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Okay, friends, welcome to Supernatural Saturday.

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I've promised you that today's going to be a little bit different, a little bit different.

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I know you guys are used to me talking a blue streak for an entire hour, but that's not

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going to happen today because I have to make a trip and it's not going to be a fun trip.

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It's a, well, you know, I'm going to try to make it fun because I'm fun.

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But at the same time, it's, you know, the errand itself is bittersweet.

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The errand is bitter and a little bit of a silver lining, sweet.

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I'm going to tell you about that in a second.

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But this morning, I really want us to pray into, so I'm going to talk for just a few

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minutes and then I'm going to hand it over to Renee and she's going to help you guys.

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Just pray, pray for yourselves, pray over each other, pray over the subject that I'm

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about to introduce.

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And then tomorrow night when it's time to activate this, I'm going to show up with some

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more instructions on activation.

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Remember tomorrow night, Sunday is not our all community prophetic night.

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That is, we have another extra Sunday in August because we have 31 days and so that'll be

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on the 31st of August.

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So next Sunday is a regular Sunday night activation and I'm going to show up to give some parameters

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and some instructions on how we're going to activate this.

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So today you're going to pray into it and tomorrow you're going to activate it more.

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Okay.

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And so what is the subject that I'm talking about?

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It's the subject of margin.

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It is the subject of capacity and I really believe that God is speaking to us very clearly

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and loudly about this in this season.

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And it's very important that all of us listen, all of us, not just some of us.

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Some of you may think that you have time management down really well, but this is not a message

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for a few.

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This is a message for the many.

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Okay.

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So let me tell you a little personal story.

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I'm going to get really personal here for a second.

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So a few years ago I had the opportunity to babysit or to puppy sit, because it's not

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a baby, puppy sit for an entire month, a little miniature wiener dog named Stuart.

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Okay.

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Stuart has famous grandparents that are my friends, literally famous people.

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And they're like, Hey, you know, our daughter-in-law needs a sitter.

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They're going to be in Europe for a month.

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You know, would you, could you puppy sit?

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Not puppy, dog sit, because it wasn't a puppy, it was a dog.

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And I said, Oh, you know, maybe I'll do it for a week.

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So a week turned into two weeks, turned into three weeks, turned into a month.

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And I was really enjoying myself.

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Now this is a full grown dog, you know, pretty much trained, you know, this breed is very

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difficult to train.

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You know, they're kind of stubborn, but they are so cute.

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So it's like some of you, you're really stubborn, but you're really cute.

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And that kind of has been making up for the stubbornness for a while here.

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But you know what?

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You're going to have to deal with that stubbornness at one point or another.

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So very, very cute, little mini wiener dog, little mini weenie named Stuart, Stu for short.

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And I had a great time with him.

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And it was kind of in a difficult, difficult season of my life.

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So he was very, you know, just, it was good for me.

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It was good for me.

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He was like therapy, right?

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During that season.

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So I always think back.

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So this is a couple years ago, I think back on that season with fondness.

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But friends, remember, it was a temporary situation from the very beginning.

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And I knew that it was going to be a temporary situation.

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I knew that it was going to be temporary.

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And can I tell you, friends, when you know something's temporary, you can make it through

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anything.

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You can enjoy anything when you know that there's an end date, right?

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When you know that I'm only going to have, you can work, you can work any job when in

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your attempt, and you know, this is not your permanent situation.

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It's not your new normal.

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So I really romanticized this time in my life with this, with this wiener dog.

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So of course, after I gave him back to his family, I was like, I want a wiener dog.

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I want a miniature wiener dog.

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Wouldn't that be fun?

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That would be great to have a miniature wiener dog.

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And I began to, I downloaded this app called Good Dog.

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I don't know if any of you know what it is.

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And I began to romanticize wiener dogs, not wieners, friends, wiener dogs, get it straight,

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get it right.

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And they're so cute, you guys.

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And you know what happened on my For You page on Instagram?

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I got targeted by all these cute wiener dog profiles where these dogs are doing the cutest

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little fluffy things.

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And they have really fun names like Cashew.

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And it's like, oh, I want a miniature wiener dog.

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And so I started seriously looking about a year ago for my own miniature dachshund.

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I'm going to get one.

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I'm going to get one.

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I started.

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reading all the blogs and reading all the articles.

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And you know, they tell you this breed

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is very difficult to train.

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They're very stubborn.

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They're very sweet.

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They're very, you know, attached to their owners,

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but they're also have these pros and cons.

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And friends, everything has pros and cons.

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Everything has pros and cons.

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Remember, all of you are here

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because you want a spirit mate.

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And I tell you all the time,

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hey, there's going to be pros and cons to that.

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It's not going to be easy, but it's going to be worth it.

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But oftentimes we get into this romanticized place

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in our hearts and minds where we tell ourselves that,

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you know, well, if it's the right person,

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if it's the right timing, then it's going to be easy.

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And that's just not true.

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There's going to be stretching.

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You are going to stretch.

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You are going to have to have margin.

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You're going to have to have capacity

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in order to have this come into your life.

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You can have anything into your life,

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whether it's a wiener dog or a new job or a relationship,

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but specifically things that require relationship,

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which, you know, owning a dog also requires relationship.

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So I'm just scrolling, scrolling, scrolling,

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always looking, you know, kind of things.

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And there was this one wiener dog that I was like,

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maybe this is the one.

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And then I was like, nah, it's not the one.

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And then there was this dog that I kept seeing.

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And I was like, wow, you know, I really liked this dog.

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I really liked the way this dog looks.

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I wanted a cream one, by the way.

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They look like baby golden retrievers that never grow up.

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Some of you have seen my dog, Hank,

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that I got on Instagram this week,

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because I was posting him.

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And so, long story short,

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this breeder and I were talking back and forth,

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and she lived very far away, lived in Oklahoma,

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still lives in Oklahoma.

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It was just a week ago, friends.

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This dog has only been with us for a week.

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Lives in Oklahoma.

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And I did something very silly, all right?

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I'm gonna be transparent with you.

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I said to the Lord, because you guys are so many dogs,

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and how do you know if you're gonna pick the right one,

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and if it's gonna have the right temperament,

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if it's going to be the right dog for long-term?

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Does any of this sound familiar to you guys?

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Can you liken this to your love life

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in any way, shape, or form?

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So I put out a fleece before the Lord,

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like many of you have done before a date.

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And I said, Lord, if this is the dog for me,

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then let this breeder offer to drive this dog

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all the way to Austin after I ask her

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what would happen if I was interested in the dog.

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Because I've talked to many, many breeders on this app,

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and trust me, none of them offer to do that.

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There's flight nannies involved, and flights, and airports,

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and you driving for a day to come meet the dog,

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and different things.

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Never has there ever been an offer to bring the dog to me.

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And so I said to her, hey, if I was interested

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in this puppy and buying this puppy from you,

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how would I get him?

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And her very next response was,

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I can bring him to you tomorrow in Austin.

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Guys, that's over a five-hour drive for her.

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And she said, tomorrow in Austin.

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And so of course, you guys,

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being the impetuous, impulsive person that I am,

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I was like, yes, this must be the Lord.

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This must be my dog.

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Because remember, I've been looking for a while.

