WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.240 And good morning, good morning, welcome to day six. 2 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:11.980 We have covered some territory. 3 00:00:11.980 --> 00:00:17.480 Day six, partnering with God in business. 4 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:26.880 I'm loving the conversations that we're having even before the recording about being more 5 00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:34.200 aware, being more present, being more aware of God in your thoughts and where your mind 6 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:40.840 is, what your mind's doing, being just more present. 7 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:42.200 And I love that. 8 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:44.400 I love that. 9 00:00:44.400 --> 00:00:53.280 And it's not that we want to fight or resist our thoughts, because whatever we resist persists, 10 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:54.440 you're going to get more of it. 11 00:00:54.440 --> 00:01:00.960 So it's not that we're fighting, but I was sharing earlier, Isaiah 26, three, which says, 12 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:07.040 he will keep thee in perfect peace, whose mind has stayed on thee because he trusts 13 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:08.040 in thee. 14 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:13.360 So the idea is we renew our mind, we're transformed by the renewing of our mind, we renew our 15 00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:22.120 minds, and we're learning to keep our mind fixed on God, and that leads to perfect peace. 16 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:26.240 And so it can look like a lot of very simple things. 17 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:31.160 It can look like as soon as you wake up in the morning, and you just gratitude, and you're 18 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:33.520 just like, thank you, God. 19 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:36.440 Thank you that you gave me a good night's sleep. 20 00:01:36.440 --> 00:01:40.960 Thank you that you chose to wake me up this morning, my lungs are breathing, my heart 21 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:41.960 is beating. 22 00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:49.200 I just want to invite your presence into today, I want to dedicate today to you. 23 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.600 And thank you that I'm in a bed, and I'm in a safe room, and thank you for the flowers 24 00:01:54.600 --> 00:01:56.440 growing outside my window. 25 00:01:56.440 --> 00:01:59.680 Thank you for my puppy that's greeting me right now. 26 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:07.280 This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. 27 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:08.280 Thank you. 28 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:12.040 I know that today is a day of infinite possibilities. 29 00:02:12.040 --> 00:02:17.720 I know today's a miracle day, and I'm so excited to see what you're going to do today, God. 30 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:27.160 I just invite you to just flood into my awareness, open my spiritual senses to hear what you 31 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:29.000 have for me to say today. 32 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:35.440 May my spiritual ears be open, may my spiritual eyes be open, may my spiritual heart be open 33 00:02:35.440 --> 00:02:40.560 that I can perceive the new thing that you're doing today. 34 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:45.280 I'm coming into today with faith, faith and expectations. 35 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:51.400 I know today is going to be a great day, it's going to be a peaceful, joy-filled day. 36 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.040 I know today's going to be a day of abundance. 37 00:02:54.040 --> 00:02:56.960 I know today's going to be a day of love. 38 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:03.360 And I just tap into the love that you have for me right now, and just knowing that your 39 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:07.960 love never fails and that it's continuous. 40 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:11.400 And so you're just having this conversation, right? 41 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.600 And that can carry out throughout the day. 42 00:03:14.600 --> 00:03:17.600 And, you know, we gave different tactics. 43 00:03:17.600 --> 00:03:22.080 Sometimes it might be while you sit down and you're quiet and you're opening the word and 44 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:27.880 you're just like, speak Lord, let me get out of this what you have for me right now. 45 00:03:27.880 --> 00:03:29.280 What do you say for this season? 46 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:34.200 It might be when you open your journal and you're using both colors and you're asking 47 00:03:34.200 --> 00:03:38.560 God questions and you're journaling the answers. 48 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:40.680 So it's going to come in different places. 49 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:47.640 It might be right before you're about to coach or teach or write or whatever it is that you're 50 00:03:47.640 --> 00:03:54.600 doing and then it's like, Lord, love through me today, teach through me today, coach through 51 00:03:54.600 --> 00:03:56.880 me today. 52 00:03:56.880 --> 00:04:00.840 So it's that constant conversation, right? 53 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.320 It's that constant conversation. 54 00:04:03.320 --> 00:04:10.120 You know, we see that that was the original pattern in the Garden of Eden where they walked 55 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:13.320 and they talked with God. 56 00:04:13.320 --> 00:04:18.560 And I think that that can be restored because we're the temples of the Holy Spirit and the 57 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:25.440 Holy Spirit lives in us and we have the mind of Christ and we have power and we have authority. 58 00:04:25.440 --> 00:04:28.480 And so it's not so much, man, I can't sin today. 59 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:29.960 I can't think about that. 60 00:04:29.960 --> 00:04:30.960 I can't. 61 00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:32.040 No resistance. 62 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:35.520 We're going to create, you know, more of that. 63 00:04:35.520 --> 00:04:37.760 So I pray that helps you. 64 00:04:37.760 --> 00:04:39.000 Let's open with prayer. 65 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:40.000 Let's dive right in. 66 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.000 I'm super excited to be here. 67 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:43.520 Father, we thank you. 68 00:04:43.520 --> 00:04:48.920 This is the day that you have made and we rejoice in it and we're glad in it and we 69 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:53.880 celebrate the gift of life and we thank you that you've chosen to give us another day. 70 00:04:53.880 --> 00:04:57.160 You've chosen to gather us here. 71 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:00.040 And I just ask that the words of my mouth, the meditation of my 72 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.320 My heart will be pleasing in your sight. 73 00:05:02.320 --> 00:05:04.160 Whatever needs to be said, whatever 74 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.760 needs to come forth for each of these beautiful women 75 00:05:06.760 --> 00:05:09.880 watching live or online, for them 76 00:05:09.880 --> 00:05:13.080 to prosper physically, relationally, spiritually, 77 00:05:13.080 --> 00:05:14.200 financially. 