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[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]. 00:02:10.96\00:05:13.38 >> YOU CAN AGREE THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL. 00:05:13.38\00:05:18.35 >> A PRAYER SET TO MUSIC. >> IN OUR FIRST HOUR WE HAVE 00:05:18.35\00:05:25.35 BEEN TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. 00:05:25.35\00:05:29.22 ABOUT AND THAT A CLIFFHANGER BUT WHEN JASON ASKED YOU SOMETHING 00:05:29.22\00:05:39.53 AND THEN HE SAYS DID YOU HEAR ME REPEAT IT BACK TO ME THAT IS 00:05:39.53\00:05:43.27 CALL REFLECTIVE LISTENING. >> IN THE BOOK THEY CALL THIS 00:05:43.27\00:05:49.74 EMPATHY. >> EMPATHY IS YOUR LISTENING 00:05:49.74\00:05:55.12 YOUR HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING OR TAKING THE TIME HEAR ME AND YOU 00:05:55.12\00:06:00.19 WILL REPEAT BACK TO ME WHAT I SAID. 00:06:00.19\00:06:05.79 >> VALIDATION WE SPEAK ABOUT AND WHAT VALIDATION IS IS SIMPLY 00:06:05.79\00:06:14.97 SAYING I HEAR YOU, I CARE ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL, YOU CAN VALIDATE A 00:06:14.97\00:06:22.18 PERSON WITHOUT VALIDATING WHATEVER THE FOUNDATION IS THAT 00:06:22.18\00:06:25.18 THEY GOT WRONG THINKING BUT WE STILL NEED TO LISTEN FOR THIS 00:06:25.18\00:06:29.98 BECAUSE I CONFESS THAT MY PARTNERS THAT -- MY PERSONALITY 00:06:29.98\00:06:34.66 IS A FIXTURE AND ARMOR ONCE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND FROM 00:06:34.66\00:06:38.23 ENGLAND AND THAT SHE WOULD TELL ME SOMETHING THAT HER DAUGHTER 00:06:38.23\00:06:40.63 DEAD AND SHE WAS LIKE WHOA IS ME AND I STARTED SAYING WELL BUT 00:06:40.63\00:06:45.53 MAYBE SHE MET THIS OR THAT AND I AM TRYING TO HELP HER PAINT A 00:06:45.53\00:06:51.57 ROSY PICTURE AND THIS WAS YEARS AGO AND SHE SAID YOU DON'T CARE 00:06:51.57\00:06:55.58 ABOUT MY FEELINGS YOU ARE TAKING GO TO VALIDATE SOMEBODY YOU 00:06:55.58\00:07:04.59 SHOULD BE EMPATHETIC AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FEELINGS 00:07:04.59\00:07:07.42 ARE. >> AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS WHEN I 00:07:07.42\00:07:11.19 SAY TO RESEAT WHAT I SAID ABOUT ME THAT IT ALSO GIVES US AN 00:07:11.19\00:07:17.87 OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT A MISCOMMUNICATION. 00:07:17.87\00:07:20.17 I MAY BE SO EMOTIONAL THAT I MISS COMMUNICATE OR I COULD BE 00:07:20.17\00:07:24.14 COMMUNICATING IN SUCH A WAY THAT REESE HE HEARING SOMETHING THAT 00:07:24.14\00:07:28.21 I NEED TO SAY AND SO WHEN SHE SAYS IT BACK TO ME I WILL SAY AT 00:07:28.21\00:07:31.38 ONE POINT I DID SAY THAT BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT I COULD 00:07:31.38\00:07:34.05 SEE HOW YOU TOOK THAT AND I COULD SEE WHY YOU TOOK IT THAT 00:07:34.05\00:07:36.18 WAY BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT. IT REALLY HELPS TO MAKE. 00:07:36.18\00:07:42.96 >> I WANT TO ASK YOU, THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING HERE THE 00:07:42.96\00:07:51.57 SOUND MORE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT APPEAR TO A WOMAN BUT HOW LONG 00:07:51.57\00:07:55.17 DID IT TAKE YOU ALL TO GET INTO THIS PATTERN AND IS IT HAVE YOU 00:07:55.17\00:08:02.24 FOUND THE REWARD OF DOING THIS THE BENEFIT TO BEING WORTH THE 00:08:02.24\00:08:08.18 EFFORT? >> 32 YEARS >> THAT YOU CLARIFY 00:08:08.18\00:08:16.19 THIS AT FIRST. THIS IS THE SCHOOL SOMETIME 00:08:16.19\00:08:19.79 SCHOOL LAST A LONG TIME SOMETIMES YOU ARE A. 00:08:19.79\00:08:27.70 >> THIS DOES BRING SOME CLARITY TO IT. 00:08:27.70\00:08:32.54 >> THIS IS NOT JUST FOR MARRIAGE BUT FOR RELATIONSHIPS IN THE 00:08:32.54\00:08:39.41 CHURCH RELATIONSHIP IN THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK. 00:08:39.41\00:08:44.92 WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING THAT GOD KEEPS LAYING ON YOUR HEART AND 00:08:44.92\00:08:50.93 YOU LOOK AROUND AT OUR WORLD AND WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT AND 00:08:50.93\00:08:57.17 COMMUNICATION AND WE INDULGE WITH PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ARE 00:08:57.17\00:09:02.00 GETTING INTO THE SPACES AND THE NOBODY EVEN AS IS GIVEN THE 00:09:02.00\00:09:08.58 RIGHT TO HAVE A DIFFERING OPINION NOW. 00:09:08.58\00:09:12.98 HAVING DIFFERING OPINION DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE ENEMIES 00:09:12.98\00:09:15.58 WITH SOMEBODY BUT IT IS BECOMING THAT WAY. 00:09:15.58\00:09:19.79 >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I THINK IT TAKES LESS TIME TO GO 00:09:19.79\00:09:22.69 THROUGH SOMETHING THAT YOU DIFFER ON BECAUSE IT 00:09:22.69\00:09:26.19 COMMUNICATED ABOUT IT IT'S DONE IT'S WRAPPED UP OR AS BEFORE IT 00:09:26.19\00:09:29.46 MAY HAVE LASTED LIKE YOU SAID THE HOLE DAY BUT FOR THOSE TIMES 00:09:29.46\00:09:34.57 WHERE THEY DON'T LIKE A LOT OF WORK ANYTHING YOU DO IN LIFE 00:09:34.57\00:09:36.74 THAT IS WORTH HAVING AND ACCOMPLISHING WORK AND IT'S NOT 00:09:36.74\00:09:40.14 A BAD WORK BUT IT MAKES IT WORKED. 00:09:40.14\00:09:54.59 >> BUT THE WAY MEN WORKING WOMEN MARK OR OPPOSITE. 00:09:54.59\00:10:00.70 WAS IMPORTANT TO MEN THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WOMEN. 00:10:00.70\00:10:04.90 AND VICE VERSA IF YOU CARE ABOUT ANY RELATIONSHIP MUCH LESS YOUR 00:10:04.90\00:10:14.14 MATE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT LISTEN AND YOU MIGHT TRY 00:10:14.14\00:10:17.25 IT. IF YOU'RE SO THERE'S NOTHING 00:10:17.25\00:10:25.52 WRONG WITH THAT. >> AND SHELLEY WAS SAYING THIS 00:10:25.52\00:10:27.89 IS NOT JUST FOR MARRIAGE THE BOOK OF JOB IS A PERFECT 00:10:27.89\00:10:32.83 ILLUSTRATION OF THIS HOLE PROCESS AND WERE TALKING ABOUT 00:10:32.83\00:10:36.23 EMPATHY AND THAT THE FIRST STEP. EMPATHY IS WHERE YOUR HEARING 00:10:36.23\00:10:39.80 WITH OTHER PERSON IS SINGING AND YOUR HEARING IN SUCH A WAY THAT 00:10:39.80\00:10:42.87 YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO IT YOU WON'T FIND THAT THE BOOK OF JOB. 00:10:42.87\00:10:45.71 WHEN IT COMES TO JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS >> VALIDATION 00:10:45.71\00:10:51.28 POURING OUT HIS HEART AND THEY DID NOT HEAR WHAT HE SAID AND 00:10:51.28\00:10:56.65 IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 00:10:56.65\00:10:58.15 THEY CAME AT JOB AS IF THEY KNEW HIS PROBLEM AND THEY KNEW THE 00:10:58.15\00:11:02.12 ISSUE AND THEY WERE TRYING TO PROVE THAT HE WAS DOING OR HAD A 00:11:02.12\00:11:05.96 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND THAT WAS A THING AND THAT WAS 00:11:05.96\00:11:09.30 ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY FELT IN THEIR EVIDENCE WHAT WAS 00:11:09.30\00:11:13.37 HAPPENING TO HIM. >> YOU MUST BE A SINNER, YOU 00:11:13.37\00:11:15.74 MUST BE A HYPOCRITE YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING ALONG WITH THE 00:11:15.74\00:11:18.54 RELATIONSHIP AS THIS WOULD HAVE TO PURSUE PERSON WHO IS 00:11:18.54\00:11:21.04 RIGHTEOUS. AND JOB SAID BUT NO. 00:11:21.04\00:11:23.41 HE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND HE NEVER HEARD IT. 00:11:23.41\00:11:27.35 NOT ONE SINGLE TIME DID YOU HEAR YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE 00:11:27.35\00:11:33.59 WORTHLESS AND MISERABLE COMFORTERS AND IF YOU JUST BE 00:11:33.59\00:11:39.89 QUIET AND A AND THAT WILL BE COVERING UP FOR ME YOUR >> THE 00:11:39.89\00:11:44.50 BOOK OF JOB NOW THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WERE 00:11:44.50\00:11:48.57 TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND PROCESS AND WOULD START WITH THE 00:11:48.57\00:11:52.37 FIRST ONE AND IT'S POSSIBLE FOR RELIGIOUS PEOPLE TO NOT BE ABLE 00:11:52.37\00:11:57.11 TO GET PAST THAT FIRST STEP. WHEN YOU DON'T GET PAST EMPATHY 00:11:57.11\00:12:11.33 YOU WILL HAVE SERVICE OR RESPECT. 