The Most Poisonous Thing A Woman Can Do
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I recently saw something that said “when work is an idol, rest feels like a sin” and that hit me. We don’t have to grind ourselves into the ground.
Hhmm interesting because I actually feel the lord has been calling me to rest. Yesterday he literally told me to pick up an old Christian motherhood book that has been sitting on my cupboard for 6 months. I started reading and my entire soul felt peace, calm, rested and nurtured. My husband even noticed it. He said who is this new woman? You seem less stressed. It was true. I was actually allowing myself to rest, to nurture my feminine side instead of always being productive and busy which is masculine. He is teaching me to be softer, more present with my children, not always doing “jobs” tasks and keeping busy. It was causing me to feel stressed in my spirit which led to overwhelm, anger, questioning my experiences and my skills as a mother. I think the enemy can trick us into thinking we need to keep busy and productive as well.
absolutely it’s not 1 size fits all!
Oh yes! And actually the worlds mindset is about work work work as much as you can. Our world is so busy! And GOD is the one who calls the human to rest! And it’s in SILENCE where we really can meet God. Where we build relationship with him („Be still and know that I am God“). When we rest… it’s sooooo important! And it was Jesus that told Martha to SIT DOWN. He praised Maria who was just sitting down and „being lazy“ (in Martha’s eyes).
Thank you for sharing this ❤
Reading this just made me go WOW! First I love that your husband noticed a change in you, I bet it has been an encouragement to him so praise God! Such a great reminder that the Lord calls us to also rest. Second, isn’t it so awesome how the Lord is working in all of us differently? I truly see how we are all fearfully and wonderfully made! ❤😊
I completely agree with this! I find my husband really enjoys when I’m happy and rested even when the house isn’t 100%.
I’d love a video from you & Jordan on HOW you discipline / parent toddlers! I feel like so many of us could use that biblical advice and how to actually apply it day to day.
It’s ok to practice self care on a regular basis. It’s important to do things that fill your cup like having hobbies outside of homemaking, mothering, pouring into your intimate partner relationship, and reading your Bible. Those can totally be a part of your self care as well but it’s important for you to take care of yourself and do things for you (others can benefit for sure but it still fills your cup doing it). This could be gardening, making bread, baking, horseback riding, knitting, pottery, reading books, working out, walking, dinner with friends, journaling, doodling, scrapbooking, puzzles, listening to podcasts, watching RUclips, etc. There’s a healthy balance.
She says that those things like knitting, baking, etc. weren’t included in idling. I don’t think she is talking about never taking care of yourself. It’s more like we are wasting so much time that we are unaware of. At least that’s what I got out of it.
She's not saying self care is bad😊 there is a difference between doing your hobbies and idling/wasting away your time🤍
Can you show me a Scripture that encourages us to do self care? I'm genuinely asking, because I have started to wonder if it is a secular idea that we as Christians accept much to readily...
@@abigailburt7446” You shall love you neighbor as yourself”Leviticus 19:18
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's". This verse is saying our body are gifts of God and we should take care of them.
I think for me it’s opposite right now, I feel like I’m almost addicted to productivity and since I’m a mom I focus a lot on household tasks getting done and often my toddler has to be patient waiting for me to be done cleaning or whatever and I think I neglect her too much for the sake of that dopamine rush of ticking something of the to do list
This 👆I feel the same exact way and I cry to my husband at night feeling like I’m in a constant battle between choosing to care for my child or home and praying that I can find a balance for both. I also know this is a common feeling for moms 😢
I can relate 💯 to this!!!!
I feel this. i’ve been so attached to the need to be productive and scheduled. and im just 8 weeks PP! Praying the Lord will show me how to rest in this season.
I've been praying for discernment between true tiredness and needing rest, or the discouragement of satan and giving in to laziness and thoughts of "I can't do it".
I’m so glad I watched until the end! Not gonna lie… my face was like 🤨 for the first chunk. I was thinking “hmmm this might be the first time I’ve really disagreed with Milena here😂”. BUT I KEPT LISTENING and thank you for making the distinction between IDLE and REST. There is a difference and we should have rest! There is space for us to rest and that is not a sin! Thank you for this message, sister! I’ve been recently really wanting to get into hobbies that I find joy in! One of them is simply coloring, so I was doing a coloring sheet while listening to this video! I also want to crochet more and create more RUclips videos🫶🏽I find rest in these things without being idle!
