This is so honest. I struggle with all of this. Fears: - Losing salvation over sin. - Not doing enough for God. - Giving in sexually before marriage. - Doing a sin without realizing it. - Ending up alone (never marrying) - Screwing up marriage or just getting married for trendy reasons, the dress, cake, status and sex. - Making the wrong choices career wise. - Dying a super painful death for my faith. - Being unsatisfied with where God has me. - Making it to the end without giving up.
1. you cant lose salvation its a gift that we accept 2. no one will ever be good enough for God thats why Jesus died for us nothing we do will ever be good enough he loves us so much and we dont even deserve it 3 you dont have to fight this battle alone you can pray for strength and more self control prayer is powerful and you need to stay in the word everyday to learn more about how to live as a christian 4.you can ask God to reveal to you what that sin was and again study the bible daily to know more about sin and then ask for forgivness and that he will help you fight temptations 5. not everyone is promissed marriage ik it seems nice but you wont need marriage when you get to heaven so focus on your relationship with God first and if its in his plan for you to get married then you should be patient and accept what he tells you 6. before you get married you need to read more and study the topic of marriage and love in the bible and ask God for guidance 7. God doesnt promisse career you shouldnt want to live for yourself were here to live for God and spread the Gospel and use the gifts he gave us to glorify him in everything we do you should trust him even if you end up homeless 8. it seems scary but if you die after living for God its worth it because heaven will be perfect and youll be with God for eternity without any pain . i really hope this helped may God bless you i pray that the holy spirit will convict you whenever you sin and that he will guide you to the truth and that you will be bold in your faith and spread the true Gospel in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit Amen
Agreed! Omg we share the same fears! But God is bigger than all our fears...so just like Montell said we have to kinda get over those fears and leave it all in God’s hands. Be blessed 🙏🏾✨
Same bro, especially giving up sexually before marriage which is the hardest sin to overcome since it's so dang pleasurable 🤦🏽♂️, Sometimes I question God of why that's a sin but at the same time IK why it is.
Jay The Realest RIGHT! Also, 80% of people have had sex by 20. That is crazy. I pray God gives me the strength to remain a virgin till marriage or death.
Isaiah 41:10 10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
These past days I've been dealing with feelings of fear that God may leave me. Right when I woke up I opened the Scriptures on Hosea 11:8 "How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender." (ESV) I know it might sound weird because it talks about the people of Israel, but when I read that, it felt like it was, not just for them, but for every single one of us. God truly never leaves us ❤ That's our confidence
God is truly amazing. I've had similar experiences where something would be going on in my life or in my mind, then I just open my Bible and whatever page it would land on would have a verse or a line that would absolutely connect with whatever it may be. I really like Isaiah 48:10-11 , "I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering. I will rescue you for my sake - yes, for my own sake!" I just thought that was relevant to yours in a way. And true, He is always there beside you. God bless!
I relate to the fear of giving my creativity to God, and thinking that it will become bland, so I appreciate that reminder that God is indeed the *Creator*
I also get scared I won’t get married I am pretty female I attract guys but none are serious enough and not having sex till marriage is a turn off soooo.... but I’m not trading GOD for man at any point in my life
That one guy will come to you... mine waited 7 years.. yes we were long distance and saw each other here and there but he waited and if there is someone for me... there is someone for you!
I'm right there with you girl! There is no chance in hell I'm going to stop waiting, but sometimes seeing the guys out there close to me, be so childish in their faith, not wanting to wait or just not being a good match with the call God put on my life, can get discouraging.
Do not worry! Just pray. Jesus will bring the one in mind for you when it’s time if it’s His will. I know it’s easier said than done but what else is there to do asides from pray? And prayer is the best thing you can do. God bless!
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." You are going to go very far in life Montell. You are already doing so well, but you are going to do even more. Your videos are honestly so helpful. I appreciate you spreading God's word and you motivating others as well. I pray that you continue to receive more and more blessings and may the Lord be with you❤🙏🏾.
I can’t imagine how difficult it is to talk about this so publicly and then upload to the internet for everyone to hear and know, but being so honest and vulnerable about these fears is so beautiful and extremely helpful. Thank you for being so brave so others (like me) can connect and we can know we’re not alone, but all going through the same types of battles. God bless 🙏🏼
God’s grace is something we can’t earn or work for. trusting in God is enough. he won’t ever spit us out or leave us and we can’t work to get accepted by God 🥰
I can relate to your first fear so much. For the first, I know that God loves me as He is my father and a father would never abandon His child. However in the Bible they also said "not all who calls his name will enter the gates of heaven" (or something like that I don't remember the actual scripture) But yeah, I often fear that what if I slack off, what if I sin, what if I missed church two weeks in a row, what if i don't read the Bible regularly? He's going to spit me out, isn't he? God hates sins, and I'm a sinner. And my church has always warned me to always keep up with God's pace cause you don't want to slack off, but it's just so hard sometimes. :(
Phillipians 1:6 Ephesians 2:9-10 Romans 6:1-2 (Living in sin is sinning regularly and being cool with it) Hebrews 4:16 Read and be encouraged my friend. God bless you! 🥰
I struggle with that same thing. Its hard to continue on with God but we have to continue to live for him and try our best to be the best versions of ourselves and try to bring as much people as possible to Christ. And keep his commandments. A lot of people see are Christian and believe that they will get into heaven automatically because they’re Christians but I don’t think that’s always true and not even for myself. I long to go to heaven but I don’t know if I will go to heaven.
God will never abandon you man, we need to keep a relationship with him, but no work we can do earns us salvation. The risk that dies is accepting Jesus as our savior. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,” John 10:28 NLT God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT Salvation cannot be obtained by anything you do on Earth, being a good person, obeying the will of God, etc. The only work that gained us salvation was the work Jesus did on the cross to save us from our sins. It is not our works that saves us, but his. To those who think any type of sin makes them lose salvation: Remember that the blood of Jesus has the power to cover all sins, and was shed so all sins could be forgiven. When we think we can lose our salvation by committing some type of sin, we are really saying that “Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross wasn’t strong enough to cover all sins”. We say his sacrifice was only good enough to cover the small sins( lying, stealing) but not good enough to cover big sins( porn, murder), even though all sins are equally bad in the eyes of God. So we really say Christ’s sacrifice had no power at all, which if true, destroys the reasoning for the entire religion. Jesus’ sacrifice has covered all sins.
