1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,600 Hello, folks, this is Princess, you are listening to the 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,600 millennial Mustard Seed, pod casts. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,000 Thanks for listening. Don't forget to share with your 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:17,000 friends. Then people start to get 5 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,900 weapons, they start to get armor, they start to build 6 00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:20,600 cities they still supported by their cities. 7 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:24,100 Now God looks down and there's violence everywhere. 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,600 The battle this war that we are at is not against each other. 9 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:31,200 It's against these principalities in these rulers 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,900 in, these are cons in the high places. 11 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:37,500 It's really worthwhile to read the Bible yourself, fear is one 12 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:41,900 of the primary drivers of mind control because We have to take 13 00:00:41,900 --> 00:00:44,200 every thought captive and resist. 14 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:52,500 Your going to have a testimony that is a Justice case against 15 00:00:52,500 --> 00:01:07,400 the kingdom of darkness. Welcome back to the show. 16 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:10,700 I got an awesome episode in store for you guys. 17 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:15,300 This is ease of edification, I got microns in here, he is a 18 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:18,100 media production guy. He works with a company in New 19 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:22,100 York City, but you lives in Reading PA, we actually did this 20 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:24,900 interview in person at Grace Church, right? 21 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:28,400 Outside of the city of reading. It was an awesome interview. 22 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,700 He's a younger guy, he's got a degree. 23 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:34,800 Ian law, he studied criminal justice and you just really has 24 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,500 a heart to serve the Lord and get the community involved. 25 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,700 It's a really cool conversation about a half an hour long, it's 26 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:47,300 edifying and for as young as Mike is surprisingly, he's got a 27 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:50,900 lot of wisdom of really wanted to honor him just by having them 28 00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:53,200 on the show. And just saying, man, I see the 29 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,200 younger generation, I see you guys. 30 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,700 God sees you guys, you're important. 31 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:02,600 You have valium at with all that being said, That I am ready to 32 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,300 jump into this episode. Are you guys ready for some ease 33 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:28,200 of edification? Hey y'all, this is Michael Lanza 34 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,600 with the millennial, Mustard Seed, pod cast. 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,200 He's a edification and that was a dope intro. 36 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,700 Mike, it's a pleasure to have you here with me. 37 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 You're doing some really great things that I would like to some 38 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,200 highlight it. And that's why we're here man 39 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,800 just kind of chopping it up and encouraging each other. 40 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:48,000 Tell us a little bit about yourself what you're doing right 41 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,600 now and kind of how God has directed you into the positions 42 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:56,300 of roles that you're currently. Yeah not for having me for more 43 00:02:56,300 --> 00:03:00,200 context on the production director here at Grace Church, 44 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,500 in chilling. PA. 45 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,700 I have a interesting way of how God's kind of led me to the 46 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:09,100 positions. I'm in graduate high school, 47 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:12,800 went to college for criminal justice kind of like halfway 48 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,300 through criminal justice. I had some media production 49 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:20,300 classes that I was taking ended up falling in love with it took 50 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:23,700 the classes and did what I had to do to basically have my 51 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:27,700 digital media marketing major and digital Communications minor 52 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,500 assumed the role production director here. 53 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,600 At the church. I handle all social media and 54 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,100 production elements on a Sunday morning and then and then I do 55 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:41,700 freelance for a production company out of New York. 56 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,300 So yeah, that's where I'm at right now. 57 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:49,600 And yeah, I'm excited to kind of see how God leads leads me in 58 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,200 the future. I think it's so cool. 59 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,700 How we start with this direction we want to go and it morphs over 60 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:59,000 time. The spirit of the Lord leads, 61 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,600 those who are the sons of God. He Rex our steps, right? 