WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 Hey there, friends. Before we begin today's episode, 00:00:02.740 --> 00:00:04.940 I feel compelled to pause for just a moment. 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.939 Yesterday, just a few short miles from our home 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:13.060 here in Orem, Utah, tragedy struck with the assassination 00:00:13.060 --> 00:00:16.620 of Charlie Kirk. Our hearts and our prayers are 00:00:16.620 --> 00:00:19.780 with his family and with all of those who were 00:00:19.780 --> 00:00:23.239 there. Some of those who were there are close 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:25.820 to us personally, and we've seen the fear and 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:28.769 the sorrow. that this is stirred. In moments 00:00:28.769 --> 00:00:32.149 like this, when the world feels so dark and uncertain, 00:00:32.350 --> 00:00:36.390 we naturally wonder, as Deb's favorite hymn often 00:00:36.390 --> 00:00:39.810 cries out to us, where can I turn for peace? 00:00:41.670 --> 00:00:44.409 Where can peace be found? You know, last night 00:00:44.409 --> 00:00:46.609 Deb and I gathered with hundreds of young people 00:00:46.609 --> 00:00:49.719 at an institute devotional. We have both Utah 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.600 Valley University and BYU students in our institute, 00:00:52.619 --> 00:00:55.579 so you can imagine the confusion that they were 00:00:55.579 --> 00:00:59.460 carrying into that room, and yet they came. They 00:00:59.460 --> 00:01:01.780 came searching for what we are all searching 00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:05.760 for right now, direction, comfort, assurance, 00:01:06.219 --> 00:01:10.280 peace, the knowledge that their path is acceptable 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:14.780 to God, and they came seeking answers. And the 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:17.739 answer is always the same. It's Jesus Christ. 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.459 Through him fear can be replaced with faith Through 00:01:22.459 --> 00:01:26.239 him despair can be met with hope Through him 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.099 sorrow can be softened into peace the Comforter 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:34.859 the Holy Ghost applies his atonement Into our 00:01:34.859 --> 00:01:38.299 lives in a very real and personal way because 00:01:38.299 --> 00:01:41.099 Jesus Christ has redeemed us through his blood 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.799 not only for eternity, but for this very moment, 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:47.760 for tragedy, for grief, for questions that we 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:52.319 cannot answer. And so while our hearts are heavy, 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:57.480 we will not give in to fear. Our hope is steady. 00:01:57.939 --> 00:02:01.840 Because of Him, light will rise again. Comfort 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:06.120 is real. Peace is possible. And it's in that 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:11.340 spirit of hope. And with our eyes fixed on Him, 00:02:11.550 --> 00:02:16.229 that we begin today's episode. May God be with 00:02:16.229 --> 00:02:45.979 us all is our prayer. Hey there, everybody. Welcome 00:02:45.979 --> 00:02:48.340 out to another episode of Redeemed Through His 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:52.360 Blood. I'm Scott Durfee joined, as always, by 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.560 the beautiful Deborah Durfee. What's up, babe? 00:02:55.020 --> 00:02:58.340 Hi. Hi, friends. How are you? You know what? 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:02.080 I'm good. I'm sitting in a really comfortable 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:06.340 chair looking at you. OK, yeah. So I'm actually 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:09.099 comfortable and good. Well, you're sweet. I'm 00:03:09.099 --> 00:03:11.340 sitting in a chair looking at you and a brand 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:14.599 new painting that I have hanging above your head. 00:03:14.819 --> 00:03:17.319 It's pretty beautiful. It's pretty spectacular. 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:21.439 I don't know how to describe it, but it's a picture 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:25.199 of Jesus carrying his cross and it has some beams 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:28.060 coming from behind it. And it shows the weight 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:31.759 of the struggle that he is by himself struggling 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:34.599 with carrying that cross. And it reminds me. 00:03:34.990 --> 00:03:37.509 To keep in perspective the things that we talk 00:03:37.509 --> 00:03:41.090 about here. Yeah, and everything else, right? 00:03:41.830 --> 00:03:47.009 Yeah, so It's yeah in a very small small small 00:03:47.009 --> 00:03:50.189 way. Yeah Small to us. I mean small compared 00:03:50.189 --> 00:03:53.129 to him. Yeah, but for us sometimes they're not 00:03:53.129 --> 00:03:56.050 small Sometimes they feel big and I think that 00:03:56.050 --> 00:03:59.469 you know our our capacity obviously is not the 00:03:59.469 --> 00:04:04.340 same as his and our Our royal birthright is even 00:04:04.340 --> 00:04:07.400 a little bit different than his, right? We have 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:11.460 our own cross to bear, and we have our own Gethsemane. 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:14.979 We sing about it in primary. I know we love that 00:04:14.979 --> 00:04:18.019 song. It's the kids favorite song. Yeah, primary 00:04:18.019 --> 00:04:21.019 program coming up, right? Yes, we do. So many 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:24.720 people's favorite sacrament meeting. Mine for 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.209 sure, hands down. Totally not mine. Yeah, I love 00:04:28.209 --> 00:04:31.250 it. I know you do. Because they sing and speak 00:04:31.250 --> 00:04:34.029 doctrine and you don't get more raw and truth 00:04:34.029 --> 00:04:36.230 than the primary program. And as soon as I say 00:04:36.230 --> 00:04:38.490 that, now I sound like a big jerk, you know, 00:04:38.490 --> 00:04:40.290 like what's wrong with the kids and stuff like 00:04:40.290 --> 00:04:42.269 that. I mean, I love it, but it's just different 00:04:42.269 --> 00:04:44.290 for me than I know that it is. Yeah, you like 00:04:44.290 --> 00:04:49.529 that boring, doctrinal like stuff at Education 00:04:49.529 --> 00:04:52.649 Week that you have to have seven degrees to understand 00:04:52.649 --> 00:04:54.069 what they're even talking about because they 00:04:54.069 --> 00:04:56.709 use words that I have to Google. Is that what 00:04:56.709 --> 00:04:58.329 you're talking about? That's not even close to 00:04:58.329 --> 00:05:00.670 what I'm talking about, Deb. None of the primary 00:05:00.670 --> 00:05:04.730 kids. I think they speak my language. Well, that's 00:05:04.730 --> 00:05:06.250 awesome. And they don't use words that I have 00:05:06.250 --> 00:05:12.430 to Google. Yeah, well, we have Institute beginning 00:05:12.430 --> 00:05:14.709 this week. Well, we're doing our kickoff this 00:05:14.709 --> 00:05:16.949 week. Yeah, well, it'll be the beginning of Institute 00:05:16.949 --> 00:05:19.230 with our kickoff this week. We're super excited 00:05:19.230 --> 00:05:21.670 about that. We begin a new semester. Fall semester 00:05:21.670 --> 00:05:23.860 is always my favorite. Because it's the biggest 00:05:23.860 --> 00:05:26.920 one well and because we have new faces not that 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.319 we don't have new faces almost every semester, 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.500 but in the fall, traditionally, that's when people 00:05:32.500 --> 00:05:35.980 go back to school and that's why we'll have tons 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:39.779 of freshmen and tons of transfers. And I am so 00:05:39.779 --> 00:05:44.759 excited to to meet and get to get to know those 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.100 souls that will be coming with us. Some of my 00:05:47.100 --> 00:05:49.879 greatest experiences in my life to date have 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:52.180 been because of our experiences at Institute. 00:05:52.220 --> 00:05:55.600 And that's not I'm not saying that just to say 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.189 it. You know, I say that without fear. a successful 00:05:58.189 --> 00:06:01.329 contradiction by anybody, because they just have 00:06:01.329 --> 00:06:04.069 been some of my most sacred and holy experiences 00:06:04.069 --> 00:06:05.870 have been the ones that I've had in institute. 00:06:06.290 --> 00:06:11.189 Well, we get taught by the Spirit. We learn and 00:06:11.189 --> 00:06:15.509 we grow and we study and then we testify and 00:06:15.509 --> 00:06:20.250 then these kids teach us and testify to us. Where 00:06:20.250 --> 00:06:22.550 one or more are gathered and there are a lot 00:06:22.550 --> 00:06:25.949 gathered. Yeah There I am and I'm telling you 00:06:25.949 --> 00:06:29.509 the spirit is incredibly strong and those young 00:06:29.509 --> 00:06:33.790 adults Below my mind with their devotion. Yeah, 00:06:34.110 --> 00:06:38.069 like they are Working in the temple. They are 00:06:38.069 --> 00:06:40.209 coming to Institute and they don't have to be 00:06:40.209 --> 00:06:43.829 there Like they take time in and even in summer 00:06:43.829 --> 00:06:46.430 semester I was mind blown because I was like 00:06:46.430 --> 00:06:49.810 if I could be outside I would Yeah, I would not 00:06:49.810 --> 00:06:52.889 be finding myself in a church in a chair to listen 00:06:52.889 --> 00:06:56.269 to some spiritual thing. That is a dirty truth 00:06:56.269 --> 00:06:59.470 out of my mouth. But that is some spiritual thing. 