Your first fear is literally one of my fears. TikTok made me feel like that and also made me feel like I HAD to be perfect so I just stopped going on there.
Yes. I did too. Drown others out and focus on the most high. Jesus. His words, listen to holy music, worship him, and pray!!! It helps and maybe fast. I do!! Hope it helps❤️ god loves u✨
I'm sorry but I feel like there's something a little bit dark going on with Tik Tok. Don't get me wrong some of the content is funny and some of it is beautiful, but I noticed that times I get a very depressed feeling when being on there for too long or after seeing certain things.
2 Corinthians 1:7 For God does not give you the spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind🗣 Thankyou for putting yourself out there and putting yourself in a vulnerable position. Really made me realise I’m not alone in these fears. God bless x
@ChanelPayne. I think its 2 Timothy 1:7 that says that. But it's okay, 2 Corinthians 1:7 is a good scripture too that reminds us that though we share in the suffering of those who follow Christ, and endure patiently we will share in the comfort that Christ provides for those who suffered for him. I like to put this scripture with the promise Jesus gave to us in John 16:20-22. God Bless you and keep on encouraging other people, God sees your heart.
I found this video helpful in a way that I'm finally starting to understand I'm not alone with these same fears and thoughts, especially the first one. I've felt ashamed of not being enough for God and at the same ashamed of not trusting Him enough. So that's why I'm grateful I saw this video. Also, your videos in general have helped me after coming back to Christ, I like how you come across very genuine and you speak honestly about your problems even in faith. So thank you for creating what you have a gift for
He speaks so well about having a genuine heart for God but being so inherently flawed. I've had so many opportunities come past me this past month and I pray that God knows that my eyes are still on him and he is my focus. I'm terrified of being lost in the blessings and losing focus on the source.
this is so crazy but earlier today, the message from the devotional I had listened to was just about fear and that place of safety we have in God. definitely the word He has for my life today, thank you for this video Montell, praying for so many blessings upon your life always 🙌🏼❤️
I really relate to the first fear of not being acknowledged by Jesus in front of the Father. Recently God reminded me of 2 truths that helped me not put the pressure on doing enough for God because that can easily become almost a disbelief that Grace alone saves us. 1. In Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus is warning the people about religious formalism, he sais that some of the people who will have performed miracles and cast out demons in his name will not be saved on judgment day because Jesus never knew them. (The passage is a little complicated, we can talk about it, but that's the main point). So Jesus really doesn't want us to get lost in the doing. He wants us to get lost in him, in our relationship with him, in prayer, in worship. He wants us to be receptive to his word, he wants us to give Him our life and repent from our sin, he wants us to give up all the things we put higher than him & his will, and to set aside our egos & stop thinking we know better. 2. My friend reminded me of the other truth last week: Faith comes from God. We can't save ourselves and we can't make us believe in God more. Faith comes from God, all we can do is ask Him for more faith and then care for it when he gives it. Reading the bible, praying, worshiping, having deep honest conversations with other Christians are all ways we can feed our faith and keep it alive longer. Which I find reassuring in the sense of, this isn't on my shoulder. I can't save myself. God will provide what I need, I just need to know and love him.
Your first fear is a huge one for me. I pretty much just stopped everything that wasn't religious or directly related to my responsibilities (i.e. job) or keeping me alive (i.e. food) because I was sure that if I did anything, especially anything that I enjoyed, I was going to hell. That has thankfully been fading, but you're not alone. No one in this comment section is. Let us be as iron sharpening iron (Proverbs 27:17)
Hey Montell! Just writing a message to tell you that you’ve been an ENORMOUS inspiration in what I’m doing with my UA-cam channel. I just started, but your willingness to share the most personal details in your life has inspired me to do the same. My next video is actually going to be about why I’m saving myself for marriage. Something I never thought I would make a video about. I appreciate you man, keep doing you, and witnessing for Jesus!!
Wow Keep pushing it He also inspired me I'm also working towards that Let keep the Good work going We grow by lifting other's Let support ourselves.... You just got a new subscriber.... returned
I think God sent you to me Montell. I've had the same fears you had and i could relate to almost everything you said. Thanks for steping out and doing your thing. You truly are a role model in my life and you inspire me to...not be afraid to let God use my creativity as a fashion designer, musician, truly whatever i want to be. Please don't ever stop. Thanks man. Much love 💖🐇
your art is really inspiring, I'm so proud of what you are doing and what you stand for, thanks for doing that! I related most to steering my own ship, that my life wouldn't really be exactly what I wanted because of Him... but I think it's the stark opposite, my identity is in Him and is much better in Him
All these fears were super honest, transparent & real. I’ve definitely had/still have these fears & even more- the beautiful thing about God is that He isn’t fear. In my moments of fear, I know God isn’t there & my reverence for Him helps redirect me back onto His path of love, light & faith. Thank you for this conversation starter for sure!! // also, DOPE MERCH! The bucket hats are soooo a vibe ❤️
Tbh one of my biggest fears is fellowship sometimes. I see other believers who push extremely hard about the faith, and sometimes it comes off as harsh to me. I prayed to the father with a softened heart, and to steer from religious mentalities and one of christ. Ive been struggling tbh with my place in everything, and it weights down on me. I need to really give it all to the father, because I honestly have been looking to men for answers and end up confused and depressed. God bless
I love how transparent you are about your Christian journey, I’ve been struggling but I have to continue my race. These same fears came to me as well but we will truly be alright through our leading from Christ. Thank you for this video 🙏🏾🥺
My biggest fears: 1. Going to hell. 2. The fear I'll never get married. 3. That, I'm not doing enough. 4. That God will leave me. 5. That I do something wrong without realizing it. 6. Doubting God. 7. That I'll lose faith. I have been having this problem where I feel God isnt real. Even though I know he is I have this feeling in my heart telling me, that God isnt real and I should serve satan. It's really scary and not only that, but I pray to God, and something in my head tells me that I'm telling satan that. I just dont know what to do. I have been praying and trusting. I know the Bible says that our hearts are deceitful and our feelings are too. I really feel attacked by satan latley. I'm a young beilive and I go to my family for help, but nothing seems to help. Please tell me your opinions in it? Sorry for grammar mistakes I'm not the best at it.
