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All right, welcome to men's live session

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Heart check-in for what is this?

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January 19th

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2026 if you can believe it

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so

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Good to see you guys here gentlemen. Got it several of us on

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What is going on?

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Well, I guess I had brother yeah, I could go yeah, so, um, I guess I'm mostly good

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One good thing is I I signed up for a review a PE review class

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That's a class to help me study to get licensed as an engineer. Oh

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So so I took the first step by purchasing the class. Of course, it's kind of expensive, but I think it'll really help me

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So that's a positive thing. That's good

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And I'm stand for what professional engineer Oh perfect. Okay. Yeah. Mm-hmm

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Um

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Now the other thing the other thing is, um, is that you know, I'm still very much in love with gel

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but the thing is is that right now it's a difficult time because um

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Occasionally she'll get in like a spell where it's like she's just

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really busy and then she's too tired to like say much to me and

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You know both of us, you know are in love but we're like tired of the long distance

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Yeah, it's just tough but at least I have this bracelet right here that she gave me

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That I can I can it's a tangible sign of her love and you know, I'm

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It helps me stay rooted

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Yeah, huh?

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What other indications

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Do you have from her with regard to was she coming over to the States at all or how was he can't?

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She can't come. Yeah, but I mean, um

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What you had some sort of plan I thought some sort of like long-range plan of some sort

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yeah, well, I I was doing a lot of research into like

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you know how she could come over and really

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what it's come down to is is that um, even though technically you can

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You can apply for a visa the chances of her getting a visa are extremely low, right?

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Because um

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Because they're um, the government will be suspicious that she'll wanna overstay. Yeah, so

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She has to have like very very solid proof that she'll return home and yeah

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And it's it's it's not super strong in her case. So, um

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So I don't want to waste either of our money to spend a lot of money just to apply for visa

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so I think the my new plan is

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Is to just visit her over there until we get married or or she she maybe she'll

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Work abroad somewhere else and I'll go visit her in that country instead like

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like possibly United Arab Emirates, um, because they that might be the

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the only opportunity to get a job at her level of qualification as a

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Accountant because they and in most places they want someone who's like, you know, ten years of experience with a master's degree

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She just has a bachelor's degree in four years of experience. So those qualifications

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Unfortunately are not high enough

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To be hired in a lot of places. Yeah

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Another thing is that she's um, she's now unemployed

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Um completely before she did have a job

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That was making her, you know, some money not that much but at least some but now she's completely unemployed and

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I partly feel bad. I mean, it's not really my fault and she says it's not my fault, you know, so we're good

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but it's just that um

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She made the decision to spend time with me instead of working and so she got fired. Oh

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I'm sorry to hear that

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Hmm well, um, so you're just gonna keep this long distance for a while really

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yeah, I mean I really have a choice but um, I am thinking of

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Maybe visiting her in June, which is like the month of my birthday and I was thinking of maybe

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Trying like staying over there for a month this time, which is the longest amount of time

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You can stay with just having a passport

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Of course, you can apply for an extension too

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but I think that's a good first step to actually, you know date her in person for like a longer period of time and

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it'll be six months from now and

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I was thinking I'll probably propose to her what?

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You know, I think by that time you had have you had any more contact with her family? I met her family

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When I was when I was there. Yeah, but I'm just saying but since you've been home, have you had any more contact with them like

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Um video or you know telephone or anything like that email? No

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Um, well, I mean I did contact your mom. I did say, you know, thank you again, you know and everything. Um, so I

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It's not ongoing you not really because um, they don't speak english. So it's

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they um

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They were they were nice people, but they were also very shy and they didn't speak like hardly any english

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So I I just you know, I just got you know, my impressions of them. Um,

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But unfortunately, we couldn't really interact that much. Um,

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Because of the first of all the shyness on both of our sides and also the um language barrier

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so, um, i'm either gonna have to really

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Find a way to learn the language or get one of those earbud things

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Um where you can like it'll translate in real time

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And you're and you're sure this is this is um a relationship that you're

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interested in pursuing

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Considering all these all these obstacles at this point

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Oh, okay. Yep. We're very serious

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Mm-hmm. I mean

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Yeah, I mean it sounds like a lot, you know, um

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But you know, I if you're gonna go down that road, I mean

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Definitely just make sure you do it safely and make sure you do it with you know, eyes wide open. Um,

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the world is a very strange and

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Difficult place sometimes but I definitely wish you the best. Uh, um

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not the best of luck because we don't really um believe in luck, but yeah believe in certainly blessings of the lord and

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May may you have god's speed in everything you do and all the decisions and all the different interactions that you have

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and that you know, you're just

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I would definitely encourage this

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This is definitely

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An encouragement that you just have a moment of prayer

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Before you have any you know, every time you have a reach out with her every time you have a connection with her

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So that you're being guided in a way that I think is in your best interest, you know

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And really just rely on holy spirit to

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Give you that peace and that inward peace and witness to you

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Everything that you encounter, you know

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Because navigating, um, you know a global situation like this

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I mean, there's just so many it's it's not like I live in cleveland and you know, you know, she lives in chicago

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You know, it's it's a little bit different. So yeah, and there's so many legalities to it and everything. So

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Well blessings man. Yeah

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I guess one last thing I would like to say is that um

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So because of her situation where she's trying to like save up for you know, her parents house. Um

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It it I think probably will end up having like a just a long engagement

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That's kind of my plan and you know, that'll give us time to you know, get you know, pre-marriage counseling and

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Get really get things in order

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And who's going to be able to do the counseling pre-marriage counseling for you

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well, um

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Probably someone in the philippines. It's probably like best that way because um, their culture is different and there's some

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You know cultural things that you know need to be considered. Um, yeah

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And she does she have a pastor? Is that what she said?

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Well, I mean she she goes to to mass. She's catholic just like me. Oh, right. Yeah. Okay

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and she has a priest that she's

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That knows her and is connected with her and so forth. Um

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Not really I I get the impression that you know, she goes to mass

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But she doesn't have like a personal like spiritual guide or anything like that

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I'm, just talking about someone that knows her like, you know, that's the that's the greatest thing about christian community

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is to be known in community, um, one of the things that

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jackie

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Learned about me early on when we met, you know, we met as neighbors

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Yeah, yes, we got to know each other as we got to know each other

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You know, we found out that we knew some of the same people and it was interesting. We did not go to the same church

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Um, but we were in the same town the same, you know big city

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and even on the same side of town, but it was it was really awkward and not awkward was just kind of

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Interesting that we had never met we never really crossed paths at all

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And but at the same time we knew

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other individuals the same individuals

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Looks like multiple people that was like, oh, I know that person like how you know, I crossed paths with them

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But I didn't ever cross. Yeah

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And but one of the things that was helpful in that because we were both known

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In our christian communities each of us despite what happened to those

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communities, because there were some, I mean, her pastor actually went to prison and there

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was a bunch of turmoil in her small community.

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But because she was known by other believers, it was helpful in us to get to know each other

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that those communities could affirm, you know, who we were, you know, like, so even though

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we were just meeting for the first time, and then developing a friendship, and which then

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into a romantic relationship, you know, it was of utmost importance, especially for her,

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to know me through other people's eyes, and to know me through other people's affirmation

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and history, and even obviously meet my family, I met her family.

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So there was a lot of affirmations there that helped us establish what we established in

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our marriage and relationship.

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So I guess, anything that you could do to encourage that, that's why I asked about if

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there was a priest that she knew that was like, you know, is she known in her church.

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So she's on her big community is like mostly her family, because she has a really big family.

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She's really close with her cousins.

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And also, and like, the way that they live is that her neighbors are like her relatives.

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And so it's like a whole block of people that she's related to.

