God Didnt Promise Easy!

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Am I not? Look, I have given you authority over

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all the power of the enemy and you can walk among

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snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing

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will injure you. But don't rejoice because evil

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spirits obey you. Rejoice because your names

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are registered in heaven. Hello everyone, welcome

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to bumper sticker wisdom. I am John I'm Terry.

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It's so nice to have everybody with us today.

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Thank you for joining us It may be a little bit

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weird today. We're recording off schedule Really

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just kind of more concerned mostly concerned

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about surgery that you're about to undergo and

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and all that kind of stuff and if there's anything

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I can talk about about that and it's interesting

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that the sermon series recently about rest And

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again, it is kind of about physical rest, but

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it's more about being rested in knowing, rest

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assured in confidence of our Lord that he's got

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our backs, right? If there's anything that I

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have been concerned about, it's not about the

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surgery, it's about the... impatience for things

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because I'm gonna have to take on all the responsibility

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of our household and all of the things that we

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do outside of the household and your impatience

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with not wanting to not be in that position for

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not wanting to sit still like you're gonna have

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to and it's really my concern that it's gonna

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turn into fights and arguments but I'm really

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trying not to speak that. I'm trying to say that.

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And I'm trying not to think that because some

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of that is like when you start thinking and saying

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it, it's self -fulfilling itself. It's gonna

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happen because you're saying it's gonna happen.

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Or it's, remember when we were talking about

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the automatic negative thoughts thing about fortune

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telling? I'm trying to read a predict or predict

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an outcome that hasn't happened. And so I'm saying

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that I already know this is gonna happen and

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it may or may not. Could something like that

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happen? For sure, because we're going to be on

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it's in an uncomfortable situation. You're not

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in a position to do things that you normally

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do, and you're going to get agitated at times.

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You know, I've been praying that God help me

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to have the fruits of the spirit. You know what

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I mean? And that's what we need to do is pray

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right now. Yeah, pray about it. We will pray

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about it. But I really fully commit and understand

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and know that the physical part of it is gonna

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go great I think your recovery is gonna go Supernaturally

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good right it's gonna be better than even they

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expect And you may even return sooner than you

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think as long as you follow the boundaries So

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yeah with that being said it's probably a good

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time to to commit everything to prayer and then

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we'll get started So Heavenly Father, we want

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to thank you for giving us this opportunity and

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this time. Father, I just want to lift up Terry

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to you and myself and just help us to lean into

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you throughout what could be a struggle. We're

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not going to say it's a struggle. We just know

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that it's possible. We also know that it's possible

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for supernatural things to come through. I think

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the supernatural healing will be in the recovery.

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I think that you have put hands on on Terry's

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body that are going to intervene in a way that

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is going to help her to heal and feel a way that

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she hasn't felt in a long time. Father we just

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want to lift up anybody who's listening right

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now if they have a physical issue that by your

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stripes We were healed we can take hold in that

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we can rest in that we can know that you have

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already taken care of it Just because we don't

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see it right now doesn't mean it's not true.

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So father God We thank you for your goodness.

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We thank you for your mercy your grace and your

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great patience for us Father God And it's in

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Jesus name. We pray amen That was a babbling

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babble it was not so Yeah, I think that the idea

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of I Think the only concern I have with that

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message the message that they've been preaching

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is that people can take that in The wrong way.

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It's not about it is about rest because God rested.

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Yes, but it's about being Assured being confident.

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No wing. It's like it's like resting and then

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resting into your Bible That's what what I'm

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getting out of it. Like, you know taking it and

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Getting into your Bible. I'm resting into that

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use what I'm getting the more I keep listening

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to it, right? That's what I'm getting into, you

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know I'm saying like so you're saying like it's

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more of a it's a call to lean in or like engage

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further Yeah, and then getting it in resting

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into it. You know, I'm saying that's what I see

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I don't know, that's what I'm seeing. I'm not

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seeing, hearing. That's what I'm hearing, you

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know, my opinion. I have to get better with my

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hands. I was watching on, when I was editing

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this week, there's new camera angles. So I didn't

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realize at some point I was talking to you and

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I have my entire face covered by my hand Because

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I'm used to the camera being here instead of

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over off the offset I have to try to get my hands

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under control. I think the hands help, you know,

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it helps with yeah, you know, I'm an active hand

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talker obviously But anyway, yeah, I think that

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I think that you're on something there a little

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bit it's it's I'm not getting the resting to

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I get that point to for the most part like I

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had lots of people like the first service I didn't

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I prayed over two people which I prayed over

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lonely Lee You know, and then I prayed over my

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little people that are going to um, I'm Dallas

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this weekend. I wanted to pray over a protected

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spell over them too. I'm get there safely spell

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didn't mean it like that a prayer of protection

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yes over them to get there and be safe a lot

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of magic show i do to get them there and safely

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and those type things um and then the second

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service um i was standing there in my hand went

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just and i went trying to make it like like nothing

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else i said no Like I'm like, you know, and of

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course Lacey next to me it was her mom that said

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that she and she prayed over me and then I had

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Stephanie that was there her one of her friends

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is having knee surgery So I prayed over that

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and then she prayed over me for you know stuff

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And then I had some other things I prayed over

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it was good. My second service was bringing over

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people. It was good. It was awesome I was excited

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that dad was able to come back to church today.

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It was so nice to see him there. People missed

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him. Yeah, lots of people missed him. I've talked

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a bunch of times about this. I think that's the

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one thing about Our church for some people it's

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uncomfortable at first but something that we

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all crave is to be seen and known right like

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it's For people to recognize when we're there

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and to be like, oh, hey, you're here You know

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what? I mean, like I think that we all crave

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that in a way. I think it's as a Being someone

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who's in kids ministry I think it's the most

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important thing we can do is snow them by name

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and greet them when they come through the door.

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I am too. I am a face person. I'm okay. Yeah.

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You know, but then you're like, feel bad. Cause

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I'm like, can I see your tag? Yeah. They don't

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put tags on the adults. They put tags on the

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kids though. So I get it. I get it. I get a little

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bit of a help there. You know, I recognize kids

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all the time, but I don't always remember their

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names. Uh, and so having tags helps that, but

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yeah, I just think that. Being known being seen

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is one of the most important things that we can

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do as a Congregation as a ministry and so yeah,

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I think that I just think I just I think we Underestimate

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the impact of that or the value of that. Yes

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We have no idea we have no idea we should watch

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that video The the third one that that line I

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thought it was a very it's two minutes Okay,

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so it's just somebody that's talking and we can

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talk through it We can stop it as it goes if

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you have something you want to say Because a

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lot of times what happens when you get to the

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end of a video that long There's 14 things you

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thought about saying yeah, and you'll forget

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by the time you get to the end So yeah, we can

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listen to it To preface it. I think that the

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overarching theme of the video is to understand

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that The struggle is part of the process and

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it's a necessary part of it That's a lot that's

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going on in our world right now is people are

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thinking, you know, their water world is failing

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They think you know so -and -so was against me

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and yeah, and I mean I feel like you know You

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know God didn't make it easy. God God's life

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was not easy. So why should I make it easy for

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us? Right, you know I Asked God for love He removed

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people from my life. Confused, I asked why. He

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said, because not everyone who walks beside you

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is meant to walk with you. I will never allow

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the wrong people to keep you from the purpose

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I have for you. I have brother and sister and

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all that kind of stuff, but I have no, there

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is no part of me that has those relationships

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as impactful as some of the other relationships

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in my life and people that I consider brothers,

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you know what I'm saying, sisters. And not in

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a negative connotation towards anybody, I'm just

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saying. Not that they're wrong people for my

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life. I'm pleased to understand. I'm not trying

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to say that I just want to kind of put in your

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head that Man the people that we surround ourselves

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with you know It's him. It's an important piece

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of the puzzle and not everybody who is in your

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circle has your best interest at heart and you

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really need to check that and if you ask God

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to surround you with people who are really seeking

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after him and Really trying to help you grow

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and you start seeing people disappear. There's

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a reason it's not because God's saying Yeah They

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don't care about you. He's just saying they're

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not the right people for you. It's funny you

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said that because I'm I was trying to tell someone

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the other day about and I wouldn't be where I

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am today without you and I'm glad you're in my

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life and and it's like But I have people that

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see me now. They're like the same person know

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And you have to, God took those people out of

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my life for a reason for me to be where I am

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today. And is my circle small? It is small, but

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I like my circle. Just because you're not in

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my circle doesn't mean you're not in my circle.

