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>> WELL, WELCOME
BACK, JENNY.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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>> I'M SO HAPPY TO
HAVE YOU BACK HERE

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ON OUR NEW SET.


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>> YES, I LOVE IT.


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>> OKAY.


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SO SHARE YOUR
HEART WITH US,

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WHAT HAS GOD BEEN
SPEAKING TO YOU?

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WHAT HAS HE PUT
ON YOUR HEART?

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>> YEAH.


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SO THERE IS THIS
INCREDIBLE REVELATION

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THAT GOD IS UNFOLDING
AS WE SPEAK.

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BUT IT STARTED WITH A
DREAM THAT I HAD

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JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.


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AND THIS IS A CRAZY DREAM.


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I'M JUST GOING TO WARN YOU
AND EVERYBODY ELSE RIGHT NOW.

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AND IT PROBABLY FEELS MORE
CRAZY BECAUSE IT WAS ME

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IN THE DREAM
EXPERIENCING THIS.

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BUT BASICALLY IN THE DREAM
MY FIVE KIDS ARE

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STANDING IN FRONT OF ME.


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AND I AM SAYING TO THEM,


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HEY, YOU NEED
TO SHOW ME LOVE.

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AND THEY'RE JUST
INDIFFERENT,

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TOTALLY APATHETIC.


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AND I'M LIKE, HEY, YOU
GUYS NEED TO SHOW ME

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HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME.


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AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,


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THEY BECOME
MORE INDIFFERENT,

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MORE APATHETIC, AND
THEY START LOOKING

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ALMOST LIKE PLASTIC,


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LIKE, THEY'RE
NOT TALKING,

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THEY'RE NOT MOVING.


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AND THEY START KIND OF
PULLING AWAY FROM ME.

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THIS IS WHERE IT
GETS REALLY ROUGH.

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I BECOME SO INCREDIBLY
DESPERATE FOR THEIR LOVE,

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LIKE A DRUG ADDICT
IN A DUMPSTER

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LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE.


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THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
I CAN DESCRIBE IT.

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AND THIS THING ROLLS
UP INSIDE OF ME

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LIKE I CAN'T LIVE


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ONE MORE MOMENT
WITHOUT YOUR LOVE.

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AND IT WAS LIKE AN
UNEXPLAINABLE, RAVISHING,

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I HAVE TO HAVE A HIT.


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OKAY.


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THEN IN THE DREAM I
BECOME VIOLENT.

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NOW, IF SOMEBODY'S JUST
JUMPING IN THIS PODCAST,

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PLEASE KNOW THAT
THIS IS A DREAM.

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IN CASE YOU JUMPED IN
RIGHT THIS MOMENT

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BECAUSE
IN THE DREAM,

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I ACTUALLY GRABBED THE
BACK OF THE HAIR

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OF MY OLDEST AND
BECOME VIOLENT.

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AND I LOOK OVER,


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THERE'S A WOMAN
SITTING AT A TABLE,

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AND SHE'S TOTALLY CALM,
TOTALLY PEACEFUL.

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SHE'S SITTING DOWN AND
SHE'S OBSERVING

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THIS WHOLE SCENE.


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AND SHE SAYS TO ME,


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OH, I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD
TO HAVE ALCOHOL

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TO MAKE ME HAPPY.


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AND I WAKE UP
FROM THE DREAM.

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THE FIRST THING I SAY
OUT OF MY MOUTH IS,

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GOD, I AM SO SORRY,


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BECAUSE I
IMMEDIATELY KNOW

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THAT HE'S ADDRESSING IDOLS.


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JUST LIKE SOMEBODY MIGHT
HAVE THE IDOL OF ALCOHOL,

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OR WE WOULD CALL
IT ADDICTION, WHATEVER.

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BUT IN THE DREAM
HE IS ADDRESSING THIS,

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I MUST HAVE X, Y, Z,
IN ORDER TO BE HAPPY.

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>> YEAH.


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>> SO I SAY TO GOD,
I'M SO SORRY.

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>> SO YOU FELT CONVICTION,
LIKE IT WAS FOR YOU PERSONALLY?

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>> WELL, IT WAS SO
EMOTIONALLY INTENSE

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AND IT FELT SO REAL


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>> YEAH.


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>> THAT THE ONLY RESPONSE
I HAD WAS, I'M SORRY.

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AND IF THIS IS ME, IF
THIS DREAM IS ABOUT ME,

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I AM SO SORRY.


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SO THEN I GO TO MY LIVING
ROOM TO PRAY IN THE MORNING.

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SO I GOT UP,
I GO SIT DOWN.

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BUT I CAN'T MOVE ON.


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LIKE THIS DREAM IS
SO SHOCKING.

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AND I'M SO SHOOK
THAT I SAID, OKAY, GOD,

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I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THIS DREAM.

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AND HE SAYS TO ME, JENNY,


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YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
MANDATES ON MY LIFE

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IS TO HELP AMERICA
RECOVER THE FAMILY, RIGHT.

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AND HE SAYS, JENNY,


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IF THE CHURCH IS GOING
TO FIGHT FOR FAMILY,

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THEN FAMILY
CANNOT BE AN IDOL.

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THAT'S LIKE STEP
NUMBER ONE.

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BECAUSE WHEN FAMILY
IS AN IDOL,

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WHEN CHILDREN ARE
AN IDOL,

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WHEN MARRIAGE IS AN IDOL,


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YOU OPEN THE DOOR,
THE ACCESS, TO THE ENEMY.

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AND PART OF THE ATTACK
ON THE FAMILY

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THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING
ALL ACROSS AMERICA,

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WHETHER IT'S CHRISTIANS
OR NON-CHRISTIANS,

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IN PART IS
BECAUSE OF THE IDOLATRY

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AROUND FAMILY.


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SO THEN I SAID, OKAY.


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AND THEN HE REMINDED ME,


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I WOKE UP IN
NEW YORK CITY

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A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, BEFORE
I COULD FULLY GET AWAKE

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BECAUSE GOD LIKES TO
SPEAK TO ME

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BEFORE I CAN REALLY THINK.


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>> YEAH.


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>> YOU KNOW, SO IT'S
JUST HIM.

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AND HE SAID TO ME,


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JENNY, AN IDOL IS
ANYTHING YOU RELY ON

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TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.


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>> WOW.


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>> SO HE REMINDED
ME OF THAT

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BECAUSE I'D FORGOTTEN
ABOUT IT.

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AND I SAID, OKAY, I'M STARTING
TO CATCH THIS.

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AND HE SAID WHEN PARENTS NEED
THEIR CHILDREN'S LOVE SO BAD

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AND THEY MUST HAVE
IT IN ORDER TO BE HAPPY,

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AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR
CHILDREN'S AFFIRMATION,

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IF THEY DON'T HAVE THIS
RECIPROCATED LOVE,

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LIKE I'VE LOVED YOU.


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I PAY FOR YOU.


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I DO THIS FOR YOU.


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YOU OWE ME LOVE.


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HE SAID THAT'S IDOLATRY.


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OKAY.


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SO I SAT WITH THAT
THAT DAY AND THOUGHT,

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OKAY, THIS IS A KEY


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TO THE NATION.


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CERTAINLY A KEY FOR ME.


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SO I BEGAN UNPACKING
IDOLS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

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AND YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME
AND ASK ME A QUESTION

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ANY TIME.


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I'M JUST ROLLING HERE.


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>> NO, GO.


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>> OKAY.


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SO THE NEXT THING
THAT HAPPENED WAS

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OF COURSE, I'M THINKING
ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

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EXODUS 20, THE FIRST ONE,


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YOU WILL HAVE NO
OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.

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IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD IS
THIS EGOTISTICAL, LIKE

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YOU HAVE TO LOVE ME ONLY
AND I AM THE BEST.

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YOU KNOW, HE IS THE BEST,
BUT IT'S BECAUSE

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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE
ACTUALLY SET UP

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TO PROTECT US FROM THE ENEMY


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AND KEEP US ON
THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,

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THE PATH OF --
THE PATH OF LIGHT.

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THE PATH OF DESTINY.


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SO, IT IS -- IT'S THE
FIRST COMMANDMENT.

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YOU WILL HAVE NO
OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.

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SO THEN I START THINKING
ABOUT, WAIT A MINUTE,

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THIS IS WHAT
ABRAHAM FACED, RIGHT?

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HERE WE HAVE THIS GUY
WHO FOR DECADES

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HAD TO BELIEVE GOD


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THAT HE WOULD HAVE A
SON, RIGHT,

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AND ALL HE'S
WANTING TO DO IS

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BELIEVE GOD FOR DECADES.


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HIS WIFE IS NOW OLD, BEYOND
CHILDBEARING YEARS

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AND GOD IS LIKE, I'M NOT ONLY
GOING TO GIVE YOU A SON,

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I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE
DESCENDANTS THAT WILL

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NUMBER THE SANDS
OF THE SEASHORE,

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THE STARS IN THE SKY.


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LIKE, THIS CRAZY PROMISE.


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AND HERE'S ABRAHAM JUST
OBEYING GOD SAYING,

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OKAY, I BELIEVE
YOU, YOU KNOW.

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AND HE GOES THE
ACHES AND PAINS

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OF BELIEVING AND NOT RECEIVING
AND ALL THE THINGS.

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HE FINALLY GETS HIS SON
ISAAC, AND THEN

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IN GENESIS 22 IT SAYS,


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AFTER A WHILE,


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THEY SAY THAT ISAAC WAS
MAYBE 12 OR 13 YEARS OLD,

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LONG ENOUGH TO FALL IN
LOVE WITH THE PROMISE.

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LONG ENOUGH TO SAY THIS
MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

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IN FACT, IT SAYS, ISAAC,
YOUR ONLY SON,

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THE ONE YOU LOVE,


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I WANT YOU TO SACRIFICE.


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SO ISN'T IT CRAZY THAT GOD
CALLS US TO BELIEVE HIM

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FOR FAMILY, FOR WHATEVER,
FOR THE BLESSING.

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AND THEN AFTER SOME TIME


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HE WANTS IT BACK.


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AND SO HERE'S ABRAHAM
BEING OBEDIENT,

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GOES TO THE TOP
OF THIS MOUNTAIN.

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ISAAC IS LIKE, WHERE'S
THE SACRIFICE, DAD?

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YOU KNOW, AND HE DOESN'T
REALIZE IT'S HIM.

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ABRAHAM LAYS HIM ON THE ALTAR,
RAISES THE KNIFE,

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AND THE ANGEL OF THE
LORD SAYS, STOP.

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NOW WE KNOW THAT YOU
FEAR THE LORD.

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AND HERE'S WHAT'S SO SPECIAL.


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IF YOU READ ON AT THE
END OF GENESIS 22,

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IT SAYS NOW THAT WE KNOW
THAT YOU FEAR THE LORD,

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WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE YOU A NATION.

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>> YEAH.


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>> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
YOUR DESCENDANTS SO GREAT

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THAT THEY NUMBER
THE SANDS OF THE SEASHORE,

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THE STARS OF THE SKY.


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AND IT WAS LIKE WE CAN'T
MULTIPLY YOUR LIFE

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UNTIL YOU HAND OVER THE VERY
THING THAT YOU BELIEVED FOR.

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SO GOD BEGAN TO SPEAK
TO ME ABOUT IDOLATRY.

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AND I LOOKED UP
SOME SCRIPTURES

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AND THIS ONE REALLY
HIT ME HARD,

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AND IT'S PSALM -- I'M
GOING TO READ THIS.

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IT'S PSALM 115, VERSE
4 THROUGH 8.

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OKAY. SO LISTEN TO THIS.


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BUT THEIR IDOLS ARE
SILVER AND GOLD

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MADE BY HUMAN HANDS.


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SO WE THINK OF
IDOLS AS OBJECTS, RIGHT?

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>> YEAH.


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>> SILVER AND GOLD.
BUT THEY HAVE MOUTHS,

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BUT CANNOT SPEAK.


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EYES, BUT CANNOT SEE.


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THEY HAVE EARS,
BUT CANNOT HEAR.

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NOSES, BUT CANNOT SMELL.


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THEY HAVE HANDS,
BUT CANNOT FEEL.

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FEET, BUT CANNOT WALK.


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NOR CAN THEY UTTER A SOUND
WITH THEIR THROATS.

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AND HERE'S THE WHOLE THING


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THAT I WANT TO
POINT OUT.

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THOSE WHO MAKE THEM
WILL BE LIKE THEM,

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AND SO WILL ALL WHO
TRUST IN THEM.

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OKAY.


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HOLD ON.


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SO IF WE MAKE AN IDOL
OR WE TRUST IN AN IDOL,

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WE WILL BECOME
LIKE THE IDOL

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THAT WAS JUST
DESCRIBED.

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A MOUTH CANNOT SPEAK.


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WE HAVE EYES BUT
WE CAN'T SEE.

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WE HAVE EARS,
BUT WE CAN'T HEAR.

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WE HAVE HANDS,
BUT WE CAN'T FEEL.

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AND THE LORD STARTED
SHARING WITH ME

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
HAVE IDOLS IS,

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YOU BECOME
SPIRITUALLY NUMB.

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YOU HAVE EARS, BUT YOU
CAN'T HEAR.

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YOU HAVE A MOUTH BUT YOU
CAN'T EVEN PRAISE GOD

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WITH IT ANYMORE.


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YOU HAVE FEET, BUT YOU
CAN'T ACTUALLY WALK WITH ME.

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BECAUSE WHEN
WE HAVE IDOLS,

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WE BECOME NEUTRALIZED IN
OUR SPIRITUALITY.

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AND IF WE TAKE ON THAT
IN OUR SPIRIT,

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OUR BODY STARTS
TAKING THAT ON.

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I REALLY BELIEVE,
AND THIS IS NO CONDEMNATION,

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AND THIS IS NOT A FORMULA,


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BUT COULD IT BE THAT SOME
PEOPLE HAVE A CRIPPLED BODY

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BECAUSE OF IDOLS?


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BECAUSE OF THE
INABILITY TO WALK,

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THE INABILITY TO HEAR,
THE INABILITY TO SEE.

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I KNOW THAT FOR
ME IN MY LIFE,

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THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE
I STEP INTO A ROOM

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AND THERE'S A WORSHIP
SETTING GOING ON

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AND EVERYBODY'S ON FIRE,


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AND I FEEL LIKE I
DIDN'T CATCH THAT WAVE.

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GOD, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.


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GOD, WHERE ARE YOU?


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AND HE'S LIKE, YOU'VE
BEEN PRETTY BUSY

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WORKING ON SOMETHING,
RIGHT, THAT HE GAVE ME.

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>> YEAH.


00:10:13.867 --> 00:10:16.934
>> AND THAT I THINK
IS THE TRICKY PART, REBECCA.

00:10:17.034 --> 00:10:20.634
HOW DO WE KNOW IF WHAT
GOD GAVE US

00:10:20.734 --> 00:10:22.733
HAS BECOME AN IDOL?


00:10:22.833 --> 00:10:24.033
>> HOW?


00:10:24.133 --> 00:10:25.333
>> SO THIS IS WHAT
HE'S BEEN UNPACKING.

00:10:25.433 --> 00:10:27.000
I'M SURE THERE'S GOING
TO BE MORE TO THIS,

00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:30.300
BUT IDOLS,


00:10:30.400 --> 00:10:32.433
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT IN THE
SPIRITUAL SENSE.

00:10:32.533 --> 00:10:36.900
IDOLS ARE ATTACHED
TO ALTARS

00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:38.733
SO WE ARE MOBILE ALTARS.


00:10:38.833 --> 00:10:40.134
WHEN WE WORSHIP AND
PRAISE GOD,

00:10:40.234 --> 00:10:42.434
WE'RE BUILDING A HOLY FIRE


00:10:42.534 --> 00:10:44.400
BECAUSE WE'RE
WORSHIPPING GOD.

00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:46.033
SO WHEN WE WORSHIP


00:10:46.133 --> 00:10:49.433
WE'RE BUILDING AN ALTAR,
AND THERE'S POWER, RIGHT?

00:10:49.533 --> 00:10:51.467
WHEN WE WORSHIP YOU CAN
FEEL THE POWER OF GOD.

00:10:51.567 --> 00:10:54.034
YOU CAN FEEL THE RISING
UP OF THE SPIRIT.

00:10:54.134 --> 00:10:57.167
WELL, WHEN WE
WORSHIP IDOLS,

00:10:57.267 --> 00:11:00.700
WE ACTUALLY POWER UP
A DEMONIC ALTAR

00:11:00.800 --> 00:11:03.033
ON THE INSIDE OF US
AND IT'S WHAT

00:11:03.133 --> 00:11:07.800
THE ENEMY USES IN
US TO HAVE POWER.

00:11:07.900 --> 00:11:08.900
>> TO GAIN ACCESS.


00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.134
>> TO GAIN ACCESS TO US
AND ACTUALLY GET POWER

00:11:11.234 --> 00:11:12.200
FROM US.


00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:14.167
NOBODY LISTENING TO THIS
PODCAST WOKE UP TODAY

00:11:14.267 --> 00:11:16.600
AND SAID, I WANT TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP

00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:18.034
THE ENEMY RUIN MY LIFE.


00:11:18.134 --> 00:11:19.067
>> YEAH.


00:11:19.167 --> 00:11:20.767
>> NOBODY SAID THAT.


00:11:20.867 --> 00:11:24.233
BUT I BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS ONE OF THE KEYS

00:11:24.333 --> 00:11:27.600
TO US GIVING --
GIVING THE ENEMY ACCESS,

00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:31.133
IS WHEN WE GET OUR
EYES ON SOMETHING

00:11:31.233 --> 00:11:32.400
AND IT'S HIGHER THAN THE LORD.


00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:34.500
HOW DO WE KNOW?


00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:38.367
IDOLS CAUSE US TO BE SLAVES.


00:11:38.467 --> 00:11:39.500
>> YEAH.


00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:41.000
>> SO THE LORD SHOWED ME
THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:41.867
WE HAVE MINISTRIES.


00:11:41.967 --> 00:11:42.633
YOU HAVE A MINISTRY.


00:11:42.733 --> 00:11:43.600
WE HAVE FAMILIES.


00:11:43.700 --> 00:11:44.200
WE HAVE ALL THESE
WONDERFUL THINGS THAT

00:11:44.300 --> 00:11:45.867
GOD ASKED US TO DO.


