You Are From God: Recent Episodes
West Mason Church of Christ
Welcome to You Are From God, a podcast where we open the Bible and learn to see the image of God in ourselves and the people around us. We discuss issues surrounding self-worth, relationships, and transformative faith in Jesus Christ.
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We have spoken much about living out our hope in Jesus Christ without shame. The motivation for this comes from knowing that God is not ashamed of us, but wants to lift us up and fulfill all His amazing promises to us in Christ.
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Following Jesus comes with sharing in his suffering. But we are reminded that we shouldn't feel shame about these ordeals; rather, they provide an opportunity to show our allegiance to the Lord while leaning on Him for strength.
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God says in His word that faith is a building process. As we did in our recent Vacation Bible School, we consider a few Old Testament characters who demonstrate the qualities that amplify our faith in God and His promises.
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Believing in God and living a life according to the pattern of Bible truth may bring disapproval from the world around you. But the Lord tells His children that they have no need to be ashamed of following Him.
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One man in ancient Israel thought his sin didn't make a big difference in the conquest of Canaan. Yet his error, and downfall from there, impress powerful lessons on us as readers regarding how we think about sin and what it means to break faith with the Lord.
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As the Lord concludes the proclamation of His name to Moses in Exodus 34, He reveals His heart to forgive as well as His unwavering sense of justice. Rather than contradicting each other, these final two traits open our eyes to our greatest need and God's greatest solution.
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The kindness and faithfulness of God overflows to humankind. He is consistent in these qualities, which makes Him the source of the greatest and most reliable hope we could ever imagine.
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God is slow to anger. What does that mean, and how can we as His image-bearing people manage our human emotions in the same way?
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If you want to know what God is like, you must learn the meaning of both mercy and grace. These two qualities bring God's love to practical bearings on both human history and our individual lives. As those who bear His image, we must learn to practice and grow in these characteristics as well.
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Moses asks God to see His glory. The Lord tells Moses that He'll make His goodness pass before him. Both the glory and the goodness of Yahweh are revealed as He proclaims His name, the LORD, to his servant on Mount Sinai. What do we learn about our Creator from this encounter?
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Jesus calls us to put others before ourselves. This is a never-ending effort, and we must constantly self-reflect to keep our egos and prejudices in check. Today we dig into a passage of Scripture that prompts three questions to help us slow down and rein in selfish motives and attitudes.
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Labels have a way of sticking. Whether it's by choices we've made or circumstances we've encountered, people use shortcuts to categorize and identify each other. Rather than being defined by these labels, the transformation found in Jesus Christ offers a reinterpretation of these labels, which is made possible by a new identity defined by His lordship in our lives.
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Each person needs their own relationship with his or her Maker. In the course of life, there are times when we may need to take a step back from what we have learned to assume about God and build our faith from the ground up.
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We value authenticity when we see it. But it's all too easy to live parts of our lives in performative or hypocritical ways that undermine genuine experiences. Is this true of your faith? Almighty God sees past the outward behaviors into the heart and motives of each person, and He's looking for sincerity.
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The Bible paints a grave image of humanity without God: left to our own choices, will, and efforts, we reject God and become hopelessly lost. And yet two words make all the difference and completely transform our spiritual reality when we accept them as truth and obey the call that comes with them.
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The gospel of Jesus brings together people from every walk of life. And while the family of God is united in truth and love, God's children are not all the same. How should Christians handle differing opinions between one another?
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Our internal sense of right and wrong can keep us out of trouble--or, if it has been twisted to contrast God's revealed truth, it can lead us straight into it. Knowing our own conscience and training it by the word of God will enable us to serve God faithfully in every aspect of life.
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We've talked on this program before that joy is abiding happiness that isn't dependent on circumstances. But the world and the Bible have very different recipes for achieving joy. Through His word, God reveals that complete joy comes from genuine connection with Him and others made in His image.
