The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S01-E41 | 06-07-23

Episode Date: June 8, 2023

Question #1What is the definition of drunkard and glutton? Christians make excuses and justify drinking alcohol in moderation and overeating. With these two in mind, why not allow fornication, idolaters, homosexuality, thievery, etc. in moderation?Question #2 How should someone deal with failures?"Would you Rather Game"

Welcome to the Hope Hotline. Thank you so much for joining me today. I have my big hoopies on. Vanessa Tomas. Oh God, I hate giving people's names. Forget that last name that I just said. My girlfriend Vanessa just went to New York. I'm looking at myself in the thing. She just went to New York and she brought me these back net people. In my early 20s, I wore earrings like this. If you're from a metropolitan area, well, you had to hang around the right people. You had to go to the right clubs.

Correct. In order to put these on and be white. Okay. Yeah. Otherwise you're getting pounded. You can't just wear these. You got to be in the right place at the right time. And then with the right people, you got to be with the right girls. It's true. And then you hang with the best. I had a lot of fun. I was literally getting ready. I had these on and I was literally getting ready. And I looked at these earrings while I was doing my hair.

And I thought to myself, oh, the naughty hope. I remember the hope that wore these. Many ships have sailed since then. Yep. I'm a different girl. Now, Tracy, put yourself on because, Tracy, you wore these too back in the day. Sure did. Yeah.

Yep. It's like you play basketball. Yep. Now, did you go to the right clubs to wear these? Mom, are you listening? Sure did. Listen. Sure did. I had a lot of fun a lot of fun with these things yeah with with my friends yeah they were they were lots of fun they are those girls were so much fun like but it was a mixed it was a mixed group right so you're going to have a blast, man.

Like people are so. I'm just telling you, when I moved down here to Florida, to this area, I thought I am in Whiteysville. This is going to be rough. Yeah. Because when you move from D.C. area, like it's a melting pot. Right. Like you have so many different types and colors and lifestyles of friends. And that's so much fun.

Right. I mean, it's a lot of fun. I know. And then you move to cow country, which, listen, I grew up that way. Right. Like I grew up in country. Yeah. But then my parents moved me to city.

Right. And the city girl sometimes just has to come out of the country girl. She's here today. Oh, my gosh. Man, I feel good. I'm rocking my hoops. Yes, you are. And these are, like, I have plain hoops, but these are special.

Yeah. Oh. My daughter. You know it. My daughter is going to make a little preview today on that thing and she just said the bigger the hoop the bigger the hoe and sad to say that's true well not with me not with me i actually can't say i was a very big hoe but yeah norma's got a look norma's got the tiniestest hoops you've ever seen on right now. That's right.

Good girl. Good girl. Heather. Oh, my gosh. Heather is so funny. That's the big sister in her. Yeah. I'm her mother, and I didn't even say that.

Yeah. That's dang funny, girl. What is that? You keep me around. Oh, dear Lordsy. If she doesn't have one watching her, she has another watching her. Yeah. That's dang funny, girl. What is that? You keep me around. Oh, dear Lordsy. If she doesn't have one watching her, she has another watching her. Yeah. That's right.

But thank you, Vanessa. In case, if you're watching, you made my day. This morning I got these right after we were done working out. I would, I like literally was so happy to get these things. I did not know. She sent me a picture of like somebody on the side of the road. It's not side of the road because she was in New York City. Right.

What do you call those people? Yeah. They're not side of the road. What are they? What is it? Like a bodega? No. They have these stands that are just in the streets and they're selling their products.

God bless it. What do they call them? I hate to waste you guys' time on this, but I can't remember. Somebody was selling them on the sidewalk. Someone on the sidewalk was selling them. And so she sent me a picture of them and boy, I was like, oh my gosh, it brought back memories.

And then she brought me home some. So, woo-woo. Love you, Vanessa, for that so very, very much. So what we're going to do today is I'm going to answer some questions. Then we're going to play a little game. Somebody sent this game in. Gosh, I don't know how long ago so i figure uh it's time because yeah it's just time it's on the block that's but that's what vanny's i mean

she's called vanny on the block yeah but it's just not really She wasn't like selling herself. True. She just lived on the block. Yeah. She did. She lived on the block. She lived on the block. She did. But she didn't sell herself on the block.

Let's make that abundantly clear. She'll be happy I made that clarification. Yeah. So we're going to do the game, and then we're going to do another question. If we make it through the, it's this question game or something like that. Is it a game? Would you say it's a game? You want me to say what it is? The game?

The name of the game? Is it a game? Yeah. Yeah, go ahead. Would you rather. Would you Rather. Would You Rather. So I figured instead of just hearing Would I Rather, because that would be kind of boring,

I figure we'll get Would You Rather from Norma and Tracy today. And then on the Would You Rather, I got Logan over there. Logan's going to tell us some of you guys' Would You Rather in the comment section. So we're gonna do we're gonna have a little fun today. I don't know how how long has that question been out there that it's taken me this long to get to? A while. A while. So sorry about it taking forever. But let's go. First question. What is the definition of we're back to drinking people? And the reason we're back to drinking people.

And the reason we're back to drinking is people love to hang on to their alcohol. I don't know why. I mean, I seriously do not know why people like to drink as far as, if you're that indignant on keeping it, maybe you need to examine yourself on being that indignant on being able to drink. Like, I love Red Bull, but even I would give up Red Bull. I love coffee, but even I would give up coffee. I would not be this indignant. If the Bible said that coffee is a mocker, I'd be giving up coffee.

If he said Red Bull was a mocker, and if he said that if you do these things you're not in here at the kingdom of heaven I wouldn't be doing them like so we're gonna go into this now the person that wrote this question is not questioning oh you're right yeah you're good is not questioning they're not the ones that are fighting for the right to party. They're not the ones. I guess I shortened the question, but it's they're getting obliterated by somebody for taking a stand on not drinking. So their friend is like indignant and kind of getting a little, I won't, is nasty the right word for it?

