Latest / Dope Discussion With Normthegreat1 🔥 / Stand Proud for your beliefs
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- Mr Normthegreat1: Yeah, what up, what up, what up, up, man? You already know who it is. It's the great one. back in the building. Yes, Lord, we back in the building. Another day, another opportunity. You know, that's how we start every show by giving thanks to the more side guy for all these many blessings that he's stored upon us, man. And one of the biggest blessings of them all, man, just to be back behind the mic ⁓ more time, man. And there's always a blessing, man, you know. And over here, we don't take that for granted at all because you know, ⁓ we grateful, ⁓ always grateful over here family. I hope you had a good ⁓ and a good week so far. We're here to do, ⁓ you over the hump and it to the weekend. You know what saying? Last weekend was Easter. I hope you had a decent time. Spent time with family, friends, loved one, or whatever the case may be. if you didn't, hope you enjoy yourself or whatever you had to do on the resurrection Sunday and all that good stuff. personally, man, had good time. I had a good weekend, man. Went to of course. ⁓ Pretty good and everything, man. It's always a good time, man, to be back in the house, you know? Have good time with family, friends, and all that, man. ⁓ fellowship, ⁓ sit around, have conversation, crack jokes, have fun, man, you know? ⁓ what it's about, man, enjoying life, you know? ⁓ can't always be serious, man, you know? ⁓ still get get away and ⁓ yourself, man. Because... with everything going on in the world and all that, man. You gotta get out and enjoy yourself, man, be safe now. You gotta be safe. ⁓ was just talking about in the realms of family and friends and breaking bread and just having a good time laughing and joking and talking, you know. It's always good to have a good time sitting among people where you just... Enjoy this, enjoy yourself man, there's not none of that vicarin and gossip and none of that man. You know, it's just a good time man, you know, and I'm always grateful for that man, you know. You don't take stuff like that for granted man. But we back in the building family, we got a new of course. ⁓ some new stuff to talk about. ⁓ let's get this thing started man. I want to start off with talking about the young brother. think his name is Jaden Ivy or something like that. If I put his name, forgive me. That's an interesting story, know, one thing noticed about the world, man, you know, you can support and they'll be OK with it. You know what saying? You can support ⁓ your fraternity, sorority. Everybody go for it. They clap. They celebrate. They excited the Masons. could do a little bit of anything man. You can have your bike club your own motorcycle club Pretty much anything man. You can have your whatever you want to have and people support a jump on a board with it, but The minutes you stand for Christ You always gonna be Shunned You're gonna be attacked. They're come at you and say you got mental illness. Then they start to say all the crazy things like it's a cult. He trying to force his beliefs on others and all this here, but. When you look at the, I'm about to butcher this, because I don't really know, I don't even know what it is. I mean, I know what it is, I'm sorry, but I don't know. It's LGBTQ something, whatever. You know what I'm saying. But the minute you say something or you stand against something that they're trying to push, they try to cancel you. You know what saying? They go after you hard. But as a believer, The Bible speaks against them things and you're going to be criticized and they're going to come at you hard. They get at you talking about you always trying to push Christ and your belief on people. But every movie, every kid book, everything that they're trying to bring out now, it got that LGBTQ whatever in it. it's just, ⁓ can't watch nothing without a man kissing a man or a woman kissing a woman. I mean, they even got it in the cartoons and everything. It's like, they're trying to force feed and force that down your throat to ⁓ like it's normal. As a man of God, I'm here to tell you, it's not normal. It's not. I mean, and the thing that gets me that they can't be offended. can say nothing to them. ⁓ can walk around and want to be in women's sports. Men want to be in women's sports and all this other stuff because they that... they can change from whatever God made them to be and all that. So a whole issue in itself because this young brother played in the NBA or whatever and he's standing for Christ. ⁓ of course now they're trying to say he was a bad teammate. He was harassing people about their beliefs and all that. You know, who knows if that's true or however it went, but at the end of the day for freedom of speech, it costs you. Even from, ⁓ you the history Christianity and ⁓ just Early days Christian, know a lot of people from back in the day if you go back and look at history, ⁓ They died and lost their life for being a believer because at one point man, ⁓ When people don't understand at one point in life man to be a believer in christ, man You died man they would kill you man. They came at you. They burned out your churches They burned the bibles. I mean even if you were caught having ⁓ church at your house or in your garage or at a community center. They came in there and they killed everybody that was in there. It was crazy, man, you know what saying? Like how they did people, you know what saying? And it ain't nothing different now, you know what saying? They always did that. And crazy though, you know, because you gotta have your faith in everybody. Everybody got what they believe and they can stand. But when you stand for Christ, for some reason or another, when you stand for Christ, the thing that people saying is a cult, it's fake, it's a white man religion, it's all this other nonsense, it's washed down, the bookman tampered, all this other stuff. But when you stand for it, they attack you. But if it's so fake and it ain't right. Why y'all care about it? You know what saying? If it's just something that's not important and it don't hold no power or nothing, why do you go against it so hard? I've never seen people go hard against something that don't make sense. You know what I'm saying? It don't make sense to me. Every time you hear somebody speak up, speak boldly, you know what they do? They kill them. like a dude named, if you look up history, man, a dude named Polycarp. Back in ⁓ second century, was a bishop of Samaria and a disciple the apostle John. He was a... strong man of faith, you know what saying? He died at the age of 86, man, you know what saying? Because he would not renounce Christ. the crazy thing about it is that he believed and believed and he never, ⁓ renounced Christ. He never denied his faith. He stood on his faith till he died. He stood on his faith. until he died. He told them even in the mix before he died, he told them that forgiveness they know not what they do. So he even asked for forgiveness for the people. He lived his life as a true Christian. He believed in the word. He believed in trusting God. And you know, the thing about it is that he was faithful, you know. He was very fearful, you know what saying? And that's where we lack in the Christian community and the church is that we don't stand boldly for Christ, you know? We can be shaken, we can be moved. You know, once this start to hit you with certain things, then you start to fool like when it came to that you know what saying? Well, you had to make a choice, you know what saying? make a choice you know I remember that time where where you had to say either you're do it or you had to go home or something you know I remember it was like maybe 11 of us say we wasn't gonna get it man by the time I was the only one left after a few weeks and I still up until the day never got it you know I believe in God I trust in God and I'm not taking no shot and I'm not taking no flu shot. I don't take no COVID shot. And I stand on that. It is what it is, you know? I'm not here to question nobody's faith or to say this, that, or the third, but what I am saying, you're supposed to be bold for Christ like Christ is bold for you, you know what saying? God said, if you're ashamed of him, he'll be ashamed of you. So, you a lot of people want to be that wishy washy Christian, you know what saying? They want to stand when it's good. Or just stand in private or lower or you know what saying? They don't want to be bold. They want to be on this side and loud at the church and this that and the third. But they don't ⁓ no controversy. know what saying? They are not going to stand bold. But you got to stand bold man. You ain't got no choice. You got to stand bold. Because at the end of the day When you deny him, you already know what's coming with that. at the end of the day, you know, it's sad, It's sad. Because you should be able to... ⁓ have your faith and be strong and stand openly about it, you know what saying? And keep it moving. But nah, nah, nah, nah. If you speak against certain things that you know it ain't right and you know it's against the will of God, they try to make it normalized so bad. They wanna normalize stuff that's so backwards. Like, just like I said, I always tell somebody about this analogy that it's a song that come on the radio or something. You can't stand it, but... ⁓ you hear it enough you would sit back and next thing you you find yourself ⁓ hearing the song, hearing the song, hearing the song. If you're working you hear the song. If go to restaurant you hear the song. The gym, whatever you hear the song. And not so long you'll be singing the hook to the song or you'll be humming it and you'll be like, I don't know why that song in my head. See that's what they do. They push it on you, push it on you. And that's what they try to do with this agenda. with that LG, whatever it is, they're trying to push it, push it. You see it enough to act like it's normal, but it's not normal. It's not. And we're not gonna stand for something that's not normal and push it off on kids like, ⁓ hey, you know what, it's okay to do this and do that, you know, that's fine. No, it's not fine. It's not fine to go against the will of God. As a Bible-believing minister myself, it goes against God. And most people would not speak against it because of, I don't know, the audience and some people who artists or whatever, that's supposed to be die hard Christian, they're not gonna speak up because the record sales or whatever, they don't wanna