WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.800 Hey guys, just before we get into the podcast, we just wanted to let you know that we are currently in the process of fundraising for a short film called Between Sundays. 2 00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:10.800 There'll be a link down in the description for you to give, but yeah. 3 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:17.200 Anything you guys give, we would so greatly appreciate it, and just thank you in advance for all of you that have given already. 4 00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:19.800 But yeah, without further ado, let's get into the podcast. 5 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:20.800 You! 6 00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:24.000 Hey guys, welcome back to another podcast. 7 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.200 So today, we are, oh, hold on. 8 00:00:26.200 --> 00:00:27.800 I forgot to introduce Jesus. 9 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:29.800 I'm Michelle, you're so sweet. 10 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:31.800 And I'm joined by lovely. 11 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:32.800 Matthias. 12 00:00:32.800 --> 00:00:33.800 And wonderful. 13 00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:35.800 Daniel, let's go. 14 00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:38.800 We put on our story a couple days ago. 15 00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:43.800 A Q&A box, so you guys can put in any questions that you want to ask us. 16 00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:45.400 And we went through them. 17 00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:47.400 We're going to go through them now, actually, some new questions. 18 00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:51.400 So stay tuned and let's see if you, your question got answered. 19 00:00:51.400 --> 00:00:58.600 Then, do you have any questions? 20 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:00.600 I do have the questions. 21 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.800 Also, first of all, thank you guys for actually submitting. 22 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:04.800 Sorry. 23 00:01:04.800 --> 00:01:05.600 Thank you. 24 00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:06.600 Questions. 25 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:08.600 I also wanted to add that we have a little sound timer here. 26 00:01:08.600 --> 00:01:10.600 I think it's around half an hour. 27 00:01:10.600 --> 00:01:15.600 Anyway, we just wanted to put this on and make sure we answer enough questions until the sound time ends. 28 00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:19.600 The first question is, oh, thanks Michelle. 29 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:20.600 That's great. 30 00:01:20.600 --> 00:01:26.000 The first question is, how is your creative process for making and recording videos? 31 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.600 And it's by FI3OM underscore. 32 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:34.400 So shout out to you for asking that question. 33 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.400 How is your creative process for making and recording videos? 34 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:38.400 It's a question for you two. 35 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:43.800 These two are the creative backbones of this platform. 36 00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:47.600 No, but really, you guys are, you do a lot of creative work here, along with other people. 37 00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:49.400 But what do you think? 38 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:56.600 Well, I think it helps that we have a lot of writing days as a team. 39 00:01:56.600 --> 00:02:01.800 So we have every Tuesday we come together and we actually write out a lot of our stuff, 40 00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:06.800 like the acting videos that we put on our Instagram and TikTok that people love. 41 00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:08.800 Like, yes, we script those. 42 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:12.800 And we sit as a team and we come up with, like, short lists and we do all this stuff. 43 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:16.800 Because we actually want to be intentional with the content that we make. 44 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:17.800 So good. 45 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:22.200 We also want to be, like, one of our core values that the way team is being spirit led. 46 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:26.800 And we want to give, like, enough time for the Lord to speak to us and to direct us for us to go, 47 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:27.800 oh, that's sick. 48 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:30.400 That could be God, like, oh, we really like this idea. 49 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:31.400 Okay, let's run with it. 50 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:33.200 How do we honor that and give time to it? 51 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:39.600 So, yeah, having days to plan and also having days to film and not just being like, 52 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:41.600 oh, it will take five minutes, but blocking out enough time. 53 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:42.600 Yeah. 54 00:02:42.600 --> 00:02:45.600 So that if we go over core, if we are under core. 55 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:46.600 Yeah. 56 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:50.200 It's like allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us in our ideas that we have. 57 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:56.200 And being able to, like, I think what a blessing is, I mean, one of the biggest blessings 58 00:02:56.200 --> 00:03:02.000 that I, like, reflect on a lot is when we come together and we write, we