The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S02-E62 | 10-02-2024

Episode Date: October 8, 2024

Question 1: Do you have a recommendation of study guides/workbooks to help?Question 2: Does the Bible mention toothbrushes or dental hygiene practices? According to Job 19:17, Job’s breath was offensive to his wife, suggesting they experienced bad breath issues. However, there is no explicit mention of toothbrushes or regular dental care.

Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Hello and welcome to the Hope Hotline. Thank you so much for tuning in with us today. I really don't know what else to say other than that because I just sat down in this chair. I was dropping something to Tracy because do you know like when people take your phone

and you find out that they took your phone like, I don't know, weeks later, and they send you interesting little pictures of themselves. And they expect only you to see them? That's not what's going to happen today. Are we almost done? I haven't received them. You didn't receive them? No.

She's trying to airdrop me some pictures. Okay, probably because it closed. Okay. I because it closed. Okay. I just opened it. Did you push Tracy's MacBook? Just click on it? Clicking on it again? Okay.

Let's see. Let's see if they come up otherwise. What happened was, is, Heather might have to come over here. Because Heather. I just want to see if they come up. Well, she's bringing them up. Okay, so what happened was I lost track of time in my office.

That's the truth. I was working, and then I was studying, and then I don't even have my earpiece in. What happened, so I didn't get in here in time like I was supposed to to get things done, so my apologies for being late. But as we all know, we're not the most professional podcast out there, and I'm okay with that. I was going through my phone, like, I don't know, a couple days ago. It might have been over the weekend and I found out on two separate occasions people had taken my phone and they had

decided to take pictures of themselves and the most odd way and you might be hearing people giggle because it's the culprits like what were you guys doing like tanya and vanessa i can explain i can explain did you see them have you seen them no i forget what they look like okay um okay it's not just so so I leave my, when I go on Sunday mornings, I go and during the service, I have my phone with me because Aaron's texting me during the service. Sometimes I have to text Heather or text Travis about different things. Ty is texting me sometimes. So there's just different things going on

in the middle of the service behind the scenes. So I bring my phone in and I also text my husband to say, fourth song to make sure that he knows it's the fourth song so that he comes out because sometimes he's back, not finishing up his message, but he's going over it. He's praying. He's all kinds of stuff. So I oftentimes am saying, hey, listen, it's the fourth song because there's only probably two more songs following it if he's not out there by then.

And so I leave my phone on my chair. And somehow people pick that up on a Sunday even. This wasn't on a Sunday. No, no, no. There's two different times. And I tell you, you can tell me when the other one was picked up because you're in both sets. Am I?

Yes. You are. Oh. I don't know. I'm like, maybe I shouldn't. Well well i kind of want to leave my phone around now after i've seen these pictures because i don't know what you're thinking don't you have a lock on your phone or people you don't know you don't with the camera oh no i know her password yeah she doesn't know yeah that's true okay so i can explain the first time. Oh my gosh. Do you see him? All righty.

So this is my first set. That's our Kristen who sings on the worship team. I mean, Kristen, what are you doing? I think they're trying to make chins or something. How many chins can you have? Is that what you were doing, Talia? Like, look at that picture. There's Tal.

Oh my gosh. These were sent to you by Brittany. What is Brittany? Those were sent to you by Brittany. What is Brittany? Those were sent to you? Yeah. We were at Buffalo Wild Wings. Like, that's Vanessa. But that's here.

That was on a Wednesday. That was at Buffalo Wild Wings. So she sent me those. I must have saved them. She airdropped them too, probably. Yeah. Oh, that's bad. Look at this one.

I took that one. I took that one i took that one like like what i mean i literally opened my my camera up and i'm like what the what look at norma i don't know what she's doing and then cutie yeah cutie girl i picked a nice one of dow right there that was probably with the one that was with us. No, and then there's another. That was the other one. No, wait a minute. There's more on there.

You're missing some. There's a group setting with Tao Yu's mom in there. Oh, and that one wasn't in the nine that was connected. So what happened was you gave my mom your phone because she needed to do something on there. And I said, let me see the phone. So I took the phone and then I started spamming pictures of Vanessa. And then I took ones of me. And then.

Do you see the one of your mom? Because then when I airdrop it, then it's. I don't know. I found those a couple of days ago and I went. Yes. Oh, no. I'm going to use those. Because that's interesting.

Like Buffalo Wild Wings. What were you doing with those? Because Brittany was sending those to her dad. So she was like, here, take a bad picture of you. And she just passed them around the table. Oh my gosh. So that one of Kristen? Yeah.

That's dang funny. That one is probably my favorite. Yeah. That's dang funny. one is probably my favorite yeah like yeah that's dang funny that is something else i think this one was heather's favorite yes yeah that's that's a gem right there that is a gem you just never know you never know what you're gonna get but britney's is pretty bad too i know no that one is that one's classic pretty bad, too. I ain't going to lie. No, no, no. That one is classic. That's her classic.

She usually sends those to the youth. Oh, she does? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's funny. It's funny. And then, so you're trying to get the other one? Yeah, she's. And then, because the thing is, I airdrop it.

Then it's H-I, you know, H-E-I-C, the one that doesn't open. Yeah, so then I have to screenshot it and it takes flipping forever yeah no this one did too and now you guys have to wait yeah so you got airdropped those photos from the full wide wings and then they just go into your camera roll. Great. Special. So I didn't get my camera stolen or my phone stolen. But I did steal your phone for the other one. Yeah. Okay.

Well, I was wrong on the other one. I didn't know where those were. They looked like they were taken in the church somewhere. Yeah. Like they stole my phone. And I was like, they must have stole it off the chair in the sanctuary. But a lot of times I try and take it with me specifically for that reason. So nobody, there's no funny business going on. I forgot about those photos we took.

