1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,120 Welcome to Heaven Earth Church. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,040 My name is Ross Stackhouse. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,040 I'm the founding pastor of Heaven Earth Church. 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,280 From the beginning, our heart was to be a church for people who 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,040 don't fit neatly into church. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,200 Our heart is to meet people where they are, to learn their stories, 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:20,720 to honor their stories. 8 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,840 Because in every human story is God's story. 9 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,840 In this podcast, you'll hear more about the people who now call 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,400 Heaven Earth Church home. 11 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,420 Their stories, in many cases of misfits who are discovering or 12 00:00:33,420 --> 00:00:34,700 rediscovering faith. 13 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:38,140 If you want to know more about us, you can go to heavenorthchurch.org 14 00:00:38,620 --> 00:00:41,660 Otherwise, we invite you now into the story. 15 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:43,180 Hello, good people. 16 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:47,900 Brad Miller here, the producer of the Heaven Earth Church podcast. 17 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,940 One of the main benefits of being a part of the Heaven Earth 18 00:00:51,940 --> 00:00:57,980 Church community is our Sunday morning conversations taught by founding 19 00:00:57,980 --> 00:01:00,100 pastor Ross Stackhound. 20 00:01:00,180 --> 00:01:04,900 You can watch and participate in the Sunday morning conversation 21 00:01:05,460 --> 00:01:13,940 this Sunday morning, 9:30am Eastern time at YouTube.com heavenerthchurch. 22 00:01:14,980 --> 00:01:19,860 The audio version of the Sunday morning conversation is available 23 00:01:19,860 --> 00:01:24,580 here on the podcast, which you can find at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 24 00:01:25,230 --> 00:01:32,910 and on the website, which is heavenearthchurch.org now from the 25 00:01:33,070 --> 00:01:38,350 message series, eliminating hurry, putting the unhurried life 26 00:01:38,430 --> 00:01:41,870 into practice is Heaven Earth Church. 27 00:01:41,870 --> 00:01:43,950 Pastor Ross Stackhouse. 28 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:48,270 Help us now to hear your voice, God. 29 00:01:48,270 --> 00:01:56,800 Not just here, but also when we go out of this place and the places 30 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:06,200 where we live, work, learn and play, help us to be aligned in the 31 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,000 name of Jesus. 32 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:08,520 Amen. 33 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,360 Hey, I want to open with this question. 34 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:20,140 Do you feel like your schedule is aligned with your values? 35 00:02:23,980 --> 00:02:28,300 Do you feel like your schedule is aligned with your values? 36 00:02:44,630 --> 00:02:45,670 Anyone can go first. 37 00:03:01,910 --> 00:03:02,390 Yeah. 38 00:03:02,470 --> 00:03:08,710 So your work interrupts your value of being present with your 39 00:03:08,710 --> 00:03:09,030 family. 40 00:03:09,660 --> 00:03:10,620 Okay, thank you. 41 00:03:14,940 --> 00:03:15,580 Not enough. 42 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:19,340 Okay. 43 00:03:20,940 --> 00:03:21,740 Melissa. 44 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:29,580 Yeah. 45 00:03:35,670 --> 00:03:36,390 For Melissa. 46 00:03:36,390 --> 00:03:37,350 Depends on the day. 47 00:03:37,430 --> 00:03:39,030 That's what I'm asking for here. 48 00:03:39,110 --> 00:03:41,670 You know, think about the last seven days. 49 00:03:43,670 --> 00:03:46,870 How did you spend your time and your energy? 50 00:03:48,310 --> 00:03:51,510 So schedule is not just a quantity thing, it's a quality thing. 51 00:03:54,070 --> 00:04:00,030 How did you spend your time and your energy, and was that aligned 52 00:04:00,030 --> 00:04:01,030 with your values? 53 00:04:02,060 --> 00:04:06,460 Now, some of you might be going, what are my values? 54 00:04:07,420 --> 00:04:10,540 Oh, aha. 55 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:15,020 We've talked about this before. 56 00:04:15,660 --> 00:04:19,180 If your mission is kind of why you exist, what you're here for, 57 00:04:19,180 --> 00:04:24,220 what your purpose is, your values are the boundaries within 58 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:29,940 which you're willing to travel for your purpose outside of which 59 00:04:30,820 --> 00:04:33,300 you're not willing to travel, I'll give you an example. 60 00:04:34,420 --> 00:04:42,420 One of my missions in life, I just want to help people know Jesus 61 00:04:44,099 --> 00:04:46,900 and be his apprentice. 62 00:04:48,020 --> 00:04:49,380 It's really that simple. 63 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:53,620 I want to help break down the barriers that have kept people from 64 00:04:53,620 --> 00:04:57,440 knowing Jesus as savior and Lord. 65 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,000 And even as I say that, you're like, oh, savior, that word's got 66 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:01,760 baggage for me. 67 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,360 That's what I'm here for. 68 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,920 But if I pursue that mission in a way that has me not giving my 69 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,280 wife and my children the best of my time and energy, my schedule 70 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:18,160 is not aligned with my values because that's value number one for 71 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:18,480 me. 72 00:05:20,890 --> 00:05:20,970 In. 73 00:05:20,970 --> 00:05:21,730 Terms of how I spend it. 74 00:05:21,730 --> 00:05:22,250 What about you? 75 00:05:22,250 --> 00:05:25,570 Is your schedule aligned with your values, the quality and quantity 76 00:05:25,570 --> 00:05:26,410 of your schedule? 77 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:40,410 Adam, My values conflict. 