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This is Jimmy Nanette. We are coming to you from

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the heart, the very middle. The bullseye of the

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dartboard of the Texas Hill Country. Okay, that's

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crazy. I know. I threw myself completely off,

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so I just started rambling. I don't know. I'm

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riffing. It's called riffing. Okay. Riffing is

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when you kind of just go with the flow. Gotcha.

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It's like improv, playing solo guitar like I

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do. I'm just improvising. Oh, okay. But we are

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coming from the middle of the Hill Country. Right,

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we are. Right in the smack and dab in the middle.

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Smack dab. Always wonder what that meant. Yeah,

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what does that mean? Smack dab. Smack dab. That's

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a weird thing to say. Well, hello, beautiful.

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Hello. You're gorgeous. When you walked up at

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this, so we were at the coffee house. This is

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a great coffee house here in Fredericksburg.

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And you're meeting with what, about 10 ladies

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doing a Bible study. Room full of ladies. 10

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to 12, yes. And then the whole coffee house is

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filled with people from our church, the Bridge

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Church, which is just. So cool. I'm meeting with

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Pastor Brian there. We're hanging out and we're

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talking to everybody. I mean, just it was nonstop

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today. I love it. I love that our community is

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a community out in the community. Isn't it beautiful?

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It is. So, but when you walked up and you're

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wearing white, that white, what do you call it?

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So I need to wear white all the time. No, what

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do you call it? It's a white vest. A vest, a

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vest. You walk up and I was like, wow. I so outpunted

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my coverage. Wow. I cannot believe I'm married

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to her. You're so funny. And no, I don't want

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anything. So I was just like, wow. How did you

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know I was thinking that? No, I'm just kidding.

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Because most people live in negotiation mode.

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We don't. No, we don't. We don't. Every day is

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Christmas for us. That's the way we act, right?

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Yes. How are you doing this morning? I see you're

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doing some work over there. I am. I'll be okay.

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I'll be patient with that. I know you're multitasking

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here. Some of us have work to do. Wow. Well,

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I worked at home for a couple of days, but I

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also had a lot going on. And so I'm just, that's

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all. I'm just, until we get going on the podcast,

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I thought, well, I'll just kind of go through

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my emails and get it done real quick. Yes. I

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want to thank the folks for listening in today.

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And we're doing audio version. I made an executive

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decision. Again. How many times have you gone

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back and forth? A lot. Because, you know, my

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heart is to get a good, positive, life -giving

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message out to people the best way we can. So

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we thought we would try doing the video. But

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the problem is with that, if you have an actual

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just video studio and a separate audio. studio,

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office, you can do that. We have to go back and

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forth, or we either have to keep this a full

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-on video, and then we can't work in here. Or

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we tear it down every time. It was too much work.

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It was labor -intensive, and then it took other

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staff out of their jobs to try to produce this.

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So we, I, made a decision that I'm not going

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to pursue the video side of things, that we're

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going to stick with audio. We're going to stick

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with our format. You will do a video when you

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do your interviews, though. On interviews. And

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I was actually thinking about sticking with audio

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on interviews as well. Really? You can do that.

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We'll see. It's your call. You can make the decision

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whenever you want. Yeah. I mean, it's fun playing

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with cameras and all that stuff. But you know

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what? I feel like it's the message that matters.

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It's not what people see. It's what people are

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hearing. And we feel like we have a message that's

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worthy to be heard because it's the word of God.

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I prefer not to be on camera anyway. So that's

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perfect. We all knew that already. I already

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knew that. So I thought you might be happy with

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that decision. Well, literally, I was happy walking

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in, what, two days ago. Into the office and it

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was clear and I could breathe. It looked like

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an office again. I brought my couch back in here.

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I have a great, wonderful couch. I was in shock

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that you did this. But if the people that know

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us know that we like, we're very, we're minimalist

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and we like. We're neat nicks. And we're neat

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nicks. We're neat. And because I'm having to

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work in your office while they're building my

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office right now, I didn't even want to be here

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because. I was more comfortable at home because

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walking in here, it was frenetic. And I can't

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work in a frenetic environment. You had no joy.

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No, no joy at all. So I'm thrilled. Now we can

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actually counsel people in here, have meetings.

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Which is what we do. This is what we do. But

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we had to look for a place. I know. And every

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place is taken here. It didn't work. It did not

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work. And for so many reasons. And when we took

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all the equipment down and we moved it back into

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Faith's office. And we cleared this and we brought

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my couch back in and we set this up. I felt relief.

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I felt like peace. So, yeah, I was tired. You

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know, the whole YouTube thing, and I'm not going

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to knock people who do YouTube and all that.

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It's just it's such a little phrase I use. It's

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a competition, a competition for your attention.

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Right. That's it. And it's such a. You're trying

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to beat algorithms. You're competing with other

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people. We just want to get the gospel out. We

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just want to get the word out. I don't watch

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a lot of videos. I listen to stuff when I'm driving

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down the road, especially on Hello Fred. I watch

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videos at home. Yeah, we'll watch some at home.

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Not a lot, just here and there. Mostly when I'm

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driving or doing things because I can throw my

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AirPods on and go. And so anyway, we're going

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to stick with this format because that's what

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seems to work for us. And I want to get back

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into our rhythm because I feel like we get, we've

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been so busy. We've been crazy busy running and

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gunning. And I feel like we're, I'm finding some

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peace in not traveling. I've mentioned to you,

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we were able to be home almost every week this

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night. Every night this week. Wow. Maybe I'm

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tired too. But we leave in a week and a half.

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We've got another trip coming up, and that's

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going to be exciting. But we've had some downtime

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this week to have our evenings back, and I've

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got to tell you, it's been so good for me, just

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in my peace of mind and my heart. Because sometimes

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we love what we do, so we do a lot of it, and

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we end up getting committed to a lot of different

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things. Then we look up and we're like, wow,

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we've had no time for ourselves. And you've got

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to maintain that balance because it does get

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pretty crazy, doesn't it? Yep, it does. So anyway,

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yeah. So there you have it. This is episode number

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101. Yeah, we finally broke the 100 barrier.

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And I'm excited. I feel such peace about doing

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it this way and being back and having you in

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my office with me. Well, I do have a couple of

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things I want to talk about. First of all, I

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want to invite people to go to our website, livingupinadownworld

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.com. We need a favor from you folks. We love

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all of you. Thank you for listening. Thank you

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for supporting us. We've got James Barron, very

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generous, continues to give. Thank you, James.

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You are a blessing to us on so many levels. Also,

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Adam Curry with Strapper Donation always comes

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through with that and so appreciate it. And then

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we have regular givers that are on an ongoing

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basis. But thank you for that. But another way

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that you can support us and encourage us through

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just a value for value kind of thinking is to

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go leave a review for us on our website. Love

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to hear from you. Love to hear what you're doing.

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You subscribe by going there. Again, livingupinadownworld

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.com. You can also pick up any of the archived

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podcasts that we've done. And we'd love to have

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you. Come check us out. And I do a daily devotional.

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It's under the title blog on there, but it's

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called The Daily Grind. If you ever listen to

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Hello Fred, you can go and listen to Hello Fred.

