WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:15.720 practical ways. Oh, good morning, good morning. We talked the 4 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:22.199 whole good move do you and you do? Hey, hey 5 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:24.679 that was a good one. A yeah, you really added something. 6 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:27.719 You climbed up so awesome. 7 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:30.839 Hey, good morning everybody, or good afternoon or good evening. 8 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:33.600 We are the Bible Guys, and we appreciate very much 9 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:34.520 you tuning in. 10 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:36.640 If you're if you're a first timer with us today 11 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:38.840 on the Bible Guys. Let me just tell you all 12 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.439 the rest of our fans know, we just peaked right 13 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.000 there that song. It's the peak of the week, is 14 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:48.000 it is? It's the moment. Everybody loves it when Chris 15 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:50.240 sings good morning. Even though we now know that most 16 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:51.600 of our listeners listen the afternoon. 17 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:55.600 Yeah, the majority listening more intense Yeah. 18 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:57.159 In a few hours in the afternoon than it is 19 00:00:57.560 --> 00:00:59.920 most people driving home from work. I think that funny. Yeah. 20 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.119 Hey, so we are in the middle of a series 21 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:05.680 actually talking about God's promises. We've been doing this for 22 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:08.159 what two weeks now, two weeks and this is the 23 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:12.599 second week, and we are focusing on God's peace. Last 24 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.560 week we focused on God's provision. If you didn't listen 25 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.359 to that, go back and watch that or listen to them. 26 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:21.040 But today God's Peace. But before we get into that, 27 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:24.799 we have a segment that Desiree is calling the Praise 28 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:25.760 Report with a twist. 29 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:27.719 I loved this one. This one's fun. 30 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:30.640 Each of you will share something you're grateful for, but 31 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:35.280 you must describe it like it's a dramatic movie trailer. 32 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.359 And then she gives an example of something in a 33 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:41.640 world where laundry never ends, a woman finds a sock 34 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:43.280 that matches that type of thing. 35 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:46.200 Okay, so I use chat GPT. So did I? I 36 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:47.920 did too. I dropped it in there. You want to 37 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:49.920 do search, No, you tell is yours great? 38 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:50.799 Mine's great? 39 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:52.719 Okay, Well, then I'll tell you of mine and then 40 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.439 you keep it off. Okay. So what I did is 41 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:57.280 I drop that in. Each of you will share something 42 00:01:57.319 --> 00:01:59.280 you're grateful for, but you must describe it like it's 43 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.400 a dramatic movie trailer. And I said, so, I'm thankful 44 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.439 for my loving family, my great life of adventure, the 45 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:07.920 people who trust us as leaders, and the impact of 46 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:08.840 the Ministry. 47 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.719 Guide has let me lead, You're grateful for four things. 48 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.719 I'm grateful for four things. Wow, that's those are all encompassing, 49 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:16.360 by the way, I mean that comfort compasses. 50 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:20.479 I actually chose number one, one thing and very small things. 51 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.639 So I did it two times. I did it one 52 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.199 time in an epic cinematic way, and then I did 53 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:27.840 it one time as like an over the top way. 54 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:29.479 So I'm going to do the over the top way. 55 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:34.000 So think in a world voice over guy meets mission impossible, 56 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:36.759 trailer energy. Okay, what it says, right, So the epic 57 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:39.919 movie voice thunder rumbling in the distance, in a world 58 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:44.199 where chaos reigns, traffic never ends in your email box 59 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:49.240 mocks you daily. One man dares to be thankful anyway, 60 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:51.840 and then it says cut to slow motion, family laughter, 61 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.639 kids running through sunlight, someone dramatically flipping pancakes. He says 62 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.759 he has the family, he has the faith. He even 63 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.560 has the air fryer. By day, he leads an army 64 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:04.879 of world changers, and by night he grills chicken like 65 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:07.360 a legend and still has time to pray for the nations. 