"Our Buckets Runneth Over"

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 This is Annette, Jimmy and Chevy coming to you from the 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:36,000 home, our studio. We are on episode 33. We are living up in 3 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,000 a down world. We want to welcome you to our podcast today. 4 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Yes. We had to switch it up today because I wanted, I think 5 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 I needed to do the intro just for a change. And I'm glad you 6 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 did because it sounded so refreshing hearing your voice 7 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,000 first. Thank you since you love my voice so much. I do love 8 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,000 your voice. Well I'm so glad. I like it when we're on the 9 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,000 phone together and you're just talking. I love it. Really? 10 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Yeah, I love it. I'm learning to love. Unless I'm in trouble. 11 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Oh well that's true. That's a whole other story. And then 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,000 you're in the doghouse. That's another, hey that's an insult 13 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Chevy. He didn't appreciate that comment. Well it's been a 14 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,000 crazy week. Wow has it? Well it's our last week in 15 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 sabbatical. I know so it's kind of weird isn't it? So in my mind 16 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Faith said are you excited about coming back? And I said well 17 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,000 yes and no. She goes I get that. I get that. I said yeah I'm 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:29,000 excited to go back. I'm really excited to go to church and see 19 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,000 people. But it's been so refreshing. I don't know I don't 20 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 want to lose this. Our buckets are full. Our buckets are very 21 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,000 full. And overflowing. Yes absolutely. What are they 22 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 overflowing with? What would you say just out of the top of 23 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,000 your head? Gratitude, peace, joy, love, contentment. Oh my 24 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:54,000 goodness powerful. Naomi wrote me and asked me what I've 25 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 learned. I said it's not what I've learned it's what I've 26 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,000 received. There it is. And those are the words that I sent to 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,000 her because I felt like that's where I'm at. And I don't want 28 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 to lose that and I don't think we have to. No I agree. I think 29 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,000 it's just we're resetting ourself. And when you reset 30 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,000 yourself you have a new standard. Exactly. And I believe that's 31 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 where we're at now. We're going to have this new standard. In 32 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,000 fact you even said today when I go to church on Sunday I'm just 33 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 going to preach. I'm not going to do welcome announcements. 34 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 I'm not going to do offering. I'm not going to do communion. 35 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 It's just going to they're going to continue doing what they've 36 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 been doing and you're going to come in and preach. That's 37 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 resetting. That's hard for a pastor. That's resetting for the 38 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,000 team too because they got to step up. Sometimes leadership 39 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 whether it's a company or an organization or a church needs 40 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 to step aside for a season so that others can step up and 41 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,000 shoulder the weight, carry the government so to speak on their 42 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 shoulders the weight of it. And then they learn, they grow, they 43 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,000 expand. Exactly. And then when leadership comes back in they 44 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 can continue to carry that and run with it because they're now 45 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 conditioned to it. And that's really what I see happening here. 46 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 So what it has done for you and I takes more of the load off of 47 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,000 us, spreads it across the team and they also get to explore 48 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,000 their skills and competencies and get to expand their capacity. 49 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,000 And so I'm excited about going back to almost a different 50 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,000 church. And it's so strange. I mean we go back on Sunday but 51 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 you have to get ready for Sunday. So your sabbatical is just 52 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 almost really over before Sunday because you do have to spend 53 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 time studying. True. And even though you have a lot of 54 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,000 overflow because of what's happened, you still have to write 55 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 it down. You still have to get the notes to the team. There's 56 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,000 a lot to do. Yeah, here we go again. We're back in. And you 57 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,000 know while part of me will miss the freedom that we've had and 58 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 just being able to offload weight and responsibility, another 59 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:55,000 part of me is ready. It's like I'm ready to step back in. When 60 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,000 I played sports growing up, which I played everything growing 61 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,000 up, I never wanted to be second string ever. I signed up to 62 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:07,000 play. I want to play. So I'm the same way in my adult life. I've 63 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 never wanted to be second string in anything. I want to play the 64 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 game. I want to be in the game. And so it's going to be nice 65 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:19,000 stepping back in. That really bodes well with my personality. 66 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,000 But so much of what we've learned out of this overflow we're 67 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 talking about, our buckets are filled, our tanks are full. 68 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Really what we've done, I would say this because I heard 69 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Pastor Bill Johnson say this recently. He talked about Sabbath 70 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,000 in the New Testament is every day. It's like every day we 71 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:43,000 labor out of the posture of rest and the position of rest. We 72 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,000 enter into that rest now as New Testament Christians. And so 73 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:52,000 I've really adopted and adapted that into my heart to where now 74 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,000 when we step back into the fray of life, I don't see it as a 75 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000 gerbil wheel now. I see it as laboring out of the place of 76 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:05,000 rest, Sabbath-ing every day. Sabbath is a lifestyle, not just 77 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 a practice. And it is a practice and should be. 78 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 We'll continue doing that on Mondays. 79 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,000 But in terms of mentality and how you approach things, we 80 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 approach from a Sabbath mentality. 81 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Exactly. 82 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 It's a huge shift for both of us. 83 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 It really, really has. 84 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Yeah. What else? 85 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 What a gift. 86 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Oh, I know. I was sharing with a friend today. I have a friend 87 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,000 in Arizona, Pastor Dennis Lee, and Pastor Dennis is about to 88 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,000 start his sabbatical. He's never had one before. He starts 89 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000 on September 17th. So I just shared some things with him and 90 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,000 said, you know, before we started, we visited with a 91 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,000 pastor, Pastor Matthew or Pastor Matt, who said to us with 92 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:52,000 great regret and remorse, I squandered. I squandered the 93 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,000 gift. I squandered the sabbatical. And that really 94 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 imprinted us so that our whole mentality, how many times have 95 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 I said, we are not going to squander this? 96 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Exactly. Well, we didn't. 97 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Over and over. No, we've stayed focused and we have entered 98 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,000 daily practices of our renewal and getting our buckets 99 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,000 refilled with the presence of God and hosting the presence of 100 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,000 God and walking with Him. So I appreciate Pastor Matthew, even 101 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,000 though it was out of his pain, he shared a key for us to say, 102 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,000 we will not squander it. So I shared that with Pastor Dennis. 103 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I said, man, whatever you do, I said, we even changed our phone 104 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 numbers that we'd had for what, 11, 12 years? 105 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 A long time. 106 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Yeah, a long time, over a decade. 107 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 12. 108 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Yeah, so over 11 years. And what it did, it created silence. 109 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 It created automatic silence because nobody could call us. 110 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Right. 111 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 We had a handful of people we connected with throughout this 112 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,000 time, which was wonderful. But the fact that we had that piece 113 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,000 and our phones were just blowing up constantly, we, way too many 114 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,000 people had our phone number and that's not going to happen this 115 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,000 go around. So we have new numbers and that was, I told him, I 116 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 said, you should change your phone number. 117 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Or get a burner phone. 118 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Or get a phone that, yeah, and put your phone away. 119 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Because he might not want to change his number. 120 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 He may not. 121 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 I mean, I think I was ready because we've had our phone 122 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:16,000 number from Nashville for so many years. And I felt like this 123 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:21,000 kind of, you know, a lot of people think that when a pastor 124 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 takes a sabbatical, that they're not going to come back. 125 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 That's true. 126 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 And I thought this actually says we are. 127 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,000 So I'm getting excited. 