10 Mistakes I made as a Christian … Exposing myself 

Everyone has an issue with number 2 lol obviously anyone who is preaching that Jesus is not the only way to heaven is a false prophet and should be called out. But listen to what I am saying I was calling people false prophets because I didn’t like them … as a new believer that didn’t even know the word yet. “False prophet” is thrown around loosely in the Christian community from people who don’t even know what they are talking about!

yk… it wasn’t a coincidence that SO MANY PEOPLE got saved during covid. Prepare brothers and sisters for Jesus. He’s coming and I can’t wait.

Praying to get real Christian friends 🙏🏽

How to know if you're gossiping,what you say you can't say it in their presence.

Amen sister 🙋🏻‍♀️ Jesus never said “follow christians” He said 👉🏼“FOLLOW ME” …..Hallelujer 🙌🏻💃🏻🤸‍♀️🏃‍♀️

I have a Christian tik tok account, when i started to care about the numbers i immediately left beacuse my intention changed and i felt like i was living a lie because i was reading the bible but i wasnt REALLY reading the bible. Also i found myself idolizing social media and im still struggling with that still. When i went on Christian tiktok, i felt so behind in my faith and i started to doubt my salvation because so many of these tik tokers seemed so advanced in their walk. But also Christian tik tok also convicted me in alot of ways and pushed me to pursue my relationship with God more. So its a double edged sword.

I meet my husband and he lead me to Christ. I never saw him as anything more than a friend because he was 18 years old and I was 23 years old. We were friends for a whole year we did not have feelings for each other at all and I got saved eventually. Months later we realized that we were for each other, God placed love in us for each other at the right time. We prayed and asked God for his guidance to move forward in “dating”. We knew we would get married to each other because God revealed it to us individually. so I do believe it can happen but for sure always have God guide you. I honestly never imagined I’d end up marrying my best friend, my husband. This is my story but always ask seek for guidance from God and he will show you.

About the pastors part, you said that you don’t like that other people talk about false prophets but I think it’s really necessary as lots of people fall for the wrong doctrine. I think they shouldn’t badmouth the pastors but instead explain providing evidence and points fro the bible disproving the false doctrine. Usually I haven’t seen people hate these pastors but rather show that they are deceptive or fake and are showing the wrong path to people which can cause them to be in sin.

Gossip is a huge problem in the church...double standards are to. You have leaders who expect you to do things that they themselves don't do. So do we just turn a blind eye to this and act like it doesn't happen? Or should we all hold each other accountable?

Great point on isolation. You’re absolutely right. I prayed so much for God to give me a group of God driven people and shortly after I joined a group at church with women who are all Godly and are so supportive. This pandemic has really put me in a dark place. My church group has brought me out of my dark place and also with the help of God as well. It’s been great growing in Christ with these girls. ❤️🙏🏻

Can you really pray for me? I am isolated right now but I have anxiety and depression. please pray 🙏🏼

I just talk to God about my gossip and ask God to change their heart and help me not be mad about it

“Ephesians 4:29 do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth but only what’s helpful in building others up according to their needs that it may benefit those who listen” I definitely agree that setting boundaries by immediately telling someone you don’t feel comfortable gossiping bc you don’t gossip is a great way to stop participating in gossip. Thank you for the tip 😘 Now I just need to tell my friends next time they call me up 😅

I got saved this January.... I'm so thankful to God for whatever He has done for me!!!

Girl, I did it too. Made a video about false teachers and it went viral. God corrected me and taught me true compassion, mercy, and grace through that situation.

P.S. “touch not my anointed ones” refers to doing physical harm, not calling out a false teacher...there are many scriptures that show we are in fact to call out those preaching a false doctrine.

Your honesty is pulling people like me to close to the lord. Thank you so much.