00:11:45.967 --> 00:11:46.533
AND THE LORD SAID TO ME,


00:11:46.633 --> 00:11:48.633
JENNY, THE DIFFERENCES,


00:11:48.733 --> 00:11:52.100
STEWARDSHIP VERSUS SLAVERY.


00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.000
WHEN YOU BECOME A SLAVE
TO THE THING I GAVE YOU

00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:57.534
AND YOU'VE LOST
YOUR AUTHORITY IN IT,

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YOU HAVE FEAR IN IT,


00:11:59.367 --> 00:12:01.133
LIKE FEAR OF HOW YOUR CHILDREN
ARE GOING TO TURN OUT,

00:12:01.233 --> 00:12:03.033
OR FEAR THAT YOU DIDN'T
DO A GOOD-ENOUGH JOB,

00:12:03.133 --> 00:12:06.267
OR FEAR THAT YOU WON'T
BE ENOUGH FOR THEM AS A MOM,

00:12:06.367 --> 00:12:08.034
AND SO YOU CATER TO THEM,


00:12:08.134 --> 00:12:10.467
YOU -- I HAVE A LIST
HERE OF THINGS THAT

00:12:10.567 --> 00:12:14.766
MOMS MIGHT BE DOING TO
ACTUALLY IDENTIFY,

00:12:14.866 --> 00:12:16.267
OKAY, YOUR KIDS
MIGHT BE AN IDOL IF...

00:12:16.367 --> 00:12:16.934
WE CAN GO OVER THAT
LIST IF YOU WANT.

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>> YEAH.
GO FOR IT.

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>> OKAY. SO, IDOLS WILL ALWAYS
HAVE AN ELEMENT OF FEAR

00:12:21.667 --> 00:12:27.200
BECAUSE REMEMBER WHATEVER
WE IDOLIZE, WE SERVE.

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IT BECOMES OUR
MASTER.

00:12:29.134 --> 00:12:31.900
NO LONGER IS GOD THE ONE
CALLING THE SHOTS.

00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:36.000
WE HAVE TO CONSULT OUR
IDOLS WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS.

00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:38.166
AND SO I KNOW
AS A MOM,

00:12:38.266 --> 00:12:40.700
ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS FOR ME TO DO

00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:43.967
IS ALLOW MY KIDS TO
EXPERIENCE PAIN.

00:12:44.067 --> 00:12:50.200
SO, THAT'S A SIGN
THAT I HAVE AN IDOL.

00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:51.267
OKAY.


00:12:51.367 --> 00:12:52.967
NOW, TO KIND OF
REVERSE-ENGINEER THIS

00:12:53.067 --> 00:12:54.734
A LITTLE BIT.


00:12:54.834 --> 00:12:56.933
WHERE DO IDOLS COME FROM?


00:12:57.033 --> 00:12:57.933
SO I JUST ANSWERED THE
QUESTION LIKE,

00:12:58.033 --> 00:12:58.967
HOW DO WE KNOW IF
IT'S AN IDOL.

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IT'S FEAR, YOU'RE KIND
OF IN BONDAGE TO IT.

00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:03.467
YOU HAVE TO SERVE IT
BECAUSE IDOLS HAVE TO BE FED.

00:13:03.567 --> 00:13:04.767
OKAY, THEY HAVE TO BE FED.


00:13:04.867 --> 00:13:06.700
THEY HAVE TO BE SERVED AND
THEY BECOME YOUR MASTER.

00:13:06.767 --> 00:13:09.200
AND THERE'S AN OBLIGATION
THAT COMES WITH IDOLS.

00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:10.833
IF YOU'VE LOST THE JOY OF
MOTHERHOOD AND YOUR KIDS

00:13:10.933 --> 00:13:12.700
KIND OF FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE ENSLAVED TO IT,

00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:14.834
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE
BECOME AN IDOL.

00:13:14.934 --> 00:13:18.900
BUT IDOLS, THE REASON
WE GRAB THEM

00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:22.333
IS BECAUSE THEY COME
AS A SOURCE

00:13:22.433 --> 00:13:25.800
OF COMFORT,
COUNTERFEIT COMFORT

00:13:25.900 --> 00:13:28.700
FROM UNRESOLVED TRAUMA.


00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:31.533
SO WHEN WE HAVE
UNRESOLVED TRAUMA,

00:13:31.633 --> 00:13:34.667
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
TO COMFORT US IMMEDIATELY.

00:13:34.767 --> 00:13:35.667
SO IT WOULD
BE LIKE I'M SO THIRSTY.

00:13:35.767 --> 00:13:36.733
I'M SO THIRSTY.


00:13:36.833 --> 00:13:39.733
I JUST GRAB A COKE AND I
DRINK IT, AND INITIALLY,

00:13:39.833 --> 00:13:41.800
I'M LIKE, OH, THAT
MADE ME FEEL BETTER.

00:13:41.900 --> 00:13:42.766
TEN MINUTES LATER,


00:13:42.866 --> 00:13:45.133
I'M MORE DEHYDRATED
THAN I WAS BEFORE.

00:13:45.233 --> 00:13:48.600
SO IT'S THE GRABBING OF
SOMETHING TO EASE PAIN.

00:13:48.700 --> 00:13:49.733
>> THAT'S COUNTERFEIT.


00:13:49.833 --> 00:13:50.600
>> THAT'S COUNTERFEIT.


00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:54.233
SO OUR IDOLS WILL SHOW UP


00:13:54.333 --> 00:13:58.367
WHEN WE HAVE A TRAUMA THAT
JESUS NEEDS INVITED INTO,

00:13:58.467 --> 00:14:02.066
AND HE HASN'T YET BECOME
THE ONE WE WORSHIP

00:14:02.166 --> 00:14:03.033
TO EASE THE PAIN.


00:14:03.133 --> 00:14:06.267
EXAMPLE: MY PARENTS
WERE SAVED

00:14:06.367 --> 00:14:07.666
IN THE JESUS MOVEMENT.


00:14:07.766 --> 00:14:10.067
THEY BROUGHT ME TO THE
LORD, BUT AT FIVE YEARS OLD,

00:14:10.167 --> 00:14:11.900
THEY SPLIT UP.


00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.367
SEVEN YEARS OLD,
GOT A DIVORCE.

00:14:14.467 --> 00:14:15.833
AND THEN REMARRIED,
DIVORCED,

00:14:15.933 --> 00:14:18.200
REMARRIED, DIVORCED
MULTIPLE TIMES.

00:14:18.300 --> 00:14:20.733
I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE.


00:14:20.833 --> 00:14:23.034
OKAY, SO I DON'T HAVE
A FAMILY THAT LIVES

00:14:23.134 --> 00:14:23.933
UNDER ONE ROOF.


00:14:24.033 --> 00:14:24.933
I GET ON AN AIRPLANE.


00:14:25.033 --> 00:14:26.966
I FLY TO SEE MY
DAD AT EIGHT YEARS OLD,

00:14:27.066 --> 00:14:28.767
NINE YEARS OLD,
TEN YEARS OLD.

00:14:28.867 --> 00:14:30.067
WHEN I HAVE KIDS, REBECCA,


00:14:30.167 --> 00:14:33.300
NOW, THIS IS SO
INCREDIBLY DEMONIC.

00:14:33.400 --> 00:14:35.100
MY FIRST DAUGHTER,
I HOLD HER,

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:36.966
AND MY FIRST THOUGHT
IS I WOULD DIE FOR YOU.

00:14:37.066 --> 00:14:38.300
I LOVE YOU.


00:14:38.400 --> 00:14:40.033
YOU'RE THE MOST AMAZING
THING I'VE EVER SEEN.

00:14:40.133 --> 00:14:42.133
MY SECOND THOUGHT IS
I WONDER IF

00:14:42.233 --> 00:14:44.600
SHE'S DISAPPOINTED IT'S ME?


00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:45.867
>> WOW.


00:14:45.967 --> 00:14:48.000
>> I WONDER IF SHE'LL
WANT TO LEAVE ME ONE DAY.

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.866
>> WOW.


00:14:48.966 --> 00:14:52.767
>> I REMEMBER HAVING
SO MUCH FEAR

00:14:52.867 --> 00:14:56.767
THAT SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED
THAT I WAS HER MOM.

00:14:56.867 --> 00:14:59.367
AND THEN ALL OF THAT CREPT
UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T DEAL

00:14:59.467 --> 00:15:01.900
WITH IT HEAD-ON.


00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:04.800
AND I HAVE NOW THREE
KIDS AT THE TIME,

00:15:04.900 --> 00:15:07.967
AND I FEEL LIKE
I AM FAILING,

00:15:08.067 --> 00:15:09.333
AND THE VISION I SEE,


00:15:09.433 --> 00:15:11.733
IS MY KIDS BEING SCATTERED
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE

00:15:11.833 --> 00:15:14.100
ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES
THAT DON'T ENJOY EACH OTHER,

00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.000
DON'T LIKE EACH
OTHER.

00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:18.400
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE
SHORT-LIVED

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:20.300
UNTIL THEY'RE 18,
TYPE OF THING.

00:15:20.400 --> 00:15:24.133
AND I'M SO TRAPPED
IN THAT FEAR.

00:15:24.233 --> 00:15:26.700
SO THE MORE FEAR I HAD,


00:15:26.800 --> 00:15:31.667
THE MORE IT REINFORCED
THE IDOLATRY I HAD ON MY KIDS.

00:15:31.767 --> 00:15:35.233
AND THEN I HAD FEAR
AROUND SERVING THEM.

00:15:35.333 --> 00:15:39.733
NOW THE WAY I HAD
TO RENOUNCE THAT IDOL,

00:15:39.833 --> 00:15:40.666
BUT I ALSO HAD TO
GET THE TRUTH.

00:15:40.766 --> 00:15:42.200
AND GOD WAS LIKE,
I DON'T MAKE MISTAKES.

00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:43.234
YOU'RE A REALLY GOOD MOM.


00:15:43.334 --> 00:15:44.200
>> YEAH.


00:15:44.300 --> 00:15:45.467
>> AND I HAD TO REINFORCE
THE TRUTH IN ME,

00:15:45.567 --> 00:15:47.566
AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION
FOR ANOTHER DAY.

00:15:47.666 --> 00:15:50.700
BUT IDOLS COME BECAUSE
OF UNRESOLVED TRAUMA.

00:15:50.800 --> 00:15:51.834
SO IF SOMEBODY SAYS,
YOU KNOW WHAT?

00:15:51.934 --> 00:15:54.700
I DO IDOLIZE
MY HEALTH,

00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:56.433
LIKE IT'S MORE
IMPORTANT TO ME

00:15:56.533 --> 00:15:57.533
THAN MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

00:15:57.633 --> 00:15:59.100
THE FIRST THING IS, YOU
HAVE TO CONFESS IT.

00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.667
YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE
TO ADMIT IT, RIGHT?

00:16:01.767 --> 00:16:03.967
THEN YOU HAVE TO ASK
GOD THE QUESTION,

00:16:04.067 --> 00:16:06.433
WHAT PAIN IS THAT
ASSOCIATED WITH?

00:16:06.533 --> 00:16:10.433
SO I HAD AN EATING DISORDER
WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.

00:16:10.533 --> 00:16:11.833
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID.


00:16:11.933 --> 00:16:13.034
I DIDN'T KNOW WHY
I THOUGHT I WAS FAT

00:16:13.134 --> 00:16:14.234
WHEN I WASN'T.


00:16:14.334 --> 00:16:15.700
I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME.


00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:21.367
I DO NOW, BECAUSE MY DAD,
AND I LOVE MY DAD,

00:16:21.467 --> 00:16:23.500
BUT HE NEVER TOLD ME ONCE
THAT I WAS BEAUTIFUL

00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.034
AS A LITTLE GIRL
THAT I REMEMBER.

00:16:26.134 --> 00:16:27.600
AND I REMEMBER HIM
MAKING COMMENTS

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:30.433
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
WERE OVERWEIGHT.

00:16:30.533 --> 00:16:34.900
I HAD MAJOR FEAR THAT
I WOULDN'T BE LOVED

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:36.067
>> YEAH.


00:16:36.167 --> 00:16:38.200
>> IF I WAS OVERWEIGHT.


00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:40.100
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH DRESS SIZE.

00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.367
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
LIKE, LOVING EXERCISE.

00:16:43.467 --> 00:16:45.400
>> ALMOST LIKE THE REASON
WHY YOU'RE STRUGGLING

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:47.967
WITH YOUR FAMILY BEFORE YOU
ADDRESSED THAT TRAUMA,

00:16:48.067 --> 00:16:49.967
WAS YOU DID NOT WANT TO HAVE
YOUR KIDS BE RAISED

00:16:50.067 --> 00:16:51.733
IN A SITUATION LIKE
YOU WERE RAISED IN.

00:16:51.833 --> 00:16:53.167
YOU DIDN'T WANT YOUR FAMILY
TO BE SCATTERED

00:16:53.267 --> 00:16:53.867
LIKE YOUR FAMILY
WAS SCATTERED.

00:16:53.967 --> 00:16:54.933
>> YEAH.


00:16:55.033 --> 00:16:57.800
I WAS CONSTANTLY IN FEAR
I WAS DOING IT WRONG.

00:16:57.900 --> 00:16:59.834
>> SO THE TRICKY THING ABOUT
THIS AND THAT'S WHY

00:16:59.934 --> 00:17:01.500
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
TO TALK ABOUT,

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:04.000
IS IT CAN BE A GOOD
THING THAT YOU WANT.

00:17:04.100 --> 00:17:05.600
I WANT MY FAMILY
TO BE WHOLE.

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:07.400
LIKE ABRAHAM, I WANT A SON.


00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:09.666
YOU KNOW, EVEN THE GOD
DREAMS AND THE GOD PROMISES

00:17:09.766 --> 00:17:12.666
HE GIVES US, BUT WE CAN'T
MAKE THEM AN IDOL.

00:17:12.766 --> 00:17:14.200
BECAUSE THE MOMENT WE MAKE
THEM AN IDOL

00:17:14.300 --> 00:17:16.300
AND WE EXALT THEM ABOVE GOD,


00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:17.533
WE'RE NOW
ENSLAVED TO THOSE THINGS

00:17:17.633 --> 00:17:20.233
AND WE'RE LIVING IN FEAR,
AND WE LOSE OUR ABILITY

00:17:20.333 --> 00:17:21.800
TO BE POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE.


00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:23.233
AND NOW WE ARE INEFFECTIVE


00:17:23.333 --> 00:17:26.366
AND WE'RE HURTING INSTEAD
OF HELPING OUR FAMILIES.

00:17:26.466 --> 00:17:29.100
SO FOR PEOPLE, LIKE YOU
SAID, THAT MAYBE

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:30.300
THEY'RE LISTENING TO THIS
AND THEY'RE THINKING,

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.333
OKAY, I HAVE AN IDOL.


00:17:32.433 --> 00:17:35.167
HOW DO THEY UNPACK
THAT WITH THE LORD?

00:17:35.267 --> 00:17:37.066
DO THEY ASK, OKAY, GOD,


00:17:37.166 --> 00:17:37.934
WHERE DID THIS --


00:17:38.034 --> 00:17:40.067
WHERE IS THIS
STEMMING FROM?

00:17:40.167 --> 00:17:40.966
AND HOW DO THEY
WALK THROUGH THAT?

00:17:41.066 --> 00:17:42.200
>> YEP.


00:17:42.300 --> 00:17:46.934
ASK WHAT PAIN
IS THIS MASKING

00:17:47.034 --> 00:17:48.800
AND CONNECTED TO, EXACTLY.


00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:51.433
BECAUSE IF YOU
GO BACK TO THAT,

00:17:51.533 --> 00:17:53.167
WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS
GOING THROUGH SUCH HARD STUFF

00:17:53.267 --> 00:17:55.600
AND I HADN'T UNDERSTOOD
REALLY THAT I HAD AN IDOL

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.900
IN MY KIDS,


00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:58.333
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
YOUR FIRST TEENAGER

00:17:58.433 --> 00:17:59.900
AND SHE'S A GIRL
AND THERE'S HORMONES,

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.133
AND SHE'S GOING THROUGH STUFF.


00:18:01.233 --> 00:18:04.066
AND I REMEMBER I WAS ON MY
SPIN BIKE AND I WAS LIKE,

00:18:04.166 --> 00:18:06.633
GOD, I SHOULD'VE TAKEN
HER TO THE PARK MORE.

00:18:06.733 --> 00:18:08.234
I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS MORE.


00:18:08.334 --> 00:18:10.800
I PROBABLY DIDN'T DO THIS.


00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:14.466
AND THEN I RAN OUT OF ALL
MY EYES AND GOD SAID

00:18:14.566 --> 00:18:16.900
IN ONLY THE WAY THAT HE CAN
MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT,

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.834
SAID GET OVER
YOURSELF.

00:18:18.934 --> 00:18:21.967
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY.


00:18:22.067 --> 00:18:23.333
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I
WAS EXPECTING TO HEAR.

00:18:23.433 --> 00:18:28.100
>> AND HE SAID, JENNY, ALL
OF THIS POINTS TO

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:30.600
WHERE YOU HAVEN'T YET
BEEN HEALED.

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:32.733
THIS IS ACTUALLY
NOT ABOUT HER.

00:18:32.833 --> 00:18:35.067
SHE'S A YOUNG GIRL WHO HAS
A DESTINY ON HER LIFE

00:18:35.167 --> 00:18:37.700
AND THE DEVIL'S JOB
IS TO ATTACK HER.

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:40.633
SHE'S LIKE ANYBODY ELSE
WHO LOVES ME,

00:18:40.733 --> 00:18:43.167
AND SHE WILL LEARN
TO WARFARE.

00:18:43.267 --> 00:18:45.934
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH HER,

00:18:46.034 --> 00:18:46.867
HOW YOU FEEL.


00:18:46.967 --> 00:18:49.400
THIS IS ABOUT THE FEAR
THAT YOU HAVE

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:52.200
NOT BEEN HEALED FROM
FROM YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD.

00:18:52.300 --> 00:18:53.100
>> WOW.


00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.267
>> ALL OF SUDDEN
I GOT MY POWER BACK.

00:18:54.367 --> 00:18:56.500
BECAUSE I CAN'T CONTROL
A 13 YEAR OLD.

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:58.234
BUT I COULD SAY, OKAY,


00:18:58.334 --> 00:19:00.700
WHAT PART OF ME, GOD,
IS NOT YET HEALED?

00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:02.733
AND I HAD TO GO BACK
AND FORGIVE MY MOM.

