Dead Weight

In this podcast episode, the speaker discusses the shedding process and how God removes dead weight from our lives. They talk about mindset and how our beliefs shape our understanding of the world. The speaker shares personal examples of mindsets that God has stripped them of, such as pride and a lack of humbleness. They emphasize the discomfort and importance of this process and how it leads to renewal. The speaker also references stories from the Bible to illustrate how renewal can happen multiple times in one's life. Good night, women and men of God. Welcome back to LWR Podcast, Living Water Restoration. I am so happy you guys made it to another episode. Tonight, we are going to be talking about the shedding process, which is dead weight. Tonight, we are going to talk about how God sheds us of the dead weight in our walk with Him. There comes a moment in everyone's walk when God really starts to shed you of everything that you are comfortable with and really renews you, renews your mindset. There is no renewing without stripping. Tonight, we're going to be talking about the process of God removing dead weight for us to move in accordance with Him. I hope you guys are ready. We are going to dive right into it tonight. We ain't wasting no time. We ain't wasting no time. Let's dive right in. First of all, let's talk about what is even a mindset. The definition of what a mindset is, is a set of beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself. Living in the world, we have examples of things all around us. Our first examples start within our home, then our second examples for the most part kind of start in school when we first start having our first experience with society. With that being said, we develop a lot of things that we consider normalcy in our mindset, meaning how we make sense of stuff. A lot of us make sense of things by the things that we have physically seen and the things that we have gone through and the examples that we have seen. Let's start off with the devil is a liar. A lot of the things that we consider normal are really not that normal based off of how we process stuff. I'll use myself as an example with a mindset in me that needed to be renewed that I allowed God to really strip me of is a prideful mindset of feeling like, well, I can have any man I want so I don't really need to wait on nobody to get nothing together, period. When God calls you to be a woman of God and in the process prepares you to be a wife and a mother if that's what your heart desires, if that's what your heart desires, he will prepare you for that, that mindset of I can have any man I want so I'm not waiting for nobody to get it together, that is an extremely detrimental mindset that is not getting anybody anywhere. That is one thing that God really had to strip me of. I'm just going to speak from my own personal experience first because I can't speak on what God is going to strip you of because I don't know what y'all are going through. I will share with y'all some things that God had to strip me of, a couple of mindsets that he had to strip me of and the process of the stripping and what it feels like and why he does it and why it is so important to really dig deeper into your relationship with God. It is so important to hold on to him during the deadweight process because God is literally stripping you of a false identity that you have placed on yourself based off of the things that you have gone through in life and he is basically developing you into the person that he has always seen you to be. The person that God shaped you in the womb to be, he is a process of when you have held on to an identity of yourself for so long, it is a process when God starts to strip you of them. A lot of things that I need to be stripped from in my mindset like I said originally was pride was a big one, also like a lack of humbleness, also not knowing, being extremely independent in a negative way and another one I got for y'all is recently God revealed to me that I do not know how to accept love from a healthy place. So God has put me in a transition period in my life where he is stripping me of what I believed in that makes sense to me in the world that I live in because once you move into the world of Christ, it is not the same world and that coat of survival that you are walking around with, you no longer have to walk around with that coat because God is your protector, literally. In all things that you go through, God is working out everything for the good of those who love him. So you don't have to walk around with that same kind of armor. Yes, there is a armor that you do have to put on in Ephesians 6 that it digs deep into but that is not the same kind of armor that we have been walking around with, especially not me. I definitely was not walking around with the Ephesians 6 armor of God, I was walking around with a defensive armor of I ain't trying to be hurt no more so please don't try to come hurt me because I'm going to hurt you back and God had to strip me of that. Also another thing God has stripped me from is like searching for comfort in people, yeah, searching for comfort in people and learning to find comfort in him and his word and our relationship. None