The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S01-E85 | 11-08-23

Episode Date: November 13, 2023

The Hope Hotline | S01-E85 | 11-08-23

Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Well, thank you. If you stayed with us while we were having technical difficulty, we're learning people.

We're a work in progress around here. Is your heart beating a mile a minute, Tracy? I'm calmer now. I was for a second. She's calmer, even though you can't see her. She has herself on a split screen somewhere else now. I'm here. You're calmer now?

I'm a little more calm. What happened, Tracy? Aaron saved the day. Aaron saved the day. a little more calm. What happened, Tracy? Aaron saved the day. Aaron saved the day. Of course he did. What happened, Tracy? Well, Sound Mixer decided to be offline today, and I just assumed it would be online.

We're going to check that from now on. Always. Because you know what? We're a work in progress. We are. I am. That doesn't mean that it can't just fall off by itself because listen before tom's podcast yeah i know i'm not getting you aaron has checked that thing what do you mean you know uh no i heard i heard some stuff about yesterday oh i don't know about that all i know know is, oh, yeah, that's right.

Last night was a hot mess for the poor kid. But he's a man, but he's still a kid to me. So this has happened. He has checked it, which you did not. But he has checked it before. Yeah. An hour before the show. And then on Tom's podcast. And then all of a sudden, just before we're supposed to go on,

everything goes like for some reason. And he is running around like he starts sweating profusely. He's hot and cold flashes. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's not cool. No, it's not. Technology is not fun. And the learning process of it is even better. Yeah, it's hard because things happen randomly. And then it's like you learn one time how to do one thing, but then it's different the second time. Like even this, I knew that we went into a certain section and looked for it, but then there's like 90,000 options. Well, which one is it?

And then we click the right one and it doesn't. So Aaron saved the day again. Yeah, because Aaron's had to figure all this stuff out. Plus, Aaron knows computers. He does. Do you know computers, Tracy? Aaron saved the day again give him a raise yeah because Aaron's had to figure all this stuff out plus Aaron knows computers he does do you know computers Tracy

no I know Macs like I know a Macbook I know Premiere Pro I know Lightroom like things that I use but even when I stopped using Premiere Pro

which is a video like creating videos when I don't do that often I totally forget how to use it yeah uh huh so

but you better get back on that bicycle, sister, and you better start figuring it out. Hey. Because. Sink or swim. What? As you see, I have a whole crew today. This never happens.

Never. I got my own. What is that? What was it Arsenio Hall used to call him? Live studio audience? No. Like, it was a live studio audience, but he, but he had a name that he called them. Oh, my gosh.

I don't know. I don't know. Whatever it is, I got that over there. And they're doing, ooh, ooh, ooh. Oh, my gosh. Because that's what we do here. I was about to say on the TLP. This ain't the TLP.

I'm the whole pot line. No, it's not. Okay, so I got my girls. Yep. Oh. What do you think? not. Okay, so I got my girls. Yep. Oh. What do you think? Sweet. Okay.

Pop this baby up. All right. So Vanessa and I went last night. What? We did. We went. What'd you think? So yeah, this is Evangelist and Kit.

And he's in Sarasota. And he's got a nice big tent that you can go to for Tent of Miracles. And it's November 5th to the 10th. So you've missed a couple of nights. But they say, do not come alone, bring the lost, the dying, the sick, and the suffering. If you have never seen miracles in your life, then this is the week to come witness them firsthand. The blind see the crippled walk, the deaf hear, and the fire of the Holy Ghost made manifest, which this is the copy from their website. And this is everything that Vanessa and I saw last night. Oh, that is so awesome.

Like how many people were there last night? A lot. Like the whole like the whole tent was full. OK, so people better go early to get a seat. Right. It opens at six. That's my point. Yeah, it opens at six.

To get a seat. To get a seat. And it starts at seven. OK. And he's laying hands on everybody tonight. It opens at six. To get a seat. To get a seat. And it starts at seven. Okay. And he's laying hands on everybody tonight. So this is Wednesday, the 8th. And tonight he's laying hands on everybody. Anybody who breathes?

Anybody who breathes. Me and Tom are going tonight. Okay. So. Yeah, it was awesome. That's awesome. Yeah. I didn't know you were going there last night.

I couldn't have gone. It was kind of like a last minute thing. Oh, a last minute decision? That was sweet to go and support him like that. Yeah, yeah. I like that. Yeah, it was good. I'm sure he appreciated it.

Yeah, it was good. Did he see you? I think so. And then Allison wanted to go up for prayer. Did she get prayed for? Because she gets heartburn when she runs. So she wanted a miracle in her body last night. Little cutie? Yeah. Aw. I know. So she wanted a miracle in her body last night. I little cutie.

Yeah. Oh, I know. So, so Jer went up with her. Um, the line was very long last night. Oh really? He prayed for people that had incurable disease first. And that line, it was almost like heartbreaking. So I was like, okay, they're going to get healed. I'm not going to be sad because they're going to get healed. But there was a lot of people there with incurable diseases. Don't like that. I know. And then after he said, if you have, if you need a miracle in your body, um, you can come up in line after that. So. Okay. Yeah. But that doesn't mean they're going to die just because you have an incurable disease. Like one guy had an eye issue, um, where he couldn't see like the peripherals ever. And, um, he got hands laid on him and now he can.

Sweet. So it's just like. Good stuff. Yeah, good stuff. Good stuff. I heard there's a special guest on Friday night coming. Oh, I missed that. Maybe not.

Maybe I should shut up. I'm going to shut up. Okay. Hey. I didn't hear anything. You didn't say anything. I don't. Hey. I didn't hear anything. You didn't say anything. I don't know anything. You didn't say anything.

I didn't hear nothing. It's a good thing not a lot of people watch this thing. Oh, my gosh. It's a good thing we're late. Yeah, we messed up today. Good thing we're late right now. I'll make sure that's the replay video. Oh, my gosh.

Dear Lords of Mercy. Dear Lords of gosh. Dear lords of mercy. Dear lords of mercy. Go out and support him, though. I mean, he's a great preacher and sweet guy. Yeah. I mean, he's a sweet guy. Yeah. So, all righty-roo.

Go to the next thing, sister. I'm glad you made that. Thank you so much for doing that for me. Yeah, absolutely. I've got to make up for all the issues. Shut up. All right. So we're all here.

Thank you for coming back on. We've got a good amount of people watching. You guys are the best. All right. So Facebook, like, share, and comment. Make sure that we know you're here. Let us know if you're not in the area and we don't know you personally. Let us know where you're watching from.

If you're on YouTube, you can comment on there. My husband is on and making comments. Of course. That's the reason why Jer wanted a tent last night. Yeah. He's all inspired. He's inspired. I'm like, oh, my gosh.

