The D.I.G. How To Identify Upsetters Tim Ross

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1:45 So listen, we're a generous church, you know. And generosity we give just to give, not to get. And so I want to give out a couple of these books. I want to give out a couple of Pastor Tim's books. Here's how you're going to win that, okay? You just have to give us five points from this past Sunday service. Now, I'm going to help you out because you're like, five, oh, my God. Listen, I'm going to give you one. Do good is one of the five points. So now all you got to do is give four. Just four. Just throw them in the chat, and we're going to sit in some books. But I've got a couple of the staff with us, and here's what we're going to do. The temperature dropped here in Tulsa. And so she said, I guess we needed it. So I want y'all to share, tell us your name and share what you love about fall. For me, I think fall is like super sexy. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm just be honest. Like the mood just be right. The leaves be turning all pretty. You know what I'm saying?

2:37 Bat my eyes at bay? No. But I mean, seriously, it is one of my favorite weathers because it is just sexy. Anyway. Yeah. So my name is Tim and I enjoy about the fall. The thing I enjoy, just a little change in weather. Like, I don't want it to stay like forever forever, but just a little bit switch up is pretty good. So I enjoy just a little change in weather.

2:59 My name is Amberly, and my favorite thing about fall is pulling your sweaters out of your closet. Hence, for the reason why I threw on a sweater today, I was like, yes, it's fall. My name is Caleb, and you know what mine is? I'm from Texas, and so it's always blazing hot at all times. So for me, it's just the fact that it gets to be cooler. I get to wear a couple of layers. You know what I mean? That's kind of what it is for me. Big layers guy over here. Big layers guy. No, I think mine, I'm going to agree with Jules because both of my children were conceived in the fall. So God's anointing is in the fall. That's all I'm going to say. It's warmer, it gets a little cold quicker, and it's great for making babies. So that's awesome. I love it. Hey, guys, my name is Demario, and I guess, let's see, my favorite part of the fall, so I don't really drink hot drinks.

3:52 I don't drink coffee, tea, but I feel like in the fall, you know, I'd start drinking hot chocolate and cider, and so that's a part of. Pumpkin spice latte kind of guy, is that what you say? It gets real bougie at that point. All of a sudden, October hit, you got a big Starbucks order all of a sudden. Kind of like Amberley's Bougie order, just saying. Listen, you just tell these people one time that you have a bougie Starbucks drink, and they don't let you live that down.

4:20 And the other part that I like about fall is that it's my birthday, guys. October the 15th. Come on. Listen, y'all can cash at me. I take off from the payment. I'm just kidding. Cash at them, Mo, PayPal. I guess I got to come with it since your birthday coming up. Jesus. Oh, that's great. Well, hey, guys, listen. It looks like we have chosen our book winners. or our winner, Evelyn T. Congratulations. Come on, Evelyn. That's why you take notes in church right there. Fast, fast. Go ahead and send us an email to thedig at transformchurch.us so that we can connect with you, that we can get that book into your hands. Well, guys, as we said, man, this week we had an incredible message, part two of Upset the World by our oversight pastor, Pastor Tim Ross. And just a real quick plug, if you have not gotten it already, I just want to encourage you to go ahead and get the book. You know, talking about Upset the World, it really will revolutionize, like, how you see the world and how you see yourself in it.

5:18 And how, you know, like, you're a part of changing the world that you're in. So I just want to encourage you to get the book. It's available where all books are sold, Amazon, Barnes & Noble. I want to encourage you to go out and get the book. So, hey, the other thing, guys, is that y'all have been, like, blowing up the chat. Like, as you guys have watched the sermon this week, We've got a few comments, and I want to shout those out. Amber Lawson, you said, this message upset my world, to say the least. I know that God needed me to hear this message and wants me to become an upsetter. This message has changed my life. Thank you, Pastor Tim. I love that. I love that. Melanie Amoy, you said, hello from South Africa. I woke up to watch this message, and it's currently past midnight. I love that. You said, I absolutely appreciate this series. Thank you for this word. And then last but not least, we had Lizette Hernandez. She said, can Pastor Tim come back again and again?

6:12 Laugh out loud. His two sermons were amazing and really blessed me. He explained things in such a simple and effective way, even on basic things. Love you, TC Nation. And Lizette, we love you too. We're so glad that you're being blessed by the sermons. They're so powerful and they're transforming lives. But anyway, guys, this weekend, Pastor Tim taught us about how to identify upsetters. like the qualities of being an upsetter. And just to even explain what that means, you know, an upsetter is someone whose life has been upset by Jesus and who now is going to be used by God to upset the lives of others. And when we say upset, we're not talking about, like, irritation or to make people angry or anything like that. But the word literally just means to turn over. And so, like, when God comes in and affects your life and turns your life over, he wants to use you to affect somebody else's life. And the first quality that Pastor Tim talked about was that upsetters love Jesus.

7:08 And, you know, it's so interesting because, like, in our current world, you can love anything. And you can express that love and everybody's good with it. But when you start to express your love for God and for Jesus, like, it becomes an issue. And so Pastor Tim really just encouraged us to, like, hey, be expressive about your love. Like, be on fire. Like, don't allow what other people think about that to make us dial back our love for Jesus. then the second thing that he said is that an upsetter loves people and and really like one flows from the other there's no way that you can that you can love Jesus and not love people like literally like Jesus whole purpose and this whole reason for coming was for people so that he could die for the sins of the world and so uh in this first clip Pastor Tim does an amazing job just talking about like what that what that means like what does it look like to love people and so we're going to go ahead. Let's go ahead and watch that clip. Here's what Jesus said. Hey, it's really, really easy to love people that are lovable. Here's how we're going to know that you're a true upsetter. You love your enemies in the same way you love your friends.

8:17 And you pray for those that persecute you in the same way you pray for those that like you. And in that way, they will know that you are tied to your father in heaven and that you are acting as true children. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good. And he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are only kind, if you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. But you are to be perfect even as your father in heaven is perfect.

9:17 Yo, I got to tell you something. One of the truest tests that you will ever have as a believer in Jesus Christ is how you treat people that don't treat you well. Man, such a powerful statement. Man, I love that he said that if you're a true upsetter, you love your enemies in the same way that you love your friends. And, man, I just think about that. Like, that's a tall order. Like, that's, you know, that really is the mark of us maturing in Christ. So, look, our first question tonight in Transformation Nation, I want you guys to answer this too, is how do you deal with people who are hard to love? And, Caleb, I'm going to throw it over to you to kind of kick us off with that. Okay. Let's get it. Let's get it. So, man, this is a tough one, man. This is a tough one. Just to even talk about it's just tough. But I'm going to dive right into it. So, what I think about first is, so, first of all, I'm getting married in about three weeks. So, shout out to Zuna B-Y.