be blackballed. But at end of the day, It's Now back to the story of Polycott. Like I said, he was 86 years old. even ⁓ the break of death when they're about to kill him, ⁓ in the Roman days, back they would take you into an auditorium. Like right now we got in Charleston, what you call it? The North Charleston Coliseum out in Charlotte, got the Ovens Auditorium. They take you to the spectrum where the hornets play. They take you to the big place. So they want to embarrass you. Like, it's crazy. They take you in of ⁓ everybody. know what saying? Just like how they do ⁓ now days with cancel culture. They put you on social media and bring your family and all that into it, whatever the case may be. But anyway, they will take you. into this big auditorium, man, you know what saying? And they would make you renounce or try to deny Jesus, you know what I'm saying? Deny the Lord. And even with a sword to his chest, or they about to kill him, he said, God ain't did nothing wrong, no wrong to me. How can I blaspheme my King who saves me? Even at the brink of death. This man says, how can I blaspheme my king who saved me? So what they did was, let me show you how powerful God is, man. So they set him on fire, right? They set him on fire in front of everybody. The crazy thing, he was on fire standing there, but the fire didn't kill him. The fire couldn't kill him. So because the fire didn't kill him, one of the soldiers stabbed him with a spear and stabbed him in his heart and killed him. that's the only way why he died. Think about that family. The fire couldn't put him out. The fire. They light him on fire. Burning and standing there. Not or nothing. The fire couldn't do nothing to him. I don't know about you, but that says something bold and strong right there. The fire could not kill him or even burn him. They had to stick a sword and stab him to kill him. Crazy, right? But that's what faith, the belief. Man never turn his back on God. It ultimately cost him his life. That man said, for Christ I live and for Christ I die. because... He wouldn't turn his back on God, because he God never turned his back on him. I truly believe that young brother, that's where he's at. He's sold out for Christ because they got of him now preaching on the sidewalk, bringing the good news or whatever, the gospel. And of course people still saying he crazy or whatever and let them talk. Let them talk. They'll be fine. But like I said, ⁓ God bless that brother man, God bless that brother and protect that brother. But in the funny thing of that man, know, in the mix of all that, in the mix of all that, that brother, in the mix of all that, that brother's wife left him and all that man. He was in the middle of a storm man and lost his job as an NBA player making millions man. And in the mix of that. His wife left him. Gone. Finally gone. People turn on him. Just like that. So that's another thing man, when you in on your faith man, you have to make sure that even in general man, when you at point of marriage and all that there and you trying to take that to the next level with somebody and ⁓ lock with them and all that man, you have to be mindful man because the minute adversity come and stuff and come like that, folks will leave you man, family will turn on you. People leave because people don't like that. They can't stand on that fire. They're not gonna rock with you, you know what saying? But as a wife, significant other or something, you should be there with your husband. You know his belief, you know? And when he come with the good news and spreading the gospel, you should be there with that man, you know what I'm saying? And at the end of the day, even with that being said, the team still have to give him like some millions or whatever, so. He walked away with some money, but he kept his dignity and he got his pride and he have his belief, you And something bigger than that money. to walk away from that man in the middle of a storm ⁓ he being tested and attacked and going at every angle ⁓ she decided to take the man kid and walked it of reminds you of in the Bible of Job's wife when Job would going through what he'd been going through and his wife tell him just curse God and die. And that's why I'm telling you right now it's imperative to be mindful who you choose as a life partner because you're doing life with that person. Ups and and ⁓ all that And like I said, even like with Christ, a lot of people not sold out for Christ. A lot of people would deny it. A lot of people would. hide or do it boldly, not speak bold but will not ride with you the same way because when things good they're good but when it take off they're out they gone so what do you have they gone and leave you the mix of it I mean you're being attacked on every Imagine your face being on every news station, every article, everything. People calling your old teammates, the people you played against in the NBA calling you local. He's in mental health, or he this and he that, man. It's crazy, you know? Even in the NBA man, a lot of stuff that was allowed in the NBA and people came back to play, people done killed people, raped people, was accused of certain things man, drugs, hit and run, all that. You see how the world would do you? You can go out here and sell drugs and hit somebody with