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Hello and welcome to another episode of Upfront and Undivided with Luke and Dean'na.
Hi babe. Hey babe. How's it going? It's good. How are you? Doing pretty good.
We've got some big news. We do have big news. Yes, so I don't know if we mentioned
it or not. We did, but you can share for those that did not see. Okay. Yeah. So
we are officially, according to people that have listened to our podcast, yes,
outside of Antarctica, yeah, we have been listened to at least once on every
continent. Yeah, so if you know anybody on Antarctica, if you can give them a
shout out for us and tell them. I don't know if they track it down there though.
Yeah, because they don't even get stats. See, I think it's because they're like us.
They probably would, but there's no permanent residents down there. Oh, you're
right. Yeah. I do want to go one day just to say we went and get
icicles coming from our noses and things of that nature. Yes, so there's that. Yeah.
And we have reached over a thousand downloads. I'm really, I'm very excited.
I'm pretty stoked about that. I'm excited. I'm very excited about that. I'm grateful for our
friends that helped us get all of the continents aside from Antarctica.
Thank you, Tanya. And she's our friend in Australia. Yes. And I'm just grateful for
every one of you guys that have been really supportive in this journey with
us. Yeah, we appreciate you. It's overwhelming. It's like I miss, I miss
Tenny and Doyan and I miss different friends that we get to see every week
and then they kind of like, I got to listen and stuff like that. So if guys, if
y'all are listening right now, just let us know you're good. They, they moved and
they're onward and upward and some amazing things and we know that God has
transplanted them over into new territory so that way they could be a
blessing and that they could expand and what it is that God has downloaded
inside of them and so we just speak of blessing over them and just a continual
increase of God's presence and goodness. And we still have a ton of friends local that do listen to us. Yes, y'all are the best.
Give us, give us crazy emoji eyes when after, you know, they're like, oh my god, really? Yeah, why? Why you calling me out?
Or what was it, a couple of times ago they're like, why, why is all this conviction? It's like dude, we were getting hit hard
ourselves. Listen, we don't just do it just to convict you guys. We're, it's
happening in real life time with us as we're saying it. And I feel, I, part of me
feels bad because like people will compliment us on the podcast and they're like,
man, what you said? And I'm like, what'd I say? Yeah, you want to go, which episode are you on?
Well, not even that, but it's like, yeah, there's so often it's like, I say this,
you know, I say it for the podcast or I'll say something, you know, like to
somebody and all of a sudden it's like, as soon as it leaves my mouth, it's like
gone. And I'm like, I don't know what I say. Yeah, yeah, but we know it's good.
Yeah. And our desire is that it's good. Yeah. And our desire is always that it's
of God. So thank you guys genuinely. Thank you. This is, it's, it's fun because as
we're talking to each other and looking at each other, I also, it's like we, you
can see the Rolodex of friends faces popping up periodically. So just, just
know that we're constantly wanting to speak the goodness, such goodness and
wisdom from heaven so all of us can succeed. So that is, that is the whole
point of this journey. Yes. So what are we talking about today, babe? So today we're
gonna kind of come at something from a couple different angles. Yeah. Because we
had different ideas about it. But the title is, How Did You Build Your House? I
like that. Yeah. So, so like your physical house. I mean. Your life house. I mean,
we'll go with the metaphor of your physical house. Okay. Your physical
earthly house. Yeah. But yeah, I'm thinking kind of the the spiritual, the
emotional. Yeah. Relationships. Yeah. You know, just how does your life look? Yeah.
You know, because I know we were talking again about the two different ways that
we could look at this and all. And it all comes down to, it all comes down to
foundation and identity. Right. You know, at the basis, at the bedrock of the
different directions that we're looking at. Yes. The, it all, it does. It comes
down to identity and foundation. Right. Because without identity and foundation.
Right. If those aren't solid, everything is gonna fall apart. That's right. That's
right. Those are the things that give you the presets. Yeah. And when we talk about
the, like you have a preset on your car, like your car radio for those that
actually still use them. I do. But it's like you have, okay, I want to jam out.
