1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm coming to you now from the basin. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: This is a special bonus teaching that I recorded just 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 2: for you to break it down a little more, to 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: take it a little deeper. 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoy this overflow message. Let me know, 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: let's go. 7 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 2: I think how you enter something is really important. And 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: for me, I have to build in certain things to 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: enter my day, to enter my week, to enter my role, 10 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: to enter conversations, even to enter something like a workout 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 2: or to enter an appointment. There are certain things that 12 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 2: when I do those things as an entrance ritual to 13 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 2: remind me that this is a gift and that God 14 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: has given me what I need, it goes better. 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: You know, not only how you walk in a room. 16 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: I'm not saying you should have theme music playing behind 17 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: you when you go to work Monday, but I am 18 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: saying maybe we could be more intentional about how we 19 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 2: make our entrance. Because the children of Israel are entering 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 2: the land and God says, hey, I want to give 21 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 2: you a ritual and offering a ceremony that you can 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: keep to remember that this is a gift that I'm 23 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 2: giving you, that you can remember what the Lord did 24 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 2: for you. And I think a lot of times when 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: we start our day, if we could have a few 26 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: rituals like prayers of thanksgiving or just listing our gratitudes, 27 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: or sometimes sitting in God's word for a few minutes 28 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 2: before we go into the day. That's what I mean 29 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 2: by entrance ritual like this is a new day. I'm 30 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 2: not saying you wake up and don't even need a 31 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: snooze button because the favor of the Lord awakens you 32 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: with the brush of angels wings and you feel so 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: blessed and highly favored that you bounce out of bed. 34 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 2: I just mean making a decision to end to the day. 35 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: This is the day the Lord has made. I will 36 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: rejoice and be glad in it. And even if it 37 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 2: takes you a cup of coffee to get there, or 38 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 2: if you shower first, or whatever you do that you 39 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: kind of intentionally enter your day. Most people, I'm afraid don't. 40 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 2: And I've been there, and I still can get there 41 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: real quick. If I'm not intentional where I snooze to 42 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: the last minute and I'm running around now, all my 43 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: interactions with everybody that I live with are going to 44 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: be rushed. Every encounter is going to be rushed. I 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 2: have no margin. It's very different than when I plan 46 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,119 Speaker 2: to say I might have some time to decide how 47 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: I enter this day. And like I've been preaching, I 48 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: put on Christ, I shed off whatever the plaque is, 49 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 2: the like your plaque. 50 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: On your teeth or whatever. 51 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: I'm going to take some time to get my perspective right, 52 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: get all the plaque off my perspective, and I'm going 53 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 2: to get my focus today on what I have to 54 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: look forward to, what I have to be thankful for, 55 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 2: get syncd up with God so that what I'm stressed 56 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: about today, I don't just feel it. 57 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: In my body and ruminate in my mind. 58 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 2: But kind of process with him. We're all gonna have 59 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 2: a different way to do this. But you know, Holly 60 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: is so good when we have a we have a 61 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 2: family calendar that she sends out every Sunday night, and 62 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 2: it's so helpful because she takes some time on Sunday night, 63 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: even after ministering that morning and usually kind of resting 64 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 2: in the afternoon, but she knows Sunday night, Hey, I 65 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: got to get this week out in front of me, 66 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: because if I enter this week with absolutely no idea 67 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 2: of who is where or it's all scattered, or we 68 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: don't have communication. We might find ourselves Tuesday or Wednesday 69 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: in this week just needlessly frustrated or miss a line. 70 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: So she learned that, so she enters the week intentionally. 71 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: That's why it's good to do pre marital counseling. It's 72 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: a way of entering marriage intentionally. But you know, you 73 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 2: can also do it real quick when you know you 74 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: have to have a conversation with somebody, like just setting 75 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: your intention before you go into the conversation. That's an 76 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: entrance ritual. By ritual, I don't mean a first fruit's 77 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 2: offering or that you know, spin around three times or 78 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 2: anything like that. I don't mean something that even anybody 79 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: else knows you're doing. But it could just be even mentally. 