00:19:02.833 --> 00:19:04.633
FORGIVE MY DAD AGAIN.


00:19:04.733 --> 00:19:07.467
I HAD TO WALK
THROUGH THE DENIAL

00:19:07.567 --> 00:19:08.433
I WAS IN.


00:19:08.533 --> 00:19:09.367
YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS LIKE


00:19:09.467 --> 00:19:10.934
OH, ALL THAT PAIN
FROM MY CHILDHOOD

00:19:11.034 --> 00:19:11.800
JUST MADE ME BETTER.


00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:13.133
YOU KNOW, I USED
ALL OF THAT TO SAY

00:19:13.233 --> 00:19:14.567
IT ALL MADE ME BETTER,
MADE ME BETTER.

00:19:14.667 --> 00:19:16.334
AND GOD'S LIKE, NO, I
ACTUALLY GRIEVED ABOUT IT.

00:19:16.434 --> 00:19:18.933
IT ACTUALLY MADE ME CRY TO
THINK THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE

00:19:19.033 --> 00:19:21.233
A HOME OF A MOM AND DAD
THAT COULD TAKE CARE OF YOU

00:19:21.333 --> 00:19:22.200
GROWING UP.


00:19:22.300 --> 00:19:24.467
AND I HAD TO
GET REAL, REBECCA,

00:19:24.567 --> 00:19:26.100
I HAD TO GET REAL
WITH MYSELF.

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:27.567
TAKE OFF THE MASK.


00:19:27.667 --> 00:19:31.233
AND ACTUALLY CRY FOR
ME AS A 13 YEAR OLD

00:19:31.333 --> 00:19:32.400
THAT DIDN'T HAVE A DAD.


00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:34.733
HE'S LIKE WHAT
ABOUT YOU AT 13?

00:19:34.833 --> 00:19:37.134
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
IT FEELS BETTER

00:19:37.234 --> 00:19:38.467
TO BE STRONG AND POWERFUL.


00:19:38.567 --> 00:19:39.533
AND THE LORD --


00:19:39.633 --> 00:19:41.567
>> BECAUSE YOU CAN CONTROL
THAT FIRST MOMENT,

00:19:41.667 --> 00:19:43.500
BUT IT WON'T ACTUALLY
WORK LONG TERM.

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.700
>> YEP.


00:19:44.800 --> 00:19:47.334
AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE
GO TOWARDS THE PAINFUL THING,

00:19:47.434 --> 00:19:49.634
IT FEELS LIKE WE'LL
NEVER RECOVER.

00:19:49.734 --> 00:19:51.533
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO
FEEL BAD FOR MYSELF.

00:19:51.633 --> 00:19:52.333
IT WAS LIKE
OH, GOD FORBID,

00:19:52.433 --> 00:19:53.700
I'VE BECOME A VICTIM, RIGHT,


00:19:53.800 --> 00:19:56.867
BUT GOD WAS LIKE, NO, I NEED
YOU TO SEE YOURSELF

00:19:56.967 --> 00:19:59.534
AS A 13 YEAR OLD AGAIN
AND I WANT TO HEAL

00:19:59.634 --> 00:20:03.800
THAT 13 YEAR OLD
WHO NEEDED A DAD.

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:06.333
YOU KNOW, GOD'S LIKE I WILL
NEVER SAY THAT IT WAS

00:20:06.433 --> 00:20:08.633
BETTER FOR YOU NOT TO
HAVE A DAD IN THE HOME.

00:20:08.733 --> 00:20:10.266
>> YEAH. THAT WASN'T HIS
PLAN FOR YOU.

00:20:10.366 --> 00:20:11.434
>> EXACTLY.


00:20:11.534 --> 00:20:14.433
BUT HE CAN MOVE IN SPITE
OF THE BROKENNESS IN OUR LIVES

00:20:14.533 --> 00:20:16.133
AND HE CAN RESTORE
AND HE CAN HEAL.

00:20:16.233 --> 00:20:18.067
BUT WHAT YOU'RE TAPPING ON,
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS

00:20:18.167 --> 00:20:19.066
LIKE THE THIRD TIME.


00:20:19.166 --> 00:20:19.967
IT'S INTERESTING.


00:20:20.067 --> 00:20:21.100
I'VE HEARD SOMETHING
SIMILAR TO THIS.

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.100
MAYBE IN THE LAST WEEK,


00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.933
I ACTUALLY HEARD A GUY ON
ANOTHER PODCAST

00:20:24.033 --> 00:20:26.934
TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY THING
WHERE WE HAVE TRAUMA

00:20:27.034 --> 00:20:28.100
IN OUR LIVES,


00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:30.300
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE THIS
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.600
THAT WE BUILD WITH JESUS.


00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:33.766
WE BUILD THIS PLACE OF
TRUST, AND THEN IN

00:20:33.866 --> 00:20:35.700
THE RIGHT TIMING, KIND
OF LIKE AN ONION,

00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:38.967
LAYER BY LAYER HE BEGINS
TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS.

00:20:39.067 --> 00:20:41.500
AND HIS MERCY AND HIS WAY
AND HIS TIMING.

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:44.267
AND YOU INVITE GOD INTO THOSE
MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE

00:20:44.367 --> 00:20:46.600
AND YOU REALIZE AND IT'S LIKE
ANY TIME SOMEONE

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.600
PRAYS THIS PRAYER,


00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.233
YOU KNOW, GOD,
WHERE WERE YOU?

00:20:48.333 --> 00:20:49.500
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?


00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:51.400
HE WAS THERE WITH YOU IN
THOSE PAINFUL MOMENTS

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:53.400
AND HE WAS GRIEVING FOR YOU
BECAUSE HE NEVER

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.567
WANTED THAT FOR YOU.


00:20:54.667 --> 00:20:55.533
>> THAT'S RIGHT.


00:20:55.633 --> 00:20:57.167
>> AND WHEN YOU'RE
ABLE TO PROCESS IT,

00:20:57.267 --> 00:21:00.134
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS
LONG INTENSE PROCESS,

00:21:00.234 --> 00:21:02.766
BUT YOU NEED TO PROCESS IT
WITH THE LORD.

00:21:02.866 --> 00:21:04.934
AND THEN WHEN YOU PROCESS IT,
YOU CAN GET HEALING.

00:21:05.034 --> 00:21:06.400
AND THEN YOU CAN
MOVE FORWARD.

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.900
BUT IF YOU JUST TRY TO
SLAP A BAND-AID ON IT

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:10.067
AND SAY, OH, I'M FINE.


00:21:10.167 --> 00:21:10.833
I'M GOING TO PUSH FORWARD


00:21:10.933 --> 00:21:12.466
THEN WORK THROUGH IT.


00:21:12.566 --> 00:21:14.967
AND THIS IS THE THING,
BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED TO ME.

00:21:15.067 --> 00:21:17.767
WHEN WE GET MARRIED
AND WHEN WE HAVE CHILDREN,

00:21:17.867 --> 00:21:21.267
WHATEVER WAS UNDERNEATH
THE SURFACE OF OUR CHILDHOOD,

00:21:21.367 --> 00:21:22.866
IT COMES UP TO THE SURFACE.


00:21:22.966 --> 00:21:24.367
BECAUSE I REMEMBER
WHEN I HAD MY FIRST,

00:21:24.467 --> 00:21:26.734
I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH.


00:21:26.834 --> 00:21:28.300
IT WAS --
I WAS TERRIFIED.

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.766
>> BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF CONTROL.


00:21:29.866 --> 00:21:30.667
>> EXACTLY.


00:21:30.767 --> 00:21:31.600
>> WE'RE TAKING CARE OF
ANOTHER LIFE

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.667
AND WE'RE COMPLETELY
OUT OF CONTROL.

00:21:32.767 --> 00:21:36.033
AND ALL OF OUR MECHANISMS
TO COPE AND CONTROL

00:21:36.133 --> 00:21:37.600
ARE TAKEN AWAY FROM US.


00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.900
>> THAT'S TRUE.


00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.667
>> AND THAT'S WHY
IT'S SO GOOD

00:21:39.767 --> 00:21:40.634
TO HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN.


00:21:40.734 --> 00:21:42.433
>> YEAH. IT IS.


00:21:42.533 --> 00:21:45.033
>> AND THAT'S WHAT'S
BEAUTIFUL ABOUT MARRIAGE

00:21:45.133 --> 00:21:47.200
AND ABOUT HAVING --
BEAUTIFUL ABOUT FAMILY,

00:21:47.300 --> 00:21:48.466
HAVING KIDS,


00:21:48.566 --> 00:21:52.233
IS THAT IT CAN MAKE YOU
MORE WHOLE IF YOU ALLOW GOD

00:21:52.333 --> 00:21:54.033
TO MAKE YOU
WHOLE THROUGH IT.

00:21:54.133 --> 00:21:55.567
NOT THAT THEY, THE PEOPLE,
MAKE YOU WHOLE,

00:21:55.667 --> 00:21:57.966
BUT MEANING THAT THEY WILL
HIGHLIGHT THINGS

00:21:58.066 --> 00:22:00.100
WITHIN YOURSELF AND THEN YOU
CAN GO TO GOD AND SAY,

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.134
OKAY, WHAT IS THIS?


00:22:01.234 --> 00:22:02.333
>> ABSOLUTELY.


00:22:02.433 --> 00:22:04.833
>> AND HE BRINGS YOU
UP TO THAT PLACE.

00:22:04.933 --> 00:22:05.667
>> TOTALLY.


00:22:05.767 --> 00:22:06.500
AND WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:08.233
THE PROCESS OF SURRENDER.


00:22:08.333 --> 00:22:11.600
SO I THINK AS WE HAVE
CHILDREN AND, YOU KNOW,

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:13.500
GO THROUGH MARRIAGE AND WE'RE
BUILDING THIS FAMILY,

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:15.333
I THINK WE
EITHER OVER TIME --

00:22:15.433 --> 00:22:16.867
THERE'S NO SUCH
THING AS NEUTRAL.

00:22:16.967 --> 00:22:19.767
WE EITHER GET HARD-HEARTED
OVER TIME,

00:22:19.867 --> 00:22:22.100
MORE AND MORE AND
MORE HARD-HEARTED,

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.800
OR WE GET MORE TENDER.


00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:25.234
WE GET MORE COMPASSIONATE.


00:22:25.334 --> 00:22:27.234
WE GET MORE UNDERSTANDING.


00:22:27.334 --> 00:22:28.933
AND FOR ANYBODY
LISTENING TO THIS,

00:22:29.033 --> 00:22:30.933
IT'S LIKE, OH, MAN, MY KIDS
ARE GROWN UP,

00:22:31.033 --> 00:22:33.800
BUT I SHOULD HAVE DONE
BETTER, AND, YOU KNOW,

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.200
ALL OF THAT'S FEAR TOO.


00:22:35.300 --> 00:22:36.400
ALL OF THAT'S GUILT.


00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:38.733
YOU KNOW, GOD HAD KIDS
THAT KILLED EACH OTHER.

00:22:38.833 --> 00:22:39.566
OKAY.


00:22:39.666 --> 00:22:41.066
AND GOD DID THE
PERFECT THING.

00:22:41.166 --> 00:22:42.600
HE GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO THE RIGHT THING,

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:44.766
BUT GOD NEVER
CONTROLLED ANYBODY.

00:22:44.866 --> 00:22:46.966
AND SO WE CAN'T
CONTROL OUTCOMES EITHER.

00:22:47.066 --> 00:22:49.600
WE CAN ONLY GIVE
OUR KIDS OPPORTUNITY.

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:53.933
BUT, YOU KNOW, MOTHERHOOD IS
SUCH AN INCREDIBLE INVITATION

00:22:54.033 --> 00:22:55.733
TO WHOLENESS BECAUSE
IT WILL EXPOSE,

00:22:55.833 --> 00:22:58.033
SO WILL MARRIAGE,


00:22:58.133 --> 00:23:01.533
IT WILL EXPOSE THE AREAS
THAT WE'VE BEEN HIDING

00:23:01.633 --> 00:23:03.767
FROM OURSELVES THAT ARE
REALLY, REALLY PAINFUL.

00:23:03.867 --> 00:23:06.434
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, GOD WILL
OPEN IT UP LIKE AN ONION.

00:23:06.534 --> 00:23:08.300
AND GOD IS SO GOOD BECAUSE
WE'LL BE LIKE,

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.900
MAN, I'M DOING SO GOOD AND
A COUPLE YEARS LATER

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:13.433
HE'S LIKE, SO, JENNY,
HOW ABOUT...

00:23:13.533 --> 00:23:15.200
I'M LIKE, OH, WOW. OKAY,


00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:16.934
[ LAUGHTER ]


00:23:17.034 --> 00:23:19.300
YEAH, BUT NOW, I'M NOT
AFRAID OF THAT PROCESS ANYMORE

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:21.567
BECAUSE IT'S NOT
LIKE QUICKSAND TO ME.

00:23:21.667 --> 00:23:22.867
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M SINKING.


00:23:22.967 --> 00:23:25.634
NO, IT'S LIKE ACTUALLY
I'M BUILT UP

00:23:25.734 --> 00:23:30.134
MORE IN GOD WHEN
THOSE PAIN POINTS

00:23:30.234 --> 00:23:32.000
GET EXPOSED BY GOD.


00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:33.433
YOU KNOW, NOT BY THE WORLD,
BUT BY GOD.

00:23:33.533 --> 00:23:35.467
>> EXACTLY. AND I WOULD
JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

00:23:35.567 --> 00:23:39.834
NOT TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF
TAKING THIS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS

00:23:39.934 --> 00:23:42.300
AND TRYING TO DO IT
YOURSELF AND TRYING TO FIX

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.034
IT ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE
IN THE BEGINNING,

00:23:44.134 --> 00:23:44.934
I WAS AFRAID.


00:23:45.034 --> 00:23:47.033
I WAS AFRAID OF
MY OWN BROKENNESS.

00:23:47.133 --> 00:23:48.200
AND I REMEMBER THINKING,


00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:50.000
OKAY, I HAVE MY TOOLS, LIKE
I WENT TO CHURCH

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:51.333
AND I LEARNED ABOUT INNER
HEALING AND I REMEMBER

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:53.000
THEM SAYING THAT IS NOT
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:54.867
AND THEY SAY SO MANY PEOPLE
COME TO THE CHURCH THINKING,

00:23:54.967 --> 00:23:56.734
I'M GOING TO LEARN HOW TO DO
THIS AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS,

00:23:56.834 --> 00:23:58.467
AND HE SAID,
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.

00:23:58.567 --> 00:24:00.767
IT'S A JOURNEY AND IT'S
LEARNING TO INVITE GOD

00:24:00.867 --> 00:24:03.167
IN TO YOUR HEART AND WORK
THROUGH THESE THINGS,

00:24:03.267 --> 00:24:05.733
AND WHAT SCRIPTURE SAYS ABOUT
FORGIVENESS AND JUDGMENT

00:24:05.833 --> 00:24:06.667
AND ALL THESE THINGS.


00:24:06.767 --> 00:24:07.833
BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT
THESE TOOLS

00:24:07.933 --> 00:24:09.533
THAT YOU DO YOURSELF.


00:24:09.633 --> 00:24:12.333
IT'S REALLY
SURRENDERING TO GOD.

00:24:12.433 --> 00:24:13.434
BUT GOD REALLY BROUGHT ME
OUT OF A PLACE

00:24:13.534 --> 00:24:14.933
OF HE'S NOT INTIMIDATED BY


00:24:15.033 --> 00:24:16.967
OUR BROKENNESS AND HE IS
FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE

00:24:17.067 --> 00:24:18.733
THE WORK THAT HE
BEGINS IN US.

00:24:18.833 --> 00:24:21.300
WE REALLY NEED TO JUST
SURRENDER, OPEN OURSELVES UP,

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:24.634
AND TRUST HIM AND ALLOW
HIM TO DO THE WORK WITHIN US,

00:24:24.734 --> 00:24:28.000
AND NOT RUN AWAY OR
HIDE OR BE ASHAMED BECAUSE

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:29.666
THE ENEMY USES ALL THESE
THINGS TO, YOU KNOW,

00:24:29.766 --> 00:24:32.000
PARALYZE US WITH
FEAR OR FEEL SHAME

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:34.267
SO WE DON'T OPEN UP AND
TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT,

00:24:34.367 --> 00:24:36.233
BUT THE BEST THING
WE CAN DO IS GET INTO

00:24:36.333 --> 00:24:37.734
THAT DIALOGUE WITH HIM.


00:24:37.834 --> 00:24:38.833
>> ABSOLUTELY.


00:24:38.933 --> 00:24:42.566
AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT IS WAITING WELL.

00:24:42.666 --> 00:24:45.333
SO IN OUR ANXIETY,
WHEN WE'RE STARTING

00:24:45.433 --> 00:24:46.833
TO FEEL RESTLESS OR WHATEVER,


00:24:46.933 --> 00:24:48.167
AND WE HAVE A GO-TO
THAT WE REACH FOR.

00:24:48.267 --> 00:24:49.300
>> YEAH.


00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:51.100
>> WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW,
SOCIAL MEDIA

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:53.900
OR GETTING LOST IN SOMETHING
THAT'S NOT EVIL.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.167
I MEAN, SURE, THERE'S SIN
AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION

00:24:56.267 --> 00:24:58.833
TO BE HAD, BUT TODAY WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS

00:24:58.933 --> 00:25:01.867
THAT GOD ACTUALLY GIVES US
THAT ARE POSITIVE TOOLS

00:25:01.967 --> 00:25:04.167
AND MARRIAGES AND
KIDS AND ALL THAT.

00:25:04.267 --> 00:25:05.267
SO CAN YOU WAIT WELL?


00:25:05.367 --> 00:25:06.700
HERE'S ONE EXAMPLE.


00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:08.900
THE ISRAELITES, OKAY,


00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:12.100
SO PHARAOH AND ALL HIS ARMY


00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.333
GET SWALLOWED
UP IN THE SEA.

00:25:13.433 --> 00:25:14.900
THEY GO ACROSS DRY LAND.


00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.466
THEY LOOK BACK AND ALL
OF THEIR ENEMIES

00:25:16.566 --> 00:25:17.567
ARE SWALLOWED UP.


00:25:17.667 --> 00:25:19.233
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY'RE FREE.

00:25:19.333 --> 00:25:21.366
THEY'RE FREE FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN SLAVES

00:25:21.466 --> 00:25:23.734
FOR HUNDREDS
OF YEARS.

