Being a Role Model Who Reflects Christ - Positive Influence

We have the opportunity to be impactful everywhere we go.

The Bible puts a big emphasis on being a positive example to others, as we are all called to be a light in the world to draw as many people as possible to Christ. As Christ-followers, we must live a life that reflects who He is, meaning His character & His love. 

We must live in a way that reflects who God is, and the teachings of His word, demonstrate integrity & love to others, and lead with righteousness in our actions & reactions with others. It should be our goal to imitate Christ in everything we do.

You might want a partner who has strong faith & dependence on God but lack that in yourself. You may want more people to be kind & compassionate to you, but are you TRULY giving that to others? Maybe you want certain people to spend more time with you, but if you aren’t making an effort to be with them first, you aren’t giving what you’re asking for.

The best thing we can do is continue to cultivate a deeper relationship with Christ, to better understand what He’s calling us to do & better know His character that we are working to reflect every day.

Here are 5 tips of How to Be a Better Reflection of Christ & Positive Influence On Others:

1. Live According to God’s Word 
   1. Make sure your life & everything you do is aligned with God’s will for you.
   2. James 1:22, “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.”
2. Serve Others with Humility 
   1. Doing as Christ did, serve others with selflessness & humility while finding ways to use the talents & gifts God has blessed you with to help & uplift others.
   2. Matthew 23:11-12, “The greatest among you must be a servant. But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
3. Develop & Exhibit the Fruits of the Spirit 
   1. Allow the Holy Spirit to fill you with: Love, Joy, Peace Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness & Self-Control.
   2. Galatians 5:22-23
4. Be Authentic & Genuine in Everything You Do 
   1. Ephesians 4:23-25, “Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God-truly righteous and holy. So stop telling lies, Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.”
5. Lead Others to Christ 
   1. 2 Corinthians 5:20, “So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, ‘Come back to God!’”
   2. Matthew 28:19-20, “’Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. An be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’”

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This is the A Real Positive Girl podcast, and I am your host Sabrina, and I am here chatting with you about, you know, your mental health struggles, your mindset struggles, how to take those fierce few steps towards being more vulnerable, being more honest, and being more self-aware while also tying and what the truth of the Bible tells us and how God can help us with all of these amazing things. So if you are new, welcome in. I like to do two episodes every single week. And so I hope that in this episode and any other episodes that you listen to in the archive, you find beneficial and that you really enjoy it and you learn something. And if you're not new here, welcome back to the Party and just in case you were recommended this podcast and you did not realize that it was like a Christian podcast that has happened in the last couple months. And so I'm just trying to continuously remind people that it has shifted that way and it's not a big shift. It's more of just like really still talking about our mental health and our mindset and how we can become our best self every single day, but focusing more on how God can help us get there and what the Bible says about all of these things because it is such, it's like the best piece of, of knowledge and resource we can use for what God tells us and how we should live our lives, and also how we can, you know, strengthen our mental health and our mindset and not allow our emotions to dictate how we live our life. So today on that note, we are gonna talk about being a role model who reflects Christ, because often it is difficult for people to accept the fact that we are all role models, whether you like it or not. And that is what we're gonna be chatting about today. But before we jump into that, as always, I want to invite you to check in the show notes and see that you can come visit me on social media. I'm at Sabrina Joy Perso on both TikTok and Instagram, so please come on over and say hi, and let's be friends. Also down there you can see where you can check out video versions of the podcast. Sadly, this episode today will not have a video episode because I worked really hard to try to get the camera to connect and it just would not connect. And then it did connect and then literally it disconnected after I think about like 10 minutes of recording. Uh, so I'm just gonna give up and just record the traditional audio version of the podcast. There will be no video for this one, but there are video versions for a lot of other episodes. And then going forward, I'm gonna try to fix it <laugh> so we can have videos for, uh, future episodes. But anyway, you can check out other episodes, video versions of the podcast on the YouTube channel, and then there's all kinds of other things down there. So take a peek at everything when you have a chance. But let's go ahead and jump into what we're here to talk