62 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:08,200 You're representing a generation of younger people and your story 63 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,800 and voice needs to be heard. So what you're doing at Grace 64 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:12,800 Church? Why don't you give us? 65 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,800 A quick rundown of what the Young Adult Ministry groups look 66 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,100 like and like some of the, like, the venue's you guys have been 67 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:21,600 putting together. I know we have listeners in the 68 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,100 reading area and I'm really hoping that somebody will get 69 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:28,000 connected through this episode and be a part of all the future 70 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,600 things that you guys have going on. 71 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:31,500 Yeah. Yeah, I guess I shoulda 72 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:34,200 mentioned. Also here, I volunteer, as a 73 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,100 young adult leader, we run, what we call Grace groups here at the 74 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:41,800 church and it's just a time for a group of people to get 75 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,200 together meet once a week. Usually were discussing and the 76 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,000 message from a Sunday, that's kind of how it started to kind 77 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,800 of morphed into, you know, its own Ministry, where we kind of 78 00:04:50,808 --> 00:04:54,700 dive into more deeper deeper topics deeper conversations. 79 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:58,300 A lot of times will bring up a topic that that, you know, we've 80 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:01,700 done. We bring Is to to kind of 81 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:04,000 highlight different things in people's lives and then 82 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,900 ultimately open up the floor for people to discuss and kind of 83 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:12,600 give, you know, their background in a certain area or topic and 84 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:17,700 its really opened up to be a, it's a safe space that people 85 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:20,200 feel comfortable to to kind of share in. 86 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,000 We currently meet every other Sunday. 87 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:26,800 Sunday nights from 6:00 to 7:30 gear at the church. 88 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,100 And yeah we try to host different serve opportunities. 89 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:32,800 We were actually down Down to Opportunity House, a couple 90 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,200 weeks ago, serving lunch. And we'll be down there again, 91 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,600 at the end of February to serve lunch again for the residents 92 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,400 there. Yeah, so we're trying to get 93 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,200 plugged into the community, doing more serving opportunities 94 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,900 being the hands and feet as we are called to be, we have 95 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:50,100 different events. We try to do a little bit of 96 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,200 fundraising events because you know, some things do cost to 97 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,600 supply needs for people. We actually had a car show here 98 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:01,200 back in October and we have plans to do more More 99 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,500 fundraisers to kind of give back into the community. 100 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:07,800 We're just trying to, you know, be active in. 101 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,600 You know, what's going on here at the church? 102 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:13,200 You know, separately with what goes on in the community and 103 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,800 just trying to be able to be a resource to not only, you know, 104 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,000 people from the outside but be a resource that people are 105 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,100 actually within the group and and just creating a safe space 106 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:26,000 for people to be able to share what they're going through. 107 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,900 What God's doing in their lives. Yeah. 108 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:32,100 And and what we're finding is like, the more that you allow 109 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:35,900 open floor people. A lot of times feel that Comfort 110 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:39,800 ability to share more about what who ends up going on in the 111 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,000 lives and things that people struggle with or things that 112 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 people are succeeding at and you know, if it's different things 113 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,200 like that. As a young man here in Reading 114 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,600 Pennsylvania you have this desire to get people connected 115 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,500 in the community and when we're called to share the gospel like 116 00:06:57,500 --> 00:07:00,300 we're called to go out, but we're also called to make 117 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:03,900 disciples. A lot of people want to see like 118 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,400 the entertainment on YouTube where it's like all they want to 119 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,800 see a demon cast out or they want to watch all this content 120 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,700 on YouTube about Nephilim or whatever. 121 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:14,200 I mean there's all that weird stuff. 122 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,100 There's a time and place for that. 123 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,000 It's very important that we actually Understand the threads 124 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,700 that are in the Bible because God wants us to know those 125 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:25,200 things. But if we are missing the hands 126 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:31,800 and feet aspect of it, We can have knowledge wisdom, we can 127 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,200 have Mysteries unfolded. We can speak really well, but if 128 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,300 we don't have love, it's all worthless. 