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Transcript of How Most Christians Secretly Reject Jesus | Discord Stage #46

Unlearned Wisdom by Johnny Chang

0:00Welcome back to another Discord stage.0:02This is where I talk directly with my 0:03community. I tell personal stories,0:05share deep biblical learnings, and I 0:07answer questions from the chat. These 0:09episodes are audio only, so thanks for 0:10listening. And you can join my Discord 0:12to catch the next Discord stage live.0:14Link in the description. This is where a 0:17lot of people close their hearts to 0:18Jesus, including Judas. Was when they 0:21saw him and they thought, "Okay, this 0:23guy's my night and shining armor. He's 0:26going to get rid of this hierarchy,0:29tyrannical piece of garbage, Rome, which 0:31symbolizes Satan. Do you understand?0:34Nero, right? Um, and all these people.0:38But Jesus Christ didn't overthrow Rome.0:41What did he come to do? Save them from 0:43their sins, right? So, what they were 0:46looking for was 0:48save me from my situation. And when he 0:51didn't, they were like, "F this guy."0:54basically, right? So, it's kind of like 0:57when you need surgery, but they're 0:59asking for painkillers. Do you guys 1:01understand what I'm saying? Like they 1:03needed surgery, surgery of the heart,1:05but they're like, "No, I don't want 1:06that. I want painkillers." Now, give me 1:07my pain. Oh, you're not giving me 1:08painkillers. All right, forget you then.1:10It was like this type of heart. So, even 1:13when these people are like, "Hosana."1:15They sing that song, right? Hosana. It 1:17says millions of views, but they don't 1:20actually know what that actually means.1:21Hosana means to save us immediately,1:24right? And it's kind of weird. They call 1:27him the son of David, right? He's God's 1:30son and they call him the son of David,1:32right? Why? Because he is. He's coming 1:36from the Davidic bloodline. Now, they 1:39see him as like a messiah, as the 1:42promised king. But look at how surface 1:46level they are. You're the Messiah that 1:48comes to save me from Rome. You're 1:50you're my king. Rome isn't. Do you 1:52understand now? How it is transactional,1:54but it's deeper than that. It's more of 1:57like we see that you're the king, but 2:01they didn't know that this was the king 2:02that wasn't going to just overthrow and 2:04give everybody what they want. This was 2:06the king that came to die for them. Now,2:08imagine that, right? A king comes and 2:12they want him to rule and he does rule,2:15but not not in the way that they think.2:18It's kind of crazy, right? Understand?2:21So what they had their vision of Jesus 2:25and when Jesus came did it match?2:28Absolutely not. And that's why people 2:31turned away from him. Why do we turn 2:33away from Jesus? Why? Because we expect 2:37him to do things for us. I I'm saved 2:39now. I should be feeling better. I 2:41should have peace. I should overcome 2:42this, this, and this. Why am I not? And 2:45then what do we do? Turn away. Fall 2:47away. Drift away. Do you guys understand 2:50what I'm saying? This is not just their 2:51heart. This is our hearts. Do you guys 2:53know what palm branches represent in the 2:55Bible? It represents victory, triumph,2:59overcoming, victory, right? Conquering.3:03They were treating him like what what 3:05what you only throw palm branches down 3:08for people who were like veterans or war 3:09heroes.3:11So what did they see Jesus as a war 3:14hero? But when he came and he's like, I 3:17heal everybody. I love everyone. Did it 3:20match their militant mindset? No, it did 3:23not. Do you understand what I'm saying?3:25And because it didn't match their 3:27mindset, what did they think of him?3:28You're soft, dude. And what did he enter 3:31on? He entered a military person at that 3:35time should have entered on like a 3:36horse. He enters on a donkey. You know,3:41Jesus is so meticulous in this. He does 3:43everything 3:45opposite of what these people think.3:48Why? Because of Isaiah 55:8. My way is 3:52not your way and my thoughts are not 3:54your thoughts. He's proving it in real 3:56time. Right? People have a way when they 3:59think about Jesus, too. Oh, Jesus, you 4:02you're going to do it my way. I prayed 4:04to you. I fasted you. I tithed for you.4:07I heard Johnny Chang. I said that I'm 4:08righteous and perfected. Now, where the 4:10hell is the peace? Where are you 4:12conquering my things? Where are you 4:13conquering my stuff now? Okay, you gave 4:16me the unlocks. How do I apply it? Do 4:18you understand? What about my kids? My 4:21kids aren't listening. Why aren't they 4:22listening? You understand? Right. So,4:26what it comes down to is that is all of 4:29our hearts, right? So, what did they 4:31expect? The lion of Judah. But what came 4:34the lamb of God. Lion and lamb. You see 4:37the difference? A lion roars. It's 4:40powerful. They're like, "Yeah, we we 4:42like that guy." But when he came, he's 4:44like, "No, I'm going to sacrifice 4:45myself." Wait, what? So, you're going 4:46to, let me get this straight. You're 4:48going to give your hands into these 4:50freaking rule evil people? Are you 4:53kidding me right now? That's not what I 4:55signed up for, bro. Hurry up and call 4:57down, you know, Archangel Michael and 4:59smoke these people. What are you doing?5:02Why are you letting this happen? Like,5:03they were doing this to him, aka judging 5:06him. Sound familiar? That's all of us.5:10Amen. Right. The same crowd, did you 5:14know that said hosana, hosana, is the 5:17same crowd that said crucify him later.5:21Isn't that wild? The same crowd that 5:24says, "Hosana, hosana, you're here for 5:26us," is actually the same people that 5:30crucify him.5:32In Core of the Heart, too, the people 5:34that go against us most aren't randos.5:37It's the people who were here before.5:40Yeah, Johnny was good, but he wasn't 5:42what I expected him to be. And because 5:44of that, I don't f with him no more. All 5:47he talks about is this. He shut me down 5:49for having dreams and visions. He shut 5:51me down for having a high heart. Yet,5:52like, he doesn't have a high heart. You 5:54know what? He Yeah, he does preach a 5:56precious gospel, but bro got arrogant 5:58and now the fame got to his head and 6:00he's a dictator now. Do you understand?6:03This is the same heart that everybody 6:05[clears throat] has. Why was it because 6:08Jesus was stupid? Was it because Jesus 6:11messed up? H No, he didn't meet their 6:15expectations. You guys, too. I'm still 2 6:18years in, still struggling with this,6:20still struggling with that. Understand 6:22what I'm saying, right? Because you're 6:26trying to make Jesus fit your 6:28expectation. How how foolish is that? We 6:31want God, yes, but on our terms. So we 6:36don't want God. We don't accept God for 6:38who he is. Now look at the crazy 6:40parallel. We want a lion. He comes as a 6:43lamb, right? We want God, but on our 6:47terms. But you know, if you reverse the 6:49thing, God goes, I'll take you under any 6:52condition. We're like, we want you under 6:54this condition, but I'll take you under 6:57any condition. Look at the the the flip 6:59of how God works. It's so different.7:03Understand? When we say save me, hosana,7:06it means fix my situation. Make my life 7:09better. Do what I want. But what does 7:11Jesus say? I'm not just going to fix 7:12you. I'm I'm not fixing your life. I'm 7:14saving your soul. Do you understand what 7:16I'm saying? I'm not fixing your life.7:18I'm saving your soul. Right? When you 7:20look at Zechariah 9:9, you know, the 7:23thing about these people is that they 7:25act like they're studying, but they're 7:27not studied. It's so weird how people 7:30who are are of God, who think they know 7:32God, don't even know anything. If they 7:34read Zechariah and they truly read 7:37Zechariah,7:38which is a prophecy, read it carefully.7:41Rejoice greatly, oh daughter of Zion.7:43Shout out, oh daughter of Zion. Behold,7:44thy king cometh upon thee. He comes. He 7:46is just and having salvation. Lowly,7:49riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the 7:52foil of an ass. He rides on a donkey.7:55He's here. And he comes as what? Lowly.7:59Not high but low. Right. So they claim 8:03to study the scripture. They they're 8:05scribes, Sodies, and Pharisees. They 8:07have studied the scripture. But what did 8:09they miss completely? Jesus Christ. God 8:12warns them. He's going to come, but he's 8:14not going to come the way you want him.8:17I'm I'm telling you, not the way you 8:19expect it. Right? Save us now. I already 8:23did. And till this day, what are they 8:26still saying? Save us now. I I sinned,8:29God. Save me now. I messed up. Get me 8:32out of my depression. He's like, I did.8:35I've been. Why don't you believe me?8:38Understand what I'm saying? They want 8:40kings to change their world. They don't 8:41want kings and they want kings to change 8:43their world. They want the kings to 8:44change their situations and their 8:45circumstances. They don't want a king to 8:47change their heart, though. He came to 8:49change hearts, not just situations. When 8:52hearts change sit it don't matter the 8:53situation. That's the the really 8:55beautiful thing about God. When God 8:58changes your heart, you handle every 9:00situation.9:01Instead of giving us one situation that 9:04he fixes, he fixes all situations at the 9:06root, which is the heart. So again, this 9:08is our heart posture. Do you guys 9:11understand what I'm saying? Right? How 9:14many times do we praise God when things 9:15look good and then question him when 9:18they don't? Right? So the so the so Palm 9:21Sunday is a reflection for me at least 9:23when I'm reading the Bible is do you 9:25want Jesus as a savior or do you want 9:27him as a solution? Different ess 9:38I'm struggling now fix it. Right? But 9:41what does Jesus do? He goes I am your 9:42solution and I'm your savior and the s 9:45the solution to your problem is me 9:47saving you. But we what do we care 9:50about? Edification, justification.9:54Understand what I'm saying? That's what 9:55we feel. Amen. Right? So, when you 9:58recognize those types of things, you 10:01start to understand why God did these 10:02little things and why he explains Palm 10:04Sunday and why he uses things like a 10:07donkey. Prophetically speaking, why does 10:09he use a donkey?10:12Because 10:14when you think of a donkey, a donkey 10:17doesn't have any power. It doesn't look 10:19like like it dominates things. When you 10:21guys look at like Chingis, like 10:22Genghaskhan, Genghaskhan did not use 10:25donkeys to to rule people. He used 10:27horses. Horses are like war horses 10:30specifically. They can ride for for like 10:33days. So when Genghaskhan shows up at 10:36your door, let's say, with with horses,10:39do you know what that represents? War,10:42right? War, right? But do you know what 10:45a donkey represents? Humility, peace,10:49servitude. What is Jesus coming to bring 10:52when he's on the donkey? Peace. He 10:55doesn't want war with us. What do these 10:57people want? Or do you understand what 11:01I'm saying? Right? They were expecting 11:03bro to roll up in a tank. He rolled up 11:05in a a Tesla [snorts] basically and was 11:09like, "Guys, this is so much more 11:11efficient than blowing down buildings.11:13You can save gas, too." They're like,11:14"Nah, we're good. We want to level 11:16everything. We don't want humility. We 11:19want to conquer cuz we're control. We're 11:21we're in control." Right? Not only that,11:24in Zechariah 9:9, he rides in on a cult.11:26Do you guys know what a cult is? It's a 11:28younger donkey. Right? Now why is that 11:31very very intricate that detail? Because 11:35old donkeys probably have been you know 11:38ridden by a lot of people. A young 11:39donkey has never been used. Understand?11:43It means you guys only know war but I 11:46bring peace and you can't even 11:50understand that. You can't you've never 11:52seen this before is what he's saying.11:54Right? A lot of us are this way. Right?11:59Amen. So they saw, oh, this king 12:03entering Jerusalem,12:05right? But