Inside Beauty Inspires
Inside Beauty Inspires takes on real life experiences and introduces the Word of God to help believers to navigate peaks and valleys fearlessly. Real, raw, & relevant, Inside Beauty Inspires seeks to unleash a fresh anointing in the atmosphere. Our goal is to connect our listeners to “the plug”, Christ Jesus, a savior who has paid the price for all of our sins and wants nothing more than to see His children win!
Inside Beauty Inspires
Embracing Generational Wisdom: Guiding with Proverbs, Cultivating Faith, and Trusting in Divine Provision
How do you guide a child from their first day of kindergarten to their first day of college with wisdom and faith? Join me for a profound conversation with my son, Tylan Asa Pollard, as we share our journey marked by the transformative teachings of the book of Proverbs. From early parental guidance to the maturity of college life, discover how biblical principles have served as a beacon for Tylan, offering him discernment and clarity in every step of his life.
Faith and prayer shape our lives, often in the face of adversity. We dive into personal trials that tested our beliefs and highlight the story of Abraham's unwavering trust in God's provision. By sharing our experiences, we emphasize the power of prayer, the importance of divine timing, and the pitfalls of comparing oneself to others. Reflecting on Elijah’s story, we discuss the significance of eliminating distractions to hear God's voice, and the profound impact of seeking God during both trials and triumphs.
Our conversation extends to exploring the contrast between worldly wisdom and divine guidance. Through the lens of 1 Corinthians, we underscore how true understanding comes from the Holy Spirit and how Jesus, as our cornerstone, exemplifies spiritual integrity and discipline. In celebrating our shared experiences and the contributions of young voices like Tylan's, we invite you to join us on this journey of faith, wisdom, and inspiration.
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Speaker 2:I'm ready to go ready for more hello, hello, it is stephanie l harrison and you are now listening in to inside beauty inspires, where we motivate, encourage and inspire through biblical principles. Listen today, principles. Listen. Today is a very special day for me. It's a very special day because I was able to invite someone that has been with me for the past 18 years into the studio with me.
Speaker 2:I've watched this little boy grow into the young man that he is today and I've watched him from kindergarten and now he's in college. I'm just say I want to say that I'm such a proud mom, I'm so proud of him, I'm so proud of his accomplishments and, you know, I wanted to bring him on today, where we both talked about it, and I thought that it would be a good. I thought this would be a good introduction to his podcast, because he's going to start his own. He's going to start his own podcast and I'm so excited about it, so we'll keep you posted. I'll definitely keep you posted, but I have no one other than the handsome, the smart, the intelligent, tylan Asa Pollard. Hello, tylan.
Speaker 3:How you doing.
Speaker 2:Welcome to your mom's show.
Speaker 3:Glad to be here, bless.
Speaker 2:Amen, amen, tylan. So how do you feel right now? Like how do you feel?
Speaker 3:I mean, of course I'm a little nervous, but I know for a fact I'm here for a reason and God's going to lead me talking. I'm just he's going to use me as a vessel today, so pretty confident in that.
Speaker 2:Amen, amen. That's my baby. That's my baby. So listen, the reason why I thought it would be a great idea to bring Talon on is because last month was maybe two months ago I told him to read the book of Proverbs. I had him in the book of Proverbs and, you know, I asked God what was the best message? What did he want us to speak about today? And you guys, I've actually been talking about this for a long time Wisdom, wisdom, wisdom, wisdom. I'm going to read from my devotional here. You know, and I want you guys to pick up what I'm putting down.
Speaker 2:Proverbs 6, verses 20 through 21, says my son, keep your father's commandment and forsake not your mother's teaching. Bind them on your heart, always, tie them around your neck. That's Proverbs 6, 20 through 21. Even those with unbelieving, sin-driven parents can, with wisdom and time, discern nuggets of truth and beauty in the way that they were brought up. God can leak into the hearts of the parents for the sake of the children. God is a loving God and the lessons we take with us into adult life don't have to be all about the negativities of our upbringings. The heart of God can override the bad memories and give believers grace for those who raise them. We can see the life lessons. When we look back, we can see the hand of God where, once, we will only see horrors. Every person is born into sin, but the teachings and rules of our parents can reflect the heart of God. Even if the teachings are a mess and the rules are based on in selfishness, god can and will use those details to bring us into the kingdom, and our stories can bring others with us, and our stories can bring others with us. Parental guidance.
Speaker 2:I feel like this is such an important piece of the puzzle. When it came down to my son because, you know, with him graduating high school, I knew the next step is going to be college and mommy's not going to always be there telling him what to do, right. And so I told Tyler and I said you know, listen, I want you to get into the book of Proverbs. I think that this would be essential. This would be something that's going to show you who you are, and not only who you are, but who everyone else around you is. It's going to give you enlightened on enlightenment, on on his word in his way. Tylen, I want you to weigh in on that experience. What was that experience? Like you getting into the word of god and reading the book of proverbs?
Speaker 3:um. Starting the book of proverbs, I'd say it taught me a lot about who I am, who I'm called to be, who I'm supposed to be. Um, without reading the word, you would think the way of the world is how you're supposed to do things. But once you get in it, you can really decipher everything that's going on. Like you can, you're able to tell what's good, what's wrong. Um, who to trust, who not to trust? Um, what to be a part of and what not to be a part of. It gives you very, very much wisdom and discerning around you.
Speaker 2:Um, yeah, Well, you know that that was listen. That's what it did for you. So imagine if that did. If it did that for you, imagine what it could do for others. Imagine what it could do for others.
Speaker 2:When it comes down to this word, when you awake it's like putting on glasses. You know how sometimes people can't see. Things are very blurry. You said the way of the world and I feel like this, tylan. The world has an agenda and God has an agenda, and in the book of Deuteronomy it talks about blessings and curses. You know, and we all have a choice. I'm so happy that you chose to get into the word and to listen, because not every child is listening to their parents.
Speaker 2:I also want to read this one as well. It says when you walk, they will guide you. When you sleep, they will watch over you. When you awake, they will speak to you. Proverbs 6.22. It says Parents' impact on a child's growth can't be underestimated.
Speaker 2:Whether mother and father are aware of it or not, they become a child's default thoughts, often throughout adulthood. If these lifelong lessons are of God, they are a balm to the soul. If they are more worldly in their intent, they can still guide you guide in unexpected ways. God walks with his children, no matter their age, and, as their father, he guides and directs us lovingly towards the path that he has chosen for us.