128 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,000 We're at so much so that we changed our number to a local area code number. 129 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 That's right. We're here. 130 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 And so I felt like that was kind of part of that. 131 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Kind of symbolic, isn't it? 132 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Yeah. 133 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Or a gesture. 134 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Definitely. 135 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Yeah. It works both ways. 136 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 I like that. 137 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 And it's been good actually. 138 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 I actually can remember it, which is huge. 139 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Should we share it on the podcast? 140 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,000 No. 141 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Oh, okay. You're right. 142 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 That's the whole point. 143 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Kind of defeat the purpose. I'm kidding. 144 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Exactly. 145 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 No, I can't quote it, which I'm excited about. It's a miracle. 146 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 So what a great week we've had. 147 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Now we're moving into sort of a transition. 148 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 I did something yesterday for the first time. 149 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 I know. 150 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 For the first time through the whole sabbatical. 151 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,000 I've not even peeked at our church services online. 152 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,000 And you watched Pastor Eddie Freeman's message because we heard something. 153 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,000 We got feedback. 154 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 People were like, oh my gosh, this was amazing. 155 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 And I was like, okay, I have to at least hear it. 156 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 And I was cool with that. 157 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 But I didn't watch any of the rest of it. 158 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 All I watched was him. 159 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 And I actually didn't even look at him. 160 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 I was at the gym and I had it in my ear. 161 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:31,000 To me that was the same as listening to Gateway or whoever. 162 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,000 And so, yeah, it was phenomenal. 163 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 He did a phenomenal job. 164 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Ended up preaching the message that impacted him the most in his life, 165 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 which impacted us. 166 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 And impacted us from Pastor R.T. Kendall. 167 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 R.T. Kendall that preached at their church a few weeks ago. 168 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 And he preached it from his perspective. 169 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:56,000 He didn't take all of his notes, but he used some of his insight. 170 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 But it was amazing. 171 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 It really was. 172 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 That's the only thing I've listened to. 173 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 I can't wait to listen to it. 174 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 I know it was because you were telling me about it. 175 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 But I'm looking forward to listening to it myself. 176 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 We're going to go back and listen to all of them. 177 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Well, what I did yesterday, I watched the opening, the credits, so to speak, 178 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 on the podcast, on the video, the broadcast. 179 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 And I just was so proud. 180 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 And then I watched just clips. 181 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,000 I didn't actually watch the whole thing, but I just skipped around. 182 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 And it made me so proud of our team. 183 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:29,000 I was watching them step up because they've had two months to do it. 184 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 So they've really gotten good at it. 185 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:37,000 And it made me happy because I already felt it took more weight off my shoulders. 186 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Stepping back in, it was like next Sunday, and I'm not playing guitar next Sunday. 187 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,000 So we will literally show up, love on as many people as we can, 188 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 because I can't wait to be like a family reunion, 189 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,000 and just teach and preach the Word, which I'm so excited about. 190 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,000 I have to tell you something that Faith told me this morning. 191 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Because I told her, you know, I said we were about to get ready to go to the gym. 192 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,000 And so I said, I need to get off the phone because I've got to go get ready to go to the gym. 193 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,000 And I said, yeah, it's going to be quite interesting because we're in a routine. 194 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 And you know what she said to me, this was so interesting. 195 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 I didn't even tell you this. 196 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,000 She said, well, I just want you to know that we've built in so many things in the week 197 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 that you'll be able to work out every day. 198 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 I'm just like, what? 199 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 What have they built in to where we can go work out? 200 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 What has our team done since you've been gone? 201 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 I know. 202 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 What does that mean? 203 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 I didn't even expound on it because we're not supposed to talk about church. 204 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,000 I can't wait to find out. 205 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:34,000 She just wanted to share with me that that was not going to be something 206 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 that we were going to have to worry about. 207 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,000 I'm like, okay. 208 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,000 I have to say it out loud. 209 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 We are so blessed by the people we work with. 210 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Wonderful. 211 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 For those of you who may be joining us for the first time, 212 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Annette and I are lead pastors for it's called Bridge Church, 213 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Fredericksburg, Texas. 214 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,000 And we've been there about seven and a half coming up on eight years. 215 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,000 No, not eight years, it's about seven and a half years. 216 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:03,000 We've been there and we are so blessed to serve with this church and serve this body. 217 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:09,000 We actually relaunched the church from Oak Hills, so no need to go into all that detail. 218 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:14,000 But we've been there seven and a half years and we could not be happier 219 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 and be more in love with a group of people than this church. 220 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,000 They really are our spiritual family. 221 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 So we've missed that. 222 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 I had to mourn and grieve a little bit of that loss. 223 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 That was the adjustment during the beginning of the sabbatical. 224 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Anyway, having said all that, we're excited to come back. 225 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 We're a little nervous. 226 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,000 It's kind of going to be weird walking back in there for the first time. 227 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 I know. 228 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 It really is because you just don't know what to expect. 229 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000 A little bit strange, but I'm excited anyway. 230 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 My excitement way overweighs the weirdness. 231 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:50,000 So you've had quite...I mean, God has been speaking to you in so many ways 232 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 throughout the sabbatical. 233 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Me too, but I love hearing you expound and share on what He's been speaking. 234 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:03,000 I know this morning, He led you into Ephesians chapter one and blew your mind. 235 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 I have two different devotions I do in the morning. 236 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,000 One of the devotions I did, He was talking about wisdom. 237 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,000 I thought, oh, surely He's going to use that verse as part of the devotion. 238 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:23,000 This was Bill Johnson's The Way of Life devotion, which is phenomenal on Bible... 239 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Uversion. 240 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Uversion. 241 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:30,000 He didn't use that scripture, but I really felt like the Lord said, 242 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 go find that scripture. 243 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,000 So I went...I knew it was in Ephesians that was talking about wisdom 244 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 and understanding, your eyes being enlightened. 245 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:44,000 And I just...I started reading and I couldn't quit reading Ephesians. 246 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,000 I read the whole chapter of Ephesians this morning. 247 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 I just...and I have another...right now I'm kind of reading the Psalms. 248 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 I felt like the Lord has led me to read the Psalms. 249 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:59,000 But for some reason today, I was like, okay, I'm going to read just a couple 250 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:05,000 of the Psalms, but I really, really...something He wants to glean out of that. 251 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:14,000 And so one of the things that I love about Paul talking to the church at Ephesus 252 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:20,000 is he's praying over them that they will receive wisdom and revelation. 253 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 And do you want me to read some of this? 254 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Sure, yeah. 255 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 This is so good. 256 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Share what God's showing. 257 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:30,000 So he says...and I'm going to read Ephesians 1, but he's thanking God for them 258 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 like he always does. 259 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 He's just...he was an amazing apostle. 