@@isaiah7787 thank, you what do you mean by social media? And thank you for replying, I kinda have been haveing these little moments of feeling God, but it's just like alot of empty feelings that come across me! God bless you and have a great rest of your day or night!✝️❤
God's child 333 by social Media I mean staying off of Snapchat,Twitter,Facebook,Instagram, even UA-cam at times. Try to dedicate time with God and just speak to him what’s on your heart
Hey Montell, just so you know? You're definitely someone that's been tasked to make Gospel Art cool. All your stuff is really profound. Don't stop! Thank you and thank the Lord for you. Love ya man.
Thank you so much for your video! You cannot imagine how much I needed that. I'm struggling with my first job ever and it is so difficult because I'm feeling judged because I only did studies in my life and never worked. I just started but I'm basically messing up everything.. It's so difficult to let it go.. I know I need to let God take control of it but I don't know how..
The 👏🏾trans👏🏾par👏🏾en👏🏾cyyyy👏🏾!!! This is what we need more of!! I love how honest you are and i love being able to share your videos with other people or recommend your channel because you’re so honest and your videos really help not only me but sooo many others. I know you can always tell from your comment section but don’t ever forget that you’re not alone with the way you feel. There’s someone battling it with you whether you know them or not. ❤️
Hey Montell, just curious, but have you considered making a gc or discord for your community of followers/subscribers? I feel like it would be so dope if we did have one
So authentic. May God bless uu. It also happens to me to have such fears. Mine is the fear of not dying empty, like dying without fully using the gifts that God has put inside of me. And it leads me to compare myself with others. May God help us
The last thing, about steering your own ship, can 100% relate.along with that just the overall struggle of the need to control, the desire to know what’s gonna happen, then the realization that we’ll never know, only God knows. But all that over-thinking ultimately leads to anxiety, at least for me. Now, continuing to pray about my anxiety, I feel like God’s peace is closer than ever ❤️
Thanks for your candidness. You voiced a fear that was subconscious in me. I admit I've never fully surrendered my artistic ability to the Lord, thinking that "christian" art is bland. I need to re-surrender it, because anything beautiful in this world is because of Him.
"God can truly take control." Thank you for this. May God keep blessing you, abundantly. I recently discovered your channel and I am truly touched and feel so connected to the Spirit when I watch your videos. Thank you , thank you, thank yoouuuu!
I can relate to all 5 fears! If felt like you were in my head haha, it just goes to show that we as Christians not alone in our worries and fears. Thank you sharing with us and reminding us of God’s love and mercy. God bless you ❤️
AMEN on the creativity point!! your work has been really uplifting in that aspect, God has definitely worked through you to reveal to me His creativity
Thank you so much, brother. I’ve also been struggling with the fear that God will leave, it’s something I’m battling right now. I’m so thankful He won’t ever leave no matter what.
Love love love this guy’s mindset .i agree with every single point and I can relate especially the marriage one. I get so scared I’ll be alone and everyone around will be happy enjoying their family and that I’ll be that aunty that’s always been single. I really felt the last one too. I always had a back up plan for everything but on my journey with God I had to let go and let God fr fr
Thank you for sharing , I have the same fears (literally) . Also thank you for being honest and sharing the art you create for the Lord , it is truly inspiring. May God continue to open doors for you and fill you with his love always !
hey montell i don’t know if you’re going to see this but thank you for leaning towards what you believe in and posting this video. i relate to every single point you talked about, especially the part about being a creative. i’ve been doing everything in my own strength, and not surrendering my works to God, and i always fear that the moment i surrender my creative ideas and mind and art to God, that i’ll become restricted and like what you said, lose my creativity. it’s so heartening to see that i’m not alone in such a doubt and that we’re all essentially a work in progress in Christ... ur channel has shown me that it is possible to be a creative and still remain in Him faithfully. ♥️
Absolutely love this. Thanks for being raw and vulnerable and open about these things. I relate with fear of being single for the rest of my life (especially as I just came out of a marriage and my biggest desire is to be a mother) Proverbs 3:5-6 is my go to scripture as well and I also meditate on Psalms 37:4 and Matthew 6:33 a lot. I pray God does give you the desires of your heart!
Moitshepi Sparkles ✨ it’s also amazing to see you here been meaning to also create a community of Christian here in South Africa who are Christ conscious and are also supper creative, coz I’m also a creative myself
yhhh ive been having that same fear you mentioned 3rd, because i create music my self ,and i fear that it will lose its spark once i let God into it, but one thing your music has shown me is that thats just the devil playing with me cause ,bro .... your music is hella dope man, and still edifying. dont stop doing what you do montell fish
Lol! Love what you said about being afraid if you give your creativity to God You are bringing amazing music & art to the table, love your discernment so glad I found this channel!!
Ooooof the part about creativity and not being inspired by Christian art hit so hard. I've felt that soo much and i was always going between creating secular music and christian music but after i fully gave my life to Christ i made a decision to always praise god in my music no matter how "uncool" or "corny" it felt at the time.
Being Lukewarm sucks. Guilt surrounds you, it’s hard to even come before God to pray, and you hear the messages that God won’t forsake but then you see the unwillingness and your own sins and you know that God is just.
