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00:01 Welcome to For Guys Only.
00:02 A program that is designed to address 00:04 the specific needs of the urban man. 00:07 I'm Pastor William Lee, 00:08 I want to welcome you today 00:10 because we have a very interesting topic 00:11 to discuss today. 00:13 Today, my friends, we're going to talk about The Male Ego, 00:16 the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. 00:18 I encourage you to join us 00:20 as we go right into our broadcast. 00:38 Welcome, gentlemen, once again. 00:39 It is good to see each one of you all here today. 00:42 And as always, 00:43 we have a very interesting and exciting topic today, 00:46 we're talking about the male ego. 00:48 But as always, 00:50 before we get into our topic today, 00:51 I just want to pause right now 00:52 just to invite God's Spirit to be with us. 00:54 Let's just bow our heads for a word of prayer even now. 00:57 Father, God, we are so thankful that You love us 01:00 and that You constantly care for us 01:02 every step of the way. 01:04 I pray now for your spirit 01:05 just to bless us in our discussion this day 01:08 for we ask it in Jesus' name, amen. 01:10 Amen. 01:11 The male ego, 01:13 I want to jump right into the Scripture 01:15 because there was a person in the Bible 01:17 that had a serious issue with his own ego. 01:21 And the Bible says this, Isaiah 14:12, 01:25 speaking about Lucifer, the Bible says, 01:27 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, 01:30 son of the morning. 01:32 How art thou cut down to the ground, 01:34 which didst weaken the nations. 01:36 For thou has said in thine heart, 01:38 'I will ascend into heaven, 01:41 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 01:44 I will sit also up on the mount of the congregation, 01:47 in the sides of the north. 01:48 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, 01:52 I will be like the most High.'" 01:56 Five times in Scripture, 01:58 you know, we see Lucifer, this covering cherub, 02:02 who was made perfect, 02:03 the Bible says, 02:05 constantly saying, I, I, I, I, I, 02:08 it was all about himself. 02:10 He didn't even look at this whole problem of sin, 02:13 the middle letter in sin is the letter I. 02:16 Where it becomes all about us. 02:19 Today, I'll just kind of break it down 02:20 because as men, 02:22 let's just be honest today, 02:23 we kind of struggle with our ego sometimes, 02:26 whether it's good or bad, but a lot of times, 02:29 it is bad. 02:30 But let's kind of talk about the male ego, 02:32 first of all, kind of defining what it is. 02:36 It's always good to see Brandon Dent, and Dr. King, 02:40 and Muta here as well, to discuss this. 02:43 But break it down a little bit, what is the male ego? 02:47 You know, several years ago, 02:51 a psychologist attempted to define the male ego 02:55 and he sort of saw it in three parts. 02:58 The first part is the id. 03:00 That is the sort of like the little child in us. 03:03 That playful, irresponsible little child in us, 03:07 and he called that the id. 03:09 And by the way, some men never grow up, 03:12 and they remain right there. 03:14 They're playful, irresponsible, 03:16 not taking care of responsibility. 03:18 So that's the id part of us. 03:20 And then there's their ego, 03:23 the part of us that is responsible for 03:25 how we think, how we act, how we behave, 03:30 how we treat people. 03:31 So that is sort of the definition for the ego. 03:34 And then there's the super-ego. 03:37 That's like their traffic cop or conscience 03:41 that sort of mediates between right and wrong. 03:44 What I just did, was that right? 03:46 Was that wrong? 03:48 That's our super-ego. 03:49 And that really doesn't come into play 03:51 a whole lot as much as the ego does. 03:53 Now the male ego can be inflated or deflated. 04:00 Okay. 04:01 If I can play basketball like Brandon can 04:06 or if I can sing very well... 04:08 You're very kind. 04:10 Or if I can play the piano, kind of like Lucifer. 04:16 I imagine the dude was good. 04:18 I imagine he was very, very good 04:21 because to be able to make that claim 04:23 that I want to be like God, 04:25 he must have won the admiration of the entire universe, 04:30 just because he was so talented. 04:32 I could imagine him singing all four parts of a song 04:35 without effort, effortlessly. 04:39 But his ego became inflated, and that's a problem. 04:43 Now the ego can become deflated, 04:46 and that can also be a problem. 04:48 When you're told that you're a loser, 04:51 you will never amount to anything good, 04:55 you are hopeless, 04:56 you are not a good man and so on and so forth, 04:58 when you are constantly beaten down, 05:01 your ego can become deflated. 