00:25:23.834 --> 00:25:25.400
TWO WEEKS LATER,


00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:28.066
THEY CAN'T TAKE
IT ANYMORE.

00:25:28.166 --> 00:25:30.100
IN THEIR ANXIETY, RIGHT,
BECAUSE ALL THEY KNOW

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.667
FROM THEIR
PAST IS SLAVERY.

00:25:31.767 --> 00:25:33.200
SO WHAT DID THEY DO?


00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:35.067
THEY MADE A GOLDEN CALF


00:25:35.167 --> 00:25:36.867
BECAUSE MOSES WAS
TAKING TOO LONG.

00:25:36.967 --> 00:25:38.600
HE WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN
AND THEY WERE LIKE,

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:40.833
HE'S NOT DOWN HERE YET,


00:25:40.933 --> 00:25:42.734
AND THEY WERE WAITING
FOR A MAN

00:25:42.834 --> 00:25:44.100
TO BE THEIR MASTER.


00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.634
THEY WERE WAITING FOR
MOSES TO BE THEIR MASTER,

00:25:45.734 --> 00:25:46.733
AND HE WASN'T
COMING FAST ENOUGH.

00:25:46.833 --> 00:25:50.333
SO THEY HAD TO MAKE
SOMETHING TO LORD OVER THEM.

00:25:50.433 --> 00:25:51.867
THAT'S WHAT IDOLS DO.


00:25:51.967 --> 00:25:55.933
WE REACH FOR THEM
WHEN WE CANNOT --

00:25:56.033 --> 00:25:59.767
WE CAN'T WAIT AND
ALLOW FREEDOM

00:25:59.867 --> 00:26:02.200
TO ACTUALLY TAKE ROOT,


00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:03.600
AND THAT'S WHAT
THE WAITING DOES.

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:05.100
THE WAITING IS IN
THAT LIKE, OKAY, GOD,

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.733
I REALLY WANT
SOMETHING TO LIKE

00:26:06.833 --> 00:26:09.300
NUMB THIS PAIN OR
TAKE THIS AWAY.

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:11.500
AND GOD IS LIKE IF
YOU'LL WAIT FOR ME.

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.767
>> AND TRUST HIM.


00:26:12.867 --> 00:26:14.767
>> YEAH, I'LL COME.


00:26:14.867 --> 00:26:16.400
I TELL PEOPLE, LISTEN, LIKE
I TOLD SOMEBODY

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.800
WHO'S ADDICTED TO
ALCOHOL BEFORE,

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.367
I'M LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA
BASICALLY JUST HAVE TO

00:26:19.467 --> 00:26:21.833
SAY TO GOD, HEY, RIGHT NOW


00:26:21.933 --> 00:26:24.067
I ACTUALLY
BELIEVE THAT ALCOHOL

00:26:24.167 --> 00:26:26.067
WILL MAKE ME FEEL BETTER
THAN YOU CAN.

00:26:26.167 --> 00:26:27.666
I MEAN, YOU'RE GREAT
AND EVERYTHING,

00:26:27.766 --> 00:26:30.133
BUT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE
IN THIS MOMENT,

00:26:30.233 --> 00:26:32.000
IF I TAKE A DRINK,


00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.900
THEN I'M GOING TO BE --


00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.267
MY PAIN IS GOING
TO BE RELIEVED.

00:26:35.367 --> 00:26:37.400
AND I ACTUALLY DON'T
BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.567
DO THAT FOR ME.


00:26:38.667 --> 00:26:41.467
BUT I'M GOING TO
TAKE A RISK RIGHT NOW.

00:26:41.567 --> 00:26:42.900
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT
HAVE TO TAKE A WALK.

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:46.334
THEY MIGHT HAVE TO
WHATEVER, BUT IF SOMEBODY

00:26:46.434 --> 00:26:51.700
WAITS FOR GOD AND SAYS I
WILL NOT GRAB THE THING

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:53.467
THAT'S LESSER THAN A,
SOMETHING THAT WOULD

00:26:53.567 --> 00:26:55.267
RULE OVER ME,
A COUNTERFEIT LOVE.

00:26:55.367 --> 00:26:57.200
I WILL WAIT FOR YOU.


00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:58.034
HE WILL COME.


00:26:58.134 --> 00:26:59.233
AND THE
REASON I KNOW THAT IS

00:26:59.333 --> 00:27:01.600
BECAUSE HE DID IT FOR ME
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:06.200
SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO SIT INSIDE THE PAIN,

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:08.300
THE SLAVERY OF YOUR PAST.


00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:11.000
AND THEN SAY, GOD,
CAN YOU COMFORT ME?

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:12.167
ARE YOU THE
GOD OF COMFORT,

00:27:12.267 --> 00:27:15.200
OR IS THAT JUST LIKE A
REALLY COOL INSTAGRAM POST?

00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:16.800
OH, YOU'RE THE GOD OF
COMFORT, BUT ARE YOU?

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:19.134
BECAUSE I NEED COMFORT
RIGHT NOW.

00:27:19.234 --> 00:27:20.300
AND HE WILL DO THAT.


00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.500
HE WON'T DO IT
IN YOUR TIME.

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:23.167
HE WON'T DO IT
IN YOUR FORMULA.

00:27:23.267 --> 00:27:25.534
YOU KNOW, HE'LL PROBABLY
SURPRISE YOU

00:27:25.634 --> 00:27:27.100
AND DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY.


00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:31.434
BUT HE WILL COMFORT US
WHEN WE CALL OUT TO HIM.

00:27:31.534 --> 00:27:33.500
>> AND THAT REALLY,
IT'S A CHOICE.

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.534
BECAUSE I JUST WENT
THROUGH A --

00:27:34.634 --> 00:27:35.933
LIKE A HARD SEASON
OF DEALING WITH THAT.

00:27:36.033 --> 00:27:38.167
AND IT WAS LIKE EVERY
TIME SOMETHING ROSE UP,

00:27:38.267 --> 00:27:40.100
IT WAS LIKE ARE YOU
GOING TO TURN TO

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.134
SOME OF THESE COMFORTS,
LIKE YOU SAID,

00:27:41.234 --> 00:27:42.534
THEY'RE NOT SINFUL.


00:27:42.634 --> 00:27:44.167
OR ARE YOU GOING
TO GO TO HIM?

00:27:44.267 --> 00:27:49.367
AND I HAD TO LEARN
YOU CAN GO TO THESE THINGS,

00:27:49.467 --> 00:27:51.000
BUT THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO FIX IT.

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:53.466
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO
TEMPORARILY NUMB IT,

00:27:53.566 --> 00:27:54.667
BUT GOING TO HIM,


00:27:54.767 --> 00:27:56.100
YOU WILL ACTUALLY
GET BREAKTHROUGH.

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.267
YOU'LL ACTUALLY
GET HEALING.

00:27:57.367 --> 00:27:59.033
YOU'LL ACTUALLY
GET WHAT YOU NEED.

00:27:59.133 --> 00:28:01.000
AND YOUR FLESH WILL
RESIST IT,

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.967
EVEN FOR LIKE AS LONG AS


00:28:02.067 --> 00:28:02.967
I'VE WALKED WITH THE LORD,


00:28:03.067 --> 00:28:04.400
IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE GETTING TO

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:06.267
THE SECRET PLACE, YOU HAVE
TO SOMETIMES SIT THERE.

00:28:06.367 --> 00:28:07.267
YOU HAVE TO BE STILL,


00:28:07.367 --> 00:28:09.100
YOU HAVE TO WAIT ON GOD,


00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:12.000
BUT IT'S WORTH IT
GOING WITH HIM.

00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:14.066
AND GOING WITH HIM YOU WILL
GET THE BREAKTHROUGH

00:28:14.166 --> 00:28:15.734
AND THE HEALING AND
THE ANSWERS,

00:28:15.834 --> 00:28:17.833
EVEN THE WISDOM
THAT YOU NEED

00:28:17.933 --> 00:28:19.833
AND YOU REALLY WILL
NOT FIND PEACE.

00:28:19.933 --> 00:28:21.667
AND, SEE, WHAT I WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE

00:28:21.767 --> 00:28:23.333
TALKING ABOUT THE ISRAELITES
IN THE WILDERNESS.

00:28:23.433 --> 00:28:25.666
THAT'S SUCH A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF AN INNER HEALING JOURNEY

00:28:25.766 --> 00:28:27.134
BECAUSE YOU CAN BE
PHYSICALLY DELIVERED

00:28:27.234 --> 00:28:29.134
FROM A PLACE, BUT YOU HAVE
TO BE DELIVERED ALSO

00:28:29.234 --> 00:28:30.333
IN YOUR SOUL.


00:28:30.433 --> 00:28:32.533
AND THEY WERE CARRYING
THAT SLAVERY IDENTITY,

00:28:32.633 --> 00:28:33.900
THAT SLAVERY MENTALITY.


00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.700
AND THEY HAD SO MUCH FEAR.


00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:38.767
AND THE REASON WHY I
THINK THEY TURNED TO

00:28:38.867 --> 00:28:40.967
BUILDING THE GOLDEN CALF
WAS BECAUSE

00:28:41.067 --> 00:28:43.467
THEY DIDN'T KNOW
GOD PERSONALLY

00:28:43.567 --> 00:28:45.300
AND GOD WANTED TO
KNOW THEM INTIMATELY,

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.767
BUT THEY DIDN'T
KNOW HIM

00:28:46.867 --> 00:28:49.333
AND SO THEY HAD THAT FEAR.


00:28:49.433 --> 00:28:51.267
AND SO YOU HAVE TO
COME TO A PLACE OF

00:28:51.367 --> 00:28:53.334
KNOWING GOD TO REALLY
WALK IN

00:28:53.434 --> 00:28:55.666
THIS KIND OF
LIKE FREEDOM WITH HIM;

00:28:55.766 --> 00:28:57.167
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

00:28:57.267 --> 00:28:58.200
>> ABSOLUTELY.


00:28:58.300 --> 00:29:00.367
>> IT JUST CAN'T BE
A RELIGIOUS --

00:29:00.467 --> 00:29:02.467
>> BECAUSE RELIGION
CAN BE AN IDOL.

00:29:02.567 --> 00:29:03.400
>> IT'S A HUGE IDOL.


00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.667
>> HUGE IDOL.


00:29:04.767 --> 00:29:06.700
BUT GOD WILL NOT BE IN
A RELIGIOUS FORMULA.

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:08.467
HE WILL NOT BE A
LOGO OF A CHURCH.

00:29:08.567 --> 00:29:12.466
OUR MINISTRIES CAN
EASILY BECOME IDOLS, RIGHT.

00:29:12.566 --> 00:29:13.467
THE THING THAT GOD
BLESSED US WITH,

00:29:13.567 --> 00:29:15.333
LIKE WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

00:29:15.433 --> 00:29:16.966
BUT HE --


00:29:17.066 --> 00:29:18.433
>> THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT.

00:29:18.533 --> 00:29:19.500
>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT.


00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:22.033
>> BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
GOD WILL GIVE YOU

00:29:22.133 --> 00:29:23.300
THESE GOD DREAMS.


00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:25.233
HE'LL GIVE YOU
THESE GOD BLESSINGS

00:29:25.333 --> 00:29:28.633
LIKE FAMILY, BUT
UNINTENTIONALLY

00:29:28.733 --> 00:29:29.633
BECAUSE YOUR MOTIVES
CAN BE GOOD,

00:29:29.733 --> 00:29:30.867
YOUR INTENTIONS CAN BE GOOD,


00:29:30.967 --> 00:29:32.733
BUT OVER TIME, THROUGH FEAR
AND LIKE YOU SAID,

00:29:32.833 --> 00:29:34.033
UNRESOLVED TRAUMA,


00:29:34.133 --> 00:29:35.267
IT CAN BECOME AN IDOL.


00:29:35.367 --> 00:29:36.934
AND THEN THE VERY THING THAT


00:29:37.034 --> 00:29:38.434
YOU'RE MEANT TO
STEWARD WELL,

00:29:38.534 --> 00:29:41.266
YOU ARE NOW LIVING IN FEAR,
AND SLAVERY, TOO.

00:29:41.366 --> 00:29:42.700
AND THEN IT STARTS TO HURT
THOSE THINGS

00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.966
THAT YOU'RE CALLED TO,


00:29:44.066 --> 00:29:45.933
OR LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
MINISTRY.

00:29:46.033 --> 00:29:47.667
IF YOU ARE DOING
MINISTRY FOR MINISTRY

00:29:47.767 --> 00:29:49.234
AND NO LONGER FOR HIM,


00:29:49.334 --> 00:29:50.234
THAT'S AN IDOL.


00:29:50.334 --> 00:29:51.300
>> ABSOLUTELY.


00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.400
>> AND ON THE OUTSIDE
IT WILL ALL LOOK GOOD

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:54.267
AND THERE STILL CAN BE
GOOD FRUIT,

00:29:54.367 --> 00:29:55.734
BECAUSE GOD WILL MOVE
THROUGH THINGS

00:29:55.834 --> 00:29:56.867
BECAUSE GOD LOVES PEOPLE,


00:29:56.967 --> 00:29:58.766
HE WANTS TO TOUCH PEOPLE.


00:29:58.866 --> 00:30:01.234
BUT EVENTUALLY THAT'S GOING
TO COME CRUMBLING DOWN.

00:30:01.334 --> 00:30:02.767
>> AND YOU LOSE YOUR
FREEDOM BECAUSE, REMEMBER,

00:30:02.867 --> 00:30:04.900
IDOLS TAKE AWAY
YOUR FREEDOM.

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.034
YOU BECOME A SLAVE.


00:30:06.134 --> 00:30:08.233
YOU BECOME A BOND SERVANT.


00:30:08.333 --> 00:30:10.100
NOBODY EVER WANTS TO GET
IN A MINISTRY AND SAY,

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:13.867
I REALLY HOPE THIS THING
LIKE BOSSES ME AROUND

00:30:13.967 --> 00:30:15.500
24 HOURS A DAY.


00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:17.534
I REALLY HOPE I LOSE
MY LOVE FOR GOD,

00:30:17.634 --> 00:30:20.100
AND THIS THING ACTUALLY
DRIVES ME TO FEAR

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:22.633
AND WORRY AND PANIC
AND ANXIETY.

00:30:22.733 --> 00:30:24.334
NOBODY EVER WANTS THAT AND
SIGNS UP FOR THAT.

00:30:24.434 --> 00:30:29.166
YOU HAVE TO BE SUPER CAREFUL
ABOUT ANY BLESSING

00:30:29.266 --> 00:30:31.167
BECOMING A MASTER.


00:30:31.267 --> 00:30:32.167
SO YOU ASKED EARLIER,


00:30:32.267 --> 00:30:33.500
HOW DO WE BREAK THAT?


00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:35.300
YOU ACTUALLY ANSWERED
THE QUESTION.

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.700
ONE PRACTICAL
THING WE CAN DO IS

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:38.600
RENOUNCE IT WITH
OUR LIPS, WITH OUR MOUTH.

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.667
I RENOUNCE THE IDOL
OF MY CHILDREN.

00:30:40.767 --> 00:30:45.000
GOD, I REPENT FOR PUTTING
MY CHILDREN IN A PLACE

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:47.733
WHERE I HAVE
FEARED OUTCOMES.

00:30:47.833 --> 00:30:51.200
I HAVE FEARED THE BLESSING
AND SO, GOD,

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:55.033
I LAY THEM ON THE ALTAR
JUST LIKE ABRAHAM DID.

00:30:55.133 --> 00:30:57.000
AND THEN THE SECOND
THING YOU SAID WAS

00:30:57.100 --> 00:31:00.267
BE WILLING TO GET
TO KNOW GOD.

00:31:00.367 --> 00:31:01.533
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T
KNOW GOD,

00:31:01.633 --> 00:31:03.633
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO
PICK UP ANOTHER IDOL,

00:31:03.733 --> 00:31:04.800
OR THE SAME
ONE AS BEFORE.

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:06.933
BECAUSE KNOWING GOD
IS WHEN YOU GO,

00:31:07.033 --> 00:31:10.534
WOW, THERE IS NOTHING THAT
COMPARES TO THIS LOVE.

00:31:10.634 --> 00:31:13.500
WHEN YOU KNOW
GOD INTIMATELY,

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:15.467
YOU DON'T WANT ANY OF
THE OTHER STUFF.

00:31:15.567 --> 00:31:17.033
ALL THAT STUFF IS LIKE,
I'LL STEWARD THAT

00:31:17.133 --> 00:31:19.267
THAT'S AN ASSIGNMENT,
BUT IF GOD SAID,

00:31:19.367 --> 00:31:21.900
JENNY, I WANT YOU TO
HAND HER VOICE MOVEMENT

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.000
OVER ME TODAY.


00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:24.166
I'D SAY OKAY, BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT MY IDENTITY.

00:31:24.266 --> 00:31:25.700
IT'S NOT -- IT'S
NOT AN IDOL.

00:31:25.800 --> 00:31:28.667
IT'S MY ASSIGNMENT THAT
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR,

00:31:28.767 --> 00:31:31.267
BUT WHEN WE HAVE GOD,
WE CAN'T LOSE

00:31:31.367 --> 00:31:34.334
BECAUSE WE CAN'T
LOSE HIM, RIGHT?

00:31:34.434 --> 00:31:36.766
SO WE CAN NEVER LOSE
WHEN WE HAVE HIM

00:31:36.866 --> 00:31:39.000
AS OUR NUMBER ONE.


00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:41.767
SO REPENTING
WITH RENOUNCING,

00:31:41.867 --> 00:31:44.267
I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THAT
WITH YOUR MOUTH.

00:31:44.367 --> 00:31:47.834
AND THEN ASKING GOD,
I NEED TO KNOW YOU.

00:31:47.934 --> 00:31:48.767
I WANT TO KNOW YOU.


00:31:48.867 --> 00:31:49.767
I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR YOU.


00:31:49.867 --> 00:31:50.734
I'M GOING TO DO
THE HARD THING.

00:31:50.834 --> 00:31:52.100
IT'S KIND OF LIKE
BACK IN THE DAY,

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.667
YOU'RE PROBABLY
TOO YOUNG FOR THIS,

00:31:53.767 --> 00:31:57.300
BUT WE HAD CARS
WITHOUT POWER STEERING.