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You know what I'm saying? I keep people in my

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circle, it's small. I don't have a lot of people

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in my circle. It's funny that people that we're

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the closest to, the people that we love the most,

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we spend the least amount of time with usually,

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And then you, when you reconnect, it's like there

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was never any separation. You know what I mean?

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Those are the best relationships. Those are the

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best friendships. You know what I mean? Those

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are the relationships that are probably the most

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real. I mean, just being honest. So I find that

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real interesting. It's a weird dynamic because

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you feel like if you care about somebody or you

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love somebody or like somebody, you want to be

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in their presence often. And yeah, you do, but

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life is life, man. And we got - It's like, pressure

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what you say. Show me your friends, I'll show

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you your future. Let me tell you, when you have

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those people that have your best interest, you're

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gonna go farther in life. Not what you wanna

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hear. Not what you wanna hear, because I'm not

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gonna shoot a gun at you. Like you say, man,

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God doesn't give you what you want, he gives

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you what you need. I asked for peace. He allowed

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storms. I cried, why? He answered Because peace

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isn't the absence of storms It's the strength

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to stand firm while they rage I asked for strength.

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He gave me burdens to carry Frustrated I asked

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why he replied Strength isn't given it is built

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Just as iron is forged in fire and shaped by

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the hammer Your character is formed through what

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you endure So I think about that too I've said

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a couple times about I've had my pastor and counselor

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both look me in my face and be like it's a it's

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a wonder that you're even still with us, you

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know what I mean? That's a testimony to the endurance

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and the things that we have endured and my favorite

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scripture in the entire Bible is Romans 5 chapter

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3 through 5 And it's the very first part of it

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we can rejoice to when we run into problems and

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trials because they help us develop endurance.

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The struggle and the trial and the thing, those

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are the thing that build the character to become

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the people we are. Look, the things that happened

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to me as a younger person aren't okay and they're

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not all my fault, right? Some are because of

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other people. They put me in positions I should

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have never been in. You know what I'm saying?

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But at the end of the day, the diligent, stubborn,

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hardworking person that I am doesn't happen without

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those trials and struggles, right? I was made

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to be an adult way faster than I was supposed

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to be an adult. You know what I'm saying? And

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I mean, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have

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responsibilities and things like that, but there's

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a difference with what I'm talking about. I just

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think that... There's so much value in the struggle

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and we don't want to recognize that We don't

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want to recognize those things like so this is

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like the storm like we go back to the when he

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says I give you storms but dude You you're gonna

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go through storms, but don't forget who you're

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in the storm with Right, you're not always gonna

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be by yourself, right? You're gonna have someone

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just remember Just reach people that are gonna

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help you through your storm. It reminds me of

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what pastor Richie talked about earlier today

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when he was talking about Jesus rested while

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the storm was going on right and I love the Illustration

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that because when Christ stepped to the shore

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and he said hey guys get on the boat. We're going

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to the other side You can rest assured we're

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going to the other side, right? Yeah, but you

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get halfway across and a storm rises and Jesus

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is over here and They're freaking out Right,

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what are you can you sleep through this? Yeah,

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they're like don't you even care that we're gonna

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die and he's like, bro Didn't I tell you we're

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going to the other side how little faith you

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have, right? That's the kind of rest in that

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I'm talking about. It's not sleep. It's the confidence

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that We're going to be over there no matter what

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happens right here. This storm is just part of

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it. You may have to do something. You may have

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to work. You may have to put something in it.

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You may have to let the sails down. You may have

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to do something. But at the end of the day, we're

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going to the other side. Absolutely. I asked

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for an easier road. He placed a mountain before

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me. Exhausted, I whispered, why? He said, Because

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the strongest legs are built by climbing, not

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by standing still. That's the thing about the

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rest, right? Rest doesn't mean absence of movement

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or absence of activity. Rest means, what's the

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scripture he used? It's in Hebrews. He said,

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we labor to enter into the rest. It's not...

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we labor so we can get tired and sleep. It's

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labor to get into that confidence. We work so

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hard to grow this relationship so that we are

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fully confident in what God says. Yes, absolutely,

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absolutely. Only always. Only always. God doesn't

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want it to be easy because if it was easy, dude,

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what would it be today? Oh, yeah, there's no

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value in getting stuff handed to you, right?

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Ask some of the greatest athletes, the ones that

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were, and I'm not saying anything ugly or anything

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like that, but a guy like Vince Young, right?

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He just was so naturally gifted and people And

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coaches just kind of handed him everything when

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eventually the world slapped him in the face

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now He had some things that were against him

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once he made it to the NFL, but it didn't last

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because His character wasn't developed. It was

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too much stuff was given to him now I'm a Texas

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Longhorn to the core and I love Vince Young I

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do I love Vince Young but also I've seen numerous

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times how these world -class athletes, football

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players, baseball players, things like that turned

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into broke, druggie folks because they have no

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character. It wasn't developed. They were just

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handed everything because they were so good.

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You know what I mean? That's not you got to earn

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it. You know who my favorite baseball player

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is? I love Pudge Rodriguez. I love Nolan Ryan,

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love Adrian Beltre. My favorite baseball player

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of all time is Michael Young. Short stop in second,

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but who'd you think I was gonna say Barry Bonds?

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Okay, when I was first getting into baseball

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1988 -89 Jose Canseco was everything and yes,

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I did like him at first I don't now Michael Young

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he's he quietly became Mr. Ranger because he

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was just the guy that showed up reliable, hardworking,

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played hard, led by example, did anything that

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the team needed. And look, he was a very good

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baseball player. Don't get me wrong. To me, he's

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a Hall of Famer on a level, but He's just that

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guy. He showed up and did the job every day every

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time without question without complaining Hey,

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we need you to move to shortstop. Okay. Hey,

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:15.000
we need you to move to second base. Okay. Hey,

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:16.680
we need you to go to third Okay, but you know

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what's so funny about that is what do you call

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it a utility player? Oh, yeah, so listen to me

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So being a utility player is the same thing as

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about being in God's Word. Oh, yeah, nice Utilities

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is all about getting into it, being a strong

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person, being, you know, how did Jason say it

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one time, being steeled, you know, ironed, forged,

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being forged and just in all ways, you know,

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going through those things, it's all about being

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there. I think something that can help people

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is understanding that we're not going through

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these things for no reason. We think it's just,

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it's unfair. It is unfair, man, life. is unfair

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things that happen to us there are negative things

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that happen in people's lives they should never

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happen but they do and god can work even those

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negative things into a good purpose yes but we've

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got to learn how to use it the right way you

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have to learn to be able to forge it the way

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we should forge it yeah you know what we should

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yeah i can i can get metal hot and beat it down

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But it probably won't end up being sharp, and

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it probably won't end up being strong, because

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I have no idea how to do it, right? But listen,

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you've already forged it. Yeah. But just like

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it says, who's going to help you sharpen your

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blade? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, iron sharpens iron.

