Hi! Welcome to Teen
Pathways. I'm Reggie Dupard,
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and today we have
another very interesting topic,
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I believe.
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Today we are going to deal
with, hopefully by God's grace,
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we are going to
discuss, the issues of
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being a part of the world,
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and how part of the
world being in this world
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we are I guess led to
dress and to feel insecure
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about who we are and
what we should be focused on
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is what Jesus wants us
to be, and to be thankful,
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for how God has made us.
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We have some
interesting individuals here
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some young people who are going
to give us their perspective,
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and they are
going to share how God
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had led them to be the
kind of individuals that
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God wants us to be
today in this world,
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'cause we are not of the world,
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but we have to live in
this world and not succumbing
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to the pressures of the world.
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But before we began I
just like everyone to introduce
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themselves, and I would like
to begin with my left, James!
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Hello, my name is James
Black I am from Dallas, Texas
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and one of my goals in life
is to help others to see God
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be saved myself.
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Amen.
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Hi, I am LaChanda Dupard I am
the help meet of brother Dupard,
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and I am here because I
want to win souls for the Lord,
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and just being
with the young people.
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Hi, I'm Ashley Rachie,
I attend Dallas Academy,
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and I'm from Dallas, Texas.
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Hi my name is Claudette Prieto,
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and I go to South
Western Adventist University,
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and I am a Theology major
and I like to work with youth.
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Hello, my name is Rachel
Black, I live in Dallas, Texas
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my goals in life are to
go to heaven and see God.
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Hi, my name is Esther Alonso,
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and I'm from
Riverside California,
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my goal is to work with
youth, and wake us all up.
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And again I'm Reggie Dupard,
I believe it's an interesting
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topic and we've been
very prayerful an discussing
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this topic, because
as I attended school,
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I am a psychology
major, and even in the church,
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we find that sometimes we
want to conform with the things
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of the world. When
you look at magazines,
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the world tells us that a female
needs to be a certain size,
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and if she is not,
she is not accepted.
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Our hair color needs to be
a certain way, our hair style
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and all these things, I
believe, it is a side track,
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the bottom line, issue is:
Who are you in Jesus Christ?
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I don't believe everyone suppose
to be 5 foot 10, and 100 pounds.
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or something like that,
that was just an exaggeration.
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Actually it is not
exaggeration at all,
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regardless if you have a
subscription to any type of
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cosmopolitan
magazines, or whatever,
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you still see the billboards
everywhere, and they portray
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women, tall and slim, with
this certain type of hair style,
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and they have this image
of how we're suppose to look,
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- By the way I just
want to cut you off,
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my wife is
expressing herself today,
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Amen!
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She has a new hairstyle today
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I do have a new hair
style, because I am happy,
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it's actually
not a new hairstyle,
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it's probably a new
hairstyle for the 3ABN viewers,
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but in my everyday
life, this is who I am,
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Amen!
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and I guess this is one
of the reasons why we chose,
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to talk last night
while we were sitting around,
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and we were saying: If you
are not happy with who you are,
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than how in the world
are you going to ever be able
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to do anything, how are you
going to be able to go to class,
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and to be confident with
who you are, and God wants us
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to have confidence, and I am not
talking about a self confidence,
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where you feel
proud and boastful,
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I mean God talks
about virtuous woman,
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and I believe that a virtuous
woman is one who is confident
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with who she is. Who believes
that the way God made us is OK.
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God made me with extra
curly hair, OK, that's fine
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I'm happy with
that, I accept that.
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Unless we come to a
point where we don't want
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to just go out there
and looking like the world.
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I could be messed up, and
I have people that I know,
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even in my life,
it is just so much...
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every time they turn
some magazine, and look at
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that billboard they want
to be like that individual.
