1st Love Podcast - Sacred Priorities

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign. [00:00:08] Speaker B: Hello. Hello. [00:00:08] Speaker A: Hello. How's it going? Good. How are you? [00:00:11] Speaker B: I'm good. I'm good. Hey, welcome back, guys. My name is Levi. [00:00:16] Speaker A: My name is Vanya, and welcome to First Love Podcast. [00:00:20] Speaker B: Yes. [00:00:21] Speaker A: Hey, but before we start, check out this video from our sponsors. [00:00:26] Speaker B: Hi, guys. It's Levi and Vanya here from First Love Podcast. Hey, Christmas is just around the corner, and I love Christmas. Bob, do you love Christmas? [00:00:35] Speaker A: I love Christmas. [00:00:36] Speaker B: We love Christmas. It's our favorite time of the year. But, hey, let's be honest. Let's be real here, guys. It can be so stressful sometimes trying to find the right presents. The pressure of trying to find the right gifts for your friends and family who. Which is why we love what the Gift Box Comb is doing. Who are our sponsors for today's video? 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Hey, so if you want your Christmas time to be stress free, pressure free, come over to www.thegiftboxcode store and use our code for First Love 10 for a discount. Enjoy, guys. [00:01:52] Speaker A: Bye. [00:01:52] Speaker B: Love you. Merry Christmas. Hey, how awesome is that? Hey, make sure you use the code when you purchase. That way you get your 10% discount. Is that cool? [00:02:01] Speaker A: Awesome. [00:02:02] Speaker B: That's cool. Hey, what are we talking about, girl? [00:02:05] Speaker A: Wow. [00:02:05] Speaker B: Hey, before we go into what we talk about in this podcast, how are you? [00:02:10] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. I thought you never ask. It's been a while and we've been so busy. Yeah, it's been a hectic couple of months. And can you believe it's already October? [00:02:23] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:02:24] Speaker A: We're two months away from Christmas. [00:02:25] Speaker B: Tree is up in Philippines. [00:02:27] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:02:28] Speaker B: Christmas songs are up in Philippines. Yeah. By the way, shout out to our Filipino audience. We love you guys. Say something in Tagalog. [00:02:36] Speaker A: Mabuhay. [00:02:38] Speaker B: We love you. Also to our. Shout out to our Aussie fans as well. [00:02:44] Speaker A: Oi, Oi. [00:02:45] Speaker B: Oi, our Aussie listeners. Yes. Anyways, it's been a hectic. No, it starts with Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. And then doesn't start with. [00:02:56] Speaker A: Anyways. [00:02:57] Speaker B: Anyways, go ahead. Yeah. How are you? [00:03:00] Speaker A: I've been really good. Been so busy. I'm almost done for this semester. I've only got a month ago. [00:03:07] Speaker B: Been doing uni. [00:03:08] Speaker A: Had two assessments due just this week and I'm exhausted, but I'm so glad that I finished it and I'm just waiting for my results, so praise the Lord. [00:03:19] Speaker B: And then handed in two assignments. This. [00:03:22] Speaker A: Yes. I did all nighters preaching this Sunday. Yes. And then our boys started sports again. [00:03:30] Speaker B: Yes. [00:03:30] Speaker A: So literally from Wednesday to Saturday is like, sports, sports. Like sports, sports, sports, sports. [00:03:38] Speaker B: Yeah. So our youngest, he does baseball. Our oldest, basketball. So it's baseball, basketball, training. So sorry, Baseball Wednesday, basketball Thursday, Thursday, training. Both training, but baseball game on Friday. [00:03:54] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:55] Speaker B: Saturday game. Basketball on a Saturday. [00:03:58] Speaker A: Yeah, it's been hectic four days straight. But I'm good. I'm actually really good. Despite, like, the busyness. I feel like, wow. I've got energy. [00:04:08] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:04:08] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. And it's all really the Lord. And how about you? How have you been? [00:04:13] Speaker B: I've been well. What is that? [00:04:16] Speaker A: I don't know. Every time I talk to people, I'm like, hey, how are you? [00:04:22] Speaker B: What is that, man? You've never done that to me before. [00:04:25] Speaker A: I know. I just realized I never do that in the video. I don't think I ever touch you in the video. [00:04:29] Speaker B: Like, I don't know. [00:04:30] Speaker A: Anyways, you can touch me. Okay. [00:04:32] Speaker B: Hey, it's been good. It's been. It's been hectic. Yeah, but it's been good hectic. [00:04:40] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:41] Speaker B: In terms of, like, work and extracurricular personal life with the kids, sports. [00:04:46] Speaker A: And you started coaching. Started coaching, yeah. [00:04:49] Speaker B: No team for this season in basketball. Yes. But it's been amazing. I just recently got back from a camp. Me and you. We recently got back from a camp. [00:05:02] Speaker A: Two camps. [00:05:02] Speaker B: Yeah. Ministering at a camp. That was beautiful. That was powerful. And yeah, we're just kind of trying to finish strong this year. Yeah, we're gonna have. Trying one more episode. Maybe two more episodes by the end of this year. Hopefully. [00:05:18] Speaker A: We will. [00:05:18] Speaker B: We will. Pray for us, we'll make space. We'll get it done. [00:05:23] Speaker A: Comment below if you want two episodes. Like, give us, like, love hearts. [00:05:28] Speaker B: Yeah, give us love hearts, guys. Comments, please. It's an encouragement. [00:05:32] Speaker A: What's another one? What's another love heart? [00:05:33] Speaker B: I can't do this One, and there's. [00:05:35] Speaker A: That one, and there's this one and this one. [00:05:39] Speaker B: Anyways. Hey, check this out. So there's this one, and here you go. Then you go. And then you go like this, and then you go like that. And then you suck it in again. [00:05:53] Speaker A: What are you. [00:05:56] Speaker B: Just making it up? [00:05:57] Speaker A: Wow. Well, anyways, I don't know. [00:06:02] Speaker B: Hello, guys. It's been a while since we recorded. [00:06:05] Speaker A: You're just a little excited. [00:06:07] Speaker B: Yeah. You're getting this overflow. [00:06:09] Speaker A: I'm all giggly. Okay, I'll stop. [00:06:10] Speaker B: Hey, you look beautiful as always. [00:06:13] Speaker A: Thank you. [00:06:14] Speaker B: I love the jeans. I love the look. I love the. Thanks. I want to kiss it. Yeah, later. [00:06:22] Speaker A: Do that later. Off camera. [00:06:24] Speaker B: Off camera. We'll kiss off camera. [00:06:26] Speaker A: It's good. It's good. We're good. [00:06:28] Speaker B: So pretty. Anyways. Okay. All right, guys, you're probably thinking, like, this is really cringe. [00:06:37] Speaker A: Gonna turn it off. Please don't. We've got, like, a really good topic today, and we can't wait. [00:06:42] Speaker B: This is something that's really helped us. [00:06:43] Speaker A: Yes. [00:06:44] Speaker B: In our relationship. Just like in our last episode, we talked about three key things about that's helped us in our marriage. Again, those three key things are not the main. Like, they're not like the end all, be all. There's more to that. [00:06:58] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:06:59] Speaker B: But