Yeah. Okay, well I know that I can go to, I almost said the station and I'm like,
I'm not gonna do a shameless plug of stations. I'm looking for some rock. Yes. I
know which. Good classic rock. I know which, and you can see my car. You know which
button that is. I can see your car. I know which button that is. When that rock
gets too much for me in your car. Yeah. I know what other button I can, or I can
push that's gonna give a compromise for our music choices in that moment. And so
it's like you know if you push a certain button you're gonna get a certain
response back to you. Yeah. That's a lot of the certain presets that you need to
lay in your life. Whether it's your relationships, it's just how you respond
to stress, how do you respond to life in general, you know, how do you respond to,
I don't know, somebody's trying to come on to you and you happen to be married.
Yeah. What is your preset? You know it's those, and that all seems like, well
yeah, Dina, and it's like, but no, see a lot of people don't have a preset there.
What's your preset? Well my preset is I don't engage. Right. I'm not gonna engage
in your, I'm gonna engage in your flirting, or I'm not gonna engage in your
argument, or I'm, you know what, I'm gonna speak the blessings of God where there
might be destruction, and you know, because like you hit your thumb with a
hammer, something's gonna come out. There's a preset that comes out, you know,
and sometimes it's fudge, sometimes it's not, and that, and it's just, what is your
preset? What's your foundation laid on? You know, it's like when financial
stress or strain, you know, things are starting to get a little lean, or we're
in an economy right now. People, it's a recession, it is what it is, but we know
who our source is. See, there's your preset. Right. Wait, but, but this is
happening, and price of gas and food is going up, and all of this stuff is
happening, and it's like, yeah, but what's your preset? Because ultimately, where,
where does your hope come from? Where does your help come from? Well, my help
comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. That's scripture, that's his
word. So if you know his word, if you know what he says in his word, I will never
leave you or forsake you, Luke. Yeah. I'm not gonna leave you or forsake you. I'm
with you, up to all the days of your life, you know, and it's like, if we know
what he has said to us, what he said about us, then we become a little bit
more unshakable. Yes. In the times of what could be shaken. Yeah, right. Because you
have a scripture. I've actually got a couple of scriptures. Okay, let's draw out
some scriptures. So the first scripture, it's gonna take me a second, it's Matthew
seven, and a lot of people know this, it's seven 24 27. And it's, therefore,
everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man
who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the
winds blew and beat against that house and yet it did not fall, for its
foundation had been built on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of
mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house
on the sand and the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat
against the house and it fell and it and it's and great was its fall. Yeah. Sorry,
I tripped up on those. No, you're good. But again, it's, you know, like I said, it
comes down to foundation. Yeah. You know, the Word of God is our foundation. That's
right. And when you when you build your lives on that word on, you know, with
faith, yeah, that's what happens is you're you're now stood on solid rock.
That's right. You have a firm foundation and whatever you put on top of that
foundation is going to is gonna stand. That's right. Because in my mind, the
other day we had a conversation and we have a lot of conversations, you know, and
a lot of our conversations bring up these conversations. Yes. Because people
have asked, they're like, what, you know, how do you do this? What do you do? And
it's like, well, we have conversations. And, you know, again, I know we've said
this, but part of this came out of people saying, man, if I could just be a fly on
the wall for conversations. Yeah. You know, but we came across something and it's,
you know, being there for people is is on our hearts. Yeah. You know, we want to we
want to be there for people and and relationships and, you know, and that's
that's really on our hearts. And I actually saw something that it's not it's
not marriage counseling, but it was like marriage mentors. Yeah. Or relationship
mentorship type thing, you know, it's almost like coaching. Yeah. You know, I
was like, oh, we could get into that, you know, because we would I think we would
be good at that. Yeah. You know, and and somebody asked a question, they're like,
you know, I'm I'm engaged. I'm not planning on getting married for a while.