That is funny business. I laughed when I saw them. I think I was going to bed. I was looking for something. Oh my gosh, that's even better. And I was like, what, what's this? What's going on here? Okay. Oh, there it is. Finally. Okay. Here's the last one. Oh, there we go. There we go. That's a beauty. Look at Vanessa's face.

Vanessa, do you have gum in your mouth in that picture? Yes, she does. That's frightening. Maybe. Did you have to throw it out? Vanessa is the worst gum chewer on the face of the earth. I admit it. She gets in trouble with her husband.

Or he takes videos. And pop it. And pop it. Yeah, she does a lot. I can't help it. It's the New Yorker. It's so interesting. It really is. It goes hand in hand.

All right. That was special. Enough of the funny business. We got things to take care of. That took way longer than I had anticipated. But it's because I was late. Because I was doing something. I literally didn't realize how fast time had gone by.

Yeah, it went fast. It went by super fast. So you want to do your thing? I do. And then we'll come back and then I'll do my thing. Okay. Alrighty. So if you guys are on Facebook, you can like and share and comment.

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Oh, thank you. Which is our newer merch. And then last but not least, we have our Crave available or coming to you on Friday, October 4th. And I do have this Friday. I do have the video. Yeah, let's do it. Okay, let's do it. Just for people who haven't seen it.

Yes. We crown you King of Glory And we crown you Lord of all We crown you, you are worthy We crown you, you are worthy We crown you, you are worthy We crown you Lord of all So we say Worthy is the Lamb Who was slain and seated on the throne

There's no one like the Lord Hang on, help me Tell the creature how He'd be crazy if it never broke So, yep, we have Crave Friday, October 4th, 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. And it will be a great, great night. So this will be our second one and I'm excited that I get to be here this time. Yay!

Sarah, you weren't here for it? I was here, but I did the broadcast. It's going to be good. I have a different job that will allow me to be out and about. Yay! I love that. That's awesome. That's stinking awesome. It was so powerful last time.

And that cute little thing made that ugly little picture. I know. How is it? I know. Like night and day. Yeah. That song, first of all. Powerful. I've been listening to it on repeat. Yeah. If you don't know, that's her.

Kristen, we love you so much. Oh my gosh. But literally that, yeah. That's her personality to you right there. Yeah. That is 100% her personality. She is so funny.

She is something else. That's dang funny. Yeah. Yeah, it's going to be good. It's going to be a powerful night. Powerful night. Invite your friends. Invite your friends.

Bring your family. It doesn't matter if they don't come to Foundation Church. It's irrelevant. It's a night for everybody to come together as community. Yeah. I mean, I don't know how other words to say it. As a community of believers. I know.

I hate that. But it is an opportunity for everyone to come together and really worship him in spirit and in truth. And sometimes if someone goes to a church that is not Holy Spirit driven, but they come to an evening that's like this, you are actually introducing them to a deeper understanding of what their Christian walk is supposed to look like without shoving the gospel down their throat, because the Holy Spirit will be so on them that it's his job. It's his doing. It's his job.

And it's not you even doing anything. It's just him and the power, man. Like, yeah, it's going to be amazing power man like because last time you guys weren't here but I tell you were you here? Vanessa was here right? you weren't here? there were just new people here and

they had I'd never seen them before and man they were so moved by the power of the Holy Spirit so that was really nice to see. Like I thought to myself, either it's their first time or it's something that the Lord is really downloading something to them. So it was a beautiful, beautiful thing. So invite your friends and your family.

They will not be disappointed and you will not be disappointed you did the invitation either. So that's awesome. Anything else? We good? We ready to go? Yeah, that's it. So let us, this one, I'll probably, you guys can stay on, because I'm going to get you guys' opinion along with this,

because there's not, this isn't some deep theological thing. But the first question is my husband has agreed to study the bible with me i know you have small groups do you have a recommendation of study guides workbooks to help i'm going to tell you that our our our hubs don't none of them use a book really to speak of they all are driven by the word of God. So basically every hub, whoever runs that Bible study, is actually using the Bible and pulling all of their teachings and their whole entire study time is from the Bible. So we're really not using workbooks.

We're not really using a book. I don't think there's one. Is there anybody who uses a book? I don't think so. I just asked Heather. Because the ones that I know of do not. Okay. So with that being said, I'm going to tell you, go straight to the Bible. Don't go to a workbook because that's a man's thought on what the word of God says. What you got to do is you have to dig into the word. You need to get a good study Bible. You and your husband need to open that thing up together and start reading it. It is not hard to read it and then study it if you have a good study Bible. Girls, I would say, I say get a good study Bible, do it together.

But there's some teachers that I would suggest that people, and maybe you guys can add to it. I listen to a lot of teaching, which helps me to go deeper into my study when I do certain specific studies because what helps is the knowledge that they have. But the teachers that I strictly focus on and listen to only teach the Bible. Like they are only using scripture after scripture, after scripture, scripture.

Andrew Womack is phenomenal. He's totally Bible based. Kenneth Hagan. Everybody knows he's my go to. There's Charles Capps. He's phenomenal. Jesse Duplantis, which is a very, he's my go-to. There's Charles Capps. He's phenomenal. Jesse Duplantis, which is a very, he's considered a newbie. Obviously, RHB, Rodney Howard Brown, phenomenal teachings.