I had to take a break from TikTok and also Christian TikTok, and now I know the reason why. Thanks for sharing, God bless 💓✝️

Awesome that the Lord is truly dealing with you in many ways. Far as the false prophets goes the Lord with deal with them. You will know them by their fruit on who’s for God and who isn’t. Our place as believers isn’t to condemn them,but we are suppose to correct people in Love. You’re right on bashing someone is wrong,but speaking of their false teachings are 2 totally different things. Anyways ! Keep striving forward and finish this race strong! 🤝❤️

Quick reminder to everyone that, “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.” - Psalm 34:18 Even at your lowest God is still there for you. You’re loved and Jesus is coming back soon 🤍🤍.

She’s like a big sister advice. 💕

There’s definitely a difference between slander and pointing out something that someone is doing wrong. If you are saying something against them because you don’t like them than it’s definitely gossip but if you simply just want to explain to someone “oh, this pastor teaches new age doctrine so don’t follow him.” You don’t have to say it in a hateful way either even Jesus called people vipers. We have to call out wrong but we can never loose our love and compassion for the lost that are following the wrong way, if that makes sense. Love the sinner not the sin because that’s exactly what God does and we don’t want others to stumble into false doctrine. It’s always about our heart condition God knows if you are gossiping because you like attention or it makes you feel good or pointing out something because you want to educate someone.

We all are not perfect sister but with God anything is possible,Amen and God bless 😇😇

I’m asking God to give me the strength to delete tik tok for good. I’ve realized for me 95% of it is rubbish and a lot of idolization of self. Also this isolation one, I literally had to plead and cry out to God to help me. Now I’m apparently a people’s person. They say “make yourself friendly” if you have no friends, be a friend to someone.

Be careful of seeking for perfection in an imperfect world. Instead of making yourself feel bad about the mistakes you’ve made, see them as an obstacle that you also go through & seek to learn from your past mistakes

As the only believer in my family, and being a young adult myself, I totally love & appreciate this video. 💕

Thank you sister.. I learn new things todays.. Praise God...

Thanks for not being ashamed to “expose” yourself. I appreciate you opening up because this is really helping me. God bless you loads 🙏🏾😊💕✨

Asking advice from unsaved members of your family or friends. You are so right about this and I experienced this just yesterday.

hey Vivian :) regarding point #2, i really want you to consider what scripture says about calling out false teachers. It's a biblical mandate for us to do so, but we don't call them out because we simply "don't like them," but rather we call them out in love because they teach something that is contrary to what the word of God says. It is not slandering, but rather calling out what is being openly taught that is against truth. We do it hopes that they will repent and turn to biblical truth AND we do it to warn the people of God as well. These are just some verses the Bible says about false teachers: 1. "Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh" (Phil 3:2) 2. "I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive." (Romans 16:17-18) 3. "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths." (2 Timothy 4:3-4) 4. "But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction." (2 Peter 2:1) 5. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." (Matthew 7:15) 6. 2 Peter 2-3 7. The whole book of Jude In order to protect the flock of God, we should expose false teachers to minimize the spread of teachings that run contrary to who Christ is. We have to snatch our brothers and sisters from the fire, and much of that is done by calling out what is false. God is a holy God, and his word should never be twisted. We as Christians must delight in truth, proclaim truth, and call out what is contrary to truth because we love God and love his people!! This is all out of love, and what a beautiful thing it is to stand up for truth. Yes, the Lord looks at the heart, this is true. But we must discern and test every spirit to see if they are truly from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world (1 John 4:1). If they are openly and continually teaching something false and parading in their falsehoods, you can be sure the Lord would want us to warn his flock about this. Biblically, we're never told that a curse will come on us if we call someone out for their teaching. Many preachers say this to propagate fear so that no one will question their teaching, but this is a dangerous thing to say. The apostle Paul, the main guy who wrote many of the letters in the New Testament, called out Peter when he was acting out of line with the gospel (Galatians 2:11-13). No curse came upon him, but rather God used him to point the people of God to truth! If Jesus himself warned against false teachers (Matthew 7:15), he wants his people to warn each other as well. The apostle Paul also called out multiple people that the churches he was writing to had to look out for because of how they abandoned truth. Here are some examples: 1. “Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me” (2 Timothy 4:10). 2. “You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes” (2 Timothy 1:15). 3. “By rejecting this [faith and a good conscience], some have made shipwreck of their faith, among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander” (1 Timothy 1:19-20). 4. “Their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus” (2 Timothy 2:17). Many people use 1 Chronicles 16:22 to justify not warning others about a specific person, but it is taken out of context, since that passage refers specifically to the patriarchs at that time. For more information on this, please read: www.gotquestions.org/touch-not-Gods-anointed.html Again, this is all out of love. It is never love to leave a person in error, but rather love rejoices in the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6). Out of love I write this for you and all those reading. My brothers and sisters in Christ, may we rejoice in the truth and stand firm for what he has written! In the end, all the glory goes to Christ. Here are actually 2 more links to resources to help you navigate this topic: www.challies.com/articles/how-jesus-called-out-false-teachers-and-deadly-doctrine/ www.desiringgod.org/interviews/should-we-call-out-false-teachers-or-ignore-them I love you Vivian! I know we've never met, but I would always love to talk. I'm here as a friend and a sister in Christ. Continue to read scripture, not with pre-conceived notions, but with fresh eyes. Jesus loves you girl and is sufficient for you always :)). My insta is @daniela.e if you ever want to chat, and i would love to chat! Much love! - Daniela