00:12:11.33\00:12:19.70 >> WHAT IS INTERESTING THE BOOK OF JOB IS THAT JOB JOB LOVED AND 00:12:19.70\00:12:25.51 PRAYED FOR HIS MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE WORTHLESS FRIEND 00:12:25.51\00:12:28.98 EVEN NOW THIS IS THE POINT AND WANT TO MAKE IN OUR WORLD TODAY 00:12:28.98\00:12:33.72 IN SOCIETIES TODAY AND IT MANAGES TODAY THERE'LL BE TIMES 00:12:33.72\00:12:36.38 WHEN WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET PAST EMPATHY AND PAST THIS 00:12:36.38\00:12:42.72 REFLECTIVE CONVERSATION WHERE EMPATHIZING WITH SOMEONE ELSE 00:12:42.72\00:12:44.53 BUT IT DOES IT MEAN TO STOP LOVING EACH OTHER YOU CAN STILL 00:12:44.53\00:12:47.13 LOVE EACH OTHER AND WE NEED TO LOVE PEOPLE JOB WAS A CAPTIVE 00:12:47.13\00:12:51.73 POTENTIALLY TO BITTER THOUGHTS UNTIL HE PLAYED -- PRAYED FOR 00:12:51.73\00:12:53.13 HIS FRIENDS AND EVEN THOUGH HE COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THEM 00:12:53.13\00:12:56.14 AND WHAT HE HAD TO DO WAS REJECT WHAT THEY WERE TELLING HIM HE 00:12:56.14\00:13:00.94 WAS HERE THERE PROJECTION OF WHO HE WAS AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE 00:13:00.94\00:13:07.15 WILL DEAL WITH UNTIL THE END OF TIME. 00:13:07.15\00:13:09.75 THE HOLE WORLD MATTHEW 24 VERSE NINE WILL HATE THAT PEOPLE FOR 00:13:09.75\00:13:13.79 HIS NAMESAKE THE NAME OF GOD WILL BE THE THE CENTERPIECE OF 00:13:13.79\00:13:17.53 THE HATRED AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE AND WE WILL HAVE TO REJECT HOW 00:13:17.53\00:13:22.40 WE ARE BEING LABELED BY THE WORLD AND WE WILL PROJECT THAT 00:13:22.40\00:13:25.23 AT THE SAME TIME WE WILL LOVE THE WORLD. 00:13:25.23\00:13:27.90 WE WILL LOVE THE WORLD THE WAY CHRIST LOVED THE WORLD AND JOB 00:13:27.90\00:13:31.57 SHOWED US HOW TO DO THAT. WE CAN DISAGREE WITH THEIR 00:13:31.57\00:13:35.98 FRIENDS HE DIDN'T ACCEPT THE LABEL BUT THE SAME TIME WE CAN 00:13:35.98\00:13:41.08 PRAY FOR THAT AND DO THAT ALL RELATIONSHIPS CAN AND IN LOVE. 00:13:41.08\00:13:49.36 >> I WANT TO COME IN ON MISERABLE COMFORTERS. 00:13:49.36\00:14:04.34 IF SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU AND THEIR WANTING TO TALK EMPATHY IS 00:14:04.34\00:14:07.64 TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THEIR FEELINGS BUT A LOT OF MEN IT'S 00:14:07.64\00:14:16.52 LIKE I CAN'T TALK TO MY HUSBAND BECAUSE AS SOON AS I BRING 00:14:16.52\00:14:20.32 SOMETHING UP HE SAYS THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND HE SHUTS 00:14:20.32\00:14:23.63 DOWN AND SET OUT HERE IS WHAT I DO I HAVE ONE LADY THAT IS 00:14:23.63\00:14:33.47 CHICKEN LITTLE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS THE SKY IS FALLING AND 00:14:33.47\00:14:36.60 THAT HER PERSONALITY AND THERE IS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE 00:14:36.60\00:14:43.91 HURTING OR WHEN THEY ARE CONFUSED AND WHAT THEY WANT? 00:14:43.91\00:14:47.65 THEY WANT TO BE HEARD. AND I HAVE LEARNED TO SAY DO YOU 00:14:47.65\00:14:53.15 WANT MY HELP ON THIS PROBLEM? AND IT TO WHAT I SAY. 00:14:53.15\00:15:00.16 DO YOU WANT MY HELP IN THIS PROBLEM? 00:15:00.16\00:15:02.60 AND IF THEY SAY NO JUST FOCUS ON LISTENING COMFORTER ENOUGH. 00:15:02.60\00:15:08.90 >> LET'S MOVE ONTO MATTHEW 25. MATTHEW 25 JESUS IS TALKING 00:15:08.90\00:15:13.74 ABOUT HIS PEOPLE BUT HE LIKENS THEM TO VIRGINS AND THERE ARE 00:15:13.74\00:15:19.91 WIVES AND FOOD VIRGINS AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THEM IS THAT 00:15:19.91\00:15:25.19 THE FOOLISH YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT THAT IS THE OIL. 00:15:25.19\00:15:30.56 THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THEY NEED AND IF SO WHO TODAY THEY 00:15:30.56\00:15:33.73 INITIALLY TURNED TO TO PROVIDE WHAT THEY NEED? 00:15:33.73\00:15:41.87 >> IT'S SO EASY FOR US TO TURN TO EACH OTHER AND HAVE FALSE 00:15:41.87\00:15:45.67 EXPECTATIONS BUT YOUR JOB IS TO PROVIDE FOR ME EVERYTHING I NEED 00:15:45.67\00:15:49.88 AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR. 00:15:49.88\00:15:52.55 AND NO ONE CAN TRULY PROVIDE EVERYTHING I NEED BUT JESUS 00:15:52.55\00:15:56.72 CHRIST. AND I IS -- AND I THINK THAT IS 00:15:56.72\00:16:05.56 THE VERSE AND THE EXPECTATION IS OF THE YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CAN 00:16:05.56\00:16:10.43 FULLY SATISFY THESE NEEDS THAT I HAVE I KEEP LOOKING INTO THESE 00:16:10.43\00:16:15.47 OTHER HUMAN BEINGS TO PROVIDE FOR ME AND I THINK THAT IN OF 00:16:15.47\00:16:19.97 ITSELF WILL BECOME THE DANGEROUS RELATIONSHIP IN TERMS OF TRUE 00:16:19.97\00:16:28.75 INTIMACY. >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE HERE 00:16:28.75\00:16:31.52 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT WHAT WE 00:16:31.52\00:16:35.32 ARE SEEING HERE BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO PREPARE FOR >> RIGHT NOW 00:16:35.32\00:16:55.78 WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SAY I KNOW WHAT? 00:16:55.78\00:17:00.75 MY PRESENT CRISIS WHAT EVER IT IS REMINDING ME THAT I CANNOT 00:17:00.75\00:17:04.95 TRUST IN THE GOVERNMENT AND I CANNOT TRUST IN MY COMMUNITY AND 00:17:04.95\00:17:08.59 I CANNOT TRUST IN MY CHURCH OF MY CHURCH LEADERS AND I CANNOT 00:17:08.59\00:17:12.19 TRUST IN MY WIFE OR MY HUSBAND OR MY FAMILY MY TRUST IN MY 00:17:12.19\00:17:15.90 EXPECTATION MUST COME FROM THE LORD HIS ONLY ONE THAT COULD 00:17:15.90\00:17:19.23 GIVE ME THE HOLY SPIRIT CHARACTER AND IF WE HAVE THE 00:17:19.23\00:17:22.27 HOLY SPIRIT CHARACTER WE CAN GO THROUGH ANYTHING ALL DAY LONG. 00:17:22.27\00:17:27.11 WE CAN GO THROUGH ANYTHING LOOK AT THE DISCIPLES LOOK AT THE 00:17:27.11\00:17:29.81 CHURCH LOOK AT WHAT THEY WENT RAIL AFTER THEY WERE FILLED WITH 00:17:29.81\00:17:33.68 HOLY SPIRIT NOTHING ELSE MATTERED BUT JESUS CHRIST AND 00:17:33.68\00:17:36.69 THIS IS THE PICTURE WE ARE SINGING AND MATTHEW 25 STARTS 00:17:36.69\00:17:40.92 WITH THE TEN VERSIONS AND GOES TO THE TALENT BOTH OF THESE 00:17:40.92\00:17:45.13 PARALLEL PARABLES ARE RELATIONAL EXPERIENCE THE GOD WANTS US TO 00:17:45.13\00:17:50.33 HAVE WITH HIM AND TO TAKE A RELATIONSHIP OFF PEOPLE THE 00:17:50.33\00:17:54.80 NEGATIVE OF THIS IS REVEALED IN THE WAY THAT THEY RESPONDED TO 00:17:54.80\00:18:00.81 THIS CRISIS OF SEVERE OIL DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON 00:18:00.81\00:18:03.88 OTHERS AND NOT DEPENDENT ON GOD THEY DON'T HAVE THAT 00:18:03.88\00:18:08.15 RELATIONSHIP. >> BUT TAKING IT FROM THE OTHER 00:18:08.15\00:18:11.35 SIDE I REMEMBER I USED TO READ THIS AND PEOPLE THEY HAD THE 00:18:11.35\00:18:16.66 FIVE WISE MEN AND THEY WERE LIKE GO BY YOUR OWN. 00:18:16.66\00:18:23.30 AND WHAT WAS THIS? BUT I HAD TO LEARN THAT MOLLY'S 00:18:23.30\00:18:30.31 USED TO TELL ME THAT HOW DID YOU PUT IT? 00:18:30.31\00:18:36.85 PEOPLE WHO SUCK THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OUT OF. 00:18:36.85\00:18:40.72 SPIRITUAL BEACHES THAT'S WHAT SHE CALLED IT. 00:18:40.72\00:18:43.52 AND SHE SAID YOU JUST HAVE TO LOVE THOSE PEOPLE AND SHE SAYS 00:18:43.52\00:18:48.52 YOU CAN'T BE THEIR FIX OR HAVE YOU EVER READ THE BOOK THE RACE. 00:18:48.52\00:18:56.06 HE GETS ALMOST ALL SCRIPTURE. >> GOD IS THE BOUNDARY SETTING 00:18:56.06\00:19:02.60 GOD AND WHEN PEOPLE COME TO YOU CAN'T ALWAYS COUNT ON YOUR WIFE 00:19:02.60\00:19:08.14 OR YOUR GOVERNMENT BUT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO US TO PRODUCE 00:19:08.14\00:19:14.32 SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO GOD TO DO THEY WILL 00:19:14.32\00:19:18.35 NEED TO SET A BOUNDARY AND POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 00:19:18.35\00:19:22.52 INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BE THEIR HERO. 00:19:22.52\00:19:26.80 >> WE ARE EMPATHIZING RIGHT NOW WE'RE LICKING THIS LISTING OF 00:19:26.80\00:19:33.77 THE PERSON. THEY ARE ALSO HAVING AN ENOUGH 00:19:33.77\00:19:40.31 COURAGE TO BE ASSERTIVE THEMSELVES AND TO SHARE AN 00:19:40.31\00:19:42.88 OPINION AFTER WERE ALL FINISHED. AFTER THEY'RE ALL FINISHED AND 00:19:42.88\00:19:46.31 WE HEARD THAT WE SHOULD WE ALSO TO HAVE THESE BOUNDARIES AND 00:19:46.31\00:19:51.99 IT'S A GOOD BOOK THAT YOU RECOMMENDING WE SHOULD LISTEN TO 00:19:51.99\00:19:59.56 PEOPLE THAT WE ALSO TO BE CAREFUL FOR >> I OFTEN HAVE BEEN 00:19:59.56\00:20:21.25 IN SITUATIONS AND AM A PEOPLE PLEASER AND I'M LISTENING AND 00:20:21.25\00:20:28.86 EMPATHIZING AND OVER-THE-TOP EMPATHIZING JUST SO MUCH SO THAT 00:20:28.86\00:20:31.66 I WANT TO GET IN THE SITUATION SOMETIMES AND VERY ASSERTIVE AND 00:20:31.66\00:20:48.88 PEOPLE SAY DID YOU SAY THIS OR THAT IS YOUR OPINION OR ANYTHING 00:20:48.88\00:20:52.61 AND I SAY I DIDN'T AND I PROBABLY BY I HAD A SITUATION 00:20:52.61\00:20:59.05 LIKE THIS APPEAR >> THAT'S WELL PUT. 00:20:59.05\00:21:01.29 >> I HAD A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY KEPT BRINGING UP A 00:21:01.29\00:21:06.86 CONVERSATION THAT WAS OVER THE TOP AND JUST PUT ME ON -- I AM 00:21:06.86\00:21:15.47 LIKE THIS BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DON'T EVER 00:21:15.47\00:21:18.04 WANT TO HEAR IT AGAIN BUT YOU CAN'T COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY 00:21:18.04\00:21:21.64 THAT BECAUSE YOU HURT THEIR FEELINGS. 00:21:21.64\00:21:23.38 BUT WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION IS NOT 00:21:23.38\00:21:32.65 CONDUCIVE TO THE GOOD WORK RELATIONSHIP. 00:21:32.65\00:21:34.59 OR YOU COULD SAY TO YOUR HUSBAND HONEY, IF YOU SAY SUCH AND SUCH 00:21:34.59\00:21:43.00 THIS IS NOT REALLY BENEFICIAL TO OUR LOVE RELATIONSHIP. 00:21:43.00\00:21:47.14 AND THE IT I BEGIN TO PUT BOUNDARIES ON THIS AND AS SOON 00:21:47.14\00:21:52.34 AS I SAY I GO AWAY AND THAT'S INTERESTING BUT YOU HAVE TO DO 00:21:52.34\00:21:56.81 IT WITH RESPECT. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:21:56.81\00:21:59.61 >> AND WITH THESE EXPECTATIONS I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE 00:21:59.61\00:22:04.89 HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR OURSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER FOR OUR 00:22:04.89\00:22:08.89 RELATIONSHIPS WE DO. IN TO SET THE BAR HIGH. 00:22:08.89\00:22:14.46 WE WANT TO WORK TOWARD THIS BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 00:22:14.46\00:22:18.83 THOSE KINDS OF EXPECTATIONS AND HAVING A FALSE EXPECTATION AND 00:22:18.83\00:22:22.04 WHEN YOU LOOK AT JESUS CHRIST AND THE PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED HIM 00:22:22.04\00:22:25.67 THEY HAD FALSE EXPECTATIONS OF HIM AND WHO HE WAS AND WHO HE 00:22:25.67\00:22:29.88 WAS TO BE TO THEM YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME FREEDOM FROM 00:22:29.88\00:22:32.45 THE ROMANS AND CAROL ALL THE SICK PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHO YOU 00:22:32.45\00:22:36.58 ARE TO ME AND WHEN JESUS SAID THIS IS WHO LIGHT AND I AM THE 00:22:36.58\00:22:41.09 BREAD OF LIFE AND I AM GOING TO LAY DATE OF MY LIFE FOR YOU THEY 00:22:41.09\00:22:44.49 REJECTED HIS BEING ABOUT WHO HE WAS FOR THEIR OWN AND SO THEY 00:22:44.49\00:22:49.63 HAD THOSE FALSE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE CAN ENTER INTO A 00:22:49.63\00:22:52.67 MARRIAGE OF FALSE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WE WANT THE OTHER PERSON 00:22:52.67\00:22:55.20 TO BE RATHER THAN WHO THEY ARE WHICH IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO 00:22:55.20\00:22:58.47 REALLY KNOW YOURSELF BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED OR JUST BE WILLING 00:22:58.47\00:23:01.81 TO ACCEPT THIS IS THE MAN I MARRIED AND I'M GOING TO LET HIM 00:23:01.81\00:23:04.38 FOR WHO HE IS AND NOT TRYING TO FORM HIM INTO WHAT I WANT HIM TO 00:23:04.38\00:23:09.72 BE IN MY FALSE EXPECTATIONS. >> I THINK YOU MIGHT NEED TO 00:23:09.72\00:23:16.12 REPEAT THAT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO THINGS 00:23:16.12\00:23:19.89 THEIR WAY. I KNOW BEST AND KNOW WHAT I 00:23:19.89\00:23:23.47 NEED. AND THEN YOU WAKE UP AND I NEED 00:23:23.47\00:23:27.44 TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE YOU KIND OF CHANGED THOUGHTS BUT THE MOST 00:23:27.44\00:23:33.38 IMPORTANT DECISION YOU'LL EVER MAKE IS ACCEPTING CHRIST AS YOUR 00:23:33.38\00:23:36.64 SAVIOR BUT THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU'LL EVER 00:23:36.64\00:23:40.08 MAKE IS WHO YOU MARRY. >> LET ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 00:23:40.08\00:23:50.49 >> FALSE EXPECTATIONS ARE RELATIONSHIP KILLERS. 00:23:50.49\00:23:55.56 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO BE 00:23:55.56\00:24:00.40 YOUR EVERYTHING LIKE PEOPLE WILL SAY YOU CAN COMPLETE ME. 00:24:00.40\00:24:07.08 WE ARE ONLY COMPLETED IN CHRIST BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND 00:24:07.08\00:24:10.35 SAY THE WRONG THING THAN ACTUALLY YOU'RE PUSHING A PERSON 00:24:10.35\00:24:14.88 AWAY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. 00:24:14.88\00:24:19.05 >> THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BUT AGAIN LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE 00:24:19.05\00:24:22.66 BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SHOW ALSO I THINK 00:24:22.66\00:24:25.36 WITH JESUS IT WAS POWERFUL TO RECOGNIZE AS RECEIPT SHARED, 00:24:25.36\00:24:31.63 THAT JESUS DID NOT CONFORM TO THE EXPECTATION OF THE DISCIPLES 00:24:31.63\00:24:34.67 OF THE NATION AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS HE GOD 00:24:34.67\00:24:39.07 GAVE HIM A MISSION AND HE STUCK TO THIS MISSION BUT HE LOVES HIS 00:24:39.07\00:24:43.08 DISCIPLES IN THE END THAT HE LOVED THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS I 00:24:43.08\00:24:47.85 LOVE THE ROMANS AND HE PRAYED FOR THEM WHEN THEY WERE 00:24:47.85\00:24:51.55 PERSECUTED. AND THE DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU 00:24:51.55\00:24:54.89 HAVE TO CONFORM TO PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS APPEAR IS LEFT DOES 00:24:54.89\00:24:59.49 NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING. 00:24:59.49\00:25:03.77 BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE WORD LOVE IS BEING HIJACKED AND 00:25:03.77\00:25:06.74 KIDNAPPED AND YOU NEED TO DO THIS IF YOU REALLY LOVE AND IF 00:25:06.74\00:25:09.14 YOU REALLY LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR YOU SHOULD DO THIS IF YOU REALLY 00:25:09.14\00:25:11.11 LOVE ME YOU SHOULD DO THIS IF YOU REALLY LOVE THIS COUNTRY 00:25:11.11\00:25:14.31 WILL DO THIS NOW WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO. 00:25:14.31\00:25:18.35 WE WILL NOT CONFORM TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND WE WILL NOT 00:25:18.35\00:25:21.02 PEOPLE PLEASE WE WILL DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO BUT WE 00:25:21.02\00:25:23.72 WILL STILL LOVE YOU. ACTUALLY WE CAN STILL DO IT. 00:25:23.72\00:25:27.92 CHRISTIANS CAN STILL LAB EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T CONFORM EVEN 00:25:27.92\00:25:30.73 THOUGH THEY DON'T CONFORM. >> IT'S WAS IN A LOVING 00:25:30.73\00:25:34.10 RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN IDENTITY AND 00:25:34.10\00:25:37.97 INDIVIDUALITY AND IN A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH DO I WANT 00:25:37.97\00:25:44.01 YOU TO BE. THERE IS MANIPULATION AND 00:25:44.01\00:25:47.04 COERCION AND ALL KINDS OF DYSFUNCTIONAL WAYS OF RELATING 00:25:47.04\00:25:49.58 TO THE OTHER PERSON AND THE FREEDOM IS GONE AND THAT IS 00:25:49.58\00:25:53.82 MISERABLE. >> THAT'S REVELATION 13 AND 14. 