Thank you for being real one of my fears is I won’t be able to spread his gospel the way others do but I am learning to be okay with the way in which he wants to use me
Thank you for your Vidoes!! I just started following you recently and I really enjoy your spiritual and creative videos! I’m a Believer too! It’s hard Navigating Faith in a cancel culture, toxic world these days. It’s been really hard not being able to consistently go to church and be with older believers. I miss corporate worship so much! 😭
God Bless you dude! THANK YOU!!! YOU KEEP DOING YOUR THANG! Just stumbled upon your video... and was pleasantly surprised. LORD JESUS' CHILD Much love brother.
thank you keep sharing :') I actually clicked here coz your video looked great.. and I found something more... what I need really right now. All praise to him!
yepp I relate to most of these, thank you soo much for making this video Montell. May God bless you and help you to continually grow in the grace and knowledge of Him❤️
I used to find my worth in what i could do for others, finding identity in what should be a tool for God’s glory is so detrimental. i’ll always feel less every time i couldn’t help someone.
I totally can relate about Christian art, what I've seen so far especially in my country (France) isn't really inspiring, the way that it is delivered.. I can't really relate but that inspires me to build my own thing to the glory of God and to reach more ppl like me with the kind of content / art that I make
I relate to the fear of getting married so much, but so thankful for the words of the Lord saying he will provide. even if it isn’t in the way I expected, he loves us and cares for us.
Brother: Took me a very long time to understand that my mother didn’t love me because she was incapable of doing so. When it came to the normal components that make an emotionally complete, balanced individual, my mother had several of them missing. Love, empathy and compassion were among the missing components. She had other components that were over developed like rage, anger, resentment and jealousy and I was her favourite dumping ground for all of these. I think she actually hated me and blamed me for all the things she thought she deserved in life and that my birth had prevented her achieving. Once I fully understood and accepted the person that my mother actually was rather than trying to make her into the mother I needed I was able to give up longing for a normal mother, know that she would never change and move on. I grieved for the mother that I should have had, accepted the womb donor that I actually had and emotionally detached from her. I didn’t love my mother but I didn’t hate her either. She wasn’t worth that kind of intense emotion. I felt indifferent to her and while I maintained contact with her during the times that she didn’t sever contact with me (periods of years in duration that afforded blessed relief) I kept the contact to a minimum. I am an only child and she was an only child so I felt a kind of duty to be there to assure her welfare only because there was nobody else. She had alienated all of my late father’s family and all of her extended family so there was nobody else. As with most difficult situations and people, acceptance is key. It is futile hoping that your mother will love you when she clearly doesn’t so accept it and move on. Ignore all the ridiculous memes and messages about unconditional mother love and live with your own reality. Stop struggling to gain her approval because it isn’t going to happen. Move on and in the absence of nurture from your mother, nurture yourself. Keep Jesus Christ first. Always. Amen
I feel u on that first fear. I have a quiet time routine I try to do everyday. I put pressure on myself and wanna have fine god but if I don’t stick to this routine I lose discipline and I don’t spend as much time w god so it’s tough
I am not sure...but I've heard that creativity stems from wisdom...and you know from scriptures that wisdom is one thing that God will never fail to bestow in abundance
Thank you Montell Fish. About the creative thing even I feel the same. But your this video reassured me. The source of all creativity is our Creator. So how can we lose it? In fact we will gain more of it. Thank you bro.
I am really battling with the 3rd fear like you. Giving God my talents and creativity..I am so afraid it will be stale and boring. Hearing you encourages me to remember God made us in his image and he is a creative God. Praying I can let go and Let God with my talents
I had to learn that God will never set me up to fail.
Well He will “test” you but that is true
Yesssss! I can't like this comment enough
Amen. God is perfect in all of his ways.
Omg I learned that this year 🙂
These rappers are mocking Jesus ! 🤨😡
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This is so honest. I struggle with all of this. Fears:
- Losing salvation over sin.
- Not doing enough for God.
- Giving in sexually before marriage.
- Doing a sin without realizing it.
- Ending up alone (never marrying)
- Screwing up marriage or just getting married for trendy reasons, the dress, cake, status and sex.
- Making the wrong choices career wise.
- Dying a super painful death for my faith.
- Being unsatisfied with where God has me.
- Making it to the end without giving up.
Hi there, this is literally me, letter by letter , WOW!!!!
1. you cant lose salvation its a gift that we accept 2. no one will ever be good enough for God thats why Jesus died for us nothing we do will ever be good enough he loves us so much and we dont even deserve it 3 you dont have to fight this battle alone you can pray for strength and more self control prayer is powerful and you need to stay in the word everyday to learn more about how to live as a christian 4.you can ask God to reveal to you what that sin was and again study the bible daily to know more about sin and then ask for forgivness and that he will help you fight temptations 5. not everyone is promissed marriage ik it seems nice but you wont need marriage when you get to heaven so focus on your relationship with God first and if its in his plan for you to get married then you should be patient and accept what he tells you 6. before you get married you need to read more and study the topic of marriage and love in the bible and ask God for guidance 7. God doesnt promisse career you shouldnt want to live for yourself were here to live for God and spread the Gospel and use the gifts he gave us to glorify him in everything we do you should trust him even if you end up homeless 8. it seems scary but if you die after living for God its worth it because heaven will be perfect and youll be with God for eternity without any pain . i really hope this helped may God bless you i pray that the holy spirit will convict you whenever you sin and that he will guide you to the truth and that you will be bold in your faith and spread the true Gospel in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit Amen
Agreed! Omg we share the same fears! But God is bigger than all our fears...so just like Montell said we have to kinda get over those fears and leave it all in God’s hands. Be blessed 🙏🏾✨
Same bro, especially giving up sexually before marriage which is the hardest sin to overcome since it's so dang pleasurable 🤦🏽♂️, Sometimes I question God of why that's a sin but at the same time IK why it is.
Jay The Realest RIGHT! Also, 80% of people have had sex by 20. That is crazy. I pray God gives me the strength to remain a virgin till marriage or death.
My biggest fear is failing God and dying without the chance of repentance
I think that God knows your heart and that since you even ask that question shows you want to repent of all your sins. Your faith leads to repentance
At least now you know you have the chance. And God is a God of AMAZING GRACE. He's too good to let you go.
