Pt. 2: Moses & Sarah Ehambe + Raising 7 Disciples

[00:00:00] Welcome to the Ask About My Faith Podcast, where our hope is to inspire everyday faith conversations.

[00:00:09] I'm Jess and I'm Abby. We're going to continue our conversation with Moses E.

[00:00:14] Homme in NBA coach who's the life is a testament to his faith and intentionality.

[00:00:20] Today we have a special treat for you too. Joining Moses is his amazing wife Sarah.

[00:00:25] They'll tell you all about their journey as parents and creatively raising seven children to be faithful disciples.

[00:00:32] Stay tuned as Moses E. Sarah, share their insights on parenting, faith and the unique dynamics of their family.

[00:00:39] Sarah has some captivating stories that will not only touch your heart but simply inspire you to go out and share your faith. Let's jump in.

[00:00:49] Moses and Sarah, welcome. Thank you so much for joining us Sarah. Special guest today.

[00:00:56] Special guest. Thank you Jess. On your show.

[00:01:00] Yes. So we wanted to have you both share a little bit about parenting and to encourage the parents, the caretakers that are listening.

[00:01:13] Yes. On these are so important. Okay. But to share some stories, to encourage our listeners who may be parents have children under their wings in some way, shape or form and how they can raise up disciples children that are going out and being beacons to grow the kingdom in ways that you know they just might not have thought to do quite yet.

[00:01:39] What does that look like for you? Yeah. So the first we need to go first? Well, immediately in my mind what comes to my mind is intentionality.

[00:01:49] Especially a lot of a lot of the parents are super busy especially the dads, you know, you're like myself, I'm on the road a lot.

[00:01:59] And the kids they see that and they experience it or whatnot. But I feel like it's so important. Well, first and foremost dad you can, you know, you able to spend that extra time and be the dad that you want to be to these kiddos.

[00:02:18] But it's at the expense of your intentionality and your time right whenever you're home, you know, yeah. One thing I'm continuously working on like that phone get out of here. You know, it was the kiddos they see that.

[00:02:33] You know, and they don't want to they don't want to be in competition to that thing right there are competition with the leveling of spiel or whatnot.

[00:02:43] So whenever you're home like yeah daddy is truly home. So me to do that I have to be extremely extremely intentional. And this one helps me a lot with a you know.

[00:02:57] And it helps a lot, but it speaks loud to the kiddos that I do matter to daddy right even though even though daddy's been gone for so long.

[00:03:08] One thing that I do and it's I got made fun of a little bit about this but I was like on a let it was a 11 day road trip with the ones are West Coast trip.

[00:03:19] One thing that I did was first and foremost me and some of the guys we wrote letters to our significant others.

[00:03:28] And we sent them day two of our 11 day road trips so that way the kiddos the wives and kiddos would get the letters on day five or whatnot.

[00:03:38] And my kids got me she could speak to that whenever the kids got the letters just like until his day I think I still see Rachel's letter on her desk.

[00:03:46] Yes, and she that's like three years ago you know but different things like that it's it's just intention.

[00:03:51] Yeah, and words really so that and then also there was something else. Oh this is what I got got me front of a little bit.

[00:04:01] So I'll go on a trip and my baby girl, our baby girl Anna Shlom is always asking hey dad you gonna bring me something back and it will do whenever my father my father was in mother,

[00:04:11] or gone a lot with ministry.

[00:04:13] Whenever they came back and my dad brought me something I was on top of the world.

[00:04:18] Yeah, I didn't care.

[00:04:20] So what I've been doing is my kiddos are really in love.

[00:04:25] Our kiddos are in really love with those like when you're on the road you live basically living in hotels they have like a little.

[00:04:31] Many shampoos, many shampoos, many.

[00:04:33] Oh, funny.

[00:04:35] The basketball sauces, many ketchup.

[00:04:38] Yes.

[00:04:39] You I bring them home and like said on the counter because this is for aster this is for Rachel.

[00:04:43] This is for Rachel.

[00:04:44] This is for you know and it just they they love that.

[00:04:48] It's so cute.

