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0:01Hello everybody. How y'all doing?
0:04[laughter]
0:05Music kept cutting. It was at what were
0:08we in um was it in the room? Was it
0:12Melson song? I don't know what song it
0:14was, but it just cut off. I got a
0:16message that said something about a
0:19subscription. I don't even have a
0:20subscription. I was like, what? The
0:22music should just place Apple Music. I'm
0:24sitting here telling y'all. And then the
0:26next song started cutting and I was
0:27like, you know what? Let me go ahead and
0:28pray and intercede because we we not
0:31about to do this. I know what the enemy
0:32trying to do. We not about to do this
0:34today. And y'all, it was a lot of people
0:38who were Can y'all hear me? It was a lot
0:42of people who were trying to get in.
0:45They probably going to be upset with me
0:48cuz they was really trying to get in and
0:50I'm like, "Good God, Marty." [laughter]
0:54So, uh, yeah.
0:57I hope they don't get upset at me
0:58because y'all
1:02>> I'll make sure I put the songs on
1:04YouTube in the description box. I put
1:06them the last time. I think I had to.
1:10I know that we maxed 500 here. I don't
1:13know how many are on YouTube. Let's see.
1:17Okay, so far 116 on YouTube, but it's
1:20filling in. Hey, all my YouTube people.
1:22I'm sorry y'all. I know. I know. It
1:25filled to the max and zoom. And it was
1:26quick, too. I was like, "Oh, Jesus." But
1:29it's okay, y'all. It It's okay. If y'all
1:32weren't able to worship with us, I hope
1:34that y'all go I hope y'all worship and
1:36play some music to go ahead and usher in
1:38the spirit. I hope so. I hope so. Even
1:41if you all couldn't join the worship
1:43session, it's okay. [laughter]
1:46It's okay.
1:49A lot of y'all be in there early. Y'all
1:50be like, "No, it's some people who be in
1:52there like an hour early because I'll be
1:54seeing it." Uhhuh. Yeah. I'll be like,
1:57"Good Lord." Okay, y'all. So, evidently
1:59this is gonna be a good study
2:02cuz the enemy was trying me.
2:04Yeah. He was definitely trying me in
2:06this. I was like, "Oh, you trying to cut
2:08my worship off, not outside of this." I
2:10said, "You worship?" Okay. Okay. And
2:14then you want to know what's crazy? I'm
2:15not being superstitious or anything.
2:18When I started praying the last time, it
2:20was the last song that started to cut.
2:23When I started to pray, my Bible over
2:26here flipped.
2:28These pages flipped on my King James
2:30version. I'm not trying to be funny or
2:31overly spiritual, superstitious.
2:34But that's why I looked. If y'all saw me
2:35look, I started nodding my head. I'm
2:37like, "Mhm. Mhm. I know exactly what
2:39you're trying to do, enemy." That's cool
2:42because we got God behind us, right?
2:44That's cool. That's cool. I've I've seen
2:46him. I've seen it before. I I know where
2:48this goes. BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. HOW HAS
2:50everybody been? I know the last time
2:53that we were supposed to meet, I went on
2:55and just moved it. I said, "Okay, this I
2:57need more time to study." I know y'all
2:59were talking about the last time we can
3:01do Tuesdays and Saturdays. I can't do
3:03Tuesday. I wish I could, y'all.
3:06I wish I could, but Mama Bear is
3:08homeschooling, too. So, I be I
3:12[clears throat] need my alone time with
3:15God. And I can't get that time as much
3:17as I would want to to be able to fully
3:19deeply study like I usually do. I am a a
3:22study head. I am not a person who just
3:24reads the Bible and say, "I'm going to
3:25do a Bible study." We're not going to do
3:26that. Um, but let me go ahead and go
3:29because I want us to go ahead and get
3:31started. Uh, I don't want us to take too
3:33much time today because this is a
3:35lengthy Bible study. I've had some time
3:37to really study this. Let me go and put
3:39this right here. Hold on, y'all. Give me
3:40one second.
3:45Okay. All right. Well, I appreciate
3:48that.
