WEBVTT 00:00:02.259 --> 00:00:07.080 All right. You got your text, right, Josh? I 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:12.439 sent you a text with the questions. Of course, 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:35.729 it was on two pages. Did you see they're making 00:00:35.729 --> 00:00:38.750 a He -Man Masters of the Universe movie based 00:00:38.750 --> 00:00:41.149 on the He -Man cartoon? We went and saw a movie. 00:00:41.210 --> 00:00:43.409 Shout out. Thank you very much. He -Man? Yes. 00:00:43.789 --> 00:00:47.270 A movie based on He -Man. The Skeletor? Yeah. 00:00:47.590 --> 00:00:52.509 Awesome. Oh, the advertisement. Yes. I forgot 00:00:52.509 --> 00:00:54.710 we were playing that movie. I was thinking Masters 00:00:54.710 --> 00:00:58.030 of the Universe. He -Man and the Masters of the 00:00:58.030 --> 00:01:03.179 Universe. Yeah, we were tripping. Everything 00:01:03.179 --> 00:01:10.099 comes around again, you know? They should make 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:15.799 the real -life version of Captain Caveman. Oh 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:57.040 no, I know what you're talking about. Well, I 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.359 mean, that's one. That's not too bad. That's 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:00.819 how my dad quit, so I'm just going to go with 00:02:00.819 --> 00:02:07.400 him to the picnic. It works, I guess. But I don't 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.219 want him. Oh, really? I don't want him. That's 00:02:10.219 --> 00:02:12.180 weird. Well, because that's the way Dad said 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:27.069 it. Yeah, she said it's my place. Thank you. 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:48.419 You didn't waste your money on it. The name of 00:02:48.419 --> 00:02:54.340 the movie is The AI. It's like they have an AI 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:56.580 court in Los Angeles and this guy is protecting 00:02:56.580 --> 00:04:06.300 people from crime. Okay. what power I'm not sure 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:07.240 if I'm going to be able to help with this little 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.159 pantry because the way they were whipping my 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:12.500 head around, it's kind of moving my head right 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:41.660 now. Hello Okay, we're going to pray together 00:04:41.660 --> 00:04:43.500 and then we'll dismiss the children. Then we 00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:45.759 have some Bible study activities that we're going 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:49.199 to do. That's our agenda today. So when we dismiss, 00:04:49.379 --> 00:04:51.040 second grade down, we'll go to the classroom. 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.779 Third grade and up stays in here with me. And 00:04:53.779 --> 00:04:56.160 we've been having some fun on these nights. So 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.480 we're going to have a little fun today. It's 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:58.620 going to be different. It's been different every 00:04:58.620 --> 00:05:01.000 single time yet. This is how the Lord led me 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:03.660 to do it. So we're going to do it. So new prayer 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:06.240 requests. Obviously, without getting into too 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.100 many details, I would encourage you to pray for 00:05:08.100 --> 00:05:10.240 Juanita. How is she going to do some life change? 00:05:10.779 --> 00:05:12.819 But she had a pretty tragic event last week that 00:05:12.819 --> 00:05:14.860 she's recovering from. She's praying for her. 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.279 Can you pray for Rachel? I did not get a report 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:19.019 about today. I don't know if you want to share 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:21.319 or let her. It's a so -so report, so we'll just 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:22.920 go with that for now. We'll pray for Rachel. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:37.899 She's nursing her heart. What's your teacher's 00:05:37.899 --> 00:06:08.089 first name? Do you know the first name? You're 00:06:08.089 --> 00:06:15.819 going to go visit somebody. Okay, anybody else? 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:17.420 Add them in. All right, let's pray together. 00:06:17.939 --> 00:06:19.779 We're all praying together. John's saying the 00:06:19.779 --> 00:06:21.819 words, but in your head you're hearing the words, 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:23.779 and you're saying to God whatever it is that 00:06:23.779 --> 00:06:25.819 the Lord's laying on your heart. Father in heaven, 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.339 you are our all -father. Your name is hallowed 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:31.540 there. It's recognized all throughout the heavens 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:33.259 and all throughout the spiritual realm. We want 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:34.980 it to be recognized everywhere on the earth. 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:37.860 We recognize you alone are God. We submit. That 00:06:37.860 --> 00:06:39.279 means that the things that have happened in our 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:41.620 past that we don't agree with, we recognize you're 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:43.500 using them for your glory. You're building us 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:45.500 up. You're creating a future. You have a better 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:47.199 plan. You're taking us somewhere we definitely 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:48.920 want to go. We're grateful for all of it. At 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:50.279 the same time, Lord, we confess to you that some 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.060 things that happen, we don't understand why they 00:06:52.060 --> 00:06:54.060 happen. We get questioning. Some things that 00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:56.660 need to happen, we are reluctant to let them 00:06:56.660 --> 00:06:59.000 happen or make them happen. And that's it. Some 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:01.139 things that you want from us, we're reluctant 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:03.339 to render, to surrender. And that's it. So we 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:05.060 confess to you, Lord, that we need your help 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:07.009 to deal with those things. Be forgiven. Thank 00:07:07.009 --> 00:07:08.490 you, Lord, that you brought us to this place 00:07:08.490 --> 00:07:10.170 tonight. Give us the opportunity to be here. 00:07:10.230 --> 00:07:13.430 What a beautiful time. It's a spring day, but 00:07:13.430 --> 00:07:15.470 I'm not convinced we're done with winter yet, 00:07:15.490 --> 00:07:17.490 but maybe whatever. You can do whatever you want. 00:07:17.629 --> 00:07:19.569 We're grateful. Thank you for every person that 00:07:19.569 --> 00:07:21.170 made the point of being here. Thank you for every 00:07:21.170 --> 00:07:22.610 person that really wanted to be here and could 00:07:22.610 --> 00:07:24.089 for whatever reason. Thank you for helping me 00:07:24.089 --> 00:07:26.029 personally to overcome certain barriers, for 00:07:26.029 --> 00:07:27.569 being so real to us that we know that we can 00:07:27.569 --> 00:07:29.029 lift this prayer up to you and that you're not 00:07:29.029 --> 00:07:30.610 only hearing that, but you're acting on it. I 00:07:30.610 --> 00:07:32.370 ask you, Lord, to do every request that we just 00:07:32.370 --> 00:07:34.009 made. Be with Juanita and with what she's going 00:07:34.009 --> 00:07:35.910 through and what she just went through. dealing 00:07:35.910 --> 00:07:37.550 with the temptation that's kind of in her face 00:07:37.550 --> 00:07:39.990 all the time, that you would hold her firmly 00:07:39.990 --> 00:07:41.889 and give her strength. Heal her. She repents. 