Books of the Bible Book Club: "The Importance of Studying The Bible"

Ever wondered how diving into lesser-known books of the Bible can strengthen your spiritual journey? Join me, Quiana, and our insightful guest, Elder Harper, as we embark on a transformative journey with the "Books of the Bible Book Club." We promise you'll gain a deeper understanding of God's word and its relevance to your life. Connect with us through our YouTube channel and Facebook Community and be part of this exciting new chapter in our community.

In today's episode, we unlock the prophetic power of the Bible, beginning with a heartfelt prayer of gratitude for this unique opportunity to study together. We delve into the historical and cultural contexts of biblical texts, shedding light on the continuum between the Old and New Testaments. By examining the messages of prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, we enhance our understanding of God's eternal plans and purposes. This enriched perspective not only deepens our faith but also provides us with a roadmap to align our lives more closely with Christ's example.

Lastly, we focus on the practical aspects of living a Christ-centered life. Drawing inspiration from Romans 12:2, we discuss the necessity of renewing our minds to resist worldly conformity and stay true to our faith. We share personal stories and practical tips on integrating biblical principles into daily life, encouraging personal growth and spiritual resilience. This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom, designed to empower you on your spiritual journey and help you find yourself within the scriptures. Plus, don't miss the exciting announcement about my new book, now available for pre-sale!

Chapters

• 0:08 Revamping the Books of the Bible
• 8:30 Discovering the Bible's Prophetic Perspective
• 24:07 Being Christ-Centered
• 29:02 Studying the Bible for Personal Growth
• 32:51 Finding Yourself in the Bible
• 46:15 Promoting Pre-Sale Book Orders

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:08

hey, hey, hey, everyone, this is kiana, your creator and your host of cute for christ, and I want to get on here first. I want to say thank you to everyone that um has light, you share, you commentate, you know all that other stuff or whatnot. Um, I'm so excited, I am so excited. Y'all. Y'all don't understand how excited I am and I'm just, you know, sharing these with a couple, couple pages and stuff like that. But anyways, I want to get on here and um first, I, like I said, I say thank you to everyone um that has liked, you have liked and you shared, you commented, you have um been sharing the, you know the the-order. So I'm so excited about that, I'm so excited about what God is doing. I want you all to just make sure that you are connecting. All right, you go on to the YouTube channel and connecting, because when I get this figured out, we're going to be on YouTube y'all. So, anyways, I hope that you all are having a wonderful Thursday because it is August the 8th, the 8th day of the 8th month, and I'm so excited that we are here because, um, you know, it's new beginning. It is new beginning and we are here getting ready to um, do something that God has put on my heart and, um, I wanted to share with you all and before we get started on it, because it is going to be something, something incredible. Because, first off, god gave it to me and when God gives you this creative idea, it's always going to be good and, secondly, we are going to get stronger with each other. And so, anyways, tonight I wanted to get on here because, if you know, about a year ago, I started the book club and it started and it was good. But, you know, for you know, for me, I want to strengthen us, right, and, and I felt like a book club would do, you know, would strengthen us Christian book club, because it was a Christian book club. I wanted to read Christian books, because ain't nothing wrong with all the other books, don't get me wrong, but you know, I want something that is going to give us that foundation, right. And so that was one reason why I started the book club, where everybody knows that, you know, everything's happened and we've slowed down and we did this, we did that, but, you know, and I still wanted to keep it going because I didn't want to stop Right.

Speaker 1: 3:14

Well, god gave me this idea, and so that's why I'm here now, because, if you know me and you know my pastor, pastor Darius Daniels, we are in the season of upgrade, we are upgrading, right, and so I am taking the book club and revamping it and be able to share this with you all, because not only will it just be a specific book club, but it will be a book club where we will study the books of the Bible. Okay, so I'm so excited because I have someone that is going to be on this journey with me and I am just super, super incredible excited about her, and so I want you all I'm going to bring her in. Then we'll go deeper, we will go deeper. So I'm bringing her in now and I want, when she come in, y'all put five in the chat, put hearts in the chatall put five in the chat, put hearts in the chat, put whatever in the chat. So, um, elder Harper, yes, I'm so excited. Uh, oh, you on mute, I can't hear you. So, yes, everyone, I am now, like I said, we are going to be um, revamping the book club, and so who better to do it with than Elder Harper, where we'll be able to dive deeper in the books of the Bible. So this is going to be the books of the Bible book club, okay, so I'm super excited about that, and each month we will just kind of dive in on different chapters of the book, because there's 66 books in the Bible and a lot of people look.