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.967
SO YOU'D TURN THE WHEEL,


00:31:59.067 --> 00:32:02.167
IT'S LIKE YOU HAD TO
FORCE IT SOMETIMES,

00:32:02.267 --> 00:32:03.400
BECAUSE IT WAS,
IT DIDN'T JUST TURN

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.067
LIKE CARS DO NOW, ALL CARS.


00:32:05.167 --> 00:32:06.133
YOU KNOW, JUST TURN.


00:32:06.233 --> 00:32:08.100
YOU HAD TO WORK AT IT, RIGHT.


00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:12.200
AND SO THAT IS HOW THE
FLESH FEELS WHEN YOU'RE SAYING,

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:16.134
I'M PUTTING THIS DOWN AND
I AM GOING TO GO

00:32:16.234 --> 00:32:18.000
IN A NEW DIRECTION.


00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.900
>> YEAH.


00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.167
AND I THINK
ONE OF THE VERSES

00:32:20.267 --> 00:32:23.300
THAT'S COMING TO MIND
THAT GOD SPOKE TO ME

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:25.900
WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY
PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER,

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:29.200
IT WAS JEREMIAH,
I THINK IT'S 17,

00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:32.333
AND IT SAYS -- THE ONE
THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW

00:32:32.433 --> 00:32:34.067
IS BLESSED IS THE
MAN WHO TRUSTS IN GOD.

00:32:34.167 --> 00:32:36.833
HE WILL BE LIKE A TREE
WHOSE ROOTS GO DOWN DEEP.

00:32:36.933 --> 00:32:39.400
IT WON'T FEAR DROUGHT OR
WEATHER THAT COMES.

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.833
ITS LEAVES STAY GREEN.


00:32:40.933 --> 00:32:43.634
BUT BEFORE THAT
IN VERSE 5 IT SAYS,

00:32:43.734 --> 00:32:46.300
CURSED IS THE MAN
WHO TRUSTS IN MAN.

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.400
>> WOW.


00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:49.867
>> BUT THAT MAN CAN
ALSO BE YOURSELF.

00:32:49.967 --> 00:32:51.767
AND SO ONE OF THE REALLY
IMPORTANT THINGS

00:32:51.867 --> 00:32:53.334
THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HERE

00:32:53.434 --> 00:32:57.600
IS THIS UNDERSTANDING
THAT YOU CANNOT PUT YOUR TRUST

00:32:57.700 --> 00:33:00.766
IN ANYTHING OR ANY
PERSON, INCLUDING YOURSELF.

00:33:00.866 --> 00:33:03.967
AND GOD IS TOO GOOD THAT
IF YOU ARE DOING THAT,

00:33:04.067 --> 00:33:07.834
HE WILL UNCOVER THAT, MAYBE
EVEN REMOVE THAT THING

00:33:07.934 --> 00:33:09.866
FROM YOUR LIFE AND IT
COULD BE PAINFUL,

00:33:09.966 --> 00:33:12.400
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY HIM
BEING A LOVING FATHER,

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:14.200
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT
TO LIVE YOU --

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:16.166
HE DOESN'T WANT US
TO LIVE IN BONDAGE

00:33:16.266 --> 00:33:17.433
TO ANYTHING.


00:33:17.533 --> 00:33:20.100
HE WANTS US TO UNDERSTAND
THAT HE IS OUR SOURCE

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:23.100
AND THAT NO MATTER IN LIFE,


00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:24.367
WHAT MAY COME OR MAY GO,
HE IS ALL THAT WE NEED

00:33:24.467 --> 00:33:25.667
BECAUSE IF WE'RE
IN THAT PLACE,

00:33:25.767 --> 00:33:28.333
WE'LL BE HEALTHY AND
WE'LL STEWARD THINGS WELL.

00:33:28.433 --> 00:33:30.267
AND WE'LL LIVE IN WORSHIP
TO HIM AND HIM ALONE.

00:33:30.367 --> 00:33:32.833
BUT THE MOMENT WE START HAVING
IDOLS AND WE START

00:33:32.933 --> 00:33:36.567
PUTTING OUR HOPE IN PEOPLE
OR THINGS AND SYSTEMS,

00:33:36.667 --> 00:33:39.667
THAT'S WHEN WE
MOVE INTO IDOLATRY.

00:33:39.767 --> 00:33:40.667
>> ABSOLUTELY.


00:33:40.767 --> 00:33:42.967
LIKE LIVING VICARIOUSLY
THROUGH OUR KIDS.

00:33:43.067 --> 00:33:44.667
REALLY DEMANDING
BEHAVIOR OUT OF THEM

00:33:44.767 --> 00:33:45.967
LIKE MY DREAM.


00:33:46.067 --> 00:33:47.100
I NEEDED THEM TO LOVE ME.


00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:49.100
THAT IS SO OPPOSITE
FROM JESUS.

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.700
HE JUST STAYS LOVE.


00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:51.666
HE JUST GAVE LOVE.


00:33:51.766 --> 00:33:55.334
HE DIDN'T REQUIRE A
RECIPROCATED LOVE,

00:33:55.434 --> 00:33:57.034
A RECIPROCATED COMMITMENT.


00:33:57.134 --> 00:33:58.666
AND THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE CALLED TO,

00:33:58.766 --> 00:34:00.100
IS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE MEANING,


00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:02.400
I'M GONNA LOVE YOU EVEN IF
YOU DON'T GIVE ME

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:05.166
A SINGLE OUNCE BACK.


00:34:05.266 --> 00:34:07.934
THAT'S HOW WE KNOW WHETHER
WE HAVE AN IDOL OR NOT.

00:34:08.034 --> 00:34:10.567
DO WE REQUIRE OUR CHILDREN TO
BEHAVE A CERTAIN WAY?

00:34:10.667 --> 00:34:12.300
DO WE, YOU KNOW, AND
OF COURSE WHAT --

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:14.233
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE
DISCIPLESHIP

00:34:14.333 --> 00:34:16.067
AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO LIKE


00:34:16.167 --> 00:34:17.700
SIT AT A RESTAURANT
AND NOT TEAR IT UP.

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:19.434
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
TALKING ABOUT THAT.

00:34:19.534 --> 00:34:23.466
I'M TALKING ABOUT MY KIDS
MUST PERFORM THIS WAY,

00:34:23.566 --> 00:34:25.800
OR I CAN'T LIVE MY LIFE
THE WAY I WANT TO LIVE IT.

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:29.233
MY KIDS MUST DO THIS FOR ME,


00:34:29.333 --> 00:34:31.600
OR I WON'T BE ABLE
TO BE HAPPY.

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:34.900
AGAIN, IT'S RESERVING HAPPINESS
FOR ANYTHING OR ANY PURPOSE

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.900
FOR ANYTHING
OTHER THAN GOD.

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.233
I'LL READ THESE THINGS.


00:34:37.333 --> 00:34:38.400
>> YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.


00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.833
I WANTED YOU TO GO THROUGH
THIS LIST, BECAUSE I KNOW

00:34:39.933 --> 00:34:41.333
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
WANTING TO HEAR IT.

00:34:41.433 --> 00:34:42.800
>> YEAH, WE SAID IT
SO WE BETTER GIVE IT.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:45.134
SO YOUR CHILD HAS
PROBABLY BECOME AN IDOL

00:34:45.234 --> 00:34:47.133
IN YOUR LIFE,


00:34:47.233 --> 00:34:48.666
THESE ARE KIND
OF THE MARKERS.

00:34:48.766 --> 00:34:50.034
IF YOU LIVE
VICARIOUSLY THROUGH THEM,

00:34:50.134 --> 00:34:51.800
AND I ALREADY
MENTIONED THAT ONE.

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:54.700
IT'S ONE THING TO CHEER
YOUR KIDS ON,

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.300
AND IT'S ANOTHER THING TO
ATTEMPT TO RELIVE YOUR PAST

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:59.200
THROUGH YOUR
CHILDREN, RIGHT?

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:01.566
IT'S NOT OUR LIFE,
IT'S THEIRS.

00:35:01.666 --> 00:35:04.766
THE SECOND MARKER HERE IS YOU
COMPROMISE YOUR STANDARDS

00:35:04.866 --> 00:35:07.333
FOR THEIR COMFORT.


00:35:07.433 --> 00:35:09.100
AND SO I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW,


00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:12.133
I TELL MY KIDS, GOD'S
GONNA TELL YOU LIKE

00:35:12.233 --> 00:35:15.567
GO LEFT OR RIGHT OR STOP
DOING THAT, OR COME THIS WAY.

00:35:15.667 --> 00:35:19.634
AND IF YOU DON'T LISTEN,
THEN HE'LL GIVE ME THE MEMO

00:35:19.734 --> 00:35:21.134
IN A DREAM A LOT
OF TIMES,

00:35:21.234 --> 00:35:23.633
OR JUST IN, YOU KNOW,
THAT DISCERNMENT.

00:35:23.733 --> 00:35:24.934
AND THEN DAD
AND I STEP IN.

00:35:25.034 --> 00:35:27.333
AND IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO
US, PAIN IS WAITING

00:35:27.433 --> 00:35:30.367
TO HELP YOU GET
BACK ON TRACK.

00:35:30.467 --> 00:35:31.567
AND YET AS A PARENT,


00:35:31.667 --> 00:35:34.966
IF WE SHIELD OUR CHILDREN
FROM THAT PAIN,

00:35:35.066 --> 00:35:36.967
ALL WE'LL DO IS
BEAT THEM DOWN

00:35:37.067 --> 00:35:39.400
WITH OUR WORDS
AND THEY'RE GOING TO START

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.434
BACKING UP FROM US,
LIKE IN THE DREAM

00:35:41.534 --> 00:35:43.833
WHEN MY CHILDREN LOOKED
LIKE PLASTIC, INANIMATE OBJECTS

00:35:43.933 --> 00:35:45.533
BECAUSE THEY WERE IDOLS.


00:35:45.633 --> 00:35:46.700
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS
THINKING WHEN YOU SAID THAT.

00:35:46.766 --> 00:35:49.600
>> SO NOW IF I DON'T LET
THEM EXPERIENCE PAIN,

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:51.567
THAT MEANS I ACTUALLY
DON'T TRUST GOD,

00:35:51.667 --> 00:35:53.000
BECAUSE OF MY OWN
UNRESOLVED TRAUMA.

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:55.667
SEE, IT JUST CIRCLES
BACK AROUND, RIGHT?

00:35:55.767 --> 00:35:57.400
>> CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE
OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE,

00:35:57.500 --> 00:36:01.000
OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.


00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:02.834
NOT LETTING YOUR
CHILDREN EXPERIENCE PAIN.

00:36:02.934 --> 00:36:05.434
>> YEAH. OKAY.


00:36:05.534 --> 00:36:06.534
OKAY. THIS HAPPENED
THE OTHER DAY.

00:36:06.634 --> 00:36:09.000
SO MY SON HAS
HIS MINISTRY.

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:12.066
HE'S IN MINISTRY SCHOOL,
COLLEGE, AND HE HAS

00:36:12.166 --> 00:36:13.500
THE REST OF
HIS TUITION DUE.

00:36:13.600 --> 00:36:18.567
AND HE'S TEXTING ME,
NOT HIS DAD.

00:36:18.667 --> 00:36:21.234
MOM, I NEED THE
REST OF TUITION, RIGHT.

00:36:21.334 --> 00:36:22.600
AND SO I'M LIKE, OH,
TEXT YOUR DAD.

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:26.333
YEAH. AND SO HE TEXTED
HIM AND I'M LIKE,

00:36:26.433 --> 00:36:27.167
HEY, DID YOU PAY THAT?


00:36:27.267 --> 00:36:29.266
AND HE'S LIKE, UNH-UH.


00:36:29.366 --> 00:36:30.267
I SAID WHY DIDN'T YOU
PAY THAT?

00:36:30.367 --> 00:36:31.033
AND HE'S LIKE, I'M
JUST GOING TO LET HIM

00:36:31.133 --> 00:36:31.700
SWEAT IT OUT
A LITTLE BIT.

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:33.633
I'M LIKE, WHY?


00:36:33.733 --> 00:36:34.434
WHY ARE YOU
LETTING HIM SWEAT?

00:36:34.534 --> 00:36:35.167
HE GOES, BECAUSE HE
COULDN'T,

00:36:35.267 --> 00:36:36.167
YOU KNOW, HE'S 20 YEARS OLD.


00:36:36.267 --> 00:36:37.567
HE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW HE
WANTS TO HELP

00:36:37.667 --> 00:36:38.467
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.


00:36:38.567 --> 00:36:39.733
I'M LIKE, BUT DID YOU
TELL HIM THAT,

00:36:39.833 --> 00:36:41.833
OR ARE WE JUST LIKE
THROWING HIM IN THE DEEP END,

00:36:41.933 --> 00:36:43.334
OR DID WE PREPARE HIM?


00:36:43.434 --> 00:36:47.134
YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE
HELP ME OUT HERE, YOU KNOW.

00:36:47.234 --> 00:36:50.833
AND MY SON ACTUALLY
FEELS CALLED TO MOVE

00:36:50.933 --> 00:36:51.800
TO NEW YORK CITY.


00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:53.166
AND THIS MORNING,
I EVEN WOKE UP GOING,

00:36:53.266 --> 00:36:57.266
GOD, WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE FOR
MY SON TO LIVE ALL THE WAY

00:36:57.366 --> 00:36:59.334
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
IN NEW YORK CITY BY HIMSELF?

00:36:59.434 --> 00:37:00.334
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE.


00:37:00.434 --> 00:37:02.367
>> OH, I KNOW.
AND I'M LIKE, LORD,

00:37:02.467 --> 00:37:04.666
THIS IS A SUPER BIG TRUST
FOR ME FOR I THOUGHT

00:37:04.766 --> 00:37:06.434
THE MINISTRY,
YOU KNOW, TUITION

00:37:06.534 --> 00:37:07.800
WAS ONE THING
A WEEK AGO, BUT NOW,

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:09.267
I'M LIKE, WAIT.
HE WANTS TO GO TO NEW YORK.

00:37:09.367 --> 00:37:10.067
WHO'S HE GOING TO
LIVE WITH?

00:37:10.167 --> 00:37:11.133
WHERE'S HE GOING
TO GET A JOB?

00:37:11.233 --> 00:37:14.567
I'M TRYING TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS THAT ACTUALLY

00:37:14.667 --> 00:37:15.900
HIM AND GOD ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO SORT OUT.

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:18.467
SO LETTING YOUR
CHILDREN FAIL.

00:37:18.567 --> 00:37:21.600
SO SOMETIMES, REBECCA,
AND I DON'T --

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:23.033
I WOULD QUESTION WHETHER
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA

00:37:23.133 --> 00:37:24.334
FOR EVERYBODY OR NOT.


00:37:24.434 --> 00:37:25.967
BUT THIS IS WHAT
HELPS ME.

00:37:26.067 --> 00:37:29.133
JENNY, WHAT'S THE WORST
CASE SCENARIO?

00:37:29.233 --> 00:37:30.834
HE DOESN'T -- HE GETS TO
NEW YORK CITY

00:37:30.934 --> 00:37:32.500
AND HE DOESN'T HAVE A JOB
AND HE DOESN'T HAVE

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:34.266
ANYPLACE TO LIVE.


00:37:34.366 --> 00:37:35.366
HE'S COMING HOME.


00:37:35.466 --> 00:37:36.400
OKAY.


00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:38.333
HE WON'T BE HOMELESS
ON THE STREETS.

00:37:38.433 --> 00:37:41.134
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GO
TO THE POINT OF LIKE,

00:37:41.234 --> 00:37:44.266
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT,

00:37:44.366 --> 00:37:48.300
BUT LETTING YOUR KIDS
EXPERIENCE A CHALLENGE

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:50.900
THAT MIGHT NOT
WORK OUT FOR THEM.

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:52.100
OKAY.


00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:53.833
AND HIM AND GOD ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO WORK THIS OUT.

00:37:53.933 --> 00:37:55.600
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE
THAT'S PRESENT DAY

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:57.833
FOR ME RIGHT NOW.


00:37:57.933 --> 00:38:00.500
>> IT'S SO PIVOTAL THAT
PARENTS ALLOW CHILDREN

00:38:00.600 --> 00:38:03.833
TO FALL AND GET HURT AND
LEARN TO GET BACK UP.

00:38:03.933 --> 00:38:04.700
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ALWAYS


00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:06.234
COMING IN TO
RESCUE YOUR KIDS --

00:38:06.334 --> 00:38:07.467
>> THEN YOU'RE
GOD FOR THEM.

00:38:07.567 --> 00:38:08.633
>> YOU'RE GOD FOR THEM.


00:38:08.733 --> 00:38:10.200
>> HE DOESN'T HAVE TO
GET ON HIS KNEES AND GO,

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.266
GOD, I NEED A JOB.


00:38:11.366 --> 00:38:12.400
I CAME HERE.


00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.800
I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING
TO WORK OUT AND IT DIDN'T,

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:16.500
AND DON'T YOU WANT
CHILDREN TO ACTUALLY

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:18.900
CULTIVATE THEIR
OWN DESPERATION.

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:20.334
>> YEAH. AND LEARN TO
DEPEND ON GOD

00:38:20.434 --> 00:38:21.467
AND NOT ON YOU.


00:38:21.567 --> 00:38:23.534
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, IT WILL
BE PAINFUL FOR THEM

00:38:23.634 --> 00:38:25.533
AS THEY GET TO AN ADULT,
BECAUSE YOU NEVER GAVE THEM

00:38:25.633 --> 00:38:27.400
THE ABILITY TO GROW
UNDERNEATH YOUR ROOF.

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:30.500
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GROW EVENTUALLY.

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:32.200
AND, LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU'RE
ALWAYS COMING IN

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:33.300
TO SAVE THE DAY,


00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.400
THEN YOU'RE NEVER GOING
TO GIVE YOUR CHILDREN

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:36.434
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN
TO THE LORD FOR HELP.

00:38:36.534 --> 00:38:40.100
AND THEN THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO
HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH HIM.

00:38:40.200 --> 00:38:41.967
>> PARENTS CAN BECOME IDOLS.


00:38:42.067 --> 00:38:42.866
BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS
CAME THROUGH FOR YOU

00:38:42.966 --> 00:38:43.766
AND NOW YOU'RE --


00:38:43.866 --> 00:38:44.867
>> EXACTLY.


00:38:44.967 --> 00:38:45.700
>> YOU KNOW, I MEAN,


00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.600
MAYBE YOU HAD SUCH
GOOD PARENTS

00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:48.367
THAT NOW THEY'RE IDOLS.