YES! I loved her little clue at the beginning: “when we use our downtime to escape from reality, we’ve become idle.” Such a great reminder on the distinction.
YES! I think some people took this video the wrong way or maybe didn’t fully listen all the way.
I feel confused (overthinker problem lol)…. How can I really determine my rest from my idle if my rest sounds like someone else’s idle?! I guess I’m too new a believer to ‘hear’ much guidance from God (like do I not know how to recognize Him)?? My brain questions everything and I am always exhausted. But sometimes sitting still with coffee or RUclips videos feels great and others it feels guilty like any Second I’m not engaged with my kid (even if it’s to clean) I feel like not a good enough mom not teaching her enough etc
I’ve used your code for better help, I literally just got done with therapy session - been seeing this therapist for 5 months! Thank you!
I love how I can click on your videos and know I'm either about to receive a much needed conviction and/or a much needed encouragement or exhortation, said with grace and without condemnation Thanks for being intentional to seek to challenge your audience to grow in Christ, and thanks for being intentional with your tone and heart posture in sharing it. Your videos have helped make hearing and receiving correction a safer experience for me🩷
I love this video, and love that you mentioned “rest” and “idling” are two completely different things. Very good point to be made! Great video and message!!!!! 🤍
So important to make that distinction known.. I think a lot of people in the comments were getting those to things mixed up.. but we definitely need to rightly divide the Word and let it teach us
I literally had this conversation with my husband yesterday because I feel I have been idling and becoming lazy and I want to thank you for this video...I was offended at first when I realized I was being lazy but after some reflection I realized that I need to start becoming less lazy, I truly believe God has been telling me this too. Thank you again for the video! 😊
Girl it's 10pm and i've been relaxing all night, started doing dishes after this vid haha
I wanted to share something and I’m going to quote this poorly, but something was said about how Satan knows that God‘s followers aren’t going to commit any major sins, so he tempts them to not do anything at all through laziness.
There was also a comment where someone mentioned being guided to rest more. And I think there’s an even balance in our life, and that it is important to look at how we rest. We should not be so busy that we do not take time to rest, and we should not be so lazy that we do not follow God’s commandments of sacrifice, service, etc..
Christ spent his days in the service of the Lord, but he also took time to rest.
Thank you so much for sharing! I love how boldly you come out and share God’s word.
Very well said. ❤
Your words speak such life Milena, I feel the Lord is working through you right now to have me and I’m sure others too hear this. I have spent this week focusing on using my time wisely doing things I will thank myself for later in the day or a week even months from now, being more present with my children and fostering their relationship. I’ve found such joy in replacing late night scrolling with a new hobby and I’m so thankful to have felt this push from God to do more with my time. This is a video I will come back to watch again, thank you so much
I love how you always point to the bible . It's like having that Titus 2 woman that is showing me how to deal with things in life in a practical way. I really appreciate what you do . The only thing that I don't understand is the fact that you aren't wearing a head covering that is also biblical . May the Lord bless you and your family ! With love , Adina ❤️
This was so thought provoking. So many of us are wasting our lives away, looking at a phone screen. It’s time we can’t get back. This has motivated me to make some changes.
This was so good!! I feel like too much of our time can be wasted away by scrolling or watching tv and not living up to God's potential for us
The fact that I have been feeling conviction from idling hands here lately…. Shew sister!!! Needed this video. God is good.