10:13 You know what I mean? And so with getting married, I have inherited a daughter who I love very, very much. And so her biological father. Now, this guy, he's the kind of guy that's not the most agreeable person, you know what I mean? Kind of prideful, kind of just, you know, like hard to get along with sometimes. And so you can imagine me having like, it's kind of like almost, it's like a love your enemy thing. It's like, you know, I don't want to, he's not, I try to keep my perspective as him not being my enemy. But practically, it's like, hey, I got to change my perspective. And so in dealing with him, one of the things that I realized, so my fiance's father, so I was at his house, you know, probably a year ago or so hanging out with him. And so my fiance's ex-husband was there and he was hanging out, whatever. And, you know, I noticed that her father would like be very, he was very welcoming. He was very, very like, hey, you want something to drink? You want something, you know, hey, you know. And I'm like, y'all ain't cook this food for him.

11:04 Y'all ain't like, you know, like, do be sending disrespectful text messages and whatnot. I'm like, come on, how you pops? Why are you being so cool with him? And so after he left later on that day, I talked to him about it. And I asked him, hey, man, so how do you keep your cool with him? Because I got some choice words sometimes. And what he said was he said, man, there's a scripture in Proverbs. So I'm going to read it to you guys. It's Proverbs chapter 25, verses 21 through 22. It says, if your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you. And so that was his perspective. And it was very sobering for me. It was like, man, okay. But, like, so here's the kicker to this thing. I want you to check this out. God gave me some revelation on the scripture. Okay, talk about dig. You know what I'm saying? I dug a little bit deeper. And so what I noticed was, like, the perspective that I've had on this verse specifically most of my life, up until, you know, recently has been like, you know, this heaping coals, you know, it's like, you know, it's almost kind of spiteful to be honest with you, like, which is not our God.

12:11 And so, but that's been my perspective. It's like, you know, you know, somebody makes you mad and you know what, just love many ways, you know, just show them love, do nice things to them. And then it's going to be like a burning thing on their head. It's going to burn them up inside, almost like kill them with kindness. You know what I'm saying? That kind of thing. And that's like, even that phrase is that ain't really God. Like we get it, but that's, is that the heart he wants us to have. So God was checking my heart on this. And here's what, so the Holy Spirit said, Caleb, go look up, there's this thing called the Blue Letter Bible. I would encourage any of you out there to check it out. You can break down scripture in Greek and Hebrew. It's really good. And so I was looking up the word, that word heap in the Hebrew, the original word, it's actually funny the way you pronounce it. It's hathaw. It's like that ha, like the hathaw. And I feel like God was like, aha. Like, I got you, Caleb. You thought you understood what the scripture meant, But I got you. So that word, it actually means to take hold of, seize, take away, pile up, or to snatch them. So, like, literally, Holy Spirit was like, yo, son, you don't know.

13:10 Like, your perspective has been so wrong. So literally those coals, the heaping coals on the head, it's like we're snatching them away off of that person's head. You're pulling it off of that person's head. And so it's really incredible, like, how God just spoke that. And it just really shifted my perspective. and said, Caleb, when you're dealing with him, when you're dealing with anyone, when you're really frustrated like that, you got to pull those coals off of his head because you're honoring me in doing that. And it was such a heart posture shift, and it was like, he checked me. He checked me hard. And the thing is, too, though, within that, you have to choose to surrender to the Lord in that moment. It's something you got to choose to do. So good. Wow, that is good. And if we don't choose in the moment, we truly sacrifice the mission. Like, we are here to represent God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ. So if I don't choose to love in the moment, then I sacrifice that opportunity to represent God to those who may be lost or found. And I'm guilty of this, too, because, you know, sometimes I want to represent my feelings and not my God.

14:10 Like, I want to give people a piece of my mind. You know what I mean? Like, I want you to know how I feel, but it's not always a thing God wants us to do. So like you say, Kayla, we've got to choose in the moment. That's so good. Well, it's funny because when we talk about loving people, I realize, like, you can't come up to me. Like, Jules, if you were to come up to me or DeMario, you were to come up to me and say, Charles, like, I love you, but I don't love Arlo. Wow. You can't love me and not love my son. You can't love me and not love my daughter. So the moment we start talking about who we do and don't love, God takes that personal. He said, that's my child. Like, I created them. That's good. Like, I knit them. So for you to say, like, I love God, but I don't love people, you can't because they're his creation. And I think, you know, all throughout Scripture, Jesus would do something that was so interesting. He would always say things that seemed absolutely ridiculous. And it was literally like Jesus would say things that were just so outlandish that it was like, all right, if you love me, you'll just follow all my commandments. That's all you got to do.

15:07 All right, Jesus, how many times are we supposed to give? 70 times. Like, he says all these things. And at the end of every question, I was thinking, how am I supposed to do that? Like, I can't. And literally what I found is Jesus always posed questions or set things that drove you past your own ability and in need of him. So when he says, I need you to love your enemies, he knows you don't have the power to do it by yourself. He knows in your own power you're going to say something, you're going to do something. But he knows what he did is he drove, he said something. I'm going to set this standard that you're going to need some help with, and then I'm going to be the one to empower you to do that. And so I just think it's so awesome in this commandment that it's like it seems like such this lofty idea. And that's kind of the point. Like God's like, exactly. Like if you can't do it by yourself, you need me. You need me in that. I love that. And, you know, a lot of times when we talk about loving hard people, we're usually thinking about somebody else. And we're disregarding the fact that there are times where we're hard to love.

16:01 You know, I think about myself. Anytime that you're stubborn about something and you're obstinate and inflexible and you're unwilling to compromise, like you become hard to love. And so I just think that's the other part is that part of what helps us to love people that are hard to love is understanding that we ourselves have had times where we've been hard to love. That's so good. I know sometimes we talk about how we view ourselves and the perception of ourselves. And it's like we disregard the parts where we're hard to love, you know. And I was reading this book, Jesus Is, by Judah Smith. And it really began to convict me about my relationship with my brother. You know, my brother, I mean, I love him. You know what I'm saying? But in that season, I was frustrated because he was doing anything that he wanted to do. And literally the way he would come at me at times would be slicing. And I mean, I was justified in snapping back or going off on him.