Speaker 1: 5:11

The other day, you know, pastor Darius was teaching on Nahum. A lot of people don't even know what Nahum is. You know what I'm saying. So it's different books, but anyways, what better journey to be on than to be on with Elder Harper? Elder Harper, I'm so excited that we have decided to do this. How are you doing tonight?

Speaker 2: 5:31

Oh, my goodness, I'm great this evening and it's such a good evening to be in the will of the Lord. I'm excited because this is going to push us forward. It's going to empower us and really just help us to gain more and more confidence in what we've been getting taught our whole life. So I'm good tonight and I'm glad I'm. I'm well, excuse me, I'm well.

Speaker 2: 5:57

My bishop says that superman does good, but we are well so yes, I'm well tonight and I'm just so grateful to be in this number because, I mean, this is a good way to spend our time, this is a way to spend our fellowship, this is a great way to press forward, to continue to go forward, to increase in knowledge. So, thank you for asking.

Speaker 1: 6:22

I'm glad to be on the journey you know, look, let me tell you y'all, if y'all know me and Elder Harper and I know a lot of people we have done. You know the dialogue with Darlene, but we can get on here and we can talk.

Speaker 1: 6:38

Last night, how long was y'all like four hours like literally and that has been us since we met like, literally, we will be up all night, you know the two, three o'clock in the morning, and we lived right next door to each other and we were able to, you know, just grow stronger in the Lord because, you know, her husband was my pastor at one time. So I'm so excited to be on this journey with you because you know and of course we have others, so you know, I want everybody to know that it is going to be like some guests on here. So you know, some people are here where we'll be able to dive deeper in the word of the Lord. So before we go any further, I'm going to say a quick prayer, because tonight what I want to do is to just talk about and touch about the importance of studying the books of the Bible, because I know a lot of people, you know, they say, okay, yeah, we go to church, but it's different when you get that knowledge and get on a different level of learning the word of God. The Bible says that that's how we live by the word of God and not just bread alone. So we have to make sure that we are doing what um doing our diligence, our part in studying. So I want to make sure that we know the importance of of this, because this, this was something that god put on my heart about a couple months ago and I was like I just I want to, I want to go, but I've been so busy with other stuff. But I want to make sure that we get this started. So, anyways, I'm going to say a quick prayer and then we'll talk about it a little later.

Speaker 1: 8:30

Okay, so, dear Heavenly Father, I come to you. First I say thank you, thank you, god, for allowing us to for this time to be carved out, where we can be able to get together to talk about what is new. God, we know that this is the eighth month. God, this is the eighth day of new beginnings. God, we thank you. Now we get doubled Hallelujah. We thank you now, god, for this day, because we know that the enemy wants to stop it. But, god, we will not be stopped, we will not be moved. Hallelujah, we will be able to do what?

Speaker 1: 9:03

you asked us to do, god. God, we bind the enemy. Now, god, whatever he's trying to do, god, even with the internet, even with the grant, the permissions, God, we thank you now, god, because we know that you have permission in anything, in all things, god, and wherever you tell us to go, we will go, and whatever you tell us to do, we will do, god. And so we thank you now for this time. We thank you now for anybody that is going to come and hear our voice on today or even next week, or even next year, god.

Speaker 1: 9:34

We thank you now, god, for what you're doing. We know that you're able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we could ask to thank God, and so we are here as your children, god, we want to be able to learn more and more and more about you, and so we thank you now. We love you, we honor you, we cherish you. It's in Jesus' name that I pray Amen. Hallelujah.

