1 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:17,200 City post Sup we back welcome to another episode of build equip 2 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,120 send It's not only the title of the podcast, but most 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,640 importantly, it's the mission of the church. 4 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,480 My name is Hector and I'm here with. 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,360 Pastor Ricky, what's up everybody? 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,960 Hope you guys are doing great. Man, and I was going to jump 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:30,240 into this one. Straight up bro. 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,640 Got to make that money, man. Like straight up bro. 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:39,840 My first question like where did this title? 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,560 Where did discernment series? Like where did all this come 11 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,360 from, man? So I was, I was thinking about 12 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:52,560 doing a series on on money finances because I feel like a 13 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,920 lot of people have been asking about it. 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,200 People have been talking about it. 15 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,560 You hear the whole like, oh, you got to take Dave Ramsey's like 16 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:05,800 financial university and money is, is it's big in our culture 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,200 right now, the economy, like how the tears, like all these 18 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,880 questions, all these unknowns and but but I think a lot of it 19 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,680 has like what is our relationship with money? 20 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,160 So it's not this whole idea of like, how do I make it? 21 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,880 It's no like how do like, what are my thoughts about it 22 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,360 according to the scriptures? And I think the the more we see 23 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,960 like what the Bible says about money and about finances and 24 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:35,440 about stewardship, it's going to it's going to help us. 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,720 It's going to help our families is going to help us in the long 26 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,160 run. It's going to help how we see 27 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,000 things. So I thought about like, you 28 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,920 know, we call it like, Hey, financial giving, you know, 29 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,880 being rich and all that stuff. But honestly it what it comes 30 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,480 down to is all of these teachings is when you love 31 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,920 something more than Jesus, including money, it don't go 32 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,960 well, it doesn't end well for anybody. 33 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,080 So the love of money is what I thought about. 34 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,440 And then I thought about Bone Thugs. 35 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,040 For some reason, I was just probably listening to something 36 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,960 in my car. And that's, yeah, it just kept 37 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,880 reiterating in my mind. I was like, man, let's just call 38 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:09,759 it. That's hard, bro. 39 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,280 Yeah, yeah. And then the the background you 40 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:17,040 chose too for the for the screen and like dintro bro like that is 41 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,800 dope. AI is amazing, man. 42 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:22,800 Yeah, I just thought it was I, I, you know, I told people like, 43 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,640 I'm actually, I know it's going to sound weird, but I am an 44 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:31,440 artistic person. Like I, I love, like change. 45 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,560 I like art. I like not doing the same thing 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,680 over and over again. And, and the backdrops actually 47 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,000 help tell the story and it helps with the sermons, you know, so 48 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,640 it's not just, oh, it's just, you know, it's not, it's not, 49 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:48,200 it's not just something to put up there, right? 50 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,600 It helps people remember there's there's a point to everything. 51 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,240 Absolutely, man, that's something me and that's what 52 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,240 we're talking about after the sermon and like kind of just 53 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,760 looking at, you know, everything from the easy worship side and 54 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,360 the software and everything running on that. 55 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,800 The graphics have been on point. Like especially I think I saw a 56 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:11,160 difference in the previous sermon series with Fight Club, 57 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,200 you know, like that graphic was crazy. 58 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,520 The graphics used from everything from worship to, you 59 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,280 know, the slides throughout the sermon. 60 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,840 Like, it definitely helps. I'm a very visual like learner 61 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,760 so it brings that to life. And even like if we could just 62 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,800 geek out a little bit more, the colours, set moods, colours help 63 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,040 guide stories. I mean, even like the, the 64 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,240 background, the graphics for the song, you know, like if we, if 65 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,080 we have a very like Worshipful song and you use the wrong 66 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,080 background, it, it actually could become a distraction. 67 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,640 So the, the backgrounds actually set the pace and the moods and, 68 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,760 and I don't know, it just ties it all together. 69 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,520 So there's a reason and there's a purpose for all this 70 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,440 creativity. I think God uses all of it, you 71 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,560 know, so everything is very thought out. 72 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,880 Everything is very intentional. It's not just, oh, let's see 73 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,640 what we could throw up there. Like Nah, dude, like it's it's 74 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,800 all very thought through. So I always like try to explain 75 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,880 that to some people that don't really like see. 76 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,960 The big picture. But yeah, like Harlem and even 77 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,320 when she, the way that she chooses her sly, I mean, it's 78 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,360 it's great. And then when we put scripture 79 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,519 up there, like some of the stuff points to it. 80 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,520 So I think it highlights it beautifully. 81 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,240 I know I'm a dork about this stuff. 82 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,880 I I really enjoy it. Yeah man, and that passion 83 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,160 definitely resonates in the sermons and the visual 84 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,360 presentation of it too. The congregation and those 85 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,000 watching online now shout out Sangwan behind the Cam getting 86 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:46,160 the live stream going 'cause it ain't easy I. 87 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,600 Love, I love when people like people will like come and 88 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,400 mention something. I'm like, all right, cool, why 89 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,520 don't you go learn how to do it then, you know, And then they're 90 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,480 just looking at me like I'm speaking Chinese. 91 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,240 Math it's like. It's not as it's not as easy as 92 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,400 you think it is. There's some training involved 93 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,080 and some knowledge, so you ain't just back there pushing buttons. 94 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,280 Yes, yeah, man. The our worship team is 95 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:12,560 specifically like guys with audio and video make it look 96 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:13,920 really easy. It's not. 97 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,920 It's not, dude. Yeah, Carla's the real MVP back 98 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,840 there because she shows up so faithfully, bro. 99 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:22,680 And like, you know, I know for me personally, like, I would 100 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,840 fold if something like was kind of like, and everybody turns 101 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:28,040 back. It's like, bro, where's the 102 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,640 lyrics? Like, I, I know I'd freak out. 103 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Yeah. To be honest with you, because, 104 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,240 and that's the that's the thing. It's like, because I know who's 105 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,080 back there, I'm like, this is a technology thing. 