Hi Milena! I was about 3 minutes into your video when I paused it and just began cleaning the bedroom I had been having on my heart and mind to clean up, I knew that it was something God had been wanting me to tend to sooner rather than later, your video helped make that clear to me pretty instantly. I don’t know if I would have tended to the room to the same capacity and detail I did tonight had I not come across this video. All I know is I have a clean room to enjoy myself in tonight and everyone knows how good of a feeling that is 😂 God is using you so incredibly and I pray that He continue to equip you with His wisdom and power to fulfill His will!!! Women of God are meant to help empower, be an example, and inspire other women of God and women everywhere - in small and big ways - it makes me so happy to see sisters in faith sharing the gospel and love 🩷 God is so good and He cares about the details, He doesn’t want us to waste time on foolishness or trying to numb ourselves. He gives rest and He also allows for ambitions and responsibilities 🙏
I would absolutely LOVE it if you could make the audios of your latest videos into podcast episodes so we can listen without the video going. I have been so immeasurably blessed by your content lately. Thank you thank you thank you
Yes! That would be awesome!
Yes please
This video has truly blessed me! The Lord has really been using u in my life! It’s so nice to have a Godly woman and mother that’s a few years ahead of me to share the wisdom God has given u over the years! Also your kitchen is beautiful!
I had a dream a couple of nights ago. I hat a literall cup in my hand and someone offered me to fill it up with water. I politely declined and mentioned that it is already filled to the top. The person got kind of angry and rude for me being so self centered and not even taking the offer. While, again, stating that my cup is already full, I look down at it in my hands and it is completely empty. To the point where it is dry. No single drop of water. I quickly say "Hey im sorry you were right, I do need some water, can you fill my cup, please?" But by then the person had moved on to fill other peoples cups and didnt even listen to me anymore.
Wow yes! I started watching this video and thought “I’m so busy, how could I be idling?” But this really made me realise I idle when it comes to not spending enough time with my daughter & prioritising house work & social media work over teaching & just being with her. Thank you for this video beautiful friend 🫶🏼🕊️
The Lord has been putting this on my heart. God bless you for being guided by the Holy Spirit and sharing great wisdom!
Thank you for this wonderful video Milena, may God bless you and continue using you to spread the gospel through this platform🤍
Needed this ! Not necessarily lazy but I do think time is on my side I never wake up for my early alarms and I’ve been telling God sorry for the past month .. and than saying wow there is never enough time in the day! It’s more so what you do with your time
Same! Been wanting to wake up earlier than my daughter for so long but she's so cozy to keep snuggling with!
Then she wakes up in full blast hurricane mode (toddler) and I can't catch up! Then I think I'll just tidy up after she's asleep for the night but I'm so worn out that I crash out with her. Lord help us break this cycle! 🙏
You're not alone sister. Praying for you. 😊
Same here! Literally tell God sorry every morning lately. Used to wake up early to meet with him but also my 10m old doesnt sleep so I’m legit tired
The topic with the phone depends. I know I spend more than an hour a day on my phone, but for sure not scrolling around.
I do SO MANY mum tasks with it. I have my grocery shopping list, I do meal planning, I buy used clothes for my three kids and me, I do drug store orders, I sign up for activities for my kids or activities at church, I plan dates with friends or play dates, I read important school and kindergarten e-Mails on it. I hardly ever use a laptop, so I do all of that ok my phone. Sometimes it annoys me that so many things only work online these days but what can I do about that. I try to do those things as often as possible when my kids are not watching, asleep, in school etc. or I communicate to them what I am actually doing.
And I also agree that it find it very hard to rest knowing how much there is to do, but I know I need it (33 weeks pregnant and stay at home mum with the 3 under 7).
Im so thankful for the gentleness and intentionality with which you speak. This is such a tough topic to approach with women and you did such a beautiful job through the entire video. Everyone struggles with different things, but I think many of us do struggle with phone usage as you mentioned and it really is usually a waste of our precious time. I am in a season of rest, about to give birth, and yet there were things I still needed to hear in this video. I can always do better things with my time, even while "resting". And I can take rest breaks when needed, while still not being idle. I struggle with balance. But thanks to your inspiration from the Lord, you helped me today to do more good than I thought I could or felt motivated to do. So thank you for pushing me and helping me to grow:) ♡
I would love a video of what you do with your two year old; games, teaching the Word, homeschooling etc. I’m a first time mam, our girls are only weeks apart and I’d love guidance and tips and ideas you do ❤
As a person with a chronic illness, I cannot watch this video.
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Same. It sends a negative message. So disappointing really but I actually quite like milena.
