The Hope Hotline - The Hope Hotline | S02-E76 | 12-06-2024

Episode Date: December 7, 2024

The Hope Hotline | S02-E76 | 12-06-2024

Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Hey, hey, hey. Do you have my music? Oh, you're the... well, is it Vanessa's music or your music? Yeah, you got it. Yeah

Wait, I have this from earlier today you posted this and it was so funny What we get it let me get yeah, you're this one but i'll be passionately late no yes no yes no yes definitely not all right i've made my decision i'm going and that's that that's so funny especially on the colder mornings when you're just snuggling in bed if you don't go to the gym you got to get up and walk right you gotta do something i'm just saying the other day when i had to get up and walk and it was cold outside i had put on thermals i believe you and then yes my regular floridians i was so dang cold. Yeah. I was so cold. So cold. Not pretty, but that's me. I like all the time. Yeah. I, when I saw that, I'm like, that's perfect. That was so funny.

I love that. Gotta love it. Anybody exercises, you get it, especially early in the morning, especially early in the morning. Even like, um morning. Because even like I've changed my study time to getting up early. Yeah. Because I'm a night person. Right. And I felt the prompting of the Holy Spirit to change my study time.

And I'm just telling you, now studying, getting up early, studying, then going to the gym, that's the Grinch twofold. That's another level of adulting. Oh, my gosh. Get all that done before, what, 10? No.

Like, done before, like, 9, 9, 9 9 9 9 30 at the latest yeah because it depends on how that's special how long the um how long the workout is that she gave us right true it's not it's not it's not pretty because sometimes i'm i literally takes me an hour and 20 minutes to do the workout i can imagine wow oh yeah i can imagine she's a beast and i'm like what are you doing like how bad do you hate me you can go as fast or as long as you want right you you're going as fast as you possibly can without injuring yourself i mean oh and it's still hour. I've literally been an hour and 20 minutes. And I'm like, that's with no. That's a lot. That's a lot. That's a lot.

That's a lot. I'd be done for the week. See you next month. Like two months ago, she had two of them, two workouts. Like your Monday and your Tuesday workout were bad. And then she gave you like one that took you about 40 minutes. Do you know going into it that one's going to be rough? No.

Or you have no idea? Well, what she does is she changes. Every month she changes your workout routine. So you have three days a week that stay consistent for four weeks. And then she changes it so that your body never gets acclimated to a workout. Yeah. So you're always working out your muscle,

but differently. Right. That's the reason why I, you guys always say I've seen a change. Yeah, yeah. That's the reason why. I know. That's a great way to do it.

She never does the same thing every four weeks. It's something different. That's why you fit and Planet Fitness do not work. you pay 20 bucks right but they say i go to bougie i'll go to bougie absolutely i'm here for it i'm like not 20 bucks and to look the same thank you true 20 bucks and then you don't even go right that's that's true because if you if you get what you pay for yeah and it really is but like today i had to go and buy a gift card to whoever the trainer is that's in there with her because the whole entire time this woman the whole

entire time has clients and she's watching me the whole entire time you're doing that wrong okay i want you to do this i want you to to do that. Hold on to her client. Okay, I'm like. Oh my goodness. And now I'm making friends with all her clients so they don't hate my guts. Literally don't hate my guts because they're paying big money to have her help.

Right, right. Oh man, yeah. Between her and Carrie. This feels like prison stuff. Like we got to start making the right connections so that you don't. Oh, yeah. You know, that's what it feels like. It feels like, you know, you're way around.

Exactly. I'm not trying to get shanked here. Exactly. That's what it feels like. But seriously, like you do get what you pay for. But I don't like I somebody's always there to make sure you're doing things correctly. Yeah. I don't know what I'm doing

right well that's good too because you'll get injured that way you know if you don't like if you think you're doing it right and you're off a little bit your back's off yeah no it's important to do it right so and then they'll always say to me because you know my my my stretching I don't do there's stretching so the stretching affects how your hips and and your lower back. And I'm famous for my lower back. And they're like, did you stretch? No. Okay, now you're not going to be, you're going to have to do everything in moderation today,

which means you don't get the highest and best use of your workout. Right. Yeah. Right. And it doesn't feel efficient. It doesn't feel efficient. Oh, man. But oh my gosh, I'm feeling good.

I did a 15-minute Pilates video this morning. And? And that means nothing to me. How was it? Were you sweating? I was there for 45 minutes this morning. No sweating. Lots of stretching, lots of mobility.

It was very easy. Meanwhile, back at the ranch. Well, a real rodeo is going on ridiculous you know what I realized this morning on my I mean not this morning on my way here to the podcast today yeah like what all my way here I realized tomorrow's my anniversary Oh Mars my wedding anniversary oh 28 28 years yeah i realized that i went today's do you guys do anything like what's special you're gonna do something special right normally like get gifts or like go somewhere fly to a faraway country i mean last year no last year tom had norma climb out her bedroom window. Race to the store. Get me a bunch of cards.

Oh, wait, no, I didn't. I don't know that. Get me some flowers and something else. I can't remember it is. And then she had to climb back in her window with his assistance. Oh, my God. And then he went into the office and. That's sweet.

That is. I mean, that is really sweet. He still did something. So I was shocked yeah like yeah not shocked in a bad way but just like like what are you having her climb out the window she could just go past me we really don't we really don't do anything to be honest with you it doesn't really bother me yeah at all I'm not I'm more my love language is like you guys say quality time yeah yeah gifts are an it I'm just

not a gift person because I'm thinking to myself right it's kind of a waste yeah I mean I can go and get anything I want any time I want I have no parameters on like what i can and cannot do right i know so for me it's like quality time words like him him talking or just f words of affirmation is probably but not even that so much it's more quality time right yeah so as long as i get that i'm pretty much okay but seriously was in shock when i when i looked down at the date he likes gifts though right loves them okay oh i'll be getting him something yeah i don't we don't really exchange yeah you get something right because you want to speak his love language yeah you know yeah that's yeah that's cool yeah i think i'm baking tomorrow because... Have you guys baked?

