WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.800 TO THE LORD OR CLOSER TO HIS KINGDOM, THEN IT'S NOT 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:09.967 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON. 00:00:10.067 --> 00:00:13.000 >> HEY GUYS, WELCOME BACK TO THE PODCAST. I'M REBECCA WEISS. 00:00:13.100 --> 00:00:16.100 I'M JOINED WITH MY HUSBAND, JONATHAN WEISS. AND BEFORE WE 00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:19.800 GET TALKING, I REALIZED THAT WHEN I WATCH OTHER YOUTUBE 00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:23.900 VIDEOS, PODCAST EPISODES, THEY ALWAYS SAY IN THE BEGINNING, 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.900 LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE. AND I NEVER DO THAT. AND I REALIZE I 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.033 NEED TO START DOING THAT. SO PLEASE. 00:00:28.133 --> 00:00:31.733 >> THREE YEARS IN. >> I KNOW LIKE FOUR YEARS. 00:00:31.833 --> 00:00:33.033 >> IN, FOUR YEARS IN. >> SO PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT, 00:00:33.133 --> 00:00:35.067 SUBSCRIBE. >> BETTER LATE THAN NEVER 00:00:35.167 --> 00:00:37.967 BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES HELP OUR. >> CHANNEL. 00:00:38.067 --> 00:00:40.967 >> AND HIT THE NOTIFICATION BELL. THAT WAY YOU GET ALERTED. 00:00:41.067 --> 00:00:44.733 >> I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE. >> BUT IT REALLY DOES HELP OUR 00:00:44.833 --> 00:00:46.800 CHANNEL. AND YOU KNOW WE WANT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. WE WANT 00:00:46.900 --> 00:00:49.733 MORE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS CONTENT BECAUSE THIS PODCAST IS 00:00:49.833 --> 00:00:52.734 TO HELP EDIFY. >> WHAT ELSE IS IT FOR? WHY DID 00:00:52.834 --> 00:00:56.767 YOU START THIS? ORIGINALLY. >> I STARTED IT ORIGINALLY OUT 00:00:56.867 --> 00:00:59.866 OF A DESIRE. JUST. I FELT LIKE GOD HAD SHOWN ME SO MANY THINGS, 00:00:59.966 --> 00:01:03.900 AND I JUST WANTED TO LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I HAD FELT LIKE 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:07.900 GOD PUT ON THE INSIDE OF ME. I WANTED TO START LETTING IT OUT 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:10.833 AND START JUST SHARING. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS. WELL, NO, I 00:01:10.933 --> 00:01:13.834 DON'T FEEL. I KNOW THIS PODCAST WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU 00:01:13.934 --> 00:01:16.133 WEREN'T BEHIND ME PUSHING ME BECAUSE I WAS SO TIMID IN THE 00:01:16.233 --> 00:01:19.900 BEGINNING. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THREE, THREE PLUS YEARS 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.833 IN AND I FEEL SUPER COMFORTABLE NOW. AND SO I THINK MY WORD OF 00:01:22.933 --> 00:01:24.967 ENCOURAGEMENT TO ANYONE IS JUST START. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE 00:01:25.067 --> 00:01:28.100 EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT IN THE BEGINNING. YOU JUST NEED TO 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.800 START AND YOU WILL FIGURE. >> IT OUT ALONG. 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:38.800 >> THE WAY. WHEN I ASKED YOUR DAD FOR PERMISSION TO 00:01:38.900 --> 00:01:40.934 ASK YOU, TO ASK YOU TO MARRY ME, HE SAID, WE 00:01:41.034 --> 00:01:44.833 TALKED FOR LIKE 45 MINUTES. SO THERE'S A LOT. 00:01:44.933 --> 00:01:46.967 >> OF THINGS. >> I SAID, YEAH, BUT ONE OF 00:01:47.067 --> 00:01:52.800 THE THINGS HE SAID IS, YOU KNOW, REBECCA HAS A CALLING 00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:57.833 TO TEACH AND SHE'S A GREAT SCHOLAR OF THE BIBLE. AND 00:01:57.933 --> 00:02:01.133 AS HER HUSBAND, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO HELP COACH 00:02:01.233 --> 00:02:03.967 AND GUIDE AND SUPPORT HER IN THAT. AND I REMEMBER, 00:02:04.067 --> 00:02:07.000 LIKE, REALLY RESONATED WITH ME AT THE TIME BECAUSE I 00:02:07.100 --> 00:02:10.000 WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOVED YOU. AND WE HAD SUCH 00:02:10.100 --> 00:02:13.000 GREAT CHEMISTRY AND THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS, VALUES 00:02:13.100 --> 00:02:16.000 WISE AND WHAT WE WANTED OUT OF LIFE THAT ALIGNED. BUT 00:02:16.100 --> 00:02:19.066 THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I REALLY THOUGHT, LIKE 00:02:19.166 --> 00:02:21.600 IT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME. AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, 00:02:21.700 --> 00:02:24.134 THAT'S TRUE. SO I REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE STARTED THIS 00:02:24.234 --> 00:02:28.966 ORIGINALLY, I FELT LIKE I WAS ANSWERING WHAT HE HAD 00:02:29.066 --> 00:02:30.333 ASKED ME TO DO. YOU KNOW, ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AGO OR SEVEN 00:02:30.433 --> 00:02:33.133 YEARS AGO. >> MAKES ME EMOTIONAL. 00:02:33.233 --> 00:02:36.133 >> OH. >> NO, NO, IT'S A GOOD. 00:02:36.233 --> 00:02:39.934 >> NO, IT'S NOT BAD. IT'S GOOD. AND I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO SAY 00:02:40.034 --> 00:02:43.967 THAT YOU HAVE DONE THAT AND SO MUCH MORE. AND THANK YOU FOR 00:02:44.067 --> 00:02:47.134 HOW YOU'VE LED ME, OUR FAMILY. AND ALSO I LOVE HEARING THAT 00:02:47.234 --> 00:02:51.900 NOW, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED THAT I WOULD HAVE LOST 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.867 MY DAD AT THE AGE OF 31. AND IT WAS HORRIBLE. AND I HATE IT, 00:02:55.967 --> 00:02:58.100 BUT I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE THOSE MOMENTS TO REMEMBER. I 00:02:58.200 --> 00:03:02.167 WISH THAT CONVERSATION HAD BEEN RECORDED. I WISH IT COULD HAVE 00:03:02.267 --> 00:03:05.000 BEEN A FLY ON THE WALL. I GO. >> BACK AND YOU'RE LIKE, I WISH 00:03:05.100 --> 00:03:07.967 WE COULD HAVE RECORDED SO MANY DIFFERENT MOMENTS BECAUSE IT 00:03:08.067 --> 00:03:10.300 GOES SO FAST. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR MOM. AND THEN 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.200 MY PARENTS WOULD TRY AND BE SO INTENTIONAL BECAUSE YOU REALLY 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:15.967 NEVER KNOW HOW LONG PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR. IT'S SUCH A QUICK 00:03:16.067 --> 00:03:18.033 MOMENT IN TIME. >> NO, YOU REALLY DON'T. I 00:03:18.133 --> 00:03:21.067 THINK SOMETIMES WE GET COMFORTABLE WITH LIFE AND WE 00:03:21.167 --> 00:03:23.266 JUST THINK THIS IS THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING TO BE. AND 00:03:23.366 --> 00:03:26.267 WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS LIFE CHANGES AND NOTHING. THE ONLY 00:03:26.367 --> 00:03:30.067 THING THAT IS CONSTANT IS JESUS. AND IT TALKS ABOUT IN HEBREWS 00:03:30.167 --> 00:03:34.033 THAT WE RECEIVE AN UNSHAKABLE KINGDOM. SO THE KINGDOM OF GOD 00:03:34.133 --> 00:03:37.133 IS CONSTANT. IT'S FOREVER. HE IS FOREVER. BUT THIS LIFE AND 00:03:37.233 --> 00:03:41.067 EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE IS GOING TO PASS AWAY. IT'S ONLY 00:03:41.167 --> 00:03:44.967 PEOPLE THAT WILL GO ON THOSE SOULS FOR ETERNITY. AND SO AND 00:03:45.067 --> 00:03:47.934 WHAT WE DO IN THIS LIFE, THE THINGS THAT MATTER THAT GOES ON. 00:03:48.034 --> 00:03:49.234 BUT THE STUFF THAT WE DID THAT DIDN'T MATTER. IT JUST FADES 00:03:49.334 --> 00:03:52.100 AWAY. >> YEAH. I THINK THAT'S THE 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:56.933 THING THAT GOD'S BEEN REALLY DRILLING INTO ME THE LAST TWO 00:03:57.033 --> 