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Life demands choices of us. For disciples of Christ, we want to make the choices that keep us set apart to the Lord in lives of holiness. This means turning from the world and setting our sights on Jesus and his kingdom. Both of these efforts point us in the same direction; but if we neglect one, the other effort will suffer.
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God says life is like a mist: we appear for a little while, and then we vanish. Life is temporary; but is that a bad thing? It is in life's brevity where we come to terms with what really matters.
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We carry so much through life: expectations, burdens, hopes, dreams, responsibilities, and more. But we make the mistake by thinking God needs us to carry Him. Rather, it is the Lord Himself who promises throughout His word to carry us--if we let Him.
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You've reined in your thoughts. You've given those thoughts to formulating a plan for success. Now it's time to put those ideas into action. Whether we are fleeing what is evil or pursuing what is good, self-control displays itself as fruit of the Spirit in a person's life through the actions we take--or choose not to take.
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Continuing our three-part series on self-control, we consider the forethought and intentional planning that characterizes a person of self-control. Committing to a course of action before the need to make a decision can turn the tides of spiritual battles.
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It’s a fruit of the Spirit, a Christian grace, and a constant struggle for many people. How can we grow in disciplining ourselves? In this series on self-control, we begin with reigning in our thoughts.
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Your mind is the most valuable space that you can lease. What thoughts, ideas, desires, and feelings do you let live in your head? While the world around us offers an onslaught of distractions and concerns, our hearts yearn for truth, peace, and meaning that doesn't fade.
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We learn to serve. It is only natural to look out for our own self interest, but to also look out for the interests of others? To put their needs and concerns before our own? Well, that is something Divine.
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Like an extension cord, your life requires a source and an outlet. People choose where to draw their energy and life every day, and we also choose what to pour our lives into. But if those choices are based purely on self-service and temporary pleasures, we are no better than an extension cord plugged into itself.
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Speaker: Tyler Hall and Ryan Joy
Life weighs us down, even as we live for the Lord. How do we address and overcome this weariness? Special guest Ryan Joy shares insights from the inspired Scriptures that encourage Christians to not grow weary while doing good.
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The Bible describes the community of Jesus-followers with several different images. Our final entry in this series brings home the importance of seeing God as our Father: the closeness, the compassion, the care, and the connection we can have with our Maker and Redeemer... even after we've run away from home.
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The Bible describes the community of Jesus-followers with several different images. Just as Jesus was a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious to His Father, Christians are brought together as living stones to be built up into a holy dwelling place for God's Spirit.
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The Bible describes the community of Jesus-followers with several different images. God often refers to His people as the sheep of His pasture. Living as His sheep demands we see our Maker and Provider with eyes of unyielding trust. We all have wandered, as sheep tend to do; but submitting to the voice of the Good Shepherd keeps us in His care.
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The Bible describes the community of Jesus followers with several different images. As King, Jesus calls his followers to live as citizens of the kingdom of God. This world is not our home, and that shapes an eternal outlook on life and those we share it with.
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The Bible describes the community of Jesus followers with several different images. By seeing ourselves and those in the Lord's church as members of the same body, we learn how much God cares for each one of us and the individual value we bring to the collective whole.
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There's a lot going on right now for the hosts of You Are From God, so we are taking a brief hiatus as we finish out the summer. Look for our next new episode on September 4, 2023.
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How do you fight loneliness? In an era of hyper-connectivity, we continue to wrestle with feelings of isolation and separation. Our all-knowing Creator knows that it is not good for us to be alone, and He intentionally designs us to find encouragement in community built upon His love and truth.
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Every person will wrestles with anxiety, depression, and vexation of the soul through their journey of life. And while some may struggle in more acute or noticeable ways than others, we all must learn to pour our souls out to the One who knows exactly what we're feeling and thinking. When your soul is downcast within you, God promises to be the Lifter of your head.
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We usually make exchanges to gain something. But in Romans 1, the Holy Spirit reveals three exchanges that humans make which spiritually bankrupt us. Amazingly, God extends the opportunity to make another exchange: dying to self to live for Him.
