Sermon #S028 - You've
Overpaid For That - (Part 2)
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Welcome to the Breath of Life
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell!
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In today's episode, Pastor Snell
will share Part Two of the
dynamic message “You've Overpaid
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for That.” Now, let's go
deeper into the word of God.
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Pastor Snell:See, I need us to
understand something, friends,
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that whenever there is an
entanglement of the heart, no
matter how badly folk try to
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keep a secret, no matter what
they have to lose, at some point
somebody's going to get
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overconfident and visible and
the secrets are going to start
slipping. Are you all hearing
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what I'm saying today? And I
need you to understand, beloved,
that if it is a matter of the
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heart, guess what? They cannot
keep it a secret. Remember what
Jesus said. He says out of the
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abundance of the heart, the
mouth is going to speak. So
whatever is impacting my heart
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is inevitably going to come out
of my mouth. So that if it's
just physical and they're
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ashamed of you, they might not
say nothing, but if somebody
catches feelings, guess what?
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The story is going to be told.
You all are mighty quiet in this
church today. In other words, if
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somebody is emotionally
entangled, at some point,
they're just going to happen to
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bump into your spouse at the
supermarket. At some point,
they're going to happen to call
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when your spouse just happens to
be home. At some point, they're
going to stop being okay with
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being second or not being
preferred. It's okay, brothers.
She may have started out being a
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secret and thinking, "It was
exciting," but after a while,
being a secret becomes
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insulting.
[Congregation: Whooping]
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And see, there are times when
brothers will get mad and
they'll say, "Pastor man, she
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just couldn't keep the secret."
It's not that she couldn't keep
the secret. She refused to be a
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secret.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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See, how many of us know that at
some point that that woman is
going to want to be preferred?
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She's going to be number one.
She's going to want to go out on
a date. She's going to want to
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post something online. She's
going to want to be claimed in
some public way. Am I preaching
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to anybody today?
[Congregation: Affirming]
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And see, it's crazy. Because
there are times when sometimes,
especially men, we think we can
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be okay because we think
we have circumstantial safety.
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In other words, we think we're
good because you both have an
equal amount to be able to lose.
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In other words, if she speaks,
it's going to mess up her job.
If she speaks, it's going to
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mess up her marriage. But how
many of us understand that Ellen
White says that anybody that
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will mess with you outside of
your marriage is possessed by a
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demon? And in other words, you
can't reason with a demon. You
can't apply principles to a
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demon. You can't apply logic to
a demon. There are no safe
interactions with somebody
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that's under the possession
of the enemy. [Congregation:
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Affirming] See, I need you to
know that all adultery is is
dating a suicide bomber.
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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In other words, you thought
cause they were messing around,
they were a mass shooter.
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No, a mass shooter wants to get
away with it but a suicide
bomber operates on a whole
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different plane. They will blow
themselves up just to blow you
up. And how many of us know that
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they aren't going to stay a
secret, they'll blow up their
own job, they'll blow up their
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own marriage, they'll blow up
their own reputation just to
hurt you in the process. Are you
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all here in the word?
[Congregation: Affirming]
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Ask Steve McNair, Bill Clinton,
or Ime Odoka, am I telling the
truth today, friends?
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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So the word says here in verse
number 7, the Bible says, "I saw
amongst the simple.
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I perceived amongst the youth a
young man who is devoid of
understanding." The Bible says.
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See, the third thing this
teaches us, friends of mine is
that in relationships,
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all of us need boundaries,
somebody say, boundaries.
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[Congregation: Boundaries]
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Now, it's funny because the
Bible says that Solomon refers
to this man as simple. He is a
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youth, he is inexperienced. Now,
friends. I need you all to
understand that the word
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"simple" in Hebrew doesn't just
mean "stupid". It actually means
someone who is "naive". It means
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somebody that lacks situational
awareness. In the context of
youth, it talks about somebody
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who lacks boundaries. In other
words, this is a young brother
that like some of us thinks, "I
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can get really close to the fire
and not be burned." I actually
think it's an interesting story
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because we're not really 100%
sure whether or not the young
man is married. We know that the
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sister is married by her own
testimony, and even though he
has not stated as one who is
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being married, in Israelite
culture, when a boy became a
man, he would be quickly wed or
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at the very least, he would
probably be betrothed to another
woman. Are you all with me
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today? And I can see Solomon
there, watching this thing play
out. Like he's watching the big
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screen on his TV. And it's crazy
because Solomon man, he doesn't
get anxious when he falls into
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her arms. Your boy Solomon
starts getting on edge when he
sees her going down the street
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toward her house. In other
words, Solomon literally refers
to the street where she lives as
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the path that leads to hell. And
Solomon's lament is that whether
the man is married or not, his
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first lament is that he lacks
boundaries, and he allows
himself to be out of position.
