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00:00 Can I tell you this? You've heard me teach it. Sinners don't struggle. Only saints.
00:05 Ain't no brother out here without Jesus struggling for no sex. He getting him some.
00:10 Ain't no young lady out here with this cold shape struggling with sex. All she got to do is let the
00:16 brother who say hi to her come on through. Like we ain't going to be married. We ain't even got
00:21 to be friends. We both got needs. You meet my need. I meet yours. Out. But not when we have
00:27 the Holy Spirit. Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome back to Dr. R.A. Vernon TV. It's no secret I just
00:34 dropped the hottest book for singles in the nation. The Dr. R.A. Vernon 10 Rules of Dating.
00:40 The rules have changed. You all know I've been all across the nation to some of the most major
00:46 churches in America, man. It started off with my dear son Pastor PMJ. You all know he's killing
00:53 the game both musically and pastorally. It was jam packed crazy in Birmingham, Alabama. From there
01:00 we went to Atlanta with my other son, Dr. Darius Daniels Chains Church. It was jam packed crazy.
01:08 We went to Forward City Church with Pastor Travis Green. It was absolutely awesome. From there we
01:17 went to Union Church on a Sunday morning. Talked to thousands of singles on a Sunday at Union
01:23 Church, Charlotte. And then of course we went to the 8th Wonder of the World. Had a great time in
01:29 the DMV with Pastor John Jenkins and First Church of Glenarton. It's been an absolutely amazing tour.
01:37 And then this past Friday we came home and it was berserk up in here. Come on now. I kind of had the
01:46 home court advantage with thousands of people here in my city. It's been a great tour. Not only is the
01:53 tour exciting, but I think maybe more than that, the fact that my book has dropped officially has
02:00 me real excited. So here's what I want you to do. I'm going to do something. I'm going to
02:05 take the next 10 weeks and talk about the 10 rules of my book. Let me say that again. I'm
02:10 going to take the next 10 weeks and take you to school as a single, divorced, widowed, you know,
02:17 whatever, young and single. It doesn't matter to me. Even those of you who are married, I tell
02:22 people, people always ask, people always ask, should married people listen? Come absolutely,
02:28 because I think you'll discover some things that maybe you and your spouse skipped. And it's not
02:34 too late to kind of go back and look at some of that. It's too late to choose again, but it's not
02:38 too late to work on what rules that we skip. What rules that we skip that maybe possibly we can,
02:44 we can, we can work through. So I want to give you the rules and then we're going to chase them
02:48 for the next 10 weeks. Now, this is kind of like a study guide. Those of you that are over singles
02:52 ministries, those of you that have children, grandchildren, a divorced sister, a divorced
02:58 brother. If you're divorced yourself, widowed again, 18, 19, my son's 18, looking, you know,
03:05 with a young lady, you know, all that, what's real, how do you date? What should you know?
03:12 This is a teaching you can't miss. I want to give you the rules and we'll chase them.
03:15 We'll chase them for 10 weeks. Rule number one, this is in my book. You must have self-awareness.
03:20 Rule number two, they're all flashing. Know your non-negotiables. Rule number three,
03:27 never negotiate your non-negotiables. Rule number four, don't play date. Date on assignment.
03:36 Rule number five, have the Jesus talk. Rule number six, know what direction you're dating
03:44 in. Directional dating. Can't wait to teach that. Rule number seven, discuss each other's past.
03:50 Rule number eight, wow, discuss each other's present and future expectations. Rule number
03:57 nine, hurry up and take your time. And then rule number 10, don't have sex. This is going to be
04:05 amazing. I need you to lean in, stick with me. Let's get started. So I want to give some backdrop
04:11 to this. So those of you who maybe you have not been at any of the tour dates, or this is your
04:16 first time hearing me, let's just talk about this. I tell everybody to begin. Do me a favor,
04:21 turn your Bible to the chapter on dating. I see you're not flipping your Bible. You're not grabbing
04:27 your phone. Why? Because there really is no particular chapter on dating or how to date
04:33 or what to look for. The Bible just doesn't go into that much detail. So I tell people who think
04:38 the Bible gives you everything. It doesn't. It is a roadmap. It is the closest document we have
04:46 to the revealed will of God and the heart of God. But no, the Bible doesn't give you everything.
04:52 So I believe the Holy Spirit has chosen me as a vessel to help singles navigate
05:00 the nuances of dating. I don't know where the grace came from. There's just a grace on my life.