106 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,880 This ain't a personal burn. The people back there gonna fix 107 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:43,600 it. Facts. 108 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,360 Any words? Don't you know, saying like, and 109 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,000 I was telling, I was telling Andres, I know we're on a 110 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,120 different topic, but I was talking Andres afterward. 111 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,800 I was like, bro, you just got baptized by fire. 112 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,760 Like, man, I was like, this is great. 113 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,600 I was like, this happens to like all the leaders. 114 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,680 Like, dude, I can't, I can't tell you how many times I went 115 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,520 to go preach or speak somewhere and the PowerPoint didn't show 116 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,040 up or my notes weren't on the screen. 117 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,680 And you're like, all right, just give me one second. 118 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,560 Let me go to the bathroom for 5 minutes, get my mind right. 119 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,120 And now instead of just showing it I have to like lead. 120 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,040 People to it. It happens all the time. 121 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,520 You just got to stay ready. So I think it was a great thing, 122 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,000 like just to get that under your belt. 123 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:33,600 And as a pastor, like I see it as this is a great lesson that 124 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,480 you better be prepared because if you can't see the, the the 125 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,000 lyrics, what are you going? To do right. 126 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,440 Like, you better know this stuff, You know, like what if 127 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,800 all the power turns off you, you, you got to still, we can 128 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,800 still worship, right? You got to lead us. 129 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,600 So it's good to like really, it's a great reminder to really 130 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,680 come prepared. And I think that's that's the 131 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,640 Lord uses these situations to teach us and mold us, man. 132 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,120 Yeah, and I think that's a great segue into a quote from the 133 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,280 sermon, which is ultimately a biggie quote. 134 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,760 You know, we got this brand new, beautiful building, bro, but 135 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,520 more money, more problems, man. We got more equipment, more 136 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,120 technical difficulties, more team to lead, more team to 137 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,960 train, you know, and look at the impact, though. 138 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,080 Like it. Yeah, Yeah. 139 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,760 Guys not doing it for nothing. That's right. 140 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:26,000 You know, So yeah, man, that's a that's something, you know, my 141 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,880 pastor, homie, you know, he, he a bar ologist, you know, yeah, 142 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,120 man. So all with the references in 143 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,160 there especially is like, man, we'll be safe. 144 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:37,760 More money, more problems, right. 145 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,080 So, so break that down. Like where did that inspiration 146 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,760 come from? And like, how do you tie it to 147 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,080 the scriptures for those who may not have seen the sermon or 148 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,080 well. It's this whole idea that if I 149 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:52,640 just had enough money, then all my problems would go away. 150 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,400 Like that's that's the whole thing. 151 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,520 The reason I'm struggling, the reason why things in my life are 152 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,680 not working. The everything ties to this 153 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,240 whole idea of if I could only make more. 154 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,120 And the truth is, is like, you can, if you want, you can work 3 155 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,280 or 4 jobs. You could have all these side 156 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,120 hustles. You could, you can bring in all 157 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,760 the money in the world, but if your heart is not right, if your 158 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,040 head's not right, if your mind's not right, like what does, what 159 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,520 does the Bible say? Like what does it mean to gain 160 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,320 the whole world but yet lose your soul? 161 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,440 You could, you could make all the money in the world, but if 162 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,480 you don't understand what it's for, like how God has gifted 163 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,760 that to you, you're going to end up with more problems. 164 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:39,200 Like thanks. So it's not more money, more 165 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,760 solutions. It's more money, more problems. 166 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:48,120 Now, don't get me wrong, because having money, it does help, but 167 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,120 if if you don't understand it, you don't utilize it, well, it's 168 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,760 going to go away. So that's why we need to stick 169 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,840 to these biblical principles of, of managing money and what God 170 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,320 has to say about it. And, and that he's the giver, 171 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,480 He's the one, everything belongs to him and it and I think if 172 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,120 people would understand that, life would be a little bit 173 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,120 easier. As real bro, it's a lot of 174 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,240 wisdom there. And I love like again, how you 175 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,640 tie it back to to philosophers of different times, you know, 176 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,640 with notorious BIG Christopher Wallace. 177 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,080 But you know, shifting gears a little bit like that's a lot of 178 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,520 wisdom there. What is a what does Pastor Wiki 179 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,760 say for? For those who don't know, yeah, 180 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,760 man, shut up. Big prayer in the group text, 181 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,400 man. But what's like kind of some 182 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,440 some wisdom when it comes to finances that you've learned 183 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:41,120 maybe from a mentor or book or just kind of like any in your 184 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,280 own wisdom? Yeah, it's this whole idea of 185 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,920 being careful with debt and that will, it's not just debt, it's 186 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:54,800 the interest rates. So if I borrow money at 20% that 187 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,720 like so for every dollar I borrow, I have to pay $0.20, you 188 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:04,080 know, so it's not just borrowing money, it is how much how much I 189 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,040 have to pay back on top of the money that I borrowed. 190 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,880 And the Bible is very clear, you know, in Proverbs it says like 191 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,200 how you are a slave to the borrower, you know, so it 192 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:19,480 doesn't free you up. And in a lot of us are doing 193 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,840 well. Like I've had buddies like 194 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,880 graduate college with tons of school loans, get these crazy 195 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:32,200 jobs, but they're paying, you know, 1500 eighteen $100 a month 196 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:36,480 for the next 15 years because they borrowed 200 three 197 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,120 $100,000. You know, so it's like having 198 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,640 another mortgage. What if maybe, you know, you 199 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,480 would have, it would have taken you a lot longer to go to 200 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,040 school, but you would have worked or paid for it yourself 201 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,200 or not taking so many loans or been a little bit smarter with 202 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,480 your living situation. So it, when you have all of this 203 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,120 debt, it actually kind of holds you down. 204 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,040 It, it, it buries you in things. And I think the, that's one of 205 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,640 the biggest lessons I've learned is how do you utilize money 206 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,080 without high interest or, or having to tag that on top, you 207 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,280 know, so it's, it's helpful. So for me, that's one of the 208 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,360 things, and honestly, the other big lesson that I've learned in 209 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,000 life is that none of this belongs to us. 210 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,440 It all belongs to the Lord. Come on. 211 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:29,480 Seriously, like I've grown up seeing that where where people 212 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,240 like just it ain't mine anyway, you know, like the the 213 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,800 generosity that I've seen people that I've experienced. 