of those things are comfortable, let me tell you that right now. When God gets to stripping stuff that's in you and on you, it is not a comfortable process. It feels uncomfortable, it is hurtful and it feels lonely and it feels very strange. To be honest, it's like God is literally stripping you into nakedness and when God is stripping you into your nakedness, we have coping mechanisms and God is trying to teach us not to cope in that manner anyway. So imagine you've been coping one way in your life for forever, like I was coping through smoking weed and having sex and imagine that you are now going through one of the most interesting time periods of your life and you cannot lean on weed or sex or dating or toxic relationships. It feels uncomfortable and it feels strange and it's like I don't think I like this very much. I don't think I like it very much. It's like uh-uh, get somebody else to do it because it is so uncomfortable and it's so strange but it is so necessary and it is a process that you cannot avoid. So when does the shredding process really start? It really starts when you give God your full yes. When you are like God, I surrender it all to you and I want to live for you. Once you give God that full yes, that is when the shredding process starts to occur. It is a dead weight that keeps you from indulging in your relationship in full with the Lord because you are not operating in the sense of God is the source. You are operating in the world is the source and I am going to lean on things of this world to give me comfort. But there comes a time where you can no longer lean on the world to give you comfort because the things that we see physically are temporary and we will literally live our life and lead our life into a path of destruction by leaning on things that we can see physically. All right now, so where are we going to jump into after that? What exactly is God stripping you of? Everything that you thought was normal. In order for your mind to be renewed, you need a clean slate. So God is removing everything from you that you felt like your survival mechanism because you don't have to survive in that way anymore. The definition of renewal in the Merriam-Webb is to make new spiritually, to regenerate, to restore to existence, to revive. And the Hebrew meaning of renewal is repair, to be new, a renovation or resumption. And a resumption is, the definition of resumption is the action of beginning something again after a pause or an interruption. That means that your mindset was only interrupted by the things that was going on in your life. It was only an interruption that we clung on to these negative coping mechanisms. That means that the renewal process is inevitable. There is no avoiding the renewal process because your mindset was only interrupted for a time being. Amen, somebody. So some people may feel like when it comes to when you give your life to God, you can only be renewed one time or like you miss your shot after you get renewed once. But in the Bible, there's many, many stories of how renewal is something that can happen time and time and time and time again. So one particular story in the Bible where I felt like, oh, this is good, like a perfect example of renewal always being able to happen as long as you are in a space of repentance and forgiveness and just allowing God to renew you, he will do it is in Second Chronicles where they're talking about the kings of Judah and how there were bad kings who started following idolatory, idol, idolatry, and just was like, you know, serving idols and just wasn't living the life that God had intended for them to be living. They weren't moving the way David did. You know, like they was just living just to live and serving things that they shouldn't have been serving. So there was a couple of kings, right? It was a process. There was King Hazaz, I believe is how you pronounce his name. He wasn't a good king. He was serving idols. He was literally defaming God's temple with these idols, like literally putting the idols in the temples and just worshiping them. And then, you know, his time came and ended. And then King Hezekiah came after him. And he was a good king who followed the, who followed the ways of David, who lived the way that he was supposed to live for God and remove the idols and so on and so forth. And then after King Hezekiah, oh, sorry, while King Hezekiah was the king, he went to God and was like, you know, he want to do it the right way that he was that he was gonna that he was gonna shed the temple of all the things that did not belong there. And he was gonna bring God's people back to him. And after he became king, there was an after his time went and gone. There was another king, King Manasseh, I hope I'm saying that right King Manasseh. He was a he was not a good king. He was also serving kings, he was serving idols, and just literally just running amok in the Lord's temple as well. And then after that king's time went and passed, another king, King Josiah, was a good king and wanted to live on a righteous path and to lead people into righteousness, right? But mind you, King Josiah asked to basically ask for the temple to be renewed, basically renewing the covenant between God and