00:06:59.550 --> 00:07:03.769 I like to categorize that. I just I just I I 00:07:03.769 --> 00:07:05.709 always tell them, I said, I take my hat off to 00:07:05.709 --> 00:07:09.709 you guys that you make the effort to go seek 00:07:09.709 --> 00:07:12.290 and search for the spirit. Well, they understand 00:07:12.290 --> 00:07:16.050 they understand this lady because, you know, 00:07:16.110 --> 00:07:19.250 You said when two or more gathered in my name 00:07:19.250 --> 00:07:22.430 there I am also or whatever Yes, the way that 00:07:22.430 --> 00:07:25.769 he is there also is by way of his spirit And 00:07:25.769 --> 00:07:27.670 we know, and we'll get into this more and more 00:07:27.670 --> 00:07:29.810 as we go, especially when we start talking about 00:07:29.810 --> 00:07:31.709 instruments of grace in the role of the Holy 00:07:31.709 --> 00:07:34.850 Ghost and in our healing from the fall and from 00:07:34.850 --> 00:07:39.189 sin and from everything else. But when we get 00:07:39.189 --> 00:07:42.370 into that, we're going to learn or relearn, perhaps, 00:07:42.509 --> 00:07:45.670 or have the reconfirmation or retestifier, if 00:07:45.670 --> 00:07:48.129 you will, that it is the Holy Ghost. It's the 00:07:48.129 --> 00:07:52.290 Holy Spirit that administers, even administrates, 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:57.060 administers and administrates the blessings of 00:07:57.060 --> 00:07:59.959 Jesus Christ's atonement in our lives. Yep. That's 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:03.980 one thing I learned in the podcast and in Institute 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:06.420 and teaching. And when we fill the Spirit, then 00:08:06.420 --> 00:08:10.720 we know that in all ways. the atonement of Jesus 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:12.779 Christ is at work in our life. He's healing us 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:15.920 from all things that are by way of the fall, 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.660 as long as we're aligning with that healing, 00:08:18.939 --> 00:08:21.720 right? Which includes sin, which can include 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:27.000 depression and anxiety and fear and loss and 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:28.639 all those other things that we've talked about. 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.939 But those things are only really overcomeable 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:34.960 or we can really only have that experience through 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:38.730 the Spirit. as we start to move into faith. I 00:08:38.730 --> 00:08:42.190 just had a thought. You did not. Don't act surprised. 00:08:42.830 --> 00:08:47.370 So you know when you're younger and you're challenged 00:08:47.370 --> 00:08:50.809 with something or you have a habit that you're 00:08:50.809 --> 00:08:53.470 trying to quit. And when you talk to a leader 00:08:53.470 --> 00:08:55.210 or something, they'll say, pray more fervently, 00:08:55.389 --> 00:08:57.330 read the scriptures more fervently. You know 00:08:57.330 --> 00:08:59.590 what? What they're what really they're saying 00:08:59.590 --> 00:09:02.629 is seek the spirit. Yeah. Go do something that 00:09:02.629 --> 00:09:05.289 will invite the spirit into your life. So when 00:09:05.289 --> 00:09:07.330 you're in a rough place, I mean, I know it's 00:09:07.330 --> 00:09:09.970 not the very first favorite place to go is to 00:09:09.970 --> 00:09:12.759 seek the spirit. Yeah. But That's why they say 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.559 that. Yeah. That's why we hear that. Yeah. It's 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.159 like do something that will invite the spirit. 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:20.820 Well, and I know that I've been desperate enough 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:23.779 to make those appeals. I think you probably have 00:09:23.779 --> 00:09:27.299 to, you know, to Heavenly Father in in lacking 00:09:27.299 --> 00:09:29.419 faith. But, you know, maybe an analogy I can 00:09:29.419 --> 00:09:32.860 give is and I think this will go right along 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:36.889 with what we want to talk about. When I was really 00:09:36.889 --> 00:09:39.830 struggling, which let me rephrase that, throughout 00:09:39.830 --> 00:09:42.289 my life as I have struggled, because we all struggle 00:09:42.289 --> 00:09:45.730 for our life, right? And so throughout my life 00:09:45.730 --> 00:09:48.090 as I have struggled, I have had a few people 00:09:48.090 --> 00:09:51.389 who I have been dependent on for spiritual and 00:09:51.389 --> 00:09:55.669 moral support or whatever, right? One of those 00:09:55.669 --> 00:09:59.169 being my dad and another my mom. I've been able 00:09:59.169 --> 00:10:01.789 to go to them a lot, you know, for various things 00:10:01.789 --> 00:10:04.570 throughout my life, not just spiritual, but direction 00:10:04.570 --> 00:10:07.690 and education, for example, and various things 00:10:07.690 --> 00:10:12.750 like that. My grandpa, Durfee, I've shared on 00:10:12.750 --> 00:10:15.250 the podcast in the past through some of my darkest, 00:10:15.429 --> 00:10:18.129 deepest struggles and trials. I was able to go 00:10:18.129 --> 00:10:20.190 if the light was on in his office, I was able 00:10:20.190 --> 00:10:22.009 to go there and just knock on the window and 00:10:22.009 --> 00:10:23.590 he'd come open the door for me. And sometimes 00:10:23.590 --> 00:10:25.850 we'd sit there and talk to him. midnight, one 00:10:25.850 --> 00:10:28.169 in the morning, sometimes later. That's so cool. 00:10:28.629 --> 00:10:31.970 But you know why I could do that? I had a relationship 00:10:31.970 --> 00:10:35.250 with him. Yeah. I knew him. And you trusted him. 00:10:35.590 --> 00:10:38.730 And I knew he could be trusted because of the 00:10:38.730 --> 00:10:41.210 time that I had spent in developing that relationship 00:10:41.210 --> 00:10:45.019 with him. That's sweet and and there are a couple 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:47.940 of others, you know Those aren't the only ones 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:50.080 but you know for the sake of time and and they 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.580 were two three of the most important for sure 00:10:52.580 --> 00:10:55.200 My mom and dad my grandpa Durfee. My grandma 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.279 Durfee was always there too, but she just wanted 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.820 to love me You know what? I mean, that's like 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:02.940 you My grandma Durfee's like you my grandpa Durfee 00:11:02.940 --> 00:11:05.519 was full of wisdom and advice My grandma was 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:08.440 probably the wisest one because her wisdom and 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:11.779 advice came through hugs and kisses, you know 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:15.539 That's a good save. I'll be like your Grandma 00:11:15.539 --> 00:11:18.039 Dorothy. I love her. People say that you are. 00:11:18.179 --> 00:11:20.019 I'm still waiting for you to cook cookies like 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:22.120 her though. Well, as soon as every time I'll 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:27.399 cook. I'm just kidding. We had a really cool 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.580 experience this weekend. We got to have some 00:11:29.580 --> 00:11:31.559 of our cousins over. It just reminded me talking 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:33.360 about Grandma and Grandpa, some of our Durfee 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:36.960 cousins over. That was kind of a special experience. 00:11:37.179 --> 00:11:40.320 It was so awesome. You know, this gets back to, 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.679 and I can tie this right back to what we're talking 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.919 about here, the importance of... relationships. 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:47.740 And connections, yes, absolutely. And connection, 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:50.500 yeah, connection too. I mean, with no relationship, 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:52.580 no connection, but a relationship's not enough. 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:54.980 That relationship must contain connection in 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:56.919 order for us to achieve what it is here that 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:59.580 we're talking about, right? Yeah. But what a 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:02.259 great, it was so cool, you know? And not only 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:05.340 that, I'm going to go on a little bit. I'm going 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:06.960 to go on a little bit of a ramble. Ram. Yeah, 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:10.139 exactly. Ramble. Just a little bit. But some 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:12.019 of these contain some miracles. I'm going to 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:15.279 go back two weeks ago. When Brother Gurney stood 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:20.039 up and said the prayer on Sunday, his wife had 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:22.100 passed. In the sacrament. In sacrament meaning. 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.820 His wife had passed. Within the year, right, 00:12:24.820 --> 00:12:27.039 babe? Oh, within the last month or two. Couple 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:30.340 months at the longest. Super, super. Such a sweet, 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:33.159 sweet, nice, great man. I've had opportunity 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:35.120 to serve with him in various capacities over 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.700 the years. Currently serve with him on activities 00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:40.580 committee right now. And I love this man to death. 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.720 But when he prayed, he said the opening prayer 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.659 on Sunday. Yes, he did. And he would be very 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:47.500 embarrassed if he were to hear me share this. 