"Giving Up The Right To Withhold Encouragement"

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and I'll see you next time.

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Thank you.

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Don't get down when you're seeing the worst

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Cause the last will be the first

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What a day I'm telling you

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All things will be new

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Living up in a down world

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Yeah we're living

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Yeah we're living

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Living up in a down world

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Oh

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This is Jimmy and Annette

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And of course as always

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Mr. Chevy is Jimmy

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And as always Mr. Chevy is

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Joining us on the lap of

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Daymanette of course

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Taking his typical position and posture

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He is, he got really excited

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When I walked in the room

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I know he loves, loves doing the podcast

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It's odd, I don't understand

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Because he's so involved in it

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He's already out

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He gets comfortable and then he's done

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He did his part so to speak

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Well we want to welcome you to

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Living up in a down world

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Number 30

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Three decades

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Three decades

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That's crazy, I know that's funny

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It's just wild that we're already at number 30

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Almost half way through the year

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It is half way through the year

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We've done it

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It is over half way through the year

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52 weeks in a year

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So yeah we blew past that marker

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But anyway how are you doing today?

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I'm good

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I'm happy to be joining by the way

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Oh you're so sweet, thank you

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I mean that, I really do

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Because I put makeup on

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I never put makeup on on Mondays

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Yes I am cooking, again

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You put makeup on to go to the gym today

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You just feel better when you do it right?

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I do, yes

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I needed to today

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I needed to

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I needed to look a little bit more lively

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So yeah

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So how are the contacts coming along?

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We made a decision a few months ago

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To get contacts

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After many years of not

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And it's been a challenge

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It has been because

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One is a reading and one is a distance

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So your eyes, your brain

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That is wild

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To this new way of seeing

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And it takes its toll on me sometimes

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So what is your left?

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My left is

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For distance and my right

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Is for reading

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So the idea there

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Is that your brain adjusts

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Your brain adjusts

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She said it takes a good couple of months

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How's it going so far?

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Well it's going well

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I thought I needed a stronger

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Right lens

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And so we tried it but it didn't work

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So I still can't read

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They say nothing can be as good

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As your own glasses

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But that's okay

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I would rather not wear glasses if I can get away from it

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So there's a little bit of an unusual thing

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With you doing contacts

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And that involves me

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How so?

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I can get them in

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Just like that

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Sorry I snapped

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This dog does not like snaps

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He just thinks that means we have to do

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He's funny

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But I cannot get them out

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And I even had

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My nails cut down

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That didn't help

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So how do you get them out of your eyes?

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You have to get them out

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So we can never be apart

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If we go away

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By ourself without the other

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I won't be able to wear them

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You'll be wearing glasses

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Well let me just say I'm glad to do that

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Sometimes you complain

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No I don't complain

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The first couple of times was just straight up weird

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And you pinched my eyeballs at first

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I know it was awful

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You don't do that anymore

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Now it's pretty easy to get them out

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I think you've got it down

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I've got it now

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I've had them in the past

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I had no trouble getting them out

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I don't know if it's because these are so thick

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Sometimes when I get them

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It's like a suction cup

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I know it's crazy

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It feels when I try to get them out

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So there's the contact saga

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What else is going on?

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We are 34 days into our

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Mind bending isn't it?

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So a little over half way

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We did decide

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We made a deal if you'll remember

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Is that Chevy making all the noise over there?

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Ignore the noise

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It's Chevy

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Being restless

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We made a commitment

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When we stepped into the sabbatical

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For those of you who are new to the show

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First of all welcome to Living Up in a Down World

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I'm Jimmy and this is Annette

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We pastor Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

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In the middle of the hill country

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And we decided to start doing a

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Podcast because Adam and Tina Curry

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Are dear dear friends

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And so he's become one of my

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Best friends on the planet and

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He was like you guys and

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Tina too you should do a podcast

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We're like really? Cause I kind of thought about it

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No it was you should do

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A podcast

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Yes not I was not included in that

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Conversation Not originally

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Just decided I didn't want to do it

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By myself we do everything together

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Have you ever noticed that? That's true

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And so I thought no I don't want to do it by myself

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You're good on the fly

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I appreciate that You really are

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When you do announcements if someone throws

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Something at you you're able to

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Talk about it I remember we

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Commercials I do remember that we did

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It for I think it was Hope for Tomorrow

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And they would just ask you questions

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Or say here just start

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Talking and you could just

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Rattle off anything and I'm out there

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With my eyes bulging A little star struck

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Yeah I can't yeah that's not

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One of my gifts Stage fright

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That's what it is camera fright Yes

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I don't know camera shock or something I do have

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That but if I'm speaking

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I'm nervous right before but then when I stand

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I'm done and I'm

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You snapped your fingers again I know I'm sorry

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But I can speak and I'm fine

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After that but for some reason I just

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Have a little bit of stage fright Not only you're fine you're amazing

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You're gifted Well I appreciate that I appreciate

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That And you're also a gifted

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Podcaster Aww

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Seriously you have the most soothing

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Comfortable voice Here we go with

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A voice again No you have a beautiful voice

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Well I appreciate that You're a beautiful person

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I'm just going to accept that Thank you

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Way to go I'm proud of you

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Power of your words So I

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Power of your thoughts There you go that's

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It's true Powerful words Powerful

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Thoughts So I deviate just

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A hair because I did want to mention

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Adam and Tina and just that Adam

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He's the executive producer of our show

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You've Right but you've

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Forgot to say what we were about to do

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We made a decision on our sabbatical

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Last minute Back to sabbatical

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Jumping around a little bit You are

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Well I know there are people listening who maybe

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Never heard this before Now I know what Tina means when she's talking about

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Adam jumping around and then he doesn't

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Get back to his original bar We may both

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Have ADD I think you do

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Adult No it's AADD

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Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

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Anywho You do

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Squirrel Fly whatever

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So at the beginning of our sabbatical

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We are so blessed our church gifted

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This with us our board of directors

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Coming to us saying go

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Enjoy and do not feel guilty

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And I needed to hear that Which we don't

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We don't feel guilty And they can run it

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Because I trust them I'm not worried

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About anything And

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What teeny bits of things we've heard

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Have all been good So we're super proud

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Of our team Looking forward to seeing

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Them in what 3 plus weeks I mean we still

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Got some time but looking forward to

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That it will be like a family reunion when we get back

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So we're doing this it's a first time

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In 38 years I've ever done anything

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Like this to take 2 months

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To just rest

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Restore and refill

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And I'm getting stir crazy

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I know you are

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So we had made a deal

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We said we're not going to make any

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Plans in terms of travel

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Because some people on their

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Sabbaticals will do like a study break

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That's not a sabbatical

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Let's just work

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Or plan a trip

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So we were like you know what we have a beautiful

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Home we love it we're in the hills