the people that were serving him. And one of the interesting things about, especially the story of King Josiah, is that when he became king really young, and then in the midst of him becoming king, in his eighth year of power, he began to seek God. And in him seeking God, he started the process of renewing the idols and stuff like that. And then there came a part in his, I believe, the 16th year of him leading. There was a part where the book of the laws was founded, like the laws of God was founded during his reign of him being king. And after King Josiah heard about all the all of the curses that will be bestowed upon the people for the things that they were doing, he humbled himself before God, and he continued to seek him and asked God to renew the covenant with the king and the people of Israel. And then Josiah finally, I mean, when God renewed the covenant between the people and him, Josiah threw out all of the idols and everything that was detestable to the Lord. And Josiah was used to basically save the nation of the Israelites. What I found so interesting about that story, like, let's break it down, like, I thought it was so interesting that one, before Josiah had a understanding of the word of God, him seeking God, him seeking God, allowed God to open up certain things to his knowledge, right? Which was that those idols and stuff, they clearly didn't belong in the temple. So he had already started removing things from the temple and from the people just by him seeking God, just by him looking to have a relationship with God. It is then once when he found the word of God, the law, is when he really, like, really humbled himself and said, Now I'm giving everything that I got to give to the Lord, like, I'm gonna do this all the way, right, and we're gonna save the people. In the same way, you should look at yourselves the same way. You don't need to have a full-blown understanding of the word before you develop a relationship with God. The most important thing is for you to have a relationship with God, because once you discover the word, he will then interpret it for you, for you to understand exactly how to move next and exactly what steps to do after that. As you see, once he found the word of God and wanted to apply it, then he threw out everything that was detestable to the Lord. In the same way, once you throw yourself into the interpretation of God's word, he will strip you of all the things that are detestable to him from your mindset. And that is not as easy as picking up an idol and throwing it away. It is a way more uncomfortable process. But don't worry now, because in all of that, you can manage, because in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, verse 13, let me pull that up for y'all real quick, in 1 Corinthians 10, it is basically where the Bible tells you that God is not gonna give you more than you can bear. No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. So basically, any kind of temptation that you can think of, smoking, sexual sins, like gossiping, all that stuff, the things that are common to mankind, so none of those will overtake you. And God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure the temptation. Now this is definitely the truth. I have definitely been in situations since this walk with God where I have been tempted to do the things that I used to do that would make me feel comfortable because like, this this stage, this stage, this this part of your walk with God is very, it's very vulnerable and it's very open. Like I said, it's like a nakedness, like you're not used to moving in this manner. So it's just like, the easiest thing for you to do is to go back to the stuff that made you comfortable. And what made me comfortable is like, yeah, I always had me a little joint and and a joint to smoke. I'm screaming. But yeah, that's that's just the truth, though. Like I always had me a little link. And I was always copping buzz like I was never short of a little I was never short of a blunt like never. And there's been times where my feelings have been hurt in the situation where temptation was real hard. And it was just like, I know that's not what I'm supposed to do. But like, it feels like this is like the only thing for me to do next. And God has definitely put me in situations where it was like, well, I know that's what you want to do. But you're not going to be able to do this because I'm going to provide a way out for you. And I'll give you all the perfect example. It was a couple, couple weeks ago. And I was no at this point, this would be last month, like last month there I was, um, I told y'all we gonna be real, we gonna be transparent, and I'm keeping it all the way 100 with y'all. So my feelings was real, real hurt. And I was just like, God, I'm tired of waiting. And I don't gotta wait for nobody. And I could really have anybody that I want. And although that may be the truth, I may can have anybody that I want, but any anybody that I want is not going to be, be fruitful to my spirit at all, like, yeah, you can have any man that you want. But that man is not going to give you nothing. He only going to take and take and taking and take from your piece, you don't take from your piece of mind, he's going