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Starting is messy. Starting is scary. Starting is sometimes fuelled by beer and a McDonald's. But starting is also where the good stuff begins.In this solo episode, Michelle serves up a straight-talking reminder that you don't need to feel ready to begin — you just need to begin. Drawing on Brene Brown's infamous “arena” analogy and a knockout story from Muay Thai fighter Christina, this is a bold nudge (ok, shove) for anyone stuck on the sidelines waiting for the perfect moment.Spoiler: the perfect moment doesn't exist. The only thing holding you back is the illusion of readiness and a fear of looking daft. But daft is temporary — regret lasts a hell of a lot longer."Maybe I should wait until I'm more prepared." No. You should stop hiding behind a to-do list and step into your arena — messy, scrappy, and unapologetically unready.Key Takeaways:Judging is easier than doing — but doing is where you grow.Your first step doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to happen.Christina's story is a masterclass in doing it anyway — even if you've got no cornerman and a belly full of Big Mac.The longer you wait, the harder it gets — and the more chances you miss.You don't need confidence to start. You gain confidence by starting.You're not here to impress — you're here to progress. Write that on a Post-it. Or tattoo it. Your cal

A number of Prophecies over the years are now finally in the news! Today Pastor Stan shares a headline in recent news, and showing the Prophecy it could be related to! 00:00 – Robert F. Kennedy 05:57 – Denuclearize 09:24 – Revelation 11:05 – Ships & Airplanes 19:27 – Fighting Against the Government 20:14 – Violence 25:55 – Our Sponsors

A number of Prophecies over the years are now finally in the news! Today Pastor Stan shares a headline in recent news, and showing the Prophecy it could be related to! 00:00 – Robert F. Kennedy 05:57 – Denuclearize 09:24 – Revelation 11:05 – Ships & Airplanes 19:27 – Fighting Against the Government 20:14 – Violence 25:55 – Our Sponsors

This week, Jason is joined by one of Bachelor Nation's favorite couples, Abigail Heringer and Noah Erb! Abigail made her reality TV debut on Matt James' season of the Bachelor, while also being the first contestant with a cochlear implant ever on the show. Noah made his debut on Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams season of the Bachelorette. The two ended up meeting each other on the beaches of Mexico in season seven of Bachelor in Paradise and the rest is history. Noah and Abigail dive into their careers prior to joining Bachelor Nation, how they handled finances while filming the show, how COVID impacted their experiences, how paradise is more like dating in the real world, why they think the format of Paradise needs to change it up,  working on renovation projects, and wedding planning.  Noah breaks down his work as a travel nurse, why he wanted to get out of staff nursing, the differences between the two types of nursing, who nominated him for the show, how he felt about Aaron on the show, and saving money by doing home renovation projects on his own. Abigail reveals her financial journey while working in a budgeting and financial analyst role, budgeting event planning for two weeks, how she applied for The Bachelor, how being furloughed during COVID allowed her to go on the show, how influencing differentiates from the corporate world, the hardships of being in the spotlight, and her new book “The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds.” Noah and Abigail reveal all that and so much more in another episode you can't afford to miss!  Host: Jason Tartick Co-Host: David Arduin Audio: John Gurney Guest: Noah Erb + Abigail Heringer Stay connected with the Trading Secrets Podcast!  Instagram: @tradingsecretspodcast  Youtube: Trading Secrets Facebook: Join the Group All Access: Free 30-Day Trial  Trading Secrets Steals & Deals!

The way you parent today impacts multiple generations. In this week's DA+3 Group Guide, you'll hear Jeremy Pryor's vision for multi-generational families with a clear identity. Get instant ideas to foster family relationships, train your children for their future roles, and integrate your work into your fatherhood role.    Key Takeaways   Multi-Generational Family: Raise your children to be excellent parents to your grandchildren. Parent with that third generation in mind.  The Need for a Fatherhood Archetype: Scripture provides a blueprint for the ideal father, and it's not always what today's culture praises.  Training: Approach fatherhood like a coach, training your children for their future roles rather than just focusing on short-term behavior correction.  Integrate Work and Family Identity: View your work as an extension of your role within your family, not as a separate identity.  Family Friendships: Socialize your children within family and community settings, not just with peers.    DA+3 Group Guide Discussion Questions   When you think about your kids becoming parents, what parenting characteristics do you want them to have?  What specific actions do you need to take to raise your kids to be great parents to your grandkids?  How do you think society views the role of a father in today's culture?  What characteristics of Abraham do you think are most important to emulate as a dad?  What shifts do you need to make to train your children for their future roles rather than focusing on short-term behavior corrections?  How can you ensure that your family's values are a central part of your family identity?  Have you ever fallen into the trap of viewing your work as a separate identity instead of an extension of your role within your family?  Why do you think integrating your work and family identity is important?  How can we encourage our children to build strong relationships with their siblings and family members? What are some practical ways to socialize your kids within your family and community—instead of just with peers and friends their own age?   Jeremy Pryor   Jeremy Pryor is a business owner, creative entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and builder of multiple movements with family at the core. Jeremy and his wife have five children and reside in a multigenerational home near Cincinnati, Ohio.    Key Quotes   8:12 - "I've been tracking a trend over the last ten years, and the trend has been to represent the new ideal father as the traditional mother. The traditional mother was very present, very empathetic, right there meeting the needs of kids. This idea of that traditional mother, I began to see that when there have been positive descriptions or symbolic, positive descriptions of the father, he would be that mother." 11:45 - "Let's think about the level that we're valuing, inter-friendships between siblings and just the strength of that. I just want to challenge and encourage you guys to really pray on, how can we foster deeper friendships between our kids? Regardless of the age gap there can be deeper friendships."   Links from Today's Conversation   286 | Parenting for the Third Generation, Building Family Assets, and Championing the Beauty of Fatherhood (Jeremy Pryor: Part 1) 287 | Creating Intentional Spaces, Carrying the Spirit of Elijah, and Fighting Against the Destruction of Fathers (Jeremy Pryor: Part 2) Register for the FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS Events in Dallas, Texas  SUMMER SALE in the DadAwesome Store: Get 20% off when you use the code “tanktop”   Connect with dadAWESOME   Make a Donation to dadAWESOME Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

In this episode, we talk about a Dutch rapper who is setting up a protest against his record label. We talk about why the deals between artists and labels are unfair and how you can deal with it as an artist. We also answer questions from the Discord Community! (00:00) Introduction and Catching Up (02:57) Ronnie Flex's Protest Against Record Label (08:54) Low Royalties in the Music Industry (13:01) The Challenges of Fighting Against the Industry (21:07) The Role of Label Heads and Gatekeepers (22:50) The Changing Landscape of Music Production and Gatekeepers (26:31) The Importance of Negotiating Booking Fees (33:15) The Relevance of Older Music Styles in Today's Market (40:39) Coping with Fame and Scrutiny Join the Artist Coaching Community on Discord! https://discord.gg/8NmAxsXTYn Looking for a coach? https://www.artistcoaching.nl/ Follow us on: https://www.tiktok.com/@artistcoaching https://www.instagram.com/artistcoachingnl/ https://www.facebook.com/artistcoachingnl