00:25:53.82\00:25:57.02 THE BEAST, THE DRAGON VERSUS THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. 00:25:57.02\00:26:00.92 IN FREEDOM THAT GOD GIVES US TO WORSHIP OR NOT WORSHIP HIM AND 00:26:00.92\00:26:04.39 THOSE OF THE PRINCIPLES WERE LOOKING AT IN FACT REVELATION 13 00:26:04.39\00:26:07.93 IS THERE WE WERE LOOKING AT BEAST WITH A LAMB LIKE HORNS. 00:26:07.93\00:26:15.64 AND THAT CIVIL FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND WE SEE 00:26:15.64\00:26:18.31 THAT HERE IN THE EXPERIENCES OF GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE. 00:26:18.31\00:26:22.28 I MEAN, THERE IS EXPERIENCE AFTER EXPERIENCE AND CHAPTER 00:26:22.28\00:26:25.38 AFTER CHAPTER THAT BRINGS AT THE SAME PRINCIPLES IN ALL OF THEM 00:26:25.38\00:26:29.08 CULMINATE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 00:26:29.08\00:26:31.69 REVELATION 13 AND 14 AND MATTHEW 24 HAPPENS TO BE A PARALLEL TO 00:26:31.69\00:26:35.16 THE BOOK OF REVELATION IT IS THE LAST DAY OF THE PARALLEL BUT 00:26:35.16\00:26:40.56 MATTHEW 25 IT UNPACKS THE RELATIONAL DYNAMICS THAT IS 00:26:40.56\00:26:44.73 ACTUALLY HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES. 00:26:44.73\00:26:46.17 THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 00:26:46.17\00:26:52.04 GATHER WARMTH OF THE OTHER ENCOURAGE FROM THEIR COWARDICE 00:26:52.04\00:26:55.14 TO LOVE THE WORLD AS CHRIST LOVED THE WORLD AND THE MISSION 00:26:55.14\00:26:59.21 IS ACCOMPLISHED THAT PERSEVERE TO THE END AND SO THE LOVE DOES 00:26:59.21\00:27:03.69 NOT WAX COLD THIS IS THE RELATIONSHIP WE THINK IT'S ABOUT 00:27:03.69\00:27:07.42 A DOCTORING OR A DAY BUT THE CRISIS IS ABOUT CHARACTER. 00:27:07.42\00:27:14.50 IN PLACE THAT HAPPENS NOT TO SINGLE PEOPLE OUT BUT GOD GIVES 00:27:14.50\00:27:20.87 US PARTNERS WIVES HUSBANDS TO SMOOTH OUT A ROUGH EDGES AND 00:27:20.87\00:27:23.47 GROW AS IMMATURE AS TO HELP US TO GET TO THAT PLACE. 00:27:23.47\00:27:28.11 HELP ME. HELP ME PLEASE HELP ME. 00:27:28.11\00:27:32.95 >> TO ME WITH SO IMPORTANT AND THIS IS -- IN YOUR WALK NOW YOU 00:27:32.95\00:27:43.06 HAVE FOUR EYES INSTEAD OF TWO AND YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE SAME 00:27:43.06\00:27:48.33 DIRECTION. >> SOMEONE FROM CALIFORNIA HAS 00:27:48.33\00:27:55.40 WRITTEN AND SAID HOW DO YOU GET SOMEONE TO START COMMUNICATING 00:27:55.40\00:27:59.67 MORE WHEN THEY ARE AND ADMITTED PERSON A FEW WORDS? 00:27:59.67\00:28:08.88 >> RECEIPT TAKE THAT QUESTION. >> I WOULD CHERISH THE FEW WORDS 00:28:08.88\00:28:14.82 BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE SOMEONE AT THE END OF THE DAY A PERSON 00:28:14.82\00:28:18.86 WITH FEW WORDS MANY WORDS IN A PERSON OF MANY WORDS FEW WORDS. 00:28:18.86\00:28:22.26 IF THEY ARE COMFORTABLE AND DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE 00:28:22.26\00:28:24.87 ATTACKED HOW CAN I TRULY CHERISH THE MAN THAT I MARRIED WITH A 00:28:24.87\00:28:27.67 MAN OF FEW WORDS CAN I HAVE THOSE FEW WORDS MEAN A LOT TO 00:28:27.67\00:28:32.27 ME? CAN THEY BE WELL CHOSEN AND 00:28:32.27\00:28:34.84 COMMUNICATE TO ME THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT MAY BE ON 00:28:34.84\00:28:38.11 THIS ISSUE OR EXPRESSING YOUR LOVE ET CETERA BUT I WOULD HAVE 00:28:38.11\00:28:41.92 THAT OPEN COMMUNICATION. I WANT TO ACCEPT YOU FULLY FOR 00:28:41.92\00:28:44.59 WHO YOU ARE A MAN OF FEW WORDS BUT I NEED THOSE FEW WORDS TO 00:28:44.59\00:28:48.16 COUNT AND TO REGISTER THEM. >> AND THAT COULD LEAD TO 00:28:48.16\00:28:54.46 FORWARD TO JUST DON'T KNOW. >> SYMPTOMS OR A TOPIC IS IF YOU 00:28:54.46\00:28:57.47 WE WOULD SAY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE USED AGAINST US. 00:28:57.47\00:29:02.87 WE WILL EXPRESS OUR HEARTS AND COMMUNICATE WHAT'S ON OUR MIND 00:29:02.87\00:29:05.84 AND WILL BE TURNED AS A WEAPON. SO NOW I AM MORE FREE THAN I 00:29:05.84\00:29:12.88 USED TO BE BECAUSE I HAVE GONE THROUGH EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT IN 00:29:12.88\00:29:15.15 THE PAST BUT THIS IS MY WIFE AND I TRUST HER AND SO NOW I WILL 00:29:15.15\00:29:19.49 OPEN MY HEART AND TELL HER. OF COURSE THE REASON WHY I DO 00:29:19.49\00:29:23.16 THAT SO QUICKLY NOW IS BECAUSE IF I WAIT IT WILL COME OUT IN A 00:29:23.16\00:29:28.66 BURST OF ANGER RATHER THAN JUST THIS NICE CALM COMMUNICATION AND 00:29:28.66\00:29:35.47 I KNOW HER INITIAL RESPONSE MIGHT CAUSE ME TOO ACTUALLY DO 00:29:35.47\00:29:39.54 THIS AND IF I COME OUT I SAY NOPE ACTUALLY I AM FINE I AM NOT 00:29:39.54\00:29:44.15 UPSET AND WHEREAS BEFORE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I BROUGHT UP 00:29:44.15\00:29:47.48 SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE I WAS UPSET NOW IT'S MORE LIKE NOW 00:29:47.48\00:29:50.52 BECAUSE I WANT TO PROCESS BEFORE I GET TO THAT PLACE NOT WRONG TO 00:29:50.52\00:29:56.89 BE ANGRY. WHY ARE YOU ANGRY? 00:29:56.89\00:29:59.63 BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THE WAY YOU JUST ACTED AND WHAT YOU JUST DID 00:29:59.63\00:30:05.07 WAS DISRESPECTFUL OR IT WAS UNLOVING AND SO I'M TALKING TO 00:30:05.07\00:30:09.40 YOU ABOUT IT. ANGER IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS 00:30:09.40\00:30:12.47 WRONG IF IT IS AGAIN SOMETHING YOU FEEL WAS LIKE BUT THEN I SAY 00:30:12.47\00:30:18.41 I DID NOT KNOW YOU FELT THAT WAY OR DID NOT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT 00:30:18.41\00:30:22.78 WAY AND SO OKAY HONEY I'M SORRY I JUST TOOK IT THAT WAY UNTIL HE 00:30:22.78\00:30:26.86 RECONCILED THE HOLE PROCESS. THE HOLE PROCESS HELPS US 00:30:26.86\00:30:30.79 RECONCILE AND THEN I HAVE THIS HOLE STUFF AND SHE CAN'T 00:30:30.79\00:30:35.40 REMEMBER TEN DAYS AGO WHAT SHE DID. 00:30:35.40\00:30:43.57 >> I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHEN I WAS RAISING MY CHILDREN AND THE 00:30:43.57\00:30:48.78 CHILDREN WERE SMALL AND I WOULD CATCH THEM DOING SOMETHING GOOD 00:30:48.78\00:30:52.55 WE GET A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE POOR BEHAVIOR THAT KIND OF 00:30:52.55\00:30:58.35 ACCENTUATES THAT BUT WHEN YOU CATCH SOMEONE DOING GOOD AND YOU 00:30:58.35\00:31:03.02 WERE THEM FOR THAT IN WHATEVER WAY THAT THEY EXPERIENCE REWARD 00:31:03.02\00:31:08.20 THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO OPEN UP AND BOUGHT BLOSSOM AND SELL THAT 00:31:08.20\00:31:12.57 COULD ANOTHER TECHNIQUE YOU KNOW. 00:31:12.57\00:31:16.81 YOU COULD TRY IT. >> AND ITS MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO 00:31:16.81\00:31:20.81 THEY LEARN THEMSELVES. >> I DON'T REMEMBER THE AUTHOR 00:31:20.81\00:31:22.68 WAS WHO SPOKE ABOUT THIS BUT EVERY TIME IF YOU THINK ABOUT A 00:31:22.68\00:31:27.78 BANK ACCOUNT LIKE YOU HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT AND EVERY TIME YOU 00:31:27.78\00:31:33.49 DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR SOMEONE YOU ARE DEPOSITING IN 00:31:33.49\00:31:37.66 THEIR ACCOUNT AND THAT YOU ARE DEPOSITING INTO THEIR ACCOUNT 00:31:37.66\00:31:45.57 MAY BE WORDS OF AFFIRMATION OR ACTS OF SERVICE BUT WHEN YOU DO 00:31:45.57\00:31:50.34 SOMETHING FOR THAT PERSON THAT BANK ACCOUNT AND EMOTIONAL BANK 00:31:50.34\00:31:54.34 ACCOUNT START STARTS FILLING UP BUT I GUARANTEE YOU ONE THING 00:31:54.34\00:31:57.78 THAT I HAVE REALLY WATCHED AND PEOPLE CAN DO GOOD THINGS AND IT 00:31:57.78\00:32:02.95 CAN FILL UP THEIR BANK ACCOUNT BUT IF YOU DO SOMETHING NEGATIVE 00:32:02.95\00:32:08.12 THAT TAKES AWAY A FISTFUL OF STUFF ALL AT ONCE. 00:32:08.12\00:32:11.96 ALL THE GOOD THINGS. THE NEGATIVE IS A MUCH MORE 00:32:11.96\00:32:17.40 IMPACTFUL THAN IF SOMEBODY LIKE YOU SAID IT WITH YOUR CHILDREN 00:32:17.40\00:32:23.04 IF CHILDREN ARE ONLY CRITICIZED OR CONDEMNED FOR THEIR ERRORS IF 00:32:23.04\00:32:27.84 YOU ARE NOT AFFIRMING THEM AND YOU'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING GOOD 00:32:27.84\00:32:31.45 FOR THEM KIDS TO GET HER A REALLY REBELLIOUS. 