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Welcome back to the Gospel Truth Podcast. I'm

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your host Dylan with my co -host. I'm Jason.

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That's right. Well, if you haven't noticed, we

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haven't been around too much. Life has been a

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little crazy. There's been a lot of changes,

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ups and downs. Just a lot of trying to figure

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out times that we can make this work. And I like

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how last podcast I was listening to it and we

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said, Yeah, don't worry. We're sorry we missed

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a couple weeks. We're going to be more consistent,

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and then we are just gone. Jason did a couple

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solo episodes. We're going to talk a little bit

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about why, what happened over the past year,

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and kind of what we've been up to. It's kind

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of like a little reunion catch -up episode to

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get back into it. Yep. Yeah. So, Jason, I mean,

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you want to go ahead first? I mean... Yeah, sure.

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I mean last time I mean sure I could do a little

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bit and then you do a little bit when you come

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back and forth That's great. Actually Yeah, I

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decided to do obviously if you've been following

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us still like I did two solo episodes to 2024

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to just kind of keep something going I don't

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want to think people just thought that we abandoned

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it completely or anything like that like we both

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forgot like i yeah right i i told you i was doing

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these things and i wanted to base it off of the

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blog post that we already had going the blog

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actually stayed active pretty active throughout

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2024 while we were not recording so if you don't

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know go to gospel project i was like wow i'm

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like i should probably talk to jason we should

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probably try to record some more Right. So it

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was just like, yeah, it's been good because I

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think personally, in my opinion, over the last

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year, I mean, it's been since 2023, end of 2023,

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since we recorded an episode together. But you

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and me have been talking little bits here and

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there since then. And I think. Over the last

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year, year and a half, I feel like there's been

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a lot of learning from my part and a lot of studying

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and a lot of reading. I started kind of digging

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into like the founding church fathers from the

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apostles and who they taught, like Ignatius of

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Antioch, Clement of Rome, Tertullian, Polycarp.

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I started reading a lot of the original writings

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from the early first 300 years of the church

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history. Because I started realizing history

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is really important to understand where our foundations

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come from, especially when you read the Bible

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as your core foundation. You can see those who

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were taught by the disciples and were second

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generation of Christianity and what they were

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helping spread the gospel and what they talked

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about and how they interacted with a lot of different

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viewpoints and a lot of different governance.

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government authorities and police states and

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stuff like that during the time. So it was really

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cool to, it's really cool. I recommend going

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back and reading some of the, um, earlier texts

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like that just to kind of get a broader perspective.

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So I've been learning a lot. So it's been good.

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Yeah. Yeah. Learning has been, I think the, uh,

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key this past year, there's been a lot of learning,

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um, me. Well, last time we talked, I mean, I

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was listening to it. I, you could hear, I was,

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I sounded so, I was very discouraged. Um, for

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those who don't know, I know my wife doesn't

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like, we don't really talk about it too much.

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We're kind of like, Oh yeah, it happened. Not

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a big deal anymore. Um, but last time we recorded,

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uh, we had had a missed carriage and, uh, that

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was like really hitting me hard. And we had just,

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you know, gotten married and, Knowing that we

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lost our kid was really rough. But a month later,

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we actually had a rainbow baby. So during that

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whole time, and if you just know what a rainbow

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baby is, it's when you have a miscarriage and

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then you get pregnant right after. So we had

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that happen. And then we were pregnant. I shouldn't

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say we, because I had the easy part. My wife

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is the one who carried our beautiful baby girl.

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little past nine months uh so yeah we completely

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just yeah i went from that to uh my wife being

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pregnant and me studying that new job and it

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just got crazy from that point on um but i've

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learned a lot about god's love because i already

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had that with my son and experiencing god's love

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and how much i love but like there's something

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different when having a daughter um oh yeah And

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the first time seeing him hold his sister, I

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was like, whoa, there's so much of my love. The

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cool thing is, not to get too graphic, but I

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asked the doctor because I heard it online. I'm

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like, hey, so I heard you can help pull the baby

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out. She's like, do you want to do that? I was

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like, yeah, let's go. Rock and roll, man. So

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I was there. And my wife, she's such a champ.

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So our son was three days of labor, active labor,

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and our daughter was also three days of active

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labor. So that is a total of almost a week in

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labor. That's just, you know, and the funny thing

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is when we were doing this too, I felt a pop

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in my wrist. I was like, oh no, that's not good.

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Like I did something to my wrist, but the whole

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time I was just like. second day i'm like i can't

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say anything what do i say hey you know i kind

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of hurt my wrist it's like no you need to be

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quiet all right your wife is literally delivering

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the baby right now you just gotta that's when

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someone's you just kind of suck it up and be

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a big boy um and then now i mean gosh it's almost

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gonna be a year now um it's totally crazy um

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yeah but like that's what god's been doing just

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kind of teaching me the uh The love and the patience

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with things. And yeah, it's been awesome. And

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I'm excited to kind of get back into this now.

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I mean, I, you know, trying to figure out sleep

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schedule. It has been the biggest. Oh, yeah.

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You know, Jason's like, oh, can we record? I'm

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like, I'm like, what time is it? I'm like, 730.

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And I'm ready to go into bed. But now, you know,

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you know, more sleep throughout the night. So

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I'm able to actually function somewhat. So I

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don't know if I have the fully function, but

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I'm getting there. Um, so that's basically where

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I've been at and just, uh, you know, still being

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pretty much a newlywed and, uh, yeah. And just

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having a new, a new baby. So nothing too exciting.

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That's definitely exciting. And there's a lot

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to it to where it's like you, it's a lot of growing

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moments for you. especially for your family in

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general. So it's, I like it. I think that's,

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it's been really healthy over what we've talked

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about so far. And yeah, I'm really, I'm just

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really excited to get back into the groove of

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it and try to get some more episodes out and

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talk some more and kind of just help grow and

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together and just speak on that. Yeah, I mean,

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I'm excited to see what God's going to do in

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this new season. So, I mean, that's, yeah. It's

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just awesome. Like, I freaking, I love doing

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this so much. And, like, what we were talking

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about last night, like, just talking and teaching

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and talking about and spreading the word. Like,

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that's, like, the coolest. I don't know. There's

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something about it that just brings that joy.

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And I'm excited. Like, you know. It's just, it's

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one of those things, like, it doesn't matter

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what's going on in life. Like, he's like, oh,

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you want to talk about the Bible? It's the same

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thing I get when I talk about basketball or,

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you know, anything. I'm like, oh, you want to

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talk about, like, you know, the, you know, 1990s,

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1980s, like, you know, the Bill Russell and basketball.

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I'm like, oh, you want to talk about Jesus? oh

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we got to talk about you know Saul and David

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and and you know and go to Moses and and and

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you got Joshua and you know I go reading through

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um Josh right now when uh for uh night my nighttime

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readings I do with my son and uh I did not realize

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sorry maybe I glanced over but one of the cities

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that helped out with Jericho like a little like

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I don't know what he wants, like a little city

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that was close by where they could kind of group

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up. I'm reading it, and the city's name is Shittim.

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So, you know, having an eight -year -old, he's

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like, what did you say? I'm like, Shittim? He's

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like, I'm like, oh, great. So that's, you know,

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it's still funny now that I'm, you know, 31.

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You know, it's things like that were just fun.

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And like all things like that, like, you know,

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who knew that? Like I told him about Yehud, the

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left -handed prophet, and how there's a king

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called Egalon. And the Bible called him fat.

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I'm like, and you know you're fat if the Bible

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calls you fat. And God says he was fat. And then

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the sword that went in was 1 .2 cubits, which

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is, like, I'm, like, that's, like, the size of

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my arm. And it's fat went over it. And he's,

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like, oh, he's really fat. I'm, like, yeah. I'm,

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like, you know you're fat if God says you're

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fat. And not P -H -F -A -T. Like, you know. Oh.

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But, yeah, like, I'm, like, you know, and then

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we just got done with Easter, which, oh, it was,

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you know, nothing beats Easter. It's so good.

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I don't know what you did. I mean, we had the

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sunrise service and then the regular service.