Catch our LIVE Stream on Rumble, Weekdays at 10 https://rumble.com/TheJaySheldonShowEp 560SHOW NOTESGet the best “wake up and kick butt” coffee fromBLACKOUT COFFEE https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=HyctD1sS3Use promo code JAY20 at check out for 20% offKeep your online activity hidden with the best VPN. Get a HUGE DISCOUNT at NordVPN with this special link!https://bit.ly/NordVPN-JaySheldonGet healthy with all natural fruits and veggies!Start today!Brickhouse Nutrition https://bit.ly/JaySheldonBrickhouseLearn or teach! Get creative! Check out Skillshare!Get 40% OFF and 1 free month with this special link! https://join.skillshare.com/aff7d40dtp?coupon=aff30d40dtpor use Coupon code: aff30d40dtpAll New, All-American designs!Check out our new show merchandise!https://the-jay-sheldon-show.printify.me In today's show:The Endangered Species https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/22/google-pauses-ai-generated-images-of-people-after-ethnicity-criticismhttps://twitter.com/BeetleBailey04/status/1760743816758481260 https://twitter.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1760663863865860145 https://twitter.com/ZeekArkham/status/1758167440658153938 Not Buyin' the Solar Flare BS https://interestingengineering.com/news/sun-unleashes-most-powerful-flare-in-current-cycle The Corruption Never Endshttps://nypost.com/2024/02/22/business/cbs-seizes-confidential-files-of-fired-reporter-pursuing-hunter-biden-laptop-story-in-unprecedented/ This is Who We're Fighting Against https://twitter.com/BonginoReport/status/1760792613509099777 Record Breaking Illegals https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/22/joe-biden-oversees-7-2m-illegal-aliens-at-southern-border-equivalent-to-2-years-of-u-s-births/ Rings and Smart Watches are NOT Medical Devices https://www.northcentralpa.com/life/fda-warns-against-using-smartwatches-smart-rings-to-measure-blood-glucose/article_b6ae20da-d1c4-11ee-937f-8b86890133f8.html?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral FAFO https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/22/colorado-man-dies-after-bite-from-illegal-exotic-pet/  Extra Juicy! https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1760687665018777738 Contact Your Representatives. Let Them Know!https://www.congress.gov/members Please subscribe to the podcast at: iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jay-sheldon-show/id1568836253Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2HNQU8yshneTCb0K1Q6cS0 Buy my book!https://www.facebook.com/WillyandTheWarthog https://www.amazon.com/dp/1320055001/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_VjSStb0E2RTDG26W Or Just Send me money ‘cause you love me!https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TheJaySheldonShow Social MediaTikTok: @JaySheldonTikTok Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaySheldonShow Truth Social https://truthsocial.com/@JaySheldon Facebook @jay.sheldon Instagram @ItsJaySheldon Email us at show@jaysheldon.comDISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed on this show are the host's and do not reflect the opinions of guests or advertisers. This show does not promote drug use or violence in any manner, but we do promote free thinking and the absolute freedom of speech.

Listen as A.C. and Jose breakdown and share the lessons and insight gained from episode 8 of Cobra Kai Season 5, entitled, Taikai.Links to this week's scene discussions and insight:[2:03] This One's for Carl Weathers[14:30] May the Best Dojo Win[21:15] Rocky 4![35:27] Fighting Against or Fighting For[44:18] Kenny - Keene![53:01] Jersey Tough[01:03:30] Tory vs Sam?Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram: @cobrakaipodshowFollow us on Twitter and Instagram: @ac_cristales and @josebarron18

Rahim Taghizadegan joins me to discuss what Jungian psychology and Austrian economics have in common, the problem with the deterministic worldview, the nature of incentives, and whether Bitcoin is a fundamental innovation. Rahim Taghizadegan is an economist, author, physicist, philosopher, investor, and entrepreneur. He is the last Austrian economist of the Austrian School in the direct tradition. // GUEST // Twitter: https://twitter.com/scholarium_at Website: https://scholarium.at/// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/ CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/ Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.com Carnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/ // OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:44 - Intro 00:02:17 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:03:03 - Introducing Rahim Taghizadegan 00:03:47 - Rahim's Journey from Austrian Economics to Bitcoin 00:05:20 - Switching the Field of Interest 00:07:10 - Recommended Books 00:08:35 - Jungian Psychology & Austrian Economics 00:11:37 - The Complexity Theory 00:13:38 - Behavior vs. Action 00:18:19 - Praxeology 00:19:17 - Distinguishing Human from Animal 00:23:11 - 20th Century Crisis 00:30:10 - Innovation Led to Social Change 00:36:14 - Fighting Against the Demagogues 00:42:28 - Preservation of Privilege 00:43:24 - Guiding Light and the Narrative of Mythology 00:45:44 - Human Capability of Rational Argumentation 00:47:30 - Following the Leader 00:51:35 - Rules vs. Regulation 00:53:10 - Differentiating Epistemology & Philosophy 00:55:16 - Replacing Philosophy with Science 01:01:05 - Simplicity vs. Complexity 01:02:23 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 01:03:19 - Mismanagement of Science 01:07:07 - Science is Not the Only Answer 01:10:38 - DDT Pesticide Disaster 01:12:53 - The Line Between Proper Intervention and Abuse 01:16:02 - From Newtonian Theory to Einsteinian Theory 01:19:41 - Problem with the Newtonian Worldview of Human Beings 01:22:29 - Difference Between Theory and Observation 01:26:43 - Attributes of Real Science 01:29:04 - Tradition of Speculation & Exaggeration 01:33:38 - Choosing the Right Facts 01:35:23 - Verifying the Ideals 01:38:13 - Spotting the Irregularities and Discussing Metaphysics 01:43:27 - Axiom of Action 01:46:11 - Predicting Human Behaviour 01:49:22 - The Freedom to Choose 01:52:31 - The Metaphor of Language & Money 01:55:28 - Bitcoin is an Idealized Money 01:57:46 - Is Bitcoin Discovered or Invented? 02:00:17 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 02:01:18 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 02:02:10 - Bitcoin a Fundamental Innovation 02:03:42 - Can Bitcoin Be Established in Today's World? 02:07:40 - The Nature of Incentives 02:11:06 - How Incentives Influence Action 02:17:32 - Fiat Currency Incentivizes Debt 02:21:09 - How Incentives Interact with Morality 02:25:25 - Restructuring the Incentives 02:29:13 - Private Property & Social Cooperation 02:32:20 - Being an Entrepreneur of Change 02:37:02 - Bitcoin Enhances Private Property 02:39:33 - The Feedback Loops of Bitcoin 02:41:27 - How to Find Rahim's Work// PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE? RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22 All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22

