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When you set up boundaries you are taking your power back. Never allow anyone to make you feel guilty for taking your peace and sanity into consideration. If you take time away from certain people there is nothing wrong with that.

00:00:02.188 --> 00:00:03.128 All right, everyone. 00:00:03.267 --> 00:00:06.190 Welcome to our conversations 00:00:06.250 --> 00:00:08.650 with T. Drake and Pastor Jay. 00:00:09.230 --> 00:00:10.090 And I hope you're going to 00:00:10.111 --> 00:00:11.010 enjoy what we're talking about. 00:00:11.311 --> 00:00:12.272 I have God's Gift Through 00:00:12.291 --> 00:00:14.032 His Word podcast and Pastor 00:00:14.053 --> 00:00:15.032 Jay coming from Walk in 00:00:15.053 --> 00:00:15.973 Truth Radio Network. 00:00:16.513 --> 00:00:17.314 I hope you guys are going to 00:00:17.373 --> 00:00:19.175 enjoy this conversation 00:00:19.535 --> 00:00:20.734 that we're about to jump into, 00:00:20.754 --> 00:00:23.216 The Hunter or Husband. 00:00:23.696 --> 00:00:24.957 So let's go ahead and get started. 00:00:24.996 --> 00:00:25.917 Hey, Pastor Jay. 00:00:25.937 --> 00:00:28.217 Hey, T. How are you doing today? 00:00:28.338 --> 00:00:29.798 How's everybody doing out there? 00:00:29.859 --> 00:00:30.518 Glad to be 00:00:31.454 --> 00:00:32.914 Uh available so we can have 00:00:32.935 --> 00:00:33.735 this discussion because 00:00:33.795 --> 00:00:35.936 it's been on my heart Based 00:00:36.076 --> 00:00:37.018 on the past couple of 00:00:37.057 --> 00:00:38.098 months of dealing with some 00:00:38.158 --> 00:00:40.320 people And I think it's 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.801 very important that we uh, 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:43.002 try to help people and get 00:00:43.042 --> 00:00:44.722 them to understand There is 00:00:44.762 --> 00:00:45.444 a difference between the 00:00:45.524 --> 00:00:50.347 hunter and the husband so 00:00:51.128 --> 00:00:51.747 Me and you were talking 00:00:51.768 --> 00:00:53.348 about that before we got started. 00:00:53.368 --> 00:00:53.789 So yeah, 00:00:53.829 --> 00:00:59.052 we can just jump right on in Do 00:00:59.073 --> 00:01:00.473 you have any questions for me before I 00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:02.420 going then you can chime 00:01:02.460 --> 00:01:04.302 back in you know I always 00:01:04.362 --> 00:01:06.024 have questions but I'll 00:01:06.043 --> 00:01:07.305 save those as we move 00:01:07.325 --> 00:01:08.385 through our conversation 00:01:09.287 --> 00:01:11.228 okay and and guys pardon me 00:01:11.448 --> 00:01:12.629 uh kind of under the 00:01:12.670 --> 00:01:14.772 weather my sinuses so if I 00:01:14.792 --> 00:01:15.793 sneeze or something just 00:01:15.832 --> 00:01:18.614 pardon me because uh just 00:01:18.655 --> 00:01:19.495 going through the summer 00:01:19.516 --> 00:01:23.840 thing uh but let me give 00:01:23.859 --> 00:01:24.600 you the experiences there's 00:01:24.661 --> 00:01:25.540 a there's there's some 00:01:25.581 --> 00:01:27.602 people that I know some 00:01:27.623 --> 00:01:28.263 people that I love 00:01:29.394 --> 00:01:31.236 some ladies that are dear, 00:01:31.757 --> 00:01:34.980 some couples that are dear to my heart. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:36.980 And they're going through a 00:01:37.001 --> 00:01:38.361 situation whereas they're 00:01:38.382 --> 00:01:40.823 trying to weigh out their 00:01:40.924 --> 00:01:42.706 faith versus their future 00:01:44.387 --> 00:01:45.408 or their faith versus their 00:01:45.447 --> 00:01:46.448 peace of mind or faith 00:01:46.489 --> 00:01:47.450 versus their happiness. 00:01:48.090 --> 00:01:50.391 And it should not be a either or. 00:01:51.912 --> 00:01:55.896 And what I'm learning is there's a great, 00:01:56.456 --> 00:01:57.878 awesome level of commitment 00:01:59.275 --> 00:02:00.676 That women have towards 00:02:00.736 --> 00:02:03.397 their vows and towards what 00:02:03.436 --> 00:02:04.358 they understand the word of 00:02:04.418 --> 00:02:06.718 God says about never 00:02:06.778 --> 00:02:08.979 divorcing your husband. 00:02:11.161 --> 00:02:15.883 And I see men who are marginal at best, 00:02:15.923 --> 00:02:17.403 but not really blood bought, 00:02:17.484 --> 00:02:19.585 saved men actually taking 00:02:19.604 --> 00:02:20.985 advantage of these women. 00:02:21.573 --> 00:02:22.812 that they will stay in an 00:02:22.953 --> 00:02:24.033 abusive relationship, 00:02:24.093 --> 00:02:26.633 whether it's physical, financial, social, 00:02:27.234 --> 00:02:27.713 mental, 00:02:28.253 --> 00:02:30.534 and even spiritual to a high 00:02:30.574 --> 00:02:33.475 degree of anxiety or even 00:02:33.515 --> 00:02:34.816 just a continuous feeding 00:02:35.075 --> 00:02:37.015 of gaslighting and things like that, 00:02:37.075 --> 00:02:37.816 verbal abuse. 00:02:38.896 --> 00:02:41.437 And they believe in their 00:02:41.477 --> 00:02:43.598 hearts after being abused 00:02:43.717 --> 00:02:44.457 that they should stay in 00:02:44.497 --> 00:02:45.277 this relationship. 00:02:46.443 --> 00:02:48.243 And I, 00:02:48.804 --> 00:02:51.764 my opinion is that there's many 00:02:51.805 --> 00:02:53.906 different kinds of adultery 00:02:55.126 --> 00:02:58.826 to which a young lady can 00:02:58.967 --> 00:03:01.207 leave her husband. 00:03:02.328 --> 00:03:03.929 And if you're being spiritually abused, 00:03:04.008 --> 00:03:05.889 emotionally abused, socially abused, 00:03:05.949 --> 00:03:08.930 physically abused, and cheated upon, 00:03:08.949 --> 00:03:09.030 okay, 00:03:12.264 --> 00:03:13.406 giving to another what's 00:03:13.466 --> 00:03:15.086 supposed to give to the wife that care, 00:03:15.627 --> 00:03:18.207 that Ephesians to husband, 00:03:18.728 --> 00:03:19.888 where he's supposed to love 00:03:20.248 --> 00:03:21.968 his wife as Christ loved the church. 00:03:22.490 --> 00:03:23.409 And these are the things 00:03:23.449 --> 00:03:25.390 that he's supposed to do, set her apart, 00:03:25.751 --> 00:03:26.431 sanctify her, 00:03:26.531 --> 00:03:30.252 and he is not willing to do so. 00:03:30.272 --> 00:03:31.674 Then at that point, 00:03:31.713 --> 00:03:32.454 I think we go into a 00:03:32.493 --> 00:03:33.514 spiritual adultery that a 00:03:33.675 --> 00:03:38.736 lot of times relates to physical, 00:03:38.796 --> 00:03:41.277 emotional, financial abuse. 00:03:43.078 --> 00:03:45.979 and the question is always 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:48.060 I'm going to honor my vows 00:03:48.180 --> 00:03:49.420 but now I'm running into 00:03:49.461 --> 00:03:51.602 people who have honored 00:03:51.681 --> 00:03:53.361 this vow to the point of 00:03:53.421 --> 00:03:56.462 insanity 40 50 years of 00:03:56.522 --> 00:04:01.724 marriage and normally what 00:04:01.745 --> 00:04:03.045 I've dealt with is a woman 00:04:04.021 --> 00:04:05.323 is very unhappy. 00:04:05.383 --> 00:04:07.003 The woman now is lashing out. 00:04:07.044 --> 00:04:10.085 The woman now is, is, is them bubbled over, 00:04:10.125 --> 00:04:11.126 is them boiled over. 00:04:11.225 --> 00:04:12.866 And now she's even acting 00:04:13.507 --> 00:04:14.807 contrary to her faith 00:04:14.867 --> 00:04:16.247 because she can't take anymore. 00:04:16.949 --> 00:04:19.670 And then when you hear the story that, uh, 00:04:20.149 --> 00:04:22.031 this has been going on this 00:04:22.110 --> 00:04:23.891 level of abuse and it could be either way, 00:04:23.971 --> 00:04:25.632 male or female back and forth. 00:04:25.812 --> 00:04:26.134 Okay. 00:04:26.173 --> 00:04:26.793 Husband and wife, 00:04:27.747 --> 00:04:28.829 But I hear this more from 00:04:28.848 --> 00:04:30.048 the wise point of view. 00:04:30.470 --> 00:04:31.149 This abuse, 00:04:31.209 --> 00:04:32.271 this level of abuse has been 00:04:32.310 --> 00:04:33.711 going on for decades. 00:04:35.471 --> 00:04:36.153 And now they come to the 00:04:36.173 --> 00:04:37.252 conclusion they can't take anymore. 00:04:38.314 --> 00:04:39.834 So they go from being abused 00:04:39.915 --> 00:04:41.896 to almost being the abuser 00:04:41.975 --> 00:04:42.896 to make up for the lost 00:04:42.956 --> 00:04:44.617 time of peace and tranquility. 