HOW TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

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And listen, I want to I want to keep letting y'all know it's about it's about the path, man. It's like uh you know, don't don't turn this about into the destination. It's it's you know, the destination will be what it'll be, but it's about the journey. And uh don't get so tied up into the destination, you forget to enjoy the journey. >> The journey.

Come on. >> And Christianity and your Christian life and your relationship with God is about the journey. you look back, you're better today than you were this time last year. Then that's a reason to rejoice over that, right? >> Okay, you you're not perfect, but you're better today than you were last year.

It's it appears that uh God's doing his thing, and you're operating in this journey, and uh you know, all is well with you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He's done so much for you. So much for you. H folks are saying where they're from. South Africa.

Um Elizabeth Town, Kentucky, Shreport, Louisiana. Los Angeles, California. Durban, South Africa. We welcome you this morning. Welcome. Come on in. >> Somebody keep calling you first lady. What you think about that? >> I'm the first and the last. So, you're the first lady and the last lady. >> I'm the first and the last.

So, you can call me first lady and last lady. Okay. >> Oh, wow. Oh my. >> Why not? >> Oh my. >> We've been at this thing for 40 years now. So, >> 43. >> 43. And I'm telling you, >> no need in throwing in the towel, folks. >> That's right.

So, I hope some of y'all hear that. Ain't no use to quitting now. You all, you know, you're almost at a at an amazing place. Amazing place. You know, we had a big blood moon last night and uh >> That's right. >> I used to do some teaching on blood moons and >> one of my friends wrote a book about it and it's pretty pretty accurate.

You know, go to the internet, see all the kind of stuff happens. But I'm telling you, I'm expecting for God to do some big things that are coming up. Remember, you're in Gan. >> That's right. >> I don't don't start living like you in Egypt where there was lack, where there was no straw to make bricks.

You're in goan. >> That's right. >> So, uh >> and you that what that means is that your future is secure. >> Right. >> Even when they were making bricks and they were being um having a hard time, they got better. >> They got better. And you're getting better. >> They multiplied.

They expanded. They got stronger. Mhm. >> They got more powerful. Go back and look at Exodus chapter 1. It is incredible >> the things that happened as a result of the people of God just staying with God. >> Yep. >> And not being overwhelmed by the systems that were taking place around them.

So don't be moved. You are in Gan. That's right. >> That's right. Not in Egypt. >> You're in Gan. Praise the Lord. So we welcome you from all over the world, looks like. And um >> yay. >> We're thanking God for you. We are >> uh praising God.

You are in the house this morning. And uh we're just we're just blessing you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We send blessings your way. >> Yes, we do. >> And we say that you're highly favored today. >> It's going to be a great day. >> And it's going to be an amazing day, you know.

And so >> new mercies. >> Amen. And somebody said they started following Christ through our TV ministry years ago. Well, God bless you. Thank you for sharing that. >> Yes. You've been on TV a long what, almost 30 years? >> I don't even know. Probably over that. But you know, cuz if you count when over in Riverdale, >> I thought that was the radio. >> No.

Well, we were on radio and then we came on television on the cable and then from the cable it just kept expanding. So, we've been on there for a minute. >> Wow. >> And uh praise God. Thank you for watching. >> Yeah, >> thank you for tuning in.

All these years, some of you just been watching diligently every day, day in day out and growing hopefully from the broadcast. So, we thank God for you. >> Good to see you, too, from Australia. God bless you. And greetings to those of you in South Africa. >> We just love you guys so much.

Now, today we're going to uh we've been talking all week about, you know, having a relationship with the Holy Spirit. Um yesterday we talked about how to >> Well, what was today? Friday. Yeah. Yesterday we talked about how to hear from God >> and we looked at some safeguards um to hearing from God. >> And and today, you know, I want to talk about something.

You hear people and you hear me saying it all the time that you have to develop a relationship with God. >> I'm a how guy. I'm like, how? I mean, what does that mean? Um, developing a relationship with God. What does that look like? I'm learning how to um to check that out.

