The Hope Hotline - Hoarding? Is it a Sin? | S02-E38 | 06-12-2024

Episode Date: June 15, 2024

Hoarding? Is it a Sin? | S02-E38 | 06-12-2024

Real Talk Hello. I forgot I needed this thing for you to hear me. Welcome to the Hope Hotline. Thank you for joining us on Wednesday. It's a powerful Wednesday. It's a wonderful Wednesday. It's a wacky Wednesday. And it is a very wet Wednesday. Yes, that is true. My goodness, we needed this rain. But, I mean, it's not like...

I mean, people have made a big deal about how dry it's been. But it's been way drier than this. Like, my pond in my backyard, it's been way, way lower than it is right now. So, take a chill. It's not global warming. It's not climate change. Don't buy into the propaganda i think tom didn't even want it to rain for a really long time just to prove a point yeah because every like so many

people are like it needs to rain which listen i did pray for rain because my my yard was crunchy yeah very but it ain't like it ain't been that bad before. Right. True. I don't even know what to do with all this. I know. You've got a lot going on today. I decided I wanted a cold drink versus warm water.

Sitting on my cord. So, yeah, I'm glad it's raining raining but it's a little too much rain it was a little too dry and that's a little too wet yeah can it be balanced yeah but i guess people aren't balanced so the weather shouldn't be either such an extreme yeah well all those extremists out there they totally get it yeah they do%. I'm telling you right now. Oh, man. I'm going to just tell you this. I have been, I usually listen to a lot of music and stuff like that,

but I have been consumed with listening to our worship because we finally put it out there. Like the last two weeks, more than one song. We put out, I'm an idiot. Why wasn't I listening to our worship? Like I am now. I do not know. But if you're not listening to it,

then you need to be. Because I'm telling you, it's so freaking good. It's been so powerful. It's been so anointed and so powerful. Not that it wasn't before, because it definitely was. I mean, I tell, now, if you're on the worship team, do not get offended. But I pretty much have told all of them before. Like, I'm not just saying this because she's in the room,

but Vanessa, man, you kick butt on the anointing. Like, every, our music has always been anointed. Our worship has been. Like, Vanessa, like, every single time you sing, it's so powerful. It's so anointed. I'm not saying that, and I'm not saying everybody has been like that because they haven't.

Some songs, you know, If you haven't been doing what you're supposed to be doing all week long Gonna be good You can go on your talent I mean, skill set is powerful too But the anointing is what takes you to the next level And I'm just telling you Like, Vanessa I'm not giving you props

I've told you I've told you. I've told certain people they need to, like, get to your level because it's just they have a great, they have a powerful voice, but they don't, and they have an anointing. They don't have the anointing they could carry, though. And that goes way longer than a powerful voice by far. Yeah, absolutely. because i've heard people who can sing me they can sing okay but then they bring it with the anointing and it's like

holy mackinollies or you can barely stand right right it's so powerful or you just you just want to cry so um but if you haven't been listening like we have rumble we've been putting stuff out on we've been putting it on facebook and we're going to be doing that way more often just because we have not taken advantage of what we have. So, and we are very blessed with the talent that we have. And Vanessa's up there this week. Yay.

I'm super excited about that. And there's her sultry voice that you can't hear because she's not in the microphone. And she leans in. Yes. And I really. What song are you singing? Do you know? I appreciate those words, Hope.

I really appreciate that. Because you're humble. It is well. I love that song. I love that song. Yes. It's one of my faves. Yeah, same.

I always have to disassociate when i'm singing it because you're gonna cry because i will cry and yeah and you have there oh and i have and any singer out there like once you start to like cry everything like closes and it's oh it's tightening i can't i can't go on but i know people have had to sing for you they've had to step in and take your place because you crumble. But other singers have had to have had the same thing too. Yeah. Listen, we,

they get into it as much as hopefully we are in the congregation. But, um, I'm just like, I am on, I cannot tell you. I was told Tom. I'm like,

I am like constantly. That's all I'm listening to right now. Instead of any other worship music. That's so cool. It's such an awesome, awesome thing, which I have in the past listened to our worship, but it's not, I don't know why. I'm like, why am I not, why am I not listening to our stuff?

Like our stuff is so good. And so many people have asked us, like years, why are we do not, why do we not have a CD? Right. I, that's one of my 2024 secret. I'm letting that out secret. My 2024 is either an EP or AP song or a CD.

I've already put that in the bloodstream to the producer and a worship leader. No foundation church. Love it. I'm believing that that's going to be the case. Yeah. leader of foundation church. Love it. I'm believing that that's going to be the case. Yeah. That would be awesome though. That would be amazing. What are you going to say,

Sarah? Props to Naz too, because she's been studying, um, that is Bethel school. And so the production that she does on sound for that, for the recordings and for the live stream, it's so professional.

It is. I got goosebumps right now. for the live stream. It's so professional. It is. I got goosebumps right now just thinking about it because. It's so good. There's an anointing back there. 100%. That like, and we've talked about putting a camera back there before just so that like people could see, but. Oh, Aaron's got an idea for that.

Yeah. He was talking to me and Tracy about that yesterday. I love, and I am actually learning sound today. I'm going to be doing it on Sunday in the front of house. Cool. Because Ty's going to be out of town, and I'm really excited about that. So are you learning it, or are you doing it? I mean, I know sound because I did it at the high school,

but I haven't worked on our board before, so I just have to like. Oh, so tonight you're learning it to do it on Sunday? Yeah. I'm telling you, Sarah has got so many little hats at this church. Yeah, she does. She's making herself, what is it, irreplaceable. I do that everywhere I go. That's because she wants them to feel pain when she leaves.

But she ain't never leaving here, so it doesn't really matter. Exactly. She's stuck. Stuck like glue. No, you got to have people that can do multiple positions. Yeah. Like Casey's been learning sound too. Yeah.

I know. So we're blessed. Very cool. Yeah. It's good. But yeah. So if you haven't listened to our worship, go on Rumble and Black Rope TV, right? Black Rope TV.