78 00:05:14.200 --> 00:05:18.160 I just pray that they prosper in all things. 79 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:19.840 And so we give you thanks. 80 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:21.560 We give you all the glory. 81 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:25.680 In Jesus' name, amen. 82 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:27.840 Well, welcome, welcome, welcome. 83 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:29.020 Let me pull up. 84 00:05:29.020 --> 00:05:36.820 Let me share the screen and open up the slides. 85 00:05:36.820 --> 00:05:38.700 So here we go. 86 00:05:38.700 --> 00:05:41.060 Let's go, let's go, let's go. 87 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:42.500 I'm so excited. 88 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:45.580 Let's go, let's go. 89 00:05:45.580 --> 00:05:47.700 Come on, from the beginning. 90 00:05:47.700 --> 00:05:48.860 There we go. 91 00:05:48.860 --> 00:05:52.500 All right, so you all should be seeing it. 92 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:57.460 And here we are on day six of Partnering 93 00:05:57.460 --> 00:05:59.100 with God in Business. 94 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:01.580 So I opened with the conversation. 95 00:06:01.580 --> 00:06:07.620 We've been having a conversation about this battle, if you will, 96 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:08.860 being in our mind. 97 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:11.380 But maybe we could replace the word battle 98 00:06:11.380 --> 00:06:13.220 as I'm thinking about this right now. 99 00:06:13.220 --> 00:06:16.220 Maybe battle's not a great word. 100 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:23.180 Maybe it's this uncovering, unveiling, this revealing, 101 00:06:23.180 --> 00:06:29.980 this relationship, this growth, this mastery, this love, 102 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:31.420 this joy, this peace. 103 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:32.460 It could be anything. 104 00:06:32.460 --> 00:06:35.620 It's starting in our mind. 105 00:06:35.620 --> 00:06:40.940 And the choice is always to conform 106 00:06:40.940 --> 00:06:42.860 that the world is shaping you. 107 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:46.940 And so what the news says, whatever, whoever you're 108 00:06:46.940 --> 00:06:50.380 listening, who or what you're listening to, 109 00:06:50.380 --> 00:06:52.580 that's shaping how you feel. 110 00:06:52.580 --> 00:06:53.620 Are you scared? 111 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:54.580 Are you angry? 112 00:06:54.580 --> 00:06:58.220 Are you being shaped more by the world? 113 00:06:58.220 --> 00:07:01.860 Are you being shaped more by circumstances? 114 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:06.700 Or are you being transformed, made completely new? 115 00:07:06.700 --> 00:07:08.540 Behold, all things become new. 116 00:07:08.540 --> 00:07:10.260 Old things are passed away. 117 00:07:10.260 --> 00:07:14.060 Being transformed by the renewing, two words, 118 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:16.060 re, do again, new. 119 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:19.820 Little did we know we would have the science about renewing. 120 00:07:19.820 --> 00:07:24.380 It's called neuroplasticity, meaning that the brain is, 121 00:07:24.380 --> 00:07:30.180 the nervous system, the brain is changeable. 122 00:07:30.180 --> 00:07:31.740 You can renew it. 123 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:34.740 You can literally have a new brain. 124 00:07:34.740 --> 00:07:37.540 You can have new neural pathways. 125 00:07:37.540 --> 00:07:40.220 When there's an accident or an injury and part of the brain 126 00:07:40.220 --> 00:07:43.780 stops working, the brain is so neuroplasticity, 127 00:07:43.780 --> 00:07:46.300 so neuroplastic, that it develops 128 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:49.700 new neurons and new dendrites and can 129 00:07:49.700 --> 00:07:51.540 create a whole new pathway. 130 00:07:51.540 --> 00:07:52.820 And it's the same thing. 131 00:07:52.820 --> 00:07:56.380 You may have a certain pathway that tended, maybe, 132 00:07:56.380 --> 00:08:00.220 passed down genetically or through a lot of influence, 133 00:08:00.220 --> 00:08:03.700 that maybe you had a pathway, like a four-lane freeway, 134 00:08:03.700 --> 00:08:06.380 when it came to fear, doubt, and worry. 135 00:08:06.380 --> 00:08:09.060 And maybe you had a little dirt country road 136 00:08:09.100 --> 00:08:10.660 when it came to faith. 137 00:08:10.660 --> 00:08:14.940 And by the continuous renewing of our mind, 138 00:08:14.940 --> 00:08:19.300 of the speaking faith, thinking faith, acting on faith, 139 00:08:19.300 --> 00:08:22.140 reading faith, listening to faith, 140 00:08:22.140 --> 00:08:26.700 that the other four-lane freeway isn't getting any traffic. 141 00:08:26.700 --> 00:08:29.940 And now the dirt road is becoming, 142 00:08:29.940 --> 00:08:33.140 and that becomes energetically where your thoughts go more 143 00:08:33.140 --> 00:08:34.100 naturally. 144 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:37.539 So it becomes more natural to walk in gratitude. 145 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:38.659 You're retraining. 146 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:40.780 You're renewing your mind. 147 00:08:40.780 --> 00:08:43.220 So it becomes more natural to walk in gratitude. 148 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:50.140 It becomes more natural to be a positivity or a possibility 149 00:08:50.140 --> 00:08:53.420 thinker, that you're always looking. 150 00:08:53.420 --> 00:08:55.580 What's the possibility here? 151 00:08:55.580 --> 00:08:58.900 You're always expecting something wonderful 152 00:08:58.900 --> 00:09:01.340 is about to happen. 153 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:03.820 It's a mind set. 154 00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:06.180 You hear the word mind set. 155 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:08.420 It's like a thermostat set. 156 00:09:08.420 --> 00:09:12.940 You set it at 74 degrees or 72 or 68. 157 00:09:12.940 --> 00:09:15.620 Where is your mind set? 158 00:09:15.620 --> 00:09:18.900 Where is the go-to? 159 00:09:18.900 --> 00:09:22.580 And it doesn't think a lot about money and about lack. 160 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:24.980 Does it think a lot about fear and danger? 161 00:09:24.980 --> 00:09:27.620 Like, what is your mind set? 162 00:09:27.620 --> 00:09:30.380 And so we're not conforming to the world 163 00:09:30.380 --> 00:09:32.740 and the patterns of the world. 164 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:34.980 We're being transformed. 165 00:09:34.980 --> 00:09:37.700 And this is what partnership is all about. 166 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:39.300 It's like partnership. 167 00:09:39.300 --> 00:09:41.220 It's you and God. 168 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:45.060 And it's you and God being intimate 169 00:09:45.060 --> 00:09:49.860 that you no longer feel a need to hide from God. 170 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:54.260 You think about how silly it is to hide from omnipresence, 171 00:09:54.260 --> 00:09:57.740 omnipotence, our creator. 172 00:09:57.740 --> 00:10:01.260 I think about the Garden of Eden. 173 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:05.000 Eden and Adam attempting to use a fig leaf 174 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:10.160 and hide behind the bushes as God is seeking him out 175 00:10:10.160 --> 00:10:13.020 and saying, Adam, where are you? 176 00:10:13.020 --> 00:10:15.080 And it's not because God didn't know where he was. 177 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:19.000 He's letting him know he matters, come out. 178 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.360 Let's walk together. 