129 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:41,500 So for anybody who listens, if you guys are a part of a Young 130 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:44,500 Adult Ministry or attending a church thinking about attending 131 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:48,000 the church, be the hands and feet, wherever you get plugged 132 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,300 in, and if you've got a natural gift and calling to stir 133 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:54,400 something up, they get a small group together or just spend 134 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,300 time with people, just organically investing with no 135 00:07:57,300 --> 00:07:59,700 ulterior motive, Aman. That's where you're going to 136 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:01,700 see. You're positioning yourself for 137 00:08:01,700 --> 00:08:05,000 God to move. So Mike, not a lot of people are 138 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,400 actually getting married who are younger today when dr. 139 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,900 Larry Sanger was on, just a few months ago we covered marriage 140 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:15,200 from a Biblical perspective of one into some areas that I was 141 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,400 blown away by what she brought to the table. 142 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:20,300 So talk a little bit about your engaged right now and that's 143 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:23,200 exciting. Yeah, you fall in love and you 144 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,900 want to pursue this Godly relationship to just talk a 145 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:28,600 little bit about that. We have mine. 146 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,900 My fiancé and I are getting married in early March, so come 147 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:36,600 and more real. Yeah, we met in college and 148 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,200 that's where I feel like God's just been leading me. 149 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:42,200 And like a lot of a lot of different people we've discussed 150 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:47,400 about like, oh well like why aren't you using your degree or 151 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,400 like, why, you know, why do you feel like you don't have like a 152 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,000 full plan yet or we're just kind of going with the flow? 153 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:58,500 I feel like God's like you know, took took me on this journey. 154 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:01,000 Yeah. And you know I am where I am is 155 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,600 because I've been so kind of open to what path he's leading 156 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,800 me on. But yeah, we met in college in 157 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,900 the criminal justice department we were both criminal justice 158 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:15,800 Majors. My position with dating was to 159 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:21,500 not waste anybody's time and so me and her had like a three-hour 160 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:26,400 conversation on the first date kind of going through all of our 161 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:30,400 non-negotiables. Where we were in life, kind of 162 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:35,600 our background and it was, it was pretty funny because she 163 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,000 grew up Catholic. And, you know, her family 164 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,200 upbringing was, was only, you know, along along those lines. 165 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,800 And I get, you know, I was at that point, I was working 166 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,300 part-time, my role here at the church, looked a little bit 167 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:57,200 differently, but I was still pretty active serving on a 168 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,200 Sunday morning. So I had her come to a Sunday 169 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:04,700 service and, you know, with her Catholic background, it it 170 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:08,200 looked a lot different for her, but yeah, she definitely 171 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,800 definitely felt. You know, the pool from God. 172 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,100 I would say that first time she lived in Florida in Florida at 173 00:10:16,108 --> 00:10:19,400 the time. So we had a three-month period. 174 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,400 Where we were with see each other much when she came back 175 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,600 over the fall. She played soccer for the school 176 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,500 and then we had a transition. With a co-pastor coming on, 177 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,000 actually pass. It Rodney, who was was here for 178 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:40,100 2020 and 2021 and not me by the way, you guys know. 179 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:44,100 And and I think that whole transition she really got 180 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:47,900 plugged in here at the church and really started to grow, I 181 00:10:47,908 --> 00:10:54,400 saw a lot of growth with with her and and I I've walked with, 182 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,400 with God, for a good chunk of my life. 183 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,000 I've been raised in the church. Church, I've had definitely ups 184 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,200 and downs, and and I feel like my biggest growth was growing 185 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,500 with her with, with, with our relationship. 186 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:13,000 So yeah, my my voice definitely is, you know, a lot of people 187 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,200 talk about equally yoked and you know, being equally yoked is so 188 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,000 important. I mean, you guys people, I feel 189 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:26,100 like can as long as God is in your Forefront, even if both of 190 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:30,200 you aren't the quote-unquote Christians, You feel like you're 191 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,600 supposed to be or you're not where you're supposed to be yet 192 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:36,400 growing together to get there. I feel like is so much so 193 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,800 important as individuals because, yeah, I feel like I 194 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:46,000 definitely was not my best self meeting her, but have grown. 