02-16-23

The speaker greets several people who join the conversation and then introduces the topic of the morning, which is the joy of salvation. He mentions a Bible verse and encourages everyone to be enthusiastic and passionate about their faith. He criticizes people of other religions for not showing the same level of joy and encourages believers to be on fire for Jesus. He shares a personal example of being fired up for his faith and mentions a recent disappointment in his work. There we go. It's chilly. We got one. Who's the first one on today? Who is the first one on today? Who is that? My friend Ray. How are you? How are you doing this morning? How are you doing Ray? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. You know what? TLBS is always right there. Boom. Boom. Little Kelly. Good morning. Good morning. Very good brother. And you. I cannot complain. I cannot complain. I am good. Josh. How's it going? How's it going? Good to see you. Amen. Amen. So subject this morning, as you guys are getting on, we'll probably mention it a few more times. The joy of my salvation. I think we'll start off with Psalms 51.12. I see you guys there. Get started. We're going to go to Psalms 51.12. Hope everybody's doing good. What do I see? Rudy. Good morning. Jim. Good morning. How are you? How are you doing? Good morning. How are you doing? Good morning. How are you doing? Good morning. How are you doing? Good morning. How are you doing? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. 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Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. When you honor God, when you live for the Lord, when you bless his holy name, and you are a disciplined student of Christ, he gives you, and it says right there, he says, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joys to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This too is meaningless like chasing the wind. If God has given us joy, how come the world is not seeing the joy within us? Think about it. If God gives us this joy, he gives us this wisdom, he gives us this knowledge, why are not people seeing? That lady yesterday was so infectious with regards to her church, her pastor, the faith, the gospel, and the list goes on. We need to be infectious. We need to show up for a thing. People need to look at you and say, what is it that makes you just so, like, every time you walk in the room, you light up the room? Well, the Bible says that I'm like a light on a hill. I'm like a light on a hill. You can't put something over this light I've got. You can't put a basket over this light. I walk in the room because I have the relationship with Jesus. Think about it. All the religions, all the religions on here, I see these folks on here and their false religion, you don't see the light. You don't see the joy. You see an argumentative state of mind. And you'll see their lives, they'll have lives on me. Jesus isn't real. You know, debate me. They'll say these things, but the true believer should be fired up. The true believer should make up in their heart, I'm fired up for the Lord. A true believer should show up for that thing and say, you know what? I'm a child of God. I'm in a covenant relationship. I'm a born-again believer. I'm fired up. Because we can get fired up for Kansas City. We can get fired up for Philadelphia. We can get fired up for the Cowboys. We can get fired up for all kind of crazy, worldly things. But when are we going to get fired up for Jesus? And this is me, trust me. Trust me, I'm a very mellow cat. But if you sit down and talk to me, you'll know the moment that you start talking to me, this dude's fired up. This dude's on fire. And you know why? Because I make my mind up. I'm going to be. Now, there are moments. So, you know, like I said the other day, I got news from the company I consult for. They said, we're not going to use you as much. And I was really bummed because I was really depending on that. You know, for me and Miss Debbie, my point is I was a little down a bit. But then I started, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I've been called to do a great thing. I've got to show up for a thing. I've got to do a live tomorrow. I've got to speak to the church. I've got to get in that mindset. I've got God who can open up any door. I've got a Lord that can provide a way. I've got faith the size of a mustard seed. I'm going to be fired up. But some of you, watch this. Let me take a sip. Let me take a sip. But some of you, you walk around like, how can I put it? You just walk around like you don't have that joy. You just walk around as if you've got the world going against you. Hang on. Hang on. We're going to have to go to King James for this one. You walk around as if... I'm trying to be careful with my words because I don't want to offend anybody. This is not an offensive thing here. But you walk around like Eeyore. You ever looked at Eeyore? Eeyore is, woe is me. Poor me. Have you ever seen people like Eeyore? They don't have anything positive to say? MercyMeets, oh, no, not Eeyore. You ever met somebody, they don't ever have anything positive to say? They always, every time you see them, they're a fellow believer. But every time you see them, they are always down in the dumps. They're always negative. They're always looking at the worst scenario, the worst circumstance. There's