Real Talk: I'm Not Self-Made

[@gisselle6855]

You should really do that testimony video! It would be very inspiring.

[@melanielaurentino8472]

I SECOND THAT!

[@PaulandMorgan]

Gisselle agreed, would love to hear that, Becca😊

[@PaulandMorgan]

Great points, Becca! Love that, we can act like it was ‘all us’, all our hustling and efforts, but that’s not true. Our boasting is in Jesus Christ and what He’s done in our lives. Also, the folding clothes was soothing 🙏

[@FarAwayDistance]

Thanks so much!!

[@kamisview]

Wow!!. I was just thinking about kneeling when praying to God THIS MORNING. It's mind blowing. You really are God sent. Thanks Becca. I will be praying in my knees from now on.

[@jasmine5133]

Wow! This morning I was listening to a sermon and the pastor in it was talking about the book of revelations but he also talked about how we need to start going on our knees to pray. I've just watched your video now (it's the afternoon) and you also talked about how we should start going on our knees to pray! I guess God is really using people to reiterate the importance of praying on our knees! Thank you for this video Becca 😊

[@FarAwayDistance]

That's so awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@tonikho2785]

I've been crying for 6 hours and this video just cheered me up. Thank you so much and i love you soo much

[@sierrak5688]

I love real talks! Please do more! this has been on my mind, it was mentioned in the book I’m reading!! Such a good message

[@giftysamson6451]

Recently had a realization about this topic too and you basically put words to how I was feeling. Thank you for speaking the truth with such grace. Grateful for people like you in my generation :)💗

[@FarAwayDistance]

Aww!!

[@samsmusichub]

Love this video! Thanks for sharing real talk. God upgurds us and makes the way for us. Proverbs 3:5,6.

[@samsmusichub]

P.S. at 2:32 you wrote "FYI I think unborn babies are just as real as unborn." Can you clarify? It seems redundant.

[@FarAwayDistance]

It was a reference to my thoughts on abortion!

[@samsmusichub]

FarAwayDistance Right, thanks. Maybe I'm not understanding the phrasing or grammar then. It would've made sense to me if it said "unborn is the same as born" but like I said, "unborn is the same as unborn" made me think.

[@FarAwayDistance]

oh lol it was a typo on accident

[@samsmusichub]

FarAwayDistance Ahh okay I see now, thanks for your help on that!

[@killerwhale333]

Praise God, we gotta remember to never become prideful of anything we have done because he has literally made us and everything from dust! And i'm glad you see the brokenness in this world, that's why we gotta get on our knees because we need some supernatural power and confidence to go and change it! Keep making these videos girl, you have been put in charge of many sheep as a shepherd and you're doing a great job!

[@danielledeuby8479]

May God bless you... ❤️ thank you for being bold and sharing your walk with this generation and the youth ❤️ Hallelujah

[@rioforce]

Super inspiring as always, Becca. Honestly, this came at the right time. It's so easy to get caught up in "my life's mission" and thinking that I'm solely responsible for achieving my goals and making myself become who I want to be, when the reality is that God places the influences in our life. Obviously not all influences are of God, but that's where we have to rely on Him and use discernment. I've been consuming a lot of content lately that sort of subliminally has that "you can be self-made" message to it, and I've realized that it's been affecting me somewhat negatively because I begin to place my trust on my own strength instead of relying on the strength of Christ. Thanks for making this video. Also, I wanted to say that I'm sure you'll make a great teacher! I had awesome Christian teachers when I was in public school (before being homeschooled) and they were a huge influence in my life when I was younger. We need more people like you around our children. :)

[@taperra-570]

It has been so long! I was literally just thinking when you would post a new video. Love how you always give God credit for you being you. Awesome video 💙

[@FarAwayDistance]

Aww!! Thank you!!

[@justpeachy4393]

This makes a ton of sense, and is something I've been thinking for years. Thanks for posting!

[@JessieUsry]

I love your videos!! This was a cool topic. Ive also tried to find some of my old teachers on facebook haha.

[@oliviagibert5810]

I have the perfect bible verse for this! "If by grace then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace." Romans 11:16

[@mphomoshobane6202]

You're Godly sent ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mandyme211]

I found your videos recently and they are so inspiring. It’s so wonderful to see a young adult living out the ways of God and expressing His teachings. I am trying to reconnect with my faith and your videos have been a wonderful tool! I’ve been binge watching lol

[@FarAwayDistance]

amanda m Aww that's so awesome!!! Thank you!!!

