Who Holds Your Arms Up!

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Two people are better off than one, for they

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can help each other succeed. If one person falls,

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the other can reach out and help. But someone

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who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise,

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two people lying close together can keep each

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other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A

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person standing alone can be attacked and defeated,

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but two can stand back to back and conquer. Three

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are even better, for a triple braided cord is

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not easily broken. Hello everyone, welcome to

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our small group bumper sticker wisdom, I am John

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I'm Terry so nice to have you. I will say a quick

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prayer and then we will get started Heavenly

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father we as always thank you for this opportunity

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for this time for the means and the The motive

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to do it, Father God, we just want to uplift

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anybody who's listening right now, Father God,

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and anybody who's not listening, that they be

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guided to a place where they can come into relationship

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with you, Father God, because we stand firm and

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confident knowing that relationship with you

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is the only way, Father God. We love you, we

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thank you for your purpose, and it's in Jesus'

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name we pray, amen. How you doing? Good, you?

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I was pretty good up until about three minutes

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before we started. She's mean to me, y 'all.

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I quit. No, you don't. I will never quit. I am

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far too stubborn for all of that. You are. And

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I like to call it stubborn willed. Stubborn willed.

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I was trying to not put such a negative connotation.

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Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize. I don't give up easy.

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I would say that. No, you do not. I've had my

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ass kicked many many times in life and Still

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you are still here cat cat Williams said you

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know All the all the things in your life that

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you didn't think you were gonna get through and

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here you are today All those things if you think

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back you look at them and you examine it and

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think about all the things Those are the things

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that make you just like every superhero that

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you know Every hero in your life every every

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person that you or a character that you look

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at as a hero You're just like them in that way

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because they've all overcome Is your favorite

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superhero Oh good question, uh Man, I have that's

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tough If I were being straight honest, I love

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a lot of different superheroes. I love Wolverine

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Hulk spider -man I love all those but my very

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first hero was Superman When I was a kid, I loved

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Superman He was a man. It's funny cuz like cars.

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They care to be good because Superman have powers

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He has all the powers man. Yes. He's got lasers.

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He has strong he's fast and he was like Okay,

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I want to be Superman So there are there are

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entities in the comic book universe not in the

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real world obviously there are Characters and

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entities that are more powerful than Superman,

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but only but only a few they're not many and

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this this is coming from people who are true,

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true comic book nerds, like they know all the

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stories. They know it all. Scott McFarland, I

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think Scott McFarland. Yeah, Scott McFarland

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was an animator. Todd McFarland, not Scott McFarland,

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Todd McFarland. He is the creator of Deadpool.

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He's also was an animator for for Stan Lee as

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Spider -Man. He he. I know, but one of the most

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I can't. iconic come on dude freaking nature

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uh iconic covers to a comic book was and uh drawn

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drawn by todd mcfarland uh it aiden actually

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has the t -shirt it's the one where there's all

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the spider webs on and spiders and stuff it's

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one of the most iconic comic book covers in history

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a great animator but anyway at the end of the

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day that's the kind of people i'm talking about

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that would know like comic book character versus

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comic book character yeah we love big bang theory

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right so like we we love we listen to them debate

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and like the people really live like you know

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girls go oh what they walk into the comic store

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and they're like oh yeah do they like about comment

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Books and they're like this and they're like,

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oh no, no, no, don't wait. Yeah, it makes you

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laugh They turned into them by the end of the

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episode, right and uh Yeah, I think it's a fun

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thing to do. Um At the end of the conversation

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none of those compared to what a true god is

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right and our true god can overtake any one of

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them absolutely, so I Think it's fun to talk

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about. You know what I mean? And it's I like

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working with kids and as a matter of fact This

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Sunday was the first time I've been in there.

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I've been in it with elementary kids in at least

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a month. And I think it went well. I thought

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it went well. Good. Did my angel help you? Which

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one? My little pocket angel. I think I was going

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to be good without it. I know you were, but I

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wanted you to have some more, you know, I prayed

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over it before I handed it to you. Maybe. I don't

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know. Ask Lacey Huddleston how it went. OK, I

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will text her and ask her. So, I don't know,

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I got, I talked about, it was easy to relate,

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easily relatable for me to relate to kids because

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it was about Jesus when he was 12 and he got

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left in the temple and his parents left him behind.

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Oh, yes. Right? And one of the things I said,

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which kind of got their interest was, okay, so

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we all know who Jesus is, right? We all know

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he lives a perfect life, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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Do you think his parents were ever upset with

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him? And they're all like No, it's perfect. No.

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Yes, they were upset with him They were very

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upset in that moment, right? Because, and look,

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it's not described biblically, but I'm a parent,

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you're a parent. I told the story to these kids

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about when my oldest disappeared in a store while

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we were on the road, like we weren't at home,

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and he disappeared. Do you remember the clothes

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racks? Yes, I remember those clothes racks. He

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disappeared into the clothes rack, and we had

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no clue, and there was this really, this is so

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not right, and it was so judgmental of me. There's

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a very weird couple There and they felt like

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they took an interest right and like next thing

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I know he's gone and then their vehicle is gone.

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They were in a camper, right? So I'm like, oh

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we're on I -40 like yeah, I felt like gone. He's

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gone. He's gone You know, I mean and then I hear

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a little I Recognize that oh, dude I didn't I

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was so angry. I didn't touch him. He, he is probably

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one of the most emotional things ever happened.

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I'm looking at him in the rear view mirror and

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he's just got one tear coming down his eyes.

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Like when I pulled up, he was in that clothes

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rack. I go, and he's just like, I was like, I'm

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going to murder this child. Think about that

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though and then think on top of the fact that

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it wasn't just a few this was ten minutes You

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know what I mean? Jesus had been missing for

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three days you know what I mean, and That was

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one part of it right so clearly his parents were

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unhappy his mom specifically was unhappy She's

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the only one that's quoted and then I said you

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know It's obvious that Jesus knew who he was

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at this point because he said didn't you know

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I would be in my father's house so Clearly at

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12, Jesus knows who he is. And then I compared

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that to them. I was like, look, don't you ever

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feel like maybe you're underestimated because

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you're a kid? Maybe do you ever feel like you

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underestimate yourself because you're like, well,

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I'm just a kid, right? And that's how I contrasted

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those two things for them and talked about how

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the Pharisee or the religious leaders were like

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amazed by him like Who is this kid? How does

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he know so much? Why is he so wise, right? You

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know what I mean? And I was like Hey, man, you

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don't get to you don't get to allow yourself

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to underestimate yourself Because you are still

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made in the image of God at your age now Right.

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He put something in you in you that you have

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access to right now Yeah, if you let him exactly

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So that was what it was good and it felt good.

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That's good. I'll be honest. It felt good It

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made me feel good because you know, of course,

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you know me we talked about this last week about

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me leaving the altar and writing over people

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I prayed over Otis and stuff like that. And then

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of course I prayed over my brother and my sister

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-in -law and People were sat next to us which

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a lady and her three kids sat next to Kevin in

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them And they saw me pray over Otis which sat

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in front of us and that prayed over my brother

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We sat next to them And which course I was on

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the end, you know, and she's like, I saw you

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playing over everybody knows No me I leave I

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leave the altar and she's like what he wants

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to be baptized You know what? She's been teaching

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this kid I said you're doing what you're supposed

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to be doing as a parent goes well I don't know

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if I'm teaching the right way what she said to

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him. I said you're doing what you're supposed

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to be done. He already knows What he wants to

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be he wants to be baptized This kid wants to

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be about us. I said, listen, I was going to say,

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of course you always second guess yourself, right?