Speaker 2: 10:04

Glory.

Speaker 1: 10:05

Okay. So anyways, like I said, I'm so excited that we are going to do this Because, to be honest, I've never just been like, oh, I want to study the Bible and I want to do it publicly. You know what I'm saying want to study the Bible and I want to do it publicly. You know what I'm saying. Like it's, it's a new era and um, and especially now in, in, in this era of my life where I'm doing so much, we have so much other stuff going on, but I know we have to take time to learn the word of God and um, and so I'm so excited about it, and um, man, I tell you when I say the importance of it, you know, one thing that we have to know is that when we are trying to study or trying to learn something, we have to be able to understand what we are trying to learn. And so you know, that's one of the importance of being able to study the different books of the Bible is to be able to get that contextual understanding.

Speaker 1: 11:13

Okay, you know, we want to make sure that we are understanding the Bible throughout, in this entirety. So when I say, when I say understand the Bible, what do you think about when I say, when I say, understand the bible, what do you think about when I say, okay, we want to understand it, because some people say, oh well, you know, I heard it preached and I've heard it this and I heard it that, but understanding is on a whole different level. So what do you think, when you think about understanding, contentual understanding the bible?

Speaker 2: 11:44

when you think about understanding, contentual understanding the Bible?

Speaker 2: 11:47

Yes, definitely, you know, when we learn about the context and the before, the after the scripture, we understand history, we learn about what's happening during that time, we understand how the stage was set.

Speaker 2: 12:06

It gives us more of a picture to pull information from. So it's not just us looking at it from one angle and looking at it from the lenses, our western thinking, our cultural background, all of those things, because we are supposed to be humbling ourselves and and putting down what, what we think, so that we can observe and absorb and and see all of what was was chosen to be used to tell us the story, right? So if god chose to use this group of people and with with this, uh, historical background, with this culture, then we want to get the full picture and understanding of that so we can derive more revelation, more and more understanding, and it'll all kind of add up and and just help to weave in that tapestry for us of things that we have learned over the years and just really fill in gaps. So, um, it's all about just knowing what right and the thing about it.

Speaker 1: 13:24

You know when we we get that historical insight. You know what I'm saying, um, and studying the body, studying books like genesis and exodus and kings, it helps us. You know, with that deep understanding, you know what I'm saying and, um, and get that background, because a lot of people don't have, they don't know what the backgrounds are. You know what I'm saying. A lot of people don't understand that in order for you to be able to appreciate the New Testament, you got to be able to know what the Old Testament said in order to be able to appreciate it. So you know one of the one. Another point is the prophetic perspective. You know that we have because a lot of the stuff that happened when Jesus came was prophesied, you know, by Isaiah and Jeremiah and Daniel. So we have to know that it reveals his plans and purposes, you know what.

Speaker 1: 14:24

I'm saying. And so one thing that a lot of people don't realize, and you know a lot of people will say Jeremiah, you know, I know the plans that you have, but they don't understand that this stuff is prophetic, you know. And so when you think about that prophetic perspective coming from those ones in the Old Testament, how do you feel like that?

Speaker 2: 14:51

it the importance of making us know those those ones back from back then, yeah, well, the thing about the Lord is that everything that he speaks is eternal. So when he says it, in one way it is continuing to be said, it's continuing to be echoed, it is a revealingual message that is unfolding, and it has unfolded and is still unfolding before us. So just being able to start with what he used to tell the story is so important, because it's not only that it right, it has so much more meaning because he, he uses the simple things to confound the wise. So it's like, of course he's going to use a person, um, that has struggles, he's going to use a person, that whose mouth stammered, to speak his words of, of course, because he has so much more that he wants to share beyond the person. He has so much that he wants to reveal using these elements.

Speaker 2: 16:18

Because there's a contrast there in the simplicity of mankind, the simplicity of the culture at that time, in the, in the simplicity of it, he, he, he wants to exponentially expand our thinking right, and that's why it is so good for us to just start at the beginning and like, work our way through, because it's a storyline, you know it's going somewhere, you know he is the author and the finisher of our faith. He is the beginning and the end end. So there is something that the creator has to say to us. So, however he chooses, he chose back then to use his men and women of god to to start to say things. It is it's like what they call it in the movies easter eggs, you know? Different little nuggets, different things. That's right, that things that's taking you somewhere.

