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" You are the Potter, I am the Clay! " Like me, you may have heard this phrase multiple times and even said it yourself. Whether you are in the church or not, this has become a popular phrase; that eventually in some cases became a cliché. However, has it crossed your mind what it really means to say " I am the Clay"?When you hear this phrase, you may imagine the positions of a “Potter” and “Clay” in this relationship. Understanding that the “Potter” makes and molds the clay to the desired finished product. You understand that the “Potter” knows the process needed to obtain the product's intended purpose. You may even imagine a “Potter” molding clay on the Potter’s wheel into a bowl. It is only possible for the clay to become a bowl if it cooperates with the Potter. The clay has to understand that its duty is only to be molded. The “Potter's” purpose will never come to fruition if the “clay” is non-cooperative.
Here on the “Be Clay” podcast, we will talk about how to accept and endure the duty of clay, as we allow the Potter to perform the same. We will explore the positions of “The Potter” and “The Clay” and the dynamics of each role. In the past years, I have learned and am still learning the roles of “The Potter” and “The Clay”. I have come to the realization that I was not fulfilling the role of “The Clay”. Instead of allowing “ The Potter” to mold me, I was fighting back and trying to mold myself. You can imagine what a mess I made! If you can relate, know you are not alone. “You are the Potter, and I am the Clay” will not be just something you say, but you will learn and understand your role and “ Be Clay”
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From Hurt to Healing: A Faithful Transformation
Forgiveness is more than just letting go—it's a transformative journey that reshapes our spiritual and everyday lives. In our latest episode of Be Clay, we explore the profound impact of forgiveness through personal stories that mirror the teachings of scripture. We delve into the necessity of forgiveness as a fundamental practice for those in faith, likening it to the commitments we uphold, such as children fulfilling chores for privileges. By embracing the challenging aspects of our beliefs, we find a deeper connection with God.
Navigating the cost of following Jesus requires self-denial, much like carrying one's own cross. Through heartfelt reflections, we discuss the painful yet rewarding path of aligning our lives with spiritual teachings, even when it costs relationships or brings disillusionment with church practices. We reflect on how personal experiences with church hurt can lead to a deeper understanding of the responsibilities of church leaders. By examining scriptural references such as Ezekiel 34, we stress the importance of accountability and the need to trust in God's guidance.
Throughout the episode, we are reminded of the enduring power of unconditional love and forgiveness, which calls us to embody grace in every aspect of our lives. We highlight the transformative impact of releasing negativity and extending kindness beyond measure, drawing parallels to a spiritual "boot camp" that prepares us to be ambassadors for Christ. By fostering a personal relationship with God and understanding love's true meaning, we recognize our eternal worth and the limitless love that surrounds us. Join us as we challenge ourselves and you, our listeners, to embark on this spiritual journey with open hearts and minds.
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hello, hello, hello, hello and welcome, welcome. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Be Clay. Thank you so much for allowing me to be part of your day today. It is an honor and it's a privilege and I do not take it lightly that you could listen to anyone else, but you are listening to me and I appreciate it. Here, if you are new on the Be Clay podcast, we are learning not to just be lip service and not to just say things, things, but mean what we say. At least try to learn about what we're talking about, what we're saying, and learn how to be shaped and molded by the potter. So I am going to just jump right into this episode.
Speaker 1:You may I know that I keep talking about forgiveness and because of the fact that forgiveness is something as I go throughout the day, every single day, and I have multiple conversations, it is very controversial to a point and not understanding. That is one main, the main thing that is keeping you stuck Forgiveness. Which is why I believe that God said hey, you cannot expect me to forgive you if you do not forgive Like. He did not say you know, forgive only if you feel like it, if they was really mean to you, you know, like he clearly says hey, listen, if you don't forgive, I will not forgive you. I don't know the last episode or which one, but one of when I was bringing up about relationship versus religion. Forgiveness is one thing that is that will hinder your relationship with God when you hold on to unforgiveness, because in the way and I remember when, and I'm going to say this and this I mean this really wasn't the episode I'm really going to do the part two as far as, but I really feel like it's like well, I should always keep talking about forgiving people, you know, because that's, that's that's we need to forgive, like, and not only forgive waiting until they. The other person apologized because, and especially for those who remember, in in my first episode I said that you declared, for those who have, those who have declared that you want God to be Lord of your life, you can't do that and not forgive. You can't deliberately say I just won't forgive, then he's not lord of your life, because it's imperative that you forgive. It's mandatory that you forgive or he will not forgive you. And so you're walking around here, and it's especially if you declare that he's your god and you're not of the world. You start bringing up all the scriptures oh yeah, I'm about to go to heaven. You ain't going nowhere If you didn't forgive, like I don't think, and I understand what we are doing, how we're destroying ourselves just by not forgiving.
