[00:00:01] Speaker A: Hey, friend. Welcome to Perspectives into Practice, a place where life's stories meet practical wisdom. Together, we'll explore how faith filled perspectives can transform the way we live, love, and grow.
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[00:00:29] Speaker A: Welcome back to Perspectives into Practice. Today we are leaning into a powerful conversation that every parent needs to hear. I'm talking with a sweet friend that I've known since college. And while life has taken us in many different directions since then, her story and her heart are what truly matter. Emily is a fierce advocate for Christian parenting and spiritual vigilance. And what she shares today will open your eyes and stir your spirit. Emily, welcome. I'm so glad that you're here.
[00:00:58] Speaker B: Thank you so much, friend.
[00:01:00] Speaker A: Yes. All right, so before we dive in, y' all know I love a good fun fact, and Emily's is just absolutely fascinating. So her husband is actually her ex husband. You know what's so great about that is just a beautiful reminder of restoration and second chances.
Can you share just a little bit? Like, how'd that happen?
[00:01:21] Speaker B: So we got married really young. I was still in college at the time, you'll remember. And we just, we. We grew. And instead of growing closer together towards God, we kind of grew apart. And the enemy saw a foothold and he got in and we destroyed ourselves. And honestly, we were. We were legally divorced for two years, but after about a year, we started secretly dating and we got remarried on our anniversary. And go is just beautiful. And his reconciliation is proof in our marriage. And he restores, friend.
[00:01:56] Speaker A: Yes, he does. Oh, my gosh, that is beautiful. And yeah, the enemy would like you to. To think that everything is over. But I love, I love that he does restore.
[00:02:06] Speaker B: And God is a master of picking up our pieces and our messes and making it pretty. Yes, he does.
[00:02:12] Speaker A: Always. Yes, yes, yes. And we would least expect it. I mean, I'm sure that you didn't think, oh, we will definitely get married again, right? Like, that might not have.
[00:02:23] Speaker A: Oh, my goodness. Yes. Wow. That is just incredible. So, okay, let's dive in. We've got a lot, a lot to unpack here, and it's so important. And I want to. So I want to dive into what happened when you discovered something dark hiding in plain sight. And this is through a Roblox game that your children were playing. So can you walk us through into that moment what happened with the game and what made you start to dig deeper?
[00:02:50] Speaker B: So I had heard, like all mamas, that roblox could be dangerous. So I want to preface by saying I was the mama that was very, very diligent. I set it on the highest restrictions. My children are only allowed to add friends that I know and confirm with mamas. And I was very, very careful for about a year of them using Roblox. I would watch their games and I would participate with them. And then I started allowing my oldest son, Zachariah, a little more leniency to practice his spiritual discernment, which we have to do as ma and I allowed him to start doing that. And I said, but you have to ask me if you start playing a new game. Well, we were driving. I will never forget. It was. It was summertime, and we were driving, and Zachariah said, mom, there's this new game, and it's called 99 Nights in the Forest. So we went through our checklist. What's the rating? You know, what is the description? Talk to me about it. And then I always tell him, use discernment. And so he started playing the game. And of course, I was driving.
And he said, well, everything's fine. It's nighttime. And the only thing that's weird is the deer walks on its legs and its hind legs. And immediately the Holy Spirit whispered, that's a distortion. And so I told and reminded my son. I was like, listen, that is a distortion. God created deer to walk on four legs, not two.
And I said, so we know that that's wrong. Acknowledge that and let's move forward. But then I kind of ignored the Holy Spirit by thinking, well, you know movies, they personify little animals and they talk and they sing. So. So I just kind of put it to the side.
Fast forward a couple of months. My youngest son started playing that game with my oldest son. And he started having these nightmares out of nowhere. And I was like, what is going on? So I prayed incessantly. Why is this happening? Show me what the foothold is.
And I will never forget this was a couple of months ago. I was driving my kids to piano for my son. Zachariah was inside doing piano lessons, and Eliana was asleep in the back. So Elijah was getting his little technology time. And Mama was so excited. Y' all know when you get a moment for yourself, it's like, praise Jesus. So I opened my Bible and there I was, ready to go. And all of a sudden, I hear my son say, he's coming, but I'm in the circle of safety.
The Holy Spirit wasn't quiet this time. Now he was roaring within me. And I Said, buddy, come up here. Let me see what. What that game is.
