1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,000 What's up, guys? My name's Alexis. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,160 And I'm Abby. And we're your host with praises 3 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,520 in the pod. We are so excited to be back in 4 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:10,600 the studio and just talking about all things loving people 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,400 where they're at and pouring Christ into the people's lives, 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,120 no matter what season or anything that's going on, just 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,400 being there for them. And so we're going to talk about 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:20,960 that. So we're going to start off in 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,280 prayer and then we're going to jump right in. 10 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,480 So here we go Lord Heavenly Father, just thank you for all 11 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,120 that you have been doing in our lives. 12 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,920 Lord God, thank you for protecting us and just leading 13 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,360 and guiding us. Lord God, we pray that you speak 14 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,440 to us and through US today and let this episode glorify you. 15 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,600 In Jesus name I pray. Amen. 16 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:39,120 Amen. Yeah. 17 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,400 So it's going to be a good topic. 18 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,080 You know what? I'm going to be totally 19 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,080 transparent with y'all. We were going to record our last 20 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,440 episode and we got halfway through the beginning intro and 21 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,720 Abby's like and loving people where they're at. 22 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,720 And I was like, no, we're not. Where did that come from? 23 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,720 Well, yeah, she doesn't text back, y'all. 24 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,480 Yeah, she literally does not text back. 25 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,480 Yeah, I do. Like I just have so much else 26 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,320 sometimes going on and sometimes I get mixed up what we're 27 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:08,880 talking about. And so I've prepared something 28 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,600 else and then we sit down and she's like, no, this is what 29 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:13,720 we're talking about. And I'm like. 30 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:17,120 Oh, because she didn't respond in the text of what we were 31 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,000 talking about. So now we're like, you know 32 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,040 what? This is great. 33 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,960 We'll talk about this since she's already prepared and got 34 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:26,000 stuff and ready to go. So here we go. 35 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,000 Yeah, we're just going to see how it all that pans out. 36 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,000 And you know what, yesterday, to be honest, we recorded an 37 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,720 episode yesterday too, but y'all have already heard that episode 38 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:39,800 and it turned out so good. Yeah, literally it was just all 39 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,800 about like idols in our live and live strongholds and strongholds 40 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,840 and stuff like that. So it turned out fantastic. 41 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,800 So now we're going to be talking about loving others where 42 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,160 they're at. Yep, I mean, loving them through 43 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,600 it almost goes with what we were talking about because we had to 44 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,960 love each other through our strongholds, even as Christ 45 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,920 followers and in the church. Like that's where it's so 46 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,080 important to, for the body of the church to stay one and stay 47 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:09,199 a whole unit because I mean, we're all Christ followers, but 48 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:11,640 we all still have those strongholds as we talked about, 49 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,640 and especially for those that have not met Jesus yet. 50 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,840 So it's, it's both. I mean, it's, it's everywhere. 51 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,680 It doesn't matter your follower, you're not where you're at in 52 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,040 life. We just got to learn to love 53 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,560 each other where we're called to be. 54 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,400 And what's so crazy is my verse that I had this morning 55 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:36,600 literally was like on point for what we're talking about today. 56 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,240 And it just hit me. So it was John 1512. 57 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,360 But and it's a command. So it says my command is love 58 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,120 each other as I have loved you. And it's Jesus talking. 59 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,560 And like, when you think about that, I mean, he's literally 60 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,200 giving us a command. Yeah. 61 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,760 He's not just saying like, if you want to, if you know, oh, 62 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,200 you can or is optional. Like this is something that's 63 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,040 not optional. For you. 64 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,720 Yeah, like it's right. No, right? 65 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,520 If it's convenient for you, if it makes sense, if it makes you 66 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,160 feel good, do it. But no, this is a command 67 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,600 regardless. Yeah. 68 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,280 And if you think about that, like that's heavy. 69 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,760 Like think about him saying as I have loved you. 70 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:24,240 So if you really think about how he has loved me in every season 71 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,080 that I've ever been, and I got to do that for everyone that I 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,000 encounter in my life. Which this morning I was 73 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,680 actually thinking about that and praying like he really, God is 74 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,040 just so selfless to really send his son. 75 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,280 Like, could you fathom, like Sutton, you're going to have to 76 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,520 go die for everybody now? And like, no, like that is just 77 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,080 so selfless. And so like, I was just thanking 78 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,480 him, you know, for that. And just like being just in a 79 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:57,000 position of just gratitude. And I'm like, man, the love that 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,360 he has to love us. Like what you're talking about 81 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,560 in that scripture is like, love everyone the way that he loves 82 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,400 you. And what's so crazy is when I 83 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,920 think about it, what you, in the context that you're talking 84 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,360 about, this has been since the beginning of time that he's had 85 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:18,880 this plan that he's loved his creation so much that he didn't 86 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,960 want us separated from him. So it was his plan all along to 87 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:27,680 send his Son to take care of that separation and bring us in 88 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,280 wholeness with him through the blood of Christ. 89 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:36,000 And when you think about it that way, it is like, wow, he truly, 90 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,400 truly does love, like his creation. 91 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,760 He loves each and every one of us so much. 92 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,000 And so that's kind of this heavy to think about to doing that 93 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:50,160 like as it's sending your son, your child to take care of 94 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,320 everyone else's sin in the world. 95 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,600 And the reason reason that we're separated from him, that he is 96 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,320 the one that took care of that and that was his own son. 97 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,680 When I'm thinking about like just loving others and like we 98 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,200 were talking about this in a few episodes ago of just like I 99 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,920 don't, I'm not very a nurturing person or whatever. 100 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,280 And I'm just like, it doesn't matter if you're a nurturer or 101 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,720 like you're that you're that type of person. 