1 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for being here. 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: I answer your questions. That's what we do here. Email 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: me podcast at grangersmith dot com. And we walk through 4 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: it like we're two friends sitting around a dinner table, 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: like we're sitting around a campfire, maybe driving in the 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: cab of a truck. And you say, hey, man, I 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: got this thing going on, and I say, well, let's 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: walk through it together. That's what I'm here to do. 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: I don't always have the right answers, but I want 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: to try to spin you off in the right direction. 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: At least we've been doing this for years together. I 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: have an interesting topic today. Maybe it's interesting, or maybe 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: it's just something that I just need to say. Maybe 14 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: it's something that I try to say every time, and 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: maybe I don't say it well enough because I continue 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: to get emails that prompts me to ask the question. 17 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: And again, I think what I'm trying to say is 18 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: I get so many emails. And I texted ant Man, 19 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: my producer who put together this latest podcast, and I 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: kind of scanned some of the questions and I just 21 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: I just texted him and I said, Oh, the sufferings 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: of this world. He said, I know, man, I know. 23 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: And as much as I as I desire for you 24 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: to hear this podcast and benefit from it, mostly I 25 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: want you to be well. I want you to be healed, 26 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: and not from anything that I say, or any special technique, 27 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: and especially not from therapy. And in fact, for a 28 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: long time on this podcast, I promoted a company that 29 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: was therapeutic company that promoted therapy. Today, after reading this episode, 30 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: I emailed the agency that does that picks up ads, 31 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: which allows me to do it allows me to, you know, 32 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: to be able to fund the many expenses that it 33 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: takes to put on a podcast. I have to read ads. 34 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: Otherwise it would just drain, It would just drain me. 35 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: So very blessed that we have an agency that that's 36 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: able to go out and source ads and then put 37 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: them on this podcast so we could have this discussion 38 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: and we could pay for the stuff that it takes 39 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: to platform it. But I email them today said I 40 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: don't I don't want to talk about therapy anymore. I 41 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: don't want to promote anybody's therapy of any kind. It's 42 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: just not helpful anymore, and it's contradictory to the things 43 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: that I talk about on this podcast. They're not gonna 44 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: like me for that, but that that's not their fault. 45 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: That's what they do. They go out and they their 46 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 1: job is to to to find a company and to 47 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: have me endorse it, and then they get a cut, 48 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: and then I get a cut, and then we pay 49 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: We cut the you know, we pay for the expenses. 50 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: So but but there's certain things that that I go, hey, 51 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: this is now. I don't care what it takes to 52 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: fund this podcast. This is this might be hurting it, 53 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: this might be leading people in the wrong direction because 54 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: of these emails I'm about to read for you. I 55 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: don't know what direction I want to go really with 56 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: the title of this thing, I don't know yet or 57 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: or the basic premise of it. But but I think 58 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: the idea that I want to talk about is all 59 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: things I'm shooting from the hip here. All things could 60 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: be corrected or healed or fixed, are soothed or relieved 61 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: to those who seek the Lord. It's not an understatement. 62 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: It's not difficult. It's not rocket science. It's not some 63 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: special therapy. It's not an it's not a show up 64 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: on a green couch and lay here at three pm 65 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: and pay me a lot. Of money. It's all things. 66 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: All your ailments, all your restlessness, all your depression can 67 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: be healed, thoroughly, completely holy by those who seek the Lord. 68 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: Let me show you what I'm talking about. Granger so 69 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,799 Speaker 1: serious already on this podcast. It's serious stuff. I think, 70 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: in my opinion, I think it's very serious stuff. We 71 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: all try to call it mental illness, depression. It's plaguing 72 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: our society. And yes, I talked a few episodes ago. 73 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: Smartphones have a big deal to do with this. Our 74 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: diets have a big deal to do with this. The 75 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: processed foods, the sugars, the smartphones, I get it. There's 76 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: a lot of things, but all of it could be 77 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: relieved by those who seek the Lord. Okay, here's an 78 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: example once again. The emails podcast at grangersmith dot com. 79 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: Ben emails, and I've got a bunch of them today. 80 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna read them for you guys. Ben says this, 81 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: dear mister Smith, and I want I wants as I 82 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: read it, Listen for Ben, and listen for the disconnect. 83 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: Listen for You're gonna hear a problem. We all have 84 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: a problem. And they're all different, and they're all complex, 85 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: and they're all unique to us. All of our stories 86 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: are unique and oppressive to us. They all hurt us 87 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: and prick at us, and corrupt us and infect us 88 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: in different ways, all the all these problems. And so 89 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: listen for the problem. You all have been reading these 90 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 1: emails for a long time now, along a lot of years, 91 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: so I could start to start to see the pattern 92 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: of them. And that's not to say that I don't 93 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: love your emails. I love these emails and it helps 94 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: me to sit and process through it. But listen for 95 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: the problem, and then listen at the attempts to fix 96 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: the problem through worldly peace. John fourteen twenty seven, for example, says, 97 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: Jesus is talking, and he says peace. I leave with 98 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: you my peace. I give to you, not as the 99 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: world gives. Do I give to you. Let your heart's 100 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: not be troubled, nor let them be afraid. Jesus is 101 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: saying that. Jesus is saying, basically, I bring you peace, 102 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: my peace, and it's different than what the world gives. 103 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: And we're happy with what the world gives. We're glad 104 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: that the world provides peace. Car alarms, security systems, band aids, 105 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: life insurance, pullgates, seat belts, there's a lot of things 106 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: that the world provides, and we say thank you, we're 107 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: grateful for it, but none of it is ultimate, none 108 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: of it is eternal. It all ultimately ends. If not, 109 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: you know, because of some kind of fault, then it's 110 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: gonna end for sure, to death. Jesus says, I don't 111 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: give peace like the world gives. My peace is different. 