they missed everything he was 12:08coming into Jerusalem for. Yes, he's 12:11coming to what? Help me. Yes, he's the 12:14celebrated Hosana, right? He's the one 12:17who's going to come and conquer Rome.12:19And he's like, I'm not into politics and 12:23I'm not into national freedom. What I'm 12:25into is conquering sin. I'm not here to 12:26conquer Rome. I'm here to conquer sin.12:29Do you understand? Right? So, what's so 12:33amazing is that we tend to 12:38focus on God doing things the way we 12:41want him to do. Okay, God. I need you to 12:44do X, Y, and Z. But he goes, "Nope, I'm 12:47not going to do that. I have to do it my 12:48way because my way is the best way." If 12:52he came on a horse, that means he would 12:53declare war and judgment. And we are 12:56just like Rome. Rome Rome were Gentiles.12:59So we went against too without even 13:01realizing it. He did that for us and 13:03they didn't even know that and they 13:04still crucified him. You know many times 13:07I fight for you guys but you guys think 13:09I'm mean. Do you understand what I'm 13:11saying? It's the same heart posture,13:13right? It's the same heart posture.13:16Understand what I'm saying? People think 13:18like, man, why is he saying this to me?13:21Why is he? Because it's just how it is 13:25right now. When God uses donkeys in the 13:29Bible, it's always for humility. Every 13:32single time you've seen a donkey, it's 13:35always carrying something sacrificial.13:37Think Abraham and Isaac. When Abraham 13:40rose, he saddled his ass, it says,13:42right? He put the stuff on the the the 13:45when he was about to sacrifice Isaac on 13:48Mount Mariah. What was carrying who was 13:50carrying the load? What was carrying the 13:51load? The donkey. The donkey carried the 13:53wood. carried them on the journey,13:55right? Carried them basically, right? So 13:59when you look at Jesus, Jesus rides on 14:03the donkey, right? Jesus is the donkey 14:07actually. He carries them to what? To 14:10the gospel, but they don't want the 14:12donkey. What do they want? The horse,14:15right? So it's so it's so intricate 14:18these little details. Understand? Right?14:22But we just want more unlocks.14:24Amen. The the thing here is not the 14:26unlocks, it's the heart. Make sense?14:29Right. The one thing I think that's 14:31that's really um frustrating in front of 14:34God that I can sense is when we sit here 14:37and we get, you know, kind of humbled in 14:40front of God and there's still no 14:41humility in front of God. Like you have 14:44to get humble, right? Like if someone 14:45gets shot, they have to go to the 14:47hospital. But imagine they get shot and 14:49they go, "Oh, that tickles." Like that's 14:52the most frustrating thing. It's like 14:54you do realize you're going to die,14:56right? It's like, "No, I'm good.14:58Anyways, what's the next unlock?" That 15:01that shows to us like what a true wicked 15:05heart is. Do you guys understand what 15:06I'm saying? Right,15:08>> guys? I'm going to be in San Jose and 15:10San Francisco 15:12next weekend, May 15th and May 17th.15:16>> Woo! Guys, after service,15:19>> what is after service, Aaron?15:20>> After service is a free live event about 15:22the gospel. You can come see a sermon 15:24biblically by Johnny. He'll do a live 15:26Q&A and answer all of your questions.15:28There might be some worship there. I 15:29think there is some worship there. And 15:30you're going to meet the community.15:32There'll be 15:32>> I trust in God.15:33>> Oh, there's [laughter] worship right 15:34now. Okay. Um, there's going to be a 15:36meet and greet opportunity where you can 15:38take pictures with Johnny, meet the 15:39whole community. Maybe he'll sign your 15:41t-shirt. We're going to sell merch.15:42>> Maybe I'll sign your Bible.15:44>> Oh, yeah. Johnny signs Bible sometimes 15:46there. So, it's a fun free live event at 15:48the end of the day. It's a great way to 15:50fill your Friday or Sunday. Bring your 15:52family.15:52>> How do I get more details?15:54>> Text NorCal to 3236133577 16:00to RSVP. Um, from there, it'll just ask 16:02you if you're going to San Francisco or 16:04San Jose. But that's how you RSVP for 16:06each event. It's completely free. Anyone 16:08you bring is free.16:09>> That So, I just walk in. Like, what do 16:11you need? Only way to get in is to 16:13download the free app where you'll find 16:15your free personal ticket, event ticket.16:17Everyone has one. It's really just for 16:18tracking. We need to like legally know 16:20how many people are in the church just 16:21for safety and capacity and stuff, but 16:23also helps us with data. You'll get um 16:25like a badge and benefits for going. So,16:27you'll see on your app 16:27>> and you get free two weeks of gold your 16:30friends. Try it out.16:32>> Um but yeah, it's a great free live 16:34event. Come. It's fun.16:36>> And if you download the app, all the 16:37information will be on there, too. in 16:39front of God, we have to realize, oh my 16:42goodness, I'm these people. I am 16:44literally always wanting God to give me 16:48a husband, give me a wife, give me this,16:50give me that. What What's wrong with 16:51that? And what the hell is wrong with 16:53knowing more about God? What the hell is 16:55wrong with wanting to know more 16:57intricate details? What's the problem?16:59Aren't you here to help me with that?17:01That's that's the same person that's 17:04going to leave later and crucify Jesus 17:06in their hearts. Do you guys understand 17:08what I'm saying, brothers and sisters?17:10That's the problem with people, right?17:13And the dumb thing about it is that we 17:15don't sense it. We've all been through 17:17this, right? It's really, really 17:19arrogant. Like, it's one thing to go,17:22"Oh my gosh, I didn't know. Mind unlock.17:25Thank you." It's another thing to go,17:27"Cool. What else?" Like, do do you guys 17:30understand what I'm saying? God calls 17:33sin in the Bible leprosy. Why? Because 17:38leprosy numbs all of your nerve endings.17:41It's a It It numbs you. You don't sense 17:44it. It's like numbing cream, right? It 17:46just numbs you up and you're like, "Oh,17:48that doesn't even hurt." You're getting 17:50like messed up, but you don't sense it.17:54Do you guys understand? People can a 17:57finger can fall off and they feel no 17:59pain cuz all the nerves die. In the same 18:02way, what is sin? Being numb to God. Do 18:05you do you guys understand that Jesus 18:07left no stone unturned? What that means 18:10is he came and he preached the gospel, a 18:12perfect gospel. Not only that, I would 18:15argue that he actually sat there and 18:18performed miracles for the gospel to 18:20show them, hey, just I am him. I'm him,18:25right? I'm that dude. Just so you know.18:28And these people who were saying hosana 18:30hosana stood in front of him and said 18:35that's not God. That's Bazobub by the 18:37way that's Satan. Yeah that's great that 18:40you're teaching us but teach us more.18:43Even the apostles and disciples did 18:45this. He literally sat there and said 18:47the bread that I give this guy is going 18:51to betray me. And they're like who? Like 18:54a bunch of owls. Who? Who? Who? Who?18:57Bro, I literally said, "Here's the bread 19:00and I give it to this guy, Uda, right,19:02Judas." And they're like, "Who? Who?19:05Who?" Like, they don't understand. These 19:08are disciples, by the way. Do you 19:10understand? When I think about God, I 19:12think about how frustrated he is with 19:14this heart posture, too. Like, damn,19:16these people legit don't listen. Right?19:19A lot of times, I think about that, too.19:21Like, Lord, please give me the heart to 19:23listen. You know what I pray the most is 19:26is for God to not protect me but to have 19:30me hear him correctly, have me listen to 19:33him. Like that's the number one thing.19:36While most people, you know, pray for 19:38fix this, fix that, give me this. What I 19:40usually pray for is, hey Lord, I please 19:44don't let me like not understand you. So 19:47my biggest pet peeve, I was on the 19:48Funula podcast, right? Angela Angeline 19:50Johnson and the one thing like she she 19:53she said what are like the matitudes and 19:55what are the gratitudes right in your 19:57life there's gratitudes and what are 19:58things that make you mad and the one 20:00thing I spoke was when people don't 20:02listen and she's like m that's deep I 20:06was like because it's really difficult 20:08when you how do you talk to somebody who 20:10doesn't listen do you guys understand 20:12what I'm saying these people came up to 20:14us and they wanted to give us a deal and 20:16they said next by next year Johnny we 20:18can make you $60 million we will make 20:19Johnny Chang a household name. We work 20:21with T-Mobile, blah blah. And I'm just 20:23like, bro, I don't care about that 20:25respectfully. And all what I've learned 20:28to do was stay quiet in that meeting 20:30that was like an hour long. I said two 20:33sentences, right? If you're if you're 20:36sitting there and you're like, I'm going 20:38to make you the I'm going to do like and 20:40you're not even trying to get to know 20:41who I am as a human being, what makes 20:44you think you're going to ride out for 20:45me when you don't even know me like 20:46that? Do you understand what I'm saying?20:49What makes you think that I'm going to 20:51sit here and go and what over 60 mil?20:53And I don't believe I don't believe I 20:56don't distrust that they won't make me 20:57money like that. I think they will. I 21:00think they will genuinely. But I don't 21:03want that type of money if it's going to 21:04be like that. Because in Amos 3:3 is 21:08very simple. It says, "How can two walk 21:11together if they be agreed?" Meaning 21:13their heart is aligned. Your heart is 21:15not even aligned with mine. You don't 21:17give a f about my mission. You don't 21:19care about the gospel. The first thing 21:21you lead with is money. How you going to 21:24tell me you care about those things?21:26Like, how you going to tell me about 21:28that? The first thing is you don't even 21:29know me. You want to give me equity in 21:31your company so then you can vest me and 21:33squeeze me out later. How you you don't 21:35you don't even know me like that. If you 21:37knew me, you would never start with 21:38that. You would never start with money.21:41Do you guys understand what I'm saying?21:43You start with the gospel. But this is 21:46what happens to people who don't know 21:47how to listen. Do you understand what 21:49I'm saying? What they think is, "Oh, I 21:52know what Johnny wants. [snorts]21:54He's he's big on social media. He's got 21:57the nice little flashy diamond chains."21:59Yep. What he cares about is money. I'm 22:01going to attack it from that angle. Cuz 22:03bro's been very media trained. Been in 22:05rooms. You could tell. Been in rooms 22:07with people with big money. been in 22:09rooms with, you know, big models and and 22:11celebrities and Brad Pitts of the world 22:13and, you know, and I don't care about 22:15that respectfully, right? I don't care 22:17about that. The one thing I'm very 22:19thankful about that God has given me,22:22right? Is this discernment to be able to 22:26listen to what people have to say, you 22:28guys understand what I'm saying, right?22:30I'll I'll sit there and I'll just hear 22:32out what somebody has to say. I think 22:35most of us in here, if I'm being honest 22:38with you, have to learn have to work on 22:40that skill, receptive skills, right?22:44It's it's very hard for people because 22:49when you when you talk more than 22:50anything, it's because you think you 22:53know things. Like that's one thing you 22:56have to accept about yourself, right?22:58That acknowledgement of the reason why I 23:00can't hear people and I only express 23:02express express is because I legit think 23:04I know what's up. Even if your heart is 23:07like, "No, that's not true." You have to 23:08acknowledge that. Yeah, it is. Because 23:10how come I never let people talk? How 23:13come I'm never willing to hear somebody?23:15How come I'm always trying to finish 