He's sending me texts about. Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah i'm like jare we're in the middle of a building project and you want me to put a tent out there when i have a perfectly good building are you surprised no no thank you norma god bless no but i he made he's making me laugh because i'm trying to get in here for tom's podcast i'm sitting there going chair you're killing me dude you're killing me of course he Of course he is. He told me, he's like, yeah, I told her we're going to get a tent and everything. And I'm like, go get a tent. I'm like, do you understand the expense of a tent? Because he told us about it last night. So apparently Jer is not concerned.

So it's extremely expensive to have a tent. And I'm like, do you realize how much money I could put? Instead of putting a tent outside, let's fix what we got. Yeah. I don't want to spend and waste money. And he's telling me to put a tent out there when I got a perfectly good air conditioned. I said,

do you do understand? We have an air conditioned building that we can go. We don't need to put a tent right next to the building that we can attend. He's just like Africa. He feels like he's back in africa again i see no animals giraffes lions oh it's the tent it's just the tent okay but on cat is there because he has no church right he's an evangelist but jared didn't care because it felt like Africa. Okay.

You need to go back to Africa. I know. You're living in Northport. You attended church in Northport. That has a building. That's true. Oh, my goodness. Dear me, oh, my. That man.

He makes me laugh. Okay. Okay. Wait. I'm not done yet. Okay. Oh, yeah. Go, go, go, go.

Yeah. So we got YouTube. And again, comment with Jare. And you can subscribe. And then when you subscribe, if it goes to your email, it'll pop up and remind you that we're live today. Black Robe, comment, subscribe there as well. And last but definitely not least is Rumble. We got a lot of conversation going.

Aaron is in here. He said he was sweating like crazy during that time. And some other comments that I will not say online. And we have a bunch of people on right now. So Sean's on. Sean was there last night, too, at the Tent of Miracles. And we actually saw Lynn. Miss Lynn was there.

It was a bunch of people there last night. So it was really cool. I'm glad people went out there. Yeah, me too. That makes me happy. I know. It night. So it was really cool. I'm glad people went out there. Yeah, me too. That makes me happy. I know. It was good. It was really good.

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Multi-purpose. As you know, if you don't know, ask Logan in the comments and she'll explain why that spoon is a multi-purpose, uh, spoon. And then go back to that because we've got the hands here. That's Norma's hand that we've discussed before. Norma's tiny little hand. So we're going to make Norma use her circus freakish hands. We're going to make her show them to everybody. Heather's saying it's $25. Oh, I thought $25. Okay.

I'm getting corrected. $25 or more. I'm getting corrected in the middle of the thing. She is so dang funny. She is. Oh, my gosh. Norma, show them your freakish circus-like hands. Okay, yeah, it is.

Okay, put your hand up to Vanessa. Norma is a normal-size human being. Vanessa is a normal-size. No, because Tracy is Amazon woman. No, I'm only like 5'8 1⁄2". 5'8 1⁄2"? No, like, no. No, Talia.

Talia. Norma and Talia. No, like, no. No, Talia. Talia. Norma and Talia are the same size. Look. Is my hand that big? No, that's how small Norma's is. They're not that small. Norma, you have the hands of a five-year-old. Kid you not.

Right there. There it is. Look how cute those little hands are. Aw, they're such little is. They're tiny. Look how cute those little hands are. They're such little hands. They're tiny. Logan, they're tiny, aren't they? Brenly's hands are almost the same size. Okay, how old is Brenly?

Seven. Okay, there you go. The size of a five-year-old. Seven-year-old Brenly. She's seven. That's a pretty decent size. Okay, seven, five, two years difference. It makes no difference to me.

As I said, adolescent child. Okay. So go ahead. Last but not least. Yes. Send in your questions. Please keep sending them in. Anything that you got.

Anything at all. Send it in. Hope's asked. If Hope doesn't answer it, that's just impossible. Because Hope answers all the questions. If you don't know, go back to last week. Even the freaky deaky ones. Even the spicy ones. We answer them all from, well, we just answer them all. Okay. So listen, I was on my way here and when I picked the shirt out of the closet today i thought to myself you

know i'm gonna wear this shirt it's kind of risky for me are you ready for this trace no no keep keep going this is part of the issue like dropping but yeah no okay okay i'm almost there so i picked this shirt out and this shirt i have not worn in a really long time and there's reasons why i haven't worn it for a really long time. Because the last time I wore this shirt, or one of the last times, I kid you not, it's probably been a year and a half since I wore this shirt. And I like this shirt a lot. But I hated it shortly thereafter. I saw a picture of myself.

Went to the river, I was praising the Lord. And then somebody captured a horrendous picture of me like the river has like photographers all over the place and so in the middle of me worshiping our Lord and Savior yeah put that up this is what's put in their magazine look look at like I'm a flying squirrel. Like, literally, I could take off at any minute. Look at those arms. Like, I was like, what in the, why would you, why would you even use that picture? I know.

Or post that picture? It was on social media. It was a boy. What? It had to be a boy. Oh, like somebody who doesn't have any sense of like self-awareness. Yeah. Maybe that was like a wide angle lens.

It's a straightforward picture, Vanessa. Put that picture back up. Okay, okay. This is fat hope, straightforward, like face to face. Literally, whoever took this picture, that camera could have kissed my lips. I mean, I am like face, like face like face face face to face okay this isn't like a tall person looking down or shooting down or somebody on their knees shooting up no this is a face-to-face hideous picture but i put you see your arms but i see

your face like you're having a moment i know look how beautiful you look there i see your arms but I see your face like you're having a moment I know look how beautiful you look there I see your arms thank you Logan because here's the thing Vanessa will die and go straight to hell for life I just told her that earlier that's not wrong no no no my cup is always half full right okay always if you could see my face right now, people. Half full of my butt. Do you want me to do it? Like I can do the side by side. Yeah.

Let's do a side by side. Like this? Okay. Now look how far. Like I said to them on the way here, I was like, if I've made any progress whatsoever, we're going to do a side by side. Yeah. If not, I had to like look at myself in the mirror before I even let them see it.

But look at this. Praise ye the Lord. I'm like way different. Like, Jesus, thank you, Lord. I know, I know. Dad had the same size arms in that photo. Thank you, Norma. You look great now.

Look at you. I know. Look how thin you got. So beautiful. Look at them guts. That's good. I mean, I still got, I got, I got some cellulite that's got to go, but overall. I know, you look good.

That's why I pull those back. You do look smoking. Thank you, Dara. Yeah. Okay. Enough about that. But I'm just saying. I know saying i know big difference that a huge difference like a big like a big difference i know and like not a lot of flippity-floppity i literally

could not if i climbed a tree and went to take off i'd go smacking down on that ground before i take flight and be like an eagle soaring through the air. I just want to see you climb a tree. Oh, I used to. Oh, girl. I can still climb a tree. That's so funny. It might take me a little bit longer,

but I can still climb a tree. I can climb a tree. I've climbed one. Like a four-foot tree. Oh, my gosh. What? Like a four-foot step ladder tree. No.