about, which is being a role model. Who reflects Christ. So I once got in a fight on the internet with people about a Disney Channel star not being a good role model. And I believe I've told this story maybe once or twice before, but it really does directly like pertain to the topic we're talking about today, which is being a role model and well specifically who reflects Christ. Uh, I would not say that that this person necessarily does, but I can't say for sure if they, if what they think they're doing does reflect Christ, that is their own relationship with God that I don't know anything about. And that's totally fine. But I did get in the internet, I did get in a fight on the internet once. It wasn't a big fight, but my expressing that I didn't think this person was being a role model to the kids that watch her on TV came with like a lot of backlash, more backlash. And I was expecting, I did go into it knowing that not everyone was going to agree with what I was saying, but it was shocking to find out that no one really agreed with what I was saying. No one wanted to be on the side of understanding that in the spotlight, they are agreeing to be a role model. I just, everyone fought me on that. It just, you know, it was supposed to be that, you know, actors just make a choice to be on a show. And if people look up to them, then cool, right? And I do think that if you make the choice to be in front of a large audience community of people every single day, then you have made the choice to be a bigger influence in front of a bigger audience, you know, on tv, in movies, maybe a really big content creator if that was your goal. Sometimes content creators get there, having a large audience on accident, I get that. But I think there has to be a time where you feel like your audience is like really, really, really building and then realize, oh wow, um, I am starting to have a lot of people come and check out my content. I should really consider whether or not I am like, uh, presenting myself in the best light. Am I being a good role model? Am I impacting and influencing these people in the best way, right? So, uh, that's, that's truly what I believe. You make a choice. None of these people are online, were having it. They're like, no, they just happen to do this like, hobby as if it's like going to the gym. Like, yeah, they're just like doing this hobby and no one else should like, have expectations of them. And I do think it's unfair to have unknown expectations, but I think when you go into a job like that where you wanna be like a star, you are taking on the expectation that a lot of people will be watching you. And especially if you're working on a kid's show, like they're gonna wanna be like you. It just, it feel like it's common sense for me, but maybe, maybe not. And so I just thought that like, yeah, you're gonna be on a show, people look up to you, you're cool, right? And if they don't look up to you, well, I do think that people would would say like, oh, it's fine if they don't, but I truly don't believe that's how they truly feel. I don't know it for sure, but I do believe it's true based on the fact that someone has chosen to do a job that requires to be in front of a lot of people all the time, right? And so regardless, no one wanted to agree with me that the kid that was a star of a kid's show should take on the responsibility of being a role model to whoever watches and keep that in mind when they made their, like, front facing choices. And front facing choices would be something like article or on their socials or in an interview or how they, uh, share what they like to do or the activities they're And it's like, if they don't believe that what they're doing in their life is, would provide a positive impact, then maybe they shouldn't share it <laugh>. And it's not that they should be dishonest, it's just that if they think that what they're doing is fine, but also that should actually, you know, thinking about it, that should give them some pause. If they feel like they can't honestly share what they're doing, then they might need to reflect on what they're doing and whether it's actually right for them, if they don't feel like it's right to share with other people like kids and stuff like that. Isn't that interesting? So it's just, I, I, I, you know what, despite everyone sharing that I have the wrong perspective, I still disagree. I actually believe that all of us, every single one of us, you that are listening me, everyone that I know are all role models every day of our lives, and that we should live our lives that way. Like absolutely, positively. And that was my whole basis also for my argument. And it's fine if people decided to disagree with me, that's just life and no one wanted to take my side totally fine because I, even now, even like a few, like years later, I believe that they sh there should be an expectation of you being a star of a kid show, like having to have the understanding that you need to be responsible in how you present yourself to everyone else. And so when we think about being a role model like you and me and everyone, regardless of whether you're a big star or not, no matter like how many people that you would be in impacting and influencing every single day, we all have the opportunity to be impactful everywhere that we go. So this means both positively and negatively. We can be good role models of