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I had an interesting
experience, I was in school,
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of course I told you
before I am a psychology major,
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they did a program
on anorexia and bulimia,
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they had these young girls
that were getting victory over
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the problem. They
weren't Christians,
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but they went to counseling,
they were having problems,
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as a man and being
new to that experience,
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I found it hard to
believe, but one girl,
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she said she
became anorexic because,
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before she left to
college her boyfriend told her:
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Don't go to
college, and come back fat,
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because that's what
happens to most freshmen
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when they attend college.
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That's true!
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That had an effect on her life.
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Now, if we love God, and we
have a relationship with God,
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- we should put God where
God wants us to be, that's how
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it would be in a perfect world -
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As human beings, when
people tell us something,
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we want them to say nice things,
and I believe that has an effect
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on young girls, and young boys,
but particularly we are dealing
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with the girls.
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Particularly, we deal with young
people on a real large scale,
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that is one of the main
things that young people
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are dealing with.
Anorexic and Bulimia,
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so many I've met since
the Lord has brought us
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into this message,
that actually saying:
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I have a problem!
I don't want to eat,
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because I don't want to get fat,
I don't want to gain weight,
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I don't want to look like this,
I don't want to look like that.
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You are saying the reason,
that they are looking at the
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magazines and at the billboard,
that's just one of the reasons,
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One of the few
reasons like he mentioned,
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like this girl's
boyfriend that did not want her
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to gain weight, I think the
first thing we need to do is
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realize that Christ
accepts us just the way we are,
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Amen.
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He made us special, that is what
is happening to a lot of us,
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we are forgetting that, and we
want to be accepted by the world
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but we forget that God
has already accepted us.
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Many-many years ago when Christ
died on the cross He said:
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I love you just the way you are,
I think it is very important.
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I have a lot of friends and even
family, who are going through
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Anorexia, and they are
going through this mentality,
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that is just like: I've
got to look like the CK models,
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I've got to be really
thin, that is not the point.
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Well, maybe you want to be thin
because you want to be healthier
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or because you want to be
accepted like the whole world
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thinks that you "look" good.
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Amen. That's a good point!
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A lot of those models are not
happy, think about if you watch
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some of the specials
that they have on TV,
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A lot of those women, and
some guys aren't even happy with
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who they are and whatever, I
mean if you take away the wig,
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and take away the
contact, no seriously though,
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That's right! I agree!
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the grey hair,
wrinkles, you know what I mean?
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It's not real!
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I think you're not happy because
you're always struggling with it
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it's a battle inside of you,
you are going against what your
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body wants, and your body needs
and you are always trying to...
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I need to loose weight, or
whatever is it, look like this,
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you are totally out of
focus, and that affects
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your relationship with Christ.
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Amen!
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I really believe what you
are saying, at the same time
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I believe that God
wants us to be healthy,
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we need to get our
exercise, you may have people
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that they are vegetarians,
they don't eat any meat,
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but they don't get any exercise,
so we need to balance our lives,
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and our relationship with God.
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Not everybody is
going to be 110 Ibs.
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You can do all you can, exercise
and then do what you can,
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and the rest is up to
God, because He made us.
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He made us, He did not
make us all to be a 110 Lbs,
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and my mother,
she... take her for example.
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She is a big boned woman,
she was not made to be 110 Lbs,
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she was made to actually
literary to be a big woman.
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If we accept
ourselves the way God made us,
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and not try to
enhance our bodies,
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or make it changed in some way,
that other people will except us
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and know that we are acceptable
in God's sight because He really
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is the only one that matters,
other than our spouses...
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on occasion you can't go too far
to an extreme with that either,
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because if you are constantly
trying to satisfy and please
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other people, than you
are not happy with that.
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You have to be
happy with who you are,
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once you are happy with who
you are, than God is with you,
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and you have that
personal relationship,
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the sky is the limit.
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Amen!
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The sky is the limit,
you can go wherever you want.
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You had a remark
you wanted to make?
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Well I have a remark
to the anorexia part.
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When you're
anorexic, your body changes,
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when you aren't eating, you
condition yourself to not eating
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so when you try to eat
again than that turns to fat
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on your body it wouldn't
matter. What's the purpose
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of being anorexic,
when you try to eat again,
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you will get bigger than
you were in the first place!