We're not doing premarital counseling yet, but what could we do now? Yeah. What
kind of foundation? Yeah. Yeah. You know, and again, that that got me thinking, that
got us talking, that got me thinking more. Yeah. You know, and it's like, yes,
it would be great. Just like kids, marriages would be great if they had a
troubleshooting guide, an FAQ list of, you know, when X happens, you say Y. Oh, okay, cool.
You know, if your wife responds like this to you, it's because you did this. Oh,
okay, cool. Thanks. Appreciate it. Right. You know, so it's like, but it but it was,
it was, you know, because you can't, you can't prepare for every single situation
and scenario. Correct. You can't sit here and say, well, I'm getting married in nine
months. Yeah. I need to be prepared now for a conversation that's gonna happen
in 45 years. Correct. You know, but what you can do is you can sit here and say,
we're gonna build this foundation in our relationship. We're gonna focus on what
is the Word of God say? We're gonna focus on, yes, what are our presets? Yeah. And
we're going to say, this is how we're gonna respond to each other. We're gonna
respond openly. We're gonna respond with love. Yes, we're going to disagree, but
again, we're going to remember that we're on the same team. That's right. We're
going to remember that even though we're coming at a situation, a problem, a
scenario from two completely different directions, we're still aiming for the
same solution. That's right. You know, it's, you know, a simple marriage goal. Make
money, pay bills. You know, it's a really simple, it's a simple one. It's a
simple one, I promise. It's going basics here. But again, you know, different
people will have different ideas of how to, you know, what would a job look like?
You know, what does that income look like? Should I get a nine to five? Should I
get a side hustle? Should I get four side hustles? Right. You know, and so there's
all these different things and it's like, you know, as far as paying bills, it's
like shop around. It's like, is this side better than this side? You know? Yeah.
Yes, some it's like, it's hard to shop around because depending on where you
live, like utilities, it's utilities. Utilities. Yeah. You know, oh my
watch is making noise. I watch the things I'm looking for utilities. I mean, you
said it. You know, but it's like, you know, but there's the other things, the
other bills. It's like, you know, do you need this level of extra side
subscription? Do you need this level? You know, and so it's like those are gonna be
different things and, you know, again, those are things of you as a couple, you
as a rule in your relationship, you know, even you as a single adult sit there in
say, okay, where are my priorities? That's right. You know, what is the direction I
want to go with this? I know I've built this foundation. How can I, how can I look
back on my foundation and say, yes, I can do it this way? Right. You know, I know
part of it was I was, my metaphor brain said, you know, yes, you don't know in, you
know, 25, 30, 50 years what your house is gonna look like. Right. But if you build
a solid enough foundation, yeah, that foundation can handle whatever structure
that you might put up. That's good. You know, whether you remove walls, whether,
you know, yeah, how are you gonna paint it? You know, what decorations you're gonna
get? You know, it's all of that stuff is secondary as long as you have a good
foundation. Yeah, and sometimes depending on what you've built on that foundation,
you have to fortify it. Right. Yeah. Because you and I are big into me more so
you're big into building things. Yeah. I'm into DIY and the HDTV world of babe. So
this is what I'm thinking. Right. Because it is, it just happens. And so, but we also
know like, so you're a single person. Okay, now you have a married, you know, now
you're married. Now you have a spouse. Okay, the foundation of as long as that
foundation has been secure, but guess what? You're gonna now need to fortify
it because it's not that foundation isn't just housing you, it's housing that
other person. Yeah. I mean, they have their own foundation too, but it's kind
of bringing those two foundations together and saying, how well does this
lay flat? How well does this gel together? Right. You know, and then you have, you
get kiddos in the mix of it or for babies, or you have possibly an aging
parent or somebody of that nature. It's like, it's a continue. You start
stretching out those tent pegs because it's like, this is where the, like the
second part of what we were trying to talk about was, um, you and I are in the
middle of such a transition of our lives as far as seasons in our world. Oh yeah.