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Beautiful green here

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Except for the grass because we're in a drought

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And we have Mr. Chevy with us

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If we wake up one day

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And we just say let's go to the beach

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Then we're going to go to the beach And we woke up today

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And said let's go to the beach

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So we're planning it

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And you did you floated it by me

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I did and I prayed

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I was but I literally floated it

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By you because I got an email

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In my inbox

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That had to do with travel

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And I thought I'm just going to click on this

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Clicked on it I started doing research

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Of an area that we talked about

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Going to and then I

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Brought it up to you as we were

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Driving to the gym

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And you didn't say much but yeah

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Lord okay if this is of you

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And you this is what we should

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Do have him bring it back up

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And you did you brought it back up

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You were talking about going to the beach

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Let's do it let's pull the trigger

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Anywhere well we both were just talking

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In the pool we kind of said hey we're very

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Content here

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Quite frankly I can tell you're a little

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Stir crazy I am I know you very well

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I need beach water I don't need to

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Get in the water I'm not a big

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Beach bird but I want to hear it

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Whether if I'm in a place and I can just

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Open up the windows and just

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Feel the breeze hear

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The waves

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That's good enough for me and we can cook

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I mean it's going to be easy Well and because kids are back

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In school school started

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That's what I was waiting for So it worked

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Out timing wise where there's availability

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So hey we're doing it

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We're going to miss Mr. Shebby

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But he's going to be kept by his sister

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Faith our daughter

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Our youngest daughter Faith

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So that we can continue that

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Taking our equipment it's easy to haul along

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I'm going to put it in the Kemper bag

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So it's perfect it's like a backpack

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And so we'll do our

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And carry it on Yeah I'll carry it on

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For sure I won't let it out of my sight

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But we'll do that and then we're going to

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Do our podcast from

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The beach Yes

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Not out in the water too loud but from

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The room so looking forward to that

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That'll be next week so just bringing you up to speed

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On how things are going

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I've had some epiphanies during this

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I mean amazing the Lord kind of broke it

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First was spirit and my first

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Three four weeks were very focused

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On the person the spirit

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And spiritual depth

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And then the next part was body

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And so we'd already started

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Eating well and doing well

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We thought gosh this is the best time to

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Really get our eating and

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You know diet act together so we've been

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Doing that and that's been amazing

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We've both lost some weight

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I hope when we get back to church

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They're going to go oh my gosh you're half

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The man you used to be I'm hoping I'm half

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The woman I'm working on it

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I'm working on it I've lost 10 pounds

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So I'm super excited about that even on vacation

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I feel like it because we're going to

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Go to the store we're going to cook

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Go out a couple of times for seafood

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You have to have seafood in Florida

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So you know

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For sure I think

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We're going to be fine and we can

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Walk along the beach and that burns calories

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Absolutely

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So yeah this has been great

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The whole sabbatical has been

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Great couple of things

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That have really impacted me

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And I heard Bill Johnson say it and I've really

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Adopted this into my own life and he said

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This I've given up the right to be

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Offended and I've actually

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Preached on that right before we started

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The sabbatical like the same week we

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Were starting I really that was on

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My heart and it's really

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Caught on some people it's helped some people

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And had some good feedback on that

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But it's really helped me and just

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And I mean in the little things

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Like driving or walking through a grocery

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Store and somebody cutting you off at their basket

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You know the stuff that's tedious and annoying

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Or sometimes just rude

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I've just given up the right to be upset about it

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And that happens quite a lot these days

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People are angry

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Of course the heat

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Doesn't help anything here in

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Central Texas it is

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Burning up hot we're what 102

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I think

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Oh it's ridiculous 101 here

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We have

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Record well I don't know if it's record but

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Over 100 degrees for

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Many many days coming and

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That's why I said let's just

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Of course Florida's not any

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Different it's pretty warm there too

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So I think

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I think it'll be good but

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I think the heat

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Is so hard on people that it

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Makes you angry you know every time

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You get out to go into a place you're

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Just burning up hot yeah

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You park a car somewhere I don't know how Chris

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Does it in Houston oh I don't

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Either I don't either because when he was

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Here he said this is wonderful

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The heat y'all have is so

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Dry compared to

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The humidity in Houston

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And he this is our son

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Chris yeah he's a pastor in Houston

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And he said I can sit out in

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Your backyard and enjoy

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The morning but I can't do that at my

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House I thought that was pretty sad yeah he really enjoyed

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Being here with us and we enjoyed him

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So

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So another thing but okay

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Going off that same premise of

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I give up the right to be offended

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Well another thing came up

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And I really grabbed hold of it from

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My own heart and it's this

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I've given up the right to withhold

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Encouragement you know

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In fact

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I'll just say what happened last week so

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The week before not last week

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But the week before we did

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A podcast and

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For the first time since we started in

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And at that time 28 episodes

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It was the first time

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We got no feedback I mean

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Zero like crickets

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I even I even kind of said

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This is what we heard

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It was just crickets

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And we were like wow

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Did it even go out over the airwaves

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Did we say

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Did we offend people or did we say something

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We shouldn't have and I know we took a little

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Different route on that podcast we

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Had a little bit of a stronger

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Slant on some things

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And I felt a little out of my lane in that

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Doing that because it's not typically my

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Mo at all I'm Mr. Living Up in a Down

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World right Living Up

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So I felt like I got a nudge

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From the Holy Spirit I felt like the Lord

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Was nudging me to say that's not your

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Lane let other people run in that

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Lane and cheer them on but it's

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Not yours so we took a step

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Back in and did exactly what we were

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Called to do we talked about the forgiveness factor

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Last week that was powerful

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And I have to tell you we

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Had a massive outpouring of support

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It made up for all

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The 27

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Episodes before and I'll

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Share some of that towards the end of the program

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But so thankful

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To everybody who took the time

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To encourage us and it

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Came in in spades I'm just

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I'm blown away I'm literally

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Just blown away

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I mean you even made a comment

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It felt like should we even

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Continue maybe this isn't our thing

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And I wasn't feeling

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Quiet I was down but I wasn't that down

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But I understand what you're saying because I mean you

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Wonder okay if there's

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Are we making a difference or is this helping

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Anybody because I don't want to do this if we're not making a

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Difference me too because you and I can

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Talk anytime we want but if we're

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Going to talk on air and we're going to share

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You know personal stories we're

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Going to share about what God's doing

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And we say and we want to help

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People I mean that's the whole

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Point we want it to matter

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To people we want them to

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Have get some value out of

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What we have to say

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And if we don't you know

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I just I want it

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It's got to be meaningful

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It's got to be meaningful to people

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And I think that's just super

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Important super important

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And well said there

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So I came up with this

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I've given up my right to be offended

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And I've given up the right to withhold

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Encouragement because what happened