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This is the story of two men separated by society, status, roles, economics, hurt, and betrayal. What could bring them back into a harmonious, healthy relationship? One short letter in the Bible reveals the powerful truth: faith in the Lord really does move all these mountains--and more.
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We learn from a young age to see ourselves as part of bigger things that can unite us to others: nationality, race, traditions, culture, politics, and more. But experience and history teach us, with swiftness and regularity, that these points of identification can just as easily steer us into drawing lines of separation and building walls of otherness. The good news? In Jesus Christ, these dividing walls of hostility crumble in the wake of a new identity as citizens of the Lord's kingdom and God's family.
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How often do you assume you know what's going on in someone else's head? For disciples of Christ and ambassadors of his gospel, it's imperative that we take the time to engage in healthy communication to know others' hearts and share our own--while leaving the heart matters to the Lord, who weighs each person's motives.
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In a world saturated with information and with effortless access to so much of it, we often make selective decisions about what's worth our time to stop and consume. It's not uncommon to come by an article, email, or other message and respond: "too long, didn't read." So how does this attitude impact how we interact with the holy Scriptures?
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Speaker: Tyler Hall and Jeremy Dehut
For our 100th episode, we are joined by Jeremy Dehut for a special conversation about the different roles we all have in life. Using Moses as a starting point, we discuss how each identity a person has finds its fulfillment and harmony when we are connected first and foremost to our Creator.
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It is a truly radical idea to love someone that is your enemy. How can we possibly fulfill that divine command? We must start with an understanding that we have all been enemies of God, yet He chose to redeem us. Then we can start to see His image even in those individuals and groups who are most contrary to us.
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Jesus and his gospel brings people from opposite extremes of life--and everywhere in between--into a common fellowship with God and each other. To have all things in common doesn't mean we don't disagree or have unique views; rather, how we manage our opinions in the body of Christ allows us, and the world, to catch a glimpse of God's image.
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When the Bible addresses master and servant relationships, it speaks to those connections where there is someone in authority over another. One leads, another follows. As we consider applications to the workplace, instructional environments, and team-based activities, our takeaways become clear: the child of God will look for His image in others and display that image to others--whether they are the leader or the follower.
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God gives parents the blessing of children, to raise them up in knowing their heavenly Father. And children get their first impression of God's role and nature through interacting with their parents. God designed the home, so it's no wonder that His image ought to be seen in parents as well as children. Even through the challenges that accompany growing up and raising a family, we can thrive in our homes by seeking and focusing on the image of God in these relationships.
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God created humanity to bear His image, and He created marriage to display the beauty and power of the relationship between Christ and the church. Yet it can sometimes come as a challenge to see God's image in your spouse. The word of God tells us that when we demonstrate Christ to our spouse in our marriage role, we are serving the Lord and appealing to the God-focused purpose of each other and the marriage covenant.
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There is a theory out there called six degrees of separation: you can find a connection to anyone, even the most famous, through only six relationships. But when it comes to the Most Famous One, we all have the avenue to be directly connected to Him. And that means in every relationship--be it with a stranger, or with your closest friend--God is always involved in that relationship. The question becomes: do we see His image in that other person and act accordingly?
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For many, we pursue happiness as the purpose of life. We chase this feeling in so many places, yet never find that feeling to last. Happiness is just that: a feeling that changes depending upon our circumstances. The deep, abiding joy promised by the Lord comes from choosing to put our lives in His hands.
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Sadness may not rank as your favorite emotion to experience, but the Bible records so many instances of godly people carrying their sorrows and heartaches to God Almighty. Instead of ignoring or burying these feelings, your Lord is calling you to be open and honest about the things that bring tears to your eyes. Whether it's psalms and lamentations giving expression to deep pain, or pouring out one's anguished soul in ardent prayer, sorrow draws us into the loving embrace of the Savior who knows what it feels like to weep.