00:38:48.467 --> 00:38:50.500
>> YEAH. AND BECAUSE
YOU'RE ALWAYS ALLOWING --

00:38:50.600 --> 00:38:52.000
AND, HEY, WE NEED
TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

00:38:52.100 --> 00:38:53.567
IF YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE
FOR YOUR CHILDREN,

00:38:53.667 --> 00:38:55.066
I'M NOT SAYING NOT BE
THERE FOR YOUR KIDS,

00:38:55.166 --> 00:38:58.066
BUT IF YOU BECOME LIKE A
GOD TO YOUR PARENT --

00:38:58.166 --> 00:38:59.800
I MEAN, IF YOU BECOME A
GOD TO YOUR CHILDREN,

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:02.233
THAT WILL EVENTUALLY TURN
INTO CODEPENDENCY.

00:39:02.333 --> 00:39:03.866
>> AND, YOU KNOW,
EVERY PARENT I KNOW

00:39:03.966 --> 00:39:05.934
THAT RAISED
THEIR KIDS THAT WAY,

00:39:06.034 --> 00:39:12.000
THEY WILL SAY THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A --

00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:15.734
YEAH, I WANT TO USE
THE RIGHT WORDS.

00:39:15.834 --> 00:39:17.567
A DISTASTE FOR
THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

00:39:17.667 --> 00:39:19.267
>> YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT
A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.

00:39:19.367 --> 00:39:21.533
>> THEY DON'T ENJOY THEIR
OWN CHILDREN ANYMORE.

00:39:21.633 --> 00:39:22.267
THEY DON'T.


00:39:22.367 --> 00:39:23.367
>> THEY CAN'T CUT THE CORD.


00:39:23.467 --> 00:39:24.867
>> YEAH, YEAH.


00:39:24.967 --> 00:39:26.467
>> BECAUSE ONCE THAT
CODEPENDENCY FORMS,

00:39:26.567 --> 00:39:28.866
UNTIL YOU CAN REPENT AND
RENOUNCE IT,

00:39:28.966 --> 00:39:30.467
YOU'VE FORMED THIS
NEW RELATIONSHIP

00:39:30.567 --> 00:39:32.000
WHERE IT'S LIKE THIS
INTERDEPENDENCY

00:39:32.100 --> 00:39:33.734
AND IT'S NOT THE WAY
GOD DESIGNED THINGS TO BE,

00:39:33.834 --> 00:39:36.300
BUT IT'S SO COMMON
AND IT COMES --

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:38.266
I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE, IT
COMES FROM A GOOD PLACE.

00:39:38.366 --> 00:39:41.100
THEY LOVE THEIR KIDS, BUT
IT WILL BECOME A MONSTER

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:42.133
IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH IT.


00:39:42.233 --> 00:39:44.066
AND SO ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS YOU CAN DO IS

00:39:44.166 --> 00:39:46.134
ALLOW YOUR KIDS TO
LEARN, YOU KNOW,

00:39:46.234 --> 00:39:47.934
TO DEPEND ON THE LORD
AND NOT TO TURN --

00:39:48.034 --> 00:39:49.800
YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS EVEN
GOING TO BE THERE.

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.700
>> AND YOU, LIKE
WITH LITTLE KIDS,

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.633
YOU CAN START NOW.


00:39:51.733 --> 00:39:54.667
YOU CAN SEE WHAT
MEASURE OF DISCOMFORT

00:39:54.767 --> 00:39:56.667
CAN I ALLOW THEM WHERE THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO GET HURT,

00:39:56.767 --> 00:39:59.300
THERE'S NOTHING
DANGEROUS ABOUT THIS,

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:01.334
LIKE THE WORST CASE
SCENARIO WAS WHAT?

00:40:01.434 --> 00:40:02.300
>> NO, IT'S LIKE SO GOOD.


00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.067
>> YEAH.


00:40:03.167 --> 00:40:04.700
>> I HAD DR. AMEN ON,


00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:07.467
AND HE SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT LIKE IF YOU

00:40:07.567 --> 00:40:10.433
DO EVERYTHING FOR
YOUR CHILDREN,

00:40:10.533 --> 00:40:11.467
LIKE THINKING ABOUT
AS A PARENT,

00:40:11.567 --> 00:40:12.967
ALWAYS DOING EVERYTHING
FOR YOUR KIDS.

00:40:13.067 --> 00:40:16.167
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ROBBING
LIKE SELF-ESTEEM FROM THEM.

00:40:16.267 --> 00:40:17.733
>> A HUNDRED PERCENT.


00:40:17.833 --> 00:40:19.867
ABSOLUTELY. OUR
TEN YEAR OLD RIGHT NOW,

00:40:19.967 --> 00:40:23.267
SHE REALLY WANTS TO COOK,
AND SO I'M LIKE,

00:40:23.367 --> 00:40:24.867
I'M STANDING THERE
GOING, OKAY, TURN.

00:40:24.967 --> 00:40:25.867
OKAY. THIS IS HOW YOU
LIGHT THE GAS.

00:40:25.967 --> 00:40:26.833
THIS IS HOW YOU
DO THE THING.

00:40:26.933 --> 00:40:29.000
AND SHE'S MAKING IT,
AND WHEN SHE MADE

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:30.234
HER OWN MAC AND CHEESE,
NOW MIND YOU,

00:40:30.334 --> 00:40:32.267
IT CAME FROM THE SAME BOX
THAT I ALWAYS MAKE.

00:40:32.367 --> 00:40:33.367
SHE'S LIKE, MOM,


00:40:33.467 --> 00:40:35.434
THIS IS THE BEST
MACARONI AND CHEESE

00:40:35.534 --> 00:40:36.300
I'VE EVER HAD.


00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.667
AND I'M LIKE, OH,
I BET IT IS.

00:40:37.767 --> 00:40:40.600
I BET IT'S THE BEST
BECAUSE SHE MADE IT.

00:40:40.700 --> 00:40:41.700
>> IT'S THE BEST
FEELING IN THE WORLD.

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:43.000
>> YEAH. AND SO
NOW, IT'S LIKE,

00:40:43.100 --> 00:40:44.267
WOW, LOOK AT YOU.


00:40:44.367 --> 00:40:45.433
YOU FEEL SO PROUD
OF YOURSELF.

00:40:45.533 --> 00:40:46.433
AND SO EVERYTHING
THAT WE'RE SAYING

00:40:46.533 --> 00:40:48.200
IS SO MUCH EASIER
SAID THAN DONE,

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:51.900
BUT IT'S SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:54.300
GET ON AUTOPILOT IN OUR
UNRESOLVED TRAUMA

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.833
AND RAISE OUR KIDS IN THE VERY
SAME WAY THAT WE DIDN'T

00:40:55.933 --> 00:40:58.000
WANT TO RAISE OUR KIDS
'CAUSE IT'S HOW WE WERE RAISED.

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:59.333
>> BECAUSE WHATEVER
YOU'RE FOCUSED ON,

00:40:59.433 --> 00:41:01.434
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO BECOME.

00:41:01.534 --> 00:41:03.433
SO IF YOU'RE FOCUS
ISN'T ON JESUS,

00:41:03.533 --> 00:41:06.500
I LEARNED THIS ACTUALLY
IN THE INNER HEALING

00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:07.700
AT MY CHURCH.


00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:09.467
THEY SAID IF YOU'RE
FOCUSED ON LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE,

00:41:09.567 --> 00:41:11.300
YOU SAID YOU DON'T WANT
YOUR FAMILY TO BE SCATTERED.

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:13.200
IF THAT IS YOUR FOCUS, THAT
BECOMES AN IDOL

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:15.500
AND THAT USUALLY ENDS UP
BEING THE RESULT.

00:41:15.600 --> 00:41:16.500
>> THAT'S IT.


00:41:16.600 --> 00:41:17.700
>> BECAUSE YOU BECOME
WHAT YOU FOCUS ON.

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:20.300
>> OKAY, SO IN THAT REGARD,
FOR ANYBODY LISTENING,

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.300
THIS WILL HELP THEM.


00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.867
SO A REALLY GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE

00:41:22.967 --> 00:41:26.433
THAT'S LIKE SUPER
SPIRITUALLY ROOTED WITH ME,

00:41:26.533 --> 00:41:29.334
SHE CALLED ME ONE DAY.
SHE'S SOBBING.

00:41:29.434 --> 00:41:30.333
JENNY, I WAS
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

00:41:30.433 --> 00:41:31.634
I WAS PRAYING FOR YOU.


00:41:31.734 --> 00:41:34.000
I HAD TO PULL OVER
I WAS CRYING SO HARD.

00:41:34.100 --> 00:41:35.600
SHE SAID I SAW A
PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY.

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:38.200
THIS IS YEARS AGO, REBECCA.


00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.433
THERE WAS A
PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY.

00:41:39.533 --> 00:41:40.500
ALL OF YOUR KIDS WERE GROWN.


00:41:40.600 --> 00:41:42.200
YOU WERE
STANDING ON A BEACH.

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:45.500
JENNY, YOUR FAMILY WILL
NEVER BE SCATTERED.

00:41:45.600 --> 00:41:47.066
YOU'RE ALL GOING
TO STAY TOGETHER.

00:41:47.166 --> 00:41:49.400
I BEGAN CRYING AND
THE LORD SAID TO ME,

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:52.167
THAT IS YOUR NEW PICTURE.


00:41:52.267 --> 00:41:55.100
THAT IS YOUR NEW
VISION OF YOUR FAMILY.

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:57.667
AND IF YOU BELIEVE
ANYTHING ELSE,

00:41:57.767 --> 00:41:58.967
YOU'RE IN DISOBEDIENCE.


00:41:59.067 --> 00:42:00.667
I'VE GIVEN YOU
A NEW VISION,

00:42:00.767 --> 00:42:02.467
AND THIS IS THE WAY IT IS.


00:42:02.567 --> 00:42:04.634
AND IT BROUGHT SO
MUCH PEACE TO MY HEART.

00:42:04.734 --> 00:42:06.533
NO LONGER WAS I LIVING IN
FEAR OF THAT,

00:42:06.633 --> 00:42:10.866
AND THAT BEGAN A JOURNEY
OF FORGIVING PARENTS,

00:42:10.966 --> 00:42:12.634
FORGIVING MYSELF,


00:42:12.734 --> 00:42:14.434
YOU KNOW, IN MY CHILDHOOD
AND ALL THE THINGS.

00:42:14.534 --> 00:42:16.600
BUT YOU KNOW AS SOON AS
YOU START TAKING THE JOURNEY

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:17.700
OF HEALING INWARDLY,


00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.800
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS
GOING TO BE

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.766
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY.


00:42:19.866 --> 00:42:20.833
IT'S ACTUALLY NOT.


00:42:20.933 --> 00:42:22.634
IT WAS LONGER TO LIVE IN
THE UNRESOLVED TRAUMA

00:42:22.734 --> 00:42:23.166
AND THE DYSFUNCTION.


00:42:23.266 --> 00:42:24.567
>> NO, IT'S TRUE.


00:42:24.667 --> 00:42:25.734
>> I POPPED RIGHT
OUT OF THAT THING

00:42:25.834 --> 00:42:26.600
AND WENT, WOW,


00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:28.100
I'M ACTUALLY NOT
THAT BAD OF A MOM.

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:30.933
I'M PROBABLY THE BEST, YOU
KNOW, CHOICE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE

00:42:31.033 --> 00:42:32.866
AND I'M NOT PERFECT,
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO

00:42:32.966 --> 00:42:34.600
APOLOGIZE ALONG THE WAY,
BUT LET'S DO THIS THING.

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:37.300
AND WE GOT ON A FAMILY
MISSION AND WE BECAME HEALTHY

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.934
AND FUNCTIONED
HEALTHY AND I SAW FRUIT

00:42:39.034 --> 00:42:40.200
COME OUT OF MY KIDS


00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:41.767
>> YEAH.


00:42:41.867 --> 00:42:43.067
>> WHEN I DEALT WITH ME.


00:42:43.167 --> 00:42:44.267
IT WASN'T ABOUT THEM.


00:42:44.367 --> 00:42:45.567
LET ME FINISH THIS LIST
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT

00:42:45.667 --> 00:42:46.466
TO LEAVE
EVERYBODY HANGING.

00:42:46.566 --> 00:42:47.300
OKAY.


00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:48.433
NUMBER THREE IS


00:42:48.533 --> 00:42:50.533
YOU STOP HAVING THE
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT?

00:42:50.633 --> 00:42:51.767
BECAUSE YOU WANT THINGS
TO BE EASY FOR THEM.

00:42:51.867 --> 00:42:55.633
NUMBER FOUR, YOU SPEND
EXCESSIVELY ON THEM

00:42:55.733 --> 00:42:56.967
TRYING TO WIN THEM OVER.


00:42:57.067 --> 00:42:57.966
>> WIN THEIR AFFECTION.


00:42:58.066 --> 00:42:59.133
>> YEP.


00:42:59.233 --> 00:43:02.934
YOU POINT THEM TOWARD YOUR
DESIRES INSTEAD OF GOD'S.

00:43:03.034 --> 00:43:05.667
YOU'RE KIND OF
WEIGHING IN A LITTLE HEAVY

00:43:05.767 --> 00:43:06.533
INSTEAD OF GOD.


00:43:06.633 --> 00:43:08.000
YOU CONSTANTLY WORRY
ABOUT THEM.

00:43:08.100 --> 00:43:10.333
WORRY ALWAYS POINTS
TO IDOLS.

00:43:10.433 --> 00:43:11.766
NUMBER SEVEN, YOU FEEL
AN OVERWHELMING

00:43:11.866 --> 00:43:15.233
SENSE OF ABANDONMENT WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT THEM LEAVING.

00:43:15.333 --> 00:43:16.567
OKAY.


00:43:16.667 --> 00:43:19.700
AND THEN NUMBER EIGHT, YOU
CONSISTENTLY SIDE WITH THEM

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:22.367
INSTEAD
OF YOUR SPOUSE.

00:43:22.467 --> 00:43:25.300
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME MARKERS
FOR PEOPLE TO GO, HMM,

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:27.134
I MIGHT NEED TO RENOUNCE
THIS AS AN IDOL.

00:43:27.234 --> 00:43:30.133
BECAUSE, AGAIN, NOT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW

00:43:30.233 --> 00:43:32.534
IN THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION
DON'T HAVE ANY IDOLS.

00:43:32.634 --> 00:43:33.366
IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.


00:43:33.466 --> 00:43:34.900
IT'S ABOUT I DON'T
WANT THE ENEMY

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:36.567
TO HAVE ANY ACCESS
TO MY FAMILY.

00:43:36.667 --> 00:43:40.233
I WANT TO SHUT DOWN EVERY
GATE THAT THE ENEMY HAS

00:43:40.333 --> 00:43:42.367
COME IN TO DESTROY OUR
RELATIONSHIPS,

00:43:42.467 --> 00:43:45.234
TO CAUSE PAIN, TO CAUSE
CONFRONTATION,

00:43:45.334 --> 00:43:46.633
TO CAUSE THE STATIC,


00:43:46.733 --> 00:43:49.700
TO CAUSE THE SEPARATION
BECAUSE THE IRONY IS

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:51.833
THE TIGHTER WE
HOLD ONTO OUR FAMILY,

00:43:51.933 --> 00:43:55.233
THE FURTHER WE SEPARATE
FROM EACH OTHER.

00:43:55.333 --> 00:43:57.767
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW WE
RECOVER OUR FAMILY

00:43:57.867 --> 00:44:00.934
IS BY LETTING THEM GO.


00:44:01.034 --> 00:44:02.500
I DON'T MEAN
PRACTICALLY LIKE, SORRY,

00:44:02.600 --> 00:44:03.233
I CAN'T MAKE DINNER
FOR YOU GUYS.

00:44:03.333 --> 00:44:04.967
YOU'RE NOT
MY IDOL ANYMORE.

00:44:05.067 --> 00:44:08.100
I'M TALKING YOU STILL STEWARD,
BUT YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE.

00:44:08.200 --> 00:44:10.500
YOU'RE NOT UNDER
THE SPIRIT OF FEAR.

00:44:10.600 --> 00:44:13.567
>> YEAH, I'M JUST LIKE
BACK HERE LIKE SHAKING MY HEAD

00:44:13.667 --> 00:44:15.600
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
I'VE SEEN THIS SO MUCH,

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:19.600
AND IT'S LIKE THE MORE YOU TRY
TO FORCE, EVEN LIKE

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:22.567
FORCING YOUR KIDS TO GET
ALONG EVEN AS ADULTS,

00:44:22.667 --> 00:44:24.700
IT'S JUST IF YOU CANNOT
ALLOW YOUR CHILDREN

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:26.500
TO BE ADULTS AND STEWARD
THEIR OWN

00:44:26.600 --> 00:44:27.833
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS,


00:44:27.933 --> 00:44:29.766
IT'S JUST GOING TO
CAUSE RESENTMENT

00:44:29.866 --> 00:44:31.033
AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF STUFF.


00:44:31.133 --> 00:44:34.566
YOU CAN'T -- YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE TO SURRENDER YOUR FAMILY

00:44:34.666 --> 00:44:38.033
AND ALLOW GOD AND TRUST
GOD TO WORK IT THROUGH.

00:44:38.133 --> 00:44:40.867
BECAUSE ANYTHING DONE
IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH

00:44:40.967 --> 00:44:42.500
IS NOT
GOING TO STAND.

00:44:42.600 --> 00:44:44.134
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.

00:44:44.234 --> 00:44:47.300
AND PARENTING IS
NOT FOR WIMPS.

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.200
>> YEAH.


00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:49.267
>> THAT'S WHAT I
HAVE TO SAY.

00:44:49.367 --> 00:44:50.633
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT
FAMILY AND PARENTING,

00:44:50.733 --> 00:44:53.766
JUST KNOW THAT IT IS ONLY
THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD

00:44:53.866 --> 00:44:58.200
AND THROUGH SURRENDER AND
ULTIMATELY TRUST,

00:44:58.300 --> 00:45:02.467
DO I TRUST GOD THAT HE CARES
ABOUT MY KIDS,

00:45:02.567 --> 00:45:04.833
MY MARRIAGE MORE
THAN I DO?

00:45:04.933 --> 00:45:07.367
AND IS HE JUST GOING TO LET THE
BOTTOM FALL OUT ON ME?