Sassy. Sassy is a great word. Sassy about it. So that's why the reason for this question again. So we'll readdress it because, hey, listen, I'm all up for, you know, I don't mind talking about alcohol because I think it's rampant in the Christian world and it's so funny to me like people are so like when their kids walk away from the Lord or are half-hearted with their walks with God that and and they sit

there and go I don't know how this happened I don't know why they don't love Jesus well you trained them up the wrong way and one of them one thing would be drinking especially most kids that have seen drinking are grown up with it they drink and then you sit there and wonder I don't know why well you did it and but you're not going to give up that alcohol still, you know, even though you think you can handle it. Even the people that say that they've never, like, been drunk or they don't drink in excess, I can guarantee you that there have been times in their lives that's just not the case at all. And it's probably more frequent than they would care to remember or admit. Would you argue that girls? I totally agree. Yeah. No, nobody. I don't think anybody can argue that

point. Like they, that they don't know anybody who actually drinks just one every single time. And even one, depending on what it is and your weight, usually it makes you relax. And anything that alters who you are, you need to examine it. So as far as alcohol-wise, I mean, when I say alters, I mean, I even say, you know, marijuana and drugs and stuff like that. There's really nothing out there that alters you like medication and alcohol does I mean I can't think of anything somebody might say well a red bull does because it gives you it's caffeine and and it makes you have energy I would say so does Mountain Dew

and people who drink soda all day or drink coffee all day. I mean, whatever. But to justify a wrong like that, but I have literally heard people say, well, Red Bull changes people. Like how in the world do you think a Red Bull changes anybody? I mean, they say the chemicals in it aren't healthy for you, but outside of that, I don't really, it doesn't alter your mind. Right. Yeah, it's crazy. So let's go. What is the definition of drunkard and glutton?

So I guess their friend is putting the two parallel with each other, glutton and drunkard. Christians make excuses and justify drinking alcohol in moderation and overeating. With these two in mind, why not allow fornication, idolaters, homosexuality, thievery in moderation? Good point. Very good point. And I agree with you. For me, I think it's hilarious, and not in a funny ha ha way but hilarious and this is pathetic that someone

is is hanging on to drinking alcohol so hard that they have to compare it to gluttony because gluttony I look through I before I uh did this podcast and I did this I looked through every single scripture that says if you do these things you'll not inherit the kingdom of heaven it's in Corinthians it's in Galatians there's parts in Ephesians and it's in Revelation that says gives a list of things that you'll not inherit the kingdom of heaven drunkard is every single one of them and and we'll dig deep on what drunkard means. Gluttony is not. Gluttony is not mentioned anywhere.

So gluttony, well, we're going to talk about gluttony, but even still, just so the person that was using gluttony as a comparison to drunkardness, they're not, because one doesn't send you to hell and the other one does. So a drunkard definition for drunkard is a person who is habitually drunk. Now people will say well I'm not habitually drunk. I don't drink every single night. Being a drunkard the word for drunkard is also intoxicated. Let's look at the definition for intoxication. Intoxication is the point to which alcohol depresses the central nervous system

so that mood and physical and mental abilities are noticeably changed. So when you drink that glass of wine every night because it relaxes you there you go it depresses the central nervous system so that mood and physical um and mental abilities are noticeably changed there you go boom most people that i know that drink a glass of wine every night it's so that they get relaxed so that the stress of the day is kind of removed for them. Would you agree? Right, to unwind. To unwind is another great word.

Now, listen, on this, you can pop on whenever you want to, or even now. But I'm going to, listen, I've talked about alcohol by myself. But the fact of the matter is, they're here for a reason and they have a good viewpoint so if they have something that they need to add or say I would definitely want it um Tracy's really the one that you're going to be able to hear so it'll probably be more her than anybody else but but the facts of the matter are is people have twisted this so that they can do it. They act like, do you remember on Andy Griffith? Who was the drunk on Andy Griffith? Otis.

They think that I'm not Otis, so I'm not. That's not the definition, and that's not what the Bible says, correct? Yeah. Because that's what people literally think. They think of the wino walking down the road with a bottle and a bag. Yeah. Yeah. It ain't that. Right. And they're going to be sorely mistaken and surprised on the day of judgment. Yeah. Because it could be the very thing that keeps them out of heaven. Drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. So that means a person that likes to be intoxicated, which means a person that likes to be intoxicated which means a person that

likes to relax and unwind right um to about a glass of wine and it doesn't have to be every day right it could be like if you purpose in your heart to on christmas eve or new year's eve every year to socially drink with your family and friends, that's a lifestyle. Yeah. That's a decision that you've made and you're going to do it regardless. Those are the things you need to examine your heart and say, is this worth my salvation? Right.

Because I'm just telling you, I've known lots of families that every time they get together, they don't drink any other time, but when they get together. Right. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. And, I mean, I know personally of families that are Christian families

that do this. Oh, yeah. And I'm like, how do you explain that away? Yeah. And you're not just drinking one. Right. You're getting very, I mean, you do relax. You laugh a lot.

You talk a lot, and you usually aren't like that. So are you intoxicated? 100% yes. Yeah. Like people love to lie to themselves. Right. It's just amazing to me.

So what is legally intoxicated? So the law, and that's what we're going to talk about, what does legally drunk mean? As a national standard, the legal limit for alcohol in your bloodstream is under.08. When you reach the.08 mark or higher, you are considered to be legally drunk. And if found driving at that time, are legally subject to a DUI charge. So let's just make sure, let's just say that's the rule of thumb to say that you're intoxicated or you're drunk, right? Let's move on. 180 pound person. Now I'm doing

this a little different than I did last time, okay? So that if it went over somebody's head, it might not this time. 180 pound person is legally intoxicated so 180 pound person that's not a tiny person okay 180 pound person is legally intoxicated after consuming three beers now beer depending on the grade of beer or the kind of beer that it is is 0 0.5, like a can is 0.5%. But it's what's that called, BPU? Hold on, BAC on here. It's blood alcohol concentration. So one can of beer, depending on the kind of beer, it can be 0.05.

So if you're 180 pounds, it's saying three beers. Now, beer is the least of all the alcohol drinks that you can do that has the lowest percentage on the whole, unless you get into those really fancy bougie ones. What is it? Kombucha? No, kombucha is is uh like a tea but it's not it's not it's not it's the it's not a fermented like beer is not and a kombucha kombucha is 0.03 and that's if it's

fermented okay i'm not talking a a juice drink I'm talking about you have a beer, then you have a domesticated, fancy, bougie beer. That has a higher blood alcohol level. Then you have wine. That's 0.17 blood alcohol level per a glass. Then you go to liquors, and that is 0.40 so you get levels higher higher higher so it starts out with beer then you go into the ones that are fancy schmancy which just has like all these fancy little tastes that you can do all these new beers that they have they're not draft beers gosh it. I wish I could remember the name of those beers,

but they have a higher blood alcohol level. And then it goes up from there. So just three standard beers. Like that's not, most people don't just drink beer. Most people drink a wine. Not to say that people don't drink beer. I'm just saying on the whole, you'll see if somebody goes out to dinner,

they may drink a beer. But they're going to have a glass of wine. The people that I've gone out to dinner with. Most of them don't drink beer. They're getting a wine. So the wine is.17. So you can't even barely have a glass of wine. So it says a 180 pound person is legally intoxicated after consuming three beers. Three

beers would likely result in a person of this size having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08. That's because they have a larger body mass, which is the legal limit for a DUI purpose in most states. So if you drink three beers, you could get arrested. It's better, like, if you're that 180 pounds, you drink only one. For me, I'm like, why even drink the one? What's the purpose? What's, I mean, I don't even know why people drink. I mean, I know why I drink. My purpose every time when I drank was to get drunk.