They're going to teach you prosperity, healing, faith. They're going to teach you the gifts of the Holy Spirit. They're going to teach you discipleship. Some of them focus a lot on salvation, what that means, what that looks like. Those teachings, if you listen to them and you listen to the scriptures, when you see them in the word, it'll be something you're like, oh, wait a minute, I remember hearing him speak on this. And then when you study it out, it'll be, would you study out, will be even more clear, more defined, conceptually more understandable. And then Andrew Womack and Rodney, they have ministry schools. So you can actually, if you

wanted a workbook and you really felt like you needed one, those are the ones that I would suggest. Now, ladies, we all, like for me, how I learned, I didn't take a workbook. I opened the Bible. But maybe you guys have a different theory or theology on that. And maybe you have something that you did use that you might be able to help them out with. So I'm going to go to you guys with that. So I also like listening to people as well. But what I found out is like the more I was listening to one specific person, I felt like I wasn't getting my own revelation. I feel like I was just kind of piggybacking on what they were saying. So I think that's the disadvantage to always listening to other people

versus like, I mean, obviously we're supposed to read the Bible and everybody says that, but sometimes you need like that practical example. And like, if you're never getting your own revelation, you're always going to look for somebody else to like affirm whatever it is. Even world events, you're always like, well, what do you think? What do you think? Like, what is God telling you? You know what I mean? And the only way you can figure that out is if you get into the word.

And so one thing that I did have, which I really haven't used that much, but it might help is, I don't know, like his name's Warren Wiersbe. And he's older, too. My mom used his books when she was in Christian college. And so it's basically it's called With the Word. And there's I mean, he's written 150 books. But the one that it is, it's like literally verse by verse, just context and stuff that's applied. And some of it you might read it and be like, I don't know, that sounds more of his opinion.

But there are very little bits that go with every verse or like sections of verses. And so if you're reading the word and you're just kind of stuck somewhere, it's good to have like across the board different things that you can check. Like I have a Dakes Bible. I have now the Perry Stone Bible. I have this one that I can check and kind of see like, is there a difference? Yeah. Is there not? But it is really rare to be super stuck now. I can kind of like figure out, okay,

maybe the context is off. I can kind of like pinpoint maybe where I'm missing something. And then I have this like amazing podcast that I listened to called The Hope Hotline, and I can always send a question in. Speaking of, if you guys have any questions at all, just send them in today and ask thehopepotline.com. But for real, like if you guys have any questions at all, just send them in today. And ask the hope hotline dot com. But for real, like if you really get stuck, obviously, you know, and hope's a studier too. So she knows her stuff. But for real. But yeah, anyways, the Bible is just great.

And I know you might get like stuck in certain areas, but just like get excited about it. Be like, you know what, God? What do you want me to read today? What do you want to show me? And then it becomes like relational. Yeah, it really does. Yeah. You will apply the word in places you never thought you would apply it. Like even in conversation with people. Yeah. Not just in your own practical personal life. Absolutely. It's amazing how it just transcends into other things. Talia? I've never used a book to help

me study. The only books I've ever read are like Rodney's Anointed book. I feel like that one. I want to focus on my anointing. But yeah, just studying the Word. I don't really like using other books to help me. Yeah, I'm like that too. Like Pastor

Rodney has some really, and so does Andrew Womack. They have some really great books. But that's the cherry on top. That's not a substitute. It's just like the teachings are not a substitute. Like, for me, I'll tell you why I use it, and then I'm going to go next to Vanessa. But for me, like the teachings, I tell you to listen to the teachings, it's because it's not to substitute I tell you to listen to the teachings.

It's because it's not to substitute the time that you spend in the word. It's to actually substitute the time that you're spending listening to the TV, reading the computer on Instagram. It's the substitute of taking in more of the world than you do of him. The more of the Lord and what his word says and bettering yourself in your walk and renewing your mind, the less impacted you are by the things that come your way. That's why I say, add these teachings to it. So more of him, less of the world, and it'll radically change your life. That's the substitute is the teachings. Go ahead. Um, for a long time, can you hear me? No. Okay. One, two, three. I gotcha. Um, for a long time, I just said, um, study Bibles. So we, um, we've had our date Bible for the last almost 16 years. Um, and I, uh, we, I referred a lot to the Dake Bible.

And then recently, I've really been going into the Blue Letter Bible. What is that? Which is an app. And it will bring up all the Hebrew and Greek. So you can actually look up a verse and then see all the Greek and Hebrew. So you get to the root of the scripture yeah but i do that i wonder if that's similar to what i do because i've paid extra for on bible gateway to have all of that yeah so maybe it's the same thing right yeah but this is oh it is completely

completely free there's an app there's also a website um and that's what i've been using um recently just and it's so wild. Like once you start reading the word and then you get into like the Hebrew and then the Greek, it opens up. Like recently, Jeff even brought this up on a Sunday, the verse where it says he became poor. Well, if you look up that word poor in the Hebrew, it means he became a beggar. So even less below poor. means he became a beggar. So even less below poor. So he became a beggar. Not even poverty stricken.

Right. So that we can be rich. And then he looked up the word rich in Hebrew. And rich means to be rich in like material things, in like substance. And so, because a lot of times people will use that verse and be like, well,

I'm rich in family and I'm rich in relationships. No, no, no. Let, let's read the verse as it's, as it's, um, as it's written. Right. Um, and so it's just, it makes the word come alive in such a like deeper way. Yeah. That's why I love the Perry Stone because the Perry Stone actually takes those words and he does it through his little study parts. He like breaks it down in that way as well. But it's super important to understand the translations of things and not reading it verbatim because verbatim is not going to, I mean, it's good. Don't get me wrong, but it doesn't have give you the true understanding of what the word is really trying to say and convey.

And you'll leave with just skimming the top instead of understanding the true, the true depth of like, I mean, it's, it's like layers and layers and layers of what the word is really. I mean, it's just confounding. It really is. And then you add in historical things along with those things. Absolutely. It just blows your mind. It does.