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"Do you do well to be angry?" The Almighty God asks this question of His prophet Jonah, and it's a question we need to ask ourselves when anger fills our hearts. The difference between the anger of man and the righteous anger seen in Jesus is twofold: where it comes from, and what we do with it.
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We continue to explore God-given emotions with a study of disgust. After we appreciate the practical role of this emotion when it comes to staying physically healthy and safe, we must make application to the spiritual self. Does sin disgust you? We must learn to test everything, so we can abhor what is evil and cling to what is good.
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Every emotion we experience has a God-given role and purpose in our lives. But like many things, our feelings can be twisted to hamper our spiritual nature or blind us to the truth. We start this series on examining our emotions with a look at fear: while there is a healthy fear that produces reverence and even self-preservation, God has given those who love Him a spirit based on power, love, and self-control that puts fear in its proper place.
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David experiences the goodness of God when he's delivered from the hands of the Philistines in 1 Samuel 21. This encounter inspires the man after God's heart to pen Psalm 34 and recount God's saving power and purposes. Perhaps you need reminding today: no matter how bleak or uncertain your surroundings or situations, you have been offered salvation through Jesus Christ. And if you have obeyed this gospel, you always have reason to rejoice in God's salvation!
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It's one thing to know about God's goodness. But actually experiencing it? That's a whole new level to living, and it's the experience we are called to each day. Have you been pursuing goodness apart from the Source of all good? It's time to taste and see for yourself that God is good.
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Concluding our series on God's grace, we summarize the lessons we've learned from Moses by examining the role of our hearts in our respective relationships with God. We can have confidence before God when we have filled our hearts with His wisdom and a desire for His ways.
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Speaker: Tyler Hall
We revisit the story of Moses, this time at the end of his life. For 120 years of age, the Bible records his zeal and aptitude for the work God had for him. And his most famous feats didn't really start until he was already 80 years old! It's an important lesson to learn from Moses here: where we might see a life that is limited by time, mistakes, or other factors, God sees opportunities to make His glory known and grow our spirits in His grace.
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One of the ways we make sense of the world around us is by making comparisons. How are things alike, and how are they different? But when you line yourself up with others and start making evaluations based on these similarities and contrasts, we quickly succumb to depression or become inflated with pride. We return to Moses, and the comparisons others were making between themselves and him, to see the futility in gauging our personal worth or spiritual success by each other as a standard.
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We all need help when life gets heavy. When Moses becomes overburdened by the daunting tasks that come with leading Israel in the wilderness, God meets his needs by opening his eyes to the people around him who can support him and share the burden. Let's learn this lesson from Moses today: you are not alone!
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Have you ever experienced a case of burnout? We describe it as hitting a wall, or coming to the end of our rope. These are moments when we are stretched so thin or become so overwhelmed that we throw our hands in the air and say, "I can't do it anymore!" As the leader of the ancient Israelites, Moses had several of these moments that we can read about in the Scriptures. In his examples, we learn that when we say "I am not able," God replies with this unchanging truth: "I am able."
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Is your mind weighed down by self-doubts and feelings of inadequacy? Moses expresses some of that when he talks with God in Exodus 3 and 4. And when we watch how God responds to his concerns and excuses, we discover the Lord's invitation to live and grow in His grace. When we ask, "Who am I?" The God of heaven responds, "I AM. I will be with you."
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Everyone subscribes to a worldview: it's how each of us makes sense of everything that happens to us and around us. In the letter to the Colossian Christians, God through Paul warns His people of empty wisdom of the world and instead calls them to greater maturity in Christ. This, as it turns out, comes from setting our mind on things above.
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God's ways are higher than our ways; His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. If this wasn't so, He wouldn't really be God. And yet the Lord reveals so much to us about life, so that we can know Him and follow in His ways. Even if we don't like the answers to our questions, we have what we need to live a godly and purposeful life.