102 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,680 Like God calls us to be those types of people and just to love 103 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,680 everyone. So even if it's not something 104 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,520 you're strong at or something you're good at, it's still a 105 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,840 commandment of loving people, correct? 106 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:33,160 And just being that light in someone's life, life like, no, I 107 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,400 don't have to be a physical touch and touch and hold and hug 108 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:40,360 and whatever, but I can still be there for people and love them, 109 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,000 you know? And I feel like with following 110 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:48,760 obedience and having the Spirit in you alive in you, you can't 111 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,240 run away from it. Like it's just going to 112 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,160 evidently happen. Yeah. 113 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,800 Because that is his nature. And when his nature starts 114 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,880 taking, taking over in your life, you embody that stuff. 115 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,160 And it's not by choice. It's because it's him that's 116 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,360 doing it through you. And I was just thinking about 117 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,080 this. So like it's something about 118 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,960 like other Christ followers, right? 119 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,960 Like you just jive most of the time and it's because he's 120 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,040 living inside of them and you're like. 121 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:20,720 There's so much common big ground. 122 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,360 It's the same person living inside of both of y'all. 123 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,160 And I don't know why, but I literally it just clicked and I 124 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,840 was like, Oh my gosh, because sometimes we're like man, my 125 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:33,440 spirit, my spirit didn't sit right with that situation or 126 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,200 like that conversation or something like that. 127 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,920 And it's because it was going against Christ. 128 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,520 It was going against what he stands for and what he loves and 129 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,640 all this stuff. So sometimes, like even in 130 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,080 situations of like gossiping or something, and you're like, you 131 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,320 know, like I shouldn't have said all that. 132 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,960 And like you feel nasty in that moment. 133 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,080 And it's because Christ is living inside of. 134 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,560 You and and that is against His spirit. 135 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:59,200 It's like your flesh inside of you, fighting the spirit inside 136 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,000 of you at the same time. My mom has made the comment of 137 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,520 like, I don't know who she heard this from, but like, when you're 138 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,840 cussing or like, drinking, smoking, stuff like that, and 139 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:11,680 Christ lives inside of you, there's nowhere for him to go. 140 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,840 Yeah. So you're just drinking him. 141 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,920 He doesn't want to be in those situations. 142 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,280 He doesn't want to be smoking and drinking and vaping and 143 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,240 whatever, but he's living inside of you. 144 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:26,560 So then you have that pool that like tug of war constantly in 145 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,120 your life, in your mind and your emotions, everything that you 146 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,120 feel. And that's literally what it is. 147 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,520 It's his spirit against your fleshly desires that you 148 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,400 constantly have to put your fleshly desires down and to the 149 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,200 side. And like what you're saying is, 150 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,360 I think following that obedience, following this type 151 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,240 of command shrinks that flesh and lets his spirit take over, 152 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,920 even though you're not a a compassionate person. 153 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:51,960 He is. Yeah. 154 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,000 So it's not about you. He is. 155 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,480 And he will embody that through you. 156 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,480 And that's when people will start to see Christ. 157 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,760 Yeah, that is. So but I found too the coolest 158 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:08,920 thing that the world has put in our mind and how to live and 159 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,080 treat others. And it's like this comparison 160 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:17,040 that I was reading of basically the word and what it says and 161 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,400 how to treat others and everything that we probably see 162 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,320 on a day-to-day basis out on social media that we've heard 163 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,360 others say to us. Even when we're having a 164 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,320 conversation with them about, you know, an issue with somebody 165 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,440 that we're having, Here's how they tell us to handle the 166 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,919 situation. And when I was reading this, I 167 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:39,520 was like, this is some good stuff because it's like I didn't 168 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:44,440 realize how trained almost we are from the world on how to 169 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,400 treat others. You know what I mean? 170 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,160 And not the word. Does that make sense? 171 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,720 So I'm going to read some of them and then we can kind of 172 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,800 talk about them. But one of them says, you know, 173 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,040 live by your own truth. So like something that would 174 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,800 kind of be like a satanic trend, would it would say you decide 175 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,520 what's right for you and your life. 176 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,800 Like how often do we hear that? Like you know, you're in control 177 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,080 of your life. You make the best decision for 178 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,280 yourself, you do what's best for you. 179 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,320 Like I've heard that my whole life. 180 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,520 Biblical, no. And like, you know the truth and 181 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,440 what the warning was, was it saying truth isn't subjective? 182 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,200 Truth is not relative. Truth is found in Jesus, in his 183 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,240 word. And it's like, so the truth that 184 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,400 you need in your life, you can't find that on your own. 185 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,200 But we're trained that, yeah, that's what we're told from the 186 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,360 world. And I think that's what keeps so 187 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,160 many people in such a confused state of mind and why they can't 188 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,360 figure things out. Go ahead. 189 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,960 No, I was going to say because the same thing that like goes 190 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,720 with that and this might be something that you're going to 191 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,880 say, but like do what makes you happy, yes. 192 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,360 And it's like. No, because what makes me happy 193 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,920 is feeding my fleshly desires and it's going completely 194 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,360 against everything. Because there was another thing 195 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:10,120 that I read yesterday I want to say, and it was saying like, OK, 196 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,880 alcohol and drugs and all that stuff, it, it makes you happy 197 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,800 for a split second. Like, so if I'm going to 198 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,720 continue living that life, it's going to consume me. 199 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,440 And it only makes you happy when you're in there. 200 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,840 You need to think of your eternal happiness or eternal 201 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,480 joy. And where do you find that with 202 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:30,560 Jesus Christ? That's the only way. 203 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,920 And so like that, do what makes you happy. 