1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,680 Well, with me today in person in the studio here 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:08,680 at Charisma Headquarters is one of our new authors, 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,680 Chris Garcia, who we met virtually 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,180 because of his YouTube channel, 5 00:00:15,180 --> 00:00:18,040 where he spends time leading people 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,680 into the presence of the Lord in private worship, 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,440 in private time with the Lord, 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,600 which is something that you can't do 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,440 in a big environment normally. 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:30,400 He's done that. 11 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:31,680 We're gonna talk about that in a little bit. 12 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,520 But that intimate time with the Lord 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,620 is something that we're always trying to learn. 14 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:39,240 How do we get better at? 15 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,800 How do we spend more time with the Lord? 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,480 How do we make our time more with the Lord more effective? 17 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:47,120 And how do we hear the voice of the Lord 18 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,480 in such powerful ways? 19 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:52,840 And so Chris, it's great to have you here in person 20 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,080 to be able to talk about this. 21 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,800 Your book, Fresh Oil, will be coming out this fall. 22 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,040 Super excited about that. 23 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,400 Excited, very excited. 24 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,880 I know that it's gonna bless a lot of people, 25 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,720 and God's gonna move through that book. 26 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:10,320 I'm believing that the book will excite the spirit 27 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:13,600 to be alone with the Lord, which is the whole purpose, 28 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,680 just to be with him. 29 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,320 Let's talk about this being alone with the Lord, 30 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:19,800 because we know throughout the scriptures, 31 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,320 the Lord has called people to be alone with him, 32 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:26,240 whether it's Elijah going to the cleft of the rock, 33 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,760 or David had to go, he was obviously being chased, 34 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,840 but he had time in the wilderness. 35 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,840 The children of Israel as a group, as a congregation, 36 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:41,000 they had to be into the wilderness, 37 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,160 but that's the glory of the Lord took them there. 38 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,040 And of course, we know that Jesus went alone 39 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:47,680 to be with the Lord. 40 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,020 I believe that in our modern day and age, 41 00:01:50,020 --> 00:01:53,000 we're so longing for community, 42 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:58,000 that in our quest for community, we often devalue 43 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,640 our community with God. 44 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,760 Right. 45 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,480 Let's talk about that and how the glory of the Lord 46 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:04,480 comes out. 47 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:05,320 Well, absolutely. 48 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,400 So like the first and highest ministry 49 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,280 that the believer is called to, 50 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,680 is to minister directly to God. 51 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,760 The Bible says in Revelation chapter one, 52 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,400 it says that Jesus has called us to be a kingdom 53 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,280 of priests unto our God. 54 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,320 That's echoed from second Peter, 55 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,760 and that's also echoed back to the original. 56 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,720 I believe it's in Deuteronomy or in Numbers, 57 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,760 one of those in the Old Testament. 58 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,200 But basically, what does it mean to be a priest? 59 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,960 A priest is someone who stands to minister directly to God. 60 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,240 And for us, we have Jesus in us. 61 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,480 We're born again of the Spirit, 62 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:47,360 and the highest ministry is to minister to him as a priest. 63 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,040 When we use terms like priest or kings, 64 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,240 this is symbolic language for someone 65 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,960 who stands with the Lord. 66 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,560 What marked Jesus's ministry, his powerful ministry, 67 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,880 yes, he casted out devils, he healed the sick, 68 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,360 he raised the dead, 69 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,160 but there was a relationship between Jesus's prayer life 70 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,280 and the power of the Spirit and activation, 71 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,320 so much so that the disciples were like, 72 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,960 Master, teach us to pray. 73 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,280 They saw a relationship between his alone time 74 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:24,280 with the Father and his public ministry of power. 75 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,680 What we also see is, for example, 76 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,120 Moses in Deuteronomy chapter 24, 77 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,920 I believe is in, no, or Exodus 24, 78 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,120 scripture says, the Lord spoke to Moses and he said, 79 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,640 come up to the mountain and be there, 80 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,600 and I will present to you the tablets of instructions 81 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,560 and the testimonies of the covenant, 82 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:54,560 but God says, come up to the mountain and be there. 83 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,080 Scripture says, be still and know that I am God. 84 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,560 The person of God, the man or woman of God 85 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,960 is called to be with the Lord, 86 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,680 and unfortunately we've deduced prayer 87 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,960 to a list of things that we have to do, 88 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,960 or we've deduced it to a chore or a list 89 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,400 or different things like this, 90 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,520 but it's more important that we have God's attention 91 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,600 and that he has our attention and that we are with Jesus. 