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People want proof. Even in the realm of faith and spirituality, evidence and rationale help bolster genuine and enduring faith. But what if the signs and answers we are looking for aren't quite what we would expect? God offers powerful evidence of His nature and work, but it's up to us if we're going to take it for what it is or reject the signs that point to Him.
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The Bible is certainly a well-known book. But if God wrote this book, why is there so much confusion and disagreement about it? Today we consider why some may question whether the Bible is a trustworthy source of information and guidance, and how we are meant to use it to grow in our relationship with God.
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Morality offers some of the strongest evidence for God's existence. While questions are often raised about the realities of suffering and evil, these conditions come from humans rejecting the good--that is, God Himself. He is the Author of ethics, and we must come to see our life and its circumstances in light of His holy standards.
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Children of God fill a unique space in the world we live in: that is, disciples of Jesus are said to be in the world, but not of the world. So how are we expected to interact and engage with those around us that are still "of the world"? We find in Jesus himself the perfect example of reaching the lost as he connects with a Samaritan woman drawing water from a well.
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Living by faith is a choice, and with any choice there comes critical analysis, doubts, and questions. God isn't afraid of your skepticism and wonders, but you do have a responsibility to go directly to the source when seeking answers. Like many of Jesus's own disciples, we must "come and see" for ourselves, giving the Bible an honest assessment and diligent effort to learn what the Lord says about our concerns.
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Speaker: Tyler Hall and Antoine Hollowa
On a special guest episode, gospel preacher Antoine Holloway joins us to discuss Ephesians 4 and what the Bible teaches about unity.
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Speaker: Tyler Hall
God displays unmerited favor to His creation. His grace is what makes salvation through Jesus a reality in the first place. Let's seek to better understand the role of grace in our spiritual lives and how we can respond to God's loving favor with faithful trust and devotion.
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The Christian walks by faith, not by sight. Does that mean ours is a blind faith? Or that we cannot (or should not) think logically about the way we choose to live and serve and worship? Take a look with us at Second Corinthians 5:7 and discover the awesome truth behind this simple statement of fact.
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The Bible begins at the start of all things, when "God created." This establishes an entire way of viewing our existence and the universe around us: we are the handiwork of a master Creator. While we as individuals may wrestle with the moral implications of this history or try to make it fit with humanistic theories, God's word on this matter has stood the test of time and testing to offer the best glimpse at the origin of all things.
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The Bible says, "Judge not," doesn't it? Even people of the world who rarely read the Bible often quote Matthew 7:1 in self-defense or self-excuse in matters of sin or wrongdoing. Is that the intended outcome of what Jesus is teaching? Let's look closer and find out together.
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How do we handle the worries of life? As the popular Bible verses for this episode teach us, people are designed to process anxiety by putting our trust in the Lord.
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Some of the most beautiful words in the Bible get recited at weddings. But is that what the "love chapter" of 1 Corinthians is all about? While the teachings and truths of love certainly apply to marriage, the context reveals a much wider application in how God's people walk in love.
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God works in every part of life to bring about His purpose and truly good outcomes. When we love God and delight ourselves in Him, we will look past momentary desires and comforts and see how His working yields eternal results in us.
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As we look to the future, it brings comfort to know that the ever-present God has a plan and purpose in mind. But how much of my faith is vested in God meeting my agenda and desires, or allowing Him to use the future--whatever it may hold--to draw me closer to Him and strengthen my spirit in holy service to Him? Today we look at a popular Bible verse about God's plans for His people and what it really means.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor
Have you ever been told that you can do anything you set your mind to? It is a motivating principle; yet how often do we stop to consider if what we are setting our mind to is actually a good thing? Let's consider a popular verse from the Bible book of Philippians to see how the strength of Christ isn't about accomplishing my agenda, but finding contentment in the Lord's will.
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We begin a series looking at popular Bible passages and digging into what they really mean about God, others, and our lives. Perhaps the most well-known verse in the Bible, John 3:16 describes the gospel of Jesus Christ in one sentence. But do we comprehend the power and call to action in this thesis statement of salvation?