You bake all the time, Vanessa. No, I do, but I haven't started my holiday baking. That happens this weekend. I got all the ingredients today. That's what I have to do on my way home. Yep. I don't ever bake. But you're baking.

But it's baking time. Well, if you count break and bake. Because Tom loves those sugar cookies. That counts. That's what he wants those two. He loves those. That absolutely counts. It really doesn't.

Absolutely it does. But those are, he wants them. But I am going to make. Okay. I am doing, he loves Buckeyes. Oh, yeah. Those are good. Those are really good.

Other than that. Yeah. I mean, that's good. That's the limit of my baking. Because what's the point? He loves those Christmas tree Little Debbie cakes. You know, I've never had one in my life. A Little Debbie cake?

Never. Or a Christmas tree? We still haven't done this yet. Little Debbies. This might have to be. I don't, like, I've never had any of it. What is wrong with you? I don't know. We will bring some. I've never had a Pop it what is wrong I don't know I've never had a pop tart oh that's right um that's right okay oh my god we need to make this happen on the whole

pot line we are doing this on the whole pot line we're gonna have a taste test for her absolutely what else I mean there are other pop we said pop tart because I remember that one. Who? I know. I grew up very differently. Yeah, but hello. You've been out of your house for how long? I know. It's true. It's true. You've been an adult.

Come on. They have them at the gas station. But when you don't grow up with it, it's not even on the radar. I know, but don't you want to know? I would want to know. I would too. It doesn't even. We're doing it.

We're doing it. We're going to get the list. We're going to have a taste test here on the Hope Hotline. That's freaking ridiculous. Listen oh my gosh so you know Kristen who sings yeah yeah yeah some of you guys Kristen the blonde that stands next to my daughter she's 23 mm-hmm she's from Montana I didn't know this but until we were going in I Tom wanted me to get him a slurpee she was with me because I can't remember what we had to do, but I took her with me to go do something.

Oh, to your house, Vanessa. We went to Vanessa's house. During the hurricane, right? Yes, to bring you that air condition for somebody. So didn't you need it for somebody? It was going to somebody. No, I think you just wanted to bring it to me. But you ended up giving,

but when I said I'm going to bring it to you, you said, yeah, somebody needs it. You gave it to somebody. you ended up giving but when i said i'm gonna bring it to you you said yeah somebody needs it you gave it to somebody maybe i don't remember i think tara came to pick it up from you for somebody i could swear maybe yeah whatever who knows so sidetrack note yeah so um she goes up in montana and apparently they don't have Slurpees there. So I said, well, I said to her, I'm going to get Thomas Slurpee. Do you want one? She's like, yeah, I've never had one.

And I'm like, back the truck up. What the heck? So you should have seen her face when she had a Slurpee for the first time. It was priceless. I wish I was Talia in that very moment. I even said to her, where's Talia when you need her? I should have been Talia in this moment.

I know. You capture all the moments. Yes. And oh my gosh, she's addicted now. She's as bad as Tom. No. She's addicted to Slurpees. You see, I don't want to be addicted.

Talia, is she not addicted? It't want to be she not tell you you might tell you is she not addicted it's bad she calls them foamies and it's foamy she's like it doesn't taste like um it doesn't taste like it tastes like a foamy it's like air in your mouth or whatever and Tom told her don't ever call them that in my presence there's a thing I don't want to be addicted to pop-tarts how many well there is so you well so you know what you what I was gonna say about those Christmas trees yeah people are smushing them making them into cake pops and dipping oh my gosh no that's heaven there's a way to do it and they got the big ones Which is what I bought So what's inside? Is it like cake? Cake with frosting

So it's like Okay So it's like Wait a minute Wait a minute Isn't it? It's like a cream frosting In between two layers of cake

Right, Taff? Yeah Is it like chocolate cake? No It's like those things over there Like the zebras over there Go get a zebra I've never had a zebra

Oh my gosh Right now She's starting We're gonna just do the zebra Right now, people Go get a zebra. I've never had a zebra. Oh my gosh. Right now, we're going to just do the zebra right now, people. There's a zebra cake in here right now. I don't think this is the good one to start with. I don't know what zebra cakes are. No, those zebra cakes are good. But this is not.

I'm sorry, Logan. But we will do the Christmas tree. But for everybody's, like nobody cares about this right now. This is what it looks like. That's the Christmas cake that you can make into cake pops and i asked tom last night i'm like do you want me to make you some cake pops out of your christmas trees thingies uh i'm like no let me say no darn oh man okay am i taking a bite yes okay right in front of everybody first little debbie cake in the world it is good i like

the christmas tree the christmas tree is better but this is good okay wait till it gets stuck to the roof of your mouth isn't the best part okay and I see I love those it's the end it's the end part it's not great the Christmas tree is great like that yeah there's certain ones I like you need a water okay okay all right I'll be eating that after she's there you go after the podcast first duty I'll go to duty okay oh yeah tootie make sure she leaves every single time with one of those suckers my mouth is coated right now with something that's's what I mean. That's the part. What is that? It's fake.

It's good, though. That's the fake part of it. That's the fake icing. That's the one I don't like. It's okay when you're eating. I'm unwell. No, no, no. You're fine.

Trust me. We've all lived through it plenty of times. Plenty of times. Yeah. But yeah, we'll do the taste test. Yeah, yeah. We're going to do that. Oh!

Ah! Ooh! Next week. Yes. We're going somewhere I got a coordinate okay are we on the road we're on the road next week we're on the road and then after that yeah we're gonna play with play for you what we were on the road they don't know we're going on the road wait what is this is a celebration of Kristen Benz coming back oh oh my gosh. Okay. I'm in. Whatever it is.

Kristen Benz is already in. Sign me up. Yeah. Put me in, coach. Put me in, coach. Okay. So this is going to be good. This is going to be loads of fun.

Let's go. So we're going on the road next week. Then we'll play it for you the following week. And then we have a special guest the following week, too. We do. We do. On the 18th on too. We do. We do. On the 18th, on Wednesday. Who is that?

Tara. Oh! Mm-hmm. Ooh! She wants us to forget, and I will not. Tara wants us to forget? Yeah. God bless it.