In this episode, we dive deep into a topic many of us shy away from: failure. Dr. Ally Jaffee, is a Co-founder of Nutritank, a nutritional education platform for healthcare professionals. We explore her own journey of overcoming setbacks starting from failing to get into medical school, and how embracing failure can be pivotal for growth. Highlights: [00:00:04] Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones introduces Dr. Ally Jaffee and sets the tone for the conversation about embracing failures. [00:01:43] Dr. Jaffee shares what drives her: Passion. Her mantra of 'work hard -> achieve passion' keeps her moving forward. [00:03:18] Both doctors reflect on the challenges they faced in getting into medical school and the importance of perseverance. [00:08:13] Dr. Jaffee talks about the development of her interest in nutrition during a gap year, laying the foundation for Nutritank. [00:10:10] Strategies for navigating challenges and being vocal in a hierarchical system like the healthcare industry. [00:14:28] The importance of open conversations, challenging biases, and promoting mental health awareness among medical professionals. [00:17:02] Embracing failure and its role in growth and learning. The power of reframing failures as opportunities.   Standout Quotes: The Importance of Passion and Self-Nourishment: "Passion is what drives me and allows me to keep wanting to push, push, push, and break the glass ceiling and push boundaries."— Dr. Ally Jaffee [00:03:09 → 00:03:17] Fighting Against the Odds: "Going into upper six, my last year of school was really daunting because my teachers were telling me not to bother applying for medicine. And they said to me that I should just go with my strengths, and that was languages, that was my English literature A."— Dr. Ally Jaffee [00:06:52 → 00:07:12] Passion for Holistic Healthcare: "So on the year out, which I am so grateful for, and do believe that a lot of the time life happens for you rather than to you. So when I couldn't join all my friends who were going off to university first time round, and I was kind of on my own, I was working, saving up to go traveling and reapplying for medical school. That was when I developed my interest for nutrition and just healthy living in general, because I was curious, I had time, I went traveling. Food was always fascinating to me, and one way or another, I started just reading more about the evidence basis around nutrition to not only prevent chronic disease, but also manage it. And then I started medical school already primed. With that passion for holistic healthcare."— Dr. Ally Jaffee [00:08:36 → 00:09:25] "When to Assert Yourself and When Not to": "My biggest piece of advice is if you are of the change making kind of caliber and you have an appetite for just not sitting with the status quo, is realize that there's a time and a place and respect and humility is very important and knowing when to assert yourself and when not to."— Dr. Ally Jaffee [00:10:11 → 00:10:33] The Truth Behind Success Stories: "And there's a diagram with it's basically a before and an after. And it's just a grid and you see lots of ticks, ticks, ticks, ticks, ticks, which signified the successes and it's the after, which are the ticks all in those same grid places, but there are crosses all around them. And that's the part of the grid that you don't see."— Dr. Ally Jaffee [00:20:35 → 00:20:54] The Importance of Normalizing Failure: "So I think it's so important about normalizing it and actually having senior leaders in particular talk about their failures when they were younger, but also right now in their very senior positions because we shouldn't be putting anyone on a pedestal and we shouldn't be thinking that we can't do anything."— Dr. Ally Jaffee [00:21:13 → 00:21:30]   Conclusion:See failures not as roadblocks but as stepping stones. It's about the journey, not just the destination. And sometimes, the most significant lessons come from the detours.   Do You Need Further Support? Get the industry role you want faster with us: medicfootprints.org/industry Join our membership and get a direct one-on-one with me or one of my team doctors: https://medicfootprints.org/gopremium   Featured Guest:For more insights and inspiration, connect with Dr. Ally Jaffee on LinkedIn or visit Nutritank's official platform. Connect with our great mission of connecting 1 million doctors  medicfootprints.org/joinourmission   TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER WITH ME AND MORE. https://medicfootprints.org/gopremium    REACH OUT TO OUR TEAM! WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! team@medicfootprints.org    DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW!   ABOUT THE HOST Dr Abeyna Bubbers-Jones is a practising medical doctor and Founder of Medic Footprints: the global platform connecting doctors with diverse career opportunities beyond conventional medicine. Her mission is to dramatically elevate health outcomes in the world by connecting 1 million doctors with diverse careers by 2030. Continually exploring her own path off the medical treadmill, she has developed a wealth of expertise in specialist recruitment connecting industry & health tech companies with talented doctors, whilst supporting & coaching doctors in their own career development and wellbeing. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, Consultant Occupational Health Physician, BBC Expert Voice, Public Speaker, Musician and not-so-good boulderer!  

This week on the Best Today® Podcast I am giving you the details about the Best Today® 3 Part Workshop series this September through November! This series will touch on much of what you need to sharpen the tools you have that help you to live a life of health, joy, and intention! Join us for all three workshops. September: Compass vs. the Clock: How to Create a Life Guided by What Matters Most versus Fighting Against the Clock October: Basics of Monthly, Weekly, and Daily Planning: Alternative Ways to Plan based on your schedule, season, and capacity November: Overcoming Overwhelm: Your First Steps to breaking free from the grip and guilt of productivity culture You can join the workshop series to get access to the live workshops and the replay at besttoday.co/workshop. Listen to the episode and find all links referenced in today's episode at besttoday.co/131 or listen on any platform that works for you atThe Best Today® Podcast • A podcast on Spotify for PodcastersMost Relevant Links from Today's Episode Join the Workshop Series Take the Best Today® Product Quiz Subscribe to Shunta's online publication Not Waiting For January Class Want to talk more about the episode? Let's connect in our private community and app, the Best Today® Community. Join us at Best Today® Community your first 3 days are free! ‌We want to hear from you, leave us a message with your questions or share your story of how our resources have helped you be your best one today at a time at We Want to Hear From YOU! or text us at 404-737-1002! ‌If you enjoy the Best Today® Podcast we invite you to become a Best Today® Podcast supporter. Visit The Best Today® Podcast • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters and click on the support button and become an official supporter of the podcast today! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-best-today-podcast/support

Episode Summary: In Episode 139 of the Aerospace Advantage, Flying and Fighting Against the Odds: A Cold War Perspective, John “Slick” Baum chats with Col Robert Graham, USAF (Ret.) about the 500+ combat sorties he flew across four combat tours during the Vietnam War. Surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), air bases under attack, high pilot attrition, tremendous tactical and technical innovation, training shortfalls, and unwavering dedication to duty were all hallmarks of the air war over Vietnam. As the Air Force reorients itself to confront a national security environment defined by peer competition, it is critical we look back in time and learn from the experiences of airmen who confronted and overcame similar threats. Col Graham's experiences are harrowing, captivating, and incredibly instructive. Having flown the O-1 Bird Dog, F-100 Super Sabre, and F-4 Phantom in combat, he provided close air support in danger-close proximity to friendly units; operated amidst robust enemy air defenses; and got shot down off the end of his own runway by guerilla forces—yet he continued to fly sorties day-after-day as pilot attrition exceeded 20 percent. All the while, Col Graham seasoned a new generation of airmen entering the fight. These are all challenges tomorrow's airmen will experience. Join us for this incredible conversation. Credits: Host: John "Slick" Baum, Senior Fellow, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Producer: Shane Thin Executive Producer: Douglas Birkey Guest: Doug Birkey, Executive Director, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Guest: Col Bob Graham, USAF (Ret.) Links: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/3GbA5Of Website: https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchellStudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mitchell.Institute.Aerospace LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nzBisb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellstudies/ #MitchellStudies #AerospaceAdvantage #veteran #Vietnam Thank you for your continued support!