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I found out that this thing
is a very psychological thing.
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Some of the people
well they even realize,
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that in that way it is
difficult in that state of mind,
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it is just difficult, I
believe, only through Christ,
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the Bible says, we can do
all things through Christ,
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if anyone that's out
there that has experienced that,
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the first thing you
need to do, is go to Jesus.
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And when you go to Him and
you will put the individual
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in your life, and He will
lead you, how to get to a proper
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treatment, because it
is not a healthy lifestyle.
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This is an illness, that people
are dealing and suffering with.
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Once you admit
that and understand it,
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than you can go for
help with the problem.
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I think that the
point of this discussion is:
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Just be happy with who you are!
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We discussed with Chanda, she is
very pleased with who she is...
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I have a very confident wife,
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You know: I like who I am, I
like this hair that God gave me.
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I keep talking about
the hair thing, because
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the world says that we look
so much better with strait hair.
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In our culture, a lot
of women in our culture,
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I am not speaking for everybody,
but many women in our culture,
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who want to straighten
their hair, or ant hair.
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so that their hair would
look straight, but I am saying,
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we can be happy with who we are,
let's just accept ourselves,
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the way God made us,
we can work with that.
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I'm like this if the world tells
me that I have to be this way,
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I am going the opposite way,
you are not the one to tell me
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how I'm suppose to look.
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There's lots of people out
there who don't feel that way.
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I think she is
just keeping natural,
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as far as I think,
that makeup, and everything,
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because me, myself, I
love the natural girl.
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And that is how God made us,
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and this is Biblical
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- it should be plain -
let's put it like this:
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if a guy is looking for a
helpmeet, or someone to marry,
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he's not going to look for the
most glamorous girl in school.
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He's gonna look for a girl with
a long skirt, the girl who is
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just plain and respectful,
that's what he's looking for,
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right?
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That's what they
look for to marry,
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but guys also want
to date the other ones.
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Well that's why I
wish not to marry them!
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That's why they
have different reason,
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If you carry
yourself in in a modest way,
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than the guys will
respect you a different way.
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And they don't see
you like the other type.
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I understand the way
James and Rachel are saying,
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I like my wife just
the way God made her.
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She don't have
to wear any makeup,
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but she needs to comb
her hair, brush her teeth,
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and all those things, but I
like her the way God made her,
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I don't need her skirt to
be climbing up I like it long
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enough, because everything
is between her, me and the Lord.
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But sometimes young ladies think
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that they have to
look a certain way,
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but God wants,
the guys and myself,
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I couldn't love my wife until
she became a spiritual woman.
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When she became a Christian
woman, and I saw Jesus in her,
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then I was able to
fall in love with her
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because, when she has
Jesus, I have to respect God.
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I'm not going to disrespect
Christ, while Christ is in her!
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No matter how worldly
I was when we met Amen?
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Amen! Amen!
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...but that's what drew me!
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Jesus drew me!
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There are all kinds of different
women out there in the world,
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I think that girls, or young
ladies need to keep in mind,
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that they need to be
Christian women, first.
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I understand I've not
been always been this way.
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I've gone through all
that, insecurity and all that,
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It wasn't until I had a personal
relationship with the Lord.
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Actually having that
foundation set with the Lord,
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that I was able
to express myself,
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to accept the way my
Lord made me, and accept me,
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the way God made me, and
in Isaiah 3:16, it speaks
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specifically of that it says
"Moreover the Lord" Isaiah 3:16
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Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty,
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and walk with
stretched forth neck,
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and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go,
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and tinkling with their
feet " this is describing
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a woman who is trying to
draw attention to herself.
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What kind of woman is that?
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She is almost like a harlot,
she's trying to get attention,
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so she can have
all these type of men,
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that she wants. She walks
with wanton eyes and everything.