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Was what I realized

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Is that we tend to

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Think about encouraging someone but we

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Don't do it we think about it

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Just by thinking about it we sort of

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Think we did it you know what I mean

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We feel good but we didn't release

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That and share that

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With the person that person

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That you're thinking

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About maybe they need

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It and you've missed an opportunity

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Like today

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At the gym I saw you

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Walk by a gentleman on the treadmill

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And you've seen him for

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Months and months but you

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Stopped him because you noticed he had lost

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A lot of weight and you

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Wanted to acknowledge that

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And it was beautiful because he was shocked

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That you even noticed

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And you don't know him he doesn't

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Know you well I know him now his name is Taylor

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And I've seen this

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Guy for months he came in he

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And I asked him I said man I've got to ask you

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How much weight did you lose he said

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220 no I started at

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220 I'm at 180

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I went dude that's

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Amazing I'm so proud of you

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He was just lit up he's

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Young and I said well how old are you

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And he said because he was saying I eat

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Everything I because I asked

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Are you doing any dieting or anything with that or

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He goes no I eat everything he said

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He said I know I shouldn't but and I over

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Eat sometimes I said well how old are you he goes I'm 31

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I said oh you can eat everything

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He can get away with that I'm 61

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I can't get away with it and so

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We just had a great conversation he

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Said well what's your name and we introduced

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Each other and I just man it felt so

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Good and I told him I said you know I

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Walked right by you a minute ago and I

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Turned around and came back because

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I made a decision and

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I've given up my right to withhold

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Encouragement from people so

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I just wanted to encourage you today and the dude

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Made his day the dude was lit up

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Like can you imagine how

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Many people in our lives

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That we walk by that

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We call that we talk to

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In person that

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We don't encourage at all

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And what could happen if we would

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All take the time to

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Encourage one another and really

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How much effort does it take

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I think as I walked

567
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Away from Taylor and I

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Put a thing in my memory so I remember his

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Name so the next time I see him I call him by name

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And I'm not a

571
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Gym socialite I go to work out

572
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I got my air pods on I'm in

573
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You know I'm just like her so

574
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It kind of broke me out of my

575
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Zone to actually pull him out of my ear and

576
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Stomp somebody and

577
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Talk to them but

578
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I'm just made up my mind

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I'm not going to let it go I'm not going to

580
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I'm not going to withhold if

581
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Something comes to mind and too you

582
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Got to think in terms of appropriateness too

583
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Had he been lifting weights

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I wouldn't have stopped him I noticed

585
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He didn't have his air pods in

586
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So he wasn't listening to music

587
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And he could keep walking while I talked

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To him and so

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I'm being wise about that because

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I mean you just start suddenly going out

591
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And encouraging every human being because then it can

592
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Turn into just flattery

593
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Or just false compliments and that's

594
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Not what I'm talking about I'm talking about

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When the Holy Spirit nudges

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That's what I'm talking about

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And you know we all get them

598
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We just don't act on them

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How many times have you been

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Just driving you're driving into the

601
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Office and we're in different cars so you're by

602
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Yourself and maybe you've got music going maybe you

603
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Don't and somebody comes across

604
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Your mind and you think gosh I haven't talked to that

605
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Person well I should probably reach out to them

606
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I believe even

607
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Those kinds of things is a God

608
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Nudge it's a God tap

609
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I agree I agree it's a God moment where

610
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He's saying you need to reach out to that

611
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Person but if you're

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Like me and I know you are because we're human right

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We're human beings being human

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And we just withhold

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It because we get we get

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Distracted or we move on with our day

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And we don't and we forget

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And so I'm doing

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I'm trying to be very open and sensitive

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And say Lord train me

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Train my

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Spirit to hear those and

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And sense those God nudges

624
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Because think about how powerful

625
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It would be I mean we mentioned

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In last week's podcast

627
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That words

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Matter that our words

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Are powerful so when we

630
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Take our words

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Of value and appreciation

632
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And encouragement

633
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In fact the word encourage means

634
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To inspire courage

635
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There it is you've got it to inspire

636
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Courage so when we encourage

637
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Someone we're actually inspiring

638
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Courage in them

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And name one

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Person on this planet that doesn't

641
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Need to be encouraged exactly

642
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Everyone needs to hear it

643
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There is the law of reciprocity

644
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It's kind of amazing because when you

645
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Give it it comes back to you right

646
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And scripture talks about that

647
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Give and it will be given to you

648
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Good measure and that's not about money

649
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By the way. Press down. Yeah shaking

650
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Together and running over when God put

651
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It in your lap and that

652
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That's the law of reciprocity

653
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It means when you sow when you

654
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Give when you extend something

655
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It will come back to you

656
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You don't do it so that it will

657
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That's the wrong motive you do it

658
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Because the Lord told you to do it

659
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So I want to encourage

660
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What got me thinking about that

661
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000
So strongly by the way we're not going to stay on our topic

662
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This is the topic today

663
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000
You're looking at the time going whoa

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We have another topic we'll say it for next week

665
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This is the topic

666
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Because there's nothing

667
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The issue of forgiveness which we talked about last week

668
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Is so critical and so powerful

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But also the issue of encouragement

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Well if you think about what

671
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The word says it talks about

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We need to love one another

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And if

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You're not loving

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If you're not encouraging them you're not

676
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Loving them so it's

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It works together

678
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And so I think that you know we've been

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Listening to Bill Johnson

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Talking about

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Loving one another

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And how important that is I listen to

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A

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Teaching today by Robert

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Morse from years ago

686
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While I was at the gym and he was talking about

687
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Preferring people

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Putting people you know like you say

689
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Putting people over preferences

690
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It's this he was

691
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000
Basically saying the same thing

692
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000
He said that when he started his church

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25 years ago

694
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He told the people

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That were involved in the plant

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We need to prefer

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People need to

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Come first and they all stopped and said

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No no no wait it needs to be God

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And he said what do you think

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God's purpose is who do you think

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What do you think his whole

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His whole

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Purpose for being God

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Is loving people

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So if we love people then

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We've served what God

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Set us here on

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This earth to do and so

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It really goes along with that

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Because I love that

712
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But too many people go oh you're putting

713
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People over the Holy Spirit

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No

715
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You know what I'm saying

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00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000
The Holy Spirit is in that person

717
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000
And we've got to love that person

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Right

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Love God love people I mean that's what we do

720
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Listen to this scripture

721
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000
I just pulled up some scriptures as we're talking

722
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000
1 Thessalonians 5 11 says this

723
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Therefore encourage one another

724
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And build each other up

725
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And he says just as in fact

726
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You're doing so apparently they were already doing that

727
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There in Thessalonica

728
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That little church that he was at

729
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000
But he's saying encourage one another

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And build each other up

731
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Hebrews chapter 10

732
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24 and let us consider

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How we may spur one another on