00:04:46.197 --> 00:04:48.379 And I think the church needs 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:51.641 to address this because too 00:04:51.661 --> 00:04:52.521 many women are sitting in 00:04:52.541 --> 00:04:54.423 the pews and their heart is broken. 00:04:54.742 --> 00:04:55.803 Their spirit is broken. 00:04:56.569 --> 00:05:01.552 They feel less than, and they're married. 00:05:01.833 --> 00:05:02.553 There has not been any 00:05:02.613 --> 00:05:03.675 transgression of the church 00:05:03.714 --> 00:05:05.675 against their male counterpart, 00:05:06.315 --> 00:05:07.797 but they don't even feel loved anymore. 00:05:08.218 --> 00:05:09.278 They don't even feel cared for. 00:05:09.778 --> 00:05:11.680 But there was a time when 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:13.420 his husband was a hunter, 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:15.041 and that's what I want to get into. 00:05:17.023 --> 00:05:19.605 There are guys out here who are hunters, 00:05:20.646 --> 00:05:21.927 just like a natural hunter. 00:05:23.548 --> 00:05:25.329 The thrill is in the journey to hunt. 00:05:26.137 --> 00:05:27.759 in the elusiveness of the 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.541 prey the one who can't be 00:05:30.601 --> 00:05:31.963 captured the one who can't 00:05:32.004 --> 00:05:34.605 be tamed it's like the 00:05:34.625 --> 00:05:35.607 story the taming of the 00:05:35.666 --> 00:05:38.870 shrew the allure was this 00:05:38.990 --> 00:05:40.891 woman this red-headed woman 00:05:41.391 --> 00:05:43.274 was beyond any man's 00:05:43.514 --> 00:05:46.357 ability to control her well 00:05:46.716 --> 00:05:47.959 a lot of men that's what 00:05:47.999 --> 00:05:49.259 they do they're hunters 00:05:50.442 --> 00:05:51.923 and while they're hunting 00:05:52.163 --> 00:05:53.324 they'll do anything that 00:05:53.363 --> 00:05:54.324 needs to be done they'll 00:05:54.345 --> 00:05:55.266 show you a good time 00:05:55.725 --> 00:05:56.526 they'll show you love and 00:05:56.547 --> 00:05:57.526

Pastor J. from Walk in Truth Radio Network and T.Drake of God's Gift Through His Word chop it up. We are discussing relationships between women and men. Pastor J. and I just love having conversations about this topic. In this episode we dive into discovering if a womwomwoman has a hunter or a husband. We provide information and insight but, the choice is up to you. Be wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove and move accordingly. Enjoy!!!!!!!!

All right. Hello, hello, everyone. How are you doing tonight? I hope you are doing well. And you see the lights, we're going to get into our message about making your decision. We're going to talk about it. And first of all, let me get myself into this live on my other device. So I can be part of the conversation with our Bible study. So we're going to do that real quick. Make sure I mute my house. There's no weird noises coming. Take that down. Hopefully that helps out. We'll see what happens. Okay. I think we should be good to go. Turn that all the way down so there's no extra Background noise. Okay. Okay. Well, here we go. Do this here. All right. Boom. Here we go. So let me close this one off for a minute. You just want to get the minute. So right now we're just going to get into this. And before we do, I am going to go ahead and have our music. And then when I come back, we'll get into this message and we'll pray and we'll do our thing. OK, so you know what I'm going to do. Here we go. All right, so I am back. And what I'm going to do right now is I am going to go ahead and pull up my screen. So we're going to talk about making a decision. So we're going to go and jump into James. So let me go ahead and pull that up. Let me present my screen so I can let you guys see what I will be reading. It wasn't working. I can't even say it. So let's do that. All right. And look, you guys, I figured it out. Oh, yeah. Okay. So we are here. So I'm going to go ahead and read that. Hopefully you guys can see it. And we're going to be in, of course, James chapter 1, verses 2 through 8. And it reads as such, my brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience, but let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, With no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. So let me go ahead and pause the cause. Let's go ahead and pray before I get into the rest of our message and our scripture. Holy Father, Lord, I thank you right now. for this time to be with you, Lord God, to be in your word. I pray that this message, Lord God, would bless someone and help them, encourage them along their way. Lord God, as you show us, Lord God, in your word, what you would have us to do, Lord, let us not have you in our life as an afterthought. Lord, let us consult you in every decision that we make. And Lord, when we make the decision, Lord, let us stand on it. Let us walk by faith and not by what we see, Lord God, and help us to trust Lord God, that you will redirect us if we're going the wrong way. Lord, I thank you for the time and this allowance for God. Just to share a little bit of this word with Lord, these are precious, amazing, and lovely people. Lord, I thank you for the meeting of different people. I thank you for a beautiful day today. Lord, I thank you for the friends and family. Lord, I thank you for the roof over my head and the things that you have provided for me. Lord, it is not lost on me and I don't forget it. Lord God, I don't want to ever Thank you, Lord God, that I did anything on my own. Because, Lord God, that would be false and a fallacy. So, Lord, as I go ahead and share, Lord, let the Holy Spirit have his way on today. In the name of your precious son, Jesus, I pray. Amen. All right. So, as we've read that, let me go ahead and pull up our next set of scriptures. And I will jump in that. We think it will do it better this way. Let me do it. I'll do it like this. Okay. This. Two. Like what? And three. One, two, and three. Yes, okay. So we are going to be in Proverbs 16. We're going to use this passage as well. Only verses one through three. And it says, the preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits. Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. So let's see what a different translation of this says. Let's jump over to the ESV. Is that ESV? It kind of says the same things. Okay, they kind of say similar stuff. Okay, I thought it would say something different. Anyway, that's okay. Don't worry. Okay, well, we're back to the NKJV. All right, so I just want to see if it says something similar to that same thing. So with that, I wanted to just share about when we have to make decision. When you have to make a decision and you might feel or thinking yourself, well, is this the correct decision? Give me just a second. Okay, here we go. I think I'm going to pull this down now because I have shared it. So I am going to leave. All right. Okay. We are back. So when you think that you're making a decision and you don't know whether it's correct or not, sometimes you can have that kind of doubt. Like, did the Lord want me to go this way? Did the Lord really tell me to do this? I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't have done this. Whatever the case may be. First, we have to think about how your decision was made. If you made your decision without the Lord and you thought, well, talking to the Lord, that's an afterthought. I will talk and consult God after I've made a decision. Now you've got these doubts in your head, like, shouldn't I have made the decision? Because when you've prayed about it and you bring God into your plans way before you do anything, like in Proverbs where it says, commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. You figure to go ahead and lay down your decision at the feet of the Lord and you let him know what you're going to do. Before you even make the decision, you already know the Lord knows what you're going to do, but it just gives you a peace of mind as well, knowing that you're putting this very serious decision that you're about to make in front of him. You're laying it there. You're like, okay, Lord, I'm not sure if this is right, but I'm going to pray about it. Well, you pray. You may not always get an answer directly. You may not always