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Yeah, that's very common in that culture, for sure.

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But I'm not sure if there's much, like spiritual guidance, like, among them, to be honest.

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I kind of like family, family, close family is very important.

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So yeah, great way to know somebody else's, you know, through their family, especially

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if they are close.

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And, you know, they would know, yeah, you know, who these people are.

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Mm hmm.

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Well, thanks for the update, man.

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I appreciate you chiming in there.

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Yeah.

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And, and so I love the career advancement.

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It's awesome.

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And sounds like you're getting getting ready to make a move.

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Yeah.

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Mm hmm.

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Encourage you in that.

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Thanks for the update.

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Um, who else has got something to update us with this week?

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What do we got here?

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Abram, you're still muted.

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Somehow.

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I don't know why.

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I heard something from you.

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And I'm not really sure what's going on.

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But who else do we have?

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Bob and Sean and Matthew, Christopher, David, get on here, guys, and share with us a little

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bit this week.

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Hey, how's it going, David?

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Good.

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Hi.

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Um, well, I guess it's more like a question that I have.

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Right.

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I was listening to what you call it, the Saturday, the supernatural Saturday.

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Yeah, right.

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And, um, you know, Jackie made a good point when she was talking about the founder of

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the Mormon Church.

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Yeah.

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And how, you know, he was hearing voices and all that other stuff.

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And, um, I've known, you know, quite a few people that, you know, they've said stuff

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like that.

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I hear voices and stuff, but it wasn't the Holy Spirit's voice.

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It was it was some other voice.

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But, um, one of the points, though, that she made is the scriptures that says in the multitude

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of counselors, there's safety, which is true.

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I definitely believe in that scripture.

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So I'm saying all of that to say this is just a, I guess, a question that I just wanted

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to, you know, to ask and stuff just to, like, see what other people think, so on and so

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forth.

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So, um, like last year, you know, I did talk to a few different females.

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And funny enough, two of them were actually here in this community.

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And, um, it didn't work out.

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Oh, in the last year single community?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Well, yeah.

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One of them, um, she was here.

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She said she came out of it because she couldn't, um, like find the time or whatever to, you

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know, connect.

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And then the other one, um, she said that I think she had sent an email to cancel her

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membership because of the same reasons, but it wasn't canceled or whatever.

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So she's still listening and stuff like that.

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Okay.

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But anyway, so, um, that didn't work out.

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And, um, I had spoken to Jackie briefly, um, I think it was April of last year, you know,

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just talking to her briefly about some stuff.

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So just meeting people and stuff like that.

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So anyway, so I went on some, I went on Hinge, um, the dating app and, um, like never really

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got anywhere with that, um, couple of dates here and there.

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but it just didn't work out.

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So, you know, after doing that for so long,

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I just, you know, you just get frustrated.

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I mean, like, like most people.

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So anyway, I, I prayed to the Lord and I asked him,

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you know, I was like, it just seems like

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just there's a roadblock or whatever.

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It's like every, every turn that I make, you know,

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I was like, how is this, how is this going to happen?

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Cause I just, I just got to a point of frustration.

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So I'm not one who, when people say, you know,

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they speak to the Holy Spirit

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or hear the voice or whatever.

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I've have, I have heard voices in the past,

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but I guess he doesn't really speak to me that way

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as usually more through his word.

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You know, I, I'll pick up the Bible and, you know,

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certain scriptures or whatever will come out

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pertaining to my scripture.

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So anyway, so when I said that prayer,

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you know, a voice said to me

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that you will meet your wife through someone you know.

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And yeah, and that's what the voice said.

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And the voice said, oh, you can, you know,

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get off the date and apps or whatever,

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cause you meet your wife through someone, you know.

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So I was like, okay.

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But so I said.

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Let me ask you this.

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Let me ask you this, Sean.

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When you're hearing this voice, this impression,

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in what state are you,

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in what state are you when you're here,

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when you heard this voice?

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Like I said, frustrated, you know.

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No, but I mean, like, were you in a moment of like,

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were you in a, were you in a moment of prayer?

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Were you like at work, driving down the road in the car?

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No, no, no, no.

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Praying.

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So I was praying to the Lord.

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So you're in prayer, okay.

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Yeah, I'm in prayer and I'm asking him to,

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you know, to talk to me and to let me know,

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you know, about my situation because I'm just frustrated.

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Yeah, sure.

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So that's what the voice said.

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Now, I'm not gonna go into it,

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but there has been,

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in the past, it wasn't in prayer,

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but it was another situation where

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it was like an impression or whatever in a voice

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that I thought was the Holy Spirit or Christ or whatever,

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but it wasn't.

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It was a demonic entity

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and that got me in a whole bunch of trouble,

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but that's a long story.

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And you're saying that because,

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you're saying that because the voice whatever said something

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and then you're like, none of that worked out

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or something bad happened or whatever.

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So you're like, oh, that was basically a demonic situation.

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So I don't wanna-

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I mean, is that your conclusion?

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No, no, no, that's not my conclusion.

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No, no, no, what I'm saying is,

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is that how you knew

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that that wasn't really the voice of the Lord?

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Is that correct?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Okay, got it.

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All right, go ahead.

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So then, yeah, so back to this other voice

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on when I was praying,

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I was just like, okay, you know,

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but I was, it was,

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I had a question in my head because of,

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you know, basically of what happened before

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and I just didn't wanna run with that.

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I did come off the apps, you know,

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because I'm like, I just got frustrated

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because like I said, I just kept running into a roadblock.

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So I did come off the apps

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and I haven't really talked to anybody since then.

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But I just wanted to run it by someone.

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Yeah, like what's the main question you're like?

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The question is the voice.

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I mean, obviously you didn't hear it,

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but do you think that, you know,

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that was the Holy Spirit's voice

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or was that, you know, the enemy's voice or my own voice?

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I mean, just.

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I mean, well, let me ask you this.

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When you heard that you're in a moment of prayer,

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but you're also frustrated.

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So you're emotionally frustrated,

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which is completely appropriate for prayer time.

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Just tell you that right now.

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I mean, the Lord isn't afraid of our emotions

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when we're happy, sad, disgusted, mad, you know,

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violently angry.

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The Lord isn't afraid of what we're responding to.

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We're emotionally responding to real things, okay?

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So that's not really like whether that's like,

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oh, was I in a good place and a bad place or whatever?

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You're in a moment of like sincere seeking the Lord.

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You're like, look, I need some information on this,

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you know?

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And let me ask you this.

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When you heard that and it said, you know,

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you're gonna meet somebody from somebody that you know,

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did that make you?

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Was was there any peace in that or was it like?

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Did you feel clarity in that moment? Like oh, okay. There's here's a moment of like

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You know kind of like when the Sun shines through and up in a cloud

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Yeah, did it feel very clear did it feel with with a measure of peace it did. Yeah, it did it did

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I think that's probably let me just comment on this because you know, there's there's a lot of there's just a ton of

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Controversy speculation whatever and this isn't anything new to humanity. This is you know

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Humans have been hearing

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God speak to them and others speak to them for millennia. So it's nothing new to the human experience

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so

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but it can be new to

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you as an individual and

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Especially immersed in the cultural time that you live in

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Right now you live in America you live in an information age you live in so much

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Deception and speculation. There's you know, nobody knows anymore. What truth is nobody knows anymore where their bearing is

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Nobody knows anymore where you know, their North Star is their true North Star

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So it is challenging and I mean in this day and age, I will say that and I don't think that's any

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That that's even new in and of itself in the world experience because relative to

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What people have lived through in the past in history?

