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How You Can Get Closer To God In ONLY 15 Minutes A DAY · Godly Hacks

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  All right. I want to welcome you to Godly Hacks. My name is Lisa Hanson,
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  your host with the most today.
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  We're going to talk to you about how you can get closer to God in 15 minutes.
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  That's a pretty good deal right there. And I'm telling you, each of us have
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  even more than 15 minutes, but today we're going to talk about how you can take
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  15 minutes of your life and you can easily get closer to God.
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  So I want to thank you for watching or listening. If you're listening to this podcast.
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  It'll be live shortly. So please share it. If you haven't already,
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  share, review all the good stuff.
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  And thank you so much for joining me. I'm live weekly.
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  I know I'm late today on this one, but we're live weekly Monday through Friday
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  on Facebook and YouTube. Preach at Lisa at the Lisa Hanson on YouTube.
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  And then of course, the Godly Hacks podcast. So thank you for joining.
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  All right, let's get right into it. Y'all ready?
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  So, how in the world can you possibly get closer to God in 15 minutes?
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  For one thing, the world is busy, the world is chaotic, the world is loud,
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  and you need to know how to shut some of this out.
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  So let's go through this and see if I can help you today.
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  The first thing you can do, hack number one, to get closer to God in 15 minutes,
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  is you need to shut off all the noise before you even ask to hear God's voice.
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  Because if I'm talking to you right now and you got the radio way up,
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  or people are talking to you or whatever, no matter how much you love me,
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  you're not going to hear me, are you?
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  Of course you're not, because there's too much noise.
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  And that's really what it's like in our life. There's too much social media.
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  There's too many, I got to do this. If you ever want to find out what you need
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  to get done in your house or at work, sit down and decide to read your Bible.
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  And the minute you do, everything else is going to start buzzing in your head.
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  And that's what the enemy does.
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  The minute you try to get close to God, he inundates you with things.
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  And don't forget this list. And it's like you weren't even thinking about that
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  until you opened your Bible. Now, all of a sudden, you got 15 things you got to do.
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  So you're going to have to learn to shut that stuff out, shut down the voice
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  of the world so that you can hear more clearly.
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  So you can't stay plugged into the world every second and expect to hear from
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  heaven. It makes it really hard.
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  And the Bible says in Psalm 46, be still.
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  Come on, put that in the comments. Be still or share it and say it.
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  Be still and know that I'm God. Psalm 27, 8.
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  When you said, seek my face, my heart said to you, your face, Lord, I will seek.
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  You know, you're seeking his face. You're going in front of him like,
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  Lord, I just need to hear from you.
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  And it's not always like I need to hear from you on what am I supposed to do about the ministry?
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  What am I supposed to do about my family? All of those are important.
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  But what if you're just there to talk to him and just get to know him?
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  That's right. Be still. And let me just be the first to tell you,
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  it's very hard for me to be still. I'm a very movie person.
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  I'm always moving around. So the first step to intimacy with God is not taking,
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  or I'm sorry, not talking more, it's getting quiet. Come on,
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  say that out loud. I need to stop talking.
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  Or maybe say it quietly. Stop talking.
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  So a lot of people, they want a word from God, but they're scrolling,
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  they're texting, they're rushing, they're multitasking.
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  I've done that. You know, you're thinking you want to hear from God,
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  but you're scrolling social media or you're praying in the spirit, you're scrolling.
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  You can't do that. You have to give God time. him.
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  You have to get quiet before the Lord.
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  You have to get before God and say, and y'all are saying hi to each other in
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  the comments. You're so cute. Say hi to everyone. Love y'all.
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  You've got to get quiet before God if you want to hear him.
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  You can't be loud on social media or let social media be loud and then expect
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  that you're going to hear from the Lord. It doesn't work like that.
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  All right. So here's a practical step.
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  For the first five minutes, you can put down your phone. You can turn on some
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  music that's worship music.