00:07:41.889 --> 00:07:43.889 She runs to you. She's looking at you. And so 00:07:43.889 --> 00:07:45.129 we actually guide her, going, what we actually 00:07:45.129 --> 00:07:47.990 do is just petri, or it's a wake -up call to 00:07:47.990 --> 00:07:50.350 realize that people your same age now are passing 00:07:50.350 --> 00:07:52.670 away. Life is shorter than most people want to 00:07:52.670 --> 00:07:54.110 think. They think, well, it never happened to 00:07:54.110 --> 00:07:55.389 me. Nothing ever happens. It's never going to 00:07:55.389 --> 00:07:56.810 happen. It's going to be difficult. The truth 00:07:56.810 --> 00:07:58.430 is, it is. It happens. You've got to deal with 00:07:58.430 --> 00:08:00.089 them when they come up. When you lose loved ones 00:08:00.089 --> 00:08:02.949 and you mourn. And as long as you want us to 00:08:02.949 --> 00:08:04.910 still be here serving you, working, we pray that. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:06.399 we'll come to you with that. I ask you for the 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:09.160 lessons that are prepared for tonight, that they 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.420 would honor you, that we would be able to speak 00:08:11.420 --> 00:08:13.480 when we're spoken to, that we'd be able to listen 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:17.600 to the material, really the verse, and then we 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.100 would be reminded that this verse is power packed 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:21.519 for every single one of us when we're in this 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:23.379 room. And I know Ms. Sherry had the great lesson 00:08:23.379 --> 00:08:25.420 for the young ones. And I pray, Lord, that you 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:27.420 would work there just the same and maybe, because, 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:29.680 you know, we would sacrifice ourselves for the 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:31.980 young ones. And so, Lord, it would only be one 00:08:31.980 --> 00:08:33.580 or the other. It doesn't have to be, but only 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:35.299 one or the other. to take care of that. We need 00:08:35.299 --> 00:08:36.799 them because they have a whole life ahead of 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:38.659 them to serve you and to give you glory. Father, 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:40.340 help us with the things that we're facing. We 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:42.799 pray for Rachel, we pray for Caitlin, we pray 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.159 for Amalia, we pray for Erin who's stuck away 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:47.259 out of town again. Lord, you can do it and we 00:08:47.259 --> 00:08:48.779 trust you with it. We pray all of you can do 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:50.600 it. Okay, this time if you're in the second grade 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:54.139 or down, you can go to the classroom with Miss 00:08:54.139 --> 00:09:12.940 Sherry. Now it risks this other person. Okay. 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:43.629 Horses. So I'm handing out a worksheet. Right 00:09:43.629 --> 00:09:45.549 now, we are not doing anything with the worksheet. 00:09:45.809 --> 00:09:47.590 You can color on it if you really feel bored. 00:09:48.070 --> 00:09:49.350 But other than that, we're not doing anything 00:09:49.350 --> 00:10:26.240 with the worksheet yet. One, two, three. I have 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.759 so many responsibilities already, I can't handle 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:38.820 that one too. Okay, as I said, if you didn't 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:40.519 hear me already, we are not doing anything with 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.679 the worksheet just yet. We have some stuff that 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.870 we're going to do first, okay? So we're going 00:10:45.870 --> 00:10:48.909 to talk briefly today about leadership or a type 00:10:48.909 --> 00:10:50.970 of leadership. I've been thinking a lot about 00:10:50.970 --> 00:10:53.610 leadership lately because people always tell 00:10:53.610 --> 00:10:55.269 pastors that they're supposed to be good leaders. 00:10:55.350 --> 00:10:56.990 I mentioned this in my sermon on Sunday that 00:10:56.990 --> 00:11:00.169 that's really not a fair assessment. So pastors 00:11:00.169 --> 00:11:01.629 are not supposed to be good leaders in the traditional 00:11:01.629 --> 00:11:04.450 sense. We're supposed to be maybe an example 00:11:04.450 --> 00:11:05.870 of what it means to be a Christian or whatever 00:11:05.870 --> 00:11:07.769 like that. In the Bible verse that we're going 00:11:07.769 --> 00:11:11.190 to read here in a second, Paul writes to Timothy. 00:11:11.769 --> 00:11:14.889 And he flips the script of the idea of that, 00:11:14.950 --> 00:11:17.490 like a lot of people think, Ariana needs one 00:11:17.490 --> 00:11:22.389 yet. A lot of people think you need decades of 00:11:22.389 --> 00:11:26.629 experience or that you need a degree or something 00:11:26.629 --> 00:11:29.149 or like that to be a leader. And Paul totally 00:11:29.149 --> 00:11:31.690 changes that up. So you're going to see here 00:11:31.690 --> 00:11:35.490 in this verse, Paul's idea of what a leader is. 00:11:35.690 --> 00:11:38.470 In this verse, he's not giving him a pep talk. 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:40.419 He was giving him a blueprint. Does everybody 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:42.100 know what a blueprint is? You don't even really 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:44.200 hear that term very much anymore. But like an 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.580 architectural design, a blueprint, a schematic, 00:11:47.860 --> 00:11:49.620 a layout of how things are going to go together. 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:51.799 That's what this verse is. Okay, so let's read 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.639 the verse. Anybody want to read it? It is 1 Timothy 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:57.919 4 .12. It's in the worksheet that I gave you 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:01.320 on the book. 1 Timothy 4 .12. It'll seem a little 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:03.139 familiar to you when you hear it. Probably it's 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:05.740 not super uncommon. Going once. Who's going to 00:12:05.740 --> 00:12:08.000 read it? Me? All right. Tony, it's eight. Nice 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:22.919 and loud. Yep. Okay. So if this is not a pep 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:25.320 talk, like tell them, hey, do better or hey, 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:27.039 do this and everything will be fine. If it's 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:29.960 not a pep talk. and it's a blueprint, then you 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:31.879 almost could take this and break it down and 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.179 say, so if I want to be an example for the believers 00:12:35.179 --> 00:12:37.639 in speech, then I could make myself an A, B, 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:39.899 C, I'm going to do this. If I'm going to be an 00:12:39.899 --> 00:12:41.600 example in speech, I'm going to be like this. 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:43.620 If I'm going to be an example in life or in that 00:12:43.620 --> 00:12:45.559 translation or in conduct in another translation, 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:47.139 then I'm going to be these things. You could 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:49.460 break those things down and follow them, and 00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:52.480 then you would be what Paul is telling Timothy 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.129 is a leader. So here's the five specific areas 00:12:56.129 --> 00:12:57.950 that were in the verse. I'm using the New American 00:12:57.950 --> 00:13:00.269 Standard Version, so you'll hear the word conduct. 