I know. It's not happening, sister. And her birthday is the next day, and she loves Christmas. You're not going to want to miss this one. This one is going to be... You're not going to want to miss this one. This one is going to be. You're not going to want to miss. Yeah. This guest, I make sure that every, and I don't do this,

but I make sure pretty much every single day I look for her stories. You need to follow her. If you don't, what's her Instagram? Is it just her font? Fazio? I think it is. Yeah. You need to watch to watch your story first and last name her stories are the best her stories hands down she's she's a farm a working farm yeah she's a working farm girl they're the best okay it's so at the top one or the bottom one because that's tl okay yeah just yeah so you want to you want to follow tara yeah she's the best good it's so good i mean i actually can't say that i

look forward to much but i look forward to her instagram stories they're good they're good they are you never know what you're gonna get never never no it's so good they're so sweet and they're so awesome and she's got a great story oh yeah and she's got a great story so you're gonna get never never no so good they're so sweet and they're so awesome and she's got a great story oh yeah and she's got a great story so you're not going to want to miss that i mean it's a great story it really is a story and she's from new york that's right come on forget about it your sister you get about it that's right she sounds less new york than you do and that's saying something. Okay, so really quick, and then we'll move into the questions.

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I'm listening to Kenneth Hagan, a message from him. One of the things he talks about is people always want you to explain to them why they want you to make them believe in Jesus. And if you can make them believe in Jesus, then they'll receive him. Okay. Well, the word doesn't say it for us to do that. We can't make people believe.

They have to believe in order for them to receive. The thing is, and the word doesn't tell us to make people believe. The word tells us to make people believe the word retells us to preach the gospel but sometimes it's people believe when a question that they've always had in their mind and they've doubted a question that they hear and it is explained sometimes makes them go okay wait a minute i've never thought of it like that. Or now I believe because, and that's what happened for Kenneth Hagin when a guy would not receive the Lord because nobody could,

no pastor could convince him to believe. And then by the time Kenneth Hagin was done with him, he was saved, born again, healed, whole body. He wasn't even expected to live six months completely healed and uh went back to that same church a year later the man is thriving as a believer and that's all because of people asking questions so if we can do that and that's part of what we're doing right you know it's fun just for us to visit and be a part of your lives and for you guys to get to know us and us to try and get to know you guys but But really, the purpose of this is to answer questions

and to validate the gospel. And that's the big thing. And then win souls through it. Amen. Absolutely. Please do that. That's the goal. Yeah. All right. So if you're on Facebook, you can head over to Rumble. We've already got Talia drop the link in there. So

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The link is right there for you guys. And then Black Rope obviously is available for you. And then the audio podcast will be available later today. And then after that, we've got our little slide for us sending the questions in. Please send them in um anything you've got specifically for the holidays and um for christmas this time of year we would love to hear what your questions are um we are going to kind of stay focused on christmas but obviously we go off on our side tangents on depending on what comes up but if you have a specific question

of christmas please send that in if it's a little bit different um send in anyways. And then eventually we will get to that probably in the new year. You can follow us on Instagram, like Hope was just talking about. And then also we are on TikTok now. So when you guys go to TikTok and you're on TikTok, if you're a TikToker, please, all you need to do is watch the video, like, and you can comment and you can save it and then you can repost it. So I finally got the ability to repost it and wasn't able to do that for a long time. I'm not sure why, but that's where we're at. And then you can also get our merch at foundationchurchfl.com. You just click shop and it's all available for you. And then you can also pick it up at Foundation Church on Sunday. And then not too far away is our Christmas Eve service.

So we would love for you guys to start thinking about who you're going to invite and then just start inviting people. We want this place to be packed out and get people to experience what God has for them in this place. And sometimes just getting through the door the first time is very challenging. So I think this will be a little bit of an easier way to come in. And it's kind of like their due diligence. But then when they get here, we really believe and trust that God is going to show up in a mighty way. And we're excited for people to make connections when they come. So get them in the door, invite them, and don't worry about the consequence of a yes or a no. Just, just do what God tells you to do. And then, um, and you can, there's a place to register now.

Yes. Yes, there is. Yeah. Go to the church website. Yep. Foundation church, fl.com. And then just click events. So where you were going to do the shop and stuff right next to its events, and you'll see it right there and you can register and let us know that you're coming. Um, that helps us just kind of figure out how many seats we're gonna where i'm expecting to pull some extra seats in let's get the seats in the back pull them in totally so standing room only come on let's pack this place out i'm totally good with that yeah yes that'd be so fun it would be i already know what i'm doing next year oh okay what I told you yeah totally God gave it to me today wow love that okay it's exciting it is exciting he always comes through I'm already ready to work

on it good I'm not don't tell Heather finished today is Heather watching but I haven't forgotten I mean I haven't finished this year's so i'm not gonna start that but i want to okay yeah hold on hold up hold up wait a minute okay so the first question i am gonna have vanessa help me because it it refers to her and it says i watched one of your podcasts where vanessa said she keeps her christmas up until January for Three Kings Day. What is that? And I'm going to be honest with you. I had no idea what Three Kings Day was until you.

Really? I had no idea that there was such a thing as Three Kings Day. Yeah, it's really popular in Latin America. Not so much here. Why is that? I don't know. Like, what is it about? What is Three Kings Day?

I mean, I did my research. So let's hear what you have to say about it. And then I'll fill in the blanks for whatever. But like, how is it Latin American? And like, exactly? So I always thought because I grew up in a very heavily Latin populated place that everyone just celebrated it and so it's actually like surprising to me that not everyone knows about it never heard of it it's so crazy i had never heard of it and listen i grew up in dc right that's a melting pot like i had people hispanic

friends yeah all nationalities that was never talked about. Huh. Juanza. All over the place. True. Same. But I lived in El Barrio in Brooklyn. It was like this

section of Brooklyn where it's almost like Miami where every single store, every business, Spanish was the first language. And then, so it was just different i guess but if you if you look up three kings day and you ask ai what is it because that's what i did oh man it says this the holiday commemorates the visit of the three wise men, also known as the Magi, to the infant Jesus. The three wise men were named.