kindness, forgiveness, integrity, honesty, joy, compassion, so many things. However, this also means that we can be an influence to be harsh, judgmental me, disrespectful, careless and others. And I know that one of the biggest reasons people don't wanna consider themselves as a role model is because it requires a lot of responsibility that many don't wanna take on. But I'm here to tell you that you are a role model, whether you like it or not. I have had conversations with people and saying like, oh, I don't wanna be a role model. I don't want people to like, like look after me and make an impact and influence them to do anything. And unfortunately, not really, unfortunately, but that's just not a choice you get to make because we, people watch people especially on social media now. So if you're sharing your life on socials for not private and for everyone to see, you are allowing people to well judge you, which it sucks, but everyone's just gonna judge everyone. That's just the way that life is unfortunately. And we just have to understand that whatever people's us don't matter. It's only what God says about who we are and how he made us. That's what truly matters. Try to get that into your heart and your spirit. If people's opinions and judgments of you do bother you, I totally understand that I'm there with you. But we have to understand that like people are looking after us no matter what. Like you could open the door for someone when you're going into the cafe to get like a morning coffee or a treat or something like that and someone will be like, oh my gosh, there's still nice people in the world that open doors for perfect strangers. Wow, that is like, that could really impact someone. Like you don't even know, right? Or maybe if you, uh, buy someone a coffee and you know how you go through the drive through sometimes and everyone, uh, behind each other, well just pay for the person behind them. And that can kind of like happen, um, one after or the another because they were influenced by the person that paid for them, right? It's like a positive influence. You're being a role model without even really knowing because you just like did it for the person behind you and then you left. You had no idea how big of an impact that you might have been on anyone that you see ever, like ever <laugh>. Um, but I know that it just takes so much responsibility and I think that's a good thing. I think it keeps us in check. I think it could really help us stay accountable and to actually be our best selves actually, you know, be a light for Christ, actually do be the people that we wanna be, rather than just being lazy and just, and not being kind and not being nice and not having integrity and all these things that we truly do want to emulate and cultivate in our lives. Uh, you know, but it is important to remember that Like I mentioned before, being a role model is just really being an example and having an impact. And you're influential and you may feel like you're not influential because you may feel like you don't feel like anyone ever notices you, but there's someone that's noticing you and then has before in the past now and will in the future. And you may influence them to do something great or to just, you know, shove something off because it doesn't matter. And they think, wow, that person did it. I'm gonna do it. And again, it is a responsibility that I feel like we're all forced to take on, even though we're like, oh, why do I have to be responsible for what they're doing? You're not necessarily responsible for what they're doing because they could see you do a really nice thing and decide that they hate that. So they're gonna do the exact opposite. You're not responsible for what they do, you're just responsible for giving them the best example to follow. And if they choose to do so, then that's great, and if they don't, then they don't. It's not on you for what they do, it's just on you to be a good influence that could possibly sway how they live their life. And so, you know, we are all role models every single day of our lives when we interact with people at work, you know, on the phone in the street while we're driving. Like if you're flipping the bird or you're yelling at people, or you are tailgating like real close to people, um, even at our home. So people come by and they're like soliciting or you see them as you're like unloading your groceries into your home. Uh, basically anywhere that you aren't like totally, truly alone, you are a role model and possibly influential to the people around you. And this is also really important because big emphasis on being a positive example to others as we were all called to be a light in the world, to draw as many people as possible to Christ, to give their life to Christ so they can be a light and continue on in that, that formation of everyone giving their life to Christ and surrendering it all. And then wanting to tell more people about how amazing Christ is, right? And you know, as Christ followers, we must live a life that reflects like who he is, meaning like his character and his love. And we can't really squirm our way out of that responsibility if we're really trying to make an impact for heaven, if we're really trying to have as many people as possible in heaven living eternally with the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Like we just have to take it up. But I know that many people do just