Speaker 1:I feel like this is a big thing. We have to forgive. We have to forgive as much as we want from God and we have to forgive I just and we have to forgive I don't know what else to say even more so, but we have to forgive If forgiveness is not for the other person, it's for you. And if you love God as much as we declare that we supposedly love him, then you have, you cannot, you can't even say I love God and hate my brother. Like this is what? Like these, this is not a there's no choice. I mean, I'm not saying it's not a choice, but I'm just saying, like there's no ifs ands buts in that matter, take upon ourselves to skip over certain parts of the scriptures that are hard and we want to keep the good parts, but understanding that you can't skip that because it's if you then. But we go straight to then.
Speaker 1:You know, I got stories for days right, cause I got six kids, and that is one thing that, um, when I talked to especially the younger ones, the younger ones, oh goodness, I had to really drill into their head if factor, because they want to go straight to the part where you know I'm going outside. Right, it's, if you do your chores, then you can go outside. And then they go straight outside and forget the if part, the if you do your chores. And then they're wondering why they're in punishment, they wonder why they're getting in trouble, they're wondering why. You know I'm fussing all these different things. And I say, because the if factor, you go straight to going outside. Forget that it was dependent upon this first. If you do this, then you can go. Now you can just go straight outside. And it's the same thing with us. We will, you know, if we delight ourselves in him, then he will give desires of heart. We go, oh, god's going to give desires of your heart, is he? Because have you delighted yourself in him first? So I this On this podcast, on this podcast on this platform, I am.
Speaker 1:What am I doing here is shedding light. Shedding light on a lot of things, many people, and I'm being transparent with it. I'm not coming here telling you like, hey, you better do this and I'm not doing it myself. I'm not that type of person, which is why I bring in my own personal struggles, my own personal, you know, because I know that we can relate, because we walk out of here and we say we want God and this is for those who are, you know that say they're in God and those who say they're not, this is probably why they're not in God, because we that are in God, we act up Like this. We don't take what God says seriously, we don't take the word seriously. We think it's like oh, you know, being a guy means he do whatever I want him to do. He's a genie in a bottle and I don't have to do what he say.
Speaker 1:Like, how do we feel that when it comes to our kids, when they in our house and we go out and we work and put all them hours in, and we work and put all them hours in, all the sacrifices we make, be sleepy, be tired, be sick and all of that, and we go out, and then the kids be like hey, I want to do this, I need that, I want this and I want that and I want this, and we give it to them right, we give it to them. You know Our job is to provide sneakers, and maybe not provide the sneakers they want, but our job is to provide sneakers. It may not be to provide the sneakers they want, but our job is to provide some sneakers. But then we know what we give them, what this type of shoes they like, what color you like, what type of clothes they like, foods. We do all this for them. And when you tell them something to do or give them instructions, and they give you the side eye and all types of faces and come up against you and your authority like I ain't got to listen to you. We, yo, we, we huh, huh, huh, right, we. Hmm, okay, that's how we are.
Speaker 1:So why do we think that we don't got to do a God to say why are we not taking what he says seriously? Why are we not taking his words seriously? People look at me and they say I want what you have and I and so, and I and I look at him and say you sure, because what I have costs. It costs you friends, it costs you family members, it calls to yourself. Because what we don't understand is that the Bible tells us that when we take up our cross, we first have to deny ourselves Before we deny anybody else. We got to deny ourselves, and it's not a lot of denying ourselves. What does it got to do with our going to church, everything?