So I just put the direct link to our videos, all the music, all the worship. So we have all of our most recent ones and even ones before that Erin has pulled. Like you can go back. Somebody just told us they've gone back all the way to December and watched the messages, which we have the messages. We have lots of people. But people never think about going and listening to the worship, which that's me. Yep.

So if you go to blackroadtv.com, there's a podcast, a church service, music events, news and politics, obviously the TLP and then testimonies. So you can just click on the music and there's two pages that you can go through and just listen to all the different songs. I've been going back and having to go. I'll show you how.

I'll show you how. Maybe that's super easy, but it's in there in all the chats. So tune in on Sunday if you're not all the chats, so check them out. So tune in on Sunday if you're not in the area, because then you'll get to see Vanessa sing it as well. Mom says she's going to fly down to see that. Ooh, you will not be disappointed.

Come down, Mom. We love you. That is one of the songs you kick butt on. Oh, so good. It's definitely in your Wheelhouse Thank you So good When that song first came out I cannot tell you how many times I listened to it The story behind it too

And cried What is the story behind it? Do you know it Sarah? Yeah How did you know Sarah knew it? Because she knows everything You didn't know that she knew that? Just by chance you were asking her?

Yeah. That's freaking weird. So the original hymn of It Is Well. I know. I love that song. Yeah. It was written by, I want to say it was Philip Bliss, but I could have the name wrong. All I know is that he lost everything. He had his family come over to the Americas on a ship,

and his wife and all four daughters died. And so he was going through the worst grief in his life when he wrote that song. Yeah. That is crazy. The other verses that don't often get sung with song are powerful, insane. So, yeah, right before that, you're right. That's his name. Right before that, it said that he was a successful attorney and a real estate investor who lost his fortune in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 at the same time his beloved four-year-old son

had died of scarlet fever. So he went on a vacation to thinking his family would do some good and sent his wife and four daughters on a ship to England and they tragically died. That's like the song, I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. You know the story behind that, right? Yes.

That is powerful. Yes. That is, I'll tell you right? Yes. That is powerful. Yes. That is a, I'll tell you that really quick. It's powerful. The story of I have decided to follow Jesus. I believe it was in India, if I remember correctly. But this missionary came into this tribe and all of, from the chief down, nobody wanted Jesus at all, except for this one family. And this one man got converted. And so they decided that he needed to no longer be converted to Christianity. So they took him and his family, and they said for him to deny Christ. And he said, I won't deny Christ. And they said, well, then him to deny christ and he said i won't deny christ and they

said well then he had two boys and and his wife and they said either do not denounce christ or we'll kill your kill your child and he's like i'm not doing it so right before him they they killed a son went through and he said each time he said i have decided to follow Jesus. And he would not denounce. It got to his wife, and he said, I won't do it. And so it goes through where the verses, though I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back, all the way through all of that song, he said all those words. Though none go before me, though none before me. Though none go before me, though none before me. Though none go with me, so I will follow.

Yep. He said all of those things. It ended up, he ended up dying because he refused to denounce Christ. And then the whole tribe, including the chief, because he didn't denounce Christ, they were all one to the Lord because they were like, what is this Jesus? That this man would do that? So by him not denouncing, all of them were saved. So when you hear that, I have decided to follow Jesus,

I absolutely, I almost can't not cry when I hear that song because it's such a powerful, powerful song based on truth. Yeah, there's a book. I forget what it's something about all the different hymns, and it tells all the stories behind it. Like it's a whole book about it. Yeah, it's really good. Mom got that for me.

Yeah. You know, it's so funny because if we get inconvenienced in the slightest way, we're ready to give up on Jesus. I know. God forbid we have to see each one of our family members be murdered in front of us. We are so soft. We are super soft. If somebody says one thing that we do not like or bothers us in one way,

that's why I think this podcast is so good for so many people, whether they want it or not but to learn to live your best life no matter where or what is going on around you don't let it affect you don't be bothered by it and even if it's like there are people that personally

for me and I'm sure for the peanut gallery over there that people have hurt and offended us but even those people i would embrace them back there would be terms if they said i am sorry and like i want i don't want i want to move on from here i want to fix whatever needs to be fixed and they truly meant it i would absolutely restore and have that relationship back because there's nothing good about harboring ill will or having distance between people when they want resolution, right?

And usually it's an offense of someone that causes us to be so weak. And I say that about myself. I don't get offended easily. But listen, I have been offended and it's a weakness. It's truth. I'm not busting on anybody that on anything that it's not myself. But a lot of times we're so weak. And it's usually because somebody has hurt us or said something we don't like or done something to us that we find offensive.

When in all actuality, I mean, if Jesus is number one, then in spite of all those things, we can live our best life. We can't, we won't be affected by them. And when people want restoration because we're living our best life, we're like, sure. Right. Right. Right. Come, sure. Right. Right. Come on in. Right. Because then what that proves is my life hasn't slowed down.

Yeah, exactly. A lick. Nothing has changed for me. You in or out of my life, life is going for me. I'm on that train and that train's moving forward. You want to be on the train with me? Go for it. But if you don't, I'm going.

And I think that speaks volumes. And it's not so you can act like you're better than everybody else. It's because you're proving who you are in Christ. And when you are in Christ, nothing can bother you. He's number one. So nothing else matters. That's the way it boils down yep yeah but we are we are so like soft is a great word it is we are so soft so soft i and i would hope that from this podcast like people learn seriously if it's not just from strong women

and if you're a guy watching this, it's no different. Like getting strength from a different individual from a different sex is no, no different. I mean, I, I have gained my strength a lot of times through my husband. So, um, if there are men watching and they,

they do better because of that, then you know what? Good for you. Um, not to be so close minded that you can't hear a voice from someone other than a man but right um and i think of sean specifically because obviously he's assured enough in his manhood that he can watch some goofy chicks you know and um but still grow yeah you know what i'm saying and still be the man of his house. So, um, but, um, that's one

thing, seriously, if there's anything from this podcast, spiritually speaking for people who are saved is to really learn not to be hindered or bothered by anything or anyone, just go for it in your walk with God, like go for all that he has for you and the best things that he has for you. Leave the other crap behind because really that's what it is. It's a pile of poo and you got to look at it just like that. It's a pile of poo and who wants to hang around that?

