God's Gift Through His Word

Welcome to another episode of God's Gift Through His Word. Your host is always the sweet and encouraging #TDrake. In this episode Pastor J. stops by to discuss Witchcraft in the Church.T.

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T.Drake is the Host of God's Gift Through His Word. Her passion for Jesus Christ and her faith are clearly evident. She shares her journey while sharing Indie Artists as well. Her lived experience with #DomesticViolence #HIV #homelessness #Specialneedsparent #disabledmilitaryveteran. These things she has endured have shown her the Word is a gift in her life. She is resilent and grateful to God for allowing her each day to be alive and give praise and honor. The podcast is an extension of her book. Come be inspired uplifted and encouraged on your faith journey.

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Welcome to another episode of God's Gift Through His Word. Your host is always the sweet and encouraging #TDrake. In this episode T.Drake will be sharing something hard for her.

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T.Drake is the Host of God's Gift Through His Word. Her passion for Jesus Christ and her faith are clearly evident. She shares her journey while sharing Indie Artists as well. Her lived experience with #DomesticViolence #HIV #homelessness #Specialneedsparent #disabledmilitaryveteran. These things she uas endured have shown her the Word is a gift in her life. She is resilent and grateful to God for allowing her each day to be alive and give praise and honor. The podcast is an extension of her book. Come be inspired uplifted and encouraged on your faith journey.

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Welcome to another episode of God's Gift Through His Word. Your host is always the sweet and encouraging #TDrake. In this episode T.Drake will share about a testimony she has on this day.

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T.Drake is the Host of God's Gift Through His Word. Her passion for Jesus Christ and her faith are clearly evident. She shares her journey while sharing Indie Artists as well. Her lived experience with #DomesticViolence #HIV #homelessness #Specialneedsparent #disabledmilitaryveteran. These things she uas endured have shown her the Word is a gift in her life. She is resilent and grateful to God for allowing her each day to be alive and give praise and honor. The podcast is an extension of her book. Come be inspired uplifted and encouraged on your faith journey.

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Welcome to another episode of God's Gift Through His Word. Your host is always the sweet and encouraging #TDrake. In this episode T.Drake will share about her Birthday book signing!!!🎉🎊🥳🥳🧁🎂

#igniteanewstart #booklaunch #booksigning #audiobook #yourstory #yourpower

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T.Drake is the Host of God's Gift Through His Word. Her passion for Jesus Christ and her faith are clearly evident. She shares her journey while sharing Indie Artists as well. Her lived experience with #DomesticViolence #HIV #homelessness #Specialneedsparent #disabledmilitaryveteran. These things she uas endured have shown her the Word is a gift in her life. She is resilent and grateful to God for allowing her each day to be alive and give praise and honor. The podcast is an extension of her book. Come be inspired uplifted and encouraged on your faith journey.

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Audiobook:

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Welcome to another episode of God's Gift Through His Word. Your host is always the sweet and encouraging #TDrake. In this episode T.Drake will share about rebellious people.

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T.Drake is the Host of God's Gift Through His Word. Her passion for Jesus Christ and her faith are clearly evident. She shares her journey while sharing Indie Artists as well. Her lived experience with #DomesticViolence #HIV #homelessness #Specialneedsparent #disabledmilitaryveteran. These things she uas endured have shown her the Word is a gift in her life. She is resilent and grateful to God for allowing her each day to be alive and give praise and honor. The podcast is an extension of her book. Come be inspired uplifted and encouraged on your faith journey.

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Welcome to another episode of God's Gift Through His Word. Your host is always the sweet and encouraging #TDrake. In this episode T.Drake will share about living intentionally and not getting distracted.

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T.Drake is the Host of God's Gift Through His Word. Her passion for Jesus Christ and her faith are clearly evident. She shares her journey while sharing Indie Artists as well. Her lived experience with #DomesticViolence #HIV #homelessness #Specialneedsparent #disabledmilitaryveteran. These things she uas endured have shown her the Word is a gift in her life. She is resilent and grateful to God for allowing her each day to be alive and give praise and honor. The podcast is an extension of her book. Come be inspired uplifted and encouraged on your faith journey.