00:32:31.45\00:32:34.78 THEY GET TO THE POINT OF I CAN'T PLEASE MOM AND DAD ANYWAY WHO 00:32:34.78\00:32:42.59 CARES. >> ARE NEVER TELLING JAMES THAT 00:32:42.59\00:32:44.79 COMMUNICATION, VERBAL COMMUNICATION IS THE BEST KIND 00:32:44.79\00:32:46.13 OF FOREPLAY. AND SO FOR A MAN TO UNDERSTAND. 00:32:46.13\00:32:54.40 >> THAT'S MOTIVATION. >> ANOTHER THING IS THAT WE HAVE 00:32:54.40\00:33:03.01 DONE THAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT IS THAT I WILL OPEN UP WHICH IS 00:33:03.01\00:33:05.41 BEEN A HARD THING FOR ME TOO DO OVER THE YEARS I DO IT MORE AND 00:33:05.41\00:33:08.22 MORE NOW BUT IN THE PAST I HAVE NOT AND SHE WAS SAY THANK YOU 00:33:08.22\00:33:10.72 FOR SHARING THAT WITH ME EVEN THOUGH MAYBE SHE WAS HARD OR SHE 00:33:10.72\00:33:14.62 HURT OR WHATEVER BUT THANK YOU OPEN UP AND SHARING AND THAT 00:33:14.62\00:33:17.86 REAFFIRMS THAT THIS WAS A THING THAT IT'S A DEAL. 00:33:17.86\00:33:25.70 INTERESTING. HOW SMALL HOW LITTLE THOSE 00:33:25.70\00:33:32.67 WEDGES -- THE THINGS THAT DEVELOP INTO ARGUMENTS HOW 00:33:32.67\00:33:36.81 LITTLE IT STARTS WITH JUST A SMALL THING AND HOW LITTLE 00:33:36.81\00:33:40.58 THINGS SUCH AS SMALL THINGS CAN MAKE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENT AND 00:33:40.58\00:33:45.39 IT RECONCILE YOU. WE THINK IT'S THE BIG THINGS BUT 00:33:45.39\00:33:47.52 MANY TIMES IT'S JUST A LITTLE THINGS. 00:33:47.52\00:33:50.19 >> TELL US ABOUT RESPECT. OF GOING TO EMPATHY, 00:33:50.19\00:33:56.53 ASSERTIVENESS, AND NOW RESPECT. LET'S GET THE HOLE PICTURE. 00:33:56.53\00:34:02.40 >> RESPECT IS THE THING THAT BREAKS DOWN IN THE COURSE OF 00:34:02.40\00:34:10.88 EMPATHY AND ASSERTIVENESS. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU BUT 00:34:10.88\00:34:13.42 TELL US ABOUT RESPECT. AND I AM YOU KNOW SAYING I DON'T 00:34:13.42\00:34:16.85 WANT TO GET TO RESPECT RIGHT NOW. 00:34:16.85\00:34:19.79 NOPE I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW I HAE SOMETHING ELSE 00:34:19.79\00:34:22.99 I WANT TO DO. AND SO THE DISCOURSE MY VOICE 00:34:22.99\00:34:27.60 RAISES AND THEN YOU SAY WAIT A MINUTE I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT 00:34:27.60\00:34:31.60 IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE ARGUE ABOUT THESE THINGS AT THE VOICE 00:34:31.60\00:34:37.04 IS RAISED WE BECOME DISRESPECTFUL AND DISRESPECT IS 00:34:37.04\00:34:40.88 PROBABLY THE ULTIMATE REVELATION THAT THE CONVERSATION HAS LACKED 00:34:40.88\00:34:45.08 EMPATHY AND ASSERTIVENESS. WE ACTUALLY START ACTING AND 00:34:45.08\00:34:48.82 TALKING AND RELATING IN WAYS THAT ARE DISTANCING AND HURTING. 00:34:48.82\00:34:53.25 COULD JOB AND HIS FRIENDS DID THAT IN JOB GOT INTO IT AS WELL 00:34:53.25\00:34:57.46 HE WAS DISRESPECTFUL TO HIS FRIENDS. 00:34:57.46\00:35:00.30 IF YOU CALL SOMEONE WORTHLESS POSITION THEY HAVE BEEN TO 00:35:00.30\00:35:04.30 SCHOOL EIGHT YEARS OR MISERABLE COMFORTERS THEY SAT WITH YOU FOR 00:35:04.30\00:35:08.10 A WEEK. SO JOB OF HIS RELATIONAL EQUITY 00:35:08.10\00:35:15.98 OR -- SO JOB WAS LOSING HIS RECREATIONAL EQUITY OR BANK 00:35:15.98\00:35:21.02 ACCOUNT WITH HIS FRIENDS AND HE REMEMBERS THAT WHEN GOD CAME HE 00:35:21.02\00:35:24.62 WAS LIKE YES AND HE STARTED PRAYING FOR HIS FRIENDS AND 00:35:24.62\00:35:27.62 THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY THINGS YOU CAN DO TO GET US BACK ON TRACK 00:35:27.62\00:35:31.39 BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO MISTREAT SOMEONE AND BE DISRESPECTFUL TO 00:35:31.39\00:35:34.83 SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE PRAYING FOR BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE THE 00:35:34.83\00:35:38.00 PRAYERS ANSWERED AND IT STARTS RIGHT THERE. 00:35:38.00\00:35:44.17 >> THIS CAN COME FROM TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OBVIOUSLY WE 00:35:44.17\00:35:48.18 ARE AT IMPASSE AND SO I FIND MYSELF SAYING LET'S JUST AGREE 00:35:48.18\00:35:53.38 TO DISAGREE. WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR ME AND 00:35:53.38\00:35:55.38 I'LL PRAY FOR YOU AND JUST IT'S AMAZING HOW THAT WORKS. 00:35:55.38\00:36:01.46 IF THEY HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND THEY GOT UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 00:36:01.46\00:36:06.46 THE BED THEN NOPE LET'S GET BACK IN THE MIDDLE. 00:36:06.46\00:36:08.60 BUT THAT RARELY HAPPENS. MOST PEOPLE THEY DO WANT TO COME 00:36:08.60\00:36:13.64 TO SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT EVEN IF THEY DISAGREE. 00:36:13.64\00:36:17.04 THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS. THAT'S OR TALKING ABOUT HERE. 00:36:17.04\00:36:21.64 >> WHAT IF WHEN IT YOU HAD THAT CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE THAT 00:36:21.64\00:36:24.35 YOU TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE KIND OF CONDESCENDING AND WHAT 00:36:24.35\00:36:29.05 IF INSTEAD SHELLEY COMMUNICATED TO YOU SOMETHING LIKE A JD, I 00:36:29.05\00:36:32.09 SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT YOU THINK THIS THIS THIS AND I CAN 00:36:32.09\00:36:36.73 SEE WHY YOU WOULD COME TO THAT CONCLUSION HAVE YOU CONSIDERED 00:36:36.73\00:36:41.33 THIS? THIS IS ANOTHER THOUGHT AND SO 00:36:41.33\00:36:43.87 YOU KNOW IT WON'T WORK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE 00:36:43.87\00:36:48.87 RESPECTFUL BECAUSE SHE IS VALIDATING THAT YOU THOUGHT IT'S 00:36:48.87\00:36:51.71 THROUGH YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND SO WHEN I TRY TO SEE THINGS FROM 00:36:51.71\00:36:55.61 JAMES' PERSPECTIVE RATHER THAN IMMEDIATELY DEFENDING MYSELF FOR 00:36:55.61\00:36:59.15 SAYING NO THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED THEN I AM ENTERING INTO 00:36:59.15\00:37:04.05 A RESPECTFUL VIDEO BECAUSE I AM VALIDATING THIS THOUGHT PROCESS. 00:37:04.05\00:37:08.02 >> AND YOU'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER MAYBE HOW TO 00:37:08.02\00:37:11.93 APPROACH THINGS DIFFERENTLY OR SAY IT DIFFERENTLY. 00:37:11.93\00:37:18.13 THESE ARE THINGS TO GET ALL WORK ON. 00:37:18.13\00:37:22.20 >> A JD HAS A GREAT LINE THAT HE HAS TAUGHT ME AND I'M USING IT 00:37:22.20\00:37:27.61 WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO HIM IN AN ARGUMENTATIVE FASHION AND THEY 00:37:27.61\00:37:34.82 HAVE THEY HAVE TO SAY AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE AND 00:37:34.82\00:37:39.99 THEY WANT HIS OPINION A LOT OF TIMES YOU SAY WE JUST DON'T HAVE 00:37:39.99\00:37:44.09 ENOUGH INFORMATION YET. AND THAT IS FINE WITH PEOPLE 00:37:44.09\00:37:48.20 BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION 00:37:48.20\00:37:52.10 AND IT IS RESPECTFUL THAT THEY ASK THE OPINION AND IT'S JUST I 00:37:52.10\00:37:58.17 DON'T KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION YET AND HE JUST 00:37:58.17\00:38:03.61 EXTRACTED THEM FROM THIS QUICK SAND THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DRAW 00:38:03.61\00:38:06.85 HIM INTO. IT'S INTERESTING. 