1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,920 What's up guys? My name is Alexis Brown. 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,520 And I'm Abby Cordy. And we are your host with 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,880 praises in the pod. So we are going to start out in 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:11,480 prayer and then we're going to jump right in. 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:18,480 So here we go. Lord, Heavenly Father, thank you 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,520 for today, Thank you for all your many blessings. 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,520 Dear God, thank you for allowing me and Abby to come on here and 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,840 just talk about your goodness and your faithfulness. 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,960 Lord, we pray that this glorifies you and that you just 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,600 speak to us and through US in Jesus name I pray, Amen, Amen, 11 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,880 Amen. So she is back. 12 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,600 So Abby, you may have heard her testimony and her testimony with 13 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,160 her husband and it just went so incredibly awesome. 14 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:48,240 And I told her I was like, let's think about it, pray about it, 15 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,360 talk about it and what that would look like about you 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:58,080 joining me on the podcast. And we thought it was great and 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,680 God thought it was great. I was praying about it. 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,120 And I jumped in the word. Hang on, I'm gonna grab my 19 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,080 Bible. So I actually got into the word 20 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,920 and I was just praying like God, you know, tell me, is Abby going 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,360 to be in? Should Abby be on the podcast? 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,800 Like, what's your thoughts about it? 23 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:22,640 And so as I'm praying, I come to Zechariah 414 and it says so he 24 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,440 said these two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all of the 25 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,160 earth. And in that moment, like my 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,720 spirit knew, I got like. 8 text messages, 5 calls, missed calls. 27 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:34,440 Yeah, her daughter, she's like, what? 28 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,440 Sutton's in the bath. And I was like, God said you 29 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,240 need to be on the podcast. So here we are. 30 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,520 And we're super stoked about it. Like we don't really know what 31 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,760 it's going to look like. We do know that she's going to 32 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,440 be on once a month. So our testimonies, the 33 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,920 testimonies that come on, it'll still be just me and the guest. 34 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,080 And then I'm going to have one episode by myself a month and 35 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,640 then we come together once a month. 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,800 So yeah, we're really excited. We we are just going to let God 37 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,440 leave and just see where he takes us. 38 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,440 So. Y'all are on this journey with 39 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,240 us together. Yes. 40 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:16,000 So we actually went to a women's conference yesterday. 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,960 Yes. And it was the people that put 42 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,960 on wind fire and I talked about wind fire on the last episode 43 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,720 because I just went to their women's retreat. 44 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,160 Well, they hosted a conference and I asked Abby to go with me. 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,560 I was like, it's going to be great, whatever. 46 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,040 So we went. It was great. 47 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,240 It was amazing, yes. And so on the way down there, 48 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,320 I'm like, we kind of were talking about some things and I 49 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,280 was like, it'd be so cool if we could get on the podcast and 50 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,640 talk about things we took away and like what the Lord revealed 51 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:48,080 to us. And yeah, but then I was like, 52 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,880 no, because we've been studying the armor of God and we've been 53 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,760 doing notes back and forth and just I'm like. 54 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,720 We'll kind of just maybe put it all together. 55 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,040 Yeah, I was like, we'll just see, like, whatever. 56 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:04,120 Well, then they start talking and we're like, wait, this is 57 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,680 like, it literally goes together because they were talking about 58 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,160 the enemy and how he can deceive us and all this stuff and like 59 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,680 seeing the real me, right or the me the real you or it was just 60 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,520 great so. Our identity. 61 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:22,240 Yes, it was all about our identity and who we are in 62 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,520 Christ and what God, how God sees us because sometimes we we 63 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,440 never see ourselves as what God sees us like. 64 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,920 So it was just really good. So I figured we would kind of 65 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:36,800 talk about, you know, what we got from them. 66 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,840 I had been doing a study that I did a year ago and it's by 67 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,040 Priscilla Shire, the armor of God. 68 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:49,040 And so I was like, let me redo that study because a year ago to 69 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,440 now, like my spiritual walk looks completely different. 70 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,800 You know, everybody's spiritual walk, you know, should be 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,600 getting stronger and stronger as you go. 72 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,040 And I was like, I think I really wanted to redo it and that's 73 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:02,760 what kind of got me on that. And in the first like few days 74 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,960 of the study, it talks about the enemy strategies and they list 75 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:11,880 off ten of those strategies. And then a lot of these is what 76 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,360 they talked about yesterday, right? 77 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,680 You know, and one of the things was the identity, what that was 78 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,399 number three that she talked about. 