might come up with 59 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.400 an idea and one person might be like, oh, wait, okay, maybe we could shoot this in this 60 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:07.400 way. 61 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:13.200 Maybe we could get an angle like this, like finding really creative, cool ways, like new ideas, 62 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:18.120 and new ways of being able to tell a story that, you know, we might actually personally 63 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:22.480 go through, you know, I mean, recently we filmed something about like, I mean, hopefully 64 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:26.720 it might already be out by now, but like a friend, like, going to a party, feeling overwhelmed, 65 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:31.080 you know, we were filming that at my house and like, just taking moments like that and 66 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:37.360 like real life moments that might happen and bringing them in into our world and like, 67 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.140 maybe I might add a little bit later about that. 68 00:03:40.140 --> 00:03:41.140 Wow. 69 00:03:41.140 --> 00:03:42.140 We missed. 70 00:03:42.140 --> 00:03:43.800 It's the remurx. 71 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:50.180 Yeah, I'm translating it, writing it into a wonderful script for you guys to watch and 72 00:03:50.180 --> 00:03:55.540 relate to, and feel seen in as well because we all go through and we're not alone in this 73 00:03:55.540 --> 00:03:56.620 Christian walk. 74 00:03:56.620 --> 00:03:57.620 Mhm. 75 00:03:57.620 --> 00:03:58.620 Yeah. 76 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:01.760 And I think it's good to also mention that it's like a team effort. 77 00:04:01.760 --> 00:04:06.540 So as much as it's like, you've got people on camera that are like creative with their 78 00:04:06.540 --> 00:04:10.860 acting or creative with like how they want to say certain lines. There's also a team of people 79 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:15.100 behind the scenes that are creative with like a which shot are we going to use and like how do we 80 00:04:15.100 --> 00:04:18.940 use the lighting to create feeling. And even Michelle you're really good at this too like when 81 00:04:18.940 --> 00:04:23.980 you write scripts you're very like you can see it on paper but you can also see how it looks 82 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:28.620 and like you understand how to put the language down to create shot lists. But like we all play 83 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:33.500 to our own like strengths and stuff which actually helps as a team because then it's not all 84 00:04:33.500 --> 00:04:39.500 on one person. Yeah and it sort of like alleviates the pressure for one person to have all the ideas 85 00:04:39.500 --> 00:04:45.100 all the shot lists everything. And that's what I love about every single person within a team. 86 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:49.580 They have strengths that they get yet to bring together and as we do that we build something 87 00:04:49.580 --> 00:04:54.300 that's beautiful and we post it. It's almost like I gotta look at this as a little baby. 88 00:04:55.180 --> 00:05:00.860 It's a question then. It's a question then. Well on the back of that, a question by 89 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:06.220 Spanish curves four, she asked, do you guys ever have creative disagreements? 90 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:11.260 Yes. And how do you deal with them then? We fight to the death. I'm joking. 91 00:05:14.940 --> 00:05:17.420 We have a straw picking system. 92 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:27.660 I'll say. That's wild. No, I think. Oh, just joking. Easter egg. What are the phrases that we 93 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:33.100 have as a team? And to be honest, there were days the real phrasing for this, but it's no idea is a 94 00:05:33.100 --> 00:05:41.420 bad idea if it leads to insert whatever. It leads to the good idea. The main idea. The way we use 95 00:05:41.420 --> 00:05:46.140 or whatever. But I think us having that as something that we might joke about but actually 96 00:05:46.140 --> 00:05:52.540 is quite serious to us like no one idea is bad. But we welcome all ideas if it leads to like, 97 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:57.580 oh, that's the one we're going to run with or like, you know. So I think we actually welcome 98 00:05:57.580 --> 00:06:02.060 difference because we know that it will lead to somewhere that ultimately will be the thing that 99 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:07.900 we end up doing. And I think we ultimately trust each other enough to run with an idea of 100 00:06:07.900 --> 00:06:12.780 something else isn't like really hitting it in the moment. Yeah. Because we know like, oh no, 101 00:06:12.780 --> 00:06:16.380 wait, actually what you say. I know it's going to come out pretty good if we just follow with what 102 00:06:16.380 --> 00:06:22.220 you like what you're saying. And I love that about our team. We trust each other in what we do. 103 00:06:22.220 --> 00:06:30.300 So it's great. We disagree, how to leave. disagree, agreeably. Yeah. Stealing from another podcast 104 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:35.180 there if you know. I'm making what that means, but keep not having a clue. What I do have is another 105 00:06:35.180 --> 00:06:40.220 question. No question is a bad question if it leads to the next question. And the next question 106 00:06:41.020 --> 00:06:46.860 is what to look for in a partner as a Christian and this is from Jesus loves are you? 107 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:50.780 Mate, juicy question. Okay, we want to get my taste because the taste is gay marriage. 108 00:06:50.780 --> 00:06:57.980 Because I am the only relationships expert. Yes, certified. He's got the credentials. 