From the Archives: A Conversation with Stella Ramola | John Giftah Podcast

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.

0:58 Speaker 2: Hey, God, vishalsa to joy to be with all of you today. Thank you so much for dropping by. I just want to decline that God has great things and stuff for you as well. Today we have a special guest with us and it's None at the ten Stella Ramola and Acrindus with us. She's a Christian lifestyle blogger, a singer, a songwriter and songs have been a blessing to so many multitudes across the globe, both in English as well as in Tamble. And she is part of the Jesus called International Ministries as well as U Turn Ministries, which is a part of the same founded by her brand dad as well.

1:32 Speaker 2: So thank you so much, Sellah for being with us today.

1:36 Speaker 3: It's a joy for me to join you. Thank you for having me.

1:41 Speaker 4: That's awesome. Thank you so much.

1:43 Speaker 2: So I just quickly gave a brief introduction about you, and there's so much more that you can talk about yourself. I always say, you know, the best introduction a person can give is self introduction.

1:54 Speaker 4: So you know certain things that you can.

1:56 Speaker 2: Share, so quickly tell us something about you that made surprises.

2:03 Speaker 5: So, as you said, those are very big titles, But personally, I feel like I'm just a regular teenager that goes through I mean, like an regular young adult that goes through everyday problems. And for me, I've learned how to sort them out through my faith and through the leading of God as being my friend.

2:28 Speaker 3: And so that's how I've been growing up.

2:31 Speaker 5: Even though I have this very strong name behind me, very big ministry that I've been a part of, but even in my personal life, in my everyday life, I feel like God has been leading me and that's the greatest title that I can give myself.

2:50 Speaker 3: I feel like a child of God, the daughter of God, the daughter of the King of Kings.

2:55 Speaker 5: That's my favorite title, and that's the story I love sharing through my music, through my blogs, through my blogs, just my experience with Jesus in my everyday life.

3:08 Speaker 4: That's awesome. That's awesome.

3:09 Speaker 2: Tell us something that will surprise us about you, something that we don't know.

3:17 Speaker 5: So since I am a very like public personality, people expect me to be very extroverted, outgoing, very open person, but I'm actually a very shy, interverted person. I only have a few friend close friends, and I don't like startup conversations with like strangers immediately. So I'm that kind of a person. But then whenever something like excites me when it comes to my passion, when it comes to the things that I love, I'm very open and like I love sharing about it. And I'm very comfortable with like more of like one on one conversations and like talking to people considering.

4:06 Speaker 3: Them as my friend.

4:07 Speaker 5: And that's kind of something that people may not know about me. When people approach me, they say, oh, you're so shy. You seem very bubbly on television, but you're very quiet.

4:19 Speaker 3: You're very shy. So yeah, that's the actual real Stella.

4:23 Speaker 2: Yeah, I could totally resonate with what you just said about being an introvert. I'm also an introvert and I'm also a speaker, So I'm just the opposite. And with regard to the fact, like you said that you're more comfortable one on wine, but you find it hard on public states.

4:38 Speaker 4: But I'm just the opposite.

4:40 Speaker 2: I can speak to like thousands of people also with no hassle, but when it comes to one on one, you know, I like freak out many times. And you know, like sometimes people actually misunderstand. They're like, Wow, this guy's preaching here, he's doing this, blah blah blah blah. Why it's yeah, that's how God created each one of us differently. So so coming to this important aspect, like as you said, you know, like you carry a big name behind you, Like here's the thing. Now, my gift mainly is to encourage people.

5:11 Speaker 2: That's my main gift. I inspired, that's my main gift, and I was greatly influenced by pass Joelo Stein. So a lot of people used to tell me when I started my ministry that when they listen to me, they feel like they're listening to pass the Joelo Steine. You know, like eventually, as time progressed, I started, you know, like understanding who I really am and started walking in my divine purpose and stuff like that. But on a similar note, when it comes to you, you come from a lineage of ministers right right from your granddad.

5:39 Speaker 2: You have a big name behind you that sets you apart in terms of the expectations that are laid upon you. You also have a big part of Jesus called international ministries. There are standards that are set upon you. So when you look at the fact that you have to meet those expectations and live up to those standards, at the same time, you as an individual have a specific purpose and identity and a calling. So how do you balance between meeting those requirements, meeting those standards at the same time not compromising on your true identity.