23:16somebody's sentence before they even say 23:18anything? How come I'm trying to always 23:21figure out interpret what they're 23:22actually saying right now? How come I 23:25Oh, I know. and I try to finish their 23:26sentences for them. Do you understand 23:29what I'm saying? You have to realize 23:31that about yourself. So these people,23:34what did they do wrong? They should have 23:37shut up. That's the number one thing 23:39they should have done. They shouldn't 23:41have been hosana, hosana. They should 23:43have been like, who is bro? What is he 23:46talking about? And if he is the king,23:49let me listen to him. Do you guys 23:51understand what I'm saying? He 23:52definitely got some kind of game, some 23:55kind of like stuff he could he could he 23:57could go deep on with me. Do you 23:59understand? Right. When I meet people on 24:02the streets, the number one thing they 24:04do is they just come to me and they pour 24:07everything out. Do you understand what 24:09I'm saying? Right. It's like, "Yeah,24:12bro. I was just like you, homie. I was 24:14from the hood, from the bario, and I did 24:16this, homie. And I did 17 years, too,24:18homie. And you know what?" And and they 24:19just do this. And I'm like, "Nice to 24:22meet you. My name is Johnny." "Oh, all 24:24right. Mucho." Anyway, so you know what?24:26Like my kid, bro, he's been on the 24:27streets on me. What do you have any 24:28words for me? Like, they start doing 24:30this and I'm just like, respectfully,24:33I'm not I'm not a genie. Do you guys 24:36understand what I'm saying? Right? So,24:39why why do they do that? Cuz they're 24:42enamored, of course. Cuz they think that 24:44I can help them, which isn't a bad 24:47thing, guys. Listen to me carefully.24:48It's not a bad thing. But with that 24:51heart, do you think that they can listen 24:54to me? No. Because what their their mind 24:58is already made up on you're going to 25:00help me the way I want to. And I never 25:04give like when I give, you know, depth 25:07to people, it sounds too simple for 25:09them. Do you guys understand what I'm 25:11saying? It's too simple. So some guy 25:14came up to me said, "My my son is in the 25:16streets. He's 15 years old. you know,25:18he's he's done fentinol already. He's 25:20he's done he vapes. He does all these 25:22things, Johnny. Like, I don't know what 25:23to do, man. What do I do about it? And 25:26it's a very simple thing, right? The one 25:29thing I asked him was, you know, do you 25:33did you try to raise him the best that 25:34you can? Of course. And he still ended 25:37up this way. Yeah, I know. I don't know 25:40why, man. I freaking gave him everything 25:41he wanted. Well, that's probably why he 25:43ended up that way. What do you mean?25:45Well, when you give a kid everything and 25:47he has no breaking system, then you take 25:50something away from him, he's going to 25:51assume that you don't love him anymore.25:54And if you take that away from him 25:57because all you've taught him was 25:58transactional heart. Oh, no. I didn't 26:00teach him transactional. Okay. So,26:02either you're going to tell me what what 26:04it is or you going to listen like that's 26:05just what it is. No, but I didn't teach 26:07him that though. You did respectfully.26:10Hey, man. And I was just coming here to 26:12ask you, you know, like, well, any Bible 26:13verses that you will help like help out 26:15with. No, I I know. I'm I'm getting to 26:16that. We talked for literally 30 26:19seconds. Oh, all right. Like, do do you 26:22understand? Like, I have to literally 26:23check people because they don't 26:25understand what I'm saying. What they 26:27want to hear is, "Yeah, brother, God is 26:29going to work in your son's life. He's 26:31going to take him away. He's going to 26:33make him a strong person. He will I bet 26:35you if I did that, bro, would be crying 26:36in front of me. Yes, I receive that.26:39Yes, but that's not going to help him 26:41though. Do you guys understand what I'm 26:43saying? That's not going to help him at 26:45the core. Understand? Right. So, it's 26:48weird how like when I want to help you 26:50guys at the core, too. You don't want it 26:53like that, though. You want it as like,26:55nah, I want the nice Johnny. I want the 26:57podcast Johnny. I want the one who's 26:59like, "Yes, I understand. It's okay. God 27:03will work. It's okay if you keep 27:05sinning." And then when I don't do that,27:07it becomes very frustrating. Right.27:10Understand? Right. So in in a lot of 27:13ways, you know, there has to be a a a 27:18understanding of why we're not able to 27:20hear things out. I know for me, I 27:23couldn't hear things out before because 27:25I genuinely thought that I was right. So 27:28the the the easy fix to that is thinking 27:31about the these things like Palm Sunday,27:34like Matthew 21, thinking about what 27:38what was it that these guys messed up on 27:40that we can learn from? Do do you guys 27:43understand what I'm saying? Right? Like 27:46it's it's it's weird how he records 27:50these things in the Bible so we can 27:52learn from their mistakes. He recorded 27:55the prodigal son so we can learn from 27:58his mistake. He recorded these people 28:00saying hosana hosana one minute and then 28:02crucify him crucify him the next. Right?28:05So we can see what was the 28:07patternistically mechanistically where 28:09did these guys mess up. Right? Where did 28:11they mess up? The number one thing they 28:14did was expectations and not listening.28:18Sound familiar?28:20Right? Sound familiar? That must that 28:22better sound super familiar. Understand?28:26I expect this. You didn't live up to 28:28this. So therefore, you're a piece of 28:30garbage. Point blank. Period. I did 28:33this. I wanted that. And you didn't do 28:34that for me. So forget you then, God.28:37And forget you, too, Johnny Chang, who 28:39represents God, too. And forget all the 28:41pastors who represent God. Cuz y'all 28:43didn't do what I wanted cuz I thought 28:45that's what it was. And prove me wrong 28:48on top of that, right? Prove me wrong is 28:50crazy. But that's how people are. Amen.28:55That's how every single one of us to 28:57some degree is at the core of our 28:59hearts. But what is the again, what is 29:02the radi like how do we eradicate this?29:05How do we solve this? How do we fix 29:07this? How do we break this? Is to just 29:09to recognize what the Bible says about 29:11you. I know the frame of you. He says in 29:13Psalm, you are dirt. Meaning you're 29:17nothing. You just sit there until you 29:20receive the seed. You know, dirt just 29:22sits there. It doesn't do anything. Have 29:24you noticed that? That's why I really 29:25think God is so meticulous and 29:27everything. Like dirt can sit there for 29:29centuries and it won't do anything by 29:31itself. But once you drop a seed inside 29:34of it and then once it receives water,29:37the thing about dirt is that it just 29:39receives. It receives water, it receives 29:42sunlight, it receives seed. Understand 29:44what I'm saying, right? But the thing 29:47about dirt is that it can also harden 29:49and turn into clay. It can harden and 29:53turn into mud. Do you understand what 29:55I'm saying? Right. Right. So that's the 29:59that's the choice that dirt can be is it 30:03can choose to go whatever. I'm going to 30:05be concrete today and brick today and 30:08clay today or I'm going to be soil. Do 30:13you guys understand what I'm saying?30:15Right? So in this way we are dirt. What 30:19does that mean? Then we have to believe 30:22oh I can sit here right. I can sit here 30:26[clears throat] and choose. Amen.30:30Whether or not I accept the word of God 30:32or reject the word of God. Right? The 30:35verse is Psalm 103:14.30:37Right? We we we tend to sit there and we 30:41tend to kind of choose to harden. But 30:44what I want you guys to understand is 30:46this. When you think about these people 30:49who went against God, did it hurt Jesus 30:52or did it hurt themselves more? Which 30:54one? Of course, it hurt them. They ended 30:58up burning just so you know. In the same 31:02way, why does God record this in the 31:05Bible too? H why? Mhm. Because what he's 31:10saying is, hey, I'm just warning you, if 31:13you sit here and you trust yourself and 31:16you follow your thoughts, you're not 31:17hurting anybody but yourself. Now, how 31:20dumb is that? Respectfully, right? How 31:23stupid is that? Do you understand what 31:26I'm saying? I thought it's kind of 31:28weird, right? It's weird how like we're 31:31all about ourselves, but we also hurt 31:33ourselves the most. Isn't that like 31:37wild? Right. Right. Like I'm all about 31:41me, but I'll choose everything that 31:43hurts me. It's like, wait, what? That 31:45doesn't even make sense. Right. I'm 31:48super selfish, but everything that I do 31:51hurts me, though. Right, guys. It's It's 31:54so weird. It was It like Right. It was 31:58really really weird.32:00>> The Streamathon is live. 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See you there, buddies.32:40So, I was speaking to uh this one person 32:44who Pastor Kim actually asked me to to 32:47help with and he's a he's an older 32:50gentleman and uh he was in the church 32:53for a little bit, but he his wife passed 32:56away and then he kind of just like, you 33:00know, experienced a really big trauma 33:02and was really fighting with Pastor Kim 33:04a lot, saying, "Why did God take my 33:06wife?" He was a he's a white guy. His 33:08wife is Korean. they met, you know, like 33:10he was in the military and he couldn't 33:13really understand like why. Eventually,33:15he left the church and he's um he lives 33:18in like a far area like Ontario. Ontario 33:21is like maybe an hour, hour, 20 minutes 33:23away from our church, right? So, it's 33:25and he's old and elderly, so he's not 33:26driving that far. Bro just left. So,33:29what pastor told me to do, he dispatched 33:32me. He dispatched Pastor John. And so,33:34we would go there and this guy has the 33:37mouth of a sailor. like he curses so 33:40much. Every other word is a fbomb. Uh,33:43you know, a c word, a b word. It's just 33:45like, dang, it's a lot, bro. You know,33:47it's a lot. And all he talks about is 33:50politics, and all he talks about is God.33:53So, you know, I get to his house, right?33:56Show up, get to his house, and I see 33:59just all this type of like like his 34:01house looks. Have you guys ever seen 34:03Hoarders? Like the the the I don't know 34:05if it's on like TLC or whatever. It's 34:07like hoarders where like it's just 34:09stacked up stuff. Now, when I looked 34:11closely at what he's hoarding, it's all 34:14of his wife's stuff, the one who passed 34:16away. So, that's really sad, right? So,34:19he developed a type of OCD, like a 34:22hoarding OCD. You know, there's types of 34:24like there's like contamination OCD.34:26There's like, you know, um symmetry OCD,34:30right? There's like obsessive OCD with 34:33like, you know, where you ruminate all 34:35the time. There's different types. He he 34:37developed 34:39an an a hoarding OCD. But he didn't 34:42believe it, right? His whole house is 34:44like filled. Every inch of the corner is 34:46like with his wife's stuff, all of his 34:49like in one in one corner is like his 34:51wife's pictures. The other corner is 34:52like his jewelry. It's like all this 34:54stuff, right? And it's very miserable.34:57And it's starting to like develop a 34:59stench like in the house. Like I'm sure 35:01there's bacteria, whatever, right? So, I 35:03get there and I'm just like, "Brother,35:06you know, how are you?" And he just 35:09proceeds like, "Well, I don't know. You 35:12know, I don't understand why this effing 35:15God would effing take my wife and she 35:18didn't do anything effing wrong." And 35:21and he just like starts going, you know,35:24and I'm like, "I understand, but you 35:28know, I think you have to crack open the 35:30Bible." He's like, "I don't even have 35:31words to read. I don't even have a heart 35:33to read the effing Bible and freaking 35:36false Bible and piece of ish Bible and 35:39he's like going