05:04 When that happens, you can become angry, 05:07 you can become aggressive, you can become depressed. 05:12 There's so many implications to that. 05:14 So an inflated ego can cause problems 05:17 and a deflated ego can cause problems. 05:20 So when that ego is bruised or damaged, problems. 05:23 Wow. 05:24 So there you have it, the male ego. 05:26 Okay. Or the ego. 05:27 Wow. It's like blood pressure. 05:29 Yeah, yeah. 05:30 Up and down. 05:31 We gotta find that middle ground. 05:33 Absolutely. Okay. 05:34 And that's good, the middle ground because, 05:35 you know, clearly, Lucifer had an inflated ego. 05:38 I mean, there's no doubt about it that, man, 05:40 he just thought that he was all that and some, 05:42 he was actually... 05:43 The Bible says kind of take the place of God. 05:45 But then it becomes this fine line 05:48 maybe or maybe it's not that... 05:50 Well, the New Testament says, the Bible says, 05:52 that we ought to love our neighbor as ourself. 05:57 So there seems to be, you know, this type of... 06:02 We can love ourself, we should love ourself, 06:05 we should be able to respect ourself. 06:07 So is there a line there, you know, that is very fine? 06:12 Or how do love ourselves 06:13 but not inflate our ego so much that we, 06:17 you know, think too highly of ourselves? 06:20 Well, I think that 06:23 you have to understand 06:25 why it's important to love yourself 06:27 because you are made in the image of God. 06:30 Creation shows forth the greatness of God, 06:33 and we are the crowning act of creation. 06:36 It is a devise of the devil 06:38 to make us not appreciate 06:41 who and what God has made us to be. 06:43 So it must always be placed in divine context. 06:48 When it turns into me being better than you 06:52 or, you know, like, what happened with Lucifer, 06:56 where I don't give God the glory, 07:00 but now I start to aspire for a place 07:04 that is not appropriate to be more than somebody else. 07:07 And you don't have to do it towards God, 07:10 you don't have to be comparing yourself with God 07:13 because God said, 07:14 "Inasmuch as you've done it unto the least of these 07:16 my brethren, you've done it unto Me." 07:17 So when I want to dethrone you or push you down 07:21 so that I can be elevated, 07:23 I'm creating a direct offence against God. 07:26 And it's so important to understand the difference 07:28 between appreciating 07:31 who we are because it glorifies God, 07:35 and trying to do it to glorify ourselves. 07:37 Okay. 07:39 And, you know, and just to show 07:40 how destructive an inflated ego can be, 07:43 if you look around, let's say, for instance, 07:46 at the Arab Spring in the Middle East, 07:49 and, you know, 07:50 you observe the behaviors of a couple of dictators. 07:54 Some of these guys are willing to kill thousands of people, 08:00 just because their word must be law. 08:04 And they will go to any extent 08:06 to reinforce what they're saying. 08:08 That's how destructive and inflated ego can be. 08:12 Okay. Okay. 08:13 So let's be clear, though. Can I love myself? 08:16 Can I love myself as a man? Yes? 08:19 We are prince and princesses. 08:22 As Brandon just said, 08:23 we are wonderfully and fearfully made. 08:27 We're attractive dudes. 08:31 At least I like to think so. 08:36 Good, good. 08:38 Now I want to bring that out 08:39 from the beginning of our conversation today 08:40 because I think it's so important for us 08:42 understand that yes, you know, 08:44 that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, 08:46 that we can love ourselves, 08:47 but then we have to be careful because the flipside of it is, 08:51 is what we saw with Lucifer, that it can be destructive. 08:55 And let's kind of talk about that a little bit. 08:56 We started with the good, 08:58 and now let's talk about the bad side of the male ego. 09:02 You know, men, we're competitive. 09:04 You know, we like to do our best 09:07 at almost any cost sometimes, and sometimes it can be bad. 09:11 So let's kind of talk about a little bit 09:13 about the bad side now of the male ego. 09:15 Well, also it can be very subtle. 09:18 Let me give you just a quick example, 09:19 if my wife says to me that the bathroom faucet is leaky 09:25 and I'm gonna call a plumber in to fix it, 09:28 right away I'm thinking, 09:30 "Well, it costs money. 09:33 Number two, 09:34 so you think I'm not good enough 09:37 to fix this faucet." 09:39 That is the message I am getting. 