260 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:45,000 But he says this, even before he, God, made the world, God loved us and chose us 261 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:50,000 in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 262 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Okay, so that jumped out because I was listening to another teaching recently 263 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:07,000 talking about our image and how we have a hard time receiving love because of how 264 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 we feel about our own selves. 265 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Very true. 266 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:15,000 And so I was thinking about, you know, we've talked about me having issues with 267 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,000 body dysmorphia. 268 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Really, I like the way you changed it to image dysmorphia, although I know I'm 269 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 made in the image of God. 270 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 That...there's still...there's a lot of... 271 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Can I say something? 272 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Yeah. 273 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000 So the power of reframing something. 274 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000 Yes. 275 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 So if you say...so words matter and definitions of words matter. 276 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,000 So if you're talking about body dysmorphia, it kind of limits the scope of that. 277 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 But what God is doing, he's working on the whole person, right? 278 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 All three parts, which are? 279 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Physical, emotional, spiritual. 280 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 I mean, all three. 281 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:54,000 And so...but anyway, when I was listening to this or reading this about how much 282 00:14:54,000 --> 00:15:00,000 he loves us, I was thinking back of how...you know how John, the disciple, 283 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:08,000 always referred to himself as whom God loved, whom God loved. 284 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Now, you can take it any way you want. 285 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,000 And when you're reading the Scriptures where John is talking about, 286 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:20,000 I'm the disciple whom God loved, you can take it as, wow, he's pretty boastful. 287 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:25,000 What, does he not believe God loves any of the other disciples when he's talking 288 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 with them about it? 289 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 But no. 290 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:33,000 What the revelation that came to me through a teaching I listened to a while 291 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:38,000 back was that he had finally gotten a revelation of God's love. 292 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 It wasn't he was telling them, but he needed to hear it over and over and over 293 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 to continue that revelation. 294 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Beautiful. 295 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:52,000 So again, in reading this, that just really stood out to me. 296 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 So can I repeat what you just said? 297 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Yes. 298 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Sometimes it's good to hear something over. 299 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Yes. 300 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Even before God made the world, God loved us, chose us in Christ to be holy 301 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000 and without fault. 302 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Yes, which is without blame. 303 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 In his eyes, without blame. 304 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Yes. 305 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Oh, my goodness. 306 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Blameless. 307 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,000 That is massive. 308 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Yeah, that's thunder in my soul. 309 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 It is. 310 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Let me go to this other Scripture. 311 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 I love this. 312 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:24,000 God has now revealed to us, this is verse 9, his mysterious will regarding 313 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Christ, which is to fulfill his own good plan. 314 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 And this is the plan. 315 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,000 At the right time, he will bring everything together under the authority of 316 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Christ, everything in heaven and on earth. 317 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance 318 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:48,000 from God, for he chose us in advance and he makes everything work according to 319 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 his plan. 320 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 He chose us in advance. 321 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:58,000 There again is showing how much he loves us that he actually chose us in advance. 322 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Okay, I see what you're doing. 323 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,000 And now the Gentiles have also heard the truth, the good news that God saves you. 324 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:12,000 When you have believed in Christ, he identified you as his own. 325 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,000 I love that. 326 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Ah, he's identified us as his own by giving us the Holy Spirit whom he promised 327 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 long ago. 328 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 I keep changing this so it's moving my words. 329 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Sorry. 330 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 It's because our notes are connected. 331 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Okay, I'm going to go to... 332 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 I know our notes are connected, but you can't do that anymore. 333 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000 I'll stop. 334 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Because I don't know where I'm at now. 335 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Verse 13 is what you just did. 336 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Okay, let's see. 337 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:42,000 The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised. 338 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,000 He has purchased us to be his own people. 339 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,000 He did this so we would praise and glorify him. 340 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Okay, stop right there. 341 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Praise and glorify. 342 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Okay, he made us in his image. 343 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,000 He purchased us as his own. 344 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 But there's a caveat there. 345 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:06,000 There's something weird to do and it's to glorify and praise him. 346 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Okay, this is where I have a hard time. 347 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Sorry, I was touching this. 348 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 This is where I have a hard time with people who say I don't like worship. 349 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Okay, this is what we're created for. 350 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Created to worship God. 351 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Yes. 352 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 To praise him and to give him glory. 353 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Yes. 354 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,000 And that, boy, that scripture, it stuck out to me this morning. 355 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 So let's sit on that for just a moment. 356 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:36,000 So I came to Christ a little bit later in life as a 19-year-old and instantly, 357 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,000 everything in me wanted to know the Bible. 358 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I wanted to read the Bible, so I started reading it totally unguided. 359 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 I just started, picked it up and started reading. 360 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 No clue, but there was something in me. 361 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 There was a voracious hunger for the Word of God. 362 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Because God put that in you. 363 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Because it's in me. 364 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 As a follower of Christ, I get to know him by knowing his Word. 365 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,000 And if it's not in you, it makes you wonder. 366 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Right, yes. 367 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Bingo. 368 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:04,000 So I just devoured the Word of God. 369 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 The other piece was I wanted to worship. 370 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 I wanted, it was innate. 371 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000 It's inside us. 372 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Right. 373 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 We're created in the Imago Dei, the image of God, 374 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,000 and something in us wants to worship him, autopilot. 375 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,000 I mean, and then when you become a follower of Christ, it's like, there it is. 376 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,000 There's this desire and this release. 377 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:31,000 I have a massive concern as a pastor of 38 years, leading churches all over America. 378 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:37,000 I have a massive concern about people who have zero desire to worship God. 379 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Right, but they'll go to a football game. 380 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Oh, and lose their minds. 381 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 And lose their minds. 382 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Or a concert. 383 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Now, I can understand in church, some people are more reverent. 384 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000 You know, they're not expressive. 385 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Not everybody's the same. 386 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:59,000 But if you don't even have a desire for worship and you don't even want to come during the worship time, 387 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:07,000 you want to wait and come to church during the sermon or whatever, it just, I question. 388 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Me too. 389 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Do you really have a deep love for God? 390 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Do you, no, let me put it this way. 391 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Do you understand God's love for you? 392 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Because when you understand God's love for you, it changes everything. 393 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Another way to say it is, do you know him? 394 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Do you know him? 395 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 He knows you, but do you know him? 396 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Because if you knew him and what he thinks about you and how he sees you, 397 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000 you wouldn't be able to hold back worship. 398 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Yes, right. 399 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 You'd become one of those people. 400 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Okay, let me go on. 401 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:40,000 I'm going to go on to number six, verse 16. 402 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000 I have not, this is Paul again, talking to the church at Ephesus. 403 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:47,000 I have not stopped thanking God for you, which I love that. 404 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,000 I pray for you constantly asking God, now this is what he's asking God, 405 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:58,000 the glorious father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight 406 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,000 so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. 