[00:04:49] Yeah and another thing I'm sorry I'm hugging the like here.

[00:04:52] It's like it's the hardest thing I think for me right now is like all of our kids are into basketball right and daddy here is that NBA basketball coach like you know they want time with dad on the court.

[00:05:06] So waking up at five in the morning to take them to the gym.

[00:05:12] That makes them like it just makes their world you know yeah.

[00:05:19] It's tough for me right because I'm training these other guys I gotta be up early in the morning to do different things and I can't take them after a school because they have practice and then different things like that so it's like we in that morning hour wow getting your butt up and being like it's not about me.

[00:05:39] Yeah.

[00:05:40] You know so sacrificial love yeah what.

[00:05:45] When you get in at three o'clock in the morning and then you get up at five thirty to get those kids to the gym.

[00:05:52] So admirable things that we do for spiritual training too that we know will bear fruit in the immediate and absolutely with the time to come.

[00:06:01] Especially when we are overseas I was a state home mom so I have even more time with the children than I do now while they're at school during the day.

[00:06:08] And so we would have out tons of blank pieces of paper I'm very resourceful so does it need to be fancy but just tons of blank pieces of paper some form of writing markers, crayons whatever and we would put on music.

[00:06:20] And I would just say okay guys ask Holy Spirit what they look like with the person looks like so they would just start drawing I mean they're drawing stick figures whatever they're drawing and maybe and I said okay put shoes on them put hats but whatever accessory holy spirit showing you again they don't know what the heck I'm talking about maybe I don't either we're just like trusting right.

[00:06:37] Yeah something that we don't actually see but we think we see we're just by faith doing it and so a lot of the principles that Moses and I live on is that whole by faith you know the Hebrews chapter of like by faith a lot by faith a lot and it's like man it's kind of they get out of jail for free card and Christianity my opinion because we do it by faith you get this like golden pass it doesn't really matter if you're wrong because you're releasing faith in the gods like obsessed with that he's really well pleased and I faith.

[00:07:02] We do a lot of things by faith and I'm sure I'll get a lot of you know I'm sure Jesus will give me a hard time and not Jesus he's real.

[00:07:10] Look at me hard to have it I did quotations anyways when I get to heaven I'm sure he'll say you know Sarah no no that matter but you know it's more of a thing for fun but what we do is they'll draw someone and then on the back we'll say what's Holy Spirit saying to this person and then their handwriting is neither here nor there I try to do my best to interpret it or if they're too little to write because they're two or three maybe four

[00:07:31] then I say they'll just say something and yeah I try to pull some a little bit more if it doesn't make enough sense but eventually we get something out of them and then it's so fun and then we go to the park we go to the store and we will not rest until we find someone with purple shoes with the red shirt

[00:07:46] and then we just by faith go up to the person and of course a good shepherd comes into place where you don't force the child to have the conversation if they're not ready but they will in due season once they're old enough because they've been practicing since literally out of the womb

[00:07:59] we started around two or three so by the time they're like five and six even if they're an introvert it's like brushing your teeth they're not thinking about it anymore so then mommy or daddy

[00:08:07] we'll say hi sorry excuse me sir or man we were actually praying together as a family and God highlighted you to us and it's super cool because you get to show them the picture they see the rest

[00:08:17] and then we're like and this is the scripture in the verse or the word that God gave us we don't know if it means anything to you but we'd love to pray a blessing over you if that's okay

[00:08:25] and again in the Islamic or Hindu and it's obvious because of the dog or the head covering the hijab

[00:08:30] because you're saying the word blessing you're not making people feel uncomfortable eventually Jesus comes transpire somewhere because they're curious too

[00:08:38] and sometimes it's not always it doesn't always necessarily need to be in your face sometimes it does and we go there when the Holy Spirit opens at the door

[00:08:45] other times it's like a watering and it's you know really always a harvesting but I've seen a lot of fruit from that

[00:08:52] other things that we would do is especially in foreign countries now post COVID probably not but we would make food and items

[00:08:59] and when we're living in France, Germany all these countries with foreign languages

[00:09:03] and we would write scriptures and encouraging where it's all in foreign languages like a hundred of them