109 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:04.700 We've got some giggles off of Cam. We've got married men behind the camera. They're all doing this. 110 00:07:04.700 --> 00:07:08.700 Who knows by the time this comes out, you might be a married man. No, you're probably well, bro. 111 00:07:08.700 --> 00:07:14.780 Um, I heard a pastor say one time that when you're looking for a partner, the first thing you need 112 00:07:14.780 --> 00:07:20.860 to look at is Jesus and you start running and you run and you run and you run as fast you can 113 00:07:20.860 --> 00:07:25.180 towards Jesus and then you stop and you look around you and you keep running and you look at Jesus 114 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:29.980 and you run and you run and you run and you stop and you look around just you and see and you look 115 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:35.740 to see who is there with you. So you run as fast as you can towards Jesus and then look around 116 00:07:35.740 --> 00:07:41.100 and see who is there with you because ultimately whoever you're going to be in a relationship with, 117 00:07:41.100 --> 00:07:47.660 you want them to be pushing you closer to Jesus. Um, one of the things that I sometimes I see 118 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:53.180 in certain Christian relationships and again, guys, we're not relationship experts and I'm a 119 00:07:53.180 --> 00:08:02.060 young, young boy, young buck. So take what I say. I'm not an expert. But I see young Christians and 120 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:06.380 they're like, they're almost like discipling their partner or their girlfriend or their boyfriend. 121 00:08:07.260 --> 00:08:11.020 I don't think that's what we need to be doing in our relationships. We're not meant to be 122 00:08:11.020 --> 00:08:15.660 discipling that person. We can be discipling people, but in that relationship we want to be pushing 123 00:08:15.660 --> 00:08:22.220 each other closer to Jesus. And I'm figuring that out. Hopefully I can continue to push my fiance 124 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:27.020 closer to Jesus and she definitely pushes me closer to Jesus. But that's ultimately what we want 125 00:08:27.020 --> 00:08:32.460 to look for. Someone that is pushing us closer to Jesus and not someone that is that we need to be 126 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:39.180 pulling constantly. I love that. Close to Jesus. But again, I'm figuring it out, figuring it out 127 00:08:40.780 --> 00:08:45.500 and I'll continue to be figuring it out. So there's not like a... This is what you should look for, 128 00:08:45.500 --> 00:08:53.980 yeah. Yeah. Anything out to add, then you? I think, like what's it for in our partner? I think 129 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:58.380 also looking for someone you can have fun with. Yeah. I think like... I don't believe in that. 130 00:08:58.460 --> 00:09:05.740 You don't believe in fun? No. Okay. Well, I think sometimes we make dating seem like this 131 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:11.100 like really serious thing and stuff, but like you're looking for a life partner like someone to do 132 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:16.220 forever with. Forever will be really boring if you have no fun. So I think that looking for somebody 133 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:21.180 that you can actually have a laugh with, like do things that you guys enjoy together, like there's 134 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:27.260 joy to be found in relationship and it doesn't have to be all serious. That's what I would say. 135 00:09:27.260 --> 00:09:32.300 Yeah, I think one thing I would say would be like you don't have to have to look for somebody 136 00:09:32.300 --> 00:09:39.340 that has the exact same, you know, interests as you as well, you know, shake it up a little. 137 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:43.980 You can like something else and you can like something else and you can both enjoy it separately. 138 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:50.060 You don't have to, but you can have fun equally. I don't know if that was a good point. Next question. 139 00:09:50.060 --> 00:09:56.860 We have a question on that because I know like a lot of people say to look for like potential 140 00:09:56.860 --> 00:10:01.740 in somebody like the person that you meet, like when you guys meet, you're not going to be the same 141 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:06.780 like five, 10, 15 years down the line, like you're constantly evolving, you're constantly changing. 142 00:10:06.780 --> 00:10:12.940 But like when we say like look at potential, what does that mean? Like does that mean? Do you know 143 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:15.980 I mean, like how do you, how do you weigh what potential is? Because then it goes to like the 144 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:21.100 discipleship thing of like I don't want to feel like I have to disciple you so that you can reach 145 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:25.660 your potential. But at the same time, like I want to be able to see somebody that I spot something 146 00:10:25.660 --> 00:10:29.260 in and I'm like, oh wow, like God's going to grow that thing. And like how I want to be 147 00:10:29.260 --> 00:10:32.700 along to see that great. Well, that makes sense. I think that comes down to correct me from 148 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:37.660 wrong here in my taste. But I think it comes to like being equally old if we come back to that. 149 00:10:37.660 --> 00:10:44.140 Like you want somebody that has the same values as you as a Christian who believes in what the 150 00:10:44.140 --> 00:10:50.060 Bible says and is spirit led. And you don't want somebody to be like you say you don't want to be 151 00:10:50.060 --> 00:10:55.420 like almost like you're discipling your like fiance or the person that you're going to 152 00:10:56.380 --> 00:11:01.340 get married to. You kind of want to equally be running alongside each other. Because if you think 153 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:07.580 of a like a yolk, they used to put two like similar sized oxen together to be able to run it. 154 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:13.980 Unless it doesn't like, it doesn't move properly and function properly to like cut the ground if 155 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:19.420 that makes sense. So you want to see that in your partner. But what was the question that you're 156 00:11:19.420 --> 00:11:22.220 saying again? What was that about that potential? Potential? Potential? 