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In the story of your life, are there chapters that you would rather skip over or remove from the book entirely? For better or worse, we write the story of our lives every day with every choice we make. The good news is this: in Jesus Christ, even those dark, messy, and shameful chapters can serve a higher, God-glorifying purpose! We take a page from the book of Paul's story to see how he embraced God's view of his story rather than letting his past or others write what came next.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
A child of God desires to follow the Son of God; our journey as a Christian aims for Christ-like behavior and attitude in every season of life. Consider with us a few of the qualities Jesus displays, and that we desire to emulate, as he calls a tax collector to be his disciple.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Each of us has a God-given mission that directs every facet of life: whether as an individual, as a family, in business or as a local body of believers, we are called to live for Jesus Christ. But what happens when we start tweaking the mission to suit our own opinions, preferences, and well-intentioned ideas? Today we talk about sticking with the mission God has assigned.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
You have been given an immense gift by your Creator: the ability to choose. And while our free will allows us to pursue good, right, and true things, it also leads to human error, disaster, and suffering. Each day we live provides abundant opportunites to align our will with the Father's perfect will for us; do we seek and embrace His purposes for us, or do we fight against them?
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
How do we respond to issues of sin around us? Shem and Japheth carried a garment backwards to cover their father's shame. In this simple act we see a prime Biblical principle in action: love covers a multitude of sins. Let's be cloak-carriers like these two men and act in truth and love at every opportunity we have.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
We're often invited, perhaps sometimes forced, to pick a side in a dispute. When battle lines are drawn, we might hope at the end of the day that God is on our side. But in fact, we're looking at those situations all wrong: instead, we must seek to be on God's side as we face every division and decision that life presents.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
When we contemplate the ideas of beauty and value, many will be quick to describe these concepts as subjective: what one person sees as beautiful or valuable, another person may see as plain or worthless. But what if beauty is in the eye of the Beholder of all? What if value, especially the value of your life and the lives of those around you, is objective? On this episode, we discuss learning to see beauty and value from God's viewpoint.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Part of life's journey is exchanging guidance along the way with fellow travelers. In both commands and examples, the word of God stresses the benefits of seeking the counsel of those more experienced--as well as investing time and energy into instructing those younger than us. Today, we discuss how God's people do mentoring.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Go back to an early episode one last time with us as we ask the question, "who is my neighbor?"
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Let's go back to another early episode of this podcast and reexamine what it means to love your neighbor as yourself.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
We revisit an early episode that explores the intrinsic value each person has from their God-given soul.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
We revisit our pilot episode about being made in the image of God, with a new ending examining the process of becoming more like Jesus each day. Plus, a special announcement at the beginning!
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
"I am the vine; you are the branches." Jesus teaches us that living for God requires intentional living each day, with strength and direction flowing from Him as the source. As we seek to dwell and abide in the Lord, we go from meditating on His ways to walking in them and growing in them each day.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Who's in your "inner circle?" Even Jesus had a smaller group of closer followers among the large crowds following him. The people we are closest with will shape and influence us, as we will them. No wonder, then, that God has a good deal to say about the company you choose to keep.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Busyness. Distraction. Overextension. Do you feel stretched thin by the demands of life? It's easy to become anxious about many things; but one thing is necessary. This is the lesson Jesus teaches Martha in Luke chapter 10, and it's a lesson we need to hear today.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
If your life is a wall, each decision you make is like another brick being laid. How you choose to build is ultimately up to you; but what kind of life are you building? And will the challenges of life prove your foundation solid, or wanting?
