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In today's RaiseMasters Radio episode, Adam sits down with Aaron Iler of Gold Dragon Investments. Aaron started as an executive assistant but quickly became a key player in scaling the business. We dive into how he got into real estate, built his network, and leveraged podcasting to accelerate his career. If you're a young hustler looking to break into the industry, this one's for you! Resources mentioned in the episode: Aaron Iler Podcast Email Interested in learning how to take your capital raising game to the next level? Meet us at Capital Raiser's Edge. Learn more here: https://raisingcapital.com/cre

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Luke 6:17-26Speaker: Dr. Kevin Huddleston

Welcome to another short and empowering episode of Monday Motivation, giving you a dose of inspiration as you head into your week... Today, we explore a timeless and profound Chinese proverb: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Here are three key takeaways you can expect from this episode: The importance of starting today, no matter how late it feels. Practical steps to plant the seeds of your dreams. Tools and habits for staying motivated on your journey. Listen in and discover how small, consistent actions can lead to extraordinary results, helping you move closer to your dream life, whatever that means to you. As always, I’d LOVE to hear what resonates with you from this episode and what you plan to implement after listening in. So please share and let’s keep the conversation going in the Dream Life Podcast Facebook Group here. Have a wonderful week… and remember, it all starts with a dream

Join hosts Heather Osmond of Osmond Designs, Jeff Caplan, and their guests, Drew Armstrong and Matthew Flinders, as they discuss the best tips to sell your home for more than it's worth, how to be sure you'll get homeowners insurance before you buy, and why you should invest in real estate as soon as you can. Drew Armstrong and Matthew Flinders are two of Utah’s top real estate agents.    For more information about Heather Osmond and Osmond Designs, visit their website or Facebook page.

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In this episode, Jeremy Cordeaux interviews John Dee, co-founder of the environmental initiative "One Tree Per Child." They discuss the importance of tree planting, environmental sustainability, and the impact of these efforts on local communities and wildlife. Key Topics Discussed: Background of One Tree Per Child: The initiative aims to have every child plant at least one tree before they leave primary school, promoting environmental stewardship from a young age. Environmental Benefits of Tree Planting: Discussion on how planting trees helps reduce pollution, provides habitat for wildlife, and contributes to the overall health of the environment. Community Engagement: Success stories from various locations, including Shepperton and Onkaparinga, where large numbers of trees have been planted with strong community involvement. Global Expansion: The initiative has expanded to 11 countries, demonstrating the universal appeal and impact of tree planting. Celebrity Involvement: Mention of Jimmy Barnes supporting the campaign by encouraging people to plant trees with their children and grandchildren. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“It's about sowing the right seeds. Seeds which will sprout, which will take root. And so how do we do that? We can't have change overnight, but we need to create a pipeline of the next generation of inventors, thinkers. Though we're a little dot in this globe, we have that opportunity to nurture them. Many times, I go back to Lee Kuan Yew. He dreamt big. We've enjoyed the bounty, how do we take it forward?” Inspired by Singapore's Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's love for nature, environmentalist Kirtida Mekani mooted the country's Plant-A-Tree programme back in the day. It's an initiative where organisations and individuals can, for a donation of $300, plant a tree in the green spaces managed by the National Parks Board, or NParks. Fast forward to today, she's an ardent advocate of biomimicry adoption. With the urgency to tackle climate change growing, she strongly believes that biomimicry is the path forward for science and engineering  On this episode of Climate Connections, Kirtida Mekani, Environmentalist & 2024 Inductee, Singapore Women's Hall of Fame shares insights from her decades-long commitment to environmental causes, and the eureka moment that got her on this green journey. Feature produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)Voiced by: Audrey SiekPhoto credits: Music credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors Find out more on how to take part in the Plant-A-Tree Programme below: https://www.gardencityfund.gov.sg/our-programmes/plant-a-tree/howtotakepart/ You can also join the OneMillionTrees movement here: https://www.nparks.gov.sg/treessg/one-million-trees-movement/upcoming-activitiesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tree planting is a tremendous investment. The details of how to plant an orchard properly can have a big impact on the bottom line. In today's episode, Dr. Brent Holtz explains the reasons that he regularly receives calls from growers about their young trees dying. These problems led Holtz to work with the Almond Board of California to create a video in both English and Spanish to highlight the most important planting considerations for both farmers and farm laborers. Holtz has been a farm advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension for about 30 years. He serves as the orchard systems and pomology advisor for San Joaquin County. In addition to tree planting, Holtz discusses some of the latest updates in his many years of work in whole orchard recycling, and why he sees a need to add a tree pruning educational video in the future. “Young tree death is probably one of the highest situations that I'm called out to as a farm advisor throughout my career. Talking to the almond board folks, that was a message that wasn't getting out and that's what led to the discussion that we need a video.” - Dr. Brent HoltzIn Today's episode: ● Meet Dr. Brent Holtz, a farm advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension for about 30 years● Explore the value offered in the new video highlighting the biggest concerns and issues related to tree planting● Learn the latest nitrogen consideration if you are replanting trees after whole orchard recyclingThe Spanish version of the tree planting video will be available later this year and both videos can be found on the Almond Board of California YouTube page under the California Almond Growers Education playlist.The Almond Journey Podcast is brought to you by the Almond Board of California. This show explores how growers, handlers, and other stakeholders are making things work in their operations to drive the almond industry forward. Host Tim Hammerich visits with leaders throughout the Central Valley of California and beyond who are finding innovative ways to improve their operations, connect with their communities, and advance the almond industry.ABC recognizes the diverse makeup of the California almond industry and values contributions offered by its growers, handlers, and allied industry members. However, the opinions, services and products discussed in existing and future podcast episodes are by no means an endorsement or recommendation from ABC. The Almond Journey podcast is not an appropriate venue to express opinions on national, state, local or industry politics. As a Federal Marketing Order, the Almond Board of California is prohibited from lobbying or advocating on legislative issues, as well as setting field and market prices.