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I think there's been you know a lot of that in different cultures, but you know

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It is challenging. So I'll say it that way. However

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The the greatest thing that you can the thing that cuts through the noise is

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What we know from the Word of God

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You know the God sent his son. He sent the person Jesus to be an example for us

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He sent his word

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Which has been recorded in history and which has been tested and proved

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through the test of time to the test of scrutiny through the test of a

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generation after generation after generation

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Cultures after cultures the Word of God is endured to it's the state that we know it is today the 66 books of the Bible

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right and

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God Scott speaks to us through his word. He speaks to us through

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Our understanding of our relationship with him and he speaks through others that we know and that we trust

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Right. Well that you know, it could be a family member could be a friend

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But these are people who know us and love us. This is kind of like what I was talking about with Andy

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It's like it's so important to be known in

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Community and when I say community, that's a very very broad word. That doesn't just mean your church

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That doesn't mean just your work. That doesn't mean just your family. It means every everywhere that you're known if you're known

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You know for crying out. This is kind of odd, but if you're known in a bar

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You know and everybody knows that you walk in there and everybody knows who knows your name just like Norm from Cheers

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It's like that's community now, yeah, I'm not saying that that's the best community

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I'm just saying that's an example of like being known in community your family and the people that know you the best and

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here's the other factor a

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community that is you know that knows you not only snows you but loves you and

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Your church community your family. Hopefully your family some people come from really rough screwed-up families. I get it

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I understand that so maybe that's not a safe place for you or someone, you know in that community

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So that's why being known in community though is very very important

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Because when you have somebody that loves you and that has wisdom and that has some insight

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Lots of times somebody else is sitting right beside you in the same situation

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Because they're not you

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Can speak into your situation?

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Because they're not you they're not in your head

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They see things about you that you don't see about yourself

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And so that could be very helpful a good friend can do that a good family member a good pastor a good leader

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Sometimes in in the workplace can see that in you, right? So

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There's there should be a level of affirmation when you hear, you know impressions. And so

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based on what you're saying

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I've been in lots of times in prayer. We're like I've just been like I'm so confused. I'm so just distraught

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I'm going through a hard situation, you know, and then I just know the difference

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Because I've done it enough in prayer to know when there's that moment of clarity

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And trust me, there's been times where I felt like really

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You know unction in prayer and I felt like man. I just need to go to prayer

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there's other times where i'm like

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I don't feel like praying at all

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Matter of fact, I just feel like throwing everything in the trash and just walking away from everything

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But I know I

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probably press in a little bit.

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So sometimes it takes a little effort spiritually

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to do that.

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But I have done the rudiments of prayer enough

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and have been trained in that so long

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that I can kind of lean into that.

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And so there's that part of it.

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But that moment of clarity where you get that peace

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and you're like, okay,

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like hearing through all the noise,

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there's sometimes we're just like, yeah, okay, I hear that.

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And then I've even tested out and said,

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okay, Lord, I'm just gonna put this before you.

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I feel like this is kind of what you're telling me.

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I feel like this is a good word

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and I'm gonna trust you in this.

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And so there's definitely a measure of faith.

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There's definitely a measure of trust

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that goes into hearing the voice of the Lord.

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Cause you're like, first of all,

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you test everything through the word of God.

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If it doesn't line up with the word of God,

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if it's not uplifting, encouraging to you,

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it's probably most likely not a voice

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that you want to be listening to.

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And of course the enemy is always after all of us.

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So he's always saying stupid things, saying things.

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Trust me, I hear that voice as well.

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So I get it.

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But to me, I mean, it kind of, I kind of resonated with me,

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even when you just said the phrase,

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I'm going to, you're gonna meet the person

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or there's somebody that you know.

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And I'm like, I feel like,

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I feel like I kind of feel a little witness on that.

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I kind of feel like, oh, we're like, like,

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I'm like, yeah, I think that, I think that feels right.

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You know?

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So let me say that affirmation.

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And then the other thing is,

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is that what better place to meet somebody

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than, you know, through somebody that you know.

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Again, it comes back to the community thing.

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This comes back to like, and here's what's difficult

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because you're like, well, like, okay,

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I don't have any evidence of this.

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You know, like some of the people I know,

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and like, I don't know, I don't really know the person.

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You know, like, I don't trust a lot of people.

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Like, so I get it.

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I get it.

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But at the same time, you're like, okay, Lord,

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this might be a little bit stretch of faith

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considering who I know and considering, you know,

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where this is going to come from.

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But God works in mysterious ways.

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And I don't mean that like as an,

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to placate the situation.

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I don't really mean that to be cliche.

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I mean, literally, it is just odd

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how sometimes the Lord really works.

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And you're like, wow, it's amazing.

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And so when you look back on this and you're like,

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man, I really did meet that person

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through that person that introduced me.

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Like, Lord, you really spoke to me.

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Wow, that's amazing.

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That will be a tremendous affirmation for you,

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not only meeting the person,

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but then hearing the voice of the Lord.

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So again, it's through practice.

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It's through multiple times.

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I know, I don't know if you have ever been,

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had that affirmation before through a voice that's like,

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you know, I just know this to be true.

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You know, I really feel like the Lord is telling me this.

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I know this is, I get a sense of confidence

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and peace in this.

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I know this is true, even though I can't see it right now

483
00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:18.340
and I don't understand it,

484
00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:20.180
but I feel like this is the Lord speaking.

485
00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:24.060
And that happens a lot, you know?

486
00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:26.860
So, I mean, I wanna affirm it.

487
00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:28.620
I'm not gonna tell you, yes, that is the Lord,

488
00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:30.740
thus sayeth the Lord, blah, blah, blah, and all that.

489
00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:33.500
But that sounds very affirming.

490
00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:35.620
And if it's enough to,

491
00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:38.740
is enough to get your attention directed

492
00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:43.460
off the apps per se in this time

493
00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:45.420
and get out of frustration,

494
00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:48.300
then I'm like, hey, Lord, let's go with that.

495
00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:50.380
You know, again, it's nothing against the apps.

496
00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:52.300
There's lots of people that still,

497
00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:55.300
you know, their testimony today in last year's single is,

498
00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:56.300
we're like, how did you meet?

499
00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.940
They're like, oh, we met online.

500
00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.860
So it's not invalid,

501
00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:02.500
but it just is like, sometimes it can be frustrating.

502
00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.700
So if you're like, I'm gonna experience all this,

503
00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:07.260
whatever, nothing working out and you have this word,

504
00:29:07.260 --> 00:29:10.540
I'm like, okay, let's go with that.

505
00:29:10.540 --> 00:29:12.660
Like, Lord, let's do it.

506
00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.780
Yeah.

507
00:29:13.780 --> 00:29:15.180
And I really believe,

508
00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:17.620
I really believe in the affirmation of,

509
00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:21.260
you know, even our words.

510
00:29:21.260 --> 00:29:24.300
I'm not making a theology out of this,

511
00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:27.260
but I do think it's very important

512
00:29:28.260 --> 00:29:31.540
when we make confessions

513
00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:36.060
and we make statements in faith

514
00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:39.820
and in sincerity, in agreement with the Lord,

515
00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:41.940
in agreement with his word,

516
00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:44.580
but they're not true statements.

517
00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.380
In other words, there's in Hebrews,

518
00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:48.620
like faith is the substance of things hoped for,

519
00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:51.020
the evidence of things not seen.

520
00:29:51.020 --> 00:29:53.540
Like you cannot see it right now,

521
00:29:53.540 --> 00:29:56.460
but you are speaking it out and you're declaring it.

522
00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:58.260
And so what I would do, if I were you,

523
00:29:58.260 --> 00:30:00.140
if you feel peace and if you feel.