So you add the translation along with the history to whom it was being spoken. It's just like it'll radically change your whole entire walk with the Lord because you just understand how deep and how far he goes for each and every single one of us. But go ahead. Are you done with that? Yeah. Yeah, that's really good. So it's called what again?

Blue Letter. Blue Letter. Yeah, it's in the chat. I pay for that. I mean, but you get it for free? Yeah. That's really good. So it's called what again? Blue Letter. Blue Letter. Yeah, it's in the chat. I pay for that. I mean, but you get it for free? Yeah, check it out. That's crazy. I use a similar one that's called Bible Hub.

That's what I was going to say. I like Bible Hub too. Yeah, me too. And if you go to the interlinear, I think that's what you're talking about, where it has the English and then right underneath it, it's got the Greek or the Hebrew. And you can click on the Strongs, and it'll take you to the Strong's definition. And then you can click on, well, what was this word formed from?

I think BibleHub is way easier than BibleGateway. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. So stop paying for that, girl. Yeah. Cancel that subscription.

Literally, it has all of my commentaries at my hands. That's in there too, though. The commentaries are all in bible hub really yes the user interface I would say on bible hub on the phone is pretty simple yeah like if I'm on the computer I will go to bible gateway um But I was going to say, before you study anything, take some time to pray and just ask the Lord where he wants you to start because he's got something already for you lined up. Don't go to Genesis. Yeah.

Everybody wants to go to Genesis. Start fresh. And that's great and all, but you might get lost in the weeds. Yeah, there's a lot of great stuff in Genesis. And I know some people who've read the Bible from front to back. But when you first start out? I don't know about that. If you're a scholar, if you're already someone who likes to read books,

and so that's something to think about. You can read the Bible from front to back if you already are like uh like if you're into that intellectual but people who are like i've never read a book in my whole life don't start in genesis no way yeah maybe read the book of john maybe exactly james is a really great start too like that's that's like christianity for dummies it literally gives you like if this happens do this yeah it's a breakdown do this um so pray first and then what i exclusively have probably been doing the last six months is i will read a chapter and if i don't have a specific right now we're studying the book of acts we're doing that and cultivate so that's exciting exciting. But if you, so you start, you read a chapter, just read it all the way through.

So you're getting some context. The Holy Spirit will enlighten things, right? The word of God is alive. So things are going to jump off the page to you and you're going to be like, oh, what is, look at that verse. Take that one verse and then look at it in three or four different translations. Like the New Living and then the NASB

and then the King James and the NIV and like just see all of the different ways that it's said in those translations and then go to the interlinear and find a word that's like, this is the word. And you study that word out and dig deep in the Hebrew or the Greek. And I have, I use verse mapping too, which is.

Oh yeah. I've heard you talk about that. Yeah. That's, that's kind of cool. And it's, if you need a workbook, it's like a page, like a worksheet that you can do that kind of explain, it goes through the, you know, the steps that I just listed. Like you read a chapter. Skylar talks about verse mapping. Yeah. So it's a good way to dig deep, and you can do it with any chapter, any verse. So if you want something that's, like, more concrete

but not somebody else's words and their opinions, then verse mapping is a good place to start, I think. It's true. You know, what you said is, and she said something that the word is alive. Well, actually, if you take some of the scriptures in the Bible, it actually says that it is a breathing, living document. It's that alive. Yeah. So if you look at it like that, I mean, and a lot of people just think it's a book that sits on the coffee table,

if you're lucky. But it's a breathing document. It's a truly alive document. Living and breathing. Huh? I love that, that it's breathing, living and breathing. So if we look at it just like us, it's that important. And if we cherish it and we treat it like that,

I'm just saying the word will radically change your life in such a great way, but people find it to be so boring. If you find the way that works for you yeah because not everybody's the same but if you find the way that works for you to study I mean you're like I've hated school I hated school I mean I hated studying I hated test taking I hated the whole entire thing I hated gym even okay I hated school but I'm saying to you if you find the way that fits your style you will love yeah getting into the word you just have to figure it out but it is worth figuring out it's yeah you have to figure it out because the bible of the second timothy says to study yourself

to approved right a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. You're to study the word. It doesn't say if you want to. It says we are to study it. And so it's not an option. You really need to do it. But you were going to say one more thing, Sarah. And then memorizing scripture, too, is so important.

Like there's, you know, we hide his word in our hearts so that we don't sin against him. And Joshua, it says don't let this book of law depart from your mouth, but meditate on it day and night so that you're careful to do everything in it. Then you'll be prosperous and successful. You have to get it in you so that it's not just you're sitting down and you're reading and then you're going away and you're forgetting what you've read. Spend some time during your study to memorize scripture? Well, it's rivers of living water and out of the belly flows that, right? So I'm not saying that there'll be a time where we don't

have the word, but when there are times that you don't have it ready and available to you at your disposal, you should have it so you should have it so much in you and it's such a part of you that whatever you're walking through, you can start speaking the word over whatever situation you're walking through instead of going, oh crap.

Right. Speak it over other people. Nobody needs to be saying, oh crap. I'm in big trouble here because I don't know. I don't remember. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Unless you're newly saved, and I'm talking like a year or two, you really need to know it. Like, it needs to be embedded in you. Like, there should be things that in the Word that you have studied, stories, so many different stories that you can reflect on those stories that they bring life to you and bring peace and comfort to you because

you know, if the Lord did it here, he'll do it for you and whatever you're going through. But if you don't know that you can't pull from that. And there's something to be said about example. Like for me, there's a reason why like Tracy does these healing testimonies and it's first Peter, what do you call those? First Peter 315. There's a reason we do those. The reason is, is because a lot of people don't know the Bible and they don't know like what the Lord did for different people or even peter did and paul did and the healings that they did they can't extract that when it's the time of need but you know what and then a lot of times people go but that was just that was them like they're special like of course when paul

laid hands on somebody or of course when jesus But then when you hear a testimony like that, then you're like, oh, well, I'm no different than that person. Right. But really, the word is the same. We're no different than Paul and Peter and even Jesus himself, because he said greater works will we do. It's better for the heat. It's better that he goes away so that the comforter will be sent to us, and then we can do greater works. So we're really no different, but we don't know that because we don't know the word. But then when we see those healing testimonies, they bring us faith, and they bring us hope. But really, the word is way better than those testimonies.