204 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,400 No, like do what glorifies God. I've seen that graph will make 205 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,080 you happy. Yes, absolutely. 206 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,920 Because I've never been more happy, am I? 207 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,120 Yeah, never. Or not even just happy. 208 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,080 Never been so joyful. Because happiness will come and 209 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,000 go, like sometimes, you know, But your joy will always be a 210 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:56,640 true joy. True peace comes with following 211 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,840 Jesus and doing what glorifies Him. 212 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,480 Right. And so, but I mean, it's just so 213 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,280 embedded in US, I think, and things that we see out in the 214 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,000 world. This is why I like this. 215 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,040 Caught me so off guard and I thought it was so great and I 216 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,000 was like man I wrote down every little thing because it's just I 217 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,960 remember even before giving my wife to Jesus thinking these 218 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,960 things would get me where I wanted to go and it never did. 219 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,120 It always just ended up in failure. 220 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,680 What was another one? Yeah, so like our culture is 221 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:30,960 kind of like a cancel culture. So cancel them, expose them or 222 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,560 pay them back is definitely embedded in us when somebody 223 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:38,280 does something wrong to us. And this 100% goes with loving 224 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,400 people where they're at because they're not, we're not always 225 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,480 people have a sinful nature. We still even do. 226 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,680 We're not always going to do right by others 100% of the 227 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:50,720 time. I just can't be perfect, right? 228 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,160 But it's like we've been trained or the world would say, you 229 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,880 know, to just cut them off. Yeah, right. 230 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,440 Like would be done with them, cancel and be done with them. 231 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,480 And so it's saying, you know, there's a warning to that. 232 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,480 We are called to love and overcome evil with good. 233 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:11,480 Vengeance belongs to God. And so, you know, it's just 234 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:18,320 crazy to think that what we have so stuck in our mind or what we 235 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:23,760 have grown up just learning is, is like completely has to be 236 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,600 relearned. Yeah, you know what I mean? 237 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,400 And completely we have to dive into what his spirit, what his 238 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,560 word calls us to do and how to love others and not just cancel 239 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:34,520 them. Now, I'm not saying there's not 240 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:39,400 certain situations where people are in situations that they do 241 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,520 need to get away from people. That's a totally different, you 242 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,440 know, kind of subject. But because I do believe, you 243 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,160 know, safety, everything like that is first. 244 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,400 But just, you know, smaller things like gossip, things like 245 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,360 that, and not cancelling somebody just because of where 246 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,920 they are in their life and just loving them. 247 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,760 Through it. Well, you know, when I'm 248 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:05,480 thinking of that, you think that tit for tat mentality. 249 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,920 And if we're going tit for tat, then you're in a mess because 250 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,240 God's not doing tit for tat. He's not tallying up all of 251 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,480 these numbers of the wrongs that you've done. 252 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,960 Your debt's been forgetting, you know, So if you're holding on to 253 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,720 this bitterness of someone wronging you and doing these 254 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,840 things. Just like ask yourself again, 255 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,320 John 1512, love others as I have loved you. 256 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,800 Did he love me like that? A tit for tat. 257 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,280 Did he put, you know, certain standards on his love for me? 258 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,360 No, he didn't. He came to the cross regardless 259 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,760 of anything that I it's not anything that I had to do or 260 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,360 standard I had to live up to. That's what he did regardless, 261 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,000 And so to get there and doing that to others, I'm not there. 262 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,880 Like that's going to be a work in progress for me because my 263 00:13:54,880 --> 00:14:00,160 flesh wants me to love others when they're giving me. 264 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,400 When it's. Satisfying to me, and I still 265 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,600 struggle with that, is loving somebody regardless what they're 266 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,840 giving me, what they're bringing to my life. 267 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:11,960 They don't have to bring anything to my life. 268 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,880 They can, I need to walk with them through their troubles. 269 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,560 They might bring troubles to my life, but I have to love them 270 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:19,880 regardless. And that's hard to do. 271 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,680 Like we can sit up here and talk about it all day long, but when 272 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,760 we're in that situation with somebody, like not giving up, 273 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,080 not quitting, going after it through prayer, going after it 274 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,080 through having Christ first, like it's hard. 275 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,360 Yeah, I agree. I mean, there is so many times 276 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,680 that you get caught up in they're not benefiting me, 277 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,400 they're not pouring into my life, they're. 278 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,280 Not in the world has like put in our. 279 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,120 Head we think that every like our we, the world revolves 280 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,000 around us like truly. And it's like, Oh well, they're 281 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,880 not reaching out to me, so I ain't reaching out to them. 282 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,240 I'm not checking on them because they ain't checking on me. 283 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,360 They didn't do this for me, you know, and so on. 284 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,040 I see that all day long. I literally see stuff all day 285 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,560 long where people are sharing stuff, saying, oh, this person, 286 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,480 I'm not going to put in to what they haven't put into me if I 287 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,960 haven't heard from them. You're not going to be a part of 288 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,040 my life, this and that and putting up, you know, these 289 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,480 things that just kind of cancel culture. 290 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,520 You're cancelled. You're out of my life. 291 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,920 You didn't do what I expected. You didn't treat me like I 292 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,000 wanted. You didn't send as many text 293 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 messages throughout the year as I was wanting. 294 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,880 So you're cancelled. Girl, if we counted text 295 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,920 messages between me and you over the years, like it would be 296 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,720 crazy because like there's just certain seasons of your life 297 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,440 where you don't talk every day, you don't talk once. 298 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:45,560 Everybody so much going on in your personal life where it's 299 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:50,440 like, don't expect people to just constantly be blowing up 300 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,440 your phone because I mean, you want, there's something we don't 301 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,960 talk, you know what I'm saying? And it's just like, I know where 302 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,400 we stand. I know I'm going to ride or if I 303 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,520 get a call, oh, I'm going to go like, yes. 304 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,720 But there's just so many times that now it's like, what are 305 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,560 they doing for me? Oh, they're not. 306 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,880 So I'm done with them. Right. 