179 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.380 Let's talk together. 180 00:10:22.380 --> 00:10:25.120 Ask me, tell me, you know, 181 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.260 scripture says we have not because we ask not. 182 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:33.320 And so being willing to have that intimacy into me, 183 00:10:33.400 --> 00:10:36.200 you see, God, there's nothing hidden. 184 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:37.640 You know me. 185 00:10:37.640 --> 00:10:41.820 You know, David did that in the book of Psalms, you know, 186 00:10:41.820 --> 00:10:46.720 and just knowing that we allow God to fully know us 187 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:48.760 because he does anyway, 188 00:10:48.760 --> 00:10:52.520 and for us to fully know and trust. 189 00:10:52.520 --> 00:10:55.280 And that intimacy begins to be born 190 00:10:55.280 --> 00:10:57.440 and that creates joy. 191 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:59.200 It creates peace. 192 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:03.200 It creates possibility and abundance 193 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:04.720 because you know that you're walking 194 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:09.560 with infinite possibility, infinite love, infinite wisdom, 195 00:11:09.560 --> 00:11:12.560 and you get to be intimate with that. 196 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:16.320 And so it's a process of replacing old beliefs 197 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:19.880 and old stinking thinking and old lies 198 00:11:19.880 --> 00:11:24.880 and old things that we've just picked up with truth. 199 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:29.380 And this is why it's so important to get into the word. 200 00:11:29.380 --> 00:11:32.080 And if you're new to the word, 201 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:33.920 even start with a translation 202 00:11:33.920 --> 00:11:36.960 that doesn't feel really hard for you. 203 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:39.600 Maybe start in the New Testament first. 204 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:40.880 You can do the whole Bible. 205 00:11:40.880 --> 00:11:42.220 I encourage that. 206 00:11:42.220 --> 00:11:45.680 But if you're new, maybe just start, 207 00:11:45.680 --> 00:11:50.000 start with the gospels, you know, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 208 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.880 that's four different perspectives on the life of Jesus 209 00:11:53.880 --> 00:11:55.720 and get a newer translation. 210 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.960 I love the passion translation. 211 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:01.280 If you're looking to get passion and get intimacy, 212 00:12:01.280 --> 00:12:03.880 I love the passion translation. 213 00:12:03.880 --> 00:12:06.360 If you're a word geek like I am 214 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:08.520 and you want to know what every word means, 215 00:12:08.520 --> 00:12:12.040 I love the amplified translation 216 00:12:12.040 --> 00:12:14.240 because then you can take a word, 217 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.560 like it says, you know, whosoever shall believe. 218 00:12:17.560 --> 00:12:19.720 And it lets you know believe means, you know, 219 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.560 lean your entire personality on God. 220 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:25.120 So it lets you get a depth of that. 221 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.500 So, you know, find a version that works for you, 222 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:31.240 but the key is even if it's only 10 minutes a day, 223 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.820 I mean, if it's 30 better, if it's an hour, cool, 224 00:12:33.820 --> 00:12:37.540 but it just being in the word 225 00:12:37.540 --> 00:12:40.160 and you don't have to like try to get through 226 00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:41.360 the whole thing. 227 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.840 Sometimes it's just reading one sentence over and over again 228 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.800 or one chapter. 229 00:12:47.800 --> 00:12:50.200 Sometimes it's just, it's having the highlighter 230 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:51.500 and it's getting the depth. 231 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:53.180 Maybe it's journaling about it. 232 00:12:53.180 --> 00:12:54.940 What is this saying? 233 00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:58.340 Maybe it's doing research on it to understand it. 234 00:12:58.340 --> 00:13:02.980 Like what I did with Elijah recently 235 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:06.420 and Elijah being at the river and the river drying up. 236 00:13:06.420 --> 00:13:10.780 Well, there's a lot of depth, the name of the river. 237 00:13:10.780 --> 00:13:14.260 Let us know so much, you know, 238 00:13:14.260 --> 00:13:16.540 that this was the river of hiding. 239 00:13:16.540 --> 00:13:19.500 This is for the season when God keeps you in hiding 240 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:21.900 to prepare you for that, 241 00:13:21.900 --> 00:13:23.620 that you know you're supposed to be doing. 242 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:25.420 So there's a lot of depth. 243 00:13:25.420 --> 00:13:27.860 The names actually mean something 244 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:31.740 and the places, the names of the places mean something. 245 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:33.940 So you can start shallow in, 246 00:13:33.940 --> 00:13:36.060 let me just get to know the lay of the land. 247 00:13:36.060 --> 00:13:37.620 Let me just get to know you, God. 248 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:40.300 Let me just get to know your love and your ways. 249 00:13:40.300 --> 00:13:44.140 You can go a little deeper, like understanding. 250 00:13:44.140 --> 00:13:48.620 And so just the key is we're replacing 251 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:51.340 with truth, okay? 252 00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:56.340 And so what we're doing is we're changing our perspective 253 00:13:57.380 --> 00:14:02.380 because we're not seeing life as it is, okay? 254 00:14:03.380 --> 00:14:07.620 We're seeing life as we are, okay? 255 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:12.620 And scientifically at the frequency that we are at, okay? 256 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:18.300 And so if we're in a very low frequency, 257 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:20.740 like guilt or shame, 258 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:23.780 we're going to see life from that place. 259 00:14:23.780 --> 00:14:25.780 We're going to see God from that place. 260 00:14:25.780 --> 00:14:27.940 Our worldview is going to be from this place. 261 00:14:27.940 --> 00:14:31.020 If we're in a place of hope, 262 00:14:31.020 --> 00:14:33.580 we're going to see God as bringing hope 263 00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:36.500 and the world as a place of possibility. 264 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:39.380 If we're in a high frequency like love, 265 00:14:39.380 --> 00:14:41.860 we're going to see God as loving. 