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  You could turn off TV, turn off all notifications, take a breath.
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  Just breathe and sit. Lord, I'm here.
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  You know, even if you sat there for five minutes and said, Lord,
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  I'm here, and you didn't hear anything, that would be worth it because you're
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  showing God you're available.
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  You know, our worship minister said something to me the other day.
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  She doesn't even know she said it, and it really touched my heart.
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  Yeah, I'm always talking too, girl. It really touched my heart.
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  And she said with worship, you know, some people are like, I don't like that
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  song. Some people are like, I love that song.
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  When you're doing worship in church or worship at your house,
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  you're preparing the atmosphere for God to show up.
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  So when you sit there and you're like, God, I'm here, you're preparing the atmosphere
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  for the maker of the universe to come and sit with you. Isn't that awesome? I think it's awesome.
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  So think about that, it's not just that you're sitting there being quiet and
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  you're like, oh, I hate being quiet.
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  You're literally preparing the atmosphere for God to come and talk to you.
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  So take a breath and say, Lord, I'm here.
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  If the world stays loud, then it'll seem like God's whispering.
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  But if the world is quiet, it'll seem like God's louder. Does that make sense?
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  All right. Hack number two, seek his face, not just his help.
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  Now, let me say before I say this, I don't want to sound like one of those weirdo
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  preachers that, hold on, I need to sip my little tea right now.
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  I mean, I don't want to say, you know, don't seek Jesus for what he can do.
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  Okay. Jesus can't show up without doing something.
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  When Jesus shows up, you get healed. When Jesus shows up, you get delivered.
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  When Jesus shows up, you get set free. So I'm not talking about that,
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  like sitting in front of God's presence and never getting anything from him.
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  What I'm saying is, and let me just tell you, this is the epiphany I had.
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  I just went to a concert and it wrecked me because these were songs I used to
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  sing when I first came to the Lord.
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  And I realized like, even with you, I'm busy, like preparing this Godly Hacks
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  podcast, this broadcast on YouTube to help you. And that's great.
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  God loves it. I'm in ministry to help you. That's good. But then what about
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  me? What about my quiet moments before Jesus?
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  What about when I sit there without worrying about y'all?
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  What about when I sit there and just sit there for God?
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  You know, God created the Garden of Eden for you and me to walk with him.
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  It wasn't like, let's go lay hands on all the sick people.
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  Although that's important. But let me, can I just tell you something,
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  part of this godly hack for you? God just wants to be with you. God just loves you.
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  God just wants to talk to you. It's not always, hey, I need to talk to you and
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  tell you to go pray for someone.
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  Hey, I need to talk to you and go lay hands on someone. All that is important.
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  Hey, I need to talk to you to tell you what to do with your life. All that's important.
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  But do you know that God just likes you? And I think that's really hard for
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  many of us to hear that the maker of the universe likes you, but he likes you.
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  He likes you. He likes to sit there. You might not be a great singer,
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  but I guarantee if you sat there one day and said, hey, Lord,
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  I'm going to sing a song for you. I bet he would like that.
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  I do that sometimes. Of course, I am a good singer.
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  But even if you're not, he loves you.
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  It's kind of like, have you ever been to a play and you've watched a little
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  kid, maybe it's your grandbaby, maybe it's your own child, and they sing awful, but you just love them.
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  I mean, they could be the worst singer. When I first dated my husband, he's a terrible singer.
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  And my girlfriend was like, oh, Lord, I knew you were in trouble because you
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  said how cute he sings, she goes, he can't sing a note.
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  But I love Chad. So I'm like, oh, he's so cute. She's like, oh, good grief.
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  So that's how the Lord is with you. Even if you're a terrible singer,
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  he's like, oh, I just love them. So sing something to the Lord. Amen.
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  So seek his face, not just his help. Spend time with him.
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  A lot of people, you only turn to God when you need something.
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  God, I need more money. I need this job. I need this. I need that.
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  Whatever I need, I need, I want, I need.