hear it, but If you know inside yourself that you believe that's the right thing to do, you've prayed about it, you've committed to that decision, and now you've got to get in your scripture. You get in your scripture, you read your word, because you've prayed already, you've brought the Lord into it, you are seeking in the word to hear from him. And now you need to count the cost. You need to figure out with the circumstance that is surrounding that decision, have you thought about everything circumspectly all the way around 360, you're looking at that whole thing. And if you've done that, then you want to make sure that you're seeking someone who is wise in the word, wise in the Lord, seeking someone that has wisdom, some wise counsel when you're making your decision. And I know I do that for some things that I do. I seek wise counsel. I don't just want to make a decision haphazardly. You don't want to do that because sometimes when you do those, and you do make decisions haphazardly, that can have some serious repercussions in your life. And sometimes those repercussions, they continue to produce results for a long time. And if they're really bad decisions, they produce really unhappy and perhaps even unhealthy results that just keep producing for a while after you've made that decision. So we always have to be concerned if we talk to someone who has wise counsel, seek a good friend, a pastor, somebody to let know, what are you thinking about this? Does this sound like a wise decision? And then we want to let the Holy Spirit guide us. You want to let the Holy Spirit guide you and then after that you just trust, walk by faith and not by sight. You're going to trust in what you have asked and you're going to trust in whatever decision you're sticking to. And then You need to trust and obey that. Just go with that. So I'm going to sing a little bit of that song, just a little bit, okay? And then after that, a couple of verses, I'm just going to sing the trust and obey. Yeah. So let me get up some of that so that I can do that. And then we'll go to the other portion of our stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so I'm going to sing a couple of verses from Trust and Obey. Okay, here we go. When we walk with the Lord and the light of his word, what a glory he sheds on our way. While we do his goodwill, he abides with us still. And with all who will trust and obey. Trust and obey. For there's no other way to be happy in Jesus. But to trust and obey. Not a shadow can rise. Not a cloud in the skies. But his smile quickly drives it away. Not a doubt or a fear. Not a sigh or a tear can abide while we trust and obey. Oh, trust and obey. For there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey. So let's sing that one part, that last part again. Trust and obey. For there's no other way to be happy, Jesus, but to trust and obey. Sometimes you have to trust and obey exactly what the Lord would have you to do. And when you don't, you start to struggle. You start to change and flip-flop, wishy-washy, and be double-minded. And you don't want to be that way. You want to make that decision. Be decisive. and say, Lord, this is what I'm coming to you with. I'm praying, I'm in my word. And when you've done all those things, you have really taken time to really focus and bring everything in front of the Lord, not after the fact you brought him in before and you're committing your works, you're committing everything and your thoughts will be established as the word says. So you're not thinking about the Lord after everything's done and now the decisions turn weird. And you're like, okay, Lord, I should have really prayed and thought about that. No, we need to always pray about everything. Seek the Lord on everything. First and foremost, have him before you call a friend, before you phone a friend, before you phone a help. Call him because he is your help. Talk to him first. Lay it on the line first with him and let him know what you're doing. And you already know, you know, but you still put it before because you are to do that. We are all to put all of our decisions before the Lord, before we just go out and just do whatever. And then wonder, I don't know why that happened. Right. So. Excuse me. I just I just really know that when we make a decision, we really have to just remember that we're going to walk it out in faith. We're going to walk it out in faith, not be double minded. And know that if we are going the wrong way and say, hey, I don't know if this was the right way. I went the wrong way. The Lord is really good about fixing that. The Lord is really good about fixing your direction, course correction, all of that. He's really good at doing that. So for some of you that are like, oh, I don't know. I don't really know if I should or not. Can I tell you? And pardon me, I'm going to take a little drink. Pause for the cause. I'll get refreshing water. So you got to know that you taking the Lord into these things with you is so important. It's imperative that we do that and don't have the Lord be an afterthought because he directs your path, right? The word tells us In Proverbs 3 through. Let me see. I want to make sure. I always say chapter 3. Verses 5 through 6. That's right. Yes it does. It says trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him. And he will direct your path. So you got to have a man. Before you do anything. You don't want to lean on your own understanding. Thinking you know. And you're. You're already doubting, like, I don't know. I don't know if this is the right thing to do. Well, that's because you didn't consult God. So now you're a little shaky about your decision. Not like the Lord can't fix it, not like the Lord can't settle that. But sometimes if we do that ahead of time, it kind of takes the angst and anxiety out of things. And also the word tells us, be not anxious for anything but in prayer and supplication. Make a request, but you may know it to the Lord. So whatever you're thinking about or seeking, you've got to bring him in. You've got to pray about it. You have to do those things and be in your word. So also in Proverbs 16, verse 9, it says, a man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. The Lord is going to guide you. He's going to move you. He's going to help you. He's going to take you where you need to go. And because he's going to do that, you don't have to worry. You don't have to wonder. The Lord's going to take care of that very decision. So when you've done all the things and you still have that feeling of, okay, I did pray. I did seek wife's counsel. I was in the word. I did all the things, and I know I'm going to let the Holy Spirit just guide me and let me go the way I need to go, but somehow I'm still unsure. And sometimes you can be unsure when it comes to the unknown, right? We don't have a crystal ball. We are to really truly walk by faith, not by what the natural sees. Not like, well, the situation is kind of horrible, so, ugh. You got to walk by faith. It's the only way. And trust that the Lord is going to lead and guide you. He knows what's best for you before you even think that you know what's best for you. And this particular message came about because I spoke to a dear sister in Christ and she was making some decisions and she was wondering, did I make the right decision? And sometimes when you're moving into unknown areas, uncertain territories, you have to wonder because you're moving from familiar to unfamiliar. You have no idea what's over in the unknown territory. You know what's in your current spot, but you have no idea what's going on over there in a spot, in a place, in a space that you've never embarked upon. It's a little bit nerve wracking. It's a little bit unsettling. And to be honest, hey, it's downright scary. You're making a move. And it's just like, okay, I'm doing something. I'm not sure if this is the right thing. And you want to make sure you're doing what the Lord would have you do. You d

Life will always have challenges but, do not let it get you down. Sometimes people will never understand what you have been through. You can only share your experiences. That may help others to understand but, they still may not be able to relate. You just keep showing up being who you are!!!!