those three have really impacted us, have marked us. And what we're going to be talking about in this episode is somewhat like that. Understanding boundaries, understanding priorities. You know, which one comes first? Is it our kids or is it our marriage? I don't know which one. Six, seven. I don't know which one comes first. So we'll talk about that in this episode. [00:07:23] Speaker A: Yeah, and I was going to say that, you know, we talked about being busy, but we are able to thrive in this season because our priorities are actually straight. And, you know, it was. We had a lot of trial and error over the past years, but we. I feel like we've come to a conclusion that this is it. This is actually what we need to do. And what we need to follow is really prioritize and set those boundaries to make it work. [00:07:50] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:07:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:51] Speaker B: Awesome. So there's five things that's in our lives right now that we want to speak into. And it's a priority. It's like a ladder. And the first on that priority list, when it comes to being a disciple of Jesus, when it comes to just being a son and daughter of the most High, and it comes to boundaries and relationships, when it comes to our faith walk, the first priority we Put towards is God. Our relationship with God. And before we speak into that, I want to just share with us a scripture. It's the same scripture. It's the great commandment. You might know it already. And I want to read it. One from Matthew and one from Mark. And it says this, Matthew 22, teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Asking Jesus. And Jesus says, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and the first commandment. This is the greatest commandment. This is the first Commandment. In Mark 12, they asked the same thing, but this time it says, of all commandments, which one is the most important? Jesus says, the most important one is this. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. And so in this scripture, Baba, in this text, Jesus tells us what is the great. What is the most great? What is the greatest commandment, what is the first commandment, but what is also the most important commandment? And the most important thing to Jesus, guys, is for us as disciples, to love him. [00:09:44] Speaker A: Yeah, that's absolutely right. Like, before we get into the list, we go to the very foundation of how to make the list work. [00:09:51] Speaker B: That's right. [00:09:52] Speaker A: You know, why we do what we do, like who we are, what's our purpose? We go back to that foundation, and that foundation is our relationship with the Lord, with God. And, you know, the Bible tells us as well that we are able to love because he first loved us. How are we gonna know what love is when we don't know? We don't have a reference. We just come up with ideas. We get lost. We find and search it in places that really are just a shadow. Oh, that's very, like, theologic shadow. Anyways. It's just like. Yeah, it's not. It's not it. You know, so you go back to the source, and that is God. [00:10:35] Speaker B: And, you know, that is the found. [00:10:38] Speaker A: Absolutely. And what does that look like? Sometimes we get very Christianese about this whole thing, but really it's just walking with the Lord, like, spending time with him. [00:10:49] Speaker B: Intimacy. [00:10:50] Speaker A: Intimacy. What? What's that like walking with someone, you know, or waking up in the morning, say, hey, God, hello, good morning, I'm good. Thank you for this morning. [00:11:00] Speaker B: Things like that, you know, so devotional. [00:11:03] Speaker A: Devotion, prayer, those are things. [00:11:06] Speaker B: And soaking in his presence. [00:11:09] Speaker A: And the thing is, for me especially, I'm big on compartmentalizing things. I have to do this, do this, do this, like that, that, that. But really, they kind of like. It's a flow. [00:11:20] Speaker B: God is in everything. [00:11:21] Speaker A: It's in everything. God can't just be this morning and then I go to my day and then I meet with him at night or do this do on Sunday. It's actually not. It's like a flow. He transcends every areas of our lives. And that's why he's a foundation, because he fill the cracks. He's like the actual, you know, your carpenter foundation. We all know this. It's just very important. [00:11:47] Speaker B: Yeah. So what else, what does, how else does loving God look like for you? [00:11:55] Speaker A: Yeah. Just really coming to him for everything. When I'm feeling anxious, when I'm angry, when I'm sad, you know, it sounds very cliche, but that is it. There's no secret formula. It's really just you abiding and just spending time and coming to him for everything. Just like a child runs to the parent, comes for help. Just like a husband and a wife, like being intimate. Just like, you know, worshiping. You have those air like services where you just go out there on a church on Sunday and just sing your heart out. Or, you know, when you're just looking after nature. Did you know that is part of worship? That is actually, you know, a sign of you spending time with God when you're, I don't know, walking at a park, enjoying nature. [00:12:55] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:12:56] Speaker A: You know, helping someone in the community. That's, you know what I mean? It's, that's it. There's no secret formula. It's just that's your life really. [00:13:05] Speaker B: So really just abiding, spending time with him. Intimacy. [00:13:09] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:09] Speaker B: But it can also look like in obedience. You know, the Bible tells us that if you love me, you'll obey my commands. And so, you know, loving God also looks like walking in obedience to him, but also just really growing in your faith. [00:13:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:25] Speaker B: And it's so important that we start here. We start this, we start loving God. As disciples, our first priority must be to love God. It is the most important thing according to Jesus. Right. And so. Because if we do that, everything else will fall into its place. [00:13:46] Speaker A: Yeah, it lines up. [00:13:47] Speaker B: Everything lined up, lines up. Yeah. And I know here in this part we're going to be talking about ladders where Jesus is the top of the ladder, but also Jesus is also the center of the circle where every aspect of your life is a circle. And Jesus is in that middle of that circle. And Jesus is in every aspect of Your life. Jesus is in your marriage. Jesus is in your work. Jesus is in your finance. Jesus is in your family. Jesus is in your business. And so it starts from loving God first. That is the first and greatest commandment. And according to Jesus, that is also the most important commandment. For us to love him with all our hearts, for us to love him with all our minds. For us to love him with all our strength and with all our mind. And this is a saying that you've said before. Once we were praying, and I love it. And then you once said, and I say it all the time now, Lord, let all that I am be all about you. And so every part of your life must reflect your love to God. And that is worship. That is worship. Spiritual worship is simply this. It's not just singing, it's not just dancing. But worship