92 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,280 We are with the Lord. 93 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:29,480 The scripture says, and I believe in 1 John, 94 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,240 John the apostle, he says, 95 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,520 that which we have seen with our eyes, 96 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,440 which we have held, that which we have handled, 97 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,160 the word of life, him, we declare to you. 98 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,760 We are to come from a place of experiencing God 99 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,760 and declare that which we have seen. 100 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,200 And so unfortunately in Christianity, 101 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,120 especially in the West, we've reduced it to formula 102 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,160 and it's spiritual. 103 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,840 Like we're supposed to connect with God. 104 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:02,480 It's relational. 105 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,600 And so community is important. 106 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,200 We need community, absolutely. 107 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,240 We need relationships, 108 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,200 but we can't forget communion with Jesus. 109 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,120 And everything should stem from that place. 110 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,240 It's a true community is found 111 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,040 in the communion of Christ first. 112 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,200 When I say communion, I'm not necessarily talking 113 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,080 about bread and wine. 114 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,200 I'm talking about the actual word communion. 115 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,440 What does that word mean? 116 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,680 It means the shared feelings and thoughts 117 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,520 expressed one to another. 118 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,480 You and I are called to share space with God. 119 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,160 Where his thoughts become our thoughts, 120 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,320 his feelings become our feelings. 121 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,280 That's oneness. 122 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:47,200 And the great mystery that's in, 123 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,040 what is it? 124 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:53,760 Colossians chapter one, verses 26 and 27 is Christ and you, 125 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,200 the hope of glory. 126 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,080 He's the final hope of glory. 127 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,880 The glory of God that resided in the wilderness, 128 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,440 in the tabernacle, the glory of God that transitioned 129 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,920 from the tabernacle to the temple. 130 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,040 That very glory became man, it's Jesus. 131 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,400 And now through the Holy Spirit, 132 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,360 that same Jesus is in the church, is in us. 133 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,800 That's where the glory of God resides. 134 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,560 And I think conferences are powerful. 135 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,200 And I've been a part of them and I speak in them 136 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:23,920 and I love doing them. 137 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,160 I enjoy them very much, 138 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:30,160 but we have to get back to a place of coming back 139 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:33,600 to the Lord first love, loving him, 140 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,960 ministering to him directly, 141 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,040 have the priority to be the secret place and to seek him 142 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,000 and to seek his kingdom. 143 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,720 And all of those things will be added to us. 144 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,280 Yeah, you know, Chris, there's so many distractions 145 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:51,280 in this day and age and we just scroll on our devices. 146 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,160 And a lot of times we don't know how to be alone anymore. 147 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,880 We don't know how to just sit and be still. 148 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,440 And that is something that I try to practice 149 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,080 in my own life where it's like, 150 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,560 oh, I could be on my phone doing something, 151 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,920 but let me just stand here. 152 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:14,160 Like waiting in line, like we used to actually have to wait 153 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,920 in lines and be like alone with our thoughts. 154 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,520 Now we don't have to do that. 155 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,000 And so we've gone to the same, 156 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,120 we basically put the same principles in with God 157 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,800 where it's, you know, we're not spending the time 158 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,200 with the Lord alone, 159 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,520 where we're almost uncomfortable being alone with him. 160 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,760 Now there's, how do we deal with that uncomfortableness 161 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:37,920 with being with the Lord? 162 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,840 Yeah, it all goes back to the level 163 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,840 of your knowing of the Lord. 164 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,760 And so like, for example, if you've met someone 165 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,760 that you just met and you are in the car with a person 166 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,920 that you hardly know and there's moments of silence, 167 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,680 that's really awkward. 168 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,000 That's really uncomfortable. 169 00:07:59,000 --> 00:07:59,840 Why? 170 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,440 Because you don't know that person. 171 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,040 But now flip the script to your spouse. 172 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,080 You can drive an hour without saying anything, 173 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,160 just enjoying the moment. 174 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,000 Why? 175 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,040 Because you know that person. 