734
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Toward love and good deeds

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Good works

736
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Isn't that beautiful

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It's the idea of we're here to inspire

738
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Courage in one another and I love that

739
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000
To spur one another on it's like cheering

740
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Somebody on right

741
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Beautiful beautiful scripture

742
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Listen to this out of Ephesians 4

743
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Another good one

744
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000
Do not let any and wholesome talk come out of your mouths

745
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000
But only what is helpful

746
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000
For building others up

747
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000
According to their needs

748
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000
That it may benefit those who listen

749
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000
We're here to build

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00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000
People up to inspire

751
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000
Courage and to pour life

752
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000
Into others

753
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000
And it's hard to pour life into others and encourage

754
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000
When you're not encouraged yourself

755
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000
Well I think we're a negative culture so we're always

756
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About putting people down

757
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And I don't want to be

758
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000
Part of that camp

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I want to be a part of the camp

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That people say oh my

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Goodness she's always

762
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Building me up I never hear

763
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Negative things about people

764
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From her I'm not there

765
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Yet but that is one of my

766
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000
Goals it's always been one of my goals

767
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In life that I always prefer

768
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People so one of the things about

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Preferring people is then you're not

770
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Selfish either

771
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If you put people

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First you're putting yourself

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Last and I think that's really

774
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Important beautiful we watched

775
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000
A movie last night it was not the best

776
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000
Movie we've ever seen but it

777
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000
Was about had a good message

778
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The message was this young

779
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Girl preferring others she

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Was always

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00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000
Doing for other people and

782
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000
People were drawn to her because

783
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000
Of her love her love

784
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000
For God and her love for people

785
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And I just wow as

786
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We were watching that even though it wasn't

787
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We didn't really care

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For the ending so much because it didn't

789
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Have the ending we prefer

790
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But the message was so strong

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And sometimes we can watch something

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00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000
Turn it off because maybe it's not going

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Where we want but we miss

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The idea

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Of what is trying

796
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000
To come across in a movie and to me

797
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000
I walked away going wow

798
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I need to be more like that

799
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And I think what's hard for me

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On this sabbatical is not being around people

801
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Yeah

802
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So what's happening to me

803
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000
Now the people that I am coming in contact

804
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With I'm talking to them like the guy

805
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At the hardware store I noticed that

806
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000
He had this his arm in a

807
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000
Sling I said man what happened to your

808
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Arm he's so he tells me a story

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I'm like man I hope that gets better

810
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000
And wish you the best I mean

811
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000
I'm finding myself just enjoying

812
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000
Talking to people

813
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000
And see for me I want to talk to

814
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000
All of my friends from church

815
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000
And I want to you know

816
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000
Find out what's going on in their lives

817
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000
And I can't

818
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000
And so it's

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00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000
I think God is just ramping me up

820
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For when I do have

821
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000
That opportunity in three and a half

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Three four weeks to where I can

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I can utilize what I'm learning

824
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Now to be a better friend

825
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Because that's what I want is to be

826
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A better friend I am getting to be

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That friend with Tatina

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Which is great beautiful but

829
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We only allowed one

830
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000
Couple in our life at this point so

831
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That we could truly have

832
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000
A sabbatical so

833
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It'll be interesting to see what happens

834
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000
As time moves on

835
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000
From the sabbatical you know you just mentioned

836
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000
That movie about that girl serving listen

837
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000
This first Peter 410 each

838
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000
Of you should use whatever gift you have

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Received to serve

840
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000
Others as faithful stewards

841
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000
Of God's grace in its various forms

842
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000
And it's that idea

843
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000
So I'm focusing on

844
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000
Encouragement right now because

845
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And the reason I am is because of you who are

846
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000
Listening you inspired

847
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000
Me because once

848
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We said hey wow

849
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We didn't hear anything are we

850
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Is everything okay did the

851
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000
Did everybody get you know raptured and we

852
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000
Got left behind I mean what happened it was

853
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000
Weird but you just

854
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000
Responded and I want to say thank you

855
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,000
For that and I want you to know

856
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000
Not only did it encourage us it

857
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000
Inspired courage in us

858
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000
But it also at a deeper

859
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000
Level inspired me to

860
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000
Inspire others to encourage others

861
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000
And that's why I'm sharing the simple

862
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000
Principle and while we're talking

863
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000
About this is because I want to invite

864
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,000
You to adopt the same principle

865
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000
The first principle is this I give

866
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000
Up the right to be offended

867
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000
The second principle is this I give up

868
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000
The right to withhold encouragement

869
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000
And so when you get that

870
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000
God tap that nudge

871
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000
You think oh I should write them oh I

872
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000
Should text them I should send a note I should

873
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000
Call I mean whatever that is

874
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000
Act on it

875
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000
Because if you procrastinate it that

876
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,000
That immediate impulse

877
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000
Goes away because we get distracted

878
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000
And I guarantee you that person needed

879
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000
What you have at that moment

880
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000
I have to believe that I know it

881
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000
Because it's happened so many times in

882
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000
Our own lives where we've received

883
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,000
Encouragement at the right time

884
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,000
And vice versa

885
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000
We've had opportunities to share with others

886
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000
And they were like you have

887
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,000
No idea how much I needed to hear that

888
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000
Yes we hear it all the time

889
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,000
We know it because

890
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,000
We both have lived that out

891
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000
So we mentioned the power of words

892
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000
Last week you mentioned the power of thoughts

893
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000
As well and all that works together

894
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,000
So when we're thinking

895
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000
About the person

896
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000
Of the Lord we're thinking about the person

897
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000
Of the Holy Spirit who walks with us

898
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,000
He's our counselor our comforter

899
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,000
Our advocate our friend

900
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000
Our intercessor he's all

901
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,000
Those things when we're

902
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,000
Thinking about him and keeping him in

903
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,000
Mind then it opens

904
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000
The door for him to bring people

905
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,000
To our mind I woke up

906
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000
This morning thinking about a lot of people

907
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000
Just individuals came through

908
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000
My mind and I was able to call

909
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,000
Them by names about 5 o'clock

910
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000
I didn't really want to get up at 5 but

911
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000
I was awake so I

912
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000
Called just a handful of people

913
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000
Came to my mind and instead of

914
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000
Going I wonder why I'm thinking about

915
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000
I just prayed for them

916
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000
So I'm trying to train myself

917
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000
To act on those thoughts

918
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,000
And not just let those

919
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000
Come and go because they will

920
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000
They will come and go

921
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000
Sorry I hit the desk

922
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000
So I hope we can encourage you to do that

923
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaking of mutual encouragement

924
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,000
We had another night out

925
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,000
With the Curry's We did

926
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,000
It was so cool

927
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000
So there's this new restaurant in town

928
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000
It's an Italian restaurant they started

929
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,000
Building it during COVID

930
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,000
They had to re-furbish

931
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000
A whole building that was

932
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,000
Just falling apart and we've been watching them

933
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000
Work on this building and seeing it going

934
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,000
That thing is going to be nice 3 years

935
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000
3 years they've been working

936
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000
On this so what's the name of the place?