Like, that was the mainstay. Like, I had no other reason. I liked the taste, but on on the whole it was to get smashed I mean I mean are am I wrong I mean did anybody does anybody else did anybody else drink that just because I just love the taste yeah I know a lot of people that drink because they're so stressed out and it's the only thing that calms them down like it takes them yeah it like kills that like anxiety yeah it takes the edge off a lot of people that which goes back to my thing that says if it's intoxication alters the right the mind and abilities and it does yeah yeah

so uh so let's look at a glutton which it which this person's friend tried to use gluttony in a comparison to drunkardness, which is quite funny. That's a joke. I hear that all the time. No way. All the time. What? Yes. Because they're drinkers.

So they say, what's the difference between gluttony and getting drunk? So I'm glad you're touching on this. Well, I would ask where's the scriptures that back up gluttony? Where are the scriptures? Cause I saw none. I mean, it says not to be a glutton with food, but he doesn't say you'll go to hell if you're a glutton. I'm glad you're touching on that. It doesn't even say anything like that it says not to do it the catholic faith says that it's one of the seven deadly sins okay okay maybe that's where it's coming from then but but nowhere in scripture and listen i looked yeah just to make sure nowhere is it a list of one of the items that'll send you straight to hell if you do these things you'll not

inherit the kingdom of heaven gluttony was not one of them now is'll send you straight to hell. If you do these things, you'll not inherit the kingdom of heaven. Gluttony was not one of them. Now, is it smart? Well, let's look at what gluttony is, and we'll see how smart it is. Gluttony, or a glutton definition is excessively greedy eater. So somebody who's a greedy eater, like if you're sitting at a table, and they make sure that they get theirs. Yeah. to eat her like if you're sitting at a table and they make sure that they get theirs yeah what like I don't know anybody that's like that yeah Heather's saying she might be

you'll share depends on what it is oh maybe not listen I literally get this Get this. I went out to dinner one night with a group of people from a previous church. It was, I felt so bad. I don't know why this just popped in my head, but I started it, so I'll finish it. So a group of us from church went out, and the pastor was with us, and his wife had just come into town. I think this is why I don't like a lot of pastor's wives. I don't like them. I don't. It's truth.

I don't like a lot of them. Now, in the sphere that I run in now, I do, because they don't act like normal pastor's wives. They really don't. They're actually very real people. Like they're not, they're not full of themselves. But this pastor's wife, she just came into town. He had moved.

He had been hanging out with a bunch of us. Such an awesome guy. And his wife, not so much. And so she decides she's going to come out to dinner with us. Well, we're done eating and some people got dessert, some people didn't get dessert. And do you not know, she got dessert and he didn't. And he just wanted to have like a spoon of her dessert,

like her ice cream or whatever. She was absolutely like, no, mm-mm. And he's like, you're kidding me. You're not going to give me give me this is it was so embarrassing and so she was so nasty and so rude and she sat there and ate that dessert in front of him not giving him one morsel I thought as a human being you're you're no one that I want to follow second of all how horrible do you treat your husband? Just so disrespectful. I was just like, that is so disrespectful to do your husband.

I mean, like he's out of everyone in this world. You've chosen that you say in a tangible way, I love you more than anyone tangibly on this earth. I choose you. And you can't give him a freaking spoon of ice cream. Miki, I don't like you. And I can't give them a freaking spoon of ice cream? Miki, I don't like you. And I didn't. And she just proved herself more and more and more to be unlikable. But people get full of themselves.

They think, like, their poop don't stink. Listen, people. Everybody's poop stinks. Everybody's. So don't forget that. If there's anything that you take from this podcast today, when you go to the bathroom today, and you don't forget that. If there's anything that you take from this podcast today, when you go to the bathroom today and you don't think you smell, you may not smell to you because you've been in there so long with it,

but everybody that walks in there after you, they think you stink. All right, let's keep going. That's good. It's true. All right. So what does glutton mean? It's one given habitually to greedy and ferocious eating and drinking. So it's not just eating. It's drinking as well. So people always think that

gluttony is just food. It's not. But I don't know hardly anybody except for people who are on 600 pound life that are a ferocious eater. There's just, I don't know very many. So it's not just, so people think it's anybody who's a little heavy or that they could, they have some pounds to lose. You know, gluttony is just not for the fat. It's for the drinker as well. Biblical definition of gluttony is, a biblical definition of gluttony is the habitual giving in to a greedy appetite by overindulging in eating and drinking. Gluttony includes an excessive desire for the pleasure that food and drink give to a person.

So it's kind of like somebody who uses eating as advice for making them happy. I don't know very many. I like, I'm a foodie. I enjoy food, but I just don't know that many people that can't handle not missing a meal. So that would be me as a, as a person that believes that gluttony is something that a person has an issue with, it's somebody who can't miss a meal at all. And I might be wrong about that, but it's not just for somebody who's overweight. A glutton, like there's people who are skinny, but they binge and purge. That to me would be a glutton. You know what I'm saying?

Binging and purging, just because you're heavy doesn't me would be a glutton. You know what I'm saying? Binging and purging, just because you're heavy doesn't mean you're a glutton, but just because you're skinny doesn't mean you aren't one either. Right. That's something Pastor Tom said. He said that back in the day, that was an issue. People were eating so much and then they were puking and that was part of like gluttony. So yeah, binging and purging is a big huge one um um so again i go back to there is no scripture whatsoever that talks about that if you'll do this you'll not inherit the kingdom of heaven and gluttony being one of them it's not but i would say that if this scripture irritates you or bothers you and I'll just read it then maybe you need to examine whether or not you need to be drinking because

maybe you are a glutton for alcohol you have to have it wine Proverbs 20 verse 1 says wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. So for me, I say, if you're hanging on to it and you're fighting tooth and nail to be able to drink that alcohol, however often it is for you, maybe it's once a year, maybe it's once a week, maybe it's only on the weekends,

maybe it's once a week, maybe it's only on the weekends, maybe it's every day. Okay, if you have to have that, then you're unwise. And maybe you don't care about being stupid, but you're unwise because it clearly says wine is a mocker. I wouldn't want to have anything to do with anything that's mocking me. Okay, I care about me far too much. And maybe you don't care about yourself at all. I wouldn't want to have anything to do with anything that's mocking me. Okay. I care about me far too much. And maybe you don't care about yourself at all. But be very secure in knowing that it might not be worth your salvation.