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  But don't just turn to him just when you need something turn to him
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  just because you want to hang out with him like a friend what if you
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  were always always going to your husband or wife or friend you might
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  not have a husband or wife every time you only needed something
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  you call up your best friend she's like hey so
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  good to hear from you and you're like yeah you too hey do you have five bucks
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  I can borrow she'll be like hang up the phone what about your husband babe I
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  love you oh I love you too can you take out the trash honey I love you oh I
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  love you too can you make me some dinner, you'd be like, listen here, boy,
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  I'm sick and tired of you asking me.
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  So a godly hack is that. Don't just go to God for what you can get,
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  because you won't get much like that.
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  A lot of people, you only turn to God because you want something,
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  but intimacy grows when you want Him, not just the answers.
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  James 4.8, draw near to me.
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  Oh, I'm sorry, draw near to God, and He'll draw near to you.
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  Isn't that cool? Draw near to Him, He'll draw near to you. Psalm 63,
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  1. Oh God, you are my God. Early will I seek you.
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  My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you. In a dry and thirsty land where there's no water.
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  You see, that's a key too. Get up early. Because the day gets busy and buzzing. Get up early.
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  God didn't create man just for emergency prayer. Oh God, I need help out of you now.
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  In Eden, it was instant fellowship. He wanted a nearness, a friendship.
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  He wanted to walk with you.
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  So a lot of believers, you know, we want God because we want him to solve problems,
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  but he just wants you to be in his presence, too.
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  Like, just hang out with him. Does that make sense? I hope it does.
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  So here's what you can do. Here's a quick application for that.
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  In five minutes, you thank him. You tell him you love him. You worship him.
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  You speak his goodness out loud. And then you say, what do you want to say to me?
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  You thank him. Father, I thank you. You're just so good. You tell him you love
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  him. Lord, I just really love you.
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  You worship him. It could be a song or a prayer. You could read something out of Psalms to him.
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  God, your works are endless. You're just so good. Or you could be like me and
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  sing, you know, Jesus, I love you.
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  Jesus, I'll never forget. Jesus, I'll never forget what you've done for me. Thank you for the blood.
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  Thank you for the blood of Jesus Christ.
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  Thank you for Lord you are good and your mercy endureth forever you know whatever
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  the song is you just sing thank him.
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  Then you ask, what do you want to say to me? It's not, Lord,
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  help me, bless me, fix this, do that.
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  Although he doesn't mind that because he says to ask. Sorry, I fixed my screen.
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  Right? He doesn't mind that. He tells you to ask. But it's not just that. It's God, I love you.
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  And that's what I realized in this concert. Like, man, I need to sit and tell
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  God how much I love him more. I really do love him.
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  He's not just a helper in crisis. He's a father. You know, it's like your kids.
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  You love your kids. You give them the world.
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  But if your kid only comes to you mom, I need this, mom, I need that,
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  mom, get, and never tells you, I love you and hugs you, you're going to be like, you know what?
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  I don't think I like this child very much. Don't be that child.
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  All right. Hack number three, wait on God. This is a big one.
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  Wait on God until his strength replaces yours.
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  Many times we are weak. We are tired. We are worn out.
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  And if you look and examine your heart, why am I worn out? Why am I tired?
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  Why am I weak? It's like you're just scrolling the, you know,
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  I was telling my friend today how I was purposely like not looking at Facebook.
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  And then she proceeded to tell me all the news anyway.
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  And if you're watching, I still love you. But I was like, I just told you I'm not looking at that.
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  And then you just told me all the bad stuff right after I just told you all that.
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  You know, you're tired because you're looking. I mean, there's bad stuff. Don't get me wrong.
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  There's. But by the way, quick little intermission. If you're watching me from
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  any of our new countries, I love you. I see the country you're in.
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  We have had people watching from all straight. Let me see. Hang on.
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  I'm going to take, do you guys care if I take just one quick second, please?