Speaker 2:God has given us his Holy Spirit to dwell with us, no matter what we are experiencing, no matter what we are going through or where we are. He's there too. What a blessing to know. God has put us where we will be protected and guided. He has determined our families, both the ones we are given as children as well as the ones we have as adults. We will hear those guiding voices because of his direction. Because of his direction. So, tylan, when you are in this book of Proverbs, you know I can only give you what I have right and you know with me giving you instructions to get into it. What stuck out? Is there a verse or word that stuck out to you in the book of Proverbs?
Speaker 3:Definitely. Ever since I was younger for y'all who know or been around me and my mom I always wanted to get a tattoo.
Speaker 2:Listen, don't get me started on this tattoo thing.
Speaker 3:The tattoo I wanted was Proverbs 16, 3. Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established. On it was Proverbs 16.3,. Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established. That really sticks out to me due to the fact that all you really have to do is commit everything you're doing to the Lord, trust in him and continue to seek him, and your plans will be established. And it's not the plans that you may think of at that moment, but once you get clarity by reading it, your agenda aligns with his, so your desires are his desires, so everything comes to fruition after that.
Speaker 3:So I would say Proverbs 16, 3 definitely stuck out to me. Also, another thing with Proverbs it really shows you that it's two choices. You have, like my mom said, god's agenda or the world's agenda, and the choice is ours, regardless if, like, we believe that or not. We all have a choice and you reap what you sow. So, depending on the choices that could, like, cause you to have bad experience or great experiences. But just remember, the choice is always ours and you're not forced into anything.
Speaker 2:Amen, amen. Y'all hear my baby telling y'all what's up. He's telling who taught you these things? Was it not the spirit of the Lord?
Speaker 3:Definitely the Holy Spirit for sure Been letting him guide me for a minute now Ever since I really turned 18 in March. I just started looking at things different and then, when I really got into it, that's when I realized that the world is not how you're supposed to be doing things Like it's. Like my mom said again, it's two different agendas.
Speaker 2:Well, you know, you got me over here just like looking at you like that's my boy, that's my boy. Okay, let's talk about this tattoo for a minute. So Talon comes to me about a tattoo and he tells me exactly what he wants. So of course I lighten up, and I did. I allowed him to, because here's the thing At the end of the day, when it's all said and done, I don't believe that God is judging us off of that, and I do believe that God has tattoos. If I can be honest, he said our names are tattooed in the palm of his hands.
Speaker 3:That's true, he did say that right.
Speaker 2:Yes, ma'am. So can't nobody deny that for it right. So you know it's like, and guess what? We got it out of the word. So the more that you read the word, the more you understand the way of the world. There definitely is two agendas.
Speaker 2:Tyler said commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established. When something is established, it is already successful, it has already been arranged and the plans put into motion. Although we can't always see where the path of faith is leading, we can be certain that God's plans are good and cannot be undone. True success can only be found when we are rooted in establishing God and when we read his word we learn about his heart and his ways. Nothing and no one can thwart the good plans he has for us in store. They have already been established. The deed is signed, and you know that reminds me of Jeremiah 29, 11. For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you. Here's the thing, talon. What I've been realizing in getting to this word is that God always knows the plan. It's like we plan and he laughs, right, yeah, I mean, have you ever felt like that before?
Speaker 3:Definitely felt like that, definitely.
Speaker 2:Have you felt like that? Give me an example of when you felt like that before.
Speaker 3:I'd say basketball.
Speaker 2:I knew you was going to say basketball. When it comes to, basketball.
Speaker 3:I always wanted to go to the league. I always wanted to go to college for it, but my plans just didn't line up with his. You know, um, it's a verse in Proverbs. I don't remember exactly how it goes, but I do know that he orders our steps come on now, the steps of a good man is ordered yeah, he orders our steps.
Speaker 3:so when it came to basketball, of of course I wanted to do it, but when I really got into the word and I felt peace about everything and clarity, that really switched my mind over to what he had called for me.
Speaker 2:Amen which.
Speaker 3:I didn't know which was track and field at the time. I just started junior year and, thankful to him, I'm in college doing it now. So that's definitely a big example of trusting in him, even when you don't have the blueprint Like. That's a lot of things that people. That's a one thing that people like fail to realize is you're not going to know everything, you're not going to know what he's doing behind the scenes, but he never stops working on you as long as you're seeking him.
Speaker 2:Talon, talon, talon. If I could be honest with you, my boy, my boy and my boy Listen, I'm a proud mom. I'm a proud mom because my baby listens, he listens and listen listeners. He's Tyler. How old are you? I'm 18. He's 18 years old, okay, but we're never too young or too old to get into this word. It shifts everything. You know, when you speak, tylan, you speak with the confidence of David. You knew I was going to go there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I did, I could help it, I could help it.
Speaker 2:So I've always told Tylan I say, tylan, you remind me so much of David. It's like why do you say that? Well, number one, he was handsome yeah, tyler's handsome, and but he was a bold. He was really really bold. He was not afraid of anything and he was gentle yet strong. And so you know, those are some of the characteristics that I see in you. You know, like earlier, when we were talking, I was like Tyler.
Speaker 2:You know I want you to talk about some of the verses in the Bible that stands out to you. I'm going to tell you what stands out to me. Proverbs 3, 5, 6 is one of my favorite ones because, you know, it tells us to lean not to our own understanding, but, in everything, acknowledge God and he will direct your steps. You know he will. So if you acknowledge him. You know, I often refer back to the book of Deuteronomy because it's there where Moses spoke of blessings and curses. Like you said, the choice is ours, but what we choose typically is what we see Right.
Speaker 2:And I feel like you know we're being called. You're being called to a place because of your generation. I feel like you know you are a voice for your generation. I feel like you know you can show them what God has shown you. And here's the thing people, let me just be clear. We're speaking from experience. This little boy has been with me since he was born. He has watched me and I don't have to say anything. You give them the testimony of my faith. You tell them about the prayer. It hasn't always been where it is, but God.
Speaker 3:So I can't remember how old I was, but I do know I was in middle school and my mom or somebody in the neighborhood had called the hospital or called the police On my mom due to her faith. Neighborhood had called the hospital or called the police on my mom due to her faith, due to God showing her things, and we weren't always in a place, um, for where we are now, like we're blessed with a three-story house, blessed with cars, blessed with a lot of things, me being able to go to college but it wasn't always like that, um, people looking at my mom saying stuff to her that just didn't understand. Like you said, lean on your lean, not on your own understanding, and that's how the world is. They see something and they want to say something about it, without even digging into the word of God, how it's supposed to be done. So, just growing up, watching how she stayed focused, regardless of anything going on around her, staying in the word of God, and eventually everything that she had planned came to fruition.
