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PASTOR VLAD SAVCHUK: WE
DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY

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TO SUSTAIN OURSELF
IN BURNING FOR GOD.

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WE ARE NOT A FIRE
THAT DOESN'T DIE.

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HE IS THE FIRE
THAT DOESN'T DIE.

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REBECCA LAMB WEISS: THAT
HE DID THE HARD WORK

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THAT WE MAY ENTER
INTO HIS PRESENCE,

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BUT UNDERSTANDING THE
BLOOD OF JESUS OPENS UP THE WAY.

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VLAD: WHAT IS PRAYER?


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IT'S YOUR
CONNECTION TO GOD.

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WHAT IS FASTING?


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YOUR DISCONNECTION
FROM THE WORLD.

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PRAYER DOESN'T TAKE TIME.


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PRAYER SAVES TIME.


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A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS WHERE WE
HAVE DEFEATS IN THE VALLEYS.

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IF WE'RE BEING VERY HONEST,


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WE HAVE A DEEP CONNECTION
TO THE WORLD

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AND CASUAL CONNECTION
TO THE LORD.

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WHAT PRAYING, FASTING DOES,


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PRAYER STRENGTHENS MY
CONNECTION TO THE LORD

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AND FASTING WEAKENS MY
CONNECTION TO THE WORLD.



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REBECCA: HEY, GUYS, WELCOME
BACK TO THE PODCAST.

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I'M HERE WITH
PASTOR VLAD SAVCHUK.

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VLAD: YES, GLAD TO BE HERE.


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REBECCA: I'M SO HAPPY
YOU'RE BACK.

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VLAD: THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME COME BACK.

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REBECCA: YOU'VE GOT A NEW BOOK.


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LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.


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VLAD: YEAH.


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SO IT'S A BOOK THAT
DEALS WITH PAUL'S STORY.

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PRETTY MUCH THE BACKGROUND
IS PAUL BEING A PRISONER

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AND THEN PAUL IS BEING,
AND PAUL IS ON THE SHIP.

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THERE'S A STORM,
THERE'S A SHIPWRECK.

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AND THEN HE LANDS
ON THE ISLAND.

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THEY BUILD FIRE.


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THE NATIVES
START THE FIRE.

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THE BIBLE SAYS, BUT PAUL
GATHERS A BUNDLE OF STICKS,

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PUTS ON THE FIRE.


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THE SNAKE COMES OUT,


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BITES PAUL'S HAND, AND
INSTEAD OF BLEEDING TO DEATH,

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HE SHAKES OFF THE SNAKE,
AND THEN YOU FIND HIM

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ACTUALLY LAYING HANDS
ON THE SICK AND THE LORD

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IS HEALING PEOPLE.


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AND SO THE
SPIRITUAL LESSONS FROM THAT

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IS SOMETIMES WE
GO THROUGH STORMS,

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WHICH THEN WE LOSE SHIPS.


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WE CAN LOSE CERTAIN THINGS
IN THOSE STORMS,

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BUT GOD IS STILL FAITHFUL, AND
WHEN GOD DOESN'T DELIVER US

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FROM THE STORM,


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HE WANTS TO DELIVER
US THROUGH THE STORM.

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SOMETIMES HE STOPS THE STORM AND
SOMETIMES HE HELPS US TO SWIM

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LIKE IT
HAPPENED WITH PAUL.

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AND HAVING GREAT FAITH DOESN'T
MEAN YOU'LL ALWAYS

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EXPERIENCE A
SUPERNATURAL INTERVENTION.

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SOMETIMES GOD WILL BE WITH
YOU, WALK WITH YOU,

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AND THEN
WE HAVE TO BUILD FIRE,

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MEANING WE GOTTA CULTIVATE
OUR INTIMACY WITH GOD

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IN THE MIDST OF VERY
CONTRADICTORY CIRCUMSTANCES.

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AND WHEN WE DO
BUILD FIRES,

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SOMETIMES SNAKES WILL COME OUT.
THE ENEMY MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY,

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AND WE HAVE TO PERSEVERE
AND SHAKE OFF THE SNAKE.

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AND SO PRETTY MUCH
TO SUMMARIZE THE BOOK.

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REBECCA: THAT IS AMAZING.


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THERE'S SO MUCH TO THAT
I WANT TO UNPACK,

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BUT I WANT TO GET INTO
BUILDING THAT FIRE.

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SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DO
WE CULTIVATE THE FIRE.

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VLAD: SO BUNDLE OF STICKS, AS I
LIKE TO SAY, THERE'S MANY WAYS

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THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
FERVENT LOVE FOR JESUS.

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I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL
PEOPLE THAT IN ORDER TO

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BURN ON FIRE
FOR THE LORD,

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YOU REALLY HAVE TO BECOME
MORE CONSCIOUS FIRST

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THAT HE LOVES YOU,


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THEN FOCUSING ON
YOUR LOVE FOR HIM

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BECAUSE WHEN WE FOCUS
OUR LOVE FOR THE LORD

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ON OUR LOVE
FOR THE LORD,

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WE GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
WE TAKE TWO STEPS FORWARD,

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THREE STEPS BACKWARDS.


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IT'S JUST A HUMAN NATURE IN US.
BUT IF WE FOCUS ON

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HIS LOVE FOR US,


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IT HELPS US TO LOVE HIM MORE.
AND SO I WANT TO LAY THAT

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AS A FOUNDATION,
BECAUSE ANYTIME WE FOCUS

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ON OUR LOVE FOR HIM
AND HOW TO BUILD THAT

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WITHOUT FIRST REMEMBERING THAT
IT'S HIS LOVE FOR US,

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AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT,
THEN WE FALL INTO LEGALISM

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AND WE TURN. WE MAKE A GOD
OUT OF DISCIPLINE

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INSTEAD OF USING
DISCIPLINE TOWARD GODLINESS.

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AND SO I LIKE TO SAY


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THAT FIRE NEEDS FUEL,
AND TO HAVE THIS FUEL,

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I SAY THREE THINGS:
IT'S PRAYER,

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IT'S FASTING, AND IT'S GIVING.
NOW, WHY THESE THREE THINGS?

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JESUS SAID TO DO THESE
THREE THINGS IN SECRET

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IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, AND
IF WE TRACK IN THE BIBLE,

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WE SEE THAT OUR
MAIN THREE ENEMIES

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ARE GREED,
PRIDE, AND LUST.

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PRAYER HELPS US
TO DEFEAT PRIDE,

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BECAUSE THE REAL REASON
PEOPLE DON'T PRAY

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IS NOT
BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY.

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IT'S BECAUSE
THEY'RE PROUD.

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PRAYERLESSNESS IS PRETTY
MUCH A DECLARATION TO GOD,

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I GOT IT.


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I DON'T NEED YOU.


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AND SO WHEN PEOPLE RECOGNIZE
THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE

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OH, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME;
NO, IT'S BECAUSE I'M PROUD.

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IT'S BECAUSE
I AM MY OWN GOD,

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IT'S BECAUSE
I GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.

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BUT PRAYER IS A
DECLARATION OF HUMILITY.

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PEOPLE WHO PRAY
AREN'T NECESSARILY

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PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIME,


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THERE ARE PEOPLE
HUMBLE ENOUGH TO

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ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A GOD.
IT'S NOT THEM

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AND THEY RELY ON GOD.


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FASTING HELPS US TO
CONQUER LUSTS OF THE FLESH

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AND GIVING HELPS US
TO CONQUER GREED.

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REBECCA: YOU SAID DON'T MAKE A
GOD OUT OF DISCIPLINE,

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BUT USE DISCIPLINE AS
A MEANS TOWARD GODLINESS,

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BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE A GOD
OUT OF DISCIPLINE,

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YOU'RE GOING TO
PUT UP WITH PRIDE.

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YEAH, AND THEN YOU'LL
FALL INTO DISCOURAGEMENT

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WHEN YOU FAIL
IN YOUR DISCIPLINES

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BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SUSTAIN OURSELF

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IN BURNING FOR GOD.


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IT IS HIM WHO SUSTAINS US. WE
ARE NOT A FIRE THAT DOESN'T DIE.

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HE IS THE FIRE
THAT DOESN'T DIE.

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AND SO AS LONG AS
WE'RE CLOSE WITH HIM,

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WE RELY ON HIM,


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WE LEAN ON HIM,


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THEN HE SUSTAINS US. AND SO
OTHERWISE WHEN WE FOCUS SO MUCH

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ON THE DISCIPLINES,


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WHEN WE FOCUS SO
MUCH ON OUR LOVE FOR HIM,

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WE WILL GO INTO
TWO EXTREMES FAST.

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FIRST ONE IS
GOING TO BE PRIDE.

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AND THE SECOND ONE IS GOING TO
BE A VERY DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT.

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REBECCA: AND I LOVE THAT YOU
SAID FOR THE FOUNDATION

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OF OUR LOVE FOR JESUS IS THE
UNDERSTANDING OF HIS GREAT LOVE

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FOR US AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING
THAT HE DID THE HARD WORK

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THAT WE MAY ENTER INTO HIS
PRESENCE AND NOT THINKING

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WE HAVE TO DO A CERTAIN
THING OR LIKE GET IN A CERTAIN

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LIKE KNEEL DOWN OR DO THIS
AND BECOME LEGALISTIC.

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BUT UNDERSTANDING
THE BLOOD OF JESUS

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OPENS UP THE WAY TO
COMMUNION WITH HIM, RIGHT?

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VLAD: THAT'S RIGHT.


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I LIKE TO COMPARE STORIES
TWO GUYS IN THE BIBLE.

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PETER AND JOHN. WHEN JESUS SAYS
THAT HE'S GOING TO BE CRUCIFIED

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AND EVERYBODY
WILL DENY HIM,

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PETER PUFFS UP AND HE
SAYS, I WILL NEVER DENY.

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HE IS LIKE ALL OTHERS
PROBABLY WILL.

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THEY'RE JUST
A BUNCH OF WEAKLINGS.

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ME, ON THE OTHER HAND,


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I'M SO
LOYAL TO YOU, JESUS.

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AND YOU LOOK AT
PETER'S LIFE IN THE GOSPELS

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AND YOU SEE THIS NEED TO
PROVE ALWAYS THAT HE'S BETTER.

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HE'S FIRST.


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WHO DO PEOPLE THINK I AM?
YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD

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HE'S ALWAYS LIKE
THE FIRST, HE'S VERY LOUD.

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AND, YOU SEE, JESUS TELLS
PETER, YOU'RE GOING TO DENY ME

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THREE TIMES.


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SO HE GOES FROM PRIDE TO
VERY DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT

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WITH HIMSELF. JOHN, ON THE
OTHER HAND, IT WAS DIFFERENT.

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IF YOU READ
THE GOSPELS OF JOHN,

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YOU SEE JOHN REFERS TO
HIMSELF AS A DISCIPLE.

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JESUS LOVED.
I'M LIKE, JOHN,

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WHY DON'T YOU PORTRAY YOURSELF
AS A DISCIPLE THAT LOVED JESUS?

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JOHN COMPARED
JESUS' LOVE FOR JOHN

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WITH JOHN'S LOVE FOR JESUS,
AND FOUND JESUS' LOVE FOR JOHN

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SO GREAT
THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO

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TAKE PRIDE IN HIS LOVE FOR
JESUS, BECAUSE IT WAS SO SMALL.

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IT WAS SO FICKLE.


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IT WAS WEAK


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COMPARED TO
HOW STRONG JESUS' LOVE

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FOR JOHN WAS. AND HE KEEPS
REFERRING TO HIMSELF,

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IT'S ALMOST LIKE PETER
WAS IN THIS COMPETITION.

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I LOVE JESUS MORE, AND JOHN'S
LIKE, I DON'T CARE, HE LOVES ME.

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IT'S NOT THAT JESUS LOVED
JOHN MORE THAN OTHERS.

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IT'S THAT JOHN WAS
AWARE OF THAT LOVE.

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I FEEL LIKE MORE THAN
OTHERS WHO WROTE MORE ABOUT LOVE

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THAN ANY
OTHER DISCIPLE.

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IT'S JOHN WHO HAD THIS ENCOUNTER
WITH JESUS RESURRECTED CHRIST

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WHERE HE ALMOST FELL DEAD.


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I MEAN,


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LISTEN, JOHN LAID
AT HIS BOSOM.

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HE KNEW ABOUT JESUS.


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HE STOOD AT THE CROSS AND HE HAD
A FRESH ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS

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TOWARD THE
END OF HIS LIFE

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WHERE HE ALMOST DROPPED
DEAD IN FRONT OF HIM.

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TO HAVE THESE FRESH
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE LORD,

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THEY DON'T COME FROM
A PLACE OF STRIVING.

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THEY COME FROM A PLACE
OF SURRENDER TO THE LOVE

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THAT JESUS
HAS FOR US.

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IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN
THE PLACE OF IT'S ABOUT DOING,

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IT'S ABOUT EVEN PRAYER,
AND IT'S ABOUT FASTING.

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IT'S ABOUT GIVING, ALL OF
THAT IS AN OVERFLOW

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OF I AM
SO LOVED BY GOD.

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I AM SO LOVED BY HIM.


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I'VE EXPERIENCED HIS
LOVE SO POWERFULLY,

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I'M WILLING TO LIVE LIKE
THAT NOT TO EARN IT,

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BUT BECAUSE I RECEIVED IT.
AND YOU LOOK AT PETER'S LIFE,

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HE GOES FROM FOCUSING ON
HIS LOVE FOR JESUS,

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THEN HIS PRAYER LIFE
GOES TO SLEEP,

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BECAUSE IN THE
GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE

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HE IS SLEEPING WHEN HE'S
SUPPOSED TO BE PRAYING.

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THEN YOU SEE PETER FOLLOWS
JESUS AT A DISTANCE

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WHY? BECAUSE NOW IT'S
COSTING HIM SOMETHING.

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THEN YOU SEE PETER WARMING
HIMSELF AT THE WRONG FIRE

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PRETENDING TO FIT IN WITH
A GROUP OF PEOPLE

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WHO ARE CRUCIFYING JESUS,
DENYING JESUS,

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EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T BELONG
THERE, AND THEN YOU SEE PETER

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DENYING JESUS.
AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE

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THERE IS A FIVE-STEP
SPIRAL TO DENYING JESUS.

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IT STARTS FIRST WITH
FOCUSING ON YOUR LOVE FOR HIM.

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NOW, AT FIRST,


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IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS
NOTHING RUN WITH THAT.

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EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH IT
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS

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WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE
HE FIRST LOVED US.

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WE DON'T START WITH
OUR LOVE FOR HIM.

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IT STARTS WITH THE CROSS.


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IT STARTS WITH THE BLOOD.


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THE SECOND STEP OF US
WALKING AWAY FROM THE LORD

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IS WHEN OUR PRAYER
LIFE GOES TO SLEEP.

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THE THIRD STEP IS WHEN WE
FOLLOW JESUS AT A DISTANCE

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TO PROTECT OUR COMFORT. THE
FOURTH STEP, WHICH WE WILL

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END UP AT, WHERE WE WARM
OURSELVES WITH THE WORLD'S FIRE

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THAT BECOMES ENTERTAINMENT,
BECOMES PORNOGRAPHY,

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FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S DRUGS,
FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S EATING.

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PRETTY MUCH WHEN WE HAVE
NO MORE FIRE.

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SO WE NEED TO HAVE FIRE.
AND THE DEVIL WILL ALWAYS

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OFFER A COUNTERFEIT FIRE
FOR PEOPLE

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WHO FOCUSED ON THEMSELVES, THEIR
PRAYER LIFE WENT TO SLEEP.

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THEY FOLLOWED JESUS
AT A DISTANCE

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SO THEY CAN PROTECT
THEIR INTERESTS.

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IT'S NO LONGER
ABOUT THE CROSS,

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IT'S ABOUT THE COMFORT. AND
NOW THEY HAVE TO FIND THEMSELVES

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AT THE WRONG FIRE, AND THEN THEY
END UP WHERE PETER DID,

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GOING BACK TO
THEIR OLD LIFE,

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AND PETER DID. HE WENT BACK
TO FISHING, ONLY TO FIND

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THAT LIFE EMPTY.


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REBECCA: BECAUSE IF
YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS,

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IT'S GOING
TO COST YOU.

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AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT SAY I'M A CHRISTIAN,

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BUT THEY'RE
NOT LIVING THAT OUT;

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THEY'RE NOT COMPLETELY
SURRENDERED. AND ONE THING

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THAT'S STOOD OUT TO
ME ABOUT YOUR BOOK

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IS THAT IF WE FOLLOW HIM,


00:09:52.700 --> 00:09:54.766
WE WILL HAVE STORMS.


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NOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT
KINDS OF STORMS.

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THERE'S STORMS THAT ARE
FROM YOUR OWN DOING FROM SIN,

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AND THEN THERE'S,
BUT THERE'S STORMS

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THAT ARE
COST OF FOLLOWING HIM.

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THERE'S TRIALS
THAT WE GO THROUGH.

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VLAD: YOU KNOW, JONAH
WENT THROUGH A STORM,

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AND IN THIS STORM,


00:10:07.832 --> 00:10:09.833
HE WAS
AWAY FROM GOD.

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HE WAS RUNNING FROM
THE WILL OF GOD.

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JESUS WAS IN THE STORM, AND
JESUS WAS THE WILL OF GOD

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EMBODIED.


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PAUL WAS IN THE STORM
WHERE MY BOOK IS BASED ON.

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PAUL WAS IN THE WILL OF GOD.
AND SO THIS IDEA THAT

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IF I'M GOING TO HAVE
GREAT FAITH, HAVE THE GIFTS

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OF THE HOLY GHOST, BE FULL
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

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I WILL AVOID STORMS.


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IT IS NOT BIBLICAL BECAUSE
JESUS WENT THROUGH IT,

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PAUL WENT THROUGH IT,
AND WE HAVE TO REFRAME

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OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT JUST
BECAUSE YOU'RE CLOSE TO GOD

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AND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE
CLOSE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

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THAT EVERY STORM WILL
HAVE A MIRACLE ENDING

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WHERE GOD WILL SUPERNATURALLY
END IT, SPLIT THE RED SEA,

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PROVIDE THE WHALE,
AND YOU WILL BE RESCUED.

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GIVE YOU A SHIP.
IN PAUL'S CASE,

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THERE WAS NO INTERVENTION.


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THE STORM
RAN ITS COURSE.

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WHAT GOD DID
WITH PAUL, THOUGH,

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IS HE PROTECTED HIM
IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM.

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THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
I WALKED THROUGH

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THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF
DEATH, AND I FEAR NO EVIL.

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YOU KNOW, WE WALK THROUGH
THE FIRE AND WE'RE NOT CONSUMED.

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WE WALK THROUGH THE FLOOD
AND WE ARE NOT DROWNED.

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AND SO MANY BELIEVERS
HAVE THIS UNDERSTANDING.

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AND HONESTLY,


00:11:11.933 --> 00:11:12.666
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,


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I HAD THAT, THAT
IF I FAST ENOUGH,

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PRAY ENOUGH,


00:11:16.266 --> 00:11:20.033
GIVE ENOUGH, SERVE ENOUGH, THAT
IF I EVER END UP IN THE STORM,

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IT'S BECAUSE GOD WILL
PLANT SOME KIND OF A

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SUPERNATURAL POWERFUL
INTERVENTION.

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AND SOMETIMES


00:11:27.099 --> 00:11:29.966
THE LORD, TO A MAN OF FAITH
WHO WROTE TWO-THIRDS

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OF THE NEW TESTAMENT


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GAVE STRENGTH TO SWIM.
HE DIDN'T STOP THE STORM,

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DIDN'T SAVE HIM FROM THE STORM,
AND DIDN'T SPLIT THE SEA

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FOR HIM TO WALK ON
THE DRY GROUND.