00:13:00.549 --> 00:13:02.870 By the time we're done, we'll hear it a couple 00:13:02.870 --> 00:13:06.210 of times. How many more do you need? One? Okay. 00:13:07.070 --> 00:13:10.230 I sent one for you. It's okay. If you have an 00:13:10.230 --> 00:13:11.450 extra one back there, just hang on to it. Mr. 00:13:11.529 --> 00:13:15.570 Tim will come in eventually. Okay, so five specific 00:13:15.570 --> 00:13:20.409 areas. Speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity. 00:13:20.549 --> 00:13:22.809 And conduct or life, sometimes life, it's the 00:13:22.809 --> 00:13:26.169 way you live, right? So age is not on the list. 00:13:26.330 --> 00:13:28.529 In this room, we have people that are 11. Kyler, 00:13:28.549 --> 00:13:30.570 how old are you? I didn't mean to catch you off 00:13:30.570 --> 00:13:32.509 guard with that. You knew that, right? You knew 00:13:32.509 --> 00:13:35.929 you were eight? Okay, so he's eight, right? And 00:13:35.929 --> 00:13:37.590 then we have some people that are... Quite a 00:13:37.590 --> 00:13:39.190 bit older than that, okay? We'll just go there, 00:13:39.350 --> 00:13:42.570 okay? And so this is not about age. It's not 00:13:42.570 --> 00:13:45.850 on the list. You could also say education, not 00:13:45.850 --> 00:13:49.250 on the list. You could also say experience, not 00:13:49.250 --> 00:13:50.950 really on the list, right? None of those things 00:13:50.950 --> 00:13:53.870 are on the list. So integrity doesn't have a 00:13:53.870 --> 00:13:56.179 birth date. So integrity is when you're a whole 00:13:56.179 --> 00:13:58.879 person and you're functioning. It's working for 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.600 you, right? So it doesn't start at a certain 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:04.100 moment in time. Now, if you're a Christian, it's 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:06.460 supposed to sort of start birthing then, but 00:14:06.460 --> 00:14:08.419 there's got to be somewhere along the road that 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:10.539 you're picking up, right? So whether you're eight 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:13.740 or 80, your life is a sermon. So let's look at 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:16.720 how that looks in action. Okay, so Kashawn, I 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:17.639 need you to come up here for a second. You're 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:22.120 not going to teach, I promise. All right. Teach, 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.779 teach. Okay, so what do you see in the jug? I 00:14:24.779 --> 00:14:27.000 see water. Okay, I want you to put one good -sized 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:29.460 drop of this in that jug. Everybody watch the 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:31.200 water for a second there, one good -sized drop. 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:33.919 Right back up in the thing. Okay, now what do 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.240 you see in the jug? I see water. Okay, and what 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.840 else? I see a color. All right, what color? White. 00:14:40.059 --> 00:14:42.879 All right, so you put one drop of... this gel 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:46.360 color in the jug. Do you see one drop now? What 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:48.200 do you see now? Okay, so there's a great big 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:50.480 pile down there. That's probably the one drop. 00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:53.399 Oh, yeah. It's spreading. Yeah, it's spreading. 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:55.200 Okay, now I'll show you something. I'm going 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.960 to take this highlighter, stir the jug, just 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:02.059 stir the water up. We're waiting. Okay, very 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:09.580 good. All right. Okay. So, as Kishan just demonstrated 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:14.450 to us that, When you put a drop of blue inside 00:15:14.450 --> 00:15:17.610 the water, the blue doesn't stay in one spot. 00:15:17.889 --> 00:15:20.029 It only takes a drop of blue. And you can see 00:15:20.029 --> 00:15:21.570 now, if you look at this water, what do you see? 00:15:21.990 --> 00:15:24.090 It's pretty much all blue, right? And it's only 00:15:24.090 --> 00:15:25.750 going to get more so because there's still quite 00:15:25.750 --> 00:15:27.549 a bit piled up on the bottom down there. It's 00:15:27.549 --> 00:15:29.909 disseminating, spreading out through the water. 00:15:30.090 --> 00:15:32.909 And that's how it works. Whatever you bring to 00:15:32.909 --> 00:15:35.679 a situation. However you behave, and you could 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:37.799 say however you behave in speech, in conduct, 00:15:37.940 --> 00:15:40.279 in love, in faith, and in purity, right? However 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.440 you behave, but you also could say if you come 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:46.320 with foul language, or if you come with a vindictive 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:49.960 attitude, or if you come with an idea that you're 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.600 going to get over on people, you're going to 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:53.960 make out the best in the situation, or if you 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:56.820 come with a desire for control, whatever it might 00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:59.039 be, whatever you bring to the situation, that's 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.679 going to change the environment around you, okay? 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.519 And that's what he's talking about. So, for example, 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.840 if you stand up for someone who's being teased, 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.039 right, that's conduct, bad conduct being perpetrated 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:12.440 on them, you stand up for them when they're being 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.659 teased, then your standing up for them is going 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:16.600 to affect the environment. Now, it's not going 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:19.139 to just make bad behavior suddenly go away. That 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:21.379 bad behavior is also already in the environment, 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:24.000 okay? So it's there. Now, when you come in and 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.179 you behave a certain kind of way, you're changing 00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:27.919 the environment. So you can think of it like 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.080 if someone's being mean and you come in and you're 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:33.799 nice or gentle or kind, you're... polluting the 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:35.860 environment which is filled with their meanness. 