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And then, oh, man, but it's fun. And, you know,

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everybody's, like, looking all tired out there.

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I'm like, it's just 6 o 'clock, guys. It's just

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6 o 'clock. I'm a mailman. I do it all the time.

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And Jason is muted. His mic's not working. That

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makes sense why you weren't responding to me.

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But a Sunday cut. There you go. And the fact

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is that in that clip too, that's, you know, when

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I said it's Sunday, but a Friday's coming, you

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get rid of the background. And of course he's

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going to say like, you know, like he's in some

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black Baptist church. It's like, it's a Sunday.

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Friday's are coming. I'm like, you know, I can't

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be like, whose kid is that? I'm like, I know

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whose kid that is. I know who. That's, that's

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the Lord's, that's the Lord's job right there.

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Oh my gosh. But yes, I, yeah, all your comments

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are probably very, you know, I would interact

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with them and it would have been perfect. Yeah.

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No, you reminded me, like when you mentioned

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that you reminded me of the idea of spreading

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the gospel because you were wanting to do that

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through the podcast, like Matthew 28, 19 to 20,

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it says, go therefore make disciples of all the

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nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father,

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Son, and the Holy Spirit. teaching them to deserve

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all I've commanded you, and behold, I am with

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you always to the end of age. I mean, you see

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that multiple times, Titus 2 .11, Acts 2 .38.

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You see it multiple times, everybody. It must

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be important. Right. I like how there's a warning

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and revelations about it, saying like, look,

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you're going to suffer. You're going to be thrown

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into prison. You're going to be tested. There's

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going to be tribulations through it. but just

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be faithful unto death. Oh my gosh. That's so

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great. Like we were talking about that, having

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a, like, you know, the church is always saying,

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pray, pray, pray, but you also need to listen

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for an answer. Cause like, look at their praying,

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like, okay, Lord, we need Peter. Peter, we need

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him. You know, he's in prison. He's in the third,

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the inner most, you know, prison we eat them

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we set them free lord when peter goes and knocks

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on the front door of the church and the girl

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opens oh it's peter shuts the door on them and

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they're going like oh wait let them in they're

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like well what are you guys doing it's like we're

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praying for you to get out you can't be there

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we're praying for him right now right it's a

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great like analogy for like life like there's

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times where we're like god i really want this

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god i really want this it's like i was like hey

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uh don't check the front door again it's like

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it's right there like that's i think that's like

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one of my favorite things like i just heard recently

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i was like yeah that's good i'm like it's so

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true because god sometimes has the answers right

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in front of us and we just be like no god you

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don't understand it's like you don't get it no

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and it's like Parenting, 100%. It's like, well,

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why can't I do this? Just listen. You don't know.

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No. You don't. You don't. You don't need to have

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an answer. Just listen to me. Why not? And I

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get that because that's how I was as a kid. Well,

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where are we going? Where are we going? You don't

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even know, Dylan. We're fine. Just enjoy the

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ride. No, but I like to know where we're going.

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Right. It's like in that sense of control that

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we feel we need. It's very, you know, like I

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said before, we're stupid and we feel we need

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that sense of control. But also we need to be,

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you know, allow ourselves to be free and is to

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go with what God's plan is because he knows what

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it is. We have no idea. Right. And that's like.

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You know, trusting God, it's not always easy,

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especially when life feels out of control. But

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like from a biblical perspective, we know trust

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isn't based on how we feel in the moment. It's

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rooted in who God is. I mean, the Bible says

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he's faithful. He's good. He's never changes.

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That means even when things get tough, we can

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still lean on him knowing he's working behind

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the scenes for our good to better. his good and

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his path right and even if we can't see it yet

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and trusting god doesn't mean we ignore the pain

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or pretend everything's fine but it means we

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choose faith over fear it's like saying god i

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don't get it right now but i know you do and

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i believe you're with me and i believe you'll

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you've got this and that's kind of what you know

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the will trust looks like it's just showing up

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every day and saying your will not mine it's

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not easy but it's it's worth it yeah i just think

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of all those little you know Reels and stuff

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you see on Instagram and stuff. And it's like,

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you know, trusting God. And there's like that

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kid that has like the fish. Like, but I want

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to keep it. But I want the fish. It's like, you

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got to put them, you know, let the fish go. You

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know, it's a good analogy of how we are in our

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walk. Like, no, no, no. I like this. Like, I

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like the church I'm at. I like, you know, this.

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You know, I like the box that I'm in right now.

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Let me be in that box. and god you know it's

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like no i have better things for you and you

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know it's not always promised to be easier things

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it might be more difficult things that are to

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come and that's just yeah you know like the lack

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of sleep because you have a baby that wakes up

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right your picture is that is that you know i

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have my daughter you know um And it's just, it's

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stuff like that. You know, it's, I don't, I mean,

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I actually did a clip on our Tik TOK regarding

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that because I was talking about how life isn't

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always easy. And there's sometimes that we are,

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our life will be beyond what we can strengthen,

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get through beyond what we can handle. And that's

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where God. looks to us to lean on him. Not in

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the sense that, like the one scripture people

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usually pull out of their butts that's out of

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context is where it says that he will not allow

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temptation beyond what we can handle, but that

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is regarding temptation. But when it comes to

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strength, we can see that it is for the strength

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purposes on the lives. difficulties we will deal

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with stuff that's beyond our strength and it

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is for us to rely on him and to lean on him and

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not do our own way through that easy to break

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yeah and see right there when you said that and

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i saw that when you posted it i was thinking

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i remember i've never been told this i don't

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know that's along the same lines or it's completely

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wrong but being told When you know you're going

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to sin or when you're about to be in the act

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of sinning or whatever it is, God gives you an

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out. Like, because, you know, God knows your

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heart. God, you know, he allows you to go. He

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kind of has like that, you know, that Jiminy

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Cricket moment of you're conscious, but the Holy

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Spirit tugging on you going like, hey, you know,

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you shouldn't do that. I mean, you know, you

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don't have to say this little white lie. You

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know, and I think that's, you know, God gives

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you the opportunity to, you know, to get out

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of that situation. I think a lot of times we

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forget to die to our flesh. Because, you know,

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sin has made me seem so more fun. It's like,

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well, I can tell this lie. I can manipulate this

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way. Or, you know, I can do this. I can do that.

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And that's, I mean, it's so true. Like, you know,

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it's like, I was talking and I'm like, You know

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like to the boy I'm like, well, why did you say

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that? You know, that wasn't true. It's like I

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know like just be honest, right? I was like,

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I don't know like it's not that's just how stupid

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it is. Like why did you do that? I don't know.

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I just thought why not? It's like, you know,

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we have that opportunity though That's the verse

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I was talking about. It's two parts. It's 1 Corinthians

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10, 13. And those who don't know, it's no temptation

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is overtaking you. That's not common to man.

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God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted

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beyond your ability. But with the temptation,

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he will also provide the way of escape. So you

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may be able to endure it. With the Greek word

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here, what temptation is our desire to sin in

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this instance. that can sometimes feel more powerful

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than our desire to do what is right before God.

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So this whole thing is like, what if we can't

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resist? What if we can't? This is saying that

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there's nothing new. Temptation in itself, there's

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nothing new under the sun that's not common to

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man. Every single temptation out there that we've

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ever had to deal with in this sense, temptation

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to sin is common. It is something that's been

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done. It's nothing new. And so in this instance,

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you will not. be allowed temptation beyond your

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ability to walk away from it. So if you think,

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oh, it was too much for me, you're just telling

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yourself that to feel yourself better or feel

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like you had no choice. But when it comes down

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to following God, following what's right and

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following what he's called you to be, which is,

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you know, in a relationship with him, that looks

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like us being able to see the situation and say,

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hmm. that's not of God. I'm walking. And a lot

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of times we don't walk. I had a friend, I'm not

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going to say their name, but I had a friend come

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up to me saying that they were struggling with

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porn addiction. I said, okay, what happens? When

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does this happen the most? And they were saying,

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well, I have a tablet and I'll take it into my

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room or I'll take it into the bathroom when I

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go to shower or something like that. And I said,

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okay, so that tablet? I said, don't. have that

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tablet anywhere near those places that you have

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it. I'm like, or just get rid of it. But main

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thing is going to be, I want to go to my bedroom.