80 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: And the key to this is when you enter the 81 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 2: land the Lord your God is giving you. That's what 82 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 2: Deuteronomy twenty six one says. I want you to enter 83 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 2: it knowing that He gave it to you, which gives 84 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 2: you confidence because God gave it to you. So you're 85 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: going into the land to fight battles. You're going into 86 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 2: your day to fight battles that you know God has 87 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: called you to fight God and called you to fight 88 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 2: every battle, but go into the day knowing that God 89 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 2: has promised you his peace and his provision for every 90 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: challenge you'll face today. He has given it to you. 91 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: Say it out loud, he has given me this day. 92 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: He has given me this day. He has given me 93 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 2: this day. And then whatever you're facing that day, knowing 94 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 2: that this day is a gift. Knowing that God has 95 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 2: given you his spirit. God has given you his wisdom, 96 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 2: the mind of Christ. That you have, that that you 97 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: have connection with God, you have forgiveness, that you have 98 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 2: the power of God working on the inside of you. 99 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 2: You have the spirit of faith, you have gifts to 100 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: be able to do what you need to do. 101 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: That you got it. 102 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 2: And when you enter the situations that you face, go 103 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: into them. 104 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: Develop for yourself. Figure out what they are, those rituals, 105 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: so that you pray before you start looking at everything 106 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: that somebody else has. 107 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: Posted, so that you think about what God has given 108 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,239 Speaker 2: you before you go into your day and start trying 109 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 2: to earn or achieve more. All those things are good, 110 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: But as you enter, as you enter a season, as 111 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 2: you enter a challenge, as you enter a room, as 112 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: you move from work to home or home to work 113 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 2: or car to people. It's important to have these little 114 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: things that we do. Now, this is a big one. 115 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: I'm not equating, you know, saying a prayer in the 116 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 2: morning or doing some deep breathing before you walk into 117 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 2: a stressful situation to given an offering from the harvest 118 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: in Deuteronomy twenty six. But again, big picture principles work 119 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: in very common daily situations. And really that's where our 120 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 2: life has lived out, not in a few special occasions 121 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 2: or just an old Testament historical example of bringing that 122 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: spirit of remembrance and intentional entries into your life. 123 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: I think that be helpful for you, and they might 124 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: have to change. 125 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: You have to experiment with this. What works in one 126 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 2: season may not work in another. Maybe you travel, maybe 127 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: you can't do the same thing every day. Maybe you 128 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 2: know it's not as predictable for you. Maybe your rhythm 129 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 2: got knocked off. Maybe you're facing a certain obstacle that 130 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 2: you can't do all the things you want to do. 131 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 2: But is there a way that you can enter your 132 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 2: day into your week, enter those situations, enter those relational 133 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 2: confrontations that you know are kind of difficult for you. 134 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: Can you change the way you enter so that you 135 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 2: remember the gifts that God has given and a lot 136 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: of times just remembering this day is a gift. This 137 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 2: meal is a gift, This moment is a gift. I 138 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: think this is pretty basic, but that's why we say 139 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: the blessing before we start a meal, and if we 140 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: can do it from our heart, even if we don't 141 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 2: say a twenty minute prayer. Nobody likes that I used 142 00:07:58,200 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 2: to have a friend. They don't catch up on your 143 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: quiet time. Just say the blessing the fod's getting cold. 144 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: Don't use the time to show off how many different 145 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: ways you can name abba Father and slip in three 146 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 2: Bible verses that you memorized. But just pray, however, taking 147 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: the time to do it, pause it, say this as 148 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: a gift and move into it. That'll help you, whether 149 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: you do it out loud, whether you have some you know. 150 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: For years, I've put a little anointing oil, since an 151 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 2: anointing oil on my hands most weeks before I preach. 152 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: It's just an entrant ritual before I get into pulpit. 153 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: Boom athletes have. 154 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 2: These, but we can have them too, those of us 155 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 2: who are playing in the NBA, we still get to 156 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 2: have entant rituals. We don't have to be in the 157 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 2: wwe to have a walk out music. We can have 158 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 2: a melody in our heart. Even singing is good. Right 159 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 2: enter his gates with thanksgivings, so we enter into presence 160 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 2: of God. Sometimes before I'm getting ready to preach, I 161 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: have certain songs that help me enter that state of ministry, 162 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 2: so that I get out of my head and into 163 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: my heart and flow in the power of God. And 164 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: the more of these that we create, not so that 165 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 2: we become superstitious or have to jump through a bunch 166 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 2: of hoops just to move from one thing to the other. 167 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: Dyding on, I'm doing my entrant ritual. 168 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 2: I can't come in yet, but they can be quick 169 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: ways that we enter with gratitude, enter with confidence, interer 170 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 2: with intention. I think that's what I'm trying to say, 171 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: make your entrances with intention. 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