Speaker 2:Amen, amen. I mean, and let me just say the reason why I said that is because you know, Tylan grew up with me praying. I've always said let's pray, let's pray. You know, and when you said, when I got the police calling me, you're talking about when you were, when you guys were in the car I think so yeah, you remember that yeah yeah, when we were at the food line in lawrence yeah, and they had.
Speaker 3:Uh, I remember they took you to the hospital and you was away for like oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:No, I know exactly what you're talking about yeah um, yeah, I went through a period I did.
Speaker 2:I went through a a period where people really did think I had lost my mind and God was just showing me some things that I couldn't quite understand, I couldn't quite explain. To be honest with you, cling to your word. That's what I did. I cling to it and I just used the word of God with everything from my aspect, from life on, and so I always wanted to instill in my children to pray about everything, because what do I always tell y'all?
Speaker 3:always pray, pray about literally everything. It could be the smallest thing, the smallest thing, smallest issue in your life, and if you just pray to God, he will answer you when you call out to him. But it's not on your time, it's on his time. Which I had to realize myself is that God always answers, but some people might not like the way he answers amen you know, because certain things that we want, that's not what he has for us amen so for him to pull us away from that.
Speaker 2:We must understand that there's something better see, and I think that what actually happens, tylen, is that we kind of get fixated on what other people have definitely you know, we see what other people have and then, um, when we want it, so we start um, mimicking or doing some Some people do.
Speaker 2:They just do what they see somebody else is doing, but when the results don't hit the same, it's like what's going on here? It's because you're not doing what God called you to do. You know you're out of alignment. A lot of times, people are out of alignment and don't even know. Like God will tell you to do something, and you're like, like you said you stated it earlier like God will tell you to do something and you're like, like you said it, you stated it earlier. You said you know, even without having the full blueprint, without knowing every detail that he's going to give, which brings me to the story Abraham and his son. Yeah, the ram in the bush. You know that was something that you spoke to me about a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was so interesting because of the way that you spoke about it. I want you to talk to the people today about the ram in the bush. Talk to the people about the ram in the bush.
Speaker 3:Okay, so Genesis 22.
Speaker 2:Hold on, let me get to my Bible. Hold on, let me get with you. Let me go to Genesis 22. Y'all you're my baby. Y'all you're my baby.
Speaker 3:Okay, go, let me go to Genesis 22.
Speaker 3:Y'all, you're my baby. Y'all you're my baby. Okay, go ahead. Genesis 22. Genesis 22, verse 2, says Then God said Take your son, your only son whom you love, isaac, and go to region Maria. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain. I will show you.
Speaker 3:And of course any parent or you would think any parent is not going to just go sacrifice their son, you know, but that was Abraham's test to God. If you keep reading, you will see. In verse 12, it states do not lay a hand on the boy. He said do not do anything to him. Now. I know that you fear God because you have not withheld me from your son, your only son. Know that you fear God because you have not withheld me from your son, your only son.
Speaker 3:Verse 13 goes to say Abraham looked up and there, in a ticket, he saw a ram caught by his horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. And if you keep reading, it also states in verse 15 through 17, no, through 18, the angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said I swear by myself, declares the Lord that because you have done this, you have not withheld your son, your only son. I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand and seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies and, through your offspring, all nations on earth will be blessed because you have obeyed me.
Speaker 3:I had wrote down a couple of things about it so clearly. Abraham was tested, and your ability to, your ability to obey God, determines if you get what you, what God has planned for you. The teacher is always quiet during the test, amen, but that doesn't mean their presence isn't there at all, that's right um, the Lord's not just going to hand you the promises he has for you.
Speaker 3:You know, you have to continue to seek him, and I don't want to say work, work for him, but that's what it is. You have to work for him.
Speaker 2:Um, well, you know, I like the way you said that because truth, because we're servants, that's exactly what we're supposed to be doing. We're supposed to be putting the word out. We're supposed to be, we're the hands and feet of Jesus Christ, the true story. And so you're right, we have to continuously seek his face If we want to see the promises of God.
Speaker 3:That's where they're found 100%, and I also wrote down worship brings peace. So throughout the entire time abraham was, you know, prepping for basically sacrificing his son, which he thought he had to do. He can tell you to worship god and worship can definitely. Worship can definitely bring you peace through the storm. You know, um, the issue is never with god. It's usually with us not obeying him hold on, wait a minute.
Speaker 2:Y'all know it's me being extra.
Speaker 3:Say that one more time for the people in the back the issue is never with god, it's with us, um, not obeying him. Abraham's obedience to test, to the test, led him to hold a knife to his son, even though he was the promised child and his only son. You know, um, sometimes, sometimes, god just needs us to experience his power while being tested.
Speaker 2:I got something to say right there. I feel like I was tested when he was like Mom, I want to go to Lawrence, and I was like Jesus Christ, are you serious right now, talon? What are you talking about? Why do you? What do you mean? We got you in Legacy. No, you're the reason I'm here. You're like mom, please. Well, I say Talon, talk to God about it.
Speaker 3:Definitely, and I definitely talked to God.
Speaker 3:And as for y'all who know, I ended up going to Lawrence and graduating from Lawrence. One more thing? Well, not one more thing, but another thing is. Like I was saying, sometimes God just needs us to experience his power. He already knows how he's going to handle the test, but in order for us to actually seek him and call on him in something, you have to go through trials and tribulations like trials and tribulations to seek on him for him to pull us out of that. That's how we know, that's not us, that's only god doing that amen um, so the promise also doesn't die that he has for you.
Speaker 3:You have to take away the distractions and match up with the promise you know, and we're in in this society, in this world. There's a lot of distractions going on out there. What a lot of distractions, um, but God provides in ways that we won't even understand. Amen. He's always on time, on his time. Like I said earlier, I had to be like a what? What can I say? I had to realize that at a young age, and I'm glad I did that.
Speaker 2:It's not about what I want and my timing, it's really about his, because he's gonna everything that God does is always on time always yes, yes, and, and I don't even mean to intervene, but, lord, mercy, I'm just. You have me sitting here just like, yes, man, you kidding it and and that's, and that makes my heart smile. It makes my heart smile because you do get it at such a young age. Go ahead, continue, baby. I don't want to take you go ahead.
Speaker 3:My last thing is, as y'all can see in the text, that he provided a rim for Abraham and his son. So Abraham continued to stay obedient, continued to stay in the Lord and, as you can see, he did not have to sacrifice his son, which he wasn't even going to have to anyway. God was testing him to see are you really who you say you are? Do you really love me? Do you really? Would you really do anything for me Enough to sacrifice your son like I did for you?
