The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S01-51 | 07-12-23

Episode Date: July 14, 2023

Question #1 There are so many pictures out there showing flying saucers or just weird objects in the sky. What does the Bible say about aliens if anything?Question #2 What’s something that will always be in fashion, no matter how much time passes?Question #3If someone warns someone not to do something and they do it anyway; do you think telling them “I told you so” comes from a place of pride when the outcome is exactly what they predicted?

Real Talk. Real Talk. Real Talk. Real Talk. Hello everyone, welcome to the Hope Hotline. I almost forgot the name of it. Lovely. Welcome everyone.

It's been crazy, a crazy morning, crazy afternoon. As normal, as usual. Heather's flying solo. We have, Erin is not in the building. Which is kind of scary. It is, a little. It is a little. It is a little scary. So we're flying solo.

I just told her, I literally just said to her, it might have been when the music was playing, that you only have one more to do after this. And she said, thank God. So she's ready for Tracy to get back. That's right. So actually this brown and this, I don't, I don't like this background. I like my other background better, but with this outfit, it does look better. Which background are

you talking about? I don't like this background. Isn't that the one we've been using? Yeah, but I'm just saying I like my other one better and everybody tells me when I get my hair fixed. I like the pink and green. I like the pink and green one the best I do too so I just I I literally sat down in this chair like five minutes before the podcast started so I I never got to see what this looked like this actually does pretty good with the color scheme that's my favorite would you like that for today yeah I want that okay I want that back there you go's yours. I want that back. There you go. It's yours. I'm getting my hair colored very soon before the ladies' conference,

and then this will make everybody – everybody was saying your hair is the copper in it. It doesn't go with the green and the pink but I love I love that background I was just on um just so everybody knows um Lori Hammer I can't remember her podcast name but I will get it and I'll and I will tell you she lives out in Nebraska and she just had me on her podcast on Monday it's taped so I'll be I think it's July 29th is what she said it'll be on. So we'll let everybody know about that. But that was fun.

But Erin had this background for me for that guest appearance. This one's my favorite. That one's your favorite too? Do you want it for today or do you want it back? No, I want this one. Okay.

I didn't think you could do that. Wait, like she's killing it, people. She is. You're so good good you can't see her because she doesn't want to put herself on there she had to race home shower and change from working out this morning because she came straight here stinky and a mess but which put yourself on heather because i'm going to talk about this we're taking it up a notch we are we are taking it up a notch. We are? We are taking it up a notch. Talia wasn't here. It wasn't a workout today, so she doesn't know about this.

But our trainer said that she went to – listen, we're getting to know our trainer really good. She Facebook friended me today. Listen, she's going to be saved by the time it's all said Well she actually is saved What am I saying? She's a Christian True

Yeah she's a Christian So she might not be But we're going to be friends with our trainer If we have our way Why are you laughing Heather? Because I'm pretty sure she is saved I know she is saved I forgot she has a church

Yes Listen we're spreading the gospel left and right. I get mixed up who doesn't need it anymore and who does need it. But our trainer, she, and this is for the people who, I'm telling you,

don't crowd this room. I'm not going to tell you where we're going just yet. But put the camera back on you until I say you're done dad gum you woman so she was telling us about monday night there's a local dance studio in the area that she went to on monday night wasn't it monday it's mondays and thursdays i believe so and she tried it out she tried it out which she said was really good right she liked it so we're like maybe we should try it out and she's like yeah let's do it like she wants she wants to hang

with us because we're the cool cats not really but she she's like she enjoys our company i think now i think we're slightly annoying to her at the very beginning yeah at the very beginning we were slightly annoying she's like you know how long are these annoying people gonna but we've made it so long now she's joking around with us now in the class right so now she's come to our side which is the dark side with us now not at us she's what laughing with us now oh yeah at us I I was a big annoyance I know I was a big noise because I was always like I'm injured can you give me the alternative? Or they always had to come and tell me, which they do still, but far less. Heather even admitted yesterday, right?

You were backing me up, right? Yeah. Not really admitting, but backing me up. I'm being told far less that I'm doing it wrong. I'm doing it more right now than I was. So she's got this dance like things. They teach all the TikTok dances

but we're going to tell you. So we're going to do this. She's going to do that. We as in you? What is that? We as in you? All of us. And listen, there are some people who can't do working out because it's in the mornings.

But you might like this at night, right? Possible. We'll be there on Mondays. You go there on Thursdays. Oh, just kidding. I'm not committing yet, just so you know. Oh, my gosh. Well, I'm just telling you, I'm committing.

I have Bible study on Monday night. I'm committing to doing it on Thursday nights if Tracy goes. I'm in if Tracy goes. Yes. Just to watch. I'm just telling you. We love you, Tracy. If Tracy goes, I'm definitely in. And so was our trainer.

True. Our trainer was 100% in And then I think our prom queen in our class I think she said she wanted to go too if we went So We have names for people We have names for people Because we don't know their names in the classroom

So we've made up names for different people And she's called prom queen But she was a prom queen She told me today her longest plank Was over five and a half minutes. I'm telling you, she looks like, I'm shaking. And she looks like, oh, this is nothing. Because it is nothing.

Five and a half minutes, a plank. Tommy does over seven minutes for a plank. My Tommy. Him and Norma used to have competitions. Norma could do over five minutes. And he went straight into seven. She's like, I'm done. She's like, Tommy can do seven minutes plus.

That's nuts. Core. You're working your core. So, listen. If you want to dance, not Monday nights because we have a hub group. You're absolutely correct. It cannot be Mondays, but I think we can get our trainer to go Thursday nights. I'm going to go. If Tracy's going to go, I'm going. 100%. I'm in. Even if I don't do it and I just watch Tracy, I'm happy.

No, we're going to have to do it with Tracy in order for Tracy to do it. She's not going to just go and let us laugh at her. I mean, she might, but it's highly unlikely. She might. She loves us that much. Yeah. So there were some people who are like, I want to go, but I can't. So maybe the dance thing, maybe the dance thing's for you. We can tell you about that, right? Sure. Make it a big party. Listen, I'm all in for having fun. I'm all in for laughter. I agree. You can't laugh enough. A merry heart is good medicine. Isn't that what the proverb says? Yeah. So I'm all in for that. So Tracy, when you get back, get ready. Because we're going to dance, girl. We're going to shake a leg, whether you want to

or not. Now, last week, I'm not going to keep doing this, but I didn't answer this question correctly all the way. So I promised Logan, who was asked by the person that asked the question, just to clarify something. So normally this doesn't happen and it won't happen, but in this case we are. So the question last week, and I'm going to read it really quick for the people who didn't see, and how dare you for not seeing it on Friday of last week, but what is that? They asked the question in your comments while watching live last week. Yeah, they were watching.

But I wasn't going to do that because I didn't want everybody to know who it was. I mean, I think I know who it was, but I didn't want them to go back. That's the only reason I didn't say all that. who it was. I mean, I think I know who it was, but I didn't want them to go back. That's the only reason I didn't say all that. Sorry about that. That's all right. That's all right, girl. I know what I'm doing. You just don't know what I'm doing.