78 00:05:41,450 --> 00:05:42,410 Say more about that. 79 00:05:42,410 --> 00:05:42,890 Adam. 80 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:46,260 I. 81 00:06:19,950 --> 00:06:21,710 So you have values, but they're not. 82 00:06:21,950 --> 00:06:22,830 They're not equal. 83 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:25,830 Like, there are values that are, you hope are kind of take priority 84 00:06:25,830 --> 00:06:30,990 for you and sometimes that maybe a lower value creeps up above 85 00:06:31,230 --> 00:06:32,590 in the way that you spend your time. 86 00:06:32,590 --> 00:06:32,990 Yeah. 87 00:06:32,990 --> 00:06:33,630 What else? 88 00:06:34,990 --> 00:06:35,470 Bobo. 89 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,000 We asked off that point. 90 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,040 I asked you a few weeks ago to write down the three things that 91 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,600 are most important to you. 92 00:07:06,140 --> 00:07:09,340 And then I asked how many of you wrote you on that list? 93 00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:15,340 And it was around maybe 5 to 10% of the room. 94 00:07:17,420 --> 00:07:21,420 But so I've been saying this recently for myself. 95 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:27,100 It's hard for sick people to make healthy decisions if our schedule 96 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:28,220 is making us sick. 97 00:07:29,260 --> 00:07:33,940 If we have hurry sickness, it is hard for us to make healthy, aligned 98 00:07:33,940 --> 00:07:34,660 decisions. 99 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:38,500 Let's go forward on this quote here. 100 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,100 I mentioned it a few weeks ago. 101 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:44,100 We've been in this series talking about, inspired by John Mark 102 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:46,740 Comer's book, the Ruthless Elimination of hurry. 103 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:49,300 It talks about hurry sickness. 104 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:53,340 We spent a couple of things, weeks, really slowing down with the 105 00:07:53,340 --> 00:08:00,270 problem, diagnosing that problem, and how our pace, our schedules 106 00:08:00,270 --> 00:08:02,510 are doing violence to our souls. 107 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:07,870 Our souls need desperate mending because we are so hurried 108 00:08:08,350 --> 00:08:09,870 and so distracted. 109 00:08:09,870 --> 00:08:12,590 We've been talking about those two themes together. 110 00:08:12,749 --> 00:08:15,630 Not just hurry, but distraction. 111 00:08:18,750 --> 00:08:21,630 How many of you right now are struggling to be present? 112 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:25,640 Right. 113 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:34,040 Our attention span, we showed it like, let's see if I can find 114 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:34,360 it. 115 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,240 Well, we shall see. 116 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,280 Yeah, there it is. 117 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,760 Research says we now have less of an attention span than a goldfish. 118 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,280 As of several years ago, it was about eight seconds. 119 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,600 We can pay attention for eight seconds. 120 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:49,640 And then we're like squirrel. 121 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:58,970 And so being present is really, really hard for us. 122 00:09:00,970 --> 00:09:04,730 And so we've been talking about that problem in the last few 123 00:09:04,730 --> 00:09:04,970 weeks. 124 00:09:04,970 --> 00:09:06,890 We've been talking about the solution. 125 00:09:07,530 --> 00:09:09,090 I brought up this quote, too. 126 00:09:09,090 --> 00:09:12,610 This is why one of the reasons that we've brought it up is this 127 00:09:12,610 --> 00:09:13,290 quote, right Here. 128 00:09:13,290 --> 00:09:16,010 For many of us, the great danger is not that we will renounce 129 00:09:16,010 --> 00:09:16,570 our faith. 130 00:09:17,420 --> 00:09:22,300 It's that we'll become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied 131 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:25,340 that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. 132 00:09:26,940 --> 00:09:30,780 We will just skim our lives instead of actually live them. 133 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:36,140 Anybody feel like you're skimming your life? 134 00:09:39,260 --> 00:09:45,970 So the next two weeks are all about, like, super practical stuff, 135 00:09:45,970 --> 00:09:49,850 like how do we actually implement the unhurried life? 136 00:09:51,690 --> 00:09:54,570 And so today I'm going to tell you that I'm going to give you something 137 00:09:54,570 --> 00:09:55,210 like this. 138 00:09:55,210 --> 00:09:56,490 Hopefully better than that. 139 00:09:59,210 --> 00:10:04,170 If you're like, you're going to give me a little weird pyramid 140 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:05,370 looking trellis thingy. 141 00:10:06,810 --> 00:10:07,930 No, here's what I mean. 142 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:10,020 If I can find it. 143 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:15,860 Nope, nope, nope. 144 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:18,540 No, it's not in here. 145 00:10:18,540 --> 00:10:19,220 Forget it. 146 00:10:23,540 --> 00:10:26,180 We're going to talk about something called a rule of life. 147 00:10:26,580 --> 00:10:27,700 Have you heard of that before? 148 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:28,260 Anyone? 149 00:10:31,060 --> 00:10:31,620 Anyone? 150 00:10:33,460 --> 00:10:35,300 Has anyone heard of a rule of life? 151 00:10:36,490 --> 00:10:36,890 We got. 152 00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:39,570 I think we got the secret of life. 153 00:10:39,570 --> 00:10:40,970 It is not the secret of life. 154 00:10:40,970 --> 00:10:42,090 It is the rule of life. 155 00:10:43,130 --> 00:10:46,810 How many of you get are like super excited at the term rule of 156 00:10:46,810 --> 00:10:47,130 life? 157 00:10:48,490 --> 00:10:49,050 Yeah. 158 00:10:50,330 --> 00:10:50,690 Yeah. 159 00:10:50,690 --> 00:10:53,210 We came to church today and talked about a rule of life. 160 00:10:53,210 --> 00:10:53,770 It was. 161 00:10:54,410 --> 00:10:55,370 It was awesome. 