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So you brought them to me, which thank you for

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even thinking about doing that. But now I look

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back at what I told him, what I said to him and

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I'm like, man, did I say the right thing? Did

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I do the right thing? I actually feel like I

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missed an opportunity though, because I did.

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He wanted to know what do I do? And I didn't

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give him an answer, really. I was like, well,

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I just kind of gave him some direction, but I

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didn't give him an answer. First of all, I didn't

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ask the right question. I didn't ask him, have

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you given your life to Christ? Like, have you

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made that decision that you want Christ to be

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the Lord of your life? I didn't ask him that

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question. He did say that, because I asked him,

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I said, do you know what this means? He goes,

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yes. I said, what does it mean to you? I'm giving

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my crisis that you know, you're making yourself

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new he goes. Yes I said, you know, you're leaving

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that old self behind right and you're making

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yourself musical kid So I want to see him again.

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I don't coming next Sunday and I said hey come

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find me I'm over I said me and my husband we're

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kind the new new booth he's in kids I said you'll

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see us again I said if you have any more questions

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you your dad your parents dude pray about it

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read about it you know here you are you are no

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you know this step is your next step right you

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know this is making new and you're you're you're

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stepping out of your old life and into a new

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life and he goes yes and I did pray with him

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there at the altar yeah I should have prayed

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with him too honestly what I should have done

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was separate him from the herd Yeah, right y

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'all were all huddled over and I should have

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said hey Why don't you come over here and let

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me talk to you for a second? Yeah without y 'all.

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Yeah without mom He was like, okay now I'm on

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the spot. Yeah, that's what I should have but

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see in the moment I wasn't thinking I was just

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like trying to react and react in the right way

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and I don't think I did anything wrong Well,

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we gave him a Bible and you told me to read Matthew

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Mark Luke John I told him to start with Jesus

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start with Jesus go there Start there. It'll

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help you. Do you have a Bible? Yeah, he has a

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kids bubble dude. He could answer himself You

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know do this Bible was it that's a hard thing

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for parents, right? This is a kids Bible, but

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it's a little bit more of a more of a journey.

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You can still go scripture for scripture. You

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can still go 32 I would rather read a kids Bible

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because for sure it's more Cut and dry, right?

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It's real narrow and it shows you the point.

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You don't see the end day and I mean, that's

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that's for the King James version. I can't read

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the King. I can now. I will say this for me,

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like having read the NLT version and like read

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it so many times. I haven't read the whole thing,

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but maybe twice, maybe twice. I read the whole

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thing, but I've read several books many times.

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Yeah. And I can now. going back, I can read the

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KJV, the King James Version, and it makes better

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sense to me today. But a young mind now cannot

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comprehend that. It's too much. And even an adult

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mind who hasn't been in it, look, it's not. It's

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not it's not gonna happen man. It's hard to comprehend

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It's hard to understand you can go even further

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back my dad has a couple of the older versions

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like the geneva bible and the the um, not he

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doesn't have the ethiopian but The puritan bible

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that's supposedly what was brought over On the

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nina the pinta and the santa maria to the united

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or to the americas or whatever It's so freaking

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hard to understand like we don't talk like that

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We went to a thrift store one time and it was

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a bunch of whole bunch of these books over here

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And it was like you picked up this one book and

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it was like picked up It wasn't it was a dictionary

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of Was it was it are you talking about the that

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Haley's handbook? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah,

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I thought that was cool. It was free It's free,

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nobody's gonna buy it. I like it, because it's

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a reference. It's basically a reference. It's

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helpful in helping to break down small blocks

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of scripture to give you kind of a base understanding

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of what's going on, right? So I think the thing

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that stands out to me the most is one thing that

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I said to him, which is kind of along the lines

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of what I felt like we were gonna talk about

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today, is I was like, man, you need to surround

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yourself with people. who are going to support

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and teach you. And that you can also support

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and teach. I love that he said my uncle. He did.

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He said I have some great uncles, though. I don't

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know if that meant he has great uncles or great,

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great uncles. That was good, though, that he

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has, you know, as he has some people surround

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him that are going to teach him and I guess they

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are don't didn't live here and they just moved

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here a year. And that was awesome. I love that.

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You know, that was great. I loved, I love to

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see young people, young people, this new generation

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that want to come here. What I like, cause I

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treat all kids the same. Every kid I see is exactly

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the same to me. The ones who connect with me,

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obviously I'll treat them a little bit different

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because they're more comfortable with me. But

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like the dudes that were behind the little kids

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that were with them, they were like just standing

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kind of in the back. Hey, what's up, dude. You

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know, give me a shake my hand or give me a I

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don't make them shake my hands I know it's weird

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nowadays for people to shake hands. So at least

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at least just Tap me up man. You're good. Give

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me a little back Give me a fist bump something,

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you know, but I always make sure I acknowledge

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them as well that I think that's very important

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not just with kids but with people people wanna

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be seen They want to feel like they're known.

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It's like, you know when you go talk to you like,

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you know women talk to men You acknowledge The

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women that are with them. You don't just talk

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just to them in hi. Is this your wife? Hi, I'm

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Terry Nice to meet you. Do that. Don't do not

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disclude anybody that are with them or surround

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them. I would never Okay, let's just say Because

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I work with women that I don't know their husbands,

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right? Right and If I see them in public, I'm

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gonna be like, hey, how are you? But I'm instantly

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gonna be like, hey, I'm John, you know what I

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mean? To the husband, if they're with their significant

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other or whatever. Because that's a matter of

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treating it with respect, you know what I mean?

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This is not some kind of weird thing. I'm not

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trying to do anything. I'm just acknowledging

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your presence because we know who each other

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is and it would be very rude of me to just wander

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on by like. You know what I mean? That's not

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nice. Come on. You're supposed to acknowledge

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each other's presence. And so I feel like feeling

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Seen is important right and I think that's why

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some people really really shy away from bigger

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church communities Right. I know I do Yeah, right,

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but too small is too small Right, right. So it

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I don't know that there's no such thing as too

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small I guess in a grand scheme of things as

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long as somebody's being helped that's good,

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but right And that's foundational, right? You're

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building on something and you're hoping to grow

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it to be bigger. So no disrespect, but I like

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the dynamic our church has. I know their goal

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and their aspirations are to be much bigger,

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and I get that. I understand why. But I today

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can walk up to our pastor and just talk to him,

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and he knows me. He knows who I am. Well, it's

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funny because we had a Sisterhood one time and

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it's funny because some people came from another

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church not gonna make comment on churches But

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some people came from another church to our church

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and they're like, oh Your pastor actually comes

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off and talks to y 'all and says hi. How are

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y 'all and she interacts with y 'all she was

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Ours does not do that or doesn't ours doesn't

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come off and says how y 'all or doesn't greet

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us. Does it nothing? Yeah, you know and which

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is nice because Pastor Payne does try to do that

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to a lot. She tries to greet and hi. How are

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you? She's really good about that. I love that

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She's really just very friendly to everybody,

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you know, cuz one time It's funny. She came to

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me. She was hey, do you know so and so I'm like,

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oh, I'm not very good with names She said well,

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they said that you invited them So they invited

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this and they said, you know you and I was like

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show me she's like Which was so funny, which

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was her cousin. Oh, well, which was one of her

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cousins, which was payment and Lori's cousin

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that we invited that went to their gym. Oh, wow.