79 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:23,960 So I just thought that was so good, Like he will go against 80 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,320 your passion. And I feel like this week he has 81 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,120 really been trying to go against my passion because I have had 82 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,840 things left and right. Like I feel like I'm on the 83 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,720 journey. Like he wants like God wants me 84 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,600 to be on, but the devil is literally just like coming after 85 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,160 coming hard, yes. So I feel like that too. 86 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,160 And I feel like, I don't know, I felt led to say this from the 87 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:51,160 beginning, that whoever's listening, you know, we might be 88 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,360 sitting here and we're talking about, you know, how good and 89 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,360 faithful our God is and he is. But it's not, like, perfect. 90 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,160 It's not like us just sitting here and, you know, every the 91 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,160 day-to-day. Yeah. 92 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,520 Because like just since, you know, yesterday or last night, 93 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,240 you know, my husband was sick all night, then my daughter woke 94 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,040 up. Don't know what was going on 95 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,920 with her. She's screaming, crying, just, 96 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:21,160 you know, having a tantrum, then trying to find somebody to watch 97 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,360 her because Dexter's sick. And then she ends up falling and 98 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,080 scraping her knee right before I I didn't break her here. 99 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,120 Yes, it was a hot mess. So the enemy is after. 100 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,640 But I say that because I'm like, really, I'm a hot mess. 101 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,480 I think we both are hot messes together, but like we're on this 102 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,400 journey together and whoever is listening is on this journey 103 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:43,600 with us. We're not perfect. 104 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,800 And I just feel like we're just trying to do life together. 105 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,600 So I just kind of wanted to lay that out from the beginning. 106 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,800 Yeah. And that's one of the things 107 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,760 that I talked about last week was I jump on here and I'm 108 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,760 always talking about the goodness and following God and 109 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,280 how great life is. Because don't get me wrong, it's 110 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:02,440 great. But like it's hard. 111 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,920 It's hard. It is truly is hard. 112 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,120 Because the whole thing about the boat, you know, I don't even 113 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,880 know if I told them that I was texting you when I was on the 114 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,320 boat and I was like freaking out on that Bachelorette trip. 115 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,440 Like I'm just having a really hard time, but you know, like 116 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,800 that is something that no one else sees. 117 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,160 So yeah, we get on here and we talk about the goodness, but you 118 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,240 don't see the day-to-day. Stuff. 119 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,560 And that's why I wanted to reference that because, you 120 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,040 know, we're sitting here and and talking about all this and, and 121 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,000 saying those things, but I really wanted to reference like 122 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,440 what you don't see behind this recording. 123 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,280 Yeah. And that's real life and. 124 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:36,160 It's hard. Yeah. 125 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,360 So if you're listening, you're on this journey with us together 126 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,720 because I know that there are other people out there that are 127 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,280 struggling, that see it day-to-day, that it's hard, that 128 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:47,640 have daily struggles that nobody else knows about. 129 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,560 So I just wanted to, you know, we're all trying to do life 130 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,440 together. Definitely, definitely. 131 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,960 And that's what makes it easier when you have people in your 132 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,600 corner and you have that community. 133 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,080 And I know these listeners are tired of hearing me talk about 134 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,960 community, but it's so important. 135 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,040 It is. It is so, so important. 136 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,880 Because you. You when you know that you have 137 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,600 others really praying for you and and behind you, especially 138 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,560 with the word of God, you feel it. 139 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:18,240 It you can you feel like lifted up by those praises and prayers 140 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,800 and just the people that are kind of, you know, there for 141 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,000 you, You really can feel it. Yeah, you can. 142 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,880 It makes a huge difference. Definitely, definitely. 143 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,960 OK, so the first one was against your passion. 144 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,400 I told y'all, I was struggling a little bit this week because 145 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,080 he's been really coming after this. 146 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:38,400 And then against your focus and, and I think another one was 147 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,800 against your rest. And I want to say that against 148 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,880 your focus and against your rest is about the same thing. 149 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:50,000 Because like, if we're so busy, we can't focus on God, you know? 150 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 And that's one of the things is I talked about that last week 151 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,920 about how I was so busy and I stay so busy all the time and I 152 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,400 can't, I mean, I can't do what I need to do because I'm so busy. 153 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,720 Yeah, I, I, me and Dexter just had this conversation, 154 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:08,760 conversation whenever we began to lead and really get involved 155 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,440 in the church was we kind of had us take a step back because we 156 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,320 had jumped into on like everything, you know, trying to 157 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,560 lead elementary for service at on Sundays, then helping 158 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,640 Thursday nights and then him doing group men, group classes 159 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,480 Monday, Tuesday and then me as well. 160 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,560 So it's kind of like. Danielle's life group together. 