a car and the people die and all type of other stuff. and they'll give you another chance for that. They'll forgive you for that. They'll look upon or look beyond all that. They'll say, know what, he's still a good person. He deserve another chance. But I tell you one thing, what you stand for, Christ, you get canceled fast. No, no, no, no, One chance, you're out. You're out. You're out. Don't bring that here. We don't want that. We don't want to hear that. See how crazy the world is, The world ain't going with you. When you stand with Christ, you're going to be a target. See, it's not as bad as what it was back in polycart days, but they trying to get there, family. So if you're a believer and you're a proud believer, you best be mindful because people will come after you. You know, when you start to talk like that, people start to frown and they don't want to hear the good news. People are so evil in any ways, man. And in these worldly stuff and try to worry about all these worldly material things, ain't nobody in the world, ain't nobody worrying about the word or what's really going on in the spiritual realm. All they worrying about what they can get now, the money, money, money, and the partying, and the women, and the drugs, and the alcohol, and all that. That's all they care about at good time, Oh man, we were lit last night. They don't care about their soul. They don't care about that. What profit a man to gain in the world and lose his soul. Norm, you're trying to say we ain't supposed to have things where we at. That's not what I'm saying. That's not what I'm saying. What I am saying is, yeah, you gotta have a house, cars, a place for your family to live, all that. I would be crazy to say that. But what I am saying is, when you make that stuff your idol, when you make that stuff your idol. ⁓ look at my car, man. You know my car, man. Wipe my car down. Every time you stop, they wipe my car down, man. Hey, man, don't park next to my car, man. Don't walk. Hey, man, you're getting a little too close to my car. Boy, look at my car. You're idolizing it. You're making it an idol. God is a jealous God. But this message is for only true believers, you know what saying? So if you're not a true believer, this one not gonna touch you. It's not gonna, you know, it's gonna go over your head. You might not even listen to it, you know, but this is what it's about, man. You have to get serious about your life, man. Cause it's gonna come a time real soon because they're trying to switch a lot of stuff where a lot of change is trying to come. They're trying to make it a one world religion. And it's long trying to come and do stuff, but ⁓ a conversation for another day. ⁓ my thing is, you have to be prayed up. You have to study your word. See, a lot of times, you get catch with your pants down because you're not paying attention. You're not studying. You're not trying to hear that still voice because you're too busy in the world running and doing this and doing everything. Sometimes, you have to unplug, man. Like I'm at a place right now where I'm trying to work on cutting back my screen time. I'm not going to hold you man. Sometimes I get caught up in them TikTok screeds and stuff where I just scroll man. And it'd be some fun content man. It'd be some interesting things, but I have to limit myself to screen time myself because you can sit here next to you know you're scrolling, scrolling and you can look up man and heck you done been scrolling. 30, 40 minutes and you'd like, yo, you know what saying? So like I said, we all got things we gotta work on, but for me, I have to myself on that ⁓ spend time with the most high, know, praying and studying and doing more things that I should be doing. And I can admit that, you know? I can admit that ⁓ and all with that, but I know I'm gonna do better and I have to do better and. at the end of day, you have to get that time, you know? God require his time, you know? We give time to everything else. We go to a job and get what? 40, 80, 100, 40 hours a week, 450, 60 hours a week, 80 hours every two weeks, you know, 100 hours every two weeks, you know? We're on social media, we do everything. But how you read your word? How you prayed? How you fast? You know? Have you paid the tithe? You know what saying? Have you encouraged somebody? know, have you did anything? We give so much effort and time to things, but want to give God so little, but expect so much, you know. In a minute, wind start to blow in your life a little bit. Then you want to fall on your face and, why thou forsaken me? ⁓ I catch a break. It's always me. ⁓ Is the end of the story? ⁓ Maybe being tested. Maybe your faith is being tested. Maybe. Maybe you should stop and ask God, what am I supposed to learn from this guy? Show me. What did I do wrong? Why am I, mean, to be going through this, is it to strengthen my faith or to get my attention, whatever it is, remove it. Give me the strength, the knowledge, the wisdom and understanding to get through it to understand and learn from it. Because oftentimes we want to avoid hard times, And in this life and on this walk, it's hard to avoid hard things will happen in life. And sometimes it ain't the devil, ain't that. Sometimes that's just how life works, man. Some days you just got days