The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S02-E29 | 05-10-2024

Episode Date: May 16, 2024

The Hope Hotline | S02-E28 | 05-08-2024

Real Talk It is Friday and thank you for joining us on the Hope Hotline. And I don't know if you can hear Sarah over there, but she is in the middle of a laugh fit. Do share. I just, I didn't hear her say that the mics were on and whatever our conversation was before that, I just said.

Hope is scrappy. Oh yeah, you were saying that someone being frail wouldn't stop you if you were in the right frame of mind. And I said, I wouldn't want to meet scrappy hope in an alley and the mics were on so i just thought that was funny sorry guys but not sorry yeah oh you could really see me today because i'm in aaron's chair and it's got a white background not not just that vanessa's got a hat on so her hair's as big she's less oh yeah your hair she's wearing her hat like i did when i had the big huge bruise on my forehead gosh yeah tom's now

looking at me again oh my gosh he avoided me like the plague don't look at me that bruise was that was a good one else people that was a good one i had that got zero bruises. Yeah, you have no bruises. Oh, yeah, you're good. I mean, I showed my bruise, but I hit it quickly because nobody wanted to see that thing at all. There's no sound. Huh? We have no sound? It says no sound. Oh, now we have sound.

I think it was them. I think maybe they had their computer or their phone on mute. I was going to say, we're good. We're good. Please don't give Tracy a heart attack. Please don't. I'm like, no way. Because now I don't know how to fix it.

All right. We're starting over. Everything's working for me. Take two. I ain't repeating all that. No, it's good. We're moving on. You're just going to have to be able to read lips.

Yeah, or go back. How about that? Yeah, go back. You can't go back. Because you wouldn't be able to hear it. Oh, that person. That person needs to go back. Yeah, or go back. Yeah, go back. You can't go back because you wouldn't be able to hear it. Oh, that person. That person needs to go back. Yeah, just go back, baby.

You'll be good. It's all good. It's all good. Listen, we all have those kinds of days. I know. So Mother's Day is this weekend. Yeah. You know what?

I hate to be, like some people just, they live for these holidays. I don't want to bust your chops or act like they're not important, but they're really not. I mean, because they're man-made. And I don't know. Listen, moms, if you're doing a great job, pretty much every day can be Mother's Day. For real.

Like, if one day is going to make or break you, you know, you're in trouble. So maybe you need to go back to the, what is that? Go back to the wheel? What is that? Go back to the drawing board. God bless, Vanessa. Man. You've got to go back to that drawing board.

But one day should not make or break you whether or not you get acknowledged. Yeah. For real. Yeah. But one day should not make or break you whether or not you get acknowledged. For real. So, like, I mean, like, anniversaries. Maybe it's because they're not that big of a deal in my family. So maybe I'm wrong about this. I don't know. But give me your opinions.

Because for me, listen, we're going to make Mother's Day very special. Yeah, I even have a graphic. Because we're honoring. Right. Yeah, of course. But if for some reason you're ignored, which has happened to me, like, I didn't care. Yeah. That's good.

Because most of the days I'm getting hugs. My son is famous for just coming and sitting and laying with me. He's 25. Yeah. Coming and sitting and laying with me and just telling me he loves me on a very frequent basis. My daughter, the same thing like maybe just pray over your family and that'll but one day is not gonna one day does not uh how do i say this it should be consistent if things are really the

way that you want them to be in your heart and your mind. Having that one day is not like factual actual. It's consistency that makes things be what they are. Like a lot of people think that because one thing happens, that changes everything. And that could be a negative or a positive. Like catastrophe happens and you think the world's coming to an end. The world's not coming to an end. Guess what? Tomorrow it will be new.

Things always change. And it's like the news. People always are like when the news happens and something big happens, whether it's like a bombing or there is a financial collapse of some kind, like in the stock market or somebody dies that's famous, or even the positive things, like there's something great patriotically that happens. You think that's the end all be all. Guess what? A week from now, no one will remember. It'll be yesterday's news. And like, even if it affects you personally, just remember, in about two weeks to a month,

no one will even remember it. No one will care. It's a blip on the screen. I was saying this to Tom like three weeks ago with, you know, people commit suicide. And I believe it's a super selfish act. But when people commit suicide, they forget that this is just a moment in time. It's only a season. Like in a month, two months, six months down the road, life will be way better.

Things will dramatically change. And you're making a monumental decision based on just a season in time. Right. Oh, I know. That's a word. Just remember, just because you get celebrated for one day, let's, let's be happy when, and look at every day and how we're treasured or cherished or so if, if you don't get the response that you expect for one day, look at the whole year through

and I bet you'd be surprised at how valuable you really are in those days. One day doesn't make a difference. And don't sell it like it does. Yeah. Because it don't. Right. But we are going to do some pretty great things. Go ahead.

Tell us about that, sister. Yeah. So on Sunday, we'll have something special for the moms. And just a little, if you're watching the Hope Hotline, you get a little sneak peek. Make sure you dress nicely. Yeah. Heather knocked it out of the park. I haven't even seen it yet. Oh, my gosh. I just went in there. I just went in to say hey to her. it out of the park. I haven't even seen it yet.

Oh my gosh. I just went in there. I just went in to say hey to her. I didn't, I was looking for her. I didn't, I totally forgot what she was doing for, uh, she's just not here on Fridays either.

Well, yeah, she worked on Friday. She actually switched her day off. Um, because she had to, she had to set up. Yeah.

Yeah. It's beautiful. Like, like, I believe it. She's got some really great things for moms. Right. It's beautiful. Like, like I believe that she's got some really great things for moms, moms or dads, dads. You want to encourage your family to come to church with you on Sunday. Yes. Trust me. Yeah. You want to honor your mama, but there's no greater way to honor your mom than

to come to church. I agree. No mother, no mother will say that a gift is way more important than coming to church as a whole family. That's like, hands down, the best thing you can give a mother. So come to church as a family, even if you've got grown kids like me. Super important. It's special. Super special. It is. Heather did.

She like, moms are going to be very happy. Right. I agree. Super special. I'm very excited about it very lovely go ahead what else were you gonna say no i just want to make sure that moms get um make sure you're wearing your sunday best that's all and other things yeah besides that that and then super special right and then enjoy the rest of it oh yeah it's gonna be a great day

i can't promise you that you're gonna hear a a Mother's Day message. That I can't promise you. No kidding. Or that he'll remember. Hello. Sarah, I highly doubt it. He didn't even remember it's Mother's Day. Two days ago, we were talking about church on Sunday and he's telling me

he's moving into a new series and I said, you know it's Mother's Day. He's like, oh yeah, I forgot when I started thinking of the news or started hearing the new series that he's supposed to preach. And he's like, whatever. I'm like, okay, so we're not hearing Mother's Day message, I guess. All right.

Have you ever heard a Mother's Day message from him? I barely hear an Easter message from him. I know. Just kidding. I do. I do. I don't know if he's ever. I don't think so. Not in the last 10 years.