Uh-uh. I can climb a tree. I got enough monkey in me left. Okay. A little bit. That might be a good commercial. What is that? A good commercial. Me climbing a tree? I don't know. Let me work out just a little bit longer. Get a little more upper body strength. Okay. And then let's talk. Fair enough. But I could climb a tree. All right, are we ready to go? I'm ready. You and my little peanut gallery over there. Oh, my goodness. All right.

I did. Normally, I don't have Norma. Sometimes I do have Talia. I definitely don't always have Vanessa. But they even, like Aaron even bought a special mic for Vanessa. He did. Yeah, he did. Kudos to Aaron for that.

Thank you, Aaron. Yes. So make sure you use that, Vanessa. Check, check, one, two, one, two. Oh, dear Lord's of mercy. Somebody, like, you can tell that she's on the worship team. Yeah. She's done that a few times. Yeah.

All right, let's go to our first question. We're going to have lots of opinions because there's lots of people. And please listen, we have the air condition running in here, so we're not sweating to death. If you hear the air condition, let us know. If you don't, don't let us know. We don't need to know. We'll know if you can hear it it's been coming on on and off kicking it's hot okay turn it on we're not sweating like we normally are it's a sweatshop in here i feel like i'm i feel like i'm in china on wednesdays and fridays working in a sweatshop it's funny true except i'm not sewing putting putting together meaningless pieces of equipment.

That's what Norma and Talia paid minimum menial amounts of money to do that. Okay, now we just turned on the air condition, so if you can hear it, let us know. So let's do the first question, okay? Let's get to the bigger important things. Besides

my arms, we'll know the tent meeting's important. Yeah, important yeah that was good yeah but other than that everything else is off to the the side okay and i'm still gonna go longer how late was i 15 minutes about that yeah okay we're gonna go oh we're gonna go 15 minutes late later because I'm 15 minutes late. Unless I answer all my questions. Then forget it. Then we'll go off. First question.

What is godly communication? And I think that this is a great question and a super important question because I don't think people know what godly communication is at all. At all. I was just, I got my hair done yesterday. I got my hair cut and colored by my friend Jolene. And well, she actually, that's what she does for a living, but besides being my friend. So Jolene and I were actually talking about this particular subject. And so let us look at what the Bible says about it. So James 1.19, we're going to look at the New Living Translation. We're going to use a lot of the New Living Translation today

because it's really good at breaking it down in a much easier way to understand. James 1.19 says, Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters, you must all be quick to understand. James 1.19 says, Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters. You must all be quick to listen. Quick to listen. I'm going to say that again. Quick to listen. Slow to speak.

Slow to speak. And slow to get angry. That's my problem. Well, my problem is all three of those. Oh, my gosh. Let's face it. But all of that is, so that verse is pretty self-explanatory, right? Slow, quick to listen, so shut up.

Slow to speak, shut up, and slow to get angry. Control your flesh. So when you're arguing, you're having a difference of opinion with somebody, you're being a mediator, you got to listen a lot. You got to wait to give your opinion, which is not always easy. This is probably, this scripture right here is super hard for me. Like, super hard, because I am extremely carnal in this area, big time.

And I'm not, like, I would say, I'm mostly like this with my kids, and when I say my kids kids I add Heather into that mix because the three of them taught my son and my daughter and then Heather who I consider to be like a daughter all three of them I tell them all the time you three know how to push my buttons more than anybody in this entire flippin world I don't love anybody outside of my husband, probably. I love those three like off the charts, but like when it comes to being, you know,

quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to get angry, they don't experience that a lot. They get the opposite of that a lot with me. So you're supposed to hold off on getting mad. And I'm just saying like, if people did this in their marriages which I do in my marriage I will say my kids have always

it's not been the easiest with my kids but with Tom, super easy but if people would actually I'm looking at the girls if people would actually do this in their marriages with their kids, there would be so much less fighting. The fighting would like plummet. And so would the household.

The household would be so calm. It would be so chill. Because if you really think about it, there's not that much. If you just shut up long enough, there's not usually... Okay, keep going. Is that bad? Okay. Oh, I hear something. You guys don't hear any. I didn't know if we were getting shut down again. If we actually applied this biblical scripture, we'd find out that the things we fight over are like so stupid, so menial,

and it's not worth fighting over. But a lot of times, the reason why we are not quick to listen and we're not slow to speak, is because we have an agenda, we have pride, and we have to get our way. And so when you add one or all of those three, it's a deadly combination because a lot of it, it's all self. It's all about me. And when you go into an argument or if you go into a discussion where the agenda is all me, that's a, you're walking in losing.

You're already on the losing ground of things. So that's the reason why it's super important to apply that scripture, because you would find out you fight less and you fight less because you realize if I would have just shut up and listened to them before I started speaking, I would have realized either we're both on the same page about something or like we just don't understand each other and there's really no reason to get mad. Correct? Yeah. Yeah. Very good.

Philippians 2, 14 through 15. So the first rule I would say to godly communication is hold off on your agenda. Be careful about your motives. Look at it and see if it's pride that's getting away. But quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to get angry. Those three things. I would write those things down for good godly communication. Because if you apply those three things right there, you will probably communicate in a Christ-like manner

almost always with your family or friends as well. Philippians 2, 14 through 15 says, Do everything without complaining and arguing. Huh. Hmm. Huh. That's interesting. Do everything without complaining and arguing so that no one can criticize you.

Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. So most of the time when friends get together, family get together, what do they do? Well, besides gossip, what do they do? Especially if you're around older family members. All they do is complain. All they tell you about is every daggum ache and pain everybody that's against them or they has that has a problem there's usually a whole lot of complaining a whole lot of unsatisfied whatever it is, and they're going to share their unsatisfaction with you,

which is complaining, whether it be going to the store. You know what I find is people who are older, like when they worked, they were so busy that the little things didn't bother them. Okay, so now they're retired, and they haven't filled their life up. So every little thing that's like a negative now becomes like such a big deal when in all actuality, it's nothing. The whole lot of nothingness. And back in the day when they actually worked and they actually

were more fulfilled in their life life they looked at it as a whole bunch of nothingness but now they have nothing uh they like they do they just don't realize it so the the the small menial things become things to complain about become i mean look at hoas if you don't live in the area when an hoA is a housing. It's a de-restricted neighborhood owners association. It's something. Homeowners Association. Thank you. Golly.

So what it is, it's a bunch of people that if you live in a neighborhood around here, it's a group of people that have been elected to officially make sure that the property maintains its values, right? So you'll have a president, a vice president, things like that, right? A treasurer, you're going to have homeowner's dues. They make sure that the homeowner's dues are applied to the proper things and then people in the neighborhood will report people for having too many cars

in the driveway. Weeds. Weeds. Apparently somebody's got weeds. All the time. The littlest you have to get permission. In some neighborhoods, what paint color you have on your house. Can't have stickers on your vehicle. Yeah.