161 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,440 Life group together and then we have a 2 year old we're trying 162 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,280 to raise and we try to, you know, just have a life for 163 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,799 ourself or not for ourself, but just your own social life with 164 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:41,320 your friends and then your family and with them too. 165 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,720 And trying to fit it all in. You're kind of you take a step 166 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:50,160 back and I realized like this is a way for the enemy to come in 167 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:55,120 through busyness because now it's like morning times feel a 168 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,240 little bit more rushed. So your quiet time is kind of, 169 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,680 oh, now I got to be here and do this and you're focused on how 170 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:04,120 much you got to do that day and it's a way for the enemy to come 171 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,800 in. He wants us to be in that 172 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,840 busyness so we don't have that more secured quiet time with 173 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,040 him. Oh, I'm actually so glad you 174 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,120 said that, because yesterday they were talking about masks. 175 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,560 Deb did and I honestly was like tearing up because one of the 176 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:24,160 mask it says that like every day we're wearing a mask for society 177 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,200 to see us as like, that's not the real me, but just picture 178 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,000 just like a a regular white mask. 179 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:35,800 And it has like, I'm a faithful servant, I am a giving person, 180 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,680 I'm always caring. I wear my heart on my sleeve 181 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:40,560 like all this stuff. And that's what people see on 182 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,120 the outside and. That's what people see on the 183 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:43,880 outside. And then you flip the mask over 184 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,520 and that's what God sees. And that's what really is going 185 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,640 on in your mind. And it's like you actually don't 186 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,320 have it all together. You're actually serving too many 187 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,800 areas. You're just like, you're wearing 188 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,800 yourself. Yes, you're wearing yourself 189 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,840 thin. And that one really hit me 190 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,840 because over the last like year and a half, I have started 191 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,400 serving in so many areas too, just like you and Dexter. 192 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,200 Like I want to be there, but I'm wearing myself thin. 193 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,680 And I also felt like I started, and I think we just talked about 194 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:19,480 this at lunch too, but I started in all these groups, but now I 195 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,200 figured out where my heart is pulling me to serve. 196 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,040 So it's kind of hard to still serve in all those other places 197 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,120 because I've learned this is what I want to do, you know, 198 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,040 and. You struggle with failing, and I 199 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,040 don't know if you do, but I struggled with feeling like, am 200 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,800 I being disobedient? Is this what I need to do? 201 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,680 Because I don't want to be disobedient, but I don't want to 202 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:43,080 lose my way with him either, you know? 203 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,800 I don't want to get so focused on the busyness and everything 204 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:51,720 else going on that you almost feel like a separation between 205 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,240 you and him because there's just so much else. 206 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,520 That is true. So strategy 3 is against your 207 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,880 identity. And in this Bible study, it says 208 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:05,320 he magnifies your insecurities, leading you to doubt what God 209 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,920 says about you and to disregard what he's given to you. 210 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,720 And I mean, that's a nail on the head of what we talked about 211 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,320 yesterday, Like literally. Magnifying your insecurities, 212 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,160 yes. So you don't, you don't know who 213 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,640 you are and, and you have this sense of always trying to find 214 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,560 that. At least I kind of struggled 215 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:27,120 with that, always trying to find where am I supposed to be? 216 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,600 What am I supposed to do for work? 217 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,640 Who am I? What you know, what is my 218 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,000 calling? Well, I think I'm passionate 219 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,640 about this. And then you can just do that in 220 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,200 your mind all day instead of just sitting back and going, oh, 221 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,640 what's my true identity? And my true identity is in 222 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,560 Christ. Yeah. 223 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,720 It is who he says I am and who he created me to be. 224 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,320 And I feel like the enemy can get you so distracted on the 225 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,840 other things that we every, I think so many people nowadays 226 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,880 struggle with that, just really trying to find their true 227 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:58,120 identity. Oh, OK, So another thing with 228 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,080 the enemy trying to make you doubt who you are and all that 229 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,400 stuff. One of the biggest things that I 230 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,040 took away yesterday, that was one of the Nuggets or whatever. 