214 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,800 I remember growing up as a kid and my dad, like we would, there 215 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,840 would be a guest pastor or somebody that came from out of 216 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:48,880 town, we'd go to 711 and dude would get like some coffee or 217 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,280 some drinks and they were like fighting over who's going to 218 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,120 pay. And my dad is like, no, like I'm 219 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,480 paying. And I just remember him like 220 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,200 saying, like the Bible says, like you take care of men of 221 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,280 God, you know, like, so it's like all these like these 222 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,200 principles of generosity and giving and taking care of your 223 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,400 brothers and sisters in Christ. And if I got it, I'll, I always 224 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,440 say if I got it, I'll give it. And if I don't, I won't. 225 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,720 You know, it's like that's that's it's that simple. 226 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:15,440 My pastor. Got. 227 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,240 It's hers. It's that easy. 228 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:19,840 Yeah. So I mean it. 229 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,440 Everything belongs to God. It's not mine. 230 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:25,440 You know, you could lose it all. And and like they say, you never 231 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,520 see a hearse behind. I mean, a, a U-Haul behind a 232 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,000 hearse. Yeah. 233 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,320 So what? You're saving it all for? 234 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:31,720 Thanks. You don't take it with you. 235 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,640 No, man. Hey, that's that's a lot of 236 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:39,080 wisdom there bro, for sure. So you touched on a lot of 237 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:43,920 biblical principles and, you know, this past Sunday we were 238 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,680 in the book of Malachi, you know, and that's one of them. 239 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:48,920 But I didn't even know where it was at in the Bible, for real. 240 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:50,560 Had to go in that table of context. 241 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:52,000 Tries to figure that no shame in that you. 242 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:58,240 Know so but like that was a great lesson, but is do you want 243 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,200 to kind of highlight something from that or is there anywhere 244 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,360 else in the Bible that's really like kind of been something 245 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,760 that's open your eyes to learning how to be a better 246 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,240 store to money. Yeah, and I think with the the 247 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,440 book of Malachi, what like when you study the book, what I 248 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,000 didn't realize was the messianic prophecies that are tied to it, 249 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:22,040 but also the way that Israel was acting and, and, and that, you 250 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,080 know, that right there. I was like, wow, that's that's 251 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,320 us. It's a great example, you know, 252 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,840 and, and how they're, they're yelling at God and they're, 253 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,000 they're kind of demanding things from God and God's like, no, no, 254 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,880 no, like I'm trying, but you guys are the ones that need to 255 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,280 turn to me, you know, so, so for me it, it was like their 256 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,560 attitude, like their heart behind what they were asking 257 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:45,720 for. And then I think God is so 258 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:50,600 loving that he's like, listen, if you just turn back, you know, 259 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,640 like, do what I asked you to because I love you, turn back to 260 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,320 me and I'm going, I'll turn right back to you. 261 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,920 Like I, it's that simple. But the pride in their hearts, 262 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:02,600 the arrogance, they, they thought that they knew what they 263 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,880 were doing and not just hard headedness. 264 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,600 And for like, for me, I saw that there was that one detail. 265 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,720 I was like man, how how God is waiting for us to come back to 266 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,920 him? Man, our father. 267 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,520 We don't just run laps, run circles. 268 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:24,360 Man there, there's so much there to unpack, man like yeah, bro, 269 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:29,080 yeah, but that's that's a great, I think example of God the 270 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,640 Father is like bro, just come back to me like yeah, yeah, you 271 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,280 wiling out? Yeah, you tripping. 272 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,320 Yeah, like finances may not be straight, yeah, fill in the 273 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,440 blank or whatever, but your father is still like yearning 274 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,600 for you, right, man. And that's, I don't know, that's 275 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,960 just, that's something that really stood out to me. 276 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,720 Like that was a highlight from the sermon. 277 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,880 And, you know, listening back to it again today is one of those 278 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,400 like Holy Spirit, just like, like, when are you going to 279 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,400 listen, bro? Because, you know, I'm, I'm 280 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,400 still human. I still I've called short like 281 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,480 we all are, you know, So that's that's a humbling reminder from 282 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,200 from the Father to the Holy Spirit and ultimately, like just 283 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,240 giving thanks to to Jesus for that sacrifice to even give me 284 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,960 access. And even even like how God 285 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,880 responds to them because he, he lets them know he's like, the 286 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,720 reason you're struggling is not because you don't have, it's 287 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,880 because you don't steward right, 'cause you're, I'm giving you 288 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,840 what you need, but it's a stewardship issue and you're not 289 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,920 giving me what I deserve. So it, it just kind of shows 290 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,760 like our, our struggles are tied with our stewardship. 291 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,200 So it's not a systemic issue where it's like, no, it's just 292 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,160 because the way that the system is set up. 293 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,040 But I mean, we could blame the whole world. 294 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,920 Like let's just be real. We we can. 295 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,360 But then I've just never seen broke people with $1000 iPhone, 296 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,160 you know what I mean? Like how you broke, you know, 297 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,880 like you have subscriptions and, and yeah, memberships. 298 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,840 And so it, it's a stewardship right issue. 299 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,480 You know, I'm not calling anybody out. 300 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,840 Please don't e-mail me. I'm just this is just examples 301 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,400 you know? Any complaints in the John Ocha? 302 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,000 Johnocha@gmail.com. We love you, we miss you, we 303 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,480 really hope you feel. Yeah, bro, come tomorrow, Yeah, 304 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,280 for the show. Man, so you kind of hit on a few 305 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,200 things leading into my next question, bro. 306 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,880 But is there any part of, you know, the sermon, whether it was 307 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,280 in preparation, whether it was the teaching on Sunday, that was 308 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,120 like something that really stood out to you, like maybe a 309 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,160 highlight or a lesson or something you maybe didn't get a 310 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:45,960 chance to like touch on? You know, I think Malachi 310, I 311 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,720 wanted to go deeper into that verse just for time sake. 312 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,200 We didn't, right. But even I'm going to pull it up 313 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,160 real quick, so I'll misquote it. But Malachi 310 is a is a verse 314 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,040 that we always learn. But for me, what really stood 315 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,920 out? Everybody knows 310 verse 11, 316 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:07,640 like I've never heard verse 11 preached. 