112 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: So I want you to listen for the problem in 113 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: these questions I want to I want I want you 114 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: to listen for the grabbing, the grasping of worldly, worldly peace, 115 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: worldly fixes, and then and then at the end, I 116 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: want you to always listen for how they'll come to 117 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: me and say, and I don't seek the Lord. They 118 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: tell me I don't seek the Lord. They say it 119 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: in different ways, but basically what they're saying is in 120 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: all different ways, they're saying and I don't seek the Lord, 121 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: and the Bible is going to say something completely different. 122 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: I don't talk about all this. Let's start with the 123 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: first question. I love you people. I love the emails, 124 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: and I love the people emailing, and I'm so glad 125 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: you do. I don't mean to use you as a 126 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: as an example in any negative way. I mean to 127 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: use you in an encouraging, positive way so that other 128 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: people could see that I am you too, Ben, Buddy, 129 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: I'm you. The listener is you, and I am you. 130 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: I've been here, been, I've been where you are. I've 131 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: had the problem. I've sought the world's answers. I wasn't 132 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: seeking the Lord instead, and things got worse until I 133 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: flipped it. Had the problem, sought the Lord. Let's begin. 134 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: Ben says, Hello, dear mister Smith. I'm a single father. 135 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: I was with my two children's mother, my two children's 136 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: mother for nine years, dating for two, married for seven. 137 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: Our separation was necessary because we ultimately brought it brought 138 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: out the worst in each other. It's been two years 139 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: and I've moved on from her, but I still have 140 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: an emptiness. You see. I put all my energy, all 141 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: my energy into what into what been, into my kids, 142 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 1: my work, and rebuilding a life I lost, So that's 143 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: where all the energy's going. There's a problem, and he's 144 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: putting all the energy in this. I've tried dating, but 145 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: nothing seems to work out, or my interest falls to 146 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: someone that's not available. I find that the emptiness I 147 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: feel starts to consume me, and it turns to anger 148 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: and even thoughts. While I'm driving for work, what if? 149 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: What if I get in a wreck in this truck 150 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: and die, and in the wreckage with no other life 151 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: taken but my own, I find myself asking God, why 152 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: what did I do wrong? I know I haven't been 153 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: made the best choices in life, but is this my 154 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: punishment for the awful things I've done in my past? 155 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: And how long have I been left behind? I'm not religious, 156 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: he says, but I am God fearing and I try 157 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: to be the best person I can be a lot 158 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: of times at my own expense. I feel like God 159 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: isn't near me. I don't know what to do. It's 160 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: the perfect email to show this point there's a problem. 161 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: They're seeking the world's peace and there is no seeking God. 162 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: And then in the end, this is what's also typical 163 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: in the end, saying after you haven't sought God at all, 164 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,599 Speaker 1: you say, I feel like God isn't near me, and 165 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,719 Speaker 1: I don't know what to do. When the Bible screams 166 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: seek the Lord. We'll dive into this answer, but first 167 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: I want to show you a few Bible verses. Matthew eleven, 168 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: twenty eight, twenty nine come to me, Jesus says, Come 169 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and 170 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you 171 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: and learn from me, for I'm gentle and lowly in heart, 172 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: and you will find rest for your souls. So I'm 173 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 1: thirty four ten. I love this one. The young lions 174 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord 175 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: lack no good thing. It's incredible, right, sal I'm thirty 176 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: four to seven. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he 177 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: will give you the desires of your heart. Lamentations three 178 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: twenty five. The Lord is good to those who wait 179 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: for him, to the soul who seeks him. Someone I 180 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: go here all the time. I go here on the podcast, 181 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: and I love sawone talking about the man who delights 182 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: in the law of the Lord, which is the Bible. 183 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: We could use that interchangeably. And on his law he 184 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: meditates day and night. He is like a tree, this 185 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: man planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit 186 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: and its season, and its leaf does not winter whither. 187 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 1: And all that he does, he what in all that 188 00:11:53,760 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: he does is what happens. He prospers. It says, let's 189 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: go back to the email and I'll come back to that. 190 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: So something obvious about Ben is he's not doing those things. 191 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: And this is not a blame game, and this is 192 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: not a works based religion. Let's clear that up right now. 193 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: But we know that we don't earn our favor with God. 194 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: The Bible says that none of us are good, no, 195 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 1: not one. So you can't earn goodness. You can't earn 196 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: your salvation by being good. Unlike what Ben says here, 197 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: he says, I try to be the best person I 198 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: could be, And what great, That's really cool. I like that. 199 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to be 200 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: the best person you could be. Like, taken out of context, 201 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: let's just put quotations around that, we go, Hey, that's cool. 202 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: I like that. Trying to be the best person I 203 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: could be is a good thing to try to be, 204 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: unless the problem is unless you were using that to 205 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: try to get close to God. Saying I'm God fearing, 206 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: Ben says, I'm not religious, but I'm God fearing, and 207 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: then he uses that as the example of why he's 208 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: God fearing, because he says, I try to be the 209 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: best person I could be, And then he says, I 210 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: feel like God doesn't hear me. I don't know what 211 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: to do. Okay, I could tell you what to do. 212 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: I could tell you although this is not a work 213 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: based religion, and although we don't earn our way to 214 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: God to know that we are in God's favor. You 215 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: could tell someone that is because of the result, the 216 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: overflow of their heart is there being a good person, 217 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: and they're not using that at their own expense. Let 218 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: me explain more. Listen, hang with me, all of us. 219 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: The Bible says, none of us are good. We cannot 220 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: earn our own righteousness. And to be in heaven, to 221 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: be with God, to be in the good graces of 222 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: God requires to be a good person, in fact, a 223 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: perfect person with no mistakes. No one could break the 224 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: law at all, or you cannot be in the good 225 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: graces of God. Because he requires justice. He requires you 226 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 1: to be perfect like he is perfect. He says it 227 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: another way, I am holy, You should be holy too, 228 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: Be holy, meaning set apart, be perfect. And everyone listening 229 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: right now is going, well, can't do that? Already messed up? 230 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: That can't fix that? And I say, amen, we can't. God, 231 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: knowing this, sends his son Jesus to earth to live 232 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: a perfect life, the perfect the perfect life I was 233 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: just talking about. Jesus comes and lives it right, and 234 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 1: he fulfills the law perfectly, not messing up at all. 235 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: He fulfills all of it and does it perfectly. That's 236 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: what is righteous. He is righteous by divine right, he 237 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: is the son of God. He does it perfectly. And 238 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: then he goes to the crossing. What do we do. 239 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: We reject him, just like we do God, just like 240 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: Ben does, just like I have done, just like you 241 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: have done, and we send Jesus to the cross. But God, 242 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: in his perfect plan knows this. Jesus goes to the 243 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: cross and dies for our sins so that he becomes 244 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: the substitute that we deserve. The punishment that we deserve, 245 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: which is hell. He takes that upon himself, upon his 246 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: own body on the cross, and he says, because I've 247 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: gone to the cross and taken this punishment on myself, 248 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: the punishment that you deserved, you no longer have to 249 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: be a good person to be in good standing with God. 250 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: You need to be in faith with me, in a 251 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: relationship with me, and I got you. That's what he says. 252 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: I've got you. That's what he means by saying, come 253 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: to me and I give you rest. I give you 254 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: rest for your souls. Come to me, take my yoke 255 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: upon you, and learn from me, from gentle and lowly 256 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: in heart, and I'll give you rest. My righteousness that 257 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: I have earned by my divine right becomes yours through 258 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: your faith, to your belief and me. So when you 259 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: say God doesn't hear you, you're correct. Then Isaiah fifty 260 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: nine to two says, your iniquities are your mess ups. 261 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: You're breaking the law have caused a separation between you 262 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: and your God. Your sins have hidden his face from 263 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: you so that he does not hear. Okay, you see that. 264 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: I feel like God doesn't hear me. He doesn't, I 265 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: say fifty nine to two, He doesn't hear you because 266 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: you are a lawbreaker. You are a rebel. You know 267 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: what Jesus did. He came to Earth to reconcile the lawbreakers, 268 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: to bring the rebels to God. Because I'm a rebel. 269 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: You're a rebel. But you remain a rebel. You remain, 270 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: literally the Bible says, an enemy to God. You remain 271 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: an enemy to God until you put your faith in 272 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:04,959 Speaker 1: Jesus and trust him and his sacrifice for your sins, 273 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 1: so that when God looks at you, he sees perfection 274 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: in his son Jesus. And by your faith in him, 275 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: in Jesus, you are protected by that. That is how 276 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: he's able to forgive you. That is how he's able 277 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 1: to redeem you, restore you, heal you, adopt you co 278 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: heirs of the Kingdom of God. Abundance in this life, 279 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: not in health, in wealth and all that stuff. But 280 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: I'm talking of abundance and peace and rest and hope 281 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: and then eternal life and the life after this. That's 282 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: the greatest news in the world. And that is the gospel. 283 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: And that, my friend Ben, is the answer for you 284 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: seek Him, seek Jesus. And then I hope you say, well, 285 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: how do I do that? Grade let me get there. 286 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: I think that's a good practical question. Right when we 287 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: seek God, you said, I'm not religious. When you're seeking God, 288 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: you are not just taking off this religious box. Right, 289 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: You're opening yourself up to a relationship with the son 290 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: capital s Jesus, who offers peace and purpose. Think about it, 291 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 1: If he made you, if he created you for who 292 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: you're supposed to be in him. Then he knows your flaws, 293 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: he knows your mess ups, he knows you're struggling. So 294 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: you go with him and you find your identity in him, 295 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: something greater than yourself, something eternal. And this in itself 296 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: is incredibly grounding for you. It's incredibly peaceful just to 297 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: know that alone. And it's also not about having all 298 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 1: the answers in the Bible instantly. It's taking the first 299 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: steps towards this journey of faith and saying, Lord, I 300 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: heard Granger say that, and I believe it, and I 301 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: want to come to you, and I want to seek you. 302 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: I want to find rest in you. Not just a 303 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: good night's sleep tonight. But I'm talking about eternally walking 304 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: in peace for my soul. I want that. I crave it. 305 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: I hear Grant you're talking about it, and I want 306 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: that because I've tried everything. I've tried what the world gives, 307 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: and it's good to an extent, and then it fails me. 308 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: So everyone listening right now, who feels overwhelmed, who feels burdened, 309 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: seek the Lord. Why well, the Bible says, for those 310 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. They 311 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run 312 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 1: and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. 313 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: To you been if you're wondering practically how you do this, 314 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,479 Speaker 1: or to anyone else, and all the other questions I'll 315 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: read today, how do you do this? How do you 316 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: seek him? You go to his word. He has revealed 317 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: himself in the Bible. I'm not talking about seeking him 318 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: in some mystical way. I'm not talking about going to 319 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: a red butterfly and seeking him through that, or or 320 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: laying on a blanket looking up at the clouds and saying, 321 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: I'm seeking you, O Lord in the sky. I'm not 322 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 1: talking about a sky daddy. I'm talking about the God 323 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 1: who has revealed himself through the Bible over sixteen hundred years, 324 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 1: forty different authors who have come under the inspiration of 325 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to bring us sixty six books of 326 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: the Whole Cannon so that we can know who he is. 327 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: There's an old preacher named Leonard Ravenhill who just preached 328 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: this pretty much every single Sunday. You don't know who 329 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,239 Speaker 1: he is. The problem is, you don't know who he is. 330 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: He preached this over and over, and I think he's 331 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: correct on this. The underlying problem in all of this world, 332 00:20:54,920 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: with all of the pain and anxiety and depression and anxiety, 333 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: it's always the underlying problem of you don't truly know 334 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: fully who God is. Now we can't all fully know 335 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,959 Speaker 1: exactly who he is. That's a journey we take throughout 336 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: our lifetime, and hopefully we gain ground and we get 337 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: we gain more and more knowledge, but we never will 338 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: know everything here he is, but we could start somewhere. 