Stick. Can't have your trash. Do share, Tracy. Yeah. Trash can can't stay out past a certain time. You can't see your trash can from the road. You have to have a fence up. You can't do electrical work without a permit.

Not a permit to the city, A permit to the HOA. Which I'm like, listen, as soon as I don't have to be. You know what that is for? Of course. Everything's money. And so the HOA continues to make money. Oh, yeah. And it's all a sham. Yeah, it is.

It's all a sham. And then there's the older people on their bikes riding by on Tuesday night. Inspecting. To ride them up. Taking their pictures. It's like, get a life. Get a life. But that's what this verse is for. Complainers.

People who like to argue. People who like confrontation. I'm not... I don't shy away from confrontation, but it is not what I love. I much rather... I would love never to do it.

I would love not to have to confront things, right? Or confront people. But that's not real life. Real life, especially if you are in charge of things, right? If you're in charge of things, well, you're going to have to confront people and situations. It stinks, but that's life.

You got to do it. But some people thrive on it. They love it. I mean, that's what they get their kicks on. If you like that stuff, you need to be thinking about that. I just think that that's crazy to love, to confront people and have a stir. I don't,

it's not cool. But a lot of times, a lot of times that's what, as you get older and more retired and God's not the center of things you love, you don't have anything else going. So you love to complain. And it happens even with younger people. Like if you work in an office, you're in an office, what do people do? They sit and gossip about each other or they sit and complain about each other. Like they always have something. It's the always trying to climb the ladder and you'll knock somebody down and you complain about them.

You'll not tell the truth about them. It happens in all aspects of life. But it seems like it's way more prevalent on the whole the older you get because your plate's not full. Does that make sense? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Now, I'm going to tell you, Tom's not a big complainer. And he has taught me to complain far less.

Because I used to be a critical person and a big, huge complainer. And then he gave me that scripture. He gave me that scripture. That's how I know it. And then you sit there and go, I'm not allowed to do that. Shut up. So you try and watch your words and you try and be careful. And the thing is, is a lot of times people think that unless you're saying something, they feel like they always have to be saying something. Now, I don't feel like that. Now,

listen, when I get in this room and we're all hanging out, I talk. But on the whole, I'm not, I usually am not talking a bunch. Now, my kids and Heather would tell you differently to a certain extent. But with, like, I think like Tracy would sit there and say, even Vanessa, like I talk, but I don't talk a whole lot. Correct. I don't like have to be the center of attention. I don't have to be filling. If there's the room is quiet, I don't have to be making sure that there's communication because let your words be few. That's what the word says over and over and over again.

And if you are always talking, you're probably saying things that you shouldn't be saying. So learn to be quiet. There's a value in not talking, not having to say something. Next one, Proverbs 11, 13. A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence. Proverbs 2019, a gossip goes around telling secrets, so don't hang around the chatterers. Okay, gossip is a cancer. So first of all, godly communication is quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to get angry.

The next one is no arguing and complaining. Notice arguing is in there again. And then this one is saying no gossiping. So good godly communication is five things so far. A quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to get angry. Then it's, the next one is no complaining, no arguing again. And then the next one is no gossiping. You sit there and go, well, what in the heck? If you examine what you say, like every time you're about to speak, somebody told me this one time, before you talk, before you say something, think about what you're going to say before you say it and make sure that it fits like a good godly criteria. And I realized

that's one of the ways I stopped gossiping because I found out like I gossip a lot, a lot more. You say a lot of words that you don't even know you say. And it was a great training ground for me to learn to shut up because if you examine what you're about to talk about before you talk about it you'll find out that's not good godly communication i probably i'm not saying that i'm not going to say that it doesn't need to be said you'll find out you talk a whole lot less you'll run your smack a whole lot less i will say i have uh vanessa i've known vanessa for how many years vanessa have we known each other i think it's going on like 10 years yeah it's a long time um and then tracy how many years have i known you known you like three and a half three and a half but i spend a lot of time

i spend a lot of time with both of them to a certain extent, mostly like Tracy. I talked to a lot. I would say now you guys can say feel free to say that's not true. But I would say that if you attend this church or if you know Tom and I, you're not going to hear us talk about other people. If there's something going on in the church, unless you need to know about it, you're not going to hear about it. That's true. Very true. We don't gossip. Yeah. That's not going to happen. That's something that Tom and I had to learn and that we have implemented big time. It'll destroy staff. It'll destroy friendships. It'll destroy staff. It'll destroy friendships. Everything. So gossip is bad, guys. It separates close friends.

It separates you. Obviously, it's going to separate you from the one you're gossiping with. But you're probably closer with the one you're gossiping with than the one you're gossiping about. It'll separate you from close friends. It will ruin the relationships. So for me, if I call you friend, it's not worth it for me to talk to you about something that you have no business knowing about and I have no business talking about.

So the staff, if you are on staff, which Tracy is, Vanessa and her husband now are because he's our pastoral counselor. So if your husband and you meet with somebody, unless it's financially necessary that they have to come and talk to us about it, like somebody needs help, benevolence help, we don't know about it. Unless we need to know about it,

what's discussed privately between them and whomever that might be stays in that room, keeps it private. We don't share amongst ourselves. And then, like I will say to you, like when I meet with somebody, I don't go and talk to Tom about it. Tom may know I'm meeting with somebody, but he doesn't know what's been shared. And I can promise you this. If you've met with Tom, the odds are on the whole,

I never even know what's discussed. If I'm supposed to know, I would have been in the room. Otherwise, I don't need to know about it. It's none of my business. I think that confidentiality is huge. We need to keep things to ourselves. What we think we need to talk about so much about,

we find out that most everything we say either causes an argument, can cause an argument, can cause divisiveness, which gossip does, can be deceptive because lying is done through speaking. A lot of things that we say is not good godly communication. And if it's not, if it doesn't fit that bill, then you need to keep it to yourself. You just need to keep your mouth shut. And I'm going to tell you why. This is how we should live. Proverbs 29, 11 says, a fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. That is huge. Unless your feelings build somebody up and it brings them encouragement. And sometimes, like, I was kidding.

Like, when I said, like, I didn't want anybody to see my arms unless I really had, they'd look different. See, the thing is, is Tracy would have said, yeah, your arms look like flying squirrel. Logan would have said your arms look like flying squirrel. Logan would have said, your arms look like flying squirrel. Now, Vanessa, no. Vanessa would have worked it around so that she didn't have to. You're trying.

At least you're trying. Look at your beautiful face. Look at your beautiful face. I really wasn't looking at your arms. I was just looking at how you were praying and worshiping God. But also, I mean that. You didn't see me, I went. But also, I mean that.