195 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:52,100 A heck of a lot in my spiritual walk with with putting her first 196 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:56,000 and learning, the different Avenues of. 197 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:01,400 You know what dating look like. What engagement life look like, 198 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,600 what marriage life is going to look like. 199 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:10,600 And then it's like, you know, just the realism of life in 200 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,200 general and like, just a difficulties that come, you 201 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:18,200 know, with living life and then mixing that into into the 202 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,700 marriage realm is, is, is very important. 203 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:25,500 So, so, yeah. I yeah, I would just encourage 204 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:31,400 anybody who's, you know, In a similar situation to make sure 205 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:36,500 God is in the Forefront, cuz I feel like we've grown together, 206 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:38,900 but I feel like if we would have pieced together, the things 207 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:44,900 quicker, we would be even even more even more, you know, on 208 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:47,500 fire than we already are. And I've been, I feel like we're 209 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:52,900 we're definitely pushing for for what God has for us being used 210 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:56,800 here at the church being used in the community, you know? 211 00:12:58,100 --> 00:12:59,900 Yeah. I mean, even the young adults 212 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:02,400 Ministry. I'm one of my biggest things 213 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,600 that I was praying for a while is finding Godly Community 214 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,500 inside my own age group. And that was something that that 215 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:11,600 God. I feel like is provided through 216 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,300 Grace Church in this Young Adult Ministry that we've kind of, 217 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:20,300 kind of Taken and started and, you know, and getting off the 218 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:26,200 mindset of quantity and pour more into quality and that was 219 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:28,400 and that's something that as the young adult. 220 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,900 Street. We've really been purposing to 221 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:35,000 do and we've and I feel like we've grown individually a whole 222 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:42,200 lot and we have open open Realms of communication safe spaces for 223 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,500 people to kind of just talk about things that they struggle 224 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:48,200 with the, you know, our daily lives. 225 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:52,500 It's like it's real, it's there. It's like we have, you know, 226 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:57,700 this world is heavily demonic and, you know, evil is prevalent 227 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:03,100 and You know, but you know evils only going to continue if you 228 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:06,700 don't shed the light in it. So it's like you have you have 229 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,500 you have all these, you know, different people that are like 230 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:11,300 all. Let's just let's just huddle 231 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:14,400 here and cluster and just talk that's not what we're called to 232 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,700 do with call to go out into the world and be the hands. 233 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:21,300 And feet will also be the light and be the thing. 234 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,700 It doesn't have to necessarily be where, you know, you're 235 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:26,800 shoving, Jesus down people's throats, being the light. 236 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:32,100 I feel like is enough to To show people that you're different and 237 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:33,200 showing people that you're different. 238 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,800 Doesn't mean they they might come to Jesus right then and 239 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:42,300 there A lot of times it does but you know, people have choices in 240 00:14:42,300 --> 00:14:45,600 life and I feel when we and I feel like when we stop getting 241 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:52,000 hung up on, Oh, you know, the our mission is to share the 242 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,800 word, but it's up to others to receive it. 243 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:59,600 So today, I got home to little tangent there. 244 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,400 But you said being equal, yolks that really jumped form you 245 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,600 because a lot of the times people want to just get marriage 246 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,100 because they feel he's going to answer all the bad dating 247 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:10,900 history of their life. Right. 248 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:13,300 It is like dating a my opinion. I didn't know any. 249 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:16,900 This does I got saved like nine years ago and it's been a long A 250 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:21,000 rough process. But when I was dating, when I 251 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,100 was younger, I was really just practicing separation. 252 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:27,400 Yeah, you know, it was like, you just get into this mindset was 253 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,300 like, how well I don't like this about this individual, six 254 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:32,700 months into it and so on to the next, right? 255 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:34,900 And that was the this worldly mentality. 256 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:39,100 So really taking a serious approach and being like, hey I 257 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:42,100 want to be equally yoked and do we have the same things in mind 258 00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:45,000 as huge amount of opinion? And then what stored up in our 259 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,800 hearts is going to flow out of our mouths? 