05:06 And thousands of people have been helped by my first two books. I run into people who are 40,
05:12 you'll love this, who were like 29, 30 when I wrote the first one. People who are now 35,
05:18 they were 18 when I wrote the first one. So I need you to lean in. Here's what we do have
05:23 scripturally. First Corinthians 7 verse 1 says, and don't move because we're getting to rule number
05:28 one today, which is self-awareness. I'm on my way. So let me help you understand. What if I told you
05:35 that the first key to dating is not the other person, it's you. Yeah, you would think I would
05:44 tell you what to look for in the other person. And I'm going to do that. But it kind of quickly hit
05:49 me. I really don't know what to look for in you until I know me until I really know me. And how
05:57 long does that take? And by the way, how old were you when you got to know you? Can we talk straight?
06:04 How old were you when you got to know you? That's a question for you behind right there, right? Yeah.
06:12 Sometimes self-awareness, there are people who are 50 who just became self-aware. There are people
06:17 who are 40 who just became self-aware. I'm trying to get people that the more expeditiously you have
06:24 a sense of self, what you like, what you want will get their first Corinthians seven verse one. Here's
06:30 a scripture. Most of you know, the God's word version says now concerning the things you wrote
06:35 about, is it good for men not to get married? But in order to avoid sexual sin, each man should have
06:43 his own wife. Each woman should have her own husband. I tell everybody first Corinthians seven.
06:50 Paul is not just talking. He's responding to a question. They asked him. Apparently he's getting
06:57 questions, letters from the Corinth church saying, how are we going to handle this sex thing? How are
07:02 we going to handle this? Mary thing, please keep in mind. I tell everybody I've been telling people
07:07 across the nation. There is kind, there is a kind of emergency. Come here now to Paul's eschatology.
07:17 Okay. Paul thinks that the rapture is imminent, that Jesus coming right back. So that's the way
07:24 he talks in first Corinthians seven. Everything's about, don't worry about being married. Don't
07:29 worry about any of that. Don't worry about your singleness. It's all about Christ. He'll be back
07:33 soon. So look how he responds. Look how he responds. He says, but in order to avoid sexual sin,
07:39 each man should have his own wife and each woman should have her own husband. So I've been telling
07:44 people there's an assumption when you read Paul, particularly first Corinthians seven,
07:49 there's an assumption that there are, that there are enough available women for every man
07:57 and enough available men for every woman. Now we know, particularly in the black ethos,
08:04 that just ain't true. That just ain't true. Particularly in my church. Uh, we did a lot
08:09 of research, of course, for my book, and it's hard to sort of pin down the exact numbers,
08:14 but there's one thing I'm certain of, particularly in Cleveland, Ohio at the word church, there are
08:18 more saved sexual black women available who want to be married. Then there are saved good black
08:29 brothers who want to marry them back. Now that's just the truth in my context, particularly here
08:35 at the word church in Cleveland. And from talking to other pastors in most cities, I think are
08:41 dealing with the same thing. Black women right now seem to be the most less married of all different
08:50 cultures in our, in our nation. So we need to talk about that and we'll work through that.
08:55 There's this, an assumption, but Paul says, let every man have his own wife and let every woman
09:00 have her own husband. Like, okay, cool. Uh, so you don't burn with sexual lust, just go hook up with
09:05 somebody. So the old folk, they don't mean no harm. They would say stuff like get married, stop all
09:09 that playing around and get married easier said than done. Like who exactly am I going to marry?
09:16 Now I do want to say this, and this is my personal opinion. I got two single guys here
09:21 that I mess with every day behind these cameras. I do think it's easier for a black man to find a
09:29 good black woman who loves Jesus, sexy, spiritual, that it is necessarily to find a good black man,
09:38 a good black man. I just think from my experience, particularly in my church and my city,
09:43 there are more available, save sexy black women who want to be married. I mean, particularly in
09:50 my church. I mean, you, you, you a decent brother, smell nice, carry yourself nice,
09:56 willing to love me. If I have children, take them on help provide for me. And I say all the time,
10:04 and I still mean it today. People don't necessarily need you. Women don't need you
10:08 for your money. They need you for your ministry. Oftentimes she got more degree than you. But to
10:14 me, any real sister, any real woman wants you to at least help participate in the bill pan. So,
10:20 so again, when you read first Corinthians, when you read first Corinthians seven, Paul says in
10:26 order to avoid sexual sin and people kill me saying sex is not a reason to get married. Well,
10:34 in the Bible, it is Paul didn't say in order to have somebody to talk to Paul, didn't say in order
10:40 to have somebody to kind of kick it with and go on vacation with Paul didn't say in order to have
10:45 somebody to communicate with. He didn't, if we're going straight Bible, he said in order to avoid
10:51 sexual sin, get married, which means or bespeaks the idea that anthropologically most men and women
10:59 of a certain age have this natural desire to make love, to be loved physically, right? Not just the
11:06 love of God, the love of the opposite sex. So it's like, find somebody to help meet that need.