I’m so sorry! Praying for you right now. The Lord SEES what you’re in the midst of/walking in, and He is GRACIOUS.
rest in the Lord friend, He knows your heart xx
Milena says in other words, this only applies to those who are able, and struggling with idleness, anyone in need of physical rest with the example of post partum but not exclusively this, then this video may not apply in terms of this type of idling. ❤
I idled today but not because I wanted to. I struggle with panic/anxiety disorder. Sometimes I have episodes where the panic causes my heart rate to rise into the 120’s which only makes the anxiety worse. It’s paralyzing. Today was one of those really hard days. I did what I could manage, but being up moving around made the rapid heart rate feel worse. I pray the Lord heals me of this.
I'm truly sorry about this tbh, I pray the Lord comforts and delivers you ❤
Hey, that’s not idling. If you are experiencing physical symptoms like hear rate, that is a physical symptom you HAVE to relax. You must rest. Idling and resting are two much different things.
You are not alone!! Don’t feel bad. God knows your heart and he knows how you feel. I also struggle with panic disorder. I have attacks pretty much all day long… people who do not have panic disorder do not know the amount of exhaustion this can cause. Sending hugs and hope for a miracle for you
He can and He will.
Idk why this is coming. But learn to set boundaries in your life and stop saying yes to everything.
Do you struggle being a people pleaser?
Panic/ anxiety/ depression- is linked to also fear. Fear isn’t necessary being scared of something.
But scripture talks about “ perfect love cast out all fear”
When you get to feeling this way as the Holy Spirit to help you receive the perfect love and peace of Jesus!
Also yes you might struggle with these feelings. But don’t claim it as yours. “ my anxiety “ there is power in words. You can say something like. I’m struggling with this at the moment but I have faith/hope it’s gonna get better.
Pray ask Jesus what is the cause. Of this. Is it like I mentioned boundaries and being a yes person. It could be hormones.
Ultimately draw near during them times to Jesus.
Also sometimes it’s because He wants us to pray for someone else. Maybe they struggle with the same thing.
Hope this helps. ❤
Iv been there to. Definitely trust Jesus call on Him.! Seek Him 😊
I relate to this. I have fibromyalgia and it causes me to HAVE to lay down and stop anything else I'm doing. Videos like this are for people who are able to do something but avoid it because they can't be bothered. This video is not for you. Don't feel guilty for something that you can't always control. You're body is telling you it needs rest and it is more than okay to do so, in fact its the right thing to do. Hope this encourages you, Sister
Yes its all about living with intention. Something i am working on. I definitely needed this message. ❤ thank you!
I have my ear buds in watching this before bed, hubby is asleep….I hear a loud sound like something falling/glass breaking…I sit up, take ear buds off and wake my husband thinking someone might be in our house or our cat knocked over a glass…. Hoping it was just our cat… We clear the house-nothing… come back to bed and re-watch where I left off…..then realize it was in the video 😂 at around 0:56. Keeping me on my toes! ❤️
Wow!!! The spirit spoke so clearly through you!! This video sparked a whole study on laziness and brought clarity to my own struggles with being idle.
I found proverbs 14:23 “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” And goodness gracious did that whip me into shape😮💨
Seriously thank you for sharing such wisdom!
I’ve been ignoring my house work and laundry so my husband does it all and he works 6 days a week and I feel horrible about it. I love god but I don’t immerse myself in him and that really needs to change
Hey Milena! Can you PLEASE make a video on how to share the gospel as a believer. I know a lot of theory, but can’t seem to apply it in public, it never comes up and I don’t know how to get the conversation rolling. Can you PLEASE elaborate and give examples.💕🙏🏻
Look up Living Waters - Ray Comfort. Such a great and practical ministry
Here for this toooooo!!!!
This was very encouraging Milena. I would love to see a video from you with advice on how to discipline young children from a biblical perspective. I listen to Ginger Hubbard’s podcast too but I would love to see how you guys implement discipline in your home since it’s such a tricky thing to navigate at times!
I’d love links to all of your beautiful and modest dresses! 👗
It’s neuflora they released it last summer. Unfortunately not available.
She has an LTK page (like to know it app) where she shares loads of links!