And it was the 99 nights in the forest. And I start watching, and nothing could have prepared me for what I saw on that screen. It was straight up demonic. And as I kept watching, there were new features that had been added, and it was just laced with dark imagery and things that were just straight up demonic.
And it was just. It was shocking. And I knew that other mamas needed to be aware of this.
[00:05:48] Speaker A: Absolutely. So how did that make you feel as a woman of faith that that had been going on?
[00:05:55] Speaker B: Satan loves to, like, mess with women. He loves to because after the husband, it's us that's the protector of our homes. And so I initially felt guilty, and I was like, how could I allow this to happen?
And the Holy Spirit lovingly reminded me, hey, I warned you, friend, and you didn't listen.
[00:06:12] Speaker A: And thanks so much.
[00:06:14] Speaker B: I.
I started really reflecting and I was like, no, this is. This is going to turn. We're going to turn something bad to good. And I gave myself grace, and I used that as an opportunity to remind me that the devil is ever so patient.
He is ever so cunning, and if he can get thousands of angels to fall after being in the glory and presence of the Lord, how much more can he get us to fall? Right. And so it was really reflective, and it just made me come to a lesson of, first of all, grace for myself, but a reminder that I needed to do more due diligence. And also, I had trained, and I'm teaching my children that they're supposed to honor God. It's not about what they can't do. It's about, does this honor God?
So in that moment, in that one example, I didn't take the opportunity to say, is it honoring God? And it's not.
So it was this really beautiful lesson. The Holy Spirit gave my heart.
[00:07:13] Speaker A: Yeah, well, and we. When we set up boundaries, it's important to have them, and we need to be able to set them. And it's not saying if you focus on the boundary as all of the things that you can't do, it seems like you're stuck in this box. But if you look at a boundary with, here is everything that you can do, it completely changes your perspective. And I think as Christians, but also as children. Right. They like to see the, oh, well, now you've taken all of my joy. And I'm like, that's. That's not the point. The point is I have given you this proper place to be that is going to be sufficient for you and is going to give you actually joy and is going to help you in these areas instead of causing these little like micro cracks in letting the enemy come in. And boundaries are very important.
[00:08:04] Speaker B: Right. Well, and it did. And I'm thankful for the experience because it did elicit a beautiful conversation. Like I, you, I'll use the analogy of like riding a bike. Right. I had been there spiritually to help my oldest and my littlest, like, take their time in riding with the training wheels. Then the training wheels were coming off and I was riding beside them for so long. And then when I let go, I failed to give them the most important message. And that's stop, stop.
You know, there are things that's going to happen that you've never experienced. There's going to be a big rock that you hit that could, you know, fling you off of the spiritual bike or you could be going down a hill and if you don't know how to stop, then you could crash. And that's ultimately what could have happened if the Holy Spirit had not have allowed us to catch this early in time.
[00:08:52] Speaker A: Absolutely. So what conversation did you end up having with your kids and how did they respond in that?
[00:08:59] Speaker B: So it's a very popular game at the time. This was a couple months back, but if I recall correctly, it was like the third highest ranking game on Roblox. Yes, of course, because it's, you know, dark and evil. But I, I really talked to them and I said, listen, I know you love this game, but let's talk about this. We want to. And again, this was after. I didn't do it before, I should have, but after I said, we want to honor God. How is this bringing honor to the Lord? And I walked them through some of the imagery that I saw in the game and I explained to them about the distortion of the deer walking on its hind legs. There's this one part, oh, mamas, hold your belts. Because literally there's this one part where this deer is still sitting on an alt, like an altar, like a chair.
And these people that are called occultists in the game are bowing down to him. And so I, I used that to explain to them that that was a representation even as innocent as a game. But they are showing that they're bowing to something other than God. And I asked them, do we do that? Who is the king of our heart? Who's on our thrones? And you know, they would say, Jesus. And I'm like, exactly. So do we want anybody else on any other thrones? In our lives.
And, you know, they're. They're old enough to understand.
[00:10:12] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:10:13] Speaker B: But it also showed them, like, the colors, the imagery, and some of the dark things that they didn't understand.
And now they know to look for those things.
Now they know the word stop. Right. If I feel something in my heart that's. That's like, this doesn't feel right. That's an immediate Holy Spirit response to say, no, stop and run.
[00:10:33] Speaker A: Right, Right. And. And figure out why.
Why am I having this feeling? Not just, okay, well, that's feeling, but figuring it out so that you can know that for next time.
[00:10:43] Speaker B: Yes. And it's. It's amazing to me. I posted something on Facebook just to share awareness for mamas, and it's amazing to me how many friends reached out to me and asked questions.