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I'm going to leave my tablet in the living room.

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I'm going to go through the bathroom. I'm going

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to leave my tablet in the living room. You have

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to set up, you have to set up things for, you

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know, for you to succeed. And have accountability

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with yourself. Anybody who decides, you know,

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like you were saying, to like, oh, it's too hard.

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You know, no, I'm sorry. You have to take some

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accountability for your actions. Not to say that,

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you know, I'm not. Nobody here is perfect. I'm

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not saying I'm perfect. I have my own sins I

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deal with. Everybody has their own sins. But

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I'm saying, like, to act like, oh, it's too hard.

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I couldn't do it. I'm sorry. That's a weak excuse.

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You have to have ownership and you have to be

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able to go like, you know what? Yeah. I know

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what my issues are. I need to set things in place.

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So I don't have those issues like for your buddy.

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Okay. That's where it happens. Set the boundary.

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Like it can just stay in a common area, a common

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space where multiple people can be. So the temptation

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there are, you know, if you, you know, it doesn't

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say, you know, with anything like that. You know,

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and that's something like, you know, if you are

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struggling with, you need to reach out and have

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accountability with one another. Because that's,

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you know, that's just a mess right there all

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itself. And not to say, you know, all sin's messy.

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Not singling out anybody who deals with that

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or has dealt with that. You know, the blood of

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Jesus Christ, we're all saved. We're good. And

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there's redemption through all of it. It doesn't

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matter what you struggle with or what you are

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struggling with. But we can't act like we're

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helpless. We have God. He gives us weapons that

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we need to succeed, just whether we have the

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willpower and the want. Right. I mean, look at

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Galatians 6, 1 through 5, right? Brothers, if

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anyone is caught in any sin or wrongdoing, you

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who are spiritual should restore him in the spirit

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of gentleness. Keep watching yourself, lest you

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be tempted. Bear one another's burdens. So you

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see that in that Galatians 6 where it talks about

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Seeing that work with each other, encourage each

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other. You see in James 5, 16, where it says,

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Proverbs 27, 17, everybody talks about this one.

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Iron sharpens iron. One man sharpens another.

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Super easy stuff where it's like, I think a lot

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of times in our sin, it's the same thing with

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Adam and Eve. If you go back to Genesis. where

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they were ashamed and they hid themselves, right?

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And we have a tendency, if we feel shame or we

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feel burdened, we tend to consolidate or hide

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ourselves, to remove ourselves from other people

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and hide and put it aside and not show anybody.

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But then you get to scripture and you clearly

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see... all the founding fathers of the apostles

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and stuff like that, as well as Jesus even, Matthew

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12, 36, 37, you see this consistently as a message.

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Confess to each other, work with each other,

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carry each other's burdens in the sense that

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you are helping each other, strengthen each other,

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encourage each other, and speak life into each

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other, 1 Thessalonians 5, 11. So you have a consistency

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of... talk to each other be open with each other

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which men don't like to be open with anybody

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that's an issue but it's like consistent because

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you know me i i can meet a stranger and be like

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i we know we just met but this is my life story

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and now you're part of it and i love you right

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yep it's it's all you know on each person but

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it is you know as a as a guy you're told You

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have to be strong. You have to be independent.

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You can't show weakness. And I think that's not

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what God tells us to do. God tells us to love

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one another and to be open. And when you seek

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help, that's why a lot of the... problems that

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are with like with that porn addiction and all

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that stuff is it's made to feel like taboo you

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can't talk about it you know you know figure

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that on your own I think I've seen you that said

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that something you've heard people say that I

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think I've heard it too where you know they talk

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like oh yeah we like to talk about it like you

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know but we're not going to talk about it you

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know in like during the announcements or and

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I get that there is some things like where you

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know it doesn't need to be broadcasted but it

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should be talked about as just like everybody

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else we talk about sin you know like on sunday

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talk about oh you know and lying and and this

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is wrong and stealing is wrong murder then it's

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like oh well let's not talk about that out loud

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because that might make people feel uncomfortable

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you know right And, you know, I've been to places

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where they've talked about it and said, you know,

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this is an issue and if any man is dealing with

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it or has dealt with it, you know, we'll do an

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altar call. And I'm like, that's, see, that's

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like, yeah. The lessons that I have a fear, I

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guess, of the taboo of it. Don't talk about it.

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Yeah. And also, I'd like to mention, I don't

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know what the time mark is, but you mentioned

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James. within the first... No, I'm just joking.

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I knew it was coming. First 25 minutes, baby,

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I'm back. There it is. I almost wanted to be

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like, you know, in Romans, I don't know what,

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just mention Romans because I felt like, you

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know. I can mention Romans for you. Romans 14,

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12, so that each of us would give an account

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to God himself. It's accountability. I know every

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week River gets a Bible verse for school. And

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I'm like, one of these weeks, I don't know when

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it's going to happen, but it's going to be my

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verse. And I'm going to be so freaking happy

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when he gets Romans 116. Every time I open up

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that binder, I'm like, I checked the email from

00:27:43.309 --> 00:27:44.809
the school. I'm like, okay, what is it? What

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is it? I'm like, dang it. Galatians 8. I don't

00:27:48.009 --> 00:27:50.150
need Galatians 8. Where's my Romans? You know.

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Right. Yeah. See, nothing wrong with Galatians

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8. You know, whatever that is. You know. You

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know. I just got to correct you real quick, just

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to make sure no one knows that we're joking.

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There's no such thing as Galatians 8. So just

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making sure everyone knows that we know there's

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no such thing. We're just joking. It's only six

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chapters in Galatians. Oh, there is, huh? Yeah.

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Galatians 6. 636. I don't know. 636. That's like

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18 verses. I'm pretty sure it ends with brothers,

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sisters, grace, your Lord Jesus Christ be with

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you in spirit. Amen. Yeah, maybe. Maybe. I want

00:28:51.789 --> 00:28:56.910
someone jumping in on. I just don't want someone

00:28:56.910 --> 00:28:59.160
jumping in on. Jumping down on the recording,

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we're like, what did he just say? What did he

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say? First time back over in a year and they're

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:09.339
already misquoting the Bible. Can you believe

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:15.759
him? I thought they grew. It was just a joke.

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:19.019
I just threw out a book and a verse. I know you

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.980
did. I was like, I just want to make it clear

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:24.220
before we move on. We're fine. Or maybe there

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:26.980
is somewhere there's no there's no loss. No,

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:35.400
it's not Second galatians continues now But no,

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:44.839
you know Oh my gosh, that's funny No, see i'm

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.359
just i'm too busy trying to find the last chapter

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:50.859
of galatians I need to focus ADHD is a little

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:54.660
Okay, I'll go back then. I'll go back to the

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:57.640
whole thing of leaning on each other. Yes, leaning

00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:00.480
on. See, look at what we did right there. I was

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.880
messing around with Galatians 8, and then my

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:04.559
brother had to come and be like, listen here.

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:07.220
Brother Jason had to be like, listen, Dylan,

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:09.740
I know it was a joke, but we got to keep ourselves

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:12.779
accountable. And that's it. Look, you take correction.

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:16.200
That's the biggest thing. I think as other Christians,

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:19.319
it's taking correction and being able to give

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:22.779
correction in a loving way. also receive it without

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:28.980
being defensive true because as a guy i mean

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.519
not saying when we can't be like this if you're

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:34.319
married maybe you have an idea um you know you

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:37.700
direction they may know is that you're gonna

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:40.920
be like excuse me like what do you mean no i'm

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:44.819
don't don't question me what do you mean i need

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:48.710
to do the dishes i did the dishes oh, oh, oh,

00:30:48.710 --> 00:30:52.789
so sorry. No, I cooked. Or, you know, I was like,

00:30:52.849 --> 00:30:54.809
hey, what do you mean there's no Galatians? Hey,

00:30:54.890 --> 00:30:59.390
don't be stupid. Like, you know, like, it really

00:30:59.390 --> 00:31:02.029
is. We've talked about this before a couple of

00:31:02.029 --> 00:31:05.109
times. The way, oh, no, that goes to my camera.