Yeah. Well, if you didn't see it, you don't know. It's in the live chat, though. Anyone can see the person. I know, but if you weren't watching, then you wouldn't have known. And whatever. She's partially right and I'm partially right.

I was trying to keep it private, but you were like, it's already seen, so who cares? It's already public. Yeah, it's already public. I know this. But that's the reason why I didn't say it. You said I feel guilty now. Yeah, you're kind of sitting in an argument between me and Heather. This is normal.

This is normal. Don't feel bad. And this isn't an argument. This is how we roll. So story of my life. So this is the question. And now he's commented. So everybody now knows who it is. He's exposed. So this is the question. So I can clarify it. So, so, so if you weren't watching on Friday, you'll know what I'm talking about. So for those of us who brought up Catholic,

the sign of the cross is standard. Some people might consider it at heresy. Well, it may not be to may, may not be in the Bible. Is there a problem with it? Just like other things drilled into us. So what he was saying is basically his question was, is the cross and I was talking about the cross, but he was talking about the cross with the

crucifixion. Is there anything wrong with basically wearing that? And tell him to comment if I'm getting this wrong. Is it heresy or is it wrong to wear the cross with Jesus crucified on it? And I will tell you, it's really not any different. I mean, it's all a matter of the heart. I don't think Jesus being, again, I go back to people wear stuff. It's no

different. My answer is still the same. If you wear a cross with nothing on it, just a plain cross to the cross with Jesus on it with, you know, hands and feet nailed and everything. I think of it as remembrance of the price that was paid for us. Now, some people, it means nothing to them. But whether you're Catholic, whether you're Baptist, whether you're Episcopalian, Protestant, Presbyterian, non-denominational, whatever you call yourself, the heart behind why you wear it. And like I said, sometimes wearing certain things as a believer opens up the door to share your faith or to expound on faith. And so maybe you do, maybe somebody is a Christian that says they like the cross that you're wearing, that it's beautiful, and you don't know that they're safe.

So you try and use that as a means to maybe an open door to share your faith. And you find out they're safe. That might take you into a deeper conversation about where your faith is versus where their faith is. It could be as simple as healing, prosperity, the covenant of things that have been provided for us. So it might give you an open door for them to have a revelation of maybe of a deeper understanding of what the Word says.

I don't really think, everything's a matter of the heart. That's what we judged on. That's what the Lord looks at. So to me, at the end of the day, I mean, I would focus on, and not to say that you aren't focused on this, but I just focus strictly on what does the Bible say is for me? What is his promises? If you love something from your previous faith, and it's not something that you memorialize, but it's more of a, you know, like Tom, when he walks into a Catholic church, it's kind of like familiar. So for him, it's a precious thing. It's not his faith. It's nothing he wants to go back to. But it's a fond memory of going to church with his family. And he understands

the things that aren't correct about it, but there's some novelty to it. You know, does that make sense? Yeah. So you don't, if you, if you keep everything in perspective, um,

I think that's what's truly important. And the rest of it is, is nothing. I'm really low. Like I'm going to scoot up because things are sitting on the table. Now I feel more comfortable. I literally felt like. That's because I sat in your chair.

Yeah, but you're shorter than me, first of all. So, and you're larger than me in certain areas. Not much. If you saw her eyes. Enough. And I'm just saying, those things would have been sitting on the table too. Way more than mine because you're way shorter. So I'm going to bring this up a little bit.

And now we're good. All right. Next question. We're good. Thanks for having her provide further input. And he thinks that you guys are kind of on the same page. Perfect. We appreciate it.

I figured. I figured as much. Very chill person. Very chill personality, it seems like. Next question. There are so many pictures out there showing flying saucers or just weird objects in the sky. What does the Bible say about aliens, if anything? You know, Tracy was just talking to me about this,

about flying saucers and stuff like that. It seems to be like really a big deal right now, which I did not know. You would think I know because I'm married to who I'm married to, but apparently, I think it was Tracy was just telling me about this because I'm married who I'm married to but apparently I think it was Tracy was just telling me about this because I was telling her about this and she's like uh yeah that's a big deal that's a big thing right now I've not heard anything but I don't so yeah like Logan do you know that is it a big deal like people are talking about alien not maybe aliens

but flying saucers or something like that a little bit of both um there have been numerous sightings and 911 calls made in the las vegas area oh really this was all occurring while the titan submarine was lost but wasn't lost so really speculation that the media was trying to get us to focus on something that was silly. And they already knew the outcome to get us away from paying attention to these numerous 911 calls. That's interesting. To the police in Las Vegas. Describing these aliens. Very interesting.

She didn't go into depth, so I don't know. I could swear it was Tracy I was talking to about this. I could swear. So let's dig deep. Actually, the Bible says absolutely nothing about aliens. It talks about when the earth was created, when the planets and the stars were created and existed. So the world, the earth, whatever, everything like the stars and the moon and outer space and everything,

that was created on the fourth day. That was well after us. Psalm 8, 3-6 says, When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have ordained, what is man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that you visit him? For you have made him a little lower than the angels

and you have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of your hands So, for me, I'm going to just be flat out honest with you. I don't believe in flying saucers, and I don't believe in aliens. Now, do i think that weird things have gone on yeah but i think that our military does a lot of weird things secret secretively that we don't even know about especially like how long have drones existed that we didn't know about the drones and they can fly pretty dang fast i knew i, I mean, like I said, I worked in for a company, not company, the government Department of Defense Management. And we were in a location that, I mean, we knew where we were at, but a lot of other people didn't know where we were at. And we were developing things that people

had no idea about. And this is when I was in high school. and I had to pass this huge security thing to even work in this building. So I think that there's a lot of things that we haven't known about for a very long time. And I think that if there was anything like that, when the word talked about how the sun, the moon, and the stars were created, I think he would have said that there were also other beings out there. He said that he made us in his image. Why would he make something? I know that there are dogs and cats and birds and things that are not his image, and he made those things. But why would he make something in outer space that we don't even know about?

Now his ways and his thoughts are higher than ours. And I would say, you know, you can play devil's advocate all you want and say, well, well, what about this? And what about that? I would, I would not dispute you too much only because there are some things that are unexplainable, but I always go back to the word. And if it isn't in the word, then I don't believe in it. I don't buy it. I don't believe it. If it's in there, because here's the thing. When Jesus returns, our fate is already predetermined.

When Jesus returns, there'll be nothing left nothing the earth will be destroyed the heavens and the earth there he's making a new heaven and a new earth right so I just like what do those people, if there's something in outer space, then it has no hope for a future other than not even hell. Do you know what I'm saying? You don't, a loving God wouldn't have something for, they have no means for redemption.

They have no means for salvation. I just don't think that's the way God operates. I mean, where would they go? What would happen to an alien? You know what I'm saying? I don't believe in aliens at all either, but I could counter argue. Maybe someone would say, well, maybe it's not. Put yourself on So people can see you. Maybe it's not. They're not human. So maybe it's more like an animal. Like a dog or a cat. Maybe they categorize it into that.