Yeah. I understand you mean that. But you also mean it so you don't have to be mean. So you can go around not having to say the direct truth, which I'm a direct truth person. And so sometimes telling someone the truth, and Tom always says you tear people, and it is biblically true, you tear things down to build it back up. Okay. Sometimes telling people the truth will tear them down, but the encouraging part is it builds them back up into being the person that God's called them to be. So

unless your thoughts and your feelings are not encouraging to somebody,'m I'll give you an example telling somebody like I used to be one of these people if I walked into a room and you were not in a really good outfit I might be the one to tell you that looks really bad why are you in that right that's not's not needed. Like keep that to yourself. Nobody asked you. Nobody wants it. That's not encouraging or building anyone up. It's actually extremely immature on our parts to be.

And listen, again, speaking from experience, I used to do it. My mother used to say to me, when are you going to learn tact? I thought to myself, I'm not quite sure. I don't know when. Because I was so spiritually immature and not just immature, but I was also thoughtless, careless, and unkind. And it really is those things. Unless somebody asks you your opinion about something,

they don't need to know your opinion. They don't, like, what makes me think what I feel means so much to them. Guess what? It doesn't. If it did, they would have asked me. They didn't, so they don't really care about my opinion. And they shouldn't.

So those are the super, super important things. I would say this. I would say, and I use this perfect example of, again, I'll use Tracy. When Tracy and I are together, I think important communication is there have been times where both of us have had to be extremely honest with one another. And the manner in which you're very honest with someone shows the level of respect and care that you have for that individual as friends, colleagues, or whatever. So you should always handle that. But if you were to ever sit in on one of my conversations with Tracy, you would see that it's almost always, if not always, godly communication.

Neither one of us go beyond where we're supposed to go in talking ever. It doesn't happen. Because she's trying to be a godly woman and watch what she's doing and not ruin her anointing and same with me. People don't think that it messes with the anointing that God has on you, but it does. Like when you cross lines, you're opening the door to things that you have no business doing.

You're compromised and things like that. I want no part of it because I want to do bigger and greater things for the Lord. So anything that would keep that from happening. So you know what happens is there are times when me and Tracy are together. We don't talk. Iron sharpens iron. And if we can't sharpen one another, guess what? Doesn't mean that she's not a great friend of mine and that I feel very close with her. And I think Vanessa could say the same thing since I've known her a long time, but sometimes you just are going to be quiet. It's not because you're

not great friends. It's just because there's nothing that is good that can be said. I think that we think of communication completely wrong in marriage and friendships. The word is very clear, weirdo, to sharpen each other. I think when God thinks of communication, it should be on things like the Bible, about praying over one another, sharing. And when I say sharing what someone is walking through, I don't mean gossiping about what somebody is walking through. I mean, if you're in a Bible study and something breaks your heart for someone and you know that they're genuinely walking through something and they are striving after God and trying to get to that place, you and that person you're with stopping and saying, you know, we're going to pray over them. We're going to pray a covering over them instead of talking about them. Why do you think they're really walking through that?

Why do you think that they're really going through that? What do you think? Could it be this? That's not godly communication. It's looking at that situation and saying, you know what? We are going to cover that person. We are going to stand by that person. We are going to protect that person.

We are going to love and cover them. That's what Godly communicate. That's why I truly believe that's what the Lord intended for all of us to always speak and do with one another, not the other. That's why our words are what we say. Life and death is held in the tongue. The word is so clear and it lays out boundaries on how we should speak. Speak about one another, speak to one another, speak to the Lord. I mean, even in our prayer

time, he gives us great guidelines on how to do that. So we do that appropriately, right? Psalms 141.3 says, take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips. How many of us pray, Lord, guard what I say? If you're not, you should. Because he will, just like he did with me. Let's challenge ourselves to say, before I say this, is this something that fits the guidelines of what the word of God says is good godly communication?

If it's not, don't say it. Don't let your carnal nature overcome and your flesh wins when your God man, your spirit man should win. If you watch what you say, you will be shocked how far you will go, spiritually speaking. The mind, the soul, everything.

Your prayer time, you watch what you say and you'll be shocked at how far less life is complicated for you because you eliminate so many hurdles for yourself. A lot of times we just say what we want to say and we cause conflict within our own homes and within our own friendships because of ungodly communication, things that never should have been said. We're just talking to talk. We're not to talk to talk. That's not what it's about. Let your words be few. And let's see, let me move past here because I love this scripture. And I will tell you this, if there's anything you take

away from godly communication, write this verse, and I will use the amplified on purpose, write this verse somewhere because if it doesn't make you shut up, I don't know what will. And it is that important that you watch your words. Matthew 12, 36 says, but I tell you on the day of judgment, people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak. A lot of times we don't think, it's like, it doesn't really matter. Oh, it matters. It matters a lot. Be careful of what you say, because on the day of judgment, you will give an account for it. And you want to give a good accounting, not one where you go, I didn't really mean it. Then it didn't need to be said. If you don't really mean what you're saying, then don't say it. It's

unnecessary. Arguing, quarreling, you know, getting quarrel, quarreling and all this other stuff. It's unnecessary. So let's run the list. So quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to get angry, no gossiping, no complaining. I would include do not lie because a lot of times when we communicate, we're either speaking half truth or exaggerations or just we're flat out dishonest. And what's the other one? You're going to give an account and no gossip. I already said that. You're going to give an account. Who wants to give an account for something that they should have never said? And really, if they would have thought about it, never would have said it.

So just shut up. Learn to be quiet. A fool uttereth all his thoughts is what it says. And in biblical times, to be called a fool was one of the highest insults you could give somebody. Let us not be foolish. Let's just be quiet, talk less. And listen, you can talk way more, but let's use our biblical knowledge. Iron sharpens iron.

Let's encourage each other with the word. Let us speak life into one another. Let's encourage each other with the word. Let us speak life into one another. Let us cover one another with blessings. I mean, the word is full of times where people blessed each other. Let's focus on that instead of tearing each other down, right? Yeah. Has anybody got anything to add to that no that was all really good what is that that was really good congratulations beauty baby yeah did somebody clap for me i did of course it was of course it's tracy of course tracy's one of the greatest cheerleaders of all time i know i was actually actually impressed i wasn't roped in with vanessa because you said that i was gonna say

you were what i was roped in i was not roped in with Vanessa. I thought you were going to say, like, I wouldn't be honest about the squirrel arms. No, you would be. Yeah, you would be. You wouldn't like it, but you would be. Way more than her. She's way too sweet. You're sweet. I'm not sweet.

But listen. At all. But listen, I've seen you take, like, bum rush. How tall was that guy? He was like 6'3". She used to play basketball, right? And I saw her like bulldoze. This guy, she was mad.