Right. And that will bring so much life to you. Amen. Anybody else want to add anything? Do you know of any good, any good, uh, I'm not, I really don't want them to work, do work books, but do you guys, I think another way to study too, is to like, when somebody says something to you and you're like, I don't know the answer to that and study it out. Like, I think so many people get complacent and are like, I don't know what, if the earth,

or if God made the, you know, the universe in six actual days, when somebody says something like that to you, don't just be like, no, no, no. Like it's don't let that be good enough. Let that be like, you know what? If somebody asked me that I want to be ready again, first Peter 315, be ready to share the hope that's within you. Be ready with a response. Even if like you have to put on your notes and be like, okay, this isn't really clicking. But at least I know this is why I think that the, that God created the world in, you know, six actual days, or I don't think that whatever, whatever you want to do. But like, if somebody says something to you, don't just be complacent. Don't, don't be like, yeah, challenge yourself to figure it out. Yes. Yeah. There's gotta be stuff inside of you. You're created for something. So whether it's healing, whether it's to like all, like there's so many gifts of the spirit.

There's something specific to you that like gets something going inside of you. So figure out what that is and then study it out in the word. If Pastor Tom says something that's annoying or like frustrating or pokes and prods you. I was going to say that. Don't believe everything that somebody tells you and especially in the pulpit. Yeah. Work it out every time. Every in the pulpit. Yeah. Work it out. Every time.

Every time you hear something, yeah, actually go to your Bible. Look up the verse. Even if they say the verse, if they just say like, oh, it's 1 Peter 3.15, don't trust that that's what it is. Go look it up and be like, well, what was she saying by that? And then ask God, what is the revelation? You just, you can't, most of us are public school. So most of us were just like fed information. we just had to believe whatever we were told. So we kind of have to break

out of that and just be like, I'm going to fact check. Like everybody's fact checking us. YouTube's fact checking me right now. And so let's turn it back on them and just do a little fact check. And we have the truth. I wish I had a Bible. I would hold it up. We have the truth. Every answer we need is literally in that Bible. Every single last one of them. So just maybe get a little bit like, if your feathers get ruffled, be okay with that. And be like, okay, this is gonna provoke me to go and read the Bible now and figure this out.

Yeah. That's another study way. You know, I can remember, not so much now, but I can remember like when me and Tom, like, I don't know, 10 years ago, maybe, maybe a little bit more. But I just remember like when we would be, he would study, I would study separately and I would go to him. I'm like, did you know? Oh my gosh. You know, those are great times for you and your spouse to, you don't have

to necessarily study together, but you can like bring things together for when you do. And then you can look at it, look at it that way as well. So you don't, the truth is, is if you wait for both of you to be able to study at the same time, it might not happen. So don't wait. Just get on it and then be inspired to share what your findings are. And if you struggle with lots of empty words and you're like, you just catch yourself gossiping or just like being negative and always having, like when you're studying the word, it's like when you get a new revelation, like you do want to tell everybody. So it's like the conversations all of a sudden start flipping too. All of a sudden you're having like more encouraging conversations or

more life-giving conversations because it's, you're filling yourself up with it. And then if you turn the TV off and the social media off and you're like, you were just saying, it's not a substitute for the Bible, but it should substitute, you know, the world. All of a sudden that it's like inside of you and next conversation you have is, is life-giving versus tearing somebody down. So if that's a struggle, there's another reason to study. You know, it's, and I don't watch every single thing, but I love it. I do have people like, you just know where people's hearts are.

I do have people who will be like, you gotta listen to this teaching. Like, Oh my gosh, instead of wanting me to, wanting to talk to me about someone or something they're like feeding me feeding me the bread yeah you know and so uh you really do i mean if you stay focused on the things you're supposed to stay focused on you really can't go wrong with with what you are challenged with right veering off with into going into places that you don't really need to go talking about things that you have no business talking about it really guards and protects you it's like we're really supposed to only talk about

him right i know and what he's doing for us oh Oh, it always does. I love it for me. I mean, I love it. I love being a cheerleader for people that are gaining in their spiritual walks. There is nothing that makes me happier. Same. And like, I love seeing people putting into practice what the word of God says. Like they're going out and they're winning the lost instead of watching other people do it or no one do it.

Right. Right. Laying hands on the sick, praying for people. No, it's the best. It's the best of the best. It's because they don't think that somebody else should do it because they're not adequate enough to do it. They know who they are in Christ and they're like grabbing things. They're grabbing the horns of the bull and they're saying, you know what? That's me. I can do this. You know, and that,

that will only take them to greater heights in ministry. Like that's what the Lord wants to see. You know, he wants to see you out there and about yeah and then like for me I just sit there and it's super exciting it's so exciting a lot of people in leadership don't like it because they feel like power is being taken away from them or or attention's being taken away from them and absolutely You know you're doing a good job when the people that are a part of your team are actually doing what you're telling them the word of God tells them to do. And they're all so unique.

So when they do it, you're like, I wouldn't have done it like that. I wouldn't have done it that way. I wouldn't have thought that way. And they see results. Yes. It's so amazing. Yes, I love it.

