#WaitItOut 💜 If you want to know more, i have two books on this subject (link in description) and a podcast (The Jamie Grace Podcast) where i go much deeper on this subject and similar ones. Love you guys much. Thanks for letting me sharing my story 💜
You should say more about God's view/mandate on fornication and not saving oneself or being celibate before marriage. I find people are too vague about certain things that are written in bible(in an effort not to offend people I guess), but still we must say exactly what the scripture says and not sugar coat it.....On another note, You are Glowing! Congrats on your soon coming baby girl 😃
Jamie Grace okay I’m 12, and I love this video:) I feel like people should wait until marriage for sex, it’s better if it’s out of love and with the right person, this totally changed my perspective on how I used to view sex,(btw I went to your concert in ND)
Dang. Thank u for ur honesty. And as absolutely wonderful, and honorable as that is because I know God knows. I have to be realistic. What I believe deep down, is God allows us to fall in love. It's a gift. And u have to at some point realize a decision must be made or not. And no decision will come with out work and dedication. So GO FOR IT SIZTA!
Even if u wait and save your body for your future mate don't expect EXTRA favors and blessings from God. U still have to struggle...go through ups and downs and grow just like everyone else. It's really good that Jamie shared this information for all who are waiting for the right mate.
I made a personal pact with the Lord at age 13 that I would remain virgin til marriage. I'm glad there's people out there that is on a similar journey 🙌
When we realize we have free will , but we don’t want to break the fathers heart by taking what is not our to take , yet , we can wait . But when you forbid something it makes it that much more desirable.
Please keep me in your prayers everyone I get discouraged at times. Sometimes I focus on how long I’ve been waiting instead of focusing on how long God has encouraged me and motivated me to keep waiting. Thanks to everyone and I really appreciate it!! :)
I feel ya. I wait too because I just know deep down I want to be 100% happy. But on a real note, I know if I wait for ever I will also lose. I say make up our minds. And that is even my advise in the Lord. I will tell u what a man wants. He wants the blatant truth. Baby I want u marry me now. That's what he wants if thats what u want to say. Just make sure he's a real christian.
B-Town Klown yes I understand especially when it comes to dating you have to make sure that person loves the Lord. But I will be patient trusting that in his timing it will happen. Not my will but his will
It’s very hard to be a guy too? We have so much emphasis on how important it is for a woman to wait until she’s married? But not so much on men? I think it’s because guys can be a little bit more predictable than women? But guys go through a lot of harshness from single people who haven’t waited;and even married couples as well? They often question it more on males than they do on women if they are waiting? So there can be a lot of questioning about this subject on both sides..but wouldn’t it be great if couples would be a little more encouraging in a more positive way;versus just using the word of God as ward the male off sword kind of thing?
Debbie Debbie yeah..that’s the tough one. But I’m trying to stay faithful to God;and wait for the right godly woman. I’m 49 years old;and never really had a girlfriend or dated in HighSchool. But the Lord saved me at 25/12 years old,and it’s been a tough battle to stay the way God has brought me into the world. But I know God love’s me;and he knows what’s best for me. My family thinks I’m crazy waiting for the right person except my mother;but I know what the Lord is asking of me..to Trust him.
The weird thing is that;parents and the elderly in Christ talk to the singles as if they’re only supposed to share the waiting talks for women;as if there are no more pure men in the world;thanks to today’s generation and society;and especially above the age of 30;like myself at 49? But the waiting and staying pure talks;and staying faithful to God talks need to happen to all Christians.
Debbie Debbie men shouldn’t get a husband privilege;or any contact privileges in a first meeting;or even after a first ten dates? Practicing self-control isn’t a game; it’s a spiritual Christian obligation.
God created sex for a wife and husband to enjoy in their marriage. God's way for anything is always the BEST way. So many benefits to being obedient to the God that created us and knows us best
So true, God's way is the only way! Those disengagements are painful and long! Soul ties, Jesus knows this and is not being punitive he is protecting us for what is special but also his expressed will. Directly from his word! Marriage it is worth the wait! Thank you Jaime, and thank everybody for there stories. I did not wait but maybe a month before give or take before pulled back completely and our wedding night was amazing crafted by Jesus! Would have done life differently and stayed with my convictions to wait until marriage, but thanks for God's Grace and Mercy!
Nee Mo question? Why does God bring together in marriage someone who is a Virgin;and someone who is not? I’ve just found myself questioning this inside? Yeah,probably not a good thing to do I’m thinking? But just thought about this tonight?
Nee Mo yes that’s true..but we should not think that it’s always the ladies are always the ones feeling worldly pressures into making that next physically active step? Men face that a lot too sometimes. We need to share scripture in every social situation.
I agree..but waiting isn’t always easy for anyone. But waiting is a Christian obligation;and spiritual blessing and reward when executed through Christ;and in the Lord’s holy eyes.
Love the way you approached this. I’m waiting too, and it’s a weiiird thing to be a virgin in college, but I’m not wavering in my convictions. Thank you for the reminders
Been there, done that! It was worth it! Honeymoon night was beautiful. Gods plans are perfect when we wait upon Him. Educate yourself, do great things, and the right person will arrive. Waiting was the best idea we had. It's a gift to one another! God bless you!!!
@@lynnecarnivale5085 I was going to say it's not weird too 👏🏾 It's Biblical and godly, only "weird" according to the ways of the world (which will always be contrary to the ways of our Lord). I'm graduating from university in exactly 2 months and still single and celibate 🙌🏾💜
@@beulaho Thanks for your reply. CONGRATULATIONS! You are doing great. Living life, educating yourself, and learning Gods Word. He will honor it. Great! PRAISE the LORD! I was told it was crazy to wait but it was so beautiful to do so. No regrets. Stay focused. Peace and GOD BLESS! Lynne *Graduating in two months? WOOT WOOT! AMAZING! Say hi to me right here-now and then. Would love to read about your graduation and life! Awesome! Stay encouraged. Have a "GOD" day! Lynne
Amen! This is touching even for married people. I think men and some women think sex is THE most important thing in a marriage...OAN, I will be sharing this with my oldest WHEN the time is right. Thank you for sharing! God bless!
Thank you for posting your truth, Jamie. I absolutely love your video. I'm glad not to be alone with opinions and views on this topic similar to your own. I'm a fellow church girl who made the vow to wait on my own accord as well. Your truth is motivation to me to keep on my own walk/journey. I'm happy good things and God things are happening for you 🤗 keep it up.
Jamie, you are awesome and such a great role model for me!!! I am "single since birth" like you were and you make me feel proud to be! You actually remind me of my older sister in terms of decision to wait and your humor! You look like her, too!
Jamie you are indeed a beautiful soul.. Thanks for sharing your story.. Grace and mercy offered to all and available to all.. I thank God for his grace..
Thank you Jamie for always being so honest and real when you share your reasons for making the choices you've made. I'm only a few months younger than you and am still waiting it out. My reasons are exactly the same as yours. The Lord's timing is perfect and I will trust Him to guide my path.
Hi Jamie! Sending lots of love to you and your family, all the way from Trinidad and Tobago! I've been following you for a couple years now, and you have been such an inspiration to me and young women everywhere ! I'm 27 years old and l truly relate to you and your convictions, to the point where you're my sister in my head! Lol! Keep shining your light and being a true ambassador for Christ. God bless!