So what does God do for dogs and cats? I don't agree with that. I'm just saying. But he says if I care for the sparrow. How much more do I care for you? At least he speaks about animals. Right. And the word. Right.

I could just see someone possibly saying that it's considered an animal or a who knows. Who knows what it could be. That just popped in my head so I figured someone might be thinking that. I didn't, you know, that's a good argument. I'll tell you. I mean that's a

very, I mean that's a legitimate argument. Because dogs and cats, we don't know. I mean, I believe. I feel like I found one scripture that I can stand on. I can't remember where it's at, but I feel like there was one scripture that I could stand

on that I would see my animals. But I can't remember where it's at. And it's a tweener. It wasn't like definitive that that was the case. I just go based on what Jesse DePlantis said. But other people that's gone to heaven said they saw their animals too. So I don't think they're aliens.

What do you? Well, yeah. Please share. I think that these are mutated people from the government. There was a place in New York called Plum Island that's now shut down. That's apparently going out in the West of the country somewhere. And they used to take prisoners that were serving life sentences and inject them with different mutated strands of different various things.

Are we talking like Hulk here? Like the Hulk? No. Are you QAnon? Are you a QAnon person? I don't know if I am. What? She said she doesn't know.

I don't know if I am. But I just, I don't trust what the government is doing. I won't hold it against you. I just don't trust what the government is doing. I don't trust what the government is doing. But what I wouldn't say is, like, if you mutate somebody, how are you going to send them off? And where do they live once they're up there?

I mean, if all of that is true, which I don't think it is. I don't think they came in a saucer. I think these people just like broke out from wherever they were. Like have you ever, you've been in the military. Have you ever seen weird things like people have said? Because listen, i have watched shows not very many but i have watched shows where the people that are saying that they legitimately saw another form or being or like a flying saucer they are more or less like believe

me or don't believe me, I don't care. I'm not crazy. I'm not a freak, and I'm not nuts. I know what I saw. I can't explain it, but I saw it. I won't lie to say I didn't see it in order to make people think that I'm not nuts, but I'm not going to not say I didn't see it. So, I mean, I legitimately look at those people and go,

okay, they're regular people. I mean, they're not freaks. They're not wackies. Like, they don't need to be in a padded room. So, like, what did they see? Because I don't trust our government for nothing. So, for me, I sit there and go, it could be anything. But I don't necessarily think it's a mutated being.

Do you know what I'm saying? I just think sometimes that our eyes think that they see one thing, but it's really another. And I think that's one of the reasons why our government has kept it hush-hush for so long because I think they're a part of the plan i think it's part of what they do military militaristic in some cases they're testing things they're doing things they don't want anybody to know about it and so they keep it quiet so that nobody finds out about it i don't know call me crazy i don't know but i don't see it in the bible so because i don't know. Call me crazy. I don't know.

But I don't see it in the Bible. So because I don't see it in the Bible, I don't believe it. Right. I agree. But you keep going on with that QAnon stuff over there, Logan. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. That's so sweet.

I'm going to work on her later. I'm going to give her some smelling salts. That might hurt that baby inside her. Just kidding. So sweet. I'm going to work on her later. I'm going to give her some smelling salts. That might hurt that baby inside her. Just kidding. So funny. So funny. I love it. Hey, listen.

You know what? If you've been in the military like you have and been exposed to stuff like you have, you just don't know. Like, I get why you're like, I don't know. Yeah. I don't believe in aliens, i just something's not right out there that the government has messed up and shouldn't have done and it's it's weird yeah and the media and the government are trying to hide it i see i think definitely the military is hiding it the government's trying to hide it the media is in cahoots with everybody so yeah but i don't know there's other things that i won't get into because

that go along with that that will bother people so i won't talk about them because they believe they believe in those kinds of things but i just sit there and go i'm not a conspiracy theorist theorist even though conspiracy i mean even though some conspiracy theorist things keep happening over and over and over and over again like people like alex jones has forever talked about bahamian what is that bahamian gardens or oh man if aaron was here he'd be able to tell us. He's watching. Oh.

He's not being helpful, though. He just said he's part of the Blue Man Group. What? The Blue Man Group? He would be a good Blue Man Group. Oh, my gosh. He would be a great Blue Man Group guy. Like, he would really be good.

Not because he's bald, but because he plays the drums so stinking good. Oh, I would say both because he's bald and. But he could actually perform. Like, he can, he really, like,

he has us in stitches. Yes. Like, he is so freaking funny. Yes. Like, how they can just be kind of like, I don't know. Yeah, he could actually, he could pull that thing off.

But no, there's a thing that he introduced me to. And I was like, at first I was like, no, no way. Because it's a lot of our politicians, a lot of people higher up in it are involved in it. Alex Jones exposed it a long time ago. Bohemian Grove. Bohemian Grove. I said garden everybody was like everybody was so horrible to alex jones over this it's proven it's true they have footage of it they but that was

considered a conspiracy theory it's actually truth now which most things that people are saying conspiracy theory which they are coming true i know that. That's why I said I have never been a conspiracy theorist, but I think I'm becoming one because they're all fat. What does Tom's shirt say? That one he always wears? Something about? I used to be a, I used to, I used to, something along the lines of, I used to be against conspiracies. But everything's come true.

But everything, yeah. Yeah. It's so true. It's so true. It's so true. Like, this world's crazy. I had to talk to him about something before I left the house today. And he literally said to me, he goes, this world is nuts. I'm like, yeah, it's crazy.

Like, it's crazy. Like, it's crazy. What? Oh, my gosh. Laura said that aliens will be a very handy excuse to explain a way of the rapture. So instead of rapture and revelation, you have an alien invasion. Laura. Amazing. You're the best, Laura.

Laura, that's a really good Because I guess it's Becoming a real popular thing To talk about Yeah Laura Do you believe in aliens? That's being smart

I mean that's a That's a good conspiracy Yeah Thought Actually I mean That's good That's really good

Way to go, Laura. You get a star for that one. A red star. All right. What's something that will always be in fashion no matter how much time passes? I already know mine. I'll ask you guys' but you might steal mine. So I'm going to answer it first.

I say jeans. Jeans will always be in fashion, no matter what. Hands down, they can stand the test of time. And you can wear them in all different styles forever. What do you guys say? What is something that will always be in fashion no matter how much time passes. I say jeans. Do you guys have anything else? It doesn't specifically say clothes. So I'm going to say hair. You should always have hair. No. It's in fashion. Like fashion.

Hairs can be in fashion. Heather. Everybody has to have hair unless you lose it. Okay. Right. But you do different hair styles. Well then what style would always be in fashion then? That's what it's talking about. Just having hair.

No, you can't. Blonde moment for Heather. That doesn't happen very often. Still makes sense to me. Like blazers. Thank you, Tal. Blazers. Gold hoops.

Yep. Hoops. Always. Always. Always. Always. Do you hear that? I don't know if hoops were in the 50s, but I'm just saying. They'll never not.