never a joy in their salvation. We should not be like that. We should be on fire. We should be the first one with a smile on our face. We should be the first one when someone's asking, how are you doing? I am blessed and I'm highly favored. I am a child of God. And I don't mean the fake joy. I mean that joy even when poop is hitting the fan, this individual shows up for a thing and they're on fire. This sister said, on fire despite our circumstances. And you know what? Let's be honest. I want to be around people like that. On fire despite the circumstance. The car won't start. You know how I show up for a thing like that? You go out and the car won't start? God has got a plan. You will live joyfully today. Amen. Okay, I'm sorry. Things keep popping up. You go outside, the car won't start. The way you can look at it is like, God has got a plan. He did not want me to be able to get on the road because something might be going on that he wanted me to miss. But I'm going to have joy in this. Praise be to God that God wouldn't allow that car to start. It's how you show up for a thing despite. Because what Satan would like you to do is not to have that joy. Satan would like you to be negative. Satan would like you to be in the Eeyore syndrome. Someone said, I'm easily discouraged. And I can appreciate that. I have to, Miss Debbie, I have to encourage her. So what does that mean? Surround yourself by somebody that can speak life into you. If you're easily discouraged, plug in with somebody that's easily encouraged. Uh-oh. Be around people. The Bible says what? Iron sharpens iron. Get around some folks that get you fired up. Nothing worse, there's nothing worse than being a person who's easily discouraged around other people who are easily discouraged. Now, once again, back to Billy Jo yesterday. She was fire. You could hear the anointing and the power of the Holy Spirit in her voice. And I've never talked to her. I have never met her. I've just followed her. And why did I follow her? Because she is on fire. And there's a lot of you like that. Now, once again, once again, some of us are shy. That's okay. Even a shy person should have a joy in their spirit that's recognizable. Even a low-key person should have a joy in their spirit that's undeniable. Wow. Wow. Watch this. Watch this. He says again in Ecclesiastes, For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy. God gives this to us. And we as Christians should be on fire. We should speak. Once again, I reiterate, we should be inviting people to our church. You should be at the grocery store greeting people. Hey, good morning. Hey, you know what? I don't know you. I don't know you, but I see you here at the store all the time. Can I invite you to the church? Can I invite you to hear our pastor? Can I invite you to our Bible study? And that's all you got to do. Some of you say, well, you know, Pastor Paul, I don't know enough. There's a lot of things you don't know enough about, but you talk about it. You don't know enough about a sport, but you'll be the first one. Did you see that Super Bowl? You don't know enough about it. You don't know enough about a TV show, but you'll talk about it. But, hey, man, somebody said, but guess what? When you look at a – and a lot of you, through the Holy Spirit, can discern that a person's not having a good day. I like what this person's saying. Offer to pray. Me and Miss Debbie were just at a store not too far from here called Bashas. And matter of fact, ma'am, I think – I don't remember the lady's name, but you know her. She went to Calvary, and my wife hadn't seen her in a long time. Watch this. Watch this. My wife hadn't seen her in a long time, and they were chit-chatting. Now, I really don't know the lady personally. She's friends with my wife. And so you know how we generally say, hey, will you pray for me? You know how we do that. Will you pray for me? Well, what she was implying is, will you pray for me when you get home? We prayed at the grocery store at Bashas right there in front of the Starbucks. Now, here's the interesting thing. The Starbucks at our particular – good morning. The Starbucks that we go to at Bashas, the girls behind there and the guys know me from TikTok. All right? There are people in the store that were watching, and we prayed right there. And the lady who asked for prayer, like, oh, right now? Yeah, right now. I'm not ashamed of prayer. Yeah. She said, okay. So we bowed our heads. It was me, Miss Debbie, and her. And we are huddled up, and we are praying about her circumstance and her situation. Watch this. Oh, my, my, my. There was a joy. When she walked away, there was a joy. The people that were looking, the kids behind the counter who know me from TikTok said, it's real. The people that were walking by that saw were probably like, I wish somebody would pray for me. See, folks, you've got to live what you believe. You've got to live what you preach. You've got to be motivated. You've got to show up for a thing. You've got to let people know that I serve the most high God. And I don't care what the circumstance is, because that within itself is a testimony. It affects and infects people. Think about it. Think about it. When you call yourself a Christian, and you walk around, got a mean face, don't have anything nice to say, and I'm not questioning your salvation. That's not the debate