Elevates! What's really good? "Fighting Against the Matrix" The fight won't be easy but we will win as long as we stay divinely protected and connected! September is the start of the new cycle! Old phases that no longer serve purpose will end! Make room for beautiful developments in love, growth in finances, and miracles over the next (4) months! Stop being so sensitive so you can start to embrace the truth! Adjust by communicating the hurt vs shutting it up! -Tiffany Haddish & Aries Spears -"You can't be gay AND worship God." - "Protect your DNA" GROWTH MINDSET STATEMENTS: 1. I have NOT failed, I just started. 2. Focus on PROGRESS, not the end goal. 3. Success comes with PATIENCE. 4. I am a better version of myself TODAY! 5. I learn by trying NEW things. 6. I am READY to ask for HELP. 7. Self-doubt KILLS dreams. Say these 3 times a day! Shout outs: Ri aka Rye Rye @deeply_unlocked where YOU maintain your visual ✨️

Check out our sponsors: Aura Secure: See if any of your passwords have been compromised. Try 14 days for free by clicking the link below: https://aura.com/Impact Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase!It's a simple fact of being a human that, at some point in your life, you're going to face adversity.The question is - how are you going to choose to face it? What will be your mentality?Will you choose the victim mentality? Or the victor mentality?When Former Navy SEAL Jason Redman was severely wounded by a spray of machine gun fire in Iraq, he had a choice: either assume the same victimhood narrative as everyone around him…Or hold fast to what he calls the Overcome Mindset.In today's episode, Jason tells his incredible story of how he became a Navy SEAL against all odds, bounced back from failure as a leader, and not only recovered from a firefight that nearly killed him…But rose to become a voice of courage and leadership in the wounded warrior community.SHOW NOTES:00:00 | Overcoming the Odds10:33 | Fighting Against the Victim Mentality26:44 | How the Overcome Mindset Works29:12 | Becoming a Navy SEAL41:32 | Jason's Near-Fatal Firefight56:37 | Dealing With Aftermath1:06:40 | No Bad Days1:16:00 | What Defines Good LeadershipQUOTES:“The greatest gift you have is you have a choice. You have a choice. Freewill is one of the greatest things we have as humans.” [05:31]“A victim mentality limits your success in this life. You know, you will stay wherever you are, and you will achieve the limit of what you believe.” [12:38]“Sitting there and focusing all your blame and time on the fact that your perfect plan, or something happened, or your world got thrown upside down, accomplishes nothing - nothing.” [17:32]“We think that we need to be tough and do these things on our own. But sometimes, you know, it's okay to get help. It's okay to say I'm struggling, especially mentally.” [59:15]“At the end of the day, leadership, teamwork, your ability to overcome adversity… all those things are within us.” [1:11:38]Follow Jason Redman:Website: https://jasonredman.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonRedmanWW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonredmanww Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonredmanww/ LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/37rzuMF

It's Black History Month in the USA, and in this episode, we want to honor and recognize Black activism globally, particularly the African American civil rights movement. For this occasion, we are joined by special guest Professor Asafa Jalata, who authored the book “Fighting Against the Injustice of the State and Globalization: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements". We discuss the origins and meaning of Black History Month,  and Professor Asafa shares his insightful knowledge on the quests of the African American and Oromo  movements to dismantle colonialism, slavery and racial/ethno-national hierarchies, and the relationship between these movements. Listen and let us know what you think at (+1) 430-755-0727 (voicemail or text), or reach us on our Instagram or Twitter @TeamFreeOromia. Intro/outro song credit: "Rosamo" by Yasiin Bouba, OGE_R, and Adill Jamaal.