What does it look like? Well, first of all, one of the things I know is that when we're talking about developing a relationship with God type, we're talking about um engaging his presence, you know, and operating in the in the presence of God. Um you know, you hear folks, you need a relationship, you need a relationship, you need a relationship.

Uh that means being aware of his presence, listening to his gentle nudges. Think about it now. Relationship. I'm aware of his presence and I'm listening to the gentle nudges. I'm trusting him to lead me. Just take those things right there. I'm trusting him to lead me. I'm not chasing an encounter.

He's already with me. And a lot of it is is just realizing I mean in a relationship um when somebody says you need a relationship with the Holy Spirit. I think it means that um we are aware we are aware of his presence. Uh we used to call it practicing >> the presence >> the presence of the Holy Spirit. >> And when you practice the presence of the Holy Spirit, you try to maintain an awareness of his presence in your in your walk in your daily walk.

And so one of the ways to um you know develop this relationship with the Holy Spirit is is begin to to practice his presence. Becoming more and more aware of his presence that's in your life. Listening to his gentle nudges. I mean just some little something just pop up in your spirit.

You just you weren't even thinking about it and just a gentle nudge that happens there. And that comes from practicing the presence of the Holy Spirit. But then yesterday we talk about being led by the Holy Spirit. Uh it's trusting his leadership and trusting his guidance. And this is in every area of your life.

So that's what I mean when I say that you grow in God in your living. And and and what am I talking about? I'm I'm saying, you know, don't expect to grow in God because you came to church and sat down and experienced a service. That's part of it.

But it's um a lot of people say, "Well, I'm going to church to serve God." You don't go to church to serve God. You go to church to be equipped. You go to church to to receive nourishment. You follow what I'm saying? And then you take what you've been equipped with and nourished with.

And then you go out and you serve the Lord. Every area of your maturity happens in your living. Then you're getting up in the morning, in your encountering your relationships, in your house. It's it's in what what happens at work and how you you can't be talking about I'm a Christian and and and you just don't know how to get along with folks.

It's like and and I'm not saying that in a judgmental way, but I'm just saying you not getting along with folks is an opportunity to grow in that area. It's an opportunity for you to apply your your walk with the Holy Spirit, your learning at church, your you know praying, all of those things you do are no good if you don't apply it when it needs to be applied.

Okay? So a lot of people think you grow when you go away by yourself in a cave. No, you grow when you encounter difficult people, difficult situations, difficult circumstances, >> which sometimes happens at church. >> That's a sad thing to say, but it does, you know. >> I mean, it's an opportunity to grow because there's community, and that's one of the great things about church, too. >> Well, it depends on it because sometimes people don't engage in communities.

They come in, hear the word, and leave. They're not interested in engaging. >> But there's the opportunity. >> You know, the opportunity for it exists, >> but it's in your living. It's in all of those things. Not just coming and sitting down and listen to a sermon. That helps.

But it's in your living. It's in your living. And I want people to get that you grow as you live. You grow as you encounter. You grow as you experience things. Good things, bad things, challenging things. All of those things are a part of this thing called life.

And and to have a relationship with the Holy Spirit is to have a relationship with the Holy Spirit not just when your favorite worship song is being played, but having a relationship with the Holy Spirit in every every step of life in the journey of life. And if I can get people to see that, then maybe they can stop rehearsing this um I don't even know what you call it.

This this um I need a word for it. Um Mhm. It's it's it's like uh I don't know, you're dressing up in a disguise or something like that and and and it's like you take the disguise off, you put the disguise on. You take disguise off, you put disguise on.

Yeah, we can't do that. That's not what we're talking about. So, um when we're talking about developing a relationship with God, it's about experiencing him personally. It's not just knowing about him. It's about experiencing him personally. So I want to ask a question. I mean, how is your personal experience with God? >> That's a great question. >> How's your personal experience with God? >> And what does that look like?

Because I think about um in the morning when you wake up and you take a minute and pause and think about the Lord and spend time maybe praying with him or asking him about your day and how to kind of navigate um the day that you're about to have and to welcome and invite him in and maybe even spend some time praying in the Holy Spirit or just being grateful and thanking him for waking you up and just all the things that he allowed you to accomplish.

