1 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,440 City Post. And we back. 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,640 We. Back no man's in a minute. 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:20,560 Man, it really has bro. It ain't gonna name no names but 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,000 big worm, big perm, you know who you are bro. 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,320 Like pressure this with a little bit but. 6 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,960 You're not even that. That's right. 7 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,960 Yeah, but it's encouraging, man, that people are listening and, 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,920 you know, people miss it and you know, man, but. 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,480 We back. It's alright, man. 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,800 It's good to take a break, you know, a little season here and 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:38,480 there. Thanks. 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,320 You know, just build that anticipation. 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,200 Absolutely, that's right. So it's alright. 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,280 Yeah, man. Well, we back with another 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,960 episode of Build Equips, and I'm Hector and I'm here with. 16 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,640 Pastor Ricky, what's up, everybody? 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,440 Yay yay man bro. Lots of. 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,000 I like on preface it with this bro, like just to to look back a 19 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,600 little bit of this Fight Club series, man. 20 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,519 I was trying to explain it to one of my homies and like, you 21 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:07,280 know I'm a 90s kid right? Right. 22 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,680 So right, Right. The example I gave him is Bro. 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,400 You know the show, Martin. Oh yeah. 24 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,600 You ever seen the episode where he fight Mike Tyson and brothers 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:21,080 like up against the wall like hands swole arms like bro can't 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,760 move? Yeah, he takes one punch and 27 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,360 then he comes in the room with Gina. 28 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,160 Man, everything's like swelled up. 29 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,120 Yeah, bro, that's me. That's that's how the Holy 30 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,720 Spirit been breaking me off in this sermon series, bro. 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,040 Like Fight Club is like not pulled any punches with. 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,360 Me that's right, man, it's it's it's coming at you yeah, man no, 33 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,640 I agree you know what's funny is like as as you know, whenever, 34 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,760 whenever we come up with a sermon series like I pray and I 35 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,960 like Lord, where what do you want? 36 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,120 You know, what are you, what are you leading us to? 37 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,640 And for some reason this just kind of came in my mind and 38 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,840 yeah, I was like, man, I wonder we can learn from the fights of 39 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,800 the Bible. That's kind of where all this 40 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,200 came about. And if you if you look up fights 41 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,000 in the Bible, there's a lot of battles, like a lot of wars. 42 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,920 But then I kind of narrowed it down. 43 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,639 I was like, man, like individuals, you know, like the 44 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,880 verses, you know, like David versus Goliath, you know, Jacob 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,600 versus Esau, you know, Jacob versus the Angel. 46 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,600 Like it's just these, these one one-on-one, and then my 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,720 wrestling kicked in, you know, I was like, there's going to be a 48 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,000 handicap match. Like Pastor Gabe threw down, 49 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,840 which was awesome. And David, Goliath heavyweight 50 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,840 title, you know, it's just all these. 51 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,760 Yeah, it just all mesh together, man. 52 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,200 It's just the way my brain hits so. 53 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,800 Man, and it's been, it's been awesome, bro, Like it's been, 54 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,960 it's been refining. That's that's a term that I 55 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,760 really learned from the the Suffer Well series, you know, 56 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,960 and it's been building on that for me. 57 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:54,600 The Holy Spirit has really been teaching me so much through your 58 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,280 breakdown of the scriptures, bro, like and how you bring it 59 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,200 to life from, you know, we were talking about a little bit 60 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,200 before we record like the the Friday, you know, reference or 61 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,680 the little puppet reference. Are these things that that 62 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,240 really bring this scripture to like a movie for me? 63 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,440 Right. You can see it like real time 64 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,400 almost. Yeah, I agree with you. 65 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,520 And it's funny because even as I'm going through it, I'm like, 66 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,520 man, you know what, what that seemed like I was like, man, 67 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,560 that was like American me. I was like, dude, when he killed 68 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,400 his brother, you know, like real talk, because it, you know, the 69 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,040 scripture, the text doesn't say that Cain fought Abel Cain. 70 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,680 Like you just said, hey, let's go out in the field. 71 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,080 Next thing you know, he killed his brother. 72 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,760 You know, like the Bible doesn't talk about it. 73 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,720 There was like a throw down. There was a scuffle. 