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Hear now the word of the Lord in Genesis 39 starting in verse 1. 1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6 So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 7 And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” 10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her. 11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. 13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, 14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.” 16 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, 17 and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. 18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.” 19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23 The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed. Genesis 39:1-23, ESV With a critical moment in Joseph's life, the moment that everything we are now reading is leading toward, is the moment when Joseph will lead Egypt through a time of intense suffering and distress. There will be seven years of famine and in that time thousands of lives are at stake, both in the land of Egypt and then in the wider area of the land of Canaan. What Joseph is going to do during that time is he is going to distribute food to the various people through that trial. Food that he organized to store up during the seven preceding years, years that came before of plenty. There were seven years of plenty before the seven years of famine. Now in those times what Joseph was learning to do, like he is doing here, is to learn how to navigate through times of both plenty and times of lack. We still face this today. We have to navigate through seasons of plenty and we have to navigate through seasons of suffering. When those seasons of suffering come, well we act as though these are something that shouldn't happen, that can't happen, that won't happen. So, when they actually come they catch us completely off guard, they catch us by surprise. We want our lives to be entirely characterized by those times of plenty. We want happily ever after to start now and to be ever after, without any kind of failing or flagging or diminishment. In fact we have to go through both the times of plenty and the times of famine. The times of suffering, the times of lack are one of the things that happens. When we enter into those times of suffering, it is not just that we are surprised by it, but sometimes we find in our hearts and our minds and our souls that we begin to gauge and evaluate whether we perceive God to be present depending upon our circumstances. If it's time plenty, well hey the Lord is clearly with me. If at the time of suffering and lack I don't know if the Lord is with me, in fact it feels like he has forsaken me in those times. What this story does is to teach us to look beyond our circumstances, the outward appearance of our circumstances. The story teaches us to learn to see God's presence with us, even in the midst of great suffering in our lives. Our big idea as we study this morning is this that the Lord is with his people, even in their suffering. So we see that the Lord is with us in three ways. 1. Flourishing in our Labors 2. Fighting Against our Temptations 3. Faithfulness in our Suffering Flourishing in our Labors So, let's start with this first section, verses one through six, where we see Joseph flourishing in his labors. When we come to the first verse we are being reoriented to the story of Joseph and in the last chapter. If you were here when we studied chapter 38, Joseph was not the focal point of that story, but the story focused on Judah and Tamar and the children born to Judah and Tamar, in chapter 38. Now in verse 1 we are reminded that Joseph has been taken down to Egypt by the Ishmaelites and that he has been sold to Potiphar, we read that at the end chapter 37. Now we're being reoriented to it, and in particular we're being reoriented to Joseph's sufferings. He didn't go down there on a vacation, he didn't go there of his own free will. He was bought there brought there as a slave who was sold at the hands of his own brothers. So, we're reoriented to the suffering of Joseph. Nevertheless right away in verse 2, we read this phrase, “the Lord was with Joseph.” Now this phrase, “the Lord was with Joseph” is the theme of this chapter. Now we read it here at the beginning of this chapter and then we read it again at the end of the chapter in verse 21. “The Lord was with Joseph”, in the beginning and the end of this, is the theme that the narrator the Bible wants us to see throughout this whole story. Now this seems a little strange a little ironic because this is a story about some of Joseph's deepest sufferings. Yet what the Bible wants us to see here is that even in these sufferings, it's not that the Lord has gone away. In fact the Lord is with Joseph as he suffered and in the midst of his sufferings. One of the ways that this passage underscores this, is that this is the only chapter in the entire story of Joseph where we read the covenant name of the Lord, Yahweh. Now this is very strange. In all of Genesis, all the way up through chapter 36, the name Yahweh appears in every chapter except the first chapter, where we read about God who creates heaven and earth and then chapter 23, which is about Abraham's negotiations to buy a burial plot for his wife Sarah. Everywhere else we see the covenant name of the Lord, Yahweh. That's not just a title like you would call a person, a king, maybe Lord so and so. That's not just the name of God, sort of a title for a divinity. We are talking about the covenant name of God Yahweh. This is the only place in the story of Joseph where it appears. If you look this is wherever you see the LORD in all capital letters, that shows us this is the name of the LORD, Yahweh. It appears in the midst of his deep suffering, because what Yahweh signifies is his covenant faithfulness to be with his people, even in the midst of their deepest trials. That's what's going on here, Joseph is suffering when he is brought into Egypt. Here we see that the Lord is with Joseph. For a time in the midst of his sufferings Joseph flourishes he, he prospers in all that he does even in the midst of his sufferings. So we see in verse 4 that Joseph gains favor in Potiphar's eyes. This is the first of four visual evaluations we're going to have of Joseph. We read at the beginning here that in the eyes of Potiphar he has favor. Because of this favor we read that Potiphar gave everything into the hand of Joseph. In verses four and six, now if you're reading from the ESV, this is translated charge he put everything in Joseph's charge. It's a good translation, but there's a reason that we need to see that literally this is into Joseph's hand. That phrase is going to become important a little bit later. Yet here we see that in all of this, everything Joseph touches prospers, and so everything is put into his hand. We want to see this time continue for Joseph. We see how much he has suffered, and we want to see that well, maybe this is the beginning of his happily ever after. But we should recognize that this is not the end of the story. This is rather what John Calvin calls, time to breathe, that the Lord is giving to Joseph this is time to breathe. John Calvin has this great point in his commentary, it really stuck out to me as I was studying this week. It is that the Lord, though he often plunges his own people into the waves of adversity, yet he does not deceive them. Seeing that by sometimes moderating or lessening their sufferings, he grants them time to breathe. Truly for this end God meets with us in our difficulties, that then with collected strength as men refreshed, we may be the better prepared for other conflict, for future conflict. By having time to breathe we will be prepared for the trials that are coming our way. Indeed more trials are coming Joseph's ways. One of my fondest memories of a vacation was a couple of years ago, at the beginning of January in 2019. I look back often on this vacation with particular fondness, in part the fondness had to do with some fun things that I was able to do over that vacation. However much of the fondness came because I knew that when I got back to work we were going to start the Building on a Firm Foundation campaign. That was two years ago, if you if you were here for that. I knew that when I got back I would be preaching for 12 weeks straight and that I was going to have a tremendous number of various meetings. I knew that I was going to be with the congregation in different disciple groups. I knew that this time was going to be exciting, but that it was going to be a grind. So that vacation, because I knew something of the trials that were coming and the difficulty and the busyness that was coming, that vacation felt like a refuge for me. It was a time to breathe where I was able to prepare myself for the incredible workload that was coming my way. The problem, of course, is that most of the time we don't know what's coming around the corner. We don't know the trials that are headed our way. We don't know the suffering that we are about to encounter. So sometimes when we are in times that we should be savoring as times to breathe, to prepare ourselves for what's ahead, we get confused and we think well this is the way it's got to be forever and ever. We think, I've entered the happily ever after and my life will continue like this. This has to be the default setting. But for Joseph and for us, the Lord uses these times of flourishing not to sort of give us an uninterrupted time of happiness, but to remind us and to assure us that the Lord is with us in good times as well as bad. Also to give us tangible evidence for us to tuck away and store away for those times of lack, for those times of famine, for the trials ahead, to remember that the Lord is with his people throughout. What we must always remember during these times of flourishing is that the Lord will not give us this happily ever after yet, but that in these times we should be not looking for that. Instead we should be preparing ourselves for the battle that we must face. Fighting Against our Temptations So as I say Joseph has a battle to face, and this is what we come to in the second section where we see the Lord is with us when we are fighting against our temptations. Joseph suffers deeply under the temptations that he faces at the hand of his of his master's wife of Potiphar's wife. So starting in verse six we see the beginning of this second section where we read, at the end of verse six, a very interesting phrase. It says, “now Joseph was handsome in form and in appearance”, or literally this is, “Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.” This phrase has come up in Genesis again and again, but there's a sort of a flip to it. Usually this phrase is used of the wives of the patriarchs. It's used to describe the physical beauty of women, the wives of Abraham and Isaac. When Abraham and Isaac are particularly concerned as they go into foreign countries that the beauty of their wives will attract the attention of foreign men. Yet here it is a patriarch whose physical beauty, whose physical attractiveness, is going to attract the attention of a foreign woman, the attention of Potiphar's wife. In verse 7 we read this is exactly what happens after a time. Joseph's master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph. This is the second of the three visual evaluations of Joseph. She looked at Joseph and the results of her evaluation of Joseph are reflected clearly enough in her blunt demand found at the end of verse seven, “lie with me.” It's just two blunt Hebrew words, lie with me. Now remember when Pharaoh's eyes saw the blessing of the Lord on Joseph, he wisely promoted Joseph to a position of authority. When Potiphar's wife's eyes see the beauty of Joseph, she sinfully demands that he commit adultery with her. Now again there's a contrast. We should look between what happens with Joseph and what happens in Judah's life, which we looked at last week. Last week we said that in many ways the lives of Judah and the lives of Joseph are kind of parallel, but they are written in such a way where we see the clear contrast between the two. Judah both sinfully married a Canaanite woman in 38:2, and then he sinfully initiated hiring the services of a prostitute in verse 15, because he saw them. It was his eyes, his seeing that initiated his sin in both of those cases. Now in Joseph's case there's going to be temptations to sin because of seeing, but Joseph is not the one initiating the sin. Joseph is not doing all of this because of what he sees, rather he is the one who is suffering under this temptation because he himself is seen. So there's some parallels to what happened with Judah, but we're seeing a very clear contrast. Joseph is the innocent one, he is the one who is seen. So Potiphar's wife not only comes and demands that he lie with her, but then when we read that Joseph turns her down. That doesn't stop her, as we will see. Look at what Joseph says in verses 8 and 9. 8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” Genesis 39:8-9, ESV There are two really interesting things about Joseph's response. First of all we should notice that this is not part of it, but how wordy Joseph's response is in comparison to the blunt demand of Potiphar's wife. The first thing that's really interesting about this is that Joseph identifies the extraordinary blessings, the privilege, the influence that Potiphar has given him over everything in his house except for Potiphar's wife, for obvious reasons. The reason this is so remarkable is that we very often overlook our vast blessings, and we wrangle, and we become discontented at the few things that we do not have. We look at our lives and we sort of explain away the great blessings that we have, and we say but this thing I don't have and so I'm mad about that and I want to get that thing. This is actually as old as sin itself. You may remember that in the Garden of Eden our first parents were given lavish gifts by God. God said in Genesis 2:16-17, 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17, ESV So God said you shall surely eat from every tree. You can eat it all, except for this one tree, one thing is off limits. When eve began to dialogue with the serpent, with Satan, when the serpent asked her whether she wasn't allowed to eat anything she under emphasized God's goodness. She said, “well we may eat of the trees of the garden.” She didn't say, “we may surely eat of every tree”, she said “we may eat of the trees, I guess we can eat some things.” So she underemphasized God's goodness, she downplayed God's blessings, but she overemphasized the prohibition. She says, “but we may not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Neither shall we touch it lest we die.” Well God hadn't prohibited them from touching it, that was something she added. So she under emphasized God's blessings and over emphasized what was withheld from her. That was a part in leading her toward justifying, reaching out and eating from the tree that God had forbidden her. This is what still happens in our lives. We look at all the things that we have, and we downplay them and grumble at the things that we don't have. When the extreme cold came last week, was your heart filled with unending gratitude that you had power and heat and food and shelter, or did you find your time grumbling about the weather when you talked with people? Or this morning, my neighborhood had a power outage, and did I thank the Lord that that hadn't happened during the time of extreme cold? Did I thank the Lord that providentially I woke up early and was able to get dressed and ready to go before the power kicked out? Or did I grumble that I couldn't fix my normal breakfast and coffee at home? I'll be honest it was a mix of both. I had to call my wife and apologize for being a grump this morning on my way out the door. This is the way that we think. We think about all the things that we don't have, and we become discontented at the things that we don't have. Joseph shows us here a major key for fighting temptation is to keep our eyes fixed on our blessings, not on what we lack. The second thing that Joseph does to show us on how to fight temptation is that he identifies the true nature of evil. He says, “how then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” What Joseph realizes is that at the end of