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You know, and I was like, oh, yeah, we invited

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them, you know, because it was Laura's friend.

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OK. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So they went to their gym

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and came to our church and she was and that's

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her cousin. Yeah. She was reading those your

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church. And now they go to our church. So it

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was funny, you know. Small world, you know, the

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world is so small. It's crazy. I said yes, and

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it's funny cuz Pam was like yes She works here.

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She's staff and I said we're not staff for family

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and Pam goes Touche you're right Terry. We're

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family Absolutely. She says this is our y 'all

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y 'all and I was like you're right. This is y

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'all It's like the opening scripture right the

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Ecclesiastes scripture. It's great for weddings

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people use it mostly for weddings, but it's if

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you really Just take away the pressure of that

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kind of a relationship and think about just relationships,

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right? Look We cannot look we just come off of

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an episode where we spent talking about it turns

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out fighting is a full -time job And we're talking

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about the spiritual fight the fight the fight

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and look not just that fight Sometimes going

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to work every day is a fight. It's a struggle

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every different avenue in your life that's good

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for you sometimes gets to be a struggle. Going

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to the gym every morning is a struggle. It's

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a fight. And there are so many times when it's

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like, I would just rather not. I would rather

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not too. But the outcome is so much better if

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I do. It is so much better. So the way that that

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scripture lines out, it's like, look, one person

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on their own, they're going to have a hard time.

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At least two back to back can fight off a coming

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attack, a coming wave. But three is better. And

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then you expand on that. Four is even better

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than that. Five is even better than that. Six

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is even better than that. Your strength gets

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bigger and better as you go. I don't think, based

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on what I understand, that we are meant to just

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fight this alone. And this is where the whole

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church thing is important. This is why God had

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Change of heart for me or helped me have a change

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of heart. You helped God deliver a message to

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me to change my heart You can't do you can I

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Mean look God's gonna let you do whatever right

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right you can do it alone you can It's cuz you

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won't win. Did you do your mind being your mind

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by yourself? Being alone is never good for you.

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You're going to have to have Someone to be able

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to pull you out of that and be able to help you

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out of that loneliness and that darkness and

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You're gonna have to have someone pull you out.

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You can't do by yourself You're gonna have to

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help someone help you this world. It's gonna

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have to be two hands This world will truly grind

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you into dust. Absolutely I'm 46 years old Yes

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46 Yes, 2026 46 I'm 46 years old. I spent the

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first 40 35 of it 38 of it 30 somewhere in there

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doing it by myself thinking I can do it by myself

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and begrudgingly I Started attending church and

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:03.839
my mind has been changed, right? It's only over

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:08.839
the last Five ish six ish years that I've truly

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started to understand the power of community,

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right? Right. It's it's the reason Look, if you

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want to look at my history if you want to know

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me personally and understand my history You'll

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understand why I'm very standoffish with relationships

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friendships and and things like that like You

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understand you will understand why I am so finicky

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:41.059
about forging relationships. However, over the

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:44.859
last six years, five or six years, I have been

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more willing to step out and be involved in relationships

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and create and forge relationships. That's how

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this podcast even started truly growing my relationship

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with Brittany and Eric, growing my relationship

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:07.450
with Jason and Kevin. And you know what I'm saying?

00:24:07.589 --> 00:24:11.269
Like that's how this even exists, is because

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God has given me a change of heart through going

00:24:14.549 --> 00:24:17.809
to and committing to a church. And you want to

00:24:17.809 --> 00:24:20.049
know the best thing about our church? I mean,

00:24:20.089 --> 00:24:23.589
it's not an advertisement for that. They're not

00:24:23.589 --> 00:24:26.789
listening either, but it's not an advertisement

00:24:26.789 --> 00:24:31.049
for our church. But I just love how real they

00:24:31.049 --> 00:24:35.779
are. They're just people. They speak to me from

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:39.180
the pulpit Like we're just having a conversation.

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Yeah You know what I'm saying and they say real

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shit to me. I Like I love my church. I just I

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:51.740
love Christians messages Sunday was I Loved it

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:55.539
and it's in here's a message was great keeping

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receipts quit keeping receipts So good unless

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:04.900
we're talking about taxes Was funny don't keep

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.539
your receipt it was funny because some of the

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stuff he commented I was just like and It was

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:15.680
like being rooted Being rude where you are. Just

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:20.079
keep being rooted in just you know Grabbing on

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:22.539
the stuff you needed to that reminds me because

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:25.329
people like to bounce around in churches They're

00:25:25.329 --> 00:25:27.109
like, ah, I don't like this about that church.

00:25:27.369 --> 00:25:29.509
You're never going to be satisfied. Just so you

00:25:29.509 --> 00:25:32.309
know, you're never going to be fully satisfied

00:25:32.309 --> 00:25:35.430
with the church itself. Ever. Ever. You know

00:25:35.430 --> 00:25:39.549
why? People are involved. Yes. Yes. And it was

00:25:39.549 --> 00:25:42.450
funny because he talked about faith. Walking,

00:25:43.349 --> 00:25:47.210
walking with you in like your next step in those

00:25:47.210 --> 00:25:50.329
steps. And then you're going to have to do your

00:25:50.329 --> 00:25:54.240
faith with The steps you're gonna have to go

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:58.400
through the storms Your faith has to be bigger

00:25:58.400 --> 00:26:06.579
even through the storm look Your boat don't get

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:08.759
bigger without being built exactly right you

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:13.420
got to add to it and you got to be We've talked

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:15.099
about this before Jason and I have talked about

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:17.460
forging relationships and like what happens in

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:20.880
a forge it's heat and beat Life and character

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:24.920
are the same thing It's a you have to go through

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:28.339
the heat and the pressure. Yeah to grow into

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:30.700
something different You know what I'm saying?

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:35.240
You don't change by having no challenge, right?

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:38.180
Yeah It's not gonna happen. It's not gonna happen.

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:41.519
You won't change because you haven't been challenged

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:44.880
Yeah, you have to go through the storms. You

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:47.119
have to go through the challenging things in

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:51.859
life It's what makes you better. James says it,

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:55.440
Roman says it. Like, hey, we can rejoice too

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:57.480
when we run into problems and trials because

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:59.720
they help us develop endurance. They help us

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:03.059
grow. They help us get better. And we're reminded

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:06.720
that our hope is not in us. It's in him. Thank

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:09.960
God. The challenge is the challenge, but it doesn't

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:13.039
mean anything in the grand scheme. The challenge

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:15.720
makes us better so we can help others come to

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:19.220
him. Because he is all that matters. Absolutely.