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REBECCA: AND YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT PROBABLY ONE OF

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THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
WE NEED TO BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS

00:11:46.566 --> 00:11:50.033
ABOUT IN THE BODY OF CHRIST,
WHICH IS UNDERSTANDING SUFFERING

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AND UNDERSTANDING WHEN GOD


00:11:51.633 --> 00:11:55.232
DOESN'T DO THINGS THE WAY
THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR.

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I THINK ABOUT SHADRACH,
MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO

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WHERE THEY BASICALLY SAY,
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN

00:11:59.466 --> 00:12:00.933
DELIVER US
FROM THE FIRE.

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BUT IF HE DOESN'T,
HE'S STILL GOD.

00:12:03.999 --> 00:12:06.666
AND BASICALLY WE'RE STILL GOING
TO WORSHIP HIM AND RESPECT HIM,

00:12:06.766 --> 00:12:09.466
BUT THERE IS THIS ATTITUDE OF,
WHATEVER HE DECIDES,

00:12:09.566 --> 00:12:10.966
WE'RE GOING TO HONOR
HIM AND TRUST HIM.

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WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE
WHO'S STRUGGLING WITH GOD

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DIDN'T DO SOMETHING


00:12:14.966 --> 00:12:17.633
THE WAY
I WANTED IT TO BE DONE?

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HE DIDN'T DELIVER ME THE WAY
I WANTED TO BE DELIVERED.

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VLAD: I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE
A BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING

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OF SUFFERING. THE BIBLICAL
DOCTRINE OF SUFFERING

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HAS THREE MAIN COMPONENTS.


00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.599
THE FIRST ONE IS
SIN BROUGHT SUFFERING.

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THE SECOND ONE IS, THROUGH
SUFFERING, WE ARE SAVED

00:12:33.833 --> 00:12:38.633
THROUGH CHRIST'S SUFFERING. SO
WE SHOULDN'T DEMONIZE SUFFERING,

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BECAUSE SUFFERING CAME THROUGH
SIN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

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GOD DIDN'T CAUSE IT, BUT
IT'S SUFFERING GOD USED

00:12:42.999 --> 00:12:46.433
TO BRING FORTH REDEMPTION.
THE SUFFERING OF JESUS.

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AND THIRDLY, GOD USES SUFFERING
TO REFINE US

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IF WE DON'T
LET IT DEFINE US.

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SO IF THE SUFFERING
DOESN'T DEFINE US,

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MEANING WE DON'T TRY TO USE
SUFFERING TO COME TO CONCLUSIONS

00:13:00.599 --> 00:13:03.433
WHETHER GOD IS WITH US OR
NOT, WE DON'T USE SUFFERING

00:13:03.533 --> 00:13:04.899
AS THE BASIS TO SAY,


00:13:04.999 --> 00:13:07.366
WELL, I MUST NOT HAVE
ENOUGH FAITH, BECAUSE, LOOK,

00:13:07.466 --> 00:13:11.100
I'M GOING THROUGH THESE THINGS.
BUT WE GO THROUGH THE SUFFERINGS

00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:13.400
AND WE
ALLOW THE LORD TO REFINE US,

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ALLOW THE LORD TO CLEANSE US,
ALLOW THE LORD TO PURIFY US,

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WHAT SUFFERING DOES
TO OUR FAITH,

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IS SUFFERING IS LIKE FIRE
TOWARD,

00:13:24.232 --> 00:13:24.933
LIKE IF YOU THINK ABOUT
OUR FAITH,

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OUR FAITH IS LIKE GOLD.


00:13:26.266 --> 00:13:29.200
PETER TALKS ABOUT YOUR
FAITH BEING PURIFIED LIKE GOLD.

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SOMETIMES PEOPLE
COME UP TO ME AND THEY'RE LIKE,

00:13:30.566 --> 00:13:34.066
VLAD, I'VE LOST MY FAITH BECAUSE
OF WHAT I'VE WENT THROUGH.

00:13:34.166 --> 00:13:35.266
I SAID, EXCUSE ME?


00:13:35.366 --> 00:13:38.866
THE BIBLE SAYS YOUR FAITH
IS LIKE GOLD. GOLD DOES NOT

00:13:38.966 --> 00:13:42.699
STOP BEING GOLD BECAUSE OF
WHAT IT GOES THROUGH.

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GOLD ACTUALLY BECOMES MORE
PRECIOUS, BECOMES MORE PURE,

00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:49.799
AND BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE
WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE FIRE.

00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:52.133
THE GOLD COULD NEVER HAVE
A TESTIMONY THAT SAYS

00:13:52.233 --> 00:13:54.266
BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH THE FIRE
AND IT WAS SO HOT,

00:13:54.366 --> 00:13:57.533
I STOPPED BEING GOLD
AND I BECAME ASHES.

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I SAID, PAPER BECOMES ASHES
WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE FIRE.

00:14:01.633 --> 00:14:04.666
IF THE STORM
DESTROYED YOUR FAITH,

00:14:04.733 --> 00:14:06.900
YOU DIDN'T HAVE FAITH.


00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.699
WHAT YOU HAD IS,


00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.866
YOU HAD FAITH IN FAITH.


00:14:09.966 --> 00:14:14.866
YOU HAD FAITH IN YOUR EMOTIONS
OR YOU HAD FAITH IN MIRACLES.

00:14:14.966 --> 00:14:20.433
FAITH IN GOD IS NOT
DESTROYED IN THE STORM.

00:14:20.533 --> 00:14:23.199
IT'S ONLY PURIFIED BY THE STORM.
AND WHAT I THINK HAPPENS,

00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:24.466
AND THE LORD
ALLOWS THAT,

00:14:24.566 --> 00:14:27.566
HE SEES THAT
OUR FAITH IS VERY FICKLE.

00:14:27.666 --> 00:14:28.432
OUR FAITH IS VERY SHAKY.


00:14:28.532 --> 00:14:30.032
OUR FAITH IS BASED
ON OUR FEELINGS.

00:14:30.132 --> 00:14:34.766
OUR FAITH IS BASED ON OUR
OWN IDEAS, IN OUR OWN SELVES.

00:14:34.866 --> 00:14:37.300
AND WHAT THE LORD DOES IS
HE ALLOWS THESE THINGS TO

00:14:37.400 --> 00:14:40.566
EXPOSE THE FACT WE DON'T HAVE
ANY FAITH, NOT TO REMIND US,

00:14:40.666 --> 00:14:42.666
OH, LOOK, YOU DIDN'T HAVE
ANY FAITH TO SHOW US,

00:14:42.766 --> 00:14:47.966
HEY, NOW THAT YOU KNOW
THAT YOU NEED FAITH, COME TO ME,

00:14:48.066 --> 00:14:51.199
AND I WILL GRANT YOU THAT FAITH.
AND SO ANYTIME LIKE PEOPLE SAY,

00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:54.066
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT
THROUGH THIS TEMPTATION,

00:14:54.166 --> 00:14:55.666
I LOST MY PURITY.
THAT TEMPTATION

00:14:55.766 --> 00:14:57.333
DIDN'T TAKE YOUR PURITY.


00:14:57.433 --> 00:14:58.333
TEMPTATION REVEALED


00:14:58.433 --> 00:15:00.032
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY.


00:15:00.132 --> 00:15:02.099
ALL YOU HAD
IS CONVENIENCE

00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:04.499
OF THE FACT THAT
YOU WERE NOT TEMPTED.

00:15:04.599 --> 00:15:08.666
BUT NOW BECAUSE REAL PURITY
IS VISIBLE IN TEMPTATION,

00:15:08.766 --> 00:15:10.299
IT'S NOT VISIBLE WHEN
YOU'RE NOT BEING TEMPTED.

00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:14.599
REAL FAITH SHINES IN A TRIAL.
SO WHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH

00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:16.566
IN THE TRIAL, THAT MEANS
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAITH.

00:15:16.666 --> 00:15:19.699
ALL I HAD WAS JUST EMOTIONS,
ALL I HAD WAS JUST HYPE,

00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:24.033
WHICH IS, GOD SEES
THAT HE'S LIKE, MAN,

00:15:24.133 --> 00:15:25.600
YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT
SO I CAN REALLY REVEAL

00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:26.732
WHAT'S HAPPENING
INSIDE OF YOU,

00:15:26.832 --> 00:15:29.166
AND THEN I CAN REFINE YOU
IF YOU COME TO ME.

00:15:29.266 --> 00:15:30.966
AND SO I THINK
STORMS ARE CRUCIAL,

00:15:31.066 --> 00:15:32.699
AND SUFFERING
IS VERY CRUCIAL

00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.899
BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
PRODUCES THE FRUIT

00:15:34.999 --> 00:15:37.133
OF LONGSUFFERING,
AND I'M THINKING,

00:15:37.233 --> 00:15:39.766
HOW CAN HE PRODUCE THE
LONGSUFFERING WITHIN ME

00:15:39.866 --> 00:15:41.633
IF I AVOID SUFFERING?


00:15:41.733 --> 00:15:43.632
REBECCA: EXACTLY.
AND YOU'RE GOING BACK

00:15:43.732 --> 00:15:47.233
TO I THINK, WHICH IS
SO FOUNDATIONAL TO THIS TEACHING

00:15:47.333 --> 00:15:48.799
THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:53.300
IS UNDERSTANDING THAT
OUR TRUST IS IN GOD.

00:15:53.400 --> 00:15:54.666
IT'S NOT IN
OURSELVES.

00:15:54.766 --> 00:15:56.966
AND A VERSE THAT'S BEEN PIVOTAL
FOR ME IN THE PAST YEAR

00:15:57.066 --> 00:16:00.866
HAS BEEN JEREMIAH 17, WHICH
SAYS, BLESSED IS THE MAN

00:16:00.966 --> 00:16:01.833
WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD.


00:16:01.933 --> 00:16:02.800
HE'LL BE LIKE A TREE


00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:05.266
WHOSE ROOTS GO DOWN
DEEP INTO THE WATER.

00:16:05.366 --> 00:16:07.433
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
DROUGHT WILL COME

00:16:07.533 --> 00:16:10.233
BECAUSE HIS LEAVES STAY GREEN
BECAUSE THE ROOTS,

00:16:10.333 --> 00:16:13.466
IT'S ABIDING IN THE LORD
IS BASICALLY. AND THE WORST

00:16:13.566 --> 00:16:16.866
THAT PRECEDES THAT, IT SAYS,
CURSED IS THE MAN WHO TRUSTS.

00:16:16.966 --> 00:16:20.000
EXACTLY. AND THAT
CAN ALSO MEAN YOU.

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:22.532
VLAD: THE CHALLENGE THAT HAPPENS
IS WHEN YOU GO INTO A STORM,

00:16:22.632 --> 00:16:26.266
YOU BELIEVE FOR A MIRACLE.
WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE STORM,

00:16:26.366 --> 00:16:28.299
YOU TRUST IN
THE MIRACLEMAKER.

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:30.899
WHEN PAUL WENT THROUGH
STUFF HE WENT THROUGH,

00:16:30.999 --> 00:16:35.166
HE SAID, I KNOW
IN WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED.

00:16:35.266 --> 00:16:38.266
MANY CHRISTIANS
KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE FOR.

00:16:38.366 --> 00:16:43.532
WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.


00:16:43.632 --> 00:16:45.566
BUT TO KNOW
WHO YOU BELIEVE,

00:16:45.666 --> 00:16:48.132
SEE, GOD IS THE OBJECT
OF OUR FAITH,

00:16:48.232 --> 00:16:51.099
NOT A MIRACLE. WHERE THE
DISAPPOINTMENT HAPPENS

00:16:51.199 --> 00:16:52.966
IS PEOPLE LIKE, WELL,
I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL HEAL

00:16:53.066 --> 00:16:54.366
MY MOM.


00:16:54.466 --> 00:16:58.732
SEE, YOU BELIEVED IN THE
HEALING. THAT WILL FAIL YOU

00:16:58.832 --> 00:17:01.633
BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU GET HEALED,
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO DIE.

00:17:01.733 --> 00:17:03.633
SO IF YOUR FAITH
IS IN HEALING,

00:17:03.733 --> 00:17:05.633
YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.


00:17:05.733 --> 00:17:08.733
IF YOUR FAITH IS IN
AN ANSWERED PRAYER,

00:17:08.833 --> 00:17:10.499
YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED
SOONER OR LATER.

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:12.566
IT'S A MATTER OF TIME.


00:17:12.666 --> 00:17:17.466
IF YOUR TRUST IS IN THE
ONE WHO LOVES YOU, GAVE HIS SON

00:17:17.566 --> 00:17:18.766
FOR YOUR SALVATION,


00:17:18.866 --> 00:17:22.799
LET HIS SPIRIT DWELL INSIDE OF
YOU, WROTE YOUR NAME

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:25.633
IN THE BOOK OF LIFE AND HAS
ANGELS READY TO PICK YOU UP

00:17:25.733 --> 00:17:27.999
THE MOMENT YOU DIE.
THE MOMENT YOU DIE,

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.699
THEY WILL TAKE YOU AND
CARRY YOU TO HEAVEN.

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.633
THEY WILL ENCIRCLE YOU


00:17:30.733 --> 00:17:32.433
IF YOU FEAR THE LORD.


00:17:32.533 --> 00:17:35.133
IF YOUR TRUST IS
IN HIM, IN A PERSON,

00:17:35.233 --> 00:17:37.433
NOT FOR WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO
WHAT HE PROMISED

00:17:37.533 --> 00:17:39.533
OR WHAT
YOU'RE EXPECTING HIM TO DO,

00:17:39.633 --> 00:17:41.066
YOU WILL NEVER
BE DISAPPOINTED.

00:17:41.166 --> 00:17:43.666
I'M NOT SAYING YOU WILL
NOT FEEL DIFFICULT MOMENTS.

00:17:43.766 --> 00:17:46.033
THAT'S WHY WHEN JOB WENT THROUGH
THE STUFF THAT HE WENT THROUGH,

00:17:46.133 --> 00:17:46.999
HE DIDN'T SAY,


00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:49.333
I KNOW MY REDEMPTION
IS COMING.

00:17:49.433 --> 00:17:52.132
HE SAID, I KNOW
MY REDEEMER LIVES.

00:17:52.232 --> 00:17:54.400
WE START WITH, HE'S GOING
TO GIVE ME A BREAKTHROUGH.

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.366
HE WILL ANSWER MY PRAYER.


00:17:55.466 --> 00:17:56.400
HE WILL GIVE ME A CHILD.


00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:57.333
HE WILL GIVE ME A HUSBAND.


00:17:57.433 --> 00:17:58.333
HE WILL GIVE ME A WIFE.


00:17:58.433 --> 00:18:00.066
HE WILL
GIVE ME A BLESSING.

00:18:00.166 --> 00:18:03.100
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE STORM,
ALL OF THAT GETS BURNED.

00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.900
I'M NOT SAYING


00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:05.199
GOD'S PROMISES
ARE NOT TRUE.

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.400
THEY ARE.
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES.

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:08.299
I BELIEVE IN BREAKTHROUGH.


00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:10.332
BUT TO SURVIVE
THROUGH THE CHALLENGES

00:18:10.432 --> 00:18:12.033
AND
VICISSITUDES OF LIFE,

00:18:12.133 --> 00:18:14.366
YOUR FAITH CANNOT
BE IN A MIRACLE.

00:18:14.466 --> 00:18:15.566
IT HAS TO BE IN HIM.


00:18:15.666 --> 00:18:19.100
JESUS NEVER INVITED PEOPLE
TO BELIEVE IN THE MIRACLE.

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.533
HE SAID,
BELIEVE IN ME. ME. ME.

00:18:21.633 --> 00:18:22.366
FOLLOW ME.


00:18:22.466 --> 00:18:23.733
I AM THE OBJECT
OF YOUR FAITH.

00:18:23.833 --> 00:18:27.066
NOT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO
GET FROM ME AND NOT FOR

00:18:27.166 --> 00:18:28.466
WHAT I'M ABOUT
TO DO FOR YOU.

00:18:28.566 --> 00:18:29.699
REBECCA: YEAH.


00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:31.666
THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER
OF OUR FAITH IT SAYS IN HEBREWS,

00:18:31.766 --> 00:18:33.266
AND IT ALSO SAYS IN THE
GOSPELS, BUILD YOUR LIFE

00:18:33.366 --> 00:18:34.966
ON THE
FOUNDATION OF HIM,

00:18:35.066 --> 00:18:38.300
NOT IN WHAT YOU EXPECT HIM
TO DO, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS

00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:40.033
HE IS THE ONE.


00:18:40.133 --> 00:18:41.033
IT SAYS WE'RE LED
BY HIS SPIRIT.

00:18:41.133 --> 00:18:42.866
WE'RE WALKING IN FAITH,


00:18:42.966 --> 00:18:45.766
AND HE'S BASICALLY
THE AUTHOR OF OUR STORY.

00:18:45.866 --> 00:18:47.266
WE'RE LIVING IN OBEDIENCE.


00:18:47.366 --> 00:18:50.333
AND SO WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY OWN
LIFE IS IT MIGHT NOT BE

00:18:50.433 --> 00:18:53.866
THE TIMING THAT YOU WANT
AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE OUTCOME,

00:18:53.966 --> 00:18:55.933
BUT HE WILL WORK
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

00:18:56.033 --> 00:18:59.500
IT JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO,
I HONESTLY, IT'S NOT

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:01.733
PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK HOW YOU
THINK, BUT HE HAS THE BEST PLAN

00:19:01.833 --> 00:19:03.766
IF WE SUBMIT TO IT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS

00:19:03.866 --> 00:19:05.599
THAT I WANTED TO SAY TOO
IS THE REASON WHY,

00:19:05.699 --> 00:19:08.799
BECAUSE I WANT TO GET INTO
FASTING AND GIVING

00:19:08.899 --> 00:19:10.632
AND ALL THIS STUFF IS
BECAUSE I WANT TO GO AT IT

00:19:10.732 --> 00:19:14.066
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THAT
YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN SOURCE,

00:19:14.166 --> 00:19:16.900
THAT HE IS YOUR SOURCE,
BECAUSE PEOPLE,

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:21.766
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT FASTING AND STUFF

00:19:21.866 --> 00:19:23.066
AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
WITH PRAYER, BECAUSE FOR ME,

00:19:23.166 --> 00:19:24.366
I GREW UP
IN AN ENVIRONMENT

00:19:24.466 --> 00:19:26.199
THAT TALKED ABOUT
ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF,

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:28.866
BUT IT HAS
TO COME FROM THE RIGHT PLACE

00:19:28.966 --> 00:19:30.333
OR IT'S NOT GOING
TO BE FRUITFUL.

00:19:30.433 --> 00:19:32.800
ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING
TO COME AT THIS PLACE

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:34.499
UNDERSTANDING THAT
GOD IS OUR SOURCE

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.266
AND THAT WE'RE BEING LED BY HIS
SPIRIT, AND THAT WILL PRODUCE

00:19:37.366 --> 00:19:40.432
HUMILITY WITHIN US.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT FASTING,

00:19:40.532 --> 00:19:42.799
BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:45.799
A LOT OF THE TIME IS, AND YOU
CAN JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:47.366
ABOUT THIS, PEOPLE
WILL ANNOUNCE THEIR FASTS

00:19:47.466 --> 00:19:48.966
LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.