That we're standing back and saying, when we got this house, before we got this
house, we, we lived in roughly a thousand square foot duplex and it was you, me,
Gabriel, and then Sebastian and he's tiny. And it was like, we're trying to, I think
we did really well. I think we did fine. Yeah. But it was one of those things
where we knew that God was wanting us to move and he is wanting us to expand. And
all we kept hearing every time, cause we put parameters. So everybody that does
the housing searches, you put parameters, you put scopes. I'd like to live in this
neighborhood. I'd like to be in this place. I want to be at this school
system. I want to do this. And the whole time he's like, you're not thinking big
enough. You need to expand your territory. You need to expand those parameters.
And the moment that I took all of the limits off of God, basically the moment
that I took the limits off of what I stopped putting God in a box, father,
this is all we can afford. This is all we got. This is, I mean, you already know
our income. This is what we're doing. And he's like, yeah, but you're not thinking
big enough. What do you mean? Okay. And all along you and me and Gabriel had been
praying over a whiteboard where we sat down as a family and said, if we could
have an ideal home, what would it be? And if anybody has ever, those that are
listening, those that have come to our home or anybody that's encountered us,
when you come to our home, you can be assured outside of us owning land, this
is genuinely what we've prayed for. And it was within, what was it? We took the
parameters off, literally saw this house, and within 20 to 4 to 48 hours it's
under contract and we have a home. And this is after two years, roughly off and
on, searching 40 houses, guys, we looked through. But it was like the moment that
we took the parameters off and extended our tent pegs and trusted God in new
places, then we started seeing him meet us there. And all along our foundation
still stayed. We stood and we trusted him in places. And it's one of those
where I think those two things kind of go hand in hand. It's like when you have a
firm foundation, there's a security inside of you that rises up. Oh yeah. That
says, okay, God, this is what you're having me do right now. Yeah. Okay, I'm
using me as an example right now, right? Because what's going on with me, babe?
Lots. I accepted a long-term substitute teaching job. Yeah. And I get to be, for a
semester, at a high school here in our district, I get to be the PE and the
health teacher. Got my sneakers on even now. I'm all in my gym stuff. Looking kind
of cute. Sporting new school colors. Sporting new school colors.
Gabriel calls me a traitor. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. But it's one of those
where I, this is something that might be in my wheelhouse. It might be something
that I love. Yeah. But guys, I don't know how to be. I mean, the times that we've
talked about in the podcast, I'm a substitute teacher. I come in, I'm the
one that spreads rainbows and sunshine, right? I now have to teach these children
how to lift weights, which I love. Yes. I get to teach them wellness, which I love.
Yes. And I get to teach them how. Yeah. Which I love. Yeah. And the thing is, is
when God says, hey, you have a foundation there. Yeah, God. But like, I don't have
like some of this stuff, the bells and whistles, which we are gonna get me a
whistle. Yes, we are. And a stopwatch. Yes. But that's right. But it's one of those
where it's like, when he says expand your territories, that means he's
stretching you too. Yeah. Oh yeah. Because you watch me when I'm on the phone with
this principal. Guys, I'm sweating. I'm sweating from my pitch. I don't do that
often. I'm like. Even before you were on the phone, just thinking about making the
phone call to talk to the principal. I'm like, God. I don't, I'm gonna be with these kids for
eighty, eighty-five days, guys. Eighty-five days. Eighty-five days. Which, in the grand
scheme of it, but here's the beautiful thing. Last year, and you know this, last
year was such a phenomenal year and I loved every moment of it. Yeah. I mean the
year before that, but it was, I started a little later. Every year keeps getting better. It does. Yeah. And it was
like, I stood back and I said, Father, I'm asking that you help get me in front of
children more often. Yeah. More so that, I'm asking that you get me in front of
the parents. Mm-hmm. Because these parents need to be reminded how amazing their
kid is. Yeah. These parents need to be reminded that they don't have to do this
by themselves. Yeah. You know? And it's like, if we allow God to come in and
stretch our tent pegs, to continue to fortify our foundation, because listen,
every time we go to church, I'm on my face. Yeah. I, there's times where I'm
standing there and bless our worship team and whoever else that might
possibly be staring at me, sometimes I just stand there and I'm like, God, I need