Speaker 2:Say it because that's what he did.
Speaker 3:That's what he did.
Speaker 2:And listen. Even in the book of Leviticus I think it's like chapter five, maybe five four he talks about. That's the, that's the, that's the atonement. Like you have to. You know, sacrifice. Your son Abraham was about to. God had a ram, it still was a sacrifice done definitely but it wasn't his son.
Speaker 2:When you let God do what he's going to do, everything aligns the way it is supposed to align. You said it. He was just trying to test us and see how many tests that we went through ourselves. That God just been like let me see if you really who you say. You really who you say you are? Keep going, tyler. I mean boy, you was on one right there. Well, well, listen, I ain't gonna make him keep going, but he was on one. I didn't want to stop. I was like yo keep getting it right. But when you did say that, it made me think about 1st Corinthians. It did, and so I'm gonna go to the book of 1st Corinthians and I want to read what Paul said.
Speaker 2:Now for those who don't know, paul was Saul. Saul, before he was Paul, was a murderer of the believers. Right, he was going around crucifying God's children. He was going around doing the most. Why was he doing the most? He was doing the most because he didn't know. Most people do the most because when you don't know who you are and whose you are, you literally end up following the ways of the world, and so you can get caught up in doing it the world's way and God never intended it to be that way. You got to think about Jesus that came on the scene and he done told these people, but he hasn't told these people anything. They done looked at him like a couple people I ain't going to say a couple people, it was divided but they've looked at him like this is the messiah, because he is the messiah, right, but it was so shocking. It was so shocking that people can wrap their minds around jesus being the messiah, because it wasn't who they expected and saul was a part of that bunch, was just like off with all of their heads until he had an encounter. When God has an encounter with you people, listen to me my baby had a God encounter. That's why he sees things different. When God has an encounter with you, your life change and it changed for the better. Saul, after the touch of the Lord, became Paul, and Paul was on fire for the Lord. Okay, he was on fire for the Lord. So I just wanted to tell you who Paul was before I went into 1 Corinthians.
Speaker 2:But this is what it says this letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sothenus. I am writing to the church, god's church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. May God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. I always thank my Father for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you Now that you belong to Christ Jesus. Through him, god has enriched your church in every way, with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge.
Speaker 2:This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true. This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true. Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says. He has invited you into partnership with his son Jesus Christ. Our Lord Tylan, can you give them the message through the commentary on verses 1 through 9. 1 Corinthians 1 through 9.
Speaker 3:God is faithful to keep his promises to save us through our faith in Christ. As a result of our salvation, we have access to fellowship with Christ, but we are called to live out our fellowship with. We have access to fellowship with Christ, but we are called to live out our fellowship with our Savior through the fellowship with his saints. Sadly, the prevalent sins in the church were hindering such fellowship, and this is why Paul needed to write them. The first problem Paul addresses is that the discord that was widespread in Corinthian church. He exhorts them to reject divine divisions among them and pursue unity.
Speaker 2:Is that verses 1 through 9?
Speaker 3:Oh, that was 9 and 10. I'm sorry y'all.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, well, that's cool, that's cool. Well, let me just say this before you go back into it. So what I was wanting you to do based off of what you just did just there was to give them the message behind the message, because what it does is in the book of 1 Corinthians. It breaks it down. Well, in the commentary it breaks it down. But if you get into this word and depending on what type of version you read, it's pretty self-explanatory what it's saying. But yeah, if you can give us verses, 1 through 8.
Speaker 3:Paul begins his letter to the church in Corinth by affirming his calling as an apostle of the Christ Jesus. And that appointment came by the will of God when the resurrected Lord appeared to Paul and made him his chosen instrument. To proclaim his name, Paul writes along with the Christian brother named.
Speaker 2:it's also this 'm sorry, y'all know how these names get in here.
Speaker 3:Yeah, for real, um clearly through the letter expresses the thoughts of paul himself. So it's impossible that salsanthius served as paul's immunist, that is, his secondary who wrote down his words sy Syrtis did in Paul's letter to the Romans. Paul would have signed the letters and ended with a greeting in his own hand. Paul calls the Corinthian saints who call on the name of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 3:Believers have the unique privilege of appealing to their Savior for divine intervention in their lives. Although the church at Corinth had became quite carnal, as reflected in their actions, Paul knew they were saved and had been sanctified through the faith in Christ Jesus. Thus it is possible to be an immature Christian whose life reflects more worldly thinking and living than heavenly. That's why we need to be transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we experience the realities and the benefits of our salvation. To this earthly-minded church, Paul extended the grace and peace of God in Christ, In spite of the church's many problems. Paul actually gave thanks for the believers because he was confident that they had experienced God's grace, the basis of salvation, Because they had been saved. They had been enriched by God in every way, particularly in spiritual gifts they had received, which gave testimony about the validity of Christ's work in their midst. So even through they had misused their spiritual gifts. Paul was confident that they would stand blameless on Judgment Day because of his finished work of Jesus Christ for them.
Speaker 2:Amen, amen, amen. Now, of course, I got to ask you what did you get out of this Toplin? What did you get out of the message or the commentary based off of what we just read, due to what Paul stated?
Speaker 3:read due to what Paul stated that God has spiritual gifts that he gives us and that we have to accept those spiritual gifts and renew our minds the way that, like I just read, the word says um. He also stated that it tends to be some Christians out here living more so worldly and reflecting the world than divinely and reflecting who Jesus is oh say, say that that's what they.
Speaker 2:You're right. You're right Because the reflection like even if you don't believe the words, you can look at the results. Right, and the results are not going to lie. They're just not going to lie. You know, when I thought about going to First Corinthians, I want to read the wisdom of God because you know it's important for the fellowship. It's important for us to know what Paul is speaking about. But he's also speaking about the wisdom of God. It says the message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction, but we who are being saved know it's the very power of God.
Speaker 2:I'm at 1 Corinthians 1, 18. As the scripture says, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent. So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars and the world's brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. Since God, in his wisdom, saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. It is foolish to the Jews who ask for signs from heaven, and it is foolish to the Greeks who seek human wisdom. So when we preach that Christ was crucified. The Jews are offended and the Gentiles say say it's all nonsense.