6:12 Speaker 2: Why I'm asking this question is a lot of people are under the cover of maybe a church, a ministry, or some family expectations, but at the same time they need to know how to balance between that and their divine purpose.

6:28 Speaker 3: Yeah.

6:28 Speaker 5: I can really resonate with that because even from a young age, right at the point of like maybe being born, people would have put a label on me or have an expectation on me, saying, oh, she is going she's born in this family, a family of minister, she's also going to grow up to be a minister. But even from a young age, I was never really interested in preaching because I mean I didn't have any experience in it. I didn't have like a passion for it and things like that. So even when like people will come up to me and say, oh, you're going to follow your grandfather.

7:11 Speaker 5: Uh, first, your dad did it. Now it's going to be you. You know, when people say that, it's like I know in my heart, oh no, that's not the calling that God has given me. So, as I said, in my personal life, He has been a really great friend leading me through each and every step of my life. Whether it be in my schooling, whether it be in my friendships, whether it be my relationships with my family. God has been teaching me and really molding me into the person that He intended me to be.

7:44 Speaker 3: So in the process of.

7:46 Speaker 5: That, he had given me a passion for music. And even through that, as I gave my life to Christ, he made a commitment to do music to glorify his name to share the gospel through that avenue. So it's not just preaching that is considered ministry, you know, just sharing the gospel and unique ways is considered ministry.

8:07 Speaker 3: And I am very blessed.

8:09 Speaker 5: To have that platform to be able to share the gospel through these different ways, through music, through blogs, through blogs and things like that. So that's how God had set me, uh, given me that identity. Uh she's a singer as she uh and all those things that I do. So just sharing my personal experiences gave me that uh I identity. And obviously all our experiences are different. So even even in our own family, we all are different, even my brother, my sister, and I, my grandfather, my my grandmother, my mom, even people will would used to tell my mom or she even had that desire to be so bold like my grand father, to be so strong and powerful and pray.

9:04 Speaker 3: With a bold spirit.

9:06 Speaker 5: But her voice used to be very low, and she's a very shy person as well, and like it would be so timid when she would speak, but then when she would pray, just that voice, that same voice would bring tears in the eyes of people, would make the demon streak in the meetings. So You should never aspire to be someone else. You should aspire to be what God created you to be. You have individuality, that's how you've been brought up through the experiences that mold you, and you should never give that up and say, no, I want to be like this person.

9:42 Speaker 5: I want to be like that person because they're already taken. So you should be yourself, the one that God had created.

9:49 Speaker 4: You to be. That's absolutely true.

9:52 Speaker 2: I recently released my second book called that Relia Purpose, where I want actually your dad is the one who gave the forward to it, and that book is something where I talk about this important aspect because I realized, like, only when you walk in your purpose, you actually fulfill your you know, you're able to live to the ice potential, You're able to make the impact for God's kingdom, not being a copy of somebody else. And I always say this, you know, what really makes the difference is what is different about you.

10:22 Speaker 4: You know, if we try.

10:23 Speaker 2: To put everybody in a mold and say, okay, your dad was like this, your granddad was like this, or you be like that, so that kind of puts you in a pressure and a mold that you're not really called to be right. So even as a preacher, like for example, like you said, a lot of people put a pressure on me saying, you know, you have to be a preacher like this, you have to do like this. And but my gift is like as I said, encouraging and storytelling. So one of the gifts I do have is like I bring out messages from the random things that you could ever imagine, like lessons from Scooby Doo, lessons from Hannah Montana or snake Eyeland.

10:58 Speaker 2: So the Christian world kind of puts me in a bad spot. They're like, oh, this is not a traditional approach, is not the way it's supposed to be. So they kind of put you in a mold and expect you to, you know, work out things in a certain direction, a certain way. But as I realized, you know, because of the way I present the content, because of the way I am you know, reaching out the way I'm gifted. You know, a lot of people tell me all the time, you know, I don't like anything to do with God, but I watch your Scooby Doo videos and then I bring the gospel to them.

11:30 Speaker 2: You know, so many people I've heard who say this, you know who don't want anything to do with God, but stay followed. So if you really want to make a difference and impact in this world, you have to embrace what is different about you and act upon it. And that's where you really see the difference. So you'll pointed out in a really beautiful way. So now coming down to the aspect that you are writing blogs and you know, bringing out songs and so many other things, even on social media. So where do you get the inspiration and how do you do that?