524
00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.420
You feel good about this. I would say okay, Lord, I

525
00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:07.740
Kind of feel this in my spirit that you said that I'm gonna meet somebody through somebody that I know

526
00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.620
Let's go

527
00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:11.620
Let us work with that word

528
00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:17.100
Let's be right to affirm that and make that a part of your daily prayer. We like okay Lord today

529
00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:22.820
Let this be today make me one step closer to that person. I'm gonna meet who is it?

530
00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:26.940
I'm gonna be looking for it. I'm gonna be adding my faith to that. I'm adding my works to that

531
00:30:27.520 --> 00:30:31.760
Right that to me I believe is a strong partnership with God

532
00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:36.280
To move into something that he is like trying to show you

533
00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:39.140
Okay, I feel

534
00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.440
That's good

535
00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:46.160
Yeah, no, no, that's very helpful. Um, thank you because like I said, um, I just didn't want to run with it because

536
00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:48.560
You know

537
00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:53.900
What was said on Saturday and I knew that before too that these voices can be

538
00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:59.120
Tricky and you got to be careful and you got to be you know, you know the biggest thing with people

539
00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:01.840
Yeah, and the biggest thing is this is that even even with that?

540
00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:08.540
Like we all know and this sounds so cliche and kind of dumb, but it's just it's truth because that analogy works

541
00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:10.840
You cannot steer a parked car

542
00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:18.220
You know have to be moving and so if you if you feel a grace and an unction on something and you want to move

543
00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:22.760
Toward it it may still be you know, technically incorrect

544
00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:28.580
But you're like I'm moving forward with with God I'm moving forward in faith

545
00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:34.900
I'm putting my faith on this and so what that's when God can do strange and miraculous things

546
00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:42.820
Yes, he can line up. He has the ability to line up your future with stuff. That isn't even real yet

547
00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:48.700
I mean check that out for a second like like your bank account reads this and that

548
00:31:49.260 --> 00:31:51.260
But yeah partnering with the Lord

549
00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:56.800
God has an amazing way of changing the facts really quick

550
00:31:57.560 --> 00:32:01.720
Right and moving on the impression. I mean how many times in the Word of God?

551
00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:08.520
Did God move on the heart of someone in a certain way to produce a certain outcome?

552
00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:15.560
Yeah, no, that's true. And the thing about it is is in the Bible in the biblical record

553
00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:18.080
It doesn't say

554
00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.940
How many other people

555
00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:23.300
That God had to move on in order to get that person to move

556
00:32:23.300 --> 00:32:26.000
I mean like it doesn't spell out all the different things

557
00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:29.420
That the Lord do in order to bring about the result

558
00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:31.260
It just says on the heart of this guy

559
00:32:31.260 --> 00:32:37.740
And so we sometimes interpret that to be like well God just made this person do it like no, you don't understand

560
00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:41.100
God has the ability to be very convincing

561
00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:44.140
Yeah, God has the ability to be very

562
00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:46.680
Influential

563
00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:51.000
Yeah, and so he can in his sovereignty in his

564
00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:57.480
Providence he can really make things happen, but it requires this is what's interesting

565
00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:01.760
It requires and this this message is for you all I don't know

566
00:33:01.760 --> 00:33:08.560
I mean, I know I'm talking to Sean but this truth that you're that I'm talking about in turn in terms of just partnershing partner

567
00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:12.960
partnering with God to accomplish his word

568
00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.940
Specific to your life

569
00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:18.420
I mean, it's one thing if you're like, oh, you know

570
00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:21.940
there's there's the word of God and we're supposed to go out and do these things and

571
00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:26.660
We're supposed to be like this and whatever and like yeah, sure you can adhere to that

572
00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:28.820
Okay

573
00:33:28.820 --> 00:33:33.700
You can go do things because they're supposed to be good things that you do like help people or

574
00:33:34.260 --> 00:33:41.540
Witness to people or whatever, but isn't it much better for you to put that in alignment with your own life?

575
00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:44.440
Like specifically

576
00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:46.480
Connected to the desire of your heart

577
00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:50.120
Like I would want to go do things for the Lord

578
00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:56.840
Because I desire to do them not because I just feel compelled that if I don't then I'm just gonna be screwed

579
00:33:56.840 --> 00:34:00.440
Or if I don't do that that you know, I'm gonna displease God

580
00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:07.200
No, the motivation of why we do the things that we do, especially the righteous things

581
00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:13.699
Should come from a position of you know, Lord, I'm trying to work with you here

582
00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:16.659
For the for the betterment of my life

583
00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:22.020
And all of these things line up for my finances my family

584
00:34:22.580 --> 00:34:26.020
My marriage my house like where I live

585
00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:28.820
All of that lines up

586
00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:32.739
To to create your life

587
00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:37.480
And is in partnership with what God wants to do with you

588
00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:42.360
I mean, there's a reason have you ever thought about like there's a reason you live where you live

589
00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:45.960
There's a reason you were born the year that you were born

590
00:34:46.600 --> 00:34:49.639
There's a reason that you know the people that you know

591
00:34:50.520 --> 00:34:52.520
Like that's not accidental

592
00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:56.360
Like that's in the plan of God. So if you don't believe any of that

593
00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:59.480
And you just believe you're just randomly, you know

594
00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:06.320
Going around like a marble in a glass jar. I mean, that's just ridiculous. That's not a way to live and

595
00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:11.820
So to start lining and this is an admonition for us all guys

596
00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:16.520
To start lining your life up with a sense of purpose

597
00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:20.680
Some of you are like, yeah, what's my purpose? Like, you know, I used to do this

598
00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:22.680
I was at but I didn't work out whatever

599
00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:29.240
So I'm just trying to find myself trying to find my purpose trying to find some some traction here. I'm like guys

600
00:35:30.520 --> 00:35:32.520
Like look inward

601
00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:36.120
This is coming back to the question. What do you want?

602
00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:42.220
Look inward. Like what do you want out of this life? What do you want to do? What do you want to be?

603
00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:47.360
There's many things that I felt like I was encouraged to be

604
00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:55.120
And I wanted to be that but I had to come into being that instead of

605
00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:58.200
Before I could say that I am that you know, I'm saying

606
00:35:59.080 --> 00:36:00.480
Yeah, and

607
00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:05.480
So in order for me like there's actions and things I'm taking now to go

608
00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:09.640
Okay in order for me to say that I am such-and-such. I

609
00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:12.440
Have to start being that

610
00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:20.320
If I want to be the best husband to my wife, can I be a good husband's can I be a husband?

611
00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:23.480
Yes, can I be a okay husband? Yes

612
00:36:23.520 --> 00:36:28.080
But I thought if I want to be the best husband to my wife

613
00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:34.960
Then I'm gonna do I have to do XYZ. I have to do ABC all the way through XYZ

614
00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:37.400
I have to do all the things and

615
00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:43.320
not just out of duty, but out of a sense of like

616
00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.840
Okay

617
00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:49.520
I'm rising up to this to be this man to be this contender to be this

618
00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:52.240
Leader to be this advocate to be this

619
00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.680
and

620
00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:55.520
When I do that

621
00:36:55.520 --> 00:37:01.360
Then I can say man. I am I'm the absolute best husband to my wife

622
00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:04.440
Instead of just I'm a guy who's married

623
00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:09.480
You know I'm saying that's yeah, that's worlds of difference between those two statements

624
00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:12.800
So, I guess you know

625
00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:19.320
I'm glad you asked this question Sean about the the voicing because it's led to all this and that is a person it to say

626
00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:21.040
That you know

627
00:37:21.040 --> 00:37:27.760
Guys if you're if you're having trouble finding purpose finding some traction finding some like what do I do?

628
00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.360
Like where do I go?