260 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,700 I like what we talked about whether we're like on the mic 261 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:53,400 off the mic, just in our conversations like It's going to 262 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,800 words. What is in our heart is going to 263 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,500 flow? Like, when I was younger, I used 264 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:58,300 to have a lot of conversations that are nothing. 265 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:02,000 Like they are now as a man. No, but I was a boy about like a 266 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,100 boy, as a man. I'm thinking, like a man. 267 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:08,000 So here and was flown out of your heart is important to me 268 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,800 and some other key things demonstrating. 269 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,900 Being the hands and feet. Like, we're not looking to fill 270 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:18,200 the church today or tomorrow when this episode airs, there 271 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,300 may be somebody who hears this episode who lives in West 272 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:24,300 Reading or in Douglasville, Pottstown Philadelphia, any of 273 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:28,000 these small, you know, local cities all around the country 274 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:31,900 and they may hear this and in 10 months they may just wake up and 275 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:34,700 be like yo, I'm gonna go up to that church today because 276 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:38,600 something Mike said or Rodney said stuck with me and I just 277 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,800 couldn't let it go because it was different than what I was 278 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:41,800 hearing at work. Work. 279 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,700 It was different than what I was hearing in the world. 280 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,200 It was different than what I was hearing when I went to shoot 281 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,200 pool with guys after work and chase tail and none of that 282 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,300 brings any completion in my life. 283 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,200 We don't always know the ripple effect and that's why this is 284 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:59,000 important, and then you said, Jesus sends us out. 285 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,500 Yeah, he sends us out two at a time. 286 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:02,300 You think about a man, and a woman. 287 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:04,500 We leave our parents. We leave our mother, and our 288 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:06,599 father. We cling to our wife. 289 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:10,400 So, we're in marriage, you're already, you're one, but you're 290 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,099 too. So when Jesus sent the disciples 291 00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:14,099 out, he was like, yo, I'm sending y'all out of two at a 292 00:17:14,108 --> 00:17:16,599 time. So like, you never really walk 293 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:20,200 alone and I think that that's like, most man's desire. 294 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,400 Like most men were like, First off, we want to be respected, 295 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,400 but we want to be loved and seen and recognized. 296 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:32,500 And God gives a wife. And this is talked about. 297 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:36,300 I think his style Solomon says, it may be. 298 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,900 No, David says it, huh? One of them. 299 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:40,600 Are you guys know? I'm not good with remembering 300 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,400 exactly the name of the book and the person who said it. 301 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:50,000 But I remember the meat of it. He says I found the one who my 302 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,700 heart loves. There's a difference between a 303 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:58,900 woman of the world and a wife from the Lord, and he who finds 304 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:03,400 a wife from the Lord finds favor with God, but all of us are in 305 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,200 progress. So if anybody is struggling 306 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,100 through your marriage right now, you're thinking about getting 307 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:10,200 married, but you're scared because of what you seen your 308 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,900 sister go through your cousin. Maybe you've been through, 309 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:17,000 you've been divorced and heartbroken seeking God. 310 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,000 First seeking his kingdom will add on to us everything that we 311 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 need. To do time. 312 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:27,000 I just I'm Blown Away by you know, meeting just getting 313 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,900 connected with people all around the world at this point but now 314 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:33,800 locally that was a huge part of like when I met in first talk 315 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:38,700 with you Mike because I was going through a season where I 316 00:18:38,708 --> 00:18:42,400 was really lonely, like, I'm podcast, I'm getting hammered, 317 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,000 and ways that I don't normally talk about just rejected in 318 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,400 certain ways, but I knew God was just tugging me, keep going, 319 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:52,400 don't give up. And when our first conversation 320 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,700 we had over the phone, some of the things that we talked about 321 00:18:55,700 --> 00:18:58,800 and then just learn in, like, where you were at, what you were 322 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,500 doing and where your heart was, that was a wave of encouragement 323 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:05,100 for me. So, everything, you're sharing 324 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:08,000 here today, I know. Resonates with me, personally. 325 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,100 I'm edified by hearing you speak. 