But he's like, listen, everybody can hear that. This is Tom's philosophy on it. Prior to coming to Foundation Church, lots of people have gone to other churches that have come right yep and he's like they heard those mother's day messages for how many years and how many times did it change them right he's like so it didn't change them so why am i gonna

preach the same message she's like what's the point i Yep. So if it don't work, it don't work. Right. I agree. I totally agree. But we don't need it, ladies. We don't need a Mother's Day message, but the men, they do need a Father's Day message. Just kidding. Not kidding. No, just kidding.

I ain't kidding. We got some killer men in our church. Yeah, we do. Yeah, we do. Listen, the men that last at this church, I know, it's a big deal. It's because they rule their home. Yep. They, the men that last at this church, it's because they rule their home. They're the men of their home. You can always tell.

You can always tell. I mean, some families do make it for a while that the men are weak. But the women can't handle it. They usually don't make it for more than two tops three years and they out right because mama can't handle it it's true it's true but the men that come to this church that are very involved in stuff like that they're good priests of their home i agree they're like biblically living it out which is phenomenal i know i don't know if i've ever seen such strong men i've never gone to a church ever. And I know people say, well, it's because you're married to Tom. Right. But

I'm just saying to you, I have, and I haven't gone to that many churches in my life. Probably five. Yeah. But out of those five, a couple of them are small. The rest of them were large. Never in my life have I ever seen this strong of men that like are striving to be a biblical husband, striving to be the priest of the home and the father that God's called him to be. And every time, I mean, you literally can, when you meet people, you can say they might not make it or just when you meet the couple, a lot of times you're like, and they usually don't.

Every now and then somebody fools me, but almost every single time I'm like, I don't know if they're going to make it. She's definitely the boss. They don't. Yeah. Like they don't. So, which is not good because guess what? Women, you're going to answer for that when you go to heaven.

You will be held accountable for that. He will be accountable for it too for not doing his duty. But women, you run that home, you're going to be accountable for it. It's not good. But you know what too? I do know some women, I'm thinking of one in particular, that is praying and praying and praying that her husband takes over and is the priest of the home. And she's done so many things to dramatically change not running the house

because she didn't really and she didn't know yeah you know yeah she's just a strong personality he's not so she's like now that she's got that correction like she is massively yeah i've seen that too yeah i mean i've known her let's see. I mean, I go to go to lunch with her. Let's see. I've got like, I've known her probably. She's been coming to this church for probably at least five years. And like the change in her, this person I'm thinking of is diametrically different from the moment she walked in to now and like how she like submits. It's like crazy. I love it. I love it. Man, those women make it.

Yeah. But not the others. Right. So what are you going to do? I know. Call it a day. I know. Exactly.

Let them go. Yeah. But what were you going to say? You're going to do our little spiel, right? Yeah. I'm going to go through all of our stuff real quick. And then just as a reminder, we'll start with Happy Mother's Day to all of our amazing mothers. That's pretty colors. Yeah. Thank you. So we start with Happy Mother's Day to all of our amazing mothers. That's pretty colors.

Yeah, thank you. So we'll have a Mother's Day post too. But just Happy Mother's Day. Again, don't forget, come on Sunday and just be prepared to be loved on pre-message and post-message. But also love because it's God's love. Okay. She's trying to prepare. Yeah, I'm still

preparing you guys. She's getting your heart position correct, as Vanessa would say. It's really about the heart position. It's the heart posture. Oh, heart posture. Excuse me, I don't speak Arkes. So be prepared to come, but also be prepared to come.

Yeah, I don't speak the posture of your heart. So be prepared to come, but also be prepared to come. Yeah. I don't speak Ark. Make sure the posture of your heart is correct. As you walk into the service. Listen, and that's the problem with Mother's Day, is that people expect something and then they don't get it because it's Mother's Day. Listen, I have known.

This is terrible, guys. I have known women that if every single child does not bring them a gift and it's significant, like the kid had to go out of their way, not making something. That ain't going to work. Like it had to be of significant value. It had to be something that they seriously thought, what does she want? Or they were going to be mad.

There was hell to pay. I'm like, what are you thinking, mama? That's the reason why you're so focused on one day. That's why I'm saying to you, don't let it be a focus. If you look at everything throughout the year, you might find out, I'm valued. I'm cherished. I'm loved.

And look at all the little things that the kid does. It's not about the one day, people. I know. And it's like, what, like, even that stuff that you get that one day, like, the next year, do you even remember what you got? Like, why? No, this lady did, because I can tell you what it is, because this one that I'm talking about, it was, like, expensive.

It better be, too. Like, it was. That's exhausting. That is exhausting. That is exhausting. No, thank you. Like, it was... That's exhausting. That is exhausting. That is exhausting. No, thank you. No, thank you. Right.

But she, you know... Yeah. So, keep your... Roll the roost. Keep your heart rate, okay, when you come to church. The posture of your heart has to be perfect. Perfect. Or else.

Or else. Okay. But also, go on Instagram. This person was an arc person, too. They were so arc. It was unbelievable. Those ARC-y people. Yeah, you were once one.

No, Vanessa wasn't an ARC-y person. My roots are Pentecostal. Pentecostal holiness. I did a little detour into the ARC. Yeah, that's what I did. Oh, wait a minute. That was AL, right? That was ARC-y because he stole a lot of stuff yeah so that was

archie and then another one okay yeah i did the same thing because mine was assembly of god my whole life assembly god is arc though it is they still listen back in 90s well maybe not in the 90s but i'm telling you i know lots of assemblies of god churches yeah that are preaching the arc messages they're buying them i know them yeah yeah like i know a couple of them i'm thinking I'm telling you, I know lots of Assemblies of God churches that are preaching the ARC messages. They're buying them. I know of them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, I know a couple of them.

I'm thinking of two of them in the area right now. Assemblies of God, and they type all of their stuff off of sermons.com. Interesting. Okay. Yeah. Well, then there's that. So I was ARC my whole life. Well, no, that's probably not the 90s.

I don't think they had it in the 90s. No, I don't either. I don't either. Yeah. Somebody, two people that created it weren't around then. Yeah, yeah, yeah's probably not the 90s. I don't think they had it in the 90s. No, I don't either. I don't either. Yeah. Two people that created it weren't around then. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. So the posture of your heart, it was totally fine. Okay. Thank God. Thank God. Okay. Okay.

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i know he does oh and it was it last night i don't know it might have been monday i don't know but he was busted on him i love it i love them yeah i don't care i know he doesn't that's what i love about him yeah he doesn't care like literally yeah that's literally like the perfect example saying to tommy because to because Tommy came out with this that's he was last night he's going over to his friend's house and he's got this ripped shirt Talia knows all this

ripped shirt like this and then there's something else wrong with it I can't remember and Jagger's like you're with it. I can't remember. And Jagger's like, you're literally going out in public like that? And that's what I say.

