WOM REBOOT EP 13-COMPLACENT BELIEVERS

The hosts discuss the concept of complacency and how it affects society. They talk about how complacency leads to inaction and a lack of caring or attention towards important issues. They mention the phrase "it is what it is" as a reflection of complacency. They explore the origins of this mindset and suggest that it started when truth began to be questioned and distorted. They discuss the fear and backlash that comes with speaking out and how this fear prevents people from standing up for what they believe in. They emphasize the importance of not living in fear and denying the power of Christ within us. They also mention how society has become comfortable and afraid of confrontation, leading to a culture of going along to get along. Oh my God. You didn't even have your mic. I was reading the text from the thread. Oh, Hey, welcome to Word of Mouth podcast with Nate and Shelby. Tune in Nate. Tune in Nate. I got distracted. I was like, wait, what? What is Tara talking about? But, um, welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Hey, uh, I'm so glad that you all are here today. Um, me and Shelby are back in the building and we're going to address a few things, uh, that need to be addressed in every aspect. We've been talking already. We usually kind of build up and have conversation, uh, before we get on these, uh, two microphones because we want to get all the other stuff out and give it to you all raw. So we're, um, we're preparing and we're ready. First off, Shelby, how you doing? Happy belated mother's day. Oh, thanks. How was it? It was good. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Good. Happy belated mother's day to all the moms out there. Mothers are special. They are. Yes, they are. That's true. They carry, they carry the child. Like they gotta have a womb. Yes, thank God for moms. We can't get here without a womb. No, but I'm good. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. It's a beautiful day. I love this kind of weather when it's, um, like 70, 75, I can do that all year round. Even though it's not sunny. Even though it's not sunny. Kind of gloomy. I like it. It's been a rain though, but I like it. I like it. I like the peacefulness because when it's all blue skies and sun, everybody's kind of crazy. Yeah. Thank you for that. So I like that real peace, calm. I see. All right. Today, today, we're going to have conversation about, um, in Shelby words, complacent people, complacent people of faith and what it's done and what it has created. Uh, so we're like, well, amen, amen. Uh, and we're going to kind of dig into it. Uh, please chime in with, uh, comments, um, um, just whatever you want to say to it. Uh, we do want to address, uh, anything that's said and done on this platform. Uh, it is our opinion, our opinion, our opinion only. Please don't, um, uh, think that it's just, you know, should be something that you agree with. If you don't agree with it's okay. That's the great part about having a conversation. Everybody don't have to agree with everything and read the word yourself and see where it leads you. A man, please, please don't let somebody interpret it for you all the time. Come on, come on. But that's been my prayer for a long time that stop just thinking that what someone says that the actual truth, and you don't have to go behind them and just read it for yourself. You can, and it may be that they're preaching the truth. That's absolutely okay. That's good. That's what we want. But it also could be that you glean something else from the word. The Holy Spirit may download something completely different to you. Different revelation. You're so right. So right. So please on, on just this podcast, please understand that, um, everything we say, um, we're, we're, we're not, this is our opinion. All right. And we have a right to that. Okay. All right. Everybody else. And yes, yes, indeed. Whether they agree or not. Um, so what is the definition of complacent? Satisfied with the current situation and unconcerned with changing it. That is a drop the mic moment. Cause we can really build upon that and then go back downhill and then just kind of let it go. Cause complacency is a comfortable place. Yeah. It's a place of inaction. Oh, it's a place of inaction. Wow. So that place is no action. It's just no action. Would you consider calling that place? Lazy? Yeah, absolutely could be lack of attention, lack of attentiveness, lack of caring. And you touching on some stuff now, a lack of caring. So I'll give you an example. So years ago I was working for a particular job and I really didn't want to go there, um, daily, but I knew I needed a paycheck. Um, but I didn't have the motivation every morning that I was excited about going to this place. Was that complacent? Was I just complacent due to the fact that I knew I was getting a check at the end of the week cause I got to pay bills? Well, I think that's a possibility, but I think that we're talking more about complacency in our society. Okay. Well, I wanted to build upon that because there are times where I've done stuff in a complacent way because I really didn't want to do it. Yeah. I think that, and I think there's, there's times when that's okay, but when you're set in that mold, when you're stuck in that place, I don't think that complacency bring breeds anything positive necessarily. And what place