@@mpumishongwe8672 Amen
@@sethmiller6847 Amen
God Loves you no way💙🙏🏾🌎
Isaiah 41:10
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
These rappers are mocking Jesus ! 🤨😡
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God bless yall🙏
These past days I've been dealing with feelings of fear that God may leave me. Right when I woke up I opened the Scriptures on Hosea 11:8 "How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender." (ESV) I know it might sound weird because it talks about the people of Israel, but when I read that, it felt like it was, not just for them, but for every single one of us. God truly never leaves us ❤ That's our confidence
God is truly amazing. I've had similar experiences where something would be going on in my life or in my mind, then I just open my Bible and whatever page it would land on would have a verse or a line that would absolutely connect with whatever it may be. I really like Isaiah 48:10-11 , "I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering. I will rescue you for my sake - yes, for my own sake!" I just thought that was relevant to yours in a way. And true, He is always there beside you. God bless!
Amazing!
Yes! God would never leave us! But pray that YOU never leave HIM! Because this world is truly evil...
Amen
NEEDED THIS
I relate to the fear of giving my creativity to God, and thinking that it will become bland, so I appreciate that reminder that God is indeed the *Creator*
real
These rappers are mocking Jesus ! 🤨😡
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“God is God and we’re truly Going to be alright” I love this. ♥️🌻
I also get scared I won’t get married I am pretty female I attract guys but none are serious enough and not having sex till marriage is a turn off soooo.... but I’m not trading GOD for man at any point in my life
That's good. You shouldn't get with a guy who can't wait till marriage.
That one guy will come to you... mine waited 7 years.. yes we were long distance and saw each other here and there but he waited and if there is someone for me... there is someone for you!
I'm right there with you girl! There is no chance in hell I'm going to stop waiting, but sometimes seeing the guys out there close to me, be so childish in their faith, not wanting to wait or just not being a good match with the call God put on my life, can get discouraging.
Do not worry! Just pray. Jesus will bring the one in mind for you when it’s time if it’s His will. I know it’s easier said than done but what else is there to do asides from pray? And prayer is the best thing you can do. God bless!
Same girl. Stay strong.
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
You are going to go very far in life Montell. You are already doing so well, but you are going to do even more. Your videos are honestly so helpful. I appreciate you spreading God's word and you motivating others as well. I pray that you continue to receive more and more blessings and may the Lord be with you❤🙏🏾.
I can’t imagine how difficult it is to talk about this so publicly and then upload to the internet for everyone to hear and know, but being so honest and vulnerable about these fears is so beautiful and extremely helpful. Thank you for being so brave so others (like me) can connect and we can know we’re not alone, but all going through the same types of battles. God bless 🙏🏼
These rappers are mocking Jesus ! 🤨😡
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God’s grace is something we can’t earn or work for. trusting in God is enough. he won’t ever spit us out or leave us and we can’t work to get accepted by God 🥰
He will never ever leave us
These rappers are mocking Jesus ! 🤨😡
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"God isn't like men."
Duh
I can relate to your first fear so much. For the first, I know that God loves me as He is my father and a father would never abandon His child. However in the Bible they also said "not all who calls his name will enter the gates of heaven" (or something like that I don't remember the actual scripture) But yeah, I often fear that what if I slack off, what if I sin, what if I missed church two weeks in a row, what if i don't read the Bible regularly? He's going to spit me out, isn't he? God hates sins, and I'm a sinner. And my church has always warned me to always keep up with God's pace cause you don't want to slack off, but it's just so hard sometimes. :(
Phillipians 1:6
Ephesians 2:9-10
Romans 6:1-2 (Living in sin is sinning regularly and being cool with it)
Hebrews 4:16
Read and be encouraged my friend. God bless you! 🥰
I struggle with that same thing. Its hard to continue on with God but we have to continue to live for him and try our best to be the best versions of ourselves and try to bring as much people as possible to Christ. And keep his commandments. A lot of people see are Christian and believe that they will get into heaven automatically because they’re Christians but I don’t think that’s always true and not even for myself. I long to go to heaven but I don’t know if I will go to heaven.
God will never abandon you man, we need to keep a relationship with him, but no work we can do earns us salvation. The risk that dies is accepting Jesus as our savior.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,” John 10:28 NLT
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT
Salvation cannot be obtained by anything you do on Earth, being a good person, obeying the will of God, etc. The only work that gained us salvation was the work Jesus did on the cross to save us from our sins. It is not our works that saves us, but his.
To those who think any type of sin makes them lose salvation:
Remember that the blood of Jesus has the power to cover all sins, and was shed so all sins could be forgiven. When we think we can lose our salvation by committing some type of sin, we are really saying that “Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross wasn’t strong enough to cover all sins”. We say his sacrifice was only good enough to cover the small sins( lying, stealing) but not good enough to cover big sins( porn, murder), even though all sins are equally bad in the eyes of God. So we really say Christ’s sacrifice had no power at all, which if true, destroys the reasoning for the entire religion. Jesus’ sacrifice has covered all sins.
@@justasinnersavedbymercy but they said you can only go to heaven if you have faith that you will go to heaven
Indie Chic Yeah, I guess thats true.
Your first fear is literally one of my fears. TikTok made me feel like that and also made me feel like I HAD to be perfect so I just stopped going on there.
Yes. I did too. Drown others out and focus on the most high. Jesus. His words, listen to holy music, worship him, and pray!!! It helps and maybe fast. I do!! Hope it helps❤️ god loves u✨
Tehillah Dowdell thank you !
These rappers are mocking Jesus ! 🤨😡
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Lexi Watson ofc
I'm sorry but I feel like there's something a little bit dark going on with Tik Tok. Don't get me wrong some of the content is funny and some of it is beautiful, but I noticed that times I get a very depressed feeling when being on there for too long or after seeing certain things.