Scripture Reading: Matthew 13:1-9 Rev. Dr. Tom Tewell

“The one who plants trees knowing that he or she will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.” — Rabindranath Tagore / As pouring water on the root of a tree energizes the trunk, branches, twigs and everything else, simply worshiping the Supreme Person through Bhakti automatically satisfies the demigods / don't cut down trees- just build around them /   take special care of your initiation beads / trees are sacred and so are squirrels / we're like straws being washed down a river SB 7.2.13-21

“The one who plants trees knowing that he or she will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.” — Rabindranath Tagore / As pouring water on the root of a tree energizes the trunk, branches, twigs and everything else, simply worshiping the Supreme Person through Bhakti automatically satisfies the demigods / don't cut down trees- just build around them /   take special care of your initiation beads / trees are sacred and so are squirrels / we're like straws being washed down a river SB 7.2.13-21

As I prepare to hit 100 episodes of Shift Work, I've found myself reflecting on an ancient Chinese proverb that explores the concept of initiating change. Why is it that so many people don't achieve all they set out to accomplish? I certainly want more for you! Today I'm sharing five transformative rules that have not only fueled my development as a leader and entrepreneur but have also influenced my fitness journey, my relationships, and wealth creation. I invite you to engage, reflect, and share your insights on these guiding principles, and remember that the time for personal growth and actions is always now. In this episode, I talk about…..Overcoming perceived barriers to success. Clarity through action. Learning from “falling” and setting ambitious goals.The power of individualized playbooks.The importance of experimenting wisely. This episode is full of tools and strategies to maximize your profit, grow your business, and reclaim your freedom! Take a listen!Please take the time to leave a review so we can build our community of high growth entrepreneurs. If you'd like to connect with me, go to www.lukelayman.com orConnect with me on InstagramConnect with me on FacebookConnect with me on LinkedIn

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MOTIVATION TIME: The Best Time To Plant A Tree Is Twenty Years Ago

The true story of Jadev Molai Payeng, the man who built a forest, resonates with listeners in today's episode.  How small steps lead to incredible outcomes!  Whether you are facing a hardship or simply striving to succeed, this episdoe shows how planting a tree every day makes incredible things happen.  Give it a listen and by like Jadev!

When you read most obituaries, they often suggest that you donate to a specific charity instead of buying flowers. When my father-in-law passed away last week, we didn't do that. But if you're inclined, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is a beautiful organization. But one thing they did on the funeral home website was encourage you to plant a tree in Thom's honor. That was awesome, except for one detail... Click Here To Subscribe Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicGoogle PodcastsTuneIniHeartRadioPandoraDeezerBlubrryBullhornCastBoxCastrofyyd.deGaanaiVooxListen NotesmyTuner RadioOvercastOwlTailPlayer.fmPocketCastsPodbayPodbeanPodcast AddictPodcast IndexPodcast RepublicPodchaserPodfanPodtailRadio PublicRadio.comReason.fmRSSRadioVurblWe.foYandex jQuery(document).ready(function($) { 'use strict'; $('#podcast-subscribe-button-13292 .podcast-subscribe-button.modal-64f25dac07728').on("click", function() { $("#secondline-psb-subs-modal.modal-64f25dac07728.modal.secondline-modal-64f25dac07728").modal({ fadeDuration: 250, closeText: '', }); return false; }); });

They say the best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago, the second best time, is now.   How does that relate to our mental health?   If you liked the show, help it grow!   Leave a review and rate 5 stars on Apple Podcast, and Spotify!

We are coming back to the Reaction no one asked for. #PastorMichaelSavesTheTopSoil We continue our review of the TGC Good Faith Debate on Climate Change, because we have a compulsive need to finish things we started. We discuss the complication of this issue, wonder if christians should have any specific position on it at all and Matt decides he will not give up mowing his lawn. The original TGC debate is here and our commentary on it is in very good faith fair use. We have really added a new teir to the patreon. for $25 you can help us plant more trees than TGC and request an episode topic of your choosing, sign up for the patreon. Subscribe to the youtube as we plan to continue to live stream these reactions. You can follow this podcast all over the internet. twitter,   instagram.    or facebook

Welcome into THE PICKLE JAR...come plant a TREE with me!! This past week was an unusual experience in my MOMMY WORLD. An experience that left me sitting back going..."WHAT???? WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE!"I am coming into another STAGE in life. Both my girls will be away at post-secondary education and my son is 22...he's had a life revolving differently around his Momma for some time. Becoming an almost empty nester has left me dealing with a lot of emotions. With the grief of time that has passed, I wish I would have done more's, I am so glad they are grown, I wish they were little, feelings of pride and excitement for who they are and what they have and will accomplish. It is overwhelmingly emotional at times .My babies are ready to leave the nest. I still want to hold them tight but sometimes give them a swift kick out of the nest.The reality is...they are all ready to fly. Momma's mission has been accomplished. She raised amazing humans she hopes will follow their hearts and do WHAT MAKES THEM HAPPY. That leads this Momma to worry about a quiet house. Times are changing but with change, there are always positive and negative. With that quiet house, missing my girls, and the rightfully earned sadness and depression I will experience..this is a NORMAL life experience. And I will experience it and I will learn from it. I will also embrace the POSITIVE. More time for me. My health. My goals. A clean house. Less stress on groceries and other tasks. I can put my energy into OTHER positive things to put back into this world and energy into loving my family in a NEW AMAZING WAY.IT IS TIME FOR ME!!! That means it is time to PLANT A TREE! This week my daughters and I got TATTOOS...WHAT? My 4 lbs 6 oz and 4 lbs 12 oz babies got INKED with their MOMMA.It was a moment in time I will never forget. But that FIRST ink came for them with anxiety for the unknown and fear of "WHAT IF I DON'T LIKE IT?" So we planted a TREE...we started small. We followed their hearts. We started simple and meaningful.We planted a tree. We can build on the FOREST and plant more trees if we choose to.Health is the same. Plant a seed and watch it grow. Start with small steps in your health that are DOABLE AND REALISTIC.Start with small steps in your health that are ACHIEVABLE AND ATTAINABLE.Then plant more seeds, and grow more trees. Before you know you will have a BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY, THRIVING FOREST. In the next few weeks as we prep for my baby birds to leave the nest this MOMMA BIRD is planting seeds. She is getting ready to be as emotionally prepared as possible. She will be sad, and lonely, but also ready to embrace the positive in this new stage she is entering.Every experience in life there is POSITIVES and NEGATIVES. It is up to YOU what you focus on.I hope you PLANT trees with me. Let's build our forest. Let's thrive in life. WHAT TREES YOU ARE PLANTING? When you are ready to plant your trees please check out what I can offer you at www.chronicallyfitcanada.com I would LOVE to plant trees with you! IF you are ready to start planting your trees....join My FREE 3-WEEK WARRIOR CHALLENGE that starts Aug 14th. Simply JOIN MY NEWSLETTER to be part of the challenge.www.chronicallyfitcanada.com