00:38:06.85\00:38:09.35 >> AND I SEE THAT. I SEE THAT IN THE BOOK. 00:38:09.35\00:38:14.52 HERE'S ANOTHER BIBLICAL I THINK YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN MAINTAIN THE 00:38:14.52\00:38:19.83 LAW IN A RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE HAVE MAYBE THIS POTENTIAL FOR 00:38:19.83\00:38:24.87 MAJOR BREAKOUT AND SO DANIEL CHAPTER ONE, DANIEL IS IN 00:38:24.87\00:38:28.97 BABYLON AND HE HAS BEEN GIVEN A PORTION OF THE KINGS FOOD AND 00:38:28.97\00:38:32.17 THE KING'S STRENGTHS AND HE PURPOSE IS IN HIS HEART THAT HE 00:38:32.17\00:38:36.28 CAN'T DO THAT'S. IT'S CONSCIENTIOUS THAT HE CAN'T 00:38:36.28\00:38:38.81 DO THIS HE CAN'T TAKE THIS TO TRISH BABYLON AND SO HE TELL US 00:38:38.81\00:38:44.55 MEL CZAR, AND THE BELLS ARE AND DANIEL HAD A LOVING 00:38:44.55\00:38:48.62 RELATIONSHIP. AND THE LOVING RELATIONSHIP BUT 00:38:48.62\00:38:51.03 GUESS WHAT, THEY COMPLETELY DISAGREE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 00:38:51.03\00:38:55.16 THEY COMPLETELY DISAGREE AND NOW WE HAVE OUR READINGS WITH THE 00:38:55.16\00:38:59.77 ANNUAL AND YOU WILL GET SICK IF YOU DON'T EAT THIS FOOD IT WILL 00:38:59.77\00:39:02.14 MAKE YOU SICK. AND YOU WILL ENDANGER MY LIFE 00:39:02.14\00:39:07.18 FOR THE KING. UP MY LIFE IS AT RISK HERE IF 00:39:07.18\00:39:09.08 YOU DON'T EAT THIS FOOD AND YOU WILL GET SICK. 00:39:09.08\00:39:11.91 CAN END UP BUT THE LOVING RELATIONSHIP PREVAILS. 00:39:11.91\00:39:16.72 IT HAS EMPATHY WITH AND IT HAS ASSERTIVENESS DANIEL SAYS WELL, 00:39:16.72\00:39:21.96 HOW ABOUT TRYING THIS FOR TEN DAYS. 00:39:21.96\00:39:28.40 BY THE WAY, HE SAYS, ALL YOUR OTHER FRIENDS AREN'T DOING THIS 00:39:28.40\00:39:31.23 TO LOOK AT ALL THESE OTHER GUYS EATING THIS FOOD. 00:39:31.23\00:39:34.37 YOUR HOLE CHURCH IS DOING THIS YOU SHOULD DO IT TOO AND HE SAYS 00:39:34.37\00:39:39.81 TIME FOR TEN DAYS AND SHE COMES AND NO RESPECT MALLS ARE AND 00:39:39.81\00:39:44.58 MALLS ARE RESPECTED DANIEL AND THE REASON I THOUGHT OF THIS IS 00:39:44.58\00:39:49.38 BECAUSE DD WAS SOMETIMES SICK. >> LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS. 00:39:49.38\00:39:58.66 SURE ENOUGH HE PROVES HIMSELF IS FOLLOWING GOD HE IS COMPLETELY 00:39:58.66\00:40:05.83 SURRENDER TO GOD HE WANTS TO DO THINGS GOD'S WAY AND GOD BLESS 00:40:05.83\00:40:11.14 IS THAT. OF COURSE WE KNOW THE REST OF 00:40:11.14\00:40:13.54 THE STORY AND THAT TEST CAME BEFORE ANY OF THE OTHER WHATEVER 00:40:13.54\00:40:19.21 IT WAS. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE LINKED 00:40:19.21\00:40:23.99 TO THESE LOVING RELATIONSHIPS. THIS WAS EVEN PART OF DANIEL'S 00:40:23.99\00:40:29.06 LITTLE CHURCH. COMPLETELY OUT HERE. 00:40:29.06\00:40:32.36 THE CAPTAIN OF THE KING'S GUARD ET CETERA. 00:40:32.36\00:40:34.56 HE WAS IN A GOVERNMENTAL POSITION AND HE COULD HAVE JUST 00:40:34.56\00:40:36.73 COME DOWN TO BABYLON BUT HE HAD A LOVING RELATIONSHIP. 00:40:36.73\00:40:40.90 AND DANIEL MUST'VE HAD A LOVING ATTITUDE TOWARD HIM FOR THAT 00:40:40.90\00:40:44.94 RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOP. SO JUST BECAUSE WE ARE FROM 00:40:44.94\00:40:47.54 DIFFERENT CULTURES OR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT VERSUS 00:40:47.54\00:40:50.41 RELIGION WE CAN STILL HAVE A LOVING RELATIONSHIP THAT CAN 00:40:50.41\00:40:58.49 FOSTER EMPATHY AND RESPECT. >> EVEN DIFFERENT POLITICAL 00:40:58.49\00:41:02.46 PARTIES? >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:41:02.46\00:41:05.59 >> THE NEXT POINT THAT WE WANT TO GET TO BEFORE THE TIME RUNS 00:41:05.59\00:41:08.96 OUT IS THAT THERE ARE ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE 00:41:08.96\00:41:15.84 DIFFERENTIATED THOSE WHO HAVE INCREASED AND IMPROVE THEIR 00:41:15.84\00:41:19.67 TALENT AND THOSE WHO DID NOT APPEAR AND I THINK THAT HAS A 00:41:19.67\00:41:24.55 LOT TO DO WITH RELATIONSHIPS FISHERMEN TO BE HER FIRST 00:41:24.55\00:41:28.48 CORINTHIANS 12 IN WHICH THERE ARE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. 00:41:28.48\00:41:37.96 AND I WAS THINK ABOUT HOW YOUR TALK ABOUT EXPECTATIONS AND THAT 00:41:37.96\00:41:41.13 THERE ARE DEFINITELY PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED MORE TALENT THAN 00:41:41.13\00:41:45.10 ANOTHER AND THERE MAY BE AS WOMEN WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS 00:41:45.10\00:41:48.40 OF WHAT WON WANT THE HUSBAND MAY BE WE AND EDUCATED AND A GOOD 00:41:48.40\00:41:55.61 PROVIDER. AND GOOD AND ATHLETIC AND 00:41:55.61\00:41:59.51 ADVENTURESOME AND ROMANTIC WE WANT THEM TO HAVE ALL THESE 00:41:59.51\00:42:01.45 TALENTS IN ONE MAN AND YES THERE ARE TALENTED MEN OUT THERE AND 00:42:01.45\00:42:08.22 IF ALL THOSE ARE SUPER IMPORTANT THE NEW YOU BETTER MARRY A FIVE 00:42:08.22\00:42:12.33 TALENT MAN BUT WITHIN A RELATIONSHIP I WAS THINKING HOW 00:42:12.33\00:42:16.33 IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE BRING OUR TALENTS. 00:42:16.33\00:42:23.34 TALENTS USED ARE TALENTS THAT ARE INCREASED AND PROFITS AND 00:42:23.34\00:42:26.14 THOSE ARE THE WORDS USED IN THAT PARABLE IS AND THOSE OF THE 00:42:26.14\00:42:28.51 WORDS USED IN POWER BELL. AND IF I WANT TO GROW IT IS AN 00:42:28.51\00:42:33.35 INVESTMENT BUT IF I WANT TO GROW AND EXPERIENCE INCREASE IN MY 00:42:33.35\00:42:36.55 RELATIONSHIP THAN I WILL BRING THE TALENT THAT GOD INTO 00:42:36.55\00:42:42.92 MINISTERING TO MY HUSBAND. YOU HEARD OF THE COBBLER'S 00:42:42.92\00:42:47.50 CHILDREN DON'T HAVE SHOES OR THE CARPENTER'S HOME IS NEVER DONE 00:42:47.50\00:42:50.63 BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SO GOOD OUT THERE BUT WHAT ABOUT IN THE 00:42:50.63\00:42:54.90 HOME? WHAT IF I BRING MY BEST, THE 00:42:54.90\00:42:57.31 BEST OF MY TALENT INTO MINISTERING TO THAT PERSON? 00:42:57.31\00:43:00.34 OR TO MAKE IT THERE WOULD WHATEVER AND THEN THERE WILL BE 00:43:00.34\00:43:32.74 >> I THINK THERE WILL BE INTIMACY IS THE END GOAL. 00:43:32.74\00:43:42.58 >> IF IS THEY COULD JUST LISTEN TO THESE TOOLS THEY COULD BUILD 00:43:42.58\00:43:46.62 OFF OF THIS. HOW MANY YEARS BUT THEY DO ELSE 00:43:46.62\00:43:54.20 POSITIVE MAYBE IF THEY WAIT THEY COULD FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE A 00:43:54.20\00:44:23.83 FIVE TALENTED HUSBAND. THIS IS A STUFF. 00:44:23.83\00:44:30.93 >> LET'S TAKE THIS INTO THE PARABLE, YOU REMEMBER THE SERVER 00:44:30.93\00:44:36.00 THAT HAD ONE TALENT AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? 00:44:36.00\00:44:39.34 >> BURIED IT. >> IT WAS NEVER DISCOVERED, 00:44:39.34\00:44:41.88 NEVER USED, WHY DID HE BURY IT? >> HE BURIED IT BECAUSE HE HAD A 00:44:41.88\00:44:47.72 MISUNDERSTANDING WITH GOD'S CHARACTER. 00:44:47.72\00:44:52.19 >> IF WE COME ACROSS AS A HARD PERSON WE CAN BECAUSE PEOPLE TO 00:44:52.19\00:44:55.82 BEAR THEIR TALENTS. THE WAY PEOPLE SEE GOD IS 00:44:55.82\00:45:07.80 THROUGH US AND THEREFORE TALENTS ARE BURIED BECAUSE OF THE WAY 00:45:07.80\00:45:10.41 THAT WE ARE PROJECTING THE CHARACTER OF GOD. 00:45:10.41\00:45:12.34 WE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE A HUGE APPLICATION TO THIS WORLD TO 00:45:12.34\00:45:16.38 REVEAL WHAT GOD IS REALLY LIKE AND TO HELP PEOPLE ON EARTH 00:45:16.38\00:45:20.48 THOSE TALENTS THAT THEY ARE BURYING AND USE THEM AND LET 00:45:20.48\00:45:23.75 THEM GROW AND BE MULTIPLIED. >> I REMEMBER MY SISTER IN TEXAS 00:45:23.75\00:45:34.36 AND I HEARD HER ON THE PHONE WITH HER HUSBAND AND SHE SAID 00:45:34.36\00:45:39.53 YOU OUGHT TO HEAR THIS IT'S HONEY WOULD YOU PLEASE HONEY 00:45:39.53\00:45:44.11 THIS THANK YOU THIS AND SHE SAID IT IS DISGUSTING. 