I was like, thank God for Jagger. Yeah. And Tommy's like, yeah, I don't care. And Jagger was like, you might want to care. I mean,

hello. He went in and changed. Did he? Jagger, can you live here, please? I know. Oh, Tommy and him are, they like each other a lot. It's kind of concerning. Thank you, Talia.

Talia knows. Besties. Very well. Talia knows. Besties. That's sweet. Well, Talia and Tommy have been best friends. Golly, man.

Since they were so little. Yeah. So young. I know. So anybody knows him is to love him. To know him is to love him. Amen. And you just got to look past it.

But yeah, he wears that. So he went and got his UBU. I love it. I was like, thanks, son. Thanks for representing. He's like a perfect example of UBU. 100%. He could care less.

Love it. Yes. Now I just need to get Pastor Tom in a shirt. Never going to happen. He says it's too archy. I know. I love it. That makes me happy.

I love it too. Oh, it's so funny. So here's the thing. Keep you guys on. But, you know, Wednesday, what we all talked about, about the lesson we all spoke on, on encouragement. Yeah. Can I tell you how many people have come to me or have texted me or whatever? Yeah.

I've seen or texted. They were like, that was for me. Wow. That was for me. Because, you know, it's so funny because everybody's walking through something. Yeah, exactly. To what level or what degree you're walking in it, it really is irrelevant. But it's a great reminder to know whatever it is.

Because, listen, when people were telling me what they were walking through, it was pretty wild. It was anywhere from health, health issues to financial issues to let's see, what was some other? It was a lot of health and financial was a couple of them. A business was another one of them. And so it's just crazy how it really is powerful, like how to stay encouraged in the midst of trials and tribulations. So what I wanted to make sure you guys know is, especially since the weekend's coming, and it is Mother's Day, not that it really matters, but it does matter,

because some of your family will matter to them. But for me, I just listen. I wrote I wrote this down because because of all the people that said that they watched it and it really did. It made an impact on them. So that's the word. It never returns void. And I think the peanut gallery, all we all have something that we've all walked through that we can add

and people can relate to each and every situation, right? Where my stuff doesn't mean anything to you, but maybe somebody else's does. You just don't know. So it speaks to people in different ways, but it is the weekend. And so for me, I want to remind you that joy is a decision.

And no matter what you're having to deal with, the best way to give the devil a black eye is to remember that no circumstances, no sickness, no financial situation that you may be in, no dissension of people maybe that you work with or you're friends with or whatever it is no divisiveness you know how some sometimes that creeps in um because again i know people who mothers who have problems with their daughters our sons our family remember all of that doesn't matter put on joy the best way you can you can win is to walk in joy. Super

important. So I made a list of things that you can do. Yeah. Okay. Let's hear it. In order to you know what so maybe your kids have all grown up and they're not at home anymore but you can make a day of it with your husband or maybe you're single and you're not married anymore

or you're divorced or separated or whatever and you're dealing married anymore, or you're divorced or separated or whatever, and you're dealing with that nonsense, so Mother's Day might be hard for you. Get your friends together. Go with your spouse. Why are you guys laughing? I'm not.

Sarah is nothing. You know, if you've been through a divorce and you're dealing with that nonsense. Yeah. It's tough. It is nonsense. It is nonsense. Been there, done that. Yeah.

Same. Sainsies. yeah it's tough it is nonsense it is not down there done that yeah same saintsies it's it's rough it is rough and listen terrible don't do it you have to stay zero out of ten recommend zero zero out of ten recommend i'm gonna have to give mine a 10 out of 10 because i'm glad it's over yeah Yeah. Well, yeah, that part of it. Absolutely. But not fun. Not a fun experience. Right. But I will say, even in all of that, like you can, you can be encouraged. Yeah.

And it's all about the frame of mind, the way that you look at things. It makes a difference. So I made a list of things that you guys can do. Some of them are free. Some of them cost money. And just be joyful. Just decide that no matter what comes your way, you're not going to respond to it.

Maybe how your flesh wants to or the mully grubs or whatever. Like life is good. It really is. No matter what's going on in and around you, you don't have to tank it. You can like keep climbing up. That's really like Vanessa said the other day. Like when you, how did you say it, Vanessa? How you respond to something shows spiritually where you're at, correct?

Yeah, your first response. When you're being squeezed, what comes out? Is it jesus is it the fruit of the spirit yeah is it frustration or anxiety or fear or worry yeah or anger so if somebody does something to you or if you're walking through a health issue because there's lots of people who are walking through health issues and stuff like that how do you respond right yeah fear should never be a part of it so let's let's make a decision that this weekend no matter what we're walking in no matter what's going on we're going to put on joy right because that's what the word tells us to do so go to the beach have a great day with your family make it a day out with your family. Do whatever. Go to the park. If you have small kids, kids love the park.

There's plenty of water parks around here. Yep. They don't cost very much money at all. Or free. Yep. Or free. Yep. Go get ice cream.

One of the things that my family used to love to do is go down to the island of Venice. Yeah. Get an ice cream and just walk around. Yeah. And it was so much fun. Right. And they have now they got that water thingy like oh the splash pad thing yeah um have a picnic have a picnic on the beach

yes that's free yeah that's fun go to boca grande i mean like there's things that or do you know what just go find a nice bench and sit in the sun yeah go with your girlfriends go out and have dinner with your friends laugh joke around like focus on the positive things and don't talk about the negative yeah that's very good yeah there's so many there's so many great things in life it's so easy to focus on the negative but the negative gets you nowhere. Right. There's nothing good about the negative. And Satan relishes in it. So, drop that. Give him a black eye. Have a great weekend.

Put on joy. And forget about whatever's going on. Because it doesn't matter. Because, listen, this too shall pass. Right. And it will. I can promise you. I mean, none of us have had serious things happen to us that it stayed that way.

Right. Correct. Through time, I mean, again, the news puts out really bad stuff, and everybody thinks, oh, that's going to last forever. Everybody's going to remember it. I know. No, nobody's going to remember it. Everybody's life moves on, and everything becomes yesterday's news.

No matter what it is, it becomes yesterday's news. No matter what it is, it becomes yesterday's news. So just remember, there is another day. It doesn't matter. And how you respond to it, that's what matters. So that's it. Anybody else want to add to any of that? Got any other good ideas of what to do? No, but I love that idea.