176 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,480 And I think a lot of people are uncomfortable 177 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,480 with being with the Lord is because that level 178 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,800 of knowing him hasn't fully yet developed. 179 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:25,080 And I think that the more you pursue knowing him, 180 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,240 those moments of awkwardness go away because you know him. 181 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,960 Sometimes it's hard to be still 182 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,120 and it's not necessarily just that it's 183 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,840 because you may not know him. 184 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,840 It's that you don't know, the person may not know how to. 185 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,240 And so, for example, the first five minutes 186 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,120 you spend time being alone, it might feel really weird 187 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,400 because it's like, I'm used to getting my phone out. 188 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,400 I'm used to doing all these things. 189 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,640 But I tell people in order to develop a deep prayer walk 190 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,720 with God, it simply starts with setting the Lord before you. 191 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,800 So like when you're in line, 192 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,800 put your attention on him for just a few moments. 193 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,640 When you're driving, put away the distraction 194 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,400 or the care for just a second and just acknowledge him. 195 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,120 And these little acknowledgements throughout the day 196 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,160 become an invitation to a greater awareness 197 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:24,760 of the presence of God. 198 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:29,040 And for me, I used to struggle so much in the area of prayer. 199 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,560 I didn't understand how people can spend like an hour 200 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:35,280 or two praying, like, what are you doing? 201 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,160 What are you saying? 202 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,480 But the more you learn to acknowledge the presence 203 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,120 of God throughout your day, the more it becomes natural 204 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,520 to slip into a deeper prayer walk. 205 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:54,520 And some people have a hard time 206 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,000 because they're comparing themselves. 207 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,600 Well, I don't have a prayer life like brother so-and-so 208 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:04,000 or sister such-and-such, but it's just more about 209 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,040 just learn to acknowledge him throughout your day. 210 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,760 And then it grows, it becomes easy. 211 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,440 Prayer shouldn't be a chore. 212 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,040 Prayer is easy. 213 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,720 Prayer is just turning your attention to the Lord. 214 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,280 That is prayer. 215 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,920 You don't even have to say anything. 216 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:22,760 It's more about just being with him to enjoy him 217 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:24,960 for the sake of being with the Lord. 218 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,560 And for me, I used to think like prayer was, 219 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,720 I have to pray this way, have to get on my knees 220 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,360 and save this and try. 221 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:37,360 No, it's more about enjoying the present time 222 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:39,520 with his presence. 223 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,200 Think about the word, the presence of God. 224 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:42,320 What is the presence of God? 225 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,880 It's God being present with you in the present moment. 226 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,360 And we have to learn to do that. 227 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,320 And so sometimes it's hard because our minds 228 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,280 are so preoccupied, but when we learn to acknowledge 229 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,360 those little baby steps, it starts to grow 230 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:58,640 and it becomes an enjoyment. 231 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,880 Prayer should be something that is not a bondage, 232 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:03,200 it's an enjoyment. 233 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,400 Yeah. 234 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,680 You know, Chris, you're here because you've written a book 235 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:10,520 and that book is gonna be coming out this fall 236 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,200 and we're excited about that. 237 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,000 And it's called Fresh Oil. 238 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,720 That's part of the ministry that you have 239 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,800 where you're on YouTube a couple of times a week 240 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,880 and you are leading people into the presence of the Lord. 241 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,040 And what has come out of that has, 242 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,520 there's been some powerful prophetic moments 243 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,320 that's led to us connecting. 244 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,840 And then now it's led to this book. 245 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,920 Tell everybody what it is that they're gonna get 246 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,760 from this book. 247 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:41,600 Yeah, absolutely. 248 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,360 So the Fresh Oil Secrets to Intimacy with the Holy Spirit 249 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,840 is just different keys and secrets that the Lord 250 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,840 has given me throughout the years to teach 251 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,920 on how to spend time with God. 252 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,720 And so I don't wanna give away all of the details 253 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,280 in the book, but there are things that the Holy Spirit 254 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,800 has taught me in my personal walk with him 255 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,240 that I felt in my heart to share in book form 256 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,160 where it will be a blessing to you. 257 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:14,160 So if anything, the aim of the book is less informative 258 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,360 and more impartational. 