00:31:05.529 --> 00:31:08.529
Oh, well, you need to see my face anyways. Isn't

00:31:08.529 --> 00:31:11.049
it the Baryons in Acts 17 that corrected Paul?

00:31:11.250 --> 00:31:14.029
And Paul was like one of the first to spread

00:31:14.029 --> 00:31:17.750
the gospel. I mean, he was like, imagine being

00:31:17.750 --> 00:31:20.049
someone that spreads the gospel and being the

00:31:20.049 --> 00:31:23.730
first generation and you go into people the barians

00:31:23.730 --> 00:31:28.390
and they're like uh i'm pretty sure this is what

00:31:28.390 --> 00:31:32.170
the scripture said here and what did paul do

00:31:32.170 --> 00:31:36.650
thank you he was like hey thanks thank you for

00:31:36.650 --> 00:31:40.950
that you know so it's like um it was cool to

00:31:40.950 --> 00:31:43.950
see like they were just like hey that this is

00:31:43.950 --> 00:31:47.819
this is good because now it's like kind of pointing

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:50.180
to the right way of doing things which is correcting

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:53.500
each other with accountability in a loving manner

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:58.740
yeah that's yeah it's like uh yeah it's not always

00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:03.900
easy to no i forget what what happened but i

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:07.880
had i had i had my boy correct me and i was like

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:14.460
whoa Whoa I was like first off. I was like I

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:16.460
was thinking I was like, oh wait, hold up. He's

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:19.599
right. Oh, I Think you're going over the books

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:23.140
of the Bible. He has to do it for I was like,

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:26.220
no, no, no, no, no it goes this and that he's

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:33.180
like No, it doesn't He's like it's Esther not

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:39.549
Ruth dad. I'm like, no Like oh dang I'm like,

00:32:39.589 --> 00:32:41.329
why did I get Esther and Ruth mixed up? I'm like,

00:32:41.410 --> 00:32:44.049
it's the two women, old, you know. I flip -flopped

00:32:44.049 --> 00:32:46.470
them, and they're positioning. And he called

00:32:46.470 --> 00:32:48.410
me out. He's like, no, you're wrong, because

00:32:48.410 --> 00:32:51.289
we're doing a song, and the song goes like this.

00:32:51.890 --> 00:32:53.849
And he had a little attitude with it, which is,

00:32:53.910 --> 00:32:57.869
you know. Yeah, understandable for his age. And

00:32:57.869 --> 00:33:02.589
I was going like, oh, I'm like, you know, I'm

00:33:02.589 --> 00:33:04.470
pulling my Bible, but when I'm looking at my

00:33:04.470 --> 00:33:07.910
Bible, I'm going, oh, I'm like, oh, that little

00:33:07.910 --> 00:33:13.869
turd. 100%. He's right. He's right. And I told

00:33:13.869 --> 00:33:16.170
him, like, hey, you're right. Thank you. Thank

00:33:16.170 --> 00:33:17.529
you for correcting me on that. You know what?

00:33:17.910 --> 00:33:21.349
I got it mixed up. Like, see, even dad messes

00:33:21.349 --> 00:33:24.170
things up. And then he looked at me. He's like,

00:33:25.109 --> 00:33:27.390
and you're supposed to teach the Bible? I was

00:33:27.390 --> 00:33:33.589
like, okay, okay. A little far. I got to teach

00:33:33.589 --> 00:33:34.990
you something else real quick. You know what

00:33:34.990 --> 00:33:38.700
I mean? No, I'm just joking. Proverbs, that's

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:41.019
a Proverbs 12 .1 situation right there. What

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:43.200
was it? Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:49.559
but who hates reproof is stupid. You know, I

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:51.859
think we can be smarter than, you know, I'm taking

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:57.019
correction more. Yeah, exactly. Interesting thing

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:59.900
I heard. I don't know if there's any truth to

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:01.880
it. I like to think there is truth to it, but

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:08.130
every time that you have a child or even adopt

00:34:08.130 --> 00:34:11.550
a child or anything like that. Apparently it's

00:34:11.550 --> 00:34:16.570
the only other time that the human brain gets

00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:18.949
smarter. I'm sitting there like, so you're telling

00:34:18.949 --> 00:34:24.110
me I'm slightly smarter now? I told Mara, we

00:34:24.110 --> 00:34:26.789
need another kid. I said, we need another kid

00:34:26.789 --> 00:34:33.150
because I need to get smarter here. I still act

00:34:33.150 --> 00:34:35.690
so stupid, you say all the time. You know, you're

00:34:35.690 --> 00:34:37.630
like, what were you thinking? I'm like, I really

00:34:37.630 --> 00:34:42.190
wasn't. I'm like, see, that's how we do it. Like,

00:34:42.309 --> 00:34:45.489
okay, you do the labor thing and see how you

00:34:45.489 --> 00:34:47.130
feel. I'm like, no, that's fine. That's fine.

00:34:47.630 --> 00:34:53.610
Good. What a bitch. I mean, Job 12 .12 says wisdom

00:34:53.610 --> 00:34:55.570
is with the aged and understanding length of

00:34:55.570 --> 00:34:58.550
days. You get experience with learning and being

00:34:58.550 --> 00:35:00.889
in new situations. And that experience you either

00:35:00.889 --> 00:35:05.110
grow from or you fail in, but you don't learn

00:35:05.110 --> 00:35:08.170
from. But you're going to learn something. You

00:35:08.170 --> 00:35:09.929
showed me this and people back you to what I

00:35:09.929 --> 00:35:18.070
just said. I like that. I got you. My wife, we're

00:35:18.070 --> 00:35:24.150
smarter now. You're welcome. Yeah, it's good

00:35:24.150 --> 00:35:26.630
stuff. I agree with you on that. It's just that

00:35:26.630 --> 00:35:30.769
I thought I'd take both. Intelligent boost. I

00:35:30.769 --> 00:35:35.809
mean, look, just do pull a James 1 .5. Again,

00:35:35.849 --> 00:35:38.769
bringing up James says, if any of you lack wisdom,

00:35:38.889 --> 00:35:40.929
let him ask God who gives it generously to all

00:35:40.929 --> 00:35:43.929
without reproach and will be given to him. Some

00:35:43.929 --> 00:35:47.900
people are like, I don't understand this. Exactly,

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.559
but you know, I was just thinking about why you

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:52.820
said that. Solomon was wise. He had 700 and something

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:56.559
wives. He had a lot of kids. The Bible does not

00:35:56.559 --> 00:36:00.840
condone that. I would just say that. That's not

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:06.360
how he got his wisdom either. I'm sorry. You've

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.940
got that many wives. I think you'd be smarter.

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:11.940
If you were so smart, you'd think we wouldn't

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:15.630
have so many. Oh, goodness. And he still, he

00:36:15.630 --> 00:36:19.110
ignored the premise of scripture. It's interesting.

00:36:20.869 --> 00:36:26.869
It's like, excuse me? I'm like, it took me forever

00:36:26.869 --> 00:36:31.230
just to find one. How did you find one? Yeah,

00:36:31.309 --> 00:36:37.349
it's, yeah, this is, I will say one way God obviously

00:36:37.349 --> 00:36:40.210
reveals, yeah, obviously, but I will say one

00:36:40.210 --> 00:36:42.250
way God reveals this wisdom to us is obviously

00:36:42.809 --> 00:36:46.010
His word, the Bible, and the written word is

00:36:46.010 --> 00:36:48.489
not the only way God supplies us with wisdom,

00:36:48.530 --> 00:36:51.389
but other scripture encourages us to seek God's

00:36:51.389 --> 00:36:55.090
wisdom and wise and godly counselors, which Proverbs

00:36:55.090 --> 00:36:59.690
11, 14. And through observing his creation, which

00:36:59.690 --> 00:37:04.389
you see in Psalms 19, 1, for example, but the

00:37:04.389 --> 00:37:07.329
ultimate source of all wisdom is God himself.