326 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,300 So, let's kind of like, wind down here a little bit. 327 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:17,700 Do you want to tell people where they can find you and just 328 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:21,100 anything that, you know, close this out? 329 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:23,700 What do you think is relevant for the younger generation? 330 00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:26,900 The millennial generation older generation to hear, what would 331 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:29,300 be your advice to the body of Christ? 332 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,000 Yes, but, I mean, especially for the younger generation, I feel 333 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,000 like we are You know, we have this mindset that we're in the 334 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,200 shadow of the older generation and especially in a church 335 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,600 setting. I feel like you know, we we have 336 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,900 a lot to offer the church but I feel like necessarily we feel 337 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:52,100 like oh I can't or I'm not and even as a church you know, the 338 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:54,300 church body as a whole. I mean if there's a you know you 339 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:56,600 I'm sure you have listeners that are, you know, above the young 340 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,500 adult a you know, really pouring into the Young Adult Ministry 341 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:03,100 and the Next Generation even student age high school 342 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,800 students. It's like all and especially 343 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,500 working. I also as a student leader and I 344 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:13,600 see these kids who have potential in their life, but 345 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,400 they struggle with the just garbage that's in high schools 346 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,400 nowadays. And I feel like, you know, in 347 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:26,700 Our Generations were called to Shepherd, the generation below 348 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:28,500 us. And we know. 349 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:32,500 So I would say, the biggest thing is, if you're in the young 350 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,700 adult age and your Or, you know, a struggling. 351 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:38,600 Because for me, it was a struggle for finding Christian 352 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,600 Community. It's like I had friends but I 353 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,800 wouldn't hang out with them a lot because of the activities, 354 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,700 they would get themselves into or the things that they like and 355 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:50,200 enjoy that. I don't enjoy because of being 356 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,100 partaking of the world. And so, my biggest prayer for a 357 00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:56,400 while was that God show me Christian Community and show me 358 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,000 friends that I can put trust into and share you know my life 359 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,600 with and you know he's done that. 360 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,200 It. He's done that through me, 361 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,000 answering a call that he had me, if that makes sense. 362 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,400 So like he called Pete, he was like all right. 363 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:16,500 You know, there's people within the church that are here for you 364 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:21,100 but you guys haven't been on that relational aspect yet 365 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:24,000 because there's nothing here to be relational about. 366 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,000 So then you know, when we started the group, it started it 367 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,600 was rough in the beginning because it's like we've there 368 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,900 was a lot of young adults have been coming to this church for a 369 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:34,000 while. But, you know, and this This is 370 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,100 what I feel like sometimes happens in the church. 371 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:38,000 It's like come to church on a Sunday. 372 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,500 We know there's other people in our age groups that exist but we 373 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:45,400 don't get connected with them. We're not growing spiritually 374 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,000 with one another. So when we started the group it 375 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,700 was hard to kind of mold what that look like. 376 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:53,200 Because there were so many people that are in this group 377 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,600 that, we know each other, but don't know, each other. 378 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,800 And then, as time kind of kind of felt, you know, progress, we 379 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:06,000 were like, you know, this group Program, like, you can call it a 380 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,200 program, but like the order of like, how this group is 381 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:15,000 operating was in substantial for what we needed as young adults. 382 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,200 And then that's when we kind of, you know, dropped off into our 383 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,900 own Ministry and kind of pushed into, you know, deeper 384 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:25,600 conversation topics that are specific to us and how they 385 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,200 relate to us in the times that we go through. 386 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:33,300 So yeah, I would say, God definitely opened up a whole 387 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:36,300 world. Wind when I saw it to get 388 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:42,200 connected and build something that didn't didn't one point 389 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,400 exist. Yeah, so yeah, yeah, definitely. 390 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,000 Just, you know, if you're in the, you know, reading Berks 391 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,300 County area, were we meet every other Sunday? 