Identifying Spiritual Blockades | The Spirit Unleashed Podcast Ep. 7

In this powerful and honest episode, we dive into the subtle (and not-so-subtle) things that may be holding you back in your spiritual walk with God. From hidden distractions and unaddressed wounds to pride, comparison, and misplaced priorities—we unpack the heart issues that can quietly create distance between you and the life God is calling you to live.

We talk about how busyness can replace intimacy, how unforgiveness can block freedom, and how doubt—when left unexamined—can weaken your confidence in God’s promises. Through biblical insight, real-life experiences, and practical encouragement, this conversation is designed to help you identify spiritual roadblocks and take intentional steps toward breakthrough.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, spiritually dry, discouraged, or distant, this episode is your invitation to pause, reflect, and realign. God hasn’t moved—but sometimes we do. Watch now for a message that will challenge you, uplift you, and remind you that growth begins with honesty, humility, and surrender.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:12

Hey guys, welcome back to the Spirit Unleash Podcast. Josh and Kyle here. We just got finished recording this week's episode, and we can both tell you what a mighty conversation in the Holy Spirit we just had. If you're struggling with being held back in your spiritual life right now, this episode is for you. And I believe God can speak a mighty word into your life through this episode. Just wanted to take a few moments before we got into the episode, say please like, comment, and subscribe to the channel. We want to push this to as many people as we can for the glorification of the kingdom. So please get engaged with this video. Share it with somebody who you think could help and be on the lookout for next week's episode. Going to be a great episode. We're going to try and have Pastor Mike back on. So please be on the lookout for that. Turn on the notifications before we get started so you know when new videos drop. Love you guys. Enjoy the episode.

SPEAKER_01 1:02

The thing about it is, is that in situations like I was in Wednesday night, if I would have stepped back and thought about it a minute about how to answer a question like that, it would have gone a lot better. But I felt like that one, I took offense to it because he just like like he targeted. And then he was like, okay, well, I like Jesse said, he's gonna go, he's gonna get in like a debate about it. And I was like, right, ha, you know, and then it got me nervous, and then I got the backpill, and then I got this, and then it just one thing led to another, and just the pastor walked in. I said, There's the pastor out there. Hey, Mike, come on in here and take care of this situation right here. Oh, but he's just a church member and just he just going over and sitting.

SPEAKER_00 1:52

I said, Okay. Well, I mean, it's important to to be prepared, you know. Yeah. And it's like I made a short last night that I posted about the word of God and about how it's the strongest weapon we have against the enemy. Right. And I stressed in there it's a very strong weapon, and a lot of people know that the word of the God or the Word of God is known as the sword of the Spirit. Right. A lot of people know that. Right. But what we have to understand is that it takes a certain level of preparedness to be able to use it. Right. A hundred percent. You know, if you're not founded in it, then the sword is it's just a dull little knife. Yeah. You know, it's like we gotta stay prepared. But you know, that's that's the thing too, is um getting in the word every day. I mean, that's one thing is we gotta find time to do it. And you know, getting that daily time in with the word, it just sharpens your mind. It sharpens we talked about it at the men's meeting, you know, keeping the sword sharp, right? Uh keeping your mind, your heart sharp, and everything, because you never know if it's not an attack from the enemy, yeah, then guess what? He's gonna test you with a situation like that.

SPEAKER_01 3:01

And I also look at it with being being prepared is that you know, nobody can tell you that life gets in the way. Yeah. You can't that you can't you can't use that excuse, in my opinion. And the reason why is that you can't say that, you know, well, I didn't have time, you know, I had this going on, or I had that going on. Well, you know, I I you know, I you know, things just happen today where I just didn't have time to, you know, uh be in the word or you know, have my time in prayer or or or any of that. Well, no, that that's not in my that's not an excuse. You can't use that excuse because that's that should be the very first thing that you do when you wake up in the morning. Is that that's the easiest way to do it. Yes, you pray and you get yourself ready for that day. You get yourself ready for the day that you're fixing to have because you don't know what you're fixing to walk into when you get to work. You don't know what you're fixing to, you know, when you're driving down the road, what may happen, because we're not promised tomorrow. So you need to make sure you're right before you ever walk out the door.