Matt shared last time about the redwoods I keep hearing about in California that I've never seen but find they transform people.His goal was to plant a tree. He ended up with a new tree, plus he planted other plants. Listen to hear the story. More than what he did, I recommend listening to his emotional experience. Did he have to do all the things he did? Could he do other things that are more mainstream but might pollute more if he wanted?We talked first about the problems with what most people mean when they talk about teaching children, helping poor people experience nature, and a few other tactics people promote without thinking them through, as I believe. They sound great. What are they missing?Matt has thought through such issues more than most and was patient enough to let me share some of my views. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1811 What is the best time to plant a tree?  2/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the Earth was in trouble. Its trees were dying and, without them, human life was in jeopardy. The solution, they told him, was to clone the champion trees of the world—the largest, the hardiest, the ones that had survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change—and create a kind of Noah's ark of tree genetics. Without knowing if the message had any basis in science, or why he'd been chosen for this task, Milarch began his mission of cloning the world's great trees. Many scientists and tree experts told him it couldn't be done, but, twenty years later, his team has successfully cloned some of the world's oldest trees—among them giant redwoods and sequoias. They have also grown seedlings from the oldest tree in the world, the bristlecone pine Methuselah.   When the New York Times journalist Jim Robbins came upon Milarch's story, he was fascinated but had his doubts. Yet, over several years, listening to Milarch and talking to scientists, he came to realize that there is so much we do not yet know about trees: how they die, how they communicate, the myriad crucial ways they filter water and air and otherwise support life on Earth. It became clear that as the planet changes, trees and forest are essential to assuring its survival

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1842 What is the best time to plant a tree?  4/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the Earth was in trouble. Its trees were dying and, without them, human life was in jeopardy. The solution, they told him, was to clone the champion trees of the world—the largest, the hardiest, the ones that had survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change—and create a kind of Noah's ark of tree genetics. Without knowing if the message had any basis in science, or why he'd been chosen for this task, Milarch began his mission of cloning the world's great trees. Many scientists and tree experts told him it couldn't be done, but, twenty years later, his team has successfully cloned some of the world's oldest trees—among them giant redwoods and sequoias. They have also grown seedlings from the oldest tree in the world, the bristlecone pine Methuselah.   When the New York Times journalist Jim Robbins came upon Milarch's story, he was fascinated but had his doubts. Yet, over several years, listening to Milarch and talking to scientists, he came to realize that there is so much we do not yet know about trees: how they die, how they communicate, the myriad crucial ways they filter water and air and otherwise support life on Earth. It became clear that as the planet changes, trees and forest are essential to assuring its survival

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1825 What is the best time to plant a tree?  3/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the Earth was in trouble. Its trees were dying and, without them, human life was in jeopardy. The solution, they told him, was to clone the champion trees of the world—the largest, the hardiest, the ones that had survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change—and create a kind of Noah's ark of tree genetics. Without knowing if the message had any basis in science, or why he'd been chosen for this task, Milarch began his mission of cloning the world's great trees. Many scientists and tree experts told him it couldn't be done, but, twenty years later, his team has successfully cloned some of the world's oldest trees—among them giant redwoods and sequoias. They have also grown seedlings from the oldest tree in the world, the bristlecone pine Methuselah.   When the New York Times journalist Jim Robbins came upon Milarch's story, he was fascinated but had his doubts. Yet, over several years, listening to Milarch and talking to scientists, he came to realize that there is so much we do not yet know about trees: how they die, how they communicate, the myriad crucial ways they filter water and air and otherwise support life on Earth. It became clear that as the planet changes, trees and forest are essential to assuring its survival

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1804 What is the best time to plant a tree?  1/4: The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Planted-Trees-Science/dp/0812981294/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the Earth was in trouble. Its trees were dying and, without them, human life was in jeopardy. The solution, they told him, was to clone the champion trees of the world—the largest, the hardiest, the ones that had survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change—and create a kind of Noah's ark of tree genetics. Without knowing if the message had any basis in science, or why he'd been chosen for this task, Milarch began his mission of cloning the world's great trees. Many scientists and tree experts told him it couldn't be done, but, twenty years later, his team has successfully cloned some of the world's oldest trees—among them giant redwoods and sequoias. They have also grown seedlings from the oldest tree in the world, the bristlecone pine Methuselah.   When the New York Times journalist Jim Robbins came upon Milarch's story, he was fascinated but had his doubts. Yet, over several years, listening to Milarch and talking to scientists, he came to realize that there is so much we do not yet know about trees: how they die, how they communicate, the myriad crucial ways they filter water and air and otherwise support life on Earth. It became clear that as the planet changes, trees and forest are essential to assuring its survival

When's the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago... and the second-best time is now. As is the best time to start looking after your health. Arnie Fonseca is back for a second chat and sharing his thoughts on aging, lifespan and more importantly, health span.  As someone who trains people in their 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's to get them pain free and moving like their younger selves, Arnie is not only well versed in keeping humans young and vibrant but also extremely passionate about changing people's mindset around what's possible for them.  Enjoy! SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: www.testartfamilylawyers.com.au  ARNIE FONSECA Website: www.instagram.com/painfreearnie/  TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches/ Website: www.rollwiththepunches.com.au LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/tiffaneecook/ Facebook:  www.facebook.com/rollwiththepunchespodcast/ Instagram:  www.instagram.com/rollwiththepunches_podcast/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/tiffaneeandco    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the last thing to grow on a fruit tree? It's the fruit. What's the last part of a flower to grow? It's the actual bloom of the flour. So for me, I am seeing fruit coming from, literally fruit, coming from relationships that I started harvesting a couple of years ago. Things that I started writing years ago, uh, habits that I started implementing years ago was people like, well, how can you. Make a post on social media. Facebook can get so much interaction, right? It's because I've been doing it for years. It's because I've been planting the seeds, planting the roots for years. So here's what I would like for you to do. I'd like for you to take a real hard look at where you are. What you're working towards, I need you to ask yourself, what do you need to be planting or doing today that you know will not bear fruit for at least two years? A bloom will not come from what you're doing for two years, but if you just keep doing it, doing it, doing it, you know that the good will come from it. I remember a famous quote by Garth Brooks, one of my favorite Country artists and when he shared how he was considered an overnight success, he said, "It only took me 10 years." Remember that as you get clear on what you want and be extremely protective on where you plant your seeds.   The most important part is to start planting today.    How to Get Involved:  Listen in as She RULES movement leader Jessica Stroud interviews incredible Entrepreneurs. Jessica's goal is to pull out how they make their own RULES so you can too. Jessica is on a mission to shed light on the path of other Entrepreneurs so their climb to the TOP is easier and faster. Jessica Stroud is on a mission to help self-driven women write their own rules.  Join the She Rules Movement at SheRules

Planting annuals is one of the most joyful parts of gardening - listen in as we share our thoughts on this time-honored tradition, and our favorite plants. Plus, learn what it means to be an innovative plant and how to manage hydrangea leaftiers. We end with an interview with Mike Connor, who shares his extensive knowledge of pollinators with us.