2 Corinthians 1:7 For God does not give you the spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind🗣 Thankyou for putting yourself out there and putting yourself in a vulnerable position. Really made me realise I’m not alone in these fears. God bless x
@ChanelPayne. I think its 2 Timothy 1:7 that says that. But it's okay, 2 Corinthians 1:7 is a good scripture too that reminds us that though we share in the suffering of those who follow Christ, and endure patiently we will share in the comfort that Christ provides for those who suffered for him. I like to put this scripture with the promise Jesus gave to us in John 16:20-22. God Bless you and keep on encouraging other people, God sees your heart.
I found this video helpful in a way that I'm finally starting to understand I'm not alone with these same fears and thoughts, especially the first one. I've felt ashamed of not being enough for God and at the same ashamed of not trusting Him enough. So that's why I'm grateful I saw this video.
Also, your videos in general have helped me after coming back to Christ, I like how you come across very genuine and you speak honestly about your problems even in faith. So thank you for creating what you have a gift for
These rappers are mocking Jesus ! 🤨😡
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He speaks so well about having a genuine heart for God but being so inherently flawed. I've had so many opportunities come past me this past month and I pray that God knows that my eyes are still on him and he is my focus. I'm terrified of being lost in the blessings and losing focus on the source.
this is so crazy but earlier today, the message from the devotional I had listened to was just about fear and that place of safety we have in God. definitely the word He has for my life today, thank you for this video Montell, praying for so many blessings upon your life always 🙌🏼❤️
I really relate to the first fear of not being acknowledged by Jesus in front of the Father. Recently God reminded me of 2 truths that helped me not put the pressure on doing enough for God because that can easily become almost a disbelief that Grace alone saves us. 1. In Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus is warning the people about religious formalism, he sais that some of the people who will have performed miracles and cast out demons in his name will not be saved on judgment day because Jesus never knew them. (The passage is a little complicated, we can talk about it, but that's the main point). So Jesus really doesn't want us to get lost in the doing. He wants us to get lost in him, in our relationship with him, in prayer, in worship. He wants us to be receptive to his word, he wants us to give Him our life and repent from our sin, he wants us to give up all the things we put higher than him & his will, and to set aside our egos & stop thinking we know better. 2. My friend reminded me of the other truth last week: Faith comes from God. We can't save ourselves and we can't make us believe in God more. Faith comes from God, all we can do is ask Him for more faith and then care for it when he gives it. Reading the bible, praying, worshiping, having deep honest conversations with other Christians are all ways we can feed our faith and keep it alive longer. Which I find reassuring in the sense of, this isn't on my shoulder. I can't save myself. God will provide what I need, I just need to know and love him.
Man this is so accurate. You're not alone. Thank you
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear! (1 John 4:18)
Your first fear is a huge one for me. I pretty much just stopped everything that wasn't religious or directly related to my responsibilities (i.e. job) or keeping me alive (i.e. food) because I was sure that if I did anything, especially anything that I enjoyed, I was going to hell. That has thankfully been fading, but you're not alone. No one in this comment section is. Let us be as iron sharpening iron (Proverbs 27:17)
Hey Montell!
Just writing a message to tell you that you’ve been an ENORMOUS inspiration in what I’m doing with my UA-cam channel. I just started, but your willingness to share the most personal details in your life has inspired me to do the same. My next video is actually going to be about why I’m saving myself for marriage. Something I never thought I would make a video about. I appreciate you man, keep doing you, and witnessing for Jesus!!
Wow
Keep pushing it
He also inspired me
I'm also working towards that
Let keep the Good work going
We grow by lifting other's
Let support ourselves....
You just got a new subscriber.... returned
Just checked out your channel and I´m proud to see the steps you are taking, by you being inspired, I got inspired too. New subscriber.
braulio costa Thank you so much!! I’m so glad that my videos are inspiring! I’ll do my best to keep improving my message and overall quality!
I think God sent you to me Montell. I've had the same fears you had and i could relate to almost everything you said. Thanks for steping out and doing your thing. You truly are a role model in my life and you inspire me to...not be afraid to let God use my creativity as a fashion designer, musician, truly whatever i want to be. Please don't ever stop. Thanks man. Much love 💖🐇
Yasss sis
Thank you for being a positive role model 🤍
Thanks for shinning a light on these common fears that we all resonate with, snuffing out the strongholds that the devil has on us thru these lies.
I felt your thoughts on creativity. Its what I've been thinking lately. Thank you so much for putting this out.
your art is really inspiring, I'm so proud of what you are doing and what you stand for, thanks for doing that! I related most to steering my own ship, that my life wouldn't really be exactly what I wanted because of Him... but I think it's the stark opposite, my identity is in Him and is much better in Him
All these fears were super honest, transparent & real. I’ve definitely had/still have these fears & even more- the beautiful thing about God is that He isn’t fear. In my moments of fear, I know God isn’t there & my reverence for Him helps redirect me back onto His path of love, light & faith. Thank you for this conversation starter for sure!! // also, DOPE MERCH! The bucket hats are soooo a vibe ❤️
I become closer to god every time this man talk .... thank you so much
Tbh one of my biggest fears is fellowship sometimes. I see other believers who push extremely hard about the faith, and sometimes it comes off as harsh to me. I prayed to the father with a softened heart, and to steer from religious mentalities and one of christ. Ive been struggling tbh with my place in everything, and it weights down on me. I need to really give it all to the father, because I honestly have been looking to men for answers and end up confused and depressed. God bless
thank you for your content, I really appreciate all that you do tbh!
I love how transparent you are about your Christian journey, I’ve been struggling but I have to continue my race. These same fears came to me as well but we will truly be alright through our leading from Christ. Thank you for this video 🙏🏾🥺
I relate to this entire video. Thank you for all that you do. I am truly inspired on a consistent basis.💗
You speak to the soul! Love your vulnerability
My biggest fears:
1. Going to hell.
2. The fear I'll never get married.
3. That, I'm not doing enough.
4. That God will leave me.
5. That I do something wrong without realizing it.
6. Doubting God.
7. That I'll lose faith.
I have been having this problem where I feel God isnt real. Even though I know he is I have this feeling in my heart telling me, that God isnt real and I should serve satan.
It's really scary and not only that, but I pray to God, and something in my head tells me that I'm telling satan that.