SPEAKER_00 4:05

Yeah. I mean, and that's the thing too, is people say, you know, I don't have time, I don't have time to get in the word, don't have time to pray. The thing is you have to make that time because if you don't sacrifice and you don't make the time, then guess what? The enemy is gonna fill that time with something else.

SPEAKER_03 4:23

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:24

So if you aren't putting up the time for God, if you're not sacrificing a little bit of this here, and the enemy sees that, he's gonna fill it with something else so that you don't even think about giving that time to God. That's right. I mean, I found myself in that situation many times. Like, I've gotten to the point now where in the work truck I get to the office to grab my truck around usually 7:30 in the morning and my first customer appointments at nine. I found myself when I'm driving in that first hour, uh all the calls, unless it's like somebody important, yeah, they can listen to the voicemail.

SPEAKER_03 5:01

Right.

SPEAKER_00 5:01

Because I have carved out that time to have the worship music going and all that. Because number one, I probably shouldn't be talking on the phone with a customer while I'm driving anyway, because I can't answer their questions. Right, yeah, I can't look at none of that stuff. So I've just carved out that time to where, all right, I'm gonna drive to my first appointment, get ready for the day. That way, by the time I'm there, I'm fully equipped, I've got the armor on, because I've prayed, you know, I've prayed over that work truck that I drive in. You know, I've prayed a covering over it. That if any any employees ride with me, you know, maybe they'll get them marination in their spirit from the music I'm listening to or something like that. Um, so I take that time to really just get in the spirit, let the worship music flow. Sometimes it's just meditation music and just pray and just take that time to get ready.

SPEAKER_01 5:51

Yeah, definitely that I do the same thing. You know, I do the same thing on the way to work. Sometimes, like this morning, I've caught myself yesterday. Well, I didn't catch myself, but yesterday and today riding to work with nothing on, you know, just riding in silence.

SPEAKER_00 6:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

And I needed it because especially after one, after the day that I had yesterday and the day that I've had today, you know, just being mentally drained, you know, I needed that time with just, okay, let me just listen. Let me just listen to the voice. Let me just listen, let me just hear. And I've done the same thing. I've prayed over my truck. I've even, you know, my office. I've even gone and prayed before I ever moved anything into my office and my new office. I prayed over my office. That anything that may come in there that stays out, that whoever comes in there is protected. I'm protected because the thing of it is is that even in the workplace, whether you come in, you come into your all into my office or you go into break here, you don't know what kind of conversation, you don't know what kind of spirit or what kind of thing that you may be walking into. And then when you leave, you need to be praying and saying, Okay, now cleanse me of what what what went on today because you don't want any hitchhikers, right, to be attacked be uh on on you to take home. So you take that into your own home.

SPEAKER_00 7:05

Yeah. And then this goes right along with you said you want to talk a little bit about obedience. Yeah. Mm-hmm. And it it that's that's a key part of it. Having that sacrifice. You're sacrificing that time, you're praying over every place you're in in the day. Yeah, you're taking the time to prepare. That's part of being obedient because you're being obedient to the word of God. Right. Because the word of God says to do that. Yes. So that's part of that obedience.

SPEAKER_01 7:30

Obedience is it, yeah. I mean, Sunday, I mean, you just is evidence of obedience on what obedience will do when you listen to and you and and the thing about it is is that throughout our throughout my childhood, and I know for your childhood as well, uh, but you know, your parents, they take you to do things, right? You know, oh, do this, oh you need to do that. And do we have the choice as children to listen and say, okay, well, I'm gonna obey them, or I'm gonna deliberately go against what they said just so I because I can do it. Sure. You know, because I've been there, I've done that. And our spiritual lives are the same stinking way, man. The thing of it is is that we know what's from God and what's not from God. We know when God is speaking to us and when God is not speaking to us. And we know when God is impressing on us to step out in faith and take that obedience and be obedient and you know, grab that that person and you know, talk with them and you know, witness to them and pray with them. Um which, like I said, Sunday was evidence of that obedience. Trust what he's telling you and step out and obey.