00:45:44.11\00:45:47.14 SHE SAID THEY ARE MORE POLITE TO EACH OTHER THAN THEY WOULD BE TO 00:45:47.14\00:45:51.18 A STRANGER. SO WHEN SHE CAME OUT I SAID, 00:45:51.18\00:45:55.12 DON'T THINK YOU OUGHT TO BE? ISN'T IT SUPPOSED TO BE THE 00:45:55.12\00:46:00.19 PLACE WHERE YOU FIND THE MOST COMFORT? 00:46:00.19\00:46:03.06 WELL COUPLE NIGHTS LATER I HEARD HER ON THE PHONE WITH HER 00:46:03.06\00:46:06.09 HUSBAND AND SHE SAID HONEY WE ARE TO GIVE THIS A TRY. 00:46:06.09\00:46:14.94 BUT THE POINT I'M MAKING IS THAT OUR HOME SHOULD BE A REFLECTION 00:46:14.94\00:46:19.77 OF THE LOVE OF GOD. THERE IS NO COMPETITION AMONGST 00:46:19.77\00:46:29.58 THEM THERE IS NO KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT AND IF I CAN'T BE MORE 00:46:29.58\00:46:33.15 POLITE TO MY HUSBAND AND I WOULD BE TO A STRANGER THAN SOMETHING 00:46:33.15\00:46:39.36 IT IS WRONG. >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BIBLICAL 00:46:39.36\00:46:41.10 PICTURE THAT WE FIND EVERYWHERE WE EVEN FIND IN ABOUT THE SHEEP 00:46:41.10\00:46:45.63 IN THE GOAT. YES THE SHEEP AND THE GOAT. 00:46:45.63\00:46:50.01 WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES THAT SEPARATE THE SHEEP FROM THE 00:46:50.01\00:46:55.94 GOAT? MATTHEW 25 WHAT ARE THE 00:46:55.94\00:47:00.38 QUALITIES THAT DIFFERENTIATE IT SHEEP AND THE GOAT? 00:47:00.38\00:47:05.39 >> THERE ARE THE TEN VIRGINS THAN THE TALENTS OF THE SERVANT 00:47:05.39\00:47:08.39 AND ANOTHER IS THE SHEEP IN THE GOAT AND EVERY TIME THE THEME IS 00:47:08.39\00:47:13.09 THE SAME IN ALL THIS BUILT OF MATTHEW 24 WHICH TALKS ABOUT 00:47:13.09\00:47:17.73 WHAT WE'RE REALLY COUNT AT THE END OF TIME WHEN ALL THESE 00:47:17.73\00:47:19.43 THINGS HAPPEN AND WE THINK WHAT WILL COUNT LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING 00:47:19.43\00:47:24.31 IN THE FORM OF THIS PROPHECY BUT THAT IS A REVELATION OVER 00:47:24.31\00:47:28.74 MATTHEW 25 AND WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 00:47:28.74\00:47:32.15 >> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HIGHLIGHTED THE SERVANT THAT 00:47:32.15\00:47:37.75 DIDN'T USE HIS TALENT BUT JESUS ALSO SAID HE WAS LAZY AND SO YOU 00:47:37.75\00:47:42.06 ARE SAYING SOME MEN MIGHT BE GOING LIKE THAT SOUND LIKE TOO 00:47:42.06\00:47:44.36 MUCH WORK BUT MARRIAGE IS AN INVESTMENT. 00:47:44.36\00:47:48.63 YOU ARE MAKING AN INVESTMENT AND IS WORK THAT LAZINESS CAN COST 00:47:48.63\00:48:03.41 YOU. >> WHEN YOU ASKED WHAT SEPARATES 00:48:03.41\00:48:05.18 THE SHEEP AND THE GOAT WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TO SAY THIS 00:48:05.18\00:48:08.98 BUT WHAT SEPARATES THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS IS JESUS TELLING THEM 00:48:08.98\00:48:14.26 I WAS HUNGRY GAVE ME FOOD I WAS THIRSTY GAVE ME DRINK AND A SO 00:48:14.26\00:48:19.03 THAT SHE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE HELPING TO TAKE CARE OF THE 00:48:19.03\00:48:23.93 OTHER. >> IN RELATIONSHIP. 00:48:23.93\00:48:26.13 >> AND THE GOATS ARE WHO ARE THE TAKERS. 00:48:26.13\00:48:30.97 >> THE LEECHES. >> THEY ARE SUCKING UP ALL THE 00:48:30.97\00:48:35.71 SPIRIT. THEY ARE NOT GIVERS. 00:48:35.71\00:48:39.55 >> WHEN I THINK JESUS COMES TO THEM AND THEY SAY YOU ARE 00:48:39.55\00:48:42.25 BLESSED BECAUSE YOU DID THESE THINGS AND THEY ARE LIKE WHEN 00:48:42.25\00:48:44.52 DID WE DO THEM BECAUSE THAT'S JUST HOW THEY DID A LIFE. 00:48:44.52\00:48:48.32 GET WHO THEY WERE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS IT'S NOT LIKE OKAY 00:48:48.32\00:48:51.53 IT'S OUR ANNIVERSARY AND SO THIS IS HOW WE DO LIFE I WILL 00:48:51.53\00:48:56.03 CONSISTENTLY MINISTER TO THE PEOPLE WHO I DRAW CLOSE TO YOU 00:48:56.03\00:48:58.73 AND SO I THINK THAT JESUS IS ASKING OF US TO DRAW CLOSE TO 00:48:58.73\00:49:03.07 EACH THOSE WHO FULFILL JESUS' PRAYER WHAT AN INCREDIBLE 00:49:03.07\00:49:08.38 OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE ACTUALLY TO ANSWERS JESUS PRAYER FOR UNITY. 00:49:08.38\00:49:12.38 WERE ALWAYS ASKING HIM TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 00:49:12.38\00:49:15.58 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER HIS PRAYER THAT WE WOULD BE ONE 00:49:15.58\00:49:19.69 AND HOW IS THAT ACCOMPLISHED? IF I AM DAILY CONSISTENTLY 00:49:19.69\00:49:24.76 MINISTERING TO THE NEED OF MY FELLOW MAN AND DRAWING CLOSE TO 00:49:24.76\00:49:26.09 THEM AS I SEE -- TO THEM AS I SIT THOSE NEEDS THAT'S HOW DO 00:49:26.09\00:49:33.50 LIFE. I MINISTER TO PEOPLE AND AN 00:49:33.50\00:49:37.34 OUTWARD FACING IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY HUSBAND, 00:49:37.34\00:49:40.01 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME MYSELF I AND MY NEEDS AND IF HE IS 00:49:40.01\00:49:44.55 OUTWARD FACING IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS NEEDS THAT 00:49:44.55\00:49:47.58 WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL INTERCHANGE AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE 00:49:47.58\00:49:49.95 DON'T ADDRESS OUR NEEDS BUT YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING. 00:49:49.95\00:49:53.52 >> YOU ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE EAR NEEDS TO ME THAT'S WHAT I SAY. 00:49:53.52\00:49:59.53 THAT TO BEING HEALTHY. >> AND THIS IS NOT NATURAL, THIS 00:49:59.53\00:50:04.07 IS NOT WHAT WE TENDED TOWARD NATURALLY AS HUMAN BEINGS WE ARE 00:50:04.07\00:50:08.10 BROKE AND WE ARE FOLLOWING WERE DYSFUNCTIONAL AND SO WE HAVE 00:50:08.10\00:50:11.07 BEEN MARRIED FOR 32 YEARS WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 32nd 00:50:11.07\00:50:15.01 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND WE HAD DONE PROGRAMS HERE ARE THREE ABN 00:50:15.01\00:50:18.88 ON RELATIONSHIPS AMIRA GO AND SO YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF OUR 00:50:18.88\00:50:21.95 JOURNEY THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND IT IS NOT NATURAL 00:50:21.95\00:50:25.32 FOR US TO FORGIVE AND RECONCILE AND TALK AND GIVE-AND-TAKE AND 00:50:25.32\00:50:30.39 SOMETIMES AGAIN GET INTO A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP JUST LIKE 00:50:30.39\00:50:32.56 WE GET INTO A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHAT CAN I GET OUT 00:50:32.56\00:50:35.90 OF THIS AND HOW LITTLE CAN I GIVE AND HOW MUCH CAN I GET I 00:50:35.90\00:50:40.54 CANNOT WAIT UNTIL I RETIRE, I CANNOT WAIT BUT CHRISTIAN 00:50:40.54\00:50:44.31 MINISTRY IS COMPLETELY JUST WORKING AND GIVING AND WHAT DOES 00:50:44.31\00:50:52.75 IT LOOK LIKE TO STOP DOING THAT. >> IT LOOKS LIKE LIFE. 00:50:52.75\00:50:57.35 THAT'S THE WAY WERE BUILT AS CHRISTIANS THAT'S WHY CHRIST WAS 00:50:57.35\00:51:01.09 BUILT SO WENT BY WIFE SAYS THEY'RE JUST DOING WHAT THEY DO 00:51:01.09\00:51:03.69 YOU THAT'S WHAT THEY DO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE MAKING A SPECIAL 00:51:03.69\00:51:07.83 SIGNIFICANT EFFORT BUT AT TIMES WE SURRENDERS LIKE GIVING TO GOD 00:51:07.83\00:51:15.50 WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS CAUSING THIS AND THEN IF WE DO THAT A 00:51:15.50\00:51:19.24 LOT OF TIMES ARE GETTING THE WRONG AREA AND WERE FOCUSING ON 00:51:19.24\00:51:22.28 WHAT WE NEED TO DO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE SURRENDER TO GOD 00:51:22.28\00:51:24.88 AND IF WE DO THAT THEN THE FRUIT COMES OUT AND THEN WE SEE THE 00:51:24.88\00:51:30.32 RESULT. AS YOU SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN 00:51:30.32\00:51:33.72 WE ARE SURRENDERING INTO OUR COVENANT KEEPING GOD. 00:51:33.72\00:51:36.73 HE'S THE ONE KEEPING THE COVENANT HE'S THE ONE DOING THE 00:51:36.73\00:51:38.96 WORK ON US HE'S THE ONE WORKING THIS OUT. 00:51:38.96\00:51:42.10 OUR JOB IS TO I ASKED GOD FOR A NEW DEFINITION TO SURRENDER 00:51:42.10\00:51:48.64 BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SURRENDER IS AND 00:51:48.64\00:51:51.84 I TRIED FOR YEARS TO TELL HIM WHAT IT WAS AND IT DID NOT 00:51:51.84\00:51:55.01 REALLY REGISTER. AND SO GOD GAVE ME THREE STEPS 00:51:55.01\00:51:59.25 NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO KNOW GOD. TO SURRENDER YOU HAVE TO TELL 00:51:59.25\00:52:04.75 HIM. YOU HAVE TO KNOW HIM AS A GOD OF 00:52:04.75\00:52:06.92 LOVE BUT ALSO NUMBER TWO IT IS STOP AND SUBMIT. 