Be very secure in knowing that. Strong drink is raging. So liquor, anything liquor is raging. Okay. That is not good for you. And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. So if you want to hang on to wine and you want to drink your alcohol, then just know as far as the Bible is concerned, you're not a wise individual. And to me, I mean, that's opposite of everything I want to be known as and thought of but hang on to whatever you want to hang on to and enter you know enter the risk of eternal whatever for yourself so I everybody that I know of that I love and respect and which doesn't

matter to some I know I don't you really like I don't care I don't like those people either I mean I don't really like those people fine whatever but anybody that I know biblically speaking bible characters or personally that I love and respect not a one of them would allow alcohol to touch their lips not one of them and remember biblical alcohol totally different than the alcohol today biblical alcohol was almost 100 grape juice for when the grape was crushed it was either three percent water to it all the way up to 20 water to it okay so that a lot of that when it was freshly made our cough syrup has more alcohol in it than the alcohol or the grape juice which would be considered the wine of Bible times so the wine of Bible times was basically a watered down grape juice it was not fermented. It's just like Logan was saying, kombucha. I love kombucha, but the thing is, is if it gets fermented, it's like drinking a wine.

It really is. And you should be careful because here's the thing. Kombucha has more alcohol in it than the wine, biblical wine. Yeah. It really does. So like you need to like, even when you buy kombucha, you need to look at the date that you're buying it because it's it. And in kombucha has the same amount alcohol as cough syrup. That's why people love to take cough syrup, because it makes them drowsy.

It makes them it makes them. You got to be careful with it because it's it's not like wine, but there is alcohol in it. Yeah. And people, you know, but it's still far less, far less than wine, beer, or liquor. So, I don't know. Alcohol seems to be such a touchy, touchy subject for people. And I'm going to, like, Logan, like, for like for you one of the things you're pregnant now right and you made some radical radical life decisions one of them was stopping drinking correct like you you just got saved like two years ago correct here at foundation church with jonathan right and um if anybody watched me preach at Revival Today Logan's who I was referring

to about Jonathan came she got saved she had been coming here but that's when you really made your decision like I'm gonna live for you Lord right that's when it finally like clicked for you and then you just made some serious decisions spiritually speaking and then you're having a very hard time getting pregnant and like seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you which your heart's desire was to be pregnant and then you got pregnant because the scriptures is true he's rewarded he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him another scripture people like don't they don't pay attention to the Bible, but it's like, if you chase after God, watch out.

Because the blessings just flow. They just pour out on you. For me, like, I drank so long ago and I just drank to party. I didn't drink every night. I only drank on the weekends. I only partied with it. Like, I didn't need to relax. But like, what's the big deal?

Did you, or did you just party like me? I had pretty, I have had, I don't know the right term, pretty severe PTSD. Oh, from being in the military. Oh yeah. And law enforcement. So it was a coping mechanism for sure. And listen, military and law enforcement, it's their big, it's their big, see, that's one of the reasons I know about alcohol like I do,

because of Tom and, like, everybody that we pretty much knew and hung out with, they partied. It was. All the time. They're my age, and they're still partying. My activities revolved around drinking. As long as i could drink i would do an activity um i couldn't go to concerts or big crowds without alcohol i needed it um yeah that was bad so but a lot of people they're not there's they're they're drinking way more than

one but you weren't even saved so everybody you were hanging around with was their lifestyle just like me nobody nobody that i was hanging around with was justifying just one we were like screw one where's another like we weren't like christians who are trying to even though they're not drinking just one not trying to justify and validate being able to drink we were all like who cares yeah how hard was it when you got saved to give it up it was so easy it took it took a couple weeks and then i sent tracy a video of me dumping it all down that was it the hardest part was watching the money go down the drain in a sense but that was all just in my head and I realized it's fine just so let me ask you this why why did you do it though because there are people that hurt that do want to hang on to

alcohol why did you say I'm not doing this anymore what would in your heart changed for you to make that happen my fear but also my love for the Lord. Seriously. Yeah. See, I think that that's what keeps people from not giving it up is they don't love the Lord in the right way. Like they want God to fit into their little world and their little box, and as long as he fits into that box, they're going to be a believer. But if he requires more from them than what they're willing to give they're not doing it they're just not doing it it's not it's not for them but they'll still be a christian and it's just under their their guidelines of what they believe

a christian is that's where i think that it's going to be very scary for people when either the Lord returns or they meet their maker because their time is up. I think they're going to be very surprised at the God they think they serve versus the God that they really do serve. It's going to be a very shocking thing that their God isn't who they think he is. And it's scary for me, for people, because it literally is a heaven and hell thing. And people play around with God, and they play around with their relationship with him,

but that's not what the Bible tells us to do. It's opposite of that. We're to be dogmatic. Seeking him first. Seek ye first the kingdom of God. And everybody else is like, I'm going to fit you in wherever it's convenient for me. I see more Christians live their walks with God based on what's convenient, not based on what the word says. It's not good. It's not good.

It's very scary. So next question. Hey, I ain't got no timer. I don't know what's going on. You have 23 minutes. I got 23 minutes? Woo! Huh?

My daughter is patiently waiting. All right. And I'm not kidding. I'm being facetious. She's impatient. Listen, as soon as the fat on my arms is gone, I'm not wearing these jackets anymore. I'm hiding fat right now.

Same. As soon as I have Michelle Obama arms. Oh, my gosh. I'm going to show them off. Sorry if you're a liberal and you're watching. Whoops. I really meant vomitosus aliosus. I mean, if I hear about her, she's fat now, so she really don't got great arms.

But back in the day, they made sure that she wore everything with no sleeves because they thought that's the only thing she had going for her is her arms. Because the rest of her yeah enough said on that subject what michael from from personality to looks true and listen i there's been some beautiful liberal uh um like jackie o yeah gorgeous beautiful i don't care i'm not i'm not speaking because of her being a democrat i'm just speaking because hillary clinton i mean not pretty not go i mean can you think of another democrat's wife that was pretty most of them have all been.

But I wouldn't say Barbara Bush was knocking down any doors. She wasn't attractive either. But she's grandma. Right. She's grandma. Right. All right, people. So, next question, now that we've offended some people.

Or you love me even more. I don't know. It could go either way. The great even more. I don't know. It could go either way. The great thing is, I don't care. So how should someone deal with failures? Listen, I'm going to tell you I love this question because more people are afraid of failing, but they don't understand that that's the road to succeeding.

More people are so afraid to fail that they don't do squat at all. Amen. So, Tracy, you got my song ready for me? I look at failure like this. Go ahead, Tracy. Go ahead, Tracy. Go ahead, Tracy. Go ahead, Tracy. Listen, if you know me, I spend more time on the floor than I do on my feet.