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Can I just say again to my
brothers and sisters? I need you
to know that married people
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should never be hanging where
unattached people are still
hunting. In other words,
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fellows, like what you get to a
certain point, you can't be at
happy hour. You can't be at the
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strip club. When you're on a
work trip and all the single
folk go to the bar, you need to
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be up in your room with your
Bible, FaceTiming your husband,
your wife, and your kids. There
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are certain circumstances you
shouldn't even put yourself in.
Let me just say this friends of
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mine that when we talk about
boundaries we don't just erect
boundaries to avoid doing wrong
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or to literally keep from
falling into sin. We avoid
boundaries, just to avoid the
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drama that can be attached to
our reputation. That's why the
Bible says in 1st Thessalonians
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5 to abstain from even the
appearance of it. In other
words, a wise man or wise woman
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does not just put themselves in
a predicament where they won't
sin. They don't even put
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themselves in a situation where
the accusation can be made. In
other words, I cannot tell you
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how many brothers, especially,
that have boundaries, that have
found themselves in drama,
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simply because they were eating
platonically with a female
co-worker when their girlfriend
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or wife showed up at the
restaurant [Congregation:
Affirming] and now he's got to
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answer for something with
nothing evil or nefarious has
taken place. What I'm saying is
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not only am I trying not to sin,
I'm not even trying to put
myself where the accusation can
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be made. So you got to have some
boundaries of my preaching
anybody today? In other words,
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in the evening, when I have
appointments here, my assistant
knows that if I'm meeting with
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somebody outside of the opposite
sex that I'm only going to take
that meeting without her husband
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when my assistants are in the
office. [Congregation:
Affirming] So that when she goes
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home, it's got to be a brother,
it's got to be a couple. Are you
all hearing what I'm saying?
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[Congregation: Affirming] When
I'm going to do my afternoon
visitations and I'm going to see
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Sister So-and-so, guess what? I
ain't showing up by myself. I'm
taking Pastor Goodridge, Elder
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Taylor comes and shows up with
me. When they see my truck
there, when they see me walk
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out, I want them to see the
whole Posse coming out.
[Congregation: Cheering] Listen.
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I'm not going to be punished for
nothing that didn't do. Are you
all hearing what I'm saying
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today, friends? [Congregation:
Affirming] So, we've got to
erect some physical boundaries.
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And see, the reason we've got to
erect physical boundaries, oh,
slow it down, is how many of us
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understand that even though
you're married, you're not dead?
[Congregation: You aren't dead.]
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In other words, even when you're
a happily married man, you're
going to still see other women
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that are attractive. Come on and
say Amen, Pastor. [Congregation:
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Amen, Pastor.] In other words,
they're going to be some
brothers that you work with that
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are around. They are tall, they
are handsome, and they're
dressed. They are funny. They
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have charisma and a charm that
is intoxicating in a certain way
but understand that boundaries
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are designed to keep you from
certain energies that happen in
an involuntary fashion. See, the
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problem with some of us is we
see boundaries as a prison.
Boundaries are not a prison,
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they're a shield. They keep you
from unnecessary drama. So
you've got to erect some social
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boundaries as well. So much so
that you'd even need to guard
the conversations you engage in.
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In other words, do you realize
that Brother So-and-so, Sister
So-and-so, there's a dead
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giveaway? Who has decided to
become your marital counselor at
your job? Who's encouraging
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complaints about your spouse?
Who's willing to talk with you
about your situation? I need you
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to know that you've already
ventured on dangerous ground if
you're talking to them about
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your marriage more than you're
talking to the one you're
married to about what's going
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on. I want to say this real
quick because I need you to know
that the greatest boundary is
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not from without. The greatest
boundary comes from him within.