you to pour me out. Yeah. Pour me out so I can pour you in. So that way I can walk
into these places and I can speak into these young people's identities. I can
remind them who they are. I can help build their foundations so where
they're not being tossed back and forth by culture. Yeah. They're not
being tossed back and forth by social media. You know? We met a young person
today just at the mall and they had the semi-colon tattooed on their wrist and
you just were so sweet and you engaged in that moment, acknowledged it, engaged,
and then we just loved on them. Yeah. For, even if it was just for a brief moment,
they saw them, they were seen. They saw at least a glimpse of compassion. That's
it. Yeah. And that's who we're supposed to be and so it's like when we have
those wells dug deep, those, what are they, footers? Yeah. The footers of our
foundation that are in place and they're on solid bedrock, our foundation is
not going to move. No, it's not. No. Because I mean, I remember, I mean even just talking
about bedrock, I mean some of the shows that we've seen or that I've watched
about people that like to dig in the dirt. Yeah. You know, it's like when they
hit the, when they hit bedrock, it's like, it's almost impossible. Yeah. You know,
it's like, okay, well if we want to get through the bedrock, we need to involve
dynamite, explosives, and the heavy heavy, you know. Right. So it's like
bedrock's not gonna move. You know, the foundation that is Jesus, that is God,
that is the Word of God, is not going to move. Yeah. You know, again, Jesus said,
God said, I forget where exactly it is, you know, I will not leave you, forsake
you. That's right. Nothing can separate me. That's right. From you. That's right.
Period. Aside from you. That's it. Period. The only, the only, no outside force can
destroy that foundation, no outside force can sever that connection. Yeah. But we
can. Yeah. You know, and regardless of how strong it is from the outside, it can
tear so easily if we choose to do it. Yeah. You know, and that, I say that out
loud, and it's like that's scary. Yeah. How, you know, I mean, yes, if we repent
and ask forgiveness, God's right there again with us, but it is, I mean, I
know you've talked about, you know, feeling that connection, just go. Yeah.
Yeah. You know, it's a scary space when the Holy Spirit leaves you. Yeah. Yeah.
But it's one of those things where, in his Word, just to reinforce that scripture,
it talks about neither death nor life, nor principality, nor power, nor angels,
nor demons. There's nothing. Nothing can separate you from the love of God. The
love of God. Yeah. And it's, even if we walk away, his love still remains. Yeah.
Even if we say, no, God, this is where we stop. His love for us continues. He still
loves us that much that he's like, I love you even if you don't love me. I
love you even if you leave me. Yeah. You know, that's, man, that's
such a good, good, good father. Yeah. Such a good, good father. And not just that,
but, you know, thinking from my life, yeah, you know, he won't even leave us
before we know it. How good is that? You know, because I mean, I had, I had that
revelation several times, especially when I was a new Christian, of like, you know,
regardless of what I was doing, God still had that placement is hard for me.
Yeah. You know, I don't want to sit here and be like all squishy, but, you know, it
is. It's God always had that love for even the people that ignore him. That's
right. That's right. That's right. And he was right there in the midst of it. Yeah.
He was right in the midst of it. Yeah. He kept you alive. He kept me alive. Yeah. Yeah. I
love that. I love that. But I think if we, one more time, back to the foundation,
your identity, knowing who you are, whose you are, we say that to our kids all the
time. Know who you are, whose you are. When you're, when I'm walking into that
gymnasium to all of these faces or into that classroom about to teach something
about anatomy or whatever, I need to know who I am, but I also need to know who
they are. I need to know that I'm there set, set apart for a purpose. That these
children are in my care for a reason and father that their lives are going to
change, even if it's in the slightest because I've encountered them because
the Spirit of God inside of me is touching them in places. Even if I'm just
saying I need five more push-ups, babe. Yeah. Five more push-ups. But just knowing
that they, that we can come in and we can believe in people, that we can give hope
again, that we can, that God is there in the midst of that. Yeah. He's right
there in the midst of that. He's in the midst of the conversations that are
going to get hard sometimes. They're going to be, I have a disagreement with my
fiance. I have a disagreement with my spouse. I have a disagreement with my, my
kid. Okay, well be slow to speak. Yeah. Be quick to listen, slow to respond. Yeah.