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Hunters often exert brute force to overwhelm their prey. But some hunters use more subtle, deceptive methods to subdue their targets; this is how Satan, the one who hunts our souls, hatches his schemes. And if we prove ignorant of his devices, our souls could easily bleed out.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
When conflicts result in a stalemate, how can children of God achieve resolution and reconciliation? Somebody has to move first, but making that move is less about who wronged who and more about seeking God's glory in the struggle.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Everyone talks to themselves. And no matter what has shaped it, that voice inside our head can have a major impact in my view of myself, the people around me, and even God. The Scriptures record several instances of internal dialogue to help us better understand a godly way of managing our self-talk.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Be they physical or emotional, we all carry scars. What's the story behind yours? The beauty of God in healing our brokenness is displayed when we understand His grace in our scar stories.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
You can't always be happy; but you can always be joyful. While we spend so much of our lives chasing the temporary, circumstantial feeling of happiness, God invites each of us to choose the attitude of joy found in knowing Him.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Having a healthy sense of self comes with knowing what should (and shouldn't) define us. When our identity is wrapped up in wordly pursuits, ideals, and mistakes, our stability becomes as shaky as the ground we've built on. The Lord invites you to find your identity in Him.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Do you keep yourself down all day and up at night by dwelling on the "what ifs" of your life? Whether it's preoccupation with the past or the uncertainty of the future, our regrets and fears can get the better of us. God invites you to stabilize yourself on the "what is" as you live your life today as His child.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
After a few weeks of discussing the expectations we carry and encounter among one another in everyday life, today we dig deeper into the expectations that matter: what does God expect of you? While the answer may be simple enough, putting it into practice requires everything we have and all that we are.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
You have expectations of others, and others have expectations of you. It's human, but it can be messy, stressful, or even damaging if we aren't mindful of the demands we place on others--and ourselves. Let's talk about managing the expectations in ourselves and setting realistic expectations in our relationships so that we can shine brightly for the Lord.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
It's human to bring expectations to any relationship, and to have expectations placed on you. While the world presents many different expectations of you, there is only one set of expectations that matter. Which will you regard and listen to?
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
One year ends and another begins: it's a natural time to take stock of life, to reflect on what lies behind and plan for what could be ahead. And while God commends wise planning and learning from the past in His word, we have clear instructions to not live in either the past or the future. In fact, we are told to take life one day at a time.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
God's word talks about His people abiding in Him, as well as Him abiding in His people. What does this mean, practically speaking? By having a day-to-day relationship with the One who made us and sustains us, we thrive in the understanding that He cares for us on an individual level.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
We all want to succeed, but we must first define what success looks like. If you goal is spiritual success as God defines it, what can you be doing to ensure you stay on the narrow way that leads to life? We offer three principles from the word of God.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
You may or may not claim a physical inheritance during the course of your life, but everyone has a spiritual inheritance that God wants them to claim. He has done everything but force us to take it. The question is, will we live for the Lord so as to choose the inheritance prepared for us from the foundation of the world, or will we store up wrath for ourselves instead?
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
No matter how long you've had a relationship with God, there's always room to grow. We all mature at different rates and in different ways, but the thing that God stresses to His children through His apostle, Paul, is that we keep doing the good works and shining the light He has entrusted to us.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Sin is a departure from God's ways--where we turn away from Him. Repentance, then, is the decision to turn around and face God again. Our life is full of turning points, whether to turn away from the Lord, or to turn back. We must come to know and embrace the grace God shows us through the avenue of repentance.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
"Be holy, for I am holy." This is the standard to which God calls all people, and the calling which Christians choose to pursue. But it isn't simply a scorecard to measure success: this is a living, growing relationship between a child enamored with the love and example of the perfect Father.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
In the beginning, things were perfect. Man and God walked together. Then, man chose poorly and severed his connection with the Almighty. Yet the Tree of Life, the perfect garden--God's very presence--is promised for those who turn their hearts back to Him.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
What happens when you encounter information that is new, or even conflicts, with your current understanding? As we are exposed to new facets of the full picture of Truth, these encounters demand a response: reject the information to our own detriment, or change our thoughts and actions to align with it.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
When we put off important things, we run the very real risk of not only taking those things for granted but missing out on them entirely. Why wait until tomorrow?