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And for a while, like for over a year.

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And so I was like, okay, okay.

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Never once did I ask myself,

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what would day-to-day life with a dog look like, Jackie?

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Jackie, you live in hill country.

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We're just right outside your front door.

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Guess what there isn't?

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There's no green space.

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There's no place for a puppy to go to the bathroom.

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There's just a huge deck

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because your house is on piers and beams.

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And so far, far, far down,

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what are wiener dogs not supposed to have?

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Steps.

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Yes, yes, that's true.

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But what else?

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What else?

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Let's talk about the facts.

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What else are outside your front door?

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Oh, let's see, coyotes, aggressive raccoons, foxes, hawks.

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Pretty much every natural predator

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is a little wiener dog ever, ever, ever, right?

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Yes.

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Oh, but was I operating in any kind of practicality?

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No, no, no.

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I was just thinking about that sweet, golden,

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fluffy goodness that I was gonna be able to get,

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that dog that hit of dopamine.

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And I said, yes.

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And not only did I say yes, I put my money on it, right?

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I made the deposit.

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And then I went off that dumb and happy

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to meet her in Waco.

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Because I was like, oh,

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you don't have to drive all the way to Austin.

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I'll just meet you in Waco,

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which is not that far from me.

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And I'll meet you at Buc-ee's,

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the happiest place on earth.

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You guys, it's not Disney, it's Buc-ee's.

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Buc-ee's is the happiest place on earth.

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There are people crying and screaming at Disney.

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There are children having meltdowns at Disney.

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I love Disney.

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It's my favorite place.

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But if you've ever been to Buc-ee's,

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Everybody's happy.

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Everybody is buying cute little Bucky themed food

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and there's no one crying.

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There's no one having meltdowns.

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So I met her at the happiest place on earth, Bucky's,

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biggest gas station you've ever seen.

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And he is adorable.

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He was everything I imagined he would be.

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He was golden.

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He was long.

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He was also small at the same time.

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He had the cutest little face.

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You guys saw him.

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I posted him on Instagram.

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He was sweet from the very first moment.

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He snuggled me all the way home, hour and 15 minute drive.

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He just loved me already.

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Someone named Amanda's phone keeps on muting.

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Please make sure that it doesn't.

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I've already muted you twice, praise the Lord.

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All right, so snuggled, loved me, wonderful.

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Get him home, bought him all the things,

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all the things, friends.

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This dog is the most equipped dog.

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It reminds me of the first time I ever went skiing.

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Couldn't just go skiing and rent skis.

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No, no, my family had to have the skis and the boots

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and the parkas and the things and all the gear.

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And we had to be all geared up.

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Did we know how to ski?

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No, nobody knew how to ski, but we had to have the things.

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And so he has all the things.

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And from the very first night,

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because I have a sister-in-law who has this type of dog,

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she told me, hey, this is what you wanna do.

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You wanna crate train him from the very first night.

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He's only 12 weeks old,

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but I laid next to that crate on the floor

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and I shut the door, he whined a little.

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I pet him through the bars and guess what?

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He was fine.

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He slept, he slept.

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He only woke up like twice.

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I took him out once at like three o'clock in the morning

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and he was a good boy.

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And I'm like, hey, I can do this.

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But then the next day in my house,

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I started realizing, hey,

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this isn't really the right house for him.

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He's really struggling and he's gonna probably get hurt

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because of the kind of stuff I have in my house,

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of the stairs.

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Like I have stairs in my house.

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I have like a mid-century sunken living room

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with these big stairs.

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And to get outside, there's lots of stairs

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and there's all these things.

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And then there's all these things outside

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that make him never, ever able to go outside by himself.

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Ever.

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Do you understand what I'm saying?

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Ever.

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Okay.

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And I remembered that.

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I'm like, oh, hey, that's something that I forgot

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from when I babysat this other wiener dog.

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He was never able to go outside by himself

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because if they're true minis, you guys,

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they don't get to be more than like 10 pounds.

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They're small dogs.

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Very, very tiny.

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And really the perfect prey for the hawks

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that fly over my house daily.

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Like they fly so low that their shadows just cover you.

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It's the creepiest thing.

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And it's just not good.

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Not good for him out here.

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So I was like, oh, what am I gonna do?

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And then my daughter, my sweet daughter,

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who's probably more like me than she should be,

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she says, mom, you know, me and my husband will take him.

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They've been married for a year.

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Just celebrate their year anniversary.

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We'll take him.

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And then I can have the best of both worlds, right?

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I can be his Nona.

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I can see him all the time.

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And he can be in a safe suburban house

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with a little fenced in green backyard.

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Oh, perfect.

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So I brought him over there the second day

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and he began to live there in their ranch house

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with no stairs and easy access to green space.

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And they loved him for about 48 hours.

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And then they realized, oh, he's a puppy

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and he needs lots and lots of attention.

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Otherwise he's gonna chew everything up

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and he needs lots and lots of attention.

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Otherwise he's gonna poop and pee all over the house.

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And you know what?

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We don't have margin for this.

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We want it, but we don't have space or capacity for it.

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Friends, can I tell you what's happening to you

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when you're nine months,

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when you're pregnant for nine months or 40 weeks,

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which really if you do the math is more like 10 months.

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For those of you that had a baby, you know,

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but for those of you that have never had a baby

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or you're a man, let me tell you what happens.

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It increases your capacity.

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Now there's still gonna be a moment

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when what is inside of you

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that isn't really hindering you from leaving the house

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and doing whatever you want at any given moment

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that you want to,

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besides maybe heartburn and waddling around like a duck,

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there's gonna become a moment

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when they're going to take that thing out of you

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and hand it to you.

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And now guess what?

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You can't just leave it by itself.

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Every time you leave the house,

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you're going to have to take that with you.

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Your entire life is going to be modeled around that thing.

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Right?

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But at least during that nine months,

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you know what's coming.

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That nine months, you know what's coming.

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You're preparing for it.

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You're preparing space for it in your house,

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usually a nursery or something,

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in your resources, in finances,

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and in your time management.

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Hopefully you are making space for it.

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You're gonna take a maternity leave from work

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or you're gonna do this or that,

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or you're setting up daycare.

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You are getting ready.

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You're like, Jackie, what the heck are you talking about?

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I'm talking about what happens

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when your prayers suddenly get answered.

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Suddenly, friends, we experienced this suddenly, and guess what?

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We weren't able to sustain it.

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We weren't able to sustain it.

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Remember how we talk about Amos 9.13, and that's a banner scripture over this movement?

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And suddenly, that's a suddenly scripture.

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The reaper overtaking the sower, perpetual harvest.

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The problem is, is that that's not a good thing if you're not ready for it.

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Have you ever seen that weird documentary where you talk to all the women who did not

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know they were having a baby until they showed up at the emergency room thinking that they

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were dying because they were in such bad pain, and it ended up that they were giving birth?

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Anyone see this?

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Crazy, right?

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It's a real thing.

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It happens to people.

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Usually, like really, really overweight people, but they just didn't know.

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They didn't know that they were pregnant.

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And so this was a suddenly for them.

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And so like this dog, that once again, I've romanticized this era of my life, the dog

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era.