74 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,760 There was who knows? I mean, Abel was probably like 75 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,360 just walking and Caine sucker punched him, you know, like, I 76 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,320 don't know, I just, I just see these, this just kind of like 77 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,440 see it play out in my mind, you know, based on what the text 78 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,320 says. So yeah, man. 79 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,920 That's awesome. That the the Holy Spirit speaks 80 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:02,320 to you in those ways when you're studying is like man. 81 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,600 Just see it. Yeah, bro, but that's that's 82 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,080 awesome, bro. Yeah, for sure. 83 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:12,400 So what What has been like a fight for you through this 84 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,840 series? Yeah, No, that's, that's, that's 85 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,640 a great question. You know, like as we go week to 86 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,600 week to week, I feel like there's a few themes that have 87 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,760 like bubble to the surface a little bit, No, a lot of bit, a 88 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,440 little bit. I'm trying to be nice even for 89 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,360 myself. Like there's some things that 90 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,480 the Lord has like really pointed out to me. 91 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:37,400 When you look at all these battles, the battles never 92 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,280 against the foe, like the battles not against Goliath. 93 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:46,200 The the battle is internalized. It's against our sinful nature, 94 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,800 you know, like Goliath, it wasn't his size. 95 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,200 He was trying to use fear, man. When you look at Jacob, when he 96 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,160 wrestled the Angel, it was Jacob because there was something 97 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,640 inside of Jacob that God need to get rid of because Jacob wasn't 98 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,680 going to let it go. Man. 99 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,360 That leads me to our second. Like my second point is 100 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,560 something that I'm seeing a lot of is idolatry, bro. 101 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:16,440 Like the battle, like this whole idea of idols has so come to the 102 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,600 surface on all of these. Because I feel like when we 103 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,920 think of idols, we think of like old school Testament statues, 104 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,760 you know, whatever. Like what we saw in India? 105 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,560 Yeah, like what we saw in India, like, like, oh, you're going to 106 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,280 worship this but or we think statues, but an idol is anything 107 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:39,640 that competes with God for his affections and everything, so. 108 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,680 And that's when they hit me upside the head. 109 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:47,160 Bro said not beats. No, not like competes anything 110 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,680 that competes because in all honesty, nothing will be because 111 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,000 it's the Lord and the Lord will destroy your idol. 112 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,760 But when anything competes with it. 113 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:02,040 So if you, if you look at our culture, yeah, we could live. 114 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,040 We go down the line, youth sports, relationships, money, 115 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,000 all these things, but I think one of the greatest idols that 116 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,040 everybody fights with is the idol of self. 117 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:18,960 And, and I see it more and more with everything's about me and 118 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,800 even ministry, dude, like I, the more pastors I talk to, 119 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,640 missionaries, worship leaders, all these guys, it's all about 120 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,280 it. It's like, if I don't get that 121 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:33,040 shine, I don't want it. And it's like, are you OK with 122 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:37,040 serving the Lord, doing what he's asked you to do and not 123 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:42,040 getting one person liking your picture or video or not one 124 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,800 person interviews you or when not one person shouts you out, 125 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,640 you know, I mean, like, like, are you OK with that? 126 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:57,720 And so platform likes all that stuff, man, that that's an idol 127 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,520 of self. And and that's something that 128 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,720 the Lord has kind of shown. I got to protect myself from 129 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,400 that. You know, like you have to be 130 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,560 careful, Rick, cause the one time you start thinking that you 131 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,800 did this or it's all about you or it's then it's going to 132 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,520 crumble, man. It's, it's not going to go well. 133 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:17,720 It's not going to end well. There you go. 134 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,000 There we go. Yeah. 135 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,040 And then I, and really I as a pastor too, I got to protect 136 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:30,840 people from themselves because it's like, even if it, if it 137 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,720 comes down to a ministry or like even worship team, like if 138 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,520 anybody thinks they're like the star, like man, that anointing 139 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,200 is not going to be there. Like the Lord is going to pull 140 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,160 out. So it's not one person, it's 141 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,920 Jesus, you know, like Jesus is the, like they said, the hero of 142 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,800 the story. And and that's hard, man, 'cause 143 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,120 we think like, if we, if, if we do a good job, people don't like 144 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,240 it and more people are going to come. 145 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,120 And it's like, that's not how God brought the church. 