So that's perfect. That thing is like so perfect for me. Heather can't even contain herself. Twice this week. That I fail? Yeah, twice I've fallen. And then I tried to take somebody out at the gym by accident, and our trainer got all over me.

She was not happy with me. She's like, listen, girl, you can fall, but you can't make other people fall. I'm like, I can't help it. My legs were so, like, I could barely hold my body up that I literally could not move it. And this lady, I nearly took her out. It's so true. I'm slightly embarrassed. I went to her twice.

And I don't get embarrassed. But, like, the woman is like, she needs that class as much as. We do. No, we need it bad. No, the lady that I nearly took out, she looks like Popeye's girlfriend, whatever her name was. Olive oil? Yeah.

Like she's that thin. And I hate her because she's so skinny and muscular. And she just started taking the class and she can do everything. And I think she's older than me. So I doubly hate her. But literally could not walk because the things they had us doing, they should be against the law. They cause so much pain.

It's pretty rough. But I guess they can't be because we pay them to treat us like that. I mean, I'm paying somebody to literally torture me literally so um I fall a lot just so you know and I'm okay with it like Heather fell the other day and she never falls she's still not recovered from it and she's like i just don't fall as gracefully as you i'm like because you don't ever fall like you don't ever do it so you haven't learned to master falling i'm pretty good at it yeah you gotta master it yeah like you learn how to like if you're if you're going head first you like to put your hands out so your head don't get hit if you're going backwards you make your bum take the hit because you know tuck and roll tuck and roll

that's how you save yourself you know whatever um i'm just gonna tell people listen in order to succeed, just go for it. You may fail. You may suck it up, right? But it's irrelevant because part of becoming who God's called you to be and getting to the place and the level he wants you to go, you might fall on your face a little bit because you don't even know what you're doing sometimes. I mean, you're trying to hear the voice of the Lord, or maybe it isn't even a super spiritual thing.

You're just trying to figure something out, and it's something that your heart really wants to do, and you might miss the mark every now and then. But I can promise you, it's like my favorite teachers, one of my favorite teachers always says, shoot for the moon, you'll probably hit the stars. It's far better to shoot for the moon

and hit the stars than to never have, never even taken off. I will say that it's like this building, like, it's like this building, this building, there's been so many things with doing this church that I have never, ever done before. I've done jobs.

I've taken jobs, and I've never done them before. People are like, how are you going to do that? Not even church-wise. I've gone and accepted positions that I've never, I don't know the equipment. I don't know the programs. I don't know the job at all. They're like, aren't you scared? I'm like, I'll figure it out.

And that's a strength because here's the thing. I knew the Lord told me to take it. I knew that he'd give me the wisdom to do it. So he'll help me figure it out. If I fail along the way, it's okay because I'll figure it out. If you fail, don't let it throw you into the dumper. Don't let it be like something that just wipes you out. Like you can be down for five minutes and then you need to pull yourself back up and say, okay, we're going to go for this

again. I'm not going to take this loss. I'm going to win. I cannot tell you how bad I hate quitting. I hate quitting. I hate quitters. I cannot stand it. I cannot stomach quitting. The reason I can't is because it's such weakness as far as I'm concerned. Quitting is such a weak thing to do. If you say you're going to do something, then you do it. Doggone it, you do it. And you do it to the best of your ability. If you fail along the way, it's better than quitting. Finish the project. Finish what you start. That's what I can say. And if you fail, okay, you can, you know, be a little sad for a short period of time.

But don't let it be more than five minutes. Because it's not worth being that down about. Get back up. If I did that with this building, this building, when it got hit by the hurricane, I had no idea what I was doing, how I was doing it. People even said to me, like, what do you have to do? And I'm like, I don't know. I'll figure it out. I don't know. Like, God will help me. I'll just figure it out. And guess what? God has helped me. God has helped me figure it out. And it's okay. There

have been times where like things haven't been exactly as they should be. Course correction. And then we keep moving. It doesn't happen that often because the Holy Spirit's good. But listen, if you're not challenging yourself, like you need to like embrace doing things you've never done before because it is the best thing for you people um that just want to live in this little cozy little world i mean that's great and all but where's we're stepping out in faith and listen god lives on the edge go out on that ledge and walk by faith and see what he'll do with you. Like it's this podcast. This podcast is a perfect example of that.

Never done one before. Didn't know what it would take. Tracy's never done producing before in her life. Okay. Never once. Didn't stop us. Like we've had some glitches here and there. Yeah.

Who cares? Even right now. I'm trying to get me in focus. Didn't stop us. Like we've had some glitches here and there. Yeah. Who cares? Even right now. I'm trying to get me in focus. Listen, we walk by faith. You have to trust him. That's the only place you're going to see the miraculous happen. For you. Like if you've never healed somebody, listen, you might, in order to heal them, guess what? You might fail,

but you might succeed. If you don't try, you're never ever going to succeed. And the more you try, the more you succeed. Like you have to be willing to move and you have to be willing to fail, but that movement will lead to more successes. And that's where you see God move, but that's where you see you grow. And growing is huge. So don't be afraid of the failures. Embrace them and be excited about them.

And again, if you fail, who cares? Like you have to, if you're so concerned about how you look to people, you'll always be held back. You have to get to a place that's like, who cares? Who cares? It doesn't matter. You'll be doing more than the people that are watching you. And they'll wish that they were doing what you were doing. They, the only reason they're not is because they care too much about what other people think about them so get to a place where it doesn't matter and it doesn't trust me it really doesn't hey nasi come on over here girl now it's time to play the game

where did you go tracy oh you, you're going to move the thing. That's right. Okay, so now you're saying we have the choice of doing this all at the same time, but... A little bit more to the left. Okay, this is being willing to fail and succeed. It covers my face. It's fine. I don't know. Right there is good. You don't need to see me. What is that? You've got to go that way more. I've my face. It's fine. Right there's good. What is that?

You gotta go that way more. I gotta go this way more. Help. I'm off. Okay. I was off the whole time. We're both gonna suffer. Okay. Can the mic go down more?

There we go. Can you hear us tracy let me check you can i don't know on your chair okay okay turn a little how about that there we go there we go sweet okay but my hair looks like i have one incline i'm gonna pull my hair okay ready yeah we're good see people you can't be afraid it don't matter okay so ready for the game yeah well I don't know what they are either I didn't read them I wanted to make it did you read on Tracy only the first one only for I only know the first i only know the first one okay oh i want her back okay first question meet your great great grandparents or meet your great great grandchildren i know which one i want i want to meet my great great grandchildren and the reason i want to meet my great great grandchildren is because listen i can do something about my future. I can't do nothing about my past.