937
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000
Alla Campagna

938
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,000
Now I may be saying it wrong

939
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,000
I probably said it that way

940
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,000
I think it's Alla Campagna

941
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,000
So it is an Italian restaurant

942
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,000
Amazing food

943
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000
Amazing service

944
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000
Of course

945
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000
The chef heard

946
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000
Adam's voice from afar

947
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000
And came over

948
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,000
And just almost

949
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,000
Drooled on himself talking to

950
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,000
Adam

951
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000
Oh my gosh

952
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,000
The food was great

953
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000
The fellowship was better

954
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,000
It was

955
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,000
It's always great when we get a chance

956
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000
To go out with them

957
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,000
Going to a winery tomorrow

958
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,000
And then they leave for Italy

959
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,000
They head out and then we're going to head out

960
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,000
So wonderful time

961
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,000
One of the things I wanted to bring up

962
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000
Is that what I love about our relationship

963
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000
With Adam and Tina is that

964
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000
We've had this discovery stage

965
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,000
Because relationships whether it's an individual

966
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,000
A couple, you know, couples

967
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000
A group or a community

968
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000
Go through stages or phases

969
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000
Really begin to think about it

970
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000
What's happening is that we've gotten

971
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000
So close

972
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,000
And so we've moved beyond

973
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,000
The discovery stage

974
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000
So the discovery says, John did some notes down

975
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000
Tell me if this resonates with you

976
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000
And you think about as you're listening

977
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,000
About your stages of a relationship

978
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000
I'll go quickly through these

979
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000
So the discovery stage

980
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000
Everything's new and exciting

981
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,000
For example, we say things like

982
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000
We have so much in common

983
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,000
We're just alike

984
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,000
And then we find out later

985
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000
We're not that much alike

986
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000
It's hilarious

987
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,000
But it's a beautiful time because discovery stage is fun

988
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000
And when somebody falls in love, for example

989
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,000
With another person

990
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000
That's the discovery stage

991
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000
That's the everything's amazing stage

992
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,000
Honeymoon stage

993
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000
Discovery stage where everything's new and fresh

994
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,000
But then you move past it

995
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000
And this is where most

996
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,000
Individuals, couples, groups

997
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,000
And communities stop

998
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,000
They cease

999
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,000
They never actually fully commit and connect

1000
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,000
And so the next stage

1001
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,000
Is the this is us stage

1002
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000
So if you remember the show

1003
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,000
This is Us, it was just

1004
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,000
I loved that show

1005
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000
It was drama upon drama upon

1006
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000
We used to watch it and go, this is so dramatic

1007
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000
But it's a drama

1008
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,000
It's ridiculously dramatic

1009
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000
It was one of my favorite shows

1010
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,000
I know, and you have most of America

1011
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,000
So I called it the this is us stage

1012
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,000
And what that is

1013
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,000
Is that things can happen

1014
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000
That are not quite as

1015
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
That are more normal

1016
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,000
You drop the mask

1017
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,000
You let your guard down

1018
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,000
And then you let more of yourself come out

1019
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000
And so when we were at dinner the other night

1020
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000
We had a couple of tense moments

1021
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,000
You and I didn't have tense moments

1022
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000
With them, and they didn't have tense moments

1023
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000
With us, but you and I had a couple

1024
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,000
Of minor disagreements

1025
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000
You called me out on something

1026
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,000
Same thing happened with Adam and Eve

1027
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,000
And I laughed about it all night

1028
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000
Because I was like, this is beautiful

1029
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000
We're finally past the discovery stage

1030
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000
We're moving into the this is us

1031
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,000
Stage where now you're getting the

1032
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000
Real us, you're getting the human

1033
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000
You're getting the people

1034
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,000
And this is the part that most people

1035
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,000
Never allow to be seen

1036
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,000
Because they want to be seen as

1037
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000
Perfect, and we

1038
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Can't be perfect

1039
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000
And this is where most relationships stop

1040
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000
Because if I can't be perfect

1041
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000
Then I know they're not going to love me anymore

1042
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000
Or a new love relationship

1043
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,000
So a new, let's just say

1044
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,000
A boyfriend and girlfriend

1045
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,000
You both have masks on

1046
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,000
For God knows how long

1047
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,000
And then when you do

1048
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,000
A lot of times you have them on up until

1049
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000
The engagement, then after the

1050
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000
Engagement there's a switch

1051
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,000
That flips

1052
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,000
And you begin to let your guard

1053
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000
Down, I remember a couple

1054
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,000
I will not say their names

1055
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,000
But I think you know who I'm talking

1056
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,000
About, and they were

1057
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,000
They had a good courtship, it was a great

1058
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000
Dating relationship, as soon as they got

1059
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,000
Engaged all

1060
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000
All the claws came out

1061
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,000
And it was

1062
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000
Horrible, we didn't know if they would even make

1063
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,000
It to get to the marriage

1064
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,000
And then after the marriage

1065
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,000
And now they've been married for years and have several

1066
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000
Kids, but it was

1067
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,000
Rocky, it was a rocky start

1068
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,000
That was the this is us stage

1069
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000
Yes, but they

1070
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000
I think it can be a dangerous place

1071
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,000
I remember the

1072
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,000
Discovery stage with you

1073
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,000
30 years ago, I remember

1074
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
Putting on this

1075
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000
I think

1076
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000
There were little blue birds flying around

1077
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000
I was like

1078
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,000
Poor victim me

1079
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,000
But I'm all whole

1080
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,000
And healed and

1081
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000
Ready to embark on

1082
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000
A new relationship, no

1083
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000
I was not anything like that

1084
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,000
I remember putting this mask on

1085
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000
And I remember thinking

1086
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,000
I literally remember thinking to myself

1087
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,000
Oh no

1088
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000
I'm going to have to take it off at some point

1089
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000
And he's going to get to know the real me

1090
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000
And it scared me

1091
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000
It scares all of us

1092
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,000
All of us have that fear of being known

1093
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000
And yet

1094
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000
Only the relationships that are

1095
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,000
Played for the long game and last for the long

1096
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000
Hall are

1097
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,000
They've overcome

1098
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,000
That stage and they've walked through it

1099
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000
Navigated it and said

1100
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,000
I love you no matter what

1101
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000
I don't love you because of that or I don't

1102
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000
Not love you because of that to use a double negative

1103
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,000
You know, I love you

1104
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,000
Because of you and I'm good

1105
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000
With that and so

1106
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,000
I love that we hit that