Thank you Milena ❤ Sometimes God speaks to me through my dreams, and I had JUST had a dream where me & my husband were watching TV before bed, eventually he told me he would be going to sleep and I stayed awake. Next thing I knew I was standing in the middle of the living room, in the dark, and about 7 hours had passed with me just standing there 🫣🫣 it was terrifying to see and it really woke me up to this same topic you're talking about here
So good and really needed to be addressed. Awesome word and revelation.
Milena, you inspired me to read my Bible in public today ❤ 📖
Please make more video’s that can motívate us, thankyou so much. I really needed this. I have been in a bit of a rut, feeling no energy and overwhelmed. I feel like I do so much but not enough and that much of what I do goes in vain. When I think better I know that’s not true, I just need to be more positive again. These videos help a lot.❤
Please sister, take the rest you need and don't feel guilty. Burnout is a dangerous thing to happen and if you're overwhelmed with no energy feeling like you haven't done enough even though you're doing so much, that's the beginning of burnout.
That's why observing the Sabbath is a commandment, the Lord knows we need rest and He won't ever shame is for taking that rest. Seek the Lord and rest in His peace. I'll pray for you. 🙏
I was encouraged by you to do the New Testament in 90 days except I found a plan for 40 days and when I read the Matthew 12:36 verse I felt so convicted. I had been struggling with pp rage after my 3rd in 3 years and wept when I read it bc I had been so careless with my words and my tone towards my children and I imagined myself standing before the Lord having to give an account for the words I chose and my spirit was crushed. Thankfully the Lord is good and has given me a softer voice and has helped me tremendously with self control. He is so gracious and when I start to see my tone or words aren’t nice by His help and grace I’m able to immediately shift to kinder softer words. Thank you for your content and encouragement ❤️
I really enjoyed this, thank you. It was very informative xx
Your videos are a blessing, thank you
Thank you for sharing this. It convicted me and I really needed to hear it.
Thank you for your obedience, Milena! This is something the Lord has recently convicted me of.
I’ve been watching you since Ari was born and your videos are really just amazing. I find soooo much peace and wisdom through your videos and although I’m not a mom, I am a nanny and I really enjoy getting to see how you teach your children Gods word.
I enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing, but I am curious what you've decided to do with the time audit information. It sounded like you want to spend less time folding laundry but how? You've spoken so positively on using laundry folding time for good like praying and worshipping at the same time.
I may never know you in real life, but God bless you for being such a good mentor to me. The Lord is truly using you and your platform to reach people near and far!
Great encouragement! ❤thank you so much. It’s not easy to talk about such a sensitive topic in this generation/society. Deeply impressed how God really worked on you so hard and uses you. Thank you for all the unseen sacrifices to let you be used by God like this ❤
This was soooo good for me in this season of my husband traveling for work. Could you make a video about “grace meals?” That sounds so interesting. I want to hear more!! Thank you so much ❤
Love watching your videos! So fruitful and convicting. Thank you! I’m about to walk into the season of marriage in April so these are very helpful and encouraging.
Another wonderful video Milena! Thank you for letting the Lord use you in this platform full of idleness content. I am able to listen to you while doing chores. This is a topic the Lord deals with me constantly, sisters, listen to you body, are you constantly running out of time? Constantly anxious? It's those social media apps that are taking all your time and joy 😢 don't let it still your time/joy etc, take a social media break! As long as needed. Call it fasting or just a mental break, do it! You won't regret it!
Yikes! That was a good video. “Are you resisting the devil? Resist! And he will flee from you”. Never put the two together. Duh! Resist! Even a little, just resist. That stood out to me, thank you. Yes, I’ve been using my daughters nap to rest, eat cookies and watch something on my phone. Feel sick after everytime. So…. Plz next video, how to we rest? Because I need rest too. Difference between idle and rest next video plz?
I just want to tell you that I have accepted God 7 years ago and I love your videos and proverbs is my favorite book
Thank you for this video! Speaks to my sister and I can’t wait to share this word with her to encourage her.