259 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:21,680 If it leaves you with wanting to be a part of it, 260 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:25,000 to be alone with God, then that's pretty much 261 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:25,960 why we're doing the book. 262 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:30,160 So yeah, it's Fresh Oil comes from Psalm 92 10, 263 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,680 where it says, you've anointed my head with oil. 264 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:34,520 It says, no, I'm sorry. 265 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,320 You have exalted my horn like a wild ox, 266 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,200 which is a symbol of strength. 267 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,360 And you have anointed me with fresh oil. 268 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,520 God wants to anoint you with fresh oil. 269 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:45,640 Fresh oil for what? 270 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,200 The fresh oil of his presence. 271 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,560 We, the Bible says in Proverbs 20 27, 272 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,880 that the spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, 273 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,080 searching all the innermost parts. 274 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:02,080 The vessel of a lamp is a container that contains oil. 275 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,720 And so it's all symbolic for the stewarding 276 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,240 of the Holy Spirit in your life and prayer. 277 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,480 And as you grow in prayer, you grow in sensitivity. 278 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:11,880 And as you grow in sensitivity, 279 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,000 you grow in power in the spirit. 280 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,360 And so that is pretty much the premise of the book, 281 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,920 what the book's about. 282 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,600 It's all about coming back to these little keys 283 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,840 that we're spiritual first. 284 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,720 Like we're living in a day and age, John, 285 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,840 where people want to be spiritual without having Christ. 286 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,480 Yeah, that's very true. 287 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:38,480 But Christ is inviting us by Christ 288 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:43,400 and for Christ to return back to being spiritual for Christ. 289 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,280 And that's what the book is about, 290 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:51,280 a return to cultivating intimacy with the spirit, 291 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,880 different things that the Holy Spirit has taught me 292 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,320 throughout the years to deepen my walk with him. 293 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:02,480 Recently, I was just reading through the New Testament 294 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,120 and came across where Jesus talks about new wine 295 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,120 versus old wine. 296 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,040 Oh yeah. 297 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,840 And how new wine can't be put into old wine skins. 298 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:12,660 That's true. 299 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:16,000 And just like a new patch of cloth 300 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,240 can't be sewn onto an old patch 301 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,680 because it's gonna cause tears. 302 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:25,680 But the wine symbology really stuck with me, 303 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,880 more so this time, just for different reasons, 304 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,240 because I really want the presence of the Lord, 305 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,200 the Holy Spirit, the infilling of the Holy Spirit 306 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,960 in my life of fresh, that fresh oil, that fresh wine. 307 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,880 I'd like to talk about the whole concept of that wine, 308 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,520 that new wine going into the new wine skins. 309 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:53,520 And because Jesus talks about how those that have tasted 310 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,960 the new wine, they still want the old. 311 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,160 But whenever you're talking about wine, 312 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,800 it's oftentimes the wine that has been aged 313 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,760 that is the most valuable. 314 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,040 So I've been mulling this over, 315 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,800 okay, God, we're supposed to desire the new wine, 316 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,600 but the old wine we know is still good 317 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,480 and actually has value. 318 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,600 I've been kind of looking at this as, 319 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:22,600 is this kind of like new in fillings and old in fillings 320 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:27,080 and rather than comparing and contrasting, I don't know. 321 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,320 I'd love to hear your thoughts on that passage. 322 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,440 Yeah, so I'll start off with the new wine. 323 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:37,440 The symbolism of the Holy Spirit is oil, a dove, flame. 324 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:39,760 Another symbol is wine. 325 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,160 And wine is so powerful because just the story 326 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,920 of how wine becomes wine, there's an element 327 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:47,880 to prior to that as well. 328 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,920 Like for example, you start off with grape juice, 329 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,520 but the grape juice has to ferment, 330 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,960 but that fermentation to become wine takes time. 331 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,520 Well, even before that, the grapes have to be picked. 332 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,360 The grapes have to come from the vine, the true vine. 333 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,520 And then they have to come and then they have to be picked 334 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,840 and then they have to be crushed and bruised and broken. 335 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,680 And the juice has to then be forced out. 336 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,440 It doesn't come out by itself. 337 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:14,480 That's right, yeah. 338 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,360 And that's a whole preaching right there. 339 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,120 That's a whole preaching right there. 340 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:24,120 But once you have that callus or that vessel for wine, 341 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,280 there's time that needs to be spent. 342 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,640 And in order for that fermentation to settle, 343 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,240 it must take time. 344 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,200 And if you want the new wine of the Spirit, 345 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,240 you have to spend time just sitting there. 