I just dont know what to do. I have been praying and trusting. I know the Bible says that our hearts are deceitful and our feelings are too.
I really feel attacked by satan latley. I'm a young beilive and I go to my family for help, but nothing seems to help.
Please tell me your opinions in it?
Sorry for grammar mistakes I'm not the best at it.
Praying for you. I would say remain in the word and keep praying! Cut off social media possibly, I find media very toxic and persuading
@@isaiah7787 thank, you what do you mean by social media? And thank you for replying, I kinda have been haveing these little moments of feeling God, but it's just like alot of empty feelings that come across me! God bless you and have a great rest of your day or night!✝️❤
God's child 333 by social Media I mean staying off of Snapchat,Twitter,Facebook,Instagram, even UA-cam at times. Try to dedicate time with God and just speak to him what’s on your heart
@@isaiah7787 thank you!! I have been using my social media alot!
Hey Montell, just so you know? You're definitely someone that's been tasked to make Gospel Art cool. All your stuff is really profound. Don't stop! Thank you and thank the Lord for you. Love ya man.
Thank you so much for your video! You cannot imagine how much I needed that. I'm struggling with my first job ever and it is so difficult because I'm feeling judged because I only did studies in my life and never worked. I just started but I'm basically messing up everything.. It's so difficult to let it go.. I know I need to let God take control of it but I don't know how..
The 👏🏾trans👏🏾par👏🏾en👏🏾cyyyy👏🏾!!! This is what we need more of!! I love how honest you are and i love being able to share your videos with other people or recommend your channel because you’re so honest and your videos really help not only me but sooo many others. I know you can always tell from your comment section but don’t ever forget that you’re not alone with the way you feel. There’s someone battling it with you whether you know them or not. ❤️
I needed this video... I have these thoughts all the time. God bless ❤️
Hey Montell, just curious, but have you considered making a gc or discord for your community of followers/subscribers? I feel like it would be so dope if we did have one
That would be great
@Damaris Ibrahim im pretty serious about this idea my ig is michaela.fiserovaa, we can talk about it
Juno McGaff sane???
Yes it will
Id be interested
So authentic. May God bless uu. It also happens to me to have such fears. Mine is the fear of not dying empty, like dying without fully using the gifts that God has put inside of me. And it leads me to compare myself with others. May God help us
The last thing, about steering your own ship, can 100% relate.along with that just the overall struggle of the need to control, the desire to know what’s gonna happen, then the realization that we’ll never know, only God knows. But all that over-thinking ultimately leads to anxiety, at least for me. Now, continuing to pray about my anxiety, I feel like God’s peace is closer than ever ❤️
Thanks for your candidness. You voiced a fear that was subconscious in me. I admit I've never fully surrendered my artistic ability to the Lord, thinking that "christian" art is bland. I need to re-surrender it, because anything beautiful in this world is because of Him.
Man I really needed to hear this perspective. I always wondered these things and never heard many people really go this deep so thank you for this.
"God can truly take control." Thank you for this. May God keep blessing you, abundantly. I recently discovered your channel and I am truly touched and feel so connected to the Spirit when I watch your videos. Thank you , thank you, thank yoouuuu!
I can relate to all 5 fears! If felt like you were in my head haha, it just goes to show that we as Christians not alone in our worries and fears. Thank you sharing with us and reminding us of God’s love and mercy. God bless you ❤️
Thank you for sharing Montell. I appreciate your vulnerability and honesty.
AMEN on the creativity point!! your work has been really uplifting in that aspect, God has definitely worked through you to reveal to me His creativity
Thank you so much, brother. I’ve also been struggling with the fear that God will leave, it’s something I’m battling right now. I’m so thankful He won’t ever leave no matter what.
Haven't seen you do much of these videos, God bless
This was beautiful! Often times I feel the same way and this helped reassured me that everything is gonna be okay and I'm not alone. Thank you
Relate so much to your last fear. Letting God take control is easier said than done but rewarding at the end!
Love love love this guy’s mindset .i agree with every single point and I can relate especially the marriage one. I get so scared I’ll be alone and everyone around will be happy enjoying their family and that I’ll be that aunty that’s always been single. I really felt the last one too. I always had a back up plan for everything but on my journey with God I had to let go and let God fr fr
Met you at your show in New York last year! Love your content. Thank you for sharing
Dude you legit brought up the questions I have in my mind as well... Must be God that helped you make this cause it hits home so much
Thank you for sharing , I have the same fears (literally) . Also thank you for being honest and sharing the art you create for the Lord , it is truly inspiring. May God continue to open doors for you and fill you with his love always !
hey montell i don’t know if you’re going to see this but thank you for leaning towards what you believe in and posting this video. i relate to every single point you talked about, especially the part about being a creative. i’ve been doing everything in my own strength, and not surrendering my works to God, and i always fear that the moment i surrender my creative ideas and mind and art to God, that i’ll become restricted and like what you said, lose my creativity. it’s so heartening to see that i’m not alone in such a doubt and that we’re all essentially a work in progress in Christ... ur channel has shown me that it is possible to be a creative and still remain in Him faithfully. ♥️
I love how honest you are ❤️
3:58 yep. Perfect example of this is job
Absolutely love this. Thanks for being raw and vulnerable and open about these things. I relate with fear of being single for the rest of my life (especially as I just came out of a marriage and my biggest desire is to be a mother)
Proverbs 3:5-6 is my go to scripture as well and I also meditate on Psalms 37:4 and Matthew 6:33 a lot.
I pray God does give you the desires of your heart!
Firs one here from SA 🇿🇦
Hey fam
Moitshepi Sparkles hey 👋
@@johndoejohnmathe3655 great to see you here
Moitshepi Sparkles ✨ it’s also amazing to see you here been meaning to also create a community of Christian here in South Africa who are Christ conscious and are also supper creative, coz I’m also a creative myself
Hello fam😋
This hit home for me. Great content as always brother. Godspeed. Oh and please please please please pleeeeeeeeeeease restock merch.
yhhh ive been having that same fear you mentioned 3rd, because i create music my self ,and i fear that it will lose its spark once i let God into it, but one thing your music has shown me is that thats just the devil playing with me cause ,bro .... your music is hella dope man, and still edifying. dont stop doing what you do montell fish
thanks for sharing your fears, now your fears have gone in to light,, god will shine his light back to you,,, and help you overcome them!!