Okay, I'm going to need some help. Okay. The first is Malquire. I don't know. Malquire? I don't know. I'm just making that up, maybe. I don't have their names either.

Okay. Casper and Balthasar. They brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the baby Jesus. And so how it's celebrated. So I'll tell you after this how we celebrated it. There you go. But a lot of people celebrate it by giving gifts feasting which we we did um eating a special dessert um what was your special dessert i we so we i didn't i didn't participate

in that this is how people around the like around latin america gotcha mainly this is actually in in france they they celebrate it with a special dessert um yes which is shocking yes yes because this cake is shaped in like a crown and contains a coin jewel or a baby jesus yeah which we'll get into yeah closer yes um and then in Prague, people traditionally jump in the river wearing crowns. That's frightening. Wild. I did not do that. In Puerto Rico. So this is what applies to me. So this is how we grew up celebrating this. In Puerto Rico, children leave a box of hay under their beds on january 5th so that the kings will leave a good presence so with my kids what i i did with my kids we would put hay or like straw in their um shoes and leave their shoes by the front of their bed. And come morning, the three wise men came to visit.

So we didn't have Santa. We had the three wise men came to visit. And when they woke up, they would have like small gifts. So it's not like Christmas time with the big gifts. It's like small trinkets. Like stocking stuffer? Yes.

And like candy treats. And that's how we celebrated it. I was fortunate enough to be in Puerto Rico during Three Kings Day one year, and it's as big as Christmas there. What? Really? Everyone keeps their Christmas decor up. Even if you go into like the city San Juan,

there's Christmas everywhere um and there's like feasts and celebrations everyone's coming together there's like a party on in every like little town it's huge um and then you leave so i was a visiting family as a 37 year old woman and i left with gifts did you have shoes no, they just gave them to you. Yeah. They were like, it's three Kings day. They wanted to like show me that I was, you know, loved and seen and wanted to like shower me with like little trinkets. So yeah, it's like this huge celebration. It's, I grew up celebrating it. I, I share that with my kids um and so yeah we keep our our christmas decorations up until uh january 6 and then when do you take them down we take them down the next day

pretty much such a sad day because the day after christmas yeah maybe a couple days, but not much that weekend. They go. It's hitting the curb. And it's all about that special time where the wise men visited Jesus and brought baby Jesus gifts. And in the same way we do that and we celebrate it by giving each other gifts. That's cute.

That is super cute. Now, the thing is is what it's connected to which i didn't know about this but i'm learning you're gonna learn me right now yeah oh my gosh so much across the world how they celebrate christmas yeah it is insanity that the United States, I was talking to Vanessa about this, but it's so sad how the United States, we are so fortunate and so blessed.

Most of the world that call themselves Christians there, it's, it's celebrated as being Catholic. If you are, which you said is absolutely true. Cause in Puerto Rico, it's mainly Catholicism. Yes. Which we all know.

There's no connection to the Lord. You have to go through somebody to be connected to the Lord. Now, I do know Catholics, some Catholics who were saved, like they actually understood repentance, redemption. They even were filled with the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues. That's not the norm though because pretty much every Catholic I know,

God is here, God is here, and they're here. And there's no relationship. It's more about religiosity. That's not to say that Catholics can't be saved, but I would say the majority of them, including the priests. I mean, i've gone to functions and the priest is getting as jacked up and drunk as the because family tom's family

is catholic so there's been we've gone to a funeral and the and the the the priest who did the funeral was bellying up to the bottle as as much the rest of the family. I mean, it's not good. So, I mean, we see that in our churches too. But I'm just saying there is, when it's Catholicism, Catholicism is way different than somebody who is evangelical, somebody who is Pentecostal somebody who is Baptist or Calvinist I mean there is a definite difference between that those denominations versus Catholicism we don't worship Saints we don't worship

Mary we don't have to go to a priest ask for forgiveness which the word tells us not to do that I mean so there's a lot of things. So the three Kings is also called Epiphany. Did you know that? Epiphany? I did. Yeah. Which I didn't know what Epiphany was either, but it is huge across the world. Not here in the United States, but across the world, Ireland, everywhere. Like, it's nuts. Africa. It's crazy. It's also called 12th Day, which I didn't know that either. And the reason it is is because January 6th, which is the day everything happens,

where the three kings visit. So January 6th is 12 days from the actual December 25th. So that's why it's called 12th Days, because it's 12 days from Christmas to December 25th. So that's why it's called 12 days because it's 12 days from Christmas to January 6th. That's the reason why, which made no sense to me until I found that out. But it's mainly celebrated in the Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican,

and liturgical churches. So that's also the reason why I had no idea what it was because, but I've never met a Catholic person who celebrated three kings. liturgical churches. So that's also the reason why I had no idea what it was. Because, but I've never met a Catholic person who celebrated Three Kings. Have you? Like, I know lots of Catholic people. And not one of them

has ever talked to me about Three Kings. I don't think they know about it. Here in the United States. I think all over the world they do. But not here in the United States. Except for if you're latino yeah it fell through the cracks apparently yeah unless you live in new york queens yeah or wherever brooklyn bushwick then you're fine it's an ancient church festival that celebrates the

magi's visit which she says and there's several traditions and celebrations in different cultures one is customs include the star singers have you ever heard of that children dressed up as kings you said that when you were identifying people they dress up as kings yes yes yeah and during your ai yeah yep they hold up a holding up a large star singing carols from house to house collecting money money for charity, burning of Christmas trees. I didn't know that one. Yeah, I didn't either. And like you said, it's mostly in the French Catholic culture. And it's the beginning of Mardi Gras, which I didn't know, which makes sense for Louisiana.