Speaker 1: 17:20

You know, giving you clues giving you hints. Right, like you got these little crumbs, these little bread crumbs.

Speaker 2: 17:27

Right, and that brings us to it.

Speaker 1: 17:32

And I heard Mr TD J say you know, think about it. You get those bread crumbs leading up to where you are. You already knew who God has called you and you have these breadcrumbs leading up. So, yeah, that that is so good. When it comes to, like you say, it's a timeline, you know what I'm saying and you can't skip it. And that's what people be trying to do is take little bits and parts of the Bible and say, nah, I don't want that part of the Bible, but I'm going to take this part and I'm going to do this and do that, but you can't skip it. You know what I'm saying and in order for you to get that wisdom, you know you have to. It's different books in the Bible where you go for it.

Speaker 1: 18:18

Pastor Darius told us. He taught us that the Bible is a pharmacy and not it's not just a prescription, it's not just it's different things that you can go to and find in those moments of what you need in that moment. You know, like, like you know, know, one of the last things was saying poetic reflection, where you get the wisdom and you even get that, that poetic books that will provide you with with context for understanding the human experience, emotion and spiritual reflections, because some of that some people need. That you know, but they don't know how to get to it. How would you not know how to get to or get that emotional or that experience, that human experience, if you don't know where to go to in the Bible? If you don't know that? Oh okay, if I want to learn more about wisdom, let me go to Proverbs.

Speaker 1: 19:13

You know what I'm saying they don't know that If I want to know how to, you know, go through the shadow of death you know what I'm saying I I won't know to go to psalms, even though everybody knows. You know that's a very, you know, familiar passage.

Speaker 1: 19:29

But right you know, psalms is one of those ones where you go to when david is like, when you're after god's heart, you, you got to know this. You know what I'm saying. And when you don't know this it is. You won't have that full contentual understanding of where you're trying to go to in life. You'll be stuck. You know what I'm saying, yeah.

Speaker 2: 19:51

I agree with that. It's like we end up shortchanging ourselves in a sense, because it's like he already provided everything that we need in in the word he. He already gave everything pertaining to life and godliness. And if we don't approach him through the scriptures come into the pharmacy, come in and go at it how you know how he has, how it's laid out then it's like we tend to lean um maybe towards the world or towards, you know, trying to get um wisdom this way, or go about learning about love this way, or find our faces a couple times, when he has a kind of packaged and sandwiched in between the scriptures, when he has a, a journey waiting for us to be gone on, you know, and to explore is, is it's hidden?

Speaker 2: 20:46

it's, some of it is right there and some of it is hidden.

Speaker 1: 20:49

You know, those mysteries are there, but we don't have to look anywhere else was my point because, like we could go without exactly, and you know, and the thing about it, when we trying to get that, that understanding, it says in Proverbs 18, to a fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in expressing his opinion. And so when we don't understand anything they be trying to, like you said, they try to it out, they lean to the world or lean somewhere else. They don't, they don't get, they don't get the full understanding when they trying to figure out life themselves. And my daughter had asked me something the other day, that was, she was like you, you know what. Let me read it, because I don't want to, I don't want to mess it up what she had asked me and it was.

Speaker 1: 21:38

it was to the point where I was like wow, okay, um, but she. But it says the most important thing about you is what you think about God when you think of, when you think about what. What do you think about when you think about God? And if you don't have that contentual understanding, you will look at god the wrong way oh my goodness you know what I'm saying. He would he, you would look at him as in your life, the wrong way he won't be your father.

Speaker 1: 22:08

He won't be your savior. He won't be. You'll think about him as the um. You know the, the mean. Not I don't say mean, but the one god that bingeses god you think about him, you won't think about the fact that he can be your father, he can be your savior you can go to him. So if you don't have that understanding of the bible, then you won't be able to, you know, know yourself and self and your self in God.