SPEAKER_00 8:41

So, you know, about that obedience, um, because we kind of talked of you told me you had that right before. Yeah, but I had something and it just it the Lord confirmed it to me whenever you said you wanted to talk about obedience. What I wanted to talk about on this episode, and we've already we've already hit most of it in the first little conversation that we've had. Okay. I wanted to talk about mistakes that could be holding back your spiritual life. Okay. You know, and I feel like obedience is a big that's a big one to tackle. Yes, it is. Um, because if you're not there's so many things to this life with God. If you're not obedient, yeah, then none of it matters. That's right. That that's where the first step takes place. And the first one I had, um, I've got a few things on here, but the first one I had, we've already knocked out of the park, is neglecting daily time with God. That's probably the biggest thing that's holding most people back in their spiritual life. Either they can't find the time or they have that excuse of, you know, they can't make the time or something like that.

SPEAKER_01 9:42

Right.

SPEAKER_00 9:42

Um, and I have a scripture on here for this one. It's uh Colossians three, twenty-two through twenty-four. Okay. And it says, Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, the key is right here, fearing God. And whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men, knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ. So we just find right there that, you know, whenever you have that time with God each and every day, and you do that act of obedience by making that time, you're just going to inherit the reward even more.

SPEAKER_01 10:24

Yeah. And when you are obedient, and people that have been obedient and have, you know, stepped out in faith with, you know, listening to the voice of the Lord and stepped out and was obedient to what he was telling them to do, have been blessed. Blessed time after time after time. And, you know, that obedience also, you know, is you know, can be a revelation for some. You know, things may, you know, you may have been asking for in prayer that, you know, it with you asking for in prayer and you being obedient, yeah, you know, that prayer be answered, or that revelation of what you asked for is shown to you.

SPEAKER_00 11:01

Just being but obedient.

SPEAKER_01 11:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:03

And I feel like people too with obedience, you know, the the big biggest things is, you know, prayer, getting in the word, having that reflection time. Yeah. I don't think people realize how vital that really is for your relationship with God. Because when you don't do those things out of obedience, you're gonna find yourself disconnected from the spirit. Yeah. You know, he we talked a couple episodes now about the closeness of God and how he resides within. But if you don't do those things out of obedience of the heart, you're gonna get that disconnect. That's right. And you're gonna put up that wall.

SPEAKER_01 11:34

Well, and with it with going along with obedience, you know, that obedience and being obeying and listening, you know, when people go through the struggles and through the, you know, the trials and the battles that they go through on a daily basis, I could still go, I go through them. You go through them. Everybody goes through them. We're human. We're gonna we're gonna face things and we're gonna, you know, we're we're gonna face things. There's gonna be battles, there's gonna be struggles, there's gonna be dips, there's gonna be the it's that's just life. Yeah. But you have to be obedient, you have to trust and obey, you have to be in the word, you have to be in prayer, you have to do the things, you have to spend time with the Lord. That way, when he asks you and he tells you and he presses on you, hey, listen, I got this. Right. Whatever that battle, whatever you struggle with, I got this. When God's in it, you shouldn't have to worry about nothing. Amen. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:25

Another thing I have on here uh for holding back spiritual lives is uh treating faith as a checklist. That's a big thing, you know. Yes. Having uh more like what I mean by that is getting stuck in a routine. Right. And routine's good for some things. Right. If you have a daily time where you read and pray, that's fantastic. Yeah. But if you find yourself like just coming to church for the wrong reasons or not having that heart of obedience, that heart of servanthood when you're you know around the people of Christ, then that's that's where it gets dangerous. So what I've found in Matthew 15 and 8, it says, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Right. So what you know Jesus is talking about here is um, you know, you you can outwardly praise God all you want, but if your heart's not in the right place, if you're just checking the boxes because of what other people think of you, that's right, then you're far from him.

SPEAKER_01 13:29

You're talking the talk, but you're not walking the walk. Oh, yeah. You can talk it and you can spew it all you want. But if you're not if your heart's not in it and you're walking what you're talking, it shows. And that it and that's the thing is that people know, you know, true believers know and say, okay, well, this I don't know so much about he he's he's he's saying some stuff that I I don't know about because I don't I don't I don't feel it because when you come in contact with somebody that is really talking the talking, walking and walk, you feel it. Oh, yeah. You feel it radiating off them because it you know it it just makes my hair stand up right now. I mean, just thinking about it, got to think about it. I'm like you can just feel it.