Speaker 1:I'm here to shed light because there's a lot of stuff going on out here and you know I have been sitting here and you know I have been sitting here and you know, um, I have the Lord has really been dealing with me and to really walk into who he called me to be, regardless. And I know I've said, well, god, I'm going to be by myself. And he was like, well, you wasn't the first and you're not going to be the last, because we got to get it together. We are so we all. So, always, that's not even. I'm not about to say she, she was like don't that hurt, she like don't that hurt, but we, it's a lot of stuff going on out here y'all because we say we want it but we don't want to do what we need to do to get it. But this is what I'm here to share, like, because you know, I know that and don't get me.
Speaker 1:Listen, let me tell you something. I've been sitting here and when I was 16, I was supposed to write a book. No, actually, I'm sorry, I did write the book right. The book was called A Cutoff of a Relationship. I wrote it, I think I had like one chapter, like one or two chapters left and then something happened with the computer that I had and everything I wrote was gone, and so I don't know, I got frustrated and didn't finish it or didn't write it again or whatever, because I was just about done. That's when I was actually doing things right away, not procrastinating.
Speaker 1:And what led me to writing the book? First of all, for years, frustrated with the church in itself. As a child growing up in the church, I have seen a lot of things. I have seen where I just seen a lot, and I've been frustrated, but as a child I could not say anything. What led me to finally write the book, which led me to write the book, was I was having a conversation with a one of my friends at that time and it was Palm Sunday and I was 16, and it was Palm Sunday and I was just so. First of all, I love Palm Sunday. I always love Palm Sunday, not just because we get those palms walking around, it's just the fact that you know Jesus came to fulfill the scriptures and how he was able to walk's just the fact that you know Jesus came to fulfill the scriptures and how he was able to walk, I mean the fact that he walked through all of us. You know, as people knowing what's about to take place, that it amazes me. So I'm like happy Palm Sunday.
Speaker 1:And they're like oh no, we don't, we don't, my church don't celebrate Palm Sunday. And I said I'm not understanding. Like how can the church not celebrate Palm Sunday? I couldn't figure it out. And then she said yeah, my pastor said the same people we don't celebrate Palm Sunday because the same people that said Hosanna, hosanna said crucify, crucify him. And I said, well, we do that all the time. We'll say save me God. And then we crucify him as soon as we don't want to do what he tell us to do and we want to do it our own way. Like we do it all the time, we crucify them afresh. Like what is this so? And I was upset and I said this is what I'm talking about. And after the conversation with her, I had never had a conversation with someone else and I went on a rant now and they were.
Speaker 1:You know, because he was talking about how this I said this is why people don't want to come to church. You got one church doing this, one church doing that, one church believing this one church people believe in. That, like this is ridiculous. This is this don't make any sense. And it was then. Now it's worse now now.
Speaker 1:So that's where the color of relationship came in, because you have shepherds right the pastors, the those leaders right the pastors, the bishops, the apostles or whatever, who are out here just doing whatever they want to do, and you have sheep and it is joined and they're damaging the sheep and their souls. You have the sheep who were once that woman of the issue of blood had to crawl their way to Jesus. You have the Mary Magdalene's out there as a prostitute who had to pour their oil and had to wipe their feet. You know the at their feet of the shame and guilt and everything they have done Cried right at the feet of Jesus as he cleaned them up and then all of a sudden, they become Sadducees and Pharisees.
Speaker 1:Now we all about traditions that we make up. Traditions that we make up. It may start off of some of the things from the Bible and evolve into things that we made up. What you wear, you better wear this or you're not holy, and it's all types of things that they making up, and they're stamping God's name on it, and God is not pleased. It was not pleased, and so I was frustrated.
Speaker 1:And then the Lord. He said, ma'am, I need you to read something. And I started reading Ezekiel 34. Not just read it, but he had me study it. Don't walk out here, frustrated because I take care of them. But you got to, and that's what I'm saying. Like you're like, oh, but they did this, they did that, okay, but he got that. There's not one person out here that's going to do what they want to do, and God is not going to deal with them. He deals with everybody. He deals with the just as well as the unjust.