[@matthewrhoades88]

Love, love, love, love this! Thanks : )

[@simplylovingthenature720]

Amen sister in Christ 😇

[@rafaqatayub1187]

Hi God bless. .I am living in dubai. Love to hear from you about jesus. .really gives comfort to heart. .lovely God bless sis

[@katarzynamanka506]

Thanks to God that He has shown me your channel. You are so inspiring!! And you are a sign for me that every risk I take with Jesus is worth it. THANK YOU! ❤️

[@FarAwayDistance]

YOU are so sweet! Thank you so much. :) I promise you it is!!! He is so good to us!

[@armandjefferson627]

Thank you so much for allowing God to work through you.

[@oliviaprentice79]

Youuuuuu. What a beautiful girl you are ❤️ Praising God that I came across your channel

[@FarAwayDistance]

Olivia Prentice Ahh you're amazing💕🙈

[@SweetsBeautyxo]

Yes please make a testimony video! I would love to see it :)

[@belindacrystal1331]

oh my god im so happy whenever you post a video im crying tahnk you so much becca!!!!

[@cecetm8720]

Love love! Thanks Becca! I love the end of video where you said that you see so much brokenness and how you can’t wait until Jesus comes to defeat death once and for all and where every knee with bow down. Love it! I feel you on that. I’ve been struggling with knowing what to do with all of this brokenness in the world and some of the stuff that my students are going though:/ any suggestions?

[@emiliaschuh102]

touched my heart! ♥︎

[@RealLifeRen]

Good stuff!! 👍👍 Such truth

[@bethanieoberreuter6951]

I could literally listen to you talk all day long lol I'm so wierd I know 😂😂😂

[@PaulandMorgan]

Tiny House Farm especially when she’s folding clothes😊🙌

[@FarAwayDistance]

Tiny House Farm Aww🙈💕

[@emmaisabuilder5093]

I’m gonna get down on my knees more :) and listen to more hillsong because it boosts me

[@FarAwayDistance]

Yay!! :)

[@daydream4078]

Real Talk: I love your video!

[@FarAwayDistance]

Day Dream Aww💕💕

[@bonniemullins6769]

God is amazing he has helped me escape a toxic relationship and life is so much better these days Amen!

[@FarAwayDistance]

Praise God for that!!!

[@bonniemullins6769]

FarAwayDistance thank you. My faith in him is so strong he has always been there by my side even in the toughest times

[@tanyakesarwani471]

It has been long.. Few days back I thought that maybe I am not subscribed to your channel 😂. But it is good to see you again❤️.Great talk.. Going on our knees really does bring humility and honesty in prayer, I couldn't agree more!

[@FarAwayDistance]

Tanya Kesarwani Aww haha thanks for thinking of me!!💕🤗

[@ArielleDatnoff]

Such great points made in this video!! I love it!!

[@rebekahjacintags3285]

Hello! I recently found your videos. Your name is Becca, right? I'm Bekah!😂❤Thank you for your channel. It is helping me on my own faith journey❤❤❤

[@madisonmatthews6625]

Beckaaaaaaa..... I need another video! I miss you...

[@FarAwayDistance]

Madison Matthews Aww one hopefully will be coming out in the next few days!!!

[@violetmusic4145]

I’ve been really dealing with depression lately but this video honestly made me realize how good I have it. I also want to be a teacher and the specific teacher who inspired me unfortunately passed away two years ago but the world has tried to tell me I’m living an unfulfilling life cuz I don’t have some specific thing but my family and friends love me and I feel like I’m who I want to be and who god wants me to be

[@thegirlbehindthepiano331]

Thank you so much for this video! It was so encouraging to hear because my testimony is very similar. I was raised in a Christian home, but I was terrible to my parents as a child. It wasn’t until the Lord opened my eyes to Him and saved me that my whole attitude changed. The Lord gradually helped me to be less selfish and more compassionate to others. When you said that it was the Lord that made you compassionate, it reminded me about my past and how it truly was the Lord that changed me. Sometimes Satan tries to convince me that it was all me that made me who I am today, but it was all God. Thank you so much for making this video! It felt like I was having a casual conversation with a friend 😊 (P.S. I’m also folding laundry while watching this video 😂)

[@kristinaghazaryan7771]

Love you so much!!! Thank you ! Please do a testimony video , and this kind of videos more,, i love listening to you

[@FarAwayDistance]

I will!:) Thank you so much!

[@jessimitchell2051]

I love watching your videos but this was one that I was able to relate to so much more. You started talking about long e and short e and I was like, I literally have been reviewing phonics in my ed classes... is she studying to be a teacher? And then you said that you are! I am also studying to be a teacher and I will be student teaching this fall. It was awesome to hear you speak of the impact those teachers had on you and how they, others and God shaped you to be who you are. We have such a great place on this Earth as future teachers to spread the love of Christ in our classrooms and shape the children to be strong in mind and heart!