307 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,200 Yeah. And so that was just something 308 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,560 that I thought was so good. Good because I see it all the 309 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,840 time. Yeah, that was really good. 310 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:15,520 Yeah, you got some more. I do. 311 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:16,280 Oh, wow. How many? 312 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,360 How many total are there? Four or five. 313 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,160 There's a good bit like 7. Oh OK, read a few. 314 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:28,640 Yeah, not all of them like towards the end really go, but I 315 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,520 think this kind of goes. What we were just talking about 316 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,320 though was choosing who you help. 317 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,080 So only pour into people who pour into you. 318 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,600 Literally what we were just talking about. 319 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,760 But I'll give you kind of what it says about it. 320 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,840 It says the golden rules is clear do unto others. 321 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:46,440 Real love is always willing to give and without expecting 322 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,720 anything in return. So it's like we have to get to a 323 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:54,400 point in time where, OK, this is where I have to get to in my 324 00:16:54,400 --> 00:17:00,240 mindset with Christ is I'm not reaching out to you and going 325 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,720 out of my way to bring satisfaction to your life. 326 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:07,240 I'm doing it out of my love for Christ. 327 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:12,319 That's the only reason. Whether or not you know, you 328 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:17,079 respond in the way I want or you think I'm doing what's 329 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:21,359 satisfying to you or anything. I'm just like, Lord, I love you 330 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:25,599 and I want to hear well done, my good and faithful servant at the 331 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:27,880 end of this life. So I'm just, I'm going to pour 332 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:33,400 into that and that's why I'm doing this, not because I'm just 333 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:34,720 trying to make somebody else happy. 334 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,600 Does that make sense? Yeah, that does. 335 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:37,680 That's good. What else? 336 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,280 You got something that's not the same? 337 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:44,240 Yeah. What? 338 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:49,640 So like this one says, live short, do whatever feels good. 339 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,960 Yolo, you only live once, you know, and that really goes 340 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,200 against it because you technically you don't even 341 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,160 really live once because I will be living for eternity. 342 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:07,200 So it's like, if you're not doing what God calls us to do 343 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,120 now, what makes you think that you're going to be wanting to do 344 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:15,400 it like after here's this is something that I heard one time 345 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,640 and who knows if it's biblical or not, OK? 346 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,720 But it's like, if you don't like to praise and worship and cry 347 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:28,200 out to God and talk to him and be with him now you know that is 348 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,480 all we're going to do in eternity is cry out to Him and 349 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,920 be holy, holy, holy, like, like truly. 350 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,800 Passionate. Passionate for him in in 351 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:44,000 forever, you know, so it's like, why don't you want to do that 352 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,160 now when you know that's what you're going to be doing for all 353 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,080 of the ends of the earth. You know what I'm saying? 354 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:53,400 Not even the ends of the earth, the ends of, and that's so hard 355 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,280 to comprehend to people, eternity because our brains 356 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:03,640 physically cannot comprehend, one, how big God is and two, how 357 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,480 long eternity is. Like, it's just one of those 358 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,240 things that you really just can't fathom. 359 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,280 Because there's no ending. There's no ending. 360 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,640 No, none. You know, So when we're talking 361 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:18,960 about doing this topic, one of the things that I was thinking 362 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,360 about of loving people where they're at is like people living 363 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:27,160 in sin and loving them through their sin, not approving of 364 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,360 their sin, but loving them of their sin. 365 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,640 And just maybe that's something we can kind of talk about a 366 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,640 little bit with. Yeah, yeah. 367 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,640 No, I mean when I when I'd gotten done with this, it kind 368 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:43,080 of helped me to see just how unhealthy everything is told us 369 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,080 to be towards others. And then get into the topic of 370 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,120 loving somebody, like where they are and how to be a good 371 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:57,200 standard for them or a good just view of how Christ would treat 372 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,960 them. How Christ does love them. 373 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,000 Because I think sometimes that's the hardest thing for somebody 374 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:07,320 to living in sin is they have more than likely even us growing 375 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,640 up we have had. Been let down so many times by 376 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,800 people on this earth. So it's hard for us to 377 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:21,360 comprehend and eternal love and a love that Christ has for us 378 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,880 and we can't grip that we can't almost accept it. 379 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,200 And that's why sometimes I think it's so hard for some people to 380 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,160 accept Jesus Christ in their into their life is because they 381 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,360 are so correlated to what's happened to them in their 382 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:37,680 personal life with other people. So it's like, if these people 383 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,280 have done this to me and this is how well I've been treated, so 384 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,400 like, that's hard for me to believe that there's a Jesus out 385 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,920 there that loves me like that. Yeah. 386 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:50,000 So, you know, go ahead, because that's how I just picture it 387 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,320 being. Yeah, I mean, that's what, 388 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,000 because there's one thing, because I heard this the other 389 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,480 day too, where I was talking to somebody and they're like, well, 390 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,720 we all sin. So what? 391 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,920 What exactly is the defining moment of living in sin versus 392 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,000 just, you know, sin? And so living in sin, just to 393 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,800 clarify, would be like you're actively disobeying God. 394 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:15,680 You're actively choosing to live a life that does not glorify God 395 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:21,280 or, like, when you wake up and, you know, you're in this sinful 396 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,800 state, the sinful season, and you're just continuing to, like, 397 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,080 let it consume you. So I never want people to be 398 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,600 like, oh, they're talking about living in sin. 399 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,200 Why aren't we all sinners, like, all this? 400 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:32,560 And that's not what I'm trying to say. 401 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:33,840 Yeah. You know, I just want to 402 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,320 clarify. But, you know, when people are 403 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,240 living in sin, I think it's so important. 