00:19:49.066 --> 00:19:51.133
HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT?
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS

00:19:51.233 --> 00:19:53.233
DON'T LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT
YOU'RE FASTING, RIGHT?

00:19:53.333 --> 00:19:55.633
VLAD: YEAH, AND YET,
AND THEN IN THE BIBLE,

00:19:55.733 --> 00:19:57.899
THERE ARE CULPRIT FASTS
WHERE THE BIBLE CLEARLY,

00:19:57.999 --> 00:20:00.399
FOR EXAMPLE, IN ACTS
CHAPTER 13, IT SAYS THAT

00:20:00.499 --> 00:20:03.032
THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH FASTED.
SO THAT MEANS

00:20:03.132 --> 00:20:06.066
THE FACT IT ENDED UP ON
THE PAGES OF OUR BIBLE,

00:20:06.166 --> 00:20:07.999
PEOPLE KNEW
THEY WERE FASTING.

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:10.900
SO I THINK THERE IS TWO SIDES TO
IT IS WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:13.333
DO NOT ANNOUNCE YOUR FASTING,
DO NOT ANNOUNCE,

00:20:13.433 --> 00:20:14.766
DON'T BLAST
YOUR PRAYER LIFE,

00:20:14.866 --> 00:20:16.100
AND DON'T
ANNOUNCE YOUR GIVING,

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:19.600
IT DEALS WITH YOUR
PERSONAL MOTIVATION INSIDE.

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:22.699
WHEN A PASTOR LEADS THE CHURCH
INTO A CORPORATE FAST

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:24.366
AND ENCOURAGES THEM
TO FAST,

00:20:24.466 --> 00:20:25.532
I THINK THAT IS DIFFERENT.


00:20:25.632 --> 00:20:29.033
I THINK THE ANNOUNCEMENT
PART DEALS WITH OUR MOTIVES.

00:20:29.133 --> 00:20:31.433
AND SOMETIMES
PEOPLE MEAN WELL

00:20:31.533 --> 00:20:33.466
WHEN THEY JUST DON'T WANT
PEOPLE TO BOTHER THEM.

00:20:33.566 --> 00:20:34.533
AND SOMETIMES
I'M LOOKING AT,

00:20:34.633 --> 00:20:38.166
I'M LIKE YOU HAVE
RESPECTFULLY 500 FOLLOWERS.

00:20:38.266 --> 00:20:40.166
THEY WILL NOT MISS YOU
IF YOU STOP POSTING.

00:20:40.266 --> 00:20:41.099
OKAY?


00:20:41.199 --> 00:20:42.332
SO YOU CAN DISAPPEAR
FOR THREE DAYS.

00:20:42.432 --> 00:20:44.832
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL US.
IN FACT, MOST OF US WILL BENEFIT

00:20:44.932 --> 00:20:46.833
FROM NOT
SEEING YOUR STORIES.

00:20:46.933 --> 00:20:48.966
SO WE WILL BE GRATEFUL
AND WE'LL BE LIKE,

00:20:49.066 --> 00:20:50.166
THE LORD IS
WORKING ON THIS PERSON.

00:20:50.266 --> 00:20:52.666
SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED
TO POST IT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW

00:20:52.766 --> 00:20:55.533
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET A REWARD FROM GOD,

00:20:55.633 --> 00:20:56.466
NOT AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FROM MEN.

00:20:56.566 --> 00:20:57.833
REBECCA: EXACTLY.


00:20:57.933 --> 00:21:01.432
BUT LIKE IF YOU'RE A LEADER AND
YOU'RE GIVING AN EXPLANATION,

00:21:01.532 --> 00:21:02.766
THAT'S OKAY.


00:21:02.866 --> 00:21:03.499
VLAD: OR ESPECIALLY WHAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING WITH OUR ELECTION

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.532
WHERE THERE'RE LEADERS


00:21:04.632 --> 00:21:06.300
WHO WOULD CALL PEOPLE TO
THREE-DAY FASTS

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:08.766
OR A DAY OF
FASTING FOR OUR NATION.

00:21:08.866 --> 00:21:11.466
YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK
THOSE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT,

00:21:11.566 --> 00:21:13.299
BUT EVEN THOSE LEADERS,
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL US

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:14.999
THAT THEY'RE FASTING OR
WHAT THEY'RE FASTING,

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:17.866
AND WE DO HAVE TO
GIVE A TEACHING ON FASTING

00:21:17.966 --> 00:21:20.666
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES,
BUT IT IS NOT DONE SO THAT

00:21:20.766 --> 00:21:23.233
WE CAN GET EITHER SYMPATHY
OR RECOGNITION

00:21:23.333 --> 00:21:27.066
OR TO FEEL MORE SPIRITUAL
BECAUSE OF THAT.

00:21:27.166 --> 00:21:28.600
REBECCA: SO IT REALLY
GOES DOWN TO

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.999
THE MOTIVATIONS
OF THE HEART.

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:32.100
VLAD: YEAH, AND PEOPLE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:38.199
FASTING DOES NOT
INCREASE YOUR WORTH,

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:41.199
IT ONLY
INCREASES YOUR WEIGHT.

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:43.599
IT INCREASES YOUR WEIGHT
IN THE SPIRIT REALM.

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:47.799
IT DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR
WORTH TO GOD, SO THEREFORE

00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:49.866
WE SHOULDN'T BE
BLASTING IT ANYWHERE.

00:21:49.966 --> 00:21:52.900
WHY? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CHANGE
WE'RE NOT MORE LOVED MORE BY GOD

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.933
OR LESS WHEN WE FAST,
OR WE DON'T FAST.

00:21:55.033 --> 00:21:56.566
FASTING IS
TEMPORARY IN HEAVEN.

00:21:56.666 --> 00:21:58.866
WE WILL NEVER BE FASTING.
SO WE'RE FASTING

00:21:58.966 --> 00:22:00.132
BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING
IN THE BODIES.

00:22:00.232 --> 00:22:02.799
THE FIRST TEMPTATION
HUMANITY FACED WAS WITH FOOD.

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:04.366
THE FIRST TEMPTATION
ISRAEL FACED

00:22:04.466 --> 00:22:06.666
WHEN THEY
CAME OUT OF EGYPT, FOOD.

00:22:06.766 --> 00:22:07.699
THE FIRST TEMPTATION


00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:09.932
JESUS FACED IN THE
WILDERNESS WAS WITH FOOD.

00:22:10.032 --> 00:22:13.000
SO FOOD IS A
BIG DEAL TO US.

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:19.299
IT'S A GIFT FROM GOD. BUT EVERY
GIFT FROM GOD WHEN IT IS GIVEN

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:23.199
AND RECEIVED BY GOD AS A GIFT
USED FOR GOD'S PURPOSES IS GOOD.

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:26.199
THE ENEMY PERVERTS IT.
THAT'S WHY IN PHILLIPPIANS,

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:28.566
PAUL TALKS
ABOUT SOME PEOPLE MADE A GOD

00:22:28.666 --> 00:22:32.532
OUT OF THEIR STOMACH. AND SOME
PEOPLE DON'T WORSHIP GOD,

00:22:32.632 --> 00:22:37.066
THEY WORSHIP
KING EXALTED, KING BELLY,

00:22:37.166 --> 00:22:39.533
WHY? BECAUSE WHILE WE LOOK AT
THE WORLD AND WE JUDGE THEM

00:22:39.633 --> 00:22:40.866
WHEN THEY GO TO
THE CLUB

00:22:40.966 --> 00:22:44.599
WHEN THEY'RE DISCOURAGED,
WE RUN TO THE FRIDGE.

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:47.333
WE TURN FOOD INTO
A PLACE OF COMFORT.

00:22:47.433 --> 00:22:51.766
WE USE FOOD AS A PLACE OF
WHEN WE'RE BORED, WE EAT.

00:22:51.866 --> 00:22:53.399
WHEN WE'RE STRESSED,
WE EAT.

00:22:53.499 --> 00:22:56.566
SO THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT OF
A NUMBING MECHANISM.

00:22:56.666 --> 00:22:59.699
IT BECOMES A COMFORTING THING.
SO FOR MANY CHRISTIANS,

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.732
IT'S EVEN HARD TO FAST
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BREAK

00:23:02.832 --> 00:23:05.033
AN AFFAIR THEY HAVE WITH
FOOD BECAUSE THEY STARTED TO

00:23:05.133 --> 00:23:07.999
DRAW COMFORT
FROM A PLACE

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:10.133
THAT'S NOT
THE HOLY SPIRIT.

00:23:10.233 --> 00:23:12.832
IT'S A FRIDGE THAT WE NEED
TO BREAK THAT AND SAY, NO,

00:23:12.932 --> 00:23:14.966
I NEED TO GO AND SEEK
COMFORT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT

00:23:15.066 --> 00:23:16.466
INSTEAD OF THAT.
BUT THE REASON WE'RE

00:23:16.566 --> 00:23:18.599
BLASTING IT ONLINE
AND SHARING IT ANYWHERE

00:23:18.699 --> 00:23:20.466
IS COMPLETELY POINTLESS IS
BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT

00:23:20.566 --> 00:23:23.433
IMPROVE YOUR VALUE TO GOD.
YOU'RE NOT MORE LOVED BY GOD

00:23:23.533 --> 00:23:25.233
WHEN YOU FAST OR
WHEN YOU DON'T FAST,

00:23:25.333 --> 00:23:29.033
BUT YOUR WEIGHT IN
THE SPIRIT REALM DOES CHANGE.

00:23:29.133 --> 00:23:32.466
YOU LOSE YOUR PHYSICAL WEIGHT,
BUT YOU GAIN IT IN THE SPIRIT.

00:23:32.566 --> 00:23:33.933
REBECCA: DESCRIBE
WEIGHT IN THE SPIRIT.

00:23:34.033 --> 00:23:35.733
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?


00:23:35.833 --> 00:23:37.832
VLAD: SO FIRST THING WHAT
BEGINS TO HAPPEN IS THIS:

00:23:37.932 --> 00:23:41.366
FASTING IN THE BIBLE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN CONNECTED TO PRAYER.

00:23:41.466 --> 00:23:43.333
IF YOU NOTICE,
THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY,

00:23:43.433 --> 00:23:44.866
AND PEOPLE
FASTED WITH PRAYER.

00:23:44.966 --> 00:23:46.966
THEY SAID THEY PRAYED
WITH FASTING.

00:23:47.066 --> 00:23:50.132
SO FASTING STRENGTHENS
YOUR PRAYER LIFE,

00:23:50.232 --> 00:23:53.366
WHICH REALLY CHANGES
YOUR SPIRIT PERSON

00:23:53.466 --> 00:23:56.299
AND YOUR AUTHORITY
IN THE SPIRIT REALM.

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:59.833
THE SECOND THING IS
FASTING IS THE BIBLICAL WAY

00:23:59.933 --> 00:24:02.133
OF HUMBLING OURSELVES.


00:24:02.233 --> 00:24:05.433
THERE'S MANY REFERENCES WHERE
DAVID AND OTHERS WOULD SAY,

00:24:05.533 --> 00:24:08.400
I HUMBLED MYSELF
WITH FASTING.

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:12.266
WHEN THE BIBLE USES THE PHRASE,
MY PEOPLE HUMBLE THEMSELVES,

00:24:12.366 --> 00:24:15.433
IN THE CONTEXT, IT ALWAYS
REFERS TO PEOPLE.

00:24:15.533 --> 00:24:16.566
ONE OF THE WAYS


00:24:16.666 --> 00:24:18.100
THEY WOULD HUMBLE THEMSELVES
IS THEY WOULD FAST

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.466
OR REND THEIR GARMENTS, PUT
SACKCLOTH ON THEM, ON THEMSELVES

00:24:21.566 --> 00:24:24.533
SO WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS,
HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE GOD,

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:29.666
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WHERE THAT
IS DONE IS THROUGH FASTING.

00:24:29.766 --> 00:24:33.333
SO WHAT DOES HUMILITY
BRING? FAVOR.

00:24:33.433 --> 00:24:35.433
GOD'S EXALTATION
AND GOD'S HONOR.

00:24:35.533 --> 00:24:38.566
GOD BEGINS TO
HONOR HUMILITY.

00:24:38.666 --> 00:24:41.299
WHEN WE FAST, IT
ATTRACTS THE FAVOR OF GOD

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:45.466
WHY? BECAUSE IT IS A BIBLICAL
WAY OF HUMBLING OURSELVES.

00:24:45.566 --> 00:24:48.799
SO IT STRENGTHENS PRAYER.


00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:50.933
IT IS A BIBLICAL WAY
OF HUMBLING OURSELVES.

00:24:51.033 --> 00:24:56.166
THIRDLY, WHAT IT DOES IS IT
SUBDUES OUR APPETITES.

00:24:56.266 --> 00:25:00.166
WE ALL HAVE APPETITES, AND THOSE
APPETITES ARE VERY DANGEROUS

00:25:00.266 --> 00:25:02.899
IF THEY'RE NOT BRIDLED,
IF THEY'RE NOT CONTROLLED.

00:25:02.999 --> 00:25:05.133
AND WHAT FASTING
DOES IS FASTING IS

00:25:05.233 --> 00:25:07.932
A PREPARATION
FOR TEMPTATION.

00:25:08.032 --> 00:25:10.800
SO WHEN THE BOXER
GOES TO A BOXING RING,

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:13.799
THAT'S NOT WHERE
HE PRACTICES.

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:17.633
HE PRACTICES FOR MONTHS BEFORE,
AND THEN IT'S HIS SECOND NATURE

00:25:17.733 --> 00:25:19.833
TO FIGHT
IN THE RING.

00:25:19.933 --> 00:25:22.166
WHEN PEOPLE GO INTO
A TEMPTATION,

00:25:22.266 --> 00:25:24.066
THE FLESH TAKES OVER.


00:25:24.166 --> 00:25:26.632
WHY DOES THE FLESH
TAKE OVER IN TEMPTATION?

00:25:26.732 --> 00:25:28.166
BECAUSE
BEFORE TEMPTATION,

00:25:28.266 --> 00:25:34.400
THE FLESH WAS NEVER TRAINED IN
LIKE A SIMULATED TEMPTATION

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:36.166
WHERE EATING THE CRACKER,


00:25:36.266 --> 00:25:37.999
YOU KNOW, IS NOT SIN.


00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:40.733
BUT IF YOU SUBDUE YOUR
APPETITE FOR A CRACKER,

00:25:40.833 --> 00:25:44.100
LET'S SAY, AND INSTEAD OF EATING
THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE FASTING,

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:46.566
YOU'RE TRAINING
YOUR FLESH, YOU DON'T GET

00:25:46.666 --> 00:25:50.432
WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT.
NOW, IT'S EASIER

00:25:50.532 --> 00:25:53.099
TO DO IT WITH THE CRACKER,
BUT THEN YOU HAVE A TEMPTATION

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:55.366
WITH SOMETHING
MORE SERIOUS AND SINFUL.

00:25:55.466 --> 00:25:58.166
THE FLESH IS NOW TRAINED,
AND IT'S TRAINED THROUGH

00:25:58.266 --> 00:26:02.533
DENYING ITS ACCESS TO WHAT
IT WANTS TO GET.

00:26:02.633 --> 00:26:07.566
AND FASTING IS ONE OF THE BEST
WAYS TO TRAIN YOUR APPETITIES

00:26:07.666 --> 00:26:10.099
NOT TO GET
WHAT THEY WANT TO GET.

00:26:10.199 --> 00:26:12.833
AND THE FOURTH THING
THAT FASTING DOES

00:26:12.933 --> 00:26:14.633
WHICH INCREASES OUR
SPIRITUAL WEIGHT

00:26:14.733 --> 00:26:18.166
IS IT SHARPENS OUR
SENSITIVITY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

00:26:18.266 --> 00:26:21.833
OUR SENSES BECOME
MORE SHARPER. AND WHY?

00:26:21.933 --> 00:26:24.633
BECAUSE THE SPIRIT, WE HAVE
A SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY.

00:26:24.733 --> 00:26:28.366
THOUGH WE ARE SPIRITUAL, BUT
MANY OF US LIVE SOULLESS LIVES.

00:26:28.466 --> 00:26:31.000
OUR SPIRIT
IS SO CLOGGED UP

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:33.699
AND OUR SOUL IS REALLY THE ONE
THAT MAKES ALL THE DECISIONS

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:36.166
AND TAKES THE
QUEUES FROM THE BODY.

00:26:36.266 --> 00:26:37.232
WHEN FASTING HAPPENS,


00:26:37.332 --> 00:26:39.899
THE SOUL IS REMOVED FROM
THE PLACE OF THE THRONE.

00:26:39.999 --> 00:26:43.566
THE SPIRIT IS PUT BACK AND
THE BODY IS SUBJECT TO THE SOUL

00:26:43.666 --> 00:26:45.433
AND THE SOUL IS
SUBJECT TO THE SPIRIT.

00:26:45.533 --> 00:26:47.533
WE'RE NO LONGER
CARNAL CHRISTIANS.

00:26:47.633 --> 00:26:49.932
IT'S EASIER TO HEAR
THE VOICE OF THE LORD

00:26:50.032 --> 00:26:52.433
BECAUSE YOUR SPIRIT IS
REALLY HAVING A FEAST.

00:26:52.533 --> 00:26:54.366
OF COURSE, YOUR BODY IS
CRANKY FOR A LITTLE BIT.

00:26:54.466 --> 00:26:56.666
YOUR SOUL IS KIND OF CONFUSED,
LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON?

00:26:56.766 --> 00:26:59.166
WHY IS NOBODY PAYING
ATTENTION TO ME?

00:26:59.266 --> 00:27:00.233
YOU KNOW,


00:27:00.333 --> 00:27:00.966
I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.


00:27:01.066 --> 00:27:01.566
THIS IS NOT FAIR.


00:27:01.666 --> 00:27:02.466
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.


00:27:02.566 --> 00:27:03.632
AND THE SOUL
EVENTUALLY COMES DOWN.

00:27:03.732 --> 00:27:05.566
AND THEN THE SPIRIT BEGINS
TO DICTATE AND PEOPLE SAY

00:27:05.666 --> 00:27:08.900
AFTER FOUR DAYS OF FASTING,
THEIR THOUGHTS ARE CLEARER.

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.933
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,


00:27:10.033 --> 00:27:12.232
YOU JUST LIKE SAY JESUS,
AND THE SENSITIVITY.

00:27:12.332 --> 00:27:14.433
IT'S NOT THAT
GOD BECAME CLOSE.

00:27:14.533 --> 00:27:17.333
YOUR AWARENESS OF
HIM BECAME CLOSE.

00:27:17.433 --> 00:27:18.866
REBECCA: YEAH, BECAUSE HE'S
ALWAYS WITH US.

00:27:18.966 --> 00:27:19.933
VLAD: HE'S ALWAYS WITH US.


00:27:20.033 --> 00:27:22.433
REBECCA: BUT IT HEIGHTENS OUR
AWARENESS OF HIM

00:27:22.533 --> 00:27:25.900
AND IT DULLS DOWN
THE VOICE OF THE FLESH,

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.800
AND IT BASICALLY BUILDS UP
YOUR SPIRIT MAN.

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.266
VLAD: THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT
IT INCREASES OUR WEIGHT

00:27:30.366 --> 00:27:31.299
IN THE SPIRIT.


00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.566
REBECCA: YEAH, AND I WAS
THINKING ABOUT THIS.

00:27:32.666 --> 00:27:35.699
UH, I LISTENED TO THIS
DAVID WILKERSON SERMON

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.899
AND HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT TRIALS.