It's so amazing. That's one of the things I love about Andrew Womack, Pastor Rodney, people like that. They are so big on empowering the people that come to learn. They're so big on teaching them the Word of God and then sending them out to do his work. It's not about them. That's one of the first things that I loved about Andrew Womack.

Andrew Womack was like, I love that I'm not laying hands on everybody anymore. I love that I get to see all these disciples of, not of him, all these disciples of the Lord that have learned the word through his school. Now he's like, I couldn't. He's like, I can't lay hands on as many people as all these people. I never did. But now he's multiplied himself so many times over. That's the kingdom of God right there.

That's the kingdom of God right there. You didn't hear her say. And that is. Vanessa, it really is. It's the word coming to life. Amen. To win the lost and disciple believers. and we start for his first command to us yeah as believers yep and then you see it actually happening yeah with true men of God yeah and they're all about

making sure other people are about kingdom business it's like I know I know it yeah you can't touch it you can't this is seen especially seeing somebody grow so quickly too like like people that come in here are like hungry so they come in all of a sudden they're like showing up at hospitals and praying i'm like what are you doing that's i mean you look i'm gonna name her i'm not gonna name her last name but you look at tara right yeah exactly tara has got saved coming to this church yep she's been coming now three years two two or three I think going on to three right this is the third year yeah going on okay yeah and she is anything that's dead she wants to lay hands on yep bring it back to life

yep anything that's sick she wants to heal it yep she wants to speak prophetically over she she is hungering and thirsting yep after whatever god has for her i know and people go well i haven't been saved that long she's not even been saved three years yet i know and she hears the voice of the lord and i'm not saying she gets it right every time i'm sure she would tell you like everybody she doesn't get it right everybody but she's striving for that. She's in her word all the time. That's the way we should be. Don't let, because you haven't been saved for very long, anything hold you back.

You hold yourself back, not anybody else. So it's amazing to see. I mean, sometimes you've got to even say, slow down, sister. You're not ready for that. Not because, it's just because God has an order. Yeah, he does. You know? And sometimes if you move too fast, then you jack yourself up.

And trust me, I know. Right, right. And that's why I have. But you're excited and you want to like. Right. But that's why you, like we do like have fellowship and community so that when people, checking fruit, making sure that we're staying accountable to each other because sometimes you do get so excited it's emotional and then so it's good to have people be like okay hold on like where you at

we all need that absolutely i don't care how long you've been doing ministry i mean tom continuously says hold up yeah wait a minute and that's why you have him yeah and then i'm like okay you're right we i'm not ready for that yeah but you know i. Yeah. And then I'm like, okay, you're right. I'm not ready for that. But, you know, I have to. But we're going to work towards it. Yeah, I can do that. Right. But I am not there yet. So, you know.

There's a seed time, right? You plant a seed and then there's a seed time and then a harvest. Yeah. So that every single stage matters. Oh, it does. I mean, if Jesus had to be prepared and spend preparation time. Yes, he did. I mean, if Jesus had to be prepared and spend preparation time. Yes, he did. I say this to everybody all the time. 30 years of ministry, he went from zero to 30 before he actually walked and stepped into

his ministry. And it said he grew in stature and in wisdom during that time frame. If Jesus himself needed that, then we do too. His time was not ready until he was 30. And any time we put the cart before the horse, but he knew. He even told his mother, it's not time. But you still, no. You're going to turn the water into wine.

Honoring his mother. He was not disobedient, but he honored his mother. And even though it wasn't fully, he was capable, but his time was not disobedient, but he honored his mother and even though it wasn't fully, he was capable, but his time was not ready and that's why we have to be very careful not to step into things before we're ready for them. Super

important. I love how she's like, listen, you're going to do this. Yeah. He's like, mom, not yet. He probably called her woman. Of course. Woman? Literally.

But it is. It's a beautiful story. That's why you need to know the Bible. What did he do before that that we don't get to read that we're going to find out about in heaven? Like as he was growing up, what kind of things did they see

that he did? I know. I know. I know. I just can make her think that. Yeah, absolutely. Make her be like, okay,

he got this. Yeah. He's probably walking on. Yeah, absolutely. Make her be like, okay, he got this. Yeah. He's probably walking on puddles, you know. 100%. I mean, it's just amazing. It's like, how do you go from zero to 30 without sinning? I know. Yeah.

Right. If you think of yourself at 10. Right. Right. Because, you know, you back talk or you have a mind of your own. Lying. Lying. He went through puberty.

Yes, he did. You know. Like, so it's just like. Like everyone else. What an amazing. What an amazing thing. Yep. He was fully human.

Fully human. Fully human. That's exactly what I was thinking in my head. Yep. He was fully human. Fully human. That's exactly what I was thinking in my head. Fully human. I don't know. It's just amazing to me. I shouldn't blame my hormones. We cannot blame our hormones. Absolutely not.

Nope. I'm not in my luteal phase. Thank you for checking in. We always do. That's TMI. But that's okay. Except for if you're a guy. And then you're like,

I don't know, I think it's a little quiet on the guy side. Hey, listen, you're married more than likely. But you know. You know. Yeah, that's true. But that's why it's super important to know your word. Because if you know that even Jesus had to wait, then you won't mind waiting. And in three years, I was just telling somebody, in three years, he turned the world upside down.

But if you look at John the Baptist, John the Baptist and Jesus' cousins, right? There was only a six-month difference between the two of them and what's crazy is john the baptist didn't start until he was 30 either and then only in six months before he was arrested and put in into jail think about that think about everything that john the baptist did in six months what are we doing? And that's the things I often ask myself. What are you doing? Not much. Sometimes I'm like, you ain't doing much, chick.

