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00:03 #S058 - What Every Women Needs To Know About Her Man (Part 2)
00:19 Welcome to the Breath of life 00:22 television ministries broadcast with Pastor Debleaire Snell. 00:27 In today's episode, 00:28 Pastor Snell will continue part two of the powerful message 00:32 titled What Every Woman Needs to Know About Her Man. 00:38 Now let's hear more from God's word. 00:42 And I do want to say this because there is a fallacy 00:45 that says men don't have emotions. That's not true. 00:48 A man has every emotion a woman has. 00:51 Men just may not be as expressive. 00:54 Now, again, let me see this, because even when you look 00:56 at the way the male brain and the brain works, 00:59 both for men and women, I need you to understand. 01:01 It's not that that that men are not empathetic. 01:05 It's not that men but they're not real quick, 01:07 that they're not intuitive. 01:09 It's not that they're not general. 01:11 It simply means that sometimes 01:14 women will cross the street emotionally quicker than men. 01:18 In other words, she can operate in both spaces 01:21 a little bit more comfortably. 01:22 So she'll go from the creative side to the logical side 01:24 to the intuitive side, to the organized side, 01:26 whereas men cross the street a little bit more slowly. 01:30 It's not that I can't get there, but man, 01:32 I got to look both ways when I cross the street. 01:34 I got to make sure I know traffic come in before 01:36 I go over into that space where so. 01:38 So women will kind of grope back and forth. 01:40 Men really quickly, they go from logical 01:42 to emotional back and forth really quickly. 01:44 And that doesn't make you superior. 01:45 Ladies. 01:48 It just means you can go from making real good sense. 01:52 Not keep that same energy, you know, know. 01:56 All right. 01:57 So so there are a couple of things 01:59 I want to say real quick, and I'm going to do my best 02:00 to keep in time today. 02:02 There are some things 02:02 every woman needs to know about her man. 02:04 Number one, he needs you to hold his confidence 02:08 and cover his flaws. 02:10 Okay, y'all got. Y'all got quiet. 02:13 Notice what proverbs 31 and verse ten. 02:15 And eleven says 02:16 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her. 02:21 The jokes that church ladies say. 02:24 Men, ladies say men today. 02:27 All right. 02:27 He needs to know 02:29 that you will keep his confidence 02:30 and that you will cover his flaws. 02:33 It's crazy. 02:34 The reason some of you all think I'm a okay husband is simply 02:38 because my wife cover is where I fall short. 02:42 Are you hear 02:43 what I'm 02:44 saying? I'm more likely to tell you 02:45 what's wrong with me than she is. 02:48 And so I need you to know that a husband 02:50 will never find security in a marriage 02:54 if he's married to a woman who has leaks. 02:58 In other words, he needs to know that his 03:00 your mother angel know about his flaws, 03:02 that your sister 03:03 ain't gonna know 03:04 every time he messes up, that your friends are 03:06 not going to know about every financial issue. 03:08 He needs to know that everybody in the streets 03:10 ain't going to know 03:12 about everything that's happening in your bedroom. 03:16 He needs to know that he is safe, that there is covering, 03:20 that there is somebody that has his back. 03:22 And let me just pause to kind of 03:24 give you this little quick piece of advice, 03:26 because I know that every woman needs a confidant, 03:28 somebody that she can share with and be mentored by. 03:31 But let me give you a rubric for your confidant, ladies. 03:36 First of all, your confidante, 03:37 the one you share in it needs to be another lady. 03:44 Don't be talking to Jerome 03:47 about what you got going on at home. 03:48 Hey, man. 03:50 All right? 03:50 You need to go talk to Tyson. Amen. 03:53 And not only does 03:55 she need to be female, she needs to be a woman of God. 04:00 She needs to be somebody that has spiritual discernment. 04:04 Somebody that prays. 04:06 Somebody that will tell you the truth 04:10 and not just affirm what you want to hear. 04:13 And guess what? 04:14 Sometimes that woman needs to be your age or older, 04:18 right? 04:18 You don't need to be talking to nobody. 04:19 That ain't been nowhere having done nothing. 04:22 They went through nothing 04:24 about what you're going through. 04:25 And number four, 04:27 you need to be talking 04:28 to a female who's spiritual, your age or older, 04:31 who happily married or committed to the idea of marriage. 