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I romanticized it in my mind of what it was going to be like and all the cute little sweaters

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I was going to buy him and how we were just going to have so much fun and all the things.

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And then when it happened suddenly, I wasn't able to sustain it because there were a lot

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of things that I hadn't thought through.

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There were a lot of things that I wasn't expecting.

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And my daughter did the same thing right after me.

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She's like, oh, well, I want that.

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I've always wanted that.

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I've wanted a dog ever since I was little.

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I've never had a dog.

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Give him to me.

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I want him.

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And then she went through the exact same thing.

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So I want to talk to you guys this morning about margin, about capacity.

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It's not a situation where you're going to make room for it when it gets here because

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that's not going to happen.

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What's really going to happen is it's going to stress you out really bad and you might

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even like have a meltdown, right?

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You might like start making mountains out of molehills because you feel so stretched

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because your plate was already full.

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You already had a bunch of balls in the air.

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You were already juggling and spinning dishes and now they're all crashing to the floor.

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And because we live in a time where we're B-U-S-Y more than we've ever been in the history

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of mankind, we think it's normal.

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We think it's normal to not have margin.

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We think it's normal to not to be way over capacity.

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I want you to raise your hand if you'd be honest and say that I live my life over capacity.

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That I've even had stress-related illnesses like autoimmune diseases, Epstein-Barr, chronic

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fatigue, adrenal burnout in my life, okay, where I've run myself on empty with relationships.

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Also raise your hand if you're a people pleaser because that means you're automatically over

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capacity.

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People pleasers don't say no enough.

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They don't say no enough.

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If you've had thyroid issues, you're like, Jackie, that's not my fault.

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It's my thyroid.

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Yeah, but what happens is you burn out your adrenals and then it takes from your thyroid.

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And so a lot of times that's what it is.

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And you know, way too many of you have your hands down.

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I'm just going to tell you, I don't believe you, okay, because we live in a world where

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every single moment of our lives is taken up with something.

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So you're scrolling on social media.

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You're like, that's, I'm just relaxing.

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No, that's you burning out your margins.

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How many of you are contemplative?

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How many of you just sit still and just be?

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You don't do anything.

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You don't look at anything.

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You don't read anything, right?

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You're not scrolling anywhere.

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You're not looking at media or social media.

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You're not trying to please some difficult personality by saying yes to things that you

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have no business saying yes to.

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How many of you that have children at home are indulging them and doing things for them

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that they should be doing for themselves, but you know, you just feel so bad because

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you're a single parent and you just want them to have, you know, what they should have.

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How many of you are working too hard at jobs that you do not like because you're trying

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to pay off debt that you shouldn't be in or get things that, you know, are, you think

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are going to make you feel better about this cycle?

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Why are we talking about this today?

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Because a lot of you are praying for things that you simply can't handle.

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And God would like to take this moment to help you to create.

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a margin so that when that thing comes,

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you won't actually have to just let it go

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because you're not ready for it.

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Because you haven't done the work

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that's going to allow you to do a very important word,

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sustain it.

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Sustain it, friends.

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It doesn't matter what we can do for a little while.

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We're talking about a long while here.

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We're talking about long-term here.

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Amen?

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I know you guys are all listening intently

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and I want you to know I'm talking to myself.

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I'm talking to myself.

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There's a lot of things.

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And the other thing is, friends,

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is that you'll never be able to sustain something

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that your health can't sustain.

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There's a whole lot of you that put your hands up and said,

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for whatever reason, I don't know if I,

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I'm not saying you're lying,

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so please don't write it and say,

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Jackie said I was lying, I'll pray for something.

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No, I'm not saying you're lying.

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You might be delusional.

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And if you're not delusional,

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then you might just not really understand the question.

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But you put your hand up and you said,

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you know, I'm not overwhelmed or, you know,

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I've, and here's the thing that we have to remember.

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A lot of us have lived overwhelmed for so long

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that we no longer even know we're overwhelmed.

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We have been doing so much for so long,

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it's become normal to us.

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The amount of stress that you're carrying

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has become normal to you.

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And it will continue to be normal to you

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until your body starts falling apart.

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But I'm just being nice right now, friends,

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because I love you and I'm just gonna tell you

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that half the people on this call are physically unhealthy.

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You're overweight, I love you.

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You're overweight, I'm overweight.

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But I'm doing something about it.

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I'm working with a functional doctor.

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I'm optimizing my hormones.

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I'm moving my body every day.

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You're like, well, Jackie, wait a second.

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You went from capacity to weight.

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Yeah, because that has a lot to do with capacity.

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You think you're feeling good today,

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but what about a year from now?

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What about two years after you get married

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and you have a heart attack?

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Or you get diabetes or whatever.

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Almost every single health concern

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can be traced back to obesity and sedentariness.

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So some of you that raised your hands and say,

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yeah, I'm able just to sit and just be.

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Well, maybe you're sitting too much.

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Maybe you ought to walk and be.

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I'm being friendly, I'm being friendly.

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I love you.

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Maybe you need to stop sitting.

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Maybe you need to stop moving.

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Because God cannot give you the desires of your heart

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beyond what your body can sustain.

504
00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.400
Okay?

505
00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:07.240
And please do not use the excuse, well, I'm just old.

506
00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:08.780
This is what old people look like.

507
00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:09.300
No, they don't.

508
00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.960
I follow a lady on Instagram right now.

509
00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:14.420
She's in her 80s and she is buff.

510
00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.740
Well, that's just her.

511
00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:18.240
No, that's what's possible.

512
00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:21.040
That's not just her, that's what's possible.

513
00:23:22.060 --> 00:23:23.440
Do you want what's possible?

514
00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:25.740
Or do you just want what you've settled for?

515
00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:30.980
We gotta stop using a bunch of excuses.

516
00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:36.260
We gotta stop it, starting with me.

517
00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:40.160
So I wanted this thing and I looked at it from afar off

518
00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.820
and I romanticized it, friends,

519
00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.460
and I kept romanticizing it.

520
00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.500
But you know what I didn't do?

521
00:23:44.560 --> 00:23:46.260
I didn't do anything practical.

522
00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:48.840
I didn't look at my life practically.

523
00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:50.800
I didn't make space in my life.

524
00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:54.120
I didn't, you know, get some, you know, training

525
00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:56.640
or, you know, just do the things that's necessary

526
00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:59.680
in order to be able to be successful at this.

527
00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:03.300
And so because of that, I have to drive to Oklahoma today

528
00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:05.580
to return a very cute puppy to its breeder.

529
00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.980
And it's very sad.

530
00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:13.380
Everyone's like, look, because I waited this long

531
00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:15.440
into the call, we're 28 minutes in

532
00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.420
and I haven't said what happened to the puppy yet.

533
00:24:17.520 --> 00:24:20.840
People are like, where's the dog, Jackie?

534
00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:27.000
People are like, tell us what happened to the dog.

535
00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.820
That's why.

536
00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:32.980
I thought it was gonna already be gone,

537
00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:36.920
but he got one of his vaccinations yesterday

538
00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:39.240
and so he was up all night, poor thing.

539
00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:41.720
I just wanna let you know that he's not been neglected

540
00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:43.520
for one moment when he was with us.

541
00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:45.120
In fact, he's the most spoiled dog

542
00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:46.600
that's probably going to be.