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Welcome to another episode of God's Gift Through His Word. Your host is always the sweet and encouraging #TDrake. In this episode T.Drake will share about staying unbothered by people or circumstances.

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T.Drake is the Host of God's Gift Through His Word. Her passion for Jesus Christ and her faith are clearly evident. She shares her journey while sharing Indie Artists as well. Her lived experience with #DomesticViolence #HIV #homelessness #Specialneedsparent #disabledmilitaryveteran. These things she uas endured have shown her the Word is a gift in her life. She is resilent and grateful to God for allowing her each day to be alive and give praise and honor. The podcast is an extension of her book. Come be inspired uplifted and encouraged on your faith journey.

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This article was just published. I am in it the Maricopa Lifestyle Magazine.

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Audiobook:

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Carol Chisolm is a singer, songwriter, speaker, and author. She was named Songwriter of the Month (July 2020) by Nashville Christian Songwriters, International. She was one of the top five finalists in the 2021 You God’s Music Talent Showcase, named the 2022 Traditional Artist of the Year for the Tampa Bay Gospel Music Awards, named among the Top 25 Artist of 2023 by the I Support Florida Gospel Music Movement, named Female Artist of the Year for the 2024 Florida Gospel Music Awards, and recently name Female Artist of the Year for the Praise and Worship Experience Awards 2025.

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Are you wondering right now if you should move? Perhaps you are thinking should I wait? You have prayed you know the Lord has already given you your marching orders. For some reason you are still yet waiting. In this episode #TDrake will talk about this is Your Time right now. Take a listen and be encouraged and get started on your mission or goal today!!

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Born in Hawaii and raised in San Diego, CA, Jerome is a military progeny who has been blessed to travel the world and be exposed to diverse learning experiences and people. These experiences served as a perfect platform for preparing him to minister and relate to people from all over the world, which would later become an integral part of his purpose in life. Jerome has been a poet at heart and has had the gift of rhyme all of his life, but his serious commitment to writing and reciting began in 2009 after he clearly heard the voice of the Lord tell him, "I GAVE YOU A GIFT...USE IT!!!" From that moment forward, he has been dedicated to using his God-Given gifts as a scribe which include poetry, songwriting, and rapping. To date, Jerome has released several compilations. Why JSpeaks (2016), A Different Dynamic EP (2016), the single, God is Greater (2017), Long Way ft. Urgency (2019), and You Think you know Me (2021) are just a few of his current top charting productions.

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All right, everyone.

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Welcome to our conversations

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with T. Drake and Pastor Jay.

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And I hope you're going to

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enjoy what we're talking about.

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I have God's Gift Through

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His Word podcast and Pastor

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Jay coming from Walk in

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Truth Radio Network.

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I hope you guys are going to

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enjoy this conversation

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that we're about to jump into,

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The Hunter or Husband.

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So let's go ahead and get started.

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Hey, Pastor Jay.

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Hey, T. How are you doing today?

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How's everybody doing out there?

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Glad to be

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Uh available so we can have

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this discussion because

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it's been on my heart Based

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on the past couple of

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months of dealing with some

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people And I think it's

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very important that we uh,

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try to help people and get

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them to understand There is

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a difference between the

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hunter and the husband so

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Me and you were talking

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about that before we got started.

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So yeah,

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we can just jump right on in Do

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you have any questions for me before I

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going then you can chime

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back in you know I always

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have questions but I'll

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save those as we move

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through our conversation

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okay and and guys pardon me

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uh kind of under the

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weather my sinuses so if I

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sneeze or something just

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pardon me because uh just

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going through the summer

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thing uh but let me give

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you the experiences there's

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a there's there's some

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people that I know some

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people that I love

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some ladies that are dear,

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some couples that are dear to my heart.