11:12 So you just not out here adding up body counts with bros, just sticking and moving,
11:18 or you sticking and moving with women. No, he says, do it right. That becomes a bit of a conundrum
11:23 again when I'm saved and sexual, but there is nobody necessarily prepared to marry me. So let's,
11:32 let's talk about that over the next few weeks as we go. Watch what he says. He says in verse eight,
11:38 then I'm going someplace. I'll say to those who are not married, especially to widows,
11:42 it's good for you to stay single. Like me, Paul says, I say to all of you who are single,
11:50 particularly those of you who are widows. I just recently had a woman in our church,
11:55 72 years old say, pastor, I think I'm about to get married. I said, what?
11:59 72 years old. It's like, I've been telling people across the nation, there might be snow on the
12:06 roof, but for some people there's still fire in the chimney. So you can't tell widows what they
12:12 can't do. Paul again, who kind of has this eschatological urgency to me says, I'm quoting
12:19 him. I wish everybody would be just like me. I say to those who are not married, verse eight,
12:24 the God's word version, especially to widows is good for you to stay single like me. So Paul
12:31 has this ability to abstain from sexuality. It's just not a big issue for him. So I've been going
12:38 all across the country and those of you that have heard my teaching, if you've heard my teaching,
12:42 let me rehearse this. And then we get into rule number one, we get into rule number one,
12:46 which is self-awareness, which is where I want to spend the rest of my time tonight.
12:50 He says, I'm satisfied. So you've heard me teach the first kind of single. It's right there on the
12:56 screen, single and satisfied, single and satisfied. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, maybe thousands
13:06 of persons watching this who are single and satisfied. Oftentimes that's a person who's
13:13 widowed their husband or wife passed. And at this point in their life, sex is not a big issue.
13:20 They don't want to start over. They don't want to get to know nobody again for others. It could be.
13:25 And I'll talk about this all across the nation. You're in a season of singleness
13:31 because right now your kids need you to be a mama more than you need a man.
13:36 Maybe you just came out of something ravaging or devastating and you just satisfied honoring God
13:43 right now, being a single parent, whatever. It's not that you don't have some desire sometime,
13:50 but you truly are satisfied. I think I think a lot of people watching our category number two,
13:56 which most of you know, if you've watched my teaching, you know, this single and struggling
14:01 single and struggling. However, the Bible says in verse nine, if you cannot control your desires,
14:08 you should get married. It's better for you to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
14:15 There are people who are struggling, struggling as singles, particularly a lot of men. It's like
14:22 I like sex. I like making love. Let's talk about the struggle. Let's talk about the struggle because
14:28 we know and I just talked about this this past weekend. We know the benefits of being single,
14:32 right? Limited accountability. I'm single. Limited accountability. There's nobody I got to call.
14:38 There's nobody I have to call the report and say I'm coming home, right? Limited accountability.
14:43 Number two, the ability and more importantly, to serve God without restrictions. I can live at the
14:49 church field in Zell. These two guys on camera feel spending the night here half the time. All
14:54 right. And then Zell, these guys live here almost wide because they'll do 12 hours, go to sleep in
14:59 their chair for a minute, wake up and go back to work. I got to get to the house. All right. I got
15:04 a wife waiting on me. But these guys. So so they're working their singleness in that way. Plus,
15:09 and that's a whole nother subject. The busier they are, the less time they have to think about
15:15 the sex stuff. All right. So I tell people who are single, get your money, get your ministry,
15:21 get your money, get your ministry, get your education. Watch this. Get your mental health.
15:28 This is a good time to have a good Christian therapist that you check in with home of origin
15:33 issues. What's broken working on me before I meet this person that takes me into a new season.
