Hello and welcome to another episode of Upfront and Undivided with Luke and Dean'na.
Hi.
Hey babe.
How's it going?
It's good.
Happy birthday.
Thank you baby.
It's a special birthday episode.
I mean it is.
Thank you.
I mean it is.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to me.
It's not about my, it's not an episode about my birthday.
It is not.
But thank you.
It is.
We are happy.
We are recording this on my, wow, my birthday.
So it's fine.
It's fine.
We were just discussing how our little guy decided he was going to sneak into our bedroom
last night and because he just wanted to, I just want to be with you more.
And now I'm tired.
And because he's eight, he has not quite mastered the art of sneaking.
It's like, it's, I'm trying to make noise right now and it just, it's like rattle, rattle,
rattle.
Yeah.
It just, it's not sneaky.
Yeah.
It's a dude, what are we doing?
I just want to be with you mom.
Okay.
It's okay.
That's fine.
Yeah.
But I, I rejoice in these moments.
Yes.
It's a, it's a, at least our kids want to be near us.
That's it.
You know what I mean?
It's like, it's, it is good that for the most part, our kids still like to hang out with
us for most days.
Gabri, she's, you know, she's runs with her buddies and she does her, you know, summer
because it is summer.
So we do not see a lot of her, but when we do, it is sweet and it's nice.
And when she is with us, she does genuinely seem to be with us, which is nice.
Agreed.
So, but it's funny cause like, um, my morning started obviously with that.
And that was like at three or four.
I don't remember somewhere around there this morning.
And then happy birthday, happy birthdays and phone calls and loved ones and my sister from
another mister and my actual brother and my mom.
And just everybody singing happy birthday and my brother singing happy birthday.
You said it best in the rendition of what only a brother can sing.
Exactly.
It was, I was full of all of the let's, you know, you smell like a shoe and look like
a monkey and all of the fun stuff that goes with that.
And, and I told my mom to hit him because he's being mean, but it was waking up to
you.
Well, I was going to bed with you asking, you know, are me saying, Hey babe, it's my
birthday tomorrow.
Yeah.
And then the realization of 48, like what is 48?
What does that even look like?
What does that even mean?
Um, I've, I'm already kind of crafting probably a post later today just to kind of, I want
to sit in my thoughts a little bit because every so often you stand back and like, you
know, you think 50 is a milestone, but it's like, what about the years leading up to,
and what does that look like?
What does that feel like?
We have an 18 year old, we have an eight year old.
We, you know, we have, um, people in our lives that have babies that look at us as, as like,
you know, like kind of, kind of grandparents sort of, but friends, but they look at us
as parents.
Yeah.
And then we're really good aunt and uncle.
Yeah.
And so here we get to pour out all of this love and get surrounded by all of these people.
And you know, and that was one of the things that my brother had asked, he goes, what are
you guys doing today?
And I was like, I really don't know.
And in, and I'm not saying that in any way, because please understand me guys.
Luke takes such good care of me.
Like you guys got me, I came downstairs to record and you were so cute cause you had
my birthday present sitting on the desk.
And, and my big thing has always been just acknowledged me, but more so than anything,
I think I woke up to the, went to bed with and woke up with a thought of, I just want
to be surrounded by people that I love.
Yeah.
Um, that love me that genuinely want to be in that space with me.
And even more so, um, when we do go out and about whatever it is that we decide to do
today, if we decide to do anything, cause we woke up to rain, we went to bed to rain,
woke up to rain.
It's been a beautiful day.
It's been just kind of a, a not anything planned kind of day.
And some people that drive some crazy and other people, they roll with it, but that's,
that's the day that I've been given.
And I'm just, I'm standing back saying, father, I, for my birthday, I have been crying all
morning off and on, but good tears.
Um, and so I probably will start now.
But, but it's one of those where I want for my birthday, who, this is a really big request
and a scary request.
Cause you don't know where it's going.
Right.
God, I want you to deal with me so that way I can be the best 48 that I possibly can.
That's good.
And I don't even know what that looks like.
I don't know what that looks like, but I know that it's good because we have a good father
that he saw fit for me to see 48.