266 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:45.300 And God's not changing based on our frequency. 267 00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:48.260 He's the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. 268 00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:53.580 He's the same forever, but you're not seeing with your eyes. 269 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:55.860 You're seeing with your mind, okay? 270 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:59.860 So your eyes simply pick up light and it's- 271 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:04.640 signals to the brain. And then the brain has to decode it based 272 00:15:04.640 --> 00:15:08.160 on what the brain already knows what's familiar to the brain, 273 00:15:08.280 --> 00:15:13.560 your perspective. And so the same person can look at the same 274 00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:18.080 thing and see it completely differently. And so you're not 275 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:23.040 seeing life as it is, you're seeing it as you are. And you 276 00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:28.080 get to change that as you are renewed. And so we've been 277 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:32.640 reading this, that there's this unveiling happening in our in 278 00:15:32.640 --> 00:15:36.920 our innermost being there is this, this understanding of 279 00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:43.280 Christ in us and us being rooted and grounded in love. And the 280 00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:47.200 goal is that is that we become completely filled with God's 281 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:52.160 presence. And so when you walk in a room, God walks in a room, 282 00:15:52.840 --> 00:16:00.160 because you're the temple of the Holy Spirit. Right? Okay. So we 283 00:16:00.160 --> 00:16:03.280 talked about the different ways of partnering with God. So we 284 00:16:03.280 --> 00:16:10.240 talked about divine direction. And so having God lead us, 285 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:15.400 right? The Lord is my shepherd. What does the shepherd do? He 286 00:16:15.400 --> 00:16:21.640 leads the sheep, he leads me besides still waters, quiet 287 00:16:21.640 --> 00:16:28.720 emotions, he leads us into green pastures, provision, right? And 288 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:33.360 so it's this idea of leading that even though I walked 289 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.160 through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid 290 00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:41.160 for thy rod and thy staff. They comfort me. Okay. So it's this 291 00:16:41.160 --> 00:16:46.640 idea, they that are led by the Spirit, are the sons and 292 00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:52.080 daughters of God. So it's this idea of learning to, to be led 293 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:56.720 to allow God to, to lead you, this is very powerful. And he'll 294 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.520 give you very specific direction. Okay. And we saw a 295 00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:06.720 lot of examples of that a very specific, divine direction. And 296 00:17:06.760 --> 00:17:10.680 there's a divine timing, we talked about Kairos versus 297 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:15.640 Kronos, right? And so Kairos is that divine timing, we want to 298 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:20.599 be in that divine timing. And we saw a lot of examples of when 299 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:26.680 God says wait, and when God says advance, and knowing the 300 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:31.120 difference between those. And so partnering with God is about 301 00:17:31.120 --> 00:17:36.680 walking in the timing of God. And, and we saw about divine 302 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:42.080 appointments that for you to fulfill your call, scripture 303 00:17:42.080 --> 00:17:46.280 says we're a body, every single person matters. And we say, you 304 00:17:46.280 --> 00:17:49.080 know, some people are the eyes, some are the ears, some are the 305 00:17:49.080 --> 00:17:54.360 heart, some are the toes, whatever, we need each other and 306 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:58.000 to fully fulfill our purpose. I think we're learning, I think 307 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:02.440 more and more, especially as Americans, you know, this rugged 308 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:08.720 individualism, we're having to let go of that, and learn to 309 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:14.960 collaborate, to work together as a body that each person has 310 00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:19.040 different missing pieces, you know, and so we read about 311 00:18:19.040 --> 00:18:23.800 Cornelius and Peter and how you can be here praying Cornelius 312 00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:29.320 was a godly man, but he still he didn't know he was a Gentile, 313 00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:33.600 there was a lot that he didn't know about Jesus and about 314 00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:36.320 walking in the Holy Spirit and about the gifts of the Holy 315 00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:40.920 Spirit. So if Cornelius tried to just figure it out all by 316 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:45.240 himself, he doesn't have all the puzzle pieces, he's going to go 317 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.600 to build this puzzle and there's going to be gaping holes, he 318 00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:52.440 knew how to pray it says, and yes, God will guide us into all 319 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:56.840 truths. But often he uses people he he knew how to be a generous 320 00:18:56.840 --> 00:19:00.440 giver. So he knew how to activate the flow. But there was 321 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:07.000 so much he didn't know. So over here, Peter, God was preparing. 322 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:11.400 And and Peter, in order to be ready for this divine 323 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:15.400 appointment, and this divine encounter, Peter had to get rid 324 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:20.240 of some old prejudices, some old beliefs, some old biases, right? 325 00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:25.080 To the Jews, it was unclean to interact with the Gentiles. Well, 326 00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:29.000 that wasn't God's plan. We were supposed to come together that 327 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:33.640 Gentiles were grafted into that tree. And and so he had to let 328 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:37.560 go of some old stinking thinking, or he would have 329 00:19:37.560 --> 00:19:42.440 missed an opportunity if he held on to his old prejudices, that 330 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:45.240 he would have missed an opportunity. And so there was 331 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:50.360 much God needed to teach Peter, you see, and so both of them 332 00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:54.600 were being prepared separately. And then they were both led on a 333 00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:59.880 divine appointment. So Cornelius sent his men to meet Peter. 