Speaker 2: 22:37

So I mean man something, something my bishop says is we look at good word through bad eyes, we look at good work through bad eyes, and, and you know, like you said, and that's just to say, hey, life has informed our definitions, right, experiences has informed our definition about god and what that should look like, all these other things.

Speaker 2: 23:04

But we have to give god a chance, for, you know, for those of us who are still learning and still growing, we let the word um explain the word, let the word tell us who we are, let the word tell us who god is. So, yeah, we, when we come and we can get into that even further when we go to go read it, drop all of our, take all our glasses off, take all our lenses off and allow holy spirit to um, you know, to have us to, to just see him. You know how he want us to, to just see him. You know how he wants us to go through it. And we even can read it through for historical purposes First. We can then go back through it again for poetic purposes only and just go through it for, for, for, for, focusing on different contexts, and that's fine, you know, but as long as we have let go of what we thought God was and who we thought he was, because he's trying to give us truth. He's the spirit of truth.

Speaker 1: 24:07

Right, right, that man that is so good, so, and but anyways, another important is that you know one reason why we want to do this is to be Christ centered, focus. We want to make sure that we are learning more about the. You know the Masonic prophecies, you know how, how it was prophesied that Jesus was going to come and how he was going to fulfill the New Testament and everything. So we want to make sure that we are being Christ-centered and we are learning how Jesus moved, because that's the example that we're supposed to be going by. If we're not following how Christ, you know, walked around the earth and how he went about, then we going to be lost, like literally. I said one thing. I said you know, if you step in the footsteps that Jesus did you will never get it wrong.

Speaker 1: 25:15

That's how I feel he don't miss that's right. That's just how I feel you know, and of course we're not gonna be perfect, don't get me wrong. Right, you know, our foot size ain't Jesus foot size? Right so we're gonna get it wrong, we're not gonna get it perfect, but we want to be Christ. Um centered focus, um. And so what do you think when you think about Christ-centered focus and how you know studying the books of the Bible can help with that?

Speaker 2: 25:48

Pretty much kind of like how we were saying before, being a natural man, a carnal man going the way of the world. The news tells us what's going on. We go off of what's happening in the world around us, society. We move with the ebbs and flow of the feelings, the sentiment of this world and how we handle situations and all of these things, when the word being Christ-centered means that, um, the Christ is defining how we are to live our lives, our right, all the way from the inner man to the outer man, how we interact with the world, all of it. So, yes, the Bible is, is our, our handbook, it is our go-to book, it is our map, it's our handbook. How can we? How can we? Because we're in this world, but not of this world.

Speaker 2: 26:51

So we got to learn what our world really looks like. We're supposed to be bringing heaven to earth. How are we going to do that? If we have, we don't allow the governor, which is the holy spirit, to reveal to us. Lord, what did you mean when this author wrote this? What, what were you trying to explain here? How are we going to learn, uh, what's happening in revelations? How are we going to know to be ready when you come back, how, and so when we submit ourselves as students to this process and just let him take us on that journey, listen, you know, being Christ-centered is the goal. That's the goal. That's what we really want.

Speaker 2: 27:40

That's what we really want, because outside of really, want because outside of that what is it right exactly you know, like I mean, it's like like he and and and, and we got to be honest. It's like sometimes it got to be like that kind of cut and dry, like he says choose you this day. You know, do you want blessings or curtains? You won't light or dark, you want blessings or curses. You won't light a dark, you want life or death, you know. So it's like being Christ centered is is being centered on life, right, right, and he is our direction to get to eternal life.

Speaker 1: 28:15

You know, so everything that we do yes, we his uh, his direction to go the right way yes, and one thing you said now, and I was just going to read this scripture romans 12 and 2 do not be conformed to this world, but be transferred, transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of god, what is good and acceptable and perfect. So we have to always keep our mind stayed, you know, keep your mind stayed on Jesus, because that's the number one thing you know, when you're trying to walk this journey, because you know it's hard. You know what I'm saying, but you know I, I don't. I came up in the era where we had that. What would Jesus do?