I love doing something that you know your kids will enjoy too, just so you're not setting yourself up for failure. So like ice cream and like anything, like if your kids are really little, like just maybe make it a shorter time. Like don't make it an all day thing. If you have older kids, like just think of things that like, that where they struggle, don't do those. But that's a great idea. Like just go do something fun for everybody. Forget about what you want, what you need to you need to forget about yeah exactly and once you forget about it man life looks so good yeah and have fun yeah yes and for me like husbands and wives like i'm thinking of a couple at the church they have a boat and they are always asking people to go out on the boat with

them like how fun is that how great is that yes Or you just go out with your husband on the boat, whatever. But do what you guys love and just enjoy, live life, be happy, because that's the last thing Satan wants you to do is be happy. Right. Right. So and it is possible. Forget about the crap. Yeah. Just forget about the crap. Exactly anybody else yeah i just heard recently that if god inhabits the praises of his people then who do you think inhabits your complaints oh that's good done so the bible tells us we're to do nothing with uh arguing or complaining. Complaining, right. It's true. Why? Because where does it come from? It's just like what you said.

I've literally had people want to argue with me and I'm like, it's unbiblical. I'm not arguing and I'm not complaining. It's not going to happen. Yeah, no, thank you. And once you use the word, they have to pretty much stop. Right, it's true. I mean, sometimes still they try and pursue it and I just keep repeating, okay, this is what the word they have to pretty much stop right it's true i mean sometimes still they try and

pursue it and i just keep repeating okay well this is what the word says yep i'm not i'm not participating yeah i choose not to participate it's the best thing you could ever do again it's also minding your words let your words be few right so um and your piece is expensive like to have to like you can feel the turmoil when you hear people start to argue and you can feel your peace starting to like slowly dissipate. Oh yeah. And mine's expensive. My peace is expensive. I keep that safe. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. It is true. Yeah. Well, what's the scripture about his, let his peace rest on us or something. Let his peace be upon us or something like that. So you should guard it. You should protect it.

And you should seek it out. Yes. So, but let's go to the first question because girls, are you done? Yeah. Good. Good, good, good, good. Okay. I am looking at you guys.

And you guys can't see what I see, but I'm looking at them. Sometimes I see them looking at the computer because they're looking at what somebody typed. Yep. Yep. Are you bothered by what somebody types? Mm-mm. Are you laughing at what somebody types? It's just,

sometimes it gets off topic and we're just trying to stay on topic. That's all. Oh. So it's just like, okay. Let's stay focused. Is that what you're saying? Yeah.

Let's stay focused. It was happening, well, it was happening a little while ago. Yeah. That's one of the reasons why. And they're all like this. I know.

That's how I know something's going on. Looking at Talia's computer. Show them your eyes, Talia. Oh, you can't see her. I go like this. She's like, help me. That's her. That's Tracy and vanessa sit next to her help me yeah everything's good it's funny though i it's funny to be on this side of things and to know us because you know yes yeah and sometimes i ignore it but most of the time i do

no most of the time you don't. That's what I always have to think in my head. I'm nosy. I got to know. Like, what are you laughing at? I know. What are you guys worried about?

I know. Is there sound? Yeah. I know. Guys, don't do that to me. I know. The most professional producer over there cannot afford that.

No, I can't. She cannot handle it. I know. So this is this is let's see. This is an interesting question. I think

some people might have better advice than others with this. But I can only think of one person in this room really that might be able to relate to this question. When you hear it, you'll understand what I mean, but more than any of the rest of us do. So we might hear a little bit more from one person than everybody else. But what is your advice on how to deal with a spiritual passive husband? Does everybody know who i'm thinking of in this room me no i know it's a joke oh my god she goes no right away no your husband she's being silly

she's trying to play a joke everything is not about you she wanted you to laugh hope not laughing you're supposed to be joyful this is serious i'm married she's like you're married my girl you know what seriously seriously i thought she's like, you're married? I'm like, girl. You know what? Seriously. Seriously. I thought she's like having a Talia moment. She was forgetting what. Yeah. She's not listening to the question. And yeah. Oh my God. Ha ha ha ha. Funny. That's hilarious. What is your advice on how to deal with a spiritual passive husband? The Bible explains we are to submit to our husbands, but what do you do if your husband is lukewarm or very passive?

In my case, my husband loves God. We read the Bible together every night. We got saved a year ago, so we are slowly learning this new way of life. That being said, I noticed my husband is still very much into the world, and even though he recognized he is not putting in enough time and effort,

he is struggling with changing this. Like he would choose to watch a movie or play video games over reading the Bible or listen to secular music instead of worship music. He also won't listen to other pastor sermons other than Pastor Tom. I have no problem with that. Unless I show them to him, I do not want to mother him on his walk. I understand this is between him and God, but how do I submit myself to him being so passive? Also, I know my best bet right now is to keep praying for him. But is there anything I can do to help? Thank you so much.

Now, listen, the reason I said there's some of us in this room that it doesn't reply to and probably one that it does is because, like, there's some of us that have been, like, on our walks with God for a very, very long time. Like, you're new. Okay? You've just got your walk with God where it's supposed to be. And it doesn't happen fast for everybody. Okay?

And so I'm not saying that your husband's right. But what I am saying is it didn't happen overnight for you and although you're getting frustrated that it's not happening overnight for him um there's got to be uh like people around you maybe that wanted you to get saved and you weren't responding the way they wanted you to respond tell me whether i'm making sense so now yeah you're saved and you want him to respond the way those people wanted you to respond, but you didn't. So what I'm saying to you is, I'm not saying cut him some slack, but what I am saying is pray. Because this is somewhat new. Right.

Very new. And it's not an insult to him. Right. But he doesn't, just like you didn't know, he didn't know. And you don't know what you don't know. And sometimes people move slower than other people. And to get frustrated and angry and mad at them is not the solution either, which sounds like you're trying not to do that.

I would just tell you, keep your focus on your walk. Pray like crazy. And the other thing I would tell you to do, shut your mouth and do not nag. Do not nag. Okay, if you nag, okay, nagging is a killer. It's a killer for men. It's a killer for your kids. Okay, nagging does not work.

How many of us respond to nagging? I do not. I do not respond to hinting. I do not respond to nagging. And I don't respond to asking me over and over and over and over again for the same thing. You will get, if you do that with me, you're not getting nothing. Okay. That's how most people are, but men especially, they hate it. And the scriptures are true. Proverbs 21, nine says, better to dwell in a corner of a housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman. Okay. That's for us, ladies. That's for us. That didn't say men, right? Because

yes, what men don't nag on the whole, unless you have a feminine husband, men don't nag. We do. So that's why that, that scripture is for us, to help us. Proverbs 27, 15 through 16. A continual dripping on a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike. They didn't say amen. I said a woman. Whoever restrains her restrains the wind and grasps oil with his right hand. Be the priest of your home.

Don't let your woman nag. Don't let her roll the roost. You will be miserable. Yeah. I'm going to tell you this. Be the example and pray. Shut your mouth, pray and fast. And I promise you, it says in Peter, it says, I think it's first Peter about if a woman wants her spouse to be closer to the Lord, then be the example and don't say a word. And I can tell you it happens so often. But men tend to come along a little slower than women do. I've never seen it be any different.