You know, let the foundation of God just settle in you. Allow the Holy Spirit to
speak through you. Yeah. You know, filter that, that moment, that argument, that
conversation, that whatever you're about to go do, filter it through the Word of
God. What does it say? Yeah. What does he say? Does, because he, he wants nothing
but good for you. He's for you, not against you. There's more that are for
you than there are against you. Oh yeah. You know, that you don't have to and you
know, embark on this journey, you know, of either writing a book or encountering
old friends or going and speaking in front of people, whatever, whatever it is
or encountering a new project or a business and he's already gone before
you. Yeah. His Word says I'm, I will make a way. I'm going to make that
crooked way straight, that high place low. My spirit, my glory is going to come and
enter in and that's, that's where we have to say my foundation is on him, God. I
trust you. I trust you that when I don't know, you're going to give me discernment.
I trust you when I, I want to lose my junk all over everybody that you're
going to bring me peace. Father, I thank you that when my head is under water
that you're going to be more smirkle. Yes. And you're going to help me breathe in
the midst of the chaos. Yeah. And that you're sure footing of that bedrock is
going to constantly be underneath me. Yeah. And, and I know we've talked about,
you know, because I think you mentioned it earlier, the expanding of the tent pegs.
Yeah. I know we've talked about that a lot, you know, expanding your territory,
expanding your tent pegs. Yeah. So I looked, I looked up the verse. Yeah. And
it's, it's Isaiah 54 2, enlarge the place of your tent, stretch out your tabernacle
curtains, do not hold back, lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. Yeah. You
know, so it was like that second half of that verse, you know, especially the
whole don't hold, do not hold back. Yeah. Like, okay. Yeah. You know, cause it is,
you know, stepping out in the things of God. Yeah. Can be scary. Yeah. You know, I
mean, what are we doing right now? Yeah. This still makes me a little scared, nervous.
Yeah. Even though we've been doing it every week since November. Yeah. You know,
we've been doing this almost a year. That's crazy. Sweet. Crazy. You know, but it is,
it's, you know, stepping out, you know, it's, it's okay to be scared to expand.
It's, it's, it's okay to be nervous to, to step out and, and be involved in a new
project, you know, or to, you know, want to get into that new relationship. Yeah.
You know, it's okay to be nervous and, and, and all it's, it's okay to have a, a,
a hint of apprehension about doing something. Yeah. You know, again, one of
my, you know, I've heard it before. It's if your dreams don't scare you, you're
not dreaming big enough. Shoot. You know, I mean, and if, if we can dream that big,
how big can God dream for us? Yeah. You know, and, and sometimes the, the, the
things that God has for us, especially the things that might make us nervous
and apprehensive are not the things that seem obvious. You know, for some people,
they might sit there and say, well, I'm not nervous to get up on a platform with
a microphone in my hand. Yeah. It's like, okay, well, that's fine, but that's not
where God is calling you to be. Yeah. God wants you to stretch yourself and go be
a greeter. Come on. You know, he wants you to go actually like, put on a smile, one
on one, talk to people and connect with people. And for some people, that is the
scariest thing in the world. Yeah. You know, Hey, or, you know, I will somewhat
call out a friend of ours. Yeah. You know, Hey, I know you used to be involved in
this. I want you to go talk to those people and share me with them. Yeah. You
know, and that can be scary. Yeah. It's like, can't I just stay here and, yeah,
babysit some kids? Yeah. No, no, no. Be on the dog walking ministry where they
don't talk back or something. I wonder if churches have that, a dog walking ministry.