Life will always have challenges but, do not let it get you down. Sometimes people will never understand what you have been through. You can only share your experiences. That may help others to understand but, they still may not relate. You keep showing up being who you are.

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All right. Hello, hello, everyone. How are you doing tonight? I hope you are doing well. And you see the lights, we're going to get into our message about making your decision. We're going to talk about it. And first of all, let me get myself into this live on my other device. So I can be part of the conversation with our Bible study. So we're going to do that real quick. Make sure I mute my house. There's no weird noises coming. Take that down. Hopefully that helps out. We'll see what happens. Okay. I think we should be good to go. Turn that all the way down so there's no extra Background noise. Okay. Okay. Well, here we go. Do this here. All right. Boom. Here we go. So let me close this one off for a minute. You just want to get the minute. So right now we're just going to get into this. And before we do, I am going to go ahead and have our music. And then when I come back, we'll get into this message and we'll pray and we'll do our thing. OK, so you know what I'm going to do. Here we go. All right, so I am back. And what I'm going to do right now is I am going to go ahead and pull up my screen. So we're going to talk about making a decision. So we're going to go and jump into James. So let me go ahead and pull that up. Let me present my screen so I can let you guys see what I will be reading. It wasn't working. I can't even say it. So let's do that. All right. And look, you guys, I figured it out. Oh, yeah. Okay. So we are here. So I'm going to go ahead and read that. Hopefully you guys can see it. And we're going to be in, of course, James chapter 1, verses 2 through 8. And it reads as such, my brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience, but let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, With no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. So let me go ahead and pause the cause. Let's go ahead and pray before I get into the rest of our message and our scripture. Holy Father, Lord, I thank you right now. for this time to be with you, Lord God, to be in your word. I pray that this message, Lord God, would bless someone and help them, encourage them along their way. Lord God, as you show us, Lord God, in your word, what you would have us to do, Lord, let us not have you in our life as an afterthought. Lord, let us consult you in every decision that we make. And Lord, when we make the decision, Lord, let us stand on it. Let us walk by faith and not by what we see, Lord God, and help us to trust Lord God, that you will redirect us if we're going the wrong way. Lord, I thank you for the time and this allowance for God. Just to share a little bit of this word with Lord, these are precious, amazing, and lovely people. Lord, I thank you for the meeting of different people. I thank you for a beautiful day today. Lord, I thank you for the friends and family. Lord, I thank you for the roof over my head and the things that you have provided for me. Lord, it is not lost on me and I don't forget it. Lord God, I don't want to ever Thank you, Lord God, that I did anything on my own. Because, Lord God, that would be false and a fallacy. So, Lord, as I go ahead and share, Lord, let the Holy Spirit have his way on today. In the name of your precious son, Jesus, I pray. Amen. All right. So, as we've read that, let me go ahead and pull up our next set of scriptures. And I will jump in that. We think it will do it better this way. Let me do it. I'll do it like this. Okay. This. Two. Like what? And three. One, two, and three. Yes, okay. So we are going to be in Proverbs 16. We're going to use this passage as well. Only verses one through three. And it says, the preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits. Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. So let's see what a different translation of this says. Let's jump over to the ESV. Is that ESV? It kind of says the same things. Okay, they kind of say similar stuff. Okay, I thought it would say something different. Anyway, that's okay. Don't worry. Okay, well, we're back to the NKJV. All right, so I just want to see if it says something similar to that same thing. So with that, I wanted to just share about when we have to make decision. When you have to make a decision and you might feel or thinking yourself, well, is this the correct decision? Give me just a second. Okay, here we go. I think I'm going to pull this down now because I have shared it. So I am going to leave. All right. Okay. We are back. So when you think that you're making a decision and you don't know whether it's correct or not, sometimes you can have that kind of doubt. Like, did the Lord want me to go this way? Did the Lord really tell me to do this? I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't have done this. Whatever the case may be. First, we have to think about how your decision was made. If you made your decision without the Lord and you thought, well, talking to the Lord, that's an afterthought. I will talk and consult God after I've made a decision. Now you've got these doubts in your head, like, shouldn't I have made the decision? Because when you've prayed about it and you bring God into your plans way before you do anything, like in Proverbs where it says, commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. You figure to go ahead and lay down your decision at the feet of the Lord and you let him know what you're going to do. Before you even make the decision, you already know the Lord knows what you're going to do, but it just gives you a peace of mind as well, knowing that you're putting this very serious decision that you're about to make in front of him. You're laying it there. You're like, okay, Lord, I'm not sure if this is right, but I'm going to pray about it. Well, you pray. You may not always get an answer directly. You may not always hear it, but If you know inside yourself that you believe that's the right thing to do, you've prayed about it, you've committed to that decision, and now you've got to get in your scripture. You get in your scripture, you read your word, because you've prayed already, you've brought the Lord into it, you are seeking in the word to hear from him. And now you need to count the cost. You need to figure out with the circumstance that is surrounding that decision, have you thought about everything circumspectly all the way around 360, you're looking at that whole thing. And if you've done that, then you want to make sure that you're seeking someone who is wise in the word, wise in the Lord, seeking someone that has wisdom, some wise counsel when you're making your decision. And I know I do that for some things that I do. I seek wise counsel. I don't just want to make a decision haphazardly. You don't want to do that because sometimes when you do those, and you do make decisions haphazardly, that can have some serious repercussions in your life. And sometimes those repercussions, they continue to produce results for a long time. And if they're really bad decisions, they produce really unhappy and perhaps even unhealthy results that just keep producing for a while after you've made that decision. So we always have to be concerned if we talk to someone who has wise counsel, seek a good friend, a pastor, somebody to let know, what are you thinking about this? Does this sound like a wise decision? And then we want to let the Holy Spirit guide us. You want to let the Holy Spirit guide you and then after that you just trust, walk by faith and not by sight. You're going to trust in what you have asked and you're going to trust in whatever decision you're sticking to. And then