I don't. That might be because they weren't even. They didn't even exist. Hoops might not have been existent in the 50s. I wish there was somebody who was around in the 50s. Huh? Little teeny baby ones, maybe. They just kept getting bigger over time. Oh, yeah. Maybe. have been existent in the 50s. I wish there was somebody who was around and like in the 50s. Huh? Little teeny baby ones maybe. They just kept getting bigger over time. Oh yeah maybe. Maybe they did wear hoops like that. I don't know. I wish my mom was watching because she would tell me. My mom's got her bible study going on right now. I'm just saying. I don't know if my mom

knows how to reply though. How to even send a comment. But if that's the case, hoops. 100%. That's a good one. That is a dang good one, Logan. Jeans, hoops, blazer. I agree with you, Talia. Blazers. Heather, can't think of a daggum thing except for hair. I'm not a fashionista. No, not at all. That's why you're having Vanessa come out and clean your closet for you. Yes, please. But I'd like to know what Vanessa has to say. She said team hoops. Oh, she said team hoops.

She's got to have another one, though. A little black dress? Yeah, a little black dress. Yeah, but it has to be a certain dress. A certain style. You could say that about jeans, though, too. No. Because just a regular levi jean you can get

away with a regular levi jean for eternity all of us have if not i have a regular pair of jeans i have more than one in my closet right now you don't do you have a pair of just regular jeans that you can just pop on yeah but like skinny ankle no i'm talking about just a regular pair of like regular levi jeans not necessarily levi straight leg with a regular straight leg not skinny jeans just a regular i have like two pair of those that i can just pop on wear anywhere i don't know if those are all the time because i'm not the person to ask talia are straight leg jeans? Like regular jeans. Not tapered ankle, like just straight?

You can pop them on anytime. Anybody can. Guys and girls. Yeah, guys and girls wear them all the time. Perfect. You don't have a pair? You're wearing a pair right now. These are skinny around my ankles.

These aren't straight leg. Oh, I'm wrong. What about you? Do you have a pair? Regular jeans? No. You don't have a pair of regular jeans? No, they're all either a straight skinny leg or a flare.

That's the same with me. You guys have problems. It could be you. No. Flipflops are safe too. Never. Flipflops. They'll always be good in Florida too.

Flipflops, another one. Absolutely. 100% I agree with you on that. Somebody else, did somebody give you that info? No, but Aaron did say bald is beautiful. Oh dear Lord. I agree with you, Aaron. You would agree, Heather, your husband's bald.

But I will say, some people are really, can pull it off being bald really good. I used to know this man named Frank Hernandez. And I'm just telling you. Yeah. His wife was, they were a beautiful couple. Beautiful couple. It's just the sweetest, sweetest people.

But he was such a great looking bald man. He's one of the best looking bald men. He's from New York. So he always had to be, he always dressed real, you know, just an incredible couple. But yeah, he was, some people, man, they can just pull off the bald. Like Travis, Aaron pulls off bald really good. Some people don't have bald heads though. Their heads aren't good shaped, huh? Dwayne The Rock Johnson. He pulls that off really good. Some people don't have bald heads though. Their heads aren't good shaped. Huh?

Dwayne the Rock Johnson. He pulls that off phenomenally. See, I'm not a rock guy. He's kind of annoying to me. I think he's overrated. 100% overrated. I think he likes himself too much too. Kind of annoying. I like people who

are attractive and they don't walk around thinking they're attractive. Do you know what I'm saying? Like, they know they're a nice looking person, but they don't act like, like Chris, your husband, he knows he's good looking, right? He knows he's, and he's, he's confident in him, but he, you're not, you're not ever going to see him walk around like he's the poop. Do you know what I'm saying?

He's confident. Not unless you're in our house, yeah. Well, he's in his house that's allowed that's different but when he walks around with people and talks and acts like unless he's like dancing yeah like there's lots of guys i can name there's like mike holland yeah a very nice looking man okay not bald not bald okay but A very nice looking man. Okay. Not bald. Not bald. Okay. But like very nice looking man, but doesn't like, he has to know he's a nice looking guy. Yeah. But he is not walking around like he's poop. Now he might at his house, like with Stephanie. That's fine.

That's fine. Yeah. But I'm just saying, like, that's more attractive to me when a guy is nice looking, but they don't carry themselves like, look at me. Like, I know I'm good looking. You know that I'm good looking. Or that is for not just looks. You wish that you could be as good looking.

For anything. I'm better than you. That kind of is a turn off for everything. I don't like that. Yeah. That is a huge turn off. I don't care if you're the best at everything. Don't tell me 15 times.

I don't want to hear it. It's so unattractive. Yeah. You know, a humble person, a humble, modest person, it just speaks volumes about their character instead of somebody who has to spew how great they are to everybody.

I don't want your resume. I don't want to hear how great you think you are. And I don't want to know that you think you know everything about everything. I don't like that. I don't like to hear how great you think you are. And I don't want to know that you think you know everything about everything. I don't like that. I don't like it when you meet somebody and then they tell you all that they know. Or when you're talking to them, everything that they say, the response to you is, I know. I know.

I know. It's like, you don't know. I agree. And even if you do. We don't care. I don't want to know that you know. Just shut up and listen. You know?

Just shut up and listen. I know. I'm not like that. No. But it was perfect right there. Thank you, God. I mean, there's just something to be said for somebody who just doesn't have to prove themselves all the daggum time. It's okay.

It's okay that you aren't the smartest. Even if you think you're the smartest person in the room, it's okay that you don't need to tell everybody you're the smartest person in the room. Even if you are the smartest person. Even if you are the smartest person in the room. That's like being the most attractive person in the room. That's like being the most attractive person in the room. You don't have to like flaunt yourself and like be everybody wishes they could be as good looking as me. Pretty much nobody does because you're ugly on the outside. So the inside ain't too pretty. And that's what's smart. If you being so smart, but you make sure everybody knows how smart you

are. Don't like it. go ahead logan logan was going to say something stephanie just said that mike is going to be listening to you forever now i didn't know she was watching i didn't know she watched oh she does heather's like yeah another person that is super smart that doesn't flaunt it like that, but is probably the smartest person I've ever met. Who? Is Dennis Croyle. Oh, yeah. He's so smart.

But he's so nice and humble and genuine. He's so humble. But, golly, he's literally the smartest person. He's a genius. Yeah, absolutely. He's so freaking smart. Yeah. And he's married to one of the sweetest people ever on the face of the earth.

So, he knocked it out of the park in so many ways. But, and some of you guys have no idea who we're talking about because you don't even go to the church and you don't live in the area.

So, super, super sorry. But, move down here, join the group and we'll have a blast together. We'll introduce you.

We'll introduce you to everybody. Or if you come and visit. Yeah. Find Heather and she'll introduce you to everybody. Or if you come and visit. Yeah. Find Heather and she'll introduce you to everybody. I signed Heather. Okay. Let me go to this one.

Oh, this is funny because this is basically which is I know, I know. This next question. If someone warns someone not to do something and they do it anyway, do you think telling them I told you so comes from a place of pride when the outcome is exactly what they predicted?