346 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,480 So new wine is not grape juice. 347 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,040 It's allowed to have fermentation. 348 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,440 Yes, there's fermentation. 349 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,040 We're not talking about alcohol so much 350 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,920 as we're talking about the presence of the Lord 351 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:47,720 and letting that ferment in your life. 352 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,680 Absolutely, 100%. 353 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,760 And the scripture says, do not be drunk with wine, 354 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,800 which is an excess, but be filled with the Spirit. 355 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,360 Well, he's correlating wine with the filling of the Spirit. 356 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:06,360 Again, that fermentation, that has an aspect of changing 357 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,800 the way you talk and walk. 358 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,400 The Holy Spirit does that. 359 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,200 The Holy Spirit should cause you to walk and talk 360 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,000 and maneuver yourself in a newer and vibrant way 361 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,760 as opposed to the worldly wine. 362 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,760 So there's many relationships there. 363 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:26,840 But one of the things is this, 364 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:31,840 is when Jesus is talking about old wineskins versus new wine 365 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,000 is this concept of if you put new wine 366 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,920 into an old wineskin, that wineskin will burst 367 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,520 because of the energy and the air 368 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,800 and the process of the wine. 369 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,480 It will completely just tear that thing open. 370 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:53,200 And in order for you to preserve the new wine and the skin, 371 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,840 you have to have a new skin. 372 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,760 And so for me, Jesus is speaking concerning 373 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,520 the old religious system versus the new kingdom, 374 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,480 the kingdom that is at hand. 375 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:08,000 But also it can be translated into the life of the believer. 376 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,720 You want to have the new freshness 377 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,080 of the wine of the Spirit. 378 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,000 You've got to have a new wineskin. 379 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,000 You've got to have a new renovated mindset of the Spirit. 380 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,920 They that mind the things of the flesh 381 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,320 will from the flesh reap corruption, 382 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,520 but they that mind the things of the Spirit 383 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,520 will from the Spirit reap life everlasting. 384 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:33,360 New wine is received and sustained by a new wineskin. 385 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:37,000 And that new wineskin is the renovation of the mind 386 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,920 to renew in the Spirit of your mind. 387 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:44,080 That is enabling you to sustain what God wants to do. 388 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,080 Many times God wants to do something new 389 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,640 and vibrant in our life, 390 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,040 but we can miss out on it with an old mentality. 391 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,640 It kind of reminds me of in Isaiah where it says, 392 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:57,640 behold, I will do a new thing, shall you not perceive it? 393 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,640 And so in order for us to receive the new 394 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,640 and sustain the new and maintain in the new, 395 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,480 we've got to allow the new thing to renovate us. 396 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,080 We've got to allow the power of the meditative words, 397 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,680 the scriptures meditating on that causes us 398 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,360 to have a new mindset and then allow the Spirit 399 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:18,960 to pour into us to give us that new wine. 400 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,200 Communion with God is eating and drinking, 401 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:27,200 meaning you consume the bread, which is the word of God. 402 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,240 Man doesn't live off of bread alone, 403 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,960 but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God 404 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,320 and the Spirit, which is meant to be drunk, 405 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:38,440 is meant to drink in, you need food and water to survive. 406 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,600 In the Spirit, you need very much the same. 407 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,080 You need the word of God to renovate your mind 408 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,600 that you need the Spirit of God to take you afresh 409 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,560 and bring into new waves of glory. 410 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,360 And the thing is, is that the Lord is never stagnant. 411 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,040 He's always gonna bring you from glory to glory, 412 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:00,440 from faith to faith, from new wine to new wine. 413 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,920 And so that's what I would say to that. 414 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:03,760 Yeah. 415 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:04,600 Yeah. 416 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:05,800 That's a good answer. 417 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,400 You know, I've loved just thinking about this whole process 418 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,200 and I've heard that if you can actually take an old wine skin 419 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,720 and make it new by soaking it and beating it, 420 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,280 kind of like you would like a baseball glove, you know, 421 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,800 you make it pliable. 422 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,680 So I've always just tried to make sure 423 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,520 that I don't get rigid. 424 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:27,400 Right. 425 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,280 Because when we get rigid, then we break. 426 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,120 Yeah. 427 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:31,940 We gotta stay pliable. 