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That's our 24 -7 streaming music station. I mean,

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it's Christian music, contemporary Christian

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music. It's worship. We've got some songs with

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some edge on it, which I like. But then we do,

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I've got The Daily Grind on there, the little

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clips and the messages, real short, just like

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little reels. And that runs 24 -7. And so our

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heart is to encourage you and have the signal

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going out there 24 -7 through the Godcaster so

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that we can encourage people. And so we'd ask

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you to check that out. But anyway, go to our

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website, LivingUpToTheDownWorld. And then to

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access, by the way, Adam Curry and his team at

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the Godcaster have been working on an app. Are

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you with me? I am. I'm listening. I'm just letting

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you go through your spiel. Well, I'm just...

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Looking for engagement. Oh. I'm engaging you.

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I'm waiting for you to talk about the app because

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this is, to me, a game changer for Godcaster

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because it's been very difficult to describe

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it to people without. having their phone or their

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computer handy. But this is just an app that

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eventually they're going to be able to just download

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out of the app store and work. I'm super excited.

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I downloaded it yesterday, got the beta version

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of it, and it works perfectly. And so I don't

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know how long it'll take for it to become public,

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but I would assume it's not going to be that

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long. So anyway, that's coming. We'll keep you

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posted on that. But also go to hellofred .fm.

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Or you can go to bridgefbg .com, either one of

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those. And go to the top. Yeah. And it'll say

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Godcaster. You'll say Godcaster on the top, click

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on it, and it'll take you right there. And you

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can listen 24 -7. You can listen on your phone,

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computer, whatever you got. And man, it will

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encourage you and bless you. Well, something

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I want to talk about that I think will be very

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helpful to our listeners. I know this has been.

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For me through the years, this has been a massive

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game changer. What I said to you before we started

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recording was the one thing that's probably been

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the biggest game changer in my life as a follower

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of Jesus is learning how to declare and praise

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the scriptures, learning how to speak the word

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of God. We know that the word works, but you

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have to learn how to work the word. Now, has

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this been a big thing for you too? Yeah, definitely.

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Do you remember when we kind of fell upon this?

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Well, it was right after we were married. There

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was a book called Faith to Faith that you stumbled

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upon at my office when I was a realtor at Coldwell

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Banker. And that was like early 90s. It was early

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90s. We got married in 92, the end of 92. So

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I would say probably 93. Probably 93. Yeah, 93.

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And it was praying prayers of faith, speaking

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and declaring the word and declaring faith over

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circumstances of your life. And that was probably

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the beginning for you, I think. And then we began

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to. subsequently by other books that have to

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do with prayer. Yeah, the other one with Jermaine

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Copeland, Prayers That Avail Much. We've talked

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about that on here before, but I think we need

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to talk about it again. This is so important.

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This is one of those things that you need to

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come back to often because there are certain

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things in the Christian life that you need to

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always revisit. And this is one of them to go

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back sometimes. We call it redigging the old

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wells. that used to produce life. And then, you

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know, we get, we move on, we forget them. They

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kind of get covered over with debris and life

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and stuff. Then you got to go back and re -dig

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those wells and they produce life again. So this

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is one of those things and it's learning how

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to declare and speak the word of God over your

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life. Can I share something? Sure. All right.

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So I wrote today, like I said, I do these daily

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grinds. And so what I do is I take a scripture

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that's a theme scripture. Last night we were

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laying in bed and I said, Hey, what's off the

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top of your head? Give me a word. And you said,

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I got nothing. And let me tell you why, because

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I, you're going through the book of Acts. So

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I'm reading through the scriptures of where you're

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going to be going. And there's not a scripture

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that just stands out. Now, the one that's. going

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to stand out for me right now is where the man

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falls out of the window because you're going

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to talk about that on Sunday. But that's not

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something that I can say, oh, you should do your

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devotion on that because that's kind of funny.

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Yeah, the youth fell asleep while Paul was preaching

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long. The Bible even says he was preaching on

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and on. Most of your church does that. You're

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so funny. I knew you were going to take that

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shot. I know, I had to joke about that. It's

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not true, but some do. Well, you know, because

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you can see them. But no, so I didn't have, and

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you caught me off guard. I mean, I was literally

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about to go to sleep. And so I was like, what,

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what? Okay. So I just did the same thing. I thought,

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okay, what, when, when I have go -to scriptures,

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you know, like when, when, when life gets hard

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or something's happening, I just need an injection

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of faith. And who doesn't need an injection of

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faith on an ongoing basis? We all do. Right.

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Just to navigate this crazy world. And Isaiah

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54, 17. Came right to my mind. First thing that

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popped into my head. So I want to read it and

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I want to read the daily grinds so people get

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a feel for what that is. So it says this is Isaiah

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54, 17 out of the New King James. It says, no

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weapon formed against you shall prosper. And

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every tongue which rises against you in judgment,

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you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the

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servants of the Lord and their righteousness

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is from me, says the Lord. And so the daily grind

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today's title is Kingdom Dynamics. declaring

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the word. Through necessity, I learned the power

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of confessing and declaring God's word, not to

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attain or acquire something, but for protection

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and spiritual battle. There's something powerful

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that happens when you stand in your conferred

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authority and you speak the word of God into

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a situation and against your enemy, the devil.

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The declared word sets things in the spiritual

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realm into motion. You're operating in kingdom

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dynamics. Something has to give. Here's an example

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of how to use Scripture as a weapon to rout the

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enemy. And I follow that with this example. And

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this is what I want to talk about today is how

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can we help people get the Word and then begin

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to pray the Word and pray the Scriptures so that

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they can fight the good fight of faith and they

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can get that infusion of faith when you're having

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one of those days. And it could be as... As simple

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as just woke up on the wrong side of the bed

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and feeling funky. Or it could be as simple as

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you last night. You didn't get a good night's

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sleep. You woke up. You couldn't get back to

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sleep. And then about the time you're about to

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get to sleep, I start snoring and roaring. So

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loud that I could not sleep. Which I don't hardly

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do anymore. But for whatever reason. No, you

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were really tired apparently. I was ripping.

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Apparently. You were. I didn't know. But anyway,

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you didn't get good sleep. So you woke up kind

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of groggy. A little bit on edge. Not in a bad

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way. You weren't in a bad mood. Well, because

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we were going to go walk this morning, but I

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literally, I just, I couldn't, I felt like it

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was not good for me to do that with just like

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four or five hours sleep. So you missed, we missed

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our morning walk. Missed our morning walk. You're

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feeling groggy and tired. You're still feeling

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a little groggy and tired. I am, I am. No amount

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of coffee may fix that. So, so people have the,

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we all have these kinds of days. But this is

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typically when we let our guard down too. Explain

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that or share what you mean by that. Because

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when we get tired and we don't and we're weary,

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we've got a lot of things on our mind, you know,

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things happening in the world, things happening

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in your life. It's swirling around. It could

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be in your family. It could cause you to kind

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of. your faith to diminish, to where you're not

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standing on the faith that God has given us,

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that we begin to have little setbacks. And then

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that's where the enemy comes in. And then he

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wants to take things and start twisting everything

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in your mind and distort everything to where

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it looks a certain way to you or feels a certain

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way to you, but it's not reality. And that's...

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what I feel like happens with most of us when

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we, you know, have lack of sleep or have the

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stress in our lives that is going on. And so

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I feel like that's what we need to be aware of

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is we kind of let our guard down and the enemy,

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that's where, when he strikes, it's, it's like

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the, the, what's the scripture where the sheep

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one gets out and, You know what I'm talking about?

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No, you don't know what I'm talking about. It's

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the enemy. They're all in a herd. The enemy will

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strike at that one that's out. He'll get the

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straggler. Yes, he'll get the straggler because

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he's outside of the flock. And that's what happens

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with us. Not that we're in some grave sin or

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anything like that. We just aren't all there.