543
00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:51.100
He's probably going to go back into his litter

544
00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:52.240
and be like, what?

545
00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.260
What?

546
00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:55.360
I know what it's like out there.

547
00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.000
You guys wanna know?

548
00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.040
I'll tell you.

549
00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:05.920
But he is going back and I pray, my prayer for him is that he gets given to someone who

550
00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:11.060
has counted the cost and has capacity and margin for him.

551
00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:18.020
Someone who is either work from home or stay at home, maybe retire, that can take him out

552
00:25:18.020 --> 00:25:24.220
every half hour after he eats, every two hours, that has a yard, that's safe from natural

553
00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.880
predators in the circle of life.

554
00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:28.040
We don't want the circle of life out here, y'all.

555
00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:29.580
I don't want to see the circle of life.

556
00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:31.020
Dogs are not on that food chain.

557
00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:33.580
I don't want to see any of that, okay?

558
00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.860
Seriously, if that happened to this dog on my watch, you know what?

559
00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:41.900
You would just have to just go ahead and just take me to heaven, Jesus.

560
00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:46.260
I'm coming home because I would not be able to handle that.

561
00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:53.560
So friends, please learn from me.

562
00:25:53.760 --> 00:25:57.440
The thing that you've always wished for and dreamed for, the thing that you could be pining

563
00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:59.760
away after, it could actually happen tomorrow.

564
00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.420
Are you ready?

565
00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:04.380
It literally happened that fast for me.

566
00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:08.040
One day I'm just scrolling like, I've done for over a year, you guys, I want to make

567
00:26:08.040 --> 00:26:08.760
this clear.

568
00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:15.720
And then all of a sudden there's this puppy and there's this fleece before the Lord and

569
00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:20.240
it gets answered within five minutes and within 24 hours, I have a dog.

570
00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:24.200
That's how fast it could happen.

571
00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:30.380
Are you ready for it or are you going to have to throw that fish back?

572
00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:38.260
And I'm just going to tell you, if you end up having to throw that fish back, now I'm

573
00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:41.960
specifically talking about, you know, fish in the sea and your love life.

574
00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:49.320
If you do happen to throw them back, you're going to probably not be objective about it.

575
00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:53.140
You're probably going to blame a whole lot of things besides your capacity.

576
00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.880
Oh, we just weren't right for each other.

577
00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:59.100
It just wasn't the right time for them.

578
00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:04.820
You know, they were too busy or I was too busy or, you know, whatever.

579
00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:09.900
You're going to escalate yellow flags into red flags and you're going to say all kinds

580
00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:14.280
of stuff because you don't want to admit that you just weren't ready for the stretching

581
00:27:14.280 --> 00:27:17.540
and for the bandwidth that it was going to require.

582
00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:25.940
The change, the refining, friends, I'm just going to tell you, relationships over the

583
00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:28.740
age of 35, not going to be easy.

584
00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.660
Not going to be easy.

585
00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:36.520
Both of you are going to have so many moving parts, especially if you already have a family

586
00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:37.020
or children.

587
00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:41.580
And even if you don't, you're so used to being single, you're so used to being the person

588
00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:43.600
that just goes and does whatever they want.

589
00:27:44.260 --> 00:27:49.040
Look, this little fur baby wasn't going to allow me to do whatever I wanted anymore.

590
00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:53.540
I was going to have to do what was right for him, for us, for the relationship.

591
00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:57.800
I wasn't going to be able just to do whatever I wanted whenever I felt like it.

592
00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:08.220
You're going to have to actually ask somebody else what they think about decisions that

593
00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.100
you're making in your life.

594
00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:14.400
The deeper you get into this relationship, you're going to have to actually put it up

595
00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.380
for discussion.

596
00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:23.740
You can't just do what you want if you want the relationship to go forward and to go deeper.

597
00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:28.640
I hope this is helping someone today.

598
00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:34.180
I feel super sad about what I'm about to do because he's the sweetest thing.

599
00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:42.540
But I also know that I did not make margin for him in this season of my life and I wanted

600
00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:45.740
him, but I also wasn't ready for him.

601
00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:52.340
And I don't mind telling you guys that and that I'm not perfect and that I made this

602
00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:57.020
mistake, but I'll tell you it won't happen again because that's one thing about me and

603
00:28:57.020 --> 00:28:58.920
I think that's one thing that the Lord loves about me.

604
00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:03.800
It's not that I don't mess up, but I very rarely mess up the same way twice.

605
00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:12.720
Unless it's some kind of stronghold in my mind.

606
00:29:14.260 --> 00:29:15.000
Why am I crying?

607
00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:17.840
I'm not I mean, I'm not crying about giving the dog back.

608
00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.060
He is super sweet.

609
00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:26.920
But I just feel the heart of the Lord just telling us, hey, there's so much that I want

610
00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:29.440
to give you, but also I know that it will break you.

611
00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:33.240
And they're not in a good way.

612
00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.340
I mean, yes, it's good to be broken in a good way.

613
00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.320
It's good to be stretched.

614
00:29:37.520 --> 00:29:38.540
It's good to be refined.

615
00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:42.140
And so I want you to have the desires of your heart.

616
00:29:42.280 --> 00:29:44.940
And, you know, God wants you to have the desires of your heart.

617
00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:48.840
But you got to stop doing the same things over and over again and expecting to get

618
00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.600
different results.

619
00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:51.160
It's time for change, friends.

620
00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:53.100
It's time for capacity.

621
00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.000
It's time for pruning.

622
00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:58.200
OK, it's time to make room for what's really important.

623
00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.920
It's time for prioritizing.

624
00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.620
And we're doing some of that with the halftime shift.

625
00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.960
Like, hey, what are the most important things for me

626
00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.800
for the rest of the year?

627
00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:09.480
You are not gonna ever be able, please listen to me,

628
00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:12.060
you are never going to be able to have it all

629
00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:13.640
at the same time.

630
00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:15.400
I believe over the course of your life,

631
00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.520
you can have many blessings

632
00:30:16.520 --> 00:30:18.340
and you can have what we call it all,

633
00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:20.720
but you're never going to have it all

634
00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:22.340
in the very same season.

635
00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:25.220
There are some things that are going to have to be sacrificed

636
00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:27.400
so that other things can live.

637
00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:33.360
All right, and so I'm gonna give this over to Renee

638
00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:35.280
for the next half hour for you guys to confess.

639
00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.080
I think it's a great time of confession,

640
00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:40.140
a great time of just praying for one another,

641
00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.780
praying over your future spirit mates

642
00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:45.420
that they're also creating margin and capacity.

643
00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:47.460
This is not just a prayer for you guys.

644
00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:49.280
Part of the reason why you haven't met them yet

645
00:30:49.280 --> 00:30:51.640
is because they also are over capacity.

646
00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:55.200
They also, if they met you tomorrow,

647
00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.900
would end up by three days in,

648
00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.380
even though they really like you saying,

649
00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:59.920
you know what, I'm in a really busy season.

650
00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.480
So I just think, you know,

651
00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.760
you're not gonna see too much of me.

652
00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:04.180
So don't get mad if, you know,

653
00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.540
we don't go out again for a month.