629
00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:33.320
look inside the desires of your heart and

630
00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:35.840
Again, we're not talking about

631
00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:42.800
You know, I want to be some dude running the streets out selling drugs. We're not talking about bad behavior

632
00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:47.440
Yeah, we're not talking about illicit. Whatever like whatever you want to do

633
00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:51.320
I'm talking about like, what do you want? What do you want your life to mean?

634
00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:58.320
And it doesn't have to be some huge grandiose thing, but it has to be something that's that's like real

635
00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:01.680
That's from within you. I want to be this I

636
00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:05.480
Want to be known as

637
00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:10.560
This whatever this is and then you begin to really lay the groundwork

638
00:38:11.520 --> 00:38:16.960
To to be that guy. I want to be somebody who's like like sometimes it's like

639
00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.440
I want to be somebody who's dependable

640
00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:24.920
Like maybe that's been an issue maybe that's not maybe that was somebody

641
00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.880
Criticized you in the past like man

642
00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:32.040
It can't count on you for nothing man and your whole family that you're known in your family for like I'm not that I'm not

643
00:38:32.040 --> 00:38:36.200
The guy you go to you know that you can like who's a you know, do you a solid?

644
00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:41.000
You're like, you know what? I I'm not that guy and I've struggled with that

645
00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:44.800
But I really want to be known as a guy who's dependable

646
00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:51.960
Well, there's some steps you can take to start doing that you can show up

647
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.000
You can show up on time

648
00:38:56.120 --> 00:39:00.760
You can show up and you can be a man of your word. It's simple things

649
00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:04.400
Just do it one time and you'll see man

650
00:39:05.600 --> 00:39:09.080
Today, I don't know about last week. I don't know about yesterday

651
00:39:09.080 --> 00:39:13.480
I don't even know about tomorrow, but I'm just saying today I showed up

652
00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:20.840
And when you do that, you literally prove to yourself that you can become

653
00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:26.240
The type of person that you want to be so in this example is kind of like dependability

654
00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:35.360
There's simple little things you can do the next, you know, they always say this in leadership like, you know self-help leadership like the next

655
00:39:36.080 --> 00:39:40.520
You know next decision or next best decision is the right decision

656
00:39:41.080 --> 00:39:45.760
It's the first step in changing I don't know I can't I'm not a I'm not a positive speaker

657
00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:47.160
So, I don't know what the phrase is

658
00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:53.920
But the you get the concept and that is that the next best decision is is is the next right decision you make

659
00:39:54.520 --> 00:39:59.640
You could have made all left turns today and all the bad decisions

660
00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:03.440
But the next best thing you can do is make a right decision

661
00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:11.800
You can be like I was dishonest all day today. The next best thing I can do is literally tell the truth

662
00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:15.480
In spite of what I did

663
00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:21.560
The next meeting like if you're talking about dependability the next meeting that I'm supposed to be at the next time

664
00:40:21.560 --> 00:40:24.700
I'm supposed to be at lunch with somebody whatever I could be on time

665
00:40:26.120 --> 00:40:28.120
If that's you know, if that's an issue

666
00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:35.920
That shows you and prove to yourself that you can be the stand-up guy that you want to be

667
00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:40.000
If you want to be

668
00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:44.680
It's funny there's this

669
00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:49.640
There's this girl on the internet my wife's on

670
00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:53.760
Social media all the time and she goes look at this. Look at this girl

671
00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:57.880
And it's a lady it's I mean she's young but I mean she's not like a child

672
00:40:57.880 --> 00:41:02.680
I mean, she's like she's young young woman and she's like a fitness thing and she has this stick

673
00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:07.120
That she does everybody has their own little thing that they do on social media

674
00:41:07.120 --> 00:41:10.340
That's kind of like gets their populated or whatever and she's just this like

675
00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:14.160
Brutally honest in-your-face kind of thing

676
00:41:15.040 --> 00:41:17.040
she's talking to you about like like

677
00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:23.480
Weight loss goals and fitness. She's like basically encouraging you like to like, you know, do your best

678
00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:27.120
But she does it all through like and it's negative

679
00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:32.560
But it's so funny and it's so direct. It's kind of like she goes look you don't need

680
00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:36.080
Food to make you happy. What are you five years old?

681
00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:41.520
Like, you know, she just goes on and on and on like one line after another after another and it's brutal

682
00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:46.440
Right, and it's kind of funny and you're like man. I can't believe she's saying all this stuff

683
00:41:46.520 --> 00:41:49.000
But the thing about it is she ain't wrong

684
00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:51.680
She's like, what do you need like

685
00:41:51.680 --> 00:41:55.440
Why do you go to the gas station get food that you're gonna enjoy for 10 seconds in your mouth?

686
00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:58.800
Like you think that's gonna look good on your body. Like what are you doing?

687
00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:04.400
Like let's go like, you know, she's just like on and on and on but it's her but it's her stick

688
00:42:04.640 --> 00:42:09.480
It's her sort of like claim to fame on the internet and she gets a lot of clicks and stuff

689
00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:12.200
Anyway, I'm like it was funny

690
00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:15.840
I was entertained and I was like man that hurts

691
00:42:16.240 --> 00:42:20.400
But you know what the next time I went to go like eat a donut

692
00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:25.520
I was like her voice was in my head and I was like dang it. That is so motivating

693
00:42:25.520 --> 00:42:30.640
I'm like, I don't want to be motivated by negative thought but I'm just telling you the honest truth

694
00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:33.160
came through and

695
00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:35.800
In that way, it just made sense

696
00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:40.800
It's just like you know that you know, whatever she would say she bet that that cake

697
00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:44.520
Isn't gonna like get you to that point where you walk in the room

698
00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:49.880
Like don't walk in the room like overweight and everything next time you see your ex, you know

699
00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:55.400
Walk in the room and make them like basically like understand that they lost something big

700
00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:59.800
You know when they dropped you or whatever it is, you know, and she just goes on and on and on

701
00:43:00.560 --> 00:43:02.960
But I'm just telling you what like that level of truth

702
00:43:04.040 --> 00:43:09.600
To yourself man can be very powerful when you start lining up

703
00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:12.680
with like

704
00:43:12.680 --> 00:43:17.960
Really just going like this is what I've got to do in order to change my circumstance

705
00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:21.680
Like there's Kenton right there literally on a workout machine

706
00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:24.360
bro is like

707
00:43:25.160 --> 00:43:30.960
Well up in his later stage of life, I don't know I think Kenson's

708
00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:34.400
60-something but bro is in the gym

709
00:43:35.040 --> 00:43:36.480
like

710
00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:38.480
65 to see for

711
00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:43.240
65 oh, I I can't see the hand signals

712
00:43:44.720 --> 00:43:46.720
He's

713
00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:52.440
Anybody know what that number is? I don't know what it is, but regardless

714
00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:57.320
What is it what is it Ken

715
00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:59.120
66

716
00:43:59.120 --> 00:44:02.320
66. All right, 66 bro is in the gym

717
00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:04.840
Like I ain't giving up on this

718
00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:09.680
Like I there's a certain level of Kenton has to do what he has to do because I think his job kind of

719
00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:13.280
Requires him to be fit enough to actually go do it, which is pretty

720
00:44:13.720 --> 00:44:20.840
But at the same time here he is like getting after it like I admire that like he's got a lot of like discipline. I

721
00:44:21.600 --> 00:44:26.600
Am NOT a very well disciplined person. I'll just be honest with you in that way

722
00:44:27.160 --> 00:44:31.120
But at the same time I can be if I want to be

723
00:44:31.520 --> 00:44:36.040
If I really want to make some changes in my life, I can be that person I could be that stand-up guy

724
00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:39.200
So you guys have to ask yourself?