04:34 In other words, 04:35 you don't need to talk 04:36 to the sister that's been divorced 37 times 04:40 or, you know, single girlfriends 04:42 who's still out there hunting when you've already got the cats 04:45 are you hear what I'm saying today? 04:47 And see, there are times where it's not so much 04:49 that he don't want you to talk to somebody. 04:51 Sometimes he's just nervous about who's mentoring you. 04:56 And obviously it's a cross gender principle. 04:58 I could put that same idea 04:59 up there for men, and it will still be the truth. 05:02 Your confidant needs to be another man, 05:03 a man who's spiritual, 05:04 a man who's committed to the idea of marriage. 05:08 And so you got to cover your man. 05:10 You got to make sure that you hold his confidence. 05:13 They've got to make sure 05:14 that you don't expose his flaws and that you talk to him, talk 05:19 to Jesus about him more than you. 05:21 Talk to your mama about him. 05:23 Amen. 05:24 Second thing, 05:26 he needs your affirmation more than your critique. 05:31 Brothers, stand with me. 05:33 All right. 05:36 She opens her mouth. With what? 05:39 And on her tongue is the law of what? 05:44 Kindness. 05:44 In other words, 05:46 that sister knows what to say and she knows what not to say. 05:50 Now, let me be clear, ladies, as I say that 05:52 I'm not saying that you've just got to be, 05:53 man, a spineless doormat for your man. 05:57 You can be real direct, truthful, transparent, 06:00 but that doesn't equal sarcasm, hurtful. 06:02 And this dismissiveness, rudeness and too much trolling. 06:16 See, sometimes it's not even just what you say. 06:21 Sometimes it's just how you say it. 06:24 I mean, there are some of y'all 06:26 that got switchblades under your tongue and 06:29 razors in your eyes. 06:30 And, ah, you hear what I'm saying? 06:34 So. So there is a way to say it with firmness 06:37 and truthfulness that doesn't tear him down in the process. 06:42 And that's why the word 06:43 literally says that a soothing calm is a tree of life, 06:47 but a perverse spunk tongue can break the spirit. 06:51 And this is what I'm going to say, ladies, 06:52 that as you ministered to your husband, as you do what 06:56 not as you correct him as you what? 06:59 Not as you chastise him, but as you what? 07:03 As you minister to him. Guess what? 07:04 God can use your tongue to enlighten, 07:07 yet it is only the Holy Spirit that transforms. 07:11 Amen. No, no. I need you to get this. 07:14 It is the spirit that transforms. 07:16 So they're going to be times 07:18 where you've got to 07:19 not just make your point until he is in a posture, man of 07:23 frustrated submission. 07:24 Sometimes you got to make your point. 07:27 Go into your prayer closet 07:32 and let the Holy Spirit do the rest. 07:35 See, there are times 07:36 where we want we want to be and do the work of the Holy Spirit. 07:41 I need you to understand that your intercession 07:45 is going to be more powerful than your interruptions. 07:48 So you got to go ahead and let the Holy Spirit do its work 07:52 because the Holy Spirit can get underneath the surface. 07:55 It is the Spirit that influences stuff. 07:57 It is the spirit that quickens the conscience. 07:59 It is the spirit that dispels darkness. 08:02 And I need you to know 08:03 that only the spirit can do certain things in the home. 08:08 I see. 08:09 And that's why your most powerful room 08:10 is not just going to be the bedroom. 08:12 It's your war room. 08:14 No. There's 08:15 somebody that needs to go and watch the movie War Room 08:18 so that you learn how to fight with the right weapons. 08:20 And let me just say this. 08:21 You all realize 08:22 that the most popular girl in every school is the cheerleader. 08:30 And it's not just because of the uniforms. 08:34 Sure, it 08:34 helps, but part of it is just her function. 08:40 Because what does she do? 08:41 She stands in that corner and says, you can do it. 08:45 Yes, you can. 08:47 If you can't do it, nobody can. 08:51 And then when she says 08:52 and what I'm 08:54 trying to get across is that every man needs a cheerleader. 08:57 Every man needs somebody that is going to infuse life, 09:02 that is going to say what you can, 09:04 that is going to prophesy, that is going to be able 09:07 to draw out of him with his words. 09:10 What he cannot even see being drawn out with his own eyes. 09:13 Are you hearing me today? 09:15 And let me just say this real quick, 09:16 that your affirmation actually helps him maintain fidelity. 09:21 So last year, remember, we talked under the subject 09:23 we talked about on the subject, are you overpaid for that? 09:26 And we talked about the immoral woman of Proverbs Chapter six. 09:28 Go back and check it out if you didn't see it. 09:30 But but remember what gives power to the immoral woman? 