Not me. Go do your thing girlfriend. Alrighty. First things first. Congratulations to Janelleelle she has jumped from facebook to rumble she figured it out so congratulations janelle we're happy to see you in rumble um okay so yep if you're on facebook say hello let us know that you're there i did drop the link for um the book then sings my soul and there's 150 hymns with all the stories.

How did you know that? My mom. Did she just tell you that? No, I haven't at my house. She got it for me. Oh, my gosh. That was one of the things that we were going to study in homeschool, and we got through like two of them. Oh, my word.

But it's so cool. It's a super simple book, very short little stories, but just enough to understand it. Yeah, it's really good. I get it. It's a really good book. Somebody text that to me so I don't forget. Thank it. Yeah. It's really good. I get it. It's a really good book. Somebody text that to me so I don't forget. Thank you. Okay.

So yeah, on Facebook. And the link is in all of them. So wherever you are, you can find it. Or just type in Vince Sings My Soul. It's like 150 hymns. You can find it on Amazon or wherever. Wherever you want to buy it. You can buy it as a thrift store.

Whatever you want to do. It's there. But anyway, so like, share, comment. Do all the things on Facebook as you normally do. And then jump over to Rumble. Talia already put the link in so you can easily find us. You don't even have to search for it. You do have to set up an account at first.

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you'll get a little notification to let you know that we are live. Black Robe is always available for replays and watching, but I'd hop over to Rumble for the live because we have all that conversation going on. We'll have the audio podcast later on today. And as always, please send in your questions, anything. You know, it's so funny. Like we have our own little side chat for our Tuesday group and there's always so many questions coming through and I just need to start writing them down and sending them to you because usually there's some kind of answer, but at some point it's like interesting to hear different perspectives, but I know what you would say. I'm like, what hope would say is no. Um, but it is interesting, like all the questions that

come through and it's just cool because people are in different places with their walk with God. And so some things are just like, yeah, of course, like we know because we've sat in under good preaching or whatever. Um, but they are so new that they don't even know. They don't even know what to look in the Bible. So, um, it doesn't only have to be Bible questions. It can be anything that comes across your mind or things that you've thought about and wondered like from a biblical perspective, like how do you deal with this in life? How do you deal with a stubborn child? Just any kind of life questions too, and that it can be biblically based,

not just questions about the Bible. Moving right along, we have our merch. So we've got our UBU t-shirt, and that theme has just been hanging out. Pastor Tom gave a little nod during graduation and Rodney's recent, Pastor Rodney's recent leadership thing was a UBU kind of thing. So I'm just saying it's out there and there's reason for it. You need to copyright it. I should copyright it actually. I think it's already been said. Okay, so move on just go to you under the sun just go to the ark

just go to the ark church i think the ark ark okay you'll you'll see it yeah it's so funny somebody a big church in the area that is monster big that was with the ark has eliminated theirs they're still with the ark but they they took it down they actually watch us yeah i know the pastor does they took down what they took down that they're an ark church oh they took down that they are associated with the ark church they're still with them if you call the associated related churches yeah they are still with them and they're perplexed they're like why you know what they are with us but i wonder why they don't have us down as an ARC. I'm like, I know why they don't have you down.

I didn't ask. I just found this out. I mean, not through somebody, but through something else. By chance, I saw it. But yeah, they took out of their website and they took down that they are part of the associated related churches. So if you look up associated related churches, they're not on there anymore. Scandal. Scandal.

Why would you do that? Why aren't you proud? Right. Why would you eliminate? Because they know deep in their heart it is not good. So do you think they'll make a change or do you think it's superficial? Oh, no, they're still a part of it. They just don't want to be, they don't want it out there that they are.

But they are so deep into it and they're under the umbrella of a major arc in the area that has a lot of campuses. They ain't going nowhere. They're staying right with it. But for some reason, but they watch us, so they know Tom's busting on it. And a lot of people intermingle a lot.

There'll be people that come from their church to our church, which is shocking. And they stay. But then there's a lot of people that have left us and head over to their... For a softer word. For a softer word.

Yeah. Yeah. So... Very interesting. It's super interesting. Yeah. I was always busting on an arc, but go ahead. Okay.

I digress. Like, if you're going to be it, just be it. Right. I know. Own it. Why wouldn't you? Lean into it. But that's my point. If you're not... If you're... If you think it. I know, own it. Why wouldn't you? Lean into it. But that's my point.

If you're not, if you're, if you think it's so great, then why are you removing it? Right, because that's kind of being a manipulation. Because you're compelled. It does feel manipulated. You feel like there's something ick about it. You're trying to hide it. Why? Or you're trying to be all things to all people, so you don't want anybody to know.

Not cool. Be you. Be you. As Tracy would say, you don't want anybody to know. Not cool. Be you. As Tracy would say, you be you. You be you. Speaking of. Find your tribe. Find your tribe. You be you.

You be you. Get your merch today. Available at foundationchurchfl.com. Click shop. And don't forget to pick up your hat, which Vanessa is wearing today. Thank you, Vanessa, for sporting the merch. Merch, merch. I didn't want to wear pink.

What is that? I look so bad in hats. Oh, I think you look adorable in that hat. I think you do, too. Look at how cute you are. Look in. But from the front, it's like... Okay, I'll pull up the front. No, you look super cute. Go get a hat, Talia, right now and put it on. And we're going to judge you.

Let's do it. Let's judge you. Ears, like they pop out. What? Are you sure? Oh my gosh. Absolutely hate how I look in a hat. Beauty.

Look how cute you are. Okay, if everybody thinks she's adorable, hit a one. If you think she's hideous, hit a two. Everyone put a two in the comments. Everybody drop how cute she is. Look at you. What a cutie. Yeah, Fern loves your hat, Hope. Oh, my hat? Mine's a gas monkey.

Yep, she loves it. It's super old, and it's from Walmart. And it was $5. Are you serious? I hide nothing. I'm as bad as Tom. Well, no, I'm not as bad as Tom. I'm not as transparent as Tom. Some things are left to be

undisclosed. Until he discloses them. Even though everybody says I disclose things, I do not. Not like him. Not like him. Right. And if somebody thinks otherwise, they're nuts. Yeah, absolutely. So Heather's nuts. Everybody. And that's who otherwise, they're nuts. Yeah, absolutely. Everybody's Heather's nuts. Everybody.

