1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,000 How's it going guys? Thomas here. In this episode, we're going to dive deeper into 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,400 our conversation with Quentin Booth here in part 2. And from career shifts to faith-driven 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:20,960 decisions, Q shares insightful perspectives on finding one's calling. We're going to 4 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:26,560 talk about discovering how trusting in God's plan can lead to unexpected paths filled with 5 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:33,920 meaning and service to others. Guys, if you liked part 1, get ready for part 2 and take 6 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:45,040 some notes. We'll see you in there. 7 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,760 How would you teach others where to find their purpose? 8 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:54,000 By no means am I telling the world to quit their jobs. I'm not saying that. 9 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:02,760 I've seen a couple of like, yeah, I think Steve and Ferdick have said it once and maybe 10 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:07,960 like TD Jakes, but they go on there like, I'm not telling you to quit your job. Don't 11 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:15,400 go tomorrow and say, my pastor said I can be relieved of this job. But I will say what 12 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:21,880 I know about God is he's not a God of confusion. He's not a God of like suffering. Right? If 13 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:26,040 you feel as though you are not growing, you're not pouring in, you're not being poured into 14 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:31,600 and like you have taken those steps to try to work towards that. Maybe that's not what's 15 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:36,680 for you. Maybe God does have something else different from you. But also you have to know 16 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:43,520 where to like place your roots on and be faithful in the journey because it's not easy. We could 17 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,920 look at anyone in the Bible and there's very few who were just like, oh no, they were blessed 18 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:53,720 from the moment they were born until the moment they moved on. The ones, these stories that 19 00:01:53,720 --> 00:02:00,040 we read, they go through some very harsh, very, you know, most of the time life taking 20 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,880 trials and tribulations. I'm not telling you that you also have to sit in this job or this 21 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,720 life situation where it's just life taking because God does have something better for 22 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:15,120 you. So what I would tell someone who has a hard time finding it or has a hard time 23 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:23,320 staying faithful in it is that God knows you, right? We hear this all the time. He knows 24 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,320 the amount of hairs on your head. He knows what's in your heart. Be honest with yourself. 25 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,720 If you're growing here, if you feel as though you're being poured into, you feel as though 26 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,520 that you are being cultivated a leader or you're cultivating leaders. This is what I 27 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:41,600 tell my program managers all the time. If you're not cultivating a leader, if you're not cultivating 28 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:47,760 leadership, what are you doing? We're supposed to be making leaders. We're not here to just 29 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:54,280 manage and then do it all ourselves. We want people to be empowered, to be inspired and 30 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:02,320 take like, what I would tell you guys is whatever Tom loves to do, whatever Sean loves to do, 31 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:07,720 find out how you can get out of the way for God, but use those skills to expand his kingdom. 32 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:13,440 Wherever that leads you is probably where you're supposed to be, but it's not always fun. It's 33 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:20,340 not always sunshines and rainbows. Today, there was like a 30 to 40 kid fight outside 34 00:03:20,340 --> 00:03:24,820 of our church and I found myself out there again trying to break up a fight and picking 35 00:03:24,820 --> 00:03:32,680 kids off of each other. I'm like, I left law enforcement. What am I doing out here? Some 36 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:37,700 days I have to correct people and some days I get corrected. It's not every day is 37 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:45,800 this great, amazing time at work, but when you're working for God, it's different. I 38 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,920 would say that if you're a Christian and you're trying to figure out what your purpose is, 39 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:55,800 this is I guess also because I was front of house at church too, is you serve. You find 40 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:02,760 a way to expand the kingdom and he will find a way to use you because that prodigal son 41 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:11,560 story he's waiting for you. There is an issue in one of the neighborhoods. I won't speak 42 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:17,840 to it, but every neighborhood has their challenges. We had a group of employees who were really 43 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:24,920 down trodden on how are we going to fix this? How can we fix this? There's people who are 44 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:31,520 hurting, people are losing their homes, there's no funding coming in. I'm sitting there and 45 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,840 I'm trying to meditate and Father Paul is trying to do his thing. He's an amazing speaker. 