where you get up and things that go anything that can go wrong it goes wrong, but you know Like I always say man, just like this day It'll end hopefully this day and God bless you wake up another day and you got a fresh start, you know, and and you know When you get that fresh start is about what you do with it, man, you know I tell people all the time, man, yeah, we all got our challenges, man. And you know, sometimes it seems like things happen at the wrong time and I get it, man, you know, we are human, we got emotions, but you have to always remember, who you serve, who your father is, man, you know what I'm saying? And sometimes, good bit of time, we put ourself in our own troubles. A lot of time we see signs, have feelings in the gut. A lot of times, that that you know something ain't right, or that feeling that tell you don't mess with that, or don't talk to that person, or leave that person alone, you get that nudge, that nudge in your spirit, that thing down in your soul, man, you feel it, like that something ain't right. And once you get that something in right, act on it. Now, you have to be clear with that. Because sometimes that could be you and your nervous system because of things that you've been through. You know what saying? you're just trying to recognize stuff. Or you see a pattern, and your nervous system start to alert you because you've seen that before. You know what saying? That is like. you seen something before and you ride you say I I know I saw that somewhere before but I don't remember I see and your nervous system is trying to alert you to be like yo yo yo yo man you done seen this before check out check out check out check out so you have to be mindful with that man ⁓ but like I said you living in times where your faith will be tested man it will be That is what it is. you gotta stand, ⁓ gotta stand for what you believe. You can't be wishy washy. Because I said, man, it's about to come a time ⁓ where have to pick a side, No longer will you be able to... stay on the fence or pick a side and see you on this side and then You want to be on this side just on Sundays when you go over there singing, ⁓ how I love Jesus, and the blood never loses power. But when you get out of church, you back the cussing folks out. You back at the juke joint, and you back out there smoking your hookah and drinking your liquor and out there doing everything else, you know? And you already know they're going to hit you with that, only God can judge me. I feel like you judge me. You know, that's what people would hit you with when they don't want no correction. But the Bible said you can correct somebody in love. You go to your brother. If you go to your brother or your sister, you know, with an issue, you go to them and you go to have that conversation. That's not judgment. That can be concern. That can be coming out of love. But we in a time where Nobody want nobody to say nothing to that they can't stand to be corrected, you know? And like I said, I've been at that place before. Man, be ready to go ahead and they ain't cuss you out, boy. They don't tell me what to do. And ⁓ like, once you finish all that, you my biggest thing now that I ask people and I think in my head to myself, when you in a situation or whatever the case may be, when you feel you have to defend yourself or fire back at somebody, my question I would be like to myself and others like, ⁓ what? they come to you with something and you custom, I talk about you drag them through the mud from A to Z and tell them about their mama, this daddy third and all that and go on and on and on and on. And then after you do that, then what? Normally when you do that, makes you look more foolish. and it shows your level of maturity because if your only go to is cursing people out and telling people off that says a lot about you. Not them. Because you can be easily rattled, can be easily moved and it can be easy to take you to a place that you shouldn't have been doing anyway. So, I was asked, and then what? Then what you gonna do? you done tell them from A to Z and cost them out and all that. Exactly it makes no sense man. You don't have to get it to that point to where you have to somebody out of nothing. You know they tell you Whatever they sell their finger, you can pull people to the side and have a conversation. You know, you can do that. Let's have a conversation, know, me and you are all right, man. But what you said earlier, man, what you mean by that, you know what mean? That kind of, I didn't like how you tried to handle me or had that conversation. We can have a conversation as adults, but you don't have to curse or carry on like that, you know what I'm saying? I get your point. We can have an adult conversation, but we don't have to have the cursing to carry on. me personally, I always tell people all the time, even at work, anything, you know what saying? We can have a conversation like adults, but you're not gonna curse at me because I'm not cursing at you. It makes no sense to curse because we grown. We don't have to curse. That's crazy to me. Like I got this guy in my job, man. I don't know, you you've been there, um, I don't know, whatever, decades or whatever. Older guy, man. just mean, it mean first thing in the morning, man. He just, I mean, I think, you