00:27:37.999 --> 00:27:40.199
AND HE SAID, BECAUSE YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT BOXING,

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:42.099
AND IT GOES IN
WITH THIS BOOK.

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:45.332
HE SAID THAT TO GET
SOMEONE REALLY GOOD AT FIGHTING,

00:27:45.432 --> 00:27:47.533
THEY'LL PUT THEM IN A RING
WITH SOMEONE WHO'S BIGGER

00:27:47.633 --> 00:27:49.432
AND STRONGER
AND FASTER THAN THEM.

00:27:49.532 --> 00:27:52.433
AND SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH
DIFFICULTIES AND WE MIGHT GO,

00:27:52.533 --> 00:27:55.600
WHY AM I GOING THROUGH THIS, GOD
IS BUILDING US UP IN HIM.

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.233
VLAD: THAT'S RIGHT.


00:27:56.333 --> 00:27:57.733
REBECCA: SO FOR FASTING,


00:27:57.833 --> 00:28:00.299
THIS IS MY QUESTION, BECAUSE
A LOT OF TIMES AT CHURCH,

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:02.466
THERE'S LIKE
THAT ONE YEAR,

00:28:02.566 --> 00:28:05.399
YOU KNOW, LIKE ONCE-A-YEAR
FAST AROUND NEW YEAR'S.

00:28:05.499 --> 00:28:08.966
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN TO FAST?
THE FREQUENCY OF IT?

00:28:09.066 --> 00:28:11.166
WHAT TO FAST?


00:28:11.266 --> 00:28:13.633
LIKE BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING
I'M CURIOUS FOR MYSELF,

00:28:13.733 --> 00:28:14.699
HONESTLY.


00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:17.399
VLAD: SO JESUS PUT FASTING ON
THE SAME LEVEL

00:28:17.499 --> 00:28:21.999
OF PRAYER AND GIVING,
DO WE TITHE ONCE A YEAR?

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.766
REBECCA: REALLY, HE DID?


00:28:22.866 --> 00:28:24.500
VLAD: HE DID
IN THE SAME PLACE

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:26.166
WHERE HE TALKED
ABOUT PRAYER,

00:28:26.266 --> 00:28:29.333
HE TALKED ABOUT FASTING AND HE
TALKED ABOUT GIVING

00:28:29.433 --> 00:28:30.833
IN THE SAME CHAPTER.
SO IF YOU READ THAT,

00:28:30.933 --> 00:28:33.400
HE ADDRESSED THREE OF
THESE THINGS IN THE SAME CHAPTER

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:37.499
AND HE REFERRED TO THREE OF
THEM. DO THEM IN SECRET.

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:42.500
NOW, AT THAT TIME, JEWISH
PEOPLE FASTED TWO DAYS A WEEK.

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.733
REBECCA: ARE YOU SERIOUS?


00:28:43.833 --> 00:28:46.833
VLAD: TWO DAYS A WEEK, THE
JEWISH LAW COMMANDED ISRAEL

00:28:46.933 --> 00:28:49.499
TO FAST ONCE A YEAR
ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT,

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:51.566
SO THE LAW COMMANDED THEM TO
AFFLICT THEIR SOULS,

00:28:51.666 --> 00:28:54.632
WHICH IS A REFERENCE FOR
FASTING. AND ONCE A YEAR.

00:28:54.732 --> 00:28:59.266
BY THE TIME THAT JESUS CAME,
PHARISEES ADDED TO THAT.

00:28:59.366 --> 00:29:01.933
THEY HAD, I THINK, FOUR MORE
DAYS THAT THEY ADDED.

00:29:02.033 --> 00:29:03.033
ONE OF THEM WAS
THE ESTHER'S FAST.

00:29:03.133 --> 00:29:05.832
AND THEN THEY HAD TWICE
A WEEK THAT THEY FASTED.

00:29:05.932 --> 00:29:09.533
NOW, JESUS CAME ALONG
AND HE DIDN'T SAY DON'T FAST

00:29:09.633 --> 00:29:11.933
AND HE DIDN'T SAY
IF YOU WILL FAST.

00:29:12.033 --> 00:29:13.533
SO HE'S IN THE CULTURE


00:29:13.633 --> 00:29:17.166
WHERE FASTING IS DONE
EVERY WEEK TWICE.

00:29:17.266 --> 00:29:18.933
NOW, THEY
DIDN'T DO IT.

00:29:19.033 --> 00:29:19.899
24 HOURS,


00:29:19.999 --> 00:29:21.500
THEY ENDED IT
AROUND AFTERNOON.

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:25.699
SO ABOUT 3 TO 4:00
TWICE A WEEK, HIS DISCIPLES,

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:28.066
EARLY CHURCH FOLLOWERS.
SO DISCIPLES OF JESUS

00:29:28.166 --> 00:29:29.566
TOOK THE
TEACHING OF JESUS.

00:29:29.666 --> 00:29:31.166
NOW, THIS IS HOW
THEY APPLIED IT.

00:29:31.266 --> 00:29:32.966
SO IF YOU READ IN
THE CHURCH DOCUMENTS,

00:29:33.066 --> 00:29:36.633
YOU WILL SEE THEY FASTED
TWO DAYS A WEEK.

00:29:36.733 --> 00:29:39.533
THAT WAS THE CULTURE
OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

00:29:39.633 --> 00:29:41.000
SO IT WAS HABITUAL.


00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:42.166
IT WAS REGULAR.


00:29:42.266 --> 00:29:46.199
TODAY, WE WOULD THINK IT'S
NORMAL TO PRAY EVERY DAY.

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.699
RIGHT.


00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.399
WE WOULD THINK ALSO IT'S
NORMAL TO GIVE EVERY TIME

00:29:49.499 --> 00:29:51.200
WE GET PAID
TO HONOR GOD.

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:52.833
NOW, WE CAN DISAGREE
ON TITHING AND EVERYTHING,

00:29:52.933 --> 00:29:54.000
BUT EVERYBODY WILL AGREE


00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:57.066
EVERY CHRISTIAN IS TO PUT
GOD FIRST IN THEIR FINANCES.

00:29:57.166 --> 00:30:00.466
WHEN IT COMES TO FASTING,
MOST OF US TREAT FASTING

00:30:00.566 --> 00:30:06.032
NOT ON THE SAME HABITUAL PART OF
SPIRITUAL WALK WITH CHRIST

00:30:06.132 --> 00:30:09.566
AS PRAYER AND GIVING.
AND I THINK THAT

00:30:09.666 --> 00:30:11.366
WE NEED TO
RETURN TO THAT,

00:30:11.466 --> 00:30:14.199
BECAUSE IN
THE EARLY CHURCH CULTURE,

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.932
IT WAS LIKE THAT.


00:30:16.032 --> 00:30:19.299
JESUS TALKED ABOUT IT ON
THE SAME LEVEL WITH THAT.

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:22.032
AND I'M NOT SAYING TO DO 40-DAY
FASTS EVERY SINGLE MONTH,

00:30:22.132 --> 00:30:24.866
BUT TO
GO REGULARLY TO FAST

00:30:24.966 --> 00:30:27.699
I THINK IS VERY BENEFICIAL
TO OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:31.832
SO WE CAN BE LED TO FAST
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

00:30:31.932 --> 00:30:35.233
JESUS WAS LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
INTO THE WILDERNESS.

00:30:35.333 --> 00:30:39.266
WE CAN BE LED TO A FAST
BY OUR PASTOR WHERE THE PASTOR

00:30:39.366 --> 00:30:43.933
LEADS A CORPORATE
COMMUNITY INTO A FAST.

00:30:44.033 --> 00:30:45.966
AND THIRDLY, WE CAN
CHOOSE TO FAST

00:30:46.066 --> 00:30:49.932
BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING
TO DO OR BECAUSE WE ARE SENSING

00:30:50.032 --> 00:30:54.600
OUR SPIRITUAL SENSES ARE
NOT WHERE THEY USED TO BE

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:58.166
OR BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY
HUNGERING FOR THE LORD,

00:30:58.266 --> 00:31:01.799
DEVELOPING A HUNGER FOR GOD.
WE'RE NOT FEELING LED.

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:04.366
WE LEAD OURSELVES BECAUSE WE
KNOW THIS IS THE RIGHT THING

00:31:04.466 --> 00:31:07.866
TO DO AND THIS IS
ONE OF MY WAYS TO HUMBLE MYSELF,

00:31:07.966 --> 00:31:10.533
RECONNECT WITH THE LORD,
AND THAT IS COMPLETELY OKAY.

00:31:10.633 --> 00:31:13.033
AND GOD WILL HONOR THAT.
AND IN FACT,

00:31:13.133 --> 00:31:15.566
IT WILL BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL
IN OUR LIFE.

00:31:15.666 --> 00:31:19.533
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE
WAYS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD FAST.

00:31:19.633 --> 00:31:23.266
TYPICALLY, PEOPLE WAIT FOR A
GREAT LEADING FROM GOD TO FAST,

00:31:23.366 --> 00:31:24.432
AND I TELL THEM,


00:31:24.532 --> 00:31:27.000
WELL, DID YOU DO THAT
WHEN YOU TRIED LAST SUNDAY?

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:30.966
NO, YOU MADE A DECISION. AND
PAUL TELLS US IN CORINTHIANS,

00:31:31.066 --> 00:31:33.066
GIVE AS YOU
PURPOSE IN YOUR HEART.

00:31:33.166 --> 00:31:34.400
SAME THING
AS WITH PRAYER.

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:37.400
I DON'T HAVE TO
HEAR THE LORD TELL ME TO PRAY.

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.932
I OPEN MY
BIBLE REGULARLY.

00:31:39.032 --> 00:31:40.266
AND SO IN FASTING,


00:31:40.366 --> 00:31:41.599
I THINK EVERY PERSON
SHOULD DEVELOP

00:31:41.699 --> 00:31:45.399
SOME KIND OF A HABITUAL
WAY OF FASTING,

00:31:45.499 --> 00:31:50.233
WHETHER IT'S ONCE A MONTH,
WHETHER IT'S ONCE A WEEK, A WAY

00:31:50.333 --> 00:31:54.899
THAT IS SACRIFICIAL.
SO LIKE MISSING BREAKFAST

00:31:54.999 --> 00:31:56.399
AND SAYING, WELL, I, YOU
KNOW, I FASTED TODAY,

00:31:56.499 --> 00:31:57.532
BUT IF YOU DON'T EAT BREAKFAST
AT ALL,

00:31:57.632 --> 00:32:00.100
THAT'S NOT SACRIFICIAL.
DON'T CALL THAT A FAST.

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:02.899
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS JUST
PART OF YOUR DIET.

00:32:02.999 --> 00:32:03.900
REBECCA: JUST
INTERMITTENT FASTING.

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.933
VLAD: YEAH,
INTERMITTENT FASTING, YEAH.

00:32:05.033 --> 00:32:05.999
BUT IT'S INTERESTING


00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:08.732
HOW EVEN OUR BODIES WERE
DESIGNED BY GOD TO FAST,

00:32:08.832 --> 00:32:12.366
BECAUSE THE FIRST MEAL IS
CALLED BREAKFAST, BREAK FAST.

00:32:12.466 --> 00:32:15.166
AND SO WE WERE
CREATED BY GOD, WE NEED TO FAST.

00:32:15.266 --> 00:32:17.066
THAT'S PART OF
OUR BODY STRUCTURE.

00:32:17.166 --> 00:32:18.166
SO WHEN YOU'RE FASTING,


00:32:18.266 --> 00:32:20.499
YOU'RE JUST EXTENDING HOW GOD
CREATED YOUR BODY

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.966
TO BE A LITTLE
BIT LONGER,

00:32:22.066 --> 00:32:24.599
AND THERE ARE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FASTS.

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.699
THERE'S THE PUBLIC ONE.


00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:29.066
THERE'S THE PRIVATE ONE.
NOW, IN THE UNITED STATES,

00:32:29.166 --> 00:32:32.766
WE HAVE FASTING TODAY, FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA IS FASTING.

00:32:32.866 --> 00:32:37.166
DANIEL FASTING, AND OTHER.
BIBLICALLY SPEAKING,

00:32:37.266 --> 00:32:42.733
THERE IS REALLY ONE FAST,
AND THAT IS, YOU DON'T EAT FOOD.

00:32:42.833 --> 00:32:46.433
OR THERE IS A DRY FAST.


00:32:46.533 --> 00:32:49.699
IT'S WHEN YOU DON'T DRINK
AND YOU DON'T EAT FOOD.

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:55.000
THE DRY FAST IS MORE RADICAL,
AND IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED,

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:57.000
BUT IT HAS BEEN DONE
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:59.399
WE SEE THAT IN THE BIBLE,
AND THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS IT.

00:32:59.499 --> 00:33:01.799
NO FOOD AND NO DRINK.


00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:03.366
AND WHEN IT SAYS
THEY FASTED,

00:33:03.466 --> 00:33:05.366
THEY DIDN'T EAT. THAT
INDICATES THEY DRANK WATER.

00:33:05.466 --> 00:33:06.233
SO LIKE THE LORD,


00:33:06.333 --> 00:33:07.266
IT SAYS ABOUT
THE LORD JESUS

00:33:07.366 --> 00:33:09.933
THAT HE DIDN'T EAT ANY FOOD.
AND RIGHT AWAY,

00:33:10.033 --> 00:33:12.799
PRETTY MUCH INDICATES THAT HE
PROBABLY DRANK WATER.

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:15.300
BUT WHEN THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS
THEY DIDN'T DRINK WATER,

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:17.766
THAT MEANS THAT IT
WAS A DRY FAST.

00:33:17.866 --> 00:33:21.266
SO THE FASTING WHERE YOU
ABSTAIN FROM CERTAIN FOODS

00:33:21.366 --> 00:33:23.666
IS NOT A BIBLICAL FAST.


00:33:23.766 --> 00:33:24.633
NOW, THE LORD ACCEPTS IT


00:33:24.733 --> 00:33:25.499
AS A SACRIFICE.


00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:27.232
IT IS ABSTAINING
FROM SOMETHING.

00:33:27.332 --> 00:33:30.566
IT COSTS US SOMETHING. GOD
HONORS THAT, BUT TO CALL THAT

00:33:30.666 --> 00:33:33.599
A FAST IS REALLY
CONTARY TO THE WORD FASTING

00:33:33.699 --> 00:33:36.266
BECAUSE THE WORD FASTING MEANS
TO CLOSE YOUR MOUTH,

00:33:36.366 --> 00:33:37.766
MEANS YOU'RE
NOT EATING FOOD.

00:33:37.866 --> 00:33:40.799
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN
CATHOLICS SAY THAT THEY

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:42.833
BAPTIZED A CHILD BY
SPRINKLING WATER,

00:33:42.933 --> 00:33:45.132
AND THEY SAID THAT WAS BAPTISM,
WHEN THE WORD BAPTISM MEANS

00:33:45.232 --> 00:33:49.333
IMMERSION. BUT
I KNOW WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM

00:33:49.433 --> 00:33:50.466
IN OUR NATION.


00:33:50.566 --> 00:33:52.566
BUT BIBLICALLY, FASTING
IS ABSTAINING FROM FOOD

00:33:52.666 --> 00:33:56.300
FOR SPIRITUAL REASONS AND IT'S
VOLUNTARILY ABSTAINING FROM FOOD

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:58.566
SO IF YOU ARE STARVING,
THAT'S NOT A FAST

00:33:58.666 --> 00:33:59.966
BECAUSE THAT'S
NOT VOLUNTARY.

00:34:00.066 --> 00:34:03.666
IF YOU ARE FORCED BY
SOMEBODY, THAT'S NOT A FAST

00:34:03.766 --> 00:34:06.899
BECAUSE IT'S FORCED. SO IT'S
VOLUNTARILY ABSTAINING FROM FOOD

00:34:06.966 --> 00:34:08.866
FOR SPIRITUAL REASONS.


00:34:08.966 --> 00:34:12.799
AND SO THAT IS A BIBLICAL FAST.
AND SOMETIMES GOD WILL

00:34:12.899 --> 00:34:16.433
LEAD A PERSON TO ABSTAIN
FROM FOOD AND FROM WATER.

00:34:16.533 --> 00:34:18.766
DOCTORS WOULD NOT
RECOMMEND FOR THAT TO BE DONE

00:34:18.866 --> 00:34:20.900
FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS,
BECAUSE YOU WILL DIE,

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:23.566
BUT WITHOUT FOOD, A
PERSON CAN GO FOR 40 DAYS

00:34:23.666 --> 00:34:25.399
IF THEY'RE HEALTHY
WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS

00:34:25.499 --> 00:34:27.966
BEFORE THEIR BODY EVEN
ENTERS STARVATION STAGE.

00:34:28.066 --> 00:34:30.966
REBECCA: YEAH, WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING IS SO INTERESTING.

00:34:31.066 --> 00:34:34.266
I'VE LISTENED TO DOCTORS TALK
ABOUT THE HEALING EFFECT

00:34:34.366 --> 00:34:35.066
OF FASTING.


00:34:35.166 --> 00:34:36.166
WHEN YOU'RE FASTING,
YOUR BODY

00:34:36.266 --> 00:34:40.532
GOES IN AN AUTOPHAGY,
AUTOPHAGY WHERE YOUR BODY

00:34:40.632 --> 00:34:43.633
BEGINS TO DETOX AND HEAL
ITSELF, BUT YOU HAVE TO.

00:34:43.733 --> 00:34:44.700
IT'S JUST
SO INTERESTING.

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.066
YOU'RE RIGHT.


00:34:46.166 --> 00:34:47.832
THERE IS A DESIGN TO IT. ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WAS COMING TO ME

00:34:47.932 --> 00:34:50.132
IS OUR FOOD
IN THIS DAY AND AGE,

00:34:50.232 --> 00:34:53.566
ESPECIALLY IN THE UNITED
STATES, IS SO FAR FROM FOOD,

00:34:53.666 --> 00:34:55.666
OUR PROCESSED FOOD,
AND IT'S INTERESTING

00:34:55.766 --> 00:34:59.166
THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY'VE SAID IS OUR CULTURE

00:34:59.266 --> 00:35:02.266
IS ONE OF THE FEW IN HISTORY
THAT DOES NOT FAST.

00:35:02.366 --> 00:35:06.000
FASTING WAS A REGULAR THING
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:07.232
AND IT'S JUST KIND
OF, I DON'T KNOW,

00:35:07.332 --> 00:35:10.199
IT'S JUST KIND OF HITTING
ME HOW OUR FOOD REALLY HAS

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:12.566
TURNED INTO A DRUG
FOR SO MANY OF US,

00:35:12.666 --> 00:35:16.066
AND HOW IT'S EVEN SO FAR FROM
BEING WHAT THE FOOD THAT GOD

00:35:16.166 --> 00:35:17.332
INTENDED.


00:35:17.432 --> 00:35:19.866
AND I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE
ARE DOING IT UNINTENTIONALLY,

00:35:19.966 --> 00:35:20.900
BUT IT BECOMES A HABIT,


00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.566
IT BECOMES A NEED, RIGHT.


00:35:22.666 --> 00:35:25.233
IT BECOMES A DRUG.
AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES

00:35:25.333 --> 00:35:26.633
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT
IN THE CHURCH,

00:35:26.733 --> 00:35:28.699
BECAUSE IT IS SO COMMONPLACE
AND WE'RE THINKING,

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:30.932
WELL, YOU'RE NOT DRINKING
AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS.

00:35:31.032 --> 00:35:33.632
SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY FOR
SOMEONE WHO'S STRUGGLING

00:35:33.732 --> 00:35:36.200
WITH FOOD AS A
SOURCE OF COMFORT?