[00:09:08] put them in peanut butter and jelly bags and then go on the streets going to stores and pass them out

[00:09:12] and again, although even with the language barrier there's just really never a good reason for why you can't be loving well

[00:09:19] like Moses said whether it's waking up at 5 in the morning if you travel a lot we'll wake up at 5 in the morning when you do come home

[00:09:24] you know you don't have there's no way to rob yourself of time because God redeems it

[00:09:29] and so ways that we can creatively engage with our family and with God and trust that God redeems those things

[00:09:36] and so those things come top of mind and the way that we prepare the children when they're going into school is every day

[00:09:43] when we're driving them we just a guy's you I just have them visualize because it talks about in scriptures to cast on every imagination

[00:09:51] that tries to exalt itself against the word of the Lord and so then instead we're like okay if imaginations can come against God

[00:09:57] and create harm for us spiritually then surely if we imagine with God we can create what?

[00:10:03] So in the car we engage with our imagination and after we we always listen to the problems of the day

[00:10:10] we recommend street lights it's a group of people they're amazing.

[00:10:14] Oh good so we always listen to the problems whatever date is on the calendar

[00:10:18] and it's a fun little beat that's usually two to three minutes and after that they say what they heard

[00:10:22] and now we have about four minutes left and then it's okay guys close your eyes and by the whole they've

[00:10:26] been there and we have to come in you're sitting in your classroom and where is Jesus and who is he encouraging you to sit next to

[00:10:31] where where's Jesus is heartbreaking and so again they're taking on that perspective

[00:10:36] and then they either share or they don't but certainly that night we do what we call family worship

[00:10:40] and we go through a book so we just got done reading heaven is for real and it's not worth fun

[00:10:44] it's always fun when there's a movie and we just started letters the letters from Katie

[00:10:51] it's like a Caucasian woman who flies to Uganda and like changes the world I guess

[00:10:56] but it's fun because it's academically hitting they're hearing someone bell and articulate and slow

[00:11:01] and so it's helping them that way so I like that's checking that box but then they're being inspired by sacrificial love

[00:11:07] an axe and supernatal in the supernatural end of that I open up my notes on my phone or Moses does

[00:11:13] and we have a table that you can create on notes and I have the kids name so say okay

[00:11:17] like this is a real one on a shalom last night we pray for TJ and land in but they would walk in a higher level of honor

[00:11:22] when their teacher whatever and then I say who's totally sweet asking you to pray for this night so then she tells me

[00:11:28] and so we've got all the kids collective prayer requests then Moses and me and then then Al-Pray

[00:11:33] and then Rachel let's say her the eldest she'll say I agree with mommy I pray for her boss that you would bless him

[00:11:38] and be with that company and I pray blah blah blah that Esther will say I agree with Rachel

[00:11:43] she repeats that prayer so cool like this so yeah very beautiful chain in a culture of like prayer and belief

[00:11:50] and so fruit of love and it's just two weeks two months ago when we started doing this a lot more intentionally

[00:11:56] we were praying for one of the girls teachers and I won't say her name but she shares openly in class that she's alone

[00:12:02] she doesn't like people she'll never get married and she's a cat lady for fun statements

[00:12:06] and so like well that's not God's will and she's not a believer to our knowledge

[00:12:10] so we started praying that she would find community that there would be a man that God would send

[00:12:14] that would be filled with his love and that would honor her and redeem her version

[00:12:17] Wow

[00:12:18] understanding of what it means to be loved and then some asthma stuff we were praying for

[00:12:21] and about three or four weeks ago so about a month into praying that they come home so excited

[00:12:27] and misteacher finds this person who he finds her who she's starting to date

[00:12:33] who's like real awakening and she hasn't been dating for years y'all

[00:12:36] so it's not like oh she's not gonna say that

[00:12:39] and she's like she wears makeup now and she feels very like loved and see you know

[00:12:43] whether that was the enemy or God we believe by faith it was God but it was real awakening her like heart to love

[00:12:49] and so she literally tells a class you know what I take back those things that I said

[00:12:52] I think I am actually a fun girl to like my boyfriend has got a good catch