believe that they live on an island and have no influence on what others do. And or they constantly live a life with a motto of do as I say, not as I do. Which actually is really hypocritical by the way. Like if you are living your life and saying that you're gonna do all these things or, or want to do all of these things, but you don't live your life like that and you tell people that they should live their life a certain way, but you don't live it that way, that's very hypocritical. What is stopping you from living the life that you tell other people to live? It's like the people that are smoking and they're like, oh yeah, I don't smoke. It's bad for you, but I, I smoke because I, it's a habit now and I can't not smoke. But that's just like the biggest excuse in the entire world. Like, yes, you could stop smoking, it could be really difficult for you and it could be a very trying season of of life, but if you're telling other people not to do it yet you are still not even trying to not do it very hypocritical. You're not being good example, you're not being good influence, you're not being a good role model, uh, especially of the things that you tell people to do. Now if you're not out there telling people not to smoke and you do smoke, that's like, it's not fine, but it's, it's not hypocritical then. So just really try to step away from being hypocritical, telling people to live their life a certain way, yet you are not doing that in the least. So think about this, like if you want a spouse who has like really strong faith and dependence on God, but you lack that in yourself, you should work on having stronger faith and having a stronger dependence on God because that will be such a big influence and impact to them cuz they'll see you doing it, not that you're showing it up, but they'll see you doing it. And then oftentimes they will be influenced to do the same or ask questions and better understand and see how they could also have that same strong faith and dependence on God. Maybe you want more people to be kind and compassionate to you, but are you truly giving that to others? Are you like, really be honest, no lying. Are you actually being kind and compassionate as much as you can? You can't expect that from others yet you're not giving it yourself. And maybe you want certain people to spend more time with you, you know, maybe it's a friend, family member or spouse, whomever. But if you aren't making an effort to be with them first, you're just like over here like, well, they should just wanna be with me. No, you aren't getting what you're asking for because you are not actually exhibiting it yourself. Which is part of being a role model is that oftentimes when we would love for people to do things that we know would be better for them or bene be mutually beneficial, we need to reflect that ourselves to, you need to like reflect what we expect from other people. That's not like a, like a for sure like, like equation or method for you to go about it, but it's a good way to start. And we should become what we are asking for in others and with God and meaning. Like if we are asking God for help and to speak with us and to draw near to us and give us comfort and peace, we should also be wanting to ask God how we can help him, how we can reach more people and be a better light in the world and how we, and we should also be just speaking more to him and really diving deeper into that relationship. The best thing we can do, uh, is to continue to cultivate a deeper relationship with Christ, to better understand like what he's calling us to do and better know his character that we are working to reflect every single day. So I wanna share with you a few tips on how you can better reflect, uh, you know, Christ and who he is and also be a positive influence in other people's lives. But before that, I wanna give you my quick disclaimer. As usual, the tips and advice I'm about to share with you are all based on my own knowledge and research and my experience and the experiences of others that I'm allowed to share with you. If it's based on that. And if you find that what I've shared so far and what I'm going to share just doesn't quite align with you in understanding how reflects Christ, then I would encourage you to just like, you know, talk to someone that you really trust. Maybe it's a pastor, maybe it's a friend, maybe it's a therapist or a counselor. And just really have that one-on-one time with them to really discuss that what I shared today just doesn't align and what maybe would align better with you. If you don't wanna do that, then I do suggest that you go to our best friend Google and just type in like how to be a good role model, how to be a good Christian role model, you know, how to reflect, uh, Christ's character and who he is. And that should give you so many like articles and podcasts and social posts and blog posts and all kinds of things. And even like Bible commentaries, uh, that will like relate back to certain scriptures that speak on those things. So, you know, not everything that you read or listen to on the internet or see is going to align with where you are and what season of life you're in. And that's totally fine. You just need to find what's gonna work best for you. So here are five tips on how to be a better reflection of Christ and positive influence on others. So the first one is live according to God's word. Live according