317 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,960 I've never heard verse verse 11 mentioned and how verse 11, he 318 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,960 says this is God. He said I will prevent pests 319 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,640 from devouring your crops and the vines in your fields will 320 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:24,040 not drop their fruit before it is ripe, says the Lord Almighty. 321 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:30,160 So he's like, I'm not just going to bless your, your giving, but 322 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:34,000 I'm going to protect it. That's huge. 323 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:39,400 Like that's, that's like, so that means that it's not going 324 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,400 to go over way overnight. Like things are not going to 325 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,800 come to take it. That means like I'm going to 326 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,440 sustain it. Like it's going to be continual, 327 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,800 right? You know, like, so as as long as 328 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,360 you keep doing this, there's no end insight. 329 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,960 And even when things try to come at you to, to take, they're not 330 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,520 going to devour it. Like that's a protection bro. 331 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:02,240 God. Like for me, when I saw that, I 332 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,240 was like, wow, that's something I have not paid attention to. 333 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:12,760 Right bang, bro strong for real and then like the question 334 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,960 that's about to follow it like I love that answer and like it's a 335 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,560 a testament to God's like omnipotence, you know, just see 336 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,120 controlling everything. But on the tails of that, 337 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:27,120 something that really stood out to me is like breaking down that 338 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:29,720 quote from essentially robbing God. 339 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:33,840 And like coming off of that was like, bro, like I will protect 340 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,200 you. You know, I will protect you. 341 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,560 Make sure you all this like, you know, if you're faithful, you 342 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,560 know, And then as we're going into fall and kind of like the 343 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,280 harvest season and you know, like first fruits and all that 344 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,240 stuff, man. But us robbing God and 345 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,240 withholding those first fruits in our ties and our offering 346 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,640 like bro, that's one of them is like hit me in a chest. 347 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,480 Yeah, that whole robbing God, because it's like how you rob 348 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,200 God, Like there's no way. And God's like everything I own. 349 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,280 I give you everything. All I require is 10%. 350 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,840 Yeah, man. And then you rob me. 351 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:12,080 Like I think he, he uses those terms to help people understand. 352 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:13,840 It's like robbing the storehouse. 353 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,920 It's like robbing from the church. 354 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,800 You don't like that's you really got to like be on something 355 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,320 else. If you steal man from a church, 356 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,080 like you know what I mean? Like, yeah, that's hard. 357 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,280 Man. Yeah, man. 358 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,840 Yeah, but then God's like ain't none to play with at all. 359 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,680 Like don't don't rob from my storehouse. 360 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,640 And again, like, Lord forgive me, I'm just a hood visual 361 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,680 learner, but I'm thinking like AYN with a Scheiste running in. 362 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:48,400 Like then you get that guy. Like, yeah, crazy man. 363 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,880 It's just not something to play with. 364 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,200 No, it's not. And, and even as a pastor, like 365 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,400 I, I take the, the finances of the church to give him very 366 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,600 serious. You know, it's, it's very 367 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,120 protected. It's watched over. 368 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,680 There's accountability there. Yeah. 369 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,760 It's just not something that you want to just like it's made a 370 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,120 mistake now, man. It's, it doesn't belong to me. 371 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:15,320 So if we want God to continue to bless it, you know, we we got to 372 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,480 make sure we steward it well. Man, and that literally like 373 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,040 ties into the next segment brothers like the the 374 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,760 explanation of stewardship you gave is like it's not one of the 375 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,640 other is both, it's both. And can you break that down, 376 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:28,320 please? Yeah. 377 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,600 So when you look at the definition of stewardship, it is 378 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,760 managing everything that belongs to God or that everything that 379 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,760 God has given you. And in the Scripture, there's 380 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,680 two things that tie to stewardship. 1 is management and 381 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,880 one is generosity. Well, you, you constantly see 382 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,600 that theme in scripture. So if I manage, but yet I'm not 383 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,720 generous, all I'm going to do is hoard and all I'm going to do is 384 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,960 give to myself and I'm not going to help nobody else. 385 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:59,080 So I'm going to live life with a close fist. 386 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,760 If I'm generous, but I don't manage, then I'm be broke it all 387 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,480 the way, you know, So it it's you have to be both. 388 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,880 You know, it's like the parable of the talents that Jesus talks 389 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,640 about. You know, he gives the king 390 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,680 gives everybody some talents. One guy goes and hides some 391 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,400 because he's worried he's going to lose it, but one goes and 392 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,600 multiplies it like he's he's responsible with it and he's 393 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,720 blessed because of that. So it's the same thing. 394 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,080 Like you'd get, you take what God's given you and you manage 395 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,920 it well, you know, So it's you have to and then you could be 396 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,880 generous with it. Right, right, right. 397 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,680 That's one of those another one that just kind of hit me upside 398 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,840 the head with the Holy Spirit because it's like Saturday I've 399 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,720 I listen to just kind of while I was cleaning around the house. 400 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,960 Philip Anthony's Mitchell Philip Anthony Mitchell breaking down 401 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,760 the parable of the talents, you know, and like being and they 402 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,920 kind of being convicted of not being the best steward. 