I just saw somebody come out of my office just a second ago, and she got saved. It took her a long time for her. He eventually got saved, and it took a long time to come along. And now, I mean, it's totally different. But it is frustrating, and I get it. But not everybody moves as fast as you want them to. You didn't move as fast as other people wanted you to. And that's not that it's okay,

but that's life, right? Add, ladies. Okay, so we have an update from the person that sent the question in. And guess what? She received prayer and her husband is now listening

to Jonathan Shuttlesworth and doing all the things that you literally just told her she would do if she prayed. And she received prayer. So she did exactly what you said. So this is for the other people, too, that are now watching. It helps.

I know. If we knew how powerful our prayers were, we wouldn't say, is this all we can do? Right. You know? So it's just that's also part of it. So like you said, you focus on your walk. You get stronger and stronger in your faith and remove the doubt. And you pray powerful prayers and things happen.

If you change, then how you change moves them. It really does. I mean, I've never had to deal with it because Tom has always been the spiritual leader. I'm always chasing where he's going all the time. I just told him that like two days ago. I'm like, I'm chasing where you're at right now. That's where my goal is. That's what I'm aiming for. I mean, he busts on himself a lot. I was telling Tracy this, like he'll say, like, I'm not a good man or I send. He sends, but usually it's like a fit of rage when something doesn't work. It's not like, right.

Right. But he gets it right. Okay. He's, he's probably one of the easiest people ever. I mean, the kids still tell you, I will tell you, he's easy,

such an easy person to live with. He lets his words be few when they need to be few. There's no yelling. There's no, I am blessed. Okay. So for me, I do chase after where he's at.

Not everybody is like that, and I get that, and I understand that. Tracy understands that. It's not always been where you're chasing, like, where your husband's at, right? That's, like, not necessarily Jer, but previously. Vanessa, like, when you married Jeff, it was kind of like us, but maybe not. No, I think I'm very similar in your case. When I met Jeff, he was on fire and I was like, oh, I've been a Christian all my life and I want what this guy wants. I want what this guy has. Yeah. And so I know how fortunate I have.

Like, I know how fortunate I am to have that, but that's not everyone's worry, right? And so, yeah. And Sarah, you've been in and out, like you've been very transparent about your walk in and out, which plays an effect. It has an effect on the whole family dynamic, correct? And you're like the one that is like,

you've changed so much from the moment I met you at this church to who you are today. Oh, yeah. Huge transformation. How long have you been coming here? We came, our first time was like when we were in this building for the first time. So February. So a little over two years. You should be the poster child of what God can do when you apply his word. In just two years, I'm not kidding you. She's not the same person.

No. You could be a poster child. Seriously. If people knew who you were, I know people that knew you. Like if they saw you, like the previous churches that you attend, I've known her previous pastors. If they saw the Sarah today, that they saw Sarah, they would go, that's not the same person. No way.

It's not her. No way that's the same girl. You know what's funny? When you first came. Which is valuable. When she first came, she told me, she's like, yeah, I'm attending another church because sometimes I just need a softer message. And then she's like, and then I come here and i really like it here but sometimes i just

need a software but that was like that's who you were two years ago that's who you were isn't that wild but a lot of people feel like i know i know it just shows you spiritually where they're at it's easier to drink milk than it is to chew on meat right so amen girl you weren't wrong and most people probably feel like that that's why a lot don't study. A lot of them do. Yeah. And when you're going through like really hard times in your life, it's easier to just like snuggle up and be like, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. But you don't even know how to do the all things. No, no clue. It's like, well, I can do all things, but can I get out of bed right now?

No. Right. And nobody's giving you the instruction. That's my biggest problem with the i love the prosperity message i love the word of faith message i love that your ship's coming in but nobody tells you how's your ship coming in right most pastors are not telling you they just keep giving you these great vibes yeah okay but if you don't know what you must do and how to get there yeah then you're on you're lost yeah you don't know

how to fruit check you don't even know to do that yeah and ships aren't meant to be in the harbor so i prefer to row out to get my ship instead of waiting for it to come in there you go yeah that's true when it comes to my own walk but i think that in regards to family members and wanting more for them than they want for themselves it's actually extremely selfish and I don't know where the verses that talks about like loving your family and your children and your parents more than God but I had to get to a point where I was like you know what this all has to be surrendered because I have to be chasing after him and not chasing after the people in my life to get them to the place where I want

them to be because I really wanted them to get to where I was for purely selfish. It was like I want my life to be better because if they were doing this and they were taking their place, then it would be better for me if they were doing that. Oh yeah, because it would be better for me if they were doing that. So, oh, yeah, because it is it is selfish.

Yeah. But that's why focusing on your own walk is so valuable, because then you find out the plank that you have in your eye versus the speck that they might have in theirs. And then also treating people as you want them to be as opposed to where they are. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. And this was, I used this very successfully as a teacher where I set a high bar for my kids and they would meet that bar because they knew, and there weren't a lot of people in their life that maybe had high expectations for them, but I always treated them in a way that they were better than the way that

they were acting. And then all of a sudden they were like wait she's treating me like this yeah I'm gonna act like that too and it encourages them to step up as opposed to you like trying to pull them up with you oh yeah it's it's motivating them to want what like you were saying earlier want what you have I don't want to have to be you know worried about everybody in my life. And if that's what they're getting from me, they're going to be like, listen, I got enough problems. I'm trying to save all my friends and family.

Like you're running around trying to do. Yeah. And that's one of the reasons I love how Tom preaches, because Tom preaches always about, he preaches about making sure that your heart position is correct. No, it is true. I use that. But it is true.

He's making sure that you're checking your heart and checking your spiritual life. Because if you're checking better than what your expectation is for yourself. Your expectations should be here and you're here. Let's get you to here because God has so much more for you. And that's one of the things that I love about how he preaches every Sunday. Don't be satisfied with where you're at because God has so much more for you, whether it be healing, whether it be in relationship, whether it be in your job or even in your finances. Like, it's always like rise above, know who you are.

Don't settle for less. And it's so important. So I'm glad to hear that your husband stepped up but i can promise you sister there's other people that feel the same way i mean tracy has felt that way sarah has felt that way me and vanessa haven't but there are more women that have felt like sarah and tracy and both of them have been handling or she's done but both both sarah is like handling her situations so good because she's not worried about anybody else. She's just worried about herself.

Yeah. Seriously. I mean, I got enough things to work on anyways. But here's the thing. Because you can say, listen, I haven't done everything right. You're like her, but you've been saved now longer. So you're probably steps ahead of her, but you, you're able to give great guidance and counsel because you're, you're a little bit further along on the road.