[00:12:58] so again her language

[00:13:00] yeah and we can't say it's necessarily directly us but we certainly think there's a positive correlation

[00:13:05] and yeah seeing that so more stories are coming but I want to

[00:13:10] and right now the those samples of how we daily and weekly engage in the spirit

[00:13:15] a lot of fruit from it

[00:13:17] wow

[00:13:19] there we go

[00:13:20] there's so much to unwind there

[00:13:22] but Moses your word of intentional

[00:13:25] is just so fitting

[00:13:27] not only the way that you are intentional as a father in your presence with your kids

[00:13:31] to demonstrate how much you love them and how much they matter

[00:13:34] yeah

[00:13:35] I mean that just reflects the heart of God for them

[00:13:38] and then goodness I don't know how you do all those things other than the word intentional

[00:13:43] yeah Sarah

[00:13:44] yeah it's incredible

[00:13:45] I would love to hear do you have a favorite story of when your kids drew a picture

[00:13:52] and you got to have like a conversation with someone

[00:13:55] any favorite stories come to mind

[00:13:59] yeah

[00:14:01] a lot of them when we were actively doing that a lot more it was overseas

[00:14:08] and so my mind goes

[00:14:10] okay

[00:14:11] but the view is in France

[00:14:13] no no no it's in Germany

[00:14:15] and just a burst like

[00:14:17] starts bawling

[00:14:18] but we can't really talk much after that

[00:14:20] okay

[00:14:21] Louit and in any of those it must have been France because I could probably get away with a lot more in German

[00:14:25] so you would like have to entrust them to Holy Spirit

[00:14:29] so nothing other than multiple times people disbursed in tears

[00:14:34] some just dreams and they're smiling they're trying to keep composure

[00:14:37] and others like one in specific like shaking that I remember

[00:14:40] yeah

[00:14:41] seeing the fruit of like

[00:14:43] but just in general if I can say

[00:14:46] when I did this with a discipleship group everywhere I go I tend to have a group of women that

[00:14:50] I don't know I take really seriously even though I understand I'm young it says married woman like that happened at 20

[00:14:55] but me younger women sometimes are on

[00:14:58] or semantics

[00:14:59] but

[00:15:00] and so

[00:15:01] but even like applying that to discipleship in a group that I was doing called the bold babes in Des Moines

[00:15:05] same activity got asked for a number we're living in an building that has an elevator

[00:15:09] most of this is playing for the Iowa energy at the time which is now the Iowa wolves

[00:15:12] and so the girl gets this number we go

[00:15:14] so we go to all of these elevator numbers

[00:15:16] we're knocking by faith on the door

[00:15:18] and so we're on the like the 12th floor knocking on a random apartment number

[00:15:23] because we're meeting an apartment sorry there's the full picture

[00:15:25] and

[00:15:26] duty answers

[00:15:27] and very abrasive because you got like six girls surrounding the door like

[00:15:31] hi

[00:15:32] we are praying

[00:15:33] we felt like God gave us the number to your door

[00:15:36] and so we didn't know if you'd be home but we'd love to say a blessing for you

[00:15:38] if there's something you're believing for we'd love to join our faith with yours

[00:15:41] and he read it was a whole church you with

[00:15:42] and I was so happy to say you know what?

[00:15:44] I actually don't know what church is to you guys all go to so that was kind of a good selling point

[00:15:48] because I was

[00:15:49] just like oh I go to you know whatever everyone's different

[00:15:52] and then he's like did the Catholic Church send you

[00:15:54] and I said well no what what would put you under that impression

[00:15:58] he's like well I'm he's like I literally called the Catholic Church two days ago

[00:16:02] from across the street and I told them that I'm converting to Judaism

[00:16:04] unless you can send someone to tell me why not to

[00:16:07] and yesterday it's there was today and he's like and I was waiting today for them

[00:16:10] to give me a call because he was like gonna convert that weekend or something

[00:16:14] and so I said well Jesus wow

[00:16:17] like Jesus is the 2.0 or the upgrade

[00:16:19] and I'm very passionate about all things Jewish theology and Christian