And I'm sure there are tons of mamas listening to this podcast. And it is just so important.
In the Old Testament, in Judges, I think it is where the. The children of Israel, they did not have a king, so they did whatever their heart pleased. And that's. That's what will happen with our children. We are the leaders, and we are called to usher our babies into God's truths. Right. And if you let one tiny little thing go, even though it's seemingly innocent, bad things can happen.
So we have to have these conversations, period.
[00:11:31] Speaker A: We have to. Right? So what are some things that, as a mom with kids on technology, what are some things that we can be looking out for or having, you know, how do we start the conversation with them in the first place about that?
[00:11:46] Speaker B: So for our family, Jesus is not like a Sunday thing for our kiddos, we talk about Jesus multiple times a day. And because I want to teach them that. It's so difficult, especially for little people. You can't feel Jesus and you can't hear Jesus until you practice listening and hearing the Holy Spirit's whisper. And so I'm trying to teach my children, so the conversation for us is actually really natural. What I start doing is just, how does this honor Jesus? That's an easy way to have a conversation with your children. Well, it doesn't. You know, are. Are we focused on Jesus, or are we focused on our flesh?
That's an easy conversation. You know, are we listening to something that's going to glorify God, or are we listening to something that's just kind of going to be worldly and drag us down the toilet? That's kind of what I tell my kiddos.
And I think having those intentional conversations every Single day makes it real. It makes it a part of your life and not just a religious practice that we do once a week.
[00:12:51] Speaker A: Yeah. Talking about God's presence in that experience. And for. For. For those listening. What things can we bring into those conversations? Do you have any. You mentioned judges. Are there any other scriptures that we can use to back up what we're saying? And not just, well, mom said I can't play that game anymore. But really, God says we shouldn't, girl.
[00:13:12] Speaker B: Yes, The Holy Spirit. Oh, he is so good. James 4, 7 comes to mind because we all know the Bible verse, resist the devil and he will flee from you. Right? Everybody knows that Bible verse, but the first part always gets missed.
Submit to God first. You have to submit to God. And we have to teach ourselves first and foremost. But we also have to teach our little people what it means to submit to God. To submit to God means he's first, no matter what. I'll use an example. Wicked on my stars. That was the first musical I ever saw as a teenager. It was on Broadway.
I loved Wicked. But as I started getting older, the Holy Spirit convicted my heart.
So obviously the movie came out. And I would have done anything in my flesh to go see that movie. And I used it as an opportunity to show my boys that will not honor God. It is about witchcraft. It is about witches, and it makes them look innocent and fun and loving. Whether there's a good message or not.
It is anti biblical. And so I used that as an opportunity. Opportunity to say, mama, sacrifices too. I'm willing to lay down anything for Jesus, and that's what you have to do. So when a commercial would pop up, my kids would be like, hey, there's the movie you can't see. And I'm like, you're right. Because I'm gonna honor Jesus. And it's this beautiful. I know, right? It's this beautiful thing.
[00:14:41] Speaker A: Oh, children.
[00:14:44] Speaker A: So honest.
[00:14:47] Speaker B: And it's just like, yeah, they learn, though. They learn. And so submitting to God means he's our first.
Then you can resist the devil. You can try to resist Satan all you want to, but you will never be able to do so until you are standing on God, period.
[00:15:05] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:15:06] Speaker B: So I think that's the Bible verse I would tell Mamas is, we've got to submit to the Lord first.
Then he in his power, we will be able to resist the devil who cannot stay because he knows we're covered under the protection of the Lord.
[00:15:21] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:15:22] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:15:22] Speaker A: Well, and in First Peter, it says that our adversary is the Devil. And he's prowling. He's like waiting to devour you. And that is not just a scripture. That is not just words. That is reality. And that is something that we often, I think, don't even think about. You're like, oh, I just go through life and it is real. It is real and it is in our baby's eyes.
[00:15:49] Speaker B: 100. And here's another thing, which would be another message for another time. But girl, God is putting on, on my heart that good. Evil looks good right now. Evil looks kind right now. And Satan is making all these horribly anti biblical things look like they are the good. And the Bible is old and antiquated and bad and ugly and. And mean. And so it's. It's a mind warp. Right?
So I think it's more imperative than ever that we focus on our lives and like what's happening. Because it is so scary how crafty the enemy can be. I mean, it's crazy.