12:04 Speaker 5: So, as I mentioned before, everything that I share is from my personal experience or experience from a friend or someone who shared their story with me. So I try to relate it to an everyday person, an every day young adult or going through the same issues. So as a young person, you were always searching for am I alone in this or can I searching for someone who has deal dealt with it or is dealing with it? Can someone lend me a helping hand? So I try to be as open as asbile and share whatever I can to encourage others, to inspire others and.

12:47 Speaker 3: Show them that there is a hope in this world.

12:50 Speaker 5: You are loved in this world by the God.

12:54 Speaker 3: That created you. So that's the main goal.

12:59 Speaker 5: Uh And yeah, being open and relatable is the way to reach them.

13:05 Speaker 3: And some people love listening to music. So I share that.

13:11 Speaker 5: My perspective, my life, my stories, through music and through blogs, I share something a small thought that God had put in my mind, either by like looking at the trees or looking at like the things in my everyday life. God reminds me of how much He loves me, or he reminds me of a story of the time that He cad for me. So I share that through my blogs, and through my blogs, I display how my relationship is with God.

13:39 Speaker 3: And then every in my everyday life.

13:41 Speaker 5: How I spend my day and how I prepare each thing that I do, and how that makes me who I am, show my individuality, my personality.

13:52 Speaker 3: So I can be more relatable with the people follow That's awesome.

13:57 Speaker 2: Yes, it's so important to be relatable, right, Like a lot of people can come and quote one hundred and twenty seven battle verses, but by the end of it you're like, oh, my goodness, what did you get from it? And it's nothing. But when you are able to relate, That's what Jesus did, right, Like he didn't speak about some Brandon thing on the street he spoke about. Okay, find you guys are farmers. Let me give an example from farming. So it's so important that you and I are relatable. So coming down to the next part of the same question.

14:24 Speaker 2: You know, being a content creator, as a child of God, as a minister, Yes, there is a set of standards expected of you, and like in your case because of your name, because of you know, the ministry name. In my case, right now, out of the blue, I noticed this, like the minutes a podcast that is raising up the charts. You know, there is a standard that's expected of you. But in that regard, you know you have to stick to the standard and at the same time you have to be consistent. So how do you balance between you know, creating content that is consistent and up to the standard at the same time, it's not out of your flesh that you are forced to do because you have to do it, but you are doing out of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

15:10 Speaker 5: Yeah, sometimes when you're in work mode, you want to meet the deadlines. You want to keep posting every week and you don't want to miss out, but you also want to give quality content. You don't just want to give like something to fill in those days.

15:28 Speaker 3: Yes, even I mean like a lot of.

15:31 Speaker 5: Times I burn out, and I if I don't think the idea is perfect, I don't go through it.

15:38 Speaker 3: I'm a very like perfect perfectionist kind of a person.

15:42 Speaker 5: So my friends, yet, let me, why aren't you posting regularly your logs and even in the comments people say when you subscribe.

15:51 Speaker 3: To any new blogs. But yes, life does get in the way.

15:55 Speaker 5: But then you should be intentional about everything that you post. At the end of the day, people aren't going to see if you've posted every single week. They're going to see the content that you put out. So everything that you release, uh, even it's even if it's in your job, every project that you do, even if it's in your school work, everything that you do, it needs to be the best that you can give out. So putting in the time, putting in the effort, and also creating a plan beforehand so that you can give your best at the end of the day.

16:30 Speaker 5: It doesn't just reflect you, but it reflects who you're representing, which is God. So that's what I try to tell people. All the young people who watch they ask how should I do this. How are you able to organize your day? How can you get things done? How to not procrastinate? It's all in the intention of what what are you doing this for at the end of the day, what are you trying to accomplish? What are you're trying to say with the things that you create? So always have that in mind. It's everything that you do reflects on God.

17:10 Speaker 5: So give your best.

17:14 Speaker 4: Amen.

17:15 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's absolutely true. Like the scripture says, right, whatever you do it, do it until the glory of God. So that's absolutely true. So you need to plan and you know orchestrate accordingly. And coming down to the next thing I wanted to ask you is in regard to your songs, And a lot of your songs have been such a great blessing and I listen to them on a beatnod, So why don't you tell us maybe the story of it will happen? How did it happen?

17:48 Speaker 3: I'm gonna.

17:51 Speaker 5: It will happen is actually one of the most listened songs on my album Journey.

17:58 Speaker 3: Like everyone I.