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And they're going through a

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situation whereas they're

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trying to weigh out their

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faith versus their future

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or their faith versus their

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peace of mind or faith

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versus their happiness.

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And it should not be a either or.

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And what I'm learning is there's a great,

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awesome level of commitment

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That women have towards

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their vows and towards what

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they understand the word of

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God says about never

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divorcing your husband.

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And I see men who are marginal at best,

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but not really blood bought,

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saved men actually taking

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advantage of these women.

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that they will stay in an

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abusive relationship,

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whether it's physical, financial, social,

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mental,

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and even spiritual to a high

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degree of anxiety or even

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just a continuous feeding

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of gaslighting and things like that,

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verbal abuse.

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And they believe in their

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hearts after being abused

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that they should stay in

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this relationship.

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And I,

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my opinion is that there's many

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different kinds of adultery

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to which a young lady can

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leave her husband.

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And if you're being spiritually abused,

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emotionally abused, socially abused,

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physically abused, and cheated upon,

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okay,

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giving to another what's

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supposed to give to the wife that care,

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that Ephesians to husband,

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where he's supposed to love

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his wife as Christ loved the church.

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And these are the things

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that he's supposed to do, set her apart,

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sanctify her,

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and he is not willing to do so.

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Then at that point,

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I think we go into a

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spiritual adultery that a

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lot of times relates to physical,

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emotional, financial abuse.

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and the question is always

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I'm going to honor my vows

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but now I'm running into

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people who have honored

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this vow to the point of

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insanity 40 50 years of

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marriage and normally what

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I've dealt with is a woman

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is very unhappy.

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The woman now is lashing out.

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The woman now is, is, is them bubbled over,

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is them boiled over.

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And now she's even acting

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contrary to her faith

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because she can't take anymore.

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And then when you hear the story that, uh,

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this has been going on this

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level of abuse and it could be either way,

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male or female back and forth.

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Okay.

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Husband and wife,

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But I hear this more from

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the wise point of view.

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This abuse,

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this level of abuse has been

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going on for decades.

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And now they come to the

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conclusion they can't take anymore.

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So they go from being abused

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to almost being the abuser

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to make up for the lost

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time of peace and tranquility.

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And I think the church needs

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to address this because too

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many women are sitting in

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the pews and their heart is broken.

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Their spirit is broken.

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They feel less than, and they're married.

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There has not been any

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transgression of the church

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against their male counterpart,

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but they don't even feel loved anymore.

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They don't even feel cared for.

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But there was a time when

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his husband was a hunter,

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and that's what I want to get into.

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There are guys out here who are hunters,

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just like a natural hunter.

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The thrill is in the journey to hunt.

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in the elusiveness of the

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prey the one who can't be

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captured the one who can't

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be tamed it's like the

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story the taming of the

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shrew the allure was this

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woman this red-headed woman

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was beyond any man's

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ability to control her well

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a lot of men that's what

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they do they're hunters

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and while they're hunting

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they'll do anything that

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needs to be done they'll

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show you a good time

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they'll show you love and

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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!!!!

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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Hello.

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Hello everyone.

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How are you guys doing?

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Hope you guys are having a fabulous day.

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Hope you had a fabulous day

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I know I did my arm is

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still a little bit messed up.

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I went in yesterday I think

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I guys told you guys that I

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went to the va got my shot

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and my arm was banging

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yesterday It is still yet banging now

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But it's okay because that's

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not going to stop me My arm

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is just going to do what it

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does and it will eventually

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of course come around to

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being back to normal so for now,

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it's just a little bit sore,

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but Before we get into all

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the good stuff and juicy

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stuff about what we're

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talking about Which is

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talking about friendship

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and I love talking about friendship Uh,

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but before we do that,

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we are going to do what

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what we always do So I'm

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not even going to tell you guys

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because I'm just going to do

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my Q and I'll be back.