Speaker 1:When he comes back, and we, and and though, who? Who has to answer first? The church has to answer first, not the people of the world. We know what to expect from them. They don't know Jesus, they rejected him. But it's for those who supposedly say no, I'm not that, no, I want Jesus he coming to you first. Say no, I'm no, I want Jesus he coming to you.
Speaker 1:First, cause you said that. You said, hey, you know, you repeated the sinner's prayer and you said you know, you, you, you said it. You told the Lord that you want to be, you want him to be Lord of your life. You told him to come into your heart. You repented for your sins. You did that.
Speaker 1:However, you did it, whether you even did it out of just trying to get fire insurance so you won't go to hell, whatever your intentions was at first, you still did it. You still said it and we have to be accountable for the things that we say. The Bible even tells us that You're going to be accountable for everything that you say. The Bible tells us also that we're not just going you shouldn't just go out here, but you're supposed to um, jesus, the word. But you're basically supposed to count the costs, like look, you know, don't you know, think about it first, and then say it basically, don't be out here likeors, right, because you a fool. You'll be a fool if you're a contractor to just start building without you know, without any blueprints, without paying attention to what type of foundation and things like that. You'll be a fool. So he tells us to count the cost. The Bible tells us to count the cost. The Bible tells us to count the cost. Let me get this the right way, because the devil tried it All of a sudden, like you don't know what you're talking about, but you said it. Said it, and Luke 14, 28 and 29.
Speaker 1:For which of you intended to build a tower, siteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it, lest happily, whether he have sufficient to finish it, less happily, after he have laid the foundation and is not able to finish it all that behold it begin to mock him. You got to count the cost Before you, out here, just out here, willingly, just saying stuff and doing things. Count the calls and I get it because there are many people teaching to count the calls. They said just come to Jesus. No, jesus himself said don't come to me unless you, unless you. Jesus himself said don't come to me unless you, unless you. Oh, jesus, listen, we have to understand what Jesus really saying. Come on, we up here, like, come to Jesus. Jesus said don't come to me unless you want to bless you are really going to have, like you know, fully, be fully committed to me. That's what. That's what it is.
Speaker 1:And here he was teaching that, hey, if you want to follow me, you got to be all in, count the calls, and he even said that to people. Hey, I want to follow you. He's like listen, you know it costs to follow me. I'm not out here, I ain't got no house. Right, I ain't got no house. So if you want to follow, you better be all in. You want to follow. You know the ritual you want to follow. You know the rich ruler. If you want to, you know, follow me means you're going to sell all your riches. Oh, mm, mm. Yeah, I don't know if I can do all that he out. So now, all of a sudden, we don't count the cost, we just mm-mm. And let's see on here on the B-Clay podcast. Let we just mm-mm. And let's see on here on the Be Clear podcast.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you something. I'm going to give it to you and I'm shedding light. I'm shedding light, okay, we're shedding light, and I'm going to give it to you. People they have asked me, they have you know, and they have said I want what you got. Yeah, of course, they have you know and they said I want, I want it. I want what you got.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it costs to have what I have, and those that know me know like I'm not sitting up here I do everything correctly? Of course I don't, but at the end of the day I understand. This ain't, this ain't no joke. Like I, you can't, we can't sit up here and take his word lightly. And then we wonder why we you know we having issues and problems, why we suffering in this scenario? A lot of that suffering is because you don't understand that. You don't know the cost of disobedience. That's one thing you don't understand. So when he says forgive and you say I'm not going to forgive because they did me wrong, my mama did this, my mama did that and this and the other Okay, well, he can't forgive you, so you're not forgiven, all right. So you walking around here thinking that you saved me, but you're I mean mm-mm Because you say you can't love me and hate your brother.
Speaker 1:Like what is that? You can't love me? Who do not see and hate your brother, who you see every single day? There's no way you can't. And so therefore, there's no love in you. And um, that's the fruit of the spirit.
Speaker 1:You cannot be out here talking about something. Oh yeah, I'm fighting the devil every single day using his, using the devil's weapons against himself. That don't even work. Who do you think you're fighting? Because unforgiveness, that's the devil's. That's his weapon. Lying, that's his weapon. Cheating, that's his weapon. Let's be for real.