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:22.200
Right? That's the whole point of everything that

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:26.480
we're trying to do, right? And so, yeah, my definition

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:29.019
has changed. My approach to things has changed.

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:33.519
I'm still finicky. I'm still slow, slow, slow.

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.759
I'm like the Grinch in that way. Too much, too

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.359
fast. Too much, too fast. Too much, too fast.

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:43.180
He's like, oh my, I love ya. He's all licking

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:46.480
his face. Get off of me. Too much too fast. Too

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:49.359
much too fast. One step at a time. One step at

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:52.099
a time. That's how I feel sometimes. It's like,

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.700
okay, you're pushing me too far. That's enough.

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:58.299
And it's okay to set boundaries, right? I want

00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:00.900
to make sure it's safe for people to set boundaries

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:02.480
because you should. You should be able to say,

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.299
okay, I'm not okay with that. Maybe I will be

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:09.000
eventually, but I'm not today. So don't push

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:13.000
on that guardrail. You know what I mean? Just

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:17.059
leave me alone in that respect. And you know

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:19.759
me well enough like you didn't I give you tons

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:23.400
of credit for me being In church and being involved

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:26.099
because of you allowing me to have the space

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:31.779
right? I really do because It's probably one

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.500
of the best ways you ever communicated with me

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:36.380
is like hey this is I need this I want this I'm

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:38.940
gonna do I need the fellowship I need the fellowship

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:42.839
right right and and that was What I'm gonna say

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:48.119
no I don't allow that. I can't call myself a

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:50.440
cross follower and say that. I'm out. But you

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:52.220
know what I'm saying. I can't do that, right?

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:58.240
So in the big picture, you know me. If you push

00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:01.259
me, I will do exactly the opposite of what you

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:06.160
want. You want me to go to church, leave me alone.

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:10.859
I never pushed you. You never once did. Did not.

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:16.430
You never even asked. Nope. Casey asked you hey,

00:29:16.630 --> 00:29:19.029
we're doing baby dedication. Yeah, I would like

00:29:19.029 --> 00:29:24.109
for you to go and I said And he you went hmm

00:29:24.109 --> 00:29:27.349
Yeah, and it took that was the first time I went

00:29:27.349 --> 00:29:31.269
and it took a couple more weeks Before I finally

00:29:31.269 --> 00:29:35.529
took the step We said all that to kind of preface

00:29:35.529 --> 00:29:40.029
not preface but to to talk about you know again,

00:29:40.089 --> 00:29:42.529
we've been talking about fighting the good fight,

00:29:42.769 --> 00:29:45.450
right and how that fight really is a full -time

00:29:45.450 --> 00:29:48.309
gig. It's not something that you don't get to

00:29:48.309 --> 00:29:52.869
shy away from it because you're tired. But sometimes

00:29:52.869 --> 00:29:58.009
we get weary, we get worn. And I found out, not

00:29:58.009 --> 00:30:00.890
I didn't find out, but I haven't, I related this

00:30:00.890 --> 00:30:05.410
to a story that I had heard before, but I didn't

00:30:05.410 --> 00:30:09.480
see it in the way that I see it now. in in exodus

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:12.420
with moses right and you know it's funny because

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:14.140
i've never heard of this story you've never heard

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:16.740
this story really i haven't yeah i've never heard

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:18.740
this story when you said i was like i'm gonna

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:23.480
have to like really so i feel like i would say

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:26.700
that i have not read the book of exodus in a

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:30.299
very long time i should probably go back and

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:34.500
read the entire book uh but i remembered this

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:39.839
specific story i remembered it I don't know why

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:46.680
I remembered it, but, so, when we get in this

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:50.539
battle, we've said, you can't do this by yourself.

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:55.079
You need to, at least. Three's better, four's

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.920
better, five's better than that, six's better

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.680
than that, seven's better than that. And look,

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:02.940
God being at the center of everything. But in

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:05.819
Exodus chapter 17, i don't remember the entire

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:08.339
context of what's happening i know that the the

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:11.400
israel so one thing i know for a fact about moses

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.119
is he did not reach the promised land okay whenever

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:18.599
they left egypt and they crossed the red sea

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:22.059
right when they crossed the red sea they were

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:25.359
on their way to what is the promised land yeah

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:29.799
but they through bitterness and all that kind

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:33.519
of stuff they And pissing off God they wandered

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:37.200
around in the wilderness for 40 years Yeah, and

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:40.660
Moses never actually entered into the promised

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.960
land But he was with them for a very long time

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.839
and they battled and they fought and they kept

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:46.319
expanding and trying to figure out how to get

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:52.680
to the promised land and at one point The Israel

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:55.579
Israelite people come into contact with a fight

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:59.680
the Amalekites I Don't even know who that would

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:05.279
be And so Moses had compatriots, he had Aaron

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:08.259
was kind of like his right hand, and there was

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:10.799
another person, there was a female that was actually,

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:13.660
I don't remember her name, I always forget her

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:16.920
name, shame on me. Shame on you. I know, dude.

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:19.759
Woman. I'm just kidding. Shout out to the women

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.700
in the world, they are far more intelligent than

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:26.339
men and far more emotionally intelligent than

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:31.279
men. So anyway though, the thing is is what I

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:35.000
noticed is it's kind of a three pronged kind

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:39.480
of situation. Number one, Moses or the Israelite

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:41.519
people come into contact with this battle that

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:45.259
they have to face and they proceed, right? They

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:50.000
proceed to this battle and I don't know the circumstances

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:53.380
behind it. We would have to go and reread that,

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:58.430
the circumstances behind why Moses is lifting

00:32:58.430 --> 00:33:01.170
the staff. I don't know that part of it, right?

00:33:02.029 --> 00:33:05.890
But anyway, the whole point is, let me just read

00:33:05.890 --> 00:33:08.009
the part of it, right? Get to the point. Yeah,

00:33:08.009 --> 00:33:09.910
sorry, sorry. I'm rambling. I'm rambling. Come

00:33:09.910 --> 00:33:14.410
on. Like you would say, get to the point. Wow.

00:33:16.130 --> 00:33:22.730
Okay. As long as Mel... That's Moses. Not Mel.

00:33:23.009 --> 00:33:30.210
That would be Moses. Take two. As long as Moses

00:33:30.210 --> 00:33:33.450
held up his hands, the Israelites were winning.

00:33:33.950 --> 00:33:36.750
But whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites

00:33:36.750 --> 00:33:40.130
were winning. When Moses' hands grew tired, they

00:33:40.130 --> 00:33:42.450
took a stone and put it under him and sat on

00:33:42.450 --> 00:33:46.930
it. He sat on it. Aaron and her, H -U -R, held

00:33:46.930 --> 00:33:50.769
his hands up, one on one side, one on the other,

00:33:50.950 --> 00:33:53.789
so that his hands remained steady until sunset.

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:57.079
So Joshua, who was leading the battle, overcame

00:33:57.079 --> 00:34:00.259
the Amalekite army with the sword. So what I

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:03.779
hear is that, okay, as long as Moses can keep

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:08.500
his hands up, this just now occurred to me. What

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:12.099
do we ask for in praise? Our hands up. Right?