334 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:03.640 Peter was told to go downstairs and meet Cornelius 335 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:07.360 and follow his people back to Cornelius's house, 336 00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:11.480 go into the house of people that thought differently, 337 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:14.280 looked differently, dressed differently, acted. 338 00:20:14.280 --> 00:20:17.600 Peter's mind was gonna get blown away. 339 00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:21.400 So Peter's obedient, he's led by the spirit, 340 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:23.840 even when it goes against culture 341 00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:26.920 and it goes against what he understood, right? 342 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.680 And as he starts sharing the word, 343 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:31.960 it says the Holy Spirit fell 344 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:35.040 and all of the people that Cornelius had invited, 345 00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:38.960 he had a house full, they received the power of God. 346 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:42.160 They started speaking in their heavenly language. 347 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:45.080 They started getting divine revelations 348 00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:47.040 and the gifts of the spirit. 349 00:20:47.040 --> 00:20:49.600 So they needed each other. 350 00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:53.160 Cornelius needed what Peter understood. 351 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.200 Peter had a deep understanding, okay? 352 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:58.640 And encounters with Christ. 353 00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:03.640 And yet Peter needed Cornelius to expand his horizons. 354 00:21:04.760 --> 00:21:05.880 You see how that works? 355 00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:08.680 Divine appointments, we need each other. 356 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:13.080 We can no longer be these rugged individualists 357 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:18.080 and that there's a divine order, right? 358 00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:23.320 And so 1 Corinthians 14, 40 says, 359 00:21:24.280 --> 00:21:29.280 let all things be done decently and in order. 360 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:34.400 If you see a lot of chaos, that's not of God. 361 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:36.000 One of the ways you can tell 362 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.960 if it's God speaking or working is peace. 363 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:42.560 Scripture says, let peace be your umpire. 364 00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:45.960 And so looking at how God takes chaos, 365 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:49.520 chaos in our mind, chaos in our body, 366 00:21:49.520 --> 00:21:52.920 chaos in our home, chaos in our finances, 367 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:56.040 chaos in our business, chaos in our relationships. 368 00:21:56.040 --> 00:22:01.040 And God is able to bring order to the chaos, okay? 369 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:05.400 So really, really, really beautifully. 370 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:10.400 And we see when the officer approaches the Lord 371 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:14.400 and wants healing and says, Lord, 372 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:17.160 I'm not worthy to have you come into my home, 373 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:19.000 but just say the word. 374 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.080 He had enough faith. 375 00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:22.960 Just say the word from where you are 376 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:24.960 and my servant will be healed. 377 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:29.240 I'm reading from Matthew 8, verses 8 through 10. 378 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:31.800 Just say the word from where you are 379 00:22:31.800 --> 00:22:33.560 and my servant will be healed. 380 00:22:33.560 --> 00:22:38.000 He says, I know this because I'm under the authority 381 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:40.200 of my superior officer. 382 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:42.720 So he was a military man. 383 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.840 He understood authority 384 00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:48.240 and he understood that Jesus had authority 385 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.520 and he had authority. 386 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:52.600 So he was under the authority of his superior officers. 387 00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:56.520 And it says, and I have authority over my soldiers. 388 00:22:56.520 --> 00:23:00.080 We each are under the authority of God, 389 00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:05.080 but we've been given authority over our environment, okay? 390 00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:07.440 And I have authority over my soldiers. 391 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:10.880 I only need to say go and they go or come and they come. 392 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.160 And if I say that to my slaves, do this, they do it. 393 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:17.040 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. 394 00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:20.560 The wisdom that was coming from this Gentile officer 395 00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:24.080 and he turned to the Jews that were following him. 396 00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:26.120 He said, I tell you the truth. 397 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:30.520 I haven't seen faith like this in all of Israel. 398 00:23:30.520 --> 00:23:33.520 Those that are with them are saying, give us a sign. 399 00:23:33.520 --> 00:23:36.200 How do we know that you're Jesus, right? 400 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.200 They're needing stuff. 401 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:42.160 And this outsider, if you will, right? 402 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:46.200 This Gentile, this Roman who they despise 403 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:48.120 is saying, look, just say the word. 404 00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:49.040 I have enough faith. 405 00:23:49.040 --> 00:23:50.400 I know my daughter will be healed 406 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:52.760 if you'll just say the word. 407 00:23:52.760 --> 00:23:57.680 But the key here is that we're seeing a divine order. 