But that makes sense for the cake with the baby Jesus in it. Yes. So put that up because there's a cake and it's called the King's cake and this is the king's cake which is the crown which is what you were talking about so a king's cake is a sweet ring shaped pastry associated with Mardi Gras and New Orleans and it usually is made with a coffee cake and a cinnamon roll batter and is often filled with cream cheese and fruit and the cake is then iced and topped with purple green and yellow sprinkles for edible glitter and then they'll hide a baby jesus do you have that one they hide a baby jesus in the cake and whoever gets the baby jesus has

to buy the cake next year yes oh i knew that okay okay so I lived in Alabama for a little bit that's crazy and they they're all about Mardi Gras and so I knew about the king's cake but I never knew

it was connected to Three Kings Day yeah the colors look at the baby Jesus I didn't know about it either yeah I know

that's pretty funny the baby Jesus in there you don't want to get the baby Jesus normally you think it's a treat no you're spending money no you're responsible you're responsible i'm cold okay will you hit that

you want me to yeah just hit that thingy up a little bit now here's the thing a lot of times and some of you on the the podcast are probably going to go i already knew that there are so many people that believe that the the wise men men came to Jesus when he was in the stable, when he was born, just like the shepherds. That is not true at all, not even close. They were not there. They came when he was a toddler, actually. So let's look at Scripture.

Let's astound you. That's why reading scripture is super important but dissecting it is even more important um that used to be like my dad would get so irritated when christmas would roll around and people would like think that the wise men actually came the night of or when the storytelling was going on and they were um talking about the wise men arriving and my dad would be like that didn't happen sounds like my dad like ease up shorty you know exactly and my dad was short the living nativity and there's the wise men yeah i mean he'd be so irritated he'd be like that's not true that's a lie we're lying like oh my gosh storytelling but yeahelling. But yeah, it's just a story. It's just a story. Just a story.

But so Matthew 2, 1 through 12 says, Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him. And when Herod the king heard this, was troubled and all jerusalem with him and he when he gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together he inquired of them where the christ

to be was born would be was born and the reason he was is because he was power hungry and so was everybody else the pharisees oh my gosh are you kidding me hold on hold up wait a minute look what she just got who brought you those Galena said she was craving some so she went and got some wait was she like in the neighborhood I guess yeah oh my gosh Galena you could have came in okay hold on hold on. I'll save this. You're going to try it. I know, I will. Yes, I will.

After I'm done reading the word of the Lord. You want one? Yeah, at 5.15 when I get off my phone. Oh my gosh. I'm having one. Okay. Okay, so. Oopsie.

The box just fell. Okay, so the reason why Herod, Herod was actually evil. He was an evil guy, like terrible. He killed his own wife. He had her murdered, or actually he, well, he had her killed because he didn't like something she did

and he felt like, yeah. So he started feeling intimidated. He killed family members. He was actually a narcissist, obviously, but he was a paranoid narcissist. That's even better. And that's one of the reasons why he had all the children that are two and younger in Bethlehem murdered.

Because, I mean, if if you're gonna kill your wife what's babies right but if you were if you look at that scripture says he had every child that was two and younger murdered the reason why is because it had been a long time between when Jesus was born to to win to win the the wise men came okay and if the wise men would have been wise they probably wouldn't have gone to him just goes to show you they were astronomers they weren't actually wise although you have to be smart but still an astronomy then wasn't the way it is today right or like like the signs mm-hmm exactly and they said we do

have some astronomers that are actually like looking at things because they're investigating things not because they're into like if you're a Gemini yeah exactly horoscopes I'm scum right says so they asked in now I do want to make this clear too because a lot of people think when he had children killed, a lot of people think that it was massive, monumental amount of children. It really wasn't. Bethlehem is a small town. I've been there.

It's not big. And so if you think about it, it's a small population. It was a small community. So how many children were there? Not as many as people think but let's face it if it was my two or younger one would be too much too much so he didn't have there wasn't a lot of children being murdered but significant i mean because it was such a small community but there were children that died so they said to him in bethlehem of judah for thus it is written by the prophet him in bethlehem of judea for thus

it is written by the prophet but you bethlehem in the land of judah are not the least among the rulers of judah for out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people israel so they were giving the wise men are giving proof to herod that the messiah is going to be born in Bethlehem, the king of all kings. Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared, he sent them to Bethlehem and said, go and search carefully for the young child.

Didn't say baby. It says young child. And when you have found him, bring back word to me that I may come and worship him also. Which we know that was conniving and skeething because he really wasn't going to do that. He was going to have him killed. When they heard the king, they departed. And behold, the star which they had seen in the east went before them till it came and stood over where the young child was.

And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy and when they had come to the house into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother and fell down and worshiped him and when they had opened their treasures they presented gifts to him gold frankincense and myrrh if you ever studied out each of those items is pretty profound yeah what each of those things signify. And each of those things are significant because they represent royalty. Then being divinely warned in a dream

that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way. And if you look at the study Bible, the word house for 211 says, contrary to tradition, the Magi did not visit Jesus at the manger on the night of his birth. Because if you look at 211, it says,

and when they had come into the house, they saw the young child. That is one way of knowing that he was no longer a baby. They were now in a home, and they came some months later and visited him as a child in his house. And if you look at the word that says the child with his mother Mary, in that scripture, it says every time the child Jesus and his mother

are mentioned together, he is mentioned first, which signifies his importance. Normally, that's not the way it would be. It would be parent, then child. But Jesus is so important, he is more than his own mother. If you look at Gull, Frankincense, and Myrrh, these three gifts perhaps gave rise to the legend that there were three Magi.

And here's the thing. This is another thing that people think that there was only three Magi. And here's the thing. This is another thing that people think that there was only three wise men. Nobody knows how many astronomers or Magi came. Nobody knows. But we say three, and every time you look at a nativity, there's only three,

but that was because of the number of gifts. But nobody knows how many. But the Bible nowhere indicates the number of Magi, and they were almost certainly not kings. So, And that is truth. They weren't kings. And a lot of people have this idea of what really transpired the night of Jesus's birth. And they're very mistaken on this. And that's one of the things we're going to talk about where the questions align up I will like this question didn't really didn't really talk about the Kings outside of but it gave me an open door to actually give you some information that is significant about the nativity about Jesus's birth

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Every single one of us do. And he is it. You know what? I, I totally, um, I wish to goodness, gracious alive.

This is back to, um, this is, uh, I saw this thing on Jonathan, or I saw this on Adalas's, uh, story.