Speaker 1:Who do you think you ain't doing? Slaying no demons. What do you think you ain't doing anything? Loving somebody that loves you back? You ain't slain no demons. What do you think you ain't doing anything? Loving somebody that loves you back? You ain't doing nothing.
Speaker 1:Be kind to those who aren't kind to you. You ain't doing nothing. Oh, in order for me to give it, they got to earn it. You don't even earn it all the time. Remember what grace and mercy is. Grace and mercy is something that you can never really earn. It's something you don't even deserve. That you constantly get, Every single morning, is new mercies, but yet you up here, oh, people got to earn it from you. Who are you? Who you? Oh, people got to earn it from you. Who are you? Who are you Like? Come on, let's get it right here. Let's get it together.
Speaker 1:So yeah, ezekiel 34, he like, I got them. I will handle those who's up there, them shepherds up there who are doing what they want to do, but no matter what they do, that has nothing to do with you. It has nothing to do with you. So when I'm out there mad and, oh God, they ain't got nothing to do with you, though, elisa, you supposed to do what. I got nothing to do with you, though, elisa, you're supposed to do what I tell you to do.
Speaker 1:So this is why, in the first, in the episode you know, when I talk about the church, it's like yeah, you have, what kind of relationship do you have with God? First, because that's what, that's what it entails. And I use David as an example. No matter what Saul did, he understood. They ain't got nothing to do with my relationship with God.
Speaker 1:I mean, yeah, even when David was like yo, like you know, the first time he's like yeah, maybe if I shed some light that, look, I don't know what people told you, but I'm not up here trying to hurt you, so maybe you can stop and you know, stop trying to chase and kill me. Maybe someone told you something or maybe someone lied on me, but once he realized that that wasn't it because they was, I mean, saul still was after him, by all means, but he still not put his handles on him because he did, because, again, he was God's anointed. So see God, knowing god, will take care of him. And god tested him with that. And even when his men was like yo, like you tripping, because you know what, you know what you don't want, you know what, david, you, you all nice and everything else, it's all right, I'll do it he like no, don't, don't even touch him, don't even touch him, don't even touch him, don't even touch him. Don't you dare touch him. Let God deal with him. And so we even. You see, no matter what people do you have to understand? You got to do it the way he tells you to do it, even if they're coming at you about like yo, you tripping, you stupid, you a fool.
Speaker 1:If it was me, like all you know, people got all types of things to say so what, you ain't me. We got to learn to do what he said to do and that's it, period. So, all right, should I go to church? Should I not go to church? You know what? Listen, let me tell you something.
Speaker 1:The church in itself is supposed to teach us how to be an ambassador for Christ. When we come to him and we like hey, listen, I'm so sorry for all the things I have done. I believe that you died on the cross and you rose again and I want you to be Lord of my life. I'm repentant of all my sins. I know that I'm nothing without you and that's the reason why that you have died and you have shed your blood for me so that I can be free. When we said these words and we and we and now we, you know said the sinner's prayer and and now we are saved, and we walking around here and he, you know, he did immediately he do some, he does something right, he do some, uh, cleaning up. And now we walking around here and now we free, we can feel the freedom. We're just so happy and everything else. We said that we want him to come into our heart and be our God. We told him that we want him to be Lord of our lives.
Speaker 1:Once you do that, you need to know what that means. You have to go to. You do have, you should. When you enlist in the military, you have to go to boot camp. It's the same thing when you come to Kaiser you have to go through boot camp. You have to understand what it means to be representative as a military, to be representative of whatever country that you went, whether it's here in the United States or any other country. You need to know what that means. Same thing with God. You need to know what it means to be fighting for him, because you've been fighting for the devil all this time. So now, what does it mean to fight for him? What does it mean to be an ambassador of him? What does it mean to be a representative of him? What does it mean? What does it mean to be a representative of him? What does it mean? What does it mean? And you have to go through bootcamp to be stripped of that mindset. Same thing when you're in the military.
Speaker 1:Now, I haven't been in the military, but it's the one I'm heard and learning and understanding. But you have to be stripped. There's now new guidelines. There's now new guidelines. You have to be conditioned. Same thing over in God. Now, how you doing that at home? Because at home we lazy I'm just being honest, we lazy. You know we're not that disciplined, but you have to learn discipline and so you have to know what it looks like.