00:37:08.670 --> 00:37:12.039
That's good. That's good, I love me you just

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:17.099
drop those verses down it's just like I'll do

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:29.139
it Yeah in this case Yeah, I will I will kind

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:31.400
of like read recall because I was going to make

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:35.619
a point with the whole With leaning on each other.

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:37.019
I think that's really important because that's

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:39.820
something that a lot of times we overlook and

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:42.719
That's something that, like, what I've learned

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:46.019
more about reading, like, the founding apostles

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:48.780
and the second generation of apostles, the third

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:51.179
generation apostles, is that the early church

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:54.800
really did thrive on this deep connection that

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:57.000
they shared meals, they supported each other,

00:37:57.099 --> 00:38:00.840
they grew together. Even in Acts 2, 42 to 47,

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:03.480
you can see that happening. And that kind of

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:06.230
church is... is where we're called to be. It's

00:38:06.230 --> 00:38:09.170
not just a place to attend, to go look dolled

00:38:09.170 --> 00:38:13.369
up or be mask on and try to look godly or be

00:38:13.369 --> 00:38:16.449
righteous, but it's a place to be a real community

00:38:16.449 --> 00:38:21.949
that we can honestly choose to unhide and take

00:38:21.949 --> 00:38:26.289
the mask off and work together to help us grow

00:38:26.289 --> 00:38:31.650
and be strong together, support each other. And

00:38:31.650 --> 00:38:36.389
that's something that I think is happening a

00:38:36.389 --> 00:38:38.409
lot more and more nowadays inside of church.

00:38:38.530 --> 00:38:40.789
And I'm sure you've seen it too, is where people

00:38:40.789 --> 00:38:43.150
mask a lot. They think they have to get right

00:38:43.150 --> 00:38:46.730
first before going to God. And that is the exact

00:38:46.730 --> 00:38:50.929
opposite message of what grace teaches. Grace

00:38:50.929 --> 00:38:56.630
says, you come to me, Christ, as you are. But

00:38:56.630 --> 00:38:59.269
the beauty of grace is that the Holy Spirit transforms

00:38:59.269 --> 00:39:03.869
you. Ezekiel 36, right? Talks about placing a

00:39:03.869 --> 00:39:07.869
new heart in you. So it's just one of them. Yeah.

00:39:08.050 --> 00:39:11.369
But yeah, it's just, it's just, you see it a

00:39:11.369 --> 00:39:14.230
lot. You do see that a lot where people, you

00:39:14.230 --> 00:39:17.989
know, they don't feel like, oh, well, you know,

00:39:17.989 --> 00:39:21.449
I'm not, I'm not, I can't go to church. I have

00:39:21.449 --> 00:39:23.989
so many things wrong with me or they need to

00:39:23.989 --> 00:39:26.309
get, you know, the thing of being dressed up

00:39:26.309 --> 00:39:30.039
and everything. The Lord even says, come as you

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:33.420
are. Come to me. You don't need to be anywhere,

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:39.019
any financial status, social standing or anything.

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:43.039
You just need to be in his house. Be in the Lord's

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.139
house and be with him. That's all he asks is

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:49.599
that you come. Like this Sunday, sunrise service,

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:53.050
I didn't sleep a lot. You know how to get the

00:39:53.050 --> 00:39:55.650
boy up to go to the Sunday service. Mm -hmm.

00:39:55.690 --> 00:39:58.570
I wore my robe and my sweats and my slippers

00:39:58.570 --> 00:40:03.530
Yeah And my slippers if you guys are following

00:40:03.530 --> 00:40:05.409
us on social media, you can see me. I got the

00:40:05.409 --> 00:40:08.750
beanie I got the robe on I was comfy out there

00:40:08.750 --> 00:40:11.989
in the net and our native gardens we have here

00:40:11.989 --> 00:40:16.840
and I was I was like, no, God doesn't say you

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:19.519
need to dress in a nice suit. No God, you know?

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.199
And yes, I do think there are, you know, if you're

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:24.880
in leadership, you're in set, maybe, yes, maybe,

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:28.679
you know, you want to look presentable, you know,

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:32.699
look appropriate. Like I'm not saying, you know,

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:35.820
I'm not going to wear some muscle, muscle T,

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:40.860
you know, and my, my, you know, my, what are

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:43.219
they called? Chubbies. My short shorts, like,

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:45.159
do my short shorts. Oh, yeah, yeah. I mean, yes,

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:46.719
I've got the legs for it, but it doesn't, it

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:51.099
is a time and place. You know, yard wide. I'm

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:52.960
not going to go there, go to church and be like,

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:57.500
yes, look at my nice long leg. I should be in

00:40:57.500 --> 00:41:00.099
the cover of Vogue. Like, you know, like, I'm

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:03.219
joking. If anybody knows me, that's not the case.

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:05.940
My wife would argue with me, but that's fine.

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:10.900
But, well, there's a lot of things like that

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:13.179
where, I feel people feel like they've been hurt

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:16.760
for the church and that they have to feel like

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:20.019
they have to be like, Oh, a lot of women. I feel

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:21.679
like that too. They feel like, Oh, I feel like

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:24.179
I have to judge a certain way. I have to look,

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:27.420
you know, I can't wear this. I have to like,

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:32.820
make sure I like this. And like, I've had issues

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:37.250
with that. with past churches where she's been

00:41:37.250 --> 00:41:39.909
told you know that's inappropriate and it's like

00:41:39.909 --> 00:41:43.070
well somebody else wore that same outfit because

00:41:43.070 --> 00:41:48.150
certain body types are different or she's been

00:41:48.150 --> 00:41:51.409
like but so and so wore something way worse than

00:41:51.409 --> 00:41:54.570
me and yet she's being called out for it like

00:41:54.570 --> 00:41:59.150
in youth group that's like you know and that's

00:41:59.150 --> 00:42:01.389
like where it gives bad taste to and there's

00:42:01.389 --> 00:42:05.539
you know unfortunately that's just people are

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:08.139
always going to have issues with certain things

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:12.840
and cause issues. Right. Well, I mean, just really

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:17.599
just be comfortable, but be appropriate. You

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:21.219
know, I'm not saying, you know, wear a bikini

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:24.860
top to church or wear a speedo to church and

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:28.760
you need to accept me. You know? Well, the idea

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:32.099
of modesty was within a cultural definition.

00:42:34.089 --> 00:42:38.230
I mean, just, but he's like, yeah, because Jesus

00:42:38.230 --> 00:42:39.809
has called us to live in truth, right? Jesus

00:42:39.809 --> 00:42:41.849
said, the truth will set you free. That's John

00:42:41.849 --> 00:42:45.329
8, 32. But that includes being honest about where

00:42:45.329 --> 00:42:48.170
we're at. And when we try to impress others or

00:42:48.170 --> 00:42:50.309
hide our struggles, we miss out on the freedom

00:42:50.309 --> 00:42:54.960
that comes from authenticity. uh first samuel

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:58.280
16 7 for example god reminds us people look at

00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:00.199
the outward appearance but the lord looks at

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:02.539
the heart he's not fooled by the mask he doesn't

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:05.719
want us to wear one and honestly other people

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:10.639
aren't helped by our perfection act and they're

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:14.559
encouraged when we are real with others so a

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:17.099
suggestion for everyone listening drop the mask

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:19.639
be vulnerable and that's where the real connection

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:22.079
happens and that's when god meets us with his

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:24.940
grace And that's when, you know, when you have

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:28.860
that shell, that mask on you, God can't really

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:32.199
work on you because you're not, you know, falling

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:35.099
basically onto your knees and opening up everything.

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:39.340
Once you become clay, you know, if you're not

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:41.119
moldable, you're like, this is my mold. I have

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:43.360
a mask. This is the mask I'm wearing. This is

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:46.679
the shape I'm taking. You have to be willing

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:52.690
to be moldable and be flexible and be that. I

00:43:52.690 --> 00:43:54.909
have that mask, but to be, you know, willing

00:43:54.909 --> 00:43:57.550
to do what God wants you to do and to be open

00:43:57.550 --> 00:44:01.750
and to change, you know, sleep, be water, my

00:44:01.750 --> 00:44:07.750
friend. Yeah. Water. Glass. Like, yeah. One of

00:44:07.750 --> 00:44:09.590
the most incredible things about following Jesus

00:44:09.590 --> 00:44:11.869
is that he doesn't just save us and then leave

00:44:11.869 --> 00:44:14.130
us to figure it out. He gives us the Holy Spirit

00:44:14.130 --> 00:44:17.510
to live in and transform us from the inside out.