339 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: And the more we know, the less we deal with 340 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: those other things. The more we know about who He is, 341 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: and the more we know that He has a purpose 342 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: for us, and that he is He is all powerful 343 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: and all knowing. The more we trust that, the more 344 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: we go more. Then why am I worried? If he 345 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: knows the end from the beginning, and I'm in him 346 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 1: through my faith in Jesus the Son, and I'm trusting 347 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: him for my righteousness, my goodness, and not my own 348 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: good works. If I'm trusting Jesus and I know that 349 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: Jesus knows the end from the beginning, and he knows 350 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: every hair in my head, and the days I have 351 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: on this earth are exactly numbered, then I'm not worried 352 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: about That's what Jesus says in the Sermon the Mount. 353 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: He says, Oh, you of little faith, I know that 354 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: you want all these things, and ask me, and I'll 355 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: give them to you. But trust me above all. That's 356 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: the whole sentiment of the the Sermon on the Mount 357 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: when he talks in that way. So to seek him, 358 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: we go to his word, the Bible and we start 359 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: working through it in some kind of way that that's 360 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: not just scavenging. You're not just flipping pages and looking 361 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: for things and grabbing things. You're you're working through it 362 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 1: in some kind of predictable way, like going from the 363 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: beginning of something and going to the end. That's a 364 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: predictable way, like starting in Matthew one and working to 365 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 1: Matthew two, and then from Matthew two going to Matthew three. 366 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: It's not rock and science. It's just Hey, we're going 367 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: to start here, or you're going to work through this. 368 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 1: I'm going to pray that the Lord, the Lord reveals 369 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: himself as he has promised through that word to you. 370 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: I think that's a good place to start for this podcast. 371 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: And then watch watch as I go through some more questions, 372 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: and watch how we're going to see a problem. We're 373 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: going to see a worldly scenario of trying to establish 374 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: peace and then most likely if there is a depression 375 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: or a loneliness or a lostness, then watch as that 376 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: person will admit to me that they are not seeking 377 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: the Lord. Let's do this. I am so pleased to 378 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: see where eee apparel has gone over the last decade, 379 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: and really the grangersmith dot com website selling merch for 380 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: the last over two and a half decades, and a 381 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: lot of that, I have to think to Shopify. They've 382 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: made that process so much easier, from selling things and 383 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: all the workings in between that to you getting the 384 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: product in your hand. Shopify is the mechanics behind all that. 385 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: It's so easy all because I use Shopify. Shopify is 386 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 1: a global commerce platform that helps you sell at every 387 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: stage of your business, from the very beginning to the hey, 388 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: I think we're doing pretty good stage. Shopify is there 389 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: to help you grow, whether you're selling scented soap or 390 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: EEE apparel like me. Shopify helps you sell everywhere, from 391 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: their all in one e commerce platform to their in 392 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: person PUS system. Wherever or whatever you're selling, Shopify has 393 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: got you covered and they help turn browsers into buyers 394 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: with the internet's best converting checkout thirty six percent better 395 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: on average compared to other leading commerce platforms. And you 396 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: can also sell more with less effort thanks to Shopify Magic, 397 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: your AI powered all star. And this isn't just an 398 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: advertisement that I read, It's a product I use. Me. 399 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: Tyler and Parker, my brothers have been using Shopify for 400 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: a long time and we've even used a couple other 401 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: companies and it's never worked out as well. And that's 402 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: probably why Shopify powers ten percent of all e commerce 403 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: in the US and over one hundred and seventy five 404 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: other countries. With other entrepreneurs, Shopify's award winning help is 405 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: there to support your success every step of the way, 406 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: because businesses that grow grow with Shopify, and you should too. 407 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: If you have a business, big or small and you 408 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: sell e commerce online, sign up for a one dollar 409 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: per month trial period at shopify dot com slash granger 410 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 1: all lowercase. Go to shopify dot com slash granger now 411 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: to grow your business no matter what stage you're in 412 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:30,479 Speaker 1: Shopify dot com slash Granger. Our next question comes from 413 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: Brady says, I need your opinion on the sectomy. My 414 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: wife and I have been together for about ten years, 415 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: got married four years ago. We have a baby boy 416 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: this year, and he is now six months old. I 417 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: have been it has been extremely rough mentally on me. 418 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: Both both of us have good jobs and things like that, 419 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: but mentally I have not been doing too well. I 420 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: feel like if I have a the second to me, 421 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: I won't have to feel this way again. I feel 422 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: bad for complaining about my mental health when there are 423 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: millions of other people who have it who are way 424 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: worse than me. I just want an honest opinion on 425 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: what you think is best. I've been praying on it, 426 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,439 Speaker 1: and hopefully I'm going to make the best decision for 427 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: me and my family. Thanks for your time, Brady. I 428 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: am so against vasectomies. I don't think that's your question, though, 429 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: but I'll start there. Let me just briefly talk about 430 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: what I mean by that. In twenty sixteen, my wife 431 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: had her tubes tied after the birth of my son River. 