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:49.159 And I don't think he listens to the podcast, 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:51.480 but he would be very embarrassed because I told 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:54.779 him this later. that day and it embarrassed him 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:56.379 actually wasn't later that day was a couple days 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:58.240 later and it embarrassed him and he's just like 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.679 oh I don't want any praise from man I don't want 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.379 any praise from man but Deb when he spoke when 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:06.980 he prayed when he prayed on Sunday that day so 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:10.419 two Sundays ago I felt like he was in heaven 00:13:10.419 --> 00:13:12.919 talking to Heavenly Father face to face in front 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:16.580 of me yeah that was a sweet heartfelt prayer 00:13:16.580 --> 00:13:20.909 yeah Yeah, he petitioned the spirit to be with 00:13:20.909 --> 00:13:24.669 us He prayed for those that weren't He prayed 00:13:24.669 --> 00:13:27.289 for those that weren't feeling comfortable with 00:13:27.289 --> 00:13:30.610 us and so so much more But every bit of that 00:13:30.610 --> 00:13:35.649 Deb was straight from his spiritual heart and 00:13:35.649 --> 00:13:38.149 I was out on my motorcycle shouldn't have been 00:13:38.149 --> 00:13:40.269 but I was out on my motorcycle a couple of days 00:13:40.269 --> 00:13:43.710 after that and I saw him out and I just pulled 00:13:43.710 --> 00:13:45.629 over and I told him, Bruce, you got to know how 00:13:45.629 --> 00:13:47.690 much I love you and what an impact you not only 00:13:47.690 --> 00:13:49.870 had on me, but I know you impacted the entire 00:13:49.870 --> 00:13:52.970 ward. So that set that Sunday, right? That was 00:13:52.970 --> 00:13:57.110 a miracle. We had a miracle on Saturday. a bit 00:13:57.110 --> 00:13:59.629 of a prodigal experience, and I'm not going to 00:13:59.629 --> 00:14:02.210 get into a ton of detail around it. I'm just 00:14:02.210 --> 00:14:04.850 going to say, parents, don't stop praying for 00:14:04.850 --> 00:14:08.909 your kids. Parents, don't stop going to the temple 00:14:08.909 --> 00:14:11.230 and listening to the covenant promises that are 00:14:11.230 --> 00:14:13.750 made available to us as we worship in the temple 00:14:13.750 --> 00:14:17.190 in behalf of our posterity. Because we got to 00:14:17.190 --> 00:14:20.470 have a bit of a prodigal son experience last 00:14:20.470 --> 00:14:22.809 Saturday, and what a beautiful... not everything's 00:14:22.809 --> 00:14:25.549 complete, not everything will be for... a little 00:14:25.549 --> 00:14:27.110 bit of time, but you know what, Deb, the door 00:14:27.110 --> 00:14:29.830 opened. Yeah, and it had been closed for a couple 00:14:29.830 --> 00:14:32.629 years. Been closed for almost three. Yeah. Yeah, 00:14:32.789 --> 00:14:36.370 and what a beautiful reunion and experience that 00:14:36.370 --> 00:14:37.789 was. So we had that. Well, I just have to say 00:14:37.789 --> 00:14:40.789 this. Yeah. When President Nelson, and I'm not 00:14:40.789 --> 00:14:43.110 kidding you when I say this, when President Nelson 00:14:43.110 --> 00:14:45.870 said, seek and expect miracles. Yeah, you took 00:14:45.870 --> 00:14:47.649 him in his word, huh? I took that serious. I 00:14:47.649 --> 00:14:51.620 really did. I was like, OK, God, the prophet 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:54.559 said this and I am going to expect, seek and 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:59.220 expect miracles. And that's why I knew that day 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:02.059 would come. I just didn't know when. Unfortunately, 00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:05.539 I must admit my faith hasn't been as strong, 00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:08.960 but I'm thankful for the miracle. Maybe even 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:13.000 more. It was pretty tender. I don't know. But 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:18.509 President Nelson said what? Seek and expect miracles. 00:15:19.389 --> 00:15:23.029 That was in one of his conference addresses. 00:15:23.470 --> 00:15:25.129 I have listened to so many conference talks, 00:15:25.230 --> 00:15:27.570 I could probably give you one from the last 10 00:15:27.570 --> 00:15:34.169 years. I wake up every morning, our bathroom 00:15:34.169 --> 00:15:37.190 door in our bedrooms open, and Deb turns on a 00:15:37.190 --> 00:15:39.450 conference talk every morning. I love it. And 00:15:39.450 --> 00:15:41.110 sometimes I'll go sit out in the hot tub and 00:15:41.110 --> 00:15:43.909 try to listen to part of it, and sometimes I'll 00:15:43.909 --> 00:15:49.049 just bail. But that's awesome. So seek and expect 00:15:49.049 --> 00:15:53.490 miracles. And, you know, I think that we've been 00:15:53.490 --> 00:15:55.490 seeing quite a few of those over the last couple 00:15:55.490 --> 00:15:58.490 of weeks, just in our family. Super tender. Yeah, 00:15:58.629 --> 00:16:01.129 just in our own family and even more. There may 00:16:01.129 --> 00:16:03.610 be a little too sacred to get into and discuss 00:16:03.610 --> 00:16:08.509 deeply, but just just the fact to know. And this 00:16:08.509 --> 00:16:11.850 is what it is to me. Just the fact to know that 00:16:11.850 --> 00:16:14.450 Heavenly Father's aware of me, just to know. 00:16:14.490 --> 00:16:17.730 The Heavenly Father loves His children enough 00:16:17.730 --> 00:16:21.090 to share His power with them, the priesthood, 00:16:21.470 --> 00:16:23.909 and the power of the Holy Ghost and the power 00:16:23.909 --> 00:16:26.070 of Christ's Atonement, but specifically in this 00:16:26.070 --> 00:16:29.169 case, the priesthood, He loves us enough to share 00:16:29.169 --> 00:16:32.629 His power with us so that we can bless each other 00:16:32.629 --> 00:16:37.230 through Him. I definitely know that He knows 00:16:37.230 --> 00:16:41.659 our name. I definitely, I... testify. I know 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:44.000 He knows our name. I know He knows our struggles. 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:47.899 I know He knows what we're going through. And 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:51.820 I know sometimes we don't think that we are worthy 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:55.539 of Him or His love because I have felt that too. 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:58.580 But because of some of the experiences that I 00:16:58.580 --> 00:17:04.059 have lived, I today know without a doubt. that 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:07.000 he knows my name and he knows all of his children's 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.740 name and he loves and cherishes every one of 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:15.500 them. And I try to look at people and think God 00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:18.839 loves you and he cherishes you. That sweet experience 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:21.599 that I had with Jessica when she was three years 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.539 old with out of veil and her telling me about 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:28.240 Heavenly Father was sad when I left. I guarantee 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:30.880 he was sad when every single one of us left. 00:17:31.629 --> 00:17:36.569 I know He was. Because we are all His. We are 00:17:36.569 --> 00:17:41.049 divinely His. And I know He was sad when we left 00:17:41.049 --> 00:17:44.089 His presence. I know that. I don't believe it. 00:17:44.089 --> 00:17:47.970 I know that. Don't know why I know well grateful 00:17:47.970 --> 00:17:50.470 and if that's the case he wants us back and if 00:17:50.470 --> 00:17:52.569 that's the case He's provided a way for that 00:17:52.569 --> 00:17:54.589 to happen. But in the meantime, we got it. We 00:17:54.589 --> 00:17:57.569 got a struggle We have a we have a struggle. 00:17:57.569 --> 00:17:59.750 I don't mean we got a struggle Well in the next 00:17:59.750 --> 00:18:02.329 little but we have a struggle ahead of us Right 00:18:02.329 --> 00:18:05.869 and the next little piece of that was the next 00:18:05.869 --> 00:18:07.809 sentence that came out of that little angels 00:18:07.809 --> 00:18:10.650 mouth Straight from heaven when she said I said 00:18:10.650 --> 00:18:13.519 what else did Heavenly Father tell you? when 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:17.500 she said remember my son right what a simple 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:21.880 what a simple sentence it sounds so simple but 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:25.900 do we remember him yeah and and I not only that 00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:28.960 but what does it even mean to remember him yeah 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:31.680 I mean I always at Institute I always talk about 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:35.259 when we leave the presence we are dismembered 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:37.940 we are a part of him and when we come here we 00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:42.859 are dismembered from him so when we remember 00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:46.039 we are reconnecting making that relationship 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:50.279 just like we said with family connection relationship 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:55.420 we are remembering that relationship into that 00:18:55.420 --> 00:19:01.940 wholeness and completion which perfection equals 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:06.140 wholeness right so or completion or completion 00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:12.299 right well I'm just grateful, grateful for the 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:14.039 priesthood, the power of the priesthood, grateful 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.980 for a blessing that I was able to receive last 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:20.359 night that has been able to relieve a lot of 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:22.299 discomfort that I've been dealing with because 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:24.480 of some shoulder problems that I've got to get 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:28.599 fixed next week and all of that. But just to 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:31.539 know the Heavenly Father's aware of me, and I 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:33.660 love that you just said that a few minutes ago, 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:36.759 that how important that is and why that's so 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:39.140 important to you is that He knows you, right? 