[@FarAwayDistance]

Jessi Mitchell Yaaaas education majors!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I am student teaching in a second grade room right now! It's amazing!🤗Have so much fun student teaching next sem! You will love it! Just warning you - you'll be exhausted the first few weeks, that's totally normal though💕

[@jessimitchell2051]

FarAwayDistance so I've heard about being exhausted. But I am so excited! I am in a first grade classroom right now and will be student teaching with the same teacher next semester. Good luck with teaching and getting the job meant for you!!

[@Andrea-fe6dy]

Great video. I hope you feel better. I too have a sore throat, I was off work for a couple of days - time positively used reading my Bible :) Andrea xx

[@miarcoiris23]

Love this video! I'm a teacher in England :) xx

[@FarAwayDistance]

miarcoiris23 What age group do you teach? 😊

[@miarcoiris23]

FarAwayDistance I teach 7 and 8 year olds! It’s my first year as a primary teacher! What age group do you want to do? Xx

[@FarAwayDistance]

miarcoiris23 The exact same age group!!!!🤗🤗🤗

[@miarcoiris23]

Ah amazing! It's a great year group! How do you try to demonstrate your faith at school? :)

[@myaj1814]

Amen!! yes im inspired you’re right reverence is a powerful thing even in us God bless your soul you epitomize beauty, that good beauty 💕👑👌🏾

[@Ellieoficial]

Hello beautiful girl. I love your videos!

[@FarAwayDistance]

Ellie Always Thank you so much :)

[@bertdemeule4802]

Ellie Always o

[@katia4558]

I live in MN too!!

[@maximinocarrero9832]

Amen every knee will bow every tongue confess that jesus christ is Lord!

[@mallarieevans5392]

Yes I hear so much about "This Generation" people are so bad people need God.But Yano a lot of us have God and we need to reach out to those who don't. Love you for your videos.

[@A96B6]

God is so good. I wasn't expecting that last bit but its no coincidence. I got to help out for a children's outreach over spring break and it was amazing. Before we left we all circled up to pray standing. I heard God's voice clearly and He said pray on your knees. My heart started to beat like crazy and i heard Him again say get on your knees. Well im still new to this hearing God speak and its awesome but i didn't kneel, just prayed. But i knew ever since that i should be kneeling. Glad you mentioned this, He obviously thought it was important enough to tell me. Its not the same for everyone but if He tells you to do something do it! Thank you Lord for blessing us. Amen

[@khaddy427]

thats so true

[@FarAwayDistance]

Thank you so much!!

[@Bogesz3]

All that you've said goes perfectly with this verse: For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 1 Corinthians 4:7 What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it. I am a teacher and lately i was so confused and upset due to some coworkers who do not focus on the children but themselves and i clinged to this verse that me as an educater all i have if i own any skills that makes me a good teacher comes from God. And we all should throw away our pride and put Him first and as we teach put out children first not our own selfish portrait that we'd like to make up. We have to try harder to act like Jesus to love as radically as he did to show out kids or just direct them where the light is. That's what i am praying for as a teacher every single day.

[@jennawirtz9620]

love this!

[@JavierRomero-bf7tz]

The simple fact that God created us should humble us. God showed His unselfishness by making us. God has everything and did not need us nor need to share what He has with someone else. If you asked any rich person if they would share their wealth with the whole world, they wouldn't be able to do it. God has everything yet He is so humble. It is so crazy that God would die for another person when He didn't have to. God is the richest person in existence and yet He is in love with sinners completely unworthy of His love. God's love is so crazy it does not make sense.

[@kylenicholas2957]

My prayers are with you spend more time on your knees in prayer

[@dagman85]

Great video! I wound up watching it while folding my own laundry, so that worked out well. Pro tip (maybe): if you pray in the prone position (a.k.a. on your face), that may be even more reverent than praying on your knees... and I don't think it will wreck your knees over time, either. So that's a win-win situation! (though you may decide to clean your floor a bit more often because of it)

[@aaronpresley]

Yay!!!!! Thanks for uploading!!!

[@FarAwayDistance]

:)

[@madewithpurposeyt]

you are truly such a blessing! thank you for amazing content like this video. I’ve never deeply thought about how much the certain people that God has placed in my life actually inspire me. without His grace I would be a completely different person, and I’m so glad this video caused me to dwell on that. praying for you, especially with your upcoming teaching career🙏🏻💞

[@PaulandMorgan]

Rachel Renee yes, you’re going to be a great teacher Becca😊

[@FarAwayDistance]

Rachel Renee Thank you so much! All credit to God!!!💕I'm so happy to hear it pushed you to reflect!!