to God's word. So make sure that your life and everything you do is aligned with God's will for you. And the way for for you to do that is to take time to again, cultivate a deeper relationship with God and just pray with him. Spend time with him, uh, read the Bible. You'll better understand like how you can live by God's word, by reading God's word. Really spend some time and study the Bible. You know, when you get to passages and they just really stir something in you, you wanna better understand the context of what's going on and also what that means for you. And like maybe understand, uh, the history behind why they said it in a certain way and what else was going on. And, and really dig into commentaries. You can find all of this stuff for free online. If you go to like Blue letter Bible, I believe that's what the website is. Um, if you just type in Blue letter Bible into Google, it'll take you to the website. That website is absolutely fantastic. So not only can you look up, you know, the bible in different uh, uh, translations, which you can do on bible.com or on the Bible app, but on the blue letter Bible, you can also look up so many commentaries. You can look up like the original Greek and Hebrew and all of these things. It's fantastic resource, it's free. Uh, it's definitely crowdfunded. So if you did wanna like per like donate to them, you could, but it's absolutely freaking fantastic. I love it so much. So if you want to be able to live your life according to God's word and really align with his will for you, you need to read the Bible, you need to surrender everything to him, you need to lay it all down and really wanna give your life to Christ so that uh, you can live according to his will. In the book of James chapter one, verse 22, it says, but don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says otherwise you are only fooling yourselves. So you can't just like, so even when you do start reading the Bible, or if you already do, when you start like reading it and studying it and nitty gritty of it, you don't just read it and just understand what it says. You have to actually like do what it says, live it out. So if it's calling out something that telling you not to do and you do do that, you gotta figure out a way to no longer do that. You gotta actually follow the instruction of what the Bible is telling you to do. Do what God is telling you to do. And if you don't know how you can make the change that you're supposed to make, ask God, pray to him. There is no shame in that. He ask him for wisdom, ask him for knowledge. Ask him for, you know, um, steps and, and, and a way to do that. He wants to help you. He wants you to be a reflection of him. He wants you to have your life align with his will and he'll help you get there if you ask him. So live according to God's word. Number two is serve others with humility. Serve others with humility. So doing as Christ did, which is definitely serve others with like selflessness and humility, while also finding ways to like use your talents and gifts God has blessed you with to help and uplift others. So not only do you need to like be selfless and want to help people and put them above you and really just love on them as much as you can. You also, uh, want to use whatever talents and giftings that you have to also help them and uplift them. So maybe if you're really good at like writing and they need help, I don't know, writing something, I don't know why that's the first example that came to my mind. Um, but if they need help, like maybe they're in school and you're really good at writing and they have to write a vapor, maybe you can help them with that, right? Or maybe you're really good at organizing and they're feeling really overwhelmed having to like pack everything to move or, or unpack everything in like a new home. Maybe you can help them with that. Um, maybe they, you know, are starting on a new career path and you know how to help them find the resources that they need or make a plan or whatever. It's so whatever talents and gifts that you've been blessed with, use those to uplift people, to help them to come alongside them in times where they could really use someone that wants to help them without receiving anything in return. So serve others with humility just as Christ did, right? Because even Christ came down and he died on the cross, guys, he died and he did exactly what God told him despite the fact that there was a time where he was like, God, I don't wanna do this, but I am here to do your will align with your will. Like even even Jesus, even Jesus was like, listen, this sounds hard <laugh> this, I don't wanna do this, but I wanna do what you want me to do. So that's what matters most. And let me just serve people, you know, and Jesus was such a man of the people so amazing. You read the New Testament and you'll hear about all the amazing things he did, how he also loved people and then put them in their place as well. Um, it's absolutely amazing. So yeah, serve others with humility as Christ did. Uh, oh, in the book of Matthew chapter 23, verses 11 through 12, it says, the greatest among you must be a servant, but those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted. So be on the latter end of that. Humble yourselves, you'll be exalted, but don't do it to be exalted. Do it because you truly wanna help someone you truly wanna love on them. You truly wanna