00:19:40.070 --> 00:19:43.349 He knows all of us. I can't just call it mine. 00:19:44.670 --> 00:19:48.210 When my friends laid their hands on my head last 00:19:48.210 --> 00:19:53.089 night, Jake said to me in the blessing, words 00:19:53.089 --> 00:19:56.849 to this effect, your Heavenly Father wants you 00:19:56.849 --> 00:19:59.529 to know that He's aware of you. that he loves 00:19:59.529 --> 00:20:01.849 you, and he went on a little bit more. And when 00:20:01.849 --> 00:20:04.210 he said that, I've heard, and I've had this experience 00:20:04.210 --> 00:20:05.990 before too, and I've heard it from others, but 00:20:05.990 --> 00:20:08.190 it happened to me again last night. I received 00:20:08.190 --> 00:20:10.789 a witness that that's true. He does know me, 00:20:10.809 --> 00:20:13.490 and he is aware of me. And you know, how often 00:20:13.490 --> 00:20:16.410 do we tell this to kids in institute, to our 00:20:16.410 --> 00:20:18.630 students in institute, and our family, and people 00:20:18.630 --> 00:20:21.289 in gospel doctrine, and people in primary, and 00:20:21.289 --> 00:20:23.309 all the other places that we have an opportunity 00:20:23.309 --> 00:20:26.769 to serve. How many times do we tell them, he's 00:20:26.769 --> 00:20:30.490 just not... frustrated with us. He's not wringing 00:20:30.490 --> 00:20:34.970 his hands because of me. He knows me. He knows 00:20:34.970 --> 00:20:38.529 me better, obviously, than I do. He knows the 00:20:38.529 --> 00:20:42.089 beginning from the end for me. And it's through 00:20:42.089 --> 00:20:45.109 my faith in him and faith in his son and faith 00:20:45.109 --> 00:20:47.750 in all that was done through his son and faith 00:20:47.750 --> 00:20:50.829 in all that's made available because of his son, 00:20:51.009 --> 00:20:52.829 including covenant relationship, which we'll 00:20:52.829 --> 00:20:55.809 get into at a later date. But because of all 00:20:55.809 --> 00:21:00.730 of those things, Sweetheart. The trials, the 00:21:00.730 --> 00:21:02.809 tribulations, sounds so trite when you put them 00:21:02.809 --> 00:21:04.849 that way, trials and tribulations. But all the 00:21:04.849 --> 00:21:08.670 difficult, dark, ugly, yucky stuff that we deal 00:21:08.670 --> 00:21:12.509 with in life, there's opportunity for healing 00:21:12.509 --> 00:21:17.829 in that. Only through our faith in Jesus Christ. 00:21:18.730 --> 00:21:21.750 Yeah. Well, and where God is all -knowing, He 00:21:21.750 --> 00:21:24.710 knows the end. I mean, I think that's the important 00:21:24.710 --> 00:21:28.789 part to hold onto is we're not there. We're here 00:21:28.789 --> 00:21:33.430 in this trial state of learning and being changed 00:21:33.430 --> 00:21:36.809 and allowing our hearts to be broken and open 00:21:36.809 --> 00:21:39.970 so God can change us and not just change us, 00:21:40.069 --> 00:21:42.809 but maybe give us a new heart. And we've heard 00:21:42.809 --> 00:21:46.900 that numerous times. Right? Received His image 00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:49.319 in your countenance. Yeah. You know, we change. 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:54.059 We literally change. Oh, yeah. When we take upon 00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:56.799 us the name of Christ through His atonement and 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:59.220 all that. You know, sometimes people talk about 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:01.759 past lives and different things like that. And 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:05.880 I think in my life, I mean, in my almost 60 years 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:10.559 of living, I feel like some of my... previous 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:15.559 years, our past lives. I really do. I'm not that 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:18.859 I'm not that person. I know. And I tolerated 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:22.619 and I accepted and I chose so many different 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:25.160 things than I ever would today. And I'm grateful 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:27.420 today. I'm not saying I've arrived. Believe me, 00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:29.539 I am not saying that. You're pretty close. But 00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:32.279 you say you're pretty close. And that's good 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:34.680 enough for me. How's that? That is not true. 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:40.259 Delete that. Hey, last week we talked about faith, 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:43.160 like we're talking about tonight. We talked about 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:45.680 one of my favorite scriptures, I think yours 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.980 too, we talk about a lot when we teach this topic 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:52.980 in Institute especially, but it was in Alma 32, 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:55.940 right? We already broke it down where we talked 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:59.099 about the seed and the swelling of the seed and 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:01.519 then the enlarging and the enlightening and if 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:03.599 it's delicious to our taste and we would know. 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:07.259 But we wanted to follow up with, because we invited 00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:10.160 our listeners last week, two weeks ago when we 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:13.779 recorded, we invited our listeners to come up 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:17.119 with some practical examples of how those show 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:19.579 up in real life. In other words, how do they 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:21.799 show up? Do they show up like courage in a tough 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:25.349 conversation? Does it show up like peace in grief? 00:23:25.950 --> 00:23:29.730 Does it show up like strength in recovery? Does 00:23:29.730 --> 00:23:37.259 it show up like hope in discouragement? You know, 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:40.500 I think it's important for us to just kind of 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:44.180 recall what we went through on that because I 00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:46.059 think that really helps us understand, babe, 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:49.019 why faith is so important. It's really easy for 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.700 us, I think, to get caught up in the mundane 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:53.339 things or maybe not mundane even, but the crazy 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:56.460 things of life and just be going along and not 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:59.380 give a second thought to faith and just be reacting 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:03.819 and acting like we are just reacting to the situations 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:06.269 in our life. You know, in the Doctrine and Covenants 00:24:06.269 --> 00:24:09.769 a couple weeks ago, in gospel doctrine, we talked 00:24:09.769 --> 00:24:13.569 about being acted or acting upon. You know, and 00:24:13.569 --> 00:24:17.329 I think it's when we have faith that's when we 00:24:17.329 --> 00:24:20.170 are able to take action rather than be acted 00:24:20.170 --> 00:24:26.059 upon. And obviously, so many reasons why that 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.740 would be important for us. And again, we just 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:30.059 invite you, our listeners, to go back through 00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.859 that. If you haven't done that exercise, please 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:34.480 do it. And if you did it and feel like maybe 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:36.720 you could do it again with some benefit, please 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:40.319 do it again. We're just here to, you know, be 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:43.359 with you as we all grow together. So just kind 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:46.400 of... I need to do that again, too. Yeah? Yeah, 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:50.339 just... You know take some personal inventory 00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:54.119 and where can I you know? Improve what if we 00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:56.480 went a little deeper this week and instead of 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:59.579 just talking about that We talked about what 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:03.359 is our faith in? What are we really planting 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:08.220 our faith in? What or who I I was how I was having 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:14.480 a conversation with my son today and He was telling 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:18.259 me about some of the challenges that he's you 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:25.460 know facing and I and he said but Let go and 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:29.039 let God right and I said, you know, buddy, you 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:33.500 got to remember that God is way bigger than any 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:39.079 of your problems and I think if we I Couldn't 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:42.380 continue to remember that that when I have challenges 00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:46.480 coming at me that I do have a God that is bigger 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:48.660 than my challenges. I have a God that is bigger 00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:51.400 than my pain. I have a God that is bigger than 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:56.240 my, my infirmities and my, my challenges, my 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:59.220 frustrations. Um, we're getting ready for a big 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:02.900 event at work and I, there's a lot of tension 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:07.980 in my workplace and I get triggered easy, especially 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:13.960 by people that do dumb things. That's my judgment. 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:20.000 And I literally need to remember that these are 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:23.539 God's children. These are, I need to have more 00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:26.200 charity. I have really been praying for this 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:28.819 lately. I even say it when I go up four or six 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:30.880 flights of stairs when I go to work from the 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:34.200 parking garage up to the floor. And I literally 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:37.259 say this when I'm stepping on those stairs, charity. 