He saw fit for me to be in the space with you, with the kids, with family, with friends.
And I, I want him to deal with me in every capacity so that way I can be the best that
I can be for him.
And I know that I think last year I had that revelation too, but it's like, and I think
he has done that sweetly for me this past year, but I want to go even deeper.
I want to be even better.
I don't know what that looks like, but I just know that there's still flesh inside of me
that I go gross.
Do you know what's wrong with you?
That I, that I want to be disciplined about to die.
Yeah.
That I, I want, I, and I know that that's going to take discipline.
Yeah.
I know that's going to take a mindset and I know that that's a lot of what you want
to talk about today.
It is.
So, so to kind of jump on the, the earlier of you being tired and us waking up in the
middle of the night.
Yes.
Happy birthday to me.
Yes.
Happy birthday to you.
We got a surprise visitor.
But you know, because I did, I woke up to not as much as you, I woke up enough to know
that he was there and something was going on, but I was like, okay, it's taken care
of.
I'm not needed in this.
Yeah.
But with waking up tired and sometimes being tired, you know, sometimes just as a parent,
as working, you know, just, just life happening.
I kind of wanted to talk about that in the grand scheme of things and with life and everything,
especially when you have a list of to do items.
And so I'm, I'm calling this episode when motivation doesn't move you.
That's a good title.
Thank you.
That's a good title.
You know, because I, I know, you know, I know in, in the realm of, you know, self-improvement,
you know, productivity, you know, business, family life, you know, there's, there's a
lot of people that I'm looking for.
I'm waiting for the motivation.
I'm, I'm, I'm waiting for the motivation to, to clean my house.
I need that spark.
Yeah.
I'll get this, I'll get this done when, when it, when the mood strikes me, you know, and
there's, there's a lot of people that, you know, they're, it's, it's almost like they're
chasing that motivation without doing anything about it.
And so it's like, you know, it's, it's always that motivation versus discipline, you know?
And I know as far as like, you know, working out, going to the gym type stuff, I know we've
seen a lot of people talk about it.
I know we've talked a lot about it individually or, you know, off, off microphone, you know,
but it's, it's this thing that if you wait for motivation, it will rarely, if ever come.
Right.
It's that, you know, what are you doing to build that habit in you?
Yeah.
You know, that you know that I need to, I need to step out and I need to start doing
this, you know, kind of thinking, you know, I mentioned, you know, cleaning the house,
you know, because I know sometimes people like, oh, I, I need to clean the house.
I need to clean the house.
I just, I'm waiting for the energy to clean the house.
And all of a sudden it's like, you get a phone call or a text and it's like, somebody's going
to be coming over and all of a sudden it's like, there's your motivation.
But you don't, oh no.
And then all of a sudden it's, it's like a mad dash sprint of chaos to all of a sudden
try to get something done.
Yeah.
You know, I know, you know, I, I'm, I'll put it on me.
I know when, back when I was in college and stuff like that, and it's like, you're putting
something off, like putting a paper off or something.
And then all of a sudden you realize it's, it's 11 o'clock, the paper is due at 1159.
Oh, drats.
Right.
But that wasn't the words that came out of my mouth.
Right.
And then all of a sudden you're in this mad dash of chaos.
Yeah.
And, and yes, there are some people that are like, well, I thrive in that.
And it's like, but do you?
Yeah.
Just because you get it accomplished, just because there are our glimpses of success in
this mad dash of chaos.
Does that really mean that you thrive in that type of stressful chaos?
I think, I think you kind of nailed it a little bit.
Not necessarily that people thrive in it because I will, I will.
Our, our, we have sweet family.
Yes, yes we do.
That, that says this a lot.
And I want to say, no, you have an adrenaline dump that is happening to you that is moving
you because all of a sudden you're, you want to say the words that, oh poop, this is about
to, this is about to happen and we need to figure this out.
And it is, it's a thing of procrastination.
Yeah.
It's, it's, I believe that there's a, there's a spirit of you, you actually had that meme
or whatever it is that you saw.
And I've seen it before and I absolutely loved it, but procrastination is basically you looking
at God and thinking that he is actually going to give you a second chance to, for this one
opportunity or the arrogance of that.