I don't know. I'm sure a lot of people would probably jump at that. But I think,
I think, I think we need to stop putting God in boxes. Oh yeah. We need to stop
putting ourselves in boxes. You, you touched on it. And the scripture that
came to my mind was he goes above and beyond what we could ask, think, or
imagine. And if we are just playing in our own little four square sandbox and
we're content and we're happy, there's something to contentment. That's a good
thing. I get that. There's seasons of, well, this just seems mundane, but that
might be where God's got you. Or it might be a season of rust or it might be
whatever it is. But it's like, I think, again, the climate of, of where we are in
our world, sometimes our resources job wise, what food wise, different things
wise, the resources are becoming limited or they become, you know, maybe even
obsolete. And the Holy Spirit is saying, hey, I want you to go start this
business and I want you to go do this. Or I want you to write that book or I want
you to do that podcast. Or hey, I want you, you know what I'm saying? It's like,
then he gives you favor. Yeah. When your foundation is on him, he produces that
favor. He produces the increase. He produces the more than enough. He says, I
want you to get outside of me in such a way that you have to have me in the mix
of this. I'm the only way truth in the life that is able to make you and sustain
you to get you to the other side of this. But if you've, you got to follow my lead.
You follow my lead, then not that it's gonna be rainbows and butterflies the
whole time. Is it gonna be, is there gonna be work? Yep. Is it gonna hit maybe
some rough spots? Yeah. But the fact is that there's a peace that goes beyond
the understanding of what is even going on around you. There's a peace and a
contentment that says, or a drive even that says, God, I know what you said.
Father, I know what you said. And so how many times have we, again, in our home
stood back and said, God, I don't know how you're gonna do this. Yeah. I don't
know how you're gonna do this. Standing in the middle of the kitchen and going,
you're the one that provided this house. You're the one for us, that said for us
to expand the territory, to extend our tent pegs, for us to purchase this home.
You, Father, you get to show us how to do it. Yeah. How to create the wealth, how to
create the income, to expand, to do whatever it is that we need to do, to
continue to move forward, and time and time and time again, babe. Yeah. Time and
time and time again, babe. Who? You know. He's been so faithful to us. Yes. He goes
above and beyond what we could ask or think or imagine. He provides every one
of our needs. Every time. And then he goes, oh, and then I'm gonna get you some
really cute shoes. Yeah. Or some really great little pants. You know what I mean? But it's like, he
go, he, he's a good father. Yes. And that's what we want to push across to
everybody today, is expand those tent pegs. Trust them in places you haven't
trusted them before. Or maybe, you know, well, I trust you, God, but you're pretty
much the one that's been in control of this situation the whole time. Right. You
know, you, it's like you give God, oh, well, no, God, it's okay. I got this. It's
fine. Yeah. And the whole time he's like, I just need you to pull the string. I
just jump out of the plane. Right. And then I'll be in control of that parachute.
Yeah. Let me do whatever I need to do. Because that's where, that's where the
victories lie. That's where, that's where the kingdom expanding lies. That's when
he puts us in front of people that we shouldn't be in front of. I should not
be doing the substitute. I don't have a teaching degree. Yeah. I, on paper, I, on
paper, babe, this isn't who, this, I shouldn't be doing this. Yeah. But God. But God. But God.
Mm-hmm. You know, we've got to love God and we've got to love people, guys, more
than we love our fear. Yeah. Let me say that again. We have to love God and love
people more than we love our fear. Yeah. More than we love our comfort. Mm-hmm. More
than we love our, oh, you're embarking on my time. We have, we have to love people
to the place of sacrifice and saying, God, not my will, but your will be done. Yeah.
Yeah. That's it. I like it. I'm excited. Yeah. I'm excited. I'm excited for
everybody's journeys. Yes. I'm excited because I know that all of our friends
that are walking on this journey with us, that we literally get to see on a weekly
or just those of y'all that we get to see on a number sheet. Yeah. Or that we
connect to on social media. Or that we connect to on social media. The fact is
that I'm excited because I know that when we yield ourselves to the Spirit of
God, when we yield ourselves to the Word of God, when we genuinely say, God, I
can't do this without you. Yeah. Watch what happens. Oh, yeah. Watch what happens.
It will go above and beyond. It will blow your mind. Yeah. Oh, yeah. All right. That's it.
Have the best week, guys. Enjoy the journey.