Girls Gone Bible - Get To Know Us | Girls Gone Bible

Episode Date: July 28, 2023

GGB gangganggang!!! We love you so much. This weeks episode starts out with us reading a story from Chapter 7 in the book of Luke like a little Bible study. "Moral of the story, don't be arrogant." Then we answer some of your guys questions from our "get to know us poll." We always have the most fun with you:) love you so much, see you next week God bless you & Jesus love you -Ang & Ari  if you’d like to support Girls Gone Bible 🙏🏻🕊️🤍 Paypal- https://www.paypal.me/girlsgonebibleinfo Venmo- https://www.venmo.com/u/girlsgonebible https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/girlsgonebiblepod/support

Hey everyone! Alright. Sorry, that was awful. We need to learn how to like talk when we get really weird. Hey everybody, this is Ari and this is... And... Today we're gonna read a story from the Bible and we are gonna do a Q&A, which is gonna be a lot of fun. We posted on the Instagram and said we're doing a Get to Know Us episode, so ask any questions that you guys want.

We have so many episodes that are really heavy and hard-hitting, and we love that. But today, we're just like, Jesus is joy. Let's have a little fun. Because we're really happy people. But it's good. No, it's great. No, it's good. We have been talking about a lot of heavy topics so we figured hey let's just make it fun

let's just have a little fun with our friends um do my eyes look puffy no why because i watched the passion of the christ last night oh i already know you were wailing i was wailing and i was sitting there being like i i have to record tomorrow like i have to be careful i'm really gonna be puffy but i cried last night too. I don't know. Why? Wait, why? I don't know. Come on, tell the class.

Why did you laugh? I had a moment in the shower. Another shower moment. And then another sign from God. Really? We'll talk about that. Wait, can you tell me the sign from God? No, I had a sign because my little thing with God, do you ever have those little things with him?

Like little insiders with him? Always. I do. My thing is Waymaker. And so I know he's with me when Waymaker miraculously comes on. And so I was in the shower and I was like, Jesus, I need you. And I had worship music on in the background. Right when I said that, all of a sudden I hear Way way maker that I look up and I was like I love you so much God that is so cute can you also tell the story actually about um you told me that you were in the back of an uber I think and you were you were really upset about something and you you prayed and you were like God I feel so far from you right now like Jesus I I need to feel close to you and

you instantly got a phone call right a phone call oh no that you're it does have to do with waymaker no no but you it happened recently someone called you and was like i someone was crying and they were like i just want you to know like oh yes um yes i was in the back of an uber and i had a moment and i was like i don't know what i'm doing like should I not be doing this? You know, I had such spiritual warfare and I was feeling so down upon myself. And I was like, I don't deserve this. I don't know if I should be doing this. And I prayed and I was like, God, please be with me right now. Cover me in your strength. And all of a sudden, as I'm saying this to God, it was one of those moments. My phone rings. It was from

my girlfriend who I grew up with that I haven't talked to in a long time. And she was like, hi, R. She's like, I know I haven't talked to you, but I just thought I should tell you this because you're seriously changing my life and bringing me to God, you and Angela. And she's broke down in tears. She's like, I can't even tell you what you're doing for my life and how much it's changing already. And I just was like, thank you, Jesus. He's so cute. He's the best.

You're never alone with Jesus. Literally never alone. He's right with you always. I love when he does those quick manifestations of himself to reveal himself. And a prayer that I always say is God, reveal yourself to me. Jesus, reveal yourself. Have something happen to where it's like it's undeniable that it's you that made it happen. So cute.

Yeah, I was watching The Passion of the Christ last night. And I just I really we already and I were talking about how we want to do a series on Jesus's life, maybe from birth to death. Because whenever I feel like far from God or I'm like missing him or not feeling his presence, I'll always go and read about his death. And it just instantly brings me to him. Like it because I think we forget about the gravity of the cross and what happened and how bad it was. That like hearing about it just immediately brings me that awareness of who he is, what he did. think we forget about the gravity of the cross and what happened and how bad it was that like hearing about it just immediately brings me that awareness of who he is what he did and how he lives within us all the time thanks to the cross why were you with me when you were

watching that sorry i don't mean to be jealous i was alone actually what were you doing last night i wanted to hang out with you last night you left i but i i asked you to come over and then you made it seem like you wanted to stay at your house sweet greens for the fifth time i wanted sweet she's a dick okay i am ocd story it's now sweet green i have this place in la called sweet green every day i suggested hey just for tonight let's eat somewhere else and you look at me go i can't even think about it. I'll do any speaking. I was like, okay, bye.