And so it helps people to say, okay, this is what she did. This is what the word of God says. If it worked for her, it'll work for me. I'm going to stay focused on this and I'm going to get the same results because your family's not the same, Sarah. Right. Yeah. They're not the her. It'll work for me. I'm going to stay focused on this and I'm going to get the same results. Cause your family's not the same, Sarah. Right. Yeah. They're not the same. It is totally different,

but it's because of the things that you've implemented. Again, I promise you, if you knew her again, poster child, and I'm super proud of you. I mean, Sarah,

super proud of you. You have no idea. You would not be sitting in that chair. I can guarantee you. I mean, Sarah, super proud of you. You have no idea. You would not be sitting in that chair. I can guarantee you. If you were the same person as you were when you walked in. I'm not just here for the laughs, people. No, you're not. Or the pretty looks. Yeah, exactly.

Another pretty face. Anybody else got anything to add? I'm super happy, though, that your circumstances have changed. I know. Me too. It only gets better from here. It will. I mean it only gets better from here. Especially this family. They got some big things coming. But just don't stop. Like just don't think now

like oh well he's listening to Jonathan Shuttlesworth so everything's good. Like Johnny Boy will take care of it like as long as he's listening to him. No. Keep like bearing fruit. Keep you know keep submitting. Because Jonathan will become repetitive yeah of course and so will Tom yeah they because the thing is is you can only say so

much so many different ways that then the Holy Spirit has to do all of the talking that's the problem and people start relying relying on man when they really need to be digging into the word. So he started with Jonathan. He listens to Tom. Listen, there ain't, outside of Rodney Howard Brown, there ain't no other two other people that I would highly suggest. And I'm not kidding you. And I'm not just saying it because he's my husband. I'm just saying it's the truth. But really, the best thing for him is to toss those two out and just dig into the word. But he'll get there just simply because those two guys will inspire him to want to. I can't tell you how many people have said to me, I've never been in the word like I've been in the word.

I just had somebody give me the most amazing story about their family. And I mean, it's radical, but their whole family is radically different simply by coming to this church. I mean, they're saved now. Thank God. I mean, it's just crazy. And like, not just saved. They're actually saved. They're actually living a righteous spiritual life where they're not just consumed with self.

They're actually witnessing and doing things for the Lord. Okay, that's when you know. Like, it's just amazing. And you can't, like those stories never get old. No, never. They never get old. Never do. So this one's a fun question.

Okay. It says, what was your favorite vacation with Tom and the kids? And where did you go? And what is your favorite memory from that trip? This question was with a bunch of other questions that I forgot to add in last week. So super sorry that I forgot this one. But it's all good. Okay.

So my favorite trip, and then I'll ask the girls. So be thinking, ladies. My favorite trip was Tom retired at 25 years. This was, I think, 2017. So when he retired, we decided to go out west for like three weeks. So we rented a van. We had to rent a van because I had to bring the dog. Of course.

Because it wasn't Atomar. It was our girl dog who's since passed. But we can go nowhere without our animal. Three weeks. Tom can't handle three weeks without our animal. Oh, my gosh. It's pathetic. Like, if we're gone for, when we go to Vegas, poor Talia has to be sending pictures.

She dog sits for us. She's sending pictures, videos, the whole nine to Tom. Face timing. Face timing, yes. Can you imagine three weeks? No. No, absolutely not. Ridiculous.

Ridiculous. He's worse than, no, that's not what I was going to say. He's worse than the dog. but that's probably not true. I think the dog is as bad as him. Separation anxiety for both of them. So we headed out west. We went to Memphis because Tom's an Elvis lover. So we hit Elvis, then we headed out to the Grand Canyon.

Highly recommend. Have all of you guys been to the Grand Canyon? Yes. Yes and yes. You just went to the Grand Canyon. I didn't go. I went out west, but not to the Grand Canyon. Had you been there before?

I've been before. Wait a minute. Put that. What did you say? Wait, I haven't either. We went to Las Vegas. No, it's not the man. My plan was to go to the Grand Canyon and I chickened out.

Okay. What? Why would you chicken out? We were going to do a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon and I chickened out. Never mind. I did that. It was amazing. Oh, I can't imagine.

Oh my gosh. I think Aaron told me that they did a helicopter ride and then went down. Oh, yeah. Into the Grand Canyon. That would be amazing. I want to. I'm just saying. Grand Canyon, people.

Somebody crashed in an helicopter? What? You'll never go down. It's not possible. But you know what? Heather has a great. It's definitely possible, but you're protected. Exactly.

You're protected. Nothing's going to happen. Heather, when we told her we were going, because she's been there, right? She had been there. And I remember her saying, there's no describing it. Like, you can't describe the Grand Canyon. And I'm like, what do you mean you can't describe the Grand Canyon she's like it's it's like beyond magnificent yes she's like you can't even explain how God created and how majestic it is like there's no

description for what you're gonna see and I'm like when you go there I literally I think I even said to Tom I'm like Heather's right yeah like you I literally, I think I even said to Tom, I'm like, Heather's right. Like you, there's no describing how pictures don't even do it justice. Pictures don't do it justice. It's crazy. And when we went there, it was raining. So it was on and off, which never rains. It never rains at the Grand Canyon. So it was pretty cool because they had the clouds and it was just, it was just wild.

So then we went to Hoover Dam. Then we went to Vegas. Then we headed up to Wyoming. We did Jackson Hall. Then we did, was it Yellowstone? Yeah. Where they have the big, what is it called? What do they call that thing that's about?

Oh, the geysers. The geysers. Old Faithful? Old Faithful. That was crazy. Yeah, was it? Have you seen this? No, never.

That's crazy. Yeah. And then we headed up to Montana. We went to a place called Phillipsburg, saw some friends. Then we went to, oh, Speak of the Devil, there's another. Then we went up to Glacier National Park. And let me just tell you, there is a road called Sun Road. Scariest, scariest road you'll ever, it goes all the way up to the top of Glacier Mountain,

uh, Glacier National Park. It is the scariest road I've ever been into. Norma just hid her head the whole entire time because there's nothing over here, and then there's cars coming at you. I literally was gripped like this. I wanted to do what Norma was doing, but I was like, I live by faith.

I live by faith. Nothing's going to happen to us. So scary. Amen. Oh, my gosh. That was frightening. Then we went to South Dakota. What is that?

Mount Rushmore, I think it is. Mount Rushmore. That's awesome. Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. That is those presidents' heads.

You sit there and go, how in the heck did they do that? How in the world did they carve that? Yeah. How in the world did they like carve that nonsense? Aliens. Maybe aliens. You never know. Listen, you're always the conspiracy theorist in the group. Always. But that was a sight to behold.

That would make sense. I'm just saying to you guys, if you've never taken a road trip, the best way to do the best, the best way to see out West is in a car. I bet. Um, because you can't, what you're going to see in the car won't compare to like, if you flew out there, it has to be done by the road. And it's like, you're never bored. Oklahoma.

Sorry. If you're from a boring Pukeville, but listen, I will tell you, I saw hail this big on the side of the road. That's so cool. Just constant hail. They had this hail storm. The hail? Yeah. That big.