I think that's actually some of the words, wording of it, but basically we're, we're
like, oh, well I've got time.
I can do this as opposed to, you know what, this is something that's weighing on me now.
This is something I need to probably do now.
If I want to do something, if I have a goal, okay, they always say summer bodies are built
in winter.
Yes.
You know, it's, it's, if you, if you want to build something and you want to build it
properly and you want to do it in a way and in a manner that is going to be successful,
that's going to bring forth health, that's going to bring forth success, you've got to
put the leg work into it like yesterday.
You do.
And I, I think that when people say I thrive in that, I genuinely believe that I don't,
I don't believe it's a thriving in that.
I think they genuinely get the high from that adrenaline of, oh my gosh, I've got to do
this because that is a natural, that is a God given thing that actually he places inside
of us.
But that should not be your motivation to run.
It's kind of like that, that fight or flight, the, you know, the, the, the people that,
you know, go and do extreme sports for, for chasing that rush of this makes me feel alive.
You know, it's like life is so, it's like, you feel like life is so dull and boring that
you have to do something extreme to, to, to feel alive and whether that's good or bad.
Right.
But, and I think also it's, I agree.
Yes.
I guess part of it is procrastination, but I know also you and I have had conversations
that sometimes it's, it's priority.
Agreed.
You know, it's, it's where are you putting your priorities for accomplishing a task?
Yeah.
And, and I know, again, I know life happens, you know, I'm looking at our own life.
I'm looking at our own home and you know, as much as we would love to, to sit here and
say, you know, how cool would it be if once a month we, we did a deep clean of every corner
of our house.
That would be awesome.
You know, exactly.
You know, that would, you know, but I know it's sometimes life happens and sometimes
it is sometimes we have that conversation of, I don't feel like it.
You know, we don't have the motivation to clean our own house.
Yeah.
Hear me out.
We do not live in a mess.
We just don't deep clean our house.
I was going to say, I think surely we have enough friends that can vouch for us out
to go on sneakily the other shop because they don't want us to because they care about that.
You know,
Right.
Paused.
But you know, we're taking practical steps out of washing the floor there's desire to
build a new home.
We're building our own home.
to memorize and it's like well but I really want to go and you know my
fraternity brothers are throwing this event or having you know the social hour
and it's like I would rather participate in that yeah then do my paper right you
know and it's it's like and and sometimes it's what is more important to
you yeah sometimes it's what sounds more fun to you and and sometimes it's you
know again sometimes it's the the picking the not fun over the fun I know
we were kind of having a conversation about this earlier and a little bit
yesterday of you know there are days where I don't want to work and I don't
you know there are times I almost dry hear me hear me hear me out on this
people because I'm it might sound bad at first but but hear me out let me finish
there are days that I don't want to be a dad or a husband and I and I just want
to just sit on the couch and and play video games there there are moments I
have there are days that I that come and I'm just like I'm tired I feel worn out
I feel exhausted I feel mentally drained I just I just want to sit on the couch
and watch a movie or play video games and and just be by myself under a rock
and and it's it's okay for for thoughts like that to come it's okay for people
to have those thoughts you know I'm sure you have had your moments of I don't
want to be a mom or a wife it's it's probably more so often yeah people even
it would admit yes I I'll just I'll say that straight up and it's usually
because all of a sudden you're getting pulled from several different directions
or you're getting drained in a space that that you genuinely don't need that
that like you you you walk up or I'll say something and it pokes a hole into
like your cup in that moment and not meaning to but just that's what happened
and you don't need that in that moment yeah right and it's and it's one of
those where I'll say as mom as a mom and as wife there's you know I've even joked
I've joked with you I'm doing quotation yes air quotes but I've joked with you
and I've said babe there's there's those moments where I want to grab the keys
and just say peace out yeah I'll be back but don't nobody follow me I don't want
anybody in the car I just want to go and be with my thoughts yeah and and and I
want to I want to follow up also you know because even when you even when
those thoughts do come in and and when you have those those moments and those
days you know again it's what choices are you making yeah you know because
again I I know I've had moments I'll take like five minutes here ten minutes
there yeah you know maybe even up to an hour but for the most part I feel pretty
good about saying that I don't check out as a dad or a husband you don't you know
you know I do my best to you know to be faithful to my family to be there for my
