love always costs

Um, I am really excited for this episode, because I'm about to get slapped around by the Holy Spirit.

Yep, I will be.

I'm gonna be smacked around.

I am going to be put in my place.

I'm gonna be humbled, and I'm gonna be convicted, and very excited about it.

And I know you guys will be too, because there is no way that what we're gonna talk about today, we won't all feel convicted in.

Because it's just the time we're living in.

It is what it is.

And there are generations hundreds of years ago that, obviously, there's probably always been a sense of convenience in one way, shape, or form, but I think the way that we have it now is like it's never been in the history of ever, to the point where it's worth talking about and acknowledging, and acknowledging the unhealth that comes with it, and how it could be negatively bleeding into so many aspects of our life, including, um, aspects of just opportunity for us to grow as people.

But I think that those things are really important to God, is our character and our faith, and I think that this specific thing can be a direct threat to that, and I believe that the enemy has been using it in a way that we have wi- willingly been like, "Yeah, this is awesome Because there is something so awesome about the convenience of which, you know, the century that we live in, which is the 21st century in the year 2026, but everything is wildly convenient to us.

And when I say that, I'm talking about how we can pretty much, pretty much anything we want, we could have at the snap of our fingers, at the click of a button.

We could have fresh groceries at our front door without having to step into a grocery store.

We can have, um, our entire to-do list done, uh, in the sense of even like running errands or having to go get, and get things at the store, that can also be dropped off at your front door.

I can't tell you how many times I've DoorDashed hot food to my front door because I don't feel like cooking or even first thing in the morning, like I just want a coffee and a breakfast burrito, and so I'm DoorDashing that to my house.

Like, it's crazy the privilege [chuckles] and convenience that we have, um, with where we are today, and especially America.

Like where we live in America is so convenient, and we are so privileged in so many ways.

And so I think that because of that luxury, 'cause it is, it's a luxury, like a lot of these-- th-this is-- these aren't necessities.

But because of that, I think it, it definitely has created unhealth in our culture and even probably in our day-to-day lives, in our habits, in our thought patterns.

I mean, it, it could be in anything and everything.

But having that sense of convenience, I think can make us really lazy, and I think it takes away a lot of opportunities to be curious, to go the extra mile, to do the hard work, to be uncomfortable.

And convenience says, "Hey, you don't wanna be inconvenienced.

You don't wanna be uncomfortable.

I can do it." You know, Amazon, I mean, it's ridiculous how-- and I'm so guilty.

I, I have an Amazon Prime account, okay? My book is available on Amazon.

Um, and when it's live-live, it'll be available for Amazon Prime.