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Thanks for encouraging me. You know the singer? He said, a bar.

But he said, he's like, your glory always shines when I get rid of mine. Oh, wow. That's a bar. That's a bar.

But can I just say, like, on what you just spoke of, I have to say I've noticed that you do that with me, and I really do appreciate it. Yeah, I yell at her all the time. No, no, no. Like, giving good words.

Like, whatever it is that I'm doing around the house, if I'm, like, organizing, if I'm cleaning, if I'm cooking for him, or if we're working on something together, he always points out, like, the good in what I'm doing, and it feels, like, so validating and rewarding, and I know you do that to, like, feed me good words, and it helps so much because it only makes you want to, like...

do even more and do even better. Cause when you feel appreciated, you know what I mean?

Would you say, actually, and I'm just learning, but would you say that all these things, so like baptisms, the way that we fast, these things, they're just to deepen our relationship and our intimacy with God? Absolutely. Because I had just read that Jesus healed on the Sabbath, and so a lot of the religious were really upset that he healed on the Sabbath. Mm-hmm.

But then he said that I made the Sabbath for man, not the man for Sabbath. Wow. Right? Yeah. Would you say that correlates?

Right, because then we would be condemning ourselves. Like, let's say I'm doing a fast, and for some reason, you know, I break my fast. I fail, right? Then I would just be condemning myself. Like, oh, I failed, so Jesus is going to be upset with me because I told him I was going to do this fast, and I broke it.

But that wouldn't make sense because then we're looking at it in a legalistic way versus being disciplined for our love for God. That happens.

But you know, actually, if I may, this conversation kind of relates to a question that I had. When you guys are studying the gospel, how do you differentiate the difference between cultural context and... I'm so sorry.

cultural context and biblical principles that are forever right because sometimes there are times i know in 1 corinthians 11 he says that we should be covering our head when we are praying to god but he was kind of appealing to the culture at that time so when we're reading these certain things how do we know okay this was just for the culture of this time and this is a teaching that jesus wants us to have forever yeah when does it when do we turn off the clock for that if

But it was, at the time, it was to appeal to the- He's arguing.

It was like, at the time, he was appealing to that culture because that culture, that was for them to cover their heads. But that's the New Testament. The same way that, you know, in times he says that you shouldn't be wearing, have braided hair and gold jewelry. But he's trying to say, like, you want to be modest. And now you have to take that and, like, what are modern times?

Braiding your hair, wearing gold jewelry is not very, like, it's not as, you know- sexual or crazy, but for our time, we'd be like, okay, we want to be a little bit more modest and not so showy, right?

Please, you're so well spoken. All of you are so well spoken.

It really is like, I think it's such a gift that you see like as people get closer and closer with their faith, like God is really able to take your guys' tongues and you can really see that when you guys are speaking about something that you're really passionate about and that the Holy Spirit is really speaking through you, man, it just flows out of you guys.

And it's like, it's just the most beautiful thing to watch.

Did you say they're torturing and they're in agonizing pain? I have no idea.

I just think that it's really great because certainly in the position that you are in and that everybody is in, you guys are helping bring the word to people. And so through your own experiences and obstacles, you're able to relate so much more. And in the same way that yesterday when you were preaching to people...

I think an example from your own life that you use a lot, you use your hardships, hardships you've had with your sister, hardships that you've had with your brother's daughter, right? So you use those very painful moments to be able to relate to other people and that unlocks something because then all of a sudden they see you up here because like, oh, he's so wise, he has so much faith.

And then when you relate with an obstacle, they're like, oh, okay, he's just like me, you know? So I think it's really honorable that you're able to look at yourself and be like, huh, I'm really comfortable and I need to not be because this will make a better difference.

You're Italian.

Thanks for the encouragement. You know the singer? He said, Bart.

But he said, he's like, your glory always shines when I get rid of mine. Oh, wow. That's so beautiful. That's a bar.

I was like, I hope we don't have a daughter.

But can I just say, like, on what you just spoke of, I have to say I've noticed that you do that with me, and I really do appreciate it. Yeah, I yell at her all the time. No, no, no. Like, giving good words.

Like, whatever it is that I'm doing around the house, if I'm, like, organizing, if I'm cleaning, if I'm cooking for him, or if we're working on something together, he always points out, like, the good in what I'm doing, and it feels, like, so validating and rewarding, and I know you do that to, like, feed me good words, and it helps so much because it only makes you want to, like...

do even more and do even better. Cause when you feel appreciated, you know what I mean?