231 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,880 And it was like the enemy will put in your sight, which you do 232 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,160 not have and make you forget what you do have. 233 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,280 And I was like, I think that was said a few times yesterday 234 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,800 because that was one of the things that came from Genesis 235 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:23,000 from the very beginning when she was saying, like Eve was tempted 236 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,120 by the enemy. You know, the serpent came to 237 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,000 her and was like, well, he what about this one? 238 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,800 Like if you eat from this tree, you can be like God. 239 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:36,240 And she forgot what God gave her, like everything, a perfect 240 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,560 sinless life at this point, you know, like just a great life. 241 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,640 And the serpent literally deceived her and said, well, you 242 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,280 can actually be a bet. You can be better, right? 243 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,920 You know, And I think he does that to this day. 244 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:53,320 Obviously, we forget what God's given us and we focus on that, 245 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,960 those little things that maybe look better. 246 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,680 But in reality, it's not. That's not what God has. 247 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:05,720 For us, when one of the speakers said, you know, if Eve had 248 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,760 everything that she ever wanted, like if you could picture that 249 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,800 for your life, you know, just think about everything that you 250 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,200 would ever want, everything that you wake up and just pray for 251 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,160 and and things that, you know, you desire from God or or from 252 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,640 not, which are things that we got to work on, but having it 253 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,200 all and still and not getting it right. 254 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,200 Yeah. So we don't stand a chance. 255 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,400 The word of God has got to be our everything. 256 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,760 Yes. You know, we focused on many or 257 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,760 sometimes on just other, you know, quotes or somebody said 258 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,160 this and that and we kind of hold on to those things. 259 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,320 But no, the one thing that is true, that's right and that you 260 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,440 can trust 100% with everything that you've got is his word. 261 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,600 And I just think too, she had said, and this really stuck out 262 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,840 to me because so many times, like in the mornings, whenever I 263 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,320 do my quiet time, which is a part of having the armor of God 264 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:04,880 throughout your whole entire day is I pray for God's word to 265 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,560 speak to me. And whenever she said, she said, 266 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:11,360 bring your mind. To the word of God. 267 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:15,640 Not God to your mind. That really hit me because you 268 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:20,800 know, my mindset has got to be focused on His Word. 269 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,720 Like I've got to sit down and really bring my mind to Him and 270 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,200 His Word and what it's saying, not trying to do the other way 271 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:28,840 around. Does that make sense? 272 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,040 Yes, definitely. I really like that. 273 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:32,560 I think I wrote that down in my notes. 274 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:38,440 Here's another thing too, is claim and believe we are who the 275 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,480 Lord says that we are. And that means like riding 276 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,600 ourselves or our lives of negative core beliefs. 277 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,000 OK, this is where identity comes in because I struggle with 278 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,040 negative core beliefs about myself and I'm going to tell you 279 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,680 I believe them. Like I, you know, I'm not good 280 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,200 enough to talk on this podcast. That's funny. 281 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,920 These are just things, yeah. People believe about themselves 282 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,600 or I'm not smart enough to figure. 283 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,680 You know, exclusive. Me about, you know, I'm not good 284 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,280 enough or in shape enough to go do this and we have these 285 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,480 beliefs about ourselves and we 100% think they're real. 286 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,640 Yeah and they are not because if you put it up against the word 287 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,840 of God, it is not true. And that just stands out to me. 288 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,120 So much of riding our lives of those negative core beliefs and 289 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,200 putting who we think we are up to God's word and it ain't going 290 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,680 to be the stop and trying to just you know, mirrors can only 291 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,440 reflect what is put in front of them. 292 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,040 We can't reflect what we don't know. 293 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,920 Yep, right. Well, even Pam yesterday when 294 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,720 she was up there talking, she was like, even when I put on 295 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,640 these conferences or the retreats and all this, like, I 296 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:52,960 will walk away thinking I didn't do a good job, whatever. 297 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,160 Like I should have said this. I said that's wrong, like right. 298 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,680 And that is the same thing. Like I get, I get on here and 299 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,560 record. And I know that you probably did 300 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,840 the same thing when you recorded that first episode. 301 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,080 Like you're like, oh man, like I didn't do that good and I wasn't 302 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:08,520 good enough and all this. And then we start beating 303 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,280 ourselves up and then it makes us fear doing it again. 304 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,000 Yes, because we're like, well, if I didn't do it good that 305 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,160 time, like it's not. And you know, that is where the 306 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,440 enemy's getting, you know, trying to. 307 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,920 Work our identity. Identity and think that we're 308 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,520 not good enough to do this. Right, exactly 2. 