16:57 Right. But because as a believer, it's like, yeah, you might be justified, but you can't do that. Everything is permissible. Just because it's right for you to do that doesn't mean that you get to do that. You know, and so God just began to check me on that. And really, as we were talking about this, I realized that really it's a grace issue. Like I ought to be able to have grace for my brother the same way that God had grace for me. Like the reality is God loves us and he loves our enemies just as much. That's why he continues to chase us down. Like it doesn't matter what we've done or what a person does. If you're Adolf Hitler, you know, or if you are the person that never did anything bad, he still loves them just as much as he loves us. No, it's so true. So, okay, listen to this. I was reading in Matthew chapter 5, and I love the message version because it kind of like just makes it plain. Like it takes scripture and just makes it real plain.

17:54 And so are you guys listening? Because this is so good. Okay, ready? Story time with Amber. Here we go. Here's another old saying that deserves a second look. Wow. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. Is that going to get us anywhere? Here's what I propose. Don't hit back at all. In fact, if someone strikes you, stand there and take it. If someone drags you into court and sues you for the shirt off your back, gift wrap it with your best coat and make a present out of it. And if someone takes unfair advantage of you, use that as the occasion to practice the servant life. No more of this tit for tat stuff. Live generously. He said no more pettiness. Listen. Don't be petty. Let me tell you something. The Bible speaks truth and I don't like it sometimes, okay? I, like when you're talking, I have a family member, you know, and it's crazy that our family members can sometimes be the ones that really cut us.

18:55 I mean, they're the ones that knew us when we were young. They've watched us become. They've watched us fall. They've watched us get back up. And yet those are the ones that take some of the deepest stabs. And I have a family member that, now they don't say this with their words because they're, you know, they're those big old big bad ones behind the keyboard. You know, you know those people that you see trashing people on Facebook and Instagram. And you're like, would you even say that to my face? But they write this stuff. And let me tell you, when I get these text messages, it sends, I mean, I want to heap, I want to heap some coals, okay, Caleb? I want to do something. It makes me so angry. And it causes, I want to say words that haven't even been created yet in the dictionary to say. You are creative now. Because I'm like, you, okay, I want to get in there. I want to get mad, okay. And immediately when that happens, the Holy Spirit convicts me every single time. And I think about Pastor Charles, what Pastor Mike says to us.

19:50 Because of the call, many can, but you cannot. Wow. And that thing just tears me up. And I'm like, but I want to rip in. I want to tell that person how I feel so bad and how terrible I think that they are and how terrible they're talking. But the Holy Spirit says you can't do it. You can't do it. And I said to my husband one day, when do I get to stop being the bigger person? When does somebody else become the mature Christian adult? And when do they get to become the bigger person? I'm tired of being the bigger person. And my husband said something to me, and he said, it will always be you. No more of this tit-for-tat stuff. Live generously. So that reminds me of a story in the Bible of the shepherd. And the shepherd leaves the 99 to go see about the one because the shepherd expects the 99 to stay the course. And the reason the 99 has to stay the course, so when the one comes back in the fold, the one has someone to look up to.

20:49 and sometimes we got to be that 99 and not that one. That's so good. So good. Tim, like you like dropping some bombs and nuggets so that it just shuts the whole thing down. Like that's how I feel about that. That is so powerful. You're going to change the show to the T-I-M. You know what I'm saying? Come on. Jeez. No, I think both of those things are so powerful. Like even with what you said, Amber, like many of you right now, you're like I'm in environments and situations that I can't get away from and really the question isn't about you doing it in your power. And Charles, you said this, like when I come to the end of my life, it's like, okay, I love Jesus, but now I've got to be filled by the Holy Spirit. And I love that Pastor Tim, that was his second point. He said, be filled with the Holy Spirit. In order to be an upsetter or in order to identify upsetters, we have to be filled by the Holy Spirit.

21:42 So let's check out this next clip. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. because if you get filled with the Holy Spirit, he will change the way you walk, he will change the way you talk, and he will change the way you behave. You look at the book of Acts. The book of Acts' full title is the Acts of the Apostles Through the Holy Spirit. These are ordinary men and women doing extraordinary things because they were filled with the Spirit of God. He changes the way you walk. He changes the way you talk. He changes the way you behave. Listen, when you get filled with the Spirit, you walk like this.

22:26 You're no longer all over the place. Your spiritual walk lines up, and it puts you in a straight line to go through straight lanes so you can get everything that God has promised you without deviation. When the Holy Spirit is leading and guiding you, He's leading you straight in the path of the way that God ordained for you to live your life. He changes the way you walk. Wow. Wow. Listen, Pastor Tim came with one of the strongest analogies I've heard. He's comparing that with alcohol. Like when you consume a whole hard liquor, it changes the way you walk, you talk, all of that. And the Holy Spirit does the same thing. It really is. The Holy Spirit is our advantage. Like, when we really think about it, the Holy Spirit is not going to force himself on us. You know, it's us receiving him and just leaning into who he is. Like, the Holy Spirit is always talking to us.

23:22 And one of the gifts that the Holy Spirit gives us is speaking in tongues. It's a language that he's given to us to talk to God our Father. And there's a scripture that says that the Holy Spirit would intercede on our behalf. It's a conversation that he has with God when we don't know what to do, what to say. And the Holy Spirit, like there's so many different gifts. But one of the other gifts is that he empowers us to do what we can't do by ourselves. Like when we get to the end of our rope or the end of our life, it's like, daddy, I can't do this. Which means I've got to now depend on him. And so, listen, if you want to go deeper in that, we encourage you. Last year, Pastor Charles, he did a talk or he did a sermon really called You Can't Punk Me No More. Like I feel like it should have been no more, like M-O. But really, it's just that strong. And really, I want to encourage you. They're going to throw a link in there. But make sure you go back and watch that message.

24:15 It was such a powerful message. But Caleb, we were talking about this a little bit. You've been in the music world, both secular and Christian. And I think it's just important for people to know the Holy Spirit, he's not limited to the four walls of a church. But he really works in every area that we're called to go to. So go ahead and share that story with him. Yeah, so I can remember a couple of years ago I was, you know, out traveling with an artist. And so the sound engineer put this particular artist, he's kind of a smart guy, you know, he's kind of a smart-alecky kind of guy and crack jokes and stuff. And a little bit older, kind of like, you know, kind of, I don't know what the word is I'm looking for right now, but, you know, just kind of that older attitude, just kind of like, hey, you know, I don't want to deal with y'all. Stuck in his ways kind of thing. And so anyway, so we were getting ready to go do soundcheck. And so I went to go get something to eat, and I misunderstood the call time, right? So, or maybe I was just late.