Love your hair!! Brown eyes are popping here🤗🤗💕 lolll ya my sister thought kissing would get you pregnant so yess the church and in general we all should be open to talk about this. Thank you for sharing this btw!!
My father is sick, so because of his illness he is now impotent. Of course it's very hard for both of my parents, because sex is an important thing in a marriage, but my mother told me "sex is a beautiful thing in a marriage, but it's not everything. If God is the center of our marriage, then we can overcome this sexual problem. And wasn't it also a commitment when I decided to marry your father.. 'in good times and hard times?' many people forget about that. " I am also waiting for the right one. I have someone in my mind and heart now, but I am still praying everyday and asking God if it's His will or not :) thank you for this video, Jamie! 😊
I didn't wait. I'm 19. I've only ever been with one person who was a friend. Do I wish I waited? Yes. Now I do. Before I was running away from God, now I realise my soul won't let me. Do I regret my decision? No, I knew I wanted to do it and I would have done it eventually if i didn't then. But I know the next person I'm with will be someone I LOVE, hopefully my husband. I didn't experience a "soul tie" with the person I was with, and honesty I don't feel anything for them. Nothing emotional at all. Buy that's what also made me realise that I need to wait for my love. Because sex in itself is good and Feels good. but without meaning that's it, and I know there's more to it than that, and I want it.
Some women wait and that is great......... I was one of them. However, sometimes woman can be disappointed when her husband is NOT perfect....... if u know what I mean. He's still human. Sometimes he will make u really angry and sometimes he can make u laugh. Sex is over rated in church. Even if u wait to have sex after u get married.......u will still have the other issues to deal with after marriage.
You need to repost this again in ALL CAPS!!...LOL!! Why do we women fall for such foolish thinking?? I know PLENTY of women who waited and their marriages are far less than stellar or even basically good (and they married men in the church!!). I'm not advocating fornication but getting some knowledge and understanding about sin and the realities of life. They don't even understand the truth behind Boaz and Ruth...homegirl had sex with him prior to marriage! Why do you think she was laying at his feet? He woke up, found her there and went back to snoozing? Don't think so!! She made herself available to him by following her mother-in-law's advice. So Jamie Grace waited, good for her...did her husband? Yet, he still gets the "good" girl, probably work in her father's ministry and still go to heaven? And the women on this thread think celibacy equates to the blessed life? I'm doubling over laughing!!! How foolish and how ignorant! Of course the church preaches this stupidity - because it's a patriarchal system and its always the man who benefits and puts himself first. I pray women in the church will get some knowledge & understanding that comes from The Holy Spirit, not a man on a raised stage in a building called a church.
I am 31 years old and still waiting for my husband. My story is a little bit different you can say, cuz I was a part of a cult with so much control and abuse, I left one year ago. I knew I allways wanted to wait. But in this cult (my own family made, they call themselves disciples og Jesus) I was not allowd to date, have a boyfriend, and the leader did not want me to get married, so I felt very isolated, I was not allowed to choose my own friends either. So I was in this cult for 10 years. And when I left and they was shunning me. I dated some guys, ( I was looking for love in all the wrong places) but they were not right for me and they manipulated and emotinally abused me ( giving me silentreatment and gosthing me) And one sexually assaulted me. So to be honest, I am affraid to date again. I feel a lot of guilt and condemnation from my family. 😔 they blamed me for the sexual assault and minimize it and straight out deny it. I also want to say that the leader, prophetess that is my aunt is a narcissist. I have a longing to be with someone, I have talked to God, and I believe He will give me a man with a good heart that will be loving and patient with me ❤ I love your hair and how you encuorage girls/women to wait! This is how God designed it, comittment first then sex and it's a protection for your heart and soul. He cares about your heart and want you to feel safe ❤😇
I hate no one was in my life when I was young that talked like this. All I heard was "You better wait til marriage!" "Save sex for marriage." and something about paying for cows and free milk. That's ALL I heard and didn't ask why because....well my mom's name is Because Isaidso. I regret it everyday. It's all good. I will bless my kids with what I've learned and this knowledge. I PRAY they ask "why?". I WANT them to because I'll be glad to tell them. To be fair to my mom, that's probably all she got too growing up. Sometimes our parents just don't know better. :(
You did the right choice. I'm the same way like you I agree with all that you did. You did it with someone you love too that's how I want it to be and it should be that way it was worth it. I love the way you think your my fav such a great example to many. Love you way too much! I love how much faith you have in God I'm the same. #WaitItOut
You know, its sad that waiting and abstinence is the odd thing. It used to be the thing that very few didn't wait. The truth is, sex before marriage is wrong. It was designed for marriage. All of us who waited have multiple reasons. I hope any Christian who claims to love and follow God wait for sex. If God says its wrong outside of marriage than its wrong. I am glad someone like you with a platform waited.
Amen Jamie:) Im 27 a virgin abstinence and my mommy went to Heaven last year she was a wonderful woman of God and she raised me to be a virtious woman of God. God sent me my Husband this year we meet over internet long distance relationship . we never even meet in person yet be we love each other truly and were engaged to marry September 10th this year. Pray for us in JESUS name. God Bless you
i'm almost 17 and i've never done anything. i've never had a bf. i'm for sure waiting. i'm thankful for my parents everyday for talking to me and advising me to wait bc thats what God wants me to do:)
Preach sista! You're right! Sex is not a test drive for you to do in order to be with someone in marriage. Sex isn't the key to a great relationship, love is and only in Christ.
Amen Jamie! I’m in my mid thirties and I’m still waiting on on my future husband and all that comes with that. I’ve never even kissed a guy and I would love to keep it to myself until marriage,
Crystal W R.A. Vernon preached about how he officiated a wedding for a couple that never kissed before the vows. He said that when the groom pulled back the veil the anointing almost knocked him back.
Where are the videos of men speaking of their waiting? There are none. As much as I can applaud her for choosing to wait, I cringe at the propaganda bombarding women in the church that such testimonies bring. Women believe that “if I wait, then my Boaz will come and we’ll have a great marriage”. That is a fallacy. There’s nothin wrong with waiting but to tie waiting to being extra blessed or receiving anything from The Lord is extremely dangerous. Why? Because it sets women up for expectations that never get met. Conversely, men in the church still go have their fun and never worry about snagging their Ruth, nor do they worry that blessings will be diminished. Again, if it’s your choice to wait then awesome! But it’s very concerning that the majority, if not all of these “testimonials” seem to only come from women. I’m a PK and absolutely love the relationship I have with HIM. A relationship anchored on truth not religious dogma directed towards women. If you want to wait, then wait but know that there is no big or little sin. Sex is the same as lying is as the same as murder. All sin is sin. And if you can rest in His grace should you lie, then you can rest in His Grace should you fornicate. Not taking His grace for granted but understanding the weights we carry aren’t ones He puts on us. If you’re gonna get excited about waiting to enter into covenant to have sex, then you should have that same excitement about not lying or abolishing disagreements with others. Why don’t we? Why so much focus on female virginity? Why not have that same laser focus in walking in love and without bitterness? To be that tree that brings forth his fruit (which celibacy alone can’t produce)? Paul doesn’t say “if I speak with tongues of men and of angels, and not be a virgin, then I am nothing more than a clanging cymbal”. Don’t get me wrong, I respect her right to choose to wait. My issue is the underlying message of waiting to women in the church, a message that men don’t get. The church and society keeps making sexual purity an issue and directs it solely at women. But did not JC get on the Pharisees for being concerned with the outside of the cup being clean yet neglecting the inside? Women have been brainwashed to focus on the outside of the cup and they keep swallowing the snake oil believing it to be a precursor to a God blessed life. You’re blessed whether you have sex before marriage or not. You’re blessed even if you shack up till the day you die. Why? Because His blood doesn’t have limits. If He covers you, no one can pluck you out of His hand. No, I’m not encouraging women or anyone to engage in non biblical behavior but to be free from this shackled mindset that is purity which we frost on for others to see and approve. It’s time to wake up ladies! #getwoke
I too am a pastor's daughter. I waited because I needed to please my heavenly Father. It's a gift that I wanted to give my husband. It's not cheap. We married these twenty-eight years.