Okay, now, you're all looking at
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me as crazy. The greatest
boundary you can have is to pour
your energy into making your
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marriage good. In other words,
stop walking around spying on
your man looking through his
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phone, and doing drive-bys at
his job. Stop walking around in
the mall trying to look at who's
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eyeballing your woman. In other
words, if you've got a
good-looking woman other
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brothers are going to see that.
Are you all hear me?
[Congregation: Affirming]
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All you've got to do is make
sure you love on your man, love
on your woman because a happy
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marriage is an adultery raid. In
other words, when a woman is
happy, it shows up on her
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countenance. It says, "I'm
spoken for." She gives an energy
that says "Can't touch this."
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Their energy says, "I'm not
available." When a brother is
satisfied, he comes into the job
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looking relaxed and happy
and whistling. [Congregation:
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Affirming] His whole energy says
that "I'm not available." Are
you all hearing what I'm saying?
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In other words, instead of
walking around like a protector,
build your marriage immune
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system. You know, friends of
mine, just like your body has an
immune system, you have
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something that automatically
fights off outside attacks or
disease, and guess what? When
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your body is strong and you've
been sleeping right, and eating
right, and cold or sickness
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comes, guess what? It can't
knock you down when your immune
system is strong. In other
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words, when it's strong, the
immune system fights off
disease, you don't have to go
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hunt it down, it does it
automatically. And when your
marriage immune system is
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strong... [Congregation:
Affirming] ...it automatically
fights off the attacks and the
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assaults that the enemy sends
against your home. Are you all
hearing the word today, friends?
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So the word says here in,
Proverbs 7, go to verse 10. Can
we unpack it a little bit
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further? Proverbs 7:10. The
Bible says, "And there a woman
met him with the attire of a
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wife, harlot, and a crafty
heart. And she was loud and
rebellious, and her feet would
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not stay at home." Now, watch
this, "At times, she was
outside, and other times in the
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open square, lurking at every
corner so she caught him and
kissed him. And with an impudent
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face, he said to him, "I have
made peace offerings with me."
But notice what she says in
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verse 19. "For my husband is not
at home. He has gone on a long
journey and has taken a bag of
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money with him and he will come
back on the appointed day." So I
need us to understand this about
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adultery friends, is an affair
is nothing but what happens when
2 deficits find each other.
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Infidelity is simply what occurs
when 2 broken people cross
paths. I'm framing it this way
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because there is something about
the culture in our time that
tries to glorify this and create
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a mystery, allure, and create
excitement around it. So whether
it is shows like Scandal or
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every Tyler Perry movie that has
the same plot. There is
something in us that's trying to
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make it exciting and gratifying,
but I need you to understand, it
is a practice of brokenness.
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[Congregation: Affirming] It is
always to be grieved. There is
collateral damage that is done
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to self, that is done to kids,
that is done to the family that
destroys everybody in its wake,
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and with every person, I've ever
stood within this journey I've
never had any brother or sister
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say "Pastor, it was worth it."
I've never had anybody say,
"Man, Pastor, if I had it to do
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all over again, I do it again,"
because once it hits the fan and
the fallout takes place and the
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collateral damage is done, the
refrain of everybody that's
trying to survive is that, "Man,
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I overpaid for that." Are you
all hearing what I'm saying?
[Congregation: Affirming] Now,
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when we look at this story, I
think sometimes we get caught up
in the wrong details as it
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relates to the woman. In other
words, we focus on her
provocative dress, her bold
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assertions, and how aggressive
she is but maybe there's a clue
we find in verse 19 where she
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says, "My husband's gone on a
long journey. He took a big bag
of money with him. He's not
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coming back for a long time." In
other words, you've got a sister
who perhaps has been neglected
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for so long. Who's come second
to her husband's work, second to
his business affairs, and in a
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time where polygamy was
abundant, she may have been
second to other women. In other
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words, she is a person that
feels so neglected and so left
behind that she's out in the
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street. She isn't trying to hide
it anymore because she doesn't
even think her man sees. She's
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not sure if he's coming back
home. And even if he sees them,
she's not even sure if he cares.
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See, the problem with us is we
look at the behavior and we
think, "She's a nympho."
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Somebody that has insatiable
needs. When the truth is, she
may just be somebody with unmet
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needs. [Congregation: Affirming]
She is a woman that so starved
for affection that she just does
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anything to feel desired. She
wears anything just to be seen.