Hey Vivian, I don't have any real Christian friends around me I actually don't really have any Friends and it's hard to have someone besides my husband support me on my walk with the lord because I don't have anyone else to talk to about god and my struggles

sometimes i get nervous to tell people about stuff like this but i always thought well there just gonna think i’m telling them a lot of rules , but now i see & understand that those who are willing to listen will listen , & who want to learn will approach videos like this & that’s what matters

Thank you for sharing this!

Always on time!♥️ thank you for this!

MUCH NEEDED THIS REMINDER!!! Thank you Viv!!!!

false teachers are not “anointed” and calling them out as publicly as they are spreading the false teachings is not gossip.

Thank you so much for this! I really needed this! God Bless 🙏🏽

i really needed this, thank you soooo much.

God is so good! Been waiting all day to get on RU-vid and relax (I have two toddler boys) and this is the first video on my feed. One word: God!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing! This has been really eye opening.

Amén sister ..thank you for being open

This video was so encouraging & much needed!

I related to this so much! Thank you so much for this video. God bless you! 🤍

You are sooooo right!!!!

I agree with what you’re saying that if you don’t like a pastor don’t listen but calling out a false prophet shouldn’t be a problem. There’s many false preachers who aren’t teaching the word correctly and are leading people astray. You should be able to take reproof and correction as a Christian but also have discernment. The truth should be told.

Thank you so much for what you do. God bless you sister.

You hit such great points! Thank you for sharing. Absolutely love your videos.

This video blessed me! Thank you Vivian 🤍

Blessings sister ❤ your videos are always directed/speaking to my life! Thank you for letting God use you sister!

GOD BLESS U VIVIAN WHAT A AMAIZING ADVICE THANK YOU

This was a blessing!! Thank you for sharing ❤️

This one right here is one of my favorite video!!! Thank you Vivian

this has blessed me today

This was a great video, thank you for sharing 🥰 Blessings!

Thanks for sharing! You have a lot of wisdom!

Thank you for sharing this lovely video 🤗

Girl, thank you for sharing this. ❤️

So many gems in this video. Thanks for the advice.

Thank you for being honest with us. It’s been so refreshing to be able to relate to someone in some kind of level.

Thankyou for your testimony sister, may God bless you and your ministry. 😇🙏👍

Cool to see others trying to walk in the light. Definitely need the encouragement and support.

This blessed me SO much!

So blessed ❤

Thanks for sharing

You are such a blessing in my life. God bless you!

May God Bless You!

I feel the same way about gossip!! Mad respect for you saying that when someone gossips.. I'm gonna start saying that too from now on :)

God Bless yall! ✝️♡

Can't wait to watch this video! Just bought your merch :). Keep obeying God with these videos sister!