725
00:44:40.040 --> 00:44:45.080
Like what is it? Yeah fat-shaming. I just saw your comment Abram. It is super super true

726
00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:51.920
Fatshaming needs to come back because it's like bro. There's no other way like you can't not be coaxed and nice

727
00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:54.720
into like getting your

728
00:44:56.240 --> 00:44:58.240
Together so

729
00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:10.000
Anyway, guys, like, yeah, let it come from within that you, the greatest change you can bring in your life is the change that you own.

730
00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:18.000
Let me say that again, the greatest change that you can bring to your life is the change that you own.

731
00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:27.000
It will never come from without. You can be inspired, you can be influenced, you can be like, get a better idea.

732
00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:32.000
Sometimes you don't like somebody says something you're like, oh, I never thought about that before. That's, that's good. That's a good idea.

733
00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:48.000
You can be inspired. But in terms of the desire to truly make the change, you will never be able to change greater than the change that you own.

734
00:45:48.000 --> 00:46:00.000
The greatest change is the one that you can own. And so if you own and guys, it doesn't have to be a lot. It just has to be a one step.

735
00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:06.000
You know, I don't know what what you guys are struggling with in terms of like, you know, I want to be better at this.

736
00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:10.000
I want to I don't want to I want to I want to not be known for that.

737
00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:16.000
You know, what is it? You know, what is it something in your life? And you guys, if you want to put it in the chat, that's cool, too.

738
00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:20.000
Maybe you can put like, I want to be like, I want to do this. I want to do that.

739
00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:27.000
And again, we're not talking about hobbies. We're not talking about like.

740
00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:32.000
Things that are just like, oh, that would be nice to know. No, I'm not talking about like a new.

741
00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:50.000
Like volume of information that you'd like to know, like I'm talking about, like improvement stuff, stuff that would make your life better, stuff that would make you step into more of a person that you would like to put on Front Street.

742
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:55.000
You know, and it doesn't always have to be image either.

743
00:46:56.000 --> 00:47:03.000
So nobody's nobody's put nothing in the chat. We're all just looking at me just like.

744
00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:06.000
So it's up to you guys.

745
00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:13.000
I can sit here and talk all day long if you want me to, but it's up to you to bring about the change.

746
00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:28.000
It's up to you to bring about the change that then makes you marketable, makes you attractive, that makes you, you know, desired.

747
00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:40.000
And the thing about it is, is guys look, you may think and I and I tell you the things about my life all the time, because I want you to understand that it doesn't change once you get married.

748
00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:42.000
Like I'm married.

749
00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:49.000
Matter of fact, this is my second time around the mountain, getting married. I'm married twice.

750
00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:54.000
And the reality is, I still have to show up.

751
00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:59.000
If I want to continue to be married. And again, it's not under threat.

752
00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:05.000
But I'm just saying, if I want to, if I want to have the best I can have out of my marriage.

753
00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:11.000
I still have to continue to show up as if I weren't married.

754
00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:16.000
So, like my wife wants me to be the best version of myself.

755
00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:20.000
She's like, where's that guy that I met when you know when we met.

756
00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:27.000
You know, where's that guy that you know there were certain qualities maybe that I had at that time that season of my life.

757
00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:31.000
That was attractive to her.

758
00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:36.000
And she's like, were you lying, were you fronting, were you like not this person.

759
00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:42.000
Like, where's that guy. And so, um, she challenged me because she loves me.

760
00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:46.000
And because we're, we're good for each other.

761
00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:56.000
But anyway, um, but the basic thing is, is that I didn't stop having to be better just because I got married.

762
00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:58.000
Oh, now I'm married.

763
00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:02.000
It's so many people like you've seen it all over.

764
00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:05.000
You probably have family members, you probably have maybe parents.

765
00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:10.000
You maybe have people that you know in your community that are married.

766
00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:13.000
And like, they're miserable. Why?

767
00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:15.000
They're married.

768
00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:17.000
I mean, if that's the goal, like, I know this is last year.

769
00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:20.000
I'm just using this example because it's last year single, right?

770
00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:22.000
Everybody's like, we're all here kind of for the same thing.

771
00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:30.000
But, but so like, just because you get married, that don't mean nothing.

772
00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:33.000
It doesn't.

773
00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:38.000
Just because people are married and have been married for a long time doesn't mean nothing.

774
00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:41.000
Doesn't mean they're happy. Doesn't mean they're successful.

775
00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:43.000
Doesn't mean they're like progressing.

776
00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:46.000
Doesn't mean they're like in a better place.

777
00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:49.000
It just means they're married.

778
00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:52.000
Like what you do with that is what matters.

779
00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:57.000
This is why the parable of the talents was so profound.

780
00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:59.000
It wasn't that.

781
00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:02.000
Um

782
00:50:02.700 --> 00:50:06.060
One had one talent another had two and another had five

783
00:50:06.820 --> 00:50:10.300
It wasn't the difference between the amounts of the parables

784
00:50:10.820 --> 00:50:12.560
Or of the of the excuse me

785
00:50:12.560 --> 00:50:16.460
It wasn't amount matter of the amount of the talents that were given out

786
00:50:16.820 --> 00:50:20.980
Because one got one talent one got two and one got five

787
00:50:24.060 --> 00:50:28.060
It was what they did with what they were given

788
00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:34.240
And if you remember the two made two and the five made five

789
00:50:34.240 --> 00:50:40.520
I think that's what the numbers were and the one didn't make another one. He just buried it and

790
00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:43.800
Then gave it back

791
00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:49.320
He didn't multiply it. He didn't do anything with it. He just buried it and gave it back and

792
00:50:50.560 --> 00:50:52.560
some people will be like

793
00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:55.280
Okay, you know

794
00:50:55.560 --> 00:50:57.520
Glad I got my money back

795
00:50:57.520 --> 00:51:01.200
Some people are good with just a zero net zero

796
00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:05.480
But that master when he came back

797
00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:13.040
Rewarded the two and reward the five and then when he came to the one

798
00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:16.440
the one said I was afraid you were a

799
00:51:17.320 --> 00:51:24.920
Hard task master your hard master. I was afraid so I went and hid the talent and then here it is back to you

800
00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:28.720
And he expected to be rewarded that he didn't

801
00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:34.960
Squander it or he didn't lose it or he didn't get rid of it or he didn't you know, it didn't get stolen

802
00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:42.420
He expected to get rewarded. Maybe not as much as the others but rewarded a little bit, but that's not what happened

803
00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:47.440
He got called a wicked servant

804
00:51:49.760 --> 00:51:52.440
He said you are a wicked servant

805
00:51:53.400 --> 00:51:59.040
He got rebuked and more than just rebuked and he got the one talent taken away from him

806
00:51:59.840 --> 00:52:01.840
It was given to the five. I

807
00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:11.040
Mean the sense of that is like what are what are we doing with what we've been given?