157 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:26.540 Potential? Potential and similar. I think like I think sometimes girls, I'm just obviously 158 00:11:26.540 --> 00:11:33.660 because I'm going to speak for my perspective. But I think girls can look at guys and think 159 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:38.700 on a way he's not there yet. Like I'm not going to like, I don't want to even like give him a chance. 160 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:44.700 And the thing is you're not actually going to be married, you're not going to be married to the 161 00:11:44.700 --> 00:11:49.500 same person that you're going to be married to on your like your wedding day because we evolve, 162 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:55.420 we change, we grow. So ultimately you're going to be going to somebody somebody like more of yourself 163 00:11:55.420 --> 00:12:02.940 if that makes sense. So I think don't be so picky in that sense. Obviously like it's good to have 164 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:10.620 your standards, but we're not perfect. Right now, I don't have a lot of facial hair. 165 00:12:12.140 --> 00:12:19.100 But in five, 10 years time, I'm going to have the lunchua's beard growing down. 166 00:12:19.100 --> 00:12:24.860 Right. It's a sign of wisdom. Right. I don't know. You just got to be able to see the golden 167 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:30.380 people. Sometimes they don't have the gold to show. But they have a lot of potential. I guess 168 00:12:30.380 --> 00:12:35.500 potential is a self-explanatory. You know, they're not there yet, but they're going. They're on 169 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:39.900 the direction. Yeah. It's all about you. I don't know. Good question though. You see, 170 00:12:39.900 --> 00:12:44.380 you want to be looking at people where they are now and also what God is doing in their lives. 171 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:51.500 Where they're going. And I think ultimately like Jesus says, you want to know them by their fruit. 172 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:56.860 So good. And I think I wouldn't say to ignore where somebody is in light of where you wish they 173 00:12:56.860 --> 00:13:02.780 where they can be. But I would also, I would say, look up where they are now and look at the fruit 174 00:13:02.780 --> 00:13:08.060 of that. Because fruit will just continue to bear more fruit. So if there's already fruit now, 175 00:13:08.060 --> 00:13:16.220 then great. More fruits coming. But if there's no fruit right now, then yeah, for certain things, 176 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:20.380 I would say, yeah, that's probably not where you want to be. That's what I would say. I'm still 177 00:13:20.380 --> 00:13:29.660 figuring this out as well. Yeah. Totally. Yeah. Next question. I think it's Talia.sj is asked, 178 00:13:29.660 --> 00:13:36.140 how do you guys individually fit prayer and Bible reading into your schedules? So great question. 179 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:41.260 I think it's less spiritual. I think when I was, when I first took a Christian, 180 00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:47.900 I heavily overspiritualized this aspect of my life being like, I need to feel the Holy Spirit 181 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:53.900 whenever I'm going to read the Bible. And if I'm not reading the Bible, then I just pray more 182 00:13:53.900 --> 00:13:59.260 like God, when you give me more hunger to read the Bible. And that's great. And continue doing that, 183 00:13:59.260 --> 00:14:05.020 continue asking the Holy Spirit for His help. But also just be wise about it. Have some 184 00:14:05.020 --> 00:14:09.740 smarts. If you know you're not a night person and you're a morning person, do it in the morning. 185 00:14:10.300 --> 00:14:14.620 If you don't have a lot of time during the days, then you're not going to get it done in the day. 186 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:19.180 So if you have a desire to fit Bible reading, to fit prayer into your life, think about it 187 00:14:19.180 --> 00:14:25.100 practically. How would you go about fitting an extra 40 minutes of exercise in your life? You 188 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:30.300 schedule it in. You make an appointment. You meet that appointment and you keep that discipline, 189 00:14:30.300 --> 00:14:35.740 right? It's good. It's a discipline like any other. But the thing that sets it apart from 190 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:42.380 any other discipline is that it has an effect more than just physically. It has like an internal 191 00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:50.620 effect as well. For me, I have been parts of like Bible reading groups where we commit to read 192 00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:57.100 passages every single day. And that keeps me accountable. But then I also have a moment of the day 193 00:14:57.100 --> 00:15:01.260 in the mornings where I read the Bible and I spend time with God. And I know that if I don't do it 194 00:15:01.260 --> 00:15:06.380 in the mornings, I won't do it during the day because my days get very busy. It's good. 195 00:15:06.380 --> 00:15:12.540 That's my case sense. I think it's a discipline. Absolutely. It's a discipline like you said, 196 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:19.340 Matthias. It's something that you have to factor in in your day. And I was reading, I'm currently 197 00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:25.900 going through Jackie Hill Perry's devotional book. I can't remember the name of it. But I would 198 00:15:25.900 --> 00:15:32.060 really recommend it. It's a good one. I'm sure you could find it somewhere. It's a 60 day devotional. 