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.399 with your gentleness and kindness. See that? 00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:42.019 And it may not turn the environment to be all 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:44.340 gentleness and kindness. This is blue, but it's 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:46.539 not as blue as the gel, right? Except in that 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:48.679 little spot on the bottom. It'll disseminate 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:50.539 through the whole thing. It'll never be so blue 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:52.559 as to look like the blue that came out of this 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:55.860 tube because it's not enough blue, right? But 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:59.740 your gentleness, kindness, goodness, etc. is 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:01.879 going to affect the whole environment around 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.680 you. It doesn't stay in one spot. It spreads, 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.380 even though it starts out small, one little act 00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:10.059 of kindness, one little thing that you say, one 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:13.180 little act of love. When you live out your faith, 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:15.740 you're not just living for yourself. Has anybody 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:17.619 here ever had fish? Raise your hand if you ever 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:19.079 had a fish in your house. Kyle, you had fish, 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.859 didn't you? Did you guys have fish? Okay, so 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:23.299 about half of us have had fish. Tell me something 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:27.299 about fish water. River, go. It stinks. Okay, 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:29.720 does it stink when you first put it in the tank 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:32.680 or later? Yeah, later. Okay. Haley, tell me something 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:35.559 else about fish. Fish water. Yep. Algae grows 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:37.400 in there. And if you get too much algae, your 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:38.740 fish have trouble unless they happen to be an 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.559 algae eater. What about you, Kyler? Can you tell 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.240 me something about fish water? And what about 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.019 the water that you put in that? Can you just 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:47.799 take it right out of the faucet? Or do you have 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:49.859 to do something to it? you put it in the tank 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:53.599 yeah so you treat fish water because city water 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:57.400 is poisonous to freshwater fish also you acclimate 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.180 the temperature of the water because you might 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:03.259 have a warm water fish this can handle 78 80 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:05.799 degrees but the water coming out of your faucet 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:08.500 is not 78 to 80 degrees so if you feel if the 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:10.059 tank gets down about a third and then you fill 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:11.819 it all the way up with cold water now you're 00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:13.900 lowering the temperature in the tank too much 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:16.259 for the fish to survive possibly or you might 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:18.910 make them sick so basically when you live out 00:18:18.910 --> 00:18:21.230 your faith, you aren't just being good for yourself. 00:18:21.470 --> 00:18:24.690 You're changing the water around you to give 00:18:24.690 --> 00:18:27.829 everybody the best opportunity to survive, to 00:18:27.829 --> 00:18:30.049 give everybody the best opportunity to be their 00:18:30.049 --> 00:18:32.970 best self. You don't need to be the biggest person 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:35.670 in the room in order to change the color of the 00:18:35.670 --> 00:18:38.930 water. We had one tiny little drop. Okay. In 00:18:38.930 --> 00:18:41.690 fact, If I had taken, Ari had just finished off 00:18:41.690 --> 00:18:43.849 her propel water. If I had taken her propel water 00:18:43.849 --> 00:18:46.910 and poured a whole cup of it in this water, the 00:18:46.910 --> 00:18:48.849 color would not hardly change at all, even though 00:18:48.849 --> 00:18:50.670 that was a cup. And the color changed almost 00:18:50.670 --> 00:18:53.849 completely to blue with just a drop, okay? So 00:18:53.849 --> 00:18:57.069 the things that you bring in, if somebody's being 00:18:57.069 --> 00:18:59.309 mean and you come in and you just be mean, they're 00:18:59.309 --> 00:19:00.549 not going to change the water at all. You're 00:19:00.549 --> 00:19:01.869 doing the same thing everybody else is doing, 00:19:01.990 --> 00:19:03.890 right? But if they're being mean and you come 00:19:03.890 --> 00:19:05.750 in and you're gentle or kind, then you're going 00:19:05.750 --> 00:19:08.509 to begin to push the water around you in a certain 00:19:08.509 --> 00:19:10.339 kind of way. of a direction so that people can, 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:12.140 and then there might actually be somebody else 00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:13.440 in the room will go, you know, I think I'd rather 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:15.160 be gentle and kind. And they want to go that 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:17.059 way instead because you're changing the water 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:19.480 for everybody when you change the water. Okay. 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:22.160 All right. So the next part, we're going to have 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:23.720 Ariana come up and she's going to teach the next 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:29.380 part. I did not get my notes today. So, well, 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.180 Carson really wanted to, and Sissy is supposed 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:34.900 to be sending him in in a second so that he can 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:37.940 pass. So, okay. We're hearing you real good, 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:40.039 but we're going to put this on you anyway. You're 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:42.460 doing a good job. Then I don't have to talk loudly. 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:47.700 Go. Okay, today we're going to start with an 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:50.299 activity, wake you up a little bit. Everybody 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:54.119 needs to find one person next to them. So if 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:55.980 you don't have somebody sitting next to you, 00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:59.000 feel free to move around, find somebody, find 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:02.440 a partner. Everybody has a partner. If we have 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:05.660 an uneven amount, then we can do three for one 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:12.299 person. I promise nobody bites. Not ordinarily. 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:16.839 If someone has a partner, we can move it around. 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:22.720 Stand down here. I don't like this. All right, 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:26.480 tell us what to do. Okay, so once we have a partner... 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.000 Everyone done moving? Okay. Once we have a partner, 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:33.960 one of you guys is going to make a silly, funny, 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:37.460 weird face and the other one has to copy it exactly. 