17:59 Speaker 5: Talked to like when I'm they say they like my songs, they say they love it will Happen the most. That song also is my personal favorite. I love the music oh that goes behind the song, but the main thing that attracts people is the line it will happen in its time. It's from the Bible verse and ECCLASSI SS three. It says everything happens a beautifully in it in its time. So that's the main verse that I.

18:34 Speaker 3: Based this song around.

18:36 Speaker 5: When I was writing that song, I was actually going through a very challenging time in my personal life and I had a lot of anxiety.

18:45 Speaker 3: I was troubled.

18:46 Speaker 5: I kept thinking about it, thinking about what will happen in my future, and it caused a lot of anxiety, a lot of panic in my life. But then as I was pondering on it constantly and like it would really mess up my mind a lot, I wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully. Whenever throughout the day, I would get like like panic attacks and my heart would be racing and I would be like sweating because of the anxiety.

19:20 Speaker 3: But then when I was going through.

19:22 Speaker 5: This, I just remembered that God is on my side and He will make everything all right, so everything will happen according to his plan.

19:35 Speaker 3: So that really comforted me, and God really reminded me.

19:40 Speaker 5: That you should just trust him and He'll give you what you need at the right time.

19:44 Speaker 3: So that's those are the lyrics that I just penned down. While writing this song. We were actually me and my team.

19:52 Speaker 5: We were actually writing a song, like one of the last songs for the album, but then I was never really satisfied with the tune about the direction that song was going in.

20:04 Speaker 3: But then.

20:06 Speaker 5: One of my team members said, just write a song, something catchy like it'll happen. So I took those lines and just built the whole verse and the chorus for it.

20:19 Speaker 3: It really took me, like only a few minutes of my.

20:25 Speaker 5: Time, so I just write down and sat down and wrote the whole storyline and how like God gives you what you need at the right time, so you don't need to be frustrated, you don't need to complain or think about it, be confused, just leave it in God's hands. He says, just wait and trust my ways. So that's what I wrote in that song, and it resonates with a lot of people going through different seasons in their lives, and I'm so glad that it's an encouragement even as they listen to it.

20:59 Speaker 4: That's awesome.

21:00 Speaker 2: A song that you thought wouldn't happen, it did happen, and it was the one that became your favorite.

21:06 Speaker 4: And that's the one that's been an impact for so many people.

21:09 Speaker 2: You know, that's how God can suddenly turn things around, suddenly make an impact. Like you know, you planned all the other songs and then you're wondering what to do and that's when God brought this out. So you know, like in this season, God has been telling me this. You know, this is the season of suddenly. You know, suddenly something is going to pop up and suddenly that's going to be the game changer. You know, that's the God we serve, and he's able to do that. So when you look at the impact, like you said, so many people are being blessed, you look at the fact that you're able to make an impact to millions of people across the globe.

21:43 Speaker 2: When you look at that, like, how do you as an individual stay humble? How do you stay around and to ensure that Okay, I don't hell a pride near my tenth So what do you take as a personal step for that?

21:59 Speaker 5: First of all, all I always recognize that every gift that I have, every achievement that I've done is through the help of God. God has given me all the ideas and also the people to present it to, and he's the one talking to them, and he uses me as the vessel, so I always honor that. And also I'm blessed to have friends who encourage me to give my best. So whenever I show them something, they critique it and say, you can do this, you can do that to improve it. And also they don't look at me as the daughter of a great preacher or a famous person, but they see me as Stella their friend.

22:47 Speaker 5: And I'm blessed to have those people that God had sent to me to show his love through them. So we all go through the same things and we talk about it and we increase each other. And that's how I'm able to like depend on them whenever something happens in my life, and they have that to pick me up and encourage me to keep saying even if they don't uh they are non believing friends, they say.

23:16 Speaker 3: Keep going, keep going, this is what you're meant to do.

23:19 Speaker 5: And God has given me friends like that to encourage me and pick me up during those times.

23:27 Speaker 4: That's amazing. That's amazing. I was.

23:29 Speaker 2: While I was talking about it, I was reminded of one of the keys. When people say about staying humbled. They always say, you know, remember where you come from. Remember where you come from, so you will be humbled. But I was reminded of.

23:42 Speaker 4: How in the book I think in me, if I'm not wrong.