Speaker 2:I'm going to skip on down here to verse 25. It says the foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God's weaknesses is stronger than the greatest of human strength. Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you are wise in the world's eyes, or powerful or wealthy when God called you. Instead, god chose things the world considered foolish in order to shame those who think that they are wise, and he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God. As a result, god has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit, god made him to be wisdom itself. Christ Jesus, for our benefit. God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God. He made us pure and holy and freed us from sin. Therefore, as the scriptures say, if you want to boast, boast only about the Lord Talon.
Speaker 3:what did you get from that? Worldly wisdom is nothing in the end, it's just foolishness. Like the world has it made up that such and such or this and that, when in reality all of that is foolishness. When you open the word of God and see how everything actually is supposed to be. And I keep bringing it back to when my mom said you have the world's agenda and then you have Christ's agenda. Jesus and his agenda will get you righteousness, satisfaction and redemption absolutely, man say what say bars?
Speaker 3:Jesus and his agenda will get you righteousness, satisfaction and redemption wow, that's a word.
Speaker 2:I hope you guys are picking up with my son putting down. Yo, he putting it down, he giving it to y'all. It is raw and relevant Because we know this to be true, based off of our own Experiences. Right, exactly, can't nobody take your experience away, right?
Speaker 3:Not at all.
Speaker 2:Am I making you say these things?
Speaker 3:Nah, I'm here On my own, doing On my own will, right?
Speaker 2:right For Jesus.
Speaker 3:For Jesus.
Speaker 2:For Jesus, for Jesus, let's go to chapter two. It says here 1 Corinthians, chapter two when I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn't have used lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God's secret plan, for I decided that while I was with you, I would forget everything except Jesus Christ. The one who was crucified. I came to you in weakness, timid and trembling. The one who was crucified. I came to you in weakness, timid and trembling, and my message and my preaching was very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom, but in the power of God. Yet when I'm among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God, his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. But the rulers of this world have not understood it. If they had, they would have never crucified our glorious Lord. That is what the scripture means when they say no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him. But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit, for his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God's deepest secrets. No one can know a person's thought except the person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except God's own spirit. And we have received God's spirit, not the world's spirit, so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.
Speaker 2:Now again, when we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit's word to explain spiritual truth. But people who aren't spiritual can't receive these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them, talon, and they can't understand it. For only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated. Do you understand what that word is saying? Definitely.
Speaker 3:A person without the Spirit can't receive what God has for them. Come on, say it again for the people in the back A person without the Spirit of God cannot receive what God has for them.
Speaker 2:But do you know? It's a lot of people walking around here thinking that they got the Spirit of God on.
Speaker 3:Definitely.
Speaker 2:So how do you so? What does that look like? How do you tell who is who Wisdom?
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's what I was just going to say Wisdom and understanding from Proverbs.
Speaker 3:It really shows you a lot, like you get a lot of clarity in it, like just the way people move, the way they walk, the way they talk. You can all decipher it and be like yeah, I don't think you are who you say. You are Based off of what you're doing, based off of what you're saying, based. Based off of what you're saying, based off of the way you just move, and like when you have conversations with people and you can actually see who they are. It's like that's not aligned into what Jesus is saying right now, or at least that's how you want to be seen as someone who is with Jesus, someone who hears from them. I mean hears from him, like he's leading you. However, nothing ever adds up to what you're saying.
Speaker 2:Tywin, if that ain't the truth, I don't know what is. I mean, that's what the word, that's what? Listen, that's why I always tell you guys to get into your word, because that's what the Bible does. It literally opens you up and it literally shows you hey, you're not that person you say you are.
Speaker 3:You're not. It's like you're putting on a facade for yourself.
Speaker 2:Mask mask off over here. There's no mask over here. We don't wear a mask. See, tyler, here's the thing about wearing masks. I feel like because I don't wear them, but I feel like you got to keep putting it on you. You're not yourself, so how do you get to know who you truly are if you keep wearing a mask?
Speaker 3:yeah, you have to take the mask off and just see things as they really are. Like, stop trying to be someone that you're not.
Speaker 2:Listen, but you do know, this is the thing, tyler.
Speaker 2:The Bible says that the enemy appears as he tries to appear as an angel of light. So when you say that I felt it in my spirit, you know what I'm saying, because you're not that person you say. You are based off the way that you move, the way that you react. That's what the word of God says. Let's go to chapter three. It says here dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you, I couldn't talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belong to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren't ready for anything stronger, and you still aren't ready, for you still control. You still are controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn't that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren't you living like people of the world? When one of you says I'm a follower of Paul and another says I follow Apollos, aren't you just acting like people of the world?
Speaker 2:And another says who made it grow? It's not important who does the planting or who does the watering. What's important is that God makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters, work together with the same purpose, and both will be rewarded for their own hard work, for we are both God's workers and you are God's field. You are God's building. Talk about it. Talk about it Because you know you are God's building. Talon, you are who he called you to be. What do you get from this word?
Speaker 3:I'll say, a spiritual person seeks to think about what Christ is gonna think. You know you don't do things or say things for human validation come on, man, that's my son, everything everything you doing? Doing is how's god thinking about this? Am I doing the right thing? How would god see this? You know what I'm saying. Like you need to be thinking. How is your father looking at it? Like, stop trying to people, please. Like we have a lot of people pleasers in this world yo and it's insane, it's absolutely mind-blowing definitely mind-blowing or something.
Speaker 3:Yes, Crazy.
Speaker 2:Well, the Bible says we perish for lack of understanding. People are perishing because they don't know. So you know, when you get into the Word you're like that doesn't align with the Word of God.
Speaker 3:So what else you pick up out of there? I had highlighted so, like verses 7 through 8. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will be rewarded each of their own labor. You're going to be rewarded based off of the things that you're doing, based on the things that you're saying. When it comes to Christ, you can't just, like I said, you can't just say one thing and then your actions are not leading up to it at all, because you're going off of what another person? Mere human wisdom, mere human knowledge, instead of actually trying to understand what God has for you and what God is saying to you. Like you're not thinking about God and anything you're doing, but you so big on that. Well, that's what you're saying, you're so big on that, but your actions are saying completely different.
Speaker 2:Yo, look, I read something today that says exactly what you're saying. It was in the book of Isaiah, and this was Isaiah. The prophet was speaking to the people and he was like God was speaking and just what you just said is like man, I got to go to Isaiah Now y'all don't mess with me. Well, I do got to go here because you just made a point and I want to make this point even valid for those who are listening. In the book of Isaiah I believe it was 57. Yeah, it was 57 this morning 57, it says Good people pass away.