00:52:06.92\00:52:12.89 STOP RESISTING HIS LOVE AND SUBMIT. 00:52:12.89\00:52:17.13 YOU NEED TO LINE UP UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF GOD. 00:52:17.13\00:52:23.27 AND THE THIRD STEP IS A YIELD TO THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:52:23.27\00:52:30.55 SURRENDER IS NOT DIFFICULT. IF WE FOLLOW THE SPIRIT HE WILL 00:52:30.55\00:52:37.29 WORK INTO GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE BUT QUICKLY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 00:52:37.29\00:52:41.26 A FEW MINUTES LEFT, LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, IT YOU ARE 00:52:41.26\00:52:48.06 READING THESE BOOKS YOU HAVE A LIST HERE THAT WE HAVE TALKED 00:52:48.06\00:52:51.50 ABOUT BUT DO YOU SIT DOWN AND READ THEM TOGETHER? 00:52:51.50\00:52:56.04 SOMEONE OUT HERE IS GOING ON I WANT MY MARRIAGE TO GO I WANT TO 00:52:56.04\00:53:02.58 MAKE THE INVESTMENT BUT HOW DO YOU COME TO THIS DO SIT DOWN AND 00:53:02.58\00:53:04.68 READ TO THE CHAPTER TOGETHER? DO YOU READ APART? 00:53:04.68\00:53:08.08 WHAT YOU DO? >> TO ME I NEED MY OWN COPY I 00:53:08.08\00:53:12.12 HAVE TO MARKET UP AND WRITE AND SO IT WORKS FOR US MOST OF THE 00:53:12.12\00:53:14.99 TIME IS THAT SHE GETS A COPY AND I GET A COPY BUT I DON'T KNOW 00:53:14.99\00:53:18.46 HOW MANY WE HAVE READ TOGETHER BUT I THINK MOST OF THE TIME 00:53:18.46\00:53:22.00 IT'S MY COPY IN HER COPY AND OR LIKE WE HAD ONE BOOK AT TIMES 00:53:22.00\00:53:27.54 THAT I'M READING AND I'M SHARING WITH HER AND SHE HAS A BOOK THAT 00:53:27.54\00:53:29.94 SHE SHARED WITH ME BUT IT DEPENDS UPON THE COUPLE AND WHAT 00:53:29.94\00:53:33.74 WORKS. >> BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVEN 00:53:33.74\00:53:34.94 IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN COPY DO SIT DOWN AND CHAPTER BY CHAPTER 00:53:34.94\00:53:38.21 TOGETHER OR DO YOU JUST READ IT SEPARATELY AND COME TOGETHER. 00:53:38.21\00:53:41.18 >> THERE'S A BOOK RIGHT NOW THAT WE READ TOGETHER AND WE DON'T 00:53:41.18\00:53:43.59 SEE IT EVERY NIGHT BUT BEFORE YOU GET THE BETTER WERE LIKE 00:53:43.59\00:53:46.89 OKAY LET'S READ A STORY AND IT'S ONE BOOK AT SOMEONE SAID TO US 00:53:46.89\00:53:51.39 AND IT WAS ON LOVE IS A VERB I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT 00:53:51.39\00:53:54.96 IT'S A LOVE STORY OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE A CHALLENGING CHALLENGING 00:53:54.96\00:53:59.63 EXPERIENCE AND HOW THEY MANIFESTED MANIFESTED IT GODLY 00:53:59.63\00:54:02.37 QUALITIES THAT CAME OUT OF IT AND THEY ARE CLOSER AND STRONGER 00:54:02.37\00:54:05.27 AND MORE INTIMATE AND DO THAT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED WE READ 00:54:05.27\00:54:10.41 THAT CHAPTER AND SOMETIMES WE DRIVE IN CARS IN CALIFORNIA TO 00:54:10.41\00:54:13.95 OREGON AND WE READ THE EA OUR BOOK WE DO THAT. 00:54:13.95\00:54:21.12 IT'S NOT FORMAL IN TERMS OF IT'S ALWAYS ONE WAY BUT WE DO FIND 00:54:21.12\00:54:25.06 WAYS OF READING IT TOGETHER AND SHARING THOUGHTS AND DISCUSSING 00:54:25.06\00:54:32.40 IT. >> EVERYBODY WANTS THAT SWEET 00:54:32.40\00:54:37.77 FRUIT. THE FRUIT IS NOW THAT YOU ARE 00:54:37.77\00:54:39.31 GETTING TO SHARE WHAT YOU ARE STUDYING WITH OTHERS. 00:54:39.31\00:54:43.08 AND THIS WILL BE A VERY BLESSED TIME. 00:54:43.08\00:54:47.68 THE SABBATH. BECAUSE YOU CAN GET TO GO OVER 00:54:47.68\00:54:49.45 SOME OF THE STUFF AND ASK IT. >> I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE 00:54:49.45\00:54:58.46 RECEIPT OUTLINED ON THE 23rd BIBLICAL FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF AND 00:54:58.46\00:55:02.73 THAT'S WERE GOING THROUGH WE WILL SHARE THE BELIEF THAT SHE 00:55:02.73\00:55:04.50 SAID SO DO YOU WANT ME THERE? AND I SAID NOPE I WANT YOU TO 00:55:04.50\00:55:08.64 FILL IN I WANT YOU TO CONNECT THE DOTS I WANT US TO TALK ABOUT 00:55:08.64\00:55:12.74 SOME OF THE STUFF SO WE CAN SHARE THE VERSUS AND THEN PUT. 00:55:12.74\00:55:18.88 >> QUICK WE HAVE ONE MINUTE QUICK FINAL THOUGHT. 00:55:18.88\00:55:24.89 >> IT SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT GOD IS AUTHOR OF MARRIAGE 00:55:24.89\00:55:27.76 AND THAT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR RELATIONSHIPS AND WE ARE LOOKING 00:55:27.76\00:55:31.29 TO GROW AND IMPROVE THEM THAT WE TURN TO HIM HE HAS EVERYTHING WE 00:55:31.29\00:55:34.93 NEED TO MAKE IT THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT HE DESIGNED FOR IT TO 00:55:34.93\00:55:41.90 BE. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT JOSEPH 00:55:41.90\00:55:44.07 WHO WENT THROUGH SOME TRAUMA JUST AS A LOT OF US HAVE DONE 00:55:44.07\00:55:51.08 OUR LIVES WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS BUT BEFORE 00:55:51.08\00:55:54.85 HIS BROTHERS CAME BACK INTO HIS PRESIDENCY HE FORGAVE THEM AND 00:55:54.85\00:55:58.29 SO I DON'T THINK THINK FORGIVENESS AND WORK INTO OUR 00:55:58.29\00:56:01.06 PAST OUR DIFFICULTIES IS INCUMBENT ON THE 00:56:01.06\00:56:06.90 INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE OTHER PERSON. 00:56:06.90\00:56:08.73 WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT GOD CAN HEAL US AND CAUSE US TO FORGIVE 00:56:08.73\00:56:13.50 PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN OUR PRESENCE THAT DOESN'T MEAN 00:56:13.50\00:56:16.50 WE DON'T TEST THAT RELATIONSHIP. JOSEPH TESTED HIS BROTHERS BUT 00:56:16.50\00:56:19.91 WE DO NEED THIS FORGIVE US IN THIS RECONCILIATION THAT COMES 00:56:19.91\00:56:23.78 DIRECTLY FROM GOD TO THE PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT IN OUR 00:56:23.78\00:56:29.82 SPACE. >> THANK YOU FROM SHARING FROM 00:56:29.82\00:56:31.69 YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR EXPERIENCE THE WONDERFUL BOOKS THAT YOU 00:56:31.69\00:56:34.56 READ AND DO REMEMBER FOR YOU AT HOME, WE ARE CREATED IN GOD'S 00:56:34.56\00:56:39.93 IMAGE, GOD IS LOVE AND HE IS TRYING, THE HOLY SPIRIT ROMANS 00:56:39.93\00:56:45.27 55 HE POURED HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEART LIKE A THAT IS WHY WE NEED 00:56:45.27\00:56:52.07 TO SURRENDER AND FOLLOW OUR LORD AND THEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WILL 00:56:52.07\00:56:56.71 BE GROWING. OUR PRAYER FOR YOU IS THAT THE 00:56:56.71\00:56:58.48 GRACE OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST TO THE LEVEL OF THE 00:56:58.48\00:57:01.32 FATHER AND THE SUN AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE WITH YOU. 00:57:01.32\00:57:05.62 >> GOD BLESS YOU. 00:57:05.62\00:57:14.86