And that's who I'm referring to. There it is. Okay. Everybody's saying one. She's beautiful in her hat. Of course. Sorry. There you go.

Hats are for you. You know, one, two there. I got a one, two, no, I mean,

nobody really, nobody would lie. Well, they might cause their names are on it. So I take that back. It's, I was going to say it's anonymous, but it's really not. No, nobody would lie. Well, they might because their names are on it. So I take that back. I was going to say it's anonymous, but it's really not anonymous. No, it's not. You know who everybody is.

If somebody says it's a two, you can go and start crying in front of their face. You said I was a two. No, just Talia. She's the only one that gave herself a two in the chat. It's all good. All right. Moving right along. So we've got Dare to Be coming up.

We have our next meeting on June 28th, and it's going to start at 6.30 p.m. So please make your calendar available that day, and we hope to see you all there. Bring a friend or two or three or four. And then, of course, a couple months later, we have our Beloved Ladies Conference, and the theme will be Victorious This Year, and it'll be August 22nd to the 24th. Do you want to roll the commercial? Roll it. First ever commercial.

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First ever. Yep. So cool. I love that. Okay. Me and Tracy got blown all over God's creation. It was so windy that day. On Monday.

Yeah, it was. Yeah. We're like, oh, it's not too hot. There's clouds. And then it was the wind. It was a lovely wind. It was wind. Yeah. But my hair didn't frizz, which I wore it flat just in case.

So if it did frizz, it wouldn't be as bushy. But it didn't frizz. And so my hair is flat. But I said, you know what? I don't care. We're not redoing that thing. We got to get out there. We got to do it.

It's coming. Are we ready for the first question? I'm so ready. Let's do this. This is a different question. This is like what you were saying. They don't have to all be biblical, but it says, I have a family member that is a hoarder. Is that a sin? I lived with a hoarder. My dad, my dad, like, listen, we had a path. Not in the house. Like my mother is, you can eat off my mom's floor. Yeah, I can see that. My mom is a neatnik. Like all the counters are night. I mean, she's always been like,

even when like my room was a pigsty growing up. And then when I moved out, I kept my house really neat and tidy. To this day, I kind of like, well, there for a while, I think I was obsessive compulsive. And when we first had kids, I think I went almost nuts.

And Tom's like, listen, you're going to go crazy. Only one time a day. Oh my gosh. One time a day. Pick up everything off the floor. And that's after they go to bed. Because I would see a piece of lint

and if somebody came into the house, I'd be like, I'm so sorry, my house is so dirty. One piece of lint. Yeah. And then you have kids. Oh my gosh, forget it. I moved out when I was 18.

I mean, I moved back and forth into my parents' house, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. God bless them. But by the time I moved back, like the second time, I was way cleaner. They kept taking me back. I don't know. I'm like a bad habit. I don't know. I was about to say, what is it called when you, what is those things called? Somebody who has a venereal disease? What is those called? They're called something, something.

What are they called? Oh, tip a tongue. No. Yeah. It's three letters. I don't know. I don't either. I don't have a venereal disease, so I can't tell you.

STD. I was almost saying AIDS. I almost said I'm like an STD. I just keep coming back. But I thought that wouldn't be a good idea, so I said bad habit. Maybe I shouldn't

have said that I was going to say that. I don't know. Mice is a good one. Yeah, that's actually just as bad over here. Poor Talia. That's a sore subject. That is a sore subject. Lice?

Lice. Oh, yeah. I'm not like lice. I'd rather be an STD. Depending on which one it is. No, you won't. Let's get some pictures up. You do not want to be an STD.

Those things are nasty. Let's get some pictures up. You do not want to be in STD. Those things are nasty. That's funny. Anyways, back to hoarding. Yeah. So, but yeah, my dad, like he was, like in order to get through the garage, there was a path. Wow. He had so much crap. And then he had a path. Wow. He had so much crap. And then he had

a shed. And then he had vehicles. Like my mom. My poor brother, when my dad passed away, the amount of piles that were thrown. I think they had a dumpster.

Yeah. And they just... She used to tell him, you know when you that were thrown, I think they had a dumpster. Yeah. And they just threw it in. And she used to tell him, you know when you die, which she didn't think he would die when he did, but she's like, when you die, I'm going to be like throwing away so much crap. And that's exactly what happened.

Hoarding. There's many, many, I love this question, and there's many reasons why people do it, but we're going to look at scripture first, because it because it ain't good people don't be a hoarder it's not good comes from a bad place I don't know of any hoarders or people who like to collect things that do it to the degree of where like have you ever watched those hoarding shows oh my gosh okay my dad was not like that okay because my dad was a germaphobe so like he was he was a clean person too so he wasn't disgusting but he but but his clutter was neat neatly not organized, neatly cluttered. Yep. Neatly cluttered.

Okay. But it was not organized except for his shop, which I don't even know how he knew where crap was because I would say, hey, I need a bolt or something. I'm thinking there ain't no way we're going to find what I need. Oh, over here. And he'd like go and lift up something that you wouldn't even think was even, and he's like, oh, right here.

Oh, my gosh. How would you know that that's there and all this? But he did. I don't know. It's like people's desks. Yeah. You know, some people's desks are a mess. Don't touch their desk because that mess, they know where everything is.

Have you ever done somebody's desk that was really messy for them? And then they went back to their desk to, to, to work. And they were like, uh, who touched my desk? Oh, I was only trying to help.

And then they can't find anything like forever. Yeah. That's me and Jer. And it's like, it's neatly filed to them and they can't find it. I know exactly where it is. Like your ABC receipt. It's under a,

well, where, where would that be? Yeah. And your filing cabinet in the a file. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like your ABC receipt, it's under A. Well, where would that be? In your filing cabinet? Right. In the A file? Yep.

Yep. But they know right where it's at on their desk, that receipt or whatever. You know, it's like crazy. Yep. Don't be a hoarder. That's all I'm going to tell you. Matthew 6, 19 through 21 says, Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven A lot of times people hoard because they have issues.