I try not to say I told you so unless they ask. Turn yourself on. I have to tell her. She's not smart enough to know. When she's talking, she's got to turn herself on.

I just don't want to be on. You are going to be on. Go ahead um i forgot what i said no you said i try and not oh yeah yeah if that's the instance i try my hardest to not say i told you so and why is that heather because i feel like they already know it so me just digging it in a little bit more, that's my flesh just wanting to be like, well, I told you so. There's no need for me to say that. It's a place of pride. I think this question is absolutely correct.

It's a place of pride that you have to make sure you just dig it in there and get your, you know, I told you. If it feels fleshy, avoid it. What is that? I said if it feels fleshy, like flesh, carnal, wants to take over, then avoid it. Yeah, I agree. Don't you think it's a place of pride, Logan? Or do you think it's not?

It depends on the situation because I'm kind of thinking about like if I when when I have a child and when they're, you know, three or four under like able to comprehend when I say don't do that. And then something happens and they get hurt. And then it's well, what did I tell you? That's different. It is different. That would happen. Yes. So situation.

It is situational. That is true. And it comes from a different place when your child is that young and you're trying to train them up. Right. And it's a protective mode in that respect. I'll give you an example. And I have given this example more than once on this podcast. But I will tell you this.

See, when your kids are older, even as adults, in friend groups and stuff like that, I still find, because I do hear people in friend groups and stuff go, I told you, I told you not to do that. And it's like, the person doesn't need to hear. They already know, like Heather said, they already know you told them. And when they, when people come to you and they have to fess up and they have to say, you know what? I fell on my face or that really, that really or I really screwed up.

They're coming at a place of being vulnerable and being humbled. They're humbled. So you piling on, I told you so. I mean, if that's how you get your jollies, I mean, go for it. But you're not a good friend or whatever. Whatever the case may be, you're not good at whatever position you are in that person's life. And for me, it's a place of pride. It's like you got to make sure that they know that you told them and you were right and they were wrong. They don't need that.

People don't need that. People don't need that. I'm just telling you, when I was 19 and I walked away from God and my dad, I mean, and my mom too, but my dad specifically said, if you do this, this is what's going to happen because he hadn't been saved until he was like 24, 25. So my dad was like, he was a wild child. He was a wild guy before he met my mom. So he already knew, like, if you do this, this is what's going to happen. This is what's going to happen.

This is what's going to happen. I mean, it ain't rocket science that if you start down this path, these same things are going to happen. I remember saying, just because that happened to you isn't going to happen to me. I literally said it with those words. Just because that's what happened to you doesn't mean that's what's going to happen to me. And he's like, okay, but I'm just telling you, you're in for a world of hurt, which is one of his old famous quotes.

You're in for a world of hurt if you do that. And I was like, I'm doing it. And he's like, okay. And then I got kicked out of the house and all this other stuff, which I deserve to be kicked out of the house. You don't want to abide by your parents' rules. You don't want to live a godly lifestyle.

And they're accountable. And kids and children that are adult age, you're living in your parents' home. And you need to know, like they are accountable for your lifestyle. They will answer to God while you live under their roof. If you do things and they are condoning it, they answer to God as well as you answer to God.

So when they say, you're not gonna live like this while you live in my home, it's out of protection for themselves because they don't want to eat the same thing you're going to eat. You're choosing that. They don't want to participate in that. So people get so mad. And I did too. I was like, how dare you? You brought me into this world. How could you do this to me? Well, okay, you're 19. So if you want to live like a hellion and be an adult, then be an adult somewhere else.

And that's basically it. But if you're going to be 15, 14, 13, all the way up to when you're an adult and can move out, and you want to live like a hellion and live under your parents' roof, and they're not going to allow you to do that, suck it up because they're not answering to God for you and your bad behavior. You don't like it, you're going to have to live with it because you can't move out and the law requires them to maintenance you while you live there. But my dad, when I came back, my dad literally loved me.

He never wants, and I'm just telling you, coming back from all that, everything he said that would happen, happened and some, and some. So not once, never once, neither one of my parents, but never once did my dad ever say I told you so all my dad did was show me mercy and grace that's it and I'm just telling you as a kid as a kid who has to come back and eat crow like that for your parent to already know that they were right and they know that you're eating humble pie. To show them nothing but love and kindness and mercy is like the best thing ever. So saying what already is known is unnecessary. It's just, I'm just telling you, you don't need to do it. And friends, like if you're a true friend, always be honest about if they're walking in dissent, if they're going to do something wrong,

always be honest with them and say, do not do this because this is the outcome, just like my dad did. But once the outcome happens, and if they repent of the outcome, then show mercy. There's something to be said for that. Because I didn't even get my life right back with God right away. It wasn't until like two years later that my brother was so gracious. Oh my gosh, my brother was so great. He was gosh, my brother was so great. He was such a pivotal person in me coming back to the Lord. My brother was so gracious and I was, I don't even know like how he could have me around.

Because it was just, it was obscene sometimes. And then my parents were just, they didn't like what they saw, but they kept their mouth shut. I didn't do it in their home. And when they saw me, they just took the opportunities to love me like Jesus. They were always honest, always honest, whether I liked it or not. But the way that they were honest was a manner in which would win me back to the Lord. And I am absolutely saved because my brother, probably number one, and because of the horrible dream that I had where God spoke to me in a dream and warned me. And then obviously my parents, my parents were huge, but I really got saved because of my brother. So people don't think,

I mean, you think, you know, you think saying those three words, I told you so, is not a big deal. It's a huge deal whether or not sometimes you'll see the results that you want in somebody's life. So, hello girl. All right. Now I got 12 minutes and I'm just telling you. So, you know my funny friend that writes in funny questions? Do you know the one that's, oh, which one did he write? He just wrote one recently that was so funny.

He's my quirky friend. He writes in some funny questions. Other people might know who I'm talking about. He just sent me a huge list and I'm not kidding you I while I was reading this this list of questions I was crying laughing out loud I was literally now he sent me some other questions that I have to answer but they're gonna take me some time but I had to pull these up. They're dang funny girls. Do you have them?

Did you see them? I have them right here, yeah. You weren't wanting his name, correct? Oh, no. I'll leave his name off unless he puts his name on there but oh my gosh, he's so funny. He is so funny to me

and his daughter is so sweet but okay. It's always his wife but whatever. So, okay. sweet but okay and so is his wife but whatever um so uh okay i'm not gonna answer all these questions but are you laughing at them because you're reading them yeah i am yeah uh-huh they're funny so i'm just gonna go through these questions some of them i'll answer but some of them are stinking funny first, why can't I wear black to a wedding? Which is my wedding, which I read, normally you never wear black to a wedding, right?

You don't. The grooms do, but you don't wear, it's a celebratory, but why can't I wear black to a wedding? My wedding was black and white. Listen, I don't know if you remember. might when i tell you but i remember when we travis and i eloped in your backyard yeah i showed up in a black top and a black skirt oh i remember and it just had a little bit of white and you were like what are you doing i said this is all i could find on my lunch break on my lunch break i do remember yeah was like, what is she wearing? She's getting married today. But Travis's outfit went much better.