just do whatever you can to serve them. Number three, develop and exhibit the fruits of the spirit. Develop and exhibit the fruits of the spirit. So Im not gonna read you the verse because it's, I'm gonna read you the what the fruits of the Spirit are, but if you wanna look it up, it's in Galatians chapter five verses like 22 through 23. And, um, it'll tell you the fruits of the spirit, but I'm about to tell you those right now. But if you want the, like, the, the reference, because then you can read the whole context where it actually gives you a list right before those verses of like, this is things that you shouldn't be doing. And then like, you know, having in your life and then fruit of the spirit, you should have these in your life. So we need to allow the Holy Spirit to fill us with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Feel like self-control is like my favorite one in this whole list because it's such a good reminder to have self-control. And I feel like that's one that many of us are lacking. Many of us can totally be kind and good and love and joy. We, we want to, but then like we lack self-control in so many other areas of our life, you know, and me too, I'm not saying I'm exempt from this, this, this, uh, group. It's, it's tough. Um, but it's not when we're just surrendering everything to God and knowing that following in his ways and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us and, and tell us what we should do and we should go and how we should act. And being like really developing all of these fruits of the spirit and exhibiting 'em to as many people as we can, who that will really help us to be a better role model and reflect who Christ is. Abso frigging loosely, like we should embody all of these things. So again, if you look in the book of Galatians chapter five verses 22 through 23, and if I ever call out a verse, um, more often than not, it will be in the show notes below. So if you're like, oh, I didn't hear what you said or you said it too fast, just like zip on down to the show notes because I do have to like cut back my notes from the ones I actually use to record the show to the ones that are actually in the show notes. But I do genuinely, genuinely don't cut out like, like, um, sharing like what the verse was that I read because that's really important and I feel like that's more important than me just like sharing random notes because the verse is the real knowledge and resource. Okay? Develop and exhibit the fruits of the spirit. Number four. Number four be, this is a good one. Like they're all good, but this is like just top notch. Be authentic and genuine in everything you do. Be authentic and genuine in everything you do. This is how you will be a really good role model who reflects Christ because you have to be authentic, you have to be genuine, you have to be real, you need to be, you just need to be transparent. You just need to be who you are, who God created you to be. Not who you think you should be, not act how you should think you should be. Just be who you're supposed to be. In the book of Ephesians chapter four, verses 23 through 25, it says, instead, let the spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature created to be like God truly righteous and holy. So stop telling lies, let us tell our neighbors the truth. For we are all parts of the same body. There is no reason for you to put up a front or lie or pretend to be someone else so that you feel like you can be, quote unquote a better role model or someone that's a better influence or has more impact or whatever. There's no reason to put on all of that fake stuff because one, like sooner or later that will come through and you'll be found down, like I promise you, you know, maybe it's like really far from now, but regardless and it's just not worth it. But also, why wouldn't you wanna be your authentic and genuine self? And I understand that if you've spent so much time people pleasing, it's really difficult for you to understand who that is. I went through that totally. Um, however, I do feel like it was a lot easier for me to discover who I truly am when I finally fully, fully surrendered everything to God. And I was just like, I just, this is dumb. I'm just gonna give it all to God and re like, dedicate my life to him and just that's, that's what I'm doing and that's what I did. And it was like the best decision I ever made. Of course. Um, it's not that I wasn't a, a Christ follower or a Christian prior to that, it's just that I was very surface level. I was very like skating on the surface, you know, it was just like another box to check of like who I was. And now it's like truly like who I am embodying and working towards, uh, being a reflection of Christ every single day. Like really, really, really thinking through what I say, what I do, if it's necessary, allowing the Holy Spirit to lead me and guide me. Spending time with God, studying the word, sharing it with you, being a lie in the world as much as I can. Um, heating god's, uh, you know, um, pullback of whatever I shouldn't be involved in or doing or whatever. And really pushing to know that he is with me all the time despite the tornado and struggle bus that's happening in my life. So, and it really just helped me discover like authentically and genuinely who I am really helped me to see more talents and giftings that he is busting with that I didn't really use