25:10 That's what late people say. I misunderstood the way the clock works. You know, I misunderstood, you know. See how I'm making excuses for you? I misunderstood the time. And anyway, so they were giving me the leave. They're like, hey, are you coming? I was like, man, my order is there. They're giving me my order. And so, you know, I heard, I was like, can y'all just wait for me real quick? And in the background, I heard this guy. He was like, no, we're not waiting on you, blank, blank. And I was like, come on, dude. Like, I just felt like it was super disrespectful. And it really heated me. So fast forward, like I had compiled this whole thing in my head. Like I had, it was like, just getting ready to go. He about to get the business from me. Like you about to get all the words, all the stuff from, you know. And so I made it back to the hotel, took a taxi, got there. And then on my way there, I prepared all this stuff in my head and I got there. And literally, like, I was so furious. I was ready to, I was getting ready to go in there on stage and go off on the guy. And literally the Holy Spirit was like, chill out.

26:03 And so, like, that interceding, you know, that Romans 8 talks about, he'll intercede for you with groanings. And so I literally just began to pray in the Spirit. And while I was doing that, it literally shifted my whole countenance change. And the Holy Spirit was interceding for me, you know, in that moment. And it really, it shifted the dynamic in that moment because instead of going in there and just going off on the guy, like, I literally was completely calm. And, like, I went in the room, and then he just kind of was like, he cracked a joke or something like nothing even happened. And I just, but I was able to have composure. And just for, even just to kind of connect a little bit with people, like, some of you might be wondering, like, you know, well, you know, I never spoke in tongues. I don't even understand that. You know, I grew up in a church situation where I didn't really see the gift of the Spirit demonstrated much. And it was very, very Bible-based. I read about it, but even my personal encounter with it, you know, I didn't realize I was going to need it later on.

27:01 But when I was younger, I was just crying out to the Lord one day just by myself. And literally, I just had this encounter where the glory of God just like rushed and hit me hard in my crying out to God. And about a week later, I just felt this unction to ask God for just tongues. I was like, I never speak in tongues before. I don't understand it, God, but I believe it's real. and while I was on my knees, I was at the house by myself and I just said, you know, Lord, I don't really get it, but I want to do it. And so I just, I literally, my experience was I just said, you know what? I just started saying, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. I said it in every language I knew how to say it. I was like, gracias Jesus. Thank you, Yeshua. Like literally, that was my real encounter, y'all. That was my real encounter. And so, but in the middle of that happening, my mouth started forming and I didn't know what was happening and I had to kind of let go. And then I began to speak in tongues. So fast forward to this moment, you know, where I'm in here and about to go off on due. And literally that's where the Holy Spirit is interceding for me and working on my behalf.

27:59 We need him. We need the power of the Holy Spirit. That is so good. Working for us. You know, I just want to say, you know, talking about just the practicality of the Holy Spirit. You know, I think that sometimes when you talk about tongues and the Holy Spirit, it can seem just kind of spooky and like, what is going on? But I think about a time when I was working in corporate America doing a computer job. I was an IT support guy. And this thing came up and it was like, D, we need you to fix it. And we need you to fix it now. And I'm like, okay. You know, I had no idea like how to fix it or whatever. But literally I started like praying in tongues. Like, okay, Lord, help me. Show me what to do here. And literally like everything calmed down. It was almost like the Lord drew my eyes to start, okay, do this. Click this. And so literally like the Holy Spirit guided me in troubleshooting an IT problem. I just want you to know that like the Holy Spirit wants to be a part of anything that you will allow him to be a part of. Come on, that's good. He will be a part of that. Like he will show you what school to go to.

28:51 He will show you, you know, what car to buy. He will show you what house to move into. I just wanted to say that like the Holy Spirit is practical. Like he is your guide for life, not just for spiritual things. It's so true. I will never forget one time I was driving on the highway and in front of me was a large semi with like big tree logs. Yes, tree logs. Thank you. And they were all piled on there and they were tied on perfectly. Like, I mean, there was no, it didn't look like anything was coming off. And I'm just driving, minding my own business. And I felt the Holy Spirit say, change lanes. And I was like, okay. And it wasn't this loud, like, change lanes. It's like, I don't want you to mistake that, Transformation Nation. Like, that's not necessarily like, yes, do I believe that God can audibly say, like, change, you know, yes. But in that moment, I just knew that the Holy Spirit was speaking to my spirit, you know, change lanes. And so I was like, okay, I'm just going to obey. So flip the Blinkron moved over a few lanes, and I kid you not, when I got over into that final lane, one of those logs came flying off the back of that semi, and I was like, holy Jesus.

29:59 If I had not moved out of that lane, I would be dead. And so it's just, it is, it's so practical. Like, yes, it rises up in you in that when you don't know what to pray, that the Holy Spirit gives you the words, those groans and moans and intercedes for you. But it's also the practicality when you don't have a clue what to do with a computer or when you're driving or when you're trying to make life-altering decisions. The Holy Spirit enables you and equips you with that knowledge. That's so good. That's so good. Something I think it's important that people understand with the Holy Spirit, something that God showed me is sometimes when we talk about it, people don't, they feel like it's a new entity or person of God that they don't know yet. But think about this. The Bible says that when Jesus said, he said, the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth. Jesus said, I'm the way, the truth, and the life. So the only way you become aware that you need Jesus is by the Holy Spirit talking to you. So the fact that you have a relationship with Jesus, you've already been talking to the Holy Spirit. You've already been in relationship with him.

30:54 And when you give your life to Jesus, the Holy Spirit lives on the inside of you. Speaking and praying in the Spirit is the evidence of the Holy Spirit coming out of you. And so I think it's important that people don't, sometimes it becomes this other thing or this like someday I'll meet that version of God. Or like the Holy Spirit's already with you. Like he's the one that made you think like maybe I can't do this by myself. Maybe I do need to pray. Maybe I do need to ask for forgiveness. And when you start doing those things, it's just amazing to see how the person of the Holy Spirit, you learn them more. And he really is the empowerment of God. And it's so true because I remember there was a story of a staff member here at Transformation Church. Like that's the other thing. Like we think about that. Like the ability to like, you know, to have that outward expression of the Holy Spirit by praying in tongues. And we think it has to be like in a church setting or like the mood has to be right. and the sounds have to be right. And I remember the story of a staff member here at Transformation Church.