09:42 So the ego doesn't have to be bad. 09:44 It can be slightly bruised. 09:46 And because you're telling me 09:48 that you're going to call a plumber in, 09:50 I am going to prove to you that I'm going to fix it. 09:54 So I'm going to go to Lowe's or Home Depot 09:56 and I'm going to do my darndest to prove the point 09:58 that I can fix this faucet, 10:00 and when I'm done, 10:01 now I want to hear what you have to say. 10:03 What's the problem? 10:04 "How do you like me now?" 10:06 Guys, let me just stop right now, 10:08 let me crank this stuff fast. 10:10 I mean, as Dr King, when you were at my house, 10:13 I had a leaky faucet, 10:15 but I had a toilet 10:16 that just is not acting right, you know. 10:19 And, you know, I wasn't gonna call a plumber. 10:22 You know, I looked at it, I said, 10:23 "I can fix it. And I could do it." 10:27 So, you know, I went to Home Depot, 10:28 I went to Lowe's, I went to Menards. 10:31 And I got the parts, came home, took the toilet apart, 10:34 and, you know, I put it back together again, 10:36 flushed it, and lo and behold, all of the water came out. 10:39 Mercy. I mean, everything came out. 10:41 And I was like, 10:42 "Oh, my God, I'm grabbing towels 10:44 and just try and do something, I like to know what's going on. 10:47 Let me tell you guys, I'm getting a move on, 10:49 but I spent an entire day. 10:50 I'm not kidding you. 10:52 I spent the entire day with my wife 10:53 going back and forth for the bathroom 10:54 peeking in saying, 10:56 "What's going on now? How's it going?" 10:57 I'm gonna make this thing work. 10:59 Finally, after an entire day, I finally got it fixed. 11:03 And yeah, I was frustrated, but when I got it fixed, 11:05 let me say right here, it was my ego. 11:06 I went and got my wife and my children. 11:09 We marched upstairs and I said, 11:12 "I'm gonna show you." 11:13 You know, 11:15 "I was able to fix the toilet." 11:17 And that was, you know, high-five, you know, 11:19 "William, good job," you know? 11:20 I needed that affirmation, 11:23 you know, and as silly as it looks right now, 11:26 looking back on this, 11:27 you know, I think, Muta, that we need that affirmation. 11:30 Yes. 11:31 You know, as men that, you know, 11:34 there is something with our male ego 11:37 that really does play an important part 11:39 in who we are as men, as men. 11:43 Go ahead. No, go ahead. 11:45 I was just saying I think the affirmation does provide 11:47 a sense of drive inside of us to want to go and do more. 11:54 Unlike most folk, 11:55 I don't have that problem of wanting to fix everything, 11:59 I'll say, 12:00 "Go ahead and call the plumber. 12:01 I'll get the number and we'll call them together." 12:05 But I think it is the male ego, 12:10 the bad part is 12:12 when we use it 12:14 as the driving force to do something, 12:17 when you're trying to prove a point. 12:19 And I think it's real easy because once you do accomplish 12:24 the thing that you wanted to accomplish, 12:26 then I'm boosted up. 12:28 So what more can I do? 12:30 And I finish this, I'm good at this. 12:33 And while it's good for you to want to achieve things, 12:37 we have to also be careful 12:39 that our life does not become all about achievement 12:42 because that's what happened with Lucifer. 12:45 He wanted to achieve a certain spot. 12:48 He was really beautiful, 12:49 he already could sing, and now, 12:52 "What else? What more can I do? 12:53 You see, God right there, I think I can do that 12:56 because I can do all these other things." 12:59 And that's why we have to be very careful 13:01 and start watching ourselves when we start thinking now, 13:04 "I can do it. I can do it." 13:08 Getting on a shaky ground. 13:09 That's good. That's good. That's good. 13:11 Yeah, I was gonna say, 13:13 when we're talking about affirmation, 13:15 that's a big one for me. 13:17 And there are a lot of things that I do 13:21 that they're so subtle 13:24 that my wife would never know they happened. 13:28 And I will every now and then have the tendency to say, 13:32 "Honey, I did that." 13:34 Oh, yeah, yeah. Me too. 13:38 And I just want her to say, 13:39 "Oh, really? Oh, that's wonderful." 13:42 And then I'm good. 13:43 Right. Right. 13:45 You know, there's also some other serious issues 13:47 that can surface as a result of a bruised or a bad male ego. 13:53 More and more women 13:54 and quite rightly so are becoming more educated 13:58 and are making more money than the guy. 14:02 And some guys just can't stand that. 14:05 If your wife is a physician, 14:09 or, you know, she's a professor... 