199 00:15:32.140 --> 00:15:38.860 And she sort of mentioned how Jesus, obviously, he says he's a daily bread. It's a daily thing. 200 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:43.100 Like you need him daily. As much as I like it, when you wake up in the morning, you're like, okay, 201 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:49.660 wait, my body feels hungry. You need that physical sustenance. It's the same with our souls. You need 202 00:15:49.660 --> 00:15:57.500 that spiritual pouring into. You need that spiritual food. And that is reading your Bible and spending 203 00:15:57.500 --> 00:16:03.100 time with Jesus. So you don't want to be going around like a skeleton, like spiritually, like a, 204 00:16:05.260 --> 00:16:09.580 like, walking around like a spiritual skeleton, but then your body, like physical bodies, 205 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:14.620 well nourished. You want them to come inside, be the same. 206 00:16:16.380 --> 00:16:22.060 There's then you know, I wake up early every day and I have to get to school because I have to 207 00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:26.220 go far away. And then when I'm at school, I'm in class all day and I want to get back from class 208 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:31.820 and go into training. Then after training, I've got to do my homework. Like how do you fit a 209 00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:37.340 spiritual life in that type of busy life? And for like we often think that our spiritual life is 210 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:41.740 separate to the life that we're living. Like, oh, okay, I have my Christian thing over here. 211 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:45.900 Like I go to church, I read the Bible here, but then also like, then I've got school over here 212 00:16:45.900 --> 00:16:50.300 and I've got my family over here and all that stuff. But actually like Jesus wants to be part of 213 00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:55.580 every single part of your life. Like it's not segmented. It's actually works together in harmony. 214 00:16:55.580 --> 00:17:00.220 And so like, even for me personally, this year I've been reading a lot about what does it mean 215 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:05.820 to be a disciple? What does it mean to like fast pray and like all the different disciplines? 216 00:17:05.820 --> 00:17:09.740 I guess we should say also find it interesting that disciple and discipline have the same root 217 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:14.780 word. Also very interesting. Or come from like a similar one, which tells me that like there's 218 00:17:14.780 --> 00:17:21.580 a level of discipline that's required to walk out in discipleship. But also one of the things that 219 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:27.020 I was thinking this year is like, I think the Christian walk is more like a rhythm. Yeah. 220 00:17:28.540 --> 00:17:33.180 Kind of nerding out a little bit. But John Mark Kramer has this book called Reflister Lim- 221 00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:37.900 No, not that one. What's it called? What's it called? That's it. Thank you. 222 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:41.740 John Mark Kramer has this book called Practicing the Way. And a lot of people 223 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:46.220 told me to read it. And when I read it, I did, I personally like kind of found it a little bit 224 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:51.660 jarring and wrestled with like the, there was a lot of talk about the practicing and the like 225 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:55.500 apprenticeship side of being a disciple. I'm using really fancy language. I'm going crazy. 226 00:17:55.500 --> 00:18:02.300 But like the working in the faith, like the doing, doing, doing things. But I felt like, okay, 227 00:18:02.300 --> 00:18:06.460 I feel like this is a little bit in balance because I feel like, yeah, I need to read my Bible, 228 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:10.780 but also I think there's like a rhythm to walking out your relationship with Jesus. 229 00:18:11.340 --> 00:18:18.860 You read the Bible, you pray, you worship him. But everything is like an outward expression 230 00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:24.380 of internal worship. Reading the Bible is, I want to read the Bible because I love Jesus. 231 00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:28.300 I want to pray because I love Jesus. It always comes from the loving Jesus 232 00:18:28.300 --> 00:18:32.780 than you do the things after. And that might change season to season. In some seasons, 233 00:18:32.780 --> 00:18:38.700 the Bible just has my attention more. In other seasons, my praying with God is the thing that 234 00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:44.620 keeps me alive. In other seasons, like worship music is like my life support, like I need that. 235 00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:49.180 So I think rather than focusing on like, oh, no, if I haven't read my Bible, stay on my failure. 