And I have never, like that was shocking. But I was like, you go girl. I loved it. I was like, you go, girl. I loved it. I was like, I ain't never seen this side of you. Like, you got some spunk. I love it. You're not letting nobody push you around. You've never seen Vanny. So,

I feel like you need to be exposed. Yeah. Well, when does she come out? On Halloween? Is she a character of some sort? Because I don't feel like I seen her once at youth group and I actually felt like I was in trouble. Oh, really? Yeah. Like the kids were talking over her and she pulled out her mom voice and I was like, Ooh, like, well, that's interesting. I know. I was like, is she joking? Is she being, she was not. And she didn't, it wasn't just like a quick I was like, is she joking? Is she being? Absolutely not.

She was not. And she didn't, it wasn't just like a quick rebuke. Like she made sure those kids knew. Don't do it again. Don't do it again. I would love, I would love to see that. I was, yeah. Listen, known her for 10 years.

Never have seen that ever. You know why? Because I'm slow to speak. Oh, mic drop. No, I'm slow to speak. Oh. Mic drop. Come on now. No, I don't think that's it. No. Oh, man. I don't think that's it.

It might be partially it, but you hate confrontation. I don't like it. I can do it. I just don't like it. You wait. Listen, if you can do all things to avoid it, everything to avoid it. Yes. And I have a threshold.

At all times. Once it's over that threshold. Watch out. Gloves are coming off. Yeah. Interesting. Same. The boxer in you is coming out.

Interesting. I would love to see that. I seriously would. I believe it. I mean, not with me, but somebody deserving. Yeah. Which I might have been deserving. I just don't want to see it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't want to be a part of that. Oh, that's good. That would be nice. But I was thinking about your list that you just shared. Yeah. And how all of it is so simple, but it's not easy. You know why?

Yeah. Because you defy your flesh. Yeah. The carnal nature is so big. We walk around, nobody fasts. Nobody fasts. And so your carnal nature is so fat, it's obese. And it wins out every single time.

It's obese and it wins out every single time. It's obese. So unless you learn to fast and where your spirit man is bigger than your flesh man or your carnal man, it ain't gonna win and you'll never win. It's super simple. If you examine everything you're about to say before you say it, you'd find out you talk a lot less.

You would. I talked a lot less this weekend. You talked a lot less this weekend. Why is that, Logan? I had family in town. I was about to say, family in town? Yep. When you were talking, I was like, man, I really was quiet.

I was really quiet. But if it wasn't fruit coming from my mouth, I didn't engage. It's wise. Like there are family gatherings that not so much on my side of the family, but on my husband's side of the family. He's got wonderful family. My husband's got great family. But we got wonderful family. He's like, my husband's got great family. But we are diametrically different on so many things that we all have to shut up.

We all, some people don't. But on the whole, everybody just is quiet. And it's super surfacy and super shallow. And that's rough rough not having a common great people but far better to be quiet you'll win people to the lord instead of shoving your theology down their throat until they're ready to receive it but being quiet is way better but some people can't do that some, every time they come to a family gathering and they're believers, every single time they walk in the door, they start trying to win the

lost. And every single person that's not saved, they start shoving God down the throat. And it's like, do you not read the word? The word is very clear. Unless he's drawing them in, they will not come to him. And you shoving God down people's throat, be the example. That's what it says for to be the example. And then they'll come to us. Jesus doesn't even do that. Jesus forced himself on no one. Why are you forcing him on people? If he himself didn't do it, why are you doing it? And I'm not saying like, let me just clarify this. So we do soul blending here, right, at the church. So we go to different places and we even like go into shopping plazas in the parking lot

and walk up to people and say, do you know Jesus? If they say yes, more piety. If they say no, then we say, do you want to know him? They say no, we say, okay, see ya him they say no we say okay see ya if they say what are you talking about we that's when you open the doors open and you walk through it and you go as far until it closes or they receive him as their lord and savior that's different than walking in a family gathering and everybody hates when you're there because they know all you're going to do

is try and you have an agenda. I mean, have you ever had people that are like that? I'm thinking of a few of myself, not in my family, but a few people that I know, they are nonstop just shoving God down people's throat. And it's a huge turnoff. And it's like, do you understand you've done more harm than good? All in the name of whatever your name is. It's not good. There's a difference between winning the lost respectfully and Jesus way than your agenda.

Right. Very true. It's not good. So true. One more question. Or do we have anything else to say? No, but we've been live for 56 minutes just to give you a heads up. We've been live for 56 minutes?

Yes. On Facebook because we went live with a 30-second countdown. So just a heads up. Okay, so let me do this question really quick, this one question. Okay. And then I'll close out. Okay, it says, the question is, I love... It's not really a question.

It's more of a statement, but I think it was meant to be a question. So I'm going to talk about it anyway. And it'll take two seconds. So I love serving on jury duty, but most don't and use Matthew 7, 1 not to go. To not go. To me, it's an honor. Well, kudos to you, my dear. God bless. And if you're a guy, I mean my dear to you on that, but seriously, first of all, I've never heard of anyone giving the excuse of Matthew seven one, like as an example, Matthew seven,

one says judge not that you, that you be not judged. Like how in the world does that even make sense that you use that as an example? Like, you know what? Like, when you put that down for your jury duty of why you shouldn't go, they're probably laughing at you behind your back. 100%. Like, are you kidding me? Yeah.

Give me a break. Oh, my gosh. I'm just going to tell you, I hate it. I flippin' hate jury duty. I love that you love it. I flippin' hate jury duty. I love that you love it and we probably need way more people out there that love

it like you do because I'm trying to do everything I possibly can not to do it. That's God's honest truth. First of all, I'm never going to get picked. It's a waste of my daggum day. Can I tell you why I'm never going to get picked. It's a waste of my daggum day. Can I tell you why I'm never going to get picked?

You probably already know. Here's why I'm never going to get picked. One, married to a former cop. Who's going to pick me? Because you're going down if you broke the law, as far as I'm concerned. And I would flat out say that. The odds are I'm not going with the criminal or the one that broke the law to whatever. Maybe it's fraud, like check writing or whatever.

I'm not. The odds are highly probable I'm going with the law every time, even though a lot of it is going hairy-carry and it's kind of skeptical in some cases, depending on what kind of law enforcement you're with. But the odds are, they're right, you're wrong. So second of all, I'm married to a preacher. They're never going to pick me.

I'm so freaking conservative. I mean, I'm out just on the conservativeness. Let me see, what else did I say? That's pretty much it, I think. just on the conservativeness. Let me see. What else did I say? That's pretty much it, I think. Those three things do me in. Being white and a woman does help. If you're a woman and you, my dear, Puerto Rican over there, all day long.

They need the racial aspect of things. What are you talking about? It's a good thing when I respond to their questions, I give the craziest answers. So they think you're cuckoo? Like, they need color. I'm just saying. They need color in the room. PR. They do.

Yeah, that's true. And you're a woman. So you got double whammies. I only have one. I'm a white woman. I'm a white. I'm whitey. I'm whitey. I'm whitey. So that doesn't help. Being a person, it's all about

the numbers now. It's got nothing to do. It's so upside down and so flipping stupid. I cannot stand it. The ones that are not racist are actually the most racist of them all. They care more about color than us who could give a rip about it. It just drives me bananas. I cannot, like, it's an inverted, Tom always says, it's an inverted world.

