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But with all that being said, let's go ahead and jump right

into this one.

The last two weeks, these episodes have really just been building on one another

and the reason for that is because these are lessons that I'm learning in real time

that I'm reflecting on God's really teaching me and that I feel I need to share with you all and so we started with quit your job

Which was really symbolic for not becoming your assignment and not letting what you do become who you are and realizing that who you are is a son and a daughter of God first you're called to be a disciple and one who's

meant to advance the kingdom and make him known in every space and so no matter what

you do that's the foundation of who you are and everything else is just an

expression of that and so from understanding that then we got into how to know God more because it's really hard to represent

someone that you don't know. So I would so last week I was really challenging

myself and us collectively of really asking ourselves how well do we know God, not through other people but our own personal experience and how much do we know about what's happening in everyone else's lives yet still so unfamiliar with the details of God's and that's

important not just because of the fact that we're ambassadors and the work that were called

to do for God but just for our own personal relationships with him. And so now, this week, getting into this episode, it's really almost an extension of that because

I believe for you to begin to really know God more, you must first encounter his presence, but to also be filled with

his word.

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