when like a
lot of people say,
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"All women, what
they need is a career.
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They can be the
father and the man
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and all what
they really need is,
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you know, just to
be single and great
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because who needs a man anyway."
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You know, going back again to,
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you know, the old movements
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that have told
women these things,
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you know, you just
presented the two extremes
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that only thing
you're supposed to do
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is stay home and raise kids
and you can't do anything else
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and only thing you're
supposed to do is get a career
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because staying
home and raising kids
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is taboo and whack.
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And I like what somebody
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just said that
woman should go to God
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to find out what she needs
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and what she's supposed to
do at a particular time in life.
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You know, there have been
women that have raised families
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and then they went to
school, they've been women
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that have went to school
and then raised families.
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And I love the example
of, you know, the writer
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of the Spirit of
Prophecy, Ellen White,
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who had a husband and
had a kid and had a home
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and still did her
prophetic ministry
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that God had called her to do.
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And the emphasis on the one
that God had called her to do
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and the Lord is
going to make a way
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for you to do the
work He's called you to do.
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And when the
children are being raised,
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there needs to be somebody there
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to raise them and nurture them,
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and it's a very
important part of society
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which is not around right now,
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and it's the reason why
children are so delinquent
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and different things
are happening in society
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because Satan has tried to
destroy that home structure.
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But I think
Christ wants to renew it
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and present it in
beauty without imbalance.
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And I think this whole...
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the two extremes,
like you were saying,
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exists because of
abuses from the past.
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You know, there are many people,
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like let's say a young girl,
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she watches her mother
cooking like a full meal
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and then the father comes
home and he doesn't eat the food
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because he felt like going out
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to get pizza or
something like that.
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That little
girl, looking at that,
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will now think in her mind,
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well, if I do domestic duties,
then I won't be appreciated,
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I won't be loved,
and I won't be cherished.
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And so a lot of women,
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they've gone to this extreme of,
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"It is beneath me
to raise children,
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it is beneath me to cook
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because they've seen
it taken advantage of."
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Wow. Xavier?
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I mean, that is just, like,
they said it better than...
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You know, Tim and everybody
said it best, you know.
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You don't see that nowadays,
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you don't see
women raising children.
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I mean, yeah, given that
in the society we live in,
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a lot of times,
it's almost a requirement
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for a man and a woman
to be in the working field,
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but at the same time though,
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you know, I can't avoid
but saying Jesus in this
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because He provides a
perfect balance, you know.
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There's nothing
wrong with a woman
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being in the working field,
there's nothing wrong with,
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you know, we see a lot of
times the rules are reversed now
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where the man stays home
and takes care of the kids.
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But I think there needs
to be an equal playing field,
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you know, for
example, females in ministry,
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you know, you
have a lot of that now
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where women want to be pastors,
they're called to be pastors.
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And you have a lot of men
intimidated by that, you know.
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And it's not, you know...
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You have to be supportive, like,
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you know, my wife in ministry,
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I'm very
supportive of who she is
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and what she wants to
do, what she is called to do.
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And I think we need to
really, really hone down
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and really latch onto
Jesus now more than ever
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when it comes to
understanding the role
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that a woman
plays in a man's life.
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So across the
board, for all women,
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whether they are a wife,
whether they are a mother,
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whether they're
just a single woman,
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what is their calling?
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Well, as for a
mother, their calling is to,
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you know, worry
about their children
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and preparing them
for, you know, the kingdom.
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You know, they say that...
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Well, Ellen White says that
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we're supposed to
teach our children obedience.
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That is the first teaching.
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And when we do
that, we're teaching...
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If they can obey the
parents, they can obey God.
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So I believe that,
as a woman, a mother,
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even if she's a single mother,
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her job is to fit
her kids for the kingdom.
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I think, as you gain
more responsibilities,
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your role will change.
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A wife with no kids
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is probably different
than a wife with kids.
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A single woman with no family,
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I'm sure, her life is different
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than a woman who is
married and vice versa.