They're obsessive-compulsive. And they're obsessive-ulsive and they're excessive compulsive for multiple reasons one is uh one reason they they they either have the depression mindset have you ever met anybody who's gone through the depression which we're narrowing down to those people but those but there are people that had family that went through the depression and then they've heard stories about the depression. So that affected them. And they're always like, oh, I can't get rid of that

because I might someday need that and we might not be around anymore. So I better keep that. Okay. Like I've seen people keep spray cans of paint for like 20 years. I'm like, I don't think they're ever gonna not have cans of spray can, spray cans of paint for like 20 years. I'm like, I don't think they're ever going to not have cans of spray can spray can of

paint. You know what I'm saying? Or cans of spray paint, spray paint. I'm like, I'm getting all tongue tied. Yeah. There's just ridiculous things that people hang on to.

And it's like, let it go. I mean, you can only have, but so many of one thing and you'll only use i mean my dad i'm embarrassed to say but i didn't live there so my mother i'm gonna embarrass her but then he had like i don't know how many toilets really yeah my neighbor just threw out two toilets and they've been hanging on to them for forever like just hanging out in the backyard like where were they i thought they were going to be planners like

because he does gardening and stuff like that and i thought it was going to be a joke no they were just he was just hanging on to him because it was from a job or whatever and finally his wife is like okay they have come from the other house to this house it's been years yeah we're not using them right throw them away. Yes. But that's why my dad was. It went like pink or I think they were a different color. I'm like,

you're never going to use those things. But my dad's thought was always, but I might be able to because he had rentals. And I'm like, just go and buy one.

You got plenty of money. No. Quit storing that crap. That's my mom's mindset. Yeah. Toss it. We'll buy another. Yes.

Yeah. But people have a mindset of what if, what it. We'll buy another. Yes. Yeah. But people have a mindset of what if, what if I don't have it? Right. Which is another problem because is God your provider or are you your provider? Yeah. And so it's being concerned and fearful that you won't have the provision necessary to purchase that item.

Yeah. Okay. That's not biblical. Um, and then some people are like, you'll never know when I'll need it. Okay. But you might not. So get rid of it. Anxiety and depression are another reasons why. Have you ever met like people who shop because they're depressed? What is that? Sarah just raised her hand. What's that called? When people shop because they're-

Retail therapy? Yep. Yeah, that's it. A shopaholic. A shopaholic. But retail therapy is what they actually say. And then you're stuck with all this crap and you think, oh, this will make me happy. It ain't going to make you happy.

It never does. And that is spiritually something that's wrong. You're looking for things instead of him to create a happiness within you. And only he can fill that void. The more you consume him, the happier you'll be. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things, right? And all his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you. So it's not good.

And what I will tell you is this. Not everybody's junk is someone else's treasure. And you know the people will say that. Your junk is my treasure. No, no, no. Some things are just junk. And they need to be looked at as junk. Discern what is junk and what is something of value.

And then even if you find that it's of value, should I hang on to this? I literally had a garage sale. My mother, I thought, was going to kill me. So I was getting ready to move. And I had this garage sale at their house because I think I live with them again. And so I have this garage sale

and my dad bought half my stuff. Oh my gosh. Because I think I live with them again. And so I have this garage sale. And my dad bought half my stuff. Oh, my gosh. And I'm not exaggerating. My dad literally bought half my stuff. I'm like, what are you going to do with that? My mom, I thought, was going to have an ever-loving fit. Yep.

Yep. Aw. I think that's sweet, though. He didn't buy it because it was mine. He bought it because I think I can use that. My dad was Andy Griffith. Oh, my God. Like, you close your eyes, and you thought you were listening to,

like, Andy Griffith was right in front of you. So funny. I wish I got to meet him. He was one of a kind. I know. Like, seriously one of a kind. Like, every day goes by. Like, you know, like, have any of you lost a parent yet?

None of you have lost a parent yet. There is nothing like it. I know. Yep. There is nothing like it. It is like God will get you through it. He does. But I will have to tell you, I'm sure there's other losses that are worse.

But like your spouse or your kid or whatever. But outside of that, like it's the worst of the worst. Yeah. Yeah. I can't even imagine. You can't. I mean, you can't. I know.

Sometimes I have to. My dad passed away in 2016. I sometimes have to like think, I cannot believe he's still, he's gone. And this is a long time. We're going on 10 years. I know. I sit there and go, I cannot believe he's gone. This is a long time. We're going on 10 years. I sit there and go, I cannot believe he's gone. And it seems like yesterday. It's just the wildest thing.

So if you have a parent alive, peanut gallery, if you have a parent alive, make a phone call. I would kill to be able to call my dad. And he was a rough dude. Sweetest pumpkin pie, too. I am who I am because of my father. I literally have thought, I was telling my kids, I think I was telling Norma last night,

and I was like, I am my father's daughter. You just are more of one parent than the other. I truly believe that. I was very close to both of them. But if you want to see who my dad was, I'm lesser of what he was, but I am almost completely him. My poor mother.

I have barely anything of my mom. Facial, body, yes. Attitude, no. At least she may have lost him, but she still has me. That's true. I'm a great reminder. Yeah, exactly. Of him.

And that's not always good. Yeah. So let's look at this. If you doubt what I'm saying, God always provides. You do not need to be your provider. You do not need to hoard things. You need to throw away things. There's nothing good comes from hanging on.

It's a true sign of a lack of spirituality when you are you got like i need that i need that oh i can't get rid of that i mean if you haven't used it in six months you might want to think about whether or not you need it um and i'm not talking about tools that fix your house i'm talking about like, even clothes. Some people like have clothes that are like 20 plus years old and they're not classic. Like when I mean classic is it never goes out of style, right? You should always buy something that is classically relevant all the time. What do they call that besides classic? It wardrobe. Wardrobe-wise. It's not just that. Timeless. Timeless is another great.