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.800
That's funny, yes. It just now occurred to me,

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:19.059
just now, as I'm thinking about it. It's like...

00:34:18.590 --> 00:34:22.050
As Moses hands are up he has a staff to one staff

00:34:22.050 --> 00:34:24.849
is always in one hand The other hand is up and

00:34:24.849 --> 00:34:27.849
as long as his hands are up. The advantage is

00:34:27.849 --> 00:34:32.170
the Israelite army Right there winning as long

00:34:32.170 --> 00:34:35.170
as his hands are up But let me tell you something

00:34:35.170 --> 00:34:38.750
just keep your hands here. That's hard for a

00:34:38.750 --> 00:34:41.150
couple of minutes. That's I promise you your

00:34:41.150 --> 00:34:44.070
hands will start drifting. Mm -hmm down Right

00:34:44.070 --> 00:34:47.920
and it says as his hands drifted the Amalekite

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:52.059
army would start to win, right? So it's like,

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:56.599
okay, I can't keep my hands up, guys. And then

00:34:56.599 --> 00:35:01.639
here comes Erin and her, H -U -R -her, a person,

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:06.559
another person, who's like, okay, sit down, and

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:09.980
we're gonna hold your hands up for you, right?

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:17.960
The community has had to be there, or else they

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:22.300
would lose. Because Moses was never going to

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:25.179
be strong enough to hold his hands up the entire

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:28.340
length of the battle. It's funny because we were

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:30.219
we've been talking about this with you. I've

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:32.719
been talking to you about this about having those

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:34.659
kind of friends and having those true friends

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:37.500
to you know, the battle that you're going through

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:39.940
and you know, for us to be there for you. I know

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:44.829
I'm not. I know. I'm your greatest friend. And

00:35:44.829 --> 00:35:47.170
I know that but you know 100 % um, you know i'm

00:35:47.170 --> 00:35:49.090
your wife too, but you can have to have a best

00:35:49.090 --> 00:35:52.269
friend and your wife and I don't know a better

00:35:52.269 --> 00:35:54.449
place to have a best friend than your wife i'm

00:35:54.449 --> 00:35:57.010
sorry, but like I said having those friends and

00:35:57.010 --> 00:35:59.650
your good your greatest friends and your best

00:35:59.650 --> 00:36:02.429
friends and But you have to have those people,

00:36:02.429 --> 00:36:04.570
you know, sometimes best friends are not always

00:36:04.570 --> 00:36:06.789
going to be your friends like that either but

00:36:06.789 --> 00:36:09.570
okay, so Yeah, and you're kind of talking about

00:36:09.570 --> 00:36:13.530
like true best friends. It's funny. I just wrote

00:36:13.530 --> 00:36:18.349
this on my paper True friends. We have been in

00:36:18.349 --> 00:36:22.070
situations throughout life and had relationships

00:36:22.070 --> 00:36:25.510
Right that didn't make it people that we used

00:36:25.510 --> 00:36:27.789
to call best friends that are no longer even

00:36:27.789 --> 00:36:30.610
acquaintances I have multiple people that I could

00:36:30.610 --> 00:36:35.110
say that about right? So I think the point being

00:36:35.110 --> 00:36:39.550
you have to have the true Friends, right the

00:36:39.550 --> 00:36:41.309
people who have been in your corner and will

00:36:41.309 --> 00:36:44.550
be in your corner right wrong and different Not

00:36:44.550 --> 00:36:46.409
that they're gonna support your bad decisions.

00:36:48.030 --> 00:36:50.710
They'll support you in the moment. But when that

00:36:50.710 --> 00:36:52.269
moment's over, they're gonna be like, hey, bro,

00:36:52.590 --> 00:36:55.210
listen here. Don't you ever put me in a situation

00:36:55.210 --> 00:36:57.110
like that ever again. It's so funny. Maybe my

00:36:57.110 --> 00:36:59.710
mom, we're talking about this today. She made

00:36:59.710 --> 00:37:01.449
me laugh. She's like, you were talking about

00:37:01.449 --> 00:37:03.750
business, being in people's business. She was

00:37:03.750 --> 00:37:06.130
like, am I in your business? I said, mom. Only

00:37:06.130 --> 00:37:09.309
always. Yes. you are I said but you know what

00:37:09.309 --> 00:37:12.090
you mean well you you're my mom and you mean

00:37:12.090 --> 00:37:15.829
well on things I said you I said but you know

00:37:15.829 --> 00:37:18.389
what I know that you mean well and you're trying

00:37:18.389 --> 00:37:23.309
to just be my mom I know I'm old but I love you

00:37:23.309 --> 00:37:25.690
and I know she is just trying to be there and

00:37:25.690 --> 00:37:28.230
it's funny because my siblings I said that's

00:37:28.230 --> 00:37:30.250
your best friend got a best friend you know what

00:37:30.250 --> 00:37:34.230
I will take it sure I will take it if you're

00:37:34.230 --> 00:37:38.789
gonna hand it to me I will take it So another

00:37:38.789 --> 00:37:41.269
thing first that occurred to me is like hey worship

00:37:41.269 --> 00:37:43.730
is sacrifice absolutely, right? It's physically

00:37:43.730 --> 00:37:46.190
sacrificing. It's emotionally sacrificing. It's

00:37:46.190 --> 00:37:49.530
spiritually second part is you have to have those

00:37:49.530 --> 00:37:52.570
people to support you absolutely support is the

00:37:52.570 --> 00:37:54.590
other thing that doesn't really kind of come

00:37:54.590 --> 00:37:57.610
out in this is like There's there's people that

00:37:57.610 --> 00:37:59.489
are on the battlefield and there's your cheerleaders

00:37:59.489 --> 00:38:03.530
on the sidelines Right, that's good. So Joshua

00:38:03.530 --> 00:38:06.559
is out here putting his life on the line. Moses

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:09.420
is an old, withered man, obviously not gonna

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:12.460
be putting his life on the line, but he's over

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:15.380
here cheerleading, baby. You got this, Joshua!

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:19.719
God, you got him, God. You got him, God. You

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:22.880
got him, God. You know what I'm saying? It's

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:25.539
so layered and so many things happening here.

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:29.900
It's so important and so much more important

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:33.940
than I ever knew until today. Or until now does

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:37.800
that make sense? I didn't think Because i'm i'm

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:41.119
a lone wolf man. I'm a lone dude. I I don't need

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:45.280
you You do need us. I absolutely do but you know

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:48.679
what i'm you This is my psyche, right? I'm that

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:51.440
guy and trust me if you put me in the right position

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:54.400
right now i'll still go i'll revert back to that

00:38:54.400 --> 00:39:00.400
right i'll still revert back to Don't need you

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:06.460
You know what I mean? But that hurts It really

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:11.119
does that really hurts to say and to feel because

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:15.519
I do need you. Yeah, I need people who support

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:19.760
me I need people that believe that I'm capable

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:23.679
of doing This mission that I feel like God has

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:26.559
called me to do. Yeah, you got this You've been

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:29.860
working really hard on some stuff that you've

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:37.130
been just working really hard on chat GPT on

00:39:37.130 --> 00:39:39.710
some stuff and you ain't working really hard

00:39:39.710 --> 00:39:43.750
and you know, just putting your mind to things

00:39:43.750 --> 00:39:47.650
and spending a lot of time and I'm just like,

00:39:47.650 --> 00:39:53.230
you're making me emotionally drained. I'm like,

00:39:54.030 --> 00:39:57.750
chat GPT is a tool, not the answer, but I'm using

00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:01.400
The tools I have to help you Yeah guidelines

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:03.900
those type things but it's your ideas and that

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:06.320
you're putting on there And it's just guiding

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:09.119
you where you want to be guided. That's all it

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:11.980
is It's not like it's not setting you. It's not

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:14.940
set in stone is your stuff. You're putting your

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:17.820
stuff In line where you want to hundred percent.

