Double Down: The End Is Better Than the Beginning

You get ready to fight that long battle. Patience is the antidote to pride. It is. It allows us to endure the hardship. Amen. To submit to God's sovereign timing and trust. And my one of my favorite scriptures, Romans, that all things Are working together. Are working together. For my good. For your good. Amen. For our good. Yes, sir. [01:11:43] (34 seconds)  #PatienceOverPride

To double down means to stubbornly commit more stronger to a particular strategy, stand, or course of action when you face risk, opposition, criticism Come on now. And failure. Yes. Amen. Right. He told me to double down. So I'm telling y'all, that's double down. Double down, sir. On that word, better. Better. [01:00:07] (28 seconds)  #DoubleDownOnBetter

I said. I'm learning. Right. Sometimes this ain't ain't a three minute round. Sometimes it's the round two. And you go on the blow. Yes, sir. But it ain't always one round. No. It ain't always. Sometimes three, four, five, six rounds Yes, sir. With the same thing. So the danger is getting prideful, getting too confident. That's right. [01:08:41] (36 seconds)  #LongHaulFaith

Every blow you take. Yes. Every hook you duck. My god. Every punch you they hit you with is working together. Sometimes it's gonna hurt. We've been taking blows. This church been taking blows. It ain't felt good, through me. We're gonna be better. Oh. Yeah. We [01:12:17] (47 seconds)  #BlowsBuildBetter

It was extra traffic that morning on 94. I had enough hips landing. I was having a conversation with him. Yes. I said, Lord, you told me better. told me to tell the people better. Come on, boy. Ain't that? And you know what he told me? Double down. Say it. I like that term. Double down. Jesus. No. [00:58:52] (29 seconds)  #DivineDoubleDown

That's the antidote to being prideful. That's right. Patience. I think we we you're not there yet. Get there. You're walking with the Lord long enough to know that all this ain't gonna be a one day battle. Not a two day battle. Amen. This could be a a long haul. That will continue to stir. Talk to it. You're bumping yourself down. [01:11:14] (29 seconds)  #LongGamePatience

none of the instant gratification, rushing the process, complaining when it don't go exactly the way we plan it to go. prevents us from learning the lesson of the struggle. Amen. That's what the lesson is. We rejoice at the promise. We think, okay, I'm gonna hurry and fight and get a bite of this. Mhmm. But I'm learning. [01:08:07] (34 seconds)  #EmbraceTheProcess

Still blessed with our jobs, still blessed with our home. Yes. It's not to say that God hasn't been working that he don't love us. I said it was just a few things Yes, sir. That I was hoping for would get better. Yes, sir. I don't wanna see my family going through this. No, sir. I don't wanna see my church family going through this. Yes, sir. I have mine. [00:58:20] (27 seconds)  #BlessedButPraying