309 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,720 That was going perfect when they first start out, you know, like 310 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,440 each episode. Yeah. 311 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,520 We will learn and we'll grow. And even I came on here and said 312 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,840 at the very beginning, like, this is really to advance my 313 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,520 relationship with God, Yeah, to hold me accountable, to be 314 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,480 getting into his Word and studying and doing all this 315 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,640 stuff. So if people don't think that 316 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,920 we're doing a good job with this podcast, God does. 317 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,720 I just had, I had to keep telling myself the first time I 318 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,920 came on here, I was just so terrified of judgement or people 319 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,360 looking at me a certain way. And I just kept telling myself, 320 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:06,240 if somebody walks away with knowing a little bit more about 321 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,160 Jesus and seeing what he can do in somebody's life, that's all 322 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,319 that matters. And my heart really felt like, 323 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,400 felt that. That's what my heart wanted. 324 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:17,480 And then, you know, just to have people reach out and say that to 325 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,680 me that, you know, there were certain things that really 326 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,640 touched them in that moment. I was just like, thank you, 327 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,640 Jesus, you can do it better than what I thought, you know, I 328 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,240 could do with it. I can't do anything with it. 329 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,200 You're the one that will do it all anyways. 330 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,320 And so, and that's what his word says. 331 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,400 And so, see, that's what I mean when those thoughts come into 332 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,760 our mind, it's like training yourself to shut those down and 333 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,400 put it up against what his word says is Abby, I'm the one that 334 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,440 can do all things. Well, you know, another thing 335 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,240 that she said yesterday that kind of ties into that is like 336 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,600 you can know the truth, but you have to believe the truth. 337 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,440 So like we can continue to say we are worthy, we are loved, we 338 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,040 are fearfully and wonderfully made. 339 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,400 We are all this. We know those truths, but we 340 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,480 have to train ourselves to really believe that and really 341 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,680 live that out. Like I am worthy. 342 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,160 I am loved. Like not just saying it because 343 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,720 there's so many times like I know the word. 344 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,320 I know these scriptures like that are going to help me 345 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:16,920 through and I'll say them, but I'm like. 346 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:21,520 You got to believe. It like, do I really 100% 347 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,880 believe it for myself? Right? 348 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:28,440 So that's always big too. That's something I wrote down if 349 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,080 if because we're talking about the armor of God, which comes 350 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:36,040 from Ephesians 6. But the where it ends at is what 351 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:42,800 is it stood out to me the most and it was in pray in the spirit 352 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,360 on all occasions with all kinds of prayers in request. 353 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:49,960 Would this in mind be alert and always keep on praying for all 354 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,520 of the Lord's people, which is Ephesians 618. 355 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:58,440 And so for me, sometimes when I struggle with is I'll give 356 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,960 something to God and then it comes right back and I'm like, 357 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,320 oh man, you know, because I'm trying to learn to put my armor 358 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,960 on and stand against the enemy and I'll do that. 359 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,160 But 30 minutes later is coming right back at me and it's just a 360 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,440 constant battle. And so one thing that I like 361 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:21,360 asked him to reveal to me was I was like, God, how do I give it 362 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,720 to you and allow you to hold it permanently? 363 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,520 Because I don't want this to keep coming back, this worry or 364 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,200 this fear or whatever it is that I'm struggling with. 365 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,960 And that's whenever He gave me that part of Scripture about 366 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,360 praying fervently, non-stop in His Word through the Holy Spirit 367 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:42,760 like that. That's how that is how the armor 368 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,200 is actually activated through prayer. 369 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,920 Like there are, you know, the helmet and the shield and the 370 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,840 sword and the breastplate and all this stuff. 371 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,400 But to activate any of that is by prayer. 372 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,880 And if we're constantly in prayer, our armor. 373 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,640 Is always activated and really we shouldn't be taking our armor 374 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,160 off. It's just always on. 375 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,400 We're always in prayer. So that was like, I love that. 376 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,440 And I never thought about that until I started doing the study 377 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,600 and I actually learned that the first time about never, you 378 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,120 know, being without your armor because you're always in prayer 379 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:21,120 and you're always activating it. So I don't know, that was just 380 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:24,440 such a good study. OK, so like we're just kind of 381 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,480 talking. I don't. 382 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:27,800 I don't know if I say this but. I mean. 383 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:29,960 Yeah, it's real. I know it is real. 384 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:35,760 So like we take completely different notes because we're in 385 