is you living a life that glorifies God. [00:15:07] Speaker A: That's right. And then when we talk about boundaries, he makes sure that you set that time for the Lord. And we're all guilty of this. So we always miss our time with the Lord. I always see this picture. It's always, you know, a thing that you see maybe in South Shimada where, you know, Jesus on a coffee table waiting for you, but you're, like, missing. [00:15:32] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:15:33] Speaker A: It sucks, doesn't it? [00:15:35] Speaker B: Yeah. He's always there. [00:15:36] Speaker A: He's always waiting. He's always waiting for us. And the grace of God is. Tells us that, you know, he's patient with us, but let's not take for granted that patience and just really love him because he loves us so much. [00:15:48] Speaker B: And I think the best thing to do. Right. And you said in the mornings. Did you say in the mornings? Yeah, yeah. Is to spend time with him in the morning, to really start the day with the Lord. There's a saying from the blacksmith and the goldsmith, strike while the iron is hot. You know, and so what that simply means is, as soon as you wake up, spend time with the Lord. There's another saying that we've heard before, and that is scriptures before screens. [00:16:15] Speaker A: And so throne before the phone. [00:16:18] Speaker B: The throne before the phone. Scriptures before screens. [00:16:21] Speaker A: That's so good. [00:16:22] Speaker B: And so what that simply means is get into the word of God to spend time in his presence. [00:16:26] Speaker A: Fill your mind with his word before. [00:16:28] Speaker B: It gets time in prayer, before you get do. Before you get distracted by the Word, before you do the stars, spend time with the Lord first, because that is really the foundation. [00:16:40] Speaker A: Foundation. [00:16:40] Speaker B: Okay, cool. Next. Marriage. [00:16:44] Speaker A: My favorite. I mean, God's my favorite. Please don't get Me wrong. But I like this. [00:16:49] Speaker B: Hey, I want to share a scripture. It comes from Genesis, chapter 22. Such. Genesis chapter 2, verse 24. Therefore man shall leave his mother and father, and he shall. Sorry. Therefore a man shall leave his mother and his father and hold fast to his wife. They shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not. Were not ashamed. We don't need to read that part. [00:17:16] Speaker A: No, but there's the symbolism to it, actually. [00:17:19] Speaker B: Yes, go ahead. There is. [00:17:22] Speaker A: And we were talking about it the other day. It was beautiful revelation, by the way, because me and Levi, we love to talk when we're in the car. We just go on this different tangents and we just like bounce off ideas. Oh, I just love chatting with you. Hey, don't move your hand. It's gonna touch you and then you disappear. Anyways, I love chatting with you. [00:17:42] Speaker B: Okay. I do. [00:17:44] Speaker A: I know. I'm not just saying that, actually, do. I love our chat. [00:17:48] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh, I love chatting with you. [00:17:51] Speaker A: Anyways, Anyways, so. Because this is why we have a podcast. [00:17:58] Speaker B: Yes. [00:17:59] Speaker A: Because we love to chat. [00:18:00] Speaker B: Yes. [00:18:00] Speaker A: And why not show the world what we chat about. [00:18:03] Speaker B: Yeah. And what we've learned. [00:18:04] Speaker A: And what we've learned. That's right. We always reminisce. And we always reminisce like, man, we've grown so much. All because of all these things that we're talking about. So marriage. And, you know, it says here the man and his wife are both naked and we're not ashamed. Like, that's the most vulnerable parts of us. And we keep it between this space only. So that's space is really just for the man and for the husband and the wife. It's so important that we keep this space sacred because we don't want to show the world or everyone else the most vulnerable parts of us, and not just the physical side, but the innermost just being. [00:18:50] Speaker B: It's just safe, like insecurities, whatever it may be. [00:18:53] Speaker A: Yeah. And we make sure that it is a safe space. That when you talk about your insecurities and when I talk about my problems, it's. We're not just going to brush it off. We're actually going to deal with it and talk about it. And we feel like we're doing. We're dealing with it the right way. It took us a while to get what we are, where we are, because, you know, we project things on each other because of things that we went through, but now it's like, it's safe. We're like, I Can tell you these things because I know you're going to hear me, and I know you're going to help me get through it. Yeah, yeah. [00:19:24] Speaker B: And the Bible here, it talks about becoming one flesh. And, you know, I just want to encourage us, whatever your wife or your husband goes through, and as Vanya said, keep it within this space, you know, Keep it within these boundaries. [00:19:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:42] Speaker B: Don't ever talk badly. [00:19:45] Speaker A: Yes. [00:19:45] Speaker B: About your spouse. Yes. [00:19:47] Speaker A: That's number one. Number one. [00:19:49] Speaker B: Because guess what? Their weakness is now your weakness. Their problem is now your problem, and vice versa. Your problem is not their problem. Your weakness is not their weakness. So we do it together. In the first. In the last episode, we talked about. Hey, it's about being teammates. Okay. We carry each other's loads. We carry each other's burdens. And, yeah. Again, I just want to encourage us, Protect your spouse. Honor your spouse. [00:20:17] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:20:18] Speaker B: Even if you disagree in that moment, still honor. Don't show your disagreement or don't show your. [00:20:27] Speaker A: Your dirty laundry. [00:20:29] Speaker B: Dirty laundry. In front of. They don't need to see that. No, they don't need to see that. This is something that's between me and my wife and God, and we give it to the Lord together. [00:20:38] Speaker A: There are certain instances where you need to ask for help. [00:20:41] Speaker B: Yes. [00:20:42] Speaker A: Yes, definitely. [00:20:43] Speaker B: Of course. [00:20:44] Speaker A: If you're really struggling, you're struggling. [00:20:46] Speaker B: You know, go see a counselor. [00:20:47] Speaker A: Go see someone. Speak to someone. [00:20:49] Speaker B: Go see your pastor to pray over you. Yeah. And I want to say, don't do relationship by yourself. Yes. We understand there is this sacred space. [00:20:59] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:00] Speaker B: But we have people around us that covers us in prayer. [00:21:03] Speaker A: Yes. [00:21:04] Speaker B: You know, we have people around us that still. Mentors and disciples. [00:21:08] Speaker A: That's right. [00:21:08] Speaker B: You know what I mean? [00:21:09] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:09] Speaker B: But the real, real vulnerable stuff. [00:21:14] Speaker A: Yes. [00:21:15] Speaker B: Stuff that's not like, gossip. [00:21:17] Speaker A: Yeah, that's it. Gossip. And then there's unnecessary people involved. It's like, they don't need to know this. [00:21:26] Speaker B: So I was gonna say something like, you know, stuff that they don't need to