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You know? He wasn't making my life easier. He

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was making me stronger. I didn't receive the

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life I asked for. I received the life that would

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prepare me for what lies ahead. Because comfort

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rarely changes us. Fire refines iron. Trials

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refine faith. Endure the fire. God is still shaping

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you. This is an AI video so For sure, but I love

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lions are so there's an intensity about them

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and such a majesty about them I think that's

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why they're called the king of the jungle. Of

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course, they're not from the jungle. They're

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from the frickin desert, but My favorite big

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big cat is a tiger Tigers that's the real king

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of the jungle to me like but they're so They

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have that same kind of power and majesty about

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them. They're fierce But they're majestic, you

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know what I mean? But I wouldn't play around

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with either one. I'm like, oh, bones coming apart

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and everything. Goodness, those are creepy. Yeah.

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But I think to the other part of it is like,

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um, he was talking as a reason we stopped a minute

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ago was he was talking about, um, It's not that

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he wasn't answering my prayers He was just answering

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it differently than I wanted it to be right and

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that's exactly how God always works God's not

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gonna give you the answer you want. He's gonna

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give you the one you need You're gonna get what

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you asked for is you're just gonna get there

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a way that you didn't expect And you're not gonna

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get it in the time that you wanted either Heck

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no, man. Heck. No why because we have to be developed

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have to learn to be patient and dude if I If

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I wanted him to give me something then dude,

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we would be we would be trying to pray like that

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all the time Have you ever uh, hey, okay, so

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that that kind of brings a good point to me You

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know that there's a separation progress process,

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right? There is a weeding out kind of situation

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going on, right? God is willing to love you and

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:04.380
give you everything. He's paradise is waiting

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:09.200
right heaven is waiting for you But he has to

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:11.519
let people decide whether they really believe

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this stuff or not right he wants true real actual

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love not perceived fake love Not people who can

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just say it people who can mean it and be it

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bring it every single time so in the grand scheme

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of things That is what separates us. That's how

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we get weeded out so to speak and I That might

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:40.759
sound negative, but it's it's a concept that

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happens in everyday life. Yeah, things get separated.

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We weed things out. I'm going to weed that person

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out of my life because they're not good for me.

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It's just like we were looking at some of John's

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comments on something. He goes, I guess this

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.740
is why I don't look at it. It's just like they

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:59.119
take the contact that we were talking about and

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like made it. I was like, that's not what came

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:04.569
out of that. That's not what you said that's

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what i ask all of the soldiers of christ who

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are listening to our content you know a lot of

00:25:10.710 --> 00:25:14.509
people who don't believe what we have to talk

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about and and choose to hate about it are willing

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to give us comments but people who actually believe

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don't Frickin comment and it's like man. I wish

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.920
y 'all would engage with us. That's all we're

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:30.920
that's what we want We weren't we want you to

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engage with us. I just need y 'all to be our

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Always say hey, I need and prayers wherever I

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need warriors on my side. I need prayer words

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I need people to message and say hey this this

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is our I need you to comment to some of these

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things to us for us. Yeah, because their their

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:51.579
comment i was just like oh some very hateful

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:54.059
stuff comes through yeah i was like god is poison

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i was like okay what did you get out of that

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much is is that i had one video it was talking

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and we're talking about christ or or talking

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.880
about the bible or something and that there was

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:08.160
like 17 comments all negative it's like where's

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:10.079
the people i know they believe i know y 'all

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.960
see it if these negative people see it y 'all

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:15.680
see it too so help us out man now now what jesus

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:18.299
felt like when people didn't really you know

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:20.980
He was speaking, and he was like, are you not

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:23.920
listening? I guess, um... Why are you not listening

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:26.180
to me? I've already told you this. I already

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:28.119
told you the promises I have for you. I know

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for sure Jesus got, I wouldn't say got impatient,

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:33.960
but got flustered by people. I can't say, there

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.559
was at least two or three times when he said...

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How many times do you think he ever rolled his

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eyes? I bet he rolled his eyes often. Often,

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:45.940
often. He'd be back there talking to the Father

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:56.009
like... Man it's funny. Oh awesome for a comment

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on one of our tick -tocks right there if only

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a God existed nice Thanks guy or girl or girl

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But I know there it was Scripturally documented

00:27:10.269 --> 00:27:13.049
at least three times where where God said how

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or Christ said how long must I be with you? That's

00:27:15.569 --> 00:27:19.859
a frustration I'm tired of you. I am so tired

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:22.319
of your lack of faith. Especially when it was

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:25.799
coming down to these final days and y 'all still

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:29.480
don't understand. You're still not getting what

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:32.099
I'm trying to tell you. The 12 dudes he spent

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three years with, day after day after day after

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day. Walk the same path every day in the same

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:42.940
sandals. As much as they walk they probably change

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:47.200
sandals, but I'm sure they did But can I say

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.400
though that there's an encouragement in that?

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There's an encouragement in that because we always

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.900
think we should be somewhere where we're not

00:27:53.900 --> 00:28:00.640
absolutely, right 12 men spent three years Right

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next to Jesus wandering around listening to him

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:06.880
preaching listen They don't even always record

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:08.940
the car all the conversations they had behind

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:13.019
closed doors Now think about that and then think

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:15.339
about how at the end of that three years they

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:20.240
were still Not perfected. They were still Trying

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:22.599
to figure it out. You know what I'm saying? That's

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:25.980
the encouragement for us today Yeah, right. We're

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.240
still not gonna we're never going to be that's

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:30.460
the thing right and that's what we need to understand

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:34.000
and yet those men who he devoted so much time

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:38.000
and energy to Didn't understand it but still

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:41.240
became the pillars still became the foundation

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:45.019
on which Christ's church was built, right? That's

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:47.680
an encouraging thing. Yeah, and died sometimes.

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:50.559
Some of these people died in horrible deaths.

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:54.079
Horrible. But you know what? Not for a lie, my

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:58.440
friend. I'm sorry. Not gonna happen. Not gonna

00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:01.140
happen. Not for a lie. I'm sorry. Wouldn't happen.

00:29:01.849 --> 00:29:04.970
You can't convince me that they were getting

00:29:04.970 --> 00:29:07.369
paid for this lie. Not to die like this, I'm

00:29:07.369 --> 00:29:10.170
not. You can't pay me enough to dip me in boiling

00:29:10.170 --> 00:29:13.730
oil. You can't pay me enough to crucify me. You

00:29:13.730 --> 00:29:17.549
can't. I'm sorry, not gonna happen. Not gonna

00:29:17.549 --> 00:29:22.569
happen, I'm sorry. I think that the thing that

00:29:22.569 --> 00:29:27.089
comes to mind to me right now is it's such a

00:29:27.089 --> 00:29:30.230
hard question to ask anybody. It's such a hard

00:29:30.230 --> 00:29:33.069
thing to think about because it's just impossible

00:29:33.069 --> 00:29:36.250
to answer truthfully you can give your best possible

00:29:36.250 --> 00:29:43.630
answer but If you got to spend a few minutes

00:29:43.630 --> 00:29:48.250
in the presence of God I Mean, what would you

00:29:48.250 --> 00:29:50.769
say? What would you I don't know what I was anything.

00:29:50.890 --> 00:29:55.140
I would probably just more like in it and Feel

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:56.779
like I wouldn't be able to say anything I feel

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:58.519
like I would just want him to I would just want

00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:00.420
him to hold I just would want to hold his hands

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:03.799
and just Just you know, I would just play listen

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:06.200
to him talk, you know to me. Yeah, you know,

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:08.099
I don't know what I would say to him I really

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:10.160
don't know what I would say to him. I think if

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If I had the opportunity this is what came to

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.599
me just now If I had the opportunity to be truthfully

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:20.980
in his presence and ability to communicate with

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:26.319
him in such a way in such a direct way Wouldn't

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:28.640
say anything and I wouldn't ask a ton of questions.