And I tried to get you to download it but remember i was telling tracy and tracy couldn't pull it up remember when i was telling you guys about writing a book i don't know how many of you guys watched adalas's story or jonathan's story but it was exactly what we were talking about on friday and when i went to go when i went to send it to Tracy for her to be able to play for everybody, because it's exactly what I was talking about on Wednesday, about writing a book about what people do and tell you and talk to you about.

I was DMing with her today. I wish to God I had that video to show you. Did you see it? No, I didn't see it. No. Tracy didn't see it either. No, I messed up. Did you, Tracy, did you tell?

No, I did not. I know. See, we all messed up. Priceless. I might DM her and see if she can't send it to me. Yeah. Separate. It's priceless.

And it is funny as crap I mean sometimes I'm just telling you I know they couldn't even keep a straight face neither one of them it was that bad yeah and I have laughed like that oh my gosh I have laughed like that when people have told me stuff and um but adalys's escape route from it was gold it was it was gold god bless that child flipping hilarious find it you can't it was on her story it's gone i have to dm her archive i'm sure she could yeah if she posted it if she she didn't post it she somebody put it on jonathan's story or jonathan put it on his story and then they tagged her or she i don't know i'm just saying oh man i know i don't know i hate that's why i hate stories i know they have to live in the

moment i don't want to live in the moment when i need the moment back i know i told her i said i'm putting this on my podcast today i'm putting it in the lo and behold lo and behold because i'm not great at looking at stories right i'm not like i'm not that great at looking at them or looking at people's stories it's when i like i had a moment today i'm like you know what i'm gonna check out what people did or have been up to yeah i know i must have just missed it too i literally i watched it twice i was laughing so freaking hard it's gotta be somewhere it has to i'm just saying i love that girl i know me too that was so that was so hilarious okay next question okay next question i don't know why i just thought that popped into

my little brain i was like you wanted to talk about it so bad it was so perfect to what i was saying i know it's like i can't i mean i can't give you any personal examples so this was perfect for me to give right because i won't write the book yeah confessions of a pastor's wife yes well it makes it seem like we've done something wrong hey that'll get people to buy it it doesn't matter all news is good news that newest trends it's we that's what people are running yes yes we don't judge yes yeah i'll have to look it up yeah it is it's we don't judge it's yeah we listen we listen and we don't judge church edition yes i saw i saw this couple like she's she's, like, very heavy. Have you ever, you know who I'm talking about?

She's very, very heavy. She's a TikToker. She's a, what do you call it? She's an influencer. Influencer, yeah. And she's married to a very good-looking guy. I think I know who you're talking about. She's not.

Yes. He is. Yes. But the thing is, is if you look at when they first started out he wasn't either oh he wasn't either they were like a match made in heaven like because she wasn't a big girl then she wasn't tiny but he was kind of dorky looking and then super skinny super skinny kind of me then he blew up muscular oh like his face matured he got good looking got gray hair he has a beard and mustache which probably hides some of the

potential issues or whatever so everybody's like how in the world did that get that that's i felt like that when i was pregnant with with tommy and norma like I'd walk in with Tom and I'd be Lincoln they feel bad for him I felt bad for him not gonna lie but I'm just saying you said but that's what they did and there's because they're really funny like they're a really funny couple mm-hmm and she literally looks at herself and she's like hey I know everybody's like feeling bad for him but you know what I'm okay with that and she does deal with issues but right but but the thing is is they're very funny people so I that first time I saw that was with them yeah I don't I listen

and we don't judge yeah which I've only seen them like twice yeah but one of the two times I saw it was like that and and I was like dang you guys are funny they're like they're very raw about themselves yeah just nice for a change yeah if you can't be honest about yourself and laugh at yourself come on that's pride you be you you be you guys that's right absolutely i'm gonna send him a shirt that's right but i just think to myself people are so serious about themselves that they can't be honest about themselves and i'm like it's refreshing when you meet people who just can laugh at their. It really is. Yeah.

Like their flaws and their. Yeah. I know. Because who cares? Everybody's got them. And if you're on TikTok, like you just, it's bound to happen. People are going to be brutal. So you have to respond back.

Strong fortitude. You have to be. Strong fortitude. Otherwise, don't do it. Don't try to go viral. Because they will come after you. Yeah you just can't care they're making hey listen they're making this right subscribing the comments coming I know it helps them exactly they're like whatevs yep especially when they start fighting amongst themselves when people love them and they start fighting yeah

just scroll people do that with Tom yeah like when people like oh my gosh i have felt so i haven't well that's not true i haven't felt bad for them but but kind of my moderately but when people have like attacked tom yeah and all of his followers like they pounce yeah I'm like oh yeah watch out out not the place not the place like oh my gosh don't even not in this comment section right they will like chew you up they're like a pack of dogs yeah yep on Jezebel oh my gosh it's bad bad okay let's go five minutes i'm a six okay we can do it okay all my life i thought jesus was born in a barn but i heard somewhere that he was actually born in a cave is that true cannot tell you how many times people have asked this question really wow most people think he is born when you hear stable they think and also

because the manger right you think manger you think but actually the manger was a stone trough everything's a lie everything well the thing is is i i don't mean to burst your bubble but most people think that jesus was a carpenter so he is out using wood and building with wood yeah it was not carpenters in biblical times were stones that's the reason why he told peter that you know that's the reason why he's also called the cornerstone but that's why he told peter he would build his house on him what were houses built with yep stone yep that's the reason why we're told not to be no not to put our we build a house, don't make it out of wood and stubble. Correct.

So everything that Jesus uses as examples is usually because, or parables, it's significant to that time people understood it. But most people think that Jesus was born in a manger that looks like a barn. Yeah. Did you? That was me. I cannot tell you how many times people have said that. I just heard like maybe this last year.

Maybe it was Deb. Deb might have said. Somebody said there's a cave. And I'm like, no it's not. Yeah, it is. You guys are so silly. Read your Bible. Yeah.

Most people don't know that though. It was just recently for me. But did you write this question? No. Like where are all these questions coming from? Well, that's because people, I save things sometimes. Thank you. Yeah.

Because I know. These are great questions. They are great questions. No, I did not. Yep. Until last year, you thought he was born in. Maybe even recently. I just heard it.