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  I want to shout out to these countries that are watching my,
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  or I'm sorry, listening to my podcast.
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  And maybe you're watching online. I don't know.
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  Maybe you are. So I'm going to say hi to you real quick. All right.
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  Let me get into my countries. Y'all ready?
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  Australia. Oh, we got a lot in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Vietnam,
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  Hong Kong, UK, Singapore, Belgium, Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, Belarus.
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  I don't even know what that country is. That's cool. Belize,
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  India, Jordan, Malaysia, Nepal, Venezuela.
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  One from South Africa. Come on, if you're watching from South Africa,
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  please share. We love the Africans.
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  Anyway, I love each and every one of you. Please share this podcast.
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  Please review it. Please all the stuff. All right. I just wanted to welcome
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  you. All right. Hack three.
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  Wait on God until his strength replaces yours. Waiting on God is not wasting
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  time. It's where your weakness gets exchanged for his strength. Did you know that?
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  Isaiah 40, 31. Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength.
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  They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not be weary.
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  They will walk and they will not fame the hebrew word for wait is actually kovah
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  and it carries the idea of a hopeful expectation,
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  what are you expecting what are you waiting for
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  you've got to expect you know you go to god and you're not expecting something
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  you're not going to get anything and i'm not saying just expect him to give
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  you something i mean like expect him to show up lord i'm taking time to sit
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  here whoa i'm expecting that i'm gonna hear your heart god what is it that you
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  care about today what's funny for you.
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  What do you want me to say? What do you want? Lord, do you have a song you want
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  me to sing? And again, even if you're a terrible singer, it's okay,
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  he loves you, sing something to him.
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  So it's not passive, you're staying in front of God, and you're believing.
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  Most people quit too fast, they pray for two minutes, and they're out of there.
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  You know, isn't it funny you all that we will scroll social media for four hours,
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  but we won't sit in front of God for five minutes?
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  And i'm not trying to convict you i've done it too but i'm saying
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  why is it that you can sit on facebook for four hours
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  or instagram or tick tock or whatever youtube and then
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  you sit in front of god for like two minutes and you're like two two two okay
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  that's it i'm done now god i didn't hear anything but you sit in front of facebook
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  for four hours you you scroll through tick tock for two hours can you at least
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  give god 10 minutes to talk give him a minute now i know we're doing a godly hack.
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  A godly hacks podcast for 15 minutes, but give God longer than that.
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  Give him a few minutes to talk to you.
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  Most people quit too fast. You pray for two minutes, nothing happens,
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  and you move on. But when you wait, come on, say that word with me.
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  I'm going to wait on the Lord.
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  You stop running on emotional fumes, and you draw from the strength of heaven.
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  So how do you do this? Well, you sit in his presence. You read one Bible verse,
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  maybe slowly, maybe out loud, and then you pray back to God,
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  and you sit there in quiet expectation.
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  You said, Lord, you said when I wait on you, you renew my strength.
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  I'm expecting my strength to be renewed.
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  Waiting is where your empty place will get filled. Isn't that awesome?
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  All right, so here's a quick review and a simple 15-minute thing for you to
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  do. Minute 1 through 5, be still.
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  Shut off the noise. Put away the phone. Quiet your heart.
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  Minute 6 through 10, worship. Thank Him. Praise Him. Tell Him you want His presence.
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  Minute 11 through 15, wait and listen. Read one verse, pray it out loud, sit quietly.
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  And then here are a review of the hacks.
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  Number one, godly hack, silence the world so your spirit can hear God.
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  Godly hack two, stop chasing answers and pursue his presence.
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  Godly hack three, wait on God long enough for his strength to replace yours.
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  Come on, originally in the Garden of Eden, he just wanted to hang out with you.
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  He loves you. You don't need a three-hour prayer meeting to be close to God.
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  Just start with 15 focus minutes. Seek His face.
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  Wait on His presence. Do this consistently, and your spirit will get stronger.