family to be faithful to my job you know that when I commit to something I've
committed to something yeah you know even if it's not fun even if it hurts
it's like nope I said I was gonna do this I said I was gonna follow through
so you know because again when it when it comes to this this discipline when it
comes to you know all these things of priorities and all that it's remember
it's it's a twofold thing right because it's a it's a commitment you know when
it when it comes down to like you and your spouse you and your kids that's
that's covenant those are covenant relationships of you're in a covenant
with this person yeah so you you will follow through you know I want to say I
almost said you should follow through but it's like no it's covenant you you
will yes this is the you are Christian you are following God you were led by
the Holy Spirit you are in a covenant relationship you will follow through with
that relationship yeah but also I want to say because your kids are watching
because others around you are watching you know and and even if people know
that your life is falling apart there are people that will watch you to say I
wonder what will happen next I know the circumstances yeah how will he
handle it yeah will he fold will you crumble will he trudge on yeah you know
because again people from the outside that might encourage them absolutely
with whatever is going on in their life absolutely your kids that will teach
them mm-hmm that yes you can make it through absolutely you know you can feel
like completely crumbling but you can make it through right you know and and
also I mean I'll say it you know I'm guessing here but you know even even for
your spouse you know I because I've seen you you trudge through things and you
make it through things and it's like it's like I don't always say it like I
should but it's like I'm proud of you for making it through for like you know
what I don't want to do this I don't want to be here I'm done but I'm gonna
do this because I said so you know I am proud of you when you march through and
you just keep going sometimes I want to grab you and just tie you down and be
like just rest just take it easy just rest just just call it just call it just
just back out yeah but you don't yeah I am I'm I'm proud of you in those moments
that you you do that and and that's what this is for and you know say yeah I
would say because you keep saying it it's like you're saying it but you're
not saying it yeah because one of the things that I think because it's like
okay all right guys I hear what you're saying I hear that you're saying as far
as the motivation isn't always gonna be there and whatnot so what what do you do
what do you do and a lot of times I will say for me personally you number one you
want to make you almost want to do a self-check you want to you want to gut
check yourself even in that space you want to say okay why am I tired is it
because my body's moved too much is it because it hasn't moved enough is is it
because my mind is set on things that are heavy or am I capturing every
thought and washing it with the Word of God what is it exactly that's wearing me
out what is it that's that is killing not just the motivation because again I
hear what you're saying yeah that you can't you can't bank on being motivated
even when God tells you to do something oh yeah especially when God tells you to
do something because there's those moments where the enemy goes oh like
this came straight from the throne we have got to do everything we can to trip
this up right and so it's like capture those thoughts start with the battle
that's in your brain you know when we wake up all right father first of all
thank you come with an attitude of gratitude make sure that what's coming
out of your mouth isn't but it's you know what because it was it was for a
moment I was like he's in the room now now I can't sleep because that is kind
of the reality with me yeah but you know what father I thank you that I have a
son that wants to come and be close and just wants to be with us and thank you
that this is this is stuff that isn't gonna be here all the time we have an
18 year old she doesn't come into our room and lay on the floor well she does
but not in the middle of it's usually just to come and talk but you know what
I mean but it's it's it's understanding that we've got a first set ourself in a
space to succeed we have to figure out where the trip ups are because when that
because that's gonna make the motivation even harder to show up if we don't
discipline ourselves into certain spaces discipline our thoughts discipline our
minds discipline our bodies discipline even our words what are we saying what
are you saying out loud you know because when we speak we hear ourselves and we
believe ourselves before we believe anybody else so it's like what are you
saying to yourself in that moment yeah I like that and also I was gonna say when
you were talking about you know like especially when you know it's it's
sometimes it's hard to motivate ourselves you know even when even when
it's a voice from God you know it's a word from the throne because yes not
only will the enemy try to trip us up but those times when it is God's called
me to do this but that doesn't sound fun oh see yeah I yeah or or I almost want to