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,000 the same conference. Honestly, every time I looked 386 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,520 over and you're typing, I'm typing around the same time. 387 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,760 But we're writing down completely different things 388 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,720 because as we're putting like our notes together, we're like, 389 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,560 you took something completely away from yesterday than I was. 390 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,840 Supposed to be it. Is because God speaks to you in 391 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,320 a certain way like yesterday I was asking God to revealed 392 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,640 certain things to me or whatever and so to me he was answering me 393 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,440 and where I am in life. Yeah and the same thing with 394 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,720 you. So I mean our notes are just 395 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,800 completely different. They're I mean. 396 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,680 I guess just going back to identity because I wanted to 397 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,360 touch on what her name was. Terry Matthews, she did amazing. 398 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,320 Terry Matthews Woodall. Either way, no matter what her 399 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,320 name is, she popped off. She touched on identity being 400 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,480 our core of who we are, but our image. 401 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,200 So, you know, your identity and your image are inter correlated. 402 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,920 They work together because your identity is who you are at your 403 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,160 core and your image is just the visual side of that. 404 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,240 It's just what others see. So, you know, when you're 405 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,880 carrying anger or hurt or anything else like that that is 406 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,560 going to show outwardly. Yeah. 407 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,200 So yeah, I wrote down identity grounds you for who you are in 408 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,120 Christ. Your image is just a reflection 409 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:56,160 of your inside, and it's your true identity. 410 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,080 Yeah. And that's I did write down 411 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,520 something similar and it was just like, if your core is ugly, 412 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,080 everything about everything you reflect is ugly, you know, 413 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:08,760 because if you, if you are filled with Jesus and the Holy 414 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:13,760 Spirit and you are so aligned with him, I mean, you are going 415 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,240 to radiate Jesus. And there's nothing ugly about 416 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,520 Jesus. There's no darkness about Jesus. 417 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,360 So if you are completely in line with God, all you're going to be 418 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,240 is a light to people. And that's something that 419 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:29,360 Kayla's episode we'll talk about, about, you know, that's 420 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,840 how she got pulled into the light, is being around people in 421 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,320 the light and being drawn. Image bearers of. 422 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:39,360 Yes, and just really wanting to be around people that are 423 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:45,520 radiating good vibes, good light and God and everything like it's 424 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,120 it makes such a difference. Another thing that she said that 425 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:53,000 really stuck out to me was, well, First off, she took $100 426 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:58,520 bill and she crumbled it up, you know, made it really wrinkly 427 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,840 and, and ugly. And she held it up and she was 428 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,160 like, how much is this worth? And she and we all were like, 429 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,400 it's still worth $100 even though it's wrinkly. 430 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,120 I'll take that $100 if it's wrinkly, you know. 431 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:12,880 And then she stomped on it and spit on it and just kept doing 432 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,600 all of this stuff to it. And every time she would hold it 433 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,680 up and ask us what's it still worth? 434 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,760 And it would still be worth $100 no matter what. 435 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,800 And so she just touched on none of our circumstances change our 436 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,040 identity, which is found in Christ. 437 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,640 And that was huge to me because that just spoke to me. 438 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,080 No matter what happened in your past, no matter what's been done 439 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:38,400 to you, no matter what you've struggled with, how wrinkly you 440 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,040 think you are, whether you feel like you've been spit on, it 441 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,280 doesn't change your identity, who you are and him and what he 442 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,680 has done for you and done for you on the cross. 443 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,880 That stands still. That stands true 100% every day. 444 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,240 And I wrote down, if we fail to put on our armor, we can't stand 445 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,240 in battle against the wages the enemy has against us. 446 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,240 To be strong in the Lord means to walk in His Word, know His 447 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,160 Word, and to trust His word. And that comes with spiritual 448 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,040 training. And so this is something that 449 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,400 really hit me that it's hard to do when you're trying to live 450 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:17,560 right and live by His word, but it's training your heart to not 451 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:22,680 love once what you once loved. That is really hard. 452 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,600 And you know, people and we kind of talk about a living in the 453 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,720 word, living for God, like you read his word and it just 454 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,120 automatically changes your ways. It does. 455 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:35,080 But no, you got to put it into practice. 