407 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Okay, that's our life scripture. 408 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 You and I have talked about this. 409 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Used to be that I may know him, Philippians 3, 10, and the power of his resurrection, 410 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 blah, blah, blah. 411 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:15,000 This one, I think, is more powerful because when we gain wisdom and understanding, 412 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 we have it all. 413 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Think about that. 414 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:24,000 We have it all because he says we have the mind of Christ, 415 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:31,000 but we have to tap into it, and that wisdom and understanding comes with that. 416 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:36,000 That's what every believer should be praying is for wisdom and understanding. 417 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Now, I don't just pray that spiritually. 418 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,000 I pray for us doing this keto, this diet that we're doing. 419 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 It's not even a diet. 420 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000 It's just our new life's... 421 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Carnivore. 422 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Yeah, or excuse me, carnivore, yes, keto-vore. 423 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,000 We literally have been praying and asking God to give us wisdom and understanding 424 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,000 because we don't want to do something that's just a fad. 425 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 A lot of people do that. 426 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 They go from diet to diet. 427 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 We want to do something that's going to be best for our health. 428 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,000 So we're using this in every area of our life. 429 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:13,000 But also, you and I talked about, obviously, having the issues that I've had 430 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 with body dysmorphia. 431 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:21,000 I want wisdom and understanding, so much of how much God loves and cares for me 432 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,000 that he wants me to not care about those things. 433 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Right. 434 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 You know what I'm saying? 435 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Yes, and that's where reframing comes in. 436 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Yes. 437 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,000 What reframing does, it's like taking a frame off of a picture, 438 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 because it looks one way, and you put a different frame on it, 439 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 then the picture looks different. 440 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Right. 441 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 It freshens it up or it changes it. 442 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 And I love that because I love interior designs. 443 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,000 And so when you reframe, so in terms of body or image dysmorphia, 444 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,000 which is so common, I think everybody has it to a degree. 445 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Well, think about it. 446 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,000 Because we live a life of comparison. 447 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Well, think about it. 448 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 We live a life of comparison. 449 00:22:54,000 --> 00:23:01,000 And let's just say we have a group picture made, and you show me a picture. 450 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,000 Who's the first person I'm going to look at? 451 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Myself. 452 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 I'm going to see. 453 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,000 And then if I don't like how I look, I'm going to say, 454 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,000 not a great picture. 455 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000 It's a terrible picture. 456 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 But it's all about me. 457 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 What is wrong with us? 458 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 We're very me-centric. 459 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Ego-centric. 460 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Very me-centric. 461 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 And that's something I think God wants to work on. 462 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,000 And we need to change that from me to God-centric. 463 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 That's where we need to be. 464 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:32,000 And I feel like that's one of the things that He's really been showing me 465 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 through this sabbatical. 466 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Let me go on to this. 467 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 He says in verse 18, 468 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light 469 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,000 so that you can understand the confident hope 470 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,000 He has given to those He called. 471 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Okay. 472 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 His holy people who are His rich and glorious inheritance. 473 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Again, we are called. 474 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 We are chosen. 475 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Gosh, if we could all get a hold of that, 476 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 it would change how we do anything. 477 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 You know what I'm saying? 478 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Yes. 479 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,000 We live so under the fray instead of over the fray, 480 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 like you say, quite a bit. 481 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Above it. 482 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,000 This is where living up in a down world comes in. 483 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:21,000 This is why we have to fill our things with things that God says about us. 484 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,000 We're chosen. 485 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,000 We're called. 486 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000 We're holy. 487 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 We're loved. 488 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,000 We're blameless. 489 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,000 All of those. 490 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 And they're all true. 491 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 And yet the world will tell us the opposite. 492 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 The world will say, you don't measure up 493 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 because you don't look like this billboard 494 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 or you don't look like this magazine cover. 495 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 Or you don't look like all the Instagram pictures that you see 496 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,000 or whatever social media is dishing up that week. 497 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Right. 498 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 And you know, back, we talked about this earlier today. 499 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Back in the days when they didn't have TV, internet, the whole bit, 500 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 they didn't have to compare themselves. 501 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Now, and they did. 502 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Yet they did. 503 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Yet they did. 504 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 It's an old condition. 505 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Yes. 506 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 But look at our world. 507 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000 We're constantly comparing ourselves. 508 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Our heart is assaulted daily. 509 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,000 But you know what? 510 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Who we should be comparing ourselves with is God 511 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 because He's our standard, not people. 512 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,000 But how many times do we compare ourselves with other people? 513 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Am I good enough? 514 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Am I pretty enough? 515 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Am I broad enough? 516 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Is my voice good enough? 517 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Okay, I'm learning, Adam Curry, I'm learning 518 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,000 because I need to start to love who God made me 519 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 and not try to change it. 520 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Oh, I'm going to cry. 521 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Because I feel like I'm getting a revelation of that. 522 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Beautiful. 523 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,000 And again, these are those nuggets of understanding 524 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000 and wisdom and revelation that God is bringing to us. 525 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 And you know what the thing about this? 526 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,000 He gives this to us every day. 527 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000 We just don't tap into it. 528 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000 It's a gift. 529 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,000 It is. 530 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,000 It is a gift. 531 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Can I share something? 532 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 Because what you said really sparked something 533 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 and it's out of Psalm 139. 534 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Yes. 535 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,000 So listen to this. 536 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,000 This is how God sees you in me. 537 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,000 It says this, Psalm 139 verse 13, 538 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 for you formed my inward parts, 539 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,000 you covered me in my mother's womb. 540 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,000 I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 541 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 Marvelous are your works. 542 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,000 And that my soul knows very well. 543 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,000 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret 544 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:26,000 and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 545 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Your eyes saw my substance being yet unformed. 546 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,000 And in your book, they all were written the days fashioned for me. 547 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 When as yet there were none of them. 548 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,000 The last verse. 549 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,000 How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God. 550 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 How great is the sum of them. 551 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,000 That's how God sees you and sees me. 552 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Exactly. 553 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:53,000 And it's almost like if we have such an issue 554 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 with how we see ourselves, 555 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 then we need to constantly, 556 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 it's like we need to have that scripture in front of us at all time 557 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 so that we can get a revelation. 