exactly are you speaking about? A place of inaction. Okay. That's basically condoning everything that's going on around you because your lack of action and attentiveness to it, calling it out. You're not calling it out. You're just letting it be. Huh. So I hear this phrase a lot. Um, it is what it is. What it is. I think I texted that many times yesterday. It wasn't to me, y'all. It wasn't to me. But when you hear that phrase, is that a place of complacency? Yes. I think that's possible. I think it's also a place of giving up, like just quitting. That is what it is. Non-caring. You gotta, you gotta accept it and move on. Is it a place of non-caring anymore? It can be for sure. Not caring for. Well, I think it's a place of you, you don't see how you could change it. So it is what it is. The place that you don't see change. So it is what it is. The possibility of change. Hmm. At least for that moment. Sheb, I think that's society right now. Absolutely. I think that. And we've been that way for a long time. That's why I want to talk about it. Yes, ma'am. I really wanted to build on it so I can push you into this place because what you just said is I talk to people a lot and they speak that. They say, hey, you know, it really is what it is. Like, I don't really care. I don't have a concern for it right now. I'm doing something else or I don't want to address that because. I mean, can't get changed. Right. Right. I want to say something, but what is that? It's not going to do anything. Right. I feel like that's this culture in a whole. I would agree. Why are we that way? What took place? Where did the glitch start? And just in your mind or in your words, what do you think that mindset come about? Well, I think it started when we started saying the truth was not truth any longer. I think it started when the powers that be were tweaking what's fact, you know? When you as a believer know something as a fact and y'all can lambaste me, I don't care. A man is a man. A woman is a woman. God created them both to be different individuals. But when that basic understanding, I mean, I'm just giving this as an example because it's a really easy one to give. When that basic understanding gets shot full of holes by people who just decide that they can make life what they want it to be, which is not fact. Facts are there are body parts. Facts are there are physiological differences. Facts are there's a reason for those physiological differences. Facts are there's a reason for the creation to be the way it was. When you start making believers feel like they're going to get lambasted if they speak truth, that's when it starts happening. That's when this started happening. That's when this was created. Because instead of getting fired up about it, we were afraid that we were going to be called out, in my opinion. Yes. I agree with that. I'm thinking about especially years ago, 10, 15, years ago, where if something was said, it became worse for the person that spoke truth. Absolutely. They were either cast out, they were demeaned, they were... All of their dirty laundry was aired. Yes. It just became really bad for them for telling the truth. The cancel culture. My, my, my. The sad part is this is actually scripture or scriptural base because how the tables have flipped where truth is no more truth biblically, it's now man-made truth because there is an antichrist that is looming. I believe that we've accepted it because we're scared now. As a body of believers, we're scared to be or to stand up for truth, knowing that it's the truth. I got to give a scripture. One, in the book of Acts, Jesus said... He gave an example. Paul was saying, I am not ashamed of the gospel. The gospel is the good news. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I would never be ashamed of that. We are pushed to a place now that we are ashamed to say something about the good news. We're ashamed to say a lot about a lot of things. Same thing as the truth because the good news is the truth. Now, because we're afraid that something may happen to us from a social standpoint or from a mental or psychological standpoint, we don't say anything. Not saying anything is making it worse to me. I agree. I don't know if it's because we're afraid of confrontation or we're afraid of the backlash itself, but if we're living in fear, then we're denying the power of Christ within us. If we're living in fear, then we're saying that our God is not that great and that He can't. What can mere man do to you? So, if we're going to continue down this road, and the enemy has been so able, easily able, throughout the years to distort things so that really there is not a lot of truth out there, period. Things have become so wishy-washy or... Artificial. Yeah, and distorted that what was truth 20 years ago is not truth now. And maybe even what was truth 20 years ago or 40 years ago was not truth 20 years ago. I mean, maybe this is just the cycle that's been ongoing. I think it is. I think that we have been kind of lab rats in a way. And they have distorted things so much that we have people believing things that are absolutely not fact, absolute untruth. Do you think that we've become a culture of we just have to go along to get along? Mm-hmm. And that's based on fear? I think a lot of it has to do with fear. I think a lot of it has to do with comfort. We don't want to get out of our comfortable