I'm soooo happy that you have a good marriage. But it's hurtful to know that women in the church believe that celibacy is a way to please The Almighty. HE already is pleased with you. There's nothing you can do that will EVER change that. You've could've had 100 partners before marriage and GOD would still be pleased with you. You're blessed because of Christ not anything you've done or could do. We have to kill this brainwashing that the patriarchal system in the church keeps endorsing.
@@demetriabridges So when you talk about God being pleased with people who've had 100 partners before marriage, you're referring to people who've sinned and have repented and been forgiven by God?
@@merwillemina9390 God is pleased with us regardless of what we do or don't do. Whether you wait or not, He is always well-pleased. The problem is the patriarchial system in the church that has duped women into believing that waiting until marriage pleases God. Well, what about the men these women married who didn't wait? So they get to have their fun pre-marriage and still benefit from a godly woman who waited? Please...when will women wake up? Please understand there is no big or little sin. Sin is sin, whether you lie, cheat or fornicate..it is all sin to Him and without repentance the sentence is the same. But for some reason, women have taken up this mantle while men are dipping their sticks into everyone's soil. Even the adulterer, God is pleased with. But to enjoy the kingdom life here on earth, we need to align ourselves with Him. I have watched MANY women "wait" and still have unhappy lives. Why? Because they drank the snake oil of the church that if they wait, God will bless and their lives will be wonderful. Please... God never sanctioned multiple wives (in fact He spoke against it in the law He gave to Moses) but many in the OT had them AND concubines. And these same OT men were blessed and walked with God. I'm not against women or anyone waiting to have sex until marriage. I detest this brainwashing that women willfully submit to and sell to other women as the answer to a God fulfilled life. So Jamie Grace is blessed b/c she waited? But her hubby didn't. So that's okay? Notice how they gloss over that little tidbit. How many preachers have stepped out in their marriage and still are promoted to Bishop or Apostle? This is a mind game put upon women and women stupidly accept it because they refuse to KNOW THE WORD for themselves.
@@demetriabridges Thank you for your response. I'm pretty sure men and women are supposed to wait. I'm not too sure about the 'God is pleased with adulterers and fornicators' part. You're not saying that God's busy smiling and giving a pat on the back to someone who went out of their way to displease Him? Of course, He's always ready to take back all who've sinned. I mean if they repent, cool but seeing no wrong in fornication and adultery and engaging in this is no pleasing sight to the Lord for the Lord is holy. I like how you said sin is sin with the same consequence, so why exactly will the Lord be pleased with a non repentant fornicator or adulterer, as this is sin? I just don't want to get you wrong, if I've misunderstood you, please do well to explain, thank you. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s. Hebrews 13: 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality I'm pretty sure all these verses and many more apply to both women and men.
@@merwillemina9390 You're basing God being pleased with us on our choices and actions. God is pleased with us JUST BECAUSE. His pleasure in us is not based on what we do or don't do. We can't earn our way into His good graces. A parent loves their child unconditionally. If that child chooses to misbehave, there is a punishment the parent will enact. However, the child's action no matter how horrid will never erase their parent's love and pleasure to them. The church has made our relationship with God based upon our choices. If I never pray, fast or even attend church, He loves me and is well pleased with me. If I have sex with 500 men, He is well pleased with me. If I wait until my wedding night, He is well pleased with me. I can't earn His love or even His blessings. He lavishes them upon me just because He loves me and is well pleased with me. Now to enjoy Kingdom living while I'm on this earth, I must choose to align myself with His Word and seek relationship with Him. Just like if I want to drive in America, I must align with and obey the traffic laws. I must have a license and have my car inspected, etc. Once I am in alignment with this country's system, then I have the freedom to drive wherever I want. If I violate the traffic laws, I can lose my right to drive and the freedom of mobility I so cherished. The same is true with Christ. JC cried out, "It is finished!" What is finished? All the blessings and higher levels of kingdom living that we should be experiencing as believers on earth. But the church/religion has made it about the flesh: "I fasted for a week, ergo He is pleased with me." "I said no to premarital sex or an adulterous affair, ergo He is pleased with me." Ever notice, no one ever got a blessing from God just because they waited to have sex or did right instead of wrong? Would you expect to get an extra tax refund from the government because they witnessed you stopping your car at a stop sign? Of course not, it's what you're supposed to do. If I choose to violate God's Word, I'm planting a seed for a harvest of weeds making my life harder and giving the enemy a foothold. Regardless, He is still pleased with me. Paul admonishes us to abstain from sexual immorality because remember our bodies are the temples JC, our High Priest dwells in. And if you have read the OT, you know how important the keeping of the temple was. JC will not dwell in a tainted atmosphere, but remember also that we are washed by His blood so how can we be tainted?. So, it's not so much just our physical bodies but our minds also. Sexual immorality isn't just two people having actual sex. JC said that if a man looks upon a woman with lust, he has committed adultery. So the mind is tainted without a physical act taking place. So you can be a physical virgin yet fantasize about having sex constantly. You are still violating your temple because the body obeys the mind. I'm not suggesting we go ahead and have our sexual fun against God's Word but that we go beyond the surface of His Word and church conjecture and look deeper. See the propaganda the church has been spewing at women and choose to debunk it. If a woman chooses to abstain from sex until marriage, that's fine. But she will get no more applause from God than if she treated her neighbor right or chose not to speak in anger. If a woman wasn't a virgin, if she repented then she's as pure as if that sexual act or acts never happened. But women don't believe that and the church willingly chooses to manipulate that fear. The battle is in our mind. Notice how men and women view sex. Men can wash off prior sexual partners and go live their life with a wife happily. A woman will continue to carry the stigma of impurity and feels ashamed because that is how the church and society has sought to control her. So, if I believe I'm tainted, then how can God bring blessings into my life? He only operates on the currency of my belief. This is why men can do unspeakable things, repent and let it go and can experience blessings women aren't . So once a woman is married, if she wasn't a virgin, she may feel she's "okay" now or if she was, she'll feel proud that she waited. Either way, one feels purged and the other feels justified. WHAT??? It's ridiculous! There is no big or little sin! And once you repent, God says He throws it into the sea of forgetfulness. But the woman has been trained not to forget so she is double minded and subconsciously tries to earn her way instead of just receiving. Men more so, can let such things drop and their ability to receive is greater. They don't judge themselves at all. So Jamie Grace's video on "waiting" repels me greatly because it adds another weight to the brainwashing women believe they must do. Where is Aaron's video to men? Why isn't he emphatically stressing to men to not do as he did but to wait until marriage? I believe she went from her daddy's house to living with Aaron post "I do". So this chick has been on lockdown to ensure her "purity" yet why didn't her parents (church leaders) MAKE SURE the man she was to marry was just as pure? Why? Because it doesn't matter if he's pure, purity rests solely on a woman's shoulders. They can proudly say, "Jamie Grace knew no man". Her virginity/rep is tied to the church's rep. and that's how it's always been because the church is no better than the Middle East when it comes to seeing women as property to control. And women keep falling for this! Hosea 4:6
Such a wonderful ministry. Abstinence from sex until marriage has seemingly been a loss virtue but I am truly thankful to God for restoration and recovery. His will is perfectly established on earth as it is in heaven #inJESUSname there's grace to restore 🙌 Glory to the Most High
I love your story .... You and your hubby are so sweet together, May God continue to bless your marriage, and your beautiful daughter to come. Ps) your hair looks beautiful curly 😉🌺 be blessed.