408 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:02.680 And so one of the ways that this order can come in 409 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:07.000 is bringing order to your day. 410 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:09.960 So part of partnering with God 411 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:14.960 is asking God to order your steps, order your days. 412 00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:19.560 So that one of the most important things in my opinion 413 00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:24.560 is how you start your day, how you start your day. 414 00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:27.680 And those of you that have worked with me, 415 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:32.680 you know, I use the Prosper Daily Plan. 416 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:36.160 You can get a copy of the Prosper Daily Plan. 417 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:39.320 And the whole top of the daily plan 418 00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:42.360 is a checkoff list just to remind you, 419 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:47.040 have you taken time to pray, to read, to journal? 420 00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:50.760 Have you set your declarations for the day? 421 00:24:50.760 --> 00:24:54.440 What you absolutely will do in that day? 422 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:58.840 Have you said your affirmations, your I am, who are you? 423 00:24:58.840 --> 00:25:00.160 Have you written your? 424 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:02.600 gratitude, have you celebrated your wins? 425 00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:06.040 Those things that order your day 426 00:25:06.040 --> 00:25:10.320 and renew your mind and calibrate you, okay? 427 00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:13.640 And so a huge part of partnering with God, 428 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:16.900 there's a thing called first fruits. 429 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:19.360 And so you've got the first fruits of your money. 430 00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:21.520 There was always a first fruit offering 431 00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:23.800 as a way of saying, hey, God is my source. 432 00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:25.680 I glorify him with the first part. 433 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:27.600 He's the first thing that gets, 434 00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:29.860 that I give the money to, right? 435 00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:33.140 And it's about the first fruits of your day. 436 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:36.220 What do you spend the greater part of your morning? 437 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:38.460 Are you letting the news influencing you? 438 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.660 Are you reading the news? 439 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.800 Are you go, go, go? 440 00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:42.420 Are you already into business? 441 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:44.860 Are you already into fear, doubt and worry? 442 00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:48.340 Or have you given the first fruit to God? 443 00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:50.700 I encourage you starting from the minute 444 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:54.780 that you're laying in bed and you open your eyes, okay? 445 00:25:54.780 --> 00:25:58.900 That you are giving your day to God. 446 00:25:58.900 --> 00:26:02.740 The first fruit of the day to God, okay? 447 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:07.740 So Exodus 29 says you've got six days each week 448 00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:09.700 for your ordinary work, 449 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:14.020 but the seventh day is the Sabbath day of rest. 450 00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:17.660 So this is another thing is as we order our week, 451 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:19.840 it's really important. 452 00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:23.360 Everything will expand to fill the container you give it. 453 00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:26.080 That includes our days, that includes our weeks. 454 00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:29.880 So if you look at the container of your week, okay? 455 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:32.720 Is there time for God first fruits? 456 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:35.560 Is there time that you're being very diligent 457 00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:37.200 with your work, okay? 458 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:39.780 There's a lot in scripture about, you know, 459 00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:42.520 see a man diligent in his ways. 460 00:26:42.520 --> 00:26:46.640 He will not serve before mere men, he'll serve before kings. 461 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:50.560 So there's a level of being diligent with our work, 462 00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:54.040 but also there must be, we cannot be workaholics. 463 00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:56.240 There must be a place for rest. 464 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:59.400 God has established order in the week. 465 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:01.400 Six days shall you work, 466 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:04.140 but you need to have a day of rest. 467 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:09.140 And that can be also a rest from electronics, 468 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:12.760 being in nature and turn off all the electronic devices. 469 00:27:12.760 --> 00:27:15.080 We're just bombarded with EMFs 470 00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:18.660 that are affecting our body a lot. 471 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:21.880 It can be a time for worship, 472 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:24.160 and that's where you really got time to read 473 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:26.220 and to pray and to study. 474 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:28.440 Can be time to catch up on your rest, to sleep, 475 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:30.040 just lay out on a hammock. 476 00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:34.680 Can be time to really bond with your loved ones 477 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:37.280 and your kids and be out playing together, 478 00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:38.800 but a day of rest. 479 00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:42.320 So having order, a divine order to your week, 480 00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:45.760 it's not divine order to work 24 seven 481 00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:47.600 and just be chasing money all day. 482 00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:50.040 That's not divine order, okay? 483 00:27:50.040 --> 00:27:54.920 And I love Psalms chapter 90 that says, 484 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:58.000 teach us, this is a prayer of Moses, I love this. 485 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:03.000 It says, teach us to number our days. 486 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:05.240 Bring order to our days, God. 487 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:07.880 Teach us to number our days 488 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:12.200 that we may have a heart of wisdom. 489 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:16.380 Wisdom is asking God to order your days, 490 00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:18.740 to bring order to the chaos, right? 491 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.860 Creation, right? 492 00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:23.180 It says that the world was just in total chaos. 