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:22.579
So you are doing a great job. I want you to know

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:26.599
I want you to take the praise for all of this.

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:29.480
You're doing a very great job. You really are.

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:34.099
Thank you. Thank you. Welcome. My counselor said

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.420
I should just accept it and move on, and I don't

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:39.000
know how to do that. You did a good job. So I'm

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.539
trying. I'm trying really hard. But, you know,

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:44.179
at the end of the day, I think the entire conversation

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:46.900
really revolves around that idea, like, man,

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:49.239
you're not meant to do this by yourself. Absolutely

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:53.199
not. And if you think you can, You can I want

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:56.000
to see it, but you won't survive it. That's how

00:40:56.000 --> 00:41:02.539
I know it's too much this thing is too Much life

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:09.159
is too much It's too heavy this world right now

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:13.039
will beat you up and spit you out It literally

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:16.199
like you said like I said, it will grind you

00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:20.440
into dust. It will just I mean it's just and

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:25.260
if you survive I applaud you. I applaud you because

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:28.300
so okay, so survived it to get to the end of

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:32.400
it to say what I did it by myself with no one

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:37.900
around you. Who wants to die alone? I mean, I

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:43.969
don't. I mean, like, don't remarry. No. Do I

00:41:43.969 --> 00:41:47.389
have friends yes, yes, I I just say it I mean,

00:41:47.570 --> 00:41:52.650
I'm not saying I'm divorcing you That's what

00:41:52.650 --> 00:41:59.269
you want, but I ain't going no hey If I get a

00:41:59.269 --> 00:42:02.929
divorce I'm getting back with my ex Who's my

00:42:02.929 --> 00:42:07.070
ex if we get a divorce? I'm just gonna follow

00:42:07.070 --> 00:42:12.619
my ex wherever she goes I am not I don't know

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:15.300
and you know what we have made it a point that

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:17.519
we don't talk like that no we do not because

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:19.800
we're not speaking that we're not talking that

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:22.539
we're not because we're not putting that anywhere

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:26.019
near us because then if you do that we speak

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:28.840
it in existence right even joking about it we

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:31.280
don't even joke about it anymore there's still

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:33.619
the occasional sly your girlfriend your boyfriend's

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:35.699
calling or whatever like and I just always say

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:39.670
I'm going to gents house yeah I should say I'm

00:42:39.670 --> 00:42:44.409
going to Britney's house. No, you don't get to

00:42:44.409 --> 00:42:49.429
do that. Yes. Yeah, I think that I think that

00:42:49.429 --> 00:42:54.789
there's a definition that's been created through

00:42:54.789 --> 00:42:57.949
thinking about how do we fight that fight? How

00:42:57.949 --> 00:43:00.210
do OK, so if fighting is a full time job, what

00:43:00.210 --> 00:43:03.510
does that look like? How do we do that? How do

00:43:03.510 --> 00:43:07.030
we persevere through that? There's parts of it

00:43:07.030 --> 00:43:10.230
that you can do alone, right? So i'll tell you

00:43:10.230 --> 00:43:13.909
the scripture um, uh from the bible roulette

00:43:13.909 --> 00:43:19.110
No, this is what um, it's it's a we've done this

00:43:19.110 --> 00:43:21.570
one before. Um, i'll show it to you if you'll

00:43:21.570 --> 00:43:28.510
bring it up. It's um Oh, it's on my phone. I

00:43:28.510 --> 00:43:31.929
don't want my tablet. Sorry. Come on man wasting

00:43:31.929 --> 00:43:38.739
time Is it Philippians? It's C O R I Corinthians

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:47.960
13 4 through 8 This is a good one, I mean honestly,

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:52.320
it's really good Which is it's talks about love

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:55.880
what you're gonna put oh Every word that says

00:43:55.880 --> 00:44:00.139
love you're gonna put yeah Okay, so yeah, we've

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:02.780
talked about this before. Yeah, not you and me

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:06.610
specifically But yeah, but instead of so when

00:44:06.610 --> 00:44:09.309
I read the scripture take the word love out and

00:44:09.309 --> 00:44:13.630
replace it with your name Love is patient. Love

00:44:13.630 --> 00:44:16.409
is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast.

00:44:16.510 --> 00:44:19.610
It is not proud It does not dishonor others.

00:44:19.730 --> 00:44:23.389
It is not self -seeking. It's not easily angered

00:44:23.389 --> 00:44:27.530
Oops, it keeps no record of wrongs. Oops. We

00:44:27.530 --> 00:44:30.789
all got receipts Love does not delight in evil,

00:44:30.849 --> 00:44:33.690
but rejoices with the truth. It always protects,

00:44:33.889 --> 00:44:36.510
it always trusts, it always hopes, it always

00:44:36.510 --> 00:44:40.750
perseveres. Love never fails. But where there

00:44:40.750 --> 00:44:43.010
are prophecies, they will cease. Where there

00:44:43.010 --> 00:44:45.510
are tongues, they will be stilled. Where there

00:44:45.510 --> 00:44:48.769
is knowledge, it will pass away. So good, though,

00:44:48.849 --> 00:44:50.389
because I mean, it's just like, seriously, I

00:44:50.389 --> 00:44:52.809
mean, like. Well, if you want to examine where

00:44:52.809 --> 00:44:57.820
you are. In loving people. Yeah. That's how you

00:44:57.820 --> 00:45:00.139
decide. That's how you determine it, right? Do

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:03.119
you have patience? I know I don't. Sometimes

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:05.920
I do. No, I don't. I mean, I'm telling you right

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:10.500
now, I ask the Lord, God, give me patience. Never,

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:14.059
never, Jesus, no, no, no. Give me something else

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:17.179
because I will never ask for patience. Just give

00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:21.969
me the guidance to get me through this. God will

00:45:21.969 --> 00:45:24.090
never rebuke you for asking for wisdom, right?

00:45:24.210 --> 00:45:27.750
He wants you to ask for his knowledge. And look,

00:45:28.269 --> 00:45:31.130
if you want to become more patient, which even

00:45:31.130 --> 00:45:33.110
though you don't ask for it, he knows in your

00:45:33.110 --> 00:45:34.969
heart that you need it, and so he's gonna give

00:45:34.969 --> 00:45:38.550
you reasons to be patient, right? God, give me

00:45:38.550 --> 00:45:41.059
courage. Is he gonna? Is he gonna keep you from

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:43.039
conflict? No, he's gonna put you in the middle

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:45.619
of conflict so that you can be courageous because

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:48.460
you can't It's it comes with an action. Yeah,

00:45:48.460 --> 00:45:50.340
everything comes with an action. You don't get

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:53.340
to just say i'm i'm courageous without doing

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:55.280
anything Well, there's that question said today.