to take from your take from your personality, just take. So yeah, you could not wait and do what you want to do. But what is that going to give you in the end? Absolutely nothing. And I was real tempted this one night, y'all. And I got invited to go somewhere and I didn't know what the purpose of the event was. But come to find out how that gone, I would have ran into an old fling and me running into this old fling, like I always been real smooth with words, y'all. So I know that at any point, like I could really I could say whatever I want, I'ma have whatever I want, just because I always been real smooth with words. That's not what God blessed me with smooth words to do. So anyway, I ended up not going because like my church had an event and I decided to go to the church event instead. But the following night, I got invited out again and I was just like, all right, this time I'ma go like it's been a while and I ain't been out in a while. Mind you, my emotional state was in a completely different emotional state by the time I said yes. By the time the evening came and I got and I went to church to go to rehearsal or whatever, like my feelings was getting real hurt. And the devil was a liar. And I was just hearing all kinds of things I shouldn't have been hearing. It was just like, oh, you don't belong here. And like, you know, like, I don't even know why you're trying to do all this stuff. Like, just go do what you used to do. And I had made my mind up. I was like, forget it. As soon as I'm out, as soon as this rehearsal is over, I'm running out and I'm just doing whatever because like I'm so tired of my feelings being hurt. And we went through that one run and I was like, all right, finally, I'm about to be able to leave and I'm gonna just go early so that I can just hurry up and get back to Connecticut before it's too late. Y'all, why when the rehearsal, when I thought the rehearsal was over and I was battling in my mind the whole time while I was at church and I was just like, yep, nope, that's just what I'm going to do. I'm gonna do it. I'm smoking a little blunt. It is what it is. And I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna like, I'm gonna still give somebody a word, though. Boy, the devil is a liar. So anyway, why I thought the rehearsal was over, God, it's so funny, why I thought the rehearsal was over and the director was like, we're gonna run through it one more time. I'm sorry. I know it's late, y'all, but we got to run through this one more time because I need to make sure it's perfect. So now me having the plan of, yeah, I'm gonna do this because I'm just tired of feeling like this. God provided me the way out when he knew that the temptation was becoming too much for me to endure. God will do the same thing for you. Like there is no reason to be in fear of anything because like I said, God will really direct your footsteps. And when he knows something is about to be too much for you, like he really he will really make he will really give you a way out. And that he surely did. So I want to encourage somebody on today and just know that even when it starts to get real hard in that shedding process, God provides a way out because he knows where your heart is at the end of the day. You know, you just feeling a little bit hurt and just you're not going to let your hurt feelings put you in a place where you don't belong to be when he knows that you are on a path of seeking his righteousness. So he will help you out. You know what I'm saying? Yes, the devil may provide the temptation, but God will provide a way out because he is good. I know that's right. So that's just an example of how. During the shedding process, like things could get a little bit hard, but God got you because he is a faithful God. And in that moment, I truly saw God's faithfulness. So another. Another example, another Bible verse I'm going to hit y'all with, I'm going to give it to y'all real good today for real. Let's go to Ephesians 4. Twenty two and twenty four. Ephesians 4, twenty two and twenty four, here we go. This is also about the renewing, right, about what he is, what he is stripping you of and renewing you with. All right. So read starting at twenty two, you were taught with regard to your former way of life to put off your old self. This is about this is about your walk with Christ now. So you were taught with regard to your former way of life to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires to be made new in the attitude of your minds and to put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Basically, like I said, in our old life, if you are just like if you are really just now transitioning and really giving your life to God, right, most of us, if not all of us, are really coming from a life of sin. And we were definitely taught to handle things a certain way in that past life. And we have held on to that false identity and a place of comfort. However, God is shedding us and giving us a new attitude in our minds, meaning that we don't even look at their perspective is changing. Like you don't even look at stuff the same way. The things that hurt you don't even hurt you in that way where you feel like you need to be fulfilled by the old desires