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:39.399
WHAT IS, HOW CAN
THEY HANDLE THAT?

00:35:39.499 --> 00:35:41.633
VLAD: WELL, I THINK THAT
THERE IS A STRONGHOLD.

00:35:41.733 --> 00:35:43.799
FOOD CAN BECOME
A STRONGHOLD.

00:35:43.899 --> 00:35:46.266
YOU KNOW THE FOOD WAS
GIVEN TO US FOR PLEASURE

00:35:46.366 --> 00:35:49.366
AND IT WAS GIVEN US
TO US FOR STRENGTH.

00:35:49.466 --> 00:35:51.532
AND SO BECAUSE WE CAN, YOU KNOW,
ENJOY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

00:35:51.632 --> 00:35:52.932
WITH ENJOYING
EATING FOOD,

00:35:53.032 --> 00:35:56.732
BUT IT CAN ALSO BECOME
AN ADDICTION FOR PEOPLE,

00:35:56.832 --> 00:35:59.999
AND YOU CANNOT
DEAL WITH A STRONGHOLD OF FOOD

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:04.866
WITHOUT DEALING WITH THE ROOT
BECAUSE WHY ARE WE USING FOOD

00:36:04.966 --> 00:36:07.266
AS AN ADDICTION? TO
CREATE A SOLUTION

00:36:07.366 --> 00:36:09.099
TO AN
UNDERLYING PROBLEM.

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:12.533
EVERY ADDICTION
IS A SOLUTION.

00:36:12.633 --> 00:36:15.032
NOW, IT'S A WRONG SOLUTION, BUT
IT'S A SOLUTION.

00:36:15.132 --> 00:36:17.466
YOU'RE LONELY, YOU'RE REJECTED,
YOU'RE HURTING,

00:36:17.566 --> 00:36:20.433
AND SO TO
TRADE SOLUTIONS

00:36:20.533 --> 00:36:24.933
WITHOUT DEALING
WITH THE ROOT AND DEALING,

00:36:25.033 --> 00:36:27.366
OKAY, WHY AM I OVEREATING?
WHY AM I REACHING FOR THIS?

00:36:27.466 --> 00:36:30.333
WHY AM I DOING THAT? AND ALLOW
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GO FOR THAT.

00:36:30.433 --> 00:36:32.999
ONLY THEN WE CAN REALLY BREAK
THE STRONGHOLD OF FOOD.

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.466
FOOD IS GOOD


00:36:34.566 --> 00:36:37.166
IF IT IS TO BE ENJOYED
AND IT'S HEALTHY FOOD.

00:36:37.266 --> 00:36:39.699
BUT I THINK ALSO FASTING
COULD HELP.

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:41.766
I'M NOT SAYING FASTING
WILL BREAK THE FOOD ADDICTION

00:36:41.866 --> 00:36:45.266
BECAUSE IT COULD
EXPOSE THAT WE HAVE A ROOT,

00:36:45.366 --> 00:36:46.466
BUT IF WE DON'T
DEAL WITH THE ROOT,

00:36:46.566 --> 00:36:48.199
AND DR. MICHAEL BROWN
HAS A BOOK

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:50.699
CALLED
<i>BREAKING THE FOOD ADDICTION</i> .

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.799
ACTUALLY DID AN
INTERVIEW WITH HIM,

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:56.666
AND IT WENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE
STARTED TO REACH OUT

00:36:56.766 --> 00:36:58.933
AND ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE
FREEDOM WHEN HE DEALT WITH

00:36:59.033 --> 00:37:00.833
HOW HE WAS OVERWEIGHT.


00:37:00.933 --> 00:37:01.866
NOT ONLY OVERWEIGHT,


00:37:01.966 --> 00:37:03.632
HE HAD SO MANY SICKNESSES.


00:37:03.732 --> 00:37:05.832
HE TRAVELED WITH A
SLEEP APNEA MACHINE.

00:37:05.932 --> 00:37:07.399
HE COULDN'T
SLEEP AT NIGHT,

00:37:07.499 --> 00:37:09.099
AND HE WOULD TAKE
SO MUCH MEDICATION,

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.966
AND THE LORD
STARTED TO DEAL WITH HIM,

00:37:11.066 --> 00:37:13.833
YOU KNOW, ABOUT THIS ISSUE,
AND HE EXPERIENCED FREEDOM.

00:37:13.933 --> 00:37:16.699
HE GOT CURED OF EVERY
DISEASE THAT HE HAD.

00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:17.966
DOES NOT
TAKE PILLS ANYMORE.

00:37:18.066 --> 00:37:18.566
SLEEPS.


00:37:18.666 --> 00:37:19.600
I MEAN, YOU SEE HIM.


00:37:19.700 --> 00:37:21.333
I MEAN, HE'S DOING
PUSHUPS IN HIS OLD AGE.

00:37:21.433 --> 00:37:24.299
AND SO HE HAS. I WOULD
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:26.466
AN ADDICTION TO FOOD
OR WHO HAVE FOOD AS A STRONGHOLD

00:37:26.566 --> 00:37:28.666
TO READ THAT BOOK.


00:37:28.766 --> 00:37:29.532
I DON'T GET ANYTHING
BY SAYING THAT

00:37:29.632 --> 00:37:30.966
EXCEPT I LOVE
DR. MICHAEL BROWN.

00:37:31.066 --> 00:37:33.866
AND SO, BUT THAT REALLY,
REALLY HELPED PEOPLE

00:37:33.966 --> 00:37:36.299
TO BREAK THROUGH
IN THAT AREA,

00:37:36.399 --> 00:37:38.133
BUT SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
YOU MENTIONED ABOUT FASTING,

00:37:38.233 --> 00:37:42.066
THE CULTURE, INTERESTINGLY, IF
YOU TYPE "FASTING" ON YOUTUBE,

00:37:42.166 --> 00:37:47.500
YOU WILL SEE HOW IT'S PROPAGATED
NOW BY FITNESS INSTRUCTORS,

00:37:47.600 --> 00:37:50.866
NEW AGE GURUS.
AND WHAT SADDENS ME IS,

00:37:50.966 --> 00:37:54.332
I'M LIKE, WHY DIDN'T
THE CHURCH RECLAIM THAT?

00:37:54.432 --> 00:37:56.266
THIS IS LITERALLY
IN THE BIBLE.

00:37:56.366 --> 00:37:58.233
OUR SAVIOR DID IT.
HE LAUNCHED HIS MINISTRY.

00:37:58.333 --> 00:37:59.000
MOSES DID IT.


00:37:59.100 --> 00:38:01.366
ELIJAH DID IT.


00:38:01.466 --> 00:38:03.666
ALL THE GREAT NOTABLE MEN
OF GOD PRACTICED THAT.

00:38:03.766 --> 00:38:04.866
AND WHY IS THE CHURCH


00:38:04.966 --> 00:38:06.033
NOT TALKING ABOUT IT?


00:38:06.133 --> 00:38:07.999
BUT THEN YOU COME INTO THE
CHURCH, AND I'M JUST GOING

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.200
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,


00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:11.199
WE ARE OBESE.


00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:14.533
A LOT OF DISEASES
WE FACE, WE BROUGHT THEM

00:38:14.633 --> 00:38:17.666
BECAUSE OF OUR OVEREATING
AND UNHEALTHY EATING.

00:38:17.766 --> 00:38:19.599
AND THEN IF SOMEBODY
TALKS ABOUT FASTING

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:21.666
OR ADDRESSES
BIBLICAL FASTING,

00:38:21.766 --> 00:38:24.033
YOU KNOW, DON'T
TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

00:38:24.133 --> 00:38:26.433
AND SO BECAUSE WE
PROTECT THOSE IDOLS

00:38:26.533 --> 00:38:28.232
AND WE REALLY MADE
THE STOMACH INTO A KING,

00:38:28.332 --> 00:38:31.000
AND IT'S SUPER EXALTED,
WE BARELY CAN SEE OUR FEET.

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:35.066
AND SO WE NEED TO BRING THIS
KING FROM BACK FROM THE THRONE

00:38:35.166 --> 00:38:37.099
AND WE NEED TO PUT JESUS
BACK ON THE THRONE.

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.433
AND OUR STOMACHS
SHOULD NOT BE OUR GODS.

00:38:39.533 --> 00:38:41.133
WE CANNOT LIVE
A CARNAL LIFE.

00:38:41.233 --> 00:38:42.633
WE HAVE TO
PICK UP OUR CROSS.

00:38:42.733 --> 00:38:44.033
JESUS SAYS, IF YOU WANT TO
FOLLOW ME,

00:38:44.133 --> 00:38:46.332
YOU HAVE TO DENY YOURSELF,
MEANING CHRISTIANITY

00:38:46.432 --> 00:38:48.800
IS NOT SELF-DISCOVERY,
IT'S SELF-DENIAL.

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.533
AND WE WILL
EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF GOD.

00:38:50.633 --> 00:38:53.199
I BELIEVE WE'LL EXPERIENCE
GREATER HEALTH.

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:55.000
I BELIEVE HEALING
WILL SPRING FORTH

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:58.799
JUST BY PHYSICALLY FASTING,
BUT I BELIEVE EVEN GOD'S POWER

00:38:58.899 --> 00:39:02.699
IS GOING TO START FLOWING,
AND WE WILL EXPERIENCE I WOULD

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:05.866
RATHER BE LIGHTER IN THE FLESH
AND HEAVIER IN THE SPIRIT

00:39:05.966 --> 00:39:07.099
THAN THE
OTHER WAY AROUND.

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.699
REBECCA: YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS,

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.999
I REMEMBER IN THE BIBLE


00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:15.666
JESUS CAST A DEMON OUT OF
A PERSON, AND THE DISCIPLES

00:39:15.766 --> 00:39:18.499
HAD TRIED AND WERE
NOT SUCCESSFUL,

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:20.500
THEN JESUS COMES ALONG AND
DOES IT, AND THEY SAID,

00:39:20.600 --> 00:39:22.933
WHY DID IT WORK FOR
YOU AND NOT FOR US?

00:39:23.033 --> 00:39:26.066
AND HE SAYS THIS ONE ONLY
COMES OUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING.

00:39:26.166 --> 00:39:27.633
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT?


00:39:27.733 --> 00:39:30.832
VLAD: BUT I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE
IT A LITTLE DISCLAIMER.

00:39:30.932 --> 00:39:31.933
LET ME MAKE IT
THIS WAY

00:39:32.033 --> 00:39:32.666
BECAUSE I FEEL
LIKE WHEN

00:39:32.766 --> 00:39:33.399
I SAID THIS,


00:39:33.499 --> 00:39:34.666
I NEED TO
MAKE A DISCLAIMER.

00:39:34.766 --> 00:39:36.966
IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH
WEIGHT, THIS WAS NOT ME SAYING

00:39:37.066 --> 00:39:39.833
THAT THIS SOLUTION OR THAT THIS
ISSUE THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH

00:39:39.933 --> 00:39:41.133
APPLIES TO YOU.


00:39:41.233 --> 00:39:43.133
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GENETIC ISSUES.

00:39:43.233 --> 00:39:45.533
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
REAL HEALTH ISSUES.

00:39:45.633 --> 00:39:47.499
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
IN GENERAL TERMS

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:50.133
TO A LOT OF BELIEVERS WHO ARE
NOT PRACTICING DISCIPLINE.

00:39:50.233 --> 00:39:52.999
SECONDLY, FASTING IS
NOT FOR EVERYONE.

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:54.633
FASTING IS NOT
FOR NURSING MOMS.

00:39:54.733 --> 00:39:56.766
FASTING IS NOT
FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

00:39:56.866 --> 00:40:00.299
FASTING IS NOT FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON HEAVY MEDICATIONS.

00:40:00.399 --> 00:40:02.466
AND FASTING IS
NOT FOR CHILDREN.

00:40:02.566 --> 00:40:05.000
AND SO IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT THAT I HIGHLIGHT THAT

00:40:05.100 --> 00:40:06.300
SO IF YOU'RE
LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW,

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:08.800
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I NEED TO
GO FAST: IF YOU'RE PREGNANT,

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:10.600
NURSING, OR YOU'RE
ON MEDICATION, YOU KNOW,

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:14.032
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR. OR IF YOU
ARE RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE A CHILD,

00:40:14.132 --> 00:40:15.399
YOU ARE NOT TO
FAST, YOU KNOW.

00:40:15.499 --> 00:40:16.700
YEAH.


00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:18.633
YOU CAN FAST. SOCIAL MEDIA,
THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD FOR YOU.

00:40:18.733 --> 00:40:20.133
YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM
THOSE THINGS, BUT FASTING

00:40:20.233 --> 00:40:22.000
IS NOT FOR YOU, BUT
WHAT YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED

00:40:22.100 --> 00:40:24.966
IS VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE JESUS
REBUKES HIS DISCIPLES.

00:40:25.066 --> 00:40:29.466
AND HE SAID, YOU PERVERSE
AND UNBELIEVING GENERATION.

00:40:29.566 --> 00:40:33.399
NOW, PERVERSE DEALS WITH OUR
CONNECTION TO THE WORLD.

00:40:33.499 --> 00:40:35.899
UNBELIEVING DEALS WITH
OUR CONNECTION TO GOD.

00:40:35.999 --> 00:40:39.999
JESUS IS SAYING THE REASON
WHY YOU COULDN'T DO THIS MIRACLE

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:42.700
IS BECAUSE THERE'S
A CONNECTION TO THE WORLD

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:44.966
AND THERE IS NOT
A CONNECTION TO GOD.

00:40:45.066 --> 00:40:46.833
PERVERSE AND UNBELIEVING.


00:40:46.933 --> 00:40:48.566
AND THEN HE
GIVES US THE CURE.

00:40:48.666 --> 00:40:51.400
HE SAYS, THIS KIND WILL
COME OUT BY PRAYER.

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.499
NOW, WHAT IS PRAYER?


00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:54.066
IT'S YOUR
CONNECTION TO GOD.

00:40:54.166 --> 00:40:56.400
WHAT IS FASTING? YOUR
DISCONNECTION FROM THE WORLD.

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.699
REBECCA: WOW.


00:40:57.799 --> 00:40:59.666
VLAD: SO A LOT OF OUR
PROBLEMS WHERE WE HAVE

00:40:59.766 --> 00:41:03.099
DEFEATS IN THE VALLEYS,
BECAUSE JESUS WAS ON A MOUNTAIN,

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:04.833
THEY WERE ON THE BOTTOM
OF THE MOUNTAIN

00:41:04.933 --> 00:41:06.299
AND THEY COULDN'T GET
THAT BREAKTHROUGH.

00:41:06.399 --> 00:41:09.233
SOME OF OUR
VALLEY ISSUES,

00:41:09.333 --> 00:41:11.099
IF WE'RE BEING VERY HONEST,


00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:14.166
WE HAVE A DEEP CONNECTION
TO THE WORLD

00:41:14.266 --> 00:41:16.899
AND CASUAL CONNECTION
TO THE LORD,

00:41:16.999 --> 00:41:19.899
WHAT PRAYER AND FASTING DOES
IS PRAYER STRENGTHENS

00:41:19.999 --> 00:41:23.599
MY CONNECTION TO THE LORD AND
FASTING WEAKENS MY CONNECTION

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:26.699
TO THE WORLD,
WHICH THEN POSITIONS ME

00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:29.866
TO A PLACE WHERE I HAVE
SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGH

00:41:29.966 --> 00:41:31.166
IN MY LIFE.


00:41:31.266 --> 00:41:32.766
REBECCA: YEAH, AND IT'S LIKE
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE

00:41:32.866 --> 00:41:34.700
IN THIS EARTH,


00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.600
WE NEED TO BE
DOING THOSE THINGS.

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:36.866
WE NEED TO BE
IN THE WORLD,

00:41:36.966 --> 00:41:40.032
BUT NOT OF THE WORLD, AND WE
NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO GOD.

00:41:40.132 --> 00:41:42.666
AND, I MEAN, JESUS
DEMONSTRATED THAT HIMSELF.

00:41:42.766 --> 00:41:44.066
VLAD: AND HE DIDN'T
NEED TO FAST.

00:41:44.166 --> 00:41:44.866
THAT'S THE THING.


00:41:44.966 --> 00:41:46.900
HE DIDN'T
NEED TO FAST,

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:50.933
BUT THAT WAS THE WAY OF
PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTRY.

00:41:51.033 --> 00:41:53.533
AND WHAT I
FIND INTERESTING, REBECCA,

00:41:53.633 --> 00:41:54.866
IS THAT IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT,

00:41:54.966 --> 00:41:58.833
I ALMOST DON'T
RECALL ONE FASTING

00:41:58.933 --> 00:42:02.866
WHERE THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,

00:42:02.966 --> 00:42:06.899
THEY ALWAYS FASTED BECAUSE OF
A CRISIS. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,

00:42:06.999 --> 00:42:10.866
THEY FASTED FOR
A DEEPER CONNECTION

00:42:10.966 --> 00:42:12.600
AND FOR THEIR CALLING.


00:42:12.700 --> 00:42:14.899
SO I TELL PEOPLE
THERE'S FOUR REASONS TO FAST.

00:42:14.999 --> 00:42:16.233
NUMBER ONE IS CRISIS.


00:42:16.333 --> 00:42:20.000
IF YOU HAVE CRISIS, YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, FAST.

00:42:20.100 --> 00:42:22.566
SECOND ONE IS
YOUR CALLING.

00:42:22.666 --> 00:42:26.266
JESUS FASTED AS
PREPARATION FOR THE MISSION

00:42:26.366 --> 00:42:27.833
THAT THE FATHER
HAD FOR HIM.

00:42:27.933 --> 00:42:30.732
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE
CRISIS, YOU CAN STILL FAST

00:42:30.832 --> 00:42:32.199
BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A CALLING.

00:42:32.299 --> 00:42:33.833
OUR LIFE ISN'T JUST ABOUT
FIXING CRISIS.

00:42:33.933 --> 00:42:37.133
WE NEED TO FULFILL OUR CALLING.
THE THIRD PURPOSE OF FASTING

00:42:37.233 --> 00:42:38.666
IS OUR DEEPER CONNECTION,


00:42:38.766 --> 00:42:40.466
BECAUSE FASTING
STRENGTHENS OUR PRAYER.

00:42:40.566 --> 00:42:43.899
JESUS SAID TO HIS, IN FACT,
HE SAID TO THE PHARISEES

00:42:43.999 --> 00:42:46.099
WHEN THEY TOLD HIM YOUR
DISCIPLES ARE NOT FASTING,

00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:49.033
AND HE SAID, WHEN THE
BRIDEGROOM IS TAKEN AWAY,

00:42:49.133 --> 00:42:51.266
HE SAID, THEN THEY
WILL FAST.

00:42:51.366 --> 00:42:55.233
ANYTIME YOU SENSE THE
BRIDEGROOM TAKEN AWAY,

00:42:55.333 --> 00:42:58.099
NOT THAT THE LORD LEAVES US,
BUT HIS MANIFEST PRESENCE

00:42:58.199 --> 00:43:01.000
IS NO LONGER AS
TANGIBLE AND SENSITIVE,

00:43:01.100 --> 00:43:03.732
BEGIN TO FAST
FOR THAT CONNECTION.

00:43:03.832 --> 00:43:06.500
FASTING IS
RESTORING THAT HUNGER.

00:43:06.600 --> 00:43:07.332
YOU GO PHYSICALLY HUNGRY.


00:43:07.432 --> 00:43:08.466
AND IT'S CRAZY
HOW IT HAPPENS.