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:40.940 Virtue charity virtue charity virtue because 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:43.440 I really want it instilled in me It's not working 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:46.500 perfectly, but I'm still trying to instill charity 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:50.839 and virtue In my at work. I mean, I think that's 00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:53.099 one of my I mean I can definitely do it in primary 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:56.880 I can do it in you know, mostly in my home, but 00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:00.240 I get out in that world. It's hard It's hard 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:03.299 to have but have you seen a difference? Yeah 00:27:03.549 --> 00:27:06.849 I actually have, yeah, because I don't let things 00:27:06.849 --> 00:27:10.069 affect me as much as they used to because I've 00:27:10.069 --> 00:27:12.089 been pleading for that. I've been really asking 00:27:12.089 --> 00:27:17.390 Heavenly Father for help because it kind of consumes 00:27:17.390 --> 00:27:20.410 me sometimes. Well, you're doing pretty remarkably 00:27:20.410 --> 00:27:22.009 with it. I was just wondering if you had any. 00:27:22.230 --> 00:27:26.869 Yeah, so that's pretty great. I need faith because 00:27:26.869 --> 00:27:29.369 faith and fear cannot exist in the same person 00:27:29.369 --> 00:27:33.359 at the same time. And I am so fear -based and 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:37.240 shame -driven that without faith, fear would 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:40.380 literally run my life. I really believe that 00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:42.599 to a large degree, you know. I mean, I don't 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:45.200 want to sound like myself. I'm putting myself 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:47.980 down to the nth degree. I just know that some 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:50.900 of the character defects I have in my life, that 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.920 that's kind of how it would be because if I didn't 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:55.960 have a relationship with Heavenly Father and 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.960 His Son and the Holy Ghost and with somebody 00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:00.549 to have faith in, then of course I'd be filled 00:28:00.549 --> 00:28:03.910 with fear. That's what ran my life prior to becoming 00:28:03.910 --> 00:28:07.769 sober on October 26, 1998. And it took me some 00:28:07.769 --> 00:28:10.890 time after that to really begin to develop this 00:28:10.890 --> 00:28:14.529 walk with faith. And I'm still developing this 00:28:14.529 --> 00:28:18.990 walk with faith, right? I know that, you know, 00:28:19.130 --> 00:28:23.589 one of our, I just know that there are so many 00:28:23.589 --> 00:28:26.440 different levels. of faith. We talk about that. 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.980 We have in the past. We're going to talk about 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.660 more of those. Next week we'll really get into 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:32.420 some of the power of faith type of experiences. 00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:37.359 But, you know, Deb, you asked me why do I need 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:40.539 faith? The real reason is because faith and fear 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:44.299 can't reside in the same person. Fear is not 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:47.680 of Heavenly Father. Fear has nothing to do with 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:51.680 the Spirit. Fear has nothing to do with Jesus' 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:56.210 influence in my life. Fear has only to do with 00:28:56.210 --> 00:28:59.250 the accuser. Maybe we could just real quick turn 00:28:59.250 --> 00:29:01.890 there too. Let's go to, I'm going to turn to 00:29:01.890 --> 00:29:03.890 it and I'll read it, but in Revelations chapter 00:29:03.890 --> 00:29:07.230 12, this is why I need faith. And I think in 00:29:07.230 --> 00:29:10.490 large part, it might be a kind of an answer to 00:29:10.490 --> 00:29:13.809 why all of the human race, all of Heavenly Father's 00:29:13.809 --> 00:29:16.950 children, need, perhaps need faith at some. level. 00:29:17.170 --> 00:29:20.009 So in Revelations chapter 12, I'm going to go 00:29:20.009 --> 00:29:23.130 to verse, let's just start in verse 9, of course 00:29:23.130 --> 00:29:25.410 we're talking about the great dragon who is the 00:29:25.410 --> 00:29:28.809 devil, was cast out, that old serpent called 00:29:28.809 --> 00:29:31.829 the devil, and Satan which deceiveth the whole 00:29:31.829 --> 00:29:34.650 world. He was cast out unto the earth and his 00:29:34.650 --> 00:29:37.809 angels were cast out with him. Okay, stop. He 00:29:37.809 --> 00:29:43.039 deceiveth the whole world. So if faith is something 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:45.039 that Heavenly Father wants us to have, He wants 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:48.079 to deceive us, replace that with potentially 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:51.380 fear, right? So deceive us the whole world. That's 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:54.019 not the point though. And I heard a loud voice 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:56.200 saying in heaven, now has come salvation and 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.500 the strength of the kingdom of our God and the 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:03.359 power of His Christ. I love that title of Jesus, 00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:08.299 the power of His Christ. I love that name. One 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:11.339 of my favorite names of Jesus the power of his 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:16.500 Christ and The power of his Christ for the accuser 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:18.740 of our brother and is cast down which accused 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:22.720 them before God day and night Okay, so what does 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.920 he accuse us of? You should be afraid You should 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:29.819 be worried. You should have anxiety. You should 00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:32.480 compare yourself to others and through that feel 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:35.119 different or inferior. You should look at your 00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.440 children and see how they're not living the gospel 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:39.880 compared to other people's children in your family, 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:42.299 in your neighborhood, in your ward, in your circle 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.859 of life, and see yourself as a failure because 00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:48.059 you couldn't get them to get right. Be resentful. 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:51.720 Have judgment. Yeah. All of that. So many things. 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:55.900 And we all have opportunity to partake in the 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:59.220 accusations of the accuser. Well, it's live and 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:03.200 healthy. For sure. At least on a daily basis. 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:05.279 And I know that I have an opportunity to partake 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:07.400 in that multiple times a day. But not good enough. 00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:10.019 Should I choose? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Not good enough. 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:13.769 How can I ever quit this addiction? I have tried 00:31:13.769 --> 00:31:16.670 so many times. How could I ever overcome this? 00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:20.670 Why even try? Why even try? It's too hard. You 00:31:20.670 --> 00:31:23.269 know? Yeah. Why get out of bed? I'm too depressed. 00:31:23.970 --> 00:31:27.579 Right. Yeah. Why go out in public when I feel 00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:30.079 like I'm being judged and ridiculed because of 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:32.440 who I am and what I am? Why would I go to sacrament 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:35.740 meeting when I'm smoking still? Why would I go 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:37.680 to sacrament meeting when I'm still drinking? 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.720 And these are questions I could have asked myself 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:45.839 back then. And it keeps a lot of us away for 00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:49.559 fear. You know what that reminds me of is every 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:53.180 time an angel appears, the first thing they always 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:58.940 say is, fear not. Every time they appear. That 00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:01.299 is the first... Is that true? Every time? Well, 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:04.799 I... Seems like it, right? I don't know. You 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.640 could prove me wrong. No, I'm not trying to. 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:09.779 I just hadn't thought of that before. But I remember, 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:13.880 I mean, numerous times. I mean, when the angels... 00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:15.799 I mean, even when Christ was born and the angels 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:18.460 came to the shepherds and said their first thing 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:23.099 was, fear not. Yeah. When an angel... Yes, every 00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:24.740 time I remember... I'm sure you're right. Hearing 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:29.180 about an angel coming Through the veil to us 00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:32.900 the words are fear not know they aren't hey you 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:34.660 better hide. He knows what you've been doing 00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:39.279 exactly Their fear not it's like get rid of the 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:42.500 accuser belief system, and let's go back into 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:45.400 faith So how do we overcome the accuser? This 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:49.740 is the point right and this is where? By faith 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:53.609 should and needs to be placed is in this process 00:32:53.609 --> 00:32:56.269 to help us overcome the accuser the accusations 00:32:56.269 --> 00:32:58.250 that I'm not enough the accusations that I've 00:32:58.250 --> 00:33:00.609 gone too far and all of those other things so 00:33:00.609 --> 00:33:05.410 this is in verse 11 and they meaning we because 00:33:05.410 --> 00:33:07.950 this was the pre -existence and they overcame 00:33:07.950 --> 00:33:11.890 him by the blood of the lamb I find it interesting 00:33:11.890 --> 00:33:15.750 that even the atonement covered us there in the 00:33:15.750 --> 00:33:19.279 pre -existence sure did yeah Well, we hear about 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:21.680 when we read about scriptures, they were they 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:25.500 were hoping that the Savior would come and the 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:28.019 atonement. I mean, think about in Matthew, Mark, 00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:30.380 Luke and John. Yeah. I mean, they were they were 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:32.200 praying for a savior. They were all waiting. 