493 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:25.140 It was formless, it was void, 494 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.980 and the spirit of God hovered it, 495 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:30.260 and then God spoke the word and it brought order. 496 00:28:30.260 --> 00:28:35.260 God speaking word into your heart brings chaos into order. 497 00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:38.700 Chaos in your thoughts, chaos in your body, 498 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:41.800 chaos in your money, it brings order. 499 00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:45.300 This is how you know that you're walking with God. 500 00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:47.540 Fear is replaced by love. 501 00:28:47.540 --> 00:28:52.540 Chaos is replaced by order and peace and joy. 502 00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:55.260 The fruits of the spirit, of the Holy Spirit 503 00:28:55.260 --> 00:28:58.300 are love, joy, and peace, okay? 504 00:28:58.300 --> 00:29:02.100 So let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us 505 00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:05.720 and establish thou the work of our hands. 506 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:08.620 Yay, the work of our hands, establish it. 507 00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:11.380 The prayer of Moses, okay? 508 00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:15.060 Now, another divine order. 509 00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:17.460 We need to start, it starts with us. 510 00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:19.860 It's about taking personal responsibility. 511 00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:22.540 It's not waiting for everybody else to change. 512 00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:25.520 So divine order, it starts with us. 513 00:29:25.520 --> 00:29:27.940 So I love, this verse says, 514 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:32.340 refuse to be a critic full of bias toward others 515 00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:35.100 and judgment will not be passed on you 516 00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:37.760 for you'll be judged by the same standard 517 00:29:37.760 --> 00:29:40.460 that you've used to judge others. 518 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:44.060 The measure you use on them will be used on you. 519 00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:48.420 Why would you focus on the flaw in someone else's life 520 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:53.420 and yet fail to notice the glaring flaws in your own, okay? 521 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:57.380 It's so easy to see what our kids and our spouse 522 00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:59.260 and the government and our boss, 523 00:29:59.260 --> 00:30:00.100 what they're doing. 524 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:09.120 wrong. It's so easy to see others flaws. And yet, so many of us are blind to our own flaws. 525 00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:14.720 And so it says, how could you say to your friend, let me show you where you're wrong, 526 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:22.000 where you're guilty of even more when you're guilty of even more, you're being hypocritical 527 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:28.880 and a hypocrite. So here's the order, divine order. First, there's a first and there's 528 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:35.200 an, and then first acknowledge your own blind spots. This would change relationships. If 529 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:39.920 you're looking at yourself first, okay. Um, with your children, with your spouse, 530 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:46.640 first acknowledge, be aware and acknowledge your own blind spots and deal with them. 531 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:53.120 And then you'll be capable of dealing with a blind spot in your friends. So before you judge, 532 00:30:53.120 --> 00:31:01.520 before you correct, before you give lots of advice, start at home, start with yourself first. 533 00:31:01.520 --> 00:31:08.560 And it's always about with God. It's always out of the heart flows the issues of life. 534 00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:15.120 So it's always about working from the inside to the out. The problem Jesus had with the 535 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:20.960 religious leaders is they were always focused from the outside. And so it was how you looked, 536 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:26.000 it was what rituals you did. It was how much you gave. It was how many times you went to church. 537 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:31.440 It was, it was always looking at how you dressed and, and, and did you dance and did you wear 538 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:37.680 jewelry and what did you eat and everything of the judgment. This is what Jesus had the 539 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:44.240 most problem with. It was about looking at the external. Okay. And, and Jesus said, 540 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:53.680 and wisdom all the way back to Proverbs 5,000 years ago, it said above all guard your heart 541 00:31:54.560 --> 00:32:01.440 for out of the heart flow, the issues of life. So when you're trying to get to the root 542 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:09.520 of change of transformation of, of a spiritual walk, you've got to start with the heart. 543 00:32:09.520 --> 00:32:17.200 Okay. Got to start with the heart. So with, with Jesus, okay. It's working from the inside 544 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:25.920 out with religion and Jesus hated religion and he hated hypocritical religion above all. Okay. 545 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:31.760 So you're not alone. If you don't like the hypocrisy that you might see in the church or 546 00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:40.000 synagogue or wherever, wherever there's people. Okay. And so it's important that we're not 547 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:45.520 working from the outside in, we're not trying to do behavioral change. We're not trying to 548 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:52.240 do all of that. We're trying to work from the inside out. And so Jesus said, you blind Pharisees, 549 00:32:52.240 --> 00:33:00.320 he's calling them blind. And there's the order first, first. Okay. Pretty metal first, number one. 550 00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:09.520 Okay. Wash the inside of the cup or the dish. And then, so there's a first and then, and then 551 00:33:09.520 --> 00:33:17.280 first deal with the inside and then the outside will become clean too. And so he really, he really 552 00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:24.240 had a lot to say there. I mean, he, he called them, you know, hypocrites. He said, they're whitewashed 553 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:30.640 tombs. They're beautiful on the outside. They look, they smell good. They dress good. They drive 554 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:37.360 nice cars. You're beautiful on the outside. You put on a good show, but on the inside, they're 555 00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:47.280 filled with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity. Jesus understood that hypocrisy 556 00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:55.520 is when you're out of alignment. When, when what is on the outside is not revealing what's on the 557 00:33:55.520 --> 00:34:02.800 inside, when on the inside is not matching what you're showing on the outside. This is a problem. 