00:45:07.467 --> 00:45:08.634
IF YOU SAY YES,


00:45:08.734 --> 00:45:10.633
I ACTUALLY BELIEVE
HE IS GOING TO LEAVE ME,

00:45:10.733 --> 00:45:12.000
HE IS GOING TO LET
THE BOTTOM FALL OUT,

00:45:12.100 --> 00:45:14.867
THAT POINTS YOU TO
YOUR OWN TRAUMA.

00:45:14.967 --> 00:45:16.300
AND THAT'S A GREAT
PLACE TO START.

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.667
>> YEAH, THAT'S
WHAT I WAS THINKING.

00:45:17.767 --> 00:45:19.866
IF YOU HAVE A FEAR,


00:45:19.966 --> 00:45:22.734
THAT'S A GOOD LITTLE
LIKE SIGNAL,

00:45:22.834 --> 00:45:24.167
LIKE IF YOU'RE WORRYING
ABOUT OR YOU HAVE A FEAR

00:45:24.267 --> 00:45:25.033
OR WORRY, OKAY, IT'S LIKE,


00:45:25.133 --> 00:45:26.300
OKAY, WHERE IS THIS
COMING FROM?

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.467
IT'S FROM SOMEWHERE DEEPER.


00:45:27.567 --> 00:45:28.633
>> THAT'S RIGHT.


00:45:28.733 --> 00:45:30.300
>> AND THAT'S STUFF TO
TAKE UP IN PRAYER WITH GOD,

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:31.967
AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BE
AFRAID OF THE BROKENNESS,

00:45:32.067 --> 00:45:33.467
BUT YOU CAN
JUST GO TO HIM AND SAY,

00:45:33.567 --> 00:45:35.000
OKAY, WHERE IS THIS
STEMMING FROM?

00:45:35.100 --> 00:45:36.833
BUT, YEAH, IT'S SUCH
A POWERFUL THING.

00:45:36.933 --> 00:45:38.966
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, TOO,
LIKE IT'S INTERESTING,

00:45:39.066 --> 00:45:41.200
BECAUSE I JUST ACTUALLY
HAD THIS BREAKTHROUGH

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:42.434
IN UNDERSTANDING
WITH MY KIDS,

00:45:42.534 --> 00:45:43.567
BECAUSE JONATHAN
CAN TELL YOU,

00:45:43.667 --> 00:45:45.267
HE'S LIKE SITTING OFF
TO THE SIDE,

00:45:45.367 --> 00:45:47.500
BUT THERE ARE TIMES
WHERE MY LIKE OLDEST

00:45:47.600 --> 00:45:49.067
WAS LIKE I LOVE DADDY.


00:45:49.167 --> 00:45:50.700
I DON'T LOVE -- YOU KNOW,
NO, I WANT TO BE

00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:51.800
WITH DAD, NOT MOM.


00:45:51.900 --> 00:45:52.933
IT WAS THESE LITTLE
THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE

00:45:53.033 --> 00:45:55.667
YOUNG RIGHT NOW AND IT
WOULD JUST HURT MY FEELINGS

00:45:55.767 --> 00:45:57.667
AND I TOOK THINGS
PERSONALLY THAT SOME OF

00:45:57.767 --> 00:46:00.067
THE STUFF IS LIKE
DEVELOPMENTALLY NORMAL.

00:46:00.167 --> 00:46:01.367
BUT I REMEMBER THE DAY


00:46:01.467 --> 00:46:04.900
I REALIZED THAT
MY LOVE FOR THEM

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:09.200
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONED ON

00:46:09.300 --> 00:46:11.667
HOW THEY TREAT ME, THAT I
HAVE THE FREEDOM

00:46:11.767 --> 00:46:14.733
THAT I GET TO LOVE THEM LIKE A
FREE-FLOWING RIVER

00:46:14.833 --> 00:46:17.167
BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD FLOWS
INTO ME OUT TO THEM,

00:46:17.267 --> 00:46:18.633
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT THEY DO,

00:46:18.733 --> 00:46:19.534
HOW THEY TREAT ME.


00:46:19.634 --> 00:46:20.634
IT DOESN'T MEAN TO
LET THEM TREAT ME

00:46:20.734 --> 00:46:24.000
HOWEVER THEY WANT, BUT I
CAN ALLOW THEM TO BE THEM

00:46:24.100 --> 00:46:27.467
AND GROW AND DEVELOP AND I
CAN LOVE THEM FREE-FLOWING,

00:46:27.567 --> 00:46:30.133
AND IT'S SUCH A PLACE,
IT'S SO EMPOWERING

00:46:30.233 --> 00:46:32.234
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE
TO LIVE IN FEAR,

00:46:32.334 --> 00:46:34.267
OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO
LIVE OFF OF A FENCE

00:46:34.367 --> 00:46:36.433
OR BASED OFF OF HOW
THEY LOVE ME.

00:46:36.533 --> 00:46:38.767
IT'S JUST I GET TO LOVE
YOU AND STEWARD YOU,

00:46:38.867 --> 00:46:42.166
BUT IF I REALLY JUST LOVE YOU
FREELY LIKE GOD LOVES ME

00:46:42.266 --> 00:46:44.400
AND I TRUST GOD
AND I DO MY PART.

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:47.200
I KNOW THAT GOD IS GOING
TO BE FAITHFUL TO GROW

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:48.866
THEM UP IN THE WAY
THEY NEED TO GROW.

00:46:48.966 --> 00:46:53.400
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU SAID ON ANOTHER SHOW

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.933
THAT I THINK IS
SO POWERFUL AND I WANT

00:46:55.033 --> 00:46:56.733
TO GIVE THIS TO
PARENTS IS WHEN YOU WERE

00:46:56.833 --> 00:46:57.967
STRUGGLING WITH ONE
OF YOUR CHILDREN,

00:46:58.067 --> 00:47:00.833
GOD GAVE YOU ACTUALLY
VISION OF THEM

00:47:00.933 --> 00:47:03.133
IN THEIR PURPOSE,
IN THEIR DESTINY,

00:47:03.233 --> 00:47:04.734
AND IT SHIFTED YOUR PRAYER LIFE.


00:47:04.834 --> 00:47:07.267
CAN YOU SHARE THAT BECAUSE
I WANT MORE PARENTS

00:47:07.367 --> 00:47:08.900
GETTING THAT VISION FOR
THEIR MARRIAGE,

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:11.667
FOR THEIR FAMILIES, FOR EACH OF
THEIR CHILDREN INDIVIDUALLY

00:47:11.767 --> 00:47:13.933
SO THEY CAN PRAY INTO THAT
AND BELIEVE FOR THAT.

00:47:14.033 --> 00:47:15.834
>> YEAH. WELL, LIKE
MOST TEENAGERS,

00:47:15.934 --> 00:47:17.700
YOU KNOW THEY GO THROUGH
THIS PHASE OF LIKE

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:19.900
I'M GONNA SEPARATE FROM
YOU AND I'M GONNA --

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:23.100
I'M GONNA EXPERIMENT WITH
MY OWN IDEAS AND YOU DON'T

00:47:23.200 --> 00:47:24.433
HAVE ANYTHING REALLY
TO OFFER HERE.

00:47:24.533 --> 00:47:25.400
YOU KNOW, ALL OF IT, RIGHT.


00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:26.900
>> YOU THINK YOUR
PARENTS ARE SO WEIRD.

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:28.767
SO CRINGY,
YOU'RE LIKE, GO AWAY.

00:47:28.867 --> 00:47:29.833
>> YEAH.


00:47:29.933 --> 00:47:31.734
AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH
THESE LITTLE LIKE PHASES

00:47:31.834 --> 00:47:33.000
OF OPPRESSION
AND YOU'RE LIKE,

00:47:33.100 --> 00:47:34.100
OH, NO, YOU KNOW.


00:47:34.200 --> 00:47:37.433
SO I JUST GOT ON MY FACE,


00:47:37.533 --> 00:47:41.800
AND I REMEMBER BRINGING
THE CURRENT PAIN

00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:43.267
INTO THE PRAYER, LIKE, GOD,


00:47:43.367 --> 00:47:45.033
YOU GOTTA HELP HER, LIKE
LOOK AT HER,

00:47:45.133 --> 00:47:48.000
LIKE SHE'S NOT
FUNCTIONING WELL.

00:47:48.100 --> 00:47:49.067
AND YOU KNOW LIKE, OH,


00:47:49.167 --> 00:47:49.900
AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
CHANGE ME.

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:53.700
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A PRETTY
PITIFUL PRAYER MOMENT, HONESTLY.

00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:54.600
AND THE LORD SAID TO ME,


00:47:54.700 --> 00:47:55.934
JENNY, I DON'T
WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

00:47:56.034 --> 00:47:57.267
WHAT'S NOT REAL.


00:47:57.367 --> 00:47:59.733
HE SAID SHE'S --
THAT'S NOT HER.

00:47:59.833 --> 00:48:01.833
HE SAID, THAT'S NOT HER.


00:48:01.933 --> 00:48:03.866
LET ME SHOW YOU WHO SHE IS,


00:48:03.966 --> 00:48:06.366
AND WHEN YOU COME
TO ME TO PRAY FOR HER,

00:48:06.466 --> 00:48:08.000
I WANT YOU TO PRAY
FOR THIS GIRL.

00:48:08.100 --> 00:48:09.434
ALL OF A SUDDEN, REBECCA,


00:48:09.534 --> 00:48:14.367
I SEE THIS GIRL ON A
KEYBOARD WORSHIPING.

00:48:14.467 --> 00:48:16.634
NOW, I KNEW SHE HAD
A REALLY GOOD VOICE.

00:48:16.734 --> 00:48:19.133
BUT I HAD NEVER SEEN
HER PLAY A KEYBOARD

00:48:19.233 --> 00:48:21.200
IN WORSHIP.


00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:23.000
AND SO I SAID, OKAY.


00:48:23.100 --> 00:48:26.233
AND AT THE RISK OF, AM I
MAKING THIS UP RIGHT NOW

00:48:26.333 --> 00:48:27.800
IN PRAYER, RIGHT,


00:48:27.900 --> 00:48:31.733
BUT I WAS SO AT THE END
OF BEING ABLE TO HELP HER,

00:48:31.833 --> 00:48:34.133
FEELING LIKE EVERYTHING
I SAY MAKES IT WORSE.

00:48:34.233 --> 00:48:35.367
YOU KNOW, I WAS
LIKE, GOD, YOU KNOW.

00:48:35.467 --> 00:48:36.867
I WAS SO LIKE, OKAY,
LET'S DO IT YOUR WAY.

00:48:36.967 --> 00:48:38.433
HE WAS LIKE, THEN YOU NEED
TO PRAY FOR THIS GIRL

00:48:38.533 --> 00:48:39.900
BECAUSE THAT'S
WHO SHE REALLY IS.

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:42.400
I WANT YOU TO THANK ME
FOR WHO SHE IS,

00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:44.000
AND SO I CAME
TO PRAY LIKE THIS.

00:48:44.100 --> 00:48:45.833
THANK YOU, GOD,
FOR THE WORSHIP

00:48:45.933 --> 00:48:46.866
THAT COMES OUT OF
HER SPIRIT.

00:48:46.966 --> 00:48:49.567
I THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THE
NOTES THAT SHE PLAYS

00:48:49.667 --> 00:48:50.933
THAT COMMUNICATES WITH YOU.


00:48:51.033 --> 00:48:52.000
I THANK YOU, GOD,


00:48:52.100 --> 00:48:53.533
THAT YOU'VE GIVEN HER
A VOICE FOR THE NATIONS.

00:48:53.633 --> 00:48:56.033
I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT
YOU ARE COMMUNICATING

00:48:56.133 --> 00:48:57.434
THROUGH MUSIC WITH HER.


00:48:57.534 --> 00:48:59.366
LIKE I'M PRAYING
AS IF, YOU KNOW,

00:48:59.466 --> 00:49:01.633
ALL THESE THINGS THAT
ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE.

00:49:01.733 --> 00:49:04.167
THAT'S WHAT MY
PRAYER TIME WAS WITH HER.

00:49:04.267 --> 00:49:05.300
TWO YEARS LATER,


00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:06.634
I WISH IT WAS A LOT
FASTER, BUT TWO YEARS LATER,

00:49:06.734 --> 00:49:07.766
SHE'S LIKE, MOM,


00:49:07.866 --> 00:49:09.300
I THINK I WANT TO
GET A KEYBOARD.

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:10.966
THREW HER IN THE CAR
GOING TO GUITAR CENTER.

00:49:11.066 --> 00:49:12.233
WOW, THAT WAS FAST, YOU KNOW.


00:49:12.333 --> 00:49:15.100
SHE BRINGS IT HOME,
PLUGS IT IN, STARTS PLAYING,

00:49:15.200 --> 00:49:16.467
AND SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T WANT
ANYBODY TO HEAR ME.

00:49:16.567 --> 00:49:17.700
YOU KNOW, SHUTS THE DOOR.


00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:18.800
OF COURSE AT 15,
YOU DON'T REALIZE

00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:20.467
YOUR VOICE IS ECHOING ALL
OVER THE HOUSE.

00:49:20.567 --> 00:49:23.667
AND I JUST SAT IN
THE HALLWAY,

00:49:23.767 --> 00:49:25.500
HER THINKING I'M NOT
LISTENING TO HER, OF COURSE,

00:49:25.600 --> 00:49:28.300
BAWLING AS SHE'S
JUST WORSHIPING.

00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:31.500
I'M LIKE, I AM
LITERALLY EXPERIENCING

00:49:31.600 --> 00:49:34.900
WHO I PRAYED FOR
FOR TWO YEARS.

00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:36.533
AND THE LORD
JUST KIND OF FORBID ME,

00:49:36.633 --> 00:49:40.333
DON'T BRING ME
THE FAKE IDENTITY.

00:49:40.433 --> 00:49:42.300
I WANT TO SHOW YOU
WHO SHE IS,

00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:44.166
AND THEN YOU'RE
GOING TO THANK ME

00:49:44.266 --> 00:49:46.467
AND PRAY THAT INTO EXISTENCE.


00:49:46.567 --> 00:49:47.767
IT WAS POWERFUL.


00:49:47.867 --> 00:49:48.300
>> YEAH.


00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:49.466
>> POWERFUL.


00:49:49.566 --> 00:49:54.000
I DON'T KNOW -- IF I WOULD
HAVE KEPT PICKING AT HER,

00:49:54.100 --> 00:49:56.233
HONEY, THIS AND THAT AND
YOU'RE THIS AND YOU'RE,

00:49:56.333 --> 00:49:59.667
YOU KNOW, AND JUST KIND OF
RELIGIOUSLY NITPICKING,

00:49:59.767 --> 00:50:01.700
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I
WANTED TO DO.

00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:02.767
HONEY, YOU'RE THIS AND
YOU'RE THAT.

00:50:02.867 --> 00:50:04.500
AND DON'T TALK
LIKE THAT,

00:50:04.600 --> 00:50:06.300
AND CORRECT, CORRECT,
NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG.

00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:07.734
AND I DID THAT
FOR A WHILE UNTIL

00:50:07.834 --> 00:50:09.033
I WAS LIKE, I AM
DRIVING HER AWAY.

00:50:09.133 --> 00:50:10.033
SHE'S NOT COMING
CLOSE TO ME.

00:50:10.133 --> 00:50:12.067
THIS ISN'T CAUSING
CONNECTION.

00:50:12.167 --> 00:50:15.166
SHE'S ACTUALLY
BACKING UP FROM ME.

00:50:15.266 --> 00:50:17.300
SO IF I WOULD HAVE
KEPT DOING THAT,

00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:19.767
I DON'T KNOW WHERE
SHE'D BE RIGHT NOW, REBECCA.

00:50:19.867 --> 00:50:20.600
I DON'T KNOW.


00:50:20.700 --> 00:50:21.500
NOW SHE IS A WORSHIPPER.


00:50:21.600 --> 00:50:22.833
NOW, SHE'S DOING
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

00:50:22.933 --> 00:50:25.600
SHE'S OUR WORSHIP LEADER
FOR OUR MOVEMENT

00:50:25.700 --> 00:50:28.800
AND SHE'S EXTREMELY ANOINTED.


00:50:28.900 --> 00:50:30.700
AND I THANK GOD FOR IT,
YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK

00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:31.933
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE
LISTENING TODAY LIKE,

00:50:32.033 --> 00:50:33.434
WHAT DOES YOUR
MARRIAGE LOOK LIKE

00:50:33.534 --> 00:50:36.267
IN ITS TRUEST FORM
AND ITS TRUEST IDENTITY?

00:50:36.367 --> 00:50:38.600
WHAT DOES YOUR CHILD LOOK
LIKE IN THEIR TRUEST IDENTITY?

00:50:38.700 --> 00:50:40.900
MAYBE THEY'RE A GROWN ADULT,
MAYBE THEY'RE 45 YEARS OLD,

00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:42.967
AND GOD -- THEY HAVEN'T
FULFILLED THAT YET.

00:50:43.067 --> 00:50:43.800
THEY'VE BEEN OFF TRACK.


00:50:43.900 --> 00:50:45.733
THEY'VE BEEN
MAYBE A PRODIGAL.

00:50:45.833 --> 00:50:47.200
GOD, WHAT DO THEY LOOK
LIKE IN THEIR TRUE IDENTITY?

00:50:47.300 --> 00:50:49.833
CALL THAT IN,
IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

00:50:49.933 --> 00:50:51.800
AND THEN STOP MAKING IT
ABOUT US AND THE MISTAKES

00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:56.134
THAT WE MADE AND REALLY
CALL IN GOD'S DESIGN FOR THEM.

00:50:56.234 --> 00:50:59.033
>> THIS IS SO GOOD.


00:50:59.133 --> 00:51:00.733
I KNOW WE'VE
BEEN TALKING FOR A WHILE.

00:51:00.833 --> 00:51:04.100
I DO WANT TO TAP ON
MARRIAGE A LITTLE BIT

00:51:04.200 --> 00:51:07.367
SINCE IT IS A PART OF
FAMILY AND IT'S SO HUGE.

00:51:07.467 --> 00:51:08.900
AND YOU SAID ONE
THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT,

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:10.700
AND I THINK PEOPLE DO
STRUGGLE WITH THIS,

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:13.234
WHICH IS PEOPLE PUTTING
THEIR KIDS ABOVE THEIR MARRIAGE

00:51:13.334 --> 00:51:14.534
BECAUSE THEY MAKE
THEIR KIDS AN IDOL

00:51:14.634 --> 00:51:16.567
AND THEN THE MARRIAGE SUFFERS
EVEN THOUGH IT'S

00:51:16.667 --> 00:51:20.166
COMING FROM A GOOD PLACE.