00:04:01.066 YEARS, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS WHAT WE DO IN THIS LIFE IS 00:04:01.166 --> 00:04:03.300 PREPARATION FOR ETERNITY AND THIS LIFE SOMETIMES, 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:06.267 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE KIDS AND SO SOMETIMES THE 00:04:06.367 --> 00:04:10.300 DAYS FEEL REALLY LONG. BUT REALLY OVERALL IT'S VERY 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.100 FAST, VERY QUICK. AND EVEN NOW WHEN WE REFLECT BACK 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:15.167 JUST TO LIKE SEVEN YEARS AGO, HOW MUCH TIME THAT'S 00:04:16.100 --> 00:04:20.234 BEEN, BUT HOW QUICKLY IT'S GONE BY. 00:04:20.334 --> 00:04:23.233 >> SO I SAW THIS VIDEO OF BOAZ THAT I HAD IN MY PHONE AND. 00:04:23.333 --> 00:04:27.167 >> OUR THREE YEAR OLD. >> OUR THREE YEAR OLD, AND IT 00:04:27.267 --> 00:04:31.200 WAS HIM, LIKE AT ONE. AND I WAS IT WAS THE CUTEST VIDEO EVER. I 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:32.300 NEED TO SHOW IT TO YOU. I KIND OF WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU RIGHT 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:34.266 NOW. >> NO, LITTLE KID. 00:04:34.366 --> 00:04:37.267 >> NO, YOU'RE GONNA CRY. >> I KNOW. 00:04:37.367 --> 00:04:40.333 >> SO YOU DON'T WANT TO CRY ON ON THE PODCAST. 00:04:40.433 --> 00:04:42.166 >> I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU LATER. >> THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT, 00:04:42.266 --> 00:04:45.033 THOUGH. >> WELL, THEY CAN EDIT IT OUT. 00:04:45.133 --> 00:04:47.066 NEVER UNCOVER YOUR SPOUSE. >> EDIT THAT OUT. EDIT THAT 00:04:47.166 --> 00:04:49.167 LITTLE SEGMENT OUT. >> NO, I'M EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. 00:04:49.267 --> 00:04:52.433 LEAVE IT ALL IN. REALLY? YEAH. >> WELL, I. 00:04:52.533 --> 00:04:55.367 >> REALLY I DON'T EVER WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO PUT YOU ON THE 00:04:55.467 --> 00:04:59.033 SPOT. ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. OKAY. WELL, 00:04:59.133 --> 00:05:02.233 IT'S A VERY SWEET VIDEO, AND I WATCHED IT AND I WAS TOUCHED. 00:05:02.333 --> 00:05:04.267 AND I WAS ALSO KIND OF MAD BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHO SAID 00:05:04.367 --> 00:05:07.233 THIS LITTLE CUTIE COULD GROW UP? >> I KNOW. 00:05:07.333 --> 00:05:10.167 >> BUT THEY DO. >> AND EVEN ASHER ABOUT TO BE 00:05:10.267 --> 00:05:14.133 SIX, AND I'M THROWING HIM AROUND IN THE POOL YESTERDAY 00:05:14.233 --> 00:05:18.200 AND I'M LIKE, GEEZ, HE'S GETTING BIG. LIKE, I THINK I 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:21.300 ONLY HAVE LIKE MAYBE 1 OR 2 MORE SUMMERS. I'LL BE ABLE TO 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:23.266 TOSS THEM AROUND LIKE THAT AT THIS RATE. I MEAN, HE'S GETTING 00:05:23.366 --> 00:05:27.100 SO BIG. >> I KNOW MAYBE ONE. HE'S 00:05:27.200 --> 00:05:30.300 REALLY HE'S BIG FOR HIS AGE. HE'S REALLY TALL. BUT YEAH, I 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:35.100 THINK THAT BOTH YOU AND I ARE CONVICTION HAS BEEN WE NEED TO 00:05:35.200 --> 00:05:37.367 LIVE OUR LIVES FOR ETERNITY, NOT FOR THE MOMENT. AND THAT'S 00:05:37.467 --> 00:05:41.100 ACTUALLY REALLY HARD. I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN YOU HAVE 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:44.134 SMALL KIDS AND YOUR LIFE IS FULL OF ALL OF THESE TASKS AND 00:05:44.234 --> 00:05:46.333 YOU HAVE ALL THESE DAILY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, 00:05:46.433 --> 00:05:49.300 THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO AND KEEP STEWARDSHIP OF. BUT WHAT 00:05:49.400 --> 00:05:52.133 ONE OF MY CONVICTIONS LATELY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE 00:05:52.233 --> 00:05:54.300 SAYS, WHATSOEVER IS GOOD, WHATSOEVER IS TRUE, YOU KNOW, 00:05:54.400 --> 00:05:57.233 THINK UPON THESE THINGS. THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS TO SET YOUR 00:05:57.333 --> 00:06:01.434 MIND ON HEAVEN, ON THE THINGS ABOVE. IT SAYS THAT IN 00:06:01.534 --> 00:06:05.234 COLOSSIANS THREE. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE MEDITATED ON THOSE VERSES 00:06:05.334 --> 00:06:09.267 FOR YEARS, BUT IT JUST HIT ME BECAUSE WE HAVE A MENTOR WHO 00:06:09.367 --> 00:06:11.367 TELLS US WHERE OUR FOCUS IS. THAT'S WHERE ENERGY FLOWS. SO 00:06:11.467 --> 00:06:14.467 WHATEVER YOU'RE FOCUSED ON, THAT'S WHAT YOUR ENERGY IS 00:06:14.567 --> 00:06:17.367 GOING TO GO INTO. AND WE HAVE TO STEWARD EVEN OUR ENERGY. WE 00:06:17.467 --> 00:06:21.500 STEWARD OUR TIME, OUR TASKS, EVEN OUR ENERGY THAT GOD GIVES 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:26.200 US. AND I REALIZE THAT MY MIND WAS FOCUSED ON THINGS THAT 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:29.200 DIDN'T NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON. AND I THINK THERE IS A FIGHT, 00:06:29.300 --> 00:06:31.500 THERE IS A BATTLE FOR OUR ATTENTION, AND I THINK THE 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.434 ENEMY WANTS TO FILL UP OUR MINDS WITH THINGS THAT DON'T 00:06:34.534 --> 00:06:38.434 MATTER, WITH THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT. 00:06:38.534 --> 00:06:40.500 BUT HE WANTS TO KIND OF BE LIKE NANNY, NANNY BOO BOO, LIKE, 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.434 FOCUS ON THIS AND TRY TO LIKE, MAGNIFY OUR STRUGGLES. AND OUR 00:06:43.534 --> 00:06:47.233 STRUGGLES IN THE EYES OF GOD ARE NOTHING. HE WE HAVE VICTORY 00:06:47.333 --> 00:06:50.366 IN HIM AND HE'S GOING TO WORK EVERYTHING OUT. AND SO I'VE HAD 00:06:50.466 --> 00:06:54.200 TO LEARN THE DISCIPLINE OF WHERE MY FOCUS GOES. AND THAT 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:57.200 IS SO HARD. LIKE SOME DAYS I'M BETTER THAN OTHERS. SOME DAYS I 00:06:57.300 --> 00:06:59.433 DON'T KNOW, BLAME IT ON THE ADHD. YOU KNOW, SOME. 00:06:59.533 --> 00:07:03.533 >> DAYS I FEEL. >> LIKE I'M MORE LIKE DIALED IN 00:07:03.633 --> 00:07:07.300 AND THEN OTHER DAYS I FEEL LIKE MY MIND CAN JUST WANDER AND I'M 00:07:07.400 --> 00:07:10.334 REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF MY TIME AND MY ENERGY. AND I 00:07:10.434 --> 00:07:14.267 REALLY THINK IT'S LIKE I DON'T NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON MY 00:07:14.367 --> 00:07:18.266 PROBLEMS AND MY WORRIES. I NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD HAS 00:07:18.366 --> 00:07:19.833 ME DOING RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH. AND I WOULD SAY IT'S A 00:07:19.933 --> 00:07:22.433 CONSISTENT OR CONSTANT SURRENDERING. 00:07:22.533 --> 00:07:25.500 >> YOU'RE SO GOOD AT IT, THOUGH. >> I WOULD SAY THAT. 