know. That. [00:21:34] Speaker A: Yeah, we can sort it out. [00:21:36] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:36] Speaker A: Yeah, let's do it. Like, let me share this. At the early years of our marriage, actually, the first year of our marriage, we had a fight, and I wanted to, like, go see my mum, and I told her about this. And then my mom was like, I'm sorry, I can't help you. She literally said that. And like, mom, excuse me. But then she told me, this is your relationship with your husband. You need to fix it together. [00:22:07] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:22:08] Speaker A: I can't help in that area anymore. Unless it's something, you know, you. You can discern where. When it's time to ask for help. Petty fights like that. Like, I was angry at him for. I can't remember even remember what it was. It's like you have to. [00:22:26] Speaker B: Laundry room. Yeah. [00:22:30] Speaker A: It's like we have to sort it out. Yeah. [00:22:32] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:22:33] Speaker A: We don't need to involve people, you know, about planning about our lives, you know, our future. We don't need voices telling us, you got to do this, you got to do that. Sure. Thank you for the advice. We welcome the advice. We welcome that. But just know that we will take it. But ultimately, we will decide according to God's will and according to, you know, our life. [00:22:59] Speaker B: And, like, what we spoke in the last episode. When there is disagreement, it's not about winning an argument. It's about winning together. [00:23:06] Speaker A: That's right. [00:23:07] Speaker B: You know, we're teammates. We figure it out. It's not what you say. It's not what I say. It's what does God's word say? And so it's so important that we always go back to that. And that can only happen again if our relationship as an individual is founded in Christ. Is founded in God. And it's so important that, you know, when it comes to relationship after. After God, that you prioritize marriage. For me, you know, I believe that the greatest gifts that we can give our children, which we'll be talking about next, is to have a healthy marriage. [00:23:45] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:23:46] Speaker B: I lead from a place. Not just my relationship with God, but my relationship in marriage. I leave from a place. [00:23:54] Speaker A: Yeah, definitely. [00:23:54] Speaker B: And so it's so important that your marriage is strong when it comes to boundaries, when it comes to sacred priorities, when it comes to relationship, because from there, everything flows from there as well. After God, we lead from home. [00:24:12] Speaker A: That's right. [00:24:12] Speaker B: We lead from marriage. We lead from family. [00:24:15] Speaker A: That's right. [00:24:15] Speaker B: And again, like I said, the greatest gift that you can give to your children for those who have kids is actually a healthy marriage. [00:24:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:24:22] Speaker B: Because they get to see how dad loves his mom, how mom loves that, how dad loves their mom. [00:24:29] Speaker A: Yep. [00:24:29] Speaker B: And how mom loves their dad. [00:24:32] Speaker A: That's right. Yeah. [00:24:34] Speaker B: Yeah. Do you want to add any more? [00:24:36] Speaker A: No. [00:24:36] Speaker B: That's it. [00:24:37] Speaker A: And it's so important because they will model that and they will grow with that perception that, wow, this is what marriage looks like. This is what love looks like. [00:24:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:24:49] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:24:49] Speaker B: Because if your marriage is, well, the kids will see that. [00:24:52] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:24:53] Speaker B: If the marriage is not, well, the. [00:24:55] Speaker A: Kids will also see that. Because out of that marriage, as well, is, you know, you're united when it comes to leading your kids. Yeah. [00:25:02] Speaker B: Yeah. And again, I remember speaking about this, I think in the first episode, you know, marriage is so symbolic. Oh, it is so symbolic. And, you know, for me, I always say, if you want to know how legit I am, just have a look at my marriage. Because it is. It's so symbolic. It symbolizes, you know, Jesus as the groom and church as the bride. It symbolizes how God loves the world. It symbolizes love. It symbolizes unity. It symbolizes wholeness, humility, submission. [00:25:42] Speaker A: All big words. [00:25:44] Speaker B: Yeah. And it symbolizes life. Yeah. I mean, we were talking about this before, like, everything. Like, a husband and a wife get to be a part of something that only God can do. [00:25:57] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:25:58] Speaker B: And that is produce life. Create life. You know, everything in our system is all complete. Our digestive system, our nervous system, our every system. What else system? The mind, our digestive system, our nervous system, our spinal system, our something system, whatever system is complete except for the reproductive system. You need to. You need a husband and a wife to make that happen. And, you know, it's so important to really honor that space, to honor that relationship. [00:26:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Do you want to add anything else? [00:26:39] Speaker A: No, but. Yeah, no, that's it. Let's move on to the next one. [00:26:43] Speaker B: The next one is kids. You know, children. If you have kids, this is for you. If not, wait till the next one. Because, yeah, kids, they're the next generation. They're our legacy. And, you know, I remember in Psalm 127, talks about how children are like arrows. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. And, you know, as parents, we have to steward our kids. Well. Yeah, they're like arrows, right. We have to sharpen them. We have to mold them and shape them and train them up so that one day you can fly them out and they can cling to their wife or they can cling to their husband, as a man or woman of God leaves his mother and father to cling with their partner. And again, I just want to share this 1 from Psalms 127, verse 3. Children are a heritage from the Lord, and offspring is a reward from Him. You know, having children, having kids is such a blessing. [00:27:48] Speaker A: They're such a joy. [00:27:49] Speaker B: I mean, yes, there's challenges. [00:27:51] Speaker A: There are challenges. Yes, there's big challenges. [00:27:54] Speaker B: You know, challenges. But, man, I love being a father. [00:28:01] Speaker A: I love my boys. [00:28:02] Speaker B: I love being a father. I love. I love being a dad. It's such a joy seeing them grow up. [00:28:10] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:13] Speaker B: Proverbs. 22, verse 6 says this. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from men. And again, I talk about how children are like an arrow, right? Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of women. And we have to train them up in the way that they should go. Sharpen that arrow. Sharpen that, mold that arrow. Because kids are not just foundation, they are a legacy. Okay? And so it's our role to guide them. It's our role to lead them. It's our role to show them through example to them what loving God looks like and what loving a spouse looks like. [00:28:53] Speaker A: Yeah, it's beautiful because not only will they model our relationship, they'll see how we love God. And if you have godly parents, then you follow in their footsteps. I am where I am today because of my parents, so I'm very grateful for their faith. And same with you. Your parents so faithful, growing up, you see them serve the Lord and you're like, here. It's crazy. And that's the legacy that we want to leave behind. That, just the faith. You pass that on. And it. The Bible talks about it time and time again. The next generation must know to love the Lord. Deuteronomy 6, you know, and when you said earlier, like, love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your might, with all your strength. [00:29:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:29:45] Speaker A: You know, read about it when you sit down, when you walk, or post it up on the walls of your house. That's it. [00:29:51] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:29:52] Speaker A: Because they'll hold on to that. They will. And, you know, there are times when kids grow and do other things. [00:30:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:02] Speaker A: Like, we've all been there. [00:30:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:04] Speaker A: We've gone through moments of just finding our own selves, finding who we are, finding our own ways, but we always go back to that. We. For, for. For some reason, some godly reason, we go back to it. [00:30:19] Speaker B: We go back, you know, and I want to encourage us, you know, parents out there, you know, again, children are our legacy. And, you know, our kids should be better off because of our stewardship. [00:30:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:34] Speaker B: Our children should be better off because of our stewardship. And one of the ways we can leave a legacy is actually showing the kids how we do the first two. [00:30:45] Speaker A: Yeah, definitely. [00:30:46] Speaker B: Showing them what loving God looks like. Showing them what loving spouse looks like. So they've got something to model. They've got a model. They've got an example. [00:30:55] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:56] Speaker B: You know, and I wrote down here, you know, as parents, we're not just raising children, but we're raising disciples. And again, I want to encourage us, have a heart to disciple your children. [00:31:10] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:31:11] Speaker B: Not just raise them up, not just feed them, not just clothe them. [00:31:14] Speaker A: Yes. [00:31:15] Speaker B: Spend time with them, but raise them as disciples. Raise them as God loving people who will also disciple the next generation. [00:31:25] Speaker A: Yeah. And you know, what I'm trying to say is that we're not raising like, we're not in a military house kind of thing. We're a family. So when we raise him as disciples, you know, just like Jesus and his disciples, there's friendship, there's that relationship. You have fun, you hang out, you talk about feelings, you talk about, like, dreams. And our kids talk about brain rot. Oh, my gosh. So just seeing, it's like playing along. Spend time with them, get into their space and make sure. Make sure that you always spend time with them. Life gets super busy. So many things will take your attention away. And when you get home, you're tired, you just want to shut down and be just like, leave me alone. But just know that when you get home, the best thing to come home to are kids that are excited that you're there. Like, mom, dad, you're home. [00:32:23] Speaker B: And they'll tell you all this, right? [00:32:24] Speaker A: Yeah. They just talk to you about your days. And then I love it when Elijah, before we go to sleep, you're like, mom, he would tell me like stories and ask me questions, you know, And Noah, before he goes to bed, he was like, mom, tuck me in bed, cuddles, things like that. [00:32:42] Speaker B: And you know, after, after watching Bible stories. [00:32:47] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then, you know, you watch movies together. Always have that time. We learned this from our mentors. You have to set a time for them. Go out on like, dad dates, mom dates, or like family dates. Because these are memory core memories. [00:33:06] Speaker B: Yeah. Build as much core memories as you can with the kids. [00:33:09] Speaker A: Yeah. So that when they grow old, they always want to. [00:33:11] Speaker B: Like when dad took us to this. Yeah. Remember when dad did this, mom did that. [00:33:17] Speaker A: And what breaks my heart, what sucks the most? And I know there are reasons why when you use phones and devices is when all. When I see families and they're all sitting together, no talking, everyone's just on their devices. I just sad and I'm not judging. It's just like I. It's just, it's an opportunity for you guys to connect. It's your time to connect. Take the phone aside, Put that aside. You know, there are times when they need. Our boys need to be on the phone because sometimes they're overstimulated or you just need A bit of a moment of silence. Sure. But then we're confident. When we give them a phone time, it's because they're confident. When we take it away, we'll like, we'll be okay. Yeah, yeah. [00:34:03] Speaker B: And that's part of the reason why they do sports as well. Yes. You know, they get extracurricular. Yeah. [00:34:09] Speaker A: And we get to be a part of it. It's actually really fun to watch. [00:34:14] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:34:15] Speaker A: And you get competitive and you're like, whoa, calm down. It's just a kid's game. [00:34:19] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. And just building those relationship with your children, that's very important. Yeah. You know, for me and Vance, we minister at church and like, what good is it if, you know, we see a hundred people saved, a hundred souls saved, yet we neglect our own kids? [00:34:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:40] Speaker B: You know. [00:34:42] Speaker A: Nah, nah, nah. [00:34:44] Speaker B: It starts from home. Yeah, it starts from home. What good is it if I led someone to Christ or led someone to Jesus, but then I don't lead my own kids to Jesus. [00:34:54] Speaker A: That's right. Like you said earlier, you know, you lead from your marriage, you lead from your home, and how legit you are as a, you know, a leader is when you look at your family, look at your spouse. [00:35:06] Speaker B: Yeah. And so again, parents, I want to encourage us, have a heart to this heart for your children. Don't leave it to the pastors. Don't leave it to your leaders. You know, there's a difference, Bob, between raising someone in Christ versus raising someone in church. You know, raising someone in church is. Yeah, you're relying on the church leaders, you're relying on the pastors, you're relying on the leaders to disciple your children. But raising someone in Christ is not just taking them to church, but it's actually spending time with them and discipling them. What it means to be more like Jesus in. [00:35:44] Speaker A: In a way also a reflection of your own relationship with the Lord. You just rely on those Sunday services. But we'll talk about that in the next, next next episodes. What's next on our list? [00:35:56] Speaker