#CreateYourEarthLife Christian Podcast - Bible Studies, Testimonies and Faith Based Entrepreneurship

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On today’s episode of #CreateYourEarthLife I share my testimony with you all!! God has been working hard on me to make my heart soft. He has truly changed my life for the better and I want to share with you all that He does for me!! Make sure you listen to the end because I add a little more to my testimony... some information about the spiritual war of God vs. Satan.

If you have a testimony or something to share from God’s word, please send me a DM on IG or e-mail me, [email protected]. I would love to have you on the podcast!

God bless!!

On this episode of the #CreateYourEarthLife podcast I have a guest, Brittany, who is a hard working Christian woman that has struggled with the “hustle culture” life style. She shares her story and experience. Brittany has a Instagram account that she uses to encourage, empower and educate other woman who are career driven and follow the word of God. She gives tips on how to do your job in service with bringing God glory. She discusses how God has given us certain skills and gifts to be used to bring glory to Him through our work.

I don’t know about you, but I have found myself getting caught up in my career and forgetting to set out time for God. Brittany and I talk about things we do to help incorporate God into all aspects of our careers.

I hope you enjoy! God bless!

John 15: 4-5 “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.

Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”

Brittany’s IG: instagram.com/purpose_driven.homebody

My IG: instagram.com/evolving.writer.jenasa

YouTube Channel: youtube.com/jenasasjourney

On this episode of the #CreateYourEarthLife podcast I have a guest on, Grantham Bethea, who is a Christian entrepreneur. Grantham shares with us the three projects he is currently working on. One being Godfidence Ministry which has a purpose to help others struggling during these difficult times. Grantham also shares what helps him get through times of being overwhelmed as an entrepreneur... which if you are an entrepreneur you likely know becoming overwhelmed can happen often.

Check out Grantham's IG: instagram.com/granthambethea

Planned Questions Asked:

Intro: name, where you’re from, what do you do?

How long have you been a Christian?

How long have you been a Christian entrepreneur?

How to you include your faith into your work?

As an entrepreneur things can become hectic with keeping up with deadlines and tasks and timeline expectations that we set on ourselves. We can also experience failures or slow successes that we may only notice. When things start to feel exhausting and overwhelming.. what do you find helps you during those times?

Baptized... how long did it take you to become baptized after becoming a Christian, why did you wait?

How do you feel after being baptized?

For people wanting to be entrepreneurs or people that are in the beginning stages of their entrepreneur journey, what advice do you have?

What do you do everyday to work on your relationship with God?

Where can people find you online?

Enjoy!

instagram.com/evolving.writer.jenasa

I'm back!! On this episode of the #CreateYourEarthLife podcast I update you all on my surrogacy journey and discuss why I have not uploaded a podcast in the past few weeks! I also have 3 topics I wanted to touch on today.. disconnecting from God, not feeling enough, and the election. Most importantly, I share God's word! Enjoy!

Notes for this episode:

God’s Word on Disconnection, Feeling Not Enough, and the Election!

Disconnection:

Colossians 2: 1-5 “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.”

Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”

Feeling Not Enough:

God is For You hosted by Sheila Walsh.. She has two seasons, suggest listening to both.. Book all about pleasing Satan and the goal is to get away from God and to focus on your thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

God Centered Success hosted by Mia Rene.. Episode 210: Celebrating Progress Not Perfection In Entrepreneurship.. Discusses how tomorrow is not promised.. Human’s make their own plans and own time lines then are hard on themselves when in the end it is all God’s plan, not our own. Learn to celebrate progress… getting one podcast out, one youtube video out, acting on one idea, etc.

Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Election:

1 Timothy 2:2 Pray for All People “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man[a] Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.”

Roman’s 12:9-13 “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.”

On this episode of the #CreateYourEarthLife podcast I have a guest on, Madison Palica. She went from Mormon to New Age practice to God. She is now reading the Bible, learning about Jesus, and worshipping God. She shares her spiritual story with us from childhood to adulthood. Highly encourage you to check out her podcast Wake the F*ck Up on Spotify as well as check out her Instagram @madisonpalica… her content is very educational and makes you think critically!

Questions I asked Madison:

Intro- Name, Where are you from? Any other information you would like to share about yourself.

From what I have seen on IG, your story is very interesting… You grew up Mormon… what is mormon and what was it like? How has it shaped your life today?

Over the past few months you have changed your views politically and spiritually. I noticed you are more supportive of the republican party. It also seems as if you have converted from New Age Practices to Christian.

What has inspired these two huge changes?

What did you do that was New Age and have decided to stop doing it now?

You have a podcast.. What is your podcast about?

Anything else you would like to discuss/add?

How can people find you?

All things point to God Podcast:

How my life has completely changed spiritually in the year 2020 and why?

1. Started to recognize what was going on in the world and realized that all the fighting, all the separation between people, all the horror, all the secrets being revealed, all the political agenda’s… that it’s not about humanity right here, right now, it’s about something much bigger, a spiritual war between God and Satan BUT we are seeing it with our eyes through human form.

1. Feeling a shift inside me and I started to say that I surrender to God and have Faith.. which released fear, anxiety, etc. I had Faith that everything was going to work out how it was supposed to. (Which I believe is still a New Age way of thinking… what I believe specifically now is that God is my savior, Jesus is his Son who died for our Sins, and that I have Faith because I know God has a plan and no matter what I do, the plan is what will become so I surrender to it.)

1. My political views began to change with more knowledge about the world and the agenda that some politicians have.. and the side I began to follow had a belief in God and made some decisions based off of the word of the Bible. Republicans!