bubble. But I think the driving force is fear. But we were not given a spirit of fear. I want to go there. I want to ask a question before I go there, because what are we afraid of? Because I can speak that scripture, but what if a person don't understand what that scripture means? Because my spirit, I don't know what my spirit is, but I know I'm not afraid. They're basically saying their physical aspect. What are we afraid of? What is it that we're afraid of? We're afraid of being shunned by society. We're afraid of being ostracized. We're afraid of being alone. Whoa. Whoa. Embarrassed. Shamed. Wow. All right. So now I can pull out scriptures, 2 Timothy 1 and 7. It was specific why he said it in that way, that I didn't give you the spirit of fear. Because fear alone is something that's going to happen. You'll be afraid of something. But your spirit man don't have to be afraid of anything, because I didn't put that in you. When I blew into you, breath of life, I put my spirit in you so you don't have to be afraid. But when you said that, fear of being alone, fear of being ostracized, fear of being just set apart, I think about this woman that's talked about in Mark 5. I think about the woman that had an issue. This woman was degraded and just terribly talked about in so many ways, because she had an issue for 12 years. And of course, people had known that she went to doctors and she had went to her family and stuff like that, spent all she had. But there was a conclusion to that. The conclusion that I read was she got to a desperate place that she knew that, okay, I can't go to anything or anyone else I can get to Jesus. So through the chaos, through the mess, through being talked about, through being shunned, alone, all of that, I still can get to him. And if I can just get to him, I know that this issue that I have will be gone, will be taken away from me. I just got to get to him. And I think, as I speak about that, I think that our desperation of getting to him has been laxed. Absolutely. And I also think that she went from being a zero to a hero. Because she witnessed to all of those people. They could not deny where her healing came from. It was undeniable. So she had one of the biggest testimonies and one of the biggest witnesses in the book. My God. Is that not an example to at least give us hope that our eyes need to stay on the prize and not the circumstances and the situations and the things that's right in front of us, if I can just get to him. I think our desperation has been zapped. We're not desperate for him anymore. We're not longing for just God's presence to be seen and shown this account of glory to rest. We're not longing for him anymore. We want a quick fix. You talk about this all the time. We're so microwavable that we just want that quick fix for that moment and then keep it moving. I think that we have been so blinded that we turn to the world's answers. Yes. And that gets us nowhere. I agree. They're making up as they go anyway, I believe. Well, and they're everything so twisted. I mean, I don't know if I think it's in Revelation where it says basically everything good is going to become bad, bad is going to become good, vice versa. We're going to wind up hating our mothers and fathers and, you know, being horrible people. Yeah. Truth is obviously not going to be truth anymore. You know, they're they're getting there. But are we accepting that? Yeah, I think we are. I think that we as Christians, we as believers, people of faith have become so concerned about, well, if I call such and such out, then I'm going to be lambasted. If I call such and such out, if I say this is wrong because the word says it's wrong. I'm going to get the brunt of it. Instead of truth being truth and what's being done that's wrong, being corrected, we are so afraid of what's going to happen to me. Wow. That we have done that for so long. We have allowed life to just be life in and go on life in society to just continue to go down the toilet bowl. Instead of because we've become so fearful of what's going to happen to me. And and, you know, litigation has made us fearful. Embarrassment has made us fearful. One hundred percent. Like we said, you know, winding up alone has made us fearful. But we just said that that woman had nothing else. She was alone. She had nothing. She was definitely embarrassed. Yes, absolutely. And all she did was reach for the hem of his garment. And she went from being a zero to a hero. So we can't we can't continue down this path. It's led us to nowhere good so far. So when you live in a social society, is that the hard part? Because everything now is captured. Well, I mean, nowadays with A.I., people are going to be able to make up all kinds of they're going to be able to. I mean, whether you were even anywhere near a crime or whatever, let's say they can put you there right in a video. They can make it so you were there. But were you really there? Or they can make a sex tape of you and put it out there all over the place. But was it really you? So we have to because this is what our future is going to be, we have to get steadfast in the fact that we know who we are. We know who our God is and they can say whatever they want to say and they can do whatever they want to do. But I'm going to speak truth. Steadfast. That was powerful. I think the fear comes in and here's a transparent statement. I saw