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Hey Knuckleheads, In today's episode we talk about a bunch of random stuff like always! we also talk about gifts you spent too much money on for your significant other Stay tuned for our weekly Florida man headline! ApplePodcast (PLEASE!! rate, review and subscribe) Spotify! ANYWHERE YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS! Reach out to us if you need an ad or review of something! Follow us on Twitter! Email us! MERCH!!! Check out our Maker Channel on YouTube! Thesupermakerbros. https://www.youtube.com/thesupermakerbros

In the words of Nick Fury (The Avengers), “Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.” Or if you prefer, in a quote often falsely attributed to Martin Luther, “if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree today.” Support the show

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Creation Groaning... "We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time." ~Romans 8:22 Something is coming. We all sense it. But what is it? This Sunday in our "God is Green" series we turn the corner to what most people may find most interesting, and most life changing. Because what we think about what's coming has a profound impact on how we think and act today. Is the earth, and all our efforts, doomed to destruction? Or are we to eagerly await a hope and redemption (Romans 8:23) that actually means our lives, and our world, matters? Join us this Sunday!

On today's show Ray chats to Kenny's Bookshop owner Tom Kenny about their discovery of a signed copy of Road Dahl's Matilda, which could be there since he visited the shop in 1987, Strip & Dip takes place tomorrow, Michelle Daly, Mary Galvin, Maria Wilkinson & Pamela Mangan are in studio and Éanna Ní Lamhna tells us about A Plant A Tree Day.

It's the end! At least of this season. One year after we started, the week of 9/11, feels like the perfect time to say goodbye—for now. In this episode, we share our reflections on the series and sign off with our hopes for the future. Thank you for taking this emotional, cathartic, moving journey into the past with us. References:The Trojan Horse Affair vs. the British PressNew information on the Shamima Begum caseThe Trump administration's plan to denaturalize citizensFollow us on Twitter. Email us at musliminplainsight@gmail.com. Support the show.Hosts and Producers: Anisa Khalifa and Khadija KhalilEditor: Anisa KhalifaConsulting Producer: Paroma Chakravarty

In this episode, Michael talks about being proactive, taking action to design the life that you want, living in the future rather than the past, and taking responsibility for your health and wellbeing. Listen in!Thank you for listening to GODMODE™: Win or Win Bigger

For this episode we bring in Rev. Ana Levy Lyons, a senior minister of First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn. She was first mentioned in our episode with Jan Thompson when she talked about the “Diorama of Extinct Homosapiens.” We get to talk about that exhibit, the sermon that inspired it, and when the best time to plant a tree is. Read the sermon here Watch a snapshot of the exhibition here

This week JD chats with guest Mallory Vining. Mallory is the co-host of Let's get Drunk and Talk about Your Wedding. Topics discussed include, but are not limited to: best theme songs, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and what men can do to support women at this time. Please remember to like, subscribe, rate, review, and tell a friend! Follow LHRB on Facebook, Instagram @lefthandrightbrain, Twitter @LHRBpodcast, or just hit us up old school on the website lefthandrightboainpod.com

In this episode, Jon reflects on the Chinese proverb: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." He also challenges listeners to reflect on their long-term goals that have gone unfulfilled. Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/566