15:40 Remember, I taught that when I get married, what do I do? I step into a new season. So I'm trying
15:47 to get single people not to step into a new season, not having maximized this one. Yeah. Now
15:55 you now you marry trying to get a degree right now. You pregnant trying to finish stuff when you
16:02 could have finished some of that in the season of singleness. So all that said, struggling,
16:07 struggling, struggling. There are people who are struggling. I can tell you what's causing some of
16:12 the struggle. Yeah, this little thing right here. And nobody wants to talk about it. Me personally,
16:19 I'm not old man. Get off my lawn. This isn't going any place. It's how many people feed their
16:26 families. You'll never hear me do the antiquated teaching. Get rid of everything on your phone,
16:32 particularly if that's how you eat for me. Let me speak for me. The Lord has had me in a season of
16:39 no social media. Now I know this is how I eat. So I participate. They film me. I post stuff.
16:45 But me personally, I just can't be swiping and looking. So about a month ago, I just sort of
16:51 took everything off and I'm good. I have people who I paid to do that for me because I'm trying
16:56 to guard my heart and I'm married and I'm turned on by my girl. Who the heck are you to be single
17:04 and driving yourself crazy looking at stuff you can't have? That doesn't help with the struggle.
17:11 The struggle is already natural. You don't have to be sinful to struggle. Sometimes there's just
17:17 this desire. And by the way, I said this at another church. I said this at all the churches.
17:23 I need somebody to put in the chat right now. Praise God for the struggle.
17:27 Praise him for the struggle. Can I tell you this? You've heard me teach it. Sinners don't struggle.
17:33 Only saints. Ain't no brother out here without Jesus struggling for no sex. He getting him some.
17:40 Ain't no young lady out here with this cold shape struggling with sex. All she got to do is let the
17:46 brother who say hi to her come on through. Like we ain't going to be married. We ain't got to be
17:50 friends. We both got needs. You meet my need. I meet yours out. But not when we have the Holy Spirit.
17:58 We rather struggle and say, no, God, I love you more. So the struggle is indicative of your
18:04 relationship with Jesus. So to all of you who are watching this, I need you to type in the chat. I'm
18:09 struggling sometime past. So that's a good thing. Struggling means you have the Holy Spirit.
18:15 Struggling means you've been washed in the blood of the Lamb. All right, let's get to it. So then
18:19 thirdly, here's who the book is for. Single and seeking, single and seeking. I'm still arguing
18:31 that about 95 percent of singles would probably like to hook up with somebody if it was the right
18:38 person, particularly of a certain age. Now, you get to be 60, 70, 80. And by the way, all right,
18:43 there are people 60, 70 and 80 type in the comment who want to meet somebody. I'm finding more and
18:48 more people. I thought, remember, I've never been 60. I don't know what it is to be 60, 70 or 80.
18:54 But the more conversations I'm having, I'm finding that they wouldn't mind a little company.
18:58 So, you know, it's never over until, you know, God says it's over. That said, I want to talk
19:05 about rule number one. I spent a little time here. Rule number one in my new book, the Dr.
19:10 Ari Vernon, 10 Rules of Dating is right there on the screen is self-awareness. Rule number one,
19:18 self-awareness. Leave it up a second. I want them to write it down. Rule number one,
19:22 self-awareness. I want to spend the rest of my time right here. I decided as I was writing this book
19:29 that we're always jumping to what you look for. We're always jumping to make sure she has this
19:36 and make sure he has that. And that's important. You need to pick right. But I want to argue with
19:41 you tonight or whenever you're watching this, that the first key to dating is to know you.
19:47 You're not to know the other person. I cannot tell you how many people pick wrong because they
19:54 didn't know them. So they picked in the blind. How can I how can I know what to look for if I don't
20:05 look inward at me and know what me need and me like and really deal with that? What me going to
20:11 need for the next 50 years to be at least, you know, somewhat happy and at peace, if not completely
20:19 happy, I'm at peace. And by the way, let me just throw this at you. Here's something powerful that
20:26 that you can share this. And this will make you pray for your children and your grandchildren.
20:29 Because we are Christians, I'm about to break some down. You've never heard. I need you to
20:34 share this. I need you to send this. I need you put the fire in the chat because we are Christians,
20:39 Christian people. But we got we got something going. My kids, I've been praying for them
20:43 because we are Christians and we love Jesus. We can't have sex unless we're married. Let's just
20:49 talk because we love Jesus. We cannot make love legitimately and biblically unless we're married,
20:56 which in a very real sense puts a pressure on our children at 18, 19, 20, 21 to start thinking about
21:04 being married, which I recommend, by the way, for many reasons. I'll get to that at the same time.