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Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I do. Yeah.

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So, you know, I've used the. I totally agree

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with all that. I mean, you nailed it, but it

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also reminded me of the three -legged stool that

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I've talked about a lot. You use that all our

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marriage. I've heard that. Three -legged stool

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is different than a four -legged stool. You can

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get away with a leg that's a little off on a

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four -legged stool, but we're made up of three

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parts, mind, body, and spirit. And when any one

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of those gets off because something's going on,

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Whether it's your mind that gets you get spun

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out mentally, like right now, your mind and your

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body are a little bit off just because you're

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tired. When you're tired, your sleep deprives

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everything. So think about that three legged

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stool. You take any one of those three legs and

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cut off an inch or two. It's it's no longer functional.

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Right. It's it's not functioning properly. Right.

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And so you got two of them working here. So you

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got body and mind that's that's not hitting on

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all eight cylinders. So you feel. You feel vulnerable,

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like the enemy, like he's trying to take you

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out, right? You feel that way. So what do we

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need? We need help with that. We need an infusion

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of faith because faith, man, when faith comes,

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you feel like you can move a mountain, right?

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You feel like, you know, that peace and that

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joy and that life comes when you're full of faith.

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And so I want to encourage you. So I'm going

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to read this. And then I'll share a little bit

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and we can both share from this. But yeah, years

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ago, so I was never a big follower or fan of

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Kenneth Copeland because I didn't understand

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him. I'd heard him on the radio when I was a

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brand new Christian back in the early 80s. And

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I just remember he was more excited than most

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of the preachers I heard. And I thought, man,

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I don't know who this guy is, but he's excited

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about it. You know, I didn't understand the difference

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in theology or anything. But when we were in

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the 90s. We were in a season where we needed

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an infusion of faith. We were going. More than

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normal. I mean, everybody needs it on a daily

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basis, but more than usual. We were newly married.

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We were having conflict with the spouse situation,

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not my ex. And children that are coming into

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your life. They're going, who's this guy? Do

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I call him dad? Do I call him, hey, dude? You

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know what I mean? We were making all those huge

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adjustments, bringing our family together. and

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starting over. And boy, did we ever need faith.

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And two, we were trying to figure out what direction

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we're supposed to go. Remember, I had gotten

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some offers from churches. We were trying to

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figure out what's next. And so we were, man,

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everything was crazy. So we needed faith. I'm

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walking through, you were working for a realtor.

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Rick Canup. Yeah, Rick Canup. Coldwell Banker.

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Coldwell Banker in Lubbock. Walking through the

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office after hours, nobody's there. Nobody's

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there. And I noticed this green book laying on

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a desk. And you took it off that person's desk.

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Well, I just picked it up because you were doing

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something I had some time to kill. I'm sure I

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was probably doing a contract or something. Probably.

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So I picked that book up and it said, From Faith

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to Faith by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland. And

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I remember thinking, my first thought was, well,

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they're not really my cup of tea. I opened the

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book just randomly and it turned out it was a

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daily devotional book. And it was all scripture.

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All about faith. Everything was scripture. All

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about faith. And I just read the first one and

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it just spoke to me right where I was. Turned

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the page, read another one because they're short.

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Spoke to me right where I was. I thought, there's

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no way this whole book is like this. I flipped

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over like three chapters, you know, just not

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chapters, but several weeks just randomly. Everything

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I looked at was like. This is what I need. I

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need an infusion of faith. And this guy's known

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as a faith teacher. So I need to hear more about

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this. So that I went and bought that book and

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I wore that book out because it really did help

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me. Now, I'm not a big I don't I don't push Kenneth

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Copeland, but I'm not going to talk against him.

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But I know there's been a lot of bad things said

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about him in later years, especially. And I'm

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just I don't do that. I don't talk bad about

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other ministers and whatnot. But I will say in

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the early 90s when I came upon this, and they

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wrote that book back in the 80s, I believe. I'll

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look it up. I'll say this. Do you know where

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that book is? No, I think I tossed it. But you

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can get it online. I mean, I feel like it served

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its life for me. But anyway, all I'm saying is

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that that was exactly what I needed. I needed

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something that would connect me with the Word

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of God and teach me how to work the Word of God.

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Like I said, the Word of God works, but you've

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got to learn how to work the Word. I find it

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interesting that they wrote this book, and it's

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basically a book of prayers. And then Gloria

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Copeland, not Gloria, Jermaine Copeland, who

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is in no relation at all, wrote a book of prayers

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years later that we came upon. Again, another

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game changer for us. And it seems like we pick

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those books up at a time when we're desperate.

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Well, could that be the Holy Spirit? Our helper,

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counselor, comforter, advocate, friend is leading

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us to what we need. He's ordering our steps and

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delighting in the details of our life. So he

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knows what we need in that season. Yes. And he

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leads us to that. Yes. So it's interesting that

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last night I'm thinking and I'm like. I'm like,

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what's a go -to? And immediately that pops into

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my mind. Why that book? Why did that come into

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your mind? Well, I think because that scripture

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came into my mind and this scripture is so about

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standing. It's so about, and here's how, let

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me just read you the statement, the declaration.

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Okay. This is how you do it. You take the scripture.

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Let me read the scripture. Then I'm going to

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read the declaration. So it's Isaiah 54, 17.

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This is how you learn to work the word. No weapon

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formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue

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which rises against you in judgment you shall

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condemn. This is the heritage of the servants

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of the Lord, and their righteousness is from

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me, says the Lord. Now, here's how you would

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pray that or make it a declaration. No weapon

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formed against me. So you personalize it. No

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weapon or us, you and me, no weapon formed against

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us shall prosper. And every tongue that rises

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against us in judgment, we will condemn. This

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is our heritage as servants of the Lord and our

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righteousness is from him. God is our protector.

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This is an add on. God is our protector and vindicator.

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No enemy or accusation can ultimately prevail

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against us because the Lord himself has spoken

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and secured our victory. Now, I don't know about

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you, just reading that lifted me right now. Because

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it's the word of God and you're getting it into

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the soul of your heart. It literally works. And

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it talks about praying in the spirit, building

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yourselves up in your most holy faith. Some people

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think that's all about praying in tongues. I

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think that's... Praying in the spirit, whether

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English or not. Exactly. To me, when I pray the

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word of God, that for me is praying in the spirit.

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Right. I mean, it doesn't get any more praying

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in the spirit than praying the word of God. Right.

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But then you personalize it and you turn it towards

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yourself and then it becomes personal. It becomes,

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it's for you. Right. In that moment. And so even

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as I read that, it lifted me just now. I mean,

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I felt, I'm sitting taller in my chair actually,

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because man, it just makes you go. Okay. I mean,

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how could it not? It's the Word of God and it

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works. What I love about Jermaine Copeland's

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books that we have read, and I've bought books

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for friends, people that I know need the Word

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of God in their lives, and she has topical subjects.

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Every prayer is... set in a topical subject.

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So like, for instance, when we were wanting to

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adopt a baby and we were asking God to bring

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the right solution for us, there was actually

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a topic on praying for an adoption process to

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go through. When we were looking to sell a house,

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praying for your house to sell to the right buyer

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when you're wanting to buy a house. Praying for

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God to show you the right house. When you're

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having children with mental challenges, praying

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for those things. Financial issues, praying for

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those things. Or just wanting to draw closer

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to God. Yes. How do you use the Word of God to

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do that? But to me, what I love about the topical

00:26:02.990 --> 00:26:06.170
is it's practical for that moment. Right. Situation.