23:45 Speaker 2: It says, you know, to stay humble, remember how God let you remember how God to here from. You know, rather than just remembering where you come from, the key is to remember God in that, and that is how you can actually stay around it. And then you know, just trying to, you know, use some external tool to try to be humble that it's not going to give you the result that you are looking for as well. So uh you, as you just said, as an individual, as a stella romola, Uh you, as an individual. You can be a minister of the gospel.

24:19 Speaker 2: You are from a lineage of ministers, but you yourself go through seasons when you may have a low moment with God. Right, So a lot of people today beat themselves up saying, oh no, I'm having a low moment with God. My visual walk is not good, and they beat themselves up and gave up and gain no it gets into such something even worse than where they went before. So as an individual, you would have encountered low moments with God. So if you do, how do you deal with it? And how can somebody else follow such a step to overcome such seasons in their life.

24:54 Speaker 5: So many times we go through those seasons when we overthink about what is happening around us.

25:04 Speaker 3: It's all in our heads.

25:06 Speaker 5: We keep like going through the process of Okay, what if this happens, what if that happens, this is how I am, or things that we are going through in our personal life. We keep thinking about it and we blame it on a lot of things. We blame ourselves for certain situations, and we forget of how much God has given us, how much God has done for us. And sometimes it's even hard to rely on God in those situations. We forget about him.

25:36 Speaker 3: What will he know?

25:38 Speaker 5: Like what will he do for me now? And things like that. We try to like push him away from us, But no matter what we do, we can never run away from God. His love is too big to just let us go, let us run away. So there are so many instances in the Bible that shows us how much God loves us, no matter how small and insignificant, insignificant we may be, or we may feel, God is so big and he loves us so much. So I always whenever I feel those whenever I go through those moments and feel low, I always try to at least be thankful for one thing that I have in my life, and I say thank God for giving me life, thank you for helping me breathe, thank you for this body that's working for me to keep me healthy and alive.

26:37 Speaker 5: So something as small as that, when we are thankful for that, we immediately get that boost. We immediately get a sense of I'm glad, I'm alive, I'm glad I'm and I'm glad.

26:49 Speaker 3: God is with me.

26:50 Speaker 5: And that verse that always cheers me up is that God never leaves us, not forsake us, no matter what we do, no matter what's happening to us, no matter what people will have done to us, He is always there for us. So whenever we feel away from God, he has never left us, so we should never forget that, and He's always waiting for us to run to him.

27:13 Speaker 3: And just those simple prayers, those raw prayers.

27:17 Speaker 5: Saying what we're going through, really reconnects us with God, and he will definitely cheer us up through his mysterious ways, either surprising us through a friend, surprising us through just something really random that we never even expected, and he'll show us how much he cares for us and bring us out of that situation and give us a clear mind. And yeah, just trusting in God and speaking to him really revitalizes us and connects us with him.

27:51 Speaker 4: Absolutely true.

27:53 Speaker 2: So in line with what you just said is finally, by the end of the day, you realize that God is not looking for a diplomatic relationship with you.

28:01 Speaker 4: He's looking for an intimate relationship with you.

28:03 Speaker 2: That's one of the things I always tell because a diplomatic relationship is something like maybe an employer and an employee is all about like, Okay, I don't care how you feel, I don't care what your emotions are. I just want you to get the job done. And then the other person says, I just want the job. So you know that is not the kind of a relationship God is looking for.

28:24 Speaker 4: He's looking for an intimate.

28:25 Speaker 2: Relationship, in which case there will be ups, there will be down. So that's actually a good sign that you're actually having a real relationship.

28:33 Speaker 4: They're being yourself with God. You're open with him. You're just if you.

28:37 Speaker 2: Feel like crying, you cry, you feel like groaning your grown you feel like just saying something. You know, that is the way God actually expects of us, rather than beating yourself saying, oh my goodness, why am I like this? Stupid me, this that, blah blah blah. You know, stop beating yourself and start trusting that God is, you know, still on the throne. He knows what he's doing and he knows how to community at the end of the day. Right, So you can have a negative feeling, but just be yourself before God.

29:04 Speaker 2: So that is the key to just step up your walk with God. And now when you look at the fact like today, young people in general are going through so much of identity crisis, low self esteem, and there's so much happening because they're not able to accept themselves for who God created them to be. There's so much a pressure that's laid out because of the filters on social media. There's all these advertisements which have pictured what is meant as you know, ideal or what is idealism or.

29:35 Speaker 4: Whatever they call it.