654
00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.660
No.

655
00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.180
No.

656
00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.260
They've got to make room.

657
00:31:17.300 --> 00:31:20.140
If this is a priority, if this is important in their life,

658
00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.320
remember we're mature and we're marriage minded.

659
00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:25.620
That goes for both sexes, not just men.

660
00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:28.040
We added masculine to men because we like Ms.

661
00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:30.220
Masculine, mature, and marriage minded.

662
00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.700
All right.

663
00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.760
All right, Renee.

664
00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.240
Let's go ahead.

665
00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:40.160
Let's have some good confession time

666
00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.420
and then just prayer time over ourselves,

667
00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:45.540
over those people that we're destined to meet out there,

668
00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.380
over those, you know what?

669
00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.740
You could even pray, you know, possibly you've made,

670
00:31:49.780 --> 00:31:51.540
I feel it's in the spirit, so I wanna release this.

671
00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:55.600
Possibly you have made space for a new job.

672
00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.340
You've made space for it.

673
00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:59.360
God told you, hey, it's time for something new.

674
00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:01.440
And so you actually let go of your current job

675
00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:03.360
and you've just been kind of in a holding pattern,

676
00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:05.520
working maybe some temporary jobs,

677
00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:07.060
getting ready for this new promotion.

678
00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:09.360
I want you guys to also pray, Renee,

679
00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:12.760
over people that are holding on to our blessings

680
00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:15.360
because it's not their season anymore,

681
00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.760
but they're holding on to things

682
00:32:16.760 --> 00:32:19.240
because they are not respecting their capacity.

683
00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:21.480
They're not respecting their seasons

684
00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:24.080
and we're praying for them to release it and let it go.

685
00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.380
We're praying for them to release

686
00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:28.320
and let go of the things that belong to us.

687
00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.760
Does that make sense to everybody else?

688
00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:32.220
Release and let go of the things

689
00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.840
that are supposed to come to us,

690
00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:36.080
but other people are trying to juggle all the balls

691
00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.100
and that's one of their balls

692
00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:38.700
that they're still trying to hold on to.

693
00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.860
So I really felt that in the spirit

694
00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:42.460
for someone who has really been waiting

695
00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.140
for, you know, what God told you is coming,

696
00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.280
but it hasn't come yet.

697
00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:48.880
So we want that to happen.

698
00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:50.980
We want people to have wake up calls

699
00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:53.740
that they also are living beyond capacity

700
00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.700
and they need to prune some things.

701
00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:57.700
And the things that they prune off

702
00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:00.760
are gonna be the things that come to us

703
00:33:00.760 --> 00:33:02.480
because those are the things we've been waiting for.

704
00:33:02.780 --> 00:33:04.480
Listen, just because someone else lets it go

705
00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.540
doesn't make it trash.

706
00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.860
Doesn't make it not good.

707
00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:11.520
Just because someone else lets it go

708
00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:13.820
just means it's not for them anymore.

709
00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:18.000
I mean, I found treasure at estate sales and yard sales.

710
00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:21.500
I've been amazed at what people don't want anymore.

711
00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.400
Right?

712
00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.520
And so let's remember that.

713
00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:27.320
All right, that's all I have to say this morning.

714
00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.480
I hope this has blessed you.

715
00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:30.500
I hope it has challenged you more than anything

716
00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:32.660
because I'm being challenged in this area as well.

717
00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.940
And it's time.

718
00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.720
So Renee, take it from here.

719
00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.060
So good, so good.

720
00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:38.320
You guys, there are so many nuggets.

721
00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:41.520
As we go into prayer, we've got about 24 minutes to go.

722
00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.860
Remember, short, brief, and powerful.

723
00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:46.040
It's not time to teach or exhort.

724
00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:48.200
You just wanna pray right to God.

725
00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:50.180
You don't need to explain it to us.

726
00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:54.420
Any of those nuggets that Jackie hit for each one of you

727
00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.440
might be something different.

728
00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.860
So I don't wanna segment it out.

729
00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:58.720
Like, okay, we're just gonna talk about capacity

730
00:33:58.780 --> 00:33:59.960
or just about pruning,

731
00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:02.680
whichever is the one thing that really laid on your heart.

732
00:34:02.760 --> 00:34:04.360
That's what you're gonna go to the Lord

733
00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.720
and pray right to him.

734
00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:07.340
And we're just gonna stand in agreement.

735
00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.760
So we don't need an explanation.

736
00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:12.120
Just go ahead, because I want as many people to come off.

737
00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.560
If you bump into somebody else,

738
00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.179
just mute and come back in in just a second.

739
00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:19.960
And so, Father God, I just am already gonna be laying

740
00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.560
this groundwork that everybody who speaks out loud

741
00:34:22.560 --> 00:34:24.060
or puts their prayer in the chat

742
00:34:24.060 --> 00:34:26.000
or who just says their prayer privately,

743
00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:27.860
that, Father God, you hear all of them.

744
00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.340
It's not gonna be cluttered.

745
00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.340
It's not gonna be clunky.

746
00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.600
It's not gonna be overlapping.

747
00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:34.560
But that today is the day that we release

748
00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:35.840
everything that has been shared today.

749
00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.100
In Jesus' name, amen.

750
00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.040
Okay, let's go.

751
00:34:43.080 --> 00:34:43.719
Amen.

752
00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:46.320
God, I want you to pray everything in my life

753
00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.360
that's not of you.

754
00:34:48.100 --> 00:34:48.100


755
00:34:52.520 --> 00:34:56.300
God, I pray that you release whatever might be blocked,

756
00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:59.700
anything that I or anyone else is blocking.

757
00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:05.920
that you help us get out of our own way and anyone that is in the way of the blessings

758
00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:11.860
and what you have for us that you remove that blockage in Jesus name lord i just thank you for

759
00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:19.540
my spirit mate and i ask you for him to make space in his family for me and for me to make space

760
00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:28.440
physically mentally spiritually to just relax let go of the things that i'm releasing right now

761
00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:36.960
in Jesus name lord i thank you for the flock of birds that just took off in the field next to me

762
00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:43.440
the moment that the first woman spoke the words asking for you to remove everything in her life

763
00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:49.180
that is not of you father i thank you for the vision that you've given me of all of the things

764
00:35:49.180 --> 00:35:56.440
that you are causing to flee in our lives that don't need to be there thank you lord lord i just

765
00:35:56.440 --> 00:36:02.080
want to release my um difficulty or the block to losing weight i release it in Jesus name

766
00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:08.560
and i release whatever block there is for me being single um but i just release those two

767
00:36:08.560 --> 00:36:14.420
things to you lord and ask that you would come in and um work on my behalf in both of those areas

768
00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:19.100
in Jesus name amen lord i just

769
00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:26.600
oh heavenly father i just release anything that is blocking me from having a spirit mate and

770
00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:33.960
anything that's blocking my spirit mate in Jesus name amen father god thank you for making so clear

771
00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:41.600
what i need to release out of my life and it's continual stop and give me grace to stop and

772
00:36:42.020 --> 00:36:48.060
and make room for my future mate and i hope him also make room for me spiritually financially

773
00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:55.740
financially uh psychologically mentally rationally um for me and for my future for everyone online