46 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,880 I will shout him out here all day, every day. He is my boss, yes. He's not paying me to 47 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:48,560 say this, but Father Paul, you too, amazing speaker. He's trying to say something and 48 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:55,440 God put it on my heart and you guys will probably know it, but I was led to Isaiah 6, 8. When 49 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:02,040 we think about purpose, for me, it was so clear when he said that. Do you guys mind 50 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:08,160 if I read it because I won't be able to do it justice. Let me find it real quick. I already 51 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:16,920 had it up actually. Isaiah 6, 8 says, then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom 52 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:27,840 shall I send and who will go for us? I said, here I am, send me. I heard that and it is 53 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:37,720 so true. Whether you guys are doing a podcast to get the word out, to spread the kingdom, 54 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:43,640 to spread the glory of God, whether you are a garbage man helping clean up your community, 55 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:48,360 whether you are a custodian helping clean the church or you are the CEO trying to run 56 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:55,800 a non-profit, also a church at the same time or a director or a police officer or a nurse, 57 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:02,520 as long as we have the heart as God, okay, if you call me, I will go. Then that's your 58 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:07,160 purpose because some of the people who may watch this are in college and they are like, 59 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:12,880 well, this doesn't refer to me. Yes, it does. He's calling you. Right now you are called 60 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,960 to educate yourself. You are called to build community. You are called to go reach out 61 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:23,480 to that one kid that you always see that no one talks to and go be the light of the world, 62 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:29,680 go be the salt of the earth. We are called in every aspect and you have to, in its heart, 63 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,880 you have to be obedient and want to have that almost evangelistic aspect of it. Like, okay, 64 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:40,600 I won't have to sit here and talk scripture with you, but I can sit here and be the kind 65 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:45,360 heart that God has made me to be. I can be the Christian that God's made me to be. So 66 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:50,960 that was my answer. It's a long-winded one, but I think it's very true when you just have 67 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,680 a heart of, Lord, send me, then it doesn't matter what it looks like. 68 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,560 That's so good because that's all I've been like the verse of the year for me. 69 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:07,080 Yesterday? Is he yesterday? Yeah. What verse did she talk about? Wasn't that the...did 70 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:12,920 she use that same verse? I was there. You were there yesterday. I forgot. I was there. 71 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:20,880 But no, yesterday, I don't remember. She gave the word at Inspired Collective yesterday. 72 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:28,880 And if it wasn't that same verse, it was referencing it. And it was a reference to that verse. 73 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:34,880 And she was like, yeah, God's asking a question. If God's going to ask you a question, are 74 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:40,600 you going to answer like that? He's going down being like, I know we send questions 75 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:47,560 at him all the time, but in that instance, he's calling out and asking and you're like, 76 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:52,640 here I am. Here I am. Send me for whatever you're calling me to do. Not you asking the 77 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,480 question and God would...you can't ask this question, but it's not like asking a question 78 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,520 to God, like what do you want me to do? Answering that, it's called by saying, just send me 79 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:07,320 you wherever to do whatever you want me to do. And like you said, don't allow me to get 80 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,440 in my own way. 81 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:16,720 Yeah, that's so good. And I've also been learning relationship wise. I know this has nothing 82 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:23,200 to do with purpose, but I think it could. Having that same heart changes the way you 83 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:29,160 see your relationship as well. I've had the blessing to be able to have a Christian couples 84 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:36,800 counselor with many, and we pray into every single one. But he also emphasizes having 85 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:43,200 that heart, right? In the Lord's prayer, I heard it again today, but forgive me for my 86 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,800 trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me. And that's also a calling. That's 87 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:55,800 also a purpose. We're called to love, love God, love others. And that same mindset you're 88 00:08:55,800 --> 00:09:01,600 talking about, Tom, the same Isaiah scripture, it can go into so many different aspects if 89 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:06,480 you just have that. We're called to forgive, we're