808
00:52:13.560 --> 00:52:15.440
What are we doing

809
00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:19.480
With I mean if we're spending time with the Lord and praying and you know

810
00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:24.240
Like going through portals and like talking to angels and stuff like that. I mean, okay cool

811
00:52:25.120 --> 00:52:27.920
Whatever but like that's not changing the world

812
00:52:28.680 --> 00:52:30.680
That's not changing your life

813
00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:35.440
That's not changing your world in the world around you like you don't have to change the world

814
00:52:36.240 --> 00:52:38.440
You just have to change the world around you

815
00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:44.240
You have to create an effect on the people around you

816
00:52:45.240 --> 00:52:50.440
That's why dependability was like a good example earlier when I was talking about that like

817
00:52:51.080 --> 00:52:55.840
If nothing else, it's like be that guy that people can depend upon

818
00:52:56.720 --> 00:53:02.560
if nothing else, I know a single friend of mine who is a little bit older than me and

819
00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:05.280
He's not a perfect guy

820
00:53:05.760 --> 00:53:08.120
but he knows God and

821
00:53:09.160 --> 00:53:14.080
He is still single. He was married at one time and his wife was abusive

822
00:53:14.640 --> 00:53:20.160
And they got divorced many many many many many years ago like close to 30 years ago

823
00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:22.760
he's a little bit older than me and

824
00:53:24.200 --> 00:53:26.200
He's not found love and

825
00:53:26.720 --> 00:53:30.880
He would want love but the right person that's been a struggle

826
00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:34.520
Because there's some things I think he's not willing to like

827
00:53:37.080 --> 00:53:39.320
Heal in his heart about relationships

828
00:53:40.640 --> 00:53:42.640
But there is

829
00:53:44.280 --> 00:53:46.280
I feel bad for him

830
00:53:46.520 --> 00:53:47.960
I feel wrong

831
00:53:47.960 --> 00:53:49.960
But you know what he does do

832
00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:54.680
he is a teacher to fifth graders and

833
00:53:55.440 --> 00:53:58.440
He is the best teacher in

834
00:53:59.280 --> 00:54:00.720
the world

835
00:54:00.720 --> 00:54:03.600
He is amazing with fifth graders

836
00:54:03.920 --> 00:54:08.800
He is a guy that is in shape and that is disciplined

837
00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:14.000
He is a guy who is on his game like he's a guy who has

838
00:54:14.680 --> 00:54:20.040
Respect and respects other people. He is a guy that is a stand-up guy

839
00:54:20.040 --> 00:54:27.720
He's a dependable individual you ask him to do something to be there for you. You ask him to help you move

840
00:54:28.600 --> 00:54:33.680
If he says yes, I will help you move you can count on it

841
00:54:33.680 --> 00:54:37.880
He will be there and he will help you move. He will be there to the end of the day

842
00:54:37.880 --> 00:54:44.000
He will be there until the last thing is speak. I'm just saying like he's not successful in his love life

843
00:54:44.920 --> 00:54:46.920
But in many other areas of his life

844
00:54:47.800 --> 00:54:49.760
He is a reliable

845
00:54:49.760 --> 00:54:51.760
He is an influencer

846
00:54:51.880 --> 00:55:00.040
He is impacting young people like in a way like his classroom management and the way that he champions individuals

847
00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:04.720
Like, he's literally changed, he's the type of teacher

848
00:55:04.720 --> 00:55:08.360
that you'll forget every other teacher's name that you had,

849
00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:10.000
but you'll remember his name.

850
00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:12.840
He's that teacher that you will remember.

851
00:55:12.840 --> 00:55:16.020
Like Mr. Wilson, he taught me this.

852
00:55:18.160 --> 00:55:22.860
He's changing the world, right?

853
00:55:24.720 --> 00:55:26.160
And I'm like, he's a good friend of mine.

854
00:55:26.160 --> 00:55:27.320
Like, man, I wish he could get married.

855
00:55:27.320 --> 00:55:28.560
He'd be such a great dad.

856
00:55:29.520 --> 00:55:32.560
He'd be such a great husband, but he's not.

857
00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:36.480
And there's some reasons for that,

858
00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:39.600
but he has changed the world.

859
00:55:39.600 --> 00:55:42.120
I'm like, wow, I have high respect.

860
00:55:42.120 --> 00:55:46.500
I have high regard for Mr. Wilson and he's my friend.

861
00:55:48.080 --> 00:55:48.920
You know?

862
00:55:50.440 --> 00:55:52.540
So what I'm saying is just like, what are we doing guys?

863
00:55:52.540 --> 00:55:53.440
What are we doing?

864
00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:58.440
So there's a challenge out there.

865
00:55:59.160 --> 00:56:00.460
What time is it right now?

866
00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:04.920
We're at the top of the hour.

867
00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:14.360
I'm blaming this whole rant on Sean tonight.

868
00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:18.160
I'll take it, it's all right.

869
00:56:18.160 --> 00:56:19.920
It's good, it's good, it's good.

870
00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:20.760
Yeah, it's all right.

871
00:56:20.760 --> 00:56:23.240
But the challenge is guys, is what are we doing?

872
00:56:24.080 --> 00:56:24.920
What are we doing?

873
00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:26.480
What are we doing with what we've been given?

874
00:56:26.480 --> 00:56:28.880
The thing that we talked about tonight, yeah.

875
00:56:28.880 --> 00:56:32.320
I find Dave and myself that we're a man of integrity.

876
00:56:32.320 --> 00:56:33.720
You're absolutely right.

877
00:56:33.720 --> 00:56:37.960
Even when it hurts, I've had to keep my promises

878
00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:39.920
and I lost money keeping the promises,

879
00:56:39.920 --> 00:56:43.400
but people around me know that I'm a man of integrity

880
00:56:44.400 --> 00:56:48.120
and it's hard to find a woman, believe it or not,

881
00:56:48.120 --> 00:56:50.880
that's of the same caliber nowadays.

882
00:56:50.880 --> 00:56:52.440
That's true.

883
00:56:52.440 --> 00:56:55.600
As I said, it's the things that we put in,

884
00:56:55.600 --> 00:56:58.800
we love the Lord, give all our heart right to him.

885
00:56:58.800 --> 00:57:01.360
And he expects the best from us

886
00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:04.520
and we want to give our best because it's a choice.

887
00:57:04.520 --> 00:57:06.320
And I said in my portion,

888
00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:09.360
it's all about a choice that we make every day.

889
00:57:09.360 --> 00:57:11.600
So if you're gonna choose to live the best life,

890
00:57:11.600 --> 00:57:14.640
think the best life, live the best life,

891
00:57:14.640 --> 00:57:16.240
it's gotta start now.

892
00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:17.840
And some of you might be doing that already

893
00:57:17.840 --> 00:57:20.440
and you're gonna graduate and say, go for it guys.

894
00:57:20.440 --> 00:57:23.920
But you know, I'm 66 and I've lived that life all my life

895
00:57:23.920 --> 00:57:26.720
and I lost my wife after 36 years,

896
00:57:26.720 --> 00:57:28.480
I just got up and took off.

897
00:57:28.480 --> 00:57:30.240
So you know what, you can live that life

898
00:57:30.240 --> 00:57:34.080
and yet still life goes on and it can be terrible at times.

899
00:57:34.080 --> 00:57:37.680
So yeah, you still can stay the course, stay integrity.

900
00:57:37.680 --> 00:57:39.040
When the other person,

901
00:57:39.040 --> 00:57:41.400
because my wife was vicious when she left me,

902
00:57:41.400 --> 00:57:43.240
but I stayed with integrity.

903
00:57:43.240 --> 00:57:44.080
Yeah.

904
00:57:44.080 --> 00:57:45.880
I stayed with it all through the courts

905
00:57:45.880 --> 00:57:47.960
and I kept on telling even the judges

906
00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:49.840
that I still love this woman

907
00:57:49.840 --> 00:57:51.520
and I always will.

908
00:57:51.520 --> 00:57:53.480
And that was the absolute truth and I was telling them that.

909
00:57:53.480 --> 00:57:56.200
So I just wanna encourage you that even the hardest time,

910
00:57:56.200 --> 00:57:57.600
keep your integrity.

911
00:57:57.600 --> 00:57:59.240
And even the courts will look at your way

912
00:57:59.240 --> 00:58:00.080
and give you a favor.

913
00:58:00.080 --> 00:58:01.400
In this case, they gave me a favor

914
00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:04.760
because they saw how I was integrity and she was not.

915
00:58:04.760 --> 00:58:06.760
Makes a real difference.