00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:01.130 Okay, has everyone copied their partner's face? 00:21:02.170 --> 00:21:06.250 Okay. Now we see that it's very easy to copy 00:21:06.250 --> 00:21:08.490 somebody when they're right in front of you. 00:21:08.710 --> 00:21:11.009 Okay, done. Lost my train of thought. You're 00:21:11.009 --> 00:21:15.470 doing great. Okay. Sorry about that. So now we 00:21:15.470 --> 00:21:17.670 see that when someone is right in front of you, 00:21:17.730 --> 00:21:20.250 it's very easy to copy them. So I want everybody 00:21:20.250 --> 00:21:23.609 in your mind to think of some kind of word. A 00:21:23.609 --> 00:21:26.170 word that you want people around you to copy. 00:21:26.329 --> 00:21:28.789 So you could think kindness. You want to be kind 00:21:28.789 --> 00:21:31.250 so that people around you will also be kind. 00:21:31.390 --> 00:21:33.650 So think of a word in your mind. And we were 00:21:33.650 --> 00:21:35.750 supposed to have Carson come in here. Apparently 00:21:35.750 --> 00:21:38.529 he's not in here yet. So we're going to pass 00:21:38.529 --> 00:21:42.029 out sticky notes. And everybody is going to write 00:21:42.029 --> 00:21:44.579 down their word on a... sticky note. And once 00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:46.880 we have wrote down our word on the sticky note, 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:49.559 we are going to put it on the mirror that is 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:51.859 outside in the hallway that Pastor Dan has gotten 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:54.720 close and placed out there as a promise. So when 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:56.819 we put the sticky note on the mirror, you are 00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:59.880 promising that you are going to do your best 00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:02.839 to act in this way so that people around you 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:12.700 can reflect off it. Write your word on your post 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:14.279 -it note, and instead go put it on the mirror 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:16.079 and call it. Please don't pack the mirrors out. 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:20.880 Throw them in the mirror and make a mess. Everybody 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:29.619 got one? Something that you think would be good 00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:32.039 for people to follow your example this week. 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:43.279 Something godly. Now if you stick it out in the 00:22:43.279 --> 00:23:04.980 back mirror, come back in. It's really hard. 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:19.559 You can always pick speech, conduct, love, faith, 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:22.380 or purity. They're in the verse. If you can't 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.539 think of anything else, one of those will do. 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:39.859 Okay, is everybody back in the room? All right. 00:23:40.250 --> 00:23:41.750 So don't get too comfy where you are because 00:23:41.750 --> 00:23:44.069 now we're going to get up and move. So if you 00:23:44.069 --> 00:23:47.529 are an adult, you're going to come to this section 00:23:47.529 --> 00:23:49.970 over here. If you are a teenager, you're going 00:23:49.970 --> 00:23:51.589 to come to this middle section here. If you are 00:23:51.589 --> 00:23:57.349 a child, you're going to meet by the tree. Adults 00:23:57.349 --> 00:24:01.130 over there. Teenagers in the middle. Children 00:24:01.130 --> 00:24:03.750 over there. Okay, you're with the teenagers. 00:24:06.650 --> 00:24:09.640 Josh has the adults. Okay, so what's going to 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:12.099 happen, listen, what's going to happen is we're 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:15.700 going to lead you briefly. Kids, be quiet. Thank 00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:18.039 you. We're going to lead you briefly through 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:20.160 a discussion. We're going to ask three questions, 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.859 and then you're going to talk about it as your 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:24.039 group. Teenagers in the middle, adults over there, 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:26.539 kids over here. Those who are asking the questions, 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.740 once you've done that, just cue me, and then 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:49.230 we'll get everybody back. One drop goes a long 00:24:49.230 --> 00:25:02.819 way. Perfect. Okay. So grab your worksheet that 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:14.059 I passed out at the beginning. Okay, can you 00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.900 step away from that area, please? You were seated 00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.920 over here. I understand. You can do that after. 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.819 You can take her home. We're done in 15 minutes. 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.920 You can wait 15 minutes. She can wait 15 minutes. 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.140 It gives me an opportunity to talk to her after 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:31.220 anyway. Okay, so we're on the worksheet. Youth 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:34.880 Worth Watching. Okay? So you've got three activities 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:37.160 on this worksheet. One of them is homework. It's 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:39.400 very easy. You can do it later. Okay? So the 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.660 first thing we're going to look at is on the 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:47.700 bottom. It is the crossword puzzle. Okay? All 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:50.640 right? You ready? We're going to do it together. 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:54.420 Okay? Number one down. It's the big word right 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:57.410 down the middle. Having traits of a lack of years. 00:25:57.910 --> 00:25:59.609 Youthfulness. That's correct. That's the only 00:25:59.609 --> 00:26:02.970 really, really long word. So it's Y -O -U -T 00:26:02.970 --> 00:26:07.589 -H -F -U -L -N -E -S -S. All the way down that 00:26:07.589 --> 00:26:09.809 big long line. Youthfulness. Comes right out 00:26:09.809 --> 00:26:12.289 of the verse. Don't let anyone look down on you 00:26:12.289 --> 00:26:15.730 because you are young. Youthfulness. Okay. Choosing 00:26:15.730 --> 00:26:18.710 to act for another person. Two down. This one's 00:26:18.710 --> 00:26:20.470 a little tricky. Think about it. Two down. Four 00:26:20.470 --> 00:26:22.410 letter word. Choosing to act for another person. 00:26:23.509 --> 00:26:25.390 You could put that there, but it won't get you 00:26:25.390 --> 00:26:27.930 what you're trying to get. It's love, okay? So 00:26:27.930 --> 00:26:31.309 here's the thing. In society, love is, oh, I 00:26:31.309 --> 00:26:34.410 love tacos. They taste so good, right? That is 00:26:34.410 --> 00:26:37.950 a misuse of the word love. In the Bible, love 00:26:37.950 --> 00:26:40.950 is when you choose to act on behalf of somebody 00:26:40.950 --> 00:26:44.599 else. Jesus so loved us. God so loved the world 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:46.660 that he sent his only begotten son. Jesus so 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:48.980 loved us, right? So love is when you act for 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:51.359 somebody else. You can say I love you all that 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:53.880 you want, but if you don't act on behalf of that 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.640 person, you're basically using words, not actually 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:59.660 backing up your words, okay? Three down. On the 00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:03.160 other hand, but, it's but, B -U -T. Let me know 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.839 if you're falling behind. Kyle, you got it. Writing 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.920 your tense, you're writing these words in these 00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:08.500 blanks. You're a puzzle master. According to 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:10.400 what I hear, you're really good at puzzles. Okay. 