00:26:06.529 --> 00:26:09.230
Yes, because it's situational. And so I love

00:26:09.230 --> 00:26:13.819
her books. And I love Kenneth Copeland's books,

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:15.720
too, because it taught us how to rely on our

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:19.960
faith to believe God for whatever situation we

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:23.319
were in. But hers is more topical. And I like

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that because I know a lot of people will have

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:31.740
something go on in their life and they go, God,

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:34.960
I don't know what to do. And you don't know where

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:37.890
to start in the Bible. So you're thinking, OK,

00:26:38.390 --> 00:26:39.910
I can, you know, a lot of people, I don't even

00:26:39.910 --> 00:26:42.529
know where to start. So you read Adam and Eve,

00:26:42.609 --> 00:26:43.829
you know, and you're like, OK, what does this

00:26:43.829 --> 00:26:46.250
have to do with me? You know, and the situation

00:26:46.250 --> 00:26:50.230
and I'm or even Matthew and you're reading about

00:26:50.230 --> 00:26:53.289
what Jesus did. But but people are like, but

00:26:53.289 --> 00:26:56.230
I have this problem. How can I get through this

00:26:56.230 --> 00:26:59.750
problem? And to me, when you have authors who

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have authored a book. that has topical solutions

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:05.539
that are all biblical. They're not inserting

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:12.880
their own preferences or their own ideas. It's

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:16.640
literally the Word of God. And to me, that's

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:21.420
powerful. That's when the Word works. Yeah. You

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:23.180
know what I'm saying? Absolutely. Because you're...

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The person has literally, I mean, found scriptures

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that pertain to what your prayer need is for,

00:27:35.150 --> 00:27:37.210
you know, your prayer need is. And so to me,

00:27:37.230 --> 00:27:42.630
I love that. That's, you know, what's her name?

00:27:43.430 --> 00:27:46.269
Stormy O'Marty, and she wrote prayers for mothers,

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prayers for fathers. Prayers for a praying wife,

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:54.519
a praying husband, and hers is topical for those

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:56.880
particular items too. And I love that because

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that's been a very good source for so many people.

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:07.819
So to me, I think those books, they're almost

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:12.339
better to me than just reading a book of people's

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:18.049
ideas of what they believe. you know, that God

00:28:18.049 --> 00:28:20.529
has shown them because you're literally just

00:28:20.529 --> 00:28:23.269
reading scripture. And then what happens is it

00:28:23.269 --> 00:28:25.930
makes those books timeless because they're not

00:28:25.930 --> 00:28:28.809
written about a relevant circumstance. That's

00:28:28.809 --> 00:28:31.250
happening right. Yeah. Which, and we need those

00:28:31.250 --> 00:28:33.609
too. I mean, that's not disparaging. It's just

00:28:33.609 --> 00:28:36.329
these books, because they're based out of scripture.

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And it's praying the scripture and then they

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:42.539
carry through more time, especially prayers that

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avail much for sure. And especially new believers

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:47.859
who don't know where to start. When you're a

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:52.799
seasoned believer and you're more mature, you're

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:55.779
in a whole different genre of people. But when

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:59.440
you're a baby, which most of us are babies, honestly,

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:07.769
you know what I mean? Yeah, for sure. based totally

00:29:07.769 --> 00:29:11.130
on scripture, God can take that scripture and

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just totally give you revelation of who he is

00:29:15.150 --> 00:29:18.670
in that scripture. And I love that. So we have

00:29:18.670 --> 00:29:20.769
a tool that would be helpful to people. And this

00:29:20.769 --> 00:29:23.660
is so interesting because it's, I'm not going

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:25.599
to say it was an afterthought on our website,

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:31.180
on bridgefpg .com. We have a whole page called

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:33.539
Daily Scripture Confessions, Building Your Life

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:36.200
on God's Word. I put that on there, gosh, four

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:38.759
years ago, maybe, give or take. And it was because

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:42.180
I had been going through a lot of scripture confessions

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:45.240
myself and just daily get in the Word. And I

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.720
thought, gosh, maybe this will help somebody.

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:49.579
So I had Faith set up a page on it. What we didn't

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:52.160
realize is that would be the most viewed page

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.200
on our website. By far. By far. Because this

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:58.279
is what people requested, too. People need this.

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:00.480
This is real. This is why you did it. People

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.859
were like, I don't know where to start. So what

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:03.500
I'm going to do, it's a little tricky to find

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:05.259
on our website. I noticed just now as I just

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:07.500
tried to find it, I thought, whoa, this is too

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:10.500
hard. So we need to have her fix that. I want

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:12.680
to fix that so that it's more clear because it

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:15.579
doesn't have its own title. So, for example,

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:17.819
when you go to the drop -down menu, I had to

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:21.420
find it under Ministries. At the very bottom.

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:25.599
Which is interesting. Well, okay, now I'm even

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:29.720
having a hard time getting to it from here. So

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:35.119
we need to have an icon that just says prayers

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.680
of confession. Yes. What I'm going to do, though,

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.819
this will help everybody. Well, we're working

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:42.079
on a new website right now. Yeah, we're doing

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:45.200
it right now. And so I'm going to. Oh, wait,

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:48.240
here it is. Daily Confessions right there. it's

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:50.519
at the top it's at the top all of our stuff is

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.940
at the top okay i'm looking at the new website

00:30:53.869 --> 00:30:57.089
I'm looking at the new version. It's not on there.

00:30:57.829 --> 00:31:00.049
So we need to talk to faith about this. Hey,

00:31:00.109 --> 00:31:01.910
thanks everybody for helping us work this out.

00:31:02.029 --> 00:31:04.210
This is how we do work. Because it was right

00:31:04.210 --> 00:31:06.250
there. Yeah. So I'm going to go to the older

00:31:06.250 --> 00:31:08.250
one and it says daily confessions right there.

00:31:08.309 --> 00:31:10.529
It's very easy to find. The new one's being built

00:31:10.529 --> 00:31:13.089
out right now. So you go to daily scripture confessions,

00:31:13.109 --> 00:31:14.730
building your life on God's word. And here's

00:31:14.730 --> 00:31:18.789
what we did. I took scriptures and put the word

00:31:18.789 --> 00:31:20.930
into it. I call it identity in Christ scripture

00:31:20.930 --> 00:31:24.000
confessions. And the question is, have you discovered

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:26.119
how amazing your life in Christ is meant to be?

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:29.180
This list reveals the truth about who God created

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:31.619
you to be and how he wants you to live. And then

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:34.869
you can go. Start down this, and I am complete

00:31:34.869 --> 00:31:37.170
in Him who is the head over all rule and authority

00:31:37.170 --> 00:31:39.650
of every angelic and earthly power. It's Colossians

00:31:39.650 --> 00:31:42.890
2 .10. I'm alive with Christ, Ephesians 2 .5.

00:31:42.970 --> 00:31:45.410
These are short and to the point. I am free from

00:31:45.410 --> 00:31:48.390
the law of sin and death, Romans 8 .2. I am far

00:31:48.390 --> 00:31:50.769
from oppression and will not live in fear. That's

00:31:50.769 --> 00:31:54.250
Isaiah 54 .14. So these are just short to the

00:31:54.250 --> 00:31:58.259
point. Quick blast. So go to bridgefbg .com.

00:31:58.259 --> 00:32:01.160
At the very top of the page, it'll say daily

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:04.859
confessions. And I just listed a bunch of them.