So that you understand what I'm saying. Like a staple. Yes. There are certain things that you can always know that they will always stay around. Then the trends. You should buy trends but to a limited extent, even because you're

wasting your money. They're not going to stay in style. So, I mean, be a good steward of your money, but some people just always have to buy, always have to buy. And you should make sure that whatever you're buying that you need. And then there's sometimes you just buy for fun, but be smart. But some people just buy and then they have nothing. Provision will always be there, okay? But we're to be a good steward of our money. You don't need everything

and you don't need to hang on to everything. Again, if you haven't used it in six months and it's laying around your house and it's taking up space, then you might need to get rid of it. I mean, there are people that hang on to wrappers because they think they might be worth something someday. You know, there are people and I'm not talking about comic books and things like that, that hold value. I'm talking about there are people that hang on to Tupperware. You haven't

used that Tupperware. You know what I'm saying? You've got cabinets and cabinets full of crap. And you're not using it. So think about those things. Because some people just have clutter. And you don't need the clutter. You have to look inside and inwardly. Why do I have this stuff?

But in Exodus 16, it tells a great story, and it's a great reminder of knowing who is your provider and knowing you don't need to keep everything. You don't need to take more than what you need because some people, like Jer, will see a pair of red shoes, used to, and he'll buy like six pair of that same red shoe. Facts. Okay, you only need one to two pair because he's a clean nut.

So if one got dirty, he wanted to have one that replaced the dirty pair. Correct, Tracy? Very correct. Very correct. Yeah. But his thing was like, well, but they're all like they're, what were they, like final sale? He's like, so you had to buy all of them because they're never going to come back into style ever again. And I'm like, yeah, but there'll be another one because they're never going to come back into style ever again. And I'm like,

yeah, but there'll be another one. There's always another one that you're going to love. And there is, there's been many that he's loved. Yeah. It's a perfect example. I know.

And lots of people do that. Yep. I know lots. I've known people who buy multiple pair of shoes in different colors or in the same color. I'm like, how many of them can you wear? Now you're talking about, I'm a shoe nut.

I love them. But either I'm giving away shoes or I am not buying them until I've worn a lot of them out. You can only buy, you can only wear but so many shoes. It's true. So, I know, my husband would probably be saying,

you haven't seen her closet. I get it, but almost every pair of shoe I wear. Or I literally go through my closet about every six months, and I get rid of stuff and I give it away. Same, yeah. Yep. And I mean, I haven't gone shopping in a while, but I'm just saying I still I still do that

because I'm like, I'm probably not going to wear that. And before that doesn't look like that's not trendy. Let's give it to somebody that will wear it because people do give me stuff. So but let's go back to Exodus 16. It talks about where the Israelites are out in the wilderness and they're like crying and moaning and groaning and wanting to go back to Egypt. And one of the things was is God said, I'll feed you. Here's the thing. When have you ever heard for 40 years a sandal didn't wear out?

Right. Their clothes didn't wear out. They needed and wanted for nothing. He fed them every single day. When the manna started falling from the ground, the Lord said, only take what is needed per family by the size of the family. So if you had a family of four, you were only to take what the family needed for a family of four.

If you're a family of five, then it was for the family of five, and so on and so forth, right? You didn't take more than what you needed. What did the hoarders do? Because they were worried about whether God would come through or not for them. They took more than what they were supposed to. And what did God do for their lack of faith and unbelief? When they got up the next morning, it was rotten.

Okay? When you hang on to stuff, I've heard people tell stories about a pair of shoes, that they had a pair of shoes, that they just loved that pair of shoes. They wouldn't wear that pair of shoes because they just loved them. By the time they got to wear the pair of shoes, the material had totally been destroyed and disintegrated because they waited too long. Okay, listen, use what you got and appreciate what God's given you and know that if you need something the next day or a year from now,

he'll provide it for you. You don't need to like, you don't need to do that. You need to trust God. No fear, no anxiety, no depression, no worrying about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. If I care for the sparrow, how much more will I care for you, is what the Bible says. If he cares for a daggum bird, you are his creation. I knew he made the bird, but he made you

to be like him. That's a powerful thing. You are in his image. So how much more does he care for you than he does the bird? But he does care for the bird and every hair on your head is counted. So trust me, if he knows how many hair on your head, he knows your need and he'll make sure that need is met. But make sure you're doing what you're supposed to be doing and that's paying your tithe and offering. Because Malachi is very clear, you'll be cursed with a curse and who wants a curse, especially in this day and age. We got Biden. Bidenomics. Trust me. You don't want Bidenomics.

You want God'snomics. That don't make sense. In my head it did. Godonomics. That's remorse. You just want God's economy. I'm going to go that way. Let's go with our sponsor.

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Yeah, absolutely. As well as those yahoos over there. Yeah, exactly. Which you can't see them. Those yahoos over there. I'm doing it, exactly. Which you can't see them. Those Yahoo's over there. I'm doing it. Oh, now you can't. There you go.

Yeah. I'm actually opposite of what I'm supposed to be and I did it right. I know. Look at you. Only two years. One and a half. Tom does it so good on his podcast. He's always going like this.

Yeah. He's always doing this when he's talking. Professional. And the things over there. I'm like, man, I wish I could do that. You did it. You did it. I finally did it.

Yes. I have myself on my back. Absolutely. That's right. So I have to answer this one positively today because this person's a little confused, and I need to unconfuse. They have a tangled web in their little mind, and I need to untangle that web. Okay. And I need to unconfuse. They have a tangled web.

All right. In their little mind. And I need to untangle that web. Perfect. And you guys might need to help me. Okay. So they said, so about what you said on Wednesday

about if you are struggling with something or going through something that could allow a spirit, say anxiety that makes you panic or makes you stress out, then you aren't saved. So if I struggle with anxiety, am I not saved? No, you are saved. Okay. When I was talking about, let me just say, there's struggling with sin.

Struggling with sin is different than living in a lifestyle of sin. And if you live in a lifestyle of sin, you're not saved. And it's clear in the word. You're not saved. It says those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. And it lists the sins if you live like that. And once you make the decision to live like that, then you're not going to heaven. Because it says, if you live like this, you're not going to inherit

the kingdom of heaven. You're not going to heaven. Now, people struggle with sin. Anxiety is not a sin. Okay? Anxiety, there is a spirit, like there's a spirit of confusion. There's a spirit of fear. Those are spirits that oppress. They oppress you. It's like a black cloud hanging over your head. Okay. The spirit of depression, the spirit of anxiety. Okay. Anxiety is not, it's an oppression. It is not being filled with a demonic or being demonically possessed. Two different things. You are absolutely saved. If you're struggling with anxiety,

there are certain things that you can do to help you get through that. And anxiety is all that is, is fear. It's a spirit of fear. Okay. But anxiety is real. And a lot of times, and you may disagree with it but i i you'll fight i have to fight me on it because not physically because i might be able to take you but i might not so i really don't want i don't know who you are but i don't want to fight you i mean if i have to i will but i really don't want to. I'm just saying that it stems from fear.