162 00:10:56,250 --> 00:10:58,170 How many of you get excited about rules? 163 00:11:00,650 --> 00:11:01,890 Rules are suggestions. 164 00:11:01,890 --> 00:11:11,490 Bobo says, I thought I put this in there, but I'll try to find 165 00:11:11,490 --> 00:11:12,250 it really quick. 166 00:11:15,210 --> 00:11:16,410 Nope, that's not it. 167 00:11:17,930 --> 00:11:18,930 Give me just a second. 168 00:11:18,930 --> 00:11:19,770 It's worth it. 169 00:11:20,170 --> 00:11:21,530 I think it is, anyways. 170 00:11:22,570 --> 00:11:27,690 Well, essentially, rule, that word really has more to do with a 171 00:11:27,690 --> 00:11:31,980 structure in the original language. 172 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:36,940 In its Latin root, it's a structure that helps your life to 173 00:11:36,940 --> 00:11:42,940 be sound and to bear the weight of your life so that you're 174 00:11:42,940 --> 00:11:46,300 producing and being able to bear the weight of the fruit that 175 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:48,260 you are destined and created to bear. 176 00:11:49,380 --> 00:11:52,660 So if we're running around, hurry, sick and distracted all the 177 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:57,090 time, we are not going to have a structure that holds us up, but 178 00:11:59,250 --> 00:12:02,090 we're going to have a structure that eventually has us 179 00:12:02,090 --> 00:12:07,450 falling on our faces, exhausted and probably needing some 180 00:12:07,450 --> 00:12:08,370 extra care. 181 00:12:10,450 --> 00:12:12,130 That happened to me in 2023. 182 00:12:12,130 --> 00:12:12,690 Anybody? 183 00:12:13,010 --> 00:12:14,370 It's happening to you right now. 184 00:12:14,370 --> 00:12:17,650 You feel like you're so exhausted, so hurried, so distracted 185 00:12:17,810 --> 00:12:20,850 that you're like, I just feel like I need to sleep for four days. 186 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:30,540 So what I'm going to do today is give you a tool that if you work 187 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:31,660 it, it works. 188 00:12:31,660 --> 00:12:35,980 As they say in Alcoholics Anonymous, you could take what I'm 189 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:38,940 going to give you today and say, thanks, Russ. 190 00:12:42,940 --> 00:12:44,060 Back to my day. 191 00:12:45,660 --> 00:12:50,510 So I'm going to Offer you a tool if you don't use it, I love 192 00:12:50,510 --> 00:12:50,870 you. 193 00:12:51,830 --> 00:12:57,910 If you use it, I think it's going to help you not just heal from 194 00:12:57,910 --> 00:13:04,109 hurry sickness, it's going to place you more in the presence of 195 00:13:04,109 --> 00:13:05,590 the One who created you. 196 00:13:07,910 --> 00:13:10,670 So that's going to heal you from the inside out, but it's also 197 00:13:10,670 --> 00:13:14,070 going to give you strength to not go back to hurry sickness. 198 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:21,240 If we stay in our pace, how can we be in the presence of the 199 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,400 One in Whom we live and move and have our being? 200 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:28,720 As Paul says, if we're strapped and working all the time, 201 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,680 how can we be in the presence of the One who knows our souls best? 202 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:37,520 So I want to give you a rule to follow. 203 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,360 Exciting? 204 00:13:41,850 --> 00:13:42,570 Not so much. 205 00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:45,930 But first I want to just say kind of a why? 206 00:13:46,730 --> 00:13:50,250 I want to give you like the foundation for this. 207 00:13:50,250 --> 00:13:53,690 So first of all, this I know I have this. 208 00:13:57,610 --> 00:14:02,330 Jesus says this in Matthew 6, 33 and 34. 209 00:14:04,330 --> 00:14:11,340 Instead, desire first and foremost God's kingdom and God's 210 00:14:11,340 --> 00:14:12,100 righteousness. 211 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:16,260 And all these things will be given to you as well. 212 00:14:20,420 --> 00:14:23,500 So I asked, is your schedule aligned with your values? 213 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:27,460 Jesus is saying, make value number one. 214 00:14:28,900 --> 00:14:35,030 God's kingdom and God's righteousness, is that value number 215 00:14:35,030 --> 00:14:36,350 one for you? 216 00:14:42,910 --> 00:14:43,710 It kind of. 217 00:14:44,270 --> 00:14:45,950 I went to the original language. 218 00:14:45,950 --> 00:14:47,309 It's kind of like this. 219 00:14:47,950 --> 00:14:50,150 The same word in the Greek that we get. 220 00:14:50,150 --> 00:14:54,670 Kingdom also means like rule, like a ruler. 221 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,680 Jesus is saying, seek first the rule of God, like God's rule 222 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:10,200 of your life, and seek his rightness, his justice, and all these 223 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,400 other things that you also need. 224 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:20,520 They'll find their way to you, they will be brought near to you, 225 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,880 they will be added to you. 226 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:32,160 In other words, Jesus is saying, make your rule of life me. 227 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,760 Because Jesus perfectly embodies God's rule. 228 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:48,320 Like the way things are in heaven is perfectly embodied in Jesus. 229 00:15:51,970 --> 00:15:55,250 How things are in heaven, that's revealed to us in Jesus. 230 00:15:56,850 --> 00:15:59,250 So Jesus is saying, be present with me. 231 00:15:59,730 --> 00:16:02,650 Make my rule a priority. 232 00:16:02,650 --> 00:16:04,210 Make it value number one. 233 00:16:04,610 --> 00:16:08,290 And it's odd how things are going to come to an order in your 234 00:16:08,290 --> 00:16:08,610 life. 235 00:16:11,090 --> 00:16:14,410 So the rule of life that I'm going to give you this practical 236 00:16:14,410 --> 00:16:17,940 tool, I promise it's not going to stay in a theory level. 237 00:16:20,660 --> 00:16:22,100 This is going to help you address. 238 00:16:22,340 --> 00:16:25,060 It's going to help you think about these questions. 