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But I think the ultimate goal
of a woman, a Christian woman,
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regardless of
any stage in her life
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is to reflect
the image of Jesus.
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You know, if you
go back to the Bible,
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that's the original goal
and the original tenet of man.
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And if that is her goal to
reflect the image of Jesus,
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then when she goes to
him, all her other "roles"
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are going to fall into
place and fall into line
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and no matter
what she thinks she has
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or hasn't been called to
do, she's going to submit to,
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you know, the one
who is altogether lovely
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and follow His way
instead of her plans.
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I think, the
Bible says, you know,
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God created
woman to be a helpmeet,
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but a lot of times,
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we confuse that with
the scripture that says,
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you know, I'll make
your enemies my footstool.
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And a lot of times,
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we treat women as
though they're footstools.
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And they're not,
they're helpmeets.
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You know,
they're supposed to be...
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We're supposed to be
a team mate, you know.
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We're a team,
we're not, you know,
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at odds against
each other, we're a team.
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And I think, you
know, in any field,
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in any career, any calling,
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whether you're
single or you're married,
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you know, you're
called to be a helper.
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You know, you should be proud
of yourself for being born,
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for being created by God
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because He created you with
a special purpose to be a help,
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not a hindrance,
not an oppression,
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not an anchor, but a help.
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And I think too, you
know, that plays a role in
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who you become as
well, understanding that,
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you know, you're a helpmeet
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and that is one of
the primary callings
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for a woman to be a helper,
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to help, to be part
of something greater
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beyond herself.
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And I would also add
to what Tim was saying,
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a woman, across the
board, her calling is to love
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and to serve God
with her whole heart,
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to reflect His image,
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to move forward
into whatever it is
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He has created her to do.
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And each woman is different,
and that's why each woman
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has to have their own
relationship with Christ.
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It cannot be based on...
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I cannot base my
journey on Myesha.
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She has her own
relationship with Christ.
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I have my own
relationship with Christ.
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And He is the one that lets me
know how should I move forward.
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So another question is,
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"What do married women need?"
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A meek and quiet spirit.
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You know, married women,
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they need a husband
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who is not oppressive,
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who is not overbearing
but, like the Bible says,
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loves his wife like his own body
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and cherishes
her, and brings her...
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and nurtures her
and brings her up.
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I think they also need a man
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that's going to be
there to love them, you know.
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In marriage, a lot of
times, love is taken for granted
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because you are married,
00:20:19.55\00:20:20.88
because you guys
have committed your life,
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there is no
intention on showing that love.
00:20:22.52\00:20:26.29
And you have to
be very intentional
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about showing that love
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and understanding the
love language of your wife
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because you might be
showing love in your own way
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but you need to
show it in the way
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she receives it the best.
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Very good.
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I'd also add,
married women desperately,
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desperately need their husbands
to be the priest of the home.
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He has to be the
priest of the home,
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not he just comes in
and says, "I'm the man"
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but he really calls her
and says, "Honey, let's pray.
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Looks like you're
stressed right now."
00:20:55.42\00:20:57.39
He opens up the
Word and he says,
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"Let's read the scripture."
00:20:59.19\00:21:00.52
Says, "Let's do a
little Bible study together."
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He draws her closer
and closer to Christ
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because of who he is.
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I think too, you know,
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.46
reminded me of
the Book of Proverbs,
00:21:09.50\00:21:10.83
that infamous proverbial
woman, but with all that,
00:21:10.87\00:21:14.90
I think one verse is
towards the end where,
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.51
you know, she needs a husband
00:21:17.54\00:21:20.08
that will praise
her at the city gates,
00:21:20.11\00:21:22.64
you know, that would
be proud of who she is.
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Ephesians, you
know, she needs a husband
00:21:25.75\00:21:28.58
that's going to be able
to present her before Christ,
00:21:28.62\00:21:31.75
blameless,
spotless, without blemish,
00:21:31.79\00:21:35.32
you know, or just
purified by the blood of Christ.