say but that's not as visible ooh God's called me to do this but that's not
visible you yeah I say you because I've been there yeah I mean just you
genuinely you yeah and we say this we say this to our children specifically
right now to our college student it's it we say this to ourselves you know it's
you've got to do the groundwork you've got to do the hard you got to put skin
in the game you've got to get some sweat equity going yeah if you want certain
results you've got to do certain things we have a covenant God yeah and you would
even that was even what kind of got us on this conversation because we're
talking about this morning just like you know like what God will bless you yes he
will give you favor period he's a good father a good father also requires hey
hey you know I'm not the only one that's here he's a covenant God that's what
makes him so good like he gives us choice I literally flip back to one of
the last days that I was at school and here God gives me this opportunity to
sit with this young man and to talk to him and he's like how can you tell me
there's a good God because he's a good a good God gives you choice yeah I mean a
lot of days it's like just tell me what to do well God did tell us what to do he
gave us his word he gave us his Holy Spirit but you're still not doing it so
you're now you're like but I'm gonna do what I want to do God you know you tell
me I have to do this but I have to okay our kids are gonna be our kids
regardless if they listen to us or not we love them but there's certain things
that they can that they're gonna reap benefits from there's blessings that
come when you do things a certain way because just because I mean just it just
because yeah I mean Deuteronomy there's blessings there's cursings choose which
way do you want to go where you want to go do you want to fulfill your flesh
excellent then just know that you're gonna reap XYZ yeah oh you want us you
want to you want to go and fulfill the things of the spirit that are eternal
okay then awesome you're gonna you're gonna reap XYZ and then it's like we
just we just got a walk in it yeah we've got a walk in it we've got a we've got
a one oh we want we've got a want the long-term lasting yeah more than we want
the fleeting momentarily flush stuff oh great and and that was kind of something
else I was gonna mention you know because you're what you are you're
talking about walking it out and all that and and I was also another part of
this that I had in my mind was when God has called you to do something or if you
have it in your mind of of this is where I want to go it's like or this is what I
want to do or whatnot it's like yes God will bless you God will God wants to
bless you abundantly yeah just like any parent wants to bless their child
abundantly yeah there's also times where you need to look and say what steps do
I need to take yeah to get ready for that moment yeah you know it's like you
know because again it's well I'm not quite strong in my finances so I just
need God to to bless me with more money so that I can be better with my
finances and it's like yes God can do that yeah God can absolutely 100% do
that but how about you start working towards being wise with your current
finances so that way when God blesses you with a huge pile of cash yeah you're
wiser with those financial decisions that's a you know if if you want to you
know one day I want a really nice car yeah go ahead and take the steps now
with your current car that might not be as nice yep and treat it like a nice
car yeah so that way when you do have that nice car you know how to take care
of it it's a it was also it reminds me I forget what his first name is pastor
gray yeah I forget and I forget where he's from I think one of the Carolinas
maybe or Georgia Georgia but he did he did a really great thing and it was you
know talking about that that scripture of a man who finds a wife finds a good
thing yeah and and he goes on and the I love the way he explains it because
again it's a man who finds a wife not a man who finds a girl who makes him a
girlfriend who makes her fiance who makes her a wife it's a man who finds a
wife yeah if you eventually want to be you know because because because
basically like the lesson in it is start walking now in what you want to be yeah
so that way when it happens you are ready yeah yeah you know because again
if you eventually want to be married start acting now like kind of have the
mindset and and some of like the principles down of what you want to be
like what kind of husband do you want to be what kind of wife do you want to be
what kind of parent do you want to be I'll say it out loud I'll say it out
loud when you are married you're not sleeping around no when you are married
you're not checking out every flirting you're not flirting yeah when you are
married with your spouse but that's it yeah when you are married you're not
watching porn when you're not watching porn anyway but you hear what I'm saying
it's just you shouldn't be right because it is it's a it's you are have you have
a covenant with your eyes you have a covenant with your heart you have a
covenant with God when you have a covenant with God he's got all of you
all of you yeah and somehow are along the way we think oh well just a little
bit of here a little bit of there well I mean just for salvation God so I don't