SPEAKER_00 14:10

The Lord gives us all that spirit of discernment, yes, and you have it, you know. Yeah, he requires authenticity in your relationship with him, not not just an activity where you're you know doing something every week, you know, whatever. You gotta be authentic about it. That's right. Um, and that's what he's talking about in Matthew. Um, another thing I have on here, and this is a big one, we've talked a lot about like the encounters group and everything on here and stuff like that. Something that I believe people don't realize is holding them back in their spiritual life is actually avoiding the bride of Christ, avoiding community with other believers. Yes. You know, this this thing can't be done in isolation. Nope. You know, there's that famous scripture in Proverbs, you know, iron sharpened iron. So, you know, man sharpened the countenance of a friend. And I looked up that scripture before we came here when it talks about countenance, it means uh that word means composure.

SPEAKER_03 15:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:04

So a man sharpens the composure of his friend. In other words, you're helping other people in the bride of Christ. You're helping your, you know, brotherhood stay calm and composed in their relationship with God so they don't spiral. Um, and people, accountability is very important when it comes to community, too. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:22

Why would you want to do it alone?

SPEAKER_00 15:24

No. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:24

I mean, surround yourself with like-minded people, surround yourself with fellow believers because that's what builds us up. That's what makes us stronger. Yes, you know, we pray and we spend time in the Word and we do, we do all the things that we need to do, but you know, it's the body of Christ, it's the other, it's the other ones that we surround us that really gets us up, that really builds us up, that gets our spirit really, really boiling up inside is being around others.

SPEAKER_00 15:49

Yeah. You sent out the devotion yesterday about how we can't always be on the mountaintop.

SPEAKER_01 15:54

That's right.

SPEAKER_00 15:54

And God just kind of put it on my spirit right now. Oftentimes on the mountaintop, most of the time you're alone or you're with just a few other people. That's because the mountaintop is very hard to get to. That's right. Not everybody can get there. Yep. But when you're in the valley, lots of people are in the valley. That's where the seeds are planted. Exactly. That's where growth happens. That's right. So if you're avoiding the community, if you're on the mountaintop because you know, you're this big guy and you know, you're a leader in the church and you're a minister, this, that, and the other, you got to stay up here if you're not going where the people are.

SPEAKER_01 16:28

That's right.

SPEAKER_00 16:28

Growth can't happen. That's right.

SPEAKER_01 16:30

Staying on that mountaintop. People, you know, yeah, and I get it because I used to be that way, man. When I get up on that mountaintop, I'm safe. I'm staying right here. I can't the the devil can't, the enemy can't get. I I'm staying right here. I'm not moving. But the thing about it is, is that like you said, we stay on that mountaintop and don't come off that mountain. We can't grow. We can't get our wall doesn't get deeper. We can't plant the s plant the seeds. We can't water the seeds. We can't, you know, um allow our fruit to grow and others to feed off of us because we're on the mountain all the time.

SPEAKER_00 17:03

Yeah. And then um another thing I have on here is a huge thing that this this holds back, I believe, probably more people than anything else is holding on to unforgiveness. Yeah, or bitterness right, you know, some some animosity towards something or somebody else. You know, we we all deal with it. Um you know, we've had people in our lives that say things because words, I mean, they cut like knives, you know, and they say things or do things, and we just get so caught up. Well, I I just can't get over that. Yeah. I I can't forgive that person for that. It was too bad. You know, but I God doesn't want unforgiveness in the heart. Nope. It can't be there. That's right. Because all he gives out is forgiveness. He just gives you more and more and more each and every day. He gives me forgiveness every day. Yes. If I slip up, he gives me forgiveness instantly. I know he'll forgive me as long as I bring it to him. Yeah. Why would he want an unforgiving spirit in your heart? That's right. If all he's dealing out is the opposite.

SPEAKER_01 18:09

Yeah, you definitely can't hold on to things. You can't you can't do it. You gotta forgive yourself. You got to forgive others, but more importantly, you gotta forgive yourself for the things that you know that you've said that you have said or that you have done, you know. Um I have said things that, you know, I wish that I could take back. But I also I believe in my heart that was never that was, yes, that was physic, that was me physically speaking and saying those words, but that wasn't me. That was the enemy speaking through me, saying those words and saying those hurtful words that cut that cut deep. You know, and there's a lot of things that, you know, people think, you know, they wish they could take back, but they can't. But they also had to forgive. They got to forget about those things. Well, I can't get past what you said. Well, you know, I'm sorry, but you know, the Bible says that you need you should forgive. You need to forgive, right?