Save by grace amen bro🙏I needed this!
I can totally relate to everything you said, especially the creative part and the last fear.
This is deep and I love your honesty. Bless you, Thanks for sharing! xx
Yes, preach 🙇🏽♀️
Lol! Love what you said about being afraid if you give your creativity to God
You are bringing amazing music & art to the table, love your discernment
so glad I found this channel!!
Ooooof the part about creativity and not being inspired by Christian art hit so hard.
I've felt that soo much and i was always going between creating secular music and
christian music but after i fully gave my life to Christ i made a decision to always praise
god in my music no matter how "uncool" or "corny" it felt at the time.
Thank you for your honesty. i strongly related
The first two are very relatable, so are the rest, but for someone who is "Lukewarm", it's hard to overcome those fears.
Being Lukewarm sucks. Guilt surrounds you, it’s hard to even come before God to pray, and you hear the messages that God won’t forsake but then you see the unwillingness and your own sins and you know that God is just.
Jesus you delight in showing Mercy and Mercy triumphs over judgment James 2:13, Micah 7:18 🤗💕
Thank you for being real one of my fears is I won’t be able to spread his gospel the way others do but I am learning to be okay with the way in which he wants to use me
I appreciate this channel so much😭.
Thank you for your Vidoes!! I just started following you recently and I really enjoy your spiritual and creative videos! I’m a Believer too! It’s hard Navigating Faith in a cancel culture, toxic world these days. It’s been really hard not being able to consistently go to church and be with older believers. I miss corporate worship so much! 😭
God Bless you dude! THANK YOU!!! YOU KEEP DOING YOUR THANG! Just stumbled upon your video... and was pleasantly surprised.
LORD JESUS' CHILD
Much love brother.
thank you keep sharing :') I actually clicked here coz your video looked great.. and I found something more... what I need really right now. All praise to him!
yepp I relate to most of these, thank you soo much for making this video Montell. May God bless you and help you to continually grow in the grace and knowledge of Him❤️
I used to find my worth in what i could do for others, finding identity in what should be a tool for God’s glory is so detrimental. i’ll always feel less every time i couldn’t help someone.
Thank you for your vulnerability Montell, I can definitely relate ❤️🙏🏽
I totally can relate about Christian art, what I've seen so far especially in my country (France) isn't really inspiring, the way that it is delivered.. I can't really relate but that inspires me to build my own thing to the glory of God and to reach more ppl like me with the kind of content / art that I make
I relate to the fear of getting married so much, but so thankful for the words of the Lord saying he will provide. even if it isn’t in the way I expected, he loves us and cares for us.
Brother:
Took me a very long time to understand that my mother didn’t love me because she was incapable of doing so. When it came to the normal components that make an emotionally complete, balanced individual, my mother had several of them missing. Love, empathy and compassion were among the missing components. She had other components that were over developed like rage, anger, resentment and jealousy and I was her favourite dumping ground for all of these. I think she actually hated me and blamed me for all the things she thought she deserved in life and that my birth had prevented her achieving.
Once I fully understood and accepted the person that my mother actually was rather than trying to make her into the mother I needed I was able to give up longing for a normal mother, know that she would never change and move on.
I grieved for the mother that I should have had, accepted the womb donor that I actually had and emotionally detached from her. I didn’t love my mother but I didn’t hate her either. She wasn’t worth that kind of intense emotion. I felt indifferent to her and while I maintained contact with her during the times that she didn’t sever contact with me (periods of years in duration that afforded blessed relief) I kept the contact to a minimum.
I am an only child and she was an only child so I felt a kind of duty to be there to assure her welfare only because there was nobody else. She had alienated all of my late father’s family and all of her extended family so there was nobody else.
As with most difficult situations and people, acceptance is key. It is futile hoping that your mother will love you when she clearly doesn’t so accept it and move on. Ignore all the ridiculous memes and messages about unconditional mother love and live with your own reality. Stop struggling to gain her approval because it isn’t going to happen. Move on and in the absence of nurture from your mother, nurture yourself.
Keep Jesus Christ first. Always. Amen
I relate to them all this was on point. wow. God bless
The marriage thing I feel that way too sometimes but I look at some people and I know that there is someone for everyone.
God gave me my creativity and the confidence to express it after 26 years of suppressing it out of fear and not feeling good enough.❤️❤️❤️
This is amazing. Happy for you
Thank God!
❤️
@@glorychris7047 thank you! God is so good
I feel u on that first fear. I have a quiet time routine I try to do everyday. I put pressure on myself and wanna have fine god but if I don’t stick to this routine I lose discipline and I don’t spend as much time w god so it’s tough
Good to have brothers n sisters in Christ
God bless you all who commented on this video
Amen! A reminder for my brothers and sisters - Luke 6:46
Hey Montell, can you upload a Lofi Tutorial.
Proud fan from South Africa.✌
needed this.
I am not sure...but I've heard that creativity stems from wisdom...and you know from scriptures that wisdom is one thing that God will never fail to bestow in abundance
"Yes He cares about the message, but yes He cares how we deliver the message as well." sheeeesh man's on point!!!!
Thank you Montell Fish. About the creative thing even I feel the same. But your this video reassured me. The source of all creativity is our Creator. So how can we lose it? In fact we will gain more of it. Thank you bro.
I trust God ..we learn and and the more we learn the better 🙏🙏..Great video montell
i thought you was never coming back 😭😭😭 thank you God
Great content bro. Please make available the music you’ve used, it’s really dope :)
Love these types of videos montell! ❤️
I am really battling with the 3rd fear like you. Giving God my talents and creativity..I am so afraid it will be stale and boring. Hearing you encourages me to remember God made us in his image and he is a creative God. Praying I can let go and Let God with my talents