go to hell nope nope that's not what his word says yeah he talks about
literally like hey depart from me I never knew you yeah if you can't give me
everything then we don't have a relationship we don't have a covenant we
don't have it we don't have it it doesn't it doesn't exist and it's like
and as you're talking about like becoming the things that you want to see
his word simply says if you are fateful and the little I will bless you with that
much more yeah but if you can't be fateful in the small things that I have
placed in front of you I can't trust you yeah and I love you enough if we can't
trust our sweet boy with a butter knife why on earth would we hand him a machete
or you know what I mean it's like if you have not been tried and tested yeah
because I'm trying to keep you safe and because I'm trying to keep you from
hurting anybody else yeah even in the Garden of Eden like that one pastor that
we listen to in Revelation where I think it was the same pastor actually where
he's talking about because of Adam and Eve it wasn't so much that God didn't
want to give them everything in the garden he wanted to give it to them in
the proper order if you go out of order of what it is that God wants yes then
it's going to wreck you it's going to literally kill you yeah it's going to
mess you up and if you can't do today to be fateful in that like you said the
fault the small finances if you can't be fateful in even where your eyes bounce
as far as looking around at people if you can't if you can't be fateful even
in the words that you speak and the thoughts that you think then you can't
graduate to the next thing not because we don't have a good God not because
he's not generous and kind and loving it's because he is it's because he says
there's a muscle you need to grow there there's moments we look at our daughter
I'm an adult now I can do this now right no actually that would not be good for
you today right because this is a muscle that you still have not developed and if
you were to go out there now you are welcome to you do have that right to
leave you do not have to stay yeah but if you do try to go outside of what it
is that you need without taking the proper steps without getting the
disciplines down to do the things that you need to do to go to the places you
need to go yeah you're gonna you're gonna fall hard and miserably and it's
it's gonna be rough yeah and too many times I think people they blame God oh
yeah they blame God they blame they blame their circumstances they blame
everything else but take responsibility yes what do you need to be doing right
now what should and we're talking to ourselves guys we're talking to y'all
literally like what is the next stepfather because that's the season I
mean every season brings this where we you know okay it's summertime that's
great but what do we need to do in preparation of because fall is coming
yeah and things need to be happening what do we need to do we want to see
this over here in July well we need to be starting to do this here in May we
want to see that coming next year okay well then that means we need to start
maybe it's it's the reaping and the sowing and it's the harvest and the and
it's all of this stuff yeah it's it's Ecclesiastes literally there's a time
for everything yeah you need to be disciplined in your relationship with
God you have to have that covenant with him and say what do you want to do today
how do you want to do it and then follow through no matter what mundane it might
be the beautiful thing is is God's taking you on a journey yeah we get our
heads in this space where if it's not post worthy or if it's not Instagram
worthy or if it's not I'm rolling my eyes right now you know if it's not all
of the things if it's not getting the airplay then it's not no man God's got
you maybe he's got you in hiding maybe he's got you buried and and he's got
you planted and he's good and he's trying to create roots inside of you or
you know oh man I we don't even get you know 20 20 25 you know downloads per
episode this is this is a failure it's like no it's not no it's not no it's not
because we've got people we've got y'all yeah we've got people and we've got us
and what is this is our version of talking out our issues in front of other
people and you guys get to hear it how how incredibly blessed are y'all exactly
but it's true yeah because again it's we're not an anomaly now we're not an
anomaly at all we say this unfortunately we say this to ourselves to our kids a
lot you're not an anomaly there's nothing new under the Sun there's nothing
there's nothing that you are facing that God hasn't already overcome or that
there's nothing that you are facing that others around you are having this same
thoughts it probably just will look different because it's in a different
space but it's it's genuinely you're hitting the same thing yeah
yeah like I mean as far as our daughter her friends your students when you were
at you know teaching at the high school yeah it's like how many times did you
well nobody else is going through this and I'm different I'm the only one that
has these thoughts no every every teenager has these thoughts every
teenager is trying to figure out who they are in this world every teenagers
trying to figure out what should they do how did they fit in what do their