here. Don't go in that water, because we're not going to question folks' salvation. But if you call yourself a follower of Jesus Christ, and you've got the good news, you've heard the good news, and you walk around with that look on your face, and people are trying to avoid you because you're crabby, how effective is that testimony? And I know personalities are different. I know I'm over the top. My wife says, man, I hate going to the store with you. I said, why? She says, everybody wants to talk to you. So strangers come and tell you their whole life story. But you want to know why strangers tell me their whole life story? Let me tell you after I take a sip. I'm going to tell you why strangers tell me their whole life story. Watch this. Because I ask questions, and I'm concerned for them. I'm not saying you have to do that. I'm just saying, well, that's what I do. I ask questions. Brother Zion, good morning. Good to see you. I ask questions. I'm concerned. I don't care how old they are. I don't care what they're doing. I love interacting with people. And you know what happens? Okay, here we go. Let me share a story with you. Here we go. He might be watching. Miss Debbie went to Oregon a couple weeks ago. All right? So when I dropped her off at the airport, it's love. Amen. When I dropped her off at the airport, I decided I want to go to this Christian bookstore. There's only one or two, maybe one in the East Valley where I live. Only one. But it didn't open up until 10 o'clock. So I said, well, let me go to this strategic Starbucks that's near the bookstore. And I'll just sit there and drink a coffee. And then when the time comes, I'll jump in the car and just squeak on over to the Christian Bible bookstore. As I walk into the Starbucks, and the Starbucks was full like every Starbucks is. There's a Bible on a table just by itself. And I'm looking. I'm like, I wonder who belongs to that Bible. And I'm looking around. I'm looking. And all of a sudden, there's a guy. He finishes his order. He goes to the restroom. And then he comes out and he sits down at that Bible. Now, watch this. So I'm in line ordering my drink. Watch this. This is what happened. The kids behind the counter are like, man, we love that mustache. I'm like, ah, thank you, thank you, thank you. And I'm like, you guys having a good day? Oh, yeah. I go, okay, well, thank you for the service. And man, blah, blah, blah. And I'm talking to all the kids. All the while, I'm going to get to this guy in the Bible because I'm like, I believe this guy's going to give me a word. Or I'm going to encourage him. Something's going to happen. So do you notice that the joy of my salvation in the Starbucks? I know not all of us can be like that. And that's fine. That's fine. But I didn't say anything to the kids. They just happened to make a comment. But I responded. You know, I could have shied down and looked down, but, you know, your mustache is fire, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I think I made my usual joke, oh, God bless me with a good mustache, but he took the hair out of my head. I'm sure I did because that's usually how I respond. But I made it a point to walk over to the individual. Number one, maybe I was going to get a word of encouragement. Number two, maybe I could encourage. Do you know, I said, hey, what are you reading? And he said, oh, I'm preparing for my Bible lesson tonight. I said, oh, you're a minister, pastor, preacher? And he said, yeah, I pastor church in Maricopa. And I said, oh, man, I go, that is beautiful. Do you know, we sat and talked for a whole hour, and here was the conversation. And for me to really express the importance of this conversation, I have to identify ethnicities. Of course, you've seen me. But he was a 43-year-old white male in an area that has a mixture of ethnicities. You have Asian. You have Mexican. You have black. You have Caucasian. And we started talking about it. He says, you know, Pastor Paul, I really feel uncomfortable speaking about social issues. Do you have any advice? And we sat and talked about the subject of I choose love and what that meant to me. We went into some very deep waters. Why? Because he saw the joy of my salvation. I saw the joy of his salvation. And we made ourselves available. And he kept saying, this was divinely appointed because this is something I was wrestling with last night. And I asked God to bring someone in my life that we could communicate. I made a friend in Starbucks. And the most important thing, not only did I make a friend, I met a long-lost brother I didn't know. What do I mean by brother? Brother in Christ. And we had an incredible conversation with regards to his ministry being able to reach out to people that did not look like him. And we both agreed that the origin of all problems with humanity is sin. We both agreed that loving individuals, no matter their circumstance, no matter their situation, is the way that God intended us to be. But the point of all of this, the reason that took place is he had a joy, I had a joy. And what was that joy? It was the joy of our salvation. I encouraged him, he encouraged me. Iron sharpens iron. We saw brotherly love who were like-minded. And we didn't talk about everything. Will we completely agree on every subject? Absolutely not. But we agreed on the essential subjects when it came to salvation and mercy and grace