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- ... but they cannot have
Jesus and be very glamorous,
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dress like this, and...
Who are you trying to show off?
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Well we have some women
in the church as well...
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Oh... Brother
James, you went deep!
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It is very true, where
they stand and seek now,
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I can't judge
now, but I do see that.
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I've been there, done that,
and I know what you are saying.
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That's a symptom...
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It says who you are, Exactly!
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And this a symptom of
insecurity when you dress,
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and you wear certain things,
just to look like the world,
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That's a symptom of the problem,
that is really not the problem!
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It shows that you don't
have that personal relationship,
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that you should!
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I'll get you all's opinion,
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As a father I
have little babies,
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and I don't have the
pressures of my daughter,
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wanting to do that,
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to dress a certain way, but
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I can't help but think that,
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if you are the man of the house,
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and you are led by
God, and God is leading you,
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I believe that it is
the fathers responsibility,
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there's a home with two parents,
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and the big brothers, and
the big brothers responsibility,
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Oh yeah, the big brothers'
to a extent. That's right!
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As long as he is
following God, Amen? Amen!
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You have your sister Rachel
and you tell her how to dress,
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Well... I won't
tell her how to dress,
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I don't like to
tell her how to dress,
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I just make sure when my sister
goes out, that she looks decent,
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because I know how
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I might look at
another woman, right?
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or a girl, that's what I meant!
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That's right!
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When I walk out and I
see a lady that is dressed
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that her skirt is high,
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sleeves have, you
know, cleavage on it?
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That's not good!
That's not modest!
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That's not Christian, so when
my sister goes out she can look,
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I don't want to say
"sexy" or anything like that,
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because that is not the
right word, but more like nice!
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Just nice! She looks nice...
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Like she looks now, very nice!
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Ok! So let's go
back to the telling part!
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When you tell a
person something,
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you demand something,
they don't respect you.
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That's a good
point! They look at it:
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Well he tells me
this, but I do what I want!
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No seriously,
that's the way I feel!
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But if you come and say:
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Rachel that doesn't look right,
I don't think you look modest!
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Than I would respect, and
wouldn't go behind your back,
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and do something else!
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That's how I am!
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So even as a father
you shouldn't talk to your
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children like:
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Can I use Ashley as the example?
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Ashley, I don't like what you
are wearing, go take it off now!
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You have to tell in love,
you have to show, what God says!
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Take them to the WORD!
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That's what
convicts us of what we are,
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because when your
parents are not around,
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what are you going to do
if you are not convicted?
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I would like to add
to that conviction part.
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I didn't always
grow up in the church,
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I wore different things, like:
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adornments, and
people were telling me:
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No, you are not
to wear those things!
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I never really
paid attention to them,
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and I slowly was able
letting go of a lot of things,
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on my own, because I
felt convicted of it!
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Because I fell in
love with Him, my Savior,
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and once you love
somebody, you start
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leaving those things
because you want to please Him!
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I imagine that it is the
same thing, with marriage!
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You are doing things
for each other, because
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you love each other, and
that's the way it is with God,
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I love Him, and if He
wants me to be modest,
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and I'm sure if He says
that it is for some reason!
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A modest woman keeps
herself out of a lot of trouble.
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That's right, and that is the
whole line of the virtuous woman
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and all that boils down to:
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If you keep yourself founded,
rooted in the Word of God,
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You can't go wrong!
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There were some thing's that
Reggie and I didn't agree on,
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he has told me in love,
and I accepted that and said:
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OK, honey I understand
that you would not like this,
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it could be a color of
something that I'm wearing!
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The point is how
you talk to somebody!
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Especially in a relationship,
you have to be extra careful,
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because the person can
easily rebel, they feel like
00:18:13.15\00:18:15.69
somebody is trying
to tell them what to do.
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Reggie's voiced
many things to me,
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and being a
humble, submissive wife...
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But we are still
working on that, by God's grace!
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But, lets see
what God has to say:
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It says in 1 Corinthians 2:14.