31:46 He was out in the parking lot in his truck on his lunch break. And he just began to pray. And it came out of him. And it's like, that's how simple and easy, like God doesn't make that difficult. He doesn't make serving him difficult. He doesn't make, you know, being in relationship with him difficult. His gifts are not difficult to receive and to use. Like it's practical. It's easy application. That's so good. You know, we're talking about the Holy Spirit. And I just want to say, like, right now you're trying to think about, hey, I don't have this gift of speaking in tongues or the other components of it. Really, it's knowing there's the gift of speaking in tongues. If you don't speak in tongues, it's okay. It's a free gift that the Holy Spirit will give you if you desire it. But it doesn't mean you're going to hell if you don't speak in tongues. But the Holy Spirit is there. The Holy Spirit is a comforter. So if you've been struggling or, you know, there's pain or tragedy, like it's asking, Holy Spirit, Jesus, I need you. I need your comfort.

32:43 I need that gift that you are my comforter. The word of God says, like when Jesus left, he said, I'm going to leave somebody for you. And that somebody is the Holy Spirit. And it's the sensitivity to say, Dad, I need you. So many times we kind of chop that up to like, man, I felt like or I thought. And you're battling with yourself. But really it's like, let me acknowledge it. Let me be real. Like, oh, that was God. Like, that was, I mean, sometimes we wait until after it's like, oh, clearly that was Jesus. That's so, something you just said, Jules, and I think I've heard this and it helped me so much, so clearly understand the Holy Spirit. Somebody said one time, God, they parallel it to water. Water is always water, but it has different forms. It's liquid, ice, and gas. It's not different. It's just in different times you need different versions of it. So if you go to pour a drink of water and you've got gas, it doesn't work that way. In certain forms, you need certain forms of it.

33:39 It's still God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But in different moments in your life, you need access to different parts of it. Absolutely. You know, even talking about the Holy Spirit, I think about a time in my life where, and honestly, it was like when I first received the Holy Spirit with the gift of speaking in tongues, just where everything changed. You know, I love how Pastor Tim Ross said that your talk changes, your walk changes, and all that different stuff. And so literally, like, when I received the Holy Spirit, my walk changed. I remember I was at a church service, 14 years old, you know, yeah, young buck. And I was just at the altar praying. And my youth pastor, Rafael Giladio Jimenez Agustin Lopez, Correa de la Guajara Jr. III. Wow. I thought you were speaking in tongues. I thought he went to speaking in tongues. My youth pastor. Yeah, I said, one K? Listen, he got his Spanish from Del Taco in Barstow, California, baby.

34:34 Listen, 24 years ago, I was at that altar, and, you know, he asked me a question. Like, we were there praying, and he said, Demario, what are you called to do? And at that moment, you know, it was like I had to grapple with what I wanted to do and what God wanted me to do. And so I was like, ah, I want to be a basketball player, you know, saying my different desires. He asked me again, Demario, what do you want to do? I said, I want to be a basketball player. And then he said, Demario, what are you supposed to do? And I just like out of my belly, yo, I'm supposed to be a pastor. And listen, as the words left my mouth, I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Bring it back. I don't want that. But in that moment, like when I really just yielded to the Holy Spirit, like my whole walk changed. My whole life really changed. Like the trajectory, everything that I had planned, everything that I had thought up to that point, Like, everything switched in that moment.

35:27 So, yeah. Babe, as you said that, like, one of the things that you said is that you yielded to the Holy Spirit, which meant I gave in to the Holy Spirit. Like, there's so many times where we are literally fighting what God is trying to do in us, what God is wanting to do through us, instead of just like, all right, Dad. Oh, I'm sorry. I just came up in my spirit. Think about yielding when you're merging. If you don't yield, there's always damage. Oh, my goodness. When you don't yield, when there's a sign that says yield. That was the Holy Spirit right there. That wasn't in the house. When you don't yield, there's always, in so many of us, the Holy Spirit said, hey, don't get in that relationship. Hey, don't get in business with that person. Hey, don't accept that job. And now we're in. We didn't yield. We're just like, all right, bet, let's go. And we went out there.

36:18 And now it's the same person that told us to yield that has to heal us to get to the new thing. So that was the Holy Spirit right there. There he is. He's back again, y'all. That's so good. You know, even as you're saying that, like right now, I want to encourage all of you, like yield to the Holy Spirit. Because what happens is you now begin to build up a muscle where you are no longer resisting him, but you are dancing with him. You're working with him. And now he can do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that you could ever think, ask. But if we resist them, the damage is going to happen. You know, at the end of the day, that's not what any of us want to do. Like, I think back to a time for me where I had a slick mouth. You know what I'm saying? I could cuss with the best of them. You know what I'm saying? And I mean, I didn't think I could get free from, like, cursing. Because any time, I looked at it this way.

37:13 If somebody came and came at me and went off, it was like you were filling up my ammo tank. like I'm I'm finna give you I'm about to be a connoisseur with my words and you're gonna feel every bit of it but when I surrender my life to the Lord I can see it I can see you just I mean it was good no but I surrendered that part to to the Lord and even to the Holy Spirit I was like yo I need you to clean my mouth like and I'm a rapper too so I would freestyle and so it was just dirty. And so it was like, Holy Spirit, I need you. And so many times, those are the words that we just need to say, like, Holy Spirit, I need you right now. No, and I just want to speak for just a moment just to those people that are married out there, Transformation Nation, if you're watching, I just want to take a moment and speak to those of you who are married. Sometimes in your marriage, your spouse can frustrate you so much greater than any other person in the world. It's like they know the buttons to push. They know the things to say.

38:16 They know the things to do or not to do, you know, picking up their underwear or whatever those situations may be. But they know the right things to do. And the thing that you have to be careful, like as women specifically, like we have to be careful, as the book of Proverbs says, not to be that nagging, dripping faucet. Like y'all know that faucet that like doesn't stop dripping and it's annoying. Like we can't become annoying to our spouse. And likewise, as husbands, you can't be annoying to wives. And so there's been times in my marriage when I have been so frustrated by something that was taking place that my husband was doing. And I realized in that moment that nagging him and getting onto him and being his mother was not what he needed. And so instead, I began to intercede. And honestly, my flesh, that part of me that wasn't spirit driven, that part of me wanted to be like, God, let me tell you what he needs to do. You know, I wanted, But instead, I had to shut up, and I had to let the Holy Spirit pray for me and ultimately pray for him.