236 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:53.500 But like you can connect with God in so many other ways as well. And like, I'm not saying reading 237 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:57.740 the Bible is less important or praying is less important. But I think listen to the rhythm of your 238 00:18:57.740 --> 00:19:02.940 relationship with God and what works for you because what works for me isn't, isn't going to work 239 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:06.860 for you. Mateus and isn't going to work for Michelle. Like what, what's feeding me right now? 240 00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:10.300 Might not be feeding you right now, but we're still getting fed just in different ways. 241 00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:14.060 So that's what I would say. I'm still figuring that. Yeah. And what's beautiful about what you're 242 00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:19.900 saying is that it ebbs and flows through seasons. Yeah. It doesn't stay the same in like the whole 243 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:25.340 time of your lifetime. That makes sense. Like there's going to be seasons the way things are just 244 00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:29.740 going to feel dry and worship music is the one thing that's going to like, it feels like a 245 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:35.580 sustaining you and like you feel drawn closer to the Lord and you feel as present and as voice 246 00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:41.500 closer there. And ultimately, all of it, like God uses those seasons to draw him closer to his 247 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:49.660 heart. He is just into deeper intimacy with him. You know, each, each season is to make a stronger 248 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:55.420 and to grow as and pull things out of us that we might have not known were inners to ultimately 249 00:19:55.420 --> 00:20:02.060 makers who were meant to be like, yeah, process and the journey of sanctification. Which is beautiful. 250 00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:09.740 Deep, deep. Next, next question. I often feel like an imposter at church as someone who struggles 251 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:18.940 with dowsing faith, any advice. That was said by sent by Tink SSO underscore. So thanks for the queue. 252 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:26.700 Thanks for the question. I think so. I think this is so raw. Yeah. I have definitely felt like this. 253 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:34.620 But at Bible study, especially when like, like, let's say like, oh, everyone's sharing like praise 254 00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:37.900 reports for that week. And like, oh, God, it's done. This is so good. God is done. This is so good. 255 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:43.020 And I've had like a terrible week. Like, I just don't relate to that right now. But then that doesn't 256 00:20:43.020 --> 00:20:47.660 that doesn't mean I have no right to be in the room. Does it mean like I'm any less of a believer? 257 00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:52.860 Because I just don't feel that right now. I'm doubting like, how can God be good if this stuff 258 00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:57.980 happens? Like, I'm not doubting God's existence. I'm just wrestling my faith. And I think it's okay 259 00:20:57.980 --> 00:21:03.180 to wrestle your faith. And it's okay to have that one of my friends always says that you can't 260 00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:08.540 have that without having faith like there. Two sides of the same coin. And like you having both 261 00:21:08.540 --> 00:21:15.180 is a healthy wrestle. Yeah. And I just think that's so, yeah, it's very affirming. 262 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:18.620 Because in the Bible, people wrestled with God as well and had doubts. 263 00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:25.100 Take a wrestled with God literally as well. Yeah, wrestles with God. Yes. Yeah. That's what I'd say. 264 00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:30.540 Anything else? I think I think for me, very like very recently, I was having just a 265 00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:35.020 pretty crappy day, pretty crappy couple of weeks. And 266 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:41.980 it Sunday came, this was lit, this was Easter Sunday. Sunday came and I really didn't want to go to 267 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:48.540 church. But I felt God telling me to go and just sit there. Because I was at that moment, 268 00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:53.500 I found it really difficult to feel God close. And sometimes we do. That's the case. 269 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:56.940 I found it really difficult to engage with him in worship. And I felt he'd been saying just like, 270 00:21:56.940 --> 00:22:01.260 go sit in church almost like, did you guys ever have those moments where you're kind of having a 271 00:22:01.260 --> 00:22:06.460 crappy day? Always. And you know, every night. But then you go in the shower and you just kind of 272 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:10.940 just sit in the, you just stand there in the shower and let the water just run out of you. 273 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:15.100 You don't really do anything. You just kind of just stand there and you just contemplate 274 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:18.620 and you just think. And I kind of felt like that when I was at church, you know, I was there. 275 00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:24.860 And I wasn't necessarily engaging with the worship or connecting very specifically with the message. 276 00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:28.860 But I kind of just felt like I was there and it's almost like me just standing in the shower. 