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.300 >> LIKE, I'M TRYING TO LEARN. >> TEACH ME YOUR WAYS. YOU'RE 00:07:27.400 --> 00:07:31.367 JUST LIKE, YOU'RE JUST KNOCK OUT. 00:07:31.467 --> 00:07:34.434 >> YOUR GOALS. I'M GONNA GET THERE. YEAH, YOU HEARD IT HERE, 00:07:34.534 --> 00:07:37.634 FOLKS. I'M GONNA GET LET'S DO THIS PODCAST IN A YEAR, AND 00:07:37.734 --> 00:07:40.233 THEN WE CAN SEE IF I'VE. >> IMPROVED ANYTHING WE CAN 00:07:40.333 --> 00:07:43.233 MEASURE. THAT'S HOW WE. >> MEASURABLE GOALS. I LOVE 00:07:43.333 --> 00:07:45.367 THAT SOMEONE KEEPS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE STUDIO. AND I 00:07:45.467 --> 00:07:48.667 HEAR WHERE. >> YOU WANT TO BE. WHERE DO YOU 00:07:48.767 --> 00:07:50.266 WANT TO BE IN A YEAR FROM NOW? YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE 00:07:50.366 --> 00:07:53.334 INTENTIONALITY AROUND THE DISCIPLINE OF. 00:07:53.434 --> 00:07:56.400 >> I WANT TO BE DISCIPLINED IN SO MANY AREAS. I KNOW 00:07:56.500 --> 00:07:59.267 EVERYTHING THAT GOD'S CALLED ME TO DO. AND IN MY MIND SOMETIMES 00:07:59.367 --> 00:08:02.433 YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS TOO MUCH. BUT I'M LIKE, ACTUALLY, 00:08:02.533 --> 00:08:05.434 IT'S NOT TOO MUCH. I NEED HIS GRACE, BUT I ALSO NEED TO 00:08:05.534 --> 00:08:08.567 STEWARD MY TIME WELL BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE THE TIME TO DO 00:08:08.667 --> 00:08:11.467 THIS. BUT I HAVE TO CUT OUT ALL THE UNNECESSARY, ALL THE NOISE, 00:08:11.567 --> 00:08:14.333 ALL THE FLUFF, THE STUFF THAT SHOULDN'T BE GETTING MY TIME. 00:08:14.433 --> 00:08:19.334 AND IT JUST. >> NOISE ISN'T JUST SOCIAL 00:08:19.434 --> 00:08:23.434 MEDIA OR NETFLIX OR THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. IT'S NOT JUST 00:08:23.534 --> 00:08:25.667 THAT THE NOISE IS ALSO YOUR THOUGHTS YOU HAVE TO TAKE. NO. 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:30.334 >> I THINK IT'S MY. >> THOUGHTS IN GENERAL. NOT 00:08:30.434 --> 00:08:34.333 JUST YOU, REBECCA, BUT YOU, ANYONE, ME. WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE 00:08:34.433 --> 00:08:37.500 EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE. BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT BRINGING US CLOSER 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.533 TO THE LORD OR CLOSER TO HIS KINGDOM, THEN IT'S NOT 00:08:40.633 --> 00:08:44.300 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON. AND SO WHEN YOU 00:08:44.400 --> 00:08:48.667 START TO LIVE THROUGH THAT FRAMEWORK, WHAT I'VE FOUND IS 00:08:48.767 --> 00:08:52.300 HE PROVIDES THE PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE 00:08:52.400 --> 00:08:54.534 OUR THOUGHTS CAN GET AWAY FROM US SO QUICKLY, AND YOU START 00:08:54.634 --> 00:08:57.467 RUNNING SCENARIOS OR WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HAPPENING IN 00:08:57.567 --> 00:09:00.467 THE WORLD OR THIS IS HAPPENING IN MY LIFE AND IT CAN BE 00:09:00.567 --> 00:09:05.433 OVERWHELMING. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO SURRENDER DAILY, CAST 00:09:05.533 --> 00:09:09.367 OUR CARES UPON HIM DAILY. AND THOSE THINGS IS REALLY WHAT IF 00:09:09.467 --> 00:09:13.367 YOU JUST CONTINUE TO DO THAT? HE HE MAKES A WAY FOR US, YOU 00:09:13.467 --> 00:09:16.500 KNOW, WHAT'S THAT VERSE IN JAMES? THAT A RIGHTEOUS MAN 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:19.334 STEPS ARE ORDERED UNTO THE LORD. >> THAT'S PSALMS 37. OKAY. 00:09:19.434 --> 00:09:23.467 THAT'S THE PSALMS THAT GOD GAVE US. 00:09:23.567 --> 00:09:26.433 >> NO. ISN'T IT JAMES TWO? >> IN JAMES THERE'S A VERSE 00:09:26.533 --> 00:09:28.366 THAT SAYS THE PRAYERS OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN. AVAILETH MUCH. 00:09:28.466 --> 00:09:31.433 THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK. 00:09:31.533 --> 00:09:33.400 >> OF, THAT ONE THAT WE HAD ON THE PLAQUE IN OUR ROOM. 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:36.433 >> OH, THAT'S JAMES, THAT'S JAMES ONE. 00:09:36.533 --> 00:09:37.600 >> WHAT DOES IT SAY? >> LET'S LOOK IT UP. BUT I WANT 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:40.600 TO TALK ABOUT PSALMS. >> 37. 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:43.334 >> BECAUSE GOD GAVE US THAT. >> YEAH. IT WAS STUDYING IT 00:09:43.434 --> 00:09:46.333 AGAIN TODAY. >> IT'S SO GOOD. YEAH. SO WE 00:09:46.433 --> 00:09:48.600 DID HAVE JAMES ONE. DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHEN 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:51.634 TROUBLES OF ANY KIND COME YOUR WAY, CONSIDER IT AN OPPORTUNITY 00:09:51.734 --> 00:09:54.466 FOR GREAT JOY. FOR YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED, YOUR 00:09:54.566 --> 00:09:56.567 ENDURANCE HAS TO GROW. SO LET IT GROW. FOR WHEN YOUR 00:09:56.667 --> 00:09:59.367 ENDURANCE IS FULLY DEVELOPED, YOU WILL BE PERFECT AND 00:09:59.467 --> 00:10:02.633 COMPLETE, NEEDING NOTHING. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF? 00:10:02.733 --> 00:10:05.400 >> NO, BUT THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. ABOUT THE BIBLE, YOU CAN 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:07.533 REFERENCE THE WRONG THING. ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT. 00:10:07.633 --> 00:10:10.434 >> A RIGHTEOUS? >> THIS IS HILARIOUS. ARE YOU 00:10:10.534 --> 00:10:13.500 THINKING ABOUT A RIGHTEOUS MAN? >> STEPS ARE ORDERED BY THE 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.533 LORD. YEAH, THAT'S PSALMS 37. >> WELL THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW 00:10:16.633 --> 00:10:19.600 ONE THING. IF I EVER GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:21.567 HOW MUCH I CARRY, I'D LOVE TO GO TO BIBLE SCHOOL 00:10:21.667 --> 00:10:24.500 BECAUSE. >> I WANT TO GO BACK. 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:27.333 >> LET'S DO IT. LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. I WANT TO STUDY. 00:10:27.433 --> 00:10:29.600 >> WHEN WE'RE EMPTY NESTERS, I GUESS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:31.866 ONLY TIME I COULD SEE. YOU KNOW. IT'S CRAZY 20 YEARS 00:10:31.966 --> 00:10:34.567 FROM NOW. >> WHEN I WENT TO BIBLE 00:10:34.667 --> 00:10:38.433 SCHOOL, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT, THEY HAD JUST LAUNCHED THE 00:10:38.533 --> 00:10:41.367 CAMPUS IN DFW. AND SO IN THE BEGINNING, WE WERE SO SMALL 00:10:41.467 --> 00:10:43.434 THAT WE ACTUALLY THERE WERE SOME, NOT ALL OF THE CLASSES, 00:10:43.534 --> 00:10:46.400 BUT THERE WERE SOME CLASSES THAT UNDERGRADUATE WHICH WHAT 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:48.567 THAT'S WHAT I WAS IN GRADUATE, WHICH WAS MASTER'S. WE WERE IN 00:10:48.667 --> 00:10:53.534 THE SAME CLASSES TOGETHER AND THEY JUST HAD A HEAVIER 00:10:53.634 --> 00:10:57.567 WORKLOAD, HEAVIER WORKLOAD, AND A LOT OF THEM WERE LIKE PEOPLE 00:10:57.667 --> 00:10:59.466 OUR AGE WITH KIDS. AND I LOOK BACK ON THAT AND I'M LIKE, HOW 00:10:59.566 --> 00:11:02.633 DID YOU GET YOUR MASTER'S SINGLE? 00:11:02.733 --> 00:11:06.500 >> LIKE. >> YEAH, I'M LIKE IN SHOCK. I'M 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:08.633 LIKE, HOW DID Y'ALL DO THIS? I DON'T EVEN KNOW. BUT MAYBE ONE 00:11:08.733 --> 00:11:13.533 DAY. >> BUT THE POINT IS THAT GOD 00:11:13.633 --> 00:11:15.566 DOES MAKE A WAY FOR US WHEN WE STAY ALIGNED WITH HIM. AND 00:11:15.666 --> 00:11:19.566 THAT'S THE THING THAT I'M ALWAYS ENCOURAGING YOU TO, 00:11:19.666 --> 00:11:21.833 TO DO AT HOME, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THIS ACTUALLY WORTH YOUR 00:11:21.933 --> 00:11:28.433 ATTENTION OR IS IT JUST A DISTRACTION? 00:11:28.533 --> 00:11:33.466 >> WELL, MY PERSONALITY TYPE IS I TEND TO OVERTHINK 00:11:33.566 --> 00:11:38.434 THINGS, AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY EASY TO THINK ABOUT 00:11:38.534 --> 00:11:40.600 THINGS THAT MATTER. BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE OUR FOCUS, RIGHT? 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.400 YOU KNOW. >> THEY EVEN MATTER TO THE LORD. 