66 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.280 Cue the choir, an electric guitar riff from every nineties 67 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:15.680 blockbuster ever. Wow, And then it says they said it 68 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:18.439 couldn't be done. They said no one could juggle adventure 69 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:22.080 ministry and family movie night. But they were wrong. This summer, 70 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:25.400 one grateful guy will defy the odds, trust the process, 71 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.400 and thank God like never before, coming soon to a 72 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:32.599 grateful heart near you, the grateful life, because when God 73 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:35.439 writes your story, it's always a box office hit. 74 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:36.360 Wow. 75 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:38.759 Huh, that's prettyuncomfortable. It was a good one. 76 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.400 Yes, I like it so funny, and so we've done 77 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:42.360 this before, and so. 78 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:44.759 I like the guitar riffs from every ninety blockbuster movie. 79 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:49.479 Yeah, it's great. Ironically, I really enjoyed you reading the 80 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.560 in between stuff besides the narrative voice. Yeah, but I 81 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:53.879 told mine not to do that. 82 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:57.080 Oh you didn't want I told min My, just give 83 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:58.759 me the words, Just give me the words. Yeah. So 84 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:00.080 here's what I wrote, Okay. 85 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.039 I said, give me a ninety second script in a 86 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:05.840 dramatic movie trailer fashion, with the spoken words only that 87 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:08.479 describes what I'm thankful for, no need to describe the 88 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.479 setting or scene. That's I tried to delimit those things. Yeah, 89 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.199 although I like yours, and I said what I am 90 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.959 thankful for is our family used to drive terrible old 91 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.279 cars that used to break down, but now we have 92 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.000 the privilege of each of us driving newer, independable cars 93 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:24.160 and make it funny. 94 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:27.160 Also, okay, oh this is gonna be good. 95 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.680 So it just says things like in between the narrative voice, 96 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.959 it just says like pause for effect, voice intensifies, right, 97 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:38.199 But I'll just do those things so it says the funny. 98 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:40.480 It also always starts with in a world, In a 99 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:44.439 world where engines coughed, sputtered, and died at every red light, 100 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.399 one family dared to believe that one day they'd make 101 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:50.839 it all the way home without calling a tow truck. 102 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:56.279 They endured the dashboard lights of doom. They prayed through 103 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:00.800 the mysterious check engine prophecies. They mastered the sacred art 104 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:06.439 of pushing a car whilst steering it. But then something changed. 105 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:10.480 After years of jumper cables and duct tape mirrors, came 106 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:17.360 the dawn of reliable transportation. Now they drive without fear. Now, 107 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.199 the air conditioning actually works. Now the radio plays music, 108 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.879 not static or smoke. Because sometimes the greatest blessings aren't 109 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.439 flashy or fast. They're just cars that start when you 110 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.480 push the button. From the creators of We're Gonna Be 111 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:37.000 laid Again and Pop the Hood. Maybe it's the battery 112 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:42.399 comes a story of comes, a story of gratitude, redemption 113 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:49.399 and premium unleaded hope. This Thanksgiving, we give thanks for 114 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:53.439 dependable cars and the mercy of not walking to work 115 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:59.879 any longer because miracles come with warranties. Now, that's it. 116 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.879 I love from the creators of for the creators of 117 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.120 We're Gonna Be laid Again and Pop the Hood. 118 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:10.120 Maybe it's the battery comes the story of gratitude. That's it. 119 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.639 Yeah, mindset from the creators of It's been a week 120 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:17.600 exclamation point and the producers of we need more volunteers. 121 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:24.120 So it's funny because this just highlighted like a significant 122 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:26.399 difference because we're so similar in so many ways. Yes, 123 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.480 but this highlighted significant difference between us, and I noticed 124 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.120 it the last time we did something like this. Yeah, 125 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:37.319 I tend to be very big picture on everything, just everything. 126 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:39.439 What are you thankful for? I'm thinking for my family, 127 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:41.240 I'm thankful for the adventure, I'm thankful for the church, 128 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.120 thankful for the impact. And you're like, I'm thankful for 129 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:49.160 cars that run. So you're you're very in the moment 130 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:54.560 and very specific and I'm very big picture in general. 131 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.120 Isn't that funny? Yeah, well, then that's how it works. 132 00:06:57.120 --> 00:06:59.759 And then also and by the way, that is absolutely true. 133 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:04.120 But also I was thinking, I want it to be funny, 134 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:06.879 and so what is a scenario that I can give 135 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:11.600 chat GPT to make it really good? And the more 136 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:14.759 narrow you give it, the funnier it is, because it 137 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.120 could explore a funny option with sputtering cars versus reliable 138 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:22.920 That's to be honest. That was part of my motivation too, right. 