146 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,520 Yeah. So it was this whole idea of 147 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,160 idols I see a lot of. And then there's a passage. 148 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,720 I know a lot of people are going to like disagree with me on this 149 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:17,360 one, but if I were ever to do a dissertation or like a APHD 150 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,960 paper, a thesis, A thesis, this is what I would do it on is 151 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,320 Deuteronomy 2828. You know, the Lord will afflict 152 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,080 you with madness, blindness and confusion of the mind. 153 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,120 And this is him talking about like idol worship. 154 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:35,559 And I'm like, bro. So when you think about like the 155 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,080 mental health issues that we struggle with, when you think 156 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,039 about people breaking down, when you think about people not being 157 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:45,560 able to sustain. What are you worshipping and or 158 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:48,560 what are you replacing with the Lord? 159 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,680 You know, like I have to ask those questions. 160 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:54,280 And if you dig deep, I think that there's some things there 161 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,840 that we have, we have competing with God and it's driving us 162 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,480 crazy. Yeah, Romans one. 163 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,040 I mean, we got, we argue about this. 164 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,400 That's fine. I got Bible, but I'm just saying 165 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,320 like it was just something that I feel like God revealed to me. 166 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,680 Like, I don't think we talked about idol worship enough. 167 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,160 Yeah, and that's that's one of those where like Holy Spirit had 168 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,760 me in a chokehold, was caving my chest in a little bit, had my 169 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:26,800 hair swole like Martin bro. But but on that specifically, 170 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,680 like the idols I made in my life, and one of them was the 171 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:32,960 how I was serving here. Wow. 172 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,480 You know what I mean. This I like that that smacked 173 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,560 me. You know, it's like Bros like, 174 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:39,000 yeah, you're doing all these things, but you really doing it 175 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,880 for me. Are you doing it like right, 176 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,000 right. You know, to get some kind of 177 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,600 yeah, like in your own back. You know what I mean? 178 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:46,880 Like, oh, I'm doing all these things. 179 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,720 And like something you said before we started recording is, 180 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,840 yeah, I was real busy, but was I effective, right? 181 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:58,040 Was I effective for the Lord? Like was I really like allowing 182 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,800 or surrendering myself to be a vessel or was I doing it for me? 183 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:02,600 No. So like that's one of those like 184 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:05,880 I had to take back and I really reflect on, you know, so. 185 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,320 No, man, and that's why like it's great to serve the Lord. 186 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,600 Like man, that's our lives. That's what our lives are like. 187 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,480 I served the Lord. Like I want to do things 188 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,680 excellent. But the motives, that's the 189 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:21,080 peace that we have to protect 'cause even pastors, ministers, 190 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,200 even worship leaders, missionaries, all these people 191 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,800 that serve the Lord have that, you know, like that's something 192 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,040 that all of us, every single person has to fight 'cause we 193 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,560 all want it. But it's, it's the flesh. 194 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:33,960 Yeah. It's the same thing, man. 195 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,000 It's the heart. It is. 196 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,600 It's what the heart wants. You know, the best way I heard 197 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,400 it, Like the Bible talks about how we should not follow our 198 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,720 heart. That's a terrible idea because 199 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,320 it says that the heart is wicked, you know, and one of the 200 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,520 best ways I heard it explained it, it's almost like a, an 201 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,920 algorithm. So if you are constantly angry 202 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:58,240 or if you constantly draw a specific person, you have to ask 203 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,520 yourself like, what are you constantly listening to? 204 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,800 What are you watching? And it's it's almost like an 205 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,280 algorithm. It's like when you get on 206 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,080 Netflix and you know, you look up like a movie about working 207 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,680 out. The next thing you know, it 208 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:11,760 there's like four other movies about working out. 209 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,680 Real talk. How did you know? 210 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,080 Because that's this technology is reading it. 211 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,360 So I feel like somebody told me that's kind of what our hearts 212 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,480 are like. So whenever we we tend to go to 213 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,160 a specific thing, it it wants more of that. 214 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,440 I was like, man, I never thought about it that way. 215 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,320 Yeah. Mind boggled right now. 216 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,000 Yeah, I was like, that's a great way to explain it. 217 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,560 And it just feeds you, you know, and that's how you become. 