Speaker 1:The Bible says that you know that he will not have us ignorant that we'll be able to see the enemy afar off. What does that mean? What does the enemy looks like? Now? I get it, and I understand there's a lot of places that's not correct. I get that. But this is why you have a lot of places that's not correct. I get that. But this is why you have a relationship with God, because now he can tell you and show you where to go and where not to go.
Speaker 1:And if you are in a place that you're not getting the word in or the right word, because you know everybody ain't giving the right. You know food on the table. You know presenting the right food, the right spiritual food, I get that. But this is where I need you to show me, I need you to see. I need to go, but you need to learn. You need to learn Because now you're out here willy-nilly just making up your own stuff as you're going along, you don't even know who got it, who got it For real, for real, because you're not learning of him. You're not really learning of him.
Speaker 1:You don't know what it means and, yes, it is a hospital, because you're going to get wounded out there and you need to come in here and you need to get. You know it's like in games you get new lives, you know you get your life, you get your health so you can go back out there. And so that is what. And I get that every place ain't correct and I get just like every hospital ain't right. There's a few hospitals where you might say I ain't going there, I don't get the great care there. You just go to another hospital that you can. But when we say we're not going all together, then it's just like hmm, now you still got these issues, these problems causing you much problems, right. And you know, when you don't get things early, you wind up dead. And so people ask I want what you want and how you get there.
Speaker 1:You must be lucky because you found a church. No, not necessarily lucky, I just I went when he told me to go. I left when he told me to leave. And don't get me wrong, like I said, I endured my church hurt me to go. I left when he told me to leave. And don't get me wrong, like I said, I endured much church hurt, especially the first one. I left when I because my son was conceived of rape and with me being so young and a female that got pregnant. I endured a lot, I mean, and when I was, I mean. And when I was raped in May, it ended up right before prom and of my senior year. I had my son in January at 18. And I didn't say anything to nobody, I wouldn't even come out to my parents and everyone else until December. And all that time I was tormented, every single day.
Speaker 1:Once I realized that I might be with child, at first I prayed God, can you turn this into a cancer? Can you you know? And then, once he didn't, that wasn't happening then, because I knew if I had cancer and this is not, you know, for those who have end cancer, it's not coming up. I'm just saying that it was more so of I knew I was going to get sympathy rather than the persecution and everything that I was going to have to endure, and so once I realized it was doing that, I asked God to kill me. Every single day I asked him to kill me. God, please don't let me be. You know, I want to see you on the other side. I want to. You know, I want to see you on this side of the river. I want to see you on the other side. I'm ready, I'm ready to go. It's okay, you can take me now, and I didn't want to kill myself, but I knew if you kill me, then we good, obviously I'm here.
Speaker 1:So he did not do that, because I understood what was going to, what I was going to have to endure, and and it was in your, and I was right, and it wasn't like, oh, what I had to the door, um, and then it wasn't like that, it was, but he was with me with it. He was with me Now when things started as I was going through. Once it came out and you know, and I was getting treated so badly and so poorly and from people in the church, and you know I was ready to go, oh, I'm out of here. God said no, no, sir, no, no, ma'am, you are not believing, not like that. You won't be leaving Because I not be leaving, not like that. You won't be leaving because I can't cover you. Like that. You can't hear me in that state. So I had to wait until I was 19 to leave, a whole year.
Speaker 1:So I understand that people do things and whatever, but you gotta do what he tell you to do it. He understood because he knows more than and better than you. See, our understanding, I told you before, is limited. That's why we're not supposed to lean to our own understanding, our own perceptions. So I need you to take a step back here and I need to do some evaluation, and I and I know I keep saying this in each episode because it's it's about time. It's about time that we stop worrying about everyone else and what everyone else done and everything else, and start looking at yourself. All right, come on, I'm talking about the man in the mirror. It's time to look at that person in the mirror. It's time to self-reflect on what's going on here, because, regardless of what other people do, that should not deter you what you do. It shouldn't. It shouldn't because he said so.