I can't remember. It's just pants and slacks and a shirt. We don't care. Whatever. You just wanted to get married. You didn't care what you were wearing, which is still to this day. You really don't care. I work on it with you.

You're getting better. Yeah, I don't care. I know you don't care. I care more about it than you do. That's why hair was my number one. Uh-huh. Yeah. That's why hair was your answer to the question. Do you remember the $6 million man? I absolutely do. I loved the $6 dollar man. I watched that. Me and my brother watched it faithfully, like the bionic woman. Loved the bionic woman. Do you remember the six million dollar man? Are bionics real? I don't think they could make us run fast like the bad 1970s high speed film notion. But having supervision, night vision,

or extra strength in your hands seemed like it could be real and beneficial. I'm just telling you, I totally forgot about this, but I wanted to put on the $6 million man. How slow. I totally forgot about it. So people understood.

Unless you see it. Have you ever seen the bionic man? No. So this makes no sense to you. No. Have you ever seen the bionic man no so this makes this makes no sense to you no have you ever seen the bionic man ask Laura if she's seen the bionic man she might not have either I'm just saying if you're my age or older you did maybe late 40s yeah probably 45 and up because reruns. Very good. It was a great show.

I'm with you. It would be very beneficial to have a little bit of bionics. Listen, with me working out right now, I'd kill for some bionics. I'm going to be honest with you. Not with my eyes, although I'm praying for my eyes, but just for my knees and my wrists. They're holding me back, man. My knees and my wrists are holding me back, but they're getting better.

When Jesus returns and is ruling from the new Jerusalem, do you think we'll still have a Super Bowl and a World Series? Good stuff. Good stuff. No, I don't think so. We'll have far better things to do with ourselves. Even though I love the Super Bowl. I could care less about the World Series. But I do love,

I lived without woke football for so long, but I do miss. I think we watched the Super Bowl this year for the first time with Bia and Daniel. We did, yeah. Yeah. I don't think I've watched a Super Bowl in I don't know how long. I'm just in it for the snacks. That's it.

That's the thing. For me, it's usually a halftime show, which have stunk, and they're horrible. So that's been ruled out completely, right? So I don't even get that. But all us girls, we sit and we chatted up. Like, it was so much fun. Yeah, it was fun. I did make the best milkshakes ever. I do.

I agree. I do. I have some fan favorites of my milkshakes. So, all right, next question. Asking for relationship advice. He's married. I have a bracelet that used to, this is so freaking funny. Hopefully she's not watching, maybe.

He's watching and he's crying. Oh, my gosh i laugh so hard at this one i'm crying right now asking for really this might not be funny for you guys but this is so freaking funny for me i have a bracelet. Pull it together, Hope. I have a bracelet. It used to be my grandmother's before she died.

I literally laughed. I don't know for how long. I used to be very close to my grandmother. So this was a very sentimental item to me. I decided to give it to my wife. Oh my gosh. I decided to give it to my wife as a show of love for her but when she got it she got mad at me i was very confused about what the problem was our head's not rolling down my face right now she looked at it and demanded to know why it says do not resuscitate

but help please help She's still mad. And my grandmother passed away in 2014. Oh, gosh. I can't reread that. So if you didn't understand what I just read, I'm sorry. I literally. I need a. I need a.

I need a something. A tissue. Just go get me toilet paper from the bathroom oh my gosh I'm sorry that one's flipping funny

oh my gosh my sides we did abs this morning and my abs are killing me does the animal rights group PETA dislike animals

because they wear fur? Oh, gosh. That's so dang funny. Oh, my gosh. Literally, this is the best ever. I laughed and I laughed. Nobody asked me in my house, what are you laughing at? Good thing.

But oh my gosh, that was so freaking funny. Okay, listen, dude, as far as the do not resuscitate, I don't know what to tell you. Go buy her a different bracelet and whatever. And the PETA thing, that is dang funny. With the economy and the jobs report in the tank and Biden looking for positives for his reelection bid, why are the Democrats, and he put demoncrats, not touting the one job Biden has created?

That one job was for Hunter and it pays millions. He's funny. Does he come to church here? Yes, he goes to church here. Oh my gosh. He's funny oh god does he come to church here yes he goes to church here oh my gosh he's funny as yes oh my gosh okay whoever you are can you find me on sunday so i literally have no look i have no makeup yeah oh my gosh three minutes how many more do i got i got a few and these are good um will 9-1-1 operators have access to caller social credit scores? Okay, I got to stop. Will 911 operators have access to caller social credit scores

and whether or not they are in favor of defunding the police? That could be helpful for the 911 operator to know if they should treat the call as an emergency or have the caller schedule an appointment for the next Thursday. I love that. That's good stuff. I hope not. I'm in trouble. I kind of hope they do that.

No, the social credit score. Oh, just kidding. We'd be all getting our next appointment next Thursday. They ain't coming for us. I was more thinking the ones that are saying defund the police. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we are not going to say.

Oh. So we would be on the higher list of that if it was that. Yeah, I don't think that's it though. Okay. It's your social credit score. Like all of us have, well, you have an SUV.

Tom has the truck. They ain't helping us. Chris will. We'll call Chris. I'll call Chris. Good thing I'm married to an ex-cop. And Heather's married to ex-military. They ain't got nothing on us.

Why is it a federal crime punishable by major fines in jail time to kill or disturb a sea turtle nest or a bald eagle nest, but it's fully permissible to kill an unborn and newly born human baby? Things that make you go, hmm.

True. Very true. And that's one of my pet peeves, just so you know. It makes me infuriated. It's like everybody save the whales, save the seals, which I'm, hey, listen, I'm all for. But you want to save a baby seal. How about you save a baby life? Correct.

Oh, my gosh. This one was funny too. Bears are large and powerful animals that cannot eat a lot, especially after a long winter of slumber. This is true for almost all bears, but I have never seen a teddy bear eat anything at all. Is this because teddy bears are already stuffed? Brinley's laughing at that one. Show Brinley. Look at that one show brinley look at her down there her head's down on the desk just giggling away

her face is red she's laughing so hard oh girl. Can you explain why home defense systems don't come with an intruder finding red laser pointer and a playful cat? I believe the cat could take care of any unwanted intruder problems. What are your thoughts? Not going to work, dude. Why is everything, tweets, real news, posts, et cetera, fact-checked, but ballots are not? Truth. Good question.

Good question. Can you tell me why gays are gay because they are born that way, but trans people are not the sex they were at birth, even though they were born that way. I said that to Tom. I'm like, that's an interesting little thought. So you want me to repeat that one? Can you tell me why gays are gay?

Because they are born that way. But trans people are not the sex they were at birth, even though they were born that way. Just tells you the spirit of confusion. It's it's all a lie if zombies become a real thing and start eating people well the democrats tell us we need to be tolerant of their dietary preferences how can we as american how come we as americans can't hold the kids of illegal aliens responsible for the crimes of their parents' illegal border crossing, but white people are being held responsible for slavery

that happened 200 years ago? These are some good dad jokes. Huh? These are some good dad jokes. Yeah, but you know what? It's good points. Like you sit there and go, well, that's a good, I mean. Yeah.