You need to trust and obey that. Just go with that. So I'm going to sing a little bit of that song, just a little bit, okay? And then after that, a couple of verses, I'm just going to sing the trust and obey. Yeah. So let me get up some of that so that I can do that. And then we'll go to the other portion of our stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so I'm going to sing a couple of verses from Trust and Obey. Okay, here we go. When we walk with the Lord and the light of his word, what a glory he sheds on our way. While we do his goodwill, he abides with us still. And with all who will trust and obey. Trust and obey. For there's no other way to be happy in Jesus. But to trust and obey. Not a shadow can rise. Not a cloud in the skies. But his smile quickly drives it away. Not a doubt or a fear. Not a sigh or a tear can abide while we trust and obey. Oh, trust and obey. For there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey. So let's sing that one part, that last part again. Trust and obey. For there's no other way to be happy, Jesus, but to trust and obey. Sometimes you have to trust and obey exactly what the Lord would have you to do. And when you don't, you start to struggle. You start to change and flip-flop, wishy-washy, and be double-minded. And you don't want to be that way. You want to make that decision. Be decisive. and say, Lord, this is what I'm coming to you with. I'm praying, I'm in my word. And when you've done all those things, you have really taken time to really focus and bring everything in front of the Lord, not after the fact you brought him in before and you're committing your works, you're committing everything and your thoughts will be established as the word says. So you're not thinking about the Lord after everything's done and now the decisions turn weird. And you're like, okay, Lord, I should have really prayed and thought about that. No, we need to always pray about everything. Seek the Lord on everything. First and foremost, have him before you call a friend, before you phone a friend, before you phone a help. Call him because he is your help. Talk to him first. Lay it on the line first with him and let him know what you're doing. And you already know, you know, but you still put it before because you are to do that. We are all to put all of our decisions before the Lord, before we just go out and just do whatever. And then wonder, I don't know why that happened. Right. So. Excuse me. I just I just really know that when we make a decision, we really have to just remember that we're going to walk it out in faith. We're going to walk it out in faith, not be double minded. And know that if we are going the wrong way and say, hey, I don't know if this was the right way. I went the wrong way. The Lord is really good about fixing that. The Lord is really good about fixing your direction, course correction, all of that. He's really good at doing that. So for some of you that are like, oh, I don't know. I don't really know if I should or not. Can I tell you? And pardon me, I'm going to take a little drink. Pause for the cause. I'll get refreshing water. So you got to know that you taking the Lord into these things with you is so important. It's imperative that we do that and don't have the Lord be an afterthought because he directs your path, right? The word tells us In Proverbs 3 through. Let me see. I want to make sure. I always say chapter 3. Verses 5 through 6. That's right. Yes it does. It says trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him. And he will direct your path. So you got to have a man. Before you do anything. You don't want to lean on your own understanding. Thinking you know. And you're. You're already doubting, like, I don't know. I don't know if this is the right thing to do. Well, that's because you didn't consult God. So now you're a little shaky about your decision. Not like the Lord can't fix it, not like the Lord can't settle that. But sometimes if we do that ahead of time, it kind of takes the angst and anxiety out of things. And also the word tells us, be not anxious for anything but in prayer and supplication. Make a request, but you may know it to the Lord. So whatever you're thinking about or seeking, you've got to bring him in. You've got to pray about it. You have to do those things and be in your word. So also in Proverbs 16, verse 9, it says, a man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. The Lord is going to guide you. He's going to move you. He's going to help you. He's going to take you where you need to go. And because he's going to do that, you don't have to worry. You don't have to wonder. The Lord's going to take care of that very decision. So when you've done all the things and you still have that feeling of, okay, I did pray. I did seek wife's counsel. I was in the word. I did all the things, and I know I'm going to let the Holy Spirit just guide me and let me go the way I need to go, but somehow I'm still unsure. And sometimes you can be unsure when it comes to the unknown, right? We don't have a crystal ball. We are to really truly walk by faith, not by what the natural sees. Not like, well, the situation is kind of horrible, so, ugh. You got to walk by faith. It's the only way. And trust that the Lord is going to lead and guide you. He knows what's best for you before you even think that you know what's best for you. And this particular message came about because I spoke to a dear sister in Christ and she was making some decisions and she was wondering, did I make the right decision? And sometimes when you're moving into unknown areas, uncertain territories, you have to wonder because you're moving from familiar to unfamiliar. You have no idea what's over in the unknown territory. You know what's in your current spot, but you have no idea what's going on over there in a spot, in a place, in a space that you've never embarked upon. It's a little bit nerve wracking. It's a little bit unsettling. And to be honest, hey, it's downright scary. You're making a move. And it's just like, okay, I'm doing something. I'm not sure if this is the right thing. And you want to make sure you're doing what the Lord would have you d

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Please like share and subscribe. 00:00:02.411 --> 00:00:03.032 All right. 00:00:03.072 --> 00:00:03.373 Hello. 00:00:03.412 --> 00:00:04.113 Hello everyone. 00:00:04.192 --> 00:00:05.134 How are you guys doing? 00:00:05.174 --> 00:00:07.936 Hope you guys are having a fabulous day. 00:00:07.976 --> 00:00:09.276 Hope you had a fabulous day 00:00:09.297 --> 00:00:11.557 I know I did my arm is 00:00:11.618 --> 00:00:13.298 still a little bit messed up. 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:15.480 I went in yesterday I think 00:00:15.521 --> 00:00:17.341 I guys told you guys that I 00:00:17.402 --> 00:00:19.303 went to the va got my shot 00:00:19.422 --> 00:00:20.824 and my arm was banging 00:00:20.884 --> 00:00:23.425 yesterday It is still yet banging now 00:00:24.263 --> 00:00:25.664 But it's okay because that's 00:00:25.704 --> 00:00:26.864 not going to stop me My arm 00:00:27.405 --> 00:00:28.405 is just going to do what it 00:00:28.446 --> 00:00:30.486 does and it will eventually 00:00:30.646 --> 00:00:32.106 of course come around to 00:00:32.167 --> 00:00:34.188 being back to normal so for now, 00:00:34.228 --> 00:00:35.088 it's just a little bit sore, 00:00:35.209 --> 00:00:37.389 but Before we get into all 00:00:37.450 --> 00:00:38.649 the good stuff and juicy 00:00:38.689 --> 00:00:40.310 stuff about what we're 00:00:40.350 --> 00:00:41.811 talking about Which is 00:00:41.831 --> 00:00:42.752 talking about friendship 00:00:42.951 --> 00:00:45.273 and I love talking about friendship Uh, 00:00:45.353 --> 00:00:46.713 but before we do that, 00:00:46.832 --> 00:00:47.814 we are going to do what 00:00:48.173 --> 00:00:49.475 what we always do So I'm 00:00:49.494 --> 00:00:50.414 not even going to tell you guys 00:00:50.969 --> 00:00:52.375 because I'm just going to do 00:00:52.435 --> 00:00:53.899 my Q and I'll be back. 00:01:27.424 --> 00:01:29.906 All right, so I am back. 00:01:30.445 --> 00:01:30.745 Hello. 