[00:16:23] and so over a series of weeks from that point

[00:16:25] so we prayed in the moment

[00:16:26] and it was really powerful

[00:16:27] he asked some point questions that by God's grace

[00:16:29] we had immediate answers for

[00:16:31] I invited him to some games

[00:16:33] and discipleship continued

[00:16:34] his girlfriend Sarah was already a believer believing for faith

[00:16:37] now he serves in the military

[00:16:39] and he's a full-bone believer has written me since then

[00:16:42] but so there are quite a few stories like that

[00:16:45] whether it's children related and they're crying

[00:16:47] or there's like fruit on America's side

[00:16:49] where you can do this activity in very creative ways

[00:16:52] and see a lot of fruit from it

[00:16:53] even a girl in France who has been writing to me

[00:16:55] she's gotten since baptized and serves in the local church

[00:16:58] and this is after that

[00:16:59] but it was the ministry of her seeing us on Instagram

[00:17:02] and maybe eating and praying in French circles

[00:17:05] as much as I could and she would just oversee it

[00:17:07] like from a distance

[00:17:09] but I'm trying to say

[00:17:10] so also the way you live your life is so loud

[00:17:12] you don't even know who's watching

[00:17:14] and now she's like on fire for God

[00:17:16] and it's been like two or three years

[00:17:17] and she's still sticking with it

[00:17:19] wow yeah

[00:17:20] yeah the influence you can have on social media

[00:17:22] is really crazy

[00:17:24] so I love the boldness you have there too

[00:17:27] that faith

[00:17:29] yes the faith

[00:17:31] it's so interesting too

[00:17:32] because I was thinking about

[00:17:34] the activities that you're saying

[00:17:36] are ones that I've like learned about

[00:17:38] when we're planning to go on a mission trip

[00:17:40] or like training for certain things like that

[00:17:43] and it's like oh my gosh

[00:17:45] we can totally do that in our apartment building

[00:17:47] or in our neighborhood

[00:17:49] yes and there are plenty of people

[00:17:52] that still need to know the love got here in America

[00:17:55] yeah I mean Mo and I when we're living in

[00:17:57] frog town slash

[00:17:59] starts with an R

[00:18:01] initiative called Godtown here locally in St. Paul

[00:18:04] and we were a part of it

[00:18:06] like 65 Christian families and couples

[00:18:08] and singles living intentionally in a community

[00:18:10] that had a really high crime rate

[00:18:12] since like well I'm left in a positive way

[00:18:15] and so we are on the like border of that area

[00:18:18] and we had a chain link fence in this area

[00:18:20] when we're living there for the summer

[00:18:21] and so on it we just took a milk jug

[00:18:23] the kids and I so get engaging the children

[00:18:25] and we put it on the like we put it on the fence

[00:18:28] right on the sidewalk

[00:18:29] put like a free prayer request

[00:18:31] something like that

[00:18:32] like put your prayer request in here

[00:18:33] we just had paper there for people

[00:18:34] and so then people would write on it

[00:18:35] we don't know who they are

[00:18:36] where they came from

[00:18:37] but we understand God does

[00:18:38] and they would just put it in

[00:18:39] for us and the kids and I would go and grab it

[00:18:41] and we put our hands on it

[00:18:42] and we pray for it

[00:18:43] or at other places we've lived

[00:18:44] we've had a wall filled with the map

[00:18:46] and tons of prayers

[00:18:47] and every time we'd have people come over for dinner

[00:18:49] we would just make it a requirement

[00:18:50] just this is normal studying the kingdom culture

[00:18:52] is normal and whether they're believers

[00:18:53] or not

[00:18:54] writing down things that their heart

[00:18:55] is holding onto

[00:18:56] that's painful

[00:18:57] or things are believing for redemption

[00:18:58] or God to breathe on

[00:18:59] and they would just

[00:19:00] it would get quiet

[00:19:01] everyone just writes