09:34 Guess what, man? 09:34 She is dressed inappropriately. 09:36 She's hanging out in the streets. 09:38 But I need you to notice what the words say is 09:40 the Bible says to keep me from the evil 09:42 or the immoral one woman from the flattery of her. What 09:48 tongue? 09:49 In other words, I need you to know that 09:51 that to lust not after her beauty 09:55 in thine heart neither let her take you with your eye lids. 09:59 I need to know 09:59 one of the 10:00 superpowers of the other woman is not just what she offers. 10:04 It's what she says. 10:07 Because even when you read Proverbs, check to step six. 10:09 The Bible says that she over take him with her 10:11 words are y'all hear what I'm saying? 10:13 And there is a dynamic that we must avoid where 10:17 we're where outward affirmation 10:22 begins to outweigh and matter more than wife's criticism. 10:26 Are you hear me? 10:28 You got a problem if you're always telling him how 10:32 lousy he is 10:34 and see it works, say it, man. 10:36 I wish there was some more good men like you. 10:40 There is a crisis bad formula at work. 10:43 And what I'm saying today, friends, 10:44 I'm not saying that you become a doormat, 10:46 that you never address situations. 10:48 But what I'm saying is that when your language 10:50 studies show 10:51 that when a wife's language becomes at least 10:54 most of the conversation, 10:55 when 30% of her conversation is critical in nature, 11:00 he's going to stop coming home 11:02 or he's going to avoid her in the home. 11:05 And I want to encourage you to build and not tear down and see. 11:08 The other thing I want to say real quickly 11:09 is that in conflict, every man has a shut down. But 11:14 and I tell the truth. 11:16 Come on, brothers, and I tell you, 11:18 at some point, man, 11:19 you got to 11:20 default something in your spirit 11:21 that's going to override, and you're going to 11:23 be there nodding, but you ain't listening no more. 11:26 All right. 11:28 And see, there are certain things that 11:29 create shutdown whenever there's conflict. 11:30 So he's going to shut down 11:32 when he feels like talking and getting him nowhere 11:37 and and that's just frustration. 11:41 He's going to shut down. 11:43 And this is noble when he don't want 11:44 to see the conflict rise no higher. 11:47 In other words, he's reaching a point 11:48 where he cannot act in godliness and continue the dialog. 11:52 He needs to gather himself 11:53 so he can express his thoughts clearly. 11:55 All right. 11:56 And then sometimes, man, he'll shut down 11:57 because, man, you can talk so much. 11:59 He's so wounded, so injured. 12:01 He's going to inflict intentional punishment 12:03 by withholding himself from you. 12:06 All right. 12:07 And then sometimes it's just petulant 12:09 because he's too proud to admit we're wrong. 12:11 And every now and then that happens. 12:13 But what I'm saying is 12:14 you got to make sure 12:15 that you communicate in such a way 12:17 that is not stomping on the shutdown. 12:20 But are you talking what I'm saying today, France 12:23 number three. 12:25 I need to understand that he does not want every new conflict 12:30 to unearth all the old ones. 12:35 First Corinthians 13. It's in the Bible. 12:39 Love doesn't it does not dishonor others. 12:42 It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered. 12:44 And guess what? 12:45 Love keeps no record of what. 12:48 All right. 12:49 So then if every conflict 12:51 is going to have you go back to your pad 12:53 and you begin to unearth 12:54 every last time he did that thing you're upset about, 12:59 it causes him to lose energy and it'll cause him to withdraw 13:02 and back out and see. 13:04 Let me just say a couple of things. 13:05 One of the mistakes that we make sometimes, ladies, 13:07 I want to encourage you to make sure you say it with respect, 13:10 but then also express your frustration in season. 13:15 So you got to express it when it happens 13:18 and you don't let it mount. 13:19 You realize there is no such thing 13:21 as sweeping things under the carpet. 13:24 Are you doing is storing the conflict 13:28 and the more you store the conflict, whenever you have 13:31 that one little thing happens, there is an in it 13:34 inordinately great big reaction 13:36 because he's not reacting just to that one thing. 13:39 It's seven or eight things and brother 13:41 man is all confused, discombobulated, messed up. 13:45 He's just like, man, 13:46 all I did was leave the milk on the counter. 13:50 I sit up milk on the counter. 13:51 It is that deep. Yeah, because it's more than one thing. 