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:07.740
I mean, you could spend quite a bit. I mean,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:10.500
and they're all short, and all they are are scriptures

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:14.259
with a reference to them, but they're converted

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:18.460
into a confession or a declaration. This is so

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:22.059
powerful. Now, over the years, I developed my

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:25.220
own kind of confession. based out of God's word,

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:27.240
where you'll hear me say, and I'll do this in

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:30.160
church sometimes. I'll just, I'll say, I'm not

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:33.140
the head. I'm the head and not the tail. I'm

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:36.480
above only and not beneath. That's out of Deuteronomy

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:39.119
27. I'm blessed coming in. I'm blessed going

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:41.019
out. I'm blessed in the city. I'm blessed in

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:43.380
the field. The enemy comes at me one way, he

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:46.680
has to flee seven ways. All that is a scripture.

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:49.480
And the way I say it is that's not bragging.

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:52.480
It's Bible. This isn't bragging. It's Bible.

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:55.400
It's confessing what the word of God says about

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:58.079
us. Been raised up together, seated in Christ

00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:01.259
in heavenly places. And everything is under my

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:03.019
feet because Jesus is seated at the right hand

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.660
of the Father and all things are under his feet.

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.380
I'm seated in him. Therefore, they're under mine.

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:08.700
I mean, it's just a confession. I've done that

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:10.660
through the years. I do it very naturally and

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:13.480
easily simply because I've done it over and over.

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:16.220
Well, one of the ways you were doing it, you.

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:19.859
And I remember this from Abilene, you would go

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:23.460
in and meet with the mayor. And it was the very

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.960
first time you went, especially, it was daunting

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:28.380
for you because you didn't know how he was going

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:31.819
to receive you. You had never met him. They even

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.279
wanted to know, you know, why do you want to

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:36.059
meet with the mayor? Because most people who

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:38.299
do come in with complaints, but you were coming

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:40.880
in because you wanted to let him know that you

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:42.380
wanted to bathe him in prayer and you wanted

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:44.940
to know what the prayer needs were of the city.

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:48.240
And so what you did, and I remember you telling

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:51.640
the church this when you were on a Sunday morning

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.400
or whatever before you were going to go meet

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:57.339
with him. Grady Barr was his name, Mayor Barr.

00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:02.319
And you said, I'm going to pray this prayer before

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:05.859
I go. And you literally prayed and said, God,

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:09.519
your word says I am the head, not the tail. I'm

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:12.099
above only and beneath. And so you set yourself

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:16.840
up. For success to walk into that meeting because

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:20.059
you prayed the word of God over your life, knowing

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:23.159
you were going into a place where there was immediate

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:31.079
discretion on Grady Barr's part because he did

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:34.260
not know why you were coming. And so that was

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:37.639
a great way of walking in with your head up because

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:40.920
the Lord says he's the lifter of our head and

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:44.429
he lifted. You're head up to where when you walked

00:34:44.429 --> 00:34:46.909
in, you had the confidence, but it was God confidence,

00:34:47.090 --> 00:34:49.809
not Jimmy confidence. That's a great example.

00:34:49.969 --> 00:34:51.429
Thanks for reminding me of that. I'll never forget

00:34:51.429 --> 00:34:53.989
that. Think about it. I was a young pastor going

00:34:53.989 --> 00:34:56.550
to see the mayor of a city. Yes. So I was, and

00:34:56.550 --> 00:34:58.849
I was not in my, I was not in the church office.

00:34:58.889 --> 00:35:01.530
This was in his office. And he wasn't necessarily,

00:35:01.710 --> 00:35:03.909
you didn't know anything about his faith. You

00:35:03.909 --> 00:35:07.150
didn't know anything. But God. I don't even know

00:35:07.150 --> 00:35:09.530
why you went other than God put it on your heart.

00:35:09.710 --> 00:35:12.429
Yeah, I totally felt like, here's what I thought.

00:35:12.530 --> 00:35:15.510
I thought, if God's called us to reach a city,

00:35:15.550 --> 00:35:18.010
I'm going to start with the mayor. If he's the

00:35:18.010 --> 00:35:19.929
top dog, that's who I'm going to go to first.

00:35:20.110 --> 00:35:21.570
And that's what you did. And we ended up becoming

00:35:21.570 --> 00:35:23.969
great friends. But all that to say, thank you

00:35:23.969 --> 00:35:27.289
for bringing that up, is it caused me to walk

00:35:27.289 --> 00:35:29.570
into that office different. Now, I didn't walk

00:35:29.570 --> 00:35:32.090
in with my chest stuck out and proud. No, it

00:35:32.090 --> 00:35:34.269
was a God confidence. A God confidence. It was

00:35:34.269 --> 00:35:36.550
a God. And you even said that. You said, we need

00:35:36.550 --> 00:35:40.750
to quit having self -confidence and we need to

00:35:40.750 --> 00:35:43.389
have God confidence. You preached that. I mean,

00:35:43.409 --> 00:35:46.710
of all the things, I mean, in Abilene that you

00:35:46.710 --> 00:35:50.289
preached, I remember those messages of faith.

00:35:51.150 --> 00:35:53.130
That's walking out your faith. You were actually

00:35:53.130 --> 00:35:56.309
using the faith. and belief that God gave you

00:35:56.309 --> 00:36:00.070
to go into places that could be difficult. Could

00:36:00.070 --> 00:36:02.530
be awkward. You could get intimidated like you're

00:36:02.530 --> 00:36:04.969
going into a hard meeting. Speak the word of

00:36:04.969 --> 00:36:06.610
God over your life. And he wasn't a new mayor.

00:36:06.690 --> 00:36:11.019
He was seasoned. So for you to make that decision

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:13.480
to go in there, you weren't just, you know, coming

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:16.119
in to say, attaboy, you know, I'm glad you became

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:19.619
mayor and I'm here. No. I was young. You were

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:21.519
just a kid. I was like a kid to him. You were

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:25.019
a kid to him. So I had to build myself up through

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:27.659
the word of God so that when I walked in, I walked

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:30.519
in in God's confidence and in God's authority,

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:33.380
not in mine. Because in mine, I was intimidated.

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:36.000
I was shaking in my boots. But yet I was able

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:39.980
to go in. But think about people that are listening

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:44.260
and how many situations they walk into that are

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:48.059
awkward with family, with friends, with enemies,

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:53.579
with work, workplaces that are volatile and how

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:57.699
it can change if they could get a hold of what

00:36:57.699 --> 00:37:01.900
God says, who they are, and they could make those

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:06.070
confessions. You don't make them because. that's

00:37:06.070 --> 00:37:08.929
what's going to bring it into existence. You

00:37:08.929 --> 00:37:13.929
make it because your spirit is going to receive

00:37:13.929 --> 00:37:16.389
that and you're going to get to a place. You

00:37:16.389 --> 00:37:17.929
might not even believe you're the head and not

00:37:17.929 --> 00:37:20.760
the tail at the beginning. But your spirit, the

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:24.199
more you say it, the more your spirit receives

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:27.199
it, and then you can walk in with your head up.

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:29.679
I see your spirit coming up just talking about

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.079
this. I know. I know you're tired physically.

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:36.239
But the fog is blowing away. It's like you're

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:38.179
alive. Because of the word. I'm watching it right

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:40.239
in front of me. I know you are. The word works.