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And that's where you say,
00:21:38.29\00:21:39.79
you know, the
priest of the home,
00:21:39.83\00:21:41.76
it's very critical,
you know, that a woman
00:21:41.80\00:21:43.93
has that spiritual
support system in the home
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because spiritual support system
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equates to
emotional, psychological,
00:21:49.34\00:21:52.07
you know, it's a holistic...
00:21:52.11\00:21:53.44
When you have a
spiritual support system,
00:21:53.48\00:21:54.81
it provides a holistic support
00:21:54.84\00:21:56.64
that the woman
desperately needs.
00:21:56.68\00:21:58.01
And I think, you
know, a lot of us men,
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we try our best
and we continue to try,
00:22:02.48\00:22:04.55
you know, and that's a struggle.
00:22:04.59\00:22:08.02
I think that's like, you
know, it's just key and crucial
00:22:08.06\00:22:11.49
for the man to
understand what a woman needs,
00:22:11.53\00:22:14.50
a man to understand his
role in the home as the priest,
00:22:14.53\00:22:18.13
as the one that...
00:22:18.17\00:22:20.80
A woman's
supposed to be spiritual
00:22:20.84\00:22:22.17
and have her own
relationship with Christ.
00:22:22.20\00:22:23.54
But as that
union's come together,
00:22:23.57\00:22:25.67
it's his primary
role to lead that family
00:22:25.71\00:22:28.91
to the most holy place
into the presence of Jesus.
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And it's extra,
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.05
you know, a woman who
knows she has a man like that,
00:22:33.08\00:22:35.78
she knows that if
there's anything wrong,
00:22:35.82\00:22:37.75
she can go on her
knees and pray to the Lord,
00:22:37.79\00:22:39.65
"Lord, you need to help your son
00:22:39.69\00:22:41.42
or I help him
with something else."
00:22:41.46\00:22:42.92
Fix it.
00:22:42.96\00:22:44.29
And she knows that
either later on that night
00:22:44.33\00:22:47.76
or at least that morning,
he's going to go talk to Jesus,
00:22:47.80\00:22:51.43
you know, and Jesus
is going to tell him
00:22:51.47\00:22:53.94
the things that need to
happen to keep the home safe,
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.91
and he's the
spiritual leader in the home
00:22:56.94\00:22:59.91
and the same in the church.
00:22:59.94\00:23:01.28
And men need to stand up
00:23:01.31\00:23:02.64
and start being
spiritual leaders
00:23:02.68\00:23:04.55
and guide the
church into the haven
00:23:04.58\00:23:08.48
that God is
called to lead them in.
00:23:08.52\00:23:10.29
So, so true.
00:23:10.32\00:23:11.65
And as we move
forward a little bit more,
00:23:11.69\00:23:13.59
what women need spiritually,
00:23:13.62\00:23:15.82
they need to be able
to go to God honestly
00:23:15.86\00:23:18.83
with whatever is on their heart.
00:23:18.86\00:23:21.20
Realize that you can go to God
with whatever is on your heart.
00:23:21.23\00:23:25.57
And if your
husband is acting crazy,
00:23:25.60\00:23:27.97
you can say,
"Lord, fix your child.
00:23:28.00\00:23:30.91
I've done it before."
00:23:30.94\00:23:32.27
And the next morning,
he's like, I just spoke to God
00:23:32.31\00:23:35.14
and he told me this,
00:23:35.18\00:23:36.51
and you're like,
"Thank you, Jesus.
00:23:36.54\00:23:37.88
Thank you for
fixing your child."
00:23:37.91\00:23:39.75
But honestly, on a serious note,
00:23:39.78\00:23:41.75
you can go to God with
whatever is bothering you.