called to love, we're called to serve, 90 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:12,880 we're called to get out of our own way and just let God do his thing. And like I said, 91 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:19,280 when I heard that, it was so clear. And then I'm sitting here, I read it and I'm looking 92 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:26,280 up and one of my employees is crying. I'm like, oh, okay, God, I see you. 93 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:31,520 So can I ask you, this is a question that I just thought, I think you kind of ran through 94 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:39,120 all the questions I had and now I have something, we talked about this before with something 95 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:47,600 John Maxwell said in one of his podcast episodes is that the way he sees purpose is that there's 96 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,840 a couple of things in my mind right now, but he said that your purpose is the intersection 97 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:58,400 point essentially between what you're passionate about and what you're good at. 98 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,520 That's good. 99 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:04,440 And then he goes forward to say a calling is a purpose with a divine touch, which I 100 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:10,320 just had to throw that in there because it's great. And for me, I didn't really understand 101 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,240 what I was passionate about. And I'm going to talk about this briefly because we've talked 102 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:21,600 about it before, but I had this click, something just clicked and it was about something that 103 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,880 I had no idea that I was ever going to be passionate about, I guess, with me wanting 104 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:32,440 to be a life coach. And did you have a moment like that where something just clicked for 105 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,800 you or was it more of a gradual? 106 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:46,600 Yes and no. I guess because my story is fairly unique. There was one day as a patrol officer 107 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:51,640 where it kind of clicked and that everything wasn't just so black and white, if you will, 108 00:10:51,640 --> 00:11:00,800 that people's lives are affected. And it started clicking that I always had a heart for people, 109 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:06,660 not a heart for, don't be wrong, I liked action. I used to keep this video of my very 110 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:13,600 first high speed chase and it's awesome, but it clicks whenever I'm serving people and 111 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:19,380 having a heart for people and caring about them. And so it would be in that way. It clicks 112 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:25,160 when you find yourself and you have a word for somebody at the church or during service 113 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:29,680 and you want to go talk to them or you find yourself just being a listening ear. So for 114 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:37,240 me, and don't get me wrong, I believe that I'm probably fairly dramatic, but it clicks 115 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:44,040 for me when I'm serving people. Life for me doesn't make sense unless I'm helping someone. 116 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:45,640 That's great. 117 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:50,880 I honestly think that's amazing. I think you personally, for anybody going out there, for 118 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:56,760 all the listeners, your calling will always be to serve being people. I feel that you 119 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:02,720 can't have a calling without that. So it will be serving people and I think it will have, 120 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:09,080 sometimes, it will have, I want to say, sometimes, it's not more than like it's a lot of love, 121 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:15,040 a thing that you love that you feel fulfilled when you do while you're helping others. That's 122 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,040 how you know that's your calling, that's your purpose. 123 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:24,840 Yeah, that's beautiful. I would only piggyback that saying absolutely. And it doesn't have 124 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:32,840 to be you're out there being a firefighter or a cop or doing that. Oh crap, I'm going 125 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:38,720 to forget the Bible character. Help me out here. But I believe it's Daniel, but everything 126 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:46,920 that he did, he did it with an excellence, right? I hope that's him. And that's how 127 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,520 you can care for people too, right? You're talking about teachers, you're talking about 128 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:58,040 even, I even think about flight attendants in this aspect because no one really would 129 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,320 just be like, oh, I want to go help people, let me be a flight attendant. They're just 130 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,440 probably like, I want to see the world. But in the same way, there's so many things that 131 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,920 they can do there just to keep people comfortable, to keep them calm. And it's still a serving, 132 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:17,080 right? And so I say that not to talk down on that profession, but say that you can do 133 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:23,760 excellence anywhere. As you said, you can love someone in anything. So that is beautiful. 