Speaker 2: 29:06

I don't know if y'all know.

Speaker 1: 29:08

WWJD. I used to have a little band around my arm with the WWJD on it and stuff, but you know, back then I probably wasn't doing what, what jesus do.

Speaker 2: 29:21

but anyways, that's neither here nor there, look, we got a store, we got testimony. Hey, hey, that's part of it but you know, no, it's just.

Speaker 1: 29:32

You know the thing about it.

Speaker 1: 29:33

We have to when we when I say christ center, we want to do what jesus would do for real you know, and it is not always the easiest things right to do, but that's why we have to always seek first the kingdom of God and his righteous. His righteousness and all these things will be added, so we have to make sure that we are keeping our mind on him. You know, know what I'm saying, and so that's why studying the books of the Bible is very important when it comes to this life.

Speaker 1: 30:06

I don't think people understand what is going on. It's so much going on in this world that sometimes I just be like I can't watch the news or I don't even want to get on social media because it's so much going on. But in order for us to kind of keep our mind stayed on him, we want to be able to study. Now, you know, of course you got to, you got to be present right in this world. But in order for you to be sustained, you know, studying the books of the bible is going to help you know what I'm saying it's going to help.

Speaker 1: 30:44

I'm telling you, whoever listening, please listen to me well.

Speaker 1: 30:49

It is going to help, I promise you. I'm not saying that you got to be perfect. I am not saying that you, you know, you got to walk around with holy water thawing at people. I am not saying that you, you know, um, you got to walk around with holy water thawing at people. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that it will help you as a person and, um, yourself, you know, and that's that's one of the things that I wanted. That's one reason why God put it on my heart to do this, because you know, a lot of people don't get it in church. A lot of people don't go to church.

Speaker 1: 31:22

You know what I'm saying and when I can be able to say you know what I want, to give it to you in a certain type of way that you'll accept it. You don't have to say, okay, you've got to get your whole whole Bible out. We want to. I want to be able to just kind of tackle some of the things that's in different books of the Bible. So we'll know that you know and that's, and that's the last one. That way, you can know the themes of certain stuff.

Speaker 1: 31:51

You know what I'm saying. You can know how to inject yourself into certain. You know certain situations. That's in the Bible. You know how to get that. Conventional things where you can say, okay, I'm praying like Hannah, you know what I'm saying, but you ain't literally just like crying in the temple, people looking at you like crazy, but you are really, really anxious for something, you know what I'm saying and you won't give up on it. So those are the type of themes that I want people to realize that you can. When you read the Bible, you're reading as it's reading to you, like it's reading you, you know, and that's one thing that I'm super excited about. And so, when it comes to conventional things, what do you think about as far as how the importance it will help when it comes to certain people?

Speaker 2: 32:51

oh gosh. Well, I think it would help for all of us, because our lives are in the word and when we like, when you just talked about Hannah praying, you know it's like, wow, that is some mother somewhere. That is that's us, you know, we're in that word and one of my first, my first pastor, always used to say find yourself in the word, find yourself in the words, find, locate yourself in the scriptures. Where are you at right now? So these things we always say, this overall general statement of you know, the answer for everything is in the Bible and everything you need is in the Bible. Well, these type of studies help us to find and relate.

Speaker 1: 33:39

Exactly, exactly, you know, because that's what we, that's exactly. If you could be relatable to the scriptures in the Bible or relatable to it, then you'll be able to know how to move and how to live your life, because it's like okay, and I'm just using Job, for example you know someone that lost everything you know, and then you read the book of Job and you see how he got it back.

Speaker 1: 34:10

you know, because he was faithful and so we have to make sure that we can see that. You know. Of course, you know when people some people think that losing you know I, oh, I lost my car that that ain't no Job story.

Speaker 1: 34:24

I'm sorry, I'm not going to say it ain't. But you know, losing a car is bad. But when you think of Job story you think about those ones, that those ones that are really, really, really going through. But at the same token they are trying to figure out and they're staying faithful. But you know we want to. That's why I say you have to know the themes of the Bible, because if you lost one thing, you know that, okay, I can go to somewhere else. My story might not be like Job's story story, but I lost this.