Awesome!!! I believe in waiting especially being born again!!! Men should be open to being virgins or taking the celibacy route. Glad you introduced grace and mercy!!!
Girl I love your hair. It's a great look for you. Btw like you I didn't have this huge purity party with a ring and all. I just grew up being taught to save sex for marriage and honoring Christ with my body is life. Btw. Is that your natural hair? It's so pretty.
It is amazing that the ploy is the exact same anywhere around the world you are. I had a conversations with some coworkers about being a virgin at 21 at the time now 34 and still am. They said the very same thing and my response was the same as yours. I think it is Great and important when you know what you believe because being outnumbered 9 to 1 felt like David and Goliath. Taking this stand isn't always the most popular but it sure does feel great not to have the regret. Keep spreading positivity and the standards of the Kingdom. Continue to SHINEEEEEE!!!!
Worth the wait. Been there, done that. Honeymoon was beautiful. I felt so blessed. We both did. Waiting was a gift to each other. Peace and blessings. Stay close to Christ, pray often, enjoy life. Gods plans are perfect. God bless .
In Trinidad and Tobago, they say you have to "taste the milk before you buy the cow." I prefer to buy the cow first. Even if I somehow magically dislike the milk, I may like the beef. :)
i LOVE this! I choose to wait and now it's been almost 17 years since I got married. Our marriage gets better all the time, our friendship grows each year, and I don't regret the waiting at all-awkward moments and all.
Amen. Please keep my daughter Julie in prayer to know her worth and value. She turned away from the Lord a few months and always with her boyfriend a non beliver. May the Lord guide her and draw her back to him.
I love your hair, it is so beautiful. But Jamie I love your channel. I have been a fan of yours since your first ep ablum and I have just loved watching you grow as the amazing person you are. And the topic of the video was great.
I grew up thinking that sex was a "bad". But as i got older and my faith got stronger, i am able to see that it os such a beautiful thing. Waiting is challenging, but so worth it! Thanks for your explanation!
Thanks for sharing your choice and experience. I wish I had had someone to lead me into making the decision to wait til marriage for sex. Now I am married. My husband and I both love the Lord and I will teach my kids the value of sex. That it's sacred and that marriage is worth waiting for. I want them to make a better decision than he and I did. God bless you.
Great video Jamie! Very encouraging for this young girl who’s waiting! 😊 Do you have any advice on physical boundaries how far to go, how to address it ect.?
Isabel Lovetinsky hey isabel! Make sure you subscribe to our family channel (at the end of this video) we talk about that for like 3-4 minutes in our Q&A!! That video comes out tomorrow.
I'm 22, still a virgin, never had a boyfriend... waiting for God to bring the right guy along. Sometimes it feels like I'm just waiting for a guy to like me in general. I know God has a perfect plan, though, and I trust Him. Definitely waiting till marriage, 100%.
4:43!!! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MAAM !!! I always highlight that you can be waiting and very very very aware of your body and the parts of your body. Yes ! and amen speak on that !
#WaitItOut 💜
If you want to know more, i have two books on this subject (link in description) and a podcast (The Jamie Grace Podcast) where i go much deeper on this subject and similar ones. Love you guys much. Thanks for letting me sharing my story 💜
Can you do a musical cover of my favorite song from Cinderella a dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes please Jamie Grace
You should say more about God's view/mandate on fornication and not saving oneself or being celibate before marriage. I find people are too vague about certain things that are written in bible(in an effort not to offend people I guess), but still we must say exactly what the scripture says and not sugar coat it.....On another note, You are Glowing! Congrats on your soon coming baby girl 😃
Jamie Grace okay I’m 12, and I love this video:) I feel like people should wait until marriage for sex, it’s better if it’s out of love and with the right person, this totally changed my perspective on how I used to view sex,(btw I went to your concert in ND)
What going on Jamie? You're becoming overweight.
Wowwww l like you
I'm 47 I've been single my whole life, I'm still waiting on the Lord for the right person.
I pray that it happens soon for you. God Bless.
May God grant you your heart desires In Jesus Name!!!
Dang. Thank u for ur honesty. And as absolutely wonderful, and honorable as that is because I know God knows. I have to be realistic. What I believe deep down, is God allows us to fall in love. It's a gift. And u have to at some point realize a decision must be made or not. And no decision will come with out work and dedication. So GO FOR IT SIZTA!
You are a jewel. Never loose hope
I love your story. My story is very similar. I waited till 32 and now I am married for 9 yrs with 2 precious kids.
I waited until I was 26. I waited for marriage. I've been married for 11years with 2 kids.
My husband and I waited and saved our first kiss for our wedding 🙂 it was hard sometimes but TOTALLY worth it
Even if u wait and save your body for your future mate don't expect EXTRA favors and blessings from God. U still have to struggle...go through ups and downs and grow just like everyone else. It's really good that Jamie shared this information for all who are waiting for the right mate.
I made a personal pact with the Lord at age 13 that I would remain virgin til marriage. I'm glad there's people out there that is on a similar journey 🙌
I love your hair in this video!!
I know... it's so beautiful!!!
Right. Gorgeous!
I know. I was like Gorgeous!!
Okurrr
When we realize we have free will , but we don’t want to break the fathers heart by taking what is not our to take , yet , we can wait . But when you forbid something it makes it that much more desirable.
Please keep me in your prayers everyone I get discouraged at times. Sometimes I focus on how long I’ve been waiting instead of focusing on how long God has encouraged me and motivated me to keep waiting. Thanks to everyone and I really appreciate it!! :)
I feel ya. I wait too because I just know deep down I want to be 100% happy. But on a real note, I know if I wait for ever I will also lose. I say make up our minds. And that is even my advise in the Lord. I will tell u what a man wants. He wants the blatant truth. Baby I want u marry me now. That's what he wants if thats what u want to say. Just make sure he's a real christian.