218 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:46,200 So just a thought. I'm just, yeah. 219 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,080 Do what that information? Yeah. 220 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,000 Well, anyway, like, but to go back on the idols, I mean that 221 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,800 that keeps me up at night because it's like, I don't want 222 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,640 to fall into that. I I want to, I want to be 223 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,600 faithful. I want to finish well, I want to 224 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,760 be obedient to the Lord. And I know that. 225 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,160 And it's a slippery slope. It's easy to fall. 226 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,280 Yeah. So just got to make sure I stay 227 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,960 close, right? Yeah, that's huge, bro. 228 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:14,640 So. Yeah. 229 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,760 How about you? Like is there anything that or I 230 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,520 know maybe something in the passage or maybe something that 231 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,040 stuck out to you? And the one that that's really 232 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:31,520 coming to mind right now was Elisha with the like, the visual 233 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,240 of soaking. Yeah, you know, the the 234 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,840 platform. And it's like man and God still 235 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:42,440 showed up and showed out, bro. And for those who who may not 236 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,280 know, I've been, I've been in a little bit of a season of 237 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,600 struggle, you know, and doubt started to creep in and you 238 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,840 know, a lot of things I was struggling with. 239 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,680 And the way God showed up and showed out, like that example 240 00:12:55,680 --> 00:13:00,360 was just so powerful. And it's like reflecting back on 241 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,200 how many times the Lord has showed up like that in my life, 242 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,200 even in the midst of my idols, even in the midst of my 243 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,480 disobedience, like just showing His faithfulness and his his 244 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,160 love, His grace. You know, and that's what the 245 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,040 Bible says. He's faithful even when we're 246 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,200 not, right? Which is insane to me. 247 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,360 But yeah, man, that's, that's great, dude. 248 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,800 I love hearing that. Yeah, man, so that's been one. 249 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,120 Like, that's one that really comes to mind right now. 250 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,560 I'll just be super real this past Sunday, You know, I chose 251 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:34,160 to, I'm tired. I was at the crib. 252 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,720 I chose comfort, you know, and like to get, you know, hemmed up 253 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,080 in my kitchen by the Holy Spirit. 254 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:46,360 Listening to this live stream is like mental, like, you know, 255 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,520 'cause you know, that's how, that's how my God speak to me. 256 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,160 Sometimes they both let me know though, yeah. 257 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,360 Bro for real. Like literally like I was making 258 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,200 like I was meal prepping. That's so wild. 259 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,480 Yeah bro. So I was like, yeah, man, it's 260 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,760 it's just one of those where, like I said, the Holy Spirit 261 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:09,840 ain't been pulled in no punches this sermon series dogs. 262 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:10,280 Yeah. So. 263 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,400 So that's a couple. You know, I keep going like with 264 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:17,520 David and you know, that example and even a little bit right now 265 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,840 where you're talking about like our sand can drive us crazy. 266 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,560 You know, I'm going through the book of Kings and Samuel with my 267 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,320 nephew and my brother and even thinking about Saul, like Saul 268 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:31,280 was so consumed by his idol of, you know, the king, the Kingdom 269 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,800 go into his head and like God like literally ripping it from 270 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,160 him and taking the Holy Spirit from him and him going mad. 271 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,440 He went mad. He was eating grass. 272 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,040 Man look like that mental health. 273 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,120 Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like Nah. 274 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,960 So yeah, there there's a lot man in the scripture that shows like 275 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,240 people that turn away from the Lord, people that fall into 276 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:55,160 their sin committing suicide. I mean, I mean, this is real 277 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,600 stuff. It's I truly believe like when 278 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,720 you study mental health, trauma is the foundation for a lot of 279 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,600 mental health episodes. You know, we, we call them, you 280 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:11,480 know, mental obstacles or challenges, but you know, I feel 281 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:17,040 like Jesus is strong enough to break that and, and the cross 282 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,720 covers us. And I know it's churchy, but I 283 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,720 always tell people like, just try Jesus, like try Jesus and, 284 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,080 and then you'll see like counselling therapy is great. 285 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,680 They'll help you walk through it, but Jesus is the only one 286 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,760 that could break it, you know? It's real bro. 287 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,920 Yeah, man, it's, it's like I just keep seeing too much of it, 288 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,880 man. It's it's heartbreaking. 