right I [snorts] said 35:41can we crack open the Bible and he's 35:44like sure yeah yeah I guess whatever I 35:46was like I think there's some verses I 35:47could help you so I fought with him 35:50right fought for him I was like if you 35:53look at 2 Corinthians 5:17 what does 35:55this say brother and he's like reading 35:57he's like get my glasses he gets his 35:59glasses they're all like smudged up. He 36:02like reads, you know, you know, we're 36:05new creatures in Christ, right? And he's 36:08like, "What the hell is that even 36:09supposed to mean?" And like he's like 36:11mean like that, right? And I'm like,36:14"Well, you know, what does the Bible 36:16say?" And I keep having him read it,36:18right? He read it like five times and he 36:20got angry. He's like, "Okay, we're a new 36:22creature, but like what does that even 36:24mean? Like I don't understand. What does 36:26it mean? What does it mean?" And I'm 36:27like, "Brother, it means that you're 36:29new, [snorts] right? So even though the 36:32the doctor, you know, said that you have 36:35OCD or whatever it is, right? All this 36:37stuff that they're saying about you,36:39that's not true. Like you have to not 36:42believe that." And he's like, "Yeah, I I 36:45understand, but like the doctor is 36:47correct." Like it's weird. He only 36:49trusts doctors cuz cuz and I'll explain 36:52why. Because when the church said your 36:54wife can be healed by your faith, the 36:56doctor said, "Your wife is going to 36:58die." And the do and the wife died. So 37:00he's like, "I only trust doctors." Do 37:02you guys understand what I'm saying? Cuz 37:04what they said was true. And so he takes 37:06it as like literal psychiatrist stuff 37:08like that, right? His son is really 37:10really rich and like takes him to these 37:12little like psychologists and 37:14pathologists and they like look at him 37:16and all this stuff, right? So, he has 37:18this humongous house filled with just 37:21like junk, right? Straight up. And he's 37:26starting to believe everything the 37:27doctor says to him, right? And when I 37:31think about it, I'm like, I don't know 37:33if he's like mentally there yet, but I 37:37just understood one thing. The Bible and 37:40the word will always overcome 37:41everything. Mental, physical, emotional,37:44especially spiritual. This is a 37:46spiritual thing. So, it's not like I'm 37:50going against what the doctor says. I 37:52sure he can be, you know, OCD and and,37:55you know, hoarding type OCD, but at the 37:58end of the day, um, I was able to, you 38:02know, kind of like, you know, tell him 38:06that you're a new creature. And did it 38:08work out? No, it didn't work out. He sat 38:11there and he became very angry almost 38:14violent because just by moving his 38:18certain things he was like it was very 38:21hard for him to dis like discard these 38:23things. That's what that's why they 38:25diagnosed him with it because he's now 38:27having an attachment to these things and 38:30he literally wants to like lose his mind 38:32type stuff. But I asked him and this is 38:35what broke him. I said, "As much as you 38:38feel that the doctor is right, how are 38:41you living your life now? When your wife 38:44was with you, you were happy. You 38:46listened to the church and you 38:48distrusted your thoughts. Now that 38:50you've went the opposite way and trust 38:52all of your thoughts and whatever,38:54whoever says anything that matches your 38:56thoughts, how are you?" And he breaks 38:57down crying. It's so awkward to hear an 39:01old person crying cuz it's the type of 39:04cry that they haven't released for 39:06years. Do you guys understand what I'm 39:08saying? So, it felt very painful. Like I 39:10could feel the pain out of his soul.39:13Right. Right. But that's what was needed 39:16for him to break actually was he thought 39:19about it for one second. Just one 39:21second. He looked, it was almost like a 39:24light bulb went on and he looked around 39:26and was like, "You're absolutely right.39:29I followed my thoughts and I'm effing 39:32miserable."39:34The one thing about this brother was 39:35that he always acts like really nice.39:38He's very peak, right? As these young 39:40kids say, peak meaning like very he was 39:43very like he speaks very well, right?39:47But he's also very nasty when he 39:50actually gets frustrated. Do you guys 39:52know what I'm talking about? It's like 39:55It's like Yeah. It's like a sense of 39:56eloquence, but it's not eloquence. It's 39:59more of like passionate, I would say.40:02Cuz when he goes and he starts talking 40:04about things, I can see how beautiful 40:06his heart is, right? Like he was 40:08explaining,40:10you know, Genesis and he goes, I really 40:14love the poetic flow of Genesis. And he 40:16talks like this, the flow of Genesis.40:19And it's so beautiful. And you know, I 40:23wish before the fall that man could have 40:28just stayed listening to God because 40:31everything starts with listening to God.40:34And he's like, you know, it's it's very 40:36like it's almost like he he if his 40:39words, he treats his words like a $100.40:42He he ain't just going to waste that. He 40:44doesn't really waste his words. He went 40:46from that to e f and the eff and f 40:49everything was effing. Do you understand 40:51what I'm saying? So he's compromised in 40:53a way right and what I recognized about 40:57him was when he trusted his thoughts 41:02everything in him shifted as a human 41:04being. He was more dirtier. Remember 41:06he's a militant man. Now military men 41:09are very militant. They're very 41:12disciplined. Their houses are not nasty 41:15and dirty. It's all organized. Do you 41:18understand? But his house was just it 41:20was like he was a completely different 41:22person, right? And so when he saw that,41:27you know, he was like, "Johnny, this 41:30word makes sense and what you're saying 41:31is true, but it's so hard for me because 41:35I feel like these are still her things."41:38And I still feel like she's there. She's 41:41here. like if that makes sense, right?41:45And I was like, "But that's that's not 41:47true though. The word of God says it's 41:50true. It says that she's already in 41:52heaven with him, you know." And he's 41:55like, "Am I being selfish then for 41:58wanting to be here? You know, I I I I've 42:01always been a little selfish and I can 42:03understand that if if you say that." And 42:05he's like trying to like be softer,42:06right? And so I leaned more into it.42:09Yes. Because God already took her. He he 42:12wants her, but you're struggling, right?42:16And he's like, "Yeah." And I said,42:17"Think about your wife." You know, when 42:20you think about yourself, then like,42:23yeah, you can be nasty like this, but 42:26when you think about your wife, right,42:28which made him cry more was, let's say,42:31hypothetically, [clears throat]42:32obviously it can't happen, but she comes 42:34home tomorrow, do you think she would be 42:36proud of this? And he's like, "No." Oh,42:39and he starts crying. Right? So, in this 42:43way, you know what I noticed about 42:47people who have these types of illnesses 42:50or what they are diagnosed with, whether 42:52it's self diagnosed or what they feel or 42:55whatever is that number one, it's 42:58difficult for them to think about other 43:00people. They only think about 43:02themselves.43:03That's the number one reason why he was 43:05like that. Had he had taken just one 43:08little like one thing to sit there and 43:11go, "What would my wife think of this?43:14If she was alive, what would she what 43:16would she feel about this house being a 43:18mess like this? What would she feel 43:20like? Her seeing me stressed out would 43:23probably stress her out. If she can, you 43:26know, see me today, what would she think 43:29about me?" If he could have thought this 43:32way, I don't think he would have fallen 43:33into that. Do you guys understand what 43:35I'm saying? So I asked him that I said 43:38if you think this way and then in a in 43:42because he's very emotional in a stroke 43:44of an instance his heart changed back to 43:46what it was. See that's the that's the 43:48fight that we we have to go through. So 43:51it was going really good and then it 43:54switched back. It it almost like as if 43:57like the words just went in in one ear 43:58and out the other. So it was pricking 44:00him. It was changing him and then boom 44:02he flipped the foundation. Do you know 44:04what he says after? Right. He goes,44:08"Well, I don't give a f." Like, he just 44:10pops off like that. I don't care. Cuz he 44:13starts to feel bad. Do you guys 44:14understand what I'm saying? I don't give 44:16a f. You know, if she came home, she 44:19would understand that I'm grieving. She 44:22would understand. And then like he 44:24starts to make it about himself again.44:26You guys understand what I'm saying,44:28right? He she would love me. And if she 44:30doesn't if she gets mad that I'm like 44:32this because I'm grieving, then that 44:33means she doesn't love me. And and he 44:36starts doing this, then she would be a 44:38b- word. And I'm like, damn. In one 44:40minute, you're missing her so much. The 44:41next minute you're like, you're a b-44:42word if you don't acknowledge what I 44:45say. Right? So in this, this is what 44:48happens, right? But when I looked at 44:50him, I was like, you're so miserable.44:54And all he talks about is God, right?44:58Like the other day, he has a dog. He's 45:00like, "When I was walking, you know, I 45:02still preach the gospel." And I'm like,45:05"Okay, what what how do you pre Well,45:07there was another guy, you know, he's 45:09over there and you know, he's he's 45:11asking about dogs and you know, he was 45:14saying, "Do all dogs go to heaven?" And 45:17I said, "Yeah, but you have to be 45:19righteous and you have to be perfected 45:21and you have to be holy." Like 45:23technically, he thinks he's preaching 45:24the gospel, right? And it seems like he 45:26is. Right. Right. Understand, right?45:30Make sense? So, he sits there and he's 45:33like, I'm still doing the gospel-45:35centered things. But when I look at his 45:36life, he struggles every single day.45:39Understand what I'm saying? So, what 45:42should I have said at that time? I 45:45should have kept my mouth shut. But, you 45:47know, little old Johnny, when the Holy 45:49Spirit works, I can't just keep my mouth 45:52shut.45:53So I said, "There's a difference between 45:56admiring Jesus and God, right? And 46:00there's a difference between actually 46:01knowing God. Oh, I know God. I know God.46:04I I was, you know, I I was longer 46:07Christian than you, Johnny. You know, I 46:09respectfully I know you're a pastor and 46:11all that, but you know, I I know what 46:13the f I was doing. And I I was back then 46:15when when you had to really follow God,46:18not this soft at s word b word, you 46:21know, like Christianity nowadays, you 46:25know, and I'm like, you know, and I kind 46:28of just proceeded to tell him there's a 46:30difference between knowing God and 46:33admiring God. And he's like, why do you 46:35keep saying that, right? And I said,46:37because what I'm trying to say is 46:40there's a lot of people who accessorize 46:43God. Are you trying to say that I'm 46:45accessorizing God right now? Right. Yes,46:49I am. [clears throat] Well, let me let 46:50let me tell you something. How is me 46:54taking my dog and someone coming to me 46:56preaching the gospel to him,46:58accessorizing him? I'm talking about 47:00him. What the f are you talking about?47:02That's what he said to me. You know, I 47:04was like, "Yeah, I understand. I mean,47:06it makes sense on your side. Would you 47:07want to hear me out or do you just want 47:09to tell me what you want to feel and 47:10what you think?" Go ahead. So he said,47:13I'm like, "Okay, so what do we call 47:17Jesus? Our Lord and Savior." He's like,47:19"Lord and Savior." Yeah, he is my Lord 47:21and Savior. That's why I was telling the 47:22other guy. So he's talking to me, right?47:25What does Lord mean? Lord means, you 47:28know, creator. It means master. It