I was heartbroken when you said let's go have something else because I had to choose between you and sweet cream. Of course I wanted John and Vinny's pasta because that's who I am. I'd love some pasta. Anyways. Anyways. So we wanted to start off with a story. I was looking for a story yesterday and this one really just came out to me. I felt like we should read it. So I, before we start, I just wanted to say

when we do these episodes, I really hope that people don't skip the scripture. And when we read the Bible, because typically I, if before I was a believer like not believer but before I started reading the Bible I probably would have to me too it's hard to understand it is and like even way back when I would use like years ago when I would listen to sermons sometimes I passed the scripture and like before I had the awareness that that's the most important part I just want you guys to know that like every word that comes out of our mouths is nothing compared to what's in this Bible. So please like just read with us and it's so important. Go ahead. So we wanted to read Luke 7 36. It's the story of a

divine dinner interruption by a sinner expressing her gratitude for God's forgiveness. Beautiful. by a sinner expressing her gratitude for God's forgiveness. Beautiful. Then one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went to the Pharisee's house and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil and stood at his feet behind him weeping.

And she began to wash his feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair of her head. And she kissed his feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now, when the Pharisees see who had invited him and saw this, he spoke to himself saying, this man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner. The Pharisees doubted Jesus because he was so openly associated with sinners. Yeah. And Jesus answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. So he said, Teacher, say it. There was a certain creditor who had two debitors. One owed 500 denarii and the other 50.

And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which one of them will love him more? Simon answered and said, I suppose the one whom he forgave more. And he said to him, you have rightly judged. Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair on her head. You gave me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss my feet since the time I came in.

You did not anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with fragrant oil. Therefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven. For she loved much, but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. There's just a little more. Then he said to her, your sins are forgiven. And those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins? Then he said to the woman,

Your faith has saved you. Go in peace. Jesus. In Jesus' name. I love every story of Jesus says this to me, but especially the ones that are so he's so compassionate and everyone else is sitting there around being like how could he how could like there's everyone is doubting him saying there's no there's no way he could be God because if he was then he would know

how bad this woman was little do they know he's fully aware of who she is yeah and you I think what we can take away with this is we never want to have the mind of a Pharisee. Like they just thought they were better than everyone else. They were above everyone else, even Jesus. You know, they thought they were just, they thought they were better than him. And I think that. Yeah, they're legalistic. They, they are not at all about relationship. They're just about the legalistic side of, they're about religion and we're about relationship. That's why like, if you compare the Old Testament to the New Testament, we are so lucky that we have Jesus in the cross. Otherwise, we'd just be stuck in the bondage of the spirit of religion. Whereas now, I mean, it's just about,

he literally, he knows who this woman is but he's he doesn't care about her past he's more interested in who she's going to become through the grace of God and that's how he feels about us too he doesn't care about our past like people do he's interested in who we can be through him yeah and they thought because they were righteous like they were better and that's God doesn't forgive the righteous he forgives those who come before him at his mercy for forgiveness and repentance he it says in the bible that um god doesn't he has the healthy are in no need of a doctor it's the sick who need healing and so that's why he loves the sinners because they need him we all need him but

um and i just i love here when he says um your faith has saved you go in peace we talk all the time about how faith is the most important thing and it's like faith is the human channel for receiving god's gifts. Yeah. Like she went humbly before him. She went in, she went in as a servant, went on her knees and just humbly asked for his forgiveness. She knew what she did. She was a woman who didn't have the best reputation, but she just wanted to be forgiven. She was doing everything.

Like she was washing his feet and crying and and just uh it's so beautiful so hum it's so humbling and by the way back then like that's what you that was the hospitality that you would have like that's what you would do when you let someone in your home for a dinner like you would you would wash their feet and things like that the pharisees didn't do any of that and that's why it's important, like, not to think you're better than anyone else. You never want to have the mind of a Pharisee. Like, I kept saying that in my head as I was reading that. I love that so much. Yeah. I think true faith and relationship with Jesus starts with humility. Like, you can't be a true follower

of Jesus when you're arrogant. We always talk about that. It's the most important thing is to not be arrogant because we see it in a lot of people. And I don't care how much money you make, how beautiful you are, how good you are. You're arrogant. You better throw all that other stuff away. And it's nothing compared to who God is. And it's nothing compared to who God is. And, too, whenever people are arrogant in, like, the gifts they've been given and arrogant over, you know, putting themselves and their gifts over God, it's like God gave you those gifts.