We were literally like, what is that on the side of the road? And then you see these cars that have major holes in them. Oh, I was going to say. Windshields that are gone. There's probably some damage. Oh, yeah. Pretty bad. But take I was going to say. Windshields that are gone. Oh, yeah. Pretty bad. But take a road trip.

If you have family, and they're like, our kids were teenagers, so it was way better. Tommy had just turned 18. Norma was 16. Yeah, that's a good time. So it made it way more fun. Lots of joking, lots of laughing. Oh, my gosh, lots of laughter.

But you got to go. You got to take the laughing. Oh my gosh. Lots of laughter. Yeah. Um, but you gotta go, you gotta take the drive. Don't fly. You'll, you'll miss so much stuff. We were never bored except for part of Texas, which is hello. And then Oklahoma. Other than that, never bored because the sites are unbelievable. Where's your favorite place? I don't know. There's so many, but I did, we just did a road trip too. And we all, it was my, me and my family. When you did the RV. Yes. My parents had an RV, my brother and sister and their family had an RV. And then my other brother and sister-in-law had an RV. So we had four RVs and we caravaned, um, through new England. And so that was really fun. Went up to like the White

Mountains, camped up there. We have had like all spots next to each other. Oh my gosh. How fun is that? Acadia National Park way up in Maine. And it was summertime. So it was like perfect weather. All the little kids were playing. It was just, it was easy and it was so fun. And it was, it was a again, like we were not dumb. We took short times everywhere. We didn't spend tons of time because we have a lot of little kids. Oh, yeah. Boredom. Right.

It does. And then like chasing them around. It's not like a vacation. We're not just resting on a beach. But I've done a lot of all inclusive vacations. And those are really fun. Oh, really? Because you literally just lay on the beach all day.

That was in my earlier life with my parents. I think I need to plan one of those for Tom. Oh, my gosh. It's the food's constantly there. You can eat all day and like unlimited, like they have soda machines everywhere. It's just, I might have to talk to you about that.

Oh, I have so many, I have so many places. So yeah, we did the Caribbean all like growing up because we lived in Massachusetts. So January Martin Luther King week, we would just take those four days off and go to all different Caribbean islands.

And that was the best, but that was like, it was necessary during that season. Cause we were cold. And then now that I live here, it's necessary to go do other things. And then I took the trip with the girls recently and both of them were really fun going out to Vegas.

That was great. Zion national park. That was unbelievable. Like takes your breath away. How beautiful it is. It's just, I don't, you can't describe it.

You can't take pictures. You're trying to take pictures of everything it's just like why am i doing this it doesn't even look like what it looks like on my phone you know you got to go out west people there's nothing like god i i literally remember saying about the united states man god just really took some special time with this place he did i know I know. Because it's beautiful. I know. Like, there is no place that's the same. Right. There's not. No, it's so different. It's so, and it's such a, listen, the United States is a treasure. It is. It really

is a treasure. I agree. So, take some time. Everybody wants to go over to Europe and stuff like that. Screw that. Stay here. Try, yeah, try America first. It's cheaper. Yeah, true and it's and it's america baby marco marco how probably massachusetts when i went with them oh that's fun that was my favorite let's take your pictures up at the top of the mountain yes that's so sweet that was my first time, like, really going somewhere, like, different.

And for a long period of time. Yeah. Because you and Norma were gone for, like, two and a half weeks, right? I think, like, one week, right? No. It was two and a half weeks because Norma was crying after a week. Maybe it was. Maybe it was crying.

You guys were. I forget how long it was. No, they were gone for a month. Yeah. And you stayed for half of that. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

And Norma's like, I miss you. She did. Like day one, she did. She's a mama's girl though. I know. She's a mama's girl. But she was good. She got out of it.

Oh yeah. And then went back to it. And then got out of it. She had you. I know. I was having the time of my life. I know. Tali was totally fine.

I was like, I don't want to go back. Norma's like, can we go for a ride? Yes. They went on a lot of rides together. Yes, we did. Vanessa? I've got a couple of places. So Jeff and I went to Kauai, Hawaii. And

going to, it was a business trip that I got to like tag along. And going to it, I was just like dragging my feet because I was like, I live in Florida. How different can it be? That's what I would think. It was breathtaking. So we went to the Nepali coast, which is the grand Canyon of the Pacific.

And we took a catamaran to it. Breathtaking. I'm the, I'm the type of person, if I see like a beautiful landscape, I'm ugly crying. Um, so.

You ugly cry over everything it was super cool um so that's probably my favorite place but like family vacation we went to upstate new york um a couple summers ago and where we stayed was right by like amish country so there was zero wi-fi um we went fruit picking every day. We went fishing every day. We kayaked. There was zero distraction. A true family vacation.

And it was the, all of us agreed that it was the best family vacation because we were just like present. Fully present without any distractions. And yeah, that was probably our most favorite family vacation. Yeah. A lot of intimate time together. And I almost joined the Amish. That trip. Hey, listen, their simple life, there's something intriguing about it.

They've got it right. They do. They did during COVID. I'm joining. Okay. And then I came back. Simple life is not bad. There's one in Sarasota.

You'd have to give up your hoops, though. Oh, that'd be sad. They are not going to allow no hoops, girl. The hoops are out. Out. Yeah, it's not going to happen. They gone. So I haven't been on a lot of family vacations.

I'm looking back, and my kids were like so close together and we were always super poor like we didn't really do a lot i'm just being honest like if anybody wants to sponsor my family for a vacation you don't need sponsoring because you're not poor no more because you got god yeah that's true but god works through people so i'm just putting it out there i'll add a link for my yeah go fund me for my venmo um or zelle cash app any of those um no we did go a few times we drove to um massachusetts because i have family there so it was like we just had to pay for the gas to get there and then we could stay with um my auntie linda and uncle bob and they have like a basement where we all stayed and so yeah um but yeah New England in the summertime or it's gotta be beautiful it's it is really literally

perfect and and it's like everything's green and lush and the trees are so tall and I have family that lives on lakes and so it's like, going boating and stuff like that. No alligators. We're actually going. It's not like a vacation, but we're going next week, all six of us to Busch Gardens. That's fun. So I'm kind of like excited because we don't like do things. You know, Taylor and Trace are adults now.

So it's like. That's fun. That's nice, though. Just a whole day, even at amusement park spending the whole day together yeah i live with my kids and i don't get to spend i mean i'm a delight so i don't know why they wouldn't want to spend more time with me but they have their own lives so you know it is what it is it's true she is her biggest fan she is her biggest fan 100 that has not probably my second because really who's first's first? Jesus. Oh my gosh.

Vomitosis alias. Okay. Listen. Some things haven't changed in two years. Right. She is her biggest fan. I don't even think Jesus loves her as much as she loves herself. Oh my goodness.