This is soooo good. ..I’ve been saved 35 years and I’ve learned some valuable lessons One being even Good things Don’t always mean God things. You can do all the things for your family but if your heart is wrong it will be judged as that.. it’s always about the heart xoxooxox
I’d love to know where you get energy from? I have 2 toddlers and I’m pregnant and i have ZERO energy and feel so sick. Coffee doesn’t do anything anymore I’m like😢😢😢
Thank you 💗
This dark colour looks amazing on you more than the lighter colours. Stunning ❤❤❤
THANK YOU SO MUCH 😢❤ I needed this so much today!
Her very first statement is WHEN we use our downtime. Not that we’re not allowed to have downtime and rest. The way we use our downtime is important. Mindlessly scrolling, or drinking, or doing things to mentally escape is absolutely sitting idle.
I see a lot of comments about rest. There is a difference between rest and laziness. I am actually someone who really struggles with laziness. And recently I have felt so overwhelmed and convicted by both laziness and busyness. And what I have learned through the word and the Holy Spirit is that when I’m disciplined it actually allows for more and better rest. A slower paced home where I’m not rushing my kids because we are late or I’m not overwhelmed and angry because the house is to much to manage or I don’t have clothes and I need to leave in 5 minutes. And the other half of that is in my laziness it lead to being overwhelm and so I would keep filling our schedule thinking that added different things would help and then I would veg out on my phone for hours trying to escape because it was all to much. and I realized it wasn’t that I needed to do more it was actually that I needed to slow down and take some things off the agenda and be more intentional in my homemaking.
I loved the quote that said “when work is an idol rest feels like a sin” because both work and rest can become an idol it’s when we try to use either one of them to fill or satisfy our hearts that it becomes an idol. But when we seek Jesus and are obedient to him he will provide rest in what he has called us too. He literally created the sabbath and yet his word warns against idleness. So I would say this is so unique to search the word and ask God to search your heart how it applies to you uniquely.
Side note this also has to be led by the Holy Spirit because sometimes being “productive” is cuddling your kids. Sometimes it’s cleaning. Sometimes it is quit literally a nap like in a postpartum phase. It is about our hearts not necessarily what we are physically doing.
This was such a great video! Very timely. I was just talking to a friend about these things this morning. I’d love hear more about how you did the time audit!
Love the part about idle words!
When is the podcast coming back?! Also what is the scent plug in you use in bathroom!! I need something for mine
Need the podcast to return! Jordan's perspective is always appreciated 👍🙏
I needed to hear this sister. Thank you
Thanks for this video 😊
Respectfully, You can be busy doing the things of the Lord, discipling, sharing the word, preaching from a pulpit and still be so far from God. Being productive doesn’t equate to being close to God.
I’m super late to this video but can you explain where you’re going with the thoughts on the time audit you did?
Like the 4 hours spent on laundry…. What is the suggestion? Laundry needs to get done. To me that’s not an example of idling but of working… (later on you say that taking care of the home is not considered idling)
Thank you for this. I needed this.
I dont understand Melina, she talks about using phone as a waist of time, while her whole work is on phone, isn't this contradicting???
Well, I think there’s a difference between being on your phone for work and being on your phone doom scrolling or watching tv… and yes, she technically makes money off people watching her content, but it’s our responsibility to manage our own time. Just my two cents.
Gluttony is bad! But I eat food....isn't that contradicting???
That is your argument. Milena's message was a very good one. I'm not trying to come off as mean, please don't take it that way. God bless you sister
She means how do you use your time on your phone. Are you wasting time scrolling on social media or shopping? Are you using it to better yourself, ie watching sermons and listening to worship music. Work is work, and that's another topic, but as you can see, while her phone is recording her, she is not on it, she is doing her tasks. She sets time aside to work on her phone, she isn't just sitting scrolling. It's not a sin to be on social media or scroll for a few minutes, but if you are on your phone when your house is a mess, you're being lazy🫣
Love your dress! Where did you get it!? Beautiful video ❤
Needed this. Perfect timing
I remembered in a previous video that you wanted to learn about gardening, you might enjoy Back to Eden the Gardening Method the man in the documentary really ties in scripture with the garden. It's on RUclips
Thanks Milena, I needed this❤
So good. Needed this
It's important to note that this doesn't mean everyone needs to work constantly. Rest and Sabbath are also important principles within Christian theology. However, the Bible consistently emphasizes the importance of diligent work and discourages laziness.