Okay. Like, if I saw my great-great-grandchildren and they were sucking eggs, they were not living for the Lord. They weren't doing what they were supposed to. I might be able to plant a seed here or there very quickly and change that future. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, Norma. Dude, I don't know.

Like, I told you last night I want to meet your, what was it, three greats? Or my three great-great-great-grandma. It'd be great-great. See, that's who I'd want to meet, but, like, I'm scared to meet my future grandchildren, so I probably will go older. Stick with the past. Plus, I would want to, oh, no, because I would say I want to meet your dad, but he's not my great.

No. You met my dad. I know, but I thought maybe I could weasel my way, but I can't. To see him again? Yeah, to see him again, but I can't, so just kidding. I'm still going to go great, because I still, I have some people I would want to meet. So you want to go to the past? Yeah. Not to the future. I want to meet them. I don't, I don't, plus the future's more fun when you don't know what you're getting into. Like, for me, I don't want to know what, what's ahead of of me I want to explore it on my own let it be new to me you know you don't want to know about your future no you just want to know about your past yeah and that and explore that yes okay all right what did Tracy

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Next question. Okay. Have more time added to your day or immediate access to more money? Immediate access to more money. I don't care about my day. Oh, yeah. I want money. I want money.

Who cares about trying my day? I can take a nap. Like, I don't, you know, I'd rather just sleep about my day. Oh, yeah. I want money. I want money. Who cares about trying my day? I could take a nap. Like, I don't, you know, I'd rather just sleep through all my day. Yeah, more money. More money. Who cares? More money. I could do a lot more with money than I can do with time. Yeah.

I don't care about that. I have no friends to hang out with anyway. Norma, shut up. She so does. You never stop. I have you. Have a life rewind button or a life pause button. Oh, dear God.

Life rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. 100%. What would you do with a pause? Rewind. Like pause for what?

I don't know. What's there to pause? I don't want to pause where I'm at. Yeah. This part of my life is boring. Oh, God. Please. Oh, my God.

Okay, she's not coming back on here. Go to dinner alone or go to a movie alone. I don't like being alone. I don't like being alone. I think dinner because it's quicker. I can eat real fast. Oh, my gosh. I can eat real fast.

I didn't say at the time. A movie is like two hours long. At dinner, I can shovel down some food in 30 minutes. Movie. Movie. Movie. Because Norma talks the whole time. So I can actually watch the movie and enjoy it.

I talk the whole time. I'm going to do movie alone because I could literally fall asleep during the movie. Oh, me too. And it's irrelevant if I'm alone or not. Right. Because I don't care. What movie have we watched that I talk the whole time? I'm just joking.

I'm just joking. But I do talk the whole time. I can imagine. I imagined it. Go skydiving or bungee jumping? Oh. Skydiving. Skydiving? That's so much like further of a drop i'm gonna go skydiving i don't i i trust a parachute way more than a bungee have you by a lot the issues of no no i don't want to either because if i'm going to skydive i don't want to see the issues

new zealand i that is like a bungee and it looks really fun so i'm going to do that bungee yeah okay jump with like a chair like you said okay so you need to move up because you're kind of out of focus yeah okay come on up i'll lean i don't know none of those sound fun well they're not fun they're not fun they're gonna be but some people like but hold on logan disagrees oh which one's like logan have you done bungee i've skydove but i've not bungee jumped okay so what do you say so she's gonna go because i've already we'll go bungee was skydiving scary uh-huh so i've jumped out of planes a ton so when i went skydiving i didn't know you were supposed to scream when you leave the airplane because I wasn't scared, and I lost my breath.

Oh, see? So that's the only thing. You're supposed to scream? Yeah, you're supposed to exhale all of your air. Oh, wow. I would not. Wow. So I had to kind of put my arm over my mouth to catch my breath again.

I figured it out, but yeah. Who would have thought? I never thought that. It's fun. It was a good time. That's scary. Okay. I ain't gonna lie. Erin wants to skydive. Sean wants to bungee.

Olivia wants to bungee. I love all the bungee people. Sarah said neither. Yeah, Sarah. Sarah's a smart girl. I do neither. But we have to people. Sarah said neither. Yeah, Sarah. Sarah's a smart girl. She is my girl. I do neither. She's my girl. But we have to choose.

Vanessa said neither. Yeah. But you have to, like Norma said, you have to choose people. You have to choose, guys. I agree, though. All the bungee people, I like you. Okay, be an adult your whole life or be a kid your whole life? I want to say adult because I get to do way more now.

Adult by far. i love being an adult i like being an adult and acting like a kid yeah that's what i mean you can still act like an adult you can't be a kid and act like an adult true actually that's not true friendly like that's true that's true friendly has mastered being a kid and acting like an adult that's true i talked to her about my hair conditioner oh my gosh so like so yeah she she's mastered it that's for sure go on vacation with just your friend yeah you can have some go on vacation with just your friends or go on a vacation with just tom oh just tom all day long all day long heather's all disappointed like you would choose you would you would choose friends over travis ain't happening that would can you bring us right i want to go yeah he would probably require that but i don't know i'm not in this because i don't have a

significant other so yes no she doesn't believe that'll ever happen for her. It's going to. It's never going to happen. She's having babies. Alone forever. No babies. No babies. She's actually not. Okay. She's not. I do want kids.

No, no, no, no, no. Not that she doesn't want kids and she doesn't want a person. It's just like she's so picky. I am. That's a problem. That's good. My standards are just high. Good for you.

It's a problem. So. I'm not part of this, but you guys who do. Definitely Tom. Definitely Jer. He is the funnest, easiest travel partner ever. And we just take, we like taking lots of pictures and not everybody appreciates that. You got that right.

I could care less about getting pictures taken. And we have to, we have to stop everywhere. Like, ooh, here, ooh. And that's annoying to people. Yeah, I know. Exactly. So Jer, Jer. You guys are pretty easy to go by. Yeah, ooh, here, ooh, and that's annoying to people. Yeah, I know. Exactly. So, Jer, Jer. You guys are pretty easy to go by.

Because you like pictures, too. Yeah, you do. I could care less. Side of salad or side of soup? Side of soup. I don't like soup. Salad. Soup.

Salad. What restaurant? Yeah. Listen, the roughage that I've been eating has wreaked havoc on my stomach. I'm out on salads on my stomach I'm out on salads okay I'm totally suit yeah what are you wanting oh yeah I'll do a soup soup thank you you're welcome get a brand new car of your choice or get a brand new house anywhere in the world oh dad gum new house house I love my car I want 100 a house. 100% a house. Anywhere in the world? That's a great question.