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"But the natural man
receiveth not the things,
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of the Spirit of God:
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for they are foolishness unto
him: neither can he know them,
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because they are
spiritually discerned. "
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So when we have a certain dress,
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God will show us,
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if we are spiritual, He would
tell us what we need to know.
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but in 15 of chapter 2,
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"But he that is
spiritual judgeth all things,
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yet he himself is
judged of no man. "
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It doesn't matter
what a man or a woman says,
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"For who hath known
the mind of the Lord,
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that he may instruct him? But we
have the mind of Jesus Christ. "
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At some point, young people,
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when your
parents are not around,
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you need to be convicted by God!
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And your parents are
not gonna always be there.
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And even in my life,
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I need to have a
relationship with God,
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that's the only way that
we can be submissive wives.
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Husbands that don't do things
that we're not supposed to do,
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faithful husbands,
Amen? Is because Jesus Christ,
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in His power gives us strength,
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to overcome, you can't
watch a husband 24 hours,
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you can't watch
your child 24 hours,
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you have to pray for them.
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And back to the dress issue,
we are not picking on the women,
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but what about us fellows!
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All right! Good!
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Some guys... their
pants are hanging half way...
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That's the new way of the world.
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Thank you James, we don't have
a lot of time to discuss this,
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but you young
guys, my wife knows this,
00:19:58.41\00:20:01.43
I hate it when I see
young men, pants so big,
00:20:01.46\00:20:05.16
no belt, it's
falling off of them...
00:20:05.19\00:20:07.12
That Sag look!
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But do you know
where it started from?
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That started from the jails,
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they didn't have belts, so...
00:20:14.04\00:20:16.54
it sagged, and
society picked up on it,
00:20:16.57\00:20:20.08
and it started from there.
And they think it look's good.
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If you are trying
to tell them something,
00:20:22.78\00:20:24.62
they won't listen!
00:20:24.65\00:20:26.27
Because they think it's cool!
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And you know people wear
different ear rings and jewelry.
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I always ask myself:
00:20:32.94\00:20:35.43
If I am going to do
something, why am I doing it.
00:20:35.48\00:20:37.88
If you are going
to wear ear ring,
00:20:37.91\00:20:39.61
if you are going to
wear your pants baggy,
00:20:39.64\00:20:41.84
why are you doing it, because
Bob down the street does it?
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Or you are doing it
because God wants you to do it.
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Influence has a
lot to do with it!
00:20:47.96\00:20:50.09
Peer pressure,
exactly, because my friends,
00:20:50.12\00:20:53.05
my buddies are doing
it, and I want to do it.
00:20:53.08\00:20:55.42
They don't want to be a
leader, they want to follow.
00:20:55.45\00:20:58.36
But James, you are a young male,
00:20:58.39\00:21:00.74
and of course the young guys are
wearing their pants like that.
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Could you please
tell me why they do that?
00:21:04.18\00:21:06.53
I don't know why
they are doing that!
00:21:06.56\00:21:09.29
They are probably doing
it because they like it,
00:21:09.32\00:21:11.30
or because this is the
style, or I don't know!
00:21:11.33\00:21:15.22
I don't like if my pants
are hanging off of my torso
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I don't dress like that,
00:21:20.63\00:21:21.93
just a little baggy, or
what ever you call it...
00:21:21.96\00:21:25.32
my belt is at my
waist, my belt is tight.
00:21:25.35\00:21:27.77
I look decent, I look nice!
00:21:27.80\00:21:29.83
I think I know why
you are not doing that...
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I know your father
wouldn't allow that!
00:21:32.45\00:21:34.62
And because I choose not to...
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Because when my
father is not with me,
00:21:36.99\00:21:39.48
I'm on my own!
00:21:39.51\00:21:40.73
That's true!
They trained you well!
00:21:40.76\00:21:42.68
That's right brother
Dupard, his got a good point!
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There's a verse in Proverbs 22:6
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"Train up a child in
the way he should go:
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and when he is old, he
will not depart from it!"