[@wyatt6662]

Hi we are the end times. Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will Be Done!! God Is In Control!!!

[@marcopolo208]

Great video once again. It has been a while but I hope you are doing well. I totally agree with your video. I would not be where I am today, which is almost being done with uni, if it weren't for God's patience and forgiveness and my parents patience and help.

[@oliviagibert5810]

wow, ive never thought about this before but I totally agree with you

[@itachiuchiha1714]

Great video! I have a question about diet but before I ask, I’m gonna give a little back story. I was raised catholic but became an atheist at 13. I’m 21 now and have been pondering at the idea of becoming a Christian. I’ve been doing some research and in the Old Testament, in Genesis, it would seem like the ideal diet for humans would’ve been a fruitarian/vegan type diet. It was after the sins of Adam and Eve that humans started eating meat but in the Garden, they ate fruits. What do you make of this? I understand that later in the Old Testament, we are advised that we can eat certain animals, but if it’s possible for us to not do that, then wouldn’t it be better if we don’t eat animals? I’m not a vegan or anything and I’m not trying to promote anything but I’m just saying, in my research, this is what I’ve found. Sorry if this seems a little random, just wanted to gather your thoughts. Asking other Christians this too.

[@murielyoyo1689]

Itachi Uchiha I think helpful bibleverses to this are in Romans 14, especially Rom 14, 1-3 and 13 - 23 :)

[@cj5021]

What’s your major in college? For some reason I’m starting to think it’s the same as mine! I’m curious! And I loved this video❤️

[@FarAwayDistance]

Calli Johnson Elementary education! I'm about to graduate actually :)

[@isabellawarren5780]

Love love love this

[@deb5787]

Yes make a testimony video!!!

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

FarAwayDistance I am glad enjoy your another video

[@gregpalmerjr5885]

So true

[@BadAssMacmillan]

What do you teach?

[@FarAwayDistance]

Second grade!

[@BadAssMacmillan]

FarAwayDistance Thats cool! May i ask you which subject?

[@FarAwayDistance]

Of course! Since it's elementary, I do all of the subjects. Mostly focused on math and reading!

[@daniellekramer93]

I’m going to do that more too.

[@__Andrew]

First off, if you want to find that past teacher/teacher aide surly talking to the school she worked at they would be able to track her down through their own records. At the very least im sure they could put you in contact with the teacher she worked under and she could probably point you in a helpful direction. And also, to be clear when Dawkins talks about the "selfish gene" he does not mean that we are inherently selfish. He simply is talking about the ability of a gene to survive as a trait if its helpful. He has since said that he sort of wished he chose his words more carefully because people were getting confused on that point. It was simply some personification he used to help clarify a point about the survival of favorable traits, not that that specific gene had any actual will or intent, or that people posses some gene that makes them all inherently selfish.

[@FarAwayDistance]

Andrew Thanks for clarifying that! I always thought it was about natural selection.

[@__Andrew]

It is about evolution/natural selection. A gene is "selfish" when it is able to be passed down and survives. Again its just a personifying characteristic used to describe it. Genes have to be this way, because what good is a gene if you die before reproduction has a chance to pass it along to the next generation. So in this way nature weeded those weaker genes out (since the host would die before reproduction) and the "selfish" ones were the ones that lived on. As i said above Dawkins has in the last couple of decades said he wished he took the advice of an editor of his and named it "the immortal gene" since that actually fits as a better description with less confusion. But over all the way you used it in the video was not correct. Especially since as humans we have actually a quite good evolutionary trait of empathy housed in the supramarginal gyrus of the cerebral cortex of the brain. One of the great evolutionary traits of humans that has allowed us to live and thrive is our ability to work in ever increasing and complex social structures, and empathy is a key component there.

[@FarAwayDistance]

Andrew Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! I have that podcast for you by the way! It's on the podcast app or here on KZbin at this link - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoiyaYN7qsd4hKs it's by the same author of that book I told you that I think you'd find interesting! His name is Tim Keller. Let me know your thoughts! I never get notified of people's replies to other comments usually (sometimes I do sometimes I don't, KZbin is weird!) so you can email me your thoughts if you want to! My email is on my channel!

[@__Andrew]

Cool. Since its 41 mins and change long it might take me a bit to get around to it because i want to make sure i dont have to listen to it in parts, plus im a note taker. So 41 mins can easily turn into 3 hours. BUT, once i do get around to it ill be sending along my own podcast/video of choice (of comparable length of course lol). Im also going to go ahead and email you now just so you have my own email in case there was something you wanted to add in regards to the podcast/sermon that you might think about later.