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:30.380
I would just say what is it that you need me

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:32.599
to know? What is it that you need me to hear?

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:36.099
I would love to hear what is it that you're trying

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.980
to say to me right now? What would you want to

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:40.660
say Christ? What would you want to say to me

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:44.079
right now? I? Would really love to know that

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:47.599
answer that would be I would want to know what

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:58.130
my pathetic word prophetic word That's another

00:30:58.130 --> 00:31:01.869
one like do you okay here's something so, you

00:31:01.869 --> 00:31:07.069
know that God has plans for you Knowing who we

00:31:07.069 --> 00:31:12.970
are and people in general how we operate If God

00:31:12.970 --> 00:31:16.230
sat can sit you down right now and say this is

00:31:16.230 --> 00:31:30.450
my plan I Don't have that part of it I'm just

00:31:30.450 --> 00:31:32.309
saying if he could sit with you or if he was

00:31:32.309 --> 00:31:36.150
going to sit with you right now and go hey This

00:31:36.150 --> 00:31:39.549
is my plan for you. So all of this is building

00:31:39.549 --> 00:31:42.230
you to this This is where I want you to be. This

00:31:42.230 --> 00:31:43.910
is what I'm trying to get you to because it's

00:31:43.910 --> 00:31:47.470
gonna do this for my kingdom Do you think you

00:31:47.470 --> 00:31:49.670
follow it? Do you think that you didn't believe

00:31:49.670 --> 00:31:56.539
him? Would tell you yes, yeah sure I mean it's

00:31:56.539 --> 00:32:09.819
God rise Say it three times if you really mean

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:15.099
it It's it's I just that's an interesting thought

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:19.740
I just wonder if You would even believe it right

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.859
would you even believe what he was telling you?

00:32:21.789 --> 00:32:23.910
Would you even believe that he's calling it,

00:32:23.970 --> 00:32:25.549
that he's saying that this is what I called you

00:32:25.549 --> 00:32:28.509
for? This was my plan for you all along, you

00:32:28.509 --> 00:32:36.029
know? I don't know. Knowing people. Some people

00:32:36.029 --> 00:32:37.529
still wouldn't believe it. What we would say

00:32:37.529 --> 00:32:39.930
is something to the effect of, well, that might

00:32:39.930 --> 00:32:43.069
be for somebody, but not me. Yeah. You know what

00:32:43.069 --> 00:32:47.150
I mean? Some people's belief in things are just

00:32:47.150 --> 00:32:49.369
not believable. You know, don't believe anyway,

00:32:49.589 --> 00:32:55.200
you know? Sad state of affairs. This world is

00:32:55.200 --> 00:33:01.180
so I was looking at comments. Okay on our Other

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:03.680
tick tock and there's about 17 comments on one

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:07.079
from today and all are positive except for one

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:10.640
So just so you know They all said amen. Amen.

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:13.599
Amen. Amen. Hey, but you know what? As long as

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.500
we're getting some amens and that's there was

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:19.170
one that was a meme and it said A page a day

00:33:19.170 --> 00:33:25.509
keeps the Satan away. Another one said, God loves

00:33:25.509 --> 00:33:29.410
you. Yes, he does. It's always nice to get feedback.

00:33:30.529 --> 00:33:33.269
It's nice to get positive feedback. I'm okay

00:33:33.269 --> 00:33:37.329
with being, I can take constructive criticism.

00:33:38.089 --> 00:33:40.869
I understand if people look at what we're doing

00:33:40.869 --> 00:33:42.269
and be like, you know, you could do this and

00:33:42.269 --> 00:33:43.809
you could do that, you should do this, you should

00:33:43.809 --> 00:33:47.150
do that. Your camera angle sucks. It probably

00:33:47.150 --> 00:33:49.630
does. I'm not a production engineer. You know

00:33:49.630 --> 00:33:51.150
what I mean? I don't know anything about what

00:33:51.150 --> 00:33:54.170
I'm doing. Well, I'm not. I want to create a

00:33:54.170 --> 00:33:55.970
good product, but that's not what I'm here for.

00:33:56.009 --> 00:33:58.470
Okay. So my deal is so some people want to be,

00:33:58.529 --> 00:34:02.150
what do you call that? Um, negative, mean, ugly

00:34:02.150 --> 00:34:05.549
people when people are on Facebook or tick tock

00:34:05.549 --> 00:34:10.150
and they want to be influencers. Yes. What's

00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:12.829
the difference between that and this? This is

00:34:12.829 --> 00:34:15.710
the same idea. We're just not there. We don't

00:34:15.710 --> 00:34:19.090
have 2 .7 million likes on our video. Thanks,

00:34:19.150 --> 00:34:24.369
Ben Matias. Ben Matias is amazing. He does great

00:34:24.369 --> 00:34:27.489
production. My thing is, is if you'll look like

00:34:27.489 --> 00:34:29.269
some of his background, you can, you know, he

00:34:29.269 --> 00:34:32.610
doesn't, some of his backgrounds are not like

00:34:32.610 --> 00:34:35.909
perfect or whatever, but you know what? I don't

00:34:35.909 --> 00:34:38.610
think he really cares what you think. You know

00:34:38.610 --> 00:34:39.949
what I'm saying? You know, he started somewhere

00:34:39.949 --> 00:34:43.869
too. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. We all do.

00:34:44.309 --> 00:34:46.929
At the end of the day, I'm trying to do the best

00:34:46.929 --> 00:34:52.389
I can and I'm trying to Help people while helping

00:34:52.389 --> 00:34:55.570
myself You know, we just want to reach that one.

00:34:55.570 --> 00:34:58.170
That's just I want if we reach that one I have

00:34:58.170 --> 00:35:02.809
to I have to say today was uh, it was hard to

00:35:02.809 --> 00:35:06.010
listen to that testimony from from Wyatt He really

00:35:06.010 --> 00:35:08.449
was not hard in a bad way when your kid he was

00:35:08.449 --> 00:35:10.210
in I was in youth with him Yeah, that's where

00:35:10.210 --> 00:35:13.710
I met him. It was where I met him and you know

00:35:13.670 --> 00:35:18.349
Yeah, I did stop and tell him, hey man, I just

00:35:18.349 --> 00:35:20.409
want you to know I'm proud of you. You know what

00:35:20.409 --> 00:35:23.130
I mean? I walked up to him and said, did you

00:35:23.130 --> 00:35:25.309
just want to make me cry today? I know, right?

00:35:25.349 --> 00:35:29.289
I said, because that was awesome, dude. Most

00:35:29.289 --> 00:35:32.190
of the time, you don't get the opportunity or

00:35:32.190 --> 00:35:34.170
the benefit of seeing the people you actually

00:35:34.170 --> 00:35:37.550
impact. He's never said anything to me, and I

00:35:37.550 --> 00:35:41.719
don't. Dare take credit for anything. He's never

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:43.820
said, you know, you did this or anything like

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:47.900
that and I don't assume that But I know I was

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:51.079
in there I know was involved at some level so

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:53.500
that's good. That's good It's part of your hearts

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:56.559
like okay. Yeah, and I had an impact on that.