Like, who are you to then, like, turn around and be arrogant about them? He gave them to you. He didn't come away from you, too. Like, I don't know. You just. Yeah, it's like the reality of it is it's like the higher you think of this yourself, it's almost like you don't love others as much because you look below them and you never want to do that. And also the higher you go, the harder you fall. And that's right. I've said it before. I'll say it again. Whenever I see people who are super arrogant, I'm always like, oh, that's going to be bad when you fall from that because it's like God will humble you. That's why it's also good to just have a good, like strong core group around you to keep you that way, like good people around you.

I can't even imagine truly if you and I started like putting our nose up and getting arrogant, you know how fast we would be like who do you think you are you better come back down to earth like any friends who like blow smoke it's my number one thing arrogance arrogance me too greed greed is bad greed is really bad but arrogance to me is like the start of everything it's just and i see it so much here in la oh my gosh yeah i know because everybody thinks that they're god everybody thinks thinks they're God's greatest gift to Earth. Illuminati. True. That's a little QAnon-y

for today. So yeah, that's a great story. Faith. Yeah, faith. It's something you see constantly in the Bible that faith has made you well. Your faith has saved you. Your faith has... That's where it starts. Yeah. And, and God welcomes sinners. You, that's why I love this story too, because you don't have to be perfect. Like he, he sat with the sinners.

Um, so yeah, it's so true. I know. And whenever people say things like, you know, you need to you need to be of the word and not the world. Like you shouldn't be in the world, like you shouldn't be of the world. But like we got to go in the world. That's where the people who need Jesus are. You know, yes, we need to be in church and be in the community. But like all those people are saved. They're fine. We we gotta go get the people who aren't saved yeah that's what matters yeah moral of the story don't be arrogant don't be arrogant that's if you if you feel you know if you sin you go before god you take it to him you repent ask for forgiveness mean it from your heart let tell you, you think that arrogance feels good because it puffs you up and it gets you like, it just feeds your ego. It doesn't actually feel good.

You know what feels so good is being so humble to the point of falling to your knees in front of God and crying and being like, I am nothing. Literally, I am nothing. Literally, I am nothing. My life means nothing. I am worth nothing without you. I can do nothing without you. That's true peace. Arrogance is like, that's too heavy of a burden to carry to think that like you're the best and you've got it all and you can do it all.

I don't want that. I want to be like, no, I am nothing, but thank God I serve the God who is everything. I love that so much. And cut. We don't need to talk about anything else. I love you. We are on one, too. I feel so close to him.

I don't know. I just love him. I love him. So that was the story for today. Good story, huh? I love the Bible. We're obsessed. Have I told the story, though, really quick before we get into it, of when I... Did I say it last time of when I walked into your house and I saw you taking all the notes in the Bible?

Did I tell that? So a couple of weeks ago, I don't know for which episode it was, but Ari reads the Bible regularly and so do I. But she like really when we started doing the podcast was like, I want to be well-versed. Like I've never seen somebody take anything more seriously than I saw you take this podcast and God and the word. I went to your house one day and you were in your pajamas at like 5 p.m. And I was like, yo, what's up? Did you leave today? And you were like, no, I've been here all day. And you open your Bible.

She has a notebook full of notes. She's writing down scripture. This girl is manic about Jesus. And I'm like beaming with pride. You're like, I have never been so proud. I've never been so proud. And I'm like, and you're like reading to me everything. And you're so, I just, to see, it're like, I have never been so proud. I've never been so proud. And I'm like, and you're like reading to me everything. And you're so, I just, to see, it was like potent, like how on fire you were for God.

I am obsessed with learning about him. I know. And I said to you, I was like, I was just smiling as you were telling me. And I go, do you feel close to him right now? And you look at me and go, I've never been so obsessed with anything in my life. I've never been so obsessed. I'm obsessed with him. Well, Angela can literally recite the whole Bible front to back without even reading it.