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Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com.Good morning church, and welcome to Mosaic Boston Brookline. My name is Tyler. As Pastor Andy said in the beginning, I am the teen's director here. And it is an honor and privilege to be preaching God's Word to all of us today. And if you will with me, we're going to go on a quick journey back to get a glimpse into high school Tyler's life. It's a dark and scary place. Only be real quick, we're going to get out real fast, but we're going to go there for a second.And when I was in high school, I had a good friend, his name was Rich. And Rich loved working out. And he wanted me to start working out with him. I was, at that time, 150 pounds soaking wet, scrawny kid. And he was like, "You like theology, though. So in Revelation, it says that we're going to fight a war with Jesus. And so you need to get buffed for that war." First off, it's bad theology. That's not how bodies work in heaven and that's not how the war works. It says that a flaming sword comes out of Jesus' mouth and all his enemies are gone.So, that's bad theology, but it convinced me. I started working out. And again, I was super light, just wanted to get working out, wanted to have a good time, get stronger. And I was doing that... Sorry, my mic's falling off, I could tell. And then a friend of ours, Greg, started also coming in and working out with us. And we were having a good time. And he was also about my weight. We were the same size. And so we started competing with one another.And we set up a benching competition, because we are high school boys, all you care about is benching, you don't care about anything else. And so we were like, "Let's have a competition who can bench the most weight, just straight up most weight. If you do the same weight, then we'll go to reps, like whoever does more reps, then they win." So we give ourselves a week to train. We start preparing. We start working out. He's taking pre-workout. He's taking creatine. He's doing all that stuff. I'm not, I don't care.And he's a trash talker. I don't know if you know trash talkers. I'm not a trash talker. If you ever want to shut down a trash talker, all you do, you smile, you nod, and you say, "Okay." Trash talkers feed off of trash-talking. If you give it to them, they give it back and they grow and they get amped and they get excited. So my friend Greg, I just said, "Okay, let's see." He's talking trash saying, "I'm going to beat you. I'm stronger than you. I'm better than you," all this. "Okay."He goes first. I said, "Honor, honor first, you go first." He starts benching. Okay, we're both around 150 pounds. "I know Tyler can do his own weight, so I'm going to do 175, 175, that's what I'm doing." He goes, he pushes one and he pushes two. And he's jacked. He's like, "Yeah, I did two over my own body weight. Let's see you beat that." Now this is going to date myself a little bit. But if you remember the old Tootsie Roll Pop commercials, yeah, I channeled that owl in my reps. I went one, a two, a three. And that's right, I crushed it, I had three reps at 175. I destroyed him by a whole rep.And my friend Rich who was the one who brought us together was like, "All right guys, come on. Now let's actually work out." And he goes to bench. And I spot him because I'm a good friend. And he starts throwing up to 225 10 reps, three sets of 10 reps. It was deflating. I just spent everything I could doing, the moment there was a week of build up to this moment that I was so excited for. It was a joyous victory. It was a victory, nonetheless. But I was completely overshadowed by someone who wasn't even trying to overshadow us.And I realized in that moment, yes, I had a victory, but what he was doing was better than what I was doing. And that's really the story of this text that we see. We see a great highlight, a great moment that we are celebrated, but it gets completely overshadowed by someone else. And we will be spending our time in Genesis chapter 21. And it's the story of the birth of Isaac. We have been waiting since Genesis chapter 12 to have this birth happen. We have been waiting for this moment. And it's an exciting one.But we're going to see that the story is not about Isaac. It's not about Abraham. It's not about Sarah. Someone else overshadows them. Will you pray with me over the preaching of God's Word? Heavenly Father, Lord, we come to you now knowing that all is for you, all is for your glory. You are the one, true, everlasting God. In this time, help us to learn and study from your word, your inerrant, infallible, authoritative word. Help us to love it, to cherish it, to see who you are through this text and turn that knowledge and understanding about you and to praise because, Lord, you alone are worthy of our praise. Lord, bless this time and speak through me and to all of us. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.Again in Genesis chapter 21, it's a long one. So we're going to read it in sections as we go along, but we're going to be spending that time in three points. The first point is God is precise, God is protector, and God is praiseworthy. Again, you will notice there are no points about Abraham, Sarah, or Isaac, because the story is not about them. The story is about God. So will you read with me either on the screens or in your Bibles?Genesis chapter 21 verses 1 through 7, it says, the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me. Everyone who hears will laugh over me." And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."Again, we've been waiting for this moment since chapter 12. Abraham has been holding on to this promise that God has given him waiting for this moment. And we get seven verses. Now I want to be clear, I guarantee you there was celebration in Abraham and Sarah's life and in their family and their household. That's not what I'm saying. But I'm saying the text isn't emphasizing that. The text is emphasizing the Lord in Hebrew, word order is important, but it's important because the sooner it comes up, the more important it is. If it comes first in a sentence, it's saying this is the important thing, let's pay attention to it.And to us, the sentence "The Lord visited Sarah," seems, okay, that's just good English grammar. But in Hebrew, it could go any way you want it to go, but the first word is Yahweh, starting the text saying, "Pay attention to the Lord." And five times in seven verses, we get the name of God, we get the Lord. Only three times do we get Isaac. It's saying, "Pay attention to God here, pay attention to God here." And in the Hebrew, the end of verse 2, we say at the time God had appointed, it ends with the word God. It ends with God.It's making this loop. God was there in the beginning, God is there at the end, he is also there in the middle in case you don't get it. This is all about God. And so the thing we have to be thinking is what can we learn from this text about who God is? What is God revealing to us about his nature? And the first thing we learn is that God is precise. He is precise in his words and in his actions. It says the Lord visited Sarah, as he had said in the exact way in which he had told her that she would be the one to bear a son. God did that, he visited her.And the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. Again, he had promised this multiple times to them, to remind them, "You need to remember, this is me who's doing this." And he does it. As he said, word and in deed, and specifically, it says at the time in which God had appointed. So this was in Genesis chapter 18 verse 10, God said, "This time next year she will conceive and bear Son." God did everything exactly as he said it. And it's intentional.God didn't say, "Oh, you have a kid. I said it would be a son but it's really a daughter. I said, it would be through Sarah, but Ishmael is good, you should take Hagar. And Ishmael, that'll be your son." No, Abraham pleads that to God and God says, "No, it's Isaac." He is precise in his promises. And what we see is Abraham's response to God's precision is to be precise back. In verse 3, it says, "Abraham called on the name of his son who was born to him who Sarah bore him, Isaac." Why is this? God told him to name his son Isaac.Abraham didn't say, "Oh yeah, but I like Abraham Jr. better. So I'm going to go with Abraham Jr." No, he followed God's saying. Abraham didn't say, "Well, I'm not actually Jewish," Jewish people, like he's the founder of it. So they weren't thinking of it. I'm from Chaldeans. I'm going to go to Ugaritic which is my native language and I'm going to call Isaac laughter in Ugaritic, whatever that word may be," because it means the same thing.No, he is precise. He does exactly what God says. And in verse 4, "And Abraham circumcised his son when he was eight days old, as God commanded." God said eight days. Abraham didn't say, "Oh, eight days is close enough to a week. Seven days, I'll do seven days." No, eight. He didn't say, "Oh, God, I just woke up. It's the ninth day. I'm sorry. I just had a newborn child. I lost track of all time and I don't know what day it is. I thought it was the eighth day. It's the ninth today. Lord, will you forgive me? I'm going to circumcise him." No. No, he was precise in his actions and in his words.And this is something that our culture of Christianity has oftentimes lost and it's really sad, because God is precise and we need to be precise back. And there's this old story from the 16th century of a pastor named Richard Rogers. I like to think of him as Mr. Rogers. I picture him with a sweater. And he was riding around on a horse, as all pastors do. I'm not a pastor because I'm not up here on a horse. If I was up here on a horse, you would know I was a pastor. That's not true, sorry. He's riding around on a horse with the lord of the land. Oh boy, what time to be alive.He's riding around with the lord of the land, and the lord of the land goes to him, Mr. Rogers riding on a horse, and says, "Why are you so precise?" He recognized in his language and what he was saying he's being precise about life, precise about theology, precise about God, and Richard