00:45:55.539 --> 00:46:00.460
What is love? action Love is an action, but you

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:03.119
know what? Love is action, but you know what?

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:05.760
It's so funny because you have to have love to

00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:09.079
be able to you know Your friends you have you

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:11.039
have to love people you have to be there for

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:15.460
people and you have to have that yeah Yeah, you

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:18.440
can't love other there's I think you shared it

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:22.119
recently on It probably wasn't on on our Facebook

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:24.000
or anything, but it was on your when you send

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:29.739
out scripture to people And I think I know we've

00:46:29.739 --> 00:46:31.940
talked about it before on here being you maybe

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:34.539
not but I know I've talked about it before about

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:39.360
there's part of one of the books of John or Peter.

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:41.059
I don't remember which one where it says, don't

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:43.940
just pretend to love people. Really love them.

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:46.239
You have to learn to love people. You can't,

00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:49.420
you can't pretend man. This whole thing can't

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:51.460
be lip service. It's just like a, Oh, I don't

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:54.039
love him no more. How do you just fall out of

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:56.880
love? You just can't do that. You can't tell

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:58.840
me, you know, you love this one person one day

00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:00.300
and then you don't love another person. You touching

00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:03.320
a hot button topic. These people out here on

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:06.179
these streets might argue with you. I just don't.

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:09.280
Bring it because I don't believe in that. Come

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:13.340
on. Hey, you and I both, you and I both have

00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:17.000
been in a situation where the opposing or the

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:21.599
opposing, the spouse of the other side from our

00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:23.739
previous marriages said something similar to

00:47:23.739 --> 00:47:27.639
us both. I love you, but I'm not in love with

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:30.820
you. Let me tell you something. Get off that.

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:37.099
In love, in love is a crock of crap. End of discussion.

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:39.219
It's something that happens early on. That's

00:47:39.219 --> 00:47:42.500
what they call the honeymoon phase It's everything's

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:45.000
good at that point. Everything's glorious. Everything's

00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:47.760
fun. Everything's funny. Everything's Sex is

00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:50.639
great. Everything's good and then I might love

00:47:50.639 --> 00:47:52.420
you for this and I'm not living for that I might

00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:55.099
hate you for that but did I still love you for

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:59.380
you in for everything? Yeah At the end of the

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:01.239
day. You just don't fall out of love of people.

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:05.519
I just don't understand that. To love someone

00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:08.420
in the way that we're talking about, it takes

00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:13.940
sacrifice. It takes an effort. You have to choose

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:18.360
love. Yes. We piss each other off pretty frequently.

00:48:18.599 --> 00:48:21.500
Quite often. You know what's crazy? As much as

00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:23.380
we piss each other off, we don't fight all that

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:26.900
much. No. But I know we get on each other's nerves

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:30.010
a lot. Listen when you spend as much time as

00:48:30.010 --> 00:48:32.469
you do with another person you're gonna get on

00:48:32.469 --> 00:48:34.670
each other's nerves It just is a part of the

00:48:34.670 --> 00:48:37.289
situation it's like I said all the time if you

00:48:37.289 --> 00:48:40.090
don't if you're not fighting you're not growing

00:48:40.090 --> 00:48:45.590
Sorry everything requires you have to grow you

00:48:45.590 --> 00:48:49.929
have to grow Yep You gotta do how you gonna do

00:48:49.929 --> 00:48:52.889
that water it fighting you get you just it is

00:48:52.889 --> 00:48:56.130
what it is it takes some it takes some heat It

00:48:56.130 --> 00:48:59.090
takes some water It takes some love. It takes

00:48:59.090 --> 00:49:02.489
some patience. It takes a little, you know, some

00:49:02.489 --> 00:49:04.630
bugs nipping on you. It takes a little pruning.

00:49:04.909 --> 00:49:07.090
A little bit of dirt. All different types of

00:49:07.090 --> 00:49:11.309
ways that plants and things grow. And we are...

00:49:11.309 --> 00:49:13.150
Do you think plants aren't important? How many

00:49:13.150 --> 00:49:16.130
times did Christ compare himself to being a vine?

00:49:16.389 --> 00:49:19.389
Look at this tree. Look at that lily of the field.

00:49:19.710 --> 00:49:22.449
Look at the bird. Look, nature's important. It's

00:49:22.449 --> 00:49:25.389
an example to you. It's how you know this is

00:49:25.389 --> 00:49:28.179
true. Gotta be rooted somewhere. Gotta be rooted

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:31.320
somewhere. And I'm rooted with you, baby. Okay.

00:49:33.239 --> 00:49:37.079
You need a joke? Yes. I got a good one. You should

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:39.260
have a good one at this point. Yeah, I thought

00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:41.199
there was lots of them. You suck at this, man.

00:49:41.400 --> 00:49:46.559
You need to. I'm totally messing with you. I

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:48.579
suck on my toes. Bear and share it, baby. Bear

00:49:48.579 --> 00:49:52.820
and share it. Okay, here we go with an answer

00:49:52.820 --> 00:50:00.190
first. Okay. They can find anything on the web

00:50:00.190 --> 00:50:11.650
Why are spiders so smart you stupid You can't

00:50:11.650 --> 00:50:17.250
call me stupid bro, I did you just did you Call

00:50:17.250 --> 00:50:21.170
me stupid bro. I did do that doesn't like used

00:50:21.170 --> 00:50:25.960
to be my favorite word dudes dudes Dudes. Oh

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:29.579
my gosh. I can't believe I said that. Dudes and

00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:31.860
dudettes, huh? Yeah, Bonnie hates when I call

00:50:31.860 --> 00:50:34.300
her a dude. You're just mad that I got it. I

00:50:34.300 --> 00:50:39.460
am. It's because we all think intelligence comes

00:50:39.460 --> 00:50:44.119
from the internet. Yes. You got another one?

00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:51.130
Yes. Give me a minute. Oh. Too easy for you.

00:50:51.170 --> 00:50:54.130
I gotta give you this stuff. That's not true.

00:50:54.289 --> 00:51:01.869
I get my miss a lot Okay, here we go It was barking

00:51:01.869 --> 00:51:05.469
at the wrong tree the dude that was messing with

00:51:05.469 --> 00:51:11.349
me earlier No, oh Why don't why didn't the dog

00:51:11.349 --> 00:51:19.300
find the squirrel? Your dog Our oldest dog, he

00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:21.800
spends so much time barking up the wrong tree.

00:51:23.320 --> 00:51:26.840
I instantly pictured him at the back fence, barking

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:29.159
at that up that cedar tree. I just want you to

00:51:29.159 --> 00:51:33.260
know, oh my dogs, they, I'm using the P word,

00:51:33.300 --> 00:51:37.360
they piss me off. Oh. In the mornings. Yeah.