[00:16:32] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. And we have to go to the Lord and affirm that he is the gatekeeper of our home. And let's assume that those listening don't know what that means. Let's assume that those listening don't know how it is to have these conversations. What would you say to this mom who says, I don't even know how to start this conversation with my kids or what that means for me personally. How can we get them to. To view that? Where can we send them? Or what can we.
[00:17:03] Speaker B: It's the Lord. You, you can't. You. That. I think that's the biggest thing you need to hear is you cannot do it.
If you don't have Jesus, if you don't have the Holy Spirit, all of your efforts will be futile because we can't do it on our own. So I think the first thing would be to get on your knees and to pour your heart out for God. Because no mama says, oh, look, my child has a gun. I'm gonna let him play with it. You would never do that. But Satan's not that. That obvious. He's not. He's crafty. And even for someone. I've been walking with Jesus for decades now, almost three decades literally. And I, I know the voice of God and I still missed it. I still have cracks all the time that I thank you, Jesus. The Holy Spirit points out. So to those mamas listening, start somewhere, my friends. Start on your knees in prayer. Because the Holy Spirit chose you. He chose you out of billions of women on this earth. He said, that beautiful lady right there she's going to mother these children.
So he already has equipped each one of you for your families. So don't doubt yourself and don't give Satan that, that little inch. No, no, no, no. Rebuke him. Go to the Lord in prayer and ask him to show you. And then start in small daily steps. That's what's going to make it most most powerful, I think, for your families.
[00:18:29] Speaker A: You're exactly right. It. We are absolutely equipped. The God has given us everything that we need to live a life of godliness. He's. And holiness. He's given it to us in his wor.
Read it. We know what it is to do. And James is an excellent way to start because it's all about how to be a good Christian, how to, how to live life in this really evil, sinful world that we are here, period.
[00:18:56] Speaker B: Right?
[00:18:57] Speaker A: That's, that's it. I mean, getting in the Word and you're right, getting on your knees and just having that relationship with the Lord. Because that, that is what it is. It's not a checkbox. It is a relationship. And that is where you start to begin to listen and talk to the Holy Spirit.
[00:19:13] Speaker B: You hit the nail on the head. Because if you love Jesus, if he's your everything, you are not going to find pleasure in those things like you would if you just didn't. If it was just something you do, you know, like if you love God, submitting to him is much easier. Doesn't make it completely easy, but it's much easier.
[00:19:33] Speaker A: Yeah. When you say I can't. I can't go see Wicked because I know now and I've got this conviction, right? In the, in the past, you didn't have that conviction. And that doesn't mean that you were wrong in it. It's just now you do. So now you get to make a better choice. You get to choose.
Am I going to obey that conviction or am I going to allow my flesh to just see it a little bit? And even though I know that it's bad, it's okay. I'll still.
That's still going into your eyes. That's still going into your soul, into your spirit, and you're coming out with that. And who knows what manifestation of, of evil could come from that. Right? But also when you are protecting yourself from these things, who knows what goodness and blessing and faithfulness God can give you in the obedience to not do that thing?
[00:20:23] Speaker B: 100%. And that's what I teach my kiddos. Listen, yes, the flesh would love to do that.
But there would be seeds planted. Do I want things growing that are weeds in my life that's going to choke out the spiritual life, or do I want to ignore those things and do the harder thing? Because it is harder sometimes. But then there will be life planted within me and. Absolutely. And that's the thing with Roblox. I'm teaching my kiddos firsthand. You are? Yes. You are saying no, and that hurts. And your friends are going to make fun of you because that also happened. But it's okay. We submit to God and beautiful things will happen. And now, months later, they're fine. They have found games that I've had. I now have to approve their games, but they have found games that they love just as much. And we're good now.
[00:21:11] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. And I didn't mention this earlier, but when you sent me that and you told me about that, I had been having that same conviction, but just like you was distracted and just didn't look at it.
I was distracted. I mean, I was. And now looking back, my daughter was having nightmares, and I didn't know what it was. I'm like, there's nothing out there. And so when you mentioned that, I was like, that is exactly what it is. And you're right. When I looked at all of the imagery that it was portraying and everything that was in there and the words that they use and just that it was okay to say, oh, well, you know, don't kill me. Don't kill me. Or they'd say, rebirth. This. All of these things. I'm like, this is not okay.
[00:21:59] Speaker B: Horrible. Horrible. And the age rating, I think, was five and up five.
[00:22:03] Speaker A: And I can't even imagine you.