1. Podcast discussing God as the key to success as an entrepreneur. 0 to 7 Figures Daily Advice for Entrepreneurs… Episode: The Secret to Everlasting Success

1. Friends, Family, and people I follow on social media that once had the same views and interests as me (using tarot cards, runes, meditating, believing in spirit guides, having an interest in chakras..specifically the third eye, believing in law of attraction, going to psychics.. ALL NEW AGE PRACTICES THAT HAVE BECOME MAINSTREAM) started to buy bibles, convert to Christian and preach their testimonies, their knowledge, and the words of the Bible the same time my spiritual thought process began to shift. (Will go into more depth about each of these New Age practices and why they do not match up with the very narrow path of the Holy Spirit, God.)

1. Lastly, with reading the Bible and claiming God as my savior, I have never felt so at home and at peace with my life. I feel like I can be myself around anyone because I know that it does not matter if others judge me, the ONLY judgment that matters is God’s, and I know that I have a growing relationship with him right now that is so beautiful and is bringing so much love into my life.. Love from God, Love from myself to others, and Love from others to myself.

On this episode of the #CreateYourEarthLife podcast I will be discussing the information I have gathered to share with you on what Christian's and the Bible say about surrogacy. As someone who is newly Christian, I am questioning everything in my life, including the surrogacy journey I am on.

Brief Transcript:

I want to start off with saying, I am not here to judge or to tell you what you should or should not do, I am just here to relay the information I have learned about what the Bible and what Christians say about Surrogacy. I personally was shocked. I thought being a surrogate mother was a great thing that I was doing and didn’t think that God would think differently. As I have been doing research, there is a possibility that God does feel differently, but that is not for me to decide. God’s job is to judge us. I believe my job is to share the word of God and to do everything in life with the intentions of worshipping God.

Surrogacy is mentioned twice in the book of Genesis:

Genesis 16: 1-8 and Genesis 30: 1-10

The Bible also says:

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Luke 23:29

For Behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

Lastly, being a Christian means leaving your own desires behind and worshipping God in everything you do.. so while making any decision in life, think to yourself, “Is this to get my own way or am I doing this to bring glory to God?”

As 1 Corinthians 10:31 says-

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

This is the information I have gathered from Bible scriptures. Now I am going to discuss what I learned from listening to the podcast Relatable hosted by Allie Beth Stuckey Episode 254.

Allie discusses the Christian perspective of IVF and the dilemma’s. The two that stick out to me that she discussed:

1. Multiple eggs are taken from a women’s body and are fertilized by a man’s sperm, then some are placed to be implanted into into the woman’s or another woman’s womb, and the rest are frozen... Abandoned or Destroyed (Abortion)

2. IVF makes easier eugenics

When Allie discusses surrogacy specifically she says that traditional surrogacy, which is what is discusses in the book of genesis, (the baby’s actual biological mother is the surrogate) can cause problems emotionally and psychologically for both Surrogate Mother and baby. Whereas, gestational surrogates (what I am.. using my womb to grow someone else’s fertilized egg), has the dilemma of the surrogate causing risk to her health because of taking and injecting hormones.

From an article called Basic Bioethics: What Christian’s should know about surrogacy Written by Joe Carter

He says the problems with surrogacy are:

1. Exploitation of woman

2. Selling of children

3. The violation of the marital covenant

4. The use of embryo destruction reproductive technology

Joe says that the only ethical form of surrogacy is “Rescue Surrogacy” which is when a surrogate volunteers her womb to save an IVF created embryo that has been frozen and destined for destruction.

Judging Others- Matthew 7:1-29

Matthew 22:39

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

If you are having difficulty making the decision as a christian to be a surrogate or use a surrogate mother then I would suggest giving God your troubles and pray for guidance.

This week I have a guest on the podcast, David Munford, and he discusses how he was raised as a Christian then pulled away from God and his family to live a life that did not suit him. God and his family eventually saved his life! David has been on the podcast before and he discusses the darker times of his life where he struggled with relationships, depression, and pornography addiction. Check out episode #13 if you would like to hear about his struggles in more depth.

If you would like to be on the podcast please feel free to contact me on IG!

IG: @evolving.writer.jenasa

On this episode of #CreateYourEarthLife podcast I talk with a guest whom also happens to be a great friend of mine, Malorrie! She shares her very vulnrerable story of struggling with anxiety, depression, and suicide and how God came into her life at the perfect time and saved her!

On this episode I have a guest on, his name is Ryan Freer but goes by Koshiz, and he shares his testimony of converting from Catholic to Christian. He also shares his knowledge from the Bible to answer a few questions that I have. Ryan shares the word of Christ through music by being a Conscious Christian rapper. He also has a blog on his website where he shares information that connects to God's word. Ryan's music is on spoitfy and on YouTube. Ryan's website is: https://koshizmusic.com

Here are the planned questions I asked Ryan:

1. You told me you have been a Christian the past 7 years.. what encouraged you to convert? (Testimony)

2. Tell me about how you have shared the word of Christ. (Music, Writing, etc)

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” (Proverbs 9:10)

3. It is so confusing to me… What does it mean to fear God? I don’t feel afraid of him.. I feel more guided by him…

“For better or worse, we are the product of our decisions; our decisions are the product of the systems and environments we live in; and these are the products of people making decisions. As Christians, we believe that people are the product of our Lord and God. We cannot destroy what we did not create, so we must love - and love more than people deserve.” -Koshiz

4. I love this quote you wrote on your website.. can you elaborate a little more? What inspired you to write this? Anything in particular?

5. Is there anything else you would like to share that you think could help guide listeners?

6. How can people find your music, writing, and contact you if they would like to chat?