The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S02-E63 | 10-04-2024

Episode Date: October 8, 2024

Question #1 I know we are about to do baptism at the church this month. I have a couple questions. Can children be baptized? The Bible does not provide a clear answer, but infant baptism is practiced by some Christian traditions, while others advocate for believer’s baptism at an older age.Question #2 Is re-baptism biblical? The Bible does not explicitly address re-baptism, but it emphasizes the importance of believer’s baptism (e.g., Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38).

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 just opened it. Did you push Tracy's MacBook? Just click on it? Clicking on it again? 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 the picture. Well, she's bringing them up. Okay, so what happened was is 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. 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. In the most odd way. And you might be hearing people giggle Because it's the culprits

Like what were you guys doing? Like Taya and Vanessa I can explain Did you see them? Have you seen them? No I forget what they look like Okay It's not just

So I leave my When I go to On, 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 uh all kinds of stuff um so i oftentimes i'm saying hey listen it's the fourth song because there's only probably two more songs following it if he's not out there 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. You are. Oh. I don't know. I'm like, maybe I shouldn't. 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? No, you don't with a camera. Oh, sneaky. Well, no, I know her password. Yeah, she does know it. Oh, you also know her password. Yeah, that's true. Okay, so I can explain the first time.

Oh, my gosh. Do you see? 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? 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 sad. Look at this one. I took that one. I took have saved them. She airdropped them too, probably, yeah. Look at this one. I took that one. Like, what? I literally opened my camera up and I'm like, what? The what?

Wow. Look at Norma. I don't know what she's doing. And then Cutie. Yeah, Cutie Girl. I picked a nice one of Tao right there. That was probably with the one that was with us. No, and then there's doing. And then cutie. Yeah. Cutie girl. I picked a nice one of Tal right there. Thank you. 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. One, two, three, four. There's a group setting with Talia'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. 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, I know. I'm going to use those.

Because that's interesting. Like Buffalo Wild Wings. What were you doing with those? Brittany was sending those to her dad. So she was like, here, take a bad picture of you. And she just passed around the table.

Oh my gosh. So that one of Kristen. Yeah. That's dang funny. That one is probably my favorite. Yeah. Like, that's dang funny. That is something else.

I think this one was Heather's favorite. Yes. That's a gem right there. That is a gem. Oh, my gosh. You just never know. You never know what you're going to get. But Brittany's is pretty bad, too.

I ain't going to lie. No, no is pretty bad, too. That one's classic. That's her classic. She usually sends those to the youth. Oh, she does? Yeah. That's funny. It's funny. So you're trying to get the other one? Yeah.

Because the thing is, I airdrop it. Then it's H-E- h e i c the one that yeah so then i have to screenshot it um and it takes flipping forever 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 look like they were taken in the church somewhere yeah like they stole they stole my phone. And I was like, they must've stole it out 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. It's even better. And I was like what what's this no what's going on here okay oh there it is finally okay here's the last 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 that's a beauty look at vanessa's face uh-huh vanessa do you have gum in your mouth in that picture yes that's frightening maybe did you have to throw it out vanessa is the worst gum chewer on the face of the earth yeah she gets in trouble with her husband yeah or he takes videos yeah she does and pop it and pop it it. Yeah, she does a lot. I just, I can't help it.

That's the New Yorker. It's so interesting. It really is. It goes hand in hand. All right. That was special. So 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, like 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. All righty. So if you guys are on Facebook, you can like and share and comment and then jump over to the Rumble link that Talia will be dropping for you guys in one minute. If you are already on Rumble, you can like, there's that little thumbs up. That's five of us right now that have liked it. Thank you. And then just let us know where you're watching from. I see Alice on here and Dan's on, Daniel's on, and Sarah obviously is here, Anne-Marie. So let us know. Cassandra, Sharon's on,

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I do have the video. Yeah, let's do it. Okay, let's do it. In case for people who haven't seen it. Yes. We crown you King of Glory. We crown you King of Glory. And 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 Him Lord 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's vow Give Him praise, tell Him they'll never go Tell the creature how You've been cursed and you've been never known There's no one like the Lord So we cry for the instant So yep, we have Crave, Friday, October 4th, 6.30pm to 8pm 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 was in the back. I did the broadcast. Working. It's going to be good. It 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. I know. How is it? I know.

Like night and day. Yeah. If you don't. That song, first of all. Powerful. Woo. Yeah. I've been listening to it on repeat.