139 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:25.639 But what you're saying that you do do that do 140 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.000 that a lot where you're like a very specific story. 141 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:30.920 I'm talking about a concept and you're like, that reminds 142 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:32.920 me of a movie, or that reminds me of a story. 143 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:35.720 This happened at my family, And it always takes you 144 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:40.319 to very specific moment and I'm just thinking the idea itself, 145 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:42.240 and yeah, isn't that amazing? 146 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.720 Yeah, well you were talking yesterday, everything reminds me of 147 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:45.279 a movie. Quote. 148 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.319 What I'm trying to say is you complete me, Chris. 149 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:50.720 That's what you try to say. Ja maguire by the 150 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:54.000 way that's in the elevator you complete. 151 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:02.800 Okay, so hey talking about joy? Okay, sure? 152 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:03.439 Why not? 153 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:05.120 I don't know. Do you know who was joyful? 154 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:05.920 Yep? 155 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:10.240 Paul was trying to challenge the Philippians to be joyful. 156 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.439 Okay, all right, I'm the whole book. 157 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.959 The whole book of Philippians is about joy. So he 158 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:20.240 says this in chapter four, verse one. It says, Therefore, 159 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:23.399 my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. 160 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.160 I love you and I long to see you, dear friends, 161 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:28.600 for you are my joy and the crown I received 162 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:33.600 for my work. Now I appeal to Yodia and Syntaiche, please, 163 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:36.519 because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement. And 164 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:39.679 I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, 165 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:42.559 for they worked hard with me and telling others the 166 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.360 good news. They worked along with Clement and the rest 167 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:47.399 of my co workers, whose names are written the book 168 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.279 of life. Always be full of joy in the Lord. 169 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.320 I say it again. Rejoice. Let everyone see that you 170 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.080 are considerate and all you do remember the Lord is 171 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:00.399 coming soon. Don't worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything. 172 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:02.960 Tell God what you need and thank him for all 173 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.360 he has done, and then you will experience God's peace, 174 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:10.440 which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard 175 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:13.279 your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 176 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:15.960 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix 177 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.240 your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right 178 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:21.600 and pure and lovely and admirable. Think about these things 179 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:25.159 that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into 180 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:27.600 practice all you learned and received from me, and everything 181 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:29.720 you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the 182 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:31.559 God of Peace will be with you. 183 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.200 There you go, man, That's why I keep reading him. 184 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.519 Yeah, well, you know what, last week we read the 185 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:43.960 next verses, chapter verses ten, almost the yeah, yeah. 186 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:47.840 You're right, we did. Yeah, And this is I love Philippians. 187 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:51.399 In fact, I love all of Paul's prison letters, you 188 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:57.240 know this whole, like Galatians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians. Excuse me. 189 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:01.120 I love that stretch and and did you know that 190 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:05.879 when he's when he's talking here, I love these set 191 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:08.240 of verses at the very beginning because it talks about 192 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:12.600 females who are actually helping Paul spread the gospel. And 193 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:17.720 you know, we sometimes you know, overlook church contexts. You know, Oh, 194 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:19.759 I guess women have to cover their heads and be 195 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.919 silent and can't speak, you know. But Paul was very 196 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:27.039 specifically referring to a specific scenario when he was saying 197 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:31.639 those things. But there's so many references of females who help, 198 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:33.919 and not only just help like you know by you know, 199 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:38.759 making clothes and you know, cleaning and serving, although they 200 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.440 did some of those things too, right, But in this 201 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:46.399 case he said they were instrumental with me preaching the gospel, 202 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:49.519 which is amazing and I love that, just just the 203 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:53.240 idea that you know, women had spiritual authority and share 204 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:56.639 the gospel. And and of course, of you know, they're 205 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.240 not I don't think they're mentioned outside of this one passage. 