239 00:16:25,940 --> 00:16:27,140 What rules me? 240 00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:30,580 I'm going to read these questions and give you a chance. 241 00:16:30,580 --> 00:16:34,380 I'm going to slow down and give you a chance to think about 242 00:16:34,380 --> 00:16:35,220 it for a minute. 243 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:38,020 What rules me? 244 00:16:42,110 --> 00:16:43,150 Who rules me? 245 00:16:49,790 --> 00:16:53,870 What support structure rules My life, if I have one at all. 246 00:16:55,790 --> 00:16:58,190 In other words, who are the people that I hang around? 247 00:17:02,350 --> 00:17:08,800 Is it a sustainable and good support structure or is it one that's 248 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,080 going to have me breaking down and disordered? 249 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,440 What is my life organized around? 250 00:17:22,360 --> 00:17:23,640 So I already asked you this. 251 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,520 That one, it's going to answer that question. 252 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:26,680 It's going to help you with that. 253 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,400 So, last question and then I'm going to give you the tool. 254 00:17:34,130 --> 00:17:35,890 Anybody want to speak to those questions? 255 00:17:35,890 --> 00:17:37,330 Like, this is a safe space. 256 00:17:40,850 --> 00:17:45,450 I'll start as I've been practicing stillness and silence 257 00:17:45,450 --> 00:17:46,370 a lot of the time. 258 00:17:46,450 --> 00:17:49,490 What rules my life is scarcity. 259 00:17:53,170 --> 00:17:56,370 That's what's running the show in my life many days. 260 00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:06,220 This belief that won't go away, that things are really scarce. 261 00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:11,420 Like it is a really not so secure situation. 262 00:18:11,580 --> 00:18:13,020 Things are going to fall apart. 263 00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:14,620 There is not enough. 264 00:18:15,180 --> 00:18:16,220 I am not enough. 265 00:18:16,540 --> 00:18:20,540 I got to bust my tail to make a legacy because that's the point 266 00:18:20,540 --> 00:18:21,020 of life. 267 00:18:21,020 --> 00:18:21,740 Oh, I forgot. 268 00:18:21,740 --> 00:18:23,020 That's also ruling my life. 269 00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:27,420 This belief deep down that the purpose is for me to create a legacy, 270 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,030 that that's what's ruling my life. 271 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:35,430 What about you Answer any of these questions if you feel so moved. 272 00:18:40,630 --> 00:18:41,110 Bobo? 273 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:57,120 Yes. 274 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:05,760 Work is one of the hardest things for humans to keep at bay. 275 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:09,120 Our work becomes our identity. 276 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:15,240 It becomes the means through which we fulfill the emptiness that 277 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,040 is deep down. 278 00:19:18,890 --> 00:19:19,930 We become our work. 279 00:19:22,170 --> 00:19:23,850 We are not made for that. 280 00:19:27,130 --> 00:19:28,090 What rules you? 281 00:19:28,330 --> 00:19:29,370 Who rules you? 282 00:19:29,370 --> 00:19:32,890 What support structure rules your life or organizes your life? 283 00:19:32,890 --> 00:19:34,490 What's your life organized around? 284 00:19:44,580 --> 00:19:45,140 I don't know. 285 00:19:45,220 --> 00:19:46,660 I'm just all over the ground. 286 00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:49,020 We better just love our friends and family. 287 00:19:49,020 --> 00:19:51,700 Well, have all the gather gatherings, do all the things. 288 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:57,300 And I think it's because I faced death so abruptly with a family 289 00:19:57,300 --> 00:19:59,940 member that it was just like I knew they were there with it and 290 00:19:59,940 --> 00:20:00,900 the next day weren't. 291 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:03,180 And I had all these regrets. 292 00:20:03,180 --> 00:20:06,260 So now I'm just like trying to be death and fall my family members. 293 00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:17,790 So the fear of mortality or the awareness of mortality is the 294 00:20:17,790 --> 00:20:18,350 ruler. 295 00:20:20,990 --> 00:20:23,870 We're either like spending our time running away from it. 296 00:20:26,830 --> 00:20:27,430 What else? 297 00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:30,670 What's ruling your life, Kirsten? 298 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:36,600 Fear of poverty? 299 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,400 Immortality. 300 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:53,080 Yeah. 301 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:07,570 So for you, like, it's a kind of this really difficult web that 302 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:13,210 you're kind of stuck in that you're afraid of truly, that you're 303 00:21:13,210 --> 00:21:14,610 not just making this up. 304 00:21:14,770 --> 00:21:16,530 Like you've got to work to have enough. 305 00:21:17,970 --> 00:21:20,290 You can't not probably work about it. 306 00:21:20,290 --> 00:21:20,690 The pa. 307 00:21:24,210 --> 00:21:24,530 Yeah. 308 00:21:24,530 --> 00:21:25,970 You got other people to care for. 309 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:29,580 Yeah. 310 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:31,980 Yeah. 311 00:21:33,580 --> 00:21:34,700 That's not silly. 312 00:21:39,740 --> 00:21:44,700 So one of the things that I'll say is it does us no good to shame 313 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:45,900 ourselves for our fears. 314 00:21:49,020 --> 00:21:50,380 Our fears aren't silly. 315 00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:52,700 They can actually instruct us. 316 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,760 They can point us toward the light. 317 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,760 You know, those fears are not silly. 