means 47:30it means provider. It mean what what 47:32what do what is what what do you mean 47:34now? What? Of course I know what he 47:35starts doing this. You're right. So he's 47:38your master. Yes.47:41Do you think your master would want you 47:44to live like this? Just just asking you.47:47And he kind of like gets shocked, right?47:50Do you think God created you to have 47:53this type of OCD and hoard these things 47:57and not let go of your wife into his 47:59hands because he's the better master? Do 48:02you think that's what you what he would 48:04want? Man, f you. He blew up on me. F 48:08you. Oh, okay. I'm just saying though,48:11it's just a question. F you. You get out 48:13of my house right now. Okay. F you.48:16Okay. But I'm just saying, do you think 48:19he would want that? F you. And I'm like,48:21okay. Right. Okay. You can say, f me to 48:25me, but what you really have to think 48:28about is, yeah, I don't want you to 48:31talk. I don't want to hear you anymore.48:33I don't want to hear you anymore. I 48:34don't want it. He's like blowing up, you 48:35know? And at that moment, I just stopped 48:37talking, right? And I said, "Regardless 48:41of what it is, brother, I hope you can 48:43understand one thing. Get out. Get out.48:45Get out. Get out." And I still was 48:46talking. Your wife wouldn't want you to 48:48live like this. She wouldn't want you to 48:50think about, you know, these types of 48:53things. She would want you to let let 48:55these things go. She wants you to be 48:57happy. And he's like crying as he's like 49:00yelling at me. Right? [snorts] Do you 49:02understand what I'm saying? Right? When 49:05I thought about it in this way, as much 49:07as you guys trust yourselves, do you 49:10want to be unhappy like that? Then 49:13continue to trust yourself. Right?49:15There's no smut on me. I wasn't even 49:16frustrated with it to be honest. It was 49:19more of like, man, you've been in church 49:22for years, right? And you still trust 49:26your thoughts. And if you trust yourself 49:28that much, it makes sense if it's 49:31producing something good for you, right?49:34understand what I'm saying?49:35>> So, if you guys want to go deeper with 49:37the Bible unlocks and just having these 49:39biblical resources, guys, we created an 49:41app called Core of the Heart Daily.49:42Every single morning, I write a personal 49:44daily devotional. It helps you start 49:46your day with God and make God a habit 49:48in your life. We also have the King 49:50James version Bible where you can 49:51annotate, you can highlight. We also 49:53have a gospel bot where it's trained on 49:56my teachings for the past 10 years. All 49:58my secret notes, my sermons, all the 50:00lives and the Q&As's, everything is in 50:03there. So, it will answer your questions 50:05when you don't have that pastor at 2:00 50:07a.m. in the night time and you're 50:08spiraling. And check it out, guys, if 50:10you want to download it. It's on the app 50:11store called Core of the Heart Daily.50:13Link is in the description. Back to the 50:15episode. If you guys want to be sad and 50:19miserable, the one thing you can bank on 50:22that'll get you there is trusting in 50:24your thoughts. Even after you're saved,50:26the brother is saved, but the issue is,50:29I don't care. I'm going to trust what I 50:31think and feel. Do you understand? And I 50:34heard from Pastor John that he was like 50:36drinking again. You know, he was uh he 50:39had kicked alcohol for like 20 something 50:40years and he starts to drink again.50:43That's what happens to people. Do you 50:45understand what I'm saying? That's how 50:47the enemy gets you through isolation.50:50And I know in his heart what he thinks 50:52is, yo, if you didn't take my wife from 50:54me, I would have this would have never 50:55happened. So I freaking hate you, God.50:57Right? He and many of us can probably 51:00empathize with that too, but that's just 51:02not true. If a person lived until she 51:05lived, I think she was 74, that's a 51:08pretty fruitful life. What more do you 51:11want? Respectfully, you guys got what,51:13two kids, three kids together. You know 51:16what I'm saying? Like, what is it? What 51:18more is it that you want? That's why God 51:20revealed heart posture through this. Do 51:23you guys understand what I'm saying?51:25Right. I was talking to um a billionaire 51:29uh yesterday. I was mentoring him a 51:32little bit and he really really 51:34struggled with you know depression,51:37right? Bro has a lot of money, owns a 51:40lot of companies and trust funds and but 51:43he has a lot of depression and he was 51:45just like blowing up my phone like 47 51:49mis calls type stuff. So I was like, "Oh 51:51shoot, okay, this is really bad." like 51:54there's something wrong, right?51:56Definitely. So, I'm like, I got to walk 51:58him off the ledge. Something's 52:00happening. So, I called him. Um, he's 52:04getting sued by his by his two daughters 52:06that he started a business with and he 52:08wants to unalive him. He wants to kill 52:10himself because he feels like his own 52:13family is turning against him. He's 52:15provided everything for his daughters,52:16but they're they're suing him now. And 52:18he has they're adult children, by the 52:19way. They have businesses with him. He's 52:22kind of like, you know, he runs a lot of 52:23these hedge funds and all these other 52:25things, right? Anyway, so [snorts] he's 52:27like, Johnny, like, why is my life so 52:30miserable?52:32When I heard that, I was like, what's 52:36miserable about your life? Respectfully,52:40ah, Johnny, please, man, like, please 52:42understand where I'm coming from. Like,52:44oh, I understand, but what's miserable?52:47Because your daughters are suing you.52:49What are they taking you to court for?52:50Well, they're taking to me to court for 52:5220 million, right? Why don't you just 52:55give that 20 million to them? If you 52:57give them 20 million and you're worth,53:00you know, you're a billionaire, what's 53:02the issue with that? H, but it's the 53:06principle. Exactly. So, it's not the $20 53:09million that's the issue. It's you're my 53:13daughter and you should have done this 53:16and you shouldn't do this. And you guys,53:18I gave you life. You don't go against me 53:20like that. It's that hard. And he said,53:23"True." I said, "But you know who's 53:26really miserable? Your children." What 53:30do you mean? No, they're they're great.53:31I've provided for He can't even Do you 53:33understand the wavelength that I'm on?53:34He's not even on the wavelength with 53:36He's not on the frequency. [snorts] He's 53:38not understanding what I'm saying. Even 53:40though I say it to his face, he's like,53:42"What do you mean? I provide. I I I 53:44didn't say anything about providing."53:46This is what happens when people can't 53:48hear what I'm saying. Do you guys 53:49understand what I mean? Right. So, I 53:52explained to him what what's the issue 53:54genuinely? What's the problem? The 53:57problem is pride, principle. You say it 54:00as principle, but to give your daughters 54:0420 million and you set them up for life 54:07to to basically transactionalize them.54:11Oh, I didn't transaction. Yes, you did.54:13Did you have a nanny? Yes. Did you give 54:16them a tutor? Yes. So, what do they 54:18expect when they're messing up? Daddy 54:21needs to come save them. If they don't 54:23know how to fold their clothes, daddy 54:25will provide a nanny for them. If they 54:28don't do well in school, daddy will 54:30provide somebody who will walk them,54:31handhold them. So, if their business is 54:34bad, that's not their fault. That's 54:37daddy's fault. And if daddy don't help 54:38them, daddy don't love them. That's what 54:41you taught them. He started crying,54:43right? Well, then what am I supposed to 54:45do? Give them the 20 million and tell 54:47them I'm not here to help you guys ever 54:49again. If you see me as that, I 54:52apologize cuz I didn't raise you guys 54:54correctly. But here's your money and if 54:57this is all I'm worth to you and this is 55:00what you equate to love, please take it 55:02all because that's not that's not the 55:04love I want. That's all you have to tell 55:06him. And he's like, "What the hell,55:09dude?" Like he he didn't understand,55:11right? But he started to he started to 55:13get what I was saying, right? Yeah. Give 55:15them the money. Settle out of court and 55:18go, I'm never going to deal with you 55:20guys again. Give them the keys of the 55:21company. Let them run it. Let them do 55:23whatever they want on that end. That's 55:25one of your businesses. You have other 55:26multiple. You have like 17 businesses,55:2817 streams of income or whatever it is.55:31Let them have it, right? But at the end 55:33of it, what you have to realize is we we 55:37can't raise our children. He's like,55:39"They're ungrateful people, man. So 55:41freaking ungrateful." I'm like, "The way 55:45they are right in front of you is the 55:47way we are in front of God." That's what 55:49I told him. And he's like, "How so? You 55:52just said you're miserable, but you're a 55:55billionaire. Do you know how many people 55:57would trade places with you right now 56:00and give up that 20 million to their 56:01daughters so they can take care of their 56:03whole families, their kids, his kids,56:05his kids, his kids [snorts] right now?56:08They'll trade that 20 million and 56:11they'll they'll live your life. He owns 56:13a yacht by the way. All that, you know,56:14he's rich, right? So, so your mind is 56:19this is I'm miserable.56:22But are you really miserable? No, it's 56:24your mind that's miserable. Understand 56:26what I'm saying, right? It's not that 56:29you're actually miserable.56:32Your mind is going, "Dude, this is 56:33horrible." And you're like, "Yes, amen,56:36Satan. It is horrible. My kids are going 56:38against me. This is horrible. It is a 56:42principal thing. And I told him exactly 56:44the famous thing that pastor told me.56:46You're right and that's why you're 56:47miserable. Understand what I'm saying?56:50You're right and that's why you're 56:52miserable. I've known women who've been 56:54molested by their own family members.56:57Nine times out of 10, it happens from 56:58like a cousin or an uncle or even a dad 57:00or a stepdad, right? Or even a brother.57:03It's always usually like a family member 57:04who does it. It's kind of weird, right?57:06But it is. And so it's like either 57:09incest or it's just straight up it just 57:11happens, right? Kid down the street,57:13family, friends sometime, whatever. So 57:16there are two people that I've I've I've 57:18met who were very peculiar. One was 57:22always tied everything back to their 57:24molestation. I was this and you know and 57:28and and and they did this to me. So to 57:32the reason why I can't control things 57:34and is because of him, you know, the 57:36reason why I, you know, am a bad mother 57:38is because of him. The reason why I was 57:41lustful is because of him. Like 57:42everything is always them. And then 57:44there's the opposite. There's another 57:45person who goes, "Yeah, I really pray 57:47for them." You know, I realized that 57:49they had some demons in them like that 57:51really they they were just obviously 57:53there's some there's something obviously 57:55wrong with these people. So it's weird.57:58Both people experience the same type of 58:00trauma, but the outcome is different.58:03Why? Because it's it you decide where 58:06you choose in your heart. Am I going to 58:09lean on this or am I going to let it go?58:11That's how people are, right? But then 58:14there's also layers to it. There could 58:17be layers of I'm going to let this go 58:18because I'm a good person and I'm 58:20loving, which probably isn't right 58:22either. And then there's other layers 58:24where it's like, I'm going to hold on to 58:26this, but it's like I can't hold on to 58:29this. Do you guys understand what I'm 58:31saying? Right? So, when you think about 58:35this type of heart posture, there's 58:38levels to it, but all of it gets solved 58:41by one