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All right, so I am back.

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Hello.

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Hello Okay,

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so we are going to talk about

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friendship and friendship

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is a gift It's a gift and I

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said friendship is a gift

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do not abuse it and I've been uh,

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I guess this has been a

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thing For me and I have

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always really Enjoyed

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having good friends solid friends

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But it's when you have those

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friends that you thought

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were friends and they

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really turned out to not be friends.

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Oh, my.

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It turns out to be something else.

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So I was just watching a

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couple of clips that were on Instagram.

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One was one of these actresses was saying,

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if you want to if you want

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to have a friendship,

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if you want to have friends, guess what?

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The great verse.

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And I'm going to quote the

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verse that she said and

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read the whole thing.

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KJV, it says a man.

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that hath friends, show himself friendly.

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And there is a friend that

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sticketh closer than a brother.

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So basically you got to be

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friendly in order to have friends.

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And sometimes people are not friendly,

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but they want friends,

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but then they don't act accordingly,

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which is strange to me.

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And I have always loved to

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show myself friendly.

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I do that and I kind of give

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that off wherever I go.

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So if people randomly talk

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to me in the store and they

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just start a conversation with me,

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it doesn't matter.

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I can try to avoid them all I want,

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but I really just,

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it comes out of me like, hey,

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she looks like a nice person to talk to.

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Let me talk to her about my life,

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even though I don't even know her.

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Hashtag like what?

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But before I used to really uh years ago,

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I think I've shared this

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before I used to really not

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like that I would not like

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people coming up and

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telling me their business.

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I don't know them They don't know me,

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but they felt comfortable

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enough to share really

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really important and very

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Detailed personal things of

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their life to me this random person

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And it always happened in

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the grocery store.

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Now it could have happened other places,

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but the grocery store is

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the place where I get it the most.

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I don't know.

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It's the grocery store.

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I could go to other stores too.

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And I might get a couple of conversations,

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but the grocery store says, there she is.

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She needs to talk to you.

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This is her counseling place.

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It wouldn't matter what

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grocery store I'm in.

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It happens everywhere I go.

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So, um, not as much as at Sprouts, but, uh,

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other, other grocery stores.

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But so there was a few

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different occasions and I

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remember them very well

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because I was looking for

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that conversation.

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And there was a woman and

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I'm minding my business, mind y'all.

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I'm going and I'm walking

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and I go in the cracker

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aisle and there was nobody

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there but this older lady.

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And I'm looking at these crackers,

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like if I should get red saltines,

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I don't know.

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And I'm just like debating

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in my head if I should get

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Cheez-Its because I know I

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have a lactose problem.

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I'm like doing all this

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debating in my head about crackers.

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And she comes up to me and says, you know,

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my son passed away.

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I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm so sorry.

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My condolences.

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And she's like, yeah.

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And I haven't changed his

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room since he's passed.

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And it's been a long time in his room.

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It just it just stays the

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same and I've never Changed

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anything in his room.

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It's still left the same

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exact way Now I'm in the

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cracker aisle this is in

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the grocery store I didn't

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warrant this because I

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wasn't looking at her but

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she came and she talked to

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me about something very

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very personal that's

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personal I don't care what

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people say like

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You know,

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people could talk about death all

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the time.

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Yes and no, right?

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If they don't care, they'll tell you, yeah,

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someone so-and-so hurt and

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then they pass away.

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Okay, but this is someone that they love,

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that they know intimately.

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This is their child.

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She does not know me in

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order to open up with

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something so vulnerable and

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transparent of something like that,

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right?

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Hello.

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Hello.

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How are you guys doing?

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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How are you guys doing?

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I hope you guys had a great, great day.

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And now we are, for me,

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having a great time right now.

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Excited to be with you guys

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and happy Thursday.

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And of course, when you hear this,

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you'll be like, hey,

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it is totally not that time.

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But I got out of here late.