21:09 We're asked to make the most important, mature decision we'll ever make in our life. Other than
21:18 Christ, the most mature, important decision you will make in your life is who you say I do to.
21:24 So watch this. We're asked to make the most important, mature decision.
21:30 Why are we still somewhat immature? Get your head around it when you get married in 19, 20, 21.
21:38 Do you even know you? Do you even know all of your idiosocratic tendencies?
21:46 Have you kind of figured out exactly what you want your woman to look like
21:52 or what body part you're going to have to have in your bed for the next 40 years if you're not
21:56 going to cheat or what kind of mental acumen he needs to stimulate you? Why are you still
22:04 getting to know yourself? Oh, come here, believers. Here's why the Holy Ghost matters.
22:09 Here's why good parenting matters. Here's why good teaching matters. Why? Because one of the
22:17 things I start doing with my children, my sons, my daughters, 12, 13, 14, I start having conversations
22:25 with them about who they were and what they think they like. With my boys, I got straight up wrong.
22:33 See, we're talking straight. I mean, what type of woman you need in your bed?
22:36 No. Are you getting a sense of the kind of woman you like? What kind of shape you like? Yeah. You
22:41 like a woman that stays quiet most of the time or talks to you and stimulates you. You need a woman,
22:48 honestly, who kind of goes and get it or you want to sort of more passive so you can feel like he
22:54 man. We're talking straight to my daughters. Now, are you comparing your husband to me? Because
22:59 daddy's a I'm a grinder. You know how I get it. Is that important? I'm sure there's some stuff you
23:04 didn't like about me as a father. What what do you think you like? Self awareness is critical
23:13 when dating. So I want you over this next couple of weeks as we're teaching through this to start
23:19 praying with me and those of you who have singles groups, feel free, free to receive, freely give.
23:24 I should be selling this. I know that's OK. I believe you'll get the book. Use the book as a
23:28 kind of study guide. You can also use this teaching free to receive, freely give. I got
23:32 one favor. I'm asking that you share this with every person you know who's single with your
23:38 nephews, your nieces, your little brothers, any person you know who's single and seeking. Promise
23:44 me you'll get this to them. Don't don't be selfish. Just click a button. Share it with 50,
23:49 100, 200 people. Everybody, you know, played at the singles meetings. Self-awareness,
23:53 self-awareness. Let's start here and then I'll be done. For the most part, as a man,
23:59 are you self-aware enough to know what your personality is or as a woman? Am I introverted
24:09 or extroverted? Because I'm self-aware that for the most part, I'm quiet. That lets me know I
24:18 can't date nobody that's going to need me to talk too much. Now, by the way, if you're introverted,
24:24 you cannot have a woman or a man and never talk to them. Whatever else marriage is, look at me,
24:32 it is self-less ness. Self-less ness means this not really who I am, but I'm going to give you
24:42 enough to be happy. I'd rather be quiet all the time. I'd rather be someplace chilling. But I
24:48 know sometimes I got to get dressed and take you out because you like to dance and hang out.
24:52 If I'm self-aware, though, I might know on the first date she talked too much
25:01 and she's going to want me to talk. So as sexy as she is, I'm going to drive her crazy with my
25:08 quietness. And then she might find herself seeking mental stimulation or somebody to talk to her on
25:15 Facebook or Instagram or even worse in person. Right. Because I wasn't self-aware. I know
25:21 opposites attract. That's cute on paper. But sometime I need to find somebody something like
25:26 me in certain areas. I'm self-aware. Spiritually, am I am I am I self-aware that I am rooted in
25:36 Christ, that I'm going to need a woman or a man to pray with me? That spirituality is real high
25:44 on my list. I'm not somewhat Christian. I'm saved. I love Jesus. I want to talk about Jesus.
25:50 I want my husband to lay hands on me. I don't want a person who just claims Christ. I want a person
25:55 who's on fire or no, they don't have to be bad on fire as long as they honor God. I'm spiritual
26:01 enough myself. Self-awareness simply means that the first rule of dating is not looking outward.
26:10 It's looking inward. What kind of home of origin issues do I have? All that's here. You got to
26:19 read the book. I can't get into detail like I want to, but I spent time. Make sure you order the book.