[00:22:06] Speaker B: They've added new things. I haven't gone back and looked, but they've added new things because Zachariah has told me. He's very astute, very bright. They've added since they started playing the game. So I would also caution mamas that if they're playing a game that they've been playing for months, just jump on it, take a look at it. Because again, the enemy is so patient.
And he's. He's just going to take his sweet little time, because that's what he does, right?
[00:22:31] Speaker A: Yes. Oh, girl.
[00:22:32] Speaker B: But yeah, after that, the nightmares for Elijah stopped completely.
[00:22:36] Speaker A: Same. Yes. We.
[00:22:37] Speaker B: We.
[00:22:38] Speaker A: So you. You were telling me about the. The prayers that you did for your children, and we. I took that same advice and did that for ours. And we rebuked all of the. The things and, you know, broke off strongholds. I mean, we did. We did all of the things that I knew that should never have had to do in the first place. But because of distractions, because the enemy is so good at whittling his way in and distracting us and keeping away from, keeping him from our children, because that's an easy. They're an easy target.
[00:23:08] Speaker B: And.
[00:23:09] Speaker A: Right. We have to teach them. We have to be diligent in our own self, which is more work. And as mamas, we already have a lot up on our plate. And I think both of us were in that same, that same boat where we were like, I mean, it sounds innocent and it does it. The game in its thing is to live for a certain amount of days, which is like living in, like camping in the forest.
[00:23:34] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:23:34] Speaker A: Yes. It's survival. That's the word. Yeah, it's survival. And it's a challenge to see how long you can do it and you get your friends to do it and, oh, you keep these things and you know, you have these storage things and then you work together. And that sounds awesome. And that's why I was like, that's awesome. You guys actually have to work with someone else. It's unselfish. Right?
But there was just something about it. And I was like, I don't like the words that you're saying. Can we use different words? And then I realized that was.
Instead of saying stop using different words, I should have said, let me look into this and stop playing this game. But I didn't, girl.
[00:24:10] Speaker B: And that's, that's most of us, right? You, you hit it like, we are busy mamas, but we have to remember our first priority behind God and our husbands, it's our children.
And so it's been an eye opening experience for me. I know that if you're, if your listeners, if they go and their children have been playing this game, if they just look through there, they're going to be like, yep, no more. And that's going to be a little battle. But again, if you frame it in the right way and if you are teaching your children to love the Lord, the rest he'll do. He'll take care of the rest.
[00:24:42] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. And it was after we had that conversation and I let them know about that because we've had conversations, but it wasn't that in depth because until then there really wasn't anything that they played that was so bad. Like this was. And so showing them these things and like you said, teaching them that discernment of other things. And so they were like, well, what about this and what about this? So it really did ignite amazing conversations in our family and continues to because they're seeing it and they're like, oh, my friend's talking about such and such. I'm like, well, what do you think about that? And it's just. It's a constant conversation is what helps to bring this to life. But also, I applaud you in your showing them that, hey, mama suffers too. I am not telling you this because I just want you to suffer and take all the fun fun out of life.
[00:25:36] Speaker B: Right.
[00:25:37] Speaker A: This is because Jesus is so good and he cares about us, that I am protecting myself and my family and thus you by doing these things. And we're going to be better for it. And I just, I love that. And I hope that we. We all, as we're listening here, can do more of that in our families is be that light in, you know, in the darkness. Because that. Where we're called to be that we're called to be that.
So has your parenting approach shifted after this? I know that you say you have that constant conversation, but now seeing that, you know, the robot, they are adding things to it, what else has maybe shifted in your parenting for through that?
[00:26:20] Speaker B: I don't think anything shifted more than just it's re. Emphasized the importance of what we were doing and just to keep that gas puddle going. Right.
So I don't know that there was necessarily a shift, but there definitely was a conversation. And a new lesson about stopping and resisting the devil doesn't mean, oh, it's okay, you know, like, I can just. Just look at it for a little bit. Just a little bit. Well, no, because that's dishonoring God. If you know something is. Is not pleasing to the Lord. You drop a cold turkey no matter how badly your flesh wants it. And so I think for us, introducing the word stop and run, you know, like, spiritually, I think that's been the biggest change after that event. Oh, but it's also started conversations. My kiddos are, this is beautiful. And I pray this over all of your listeners. My boys have also started encouraging their friends and trying to hold their little friends accountable. And so, like, teaching them that their little light is. Is so strong that they can ignite the matches of their friends in their hearts. And. Yeah, that's been really awesome to see too.