Until today, years old. Until today, yes. Yeah, I know. What? Yeah. how you did you think he was born yes I thought he was born I'm freaking born where else he's but did you think he was born like this image in my right Talia's gonna go into a depression now I'm gonna throw away all my majors that's it we're all going to the trash can that's crazy that's pretty awesome every single low in your mind is a lie it's a lie it's go figure this is why I'm a conspiracy theorist. Question everything, guys. Everything. Question everything.

Because everybody looks at the Bible through a Western mindset. Right. True. And that's why I tell you all the time. Don't. You cannot look at it through a Western mindset. You have to look at it through an Eastern mindset. Totally different world.

Yeah. Totally different world. Yep. So you are right. He was born in a cave. You were wrong when are right he was born in a cave you were wrong when you thought he was born in a barn he's actually born in a cave and i'm gonna i went to it i was so blessed when uh that trip that i got to take to israel for my job yeah was such a huge blessing because i the thing is is what I'm going to tell you to do is what I did years before I ever got to go to Israel.

Years. So when I actually went to Israel, it kind of was a letdown because I had already seen everything. Although I am very, very grateful to have been able to go because it was awesome to touch things. But when you're studying something out in the Bible, what you might want to do is go i'm not a big fan but might want to google it and say what does this look like

because i can't tell you how many times i did that like what does this look like even if it was like for the setter which is the passover meal what does the setter meal look like the setter meal was very different than what we think it is and so you can learn a lot when you put yourself in that eastern culture and he doesn't mean that means that you might have to do some research but like the mount of olives i already knew exactly where it was before i went yeah and i understood what the Mount of Olives uh what that what that means and what that what in Revelation is believed to happen in the Mount of Olives it will open the Bible up and make you understand it so much actually the Bible is in a if you take if you look at it it's everything transpires in the Bible in a small territory. But we think it's the whole entire world.

It's not vast. Everything pretty much revolves around Jerusalem, Israel, everything from his return to the whole thing. It's mind-blowing. But if you go to Bethlehem, let's go to that picture, which is the Church of Nativity. So this place right here, which, again, I was blessed to go to that picture which is the church of the nativity so this place right here which again i was blessed to go to and when i went to it i went um to it right after christmas so some of the religion believe some of the different religions are still doing Christmas and Jesus's birth. So some of it is celebratory.

All the way down at that little end there is a door, and we're going to get to that in a minute. But this is, the Catholic Church has taken over so many historical sites, and they've built churches on top of them. And the reason they built the church on top of it is because if you go to Israel and you walk through Jerusalem, you're walking actually on top of the streets that Jesus actually walked on

because they've built on top of the actual, like when you walk down the Via Dolorosa, when you walk the street that jesus walked you're not actually walking on that because it's below that does that make sense yeah it's just like if you go to seattle washington seattle washington seattle is on top of the seattle seattle that you're walking on there's another another below it. There was a monumental fire, and they built the cities on top of another city. Interesting.

Yes. So that's very similar to Jerusalem. So I'm going to read to you. The Church of Nativity, which stands in Bethlehem, has been the traditional site of Jesus' birth since at least the 2nd century AD. The church was built over the cave that is believed to be the birthplace itself.

The Church of the Nativity is one of the holiest sites in Christendom and marks the beginning of Christianity. And listen, this place is super, like, it's amazing. It is, like, people, if you go to israel there are a lot of places that people are very quiet and very solemn and very honoring this is one of them go to the next one that little door right there that is that takes you straight inside so when i'm a shorty, okay? I had to bend down to get into that sucker. It's not a tall door. It's small.

It's a small door. And only one person fits through it. So can you imagine? Like when I went, it just so happens I went on a slow week. I don't know how that managed to be like that, but it was wonderful because normally lines are long. It's like going to an amusement park you don't barely get to see anything but that we got to see so much only because the population was lower the the number of tourists was was dropped obviously probably because of the holiday but

you're going to go through that door and when you go through that door it takes you to what is called the star marking place of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem okay so right there they believe where that star is is where he was born that would be the cave okay now if you go and I wish I could have found pictures so that you guys could actually see what I'm talking about. But when you go inside that little door, it takes you through some caves, okay? And you don't walk right into that spot.

There are multiple places that they're not 100% sure. They believe this is it, but there could have been another cave that he might have been born in because they link together. So if you go, so go ahead. You're going to walk through that. You literally walk downstairs just like this, and you walk through. I mean, this is very similar to what you see.

And then there's another one that you, I walked onto this. I walked there. And they take you to all these different places, and it's amazing. They have church services down in here. Oh, wow. Part of the celebration of Christmas. So it's amazing that, that well first of all it just shows you how much the the the catholic church how much money they got yeah can you imagine what that cost oh my god and then they built if you go to

anything significant over in israel a lot of times like if you go to the crucifixion of where Jesus on Mount Moriah, they have built on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, they have built over where he was crucified. That isn't like raw land. There's a church on that. And you go into the church, and you can actually see where the cave, they have a spot where the cave where he was laid to rest,

they have that spot. The actual stone that they believe that he laid on, they had it, and people would rub it and touch it. It's now down to like this big. And they've got that preserved but they have something else now that but seriously it's down to a nub it's a pebble from being rubbed kissed um everything wow so they've but they've preserved so much if you go in there it's i cannot tell you how many Catholic people go

and they do the journey and all you see is this. It's astounding. It's astounding. They memorialize and there's something to be said for memorializing, respecting and honoring what's been done. But it's almost like borderline. Not that they shouldn't worship him like that it's not it's religious yeah it's it's almost it's it's almost sickening yeah so um but if you're able to go over there if you love history yeah that should be the history that you

you experience and i used to say I'll never go over there. And I remember a time, oh, I used to say, I'll never go over there because I was like, there's too much, you know, war's always going on. There's always some, you know, it's so funny because working for an Israeli-based company, they're very combative with each other. Like, they go into into everything just a normal conversation they go in it very defensive they go with such a posture of i'm gonna win or you're not gonna

get one over on me or whatever and it can be they're like that with one another but if you think about it most of these people have never grown up in peace right they've always grown up in some kind of turmoil or potential war or defensive mode and so like very hostile very hostile um if you think about it too when you go like Bethlehem is impact is is Pakistani right it's not Pakistan I'm just saying it is now taken over by the Pakistan people right they will not let any Israel any Jew or any from from anyone from Israel into Bethlehem. Like our tour guide was Jewish. He had to get off the tour bus and allow the Muslim tour guide onto the tour bus.