206 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:03.720 So I think it's interesting. The Book of Philippians is 207 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.240 one of the few books Paul wrote letters that he 208 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:10.159 wrote to the churches that isn't giving some kind of 209 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:16.519 review theological correction, right, but Philippians doesn't have it. But 210 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:20.600 what he is doing here is these challenging relationships. Hey, 211 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:24.039 you can have your theology right, And both of these 212 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:28.120 women are useful in serving God, They're useful in ministry, 213 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.759 they're having an impact with their lives. But he's saying, hey, 214 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:34.399 this relationship has to be fixed. That it's possible to 215 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.240 love God and struggle in loving people. Right, that's what 216 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.000 he says, man, you got to get back and this 217 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:44.360 relationship is like the most important thing. Fix this relationship. 218 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:49.919 And you know, if we're facing conflict, we can't let 219 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:52.799 this tension keep building. It'll tear the church apart. I've 220 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:56.360 spent a lot of time this summer working on trying 221 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.879 to make peace among some key leaders right on the 222 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:04.399 other side of the world. And even today, well yesterday 223 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.720 had another thing blow up from people I didn't know 224 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.759 but that are in the ministry, and so I challenged 225 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:15.279 that a little bit in a way like this. And 226 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.600 then today from the other side of the world, this 227 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:20.559 leader reached out and said, hey, we should we should 228 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.200 sit down and have a meeting, right, And I think 229 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:24.679 that's the right way to do it. You don't just 230 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.360 let these tensions out sit out there and build. It's 231 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:30.360 going to tear up out the part the work of God. 232 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:34.960 And so it's in the context of tension between good people. 233 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.679 He's not saying, man, that Yodia is right in Sententikee's 234 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.080 a jerk. He doesn't say that, does he. He's not 235 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:43.960 picking sides. 236 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:45.120 You just just settle it. 237 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.080 He's just a you ladies need to deal with this. 238 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:49.600 Just settle it. Don't let it tear apart your ministry. 239 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.080 And it's in that context he says, as a matter 240 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:54.399 of fact, if you're not careful, you're gonna lose all 241 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.519 the next things. You're gonna lose the joy of the Lord. 242 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.879 You're gonna start living in tension. You're going to be 243 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:02.720 have all these these pure instead, he says, always then 244 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:04.919 be full of joy in the Lord. And I say 245 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.879 it again, rejoice. Let everyone see that you are considerate 246 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.399 in all you do. Remember the Lord is coming soon. 247 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.399 You and I had a conversation just recently about the 248 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.919 importance of no matter what's coming from the other person, 249 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:23.559 if you're right on the inside, you can still choose 250 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:25.519 to be a lady. You can still choose to be 251 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:27.639 a gentleman. Yeah, that's right, you can still choose to 252 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:34.039 the exterior. Outputs tend to drive. They put pressure on you, 253 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.879 and what's on the inside gets squeezed out like a 254 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.799 just like a tube of toothpaste. So if you're not 255 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:42.320 right on the inside, and the pressure comes from the outside, 256 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.279 you're gonna go back all over them. But if you 257 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.240 decide I'm going to be a lady or I'm gonna 258 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.159 be a gentleman, I'm going to it doesn't matter what 259 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:51.240 kind of pressure comes from the outside. I'm going to 260 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:53.120 do the right thing, he says. You know, let everyone 261 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:54.799 see that you're considerate and all you do. Well, you 262 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:57.360 have to be considerate before the problem comes. You have 263 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:59.440 to decide you're going to be that kind of person 264 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:03.399 before the pressure comes on. And remember the Lord's coming soon. Says. Hey, 265 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:05.919 by the way, you're going to give an account. Yeah, 266 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:08.039 so it's not like, oh, well, you know, I just 267 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:11.759 have a temper. Yeah, he says. So make sure your 268 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.480 reputation is that on the inside you're a considerate person, 269 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:17.799 and then when the pressure's on, you are considerate, because 270 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:19.440 there's going to be a day when God's not going 271 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:21.960 to let you just get by on the idea that well, 272 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:23.799 I'm just a hot headed person. 