It's not a part of the agenda that they have. That's why. This one's funny to me. I laughed at this one out loud. Why are the angriest people on TV named Joy, Sunny, and Whoopi? Truth. Truth. Why is there no jail time for Hunter Biden, the son of a man arguing for stricter gun laws?

And for anybody who doesn't know anything, he has a criminal record. He was not to have a gun, but yet he was in the possession of a gun with no license to have that gun. Did he go to jail? No. No, now he didn't if that would have been us we've been locked up different rules for different folks and if that would have been a republican they would have been put in jail in a higher position their kid if that would have been don jr done gone yeah locked up oh my gosh this one is funny is it a sin to wish that hillary married oj no isn't that funny yeah oh my goodness does the jelly inside of a jelly donut count as a serving

of fruit i say yes is it a good idea to put hot dogs in your pockets during bad storms just in case rescue dogs are dispatched to find us? I think that would find me first. I agree. When checking out at a store and the cashier asks, will that be all? Do they really expect me to say no, I'm going to finish my shopping now? When checking out at a store, I already did that do songbirds get angry at hummingbirds for not knowing the words when the Democrats

sounding the alarm of an existential threat of catastrophic sea levels rising can you tell us why the Plymouth Rock is not underwater yet? Good question. My wife said that if I don't get off this computer and go do something productive, she's going to slam my head down on this keyboard, but I think she is, and then he just got his head slammed. So great questions, great fun, great way to – I did not know I'd be closing out the podcast with that but that is

perfect i didn't get the hillary and oj one aj oj killed his wife oh got it thanks i really you are blonde today i was really trying hard it wasn't sticking do you need one more red bull did you finish that red bull. Oh, dear Lord. So you need another one. Okay. Somebody else wrote a random one in. I thought the dryer was shrinking my clothes. Turns out it was the refrigerator all along. Do you get that? I don't get it.

No. It's because they're eating. Their clothes aren't getting shrunk. They're eating food out of the refrigerator. So they're blaming the refrigerator for all the eating that they're eating. Okay, people. I'm usually the one that gets accused of being of being the dingbat hey i understood that one you did i did thank you galena aren't but i'm usually the one being accused of being the dingbat correct yeah yeah i'm not the dingbat in the room today i say all the baby all the brains are going

to the baby all the cells brain cells are going to the baby. All the cells, brain cells, are going to the baby right now. Yeah. Yeah. And Heather is very tired. That's the only reason why. Mine are all going to the Beloved Conference. All of yours are what? Going to the Beloved Conference.

Oh, yeah, that's true. Lots of work. So, listen, on that note, thank you for that reminder. Register. Register, register, register. You've got to register for the Beloved Ladies Conference thank you for that reminder. Register. Register, register, register. You've got to register for the Beloved Ladies Conference if you're a lady. And then if you go on the events page for Foundation Church, go to the website, the Foundation Church website.

That's where you have to tell us what size t-shirt you wear. You have to find events once you get into the website. After you get into events, you'll register. And then if you want a t-shirt, you have to tell us what size so that you get the right one. Correct, Heather? Correct. But if you are unsure that that's the size you want, you can click, I do not want to buy a t-shirt when you do the registration, and then they can buy it when they come on Sunday. Sweet. But I not want to buy a t-shirt when you do the registration and then they can buy it when they come on Sunday sweet but I prefer them to buy in advance in advance so that we know how many we have to order correct now are these ladies t-shirts or unisex t-shirts that might help whether or not they know they're unisex they're unisex and they're much larger and the measurements are

on the website when you register. They're very soft. They're like pajamas. They're very soft. They're Bella Canva, if you've ever had a Bella Canva. The painstaking process of getting these t-shirts the way that we wanted them, more or less the way I wanted them, was tough. But they're a nice, soft t-shirt. And see, I a nice soft t-shirt. And I, see I like women's t-shirts.

The problem is, is all the women's t-shirts that we kept getting in with the logo on them, the sleeves were like way up here. And so many women, including myself, don't like their arms. So I'm not doing that to you ladies. You gotta like, you to like the shirt. You got to be comfortable in it because you're going to wear it. So a nice t-shirt that's soft and feminine but has long sleeves. And then you have people that can, like I think of Melissa,

who likes to cut hers and make them super cute. Oh, yeah. That's true. So if you don't like them, if you don't like the sleeves, you can do what other people do and cut them off. But Melissa does a great, I mean, listen, one year. Yes, please tell this story. I wish we had transitions.

Oh, gosh. I'm just telling you people. I don't even know if this podcast is really about answering questions sometimes or it's just really all about life and weird things. Whatever. But one year, what were you about to say, Heather? Oh, nothing. Go ahead. So one year we did for Vacation Bible School,

and we went all out for Vacation Bible School when we did it. I mean, easily $10,000 spent. It was crazy. One year we did a sports thing. My room was the basketball room. So I bought a Chicago Bulls T-shirt. Heather, turn you on. I hope I can get through this.

So I hated the t-shirt. I wore it the first night, and it was so uncomfortable. Like the things, the collars up to here. It's just so uncomfortable. Like the things, the collars up to here. It's just so uncomfortable. So I get the brilliant idea. If Melissa can cut her shirt, so can I. There's a difference. Melissa cuts her shirt good. I cut my shirt bad.

So I kept trying to perfect it every night. By the time it was done. Didn't you have to wear a shirt under it? Because there was no shirt left. There's no shirt left. I had cut the thing up so bad. Every night I tried to make it look better. It just progressively got worse.

It was not even half of itself from what I started out with. We might need to pull a photo. Oh, my gosh. If we can find one. It's been a while. I'm just telling you, I won't be cutting my T-shirt. I stink. Like, I can't cut them into cute pictures.

Oh, yeah, that's it. But that's a good, that's one of the better cuts. That was night one. That was one of the better cuts. That was night one. That was one of the better cuts. I'm just saying. That shirt. I don't cut my t-shirts because I stink. Other people are very, very good.

Yeah. Other people are really good at cutting their t-shirts. You still got heels on. No, they were sandals. I did not wear heels with the t-shirt. And I love your bow. Does it get a focus? I don't think it'll cut. I did not wear heels with the teeth. And I love your bow. Does it get a focus? I don't think it'll come.

I'll tap the back of that camera. I had, that's, that's like, that is not even. Just tap her in the photo. Talia has nails, so she can't open squat because they're way too long. Oh, my goodness. But by the time that, that was only like the third night. We had five nights. So by the time it was all over with, the middle of it was sliced.

The back was cut. Like I had, it was bad. It was bad. People were like, are you going to stop cutting that shirt? I'm like, I got one more night. I can't wait. One more night to try and fix this thing. I think you had a t-shirt tied in your hair.

In your ponytail. Oh, I did have a t-shirt tied in my ponytail. That was part of the t-shirt. Oh, boy. I put part of the t-shirt in my hair. Listen. It never got better and only got worse. That's all I can tell you.