00:43:08.566 --> 00:43:10.833
IT ACTUALLY RESTORES YOUR
SPIRITUAL HUNGER FOR GOD,

00:43:10.933 --> 00:43:12.366
NOT WHILE YOU'RE FASTING,


00:43:12.466 --> 00:43:13.800
SOMETIMES WHILE
YOU'RE FASTING,

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:15.333
YOU'RE JUST CRANKY.


00:43:15.433 --> 00:43:16.833
IT'S AFTER THE FAST.


00:43:16.933 --> 00:43:20.799
YOU JUST SENSE THAT DEARNESS,
THAT PRECIOUSNESS TO JESUS,

00:43:20.899 --> 00:43:22.733
THAT HUNGER
FOR GOD'S WORD.

00:43:22.833 --> 00:43:28.000
SO CHRIST IS CALLING CONNECTION.
AND THE LAST ONE IS CONQUEST.

00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:30.100
AS YOU CONQUER ENEMIES
THAT YOU COULDN'T CONQUER BEFORE

00:43:30.200 --> 00:43:31.299
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
MANY TIMES,

00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:32.566
MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD,


00:43:32.666 --> 00:43:35.466
WHEN THEY COULDN'T CONQUER
CERTAIN ENEMIES, THEY FASTED.

00:43:35.566 --> 00:43:37.333
AND THE FACT THAT
JESUS TELLS US THIS KIND

00:43:37.433 --> 00:43:39.166
DOESN'T COME OUT EXCEPT BY
PRAYER AND FASTING,

00:43:39.266 --> 00:43:42.866
MEANING THERE ARE THINGS
IN OUR LIFE, SPIRITUAL BATTLES

00:43:42.966 --> 00:43:46.133
WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
HAVE THE UPPER HAND

00:43:46.233 --> 00:43:49.133
UNTIL WE HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE
GOD AND WE BEGIN TO FAST.

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:50.133
REBECCA: ONE OF THE THINGS


00:43:50.233 --> 00:43:51.532
I WAS THINKING ABOUT
WAS JOHN PAUL JACKSON.

00:43:51.632 --> 00:43:54.133
HE TALKED ABOUT THE LAW OF
ATTRACTION, WHICH THE NEW AGE

00:43:54.233 --> 00:43:58.532
MOVEMENT HAS PERVERTED, BUT THAT
SPIRITUAL CONCEPT

00:43:58.632 --> 00:44:03.400
THAT WHEN WE LESSEN OF OURSELVES
AND WE MAKE SPACE FOR GOD,

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:06.600
IT ATTRACTS HEAVEN,
AND GOD COMES TO US.

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:08.033
AND SO I JUST THINK
THAT'S SUCH A COOL PICTURE

00:44:08.133 --> 00:44:12.066
OF HOW GOD, A SPIRITUAL
PRINCIPLE OF HOW GOD OPERATES.

00:44:12.166 --> 00:44:14.733
I WANT TO TALK JUST A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT PRAYER.

00:44:14.833 --> 00:44:16.666
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES,

00:44:16.766 --> 00:44:19.766
PEOPLE THINK PRAYING
IS ABOUT TALKING,

00:44:19.866 --> 00:44:22.533
BUT I'M READING THIS BOOK
BY DR. DENNIS CLARK,

00:44:22.633 --> 00:44:24.933
AND IT'S ABOUT THE SECRET
PLACE, AND HE TALKS ABOUT

00:44:25.033 --> 00:44:28.799
HOW IT'S ABOUT COMMUNING WITH
GOD AND HOW PRAYER IS COMMUNING

00:44:28.899 --> 00:44:31.599
WITH GOD AND HOW YOU CAN BE
JUST CONNECTING TO HIM

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:34.400
AND HIS PRESENCE
AND LISTENING TO HIS VOICE.

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:36.066
HOW WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
FILLING UP PRAYER

00:44:36.166 --> 00:44:38.733
WITH US SPEAKING, AND I
THINK THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE,

00:44:38.833 --> 00:44:42.099
BECAUSE HOW LONG
CAN YOU SPEAK FOR, YOU KNOW?

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:43.666
10 MINUTES, 30 MINUTES.


00:44:43.766 --> 00:44:44.699
VLAD: YOU COULD ALWAYS
PRAY IN TONGUES.

00:44:44.799 --> 00:44:46.100
REBECCA: YEAH,
THAT'S TRUE, TOO.

00:44:46.200 --> 00:44:47.700
SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT PRAYER.

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:49.766
HOW DO WE PRAY?


00:44:49.866 --> 00:44:52.599
VLAD: SO WHEN
IT COMES TO PRAYER,

00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:55.733
I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS DEVOTION

00:44:55.833 --> 00:44:58.399
AND DEVOTIONS.
DEVOTION IS MY LIFE

00:44:58.499 --> 00:45:04.633
COMMITTED TO THE LORD. DEVOTIONS
IS MY TIME SPENT WITH THE LORD.

00:45:04.733 --> 00:45:11.699
IT'S, I CALL IT MARRIAGE. AND
A DATE NIGHT IS NOT MARRIAGE.

00:45:11.799 --> 00:45:13.932
BUT MARRIAGES
HAVE DATE NIGHTS.

00:45:14.032 --> 00:45:17.999
AND SO A MARRIED
COUPLE IS LOYAL TO EACH OTHER.

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:21.633
THEY LOVE EACH OTHER EVEN IF
THEY'RE NOT IN THE SAME ROOM

00:45:21.733 --> 00:45:24.100
WITH EACH OTHER.
IN FACT, WHEN THEY'RE NOT

00:45:24.200 --> 00:45:28.166
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME
TOGETHER, THEIR HEARTS GROW FOND

00:45:28.266 --> 00:45:31.300
AND THEY MISS EACH OTHER AND
THEY RECONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:31.833
THEY DON'T SAY


00:45:31.933 --> 00:45:33.033
I'M SORRY.


00:45:33.133 --> 00:45:36.699
THEY SAY I MISS YOU. WHY?
BECAUSE IT'S A RELATIONSHIP.

00:45:36.799 --> 00:45:39.466
WHEN THE
PERSON VIEWS PRAYER LIFE AS

00:45:39.566 --> 00:45:40.599
THIS IS MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:43.633
THEY MISS THE WHOLE POINT.
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

00:45:43.733 --> 00:45:47.633
IS YOUR HEART BEING COMMITTED
TO HIM, LIVING WITH HIM,

00:45:47.733 --> 00:45:50.932
WALKING IN HIM, HAVING
YOUR BEING WITH HIM.

00:45:51.032 --> 00:45:53.699
AND ONE OF THE VERY GOOD
CLASSIC BOOKS ON THAT IS

00:45:53.799 --> 00:45:58.366
<i>THE PRACTICING OF THE PRESENCE
</i> BY BROTHER LAWRENCE,

00:45:58.466 --> 00:45:59.866
WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT,
YOU'RE LIVING WITH THE LORD.

00:45:59.966 --> 00:46:01.333
YOU'RE WALKING.


00:46:01.433 --> 00:46:04.733
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAYS. ABIDE IN
ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU.

00:46:04.833 --> 00:46:08.633
AND THEN I THINK IN
VERSE 8 OF JOHN CHAPTER 15,

00:46:08.733 --> 00:46:09.699
HE SAYS, AND
THEN YOU ASK ANYTHING

00:46:09.799 --> 00:46:10.600
YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT.


00:46:10.700 --> 00:46:12.333
I THOUGHT THAT
I'M ASKING YOU

00:46:12.433 --> 00:46:15.466
YOU KNOW WHEN I'M ABIDING,
BUT ABIDING IS LIVING WITH

00:46:15.566 --> 00:46:17.199
IN THE AWARENESS OF
THE PRESENCE OF GOD,

00:46:17.299 --> 00:46:20.232
LIVING IN THE AWARENESS HE
LOVES ME, AND EVERYTHING I DO,

00:46:20.332 --> 00:46:23.232
I DO FOR HIM, AND THINGS THAT
I DO FOR HIM, EVEN IF I'M

00:46:23.332 --> 00:46:26.266
NOT PRAYING AND READING
THE WORD, ARE AS SPIRITUAL

00:46:26.366 --> 00:46:28.133
AS IF I'M
SPENDING TIME WITH HIM.

00:46:28.233 --> 00:46:32.766
AND SO THAT BECOMES THE
FOUNDATION OF A DEEP POWERFUL

00:46:32.866 --> 00:46:37.500
PRAYER LIFE. THEN FROM THAT
PLACE, WE GO INTO PRAYER.

00:46:37.600 --> 00:46:40.933
NOW, WHAT CHANGED MY LIFE WHEN
IT COMES TO PRAYER, TWO THINGS,

00:46:41.033 --> 00:46:45.599
ONE, IS TO GO TO PRAYER TO BE
WITH GOD INSTEAD OF TO FIND GOD.

00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:47.433
WHEN
I WAS YOUNGER,

00:46:47.533 --> 00:46:49.733
I WOULD ALWAYS GO INTO
PRAYER TO FIND HIM.

00:46:49.833 --> 00:46:52.033
NOW, THE BIBLE DOES TALK
ABOUT SEEKING HIM.

00:46:52.133 --> 00:46:54.000
THE BIBLE DOES TALK ABOUT
DRAWING NEAR TO HIM.

00:46:54.100 --> 00:46:56.166
BUT WHEN IT SAYS
TO SEEK THE LORD,

00:46:56.266 --> 00:46:58.466
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD
IS PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK.

00:46:58.566 --> 00:47:01.499
IT WOULD BE EQUIVALENT
TO ME PURSUING MY WIFE.

00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:03.399
IT'S NOT BECAUSE SHE'S
RUNNING AWAY FROM ME.

00:47:03.499 --> 00:47:05.232
WE COULD BE
IN THE SAME ROOM.

00:47:05.332 --> 00:47:06.766
ME PURSUING MY WIFE,
MEANING I AM BEING

00:47:06.866 --> 00:47:10.399
INTENTIONAL TO
THE PRESENCE

00:47:10.499 --> 00:47:12.366
THAT IS WITHIN
MY PRESENCE.

00:47:12.466 --> 00:47:14.100
I'M NOT TRYING TO
CHASE HER AROUND TOWN

00:47:14.200 --> 00:47:15.466
BECAUSE SHE'S
TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM ME.

00:47:15.566 --> 00:47:18.566
IT'S THAT WE'RE IN THE
SAME PLACE IN THE SAME ROOM.

00:47:18.666 --> 00:47:19.766
I'M JUST
BEING INTENTIONAL.

00:47:19.866 --> 00:47:21.999
I'M TRYING TO BE IN TUNE
TO HER, SO ME SEEKING THE LORD

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:23.900
DOES NOT MEAN
HE'S NOT IN THE ROOM.

00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:25.600
IT MEANS THAT I AM
CONSCIOUS OF HIM.

00:47:25.700 --> 00:47:27.099
I'M PURSUING HIS PRESENCE.


00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:29.233
THAT'S WHY WHEN JESUS TALKED
ABOUT, HE SAID,

00:47:29.333 --> 00:47:31.033
GO TO YOUR SECRET PLACE.
PRAY TO YOUR FATHER,

00:47:31.133 --> 00:47:33.233
WHO IS IN SECRET. WAIT.


00:47:33.333 --> 00:47:35.532
SO HE'S ALREADY THERE?


00:47:35.632 --> 00:47:38.666
THAT MEANS WHEN I
COME TO MY SECRET PLACE,

00:47:38.766 --> 00:47:40.433
HE IS ALREADY THERE.


00:47:40.533 --> 00:47:41.933
HE WAS WAITING FOR
ME, ALREADY THERE.

00:47:42.033 --> 00:47:46.132
SO THE THINKING THAT I
HAD HAD TO RENEW MY MIND,

00:47:46.232 --> 00:47:51.433
I'M NOT COMING THERE AND
TRYING TO WORK UP SOME STEPS

00:47:51.533 --> 00:47:54.733
TO GET HIM HERE. IN FACT,
HE'S BEEN HERE.

00:47:54.833 --> 00:47:58.132
EVEN IF I COMMIT SIN,
HE'S ALREADY THERE

00:47:58.232 --> 00:48:02.399
BECAUSE WHEN ADAM COMMITTED SIN
IN GENESIS 3:9,

00:48:02.499 --> 00:48:05.000
GOD SHOWED UP,
AND WHAT WAS GOD'S QUESTION?

00:48:05.100 --> 00:48:07.166
ADAM, WHERE ARE YOU?


00:48:07.266 --> 00:48:08.766
WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOW UP?


00:48:08.866 --> 00:48:12.866
GOD KNEW WHAT ADAM DID
AND HE STILL WAITED FOR HIM

00:48:12.966 --> 00:48:13.966
TO TALK TO HIM.


00:48:14.066 --> 00:48:16.133
SO THAT MEANS THAT MY SIN
SHOULDN'T BE AN EXCUSE

00:48:16.233 --> 00:48:19.033
WHY I DON'T GO TO GOD FIRST
AND TALK TO GOD

00:48:19.133 --> 00:48:21.366
BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN HELP ME

00:48:21.466 --> 00:48:23.633
GET RID OF MY SIN THROUGH
THE POWER OF THE BLOOD.

00:48:23.733 --> 00:48:25.899
SO THAT WAS MY FIRST THING.
IT CHANGED MY PRAYER LIFE

00:48:25.999 --> 00:48:28.833
WHEN I GO TO PRAYER TO BE
WITH HIM VERSUS TO GO TO PRAYER

00:48:28.933 --> 00:48:31.866
TO TRY TO FIND HIM.
AND SECOND THING IS,

00:48:31.966 --> 00:48:37.166
GOD LOVES MY PRESENCE
MORE THAN I LOVE HIS.

00:48:37.266 --> 00:48:38.533
AND THE BIBLE
MAKES IT CLEAR:

00:48:38.633 --> 00:48:41.333
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT
HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.

00:48:41.433 --> 00:48:43.532
THE BIBLE MAKES IT CLEAR
THAT HE DELIGHTS IN HIS PEOPLE.

00:48:43.632 --> 00:48:46.700
HE WILL BEAUTIFY HIS PEOPLE.
AND THE LORD LOVES US.

00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:49.166
YOU KNOW, AND
NOW I GOT A SON.

00:48:49.266 --> 00:48:50.233
YOU KNOW.


00:48:50.333 --> 00:48:51.866
HE IS SEVEN MONTHS OLD.
HIS NAME IS SAMUEL,

00:48:51.966 --> 00:48:57.199
AND I ENJOY
THAT LITTLE BUNDLE OF JOY.

00:48:57.299 --> 00:49:00.432
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
YET HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM.

00:49:00.532 --> 00:49:02.832
I LOVED HIM
BEFORE HE WAS BORN.

00:49:02.932 --> 00:49:03.932
I WANTED HIM


00:49:04.032 --> 00:49:05.999
THAT WHY HE'S HERE
ON THIS EARTH,

00:49:06.099 --> 00:49:08.832
I AM PROVIDING FOR HIM.


00:49:08.932 --> 00:49:10.500
HE HAS NOT DONE
ANYTHING YET

00:49:10.600 --> 00:49:13.166
EXCEPT TOOK AWAY MY SLEEP.


00:49:13.266 --> 00:49:16.832
IT'S COSTING ME A LOT OF
MONEY AND HE'S A COST,

00:49:16.932 --> 00:49:19.900
AND I'M NOT ONLY
WILLING, MORE THAN WILLING,

00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:24.600
TO PAY FOR THAT AND PAY TEN
TIMES MORE, AND WHEN I HOLD HIM,

00:49:24.700 --> 00:49:27.632
IT'S LIKE SO THERAPEUTIC
FOR ME, LIKE AND I KISS HIM

00:49:27.732 --> 00:49:30.399
AND I JUST LIKE I JUST
LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

00:49:30.499 --> 00:49:34.466
NOW, I THINK HE LIKES ME BECAUSE
WHEN I COME AND HE SMILES,

00:49:34.566 --> 00:49:35.332
AND LIKE I COULD SEE


00:49:35.432 --> 00:49:36.800
HE'S ALREADY
DISCERNING ME.

00:49:36.900 --> 00:49:39.033
BUT EVEN BEFORE HE
DISCERNED MY PRESENCE,

00:49:39.133 --> 00:49:43.132
I LOVED HIM SO MUCH.
AND I'M THINKING IF GOD,

00:49:43.232 --> 00:49:45.766
IF THIS IS JUST A SLIGHT
REFLECTION OF WHAT GOD FEELS

00:49:45.866 --> 00:49:47.533
ABOUT HIS CHILDREN,


00:49:47.633 --> 00:49:50.533
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US

00:49:50.633 --> 00:49:52.433
WHEN WE
SPEND TIME WITH HIM?

00:49:52.533 --> 00:49:54.333
REBECCA, I HAD THIS ONE TIME
WHEN MY PRAYER LIFE

00:49:54.433 --> 00:49:57.266
KIND OF TOOK A
LITTLE HIT AND I STRUGGLED

00:49:57.366 --> 00:49:58.333
TO CONNECT WITH THE LORD.


00:49:58.433 --> 00:50:00.933
IT WAS PRETTY
DRY FOR A WHILE.

00:50:01.033 --> 00:50:04.299
AND I KIND
OF GOT HONEST.

00:50:04.399 --> 00:50:05.133
I WAS ALREADY MARRIED.


00:50:05.233 --> 00:50:06.166
I SAID, LORD,


00:50:06.266 --> 00:50:08.566
AND I WAS COMING VERY
EARLY LIKE AT 5 A.M.

00:50:08.666 --> 00:50:09.899
AND I WAS LIKE, LORD,


00:50:09.999 --> 00:50:13.333
I DON'T GET ENOUGH
SLEEP TO COME HERE.

00:50:13.433 --> 00:50:15.266
YOU'RE NOT SHOWING UP.


00:50:15.366 --> 00:50:18.933
I LEAVE MY PRAYER TIME
A BIT CRANKY.

00:50:19.033 --> 00:50:21.433
I COME WITH AN
ATTITUDE BACK HOME.

00:50:21.533 --> 00:50:23.032
MY WIFE IS NOT
HAPPY WITH ME.

00:50:23.132 --> 00:50:26.599
I SAID I THINK IT'LL BE BETTER
FOR ME, YOU, AND ALL OF US

00:50:26.699 --> 00:50:28.933
IF I JUST DON'T SHOW UP TO
PRAYER BECAUSE I THINK

00:50:29.033 --> 00:50:31.532
AT LEAST I'LL WAKE UP,
I'LL WAKE UP WITH GUILT

00:50:31.632 --> 00:50:33.699
INSTEAD OF WAKING UP BEING
CONSTANTLY CRANKY,

00:50:33.799 --> 00:50:36.366
AND I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT
OF THIS, AND IT'S BEEN A MONTH

00:50:36.466 --> 00:50:39.899
LIKE THAT ALREADY. SO
I WAS VERY BRUTAL WITH THE LORD

00:50:39.999 --> 00:50:42.700
AND I FELT
THE LORD TO MY HEART,

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:46.533
HE SAYS, WHEN
YOU COME TO PRAYER,

00:50:46.633 --> 00:50:48.800
YOU'RE COMING TO
FIND MY PRESENCE.

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:50.133
HE SAID, HAVE YOU
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT

00:50:50.233 --> 00:50:54.566
THAT THE REASON WHY I WANT YOU
HERE IS BECAUSE I ENJOY YOURS?

00:50:54.666 --> 00:50:55.633
AND I SAID, WHAT IS THERE
TO ENJOY ABOUT ME?

00:50:55.733 --> 00:50:57.433
I'M A SINNER.


00:50:57.533 --> 00:50:59.166
I DON'T EVEN LIKE MYSELF
HALF OF THE TIMES.