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:43.780
I saw you light up, and I'm like, I'm lighting

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:47.849
up. And the fog is lifting because I'm speaking

00:37:47.849 --> 00:37:52.489
the word of God. I am the head and not the tail,

00:37:52.570 --> 00:37:55.130
above only and not beneath. The funny thing is

00:37:55.130 --> 00:37:56.630
right before we started, you said, okay, you're

00:37:56.630 --> 00:37:58.730
going to carry the whole thing. Okay, we don't

00:37:58.730 --> 00:38:00.030
have to go through all that right now. No, I

00:38:00.030 --> 00:38:01.610
love that because I knew what was going to happen.

00:38:01.650 --> 00:38:05.750
I know. Because any time we talk about the word

00:38:05.750 --> 00:38:10.500
and how God sees us. You light up. We light up.

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:14.199
Why? Well, and there you go. It's because the

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:15.860
Word works. Because it's the Word and it works.

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:18.179
The Word of God works. Thank you for the Bible.

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:20.440
Lord God, thank you for giving us this book.

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:23.739
It's going to make me cry because why do we forget?

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:27.239
Why do we allow ourselves? The tiredness was

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:32.179
wearing on me this morning because I was so...

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:36.559
I know. Here's the weird double jeopardy thing.

00:38:37.150 --> 00:38:41.510
We know the more tired and brain foggy we get,

00:38:41.590 --> 00:38:44.050
the more we need the word of God. But we feel

00:38:44.050 --> 00:38:45.650
like we don't have the motivation or energy.

00:38:45.769 --> 00:38:48.309
It's like a double thing that happens where you're

00:38:48.309 --> 00:38:50.670
like, when you need it the most is when you have

00:38:50.670 --> 00:38:54.590
the least appetite for it and the least motivation

00:38:54.590 --> 00:38:58.090
to get into it. I got up and did my Bible time,

00:38:58.170 --> 00:39:00.210
got up at 5 .30 this morning because I thought

00:39:00.210 --> 00:39:04.489
we were walking at 6 .45. So I'm up, I'm in the

00:39:04.489 --> 00:39:08.090
word, I'm lit up. Like, I can't do it. I'm too

00:39:08.090 --> 00:39:10.989
exhausted. And then later when you got up, you

00:39:10.989 --> 00:39:13.130
just blew by my office. Usually you come in and

00:39:13.130 --> 00:39:16.050
we talk and say good morning. And you just were

00:39:16.050 --> 00:39:18.949
off to, I was like, are you okay? And you're

00:39:18.949 --> 00:39:21.769
like, I didn't sleep good last night. And I remember

00:39:21.769 --> 00:39:24.929
Tina going through these weeks and weeks of not.

00:39:24.969 --> 00:39:28.030
Oh, not sleeping well? That's brutal. I haven't

00:39:28.030 --> 00:39:30.869
been at that place in years. So it was just really

00:39:30.869 --> 00:39:32.869
unusual for that to happen to me last night.

00:39:33.170 --> 00:39:35.750
And, but it does, it affects every. It impacts

00:39:35.750 --> 00:39:40.010
you. I was reading something on health yesterday

00:39:40.010 --> 00:39:44.030
and talking about sleep is so important. And

00:39:44.030 --> 00:39:46.429
when you have sleep deprivation, it affects everything.

00:39:46.570 --> 00:39:48.690
Well, it does. It does. I couldn't even get up

00:39:48.690 --> 00:39:50.769
and go walk this morning, which I really needed

00:39:50.769 --> 00:39:53.570
to. But anyway, but you know what is even better

00:39:53.570 --> 00:39:57.409
than the walking is getting in the word and letting

00:39:57.409 --> 00:40:00.809
the word speak to you and you speak the word

00:40:00.809 --> 00:40:02.940
yourself. So let me ask you. I don't want to

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:05.099
put you on the spot, but, you know, my go -to

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:08.260
is Isaiah 54 and Deuteronomy 27. What comes to

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:10.760
your mind? Well, Deuteronomy 27 always comes

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:14.199
to mind. Is it 27 or 28? No, it's 27. Yeah, you

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:16.480
can look it up. Deuteronomy 27, the first 12

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:19.159
verses. That one always comes to mind. Faith

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:21.099
comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God,

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:25.219
which is hearing the message of Christ. And any

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:30.139
time I, you know, I get... Like a lot of people

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:34.900
who work and I work. You're very task mode. I'm

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:37.460
very task mode. So I have to kind of make myself

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:40.980
start with a devotion or get in the word. And

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:44.139
sometimes I don't. I'm like, oh my gosh, I've

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:46.519
got to get this done and then I'll do it later.

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:49.920
And I hate that because it really sets the tone

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:53.099
for your day. And so it's funny because I was

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:55.909
thinking last night about. a book called The

00:40:55.909 --> 00:40:59.170
Blood of Jesus. It's a devotion that Dawn from

00:40:59.170 --> 00:41:04.269
church gave me. And I remember waking up this

00:41:04.269 --> 00:41:06.510
morning and I was looking to see if I could find

00:41:06.510 --> 00:41:09.610
it and it wasn't in the drawers. I'm like, where

00:41:09.610 --> 00:41:11.230
is it? It's got to be in my office somewhere

00:41:11.230 --> 00:41:15.309
at home. And this morning in Bible study, that

00:41:15.309 --> 00:41:18.030
book was brought up because apparently she gave

00:41:18.030 --> 00:41:20.789
it to a lot of people that are actually in my

00:41:20.789 --> 00:41:22.630
Bible study and they were bringing it up. And

00:41:22.630 --> 00:41:25.619
I was like, I was talking to Tina and I was like,

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:28.019
that is so interesting because I literally had

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:30.320
that book on my mind last night that I want to

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:33.420
go through that devotion because it's all about

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:35.880
the blood of Jesus. Without the blood of Jesus,

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:39.280
we would not be here today. I mean, we would

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:42.019
not be in Christ. So I've watched you just come

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:44.179
alive this morning and hopefully our listeners

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:46.599
notice the difference. And I don't think it's

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.860
the caffeine because I haven't had that much.

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:49.500
It's not the caffeine. It's the word of God.

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:51.840
This is what it does. It's how it works. I'm

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:54.360
watching it in real time. time, even as I read

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:56.360
it, it did something in me. I was like, yes,

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:58.719
there's something inside of you just says, amen.

00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:02.920
Well, but I also love reminiscing where God worked

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:05.059
in, especially in your life, when you're shaking

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:08.239
in your boots, going to the, to the mayor. I

00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:10.480
mean, there's other times you've had to use that,

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:14.840
you know, talk scripture and put yourself in

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:18.880
that place. But that was because. You were going

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:22.739
into an unknown territory. And it just, it literally

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:25.139
made me think about how many unknown territories

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:28.949
we go into, but we're not armored up. I think

00:42:28.949 --> 00:42:30.670
if you're going to go to Walmart, you ought to

00:42:30.670 --> 00:42:32.710
pray the word before you go in. Come on now.

00:42:33.210 --> 00:42:37.449
I'm above only not, but I'm blessed coming in.

00:42:37.510 --> 00:42:40.670
I'm blessed going out. Those aren't just cheeky,

00:42:40.670 --> 00:42:44.690
cheesy cliches. It's the word of God, which is

00:42:44.690 --> 00:42:47.789
alive and living. But Jimmy, Sunday when you

00:42:47.789 --> 00:42:52.929
preached and you got to that point in your message

00:42:52.929 --> 00:42:57.960
where you started speaking that. You could feel

00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:00.920
the room change. The room shifts. It does. I

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:03.300
mean, obviously you're preaching out of the book

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:07.420
of Acts, Acts 19, and so that's the word. But

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:11.179
when you start changing it, you switch it to

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:15.179
where I am this, I am that. And it's not about

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:18.179
you. It's about who God is. There it is. The

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:20.820
whole room just changes. You feel the atmosphere

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:23.659
change. Yes. Literally. And we can change atmospheres.