it happen. I think sometimes the fear comes in because if we're calling out truth, if we're speaking truth, then we have to be able to accept that thing to be returned back to us. So I think fear comes in is I don't want my dirty laundry. Right. I don't want to be outed. I don't want to be exposed either. So if I'm going to call it out, my closet better be clean. Yeah. And do understand for all have sinned. Absolutely. So if you look in my closet, it ain't clean. It's probably straightened up a little bit. I got some of the stuff off the floor, but no, it's not clean. Right. No one's is. Thank you. So I have to be mindful that if I call it out and you call me back out, I need to let you know. Yeah. I'm not perfect either. Right. Yeah. That's me. I did that. Did I say I was proud of it? No. Did I say it wasn't wrong? No. Did I say I haven't been redeemed? No. Come on. Come on. Come on. I think that's the fear, though. When you if you're standing before me, you're telling me, OK, this and that, and you probably need to straighten this up and you probably need to do this and that. And this will be beneficial for your life. And then they look back at you and say, well, what you doing? What about when you did? And I get a lot of comments like that of wanting to recreate my past or resurrect. Yes. And deflect off of what they're doing. That part. And so does that shut me up so quick to where, oh, my God, I'm embarrassed. I can't talk anymore. Or you just put a muzzle on my mouth because you're calling me out to know, oh, OK, I'm exposed, but I'm still going to tell you the truth. Right. Are we willing to be that way? Because, again, we really have to understand none of us are perfect. That's true. That's just facts. None of us are. And we all walk around like bear. So while we can't take our cue from another scripture that's given, if we know that we're not perfect, then why can I be accountable and hold you accountable? That's probably better for me to understand. I would never be perfect, but I'm not telling you to be perfect. This scripture is in Philippians. It says, I do not count myself to be apprehended. That means I'm not at that place. But there's one thing that I do know is that forgetting those things which are behind you and reaching forth to the things which are in front of you, I press toward the mark of the high calling. Press toward the mark of the high calling. Paul wrote that particular letter because he wanted the people in the Philippi church to understand I'm not perfect, but it's one thing I need you to know. So if you're ready to call me out, if you're ready to pull up those thoughts about me being Saul and what I did back in the day, cool. I need you to go ahead and pull it up. But there's one thing I need you to know. You better forget what's behind you and reach forth to the things which are in front of you. And we got to get that bold. Yes, we do. We got to get that bold. I think we're scared. And I think the other thing I want to say is that I think that believers have been told to correct someone is not love. And we're supposed to love one another. Yes, we absolutely are. But I mean, you've pointed out how many I don't know how many times about God chastises those who we love. And so I think that we have been put kind of pigeonholed into this. Well, if I call that out, I'm not being a loving Christian. If I say that's wrong, I'm condemning that person or whatever. And that's not the case. So we just allow stuff that's wrong to keep going on. I mean, if you love your children, you you correct them because you don't want them to wind up dead. You don't want them to get hurt. You don't want them to be financially unstable and homeless. So we can't live in that place of I really think that's a lot of it. Like we are we have become so fearful of, oh, well, people are going to call me out saying that I'm not a loving Christian or I'm not a loving believer. Because I'm saying that God created man and woman. Or whatever, fill in the blank. Yeah, yeah. No, that's not the case. You're you're going to to omit the truth, which is basically lying and allow these people to keep living in this facade that God didn't create things that way. That he made a mistake. That's he made a mistake. That's what you're saying is that God made a mistake and he doesn't make mistakes. Every person created was not a mistake. There's no mistake made. Say that again for the people that didn't hear that in the back. Every person, every being created was created by God. Now, whether or not you're a child of his is different, but you were created by God and he does not make mistakes. I don't care what's wrong with you. I don't care what your issues are. He did not create and does not make mistakes. But when you question his creation, you're saying he makes mistakes. Pure and simple, period. And the and the enemy has allowed us to get into that train of thought. And that's a plot. And that's worked really well. And he's going to continue using it against us. And I'm tired of it. You ain't alone. That's why we should address it. We should be able to talk about it in its entirety. He didn't make any mistakes. And I'm not afraid to say that. No, never has never will. Amen. Period. Again, period. But I think that's another thing we get caught up on is I'm supposed to be a loving Christian. I'm supposed to be supposed to live in the love of Christ. And