558 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,000 Because revelation is only going to come 559 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,000 through constant reminder of what God says. 560 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,000 It's not going to come just through osmosis. 561 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,000 It's going to come because we're looking at the Word. 562 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Yes. 563 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 That's why we have to stay in the Word. 564 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000 If there is ever a time in history that people, 565 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:27,000 the people of God, people who are exploring God and seeking, so to speak, 566 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,000 if there was ever a time in history for people to get back to the Bible, 567 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,000 it's now. 568 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Get in the Word. 569 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 I cannot say it strongly enough. 570 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 You need to get in the Word. 571 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,000 You need to get in the Bible as much as you're on screen time 572 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,000 which is you're scrolling Instagram and doom-scrolling other things 573 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000 like X and Facebook and all that. 574 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,000 You need to be in the Word. 575 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,000 And if you're doing those things in a disproportionate amount 576 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,000 to the time you're spending in God's Word, 577 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,000 yet you say you're a follower of Christ, then there's a problem. 578 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Your tank is getting filled, but with the wrong things. 579 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Right. 580 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000 And what will happen is you'll begin to believe the lies 581 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 that the enemy will tell us. 582 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 Because he's an opportunist. 583 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Exactly. 584 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000 And a liar, the Bible says. 585 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,000 And we're not telling people to be legalistic. 586 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000 No, not at all. 587 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,000 But, you know, because I can get in the Word through song, too. 588 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000 I can listen to it. 589 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Worship. 590 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Worship. 591 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 I love music that has the Word in it. 592 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Our contemporary Christian music is amazing. 593 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Yes. 594 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,000 K-Love Radio is fantastic. 595 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,000 But what are we dwelling on? 596 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,000 Exactly. 597 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,000 What are we dwelling on? 598 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000 Yeah. 599 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000 So let me go through here. 600 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Verse 19, I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness 601 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,000 of God's power for us who believe in him. 602 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,000 This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead 603 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:51,000 and seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms. 604 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:57,000 Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else, 605 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,000 not only in this world, but also in this world to come. 606 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,000 God has put all things under the authority of Christ 607 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,000 and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. 608 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 And the church is his body. 609 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:16,000 It is made full and complete by Christ who fills all things everywhere with himself. 610 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:21,000 I think the Scripture that really stood out to me is I also pray that you will understand, 611 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:27,000 this is verse 19, the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe in him. 612 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,000 Beautiful. 613 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,000 God's power. 614 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,000 For us. 615 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:36,000 For us to change us, to enlighten us, to give us wisdom, to heal people, 616 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:42,000 to bring miracles about, to bring people to salvation that we've been praying for. 617 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,000 That's the power of Christ, not in us, but in him. 618 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,000 To heal hearts. 619 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,000 Yes. 620 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,000 To mend hearts. 621 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Yes. 622 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,000 Strongholds that are attached. 623 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:58,000 Because so much of what we do in this life comes through the lens of the grid of trauma 624 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,000 and the grid of pain. 625 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,000 I've experienced all that. 626 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,000 Almost everywhere. 627 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,000 Right. 628 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,000 But I would dare say to a degree. 629 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,000 I literally trauma so much that, yes. 630 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,000 But what it does, it taints. 631 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,000 It does. 632 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,000 Now you see everything through that filter and it actually changes the actual, 633 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,000 instead of seeing what's true, you see a distortion. 634 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,000 Right. 635 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000 And so until... 636 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000 So you have to change that filter. 637 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000 So this has to get healed over time. 638 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000 And we were talking in the car coming back from the gym, 639 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,000 we got about a 20-minute drive and I made this comment. 640 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,000 I said, it's interesting because it's like peeling a layer. 641 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,000 Like an onion. 642 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,000 The other day I cut up an onion for our dinner and I was... 643 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 I accidentally kept grabbing layer by layer going, 644 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,000 I keep pulling the layers apart. 645 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:48,000 But it reminded me of how we learn and process information that as we grow in maturity in Christ, 646 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:53,000 as we grow as followers of Jesus, it's like peeling layer back, layer back, healing happens. 647 00:30:53,000 --> 00:31:00,000 And then sometimes we fall as we think, we had a moment at the altar with God or prayer and I'm healed. 648 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000 And then a trigger comes up and, oh, I'm not healed. 649 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,000 All it is is another layer. 650 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:09,000 You are getting healed, but it's layer by layer by layer by layer. 651 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,000 And sometimes it's year by year by year. 652 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,000 Exactly. 653 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Sometimes there's a miracle and then sometimes it's slower. 654 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,000 And yet the miracle can be the process too. 655 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,000 It's both, it's a miracle whether it's in a nanosecond or it's years. 656 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,000 But we celebrate the wins as we go. 657 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Exactly. 658 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,000 Beautiful, Annette. 659 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 Love what you're sharing here. 660 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:41,000 Well, and so to me, the issue that I have had ongoing with body or image dysmorphia, as you put it, 661 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:47,000 if I could just get a continual revelation of God's love for me, those things won't matter. 662 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000 And that's what I'm striving for. 663 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:57,000 If you're going to strive for anything, don't strive to look more beautiful, to be thinner, to be, you know, 664 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:07,000 a better person, strive to be, to have that revelation of God's love so that everything will flow out of that. 665 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000 So let me flip the coin here. 666 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,000 Let me just flip the script, so to speak. 667 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,000 That doesn't mean you don't take care of yourself. 668 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,000 Exactly. 669 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,000 You work on yourself and you improve yourself in your education. 670 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 Again, mind, body, spirit connection. 671 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,000 Right, right, totally. 672 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,000 You know, that we're tripartite. 673 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 We're three parts, mind, body, spirit. 674 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,000 So during the sabbatical, I've been focusing on mind, body, spirit. 675 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,000 Exactly. 676 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,000 You and I have been having conversation of conversation. 677 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,000 It's not one without the other. 678 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000 Exactly. 679 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000 Everything gets impacted and affected. 680 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,000 So what we're not saying is just give up and say, well, forget it. 681 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 I'm just, I'm, this is, I've got high blood pressure. 682 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,000 But what is your motive? 683 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,000 And I've got all this stuff. 684 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000 I've got all this physical issues. 685 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,000 There you go. 686 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:52,000 To be fit for the kingdom so that we can continue to do what we're doing, not so we'll be prettier 687 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,000 or thinner or whatever. 688 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,000 And I like to say it like this. 689 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,000 It's living by the way God designed us to live. 690 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,000 He designed our bodies to function a certain way, our minds to work a certain way, and 691 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 our spirits to operate. 692 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:10,000 So as we grow and mature, we want to continue to explore through His Word and through living 693 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:15,000 this life with Jesus in relationship what that looks like and how that applies on an 694 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,000 ongoing basis. 