1107
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000
And it's been fun to navigate

1108
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,000
Because

1109
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000
I'm excited because what it means is

1110
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000
That we're moving through, we're maturing

1111
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,000
Relationally. We have no

1112
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000
Mask on anymore. No mask, nothing to hide

1113
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000
Nothing to hold back

1114
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,000
Unless they don't like me anymore

1115
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,000
We're beyond that. So another stage

1116
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,000
I just, I jotted these down

1117
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,000
I did a little research on this. Of course you did

1118
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000
I know, it's fascinating to me

1119
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,000
I've been there a lot of times

1120
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,000
So the next stage is

1121
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,000
Steady as we grow

1122
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000
Steady as we go, steady as we grow

1123
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
And that stage means that you're beginning

1124
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,000
To lay foundations for longevity

1125
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,000
In other words, you see

1126
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000
The potential in a long term relationship

1127
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000
This isn't just for a season

1128
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000
Or they're going to be high and buy

1129
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,000
Or oh that was great, we did that together

1130
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000
And now we've gone on

1131
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000
Or they move out of town so you think

1132
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,000
I'll never talk to them again. No

1133
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We're actually laying foundations for a long

1134
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000
Life. The next stage

1135
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,000
Intertwined journeys

1136
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000
I like that, your journeys start to

1137
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,000
Really intertwine. I'm actually seeing

1138
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000
Elements of these in our relationship

1139
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000
With Curry's right now and it's really exciting

1140
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000
It is. But intertwined journeys

1141
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,000
That means you're doing real life

1142
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,000
Together. That means

1143
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,000
Things like taking a vacation

1144
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,000
Together. Which we are going on

1145
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,000
A trip next year. If you're going to test a relationship

1146
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000
Going on a vacation together. Yeah, we're going on a trip

1147
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000
Next month. Sorry, can't say it.

1148
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000
It's not a vacation, but it's a

1149
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,000
Needed thing. But it's a few day trip. Although

1150
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000
And we're scheduled next year to go on a vacation

1151
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,000
At the Nashville. I'm not sure if Adam is

1152
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,000
Flying us or not. He's not, right?

1153
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000
I'm not sure either. I don't know yet. That I'm a little nervous

1154
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
About. But anyway.

1155
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000
You're going to see

1156
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000
The real everybody when it's done. I know, exactly.

1157
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000
Flying the plane. Exactly. And then

1158
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,000
Yeah, adventurous together.

1159
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000
You're doing things together and I love

1160
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000
That. That to me is what

1161
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000
When it gets exciting.

1162
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000
And again, each of these stages have

1163
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
Their precarious moments

1164
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,000
That can be make or break. And you've just

1165
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,000
Got to have this mentality

1166
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000
Of commitment. This mentality of

1167
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000
This is a God thing. And continue

1168
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000
To work through it. The next stage, dancing

1169
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,000
In the rain. Now it sounds funny.

1170
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000
Where did you get that from? I pulled it up

1171
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000
Somewhere. Some of these were mine. Some of these

1172
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000
I borrowed. And they just fit

1173
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,000
For me as I fought through stages.

1174
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
And that's navigating the storms.

1175
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000
I love that. That's dancing in the rain.

1176
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000
Navigating the storms.

1177
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
Pain, suffering,

1178
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000
Trauma of life.

1179
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000
Because it's when that diagnosis

1180
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,000
Comes. Or when the ball

1181
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,000
Drops on something that you didn't see

1182
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000
Coming. Or your best friend

1183
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000
Makes a terrible moral

1184
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000
Mistake or decision.

1185
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000
You know, are you still going to be there for them?

1186
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000
Are you still going to dance in the rain

1187
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000
With them? And I love the picture

1188
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000
Of that. Of course you think about the movie

1189
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000
Dancing in the rain. That's exactly what was going through my mind.

1190
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000
But think about the joy. And yet it's pouring

1191
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000
Down rain. And the dancers

1192
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000
Are oblivious to the rain.

1193
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000
You know, the umbrellas do no good.

1194
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000
You know, they're using them to dance with.

1195
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000
And so to me, that's a beautiful

1196
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000
Stage where you get to walk

1197
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000
Through the heavy stuff. And so

1198
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000
The next one is beyond the horizon.

1199
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000
And that's the idea of exploring

1200
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000
God's endless possibilities

1201
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000
Together. Wow. That's when you're

1202
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000
Seeing destiny in your friend

1203
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
Or your group or your community.

1204
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000
You're seeing purpose and you actually

1205
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000
Join in cheering them on

1206
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000
As they move into their destiny.

1207
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
That is something I love about

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00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000
Adam and his relationship is we cheer

1209
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,000
Each other on. We're cheerleaders

1210
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000
For each other. I mean, man

1211
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,000
Everything he's doing with the boost scram ball

1212
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000
And all the stuff with podcast 2.0

1213
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000
I'm just like cheering him on.

1214
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000
No agenda. Cheering him on.

1215
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000
Because he's running in his lane

1216
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000
And God's got his destiny.

1217
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000
So I'm with him.

1218
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,000
Then the last one is

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00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000
Are you hearing an alarm or something?

1220
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,000
I'm making sure I do have an alarm.

1221
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000
We have a roast on. We had a roast on

1222
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,000
Last week during the show. We're eating a lot of roasts right now.

1223
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000
This is becoming a habit. No doubt.

1224
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000
And then the last one is

1225
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000
And it's really not the last. It's just the next one.

1226
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,000
I didn't make this into any tremendous

1227
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000
Thing. And it's rooted together.

1228
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000
Rooted together. I love that.

1229
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,000
And that means you are playing

1230
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000
The long game. You know

1231
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000
That you're meant to walk together

1232
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000
For life. And if you start

1233
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,000
By

1234
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,000
Projecting that you're playing

1235
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,000
The long game, you will play the long game.

1236
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000
That's right. Again, it starts with

1237
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000
Your mind. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.

1238
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
So anyway, just some thoughts.

1239
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000
Things I'm pinging around in my mind.

1240
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000
And too, again, such a sweet time with our

1241
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000
Friends. And we're excited for them

1242
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,000
Getting to take a little break and go do some

1243
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000
Travel. Of which

1244
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,000
We would have traveled with them, but you

1245
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Did not want to go overseas at this point.

1246
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000
Which is fun. And I didn't want to use my sabbatical

1247
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000
For an extended trip like that.

1248
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000
Right. Right. So anyway, we'll go another time

1249
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,000
With them. So

1250
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,000
We've got some thank yous.

1251
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
Boy, do we. And I'm going to move

1252
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,000
This around so I can see it and read it.

1253
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,000
But we just

1254
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000
Want to say thank you for the

1255
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Great response from last week's show.

1256
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,000
I mean, I already mentioned this.

1257
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,000
You know, we were discouraged.