404 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,640 Like Kayla heal, she was talking about her episodes called love 405 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:48,000 your neighbor and she's talking about when she was in a same sex 406 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,920 attraction relationship and she was living that life. 407 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,120 She had this one guy just poor love. 408 00:21:56,120 --> 00:22:00,400 His name was chief poured love into them like and spoke truth. 409 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,840 He never was like you're going to hell like XYZ. 410 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:09,760 Like he's like, you know, the Bible does say, you know that 411 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,360 this isn't right and the we shouldn't be living this. 412 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,640 This is for men and women, you know, all this stuff. 413 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,280 He just spoke truth and he was like, hey, how are y'all today? 414 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,080 Like y'all look so like he just went on about life in a loving 415 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,480 way instead of hateful. And that is what I want people 416 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,480 to see. Like when I come in contact with 417 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,800 people that maybe they feel like I'm going to condemn them or 418 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,000 whatever, they're like, I hope they walk away from that 419 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,800 conversation and they're like, man, she really just poured love 420 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,440 and and truth into me. Not she did. 421 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,360 She was condemning me. You know, right, Yeah, we 422 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,600 there's a verse that took out to me the other day and it was 423 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,920 worry weighs a person down and encouraging word cheers a person 424 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,520 up. The godly give good advice to 425 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,480 their friends, the wicked lead them astray. 426 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:58,600 Proverbs 1225 S through 26 like that person was doing in their 427 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,160 life. He was not tearing them down. 428 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,160 He was giving them encouraging words, but through truth. 429 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,680 Yeah, right. And still loving them and it 430 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,480 made obviously it made a huge impact it. 431 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,080 Did because she still talks about it. 432 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:15,640 She was like, that is one of the big pivotal moments of her life 433 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:20,320 is like one day they just want they both her and the 434 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,080 significant other or whatever. They went and talked to him and 435 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,960 was like, we feel very convicted about this and that we think we 436 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,400 need to, we don't know what to do. 437 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,240 And like he just was like, here's Bibles or whatever. 438 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,800 Like I want y'all to dig in and start reading and just come back 439 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,320 like it was reassessed, whatever. 440 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,640 They ended up splitting, becoming friends. 441 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,600 They were just like not like no more. 442 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,040 And then I mean, she's married with kids and everything else 443 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:50,560 now to a man, and she always talks about how big he was in 444 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:51,560 her life. Yeah. 445 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,920 Like, well, and let's just think about compliment though I know 446 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,960 like truly to be somebody that planted that seed and to loved 447 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,720 it and watered it and everything else. 448 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,800 Like absolutely true definition of what you're talking about 449 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,280 today, really and truly and walking with people because OK, 450 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,560 let's think about Jesus and his life on this earth. 451 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:10,920 What did he do? Yeah. 452 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,320 He walked along side everyone that he came into contact with, 453 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:21,320 not necessarily the Pharisees, but that's like a whole nother 454 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,320 level. When I think about it, Judas, 455 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,480 yeah, like he knew without a shadow of a doubt that Judas was 456 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,400 going to portray him. And he still chose to wash his 457 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,200 feet that night. And he still chose to love him 458 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,080 and walk with him, because he already knew way back when, when 459 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,040 he first met him, when he first asked him to be his disciple. 460 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,040 Because it was always not my will, but your will, father. 461 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,720 So his focus was 100% always on his father. 462 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,960 Yeah, it was never. And on the mission that he knew 463 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,440 had his calling on his life. And so it's just that just 464 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,360 clicked with me. It's like, wow, if that's where 465 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:59,760 our mind is, where Jesus's mind was, it was on his father and 466 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,040 his will for his life. What his calling was. 467 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:06,360 He knew his calling from the day he was born, what to do, what he 468 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:12,280 had to complete in his walk with his Father, and everything else 469 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,880 just fell in place the way it was supposed to. 470 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:20,200 That's what we need to be doing. Exactly, exactly did it it 471 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,960 really just click for you did this yes, I can tell like you're 472 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,920 like and then I mean it just looked really I thought. 473 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,400 Where his mindset was. And so we're called to be more 474 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,160 Jesus like and look at where his mind was constantly. 475 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,520 Which one of the biggest prayers that I just continue to pray is 476 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,280 like, let your will be done. Like don't let me take this into 477 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,440 my own hands and try to make this and that and the other 478 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,600 happen because we do know that his plan is so much better. 479 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,280 So when we do try to take control of those things, which 480 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,680 is normal, it's our flesh, we're going to do it. 481 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,400 But that's when I'm like, Lord, please let this be your will. 482 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,360 And that's one of the things about being in line with him is 483 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:06,720 like, you start to recognize what his will truly is for your 484 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,040 life when you're far away from him. 485 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,280 You're not sure what that is because you can't discern. 486 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,240 You can't hear him. You can't you, You don't know. 487 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,880 Yeah. So being in line with him and 488 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,280 trying to make sure that I'm steady, staying close to him, 489 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:25,320 that's when we can see the will. And Jesus was, I mean, we saw 490 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,080 where he would spend 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness 491 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,960 crying out to God and being spending time with him and 492 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,960 praying and fasting. So yeah. 493 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,600 And yeah, it doesn't mean it's not going to always be heavy, 494 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,000 because I just think about how heavy it was still on him. 495 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,760 Well, we know that the night before when he's in the garden, 496 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,280 he's crying out like this is still have to do I take it from 497 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,880 Yeah. Take it frightening, Lord. 498 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,280 Yes. And so we do know that some of 499 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,680 the times when we're in these positions, it's going to be 500 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,480 heavy. It's going to call us to be 501 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,360 uncomfortable and do hard things. 