432 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: We thought at the time as cultural Christians, and as 433 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: we prayed through it like you said here, and as 434 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: we try to make the best decision for me and 435 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: my family as you said here, and we wanted to 436 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: be responsible. I think that's kind of part of this thought, is, Hey, 437 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: I want to be responsible, you know, I don't want 438 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: to just like make a bunch of babies and not 439 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: be able to put food on the table for them. 440 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: So in twenty sixteen, because of all these things, Amber 441 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: and I made the decision to tie her tubes. And 442 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: three years later, when we lost River, suddenly I realized 443 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: the stupidity of that decision, not just because we couldn't 444 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: have children anymore, but because I realized that although I 445 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: thought my family was complete with River, even that is 446 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: a stupid thought. To be able to declare to the 447 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: creator of the universe that we know what's best for 448 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: our family or how big our family should be or 449 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: how small it should be. It's almost like saying we 450 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: were closed off for adoption, we're closed off for biological 451 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: and you know what, all of that is so wrong, 452 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: And Lord, I pray that our family is still wide 453 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: open for adoption, if that is in your will. To 454 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: think that we have these kind of that we could 455 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: make these decisions and then get rest from it is 456 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: absolutely absolutely ridiculous. Brady. To think that you are struggling 457 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: mentally and things have been tough, and that of a 458 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: sectomy will give you rest in that. I think about 459 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: how crazy that sounds. You wrote it, and I don't 460 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: disagree with how you wrote it, because I have been 461 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: there and I understand. But think about it in terms 462 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: of all the things that I've read from the Bible 463 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,239 Speaker 1: in this episode. Think about what that means, how you 464 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: are mentally weary and burdened and you need rest for 465 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: your soul, and you think probably the vasectomy is probably 466 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: gonna be the thing that does it. How crazy that sounds, right, 467 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: you really think? I know you don't believe that. I 468 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: know you wrote it, and you might believe it shallowly, 469 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: but you go deep and you don't believe that. I think. 470 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: I think, actually that would cause more pain, That would 471 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: cause more trauma to whatever mental thing you got. You 472 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 1: got going on. To say that you're you're now cutting 473 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: off your ability to ever have children again, and to 474 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: say that that is going to give you rest is 475 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: a false That's a false rest. And that's by far 476 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: in the category of what Jesus was talking about. I 477 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: don't give peace like the world gives my peace. I 478 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: leave with you my peace I give to you, not 479 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: as the world gives, do I give to you? You 480 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: let your heart not be troubled, nor let it be afraid. 481 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: That's what Jesus is literally saying, Brady. So yeah, I'm 482 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: absolutely I'm totally against vaseectomies. I'm not saying that don't 483 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: be responsible with how you pro create or how you 484 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: desire to procreate. I'm not saying that. Don't read too 485 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: much into that. I'm just saying to put finality on 486 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: your family because you think that's going to give you 487 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,479 Speaker 1: better mental health is just wrong, Just as wrong as 488 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: it was for me to promote therapy and say that 489 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: this is gonna help, this is going to make you better. No. 490 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: Next question this from Andy Hey Grandeur love the podcast. 491 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm following a similar path at thirty 492 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: years old, I spent the past few years exploring the 493 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: personal development space, abiding by all sports, sorts of principles, 494 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: attending numerous Tony Robbins seminars, etc. Despite this, I feel 495 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: like there is something big missing in my life, as 496 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: though attempting to master my own emotions, my body, my 497 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: relationship isn't enough. I've recently had the dark Knight of 498 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: the soul, which led to a breakthrough. I felt God's presence. 499 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: It was overwhelming, and it has led me to regain 500 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: my faith, which over time has begun to fade, leaving 501 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: me lost, isolated, lonely. I've begun reading my Bible again, though, 502 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: which seems a bit overwhelming. Do you have a method 503 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: of how to best read the Bible or is it 504 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: the case of cover to cover. Thanks for your continued 505 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: work and contribution to serving others, Andy, Andy, Thanks for 506 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: the email. Brother. I'm going to recap here. You had 507 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: to break through with God after a tough time. You 508 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: felt God's presence and it was overwhelming and it led 509 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: you to we gain faith. But then over time it 510 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: began to fade and you began feeling lost, which is 511 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: really the story of Hebrews. We see this is the 512 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: warning of the author of Hebrews as warning against those 513 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: that would be drifting. And there's a bunch of warning 514 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: passages in Hebrews like there is in a lot of 515 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: the Bible, and that's what he's saying. He's saying, wake up, 516 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: don't drift, don't drift. And you balance that by knowing 517 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: what I said earlier with the Gospel that it's not 518 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: your effort alone that creates salvation. It's salvation is from 519 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: the Lord. But we prepared, the Bible says and proverbs, 520 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: we prepare the horse for the day of battle, but 521 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: victory belongs to the Lord. So we still prepare the 522 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: day for the day of battle. Right, we prepare the horse, 523 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: but ultimately victory belongs to the Lord. So we trust 524 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: in his final work in Jesus as we look to 525 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: Him for our righteousness and not our own. That's the gospel. 526 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: So let's start there, and then let's go, Okay, how 527 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: do we read the Bible? It seems a bit overwhelming. 528 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: Is there a method to this or is it just 529 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: a case of cover to cover? Andy ask, And I 530 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: think it's a good question. And I think the one 531 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: thing I would warrant against. There's a lot of ways 532 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: you can read the Bible. That's great, and that there 533 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: are ways that you should not. And I think one 534 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: of the ways you should not is by just like 535 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: Russian Roulette, the Bible, just flipping through and finding something 536 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: you like and reading that. To blindly go to a 537 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: page and read that. I don't. Also, I don't I 538 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: don't encourage doing some kind of Bible study that's on 539 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: one topic and that's all you get from the Bible itself. 