thing. Acknowledgement.58:44Oh, I'm a person who in this broken 58:47world met by broken people, things can 58:50happen to me. But let me step out of 58:53myself and let me think about what God 58:55has to say about this. Could God have 58:58stopped this? Of course, why didn't he?59:01Well, he has his reasoning. And it's not 59:04that God had to stop it or not stop it.59:06But will God use it? Absolutely. And if 59:10God uses anything, even if it's as 59:12heinous as it is, can it be good? Yes,59:16it can be. And I choose today to trust 59:20that more than what I think and feel. So 59:24if you guys notice, the unlocks here are 59:27always tied to one thing. Stepping out 59:30of myself and acknowledging what God 59:34says, what God does. It's distrusting 59:38yourself.59:39Why distrusting self is so pivotal is 59:42because it is the master key to every 59:44situation. Right? Like the billionaire 59:48example, like the brother sitting there 59:50example, if they distrusted themselves,59:54it would be free immediately. They don't 59:56even have to wait. Do you guys 59:58understand what I'm saying? From your 1:00:00guys' problems to your guys' past to 1:00:03your guys's present and your guys'1:00:05future. If you distrust yourself, that 1:00:09is the master key. Thoughts come, "My 1:00:12son's going to be horrible. He's going 1:00:13to be a gang member. He's going to 1:00:14vape." Nope. I'm not going to trust 1:00:16that. Immediately, the problem goes 1:00:18away. Do you understand? Oh my gosh, I 1:00:21lost my job. I'm not going to have a 1:00:22job. I'm I'm going to be poor. I can't 1:00:24provide for my family. What's wrong? If 1:00:27you distrust that, immediately the 1:00:29problem goes away. At least in your 1:00:31heart. Do you understand what I'm 1:00:33saying? I can't read the Bible. I can't 1:00:35study the Bible. I'm a bad Christian.1:00:36No, that's not true. If God is with me,1:00:39he'll give me the unlocks that I need 1:00:41immediately. It fixes it. Right. Amen.1:00:45So in this way, we really have to think 1:00:49about those heart postures. Is it really 1:00:52a problem? No. Right. No. I saw a video 1:00:57of of this little kid. He's so cute. He 1:00:59was like a Thailand kid or like a Bali 1:01:01kid, Indonesian, maybe one of the 1:01:04Southeast Asians, right? And he was 1:01:07holding on. You guys might have seen 1:01:08this. He was hanging on in water for 1:01:10dear life on this log. And the people 1:01:14were like, "Stand up. Just stand." He's 1:01:16like, "No." He's screaming his lungs 1:01:20out, "No, no." Like screaming. And then 1:01:25what does the lady do? She pull she puts 1:01:27his leg down and immediately goes, "Oh,1:01:30snap." He was in shallow water the whole 1:01:34time. The whole time. But if you ask 1:01:36that kid and what's running through his 1:01:39brain, he thought he was going to die.1:01:41You guys know that, right?1:01:44Right? Like that's how strong your mind 1:01:48is. It can deceive you so badly. It can 1:01:52I'm I I finished this book and it talked 1:01:55about neuroplasticity.1:01:57Right. Right. It talks about how your 1:02:01mind you can train it depending on how 1:02:04you think to make you sick. Did you know 1:02:07that your mind can make you physically 1:02:10manifest sickness in your body? That is 1:02:13crazy. Did you know that? I was like,1:02:16whoa, this is kind of crazy. Now,1:02:18obviously, it's found in Proverbs, but I 1:02:21didn't know that people would actually 1:02:22write about this and kind of make it 1:02:24make sense. [snorts] Understand, right?1:02:28So, when you're reading these types of 1:02:30things and you're starting to understand 1:02:31like it is true because there's research 1:02:34behind it. Now, it's one thing to read 1:02:36it in the Bible. It's another thing to 1:02:37see the research behind it, right? It's 1:02:39really cool actually. So when you plug 1:02:43the Bible into it though, it's like a 1:02:46boost. It's like a jetpack. What does 1:02:48the Bible tell us? You're a new 1:02:51creature, right? Understand? You're a 1:02:55new creature. Like when you think about 1:02:57and you look at Proverbs, right? And you 1:03:00look at Proverbs 18:14.1:03:04Let's look at Proverbs 18:14.1:03:07Put it on KJV.1:03:11It says the spirit of a man will sustain 1:03:13his infirmity, a person's spirit, but a 1:03:16wounded spirit who can bear. So when 1:03:18your spirit is broken, everything breaks 1:03:21is what essentially what it is. But if a 1:03:24person is even though he have he has 1:03:26cancer, if his spirit is up, he can 1:03:29overcome and sustain his infirmity, his 1:03:32sicknesses, right? But the opposite is 1:03:35true. Basically, if your spirit is 1:03:38broken, right, most people die of cancer 1:03:41when they realize they have cancer, it's 1:03:43almost like it's accelerated. Why?1:03:45Because all the stress that comes with 1:03:46it, all the scenarios they play out,1:03:48right? It's kind of crazy, right? They 1:03:52were fine a month ago, right? Right. But 1:03:56as soon as it comes to their knowledge,1:03:58it starts to actually manifest out of 1:04:00you. Right. It's the same thing like 1:04:03when I was stuck in an elevator a lot 1:04:05most people would probably have a panic 1:04:06attack. I was stuck in there for two 1:04:08hours and some change. That's that's a 1:04:11long time to be in a small confined 1:04:12space by the way. Right. Um if you 1:04:17really think about it, it's just a room.1:04:20Do you guys understand what I'm saying?1:04:21If you really dumb it down, it's just a 1:04:24room that goes up and down. It's not 1:04:26like people will never get to you. It's 1:04:29like someone who knows that the elevator 1:04:31ain't working is going to get to you 1:04:33eventually, right? But like the mind 1:04:37starts to play tricks. No one's going to 1:04:39come in. You can't get out. Let me out.1:04:42What the hell? Oh my god. It It starts 1:04:44doing this. Do you guys understand?1:04:47Right. So, the Bible is really amazing 1:04:49in one thing. It's like it already gives 1:04:53you all the hacks, but the problem is we 1:04:55don't distrust our thoughts. And in 1:04:58order to trust the word, we must 1:04:59distrust our thoughts. You can't accept 1:05:01your thoughts and the word is what God 1:05:03is saying. [snorts] Right? So people 1:05:07then always ask, "How do I distrust my 1:05:09thoughts?" It's very simple. Is the word 1:05:11of God true or is your thoughts true?1:05:13That's all you have to answer every 1:05:15single time. And you have to remind 1:05:18yourself constantly, is the word of God 1:05:20true or is it your word, your thoughts,1:05:24your feelings? And if you let your 1:05:27feelings be true, guess what's going to 1:05:28happen? You will be miserable because 1:05:31your thoughts 90% of the time are 1:05:32miserable thoughts. Would you agree?1:05:34They hurt you. They lie to you. Right?1:05:38So, you have to learn to at least see 1:05:41that, oh, this thought is wrong. I don't 1:05:43care how real it feels. It is not true.1:05:47It's just not true. Amen. Right. It 1:05:50could be you could find the most all the 1:05:52narratives you want to spin to it 1:05:54because we're so good at that too. We 1:05:56are so good at finding ways to make 1:05:59ourselves right. Understand? We we just 1:06:02are. We're great at that. And that's the 1:06:06problem too is no matter how right you 1:06:08are, you're also wrong. That's the 1:06:11truth. You're wrong. Right? Wrong where?1:06:14In front of God. Right? So people tend 1:06:17to to do that. But the one thing that's 1:06:21most difficult for us too is edification 1:06:23aspect. When you guys are edified, when 1:06:26the message is like, "Wow, this is 1:06:28hidden." Then you're really listening.1:06:30But when the message doesn't edify you,1:06:33you become angry. During those times is 1:06:36when you have to deny. Denying yourself 1:06:39when you're getting praised is easy as 1:06:41hell.1:06:43It's when you're going, you're getting 1:06:45chastised and someone goes, "You're 1:06:46weird." Right. Pastor Kim would say that 1:06:50to me all the time. Johnny, you're not 1:06:53normal. And I wouldn't like that because 1:06:57no one likes to be called weird or not 1:06:59normal. You're abnormal. Do you guys 1:07:02understand what I'm saying? Like no one 1:07:05likes that, right? But if you're able to 1:07:09listen and go, hm, okay, why is he 1:07:12saying that? Then you're able to hear 1:07:15the heart of what kind of guidance is 1:07:16going to follow after that. No one likes 1:07:19that.1:07:21Right. Right. That's the problem.1:07:24Exactly. No one likes to accept that 1:07:26they're not a good person and that their 1:07:28thoughts are really bad. But that's such 1:07:30a beautiful thing when you realize, oh,1:07:33I'm not a good person aside from Jesus.1:07:36And I'm my thoughts are really bad aside 1:07:38from Jesus. And that's why he says, take 1:07:39every thought, all thoughts captive and 1:07:42bring it to the obedience of Christ.1:07:43He's talking to believers, by the way.1:07:45Non-Christians don't take their thoughts 1:07:47captive and bring it to somebody they 1:07:49don't believe in. Notice that, right?1:07:52Did you clock that? In 2 Corinthians 1:07:5410:5, he says, "Take every thought 1:07:57captive and bring it to Jesus." Right?1:07:59Meaning the word. First and foremost,1:08:03we don't believe in the those guys don't 1:08:05even believe in the word. He's not 1:08:07talking to atheists, right? He's talking 1:08:10to believers. So wait, I thought that 1:08:12every thought you have now is from God 1:08:14and like you shouldn't have to do that.1:08:16Just bring the bad thoughts. Why does he 1:08:18take say take every thought? Look at it 1:08:20right. Every thought bringing into 1:08:23captivity every means all thought to the 1:08:26obedience of Christ. Every single one.1:08:29Why? Because the renewal of the mind is 1:08:31a daily thing. So why is it good then?1:08:35Why is it good to acknowledge your 1:08:38thoughts are bad and to acknowledge 1:08:40you're not a good person? Because that 1:08:41means every single day and every single 1:08:43minute you will be with God. Sheesh.1:08:46That's the unlock. But Satan goes, "This 1:08:50is bad. Why? Why is it difficult? This 1:08:53is difficult. Why? So that you don't 1:08:55have to go to God and you only go to him 1:08:58when you feel like you need him." Do you 1:09:01guys understand what I'm saying? Right.1:09:03Me too. Before I got famous, I would 1:09:06never get attacked like that. Spiritual 1:09:09life was pretty easy. It's now that I've 1:09:12gotten famous that people start to know 1:09:14me and people can see my things that the 1:09:16attacks have gotten really bad. Like 1:09:19really bad. [snorts] Do you understand?1:09:22But why though? Because Satan hates what 1:09:25we're doing. He hates the unlocks that 1:09:27you guys are learning. He hates the 1:09:30growth that that you guys are having in 1:09:31your life. He hates it. He hates that 1:09:34you guys can sit there and go, "Huh, I 1:09:37see what Johnny's talking about now in 1:09:39my dad, in myself, in my brother. Okay,1:09:43I'm not going to fight them anymore. I'm 1:09:45going to accept them." He hates that.1:09:47Because before you would fight them and 1:09:48judge them, right? You start to see like 1:09:52the veil being lifted and it's like,1:09:54"Whoa, this is what he means. Oh, I'm 1:09:57just like them, too." You know, Satan 1:09:59hates that. He wants you to go, "I'm not 1:10:01like them." like you used to be. I'm way 1:10:03better than them. I don't do stuff like 1:10:04them. I'm not weird like them. I'm not 1:10:06off like them. I don't lust like them.1:10:08He wants you to do that. But now you're 1:10:10going, hm, I kind of understand what 1:10:13Johnny's saying now. Oh, this is what he 1:10:15means. This is happening. Wow, this is 1:10:18really cool. It's happening in real 1:10:19time. Do you guys understand what I'm 1:10:21saying? Right. So, in that way, he's 1:10:27like, I'm going to chop the head off of 1:10:29Johnny. like chop the snake, you know,1:10:31the head off the snake, right? Chop