and Jesus. Folks, you have to show up for a thing. And you have to choose. I'm not going to be discouraged. I'm going to be encouraged. And I'm going to encourage others. I'm going to make it a point. Once again, not all of you are going to be like me. You be you. But know this. Know this. While you be in you, make up in your heart, make up in your mind that I am on fire for the Lord. I am going to be used by God in such a way that I may encourage someone in my life. And pray every morning, Lord, use me today to encourage somebody. Step out of your comfort zone. Sometimes we get so comfortable with the daily routine. Thank you, Brother John. Sometimes we get so comfortable just staying in our lane. Sometimes we get so comfortable by just doing what we did yesterday and the day before over and over again. But guess what? There are souls at stake. There are people. And even if you might say, I don't know enough about the Bible. I don't know enough about the Scripture. I've never, ever had anybody question my love and concern for them. When I give attention, let me give you another example. Let me give you another example. My daughter has two friends. And her two friends are in a same-sex relationship. Those girls, at least one of them, does not have a relationship with her parents because of her life choices. Matter of fact, her father is a pastor. And he has basically shut the door on his daughter. What does that mean to me? That is an opportunity for me to encourage them in love. And they know. Matter of fact, one of them, I said, will you do me a favor? Do me a favor. And she's done it two years in a row now. I said, when I buy Miss Debbie a dozen of roses, I always take one rose and I lay it on my daughter's pillow. I will do that until the day she gets married. Then her husband can give her that rose. So I asked one of those young ladies, will you do me a favor? And this is the one that's a daughter of the pastor. She went out and bought one rose for me. And she delivered it to my daughter. And she said to my daughter, this is from Pastor Paul. She said that with love and respect. My point is this. Anytime I see them, I show up ready to love them. They know where I stand. They know that. We don't have to debate that. We don't have to beat them over the head with that. They know where I stand. But you know the thing that they appreciate is I show up to love them. And I'm not patting myself on the back. Because trust me, I'm praying with them. As a matter of fact, when we first moved them all there, and my daughter, I said, I'm going to pray over you guys. And I remember my daughter, my wife, and the two girls. I had one in one arm, I had one in the other, and I was praying. And they were crying like babies. Let me tell you why. Because they were being hugged by a Father figure. They were being hugged by a man of God. They were being hugged by a Christian. And in that, even though they might say, you know, in their private conversations, well, I believe God loves me even though I live the lifestyle I live in. I believe that the way I was born is the way God intended me to be. And they could say all those things, but right there at that moment, I showed up for that thing, and I showed up to love them. And that within itself, there was no theological debates. There was no deep biblical subjects. It was me showing the love of Christ towards them. And them knowing, I disagree with their lifestyle, and me knowing that my job was to love them and that they are hurting. And let me tell you why that's important. Because I know for a fact, but here we go, here we go. I know for a fact that one of them was raised in church. Somebody help me out here. Here we go. Somebody tell me where that scripture at. Josh, I know you'd be the first one that says, train a child. Where's that at? Train a child. Train a child. Somebody give me where that scripture is at. Somebody, come on. Train a child. Where's that scripture at? I'm going to take you all somewhere. I'm going to take you guys somewhere. Train a child. Give me that scripture. Mercy me, lamb. This is how they. Where is it at? Train. Proverbs. Somebody give me exactly where. Do you know my memory? I need a little help here. Help an old pastor out. Train a child. Somebody give me that. Where's that at? Is it Proverbs 22? Amen. Amen. Come on. Watch this. I'm taking you all somewhere. Because I know something. I know something here. You know it, too. What is it? Proverbs 22 says? Let's turn there. I'm going to go into King James on this. A new King James. It says, train up a child in the way he should go. And when he is old, he will not depart from it. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Wait a minute. See, I know for a fact one of those girls was trained. Let me read it again. I know one of those girls was trained in the way she should go. She was trained that way. She was in, for lack of words, she was indoctrinated. She knew doctrine. She was in church. Now, she can rebel for a season. I know one of them. I don't know about the other baby girl, but I know one of them. And then there's another girl in the house who was trained. That's Kiana. They're friends. All right? Come on. Y'all got to stick with me on this. See, but what is my job? They've been trained. She's been trained already. But my job, come on, I'm showing up for a thing here. My job is to love them so that when they go to the recesses of their mind, all of a sudden, the Holy Spirit, come on now, the Holy Spirit starts moving on them. And they start thinking within themselves, Pastor Paul or this person or that. They love me. I've been fighting my whole life to live this lifestyle, but they love me. I've been fighting for my position in this, but they love me. But wait a minute. I'm reverting back to how my parents trained me. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I'm reverting back to the things that I heard in Bible study. I'm reverting back to the things I heard in Bible school. I'm reverting back to things I heard in Sunday school. And then all of a sudden, God touches their heart. Folks, some of you are worried about your kids right now, and I know I'm getting off topic, but you've got to show up for a thing, and you've got to do it with love. Stand your ground. Don't be wimpy-dimpy. Stand your ground. This is why I told the lady on this just the other day. She said, well, my church calls me an abomination. I go, we don't want to talk about that subject on here. You know why. But email me. But here's my stance. That I'm going to love you, and I'm going to respect you. You know what I was leaning on? Because why? The church kicked her out. Church discipline was executed. But I didn't agree. It's how you do the thing. But what I was going to do, and I let her know from the get-go, I don't agree with the lifestyle that you chose. But I love you. Why? Because God tells me to. Tells me to. So back to this baby girl. Train up a child. See, I'm going to love this individual. So when the Holy Spirit starts moving upon her. Now watch this. Watch this. I know she's coming back to the faith. I know she's going to have a testimony. I know she's going to get on and say, I used to. I used to live this lifestyle. Because, see, we all got a used to. Oh, see, now I'm preaching to somebody. See, that's the problem. We take a person in that lifestyle, and we look at them. But we forgot we used to until God stepped in. Come on, now. Come on. What? Mercy Meaghan, imitate me on that. Come on. Come on. All of us have a used to. We used to dabble in sexual activity out of marriage. We used to dabble in the usage of alcohol. We used to dabble in marijuana. We used to dabble in thievery. We used to dabble in whatever it is that opposed the Bible. We used to, but then we found God. Then we have that relationship with Jesus Christ. And some of you used to do nothing, but you would not accept God. But then the Lord got a hold of you, and you changed the used to to do and serve and honor God. So don't get on your high horse and get all self-righteous and talk about what they're doing because you used to do something similar, and you take the tree of sin, and you try to beat the tar out of people with that. But wait a minute. I know based on that word, train up a child. See, there was some training, and I know God is going to prevail. All I need to do is show up with the joy. I need to show up with some love. I need to show up with some kindness. So as I embrace them, as I prayed over them, you could see the tears streaming down their face. As a matter of fact, one of them said to my daughter the other day, they said, your father would move mountains for you. See, they're also seeing the love of a parent towards a child, which gives them the ability to see the love of the father towards his children. Do you see where I'm going, guys? The joy of your salvation is important. Quit focusing on the used tos. Quit focusing on the deficit. Quit focusing on the negative, and start showing up for a very thing so that people can see the joy of your salvation, that they can see that you are blessed and highly favored, that you are a child of God. That's how you need to show up. And not everybody's going to like it, but you're not there for everybody, because God, I believe, creates divine appointments. All you need to do is wake up that morning. Thank you so much. All you need to do is wake up that morning. Thank you. And say, Lord, I know you've got a thing for me today. My heart's ready. My spirit is right. And I want to be led by the Holy Spirit, but use me in such a way that I may be able to bless that individual in that divine encounter. That's what you do. And if you and I would just do that, if we would just make it, and let me share this with you. And here we go. Here we go. I'm thinking about something right now, and this is why my eyes are closed, because I want to know how, I want to word it right, because all of you need to hear this. All we need to do is to make our mind up. All we need to do is make our mind up. This is what we're going to do. We're going to serve God. We're going to make our mind up that I'm going to serve God relentlessly, and I'm going to show up for everything with a joy of salvation. You just got to make your mind up. And see, this is the problem with a lot of folks. You haven't made your mind up. And you have the ability. I know you do. Oh, I made my mind up. I'm going to binge watch Yellowstone. You made your mind up. I made my mind up that I'm going to be a vegetarian. You made your mind up. I made my mind up that I'm not going to take any more mess from that person at the job. You made your mind up. And the list goes on. You have the ability. But when you make that decision and say, I made