134 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:29,760 That actually, I don't know how to speak to that. With my job currently, I'm currently 135 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:34,160 a web and mobile app developer. And within the last maybe a few, I would say maybe the 136 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:39,320 last four months, four or five months, I've had a whole mindset shift. For the last few 137 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:47,320 years I've been trying to leave and I know my boss, I'm pretty sure my boss watches this. 138 00:13:47,320 --> 00:14:00,040 He kind of called me out on something I've said in the previous episode. But the, I was 139 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:06,440 trying to leave for years and my mind shifted from like, this is somewhere I'm only going 140 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:13,720 to be temporarily. And so right now it's just a means to an end to, even though I don't 141 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:19,320 see myself being here forever, I'm still here to serve people. And like the apps I build 142 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,600 are making, it's still making other people's lives easier. It's like, it's making other 143 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,080 people's lives, that your job's easier for the people that work for the same company 144 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,920 I work for. And even what we're doing right now, we're re-implementing a whole new, it's 145 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:36,680 building a whole new website that it's like lightning fast in comparison to like our past 146 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:44,040 one. And it's all about, I feel like if you have that mindset in any job of like, this 147 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:49,240 isn't just for a paycheck. This is because I'm doing this and what I'm doing today is 148 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:55,240 going to make somebody else's day better. And I used to talk down to like McDonald's 149 00:14:55,240 --> 00:15:01,800 workers all the time, especially when I was younger. But like, you're making people's 150 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:07,120 lives better by flipping burgers and like getting the kids their happy meal, even if 151 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,920 you're just on the line. 152 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:14,560 Exactly. And you know, I think the world saw that whenever the world shut down. And you 153 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:19,920 know, first they said everybody, you know, there's only certain level of essential workers. 154 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:24,000 And then you know, what, like four weeks later, they're like, okay, fast food workers are 155 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,560 essential workers. And I think it's because even the world had a chance to, my cats are 156 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:35,040 fighting sorry. The world had a chance to take a step back and really, you know, look 157 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:40,000 at themselves and kind of look at, you know, how do we operate and you know, our everything 158 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,800 got shut down. And I think God really showed a lot of people in their hearts, where are 159 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,920 they at, you know, a lot of people want to work from home now. And like, that's the thing 160 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:58,480 and companies are juggling that. And I'm neither here or there on it. I understand the the 161 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:05,920 best of both. But something Father Paul actually said the other day, there was like a winter 162 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:11,240 storm what like three weeks ago, guys, like it was pretty bad. City shut down again, I 163 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:15,800 have all these program managers calling like, Hey, are we are we not coming in working from 164 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:24,000 home, right? And I call him he was away on a business trip. And he goes, he just says, 165 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,280 I understand that there's snow on the ground that some people may not make it in. I told 166 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,880 him I was like, well, I'm coming in because I live like three minutes from there. Right. 167 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,480 And he goes, Okay, great. And I was like, well, so like, what's your position on it? 168 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:40,880 He goes, if we are not there, who will serve the people? And you like even that I'm just 169 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:46,840 like, let me go put my boots on. Right. It's like, exactly. You know, it's just a drop 170 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,880 in the center. You know, it's not even just but it's a drop in center. We do give meals 171 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:56,160 to people every day. And we have this thing called the backpack feeding program that you 172 00:16:56,160 --> 00:17:01,760 know, they do amazing things down there. They provide 23 different schools, over 12,000 173 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:06,440 different bags of food that they give out like per week. And so if we close, that's 174 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:11,200 12,000 different students who kick, you know, won't bring being bringing home food for their 175 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:17,840 families that week, right. And when I put it in perspective like that, we have to it 176 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,800 doesn't matter what you do, you know, and those people could be working in that room 177 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:25,840 setting like all I do is take, you know, non perishables and put it in a plastic bag and 178 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:31,360 then like that's my job. But in that same week, a family is going to be eating that 179 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:34,200 they're going to be, you know, using that to nourish themselves. And the same thing 180 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:40,400 with like McDonald's, they may see it as you know, this is just a job is not a career. 