B-Town Klown yes I understand especially when it comes to dating you have to make sure that person loves the Lord. But I will be patient trusting that in his timing it will happen. Not my will but his will
No reply further. Ok, well take care!!
U can focus on self development e. g career improvement, church service etc. It helps take your mind off it so much
B-Town Klown you take care as well. Thank you.
No husband privillage if he is not a husband.
Amen 😌
It’s very hard to be a guy too? We have so much emphasis on how important it is for a woman to wait until she’s married? But not so much on men? I think it’s because guys can be a little bit more predictable than women? But guys go through a lot of harshness from single people who haven’t waited;and even married couples as well? They often question it more on males than they do on women if they are waiting?
So there can be a lot of questioning about this subject on both sides..but wouldn’t it be great if couples would be a little more encouraging in a more positive way;versus just using the word of God as ward the male off sword kind of thing?
Debbie Debbie yeah..that’s the tough one. But I’m trying to stay faithful to God;and wait for the right godly woman. I’m 49 years old;and never really had a girlfriend or dated in HighSchool. But the Lord saved me at 25/12 years old,and it’s been a tough battle to stay the way God has brought me into the world. But I know God love’s me;and he knows what’s best for me. My family thinks I’m crazy waiting for the right person except my mother;but I know what the Lord is asking of me..to Trust him.
The weird thing is that;parents and the elderly in Christ talk to the singles as if they’re only supposed to share the waiting talks for women;as if there are no more pure men in the world;thanks to today’s generation and society;and especially above the age of 30;like myself at 49? But the waiting and staying pure talks;and staying faithful to God talks need to happen to all Christians.
Debbie Debbie men shouldn’t get a husband privilege;or any contact privileges in a first meeting;or even after a first ten dates? Practicing self-control isn’t a game; it’s a spiritual Christian obligation.
God created sex for a wife and husband to enjoy in their marriage. God's way for anything is always the BEST way. So many benefits to being obedient to the God that created us and knows us best
So true, God's way is the only way! Those disengagements are painful and long! Soul ties, Jesus knows this and is not being punitive he is protecting us for what is special but also his expressed will. Directly from his word! Marriage it is worth the wait! Thank you Jaime, and thank everybody for there stories. I did not wait but maybe a month before give or take before pulled back completely and our wedding night was amazing crafted by Jesus! Would have done life differently and stayed with my convictions to wait until marriage, but thanks for God's Grace and Mercy!
Nee Mo question? Why does God bring together in marriage someone who is a Virgin;and someone who is not? I’ve just found myself questioning this inside? Yeah,probably not a good thing to do I’m thinking? But just thought about this tonight?
Nee Mo yes that’s true..but we should not think that it’s always the ladies are always the ones feeling worldly pressures into making that next physically active step? Men face that a lot too sometimes. We need to share scripture in every social situation.
I agree..but waiting isn’t always easy for anyone. But waiting is a Christian obligation;and spiritual blessing and reward when executed through Christ;and in the Lord’s holy eyes.
Love the way you approached this. I’m waiting too, and it’s a weiiird thing to be a virgin in college, but I’m not wavering in my convictions. Thank you for the reminders
Been there, done that! It was worth it! Honeymoon night was beautiful. Gods plans are perfect when we wait upon Him. Educate yourself, do great things, and the right person will arrive. Waiting was the best idea we had. It's a gift to one another! God bless you!!!
Oh, one more thing, its not weird... its SMART! 😊 KEEP WALKING WITH THE LORD. Anyone worth it, will wait with you. Keep praying. Peace.
@@lynnecarnivale5085 I was going to say it's not weird too 👏🏾 It's Biblical and godly, only "weird" according to the ways of the world (which will always be contrary to the ways of our Lord). I'm graduating from university in exactly 2 months and still single and celibate 🙌🏾💜
@@beulaho Thanks for your reply. CONGRATULATIONS! You are doing great. Living life, educating yourself, and learning Gods Word. He will honor it. Great! PRAISE the LORD! I was told it was crazy to wait but it was so beautiful to do so. No regrets. Stay focused. Peace and GOD BLESS! Lynne *Graduating in two months? WOOT WOOT! AMAZING! Say hi to me right here-now and then. Would love to read about your graduation and life! Awesome! Stay encouraged. Have a "GOD" day! Lynne
Stay encouraged and close to the Lord. Trust Him! He'll take you through.
Amen! This is touching even for married people. I think men and some women think sex is THE most important thing in a marriage...OAN, I will be sharing this with my oldest WHEN the time is right. Thank you for sharing! God bless!
Thank you for posting your truth, Jamie. I absolutely love your video. I'm glad not to be alone with opinions and views on this topic similar to your own. I'm a fellow church girl who made the vow to wait on my own accord as well. Your truth is motivation to me to keep on my own walk/journey. I'm happy good things and God things are happening for you 🤗 keep it up.
Jamie, you are awesome and such a great role model for me!!! I am "single since birth" like you were and you make me feel proud to be! You actually remind me of my older sister in terms of decision to wait and your humor! You look like her, too!
Jamie you are indeed a beautiful soul.. Thanks for sharing your story.. Grace and mercy offered to all and available to all.. I thank God for his grace..
Good word! Good truth! God bless you Jamie!!!
I'm 39 and still waiting.
Thanks Jamie...I love your truth girlll.😘
Your curls are POPPING by the way 💕
Cutest pregnant lady! Loved your explanation.
amen
Thank you Jamie, such a good message! 🙌🙌🙌
Thank you Jamie. Lord Jesus bless you and your marriage.
I did this too 💜. It has served me very well on so many levels.
Thanks so much for sharing on such a personal topic. I’m still waiting and this was so encouraging!
😂😂"like an episode of naked and afraid" hahah! Waiting is one of the best decisions one can make. You're so cute💖
Amen!!! Thank you for Shari g your powerful testimony that God will keep you!!
Thank you for being an example for us, you’re truly inspirational ❤️✨#ItWillBeWorthTheWait
Thank you Jamie for always being so honest and real when you share your reasons for making the choices you've made. I'm only a few months younger than you and am still waiting it out. My reasons are exactly the same as yours. The Lord's timing is perfect and I will trust Him to guide my path.
Hi Jamie! Sending lots of love to you and your family, all the way from Trinidad and Tobago! I've been following you for a couple years now, and you have been such an inspiration to me and young women everywhere ! I'm 27 years old and l truly relate to you and your convictions, to the point where you're my sister in my head! Lol! Keep shining your light and being a true ambassador for Christ. God bless!
I love everything about this video. Very very wise words.
Love your hair!! Brown eyes are popping here🤗🤗💕 lolll ya my sister thought kissing would get you pregnant so yess the church and in general we all should be open to talk about this.
Thank you for sharing this btw!!
My father is sick, so because of his illness he is now impotent. Of course it's very hard for both of my parents, because sex is an important thing in a marriage, but my mother told me "sex is a beautiful thing in a marriage, but it's not everything. If God is the center of our marriage, then we can overcome this sexual problem. And wasn't it also a commitment when I decided to marry your father.. 'in good times and hard times?' many people forget about that. "
I am also waiting for the right one. I have someone in my mind and heart now, but I am still praying everyday and asking God if it's His will or not :) thank you for this video, Jamie! 😊
😂I went to go like the video and realized I already liked it I guess it's a habit when watching A Jamie Grace video😂😜🌸🎀🌺❤️🤗😃😊👍
I’m 13, and like you, I’ve decided to wait it out because i can.