Speaker 2:The godly have to die, often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that god is protecting them from the evil to come, for those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die, it says. But you come here, you witches children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes. Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongue? Your children are sinners and liars. You worship your idols with great passion, beneath the oaks and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children down in the valley among the jagged rocks and the cliffs. Your gods are the smooth stones in the valley. You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings and gain offerings. They not I are your inheritance. Do you think this makes me happy?
Speaker 2:You have committed adultery on every high mountain there. You have worshipped idols and have been unfaithful to me. You have put pagan symbols on your doorposts and behind your doors you have left me and climbed into bed with these detestable gods. You have committed yourselves to them. You love to look at their naked bodies. You have gone to Malak with olive oils and many perfumes, sending your agents far and wide, even the world, to death.
Speaker 2:You grew weary in your search, but you never gave up. Desire gave you renewed strength and you did not grow weary. Are you afraid of these idols? Do they terrify you? Is that why you lied to me and you did not grow weary? Are you afraid of these idols? Do they terrify you? Is that why you lied to me and forgotten me and my words? Is it because of my long silence that you no longer fear me? Now I will expose your so-called good deeds. None of them will help you. Let's see if your idols can save you when you cry to help for them. Why a puff of wind can knock them down If you just breathe on them, they fall over. But whosoever trusts in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.
Speaker 2:Listen, when I read that it was actually in 56. But when I read that this morning I was like yo. These people put on a front Like they really are, who God called them to be. You know the truth of the matter is you're really truly not. It speaks about it even more If you keep going.
Speaker 2:In chapter 58, it says true and false. Worship and listen to what he says, y'all he said. Yet they act so pious. These people act like they really get into it and they really truly do. It says they come to temple every day and seem delighted to learn all about me. This is Isaiah 58. They act like a righteous nation. They will never abandon the laws of God. They asked me to take action on their behalf, pretending they want to be near me.
Speaker 2:We have fasted before you. They say why aren't you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves and you don't even notice us. You don't even notice it. I will tell you why. I responded.
Speaker 2:It's because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers. What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling. This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending to the wind. You dress up in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes.
Speaker 2:Is that what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord? No, this kind of fasting I want freely freeing those who are wrongly imprisoned, lightening the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hunger and give them shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them and do not hide your relatives who need your help. Listen, I read all of that to say God was the same way that he is today. He felt the yo. He felt some kind of way about you seeing him playing in his face. People playing in God's face every day, telling as if he's not who he says he is. That's one thing I got out of the book of Proverbs the fear of the Lord.
Speaker 3:Definitely. I fear him, but it's a good fear Y'all often say it's a fear, it's a respect type of thing, like how people fear their mother.
Speaker 2:You fear her because you respect her and you know that she could punish you or reward you.
Speaker 2:Amen, great analogy, great way of putting it together, you know. So I had to go there, and the reason why I went there, to island, is because I wanted, I wanted the people to know that it's actually written. It's in the word of God. The more that you get into it, the more that you keep seeing that, especially when you're studying it. Now one of your takeaways was that God makes things grow. But when you, when you went on the tangent, like you put up a facade, I'm like yo, let's talk about it because they do. It's called, this is called. We're calling you out. It's time to stop being phony and fake. If you want to be real, be real but really get to know him. Seek his face so you can get to know. Now I'm gonna keep reading, because this is why I went to this to begin with 1 Corinthians, 3, right 1.
Speaker 2:Corinthians 3. Verse 10. It says Because of God's grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now this is Paul speaking. He says Now others are building on it, but whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful, for no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have in Jesus Christ. Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials talent, gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay or straw, but on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person's work has any value. If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
Speaker 2:Don't you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the spirit of God lives in you? God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple, for God's temple is holy and you are that temple. Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you're wise by this world's standards, you need to become a fool to truly become wise, for the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God, as the scriptures say, he traps the wise in their snare of their own cleverness. And again, the Lord knows the thoughts of the wise and he knows they are worthless. So don't boast about following a particular human leader, for everything belongs to you, whether Paul, apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and death, or present and future. Everything belongs to you and you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God. Weigh in on it, tyler, and I want to hear what you got to say.
Speaker 3:Okay. So it really stuck out to me, and I'm glad I already had this highlighted when I had read 1 Corinthians 18 and 19. Do not deceive yourselves of any. Do not deceive yourselves If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age. You should become fools so that you may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written, he catches the wise in their craftiness. So the wisdom of the world which only considers things from an earthly perspective, from mere human experience, mere human perspective, in reality, it's nothing but foolishness in the eyes of God, nothing but foolishness. So you can call it wisdom if you like, you can say whatever you want about it, but if the worldview disagrees with God's view, it's nothing but foolishness, nothing but folly.
Speaker 2:That's it. That's it. Talk, talk. You got any more on it Because, boy, boy, you was on one.
Speaker 3:Right then he said it's nothing but folly, Y'all uh, the lord is able to turn their supposed wisdom on his head and use it against them. So what you think is making sense, or what you the by the way of the world, like you're you having wisdom from the world? God is going to change that around and show you what's really going on here. You're not going to get reward for just being wise in the way of the world, because that's nothing but foolishness to him that's it, that's you must become a fool, and that's what people have to realize is that true wisdom is only in god's hands.
Speaker 3:It's only from a divine perspective because when it's all said and done everything that, like the wisdom of the world, the wisdom of earth or whatever, it's not gonna matter, only the things that god has said in here, and when judgment day happens, he's going off of that Like nothing else matters. It's only what Jesus said.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, and you know, that's why Jesus came on the scene. That's why we believe, because the truth of the matter is we've been the same way since the beginning of time. True story Children of Israel rebel. You know they get. The Lord heard their cry and Moses took them across the Red Sea and they got over there and was like you should have just left us where we was at. At least we knew We've always. You know our ancestors. They were divided. It was divided loyalty then, right. So now we're here in this world where there's divided loyalty. There's the world's way and then there's God's way, and and I thank God so much for his son, because that's how come we know the things that we know through his son, jesus Christ. You know he's been speaking about Jesus Christ throughout the whole entire book the light, the light, the spirit of God. It was just that Jesus was a perfect man. He didn't sin, he didn't do anything. God said go here. He went there. That was it. He came to set us free from the sin that's already in us.
Speaker 3:Can I ask?
Speaker 2:Absolutely.
Speaker 3:That's what I had to realize. Jesus was a man, but he was God. But he was also a man and he had to fight the temptations. We also had to fight and the fact that he was able to do that and take that for us. People take that for granted all the time and not saying you have to be perfect, but you can definitely choose what you're going to do. You can fall into the desires of your flesh or you can pick up the cross and follow Jesus. That's really it. So I just want y'all to know that Jesus was also like us. He had to to fight temptation. He wasn't just sitting here and I'm perfect, I'm perfect, I'm perfect. He had to fight. He had to go into the wilderness and actually fight. What's going on?