know, you ever seen like somebody that's angry all the time? Like he just one of them person. Like he can be over there just talking to himself. I mean, just these dumb mother better. I mean, like, I mean, just fire it off and. and it just shows you the ignorance, you know what I'm It's something that trying to come to work and act like you this old tough guy and you cursing and carrying on and this that out there. That don't mean you a tough guy because you can use big words ⁓ I'm not talking about fighting and all that stuff. I'm just saying like the way you carry yourself just cursing and carrying on every other word, that just show you levels of maturity and... Your vocabulary is very low because at the end of the day, if that's the only thing you can do, like, it's just like every day, man, you just looking like, yo, you don't wake up with joy just to see another day and thank God for as many blessings that he's still on your life. And you just wake up and I get it. Everybody that ain't they walk. But my thing is, just to walk around and be angry all the time and just for whatever reason man like that's crazy to me man that's that takes a lot of ⁓ that takes a lot of energy out of your day man and just it drains you man because it's just crazy man like ⁓ these some people they just always angry always riled up about something it's always something just I feel like man my goodness You always ready to get at somebody for something. Like what's going on now? And I just wonder, do you need a hug or do you wake up like this every day? Like why are you so grouchy? I don't get it man. Like, there's a lot of people like that. I mean like, you so angry? Like going on man, you okay? What's really going on with you? You okay my boy? I'm not a place of peace, man. You know what saying? Like, my life ain't perfect. And never be only Christ perfect. But my life is peaceful. I like a peaceful life, man. I don't go out my way to in nothing extra. I try not to put myself in situations where you. over extending yourself in conversation. I try not to get too high, I try not to get too low, I try to stay right regulated medium, man, in the middle, man, to where you just like... I think... I think before I react, like I always ask myself, what next? What's next? And I ask myself, is it really worth it, man? know? Sometimes, man, ain't even worth it, man. You just let it go and keep it moving. ⁓ That don't you a punk, or that don't mean, you know, society want to tell you that. Or you a you a pushover, you shouldn't let nobody do it. They gonna trick you like this. They trick you out your position, and you gonna crash out and go crazy for what? And like I always say, man, sometimes when you do all that stuff, it ain't even worth it. It ain't even what you thought it was. That's your mind projecting. You know, sometimes your mind can project extra stuff, depends on your level and where you at. And you can just look at it like that. You got some people you go in the store, go say good morning, look at you like, I said the thing where this dude said, say good morning, dude said, what's so good about it? You know what saying? So it's just different things, man, how you might take it lightly and others might look at it like, whatever. I don't know about nobody else, man, but when I get up in the morning, I'm happy. I'm grateful to see another day, man. I'm grateful to see what the day brings, man. I'm grateful for what God gonna have me to do, man. I pray to God, like, what you have me to do, like, you know what saying? To encourage somebody, whatever the case may be, man. You know, I ask God, you know, I don't always, you know, all the time, you know, we go to God, but God help me to God. There's God, what you have for me to do today, you know what I'm saying? Like, what do you have? for me to do or to say or whatever. Because you never know throughout your day who you might have to encourage, Because a lot of people going through, man. You don't know who you would have to encourage or whatever the case may be. Because in these days and time, man, it don't take much to have a conversation and encourage somebody, man. You don't know who on their last leg or. You know, the suicide spirit ram around, man, you know, and you don't know who on their last leg and they just need somebody to tell them, man, you're important or you matter, man. God love you, man. You don't know how that can do to somebody, how that can change somebody's in that second. That can be powerful, And like I always say man, I don't wanna see nobody perish man. I really don't man. I really don't wanna see nobody perish man. And that's just where I'm at. I don't project something on nobody else or tell nobody what they should do or whatever the case may be. But for me, that's just how I feel man. I just ain't never wanna see nobody perish man. I just want... to see folks do. could a prosperous life, have faith and trust God, man. That's it, I you know. I don't have time for the other stuff man, like just... I just like, like I said, the peaceful life. I like to be prepared. ⁓ like to study, you know what saying? I like to keep sword in my hand for whatever come my way, you know what saying? ⁓ We to be ready. We have to be prepared, family. We have to be able to stand boldly. That's