the day, ultimately this sin is not against Potiphar's wife, not against Potiphar not against himself. Although all of those things he would be sinning against, but ultimately sin is always committed against God. Even when we think that sin will be victimless or that it will be justifiable in this world, we must remember that sin is fundamentally a direct personal rebellion against God himself. Even though God is not seen in this passage, God is unseen through most of this passage, Joseph knows that the Lord is with him and so he cannot he dare not sin against the God who sees all things. Well again Potiphar's wife doesn't quit. She hears what Joseph says, but she continues to tempt him. We read in verse 10, day after day, and then in verse 11 we read that she initiates an ambush after trying day after day and failing. Then one day when Joseph is alone in the house doing his work, and it happens that no other men of the house were there, she grabs him by his garment and she says in verse 12, “lie with me.” Joseph doesn't wait a moment, he flees the situation, runs away. She was grabbing his garment and pulls the garment off of him, so that he is running out of the house and she he still has that garment in her hand. Look at that phrase in verse 13, “as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand.” Now remember earlier that expression, in his hand, was used to describe Joseph's authority that was given to him by Potiphar over everything in Potiphar's house. Everything was put into the hand of Joseph. But now we see this expression “in her hand” as tangible proof that Joseph was worthy of that trust of Potiphar, but this also becomes the evidence that Potiphar's wife will twist to accuse Joseph falsely. That's exactly what she does. She calls then the men of the house to come to her and she points to this garment and says, And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.” Genesis 39:15, ESV What we see here as readers of this story, although this wouldn't have necessarily been apparent to those who were hearing this story, is that she has flipped the order. Originally Joseph left his garment behind when she grabbed it and then she called the men to come to her, but she's flipping the order so that we can see just how blatant her lie is, how she is twisting the evidence of Joseph's garment. When when Potiphar's wife's husband, when Potiphar comes home later she tells her husband the exact same story, in verses 17 and 18. Now once again, and we've mentioned this a few times in our study of Joseph so far, clothing again appears as an item that's used for deception. There's a long history of this in Genesis, it comes up again and again. Back in Genesis 27 Jacob, who is Joseph's father, Jacob deceived his own father Isaac, Isaac would be Joseph's grandfather, Jacob deceived Isaac by dressing up in Esau's garments. That is the same word that appears here for Joseph's garments. He dressed up in Esau's garments in order to steal from Isaac the blessing that Isaac intended to give to Jacob's brother Esau. Then in Genesis 37, Joseph's brothers deceived Jacob their father by taking Joseph's robe, his clothing. They dip it in goat's blood to trick Jacob into believing that Joseph was dead. So just as Jacob used clothes to trick his father Isaac, so Jacob's sons use clothing to trick Jacob. Then in Genesis 38 we read about how Judah, one of Joseph's brothers who had just tricked their father Jacob with clothing, was also himself tricked by Tamar. She took off the clothing, the garments of her widowhood, and dressed up as a prostitute to deceive Judah. Again, Judah had just tricked his own father this way and now he is deceived by garments, by clothing, in this way. Now once again we see Joseph, who is falsely accused because of his garments that are twisted to use as evidence against him. Now what's hard about this story is that in Jacob's case, when he was deceived by his sons, well Jacob had done the same thing earlier so there's something of a turnabout for Jacob. Then when Judah is deceived with Tamar, well he had just tricked his own father Jacob with this, so for Judah there's some turnabout for him. This is twice that garments are used against Joseph and Joseph has been innocent. This is twice that he has been the victim. Twice that his own clothes have been used against him. So this is a story that we have a very difficult time with. Hasn't Joseph already suffered enough? Here Joseph even went to great efforts to retain his innocence. He used a lot of words to try to show why this would be an evil thing, to lie with Potiphar's wife. When the ambush came, he fled from the room. Yet here again he suffers all the more by this false accusation, and so we want to know as we read this or certainly we would want to know if we ourselves were in this situation, we want to know where is the Lord in all this? Where is God? Now what this story doesn't teach us is that the Lord will necessarily intervene to prevent such things from happening. That's not what happens for Joseph and it sometimes doesn't happen for us. What this story does teach us though is that even though the Lord doesn't necessarily intervene to prevent suffering like this, that doesn't mean that the Lord is absent or that he is blind or that he is powerless. Rather the story points us in a different direction, to understand where the Lord is when we suffer. Namely this teaches us to see the Lord's presence in our suffering. Faithfulness in our Suffering So now we come to the third section where we see that the Lord is with us, by his faithfulness, in our suffering. In Joseph's life we see the Lord's faithfulness in two ways. First we see the Lord's faithfulness in verses 19 through 20, where we read that when Potiphar hears this story, and his anger is kindled. 19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. Genesis 39:19-20, ESV Now the Lord's faithfulness appears here in the leniency, the lightness, of the punishment that Joseph receives. If Joseph has indeed attempted to rape Potiphar's wife, then Joseph should have been put to death on the spot. Again there is a comparison and a contrast to what happened in the previous chapter when Judah learned that his daughter-in-law Tamar had become pregnant by sexual immorality. He demanded in verse 24 that she be brought out to be burned death, that was the punishment that he commanded for her. Joseph here, he's innocent, but he is not put to death as he should have been, but rather he is put in the king's prison, the place for the king's prisoners. Now we don't know why this is, because Joseph doesn't really qualify for being put in this particular prison. Why the leniency? Well some people speculate that Potiphar may not have believed what his wife has told him. Again, if he should have put Joseph to death, this may be been a way of not doing nothing, not ignoring the charge against Joseph, but nevertheless not putting him to death. He may not have believed his wife's own testimony. What is certainly true is that the Lord's unseen hand is here protecting Joseph from further suffering. We see the Lord's faithfulness in preventing Joseph's suffering from going beyond a certain point. The second way we see the Lord's faithfulness is we see the explicit statement that was repeated from earlier back in verse 2, in verse 21. We read that the Lord was with Joseph and we get an expansion on that. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. Genesis 39:21, ESV This is the third visual evaluation, Potiphar saw the favor of the Lord on Joseph and so Potiphar had favor on Joseph to put all things under Joseph's charge. Potiphar's wife saw Joseph and lusted after him. Now the jailer sees Joseph, and in the assessment of the jailer, Joseph is again worthy of having all things put under Joseph's charge, into Joseph's hand. Again the Lord is faithful in the suffering of Joseph, so that Joseph flourishes in the midst of his suffering. Application Well, what should we do, how should we apply this text to our life? 1. Well the first thing that we must do is to know that the Lord is with his people the Lord is with his people. One of the great prophecies in the whole Bible comes in Isaiah 7:14, 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14, ESV That name Immanuel is the word that means God with us. The whole story, we read this a lot about at the Christmas time, to tell us that God would come to be with us. God the Son would come to be born as a human being, like us in every respect except without sin, in order to dwell with us, to be with us. When Christ came into this world he indeed was with us. He endured the most bitter suffering. He had to deal with and endure the harshest temptations and to be victorious over all of those. Then he was condemned to the most horrifying death, death on a cross, in spite of the fact that he was perfectly innocent, even beyond innocence of the temptations that Joseph experienced. Jesus was entirely innocent and nevertheless went to the cross. Indeed when our Lord Jesus went to the cross, he was forsaken at the cross. He cried out on the cross, “my God, my God why have you forsaken me?” “Why are you not with me?” Why did Jesus have to cry that out? So that we would know that God will never leave us or forsake us. Jesus asked why God had forsaken him, so that you and I would never need to ask the same question. So that we would know that forever the Lord will be with his people. The Lord was with Joseph in Joseph's suffering, the Lord was among us in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, and now the Lord's Holy Spirit indwells all those who trust in Jesus Christ. So the question to ask is have you trusted Christ, or do you remain alone? The Bible promises that the Lord will be with his people and the Bible says that to all who have believed in Jesus he gave them the right to be called God's own children. Trust in the Lord and the Lord will save you by his powerful, redeeming, saving, presence. The Lord is with his people. 2. Well, the second application is that we must learn how to see the Lord's presence with us at all times. Potiphar and the jailer, and even Joseph himself, clearly saw the Lord's presence with Joseph. Joseph saw that times of flourishing and plenty were gifts from God, but he also knew that the Lord would remain with him even when those times turned to suffering and lack. As I mentioned earlier that lesson prepared him for the greatest challenge of his life, when he would have to navigate. When he would lead Egypt through in seven years of plenty, not just to enjoy them and to live for the moment, but to use those time to store away grain so that when the time of famine came, there would be enough food to feed the whole world. Well we see that Joseph was doing this in the midst of his sufferings. Joseph knew that times of flourishing were but a time to breathe. So he was storing up for himself memory, storing up for himself evidence, as food that the Lord would be with him at all times. Then when the time of famine, of increased trials and suffering, would come he would be able to draw on what he had seen of God's presence, as proof of God's goodness in the past. If the Lord was faithful to me then, the Lord will be with me now. We also see how clearly that is the case when Joseph had to fight his trials. He didn't lament how difficult his situation was, he says look at the great blessings I have. How then can I sin against God's unseen presence by doing this wicked thing? He didn't say to himself, who will ever know, but he staked his refusal to sin on God's unseen presence. Suffering, especially the suffering of temptation, often catches us off guard. Why? Well most often it's because we expect the good times of flourishing and plenty to be the normal, the default. We want a permanent happily ever after. We need to see those times to breathe. This time is to be storing up the evidence of God's grace toward us, so that when these times of trial appear we'll be ready for them, we'll be prepared, we will have reserves of memories of God's goodness stored up to get us through those difficult times. Now this doesn't mean that we shouldn't enjoy the times of plenty in fear as we wait for the other shoe to drop on us. Rather it means that we must live our lives deliberately cultivating confidence in the Lord's mercy. In good times this means we have to say to ourselves, the Lord is my shepherd there is nothing I want, I lack nothing. Then in bad times we say to ourselves, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. The Lord is with his people even in their suffering, even when they walk through the valley of the shadow of death. We must say to ourselves, the Lord has been on our side in good times and in bad and blessed be the name of the Lord. For our help is in the name of the Lord ,who made heaven and earth. I once heard a wise woman tell other believers, especially other younger women, to stop saying “what if” so often. They can stop saying, “what if this happens” or “what if that happens” or “what if this, that, or the other would happen in my life.” Rather change the language and it changes your whole perspective. Instead of saying “what if”, to say “even if”. “Even if those things happen”, “even if this, that, or the other happens”, the Lord will be with me. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil for the Lord will be with me. Brothers and sisters, we cannot gauge God's presence by whether we see times of plenty or times of lack. We cannot judge whether God is with us just by our outward circumstances, as though he's here when our lives are good, and he has somehow forsaken us when our lives are bad. We must instead learn to see that times of comfort and times of suffering as different avenues through which God expresses the fullness of his covenantal faithfulness toward us, as the Lord, as Yahweh. So wherever you are this morning, whether this is a time of plenty or whether this is a time of suffering, we must learn from this passage. If it's a time of plenty store up these times, remember it for the future. If this is a time of suffering, draw from your reserves, remember the times in the past when the Lord has been faithful. Wherever you are today, do you see the Lord's presence? That's what this story challenges us to do. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we pray that you would indeed help us to see Christ and that you would help us to see the goodness of Jesus Christ who was forsaken at the cross, so that we would not be forsaken, that you would never leave us or forsake us by the presence of your Joly Spirit. So we pray for that and we pray for faith, even if and even when times become difficult. We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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2 hour set recorded live on 2015.08.31 by Robby BlackLast mix of the summer :(TAGS: DeepHouse, SoulfulHouse,  Deep and Soulful House Music, Deep Tech, Afro Deep, AfroHouse, NewRelease, StrictlyDeep(Tracklist embedded in lyrics section of each MP3)IDTitleArtistLabelDate1Karma Game (@steve_bug Retouch Instrumental)PentatonesBody Music 20152Out Of CageNowakowskiRoom with a view 20113SatoriPaul StickmanDNH Records 20154The Thieves (Johanna) (Less Dub Mix)Stereofysh, LessLebensfreude 20155Stab Back (Deep E Remix)Ennor, Deep EIsendit 20156FeelingsUrban ElementsCherry Lounge 20157The Black Knight Satellite (Original Mix)TadeUnderyourskin 20158The Late Arrival (Original Mix)Cazuma, AndreasAtjazz Record Company 20159Want U Tonight (Asadinho Remix)Mateo & Matos, Vincent Inc, AsadinhoBig Mama Records 201510Beautiful Dark Skin (Athann Remix)Soul Minority, AthannKolour Recordings 201511Under 100Hz (Original Mix)MianyoMusex Industries 201512Plough Hand Blues (@OnurOzman Remix)Soul Minority, Onur OzmanKolour Recordings 201513Volca Tonic (Original Mix)GasCadenza 201514The Throb (Original Mix)Dan McKie, Beat ManeuvaHouse Of House 201515Survive (I Will) (Dub Version)Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo)Swedish Brandy Productions 201516There for Me (DJ Feevos Deep Feever Mix)G SpiceEpoque Music 201217Trashmax (Terry's Dub)Bucher & KessidisPlastic City. Play 20151829 Mbopha Circle (Original Mix)Sphamandla MkhizeSamara Records 201519Tryin Find A Way (Dub)Tim DeluxeStrictly Rhythm 201520Fighting AgainstRalphie BossFloating Music 201521Sunshine (Original Dub Mix)Malhen, DJ CocodilSandy Records 2015Follow on Twitter @BassicDeepHouseDownload BDHS074