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:45.500 >> YEAH, BUT IT'S LIKE, STOP WASTING YOUR TIME RUMINATING ON 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:47.667 IT. STOP DOING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 00:11:47.767 --> 00:11:50.600 >> LET HIM BE ON THE THRONE OF YOUR LIFE. 00:11:50.700 --> 00:11:54.500 >> EXACTLY. LAY IT DOWN RIGHT AND FOCUS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:57.500 MUCH IN FRONT OF ME THAT I NEED TO GET DONE. AND ON THE DAYS 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:59.634 THAT I HAVE THE DISCIPLINE, THE DAYS WHERE I FEEL LIKE I'VE 00:11:59.734 --> 00:12:02.700 STEWARD MY FAMILY WELL, I'VE STEWARD, STEWARD MY, OUR, YOU 00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:05.733 KNOW, OUR CALLING, WELL, YOU KNOW, DID MY WORK, ALL THAT 00:12:05.833 --> 00:12:08.600 KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S WHERE I FEEL THE BEST. BUT I'VE NOTICED 00:12:08.700 --> 00:12:12.500 IN SOME DAYS, SOME DAYS I'M BETTER THAN OTHERS. AND, YOU 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.534 KNOW, IT'S OKAY TO REST. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE IDLE IN ANY 00:12:15.634 --> 00:12:18.600 WAY. I ALWAYS WANT TO MAXIMIZE. I THINK THAT'S HOW WE CAN WE 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:20.767 OKAY. IN A YEAR, I WANT TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED. I ALSO WANT 00:12:20.867 --> 00:12:22.734 TO TAKE STRENGTH FINDERS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BECAUSE I 00:12:22.834 --> 00:12:26.533 THINK I MIGHT. >> HAVE TWO THINGS. 00:12:26.633 --> 00:12:28.733 >> I THINK JUST THOSE TWO, BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE 00:12:28.833 --> 00:12:30.533 MAXIMIZER, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN I DON'T MAXIMIZE THE 00:12:30.633 --> 00:12:33.533 SITUATION, I DO FEEL KIND OF ODD. YOU KNOW. 00:12:33.633 --> 00:12:36.534 >> THAT'S GREAT. THAT COULD BE A REALLY AWESOME TOOL FOR YOU. 00:12:36.634 --> 00:12:39.600 >> IT'S GOT TO GET FOCUSED. >> CORRECT. IF THAT'S TRULY IN 00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:40.833 YOU, BECAUSE YOU COULD. IT'S A SUPERPOWER. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE 00:12:40.933 --> 00:12:44.533 LEARNED HOW TO GET YOUR STRENGTHS. 00:12:44.633 --> 00:12:47.800 >> YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO GET FOCUS. YOU GOT ANY TIPS? 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:50.767 >> YOU KNOW, I LEARNED SOMETHING ALL THE WAY BACK 00:12:50.867 --> 00:12:53.500 IN BUSINESS SCHOOL THAT I'VE ALWAYS CARRIED THROUGH. 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:56.533 IT'S A STRANGE PHRASE CALLED EAT THE FROG. 00:12:56.633 --> 00:13:00.733 >> REALLY. >> WHAT IT MEANS IS YOU DO. 00:13:00.833 --> 00:13:03.800 I ALWAYS MAKE AN END OF THE DAY WHAT I NEED TO FINISH, 00:13:03.900 --> 00:13:05.867 WHAT I NEED TO DO THE NEXT DAY. SO IT'S A LIST. IT'S 00:13:05.967 --> 00:13:08.800 VERY SIMPLE. SOMETIMES IT'S TWO THINGS, SOMETIMES IT'S 00:13:08.900 --> 00:13:12.567 12. BUT EAT THE FROG. THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND IT IS 00:13:12.667 --> 00:13:15.733 YOU DO THE HARDEST THING FIRST. YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T 00:13:15.833 --> 00:13:19.566 PUSH THAT OFF. CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT EASILY CAN 00:13:19.666 --> 00:13:22.600 SLIDE INTO THE NEXT DAY. SO THAT'S A PRACTICAL TIP THAT 00:13:22.700 --> 00:13:24.767 HAS SERVED ME WELL FOR MANY YEARS. AND YOU KNOW, I 00:13:24.867 --> 00:13:26.900 ENCOURAGE YOU OR ANYONE TO USE THAT. IT'S JUST 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:29.766 WHATEVER'S THE BIGGEST THING, THE MOST DIFFICULT 00:13:29.866 --> 00:13:31.733 THING, THE THING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO, DO THAT FIRST 00:13:31.833 --> 00:13:34.567 BECAUSE. >> YOU HAVE THE MOST ENERGY IN 00:13:34.667 --> 00:13:38.567 THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY. >> YOUR MIND'S FRESHEST, YOU 00:13:38.667 --> 00:13:41.534 KNOW. AND IT ALSO THAT SETS THE THE MOMENTUM AND THE TONE FOR 00:13:41.634 --> 00:13:43.733 THE REST OF THE DAY, BECAUSE THEN WHAT YOU'LL END UP DOING 00:13:43.833 --> 00:13:46.734 IS ACHIEVING THAT AND THEN GETTING THROUGH THE LIST A LOT 00:13:46.834 --> 00:13:53.534 QUICKER. >> HOW DO YOU, AS A HUSBAND, 00:13:53.634 --> 00:13:56.534 HOW DO YOU ALLOW THE LORD TO GIVE YOU WISDOM AND HOW? WHAT 00:13:56.634 --> 00:13:59.534 IS YOUR FRAMEWORK ON LEADING OUR FAMILY? BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN 00:13:59.634 --> 00:14:01.800 DOING A REALLY AMAZING JOB AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING 00:14:01.900 --> 00:14:04.933 THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE PEOPLE REALLY TALK ABOUT. 00:14:05.033 --> 00:14:07.800 >> THAT SCALE OF 1 TO 10, WHAT WOULD YOU RATE IT? TEN YOU'RE 00:14:07.900 --> 00:14:10.833 JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE. >> YOU'RE NO, I'M NOT. YOU'RE 00:14:10.933 --> 00:14:14.667 DOING A REALLY AMAZING JOB. I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF 00:14:14.767 --> 00:14:16.834 PEOPLE COULD LEARN A LOT FROM YOU. SO I HAVE YOU ACROSS FROM 00:14:16.934 --> 00:14:19.800 ME. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE QUESTIONS. 00:14:19.900 --> 00:14:24.733 >> IT JUST COMES DOWN TO, IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER 00:14:24.833 --> 00:14:28.900 INTUITIVELY SEEKING THE LORD IN PRAYER. SO THE WHOLE THING, THE 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.733 INTUITION REALLY IS IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO IT'S BASICALLY 00:14:32.833 --> 00:14:36.700 NOT ME. IT'S JUST ME ENGAGING WITH THE HOLY 00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:40.666 SPIRIT THAT'S IN ME THAT WE ALL GET TO RECEIVE ONCE WE 00:14:40.766 --> 00:14:42.734 BELIEVE IN JESUS, AND FROM THERE COMES EVERYTHING. 00:14:42.834 --> 00:14:50.767 FROM THERE COMES THE ANSWERS, THE GUIDANCE. YOU 00:14:50.867 --> 00:14:54.700 KNOW, THE PERSPECTIVE. AND EVEN WHEN I GET OUT OF LINE 00:14:54.800 --> 00:14:58.934 IN THE LORD'S EYES, LIKE IF I OVERSTEP IN A WAY, OR IF 00:14:59.034 --> 00:15:04.867 I TALK TO YOU IN A WAY THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE, I OFTEN FEEL 00:15:04.967 --> 00:15:10.733 HIM GUIDING ME. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SENSITIVITY THAT YOU'RE 00:15:10.833 --> 00:15:15.733 THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN TO CULTIVATE OVER TIME. THAT I 00:15:15.833 --> 00:15:19.833 BELIEVE ALL OF US HAVE ACCESS TO. IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO ONE 00:15:19.933 --> 00:15:21.933 INDIVIDUAL. NO, BUT IT DOES TAKE INTENTIONALITY TO LEAN 00:15:22.033 --> 00:15:27.800 INTO IT. >> YEP. 00:15:27.900 --> 00:15:30.900 >> AND SOMETIMES IT'S THE HARDER PATH, YOU KNOW, THAN 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:34.734 YOU'D LIKE. OR YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING IN THE CARNAL MIND 00:15:34.834 --> 00:15:38.900 THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO TO ADDRESS THE 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.867 SITUATION. BUT WHEN YOU ENGAGE THE LORD IN PRAYER OR YOU'RE 00:15:41.967 --> 00:15:46.700 TALKING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH IT, WHICH I DO THOSE 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:49.700 THINGS. YOU GET GUIDED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND THEN IT'S 00:15:49.800 --> 00:15:53.700 JUST A MATTER OF LISTENING AND OBEYING. IT'S LIKE WE TEACH OUR 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:56.900 KIDS WHEN WE JUST TALK, OBEY THE FIRST TIME. YEAH, IT'S. 