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:59.559
Yeah. Yeah, you know, I was involved I'm part

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:02.400
of the story. I may not be the central figure

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:04.440
and that's okay Christ should be the central

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:08.980
figure anyway But you know what, to see these

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:12.059
kids, like I prayed over some kids today and

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:15.800
I won't, you know, um, his, their mom went to

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:19.820
prison. I didn't ask why. Yeah. And some of the,

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:23.079
the lady that's keeping home is, I don't know

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.940
if it's a family member or a friend, but she

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:28.139
took these two grown kids and I'm not saying

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:30.360
they're little, they're grown. They're probably

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:33.139
fixing to middle school, probably blast time

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:34.400
in middle school and they're going to move to

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.869
high school. and to take on those kind of burdens

00:36:37.869 --> 00:36:42.909
and take these kids on. I prayed for their mom,

00:36:43.309 --> 00:36:47.630
hopefully she gets what she needs there and you

00:36:47.630 --> 00:36:50.090
get what you need and this lady that's taking

00:36:50.090 --> 00:36:52.269
you in that she's gonna give you what you need

00:36:52.269 --> 00:36:54.989
and put God in the center of your lives guys

00:36:54.989 --> 00:36:57.849
because God is where it's at and God is where

00:36:57.849 --> 00:37:00.869
he needs to be in your lives right now God's

00:37:00.869 --> 00:37:04.239
putting you in this path For you to be right

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:07.300
here at this moment and that what the bigger

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:10.000
kick was and he hugged me so hard John I was

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:15.219
like But you know what felt that I felt that

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:18.159
yeah, but you know what it was amazing and it

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:21.300
almost made me cry and I was just like I Hope

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:24.280
he takes it and I hope he comes back next Sunday

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:27.039
feel so bad and it's just great and I loved it

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:29.659
because you could tell in his eyes He just you

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:31.940
know you you know I don't know what their mom's

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:34.500
there and I'm sure they're mad or upset or she

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:36.420
probably didn't deserve it or this but you know

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:39.179
it doesn't matter what the story is let's what

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:43.280
we get let's get what we need now and let's pray

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:46.960
about it every day because now I have it and

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:49.019
if I every time I think about people that I've

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:52.440
prayed for um in the I mean weeks and weeks I

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:54.619
still think about I'm like oh hey God please

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:56.500
hey I haven't thought about them hey can I pray

00:37:56.500 --> 00:38:00.309
for them hey send out some of my My positivity

00:38:00.309 --> 00:38:03.969
to them. Give my positive to them. Give it to

00:38:03.969 --> 00:38:06.130
them. I love them. I want them to know that you

00:38:06.130 --> 00:38:08.210
know what, they have someone right there. That

00:38:08.210 --> 00:38:10.969
little person right here that's just tickling

00:38:10.969 --> 00:38:13.489
their ear. What are you doing? Nothing. You're

00:38:13.489 --> 00:38:17.309
touching my feet. Stop just touching your feet.

00:38:17.829 --> 00:38:20.130
I'm like... I can't hold your hand from a distance.

00:38:22.369 --> 00:38:24.429
It's one of the things that makes I just feel

00:38:24.429 --> 00:38:28.449
so much pride and love. When you tell me stuff

00:38:28.449 --> 00:38:31.130
like this just I just love I just I'm so proud.

00:38:31.130 --> 00:38:33.929
I just love kids I just I just you know some

00:38:33.929 --> 00:38:36.530
kids you're gonna some kids you're going to you're

00:38:36.530 --> 00:38:38.449
gonna get through isn't kids You're not yeah,

00:38:38.449 --> 00:38:41.170
and that's just people in general I would tell

00:38:41.170 --> 00:38:43.389
you you know you were looking at those negative

00:38:43.389 --> 00:38:45.590
comments, and it was it was getting on I was

00:38:45.590 --> 00:38:49.389
upsetting you It to me. I used to I used to get

00:38:49.389 --> 00:38:51.750
upset by it now. I just I just feel sorry for

00:38:51.750 --> 00:38:56.039
him I just want you with a bird Just kidding

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.840
I would never do that, but yeah, I probably would

00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:00.940
I'll give him a bird Probably not what I'm supposed

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:04.900
to give him, but I'll give him one No, I just

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:14.780
I just Okay The thing is to me Could I be wrong

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:18.800
sure I could be wrong. Yeah, I could be I Don't

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:23.199
think I am I strongly believe that I'm not But

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:27.059
I could be You know when I when we first got

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:29.179
together when we first got together, I mean,

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:31.539
I'm not gonna lie to you I don't didn't know

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:34.920
the Bible as good as I did a kids Bible. I needed

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:36.780
kids. You know the stories I know the stories

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:39.559
but when y 'all interacted with you and dad talk

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:45.579
y 'all's conversations were so I Mean intense

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:48.280
I was just like I can't do this and I get it

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:53.179
but But now I look at it. I'm like, okay I'm

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:55.019
getting it I'm getting better and better and

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:58.239
better at it on the stories and the Bible and

00:39:58.239 --> 00:40:02.340
the words and and just listening and I'm telling

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:05.179
you it's just guys get into your Bibles because

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:07.960
I know I sometimes I don't understand either

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:11.719
get about what you understand some people understand

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:14.059
all too well and they think they know everything

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:16.960
is what happens they think that they know but

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:19.420
reading but they're not reading yeah they're

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:25.849
not receiving yeah right I It just disheartens

00:40:25.849 --> 00:40:35.130
me that people can't have that relationship because

00:40:35.130 --> 00:40:38.309
all the things that they say negatively come

00:40:38.309 --> 00:40:40.670
from an Old Testament perspective and the things

00:40:40.670 --> 00:40:43.829
that were established through the covenant of

00:40:43.829 --> 00:40:46.909
the Old Testament and the law, we don't live

00:40:46.909 --> 00:40:49.269
under that covenant anymore. We live under the

00:40:49.269 --> 00:40:54.980
covenant of grace and mercy. I will never presume

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:58.639
to say that God made a mistake. I won't. How

00:40:58.639 --> 00:41:01.219
can I tell the creator of the universe that he

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:05.679
made a mistake? How can I? How can I? How can

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:09.340
you tell an artist that his painting was done

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:15.260
wrong? It's his painting. It's like you were

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:18.639
talking about the way I write. You know how I

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:21.179
like, I basically talk to myself while I'm writing,

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.980
you know what I mean? I'll argue with myself

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:27.199
on the paper. I let you into my thoughts in the

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:30.159
process. It's a way that I feel like I communicate

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:33.460
on a personal level. That's important to me.

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:37.679
It's weird for people and people will read it

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:42.019
and be like, I don't get it. Okay, you don't

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:45.440
have to. You don't have to get it, but somebody

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:49.500
will get it. At the end of the day, you can't

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:53.340
tell me it's wrong. It's not wrong. It's mine.

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:55.699
It's mine. It's mine and it's what comes from

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:58.860
my heart. It's like Ephesians 2 10 when God says,

00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:04.000
you are God's masterpiece. Bro, a masterpiece

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:06.780
is created through the eyes of the artist, not

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:10.820
the freaking patron who looks at the art. The

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:16.579
artist is the author, right? So your imperfections

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:20.119
while they may be imperfect They were there for

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:22.980
a reason. Yes. Yes every little thing. God does

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:26.820
not make mistakes They may look like mistakes

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:29.800
But he don't make mistakes man. He did everything

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:32.320
he did on purpose. Let me tell you something

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:35.679
Every single thing when I read through the Bible.

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:39.400
It's so intentional Right. It is so intentional.