318 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:00,800 They're real. 319 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,240 That may be true. 320 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:06,640 That may be true. 321 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:09,920 And that's why I'm going to offer you this tool. 322 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,600 And it's not like the silver bullet to a better life. 323 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:20,130 But if we want to change our lives, it's going to first take. 324 00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:21,290 We talked about this. 325 00:22:21,930 --> 00:22:25,290 The first step of recovery and healing is always acceptance. 326 00:22:27,050 --> 00:22:33,250 I got a problem, and my willpower alone is not going to be 327 00:22:33,250 --> 00:22:33,530 enough. 328 00:22:35,050 --> 00:22:37,810 It's a spiritual solution which needs a spiritual problem. 329 00:22:37,810 --> 00:22:40,570 But there are also practical things we can do. 330 00:22:40,810 --> 00:22:44,900 That's why I'm moving to the practical stuff today, Tucker. 331 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:03,500 Thanks for pointing that out, Tuck. 332 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,260 I appreciate that, Jay. 333 00:23:08,580 --> 00:23:10,180 Exhaustion's ruling your life. 334 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:11,240 Yeah. 335 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:13,400 Isn't it weird? 336 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,840 It's like we're exhausted, and then we do things that make us more 337 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:18,440 exhausted. 338 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,480 So the nature of, like. 339 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:22,840 I'll talk about my mental health. 340 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:27,800 When I'm struggling with depression, my instinct is to do 341 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,480 things that keep me in depression. 342 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,440 I want to stay in bed. 343 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,280 Keeps me depressed. 344 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,360 I want to isolate from people. 345 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,080 Keeps me depressed. 346 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,400 Mo time. 347 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,640 You have ideas of how you would like to go. 348 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:55,680 To school? 349 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:02,560 Yes. 350 00:24:05,830 --> 00:24:06,150 Yeah. 351 00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:08,390 Sure. 352 00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:09,110 Yeah. 353 00:24:09,750 --> 00:24:10,070 Yeah. 354 00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:12,630 I'm going to be 40 soon, and I know other people are like, 40, I'm 355 00:24:12,630 --> 00:24:12,950 50. 356 00:24:12,950 --> 00:24:15,430 Or my dad's like, hey, I'm 82, bud. 357 00:24:15,590 --> 00:24:18,550 Like, I'm still like, gosh, I feel like. 358 00:24:20,230 --> 00:24:24,030 Yeah, you're talking specifically about time as it's related 359 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:27,430 to kind of the goals or vision we have for our life and when we 360 00:24:27,430 --> 00:24:30,600 don't hit those metrics, how it makes us feel. 361 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:31,880 Yeah. 362 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:34,840 Anybody else? 363 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:38,040 Crystal? 364 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:51,400 Sure. 365 00:24:55,570 --> 00:24:58,050 Thank you for sharing that, Paul. 366 00:25:09,810 --> 00:25:12,570 Can't seem to keep a job and that if you feel like that's hanging 367 00:25:12,570 --> 00:25:13,330 over your head. 368 00:25:13,810 --> 00:25:14,290 Yeah. 369 00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:25,100 Sure. 370 00:25:28,380 --> 00:25:28,780 Yeah. 371 00:25:28,780 --> 00:25:30,460 Thank you for sharing that, Kaylee. 372 00:25:38,940 --> 00:25:39,900 Amen, sister. 373 00:25:50,790 --> 00:26:03,190 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 374 00:26:04,310 --> 00:26:05,590 Fear of losing control. 375 00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:07,350 Control is. 376 00:26:07,430 --> 00:26:09,670 Is a powerful tool of our egos. 377 00:26:09,670 --> 00:26:13,090 And an ego, again, is just that person we've built to survive. 378 00:26:14,290 --> 00:26:15,410 Just a second, Dina. 379 00:26:15,410 --> 00:26:17,090 No, I'm going to come back to you. 380 00:26:19,410 --> 00:26:23,570 One thing I want to say before, please give me until 10:40 381 00:26:23,570 --> 00:26:23,970 today. 382 00:26:24,290 --> 00:26:24,850 Okay. 383 00:26:26,770 --> 00:26:28,610 Because what we're saying is so important. 384 00:26:29,650 --> 00:26:31,250 Your fears are not silly. 385 00:26:32,610 --> 00:26:33,690 They're not silly at all. 386 00:26:33,690 --> 00:26:36,290 What you're wrestling with is not silly. 387 00:26:38,140 --> 00:26:38,780 Not at all. 388 00:26:40,620 --> 00:26:47,700 Jesus said when he was criticized for walking along somebody 389 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:50,940 alongside somebody who is sick by the powers that be, he said, it's 390 00:26:50,940 --> 00:26:53,100 not the healthy who need a doctor, it's the sick. 391 00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:56,300 He came to be our doctor. 392 00:26:58,780 --> 00:27:05,030 Many of us aren't going to the doctor and listen to what I'm saying. 393 00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:08,710 I'm not trying to spiritualize everything. 394 00:27:08,790 --> 00:27:11,590 Christianity has an awful track record of that. 395 00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:13,750 Right. 396 00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:21,590 But I wouldn't be here if I didn't come to experience how good 397 00:27:21,590 --> 00:27:22,550 this doctor is. 398 00:27:24,550 --> 00:27:29,070 But because my time was so out of sorts, my schedule so out of balance, 399 00:27:29,070 --> 00:27:30,150 I was disordered. 400 00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:35,100 I have simply been healed in the last 40 days by practicing stillness 401 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:36,260 and silence every day. 402 00:27:38,020 --> 00:27:39,140 How can it be? 403 00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:43,660 And, yes, that stillness and silence, it doesn't address every 404 00:27:43,660 --> 00:27:44,900 fear that you're talking about. 