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Growing in a relationship doesn't happen by accident. You won't stumble upon a deeper connection or reach goals by happenstance. That kind of growth takes an aim set on something worthwhile.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Tragedy and trials often leave us bitter--at the situation, at others, or even at God. Yet as the world seemingly falls apart, God's faithful love has not faltered. We'll let the woman who wanted to be named "bitter" demonstrate.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Words are powerful. Not only can they offer a glimpse into the heart that speaks them, but they can impact other hearts that hear them--for better, or for worse. If we are all made in God's image, how should we be putting our words to use?
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
When problems come along that we don't understand, we want answers. If we could only make sense and reason from the hurt and difficulty, perhaps we could solve it--or at least cope with it. But Jesus teaches us to view our problems from an altogether different, and divine, perspective.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Success comes in many forms. And as we measure what matters in any given realm of success, it sets the standard for how we process all the things that happen along the way. What looks like success from the world's standpoint, then, might be easily abandoned for something far greater.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
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Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
We see other people every day of our lives. But more often than not, there's a fog of circumstances and material distractions that distract us from seeing one another in the most significant way. Let's learn to slow down and cut through the haze to see the beauty and need of each soul around us.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
You can fool other people. You can even think (in error) that you fool God. But the person you may try to fool the most may be the most disastrous: yourself.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Trust proves itself in action. If we say we trust God, it means we will act based on His promises while having faith in the Lord to act as well.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
God is the master accountant. He knows the numerical reality of all creation--including the numbers that pertain to you.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott and Jacob Taylor
God is powerful, and He uses His power to guide, guard, and protect us. It's no surprise, then, when the songs of the old covenant describe the Lord as a refuge, fortress, and stronghold so often. We must remember amid our busy, chaotic, and uncertain lives to stop, breathe deep, and understand God's presence with us and His work in us.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
If you are from God, that means you are not from the world. This demands a countercultural way of living that doesn't just happen, but requires intentional thought and action to go against the grain for God's glory.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Psalm 91 offers great encouragement and confidence in God's protection. So how does Satan turn this passage into a temptation to test the Lord instead? We best know, because it can just as easily happen to us when we take God's guardianship for granted.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
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Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Love is one of the most powerful forces we experience. Yet so much confusion, oversimplification, or outright error exists when defining and expressing it. When we consider God's love in action towards us, we will better understand true love as it is acted out in our lives--both in showing and receiving.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
In general, it is second nature to see and believe the best in ourselves and the worst in others. That's why Jesus tells those that follow him to hold themselves first, then others, to the standard of holiness that God prescribes.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
So often we talk about time like it's money: save it, waste it, spend it, invest it. And like material wealth, God expects His created image-bearers to use the time He's given them wisely.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Much of the time, we cannot control the circumstances of life that unfold around us. And try as we might, we cannot control other people. But we can control our attitude, actions, and reactions--and that's just what our Maker calls us to do.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Everyone's a doctor--especially concerning the human heart. It's all too easy to take one look at a person's situation and assume we know what's going on in their head and what they need to "fix" to get "better." But what we really need is a humble heart ourselves that will look to the God who reads all hearts like open books.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
What gets in the way of us loving one another as God desires? Too often we lose sight of what we ALL have in common, because we are caught up in what makes us different.
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Service: You Are From God
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
If I know God, and I understand the value He has placed on my soul, I will see the value of every other soul He has created.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Net worth, online followers, awards and trophies... we can measure our value by a lot of things in this life. But our value in the eyes of our Creator doesn't depend on any of those things.
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Service: You Are From God
Type: You Are From God
Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Humans love telling and listening to stories. It's one of the ways we make sense of the world around us, and that's certainly true of origin stories. When we look back at "the beginning" of something, it informs us of why things might be a certain way in the present and how things may unfold in the future. But do you know YOUR origin story? It could make an eternal difference.
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Speaker: Scott Taylor & Tyler Hall
Join Scott and Tyler each week as they open the Bible and discuss how we all can see ourselves and each other through the eyes of our Creator. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, review, and share!