Speaker 1:He told us to mind our own business. He told us to study, to be quiet. The Bible tells us to um, work out your old soul. Salvation Like this the Bible tells us to be. You know, be transformed by the movement of your mind. The word tells us this. And so, and even Jesus himself.
Speaker 1:We told him why we want to be Christ. Like he said I'm not doing nothing, that's my father telling me to do it. Oh, that's not. That's what he kept saying. So what are we doing? If we're now claiming that we're Christians, then we're supposed to be Christ-like, then we're not supposed to do anything that the Father tells us to do, it. We're supposed to be seeking Him each time and we should understand, and we're supposed to be knowing and understanding that what he said goes and take what he say do and how he say, do it seriously.
Speaker 1:The great and wonderful thing is that he loves us so much and, like I said, his grace and mercy is there and he helps and he guides us through these things, even when he knows it's a struggle for us to actually, you know, follow him all in and be all in with all the stuff, which is why he gave us the Holy Spirit. There is really no excuses of why you can't do what he tell you to do. There's no excuses why you can't forgive and why you can't be, that you can't obey. I mean, you can say what you want, but there's enough because he everything and then, even if you're like you like, well, I ain't going because they do this, they do that, okay. So what, god, you show me where to go, because I need to, I need to learn.
Speaker 1:The bible says say something. And psalms oh, I love this scripture. It said it's good that I was affected so I could know, so that I would know your statutes. You need to know and understand, you need to learn of him. You're walking out here thinking you know him. You don't really know him because you're not in a place that you have no training ground. You have no one to cover you. There are some good shepherds out there. That covers you. Why are you on yourepherds out there that are really covered? That covers you. Why you want you? Why you on your job? Why are you in school? Why are you out there in the supermarket? Everywhere you're going, do you have shepherds that cover you in prayer? But if you out there willy nilly, you have no covering. So I'm leaving an end on this note Just seek him. Seek him.
Speaker 1:Understand that there's a cost. We always tell people to come to Jesus, but you have to understand. Jesus himself told you don't come to me until you count the cost. Luke 14, read it. That's your homework. There's the cost.
Speaker 1:Luke 14, read it. That's your homework. There's a cost. And he even say like you know, it's a fool if someone try to build something and not pay attention and not count the cost to see what it's going. You know what it is how to build a tower. Count the cost.
Speaker 1:Don't come to me without full commitment. I know they didn't tell you that when they said come to Jesus. I know they didn't tell you that. They just said come. But Jesus himself said don't come to me unless you're going to be all in, because it's a cost.
Speaker 1:Count the cost. Now. Yeah, I got you. I am the best thing for you, but I'm understanding there's a cost to follow me. Count them. Okay, that's so, let's, let's do that. Count it.
Speaker 1:He tells you count the cost before you come in to me and that's why I'm not up here. You know telling everybody like oh, you, betty jesus. No, because you got to count that cost. You look at me and you say, hey, you know I. Telling everybody like, oh, you, bad thing, jesus. No, because you got to count that cost. You look at me and you say, hey, you know, I want you got it. It costs to get it costs. I have to deny myself. I'm continually denying myself. Like Paul said, I die daily. It's a cost. It's a cost. It's time to count the cost.
Speaker 1:I still love you. I do. It hurts, the truth hurts, but I still love you, I do. I still love I, but I still love you, I do. I still love, I do. I still love you. I know it hurts, but the truth hurts, but the truth is going to set you free. Understand and know that it's the hard truths that we run away from, but that's what's going to set us free. So, until the next time, until next time, please, and believe and know, continue to know that you are loved.
Speaker 1:I love you, okay, and not just a little bit, but greatly. Not just today, but forever. Not just by some, but you are loved by the one who created you in his love. He created you in his love and, again, he's not the only one. I love you and I'm saying all this stuff in this way because I love you, we love you unconditionally, no conditions. There's nothing you can do to ever stop me from loving you. I don't really need to know you to love you. That's conditions. There's nothing you can do to ever stop me from loving you. I don't really need to know you to love you. That's conditions. Nothing you can do to change that. Love never fails. It covers a multitude of sins, and it never fails Bye.