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:25.599
And we can do that at home. We can do it at our

00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:27.360
dinner table. We can do it. We can do it at Walmart

00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:29.480
or HEB. And we can do it in the morning when

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:33.679
we feel tired and we just have to. But you know

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:36.940
what? It helps too. It's hard when you're alone.

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:39.360
And I think about the people like Martha who's

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:41.360
by themselves and they don't have anyone to help

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:45.059
lift them up. We have got to become. the hands

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:47.679
and feet of Jesus for those people and help them

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:54.360
understand that. I don't know the best way to

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:57.000
do it, but is I know she listens to this podcast,

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:59.639
so she's going to hear this, but we need to be

00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:02.820
able to help people understand that they have

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:07.179
those tools. And that, so we need to help those

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:09.840
people that are alone because for us, we were

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:12.280
able to do it right here together. But for those

00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:13.860
that are by themselves, they don't, and they

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:16.760
don't have that. We need to pray that the Lord

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:20.420
will infuse the word of God in them and it'll

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:24.980
help them be able to, to, to take that word of

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:27.500
God and say it out loud. Because you know what?

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:30.480
I can think it all I want and I can say, God,

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:33.030
I know what your word says, but. because that's

00:44:33.030 --> 00:44:35.429
usually what happens. But when you get it out

00:44:35.429 --> 00:44:37.429
there and you're saying it out there and you're

00:44:37.429 --> 00:44:40.949
saying it in your home out loud, or you're with

00:44:40.949 --> 00:44:42.690
people and you're telling them, I'm having a

00:44:42.690 --> 00:44:44.570
hard time, and you say, no, let me tell you what

00:44:44.570 --> 00:44:47.110
the Word says. And friends need to come around

00:44:47.110 --> 00:44:49.929
those people and be able to hold their arms up

00:44:49.929 --> 00:44:52.710
and speak that Word. It's important. You're spot

00:44:52.710 --> 00:44:56.409
on. Totally agree, 1 ,000%. The thing that always

00:44:56.409 --> 00:44:59.530
struck me about God's Word is you look at the

00:44:59.530 --> 00:45:02.170
book of Genesis in the first chapter. And God

00:45:02.170 --> 00:45:05.489
said, let there be light. And God said, let there

00:45:05.489 --> 00:45:07.730
be night and day. And God said, let there be.

00:45:07.809 --> 00:45:12.230
I mean, he said he declared with his words. He

00:45:12.230 --> 00:45:14.690
changed the atmosphere, obviously, on a massive

00:45:14.690 --> 00:45:17.630
scale. Right. He spoke it into existence. He

00:45:17.630 --> 00:45:20.429
spoke the world, the universes. Then you see

00:45:20.429 --> 00:45:23.869
Jesus come along. Right. You see you see his

00:45:23.869 --> 00:45:26.480
son come along. And what does he do? He speaks

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:29.480
to the storm. He doesn't think peace be still.

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:32.599
He says it. And even the way it's constructed

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:34.980
in the Greek language, it's with an exclamation

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:37.559
point. In other words, he yelled it. He declared

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:40.159
it. Well, and when he was in the wilderness and

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:42.820
the devil was coming at him, what did he do?

00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:46.320
He spoke the word. He says, and it is written.

00:45:46.989 --> 00:45:50.389
And then he declared it. It was always verbal.

00:45:50.550 --> 00:45:53.570
There's a verbal thing. God gave us a mouth,

00:45:53.650 --> 00:45:55.670
right? He gave us two ears, right? So we should

00:45:55.670 --> 00:45:57.889
listen more than we speak. It's a ratio there.

00:45:58.110 --> 00:46:01.429
But we need to declare the word of God back out

00:46:01.429 --> 00:46:03.190
into the atmosphere. But you know what? We didn't

00:46:03.190 --> 00:46:05.590
learn this. I don't think you didn't learn this

00:46:05.590 --> 00:46:07.889
in seminary. I can tell you that. I did not learn

00:46:07.889 --> 00:46:10.349
it in my Baptist church. I'll say that. We didn't

00:46:10.349 --> 00:46:13.130
learn this in the Baptist church, me growing

00:46:13.130 --> 00:46:15.550
up in a Baptist church from the age of 10 on.

00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:18.539
I actually learned this in a spirit -filled,

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:23.280
non -denominational church who taught me how

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:27.900
the Word of God applies. It's applicable to me

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:33.139
today for this moment. Why? Why? Why did we not

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:36.400
learn this in our denominational church? I mean,

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:39.039
I'm hoping they do now, but back then we didn't.

00:46:39.210 --> 00:46:41.710
And not a knock on denominational churches or

00:46:41.710 --> 00:46:44.690
mainline churches, but let me just say it this

00:46:44.690 --> 00:46:45.469
way. I'm just talking about the ones that we

00:46:45.469 --> 00:46:47.369
were in. Right. And what I want to say about

00:46:47.369 --> 00:46:51.389
that is that they're very cerebral, very in the

00:46:51.389 --> 00:46:54.130
head. It's more about content and information.

00:46:54.809 --> 00:46:57.889
What we've learned and understood in the Spirit

00:46:57.889 --> 00:47:01.269
is getting revelation as well as information.

00:47:01.869 --> 00:47:05.179
You've got to have both. And there's power in

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:08.079
repetition. Repetition opens the doors for revelation.

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:11.699
Revelation, that word literally means to be revealed

00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:14.440
or the layers peeled back. So when you say, I

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:16.300
got a revelation from God, that means I understand

00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:19.079
something that I didn't see before. Something

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:22.599
gets revealed. Something not seen now is seen.

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:25.820
And that's what happened as we ventured outside

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:28.559
of our mainline denominational church world.

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:32.019
And we met Christians who were living what I

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:34.440
would say is a victorious life. Not perfect,

00:47:34.519 --> 00:47:37.039
but they were living with their heads up because

00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:39.239
they understood how to work the Word of God.

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:42.119
And we learned that. And what's interesting is

00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:44.920
we learned it quickly. We felt like it resonated

00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:47.820
with us. It was total revelation just quickly.

00:47:47.900 --> 00:47:50.059
One thing I love about being in the Baptist world

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:52.300
and getting an under, you know, I got my undergrad

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:55.280
in theology. I got my master's in ministry and

00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:59.320
theology. And so all of that. taught me to love

00:47:59.320 --> 00:48:02.579
the Bible, to love the word of God. But the thing

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:04.940
I didn't get from that is how to work the word.

00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:07.639
So I knew the word was living. I knew it was

00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:09.780
alive, but I didn't know how to work it. And

00:48:09.780 --> 00:48:11.820
I don't like the word work. I like apply better.

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:14.360
Well, you know what I mean. I know, I do. It's

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:18.300
a simple ism. It is. But yeah, we weren't really

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:23.659
taught. You're funny. However, I didn't know

00:48:23.659 --> 00:48:26.980
how to apply it to me when the Bible said this.

00:48:28.110 --> 00:48:35.889
I do, I love my heritage, like you said. But

00:48:35.889 --> 00:48:40.349
I've gained so much more knowledge when we ventured

00:48:40.349 --> 00:48:43.030
out. When I was in my Bible study today, that's

00:48:43.030 --> 00:48:45.449
one of the girls I was sitting next to, Janie,

00:48:45.469 --> 00:48:48.150
who listens to this podcast, said that same thing.