That's going to be a hard one. It is. Sarah loves Sarah. Nothing wrong with that. Well, well that's it girls and boys yeah i know that was a good one yeah um well there are some boys to tell oh yeah yeah we do sean was hanging out i forgot he was doing something and he popped in to say hello so saint augustine yeah so he was yeah so he's on a trip. He's in a museum. I've actually never been to St. Augustine.

That's somewhere I really, really want to go. Tom and I did. I want to go. I've always wanted to go. Because it's like old. Yeah, he's doing museum. He's like, after the cruise. I shouldn't say no.

After the whole potline cruise, then we'll. Oh, we have to go. Good idea, Sarah. Oh, we can go out of there. Can that really happen? Yes. Yes. We got to plan it. Yeah. We got to plan it.

We got to plan it. Yeah, let's do it. I totally forgot about it until Sarah just said that. Good job, Sarah. I've been to St. Augustine. I was saying, but I take that back. You know why? Because I was pregnant with Tommy.

Tom and I decided to rip and run and go on a fast trip over to the other coast for like, I don't know, a few days. So we go there and Tom and I are the worst vacationers because we sleep until about noon. We get up. Oh yeah. We get up. We find a restaurant. We go eat. And we're like, should we go sightsee? Let's go back and take a nap. We go go back take a nap at the hotel we get up around six o'clock we're like okay let's do something so we can at least say we've seen this place yeah yeah smart so we go we look around for about two hours we go to a restaurant we eat then we go back go to bed oh my gosh like listen i spend, we spend more time in the room sleeping.

I'm not kidding. That's funny. Sleeping. Yeah. Sleeping. With air quotes. I'm just saying, way more sleeping than the air quotes. We're tired.

I know, I know. It is exhausting so we like when we go away we are not good vacationers as far as sightseeing i did see it you know what jeff and i do now when we go to a new place we'll um uh go on a segue tour oh are you serious i'm totally serious yeah but me and tom do the tour where you're in the car and we always find the bad area. So I can't imagine going on a Segway and finding the bad area. Yeah, don't do it.

No, thank you. You have like a tour guide and they like show you all the like cool places in town. Were you nervous to hop on one? I've been on like three. When you first started, the first time. Oh, 100%. Would you be nervous to hop on a Seg? No, no, but like, but also, you go down, like Hope,

I would be nervous for you. I would too. I would be recording you all the time. If it's possible for anyone to go down on a Segway, it's me. You'd be fine. I wouldn't want to watch it. How's it going?

Oh my gosh. Every time I fall, I don't want to watch it. How's it going? Oh, my gosh. Every time I fall, I don't get hurt. I know. Never. Never. But you go down. But I go down hard. So funny.

So hard. Maybe no. Okay. No, no, no. I'll do the segue. I'll take the fall for the crew. But it's a cool way to see a new city. That is really cool.

I love that idea. All the things are. And they, like, recommend, like, places to, like, eat and, like, see. It's really cool. Oh, my gosh. I love that idea. And you know where all the things are. And they, like, recommend, like, places to, like, eat and, like, see. It's really cool. Oh, my gosh. I love that. All right. We might have to do that after we do the cruise.

After the cruise. Okay. I'm down. Sounds good. Because Sharon is in for the cruise. Okay. Who's Sharon? Well, she's a – I'm not going to give her last name.

Yeah, Sharon. Sharon, her and her husband. Yeah. Mark. Yeah, she's on here. not going to give her last name She's Sharon, her and her husband Mark She's on here She's ready How did you know that? Because she put it in the chat She and I talk every Sunday Yeah, I'm trying to get her to go to Vanessa

She's still working So I told her, I'm like, you gotta go to Vanessa Quit your jobs, ladies. Quit your jobs. I was like, listen, you will love that group. Yeah, you don't need a job. All in due time. But, uh, but yes, she's in on the cruise.

Sweet. Let's do it. Let's do it. I'm ready to vlog. Go live. Yeah, yeah. It has to be a Monday through a Wednesday. Monday through a Thursday. Because there ain't no way we can miss church. Because Tom will kill us. Yeah.

All of us. All of us. Like the Bahamas. What? What? Yeah, let's do it. Yeah. We'll get back to you on that.

I'll have somebody do some homework on that. Okay. We'll have Talia do it. Talia. I was going to say. Talia's good at that. Talia can do it. Talia's good at that. She's 17, almost 18, but sheia do it. Talia. I was going to say. Talia's good at that. Talia can do it. Talia's good at that.

She's 17, almost 18, but she's on it. So let's say the sinner's prayer. Let's get you saved. Yeah, let's do it. We haven't done that in two weeks now.

And I'm like, and I pray every day or virtually every day that we win the lost on this podcast. Because that's what this is all about. Discipling and winning the lost. I don't really care about much of anything else so oh and we have our first sponsor which we're going to introduce yeah we got a sponsor what that's so

cool yeah uh-huh how else are we gonna pay for that cruise true true true so. So I've been praying in a sponsor since that was one of my 2024 things I was believing for. Done and done. This is our first. This ain't our last. Amen. But yeah, so we're going to be introducing that I think the third week in May, as soon as we get everything locked up and approved and everything. And so we're super excited about that. Good things happening.

Yep. Across the board. But, um, so, so that's the main reason for outside of winning sponsorships, we really want to disciple and win the loss. Amen.

We make every iron sharpening iron. Yeah. But if you don't know Jesus today, just say the simple prayer with me right now. Heavenly father, thank you for dying on the cross. Thank you for the forgiveness of my sins. I asked you to be the Lord of my life.

Whatever you tell me to do, I will do. Whatever you tell me not to do, I will not do. I give my life to you. I will live for you. I will go stronger in you. And when I grow old, 120, I will be with you for eternity. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Amen.

Super simple, super easy. Now what happens is when you repent, which is what you just did, you are going to go from this direction heading in the opposite. It's a 180-degree turn. So whatever you were doing previously in your life, you are going to do the complete opposite, like George Costanza from Seinfeld, whatever seemed right, didn't work. So you were going to do the opposite of what you were doing and it will turn out better than you even thought or could have imagined. A new life is ahead of you. Again, I say, Sarah, if you've been watching

this podcast, Sarah is a poster child. Like if you knew her life before and you knew, and listen, it wasn't like she was on drugs and she was living on the streets. Okay. She's like you, she's like a normal everyday person, but life was not perfect. And even though sometimes it's still not perfect, it's not bad because you have God and he walks through the whole entire situation with you. And it actually is way smoother, way easier, and it isn't bad. It's super easy. And the things that you used to do to cause calamity and chaos in your life, when you're going in the other direction, all of that ceases. And calm and peace

and tranquility, those things exist now. So focus on being the opposite of what you were. Walk with him. Talk to him. Get in the word. Find out who you are. Watch this podcast. We will encourage you and we will also help you to stay on that straight and narrow. See you on Sunday, ladies. It's going to be a fun one and bring your family. Men, bring your children so that your wife can have a beautiful Sunday as a family. See you Sunday. Bye. Real Talk Real Talk you you you you you you you