Giving you a nice rest and able to have the activity of certain, you know, areas of your body, mobility, just being in a place of even starting off your day with practicing his presence and him and just being intentional about gratitude and gratefulness. Mhm. And all that starts, this relationship's going to start with um seeing him as a loving father who desires closeness with you.

Look at that now. I see him as a loving father who desires to >> to have closeness with me. >> Not distance. One of the things that you talked about last Sunday was that distance that happens that sin consciousness. >> Yeah. >> But he wants to have a close intimate relationship. wants to draw us close to him >> and not seeing him as a distant judge but somebody that wants to be close to you and we with a sin consciousness we see him you know that's the distant judge he going to get me he you can't see him like that you got to see him as somebody he desires closeness with you he desires intimacy with you and by knowing these things you can begin to to move towards that relationship with him you know since you lean towards grace-based understanding and since we call this the grace gang. >> Mhm. >> Uh that intimacy is not about religious performance.

That intimacy is about resting in what Jesus has already done. Grace gang. Resting in what Jesus has already done. And I'm I'm I'm getting that. It's like Jesus has done some things. Either I'm going to rest in it or talk myself out of it or not believe it or all those kind of things.

So, a a big part of developing a relationship with him is will you rest in what he said? And I was telling Tabby yesterday, God told me, he's like, "Listen, you can't say you're resting in me and you still got your hands on the wheel. If you're if you're really resting in me, you know, work on moving your hands off the wheel.

I got it. I'm driving the car. I'm doing what need to be done." You know, when you're praying for people, you love them, but you don't know what else to do, and you've done everything you know to do, and you say, "All right, God. I turn them over to you and I'm going to rest.

I got to take my hands off the wheel. I got to trust that no matter how painful it may be, I'm taking my hands off the wheel. I can't I don't know what else to do. And and God says, "I got you." That's a relationship. >> You find yourself talking to him cuz you're like, you're feeling some kind of way and you're talking to him trying to deal with the condemnation because when condemnation comes, that's not God talking to you. like I said yesterday.

Um and and you have to talk to God and God just over and over again starts talking to you about who he is, who you are and uh what he has done for you and and the things that you need to be continuing to to to rest in.

So we the scripture we're all familiar with cast your care on on the Lord because he cares for you. You got to understand that God can take whatever you cast on him. And you out there, you say, "God, you know, I got a problem with this and um God, I'm I really feel like I hate this person."

Or, "God, I'm mad at you." That's what it means to cast your care on the Lord. It doesn't mean, well, I ain't going to say that to the Lord. You know, I'm I need to be religious in his presence. He's like, "Dude, when I say cast your care on me, cast it.

Cast it. Lord, I'm in doubt. Uh, I gave generously and I I still ain't seen nothing yet. Ain't nothing happening and I'm I don't know. I mean, where you at? That's casting your care on him. And I think what happens sometimes is we think, well, you know, God's too tender.

He can't take me. U, he's going to be mad and judge me if I say, "God, I'm mad at you." But if that's a care, cast it on him. He's a big boy. He can handle it. >> He can handle it. But, you know, don't go around saying you cast your care on the Lord and you're really not casting your care over on the Lord.

You're casting the the nice religious things, you know, Lord, holy out thou. Like, bro, go get serious. I already know. It's like he already knows. So, go ahead and cast the care over on the Lord. All these things that we're talking about make up a relationship. It's like when you go through a rough period, trusting God, you come out closer.

I mean, that's with anybody. When you go through a rough period with people in your life, you come out closer. There's an intimacy that was developed and that was created as a result of what you went through. So, don't be afraid to do that. He is a loving father.

He desires intimacy, intimacy with you, and he will he will he will be everything you need him to be if you learn how to rest in it. So, what I want to do now, I think this will be fun. I want to I want to talk about a few ways to go to c cultivate intimacy.

I'm going call a heading out. You write it down. I'm going to ask Taffy to take a first shot at it and um and see see what we can get out of her heart where this is concerned. So this is like ways to cultivate intimacy. All right. So the first way is to see yourself as God sees you.