Yeah, right. I wish. It's absolutely incredible. Oh, should we talk about how I have literally become the most annoying person on the planet? I started memorizing scripture recently just because it feels good. And when you memorize scripture, it gets like, you know, etched in your heart. It's really good for you. We're at lunch the other day with a couple of people I don't even know.

I got carried away and I go, hey, you guys want to see something cool as if it's a party trick. I'm like, you want me to read Psalm 23 to everyone? And I recited the whole Psalm and everyone's looking at me like, we got it, Bible girl. We got it. Just to let you guys know so you don't feel so bad, before I started reading the Bible. I have to say, before I started reading the Bible and I was super new into my faith, I was reading it and I go, hey, and do you want to go to palms? 10, 29. I thought it was called palms.

Anyways, we might cut that out. We might not. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's okay. At one point, I thought that Jesus parted the Red Sea. It was Moses. All right. No, you didn't. You just one point, I thought that Jesus parted the Red Sea. It was Moses. All right. No, you didn't.

No, I really didn't. I'm not being humble. No, I really did. I won't even begin to say what I thought. I don't want them to think we're false prophets, so let's move on. You are the opposite of a false prophet, sister. You love the Lord, and that's facts. So get to know us. To some of the questions, what is your big aha moment where you really felt God's presence?

My big aha moment. Like you were like, whoa, I just, that's him. That's God. You go first. Okay. whoa, I just that's him. That's God you go first. Okay Well, I have to Which one should I tell all right, I'll just So the first one the first one that comes I've had many But the first one that comes to my mind was this past year when I was in the thick of my storm

We didn't want to get deep here we go um you guys know when you're in such like heartbreak emotional pain that it almost feels physical I was at my friend's house back in Massachusetts and I had been feeling like do you ever feel like you're literally like you you, you cannot take the pain anymore. Like I literally felt like I was Googling, can you die of a heartbreak? Like I thought I was going to die. Like I was, it's not funny, but I can look back now and be like, I'm okay. But the pain was so severe. Like the emotional pain, I was crawling out of my skin. I kid you not. I looked like a crazy person. I started running down the street. Like I couldn't, I couldn't escape the pain. So I started running

down the street. She lived by a beach. So at the end of the road was a private beach. I was the only one there. I then fell to my knees. I look up to God and I was like, I then fell to my knees. I look up to God and I was like, God, I need you right now. I cannot take this pain for another second. It feels so physical. I have not slept in about five days. I haven't eaten in about 10. The only thing I can cook, the only thing at the time that I was consuming was chocolate milk. Like I literally couldn't eat. I was withering away. I was like, please help me. I just need rest. Please take this pain away. Before I knew it, I kid you not, I was asleep. I woke up two hours later and I opened my eyes and all I remember was it was just this bright light and I had felt euphoric like I had felt so at peace and it was funny and I'll never forget this when I opened my eyes I had a little smirk on my face and I laid there and I, when I tell you, it felt like I was in

heaven. Like it was just bright lights. I had felt like that burden of pain was gone, completely gone. And I just laid there and I, I don't want to get emotional, but I laid there and I just was like, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I know that's you, God. And for the rest of the week, I had an amazing meal. I had my appetite back. I enjoyed the rest of the week with my family and my grandmother.

And I was freed from that pain. It was God. I felt him in that moment. And then I'll just say another quick one. Um, I went through a time where I was completely isolated. I, all of my friends had moved out of LA. So it was just literally me and God. And now that I look back, I know exactly what he was doing. Um, and I was going to church every Sunday by myself and as I was driving I had just felt so alone and I was like God I feel so far from everything I feel far from you please keep your arms around me please if you can just give me a sign that I know you are you are with me I got to church

five minutes late and I said and I whispered to myself in the car as I was driving I said if you're with me please play Waymaker when I go into church like I just want to hear that because that's how I know you're with me well as I'm walking into church all of a sudden I hear Waymaker that was the song that was playing as I was walking into church. And I was just like, oh, my God, thank you, God. It was just so beautiful. He was with me in that moment. I wish I could explain to you what I feel in my body.