695 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,000 Yes. 696 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:22,000 So for us, we've made some serious lifestyle decisions to say, I'm not going to partake 697 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,000 of that anymore. 698 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,000 I'm not going to have that anymore, but I am going to have this because it's healthy 699 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,000 for my body. 700 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,000 And we're doing the research. 701 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,000 We're doing that with our minds and our wellness in every area. 702 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,000 A friend of mine used to call it total life victory. 703 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,000 Oh, yeah. 704 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000 Remember that? 705 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,000 Pastor Linden. 706 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000 Linden. 707 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,000 He used to talk about total life victory. 708 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000 Oh, that's what we should change our podcast to. 709 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Total life. 710 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,000 I love that. 711 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,000 Well, that's what living up and down world, it's the same. 712 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,000 I know. 713 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,000 It is. 714 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,000 It's just different words. 715 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,000 But he used to talk about total life victory and the mind-body-spirit connection. 716 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,000 Now so was it on track with him for that. 717 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,000 And we want to encourage you. 718 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:01,000 We're not saying don't give up on your body image and all that, but we got to get the 719 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,000 horse in front of the cart and sit in the cart in front of the horse. 720 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000 Yes. 721 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,000 Because look at all the energy we have now. 722 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,000 I know. 723 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,000 We're buzzing. 724 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000 And that's because of what we've done with our food. 725 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,000 And you've got to do what God tells you to do, not what we're doing. 726 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,000 That's right. 727 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,000 We would never tell you what to do. 728 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,000 No. 729 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,440 But the thing is, now we have so much energy, we're going to have the energy to do what 730 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:24,000 God's calling us to do in times of revival. 731 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,000 Absolutely. 732 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,000 And mental focus. 733 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,000 Yes. 734 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,000 I want to think better. 735 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000 We don't have the fog. 736 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000 I want to stay sharp, brain fog gone. 737 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:36,200 COVID did a number on us with all the brain fog. 738 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:37,200 Cultural trauma. 739 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,200 Yes. 740 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:42,600 And now we're resetting our self, our mind, spirit, body. 741 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:43,600 Yeah. 742 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,520 Not just through diet, but through mind and through the Holy Spirit. 743 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,320 So this is a tripartite approach, mind, body, spirit. 744 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:55,520 And I love, we should just pull that total life victory. 745 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:56,520 I love it. 746 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:57,520 I know. 747 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:58,520 We really do. 748 00:34:58,520 --> 00:34:59,520 Okay. 749 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:04,160 Last thing I would like for you to share, and we wrote this down on our note, is what 750 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:09,560 you've gleaned this revelation from the Lord's Prayer. 751 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,160 Yes. 752 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:15,080 So I've been going through the Lord's Prayer and using it as a template because Jesus said, 753 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,440 when the disciples said, teach us to pray, he said, do this. 754 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,680 So that's how you pray. 755 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,280 He said, here's a template. 756 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:23,520 Here's a pattern. 757 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:24,760 So I go through that every day. 758 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:29,120 I've been waking up at five or six and for about an hour laying in bed. 759 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,080 I don't get out of bed. 760 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:35,160 Most times I did today, but mostly I don't, I'll do it before I even get up. 761 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:39,560 I have this prayer time with the Lord and I start with, you know, I break down each 762 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:40,560 part of it. 763 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,240 So I'm just going to fast forward though to the part you and I talked about today. 764 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:48,200 And it was this, give us this day our daily bread. 765 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,120 And the revelation that went off in me, and the word revelation, this means greater understanding, 766 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,040 it's to peel the layer back. 767 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:58,960 So what was revealed to me as I thought about that, meditated on, is first of all, it's 768 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,960 a daily prayer. 769 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,800 Give us this day our daily bread. 770 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,840 I never thought about it that way. 771 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:06,840 It's a daily prayer. 772 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:11,160 It's a daily thing, but also it's a current thing. 773 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:17,040 So daily, and it harkens back to the Israelites when they were during the Exodus, when they 774 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:22,400 left Egypt and they were in the desert, they were crying out for food and God said, I'm 775 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,900 going to feed you supernaturally. 776 00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:29,520 He dropped manna, which is a flaky crusty kind of... 777 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,160 Talk about bread since we're not doing bread. 778 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,160 Oh yeah, we're not doing bread. 779 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:39,000 But anyway, it's a bread type substance and God supernaturally dropped it out of heaven. 780 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,760 But he told them, only gather enough for you and your family today. 781 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:44,760 Don't store up. 782 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,560 Because he wasn't going to give them day old bread the next day. 783 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:52,080 And what would happen is if they tried to like sneak some extra helpings, because what 784 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:56,080 if God didn't show up tomorrow, it would have worms in it. 785 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,080 It would just go sour. 786 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,720 That's how I have to think about bread right now. 787 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:03,040 Moldy bread, right. 788 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:11,240 And so they were only able to depend on God for what was in the now, in the present, what 789 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:12,240 was current. 790 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:18,600 Well, I was thinking about that as I was praying one morning at 5.15 and it occurred to me 791 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,920 and I said it out loud under my breath because I'm going to wake you and chavvy up from bed. 792 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,480 But I said, Lord, I don't want yesterday's manna. 793 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,120 I want what's current today. 794 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,680 I need a word from you today. 795 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,240 I need to hear from you. 796 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:32,240 I need to walk with you. 797 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:33,960 I need to know you better. 798 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,640 I want to have an ongoing conversation today. 799 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,480 I want to practice your presence today because I don't want day old bread. 800 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,200 And what do they do with day old bread at the store? 801 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:48,040 They discount it and put it on this little rack at the back of the store, you know, 70% 802 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:49,480 off day old bread. 803 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:50,480 I remember… 804 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:51,880 And it's never as good as the fresh bread. 805 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,160 It's never as good as fresh bread. 806 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,120 Remember when we lived in Abilene? 807 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:56,120 There was this place. 808 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:57,440 We drove by it every day. 809 00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:58,440 It was torture. 810 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,640 Mrs. Baird's Bread Bakery. 811 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:02,840 Huge facility. 812 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:07,400 And anybody within 15 miles of that place could smell fresh bread. 813 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,440 It was brutal. 814 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:09,440 It was brutal. 815 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:10,440 You drive through this cloud. 816 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:11,440 It's funny how it smells so good. 817 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:12,440 It's an aroma cloud. 818 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,200 But then when you got it from the grocery store because it wasn't fresh that day, it 819 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,200 didn't taste as good. 820 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:18,200 But it smelled good. 821 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:19,200 It was brutal. 822 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,200 It was torture. 823 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,600 But I thought about that today and it was like, you know, that's current. 824 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:24,600 That's out of the oven. 825 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,080 It's hot out of the oven. 826 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,080 But that's how I want words from God and wisdom. 827 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,080 You're talking about wisdom. 828 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,080 I want wisdom that's fresh for today. 829 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:37,640 And we talked about when we do the newsletter, we talked about, let's put what our topic 830 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:44,200 is, we can't because when you do the newsletter, typically Saturday or Sunday, things change 831 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:45,520 with us daily. 832 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:50,360 We get a new and fresh manna from God every day. 833 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,320 And so we have to…we just can't do that. 834 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,680 I mean, if God directed us to do that, we would. 