off 1:10:32Johnny, just like hurt him, attack him,1:10:35try his best to do whatever he wants.1:10:37So, he attacks me in many ways. He gets 1:10:39me sick back to back to back like the 1:10:41last two months and I'm good now, thank 1:10:43God, right? He will tempt me with pride.1:10:48He will tempt me with old homies. He 1:10:50will put me in positions where I can get 1:10:52shot, which could have happened a couple 1:10:54weeks ago. He puts me in uh spaces where 1:10:57these grifters come and try to you know 1:11:01buy up a portion of cloth and give us x 1:11:03amount of money. He then sends other 1:11:05people. He tries so he tries to use 1:11:06money, tries to use women, tries to use 1:11:08everything, right? That's what it comes 1:11:11down to at the end of the day, right?1:11:14But why though? The more I see it, him 1:11:17doing it, the more I realize, dude, this 1:11:21is a good thing. He wants to attack me 1:11:24because we're preaching the gospel. It 1:11:26would be kind of scary if he didn't 1:11:28attack me. It would be scary if he 1:11:30didn't come at me foul. It would it it 1:11:33would actually scare me if I didn't 1:11:35because because I remember it I was I 1:11:37wasn't getting attacked that bad back 1:11:38then. Like to be honest I kind of 1:11:40reminised a little bit and I'm like yes 1:11:42it was bad. Like of course any attack 1:11:44from bad but it's like it wasn't at this 1:11:46type of level this type of scale. It's 1:11:48kind of like wave after wave of just BS.1:11:52You know what I mean right? It's like 1:11:55even the thoughts of like the app, like 1:11:57you guys love the app, you know, but the 1:11:59numbers aren't showing it like that 1:12:00respectfully, right? It's it's weird.1:12:03It's like people don't want to shift off 1:12:05the old platform or something after 1:12:07we've put all of our heart into this.1:12:09And and and again, he's attacking like 1:12:11that, too. Trying to break our spirits.1:12:14For the past 8 months, you're working on 1:12:15something nine months and it's not even 1:12:18doing what it's supposed to be doing,1:12:20right? normally it would be more than 1:12:21what it's at now, right? And so it's 1:12:25it's not about a monetary thing. It's 1:12:28more of just like, you know, Satan gives 1:12:31me the thoughts, have I spoiled these 1:12:32people too much where everything I give 1:12:35them is pretty much free. The app is 1:12:36pretty much a free app, right? The only 1:12:39thing that you're going to miss is the 1:12:40Bible class. That's it, right?1:12:42Everything else is free from taking 1:12:44notes to everything, devotionals to 1:12:47everything, right? for the battle tester 1:12:50people, right? And it's it's like right 1:12:55people are like we should business side 1:12:57comes in but it's like no we got to keep 1:12:59it spiritual in this way. A lot of the 1:13:02time Satan will work this way. Why did 1:13:05you do that Johnny? You spent all this 1:13:07money on this app. People aren't even 1:13:10appreciative of it. See they don't care.1:13:13They trip about an extra $13 a month,1:13:16right? Like it's just $13. It's like 1:13:19they won't they don't care about it.1:13:21You're stupid, Johnny. Like for real,1:13:23you're dumb. You could have bought your 1:13:24your parents a house with this. You 1:13:27could You're stupid. You're an idiot.1:13:29People don't even care about you. Until 1:13:31when, Johnny, are you going to 1:13:32sacrifice? Like, thoughts like this 1:13:34come. Do you understand what I'm saying?1:13:36Thoughts like this come all the time,1:13:39right? And they're all li It's all It's 1:13:41all a lie. It's a lie from the pit of 1:13:44hell, right? But what does Satan do?1:13:48See, look at them. They do CLF with 1:13:52without you. They don't even respect 1:13:54you. Don't even care about you.1:13:57Everybody, you know, just accessorizes 1:13:59you, right? These these hearts come out 1:14:02genuinely, right? All they want is shut 1:14:05the faith up, teach us a lesson, and 1:14:08don't chastise us. If you chastise us,1:14:11we're going to gossip about you.1:14:13Understand what I'm saying? You can't 1:14:14You're a leader, so you can't be weak.1:14:17like all these thoughts come out. You 1:14:19guys understand what I'm saying?1:14:21Understand? Right? And so in this way,1:14:24what if I trusted that? I wouldn't be 1:14:26here, brothers and sisters. So even 1:14:29though I tell you guys, right, I have to 1:14:30practice that too. I hope you guys 1:14:32understand. I hope you guys understand 1:14:34where where I'm coming from. And I know 1:14:36you guys appreciate it. I'm saying what 1:14:38does Satan tell me though? Satan makes a 1:14:40very strong case. That's the thing about 1:14:43Satan. He's very good at making strong 1:14:46cases. He is. He's a a a master arguer,1:14:50right? Debater, right? So, it's like,1:14:54look, here's the evidence presented to 1:14:56you, Johnny. How are you going to fight 1:14:59that? And what you have to realize is 1:15:01you don't fight. You go to God and you 1:15:04surrender. Do you understand? You go and 1:15:07you surrender. Right? Amen. We are going 1:15:11back on the road for Johnny Chang live 1:15:13events. [applause]1:15:14Woo! Johnny Chang live events are back.1:15:17All of his neighbors just heard that, by 1:15:18the way. And I just wanted to say we're 1:15:20going to a lot of different places. I 1:15:22won't really announce them all right 1:15:23now, but we're going back all across the 1:15:24country again. And we are looking for a 1:15:26live event coordinator to work at Core 1:15:29of the Heart. So, if you saw the past 1:15:31live events, it's thousands of people 1:15:33coming to churches around the country,1:15:35bringing donations, live Q&As, meet and 1:15:37greets. It's amazing opportunities for 1:15:40the local communities. Food trucks come 1:15:41out. There's fellowship. Um it's just a 1:15:44really really awesome event all the 1:15:45time. And if you're the type of person 1:15:47who has thrown events like this, if you 1:15:49have experience coordinating events like 1:15:51this, we are looking for someone to 1:15:53literally book one to two events every 1:15:56month for the rest of the year and 1:15:57potentially the rest of all time. You 1:15:59got to be good at talking to churches,1:16:01cold reaching out. We're also doing 1:16:03prison ministry, so coordinating with uh 1:16:05the prison wardens, things like that.1:16:08attention to detail to detail. Setting 1:16:10up volunteers, setting up the live 1:16:12stream, setting up the cameraman. I 1:16:13don't want to make it seem overwhelming.1:16:14>> Yeah. No, we have all the checklist.1:16:16It's a pretty It's a Me and Aaron do it.1:16:18We figured it out. We do it. We want 1:16:19someone. And so, if you you can look at 1:16:21us and be like, "They did it. And I do 1:16:23this for a living. I can do it." Yes.1:16:25It's it's it's 1:16:26>> and and I'll just be real really honest.1:16:28We're not really looking for people who 1:16:29will come try this. Oh, maybe I can be 1:16:31good at that. Or, oh, I could probably 1:16:32do that. I really, we want someone who 1:16:34has done this before, who can look at 1:16:36our events and say, "Oh, I can level 1:16:37that up. I can make that better. Oh, why 1:16:40would they do that like that?" We 1:16:41usually do it like this. That's what 1:16:42we're looking for. If you've done live 1:16:44events, please call us. We pay super 1:16:45competitively. Leave your job. if you 1:16:48wanted to do something spiritual and 1:16:49throw live Christian live events around 1:16:51the country. So 1:16:52>> the the other thing too is you just got 1:16:55to love people because you know with 1:16:56these events when you're dealing with 1:16:57all kinds of people from different 1:16:59churches and prisons and walks of life 1:17:02it just just requires you to be love 1:17:04people. So 1:17:05>> yeah s servant mindset guys uh pastors 1:17:08we all are servants at the end of the 1:17:10day. So, we just have to serve people 1:17:13and if you have that heart to serve 1:17:14people and make sure they have a good uh 1:17:17you know, if our our podcast or the way 1:17:20I serve has touched your guys' heart to 1:17:22then replicate that for the millions and 1:17:24hundreds of thousands of other people to 1:17:26also experience that, that's that's 1:17:28important. If you would like to apply,1:17:30the link is in the description. You 1:17:32click on it and follow every single 1:17:34instruction. If you don't, we'll know 1:17:36that you don't have attention to detail 1:17:37and we just skip right over you. M it's 1:17:40>> very you be like what does that mean?1:17:41You know you'll just see it's very very 1:17:43clear.1:17:44>> So true.1:17:44>> Yeah. And and by the way we have been 1:17:46hiring amazing people from the 1:17:47community.1:17:48>> Yeah.1:17:48>> We're finding good amazing editors. So 1:17:51thank you to everybody that is also 1:17:53taking the time to apply and start to be 1:17:56a part of this.1:17:56>> And again if it's if you know someone 1:17:58like this who you know does event it 1:18:00doesn't have to be you right like spread 1:18:02the word for us too. That also helps 1:18:04too. So yes.1:18:05>> Yes.1:18:06>> All right guys. Hey, and and and the 1:18:08last thing is the sooner we get that 1:18:09person, the more live events.1:18:10>> Yeah, true. You'd help us tremendously.1:18:14People have been telling me, you know,1:18:16things too about, you know, uh, you 1:18:20know, the team sees my uh um they see my 1:18:23my DMs and they see, you know, the type 1:18:26of lust that goes on there and, you 1:18:28know, they inform me, right? Hey, you 1:18:30know, cuz they there's like like five 1:18:33people that have access to my to my uh 1:18:36Instagram. They post for me, whatever,1:18:38right? And they're like, you know, just 1:18:41so you know, this sister, this person,1:18:43this person saying that, you know,1:18:45you're made for them and you're you're 1:18:47their husband and like just letting you 1:18:48know, Johnny, like be cautious, you 1:18:50know, because I I won't know, you know,1:18:52I treat everybody nicely. So when people 1:18:54come up to me and then they start doing 1:18:56those things, it can get kind of like 1:18:58crazy and hectic, right? They're they're 1:19:00just looking out for me, right? And so 1:19:04when I thought about this, I'm like,1:19:07Lord, you really are holding on to me.1:19:10Like from the waves of Satan attacking 1:19:13me to people accessorizing me to people 1:19:16gossiping about me to other people you 1:19:19know going against me to you know do 1:19:23these to all these things like nobody 1:19:26even cares like the weight that I'm 1:19:28under I realized like if you're not 1:19:31holding on to me I could see how suicide 1:19:33is like an option you know like 1:19:36genuinely genuinely right because it's 1:19:38like so it's too much, right? Understand 1:19:43what I'm saying, right? Sometimes it 1:19:46takes just like one straw to break a 1:19:48camel's back. You guys know this, right?1:19:50But there there are when I think about 1:19:52it, none of that pops up for me, which 1:19:54I'm very thankful. That's how I know God 1:19:56is holding on to me, right? It's like,1:19:58dude, you're you are really amazing,1:20:00God. Like, you you you're holding me 1:20:03here. And then I thought about you guys.1:20:06That's that's what God is doing for 1:20:08y'all, too, which is really again very 1:20:10beautiful. He's doing that for you guys,1:20:12too. He's holding on to you guys. He's 1:20:15loving you guys. How beautiful. You 1:20:18know, like you think you're going 1:20:20through a lot, and you are. It's all 1:20:22relative.1:20:24But do you realize, imagine going 1:20:26through what you're going through 1:20:27without him holding on to you? I think 1:20:29that's misery, right? Like that would be 1:20:32scary. that that that's something that I 1:20:34real like, oh, I'm going through this 1:20:37because I can handle it, not cuz I can 1:20:40handle it. Because you're handling me 1:20:42through it. That means to me that 1:20:45there's