00:48:48.210 --> 00:48:52.550
She said, I grew up staunch Catholic. Went to

00:48:52.550 --> 00:48:54.909
Catholic schools, the whole thing. And I've learned

00:48:54.909 --> 00:48:57.809
more at the bridge in the last three years than

00:48:57.809 --> 00:49:01.050
I ever learned. And I hear this every week. There's

00:49:01.050 --> 00:49:03.030
not a week that goes by that I don't hear that

00:49:03.030 --> 00:49:05.449
from somebody because people do like to share

00:49:05.449 --> 00:49:08.070
that. And I love that they're sharing that because.

00:49:09.650 --> 00:49:12.929
I feel like it's because God has given us such

00:49:12.929 --> 00:49:15.210
revelation and I want him to continue to do that

00:49:15.210 --> 00:49:20.289
because it's infinite. And so we're never going

00:49:20.289 --> 00:49:22.289
to have enough. We're always going to be learning.

00:49:22.369 --> 00:49:24.250
And if we ever get to a point where we know it

00:49:24.250 --> 00:49:28.050
all, then that's not a good place because nobody

00:49:28.050 --> 00:49:31.070
knows it all. But I understand what she's saying

00:49:31.070 --> 00:49:35.869
because of where we were and how we gained so

00:49:35.869 --> 00:49:40.619
much revelation. of applying the word. And so

00:49:40.619 --> 00:49:42.019
I think that's, it's really important. I'm so

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:44.059
thankful for those tools. And that's really what

00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:46.179
these are. They're tools. It's something you

00:49:46.179 --> 00:49:48.199
add to your tool belt. It's not the only thing,

00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:50.360
it's a thing. Well, and it's Neil Anderson did

00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:52.300
the same thing. Oh gosh. That's where I think

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:56.099
we got our first little tool of. a bookmark or

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:58.500
something because identity in Christ, who we

00:49:58.500 --> 00:50:01.940
are, how he sees us. And basically it's praying

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:03.900
the same thing. It's the same thing. I mean,

00:50:03.920 --> 00:50:05.920
literally when I pulled this up and I'm going

00:50:05.920 --> 00:50:08.280
to put this link in the newsletter. So I want

00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:10.159
everyone that hears this to go to our newsletter,

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:14.559
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00:50:14.559 --> 00:50:16.980
to subscribe to it. And I'm going to add to it

00:50:16.980 --> 00:50:19.420
the newsletter. Some of you will already get

00:50:19.420 --> 00:50:21.360
this, but those of you not just sign up for it.

00:50:21.380 --> 00:50:23.969
I'm going to add this link. And the link is to

00:50:23.969 --> 00:50:25.989
the Daily Scripture Confessions, Building Your

00:50:25.989 --> 00:50:28.150
Life on God's Word. Yes. And it'll just take

00:50:28.150 --> 00:50:30.090
you right there. You want to go try to find it.

00:50:30.489 --> 00:50:34.750
You can go to Bridge Church or bridgefbg .com.

00:50:34.829 --> 00:50:36.230
If you want to get there right now and not wait

00:50:36.230 --> 00:50:39.389
for the newsletter, bridgefbg .com, and then

00:50:39.389 --> 00:50:42.269
click on Daily Confessions at the top of the

00:50:42.269 --> 00:50:45.230
page. That's it. It's that simple. Daily Confessions,

00:50:45.289 --> 00:50:47.710
it'll take you right there. And this will be

00:50:47.710 --> 00:50:50.630
a tool, but you want to build, you want to sharpen

00:50:50.630 --> 00:50:53.269
your tool. You don't want a dull ax. You don't

00:50:53.269 --> 00:50:55.869
just go get an ax and then never sharpen it.

00:50:55.929 --> 00:50:57.929
You want to sharpen it. And how do you sharpen

00:50:57.929 --> 00:51:00.550
it? Through repetition. I've always said this.

00:51:00.590 --> 00:51:03.349
Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes

00:51:03.349 --> 00:51:06.050
permanent. And so you want to practice it. And

00:51:06.050 --> 00:51:07.989
as you practice it, it becomes more permanent

00:51:07.989 --> 00:51:12.369
and more accessible without having to find a

00:51:12.369 --> 00:51:15.150
scripture sheet or go find it. That's a great

00:51:15.150 --> 00:51:17.429
help. But you'll actually begin to memorize.

00:51:17.610 --> 00:51:20.030
It'll become automatic pilot. And when you get

00:51:20.030 --> 00:51:22.190
in a situation, you'll know what to do. You'll

00:51:22.190 --> 00:51:24.400
know where to go. Always say, if you know who

00:51:24.400 --> 00:51:26.320
you are, you'll know what to do. And so this

00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:29.400
would be a great help. Thank you so much, Annette.

00:51:29.579 --> 00:51:31.920
Wow. I watched you come alive. I came alive.

00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:34.519
You're on fire. It's like I got an adrenaline

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:36.280
rush. I need to turn the air conditioner on in

00:51:36.280 --> 00:51:38.219
here because it got hot in here when you got

00:51:38.219 --> 00:51:43.440
all fired up. No, it was good. Anytime you say

00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:45.539
you want to talk on faith, it lights me up. You're

00:51:45.539 --> 00:51:47.719
all in, yeah. I know. And so you probably knew

00:51:47.719 --> 00:51:50.280
that on purpose, knowing I was well. No, I didn't.

00:51:50.570 --> 00:51:52.969
It's interesting. I woke up thinking about this

00:51:52.969 --> 00:51:55.809
before you woke up. Wow. Because remember, I

00:51:55.809 --> 00:51:57.650
went to bed with that scripture on my mind. Yeah,

00:51:57.650 --> 00:51:59.190
that's true. You did say that. And that's another

00:51:59.190 --> 00:52:01.429
thing, just as an encouragement to you. Listen,

00:52:01.550 --> 00:52:03.929
I know we all scroll our phones at night. We're

00:52:03.929 --> 00:52:06.050
laying in bed. But guys, I want to encourage

00:52:06.050 --> 00:52:09.929
you to do something. Even if you are scrolling

00:52:09.929 --> 00:52:12.489
your phone, at least the last thing you want

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to do is get the Word. Look at the Bible. Always

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look at scripture before I turn the light off

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because I'm like, okay, I need to wash my soul

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of all the stuff, the dues and the misinformation

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I just took in. So we want to encourage you in

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this. I think we need to stay on this topic.

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I think this is something that is so important

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that when we come back next week, we need to

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stay on this. This is important and help our

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people really be able to get to and make the

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word apply and work for them. Hey, thank you

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guys for listening today. We love you. Go to

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you right there. We want to help you. We want

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to equip you. The scripture says that we're here

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to equip the saints for the work of ministry.

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That's exactly what we're called to do. That's

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Ephesians chapter four. And that's why we're

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here. We love you. Anything, anything on the

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way out? Cause that was so good. Wow. Wow. I'm

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invigorated. I feel like I just had 10 cups of

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caffeine. It's better than caffeine. The word

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works way better than caffeine. But listen, we

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love you guys for doing this because it, it helped.

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If it. If you can see in 40 minutes what it did

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to me, look at what it can do for you. I know.

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Check it out. All right, guys. We love you. Thanks

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for listening. Episode number 101. We love you

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more than you know. Have a great week on purpose.