273 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.200 Well, you know what's so funny is when I when 274 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.799 I came to you for advice for that somebody had 275 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:30.759 contacted me and I had a choice on how to 276 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.480 respond and uh and uh And you said, well, I 277 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:35.840 would respond, you know, like a gentleman, right because of 278 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.200 these reasons. And I thought that was really good advice. 279 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:40.399 And then what I ended up doing because I decided 280 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:43.360 to go that way, and I was like, okay, because 281 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:44.960 I wasn't gonna I was never gonna be rude. I 282 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:47.440 was just gonna, you know, should I or should I 283 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:51.360 not be nice? Right? And uh, you know, for different reasons, 284 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.559 you know, just a big long history of reasons. 285 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:57.440 Right. Well, pain, there's pain between Yodia and Sentaichi. 286 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:00.480 Yeah, that's right, good pan and good people. So anyway, 287 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.360 so I decided to respond in the gentleman way. And 288 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:05.679 then I showed somebody really close to the situation and 289 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.480 they said, man, you were overly gentlemen like you just 290 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:12.679 you were just like flowery and nice and you just 291 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:15.360 went online. And because I decided to go that way, 292 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.000 I couldn't help myself. I was like, if I'm to 293 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:19.559 be a gentleman, I'm gonna be a gentleman all the 294 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:22.039 way through, you know. And so anyway, so I did. 295 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.720 And so you're not being fake, you're just deciding, you 296 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.279 know what the exterior, the exterior pressures aren't going to 297 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.399 cause me to misbehave. I'm gonna do the right thing, 298 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.519 going to be kind, and that now is going to 299 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:37.240 be the as long as you weren't being fake. That's 300 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:40.480 the reputation, is that you're choosing to be a person 301 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:43.559 who's considerate and all you do. You know, the Bible 302 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:46.159 says to rejoice with those who rejoice, and in that moment, 303 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.759 somebody was rejoicing about a thing, So it's okay, rejoice 304 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.000 with them back, all right, And so then he says, 305 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:56.720 it's in those contexts then pressure in relationships between good people. 306 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:58.840 These aren't like good a good person a bad person. 307 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.759 These are good people, useful to the Lord and useful 308 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.960 in ministry. And he says, so be full of joy, 309 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.080 be people that are considerate, use good manners. And then 310 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:10.360 he says, don't worry about anything. It's in that context. 311 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:13.960 Don't worry about anything, pray about everything. So even in 312 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:16.960 your situation like that, man, I didn't mean to unpack 313 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:18.960 because I wasn't exposing that we were talking about a 314 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.279 situation with you. I was just saying we talked about 315 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:25.240 a situation, yeah, but you brought up so in that situation, 316 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:29.320 then even when you were feeling, hey, tension between good people. 317 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:32.240 You could be a good person to him. Yep, and 318 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:35.080 then in those parts that were hard, you could take 319 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:38.519 it to God. Yeah, right, and go. I still turns 320 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:41.279 out I still have some wounds you mentioned, dude, these 321 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:43.919 wounds are bigger than I thought they were. And so 322 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.720 he says in that don't worry about anything. Instead, pray 323 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:50.480 about everything, tell God what you need, and thank him 324 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:54.600 for all he's done, and then you'll experience then. So 325 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:57.919 after you've told him everything and thanked him for what 326 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.159 he's already done, then you'll experience God's peace, which exceeds 327 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.799 anything we can understand. So there's a qualification if then yep, 328 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:10.640 then you'll experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. 329 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:12.640 It doesn't make sense. I don't know why it makes sense, 330 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:15.279 but I do know when I choose to be a gentleman, 331 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:17.319 when I choose to be considerate, when I choose to 332 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.480 be kind, and then i'm still frustrated, I go to God. 333 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:22.599 I don't know why that peace comes, but it just does. 334 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.000 You know what, This is a direct application to that situation, 335 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:29.400 because I actually do feel a tremendous amount of peace 336 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.319 in my response, and I really do. 337 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:33.599 Yeah, And it was just it was like about all 338 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.559 the tension you had before. Yeah, yeah, yea, yeah, it 339 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.519 was it was a lot of anxiety. 