B: The next on our list. Okay. Oh, before we go there, I just want to say that, you know, these orders, right. Loving God. Love. Loving God. Loving your spouse, loving your children. It's not that we're loving our kids less than anything else, just that we're loving them, I guess, wisely showing them what is the order of God. [00:36:21] Speaker A: So good. [00:36:22] Speaker B: And again, I want to encourage you parents out there, you know, what picture of God's order are your children seeing? So something to just reflect on the fourth one Is church. [00:36:34] Speaker A: Yeah, church. [00:36:35] Speaker B: Hebrews tells us this to consider that we may spur one another towards loving good deeds, not giving up on meeting together. First Peter, chapter 4, verse 10 says this. Each of you should use whatever gift you have to receive that you have received to serve others as faithful stewards of God's grace in various forms. [00:37:00] Speaker A: That's good. Yeah, very good. So once you're order is somewhat right for families, especially for families, you know, you've got God right there, and then your spouse and then your children and then, then the church. Not church, not God, church and then family. No, it's always here because we lead from here. And now because of what we got here, what's healthy here, what we've formed here, we're able to pour out on other people. [00:37:32] Speaker B: That's right. I wrote down here. We don't sacrifice family for ministry. [00:37:37] Speaker A: Oh, definitely. [00:37:38] Speaker B: Okay. We serve from a healthy family. And as mentioned before, when it comes to the kids, what good would it be for us, you know, if. Yeah, that's great. Praise the Lord. We led someone to Christ. We led 100 people to Christ. We led a thousand people to Christ. But then our own children are lost. Our own children are, you know, away from the Lord. And so again, I want to encourage us. Everything stems from relationship with God. Relationship with your marriage, relationship with your spouse, relationship with your kids. Everything starts from home. [00:38:14] Speaker A: Yeah. And we need to make sure that we have time for community of the same faith. It's so important because God didn't call us to just be hermits, you know, like, yes, you may have your family. Right. But your family needs to be planted somewhere. You need to grow in a church community. And are you going to find the perfect church? No. Please come to me if you found perfect church pictures. [00:38:47] Speaker B: Where is that? [00:38:48] Speaker A: Where is that? You know what? [00:38:50] Speaker B: We're all broken people. [00:38:51] Speaker A: Yeah, that's right. [00:38:52] Speaker B: That need Jesus. [00:38:54] Speaker A: So technically we need each other. We need Jesus to be guiding us. And where do you find Jesus in this community? We work together to be this, to be more like Jesus. Really? And how are we going to display that? How are we going to learn if we don't have the church? And you know, church has been like, put aside. Like, oh, it's just something that you can do on a Sunday if you have time. But it can't be like that, guys. We need to prioritize. Meeting together is what the Bible says. [00:39:33] Speaker B: Serving one another, serving one another, encouraging one another, loving one another. If you are a Christian and you're not going to church, can I Encourage you. Go find one, find a spiritual home where not only you can be served and be encouraged by people, but you too can also encourage and serve other people. You know, because a healthy church will impact a community. [00:39:58] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:39:59] Speaker B: And again, all this stuff, serving in the church, being part of a church, all comes from relationship with God, relationship with spouse, if you have one, relationship with kids, if you have one. And I want to say this, your private life should match your public ministry. And so when it comes to leadership. I remember Babe, when I first came into ministry on staff, this was actually one of the requirements. And it came from first Timothy chapter. First Timothy, chapter three, verse one to seven. I'll quickly read it and I'll quickly write down, I'll mention all the attributes. It says this, here's a trustworthy saying. Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now, the overseer is to be above reproach. Listen to this one. Faithful to his wife. Okay. Temperate, self control, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family. Again, leading from a place, leading from a place of marriage, leading from a place of family. And see that his children obey him with proper respect. If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church? Verse 6. He must not be a recent convert or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. He must also have good reputation with outsiders so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap. 15 attributes. He must be above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife. He must be temperate. He must be self controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness. Not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. Must be able to manage his own family well. Children obey him with respect and honor him. Not a recent convert, and has a good reputation without siders. Which brings us to community. Yeah, you know, we talk about serving church, talking about serving your children, stewarding your, the next generation. We talk about honoring your wife or your husband. We talk about loving God, but hey, we're all part of a community. [00:42:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:30] Speaker B: You know, And Matthew chapter 5, verse 15 tells us that you are a light. [00:42:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:36] Speaker B: You're the salt of this earth. You're called to shine light into darkness, into your community. [00:42:42] Speaker A: Yeah, that's right. [00:42:42] Speaker B: You're called to be the salt of the earth. In that context, salt was used to Preserve. It was almost like a preservative. Right. And so you're called to be the preservative of moral and morals, of values into society. And, you know, one of the ways that we can actually be an impact into society and serve our society and be of good reputation to society is again, to walk closely with God. [00:43:19] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:43:20] Speaker B: Like we said in this first conversation. [00:43:23] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:43:23] Speaker B: Everything flows and stems from the relationship with God. [00:43:26] Speaker A: That's right. [00:43:27] Speaker B: Maybe you want to add on to that. [00:43:29] Speaker A: Yeah. So like I said, God first and then your family and then your church and then the community. So, you know, as a church, it's so good together, but we can't be, as a church, be a hermit as well. I love for God. Yeah. I love forgotten each other must, you know, transcend the walls, the four walls of the church. We have to impact a community. We have to show them that this is what it's like to have to be a part of God's family. And you're invited to come along and you want to make God just so real to them. And how do you do that without preaching? Just love them well, love them well, love them well. And then when the Holy Spirit