Rogers' response is. "Oh, Sir, I serve a precise God. And when we serve a precise God, he calls us to be precise back." And J. I. Packer has a book called the Puritan Papers. And in this he commentates on a lot of the Puritan movement, but he also commentates on that exact story.And on that exact story, J. I. Packer says, "A precise God, a God, that is, who has made precise disclosure of his mind and will in Scripture, and who expects from his servants a corresponding preciseness of belief and behavior, it was this view of God that created and controlled the historic Puritan outlook." I'm not here to say Puritans are perfect. They all had their issues. Every human being has their issues.But one thing we can learn from the puritanical movement, he said, they cared about the precision of God's word about exactly as how God disclosed himself to be. And that we should desire to be just as precise in our beliefs and behaviors or in our words and our deeds. Now, what does that look like? That could be easy to say, but what does that look like? Precise in behavior, I think, is the easier one to start with.A lot of times you ask people about their life, how are they. Oh, I tried to be a good person. Our behavior is we try to be good people. That's very general, it's not precise. As Christians, we can be precise. It's not that we're trying to be good people. We're trying to do the will of the Lord. It's very precise. It's very specific. And we can be precise. And when we want to get even more precise, we don't say, well, when certain situations come up, I try and understand like what do I feel is best to do.Now, we can be precise. God has given us his word, where he is precise with what we are to do and what we are not to do. And so we can be precise, where do I need to grow in my life, where do I need to change my behavior? Well, what does Scripture say? The Scripture says, "Thou shalt not murder." So good, done, I'm good to go. But it gets more precise. "Thou shall not hate your brother in your heart." How many of us are perfect at that? None of us. We got to work on that.And so when we want to know how to be precise in our behavior, we go to Scripture, to see what we are to do. Now, how do we be precise in our words? I want to be clear first off wit, this is not. This is not arguing about semantics. In 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 14 and 15, it says, "Remind them of these things and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who needs not to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."So it's not quarreling over words. It's not semantics. It's not about that. But what it is about is rightly handling the word of truth. Are we handling truth? Are we speaking truth when we are talking about God? When we are talking about spirituality, are we truthful? Are we accurate in our truth? And again, none of us are perfect. But is this even a desire? Is this even something that we are striving for? This is something we have lost and I want us to all grow back. And I need to grow back on this. None of us are perfect but we need to desire to be precise and speaking truth about God.And when I was thinking about an exact example of this, the first thing came to mind is an example that we hear all the time. And you will see in storefront windows and in signs in front of people's houses, there's usually a sign with a lot of things. It says, "We believe." And it has a lot of things listed. But the largest letters is always love is love. Is that a true or false statement? It's true. It's true. The law of identity says that something is the same thing as itself. Love is love.I am Tyler. That is a correct statement. But the issue we should have as Christians is it's not precise. It's not precise. And Scripture is precise about what love is. This comes from the Book of 1 John. If you ask anyone, "Describe an attribute of God," or, "How can you describe love?" the first thing most Christians say is God is love. That is true. That comes from 1 John chapter 4 verse 16. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love. And whoever abides in love abides in God and God abides in him.Great. God is love. That's true. It's also not that precise. But John is precise. He gives surrounding texts to be precise. He says that abiding in love is the same as abiding in God. Those are the same things. Abiding in love, what does that mean? I think that one's pretty obvious and John explains it in the surrounding text. It's to be loving and to understand what love is. He says, by this we know love. So to talk about abiding love is love. This is his definition of love, to abide in God.What does it mean to abide in God? Again, John is precise. He tells us in the verse before... I hid it until now, so little surprise. But in John chapter 4 verse 15, right before this, he says, "Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God." This is called a parallelism. It's the same exact phrase. It's whoever confesses Jesus is God, the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God. Then it's the same thing.Abiding in love is God abiding in him and he in God. It's the same thing. It's not saying it's good to do both. It's saying abiding in love starts and is foremost confessing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Why? John says that by this we know love that God sent his son into the world to die for our sins. The only way we know what love is, is through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the embodiment of love, and he showed that love is sacrificial.And so when we speak of love, we have to understand we are directly speaking about Jesus. We are directly speaking about an attribute of God. So we need to be precise. We need to be precise. This isn't semantics. It's upholding truth. We need to be precise, lest we be found guilty of speaking falsely against God when we speak about his character of love. And I know that this is a specific example and I want you to understand this was just truly faithfully praying about the text, this is what came to mind. I have no agenda with this.But we need to be precise in our words and in our actions, because God is precise. But we also see that God is protector. God is precise and he is protector. And in verses 8 through 21, we see two big stories of God's protection, two separate ones. So we'll start in verses 8 through 14 where we see the first example. It says, "And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the Egyptian woman, and she had borne to Abraham, laughing.""So she said to Abraham, cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring. So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba."First thing, if you are a father who has an infant who is nursing, just finished nursing, or if going to have a child that is nursing, throw your wife a party. It's biblical. She did a lot of work. It was hard. Throw her a party, celebrate that. But what we see first and foremost here is that God is protecting Abraham's family. But the question if you are like me, first and foremost is, "God, how can you do this to Hagar and Ishmael? You sent them away? Doesn't a child need to grow up with their father?" And the answer is yes.And what we need to understand is that in Genesis, we are told that when Ishmael is born, Abraham is 86 years old. And when Isaac is born, he is 100 years old. And then Isaac was weaned and it was after this that Ishmael was sent away with Hagar. And so, Ishmael, depending on the time of the weaning and the nursing, culturally different back then, it could be anywhere from a year to three years. And so, Ishmael is somewhere between 14 and 17 years old. This is an adult in that culture.He's a young adult. He is a child, but God is not abandoning a child without a father. God's perfect sovereign timing works so that way Ishmael can still grow up with a father and then be ready to go. So that's first and foremost, it isn't a harmful banishment, unjust by God. He is faithful even in this. But he is, first and foremost, protecting Abraham's family and specifically protecting Isaac. In the Book of Galatians, Paul gives a commentary on this.In Galatians chapter 4, it says, "For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born according through promise." So, Ishmael is born of the flesh, is symbolic of the flesh. Isaac is symbolic of the spirit, of the promise. And he continues, "Now, you brothers, Christians, like Isaac are children of promise. But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now."Paul calls Ishmael's laughter persecution. Whether it's just that one laughter, likely there was some sort of mentality that was throughout everyday life where Ishmael was persecuting, mocking, making fun of Isaac. But Paul says that was persecution. And God was protecting Isaac from that. But also this is a message showing forth as Paul's point is that this applies to us today, as Christians, as God's people, God promises to protect us, not just from persecution but in persecution.It says the as it is happening now, those who are born of the flesh, the world, those who are not of God are persecuting Christians around the world still today. And God promises to protect us even through persecution, not just that God is also protecting Abraham and Sarah's marriage. If you remember, this thing has happened kind of before Hagar ran away the last time because Sarah was mad and was treating Hagar poorly.Sarah said to Abraham, when Ishmael was born, in Genesis 16 verses 5 through 6, "May the wrong done to me be on you. I gave my servant to your embrace and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with content. May the Lord judge between you and me." But Abraham said to Sarah, "Behold, your servant is in your power. Do to her as you please." And Sarah dealt harshly with her and she fled from her.This is what happened last time, and it caused division between Abraham and Sarah. She says, "You have done this wrong to me. You have sinned against me, and may the Lord judge between you." She's saying, "We're on opposite sides. I'm the prosecution, you're the defense. There is a division between us." And God wanted to protect their marriage. God did not want