502 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,880 And you know what else goes with that? 503 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,440 That list of things? God doesn't give things 504 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,560 stronger. What is it you can handle that 505 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,440 you can? Handle That is such a lie. 506 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:11,880 It is such a lie because he does give us hard things and we can't 507 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,040 handle them. That is why he can't. 508 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,600 That's what we're supposed to tap. 509 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,160 Into We're cooking. That's what we're supposed to 510 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,600 tap into is, if you think about it from that mindset, no, I 511 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,680 can't, but I'm not alive in me anymore. 512 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,040 It's not me doing it, it's him fulfilling it. 513 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,680 And so he gives us those hard things to do what? 514 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,600 To turn around and give it back to. 515 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,160 Him and give it back to him. And also what? 516 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,520 Tap into the power of the Spirit inside of us, right? 517 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,680 And that's something I got to get better at really and truly. 518 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,880 Like I still sometimes carry and walk around that I might not can 519 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,480 do certain things, but it's not me doing it anymore. 520 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,000 It's him. And he can do these things. 521 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,360 He can't handle these things. He can't handle this hard news. 522 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:05,240 He can't handle this bad situation. 523 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,480 I can't. And he also can love those that 524 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:13,080 you think that you can't love. Exactly, he 100% loves them. 525 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,640 He. Does and he's going to love them 526 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,960 through you. So like one of the things that 527 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,400 Miss Cherie talks about is like she really struggled loving her 528 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,800 husband in the state like where they were because they're 529 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,280 completely unyoked. He's agnostic. 530 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,880 She's on fire for the Lord. It's hard to imagine is like the 531 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,800 complete opposite of you basically. 532 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,200 It's hard to love somebody that you do get. 533 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:43,840 Along I don't know, there is sometimes no, but like so she 534 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:49,880 says she started having to pray like God love him through me 535 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:54,320 like show me how to love him, teach me how to love him, teach 536 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,920 me how to be the wife that he needs so that he can see you so 537 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:03,120 he can experience you. And you know what Miss Cherie 538 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,680 got? She, she got something right 539 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,120 because I mean, after a long time, like she was loving him, 540 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,600 she was pouring God into him and he came to Christ. 541 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,000 That is crazy because what I wrote down to was, do we believe 542 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,720 that kind of love can truly help somebody change? 543 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,680 Yep, yes, 100. Like the fact that you brought 544 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,360 that up about Kayla. Yeah. 545 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,840 And then Miss Cherie's husband. Like, I think it's sometimes the 546 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,840 only way that somebody is going to make that change is when you 547 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,520 love them in that manner and you love them through that. 548 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,320 Life, if you're not loving them, how are they experiencing 549 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,960 Christ? Like if you're being hateful 550 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,840 towards them, how would they experience Christ? 551 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,760 Because now they've got a bad taste in their mouth of what 552 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,920 Christians are. Because I'm going to be honest, 553 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,200 a lot of time we're already called hypocrites anyway of 554 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,800 being part of a church. So now you are fitting in with 555 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:56,400 that narrative that people so much always talk about, you 556 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,440 know, like they're like, I don't want to come to the church 557 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,040 because the church is just full of hypocrites. 558 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,000 Church hurt and they have all this church hurt and it's not 559 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,520 Jesus hurt, it's church hurt. It's physical 4 walls. 560 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,280 The people in the four walls hurt you and not Jesus. 561 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,920 That wasn't him. He wouldn't have done that to 562 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,320 look at all the people that he just came in contact with and 563 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,440 healed them and bless them and all this stuff. 564 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,680 He's the same God as he was then. 565 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,280 I think, and I was saying that earlier, I think that situation 566 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,680 right there sometimes is why it's so hard for somebody to 567 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,760 accept Jesus absolutely because of that reason, because it's so 568 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,080 comparative to how they've been treated on this earth by 569 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,800 somebody that says they love Jesus. 570 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,360 So make, you know, I would be like, make that make sense. 571 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,480 If they love Jesus and they just treated me like this, how does 572 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,440 that work? So yeah, but that isn't him. 573 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,800 That isn't, you know, if you know him and you know his word 574 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,640 and you know what he says, that isn't him. 575 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,600 That was not him. And that was that human flesh in 576 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,120 that person. You're not supposed to be 577 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,400 changing these people anyway. That's not your job. 578 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,000 Yeah, your job is just to love them. 579 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,200 God's going to change them. God's going to work on their 580 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,160 heart. God's going to cleanse them all 581 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,200 this stuff just like he did me and you. 582 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,920 I didn't do anything. The part my mom didn't do 583 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,760 anything, nobody did anything. God truly, I started 584 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,360 surrendering to him and he cleansed me right like. 585 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,640 I'm glad you're bringing that up because I will talk about when 586 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,680 my dad first came back into my life and we've touched. 587 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,120 On this a little trying to change. 588 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,680 We touched on this a little bit, I think, but it kind of goes 589 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,160 with this topic. Yeah. 590 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,320 He came in firing brimstone. Yeah. 591 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,600 Like, I'm talking about, you know, he hadn't been a part of 592 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,000 our life. I was 1516 at the time. 593 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,840 And here he is walking in. Like, the way you're living, 594 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,920 this is not how you need to be living The, you know, all of 595 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,280 this stuff. Like, there is a hell. 596 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:53,080 There is this. And I'm like, if you don't, I'm 597 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,600 not listening to you. I know because I remember that 598 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,720 too. Yeah, but when? 599 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:04,120 He didn't come at it from that. Oh, and it was probably just 600 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,200 something he had to work out with the Lord he was learning 601 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,760 to. For the Lord, you can't control 602 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:10,560 it. You know what I'm saying? 