405 00:27:44,900 --> 00:27:45,540 No way. 406 00:27:45,940 --> 00:27:47,540 But I'm not saying it does. 407 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:53,860 It's one tool that's part of a greater solution of helping us be 408 00:27:53,860 --> 00:27:59,680 present to the Lord, present to ourselves, and more aligned with 409 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:00,560 our values. 410 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,720 Dina, go ahead. 411 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:22,200 Yeah. 412 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,790 When I retire, will I have enough? 413 00:28:25,030 --> 00:28:26,230 Can I ever retire? 414 00:28:29,030 --> 00:28:32,070 Or am I going to work my fingers to the bone forever? 415 00:28:34,230 --> 00:28:34,790 Okay. 416 00:28:35,030 --> 00:28:39,030 Because I want to keep my promise and steward your time well. 417 00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:42,630 I really do. 418 00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:45,830 The rule of life. 419 00:28:46,550 --> 00:28:48,150 This is an ancient practice. 420 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,040 Like there's a Benedictine rule of life. 421 00:28:54,080 --> 00:29:02,200 This is just a structure that can hold you up, help you both make 422 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,920 it to the fruitfulness for which you're created and sustain 423 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,760 the weight of the fruit you will bear. 424 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:15,200 Yesterday, I harvested one stinking watermelon from my watermelon 425 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:15,600 plant. 426 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,080 The rest of them stunk. 427 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:20,760 Oh, man. 428 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:21,680 I got a picture. 429 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,040 Bo is going like this. 430 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:27,280 It was one. 431 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,360 And every year I've done watermelons, I cut into them just 432 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:33,920 too early. 433 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,040 This one, we cut into it and it was so sweet. 434 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:41,680 I have to learn. 435 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:46,040 I've done watermelons several times, and, like, they do. 436 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:46,480 Okay. 437 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,860 But I need to learn how to structure that plant so it can thrive 438 00:29:50,940 --> 00:29:52,300 and the fruit can thrive. 439 00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:56,300 A rule of life can do that for us. 440 00:29:56,700 --> 00:30:00,300 And here's why we need it so bad, is because it helps us pursue 441 00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:02,620 change in a healthy and structured manner. 442 00:30:02,940 --> 00:30:05,380 We are skilled in survival, folks. 443 00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:06,940 It's one of our greatest gifts. 444 00:30:07,660 --> 00:30:09,580 And it works until it doesn't. 445 00:30:10,940 --> 00:30:12,740 We are not made just to survive. 446 00:30:12,740 --> 00:30:13,940 You know what I'm going to say? 447 00:30:13,940 --> 00:30:14,860 We're made to what? 448 00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:17,770 Yeah, that's true, actually. 449 00:30:18,170 --> 00:30:19,530 Not just a cliche. 450 00:30:21,050 --> 00:30:23,530 So if you go to. 451 00:30:23,850 --> 00:30:24,410 I can. 452 00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:26,090 I will send this out via email. 453 00:30:26,330 --> 00:30:30,130 So if you're not on our email, get on it, because I'm going to send 454 00:30:30,130 --> 00:30:31,530 out this tool on there. 455 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:35,650 I'm sending out three different ways you can approach the 456 00:30:35,650 --> 00:30:36,730 Rule of life tool. 457 00:30:37,690 --> 00:30:38,810 So here's what it does. 458 00:30:39,050 --> 00:30:41,770 The one that I crafted is a simpler one. 459 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,400 If you go to Church center right now, for once, I'm encouraging 460 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,480 you, go ahead and open up your phone. 461 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,120 This guy talked about distraction and then said, open up 462 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:51,720 your phone. 463 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,160 What an idiot. 464 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:01,440 If you go to the homepage of Church center, make heaven, earth 465 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,120 Church, your church. 466 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,160 Go to the homepage. 467 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,720 There are three tools that are Rule of Life tools. 468 00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:11,050 I will send it out via email as well. 469 00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:18,010 If you're like someone I grew up with, you're like, that's no chance. 470 00:31:18,330 --> 00:31:20,170 You better print that thing out for me. 471 00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:20,850 Come tell me. 472 00:31:20,850 --> 00:31:22,010 I'll print it out for you. 473 00:31:23,769 --> 00:31:26,410 There's one that says, a simple guide to a rule of life. 474 00:31:31,770 --> 00:31:33,050 I'm going to fix that link. 475 00:31:33,050 --> 00:31:33,850 It's not the one. 476 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:35,580 It goes to the workbook. 477 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,020 It is a Google Doc that I came up with. 478 00:31:39,020 --> 00:31:39,980 I will fix that. 479 00:31:40,380 --> 00:31:42,860 First, you have questions that you sit with. 480 00:31:45,340 --> 00:31:49,580 Again, it works if you work it before it's going to. 481 00:31:49,580 --> 00:31:53,260 This tool will help you build a schedule that is aligned with your 482 00:31:53,260 --> 00:31:53,700 values. 