00:51:20.266 --> 00:51:22.700
WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY TO THAT?

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:26.666
>> I WOULD SAY
THAT'S A BIG MISTAKE.

00:51:26.766 --> 00:51:27.533
>> DON'T DO THAT.


00:51:27.633 --> 00:51:29.400
>> DON'T DO THAT.


00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:34.200
AGAIN, GO BACK TO YOUR
FAMILY OF ORIGIN.

00:51:34.300 --> 00:51:40.700
ASK GOD, DO I HAVE A FEAR
OF LOSING MY CHILDREN.

00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:43.867
BECAUSE USUALLY WHAT WE ARE
WHITE KNUCKLE GRIPPING

00:51:43.967 --> 00:51:46.166
IN CONTROL LIKE THAT
IS BECAUSE

00:51:46.266 --> 00:51:47.634
WE'RE AFRAID OF
LOSING THEM.

00:51:47.734 --> 00:51:50.800
AND I WOULD EVEN ASK
THE QUESTION,

00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:53.833
HAVE YOU FULLY FORGIVEN
YOUR MOM AND DAD,

00:51:53.933 --> 00:51:55.667
EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT
LIVING ANYMORE.

00:51:55.767 --> 00:51:57.500
RIGHT, LIKE, SOME PEOPLE,
THEIR PARENTS PASS AWAY

00:51:57.600 --> 00:52:02.067
WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG AND
BECAUSE OF THAT LOSS

00:52:02.167 --> 00:52:04.300
THEY'RE GOING TO
HOLD ON, RIGHT?

00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:07.367
SO MAYBE SOMEBODY FEELS
LIKE THEY ACTUALLY LOST

00:52:07.467 --> 00:52:08.700
THEIR CHILDHOOD AND SO
THEY'RE GOING TO

00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:09.967
HOLD ONTO THEIR KIDS AND
JUST BE LIKE,

00:52:10.067 --> 00:52:11.367
OH, MY MARRIAGE
WILL BE FINE.

00:52:11.467 --> 00:52:12.566
BUT THIS RIGHT HERE,


00:52:12.666 --> 00:52:13.434
I CAN'T LOSE THIS.


00:52:13.534 --> 00:52:15.067
THAT'S AN IDOL.


00:52:15.167 --> 00:52:17.300
AND SO WHAT YOUR KIDS
NEED FROM YOU

00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:20.767
IS ACTUALLY THE
STABILITY.

00:52:20.867 --> 00:52:21.966
IN A FAMILY UNIT


00:52:22.066 --> 00:52:24.667
DAD IS THE
PERSONA OF FATHER GOD.

00:52:24.767 --> 00:52:26.800
MOTHER IS THE PERSONA
OF HOLY SPIRIT.

00:52:26.900 --> 00:52:29.100
SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS
ARE THE PERSONA OF JESUS,

00:52:29.200 --> 00:52:30.933
IT'S ACTUALLY THE TRINITY.


00:52:31.033 --> 00:52:33.466
AND SO TO BRING
THE FULLNESS

00:52:33.566 --> 00:52:36.900
OF THE GODHEAD,
THE THREE IN ONE,

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:39.733
THAT'S WHERE YOU
START IS IN MARRIAGE.

00:52:39.833 --> 00:52:43.833
THE UNION OF LOVE BETWEEN
A MAN AND A WOMAN

00:52:43.933 --> 00:52:48.200
IS THE ACTUAL GROUNDING
OF A CHILD

00:52:48.300 --> 00:52:53.533
TO KNOW WHO GOD IS
THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF FAMILY.

00:52:53.633 --> 00:52:56.100
>> YEAH. AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I'M THINKING IS,

00:52:56.200 --> 00:52:58.466
YOU KNOW YOUR KIDS WILL --
THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE

00:52:58.566 --> 00:53:00.633
A PART IN YOUR LIFE, BUT
THEY WILL GROW UP

00:53:00.733 --> 00:53:03.200
AND THEY WILL MARRY AND THEY
WILL LEAVE AND CLEAVE,

00:53:03.300 --> 00:53:04.667
AND START THEIR OWN FAMILIES.


00:53:04.767 --> 00:53:06.966
AND YOUR MARRIAGE
WILL BE ALL

00:53:07.066 --> 00:53:08.233
>> DRIED UP.


00:53:08.333 --> 00:53:10.233
>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LOVE,
YOU KNOW, POUR INTO THAT,

00:53:10.333 --> 00:53:11.900
WHAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT?


00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:13.200
AND SO I THINK PEOPLE
GET SO CAUGHT UP

00:53:13.300 --> 00:53:15.733
IN THE MOMENT
LOVING THEIR KIDS.

00:53:15.833 --> 00:53:17.067
BUT THEN MAKING THAT
MISTAKE OF NEGLECTING

00:53:17.167 --> 00:53:18.033
THEIR MARRIAGE.


00:53:18.133 --> 00:53:19.400
ARE THERE ANY IDOLS
THAT YOU WOULD SAY

00:53:19.500 --> 00:53:22.100
KIND OF STAND OUT
TO YOU THAT HAPPEN

00:53:22.200 --> 00:53:24.967
IN MARRIAGE THAT YOU WANT TO
TAP ON, OR IS IT MORE KIDS?

00:53:25.067 --> 00:53:25.866
>> YEAH.


00:53:25.966 --> 00:53:28.500
THE IDOL OF SELF IS
PRETTY BIG.

00:53:28.600 --> 00:53:29.933
>> TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF
OVER YOUR SPOUSE.

00:53:30.033 --> 00:53:33.200
>> YEAH, SELF, LIKE, I
WANT TO BE IMPORTANT.

00:53:33.300 --> 00:53:36.333
I WANT TO BE
AN INFLUENCER.

00:53:36.433 --> 00:53:37.867
AND I LOVE
EVERY AGE GROUP.

00:53:37.967 --> 00:53:39.800
I LOVE GEN Z AND
MILLENNIALS SO MUCH,

00:53:39.900 --> 00:53:41.067
AND ALPHA.


00:53:41.167 --> 00:53:44.100
THE MILLENNIALS,
I FEEL, YOU KNOW,

00:53:44.200 --> 00:53:45.300
THEY CAME IN WHEN
SOCIAL MEDIA

00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:48.166
HIT THE SCENE AND THE
PHONES HIT THE SCENE.

00:53:48.266 --> 00:53:52.767
AND SO THEY'VE LIVED IN A --
THERE'S THIS WORLD OUT THERE

00:53:52.867 --> 00:53:57.133
THAT TELLS YOU, YOU NEED TO BE
SOMEBODY TO THE WORLD.

00:53:57.233 --> 00:54:01.466
AND THAT IS A TRAP AND I'VE
SEEN MARRIAGES END OVER IT.

00:54:01.566 --> 00:54:02.633
>> WOW.


00:54:02.733 --> 00:54:04.533
>> BECAUSE IT'S I WANT
TO BE SOMEBODY FOR SOMEBODY

00:54:04.633 --> 00:54:07.034
INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW,
I REALLY LOOK TO

00:54:07.134 --> 00:54:10.934
TWO PEOPLE TO PLEASE,
AND THAT IS GOD AND MY HUSBAND.

00:54:11.034 --> 00:54:13.434
AND IF THEY'RE
PLEASED WITH ME,

00:54:13.534 --> 00:54:16.166
I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD.


00:54:16.266 --> 00:54:19.600
BUT WHEN YOU WANT THE
WORLD TO IDOLIZE YOU,

00:54:19.700 --> 00:54:20.767
THAT'S WHAT
IDOLIZING SELF IS,

00:54:20.867 --> 00:54:22.566
YOU WANT THE WORLD
TO IDOLIZE YOU,

00:54:22.666 --> 00:54:24.500
AND YOU WANT TO BE
THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING.

00:54:24.600 --> 00:54:25.034
AND, YOU KNOW,
MAKING YOUR SPOUSE

00:54:25.134 --> 00:54:26.600
WAIT ON YOU 24/7


00:54:26.700 --> 00:54:28.866
AND NOT CONSIDERING
THEIR DREAMS,

00:54:28.966 --> 00:54:31.000
NOT CONSIDERING
WHAT'S IN THEIR HEART,

00:54:31.100 --> 00:54:32.133
AND HOW YOU CAN
COMPLEMENT THAT,

00:54:32.233 --> 00:54:35.300
HOW YOU CAN ENCOURAGE
THAT AND WORK TOGETHER.

00:54:35.400 --> 00:54:37.300
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT
ON A MISSION TOGETHER.

00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:40.967
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY 911
TO THAT PERSON RIGHT NOW.

00:54:41.067 --> 00:54:42.800
AND TAKE YOURSELF
OFF THE ALTAR.

00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:45.734
HAVING FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM,
YOU KNOW, SURE.

00:54:45.834 --> 00:54:47.500
I LOVE -- I LOVE
SOCIAL MEDIA.

00:54:47.600 --> 00:54:49.800
WE CAN PREACH THE GOSPEL
THROUGH IT, BUT MY IMPACT

00:54:49.900 --> 00:54:52.434
IS NOT MEASURED BY HOW
MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW ME

00:54:52.534 --> 00:54:53.666
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.


00:54:53.766 --> 00:54:56.667
MY IMPACT IN HEAVEN WILL
NOT HAVE A NUMBER

00:54:56.767 --> 00:54:58.667
FOR THAT, AND SO THAT'S
A REAL THING

00:54:58.767 --> 00:55:01.667
THAT I'VE SEEN YOUNG
MARRIAGES GO THROUGH

00:55:01.767 --> 00:55:03.300
THAT HAVE TORN THEM APART.


00:55:03.400 --> 00:55:07.100
AND THAT HAS TO BE
TAKEN SUPER SERIOUS

00:55:07.200 --> 00:55:09.867
BECAUSE THE ONLY AUDIENCE
I CARE ABOUT

00:55:09.967 --> 00:55:12.066
AS A MARRIED WOMAN IS
GOD AND MY HUSBAND.

00:55:12.166 --> 00:55:13.800
>> THAT'S SO GOOD.


00:55:13.900 --> 00:55:17.134
WELL, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S
PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING

00:55:17.234 --> 00:55:19.367
THAT ARE PROBABLY
FEELING CONVICTION

00:55:19.467 --> 00:55:21.234
ON PROBABLY DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

00:55:21.334 --> 00:55:23.033
CAN YOU JUST LEAD THE
PEOPLE IN A PRAYER

00:55:23.133 --> 00:55:24.700
WHO ARE FEELING LIKE,


00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:27.467
OH, I -- I'VE MADE
MY KID AN IDOL,

00:55:27.567 --> 00:55:31.167
I'VE MADE MY MARRIAGE
AN IDOL.

00:55:31.267 --> 00:55:33.367
YOU KNOW, MY IDEA OF
MY DREAM FAMILY AN IDOL.

00:55:33.467 --> 00:55:35.900
CAN YOU JUST PRAY AND JUST
HELP BREAK THAT OFF

00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:37.767
AND JUST SPEAK LIFE OVER
THOSE PEOPLE WATCHING?

00:55:37.867 --> 00:55:38.700
>> ABSOLUTELY.


00:55:38.800 --> 00:55:40.133
AND I WOULD
LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO JUST

00:55:40.233 --> 00:55:44.067
REPEAT AFTER ME BECAUSE
THE VOICE MEANS LIGHT,

00:55:44.167 --> 00:55:46.800
AND LIGHT ALWAYS
EXPOSES DARKNESS,

00:55:46.900 --> 00:55:48.767
AND LIGHT ALWAYS
OVERCOMES DARKNESS.

00:55:48.867 --> 00:55:50.067
SO WHEN YOU SPEAK,
YOU ACTUALLY

00:55:50.167 --> 00:55:53.333
SEND LIGHT BEAMS INTO
THE DARK PLACE

00:55:53.433 --> 00:55:55.200
AND IT DOES LIKE LASER SURGERY.


00:55:55.300 --> 00:55:58.800
IT EXPOSES, IT CUTS DOWN
TO THE ROOT.

00:55:58.900 --> 00:56:00.634
AND SO JUST REPEAT
AFTER ME.

00:56:00.734 --> 00:56:02.234
SAY, FATHER GOD,


00:56:02.334 --> 00:56:03.200
>> FATHER GOD.


00:56:03.300 --> 00:56:06.433
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT I HAVE
THE IDOL OF,

00:56:06.533 --> 00:56:08.000
AND GO AHEAD AND
FILL IN THE BLANK.

00:56:08.100 --> 00:56:09.367
I RECOGNIZE THAT I HAVE
THE IDOL OF, JUST GO AHEAD

00:56:09.467 --> 00:56:17.433
AND SAY THAT,
AND I ASK YOU, LORD,

00:56:17.533 --> 00:56:20.200
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO
KNOW ABOUT THE PAIN

00:56:20.300 --> 00:56:24.467
THAT'S CONNECTED
TO THIS IDOL?

00:56:24.567 --> 00:56:27.767
WOULD YOU REVEAL TO ME


00:56:27.867 --> 00:56:31.233
WHERE YOU WANT TO HEAL ME,


00:56:31.333 --> 00:56:35.934
SO THAT YOU CAN COMFORT
ME AND NOT THIS IDOL.

00:56:36.034 --> 00:56:38.766
GOD, I'M LISTENING.


00:56:38.866 --> 00:56:42.066
I'M OPEN TO THE
JOURNEY OF YOU

00:56:42.166 --> 00:56:44.100
BEING MY COMFORT,


00:56:44.200 --> 00:56:46.933
OF YOU BEING MY SOURCE,


00:56:47.033 --> 00:56:51.467
AND YOU BEING THE
ONLY GOD I SERVE.

00:56:51.567 --> 00:56:54.400
SO I RENOUNCE THIS IDOL.


00:56:54.500 --> 00:56:58.267
I SEVER MYSELF
FROM IT ENTIRELY

00:56:58.367 --> 00:57:02.167
WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.


00:57:02.267 --> 00:57:06.000
I AM CLEANSED
AND MADE WHOLE.

00:57:06.100 --> 00:57:08.034
THE SIN OF THIS IDOL IS
COMPLETELY FORGIVEN

00:57:08.134 --> 00:57:12.066
BY YOUR BLOOD.


00:57:12.166 --> 00:57:16.300
AND I CHOOSE TO WALK IN
FREEDOM WITH YOU TODAY.

00:57:16.400 --> 00:57:21.733
FATHER GOD, HELP ME
TO HONOR YOU,

00:57:21.833 --> 00:57:25.633
TO LOVE YOU, TO PRAISE YOU,


00:57:25.733 --> 00:57:29.366
AND TO WORSHIP YOU
AND YOU ALONE.

00:57:29.466 --> 00:57:31.333
I NEED YOUR HELP.


00:57:31.433 --> 00:57:33.800
I NEED YOUR GUIDANCE.


00:57:33.900 --> 00:57:36.067
I NEED YOUR SPIRIT.


00:57:36.167 --> 00:57:39.533
BUT I SAY YES.


00:57:39.633 --> 00:57:41.667
FATHER, HELP ME FORGIVE


00:57:41.767 --> 00:57:44.934
ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY PAST


00:57:45.034 --> 00:57:48.567
THAT I AM HOLDING HOSTAGE,


00:57:48.667 --> 00:57:51.833
HOLDING BITTERNESS AGAINST,


00:57:51.933 --> 00:57:55.667
HOLDING A FENCE TOWARDS.


00:57:55.767 --> 00:57:56.933
I FORGIVE, AND YOU MIGHT
NEED TO LIST

00:57:57.033 --> 00:57:58.133
THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.


00:57:58.233 --> 00:58:00.233
I FORGIVE AND I WANT YOU
TO SEE YOURSELF OPENING UP

00:58:00.333 --> 00:58:02.400
THE PRISON DOOR
OF YOUR HEART.

00:58:02.500 --> 00:58:05.267
AND THEN LITERALLY
JUST WALKING OUT.

00:58:05.367 --> 00:58:07.100
THEY DON'T BELONG THERE.


00:58:07.200 --> 00:58:08.900
AND THEN I'D LIKE YOU TO
TAKE SOMETHING LIKE AN AX

00:58:09.000 --> 00:58:11.700
OR A BLOWTORCH OR SOMETHING
AND BLOW THAT PRISON DOWN

00:58:11.800 --> 00:58:14.766
BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT
BELONG IN YOUR HEART.

00:58:14.866 --> 00:58:16.300
THE PEOPLE THAT WE
HOLD THINGS AGAINST AND WE

00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:18.067
FEEL THAT THEY OWE US
SOMETHING AND AS THEY

00:58:18.167 --> 00:58:19.167
WALK OUT OF THAT PRISON,


00:58:19.267 --> 00:58:20.433
I WANT YOU TO JUST SAY,


00:58:20.533 --> 00:58:21.400
I BLESS YOU.


00:58:21.500 --> 00:58:23.033
YOU OWE ME NOTHING.


00:58:23.133 --> 00:58:24.767
I TAKE BACK WHAT'S MINE,


00:58:24.867 --> 00:58:28.200
AND I GIVE YOU WHAT'S YOURS.


00:58:28.300 --> 00:58:30.100
WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, JESUS.


00:58:30.200 --> 00:58:32.500
WE LOVE YOU.


00:58:32.600 --> 00:58:34.967
WE HONOR YOU.


00:58:35.067 --> 00:58:39.667
WE THANK YOU FOR WHOLENESS
AND HEALING TODAY

00:58:39.767 --> 00:58:41.300
IN JESUS' NAME.


00:58:41.400 --> 00:58:41.934
AMEN.


00:58:42.034 --> 00:58:43.733
>> AMEN.


00:58:43.833 --> 00:58:44.900
SO FREEING.


00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:46.334
I LOVE THAT.


00:58:46.434 --> 00:58:48.066
WELL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH, JENNY.

00:58:48.166 --> 00:58:49.667
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.


00:58:49.767 --> 00:58:50.700
>> I ALWAYS LOVE
HAVING YOU HERE.

00:58:50.800 --> 00:58:51.767
AND YOU'LL COME BACK?


00:58:51.867 --> 00:58:52.333
>> I LOVE BEING HERE. YES.


00:58:52.433 --> 00:58:53.300
>> YAY!