Speaker 2:absolutely, and he had to have insight too. You know he was always constantly speaking to his father, definitely you know he would go off to side, you know, go off on his own long time and speak. Remember how we was talking about it me and you were talking um one time about the storm when jesus was laying in their sleep yeah, and um, the disciples was like yo, jesus, what's up?
Speaker 2:okay, now they didn't say it like that y'all, jesus, you just gonna leave us out here. What's up, what's up? No, but for real, it was just like he looked at them and said where's your faith? Where's your faith? I mean, you know, you say you believe. So this is my thing. Listen, people, hearing comes, faith comes by hearing the word of God. If you constantly get into this word, consistently, get into this word, my son is telling you what the word can do, and he just started really getting into it. I mean, yeah, I've been praying with him my whole life. I've been talking to him about the Lord his whole life, but it isn't until now the age of 18, that he's actually getting to know the Lord for himself. And because he's getting to know the Lord for himself, you know he's seeing different aspects of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Tyler, you got anything you want to leave the people with or anything you want to weigh in. I want you to know to speak.
Speaker 3:Okay, I got you. So when you said about what we was talking about, that made me go to Mark 4, 35 through 41. I'm going to read that for y'all. That day, when evening came, he said to his disciples let us go over to the other side. Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up and the waves broke over the boat, so it was nearly swamped. And, mind you, when this is going on, jesus is in there sleeping, sleeping sound like a baby. He's knocked out. He's gone sleeping on a cushion on a cushion.
Speaker 2:Sleeping on a cushion, he was comfortable right.
Speaker 3:the disciples woke him and said to him teacher, don't you care if we drown? And I feel like that was trying. They were trying to be not funny, but you were trying to second like second, second guess, second, yeah, second guess who he is.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:For you to not even ask him for help. Like you wake him up, not saying Jesus, this is going on. Like you just going to let us die here.
Speaker 2:Like that's what they're saying to you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sarcastic.
Speaker 3:Like yeah. So Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves quiet, be still. Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith? They were terrified and asked each other who is this man? Even the wind and waves obey him.
Speaker 3:And I had wrote down a couple of things about Mark 4, 35, 41, which is saying Jesus is always the best solution for everything, everything, everything. And you know we have to see past the storm. The Lord is with you in every aspect of your life, good and bad, and I want to emphasize that bad part because he's still there.
Speaker 3:Like, don't take that, like all he is is preparing you for what you have for you. You can't grow if you don't have any growing pains. Come on, that's right. That makes that makes sense, um. Remember all the times the lord performed miracles in your life, because he is who he says, he is forever and always. He's not going to change at all. You need to take your focus off the storm, um. Another thing like I was saying, he sends you tests to see how you're going to deal with them. Like you had said proverbs 3, 5, 6 you have to lean on him, choose him, and not on your own understanding. Um, and always trust that jesus will come through. Even in times of weak faith, he still reigns. His trust will always be there. Pay attention to what he's doing in the midst of the storm, even without having the blueprint, because he is still working. He never stops working behind the scenes yes
Speaker 3:definitely, um, everything that he's doing and I'm gonna try to emphasize this because I had to get that everything that he's doing is for your good at the end. That does not mean everything you're going through is going to be good. It means whatever you're going through is going to be good. It means whatever you're going through, trusting the Lord, and everything he's doing is going to be for your good In the end. When it's all said and done, you need to keep your eyes focused on him and eventually the storm will pass. The storm will stop.
Speaker 2:Amen, amen. Great takeaways from that, from that. You know, my, my takeaway was always like who is this man? Uh, duh. I want to be like duh. It's him, he's the messiah, he's the messiah. But you know, they were attuned into him, they were rocking with him.
Speaker 3:But you're right, they kind of a little bit like at the end. They was like who is this? Man like you know the winds obey him, the water obey him. Yeah, where you came from.
Speaker 2:And see he was anointed. That's where the power of God comes into play. Well, listen people. You know we've went over the time just a little bit, but I want to leave you guys with the word that I picked. Today. I give out these cards and you know, my card made me smile today, again Talon. You know he's in college and I'm not a perfect mom, right, I'm not. We all fall short and I thank God for His grace. I love Jesus. I just thank God for His grace and His mercy. We all get that each and every single morning. But my card, the card that I chose, says I am doing my best and that is enough. We can grow only by accepting our current limitations. Time will bring new skills, but also new limitations, and each time we do our best with what we have and each time we will do our best with what we have. That's my word, not just for me, but also for you. That's my word for you, tylan. Give them your word. What's the word you want to leave the people with?
Speaker 3:Let me see Boom, what's a word you want to leave?
Speaker 3:the people with. Let me see, boom, I had in my Bible. I had got this word March 31st and it's been in my Bible since then. What I got from it was what I seek is seeking me, amen. God is so generous that he can't wait to send you your way whatever is necessary to help you along your journey. You got to open your mind and accept the things you are being I mean you're being limited to and accept that you are an unlimited being through him, like anything, anything is possible. When it comes to Christ, anything is possible. So, whatever you do, just continue to seek after him Because trust he's definitely seeking after you and pulling you that way that you can get what he has for you and he has promised for you.
Speaker 3:Um, I know we said we was over the time no, go ahead, I know we said it was over the time, but I also wanted to share some share one more thing with y'all. Um, about elijah. You know, when we pray god, always, he always responds. Doesn't mean he's going to respond right there, but he is going to respond to your prayer, amen. Um, elijah, you know, when we pray God always, he always responds. Doesn't mean he's going to respond right there, but he is going to respond to your prayer, amen.
Speaker 3:Elijah had to humble himself and cry out to God and soon after that he was answered. And, like I said, we often expect God to answer us on our time, but you have to submit to him to hear his voice. When we submit to God, god strengthens us. You know, we feel like God is only there during the good times, like he's not omnipresent, like he's not always there, watching over, seeing everything that's going on, mind you, everything that's going on. He has already seen, he knows it's going to happen. He just wants to see.
Speaker 3:Are they who they say they are? Are they going to lean on me? What are they going to do right here? You know, try to test your faith a little bit, which is understandable. It's God. And another thing I want to leave you all with is when we can't, god can. Elijah became a little depressed on how he viewed his life and then he had to go into the wilderness, with no distractions, to actually hear from God and understand. With no distractions, to actually hear from God and understand. You know. So, like I said at the beginning earlier on, there are a lot of distractions in this world preventing us to hear from God.