[00:27:26] Speaker A: Yes, yes. And. And I have witnessed that as well, because that was one of the biggest things that they were, well, what about my friends? What about my friends listening to this? What am I supposed to do? And I'm like, well, we're going to pray for them, but you can also explain to them what we've talked about. And they're like, oh, okay. And they have. And they're finding other things because that's not the only game. There's so many games to play.
But it was a beautiful thing to see that their little. Their little hearts were wanting to help their friends and not just, you know, cut everything off, but to help them.
[00:28:00] Speaker B: I know our babies are witnessing already.
[00:28:03] Speaker A: Yes. Yes. Oh, it's so wonderful. So what encouragement would you give a mama who feels overwhelmed with all that is going on in the world and this, you know, attack on their children?
[00:28:16] Speaker B: I think the enemy, he wants to stifle us. He wants us to stay in our, you know, guilt and shame. And that's one of his oldest tactics. But you can't.
You have to realize that you are imperfect, and you have to acknowledge that and then move on. And so what I mean by that is, for me, if I stay stuck in this guilty, like, woe is me kind of mentality, that's not going to help my children. That. That's not going to help my family. That's not going to help the people around me. So instead, I give it to God and I. I'm hard. This is hard.
Give it to God and let go. Give it to him. He's. He's good. He can handle it. And then you have to keep taking steps, even if they're tiny steps. A tiny step towards God is better than a hundred steps away from God. So tiny steps, friends, you don't have to move mountains in a day. If you will, remain prayerful for your family, and if you will just take those tiny little steps of obedience, ask him to show you how you can start these steps conversations again. The easiest conversation you can have with your child is, does this honor God? Yes or no? And that is a beautiful thing because what they eat, what they watch, what they're listening to, so many things can come from that one question alone. And it's teaching them.
[00:29:32] Speaker A: Yeah. When you say that, it reminds me of the. The song.
Be careful, little ears. What you hear. Yes. Right. I mean, but it's.
[00:29:40] Speaker B: Yeah, but also. And I think mamas you're going to face. You are going to face backlash from your. Your kids, especially if they're older, but be prepared for that. And how I combat that is when my children are like, well, that's not fair. And all the negative, fleshly things, I combat that with. Listen, my job as a mama is to take care of you. And, like, this is what made me think of this when you said that song. Whatever you see, you will never be able to unsee. Whatever you hear, you can't unhear it. And I just ask my kiddos to trust Mama.
Mama would not do something just to be me. They know they can trust my heart. They know that I love them.
So trust Mama that this is the best choice for you. And, I mean, that's another thing to keep mindful of.
[00:30:27] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, Emily, this has just been so impactful, and I know that those listening this is needed, and I really hope that it. I don't just hope. I know that it will spark conversations in households and just start a flame, because this is. We have to do that. Our house is the. The center point where everything else for Jesus can go out. And so we have to take care of that. Absolutely have to take care of that.
So before we wrap up, I want to ask you a question that I ask every guest on the podcast, and that is, what is one perspective that you would encourage listeners to apply today?
[00:31:05] Speaker B: I think I've already answered that, so I don't want to beat a dead horse, but just the enemy is there.
The enemy is there. And again, that's a different conversation. But if you ask the Holy Spirit to give you discernment, you ask him to give you new eyes and a new heart, you will start to see that sin is made now. It's starting to look good and kind and standing up for the Bible. And God's word is seen as hate or it's seen as ugly.
[00:31:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:31:41] Speaker B: And I think the only perspective you. You have to rely on is that the world hated Jesus first. The world hated Jesus, the one that was the only one that can save a person.
And if the world hated Jesus for standing on God's truths and on. On this beautiful reality, then we need to be prepared for that as well, come what may.
[00:32:04] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. We have to stand on the big T truth of God because everything else is sinking sand. It is not. It is not the truth.
[00:32:15] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:32:16] Speaker A: Oh, this is. This has been wonderful. Yes. Oh, friend. I hope that today's episode has reminded you that even when you're distracted, the enemy is not, and neither is our God. So let this be an encouragement to stay connected, stay present, and stay prayerful over your family. If this spoke to you, please follow and share this with a friend that you know that it would impact. Are you listening each week and have a perspective to share. If God has moved in your life and you are ready to share how he has showed up. I want to invite you to join me. Let your story be a light that reminds someone else that they are not alone. And when we step up in obedience, God speaks through us. Reach out to
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