13:55 All right. 13:56 And so one of the things I would encourage you to do is realize 13:59 that men get paralyzed when old wrongs are repeated 14:02 without acknowledgment of his efforts to change. 14:06 And so so there are times where when he finally gets it right. 14:10 Instead of celebrating that he got right, 14:13 your spirit is well about time. 14:17 And see, I need to understand that 14:19 whatever you celebrate, you recruit, okay? 14:25 Whatever you glorify, you multiply. 14:27 Oh, God, I'm preaching. 14:28 If you ain't gonna say, man, 14:29 I need you to know whenever you pour sugar. 14:31 That's the way that man is going. 14:33 So are you all hear what I'm saying today? 14:35 Now, the reason I'm 14:36 saying this is I don't think we understand 14:38 sometimes how much a man cares for his woman. 14:41 Last week we talked about how Eve was 14:43 created to make Adam happy. 14:44 But I need to know that Adam, she listened to say it again. 14:47 2 seconds serves. 14:47 I need to know that 14:48 in the beginning, when sin came into the world, 14:50 I need to realize that the enemy 14:52 got Eve to prioritize the fight above God. 14:56 But He got the man to prioritize Eve above God. 15:01 Oh God, y'all didn't catch it. 15:02 He loved that woman so much 15:05 that he said 15:07 I would rather be lost with her than to be alone with God. 15:11 That's how much He wants to make you happy. 15:13 That's how much He wants to please you. 15:15 That's how much he's willing to ride with you. 15:17 I need you to know that there is no man 15:21 that is absolutely happy while his wife is wilting inside 15:24 and unhappy with his performance. 15:26 But what I'm saying is I need you to know 15:28 that you get more by creating incentive than punishment. 15:33 You got to incentivize something. 15:41 See, the kids here sort of say too much. But. 15:44 But but like at the dog track, you put the right carrot in 15:48 front of him. 15:50 He'll chase it down and get it. 15:51 Come on his arm in the right. 15:58 Hey, man, somebody 16:02 number four real quick is his sense of identity 16:06 and insecurity can flow in or out of his work, right? 16:12 What we do matters for us. 16:14 So even when we sort of very beginning 16:15 got this main beginning, they talked about it 16:17 new offering, be fruitful and multiply. 16:19 But even at the intent intended to the world again, 16:22 you know, God told the woman, he says, listen, 16:24 you're going to have to man do the childbearing thing. 16:26 And he says, Adam, listen, you're going to go out. 16:28 You were always, always called to work, 16:30 but now when you go out to work, 16:31 it's going to be thorns and thistles 16:32 and you won't have to sweat to make bread. 16:34 I need you to realize 16:36 that when God gave that command, he encoded something into 16:38 the man's DNA where he was going to find value and fulfillment 16:43 and seek approval through how hard he works. 16:49 So adamant didn't get lifted by bringing Eve flowers. 16:53 He got excited when he went out 16:55 and gathered a harvest and made sure that Adam 16:58 that Eve and Cain and Abel were taken care of. 17:03 And see, there are times where you think, man, and I need. 17:05 You'll get it, man. We got to adjust on this. 17:07 But you think you're having to compete with his work 17:10 as if he is working for himself, no men, 17:12 Am I telling the truth? 17:13 The reason we work 17:14 the way we work is we're trying to work for them. 17:18 Are you hear what I'm saying? And see? 17:20 We see our reflections in different things. 17:21 So women see their reflections in their relationship. 17:23 Men see their reflection in their work. 17:26 And wherever you see your reflection, 17:28 that's where you're going to always see your worry. 17:33 So again, so that sometimes 17:34 men are not so much worried about what's going on in home, 17:37 we worried about how are we going to pay for 17:39 that home. 17:40 I are you want to say like, man, I mean, listen, listen, 17:44 brothers, if I tell the truth, that man, I mean this. 17:46 You go to work. 17:46 But I mean, there's times 17:47 where even though, man, you look like 17:49 ain't nothing going on in your head, 17:50 you're worried about five years from now, 17:52 you're worried about the kids college. 17:53 You worried about how the house is going to pay. 17:55 I'll get paid off. 17:56 You worried about whether or not 17:57 we're going to have enough money to make it when we retire? 17:59 We worried about these medical bills that's coming up. 18:01 It would be nice 18:02 if I could tell you that I got a Luther 18:03 Vandross song playing in my head all day long. 18:06 But because I see my reflection in my work, 18:09 I need you to know you're going to find 18:11 different things attractive. 