Great video 🤗🙌🏿. God bless you Jamie Grace.
Thank you for this, I needed to hear this
I didn't wait. I'm 19. I've only ever been with one person who was a friend. Do I wish I waited? Yes. Now I do. Before I was running away from God, now I realise my soul won't let me. Do I regret my decision? No, I knew I wanted to do it and I would have done it eventually if i didn't then.
But I know the next person I'm with will be someone I LOVE, hopefully my husband.
I didn't experience a "soul tie" with the person I was with, and honesty I don't feel anything for them. Nothing emotional at all. Buy that's what also made me realise that I need to wait for my love. Because sex in itself is good and Feels good. but without meaning that's it, and I know there's more to it than that, and I want it.
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Some women wait and that is great......... I was one of them. However, sometimes woman can be disappointed when her husband is NOT perfect....... if u know what I mean. He's still human. Sometimes he will make u really angry and sometimes he can make u laugh. Sex is over rated in church. Even if u wait to have sex after u get married.......u will still have the other issues to deal with after marriage.
You need to repost this again in ALL CAPS!!...LOL!! Why do we women fall for such foolish thinking?? I know PLENTY of women who waited and their marriages are far less than stellar or even basically good (and they married men in the church!!). I'm not advocating fornication but getting some knowledge and understanding about sin and the realities of life. They don't even understand the truth behind Boaz and Ruth...homegirl had sex with him prior to marriage! Why do you think she was laying at his feet? He woke up, found her there and went back to snoozing? Don't think so!! She made herself available to him by following her mother-in-law's advice.
So Jamie Grace waited, good for her...did her husband? Yet, he still gets the "good" girl, probably work in her father's ministry and still go to heaven? And the women on this thread think celibacy equates to the blessed life? I'm doubling over laughing!!! How foolish and how ignorant! Of course the church preaches this stupidity - because it's a patriarchal system and its always the man who benefits and puts himself first. I pray women in the church will get some knowledge & understanding that comes from The Holy Spirit, not a man on a raised stage in a building called a church.
Much needed content! Thanks for sharing 💕
I love you so much Jamie, you're such a great inspiration to me❤
Great video Jamie. You are super encouraging! You are the best girl! 🙂❤️💛💙
Well said.
I am 31 years old and still waiting for my husband.
My story is a little bit different you can say, cuz I was a part of a cult with so much control and abuse, I left one year ago. I knew I allways wanted to wait. But in this cult (my own family made, they call themselves disciples og Jesus) I was not allowd to date, have a boyfriend, and the leader did not want me to get married, so I felt very isolated, I was not allowed to choose my own friends either.
So I was in this cult for 10 years. And when I left and they was shunning me. I dated some guys, ( I was looking for love in all the wrong places) but they were not right for me and they manipulated and emotinally abused me ( giving me silentreatment and gosthing me) And one sexually assaulted me. So to be honest, I am affraid to date again. I feel a lot of guilt and condemnation from my family. 😔 they blamed me for the sexual assault and minimize it and straight out deny it. I also want to say that the leader, prophetess that is my aunt is a narcissist.
I have a longing to be with someone, I have talked to God, and I believe He will give me a man with a good heart that will be loving and patient with me ❤
I love your hair and how you encuorage girls/women to wait! This is how God designed it, comittment first then sex and it's a protection for your heart and soul. He cares about your heart and want you to feel safe ❤😇
Daughter of the King that’s horrible I’m so sorry you went through that I pray for healing for you on your journey
@@GraceFaithGFDance thank you for your support ❤
Also, I love your hair!😍
LOL LOL @ Naked and Afraid! !!
But great video and advice!
I hate no one was in my life when I was young that talked like this. All I heard was "You better wait til marriage!" "Save sex for marriage." and something about paying for cows and free milk. That's ALL I heard and didn't ask why because....well my mom's name is Because Isaidso. I regret it everyday. It's all good. I will bless my kids with what I've learned and this knowledge. I PRAY they ask "why?". I WANT them to because I'll be glad to tell them. To be fair to my mom, that's probably all she got too growing up. Sometimes our parents just don't know better. :(
Thank u for making this video. I love you so much
Love this!
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Teenagers need to know about this because it's not talked about enough.
You did the right choice. I'm the same way like you I agree with all that you did. You did it with someone you love too that's how I want it to be and it should be that way it was worth it. I love the way you think your my fav such a great example to many. Love you way too much! I love how much faith you have in God I'm the same. #WaitItOut
You know, its sad that waiting and abstinence is the odd thing. It used to be the thing that very few didn't wait. The truth is, sex before marriage is wrong. It was designed for marriage. All of us who waited have multiple reasons. I hope any Christian who claims to love and follow God wait for sex. If God says its wrong outside of marriage than its wrong. I am glad someone like you with a platform waited.
Amen Jamie:) Im 27 a virgin abstinence and my mommy went to Heaven last year she was a wonderful woman of God and she raised me to be a virtious woman of God. God sent me my Husband this year we meet over internet long distance relationship . we never even meet in person yet be we love each other truly and were engaged to marry September 10th this year. Pray for us in JESUS name. God Bless you
Zaakira Egwuatu Beautiful
i'm almost 17 and i've never done anything. i've never had a bf. i'm for sure waiting. i'm thankful for my parents everyday for talking to me and advising me to wait bc thats what God wants me to do:)
Just keep it up im rooting for you
Michelle Thomas thank you so much:)
Bethel Changani thank you. and yes God is faithful. i'll be praying for you🙏
Hey,
You will make it. I am 19 and still waiting. I have had never been in a relationship either.
Aleah Rodgers thank you🙏
I love what one pastor used to say, “When God says Don’t, He means don’t hurt yourself.” This embodies all the reasons that you shared about waiting.
Wow!
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#teamthewait
Because it is worth the wait. Thank you Jamie
I’m almost 30 & still waiting for marriage. Thank you for this, sis! ❤️
My wife and I both of waited until marriage. I’m so thankful we did! Thanks for this video. God Bless you.
Preach sista! You're right! Sex is not a test drive for you to do in order to be with someone in marriage. Sex isn't the key to a great relationship, love is and only in Christ.
oh yikes
Amen Jamie! I’m in my mid thirties and I’m still waiting on on my future husband and all that comes with that. I’ve never even kissed a guy and I would love to keep it to myself until marriage,
Crystal W
R.A. Vernon preached about how he officiated a wedding for a couple that never kissed before the vows. He said that when the groom pulled back the veil the anointing almost knocked him back.
@@companyconfidential6624 woooooooow
This video was so good! I sent them to my 19 an 24 year old daughters that are waiting on the Lord.
I feel sorry for them,
@@shanzpier9582 why?
@@msggaines7408 Religious indoctrination as well as unhealthy views on sex and sexuality. I hope they choose facts over stigma and shame.
I love your story. My story is very similar. I waited till 32 and now I am married for 9 yrs with 2 precious kids.