603 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,120 Like fresh, you just want everybody to experience it. 604 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,880 Like you just want them to see what you've seen. 605 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,920 So. So when he kind of took a step 606 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:24,640 back and I know he had to pray about it a lot and just started 607 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,440 living with us, like just loving us. 608 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,520 Just kind of like when Paul says to a Jew, I'm a Jew, to a 609 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,120 Gentile, I'm a gentile. I'm just going to meet you where 610 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:38,120 you're at and be on your level. And that's kind of what my dad 611 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,600 had to do. Not meaning he partaked in 612 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,000 anything that we did, but he was just there. 613 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,000 He just started to love us, get to know us, got on our level. 614 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,360 Like, you know, what's been going on in your life? 615 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,320 Where's your mind? You know, how is everything 616 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:52,000 going? What? 617 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,040 Oh, I didn't know you've been through this or you know where 618 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,800 you've worked. And I just really just got on 619 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:02,840 our level, man. It's like then you feel open 620 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:07,840 enough to like give that person your time or get, you know, kind 621 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,000 of put some trust into that person. 622 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,400 And I think that is huge as a Christ follower and loving 623 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,440 somebody where they're at is them learning that they can 624 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:22,840 trust you, because that opens up a whole new realm of being able 625 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,560 to speak truth into somebody's life and don't actually hear it. 626 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:30,440 It does because I mean, I don't necessarily like when my mom 627 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:31,960 went to the Potter's house and she got none. 628 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,800 I don't remember her coming back and being like, you better 629 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,080 change right now. Like I just remember her really 630 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:43,120 loving me where I was at. She didn't, she didn't say like 631 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,680 going to George Bob's again, you know, like, I mean, she would 632 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,120 make those sly comments sometimes, but it wasn't never 633 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,320 like you're going to hell or hurtful or whatever. 634 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,440 She's like, Alexis, it's like the third, fourth time this 635 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,560 week. It's Wednesday, you know, like 636 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,680 it was never, I'm condemning you, I want more for you. 637 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:07,400 And like, that was such a turning point in my life because 638 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:14,719 I saw her just radiate, Yes. Like she just truly just loved 639 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,880 and showed me and invited me places. 640 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,840 Like she invited me to that women's conference where like 641 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,400 literally sparked everything back in April. 642 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,960 As soon as I come from back from that, I'm like, I'm getting all 643 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,880 my health journey. I'm getting all my God journey. 644 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,600 Like, I'm getting right, like all this. 645 00:34:29,679 --> 00:34:31,560 Yeah. And so like just those little 646 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,520 things just make such a big difference of them just being 647 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,440 like, I love you. I don't I don't agree what 648 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,560 you're doing, but I love you and I want the best for you. 649 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,679 And I'm just going to throw in snippets of, you know, something 650 00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:49,040 here and there. Just throw in those little tooth 651 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,880 bombs as you've kind of built that trust and that love and 652 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:57,400 that relationship because like, think about this, like our 653 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:02,360 relationship with Jesus, right? And it's starting out in trust 654 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,280 and faith kind of go, you know, hand in hand. 655 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,440 Like our faith grows the more that we learn that we can lean 656 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,520 on Jesus, right? And the more that he brings us 657 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,680 through and we know he's going to bring it, bring us through 658 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,360 it. But it's the same way in a 659 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,240 relationship, just with somebody, you know, your parent, 660 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,640 your friend, your best friend, your aunt, your uncle. 661 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,040 The more that you trust them and the more that they walk with you 662 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,680 through this life, the more that you feel like you can pour 663 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,600 yourself into them or them pour themselves into you. 664 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,760 And this is same way with kind of Jesus and going back and 665 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,760 forth and walking through this life with him. 666 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,760 So that's us being Christ like to those around us and allowing 667 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:46,480 them to trust us and us holding that word and being true to them 668 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,240 and true to ourselves. One of the things that my mom 669 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:53,600 did say too, is like, I didn't get it right for over 30 years. 670 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:58,840 Like I, I, I had experienced God, but I still fell short. 671 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,480 I still would go back into that life. 672 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:01,520 I would still do all these things. 673 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:07,200 So who am I to say that you got to get it right right now and 674 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,520 figure it out. Sometimes it just takes people 675 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,880 longer. Yeah, you know, and I wish 676 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,680 everybody could just experience it right near right now. 677 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,720 But like, right when I came to Christ, I was beating Greg over 678 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:18,480 the head. Yeah. 679 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,600 Didn't do nothing but argued worse, right. 680 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,480 And then finally, I did have to get to the point where I'm like, 681 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,240 I just can't really talk about it no more. 682 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,840 Like, you know, I don't think it's coming. 683 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,880 From us, like Diane had to get with us was not that he didn't 684 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,200 talk about GS. He always talked about Jesus, 685 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,200 but not to us, just around with us. 686 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,120 With us, Yes, correct. Yeah, it wasn't to us. 687 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,480 It was with us. Correct. 688 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:49,280 It would just be like, like, I remember this was when we were 689 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,680 all still drinking and stuff and, you know, we wouldn't be 690 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,400 feeling awful the next day, probably hungover or something. 691 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,480 And he's just like, bouncing for joy, like, you know, cooking 692 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:04,840 breakfast or something like. Cooking breakfast or asking us 693 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,440 to go eat breakfast because while we're wanting to eat 694 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,480 because we don't feel good, he's just wanting he's. 695 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:11,880 Just living his and he. Wants to enjoy it with us. 696 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,480 He. Looks like he feels great. 697 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,680 Yeah, he. I knew he just got out of his 698 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,160 word. Like his mindset is where I want 699 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,880 to be. And I'm sitting there, it's dark 700 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,200 mindset. And I'm like, that's when it 701 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,960 starts, when you see somebody walk in there, walk like that, 702 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,800 and you won't, and you desire what they have. 703 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,960 And you're sitting over there kind of in misery and you're 704 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,360 like, is that real? Is he really that joyful? 