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:15.140 Five down. Correct. Show. Josh also is a puzzle 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:17.259 master. Josh and Kyler are puzzle masters in 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:19.319 this room at least. Actually, I think solo is 00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.440 really good. Aren't you really good at puzzle 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:23.420 solo? That's what I heard. I don't know who told 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:26.680 me that. Okay. Seven down. Talk with your mouth. 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:29.759 Say it again. Speech is correct, sir. Seven down. 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:34.440 Speech. Talk with your mouth. Eleven down. Use 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:38.700 your eyes. Did you say see? Look. It's look. 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:47.000 Or in the... It should be 11 down. Yeah, 11 down 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:49.380 on the left -hand side there. 11 down. Look. 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:56.220 13 down. Okay, the 11 down is all the way over 00:27:56.220 --> 00:28:04.700 on the left -hand side. No, the other 11 is across. 00:28:05.769 --> 00:28:07.450 Oh, it's not supposed to be 11, though. That's 00:28:07.450 --> 00:28:10.910 why. No, it says 14. Where's 11? 11 down. Where's 00:28:10.910 --> 00:28:14.349 another 11? Oh, I see it. That's weird. Okay, 00:28:14.490 --> 00:28:17.990 the one over there is actually a 1. The little 00:28:17.990 --> 00:28:25.650 one is 1 down. No, that's not right. Oh, it's 00:28:25.650 --> 00:28:29.150 17. That's what it is. It's 17. Either I didn't 00:28:29.150 --> 00:28:33.630 write it good or it didn't copy good. 17 is a 00:28:33.630 --> 00:28:35.769 down. It is to allow. We'll do it right now so 00:28:35.769 --> 00:28:37.569 we can get it out of the way. To allow is what? 00:28:38.009 --> 00:28:44.509 Three words. 17 down. To allow. It's let. L -E 00:28:44.509 --> 00:28:46.930 -T. To let someone do something is to allow them 00:28:46.930 --> 00:28:49.630 to do something. We haven't done it yet. Okay. 00:28:50.190 --> 00:28:52.950 All right. Seven down was talk with mouth. We'll 00:28:52.950 --> 00:28:54.470 go over that one again if we need to. All right. 00:28:54.750 --> 00:28:57.869 11 down now is on the left -hand side. Use your 00:28:57.869 --> 00:29:00.490 eyes. Look. 11 down on the left -hand side. Four 00:29:00.490 --> 00:29:04.230 letters. L -O -O -K. 13 down. So you're going 00:29:04.230 --> 00:29:06.569 to just over to the right a little bit. The opposite 00:29:06.569 --> 00:29:10.450 of up is down. Correct. Okay. 15 down. Where's 00:29:10.450 --> 00:29:13.049 15 down at? Next to the black square. Yep. Next 00:29:13.049 --> 00:29:15.390 to the black square going straight down. 15 down. 00:29:15.450 --> 00:29:18.710 It is only right stuff all the way. Think about 00:29:18.710 --> 00:29:22.890 the verse. Now it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 letters. 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:26.140 Love is four letters. Purity is correct. Yep, 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:28.640 purity. So like if you have a loaf of bread and 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:30.880 it's got mold in it, it's not pure because it's 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.740 not bread all the way through anymore, right? 00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:35.759 So purity means it's all the same stuff. If you 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:38.660 have water and it's pure water, it's just water 00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:41.039 all the way through. But if it's got toxic chemicals 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:43.980 in it or something, then it's not pure. Only 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:46.720 write stuff all the way. Okay, 16 down. Correct, 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:49.519 I think. Wait, no. 16 down. No, it's not have. 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:53.650 Where is it at? No. Okay. I see it. It's go over 00:29:53.650 --> 00:29:55.369 from purity. It's four letters going straight 00:29:55.369 --> 00:29:58.410 down. It's your, Y -O -U -R, when you own it. 00:29:58.470 --> 00:30:01.269 It's your house. It's your car when you own it. 00:30:01.309 --> 00:30:04.910 Okay. And then 17 down to allow is let, if you 00:30:04.910 --> 00:30:06.750 didn't get that already. So you should have all 00:30:06.750 --> 00:30:11.289 the downs done. We skipped five though. I think 00:30:11.289 --> 00:30:15.910 actually it was exhibit. It is show. Yes. If 00:30:15.910 --> 00:30:17.289 you didn't get it already, I don't think I said 00:30:17.289 --> 00:30:21.539 it, but it is show. 16 down when you own it. 00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:24.460 Your. Y -O -U -R. Your house. Your car. Your 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:28.059 butt. Your hair. Okay. Across. Four across. Something 00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:30.640 different. Four across. Something different. 00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:33.200 It's a tough one. The hardest one if you ask 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:39.880 me. It's rather. Rather. 17 down is let. You 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:42.599 let someone pick on you. You let someone give 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:45.299 you a present. Okay. Four across. Something different 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:48.940 is rather. The middle top. Rather. Or rat -er. 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:54.839 R -A -T -H -E -R. Six. Six. Multiple. Over there. 00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:58.799 Who? Say it again. Correct. Those. Those over 00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:01.319 there. And it's kind of in the middle left. Upper 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:05.339 left. Eight. Across. Yes. Someone has read a 00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:07.000 Bible verse at one time in their life. Faith 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.740 is the correct word. Faith. Hope in something 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:14.359 unseen. Faith. Okay. Nine. Yeah. Nailed it. The 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.950 opposite of off is on. It's that tiny little 00:31:16.950 --> 00:31:19.130 word on the right -hand side there, on, okay? 00:31:19.609 --> 00:31:24.490 10, across, one that stands out of or from. Example 00:31:24.490 --> 00:31:31.490 is correct. Right smack dab in the middle. 12, 00:31:31.529 --> 00:31:35.019 12 across, choices and behavior. Oh, it's the 00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:37.539 furthest left box all the way to the left. It 00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:39.960 probably looks like a 17. It's a 12. Okay, anyway, 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:42.680 so we got faith. We got on. One who stands out 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:45.619 is an example. 12, choices and behavior. So it's 00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:48.539 all the way the furthest left box across. Say 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:53.319 it again. Conduct. Conduct. Okay, 14 across. 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:57.559 To take it as fact and act. Okay, it's almost 00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:59.980 in the middle. Just look down from example. Say 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:06.069 again. No. Believe. To believe. Take it as fact 00:32:06.069 --> 00:32:09.390 and act is to believe. And then 16 across is 00:32:09.390 --> 00:32:13.369 the last one. Youth to you, yourself. Okay. Help 00:32:13.369 --> 00:32:14.970 your neighbors make sure all the blanks are filled. 