It really is. It's an inverted, Tom always says, it's an inverted world. It really is. It's an inverted world. But the last time Tom got picked for jury duty, he goes, I don't even want to tell you what I do. You would hate me, whoever wrote this question, because you would think, you think it's an honor. And you know what? I love you for that. I do. I, on the other hand, think it's the biggest pain in my batucas because I think some of the system is not good. But on top of that,

like I'm never going to get picked. So I'm like, why even go? Because I know I'm not going to. The last time Tom got taken or got called, he went. They forgot about him. He was there till 4.30. He was never going to get picked. Ever. They made him sit all day long. Like, can you even have your phone?

No, not in Georgia. You can't. Because he was so bored. I'm like, you could have had your phone okay because he was so bored I'm like you had you could have had your phone I'm like but for some reason there are places I think he was saying you can't do things or he was just so bored he was like a waste of a day and he knew the whole entire time he was never gonna get picked just like me there is no way they're picking me it's not possible because by the time i'm honest with every single question they ask me they're not picking me i'm not too i'm not there they want people who are middle of the road you know or don't have it's like like you may be conservative

that wrote this you may be conservative but you're not married to law enforcement and you're not in ministry. Do you know what I'm saying? Those two things are double whammies. Because depending on what your denomination is, you're going to be an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. This girl. Eye for an eye,

and they don't like that. No. Because they will ask you, what's your theology on things? Like my theology is, is you're going down. this girl. Eye for an eye. And they don't like that. No. Because they will ask you, what's your theology on things? Like my theology is, is you're going down. If you can't do the time,

don't do the crime. Period. So, we need more people like you. It ain't going to be me. But we need more people like you. Tracy, do you like Jerry Doody?

I loved Jerry Doody. You loved like jury duty? I loved jury duty. You loved jury duty? I did. You freak of nature. Logan, you ain't ever gonna get picked. Military and, have you ever been picked to be on a jury? They never will. I would be shocked because you're military and law enforcement.

Like those aren't the ones, they want middle of the-the-road people, people who can look at something and not be more geared to go one way or the other, that'll look at it in a more balanced, meeting. We'll all fake it until they figure it out, though. Not me.

I'm going in. You're going to know out the gate. Don't waste your time. Oh. going in you're gonna know out the gate don't waste your time oh we rebuke that oh don't listen apple doesn't fall far from the tree sarasota county courthouse don't listen to my daughter oh my gosh and this wasn't my question by the way but i this was not your question yeah because this was uh with the whole long list no no i know and i you love this question when i was 20 i went and i got put on jury duty i was just a two-week thing

what it was medical you've never shared this was it a murder what was it medical malpractice was it interesting yes because the doctor had died and this boy that was born, they use the like, what are the things called that they pull the baby out? Forceps. And the eight year old boy had still had issues since that day, but he was eight. That might explain Tommy. Oh my God. They used a vacuum on him. I'm just kidding. That explains everything. No, he really did have a vacuum. I've wondered about that. That's funny.

Oh, that was a good one. Go ahead. No, so, yeah, so the wife was in place for him. And there was really, I mean, it had been eight years. Wait a minute. The wife was in the place for the doctor? The doctor that was going to be in trouble? Because he died. So why is she?

Like, he's passed away. I know. I know. I know. Oh, that's terrible. That's not good. It was terrible. I can't do it. But he, like we said, not guilty.

So she went on her way. And he felt bad for it. But there was too many, like the stories didn't match. And it was, but it was so interesting. So you sit there and go, if he didn't use the forceps, like what would have happened to her? You have to look at all those things. Yeah, yeah. And I think there was no proof that they were actually used.

There was no documents and stuff like that. But the, the injuries that he had matched that they had used the forceps, but it had been eight. He's eight years old. So it's not like it just happened. Yeah. But I loved it. I don't know if I'd want to go again,

but that was super interesting. I even told, so they asked me, do you have any like issues with like the medical field? And I was like was like well my dad had just had surgery and they used too much of the what's it called when they put you to sleep yeah anesthesia on him and they almost killed him so i told them and they still picked me they that was but you were being picked by the other side you're right for the picking you were just the kind of person they wanted on there, girl. I'm not.

That's true. You know what else is a funny story? Guess what? I opened the mail today. You got jury duty today. Jare did. Today, of all days, opened the thing. The first time he's ever gotten it. That's the first time Jare's ever been

called? I think so, because he's like, I don't even know what to do. I've been called three times. Tommy's never been called once. I think there's a reason for that. Yep. You just call in. Yeah, it's a standby. If they're smart, they won't ask him.

You check the website every day or the night before to see if your number is called. And you're like on standby for a whole week. So the week of the 13th. Right. But I don't know if they'll still pick you. Yeah. I mean, they,

if your name number comes up, I'm assuming you go in and still have to be picked. Right. Yeah. That works. Yeah. So anyway, so I'll let you know.

They don't do that though. I don't believe Sarasota County is the same way. You have to, everybody goes in and then I think that's how it is, but I could be wrong. I'm like Norma. Sarah said she was a forcep baby too. Sarah said what?

She was a forcep baby too. Sarah Richardson. Interesting, Sarah. That does make sense. God bless. That's why your temples are a little sunken in. Oh my gosh. She doesn't have sunken in temples.

I just had to say it. Who let this girl on the podcast? That's why you have an indent right here in your forehead. Oh, my gosh. Just kidding. She's special. She's special. Okay.

So, I don't know where to go into like walking right into the, I can't segue into that, but, but, um, Oh, wait a minute. I wanted to ask you though.

How many times you've been called once, but back home in like New York city, you've never had, you've never gotten anything. None. Never. Me either here in Florida. Are you guys voters?

Yeah. Registered voters? Yeah. Of course. I thought, sure. How is that possible? We get it all the time. And I feel like once you get on the list, it's over.

I don't know why I'm on that list. I don't respond. You're on the list. I'm on that list. I don't respond. You're on the list. I'm like my daughter. That's why I was laughing. I'm like, don't disclose that. I know. Thank you.

We can get in trouble. I know. I don't really care. Okay. Like, what are they going to do? Like, you put me in jail. I'll minister while I'm in there. I Googled it.

What did you Google? Up to $1,000 fine. $1,000 worth it? Or up to I'm in there. I Googled it. What did you Google? Up to $1,000 fine. $1,000? Worth it. Or up to three days in prison. I'll save everybody while I'm in there. Or community service. I'll clean kitchens.

I'll clean up the highways. Or something else. So those are your options. I'm fine with that. Just don't make me do jury duty. You get paid $15 a day. Worth it. Do you understand the amount of stuff

that I would not get done if I went to jury duty? Yeah, I do. Not as if everything, like the world will come crashing to an end if I don't work. But my life will come crashing to an end because I don't work no but my life will be coming come crashing to an end because it's too much the mirror thought plus what I mean just I'd be sitting there the whole entire day thinking of everything I could be doing that it's not getting done shut up Norma shut up this going to be the podcast that goes viral.