181 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:45,800 I'm here. But as you said, Tom, like, you are helping people. And to be honest with 182 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:50,360 you, I'll put this shameless plugin I didn't know about the mobile apps and the different 183 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:54,960 offers that like, you're gonna go to McDonald's, you need to go on the app because it's like 184 00:17:54,960 --> 00:18:01,880 McDonald's has the best of all time. Yeah, like got like a whole free meal yesterday. 185 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:08,120 I was like, what? To, um, to Big Macs or like a quarter pounder or two quarter pounders 186 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:15,720 for five bucks. Yeah. Price. That's a whole win. Yeah. Yeah. And so not for my body, but 187 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:24,440 for the yeah, but you got to get it how you can get it sometimes. And so to just to just 188 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:30,880 to wrap on what I'm saying, honestly, is this season this this year for me, even with all 189 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,560 of the craziness that's happened for all of us in our journeys of faith, and what building 190 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,920 are we going to be, you know, hearing the Word of God? Purpose is what's coming out 191 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:47,000 of that. Because what has changed is who's serving where? What has changed is people 192 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:53,840 who don't who didn't normally, you know, have a hand in how can they do the ministry this 193 00:18:53,840 --> 00:19:02,360 way? How can they do things? The purpose, I believe is that one God has his hand on 194 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:09,120 all everyone in that. But we are finding a new journey, a new calling in a new way that 195 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:14,400 we can bring the kingdom, right? If everybody's still I still believe that everyone's heart 196 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:21,520 is helping other people have relationship with Jesus have a way that they can, like 197 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,240 foster this environment where they can have a healthy home with him. And so now we all 198 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,800 have this new calling this new way, and this new purpose really to find a way to do that. 199 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,480 I've been hearing so many different like ideas like, Oh, I can do this, I can do this. I 200 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,120 was like, where was this like two months ago, but it's a different fire. It's a different 201 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:43,520 purpose. And so but it's still still that the mission is still the same, right? Different 202 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:48,080 purpose, different calling, but the mission is still the same. And so for anyone who has 203 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:53,560 been in that transition, and it has been hard, it has been hard, you know, just know that 204 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,160 our mission is still the same doesn't matter what you who you call it, where you're going, 205 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,480 where you're calling yourself, we're still disciples, and we're meant to go make more 206 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:06,640 disciples. Amen. My shameless plug for that. I love that. That's the I feel like the mission 207 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:14,960 will always be my purpose. And I feel like all of our purpose is to love God, love people, 208 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:26,960 teach people love God. That will always be the purpose. That's really good. Yeah. All 209 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:34,920 my questions were answered already by a queue. You know, sorry, I had a it's it's such a 210 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:41,160 great topic to really talk about. I'm so just blessed that you guys have me here. But when 211 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:46,800 you talk about purpose, like I said, it's been a journey for me. And so it's really 212 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,880 just every day trying to figure that out and just trying to just be a vessel. And that's 213 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:56,080 where you can start. And that's where you end at. And hopefully, you know, you're being 214 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:01,760 obedient to what God is calling you for. But then also, I try to pray for myself like, 215 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,800 God, let me be sensitive to how you're working. Right. So I may not know where the end is, 216 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:13,120 but I'm able to see how he's he's operating to and it helps. Honestly, my beautiful fiancee 217 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:25,440 just walked in. Hello. Yeah, I just thought Isaiah 6, 8, that you brought that up was 218 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,400 crazy because that was like the verse I got for this year. Right. And it's been a powerful 219 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:36,000 verse. And then you to bring it up on the day of today where pretty much the army was 220 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:43,840 confirmed today. Right. So thank you. That's amazing. Waiting on the paperwork. But yeah, 221 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:50,940 that was Isaiah 6, 8, which is crazy because I literally like I made a video like early 222 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:54,880 on last year and then this year again, I'm talking about it because I thought it was 223 00:21:54,880 --> 00:22:01,400 so important. It was Isaiah 6, 8 yesterday. And it's confirmation. It was just confirmation. 