340 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:41.680 Yeah, it was anxiety. And that's you I mentioned yesterday. 341 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.400 Remember we talked about peace yesterday and I said, I said, 342 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.240 the body is a funny thing, isn't that. You know, 343 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:51.240 stress can get you, anxiety can get you. And I'm 344 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:55.200 just reminded of that because you know, sometimes you just 345 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:58.279 you get bombarded and you're like, I'm not sure why 346 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:00.599 I'm feeling this way, And all of a sudden, I 347 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:05.240 had all sorts of weird thoughts, right, impractical things would 348 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:08.000 even come into my brain and I'm like, I'm like, 349 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:10.039 why am I even what is happening? 350 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.839 Well, everything in you, every instinct we have is punish 351 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:18.079 that person, reprosecute this issue one more time. I don't 352 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:20.559 think you heard me clearly last time. Yep, right there, 353 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.960 everything is, there's all this tension, all this and then 354 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:27.880 when you go I am going to be considerate two 355 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:30.799 good people. I'm going to be considerate. I'm going to 356 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.400 be a gentleman. 357 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.160 God. 358 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.400 I don't really like how I feel. I don't know 359 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:41.000 why I just got to trust you, and I'm gonna 360 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:43.920 pray about everything and tell you what I need. And 361 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:46.400 I am thankful how far you brought me and the 362 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.599 circumstances of my life today and all the things you've 363 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:51.920 done in my life have been good for me. Thank you. 364 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:54.839 And then you get this you experience, he says, little 365 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:58.640 you experience, this piece that goes beyond comprehension doesn't make sense. 366 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:01.240 And it doesn't because my instincts tell me I'll be 367 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.839 happier when I reprosecute and I accuse again, and I 368 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:08.799 just am a jerk. And instead it says His peace 369 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:12.000 will guard your hearts and minds as you live in 370 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:14.799 Christ Jesus. It turns out when we choose to live 371 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.920 like Jesus, everything is better. Everything is better, even though 372 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:21.400 everything in us is screaming. You'll be happy when you 373 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:25.359 scream at him, or you'll be happy when you embarrass him. Instead, 374 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:29.359 when you go Jesus away, it literally says his peace 375 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.279 will guard your hearts and minds as you live in 376 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.000 Christ Jesus. 377 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:34.240 Did I ever tell you that one of the most 378 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.759 powerful messages I've ever heard in my entire life had 379 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:39.519 one sentence was one truth that was it, and the 380 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:43.359 truth was would you rather make a point or make 381 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:46.680 a difference? And it's just and it's the idea that, like, 382 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.599 when it comes to strained relationships, all we really want 383 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:52.599 to do is to say, you know, you know. And 384 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:55.039 by the way, I talk about this often and celebrate 385 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:57.599 recovery because you know, when it comes to making amends 386 00:19:57.640 --> 00:20:00.839 with people, and sometimes even in on divorce, you know, 387 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:03.240 it's like, oh, it's like I would be okay if 388 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:06.039 that person just acknowledged what they did wrong. They don't 389 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.640 even realize what they did wrong, and I'd be okay 390 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:09.559 as long as they just knew what they did wrong. 391 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:11.680 But you know, we all know that forgiveness is for 392 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.720 us enough for them and and everything else. But it's 393 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:19.400 like it's the idea of like wanting to make a point, right, 394 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:22.960 That's what you're talking about. It's wanting to make your 395 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:26.079 point whatever it is like them to see, you know, 396 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:28.880 like this the prosecution, or it's a reminding, or it's 397 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.920 to send a message, or it's making a point, would 398 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:33.920 you rather make a point or make a difference? Right, 399 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:36.759 And in this case, difference of peace, difference of goodwill, 400 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.680 difference of reputation, difference of you know, future interactions, the 401 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:43.559