29:36 Speaker 2: And although in that regard like as an individual. Are these things in your life that you found difficult to accept yourself in or maybe a personality trade or a characteristic and you found it really hard to accept? And if you did, how did you deal with it? And how can those who listening and watching and also deal with it and accept themselves for who God created them to be.

30:01 Speaker 5: When I used to be younger, whenever I would feel like I am a very I feel like maybe I'm like too overbearing or like people think I'm like a burden, or the things that I say are like kind of annoying and things like that, I would think like, oh no, I have to like not be like too open and loud and like chatty or else.

30:27 Speaker 3: People won't like me, and things like that.

30:32 Speaker 5: You know, some people will say if you do this, then people won't like you. You know, when you're younger, people would say that. That used to really get to me. I would really think about that a lot and think, oh, no, I shouldn't speak that much, I shouldn't say this, I should behave in a certain way and things like that. Some things that are in my personality I would try to change about myself. But then as I grow older, I realized people are just so busy that they don't even recognize or like even like.

31:05 Speaker 3: Uh, like see that.

31:10 Speaker 5: Closely enough to even like pick that apart and be like, oh, she's annoying. You know this, the things that she does in this way is wrong. You know, people go through this when we when they have social anxiety. You know, I don't want people to hate me. That kind of a mindset. I used to have that, but then as they.

31:34 Speaker 4: Pardon no, you said, like please people please mindset. You want them to like you.

31:41 Speaker 5: Yeah, so I wouldn't do certain things because I thought they wouldn't like it. But then as I grew older, people have so much going on in their own lives that they don't even they might not even.

31:53 Speaker 3: Like notice it. So just be yourself, be bubbly.

31:57 Speaker 5: You know, there will be a certain group of people who will automatically attached with you because they like those personality traits, They like those characteristics, and the people who are that, who are for you, will come and connect with you. And that's how I've like been gelling with my group of friends, even though we're all different, but then we encourage each other and like it's.

32:24 Speaker 3: Never a judgmental zone.

32:27 Speaker 5: There's no judgment between each other putting each other down or saying like sarcastic comments to put each other down. But it's always like in good fun and light hearted fun and things like that. So you should never say, oh, I should be like this, people might think if if I'm like this, people might think something wrong.

32:50 Speaker 3: About me, and things like that.

32:52 Speaker 5: Just be yourself and always have a good intention of however you're presenting yourself and the things that you do behind the things that you say. So, yeah, everyone is unique, and yeah, you definitely have a place in this world. If you never feel like you are a misfit. It's good to stand out sometimes.

33:18 Speaker 2: Be unique, absolutely true. Just be who God has created you to be. Like every piece of a puzzle, it seems stupid till you understand without that, the puzzle won't make any sense. Right, So every one of us are in the puzzle of God. And when you were shatting about you know what other people think? I was reminded of this state where people say, you know, at twenty years the page, we wonder what will people think of us? At forty we wonder, like, Okay, I don't care what people think about us at sixty, we realize that nobody was even thinking about us.

33:49 Speaker 2: So in that regard, we realize, like, okay, there's no point in living for other people. By the end of the day, you have to give an account to God for your life, and that's based on how you are living to your true I didn't city and purpose that God has created you for Ussel That's absolutely true. And there's so much of talk these days about mental health, and thanks to the pandemic, all these things have been just on the rise, so many people into depression and suicidal thoughts and anxiety, panic and thanks trauma, fear.

34:19 Speaker 2: And I know a lot of people how contacted me, like, you know, especially when I made one of my videos on you know, overcoming the fear of bad things happening and accidents. I know so many people, even about the faiths, who watched those videos and came and asked me, and I was able to share the gospel with them. But the problem today is that the Christian world president is you know, silent about it, or for the most part, they are not talking about it because they're like, okay, fine, don't talk about it.

34:48 Speaker 2: Just trust God is you know, it's just you don't have faith and things like that. But you know, the silence cannot anyway account for the number of lives that are being lost every day. So what is your talk or what is lot take on mental health? And what would you say for those who are going through the issues with regard to mental health.

35:09 Speaker 5: I would definitely, uh like say, talk to professional, uh someone who has the right values that align with your values, who can help you overcome it, or just uh like be with you as you go through it, to hear you out and pray with you and just be there for you as a friend. So either a professional or a pastor or a Christian leader or a friend who can just listen to you, listen to what's going on in your head and just be that for you whenever you need them and help you through whatever you're going through.