Speaker 1: 34:55

You know that was very important to me, so I just want people to get that understanding, and that's the that's the main thing is being able to draw understanding of how my life can relate to this, this story that we are reading because, even like how you were referring to in joe, um, like, whenever we read and we you know we see what the story is talking about.

Speaker 2: 35:24

The point of it is for us to learn god, learn his ways, learn the rules of the kingdom, understand, excuse me, um, and all of that is supposed to teach us how to respond, right, you know, and that's why we are. We are, excuse me, renewing our mind, because the reason why it's helpful to have this understanding, because it gives us answers, it gives a solution, because there are also things in our own lives, right, god has us on his growing plan, on his timetable, on his um, right, so he takes us from season to season, from faith to faith, from glory to glory. So, right, it is something to be able to pull wisdom from the stories and be able to, like we said already, like to relate and to find ourselves and get some answers and recognize that how we feel about it, naturally, as a carnal I am. There is another way, there is a way that leads to life, there is a way that is going to help me to end up in a better situation, even though what I'm experiencing may not feel good. See, it teaches us to. It's building our character all at the same time, right, you know, because all of this is going towards being shaped and changing to the image of Jesus Christ. Right, you know, so it's. It's it's feeding us directly and indirectly so that we'll be prepared for when he takes us to the next place in our lives.

Speaker 2: 37:12

And I think it's good to hop in and to join in and learn and grab a hold to opportunities like this and to study the Bible, even with a group of people, and that kind of thing. Because, hey, especially when we get talking about it's going to be some social aspects, we can bounce things off of each other and it's going to be really great because you may see something I didn't see, you know another person may see something. You great, because you may see something I didn't see. You know another person may see something, you know, I may see something they didn't see. That kind of thing.

Speaker 1: 37:43

Because there's so much in the work.

Speaker 2: 37:45

There's so many layers there and we need it all.

Speaker 2: 37:48

I'm telling you, so that we can, we can be informed, you know, and be encouraged. It's a life-giving source. That's the thing it's like. It gives life Everything about this world and everything that's natural, wants to deplete, wants to destroy Right, wants to destroy right. Even in studying, we are receiving life because we are, we're, we're taking in and eating on words that are from heaven. They're life, right, right, so right. I mean it just seemed like it's work, but but we also been given life at the same time you see what I'm saying.

Speaker 2: 38:33

it is working. He's such a multifaceted guy. He know how to pump life into us. He know how to get to us, oh man.

Speaker 1: 38:41

Exactly what we need, right, I'm telling you. And so I'm just, like I said, this opportunity that right now, where God have me at now is like, is like you, you know me and you know my journey, that where I'm going to, and and everything that I've been doing. I've been walking this journey out and so now with me, with God having me here, it is a reason, you know, because, um, you know, because, um, you know for my next, and so, like you say, it is a great opportunity where we can be able to feed off of each other and and continue to eat. It's almost like, um, I don't know why I thought about potluck, but I'm saying I guess I'm hungry anyway, it's something about potluck. But you know, you know how everybody bring their own, um own to it, and we all get fed and we all get full off of certain things, and so we have to make sure that we are.

Speaker 1: 39:43

You know, the Bible says iron sharpens iron. So we, when we get together and we study in the books of the Bible, we're able to grab a hold to what we need. And so I'm I'm excited about this journey. Like I said, I wanted to revamp the whole Bible. I mean the book club, and now it is going to be the books of the Bible book club, and, and, and we. I want to tackle those books, you know and.

Speaker 1: 40:19

I'm not saying tackle like it's going to be hard, but I'm saying I want to dive deeper in and get it on a different level, a different aspect, where everybody will be fed. You know what I'm saying, where everybody will be fed. You know what I'm saying, you know, and it's just a beautiful, a beautiful journey and a beautiful thing, and so, anyways, I want you all to be a part of this, and so you know, um, I want to let you all know we, potentially, I want to start on monday, monday at nine. It will be live monday at nine, um pm. Nine is all right.