00:50:59.266 --> 00:51:01.700
I KNOW ALL MY FAULTS.
BUT HE SAYS, YOU'RE MY SON

00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:03.499
AND I LOVED YOU.


00:51:03.599 --> 00:51:06.366
IF I LOVED THE WORLD WHEN
THEY WERE STILL IN SIN,

00:51:06.466 --> 00:51:08.632
CAN YOU IMAGINE YOU'RE MY
CHILD HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU?

00:51:08.732 --> 00:51:10.966
HE SAYS, IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT YOU FINDING MY PRESENCE

00:51:11.066 --> 00:51:12.432
AS A FATHER.


00:51:12.532 --> 00:51:17.733
I LOVE YOU AS MY SON, AND
WHY NOT IN A NEW AGE IS SELFISH

00:51:17.833 --> 00:51:20.532
SPARKLE OF
THE UNIVERSE WAY,

00:51:20.632 --> 00:51:25.933
BUT IN A GENUINE
BIBLICAL WAY, GOD LOVES ME.

00:51:26.033 --> 00:51:27.333
SOMETHING JUST
FILLED MY HEART.

00:51:27.433 --> 00:51:29.433
I GOT FLOODED WITH TEARS


00:51:29.533 --> 00:51:31.632
AND THE FACT THAT
HE LOVES ME.

00:51:31.732 --> 00:51:32.633
SO NEXT DAY,


00:51:32.733 --> 00:51:36.333
WHAT I DID IS I
CAME, I SAT THERE,

00:51:36.433 --> 00:51:37.833
AND I SAID, LORD,
HERE I AM.

00:51:37.933 --> 00:51:39.899
ENJOY ME.


00:51:39.999 --> 00:51:41.732
REBECCA: IT'S SO GREAT.


00:51:41.832 --> 00:51:43.433
VLAD: AND I RELAXED
AND I SAID,

00:51:43.533 --> 00:51:45.366
I DON'T
NEED TO DO ANYTHING.

00:51:45.466 --> 00:51:46.532
I JUST NEED TO BE HERE.


00:51:46.632 --> 00:51:48.166
AND THEN MAYBE 15, 20 MINUTES,
THE PRESENCE OF GOD

00:51:48.266 --> 00:51:50.599
JUST CAME SO STRONG,
AND I REALIZED PRAYER

00:51:50.699 --> 00:51:55.532
IS NOT ABOUT ME FEELING
HIM, EXPERIENCING HIM,

00:51:55.632 --> 00:51:58.666
IT'S ALSO ABOUT HIM.
HE LOVES ME.

00:51:58.766 --> 00:52:01.366
IMAGINE IF I WANT TO COME
AND I WANT TO EMBRACE MY SON

00:52:01.466 --> 00:52:03.699
AND HE DOESN'T
WANT ME TO EMBRACE HIM.

00:52:03.799 --> 00:52:04.933
IT WOULD HURT ME.


00:52:05.033 --> 00:52:08.966
SO WE SOMETIMES FORGET
GOD REALLY LOVES US.

00:52:09.066 --> 00:52:10.699
WHEN HE INVITES US
INTO HIS PRESENCE,

00:52:10.799 --> 00:52:15.966
HE WANTS TO POUR THAT
LOVE AND LOVE IS HURT

00:52:16.066 --> 00:52:20.666
IF THE OTHER PERSON IS
NOT GIVING THEMSELVES TO YOU

00:52:20.766 --> 00:52:21.966
TO LOVE YOU.


00:52:22.066 --> 00:52:23.899
REBECCA: THAT'S KIND OF LIKE
A RECENT BREAKTHROUGH I'VE HAD

00:52:23.999 --> 00:52:26.233
IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
DOING ALL THESE THINGS

00:52:26.333 --> 00:52:27.732
TO GET TO HIM, BUT
UNDERSTANDING THAT

00:52:27.832 --> 00:52:29.499
HE WANTS
TO BE WITH YOU

00:52:29.599 --> 00:52:33.066
AND THAT YOU CAN JUST SIT
IN HIS PRESENCE AND BE WITH HIM

00:52:33.166 --> 00:52:35.166
AND FEEL THAT
COMMUNION IN YOUR SPIRIT.

00:52:35.266 --> 00:52:36.266
AND, OF COURSE, YOU
PRAY OUT LOUD.

00:52:36.366 --> 00:52:38.133
WE PRAY IN TONGUES AND
ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

00:52:38.233 --> 00:52:39.399
BUT THAT WAS WHAT
I WAS REFERENCING,

00:52:39.499 --> 00:52:42.666
IS THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT
HE WANTS TO BE WITH US.

00:52:42.766 --> 00:52:44.100
YAND IT'S ABOUT
BEING WITH HIM.

00:52:44.200 --> 00:52:45.300
AND IT TAKES,


00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:46.166
HE'S DONE THE
HEAVY LIFTING.

00:52:46.266 --> 00:52:47.666
HE'S DONE THE HARD PART


00:52:47.766 --> 00:52:48.833
SO THAT WE CAN
BE WITH HIM.

00:52:48.933 --> 00:52:50.099
AND WHEN YOU HAVE
THAT BREAKTHROUGH

00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:52.966
IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT
I'M A CHILD AND HE'S MY FATHER,

00:52:53.066 --> 00:52:57.366
OH, THAT SHIFTS EVERYTHING. IT
SHIFTED FAITH FOR ME, AS WELL.

00:52:57.466 --> 00:53:00.066
I HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO BELIEVE GOD,

00:53:00.166 --> 00:53:04.600
BECAUSE HE WAS MY FATHER, AND I
KNEW HOW A FATHER LOVES A CHILD,

00:53:04.700 --> 00:53:06.166
BECAUSE I'M
A MOM THAT LOVES MY KID.

00:53:06.266 --> 00:53:07.199
I HAVE A, YOU KNOW,


00:53:07.299 --> 00:53:08.832
I HAD MY FATHER,
MY HUSBAND.

00:53:08.932 --> 00:53:10.600
I SEE HIM AS A FATHER
TO OUR CHILDREN.

00:53:10.700 --> 00:53:12.732
AND SO IT JUST COMPLETELY
CHANGES YOUR THINKING.

00:53:12.832 --> 00:53:15.766
AND I JUST THINK ABOUT HOW
MUCH IT HAD TO KILL GOD

00:53:15.866 --> 00:53:18.399
AND HOW SO MANY OF US BELIEVERS
THAT ARE IN THIS SITUATION

00:53:18.499 --> 00:53:20.233
LIKE
YOU WERE IN THAT

00:53:20.333 --> 00:53:23.332
IT'S LIKE ABOUT DOING AND THIS
AND THAT I'M GOING TO GO PRAY,

00:53:23.432 --> 00:53:26.100
AND THEY'RE MISSING OUT
ALL THE JOY OF RELATIONSHIP

00:53:26.200 --> 00:53:27.799
AND COMMUNION
AND BEING WITH HIM,

00:53:27.899 --> 00:53:31.433
AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO ROB
THEMSELVES AND TURN A QUIET TIME

00:53:31.533 --> 00:53:33.933
WHICH I HAD STRUGGLED WITH THIS
SOMETIMES MYSELF,

00:53:34.033 --> 00:53:36.866
OF SOMETHING THAT YOU
CHECK OFF A LIST,

00:53:36.966 --> 00:53:38.766
AND YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON THE
JOY OF COMMUNING WITH HIM,

00:53:38.866 --> 00:53:40.700
AND YOU WILL COMMUNE
WITH HIM SO MUCH MORE

00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:44.433
WHEN YOU FALL INTO THE EASE
AND THE REST THAT HE'S GIVEN US

00:53:44.533 --> 00:53:48.699
THROUGH HIS SON JESUS, AND NOW
THAT HIS SPIRIT DWELLS WITHIN US

00:53:48.799 --> 00:53:50.966
AND THAT WE CAN
SPEND TIME WITH A LOVING FATHER

00:53:51.066 --> 00:53:52.499
WHO LOVES US.


00:53:52.599 --> 00:53:53.299
IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.


00:53:53.399 --> 00:53:54.733
VLAD: EVERYTHING.


00:53:54.833 --> 00:53:57.699
GOD IS TO BE
ENJOYED, NOT ENDURED.

00:53:57.799 --> 00:54:00.766
WE ENDURE SUFFERING, WE
DON'T ENDURE GOD, YOU KNOW.

00:54:00.866 --> 00:54:02.866
HE IS WORTHY OF OUR JOY.


00:54:02.966 --> 00:54:04.666
HE IS WORTHY
TO BE OUR JOY.

00:54:04.766 --> 00:54:08.733
AND THERE IS A
COMPONENT OF DISCIPLINE

00:54:08.833 --> 00:54:10.733
THAT SOMETIMES
NEEDS TO BE APPLIED.

00:54:10.833 --> 00:54:12.766
BUT IF DISCIPLINE IS
THE SOURCE, IF DISCIPLINE

00:54:12.866 --> 00:54:15.333
IS THE STRENGTH OF
OUR PRAYER LIFE,

00:54:15.433 --> 00:54:17.733
THEN WE'RE NOT REALLY.


00:54:17.833 --> 00:54:19.500
I THINK EVEN LAST YEAR
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT

00:54:19.600 --> 00:54:22.666
THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT
TRYING TO BE DISCIPLINED.

00:54:22.766 --> 00:54:24.766
WE'RE TRYING TO BE
DELIGHTED IN THE LORD.

00:54:24.866 --> 00:54:26.966
WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A
COMMUNION WITH THE LORD,

00:54:27.066 --> 00:54:28.166
AND WE DO KNOW THIS.


00:54:28.266 --> 00:54:29.933
SOMETIMES WE NEED TO APPLY
A LITTLE BIT OF DISCIPLINE

00:54:30.033 --> 00:54:31.900
BECAUSE OUR FLESH
IS THROWING A FIT.

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:34.066
REBECCA: WELL, YEAH, DISCIPLINE,
IT'S BECAUSE IF YOU CARE

00:54:34.166 --> 00:54:36.000
ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU'LL
BE DISCIPLINED ABOUT IT.

00:54:36.100 --> 00:54:37.533
AND WE LOVE HIM.


00:54:37.633 --> 00:54:39.933
HE LOVES US
FIRST, BUT IT'S AN OVERFLOW.

00:54:40.033 --> 00:54:42.132
BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE
TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT.

00:54:42.232 --> 00:54:44.899
I THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S THE SAME THING WITH WORKING

00:54:44.999 --> 00:54:46.800
AND DOING
THINGS WITH EXCELLENCE.

00:54:46.900 --> 00:54:49.599
YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO LOOK
AT THE GROUND AND A PLANT'S

00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:50.933
GOING TO COME OUT.


00:54:51.033 --> 00:54:51.600
YOU GOT TO DO THE WORK.


00:54:51.700 --> 00:54:53.733
YOU GOT TO TILL THE SOIL.


00:54:53.833 --> 00:54:54.700
YOU GOT TO
PLANT THE SEEDS.

00:54:54.800 --> 00:54:55.699
YOU GOTTA WATER IT.


00:54:55.799 --> 00:54:56.733
IT'S THE SAME THING
WITH OUR FAITH.

00:54:56.833 --> 00:54:57.833
AND THAT, YOU KNOW,


00:54:57.933 --> 00:54:59.100
I READ A WHOLE BOOK ABOUT
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

00:54:59.200 --> 00:55:01.132
BY DALLAS WILLARD,
AND IT WAS GREAT.

00:55:01.232 --> 00:55:04.100
AND HE SAID THAT THE
GREATEST ATHLETES IN THE WORLD,

00:55:04.200 --> 00:55:08.833
THEY PRACTICE EVERY
SINGLE DAY FOR THAT MOMENT

00:55:08.933 --> 00:55:11.466
WHERE THEY GET UP TO THE PLATE
AND THEY HIT THAT HOME RUN.

00:55:11.566 --> 00:55:16.199
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE READY FOR
THIS GREAT SPIRITUAL MOMENT.

00:55:16.299 --> 00:55:17.233
YOU'RE NOT.


00:55:17.333 --> 00:55:18.399
YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN
THAT'S GOING TO COME.

00:55:18.499 --> 00:55:21.633
YOU WALK EVERY DAY WITH HIM,
AND THEN YOU'LL BE READY

00:55:21.733 --> 00:55:22.933
WHEN THAT MOMENT COMES.


00:55:23.033 --> 00:55:25.399
AND SO DISCIPLINE IS REALLY
A FORM OF WORSHIP.

00:55:25.499 --> 00:55:26.599
IT'S SAYING
THAT YOU CARE,

00:55:26.699 --> 00:55:29.199
BUT IT'S LIKE WE GOTTA BE
INTENTIONAL WITH EVERYTHING

00:55:29.299 --> 00:55:30.199
IN OUR LIFE,


00:55:30.299 --> 00:55:31.466
AND SO DISCIPLINE
IS APART OF IT.

00:55:31.566 --> 00:55:34.000
IT'S JUST IT'S NOT COMING
FROM OUR STRENGTH.

00:55:34.100 --> 00:55:36.933
IT'S COMING FROM HIS STRENGTH,
AND IT'S COMING

00:55:37.033 --> 00:55:38.166
FROM THE UNDERSTANDING
HE LOVES US,

00:55:38.266 --> 00:55:39.866
SO I'M GOING
TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH HIM.

00:55:39.966 --> 00:55:41.233
AND I THINK WE'RE
LIVING IN A WORLD

00:55:41.333 --> 00:55:42.633
THAT'S FIGHTING
FOR OUR AFFECTION,

00:55:42.733 --> 00:55:44.199
THAT'S FIGHTING
FOR OUR ATTENTION.

00:55:44.299 --> 00:55:47.533
AND SO WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL
OF LIVING IN HIS PRESENCE,

00:55:47.633 --> 00:55:48.633
WALKING IN OBEDIENCE,


00:55:48.766 --> 00:55:52.066
BUT THEN ALSO CARVING OUT
THAT TIME TO BE WITH HIM,

00:55:52.166 --> 00:55:54.833
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A
MILLION THINGS, YOU KNOW,

00:55:54.933 --> 00:55:57.466
YOU'RE A FATHER, A PASTOR
A HUSBAND,

00:55:57.566 --> 00:55:58.533
YOU'RE DOING
ALL THESE THINGS.

00:55:58.633 --> 00:56:02.033
SO YOU NOW KNOW MORE
THAN EVER HOW MUCH PEOPLE

00:56:02.133 --> 00:56:04.066
ARE PULLING ON YOU FOR
TIME, BUT HOW YOU NEED TO

00:56:04.166 --> 00:56:05.132
MAKE TIME FOR HIM.


00:56:05.232 --> 00:56:06.633
VLAD: YEAH, YEAH.


00:56:06.733 --> 00:56:07.766
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.


00:56:07.866 --> 00:56:10.732
I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T
OVERCOME, FOR SOME PEOPLE,

00:56:10.832 --> 00:56:16.166
IT'S AN EXCUSE FOR NOT SPENDING
TIME WITH THE LORD IS SIN.

00:56:16.266 --> 00:56:17.599
THEY'RE STRUGGLING
WITH STUFF RIGHT NOW,

00:56:17.699 --> 00:56:19.132
AND THE ENEMY
USES THAT TO SAY,

00:56:19.232 --> 00:56:22.900
YOU'RE NOT WORTHY.
SHAME. GUILT.

00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:23.932
AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND


00:56:24.032 --> 00:56:26.833
IS THAT YOU DON'T GET RID
OF SHAME AND GUILT

00:56:26.933 --> 00:56:28.166
BY STAYING AWAY FROM
HIS PRESENCE.

00:56:28.266 --> 00:56:30.633
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO INTO HIS
PRESENCE AND READ THE GOSPELS.

00:56:30.733 --> 00:56:33.999
YOU SEE, SINFUL MEN AND
WOMEN CAME CLOSE TO JESUS

00:56:34.099 --> 00:56:36.099
AND THEY LEFT DIFFERENT.


00:56:36.199 --> 00:56:38.833
THEY WERE NEVER SHAMED.
IN FACT, THEY WERE CHANGED

00:56:38.933 --> 00:56:39.900
BECAUSE OF HIS PRESENCE.


00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:41.966
JESUS' PRESENCE
IS SO POWERFUL,

00:56:42.066 --> 00:56:43.599
IT CAN CHANGE YOU. THE
BLOOD OF JESUS CAN CLEANSE US.

00:56:43.699 --> 00:56:45.266
THE SECOND EXCUSE


00:56:45.366 --> 00:56:48.599
IS BUSYNESS, SO IT'S A SHAME,
BUT SOMETIMES IT'S BUSYNESS.

00:56:48.699 --> 00:56:49.666
REBECCA: YEAH. SOMETIMES
WE WORSHIP BUSYNESS

00:56:49.766 --> 00:56:50.466
IN THIS CULTURE.


00:56:50.566 --> 00:56:51.632
VLAD: BUSYNESS IS A,
YOU KNOW,

00:56:51.732 --> 00:56:53.166
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH BEING BUSY,

00:56:53.266 --> 00:56:54.332
BUT GOD DIDN'T
CALL US TO BE BUSY,

00:56:54.432 --> 00:56:55.933
HE CALLED US
TO BE FRUITFUL.

00:56:56.033 --> 00:56:58.633
AND SOMETIMES WE
ARE MORE LIKE MACHINES

00:56:58.733 --> 00:57:01.133
THAN ACTUALLY HUMAN BEINGS
BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY

00:57:01.233 --> 00:57:02.100
NEVER TURN OFF.


00:57:02.200 --> 00:57:03.166
WE NEVER STOP.


00:57:03.266 --> 00:57:04.266
YOU KNOW, ONE
TIME, REBECCA,

00:57:04.366 --> 00:57:07.066
THE LORD DEALT WITH ME
FROM THE STORY OF ESTHER.

00:57:07.166 --> 00:57:11.633
WHEN VASHTI WAS INVITED TO
BE IN THE PRESENCE OF A KING

00:57:11.733 --> 00:57:14.633
AND SHE WAS BUSY WITH
THE WOMEN'S FEAST

00:57:14.733 --> 00:57:18.999
AND SHE DIDN'T COME WHEN SHE WAS
COMMENDED, SHE LOST HER CROWN.

00:57:19.099 --> 00:57:20.466
SHE PROBABLY
BECAME A CONCUBINE.

00:57:20.566 --> 00:57:22.400
SHE NEVER LOST THE PALACE.


00:57:22.500 --> 00:57:25.233
SHE JUST STOPPED BEING
SOMEONE THAT WAS A QUEEN.

00:57:25.333 --> 00:57:27.966
ESTHER, ON THE OTHER
HAND, WAS NEVER INVITED,

00:57:28.066 --> 00:57:30.199
BUT SHE CAME TO THE
PRESENCE OF THE KING.

00:57:30.299 --> 00:57:34.933
ESTHER LED WOMEN TO FAST.
VASHTI LED WOMEN TO FEAST.

00:57:35.033 --> 00:57:39.233
VASHTI LOST HER CROWN, ESTHER
SAVED HER GENERATION.

00:57:39.333 --> 00:57:43.332
AND SO ANYTIME
WE USE BUSYNESS AS AN EXCUSE,

00:57:43.432 --> 00:57:45.966
NOT ONLY
WE LOSE INTIMACY,

00:57:46.066 --> 00:57:47.600
WE LOSE INFLUENCE
IN THE SPIRIT REALM

00:57:47.700 --> 00:57:50.799
AND WE START OPERATING ON,
REALLY, A CONCUBINE LEVEL.

00:57:50.899 --> 00:57:52.533
WE'RE CALLED
TO BE THE BRIDE.