[@gvi341984]

Will you ever do a video about other Christian branches? Bulgarian orthodox, Iranian Christians or coptic Christians

[@iwillsingforthekingonandon8259]

Amen! Is it okay to put a pillow under your knees? God bless you all!

[@FarAwayDistance]

NobodyLeftBehind CBA for sure :)

[@iwillsingforthekingonandon8259]

Cool! Because I don't know why, but it seemed like me putting a pillow under my knees when I pray makes me think I'm being weak or trying to comfort myself before prayer. However, God wants us to be comfortable when we pray? Well of course. Right? 😅

[@garmenco9383]

I am in love. Marry me.😍

[@timeisup9400]

FUNNY HOW 1 HOUR AGO I JUST WATCHED A GIRL POSTING A VIDEO THAT STATED: SELF MADE THAT BRAGGED ABOUT HOW SHE MAKES MONEY.

[@FarAwayDistance]

TIME TO WAKE UP that's so interesting!

[@britniowens317]

I had just watched that video too before this posted and they are one after another on my app!!

[@rafaqatayub1187]

Hug you. .

[@CezzyHaag]

You probably didn't mean this, but what you tell here also implies that there is no free will. Because if everything comes from other peoples influences, Gods influence or just DNA/biology and coincidence, than there is no such thing as free will. And if there is no such thing as free will, people can't really be hold responsible for anything. Because if were not self-made in any possitive things as you were talking about, we aren't self-made in the negative as well. The thought we are self-made doesn't have to be egoïstic (it can be, though), but if you go a little more in dept, the thought we aren't will probably be pretty depressing. I don't totally agree with you on this, and I even think that the idea that there is no free will goes against the Bible (because if we can't really choose, the dying of Jesus doesn't make sense). Of course all these things have an immense influence on us, but I still believe humans have some sort of free will. Maybe you should make some follow-up video for this and go a little more in dept/be a bit more analytic.

[@FarAwayDistance]

Cecily Haag I 100% believe in free will. Sorry that came across as differently in the video! We have the ability to make choices on a day to day basis. But God is also sovereign and in ultimate control. I can send you a podcast about this that I love by Timothy Keller! I'll find the link right now.

[@FarAwayDistance]

Cecily Haag kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3XFfHaQpMmnkKs :)

[@konstantinosm.3994]

i wish i could give you 100 likes

[@FarAwayDistance]

:)

[@iwillsingforthekingonandon8259]

Did you mean that you think unborn babies are as real as born? You said unborn twice, but I get it 😊

[@FarAwayDistance]

NobodyLeftBehind CBA 100%!!!! I added some text to the video to clarify that!💕

[@AZMAH777]

I don't think your God is real, I think it is more of feeling or emotion expressed by your brain

[@dagman85]

HAMBOOT - I know you don't have any reason to trust me since you don't know me, but God is absolutely 100% real. I've seen Him miraculously and instantaneously heal people, deliver people from demons (yes, demons are real, too), cause gold dust to appear on people (sometimes in sprinkles, sometimes in a pile), send His power shooting through people like electricity, I've had someone give me a prophetic word that seemed implausible but yet has come true, I've seen Him give people words of knowledge so that they know things about people that they otherwise couldn't know, and He has given me dreams that connect with things happening in other people's lives on the night that I dream them. He also speaks to me through dreams and mental pictures, and I know someone who hears His voice regularly. I also physically feel His presence every day, usually many times each day. I could go on, but He is so, so very real, and He wants to connect with you personally at a deeper level than you can possibly imagine. If you'd like to test this for yourself, just say in the privacy of your own room (and with total sincerity), "Jesus, if You are real, would You please make Yourself known to me? I want to get to know You better." You may see immediate results that very second, or it may be as you pray that and wait on Him over the course of an hour or two, that you will see a result. But He can make Himself very, very evident to people He chooses to reveal Himself to, and He wants to connect with you more than you can possibly imagine. Also pay attention to the circumstances and things you see around you after that. Look for patterns in the things you see and hear. He communicates in many different ways, and He can use nature, other people, and all sorts of "coincidences" to communicate with you when you start seeking Him. Pay attention to things you see or hear three or more times in a very short period, because He is probably making that happen. Also, He can have a crazy sense of humor, too, and sometimes He will communicate through puns that are real groaners, so beware! Anyway, have a great rest of your weekend, and I would love to hear about your experience if you ask Him to reveal Himself to you.