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:20.579
Bible says, he who began a good work in you will

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:22.559
carry it out to completion until the days of

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:26.139
Christ Jesus. That's Philippians 1 .6. I actually

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:29.739
did the TikTok on that because that means the

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:32.539
work isn't finished the moment we believe. It's

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:36.659
just getting started because the Holy Spirit

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:39.940
convicts us, encourages us, strengthens us, and

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:42.340
slowly shapes us to look more like Christ. It's

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:44.960
not always a flashy process. It's often slow,

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:49.829
daily, and personal. but it's real. Um, no. Yeah.

00:44:50.150 --> 00:44:54.829
Sometimes. I mean, it can be. Yeah, it can be.

00:44:54.949 --> 00:44:57.289
I mean, the second Corinthians, it says the Lord

00:44:57.289 --> 00:44:59.030
is the spirit. And when the spirit of the Lord

00:44:59.030 --> 00:45:02.650
is, there is freedom and we are being transformed

00:45:02.650 --> 00:45:06.570
into his image with ever increasing glory. Um,

00:45:06.769 --> 00:45:09.590
that's second Corinthians three, 17, 18. But,

00:45:09.630 --> 00:45:12.090
um, but yeah, if you give your life to Jesus

00:45:12.090 --> 00:45:13.650
and you're still struggling, don't beat yourself

00:45:13.650 --> 00:45:16.260
up. God's still working. You're not who you used

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:19.579
to be, and he's not done with you yet. That's

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:21.739
where accountability comes into play. That's

00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:23.920
where relying on others to grow. That's where

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:26.440
trusting in the Holy Spirit. Everything we talked

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:29.940
about so far kind of all plays into one beautiful

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:35.320
message. Wow. Crazy. I know, right? Combine everything

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:39.480
we just talked about into one. It is so true.

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:42.539
Nobody's perfect. That's the, you know, that's

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:44.179
the whole point of like, we're just having Easter.

00:45:44.739 --> 00:45:48.119
Is that because we are not, because we fall short,

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:50.960
we have Jesus. You know, it's like, you know

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:54.480
how many, how many times we fall down, he'll

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:57.800
pick us up. That's how it is. Like right now,

00:45:57.900 --> 00:46:01.960
baby's starting to learn how to walk. Stands,

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:06.460
he falls on her butt. Pick her back up. Do it

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:10.309
again. You know? And there's times where we get

00:46:10.309 --> 00:46:13.510
frustrated and she starts whining and looks at

00:46:13.510 --> 00:46:18.449
me and, that's not, that's not. Are you upset

00:46:18.449 --> 00:46:22.429
at me? Cause you jerk. I want to be walking.

00:46:23.789 --> 00:46:27.969
Why are you not? Why can I not walk? Right. You

00:46:27.969 --> 00:46:29.989
know? And then she just said, she's going to

00:46:29.989 --> 00:46:32.510
crawl down the hallway and she's yelling at her

00:46:32.510 --> 00:46:36.329
brother. It's, you know, and it's like, and there's

00:46:36.329 --> 00:46:38.690
the frustration, and I feel like that's the analogy

00:46:38.690 --> 00:46:45.429
to us being babies. Mm -hmm. You know, in our

00:46:45.429 --> 00:46:48.510
walks, it's true, it's like, we have to be fed.

00:46:49.570 --> 00:46:52.150
Mm -hmm. Sometimes we gotta change our attitude,

00:46:52.329 --> 00:46:56.409
we gotta be changed. Yeah. You know? Because

00:46:56.409 --> 00:47:00.369
I just changed you. Quit pooping your pants every

00:47:00.369 --> 00:47:04.079
time I change you. just you know keep the diaper

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:08.139
on man okay you know you know and when we start

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:11.860
developing and growing sometimes you know you're

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:14.019
gonna you're thinking oh look i can walk i'm

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:17.719
doing it yeah i'm gonna fall on your butt right

00:47:17.719 --> 00:47:21.000
get back up you're working on it and it's just

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:24.420
you know it's the whole process like you're gonna

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:28.239
go through highs and lows like just within the

00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:32.159
past couple months we, you know, my family, my,

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:35.500
you know, we're, you know, young family, we moved.

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:39.300
Yep. You were in the process of moving and I'm

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:41.699
stressed out. Like, I'm like, I don't have the

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:45.760
time with work and everything. The baby, my wife

00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:48.019
had to pack pretty much the whole house, but

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:50.199
you know, luckily we have to move across the

00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:53.179
street from my mom and dad. Just crazy. Awesome.

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:56.800
But during that too, my mother -in -law was in

00:47:56.800 --> 00:47:59.400
the hospital and eventually she passed away from

00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:03.400
her, you know, her battle with cancer. So we

00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:06.019
were dealing with fat and there's times where

00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:07.500
it's like, you know, like we're just sitting

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:09.900
in their pack and it's like, dude, like, I don't

00:48:09.900 --> 00:48:12.400
want to, you just don't have the energy to do

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:15.619
anymore. Like the baby's keeping us up, you know,

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:18.460
we're driving down the center of Barbara, you

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:21.659
know, every other, you know, like, you know,

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:25.630
once or twice a week. You know, I got the boy,

00:48:25.769 --> 00:48:28.329
got to take him to school, got to do this. We're

00:48:28.329 --> 00:48:29.710
going to pack the house. We got to move things

00:48:29.710 --> 00:48:31.429
over to my parents' house to get things ready.

00:48:31.650 --> 00:48:34.690
And it's just take it. It took a lot, you know,

00:48:34.710 --> 00:48:39.769
and the church where we were at, you know, we

00:48:39.769 --> 00:48:40.949
weren't able to really, we weren't really going

00:48:40.949 --> 00:48:46.369
to church for like that months because of, you

00:48:46.369 --> 00:48:47.969
know, we are going down to Santa Barbara and

00:48:47.969 --> 00:48:50.269
being down there. There was an opportunity to

00:48:50.269 --> 00:48:54.909
even go be with community. Which is, like, for

00:48:54.909 --> 00:48:58.389
me, you know, affects me because I'm a social

00:48:58.389 --> 00:49:01.650
person. I need to go talk to people. My wife

00:49:01.650 --> 00:49:04.190
is fine. She's like, okay, turn on a sermon.

00:49:04.210 --> 00:49:07.849
We're good. I'm introverted. I don't need it.

00:49:07.889 --> 00:49:10.610
For me, I'm going, like, I need people. I need

00:49:10.610 --> 00:49:14.010
to talk to people. You know, and I just think

00:49:14.010 --> 00:49:16.550
there's, you know, but now, you know, we're.

00:49:17.610 --> 00:49:19.210
You know, we're getting called to go somewhere

00:49:19.210 --> 00:49:21.909
else for church, which is totally weird because

00:49:21.909 --> 00:49:25.590
I had been where I was at for years since, you

00:49:25.590 --> 00:49:30.530
know, early 20s, I think, maybe mid. And now

00:49:30.530 --> 00:49:33.289
it's like, oh, you know, God's like, no, we need

00:49:33.289 --> 00:49:35.489
to get you to church for your, you know, not

00:49:35.489 --> 00:49:40.210
for you, but for your family. Like, oh, that's

00:49:40.210 --> 00:49:42.010
a lot of stress because that's like, you know,

00:49:42.030 --> 00:49:44.849
responsibility. And that's, you know, a little

00:49:44.849 --> 00:49:49.269
bit of, you know. being open with you you as

00:49:49.269 --> 00:49:52.929
a listener you know the listeners that like you

00:49:52.929 --> 00:49:56.489
know even being in a leadership role there's

00:49:56.489 --> 00:49:59.650
still things that i have to deal with and and

00:49:59.650 --> 00:50:02.449
you know being a you know you get as being a

00:50:02.449 --> 00:50:05.909
husband responsibility of taking care of your

00:50:05.909 --> 00:50:11.869
wife and being that the spiritual leader of the

00:50:11.869 --> 00:50:15.760
family And we both have, you know, our wives

00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:22.579
are strong Latinas, put it that way. You know,

00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:25.280
so it's not always, you know, it's like we've

00:50:25.280 --> 00:50:29.440
got to lead, do it as God wants us to, but also

00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:35.400
be respectful. And it's super fun. It's totally

00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:38.300
different than just being a single individual.