39:13 And let me tell you, there's two things that always happen in a situation like this. Number one, God either changes the spouse, like genuinely speaks to this. Like I've had situations where my husband has come to me and said, you know, I was praying, and I'm like, oh, God, you are listening. Thank you, Jesus. But then there are other times when God says to me, why don't you fix yourself before you come at me about him? And so honestly, though, that takes surrendering and yielding to the Holy Spirit. And so I just want to encourage you in your marriage, if you're facing that frustration with your spouse, you don't feel like they're listening. You don't feel like they're understanding. You don't feel like that they're actually like paying any attention. I'm going to ask you, yield and give that to God. Allow the Holy Spirit to intercede on your behalf and go to the throne room for him, for you, for her, and let him do something that you can't do on your own. Because one of two things will happen. Either they'll change or God will change your heart in the process.

40:08 Right there. Listen, even as you were saying that, I think there's other people, like, we've been in this COVID season. And so many parents don't know what to do. You know, there are single parents that are like, I am going crazy because I got these kids and they're like, I don't know what to do. Really, I want you to lean into the Holy Spirit. Ask for wisdom. He will give you insight and wisdom on things that you don't know how to do. you've never received instructions on, but he will give you the peace that you need so that your one year old who cries all the time has got, like, he will give you like, hey, they just need this from you. Your four year old or even working with parents, or not parents, working with teachers, it's like, holy spirit, I need your wisdom right now because I'm in this small bedroom or I'm in this big house, but I can't figure out how to get my recovery. I can't figure out what this child needs or what that child needs, but I need peace because I'm about to lose my mind.

41:02 And the Holy Spirit says, I'm here with you, and I'm here for you if you would just yield to me. That's so good. Listen, we have more notes, but it's Galatians 5 is the fruits of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, general self-control. Like, how do we try to do those things without? It's the fruits of the Spirit. You can't do it. Like, it's not. That's the only way it works. And I just think if we teach the fruits of the Spirit without the Holy Spirit, it's self-improvement. It's you fixing you. It's you being more loving. It's you being more kind. It's you being more gentle. But it's the fruits of the Spirit. And for so long, it's been like this, like, we ignore a third of God and then get mad when we can't do what he asks us to do. And it's like, there's a whole other person you're ignoring that you need. Go on the notes we've used all our time. I'm sorry. We got to move on.

41:55 Man, so good talking about the Holy Spirit. And the next point that Pastor Tim made was that upsetters do good. And our ability to do good is because of the Holy Spirit. So let's go ahead and check out this clip. Can I just say something? Jesus was a really nice guy. Do you know what one of the most upsetting attributes of us as believers are? Being kind.

42:23 In a cynical world, one of the greatest things you could ever give humanity is just kindness. It's just to be nice, to do good. Jesus went around doing good stuff. Come on, doing good. Man, we've talked about like the only way that we can do good, especially in cases where things are not being done good to us or whatever, is by the power of the Holy Spirit. And I just think about there was a moment in my life when I used to work just a corporate America job. And there was one of my coworkers. She came in one day, and she was kind of distraught, had a lot going on in her marriage. You know, the house that they were building, things were going on there. And, I mean, she was, like, basically having a mental breakdown in tears. And I said, hey, well, like, why don't you just go home? Like, why are you still here at work?

43:15 And she says, well, because I have to. Like, I have to make this money in order to da-da-da-da-da. I said, okay, got it. And as she said it, the Holy Spirit, he kind of rose up in me and he said, hey, do something good for her. And what I got in my heart was pay for her day. Like whatever her salary is, you and Jules like pay for her day so that she can go home and take care of what she needs to. And so I literally called Jules, talked to her about it. She okayed it. And I came back to my coworker and I said, hey, you know what? The Lord told me just to pay for your day. Like, whatever you make, let me know that salary, multiply it by eight hours, and we'll pay for it. And, like, she was so stunned and shocked. And, you know, she was like, okay, well, let me think about it, da-da-da-da. And so she thought about it, and she went ahead and took us up on it. Well, fast forward, just a few months later, she had another situation where she came into work and was really just dealing with some things. And at that point, I was able to actually, like, we went straight to ministry.

44:14 Me doing good and me planning that first scene in her life opened the door for ministry this next time. And so she literally came in. I mean, just all kinds of things were going on. So we literally went into a break room. I prayed for her. She cried and snoted. I mean, we're talking about in the middle of corporate America. Like she cried and snoted. And just to see that my good deed, our good deed was able to open someone up to receive ministry from Christ. And I'll say this, babe, because you didn't allude to it, but really her prayer request, she was wanting to have kids. And you begin to pray that her womb would be open. And what happened, I think it was maybe a couple years later, she did end up having kids, but it was a couple years later. She wasn't a believer or anything like that. But it was several years later that she invited us over to her house. And it was those seeds that were planted at that time to where she was like, it caused me to see God differently. Like, hello, representing, plug.

45:12 Okay, it caused her to see God differently. So doing good, it allows us to show who God is. That little seed literally upset her world. Like you said, it showed God differently. I love that. That is so good. For me, one of the things, one of the ways I do good is I'm very intentional about making sure I speak life into people. Because when somebody is going through something, I mean, you just don't know the value of, hey, you got this. You don't know the value of you can make it. And even as I was thinking about that, I was like, oh, that's real simple. And the Holy Spirit really, he was like, there's nothing simple about death and life being in the power of your tongue. I mean, there's nothing simple about that. So for me, I just definitely just try to be intentional about speaking life into people. It's so, you know, doing good. The other side of this is that what happens when you do good and like they don't say thank you? No, that's bad. I'm sorry.

46:04 Or when you don't get the response that you thought you were going to get. Because, like, God, I just did what you told me to do. So now where's the positive response back? And it goes back to that culture code of generosity that we have. Like, we give just to give and not to get. There may be no getting on the opposite side of it. Like, it may just be that God's calling you to sacrifice. And will you be obedient and do it regardless of what the outcome is? And I'll never forget at a church that I used to serve at, there was a staff member there that just didn't not care for me. I just don't know how you couldn't like me. But anyway, she just didn't really care for me, and she just wasn't very nice to me. And I, you know, it was one of those things where I killed her with kindness. And it's probably not the right thing, but I was heaping cold. You know, I was as kind as I could be. And I'll never forget, it came time for her birthday, and her birthday fell on a Sunday morning. So I was getting ready for church one Sunday morning, and the Lord said, you're to take her a birthday present. And I was like, her?

46:57 He said, yes. And I said, okay. So I thought, well, I'm not about to go get her nothing nice because it's Sunday morning, so let me go through my closet and see what I can re-gift. So I dug through my closet and I found some old Bath and Body Works cucumber melon lotion from 1999. They don't even make that sin unless they bring it back. And I said, listen, I'll give you something to get that stench off of you. So I bagged it up. No, I was being holy. Thank you, Jesus. You know, loving her. So I get ready. Get ready. Wrap it up. I'm getting ready to leave. And the Holy Spirit says you will not give her that lotion. And I'm thinking, I'm not giving her my good stuff. No, I'm not doing that. He said, no, you are to give her money. And I thought, okay, cash money. Let me think about this. So I go through my purse and I was like, let me get you $20. I'm going to be a blessing to you today. So I get my $20 out and the Lord said, you will not. You will give her $200. Lord, do you know, do you know how she talks? What she says, she don't even say hi to me in the halls.