of your deceitful old life, because that's not the truth. That was not the true you. That was you walking in hurt. That was you walking in pain. That was you walking in betrayal, walking in darkness. That's what that was. And when we decide that we are going to give our lives to Christ, he puts on a new self because we are a new thing in Christ. And that brings me to Isaiah 43. Isaiah 43, 18 and 19. Let me. Pull that up for you real quick, too, it says here. Forget the former things and do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and I'm bringing and I am in streams in the wasteland. That means we're in places where you thought was dead. It was a drought. God is literally creating a stream of life for it. He is making a way in the wilderness, the trees that you couldn't look past. He is knocking down the trees to make a way. He is doing a new thing in you. And when he's doing the new thing in you, baby, it's not a comfort. It don't feel comfortable. It's very, very uncomfortable. But it's worth you being patient and letting him. Create the way for you. And yes, it's hard not to look back and be like, damn, like this was easier. Like it was easier to just do it like this. But then also remind yourself of all the destruction that it has caused you, all the lack of peace, all the peace that you have lost. Because of it, because of what we went to that made us comfortable, at least what the devil provided us and made us feel like this is comfort because it was a lie. There was never any comfort there. Let me tell you something. When I was smoking weed. Like I really I mean, like literally I was smoking every day, like literally every day, like every day, like and it wasn't just one or two blunts for the day. I mean, like I was like really, like really smoking for real. Like I was really smoking heavy gas for real. And like I really could not go the day without having bud like as soon as it was as soon as the weed was done. Yeah, I was out to Dykeman immediately, like definitely always needed to smoke. And. And when I lost my car and my last relationship and my apartment, basically, I lost all of that within like the same time period, like once all that was lost, the next day I had definitely tried to smoke. I had definitely tried to smoke and I felt exactly how I felt before I started smoking. Nothing changed, like absolutely nothing. I was still as hurt. I was still as confused. I was still as I was still as lost because comfort doesn't come from those things. And God really revealed to me in that moment that comfort will never come from that. In all actuality, I started to find comfort when I started to be real with God about how I felt about stuff for real. Like once I really started to tell God, like I keep putting myself in these situations with men because I'm tired of being lonely and I really just want to know who my person is. Like once I like that has always been a desire of mine. Like I grew up, I was the first child, so I grew up and my parents were married and like like family was a beautiful thing. Like we used to go to the movies all the time. We used to go on vacations like we used to go out to other families houses to have dinner and stuff. And all those things were so beautiful to me. And I remember just being young and just like, oh, my God, I cannot wait until I have my own family. And like even as a child, I was like 12, 13, telling telling my mom that my biggest fear was me not being able to have children. That's how strongly I desired having children and being in a family, like from such a young age, like I always wanted to be that. I always wanted to iron my husband's clothes before he went to work, like I always wanted to have like movie nights with my family, like that was always a deep desire of mine. Like when the first time I went to Disney World, child, most people be thinking like, oh, my God, I can't wait to go to Disney World again. I was like, I can't wait to go to Disney World with my family. Like I was I was always that something my heart always, always desired. Like I just always desired to be that. And the same way that God knows what the desires of your heart is the same way the devil has an inclination of what your desires are. And therefore he will give you things that make you feel like you're about to get that desire. But it is just it is just a demon wrapped up in a bow, baby. It's literally just a lie wrapped up in a bow. And it's once I finally really gave my life to Christ and was like, God, I just I want you to use me. It's when my perspective on marriage, my perspective on dating, my perspective on having children, all of it really started to be more refined into what God called to be the truth. So at one point in time, because I was so thirsty to know who my person was, I was jumping from one person to the next person. Like, is it you? Is it you? Is it you like really a hopeless romantic? And then like once I came to the understanding of like being in a relationship with God, like I really couldn't even talk to somebody that God didn't call for me. You get what I'm saying? Like, even though I may struggle with the loneliness sometimes, like it will never be like, I'm going to just talk to you because I'm lonely. Like, I'd