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:46.269
It's, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's a good point because

00:50:46.269 --> 00:50:48.989
the Bible does talk a lot about our mindset.

00:50:50.750 --> 00:50:52.949
Philippians, it says, do everything without grumbling

00:50:52.949 --> 00:50:55.389
or arguing so that you may become blameless and

00:50:55.389 --> 00:50:59.250
pure. Philippians 2, 14, 15. But obviously, there's

00:50:59.250 --> 00:51:02.369
a tough one. It's obviously tough. But it's cool

00:51:02.369 --> 00:51:04.769
because our attitude reflects what's going on

00:51:04.769 --> 00:51:08.269
in our hearts. Paul actually tells us to rejoice

00:51:08.269 --> 00:51:11.090
always, pray continually, and give thanks in

00:51:11.090 --> 00:51:15.019
all circumstances. That's 1 Thessalonians 5,

00:51:15.139 --> 00:51:18.500
16, 18. That kind of posture doesn't come naturally.

00:51:18.599 --> 00:51:22.079
It comes from walking closely with God. Even

00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:25.500
Jesus facing the cross showed a heart of surrender,

00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:27.719
humility. He said, not my will, but yours be

00:51:27.719 --> 00:51:32.019
done. It's Luke 22, 42. So if we want to live

00:51:32.019 --> 00:51:34.880
with joy, peace, and purpose, it starts with

00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:37.820
letting the Holy Spirit shape our attitude. It's

00:51:37.820 --> 00:51:40.780
not about being fake happy. It's about trusting

00:51:40.780 --> 00:51:44.320
God enough to respond with grace even when life

00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:54.480
gets messy. That's good. That's true. I feel

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:57.440
like a lot of the time, too, there are the fake

00:51:57.440 --> 00:52:02.579
happy. you put it that fake happiness you know

00:52:02.579 --> 00:52:05.219
and there's people who are you know wear the

00:52:05.219 --> 00:52:07.400
emotions on their sleeve and you know they feel

00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:10.019
and the bible talks about that too about you

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:12.340
know i don't know you said i think you told me

00:52:12.340 --> 00:52:14.940
to me once or twice or it's like don't you know

00:52:14.940 --> 00:52:16.860
like or your anger or something like you know

00:52:16.860 --> 00:52:19.360
because i wear my emotions on my sleeve i know

00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:27.079
i also need to maintain them If I'm upset, I

00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:29.880
can't just be like, I don't want to walk around

00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:35.179
just being a grumpy, angry person. But also at

00:52:35.179 --> 00:52:39.039
the same time, it's okay. There is a time for

00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:44.219
mourning too. There's a time to be sad. There's

00:52:44.219 --> 00:52:47.960
a time for mourning. But we need to rejoice in

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:53.630
the Lord. That's the key. I think of, why am

00:52:53.630 --> 00:52:55.230
I thinking of this song? The lyrics came from

00:52:55.230 --> 00:52:57.650
one of my pilots. I think of the name of the

00:52:57.650 --> 00:53:01.510
song. It talks about, like, I enter into rooms

00:53:01.510 --> 00:53:06.670
of depression. I think of that. Or, you know,

00:53:06.710 --> 00:53:08.710
that happens. And that's just part of the human

00:53:08.710 --> 00:53:11.170
nature. There are times where there are sad things

00:53:11.170 --> 00:53:13.269
going on when you enter into rooms of depression.

00:53:14.269 --> 00:53:18.030
But, you know, you're not in that room alone.

00:53:19.230 --> 00:53:22.039
Right. That Jesus is over there. there whether

00:53:22.039 --> 00:53:23.960
you're happy said or not but that's why we have

00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:26.460
that like you're saying different choice like

00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:29.380
i feel like i feel like i might always come off

00:53:29.380 --> 00:53:33.159
as people probably see me hopefully they do i

00:53:33.159 --> 00:53:35.340
hope they do see me as someone who's not as an

00:53:35.340 --> 00:53:38.159
intelligent person at all because i'm always

00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:40.900
i'm happy and a lot of that joy i have it comes

00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:43.599
from the lord right you know and people that

00:53:43.599 --> 00:53:45.860
most have seen as happy it's like oh they're

00:53:45.860 --> 00:53:47.860
just stupid because they don't know any better

00:53:47.860 --> 00:53:52.539
it's like no that's Like, I just have a reason

00:53:52.539 --> 00:53:57.320
to be happy. Like, my joy is from the Lord. You

00:53:57.320 --> 00:53:59.300
know, and I have that. I've had people, like,

00:53:59.300 --> 00:54:01.219
you know, my favorite thing is sometimes you

00:54:01.219 --> 00:54:03.940
get people that are like, I don't like that you're

00:54:03.940 --> 00:54:06.780
happy. Like, it makes people, something makes

00:54:06.780 --> 00:54:09.300
people upset. And in my head, I'm going like,

00:54:09.420 --> 00:54:12.260
man, you know what? I'm like, you could use some

00:54:12.260 --> 00:54:15.039
Jesus. Yeah, that. Like, you don't say that because

00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:17.139
you don't want to, you know, upset them. But

00:54:17.139 --> 00:54:22.579
it's like, I'm like. If me being happy pisses

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:25.659
you off, it sounds like you've got a lot more

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:29.380
that you need to deal with. I love to be happy.

00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:34.699
It reflects what's going on in our hearts. I

00:54:34.699 --> 00:54:38.639
can have a lot going on. There's a lot going

00:54:38.639 --> 00:54:43.500
on right now. You know what, though? God is bigger.

00:54:47.280 --> 00:54:50.559
God is bigger than the rock that was on the top

00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:52.920
of the tomb. Or not on the top, but you know,

00:54:52.940 --> 00:54:56.420
he was bigger than the tomb. He was bigger than

00:54:56.420 --> 00:54:59.079
the cross. And that's why nothing, you know,

00:54:59.119 --> 00:55:01.679
he's so much bigger than anything. And like you

00:55:01.679 --> 00:55:04.980
said earlier too, there's nothing that God isn't

00:55:04.980 --> 00:55:08.559
seeing or most, anything, nothing that we haven't

00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:11.659
gone through that he hasn't dealt with or didn't

00:55:11.659 --> 00:55:14.800
deal with or that somebody hasn't dealt with

00:55:14.800 --> 00:55:19.639
in our life. God knows what's going to happen.

00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:23.460
He knows the whole plan. And all we need to do

00:55:23.460 --> 00:55:27.559
is rely on God. Yep, lean on him. I mean, to

00:55:27.559 --> 00:55:29.760
give you an idea, like last year, there was some

00:55:29.760 --> 00:55:31.760
stuff that I dealt with that I was really struggling

00:55:31.760 --> 00:55:34.820
with. And I was really having a really, really

00:55:34.820 --> 00:55:36.860
hard time. It was more than I can handle. I was

00:55:36.860 --> 00:55:38.099
just like, I don't even know what to do in this

00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:39.480
instance. And I don't know what this is going

00:55:39.480 --> 00:55:42.639
to lead to. And the funniest thing happened because

00:55:42.639 --> 00:55:44.079
I was praying about it a lot. And I was like,

00:55:44.119 --> 00:55:46.360
I don't know what to do. I literally don't know

00:55:46.360 --> 00:55:48.059
what to do. Usually I have some sort of idea,

00:55:48.139 --> 00:55:52.019
but I just didn't. And, um, he has an idea for

00:55:52.019 --> 00:55:53.800
almost everything. For everything. He has an

00:55:53.800 --> 00:55:58.360
idea. He's like, I can do this. And then he's

00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:00.840
like, he's got three more backups. So for him