774
00:36:55.740 --> 00:37:03.520
father god thank you Jesus help me connect the right people and help my heart my mind so be

775
00:37:03.520 --> 00:37:11.340
ready to meet with him and get us all in marriage in Jesus name amen lord god i pray that you would

776
00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:16.860
give margin in my life lord would you make room where there isn't room father and uh lord i pray

777
00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:21.200
for my future spirit mate i pray that they would have room as well lord and father we pray that you

778
00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:26.760
would um we would just give this time to you god and that as we're making this space god that you

779
00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:33.420
would make a way that you would part the red sea in our life lord lord i just thank you right now

780
00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:38.840
and i just pray that you will prepare me for my spirit mate thank you preparation time is not

781
00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:44.440
wasted time whatever's blocking it what i'm doing to block it i release that in the name of Jesus

782
00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:50.100
thank you for bringing us together in this season i press into that and i pray that thank you Jesus

783
00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:57.360
in Jesus name amen father my respect my steps holy spirit lord god our energy my time lord

784
00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:04.640
your guidance holy spirit order our steps in the name of Jesus father god i just pray for us to

785
00:38:04.640 --> 00:38:11.020
have the capacity in our lives grow us in this season of singleness so that we can be ready

786
00:38:11.020 --> 00:38:13.980
like what for our spirit mates

787
00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:20.120
but i pray for a guidance lord in this uh decision that i need to make this weekend

788
00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:25.080
lord about a new uh side job lord and at the same time i want to open space for

789
00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:29.840
for my spirit mate lord because as Jackie said lord it can happen like a suddenly

790
00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:34.940
lord so i pray for for peace in my heart to make this decision this weekend lord in the name of

791
00:38:35.140 --> 00:38:41.060
amen dear heavenly father we thank you Jesus that everything we want and everything we need

792
00:38:41.060 --> 00:38:46.540
is found in you we praise you that you give us the capacity to walk in everything that you

793
00:38:46.620 --> 00:38:53.980
purpose beforehand thank you Jesus we love you thank you that your ways are not our ways your

794
00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:58.900
thoughts are not our thoughts thank you that you've got our best interest our hearts heavenly father

795
00:38:58.900 --> 00:39:04.940
we thank you that you we are each one of us are uniquely fearfully and wonderfully made

796
00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:10.780
and that you know our future from the beginning so thank you heavenly father for each and every

797
00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:17.480
one of us on this call thank you for the wise words that are wise and loving words that Jackie

798
00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:23.440
speaks over us each saturday and she reaches people all over the world and i so thank you

799
00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:30.580
that you know what's best for us even before we ask you so thank you father god for removing these

800
00:39:31.120 --> 00:39:38.500
blockages that are keeping us single and we just say thank you in advance for our spirits

801
00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:46.720
make spirit mates to come in Jesus name i pray lord thank you for the job that i currently have

802
00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:53.220
thank you for preparing me for my next job and show me anything that i may be missing

803
00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:59.980
and i thank you for leading me in Jesus name amen father release any mental blocks that could be

804
00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:05.740
keeping me from moving fully into the next season and new things that you have for me.

805
00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:14.500
Jesus, I ask you to help me make room in my heart and my emotions and in my mind for the

806
00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:19.360
spirit mate that you have for me. Help me to not be afraid to connect with someone on that level

807
00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:23.880
and I pray that you work in my spirit mate that he would make room in his heart

808
00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:31.440
and his emotions and his mind for me in Jesus name. Amen. Heavenly father thank you for Jackie

809
00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:36.600
thank you for this group today. I pray that

810
00:40:40.660 --> 00:40:47.560
my next job will open up and that hearts will be moved to make the next position available and that

811
00:40:47.560 --> 00:40:55.560
it will be a position that gives me capacity to meet my spirit mate and to be ready for that

812
00:40:55.660 --> 00:41:02.940
and that you bless and protect my spirit mate to also have that same capacity in Jesus name. Amen.

813
00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:17.540
Lord I ask you to show me areas that still require healing and show me what I need to do in the next

814
00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:26.900
to um having my spirit mate the right person enter my life and that you also heal him of

815
00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:34.160
anything that needs healing and remove any resistance to the things that that you want

816
00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:41.820
for me in Jesus name. Amen. Lord I just thank you so much for this invitation to surrender and trust

817
00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:46.720
and to make room and prepare. Thank you for my friend Stephanie that's such a beautiful example

818
00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:50.960
I thank you for all the things you've been showing me about

819
00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:54.780
rearranging and making room and inviting me to use my voice.

820
00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:04.800
Dear lord thank you so much for this beautiful day. I just repent for being easily distracted

821
00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:09.520
and distractible. Dear lord I repent for all of those times that have led to me just like

822
00:42:10.060 --> 00:42:14.460
collecting things that have led to mental clutter and physical clutter. Dear lord I

823
00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:21.000
ask and just humbly ask for an increased measure of the holy spirit to have more self-discipline.

824
00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:28.600
You know I love to start things I um will do it and get going and then I lose interest about

825
00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:36.500
halfway through dear lord so help me to see preparation to its fullness so that I can

826
00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:42.080
receive your good measure and your good gifts to their fullness and not be limited by my lack

827
00:42:42.080 --> 00:42:46.520
preparation. Dear lord so I just thank you for that and I thank you for the increase of the

828
00:42:46.520 --> 00:42:53.340
holy spirit and repent and um release any notions of guilt or shame or condemnation

829
00:42:53.340 --> 00:43:00.940
but accept your holy spirit and your grace for a fresh start. Amen. Lord I want to um repent

830
00:43:01.080 --> 00:43:06.540
and on behalf of anyone else who may be feeling this and ask you to prune off and relieve shame

831
00:43:06.540 --> 00:43:14.320
for those of us who have lived with no margin um who've lived burnout and tired and saying that we

832
00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:19.520
want your best but not actually making space for it and lord I am the greatest of these and so

833
00:43:19.520 --> 00:43:27.420
lord I just ask that you would um detox us from busy, detox us from the need to please everyone

834
00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:34.560
and lord that you would just continue to input and remind us of our value. Lord I know that it's

835
00:43:34.560 --> 00:43:40.540
just um I just even repent of the shame of not um and ask you to lift off the shame and repent

836
00:43:40.540 --> 00:43:47.680
of not loving ourselves well not loving myself well enough to say no that's enough this is where my

837
00:43:48.080 --> 00:43:54.740
my boundary lies and lord would you um teach us a better way so that we can live vibrant lives

838
00:43:55.100 --> 00:43:59.680
doing what you've called us to do including loving our spirit mates well because we've

839
00:43:59.680 --> 00:44:04.900
ourselves well in Jesus name. So good Elizabeth I'm going to jump in real quick and actually

840
00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:10.800
thinking about you and what you put down in the chat and you specifically prayed to make margin

841
00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:15.740
in an area of your life that you're probably getting a lot of blessing and you know when I

842
00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:19.880
stepped down from my job at Hope Clinic you guys it's been really hard the last three years

843
00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:26.520
um so sometimes when God asks you for um to make room and make margin you're going to have to let

844
00:44:26.520 --> 00:44:30.960
go of something that looks really good something you've been really successful in and something

845
00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:36.460
that has really fed your ego and made you feel really important and special and so I say all

846
00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:40.980
the time to Brian I'm like oh my gosh I can't believe you're meeting me when I'm just nobody

847
00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:45.660
I'm not the president anymore I'm not saving babies I'm not doing this I'm just he's like

848
00:44:45.660 --> 00:44:50.500
but I got to meet Renee like I got to meet Renee the person that you say no one else got to meet

849
00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:55.580
because you're always so busy and so I'm also thinking of this song um and I actually think

850
00:44:55.580 --> 00:44:59.920
you guys need to play it when we get off this call it's make room it says it says

851
00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:03.800
Here is where I lay down every burden in every crown.