00:01:30.805 --> 00:01:32.287 Hello Okay, 00:01:32.307 --> 00:01:33.867 so we are going to talk about 00:01:33.968 --> 00:01:35.748 friendship and friendship 00:01:36.230 --> 00:01:38.450 is a gift It's a gift and I 00:01:38.510 --> 00:01:40.191 said friendship is a gift 00:01:40.331 --> 00:01:44.174 do not abuse it and I've been uh, 00:01:44.194 --> 00:01:45.736 I guess this has been a 00:01:45.775 --> 00:01:48.957 thing For me and I have 00:01:49.117 --> 00:01:51.920 always really Enjoyed 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:54.021 having good friends solid friends 00:01:54.772 --> 00:01:56.034 But it's when you have those 00:01:56.114 --> 00:01:57.114 friends that you thought 00:01:57.155 --> 00:01:57.954 were friends and they 00:01:57.974 --> 00:01:59.736 really turned out to not be friends. 00:01:59.757 --> 00:02:01.317 Oh, my. 00:02:01.578 --> 00:02:03.700 It turns out to be something else. 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:05.960 So I was just watching a 00:02:06.021 --> 00:02:08.103 couple of clips that were on Instagram. 00:02:08.242 --> 00:02:12.126 One was one of these actresses was saying, 00:02:12.145 --> 00:02:13.486 if you want to if you want 00:02:13.507 --> 00:02:14.587 to have a friendship, 00:02:14.668 --> 00:02:16.649 if you want to have friends, guess what? 00:02:16.789 --> 00:02:17.569 The great verse. 00:02:17.610 --> 00:02:18.730 And I'm going to quote the 00:02:18.751 --> 00:02:19.572 verse that she said and 00:02:19.592 --> 00:02:20.532 read the whole thing. 00:02:21.133 --> 00:02:22.514 KJV, it says a man. 00:02:23.014 --> 00:02:26.176 that hath friends, show himself friendly. 00:02:27.056 --> 00:02:28.337 And there is a friend that 00:02:28.377 --> 00:02:30.620 sticketh closer than a brother. 00:02:31.259 --> 00:02:32.461 So basically you got to be 00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:34.181 friendly in order to have friends. 00:02:34.762 --> 00:02:36.902 And sometimes people are not friendly, 00:02:37.743 --> 00:02:38.745 but they want friends, 00:02:39.205 --> 00:02:40.746 but then they don't act accordingly, 00:02:41.366 --> 00:02:42.766 which is strange to me. 00:02:43.908 --> 00:02:46.229 And I have always loved to 00:02:46.289 --> 00:02:47.370 show myself friendly. 00:02:47.389 --> 00:02:49.991 I do that and I kind of give 00:02:50.070 --> 00:02:51.491 that off wherever I go. 00:02:51.891 --> 00:02:53.171 So if people randomly talk 00:02:53.211 --> 00:02:55.092 to me in the store and they 00:02:55.112 --> 00:02:56.514 just start a conversation with me, 00:02:56.554 --> 00:02:57.253 it doesn't matter. 00:02:57.274 --> 00:02:59.514 I can try to avoid them all I want, 00:02:59.794 --> 00:03:02.115 but I really just, 00:03:03.175 --> 00:03:04.496 it comes out of me like, hey, 00:03:04.955 --> 00:03:06.417 she looks like a nice person to talk to. 00:03:06.796 --> 00:03:07.957 Let me talk to her about my life, 00:03:08.038 --> 00:03:08.997 even though I don't even know her. 00:03:10.987 --> 00:03:12.549 Hashtag like what? 00:03:13.229 --> 00:03:16.432 But before I used to really uh years ago, 00:03:16.473 --> 00:03:17.212 I think I've shared this 00:03:17.252 --> 00:03:19.294 before I used to really not 00:03:19.395 --> 00:03:21.236 like that I would not like 00:03:21.296 --> 00:03:22.318 people coming up and 00:03:22.358 --> 00:03:23.558 telling me their business. 00:03:24.139 --> 00:03:25.700 I don't know them They don't know me, 00:03:26.121 --> 00:03:27.361 but they felt comfortable 00:03:27.421 --> 00:03:29.223 enough to share really 00:03:29.304 --> 00:03:30.905 really important and very 00:03:31.526 --> 00:03:33.127 Detailed personal things of 00:03:33.187 --> 00:03:35.468 their life to me this random person 00:03:36.211 --> 00:03:37.032 And it always happened in 00:03:37.051 --> 00:03:37.752 the grocery store. 00:03:38.152 --> 00:03:39.332 Now it could have happened other places, 00:03:39.413 --> 00:03:40.854 but the grocery store is 00:03:40.873 --> 00:03:42.153 the place where I get it the most. 00:03:42.313 --> 00:03:42.913 I don't know. 00:03:42.933 --> 00:03:44.175 It's the grocery store. 00:03:44.194 --> 00:03:45.414 I could go to other stores too. 00:03:45.495 --> 00:03:48.015 And I might get a couple of conversations, 00:03:48.075 --> 00:03:51.418 but the grocery store says, there she is. 00:03:51.798 --> 00:03:52.578 She needs to talk to you. 00:03:52.617 --> 00:03:53.758 This is her counseling place. 00:03:54.179 --> 00:03:54.878 It wouldn't matter what 00:03:54.938 --> 00:03:55.838 grocery store I'm in. 00:03:55.899 --> 00:03:57.280 It happens everywhere I go. 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:02.062 So, um, not as much as at Sprouts, but, uh, 00:04:02.122 --> 00:04:03.342 other, other grocery stores. 00:04:03.905 --> 00:04:05.765 But so there was a few 00:04:05.806 --> 00:04:07.306 different occasions and I 00:04:07.347 --> 00:04:08.646 remember them very well 00:04:08.667 --> 00:04:10.467 because I was looking for 00:04:10.508 --> 00:04:11.449 that conversation. 00:04:12.368 --> 00:04:14.950 And there was a woman and 00:04:15.251 --> 00:04:17.132 I'm minding my business, mind y'all. 00:04:17.971 --> 00:04:19.372 I'm going and I'm walking 00:04:19.413 --> 00:04:20.432 and I go in the cracker 00:04:20.593 --> 00:04:22.915 aisle and there was nobody 00:04:22.954 --> 00:04:25.516 there but this older lady. 00:04:26.738 --> 00:04:28.040 And I'm looking at these crackers, 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:30.040 like if I should get red saltines, 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:30.721 I don't know. 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:32.641 And I'm just like debating 00:04:32.682 --> 00:04:33.843 in my head if I should get 00:04:33.903 --> 00:04:34.622 Cheez-Its because I know I 00:04:34.642 --> 00:04:35.382 have a lactose problem. 00:04:35.423 --> 00:04:36.584 I'm like doing all this 00:04:36.603 --> 00:04:37.925 debating in my head about crackers. 00:04:39.285 --> 00:04:43.567 And she comes up to me and says, you know, 00:04:44.007 --> 00:04:45.088 my son passed away. 00:04:45.108 --> 00:04:47.790 I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. 00:04:47.850 --> 00:04:49.490 My condolences. 00:04:49.550 --> 00:04:50.951 And she's like, yeah. 00:04:51.971 --> 00:04:52.951 And I haven't changed his 00:04:53.031 --> 00:04:54.533 room since he's passed. 00:04:55.353 --> 00:04:57.093 And it's been a long time in his room. 00:04:57.153 --> 00:04:59.093 It just it just stays the 00:04:59.153 --> 00:05:02.194 same and I've never Changed 00:05:02.314 --> 00:05:03.694 anything in his room. 00:05:04.194 --> 00:05:06.134 It's still left the same 00:05:06.194 --> 00:05:09.576 exact way Now I'm in the 00:05:09.656 --> 00:05:11.255 cracker aisle this is in 00:05:11.276 --> 00:05:13.516 the grocery store I didn't 00:05:13.617 --> 00:05:14.416 warrant this because I 00:05:14.456 --> 00:05:15.956 wasn't looking at her but 00:05:15.997 --> 00:05:18.038 she came and she talked to 00:05:18.098 --> 00:05:19.817 me about something very 00:05:19.877 --> 00:05:21.538 very personal that's 00:05:21.619 --> 00:05:22.478 personal I don't care what 00:05:22.499 --> 00:05:23.199 people say like 00:05:23.754 --> 00:05:23.915 You know, 00:05:23.935 --> 00:05:24.875 people could talk about death all 00:05:24.894 --> 00:05:25.194 the time. 00:05:26.475 --> 00:05:28.355 Yes and no, right? 00:05:28.797 --> 00:05:30.396 If they don't care, they'll tell you, yeah, 00:05:30.437 --> 00:05:32.677 someone so-and-so hurt and 00:05:32.697 --> 00:05:33.598 then they pass away. 00:05:33.838 --> 00:05:37.259 Okay, but this is someone that they love, 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:38.579 that they know intimately. 00:05:38.598 --> 00:05:39.680 This is their child. 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:42.040 She does not know me in 00:05:42.081 --> 00:05:43.060 order to open up with 00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:44.841 something so vulnerable and 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:46.521 transparent of something like that, 00:05:47.461 --> 00:05:47.762 right? 00:05:

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Take the poll and leave a comment about what you liked about this episode. 00:00:35.366 --> 00:00:36.506 All right. 00:00:37.167 --> 00:00:37.787 Hello. 00:00:37.887 --> 00:00:38.368 Hello. 00:00:38.448 --> 00:00:39.607 How are you guys doing? 00:00:40.289 --> 00:00:41.069 Hello. 00:00:41.189 --> 00:00:41.588 Hello. 00:00:41.649 --> 00:00:42.009 Hello. 00:00:42.048 --> 00:00:42.509 Hello. 00:00:42.529 --> 00:00:44.070 How are you guys doing? 00:00:44.090 --> 00:00:46.930 I hope you guys had a great, great day. 00:00:47.470 --> 00:00:49.131 And now we are, for me, 00:00:50.072 --> 00:00:52.311 having a great time right now. 00:00:52.932 --> 00:00:54.232 Excited to be with you guys 00:00:54.832 --> 00:00:57.753 and happy Thursday. 00:00:59.314 --> 00:01:00.554 And of course, when you hear this, 00:01:00.975 --> 00:01:01.875 you'll be like, hey, 00:01:02.115 --> 00:01:03.435 it is totally not that time. 00:01:03.936 --> 00:01:05.236 But I got out of here late. 00:01:05.816 --> 00:01:08.257 You know, sometimes you get tired, right? 00:01:08.697 --> 00:01:10.358 You're like, ooh, me. 00:01:12.117 --> 00:01:13.957 But I woke up. 00:01:14.358 --> 00:01:14.838 So anyway, 00:01:15.638 --> 00:01:17.759 I know that my consistency about 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:20.219 what I've set myself to do, 00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:21.939 I'm going to stick with 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:24.760 that and I'm going to do it. 00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:28.341 So today we are going to be 00:01:28.402 --> 00:01:32.423 talking about sexual sense. 00:01:33.903 --> 00:01:34.882 You can get caught up. 00:01:35.743 --> 00:01:36.164 You can. 00:01:37.623 --> 00:01:39.484 And we're going to get into that. 00:01:39.905 --> 00:01:42.864 But before I talk about that, 00:01:43.085 --> 00:01:44.305 let's go ahead and pray. 00:01:44.965 --> 00:01:46.105 And then I've got some 00:01:47.887 --> 00:01:48.927 scripture for you guys. 00:01:49.486 --> 00:01:51.108 So I got a lot of scriptures 00:01:51.248 --> 00:01:53.608 and we'll just talk because 00:01:53.628 --> 00:01:54.688 that's what we do over here 00:01:54.808 --> 00:01:55.549 in these streets. 00:01:55.989 --> 00:01:56.888 And if you're new to me, 00:01:57.409 --> 00:01:58.650 my name is T. Drake, 00:01:58.730 --> 00:02:00.629 podcasting godmother of connection. 00:02:01.471 --> 00:02:03.111 And this is what I do. 00:02:03.932 --> 00:02:05.914 I sometimes have Bible 00:02:05.933 --> 00:02:07.314 studies and go through different books, 00:02:08.015 --> 00:02:09.377 and sometimes I just have 00:02:09.817 --> 00:02:11.217 conversations either about 00:02:11.618 --> 00:02:13.080 some topics that are going 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:15.262 on in the world or some 00:02:15.301 --> 00:02:16.902 things I've gone through personally, 00:02:17.604 --> 00:02:18.865 and whatever the Lord leads 00:02:18.925 --> 00:02:21.407 me to share about, that's what I do. 00:02:21.667 --> 00:02:23.889 So we're going to go ahead and pray, 00:02:23.968 --> 00:02:25.931 and then we'll get right into this. 00:02:26.771 --> 00:02:27.151 Here we go. 00:02:27.853 --> 00:02:29.114 Gracious Heavenly Father, Lord, 00:02:29.174 --> 00:02:31.515 thank you for this time where God did 00:02:32.222 --> 00:02:33.562 once again, be in your word. 00:02:33.703 --> 00:02:33.923 Lord, 00:02:33.943 --> 00:02:37.627 it is always a privilege and an honor, 00:02:37.646 --> 00:02:37.926 and Lord, 00:02:37.947 --> 00:02:40.808 I am humbled to be able to do it. 00:02:41.229 --> 00:02:41.409 Lord, 00:02:41.430 --> 00:02:43.531 I thank you for the allowance to even 00:02:43.570 --> 00:02:44.651 be in your word and that 00:02:44.692 --> 00:02:46.614 you are allowing me to share. 00:02:47.133 --> 00:02:48.996 Lord, may this, what I share, 00:02:49.496 --> 00:02:53.199 help somebody in a form or fashion, Lord, 00:02:53.218 --> 00:02:54.120 that you desire. 00:02:54.600 --> 00:02:54.781 Lord, 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:57.082 I pray that if there are other 00:02:57.103 --> 00:02:58.183 believers that are going 00:02:58.223 --> 00:03:00.544 through certain types of abuses, Lord, 00:03:00.586 --> 00:03:01.045 in their life, 00:03:01.513 --> 00:03:01.673 Lord, 00:03:01.712 --> 00:03:03.093 that you would give them the courage 00:03:03.294 --> 00:03:06.355 to speak up, stand up, and Lord, 00:03:06.415 --> 00:03:07.295 not be afraid. 00:03:07.316 --> 00:03:08.176 Because Lord, 00:03:08.197 --> 00:03:10.358 you have commanded us to not 00:03:10.437 --> 00:03:11.979 be afraid and be courageous. 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:15.100 So Lord, let us find our voices, 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:17.602 use our voices, and share. 00:03:18.203 --> 00:03:18.723 Lord God, 00:03:19.143 --> 00:03:22.284 it is in your precious son's name, Jesus, 00:03:22.425 --> 00:03:22.865 I pray. 00:03:22.884 --> 00:03:24.225 Amen. 00:03:25.426 --> 00:03:27.707 All right, so before we get started, 00:03:27.728 --> 00:03:29.989 this is not going to be a trigger warning, 00:03:30.049 --> 00:03:30.729 but if this 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:32.319 This is what I talk about, 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:33.501 even though it's in the word, 00:03:33.600 --> 00:03:35.241 if it bothers you or 00:03:35.341 --> 00:03:38.241 somehow it is just 00:03:38.722 --> 00:03:40.122 something that's too heavy, 00:03:40.143 --> 00:03:42.522 I definitely ask you to 00:03:43.024 --> 00:03:44.104 take care of yourself and 00:03:44.144 --> 00:03:46.305 do some self-care and tune 00:03:46.344 --> 00:03:48.844 back in later when you are 00:03:48.944 --> 00:03:51.026 able to and just always 00:03:51.066 --> 00:03:51.806 make sure you're taking 00:03:51.846 --> 00:03:53.766 care of yourself because I 00:03:53.806 --> 00:03:56.568 don't care how much I talk 00:03:56.608 --> 00:03:58.068 about certain things, even for me, 00:03:59.088 --> 00:04:00.429 a survivor of domestic violence, 00:04:00.905 --> 00:04:01.765 sometimes there are things 00:04:01.825 --> 00:04:04.426 that can bring back up 00:04:04.507 --> 00:04:06.328 emotions and they're hard. 00:04:06.407 --> 00:04:07.308 Some people don't care 00:04:07.329 --> 00:04:08.969 because they've never gone through it, 00:04:09.030 --> 00:04:09.289 right? 00:04:10.170 --> 00:04:11.491 But if you are a person that 00:04:11.510 --> 00:04:12.872 gone through any type of abuse, 00:04:13.393 --> 00:04:15.894 it can be hard to listen to. 00:04:16.033 --> 00:04:16.975 It can be hard to, 00:04:17.654 --> 00:04:18.696 even as I share in the word, 00:04:18.735 --> 00:04:19.555 there are some things, 00:04:20.177 --> 00:04:21.396 even in the Bible that I've read, 00:04:21.437 --> 00:04:23.598 some certain stories that 00:04:23.658 --> 00:04:24.959 caused me to be like, okay, 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:27.341 let me pause and then let 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:28.362 me take care of myself. 