428 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:32,920 That's right. 429 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,200 Let's talk about the presence of the Lord 430 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,400 and how it causes us to bend. 431 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:39,240 Yes. 432 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,480 And how we need to be able to carry the glory 433 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:42,400 so it doesn't break us. 434 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,240 Yeah. 435 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:44,360 Yeah, absolutely. 436 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:46,800 This is why waiting upon the Lord is so important. 437 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:47,640 The scripture says, 438 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,400 they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. 439 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,880 They shall mount up with wings of eagles. 440 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,760 And this is why I like to use the term soaking 441 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,480 in his presence because that's what prayer is. 442 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,280 I like to liken it to this, 443 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:05,280 like you take a cold freeze dried steak, 444 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,120 it's rigid, it's cold. 445 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:07,960 What do you need to do? 446 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,400 You need to turn on the hot faucet, 447 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,700 let the water soak in that, 448 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:15,040 let that sit there for a little bit. 449 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,120 And in time, it'll soften. 450 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:20,160 It's the same, our hearts apart from the spirit 451 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:25,160 will naturally be disposed to being carnal and cold. 452 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,440 And so we need to take that attentive time 453 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,160 to get under the fountain of life, which is the Lord, 454 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,880 and just sit there. 455 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,720 And that soaking will cause a pliability. 456 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,080 Our hearts will be softened. 457 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,200 I can't tell you how many times, 458 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:41,920 and I'm telling on myself, 459 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,600 I can't tell you how many times 460 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,140 I've allowed hardness to enter into my life 461 00:21:46,140 --> 00:21:49,400 because of busyness or other things that have crept in, 462 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,240 it happens, it's the cares of life. 463 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,880 That's so easy in life. 464 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,240 And so I can't tell you how many times I have felt that. 465 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:03,100 And I've had to be like, Lord, help me love you, 466 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:04,680 help me grow in sensitivity 467 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,080 because I am not feeling this right now. 468 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,860 But when you spend intentional time 469 00:22:09,860 --> 00:22:12,880 and you throw yourself on God, 470 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:17,520 and you sit with him, he will shift your heart. 471 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:18,360 Amen. 472 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,280 And God will do it, and he's faithful to do it. 473 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,320 So maybe for whoever is watching, 474 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,140 maybe you feel like you've once loved the Lord, 475 00:22:25,140 --> 00:22:27,960 but you no longer desire him the way you did. 476 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,600 Well, tell him that. 477 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,660 Ask him to give you the desire to desire him. 478 00:22:33,660 --> 00:22:35,680 It takes, as my friend Eric Gilmore says, 479 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,040 it takes God to want God. 480 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,000 It takes God himself to desire God. 481 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,880 Once you taste the Lord, you want him more and more. 482 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,600 And it's so easy for the flesh to kick in 483 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,720 and for us to forget the Lord, even though we know him, 484 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:54,520 sometimes we can forget that sweet touch and embrace 485 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,360 and communion of the Spirit because life hits us. 486 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:01,080 And so we've got to throw ourselves 487 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,160 under the fountain of water and just sit there. 488 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,960 Sometimes you don't even have to do anything. 489 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,400 That's a revelation right there. 490 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,720 Sometimes you don't have to do anything. 491 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,120 Just be there. 492 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:17,640 We're so conditioned to not sit still. 493 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,320 We're so conditioned to not be in our thoughts 494 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,480 or to not let ourself actually process. 495 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,200 We're just busy, busy, busy, busy, busy all the time. 496 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,120 That's powerful right there. 497 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:32,160 Yeah, there is something to that because the scripture says, 498 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,400 it's not by might nor by power, but it's by my spirit. 499 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,720 And so it's the spirit of the Lord that moves upon your heart 500 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,200 to desire the Lord and go after the Lord. 501 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,880 I used to have such a hard time connecting with God 502 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,400 because I've allowed my heart to just, 503 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,720 because of the busyness of life, 504 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:55,720 to really, really hard to spend time with God. 505 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,560 But I learned if you just be with him, 506 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:03,560 just solitude with the Spirit will soften the heart. 507 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,440 And it's his spirit doing it. 508 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,360 The more you get out of the way and the more you decrease, 509 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:12,720 the more he increases. 510 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:13,840 Absolutely. 511 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:18,840 And it's supposed to be, what's the word? 512 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,160 Effortless is the word. 513 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,400 And I love that on your YouTube channel, 514 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,200 what's your schedule for that? 515 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,800 Yeah, so it's Monday, Wednesday, Friday 516 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,760 at 7 a.m. Central or 8 a.m. Eastern. 