916
00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:07.600
Yeah.

917
00:58:07.600 --> 00:58:08.440
Thank you, Ken.

918
00:58:08.440 --> 00:58:12.200
Thank you for being willing to share.

919
00:58:13.080 --> 00:58:13.920
That's good.

920
00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:15.080
Yeah.

921
00:58:15.080 --> 00:58:15.920
Yeah.

922
00:58:15.920 --> 00:58:17.760
I mean, it's a hard thing.

923
00:58:20.280 --> 00:58:22.000
Guys, because like,

924
00:58:25.880 --> 00:58:29.920
I'm not here to promise a rosy path

925
00:58:29.920 --> 00:58:34.640
or here promise that everything's gonna work out perfectly

926
00:58:34.640 --> 00:58:36.400
because we know it doesn't.

927
00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:39.640
But everybody wants from here on out,

928
00:58:39.640 --> 00:58:41.960
like, okay, from here on out,

929
00:58:41.960 --> 00:58:44.480
it's gotta be like, everything's gotta be uphill

930
00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:48.600
and beautiful and a path of roses.

931
00:58:48.600 --> 00:58:50.880
And of course we know that's just not the way life works,

932
00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:54.440
but at the same time,

933
00:58:57.920 --> 00:59:02.920
I think the greatest level of transition,

934
00:59:03.840 --> 00:59:07.080
the greatest level of transformation

935
00:59:07.080 --> 00:59:08.920
that you're going to experience

936
00:59:09.760 --> 00:59:14.760
is the change that you own

937
00:59:14.760 --> 00:59:17.200
and the change that you wanna make that you own.

938
00:59:18.200 --> 00:59:21.440
So the question is, is what is that change for you tonight?

939
00:59:25.040 --> 00:59:29.040
What is it that you are gonna be like, that's it.

940
00:59:29.040 --> 00:59:30.640
I'm not gonna be that anymore.

941
00:59:30.640 --> 00:59:31.560
I'm gonna be this.

942
00:59:33.760 --> 00:59:35.400
I'm gonna take the steps.

943
00:59:35.400 --> 00:59:40.400
Sometimes it requires signing up for something.

944
00:59:41.840 --> 00:59:44.720
Sometimes it requires going to talk to somebody.

945
00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:49.520
Sometimes it requires, you know, upleveling the education.

946
00:59:49.520 --> 00:59:51.840
Sometimes it requires taking a risk.

947
00:59:53.080 --> 00:59:54.720
Sometimes it requires, you know,

948
00:59:54.720 --> 00:59:57.160
doing something you just don't feel like doing.

949
00:59:59.160 --> 01:00:00.000
And I get it.

950
01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:10.560
But when you own it and you want to change it for the better, and you want to step into

951
01:00:10.560 --> 01:00:18.480
the better self, your better self, that's the thing that becomes marketable, that's

952
01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:25.080
the thing that becomes attractive, that's the thing that becomes where you are beginning

953
01:00:25.080 --> 01:00:35.560
to thrive and not just like existing, not just being, that you begin to really thrive,

954
01:00:35.560 --> 01:00:41.020
like man, I really feel good about my life because I'm doing something.

955
01:00:41.020 --> 01:00:42.020
I've made a decision.

956
01:00:42.020 --> 01:00:44.060
I've got clarity on it.

957
01:00:44.060 --> 01:00:49.200
Talk about hearing the voice of the Lord, Sean, like, yeah, okay, I would go with that,

958
01:00:49.200 --> 01:00:50.200
bro.

959
01:00:50.200 --> 01:00:52.540
I'd be like, I am holding on to that.

960
01:00:52.540 --> 01:00:53.880
I'm grabbing on to that.

961
01:00:53.880 --> 01:00:56.740
I'm going to take that across the finish line.

962
01:00:56.740 --> 01:01:04.380
And that's like, hey, maybe the person that I'm supposed to know that's like this is going

963
01:01:04.380 --> 01:01:07.340
to come through, maybe I don't know them yet.

964
01:01:07.340 --> 01:01:11.300
So maybe part of what you're doing is I got to get to know more people.

965
01:01:11.300 --> 01:01:16.500
It's as simple as that.

966
01:01:16.500 --> 01:01:17.500
Was that?

967
01:01:17.500 --> 01:01:19.300
No, I said, yeah, that's a good point.

968
01:01:19.300 --> 01:01:20.300
Yeah, that's true.

969
01:01:20.300 --> 01:01:21.300
Yeah.

970
01:01:21.300 --> 01:01:23.480
Maybe like, hey, maybe I don't know many people.

971
01:01:24.080 --> 01:01:27.300
Maybe I need to meet some people, you know, and then I could know them.

972
01:01:27.300 --> 01:01:29.420
And then that person will come.

973
01:01:29.420 --> 01:01:30.900
You never know.

974
01:01:30.900 --> 01:01:34.540
God works in amazing, amazing, amazing ways.

975
01:01:34.540 --> 01:01:37.060
So so good.

976
01:01:37.060 --> 01:01:39.220
All right, guys, I bless you.

977
01:01:39.220 --> 01:01:40.740
I speak life over you.

978
01:01:40.740 --> 01:01:44.700
I agree with you for the desires of your heart.

979
01:01:44.700 --> 01:01:50.380
And I, I just agree with everything that you want to bring about change in your life.

980
01:01:50.380 --> 01:01:54.640
And I just agree right now with you that God's going to bring clarity as you begin

981
01:01:54.640 --> 01:01:59.760
to seek him, as you begin to pray and as you begin to be sincere before him and not try

982
01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:04.000
to do it because you're trying to please God or trying to do something special, but you're

983
01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:06.560
just being sincere before the Lord.

984
01:02:06.560 --> 01:02:08.160
And you're like, Lord, this is who I am.

985
01:02:08.160 --> 01:02:09.320
This is where I'm at.

986
01:02:09.320 --> 01:02:11.240
This is where I want to go.

987
01:02:11.240 --> 01:02:12.240
Give me clarity.

988
01:02:12.240 --> 01:02:14.760
Give me strength to get there.

989
01:02:14.760 --> 01:02:16.080
And I can do it.

990
01:02:16.080 --> 01:02:17.480
And God will help you.

991
01:02:17.480 --> 01:02:19.360
He will send help your way.

992
01:02:19.360 --> 01:02:20.420
He will send someone.

993
01:02:20.420 --> 01:02:22.100
He will send encouragement.

994
01:02:22.100 --> 01:02:25.820
He will send the resources to be able to get you there.

995
01:02:25.820 --> 01:02:31.220
And I'm just agreeing with you and partnering with you that that that will be true in your

996
01:02:31.220 --> 01:02:32.220
life.

997
01:02:32.220 --> 01:02:33.220
In Jesus name.

998
01:02:33.220 --> 01:02:34.220
Amen.

999
01:02:34.220 --> 01:02:35.260
I love you.

1000
01:02:35.260 --> 01:02:37.260
Have a great, great week.

1001
01:02:37.260 --> 01:02:38.260
And time.

1002
01:02:38.260 --> 01:02:39.260
All right.

1003
01:02:39.260 --> 01:02:40.260
Thank you.

1004
01:02:40.260 --> 01:02:41.260
Have a good night.

1005
01:02:41.260 --> 01:02:42.260
Yeah.

1006
01:02:42.260 --> 01:02:43.260
Yeah.

1007
01:02:43.260 --> 01:02:44.260
Good night, guys.

1008
01:02:44.260 --> 01:02:45.260
Thanks again, David.

1009
01:02:45.260 --> 01:02:46.260
Yeah.

1010
01:02:46.260 --> 01:02:47.260
Hey, gentlemen.

1011
01:02:47.260 --> 01:02:47.260