What are you going to do? That's just the way it is. Okay. I have literally no makeup on. And I have tears. Loads of tears. Today was a fun day. You're probably like, they're so silly.

You're right. We are very, very silly. But you know what? Again, that's what makes the world go round. Laughter is good medicine. I like to laugh. Did you find another one? Oh, dear God.

They found another one. It doesn't get any better, folks. All right. Let's talk about Jesus. Let's talk about you. Let's talk about Jesus and you. Do you know him? If you don't know him as your personal Lord and Savior, today is your day.

Maybe you did know him, but you walked away. Listen, I'm just telling you, I have never been happier in my life than when I made the decision to get saved and to get my life right with God. When I walked away from God, before I walked away, when I was living as a Christian from five to 18, man, I laughed and had so much fun. I had great friends that I was surrounded by, but for some reason, I decided to get a wild hair and go off. And I saw a boy, He was hot. Decided, I think I'm going to try the world out. Not good. Are you over there laughing still? Because I hear, okay.

Serious moment, girls. No, I'm just kidding. You can laugh. I don't care. But then, and listen, I'm not going to say that when I wasn't saved, I didn't laugh. I didn't have joy. I didn't like, but that was a season and that wasn't the same.

It is totally different. The joy and happiness. Joy is from the Lord. Happiness is, you know, joy is a decision. Happiness is momentary, right? So I did have happiness and I did have joy not being saved but there's but it it doesn't compare it does doesn't compare to being saved and what God it's just a higher level of what God does inside of you and he lives inside of you he dwells inside of you. And he lives inside of you. He dwells inside of you.

The Holy Spirit is so sweet. And that's where my joy comes from. Now, Logan, you got saved two years ago. Now, you've never been saved, correct? Were you saved before then? Not really? No, not like radically. No. Let's just say no to make it easier. Okay. Since it's so new for you, and maybe somebody is watching that thinks I'm full of it, because I've been saved now since I was 24. I'm 56, right? So it's been a long time.

So you go, well, you don't even remember what it was like. To a certain extent, you're right. I don't remember. I do remember that I wasn't as happy as I am now. Not as joyful as I am now. And you can say, well, you can't remember, so you're full of crap. But, Logan, you're two years in. Now, am I lying or is it true?

It's so true. True. Like the, the love that I have for Jesus and he has reciprocated for me, um, has radically changed my life in the best ways. And I won't ever, ever look back. Yeah. It has changed my marriage. Um, it's growing our family. It's been, it's been amazing. Yeah yeah and two years time frame always like full of joy um there's still hard days there's still situations that arise that i can't control but there is a weight lifted and there's a freedom because i know i'm being taken care of i don't stress or worry anymore um and i have found truly the best people yeah best friends right never ever leave me yeah yeah there's nothing there's nothing like good godly friends there's nothing like it but i will tell you uh life radically changed from you for you in one specific way and i will say this if

there's somebody watching and you sit there and go but there's no hope for me in this one particular area. Well, for Logan, and that's not the case for everybody. It wasn't the case for me. I mean, I did hit somewhat a rock bottom. I mean, like I was about as low as you can go, but I wasn't financially devastated. I still had lots of friends. I mean, rock bottom meaning all my life consisted of

was drinking, working, partying. That's pretty much it, right? Well, to me, that's like rock bottom. There's no hope in all of that. I knew there was no hope in that because it's just a perpetual cycle through of the same repetitive motion, which is at the end meaningless. And I knew that because the next day you're like, well, it's not like the next day of being a Christian. But for Logan, you were told there was no hope for you to even have kids. And now you're pregnant because you went from no hope. You'll never have kids to

getting saved to seek ye first the kingdom and all these things will be added unto you seeking him first and at the additive was god saying i'm going to give you the desires of your heart which is to have a child and then now you and chris are having a baby and that's what people don't understand is you don't have that in the world you don't have that in the world. You don't have that as someone who's lost. There's no one promising you that if you go after this, then you're going to get this. Your job might, but even that's not, they might pull that right out from underneath you. Or you may get to that position and you're like, this is not all I thought it would be. Christianity is not like that.

It's all that you thought it would be and some if you do it right. Always. So there's the promises far outweigh and the day-to-day life. It's just like she said, I literally on the way to this podcast today, I was praying and I said to the Lord, I'm like, Lord, I cannot believe you love me as much as you love me because I love you. Like I can't imagine life without you ever again in my life. I cannot go a day without you being number one in my life. I cannot even imagine what that day would look like. I want no parts of it. And once you see and experience God in that light, and you accept Jesus and all that he did on that cross, and then you walk with the Holy Spirit when you have a tough time, when you have something that comes against you, you know you're not in it alone. There is nothing to worry. There is nothing to fear. The Holy Spirit has gone before the problem in the situation. He gives you an inner peace, which is what the Word says. The fruits of the Spirit is one of them is peace.

And he'll give you that inner peace to just know that what the Word says, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. If I care for the Spirit, how much more do I care for you? You don't have to worry about it it he has every hair on your head numbered if he cares about how many hairs on your head he cares more about that promise that you're that problem you're walking through and he's going to resolve it for you you don't have to worry about a daggum thing amen um all of us face different things and in life and it's who you go it through who you go it through with that makes all the difference lots of people go if I had a spouse that would be so different we're all married in this room except for two people and we all would tell you it doesn't change a thing if

you're married and you have a spouse that does not change the situation to make it easier or less stressful. It doesn't. You're looking at it through greener pastures. It is only the Holy Spirit and the Trinity. God, Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ. That's it. That's what makes and transcends the situation for you. So if you don't know him or you've walked away, now's your chance. Just say this prayer with us. We're going to pray with you. We're going to believe with you. And we are going to stand with you once you make this decision.

Heavenly Father, I come to you right now. I thank you for what you did on that cross. I thank you that you came and you died for my sins. I thank you that a new life is ready for me if I choose to take it. I ask you to forgive me of my sins. I thank you for what you did on that cross. I know that once I repent, I have to change my whole life. I live for you, but it won't be bad or bitter. It'll be sweet and it'll be good.

I thank you that I'll live with you forever and heaven is mine. A mansion in glory is being made for me. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. You have a bright hope and a great future, not only on this earth, because we don't live this earth and just wait till we get to go to heaven. That's not how it works. In the Lord's Prayer it says, as it is on earth as it is in heaven. So whatever's going on in heaven, whatever heaven offers,

the same is here for you on earth. It's will you believe it? Will you receive it? And will you dig into the promises that the Bible promises you? You can have heaven on earth. And then when you go to heaven, you have a mansion made for you in glory. And it's as simple as that. Eternal life in heaven versus eternal life in hell. If you said that prayer, please let us know. We want to stand with you. And if you need a good church, let us know. We'll try and help you find one in the area if we know of one.

Otherwise, just tune in to Foundation Church. Until you find one, get plugged in. If you live in the area, come to Foundation Church. We love you can't wait to see you on Friday and that is it bye Real Talk

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