289 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,320 It really is. It's it's sad to see people go 290 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,240 through it. Yeah. 291 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,880 Man, it's. Hey, but but I do want to, you 292 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,320 know, one thing I admire about you, Hector, is even when you 293 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,040 were going through all that, you still showed up, you know, 294 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,320 because even like when we talk about like when Jacob wrestled 295 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,640 with God, like it was that you wrestled and, and it got to a 296 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,320 point where he was so exotic. He's like, man, just bless me. 297 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,240 Like I got I I get it. But you could have easily 298 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,600 disappeared. But you didn't. 299 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:14,120 You still showed up even in your struggles, you still came Bible 300 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,040 study, you still showed up Sundays. 301 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,080 And I think God honors that, you know, God, God definitely honors 302 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:21,000 that. So. 303 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,880 I appreciate that bro. Yeah, just got to keep doing it. 304 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:29,000 Yeah, and that's, that's something on the heels of, yeah, 305 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,920 of this sermon series, like that discipline piece. 306 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,120 Yeah. Like that's one of those things 307 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,280 where the Lord is like being painfully obvious with me. 308 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,040 He's like, brother, you, you gotta lock in here. 309 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,360 You gotta lock in this area of, you know, specifically like 310 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,680 being so disciplined in my relationship with the Lord. 311 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,480 We're like, I lean on that and trust on that more than my 312 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,920 feelings. Right, Right. 313 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:57,480 You know, so yeah, you have to. And even like the stuff you're 314 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:02,680 doing, man, with like I tell people there's stuff that you 315 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,119 don't see fruit of, you know, like, I don't think people will 316 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,440 see things. But like the even like the stuff 317 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,400 you're doing with like the videos, the social media stuff, 318 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:16,319 the reels, like those are like that word is reaching people, 319 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,520 you know, like people are watching it. 320 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,440 And I know I get a lot of like, oh, you know, it's, it's, it's 321 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:26,119 not that important or like, but I, I truly believe that God uses 322 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,200 that. And, and that's going to God's 323 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,800 going to use those clip all that stuff that you do, God uses it, 324 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,840 man. You might not see it, but like 325 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,560 on Sunday your lady showed up, you know, just like I've been 326 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,640 just stalking y'all on Facebook and you never know, man. 327 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,680 So anyway, I just want to encourage you with that. 328 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,480 I appreciate that. And and that, you know, I want 329 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,400 to shout out everybody that's been behind the scenes. 330 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,880 Yeah, true. And Nesto some Carla, yeah, bro, 331 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,840 Erics come in and and helped, you know, like everybody, bro. 332 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:03,360 Like that, that wasn't an easy feat by any means. 333 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:07,040 But man, look how the Lord is still using it, you know, like, 334 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,400 you know, you're mentioning before recording like the the 335 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,600 hits the YouTube live has been getting. 336 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,720 Yeah. You know this lady that visited 337 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,440 this week, like a testament to the Facebook man Gavino, you 338 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,920 know all those guys, everybody that you don't want to shout 339 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,800 them out too, bro. A lot of people that go behind 340 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,920 the scenes and show up and serve faithfully. 341 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,520 That's right. And don't get any shine bro. 342 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:28,880 So exactly just want to shout them out. 343 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,080 No, and that's the thing. And it fits the mission of the 344 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,880 church because if it's build equips and if if city post is 345 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,720 like this is the place where truth is going to be 346 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:42,080 broadcasted, you know, and that was the when we first started 347 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,800 even like building like the blueprint of the church. 348 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:46,640 That was the number one thing we said. 349 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,800 We're like, no matter who we are, people are going to know 350 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,880 that the truth comes out of city post like the word of God and 351 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,720 and the vision has always been, of course, to be a church that 352 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,720 was accepting, but also to be a church that gets the word out 353 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,120 and I believe all means yeah, and I know I hear people like 354 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:08,240 trust me, man, I get the whole anti social media. 355 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,040 I get the whole I'm like, whatever, do you, but we're 356 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,840 going to utilize all everything to get the name of Jesus out. 357 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,560 So me. So just throwing that out there. 