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:41.099
I'm not, I'm not half, I'm half awake and I'm

00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:43.159
like, dude, they all want to rush out the door

00:51:43.159 --> 00:51:45.239
and our door is not very big. It's like, it's

00:51:45.239 --> 00:51:48.269
like, like. It's a standard doors about three

00:51:48.269 --> 00:51:56.030
foot wide It's only Murphy it's only Murphy and

00:51:56.030 --> 00:52:00.869
he will hit Beltrae punch. It's like He's a pinball.

00:52:00.869 --> 00:52:03.369
Yeah. Yeah, and it's a back corner. They go to

00:52:03.369 --> 00:52:05.949
I don't know if that squirrel Knows what time

00:52:05.949 --> 00:52:07.389
we get it, but I don't know if he's waiting out

00:52:07.389 --> 00:52:11.429
that back fence going There's also cats roaming

00:52:11.429 --> 00:52:15.590
around out there just so you know and Beltrae

00:52:15.610 --> 00:52:19.670
Hates cats dude cat squirrels foxes anything

00:52:19.670 --> 00:52:21.949
that can be within his vicinity that he can't

00:52:21.949 --> 00:52:24.929
catch he hates them. I don't remember that When

00:52:24.929 --> 00:52:27.670
we live in Canyon he cut that cat right out of

00:52:27.670 --> 00:52:32.389
that tree And that guy goes you're paying the

00:52:32.389 --> 00:52:34.570
vet bill and that that dog pound told him he

00:52:34.570 --> 00:52:37.329
says Cats have to be on a leash to do and ours

00:52:37.329 --> 00:52:39.809
was but he just ripped it up out of the ground

00:52:39.809 --> 00:52:43.690
He showed in they tell you something So I was

00:52:43.690 --> 00:52:49.900
roughly 30 yards away, and seeing this happen

00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:52.960
when he went to snatch that cat off that tree,

00:52:54.380 --> 00:52:56.820
that was when I realized how big his damn teeth

00:52:56.820 --> 00:52:59.139
are. I was like, holy crap. And I told him, I

00:52:59.139 --> 00:53:01.699
said, drop it. And he did, and that cat was still

00:53:01.699 --> 00:53:05.380
going. Scratching the entire crap out of him.

00:53:06.119 --> 00:53:10.360
What am I supposed to do? He is scratching me.

00:53:10.460 --> 00:53:14.110
What? I'm like, well, back up, dummy. Go back

00:53:14.110 --> 00:53:17.449
over there That cat went up to the top of that

00:53:17.449 --> 00:53:19.449
telephone pole and didn't come down for two days

00:53:19.449 --> 00:53:25.869
two days and his owner was digged off I was like,

00:53:25.909 --> 00:53:29.429
ooh, savvy Put your cats on a leash, dork So

00:53:29.429 --> 00:53:31.329
if you ever have a big dog and you have those

00:53:31.329 --> 00:53:34.090
little screw things that go in the ground Yeah,

00:53:34.090 --> 00:53:36.130
don't use those for a big dog. It doesn't work.

00:53:36.289 --> 00:53:40.329
They might work for little dog not for What was

00:53:40.329 --> 00:53:43.340
he? 60 pounds he was probably about 60 or 70

00:53:43.340 --> 00:53:45.480
pounds at time and they were supposedly waited

00:53:45.480 --> 00:53:48.159
for him, but he snapped it quick Do you know

00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:51.159
don't and if you have it all do not use the wire

00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:56.739
ones get him a chain? Not a wire one that doesn't

00:53:56.739 --> 00:54:09.960
work those wire. He's This isn't exactly about

00:54:09.960 --> 00:54:15.119
community and stuff like that, which I know our

00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:18.599
conversation centered on, but it does kind of

00:54:18.599 --> 00:54:20.500
encircle some of the other things that we talked

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:28.679
about. Anton, check off. Check it off. Check

00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:33.280
it off. Only during hard times do people come

00:54:33.280 --> 00:54:37.190
to understand how difficult it is. to be the

00:54:37.190 --> 00:54:41.289
master of their feelings and thoughts. Oh, that's

00:54:41.289 --> 00:54:43.730
good. Yes, people don't care. Some people don't

00:54:43.730 --> 00:54:47.230
care about other people's feelings and thinking

00:54:47.230 --> 00:54:50.070
about what we've been talking about. And you

00:54:50.070 --> 00:54:53.989
said how we can't do it alone. Right. How difficult

00:54:53.989 --> 00:54:56.769
is it to is it to master those emotions and those

00:54:56.769 --> 00:55:00.809
thoughts by yourself? Not right. It's not. And

00:55:00.809 --> 00:55:04.110
you don't even really understand it until you're

00:55:04.110 --> 00:55:07.690
there. Right and you're trying to overcome this

00:55:07.690 --> 00:55:11.190
difficulty Yeah, you got to have support guys.

00:55:11.349 --> 00:55:14.929
We got to have support and that's why we firmly

00:55:14.929 --> 00:55:18.550
believe that this is our small group, right and

00:55:18.550 --> 00:55:22.849
we invite everyone in the world who wants to

00:55:22.849 --> 00:55:27.110
to be involved with it to talk with us to Argue

00:55:27.110 --> 00:55:30.309
with us or not argue a debate with us to be a

00:55:30.309 --> 00:55:33.280
part of it Give us questions. Give us things

00:55:33.280 --> 00:55:36.980
to talk about. Give us jokes. Give us wise sayings.

00:55:37.420 --> 00:55:42.019
We're open to everything. We know and we believe

00:55:42.019 --> 00:55:46.320
that relationship with Christ is the way, the

00:55:46.320 --> 00:55:48.579
truth, and the life, and that is what we're going

00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:53.059
to talk about. Absolutely. 100 % most recent,

00:55:53.300 --> 00:55:58.739
one of our most, the biggest, Video on tik -tok

00:55:58.739 --> 00:56:01.380
that we've ever had had 24 ,000 views. It was

00:56:01.380 --> 00:56:05.300
recent. It was me and you recently and a bunch

00:56:05.300 --> 00:56:12.900
of comments One said just stop already No We're

00:56:12.900 --> 00:56:16.480
not gonna stop We are here because we love Jesus

00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:18.420
and we love each other and that's where we're

00:56:18.420 --> 00:56:20.519
going and we want you to be with us Come on,

00:56:20.619 --> 00:56:23.559
if you want to argue with it cool Okay, you want

00:56:23.559 --> 00:56:26.940
to hate me? I don't care I really don't care.

00:56:27.039 --> 00:56:31.699
I like haters though. Feel free to hate on me.

00:56:32.719 --> 00:56:34.679
Let me tell you something. It's gonna be just

00:56:34.679 --> 00:56:38.400
fine. We love you guys. We want you to come along.

00:56:39.059 --> 00:56:42.139
Follow us everywhere. Go talk to us on any platform

00:56:42.139 --> 00:56:44.340
you want to. Go to our website. Communicate with

00:56:44.340 --> 00:56:46.679
us. Put your email in there. Let us communicate

00:56:46.679 --> 00:56:51.099
with you. Email us whatever it is. We love you.

00:56:51.780 --> 00:56:52.360
Peace out.