Okay, a lot of like depression, anxiety, things like that, even being shy, it all stems from self. It's all inward. It's too much thinking about yourself. And people will say, that's not true. I beg to differ. I beg to differ. If I sat down with you and I talked it through with you, you would absolutely then be like, huh.

Everything you're saying about anxiety and everything that I have done and ever since it started, it is self. And so, but anxiety can be, is solved. It's something that can be, I'm not going to say it's easily resolved, but it is something that if you do all the right things, biblically speaking, it'll be a blip on the screen. It won't be something you deal with ever again. But you will have to do

some things and it all stems from fear. And whatever that fear is, you get control over that and you eliminate it out of your life. Like there are some people who deal with anxiety because they're in their head way too much.

They're overanalyzing things. Either am I lying about this? Did I do this? Am I sinning here? It could be anything. But what is that? That's all self. You can say, well, it's all out of a good motive because I don't want to sin. No, no, no, no, no. That's not true. If you're overanalyzing something, then you are caught up in your mind. And we are stable in all our ways, is what the Bible says. Our mind is renewed.

And it is like him. Did Jesus sit there and be perplexed whether or not he was sinning or whether he was doing this or should he do that? I mean, people literally become obsessive compulsive in their minds. And that and then depression is another thing. People are depressed. Why are they depressed? Because they think about what others have or have not

done for them to I wish I was like this person. What does that reflect on? Self. It's all going back to me. And I can tell you this. The more you do for others and you get away from thinking about yourself, the easier and quicker you eliminate anxiety and depression and things like that because you're getting outside of yourself. Anybody who deals with those things should never be by themselves for long periods of yourself. Anybody who deals with those things should never be by themselves for long periods of time. They need to be out and about and talking and walking and dealing with people

because then you don't think about you. You're about something instead of about yourself. Does that make sense, ladies? Yes. Does anybody have anything to add or want to share? I think Sarah does because she's at the edge of her seat. So I experienced more of chemical anxiety and depression that was not necessarily based on thought process.

It wasn't anything that I was thinking about. It was a chemical response in my body to what then I don't know but I went to the doctor and they were like you're depressed and I was like oh well so then you get on medication for the depression which then that leads to something else and then um but I would and I never had it until I don't know five years ago or so when my daughter graduated from high school but I wasn't worried about her graduating from high school there was no connection between my thoughts and the feelings that I was having it was a totally separate thing happening in my body so anxiety where it's like an anvil is dropped on

your chest and your entire body is like buzzing and you can't get it to stop. And it, certain things that you use to try to help it can just make it worse. So it's, for me, it was a spiritual thing that had to be broken off. It had to be like I had to be delivered from anxiety. The other thing is that the foods that we eat cause chemical imbalances in our body. Like diets and stuff like that. That create anxiety and depression. A lot of caffeine. Yeah.

Things like that. Yeah, I know. But most people, and I agree with you to a certain extent, I agree with everything that you said. But a lot of times it stems from fear. And yours might not. But a lot of people, if you talk, just from so much counseling and so much talking to people,

like there are people that even like the youth of today, COVID threw people into anxiety and depression for multiple reasons. Because they were locked down in their houses. They were afraid they were going to get sick. They were going to die. But all of that, again, stems from self. It's fear. Now, yours was hormonal.

A lot of people aren't. Chemical, hormonal? Yeah, chemical. I should have said chemical because that's what they told you. Not hormonal okay yeah a lot of people aren't hormonal yeah a lot chemical yeah i should have said i should have said chemical because that's what they told you not hormonal hormonal but sometimes it is hormonal but a lot but most people that very few people you're one of the very few people that i've ever because i've heard of hormonal before but um you're one of the very few because most everybody i ever talked to it stems from something from their childhood and progressively getting worse throughout the years

that they never took care of, but they didn't know to take care of it because they were very little. They didn't understand that their thought processes and their worries that they were worried about, like if I do this, what's going to happen? Like they started at a very young age and Satan's good because it only grows.

It only grows, but that's why like suicides were at an all-time high with covid and things it's all usually all fear-based so when you say just in case this is chemical yeah for somebody because i don't wanna yeah i do not want to eliminate that from being a legitimate thing for them. And obviously you have some food. What else? What will you take? Well, nutritional aspect of things.

You also, when you talked about COVID, like they told everybody to stay in their house. Well, we need sunlight. Yes. And so people get like people up north get seasonal affective disorder because they don't get the sunlight.

They go nuts up in North Dakota. I was telling my normal body. I mean, there's a lot of factors. And I think chemical and hormonal is the same thing. I think hormones are just biochemistry inside of your body. Okay, I didn't know that. I mean, I don't know that, but it could be. So yeah, definitely hormonal.

And then I had gotten to a certain age right where you're a little bit older and so things are changing and you're coming to you know your your cycle is gonna slow down and stop and all that so um I think that yeah for a lot of people it's they just it like sneaks up on them for me was like, I've never had this in my life before. And then it happened. And then that's when things kind of started to fall apart in other areas of my life. And then it became a cycle of the things

that were happening in my life were now making me feel depressed and anxious. And then that was making me not do a good job in my work. It was just like a downward spiral. But that's one. But but here's the thing. And it's like, OK, but. It just proves that everybody needs Jesus.

Yeah, like what you just said, because if it is, whether it's fear, you need Jesus. Yeah, because even the chemical, even the medication they gave you was not effective it's worse actually they even say it can cause suicide if you're on it because it creates suicidal tendencies for you but it just proves it like it's all spiritual

because you were delivered from it so all of that listen you're not possessed by a demon. You are absolutely saved. Those two things are 100% true. Anybody who wants to say that a believer can be demon-possessed, they need to bring the scriptures that prove that. They can say all they want.