I didn't just get goosebumps once. I feel like I'm getting ripples of goosebumps, like just the Holy Spirit just just so present. And so like that I, and I've heard those stories too, and that they're so beautiful. Yeah. Thank you, Jesus. He loves you so much. He's, he's always with you. So you can, you never, I never feel, feel alone anymore. I know. Cause I just know he's with us. Now tell us your story. anymore. I know. Because I just know he's with us. Now tell us your story. I love that so much. Mine is kind of similar to yours. The first time, I think I've experienced it when I was,

you know, younger, but the first time that really comes to mind is after I had gotten sober. Here we are again. After I had gotten sober, I was still dealing with a lot of anxiety. I was dealing with a little bit of agoraphobia. I had panic attacks about having a panic attack. So I was scared to be alone because I thought I might have a heart attack. Silly stuff. All demonic. And I had been living in Florida with my family during COVID.

And then it was 2020, I don't know, it was sometime and I was moving back to LA, I got a new house, I was going to live with some people I didn't know, all of them were out of town, right? I had been in a relationship for a while and then in a relationship before that. So I hadn't been alone in a long time. And then I lived with my family. So I move into this big house, right? I'm by myself. Everyone's out of town. I dropped my mom and my sister-in-law off at the airport because they had come to LA just to help me move in and hang out. I dropped them off at the airport. I'm freaking out. It's silent.

And I was a couple of years into like really being in the faith with God. But I mean, I had just started reading the Bible. I didn't know the authority that I had. I didn't have the boldness that I have now. And so we get in the car and there's this song called I Am Not Alone by I think Carrie Jobe is her name. I play this song. I'm not alone. I'm bawling my eyes out. I'm like, I'm not alone. I'm not alone. Jesus is with me. I get into the house.

I'm feeling fearful. I keep just saying, I'm covered by the blood of Jesus. I'm covered by the blood of Jesus just over and over and over again. I get into my room. It's upstairs. I go into my room, and it feels so quiet. I close the door, and I say out loud, well, it's just me and you now, Jesus, out loud by myself. And then I'm like, it's so quiet and the quietness felt so loud that I was like, what do I do? Like, what do I do? I put worship on the TV and I'm having all this song was playing, but the presence of God came so thick in my room. I dropped to my knees, anxiety gone, fear gone, pressure gone, me and Jesus. He was

there. No, I didn't see his face. I didn't see a girl. I didn't see anything, but he was in that room with me. And I literally just with tears on my face, I'm laughing. Like, I'm laughing so hard, and I'm like, this is weird. It's like crazy, but I'm just dying laughing. Like, I can't believe you just met me here like this. That was the story. That was the most recently, right? No, but that happens to me all the time.

Yeah. That happens to me every day. But that was the first time I ever was really overcome by the Holy Spirit like that. And you would say that that is what the presence of Jesus feels like. Yeah. I honestly think that goosebumps are the Holy Spirit to me. Because when I get goosebumps, I feel God. I know that's Him.

It's a little tickle. Like, I'm here with the, I don't know. I felt the Holy Spirit right now when you were speaking. Wow. I think it's that. And then when, when the pain is too much to bear, I know for me, well, for everyone, when you ask him, please release this for me. And you just sit and you get on your knees and you pray to him, he will, he, he, he will, he will feel just a release in your heart and relief and just peace. So true. That's what it is. So sometimes he might not even take the pain away, but he will give you peace through it.

Yeah. Love him. Okay. So. Me and you being like, we're going to answer a lot of questions. We're not going to go on a tangent. Hi, GGB gang. This is Anjanari, and we have a question for you guys.

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www.spotify.com slash podcasters to get started. We love you. God bless you. podcasters to get started we love you god bless you uh how did well oh first of all are you guys related no we're not related but i think we have morphed into each other so much everybody asks if everywhere we go people think we're twins everywhere i'm flattered i'm more flattered no but we're not twins i look younger though right yeah definitely no you do just by a couple months they want to know how we got our friendship started why don't you tell the story um this is one of our favorite stories we've told it before but we were on a job together and this is i i always it's just so cute to think about how God was like hmm I'm gonna have these two girls come together very

unassuming nobody would have thought it would have been us doing this and we're going to talk about Jesus and I'm gonna give them this platform to do it but we're on a job together and I went up to her because she was crying. Why don't you tell it? Yeah, we were at a job. It was my birthday. I was broken, guys. I know.