852
00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:05.320
And I never thought about that, you guys.

853
00:45:05.700 --> 00:45:08.200
The burden might be the bad thing holding you down,

854
00:45:08.520 --> 00:45:10.700
but the crown might be the good thing

855
00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:12.220
that you need to lay down,

856
00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:14.140
the thing that made you feel really special.

857
00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:15.660
This is my surrender.

858
00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:18.920
Here is where I lay it down, every lie, every doubt,

859
00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:21.020
and I would say every praise and every shout.

860
00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:24.020
This is my surrender, and I will make room for you

861
00:45:24.080 --> 00:45:27.180
to do whatever you want to, to do whatever you want to do.

862
00:45:27.180 --> 00:45:29.220
So we still have another 11 more minutes,

863
00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:31.960
but I really just wanted to piggyback off

864
00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:33.280
of what Elizabeth was praying,

865
00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:35.020
because I really think for a lot of us,

866
00:45:35.120 --> 00:45:36.860
that is a really hard one,

867
00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:39.480
because it includes letting our ego go, too.

868
00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:42.100
Thank you.

869
00:45:42.700 --> 00:45:45.860
Dear Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, Lord,

870
00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:48.340
I just thank you, I just thank you for Jesus.

871
00:45:48.520 --> 00:45:52.120
And Lord, I just ask you to guide my steps,

872
00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:55.960
direct my steps, let Lolita decrease

873
00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:57.960
so you can increase in me.

874
00:45:58.160 --> 00:46:02.800
Holy Spirit, guide me and bring my spirit mate to me

875
00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:05.640
when you have prepared me to be ready.

876
00:46:06.140 --> 00:46:08.860
I do not want to have to throw him back

877
00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:10.220
because I'm not ready.

878
00:46:10.460 --> 00:46:12.220
So I just thank you for that, Lord.

879
00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:13.420
I thank you for that.

880
00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:15.760
The same thing for a job.

881
00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:18.360
I want to be prepared and ready.

882
00:46:18.560 --> 00:46:22.120
I don't wanna be able to get the job and then can't keep it.

883
00:46:22.220 --> 00:46:24.560
So I just thank you for all of that.

884
00:46:24.560 --> 00:46:28.100
Do what you need to do in me to get Lolita prepared,

885
00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:29.620
the mature Lolita.

886
00:46:30.020 --> 00:46:33.640
No more little girl drinking milk and all of that,

887
00:46:33.640 --> 00:46:37.020
but the one that's eating the meat

888
00:46:37.080 --> 00:46:39.820
and standing on the foundation of God.

889
00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:41.580
So I just thank you for that.

890
00:46:41.640 --> 00:46:43.460
In Jesus Christ's mighty name, amen.

891
00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:47.760
Lord, I surrender and release me,

892
00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:52.400
my mindset to stop trying to figure out,

893
00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:57.340
to fix things and to fill up my time with more of me.

894
00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.540
I surrender and I declare more of your wisdom,

895
00:47:01.180 --> 00:47:04.220
discernment and your will in Jesus name.

896
00:47:07.600 --> 00:47:12.120
God, I just, I thank you that my old job is no more.

897
00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:15.040
I thank you for the time that I have

898
00:47:15.700 --> 00:47:19.960
and the things that I build will actually be

899
00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:23.760
towards future with my spouse

900
00:47:24.200 --> 00:47:29.980
and that I don't waste time now that I have a lot of it.

901
00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:35.180
And God, I ask that you would grow my capacity

902
00:47:35.180 --> 00:47:43.780
for what I can both receive and give in the right content

903
00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:45.060
and not overextended.

904
00:47:46.540 --> 00:47:49.120
And I think what Elizabeth prayed too

905
00:47:49.120 --> 00:47:50.820
of just loving yourself

906
00:47:51.260 --> 00:47:57.340
and making space for boundaries as well.

907
00:47:57.600 --> 00:47:58.740
So God, I just thank you for that.

908
00:47:58.760 --> 00:48:00.900
And I thank you for that in my future spouse as well,

909
00:48:00.900 --> 00:48:04.140
that they would make space in their life,

910
00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:07.180
both, yeah, and just in every way that is needed.

911
00:48:08.580 --> 00:48:08.700
Amen.

912
00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:12.820
Father God, I come to you this morning

913
00:48:13.160 --> 00:48:16.180
with a heart of gratitude and boldly before your throne.

914
00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:17.940
I prayed this over myself

915
00:48:17.940 --> 00:48:20.240
and every other person in attendance here

916
00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:22.860
that you give us the strength, Father God,

917
00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:24.620
to do the hard things.

918
00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:26.820
Jesus had to do the hard things.

919
00:48:28.200 --> 00:48:31.440
Your power is made perfect in our weakness, Father God.

920
00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:35.680
So let us see our weakness as an opportunity

921
00:48:35.680 --> 00:48:37.760
for you to give us that strength

922
00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:39.700
and you to give us that guidance, Father God.

923
00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:42.520
Help us to know our margins,

924
00:48:42.520 --> 00:48:45.900
but to also function in full capacity

925
00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:47.880
within those margins, Father God,

926
00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:51.180
so that we can do your will for our life,

927
00:48:51.240 --> 00:48:53.780
so that we can be a little more ready

928
00:48:53.780 --> 00:48:56.380
and a little more prepared for each season

929
00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:59.540
that is coming our way with our spirit mate

930
00:48:59.540 --> 00:49:01.340
or jobs or families.

931
00:49:01.380 --> 00:49:04.120
But Father God, I just pray over everybody

932
00:49:04.120 --> 00:49:06.240
and release over everybody and myself

933
00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:08.820
the strength to do the hard things

934
00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:12.220
and the wisdom and the discernment to hear your voice

935
00:49:12.300 --> 00:49:15.260
amongst all the chatter that is around us.

936
00:49:15.580 --> 00:49:17.240
In Jesus name I pray, amen.

937
00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:22.820
Yes, God, I just got this vision

938
00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:25.260
and wanted to release it over everyone.

939
00:49:25.540 --> 00:49:28.740
I thank you that we can release discouragement,

940
00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:31.540
we can release the ties that bind us.

941
00:49:31.860 --> 00:49:34.060
And the vision I got was like

942
00:49:34.060 --> 00:49:36.280
when you play like the hot and cold game,

943
00:49:38.060 --> 00:49:41.060
that while it is hard, while we do sacrifice,

944
00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:43.960
that we can have more peace, more joy,

945
00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.140
more fulfillment, more of your presence

946
00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:50.260
as we get closer to you, as we are doing the right thing.