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:35.839 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So they were we're we're going 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:38.359 to the past where they were going to the future. 00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:41.200 Yeah. Yeah. So and I'll read that again. They 00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:44.539 overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:48.440 word of their testimony. And they loved not their 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:50.680 lives unto the death. So they were willing to 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:53.240 go to the wall for him. They were just willing 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:56.480 to go all the way for him. They loved his life 00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:00.119 more than their own. And the way that we do that, 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:03.740 Dub, is that we see that it was through his blood, 00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:07.680 through his blood that we overcame the accuser 00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:11.300 there. It's through his blood that we overcome 00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:15.300 the accuser here and remember him in all of his 00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:19.699 various forms Yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah, he purchased 00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:23.300 us with his blood. Yeah Literally purchased us. 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:26.690 We are his You know one of the things that I've 00:34:26.690 --> 00:34:30.409 learned additionally and in the rooms of recovery 00:34:30.409 --> 00:34:33.510 One was what I just said is that fair and faith 00:34:33.510 --> 00:34:35.969 can't exist in the same person at the same time 00:34:35.969 --> 00:34:38.329 That's important for me to always remember that 00:34:38.329 --> 00:34:40.670 I shared a story I'm not going to get into it 00:34:40.670 --> 00:34:43.030 here, but I showed a story a couple of seasons 00:34:43.030 --> 00:34:47.690 ago about my sponsor And how I was going through 00:34:47.690 --> 00:34:50.889 this inventory on anger with him and after we 00:34:50.889 --> 00:34:52.809 got through with it He told me so Scott you're 00:34:52.809 --> 00:34:56.949 not angry. You're fearful And because fear was 00:34:56.949 --> 00:34:59.090 really dominating my whole life. And so, you 00:34:59.090 --> 00:35:01.489 know, maybe I say that by way of invitation to 00:35:01.489 --> 00:35:04.090 those of us who feel like we are dealing with 00:35:04.090 --> 00:35:08.590 some other emotion, anger, rage, whatever. Maybe 00:35:08.590 --> 00:35:12.130 take a look at it from a vantage point of fear 00:35:12.130 --> 00:35:15.110 through the lens of fear. Because if we are really 00:35:15.110 --> 00:35:16.730 seeing our life through the lens of fear, it's 00:35:16.730 --> 00:35:18.710 going to feel like those other things. And if 00:35:18.710 --> 00:35:21.730 we really are feeling fear, we know how to overcome 00:35:21.730 --> 00:35:24.769 fear through the blood of the lamb. And that's 00:35:24.769 --> 00:35:27.500 the answer to our problems, right? I can think 00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:31.500 of so many, so many times when in Alcoholics 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:33.380 Anonymous, and you know, and I definitely was 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:35.780 part of this, and I know you've had this experience 00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:38.099 with others that you've seen and worked with 00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:40.860 yourself, Deb, but so often, you know, we come 00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:45.239 in and so often, you know, we're, you know, pull 00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:48.159 ourselves up by the bootstraps sort of people, 00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:51.139 and we're gonna conquer this problem, we're gonna 00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:53.460 take it on, you know, we'll be okay, we're gonna 00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:57.460 get positive attitude going. You know and all 00:35:57.460 --> 00:36:02.380 of that and and then we just realized that Without 00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:06.619 faith fear and self -reliance just kind of dominate 00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:10.659 us and Fear and self -reliance learning to just 00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:13.079 I think that there's an important part of self 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.239 -reliance I think there's there kid that we need 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:17.260 to learn to take care of ourselves place for 00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:19.820 sure It's it's important for sure but not when 00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:22.519 it comes to this stuff our reliance reliance 00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:24.639 when it comes to faith needs to be on him 100 00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:27.849 % holy And isn't that an interesting balancing 00:36:27.849 --> 00:36:30.349 act because there are things that we can control 00:36:30.349 --> 00:36:34.309 and things that we're in control of. Ish. Yeah. 00:36:34.469 --> 00:36:36.889 The illusion of control. Like putting food in 00:36:36.889 --> 00:36:39.050 your mouth every day, like going to the gym every 00:36:39.050 --> 00:36:41.070 day, like getting up and going to work or getting 00:36:41.070 --> 00:36:44.429 out of bed every day. That's that's self -reliant 00:36:44.429 --> 00:36:48.260 is what you're talking about. But. Yeah, but 00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:50.679 when we but when we carry self -reliance to the 00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:53.400 point where if it is to be it's up to me that 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:55.699 kind of thing Right, you know where it's just 00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:59.639 up to me to fix me Right, and that's where that's 00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:02.159 where we get tripped up because we're carnal 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:05.260 and devilish. We are here to fall down We are 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:10.539 here to be broken. We are here to need not want 00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:18.380 need a Savior. Yeah We are nothing without him. 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:22.099 Wayne Dyer, I used to listen to him years ago 00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:25.380 and he said, you know, when we are born, we are 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:29.579 literally born naked and vulnerable with no thing, 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:34.019 nothing. We come here on this planet and we learn 00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:38.559 things and we collect things. But when we exit 00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:43.239 this planet, we take no thing with us, nothing. 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:47.400 So all these treasures that we feel like we are 00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:51.079 accumulating, don't you think there is a lot 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:57.079 we can learn about the middle, like where we 00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:02.679 are now, about nothing, no thing, that dependency. 00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:06.320 Because if you can possess it, you can lose it. 00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:09.539 It's not ours anyways. Even my wedding ring right 00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:12.800 here is not really even mine. It stays on this 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:18.880 planet. I mean literally, my breath is his. And 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:22.880 I remember when I process that in my brain thinking, 00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:29.780 wow, am I attached to things? Do I need to detach 00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:33.159 from the things that, because I can't take anything 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:37.639 with me. No money, no antiques, no treasures, 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:41.000 no special jewelry from great aunt, uncle, grandma, 00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:44.519 whatever. I mean, there has been a lot of times 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.940 I have had to take like a really hard look at 00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:52.139 the attachment I have to things and learn a lot 00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:56.239 about my literally my nothingness and my pure 00:38:56.239 --> 00:39:00.519 dependency on Him. Your dependency on Him. You're 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:03.260 talking about a relationship. Yeah, you're talking 00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:06.139 about your when you say dependency on him your 00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:09.800 you mean Because and through your because of 00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:12.679 and through your relationship with him You have 00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:15.860 trust that you can depend on him that he will 00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:18.559 make the wrongs right in your life Yeah, you 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:22.199 know and I he has yeah, I'm not really good at 00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:25.639 always giving him that You know turning my will 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:29.519 in my life over sure, but You know, I put I put 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:31.760 it to a little bit of a test. Yeah. You know, 00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:34.699 I have had experiences in my life where I have 00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:37.119 had to and I've shared it numerous times when 00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:39.639 I was 17 years old and had to make a really big 00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:44.559 decision. Right. That was a life that I had to 00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:50.579 depend. I learned my dependency, that I was absolutely 00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:55.519 no thing, nothing without him. I'm going to read 00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:58.170 you a quote. Tell me what you think of this. 00:39:58.769 --> 00:40:02.389 It is by knowing the character, perfections, 00:40:02.769 --> 00:40:06.710 and attributes of God that men are enabled to 00:40:06.710 --> 00:40:11.389 exercise faith in Him unto life and salvation. 