leads you and opens up an opportunity, go for it. You will know when you walk closely with the Lord, when you're constantly talking about it, and when your heart is to really love people, God's just going to open a world to you that you're like, oh, my gosh. You will see the brokenness and the sadness, and you're like, okay, God, use me, use me. You know, and not only that, you can also serve your community by doing well at work. [00:44:46] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, man. Let me tell you something. [00:44:48] Speaker A: Yeah. Right. [00:44:49] Speaker B: You can tell people you're a Christian without saying you're a Christian. One of the ways. [00:44:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:44:54] Speaker B: Preach the gospel without saying a word. [00:44:57] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:44:57] Speaker B: Is to actually show up to work. [00:45:00] Speaker A: Yeah. On time, Be on time, be respectful, be respectable. [00:45:03] Speaker B: Yeah. Do things in excellence. Yes. Do things with integrity. Yep. You know, here's my hot take. Christians in the secular world should be one of the best performers. [00:45:15] Speaker A: Oh, great. [00:45:17] Speaker B: Should be one of the best. [00:45:18] Speaker A: That's right. [00:45:18] Speaker B: In the secular world. [00:45:19] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:21] Speaker B: I would love to. We. It should be like the managers of this world, the, the leaders, the bosses of this world should be Christians because they have the value, they have the morals, they have the, The. The. The standard. [00:45:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:36] Speaker B: You know, that comes from Jesus. Right. They should have the charact. Right. That brings them up to that level. I mean, you know, I just remember when I was still in Construction, you know, God has been so gracious to me in that. I'm a carpenter, by the way. Just like Jesus. Very noble job, baby. [00:46:03] Speaker A: Build the church. [00:46:04] Speaker B: Yep. Anyways, God has put me in so many. He's given me a lot of responsibility, put me in positions of responsibility and leadership because I was trustworthy, because I came to work. [00:46:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:46:22] Speaker B: You know, I showed up, I rocked up. I did things with integrity. Yeah. And whenever, even when I did sales, I. I remember we were doing sales training and our trainer was like, oh, you're a sound id. You gotta sell like that. Like these, you know, hard sell tactics. I just remember the Holy Spirit saying to me, just sell with integrity. [00:46:39] Speaker A: So good. I love that word, integrity. [00:46:42] Speaker B: Just sell with integrity and you'll get the accounts and, you know, above. I was one of the top performers. [00:46:48] Speaker A: I remember. I was so proud of you. [00:46:50] Speaker B: And I'm not boasting or anything, that's actually God's grace, by the way. [00:46:54] Speaker A: It is. [00:46:55] Speaker B: But I just want to encourage us, you know, if you're a Christian, if you're a disciple of Jesus Christ, hey, be one of the best ones in your. [00:47:02] Speaker A: That's right. [00:47:03] Speaker B: Be one of the best students. You know, there's. Yes, it's good to like, love the Lord and, and love your family, love your church, all that stuff and serve and all that stuff. But in the society, in your community, it's gotta be the same place in your school, man. They should be able to see that. [00:47:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:47:22] Speaker B: I remember I was working in construction again and I was working with a fellow Christian mate who went to church with me and, and you know, we both worked at the same site and we were working together and there was another fellow that worked with us and he said to us, there's something different about you guys. Like, what's. What are you guys? What are you guys. [00:47:45] Speaker A: Why is so weird and different? [00:47:47] Speaker B: Nah, you know what I'm saying? We're weird, but you know what I'm saying. You know what? We haven't heard you sway. Yes. [00:47:54] Speaker A: Especially in the construction world. [00:47:56] Speaker B: We haven't heard you sway. Like, what are you guys, Are you guys, like, religious or something? Yeah, and then we said, yeah, we're. Yeah, we're religious. Like, yeah, like, yeah, we have a religion. Like, yeah, we're Christians. [00:48:06] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:48:07] Speaker B: Oh, that makes sense. No wonder why you're like so nice and stuff. Like, they should be able to see that. [00:48:11] Speaker A: Yeah. Yes, that's it. [00:48:15] Speaker B: The qualities that you've learned as a disciple should transcend into communion. [00:48:20] Speaker A: Oh, that's. [00:48:21] Speaker B: You should Be again the light of this world. You should be the salt of this earth. And you know, when you bear fruits like that, let me tell you. John, chapter 15, verse 8 tells us that the Father is glorified when you bear fruit, when you bear much fruit, because it shows. It shows that you are a disciple of Jesus. When you love well, when you rock up to work well, when you do your school well, when you do all these things well. Why is that? It's because I'm a Christian. [00:48:49] Speaker A: Yeah, that's it. [00:48:50] Speaker B: Oh, no wonder why you're, you know, da, da, da, da. Yeah. Because you're a Christian. It's, It's. It's part of who you are. [00:48:56] Speaker A: That's what God is calling you. I love what you said. It's part of who you are. You don't force it. You don't. Because it's so unnatural if you force something that you're actually not accustomed to. If. If you're. If your relationship with the Lord is so strong, it's like it just comes out so naturally in what you do, in how you look at people and how you respond to them. Even if someone's giving you a hard time, someone's being rude to, you're like, okay, how am I going to respond to this? [00:49:23] Speaker B: How do you deal with that? [00:49:24] Speaker A: How do you deal with that? Like, if someone messes up or someone's like, full on yelling at you and I work in. [00:49:29] Speaker B: Are you going to lean into your emotions? [00:49:31] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:31] Speaker B: Or are you going to lean into. [00:49:33] Speaker A: Someone starts gossiping, someone starts fighting? [00:49:35] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:36] Speaker A: It's just like, oh, my gosh. [00:49:37] Speaker B: Are you going to take part in that? [00:49:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:40] Speaker A: For all our students out there, it's so easy to cheat. But are we going to do that? No, we're not. [00:49:47] Speaker B: No. AI. Okay. [00:49:49] Speaker A: I. I'm so against AI. [00:49:50] Speaker B: Use AI to help you structure. Because that's what I do. Use AI to just. Oh, how should I structure this? It's not cheating, though. [00:49:58] Speaker A: It's still questionable practice. But anyways, I don't do that. No, no. [00:50:06] Speaker B: How do you structure this? [00:50:07] Speaker A: Yeah. But at the same time, what I'm trying to say is integrity. I love what you said before. [00:50:11] Speaker B: Yes. [00:50:12] Speaker A: Integrity number one. [00:50:14] Speaker B: If you've