00:32:17.549 --> 00:32:19.150 We're going to do it. That's the last thing we 00:32:19.150 --> 00:32:28.829 have to do. Okay. Number five, exhibit is show. 00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:31.339 We did do it. I missed it the first time through, 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:33.339 and then I caught it later, and then RJ said 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.900 we already did it. Oh, we actually have done 00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:40.680 it for sure now. Show. Okay? So now if you look 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:44.460 at words meditation, 14 across, take it as fact, 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:48.599 and act is believe. 16 across is you to you yourself. 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:54.609 We got them? We good? Okay. All right. So we're 00:32:54.609 --> 00:32:57.809 going to do an example of meditation. And you've 00:32:57.809 --> 00:33:00.910 seen this example once before. So I'm going to 00:33:00.910 --> 00:33:03.829 read the verse. And we're going down the left 00:33:03.829 --> 00:33:06.109 -hand side. In the first box, I want you to put 00:33:06.109 --> 00:33:08.529 the number 2. In the very first box. And then 00:33:08.529 --> 00:33:13.009 put a dash. Put 2 dash. And what we're going 00:33:13.009 --> 00:33:14.549 to do is we're going to count the number of words 00:33:14.549 --> 00:33:16.809 in the verse that have two letters. I'll help 00:33:16.809 --> 00:33:20.170 you. It's not that hard. And I'm using the New 00:33:20.170 --> 00:33:24.079 American Standard Version. The top box on the 00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.779 left, you're going to put the number two and 00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:27.859 then put a dash. Zayden, are you listening to 00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:29.920 me? I'm the one talking, so you've got to listen. 00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:32.779 Two, dash. And the top box on the left -hand 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:34.839 side under the word meditation. All right? And 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.119 then we're going to read the verse. We're going 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.920 to count the number of words with two letters. 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:40.339 And I'll help you. All right? So it says, let 00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:45.440 no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:50.569 in speech, conduct, love. faith, and purity, 00:33:50.769 --> 00:33:54.509 show yourself an example of those who believe. 00:33:54.809 --> 00:33:57.480 Note four. Five. Of is five, all right? So it's 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:59.740 two dash five, all right? Those are all the two 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.319 -letter words. So you should, in that top box, 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:03.700 you should have two dash five. And then in the 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:07.579 big long box there, you can write no, on, in, 00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:12.800 an, and of, okay? No, on, in, an, and of. No, 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:16.780 on, in, an, an, of. Those are all the two -letter 00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:19.000 words, okay? Now we're gonna do three -letter 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:22.300 words. So in the next box, put three dash. You're 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:24.780 getting the idea, I think. Okay. So it's let. 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:28.139 That's a three -letter word. No one look down 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:31.800 on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:35.559 love, faith, and purity, show yourself an example 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:38.739 of those who believe. So the answer is five. 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:42.519 So it's three -five. And the words are what? 00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:46.679 It's not and. It's an. A -N. And is three letters. 00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:48.760 You're right, though. You got that right. Okay. 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:50.900 There's no and in the whole verse, actually, 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:53.260 just an and. Oh, yes, there is. There is an and. 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:56.039 It's in the three letters. So the words were 00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:59.960 let, one, but, and, who. Now we're kind of almost 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:02.000 kind of get, like, you kind of hear the verse 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.400 a little bit. With all the three little words, 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.699 you can almost kind of hear the verse a little 00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:07.440 bit. Let, one, but, and, who. Okay. Four -letter 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:09.719 words. You get less and less. It goes faster 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:11.139 and faster because you get less and less. All 00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:14.750 right. Four -letter words. Let no one look. Down 00:35:14.750 --> 00:35:19.590 on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, 00:35:19.969 --> 00:35:24.630 love, faith, and purity, show yourselves an example 00:35:24.630 --> 00:35:26.909 of those who believe. So there's five again. 00:35:27.090 --> 00:35:32.250 4 -5. I don't get it. I'm going to tell you right 00:35:32.250 --> 00:35:36.550 now what they are. Look down your love show. 00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:41.880 Well, that's what meditation is for. See, meditation 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.940 makes you drill down on those things and figure 00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:48.519 it out. Let one. One is the other one. O -N -E. 00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:51.039 So you should have two, five, three, five, four, 00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:54.519 five. And the words there were look down your 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:58.159 love show. So again, kind of hear the verse in 00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.679 there. Okay, the next one's pretty fast. Five 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:04.599 letter words. Let no one look down on your youthfulness, 00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:09.550 but rather in speech. conduct, love, faith, and 00:36:09.550 --> 00:36:13.349 purity. Show yourself an example of those who 00:36:13.349 --> 00:36:16.309 believe. So faith and those. Faith and those. 00:36:16.369 --> 00:36:22.110 5 -2. Yep. If you look at this, you can start 00:36:22.110 --> 00:36:25.070 to see patterns. Okay? Do it again. Everybody 00:36:25.070 --> 00:36:28.750 got those two? Faith and those. Six -letter words. 00:36:29.070 --> 00:36:32.849 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but 00:36:32.849 --> 00:36:37.480 rather, in speech, Conduct, love, faith, and 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:40.360 purity. Show yourself an example of those who 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:44.380 believe. Rather, speech, purity. 6 -3. Rather, 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:47.619 speech, purity. As it is right now, we only have 00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:50.079 five words left in the whole verse. We've done 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:52.500 every word of the verse except for five words. 00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:54.519 So that really tells you something. Rather, speech, 00:36:54.599 --> 00:37:02.280 purity. Conduct is seven. Is it? Yep, yeah, seven. 00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:06.780 Okay? Now seven -letter words. No, you didn't. 