She's walking up and down the
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street just to be wanted. She's
walking up and down the thing
just to be noticed. In other
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words, we think about her as
this sexually overactive and
nuclear person. No, she just
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wants to be noticed. She just
wants to be affirmed. She has
such a deficit that she'll allow
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it to be filled by anybody. And
watch this. This shows something
about the other person. Oh, help
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me, Holy Spirit. Notice what the
Bible says that she's lurking at
every corner. She's walking up
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and down the street. In other
words, she wasn't looking for
him, he just happened to be
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available. [Congregation:
Reacting] In other words, he was
just the first one that's
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willing. See, I need you to know
that the only upper hand that
the other person has on the
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spouse is that sometimes they
make themselves available. See,
they're not special. They're
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just available. They're not
superior, they're just
available. And let me just say
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this to every young girl, who's
out there feeling themselves
because you think you've taken
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something from another woman or
every young Thundercat that's
bragging about what you're doing
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with somebody else's wife. I
need you to understand, you are
nothing but a placeholder,
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you're a contingency plan, and
you're a parachute when it goes
bad. [Congregation: Whooping]
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In other words, you're not
special, you're just available.
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[Congregation: Cheering]
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And what I want to say on behalf
of the brothers, I want brothers
to know that a husband's
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preference is always
to eat at home. Amen?
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[Congregation: Amen.]
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I'm going to enjoy this sermon,
whether you do or not. I mean
listen. A husband's preference
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is always to eat at home. So
there are times in my evening
these visits, as I'm going
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around, there will be some times
where the woman of the house
would say, "Pastor, would you
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like something to eat or drink?"
And if I'm already full, it
makes it easy to say, no. If I'm
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already full, or if I know I've
got something hot waiting for me
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when I get home. Are you all
hearing what I'm saying? When
that brother knows he's got
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something waiting for him at
home. Guess what? It makes it
that, much easier to say no to
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whatever offer is put out there
in front of him. [Congregation:
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Affirming] I want to be clear
that there is never a
justification for stepping
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outside of the marital
relationship, but even the
scriptures acknowledge that
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there is a cause and an effect.
Are you all hearing what I'm
saying? It's crazy. Because even
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as I'm preaching this, I can see
the ladies rolling their eyes at
me... [Congregation: Murmuring]
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...and saying, "Well, Pastor, if
he would be a little bit more
romantic, if he would make more
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deposits, he could get
some more withdrawals."
00:20:02.83\00:20:05.93
[Congregation: Affirming]
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Let me just say this in the
language men speak. The reason
we used to withdraw more is
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because we used to deposit
more. [Congregation: Affirming]
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The reason you used to be able
to withdraw more, is you used to
deposit a little bit more.
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See, this is where the marriage
reaches a dangerous point. When
we get to that place where we've
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gotten used to each other, it
doesn't take all that no more.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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But it's just like when you go
to the bank, if you withdraw
more than you deposit,
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eventually, it's going to say
"insufficient". And a woman is
like the bank. Sometimes she'll
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give you a line of credit.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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But once you abuse that line of
credit, the account is going to
get permanently closed.
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Am I preaching to anybody?
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[Congregation:
Affirming, Cheering, Laughing]
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I'm about to get myself in
trouble here. Hey, brothers,
let's do what we did at first.
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Let's remember our first love.
Come on, let's take pride in
being husbands. Let's honor the
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wife. Let's cherish the wife.
Let's romance the wife. I mean,
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listen, let's do the things that
we did to win her in order to
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secure her heart. It's funny
because we mentioned about what
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we're not getting. But do you
realize that even the physical
act is actually a mirror of how
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the relationship is supposed to
operate? So guess what? When
you're connected at the head and
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at the heart, guess what? Your
parts are going to follow.
[Congregation: Affirming]
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No, no, no, no. The physical
act. It is an outward mirroring
of the emotional act.
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So that if I'm connected at the
head and I'm connected at the
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heart, guess what? The parts are
going to automatically begin to
connect one with another. Are
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you all hearing what I'm saying?
[Congregation: Affirming,
00:22:27.28\00:22:28.61
Cheering] So that the more I
connect with the head and the
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heart, guess what? The parts are
simply an outgrowth of intimacy
that starts outside of the
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bedroom. Are you all hear
what I'm saying today, friends?