00:04:28.422 --> 00:04:30.483 So if that's what happens with you, 00:04:31.456 --> 00:04:32.177 while you're listening, 00:04:32.757 --> 00:04:34.478 please make sure you're 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:35.680 taking care of yourself, 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:37.300 however you need to do that. 00:04:38.601 --> 00:04:39.622 So first I'm going to get 00:04:39.702 --> 00:04:41.264 into some scripture 00:04:41.303 --> 00:04:42.404 passages and I have a lot 00:04:42.425 --> 00:04:45.726 of them and you know me, well, 00:04:45.747 --> 00:04:47.187 you don't know that I've 00:04:47.228 --> 00:04:48.348 already gone a little bit 00:04:48.389 --> 00:04:49.069 of school shopping. 00:04:49.089 --> 00:04:50.850 I was kind of excited just 00:04:50.891 --> 00:04:51.790 going off a tangent here 00:04:51.831 --> 00:04:52.752 before I get into the work. 00:04:53.353 --> 00:04:55.394 I went to the store and Walmart's, 00:04:55.434 --> 00:04:55.733 you know, 00:04:56.134 --> 00:04:58.055 having all these things for kids 00:04:58.076 --> 00:04:58.555 to go to school. 00:04:58.576 --> 00:04:58.636 You 00:05:01.413 --> 00:05:02.475 because I look at the 00:05:02.514 --> 00:05:03.875 stationary stuff and I get 00:05:03.896 --> 00:05:04.536 stuff for myself. 00:05:06.557 --> 00:05:09.259 So I went and they have 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:12.382 these sticky transparent highlights. 00:05:12.422 --> 00:05:13.882 You know, you use highlighters, 00:05:14.223 --> 00:05:15.363 but these are cool. 00:05:15.423 --> 00:05:16.685 Cause I was like, wait a minute, 00:05:16.704 --> 00:05:17.846 they have sticky highlights. 00:05:18.225 --> 00:05:18.625 So, you know, 00:05:18.646 --> 00:05:21.608 you have a post-it paper that you use. 00:05:21.887 --> 00:05:23.329 These are like those thin 00:05:23.850 --> 00:05:24.850 sticky highlights that you 00:05:24.891 --> 00:05:25.870 could put over a word. 00:05:26.211 --> 00:05:27.112 And I've been using them. 00:05:27.132 --> 00:05:28.533 I'm just like, listen, 00:05:28.552 --> 00:05:30.053 your girl here is a nerd. 00:05:30.274 --> 00:05:31.035 Okay. 00:05:31.629 --> 00:05:33.190 And very, very much respect. 00:05:33.810 --> 00:05:37.574 And I love my paper protectors. 00:05:38.093 --> 00:05:39.355 I love my pens. 00:05:39.495 --> 00:05:41.636 I love everything stationery. 00:05:42.216 --> 00:05:44.098 If I have a way to make stationery stuff, 00:05:44.497 --> 00:05:46.019 man, I make pineapple stationery, 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:47.100 coconut stationery. 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:48.459 I would make diamond and 00:05:48.500 --> 00:05:49.201 sparkle stationery. 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:49.581 Listen, 00:05:49.880 --> 00:05:51.141 you couldn't stop me if I figured 00:05:51.161 --> 00:05:53.142 out how to make all kinds of stationery. 00:05:53.584 --> 00:05:55.625 I would just be like the stationery queen. 00:05:56.285 --> 00:05:57.925 But anyway, excuse me. 00:05:57.946 --> 00:

Jesus can provide peace that surpasses all understanding. You can have peace, not like world gives. Peace the way the Lord gives it is so much.

There will be people who act like they supported you. The message you shared was important then, and now they want to change their tune. Remember, the Lord knows all and sees all. He knows the hard work you are doing. Continue on the path set before you.

Alright, hello, hello everyone. How are you doing? So, it is late night and of course I am on sharing and this is going to be the start of my 16th days. But before we get into this, you guys know what I'm going to do. What I'm going to do, I'm going to go ahead and get the theme music and then we'll come back and talk about our topic, which is... Don't let abuse change you. Definitely don't want to do that. So let me be quiet and here we go. Alright, I am back with you guys. So yes, I was just giving you a slight intro into the title of this particular podcast slash content slash stream and it is called Don't Let Abuse Change You. So definitely don't want to do that. So I wanted to talk about that because there's just there's always something that needs to be talked about. And because I have just done that PBS special with those lovely ladies and Miss Laura Flanders. I wanted to still continue talking about that because there's other abuses that happen and sometimes we kind of don't talk about any of them. But in particular, we'll be talking just about general abuse. And I think we're going to just tailor this one to, of course, domestic violence. It might go somewhere else as well, but for now, we'll just do that. So before we get started, I normally... do bible studies on here but and not on here because I haven't been on in a while but normally do my bible studies whenever I'm going live but today I will be pulling a little bit of scripture and hopefully during this entire 60 days, I will definitely be utilizing more scripture, and I'll be definitely using John 15 for a lot of this with the relationship between Christ, the relationship between others, the relationship between the world, and definitely want to talk about that. But we're going to go ahead and just jump into this topic right now. So we do have a purpose and you have a purpose I have a purpose the lord has set a purpose for us long before our parents even knew who we were and sometimes going along our journey we run into abuse And you could either have abuse in family, abuse with relationships with significant others. You could have abuse in all myriad ways and different venues and different places and spaces in your life. And sometimes those different types of abuse, they can cause a lot of damage. And we know it. I know it. You know it. And those damages can be mental and emotional, physical, financial, and spiritual, digital, and they're hard to deal with. And as I share with you guys, I share from a lot of experience of having to really navigate the abuse of And I'm not going to put a trigger warning on here because I'm hoping I'm not going to say anything triggering. If I do, I might go back and edit it to say trigger warning, but I'm hoping this is benign enough that it doesn't cause anyone to be triggered. But if you are, if something happens, doesn't sound right or it troubles you please turn this off take care of yourself because I definitely want you to do that I don't think I'm going to be bringing up a whole bunch of things uh as far as the situation of of old abuse so it should be okay So when I talk about this, and I talk about it for a myriad of reasons, not because I'm trying to give myself a pity party and not because I'm trying to put anybody on blast, but I am trying to help others to be aware and be cognizant of abuse. And as long as I have breath to talk about it and speak about it, I will. So when I was going through my different abuses and domestic violence in my life, it was just easier to bury all of it. And some of the abuses I went through when I was younger kind of led to the abuse that I had when I was older and all these different things, kind of these escapes. And when I look back, I saw that I was trying to navigate and handle That was harmful to me. And it wasn't always easy. So sometimes people will think that you're just doing stuff and they have things to say about you.

Pastor J. and T.Drake will be discussing relationships!!!! We love talking about these topics and we shshare our own personal opinions and insights from personal experiences along with personal stories from others. Sit back relax and enjoy Conversations with T.Drake and Pastor J.

Pastor J. comes over to have a conversation with T.Drake about relationships. This is a very pertinent topic for women and men. Please take a listen and enjoy the conversation. If you want to reach out to Pastor J. please email him at sutton968@gmail.com or call (314)629-0024. If you want to reach out to T.Drake, please email her at ggthw18@gmail.com.

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