See yourself as God sees you. What do you think? >> I mean, that's that's everything in terms of having the confidence to be able to go before God. When you see >> yourself like God sees you as the apple of his eye and objectives affection and female or male expression of him and not that sin consciousness that says I'm a filthy rag, >> I'm unworthy. um not the righteousness of God.

Um I'm you know I'm a worm. Just all the negative things. >> Worm. >> You worm. That's what the devil says. I mean it's it's like um >> but to see yourself as God sees you. Just think of that. >> Yeah. You're you're you're you're busy >> excited about you. >> You're busy trying to get closer to God instead of realizing that he he lives in you.

All right. So, see that >> you're you're trying to get closer to him. >> Yeah. He's rooting for you. Yeah. >> He lives in you. He's cheering you on. He's like, "You can do this. >> I'm on your side. I'm with you. You can do anything. >> Just don't quit." >> Yeah.

So, meditate on your union with God rather than become frustrated trying to get closer to God. Meditate on your union. I'm I'm one with God. He's in me. He lives in me. He walks with me. And we always, well, not always, but sometimes we seem to try to choose the workbased route versus the grace-based route.

And the grace-based route is he's in me. Okay? So, I'm I'm meditating. He's in me. He's with me. He's in me. I'm his sheep. I hear his voice. And all of a sudden, you begin to come up in an area of boldness where you're like, I have a right to have a relationship with him because of what what Jesus has already done and what grace has already done for me.

All right, let's look at the second one. Um, engage the Holy Spirit as your teacher. The Holy Spirit is in us, shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, the love of God, and he is our teacher. He shows us, >> guides us. He makes sure that we are equipped for every test that we take.

If we take the time to kind of pause >> and ask him, Lord, teach me what is it that I need to know? Um, I believe that I'm prepared because what does it say? He wouldn't put more on us than we could bear. So, obviously, if we're getting ready to go through something, it's unfamiliar, uncomfortable. ask him to teach me, help me, >> yeah, >> navigate as I step into the unfamiliar. >> So, we don't have to strive.

We just need to be aware. We just need to be aware. We have him in us. He wants to guide us. He wants to lead us. He wants to teach us. Man, a lot of things happen when you just become aware. And when you become aware, that's the right alignment to receive this kind of relationship with him.

And again, instead of choosing the striving route, we want to choose the rest route, the the awareness, right? What are the things would happen in your life if you just become aware of who he says he is in your life and I'm aware that he's a teacher. I'm aware that he's a guide.

I'm aware that he's a protector, a comforter. Praise God. and and and and listen to this. It's it's a matter of and I I want you to really get this. It's a matter of shifting into awareness versus shifting into work, shifting into striving. I'm working and I'm striving to get him to have a relationship with me.

And he's just like, "Dude, I I've already done everything. I need you to shift into awareness of who I said I am in your life. Does that make sense, guys? I'm shifting into awareness of who I said I am in your life. You see what we've been trying to do all week?

We're trying to get this thing uh to a point where people can understand stuff because ignorance is real, y'all. Ignorance is real. One of the things I told somebody yesterday, I said, "The the best answer you can give a fool is silence." You know, you don't >> That's exactly right.

I was not going to be distracted by >> Yeah. >> some of the comments over on another platform. I mean, just >> the best answer you can give a fool is silence. You You don't You don't think we're we're learning how to have a relationship with God. We're learning how to um you know walk with him and to walk in his presence. >> And you have to understand that you know you got to make sure the distractions don't get in the way of that.

And then you start striving to do it and you don't you don't you don't look at things the way they need to be looked at. So >> focus. >> Focus. That's the word in these last days. You got to stay focused. >> Focus. And don't let distraction, which is an intrusion of your mind to cause confusion.

Don't let distraction become a part of of of your journey >> and interfering with your relationship with God. >> Yeah, that's what it does. Well, you will spend so much more time focusing in on some foolish thing and not and then it'll take you away from what really matters and it'll destroy your focus that you have on on resting and realizing what you already have in Christ Jesus.