SPEAKER_00 18:59

And we we talk about in the past things we've said and you know, stuff we wish we could take back. Yeah. You said something there that's very important, is that it wasn't you that uh said those things or did those things. Right. And what people, you know, that might be confusing for some people listening or watching, but what we're talking about is that God designed man in his own image. That's right. Okay, so when he designed man, he didn't have sin in mind.

SPEAKER_03 19:25

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 19:26

He didn't have the flesh in mind.

SPEAKER_03 19:27

Right.

SPEAKER_00 19:28

The fall is what brought that. When you know Eve was convinced by the enemy and Adam fell, yeah, there was this thing called the flesh that was put up. A barrier between man and God was put up. That's right. So we have to get past our fleshly self to get to the true identity of who we are in Christ, which is just the Spirit of God living on the inside of us.

SPEAKER_01 19:55

And a lot of us don't know what we're holding on to until we let it go. Oh, yeah. You know, and they're still there, you know, I have I have to honestly say I have let go of everything. And and and and I know that I've let go of everything because as because of how I know that I've let go of everything is that my walk is getting deeper. Yes. I'm getting stronger, my faith is getting higher, I'm getting more bold in my faith, I'm stepping out in faith. I'm, you know, I'm obeying. And I and the thing about it still talking about obedience is that you know, not being obey not being obedient to the to the Lord and what he's telling you to do, he will, he, he can punish you for that. He can there's things about it, it's just like, you know, with a kid, when they don't listen to what you tell them to do and they go against what you say, you're gonna punish them, right? Well, the Lord works the same way. Look at Jonah. Oh yeah, right? On his way, you know, he was telling steady telling Jonah, hey, you're gonna you need to do this, you're gonna do this, you're gonna do this. And what did Jonah do? He ran. Yeah. He didn't listen, he wasn't obeying. Oh yeah, right. There's a ton of instant. And look where it wound him up.

SPEAKER_00 20:57

Yeah, there's a ton of instances. I mean, Lot's wife, they were told, You run and you do not look back.

SPEAKER_01 21:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:04

And you know, she looked back and you know, she paid the price for it. Right. Um, and the the scripture actually, it's funny we bring up that, you know, that punishment or you know, what we're talking about. The scripture I brought up is uh for this is Mark 11 and 26. But if you do not forgive, neither will the Father, which is in heaven, forgive your trespasses. So if you have that unforgiveness, I don't think that your sin is forgiven because you're harboring that. If you're harboring that for somebody, right, why would he give that forgiveness to you? Yeah, you gotta have that in your heart. And the uh moving into another thing that that I thought about when talking about holding back your spiritual life, that stuff you're holding on to, maybe you don't know what it is, right, but he'll convict you of those things. But I feel like what holds a lot of people back is we choose to ignore that conviction because we don't want to let it go. Right. Because we're comfortable where we are. But we have to understand that when we feel the convicting power of God on our heart, oftentimes it nothing bad's gonna come from it if you let it go. Right. But he's convicting you of that for a reason. He's convicting you of that situation, those words spoken, whatever it is for a reason. And I guarantee you, a hundred percent of the time, the reason is because he wants to take you somewhere that you haven't been before. Right. But he's got no room to work because you're holding on to all this stuff, all this baggage that you have.

SPEAKER_01 22:29

And that's where the enemy wants to keep you. You're comfortable in in what you're doing, you're convicting you, even though the Lord's convict you of it, you're comfortable and you don't want to take that next step. Well, the enemy's saying, Okay, well, if you comfortable, I ain't gotta do nothing about it.

SPEAKER_03 22:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:41

But once you take that step and you, you know, acknowledge what that conviction is and you lay it, lay it down at an altar, then the enemy's like, Oh man, I thought I had them right there.

SPEAKER_00 22:52

Yeah. Yeah. And that thing too, you know, when he convicts your heart, oftentimes he's just trying to bring you back in alignment with his welfare life.

SPEAKER_02 22:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:00

Because oftentimes we can stray, we can stray away from his righteousness. He'll bring that conviction and be like, hey, you know, I've got a different plan for you than this. Right. Why don't you realign yourself with me so we can keep walking? You know, he j he really just wants to walk us on this this journey called life.