Shut up, Norma. Sarah just asked if I was an illegal alien. Well, she is Puerto Rican. I could be. We're still citizens, though. She married an American. Yeah, that's true. She got her green card.

Green card, 90-day fiance. She's got her green card, so no. She's not illegal. Yeah, she did the 90 day fiance. That's why she married a man 10 years older than her. Don't think less of me, people. But

is it one or two times? What? One. It was a weekend. Yeah. I already know what you're saying. I'm nervous. There was a weekend. I don't know how this happened,

but they had this, what was it called? What's it when they play them over and over and over? Marathon? They did a 90D fiance marathon. Stop. I know someone who's done it recently. Who's been on there?

No, who has watched. Who's done a 90 day marathon? A marathon of the 90 day. I think it's called the last resort. I confess this was several years ago. My kids would walk in. They're like,

you're still, I'm like, it's like a train wreck. I cannot look away. I cannot look away. You literally are like, are people this stupid? I have said, I think I said to Tom, this is frightening. These people get to vote, drive cars, and make life decisions that affect me. Yeah. And have children.

And have children. That affect me, like, and how my life will be. I know. This is frightening. I know. Absolutely. Mom, it's either that or 600-pound life that we get hooked on. Oh, no.

That, my friend. 600-pound life. 600-pound life. It makes me feel so bad. I haven't watched it in, I can't even remember, but there was a short period of time that I probably watched a good 10, 15 of those suckers. I watch it while eating ice cream. Oh, I have eaten while I've watched a good 10, 15 of those suckers. I watch it while eating ice cream.

Oh, I have eaten while I've watched it. And I was like, well, this is ironic. And I was fat, too. I was like, this should keep me from getting fat. That's what Tom said. I should watch this. This might help me lose weight. I said it doesn't.

I can promise you. It didn't help me. I just kept eating while I watched it. 100%. You can segue now. I just kept eating while I watched it. 100%. But. You can segue. Come on. 600 pound life to salvation.

You got it. You got it. Now. Come on. There is no segue. Are you feeling heavy? There's no segue. Oh.

Do you need to get cut out of your house? Because you are so overweight. There you go. Come on. Have you ever seen those? I've seen it. I've seen it. I've seen it. They literally had to cut the wall of the bedroom

to get the person out. It's not even a bed. Like, I don't even remember what he was laying on. It was a hem. He was that obese. Let Jesus cut the walls for you. Are you so addicted that you need salvation to be delivered from your addiction? I don't even know.

That's not even good. Logan. You're feeling heavy. Oh, that's good. Are you feeling heavy? Is life getting too rough for you? Is life heavy for you? Yeah, are you carrying Is life heavy for you?

Yeah, are you carrying the weight of the world? Let God take care of that for you. I feel like I'm doing a... We need some music. With their old picture. Isn't that it? Put my picture up. Put my picture up. Where is it?

In the picture. Norma, sing it. Norma, sing it. We are some of the angels. Fly away from here. Jesus, take the wheel. Yeah, that's a Suncoast humane society. Her arm surgery.

Well, here's the thing. This is how, this picture right here is what sent me into motion. Besides me going to Dallas' conference, I was talking to Magalas. I'm like, Magalas, I think I'm just going to have to do like lipo. And she's like, no, no, no. Just start exercising. I'm like, I really rather do the lipo.

She's like, you'll live longer. Yeah. I really like to do lipo. Oh my gosh. That is funny. She's like, seriously. I showed her that picture. We were at the ladies conference.

This year, I sent her that picture. She and Adalys were sitting in the front row. And me and Heather were sitting in the second row, and I sent that thing to her, and they both looked at it, and I thought, they're going to die. They're like, we're dying. Yeah. I'll fly away, oh glory.

Yeah. Keep going. Keep going. I mean, look at that. Dear Lord's mercy. How can a man love me like that? Are you serious? But he did.

I'm just kidding. Oh, my gosh. I feel a lot better in this shirt, though, girls. Yeah. Look at that. A lot less. A lot less. That's good.

So if you need to lose weight and need Jesus, I have the answer for you. Get into a gym. It really will. I'm not kidding you. I know. Getting into a gym changed me. I actually look forward to it. It makes me feel a lot better.

I have lots of fun when Vanessa shows up. The rest of the girls have bailed on me. So it's just me and Vanessa. But when me and Vanessa are there together, it's a great time. But seriously, if you need Jesus to be Jesus, then today's your day. And I just say to you, life can barely be fun. You sit there and you think, well, if I got saved, I'll have to stop doing all these things. And all those things, I will tell you, are like nothing. When you give them up, what you gain far surpasses what you feel like you're losing. And especially if you get into a good body of believers that you can,

again, iron sharpens iron. You make friends with people who are real, that are going after the same thing you're going after. People who will truly love you and support you and be what you've always wanted to be. Some people don't have family. And if they do have family, it's not been great family. But Jesus says we are brothers and sisters in Christ. We are family. And when you truly love someone, and not to say

that churches are full of perfect people because they're not, but they are people who striving for perfection. And you can link arms with them and you can go on the same journey as them to become stronger in your walk. And through that process, what God does through you, how he changes your heart, how he renews your mind and the joy that he brings to you on a daily basis, no matter what trial comes your way. Right now, you face trials all the time, but you're having to do them in and of yourself. But with him, it's different. All things are possible to those who believe.

And so with him, sky's the limit. You'll go further than you ever thought possible financially, personally, family-wise. The limits, you can just take them off because there is no limit. So if you need Jesus today, and if you knew him at one time and need to come back, or if you don't have never known him, say this prayer with me. Super simple, super easy. And all it is, is you saying it, believing it, and then walking it out. And you'll be saved. Heavenly Father, I thank you for what you did on the cross. I thank you for dying for my sins. I ask you, Lord, to forgive me of my sins. I thank you that from this moment on, I will live for you. I will join you in heaven.

And whatever you tell me to do, I will do. Whatever you tell me not to do, I will not do. I will go the opposite direction that I am headed in right now. I will live for you forever. And when it is my time to go at 120 years of age, because that's what the word says, I will go and live with you. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Amen. You have a mansion and glory if you stick with it. It says in Revelation, those who endure to the end will be saved. So you said the sinner's prayer, but now it's the next step.

The next step is enduring to your time is done. We all do it. We all can do it. And it's a great ride. So I will see you Friday. Thank you for joining in today. It's a little scattered at the beginning, but we pulled it together. We had a great time.

And who knows? It'll probably only be three of us on Friday, but it'll still be good We had a great time. And who knows, it'll probably only be three of us on Friday, but it'll still be good. Have a great day. See you Friday. Bye. Real talk. you