Mark 2:27 states
"And he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'"
Love this. Thank you❤
Who else is supposed to do Laundry ? And how is Laundry not time well spent when you have to do that for your family?
How is 4 hours of doing laundry idiling?
Ok.... the 15 days a year for only one hour a day on your phone blew my mind 😳
Hi sister. Have you read “treasuring Christ when your hands are full” by Gloria furman?
There is a huge difference between rest and laziness. From reading the comments some people are confusing the two. Laziness is never having an urgency for work. For the lazy, you're putting off work to sit and watch videos or sleep when its not needed, seeing that something needs to be done but having disdain for it and choosing something more "fun" with zero profit. Then theres rest. A lot of us could use more rest. Those of us who have never ending to do lists and sprin our wheels trying to get them done and eventually start to feel burnout. We should have rested. Mary was resting by choosing Jesus' feet while Martha SHOULD have rested but do what so many of us do and thats get overly caught up in the work and then annoyed that others arent helping. My priest has been telling me to take more "me time" since my first confession. I havent. I wont. I dont feel like I can. I should rest.
I needed this Milena ❤
What did you use to do your time audit?
thank you for these videos Milena
Let those with ears hear
can you do a video on resisting the Devil? great video!!
Blessed
Proverbs 6:10-11
English Standard Version
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
Could you do a video on sins / lust and how to remove sins from us and how do we stay pure in a season of waiting / waiting on the lord to bless me with a marriage and courtship that saves me and protects me from lust and sins please
Praying asking Jesus to take the desire from you.
If you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior it tells I’m in the New Testament that it’s the work of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is our helper. In these things.
Falling completely in love with Jesus and running to Him every time the urge or desire arises.
Flee run from temptation! Setting boundaries. Knowing your weakness. Get rid of whatever or whom ever causes you to fall into sin.
You can’t flirt with sin. Our flesh is weak. You build yourself in faith through the Bible.
Get involved in your church be around other women. Or even online Bible study’s.
Learn and want desire for Jesus to fill the voids in your life/walk.
Do studies on lust ect.
Lust is a feeling- so take it captive before it turns into sin.
Also being fully honest with Jesus.
Hey Jesus I really feel like doing this sin right now and need your help to take the desire away. Help me run from it. I want to live a lifestyle to please you.
Even praying that something comes up to keep you from that sin. That God make it impossible for you to even attempt to sin in that area.
Remember we gotta PRACTICE RIGHTEOUS!
Lust might come 10x a day at you. But each day you work out your walk with the Lord. The Holy Spirit helps you then say it becomes 3x a day. And so forth.
Love this dress!! Where is it from??
Would you be able to put the verses you use in the bio? ❤
Any advice?
My brain keeps thinking over and over again to leave my bf and when I think about that I get this deep dark pit in my stomach of anxiety idk how to explain it but it makes me loose my appetite and have soooooo much anxiety like bad at times like it doesn’t feel right. And I also have thoughts saying that in order to be closer to God I have to leave him (but our relationship is Godly me and my bf don’t sin together) we’re actually planning to get married soon. I think this is the enemy trying to trick me into leaving a Godly relationship that’s growing, but I also need to remind myself that God let’s us choose our partner as long as your partner is a believer and you two aren’t living in sin when I do read the Bible I think to myself the qualities of a Godly man and my bf is still growing into those things and it makes me happy but then I always worry well what if that’s not enough to God what if God is gonna make me leave him.?
Something that has given me peace of mind and taken away my anxiety about this is I was driving and I was thinking about the situation and I kind of just had a thought of my bf is on his own spiritual/faith journey and he’s growing at his own pace with God and my pace might be faster and his pace might be slower so maybe that’s why I’m feeling uneasy bc we’re both growing.
I also keep thinking of my Christian ex and it’s driving me crazy. This has been this way for 6 months now some months are better than others but I constantly think of him (my last bf I had)
How do I do a time audit?
I am sluggish now a days
Your voice sounds different.
Wow