[00:19:02] it's awkward

[00:19:03] we don't know it's an out of it

[00:19:04] but they all do it

[00:19:05] and they get engaged

[00:19:06] and then we put it on the wall

[00:19:07] they understand it's confidential

[00:19:08] we're not reading letters in the midnight hour

[00:19:09] and they just put their name

[00:19:10] and you know, it's like a safe thing

[00:19:11] they have it taped

[00:19:12] I guess we could break it open later

[00:19:14] but they see all the other prayer requests

[00:19:16] and then we just go and we pray

[00:19:17] and it really touches people's lives

[00:19:19] because while doing that

[00:19:20] and there's nothing that I'm getting out of it

[00:19:21] and they get it

[00:19:22] you know what I'm saying

[00:19:23] so you have a legacy of like prayers

[00:19:24] and requests on the wall

[00:19:26] and it's beautiful

[00:19:27] that's a cool

[00:19:29] I'm just so

[00:19:31] I want to hear more of your stories

[00:19:33] do you recall any of those times

[00:19:36] when maybe someone

[00:19:38] has anybody ever said

[00:19:39] wow, doing that

[00:19:41] was so helpful for me

[00:19:43] or that released something

[00:19:45] in my life

[00:19:47] 100%

[00:19:48] I mean just yesterday

[00:19:49] if we want to get into it

[00:19:50] sure

[00:19:51] friend sent me a message

[00:19:53] that's in a church community of mine

[00:19:55] and she is dealing with a lot of medical stuff

[00:19:58] that's going on in her body

[00:19:59] and she said, you know, I feel comfortable sharing with you

[00:20:01] because I know you'll actually pray

[00:20:02] and she feels the pressure

[00:20:03] when she comes home from the newest doctor

[00:20:05] it puts a weight on

[00:20:07] and a pressure on her marriage

[00:20:08] and on their finances

[00:20:09] that the husband doesn't mean to

[00:20:10] but he almost kind of like

[00:20:11] shames and blames her

[00:20:12] because they stop other children

[00:20:14] and things they need to take care of

[00:20:15] and he's like, baby, it's like the 30th doctor

[00:20:17] like this kid needs that

[00:20:19] so perhaps she starts

[00:20:21] not to sell hatred

[00:20:22] but she carries this burden

[00:20:24] like I'm a burden

[00:20:25] and she's starting to

[00:20:26] is that in the newest doctor

[00:20:27] she's met with

[00:20:28] this alternative one

[00:20:29] said, you know, a lot of inflammation

[00:20:30] and things that you're dealing with

[00:20:31] is because of your thoughts around feeling like

[00:20:33] you're a burden

[00:20:34] it's creating inflammation in your body

[00:20:35] and so then she started

[00:20:36] that was a word

[00:20:37] right that she's aware

[00:20:38] but that doctor doesn't know from Adam

[00:20:40] and so she's just sharing this with me

[00:20:41] she's like, I know my husband loves me

[00:20:42] this has nothing to do with that

[00:20:43] it's like the reality of finances are here

[00:20:45] my needs are there

[00:20:46] and our kids

[00:20:47] so I said, you know

[00:20:49] it was a really long text message

[00:20:50] I work full time, I've got some of your kids

[00:20:51] y'all are aware of our narrative

[00:20:53] but there's always enough time

[00:20:55] and so I was like, Holy Spirit

[00:20:56] what does love look like in this moment

[00:20:58] and so I took

[00:20:59] and immediately I saw me

[00:21:01] I saw a blue message

[00:21:02] because we're both iPhones

[00:21:03] I saw like a blue message

[00:21:04] saying dear friend

[00:21:06] the person's name

[00:21:07] and then love the husband's name

[00:21:09] okay, all right, a letter on this gentleman's behalf

[00:21:11] on what he's really saying when he gets upset

[00:21:13] and I just said, I'll pretend like it's dear Abbey

[00:21:15] because it's a funny

[00:21:16] no-mit nature in our culture

[00:21:17] you're Abbey

[00:21:19] when you tell me that you hurt

[00:21:21] it actually hurts me

[00:21:22] and what you're going through breaks my heart

[00:21:24] and when I believe the brother