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:42.969
It's a connected to something else Okay, I'll

00:42:42.969 --> 00:42:45.570
give you a great example the plagues right happens

00:42:45.570 --> 00:42:48.530
in the Old Testament before the Exodus before

00:42:48.530 --> 00:42:52.090
the The Israelite people were let out of Egypt

00:42:52.090 --> 00:42:55.190
right every single one of the plagues You know

00:42:55.190 --> 00:42:57.210
that that was addressing one of the Egyptian

00:42:57.210 --> 00:43:01.130
gods every single one was addressing one of the

00:43:01.130 --> 00:43:04.809
Egyptian gods Basically showing hey this God

00:43:04.809 --> 00:43:07.590
Egypt that you've been believing in guess what

00:43:07.590 --> 00:43:12.090
he's not real, but I am That's what that was

00:43:12.090 --> 00:43:14.989
every single one of them right another great

00:43:14.989 --> 00:43:18.590
point The three temptations of christ whenever

00:43:18.590 --> 00:43:21.550
he's refusing the enemy every one of those temptations

00:43:21.550 --> 00:43:24.329
are the temptations that adam and eve faced And

00:43:24.329 --> 00:43:28.730
guess what he conquered all three of those It's

00:43:28.730 --> 00:43:31.730
intentional. Yeah, it's it's done on purpose

00:43:31.730 --> 00:43:36.389
It's written on purpose not to make robotic people

00:43:36.389 --> 00:43:39.949
To draw people into a relationship. That's real

00:43:40.170 --> 00:43:44.369
And to rescue people from the freaking stupidity

00:43:44.369 --> 00:43:48.849
of humanity humans have the capacity to be great

00:43:48.849 --> 00:43:52.489
and Yet they use their ability to be great to

00:43:52.489 --> 00:43:57.090
be hateful. Mm -hmm Stinking hurts my heart.

00:43:57.090 --> 00:43:59.889
Yes, sir. And that's why I hate I don't hate

00:43:59.889 --> 00:44:04.989
those comments. I feel sorry for you. Yeah You

00:44:04.989 --> 00:44:08.449
can you can say I'm dumb whatever you say, yeah

00:44:08.650 --> 00:44:10.949
If you sit down and have an intellectual conversation

00:44:10.949 --> 00:44:13.349
with me, I don't think you would ever think that

00:44:13.349 --> 00:44:15.829
I'm dumb. Exactly. Until you find out I believe

00:44:15.829 --> 00:44:19.829
in Jesus. Right. Shame on you. Yeah, shame. Shame,

00:44:19.949 --> 00:44:25.929
shame. So, shame on me and how stupid am I for

00:44:25.929 --> 00:44:28.690
putting myself out there in that way with no

00:44:28.690 --> 00:44:33.230
prior experience or knowledge or I don't have

00:44:33.230 --> 00:44:35.170
anybody trying to help us push it out there.

00:44:35.190 --> 00:44:36.889
You know, we just put ourselves out there. Yeah.

00:44:36.969 --> 00:44:42.219
Hey. Why not I'm such a I'm such a great face

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:43.960
for Jesus, you know what I'm saying like come

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:46.599
on man that's my point though the whole point

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:49.739
of everything that we do is because God uses

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:56.280
the imperfect Right every single person has a

00:44:56.280 --> 00:45:01.739
story Every single person has a calling and my

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:04.440
story may not look like yours. My story looks

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:06.960
like a lot of people's And your story looks like

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:09.139
a lot of people's. And we're meant to help each

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:10.639
other. That's right. That's what we're supposed

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:15.059
to do. That's the point. That's the entire point.

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:17.159
That's the entire point of this relationship.

00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:20.599
It's a struggle. It's a fight. And just because

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:22.320
you believe in Jesus doesn't mean it's going

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:24.300
to get easy. That's right. It's actually going

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:26.099
to get hard. Everything's a struggle. Doesn't

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:32.059
matter what it is. 100%. It's just like people

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:36.630
who... Wait their whole lives to try to be in

00:45:36.630 --> 00:45:38.570
the perfect situation before they get married

00:45:38.570 --> 00:45:40.730
or before they have kids. Oh, yeah You'll never

00:45:40.730 --> 00:45:42.969
get there. Yeah, if you wait for the time that

00:45:42.969 --> 00:45:45.150
it's everything every ingredient is perfect.

00:45:46.090 --> 00:45:54.090
Yeah Right, so I Don't know man. I just it hurts.

00:45:54.090 --> 00:45:56.730
I feel sorry for people. I want them to be in

00:45:56.730 --> 00:45:59.349
this relationship I really do but I also want

00:45:59.610 --> 00:46:02.210
People to be willing to surround themselves with

00:46:02.210 --> 00:46:05.730
other people to get into conversations to to

00:46:05.730 --> 00:46:10.170
be Okay, I have firm opinions and firm feelings

00:46:10.170 --> 00:46:13.909
and firm thoughts and firm Faiths right we all

00:46:13.909 --> 00:46:18.730
do right. Yeah, I do too But I'm not so firm

00:46:18.730 --> 00:46:22.690
that I'm not willing to listen or bend anything

00:46:22.690 --> 00:46:25.570
Right, and that's the forum that we're trying

00:46:25.570 --> 00:46:29.099
to create in our small group here is to create

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:32.139
a space where it's safe to have a conversation

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:35.199
without fear of judgment, without fear of hate.

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:38.219
You don't have to agree with me. That's fine.

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:41.920
It's okay. You don't have to. You can choose

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:44.219
to believe something else. That's fine. I love

00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:46.980
you anyway. But you don't have to be hateful

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:50.179
to me about it. I agree. I totally agree. If

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:52.579
you want to say that comment, you're not brave

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:54.579
enough to continue saying the comment after I'm

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:56.579
like, well, why do you say that? You don't say

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:59.360
nothing. You're brave enough to say the first

00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:00.980
thing but you're not brave enough to follow it

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:04.420
up. Come on, man You know, it's just a conversation

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:07.280
This is the way it goes, but I want to have conversations

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:08.780
with people. That's what that's what I'm trying

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:13.659
to have here, you know, I'm So what are we? We're

00:47:13.659 --> 00:47:16.400
coming up closely on three years worth of doing

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:19.280
this 150 episodes coming up really soon in the

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:25.179
next few weeks. I mean That's a lot You know

00:47:25.179 --> 00:47:27.519
some people I mean the statistics is you don't

00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:30.900
even make it What was it would you say even a

00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:33.920
year or even half a year the? Statistics on the

00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:36.079
number of podcasts that make it past 10 episodes

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:40.460
is astronomically low So yeah, and the statistics

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:43.000
get smaller as the number gets bigger yeah, right

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:47.960
and we're still doing it coming up on 150 episodes

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:52.480
in right and And look I'm here. I'd say we're

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:55.179
further than we started But it doesn't look like

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:57.739
what we thought no, but it's not like it was

00:47:57.739 --> 00:48:00.599
before heck No, but now look where we're one

00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:03.559
step ahead and we're still going stronger than

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:06.920
we were I'm gonna keep going. I just want us

00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:09.440
to surround ourselves with people I want people

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:11.860
to come into this space. You don't have to come

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:14.059
into this room I mean you're welcome to if you

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:17.619
want to you can but I can't pay you We want to

00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:22.099
have real conversations You know, I'm not an

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:24.179
interviewer. I don't even know what that looks

00:48:24.179 --> 00:48:26.840
like. I don't even know how to conduct an actual

00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:29.320
interview. I know how to ask questions. I think

00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:33.300
you'd be good at it. I really do. Well, I mean,

00:48:33.340 --> 00:48:35.460
maybe, but I don't know. I've never done it before,

00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:38.880
right? It's just like trying to do the freelance

00:48:38.880 --> 00:48:40.980
voiceover thing. I've never done that before.

00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:43.179
I think you'd be good at it. Y 'all have to see

00:48:43.179 --> 00:48:45.079
the picture. Nobody's hired me yet. Y 'all have

00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:46.840
to see the picture he put out. I was like, ooh.