I am one that professed that for years. And it is we are supposed to love one another. But that does not mean that you don't call out truth or that you deny truth. That debate when you if I'm going back and forth with you, let's say if I say, hey, you know what, you really you're a manipulating person and I'm going to call that thing out and you really need to stop what you're doing, straighten up and fix this. When they come back on you and they say, hey, you're not being a loving person or you're not being this blah, blah, blah. What about being a Christian? That's what they always say. What about being a Christian? That part bothers me in so many different aspects of life. Because I didn't. This is not a comparison. I'm only saying this because I love you. I'm not comparing myself to you. I've had family members to say to me, hey, who are you to tell me about relationships and my marriage and this and that? You've been divorced twice. Yeah, I have. I have. You want me to tell you how to do it? I'm trying to get you not do it. I think it's hilarious because I'm not trying to compare it to you. Right. I'm trying to help you. Right. I want to help you. But when you get that, that coming back, is that the time that we freeze up? Is that the time where we just crawl back in a shell and say, hey, you know, it is what it is? Mm hmm. Mm hmm. It is. That'd be the time. I don't want to be that no more. I can honestly say, Sheb, I did. I crawled back in that shell and said, well, they're probably right. You know, I got two failed marriages. Nothing I can say about that there. Right. And I think we all have. But but we have to understand calling out poor behavior is not an unloving thing. Amen. It's not untruthful. It's not. It's it's OK to do. God. God did it. It's OK. We're allowed to do that. You you can call out poor behavior. Now, do it with love. I mean, don't go, you know. I challenge that. What what's the love part? How do I do it? How about respect? Do it with respect. Because, you know, I've heard times where I come back on me and say, well, you must have loved me to say it to me. But I've only said the truth to you. Whether it's someone close to me yet. Truth hurts. And the truth does hurt. It does. There was a movie I love. Jack Nicholson said there's one line in the movie. He said, you can't handle the truth. Because if I really told you the truth, like for real, you wouldn't. I don't. If God told us the truth, can we really say we can handle it? Because we think that we stand before God sometimes perfect. No, if it wasn't for the blood of Jesus, I promise you, God will. He's like, oh, what are you? So we thank God for his son that we can at least say God. So I'm not trying to stand before you and be perfect. If I want to help you. If it don't come off loving enough. Well, so I'm a little harsh when it comes to that, because maybe it's because of where I grew up. But I'm not going to pacify you too much. I'm not going to sugarcoat it. Yeah, because sometimes rubbing their head, you put water down when you water down the truth. And it begins more, it becomes more of a manipulating factor, because I rubbed you so much to where now you expect to be rubbed all the time. In an analogy, I'm not talking about. I rubbed you too much. Oh, okay. And another thing I want to call out, because we're we're in the midst of it right now out there now we're going to be truthful because that's what we talk about the truth. You know, I think that church ministry gets a lot of of that a lot of biting the hand that feeds them. Wow. That ministries give and give and give. Wow. And people abuse it. They take it for granted. They take advantage. And I think that ministries and church thinks they're just supposed to continue to to be the loving being to keep giving to keep turning the other cheek. And I don't think that's the right thing to do. I don't either. I'm sorry. I've gotten to a point where it's like, no, you got to cut that off. I agree. I'm gonna have to agree 100% on that. Because you got to grow up. You could be denying someone who really needs the help and will appreciate it by continuing to enable someone who does not appreciate it and is using and abusing the system. And I don't think the word says that we need to keep getting kicked. Mm hmm. Now, yes. How many times do you forgive? That's different. It doesn't mean that you don't speak truth and stand up for truth and do the right thing. You forgive, you can forgive that person for being a problem child. But you don't have to condone the behavior. You don't have to continue to allow it. Now, I know you're speaking about ministry. I want to. It's just an example, because I think it happens a lot in ministry, but it's in life in general. I feel like in life, we probably are a little bit more stern than we are in ministry, because as an owner, you shouldn't have to continue to say something. You're going to give a description. You're going to give what they have to do. And then you expect them to do it. And if they don't. You mean in business? Yes. Right. If they don't, they didn't do their job. I mean, it is. So why do we have why are we crucified for not keeping that saying to make people follow protocol and requirements that are given to them from the get go? I don't think we need to be crucified for that, because we're ministry or we're supposed to be we supposed to be loving