Closet Confessions with Christina: Real, Raw & Relatable

Ep 16: Jealousy, comparison and insecurity... And how NOT to be those things!

Sometimes I'll ask a question on Facebook like.... Do you ever feel jealous of others' success or lifestyle or career or ministry? Do you ever compare yourself with others? Do you ever feel insecure in certain areas? I always feel a little jealous when someone will comment... No, I never feel any of these ways. Now I'm not sure they're being completely honest but maybe they are. Maybe they NEVER deal with some of the emotions that I deal with. Whatever the truth is... Here's my truth... I do!! Praise God, He's brought me a long way but still I catch myself sometimes having thoughts like... Why not me, God? Why them? When will it be my turn? 
I think being jealous of someone is a human, fleshly trait. That's not trying to excuse it but it says WE ALL DEAL WITH IT at some point in our lives. Some more than others I'm sure, but even if it's one time... we STILL need to confront it. To bring it before God and examine our hearts. We don't like to do that though. And a lot of times, we deny we even have a problem with jealousy, I know I have in the past.... I'm NOT jealous of them, don't be silly! But denying it doesn't make it go away. And if not addressed and dealt with, it can turn into anger, resentment, bitterness, and hate. Jealousy and envy truly are green-eyed monsters! 
My prayer is that this episode helps you see if this is an area in your life that you need to let God into. My prayer is that you'll have a fresh revelation of how destructive jealousy can really be. My prayer is that you see how much God loves you and doesn't want this seed of envy to take root in your heart. He loves you and me so much. He knows that being jealous of anyone takes our eyes off Him and onto something that can completely hinder our growth and relationship with Him and the people in our life. 
All my love in Christ,
~Christina
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Ep 15: When we mess up even though we ”knew better.” God may forgive me but I just can’t forgive myself!

Ok I know God forgives.  That was the purpose of Jesus coming to Earth to pay our debt. The debt we couldn't pay.  When I accept that payment as my own, then we can experience The Father's forgiveness. I get all that.... for other people.  When it comes to believing it for myself, it use to get blurry.  Because I knew better.... I knew Jesus but yet I still...... I accepted Jesus as my Savior but I messed up by....... WHY would God forgive that?? Maybe for others, but I KNEW BETTER.
So let's look at the Word & see others that maybe felt this way. Others messed up even though they KNEW God, heard from God & even WALKED with Jesus!!!!! 
My prayer is this episode Blesses you & your walk with Christ.
 
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~Christina
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Ep 14: The battlefield of the mind! Doubt, fear, resentment, depression, anxiety and more are all attacks from the enemy on this battlefield!

We've all heard it said before... The mind is the battlefield! Well, the battlefield for who?? For the enemy of course! This is where he starts his attack and there's a HUGE target right on our minds! But why?? Well, if he can get you to doubt, fear, live in unforgiveness, and all the yucky things that make us feel far from God... then we walk around defeated or angry or depressed. And WHO wants to know a God that has defeated, angry, sad children? 
 
I pray this episode helps you see what we can do as Children of God to fight this battle! We are NEVER alone. God is with us and has given us weapons to battle. But if we don't know what they are, what good are they to us???
~Christina
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Ep 13: How do we forgive someone that we don’t think deserves our forgiveness?

Forgiveness... It's a commandment and boy what a hard one right? What if the person isn't sorry? What if they won't admit they're wrong? Is it ok then to withhold forgiveness? How exactly DO we forgive?? Well, today we're going to dig in deep with it!
~Christina
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Ep 12: Do you ever feel like your emotions and feelings are ruling you? Ok, so HOW do we not let them?

Hi Friend!!! Are you anything like me? Sometimes feeling led? I use to ask God... Why do we have emotions?? I know I'm not supposed to be ruled by them so why did you even give them to me?? But what a boring world that would be I think. We'd be like robots! I'm learning every day to NOT be led by my feelings but by Holy Spirit.  I sure haven't mastered it & probably never will but Praise God I'm not where I was a few years ago! 
Let's talk it out together in today's podcast! I pray it helps & blesses you in your walk with Jesus!!
 
~Christina
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Ep 11: Really cool lessons that I learned from having Covid! God can use ANYTHING to teach us!

Hey Friend!!! Well it happened! We caught it! Been avoiding it all of 2020 and 2021 but it finally found our family! What a past 2 weeks it's been! But I'll tell you all about it in today's podcast!
I've missed you & so happy to be back in the land the "normal." Well as normal as I can be:)
~Christina
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Ep 10: This world may be scary these days, but we cannot live in fear, anxiety, worry and doubt! So how exactly do we do that?

Hey My Friend..... Let's chat about FEAR! We know it's not from God but we tend to embrace it like a gift sometimes.  I hate feeling fearful. It stresses me out honestly. It stresses me out & causes me to feel like I'm running around in circles.  But lately, I've been experiencing it more and more. Probably because of Covid... and a vaccine and sickness... and basically just the world and all its distractions! But again.. FEAR IS NOT FROM GOD! So we must deal with it on a spiritual war front. Let's dive into that on today's podcast!
~Christina
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Ep 9: We better be prepared because we are at WAR! A Spiritual War! But are you fighting it with the right weapons?

We are in a battle.  Every single day.  But it's important HOW we fight these battles!
Would you go to a fire with a sword? Who you fight in a war with a water hose? No! Just like battles on earth, it matters what we are fighting with!! Prayer, Praise, Faith... This is the weapons that are used in THIS war!!