18:13 So men and women go get turned on by different things. 18:15 Women go get turned on by flowers and candles. 18:18 Men go get turned on by a mortgage payment. 18:22 Car payment. 18:23 Come on and say, man. 18:27 And what I'm saying is we still got to adjust. 18:29 We got to do brothers better. 18:30 Come on and say, man, 18:32 but I need you to realize it's 18:33 not an attempt to put you second, 18:36 but I need you to know that he is working for you. 18:38 He's not working in spite of you, 18:41 if that makes sense to me. 18:42 You say man 18:43 number five real quick, and I'm not gonna stay here long. 18:45 We got our babies with us. I'm gonna say it right. 18:46 But he needs to stay connected to you. 19:01 I need you to move that out of the category of preference 19:07 and put it in 19:07 the category of need. 19:12 This is important. Or maybe it ain't. 19:15 Yes. Breathing food 19:23 connection. 19:24 Know, I, I all I can hold my breath for a little while. 19:32 I You can go a couple of days without food. Amy 19:44 So, so, so this is again, I cannot say you alone, 19:47 but he needs your participation to be enthusiastic. 19:54 Amen. 19:57 So, I mean, we appreciate it when you just like. 20:00 All right, you take it. 20:05 Yeah, but a little enthusiasm will help. 20:10 Come on. Is. Hey, man. All right, 20:12 just get it over. 20:14 Go. It needs to be consistent. 20:18 It needs to be creative or explorative. 20:21 Amen. 20:23 And that goes both ways. 20:24 And we want you to be a willing participant. 20:26 In fact, 20:28 there's some studies that kind of talk 20:29 about how often and what the frequency needs to be. 20:32 But man, when you look at kind of where 20:33 both men and women peak, ironically, is that man, 20:36 if he's somewhere between 25 and 55 20:39 and if he's a healthy 63 times a week, is the ideal, 20:50 is the long shot 20:52 looking like, oh, say to benediction. 20:56 But I need to realize that about every 48 hours 21:00 there's going to be a southern uprising. I 21:10 the Confederacy is going to rise again. 21:12 I want to you know, I 21:17 and that's why the word says here 21:19 in first Corinthians seven, the wife does not have authority 21:21 over her own body, but use it to her husband 21:24 in the same way the husband does not have 21:25 authority over his own body, but use it to his wife. 21:27 Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent 21:31 and for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. 21:37 I hear what I'm saying. 21:38 The only time you shouldn't 21:39 be connected is cause you're fasting. 21:44 That's in the word 21:49 silly book. 21:50 And see, there's this kind of weird thing. 21:52 Oh, I shouldn't say this. I should let the lady say it. 21:55 But since I'm here, we can it backwards 22:00 where I see too many wives 22:01 undressing when they leave the house. 22:04 Oh, and you got on flannel and 22:12 you dress like a nun at home. 22:14 I know it's backwards. 22:17 Come on. Amen. Brothers, 22:20 your coworkers should not see more of you 22:23 than your husband does. 22:27 Okay. 22:29 He processes information a little bit differently. 22:32 I is crazy because they literally talk 22:34 about how a woman's brain is almost like spaghetti 22:38 where everything is touching. 22:39 It always overlaps 22:41 with a man's kind of mind, is a little bit more segmented. 22:44 We have the current check 22:45 one box to a next 22:47 is even so happen sometimes we're in a conversation 22:49 where my wife and I can be talking. 22:50 I can sense that there 22:51 are so many different things touching in her mind, 22:53 so many different things she's talking about women. 22:55 We'll be talking about one thing. 22:56 She'll make a hard left and she'll be in 22:57 a whole nother conversation. 23:00 I mean, one minute we're talking about kids 23:02 and the next minute she's from vacation. 23:03 My baby, we didn't even finish that first, 23:06 that first part. 23:08 And so I need to know that he's not ignoring certain things. 23:13 He just hadn't finished that one box. 23:15 I hear what I'm saying. 23:17 All right. 23:18 On this thing real quick. 23:19 I'm almost done is he needs you real quick to protect his 23:23 resting time and space. 23:28 Hey, man, listen, if you when he gets home from a long day, 23:34 if you just give him 23:35 depending on the man, somewhere between 30 minutes 23:37 an hour, maybe 90 minutes to just let him be still, 23:41 let him decompress. 