or I thought was nothing or, um, and also using talents and giftings that I knew I had, but I was not using them appropriately. You know, this podcast is a really big example of that. I was spending a lot of time, um, focusing on mental health and mindset just from a general sense. And people loved that. It was great and I was good at talking about that and doing the research and sharing. Um, but I feel like it's been to even better use even though it's not necessarily more popular. If anything it might be a little bit less popular, but regardless, which doesn't matter, I was made to really talk about the Bible, talk about God, and talk about how he can help us with our mental health and with our mindset. How he is there for us, how, how we need to be leaning into him and how, you know, emotions are important to understand what we, but you know, as I always said, we cannot allow our emotions to run our lives. That's just, we can't, we will just be read that struggle bus forever if we do. And that's genuinely who I am. I'm here to teach the Bible genuinely. And I never thought that that would be me because I'm not like a pastor or anything. Um, but that is who God is refilled that I am and I am going to continue to do that and until he tells me to do something else. So, you know, again, you can be the best role model who reflects Christ if you allow yourself to be your genuine, authentic self that God has created you to be. Okay. Number five, the last one I wanna share with you, I'm being a role model who reflects Christ is to lead others to Christ. I could not not put this in there because it's important. You know, if you're gonna be a role model who reflects Christ, of course you're going to lead people to Christ. Of course you're gonna be a light to Christ. Um, and you're gonna do it in a not aggressive way. You're not gonna be that person like think I spoke about last episode, where you're with a bullhorn on the corner trying to like guilt and shame people into, um, understanding who Jesus is and that he's died for you. Yes, it's important people should know, but I don't think that's the way to go about it. You know, I, I have two scriptures to share with you to wrap this up. So in two Corinthians chapter five, verse 20, it says, so we are Christ ambassadors. God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, come back to God. So when we're talking to people about God, about Christ, about hey, you know, you should pray, you should rededicate your life to Christ. You should, um, you know, find comfort and peace and joy in God. We are his ambassadors. We are there to have his appeal go through us and reach as many people as we can in the entire world. That's what we're here for. We need to lead others to Christ and that we would be a role model who would definitely reflect Christ because we're talking about how they should come and dedicate their lives and give their lives to Christ. In the book of Matthew chapter 28, verses 19 through 20, it says, therefore go and make disciples of all the nations. This is Jesus talking by the way. Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I've given you and be sure of this. I am with you always, even to the end of that age or end of the age. Wow. I'm like literally reading the verse like, how can I mess that up even to the end of the age? So Jesus is letting them know, Hey, go make disciples of all the nations. Let them know. Get them to devote their life, give their life to Christ, give their life to God. You know, let's fill heaven up. Let's all live eternally together forever, right? And that Jesus will always be with us no matter when and where and until the end of the age to the end of time. So he is calling us to teach them about the things that we have learned in the Bible and the things that God is talents and giftings we have to draw more people in, right? And that's what we need to do. We need to lead others to Christ because then we will be a great role model reflecting Christ. And so hopefully that's all I have for you today. And hopefully like all of those points are really helpful in understanding how to be a role model who reflects Christ and knowing that despite who we are, what we're doing, how popular we think we are or are not, we are a role model every single day to whoever we see when we are not truly alone<laugh>. So if you're in your car, if you're at work, even if you are on the phone talking to the bill company or whatever, you know at your door unloading your groceries into your home, and neighbors are walking by wherever you are and there are people, you are a role model, you have influence, you can make an impact. And you get to decide what kind of impact that will be. And I surely hope that it is to be a role model who reflects Christ. So thank you so much for the listening to the Real Positive Girl podcast again with me, Sabrina. Again, there will be no video version of this episode, which is a bummer, but it's okay. I will probably still just like make clips to post on socials because I do think that sharing. Maybe at least the five tips and several videos would be helpful. So we'll be on the lookout for that. But I do hope that you, uh, keep listening to the show. Um, thank you for listening, sharing, downloading, rating it. If you can please continue to do that. I appreciate it so much. But until next time, have a good one and I will see y'all next time. Bye friends.