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You know, sometimes you get tired, right?

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You're like, ooh, me.

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But I woke up.

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So anyway,

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I know that my consistency about

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what I've set myself to do,

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I'm going to stick with

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that and I'm going to do it.

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So today we are going to be

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talking about sexual sense.

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You can get caught up.

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You can.

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And we're going to get into that.

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But before I talk about that,

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let's go ahead and pray.

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And then I've got some

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scripture for you guys.

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So I got a lot of scriptures

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and we'll just talk because

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that's what we do over here

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in these streets.

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And if you're new to me,

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my name is T. Drake,

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podcasting godmother of connection.

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And this is what I do.

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I sometimes have Bible

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studies and go through different books,

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and sometimes I just have

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conversations either about

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some topics that are going

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on in the world or some

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things I've gone through personally,

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and whatever the Lord leads

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me to share about, that's what I do.

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So we're going to go ahead and pray,

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and then we'll get right into this.

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Here we go.

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Gracious Heavenly Father, Lord,

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thank you for this time where God did

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once again, be in your word.

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Lord,

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it is always a privilege and an honor,

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and Lord,

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I am humbled to be able to do it.

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Lord,

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I thank you for the allowance to even

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be in your word and that

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you are allowing me to share.

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Lord, may this, what I share,

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help somebody in a form or fashion, Lord,

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that you desire.

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Lord,

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I pray that if there are other

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believers that are going

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through certain types of abuses, Lord,

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in their life,

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Lord,

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that you would give them the courage

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to speak up, stand up, and Lord,

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not be afraid.

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Because Lord,

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you have commanded us to not

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be afraid and be courageous.

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So Lord, let us find our voices,

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use our voices, and share.

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Lord God,

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it is in your precious son's name, Jesus,

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I pray.

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Amen.

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All right, so before we get started,

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this is not going to be a trigger warning,

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but if this

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This is what I talk about,

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even though it's in the word,

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if it bothers you or

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somehow it is just

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something that's too heavy,

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I definitely ask you to

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take care of yourself and

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do some self-care and tune

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back in later when you are

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able to and just always

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make sure you're taking

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care of yourself because I

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don't care how much I talk

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about certain things, even for me,

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a survivor of domestic violence,

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sometimes there are things

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that can bring back up

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emotions and they're hard.

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Some people don't care

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because they've never gone through it,

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right?

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But if you are a person that

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gone through any type of abuse,

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it can be hard to listen to.

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It can be hard to,

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even as I share in the word,

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there are some things,

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even in the Bible that I've read,

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some certain stories that

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caused me to be like, okay,

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let me pause and then let

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me take care of myself.

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So if that's what happens with you,

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while you're listening,

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please make sure you're

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taking care of yourself,

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however you need to do that.

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So first I'm going to get

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into some scripture

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passages and I have a lot

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of them and you know me, well,

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you don't know that I've

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already gone a little bit

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of school shopping.

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I was kind of excited just

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going off a tangent here

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before I get into the work.

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I went to the store and Walmart's,

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you know,

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having all these things for kids

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to go to school.

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You

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because I look at the

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stationary stuff and I get

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stuff for myself.

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So I went and they have

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these sticky transparent highlights.

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You know, you use highlighters,

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but these are cool.

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Cause I was like, wait a minute,

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they have sticky highlights.

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So, you know,

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you have a post-it paper that you use.

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These are like those thin

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sticky highlights that you

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could put over a word.

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And I've been using them.

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I'm just like, listen,

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your girl here is a nerd.

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Okay.

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And very, very much respect.

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And I love my paper protectors.

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I love my pens.

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I love everything stationery.

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If I have a way to make stationery stuff,

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man, I make pineapple stationery,

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coconut stationery.

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I would make diamond and

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sparkle stationery.

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Listen,

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you couldn't stop me if I figured

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out how to make all kinds of stationery.

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I would just be like the stationery queen.

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But anyway, excuse me.

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