[00:21:26] in our faith is actually intending to say

[00:21:28] but I'm scared because finances are what they are

[00:21:30] and I feel paralyzed

[00:21:32] because I only can do what I can do

[00:21:33] I wish I could actually just make this go away

[00:21:35] I wish that when you're in pain

[00:21:38] I could hug you and it could dissolve

[00:21:40] I feel frustrated that it's not

[00:21:42] and I feel stuck

[00:21:43] and so, you know

[00:21:45] I just spoke from his perspective

[00:21:47] and I spoke truth

[00:21:48] and I just said something like

[00:21:49] I am by your side

[00:21:51] and we're in this together

[00:21:52] and I'm your biggest champion

[00:21:54] something like that

[00:21:55] I know

[00:21:56] you know, because Holy Spirit didn't

[00:21:57] not because I'm able to do this

[00:21:59] it was the words he gave me

[00:22:00] it was like okay you

[00:22:01] you're like

[00:22:02] author of the year

[00:22:03] and so then I put love

[00:22:06] husband's name

[00:22:07] just sent it whatever

[00:22:08] and then all of a sudden

[00:22:10] she sent me like crying face tears

[00:22:12] and that might have predated that actually

[00:22:14] but anyways the point is she sent me a screen shot

[00:22:16] of what the husband had said

[00:22:17] oh because I hadn't sent it

[00:22:18] I had it that I hadn't sent it yet

[00:22:20] because I was right thinking on it

[00:22:21] so this is like

[00:22:22] but it was there

[00:22:23] right it was already in and done

[00:22:25] so hours later

[00:22:26] that evening's the last night

[00:22:28] she sent me a screen shot

[00:22:29] and she's like

[00:22:30] thank you so much

[00:22:31] I'm sure you were praying

[00:22:32] and she's like you know basically

[00:22:33] he's never sent something like this

[00:22:34] and this has been for almost ten years

[00:22:35] things have been going on

[00:22:36] and so then I was like crazy

[00:22:38] because I saw his verbiage

[00:22:39] and that's what reminded me like

[00:22:40] shoots here you didn't send it

[00:22:41] you I mean you released in the atmosphere

[00:22:43] and you prophesied

[00:22:44] but it didn't get sent

[00:22:45] so I just you know copy paste

[00:22:46] and I said like well this is what he wrote

[00:22:48] or this is this is what Holy Spirit gave me for you

[00:22:50] and the verbiage was just insane

[00:22:52] I think we forget the power of Romans 4

[00:22:55] which is speak that which isn't as though it were

[00:22:57] yeah

[00:22:58] we have the people we're not seeing

[00:22:59] and build people into it

[00:23:00] it's how we disciple the children

[00:23:02] like honestly I think

[00:23:03] my little five year old

[00:23:04] your heart is so willing to obey

[00:23:05] thank you for coming here

[00:23:06] she hasn't come yet

[00:23:07] she's going like this

[00:23:08] we don't care what we see

[00:23:09] because that's not who she is

[00:23:10] her spirit

[00:23:11] not to her flesh

[00:23:12] we don't react to what we're seeing

[00:23:13] we react to what God is saying

[00:23:15] and that's the fake world

[00:23:16] the false world

[00:23:17] and the physical realm

[00:23:18] that we live in

[00:23:19] but it's actually the real world

[00:23:20] that drives our world

[00:23:21] and so we don't mean in this obedience

[00:23:22] we don't engage in rebellion

[00:23:24] we don't engage in marriages

[00:23:26] that are on the rocks

[00:23:27] like it's just not even in our language

[00:23:29] it's more of like

[00:23:30] you respond to all of this forms

[00:23:33] of darkness and decay

[00:23:34] and death as the result of sin

[00:23:36] with love

[00:23:37] and redemption

[00:23:38] like you won't hear us saying

[00:23:39] I'm S.I.C.K

[00:23:40] S.I.C.K

[00:23:41] and she was like

[00:23:42] you're healing

[00:23:43] you'll hear it

[00:23:44] because I'm healing from my tummy

[00:23:45] or I'm healing whatever

[00:23:46] or in a face

[00:23:47] you're like

[00:23:48] oh, your tummy's healing

[00:23:49] what is your tummy healing

[00:23:50] from?