2 hour set recorded live on 2015.08.31 by Robby BlackLast mix of the summer :(TAGS: DeepHouse, SoulfulHouse,  Deep and Soulful House Music, Deep Tech, Afro Deep, AfroHouse, NewRelease, StrictlyDeep(Tracklist embedded in lyrics section of each MP3)IDTitleArtistLabelDate1Karma Game (@steve_bug Retouch Instrumental)PentatonesBody Music 20152Out Of CageNowakowskiRoom with a view 20113SatoriPaul StickmanDNH Records 20154The Thieves (Johanna) (Less Dub Mix)Stereofysh, LessLebensfreude 20155Stab Back (Deep E Remix)Ennor, Deep EIsendit 20156FeelingsUrban ElementsCherry Lounge 20157The Black Knight Satellite (Original Mix)TadeUnderyourskin 20158The Late Arrival (Original Mix)Cazuma, AndreasAtjazz Record Company 20159Want U Tonight (Asadinho Remix)Mateo & Matos, Vincent Inc, AsadinhoBig Mama Records 201510Beautiful Dark Skin (Athann Remix)Soul Minority, AthannKolour Recordings 201511Under 100Hz (Original Mix)MianyoMusex Industries 201512Plough Hand Blues (@OnurOzman Remix)Soul Minority, Onur OzmanKolour Recordings 201513Volca Tonic (Original Mix)GasCadenza 201514The Throb (Original Mix)Dan McKie, Beat ManeuvaHouse Of House 201515Survive (I Will) (Dub Version)Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo)Swedish Brandy Productions 201516There for Me (DJ Feevos Deep Feever Mix)G SpiceEpoque Music 201217Trashmax (Terry's Dub)Bucher & KessidisPlastic City. Play 20151829 Mbopha Circle (Original Mix)Sphamandla MkhizeSamara Records 201519Tryin Find A Way (Dub)Tim DeluxeStrictly Rhythm 201520Fighting AgainstRalphie BossFloating Music 201521Sunshine (Original Dub Mix)Malhen, DJ CocodilSandy Records 2015Follow on Twitter @BassicDeepHouseDownload BDHS074