540 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: So say you do a Bible study on suffering, you 541 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: know that's that's an obvious one. And that Bible study 542 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 1: takes you to a bunch of scripture in the Bible 543 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: about suffering, and so you're learning about suffering and then 544 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: you put it down. I highly discourage that if that's 545 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 1: your only way to read the Bible. If you're doing 546 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: that supplementing other Bible or doing you're doing that in 547 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,719 Speaker 1: the afternoons and in the morning you're actually reading. Okay, 548 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: that's good. But if that's all you're doing is searching 549 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: for topics, that's very discouraging because think about just let's 550 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: think about it practically. What you're doing is you're going 551 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: to the Bible to learn about a topic like suffering 552 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: or marriage or love or sin, or you're learning about 553 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: these different topics, which is cool for the afternoon, but 554 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: you need to be learning who God is. And if 555 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,800 Speaker 1: you're only getting who he is as he's revealed himself 556 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: in suffering, or only getting who he is as he's 557 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 1: revealed himself in love, then you're missing his other attributes 558 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,320 Speaker 1: and you're missing the greater context of what the Bible 559 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: is as it's given to you to read. To know 560 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: who he is. Look up, Leonard Ravenhill. You don't know 561 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 1: who God is. That's what he always said. And so 562 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: to you, Andy, I say, make sure you're working through, 563 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: starting at any kind of starting point. At the beginning 564 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: of the New Testament. The beginning of John is a 565 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: good place. John one one. Start there, and the beginning 566 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: was the Word, and the word is with God. The 567 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. 568 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:15,800 Speaker 1: That's a good beginning. John thought, so too. Obviously. Maybe 569 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: you go, I've already read the four Gospels, so I'm 570 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 1: gonna start an Acts. That's the continuation, that's the sequel 571 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: to Luke's Gospel. Maybe you want to start with the epistles. 572 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: Maybe you want to start with Romans. Romans one, it's 573 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,359 Speaker 1: a good place to start. Maybe you go, hey, I'm 574 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: gonna start the very beginning this whole thing. I'm gonna 575 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,360 Speaker 1: start Genesis one. That's a good place. My encouragement is 576 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,439 Speaker 1: just keep working forward through that. So you pick off, 577 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 1: you pick up the next day where you left off 578 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: the day before. So so you read Genesis one, tomorrow, 579 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: read Genesis two. I think it's safe to say we 580 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 1: would assume day three, you'd start at Genesis three, right, 581 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,359 Speaker 1: So just moving forward. There are other ways there. There 582 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,680 Speaker 1: are reading plans like I'm doing one called the Micshane Plan. 583 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 1: I've done it four years now, and it walks you 584 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,479 Speaker 1: through the New Testament twice in the Old Testament once 585 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:07,359 Speaker 1: in a year. And it does that by going somewhat 586 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 1: like two chapters in the Old Testament and two chapters 587 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,399 Speaker 1: in the New That's kind of how it averages out 588 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 1: and you pick up the next day as you're moving 589 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: forward through that. So that's my encouragement. Andy. Next question 590 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: from Donald says, Hey Granger, my name is Donald. I 591 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:26,320 Speaker 1: live in Oregon, and I am in a struggle within myself. 592 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: Three years ago, I lost my father, my best friend 593 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: and my protector, even though I'm thirty five now. He 594 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: was always that for me. He longed for grandchildren all 595 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,800 Speaker 1: his life. And my sister and brother in law became pregnant, 596 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,399 Speaker 1: and then my wife and I am month after that, 597 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,319 Speaker 1: we told my parents a month after my sister. After 598 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,799 Speaker 1: my sister and my dad passed away two months after. 599 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 1: I think I'm following what I struggle with is after 600 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,719 Speaker 1: my dad passing away, my mother didn't know how to 601 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: deal with the loss and take control of her grieving process, 602 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: and that she ripped apart what family we had left, 603 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: which caused me and my daughter and wife to lose 604 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,360 Speaker 1: a year of my niece, sister, and brother in last time. 605 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: We have since taken a step back from our mother 606 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: and now have the greatest relationship with my sister's family. 607 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 1: But we're working on bringing our mother back into our 608 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: lives slowly and gradually, but it just seems to be 609 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:30,360 Speaker 1: very trying because our mother wants to continually overstep boundaries 610 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: and just show up unannounced. I've gone to church a 611 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: few times in the past few years. My beliefs are Christian, 612 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: and I pray to God every night. Well, he says 613 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 1: in parentheses my version of praying. Never really know if 614 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: I'm doing the right thing or not, or if there 615 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 1: even is a right way. Sorry for this long email. 616 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 1: I wanted to write you for a year now and 617 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,719 Speaker 1: I've finally done it, and I'm looking forward to your 618 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:54,440 Speaker 1: guidance on the troubles that I've navigated through. Much love, Donald, Donald, 619 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,400 Speaker 1: I want you to know that thanks for the email. 620 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,200 Speaker 1: All of you. I didn't tell aunt Man that I 621 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:01,960 Speaker 1: wanted to good this direction with the podcast, and so 622 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: he didn't put these He didn't find your your email, 623 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,799 Speaker 1: Donald and put it in here on purpose. Instead, you 624 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: just happen to be here, and so here we get 625 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,719 Speaker 1: to talk. And so I want to I want to 626 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 1: throw you in here and I want to say, look, 627 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 1: there's the problem, there's the struggle. There's the way that 628 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 1: the world gives peace, and there's the admittance that you're 629 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,880 Speaker 1: not seeking the Lord. And you say that by just 630 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,879 Speaker 1: casually saying, Look, I've gone to church a few times 631 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 1: in the past few years. My beliefs are Christian. I 632 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,319 Speaker 1: pray to God, but I don't really know if I'm 633 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:39,760 Speaker 1: doing it right. That doesn't sound like as someone who's 634 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:44,279 Speaker 1: planting themselves as a tree close to rivers of flowing water. Right. 