35:51 Speaker 5: So I don't think that it's bad to see a therapist or a professional and that's what they studied for, you know, but just make sure that it aligns with your values and help get you the help.

36:03 Speaker 3: That you need.

36:05 Speaker 2: Absolutely true, that's true because a lot of lives are being affected because of these things. And is there something else you would like to share with us?

36:17 Speaker 5: Today as a young person, the main thing that helped me shape me into who I am and find my identity is being strong in my values. So no matter where I went, no matter what country I visited, no matter what kind of friends that I surrounded myself with, my values never changed. Obviously it was shaped during the teenage years of my life my young adult years, but then I was always strong in who I was living for, what I was doing, what I was what my purpose is. So once I found it and I shaped it, and I'm currently like still learning a lot of things.

37:00 Speaker 5: But it's very important as a young adult to be strong on your values.

37:05 Speaker 3: And the way that you find your values.

37:07 Speaker 5: As a person who believes in Jesus is you're It's rooted in the Bible, so it's very important to read it each day and study it and to understand it and be strong in it as you're growing as a Christian.

37:24 Speaker 3: So that's what I would recommend.

37:27 Speaker 5: Just read the Word of God, understand it, and talk to God and build that relationship with him. It's not just knowing Jesus, but it is walking with Him in your everyday life. And that's what I would encourage each young person. So whenever you're going through a dilemma of can I do this?

37:46 Speaker 3: Can I do that? Is it okay? Is it wrong?

37:50 Speaker 5: When you have those questions, go to the Bible and see where your values lie, where your beliefs lie, and everything's just listed out that You're guidebook for life is listed there, so and you'll know what your purpose is, where your worth lies, and who God has.

38:10 Speaker 3: Created you to be.

38:13 Speaker 4: That's absolutely true.

38:14 Speaker 2: Do you have any specific project that you are working on currently that you can give us a little speak too.

38:22 Speaker 5: I'm working on a Tummil album, so I just released my original English album, so the next is my original Thumbel album.

38:30 Speaker 3: I me and my team are working on it.

38:33 Speaker 5: I am trying to write the songs and the lyrics for it as well.

38:37 Speaker 3: So keep that in your prayers.

38:40 Speaker 4: Absolutely absolutely.

38:41 Speaker 2: I want to just ask you this question, like, Okay, you're so good in English, but at the same time you're going to.

38:46 Speaker 4: Work on a Namel album.

38:47 Speaker 2: How do you manduver between two things.

38:52 Speaker 5: I grew up speaking Tummerl at home, but I'm not very fluent in.

38:56 Speaker 3: Like the big big words.

38:58 Speaker 5: So what I do is I just figure out the theme in English and like type out like the words that I want to use, like the English words, I type out, type them out, and then I just translated to Google and see which one sounds nice.

39:15 Speaker 4: And I use it in my song.

39:16 Speaker 3: That's a little tip for you songwriters.

39:21 Speaker 4: That's really good. That's good.

39:22 Speaker 2: I mean right now, there are people who are actually wanted to do like my podcast into other languages. And somebody actually wanted to try out and tamble. So I mean I couldn't figure out how it was with some machine it right, and uh, somebody said it was like mixing Tamil and English. So that's why I was excited how we're managing. So do you have any specific word for the ministry the podcast and uh, you know, what would you like to share?

39:51 Speaker 5: I would just encourage you to keep going, uh and uh listen to God as.

39:57 Speaker 3: To what he wants you to share.

39:59 Speaker 5: And and it's been wonderful listening to all of your messages, you're listening to your podcasts and your books and everything. It's just a great thing that you keep consistently putting out these things.

40:12 Speaker 3: In new ways. So I would just encreage you to keep going.

40:15 Speaker 5: And it's definitely in our prayers and it's we're very excited that Carnean has been doing this.

40:22 Speaker 3: Uh and yeah, just all the best.

40:27 Speaker 4: Thank you so much, thank you.

40:29 Speaker 2: So one final bonus question before we go into the final prayer of impartation.

40:35 Speaker 4: So I had to break this out.

40:37 Speaker 2: So, if you could be any cartoon character or movie character or anything that you just dreamed about, who would you be and.

40:47 Speaker 3: Why cartoon character? I feel.

40:53 Speaker 5: I used to watch pop uff Girls all the time, so I okay character Bubble. Okay, Blossom is like the very strong leader kind of a person, and but a Cup is a very like.

41:11 Speaker 3: She'll just beat up everybody that comes her way.