a level up. And it really gave 1:20:47me happiness and hope.1:20:50It's so cool. Do you know why you're 1:20:52going through the things that you're 1:20:53going through? Because God is holding on 1:20:55to you and he's parading you and he's 1:20:58showing, hey, look, you can handle this 1:21:01now. remember you couldn't handle this 2 1:21:02years ago. You couldn't handle this 10 1:21:04years ago. You couldn't handle this 15 1:21:06years ago, 5 years ago, 3 years ago. I 1:21:09got you and I'm going to continue to 1:21:11have you. You know, that's where I lay 1:21:14my hope at. That's where I store my 1:21:16hope. Not in people changing, not in 1:21:19people being weird and saying, "Yeah,1:21:21you know, God made you for me and you 1:21:24know, I know and I I will be there for 1:21:26like that's like to me respectfully is 1:21:28is the most disrespectful thing you can 1:21:31do for me." Understand, right? Like I'm 1:21:35sorry. And the second thing to do is to 1:21:37gossip behind my back. The very person 1:21:40who gave you the gospel respectfully 1:21:44understand right is also in my own 1:21:47opinion at least very disrespectful. We 1:21:50all have flaws brothers and sisters.1:21:53Imagine I nitpicked every one of your 1:21:54guys' flaws and put it on Front Street.1:21:58You would not love me. You would kill 1:21:59me. I guarantee you. I'm very good at 1:22:02that. None of us here have no dirt. None 1:22:05of us are spotless. respectfully 1:22:07understand what I'm saying, right? None 1:22:10of us are. I don't care what you say.1:22:13It's just the truth. However, inside of 1:22:16God, what do I say? Lord, thank you.1:22:21Because sheesh, I could never handle 1:22:23this before. But how am I able to just 1:22:26give these people and pray for them and 1:22:29really go on my knees and go, "Father 1:22:31God, please help them." Right? Anything 1:22:35that I've done where I've messed up, I 1:22:38you know my heart, Lord, I've tried with 1:22:40good intention, but good intention is 1:22:42not God intention. Wherever there was a 1:22:45misunderstanding when I chastised them 1:22:47to me, you know, leading them and then 1:22:50misleading them, Lord, like you there's 1:22:54not an excuse, you know, and if I am to 1:22:57be corrected, correct me. I accept that.1:23:00I acknowledge that, right? And in this 1:23:03way I prayed many many like years like 1:23:06this right and so I was very very how do 1:23:12I say appreciative of God right he don't 1:23:15need to he don't need to save me he 1:23:18don't need to give me life a person like 1:23:22me and yet he still walks with us now he 1:23:26does this with all of us guys doesn't 1:23:30have to give us anything he doesn't owe 1:23:32us a single thing. Just so you guys 1:23:35know, yesterday something tragic 1:23:37happened, right? At least to me, I came 1:23:40home and I heard Crimie, criminal, my my 1:23:42my reptile upstairs and he was like 1:23:46scratching a lot and I was like, "What 1:23:48the hell? This guy's really active. I 1:23:50don't know." I fed him. Why is he 1:23:52tripping? When I went upstairs, his his 1:23:56tank looked like a murder scene. There 1:23:58was blood everywhere. And I was like,1:24:01"What the hell?" And I look and I see 1:24:04him stress the f out, whipping his tail 1:24:07at the wall, what? And I look closely 1:24:09and a piece of his tongue is outside of 1:24:12his mouth, but it's hanging on by like a 1:24:14little thread of like meat. His I don't 1:24:18even know how that happened. It broke 1:24:20me. I was like, "What?" Right. He's a 1:24:24huge monitor, by the way. He's three 1:24:25years old. I mean, he's three he's three 1:24:27feet long. He's huge, right? He's almost 1:24:304T, right? And I realized he had 1:24:34somehow, you know, monitors like to kind 1:24:37of scratch their face. And I think he 1:24:40dug his own claw into his tongue and 1:24:42like ripped it out of his mouth 1:24:44basically. It looked like it. And so 1:24:46when he came towards me, he was like 1:24:47whipping his tail. He's trying to bite 1:24:49me cuz he just he was hurting. And so I 1:24:52was like, "Oh my gosh, medical 1:24:54emergency, right?" I literally like 1:24:55trying to find an exotic vet. There's 1:24:57nothing in the area. It's literally 1:25:0111 a.m. 11:00 p.m. at night. And so I'm 1:25:05looking at him and I'm like, "Dang." And 1:25:06then his tongue that happened somehow 1:25:10like I think during the early morning 1:25:11because I had left, right? I I did my 1:25:14Bible class and I left, came back late.1:25:16So I think it was all dried out. Like it 1:25:20means it was out there for like a while.1:25:22And so I felt bad. But what did I do?1:25:27What came to my heart? Do you guys know 1:25:29he's alive? What came to my heart?1:25:31Father God, I can't even look over my 1:25:34own lizard. You know, I have no control,1:25:38right? Not even over criminal, right? If 1:25:41you don't watch him when I'm gone, even 1:25:44this happens. And so, Lord, you know, I 1:25:47I genuinely 1:25:49don't know what to do, right? But what's 1:25:52so beautiful is as I'm thinking this and 1:25:55I'm praying to God, I sit down. criminal 1:25:57is very affectionate. He'll come to the 1:25:59He'll come to the uh he like recognizes 1:26:01me. So, he turns and looks at me and he 1:26:04comes to the window and he starts 1:26:06scratching the window and I'm like,1:26:07"What the hell?" Right? Like he wants to 1:26:10come out and I'm like, "All right." So,1:26:13I open the thing and he he kind of 1:26:16lunges at my hand, right, with his mouth 1:26:18open. And I could see clearly like it's 1:26:22it's already kind of dried off and it's 1:26:25like that thing is just going to stay 1:26:26infected. So I decided like I'm just 1:26:29going to amputate that part, right? It 1:26:31was like a thin thread of meat, right? I 1:26:33was like let me just sanitize these 1:26:35things and like I'm going to just do it,1:26:37you know, cuz it was hurting him. He 1:26:38couldn't close his mouth and I think 1:26:40that's like what what he was strug 1:26:42struggling with.1:26:44And then when I pulled the thing, like 1:26:46he opened his mouth more to like almost 1:26:48let me do it. And so I snipped and it 1:26:51was gone and he was good. And he started 1:26:53adjusting his mouth and immediately it 1:26:56was like his whole mood changed, right?1:26:59He was happy. He was trying to climb on 1:27:02me. He I was like, "Whoa." And what he 1:27:05does is like I see his tongue, right?1:27:08It's it's it's about a third of his 1:27:09tongue was gone, but he still had, you 1:27:12know, his tongue tongue, right? So, I 1:27:13was very thankful about that. So, he 1:27:15could still smell and and all that. He's 1:27:17like using his tongue to like flick it 1:27:18and to like smell. And I'm like, he he 1:27:21only does that when he's hungry. So, I'm 1:27:24like, no way that bro 1:27:27is not like father like son, right?1:27:29Like, I don't care how sick I am. I want 1:27:32to eat no matter what. I don't if I'm 1:27:34depressed, I'm going to eat. If I'm sad,1:27:36I'm like, I'm a big bag. I don't care.1:27:37So I'm like, no way, bro. Is literally 1:27:40has had his freaking tongue taken off 1:27:42and he's like, "Give me food." I'm like,1:27:45"Nah." So I was like, "Nah, there's no 1:27:47way." And I like look at his tongue 1:27:49again and it's like looks like it's kind 1:27:51of like closed up almost, right? And I'm 1:27:53like, "Man, all right, let me see what 1:27:55it is." So I go and I get the quail eggs 1:27:58and I'm like, "Let me see." Bro ate like 1:28:01it was nothing. Like nothing happened.1:28:04He was He ate a whole carton, which is 1:28:0616 quail eggs. He ate it all. I was 1:28:09like, "Bro, you're fat, dog." Like, how 1:28:12is it that you you have your tongue 1:28:14taken off and you're like, "So, uh,1:28:17what's for breakfast?" It's like, "What 1:28:19the hell are you talking about right 1:28:20now?" And but that right there was like 1:28:24God putting my heart at ease. Like,1:28:26Johnny, it's okay. in my life too. Even 1:28:31through this lesson, I was able to see,1:28:33wow, like criminal goes through a lot.1:28:36Crim, he goes through a lot, right? He 1:28:38went through a lot, a traumatic thing,1:28:40but even he just accepts the situation 1:28:45and he can enjoy life. So, I cleaned his 1:28:48cage and I, you know, and and it was 1:28:50beautiful and he was just chilling. And 1:28:53I checked in on him this morning. He was 1:28:55good. And I'm like, even animals 1:28:58that have things like messed up, they're 1:29:02still like, "Okay, God, I acknowledge 1:29:04what it is." And that's why I know 1:29:06animals go to heaven, right? They 1:29:07acknowledge everything. You break the 1:29:10dog's leg, he'll still love you. You 1:29:12like, it's like, it's so different,1:29:13right? But me as a human, I realize 1:29:16something about myself. I'm not even on 1:29:17the level of criminal. I'm not even on 1:29:19the level of crim. My heart is is like 1:29:23you do something and and I'm I'm hurting 1:29:25all the time. If God took a third of my 1:29:27tongue, I wouldn't be like, "Let me 1:29:29eat." I would be like, "F you. Why?"1:29:32Like, I would be sad. When I thought 1:29:34about it, oh God, you're also showing me 1:29:37like what it is to sit there and 1:29:41acknowledge certain things that even if 1:29:42tragedies happen, it's okay, you know?1:29:46And it made me have a new found respect 1:29:49for criminal. Like genuinely, I was 1:29:51like, "Whoa, this guy is he's a beast,1:29:53bro. Like he he he doesn't care. You put 1:29:58him in a box, he'll live there. You get 1:30:00you feed he waits for me to feed him,1:30:02I'll feed him. He waits for me to give 1:30:03him a shower and a bath, I'll give him 1:30:05like he's always waiting." And that's 1:30:08the way I realize I have to be with God.1:30:10Do you guys understand what I'm saying?1:30:13Like had that not have happened, I 1:30:15wouldn't even thought of that. Do Do you 1:30:18guys understand what I'm saying here?1:30:19So, yes, it hurt my heart a little. You 1:30:22know, I I'm not like super 1:30:23compassionate, but I didn't know that 1:30:27that like it made me feel really sad. I 1:30:29teared up because I was like, "Dude,1:30:30what the hell? He didn't even do 1:30:31anything wrong. Like, why does why does 1:30:33he have this? And how long has he been 1:30:34sitting here like this like in pain?1:30:36That sucks, you know? Like, he didn't do 1:30:38anything wrong." And so, it was this 1:30:41type of heart. But I I realized, oh,1:30:43that needed to happen because it makes 1:30:46me even those little things reflect on 1:30:49you could be you should be like him,1:30:51Johnny. If God takes your leg, it's his 1:30:54leg anyways. If God takes your life,1:30:56it's his life anyways. If God takes 1:30:58anything from you, it's his anyways.1:31:01Respectfully,1:31:03he just let you borrow it. Why would you 1:31:05be mad? You know, it's it's it's so 1:31:08different, right, guys? When you think 1:31:12about it in that way, I don't know. The 1:31:15way that I I guess see things is a 1:31:17little bit different. Okay. All right,1:31:20guys. I got to go. Um, church has 1:31:24started on that end, so I got to start 1:31:25making my way over there. Okay. I 1:31:27appreciate you guys. Thank you. Take 1:31:29care. Bye, everybody. Bye.

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How to Desexualize Your Brain and Control Lust | Discord Stage #056

How to Desexualize Your Brain and Control Lust | Discord Stage #056

Reading The Bible Could Be a SIN... Here's Why | #069 | Unlearned Wisdom

Reading The Bible Could Be a SIN... Here's Why | #069 | Unlearned Wisdom

Is it sinful to be gay? (Pastor answers) | Discord Stage #055

Is it sinful to be gay? (Pastor answers) | Discord Stage #055

What's the One Sin Jesus Will Never Forgive? | #068 | Unlearned Wisdom

What's the One Sin Jesus Will Never Forgive? | #068 | Unlearned Wisdom

To anyone who just got betrayed: How to forgive like Jesus | Discord Stage #054

To anyone who just got betrayed: How to forgive like Jesus | Discord Stage #054