You guys must think I'm just this huge mess, but I do. They think we are disasters it's really broken I didn't think I was gonna I remember calling my my dad and I was like dad how am I gonna get through this day I'm not gonna be able to I looked like a monster I had been having breakdowns all day so they had to redo my makeup like three times because I kept crying through it. And I looked to my left and there's Angela. She grabbed my hand and she looked at me. I had no idea who she was. She didn't know who I was. I don't know why I did it. And she just looked at me and she was like hey listen to me I don't know what

you're going through right now but we're gonna get through it together okay I'm gonna sit here with you and we'll get through it together and I'm looking at her and I'm like I kept touching her hand like is she like an angel or is this real life like I I never had you know I would never think at a at a modeling job that would happen yeah um so that was when it started and then um I love that story that was when it started and then we like kept in contact we kind of ran in the same circle but we weren't you know best friends and then we had seen each other in Vegas and we like talked a little bit more and then I got I had your number and whatever one day I had gone through a situation with another with another friend I guess and I was just really it was kind of a not a good situation I needed someone to talk

to and out of every person that I could have called I called Ari who I barely knew and I was just I couldn't have called a better person because Ari is the most rider die Oh, if you like if you tell this girl that you have a problem with someone she will show no, she's not violent But like she would hide a dead body with you she really would I'm sorry. You're just that type of friend and I called her and she's just like nobody has ever made me feel instantly better about something in my life and I was like I mess with this girl I really like her and after that I don't know we just started hanging out every single day we started doing everyone asks what's your guys hobbies let me

tell you that was a question we go to Pilates and we wake up. I pick her up. We go to creation Get a smoothie we go to Pilates we go to creation again I know you're not supposed to make an idol of anything we hear you We know that but we have a confession to make we've made an idol out of this place called creation I've made an idol out of creation i am spending so much money we spend 80 a day i'm not even kidding we're true no we i i actually am stopping yeah well there can be exceptions right but we just have to talk about it all right okay um anyways so and a lot of people say hey how do we find Christian friends I really want like a good

friendship like how you guys have you guys when I tell you at the time before I met Angela I would go into the park because I had no friends and you think this is a joke it's not I would sit in this park by my house. I sound nuts. No, you have to finish it now. I was talking to squirrels. I can't believe it. I had no one. Like, I didn't know.

I was like, how am I ever going to, like, I was talking to squirrels. Like, I was just laying in the, why do you say it by the way the squirrels or squirrels squirrels i was just like laying there so i would just honestly like just pray on it like i'm not kidding you i would go into church and just pray i would be like please bring me someone kind of like myself who who loves Jesus but isn't perfect a nurse just bring me someone who can help that's actually one thing that I prayed upon I was like bring me someone who can grow me closer to my faith. You were deeper in your faith than I was. Thank you, God.

You helped me so much. You helped me learn about the Bible. So just pray on it. Pray on it. That's the advice I would give you. Definitely, because God absolutely wants us to have godly friends who will make us better and bring us closer to him. Never forget, if they bring you closer to God, you want to keep them. If they pull you away from God, you don't want to keep them.

Dump them? Yeah. Truly. Okay, next question. Get to know us. We've got to get to know his questions. Someone said, how many siblings do you have? I have two older brothers.

That's why I'm probably the way that I am. How are you? They beat me up a lot. So you're tough? A little bit. Do you think I'm tough? I've never seen you fight, but I have seen those taekwondo. It's Muay Thai.

Is it Muay Thai? Yeah, but I meant like emotionally tough. You are emotionally tough. You think I'm not? You seem like a kid when you cry you see me cry hey let me tell you something when she cries i feel i know i i can really sit there with my friends be like it's okay i feel so bad when she cries it's the saddest thing you will ever see. Because she will try so hard to fight the tears and she's like, and I just don't know why.

I know. It's because when people don't cry it's like so much. I don't know. I hate I wasn't always like this. What happened? Anyways. I have two sisters and a brother. You know what's so funny? Girls gone by both. We both used to

we've both gotten into fights when we were younger okay can you believe what you're missing it's worth telling we're not condoning violence don't get into a fight but don't deal with bullies but if you do don't lose i'm just saying don't lose. Don't ever do it. No, don't fight. Don't lose. So where are you from originally? I am from Albania. I did my 23andMe. I am 98.5% Albanian, 1.5% Italian.