705 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,360 Towards the end, I really did start saying this towards the 706 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,200 end of my drinking days of like, I'm going to drink today and 707 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:45,440 steal happiness from tomorrow because truly, like, you may be 708 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,840 living it up and doing all this stuff, but tomorrow's going to 709 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,600 suck. Yeah, like, absolutely be 710 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,920 terrible. And so like, you talking about 711 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,240 Mike, I remember my mom always. And I'm like, man, she never 712 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,760 feels bad. I know she's always happy. 713 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,120 She's always got, you know, like just waking up, going to go 714 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:06,760 anywhere or the fact of like that late at night, just jumping 715 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,520 into her car, riding to the gas station if she wants to ride. 716 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,000 And I'll be like, I can't do that because now I'm 717 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,840 intoxicating and I can't drive. I know I'm we're kind of like 718 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,440 hitting. I don't even know how we got 719 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:17,920 here. I don't because we're just 720 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,920 saying like they were just living with us and around us and 721 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:26,560 being that light and that's how they loved us where we were at. 722 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,360 You know, that's right. And that's that is what we're 723 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:34,080 really the point we're making from this was they the moment 724 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:38,920 they quit trying to change us because we were their children, 725 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,280 the moment they just started living with us and we saw the 726 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,440 joy in their life and they just walked their walk regardless of 727 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,520 what we did. We started desiring what they 728 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,480 have. And that's how I think you truly 729 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,440 love somebody where they're at and help them to get there with 730 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,120 Christ. That's good man, that's good. 731 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,120 Can't believe we came to there. All the way. 732 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,000 We just did a full. Like whatever, you know, Greg 733 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,680 always says that's what Pat does all the time. 734 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,960 He says you got to do all this to get to this. 735 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,640 You got to do all this. Like, so now every single time 736 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,120 anyway. All right. 737 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:17,120 Yeah, I It's so crazy how these episodes always go. 738 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:21,120 Yeah, because you like never how we plan it. 739 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,640 No, never what I think we're going to talk about. 740 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,200 And then we just hit topics and God put stuff on our heart and 741 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,720 he talks through us and it's just, I love why I ride. 742 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,360 I love the Lord. That's right. 743 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,280 And you know what? And that's what I try to tell 744 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,560 people when like they're getting ready to come give their 745 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:40,480 testimony on here. It is net like, you truly don't 746 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,880 even realize. Like even my mom, she despises 747 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,440 coming on here sometimes it stresses her out. 748 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,880 She's worried to death. She don't like the lights and 749 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,200 the cameras and all this. It's just a conversation. 750 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,720 Like I mean, at the beginning now we did have some stuff 751 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,080 scripted out. I would send questions and I'd 752 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,640 be like, I need to read what you're going to say and all 753 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:01,840 this. And now I'm like. 754 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,800 It's too much our touch, like you don't want your touch on it, 755 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,840 you want the Lord, so just let it. 756 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:08,200 Slowly. Exactly. 757 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,840 And just be genuine to the conversation. 758 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,600 Like that's one of the reasons why too. 759 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,480 I'm like, I think maybe Isaiah's jobs become a little bit easier 760 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,000 because now we're like truly just, you know, what? 761 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,920 If we mess up or we say something, I'm like Hitchin is 762 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,560 what it is what it is, you know? But I was gone is good no matter 763 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,800 what. And he gets the glory for all of 764 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,320 this. And where there are two, he is 765 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,680 there. So I truly believe that he is in 766 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,040 every conversation that we have and we're not going to get it 767 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,640 right. And people will, I think, 768 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,440 scrutinize you no matter what. But I'm just going to focus on 769 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,320 my walk with him and focus on where my relationship is out 770 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,080 with him. And that's number one. 771 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,320 And hopefully that can flow through these conversations. 772 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,600 Yeah. So our biggest take away from 773 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,400 today is just loves like the people around you. 774 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,280 Love the people that go out of your way for people, people that 775 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:02,040 have wronged you. Try to forgive, not try. 776 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,920 Yes, in commandment, yes, forgive them, love them. 777 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,080 I mean, send the text. One of the best. 778 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,880 I know we're about to close, but hang on one second. 779 00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:15,120 One of the best advice I've ever gotten from a girl, me and her 780 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,160 were talking about the situation that I was in and how I was 781 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,600 like, I'm just so negative towards it XYZ. 782 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,120 And she's like whatever your flesh wants to do, do the 783 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:25,480 opposite. Yes. 784 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,560 And when she said that I'm like, man, that's good. 785 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,840 And so now every single time I'm like, I am not texting her, I'm 786 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,400 not checking on her. I read her status where she 787 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:38,200 don't feel good, he's canceled. I ain't praying for it. 788 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:42,480 Like who what like why, you know, like I did catch myself in 789 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,880 situations like that and then I'm like, no, my flesh doesn't 790 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:47,240 want that, but God would want that. 791 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:49,920 God would be praying for her. God would be, you know, like 792 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,160 loving her and checking in on her. 793 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,240 So let me if I, if I'm truly wanting to be Christ like, I 794 00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:58,000 need to do Christ actions and that would be Christ actions. 795 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:02,160 That's so good to end on that note is whatever our flesh 796 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,600 sometimes is telling us to do the opposite because nine times 797 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,840 out of 10 Christ like and we're called to do it, we're commanded 798 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,960 to do it and love. Others like he loves us. 799 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,400 Clocked it. All right, guys. 800 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,400 We hope you enjoyed it as much as we have. 801 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:21,720 Yes, this is going to be a great episode. 802 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:24,800 I feel like I pray that it just pushes you closer to Jesus and 803 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:25,960 you love others. Yeah. 804 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,760 And even yourself. And yourself love the way that 805 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:32,320 he loves, Absolutely. So stay tuned, stay blessed and 806 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:33,840 we'll see you guys later. Bye.