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:52.079
You can go see it on Fiverr if you want to hire

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:57.639
my voice I Think it's been a really good conversation

00:48:57.639 --> 00:48:59.780
interesting. I didn't know how this was gonna

00:48:59.780 --> 00:49:03.000
go because it's not But and I don't think we're

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:06.159
quite there yet There's one last video. I wanted

00:49:06.159 --> 00:49:09.059
to show and it's this been another been the tires

00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:15.869
video Man I would love Ben Mathias, reach us

00:49:15.869 --> 00:49:18.110
out, reach out. I hope I'm saying that right.

00:49:18.170 --> 00:49:19.869
I don't know if it's Mathias or Matias, it's

00:49:19.869 --> 00:49:21.869
hard to tell. Yeah. All right, check this one

00:49:21.869 --> 00:49:24.230
out. Hey, I'm gonna order me a pizza, you want

00:49:24.230 --> 00:49:27.070
a thing? Yeah, just give me some wings. All right,

00:49:27.130 --> 00:49:29.010
just cash app it to me. Should be here in about

00:49:29.010 --> 00:49:35.329
30 minutes. What about Mark? What about him?

00:49:35.329 --> 00:49:40.750
He's broke. I'll pay for him. You know, you need

00:49:40.750 --> 00:49:43.380
to stop doing that. He's here like every single

00:49:43.380 --> 00:49:45.460
day. He doesn't do anything but just sits there.

00:49:45.820 --> 00:49:47.900
He'd have some money if he wasn't so damn lazy.

00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:52.719
What is wrong with you? No, what is wrong with

00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:56.280
you? You condoned this? When do we stop supporting

00:49:56.280 --> 00:49:59.440
each other? It's okay, guys. I'm just gonna go.

00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:04.440
No, you're fine. When your car broke down, who

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:07.840
was there to help you fix it? When you needed

00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:09.940
help moving, who was there helping you move?

00:50:11.289 --> 00:50:17.489
For free didn't charge you anything He's got

00:50:17.489 --> 00:50:19.349
things going on in his life that he would rather

00:50:19.349 --> 00:50:23.449
not talk about but being around friends Helps

00:50:23.449 --> 00:50:26.650
him deal with it. Amen. He's no longer useful

00:50:26.650 --> 00:50:29.610
to you. So you just want to cast him aside. I

00:50:29.610 --> 00:50:33.670
Didn't say that You didn't have to Go pick up

00:50:33.670 --> 00:50:37.909
your pizza You can have my wings, too Are you

00:50:37.909 --> 00:50:41.139
serious right now? If the only reason you want

00:50:41.139 --> 00:50:45.300
to sit at my table is to benefit yourself, I'm

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:47.719
sorry, but there's no chair here for you. Amen.

00:50:47.780 --> 00:50:55.619
Oh, golly. Whatever. It's true, though. There's

00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:58.639
no chair here for you. Do that. If you're only

00:50:58.639 --> 00:51:00.559
in it for you, then you don't belong at this

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:02.500
table. Yes. Like I said, I'm telling you right

00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:05.920
now, I couldn't, I mean, anybody's welcome on

00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:11.099
my table. But burn me once. I'm okay for me twice

00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:15.980
Here's a lost cause here you go He's just have

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:19.159
packing, you know, it's it's the it's the selfish

00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:23.099
thing that it's like, you know, man We're all

00:51:23.099 --> 00:51:26.340
selfish on a level. We all have selfish Things

00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:29.500
so ways that we can be so I'm definitely selfish

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:33.460
with my time With you and I don't really necessarily

00:51:33.460 --> 00:51:40.000
like to share me Hell no Hell no. You're my best

00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:43.039
friend, bro. Like I have other people that I

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:44.880
love spending time with and things like that,

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:46.719
but we always have to spend time with them and

00:51:46.719 --> 00:51:48.820
a bunch of other people. I don't want to spend

00:51:48.820 --> 00:51:51.500
time with them. I'll spend time with them. And

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:54.079
then I just, I like to spend time with you. I

00:51:54.079 --> 00:51:57.159
think it's crazy because I know you don't understand

00:51:57.159 --> 00:52:03.360
it, but like, just being at my computer doing

00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:06.940
work or whatever I'm doing. You're in just you're

00:52:06.940 --> 00:52:11.179
in the vicinity. You're in my presence. I am

00:52:11.179 --> 00:52:14.019
at peace. It's the most at peace that I am at

00:52:14.019 --> 00:52:17.840
any given time in my day and week. So that is

00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:21.119
what I thrive for. Right. And that's where I'm

00:52:21.119 --> 00:52:23.480
that's what I crave. And so when you disrupt

00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:25.139
that because I got to go do this or I'm going

00:52:25.139 --> 00:52:29.570
to go do that. I try really hard to not get flustered,

00:52:29.610 --> 00:52:32.989
but I do. And then it lasts a hell of a lot longer.

00:52:33.389 --> 00:52:35.889
You'd have been doing better. I'm trying to.

00:52:36.909 --> 00:52:42.329
Are you back? Are you coming back? I hate that

00:52:42.329 --> 00:52:45.130
I'll be right back. I'm coming right back. I

00:52:45.130 --> 00:52:47.269
should never say that. That's like 15 minutes

00:52:47.269 --> 00:52:49.530
and then an hour and 15 minutes later I'm like...

00:52:51.900 --> 00:52:54.139
I want to rage text and I'm just like, just put

00:52:54.139 --> 00:52:59.860
the phone down. I do. I want to, but I don't.

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:01.800
I've been working very hard at that. I try not

00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:06.219
to do that. Okay. Before we start to nose this

00:53:06.219 --> 00:53:08.800
plane down, I want to take a second on video

00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:12.380
here to show you guys around the room. Okay.

00:53:12.739 --> 00:53:16.599
We built a new podcast. She may not be back for

00:53:16.599 --> 00:53:18.280
a couple of weeks. I don't know how comfortable

00:53:18.280 --> 00:53:21.179
she's going to be. Not sure what it's gonna look

00:53:21.179 --> 00:53:23.059
like if you're gonna be able to take your brace

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:25.679
off at least long enough to do a show Or anything

00:53:25.679 --> 00:53:29.699
like that. I know you have I know you have to

00:53:29.699 --> 00:53:31.699
wear the brace for two weeks solid, but I'm not

00:53:31.699 --> 00:53:35.000
sure I don't know if after that it's okay for

00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:36.860
you to be off of it So I'm gonna have to get

00:53:36.860 --> 00:53:49.739
some more information. He's gonna be the Yes

00:53:49.739 --> 00:53:54.139
And whatever he says go So go with the camera

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:57.039
you doing yours or mine. I'll do mine. All right,

00:53:57.039 --> 00:54:01.280
so here we go guys He did he worked really hard

00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:05.000
on this guys, I mean he he worked very hard on

00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:14.599
this Yeah So Place the sound panel strategically

00:54:14.599 --> 00:54:17.719
he did he did a good job I just glued them to

00:54:17.719 --> 00:54:19.440
the poster board so we can take them off when

00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:23.500
we need to So got everything and a TV and our

00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:28.820
little table over here a little We call that

00:54:28.820 --> 00:54:32.800
floating shelf a Barn door he did felt did the

00:54:32.800 --> 00:54:35.539
barn door did a good job Little frustrated him

00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:38.659
a little bit, but he got it on there. He was

00:54:38.659 --> 00:54:43.980
yeah He was not okay with that. So he did work

00:54:43.980 --> 00:54:45.840
very hard. He worked really hard guys. Y 'all

00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:48.760
have no idea how much he worked really hard for

00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:52.000
that. Yeah. I spent, I spent, uh, besides the

00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:54.599
weekend that we took to empty the shell, to empty

00:54:54.599 --> 00:54:57.780
the room and things like that. That was the hardest

00:54:57.780 --> 00:55:01.780
part. I spent 14 hours by myself pretty much

00:55:01.780 --> 00:55:03.460
a dad pitched in a couple of times. He helped

00:55:03.460 --> 00:55:06.360
me tear down the old studio and He helped me

00:55:06.360 --> 00:55:08.300
when I needed that extra hand, hold up something

00:55:08.300 --> 00:55:12.500
or whatever, but I spent 14 hours building this

00:55:12.500 --> 00:55:14.400
room, putting things together, that floating

00:55:14.400 --> 00:55:16.619
shelf behind here. Obviously you can't see it

00:55:16.619 --> 00:55:19.500
on camera, but there's also room for potential

00:55:19.500 --> 00:55:21.960
changes, right? Like right now we do everything

00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:24.599
on phones and things like that. We'd like to

00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:26.019
expand it to better. We've had a little bit of

00:55:26.019 --> 00:55:29.539
battles on this room, but hey, battles were good.