rather tough it out. And that that walk is for literally for everybody, like we all have that choice of just waiting, waiting for God to provide for us. It is that that hunger sometimes gets lost in translation and it becomes the hunger of everything you want to get for yourself. And then we lose the hunger of a relationship with God and then he gives it to you. You don't even have to you don't even have to chase after it the way that you would chase after it by yourself because God has it waiting for you already. It's just certain things that he has to strip you of and you have to allow him to strip you of that. And because of the fact that it's so uncomfortable, a lot of people don't like waiting out the stripping process. But I'm here to tell you it's worth it. All right. It's scary and it's uncomfortable and it feels odd, but it's definitely worth it. Let me give you one more Bible verse, which is going to be. Now, I'm going to give you a couple more, actually, let's go to 2 Corinthians 4 and 16 through 18. 2 Corinthians 4, 16. Through 18. All right. Therefore, oh, my goodness, therefore, we do not lose heart, though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day for our life and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary. But what is unseen is eternal. Y'all, when y'all are chasing after eternal life, maybe it is so worth you just saying, God, I'm going to tough it out. And the easiest way to allow yourself to tough it out is to really be real with God. And that moment when you feel lonely, tell God, I feel so lonely today. That moment when you're feeling troubled, you just like, God, I'm feeling miserable today. That moment that on that moment when you're feeling sad, tell God, I am really sad today. I don't know what I'm crying for, but please be my strength today. Please send me somebody today because I cannot manage it on my own today. Like, I cannot. So don't lose heart. You know what I'm saying? Don't lose faith. Because even though on the outside we are literally losing everything that was comfortable to us, we are gaining something day by day in renewal of our spirit. We are gaining that every day. Something new is being gained when we allow God to strip us of the things that we see physically, because the things that we see and the things that we obtain of comfort in the physical is only temporary, which is why when I brought up the whole weed thing, when I was like, you know, I'm tired of smoking weed, that's because that thing that I was seeing out on the physical, in the physical, that was only a temporary, that was only a temporary fix. Because a renewal is the inevitable. Your mindset can only be interrupted for but so long until you say, God, I'm ready for you to use me in ways that you have never used me before. So I'm just really encouraging someone to give God your full yes and let him strip you of that negativity. Let him strip you of that false identity that was placed on you because the devil hurt. I mean, because the devil gave you experiences that were negative and they were painful. And yes, when I say I truly understand because I have been there, I have laid down in people's beds looking for comfort that I didn't need to lay down looking for comfort in. I have smoked weed because I was searching for peace in something I would have never gotten peace in. I was searching for company and friendships that were never going to build me into the woman that I needed to be that God who God called me to be. I was there. I was there. And it's so much better to let God strip you of all of that than to stay in that place when you know you don't need to. So, yes, like let it go. These things that we see physically, I mean, half of the stuff is the majority of the stuff that we're looking at is a lie, like literally like the majority is a lie. It's so important for you to really throw yourself into your relationship with God. Like I said, stay in communication with him daily and he will really show you where to go next. You're in your relationship with God is what is most important in this world. And I'm sorry, the truth is the fact of the matter is God is the unseen. We may feel his presence. He may send us people. He may work through people, but we don't really see God until, you know, you know, he called us to the other side. But guess what? When our days are over here on this earth, there is no coming back to what's on this earth. So work for everything that's going to give you eternal glory. Work for everything that's going to give you internal glory, because that outweighs all of the physical things that you see, all the physical, all the physical things that give you comfort. For example, with the tarot cards and the zodiac signs and the crystals, all these things are false idols that make you feel a sense of comfort that does not give you comfort, honey, though, where those where those those are physical things that demons literally use to communicate through you on through those things to communicate to you a sense of peace, to communicate to you a sense of, oh, I know what your future is going to be. Nobody knows, baby. Nobody knows but the Lord. OK, let the physical things go, because those physical things one day are