It's it's you got to understand where you're living. You got to understand where you are. You got to understand what's up. But you just bro like whatever. Amen. >> Amen. >> Now, here's another one. rest in grace not works to develop that relationship. Rest in grace not works.

And that's what Hebrews uh 4:10 talks about entering into the rest. Intimacy grows when you stop striving to be good enough and you start resting in the finished works of Jesus. How many of of us are are continuing to strive to be good enough? I mean, you just got to trust God.

God says you're good enough. >> Yeah. Yeah. He says I'm good. >> Yeah. >> And so I'm good enough. >> He is enough. >> Yeah. >> I don't have to perform or prove anything. >> Yeah. >> And to rest in that. >> Yeah. And so you rest in the fact that I am good enough and I I accept good enough.

And Taffy, here's the thing. I realize when I am focused in on my relationship with God, I am concerned about what everybody else doing and all that other kind of stuff. It's like, bro, you the one who can't sleep. Bro, you the one who can't pay your bills.

Bro, you the one who at home drinking cuz don't nobody want to hang around with yourself. >> And and the way you treat other people is the way you treat yourself. And and once you have an awakening and you wake up and you can stop believing the lie that you tell yourself and focus.

I think that might be the number one thing that happens with a lot of uh Christians who are maturing and growing. You let somebody how your mama used to say rent space in your mind. >> Living there rentree. >> Living there rent free and renting space in your mind. >> Yes. >> Wow. >> Who is >> holding you hostage? >> Yeah.

Who is renting space in your mind? Oh, oh boy. Kick them out. Evict them. >> Yeah, >> it ends today. Get out. >> Yeah. Who is renting space in your mind? >> Enough is enough. >> Yeah. Enough is enough. And if you don't do that, these are the practical things that you deal with every day.

Uh that approval addiction, needing validation, comparing yourself amongst yourself. Look at these little tricks that the enemy has planned and a lot of times he uses social media to do it. That's why I'm thankful for the grace gang. We're we're hopefully using it for some good. But bro, uh there needs to be a lot of con evictions happening today >> because when you really look at it a lot of times, you know, you just got too much access in your mind to stuff that distracts you from your relationship with God.

Mhm. >> And you worrying about your relationship with that person, peep bondage, and you worrying about your relationship with the you how many people you got on on on a a platform uh validation. You you you you're >> trying to develop a relationship with everybody else >> except him >> except for God. >> Wow, that's good.

Did you hear that? You're trying to develop a relationship with everybody else except the one that that can help you. everyone, everything >> thinking that all these other things. >> Yeah. >> And other people. >> Yeah. >> It's just like, >> what about your relationship with God? That's what it's about right now. >> I like what this brother says.

Sometimes we forget we're in a battle. Ain't that true? >> That is so true. Sometimes you forget you you you forget you're in a battle. I um I said this to >> But the victory has been won over that battle, too. So, don't forget that >> you rest.

Yeah. >> Yeah. You still rest even though you're in a battle. >> Yeah. >> You you're still resting in what God has said. >> Yeah. That doesn't mean on defense the whole time and >> you know, >> now the battle's been won. >> Yeah. >> And so I'm resting in the victory of that battle. >> Exactly. >> And I recognize the battle is still there, but it's not going to impact me cuz I refuse to fight.

Why? Because Jesus has already fought the battle and won for me. >> He already fought it. >> And so I I have I stand on >> jumping up on the cross. >> Yeah. I stand in that relationship. I stand in the finished works. I stand in what he's already done. >> Cuz I just don't want to be this dude trying to do something Jesus has already done. >> I don't want to be this guy that's trying to accomplish a victory that's already been accomplished.

I don't want to be this guy that's trying to have a relationship with God and he moved in my house. You know what I'm saying? Wanting a relationship >> and we ignore him though. It's just like, oh yeah, he'll be there. >> Yeah, he'll he'll be there. Yeah, he'll be there.