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  And then here is something for you to do. If you've been feeling dry,
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  distracted, tired, get quiet.
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  Seek His face. Wait on the Lord.
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  15 minutes can literally change your life. Isn't that awesome?
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  I think it's awesome. So if you're too busy for God, here's 15 minutes that
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  you can give to Him. Amen.
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  I'm telling you, God is good. God is faithful.
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  God will love you. God will strengthen you. And so if you missed any part of
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  this, you can rewind. But if you're watching me right now, I have a question for you.
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  I can talk to you about Jesus all day long, but if you've never asked Jesus
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  into your heart, none of this will work for you.
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  You know, the Bible says it's appointed once for man to die,
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  and after that the judgment. I just saw a horrible thing, speaking of horrible
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  things, a girl went to Tanzania with her fiancé and he unalived her,
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  or they think he unalived her.
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  She had all these followers online. She had this money. They were in a private jet.
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  Everything looks great, but then she's gone. What's going to happen when you
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  stand in front of God for eternity? Is he going to know you or is he going to
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  say, I don't know who you are?
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  This life goes by so fast.
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  Will you give me the honor of asking you to ask Jesus in your heart?
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  It is very easy to do. You just have to repent. I'm sorry, God, I made a mistake.
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  Believe that Jesus is who he said he is, and ask him to come into your heart.
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  Will you do this with me? Say, Father,
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  Please forgive me. I've sinned and made mistakes.
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  Jesus, I believe that you're the Son of God. You died on a cross for me.
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  Jesus, come into my heart. Be the Lord of my life and change me." Friend,
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  if you prayed that just like that, you are radically changed.
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  You are blessed. You are anointed.
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  I'm going to pray for you now. Right now, we're going to say a prayer that God's
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  presence is going to show up big.
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  And if you're from any of these countries that I mentioned today,
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  Will you do me a favor? Go to preachitlisa.com. That's a website.
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  And then you just hit like the three bars and contact me and say,
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  hey, I was listening from whatever country I was watching.
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  I would really love to hear from you. All right. I love you all so much.
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  Let's pray. God, thank you for these mighty people watching,
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  both online, on YouTube, all my regular family, all the new people that are
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  listening to Godly Hacks today.
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  God bless them. I pray that your presence would surround them like a mighty flood from heaven.
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  I'm asking you God to show up in their lives I'm asking that if they're worried
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  about a family member a grandmother,
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  an auntie, a mother, a brother, a sister that you
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  would touch their heart you would anoint them that if there's anybody that needs
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  healing in the sound of my voice the mighty hand of God would come down from
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  heaven and anoint you and bless you and heal you and protect you that God is
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  faithful and he's good that his presence would come upon you.
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  Supernaturally in Jesus' name.
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  Yeah, I don't know what caused that fireworks. If you happen to be watching
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  on YouTube, you just saw fireworks.
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  You can watch it. It's on YouTube at the Lisa Hanson. I don't know what happened.
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  It's something that happens.
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  Anyway, I love you. God is on your side. Come on. Let me speak some life over you. Y'all ready?
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  If you're listening in the car through Godly Hacks, turn it up loud.
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  If you're watching, turn it up loud. You ready?
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  You are called. You are blessed. You are kind. You are gracious.
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  You are loving. You are awesome.
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  God loves you. He wants to walk with you. He has a good plan for you,
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  a plan to prosper you, to give you hope, to give you a future.
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  He wants to heal you for Jesus of Nazareth was called by God.
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  He went about doing good, healing all that were oppressed of the devil.
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  The devil's got nothing on you. This can be your best year ever,
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  your best life ever. You can do great things for the kingdom.
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  His mighty hand is on you to do great works. And he really loves you.
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  And I love you. So I'm believing God to do something great.
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  If you are listening on the podcast, don't forget to review and say hi to me. I love you all so much.
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  Have a great rest of your day, and I will see you later. God loves you, and so do I.