people. No, I still love you. Yes. And I forgive you. I do. But it doesn't mean I need to keep feeding you when you're going to keep biting me. Hardest thing I had to tell a family member yesterday was, hey, you said something, and I have to say exactly what you said to me. And now you're flipping the script on me and saying something else, contrary to what you said. So now I have to release you from this position because this is what you said. And now you're saying something completely different the next day. So you just release it. Well, you're wrong for that. No, you did. This is what you asked for. I don't know. Just because you hear the comments after that. You're supposed to be. I hear one more time, I'm supposed to be this. You're supposed to be a man of God. You're supposed to be a preacher. You're supposed to be a blah, blah, blah. You're supposed. Well, so when I call out truth and you don't like my truth now, I hate you. I think I posted this a couple of days ago. Don't get mad at me and say I'm hating you when I'm telling you the truth. Hating you when I'm telling you the truth. No, you just hate the truth. You don't hate me. You hate the truth. Well, they might hate you because they can't discern between the two. Oh, well, thank you. Thank you for giving me clarity on that, because I never understood the fact that I can't tell truth without somebody or something hating. The truth, if they can't discern the difference between the two, then, yeah, they're going to hate you. So we're talking about some very, very important, important issues here. And I don't, I'm not afraid to talk about it. I feel like somebody needs to say it and it needs to be addressed. But we beat around the bush in your words. We don't want to say nothing because we're afraid of the backlash, the repercussion. But I don't want to run no more. No, I don't want to run. I think that we are seeing what it has created. I think we are seeing the effect of being complacent people of faith. Is it because we have watered down the word instead of weaponizing the word? Wow. I heard somebody say it's because you're getting older and you just don't like the BS. Well, that's a fact, too. If you want to go with that, I'm going to agree with you. But I mean, I'm going to be honest. I'm not going to be honest with you. And yeah, I'm getting older, but I don't want to deal with BS because I get it. I get it. I want to go back to that word complacent. How do we get out of the complacency, the mindset of complacency? What do we do to get away from complacency? Well, I think, you know, we talked last week about how we're so many of us are saying how to get away from complacency. And I think that's what we need to do. And I think that's what we talked last week about how we're so many of us are saying how tired we are. And I think we have to pray for the fire to be ignited within. The church. As the body. I think that we have to motivate each other, you know, like you and I were talking about motivation, motivation ain't there. And without motivation, you're not going to have a lot of success because you're just going to stagnate. It's just like being complacent. Have you, whether it was lately or a while ago, have you been in a service or been in church and there's a word that's being given. And you see the. There's no motivation, there's no drive, there's no fire. There's no fire to where it's receptive and they're going to utilize it for their lives. Has it now become just a ritual? Has it become a religion to where I just have to sit here for an hour and a half or two hours or however long and then just go home and do my routine? Yeah, I think that there is. Yeah, for sure. There. Religion has become. It's replaced faith. It's replaced. The fire. Whoa, that's powerful. Can I can I say that you said religion has replaced faith. Oh, in some places, I think the faith and the fire for God still exists. Absolutely. And there are places that are absolutely on fire. You know, I I'm going to say it, I think that, you know, with the with the pro-Palestine things going on in the colleges and the way that some of the young men have stepped up has really encouraged me because I didn't see it coming. Yeah, I really didn't think that was going to happen. Of course. So it's very helpful to me. But yeah, we. Religion, you know, thinking that you can just check the box and that makes everything good, that you're doing your part, not necessarily true. Yeah. Wow. Wow. You know, there's a lot more to God and a lot more to a relationship with him than just sitting in a church for an hour and a half on a day of the week. Not that there's anything wrong with that at all. You need that. Glad you're there. Yes, absolutely. But you need to find a fire. Come on. We all do. I think that we need to. Yeah, we need to get our fire back. For sure. 100 percent. It's dim. I can speak personally. It's dim. It hasn't went out. I refuse to give up. No, it's cold. It's it can be reignited. It can definitely be reignited. I've seen it done. I've actually experienced it myself. It can be reignited. It takes a level of as you spoke about faith. It takes a level of faith and it also takes for you to understand that it can happen. Like you have to believe it. I can't say your fire is back in you and you say, yeah, whatever. Like it ain't coming if you don't believe it. I can be a cheerleader, but you on the