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:00.767 >> OBEDIENCE THE FIRST TIME. >> YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE HAVING 00:16:00.867 --> 00:16:03.967 KIDS IS SO FUNNY BECAUSE YOU REALLY START TO SEE WHAT, LIKE, 00:16:04.067 --> 00:16:08.000 GOD'S PERSPECTIVE IS ON US AS HIS CHILDREN. YEAH. AND LIKE 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:13.800 BECAUSE WE BOTH LOVE OUR KIDS UNCONDITIONALLY. AND YOU WOULD 00:16:13.900 --> 00:16:17.900 LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR THEM AND WE SERVE THEM ENDLESSLY. AND 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.900 ALL OF THAT LOVE THAT POURS OUT OF US IS THOUSAND TIMES WHAT 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.833 GOD HAS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. I MEAN, HE LAID DOWN HIS 00:16:24.933 --> 00:16:27.833 SON SO THAT WE COULD BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 00:16:27.933 --> 00:16:30.867 >> YEAH. AND I THINK KNOWING THE FATHER'S HEART, I THINK 00:16:30.967 --> 00:16:33.800 WHEN YOU KNOW THE HEART OF THE FATHER, IT'S EASIER FOR YOU TO 00:16:33.900 --> 00:16:36.867 TRUST HIM AND SURRENDER YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT HE 00:16:36.967 --> 00:16:38.867 WANTS WHAT'S BEST. AND I THINK MY OTHER YOU KNOW, YOU SAID 00:16:38.967 --> 00:16:42.800 SOMETHING. YOU SAID SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT, WHICH IS THERE 00:16:42.900 --> 00:16:48.767 HAS TO BE LIKE A SENSITIVITY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND, YOU KNOW, 00:16:48.867 --> 00:16:52.933 YOU ARE A STRONG MAN, YOU'RE A LEADER. AND YET YOU MODELED 00:16:53.033 --> 00:16:57.900 THIS HUMILITY IN THIS SUBMISSIVENESS TO GOD. AND I 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.100 FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BALANCE 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:05.033 THAT A LOT OF, I THINK WOULD BENEFIT A LOT OF MEN IF THEY 00:17:05.133 --> 00:17:10.867 WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN BE THE STRONG LEADER, BUT THEY 00:17:10.967 --> 00:17:14.867 HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO GOD'S LEADING. HOW DID YOU HOW DID 00:17:14.967 --> 00:17:17.867 YOU TAKE THE STRENGTH AND THE LEADERSHIP? BECAUSE I KNOW THE 00:17:17.967 --> 00:17:21.900 WAY YOU'RE WIRED AND BRING YOURSELF TO A PLACE OF 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:26.133 COMPLETELY SUBMITTING TO GOD. >> A LOT OF HARD LESSONS. I 00:17:26.233 --> 00:17:31.934 WISH I HAD A REALLY COOL ANSWER. IT WAS LIKE THIS EPIPHANY EARLY 00:17:32.034 --> 00:17:35.167 IN MY LIFE AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, BUT NO, I THINK A LOT OF 00:17:35.267 --> 00:17:38.900 BUMPING INTO THE WRONG WAY OF DOING THINGS OVER TIME AND NOT 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:43.834 GETTING OFFENDED OR JADED OR HARDENING OF MY HEART TO THE 00:17:43.934 --> 00:17:49.834 LORD, BUT REALLY FEELING CHASTENED BY HIM AND KNOWING I 00:17:49.934 --> 00:17:52.934 KNEW EARLY, WITHIN A FEW MONTHS AFTER I CAME BACK TO THE LORD, 00:17:53.034 --> 00:17:56.133 I HEARD HIM CALL ME INTO MINISTRY. BUT HE ALSO HAD A 00:17:56.233 --> 00:18:01.967 PLACE FOR ME IN BUSINESS, AND HE SPOKE THIS WHOLE THING 00:18:02.067 --> 00:18:04.967 TO ME VERY CLEARLY IN ISRAEL IN 2012. SO I NEVER 00:18:05.067 --> 00:18:07.233 REALLY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, WHICH I 00:18:07.333 --> 00:18:10.100 UNDERSTAND HOW HE ONLY GIVES US A PIECE OF THE 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.967 PICTURE OR A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE AT A TIME. 00:18:12.067 --> 00:18:14.967 >> BECAUSE IT'S A WALK OF FAITH. 00:18:15.067 --> 00:18:18.267 >> EXACTLY. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT. 00:18:18.367 --> 00:18:20.934 >> YOU DON'T WANT TO IDOLIZE THE VISION. YOU WANT TO FOLLOW 00:18:21.034 --> 00:18:22.966 HIM. >> RIGHT? SO I WOULD SAY A LOT 00:18:23.066 --> 00:18:25.967 OF LESSONS LEARNED A LOT OF YEARS. 00:18:26.067 --> 00:18:30.034 >> A LOT OF YEARS DOING A LOT OF DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. 00:18:30.134 --> 00:18:36.934 >> DOING BOTH, YOU KNOW, MINISTRY ROLES, BUSINESS ROLES 00:18:37.034 --> 00:18:43.066 AND A LOT OF REFINEMENT, YOU KNOW? YEAH. GOING THROUGH 00:18:43.166 --> 00:18:47.066 DIFFICULT TIMES ISN'T DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL NICE, BUT IT'S 00:18:47.166 --> 00:18:50.133 ALWAYS PREPARATION FOR SOME TYPE OF PROMOTION, WHATEVER 00:18:50.233 --> 00:18:53.033 IT IS. I'M NOT SAYING IN THE NATURAL WORLD, BUT 00:18:53.133 --> 00:18:57.900 SPIRITUALLY AS WELL. LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN A SEASON 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:01.066 THAT FEELS LIKE A DESERT OR A VALLEY, JUST KNOW THAT 00:19:01.166 --> 00:19:04.067 GOD'S PREPARING YOU FOR SOMETHING AND TO LEAN INTO 00:19:04.167 --> 00:19:07.000 IT AND TO ASK HIM, WHAT IS HE SHOWING? WHAT IS HE 00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:09.967 SHOWING ME IN THIS TIME? WHAT ARE YOU SHOWING ME 00:19:10.067 --> 00:19:14.100 THIS IN THIS TIME? HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND TO 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:18.067 THIS? BECAUSE HE WILL. HE'S NOT. HE'S NOT JUST LETTING 00:19:18.167 --> 00:19:21.000 US, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FLAIL AROUND. HE ACTUALLY IS VERY 00:19:21.100 --> 00:19:24.200 INTENTIONAL. HE'S OUTSIDE OF SPACE AND TIME. WE ARE 00:19:24.300 --> 00:19:27.933 HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS. HE HAS A PLAN, UNIQUE PURPOSE 00:19:28.033 --> 00:19:30.167 FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. AND WHAT HE ASKS US TO 00:19:30.267 --> 00:19:34.933 DO IS SURRENDER TO HIM OUR PURPOSE AND OUR CALLING, 00:19:35.033 --> 00:19:37.400 AND LET HIM SHOW US THE WAY. >> YEAH, THAT'S SO GOOD. 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:40.100 AND I THINK, TOO, ONE OF THE THINGS, ANOTHER THING 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:44.000 THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS YOU SAID, LIKE WHEN YOU 00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:47.034 SPEAK TO ME IN A WAY THAT MAYBE IT WASN'T THE BEST WAY OF 00:19:47.134 --> 00:19:50.967 SAYING SOMETHING, WHICH YOU REALLY DON'T DO THAT A LOT. YOU 00:19:51.067 --> 00:19:53.900 REALLY DO. I FEEL LIKE CARRY YOURSELF WELL, BUT IF YOU DO, 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.034 YOU SAY THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL CONVICT ME. AND THIS IS 00:19:56.134 --> 00:20:01.166 SOMETHING I HAD TO LEARN BECAUSE EARLY ON IN OUR 00:20:01.266 --> 00:20:05.033 MARRIAGE, I WOULD LIKE NAG ABOUT THINGS, AND I WOULD TRY 00:20:05.133 --> 00:20:07.967 TO COME TO YOU AND BE LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THIS, OR, YOU KNOW, 00:20:08.067 --> 00:20:11.134 WHATEVER IT IS, AND IT WOULD JUST MAKE PROBLEMS WORSE. AND 00:20:11.234 --> 00:20:15.067 IF I COULD TELL WIVES ANYTHING, IT'S JUST DON'T TRY TO DON'T 00:20:15.167 --> 00:20:18.267 CORRECT YOUR HUSBAND'S. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO GO OVER 00:20:18.367 --> 00:20:22.034 WELL, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I THINK YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW 00:20:22.134 --> 00:20:25.066 YOU FEEL. MAYBE. BUT I JUST REALLY THINK THE BEST THING YOU 00:20:25.166 --> 00:20:28.033 COULD DO. AND, I MEAN, YOU CAN CHIME IN. I THINK THE BEST 00:20:28.133 --> 00:20:31.034 THING YOU CAN DO IS JUST FORGIVE AND JUST SAY, LIKE GOD, 00:20:31.134 --> 00:20:33.933 SPEAK TO HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU MARRY 00:20:34.033 --> 00:20:36.933 SOMEONE THAT IS SUBMITTED TO GOD AND HAS A HEART THAT'S 00:20:37.033 --> 00:20:39.100 LISTENING TO THE LORD. BECAUSE THAT WON'T WORK IF YOU HAVE A 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:41.967 HUSBAND THAT'S HARDHEADED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY IN 00:20:42.067 --> 00:20:46.000 THAT SITUATION. >> BUT AND I THINK EARLIER ON, 00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:51.033 LIKE MY PERSPECTIVE EVEN TO, TO YOUR POINT, WAS THAT WE BOTH DO, 00:20:51.133 --> 00:20:53.167 YOU KNOW, 50% TO, TO GET TO 100%. AND WHAT ENDS UP 00:20:53.267 --> 00:20:55.200 HAPPENING WHEN BOTH PARTNERS, WHEN PARTNERS ARE 00:20:55.300 --> 00:20:57.933 COMING TOGETHER AND LIKE I'M DOING HALF AND YOU'RE 00:20:58.033 --> 00:21:01.033 DOING HALF, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS EACH ONE 00:21:01.133 --> 00:21:04.133 THINKS THE OTHER ONE'S NOT DOING ENOUGH. AND THE FACT IS, 00:21:04.233 --> 00:21:08.034 THAT'S TRUE. AND SO WHAT I THINK WE'VE SWITCHED INTO IN 00:21:08.134 --> 00:21:12.200 THE YEARS OF MARRIAGE IS BOTH BRINGING 100%. AND WHEN BOTH 00:21:12.300 --> 00:21:15.300 ARE STRIVING TO BRING 100%, THEN YOU'RE FILLING THE GAPS 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:19.133 WITH LOVE. YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OTHER ONE IS DOING THE 00:21:19.233 --> 00:21:23.134 BEST THEY CAN, AND THEN IT BECOMES LESS ABOUT THESE, THIS 00:21:23.234 --> 00:21:26.333 SMALL LITTLE THINGS IN BOTH COMING TO A PLACE OF LIKE, WE 00:21:26.433 --> 00:21:29.200 ARE A UNIT, WE ARE A TEAM, WE ARE ONE. WE'RE BOTH GIVING IT 00:21:29.300 --> 00:21:34.000 OUR ALL. AND WHEN YOU BOTH HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE ABOUT ONE 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:37.067 ANOTHER, THERE'S LESS ROOM FOR THE ENEMY TO COME IN AND SOW 00:21:37.167 --> 00:21:40.266 DIVISION. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HATES MARRIAGE, HATES FAMILY, 00:21:40.366 --> 00:21:46.133 HATES UNITY. ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT GOD LOVES AND CALLS 00:21:46.233 --> 00:21:50.033 US TO BE. AND SO YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP LIKE THAT AS A CENTER 00:21:50.133 --> 00:21:53.033 POINT, KEEP TOUCH POINTS. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TAKE THINGS TO A 00:21:53.133 --> 00:21:55.133 PRACTICAL PLACE, BUT LIKE KEEP TOUCH POINTS WITHIN THE 00:21:55.233 --> 00:21:58.266 MARRIAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START HAVING CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, 00:21:58.366 --> 00:22:01.400 YOU AND I GO ON A WEEKLY DATE AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS LONG. 00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:05.134 SOMETIMES IT'S ONLY TWO HOURS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS OUT TO DINNER, 00:22:05.234 --> 00:22:08.167 SOMETIMES IT'S TO THE GYM OR TO THE GROCERY STORE. BUT WE TAKE 00:22:08.267 --> 00:22:11.434 TIME AWAY FROM KIDS AND WORK AND THE BUSYNESS OF LIFE. 00:22:11.534 --> 00:22:14.233 >> TO MAKE TIME FOR EACH OTHER. >> TO CONNECT. BECAUSE I THINK 00:22:14.333 --> 00:22:17.234 IT'S IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IN THOSE MOMENTS YOU CAN ADDRESS 00:22:17.334 --> 00:22:19.233 SOME OF THE HARDEST THINGS. AND I THINK WE HAD TO LEARN 00:22:19.333 --> 00:22:24.633 THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO 00:22:24.733 --> 00:22:28.100 ADDRESS BIGGER OR HARD FAMILY OR, YOU KNOW, 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:30.367 MARRIAGE TOPICS IN THE MIDDLE OF A, IN THE MIDDLE 00:22:30.467 --> 00:22:33.200 OF A BATTLEFIELD OR IN THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, THE 00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:35.267 BUSYNESS OF LIFE, YOU WANT TO DO THAT OFFLINE WHEN 00:22:35.367 --> 00:22:37.267 YOU'RE ABLE TO REALLY CONNECT TO, LIKE, A HEART 00:22:37.367 --> 00:22:40.067 LEVEL. >> YEAH. AND WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, 00:22:40.167 --> 00:22:43.067 NOT STRESSED OR YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TRYING TO GET YOUR 00:22:43.167 --> 00:22:46.234 ATTENTION, YOU NEED TO BE LIKE BOTH FOCUSED ON EACH OTHER AND 00:22:46.334 --> 00:22:51.067 IN A CALM STATE. AND I THINK WHAT YOU TAPPED ON WAS SO HUGE. 00:22:51.167 --> 00:22:54.567 I FEEL LIKE FOR SO MANY YEARS, I WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE 5,050%. 00:22:54.667 --> 00:22:56.167 I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT AT ALL ANYMORE. AND I FEEL LIKE IF YOU 00:22:56.267 --> 00:22:59.066 WANT LIKE RESENTMENT IN YOUR MARRIAGE, TRY. 00:22:59.166 --> 00:23:02.300 >> GOING, YEAH. >> THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS I WOULD 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:04.400 ALWAYS LIKE FIGHT OVER THAT. IT WAS SO STUPID AND I WASN'T EVEN 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:07.400 RIGHT. BECAUSE REALLY YOU PROBABLY I HONESTLY, YOU WERE 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:10.266 DOING MORE. I JUST WASN'T AWARE OF HOW MUCH YOU WERE DOING. 00:23:10.366 --> 00:23:14.167 LET'S JUST BE HONEST. AND I JUST THINK, LIKE, THIS WEIRD 00:23:14.267 --> 00:23:17.466 THING THAT'S IN LIKE, SOCIETY TODAY IS LIKE, WOMEN ARE LIKE 00:23:17.566 --> 00:23:21.300 MEN BECAUSE A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS, MEN AND WOMEN ARE BOTH WORKING. 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:24.367 AND SO THEN THE WOMEN ARE LIKE, MEN NEED TO DO HALF OF THE 00:23:24.467 --> 00:23:27.234 CHILDCARE. AND IT'S LIKE, I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE JUST 00:23:27.334 --> 00:23:30.167 GOING TO GET YOURSELF INTO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, 00:23:30.267 --> 00:23:33.166 I THINK IT'S GOING TO BREED RESENTMENT. AND I THINK YOU'RE 00:23:33.266 --> 00:23:36.300 100% RIGHT. I THINK MY MENTALITY IS LIKE, YOU AND I 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:40.167 ARE ON THE SAME TEAM, AND WE BOTH ARE ON THE SAME PAGE OF 00:23:40.267 --> 00:23:43.267 WHAT OUR GOALS ARE. AND I FEEL LIKE WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP 00:23:43.367 --> 00:23:47.167 HIM REACH HIS GOALS, AND I FEEL THAT SUPPORT FROM ME AS WELL. 00:23:47.267 --> 00:23:51.134 AND LIKE IT'S NOT ABOUT IT'S MY MENTALITY HAS GONE FROM 00:23:51.234 --> 00:23:55.267 FOCUSING ON YOU AND AS IF HE'S DOING ENOUGH, WHICH YOU ARE, 00:23:55.367 --> 00:24:00.300 BUT IT'S SHIFTED TO WHAT ARE MY RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT DO I 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.267 NEED TO DO AND HOW CAN I SERVE HIM. AND IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT 00:24:03.367 --> 00:24:06.466 SWITCH, IT IS GOING TO TOTALLY CHANGE THE TONE AND THE 00:24:06.566 --> 00:24:09.400 CONDITION IN YOUR MARRIAGE BECAUSE AND IT'S JUST GOING TO 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:14.333 HELP YOU BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT 00:24:14.433 --> 00:24:17.467 LIKE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU, LIKE YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF. 00:24:17.567 --> 00:24:21.467 I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR MYSELF. IF I DIDN'T DO MY PART, THAT'S MY 00:24:21.567 --> 00:24:25.300 FAULT, YOU KNOW? AND I IT'S NOT I, IT'S NOT MY JOB TO 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:29.333 MICROMANAGE YOU OR NAG YOU OR ASK YOU TO DO MORE. ALL I CAN 00:24:29.433 --> 00:24:32.367 DO IS PRAY FOR YOU AS A WIFE, AND I SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR YOU. 00:24:32.467 --> 00:24:35.234 THAT WAS SOMETHING GOD EVEN PUT ON MY HEART RECENTLY IS I NEED 00:24:35.334 --> 00:24:39.234 TO BE LIKE DECLARING BLESSINGS OVER YOU AND SCRIPTURES OVER 00:24:39.334 --> 00:24:43.233 YOU. AND SO YES, LORD. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LONGER YOU 00:24:43.333 --> 00:24:46.333 WALK WITH GOD AND YOU DO MARRIAGE, GOD AND MORE ABOUT 00:24:46.433 --> 00:24:50.234 HOW IT WORKS AND HOW YOU CAN SERVE ONE ANOTHER BETTER AND 00:24:50.334 --> 00:24:53.333 THE ROLES AND I ALSO THINK, TOO, YOU AND I REALLY HAVE FOUND 00:24:53.433 --> 00:24:56.333 ROLES LIKE AS OUR LIVES HAVE BECOME MORE BUSY, IT'S LIKE, 00:24:56.433 --> 00:24:59.233 OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. AND I 00:24:59.333 --> 00:25:02.333 DO THINK IT JUST BRINGS MORE CLARITY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT 00:25:02.433 --> 00:25:05.334 LIKE, I THINK ANYTHING THAT'S THE HARD PART WITH THE TEAM IS 00:25:05.434 --> 00:25:07.733 LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, ALL OF 00:25:07.833 --> 00:25:11.334 THIS IS MINE. WELL, IF YOU'RE ON A TEAM, YOU'RE WORKING 00:25:11.434 --> 00:25:13.533 TOGETHER. SO I THINK IF YOU CAN CLEARLY DEFINE YOU DO THIS AND 00:25:13.633 --> 00:25:16.500 I DO THAT, IT SAVES LIKE YOU FROM CONFUSION. 00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:22.400 >> YEAH. IT'S IT'S IT'S KIND OF BUSINESS 101 EVERY 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:24.633 TIME WE INITIATE A NEW PROJECT IN MY IT DEPARTMENT, 00:25:24.733 --> 00:25:27.700 WE ALWAYS CREATE A PROJECT CHARTER. PROJECT CHARTER 00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:30.433 HAS, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT, WHAT'S GOING 00:25:30.533 --> 00:25:33.633 TO ACHIEVE. BUT RIGHT BELOW IT, THE NEXT THING IS THE 00:25:33.733 --> 00:25:34.634 ROSTER. AND THEN ON THE ROSTER IS WHO'S DOING WHAT 00:25:34.734 --> 00:25:36.500 THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. BECAUSE 00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:39.367 WHEN ALL THOSE THINGS ARE DEFINED, THE WHOLE TEAM 00:25:39.467 --> 00:25:42.300 KNOWS, OKAY, THIS IS MY PART TO PLAY. THIS IS MY 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.533 PART TO PLAY. THIS IS MY PART. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE 00:25:44.633 --> 00:25:46.600 ACHIEVING. AND THIS IS THE DATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:48.567 FINISH IT BY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO OPERATE IN 00:25:48.667 --> 00:25:51.300 THAT TYPE OF CLARITY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:53.733 GOING ON AND EVERYTHING IS GETTING FASTER. IT FEELS 00:25:53.833 --> 00:25:56.567 LIKE EVERYTHING IS GETTING FASTER AND QUICKER WITH 00:25:56.667 --> 00:25:59.367 TECHNOLOGY AND CONTENT AND ALL OF THAT, AND IT'S JUST 00:25:59.467 --> 00:26:02.500 THE NOISE IS GOING TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER AS WE 00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:04.633 CONTINUE TO WALK THIS WALK. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP 00:26:04.733 --> 00:26:07.433 THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING. THE OTHER THING I 00:26:07.533 --> 00:26:09.633 DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL IS CONDEMNATION. IF THEY'RE 00:26:09.733 --> 00:26:12.500 NOT DOING THESE THINGS BECAUSE GOD'S GIVEN US MULTIPLE 00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:15.400 RESET POINTS. AND WHAT I LOVE IS THERE'S A PRACTICAL ONE THAT 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:17.933 WE CAN ENGAGE WITH EVERY SINGLE WEEK, WHICH IS SHABBAT. ON 00:26:18.033 --> 00:26:21.467 SHABBAT, IT'S THE HUSBAND, BLESSES THE WIFE BLESSES THE 00:26:21.567 --> 00:26:24.400 HUSBAND, THE WIFE BLESSES THE HUSBAND. AND THIS IS MY 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:28.400 THAT WE ACTUALLY DO THAT. WE'RE FAVORITE WEEKS OF THE WEEKS 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:31.434 NOT PERFECT, OF COURSE, BUT THE WEEKS THAT WE TAKE THAT TIME, 00:26:31.534 --> 00:26:35.400 PUT AWAY THE PHONES, WORSHIP THE LORD TOGETHER, AND TAKE A 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:39.634 MOMENT TO ACTUALLY BLESS ONE ANOTHER IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS TO. 00:26:39.734 --> 00:26:43.533 IT'S REALLY TO ME, I BELIEVE IT SETS THE TONE FOR THE HOME AND 00:26:43.633 --> 00:26:47.467 FOR THE MARRIAGE AND FOR YOUR FAMILY. AND IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE 00:26:47.567 --> 00:26:51.400 TO THE KIDS TO SEE THOSE INTERACTIONS. WOULDN'T YOU 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:55.633 AGREE? >> OH, COMPLETELY. AND FOR ME, 00:26:55.733 --> 00:26:59.400 WELL, OKAY, SO FOR SHABBAT, I WOULD SAY I LOVE SHABBAT 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.800 BECAUSE I FEEL GOD'S PRESENCE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A TOUCH 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:05.534 POINT TO LIKE WELCOMING GOD'S PRESENCE INTO YOUR HOME. AND 00:27:05.634 --> 00:27:08.567 IT'S LIKE SETS THE TONE FOR YOUR FAMILY, FOR YOUR CHILDREN, 00:27:08.667 --> 00:27:11.600 FOR YOUR MARRIAGE. AND SO I COMPLETELY AGREE. I THINK 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:15.600 SHABBAT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE MADE 00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:17.500 IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A TIME REALLY FOR US TO BE 00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:20.467 INTENTIONALLY ENCOUNTERING THE LORD AND SAYING, GOD, WE ARE 00:27:20.567 --> 00:27:22.800 YOURS AND THIS HOME IS YOURS, OR THIS FAMILY'S YOURS. AND 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:24.700 THEN WE BLESS ONE ANOTHER AND IT REALLY SHIFTS THE HEART 00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:27.700 POSTURE ONCE AGAIN TO SERVING ONE ANOTHER. 00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:29.800 >> AND CALLING THE OTHER PERSON AS THE LORD SEES THEM, INSTEAD 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:33.534 OF LIKE, OH, WHERE THEY ARE THINGS. 00:27:33.634 --> 00:27:35.500 >> THAT WHERE THEY COULD BE. >> YEAH, EXACTLY. THESE ARE THE 00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:37.567 THINGS THAT THEY. THIS PERSON OR MY PARTNER OR 00:27:37.667 --> 00:27:39.700 REBECCA. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHE DIDN'T DO. 00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:42.667 WELL, NO. INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, READ THE SCRIPTURE, 00:27:42.767 --> 00:27:45.600 READ THE HANDBOOK THAT GOD GAVE US OVER, PROVERBS 31. 00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:48.433 THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE IS. AND YOU SEE, 00:27:48.533 --> 00:27:50.667 YOU START SEEING THE PERSON THROUGH THE EYES OF THE 00:27:50.767 --> 00:27:53.500 LORD. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? THEY BECOME THOSE THINGS. 