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.960 You're meditating. This stuff happens when you're 00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:12.699 meditating, okay? Let no one look down on your 00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:16.699 youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, 00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:21.659 love, faith, purity, show yourself an example 00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:25.159 of those who believe. Three. Three words. Seven 00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:29.719 -three. Example, believe, conduct. Now we only 00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:32.059 have two words left. Does anybody know without 00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:34.820 looking what they are? Yourself is one, so it's 00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:38.900 8 -1. The box is 8 -1, and then the word is yourself. 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:42.380 That leaves one word left, youthfulness. And 00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:46.800 so it's a 12 -letter word, 12 -letter word, 12 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:49.920 -1, youthfulness. And then in the box on the 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:52.639 bottom, you can put 25. Now, if I was doing this 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:54.619 meditation, guess what I would do next? What 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:56.980 would you do next? What would be the very next 00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:59.139 thing you would do? Count the total number of 00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:01.300 words in the verse and confirm that you have 00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:03.460 them all, right? So if you did this, you'd go 00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.639 2 -5, 3 -5, you add it all up, you get down to 00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:07.619 25. Then you go back to the Bible and you go 00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:10.440 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and you get to the end and you'll 00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:12.239 find there are 25 words. That means you've got 00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:15.190 them all. If you had 24 words. but the verse 00:38:15.190 --> 00:38:17.730 has 25 words, then you would go through and figure 00:38:17.730 --> 00:38:20.070 out which one you're missing. That's called meditating. 00:38:20.190 --> 00:38:23.010 By the time you're done, you know more, you feel 00:38:23.010 --> 00:38:26.050 more, you hear more, you see more on this verse 00:38:26.050 --> 00:38:28.809 than you would if you had just read it and even 00:38:28.809 --> 00:38:31.530 memorized it, even if you memorized it. So Jason, 00:38:31.650 --> 00:38:33.849 without looking at the Bible, not asking you 00:38:33.849 --> 00:38:35.590 to do it from memory, just tell me basically 00:38:35.590 --> 00:38:39.389 what does this verse say? Good, okay. So you'd 00:38:39.389 --> 00:38:41.710 be a leader through your youthfulness and your 00:38:41.710 --> 00:38:44.489 faith. That would be it, right? So if you went 00:38:44.489 --> 00:38:46.630 to somebody and said, hey, there's a verse in 00:38:46.630 --> 00:38:48.309 the Bible, I don't know, I think it's in 1 Timothy 00:38:48.309 --> 00:38:51.210 around chapter four, and it says you should be 00:38:51.210 --> 00:38:53.210 an example in your youthfulness and faith. Would 00:38:53.210 --> 00:38:55.670 you be telling the truth or lying? No, you'd 00:38:55.670 --> 00:38:57.409 be telling the truth because that's what it says, 00:38:57.590 --> 00:38:59.989 right? That would be the truth of that verse. 00:39:00.269 --> 00:39:04.329 Now, Mike, tell me in your own words, basically, 00:39:04.329 --> 00:39:05.829 just something simple. What does this verse say 00:39:05.829 --> 00:39:08.750 to you? Say it again. 1 Timothy 4 .12, the one 00:39:08.750 --> 00:39:12.090 we've been studying. Shh. What do you think, 00:39:12.150 --> 00:39:16.309 Mike? You're not sure? Okay, Holly, you give 00:39:16.309 --> 00:39:18.090 it to me. What do you think? Come on, you can 00:39:18.090 --> 00:39:21.130 do it. You don't need the whole thing. What would 00:39:21.130 --> 00:39:22.610 you do? Based on this, what are you going to 00:39:22.610 --> 00:39:25.400 do? Okay, there you go. So you can say 1 Timothy 00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:28.739 chapter 4 somewhere. There is a verse that reminds 00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:31.239 me that I need to show young people faithfulness. 00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:33.539 Would you be telling the truth? Absolutely. And 00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:35.739 you didn't get that from memorization. You got 00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:37.820 it from meditation. See it? Okay. We're done. 00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:41.920 You can write the verse just for fun if you want. 00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:43.960 You can write the verse in the Bible I did online 00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:45.940 sometime when you want to if you want to write 00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:47.320 it again. That was the only other thing. Good 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:49.139 job. All right, let's pray together briefly, 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:54.199 and then we'll go snacking. Father in heaven, 00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:57.780 thank you so much for the reminder to the adults 00:39:57.780 --> 00:40:01.739 that young people need a good example. Also to 00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:04.099 the reminder that we're not as old as we think 00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:06.980 we are, that there is a youthfulness to us because 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:09.159 we're born again. So like I've been living for 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:11.800 55, almost 56 years, but the truth is I've been 00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:14.280 really living for just over 30 years since you 00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:16.059 saved my soul and made me born again. And I pray, 00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:18.179 Lord, that we will be an example to the young 00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:20.719 people and that we'll be a youthful example to 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:22.719 those who are older than us. I pray that we will 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:25.260 be. an example in conduct and in speech. And 00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:27.619 we will believe and let people see us believing 00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:29.860 because that changes the water. It changes the 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:32.239 area around so that they also can believe. And 00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:34.239 we will be found faithful doing the things that 00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:35.400 we're supposed to be doing because that changes 00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:37.500 the water. It makes it so that people can be 00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:39.539 faithful. And they don't necessarily want to. 00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:41.219 They're struggling with their own issues. And 00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:43.619 we just pray, Lord, that we'll be able to help 00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:45.519 anybody who needs help to draw a little closer 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.619 to you. At the very least, we won't be standing 00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:49.380 in the way, but be a good example through and 00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:51.059 through, from beginning to end, inside, outside. 00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:52.869 That's what we desire. We know we have a way 00:40:52.869 --> 00:40:54.610 to go, and you can take it there. We pray all 00:40:54.610 --> 00:40:56.570 this in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you very much. 00:40:57.150 --> 00:41:01.289 On the way out, take a peek at the mirror, if 00:41:01.289 --> 00:41:03.150 you would, and think about how you're going to 00:41:03.150 --> 00:41:09.409 represent those traits this week. Hi. Hello.