00:21:50.51\00:21:54.28
And even if a child
do stray a little bit,
00:21:54.31\00:21:56.84
I've found that they
always come back to Jesus,
00:21:56.87\00:21:59.86
you have to lay down
the principles in the house.
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We don't have a lot of time.
00:22:02.46\00:22:04.15
We need to do what
God is asking us to do.
00:22:04.18\00:22:06.28
Unfortunately if we would
live in a "perfect world",
00:22:06.31\00:22:11.14
if we'd live in a perfect world,
00:22:11.17\00:22:13.15
it wouldn't be like this.
00:22:13.18\00:22:14.40
People judge the way you look!
00:22:14.43\00:22:16.23
When you are dressed like that,
and you are looking for a job,
00:22:16.26\00:22:19.29
or you are trying to
take care of a business,
00:22:19.32\00:22:21.62
people automatically
look at you and say:
00:22:21.65\00:22:23.71
that's right they stereotype
you, in a certain profile.
00:22:23.74\00:22:27.62
Especially for
African Americans.
00:22:27.65\00:22:29.92
in some situations like:
00:22:29.95\00:22:31.58
James was just
sharing a experience,
00:22:31.61\00:22:33.39
that happened to him,
when he walked into the store,
00:22:33.42\00:22:35.92
won't say the
name of the store, but
00:22:35.95\00:22:37.77
the store you walked
into, would you share that?
00:22:37.80\00:22:40.12
I walked into the store
to get a job, try to work,
00:22:40.15\00:22:42.56
get some money in my pocket.
00:22:42.59\00:22:44.33
I was dressed decent.
00:22:44.36\00:22:46.32
Soon as I walked into the store:
00:22:46.35\00:22:47.95
"All cameras on, cameras on,
00:22:47.98\00:22:50.70
security, security!"
00:22:50.73\00:22:52.97
And now it was like, OK...
00:22:53.02\00:22:55.47
I'm coming here to get a job,
00:22:55.50\00:22:56.96
as soon as I walk in, you
guys are calling the security,
00:22:56.99\00:22:59.63
talking about the camera's on,
now my whole attitude is changed
00:22:59.66\00:23:02.75
I'm upset now...
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.58
That's how it is...
00:23:04.61\00:23:06.08
It can discourage you.
00:23:06.11\00:23:07.65
I think we need to
pray, because a lot of us, and
00:23:07.68\00:23:10.92
this is stereotype, and that's
just the way of the world.
00:23:10.95\00:23:15.14
Don't let them get you down,
00:23:15.17\00:23:17.11
That's when God
comes in! Keep moving!
00:23:17.14\00:23:19.42
And that's when you need a
personal relationship with God.
00:23:19.45\00:23:22.12
God will give us the
strength to overcome any trial,
00:23:22.15\00:23:24.77
and tribulation that we are
going to live in these days.
00:23:24.80\00:23:27.63
I just want to
add, on behalf of...
00:23:27.66\00:23:30.72
I would like to
include myself and those of us,
00:23:30.75\00:23:34.70
where times are,
00:23:34.73\00:23:36.99
fearful of how we look
and will try to do things,
00:23:37.04\00:23:41.35
I still believe that the
Holy Spirit can work on anyone,
00:23:41.38\00:23:44.40
and through
anyone, and I believe that,
00:23:44.43\00:23:46.66
taking that approach,
00:23:46.69\00:23:48.52
We can include youth
in our church, without
00:23:48.55\00:23:52.99
pushing them away and
making they feel like:
00:23:53.02\00:23:54.98
You are not dressed
properly to come to our worship.
00:23:55.01\00:23:59.72
I would like to say that,
00:23:59.75\00:24:01.08
We might not see it in us,
but God sees our potential.
00:24:01.11\00:24:04.61
And in our own time,
He is going to work in us,
00:24:04.64\00:24:08.38
to make the changes that
we need, that is where we need
00:24:08.41\00:24:11.90
to encourage each other.