temporary and they're going to leave you in a place of destruction that serve you no good whatsoever. And the same the same kind of answers you searching for in those zodiac signs, baby, you better off just waiting on God to reveal things to you, honestly, because the things that he's revealing to you is the truth. Those tarot cards, those crystals, those all of those things are just distractions meant to send you into a path of dealing with witchcraft. And you do not have to do that to search for answers for your future because God has the answers and he wants to reveal them to you. But like I said in the last podcast, a lot of us try to avoid the process that comes with God revealing the truth to us. Hold on to your faith and let those physical things go, because once you develop your relationship with God and really let him build your faith, it says faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains. If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, God will start working in you. You have to really believe it. You have to believe it, because even though it's unseen, God is going to show you something that is so hard for you to be like, God is not real, like he will show you something in the physical that's so real that has you like God is really, really here. So that's our episode for tonight. Tonight, I'm going to I'm praying for someone. We got to end this one in a good prayer. Tonight, Lord God, I am praying for the person who is afraid of the process of you shedding the dead weight from them, Father God. Tonight, I am praying that you give them a spirit of courageousness, Father God, to let go of the things that will no longer that the things that no longer serve them, Father God, the things that have never served them. Father God, I pray that you give them a strength to lean on to you, Father God, and to lean not on their own understanding. Father God, I pray that you give them a strength to walk by faith and to not walk by sight tonight, Father God, I'm praying that this week that you will show them the miracle worker that you are, Father God, that you are Jehovah Jireh, the provider of all things, Father God, that you are Jehovah Rapha, you are a God of healing, Father God, I am praying right now in the mighty name of Jesus that you are healing those healing them of pain, Father God, healing them of hurt, Father God, I pray that you help them to be bold in their honesty with their emotions with you, Father God, I pray that you help them to express themselves in a more in a in a manner that is pleasing to you, Father God, because when they come to you in honesty, Father God, you get to working in their lives sooner than later, Father God, that it calls for honesty in the relationship, Father God, because you are not, you are not a rude spirit, you will not throw yourself into anybody's life and make you serve them, Father God, I pray that you just give them comfort in this time, Father God, show them that you are a God of peace, you are a God of salvation, you are a God of redemption, Father God, that even when they let go of the things that no longer serve them, Father God, that you don't even look at them the same way, Father God, but that you just get ready to shed them, Father God, of the dead weight that has held them back from you, Father God, I'm praying that this is the season that they have, that they will walk with you in boldness, that they will walk with you in a way that they've never walked with you before, Father God, I pray that you unveil their eyes and show them the glory of God, I pray that you unclog their ears right now in the mighty name of Jesus and allow them to hear you differently, Father God, I pray that they heard you in this podcast, Father God, and I pray that you just continue to use me to deliver whatever message it is that you need me to deliver to them, Father God, I am grateful for every single person who has came on this podcast, Father God, I'm grateful for your grace, I am grateful for your mercy, I'm grateful for your favor, Father God, and I am, tonight I declare and I decree that this will be the season of grace and favor for those who are listening tonight, in Jesus' mighty name I pray, amen, I love y'all, I love y'all for free and I love y'all on purpose, I love y'all because God made y'all, and I am encouraging y'all to hold steadfast, y'all, trust in the Lord's time, and allow him to shed you of the dead weight so he can bring you into the promised land, that he can bring you into the places where he promised you, that he can give you all the desires of your heart the way that you deserve them, in a timely fashion, in the time when God says yes, because sometimes we want things so quick and don't even know that we are, that we can destroy it because we had it too quickly, so I'm just praying that y'all get a spirit of patience to wait on what God has for y'all, because it is worth it in the end, I'm praying that y'all have the most amazing week, the most blessed week, I'm praying that God shows up for y'all in ways y'all never seen before, and I will catch y'all on the next episode, like I'm loving this for me and I'm loving this for y'all, I'm loving this for us, and God got us, never forget, goodnight y'all.