483 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:54,500 That's what this tool is. 484 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:56,460 If you're like, ross, you haven't said what a rule of life 485 00:31:56,460 --> 00:31:56,660 is. 486 00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:57,260 Darn it. 487 00:31:59,910 --> 00:32:03,030 It's helping you build a schedule that is aligned with your 488 00:32:03,030 --> 00:32:03,670 values. 489 00:32:05,430 --> 00:32:09,390 So for the one that I made, which I'm going to share, the link 490 00:32:09,390 --> 00:32:10,190 is not correct. 491 00:32:10,190 --> 00:32:12,150 But the other two help in the same way. 492 00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:16,790 My questions ask you to first sit down before you make your schedule 493 00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:20,310 and identify your purpose and values. 494 00:32:21,110 --> 00:32:22,750 Some of you haven't done that work yet. 495 00:32:22,750 --> 00:32:24,710 I hadn't done it until a few years ago. 496 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,320 What's my purpose? 497 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:32,720 And it is. 498 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:38,560 If you're on the home page of Church center, there are. 499 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,160 It says right under the picture, it says, here are a few 500 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,320 resources to help you build a rule of life. 501 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,360 If you're like, ross, you've tried to get me to use Church Center. 502 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:49,200 I refuse. 503 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:54,750 Okay, that's weird. 504 00:32:56,910 --> 00:32:58,030 Yep, right there. 505 00:32:58,030 --> 00:32:58,470 See those? 506 00:32:58,470 --> 00:32:59,310 One, two, three. 507 00:33:00,110 --> 00:33:04,630 That's it, Ross, we hate Church Center. 508 00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:06,430 I'm going to send it out via an email, too. 509 00:33:06,430 --> 00:33:11,630 Okay, so when you go to this, if you use this document, first, 510 00:33:12,670 --> 00:33:19,070 block out time, make some alone time, or do it with somebody 511 00:33:19,070 --> 00:33:21,680 else, do it with a group. 512 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,000 What's my purpose? 513 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,840 Is one of the questions you'll sit with. 514 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,320 What are my values? 515 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,160 Is another question you'll sit with. 516 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,960 What are my gifts? 517 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:39,120 What are my limitations of body, relationships, time? 518 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,080 What goals do I have for the next season? 519 00:33:47,610 --> 00:33:50,610 And then you'll have some questions to take inventory of your 520 00:33:50,610 --> 00:33:52,010 relationship with Jesus. 521 00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:59,610 And then finally, after you've done that, say after. 522 00:34:01,770 --> 00:34:03,770 You're not going to leap to action, right? 523 00:34:05,770 --> 00:34:07,770 Because we are great survivalists. 524 00:34:08,970 --> 00:34:14,300 We leap to action to get quickly to a goal, to get out of 525 00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:17,220 our problem, and we end up back in the problem. 526 00:34:20,580 --> 00:34:21,780 Can I get an amen? 527 00:34:24,580 --> 00:34:28,900 The four rooms of change are Contentment, Denial, Confusion, Renewal. 528 00:34:29,460 --> 00:34:31,860 Contentment, Denial, Confusion, Renewal. 529 00:34:32,020 --> 00:34:34,340 You can't skip over the confusion room. 530 00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:37,860 The decor of that room is anxiety. 531 00:34:37,940 --> 00:34:38,740 Don't skip it. 532 00:34:40,510 --> 00:34:43,390 Then you'll see a table that has. 533 00:34:43,390 --> 00:34:44,630 You build your schedule. 534 00:34:44,630 --> 00:34:45,950 What do I want to do? 535 00:34:45,950 --> 00:34:50,190 Daily, weekly, monthly, seasonally. 536 00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:55,870 And there are categories for areas of your life. 537 00:34:58,350 --> 00:35:01,830 What I want to do daily to fix my eyes on Jesus and live by his 538 00:35:01,830 --> 00:35:02,270 spirit. 539 00:35:02,910 --> 00:35:06,940 Weekly and seasonally, you can fill that in. 540 00:35:08,460 --> 00:35:11,900 Investing intentionally in core relationships and community, 541 00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:14,820 stewarding your mind and mental health, stewarding the gift 542 00:35:14,820 --> 00:35:19,980 of your body, work practices, financial practices and other. 543 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:24,700 You work through the questions and then you fill out this document 544 00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:27,060 to build a schedule that aligns with your values. 545 00:35:27,060 --> 00:35:27,740 Are you with me? 546 00:35:28,620 --> 00:35:30,140 It works if you work it. 547 00:35:31,590 --> 00:35:34,750 If you say, ross, great sermon, or that sermon sucked, I'm 548 00:35:34,750 --> 00:35:35,030 out. 549 00:35:35,270 --> 00:35:36,230 That's up to you. 550 00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:41,190 I'm not gonna be like, joanna, you didn't do the Rule of Life tool. 551 00:35:41,910 --> 00:35:43,270 What a loser you are. 552 00:35:44,870 --> 00:35:46,630 No, no. 553 00:35:46,630 --> 00:35:49,270 Us, because no. 554 00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:51,430 Okay, last thing. 555 00:35:51,430 --> 00:35:55,790 There are two other resources from practicingtheway.org if you 556 00:35:55,790 --> 00:35:58,680 think my tool stinks, use the other ones. 557 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:03,200 I have an account with practicingtheway.org it's from John 558 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,120 Mark Comer. 559 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:09,240 There is a Rule of Life Builder Interactive. 560 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,280 Then he has a Rule of Life workbook. 561 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,400 Ross, you didn't give us practical enough material. 