Yeah, Norma's gone. Norma's gone. I'm dipping. I'll see y'all later. Yeah, she loves some of those people over there. God bless it. She loves them. I know.

Rachel's like, she loves Rachel. Don't make me go on Rachel. I'd marry her right now. Okay. Would you rather, does anybody want to say anything? Oh, wait. Can I know the answers to the car or the house that would that's like a people aaron's a car aaron's a car if he's

not we're lagging just a little bit we're a mix on soup and salad most people are saying their spouse however sarah said it just depends on where we're going that's so her yeah i think she's honest um and it looks like we're getting house house okay because people are smart you can just yeah would you rather give someone 10 000 or get 10 000 oh i'd give it i love i'd rather give 10 000 all day long and i already know what you are tracy go ahead 10 000 you give it 100 can you get 10 000 or like and then like give it to somebody no you're just you have to like choose okay choose give or get i'll just give it give it oh yeah god will give me 10 000 back if i give it but oh yeah giving is way more fun more fun way

way more fun yeah it's way better never laugh again or never use your phone again never use my phone again i laugh way too much yeah never use my phone again i could give a rip i i have to laugh though i laugh a lot we do laugh a lot i love it there's nothing like better than life than laughing there isn't there isn't like what if you like somebody was saying funny stuff and you're just like yeah holding it in like so you could have your phone and this here's the thing most of us look at funny stuff on our phones so you're screwed true true time be healthy but look terrible or be unhealthy but look amazing i already know the answer to this question i love being unhealthy for the record but if I could look amazing and unhealthy all day long.

All day long. I don't feel good at all. All right. It's tragic. What happens if you feel terrible because you're unhealthy? I was already unhealthy and looking terrible, okay? So if I could be unhealthy and look amazing, that would solve all my problems. I'll just stick with it.

I would not have to go to the torture chamber every morning. That's true. You can choose just not to eat for the day and just feel. No, no, it's unhealthy or unhealthy. I know, but you don't have to be unhealthy every Tuesday. Yeah, that sold me. I'm sold. Unhealthy and amazing?

Yeah. Heck yeah. I would eat a box of donuts every single day. I know. Yeah. That would be so awesome. Cook dinner or go out to eat? yeah heck yeah I would eat a box of donuts every single day yeah it was so awesome um cook dinner or go out to eat I can't cook for crap I like I cook almost every night for myself but you're good though that's that's the difference

if I had to survive on my own cooking i'd be dead right now yeah that's true i'll cook i'll cook my own dinner i like cooking i like it i like can you eat somebody else's home cooked that's what i was just gonna say eat like yours because if i right then i'll eat yours you could and you choose not to no because you pick the grossest stuff oh my gosh unless it was rude Ruth Brice every night. Oh, okay. I'm still going to go out to eat. Just kidding. Like good food. Yeah, good food, I'll do that.

Chilies, I'm out. Oh, let's go out to dinner and I get to choose where I go out to dinner? 100%. Yeah. Because Ruth Brice I can do every single night. Good. But what if you had a personal chef that came and cooked all that stuff? All day long.

It doesn't say that. I know. I'm just saying. I'm just throwing that in there as an idea. All all day long I'd have somebody else cook for me yeah me too that means you can go somewhere quick with good food that's not gonna make you fat that's what that would be so good yeah work study with music or work study without with music I can't do it without without for me I can't with with if i have something playing it actually helps me focus more not me distracts me be able to fly for a day or be completely invisible for one day

oh this one's hard oh that's a good one that's a good one to be able to fly for a day or be completely invisible for one day i feel like you could do a lot more with invisible though. Oh gosh I could just find out so much information. The nosy in me which I've walked away from would love being invisible. But I'm short so like being able to fly means I can grab things I usually can't I have to climb for. That's pretty nice. That's true. Yeah short people have a have a hard time i'm gonna go with be invisible for one day i don't know but i won't be able to repeat what i hear okay wait so my gossiping would be i want to know okay so okay girls fly imagine where you could go in 24 hours that is true i'm Vanessa wants to be invisible. I'm going to do fly. Me and Logan will fly around together. Mom wants to be invisible, too.

I don't think I want to know anything that somebody doesn't want me to tell. And then, right. I mean, there's probably people that I'd be interested to be a fly on a wall, but I don't think I really want to know. I don't want to know. I'm going to stick with fly. So I'm going to fly. It's better not to know.

Heather, fly. Invisible. It's because you guys have no soul, and you guys have to know. Well, that's the not to know. Heather? Fly? Invisible. It's because you guys have no soul and you guys have to know. Well, that's the thing too. It's like do you know the amount of stuff that you just – nobody – it's like so easy. I could clean that. Life would be so easy for one day to be invisible. Yeah.

Nobody would bother you. That's true. Nobody would ask you a question. But if you're in the air and nobody else can be up there, then that solves that problem too. I'm invisible here anyway because I do my own thing, so I don't really have to worry about like. I can clean that sanctuary real quick flying.

So I'm going flying. Have a head the size of a watermelon or have a head the size of a tennis ball? Oh, dear Lord. I already have the head the size of a watermelon, so I'm going to stick with it. I'm going to stick with it. And there's nothing in there, so it's like, what's the point? Yeah. True.

I'm going to say watermelon. Watermelon. I feel like it looks so weird on your neck. To have a tennis ball? Yeah. At least with a watermelon, you have a little bit chance of being more attractive. What? With a tennis ball, you just do big bit chance of being more attractive. What?

Just do big hair. Oh. That's true. You'll just look like a mushroom. I'm going to go watermelon. Sneeze all the time. We only have four more questions. Sneeze all the time or hiccup all the time?

Hiccup hurts, though. Hiccuping hurts, though, after a while. I hate sneezing. Hiccup for me. So you're going to sneeze? No, I'm going to go with hiccup because you caning hiccup for me so you're gonna sneeze or no i'm gonna go with sneeze i mean hiccup because you can actually like conceal that better than like sneezing like every two seconds good point good point this one's a hard one and really dumb so i'll go with i'll go with hiccup too yeah that'd be really annoying and i would come to church and get prayed over and make it go away oh yeah if you're like travis tra Travis sneezes like a hundred times I know I think of that and I'm

like automatically go no no sneezing yeah I can see yeah I've sneezed like three or four times in a row and I'm lightheaded he sneezes like 20 yeah no way have one close friend or many friends one close friend one many friends? One close friend. One. Many friends is too complicated and too much drama. Speaking from experience. But I have lots of friends. I don't, see, I don't have, I have lots of friends, but I have very few close friends.