And uh I guess the other day I was talking to somebody and I told him, you know, you don't seek pity because what you're doing is seeking somebody that cares. I'm going to tell you who cares. Jesus cares. >> Big time. >> Jesus cares. Now, if you're looking for people on the planet to care, be be careful cuz sometimes people don't care as much.

They they care because they feel like they supposed to. >> You know, a day or two a phone call now you start getting on their nerves. I don't even want to hear from you no more. You better rest in the care that that that comes from Jesus Christ.

Because most of the time you tell somebody they got a problem, they like, "I don't care. I got a problem, too." Or you tell somebody, you know, "I'm hurt." They say, "I don't care. I'm hurt, too." So, how many how many uh times you got to uh be confronted with that before you realize there is someone who cares about you more than anybody and he's already done something on your behalf and he wants to see if you can receive that. >> Absolutely. >> So, yeah, man.

This is um >> this is pretty important. Let's look at another one. Um how about >> praying? Huh? >> Someone said, "Oh, they care with an agenda." That's good. That is so good. Not only do people care with an agenda, but sometimes people look at you as an opportunity and not even a person. >> Ah, did y'all hear that? >> There strings attached. >> Yeah.

Sometimes people look at you as an opportunity. >> And that that's something I've dealt with in my own life. I have to ask myself, man, does this person really look at me as somebody that's valuable to their life and fellowship or do they look at me as an opportunity?

And so when Taffy started teaching on boundaries, I decided, you know what? I'm going to build a boundary. You're not, even though I know you're looking at me as an opportunity, I'm not going I'm not going to give it to you. I'm not I'm not going to do that because, you know, God wants to use you to try to communicate to people a quality of love and relationship that sometimes when they're so focused in on seeing you as an opportunity, they can't even receive the the goodness of God that he's trying to bring through you into the life of other people.

You keep loving them. You're patient with them. You do all of that, but you you still need to know what you know. Don't be ignorant and and get so dumb deep that you don't recognize that everybody want something. So find out at the beginning I meet somebody. Hey, how you doing?

What you want? It's what you want. I don't want none. You lying. What you want? You know, >> let's keep going. >> All right. Prayer is a conversation. Don't get me started up in here. Praise the Lord. Bless his holy name. Glory to Jesus. >> While uh prayer is a conversation.

This is a way to develop great relationship with God. When you pray, >> you can't be doing all the talking. >> It's it's prayer as a conversation. Prayer is not a monologue where you're doing all the talking. Prayer is a dialogue where he's talking, you talking, you're being honest with what you got.

He going to be I mean, come on. It's God. He going to be extremely honest in ministering to you. And then you you develop conversation with God. And now your prayer turns into communion. What happens when your prayer turns into communion and not just a religious right or a uh a monologue where you just running your mouth the whole time?

We It's almost like we scared to be quiet. And God has done a whole lot in the scripture when people are quiet. Talks about that quietness, that still quiet place. And we we sometime we enter in prayer and we we do we we run our mouth the whole time and it's like dude it's a dialogue. >> Okay.

So you should be at least quiet sometimes so that the spirit of God can say something or that you can hear something. He's speaking all the time but he you know >> and let him talk. >> That's right. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. The last one is uh scripture. >> Scripture >> through a grace lens. >> All right.

If you start uh instead of reading the Bible as a rule book, see it as a love letter, revealing God's heart. So, I'm not reading the word as a rule book. I'm reading the word as a love letter. A love letter. >> Okay? So, y'all got that today?

We've had a great week this week talking about our relationship with God. And you know, you need to get to know him because he loves you and he wants to do uh some amazing things in your life if you get your focus on him. And the Bible says, "Learn of me.

Learn of me." There's some people that need to learn of God. You need to get connected to a good church, a grace-based word teaching church. And you need to go and just start learning about God so that uh because he wants to do some great things for you if you just let him.

Praise God. Praise God. >> Somebody said, "Pastor is happier when Pastor Taffy is around." >> You think so? >> Really? You You think so? You right. >> You're right. I I appreciate that. Yeah. He much happier when Pastor Tab around. Praise the Lord. You need to come all the time.