403 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,200 I could be not being a great steward with the talents that 404 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,960 God's giving me, whether it's this camera with stuff from the 405 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,160 socials, whether like, you know, how I'm leading my family, like 406 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,040 my nieces, my nephews, my brother, like it was one of 407 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,000 those things Holy Spirit just came and really like cave my 408 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,080 chest in with a little bit, you know, and it's based on, you 409 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,240 know, I have we talked about this a little bit before we were 410 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,360 recorded, but just like some check insurance with some really 411 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:30,160 good friends of mine is like, you know, we're always trying to 412 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,920 push each other to do good, do great, to be our best versions 413 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,160 of ourselves. And you know, in these three 414 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,920 separate conversations, something that just kind of kept 415 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,320 hitting me was like, bro, I'm just trying to be a great 416 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,360 steward and a great leader. And then we come to church on 417 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:48,440 Sunday, you know, like brother did that breakdown, the 418 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,760 stewardship of management and generosity because you know, of, 419 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,720 you know, just be honest. I'm finally stepping into a 420 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:00,280 season where I'm being a better manager of my finances, you 421 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,400 know, after some bad decisions with some bad decisions will 422 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,200 like just where my money's been going, like just some bad 423 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,000 habits. But the part that I really like 424 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,680 smacked me that I wasn't ready for was management and 425 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:15,840 generosity. Like I'm. 426 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,840 Generosity. Part right, you know, because 427 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,720 I'm doing better and I didn't even grade at like with my 428 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,280 tides. But what am I really doing to 429 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,800 bring an offering to the Lord or to his people? 430 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,240 You know, like that's one of those things that it just really 431 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,960 hit me, bro. Like I think of generosity as 432 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,160 man, like when somebody gives to the church, like through food or 433 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:41,880 something as small as paper plates or like, you know what? 434 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,640 The church needs this. Let me let me go get it. 435 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,080 Let me go bring it. I have an extra couch. 436 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,840 You want it like that, that right there. 437 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:53,480 That's generosity because you could easily be like, oh man, 438 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,440 I'm almost sell this thing on Facebook marketplace, you know, 439 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,920 like I'm a hoard all this stuff. I can make money off of this. 440 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,240 And yeah, like, I get it. If you need it, go for it. 441 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,760 Seriously. Like it's not a bad thing. 442 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,840 But I think there's times where we could say, Lord, I'd rather 443 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,160 give this to you, you know, like, I'd rather you just do it 444 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,360 with it. And I'll be honest, like Rach 445 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:19,400 and I, we don't care like to sell our stuff. 446 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:23,600 You know, like whenever we're done with something, we always 447 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,000 at like, who needs it, You know, like we're like, who needs it? 448 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,920 Or it's let's hold it for a garage sale that's going to 449 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,560 raise money for Air India trip or we know so and so is 450 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,880 pregnant, you know, let's hold it for them. 451 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,240 Like it's just always thinking about how we could bless 452 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,000 somebody, you know, and that that needs to be a practice. 453 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:44,600 That's so good. Man, as he said, like it's a, 454 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,880 it's a blessing to be a blessing, man, you know. 455 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:51,480 Horse Yeah, man. So just moving along is some 456 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,480 questions. Something else that stood out to 457 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,040 me from the sermon is like that you changed. 458 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,280 You haven't changed portion break like you. 459 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,160 Break that down, please. No, it was like kind of how they 460 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,880 were looking at the situation because the Israelites were like 461 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,040 God, like you're supposed to change. 462 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,240 Like you freed us from Egypt. Like if you, if you read the 463 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:18,560 book of Malachi, the grumbling that they're giving God, you 464 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,920 know, and what God is saying is like, I don't change. 465 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,440 Like the Bible says that like alpha and Omega, I'm the same 466 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,000 yesterday, today and forever, you know, like I don't change. 467 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,080 The problem is that you haven't changed. 468 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,720 So God is like, I stay righteous. 469 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,560 But also that's not the problem. The problem is that the 470 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,520 Israelites remain unrighteous, you know, so he's saying like 471 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,320 I'm, I'm taking care of you, I've always blessed you, but 472 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,040 y'all need to change. Like it's not the other way 473 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,120 around, right? You know? 474 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,240 Yeah. And I just use that as the 475 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,840 example like the high school, the the peaker in high. 476 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,240 School, yeah, man, it was a great example for sure. 477 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:05,240 And it's like, I don't know, again, how much do we take God 478 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,720 for granted, bro? Like in that not wanting to, you 479 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,240 know, I'll just be honest with myself, not wanting to change 480 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,440 and like some eating habits, you know, because that's, that's a 481 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,080 lot of where my poor store shit comes from because I want to 482 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:17,360 cook. So I'm gonna go to Whataburger. 483 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:21,120 It's real. Yeah, man, it's right. 484 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:24,080 And it's out of comfort or it's out of ease or, you know, things 485 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:29,400 that ultimately feed my flesh and I'm just not a good steward 486 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:30,080 of. That's right. 487 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,600 Yeah, man. Or it's like, not even that. 488 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:37,040 I think it's gotten worse in our culture because now it's not let 489 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,240 me just go hit up fat, let me go. 490 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,480 Now it's like, let me paint double and use DoorDash where 491 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,680 you know where I could go to Chipotle, get a bowl for like 492 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:52,720 $11.00 or I could get a bowl for $20 and then pay another 399 to 493 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,600 have it directly delivered to my house. 494 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:59,360 And then tip on top of that. So you're paying over $25 495 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,600 something that you would normally get for like 10. 496 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,880 That right there is when we talk about stewardship, like just 497 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,400 thinking now some people could do it. 498 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,240 Listen, if you can do it, man, all power to you, right? 499 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,840 But if there's some of us that are trying to like, get out of 500 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,520 debt and struggle a little bit like we, we need to be smarter 501 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,560 with our what? What God's given us, man, Yeah. 502 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,480 Yeah, bro. And that leads into to my final 503 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,840 like thought when God said test me, yes, test me with your 504 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,440 faithfulness, test me with your righteousness, you mean? 505 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,880 You know, it reminds me like, all right, so back in the day 506 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,040 there was this thing called Kings of Comedy, original Kings 507 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,040 of comedy. Or a pee Uncle Bernie. 508 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,800 Yeah, so, and, and I, I think it, I don't know if it was 509 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,640 Bernie Mac or Steve Harvey where he talks about how there were 510 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,480 some people that like, came in late and, and I was like, Oh 511 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,200 yeah, wish someone, I wish somebody would see it in my 512 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,480 seat. You know, it's like that whole 513 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,360 attitude, like I wish somebody would. 