division in their marriage. Why, because marriage is a symbol of God's love for his church.God desires for unity in marriage and God wanted to protect it, but how does God protect this marriage? It's not primarily by sending Hagar and Ishmael away. But what you'll notice is in Genesis 21, God comes to Abraham and tells him what to do. You see, the first time Abraham was passive, when we talked about the failure of him as a father in leading, because he was passive and he's like, "Sarah, she's your servant. You do whatever you want to do." And it led to this division. Whereas now he is displeased, it says he loves Ishmael. Ishmael is 14 to 17 years old.He loves him. He cares for him. He doesn't want to send him away. But God comes to him and tells him, "It's okay. I'm going to protect them as well. I'm going to protect you. It's okay to send them away." And Abraham, even though it's contrary to his own desires, does what God says. He becomes a leader. We see the change happening in Abraham that he is no longer a passive leader. He is an active leader. He's doing what God has told him to do. And God loves to protect families through men who lead.And this is what God is doing here. God protects Abraham and Sarah. But it's not just that. God does care for Hagar and Ishmael as well. God is protecting Hagar and Ishmael. This is in verses 15 through 21, where it says, "When the water in the skin was gone, she, being Hagar, put the child under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off about the distance of a bowshot for she said, let me not look on the death of the child. And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.""And God heard the voice of the boy and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, what troubles you, Hagar? Fear not for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is up. Lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation. And then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. And God was with the boy. And he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt."So again, this is parallel to the passage in chapter 16 where Hagar ran away. And in chapter 16, we are told that she was between Kadesh and Shur and she ran into the wilderness. Well, if you go into the back of a physical Bible or you look online for a map of the time, you will see that directly between Kadesh and Shur and Egypt where she is headed is the wilderness of Beersheba where in verse 14, we are told she is currently. And what likely is happening, she is in the same exact wilderness she was before. And she knew, "God, you came to me last time." And it says she lifts up her voice as she sees Ishmael dying. As she believes Ishmael is going to die, there's no hope, she lifts up her voice, she cries out to God saying, "God, you came to me before when I was here. Lord, will you come to me now?"And what happens? God answers. And God doesn't just answer and say, "Yeah, I'm here." He answers by showing her, opening her eyes to a well of water that will give her life. Friends, this is the gospel. This is the gospel. Well, in the book of John in chapter 4 verses 13 through 14, Jesus is meeting a woman at the well and he tells her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." This is the gospel.We recognize that we are sinners and we are dying in the barren wasteland of our sin. We are dying. And we need to cry out to God and say, "God, I need you to save me now. I can't do it on my own. There is no hope. We're both ready to die." And what God does is he opens our eyes to see the well that was already there. It was always there, but we needed God to show it to us. And just in that same way, Jesus is always there. He tells us that he is ever present. He is there with us. Anyone who is in time of trouble, they call on him, he will answer.If you cry out to Jesus asking him to save you, he is there and he wants to save you. He wants to give you this well of eternal life, not just save you temporarily from thirst and dehydration, but to save you eternally from the penalty of our sins. Where's Jesus in Genesis in this text? Right here, right here. This is the gospel. We all need to cry out to God. He's the only one who can save us. We can do nothing of our own. And God protects Hagar and Ishmael. Ishmael grows up and he lives in the wilderness of Beersheba. He lives in the wilderness of Paran. Paran, by the way, is where Mount Sinai is.It's just interesting. They stay in a place where God had revealed himself to them. And God continues to reveal himself throughout history. This is where they built their life around. And this is also the after part of the gospel. We don't say okay, "God, I'm saved, I'm good," and do whatever we want. We plant our lives around where he is and where he is spoken to us. We do according to what he has said. We build our lives around Jesus around who he is.So we see that God is precise. We see that he is protector. And now we're going to see that God is praiseworthy. He is worthy of our praise. And this is verses 22 through the end, where it says, "At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, God is with you in all that you do, now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but I have dealt kindly with you so you will deal with me, and with the land where you have sojourned. And Abraham said, I will swear.""When Abraham reproved of Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech servants had seized, Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing. You did not tell me and I have not heard of it until today. So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech and the two men made a covenant. Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. And Abimelech said to Abraham, what is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart? He said, these seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand and that this may be witnessed for me that I dug this well.""Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them sworn an oath. So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines."So, what's going on? Recap from last week. Abimelech is the king that Abraham was like, "Yeah, Sarah is my sister. You could take her as your wife." So he takes her as his wife and in his sleep, God says, "I'm going to kill you unless you give Sarah back." So Abimelech is like, "Abraham, it's clear God is with you, even when you are clearly in the wrong. So let's make a covenant that you will no longer deal falsely with me so your God does not try to kill me in my sleep again."That is what Abimelech is thinking. And Abraham is like, "Yeah, sure. I'll do that. I'll swear that. It makes sense. I'll go for it." And it says that we won't deal falsely with each other for our descendants or also the land that we are in. And so Abraham is thinking, he's like, "Oh, we're not dealing falsely about land. Speaking of not dealing falsely about land, Abimelech, your servants captured my well. And I'm not allowed to use it anymore because of them. Can we not deal falsely with each other in this?"Abimelech is like, "I have no idea. What are you talking about? Yeah, sure. We'll fix this. We'll fix this. I don't want your God to kill me. So yeah, we'll fix it." But the word that I think is really important is in verse 25 it says that Abraham reproved Abimelech. And this word reprove is one that we often think of like rebuking, we think of like telling him he is wrong. But actually, it's kind of the converse of that it means to be found in the right. So it's saying Abraham was found to be right to Abimelech about this well.So yes, Abimelech didn't know but it came out to be true that Abraham was dealing truthfully with him. And we see, again, that Abraham has started to change. Abraham is being active and leading his family, but now he is also dealing truthfully with others. He is not dealing falsely with them. God has already been working on his heart. And so they're like, "Okay, we settle this. You get your well back. Why are you giving me sheep?" And he's like, "Well, remember all that silver you gave Sarah to prove that she's innocent? I'm giving you these lambs back to be like this is my well, but I'm not holding it against you that you took it. You're fine. We're good now as long as you don't take it."And Abimelech leaves. Why does Abimelech leave? Because he was there for a transaction. He was there to say, "I don't want your God to kill me. So let's do this thing so your God doesn't kill me." It happens. He's done and he's good to go. Is that how we view God sometimes, as a transaction? As I come to God, I don't want you to hurt me. I don't want you to judge me for my sin. I don't want you to do this or that or whatever. So I'm going to come to you. Can we be good? Can we set the record straight? We're good. And now I'm going to go on. I'm going to leave and do whatever I want.Or are we like Abraham who sticks around and plants a tree? What's going on with planting a tree, guys? It's not Earth Day. That was back before all this climate change stuff. So he didn't need to plant a tree. Why is he planting a tree? It says he plants a tree in the name of the Everlasting God. And this verse 33, I believe, is the crux. It's the whole thing that this whole text wraps around. There's three distinct stories that in and of themselves you're like, "What is going on here? Birth of Isaac, Hagar, Abimelech, what's happening?" Verse 33 sums it all up.Verse 33, "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God." Throughout the Scripture, when people name God, they do so based off of God first revealing something to them about his nature and then responding by calling him the thing that he revealed. Think back to Hagar, again, in chapter 16, in Genesis 16 verse 13, it says, "So she, Hagar, called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, you are a God of seeing, for she said, truly here I have seen him who looks after me."God revealed to her that he was a God who cared for her, looked after her even when she was running away. And her response is to give God a name, which means you are a God of seeing. So what did God reveal about his nature to Abraham that made Abraham say, "You