Yeah. If you don't know, that's her. Yeah. Oh, Kristen. So funny. Yeah. I've been listening to you on repeat. Yeah. If you don't know, that's her. Yeah. Kristen, he loves 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. She is. She is something else. That's dang funny. 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 way 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. 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. It's not you even doing anything. It's just him and the power, man. Like, yeah, it's going to be amazing. even doing anything. It's just him and the power, man. Yeah. It's going to be amazing. 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 had never seen them before. And man, they were so moved. That's awesome. By the power of the Holy Spirit.

So that was really nice to see. 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 it'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 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's 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 um Andrew Womack is phenomenal he's totally Bible-based uh Kenneth H, everybody knows 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 teaching. 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,

would you study out will be even more clear more defined uh conceptually more understandable um and then andrew wamek 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 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 gonna 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, um, he, yeah, he's older too. Um, 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, um, just context and stuff that's applied. And some of it, you might read it and be like, Hmm, I don't know. That's sounds more of his opinion, but there are very little bits that go with every verse or sections of verses. And so if you're reading the word and you're just kind of stuck somewhere, it's good to have across the board different things that you can check. 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?

Yep. 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. Yeah. And then I have this like amazing podcast that I listen 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. But for real, like if you really get stuck, obviously, you know, and Hope's a studier too. So she, she knows, she knows her stuff, but for real. And, but yeah, anyways, the Bible is just great. Like, and I know you might get like stuck in certain areas, but just like get excited about it and 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 like a book to help me study. The only books I've ever read are like Rodney's like anointed

book. 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. Yeah. If you want to like, like, like Pastor Rodney has some really, and so does Andrew Womack. They have some really great books. Like, but that's the cherry on top. That's not,

that's not a substitute. Right. It's just like the teachings are not a substitute. Like for me, I'll, I'll, 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 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. I gotcha. Um, for a long time I just said, um, study Bible. So we, um, we've had our date Bible for the last almost 16 years. Yeah. And I, 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, it will bring up all like the Hebrew and Greek. So you can actually like 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 Bible Gateway to have all of that. So maybe it's the same thing.

Yeah, but this is completely free. There's an app. There's also a website. Bible Gateway is not free. And that's what I've been using recently. And it's so wild. It's like once you start reading the 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 um 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

um below poor so not even a beggar not even poverty stricken right like 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 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. Yeah, absolutely. 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 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 depth of, like, I mean's for me, it's like, it's like, it's like layers and layers and layers of, 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. 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. So are you done with that? 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 Strong's 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. I love it. 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. If I'm on the computer, I will go to Bible Gateway. But I was going to say, before you study anything, take some time to pray and just ask the Lord, like where he wants you to start because he's got something already for you

lined up. And so don't go to Genesis. Yeah. Everybody wants to go to Genesis. That's great and all, but you'll get you might get lost in the weeds yeah there's a lot there's a lot of great stuff in genesis and i know some people who've read the bible from front to back and but when you first start out i mean if you're

if you're a scholar if you're already someone who likes to read books and so that's something to think about like you can read the Bible from front to back if you already are like, 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. dummies. It literally gives you like, if this happens, do this. If this happens, do this. 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 in Cultivate.

So that's 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, 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 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, she said something is that the, the, the, the word is alive. Well, actually, if you take some of the scriptures in the, in the Bible, um, it actually says, um, 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, it's a book that sits on the coffee table if you're lucky. Um, but it's a breathing document. It's a, it's a truly alive document. And huh? I love that. That it's breathing living breathing that's so if we look at it just like us it's that it's that important and if we cherish it and we treat it like that

i'm just saying the the word will radically change your life in such a great way but people find it to be so boring i'm like if you find the way that works for you, because not everybody's the same, but if you find the way that works for you to study, and you're like, I 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 getting into the Word. You just have to figure it out. But it is worth figuring out. You have to figure it out. Because 2 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're going to say one more thing, Sarah. 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. Like 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 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. Right. Speak it over other people. Nobody needs to be saying, crap like um i'm in big trouble here because i don't i don't know i don't remember yeah unless you're newly saved and i'm like 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? Peter 315. Yeah. 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 will 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 that he 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 like those healing testimonies, they bring us faith and they bring us hope.

And but really, that's really the word is way better than those testimonies. Right. And that will bring so much life to you. Anybody else want to add anything? Do you know of any good... I really don't want them to do workbooks, but do you guys... I think another way to study, too, is when somebody says something to you and you're like, I don't know the answer to that, then study it out.