done something wrong, admit to it. [00:50:16] Speaker A: Integrity. Like, I messed up. [00:50:18] Speaker B: Sorry, that's my bad. All right. It again. [00:50:21] Speaker A: That's right. The community, they would know us by our fruits. [00:50:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:50:26] Speaker A: Yeah. And these fruits come from the deeply root, our deeply rooted relationship with the Lord, with his ways, with his character, with our love for our families. Like if you're single, love your parents well, Love your siblings well. And if, you know, if it's just you and your spouse, love each other well, okay. And then love your church, love the community. If you're a single parent, love your children. Pour out your love on these children. On your children. Yeah. And then, you know, go out there in the community because you've got so much love to give. God is going to replenish you with all that love. I was listening to John Piper the other way. Our vertical relationship with the Lord must be horizontal, must reflect our horizontal relationships. [00:51:13] Speaker B: How can you say you love God but then hate your brother? [00:51:16] Speaker A: Just doesn't make sense. Doesn't work like that. [00:51:19] Speaker B: Yeah, because when we go back to that first topic we spoke about about loving God and I wrote, read those scriptures, that was just the first half. Jesus actually tells us that the second commandment is to love your neighbor. The second most important thing is to love your neighbor with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. [00:51:39] Speaker A: Yeah. You know, and then, you know, I love that you mentioned that because, like, as you loving one another as yourself, you know, that's a lot of loving to do. So you go back to your spouse, you go back to your children, and you go back to the Lord to get filled again and then go out and then back again. [00:51:56] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:51:57] Speaker A: It's crazy, isn't it? [00:51:58] Speaker B: And again, we spoke about this in our last episode. This is where Sabbath comes into play. [00:52:02] Speaker A: Oh, Sabbath. Really, really keep the Sabbath holy in a way that you just love it. [00:52:09] Speaker B: Yeah, Sabbath. Because, you know, how many of us know, Bob, that when Jesus mentioned these two greatest, these great commandments, these two commandments of loving God, loving people is actually a summary of the Ten Commandments. And, you know, this is why Sabbath is so important. Because in the Ten Commandments, the first three is about God. Right. But the fourth one is about Sabbath. And then he talks about loving people so good. You know, Sabbath is in between loving God and loving people. And so Sabbath is so important as well. And we spoke about that in the last episode. Maybe we'll speak about it in the later episodes and really just focus on that one topic. [00:52:50] Speaker A: Yes. [00:52:51] Speaker B: But, yeah, again, all of this comes. Yes, yes, we said it's a ladder, but it's also like a circle where God is in the center of that circle. And that circle represents every aspect of your life. And God is in the middle of that circle, and he's in every single aspect. God is in your marriage, God is in your kids. God is in your ministry. God is in Your business. God is in your society. God is in your community. [00:53:15] Speaker A: Amen. It's beautiful. [00:53:16] Speaker B: And that can only happen if God is in the center of your life, as we spoke about in episode 1, 2, 3. God. This can only happen if God in the center of your life. So what do we know? Here's what we know. When it comes to boundaries, when it comes to relationship, who comes first? Children or marriage? Children or your wife? Children or your husband? Six, seven. Yeah. [00:53:44] Speaker A: God comes first. [00:53:46] Speaker B: God comes first. Marriage. So God comes first. Marriage, kids, church, community. Those are the five. And those are the five that has really helped us in our walk with God, in our walk with other relation. Relationship with other people. [00:54:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:54:06] Speaker B: What do we say about those? What about the questions of those? What about your. Like, your mom and dad now that you're married? [00:54:12] Speaker A: Yeah. They have a place. Yeah. Definitely. That's your extended family. Well, we can talk about it in the next episode. But, you know, it's this love that we have from the Lord is just everywhere. It's big now. It has to come out. It's God gives you. Not for you to just receive, it's for you to give out as well. You know, it just has to come out. And if you would hold that love, it's like you're stopping that blessing to flow. And, you know, I'd love to explore that in the next video. [00:54:43] Speaker B: Yes. [00:54:43] Speaker A: But, you know, I hope that this video, everything that we talked about, has really encouraged you in managing your life and your space and your relationships. But, you know, we're not going to assume that everyone who's listening is a believer or you have that relationship with God. And I love what you said before. You know, it starts with God, but maybe you don't have that relationship with the Lord. You don't know who this Jesus is who said, love the Lord your God or love your neighbor as yourself, you know, but we would like to take this opportunity to invite you into that beautiful relationship. Right. Did you have a Bible verse for us? [00:55:21] Speaker B: Yeah. John 3:16 tells us this. For God so loved the world. That's you and I. Yeah. We are the world that he gave his one and only son, Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. And Romans tells us that if we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and that he was raised from the dead, he is son of God, we will be saved. [00:55:46] Speaker A: Amen. [00:55:46] Speaker B: And so if we just call upon the Lord, we will be saved. And I just want to encourage you, you know, that in this scripture the Bible tells us that God loves, God gave you believe and you receive. [00:55:59] Speaker A: Amen. [00:56:00] Speaker B: All you got to do to receive salvation is simply to believe in Jesus Christ. And so I want to invite you to receive him as your Lord and Savior, Saviour, to believe in him and to receive salvation. Bob, do you want to just pray? [00:56:16] Speaker A: Let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, so if this is you deciding to come back to Christ or receive him for the first time, pray this prayer. Dear God, I give you my life. Forgive me for living my life on my own, thinking that I can do it by myself, living by my own means. But I recognize that you have given me your son Jesus, who died on the cross, who gave his life to pay for my sins. And in return give me eternal life. And today I receive him as my Lord and Saviour. And he is with me. He will be with me from now on and forevermore. I will trust in him. I will obey his Father word. And I thank you for this inheritance. I thank you for this blessing. I thank you that I am now a child of God. All by the blood of Jesus. In Jesus name I pray. [00:57:14] Speaker B: Amen. [00:57:14] Speaker A: Amen. [00:57:16] Speaker B: Awesome. Thank you so much guys. We hope that's helped you and encourage you. Love you guys. See you in the next episode. [00:57:24] Speaker A: Bye.