are an Everlasting God?" Just killed some animals, made a covenant, and then went their way. What is about an Everlasting God? It really goes back to that first statement of Abimelech, where he said, "God is with you in all that you do."And God loves to use people that maybe we don't even think fear him. Remember, last week, Abraham was like, "You don't fear the Lord, so I deceived you." God loves to use people that we don't expect to speak truth into our lives. And I remember my freshman year of college. I had freshmen roommates because I changed roommates because I'm scared of the first one. But that first one, he told me, he was like, "You need to find the girl you are going to marry by your junior year, otherwise you will never get married."I was like, "Man, I'm a freshman. I've never had a girlfriend. It's taken me this long I haven't found anyone. I really need to get started now, because I'm going to have no hope of getting married if I don't find her by then." I don't know why I believed him, though, silly. It's not sound biblical. But anyway, so I was worried about my future marriage. And also, I was at that time studying chemistry and my goal was to do forensics to work for the FBI. That's what I wanted.And I got my first ever D on a test. And I was like, "Oh Lord, I'm never going to make it into the FBI. What am I going to do? I have no hope in my future." And I was complaining about all of this to my friend Jeremy. Jarebear, if you're watching, love you, man. Jarebear. Anyway, but Jeremy is not a Christian. He's not a Christian. He loves to talk about God. We have great conversations, but he's not a Christian.And I was telling him these things. And he said, "Dude, you believe God is going to take care of it, so stop complaining." And then he moved on and started talking about sports and video games. And that was it for him. And clearly, that moment had an impact on me that I remember it today and I bring it up today. And every time I'm stressed and worried about my future, I look back to that moment, because God used someone I didn't expect to speak truth to me, to reveal something about who God is.God is in control. That is who God is. I don't need to worry. I don't need to be stressed out. I can trust in him. That's what Abimelech does to Abraham. He says God is with you in all that you do. Abraham is like, "Oh yeah, he is. He is." We see the birth of Isaac is important, and it is great and it is huge. But immediately after, we see the hints of Abraham's past failures coming up, and God is saying, "Hey, remember this whole situation with Hagar and Ishmael? Remember when you sinned in that? But also remember the strife it caused in your family? Remember all that? I was still with you then. I was still with you then. Remember that time you pimped your wife off to Abimelech? Oh, and don't forget about to Pharaoh as well. I was with you then. I was with you in all that you did, even when you were wrong and I'm with you. Now, can you believe that I'm with you now? I've given you the son that I've promised you. I've precisely fulfilled my promise. I've been protecting you. Do you believe I'm with you now?"And Abraham says, "Yeah, I guess. Yeah, I see it." And Abraham is not just looking at the past and in his present, he looks forward to the future and sees, I can see how God is fulfilling his promise to make me a great nation. I can see how God is going to be faithful in the future as well because of how he has been faithful in the past and how he's been faithful right now. So Abraham understands truly God is an Everlasting God. God has always been there. He is there now and he will always be there.And his response to that is praise. And this is why the points are all about God here is because as we grow in an understanding of who God is, we can grow in praise of him. He is the object of our praise. And so the greater understanding we have of God, the greater praise we can have for him. And Abraham praises God by planting a tamarisk tree. If you don't know a tamarisk tree is, it's an evergreen, it's an evergreen tree that grows in deserts with high salt content in the soil. In other words, where trees aren't supposed to grow, this can grow.Abraham plants this tree in the desert, it's an evergreen, saying, "Lord, you are an everlasting God. Like this tree's needles that never fade, that never die, that never wash out, you are an Everlasting God, you will never fade, you will always be here. But he also is remembering Sarah, the barrenness of her womb, their barrenness as a couple, they were not able to have child and say, "God, even out of the barrenness of this desert land, you can bring life to this tree. And out of the barrenness of our lives, you can bring life."God is in control of all things. He is everlasting. He has always been there with Abraham. He will always be there. He's in control of all. And the response is praise. And so, our response, as we grow knowledge of God, is to praise. Have you ever thought about why we sing songs at church? Have you thought about why? It's because just like Abraham's form of praise was relevant to who God is, God, you're an everlasting God, so I'm going to worship you in a form that shows who you are. So, worship through song is a form of praises that is glorifying to God.In the Book of Revelation, we are told that angels will sing for all eternity to the Lord, but that also we will join them in singing. We will have jobs. We will do work and we will sing songs to praise to God in heaven. So oftentimes, when I talk about praise through song, the pushback I get is, well, I praise God with my life. Good. Hallelujah, praise God, do that. We need to praise God with our life. We will be doing that in heaven. All of heaven will spend working to the glory of God. We need to do that. But we also need to praise in song, because we will also be doing that in heaven for all of eternity.And if you say, "Ah, I don't Christian music and singing is just not for me," get practice now. We're going to be doing it for all eternity. So let's build it up now. It's not about talent. I am a terrible singer. I am the worst singer in this church. People hear me sing and they're like, "Even Pastor Jan sings better than him." No offense and none taken. But it's not about that. It's about worshiping the Lord. He is worthy of our praise because of who he is. And so we respond in praise in the way that he desires to be praised.And I want to end with this, verse 34 says, "And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines." Every time we have seen Abraham or Lot in this text sojourning, it was followed by sin. It was a story about how they were not trusting God and they were sojourning and they sent... Abraham sojourned in Egypt, he gave his wife to Pharaoh. Lot sojourned, he ended up in Sodom. Abraham sojourned in Gerar, that's what happened with Abimelech. Every time they sojourn they sinned.The issue wasn't the sojourning. The issue was the not trusting God. And now we see Abraham is trusting God. And now we see he's still sojourning. So the question that we need to be thinking about as we go into next week's sermon is, is Abraham still going to trust God, or is he going to fall back into his old ways of sojourning? And the question all of us need to think about is, as we're here today, we just heard the revelation of God that he is praiseworthy in this text. Are we just going to praise him now or when we leave and we are sojourning through Boston? That's the only way to describe living in Boston, sojourning.As we sojourn through Boston, are we still going to remain faithful and trust that God is an everlasting God, he is in control of all? Will you pray with me? Heavenly Father, Lord, we come to you encouraged that you have always been you are now and you will always be. Lord, help us to grow in our love and understanding of who you are so we can praise you as you rightfully deserve. In this time, strengthen us, encourage us, stir your spirit in us to lift up our voices praising you because you are worthy. Lord, we love you and we thank you. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Ever drive down a road lined with tall beautiful trees and think about the people who planted them so many years ago? In this episode, John talks about how all the success you see around you started with that one moment when someone decided to plant their tree and begin chasing their dreams. If you're ready to plant your own tree, this episode is for you. For more crucial advice and memorable stories read John's books, available here : https://www.forthepeople.com/john-morgan/

“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”    -Warren Buffet    I've written about the importance of planting trees, both literally and metaphorically.  In fact, one of the most important factors of a successful salesperson or networker is planting seeds: doing something for someone now so that it may benefit both of you later down the line.  As a natural introvert, I hate networking.  Nothing gives me as much anxiety as going into a conference hall with 1,000 people I don't know all wearing name tags.   But when I think of networking as simply planting a seed, my mindset shifts entirely.   It's not going up cold to some important person that's better than me: it's just another human.  And I'm just here to plant a seed. I offer something of value - maybe it's a joke, an introduction, a thoughtful article - with no ask in return.   Will they respond to my email the next day?  Will they even remember me? Maybe, maybe not.   But if you scale this approach out with everyone you meet and give yourself a long enough timeline that those seeds can begin sprouting, your whole world can change.   You're seen as “that person” - the person that is thoughtful, that helps others, that makes shit happen.   If you gain that reputation with enough people, you won't even believe the opportunities that arise.  Do your future self a favor and plant a tree today.   This post is from our new series, Daily Momentum.  Each morning, we send a short, inspirational post via email, blog and podcast.  You can get it directly to your email here.  You can subscribe on iTunes here .