But six months. And the thing is, he wasn't going in to the temple or the synagogue. They were going out to the desert. He was that powerful. I mean, he was that, like, there was so much. And again, it's an anointing. Don't get me wrong.

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Because I have to go home and make Tom dinner. I knew it. You're making dinner? I do. Every now and then we, I make me dinner. You're making dinner? I do. Every now and then. I make me stuff. But Tom's usually not. I was going to say.

So he's on a kick right now or something. Normally. Oh. No, no, no. I mean, he'll make, like right now, he's like been doing stuff for himself to a certain extent. No way. Oh, listen, it is. He did it when I was there for my wisdom teeth. No way. Oh, listen, it is. He did it when I was there for my wisdom teeth.

No way. Oh, should I tell a story? Go ahead. Tell a story. I don't even know the story. I'm shocked right now. Oh, he's totally. Listen, he doesn't cook.

He doesn't cook. Okay. He sticks in the oven. Okay, real quick. Go ahead. He was making shrimp and wings, and he put it in the oven. Okay, real quick. Go ahead. He was making shrimp and wings and he put it in the oven and I'm making my food. Next thing

I know, I'm like, oh, it smells like a fire. And I look in the oven. The oven is on fire. I'm like, Tom, Tom! And he opens it. He's like, oh my gosh. And he's like, where's the fire extinguisher? And he's like, wait, I don't know how to use it. That's about right. And then Tommy comes running out. He's like, what's like, where's the fire extinguisher? And he's like, wait, I don't know how to use it.

And I'm like, that's about right. And then Tommy comes running out. He's like, what's going on? And we had to like, yeah, it was interesting.

So your house, did you get, did you get the fire? We did. There's always an event. He sprayed water on it. It was really scary. We always use flour.

Okay. Flour. Interesting. Okay. Good to know. Yeah. There's always an adventure in the likely household. I can promise you that.

So what are you making? Something delicious. He's once like eight eggs scrambled. Eight eggs? Bacon. Girl. It reminds me of Gaston. When I was a child, I ate five dozen eggs oh my gosh okay eight eggs bacon eight eggs bacon uh english

muffins with jelly on them we love breakfast for dinner yes okay and then that'll be about it okay that's pretty good that's good that'll be about it that's. That's pretty good. That's good. That'll be about it. That's his thing right now. See, I know. There's a thing. No, he can eat the same thing over and over again. Yeah, I'm the same. Me too. Not me.

No, did you eat like six months, six to eight months worth of every night French toast? Gross. No, I wouldn't eat French toast. Every night. I would, but not every night. No way, Jose. Every night. I love breakfast.

I love breakfast. I eat taco meat every single day of my life. Oh,, but not every night. No way, Jose. Every night. I love breakfast. I love breakfast. I eat taco meat every single day of my life. Oh, that I'm not surprised. That I'm not surprised. And I do. I can totally see that. That's so funny. It's very versatile.

It really is. You can put taco meat in anything. That's true. Okay. Okay. Okay, so anyways, you have to be out of here at four. So you have six minutes. Ready? I can do that.

Okay. This is a very interesting question. Okay. Does the Bible mention toothbrushes or dental hygiene practices? According to Job, 1917, Job's breath was offensive to his wife, suggesting they experienced bad breath issues, which, i never noticed that yeah did you know that that verse yeah but his breath being yes i i remember i didn't that's why i love these questions i know i know i always thought that's odd like to put a note right yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

However, there is no explicit mention of toothbrushes or regular dental care. Because there wasn't. Right. Yeah. There wasn't. Job 19.17, we're going to read it. It says, my breath is offensive to my wife, and I am repulsive to the children of my own body. But if you study this out, you know why.

Which is interesting. Do you know why which is interesting do you know why vanessa because job 27 says that so satan went out from the presence of the lord and struck job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head head sores in his mouth that's the reason why it's like somebody with gingivitis right gum disease that disease. Right. That's what I was thinking. Sarah, sorry. I was thinking. Spoils, gingivitis, they say.

Yeah. I mean. He had sores in his mouth. He had sores. So, infection. Right, right. That's terrible. That's it. Gingivitis, though,

isn't, it's plaque, right? Where's Heather when I need her? I have excellent dental care, so I don't know anything about it. Yeah. I need to wait.

It goes into your gums, and then your gums have disease. Which is infection in your gums, correct? Floss, people. Floss. Yeah, I don't know. Just gross. Clean your teeth. Well, sometimes I don't think it can help.

Gingivitis. Gingivitis. That's a weird name. That's a weird word. Yeah, that's it can happen gingivitis gingivitis that's a weird name that's a weird word yeah that's weird I mean gingivitis if it wasn't that it meant that you could name your kid that I was just gonna say that I was literally just gonna say that gingivitis that's an interesting kid named gingivitis gingivitis no sounds like a girl named ginger it sounds like you made her middle name vitus. And you lived in Boston. It would be Ginger Vitus. It would be.

You know what that reminds me of? Did you guys ever watch Lucy? I love Lucy. Where it was beat-a-vitamin-vegetarian girl. She's a beat-a-vitamin-vegetarian girl. That's what it sounds like to me. I'm a beat-a-vitamin-vegetarian girl. As she gets drunker and drunker on the

talk meds. Listen, I grew up in New York City with the wildest names. There was a Shaniqua. That's not that wild. There was an Obama on Obamanasia. Obamanasia. DC ain't no different. Shalavia. I worked with a girl.

Her name was Shalavia. And then she goes, but you can call me special because everybody that's what my nickname is special I'm like She don't hate ya, Shelevia Shelevia Shelevia The La Quintas You know what the La Quintas me and Tom

call them the La Quintas or La Quida La Quida La Quintas La Quinta. La Quinta. La Quinta. Wow. La Quinta. La Quinta. It's actually Spanish.