514 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,320 And honestly, that's what I thought about when when I read 515 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,880 this text, it was like, God's like, man, I wish somebody would 516 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:10,160 man, you know, put some ties in the storehouse, watch what 517 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,760 happens. And that's what God's saying is 518 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,120 like man, like test me in this, like just try it and see what 519 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:17,400 happens, you know. So God is, is almost like 520 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,080 enticing his people, right? And he's right. 521 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,400 And then he gives a promise to that test though. 522 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,880 Yeah, break that down. Yeah, 'cause he, he even says 523 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,880 it, he's like, see, if I don't throw open the floodgates of 524 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,960 heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be 525 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:35,080 room enough to store it. And I think that this promise is 526 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,840 not based off of material or finances. 527 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,280 It's, it's a blessing from the Lord. 528 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:45,200 He's like, man, watch me overwhelm you with my goodness 529 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:51,640 and my grace and my giving and watch, see if just just see me 530 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,160 work, you know, and I've seen that dude. 531 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:59,360 I could attest to it. So yeah, there's so many 532 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,200 examples in my mind. Yeah, man. 533 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,000 Or times when I'm like, man, I don't even know how this is 534 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,640 going to work. And then next thing you know, 535 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:10,360 it, someone comes and, you know, drop something off that we need 536 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,640 or offers furniture or you get home from a mission trip. 537 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,480 You got a brand new fence. Like, like what? 538 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:20,920 Yeah. I remember I told Ray said we 539 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,360 don't have money for that. And she's like, well, like, they 540 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,720 decided to work on your house. I was like, what? 541 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,640 Yeah, test me. Yeah, man, and that's something 542 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:36,360 like so convicting even right now, like God is saying test me 543 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:37,960 and like just see how I'm gonna show up. 544 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,240 But there's certain parts of whether it's my pride, whether 545 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:47,640 it's like my decisions, whether it's my stewardship that for 546 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,120 whatever reason, I'm just refusing to change in or 547 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,120 surrendering. And God is like, come on, 548 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:54,960 mensal, just come back. Like I got you. 549 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,920 Not only do I got you, I'm going to protect you. 550 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,360 Not only do I protect you, but like it's going to be more than 551 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,880 you ever even wish for, hope for, like prayed for. 552 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,320 And it's just like. You know where I see this in two 553 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,200 men, like you just gave me a thought relationships. 554 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:16,000 So you know, I remember when I when the Lord called me and I 555 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,280 say the story all the time when the Lord called me, I was like, 556 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,680 I'm going to follow you now, I'm going to follow you now and I 557 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,680 know what it means and I was like, I want I want a woman of 558 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:29,680 God. So if you're not aligned with 559 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,720 being a woman of God lining with my calling, my purpose, we just 560 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,440 going to be friends, you know, like and I just remember making 561 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:42,560 that decision. That is an example of test me in 562 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,520 this. Watch me pour out this blessing. 563 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,160 Boom, here comes rage. Boom, boom. 564 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,440 You know what I mean? Like it. 565 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,520 It's just like married way above my pay rate. 566 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,320 You know what I'm saying? So it's like this amazing woman 567 00:30:55,320 --> 00:31:00,200 that has come into my life and I didn't really like doing all I 568 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,720 did was like, all right, Laura, I'm gonna trust you. 569 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:07,320 But it just wasn't in the area of relationships because we're 570 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,600 going to see next week is Jesus says I need all of it. 571 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:14,520 It's all and I think a lot of people are not experiencing the 572 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,240 floodgates of heaven because they're giving in one area of 573 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,320 their life, but they're withholding in another and what 574 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,160 God what Jesus saying is like it's it's all or nothing. 575 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:28,800 So it is management and and generosity is both and following 576 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,560 Jesus is everything there. There ain't no both. 577 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,360 And it's just one thing. It's just everything, you know, 578 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,600 and that's the hard part. That's that's the honest 579 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,320 conversation that I had to have with myself. 580 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,360 So what does that mean? Like so that means like I, I had 581 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,760 to, there were some people had to cut off, You know, it like 582 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,160 it's something I was talking to. Ma'am. 583 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,280 I do Kevin with man. We were just chopping it up 584 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,040 Sunday morning and, and, and, and it was like this, this 585 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,200 conversation about like, I think sometimes there's people in our 586 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:04,120 lives that, that it's like, it's time to kind of like let go of 587 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,640 it. But I don't think that we have 588 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,360 to cut people off because you're going to outgrow them. 589 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,680 And when you outgrow them, they fall off, you know, so that's 590 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:18,800 the, so the more that you grow instead of you wearing like, 591 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,480 man, what am I going to do with this person? 592 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,200 How am I going to manage this person? 593 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,200 Man? Just keep growing and, and 594 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,120 you're just going to grow so much that they're just going to 595 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,040 fall off and they're not going to be able to hang. 596 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,560 So it so it's, it's a, it's a, a mentality of like growth. 597 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,200 And I'm, I'm gonna follow the Lord relentlessly. 598 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,600 And when you follow the Lord relentlessly, you're going to 599 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,960 leave a trail of dead bodies, you know, like it's like y'all, 600 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,440 you're coming or not. And and there's going to fall 601 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,200 off. Yeah, there's so much there, 602 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,280 bro. And what that does too, is that 603 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,360 it eliminates the guilt because I know in our minds we're like, 604 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,880 man, you know, we, we have this like savior mentality of like, I 605 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:58,480 got to make sure I save this person. 606 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,560 It's no, it's, it's not up to you. 607 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,840 You, you follow the Lord, right? And then, yeah, you share the 608 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,480 gospel, you minister. But it's their decision. 609 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,680 So I'm excited for the next sermon. 610 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,880 But again, brother, when Holy Spirit been moving with me in 611 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,880 this season, he ain't been pulling no punches. 