Speaker 2:Clearly, oh God yes, definitely.
Speaker 3:I'm so glad you had ears to hear me, yeah, there are so many distractions in this world preventing us to hear from God's voice clearly. So, with that being said, also, don't wait on desperation to hit or something bad to happen to start seeking after Jesus. Go ahead and seek after him now, because you don't know the time nor the hour for when he's returning, because he will be back very soon, sooner than y'all think it is yes so just continue to seek him, lean on him when you don't, even when you don't know how it's going to go.
Speaker 3:You have to trust and you have to have that faith factor, because it's all about belief when it comes to the word of you know, the word of Christ and I yeah, that's what I'm gonna leave y'all with amen, what a beautiful word.
Speaker 2:And and here's and you know just not to really like piggyback off of what you said, but there's a song that I gave to the prayer call this morning and it just popped in my head after you started saying that I was like, okay, god, so listen, I don't know who this is for, but there's someone that's listening to me and you've been asking God to change you. You know that there are things that are on the inside of you that you know, you're full aware of who you are and want to see something totally different. In order for you to see something different, you have to do something different whenever you get a chance. I want you to understand that the father is saying that he wants to put you back together again. The son that was playing in my head says the potter wants to put you back together again and he can do it if you allow him.
Speaker 2:Tylan said a couple of things you know here towards the end. That was very right on, and you know who you are. Whoever you are, you know who you are, and so I hope and I pray that you're able to receive this word. I hope and I pray that you're able to understand how real God is. And, tylan, I want to look at you and I just want to say, baby, I'm proud you got a proud mama over here and I ain't going to lie to you. I'm over here and smile, smile. I've just been in this whole little like ah moment Because you know, as a mother, sometimes things aren't always easy.
Speaker 2:You said it earlier. God has really, really blessed us and we look to God for all of our help. I'm very grateful for God sending me my husband. I'm very grateful for Andre. I'm grateful for the prayer call. I'm grateful for the ladies of ISI. I'm grateful for everything that God is doing in my life. But I'm so most grateful for everything that God is doing in my life. But I'm so most grateful for my children, because if I can't give you nothing else, I want to give you the word and I want to show you that, son, in this world you're going to have those ups and downs, you're going to have trials and tribulations. Things are not going to always go the way you want them to go, but you trust God with every fabric of your being and you ask him to show you.
Speaker 2:Jeremiah 33, verse 3, says call to me and I will show you and tell you things that you do not know, so we don't have to walk this world aimlessly. When we pursue God, he shows us our purpose, and so, with you wanting to be a part of this today, you saying, yes, it was written, you understand. And so, with this being your first year of college, I pray that God covers you, protects you, and I pray that he blows your mind. And what I've been praying for the prayer call about Tyler is I've been asking God to allow them to taste and see, and so that's my prayer for you and your friends that God allows y'all to taste and see For my listeners, allow them to taste and see, because one thing about that taste what happens when you get a taste of God's goodness you want more you, you, you want more of it.
Speaker 3:You what's the word I can say? You seek out for that taste again, that peace that you felt while being in him and, like you were saying, wanting people to basically be being countered by Christ. That's one of my prayers every day going into this school, just continuing to be a light. You know what I'm saying for everyone to see more of him and less of me and myself, and definitely try to bring my friends toward my friends and family towards what he has called for them. You know what I'm saying. Like I don't want them to be discouraged about anything, but view it the way God would want you to view it. You know what I'm saying. He just wants to see. Are you going to lean on him? And I'm praying that my friends and family who hear this continue to strive for Christ because in the end, in due time, it'll all pay off for sure.
Speaker 2:Man, oh man, oh man, talyn, you don't even understand what you just said, but I'm so proud of what you just said. You know the Father, Dad, god told me that he wanted me to do something today and I was like, okay, well, I'll do it, I'll do it whatever. And then here you are, because the light. And you looked at me and you said the light. And I said, okay, god, okay. So here it is. People, I want to invite you guys out to the light of God. It is my church, it's a ministry where we meet every Sunday at 1.30. It's at the Disciples Church in Greenville, south Carolina, and I'm going to give you guys the address to the church. But here's the thing you know, I want you guys to come seeking a word. God has a word for all of his children. He has a word for us, and when he called me to do this, I was a little like Dad. I'm not called me to do this. I was a little like Dad, I'm not. But as my children can attest, as I can attest to, nobody did this but God. And so you know, if you enjoy the show, if you enjoy getting this word, if you enjoy getting fed, I not only do this on the podcast. I actually do it in a building in which my son, tylan, is definitely a part of the service. I also want to say, tylan, it makes me very proud that you want to get your friends involved in the Word of God, because that's where it starts.
Speaker 2:You know, you said something earlier too, and I know we can go on and on and on, but you said that he was a rewarder and he's the planter and the seeder, go on and on and on. But you said that he was a rewarder and he, he's the plant, the planter and the seeder, the seed and the planter. But who causes things to grow? And so when I think about you, I know that nobody's growing you up. No, the only person that's growing you up is God. You know, I planted the seed. You started watering it by reading the word who caused you to grow? God?
Speaker 3:God did, and I'll also say one more time. I don't know if I said this, but for the people who have a hard time hearing from God or don't believe he's speaking to you, you have to open the Bible, you have to read his words, because that is how he talks to you is through the word Um. You have to limit distractions and take time out of your day. So here I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna hear from God, Cause I know for a fact I don't want people to be like, basically, what I had said at the end don't call on God when things get hard. Don't treat him like he's a genie, you know, Cause he's not. He's more than that. Don't treat him like he's a genie, you know, because he's not. He's more than that and his grace is so much more. We don't deserve a lot of the stuff, the blessings that we have, but the fact that we're continuing to seek him out and this is what he's given to us is very mind-blowing. It just makes you want more of him, you know.
Speaker 2:Absolutely Talon, absolutely man. What a beautiful show today. Man, I'm so, I'm just, I'm so happy. The address is 105 Crestfield Road, greenville, south Carolina. So we're the light of God and again I want to say thank you, tyler, for being here with me on today. We will be hearing more from him whenever his schedule permits for him to come and record. I would love to have you here, if you can, whenever you can. Also pray that you have an amazing school year. Amen. Well, listen, listeners, I appreciate you guys being here with us on today. Continue to seek after God's face. You've heard it clear as they from an 18 year old. Okay, it wasn't just me, it was my son too. Amen, you guys have an amazing day on purpose. Peace.