00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:55.433 YEP. SO THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, I'M GOING TO 00:27:55.533 --> 00:27:58.467 START DECLARING SCRIPTURE DECLARATIONS OVER YOU, I'M 00:27:58.567 --> 00:28:01.766 LIKE, YES, BECAUSE I KNOW THE POWER THAT YOU CARRY, 00:28:01.866 --> 00:28:04.600 AS YOU KNOW, MY PARTNER. AND IF YOU YOU KNOW, WHEN 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:06.800 YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT, START DOING THAT, 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:11.700 IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP. >> YEAH. AND I THINK 00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:15.767 THERE'S SUCH A POWER LIKE PROVERBS 31 FOR ME, YOU KNOW, A 00:28:15.867 --> 00:28:19.700 COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS LIKE THIS HUGE BURDEN OF LIKE THIS, LIKE 00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:22.600 WOMAN WHO'S LIKE, INSANE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE SHE GETS UP 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:25.667 BEFORE DAWN. NOW, I ACTUALLY REALLY DO GET UP VERY EARLY, 00:28:25.767 --> 00:28:28.733 YOU KNOW, AND SHE, LIKE, DOES ALL THESE THINGS. TAKES CARE OF 00:28:28.833 --> 00:28:31.600 HER FAMILY, TAKES CARE OF HER HOME. THEN SHE DOES BUSINESS. 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:34.600 AND I LOOK AT PSALMS 30, I MEAN PSALMS, PROVERBS 31 SO 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:37.734 DIFFERENTLY NOW, WHICH IS LIKE BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THESE ARE 00:28:37.834 --> 00:28:41.700 ALL THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO THROUGH HIM. I DON'T LOOK AT IT 00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:44.734 AS LIKE A BURDEN. I LOOK AT IT AS LIKE A GOAL, LIKE A VISION, 00:28:44.834 --> 00:28:47.767 LIKE IT'S SOMETHING TO AIM FOR AND KNOWING LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS 00:28:47.867 --> 00:28:51.600 AWESOME. LOOK AT ALL THAT A WOMAN CAN DO. YOU KNOW, LIKE A 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:53.767 WOMAN CAN BE IN THE HOME AND DO BUSINESS. I LOVE THAT ABOUT 00:28:53.867 --> 00:28:55.734 PROVERBS 31. I LOVE THAT SHE'S, YOU KNOW, CAPABLE AND IS 00:28:55.834 --> 00:28:59.767 ACCOMPLISHING ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I DON'T 00:28:59.867 --> 00:29:03.667 LOOK AT IT. I SEE IT A JOY IN IT NOW, YOU KNOW, NOT A BURDEN. 00:29:03.767 --> 00:29:06.700 AND IT I LOVE IT. AND WHEN YOU DECLARE IT OVER ME, IT'S LIKE, 00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:09.567 YEAH, MY HUSBAND SEES THIS IN ME TOO, YOU KNOW? AND I JUST 00:29:09.667 --> 00:29:12.567 THINK THAT'S THE POWER OF BELIEF AND THE POWER OF 00:29:12.667 --> 00:29:14.834 IDENTITY. AND I REALLY, GOD HAS REALLY DOWNLOADED TO ME SO MUCH 00:29:14.934 --> 00:29:17.834 IDENTITY LATELY. AND THERE'S A REAL POWER SHIFT WHEN YOU BEGIN 00:29:17.934 --> 00:29:20.633 TO SEE YOURSELF THE WAY GOD SEES YOU, IT'S LIKE YOU CARRY 00:29:20.733 --> 00:29:24.534 YOURSELF DIFFERENT. AND I REALLY THINK WHEN YOU START TO 00:29:24.634 --> 00:29:27.534 BELIEVE, LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD AND YOU START 00:29:27.634 --> 00:29:30.667 PUSHING OFF YOUR LIMITING BELIEFS, IT'S A HUGE GAME 00:29:30.767 --> 00:29:34.600 CHANGER. AND GOD'S REALLY BEEN DOING THAT IN ME. AND WHEN I 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:37.700 USED TO GET OVERWHELMED, I USED TO WITH WITH SITUATIONS AND OR 00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:41.534 TASKS, I WOULD BE LIKE, I CAN'T DO THIS, YOU KNOW? AND NOW I 00:29:41.634 --> 00:29:44.566 JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND I'M LIKE, I CAN DO THIS BECAUSE 00:29:44.666 --> 00:29:47.600 GOD'S WITH ME, YOU KNOW? AND I'M JUST GONNA ONE STEP AT A 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:50.634 TIME. BUT WHEN YOU EVEN SHIFT YOUR THINKING TO, OKAY, I CAN 00:29:50.734 --> 00:29:53.534 DO THIS. AND, I MEAN, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT 00:29:53.634 --> 00:29:56.500 THAT, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS CONVICTING ME ON MY THOUGHT 00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:59.500 LIFE. AND HE WAS LIKE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEGATIVE THOUGHT 00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:03.600 PATTERNS. AND, REBECCA, YOUR THOUGHTS HELP SHAPE YOUR 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:07.600 REALITY. AND YOU, WE NEED TO HAVE DISCIPLINE IN OUR MINDS. 00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:10.567 AND YOU NEED TO START BELIEVING MY WORD AND BELIEVING THE BEST. 00:30:10.667 --> 00:30:13.967 BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY I SEE THINGS. AND I REMEMBER SHARING 00:30:14.067 --> 00:30:17.600 IT WITH YOU. AND I WAS LIKE, DO YOU THINK THIS IS ACCURATE? AND 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:20.566 YOU'RE LIKE 100%? BUT ALL THAT BEING SAID, I REALIZE THAT A 00:30:20.666 --> 00:30:24.734 LOT OF MY NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS WERE ACTUALLY COMING 00:30:24.834 --> 00:30:28.633 FROM A PLACE OF LIKE FEAR. AND WE CANNOT BE PEOPLE OF FEAR. WE 00:30:28.733 --> 00:30:31.634 HAVE TO BE PEOPLE OF FAITH, YOU KNOW? AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU 00:30:31.734 --> 00:30:34.000 REALLY TAKE THE TIME AND BE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WHERE IS THIS 00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:36.800 COMING FROM? A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEIR NEGATIVE THOUGHT THOUGHTS 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:40.566 ARE ROOTED IN PAST TRAUMA OR PAST FEARS OR PAST PAIN. AND 00:30:40.666 --> 00:30:43.634 YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LIVING FROM A 00:30:43.734 --> 00:30:48.533 PLACE OF FEAR. WE'RE LIVING FROM A PLACE OF HOPE AND TRUST 00:30:48.633 --> 00:30:51.600 IN GOD. AND WHEN WE THROW OFF OUR LIMITING BELIEFS AND 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:55.567 REALIZE GOD WITH YOU, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. IT WILL CHANGE HOW 00:30:55.667 --> 00:30:58.634 YOU HANDLE SITUATIONS. IT WILL CHANGE HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF. 00:30:58.734 --> 00:31:02.867 IT WILL CHANGE EVEN WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISH, BECAUSE YOU REALIZE 00:31:02.967 --> 00:31:06.833 SO MUCH MORE IS CAPABLE THAN WHAT YOU THINK. BUT YOU CAN'T 00:31:06.933 --> 00:31:11.633 BE LIMITED IN YOUR MIND. >> WELL, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO 00:31:11.733 --> 00:31:17.633 WRAP UP HERE. DO WE? YEAH. BUT I WANT TO SAY IN THE COMMENTS. 00:31:17.733 --> 00:31:19.367 DO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR REBECCA TEACH ABOUT IN THE 00:31:19.433 --> 00:31:21.267 COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE 00:31:21.334 --> 00:31:25.233 CREATING MORE TEACHING CONTENT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM AUDIENCE 00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:28.433 WHAT ARE SUBJECTS OR TOPICS THAT THEY LIKE TO HEAR YOU 00:31:28.433 --> 00:31:32.233 SHARE ON? >> OH, I LOVE THAT. THINGS THAT 00:31:32.333 --> 00:31:35.200 I CAN TEACH ON AND MAYBE EVEN LIKE IF THEY HAVE LIKE A GUEST 00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:37.833 OR SOMEONE THEY WANT TO RECOMMEND. COMMENT THAT DOWN 00:31:37.933 --> 00:31:39.933 BELOW TO YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND NEW 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:43.800 PEOPLE AS WELL. AND I GUESS WE DO HAVE TO WRAP. SO THANKS FOR 00:31:43.800 --> 00:31:51.500 DOING THIS PODCAST WITH ME. >> OF COURSE.