00:24:11.93\00:24:13.54
Youth through compliments
00:24:13.57\00:24:16.38
let them know what
their potentials are,
00:24:16.43\00:24:18.57
God will take care
of those little details.
00:24:18.60\00:24:20.93
Amen!
00:24:20.96\00:24:21.93
That's just what happened to me,
00:24:21.98\00:24:26.09
I didn't care
what the people said,
00:24:26.14\00:24:27.96
I wasn't going to do
it because they said that,
00:24:27.99\00:24:30.05
But I was welcome
in the church family,
00:24:30.08\00:24:33.45
they welcomed me just
the way I was, and God worked
00:24:33.48\00:24:35.91
in His own timing.
00:24:35.94\00:24:37.52
and going back
through all those things,
00:24:37.55\00:24:40.15
we need to remember that God
accepted us, just how we are.
00:24:40.18\00:24:43.73
He will work
with our insecurities,
00:24:43.76\00:24:46.31
with whatever that
needs to be changed,
00:24:46.34\00:24:48.38
He will always do that.
00:24:48.41\00:24:49.95
It is important for us to
have that relationship with Him.
00:24:49.98\00:24:52.38
so we allow Him to do that.
00:24:52.41\00:24:53.86
Esther, everything is
clear what you are saying
00:24:53.89\00:24:56.87
as Esther and Claudette said it,
00:24:56.90\00:24:59.60
if you see a young person, maybe
they've got gold teeth in the
00:24:59.63\00:25:05.38
mouth or their pants
are hanging off of them,
00:25:05.41\00:25:07.57
the spirit we go to
them is very important...
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I had it happen to me,
it's hard to hurt my feelings
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but I've had people
say and hurt my feelings:
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your child should not
wear that thing... or whatever,
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or she should cover her
arms, things like that...
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And they mean well...
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But I believe that it's the
spirit, that James need to go
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to her sister and tell her that
she shouldn't wear that outfit.
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And I think that's what draws
people when they see Jesus,
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Jesus always met
people where they are,
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He was truthful now,
but He told them with love!
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In my experience, I wore
all that when I was even with,
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when I began to be witnessed
to in the Adventist church,
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I was Jezebel!
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There is nothing
about it I was up there,
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When I went to those people,
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they only
showed me Jesus Christ,
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they never once told me,
you can't wear this, or that
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you can't wear that
red lipstick, take off your
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ear ring's can't wear them going
to church, and it was because,
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of them showing me Christ,
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and the Holy Spirit began
to take off those thing's.
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I wasn't focusing on
taking these things off first,
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before I went to Jesus.
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If you go to Jesus
He cleanses you off...
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He does all the washing!
We are not doing the washing.
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We leave all
that to Jesus Christ.
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That's the beauty
of the word of God!
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The Bible teaches us,
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once we had that light,
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It says to him that knoweth
to do good, and doeth not
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to him is sin. Once
we find out the truth,
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and we continue to walk in it,
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I think there the danger
comes in, at the same time
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I think what we all
are trying to say that,
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we know that young people
are going through insecurities,
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some challenges,
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if we have a church that
can come together with love,
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we'll be able to bring them
in, in the right perspective,
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and give them Jesus!
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I believe that is
what we need to do, Amen?
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Because it is only the
potential that He sees in us,
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that is going to get
us through every stage,
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that we go through.
That's what's awesome!
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Praise God! Aunt LaChanda
turned her life around we've got
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a lot more work to do. Amen!
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Thanks Rachel, thank you...
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We all have things in our
lives that we are trying to...
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Ask God to...
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I guess, let God cleanse
our lives and by God's grace,
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we continue to strive in Christ
and continue to do His will.
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We may fall short
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but we can rely on that
Jesus died on the cross,
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that we may have
life, because of His death,
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it doesn't matter what you do,
young people and older people,
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if you trust in God,
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He will never leave
you, nor forsake you!
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