358 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:22,000 That's real, bro, that's real. So in that, you know, I'll just 359 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:26,760 be very transparent, like bro, that stuff was kicking my butt 360 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,360 some weeks, like those nights I was here till 10:00, like just 361 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:30,680 trying to figure it out. Yeah. 362 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:38,080 You know, and like the the burnout piece, like it is real, 363 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:42,200 you know, especially when like you're saying, oftentimes I 364 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,280 don't see the results of it. So it's like bro, like why am I 365 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,080 doing this? Like I battle with that within 366 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,280 my, my own self is like bro, like, and you know that busyness 367 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:55,600 part, bro, like I've never been a good store to that, you know, 368 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,200 like I've always just like trying to get on to the next 369 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,360 thing, trying to check the next box until like I'm done and like 370 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,280 I didn't go lay down for a few days. 371 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,000 You know, he like that. That's that's another 372 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,520 conversation. But like that's something that 373 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,920 I, I struggle with man. So like on that topic of 374 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,440 busyness for the Lord and serving well, how do we store 375 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,320 that busyness well? I think it's sustainability, you 376 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,600 know, that's something like we we talk about is you have to 377 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,120 think about how do I make this sustainable? 378 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,280 Because honestly, like being here on Sunday till that late 379 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,480 and that's not sustainable. That's that's crazy. 380 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,920 That's like there's got to be easier ways to do things and 381 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,800 there's got to be better ways to do things. 382 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,640 So I think that's more of like a systems issue because if not, 383 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,080 the burnout is going to be real, you know, like it. 384 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,800 It's like, have you ever can college? 385 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:53,000 I know for me, like when when I first started, it was like, hey, 386 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 we have an exam. So what do most people do before 387 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,960 an exam? They cram, they stay up all 388 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,440 night, right? Like you don't sleep, eat 389 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,440 pancakes, whatever. Then you take the test in the 390 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,440 morning. I learned very fast that my 391 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,360 brain doesn't work that way. Bro. 392 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,080 I would stay up all night, drink my Red Bulls, hang out and I 393 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,040 still get F, you know, like because I'm so dog tired I, I 394 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,920 don't retain the information. So I had to learn like, hey, 395 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,680 what works for me, like, 'cause that right there what everybody 396 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,560 else was doing, it didn't work for me. 397 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:30,240 But my brother dude could read the chapter, you know, ace it 398 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,880 like the the day before. Like, you know, Ernie, man, that 399 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,920 dude, I never seen him study and that dude past college, like 400 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,400 nothing, you know, like, like people, everybody's different, 401 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,160 you know, So, so you have to 1st figure out how do I make the 402 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,240 sustainable? How do I do something that's not 403 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,080 going to maybe like what I'm doing is not the right way. 404 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,080 Like maybe I got to do something easier, you know, like more 405 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,000 simple. Yeah, something I can do from 406 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,200 the couch at my house or here, you know, but so I think like 407 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,080 stewarding your busyness is, is important. 408 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,400 Busyness is not a bad thing. Like it's, it's as long as, you 409 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,520 know, we want to be productive, not busy. 410 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,080 So if there's a goal in mind, if there's something that we want 411 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,760 to get accomplished, then yeah, yeah. 412 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,040 You make it work. And also remember, like God gave 413 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,440 us work. You know, in Genesis 3, he 414 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,200 didn't curse work. He cursed the ground. 415 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,280 Work is always a part of life. Men need work. 416 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:21,960 Like we need work is a good thing. 417 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:27,120 But I think burnout comes when we we don't start our business 418 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:30,840 well, when the motives change. And then when we don't find 419 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,840 something sustainable, it's all going to crumble. 420 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,840 Yeah, there's no way you're going to keep it. 421 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,800 So what does that look like for you bro? 422 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:39,880 Because. Oh. 423 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,840 I've told you I don't know how many times, I don't know how 424 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,480 many more times. I will tell you bro I don't know 425 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,800 how you do it all dog like for. Real, it's a lot. 426 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:56,120 So I know for me you talk about discipline and I think I've I've 427 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:59,200 always been a discipline person when it came to certain things. 428 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,560 So I'm a planner, so I plan ahead and, and I keep 429 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:08,520 disciplines, you know, so, and then also I, I blame blue zones, 430 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,440 man. Like man, it's a muscle that you 431 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,760 have to utilize. But like I've learned to be able 432 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,440 to do two or three things at once effectively. 