Thank you so much for sharing those important points, you make perfect sense. Some things I kinda knew but you confirmed it.

That verse in Chronicles is taken way out of context, sis. That's like opening a novel, reading two sentences that are in the middle of the book that seems okay, and then running with it - when in fact, if you read the whole chapter collectively, it says something completely different. Proper exegesis needs to be done when it comes to the Bible and applying OT literature to our present time means that we are not doing proper biblical analysis. Most false teachers love this verse to manipulate the congregation so that they will continue preaching false doctrine. Maybe the false teachers don't do it on purpose but certainly, that verse adds an element of power for them to teach whatever they like and go uncorrected. We need to rebuke and call out each other in love 💕 the Apostle Paul is for this idea, what makes a pastor/ teacher exempt from this? God bless you, Viv. I love your content ❤️

God-bless you my sister

You have no idea how much this video encouraged me.

Thank you for this! The wisdom and conviction backed up with the Word of God was well needed personally for me. I had convictions in a few of these and then forgot about them but you brought it back around in FULL circle for me. Thank you! I also signed up for Lifestyle of Freedom (Online) and I can’t wait to start this Sunday.

I live with a believer and go to church regularly. Who takes it really seriously that's good for me! Really encourages me.

I really really really love this. Been feeling the need to make a video about mistakes as a Christian as well. Thanks for sharing!!!

Thank you vivian, I used to idolize Christian leaders as well and the Holy Spirit convicted me of it.

Yes girl thanks for filling me with truth girl it was starting to fall out of me

Interesting insights and chit chat in this video, thank you for sharing 🙏💜

This video spoke to me! Thank you 🙏

YESS Vivian humility is key and I later realize that in my walk with God.

You are amazing. Like please never stop

I've been following this channel for a while. And I think it's so amazing to see a woman of God standing up! You inspired me to be more bold and my faith & post christian videos.

Thank you for uploading this! I can identify with many things ❤️

So much wisdom!! Thank you for sharing sis ❤️ Big facts it’s taken me months to slowly delete all the music i used to party to and exactly how you said being back those moments and memories that lead me into wanting to go back

Thank you for this

Amen and Amen. So much wisdom here.🤍

Thank you very much for sharing this. I have done some of these. I'm so grateful for this video. I am newly saved and still learning. Praise the Lord. 🙏😊❤️

I’m happy to have stumbled upon your video. This was inspirational.

You have a girft of explaining things in a pure and concise way. Keep it up! And blessings!

Awesome vidoe.... so very true. !! You are very transparent and genuine. God bless you always! 💞💞💞💞😊😊😊🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃😉😉😉😉😚😚🦋🦋🦋👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❣❣❣

Yay! I was hoping you’d post a new video soon 🤗 Your videos actually inspired me to post my baptism video on my channel 😭 May the Lord continue to use you & work in you. God bless you, sister! 🕊🌿❤️

SO GOOD!!!!

Thank uuu sooo much for this video it really helped.

Thank you Sister.. God bless you

The authenticity of this video is wildly refreshing! Keep keeping it real and stay focused on the cross sis ❤️

Thank you for sharing Vivian! Hopefully, I will not make this mistakes in the future.

Praise God 👏🏾 Found your channel recently and I thank you for sharing your journey with us. God bless you Sis I got sucked into Gossip at work and man oh man I need to repent for that

Darling, many things you said it ok, but when it comes to the not asking advise from your family and friends I do disagree a little bit. I was a very Christian like you, don't get me wrong I'm still a Christian, but not listening to or asking other people's advice because they're non believers I made so much mistakes when I use to believe that, my advice to you will be you can ask and listen, but have the wisdom from the Lord in order to take what's right, because God can use anybody especially people who have more life experience then us. Don't be quick to judge or see others not good to listen to, you will end up making a lot of mistakes and regret later.

Praise God, I could tell the Holy Spirit was speaking freely through you 😊🙌🏽 great points sis!