00:40:12.389 --> 00:40:16.230 I'll read it again. It is by knowing the character, 00:40:16.309 --> 00:40:19.369 perfections, and attributes of God that men are 00:40:19.369 --> 00:40:23.929 enabled to exercise faith in Him unto life and 00:40:23.929 --> 00:40:26.829 unto salvation. What does that mean? Well, I 00:40:26.829 --> 00:40:28.869 go back to that relationship that you had with 00:40:28.869 --> 00:40:32.789 your grandpa. Yeah, you knew him This is life 00:40:32.789 --> 00:40:35.170 eternal right that they might know thee the only 00:40:35.170 --> 00:40:37.789 true God in Jesus Christ whom thou has sent right 00:40:37.789 --> 00:40:40.650 you spent time with him You learned he learned 00:40:40.650 --> 00:40:43.829 more about him. Okay, and you trusted him, but 00:40:43.829 --> 00:40:47.010 in order to know him I had to you just said it 00:40:47.010 --> 00:40:50.699 spend time with him In order to know Him, I had 00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:54.260 to have experiences with Him wherein I was able 00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:58.219 to open up and feel like I was getting a positive 00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:01.420 experience. Does that make sense? Did I say that 00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:04.559 weird or what? But that I was getting a positive 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:08.280 experience or getting redirected in a way that 00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:10.719 was loving, kind, and sometimes a little bit 00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:13.480 stern. But it was nonetheless all part of Heavenly 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:15.860 Father's plan for me. Does that make sense? Absolutely. 00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:18.739 And you know what? I think that's what again 00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:22.340 a conference talk that I recently listened to 00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:26.119 about make an appointment with the Lord live 00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:30.500 to it like make sure that you show up make sure 00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:33.460 that you're there because he's always there for 00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:37.699 me I'm the one that ditch out so do I make an 00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:40.340 appointment do I make time for him every single 00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:44.960 day to commune with him to connect with him to 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:50.909 remember him Those those are those sacred moments 00:41:50.909 --> 00:41:54.710 that I get to learn to trust that I get to learn 00:41:54.710 --> 00:41:59.429 to and the on the quote by knowing the character 00:41:59.429 --> 00:42:03.110 Perfections and attributes of God. Yeah Knowing 00:42:03.110 --> 00:42:05.550 you can't know them without like you said being 00:42:05.550 --> 00:42:08.230 with him spending time with him Yeah, having 00:42:08.230 --> 00:42:10.730 a desire to be more like him and in today's world. 00:42:10.730 --> 00:42:14.670 It is hard really hard to be still Because we 00:42:14.670 --> 00:42:18.010 have so much coming at us in this electronic 00:42:18.010 --> 00:42:22.369 world. It's crazy. I get up at five in the morning 00:42:22.369 --> 00:42:26.389 to be still, and it's still a challenge for me. 00:42:26.869 --> 00:42:29.010 Like, not everything's still at five a .m., just 00:42:29.010 --> 00:42:33.170 so you all know. Good to know. I think I'll keep 00:42:33.170 --> 00:42:38.030 sleeping then. Yep, just being still. Knowing 00:42:38.030 --> 00:42:42.280 who he is, who he really is. helps us trust who 00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:45.159 we are. And so when I say I am a child of God 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:48.619 and He has sent me here, all of that, when I 00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:51.079 say that and I know Him, I can trust that what 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:53.000 I'm saying is true. And if I can trust what I'm 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:55.800 saying is true in that case, then I can trust 00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:58.920 that my life will heal from whatever imperfections 00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:04.059 come its way. Yeah. Do we trust holy? Yeah. Literally 00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:07.940 holy in Him. I mean, I do to a certain degree, 00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:10.960 but I don't into a lot of degrees. So yeah, for 00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:14.199 sure. It's a challenge. So and then and then 00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:15.920 here's another saying that I think is important. 00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:19.840 Faith is not just in things getting better. You 00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:22.000 know, it's not that we just have faith that things 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.840 are going to get better. What it is, it really 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:27.219 is that we have faith in Jesus Christ himself, 00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:31.679 his love, his power, his willingness to act in 00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:35.239 our lives, whatever that may look like for our 00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:39.829 own good. And, you know. And I know because we've 00:43:39.829 --> 00:43:42.190 both had experiences that weren't super comfortable 00:43:42.190 --> 00:43:46.210 that By looking back at them with an eye of faith 00:43:46.210 --> 00:43:49.969 have been for our growth and good. Yeah, right 00:43:49.969 --> 00:43:53.510 I think of you know when we talk about relationship 00:43:53.510 --> 00:43:56.670 And I and I maybe we can just kind of end on 00:43:56.670 --> 00:43:58.650 this story unless you have something else to 00:43:58.650 --> 00:44:01.969 add when I'm done Deb But you know in if we'll 00:44:01.969 --> 00:44:04.230 remember the children of Israel you know, when 00:44:04.230 --> 00:44:06.710 Moses was leading the children of Israel out 00:44:06.710 --> 00:44:10.789 of captivity, and after the golden calf experience 00:44:10.789 --> 00:44:12.409 and the Ten Commandments experience, whatever, 00:44:12.710 --> 00:44:17.210 and then they had to live on manna, right? And 00:44:17.210 --> 00:44:19.670 then, you know, we know the faith that it required, 00:44:19.809 --> 00:44:21.570 they had to have faith that they could only pick 00:44:21.570 --> 00:44:24.329 up manna when it was, they couldn't store it 00:44:24.329 --> 00:44:26.010 except on the Sabbath, you know, and various 00:44:26.010 --> 00:44:28.869 things like that. But another thing that happened 00:44:28.869 --> 00:44:31.389 while they were there is there were flying serpents. 00:44:31.769 --> 00:44:34.630 And these flying serpents, if they would bite, 00:44:34.650 --> 00:44:37.349 it would be deadly. And many of the children 00:44:37.349 --> 00:44:40.989 of Israel, we read about this recanted also in 00:44:40.989 --> 00:44:43.030 the Book of Mormon, or recounted rather in the 00:44:43.030 --> 00:44:46.530 Book of Mormon as well, as they're telling the 00:44:46.530 --> 00:44:50.849 story there as well. But the Lord told Moses, 00:44:51.489 --> 00:44:54.250 create a brazen serpent and put it on a staff. 00:44:54.769 --> 00:44:57.050 And when somebody gets bit, just tell them to 00:44:57.050 --> 00:44:59.650 look at the staff. And if they look at the staff, 00:44:59.710 --> 00:45:04.639 they will be healed. Well, obviously a little 00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:07.079 too simple even for the children of Israel, you 00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:09.500 know, I think we live in a troubled time You 00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:11.239 know, that would definitely probably be the case 00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:14.219 today as well But I think to myself if that was 00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:16.800 if that if I was invited to do that and I was 00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:19.239 in that situation Would I look at that staff 00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:22.980 now? Obviously we know that that staff is a representation 00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:25.199 of Jesus Christ on the cross and then it's through 00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:29.019 him on the cross that we are all eventually healed 00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:32.610 of all things eventually, so long as we put our 00:45:32.610 --> 00:45:35.969 trust in Him. But I think of how easy it was 00:45:35.969 --> 00:45:39.170 for them and how hard it was for them at the 00:45:39.170 --> 00:45:43.010 same time. Just that one ask, just look unto 00:45:43.010 --> 00:45:46.690 Me. You know, and we read it all the time in 00:45:46.690 --> 00:45:48.949 Doctrine and Coven 6, just look unto Me in every 00:45:48.949 --> 00:45:52.030 thought. Doubt not, fear not. Well, apparently 00:45:52.030 --> 00:45:54.309 looking unto Him is the anecdote for doubt and 00:45:54.309 --> 00:45:56.389 fear. But how easy is it to look unto Him? I 00:45:56.389 --> 00:45:58.730 don't know. That's the children of Israel. You 00:45:58.730 --> 00:46:00.789 know, maybe we sometimes struggle with those 00:46:00.789 --> 00:46:03.530 same things. And so maybe as part of and, you 00:46:03.530 --> 00:46:05.030 know, and I'm going to wrap my part of it here 00:46:05.030 --> 00:46:06.829 and I'll let you say whatever you need or want 00:46:06.829 --> 00:46:08.969 to say, Deb, when when I conclude here. But, 00:46:09.010 --> 00:46:11.150 you know, maybe part of my invitation this week 00:46:11.150 --> 00:46:14.329 to all of us would just be to take a look at 00:46:14.329 --> 00:46:18.010 where maybe we are a little bit lacking. Where 00:46:18.010 --> 00:46:20.429 could we with just a little tiny bit of effort 00:46:20.429 --> 00:46:23.150 on our own part better align with his will for 00:46:23.150 --> 00:46:26.369 us, better aligned for his graces and mercies, 00:46:26.630 --> 00:46:28.769 better will be aligned so that we can feel the 00:46:28.769 --> 00:46:32.090 power of His love at work in our lives all the 00:46:32.090 --> 00:46:34.750 time. So, you know, next week we'll continue 00:46:34.750 --> 00:46:36.730 more. We'll talk a lot more about faith. I think 00:46:36.730 --> 00:46:38.909 we'll be talking about that for a few more weeks, 00:46:39.170 --> 00:46:43.269 Dub. But this is so important because this is 00:46:43.269 --> 00:46:44.969 really, and I said it last week, but this is 00:46:44.969 --> 00:46:48.110 really, when we talk about faith, this is really 00:46:48.110 --> 00:46:52.550 what creates the impetus behind our process and 00:46:52.550 --> 00:46:55.889 our progress in putting on Christ's Atonement. 