Whether it’s the game of football or the game of life, you’ve got to not let the enemy get in your head. You just can’t. And that’s really what was happening over this, like, five years of constant narratives that were coming at the people of this great country. And I just kept saying, you know, don’t let this stuff get in your head because if you do, you’ll start believing it, and that’s really what the – and it’ll change the game. And I knew that it would change the outcome of our country and a generation for our kids. And so I had to stay with the story. I had to stay with the game plan. That’s what God said to me.
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I’ve learned something. Don’t answer your critics is what I learned. You don’t owe it. How do you deal with it?
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I remember watching it from the house and Brenda, my wife Brenda and I, I mean we were in tears. I mean it was a beautiful picture of what happens when ultimately you keep your heart right, which you did, and it’s today why, like I said at beginning of this show, where number four is the most – I got to watch the right English – the most worn, where in other words, number four, it’s still today, I go to a lot of games with Matt, I love it, is the number four is the most worn number that you see. People really love you, they celebrate you, and Brett, but it’s also a testimony of the heart that God was trying to get after and the testimony of who you are today, but what you’ve become.
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Honor is so powerful, guys. It’s the first thing God said in his commandment is that we’re to honor the Lord with all of our heart, soul, mind, strength, and your heart never really left Green Bay, and that honor is why God gave you that opportunity.
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It’s one thing to be like Brett Favre in your playing because, I mean, he would literally make me watch video after video and go out in the backyard and try to teach him how to do that, and I finally said, Matt, I think you got it, just watch him. But I would say to Matt, I said, there’s one thing that Brett has that is very unique in a human being, and I remember saying this to you growing up, I said, Matt, he has a heart that no matter what he does, he’s going to do it with all his heart, and I said, and with that he has a no nonsense, I’m not going to quit, but I’m going to do my best at whatever’s handed to me and everybody that comes alongside, I’m gonna do my best to make them, you know, have their best also.
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That’s what’s going to make you great in life is never quit. Don’t let people force you to become something that you’re not. Don’t let them get in your head. This is a great program for this because this is what I told you growing up as you – this was your hero – and I said, you know, keep your heart right, Matt. Yeah, and Brett, you did, and it’s why God’s honoring you like he is and he’s going to continue.
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I look at things sometimes in life, maybe I’m a little weird, but I always look at things from God’s perspective. You know, I try to live my life that way, is what does God think? Why is this happening like this?
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The principle of honor that was in your heart, the principle of honor in the fans’ hearts, your family’s heart, your honor to Bart Starr there, all of it was about honor and thanksgiving. And I think, ultimately, God was smiling down, going, I want to bring a sense of honor and thanks.
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What honor does is it brings a sense of restoration. And that’s really why I, you know, we’ve talked about even President Trump and this, you know, why we have our country back is ultimately the people that honored God and honored one another, honored what is sacred, important, that, wow, we’re sitting back giving thanks and we’re sitting here going, look at what is happening now in our country.
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If people understand, why did God give a whole book to Luke? He was a physician. He traveled with the apostles, but Luke also documented a lot of the miracles of Jesus. So he documented as a medical doctor, a lot of the supernatural encounters of our Lord, because God is trying to say something very powerful.
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If we do have to take medicine or we have a certain diagnosis, I always say it’s just like taking food. You are to pray over it and say, Lord, this works with my body and not against it for healing and for a cure. But then at the same time, we should keep pressing for – if one woman in Mark five, who had an issue of blood for 12 years, she spent a lot of money at the hands of the doctor. And at the end of the day, she had no medical options. There was no medical cure, but she said, you know what? I got to reach for something else. I’ve got to reach for ultimately who’s the healer, whether he’s going to bless this type one diabetic research or Parkinson’s disease. I got to reach for him.
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Twelve years of frustration of a, of a hemorrhaging of an issue – immediately, it shifted in her whole body, her whole life. And so, you know, that’s what I want to encourage, not only you, Brett, but I know of John, my son, if you’re listening, or maybe our viewers today is, you know, keep, if you’re taking medicine, God has blessed the medical industry. Pray as you take that into your body, God, let this work with my body and not against it.
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Ultimately, Lord God, we look to you. There is no one that can match the greatness of the honor of who you are, God. There is no one that can match the greatness of your power, your mercy, your love, your kindness. Oh, and how about this, God, your forgiveness?
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Now, God, I ask you to continually silence the enemy concerning him. Continue to exonerate him, vindicate him, celebrate him, and bless him. And even his wife, God, who has stood, that woman knows you. Now, I’m asking you to answer the secret prayers that she prays, not only over her family, but, Lord, just the things that are on her heart now.
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I think a lot of times the reason why the defense put their hands up, Brett, is the way you would thread that ball between two, three, four defenders, man. I think they were like, I quit. I can’t, I, there’s nothing I can do, man.
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You know, I try to live my life that way, is what does God think? Why is this happening like this? And the fact that it was Thanksgiving is because I think, again, the principle of honor that was in your heart, the principle of honor in the fans’ hearts, your family’s heart, your honor to Bart Starr there, all of it was about honor and thanksgiving.
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If you do, you’ll start believing it, and that’s really what the – and it’ll change the game. And I knew that it would change the outcome of our country and a generation for our kids. And so I had to stay with the story. I had to stay with the game plan. That’s what God said to me.
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Don’t let people force you to become something that you’re not. Don’t let them get in your head. This is a great program for this because this is what I told you growing up as you – this was your hero – and I said, you know, keep your heart right, Matt. Yeah, and Brett, you did, and it’s why God’s honoring you like he is and he’s going to continue.
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What honor does is it brings a sense of restoration. And that’s really why I, you know, we’ve talked about even President Trump and this, you know, why we have our country back is ultimately the people that honored God and honored one another, honored what is sacred, important, that, wow, we’re sitting back giving thanks and we’re sitting here going, look at what is happening now in our country.
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