SPEAKER_03 23:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:16

But we're like little kids and we see something, you know, we want to stray this way, and he's like, Whoa, you know, let me bring you back over here. Right. That's what that conviction is. Yeah. And conviction is so important because something that I've been convicted of before, and I know I've talked to tons of people who have, is you know, a spirit of envy or comparing yourself to others.

SPEAKER_01 23:37

Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_00 23:38

I mean, that's that's a big deal because you can't look at anybody else's walk but your own.

SPEAKER_01 23:44

That's exactly right.

SPEAKER_00 23:45

You got to do your individual walk and he'll bless you through that. Because what a what a lot of people get caught up in when they first, you know, come to Christ. They come to a church service or they go to a revival or, you know, like an encounter camp or something like that, and they see, you know, the obedient vessels, they see God working through them in mighty ways. And immediately they're like, Oh, I want to be that guy. Yeah, I want to be that girl, I want to be doing all this, I want to be praying for people and they're being healed, I want to be praying for people and they're falling out in the spirit, I want to be speaking in tongues, I want to be doing all this. You have to understand God will bring you there if you want to go there, yeah, but not if you're being envious of other people.

SPEAKER_01 24:25

Well, and you said something. What you said is I want to do this, I want to do that. You got to get the eye out of it. It don't have it's not you.

SPEAKER_00 24:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:35

It's not you. There you there I shouldn't even be a syllable in in the in the words that are you are speaking about. I wanted it. It is not it is all we are is a conduit. All we are is a vessel that God works through us. It is not us. Yeah, it is Him working through us.

SPEAKER_00 24:54

Yeah. The only time, and I've I've found this recently, the only time I found I find myself saying the I in prayer is when I say, Lord, I want nothing but your will done in my life. That's right. That's all I want. Because I know based on what the word says, yes, that if that's what I want and that's what I pray for, then I'll receive nothing but blessings.

SPEAKER_01 25:16

You know, don't get me wrong now. Yes, we are physically and obey and obedient and to what he's telling us to do, but it's not uh us. No. It's him working through us.

SPEAKER_00 25:27

No, but it's uh and we've talked about it recently too, but it's a revelation that comes from the spirit of God inside. That's right. The revelation, all the knowledge is already there. Because if you're one spirit with God, you literally have his spirit. All his knowledge is there, yeah, but it has to get past this thing called the flesh to come back to our understanding. That's right. It's him speaking to our spirit saying, Okay, you need to be doing this, so do it. Yeah. And then when you get that conviction on your heart, you make that choice. Yeah.

unknown 26:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:01

It's good, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. I'll tell you, I love how we just come up recently. Uh I'm telling you guys watching, listening. Yeah, it's uh recently God's been doing this thing where we just get confirmation through each other for everything, man. We got here today to film, and I had I had this uh prepared. The Lord put it on my heart earlier today, and then um I asked dad if he had anything, and he was like, Well, I just wanted to talk about obedience. I was like, just stop right there. I was like, the Lord's already working. We we're gonna save it for the podcast. We're gonna save it till we hear record. So yeah, this has been awesome.

SPEAKER_01 26:36

And it's not just working, you know, with the podcast. It happens with church services. I mean, it's just been confirmation after confirmation, you know, and and that's when you know God's in it, right? Yeah, you know, he's the ultimate program manager. We don't we don't need we don't need an agenda, we don't need an outline. We don't we just allow him to work through us, and that's right, you know, that's all we need.

SPEAKER_00 26:56

He is he is certainly drawing right now. Yeah, he is, he's definitely drawing. There is a big drawing spirit. I mean, I'm not just seeing it like in our church, but I'm seeing it all over the place. Yes. People that I would think, oh my Lord, they would never come to me with something like this. Yeah. Out of nowhere, they're just like, hey, you know, I heard your uh um heard you go to church and you know, you're man of God, you know, whatever. And I'm like, absolutely, I'll talk to you about it because that's the great commandment, it's what we're called to do. Yeah. His his drawing spirit is so heavy right now.