00:23:41.78\00:23:45.35
And women need to
understand that spiritually,
00:23:45.39\00:23:48.82
and they also need renewal
00:23:48.86\00:23:50.43
because we go
through so much crazy things
00:23:50.46\00:23:52.23
throughout the
course of the day,
00:23:52.26\00:23:53.60
even as a single woman,
00:23:53.63\00:23:54.96
as a married woman, as a mother,
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.33
you go through so
many different things.
00:23:56.36\00:23:59.03
And spiritually,
you want that renewal,
00:23:59.07\00:24:01.74
you want to be
able to read the Bible
00:24:01.77\00:24:04.77
and feel
refreshed that you can be
00:24:04.81\00:24:06.17
able to just push
forward just a little bit more.
00:24:06.21\00:24:08.54
Amen. Little bit more.
00:24:08.58\00:24:10.48
If I can say one thing
about women going to God
00:24:10.51\00:24:13.35
and baring all, a lot of times
00:24:13.38\00:24:15.62
and especially in a
lot of movies in society,
00:24:15.65\00:24:18.02
I think women are taught
00:24:18.05\00:24:19.39
that they're supposed to
unburden all their problems to,
00:24:19.42\00:24:22.39
you know, maybe
another woman or vent
00:24:22.42\00:24:25.19
or, you know, get it out,
speaking to somebody that way,
00:24:25.23\00:24:28.00
but their problem
really doesn't get solved.
00:24:28.03\00:24:30.40
But when they go to Jesus,
it's always a transaction.
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You give him the burdens,
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He gives you
the peace, you know.
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You give Him your sin,
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He gives you your righteousness.
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And that renewal
you were talking about,
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that they can find
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and know that they have a
best friend in Jesus as well.
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Good, good, good.
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So to focus in a little bit
on the different types of women,
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in my mind,
there's three main types.
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You have a mother,
you have a married woman,
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and you have a single woman.
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And for each one, let's go...
Let's start first with mother.
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What is a mother's
role? Most important role.
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Go ahead, go ahead. I
know you got something.
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The most
important role as a mother,
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like I said before,
is to train up a child,
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you know, train up her
child for a higher being like,
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you know, to, like I
said, get fit for the kingdom.
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That is the mother's role,
to teach and love her children.
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And, you know,
to... You know, to...
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Basically, she
has precious moments,
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you know, she needs to know
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and know that it's a
privilege to even be a mother,
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you know, that
it's a gift from God,
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that God gave her
something that is so important
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and treasured to
Him, that He gave it to us
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to do what we're supposed to do,
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what He called mothers to do.
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And I think another role of
mothers is to raise warriors.
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You know, behind
every great man in the Bible
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and behind every
great man currently,
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there was a mother
that was there to raise him.
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Moses did not raise himself.
Elijah did not raise himself.
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Jesus did not raise Himself.
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You had a woman there
who was willing to sacrifice
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and to give her
time and to give her love
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and to give her energy
to invest in a warrior.
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And I think that's such a
high calling that women have.
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And also, as mothers,
they need to feel validated.
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And as I go into a wife,
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her role is to be
her husband's equal,
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to respect him, and in return,
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her husband needs to
show her appreciation,
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to care for her,
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and to let her
know that everything
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that she does throughout
the day is not in vain.
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And as a single woman,
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she needs to be focused
on her relationship with God
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in that in being able to do
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whatever it is that God
has placed on her heart,
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she has that more freedom
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to be able to
probably go down the street
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and help with the homeless.
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She has that freedom
because she doesn't have a child
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holding on her leg
or anything like that.
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And there are so many
things that women do need,
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but we're running out of time.
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And in a nutshell, I
would say, 1 Peter 3:3-4.
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"Do not let your
adorning be external,
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the braiding of hair
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and the putting
on of gold jewelry
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or the clothing you wear,
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but let your adorning be
the hidden person of the heart,
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with the imperishable beauty
of a gentle and quiet spirit
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which in God's
sight is very precious."
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What women need isn't
external, it's internal.
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And what they need
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is not based on what
they're doing but their being.
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Please remember
to make pure choices.
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