[00:23:51] And so you're even constantly

[00:23:52] giving direction to yourselves

[00:23:53] on what they're supposed

[00:23:54] to do as the master of creation

[00:23:56] that's the first thing God gave us

[00:23:58] wow

[00:23:59] you know

[00:24:00] taking authority of creation

[00:24:01] I'm sorry

[00:24:02] right

[00:24:03] Sarah can I take you home with me

[00:24:05] yeah

[00:24:06] just put you in my pocket

[00:24:07] so great

[00:24:09] I think

[00:24:11] because we got to pick up the kids

[00:24:12] in eight minutes

[00:24:13] okay

[00:24:14] time to

[00:24:15] time to wrap up

[00:24:16] you are amazing

[00:24:17] incredible

[00:24:18] thank you so much for sharing these stories

[00:24:19] I think there's

[00:24:20] so much encouragement

[00:24:21] that our listeners will draw from that

[00:24:23] so good

[00:24:25] if you have just one more second

[00:24:27] we love to enter

[00:24:28] podcasts with one piece of

[00:24:29] advice or encouragement

[00:24:30] for people to grow

[00:24:32] in their faith

[00:24:33] so what would you say

[00:24:35] one piece of advice

[00:24:36] or encouragement?

[00:24:38] Mine is just fun

[00:24:40] my heart often breaks

[00:24:42] when people hear stories

[00:24:43] or see how we live

[00:24:45] and I think that they think

[00:24:46] it means taking on a

[00:24:47] heavier yoke

[00:24:48] like reading a

[00:24:49] memory

[00:24:50] you know

[00:24:51] it's actually just so much

[00:24:52] fun to do life with God

[00:24:54] and sing

[00:24:55] with him in every detail

[00:24:56] and do it by faith

[00:24:57] and it's a blast

[00:24:58] I guess he picked up my

[00:24:59] outfit this morning

[00:25:00] and again I know Jesus

[00:25:01] he probably didn't

[00:25:02] but in my brain

[00:25:03] he did

[00:25:04] I'm like what are we going to

[00:25:05] where today

[00:25:06] what would spark joy for you

[00:25:07] and I'm like

[00:25:08] what would you say

[00:25:09] and I'm like

[00:25:10] what would you say

[00:25:11] and I'm like

[00:25:12] what would you say

[00:25:13] and I'm like

[00:25:14] let's do it

[00:25:15] okay

[00:25:16] so I'm doing it by faith

[00:25:17] so you can't go wrong

[00:25:18] and when you're driving

[00:25:19] I understand you should take

[00:25:20] two rights in the left

[00:25:21] to get to the kids school

[00:25:22] but why not ask Jesus

[00:25:23] what if he wants to go a

[00:25:24] different way

[00:25:25] and maybe it's avoiding

[00:25:26] car accidents or maybe

[00:25:27] he's just having fun

[00:25:28] going on a road trip

[00:25:29] so then you're left

[00:25:30] and eventually you get there

[00:25:31] just might have taken

[00:25:32] an extra minute

[00:25:33] so I call it practicing

[00:25:34] the prophetic

[00:25:35] because then when it really

[00:25:36] is something that I

[00:25:38] think

[00:25:41] is really important

[00:25:42] and it's like

[00:25:44] it's like

[00:25:45] it's like

[00:25:47] and it's

[00:25:49] and it's

[00:25:50] you know

[00:25:52] so I guess I'm

[00:25:53] to say

[00:25:54] I want to be that girl

[00:25:55] though

[00:25:56] and I think

[00:25:57] he's

[00:25:58] to us his bride

[00:25:59] and his son

[00:26:01] which rides

[00:26:02] anyways

[00:26:03] so

[00:26:04] so fun

[00:26:06] wonderful

[00:26:07] well we'll let you guys

[00:26:08] go get the kids

[00:26:09] but thank you for your time

[00:26:10] we really appreciate it

[00:26:11] absolutely

[00:26:12] thank you guys for doing

[00:26:13] a powerful work

[00:26:14] thank you guys for being

[00:26:15] so intentional with your time

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