No, no, no, it's not true. I'm telling you, bring the scriptures. If they want to sell to you, and I'm not, there's no way you're saved and possessed by a demon. Can you be oppressed like a black cloud hanging over your head? Yep, you can, but it's like we're to renew our minds daily. We're to take captive of every thought and make it obedient to Christ. There's reasons for that. So that things, the world doesn't get to you. Yeah. And it has no effect on you. So you're saved. You're not possessed. But you need to fix this anxiety, whether it's something that you need to like examine yourself and say, what do I focus on? What are my thoughts? And if you have wrong thoughts,

if you have fearful things and things that take you to a place that you shouldn't go, then you need to take captive of those thoughts. And you need to get in the word and you need to read what the word says about all of that and about your imagination. The word warns us about our imagination. There's only one scripture in the Word that doesn't warn you, and even it kind of could go that it's a warning because our imaginations are not good. They can take us to bad places, and that's why the Scriptures warn us against them.

So the other thing is you might need to sit there and go depending on your age i don't know how old you are but depending on your age you might have to look at what sarah's talking about maybe you look at your diet and see what's going on with that what are you eating is it healthy is it balanced is it too much is it is it too many energy drinks are you drinking too much? Is it too many energy drinks? Are you drinking enough water? Too much coffee. Are you getting fresh air? Do you have people surrounding you that are going to support you? Do you have friends that are going to? Because I didn't have that either back then.

Yeah, a good support system is huge. Yeah. Or do you have people that tear you down instead of build you up? Because sometimes if we're married and we're married to a spouse that's not saved they can compound things for you right um so you need to sit there and and evaluate all of those things that doesn't mean that if the spouse is or or a family member or something something is making things worse for you, that you leave them because you're not allowed to get divorced over that.

But what you need to do is evaluate that and say, okay, if this is the issue, Lord, how do I handle being healed, healing this issue within my body, and being able to do it while I have to deal with this? And God will show it to you. He'll figure it out for you. But you're going to have to maybe spend some time alone. And a lot of times people spend time in the word a little,

and they spend a lot of time in worship because it's easy. They don't spend a lot of time praying. And when they do spend time in prayer, it's not the kind of prayer that resolves the issue that they are needing to have resolved. We tend to just kind of stick to the things that are fun and we enjoy, spiritually speaking, and not dig into the things that take us to the next level and propel us to either a healing or to the next level in the ministry that God's called us to do. Because that takes effort. And that's a lot of work. So we stick to what is fun and comfortable and kind of mindless.

Not that it's mindless, but it's easy. You know? And you're going to have to dig deep. But God will take care of it for you. I mean, listen, if you do it for Sarah, he'll do it for you. I can promise you that. And if this is somebody that comes to our church, like, find me on Sunday. And I'll pray and lay hands on you.

And we'll figure it out. Like, we're here for you, not just through the whole pot line. Like, this is an extension, too. Oh, yeah. that's the purpose of this exactly for ministry but who better i mean seriously i say that if you don't do it for sarah he'll do it for you but it's true i say that funny but if he did it for her she's not okay she's special she's special to us she's special. She's special to us. She's not special, though. She is no different than anybody else that God calls his child. And what he wants to do for her, he'll do for you. You are just as important and just as special as she is. There's nobody that, like, I always say, listen, my picture's on his mantle in his house, in his mansion.

I say that knowing full well it is true. My picture's in his wallet. You pull out his wallet, you're going to find me there. Okay? But if you believe that's true for you, it's true for you. It's who do you see yourself as when it comes to him and your relationship

with him? How personal do you get with him? And again, what he did for her her he'll do for you do you believe it or not though that's all that that's that's how far it goes so um but i hope that frees you because when i read that that one just came in i have some that are older but when i saw that and i'm like yeah i don't want anybody walking around thinking for one second that they're either possessed by a demon or they're not saved. And if you care whether or not you're saved or not, you're saved. Most people don't care.

It's very true. It's just the facts. That's a good check. Yeah, if you care, you are. Otherwise, no. All right, we are seven minutes over. We are. Let. Yeah. Otherwise, no. Yeah. All right. We are seven minutes over. We are.

Let's do this. Let's say this prayer really quick. If you don't know him, let's get to know him today. If you need to rededicate your life to him, let's do that as well. Because you need it and he is worthy. Amen. Heavenly Father, we come to you right now. And Lord Jesus, we thank you. We thank

you for what you've done. We thank you for everyone that's watching this podcast. Lord, I believe that you've put this on our hearts to do this on Wednesday and Friday for not just the people that are watching, but the people who will be watching the replay and hopefully for more to come. And there are people that need you in their life that need to get their life right with you and rededicate their life to you. And we just pray this prayer right now. If you need to get your life right, repeat after me. Heavenly Father, I thank you for what you did on the cross. I thank you that every stripe you bore on your back was for me so that I might be healed. I thank you that you came to this earth and became poor

so that I might be rich. I thank you that you bore stripes, excuse me, that you were bruised for my sin and that through that bruising, I have forgiveness. Thank you for forgiving me of my sins. I ask, how do I want to say this? Hmm. I'm going to go a different direction. There's somebody that's watching this podcast that wants to be saved, but you think you've gone so far

that it's literally impossible. That there is absolutely no hope. But I'm telling you that there is no sin that is so great that he did not die for you and that his forgiveness does not go to the depths of where he stands at the door and he's just waiting for you to open it and welcome him in so that he can love on you, so that he can heal you, so that he can restore you

and that you can become his and that you can become his, and that you will know love like you've never known love before. So I'm telling you right now, don't walk away from this opportunity. He gave me this word for you because he has been coming after you. He longs for you. And don't waste this time and this moment and this opportunity. Just ask him to be the Lord of your life. Thank him for forgiving you of your sin. And from this moment, live for him because he died for you. And there is no sin that's too great for him to cover. Just open that door. In Jesus'

mighty name we pray. Amen. Thank you so much for joining us And we will see you on Friday, bye Real Talk Real Talk Real Talk Thank you. you