433 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,400 A lot of people can't do that. So it's like even during my day, 434 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,160 I'm by vocational. So I'll do like some work stuff 435 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,160 and then maybe take a break and then like do some church stuff 436 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,200 and then keep going back to work stuff and then and then 437 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,960 utilizing my time. So instead of like going out to 438 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,760 eat, I'll go work out, you know, so that way I don't miss out 439 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,520 time with my kids. I tried to do everything between 440 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,240 like 845 and four. Yeah. 441 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:50,440 Because honestly, by 4:00, I I got to be on my way home to free 442 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,080 up a lane or meet with people or do church stuff or get ready for 443 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:59,240 Bible study or do things at home or go free Rachel up, you know, 444 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,640 So it's like my day ends. Spend time with the girls. 445 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,440 Once they go to bed, It's, you know, we back at it, right? 446 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,560 Yeah. So I've just learned to like, 447 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,880 just make compartments of like, hey, I'm going to clean for 30 448 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,760 minutes. You know, I'm not going to just 449 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,960 wait till the house, right. Tornado hit it. 450 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,320 Yeah. So, and then for me too, 451 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,840 something I, I worked on about two years ago was man, Ricky, go 452 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:30,360 to sleep. No, I'm dead serious. 453 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,920 Like fro close it down and go to bed. 454 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,920 Like you. You've got to get sleep. 455 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,760 Like, and. And honestly, I was staying up 456 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:44,880 till like 1231 o'clock working on stuff and. 457 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,240 And it was not good. I was not healthy. 458 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:52,040 It was so I I forced myself like, all right, I'm going to 459 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,800 bed. Time to go to bed. 460 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,480 Let's go. Yeah, and you wake up early, all 461 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,320 fresh, you know, Ready. Ready to do it. 462 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,960 Yeah. It's dope bro. 463 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,040 Yeah, man. So pray give it to the Lord and 464 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,360 go to bed. It'll be there tomorrow. 465 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:05,320 Put it. On a T-shirt. 466 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,320 Yeah, like, come on, man. My pastor got bars. 467 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,880 I still need that shirt. No, but it it's like, yeah, man, 468 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,320 balance, discipline, and then also like understanding the 469 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,960 goal, man. It's like busyness doesn't 470 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,800 equate to, you know, getting stuff done. 471 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,200 Yeah. Like, like, yeah. 472 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,360 And the higher you go in your career, you're going to see that 473 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,760 like, it's not about how many hours you work, It's about 474 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,960 accomplishing a task. Yeah. 475 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,760 Dang bro. So. 476 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,320 Man, on that note, what's coming down the pipeline? 477 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:40,680 Because I've seen this board, bro. 478 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:41,880 Oh. No, that's crazy. 479 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,440 Yeah, I. Get you a planner, but bro we 480 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,520 got a lot coming up for city. I'm a visual I, I tell I'm old 481 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,040 school. I write everything down. 482 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,280 Like I, I don't put stuff in my phone. 483 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,760 I got to write it out. So I always write it on the 484 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,800 board. So that way just reminds me, you 485 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:02,240 know, man, a lot happening, a lot of events come in, a lot of 486 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,840 great things. Something people don't know is 487 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,280 that, you know, we're helping our friend Pastor Joelle out. 488 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,040 He has a church called Prayer House. 489 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,800 So they use our building on Thursday nights for their church 490 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,760 to pray, you know, until they figure out where they're going 491 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,200 to end up. And then I think Fridays. 492 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,240 So they, their their worship team rehearses here. 493 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,280 But yeah, man, this is a lot coming. 494 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:28,000 But check the website has all the stuff on there. 495 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,640 We have a men's breakfast coming. 496 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,840 We have a Papa Pullga that same morning here. 497 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,320 But what I really would love to draw everybody to there's 498 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:39,920 opportunities to to serve. So Friday the 20th, we're having 499 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,360 a worship team slash creatives mini retreat. 500 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,840 It's going to be great. Dinner's going to be provided. 501 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,120 We're going to have a great time. 502 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:51,040 I have some friends coming in and it's just going to be a 503 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,480 great night of encouragement to being poured into help us like 504 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,920 level set. So and then the next morning, 505 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:02,280 Saturday, we have our I serve weekend and that's same thing. 