00:55:29.659 --> 00:55:33.860
We got over them and we worked through them.

00:55:34.300 --> 00:55:38.480
They were the silly ones, but it was, it's, it's

00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:41.280
been, it's been a good thing. I mean, cause we,

00:55:41.539 --> 00:55:43.900
uh, mind y 'all the first podcast room that we

00:55:43.900 --> 00:55:48.039
had, I am going to lie to you. We had curtains.

00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:50.099
So you had to go in and out of these curtains.

00:55:50.460 --> 00:55:54.619
So here, so it was suspended from the ceiling.

00:55:54.980 --> 00:55:59.019
Yeah. So it was clutter, clutter, clutter in

00:55:59.019 --> 00:56:00.960
there. And then when we moved into the studio

00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:03.900
at Jason's house, It was like a whole new world

00:56:03.900 --> 00:56:06.219
man. It was like we were it was it felt most

00:56:06.219 --> 00:56:10.840
the most legit we had felt and then you know

00:56:10.840 --> 00:56:13.000
circumstances changed and nothing negative toward

00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:17.320
anybody just didn't work out and so We had to

00:56:17.320 --> 00:56:18.800
come up with something different and this is

00:56:18.800 --> 00:56:21.019
what we have I've been a little bit out of sorts

00:56:21.019 --> 00:56:23.099
because I've been so used to things being where

00:56:23.099 --> 00:56:25.440
they were for a year and a half while I was at

00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:27.980
the other studio I'm so used to you know the

00:56:27.980 --> 00:56:30.579
soundboard was at a certain level and Everything

00:56:30.579 --> 00:56:33.900
was a little little little stuff over there over

00:56:33.900 --> 00:56:38.000
here This is I don't turn it on but there's a

00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:40.820
little sign over here and all our equipment that

00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:43.800
plugs in and charges and the floating shelf has

00:56:43.800 --> 00:56:46.539
Our Bible open to a certain page. This one has

00:56:46.539 --> 00:56:48.099
the one about controlling the tongue. I think

00:56:48.099 --> 00:56:52.139
that's a perfect page And Terry had to add the

00:56:52.139 --> 00:56:58.389
female touch and put some little figurines The

00:56:58.389 --> 00:57:00.809
corner over on this side that had the floating

00:57:00.809 --> 00:57:03.769
shelf with the shirts on it, I plan to use that

00:57:03.769 --> 00:57:06.389
as a kind of a separate area of recording where

00:57:06.389 --> 00:57:09.789
I can do some commercial or promo type stuff

00:57:09.789 --> 00:57:12.670
for new shirts that we do and things like that.

00:57:13.489 --> 00:57:15.429
If we have a guest, we still have space at the

00:57:15.429 --> 00:57:17.110
end of the table for that. We haven't figured

00:57:17.110 --> 00:57:19.809
out the cameras for that yet, but we will. So

00:57:19.809 --> 00:57:21.929
there's still opportunity for growth here and

00:57:21.929 --> 00:57:29.639
that's what the goal was. You have a joke It

00:57:29.639 --> 00:57:36.599
wasn't terrible it's always bad about delivery

00:57:36.599 --> 00:57:49.039
Okay, where does snowman keep his money Snowbank

00:57:55.079 --> 00:57:58.199
You're not supposed to know my jokes. Mind you,

00:57:58.340 --> 00:58:00.440
I get these on Facebook so he probably sees them

00:58:00.440 --> 00:58:07.260
before I do. I've never seen that. Okay, answer

00:58:07.260 --> 00:58:17.760
first. Okay. Let it fall. Let it fall. How do

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:26.699
you make a lemon drop? You let it fall you let

00:58:26.699 --> 00:58:32.199
it fall. That's perfect. Yeah That one's funny

00:58:32.199 --> 00:58:35.880
Doesn't mean anything to what we're doing right

00:58:35.880 --> 00:58:42.280
now Just because we brought up if God were to

00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:45.559
sit before us and give us the plan that he had

00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:50.219
like exactly actually explained the plan Epictetus

00:58:51.900 --> 00:58:54.900
There is no peace for the man who has seen what

00:58:54.900 --> 00:59:00.460
he could become Because if you actually knew

00:59:00.460 --> 00:59:03.340
How much effort would you give exactly right?

00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:05.099
How much harder would you work if you actually

00:59:05.099 --> 00:59:06.800
knew because you already know it's gonna be there

00:59:06.800 --> 00:59:08.559
You're you know what's coming right? You already

00:59:08.559 --> 00:59:10.719
know there's success in this why wouldn't I chase

00:59:10.719 --> 00:59:12.980
it harder harder harder harder? No, you know,

00:59:13.119 --> 00:59:18.320
that's what it's gonna be No rest for that so

00:59:18.320 --> 00:59:22.809
anyway, man As always, we thank you guys for

00:59:22.809 --> 00:59:25.969
being here. We are not going anywhere. We're

00:59:25.969 --> 00:59:29.170
gonna continue to do this as long as the world

00:59:29.170 --> 00:59:32.050
will allow it. We'd love to have you on or with

00:59:32.050 --> 00:59:34.949
us in whatever way, whatever capacity. If you

00:59:34.949 --> 00:59:38.510
have a contrary view or vision, that's okay.

00:59:38.710 --> 00:59:42.469
We don't rebuke that. It's cool to have a discussion

00:59:42.469 --> 00:59:44.570
as long as you're willing to have a discussion,

00:59:45.030 --> 00:59:48.449
not just make a hateful comment. What the hell

00:59:48.449 --> 00:59:54.570
was that that hurt my ear I know it's Yeah, that

00:59:54.570 --> 01:00:02.289
hurt Thank you, sorry But we would love to generate

01:00:02.289 --> 01:00:04.530
and create community a place where people are

01:00:04.530 --> 01:00:08.230
willing and unafraid to come and have Conversation

01:00:08.230 --> 01:00:10.690
if they have question or if they have you know

01:00:10.690 --> 01:00:12.230
what? I think you're not seeing that properly

01:00:12.230 --> 01:00:16.400
look at it this way Love to hear that. But most

01:00:16.400 --> 01:00:18.480
important, we'd love to love on you. We'd love

01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:20.360
to pray with you, to come into agreement with

01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:25.980
you on things in your life. Man, we know that

01:00:25.980 --> 01:00:28.840
this thing works. Prayer works. The tongue has

01:00:28.840 --> 01:00:31.460
the power of life and death. God's not dead.

01:00:31.619 --> 01:00:34.840
He's listening. He's just waiting for us. So

01:00:34.840 --> 01:00:39.719
Father, thank you. We love you. I'm John. I'm

01:00:39.719 --> 01:00:40.099
Terri.