And the Muslim tour guide gave us, got us access. Now, but if you are Muslim or from another country that actually is not friendly with Israel, they'll let you live in that country as long as you're peaceful. But it's not the other way around. That just shows you who's right and who's wrong. Right.

So, but anybody can go back and forth into Israel, but that's not the same. They don't get the Israelite. Israeli people do not get the same courtesy from other countries. It's pretty crazy. The Jewish people are very hated. But again, I've never worked. I think I've said this, I don't know even how many times, even when I worked for them, I used to think, I used to say I will never work for an Israeli-based company ever again.

Very hostile. Interesting. Very angry. Wow. Very defensive. Very combative. Over nothing. Right, right.

Over nothing. But that's the culture. You grow up in it, you're born into it, and it's wild. But that's the culture. You grow up in it. You're born into it. And it's wild. But still, God's chosen people. And most people do not practice Judaism over there. They're very liberal in their religious beliefs.

Very liberal. So it's very, very interesting. Super interesting. so it's very very interesting but super interesting it just goes to show you when the old testament with with the jewish people what the lord dealt with with the jewish people in the old testament nothing's changed nothing right nothing's changed and we're really no different nope i mean come on no the gentiles are really no different. Nope. I mean, come on. Nope. The Gentiles are really no different. But you would think at some point the Jewish people would be like, bang, especially when it's prophesied even about the Holocaust. It was prophesied about the Holocaust. And you would think they would fall to their knees right and say okay jesus is lord right crazy i mean i'm in isaiah right now and

it is like 53 and 54 i was just gonna mention isaiah specifically hello it's literally spelled out how he's born where he's born, how he dies. I know. And you can't see it? I don't know. I don't either. It goes back to, because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. It goes back to all of that. And they were so concerned about keeping the law and following all the rules, yet they missed their own Messiah in front of them.

Well, the thing was is the Pharisees and the Sadducees would have not missed it had they not been more concerned about their power and about them being worshipped and about them being the ones that people thought so highly of. That's why pride, pride will kill you yep pastors and pastors who put themselves on pedestals and don't teach their congregation that whatever the word says that they can do they can do they don't need a man to do it for them well don't worship man but pastors get just just like a pharisee and a sadducee pastors can be just the same way. And it's a dangerous, dangerous thing. Don't fall for it.

Don't fall prey. It's no bueno, as Vanessa would say. No bueno. No bueno. Whatever that Bible tells you you can do or that man can do, that means you. Yep, true. Don't think you have to have

some special person be in those shoes. Well, let's see. Today's Friday. Oh! Yes, let's do it. I almost forgot. Thank you, Galena. God bless you, child. This one's better than the other one.

Is it? Because they look alike. Oh, no, no, no. And I'm a look alike. Oh, no, no, no, no. And I'm a little nervous. No, no, no. It is better. But if you smush those things, put them in your KitchenAid, and you literally can have the best cake pops, and then you dip them in white or dark chocolate.

Ready? Mm-hmm. So good. It is better. Yeah. It's better's there's too much on that yeah no there's never too much yeah no because then it's like this is really light fluffy yeah there's no coating uh is there a quote just wait there's always a coating i'm going for a second bite oh hey can you make my noise? Can we make our noise?

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the DJ horn I just need it needs to be like so it doesn't so it restarts so I'm gonna do some work um I'll call

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my, my, my, my, my, my, my, I'm fasting so I had to watch somebody eat I saw her talk about how if we if anybody wants to once or two she'll start praying over her meals she'll

start doing Bible study like that word okay that's not the same girl this is another girl it's my white girl that oh the white girl in the middle of that she goes and I know what some of you guys are going to say and I don't want to hear it how can you be praying and how can you be in the word when you're in a relationship with another woman oh my gosh

I don't want to hear it that's what we're dealing with people that's Christianity today. Oh, yeah. In a nutshell. You think it's not.

That's crazy. It is. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I thought to myself, sweetie. Deceived. I know.

Wow, that's sad. That is sad. It's super sad. And I pray for her soul. And her lesbian lover. lover right both of them they're sweet people i know i mean both i like i like watching them because they really they don't cuss right they don't they don't like there's nothing right they're but they're gay yeah and they want to preach the word of God got a problem with that

but they're gay but they're gay it's not gonna work it's not gonna work alright Friday on that note you can't be gay

do a bible study and say a prayer over people. Right. Those prayers do not inhabit. They won't reach up to heaven. They might, but I don't know. Okay. All right.

Friday. See you Sunday. Start inviting people to church on Sunday. Yeah. Register for the Christmas Eve service where I say grab one of these grab a Christmas tree hey listen all I'm telling you is put those suckers in crush them up crush them up in a KitchenAid make a cake roll them up yep make a cake pop you don't even have to have a post it on social media and tag us on it.

Yeah. There you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tag us. You can do it. And then dip it into white chocolate or dark chocolate. I would do the dark chocolate. Yes.

Absolutely. Because vanilla and vanilla chocolate cake. Okay. They say they're phenomenal. I can imagine. No, that sounds good. I asked Tom if he wanted one. He's like, no, I think I'll just stick to the mixture. Okay. They say they're phenomenal. I can imagine. No, that, that sounds good. I asked Tom if he wanted one. He's like,

no, I think I'll just stick to the tree. Okay. We can make one. He doesn't know. If you go to, this doesn't know. Yeah.

He just doesn't. He just needs, yeah, he needs, he needs to try one. Yeah. So I'm making buck guys. Tell us what you're going to do this weekend.

If you're making a treat, post it, tag us. We want to know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Why not? why not yes tag us tag us all there you go see you sunday bye real talk real talk real talk Real Talk