14:11 She's an engineer, or an accountant, 14:13 or a business person 14:15 and happens to be making more money more than you 14:17 and happens to be more educated than you are. 14:20 You need to celebrate that 14:23 rather than feeling threatened and challenged by the fact 14:26 that your ego is bruised. 14:29 That's powerful. That's powerful. 14:30 Absolutely, absolutely celebrate it. 14:32 You know, Brandon, 14:34 you're retired corporate executive, 14:37 you know, a number of years working in corporate America, 14:40 you know, how important from your perspective 14:42 from the business side of things 14:44 and now you own your own company now, 14:45 how important from the business side, 14:47 is it for the male to recognize his ego 14:51 and to be able to lead in a sense? 14:55 Well, it's kind of interesting you say that 14:57 because I was in the auto industry, 15:01 which is infamous for huge egos. 15:04 A lot of that has to do with the fact 15:08 that much to what you were saying, 15:10 Dr. King, that the salaries were much higher 15:14 in that industry. 15:15 Where else could you not even have a high school diploma, 15:21 get a job as a factory worker, and make $60,000, $70,000, 15:25 $80,000 a year? 15:27 I had people coming into my plants for jobs 15:30 who were master degreed in education, 15:35 but they were only going to fractionalize the income 15:37 if they worked in their discipline. 15:38 So they just rather go and get a job on the line. 15:42 So you've got... 15:44 The money thing built a lot of strong egos. 15:48 Don't let one of those guys become a supervisor. 15:51 Or then even if you graduated degree 15:53 and come in with as a management personnel 15:57 because they have the skill, the pay, 16:00 you got to keep the management making 16:01 more than the rank and profile. 16:04 So these guys are coming out of school 16:06 with engineering degrees, 16:07 getting $80,000 jobs right out the box, you know? 16:12 So what you would find often is that 16:16 the egos would get so strong 16:17 that they would just be utter disrespect. 16:21 And I always tried to... 16:23 I always felt that 16:24 and I use a lot of biblical principles 16:26 when I was leading out with my teams, 16:29 what I would always do is tell my team, 16:31 "I work for you. 16:34 What do you need 16:36 so that you can do your job the best that you can do it?" 16:40 I would intentionally try to be the opposite 16:43 of what was sold prevailing in the industry, 16:46 to be humble, 16:48 to rely and recognize 16:50 the individual expertise of the members of my teams. 16:55 In a lot of those elements of expertise, 16:57 I did not possess myself. 16:59 So it wasn't just, you know, 17:00 sometimes it's that interaction management piece 17:02 and you're not always telling the truth. 17:03 No, you've got to be truthful, you got to be sincere with it. 17:06 But I think when you're in a position of leadership, 17:08 not only in industry but in your social circle, 17:11 and particularly in your home, 17:14 you have to do that with humility. 17:18 You know, what you said in the last part with humility, 17:21 I think, is critical. 17:22 There are guys that are watching right now 17:25 and that, I mean, have been beat down, though. 17:28 I mean, some guys, you know, and I know guys, 17:32 whether their girlfriend, whether their wife, 17:35 you know, has damaged them, but they're injured. 17:42 Their ego has been bruised, 17:44 and now they don't want to have... 17:45 They won't do anything, you know, 17:47 'cause everything they have tried to do in the past 17:49 has never been successful with, 17:51 you know, somebody else's viewpoint. 17:53 What do we say, you know, to that guy, you know, 17:56 who's been damaged, who's been broken, his ego, 17:59 you know, has just been... 18:01 Now what do we do? 18:03 What can we say, Dr. King, to help us? 18:04 You know, I think it is critical 18:07 that we understand the importance of rescuing 18:11 or lifting up people 18:13 who are bruised or damaged egos. 18:16 School shootings, 18:17 shootings in a workplace quite often 18:20 or as a result of a damage 18:23 a very fragile person 18:26 who's been told by a teacher or by peers, 18:28 "You are nothing. You are no good." 18:31 So now that person is so angry and so distraught 18:34 that they will explore 18:36 every possibility of getting back 18:38 even with the offenders. 18:41 So such people need a lot of encouragement, 18:45 talking to, mentoring, buttressing, 18:49 and they need to be told, 18:50 "You are valuable." 18:51 You know, if you think about it for one minute, 18:54 there is only one you on this planet, 18:58 5 billion people, 19:00 and there's only one person like you. 19:02 And when you leave the face of this earth, 19:05 you are irreplaceable. 