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:03.380
saying this is like, this is like legit. Just

00:56:03.380 --> 00:56:07.539
give me a context. Nada. I was, I was completely

00:56:07.539 --> 00:56:11.289
out. of ideas anything i could do i just was

00:56:11.289 --> 00:56:14.670
out and i was praying about it i was like i don't

00:56:14.670 --> 00:56:16.869
even know what to do like i just need to rely

00:56:16.869 --> 00:56:20.329
on you lean on you and i really focused on bible

00:56:20.329 --> 00:56:24.630
i really focused on on god and it was really

00:56:24.630 --> 00:56:29.250
funny because After a while I had a song stuck

00:56:29.250 --> 00:56:31.750
on my head and it was stuck on my head for four

00:56:31.750 --> 00:56:36.369
weeks Every single day and it's not just the

00:56:36.369 --> 00:56:39.949
whole song. It was one line in the song and it's

00:56:39.949 --> 00:56:45.130
from VeggieTales No VeggieTales and it was Lily

00:56:45.130 --> 00:56:47.190
God is bigger than the boogeyman. He's bigger

00:56:47.190 --> 00:56:50.050
than Godzilla where the monsters on TV Yeah,

00:56:50.570 --> 00:56:54.280
and that section that section was stuck in my

00:56:54.280 --> 00:56:57.159
head on repeat for four weeks. And I would be

00:56:57.159 --> 00:57:00.420
driving to work, just singing it in my head as

00:57:00.420 --> 00:57:02.780
I drive to work, just like God's bigger than

00:57:02.780 --> 00:57:05.000
anything I can, I can think of anything that

00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:07.400
I can deal with. God's bigger. And he's going

00:57:07.400 --> 00:57:09.539
to show me the way out of this one way or another.

00:57:09.679 --> 00:57:11.559
He's going to be the one to get me out of this.

00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:15.239
Cause I can't see a way out. And, um, it was

00:57:15.239 --> 00:57:17.280
consistent and it was really cool. And it was,

00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:22.260
um, It wasn't me doing something wrong per se.

00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:25.780
It was just, I, I tried to help somebody and

00:57:25.780 --> 00:57:28.340
it didn't work out. And I came back, it backlashed

00:57:28.340 --> 00:57:32.039
on me. And I was like, what do I do? Like, I'm

00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:33.880
trying to do the right thing here consistently.

00:57:34.179 --> 00:57:37.369
And I just didn't know how to get out. Um, and

00:57:37.369 --> 00:57:39.909
you know, God got me out and I came out the other

00:57:39.909 --> 00:57:43.309
side refreshed and it just always reminds me,

00:57:43.329 --> 00:57:46.230
God is bigger than the boogie man. He's bigger

00:57:46.230 --> 00:57:50.769
than Godzilla or the monsters on TV. Yeah. It's

00:57:50.769 --> 00:57:53.929
something as simple as that. You know, peace

00:57:53.929 --> 00:57:56.269
angel, harbor manatee, you know, personally,

00:57:56.369 --> 00:58:03.250
but you know, the newer stuff. Oh yeah. Yeah.

00:58:05.019 --> 00:58:11.219
It was good, though. It was really good. It was

00:58:11.219 --> 00:58:14.079
pretty good stuff. I think it was really funny

00:58:14.079 --> 00:58:18.219
because God had humor in it. I know that he had

00:58:18.219 --> 00:58:20.320
humor in it. The joy of the Lord is my strength.

00:58:20.679 --> 00:58:25.340
That's something very good to remind myself.

00:58:27.619 --> 00:58:30.260
Philippians 4 even comes out and says I can do

00:58:30.260 --> 00:58:34.840
all things through him who strengthens me. Colossians

00:58:34.840 --> 00:58:37.159
3 .12 came out in my head a lot where it's like

00:58:37.159 --> 00:58:41.219
put on God's chosen one, holding beloved, compassionate

00:58:41.219 --> 00:58:43.579
hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

00:58:44.099 --> 00:58:46.440
So I just had to wait on God to help me through

00:58:46.440 --> 00:58:52.980
it. And yeah, it was good. It helped me through.

00:58:53.699 --> 00:58:58.119
Got through it. I survived. Are you a survivor?

00:58:58.860 --> 00:59:03.039
I am. Look at that. It's not much details though.

00:59:03.639 --> 00:59:07.980
No, no. See, this is good. This is good. This

00:59:07.980 --> 00:59:10.039
is what we needed. We need to get back into the

00:59:10.039 --> 00:59:12.719
recording studio. They can't hear our computers.

00:59:13.699 --> 00:59:18.000
Yes. Yes. Oh, once again, see, there goes my,

00:59:18.059 --> 00:59:20.079
my camera. I think it's letting me know that

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I think we should be close. Yeah, I think so.

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We did it. This is a decent welcome back. I'll

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call this GP GTP, the reunion or something. Return.

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The return of the GTP. GTP returns. The galaxy

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in the Milky Way. The GTP strikes back. Oh my

00:59:46.010 --> 00:59:53.989
gosh. Return of the GTP. The last GTP. Revenge

00:59:53.989 --> 01:00:00.170
of the GTP. Research coming soon. Rise of the

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GTP. Before we go, I actually have... Is it Return

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of the Lord? It's a glow -in -the -dark Jesus

01:00:19.969 --> 01:00:24.090
shirt. I should say I had it, but my wife has

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now hijacked it. That is now a sleepy shirt.

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Same. The Star Wars one with all the stars that

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glow, right? Yeah. My wife, Jackson, that's not

01:00:37.190 --> 01:00:42.449
her sleepy shirt. If I'm going to bed late, I'm

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like, oh, there she is. You can see the glow.

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We were eating out. We were eating out. I see

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Marco and Gabby and the guys. And there's this

01:01:02.230 --> 01:01:05.750
old man who walks into the restaurant and wearing

01:01:05.750 --> 01:01:08.389
that shirt. And first thing that comes out of

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my wife's mouth is like, oh, it's my sleepy shirt.

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I'm like, you shouldn't wear this same shirt

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at home. And she's like, no. But no, I just love

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those. I love those tacky shirts. I remember

01:01:21.630 --> 01:01:26.469
like Call of Duty and the guy Ross. I love those

01:01:26.469 --> 01:01:29.320
shirts. Those are the best. Yeah, come back.

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I'm just saying, um, true. Like, like, you know,

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they're going to come back. Um, yeah. Well, I

01:01:39.320 --> 01:01:41.260
mean, I think we should probably pray out. That's

01:01:41.260 --> 01:01:43.400
probably the best way we can do this. I think

01:01:43.400 --> 01:01:45.820
you want to pray. You want me to pray? Go for

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it. Okay. Uh, well, dear heavenly father, I just

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thank you for this day, Lord. Thank you for the

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opportunity that we have to record and just spend

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time with one another, uh, in, communion and

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in community and just talking about your word

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and representing you as we speak and just that

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we can reach people who don't know you lord let's

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pray this would not fall on deaf ears whoever

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listens this has a blessed day a blessed week

01:02:19.340 --> 01:02:21.559
blessed month or you know whatever season they're

01:02:21.559 --> 01:02:24.130
going through just bless that lord And help them

01:02:24.130 --> 01:02:26.469
be changed by this. Help them hopefully get a

01:02:26.469 --> 01:02:29.210
nugget out of this that will help them on their

01:02:29.210 --> 01:02:31.949
walk. Let them know that they are not alone,

01:02:32.110 --> 01:02:34.690
Lord. That they have brothers and sisters in

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Christ who are right here with them. That there's

01:02:38.130 --> 01:02:40.690
never any sin that is too big to keep away from

01:02:40.690 --> 01:02:43.809
the kingdom of heaven. That there's nothing,

01:02:43.989 --> 01:02:48.530
no sin new underneath the sun. I just thank you

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for all this. And we pray this in your name.

01:02:51.429 --> 01:02:59.579
Amen. Amen. Yeah. I like it. All right. Yeah.

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Okay. This has been the GTP show. I'm Dylan.

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I'll see you on the property. I'm Jason. I'll

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see you on the next one. Bye. Bye.