Speaker 1: 41:10

Don't, don't, don't beat me down with my internet messing up, don't beat me down with my stuff messing up, but, um, I is okay and um, and we will be here and I'm so excited. I want to say thank you to Elder Harper for um being on this journey with me. Um, you know, I couldn't think of a better person. You know that I would want to spend my my time, my nights I don't go to bed so tired at three or four talking with elder harper, but it is right, it is so worth it, you know, um being able to speak with someone and like-minded people and gathering with like-minded people. So do you have anything else else that you want to say? And if you want to pray, pray us out. That would be wonderful, okay.

Speaker 2: 42:06

My hope is that I just want to speak to, like every woman, every man, and and you know, don't feel intimidated or anything like that Young come, young come old. It'll just be time together, in freedom and in peace, and in hunger and in thirst, to learn of the one who made us, and whatever that looks like. While we are partaking of the scriptures, just know that God is the author and finisher of our faith and Holy Spirit is our teacher, and so he, I feel like if we just are open to him, you know we will be filled. Each one will get something out of it for sure. So I'm excited for myself, I'm excited for you, I'm excited for anybody who comes in, locks arms and joins and adds and receives. So definitely share, tell your friends, tell somebody, and you know, my thing is is that when we catch, we see somebody moving with momentum, go ahead and jump on the boat. Just hop on, because I mean you may not be doing it right now or you may not, you may need a boost, you know Right.

Speaker 2: 43:37

And this thankfully. We have technology nowadays that we can do things like this you know Right. So just hop on the train and you know, come and get something and receive Right. That's all I have. Amen, Amen.

Speaker 1: 43:52

Amen, receive. So that's all I have. Amen, amen. Well, if you pray us out, then you know we will you know, I'll say my little spirit, all right.

Speaker 2: 44:07

So, lord God, I thank you for each and every person who has come on and joined us tonight and those who will continue to see this video. Lord God, I pray for every soul, every heart that is set to come to know you. Father God, you said that you would ask to the church daily, such as should be saved. So, father God, open up eyes, open up hearts, even now, god, in the name of Jesus, send those, father, that want you, that are thirsty for your word, that are thirsty for your presence, that are thirsty, god, for more of understanding, more knowledge, more wisdom. God, and we thank you, father, for this platform. We thank you, lord God, that it is a tool in your hands, father, so blow on it even now, in the name of Jesus. God, as we come together, god, you will give a fresh anointing for us to learn of you, because we no one is higher or bigger or better than the other, lord God, but we are submitted to you. You're the big eye, you're the one whom we are after, so have your way in us, god, and I pray that you draw God, because we're lifting you up. We're lifting you up. We're lifting you up tonight, god, and we'll continue to lift you up even in these studies. So I thank you that there is a place where your people to come and be drawn to Lord God, to connect with you, because we are cute.

Speaker 2: 45:27

For Christ, and I bless your name. For God. In Jesus name, we pray.

Speaker 1: 45:31

Amen, amen. Oh, my goodness, I was not excited, y'all. Let me tell y'all I'm so excited. So, anyways, I say thank you to Elder Harper, thank you everyone that have hopped on. If you want to be, give your life to Christ, you can ask A-C-T-S. You can acknowledge that you are a sinner, you can confess with your mouth, believe with your heart that Jesus Christ died on the cross. Turn from your ways, turn from your evil ways. I say evil, but they might not be evil, but they ain't pleasing so and then seek after a Bible-based church. So, but anyways, I want to say thank you.

Speaker 1: 46:15

If you don't know, my, my book is for pre-sale order. Now you can go to wwwq4christcom. Girl. I'm an author, you are an author girl. It's crazy, but so, anyways, you could go to that. Make sure you go to the podcast at Apple Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts at, and if you need to reach out to us, you can always reach out to us. So, anyways, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you, elder Harper, again. And so, all right, I hope you all are just staying cute for Christ, all right bye, y'all have a good night, thank you.