SPEAKER_01 27:31

Yeah, I was doing uh new higher orientation today, and uh I was up there and uh and new higher orientation is during when I when I do new higher orientation is during safety day. Oh, geez. You know, and uh I had I I give my uh testimony of a testimony of what not to do, how what not to how to start a fire. Don't use gasoline, right? And I tell them about it, and you know, we talk about it. But the one thing that I also I make sure that I mention, and I made mention it today, and I do it every time, is is that I'm a man of faith. Yes. I put all my trust in God. God had a plan for me. There's a reason why, you know, I didn't, you know, die on that field that day. There's a reason why I didn't, you know, he, you know, didn't die in the hospital because he had a plan for me.

SPEAKER_00 28:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:15

My plan was to be standing here, and I told him, I said, I know the order, and this should be the order for everyone in here is that God is first, your wife is second, and your family's next. That is the order. That's the only order that it should be. Yeah and I got done and and I walked out and I was standing out there uh writing some stuff down on my notebook, and the safety guy, he had walked, uh, he walked to his office, which I wasn't paying him no attention, but anyway, he walked to his office and he walked back around there. He said, I want to give you something. I said, Okay. He handed me a little old pocket, uh pocketbook, a little uh uh 365 uh devotional day book. He said, I want you to have this. I said, I will take your blessing. Thank you so much. Yeah, I mean, I just thought that was just awesome, you know. And also that was just confirmation that, you know, be bold on who you are. Oh, yeah. Don't hide your faith. Let it be known who you are. Don't be scared to tell people I am a man of God. Don't be scared of that. At least. I mean, he don't want you to be, he wants you to be bold in your faith.

SPEAKER_00 29:26

He said, Go and make disciples. Yes, he did. That's what we have to do.

SPEAKER_01 29:30

Yes, he did.

SPEAKER_00 29:30

And this has been a great episode. I'll tell you what, you know, I I love it. I enjoyed it. I love just coming up here, getting into spiritual conversation. Um, I mean, I feel a spirit so heavy right now and the anointing. Um, it's unbelievable what God is doing. And I I pray that God is working through you guys' lives as well, through this podcast, through if you're going to church, through Bible study, however, he's working in your life, please let us know. Um we're gonna pray before we get out of here, just speak a blessing over you guys. Um, because I just feel like God is drawing so heavy, and I believe uh he can use us to to speak to anybody that's listening. Lord, we love you, God. We love you tonight, Lord Jesus. I thank you, Lord, for another opportunity, God, to come before you and just talk about what you're doing in our lives, talk about your word, talk about your wonderful spirit that resides on the inside of us, Lord Jesus. God, I pray for each and every person listening and watching right now, Lord God. I pray a spirit of protection over them right now and their family, a hedge of protection over their hearts, their minds, for nothing of the enemy shall enter into that vessel in Jesus' name. God, I pray for the one that is struggling with hindrances in their spiritual life right now. I speak against all of those blockages. I speak against all hindrance, all walls in Jesus' name, for you are the wall breaker, God, the chainbreaker, the ultimate overcomer. Lord Jesus, we know that you are everything we could ever have need of. So if you can break those walls, God, I believe that you'll do it in Jesus' name based on what your word says. Yes. And I pray that once those walls are broken, once those hindrances are taken out of that life, I pray that you just do a mighty work in that heart. Transform them in Jesus' name. Yes. Bring revelation to their mind for what you have for their life, God. Realign them with your will, Lord Jesus, through this prayer. Yes. God, I speak your love, your mercy, and grace upon each and every person under the sound of my voice right now, God. For without your mercy and grace, we are simply not saved. Lord Jesus, I pray for the three vessels that are in this building tonight, God. Pray for myself, for Kyle, brother Jesse, Lord. I pray that you continue to use us for your kingdom. We want nothing but the glorification of your mighty name, Lord God. We want nothing but your glory done and your will done through this podcast. And I know you'll do a mighty work with it. In Jesus' name. We love you, Lord. Yes. We thank you for this opportunity. In Jesus' name. Amen.

SPEAKER_01 31:57

Amen.

SPEAKER_00 31:58

What a wonderful episode. Um, you know, thanks for uh coming up here with me once a time. Oh, I love it. I love it. We're gonna keep doing it. I love it. We're gonna keep doing it. Um you guys be on the lookout for next week's episode. It's gonna be really good. We've already got kind of a plan for what we want to do there.

unknown 32:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:13

Um, so just be on the lookout of that. We love you guys. God bless.