26:25 It's right there because I want you to really further unpack this and dig in this because this
26:31 could save you a divorce. This could save you your parents, your kids having to travel between two
26:38 houses because you pick wrong. So not a with the daddy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, you Thursday,
26:43 Friday and Saturday, because you all made some beautiful kids, but you all had a bad marriage.
26:49 Because you weren't self-aware until you got home from honeymoon. It was like, oops.
26:55 I didn't know me enough. I blew it here. Self-aware. Where am I? What home of origin
27:03 issues do I have? Am I real needy because of my daddy pain? Just be honest about it.
27:10 Am I real needy because of my mama pain? Just be honest about it. Don't act as though
27:18 it's irrelevant or it doesn't matter whatever it is that you deal with. Be honest about it.
27:24 Home of origin issues. I could go on and on. Rule number one is self-awareness. I'm gonna stop.
27:32 I want you, those of you who are single to ask Holy Spirit. I need you to get this to your
27:39 children. I need you to get this to your nephew, your niece, your friend. I need you to look
27:45 inwardly, to pray, to assess yourself, to take notes down about yourself, areas of weakness,
27:53 areas of strength. Those things that I know I need in order to be happy for the next 30 years,
28:01 based on my quirks and things. That's a trip about me. Here's the good stuff about me. Most people
28:08 don't know their self. And then they try to get to know somebody else. The Bible says,
28:14 love others. Watch this as you love yourself. I need to get to love me, know me, work on me.
28:21 So rule number one, self-awareness. I'm coming back next week to talk about rule number two,
28:31 and that is know your non-negotiables. I dealt with that a little bit, but I'm jumping in heavy
28:39 and deep. Listen, my new book is all across the world. We had to mail out thousands and thousands
28:46 of pre-orders this past week. It's gone, man. If you haven't gotten your book, by the way,
28:51 our team will be emailing you, whatever, email us, whatever. It's coming. My word is all I have.
28:56 Your book is on the way to the thousands across the country that have ordered it. And here's how
29:01 you order. It's right there, the information. Order your book now. We'll leave that up. Order
29:05 it now. Order it now. It'll get to your home. Do me a favor, order five or 10. Order 50 for
29:12 your singles group. Order 300 for your church pastors that are watching. What's a greater
29:19 investment than helping the singles in your church to pick right? It'll save you a lot of
29:22 marital counseling. It'll save you a lot of headache. Those of you that have book clubs,
29:26 those of you who lead singles ministries, those of you who are single, those of you who have
29:30 children that are grown and looking, I'm telling you, man, number one, tell them about this podcast
29:35 over the next nine, 10 weeks, we're going to be digging in. Also, I'm coming to a city near you.
29:40 Drop my schedule, guys. I don't know where I'm at next, but it's coming. Drop the next two or three.
29:45 I'll be all across the country. I'm coming to a city near you. The one night stand for singles.
29:50 I'm bringing my book. You can pre-order it now. And so keep praying for us. This book is all over
29:57 me right now, as you can see. So order now. There it is right there. Order now and put in the
30:03 comments. I'm ordering right now, Dr. Vernon. I'm getting my book right now. Come on, build my faith.
30:08 You'll support my family. And this is a labor of love. It's from my soul. I believe that thousands
30:14 and thousands of singles are going to pick right because of this work God has given me. So listen,
30:20 I want to pray for you. If this message blessed you, here's a place you can sow and give.
30:25 We appreciate it is right there on the screen. So many people have been blessing us and saying
30:29 they appreciate our ministry. Our Avernon Ministries is a ministry like the Word Church is
30:34 a ministry. This is used to bless people. We can validate. We have accounting and accountant
30:40 just for this ministry that watches every penny and every cent of it, man, is blessing people and
30:47 helping us do stuff, support other ministries, all kind of things, man. So if my ministry is a
30:53 blessing to you, our ministry, my wife and our family. So today, whatever you do, get this book
31:00 into your heart. Get it, get it, get it, get it. I'm coming back next week. Get some people
31:04 together. Have a study group with me. Same time, same place next week. Rule number two,
31:10 know you're not negotiable. Father, thank you for this word tonight. Thank you for those that are
31:16 watching. Thanks to those who are watching in the middle of the night in their car, listening by
31:19 webcast. Let this word edify. Let this book be a blessing to multiple millions of people.
31:25 I claim it now in Jesus name. Amen. All right. See you next time. Order the book.