47:52 And you want me to give her $200? You know how hard I worked for $200? So I wrapped that thing up in the car. I said, happy freaking birthday. And I got that card. And I took myself to church to get my heart right. I walked up into that church and I handed her the card and put my smile on my face and I said, happy birthday. And she took the card and she turned around and she didn't say thank you. Now, you want to know what I want? I want to snatch that card up out of her hand and tell her, be like, mom, what do you say? Now, come on, what do you say? Thank you. But in that moment, what God taught me is will you give just to give? Or are you going to do good to see what you get in return? And you think about it, that's probably how Jesus felt when he was dying on the cross. He was sitting up there. Because here's the thing, we forget, he's fully God and fully man. So he's fully God, fully man, and he's thinking, you're not even going to say thank you.

48:51 Half of y'all ain't even going to, and he still did it. That is the real test, I think, of us. we have to remind ourselves that every time we have those that like, God had the same emotion. He had that same moment of, but that's what you said. It's just giving. It's just giving to give and not to give. So powerful. You know, I was just thinking about something. A lot of times we start off doing good, but then we have experiences, different things that it's like, oh, they didn't say thank you. Nah, bro, we're not doing it. And so you literally, yeah, it's like you turn your heart off. I remember there was one time where I had given some money to a homeless person and felt good about it. And, uh, like 10 minutes later, him and his girl, like, they were walking out of the store and he was like, you messed it up. And she was like, what? She said, you messed up the whole scam. And, like, he walked past me saying, I was like, I just gave you money.

49:46 What? And so, honestly, like, for a few years, I struggled to get back to doing that kind of good. And I just want to speak to someone that maybe you used to do good. You used to, you know, really be generous and that kind of thing. But then something happened and it's like, I'm turning that part of my heart off. I'm not doing that. I just want to encourage you, continue to do good because the seeds that are planted, even if you don't see them, like God knows how to germinate those seeds and he knows how to bring it to pass. So I just want to encourage you in that. That is so good. It just reminds me of a scripture that says, to whom much is given, much is required. And oftentimes we want the given without the required. And it don't work like that. You know, even with that, like so many times we think that because we've given or because we've done something to somebody, they're obligated to give us a particular response. And the reality is we're not responsible for how they respond. Like when I give that, it's our obedience.

50:43 Regardless of however they use the money, however they use the whatever it is that you've given to them. It's like, you know what? I gave that, and I'm good. I got to detach from what I've just given or just from me doing good. Man, Caleb, you were sharing something with us earlier. Yeah, yeah. It makes me think about doing music. That's what I'm passionate about, right? That's where I've just had most of my success, all those things. You're pretty good at it, too. I appreciate it, bro. I appreciate it. You know, but but but so doing that, you know, and being so passionate about it, you know, when you give, it's not something that I give for free. You know what I mean? Like that's what I do is my for my profession and all that. And so I had an instance where someone I know had really someone kind of close to me had, you know, had something going on, you know, and they were doing their own thing. And I was like, you know, I want I feel like what I have, I can really be a blessing to them.

51:40 And so I decided I was like, you know what, I'm going to make a track for them. I'm going to produce a whole track for them and then, like, just, like, lay it out nice. Like, I prayed for the track. I was like, you know, and I'm not kidding. I literally, like, I started praying in tongues, Holy Spirit. I literally, like, was praying. I was like, God, I want this to be a blessing to people. Lord, I really want this. Like, I went in and put my heart and soul and everything into this track, right? And so I sent an email to the person, and I just was like, hey, this is a little blessing, you know. And then a couple of days, you know, a day went by. They didn't say nothing, right, nothing. two days went by, they didn't say nothing. And usually I would have heard something from them. Right, yeah, but you know, normally I would have heard something from them, you know, by this point. But they never said anything. So I was thinking so I said, okay, let me just shoot a text. So I sent out a text to them, you know, and I was like, yo, did you get that email, that special email, you know? It was special.

52:33 It said, you know, this is a gift, you know? I was like, did you get it? And then their response was not very favorable. It was kind of critical, and it was kind of like, I was like, man, I was like, I was kind of taken aback because I was thinking in my mind, man, like I put my heart and soul and everything. This is what I do for a living. Like, you know, like I don't do this for free type of thing. And here I was trying to pour it in my heart, but their response was not what I expected. And so literally listening to the message on Sunday, and some of you might be thinking the same thing, man. You know, there was just, there's just to piggyback on the everything that you guys have been saying. You know, the Holy Spirit really convicted me even here recently because I realized that I sent it to them. And I was like, hey, you know, I'll get some work done on it and, you know, get it mixed up real good. yada, yada, yada. And then what ended up happening was I just, I never did send them like the new final version of it. And so I like the Holy Spirit was like, you need to like get with them. And like, and so, so again, same thing. Some of you, maybe there's some things you've left undone because you felt like, you know, Hey, somebody offended me a certain way. And so, you know, I'm not going to do that thing. I'm going to leave it undone. But the Holy Spirit is saying to you right now, Hey, get it done. Finish that thing. Go, don't leave the people out there hanging. And so I just want to encourage you guys, man, that, that really, man, Pastor Tim just really kicked my butt in the Holy Spirit work through him to kick my butt on Sunday and remind me, yo, I need to do that.

53:44 So that's on my agenda now. Let's go finish. Let me go send this back to them. And like, you know what I mean? So, hey, he'll deal with you. He'll expose you. You know what I mean? That's so good, man. You were about to say something? Yeah, I just want to say real quick, you know, I just felt even as everyone was talking that like some parents, Jules, you said you're responsible to obey. You're not responsible for their response. Some parents, like you're taking it, you know, you raise your children well and you poured all of this into your children and you feel like, why are they responding this way? Why are they not doing the things that I taught them? And I just want to speak to you right now. God's saying, hey, you're not responsible for their response. You're responsible for your responsibility, and when you're done, you commit them into his hands. He's the one that's working things out, and he's the one that's even bringing back to remembrance the seeds that you planted in him. So, yeah, just had to say that before we got past that moment. My God, that's so, man, that's so good. Listen, Pastor Tim gave us five different identifiers of how we identify an upsetter.