2 hour set recorded live on 2015.08.31 by Robby BlackLast mix of the summer :(TAGS: DeepHouse, SoulfulHouse,  Deep and Soulful House Music, Deep Tech, Afro Deep, AfroHouse, NewRelease, StrictlyDeep(Tracklist embedded in lyrics section of each MP3)IDTitleArtistLabelDate1Karma Game (@steve_bug Retouch Instrumental)PentatonesBody Music 20152Out Of CageNowakowskiRoom with a view 20113SatoriPaul StickmanDNH Records 20154The Thieves (Johanna) (Less Dub Mix)Stereofysh, LessLebensfreude 20155Stab Back (Deep E Remix)Ennor, Deep EIsendit 20156FeelingsUrban ElementsCherry Lounge 20157The Black Knight Satellite (Original Mix)TadeUnderyourskin 20158The Late Arrival (Original Mix)Cazuma, AndreasAtjazz Record Company 20159Want U Tonight (Asadinho Remix)Mateo & Matos, Vincent Inc, AsadinhoBig Mama Records 201510Beautiful Dark Skin (Athann Remix)Soul Minority, AthannKolour Recordings 201511Under 100Hz (Original Mix)MianyoMusex Industries 201512Plough Hand Blues (@OnurOzman Remix)Soul Minority, Onur OzmanKolour Recordings 201513Volca Tonic (Original Mix)GasCadenza 201514The Throb (Original Mix)Dan McKie, Beat ManeuvaHouse Of House 201515Survive (I Will) (Dub Version)Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo)Swedish Brandy Productions 201516There for Me (DJ Feevos Deep Feever Mix)G SpiceEpoque Music 201217Trashmax (Terry's Dub)Bucher & KessidisPlastic City. Play 20151829 Mbopha Circle (Original Mix)Sphamandla MkhizeSamara Records 201519Tryin Find A Way (Dub)Tim DeluxeStrictly Rhythm 201520Fighting AgainstRalphie BossFloating Music 201521Sunshine (Original Dub Mix)Malhen, DJ CocodilSandy Records 2015Follow on Twitter @BassicDeepHouseDownload BDHS074