456 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,440 Yes, And that is something that is very important to me and 457 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,560 something I've learned along my journey was sometimes I would 458 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,640 wait for him to like take desires away from me or do 459 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,520 something things certain things for me so that my walk would be 460 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,480 better. No, I have got to put got into 461 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,640 practice. I have got to be the one that 462 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,000 wakes up every morning and make those decisions, just like I 463 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,000 wake up every morning and make the decision to love my husband 464 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,640 and try to do right by what's him. 465 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,480 No, I've got to wake up every morning and choose to love God 466 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,800 and do what's right by him. And that takes training and that 467 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,920 takes practice. It doesn't just come overnight. 468 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,520 So, you know, I just wrote down a few things that like I try to 469 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,400 stand on and it's like we can't love obedience and rebellion at 470 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,400 the same time. I've got to choose one. 471 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,560 I can't love peace and hold on to anger at the same time. 472 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,040 If I want a peaceful marriage, a peaceful life, peaceful 473 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,960 friendships, but I'm still holding on to anger. 474 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,240 They don't go hand in hand. You've got to train yourself to 475 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,400 love one or the other, and that's how it is. 476 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,880 You're really going to love one or the other. 477 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,200 You can't love the world and God, Yes, but it's just that 478 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,400 constant training. It's not like something that 479 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,200 comes overnight, but to what Paul kind of referenced whenever 480 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,480 he was breaking down the armor of God and your shield, your 481 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,480 breastplate, you know, kind of what the Roman soul shoulders 482 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,600 where that's what he was really breaking down was. 483 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,480 Hang on, while you were talking about, you know, you can't pick 484 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,320 and choose like this, this and this, it's the same thing. 485 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,640 What we just learned at Windfire a few weeks ago, and she kind of 486 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,600 referenced this a little bit, but a buffet, if you put out 487 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,800 God's word on a buffet, you can't just pick, oh, I like this 488 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,800 from the New Testament, the Old Testament, no, that's irrelevant 489 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,400 to me, blah, blah, blah. Like you can't just pick and 490 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,440 choose what you want to live by. Like God's word is a lot of 491 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,320 buffet. It's it, this is the truth, this 492 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,480 is the light. This is the way. 493 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,320 Like we have to choose the whole Bible, all of what he says and 494 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,520 not just certain things just like what you were just saying, 495 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,720 like we have to apply it all. Apply it all. 496 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,200 And that's what I was saying is like it's just something that 497 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,800 takes putting it into practice and working at it day-to-day. 498 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,200 Like it isn't something that we can just pick up sometimes and 499 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,440 put down, you know, every now and then and expect for it to 500 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,320 make a huge impact in our life because that's just, and I used 501 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,720 to think that way, you know, Oh, I'm gonna pick up God whenever 502 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,040 it's tough or. Things are hard. 503 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:57,800 And, you know, things are going great and everything's working 504 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,680 out and, you know, relationships are, oh, and I'm good now and 505 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,560 then, uh oh, I'm about to pick it back up because I'm needing 506 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,680 it right now. Or the same thing about like 507 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,520 when you pick it up and you don't see instant results and 508 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,280 you don't feel his presence instantly and all this stuff. 509 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,560 Well, he ain't talked to you in a long time either. 510 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,200 Yeah. You know, like he ain't heard 511 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,640 from you. And we always think that as soon 512 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,080 as we start following God, we should see all these changes. 513 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,920 And that's part of the sanctification process is like, 514 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,840 the longer we walk with him, the more things change, the more, 515 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,080 you know, it does. Our life does begin to look 516 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,360 different, but it doesn't just happen overnight. 517 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,240 Right. Going off of one of my notes 518 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,760 from the armor of God's study that I was doing was, you know, 519 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,880 we need to be, we need to stand firm in God's Word because our 520 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,560 feelings change day-to-day, right? 521 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,160 Yeah, every hour to hour. I was going to say. 522 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:57,160 Minutes a minute, I mean. You can be good. 523 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,680 One second, yes, and then a slight inconvenience. 524 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,360 So why would we base our life off of our feelings? 525 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,280 And Priscilla said something that really stood out to me. 526 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,160 And it was just like, Oh, my gut that said, I was right before, 527 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:15,040 so it's always right. And I was like, that is we think 528 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:18,280 I think like that randomly. I'm like, well, that happened 529 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,200 before, so it's going to continue to happen. 530 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,040 Or my gut was right about this and you know, this situation. 531 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,600 So it's going to always be right. 532 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,800 And it's like, that is not true. We cannot base things off of 533 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,800 just gut feelings. We need to run everything under 534 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,360 the light, under the word of God, and see if it matches what 535 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:39,400 he has for us and what he says and what he we promised. 