19:06 So celebrate what you have." 19:08 So our emphasis must be on lifting up those people 19:12 rather than putting them down. 19:13 Absolutely. 19:14 I'll tell you what, guys. 19:16 I am that person. 19:18 I was the one from the fifth grade 19:20 who was told 19:21 I was never going to be anything. 19:22 I was moved from an integrated school 19:25 to a predominantly white school. 19:27 And it was hell. 19:29 And it led to not only bruising, 19:34 not damaging, 19:35 I mean, it killed me. It killed me. 19:38 I ended up dropping out of high school 19:40 in the ninth grade. 19:42 And it's still a daily struggle. 19:48 Even though I have graduated college, 19:51 even though I do have a beautiful family, 19:53 even though I do have kids that look up to me, 19:55 and I have young people who are mentoring, 19:58 every day I'm challenged 20:02 with having to look myself in the mirror 20:04 and have to give myself self-affirmation. 20:07 Should a man love himself? 20:09 Yes. 20:10 Because there's nothing that anyone else can do 20:15 to make that person love themselves, 20:16 but point out like the doctor just said, 20:20 point out the fact that we are special, 20:24 look at some of the things that you can do. 20:28 You know what one thing my mommy says, 20:31 "You talk a lot." 20:33 And I thought that was a bad thing. 20:35 And it can be a bad thing. 20:37 But I've realized it's given me the ability not to be shy 20:40 when I'm dealing with somebody else 20:42 who's going through the same issue 20:43 that I've gone through 20:44 and give them encouragement. 20:46 So it's tough, having a bruise, 20:49 broken, killed ego is really tough, 20:51 and it's destroyed a lot of the things 20:54 that I could have done in life. 20:56 But I've learned that what I do have, 21:00 God has given me for specific reasons. 21:03 And so that's what I hang on to when all else fails. 21:06 Yeah. You're 1 in 5 billion. 21:07 "I'm Muta, it's just me." 21:09 No one else has my story. 21:11 They can have something similar, 21:12 but no one has my story. 21:14 And that's what I hang on to. 21:17 That's powerful. That's very powerful. 21:18 You know, the Bible says that 21:20 "Life and death are the power of the tongue." 21:23 And as we have been saying, rightly so, 21:25 that we need to build, 21:27 you know, build, especially the man, 21:28 build him up, 21:30 you know, even with my young son, 21:31 you know, building him up and saying, 21:32 "Hey, you know, you're smart." 21:34 You know, just recently, you know, 21:36 whilst I was taking him to school 21:37 and I just wanted to encourage him that day, so, 21:38 "You know what, you did well on that project, you know. 21:41 You know, you are a smart young man." 21:44 And I looked back at him, he's five years old, 21:46 he just smiled from ear to ear, 21:48 you know, to hear his father say that he is smart. 21:53 And I think a lot of times we don't hear that, 21:56 you know, young men don't hear it, 21:57 older men have not heard it, 21:59 you know, sometimes it is, you know, it has a void, 22:02 we have a void in that because we've not always heard it. 22:05 But let's talk a little bit more about the ego as well. 22:10 The Bible, our guide book, makes a statement in Ephesians, 22:16 where the Bible says, the Apostle Paul says, 22:19 that the man is, you know, to be so to speak, 22:23 you know, over the woman, 22:24 it doesn't say that, it doesn't say. 22:27 I know exactly... 22:28 But it says in Ephesians 5 22:30 that men are to lead their families to be, 22:34 so to speak, the priest of the home, 22:37 the wives are supposed to submit, 22:41 the Bible uses the word submit to their husbands, 22:43 you know, I don't want to, 22:44 you know, open up a can of worms, so to speak. 22:47 But what do you all think about that, 22:49 especially as relates to the male ego? 22:51 What is the word of God saying that, in a sense? 22:53 You know, you're right, 22:55 Colossians 3:8 and Ephesians 5:22, you know, 22:58 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your husband." 23:02 And especially within the church setting, 23:06 some men use that as leverage against their wives, 23:11 and actually beat them into submission 23:15 because the Bible says 23:17 that you need to submit yourself to me, 23:19 and this is what you're supposed to do. 23:22 And we're okay with that. 23:23 And in some cases, 23:25 the church kind of foster that type of notion. 