Like, not inner circle, because that sounds like now but see the thing is is i have lots of close friends but then i have friends beyond that i'm gonna stay with many friends you know i'll do because you actually change my mind i'm gonna do many friends because i do have a lot of friends i'd want to keep around instead of just one yeah hope's a good saleswoman i know you really are she's been like a lawyer or something. She sells it. Many. Many. Anybody else? Logan?

Sarah wants one close friend. Your mom wants one close friend. Jolene wants one close friend. I'll take many. That sounds about right. Have 10 pets or have 10 kids? God bless. How many?

Pets all day long. Pets all day long. Pets. And chickens. Oh, that's true. Yeah, I'll just do chickens. My body, 10. No, it's not saying you have to give birth to them.

Oh, that's true. To have 10 kids, 10 kids, like, asking questions? No. Good. I'll do 10 pets all day long. All day long. 10 kids. You want 10 kids? You've lost your mind you know you have to keep track of them right they can't go running into the street wait a funny story i thought

allison and brinley were actually in a root class the whole time from the beginning of january i thought they were actually with Kate and Josh. And then I found out they were never in a root class. So 10 kids, and look how good they've done. I know. Yeah, look how good they've done. I thought they were in the building. Yeah, they were online. But I thought they were actually.

Well, here's the thing. I'm telling you right now. Josh does, like, I don't know how to do this, but, like, if you have homeschool kids, and what's the age group for that Josh teaches the elementary right this I've never seen the older one so I don't know I can't speak to that but I'm just telling you if you have homeschool kids Josh and Kate Richter have a great program at the

elementary you can check out the ones higher than that because I don't know what they do for that. I don't know who teaches all of that, but I'm just telling you, Josh Richter does such a great job with those kids. Rootbible.com because I'm just telling you, he is so good at that. I agree. Oh, my gosh. I can't imagine. I personally am intrigued.

When I hear it, I'm like, what's going on yeah yeah yeah what's going on over there like he's so like yeah he's just very energetic i know he's a good teacher yeah like he keeps them like entertained yeah but learning right so good so good me with 10 kids i can promise you this. Me with 10 kids. Oh, my gosh. I can promise you this. If I had 10 kids, there would be maybe one alive left at the end of the day. Can it be me? Norma goes, can it be me? You can take Tommy out. Tommy, he annoys me.

Live in a busy city or live in the middle of nowhere. Live in the middle of nowhere. Live in the middle of nowhere. We already do that. All day long. Live in the middle of nowhere? Live in the middle of nowhere. Live in the middle of nowhere. We already do that. All day long. Live in the middle of nowhere. Listen, I love my earrings, and they bring back great memories. But I swear to you, that's in the past.

Like, living in a big city? No, they're super light. Oh, they're light. Living in a big city in comparison to living in a calm area where, like, it's very peaceful. You can go outside. You can see the stars. You know? You can hear the frogs doing whatever they make, the noise they make, the chirping of whatever makes the chirping, crickets.

I don't know. It's far superior than any city life. I know Vanessa said it was cool to fall asleep to the busy noise in the streets, but like she, she was so happy to be home. There's something to be said for if any of you city slickers disagree, that's fine. But I'm just saying middle of nowhere until you've done it. Yeah. It's everybody's agreeing with you. Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere. Until you've lived in a very tranquil, calm, you don't think you'll like it. Like, being in the city, I was like, how am I going to do this? How am I going to, like, acclimate to just a very, you acclimate way quicker than you think.

And it's really what life is all about. Life is supposed to be simple. I mean, it's truly supposed to be simple it's not supposed to be so yeah you know it's fun for a season right but after that season no thank you so i like being able to see the sky well that was fun yeah thank you for everybody who gave your two cents and chimed in appreciate it appreciate it a lot. We have the next question. We'll go over to the, I don't know if you posted that, but we'll bring that one over until Friday, which Friday, I mean,

I'm just telling you guys is the week's flying by, you blink, and the week is gone. Time is moving fast. It's crazy how fast time is moving. And before you know it, Logan will be popping out that puppy like that. I lived through Logan. It's going to be so cute. That baby is going to be so.

It's a V-Mix baby. It's so cute. Holy crap. Yeah. Her looks, her husband's looks. I know. The best looking baby ever. It's going to be a beautiful baby.

Your baby's going to be beautiful, girl. It will be. If you don't know Jesus, we're just going to go right into it. If you don't know Jesus, if you don't know, like, you know, Norma has gone over to Africa, and she's gone to, like, she's only gone twice. She's going to be wanting to head back there in July. But when you've seen people who live without and they have absolutely nothing and all they have is Jesus and the joy that they have it makes like it puts things into perspective on like understanding who Jesus is and who he is in your life and that you really don't have to have

anything else but him. You think that material things and that the world has so much to offer and that'll make you complete and that'll fill the void. But truthfully, the only thing that fills that void is Jesus. And you can have nothing like she has seen in Africa like they have nothing over there in these places that they go um to having everything and and you know Tom talks about when he was in law enforcement he went into the homes that had the mansions like things they had everything to the ones that had to the homes that had absolutely nothing and those two lifestyles were all the same when it came down to they were miserable people. Because the only thing that fulfills us and the only thing that makes us truly happy in life is the Lord. And God, when he created us, he created that God-shaped void

that can only be filled through Jesus Christ. And if you do not know him today, I can promise you, you can chase after the boat, the car, the house, the husband, the wife, the kids, whatever you're hoping. You're like, when I get this, I'll be happy. You will never be happy. I promise you that. The only thing that's going to make you happy in life is Jesus. That is it. And there was purpose to be like that. Because you were made to never be satisfied unless you have him. So if you don't know him as your Lord and Savior, I just invite you right now.

If you walked away from him, come back. Just by simply saying this prayer. Let's say it together dear heavenly father i thank you right now that you died on that cross and you bore those stripes for my healing and you died on the cross for my sin and you came to this earth rich but became poor so that i might be rich and lord i ask you to forgive me of my sin i will live for you the rest of my days and i thank you for what you did on that cross in jesus name amen if you said that prayer let us. We want to stand with you. We want to help you if you have any questions. And in the meantime, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. He will get you through whatever you're, what you need him to get you through. And we will help you

if you need help, but get into a really good church, something solid and become a disciple for him so that you can win the lost and then continue to disciple believers in Jesus name thank you very much for tuning in thank you for being a part of today so glad you got to be with me Thank You Tracy Heather and Logan as always what a great team we have Logan until she has a baby and then after that we're Logan-less. But in the meantime, we are Logan-full. So, and we're just gonna all watch her grow

because she's gonna grow and she's gonna expand and it's gonna be fun. Have a great day. Have a fun night. See you on Friday. Thank you for tuning in. Be blessed. Amen. Have a fun night. See you on Friday. Thank you for tuning in. Be blessed.

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