I think so many people get complacent and are like, I don't know if the earth or if God made the universe in six actual days. When somebody says something like that to you, don't just be like, I don't know. Like, 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, 1 Peter 3.15, 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, I don't know. 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, what 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. Um, if pastor Tom says something that's annoying or like frustrating or, uh, yeah, I was going to say, say that don't believe everything that somebody tells you.

And especially in the pulpit. Yeah. Work it out. Every time. Every time you hear something, 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? Most of us were public school, so most of us were just like fed information and 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 your, if your feathers get ruffled, be okay with that and be like, okay, this is going to, this is going to provoke me to go and read the Bible now and figure this out. Yeah. That's another study way. You know, they were, 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. 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 know, 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. That's true. Yeah. Just get on it and then be inspired to share what your findings are. Yeah. 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 to. 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 got to 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, 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 it always does i love it for me i mean from 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. 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. 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 attention is 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 also unique. So when they do it, you're like, oh, I didn't like, I would have never done it like that. I would have done it that way.

I wouldn't even thought that way. I wouldn't have had a bit like. And they see results. Yes. So amazing. Yes. I love it. done it that way. I wouldn't have even thought that way. I wouldn't have had a – 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. Absolutely. 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. That was his first command to us. Yeah. As believers. And then you see it actually happening with true men of God.

And they're all about making sure other people are about kingdom business. It's like. I know. I know. Yeah. You can't touch I know. I know. Yeah. You can't touch it. You can't. I've seen,

especially seeing somebody grow so quickly to 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 you look,

I'm going to name her. I'm not going to name her last name, but you look at Tara, right? Yeah, exactly. Tara has got saved coming to this church. She's been coming now three years?

Two. Two or three? I think going on to three, right? This is the third year. Going on. Okay. And she is, anything that's dead, she wants to lay hands on. Bring it back to life.

Anything that's sick, she wants to heal it. She wants to speak prophetically over. She is hungering and thirsting after whatever God has for her. And people go, well, I haven't been saved that long. She's not even been saved three years yet. 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 every time. 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 got to even say, slow down, sister. You're not ready for that. So it's amazing to see. I mean, sometimes you got to even say, slow down, sister. Yeah. You're not ready for that. Yeah. 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 so. But you're excited and you want to like. But that's why you like we do like have fellowship and community so that when people are checking fruit, making sure that we're staying accountable to each other. Because sometimes you do get so excited, it's emotional. And so it's good to have people be like, okay, hold on. Where are 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. 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 have to but we're gonna work towards it like yeah i can do that right but i am not there yet so yeah you know that's the seed

time right you plant a seed and then there's a seed time and then yeah yeah so that every single stage matters oh it, it does. I mean, if Jesus had to be prepared and spend preparation time, 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 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 gonna 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. But 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. Just to make her think that. Yeah, absolutely. Make her be like, okay, Jesus, he got this. Yeah. He make her think that. Yeah, absolutely. He got this. Yeah.

He's probably walking on puddles. 100%. I mean, it's just amazing. How do you go from 0 to 30 without sinning? I know. Right. If you think of 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. Fully human. Yeah. And I don't know. It's just amazing to me. So I shouldn't blame my hormones. Nope. We cannot blame our hormones.

Absolutely not. Nope. You surely cannot. Are you luteal right now? I'm not in my luteal phase. Oh, okay. 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.

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. Right. 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 into jail. Think about that. Think about everything that John the Baptist did did in six months what are we doing right and that's the things i often ask myself what are you doing right for real not much

sometimes i'm like you ain't doing much chick but six months and the thing is 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. I'm not saying that.

But he was so well known. And he grew up out there. But he was making that big of a stir that they were coming to hear him. What are we doing? I know. But the only way you change anything, because John the Baptist knew his word. He knew it. We have to know it.

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I got 10 minutes. All right. I'm going to do this next one real fast. And the only reason is I have to be done by four. You know why that is? Because I have to go home

and make Tom 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, should I tell a story?

Go ahead. Tell a story. I don't even know the story. I'm like shocked right now. Oh, he's totally can. Listen, he doesn't cook. He doesn't cook. Okay.

He sticks in the oven. Okay. 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! The oven's on fire! And he opens it and 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. And I'm like, I don't either. 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 smelled like. Did you get the fire out? We did. There's always an event. He sprayed water on it. It was really scary.

We always use flour. OK. Flour. Interesting. OK. Good to know. Yeah. There's always an adventure in the Lively household.