41:14 Speaker 5: But Bubble has the balance of both like cuteness and like bubbly character. But then if somebody hurts her family or somebody like doesn't like does something wrong, or like something that doesn't align with her, then she will get the job done, you know, like that about it.

41:36 Speaker 2: For me, my favorite has always been Scooby Doo. So I'm like nicknamed a Scooby pastor and been featured on some newspaper and other platforms for my collection, like I have like Scooby Doo pen Drive, so that I always like the first question, I would ask anybody is do you like Scooby Doo No, So, because that's one of the best ways other than my usual traditional approach, I'll use that to you know, enhance the Kingdom of Guard.

42:08 Speaker 4: So there's so many, like.

42:10 Speaker 2: Thousands of people on those platforms who are like literally close to the Gospel and they don't want to have anything to do with Guard. But you know, my heart is to read such people with and you can't just read saying oh, I'm a Scooby fan, I'll listen to my message that doesn't work yetly, so you know, put out content based on that or voice over or whatever, and then do it.

42:31 Speaker 4: You know, it makes a great impact by the end of it.

42:34 Speaker 2: So thank you so much once again for joining and it was such a great session that we just had, and those of you are listening to me. I'll be putting the links to her a blog, a website, and a YouTube channel as well as an Instagram account on both the YouTube as well as on all the podcast platforms. So go out and listen to it and check them out. And the songs have been a great blessing. Go ahead and do it. I'm sure it'd be a great blessing. For all of you, and do like common Share, subscribe to this as well so that it'll reach more people and make an impact.

43:08 Speaker 2: So yeah, so I just want you to close the session with a god a prayer and encourage people. If you're led to share any word over anybody.

43:19 Speaker 5: Sure, I'll definitely say a small word of prayer. Lord Jesus, I pray for everyone watching and listening to this podcast. Lord, I pray that you will bless each and every one of them Lord today, if they are dealing with any anxiety, any pressure, any stress in their lives.

43:37 Speaker 3: Lord, I pray that you will give them your peace and let your rest fill their hearts. Lord, fill their spirits. Lord, let them feel very calm.

43:47 Speaker 5: Lord, let them not have any sleepless nights anymore, but let them have your rest that you give them. Lord, Lord Jesus, I pray for anyone dealing with any sicknesses or pain.

43:58 Speaker 3: In their bodies. Lord, I pray that you will heal them. Lord.

44:02 Speaker 5: By your wounds, they are healed, Lord, so I thank you for healing them at this moment, Lord Jesus, I pray for everyone who is struggling financially, Lord, that you will bless them and you will prosper every work of their hands. Lord, Jesus, I pray for their families, that you will give them peace and their families and give them.

44:23 Speaker 3: Love to enjoy each other's presence.

44:28 Speaker 5: Lord, Lord, I pray that you will bless your children with wisdom and knowledge as they go out into this world, Lord, and as they do everything in your name for your glory. Lord, I pray that you will bless the work of their hands and increase them.

44:42 Speaker 3: Lord. Lord Jesus, I pray for every young person watching this podcast. Lord, even as they are building their values, they're building their identity there in the individuality and their personality. Lord, I pray that you will shape them, and you will show them what and who you have created them to be. Lord.

45:01 Speaker 5: Lead them and guide them through your holy spirit, Lord, and help them to reach many heights and increase their efforts. Lord, and bless them in their lives. So Jesus, I pray for everyone who's struggling with their identity. Lord, I pray that you will show them how much you love them, Lord, and how much you love them that you have given your life for them, Lord, so that they can have freedom in this world. They can be free of sin, from sickness, and from whatever they are struggling. With Lord Jesus, you'll be their friend from this day forward and show them that they are a child of the King of King's Lord, Bless them and increase them in Jesus same I pray.

45:42 Speaker 4: Thank you so.

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46:52 Speaker 2: If your heart stops beating, now, do you know where you're going? If you came face to face with that, now, do you know where you're going. This is not a message of condemnation. This is a message of hope. There is a God who loves you so much he sent his only son, Jesus Christ to come down and pay a heavy price by shedding every drop of his blood on the cross. Thank you for dying for my sins. When you believe in Him, you have free gift of salvation for you that assures us that we will go to Heaven when we die instead of suffering in hell forever.

47:32 Speaker 2: I just encourage you today to make the simple step of it and say, Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross. Thank you for giving me this gift of eternal life.