I know. But we changed it. Yes, you did. La Quinta. What's the proper? La Quinta. It's like when people say Panagorda. It's not Panagorda.

It's Punta Gorda. It's Punta Gorda. Punta Gorda. But I'm just going to tell you, the Laquitas are really nice. I know. Because you can have animals in there. Best Western is also very nice. What is that? No, it's not.

Best Western? No. No, they're not. They're disgusting. But Laquitas are actually really nice. Yeah, I agree. Motel 6? No.

I got three minutes. Okay, let's go. And Tom's going to be like. I know. He's six. Yeah. Now. No. I got three minutes. Okay. Let's go. And Tom's going to be like, I know he's gonna be so mad. Yeah. Literally. Hungry. Hungry.

Where's my woman? Woman. Like the Bible. Woman. Woman. Okay. So it's not because Job had a bad breath because he had no toothbrush. It's actually because he had sores in his mouth.

This is the thing. I looked up when the first toothbrush came around. Yeah. And this is interesting. 2,000 years ago. Wow. In Sudan. Sudan had the first toothbrush.

Wow. Before that, they would use twigs and like limbs to try and clean their teeth. Wow. Before that, they would use twigs and limbs to try and clean their teeth. Wow. I'm happy about 2024. Now, anthropologists and archaeologists, they're very interested in this. So that's where I found out. They said that they found a study, anthropologists and archaeologist did studies there that biblical

in biblical times there was a certain and i don't remember the name of it there was a certain bush that had a certain leaf and they would eat this leaf and chew it which would what is it would it would we clean their teeth and and get the plaque and everything off of it. And there was less than 1% that had tooth decay. Wow. Where is that? I need that bush. I don't know where it is.

But the main reason is Oh, don't even get me going. I know why you're laughing. Don't even get me going. There's I know why you're laughing. Don't even get me going. There's a sound bite right there. Uh-huh. Not even. I would venture to say that if we could figure out what that was,

it's better than the toothpaste. I know what it is. It is. I know what it is, but I can't remember it. Oh, I'm looking it up. I can look it up again. But here's the thing. The real reason is that they say,

and Sarah's going to agree with this 100 because i was thinking of sarah the whole entire time the real reason for the one percent yes the leaf was part of the reason but the main reason is is because of diet right the food there was no processed meats i mean excuse me no processed no sodas, no sugary sweets. Like every drink we drink pretty much has got sugar in it. There's no real candy. I mean, they had honey and things like that, but they weren't consuming junk food like we do today.

They mostly ate meats or things like potatoes and things like that, things from the ground that were healthy. Like they didn't really have any preservatives or anything of that nature. Like even our milk is so full of sugar. I mean, a lot of people don't realize that. But it is just full of it. So it was diet and it was that leaf. That's the reason why. One percent.

Less than one percent had tooth decay. There's a diet right now called the paleo diet. Uh-huh. They actually, they refer to the paleo diet as most. It's one of the, there's two of them. It's called the caveman diet. It's how our ancestors ate long ago. What is it?

It's meats and like nuts and. I mean, they did eat berries. They did eat berries and they had, but they, that is not like. No dairy. No dairy allowed. Wow. It's not like what. They would drink like goat's milk right from the goat.

You know what I mean? Exactly. They would make cheese directly from it. So yeah. Garden, tree, ocean, farm farm like that's what we should be eating yep stay out of the middle aisles of the grocery store if you just went around the outer layer or outer shell of the grocery store you'll do well yeah it's when you go in the miles man i'll get you that's where the Oreos are.

I just learned that Oreos are demonic. I told you that. Don't even start. No, no, no. I don't believe they are. Don't even start right now. I forgot about that. Somebody else just told me about Oreos being demonic. I'm like, what?

Okay. All right. It's the symbol on the Oreo that is. They're also vegan. I was not doing the symbol, guys. Oh, my gosh. There's no dairy in it at all. Yeah, it's pretty wild.

So what is the cream in the middle then? Exactly. Exactly. It's probably vegetable oil. Or, yeah, some seed oil. Oh, my gosh. Can you imagine how... All those seed oils and...

Ugh. Yeah. Those are demonic. That's demonic. Seed oils? Yes. Just give me some olive oil. Not good. I'm two minutes over.

Yeah, now we're in big trouble. I'm in trouble. Yep, you're in trouble. Okay, ready? He's got, he's timing me. He is. He's not watching me. He's checking your location.

He doesn't know where I'm at. He has no idea where you are. He doesn't even know how to do that. He probably doesn't know what time it is. Well, no, if he's hungry, he does. Yeah. No. You'll just speed home.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, I might. Johnny on the spot. Yeah. Gotta be my man. Exactly. All right, people.

We're going to see you on Friday. Plan, plan, plan to be at Crave. You will not regret it. It's going to be a great night, powerful night. And listen, who doesn't love music? I love it. Man, Dana was playing her heart and soul out. That violin on that.

I know, I love her. Love her. She's so tiny. She's so tiny, so sweet. Her little mouse sounds like a mouse. She sounds like a mouse. She sounds like a mouse. Yeah. If you've never talked to her, she's got the sweetest, teeny-tiniest little voice.

Yeah, nice. I just want to grab her and kiss her face all over. Put her in your pocket. Put her in your pocket. There you go. I want to kiss her face. Yeah, me too. Go kiss her.

I will kiss her. She might not like that. She would love that. She would. She would love it. She would. She would love it. She's like, she's a very like lovey-dovey. We're prayer partners. Like we pray, we've been praying for each other's family for like four months.

Yay. I love that. So love you, Dana, if you're watching. And we love you. She's awesome. Great person. All right. See y'all soon on Friday.

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