517 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,800 And we spend time in the presence of the Lord 518 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,160 and we spend like an hour and a half just sitting still, 519 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,840 putting on some worship and just being still. 520 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,720 And it's so funny, because we'll get so many people, 521 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,280 I need this, I need that, help me. 522 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,680 And we purposefully don't give attention there. 523 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:50,960 We give attention to the Lord. 524 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,880 And then we will respond to a prayer we got. 525 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,120 But it's to teach people how to be still. 526 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:58,880 Because sometimes we need examples, sometimes we don't know. 527 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,000 And so the Lord told me about two, three years ago, 528 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,120 people don't know how to spend time in my presence. 529 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:06,680 And I just want you to just show by example, 530 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,440 show and tell, just lead by example. 531 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,320 And so we do that, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 532 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,120 7 a.m. Central, 8 a.m. Eastern. 533 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:17,160 Spend time in the presence of the Lord. 534 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,160 And then you can search for us, 535 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,800 you can search for Chris Garcia, 536 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,560 or you can search for Fresh Oil. 537 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,320 And it's there on YouTube. 538 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:25,160 That's wonderful. 539 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,800 And I definitely recommend that you check that out. 540 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:32,720 You join Chris for those Monday, Wednesday, Friday sessions 541 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,520 because they are powerful. 542 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:35,960 And block out the time. 543 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,280 Don't let yourself just have it playing in the background. 544 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,960 This is an opportunity for you to engage with the Lord 545 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,680 and be led in that experience. 546 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,120 And to be not just an experience, in that practice. 547 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:51,640 Because we need to practice the presence of the Lord. 548 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,840 And that is such an important thing that we neglect so much. 549 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,360 And Chris, I'm gonna ask you to just pray 550 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:00,400 for everybody that's watching right now. 551 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,400 Would you just pray for them 552 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,640 that they would encounter the Lord in a special way today? 553 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,680 Father, we just come before you, Lord, 554 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:07,880 in Jesus' mighty name. 555 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,680 And I lift up every person, Lord, that's listening. 556 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,040 And I ask you, Lord, that you would begin to draw them in. 557 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:20,160 That you would begin to woo them by your presence, Lord. 558 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,600 Lord, that they would begin to see and to taste 559 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:24,960 that you are good, Lord. 560 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,880 And I just pray that you would cause a deep yearning 561 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,280 of the Spirit, that it's not by might, 562 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,920 it's not by efforts or our own strength. 563 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,120 It's by the gentle grace of your Spirit, 564 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:41,000 that you're leading, that you're guiding, 565 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,480 that you're feeding, that you're instructing. 566 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,800 Father, I pray for a spirit of wisdom and revelation 567 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,560 in the area of your very glory, 568 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,800 just to overtake everyone watching. 569 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,960 And that you would cause the hunger to arise. 570 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,560 If there's anyone that has lost their first love, 571 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,640 I pray that they would recover their first love. 572 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,200 If there's anyone that their hunger has waned 573 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,080 and they've lost the desire to be with you, 574 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,880 I pray that you would quickly recover that 575 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:16,320 and fan into flame those lost desires, Lord. 576 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:17,680 And Father, I thank you, Lord God, 577 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:22,360 that you would just impart by your Spirit, by your grace, 578 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:25,040 the desire to seek your face, 579 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,440 to be at that place, Lord, of surrender, 580 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,840 and just humbling. 581 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,880 And I just thank you Father, that you're doing that, 582 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,160 even now, in Jesus' precious name. 583 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,960 I thank you for your sweet anointing, Lord. 584 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,240 Your anointing is present. 585 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,920 I thank you that that anointing rests 586 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,160 on every single individual, 587 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,760 breaking every yoke of bondage, 588 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,960 bringing us to fullness of who you are 589 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:55,960 and who we are in you, in Jesus' name, amen. 590 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,880 Amen, amen, Chris Garcia, 591 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,000 I'm so glad that you've got a book with us now. 592 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,720 I'm so glad that you're part of the family here at Charisma. 593 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,560 And it's been a pleasure to be able to sit with you 594 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:07,400 in person. 595 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,720 Amen, same here. 596 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,560 I'm excited to be here. 597 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,960 It's been, I'm excited to be part of the Charisma family. 598 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,040 Amen. Amen. 599 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:32,040 God bless you, brother. God bless you.