835 00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:01,680 But we really feel like it needs to be fresh off the…out of the oven. 836 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:02,680 Out of the oven. 837 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:03,680 Yeah. 838 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:04,680 Oh, I don't want to talk about that. 839 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,080 Because we're living off today's manna. 840 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,080 That's what that is. 841 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,800 And so we kind of…we live our life that way. 842 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:10,960 You do that with church sermons. 843 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:11,960 I do. 844 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,760 A lot of times you'll get up that morning and God changes everything. 845 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,040 You're like, sorry. 846 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:17,040 Pretty common. 847 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,040 Yeah. 848 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,360 I'm not…I can't do this series that I had planned. 849 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:20,360 I still study. 850 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:21,360 I still prepare. 851 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:25,560 I do all the work up front and then I'm always open to fresh manna. 852 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:26,560 Absolutely. 853 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:27,560 Yeah. 854 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:28,560 Still like the day old stuff. 855 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:29,560 No. 856 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:30,560 I hope you're encouraged. 857 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:31,560 Anything else on that? 858 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:32,560 No. 859 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:33,560 That was so rich. 860 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:34,560 Thank you for sharing. 861 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:35,560 No, that was so good. 862 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:36,560 I'm just glad that I'm… 863 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,560 Powerful. 864 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:38,560 …can hear from God. 865 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,080 I think there's one tidbit you missed that was so good. 866 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,840 When you shared it with me, it went off like a bomb. 867 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:42,840 Okay. 868 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:43,840 What did I share? 869 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:44,840 It was that John… 870 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:45,840 No, I said that. 871 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,240 …it took years for him to come… 872 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:48,240 Oh, yeah. 873 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,240 Well, you need to camp on that a moment. 874 00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:50,240 Yes. 875 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,240 Okay. 876 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:54,400 …and then 60 years before he wrote the book of John. 877 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,760 And so 60 years from the time he was… 878 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,280 With Jesus. 879 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:06,640 …with Jesus saying, you know, he sees everything Jesus does. 880 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,960 He's there with all the miracles. 881 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:15,560 But did he have a revelation of God or was it when he wrote it 60 years later, was trying 882 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:20,000 to remember everything that happened and then put whom Jesus… 883 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:26,840 We heard one person, one pastor say, it took him 60 years to finally have the confidence 884 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,920 and the revelation that I am the one who God loves. 885 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,200 He wasn't saying he didn't love others. 886 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,680 He was saying it for himself. 887 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,680 …self because he gained the revelation. 888 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,320 I'm the disciple who Jesus loved. 889 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:39,840 Oh, I don't want it to take 60 years. 890 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,760 I don't want it to take 60 years. 891 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,880 And we are definitely growing, but it's a reminder to grow into it. 892 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:46,880 There you go. 893 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:53,560 It may have taken 60 years for us to really feel that and know his love. 894 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:54,560 Such a good word. 895 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:59,040 You know, you walked in the room this morning holding a Bible in your hand and I thought, 896 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,120 oh my gosh, Katie bar the door. 897 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,120 Get a room. 898 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:11,640 I mean, when you are so filled with God's heart and word, I love you always, period. 899 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:17,240 But there is something that happens that makes you even more beautiful than you already are 900 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:20,720 because you already are to me, you're God's daughter. 901 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:23,320 But when you walk in the room with a Bible and I can see… 902 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,240 I know you almost dropped what was in your hand. 903 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:27,240 I was like, wait. 904 00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:28,240 I was like, oh, here it comes. 905 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:29,240 She's got a heavy heavy. 906 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:32,240 Well, and it's just that I have my phone, but I had my Bible. 907 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:38,480 And that was another thing we talked about is really, you really have this conviction. 908 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:39,480 I do. 909 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,320 And want to talk to the church about bringing your Bible. 910 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:42,320 Bringing your Bible to church. 911 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:43,320 But it's hard. 912 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:44,320 I appreciate phones. 913 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,160 If we have it up there, we can't get it quick enough. 914 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,160 We're going to have to have both. 915 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:53,320 But my thought on that is there's something that's tactile about holding a Bible. 916 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:58,680 Now I've got an iPad mini, which is book size, which I really like. 917 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,420 And I do a lot of my reading and study off of that because it's handy and I can get 918 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:03,420 different translations. 919 00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:05,480 I can jump into Greek words. 920 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:09,240 But during the sabbatical, I've just gotten back into the habit of picking up my Bible, 921 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:12,280 the one that's got my notes in it, my highlights in it. 922 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,440 I jot things in the margin. 923 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,760 It to me, I don't see it as a holy book to not be used. 924 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:18,760 It's a workbook. 925 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:19,760 Right, exactly. 926 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:20,760 It's a book of life. 927 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:21,760 It's a manual. 928 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:22,760 Some people feel like it's so holy they won't even... 929 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:23,760 I mean, write in their Bible. 930 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:28,440 No, you need to write in that bad boy so you can remember what God spoke to you on that 931 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:29,440 moment. 932 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,320 Well, I've taken one of your older Bibles that you have written in. 933 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:33,880 I kind of wanted it back different times. 934 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:34,880 No. 935 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:35,880 I had good notes in it. 936 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:40,520 Because I like seeing what you're gleaning out of and what your understanding and revelation 937 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:41,520 is. 938 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:42,520 So no, it's mine. 939 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:43,520 It's mine. 940 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,000 Hey, so let's take a moment and thank some folks. 941 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,440 First of all, I want to say thanks to everybody, don't we? 942 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:48,440 Yes. 943 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,440 We want them to subscribe. 944 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:55,840 You can go to our website, livingupinadownworld.com, and you can subscribe and join our mailing 945 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:56,840 list. 946 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,080 And all we'll do is send a weekly email newsletter. 947 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,080 It's very short to the point. 948 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:02,080 Throw a few pictures. 949 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,360 It's more of a reminder that, hey, we've got our podcast coming. 950 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:06,360 So be sure and join us. 951 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,600 But we'd love for you to become part of our community just simply by doing that. 952 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:11,920 And that list is growing. 953 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,240 We've had several more this week. 954 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:19,880 And then we also, we have people who bless us through what is called Value for Value. 955 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,120 And all Value for Value is, it's recognizing value in something. 956 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:28,920 Like if someone's doing something for me and I see value in it, like a server at a restaurant, 957 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,760 you know, they're doing something and I can tell they're going an extra mile and they're 958 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,360 really, they're providing a beautiful service. 959 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,600 And I want to compensate them accordingly because they've earned it. 960 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,940 It's like, yeah, value for value. 961 00:43:39,940 --> 00:43:45,000 And so if what we are doing is encouraging you and helping you in your journey of faith 962 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:51,120 and in this life and living up in a down world, then we would simply ask, return the value. 963 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,280 And there's different ways to do that. 964 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,480 On our newsletter, we have a PayPal account. 965 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,200 You can send in value to help us with that. 966 00:43:58,200 --> 00:43:59,800 That helps us keep this thing going. 967 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:08,600 And also you can go listen to us on the website to support Podcasting 2.0, which is Value 968 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:09,600 for Value. 969 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,960 Fountain is one that we use all the time and we like that. 970 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,200 And we like to boost our friends, Adam and Tina Curry. 971 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:22,420 We love, love, love their amazing podcast called Curry and the Keeper. 