“I didn’t even know how to spell it till my wedding day”😂😂😂😂
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Where are the videos of men speaking of their waiting? There are none. As much as I can applaud her for choosing to wait, I cringe at the propaganda bombarding women in the church that such testimonies bring. Women believe that “if I wait, then my Boaz will come and we’ll have a great marriage”. That is a fallacy. There’s nothin wrong with waiting but to tie waiting to being extra blessed or receiving anything from The Lord is extremely dangerous. Why? Because it sets women up for expectations that never get met. Conversely, men in the church still go have their fun and never worry about snagging their Ruth, nor do they worry that blessings will be diminished.
Again, if it’s your choice to wait then awesome! But it’s very concerning that the majority, if not all of these “testimonials” seem to only come from women.
I’m a PK and absolutely love the relationship I have with HIM. A relationship anchored on truth not religious dogma directed towards women. If you want to wait, then wait but know that there is no big or little sin. Sex is the same as lying is as the same as murder. All sin is sin. And if you can rest in His grace should you lie, then you can rest in His Grace should you fornicate. Not taking His grace for granted but understanding the weights we carry aren’t ones He puts on us.
If you’re gonna get excited about waiting to enter into covenant to have sex, then you should have that same excitement about not lying or abolishing disagreements with others. Why don’t we? Why so much focus on female virginity? Why not have that same laser focus in walking in love and without bitterness? To be that tree that brings forth his fruit (which celibacy alone can’t produce)?
Paul doesn’t say “if I speak with tongues of men and of angels, and not be a virgin, then I am nothing more than a clanging cymbal”.
Don’t get me wrong, I respect her right to choose to wait. My issue is the underlying message of waiting to women in the church, a message that men don’t get. The church and society keeps making sexual purity an issue and directs it solely at women. But did not JC get on the Pharisees for being concerned with the outside of the cup being clean yet neglecting the inside? Women have been brainwashed to focus on the outside of the cup and they keep swallowing the snake oil believing it to be a precursor to a God blessed life. You’re blessed whether you have sex before marriage or not. You’re blessed even if you shack up till the day you die. Why? Because His blood doesn’t have limits. If He covers you, no one can pluck you out of His hand.
No, I’m not encouraging women or anyone to engage in non biblical behavior but to be free from this shackled mindset that is purity which we frost on for others to see and approve. It’s time to wake up ladies! #getwoke
You’re hair looks SO pretty!!!😍
right! I just realized she never had it that way i don't think
Melissa Yeah! Lol❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanls for sharing. I'm 40, single,never married, virgin...
I too am a pastor's daughter. I waited because I needed to please my heavenly Father. It's a gift that I wanted to give my husband. It's not cheap. We married these twenty-eight years.
I'm soooo happy that you have a good marriage. But it's hurtful to know that women in the church believe that celibacy is a way to please The Almighty.
HE already is pleased with you. There's nothing you can do that will EVER change that. You've could've had 100 partners before marriage and GOD would still be pleased with you. You're blessed because of Christ not anything you've done or could do.
We have to kill this brainwashing that the patriarchal system in the church keeps endorsing.
@@demetriabridges So when you talk about God being pleased with people who've had 100 partners before marriage, you're referring to people who've sinned and have repented and been forgiven by God?
@@merwillemina9390 God is pleased with us regardless of what we do or don't do. Whether you wait or not, He is always well-pleased.
The problem is the patriarchial system in the church that has duped women into believing that waiting until marriage pleases God. Well, what about the men these women married who didn't wait? So they get to have their fun pre-marriage and still benefit from a godly woman who waited? Please...when will women wake up?
Please understand there is no big or little sin. Sin is sin, whether you lie, cheat or fornicate..it is all sin to Him and without repentance the sentence is the same. But for some reason, women have taken up this mantle while men are dipping their sticks into everyone's soil.
Even the adulterer, God is pleased with. But to enjoy the kingdom life here on earth, we need to align ourselves with Him. I have watched MANY women "wait" and still have unhappy lives. Why? Because they drank the snake oil of the church that if they wait, God will bless and their lives will be wonderful. Please...
God never sanctioned multiple wives (in fact He spoke against it in the law He gave to Moses) but many in the OT had them AND concubines. And these same OT men were blessed and walked with God.
I'm not against women or anyone waiting to have sex until marriage. I detest this brainwashing that women willfully submit to and sell to other women as the answer to a God fulfilled life. So Jamie Grace is blessed b/c she waited? But her hubby didn't. So that's okay? Notice how they gloss over that little tidbit.
How many preachers have stepped out in their marriage and still are promoted to Bishop or Apostle?
This is a mind game put upon women and women stupidly accept it because they refuse to KNOW THE WORD for themselves.
@@demetriabridges Thank you for your response. I'm pretty sure men and women are supposed to wait. I'm not too sure about the 'God is pleased with adulterers and fornicators' part. You're not saying that God's busy smiling and giving a pat on the back to someone who went out of their way to displease Him? Of course, He's always ready to take back all who've sinned. I mean if they repent, cool but seeing no wrong in fornication and adultery and engaging in this is no pleasing sight to the Lord for the Lord is holy. I like how you said sin is sin with the same consequence, so why exactly will the Lord be pleased with a non repentant fornicator or adulterer, as this is sin? I just don't want to get you wrong, if I've misunderstood you, please do well to explain, thank you.
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Hebrews 13: 4
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality
I'm pretty sure all these verses and many more apply to both women and men.
@@merwillemina9390 You're basing God being pleased with us on our choices and actions. God is pleased with us JUST BECAUSE. His pleasure in us is not based on what we do or don't do. We can't earn our way into His good graces.
A parent loves their child unconditionally. If that child chooses to misbehave, there is a punishment the parent will enact. However, the child's action no matter how horrid will never erase their parent's love and pleasure to them.
The church has made our relationship with God based upon our choices. If I never pray, fast or even attend church, He loves me and is well pleased with me. If I have sex with 500 men, He is well pleased with me. If I wait until my wedding night, He is well pleased with me. I can't earn His love or even His blessings. He lavishes them upon me just because He loves me and is well pleased with me.
Now to enjoy Kingdom living while I'm on this earth, I must choose to align myself with His Word and seek relationship with Him. Just like if I want to drive in America, I must align with and obey the traffic laws. I must have a license and have my car inspected, etc. Once I am in alignment with this country's system, then I have the freedom to drive wherever I want. If I violate the traffic laws, I can lose my right to drive and the freedom of mobility I so cherished.
The same is true with Christ. JC cried out, "It is finished!" What is finished? All the blessings and higher levels of kingdom living that we should be experiencing as believers on earth. But the church/religion has made it about the flesh:
"I fasted for a week, ergo He is pleased with me."
"I said no to premarital sex or an adulterous affair, ergo He is pleased with me."
Ever notice, no one ever got a blessing from God just because they waited to have sex or did right instead of wrong? Would you expect to get an extra tax refund from the government because they witnessed you stopping your car at a stop sign? Of course not, it's what you're supposed to do.
If I choose to violate God's Word, I'm planting a seed for a harvest of weeds making my life harder and giving the enemy a foothold. Regardless, He is still pleased with me.