my mind up. I'm going to get serious about my walk with the Lord. I made my mind up. I'm going to get serious about studying my word. I made my mind up. I'm going to get serious about my prayer life. I made my mind up that I'm not going to let Satan discourage me for a moment. Somebody take me another verse. Give me that verse when Paul says, pressed in from all sides but not despair. Where's that verse at? Somebody give it to me today. What does it say? Help me. Help a brother out. You know I need all the help I can get. Well, he says, I'm pressed in from every side but not in despair. Come on. Somebody give me that verse. Some of you brilliant people out there, incredible memories. Come on. See, you've got to show up. I'm going to read you a verse that Paul says. He says, I'm pressed in from all sides but not in despair. Oh, oh, all right. Give me the exact place. All right. Come on. Help me out. What is it? Second Corinthians what? Come on. Pressed in from all sides. Is it Second Corinthians 8-12? Is that it? Is that it? Second Corinthians. I'm pressed in but not. Yes, yes, yes. That's it. You got me. You got me. You got. Oh, oh, look at that. Uh-oh. Second Corinthians 4-8. Oh, I thank God for y'all. I thank God for y'all. Oh, my, my, my. We are hard pressed on every side yet not crushed. See, we got to make our mind up. What does that verse say? We are hard pressed on every side but I'm not crushed. You got to start thinking that way. You got to make your mind up. I've got things going on in my life but I'm not crushed. Watch what he says. He says, We are perplexed but not in despair. You got to make your mind up. This is a mind-making decision. You have to make your mind up. Watch this. Athletes do it all the time. Nobody went on the field in Super Bowl thinking they were going to lose. But you and I know only one team had the lead victorious. But every player that was on that field before the game had made their mind up. We are going to win this game. You make your mind up. Now, that's a very elementary illustration, but you get my point. You got to make your mind up. Let me read it again. We are hard pressed on every side yet not crushed. We are perplexed but not in despair. Persecuted but not forsaken. Struck down but not destroyed. Always carrying on about in the body. The dying of the Lord Jesus. That the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our bodies. Second Corinthians, chapter 4, 8-10. But we got to make our mind up. Our heart. We have to bring this together. We have to take it from an intellectual. From a spiritual. And we have to let that come together. And we have to make our mind up. I'm showing up every day with the joy of my salvation. I'm showing up every minute giving praise and honor to God. Thank you, thank you. I'm going to show up. I don't care what's going on. I'm going to go back to that Second Corinthians. I'm going to look at that. And I'm going to read that. We are hard pressed. I'm hard. I'm going to make it personal. I'm hard pressed on every side. Yet I'm not crushed. Make it personal. Make this word apply to your life. Thank you, thank you, Brother Zion. Make this word apply to your life. He says right there, he says, and I'm changing. I'm making it personal. He says, I'm perplexed but not in despair. I'm persecuted but not forsaken. I'm struck down but I'm not destroyed. I'm always caring about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus. That the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. That's the joy, folks. That's how we show up. We need to get on fire. Encourage your preachers and pastors. Invite people to church. Put yourself in that opportunity. And you know what? We don't got to lie. When you talk to people and say, I don't know everything. But I'll tell you what, let's go to Bible study and let's learn together. You don't have to know everything in this. Because I trust you and me. As a pastor, I have come at 59 years old going on 60. I've got no problem about telling any of you. I don't know. But guess what? You just gave me the fire to research. I'll get back with you. There's nothing wrong. Nothing wrong. I remember, watch this. When I first started TikTok, I remember my biggest, even as a pastor, my biggest fear is somebody was going to ask me something I didn't know. Okay, I don't know. I know how to research. I know how to read. It's okay to say I don't know. So don't let that discourage you. People are not interested in how much you know. They're interested in how much you care. But show up for a thing. Back to the lady yesterday. I don't even know Billy Joe's on here. But Billy Joe, she just encouraged me. And why she encouraged me was because her zeal for the Lord. She was on fire. My friend here said God is for simple minds. You know what? I'm not ashamed of that. Because I am finite in my thinking. I don't know everything. I can't figure everything out. Yeah, I'm going to receive that. Yeah, I am the weak. I am all. Oh, wait a minute. Y'all, I got somebody here that's going to do our sewers. I got to get off this phone. All right? I got to get off this phone. But let's review back tomorrow. See, I got the sewer guy. He just showed up. He didn't give me a call. But y'all, I got to go take care of this man. He's going to empty up our sewers. But God bless you. Let's talk some more about this tomorrow. All right? God bless you.