1258
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000
We were. We did

1259
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,000
Not have our

1260
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000
Is it going? Okay. You go take care of the

1261
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,000
Roast. I'll take care of this.

1262
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,000
So, Friends, I just want to say thank you from the

1263
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,000
Bottom of our hearts. You came through with

1264
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000
Notes. You showed up with

1265
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,000
Boost-o-grams and comments.

1266
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,000
Emails. It was so

1267
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,000
Encouraging. And

1268
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,000
Again, it was that lesson. I'm not

1269
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,000
I give up the right to

1270
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,000
Never hold on

1271
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,000
To an encouragement again. So thank

1272
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,000
You for inspiring me.

1273
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,000
And it's a good lesson for us. So here's some kudos

1274
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,000
And thanks. I'll just start here with

1275
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,000
Some donations. Trinity devil bis.

1276
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000
Thank you, Trinity. You donated

1277
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Eleven dollars in

1278
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,000
1776. Thank you for doing that.

1279
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000
Every little bit matters. It all

1280
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,000
Adds up. And what it does, it allows us to

1281
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,000
Keep adding. We've got

1282
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Always got new equipment that we want to increase

1283
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000
And improve what we

1284
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,000
Do. We want to operate with excellence. And so

1285
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000
All this goes into a fund to really take care

1286
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000
Of the equipment that we're putting together

1287
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,000
For the podcast. So thank you for that.

1288
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,000
David Wicker. So appreciate you,

1289
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000
Brother. Twenty dollar donation.

1290
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,000
And also appreciated your emails.

1291
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,000
Just some good back and forth encouragement

1292
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,000
Brother to brother. So thank you, David.

1293
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,000
Also want to say thanks to Peggy

1294
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,000
Laden. Peggy has become just such a

1295
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,000
Dear friend of ours.

1296
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,000
And such a jewel. She helped us out

1297
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,000
At our church. Worked with our team.

1298
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,000
Led us through Strength Finders 2.0.

1299
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,000
Such a blessing to get

1300
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,000
That time with Peggy. And

1301
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,000
Donation of 25. So thank you, Peggy

1302
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,000
For encouraging us.

1303
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,000
Eric Kessler. Another great brother in the Lord.

1304
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,000
A hundred dollars.

1305
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,000
What? Thank you, Eric.

1306
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,000
So encouraging to us. We appreciate

1307
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,000
You, brother. Thank you for who you are

1308
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,000
And what you're doing, man. And then

1309
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,000
We have some boostograms. So I want to

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00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Start with this one.

1311
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,000
This is a boostogram.

1312
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,000
77,700

1313
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,000
Sats from Adam the Podfather Curry.

1314
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,000
That is a striper boost.

1315
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,000
There it is.

1316
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,000
He's also our executive producer.

1317
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,000
And he has given up the right

1318
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,000
To be offended. That's what he wrote on his note.

1319
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,000
Coming in with 25,000

1320
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000
Sats. Another precious new

1321
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,000
Friend of ours. Julie Loftgarden.

1322
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,000
She says this.

1323
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,000
Loved our dinner and getting to know you both.

1324
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,000
You're such an encouragement to others.

1325
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,000
But let me encourage you.

1326
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,000
You both truly are

1327
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,000
Fishers of men. The spirit used you

1328
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,000
To catch Tina and Adam.

1329
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,000
And so many others for the kingdom.

1330
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,000
God bless and would love prayer

1331
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,000
As we embark on a trip with my

1332
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Parents this week.

1333
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,000
So we really appreciate

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00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,000
Julie and Ben too.

1335
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,000
We had such a sweet time meeting them

1336
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,000
Last week over in Dripping Springs

1337
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,000
With Currys and hanging out with them.

1338
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,000
And it was a beautiful, beautiful time.

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00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,000
Did you enjoy hearing her story? I did.

1340
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,000
Amazing. And then also

1341
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,000
We got a boostogram. 25,000

1342
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,000
Sats from Tina the Keeper Curry.

1343
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,000
Of course.

1344
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,000
Thank you Tina. You're awesome.

1345
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,000
And she writes, love, love, love you too.

1346
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,000
Well we love, love, love you too.

1347
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,000
So thank you Tina. We so

1348
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,000
Appreciate you. And then another

1349
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,000
Boostogram. It's kind of a striper

1350
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,000
Boost from Sir T.J.

1351
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,000
17,777

1352
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,000
So we'll go with the

1353
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,000
Striper Boost for that.

1354
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,000
And he writes this. I could say a lot

1355
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,000
But I'll keep it short and just say

1356
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,000
I've received a lot of value.

1357
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,000
And wanted to send some.

1358
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,000
Truly, thank you for your podcast.

1359
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,000
KTLD

1360
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,000
And FTCO.

1361
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,000
So KTLD. Remind people what that means.

1362
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,000
Alright, so Adam Curry has this

1363
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,000
Amazing, no this intense

1364
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,000
Obsession about

1365
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,000
Keeping the lid down on the toilet.

1366
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,000
Which we have. We're with him on that.

1367
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,000
We've been this way all my life.

1368
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,000
We're just as obsessed.

1369
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,000
He's more vocal about it. I'll just put it that way.

1370
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,000
Oh, he wants to have T-shirts made.

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00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,000
Cups, who knows what else.

1372
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,000
And so, anyway

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00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,000
I love Sir T.J. Thank you man.

1374
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,000
You just made me laugh when I read that.

1375
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,000
Keep the lid down and FTCO

1376
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,000
Flush the crap out.

1377
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,000
So man, we're totally with you my friend.

1378
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,000
Both in the toilet and in

1379
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,000
Life my friend. So great.

1380
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,000
Thanks for the boost.

1381
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,000
I love it when you make me laugh. That's good.

1382
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,000
And then we've got another Boostogram

1383
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,000
For 1234 Sats from

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00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Scott ZC.

1385
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,000
He just wrote, bless you both with a

1386
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,000
Smiley face. So Scott, thank you

1387
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,000
So much and bless you too

1388
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,000
Brother. Another 1200

1389
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,000
From Shelly

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Shelly C

1391
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And she sent in

1392
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1200 Sats. She writes this, love your show

1393
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,000
The power of life and death is

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00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,000
In the tongue. And you all

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00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,000
Bring life to the podcast waves.

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00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,000
I enjoy listening on my morning

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Walks. I particularly loved

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Hearing about your sabbatical as

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I am praying my own pastor is on his now.

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Isn't that cool? I'm praying

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He experiences the same refreshing you are.

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Keep doing what you're doing and sharing

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You guys are great.

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Shelly, you're great too. And we want to say

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Thank you. That means a lot.

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Not only for the Sats but just for taking

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The time to write an encouraging note.

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You're doing it. You've given up your right

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To hold back, withhold encouragement.