972 00:44:22,420 --> 00:44:25,200 We recommend that you go and listen to that. 973 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,120 They've been out of our lives for a few weeks. 974 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,120 They've been on vacation. 975 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:30,120 A huge trip. 976 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:32,480 Well, we're having dinner twice with them this week. 977 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,640 So we've got to make up for lost time. 978 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,920 Got to catch up and we've missed them. 979 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:38,880 And so we're excited they're back in town. 980 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,880 We stay in touch with them the whole time, but it's different via text than going to 981 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:43,880 have dinner together. 982 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:44,880 So super glad. 983 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,400 But anyway, check out their podcast, Living Up in a Down World. 984 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,120 No, he's our executive producer. 985 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:56,200 But Curry and the Keeper and then also his podcast with John DeVorek. 986 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:57,200 No agenda. 987 00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,240 So check those out and support them as well. 988 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:01,240 So again, thank you. 989 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:02,640 And just a couple of shouts. 990 00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:03,640 Just want to say thank you. 991 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,880 I'm going to pull this up. 992 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:07,960 Got a beautiful couple of letters. 993 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,480 Man, I just love it when people sign stuff. 994 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:11,480 KTLD. 995 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:12,480 Remember what that meant? 996 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:13,480 Keep the lid down. 997 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:14,480 Keep the lid down. 998 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:18,800 You've got to get that soundtrack from Adam. 999 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:20,920 Got a nice note from Andy Crow. 1000 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:21,920 I'm not going to share what he is. 1001 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:25,600 A little more private in nature, but Andy, I'm praying for you, brother. 1002 00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:30,520 I did send you an email back just to encourage you and thank you for letting us know and 1003 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,720 how much you appreciate the podcast. 1004 00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:34,420 It means a ton to us. 1005 00:45:34,420 --> 00:45:35,420 So thank you, Andy. 1006 00:45:35,420 --> 00:45:37,160 I just want to give you a shout out. 1007 00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:38,160 Also Shelly. 1008 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:39,160 Shelly wrote back. 1009 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,880 Shelly's been a listener and she wrote a beautiful... 1010 00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:42,880 Listen to this encouragement. 1011 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:45,080 Hi, Pastor Jimmy and Dame Annette. 1012 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:49,360 You both came to mind the other morning as I was reading and in the spirit of not withholding 1013 00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:52,320 encouragement, I wanted to send you a little. 1014 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:56,320 I was reading in John 4 where Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well, asked for water 1015 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,120 and offered her living water. 1016 00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,880 She was surprised and taken aback by what he knew about her. 1017 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:05,400 And later in the chapter it says she went and told everyone what he had said to her. 1018 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,800 He told me everything I've ever done. 1019 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,000 As the chapter continues, my favorite verse is verse 42. 1020 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:15,640 They said to the woman, it is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have 1021 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:21,720 heard for ourselves and we know that this is indeed the savior of the world. 1022 00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:24,120 And she writes this, this is beautiful. 1023 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:30,160 When I read this story, I saw it in a new light and you and the Currys came to mind. 1024 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:35,000 Podcasting isn't really the place that most would expect to hear about God or the gospel, 1025 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:39,680 but by sharing like you are on a weekly basis, your words might be meeting that Samaritan 1026 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,800 person at the well. 1027 00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:46,980 By sharing from your experiences, your pain and what God has done in your life, I believe 1028 00:46:46,980 --> 00:46:52,000 and pray that many more people will be able to say what those in the town did. 1029 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:57,840 It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard it ourselves. 1030 00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:00,200 What you say and how you encourage matters. 1031 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:03,840 And I praise God that you guys continue to share weekly. 1032 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:07,960 God is doing an incredible work in the world right now despite all the bad things that 1033 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:08,960 are happening. 1034 00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,320 I pray he continues to use you all. 1035 00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,520 Thank you for being available and surrendered. 1036 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,960 It makes a difference, Shelly. 1037 00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:19,200 What can we say to Shelly to just say thank you? 1038 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:20,200 Words aren't even enough. 1039 00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:21,200 I know. 1040 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:22,200 I know. 1041 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:23,200 That's beautiful. 1042 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:24,200 That level of encouragement. 1043 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:25,200 We've had lots of boosts. 1044 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,040 Can we have someone from Japan write us? 1045 00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,040 When was that? 1046 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,040 That was a while back. 1047 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:37,720 No, it was first of the week right after we did our podcast last time because we mentioned 1048 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:44,320 that we would be going to Japan, possibly doing a live with the Currys. 1049 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:46,320 You're right, I thank you for reminding me. 1050 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:47,320 She lives in Japan. 1051 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:48,320 I'm like, oh my gosh. 1052 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:49,320 How cool is that? 1053 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:50,320 I do have a beer. 1054 00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:54,720 Hopefully there's other listeners from Japan and we can be able to visit with them in person. 1055 00:47:54,720 --> 00:47:56,320 Do a meetup in Japan. 1056 00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:57,320 Yes. 1057 00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:58,880 Yeah, I'm pulling it up right now. 1058 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,280 Sorry, thank you for reminding me of that. 1059 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:05,520 That was, you know, I've got Japan on my mind because Tina said when she got back we were 1060 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:09,280 going to start planning it and we need to start planning it now so we can put money 1061 00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:10,280 aside to go. 1062 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,320 So, let me, oh here it is. 1063 00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:13,320 Yep. 1064 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:14,320 Oh yeah, here it is. 1065 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:18,960 So, let me get where I can actually, I've got my other iPad up here. 1066 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:19,960 So here's a couple of boosts. 1067 00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:23,720 First of all, I want to say a big shout out to Adam Curry for giving us a Striper Boost. 1068 00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:26,640 I'm not even going to hit the button, but Adam, thank you. 1069 00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:30,920 He wrote this, listening while in Europe was like being transported back home. 1070 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:32,520 Welcome back y'all. 1071 00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:36,440 And whatever PJ had done with the sound, don't change a thing. 1072 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:37,440 Five stars. 1073 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,760 Again, coming from our executive producer. 1074 00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:40,760 That's huge. 1075 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:42,800 Who is a broadcaster extraordinaire. 1076 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:43,800 That's huge compliments. 1077 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,000 So I'm hoping we're good to go. 1078 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,200 Thanks my friend. 1079 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:50,240 And then yeah, her name is Mysterious Ways. 1080 00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:54,560 She says this, news that you may be joining Curry and the Keeper on a Japan adventure 1081 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:58,360 made me realize that I can't sit on the couch any longer without supporting. 1082 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:04,200 It's not much, but I'm honored to donate my first 1000 sats to this blessing of a 1083 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:05,200 podcast. 1084 00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,560 Where I may lack in donation amount, I'd be happy to make up for it. 1085 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:13,520 On a no agenda Curry and the Keeper living up in a down world mashup meetup while you 1086 00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:14,520 were here. 1087 00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:19,880 God has made Japan my home for the past 18 years and he constantly amazes me with the 1088 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:21,800 plans he has. 1089 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,560 Now I said she, it could be a guy, so I don't know. 1090 00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:25,680 Just Mysterious Ways. 1091 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:30,200 So Mysterious Ways, thank you for the boost, but even more for the encouragement and we 1092 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,840 will take you up on that meetup mashup. 1093 00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:34,680 That would be so much fun. 1094 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,120 Tell us where in Japan. 1095 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:37,120 Yeah. 1096 00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:38,840 We can start planning. 1097 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:40,400 Again, thanks for the boost. 1098 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:41,540 We love all of you. 1099 00:49:41,540 --> 00:49:42,540 Thanks for the encouragement. 1100 00:49:42,540 --> 00:49:47,200 We've got some great letters and what not and we are so thankful. 1101 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:52,320 So from Pastor Jimmy and Daymanette and Mr. Chevy, we are out of here. 1102 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:53,520 We love you. 1103 00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:54,520 Have a great week. 1104 00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:55,520 Any last words? 1105 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:56,800 No, just thank you for listening. 1106 00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,520 We so appreciate all of your support. 1107 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:08,740 Amen.