23:29 Look at our structure, our leadership structure, 23:33 we have more male ministers than female ministers, 23:38 more male officers in positions of power 23:42 when compared with females, 23:44 and so we can use the Bible to beat a women 23:48 over the head and beat them into submission, 23:51 forgetting that 23:53 the Bible's simply using an illustration, 23:55 submit yourself to your husband, 23:58 as Christ submitted himself onto the church. 24:02 He was to serve... 24:03 Well, He came and died for us. 24:04 He endured abuse, 24:06 that's how Christ submitted Himself to the church. 24:09 So I think we can learn a lesson from that. 24:11 And us men, we need to realize that 24:14 without the women we're a whole lot of trouble. 24:17 We can hang, we just can't make it. 24:19 All right. 24:21 You know, when I was in college, 24:24 there was a social science course, 24:27 urban redevelopment it was called. 24:30 And you would look at different elements 24:32 of the urban society 24:36 and talk about what it took to redevelop them. 24:39 When it came to relationships between men and women, 24:44 they drew the distinction between being an authority 24:49 and being a power. 24:52 A power is one who takes what is not given to them. 24:59 And an authority is only 25:01 what you are in the mind of someone else, 25:04 you can't make it happen. 25:05 Either they respect you or they don't. 25:08 And I think that that's how men should carry themselves 25:12 in the relationship. 25:14 The Bible tells the woman to submit, 25:17 not the man to make her submit. 25:21 She can do it, may do it, may choose not to do it, 25:25 but the man should continue 25:27 to stand on the basis of principle, 25:30 on divine principle 25:31 because when Christ is lifted up, 25:34 right, 25:35 it draws all men unto Him. 25:37 His Word does not return void, you will have impact, 25:41 maybe not the impact that you want to have. 25:43 But if you do it God's way 25:45 and work to be a spiritual authority 25:47 and not a power, you will have success. 25:50 That's wonderful. That's good, that's good. 25:52 You know, I'm feeling... 25:55 The man, that's watching this right now. 25:57 And I'm always trying to be sensitive 25:59 to what the man is thinking right now. 26:02 And I can sense that there's probably someone 26:04 who has a very damaged ego. 26:07 And while we want to get the right balance, 26:10 you know, between, you know, 26:11 healthy ego and unhealthy ego 26:14 to get that right balance, give us some advice, 26:17 we need to be able to speak to that man who's damaged, 26:21 that man who has been challenged right now, 26:24 can each of us, you know, 26:26 just, you know, men have that... 26:27 We have that kind of just, you know, 26:29 or someone who's kind of... 26:30 Wrap it up for us to help that may understand it, 26:33 you said that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, 26:35 but don't think too highly of themselves. 26:38 Help us on that some more. 26:39 You know, my advice will be well, actually, 26:42 it is to say that respect is earned, 26:46 you can't demand it. 26:48 And if I or you have a damaged ego, 26:52 we need to look at ourselves in the mirror, 26:55 we need to understand 26:56 that I can't demand something from you. 26:59 First of all, 27:00 I've got to live it out in my life. 27:02 So I've got to pick myself up, I've got to encourage myself, 27:06 I've got to behave in a respectful manner. 27:09 And even if I am not shown respect, 27:12 that's okay. 27:13 I can't make you do what I want you to do. 27:16 I am responsible for me, 27:18 and I've got to step up and be responsible. 27:20 Wow, that's good. That's good. That's good. 27:23 You know, I'm gonna read this text 27:24 from Genesis 1:26, 27:30 toward the end of Genesis 1, 27:32 where God makes the statement very specifically 27:35 that we were made in the image of God. 27:40 The Bible says very simply, Bible says that, 27:44 "And God said, 'Behold, 27:45 I've given you every herb bearing fruit to eat, 27:47 and every fowl of the air"' 27:49 and all these things, 27:51 "and God saw that everything was very good," 27:54 including that we were good, Genesis: 1:27, 27:58 because we were made in God's image, 28:00 male and female. 28:02 Absolutely. 28:03 And I believe, my friends, 28:05 that we recognize that we are in God's image 28:06 that so many things could change in our lives 28:09 once we submit ourselves back to God once again. 28:13 Time has flown, guys. 28:14 But we praise God for this discussion. 28:16 May God continue to bless us. 28:18 Until next time, 28:19 For Guys Only, let's keep the faith. 28:21 Wonderful. |
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