392 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:57,200 You can find our website at my grace, church.com young adults, 393 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,900 and we have a whole calendar there with the different events 394 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:03,700 in our meeting times and stuff like that. 395 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:07,200 We're we're kind of like what we're in. 396 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,600 We did a book study with crazy Faith by Michael Todd, which was 397 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:16,400 a really a really cool, really eye-opening book. 398 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,900 And yeah, and we love to just bring different perspectives to 399 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,600 the table. It's like, you know, I feel like 400 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:26,500 there isn't, you know there's you know, one God, one father, 401 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:30,200 son, Holy Spirit. Like you other than that there's 402 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,100 so many ways of interpreting kind of what God's Speaks to 403 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:37,300 different different people and, you know, different people's 404 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:40,600 experiences have different impacts on people's lives. 405 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:46,600 So and we definitely definitely opened up those realms for for 406 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,300 this group and Ministry that we're in. 407 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:53,600 So see if you're in the it's ages, 18 to 30 and we're just 408 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:58,200 looking to connect with one another and continue to grow the 409 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,100 relationships. That seems like the world 410 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:04,200 already has the world. Aren't the world are He has 411 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,400 these deep connections with one another and people and on and 412 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,100 it's funny because it's like we see it. 413 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:12,600 It's like people are willing to put themselves in Risk danger 414 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,900 for other people. It can be even with like you 415 00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:21,100 know, alcohol drugs sex money. It's like everybody's willing to 416 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:25,100 put themselves in positions that they, you know, it's not, you 417 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:28,000 know that where they're at having to step, you know, stick 418 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,600 their neck out for somebody just to get connected. 419 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,400 Just feel like they're a part of something. 420 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,900 Yeah, there's a better way. So much better ways. 421 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,900 And it's like, sometimes it doesn't. 422 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:40,200 And I feel like as a church, we sometimes do a disservice to 423 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,900 people because it's like we we are called to be that bridge for 424 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:47,100 one another. And if we're not being that 425 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:50,200 bridge for people, then where are they going to go to get 426 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,700 communities? Are going to go to the world 427 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:55,500 because as human beings, we Thrive off of community, God 428 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:58,100 calls us in the Bible to be in community with one. 429 00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:01,300 Another grow each other up, sharpen each other, and it's 430 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:04,100 like, if we're not doing that in the church then Are we going to 431 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:06,900 do that at? And and that doesn't even mean 432 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:10,700 the church physical building. Yeah, it's like within the 433 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:13,700 dresslink we are called to be the church. 434 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:17,100 Some people get that Twisted to it's like you know the church 435 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:21,400 building even though yes. Like this is a space that we 436 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,800 come we worship. We hear message connect with one 437 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,000 another. We are the church. 438 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,500 We are what's more important is connecting with people loving 439 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:34,400 one another and as like and The other thing I would also 440 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,300 encourage the listeners is to really walk in love. 441 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:41,500 I've had different experiences in my life where love is hard to 442 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:47,100 do sometimes and you know I feel like as God has shifted and is 443 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:49,800 continuing to soften and change my heart. 444 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,800 Love just comes out for people that like man, like it was hard 445 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,600 to love this person or that person, but I feel like that 446 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,200 God's opened up a whole new realm of insight for me. 447 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:06,600 And it kind of Of how how my life supposed to supposed to 448 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,300 impact the world. It's been an honor to have you 449 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:15,000 here on the show man, and I love seeing how God is getting this. 450 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:19,400 This Broadband message to men, women all across our country is 451 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,500 one time. Yeah, thanks well that's it. 452 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:26,300 That's the show Christianity is not a club. 453 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:31,100 We walk this thing out by faith. It's a lifestyle coming to you 454 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:34,500 from Southeastern Pennsylvania. God Bless America. 455 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:36,200 Goodbye.