field. Yeah, I have to receive it. It's just like praying over people. You can do it, but they have to receive it and they have to believe that it can come to pass. Yes, because otherwise that's a big old block in the way. Yes. That faith. Oh, that was so good. Wow. We have to get our faith back. That motivation, that fire. Get our fire back. Yeah. That fire. Book of Malachi talked about a consuming fire. Now, when you get to that place, that that's a place that you don't really have to keep going back over there, putting the match or throwing some. No, you're on. You're burning. You're on. It's consuming. Yeah, it won't go out. It's consuming. I want to be at the place that that fire never runs out. Yes, I would love to be there to consume. And now did you just hear both of us that basically said we're not there yet? No, I heard you say that. And I'm going to be honest and say I'm not there yet, but I need a consuming fire. God, Holy Spirit, you hear my word. I need to bring it. Because I don't want to be that complacent and stagnated person of faith. I don't. And I do think that we do have seasons of this stuff, you know, but it's it's the season's gone on for way too damn long. Yes, yes. The enemy has taken way too damn much. He's gotten way too big of a foothold. Light by fire. And it needs to change quickly. Now. Now, Holy Spirit now, right now. I'm not waiting. I don't want to wait for some big type of event to take place. We watched the concept of what the year 2020 done. But in 2019, was we prepared? Okay. Like we watched it take place. And then after we saw it take place, did we do any other precautions after that besides take a shot? Let me stop. Get off the mic. All right. So I think that's the conclusion. Content. I don't want to be content. I need my fire back. Ladies and gentlemen, we all need our fire back. What is it going to take? And we need to be unafraid of speaking truth. We need to be unafraid of consequences. That's a hard one. Now. Yes, it is. What was Paul afraid of consequences? You know, when you watch the progression of how Paul had to be equipped for what he was about to face, like, of course, when he first was, you know, he had to meet Jesus on the road and, you know, he had to meet Jesus on the road and, and be blinded and stuff like that. We see the progression all the way up to when he sat in jail, numerous of times to go through all the hell he had to go through. He just said, man, for God, I live for God. I'm a, I'm a, I'm a die like this. Like, I'm ready to give it all for this. So we're going to be crucified. The word says we are. We're going to be put to shame. For his namesake. We're going to be. Are you ready? Cause we say it. Count it all joy. Not only that, but you're supposed to count it all joy. Yeah. I struggle with that sometimes too. I do. I think that that's a universal thing. How do you count it all joy when you're going through all kind of diverse temptation? How is it joyous? But God, I thank you. I thank you because it's equipping me. It's making me stronger. Yep. So that's the only way I can look at it. It's increasing your faith. Yes. You can't increase faith without trials. Doesn't happen. Sucks that it works that way, but you preach. That's fact. You know, even Job said after everything was gone, even his wife turned on him, he said, though, he slayed me yet. Well, I trust him to be stripped to nothing. And you still say, though, he slayed me yet. Well, I trust him. That's powerful. I don't think I could have done that, man. So you're ready to be embarrassed. You're ready to be crucified. You're ready to be ostracized. Everything you can name. Are you ready for that? For his name's sake? Will you lay down your cross? No, he has to give me his fire. Amen. Amen. Because that'd be the only way I can do it. Yeah. Seriously. By his might, not mine. Come on. Come on. But is that an excuse to not do it? No. So, thank you for saying that. Okay. Because it's not an excuse not to do it. Get your fire back. Get motivated. Get up. Get up. And start taking back what the enemy's stolen. That's it. Yeah, you're going to be talked about. I'm sorry he was. Yeah. They was literally. And they would talk about you anyways. Right. If they can come up and say they're going to make something up. That's the way life works. People are people-y. That part. I love what she said. People are people-y. That's a t-shirt. But it's the truth. They're going to talk about you. They're going to crucify you. They're going to beat you up. All kinds of makeup stuff. Get your fire back, though. Get it back. Don't be afraid. Still speaking love. Love and truth. That is God. God is love. God is truth. If I'm going to do that, I am doing what my father said to be done. Jesus said, I do what my father does. I say what he said. If we're going to be that way, then we have to be for real about it. For real. For real. I want my motivation back. Yeah, I do, too. Real talk, Sarah. And not because of physical motivation for me. I think that I made myself believe that that was helping. And it helps only physical. Because after I leave that physical place, then what? Well, once you leave this earth, your tent just stays here. Thank you. It doesn't go with you. So I'm really building this physical up, and I ain't got nothing, no substance in nowhere. But the physical is great. It's a facade. It's crazy. And we've been bamboozled