224 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:08,600 So I looked it up. That's crazy. Well, sir, your journey is just beginning. I know you're 225 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,360 you know, I'm going to be praying for you and you're going to get to serve this country. 226 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:22,000 Yeah, that's amazing. Yeah, that's a wow. Yeah. Well, I feel like that's a great place 227 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:28,320 to wrap it up. But I got you. Thank you for being. Thank you for coming out. Thank you 228 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:33,320 for asking to be on. Yeah, Q, you're amazing. You're the first person we love that you're 229 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:39,920 the first for the ask to ever be on. It's funny because the episode that dropped yesterday 230 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:45,000 to this week, Tuesday or a couple of days ago, I was saying like, oh, whenever some 231 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,480 people start asking me on the show, like that will cost that bridge when we get to it. I 232 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,320 don't know how we're going to handle that. And then you just want Hey, can I be on the 233 00:22:52,320 --> 00:23:01,600 show? I guess. Well, trust me, guys, it's definitely a blessing. And and in that, you 234 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:07,960 guys actually helped me find a reason having a purpose to spend intentional time with God 235 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:13,240 and really meditate on what this topic is. So in a way, honestly, you minister to me 236 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:19,180 through that. So again, truly appreciate it. And I know that this is going to go many places 237 00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:23,880 and hopefully what you guys are doing, you know, you're getting out of your own ways 238 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:28,800 and being vessels for God and being obedient and allow him to work through your your podcast. 239 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:36,280 So thank you. Man, we love you, Q. We'll have you back on here sometime. And there is there 240 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:42,160 is sorry, I asked a couple of questions at the end and I completely forgot because we 241 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:50,560 were just like we're just going to but the last couple of the two ending questions one, 242 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:57,520 if you have any resources that people can go to, whether it's when it pertains to purpose, 243 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:05,560 pertaining to personal growth, what would you typically recommend? Well, I like to be 244 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:10,540 transparent and I would tell I would love to tell you that I'm reading so many books 245 00:24:10,540 --> 00:24:18,040 about it. I'm not. The last books I read was Crazy Faith from Mike Todd. It's pretty good. 246 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:24,000 I was also reading a book on purpose from T.D. Jakes, which is also pretty good. But 247 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:31,080 I will start there. But honestly, go to the word. That's you know, that's the answer. 248 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,000 I think through all of that, if anyone could hear that is just a leap of faith and a trust 249 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:42,240 in God, go to the word, continue to be there to hear sermons on it. And it's going to come 250 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:49,600 as long as you're just trying to get out of your own way. That's great. Oh, who would 251 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:58,000 you like to have next on the on the episodes on our podcast? Next on the episode? If not 252 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:05,320 the same because she has an amazing story herself. I honestly believe that Jason, I 253 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:11,280 think that you guys should try to get Jason Howard because, you know, he is just a wealth 254 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:18,320 of knowledge and amazing listener. If you have amazing talker speaker, Christina Sander 255 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:27,280 and above all, number one is key Sander right now. Yeah, he's standard. Yeah. We'll reach 256 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:36,520 out to them again. All three of them. Okay, all right. All right. You've been taking their 257 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:43,280 name. I was laughing. I was like, man, we've tried. All right. Okay. We're all busy. We're 258 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:55,520 working on it. We're getting on. What's Leo's last name? Oh, Leonardo Morales. Yeah. Yeah. 259 00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:00,720 Leonardo Morales. Leonardo. He's always on the church killing eight with the guitar. 260 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:08,600 I don't know people's names. Great guy though. I mean, honestly, any one of the people who 261 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,920 are just have that servant heart at sanctuary or amplify, I'm sure they have a wealth of 262 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,880 knowledge in a way that they can express how God is moving through their hearts. So is 263 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:24,680 this Yeah, I'm excited to see the next next episode. Yeah. All right, man. Well, thank 264 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:30,400 you. It was great. And we're going to reach out to all those three people again. And we're 265 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:37,480 going to talk with Leo. Yeah, Leo. All right. We'll see you. All right. Have a good night. 266 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:55,400 See you guys.