558 00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:08.239 This is what people have a problem with in religion because they see through it because we know, 559 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:15.760 we feel it. Okay. They see through it. Okay. So order, the order is start at the heart, start at 560 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:26.320 the inside. Okay. And as part of that, there's an order before you are preaching or giving money or 561 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:33.199 generous on the outside, start with forgiveness because forgiveness will block every unforgiveness 562 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:39.679 will block everything else. So if you haven't forgiven others and not because they deserve it, 563 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:45.040 okay, they may not. I'm not saying that the rapist or the pedophile, or, you know, your dad, 564 00:34:45.040 --> 00:34:49.600 that sexually abused you. I'm not saying he deserves forgiveness. That's between him and 565 00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:57.760 God and asking forgiveness, but I must release the anger and the pain and the root of bitterness 566 00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.760 that will make me sick. 567 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.960 that will stop like 2,500 functions of my liver 568 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:08.640 that will keep me from getting the blessings of God. 569 00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:09.960 So for my sake, 570 00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:12.920 it's not because the other person deserves it. 571 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:17.800 I must continuously be forgiving everyone and everything, 572 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.160 including myself. 573 00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:22.720 And so Jesus was really clear about that. 574 00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:24.600 And so that's why he say, 575 00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:27.520 maybe when you're praying, a prayer is great, 576 00:35:27.520 --> 00:35:29.880 but if you're praying and you have unforgiveness 577 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:32.120 and bitterness, no, no, no, first, 578 00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:36.600 before you even get to that, first forgive, okay? 579 00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:38.480 First forgive. 580 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.840 Maybe you're giving, 581 00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:44.640 maybe you're standing at the offerings at the church, right? 582 00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:48.200 And so it says, when you're praying, first forgive anyone 583 00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:49.840 you're holding a grudge against 584 00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:54.080 so your father in heaven will forgive your sins too. 585 00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:59.600 I've been speaking all morning already. 586 00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:01.560 Did a summit. 587 00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:03.360 So my voice, okay. 588 00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:07.360 So first forgiven, then you're gonna be forgiven. 589 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:09.320 If you're presenting an offering, 590 00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.520 leave your offering there, 591 00:36:10.520 --> 00:36:13.040 go make peace with your brother and then come. 592 00:36:13.040 --> 00:36:17.320 God's more concerned with forgiveness than the offering. 593 00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:20.800 Also starting with the end in mind, 594 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:23.440 Stephen Covey and Jesus did the same thing. 595 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.520 Don't begin until. 596 00:36:25.520 --> 00:36:29.640 And so we're gonna pick up on the next one. 597 00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.960 I think it's so rich. 598 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:35.960 I can't wait to share is the divine goodness, 599 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:38.720 the divine goodness, okay? 600 00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:42.000 So let me just stop the share here. 601 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:44.520 Divine goodness is where we're gonna pick up. 602 00:36:44.520 --> 00:36:48.080 And I think this will be the game changer. 603 00:36:48.080 --> 00:36:52.640 I think a lot of people don't surrender to God 604 00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:55.880 like I open with because they don't totally trust God 605 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.600 or they don't totally trust themselves. 606 00:36:58.600 --> 00:37:03.440 And when the part of why they don't trust God, 607 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:07.320 they're not all convinced that God is good. 608 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.080 They're not all convinced that God is faithful. 609 00:37:10.080 --> 00:37:12.160 Maybe they felt that God, 610 00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:16.560 and maybe you felt like God didn't answer your prayer 611 00:37:16.560 --> 00:37:18.880 or disappointed you. 612 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:21.640 Someone you loved died anyway, 613 00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:26.440 or someone that God brought and they hurt you 614 00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:31.440 or whatever is happening on this plane with other humans, 615 00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:34.280 a lot can happen. 616 00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:39.000 But when you really, really, really in your deepest knower 617 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:41.280 come to understand the goodness of God, 618 00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:44.720 and I'm gonna share some really powerful things with you 619 00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:46.400 on day seven, 620 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:51.240 and you really come to know the goodness of God, 621 00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:53.680 it's such a game changer. 622 00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:55.480 You're gonna pray different, 623 00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:57.200 you're gonna believe different, 624 00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:58.720 you're gonna speak different, 625 00:37:58.720 --> 00:38:00.920 you're gonna expect different 626 00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:03.040 when you really wrapped your mind around 627 00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:05.080 what I'm gonna share about the goodness of God. 628 00:38:05.080 --> 00:38:08.360 So that's next time, stay tuned. 629 00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:13.360 For right now, we're gonna go into the mastermind. 630 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:17.240 So I'm gonna stop the recording 631 00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:18.600 and you guys can...