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So thank you. It means a ton.

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We have another user, Boostogram

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For 100 Sats. He writes this

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She writes this

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I love the podcast.

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Today starts year

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38 as a football coach's wife

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So I understand being offended.

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And I love the message of forgiveness

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And being unoffendable.

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Does she ever understand?

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Being a pastor's wife is really

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Very similar.

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Thank you so much.

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There's not a name attached to her

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User handle. But thank you so much

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For writing in. And we feel you.

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We get it.

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But let's together, let's give up the right

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To be offended.

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And I think God will use us in

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Even greater ways.

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Also we got this note

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From Julie. Now these are emails

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That were written in to our website.

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So Julie

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Writes this. Thank you both for sharing

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Your lives with us. You are right.

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We are never too old or spiritually

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Mature to learn and grow.

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I find the older I get, the less I know.

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And the more God has for me to learn.

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What a gift. Boy that is

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The truth. That's wisdom right there.

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Julie it's beautiful. Thank you for

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Taking the time to write.

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And we just want to bless you. Oh there's more.

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I forgot. But wait

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There's more. She says also

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I've noticed a marked difference in your voices.

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Especially in the last couple of weeks.

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Because we have our new road caster.

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Well we've got that. That was helpful

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Because Adam tuned our voices.

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He's the podcaster master.

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But she says you're relaxed.

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You are relaxed. She says what a gift

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The sabbatical is. I'm almost too relaxed.

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I know. I'm feeling super mellow.

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I am too. Especially today.

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What a gift the sabbatical is for you both.

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I teach women weekly through Bible study

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Fellowship. September 3rd, May.

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It's a wonderful program for women.

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Absolutely.

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With a schedule similar to a pastor role.

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I really enjoy and treasure my

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June and July off. August

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Is planning for the new year as it gives me pause

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and perspective before I dive in again.

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She ends with this.

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Thank you again for your open and honest look

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at life through the lens of Christ.

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Blessings to you both.

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And blessings to you Julie.

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That just means so much.

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Peggy wrote us a note. Peggy Layden I mentioned her earlier.

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This is beautiful. She says love the message

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on forgiveness and

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surrendering the right to be offended.

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Love you guys. That really has

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hit home with people. That's resonated.

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Thank you Pastor Bill Johnson. You might need to do a whole new

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series on that.

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I know. I hear you there.

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We love you guys and praying for you both

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to go deeper.

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Thank you because that's our heart. We want to go deeper.

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She says wish we lived closer.

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Sometimes I text Annette things but I'm realizing

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she may not be getting those texts during your

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sabbatical. No I'm getting the

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texts. I'm just. No I'm not.

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Not from her because we changed our phone numbers.

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She can email

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me. She can write us right through here.

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Or through there. I'm just not

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returning it. I'm not.

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Not right now. Sabbatical.

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Thank you Peggy. We love you.

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You are a dear dear friend.

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And then the last thing

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this is from Sean Maguire.

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So Sean wrote this.

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He says hi Jimmy and Dame Annette.

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I've CC'd Curry and the Keeper on this too

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because I think they'd find this interesting as well.

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Given Adam's recent decision

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to give up on the right to be offended.

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You guys have been talking

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for a few weeks now about being offended

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and the scripture that always comes to mind

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is one my dad often brings up.

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Luke 17.1.

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Then said he unto the

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disciples it is impossible

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but that offenses will come

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but woe unto him through whom they come.

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And he says this the whole scripture is

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great but the most interesting part about this

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scripture is that Jesus says offenses

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will come. Not might

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come will come. And the interesting

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part about offenses will come

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is the word offenses. Strong

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Concordance. Way to do some study there brother.

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Strong Concordance

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says that the root word in

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Greek it means this

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a trap stick

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or a bent sapling.

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Like a stick that you pull out from under.

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A snare.

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Literally what we've seen cartoon characters

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do for years. Bugs Bunny or

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some other character.

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The Road Runner. Yeah.

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Grabs a tree, bends it down, bends the top

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into a loop and waits for Elmer Fudd

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to step on it to the loop

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and suddenly the tree springs up and they get caught.

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Offenses are literally a trap.

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The devil sets and waits

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for you to step in too. It's true.

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So good Sean. Sean thank you for writing

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that. Thanks for it. Man I love that that

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prompted those thoughts for you.

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And that you dove into that.

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Well and what I think about with offenses too is

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as Christians we need

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to look at where the origin of that

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offense is. It's not the

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person but there is

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a controlled being

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called Satan. There you go.

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That's who brings the trap.

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The person, he's just

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using the person to do that.

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And if we could get our eyes and our thoughts

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on that it would change

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how we respond to

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people. It comes back to seeing

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something we've talked about on here before and that's seeing

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people in 3D. Exactly.

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Realizing there's a look behind the obvious.

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Don't look behind what?

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Look behind, look beyond.

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Because there's something driving that.

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And when we do that we can

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be unoffendable.

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Because we realize you know.

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It takes work. It does.

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There's effort

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and prayer. I mean it really

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learning to become dependent upon the Lord.

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And the scripture says

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this in Corinthians it says

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in 2 Corinthians chapter 10

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it says, in bringing every thought

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into captivity of Christ.

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So you can actually take a thought

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and capture it.

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It's like putting it in jail.

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So that it's away from you. It's detached.

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It's separated. So bringing

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every thought in

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bringing into captivity

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every thought into the obedience

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of Christ. That's a powerful

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verse. That's a principle I've had

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to lean on many, many,

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many times. So guys

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the last thing I want to say to you is value for value.

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That's what we're talking about. That's what

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this is. You guys

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are time, talents, treasure.

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You've given us value with your

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time by writing these encouragements in.

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Keep them coming. We want to

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dialogue. We want to connect. We

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want to hear from you and we want to talk

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to you because we're here

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to help you live up in a down world.

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And you're helping us do the same.

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We're all in this thing together. So thank

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you so much. Living uppers.

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That's what I've been calling folks.

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They're living uppers. And you guys are doing

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just that. Thank you for the Sats.

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For the donations and support.

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That's what value for value is all about. If you're

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getting value out of what we're bringing

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this is helping you. This is

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encouraging you. It's inspiring you.

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It's motivating you. You're helping you

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navigate a difficult season.

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Then all we ask is that you give value

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back in whatever form

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that works for you. And we

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want you to know you are loved. You're valued.

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You're appreciated. And so

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we're going to land the plane with that

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because it's been a great time.

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We hope you're again encouraged

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today. And then any final word?

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We so appreciate

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you listening and just

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keep us on.

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Keep us on. We want to

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bring value to you and we pray

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that you

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receive something from every

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broadcast.

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We'll be coming from the beach next week

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so we're looking forward to it. God bless

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you. Have an amazing work week

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on purpose.