You need to listen to the people. Pastor Tappy. >> All right. What we got coming up? I got men's fellowship coming up tomorrow. >> Tomorrow for >> For those of you who are in the Atlanta area, >> Atlanta area 11 a.m. >> 11:00 a.m. over in the Youth Development Center.

We have an amazing men's fellowship full of >> courage >> to become vulnerable >> and they develop relationships, exchange numbers and it's just been an amazing. So I'm excited about tomorrow. >> So they have to register, right? >> I didn't come. >> You can just come without registering. >> Yeah, you can just come.

You know, >> show up. >> Yeah, you come. But now we got we got something coming up next week. >> We do coming up next week. Oh wow, we have quite a bit going on over here, but um hopefully you all can still hear us um on Facebook and YouTube.

Um just like Crelo said, it is so pivotal that we take advantage of opportunities to develop our relationship with God. And we have this meeting that's taking place next Thursday and Friday in College Park, Georgia. Um it's our women's conference probably our 30th or 35th or whatever >> but we have um Nona Jones is coming Nicole Crank Caroline Leaf Andrea Kraton and Crelo will be there.

We are super excited. If you have uh a need to really learn about the things of God to experience a level of like he was just mentioning vulnerability and the uh things that will be shared in this meeting will be lifech changing. I mean they're all the speakers are just prolific in their areas and gifted in so many different ways.

They're anointed, they're powerful, and you don't want to miss it. So, there will be an expo taking place during the day. Real Talk Kim is coming. Dr. Jackie Walters from Married to Medicine will be there. Crl and I will be there. Lot of prizes, giveaways, fun, um, good food.

We're excited about our sponsors, CocaCola, um Zoe Wellness, Legacy, um just so many things that will be shared financially from a Maris Bank, just things that will deal with relationships, with your finances, with your body, your health. And so, come come to the meeting next week. And so you can register online right now at taffydollar.org.

And those of you who are local, you can come on Sunday um and register in person for the meeting. It's March the 20th and the 21st. It'll be all day next Thursday and Friday. >> All right. Those of you on Streamyard, I don't know what's happening. I guess I guess the enemy just mad, but you can still come.

There it is right there. Somebody fixing it. Praise God. Uh also, uh if you when you come next week, you know, learn how to go to a meeting. Try to get into every everything you possibly can get into. I mean, there's a lot going on. Some of the best speakers, I think that u that we've ever had at uh this conference.

And uh you don't want to miss it. If you miss it, go ahead and slap yourself. Amen. Some people asking is it going to be on the uh on the uh >> as of now it's not going to be available online >> so if you can make it in person it's worth your time it's worth you >> getting on a boat plane uh horse whatever get here >> and sometimes you got to believe God you got to believe God over your circumstances.

You remember when we used to go to meetings >> we had all kinds of stuff that would come up to try to stop us and we did it anyway. And uh God blessed as a result of what we did. God always made a way financially, transportation wise to get us where where we needed to be.

And so that was a big big time blessing. So anyway, have a great weekend. I'm going to I think finish up the um series on um sin consciousness versus innocence consciousness. And we're going to we're going to deal with uh Paul and Jesus and how they spoke on this issue of sin consciousness.

You still got people going around saying we need to preach more about sin. Preach more about sin. Well, if you keep preaching more about sin, people are going to become more sin conscious. And you ain't never going to get them out of this situation that Jesus already got him out of when he was raised from the dead and said, "We have forgiven you of your sins."

But somehow someway, you feel like you need to tell people what they already know. You know, but uh anyway, we're going to keep preaching a gospel of grace >> and keep it rocking and keep it moving. >> So, have a good weekend. >> Have a great one. And uh we'll see you some of you tomorrow at men's fellowship and we'll see some of you Sunday as we finish this series up and and looking forward to seeing you next week. >> That's right. >> At the real conference.

They've been working real hard to make sure everything all nice and in place for you. All nice and in place. >> Pray for us. It's going to be great. And we just thank God and we love you so much. >> God bless you. See you soon. Have an amazing day today.

Bye bye everybody.