to believe that if I build this, and I'm talking to the fellows right now, you out here, man, making it do what it do. You in the gym. You want these ladies to see all arms. Oh, chicks do it, too. They got to build the booty and all that stuff. Okay, she said it. Yes, all of that. But what's inside of you? Why are you still mean? Why are you still mean? Why are you still hurtful? Why are you still holding on to all that crap that you like? The outer appearance. All it is, the outer appearance. Yeah, you don't take it with you. I can look motivated on Instagram and Facebook and TikTok. I can look motivated. When I get home, I'm a sad puppy. Well, you can fool a lot of people on social media because it don't have to be real at all. Say it again. Say it again. You can make yourself anything you want to be on social media. Amen. And that's not what we want. So before Shelly pray, please, please, if you didn't hear anything else, complacency or to be complacent is not a good place right now. Because we don't have to keep just letting stuff go by, letting it slide. We can speak truth. And the truth may hurt. Those hurt a lot of the time. We don't have to hide from that. You're gonna be put to shame in every kind of way. Unfortunately, as you said, they're gonna talk about you, whether it's good or bad, or they made it up. Made up. Please, don't get complacent that you don't do anything. Don't be afraid. Do not let the spirit of fear stop you from doing what God has called you to do. Amen. Okay, let's close. Heavenly Father, gracious and mighty one you are. Lord, we humble ourselves before you right now. And we just ask that your Holy Spirit fire be poured out upon your people. And not only that, but that they receive it. And that they be ready to use it. That they understand what that calling means, and what that gift is, and how to wield the sword. Embolden your people, Lord. Empower them, equip them. And help us to understand that we don't go into any battle that you're not standing with us, or you have not gone before us. And there are battles you fight every day for us that we know nothing about. And we just need to be thankful for that. And there are times you fight our battles, and we are just told to be still. Sometimes that's really hard to do. So help us in those moments, Lord. Father, we pray for truth to be spoken, to be heard. We pray that all lies and manipulations that the enemy sends would be silenced. That our ears would be sealed, that our hearts would be sealed. That our mouth would not be able to speak anything that is not truth. That we would not be able to absorb anything that is not truth. That it would just bounce off of us. I pray right now, Lord, that the tactics of the enemy would be of no effect upon your people. They might affect the world, but we are not of the world. And we don't have to accept what the world says or does, because we are different. We are set apart. Remind your people that they're set apart, Lord. Remind them that they are separated for a reason. And that we are not of the world. Remind your people that they're set apart, Lord. Remind them that they are separated for a reason. And remind them of their calling. Father God, help us to deal in love with each other. But also to understand that truth is a part of that love. And that we do not have a spirit of fear. We were never given a spirit of fear. And the enemy likes to convince us otherwise. But we rebuke that right now in the name of Jesus. That there is no spirit of fear that covers your people. And any assignment and anything fearful needs to be broken in the name of Jesus right now. And canceled. Sent back to the pit of hell where it belongs. Father God, we just thank you for our many blessings, Lord. For the days that we can enjoy. For the breaths in our lungs. For the, you know, ability to see, hear, speak. Talk, walk. All the things we take for granted, Lord. The things that we think we're entitled to. Because Lord, we are not. We are not entitled. But man, I think we've convinced ourselves that we are. Help us to just be thankful. And to live with a heart of gratitude, Father. To keep our eyes focused on you. To live in the moment because you are the I am. You're not the I was or the I'm going to be. And we are to live in the present and enjoy every moment. And I just pray that we would be aware of your presence. And that healing would go out over these airwaves. And be received by whoever needs it, Father, in the name of Jesus. Whether it's a physical healing. Whether it's an emotional healing. Whether it's a spiritual healing. I pray that your Holy Spirit would go out over the airwaves. And touch each person listening in a very personal manner. Where it's undeniably you. It was undeniable for that woman who had the issue of blood. Lord, help it to be undeniable for each one of us. Because when it's undeniable, we have no excuses. And I just thank you, Father, for hearing us. I thank you for being present with us. I thank you for your Holy Spirit. I thank you for your word because it's living. And I pray that your people would get into it, Lord. And would ask you to reveal things to them. Love you, Father. In Jesus' holy and almighty name, we pray. Amen. Amen. God bless you all. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much for tuning in. Word of Mouth podcast with Nate and Shelby. We love you. We'll see you later.