friends think who should I date all of it yeah I'll say 99.9% of all teenagers
have those exact same thoughts and they're convinced that nobody else is
having those thoughts and they're the only ones the enemy is so crafty oh yeah
totally it just it fascinates me he he's into isolation he wants you to think
that you're the only one in this fight yeah and it's and it's a lie yeah and we
we are here today to tell you it's a lie yeah it's a lie you're not the only one
that's fighting these thoughts that's fighting this battle yeah it reach out
to people around you talk to people have a conversation commune with them hey find
yourself an accountability partner talk to people that will keep your feet to
the fire I've got a good couple of them that just like I went and sat and talked
with one yesterday to the point where I'm sunburned but it's fine and it's and
it is it's one of my besties and I'm just I'm like we're solving all the
world's problems yes but what we're also doing is we're iron sharpening iron we're
reminding ourselves that even in the space where we can't God can or where we
can't our friend saddles up next to us and says I'll do this with you this is
too heavy for you to do it by yourself I'm placed in your life for a reason
God created covenant he created covenant relationships not just with him with
other people around you and they are going to if you are wise you're going to
have people around you that have different thoughts that have biblical
truth guys don't get me wrong here don't get weird on me please okay don't be all
like humanistic and all of the crud I'm talking about like you have different
experiences you have different like you're bringing a different genre to
the plate right you got ska versus classical you got you got jazz versus
hip-hop you've got you know what I'm saying this is you have people that have
different flavors that they get to bring to the table that we all serve one God
and we say what is the word of God say yes what is the word of God say because
we've got to have we've got to be I'm putting my fingers together it's like
we've got to be this this infamitable force am I did I say that right yeah
just it's it's we've got to we've got a link shields we've do we've got to do it
because the enemy wants to isolate you he wants to make you think that you can't
do this yes and the fact is that you can with his spirit with his word with
people around you with him guiding you you remembering that you have a purpose
that God created you on purpose for a purpose you're not walking around this
world just aimlessly there is a purpose there is a there is a reason why he
placed you in the family that he placed you in in the skin that you're in in the
mindset with the with the life with the stuff with the struggles with the even
your personality why do you gravitate to certain things the way that you see it
all of it all of it yeah your your sense of humor or lack thereof some of y'all
just y'all are dry but that's how God created you to be and that's okay that's
okay because you have a place at the table yeah you have a place in this world
that God literally said I need so-and-so I'm going to create them yep and so just
know that the motivation the motivation should simply be this our motivation
should be father I thank you you woke me up today and I have breath on my lungs
I'm in my right mind what do you want to do yeah what do you want to do and if
you need help to follow through with it by all means find somebody to help follow
through with it write down your vision God speaking to you he wants to give you
he wants to show you things he wants you to go on these great adventures write
down the vision yeah because the enemy is gonna trip you up oh yeah he's gonna
tell you things about the people in your life that you love and he's gonna tell
you all the wrong and he's gonna tell you how they're gonna burn down with
fire and all of this stuff that's gonna come with it because listen to me that's
what happens as a mom as a wife let me tell you all of the 14,000 things that
can completely go wrong here and then stand back and say wait a minute yeah
wait a minute but God yeah God you said you said you said think on the things
that are just and true and lovely and of good report you said to think to capture
my thoughts you said mm-hmm you said and start and start speaking those things
out write them down speak them out and then walk it yeah knowing that God will
meet you and you will succeed yes amen I was gonna say I think I think that we
pretty much already said everything that needs to be said that's good yeah put
it out on the table that's it yep happy birthday to me baby happy birthday to
you it's gonna be good yes and I also thought about this really quickly we
just celebrated Memorial Day yes we also want to say we honor and we ask that God
comes so so close yes to those people in the midst of because a lot of you guys
might be going through some stuff right now Dina Luke I my mind is like
jarbled right now I don't I can't even think straight yeah we pray peace we
pray the healing power of God right now over your minds over the ones that have
lost people we we thank you father that freedom isn't free even in your kingdom
yeah it was paid by a price with your son's blood and we thank you we thank
you for the ability to even have this yes all right have the best week guys
enjoy the journey