Don't know where that came from. Both my parents are Albanian, born and raised. Mom's from Skoda, dad's from Tirana, if you were wondering. Wait, how do you say that? Tirana. Tirana? Yeah. You have to come to Albania with me. They would love you.

Hey, do you think that I could pass as Albanian or no? Well, everyone thinks we're sisters. Wait, do I look it or no? Or do I just look like a white girl? Ari tells people that she's Brazilian. When we're somewhere and you're talking to someone and I hear you go

yeah I'm Brazilian I go what are you doing sometimes I like to play the role it's fun it's my alter ego Alessandra so you're Albanian

and I'm where are you from? why? no I'm from Boston, Massachusetts Boston I'm Dutch and Italian and German and Irish. Biggest pet peeve?

I have so many. I really do. Go ahead. Jesus, teach me patience. I hate when people slurp their tea or coffee. I do it all the time. You're the worst. I really dislike when they're slurping the pasta. I don't like slow drivers.

I don't like slow drivers. Cheap. Cheap people. It's hard for me. The greed, like it's like greed. It is. Do you know why I think, and you and I are just so like, we're just not weird about money at all. Like we would, we fight over who's gonna pay anywhere and we just don't i don't know and so when we see other people who aren't like that we're just like what happened like if you don't have it it's it's not even that it's not even like oh oh i don't have it it's just when i see people like when you don't have it it's a completely

different story but it's just like in the Bible. Like, you know what my biggest... Oh, I found it. On that topic, my biggest pet peeve, I'm sorry to say, people who don't tithe. People that don't what? Tithe. What does that word? Tithe is when you give at church. People that don't what?

Tithe. Tithe. I thought you said something else. Tithe, when they don't what? Tithe. Tithe. I thought you said something else. Tithe, when they don't give at church. That's my, and I'm sorry to say, okay, because, I mean, they say, there are stories in the Bible of there are people with so, so, so, so much money who didn't give, who didn't sow and give to God. And there's people with absolutely nothing who give whatever they can. And it's like, it's not about how much money you

have or how much money you would give because, you know, even a dollar counts. It's just, it's the heart posture. And it's like, if you have, if you're not generous when you have a thousand dollars, you're not going to be generous when you have a thousand dollars you're not going to be generous when you have a million dollars you know what's the one item of clothing you couldn't live without i know what yours is what crop tops oh i know what mine is my reformation dresses you know that's like my my just throw on a nice beautiful. What is your favorite Bible verse? Oh, my favorite verse is probably, is probably, it's not probably, it's definitely, it's like my life verse.

It's Acts 20, 24. It's, however, I consider my life worth nothing to me. My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task given to me by the Lord Jesus. The task of testifying to the Lord Jesus, the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace. It's beautiful. It's the best. Why is that your favorite verse? I mean, I feel like it's what I've, I feel like it's written for me. It's what I founded my life on. I truly feel my life is actually worth nothing to me if not to serve God. Yeah.

You know, what's your favorite verse? Oh, mine? Yeah. Mine is Isaiah 4110. Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Amen. Why is that your favorite? Why? Because it's what comforted me this whole journey. Do not fear. I am with you. When I found God, like, that's all I could hear him saying to me. Don't be scared.

I'm right here with you. And all that storm that he brought me through this year, that was because he was strengthening me into the woman that I was supposed to be. How did you find the confidence to start to speak to people about Jesus? Oh, actually, yeah, this is a good one because you and I were talking about how before we, because we're going to do a whole thing on ministry and evangelism and how to get like involved in that. But you and I were talking about how, you know, after we really got strong in our faith together as friends,

we kind of started, this is because people want to know how the podcast started. We were kind of like in a large extended group of girls who a lot of them believe or some of them not, but not like super strong, you know, followers of Jesus. But we started ministering to the people around us. And it was just like a big group of girls, a lot of them, you know, sometimes involved in things they shouldn't be involved. Everyone just needed help, basically. And you and I just started being like, we have the way, we have the key, we, you know, we have

the answer to everything. And that's what we started doing in our personal lives off of the tea so like before we ever even thought about coming on a platform to talk about him we are doing it in our everyday lives yeah and then I one time we were just sitting together and we looked at each other and we were like we should take these conversations that we're naturally having and and record them and see what happens and see if it can help anybody else. Because we saw how much it was helping others. Yeah. Yeah.