54:45 Love Jesus, love people, be filled with the Holy Spirit, do good, and love life. You know, I was so glad that he used that last point of love life. Like if we're going to live lives as an upsetter and we're loving Jesus and we're being filled, we're doing good. It's like, okay, dad, I want to love my life. I don't want to just look at the dark moments or the tragedy parts and not enjoy this life that God has now given to me because he's upset mine. And Charles, you kind of talked about this a moment ago to us about just getting to the end of our life. Share just a little bit more on that. Yeah, I think, you know, when you say loving life, I feel like sometimes we have associated that scripture that talks about being in the world but not of the world as we're not supposed to. We forget that God also created this earth for the original intent in the Garden of Eden was the earth was created for our enjoyment.

55:45 It was created to serve us. And so we kind of get this mindset that we can't love life. We can't like things. It's almost like if you're a real Christian, you're just sad. You don't like nothing. And you're like, it's like, man, but, but I think about this scripture says, Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. If, if I'm loving life, I'm loving God. When I love Arlo and Luna, I'm loving my wife, Abby, because it's something that came from when I love life, when I make a decision to, to, to enjoy my life and live a life that glorifies God, I'm loving what he created. And so some of you, like, you've got this pressure that like, almost I'm more spiritual if I'm not happy. I don't know where that came from, but, like, you being able to enjoy life and enjoy the people that God put in your life, enjoy good food. And, like, there's a part of this that God created this world for our enjoyment, not our convenience, not always our comfort, but there are parts of it that he said, like, I want you to enjoy that. I want you to go on a walk with your family and see the sunset and enjoy it.

56:47 And so there's this, I don't know where the narrative of spirituality is being sad and mad, but God, like, he enjoyed. He sat down and had meals. Half of the bombs that he dropped in Scripture, he was eating food. Like, he was, you know what I'm saying? Like, he went over to people's house and was having dinner. Like, I just think it's important for us to make that connection, and that's the Holy Spirit was showing me. Like, man, when I'm loving life, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. That's a way that we can love him. That was so good. You know, even as you were saying that, it's just letting us know that Jesus wants to heal us and he wants to give us freedom. He wants us to enjoy our life. And as you were saying, this is what I feel, that there are some people that are watching right now. And it's really, I don't know why we're harping so much on parents. I think God is just wanting to do something. But there's somebody right now where you have a, this is a strong word, but there's a hatred that you have towards your kids. and it really is stemming from the hatred that you have towards whoever you made that kid with and so I just want to encourage you like when we're gonna when Jesus upsets our life it's like dad I need to surrender this because there's this tension that I have with this child that you've given me this gift that you've given me that's a part of me but also a part of this person or a part of a rape or a part of something else. I don't know what it is, but I want to encourage you that Jesus is wanting to set you free. Jesus is wanting to kill your heart and the components of that right now so that you can love your child the way that God has designed you to love them, so that you can love even the other person. And really, your testimony will begin to help others get free, and it will draw other people to him.

58:34 It will upset the world. It will literally upset the world. People are going to ask, how could you do that? How could you love them like that? How could you pray for them like that? It's because of Jesus. He has now upset my world, and now I can love this child. Now I can love even the person that wronged me, that raped me, that did me wrong. Whatever it was, it's not saying dismissing that, but God can heal that. The Lord can heal that and he can set you free. And so I want to encourage you, if you're on here tonight, right now, I think there's so many people, so emotional. I think there's so many people right now. Maybe you're driving your car, you're in a boardroom, or you're running, or you're in your bed and it's late at night where you're at. And your chest is beginning to get a little tight and there's tears that are streaming down your face. And you haven't accepted Christ in your life. Like in order to upset the world, we first have to be upset.

59:29 And that is receiving this gift of Jesus. Like none of us could do what we do. And honestly, we're progressing. We're not perfect. Like there are times where we ain't turning the other cheek, boo. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like let's be real. And so I want to give you this opportunity to accept Jesus into your life. And all you have to do is simple. It's some words that we're going to say you're going to repeat after me and nobody says these things alone. And so I want you right now, wherever you are, if you're saying, hey, I need this Jesus y'all are talking about. I need this Holy Spirit in order to live this life, in order to upset the world. I want Jesus to upset my world. Repeat after me. Say, dear God, I'm a sinner, but thank you for loving me. Thank you for sending your son to die for me. Thank you for sending your son to die for me.

1:00:24 Jesus, I'm laying down all of my wrongs. I thank you for saving my life. I thank you for saving my life. In Jesus' name. Amen and amen. Listen.

1:00:44 This is literally, it literally is the best decision you could make. Like, now you got the Holy Spirit. Like, all of it. You know what I'm saying? Just like that, you know? And so I want you to lean into that. There's a number on the screen. We want you to text that number because we want to provide you with some resources. What we recognize and realize is, like, nobody should do this life alone. Like, he called us to do life together, to be with the crew. You know, we can love Jesus, love people together, do good together, you know, all of those different things. So I encourage you, go ahead and do that. And, man, we're so excited for this decision that you made. Yes, we are. Yeah, man, welcome to the family. Guys, before we get out tonight, just wanted to remind you of some awesome things that are happening. The first one is that tomorrow starts our weekend. Viral revival. Come on. Yeah, guys, this is the rebroadcast of our V1 conference. It's going to be absolutely amazing.

1:01:39 Make sure you join us Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. 7 o'clock Central Standard Time. It's going to be absolutely amazing. I also wanted to remind you about Noonday prayer. Every single day we're praying at noon Central Standard Time. Make sure you join us for the sauce. for the sauce. And then last but not least, guys, Sunday, we're going to have an amazing message. Make sure that you join us. Matter of fact, watch with a crew. Watch with some people that are around you, guys. It's going to be absolutely amazing. But guys, hey. Wait, wait, wait. Viral Revival V1. All you have is all you need. Listen, we don't want you to watch that by yourself. We need you to get a crew. And then I need like invitation all day. Transformation starts with invitation. Listen, but I want to encourage you, go register. Like there are links on our Instagram, Somebody's going to throw it in the chat. But register. It don't cost you nothing, but it will change your life. And so I encourage you to do that. And we might have something that we'll give away if you register.

1:02:33 But I'm just saying. Hold up. Watch out. Sorry to plug. Just saying. Anyway, listen, we love you guys. We encourage you. Watch that. Meet us here tomorrow, 7 p.m. Central Standard Time. My bad, East Coast girl. Central Standard Time. Listen, we love you. Go out and live a transformed life. I got it. All right? Let's keep digging, baby.