00:46:56.809 --> 00:46:59.429 through it, healing from the things in our lives. 00:46:59.889 --> 00:47:03.889 Yeah. And I think again, making an appointment, 00:47:03.889 --> 00:47:07.909 you know, taking that sacred time for yourself 00:47:07.909 --> 00:47:11.670 to commune. And even if it's partaking of the 00:47:11.670 --> 00:47:14.889 sacrament on Sunday, it's it takes a practice 00:47:14.889 --> 00:47:18.630 for me to to close my eyes and tune out to the 00:47:18.630 --> 00:47:21.989 noise that I'm hearing in the chapel. Those precious 00:47:21.989 --> 00:47:25.170 children that are not always reverent, but it's. 00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:31.300 It's so critical for all of us to come unto Him 00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:34.239 in literally every thought, doubt not fear not. 00:47:34.280 --> 00:47:36.900 So when we have doubt, when we have fear, what's 00:47:36.900 --> 00:47:40.159 the antidote? Come unto Him. And I, you know, 00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:44.079 I say this to the mirror in front of my face, 00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:46.599 because this is my message. And I hope that you 00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:48.579 can get a message from this as well, because 00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:54.300 it is so critical, yet so easy, yet so hard. 00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:57.579 Just like the children of Israel, just like you 00:47:57.579 --> 00:48:01.260 said. You know, just look at the serpent. Sometimes 00:48:01.260 --> 00:48:05.420 the difficulty is in the simplicity. Amen. And 00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:08.000 it's like, you know, that's how we exercise faith 00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:11.239 is when we put forth that tiny little mustard 00:48:11.239 --> 00:48:14.579 seed effort and then just say, OK, God, you got 00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:18.989 this. But, you know, it's when we see. God's 00:48:18.989 --> 00:48:23.090 handiwork and we see the miracles that he he 00:48:23.090 --> 00:48:26.369 performs on a daily I have tried to make a conscious 00:48:26.369 --> 00:48:29.599 effort when I drive I the east is on my left 00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:32.639 hand side when I drive to work and the sun will 00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:35.079 come up over those big huge mountains that I 00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:37.980 live by and I keep thinking is today the day 00:48:37.980 --> 00:48:40.159 you're coming can you just come from the east 00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:42.679 can you just come with that sunshine and can 00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:46.480 you just I love the mountains I love the mornings 00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:50.199 I love but seeing that sunshine I every single 00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:53.159 day okay maybe not every but Very very often. 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:56.059 I turn my head and look to the east and just 00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:58.599 say thank you God for this beautiful world Can 00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:02.400 you please send your son? But I am ready for 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:06.480 him to be here. I'm grateful to know that it 00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:10.559 is by Coming unto coming to him in every thought 00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:14.119 that is my antidote. Yeah And the world that 00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:16.719 we live in there's plenty of the opportunity 00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:19.619 for us to get distracted for us to get discouraged 00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:21.920 for us to fill the Buffettings of the accuser 00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:26.159 in our lives the enemy And all of that but with 00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:29.099 a little bit of effort on our part with a little 00:49:29.099 --> 00:49:31.659 bit of trust and hope on our part as we develop 00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:35.619 a relationship with him and As we developed trust 00:49:35.619 --> 00:49:39.769 in him Through developing the relationship with 00:49:39.769 --> 00:49:44.570 him then we will be administered by his spirit 00:49:44.570 --> 00:49:48.969 the blessings and the atonement blessings and 00:49:48.969 --> 00:49:51.789 all of the wonderful things that come by way 00:49:51.789 --> 00:49:55.309 of his atonement in our lives Yeah, I agree know 00:49:55.309 --> 00:49:59.079 who we are and whose we are Okay, well sweetheart 00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:02.119 as we close today I just want to remind everybody 00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:05.000 that no matter where we are no matter how we're 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:08.039 feeling No matter what's going on in your life. 00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:09.840 You're you're welcome here, and we honestly hope 00:50:09.840 --> 00:50:12.119 you feel that way We know that sometimes it's 00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:14.920 difficult to feel welcome where where we talk 00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:16.880 about these types of things But we hope you feel 00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:19.039 welcome here We hope you know that Jesus isn't 00:50:19.039 --> 00:50:21.039 waiting for you to clean everything up before 00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:24.079 you come to him He wants you now. He wants this 00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:27.480 version of you. He wants you now Yeah, he meets 00:50:27.480 --> 00:50:29.760 us in the middle of our mess. And I think when 00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:33.460 he comes, he's going to go to the dirtiest, messiest 00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:37.679 places. That's where his grace shines the brightest. 00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:43.440 So come as you are, broken, messy, hopeful, questioning, 00:50:43.739 --> 00:50:47.900 doubting, fearing. You're not alone. Yeah. We'd 00:50:47.900 --> 00:50:49.780 love to stay connected with you as well if you 00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:51.880 have thoughts or questions or if you have any 00:50:51.880 --> 00:50:54.780 stories you'd like to share Or if you just like 00:50:54.780 --> 00:50:57.199 to check in with us once in a while We have several 00:50:57.199 --> 00:50:59.719 that are doing that we love your emails We love 00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:01.960 to hear the encouraging stories if you do have 00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:04.940 a question that you'd like us to pose on the 00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:07.360 The podcast and it's in line with the stuff that 00:51:07.360 --> 00:51:09.559 we're talking about here We're happy to do that 00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:11.900 if it's outside of the scope of what we're talking 00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:15.039 about here We're happy to give it a shot and 00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:17.320 do it privately. So we'll send those back to 00:51:17.320 --> 00:51:21.420 you but you can you can email us at he redeems 00:51:21.420 --> 00:51:27.000 us he redeems us at gmail .com this episode touched 00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:29.300 your heart we hope that you'll share it with 00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:31.619 someone you love and care about a friend a family 00:51:31.619 --> 00:51:33.599 member anyone who could use a little bit more 00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:36.639 hope right now maybe some of the doubters maybe 00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:39.719 some of those that are just really some of us 00:51:39.719 --> 00:51:42.840 that are struggling that just needs to look unto 00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:46.300 him Well next week we're gonna continue talking 00:51:46.300 --> 00:51:49.179 about faith again as it is so important really 00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:51.599 the catalyst behind making and having and seen 00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:54.019 and Experiencing all of this work for us in our 00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:56.400 lives And so remember that and remember there's 00:51:56.400 --> 00:51:58.420 always hope through him because you have been 00:51:58.420 --> 00:52:00.940 redeemed through his blood Thanks for being with 00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:04.099 us and remember there is always hope through 00:52:04.099 --> 00:52:06.739 him because you have been redeemed through his 00:52:06.739 --> 00:52:09.420 blood Thanks for being with us everybody. We'll 00:52:09.420 --> 00:52:11.639 see you next time. Love y 'all