947
00:49:50.520 --> 00:49:54.440
So I pray God that as we release things that are hard,

948
00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:57.960
as we wait a little longer, as we do these things,

949
00:49:58.060 --> 00:49:59.980
that you can give us little nudges.

950
00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:03.700
Give us little winks that help us know we're getting warmer.

951
00:50:04.040 --> 00:50:04.640
We're getting warmer.

952
00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:06.140
You're bringing it in.

953
00:50:06.260 --> 00:50:10.280
And anything that you can release immediately, Lord, I pray that you release immediately

954
00:50:10.740 --> 00:50:15.140
inside of us that we let go, but any blessings that are being blocked that you have breakthrough

955
00:50:15.140 --> 00:50:15.960
even today.

956
00:50:16.080 --> 00:50:16.860
In Jesus' name.

957
00:50:16.980 --> 00:50:17.260
Amen.

958
00:50:18.060 --> 00:50:18.480
Yeah, God.

959
00:50:18.560 --> 00:50:22.040
And we thank you that the things we release are blessings for other people.

960
00:50:22.140 --> 00:50:24.580
And we thank you for those that are releasing the things that are.

961
00:50:24.580 --> 00:50:28.700
We thank you for this exciting thing.

962
00:50:31.200 --> 00:50:37.600
Father God, I confess that my identity is probably wrapped around my art business.

963
00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:40.140
And so I surrender it to you, Lord.

964
00:50:40.180 --> 00:50:48.680
And I also surrender the city I live in and the job that I have and, and the age that

965
00:50:48.680 --> 00:50:54.840
I am and all the things that feel comfortable and settled.

966
00:50:55.680 --> 00:51:06.880
And Father, I ask that you would extend the length of my cords of my tent so that I can

967
00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:16.060
bring in more, that the capacity for a spirit mate would be increased.

968
00:51:16.060 --> 00:51:23.140
And that, that you would identify false identities and blind spots.

969
00:51:23.680 --> 00:51:25.840
And Father, I know that these are big prayers.

970
00:51:26.100 --> 00:51:32.300
And I just ask that you would remind me when I get triggered or, or offensive or defensive,

971
00:51:33.180 --> 00:51:37.400
when, when I get triggered, that it is something really good.

972
00:51:37.420 --> 00:51:44.140
It's something good that, that you are exposing and that you are cleansing out of my spirit,

973
00:51:44.140 --> 00:51:45.060
out of my soul.

974
00:51:46.600 --> 00:51:52.180
And Father God, I ask these things for my spirit mate as well, so that we can come together

975
00:51:52.700 --> 00:51:56.240
with the capacity and the margins that you have set.

976
00:51:56.560 --> 00:51:57.860
In Jesus name, I pray.

977
00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:07.900
Lord, I just surrender to you, just my life and everything that's in it.

978
00:52:07.900 --> 00:52:11.860
And just thank you, God, for teaching me grace in this season.

979
00:52:11.860 --> 00:52:18.220
And I have such a tendency to want to pile things on and just get it done.

980
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And I, I pray, God, that you would show me that you'd prune or show me to surrender anything

981
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that's not of you, God.

982
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And you're just doing such a beautiful work and I thank you for it.

983
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But I do feel like I've crowded it and I thank you, God, for what you're doing in my heart.

984
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And I just pray, God, that I would have the courage to release things, to slow down again,

985
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and also give to the two Christian incredible men that I'm speaking to right now.

986
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And just pray that you'd help me to count the cost of long distance and just invite

987
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you to prune in, to prune them, even though they're incredible people.

988
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So I just pray that you'd help, that you would give me wisdom.

989
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And I thank you, God, that when we ask for wisdom, that you will give it to us.

990
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And yeah, thank you, Lord.

991
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I give up what is good for what is best.

992
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I surrender that to you.

993
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And Lord, I thank you that you're showing me a clear green light and forgive me for hesitating.

994
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I make that choice to step in, Lord.

995
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And I thank you for Jackie's word this morning.

996
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I pray for the person that has been holding on to their good instead of what is best,

997
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that is meant for me, Lord, that that breakthrough would come.

998
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I thank you in Jesus name.

999
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Father God, help us in this season, a time for us to grow personally,

1000
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a time for us to prepare spiritually and to develop our trust, Lord, in your timing.

1001
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Help us to heal from our past.

1002
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Help us to use this time to develop our godly character.

1003
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Help us to be grateful in the season that we are in singleness,

1004
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not distracted by anxiety, loneliness, or jealousy.

1005
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Help us to use this time productively and faithfully.

1006
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Help us, Lord, to develop our purpose and mission.

1007
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Reveal the passions and purposes that you have placed in our hearts, Lord.

1008
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Guide us to pursue your kingdom.

1009
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Guide us to use your gifts that you've bestowed us with for your glory.

1010
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Help us to invest in ministry and serving others so that our lives are filled with purpose and meaning

1011
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in the stage, in the season that we're in,

1012
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not thinking that somehow marriage is going to bring about our purpose and mission.

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And we pray for our future spouse, Lord, that they may be doing the same.

1014
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Equipping them, protecting them, allowing them to grow in their relationship with you.

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you, and allow them to not be content where they are. And we pray and trust for your timing,

1016
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Lord, for all of this. Grant us the wisdom to recognize this past that you have for us

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in the right time that you have for us. Help us to see beyond the physical appearance and the charm

1018
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and to focus on the Godly character that may take time for us to see. In your precious name,

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we pray. Amen. That was good. So good.

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All right, I'm going to wrap us up. And for some of you, you might be thinking,

1021
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oh my goodness, how do I even measure my capacity? So that was one of the best lessons I learned

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during my sabbaticals, the difference between time management and capacity management.

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And so between now and maybe activation Sunday, start to jot down everything that's on your

1024
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calendar. An hour is not an hour. You guys, like for me teaching and leading prayer or teaching a

1025
00:55:57.320 --> 00:56:02.940
class or a fitness class, that one hour actually gives me more energy at the end of the class.

1026
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I'm not going to lie. Driving an hour to get to a chaplain gig sucks the life force out of me.

1027
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And so start to pay attention to not just how much time things are taking, but what is it drawing out

1028
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of you? Does it bring all the good stuff out of you? Does it leave you sapped in energy? So you

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might find that an hour is not an hour. So that is a homework assignment that you could probably

1030
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take into going into Sunday night. Father God, we just thank you for everything that was spoken

1031
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out loud and prayed out loud. Everything that was put in the chats, that was a part of someone's prayer.

1032
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Part of the prayers that are just sitting somewhere stuck in people's heart because

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they're like, I'm not ready to let it go yet. And I confess that I'm not ready to let it go yet.

1034
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But I'm willing for you to work on that. So Father God, those are specifically the people I'm

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praying for right now. The ones that are like, yeah, I know I'm supposed to let this go, but I'm not

1036
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quite ready. We get it. It's okay. No shame in that. And so we're going to pray that the Lord

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helps you take root of that and pull it out when it's ready. So Father God, I ask that you bless

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every single person here, that you give them abundance and you give them a special God nod

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today that lets them know you were with them through this whole call. In Jesus' mighty name,

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have a great rest of the weekend, y'all.

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God bless you all. Bye-bye.