And I think what gives you confidence too in God, well, for me, I devoted so much time to him because I saw what he was doing in my life. And I was like, I want my life to be not about myself not about my career not about anything else I want it to be about you so I'm gonna devote so much time to you because I know that's why you isolated me and put me here just to be with you yeah and so um I love that you say that about reading because I swear the number one way to have confidence in speaking about him is through the word is about reading about him because I know when I first started getting in the faith I was like I can't really have these conversations with people because I don't know enough like I don't I if they're gonna ask me hard questions like you know for example

if Jesus is God why did he have to pray to him? Like back then, I would freeze. I would have no idea what to say. So the more I learned, the more I read and I listened to sermons and everything, that's where you find the confidence, through wisdom and knowledge. Yeah, it's not easy to read the Bible. For beginners, I know, but there are so many videos that they explain it. They explain it really well, and the sermons are incredible. So really try to watch those also.

I have one more. Oh, we had a question. Go ahead. What do you think your best quality is? In myself? Yeah. I have no idea. Why?

What's yours? I think yours. I could tell what yours is. I think you have a very Christ-like mind. Cute. The people in your life, you are so patient, accepting. And I only hope that whoever I marry can be as patient and accepting and loving as you. That's your best quality.

You're so cute. Somebody will do something that's so annoying to me, and you'll be like, eh, it's fine. I wasn't always like that. I promise you it's only through the grace of God and the power of Jesus I was not patient like that. My mom says to me all the time, no one is happier in life, I think, than my mother

because she sees me and she'll see my patience. My number one thing, I never had patience. My patience, I truly have like unlimited patience. It's wild sometimes. And that's like the physical or like the earthly manifestation I see of God in my life the most is through like my ability to like have patience in all situations. Love that. Yours is, is I mean one of them there's so many but I would say your ability you have like no ego or pride whatsoever and it is so I mean you're humble it's your humility it's got to be your humility anybody can say anything to you that anybody else would be like no that's wrong or get offended and you immediately are so self-aware and like reflective and introspective

that you you just don't get offended by anything I think you're just so confident in who you are that like as a friend as as a boyfriend anybody can come to you and be like hey you're doing this this is how it's making me feel you're, okay, let me like look to myself and see why I'm doing that. Do you get what I'm trying to say? Yeah, instead of being on defense mode. Yeah, you're just so accountable. You just, there's no pride there. It's the best thing ever. It's the easiest person to like be, have in your life. Oh, I love you so much. I love you. I know Ari can't wait to be a mom. Do you want a family too, Ange? I was literally put on this earth to be a mom, to be called mommy. I can't, nothing matters.

I hope we have kids together. Me too. I really, I can't wait. We're going to homeschool our kids together. Like get a teacher. We're not going to homeschool them, but we're going to get a teacher for the kids. We want the kids to be in school. We just have to make sure that... They're not indoctrinated. Yeah, there's a good school. If you guys can't, you know, this is Girls Gone Bible for a reason. The Bible is the most important thing in life,

and you have to read it every single day if you can. Best time is in the morning, so you start your day with Jesus. And I promise you, not saying that your life is going to be perfect, but if you start every day with the Bible, you will notice how everything just so happens to fall into place for you so true um and even if you can't read a whole chapter or whatever a psalm or or proverbs just just one psalm is great um i was thinking about reading psalm 27 today um all right you This one goes, it's crazy. All right. Psalm 27, an exuberant declaration of faith. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the

strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war may rise against me, in this I will be confident. One thing I have desired of the Lord that I will seek, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble, he shall hide me in his pavilion. In the secret place of his

tabernacle, he shall hide me. He shall set me high upon a rock. And now my head shall be lifted above my enemies all around me. Therefore, I will offer sacrifices of his joy in his tabernacle. I will sing. Yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me in a smooth path because of my enemies. Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence. I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage.

And he shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. Beautiful. I love that so much. All right. Well, guys, get to know us, huh? I was trying to answer questions. I mean, the time just flies by.

It flies. It really does. I hope we. I hope you guys got to know us a little bit better the time just flies by. It flies. It really does. I hope we... I hope you guys got to know us a little bit better today. A little bit. We love you. Thank you guys so much. May the Lord bless you and keep you.

May he make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May he turn his face towards you and give you peace. In Jesus' name, we love you so much. Love you. Bye. Bye. Bye.