277 00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:35.020 And God just like, just washing over me. And I feel like when we're going through doubts or when 278 00:22:35.260 --> 00:22:39.980 we're going through struggles. And we feel as if like we're not fitting in because everyone 279 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:43.980 else around us seems to be all capy, capy Christians. And we just don't relate to that. 280 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:50.380 I say, my encouragement to you would be, would say first to say that actually, that's also a part 281 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:54.700 of our faith walk. As you said, that was part of our faith walk. And the second encouragement for me 282 00:22:54.700 --> 00:23:00.140 for you is other people are going through that at church. So do be open about that because you can 283 00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:05.180 actually start a good conversation about questions and different challenges. And then the third one 284 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:13.100 it would be mate. Even though it's easier said and done, address those questions, but keep 285 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:17.820 going to the places where God is, right? He's everywhere, but he specifically manifests himself 286 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:24.380 in community. So keep putting yourself in community, keep seeking wise people around you, 287 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:29.580 putting wise people around you, and keep seeking God as in like it's a part of our faith walk. 288 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:33.820 And so don't be discouraged by it. Yeah. God is still with you. Yeah. On the back of that it's 289 00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:40.300 really good point to us about keeping community around you. Don't isolate yourself in these 290 00:23:40.300 --> 00:23:47.340 moments because it's easy to and it might feel like this is the only like only thing that makes me 291 00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:53.340 feel okay is by being by myself. And that's often a dangerous place to be. Obviously, it's okay 292 00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:59.660 good. It's fine to like have solitary moments, but don't stay there because we're actually meant 293 00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:06.060 for community. We're actually meant to build each other up in seasons like this. So you're not alone 294 00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:12.940 and it's almost like I want to encourage you to try find somebody. Doesn't have to be a group 295 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:18.460 of people. It can just be one person that you feel like you can trust with your heart and actually 296 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:23.740 be honest, be like, I actually feel like this. I'm struggling and I'm doubting my faith right now. 297 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:31.420 I have these questions. Can you help me? And you know, sometimes even just letting that out and 298 00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:37.740 telling somebody relieves a lot of pressure from yourself and we're meant to share each other's 299 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:42.940 burdens together. We're meant to share like we're meant to do life together. You know, so 300 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:48.220 I would say try find that one person that you feel like you can trust. That's older than you. 301 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:53.420 I can speak into your situation and pray for you and cover you and love a new June this time. 302 00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:57.420 So yeah, bless your friend. Come on. Go eat all this is. 303 00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:03.900 Next question. If you guys could go to one moment in the Bible to live in, where would you go 304 00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:12.780 from Bromte under Scott's CC? I'd go to live. I just want to experience being on the boat 305 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:22.860 seeing Jesus walk on water, but I want to live in the time of acts. I was literally going to say that. 306 00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:28.780 I could see and but also maybe like I just need to change my faith perspective and believe that I can see 307 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:35.420 those miracles today, right? I was literally going to say the same thing acts. I mean, Jesus, 308 00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:41.820 when he resurrected, it was 40 days where he was revealing himself in miracles. Yeah, in miraculous 309 00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:47.500 ways. I want to be there. We'd maybe die during if we lived during like followed these guys around. 310 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:52.700 We might have died. I mean, we could die anyway. Oh yeah, totally. Prosecution. Which one is it? 311 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:56.860 Persecution. Oh, same but different. 312 00:25:58.860 --> 00:26:05.100 Dang, that's a really, really good question. I would say maybe when Jesus fed the 5,000, I would have 313 00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:10.220 wanted to be one of the 5,000, but I actually would have wanted to be the little boy with the 5 314 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:15.660 loaves and two fish because it might just want to be the main character. Okay, don't expose me like 315 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:22.540 that. But no, but imagine like witnessing the 5 loaves and two fish that you have and like 316 00:26:22.540 --> 00:26:27.260 back in that day, like the 5, the 5 loaves were like barley loaves. Like they weren't great bread. 317 00:26:27.260 --> 00:26:33.820 It was like bread that was associated with like animals. Like imagine seeing stuff like that and 318 00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:39.740 seeing Jesus take that and make buckets and baskets of food out of that with your own eyes. 319 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:46.700 Like that's crazy. Wow. I would have vlogged it. Stop. What is up guys? Stop. Oh my gosh. 320 00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:51.340 And the person watching you would have been savory, kidding me. I would have gone alive like guys 321 00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:58.380 do it. Guys, you all guess Jesus just said two. Like Jesus, we'll just have to say to the vlog. 322 00:26:58.700 --> 00:27:05.340 All right, all right, all right. Wait, I was also going to say. Oh, wait, you got all I thought you 323 00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:12.380 said no. I said, oh, I would love to be in the room when I don't know which Mary was, but Mary 324 00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:18.860 that brought the alabaster jar. Jesus feet with her hair. I'd love to be in that woman. 