23:44 Don't don't make him walk in the door 23:46 and you got a list of 35 things. 23:49 Okay, that you need him to do, 23:53 because notice the woman in Proverbs 31 and Burstyn, 23:57 what was the brother doing all day? 23:57 He just to the next to the gates 24:00 hanging out with the elders. 24:02 But if you do that, the Bible 24:03 says her children will arise her and called her bless. 24:06 And guess what? 24:07 His her husband also he will praise her 24:09 somebody Saudi men today. 24:11 In other words, I need you to realize it's funny 24:12 because even when the book for for for women only 24:15 you realize ma'am that a husband's favorite thing 24:20 you know what the husband's favorite thing to think about is 24:22 nothing. 24:25 You know, the best part of my day is. 24:27 Is when I ain't got nothing to think about. 24:29 Nowhere to be, no obligations. 24:32 Like, literally, there's so many things out 24:33 the way when I can just finally sit down 24:35 in front of my flat screen and think about nothing 24:40 that sounds very carnal 24:41 and I'm spiritual, but like, I need some time 24:44 where ain't got nothing to think about. 24:46 I hear what I'm saying 24:47 and what I want to say real quick now is that 24:48 I'm done, is I need you to make home a retreat for your man. 24:53 Watch this. 24:55 He should have to pray for strength to get home. 24:59 He shouldn't have to pray for strength 25:00 to walk through the door 25:03 on his proud to be Lord. 25:07 Just give me the strength to make it home one more time. 25:12 Not Lord, give me strength. 25:19 I could be praying about that same man. 25:22 Be praying just to help me get through the door. 25:24 I don't hear what I'm saying today and what I'm saying. 25:27 Even my time is up. 25:28 I need us to understand that as husbands and wives, 25:32 we have some unique and specific needs. 25:34 Am I telling the truth today? 25:36 And see, what I'm going to do 25:38 is here at Oakwood and in our church community, 25:41 I want to pull us away from the battle of the sexes 25:45 where we're trying to compete with one another. 25:48 That's not what God has called us to. 25:50 I told you, I think at the end of the last week, 25:52 the only competition 25:53 we ought to have in the Church of God and Upward 25:55 Marriages is our competitions ought to be to out love, out 25:59 serve out care and show out kindness toward one another. 26:04 I can hear what I'm saying. 26:05 And what I'm saying is and even what we shared 26:07 last week in this week, 26:08 it is not exhaustive, it is not complete. 26:11 These are simply some broad principles. 26:12 And they don't apply necessarily to every single home. 26:16 But what I'm saying to us today, my friends, 26:17 is that 26:18 if we make certain things our priority, 26:21 if we're intentional ladies about respect, 26:23 if you're intentional about conduction, 26:24 if you're intentional about understanding how he processes, 26:27 if you're intentional 26:28 about understanding how to relate to his work, 26:31 I need you to understand 26:32 that you will have a man that doesn't love leaving home. 26:34 He'll love coming home. 26:37 And I need to know you'll put him in a position 26:41 where you will draw the best out of him. 26:43 He'll become the best version of himself. 26:45 And your words will build as a hammer, 26:47 and they will not be like a demolition ball that destroys 26:52 the Bible. 26:53 Says that a wise woman going to play something for me 26:56 bills her house with her own hands, 27:00 but the foolish woman tears her own house down brick by brick. 27:07 And sometimes it's hard. 27:10 It's difficult. 27:12 And I need you to know listen, let me be clear. 27:14 None of the stuff we saw last week 27:15 or this week, most of the time are many. 27:18 Much of the time you don't feel like doing this stuff. 27:20 I'm not telling the truth. 27:22 You not always be feeling it. 27:24 But that's why 27:25 if we're going to grow, 27:27 if we're going to reach the next level, 27:28 if we're going to become who God wants us to be, 27:30 we got to get to a place where we put principle 27:33 before the feeling, where we understand 27:38 that strong principle, 27:41 that great feeling flows out of firm principle. 27:43 But that order can never, ever be inverted. 27:46 You got to abide by the principle 27:48 no matter what fidelity, no matter what being committed, 27:53 no matter what, showing respect, no matter what, 27:56 listening, no matter what 27:57 you do not allow these things to have variation in it. 28:00 You got to stand firm in the Lord Jesus Christ. 28:03 How many of us believe the Word of God today? 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