506 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,320 We're just going to talk about vision opportunities to serve, 507 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,440 like where we're going this next year, getting people plugged in. 508 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,200 So same thing man. Just looking forward to it. 509 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,880 So you don't want to miss that. And then Livy's birthday is on 510 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,960 the 28th. Yeah, that's right man. 511 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,320 So I have no idea what we're going to do, but it's going to 512 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,320 be fun. See how you running around doing 513 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:24,160 something? Yeah. 514 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,240 You know, just being active Yeah, so yeah, and I will throw 515 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,480 this out there too, man, when it comes to like busyness, make 516 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:36,040 sure you take care of yourself because our bodies you got to 517 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,840 figure out the de stress stay moving, understand health. 518 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,240 I, I remember, man, I got to a place where I was like, Brian 519 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,280 got no energy, time to start working out. 520 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,280 Real talk, you got to, you got to put that in your head somehow 521 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:54,400 and that's really sustained me. So that that's been helpful. 522 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,640 You look good, bro. You look kind of swole in your 523 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,600 your T-shirts on Sundays. You know what? 524 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:00,680 I. Mean Nah, man. 525 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,920 Walk around like a little bulldog. 526 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,320 Man, it's, it's the food bro, it's the breakfast. 527 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,640 Monica be hooking it up man. Michael too. 528 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:07,320 Michael Be. Blessed. 529 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,440 Yeah, Michael. Yeah. 530 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,320 That, that that's a crazy team right there. 531 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,320 Yeah. It's it's, it's wild. 532 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,320 Monica's Cafe, Michael's Grill. Yes, I still need to get his 533 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,000 sign. I know man, I I brag about our 534 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Bible study all the time. I was like, dude, we eat good. 535 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,960 The word is good. It's just a great time. 536 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,080 It's hard to talk like I look forward to. 537 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:28,880 It man same. I do. 538 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,880 It's something I've been telling, you know a couple of my 539 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,200 friends now, bro. Like these Wednesday nights with 540 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,720 you guys has become my anchor of the week. 541 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,920 Bro like. It's it's something I really 542 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,640 look forward to. It always replenishes my soul. 543 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,800 And then chop it up with the homies too. 544 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,760 Like, yeah, man, this is something that if you're on the 545 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,320 fence about coming to experience, I encourage you to 546 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,560 pull up. Like it's just dudes chopping it 547 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,400 up about Jesus. Might roast somebody here and 548 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,880 there, yeah, but it's good. Don't get your feelings hurt, 549 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,880 you know, grown and like I, I've just, I've gotten, I've just had 550 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,360 a great time meeting some of these guys. 551 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,160 Like, you know, now Pastor Gabe's involved, like man, 552 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,680 hearing his insight, like I've learned so much from him, you 553 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,080 know, like the O GS are coming, like my dad, like just hearing 554 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,080 like their perspective on God's word. 555 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,120 I mean, they've been around for a long time. 556 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,480 You know, I said there's no substitute for experience. 557 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,840 It's good to to learn from the the ones that have been there. 558 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,320 So yeah, man. But yeah, I've enjoyed it. 559 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,000 And then the Mike always hooks it up, bro. 560 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,520 Like, I haven't had one bad meal with that dude. 561 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,200 Facts. Not one at all. 562 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,640 It's crazy. Yeah, man. 563 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,920 Yeah, but that's all I got bro. I don't know if you got any 564 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:43,880 closing. Man closing thoughts. 565 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:50,960 I just want to say I I have enjoyed, thoroughly enjoyed 566 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,240 these last couple Sundays. Like I know you weren't here on 567 00:29:55,240 --> 00:30:02,040 Sunday, but man, the vibe slash spirit on Sunday was it was hard 568 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,200 to explain. Like it, it was so lively, like 569 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,240 the, the sanctuary, the people didn't want to leave. 570 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,560 It was loud, like people talking, laughing, yelling, 571 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,160 like, I don't know, like it was awesome. 572 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,400 Even like the worship team warming up, everybody's chopping 573 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,440 it up laughing. I was like, oh, it's going to be 574 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,960 a good day today. But the vibe on Sunday was 575 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,960 incredible. Like the last couple Sundays 576 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,760 have been great. But I don't know, man. 577 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,880 Like, God just doing something great here and and I just always 578 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,120 leave so fulfilled, like my, my, I don't know, so much joy. 579 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,600 So it's been good, yeah. Well that's all we got. 580 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:41,520 We love y'all we out.