Would you say, actually, and I'm just learning, but would you say that all these things, so like baptisms, the way that we fast, these things, they're just to deepen our relationship and our intimacy with God? Absolutely. Because I had just read that Jesus healed on the Sabbath, and so a lot of the religious were really upset that he healed on the Sabbath. Mm-hmm.

But then he said that I made the Sabbath for man, not the man for Sabbath. Wow. Right. Yeah. Would you say that correlates?

Right, because then we would be condemning ourselves. Like, let's say I'm doing a fast, and for some reason, you know, I break my fast. I fail, right? Then I would just be condemning myself, like, oh, I failed, so Jesus is going to be upset with me because I told him I was going to do this fast, and I broke it.

But that wouldn't make sense because then we're looking at it in a legalistic way versus being disciplined for our love for God. That happens.

But you know, actually, if I may, this conversation kind of relates to a question that I had. When you guys are studying the gospel, how do you differentiate the difference between cultural context and... I'm so sorry.

cultural context and biblical principles that are forever right because sometimes there are times i know in 1 corinthians 11 he says that we should be covering our head when we are praying to god but he was kind of appealing to the culture at that time so when we're reading these certain things how do we know okay this was just for the culture of this time and this is a teaching that jesus wants us to have forever yeah when does it when do we turn off the clock for that i have

But it was, at the time, it was to appeal to the- He's arguing.

It was like, at the time, he was appealing to that culture because that culture, that was for them to cover their heads. But that's the New Testament. The same way that, you know, in times he says that you shouldn't be wearing braided, have braided hair and gold jewelry. But he's trying to say, like, you want to be modest. And now you have to take that and, like, what are modern times?

Braiding your hair, wearing gold jewelry is not very, like- It's not as sexual or crazy, but for our time, we'd be like, okay, we want to be a little bit more modest and not so showy, right?

Please. You're so well-spoken. All of you are so well-spoken. It really is like...

I think it's such a gift that you see like as people get closer and closer with their faith, like God is really able to take your guys' tongues and you can really see that when you guys are speaking about something that you're really passionate about and that the Holy Spirit is really speaking through you, man, it just flows out of you guys.

And it's like, it's just the most beautiful thing to watch.

Did you say they're torturing and they're in agonizing pain?

I just think that it's really great because certainly in the position that you are in and that everybody is in, you guys are helping bring the word to people. And so through your own experiences and obstacles, you're able to relate so much more. And in the same way that yesterday when you were preaching to people,

I think an example from your own life that you use a lot, you use your hardships, hardships you've had with your sister, hardships that you've had with your brother's daughter, right? So you use those very painful moments to be able to relate to other people and that unlocks something because then all of a sudden they see you up here because like, oh, he's so wise, he has so much faith.

And then when you relate with an obstacle, they're like, oh, okay, he's just like me, you know? So I think it's really honorable that you're able to look at yourself and be like, huh, I'm really comfortable and I need to not be because this will make a better difference. So beautiful.

When he said that, I was like, okay, you're going to marry me, you know, but.

I'm 65.

Hi, so nice to talk to you guys.

So we bought a home in May of 2023, and my biggest goal has been to just pay off our home. I took your class when I was in high school, so about seven years ago, and it's stuck with me ever since. We are only $20,000 away from paying it off.

And I should be able to make that payment next month.

I'm 24 and my husband's 31.

We bought it for $340, and we had to do stuff to it, but it should be worth close to $500.

It really varies. Like, right now we're sitting at $200 to $280, depending on our situation that we're in. Good for you guys. That's awesome. We're in a really unique situation. Like, we're contractors for the state, and it just depends on, like, how busy we are.

Um, so I remember in the class that I took in high school, it was talking about mutual funds. And if you start earlier, it's better longterm than someone who starts later with a bigger initial investment. And I remember having a job. I was working at Wendy's at the time and I was like, okay, I'm going to start doing this when I'm 17. Um, and I asked the teacher, where do I, how do I do this?

What do I, what mutual funds do I look into? Um, she was just like, I don't know. I'm like, you don't do this and you're a teacher. You're making 50,000 a year. Why don't you do this? Cause she said, yeah, unfortunately she didn't have any research resources for me. And I'm still in that place that I was when I was 17.

And I still don't know what to do with, we're going to have a lot of extra money once the house is paid off.

Hey. Thank you. Can I also use this in podcast socials?

Hallo, hi Russell, I'm excited. You just answered my question, so I'm asking a different one. What's the most costly mistake you've made in business and what did you do to turn it around and what lessons did you take from it?

Oh gosh, yes. If you were asked to speak in an event but not allowed to pitch, what would you do differently with the perfect webinar framework to have people speak you out afterwards?

Thank you. Am I able to share this on my podcast or socials?

Thank you.