612 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,160 So I'm excited to hear your perspective and what the Lord is 613 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,280 revealing to you and, and where we're going to be at next week. 614 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,680 You want to give us a sneak? Peek at all man yeah sure. 615 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,080 Like I think next week we're going to look at someone that 616 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,880 loves riches. So there was a kid that loved 617 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,160 his wealth and he asked Jesus, what do I got to do? 618 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,840 And Jesus says go sell everything to the poor and then 619 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,760 come follow me. And he's like. 620 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,560 And then the Bible says he went home sad. 621 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:43,920 It's a lot to unpack there bro for. 622 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:48,360 Real, but a common theme that I'm seeing in, you know, this 623 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,240 past week sermon, the one that's coming, our most recent sermon 624 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,040 series and Fight Club all the way back to when Joel came last 625 00:33:56,040 --> 00:34:00,320 week for the creative meeting. Bro, it's this heart posture and 626 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,880 it's like just where we're struggling with and it's like 627 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,160 back to just what I learned. Anything that competes in our 628 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,120 heart that competes. With the Lord idols bruh. 629 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,400 Yeah, man, so I bad and I just. Right now, dude, I'm telling you 630 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,360 like we have. I think we have an idol issue, 631 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,880 not just outside, we have an idol issue in the church. 632 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:25,520 And when you look at people that are, are, are having a hard time 633 00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:29,600 mentally, like if you look at like sin, these are just 634 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:33,760 outcomes of sin and and you're just not wanting to seek the 635 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:38,199 Lord and follow him. So man gives you over to it. 636 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:40,760 All right, Well, you want your idol, go for it. 637 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,600 You want to be famous, Go ahead, be famous. 638 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,440 See how that works Like it, It's just, it doesn't end well. 639 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,719 And Jesus is like, just follow me. 640 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,520 Like leave it all, leave it all behind. 641 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,639 I'll be honest. Like, that's my prayer. 642 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:55,280 Like, like Jesus, we want you here. 643 00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:00,040 And when you show up, like my prayer is that there is a 644 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,560 conviction of sin and a spirit of repentance that, like, sweeps 645 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,240 our church. You know, I mean, it starts with 646 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:09,200 me, right? So yeah. 647 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,760 And that and, and just just talking off top of my head, even 648 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:17,960 like that time on Sundays, like when it's like, Hey, if you need 649 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,200 prayer, right, come, come to the front. 650 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,400 We have people that pray for you. 651 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,200 Like imagine if people were like, you know what, I'm going 652 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,800 to go and lay, lay stuff before the Lord, you know, like I don't 653 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,960 even even if you don't need to pray with nobody, right? 654 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:35,880 Like just the, the posture of like walking and and just saying 655 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:41,080 Lord, like here it is, you know, like it's that right there is 656 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,080 going to cause a shift in our culture. 657 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:46,680 And that's what I'm realizing too. 658 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:51,120 Like man, revival is not having 5 hour worship services. 659 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,920 Like that's just great music. People with nothing to do on a 660 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,960 Friday night. It's just now revival starts 661 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,480 with repentance. And when, when people are 662 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:06,040 repentant of their sin and you, you start seeing people like 663 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:10,600 coming to God saying, forgive me, that's when we're going to 664 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,960 see like a sweep. Yeah, that's when it's going to 665 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,640 start hitting. So just throwing that out. 666 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:19,880 Yeah, bro, that's that's great. And I hearing you say that in 667 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:25,120 like, I remember a moment at the end of, you know, it's like that 668 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,000 at the end of the sermon when you were talking about Elijah 669 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,680 and the altar, you know, and. Yeah, I rebuild that. 670 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,280 Right. You know, and like that 671 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,600 invitation for prayer, like you're saying, bro, like you 672 00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:38,400 ain't even got to pray with anybody up here. 673 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,480 Just come and bring it to the Lord's feet. 674 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,480 Like really just come put it at this altar and like that's one 675 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,960 like this this season that the Lord has had me and especially 676 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,440 this how passionate Joel was that night that just really 677 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,080 stuck to me. Like bro, like this pet sin that 678 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:58,280 I refuse to surrender and put at this altar is literally what is 679 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,760 keeping me from seeing his protection, seeing his fullness 680 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:07,120 of like that, like opening the floodgates, you know, tying it 681 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,200 back to this past sermon, bro, but. 682 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:15,320 Yeah, and and, and and that's and honestly, even in our sin as 683 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,720 well as we're doing, that's called grace, you know, 'cause 684 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,440 even like when I'm every morning, like when I pray and 685 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,840 I'm like, Lord, just forgive me. Like give me a fresh start. 686 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,560 Give me renew my heart, you know, like cleanse my heart, 687 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,680 like wash me with your blood. I've sinned. 688 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,520 And then I just started listing them off. 689 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,800 Yeah, like I've started getting more personal with what I've 690 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,240 done, which is it's crazy because when you start exposing 691 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:43,240 stuff like that, it it brings you like a realization of like, 692 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:48,200 man, I really have sinned against God and even in my sin, 693 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:51,520 he allows me to serve him. Man, you know, like, and I think 694 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,920 that's the the passion. Like that's where the passion 695 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,000 comes from. It's like that realization. 696 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,080 And you're right. Like God's like man, I have some 697 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,880 great things for you. Like I just need you to 698 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,720 surrender, man, you know, And then also like what he says, 699 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:09,640 like, man, the way that you, you, you, he gives through us. 700 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,040 So if if we're clenching our fists. 701 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,000 Man. Like what what is think about 702 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,520 all this stuff that he has for you but hasn't unleashed yet 703 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,320 because your hands are closed. Imagine if you just left them 704 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,520 open. You don't like just let him like 705 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,840 flow through you, give through you trust you with like, like, 706 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,400 man, dude, how awesome would that be? 707 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,000 Yeah, like, and that's going to take some time. 708 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,760 I'll be honest. I'm I'm three. 709 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,680 It's taking time, man, to learn that that concept of giving. 710 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,440 Dang bro man. He's got trust. 