00:22:40.19\00:22:42.66
[Congregation: Affirming]
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See the problem is all some of
us want to do is we're going to
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start right here. But what I'm
saying is that when we connect
here and here, there is an
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intimacy that leaves everybody
feeling satisfied. And it's
funny because there are times
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when especially when we've been
married and we've gotten used to
each other, you realize that men
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and women. We operate a little
bit differently. Amen?
[Congregation: Amen]
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So that men, when it comes to
certain things, we're like
microwaves. Ready on command.
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Wives are a little bit more like
crock pots. Takes a little
longer to get there, but once it
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gets hot boys going to burn
everything. Are you all hearing
what I'm saying? Right?
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[Congregation: Affirming]
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Oh, so let me speak in the male
language real quick. So you know
how it is when you first get a
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new car? You know, we name our
cars women. You know how
something about a new car. When
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it's brand-new, you can jump
right in it, even when it's cold
outside. You just get in and
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drive. [Congregation: Laughing]
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But when you've had that car for
a little while, when it's cold
outside, you don't just go jump
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in it. [Congregation: Right!]
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Why are you all looking at me
like I don't love the Lord? I
love the Lord. I read the
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scriptures. I pray every day.
This is what conversion looks
like. Are you all hearing what
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your boy is saying?
[Congregation: Affirming,
00:24:32.60\00:24:34.80
Cheering] When it's brand-new,
you just jump in and start
driving. But when you've had it
00:24:34.84\00:24:41.18
a little while, you go out in
the cold and you warm it up, you
turn on the radio, you let it
00:24:41.21\00:24:48.08
idle for a little while. You let
it warm up before you jump in.
00:24:48.12\00:24:52.65
[Congregation: Affirming]
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And what I'm saying is you can't
give your car more foreplay than
you give your woman.
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[Congregation: Whooping]
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No, don't send me no letters
about the Sabbath. Adam and Eve
were married on the sixth day.
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So you know how they started the
seventh day? If you had heard
00:25:17.18\00:25:22.48
this 20 years ago, you would be
better off than where you are
right now. We need to stop
00:25:22.52\00:25:34.46
ignoring the problem and start
addressing the problem.
[Congregation: Affirming,
00:25:34.50\00:25:36.36
Whooping] See the problem with
the contemporary church is we
have that the world has all the
00:25:36.40\00:25:42.27
joy of sex. But how many of us
know it doesn't belong in a
magazine, in a movie, in a
00:25:42.30\00:25:49.44
nightclub, or the backseat of a
car, it belongs to those who are
in covenant with one another,
00:25:49.48\00:25:57.52
who are operating within the
holy bounds of matrimony. Let
the married folk say Amen.
00:25:57.55\00:26:02.46
[Congregation: Amen]
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[Congregation:
Affirming, Cheering]
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Are you all
hearing what I'm saying?
00:26:04.89\00:26:07.66
[Congregation: Yes!]
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See, this is where I want to
land. Listen, I promise you, I'm
00:26:12.37\00:26:17.47
done. See, this is the issue.
This is why I want to shift us
because, in marriage, you know
00:26:17.51\00:26:26.31
what our competition is on too
much? We're competing for who's
going to have the last word.
00:26:26.35\00:26:29.95
We compete for who's going to
get the most allowance. We
compete about who's going to
00:26:29.98\00:26:36.02
have the most authority, but in
a healthy marriage, there is not
a competition for say, or power,
00:26:36.06\00:26:41.73
or authority. You're in a
competition to out-love each
other and out-serve each other
00:26:41.76\00:26:48.57
and out-meet one another's
needs. In other words, it ought
to be a competition on who's
00:26:48.60\00:26:54.61
going to love each other better.
Who's going to affirm each other
the most? Who's going to speak
00:26:54.64\00:27:02.88
one another's love language the
best? In other words, you can't
not withhold your way to a
00:27:02.92\00:27:04.55
better marriage. [Congregation:
Affirming] You can't withhold
your way to wholeness. You've
00:27:04.59\00:27:09.59
got to give your way to
wholeness. You've got to pray
your way to wholeness. You've
00:27:09.62\00:27:14.20
got to serve your way to
wholeness. You've got to honor
your way to wholeness.
00:27:14.23\00:27:17.00
[Congregation: Affirming]
00:27:17.03\00:27:18.90
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