I can promise you that. So what are you making? Something delicious. He's once like ate eggs, scrambled. Okay, ate eggs. Bacon. Bacon. Oh, he's a girl.

It reminds me of Gaston. When I was a child, I ate five dozen eggs. Okay, eight eggs, bacon. Eight eggs, bacon, English muffins with jelly on them. Breakfast for dinner. We love breakfast for dinner. Yes. And then that'll be about it.

Okay, that's pretty good. That'll be about it. That's his thing right'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 right yeah i'm the same 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 like 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, that I'm not surprised. That I do. That I'm not surprised. That I do. I can totally see that. That's so funny. 100% It's very versatile. It really is.

You can put taco meat in anything. That's true. 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, you know, I never noticed that. Did you know that? That verse?

Yeah, that is breath being... Yes, 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. Yeah. However, there is no explicit mention of toothbrushes or regular dental care. Because there wasn't. Right. Yeah.

There wasn't. Job 1917, 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, Vanessa? Because Job 2.7 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.

He had sores in his mouth. That's the reason why. It's like somebody with gingivitis. Right. Gum disease. Right. That's what I was thinking. Sarah, sorry.

Spoils, gingivitis. He had sores in his mouth. So infection. That's terrible. Gingivitis though is plaque, right? Where's Heather when I need her? I have excellent

dental care so i don't know anything about yeah i need to wait it's because the plaque like starts goes into your gums and then your gums have disease yeah yeah and which is infection in your gums correct yes i think floss people floss yeah i don't know just 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 weird. I mean, if it wasn't that it meant that you could name your kid. I was just going to say that. I was literally just going to say that. Gingivitis. That's an interesting kid named Gingivitis. Gingivitis. No.

Sounds like. A girl named Ginger. It sounds like. And 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 Vita Vita Vegeman Girl. She's a Vita Vita Vegeman Girl. That's what it sounds like to me. I'm a Vita Vita Vegeman Girl. As she gets drunker and drunker on the listen i grew up in new york city with the wildest names there was a shaniqua now that's not that wild an obama

on obama nasia obama nasia dc ain't no different shelavia shelavia i worked with a girl her name was shelavia and then she goes but you can call me special because everybody that's what my nickname She-lovia. I worked with a girl. Her name was She-lovia. You can call me special. That's what my nickname is. She don't hate you. She-lovia. She-lovia. She-lovia. The La Quintas.

You know what the La Quintas? Me and Tom call them the La Quintas. Oh, bless your heart. Or La Quida. La Quida? La Quintas. Oh, bless your heart. Or La Cuida. La Cuida? La Cuidas. 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. 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? Oh, my God. No. No, they're not.

They're disgusting. But Laquitas are actually really nice. Yeah, I agree. Motel 6? Yeah. No. No. I got three minutes. Motel 6? Yeah. No. I got three minutes.

Okay, let's go. And Tom's going to be like. I know. He's going to 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 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. And this is interesting. 2,000 years ago. Wow. In Sudan. Sudan had the first toothbrush. 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, that an anthropologist and archaeologist did studies. 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? We'd clean their teeth and get the plaque and everything off chew it, which would clean their teeth and get the plaque and everything off of it. There was less than 1% that had tooth decay. Where is that? What is that?

I don't know where it is. The main reason is... Don't even get me going. I know why you're laughing. Don't even get me going, Sarah. 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. It is. I know what it is, but I can't remember it. 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 1%, yes, the leaf was part of the reason.

But the main reason is because of diet. The food. There was no processed meats. I mean, excuse me, no processed foods, no sodas, no sugary sweets. Like every drink we drank pretty much 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 ancestors ate long ago. What is it? It's meats and nuts and... I mean, they did eat berries. They did eat berries. But that is not like... No dairy. No dairy allowed. They would drink goat's milk right from the goat.

You know what I mean? Exactly. Garden, tree, ocean, farm. That know what I mean? Exactly. Like, make cheese directly from it. So, yeah. Garden, tree, ocean, 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. It's when you go in them aisles, man. Gotcha. 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. There's no dairy in it at all. Yeah, it's pretty wild. So what is the cream in the middle then? Exactly. It's probably vegetable oil. Oh my gosh. Can you imagine how all those seed oils and...

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 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, not watching me. He's checking your location. No. 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. Yeah. If you've never talked to her, she's got the sweetest, teeny-tiniest little voice. 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 love that. She would. She would love it. She's like, she's a very like lovey-dovey.

We're not your 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.

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