that, Like I said, called to stand ⁓ and proud. Ain't nobody else laid down their life for you, Ain't nobody else laid down their life for you. And honestly, man, you know, I didn't even my show going this way, but I'm grateful that it did, you know, where it lead me, I follow, you know, I didn't... Had my show planned to go to this route. I had other stuff to talk about, but you know what? What's better to talk about than the most high God, You know, giving thanks, man. And being grateful and standing proud. And shouts out to the brother, Jade and Ivy, think that's the brother. Name about but your name, forgive me, brother. standing bold for God, And for Christ, you know? Don't let them people put fear in you that you gotta water down your belief. They don't water down their worldly belief. the funny is that you can be a Satanist and they'll be on TV and doing everything else. Nobody has to compromise or go against nothing or apologize but the believer. They want the believer to bow down. know, something in the world and the devil in them just feel like they got the upper hand when they feel like they got to make a believer bow down. Yeah, you know, we made that believer bow. But at the end of day, the good book tell you every knee got to bow. So you think you might got the upper hand now, but there will come a time where everybody will have to bow. It don't matter what you believe. don't matter where you from. Everybody have to bow. So, you know, you can play that funny game and you don't believe this and I'm just Whatever you want to be. You can be whatever you tell yourself you are. Well, let me tell you something. It behooves you to get in that book and study, pray and get your relationship. You know what saying? Because Every day I'm reminded how blessed I am, you if my circumstances ain't ideal or whatever, I have so much to be thankful for. So much to give God praise for, man, you know? My circumstance ⁓ perfect. don't have everything. All my eyes dotted in my T-cross, but I got Christ. I God and I thank God every day. know, a lot of things that we blessed when we overlooked the little things because we want so much. We always want more, more, more, more, more house, more cars, more money. Everybody, if I just had more money, if I just had more money, if I just had new car, ⁓ I just had this, if I just had this. One of my favorite Bible verse, man. That's my favorite man and I love it man. I live by it man, you know, and ⁓ ⁓ know, because I believe it man. It's game changer, man, for me. ⁓ because You have to. You have to. For Olympian. Down in the book of Olympian. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. And let me tell you, man, I'm not saying this because I need anything, for I've learned how to be content in any circumstances. That right there, when you learn to be content in every circumstances man because you're going to be tested family hard times will come, death will come people will leave here, things will happen you have to learn to be content ⁓ learn to be content with things because you know not just because saying that you're settling and letting things whatever whatever ⁓ because you know who got you you know who gonna be with you And once you know you got God and you're of God, you're be alright. He gonna see you through, man. I promise you. He gonna see you through. Like I always tell people, man, you gotta hang in there, You gotta see that thing through, man. Oftentimes, you get to that place, man, and just wanna panic and ⁓ the towel in, you know? But you gotta keep the faith, man. ⁓ gotta believe, ⁓ faith ain't just in good times, man, you know? Olympians 4 and 11, not that I have speak from any personal need for I have learned to be content and self-sufficient through Christ satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or uneased regardless of my circumstances. That's powerful, family. That right there, That's my favorite. favorite verse in the book right there man 66 books in the bible that's my favorite one right there because you have to learn to be content man and i know somebody out there i'm not settling you know you don't settle for nothing i want this then the third i ain't settling for nothing and that's good for you and your mindset you have to pray to god to renew your heart and new mind see once you get rid of that old man and you start having christ-like thoughts and you get rid that old man, cause you only have to die, that old man gotta die every day, that old woman gotta die every day, you get up to go out in the world, you know? But that's a conversation for another day, Like I said, I never planned for it to go this far, but I thank God that it lead me this way, and we can lead me our follow. I'm grateful, man. Like I said, family, I appreciate y'all for rockin' with me, man. I don't take none of this for granted, man. I hope I dropped some gems on you, man. I hope I inspire somebody to stand boldly for Christ, man. Don't let the world dim your light and your faith. If you got to stand by yourself, stand by yourself because you're not alone. You with Christ. Christ got you. God got you. And like I said, man, appreciate the love and support. God willing, we'll be back in the same place, same time. Peace, be blessed, enjoy the rest of your week. We out.