562 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,840 This time you're wrong. 563 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,480 I've given you the tools. 564 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:21,400 I am going to do it, too. 565 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,400 And I'm telling you, Emily. 566 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:24,400 This is news to Emily. 567 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,160 Don't be mad. 568 00:36:26,740 --> 00:36:30,980 I wondered this week if we may organize a Rule of Life retreat, 569 00:36:33,620 --> 00:36:36,460 like on a Friday night, Saturday morning, where we create 570 00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:37,620 the space for you. 571 00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:39,740 To. 572 00:36:39,740 --> 00:36:43,580 Help you identify your purpose, your values and build a 573 00:36:43,580 --> 00:36:45,940 schedule that is aligned with your values. 574 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:50,820 If you'd be interested in all that, send me a text or an email 575 00:36:51,180 --> 00:36:53,940 that just says interested or come tell me, because if we have 576 00:36:53,940 --> 00:36:55,740 enough interest, we'll do it. 577 00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:58,140 A Rule of Life retreat. 578 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:02,380 Okay, I'm done. 579 00:37:04,540 --> 00:37:06,140 That was an abrupt end, wasn't it? 580 00:37:06,780 --> 00:37:07,980 Yeah, Ulima. 581 00:37:24,390 --> 00:37:24,710 Yeah. 582 00:37:31,670 --> 00:37:32,470 Rule of Life. 583 00:37:36,230 --> 00:37:39,030 Yulima just said, my greatest fear is that I will go up to Big 584 00:37:39,030 --> 00:37:39,510 Sky. 585 00:37:39,830 --> 00:37:40,470 I like that. 586 00:37:40,470 --> 00:37:43,510 It's like Montana, like heaven is like Montana. 587 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:45,100 I can dig that. 588 00:37:45,980 --> 00:37:48,140 And I will not have walked out my purpose. 589 00:37:48,220 --> 00:37:54,620 This tool helps you do that last thing. 590 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:55,140 Warning. 591 00:37:55,140 --> 00:37:58,380 When I wrote out my values, I saw how I was in violation of all 592 00:37:58,380 --> 00:37:58,700 them. 593 00:37:59,820 --> 00:38:00,540 It's okay. 594 00:38:00,940 --> 00:38:02,700 Guess what's happened over the last two years? 595 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,180 I've started slowly to get in line. 596 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:08,540 I practiced Sabbath again yesterday. 597 00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:11,430 I took my kids to the playground. 598 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:16,230 Left my phone in the car on Saturdays, folks, if you text me, 599 00:38:16,310 --> 00:38:17,750 odds are I'm not answering. 600 00:38:20,550 --> 00:38:22,310 All right, I'm getting in line. 601 00:38:23,110 --> 00:38:24,310 I'm getting aligned. 602 00:38:25,350 --> 00:38:26,150 You can too. 603 00:38:27,190 --> 00:38:28,630 You can win back your life. 604 00:38:28,630 --> 00:38:29,110 You can. 605 00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:31,750 All right, let's pray. 606 00:38:34,390 --> 00:38:39,200 Lord, help us to structure our lives first and foremost with the 607 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,960 same power that rules heaven. 608 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,080 May it rule us. 609 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,960 We're asking that the same power that rules heaven would rule 610 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:47,520 our lives. 611 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:55,000 Let it be, O God, and help us to know our values, to have clarity 612 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,840 from on high about our values, the ones that you've uniquely crafted 613 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,480 for us according to how we're made. 614 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:05,270 And then, Lord, help us to schedule our lives, structure our 615 00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:08,510 lives in a way that's aligned with our values. 616 00:39:09,390 --> 00:39:11,710 In Jesus name, Amen. 617 00:39:14,510 --> 00:39:18,990 Thank you for participating in the conversation happening at Heaven 618 00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:20,110 Earth Church. 619 00:39:20,590 --> 00:39:25,870 Your next opportunity to do so live is this Sunday morning, 9:30am 620 00:39:26,990 --> 00:39:31,100 Eastern Time, either at the main campus at 3, 309 East Main in 621 00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:35,460 Whiteland, Indiana or online at YouTube Live. 622 00:39:35,860 --> 00:39:40,740 That's@YouTube.com heavenearth church. 623 00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:47,620 The audio podcast is always available at Apple Podcast and on 624 00:39:47,780 --> 00:39:48,420 Spotify. 625 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:53,220 You can help others find out about the Heaven Earth Church podcast 626 00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:58,360 by going to Apple Podcast and or Spotify and leaving a five star 627 00:39:58,360 --> 00:39:59,960 rating and your review. 628 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,680 Instructions on how to do just that and links are in the show notes. 629 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:11,240 You can always find out more by going to the church website heavenearthchurch.org 630 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:12,640 we. 631 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:14,840 Want to thank you for spending time with us today. 632 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,360 My name is Ross Stackhouse, the pastor to Heaven Earth Church 633 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,060 and you may think out there that your story is over, but in fact 634 00:40:22,060 --> 00:40:25,180 your faith story may just be beginning. 635 00:40:25,420 --> 00:40:28,260 If you want more information about our church or you're interested 636 00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:32,300 in the next step, you can go to heavenearthchurch.org otherwise 637 00:40:32,300 --> 00:40:35,460 we look forward to being with you next time at the Heaven Earth 638 00:40:35,460 --> 00:40:36,460 Church Podcast. 639 00:40:47,030 --> 00:55:40,820 SA Sa.