635 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 1: And it doesn't sound like that, right. It doesn't sound 636 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,200 Speaker 1: let's go back to my notes here. That doesn't sound 637 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: like delighting yourself in the Lord and he gives you 638 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,759 Speaker 1: the desires of your heart. It doesn't sound like those 639 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,880 Speaker 1: who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they 640 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 1: shall mount up like they should mount up with wings 641 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: like eagles, and they shall run and not be weary, 642 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 1: and they shall walk and not faint. It doesn't sound 643 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,239 Speaker 1: like someone a man who delights himself and the Lord, 644 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:12,640 Speaker 1: and on his law he meditates day and night. He 645 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: is like a tree planted by streams of water that 646 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does 647 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,120 Speaker 1: not wither. And all that he does, he prospers. It 648 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,320 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like that. This is not judgment. This is 649 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 1: me telling you I got a solution for you. Brother Donald, 650 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: I have a solution for you. You have problems with 651 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: your mom, and if you resolved it, if she comes around, 652 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: and we all hope that she does, great, But there 653 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,200 Speaker 1: will be another problem that comes up because we live 654 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,880 Speaker 1: on planet Earth, and they're gonna struggle with that something else. 655 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:46,840 Speaker 1: And in the back of your mind, you're gonna wonder, 656 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,960 Speaker 1: am I even praying right? This is what you said, quote, well, 657 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 1: my version of praying never really know if what I'm 658 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,040 Speaker 1: doing is right or if there is a right way. 659 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 1: You know, Jesus, the disciples said, Lord, how do we pray? 660 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 1: And Jesus says, like this, He teaches them, he shows them, 661 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: and then the apostles from then on in the epistles 662 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 1: and their letters and the rest of the Gospels, then 663 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: they model it forward for us. So, yes, there's the 664 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: right way, and yes there's a correct understanding of praying. 665 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,960 Speaker 1: But you also need to know that you remember what 666 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 1: I said about Isaiah fifty nine to two. Your iniquolites 667 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: have hidden his face has the Your iniquities have caused 668 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 1: a separation between you and your God, and your sins 669 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,439 Speaker 1: have hidden his face from you so that he does 670 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:36,200 Speaker 1: not hear. So although you're trying to pray, maybe there's 671 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,879 Speaker 1: a chance if you're not in Christ Jesus, if you're 672 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:43,239 Speaker 1: not trusting him fully for your sin and for your 673 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,080 Speaker 1: salvation of those sins and your forgiveness, if you're not 674 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,359 Speaker 1: trusting in Him and his finished work that he did 675 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,839 Speaker 1: on the cross for that, then there's a good chance 676 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,800 Speaker 1: you're Isaiah fifty nine two and he's not hearing your prayers. 677 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,839 Speaker 1: So you're just repeating this stuff. God make things good 678 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 1: with my mom, and God says, I don't hear you. 679 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,000 Speaker 1: You're an enemy to me. I'm not understating. That's what 680 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,800 Speaker 1: the Bible says. You're an enemy. If you're outside of Christ, 681 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:15,440 Speaker 1: you are an enemy to God. Now, don't get me wrong, 682 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:20,000 Speaker 1: there is a common grace that all humanity has. Rain 683 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,800 Speaker 1: falls on the just and the unjust. If you're a 684 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: if you're a wicked farmer, you get rain just like 685 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:31,640 Speaker 1: the good farmer gets. So there's a common grace that 686 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 1: we all have. We all breathed oxygen on this planet Earth. 687 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,319 Speaker 1: And the Lord is sustaining us, all of us, all 688 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:41,719 Speaker 1: of humanity, right now, just by his by his graciousness, 689 00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:45,239 Speaker 1: by his mercy. That's it. We're all rebels, But by 690 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,080 Speaker 1: his mercy, he goes, here's some rain, here's some sun, 691 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,120 Speaker 1: here's some oxygen. I'm not gonna flood the whole earth. 692 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,759 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna just burn it all right now. But 693 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 1: there is a time coming when all that will end, 694 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,640 Speaker 1: that common grace will be over, and only those trusting 695 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: in Jesus will be heard, will be saved. That should 696 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:11,440 Speaker 1: be shocking. Stuff's not preached in a lot of churches. 697 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 1: You know, people go fire and brimstone stuff. You know, 698 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: the fire and brimstone is actually in the Bible says 699 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:22,640 Speaker 1: that says fire and brimstone. That's not just stuff that 700 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 1: somebody just made up because they didn't like it. So 701 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:29,560 Speaker 1: I would encourage it. There's a lot of ways I 702 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,560 Speaker 1: can go with this whole mother question. I can go 703 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,799 Speaker 1: a lot of different directions on how to how to 704 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,360 Speaker 1: love her, how to be sensitive to her, how to 705 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:42,600 Speaker 1: be vulnerable, how to forgive her, and yet you don't 706 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 1: have to totally trust her because of maybe some hurt that 707 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,879 Speaker 1: she's done. But forgiving and trust her two different things. 708 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,759 Speaker 1: I can go there. I could say, honor your mother, 709 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,120 Speaker 1: because the Bible commands us to honor our mother and father, 710 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,040 Speaker 1: and we'll be good for that will be we will 711 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,640 Speaker 1: be better for honoring our mother and father. The burden 712 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,959 Speaker 1: will be lightened by honoring your mother. I could go there. 713 00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,399 Speaker 1: I could say, just have some grace. She lost her 714 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,680 Speaker 1: she lost her husband, and even though some time has 715 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:14,760 Speaker 1: gone by, you and I donald, we can't possibly understand 716 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,840 Speaker 1: what that would be like to lose a spouse like 717 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 1: she did. Maybe she needs grace, maybe she needs love. 718 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:24,200 Speaker 1: Maybe she feels misunderstood, maybe she feels neglected. I can 719 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:27,920 Speaker 1: go there, but I think for the purpose of this 720 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,520 Speaker 1: podcast to stay on topic, I would say I don't 721 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,560 Speaker 1: think God's hearing your prayers. I think I would get 722 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:37,160 Speaker 1: that right first, and as an overflow from that, as 723 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,440 Speaker 1: you begin to trust in Jesus, as you begin to 724 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:44,520 Speaker 1: seek the Lord, that's an overflow from that. I think 725 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,439 Speaker 1: you'll be a better son. I think you'll be more 726 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,600 Speaker 1: loving to your mother. I think you'll be more forgiving. 727 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,000 Speaker 1: I think you'll have more rest, which will then create 728 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,839 Speaker 1: a greater space for you to have grace for others. 