711 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:48,520 And all like to to the point you had earlier of, but where that's 712 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,040 going to change is, you know, I'll, I'll speak from the eye 713 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,080 perspective where that's changed for me or not completely where 714 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,240 it's starting to change. Where I'm starting to see is 715 00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:02,600 like a prayer I had is like, Lord, let my sin that grieves 716 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,160 you, let it grieve me. Just don't let me be OK with it. 717 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,880 And I'll just be super real. Like that's something I was 718 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,360 struggling with coming to church this past Sunday and I'm walking 719 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,720 in the parking lot and I just see Diana say what's up to her. 720 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,880 And that's something I love about our community where I was 721 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,600 just super real, where when she asked how I was doing, I was 722 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,800 like, and I'm alright. Like she's like, it's kind of 723 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,360 we, we exchanged that moment, you know, but that's, that's 724 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,080 what I love about our community. That's what I love about our 725 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:33,760 heavenly Father is like the grace that even though I know 726 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,240 him, like struggling with this sin, I know like it's, it's 727 00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:40,600 grieving you and it's barely like starting to grieve me. 728 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,960 You still allowing me to pull up with this camera and capture 729 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,120 stuff from the reels or capture photos. 730 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,480 And like, even though I'm still a flawed human, you're allowing 731 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:50,920 me to serve you through that grace. 732 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,920 And right. One of those moments is like, 733 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,040 Dang. But you see it, but that's the 734 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,640 indicator that that you belong to him based off of first John 735 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,720 because when you have habitual sin, you don't think that way. 736 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,720 You don't care. You give two craps about how I 737 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,720 what I did Saturday night, how I'm living it. 738 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:11,400 It doesn't faze you. There's no stirring of the 739 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,080 heart. There's no like man is God like 740 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,680 man. I feel like I'm I'm not doing 741 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:20,440 you see it like that is the the move of the spirit in our lives. 742 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,280 Now it is our role to react to it, like, what are we going to 743 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,520 do? You know, and that's when 744 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:30,120 repentance comes and and you start making like, you start 745 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,560 making some decisions of how you're not going to do that no 746 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,240 more, you know, and and that's going to take, like you said, 747 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:36,400 it's going to take some time, man. 748 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,120 And and I think God gives us like community and he gives us 749 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,320 our church. I agree with you. 750 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:46,600 I think our church is one of those places where I feel I 751 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:50,440 could just share, right? I have to be careful myself 752 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:55,400 because I know not everybody has my candor and my, you know, 753 00:40:55,400 --> 00:41:00,160 sense of humor. But there's certain people that 754 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,680 could handle my sin. Now there's certain people that 755 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,040 can't. So you have to figure out who 756 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,520 can and who can't, you know, who's mature enough and and 757 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,960 who's not, you know, So that's just something that I also like 758 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,720 realize that I have to be careful with. 759 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,440 But yeah, but our church, man, it's, I think people, I mean, 760 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,280 like I said, there's real ones, right? 761 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,240 Yeah. There's no, absolutely no 762 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,760 faking. Yeah, no, there's not a lot of 763 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,240 Christianese. Come on. 764 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,440 For real, though, like, how's your week? 765 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,360 All blessed, brother, You know, I know, like, nobody talks that 766 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:36,080 way. Yeah. 767 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,480 And if you do, there's just it's weird, something wrong, right? 768 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,240 Yeah, man, but a lot of love. Too a lot of love. 769 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,520 That's right, yeah. Yeah, bro. 770 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:48,480 Well that's all I got. I don't know if you have any 771 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,400 closing thoughts, Anything you want to share? 772 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,040 No, I mean, I think the only thing I would share is my hope 773 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:59,000 for like this sermon series is that you don't feel you don't 774 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:03,560 you don't leave here convicted in a way of I messed it up. 775 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,360 Like my, my hope is that you live here encouraged. 776 00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:11,800 Like, man, even though I messed it up, God has given me a way 777 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,800 out. You know, I'm, I screwed it up, 778 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,120 but God is telling me how to fix it. 779 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,760 And I think when it comes to our finances, some of us feel like 780 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:23,000 we're so buried. We're like, ain't no way out of 781 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,320 this thing. And God's like, no, there is a 782 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:29,080 way out of this thing. It starts with trusting me 783 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,400 first, right? And then, you know, there's, 784 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,920 there's tools and mechanisms and things that we could use. 785 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:41,280 So it's like fixing my heart. Now I could go to financial 786 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,120 university. Now I could go and talk to 787 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,840 financial Wizards that tell me how to manage my money, 'cause 788 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,560 if I don't get my heart right, then all this stuff is I'm just 789 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:52,720 going to be back at square one that. 790 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,840 That's good bro. Yeah, and last thing I'll say 791 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,280 too, and encouragement. Anybody needs some financial 792 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,800 advice? We have some really smart people 793 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:06,080 at this church also, you know, give a shout out to like my my 794 00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,760 guy Andrew Edward Jones. Anybody needs help with 795 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:14,440 retirement funds and 519, you know, like college savings, 796 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,360 thinking about the future, a strong believer and he is 797 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,880 awesome to go to man. So that's available to this 798 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,680 church as. Well, man, it's awesome, bro. 799 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,320 Yeah, Dope, man. It's been good. 800 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,920 Yeah, man, it's been a great episode. 801 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,880 And real quick, if you're watching or if you're listening 802 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:34,160 later and you have any questions you want to ask Pastor Ricky, if 803 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,280 there's any like, yeah, if there's any topics you want us 804 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:41,440 to cover, like you see either of us, shoot that like. 805 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:42,760 Over in a text. Whatever. 806 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,440 If you got my number, text me. If you don't, I don't want to 807 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:49,360 hear it. I'm just like, I mean, just 808 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,720 wanting to to mix things up a little bit, you know, continue 809 00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:53,560 to grow. But yeah, man, I want to end 810 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,080 things a little bit different today. 811 00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,440 If you don't mind, would you mind closing this out in prayer? 812 00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,520 That's right. So, Lord Jesus, we thank you so 813 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:04,560 much for this time together. Father, it's awesome, Lord, to 814 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:06,720 serve you. Thank you for loving us. 815 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:09,560 Thank you for your grace. Father, thank you for your 816 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:13,240 sacrifice. How even when we continually sin 817 00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:15,880 against you, God, we are forgiven. 818 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,840 So Jesus, help us to love and to chase after you. 819 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:26,000 Father, help us to just go after you unabandonedly, Lord, and 820 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,760 thank you because you are so good to us. 821 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,000 So Father, be with us this week and we love you and your name. 822 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:32,960 We pray all these things. Amen. 823 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,640 Amen. We love you all, we out. 824 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:36,200 Peace.