536 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,280 Yeah, because if we're just going off of feelings, we're 537 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,800 gonna fall to the enemy. We're gonna fall to the enemy's 538 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,960 camp. Those negative core beliefs 539 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,480 about yourself and things that have happened and things that 540 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,360 you really believe because they are something that you are 541 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,760 feeling. But when you put it up against 542 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,600 the word of God, does it match up? 543 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,280 That's, you know, kind of going back to that and something else 544 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,520 that stands out to me about just read in Ephesians 6 and what 545 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,720 Paul wrote and why he wrote it is so many of us are fighting 546 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:16,280 battles that we don't know how to fight, whether it be money, 547 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,080 control, certain matters of our heart, just things that we're 548 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,480 fighting. We don't really understand who 549 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,320 we are fighting against because a lot of times we're think we're 550 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,240 fighting against the other person or we're fighting against 551 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,160 ourselves or we're fighting against somebody we don't even 552 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,560 know. And we don't understand who 553 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,360 we're really fighting. And that's the enemy. 554 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,440 And whenever you can look at those battles in that way, 555 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,720 really that's how you win a battle when you know who you're 556 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,400 up against really and truly is how you can try to win that 557 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,480 battle. And So what I was trying to, or 558 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,280 what I wanted to really take from this or somebody take from 559 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,000 this was to win any battle, you've got to have the right 560 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,080 strategy and resources. And something I always stick to 561 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,320 because I've heard the saying before was victories don't 562 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,960 happen by chance. You don't win a battle. 563 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,440 You don't win against the enemy by chance. 564 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,800 No, you've got to war up. You know you've got to suit up 565 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,920 every single day. The enemy has a strategy and 566 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,640 that's that's what we're talking about. 567 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,680 He has a strategy. So why do we think that we don't 568 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,440 need that strategy? Like he's not just throwing 569 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,680 darts. Like he's watching and he's like 570 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,520 that roaring line in the middle of the night. 571 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:31,280 Like he is coming to devour. You I saw something that just 572 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,120 shook me to my core the other day and I think about it every 573 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,320 morning I get up out of my bed now was there was somebody or 574 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,240 maybe it was a video and they were asking, you know, how do 575 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,000 you wake up and spend so much time with the Lord every morning 576 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,240 and and just like ensure that you have that quiet time and and 577 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,280 spend that time with him. And they said because the 578 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,520 enemies out there doing push ups in my driveway. 579 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,520 So that hit me because I picture that now, because in my 580 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:04,400 household, I just want it surrounded by him and, and who 581 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,560 he is and hit the Holy Spirit to reside in my home. 582 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,480 And I see on the outside of my home just right there in my 583 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,160 driveway, that enemy is out there doing push ups. 584 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:17,600 So I've got to have a strategy. I can't walk out there empty 585 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,160 handed and blindsided because he will get you and he knows 586 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,320 exactly where to get you. And so that is something I 587 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,400 really try to think about as I'm soon up from what's inside my 588 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:30,160 home to protect my home and protect those because I am at a 589 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,760 everyday war. Do I get it right every day? 590 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,520 No, absolutely not. But I'm going to tell you he's 591 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,920 right there doing it with me. And that's God every single day. 592 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,080 And he's helping me because I am, I'm a hot mess. 593 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,480 But I just, you know, try to remember that he's out there and 594 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:49,200 I've got to be prepared. So the rest of the strategies 595 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:55,720 that the enemy will, you know, come after you is I already said 596 00:31:55,720 --> 00:32:00,680 the passion, our focused, our identity, our family, our 597 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:07,160 confidence, your calling, your purity against your rest and 598 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,440 contentment against your heart and against your relationships. 599 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,800 So like each one of those, you know, I can I can see certain 600 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,080 things throughout my whole entire life where he did come 601 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,200 after each single one of those. He will. 602 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,840 It's still to the Today, just today. 603 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:27,040 He just is constantly. So yeah, we hope that you guys 604 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,680 enjoyed it. We hope that, you know, this is 605 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,280 going to be, we pray that this is going to be an awesome 606 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,120 experience and we're just going to continue to grow and continue 607 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,920 to show God's goodness and just like walk it out with y'all. 608 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,480 And so like I said, Abby's going to be on once a month. 609 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,440 So in four weeks she'll be back. So we love you guys. 610 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,280 Stay tuned, stay blessed, and we'll see you later. 611 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:50,320 Bye.