325 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:30.140 Beautiful moment. Yeah. And smell the room. From Anna Pascolyus. Great. Pascolyus. 326 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:36.220 Well done. She asked, how do you deal with difficult questions from non-Christian friends? 327 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:40.860 Well, how do you deal with difficult questions? Non-Christian friends ask about faith. 328 00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:48.860 Hmm. Come on. Be honest. And if you don't have an answer for it, say, I actually don't know about 329 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:54.220 this just yet. Good question. Good question. Let me just come back to you about that. But also, 330 00:27:55.100 --> 00:28:02.220 reading your Bible comes handy for that. And asking other people questions and learning and 331 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:08.700 cleaning from others older wisdom. That's a good answer. And if you're like me, I love 332 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:13.180 actually just engaging with those questions by myself. Actually, like dealing with them. Like, 333 00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:17.500 what are these difficult questions that we have faced with faith actually going out and 334 00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:23.180 looking at finding the answers yourself? You know, there are lots of books and commentaries and 335 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:28.460 things like that online and you can ask your pastors or whatever. But I find it a lot of fun 336 00:28:28.540 --> 00:28:32.540 dealing with them, like, and wrestling with these questions. I have them. And they're fine to have 337 00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:38.860 yourself and your friends have them. And it's great that they have them. And so maybe you can do it 338 00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:42.300 together, you know, maybe invite them to be like, I don't know, but maybe we can go look at it 339 00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:48.140 together. Or maybe go to a Bible school or maybe you just become a pastor and then when you become 340 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:56.860 a pastor, you have all the answers. I would say I was actually talking in my church community about 341 00:28:56.860 --> 00:29:03.580 this a couple months ago. And I was seeing how, like, what is the point of engaging in these 342 00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:10.300 conversations? You know, is it to, um, for you to see what I see and for me to win you over? Or 343 00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:16.300 is it for me to love you? Yeah. And I think sometimes we, we want to be the person that saves the person 344 00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:21.020 or like wins over the argument. But actually, we're not cool to argue. You know, we're actually 345 00:29:21.020 --> 00:29:26.940 cool to love people. And I was saying how, um, you know, if we just focus on following the greatest 346 00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:31.100 teaching, which is to love the Lord, your God and love your neighbors, yourself, nothing will ever 347 00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:36.700 rise into an argument because actually the point of this conversation isn't for you to see what I see. 348 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:42.300 It's for me to come and love you from a place of understanding for you to see the love of Jesus. 349 00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:48.780 And so like, yeah, I would say approach it in love. That sounds so vague, but like approach it in 350 00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:54.140 love. And also your role is not to win a, win a debate or win a argument. It's to love someone. 351 00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:59.660 Yeah. Come on. Last question, because this timer is a run in out. Hey, favorite Christian song 352 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:04.460 at the moment by N's huges. Thanks. Thanks for giving that question to us by the way. 353 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:11.180 I've been, I've been rocking with, uh, with DC3. You guys know, I've been rocking with them, um, 354 00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:15.820 I don't know if it's songs, but I've been listening to them on my runs. So it's been good. 355 00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:25.180 Um, my church has really been loving. I know a name by elevation recently. It's just wow, 356 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:30.220 dead, dead things come alive. Dead things come alive. Dead things come alive in the name of Jesus. 357 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:37.260 Like we love singing that. Um, yeah, so good. Another little more mellow or no, or maybe deep in 358 00:30:37.260 --> 00:30:43.100 out. Mine is the wonder, the one for blood by Tiffany Hudson. Mm hmm. 359 00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:52.620 Okay, right. Thank you guys so much for joining us. That will vocal flex there, 360 00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:58.860 but crazy. So I go out, but guys, we really appreciate when you guys have this question. 361 00:30:58.860 --> 00:31:06.140 Yeah. Love you all so much. So thank you for sending those questions in. And hopefully our answers 362 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:11.740 were something that you could take from, but also these do go out and ask your friends. 363 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:16.380 Shout out to them on security. Um, yeah, so see you next time for the next video. 364 00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:21.500 See ya. Bye bye, Rae.