729 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:06,920 Speaker 1: Let's go to another question. Christ It says, Hey Granger, 730 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,400 Speaker 1: I'm Zach. First. First off, I want to apologize for 731 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,480 Speaker 1: the format I did this email in This is just 732 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 1: how I write. I'm a sophomore in high school. I 733 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,799 Speaker 1: don't know whether I'm scared or something else, but I 734 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 1: just feel like I'm messing it up. I seem to 735 00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:25,320 Speaker 1: always have the same issue for the last few years 736 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,840 Speaker 1: where I just lose touch. I lose touch with my 737 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,719 Speaker 1: grades to where I almost fail. I lose touch with 738 00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:36,840 Speaker 1: my friends, pretty much everything that I enjoy anymore. And 739 00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,880 Speaker 1: this year it's different. It's really different. I lost my 740 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,400 Speaker 1: dog a year ago to the day, almost to the 741 00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:44,839 Speaker 1: hours I'm writing this, and it just hurts more than ever. 742 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,120 Speaker 1: I'm trying my best, but I just keep finding myself 743 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,160 Speaker 1: in this situation. Last year, I almost tried to take 744 00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,480 Speaker 1: my life. I don't know what to fall back on. 745 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to hurt my friends. I don't want 746 00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 1: to feel like this. And Jesus says, come to me, 747 00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:09,440 Speaker 1: you who labor and are heavy, ladened, who are weary 748 00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:14,279 Speaker 1: and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my 749 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:16,759 Speaker 1: yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am 750 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,200 Speaker 1: gentle and lowly in heart, and you'll find rest for 751 00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:24,600 Speaker 1: your souls. Sometimes when I travel to Latin America, I 752 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:32,200 Speaker 1: see a an ox or a cow in a yoke 753 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:36,279 Speaker 1: with another cow or another ox and a yoke in 754 00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,120 Speaker 1: this context, in this first century context that Jesus was using, 755 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:42,160 Speaker 1: which we still see in a lot of Third world 756 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:47,920 Speaker 1: countries in Latin America, is it's wooden. This wouldn't board 757 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: with two holes cut in it, and you put that in, 758 00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,920 Speaker 1: it raises up and it clips down, so it clips 759 00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,719 Speaker 1: down around the neck of the animal. So if you're 760 00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:03,719 Speaker 1: pulling a cart or a plow. Oh, usually in that context, 761 00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,480 Speaker 1: the ox or the cow has its head in one hole, 762 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,480 Speaker 1: and then a smaller or a younger cow has its 763 00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:14,720 Speaker 1: head in the other hole, and so the more mature 764 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,520 Speaker 1: cow or ox is pulling the plow through the field. 765 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:21,760 Speaker 1: And setting the pace, not going not going too fast, 766 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:27,320 Speaker 1: not going too slow, keeping the strength, picking up, picking 767 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,920 Speaker 1: up the burden when the other one is falling back. 768 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:35,120 Speaker 1: That yoke of the other one is the more mature one, 769 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:38,799 Speaker 1: the stronger one is carrying forward, the other one the 770 00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:42,400 Speaker 1: weaker one. And that's what Jesus is saying, take my 771 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:45,960 Speaker 1: yoke upon you and learn from me. For I am 772 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:51,839 Speaker 1: gentle and lowly in heart, meaning meaning I'm humble. I'm 773 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,920 Speaker 1: not all about myself. I'm not built up on pride. 774 00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,920 Speaker 1: I'm not built up on anxiety and depression and worry 775 00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:04,799 Speaker 1: self some kind of detrimental self love. Put the yoke 776 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:08,279 Speaker 1: on your neck. I'm in this one and you're in 777 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:13,600 Speaker 1: this one. We're connected together. I'll set the pace. I'll walk, 778 00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:17,520 Speaker 1: and when you're too weak, i'll carry you. When you're 779 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:21,040 Speaker 1: too fast, I'll paul hold you back because I know 780 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,920 Speaker 1: the pace I've set it. That's what he's saying when 781 00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:27,040 Speaker 1: he says, take my yoke upon you and learn from me, 782 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,600 Speaker 1: That's what he's saying. So to you, Zach, that's what 783 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:36,960 Speaker 1: he's saying. Do you want that you have problems, You've 784 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:42,480 Speaker 1: you've sought the world. It doesn't have an answer, You 785 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:44,680 Speaker 1: have nothing to fall back on. You say you don't 786 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:46,839 Speaker 1: want to hurt anybody, You don't want to feel like this. 787 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:53,800 Speaker 1: You maybe want to take your own life. Consider Jesus, 788 00:47:55,120 --> 00:48:00,000 Speaker 1: seek him. I've told many instances of how you would 789 00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:05,359 Speaker 1: do that in his word, but I don't think there's 790 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:08,400 Speaker 1: anything else I would even dare to convince you of. 791 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:11,319 Speaker 1: That's why I pulled back from this therapy thing, because 792 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:13,200 Speaker 1: I don't want any more alternatives on this podcast. I 793 00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:15,879 Speaker 1: don't want anyone else to go yeah, yeah, yah, Seek 794 00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,120 Speaker 1: the Lord, Seek the Lord. I'm gonna go to therapy first, 795 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:20,960 Speaker 1: or I'm gonna do both, because one or the other 796 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:23,440 Speaker 1: will work. Either seeking the Lord or going to therapy 797 00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,040 Speaker 1: or taking medication. One of those things will work. So 798 00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,040 Speaker 1: I'll just try all of it and see which one 799 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:32,440 Speaker 1: does work and then go like that. He didn't say 800 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,200 Speaker 1: try a yoke of a five or six ox yoke. 801 00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:42,480 Speaker 1: He said, take on my yoke. So, Zach, I'm not 802 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,799 Speaker 1: gonna recommend anything else for you, brother, Besides knowing that 803 00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:50,520 Speaker 1: you have a creator that has created you for a purpose, 804 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:57,040 Speaker 1: for his glory, and when you seek him, you become 805 00:48:57,080 --> 00:49:01,719 Speaker 1: an adoptive son. You have you a child of God 806 00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:05,360 Speaker 1: for those who do seek him, for those who believe 807 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:08,520 Speaker 1: in his name. The Bible says he has given the 808 00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:12,840 Speaker 1: right to become children of God. Can you believe that 809 00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,919 Speaker 1: for those who did receive him, which would be seek 810 00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:21,040 Speaker 1: who believed in his name, he gave the right to 811 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:28,320 Speaker 1: become children of God? Isn't that crazy? And then Romans 812 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:31,360 Speaker 1: eight sixteen, the Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit 813 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,640 Speaker 1: that we are children of God. And if children, then 814 00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:42,719 Speaker 1: heirs heirs of God co heirs of the Kingdom. This 815 00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:45,800 Speaker 1: is available to you and to anyone else who's listening. 816 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:52,520 Speaker 1: For those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. 817 00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:57,239 Speaker 1: I hope you hear me. I'm glad you're with me. 818 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:05,960 Speaker 1: Let me finish this email from Zach. He says, I 819 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:07,279 Speaker 1: don't want to fall back on that. I don't want 820 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,040 Speaker 1: to hurt my friends. I don't want to feel like this, 821 00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,640 Speaker 1: and this is how he finishes it. I've tried so 822 00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:17,440 Speaker 1: much stuff. I have a therapist, but it's just not helping. 823 00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:21,839 Speaker 1: I need help. And then this is how he finishes it. 824 00:50:22,200 --> 00:50:27,840 Speaker 1: I don't particularly take part in religion, but at this 825 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,760 Speaker 1: point I'm willing to be open to anything or anyone 826 00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:33,680 Speaker 1: that you have to offer to help me. Thank you 827 00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:40,759 Speaker 1: for reading it. You hear that that's the pattern. And 828 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:46,600 Speaker 1: to that brother, I say, young lions suffer want and hunger, 829 00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:49,319 Speaker 1: but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. 830 00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:53,160 Speaker 1: Be that man who delights himself in the law of 831 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,560 Speaker 1: the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night, 832 00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,719 Speaker 1: and he is like a tree planted by streams of 833 00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,520 Speaker 1: water that yields fruit and its season, and its leaf 834 00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:05,799 Speaker 1: does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 835 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:09,719 Speaker 1: Be that guy. Be that guy. That's how you do it. 836 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,480 Speaker 1: Seek the Lord and you'll lack no good thing. We 837 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,000 Speaker 1: love y'all, See you next morning. 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