Paul admonishes us to abstain from sexual immorality because remember our bodies are the temples JC, our High Priest dwells in. And if you have read the OT, you know how important the keeping of the temple was. JC will not dwell in a tainted atmosphere, but remember also that we are washed by His blood so how can we be tainted?. So, it's not so much just our physical bodies but our minds also. Sexual immorality isn't just two people having actual sex. JC said that if a man looks upon a woman with lust, he has committed adultery. So the mind is tainted without a physical act taking place. So you can be a physical virgin yet fantasize about having sex constantly. You are still violating your temple because the body obeys the mind. I'm not suggesting we go ahead and have our sexual fun against God's Word but that we go beyond the surface of His Word and church conjecture and look deeper. See the propaganda the church has been spewing at women and choose to debunk it.
If a woman chooses to abstain from sex until marriage, that's fine. But she will get no more applause from God than if she treated her neighbor right or chose not to speak in anger. If a woman wasn't a virgin, if she repented then she's as pure as if that sexual act or acts never happened. But women don't believe that and the church willingly chooses to manipulate that fear.
The battle is in our mind. Notice how men and women view sex. Men can wash off prior sexual partners and go live their life with a wife happily. A woman will continue to carry the stigma of impurity and feels ashamed because that is how the church and society has sought to control her. So, if I believe I'm tainted, then how can God bring blessings into my life? He only operates on the currency of my belief. This is why men can do unspeakable things, repent and let it go and can experience blessings women aren't . So once a woman is married, if she wasn't a virgin, she may feel she's "okay" now or if she was, she'll feel proud that she waited. Either way, one feels purged and the other feels justified. WHAT??? It's ridiculous! There is no big or little sin! And once you repent, God says He throws it into the sea of forgetfulness. But the woman has been trained not to forget so she is double minded and subconsciously tries to earn her way instead of just receiving. Men more so, can let such things drop and their ability to receive is greater. They don't judge themselves at all.
So Jamie Grace's video on "waiting" repels me greatly because it adds another weight to the brainwashing women believe they must do. Where is Aaron's video to men? Why isn't he emphatically stressing to men to not do as he did but to wait until marriage? I believe she went from her daddy's house to living with Aaron post "I do". So this chick has been on lockdown to ensure her "purity" yet why didn't her parents (church leaders) MAKE SURE the man she was to marry was just as pure? Why? Because it doesn't matter if he's pure, purity rests solely on a woman's shoulders. They can proudly say, "Jamie Grace knew no man". Her virginity/rep is tied to the church's rep. and that's how it's always been because the church is no better than the Middle East when it comes to seeing women as property to control. And women keep falling for this! Hosea 4:6
Such a wonderful ministry. Abstinence from sex until marriage has seemingly been a loss virtue but I am truly thankful to God for restoration and recovery. His will is perfectly established on earth as it is in heaven #inJESUSname there's grace to restore 🙌 Glory to the Most High
I love your story ....
You and your hubby are so sweet together, May God continue to bless your marriage, and your beautiful daughter to come.
Ps) your hair looks beautiful curly 😉🌺 be blessed.
Awesome!!! I believe in waiting especially being born again!!! Men should be open to being virgins or taking the celibacy route. Glad you introduced grace and mercy!!!
Thank you Jamie Grace.. God just used you to save me from making a bad decision.. the waiting continues... 😌😏
Girl I love your hair. It's a great look for you. Btw like you I didn't have this huge purity party with a ring and all. I just grew up being taught to save sex for marriage and honoring Christ with my body is life. Btw. Is that your natural hair? It's so pretty.
It is amazing that the ploy is the exact same anywhere around the world you are. I had a conversations with some coworkers about being a virgin at 21 at the time now 34 and still am. They said the very same thing and my response was the same as yours. I think it is Great and important when you know what you believe because being outnumbered 9 to 1 felt like David and Goliath. Taking this stand isn't always the most popular but it sure does feel great not to have the regret. Keep spreading positivity and the standards of the Kingdom. Continue to SHINEEEEEE!!!!
Worth the wait. Been there, done that. Honeymoon was beautiful. I felt so blessed. We both did. Waiting was a gift to each other. Peace and blessings. Stay close to Christ, pray often, enjoy life. Gods plans are perfect. God bless .
Awww you’re so cute 😍🌸💙 you’re one of my favorite human.
In Trinidad and Tobago, they say you have to "taste the milk before you buy the cow." I prefer to buy the cow first. Even if I somehow magically dislike the milk, I may like the beef. :)
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It's worth waiting for the akward.. Thanks Jamie and nice hair by the way
i LOVE this! I choose to wait and now it's been almost 17 years since I got married. Our marriage gets better all the time, our friendship grows each year, and I don't regret the waiting at all-awkward moments and all.
Amen. Please keep my daughter Julie in prayer to know her worth and value. She turned away from the Lord a few months and always with her boyfriend a non beliver. May the Lord guide her and draw her back to him.
"an episode of Naked and Afraid" 🤣🤣🤣
I'm 19 and waiting for marriage. I'm so thankful God gave me a boyfriend who understands that I want to wait.
Powerful Jamie..so wish young people could get dz msg. ..Im also waiting at 37 of age, I trust God to connect me to the right person for marriage.
I know waiting will be worth it 💖
#TeamWaitItOut😎
God is speaking to me loud and clear! Thanks for this! Loooove your hair!
Thank you for speaking on this Jamie! The church doesn’t even speak on it either. But thank you 😊
I love your hair, it is so beautiful. But Jamie I love your channel. I have been a fan of yours since your first ep ablum and I have just loved watching you grow as the amazing person you are. And the topic of the video was great.
Am I the only one that heard some grandma Yolanda at 1:32
Also I like your hair
I heard some gramdma Yolanda too!!
Its the curly hair 😂
I grew up thinking that sex was a "bad". But as i got older and my faith got stronger, i am able to see that it os such a beautiful thing. Waiting is challenging, but so worth it! Thanks for your explanation!
I’m *LOVING* the hair, Jamie! 🎉
I’m glad my husband and I waited too! It was the best gift we could give each other ❤️
Thanks for sharing your choice and experience. I wish I had had someone to lead me into making the decision to wait til marriage for sex. Now I am married. My husband and I both love the Lord and I will teach my kids the value of sex. That it's sacred and that marriage is worth waiting for. I want them to make a better decision than he and I did. God bless you.
Beautiful explanation… God bless you and your family.
Great video Jamie! Very encouraging for this young girl who’s waiting! 😊 Do you have any advice on physical boundaries how far to go, how to address it ect.?
Isabel Lovetinsky hey isabel! Make sure you subscribe to our family channel (at the end of this video) we talk about that for like 3-4 minutes in our Q&A!! That video comes out tomorrow.
I'm 22, still a virgin, never had a boyfriend... waiting for God to bring the right guy along. Sometimes it feels like I'm just waiting for a guy to like me in general. I know God has a perfect plan, though, and I trust Him. Definitely waiting till marriage, 100%.
Your hair looks SO pretty!!!!
Side note: I really think your hair looks gorgeous! 💜
Your hair and your eyes are so beautiful
4:43!!! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MAAM !!! I always highlight that you can be waiting and very very very aware of your body and the parts of your body. Yes ! and amen speak on that !