00:57:52.633 --> 00:57:55.699
WE'RE CALLED TO HAVE
INTIMACY, AND WE CAN CHOOSE

00:57:55.799 --> 00:57:58.232
TO DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM
THOSE INTIMATE MOMENTS

00:57:58.332 --> 00:57:59.933
BECAUSE OF OUR BUSYNESS,
AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING

00:58:00.033 --> 00:58:01.332
FOR THE LORD.


00:58:01.432 --> 00:58:03.499
WE DON'T KNOW THAT LORD
THAT WE'RE WORKING FOR.

00:58:03.599 --> 00:58:05.133
WE WILL
BE OVERWHELMED.

00:58:05.233 --> 00:58:07.366
WE WILL BE STRESSED OUT
LIKE MARTHA; OVERWHELMED,

00:58:07.466 --> 00:58:09.833
WORRIED ABOUT MANY
THINGS, RUNNING,

00:58:09.933 --> 00:58:10.933
YOU KNOW,
MAKING SANDWICHES

00:58:11.033 --> 00:58:13.266
JESUS JUST NEVER ORDERED
AND JUST CONSTANTLY BEING

00:58:13.366 --> 00:58:15.966
FRUSTRATED, ANXIETY, TAKING
PILLS, AND ALL OF THIS STUFF,

00:58:16.066 --> 00:58:18.300
AND BECAUSE WE'RE JUST WE'RE
JUST DOING ALL OF THIS STUFF

00:58:18.400 --> 00:58:21.766
FOR GOD, BUT
WE'RE NOT DOING IT WITH HIM

00:58:21.866 --> 00:58:24.066
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T
SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM.

00:58:24.166 --> 00:58:27.399
AND I THINK THAT THE LORD WANTS
US TO OVERCOME THAT BUSINESS.

00:58:27.499 --> 00:58:28.400
IT IS A STRUGGLE.


00:58:28.500 --> 00:58:30.233
IT'S TO SOME DEGREE
A SPIRITUAL WARFARE

00:58:30.333 --> 00:58:32.466
WHERE WE MAKE
A CONSCIOUS PRIORITY.

00:58:32.566 --> 00:58:34.433
AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK
DISCIPLINE COMES IN WHERE,

00:58:34.533 --> 00:58:37.400
NO, THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT.
PRAYER DOESN'T TAKE TIME.

00:58:37.500 --> 00:58:40.833
PRAYER SAVES TIME. AND I ALWAYS
TELL MYSELF PRAYER SAVES TIME.

00:58:40.933 --> 00:58:43.233
I'D RATHER SPEND 30 MINUTES
WITH THE LORD,

00:58:43.333 --> 00:58:46.233
THAN 30 MINUTES ON A COMPUTER,
BECAUSE THEN HE CAN FIGURE OUT

00:58:46.333 --> 00:58:47.333
AND BLESS
THE REST OF IT,

00:58:47.433 --> 00:58:50.033
AND THEN WHAT PRAYER DOES FOR ME
WHEN I SPEND TIME

00:58:50.133 --> 00:58:52.566
IN THE MIDST OF BUSYNESS IS
IT HELPS ME TO SLOW DOWN

00:58:52.666 --> 00:58:55.966
THE PACE OF MY LIFE THAT
I DON'T RUN FASTER

00:58:56.066 --> 00:58:57.766
THAN THE GRACE OF GOD
CAN SUSTAIN ME

00:58:57.866 --> 00:59:00.099
BECAUSE THEN YOU
GET ON THIS TREADMILL

00:59:00.199 --> 00:59:01.232
WHERE
YOU'RE RUNNING FAST,

00:59:01.332 --> 00:59:02.566
YOU'RE SAYING YES


00:59:02.666 --> 00:59:05.099
TO EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND YOU'RE
TRYING TO OPTIMIZE YOUR GIFT

00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:07.000
AND REALLY JUST
REACH YOUR POTENTIAL,

00:59:07.100 --> 00:59:08.999
REACH THE WORLD. BUT YOU'RE
MISSING THE WHOLE POINT.

00:59:09.099 --> 00:59:10.466
WHAT DID HE
CALL YOU TO DO?

00:59:10.566 --> 00:59:12.499
JESUS DIDN'T
REACH THE WORLD.

00:59:12.599 --> 00:59:14.699
HE DIDN'T EVEN TRAVEL A LOT,
AND HE MINISTERED

00:59:14.799 --> 00:59:15.732
FOR
THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS.

00:59:15.832 --> 00:59:17.133
BUT AT THE END
OF HIS LIFE,

00:59:17.233 --> 00:59:19.466
HE COULD HAVE
SAID, IT IS FINISHED.

00:59:19.566 --> 00:59:21.733
I DID EVERYTHING THE FATHER
ASKED ME TO DO.

00:59:21.833 --> 00:59:25.300
TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, YOU
HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO THE FATHER

00:59:25.400 --> 00:59:28.066
TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE TASKS
HE HAS FOR ME.

00:59:28.166 --> 00:59:29.866
JUST BECAUSE
MY NEIGHBOR, MY FRIEND,

00:59:29.966 --> 00:59:32.766
MY COLLEAGUE IS DOING THIS, THIS
DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO DO THAT.

00:59:32.866 --> 00:59:34.099
BUT IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A SECRET PLACE,

00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:35.499
YOU WILL ALWAYS
BE MOVED BY WHAT

00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:36.933
EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.


00:59:37.033 --> 00:59:40.033
YOU'LL RUN AT EVERYBODY ELSE'S
PACE, IGNORING YOUR FAMILY,

00:59:40.133 --> 00:59:42.133
RUNNING YOUR FAMILY OVER,
RUNNING YOUR HEALTH OVER,

00:59:42.233 --> 00:59:44.900
BEING INVOLVED IN
EVERY SINGLE THING

00:59:45.000 --> 00:59:47.566
INSTEAD OF RUNNING AT THE PACE
THAT THE GRACE OF GOD

00:59:47.666 --> 00:59:51.666
CAN SUSTAIN YOU AND LIVING
WITH THIS INNER WITNESS,

00:59:51.766 --> 00:59:53.033
MY LIFE IS
PLEASING TO HIM.

00:59:53.133 --> 00:59:55.199
IF I DIE TODAY,


00:59:55.299 --> 00:59:56.766
I KNOW HE WILL LOOK AT ME
AND HE WILL SAY,

00:59:56.866 --> 00:59:58.366
FAITHFUL AND GOOD SERVANT.


00:59:58.466 --> 01:00:00.133
I DIDN'T WRITE EVERY
BOOK I NEEDED TO WRITE.

01:00:00.233 --> 01:00:00.966
I DIDN'T SPEAK EVERYWHERE


01:00:01.066 --> 01:00:01.700
I NEEDED TO SPEAK.


01:00:01.800 --> 01:00:03.199
I DIDN'T SAVE EVERY SOUL.


01:00:03.299 --> 01:00:04.466
HE IS THE SAVIOR.


01:00:04.566 --> 01:00:05.699
HE IS THE GOD IN CONTROL.


01:00:05.799 --> 01:00:09.100
I JUST PLAY A SMALL PART IN THE
BIG POND OF HIS KINGDOM.

01:00:09.166 --> 01:00:11.166
AND AS LONG AS MY PART IS
FULFILLED, AND THE WAY I KNOW

01:00:11.266 --> 01:00:12.600
THAT PART
IS FULFILLED

01:00:12.700 --> 01:00:15.432
IS THAT I LOOK IN HIS EYES
EVERY DAY AND I SEE,

01:00:15.532 --> 01:00:18.499
IS HE PLEASED WITH ME TODAY?
IF HE'S NOT PLEASED WITH ME,

01:00:18.599 --> 01:00:20.966
THEN I NEED TO CHANGE SOME
THINGS. BUT IF I DON'T

01:00:21.066 --> 01:00:23.899
LOOK IN HIS EYES REGULARLY,
IF I DON'T SENSE HIS PRESENCE,

01:00:23.999 --> 01:00:26.566
ALL I'M DOING IS I'M LOOKING
OVER WHO'S DOING WHAT.

01:00:26.666 --> 01:00:31.299
AND I'M TRYING TO COMPETE WITH
EVERYBODY ELSE'S PACE OF LIFE

01:00:31.399 --> 01:00:33.866
AND MINISTRY,
AS A RESULT,

01:00:33.966 --> 01:00:38.233
I USUALLY END UP RUNNING OVER
MY FAMILY, MY MENTAL HEALTH,

01:00:38.333 --> 01:00:41.333
MY PHYSICAL HEALTH,
AND MY SANITY.

01:00:41.433 --> 01:00:45.400
REBECCA: THE KEY, REALLY,
IS THE SECRET PLACE,

01:00:45.500 --> 01:00:46.399
HE FILLS UP OUR CUP.


01:00:46.499 --> 01:00:49.699
IT'S THAT PSALMS 23.
HE RESTORES OUR SOUL.

01:00:49.799 --> 01:00:51.866
WE HAVE TO PROCESS
CONSISTENTLY.

01:00:51.966 --> 01:00:54.533
WE HAVE TO FORGIVE,
AND HE FORGIVES THROUGH US.

01:00:54.633 --> 01:00:57.099
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO
EVEN WITH HIM,

01:00:57.199 --> 01:00:58.866
BUT WE HAVE TO GET
IN THE SECRET PLACE.

01:00:58.966 --> 01:01:01.166
AND THAT NOT ONLY IS OUR
SOURCE, BUT THAT'S WHERE

01:01:01.266 --> 01:01:02.532
WE HAVE OUR IDENTITY.


01:01:02.632 --> 01:01:04.566
THAT'S WHERE
WE FIND OUR PACING.

01:01:04.666 --> 01:01:06.466
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
LESS OR MORE.

01:01:06.566 --> 01:01:07.433
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO


01:01:07.533 --> 01:01:10.433
JUST EXACTLY WHAT
HE'S CALLED US TO DO.

01:01:10.533 --> 01:01:11.333
AND THERE'S THAT
ASPECT OF IDENTITY,

01:01:11.433 --> 01:01:12.600
AND SO WE'RE NOT
LIVING FROM A PLACE

01:01:12.700 --> 01:01:14.433
THAT I
NEED TO DO TO BE.

01:01:14.533 --> 01:01:16.733
I AM, SO
THEREFORE I DO.

01:01:16.833 --> 01:01:18.066
BUT ALL OF THIS, THE
KEY OF ALL OF THIS,

01:01:18.166 --> 01:01:20.299
IS UNDERSTANDING THAT
HE IS OUR SOURCE,

01:01:20.399 --> 01:01:24.999
AND THAT WE SPEND TIME WITH HIM
AND SO IT'S JUST THAT'S SO GOOD,

01:01:25.099 --> 01:01:26.533
VLAD: BECAUSE OTHERWISE WHAT
HAPPENS IN OUR GENERATION,

01:01:26.633 --> 01:01:28.933
REBECCA, AND I'M SEEING THIS
WITH YOUNGER EMERGING LEADERS

01:01:29.033 --> 01:01:30.366
RIGHT NOW,
ESPECIALLY THE ONES

01:01:30.466 --> 01:01:32.566
WHO ARE REALLY TRYING TO,
YOU KNOW, REACH THE NATIONS

01:01:32.666 --> 01:01:34.999
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA,
WHAT I'M SEEING IS

01:01:35.099 --> 01:01:37.133
A CRAVING TO BE VISIBLE.


01:01:37.233 --> 01:01:42.100
THEY DRAW THEIR VALUE FROM THEIR
VISIBILITY.

01:01:42.200 --> 01:01:45.332
THEY DON'T FEEL VALUABLE
IF THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE.

01:01:45.432 --> 01:01:48.533
AND THE WAY YOU BECOME VISIBLE
IS TO BECOME VIRAL.

01:01:48.633 --> 01:01:51.566
SO EVERYBODY IS FISHING
FOR, I WANT TO BECOME VIRAL.

01:01:51.666 --> 01:01:53.233
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING
THAT MAKES ME VIRAL.

01:01:53.333 --> 01:01:56.933
I WANT TO MAKE A VIRAL VIDEO,
BECAUSE I WANT TO BE VISIBLE,

01:01:57.033 --> 01:01:59.666
BECAUSE IF I'M VISIBLE,
I'M VALUABLE.

01:01:59.766 --> 01:02:03.232
PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A SECRET
PLACE THINK LIKE THAT.

01:02:03.332 --> 01:02:04.533
WHEN YOU
HAVE A SECRET PLACE,

01:02:04.633 --> 01:02:07.132
YOUR VALUE COMES FROM
YOU'RE LOVED BY GOD,

01:02:07.232 --> 01:02:08.633
YOUR INDWELLING
BY THE SPIRIT.

01:02:08.733 --> 01:02:10.499
YOUR VALUE SYSTEM IS
DIFFERENT, AND EVEN IF

01:02:10.599 --> 01:02:14.033
YOU'RE NOT VISIBLE, EVEN
IF YOU'RE NOT VIRAL,

01:02:14.133 --> 01:02:17.032
EVEN IF YOU BECOME
IRRELEVANT TO THIS CULTURE,

01:02:17.132 --> 01:02:18.800
NOBODY IS
INTERESTED IN YOU,

01:02:18.900 --> 01:02:23.166
NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU, NOBODY
INVITES YOU, NOBODY SUBSCRIBES,

01:02:23.266 --> 01:02:25.032
NOBODY LIKES,


01:02:25.132 --> 01:02:26.566
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHY,
BECAUSE MY VALUE IS NOT

01:02:26.666 --> 01:02:32.100
DETERMINED BY THAT. MY
HEART IS NOT VISIBLE.

01:02:32.200 --> 01:02:33.366
IT IS VERY VALUABLE.


01:02:33.466 --> 01:02:37.599
MY HEART DOESN'T HARBOR AN
OFFENSE TOWARD MY EYES AND SAID,

01:02:37.699 --> 01:02:38.799
THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR.


01:02:38.899 --> 01:02:41.366
EVERYBODY SEES YOU EVERY DAY,
AND YOU'RE GETTING

01:02:41.466 --> 01:02:44.266
ALL THE CREDIT AND YOU'RE
GETTING ALL THE RECOGNITION.

01:02:44.366 --> 01:02:46.299
AND THEN I DON'T GET
ANY RECOGNITION.

01:02:46.399 --> 01:02:49.766
THERE ARE PARTS IN MY BODY
THAT WILL NEVER BE VISIBLE,

01:02:49.866 --> 01:02:52.232
BUT THEY'RE SO VALUABLE, AND
THEY ARE. THEY ARE EXACTLY

01:02:52.332 --> 01:02:54.466
WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
THERE'RE MANY MEN AND WOMEN

01:02:54.566 --> 01:02:59.066
OF GOD THAT GOD WILL NEVER PUT
IN THE PLACE OF VISIBILITY,

01:02:59.166 --> 01:03:01.533
BUT THEY'RE AS
VALUABLE AS ANYBODY ELSE

01:03:01.633 --> 01:03:04.766
WHO IS IN THE PLACE OF
VISIBILITY, AND IF WE DON'T

01:03:04.866 --> 01:03:08.366
DRAW OUR IDENTITY FROM
OUR INTIMACY WITH GOD,

01:03:08.466 --> 01:03:11.066
WE WILL DRAW OUR IDENTITY
FROM THE TITLES,

01:03:11.166 --> 01:03:12.500
FROM WHAT MEN CALL US,


01:03:12.600 --> 01:03:15.900
FROM OUR VISIBILITY,
AND THAT IS SO FAKE

01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:19.766
AND THAT IS SO TEMPORARY, AND
IT'S LIKE CHASING THE WIND.

01:03:19.866 --> 01:03:22.332
IT WILL
NEVER TRULY SATISFY.

01:03:22.432 --> 01:03:23.899
REBECCA: NO, IT JUST
FEELS SUPER EMPTY.

01:03:23.999 --> 01:03:25.333
AND YOU CAN EXHAUST YOURSELF


01:03:25.433 --> 01:03:27.833
BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO
RUN TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

01:03:27.933 --> 01:03:29.066
BUT
THAT SECRET PLACE

01:03:29.166 --> 01:03:31.066
IS WHAT MAKES
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

01:03:31.166 --> 01:03:33.433
WELL, THIS HAS BEEN
AMAZING. FOR PEOPLE

01:03:33.533 --> 01:03:36.199
WHO WANT TO GET
YOUR BOOK,<i>BUILD A FIRE</i> ,

01:03:36.299 --> 01:03:37.200
WHERE DO THEY GET IT?


01:03:37.300 --> 01:03:37.900
VLAD: THEY JUST CALL YOU,


01:03:38.000 --> 01:03:38.699
AND THEN YOU GIVE THEM IT.


01:03:38.799 --> 01:03:40.732
[ LAUGHING ]


01:03:40.832 --> 01:03:41.599
REBECCA: I'LL
HOOK YOU UP.

01:03:41.699 --> 01:03:42.733
[ LAUGHING ]


01:03:42.833 --> 01:03:44.733
VLAD: YOU CAN GO ON
AMAZON AND GET IT ON AMAZON.

01:03:44.833 --> 01:03:49.599
IT'S IN KINDLE, PAPERBACK,
HARDCOVER, AUDIBLE.

01:03:49.699 --> 01:03:52.599
SO MOST PEOPLE LIKE
AUDIBLE AUDIO IF YOU'RE YOUNGER

01:03:52.699 --> 01:03:54.032
AND YOU WANT
TO CONSERVE TIME.

01:03:54.132 --> 01:03:56.233
OR THEY CAN DOWNLOAD IT
FOR FREE ON MY WEBSITE,

01:03:56.333 --> 01:03:57.866
PASTORVLAD.ORG.


01:03:57.966 --> 01:03:59.566
YOU CAN GO THERE
AND JUST DOWNLOAD,

01:03:59.666 --> 01:04:01.132
AND THERE'S
RUSSIAN VERSION,

01:04:01.232 --> 01:04:04.933
THERE'S ROMANIAN VERSION,
THERE'S A SPANISH VERSION,

01:04:05.033 --> 01:04:06.966
THERE IS, OF COURSE,
ENGLISH VERSIONS,

01:04:07.066 --> 01:04:08.932
AND I THINK THERE'S ABOUT A
FEW MORE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON,

01:04:09.032 --> 01:04:10.466
GERMAN
AND ANOTHER ONE,

01:04:10.566 --> 01:04:14.066
AND THEY CAN DOWNLOAD, NO
STRINGS ATTACHED AND FOR FREE,

01:04:14.166 --> 01:04:15.300
THAT BOOK.


01:04:15.400 --> 01:04:16.133
REBECCA:
THAT'S AMAZING.

01:04:16.233 --> 01:04:17.432
WELL, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.

01:04:17.532 --> 01:04:18.133
VLAD: MY PLEASURE.


01:04:18.233 --> 01:04:18.966
THANK YOU, REBECCA.


01:04:19.066 --> 01:04:19.766
REBECCA: COME
BACK AGAIN, OKAY?

01:04:19.866 --> 01:04:20.899
ALL RIGHT.


01:04:20.999 --> 01:04:21.833
VLAD: IF YOU
INVITE ME, I WILL.

01:04:21.933 --> 01:04:22.466
REBECCA: I WILL.


01:04:22.566 --> 01:04:23.133
NO, I WILL.


01:04:23.233 --> 01:04:23.966
I GOT IT ON RECORDING.


01:04:24.066 --> 01:04:24.899
ALL RIGHT.


01:04:24.999 --> 01:04:25.933
AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE,
FOR LISTENING TO

01:04:26.033 --> 01:04:27.499
<i>THE REBECCA WEISS PODCAST</i> .