3:50It is. No, it's just going to be me from
3:52here on out. Yes. [laughter]
3:56Yeah. You homeschooling, too? Yes. I'll
3:59be going from one room to the next room
4:00to the next room like all day.
4:03All day. One room to the next to the
4:05next. Yes. Yes. Um, so the only tips
4:10that I I really can give you is the same
4:13thing I always say. Have your journal so
4:16you can take notes. Have your
4:17highlighter. Have you a pen, have more
4:19than one translation of the word of God.
4:20I'm always going to tell you start off
4:22with having King James version. I'm not
4:25telling you to just go in a deep dive
4:26and read because then you going to see
4:27blessed and breathe it and everything
4:29else. You going to be seeing all that
4:30stuff. I'm not telling you to do that.
4:32Okay? What I am telling you to do is to
4:34have that as your reference. This is
4:36going to be your starting point. King
4:37James version. However, get you a
4:39translation that you can study that's
4:41not too watered down. I prefer NLT. Love
4:44the New Living Translation. Love it. I
4:47prefer NLT. Uh when I want to go into
4:50the New Testament and I want to go
4:52deeper, I either do the Amplified or I
4:54do the Message Bible. So, have you two
4:55translations if you're going to be
4:56studying with me? I prefer you to have
4:58King James version, New King James
5:00Version, and NLT because I'm always in
5:02those translations. I'm always there.
5:05But as you read the word of God, don't
5:07overwhelm yourself. Let's just say for
5:09instance, uh you'll see that whenever we
5:11study in this Bible study, if it's your
5:13first time, what you'll see is that we
5:14don't go through a full chapter. There's
5:16never I don't think there's ever been a
5:18moment where we'll go through one full
5:19chapter. You may see us go through maybe
5:21four to eight verses, possibly depends
5:23on what book we're in, and we'll study
5:26key terms, breakdowns, everything. We're
5:29going to be in Genesis 2:8-17
5:32for the next two weeks. So, this Bible
5:35study and the next Bible study, we're
5:37going to be in Oh, yeah. Tony Evans for
5:39sure. I I keep Tony Evans. The Tony
5:41Evans Bible commentary. This is the most
5:45amazing commentary I have ever used in
5:49my life. This is like they did such an
5:52outstanding job. It has the compound
5:54names of God.
5:56They they did this. I this stays with
5:58me. It's always with me. It's heavy, but
6:01it's always with me. I I love it. So,
6:03we'll be in Genesis 2 8-17 on this Bible
6:07study and the next one cuz there's going
6:09to be two parts. Originally, I was going
6:12to do this Bible study completely
6:14different. But I was stuck on these
6:16rivers. I was so stuck on these four
6:20riverheads. I was like, "God, why do you
6:22have me stuck here?" And then as I
6:24studied it more and more and I put it
6:27side by side with Acts and side by side
6:30with Psalm and just I started putting
6:32the word of God side by side and I was
6:34like, "Oh,
6:36there was an order here and a lot of
6:39people miss it." I did forget my water.
6:43I did forget. I don't want to go get it,
6:45y'all. I'm just gonna be thirsty, baby.
6:48I did forget my water. Okay. But I was
6:52so stuck on the four riverheads. I'm
6:55like, "Yeah, God, you don't waste no
6:56words in the Bible." So why is this
7:00here?
7:03Yeah, I don't feel like going to get
7:04that water. That That's just a travel. I
7:05don't feel like doing it. Okay, so we
7:07just going we Okay, I I won't go too
7:09crazy today. But yeah, so we're going to
7:12read that. The title today is a life
7:14meant to overflow. A life meant to
7:17overflow.
7:19Y'all said y'all wait.
7:22Okay, hold on. Let me go get the water.
7:25Give me a second. A life mental
7:27overflow. While y'all waiting on me to
7:28get my water. Genesis chapter 2 verse
7:328-17. Can somebody drop it in the chat
7:35for me, please? Can someone drop it
7:37right there? Genesis chapter 2 verse
7:398-17. I'll be right back.
7:58Oh, thank you.
8:04Oh, I couldn't like that. Jesus.
8:06Okay, y'all tell my mommy thank you cuz
8:08she was she had my water ready. She's on
8:10the Bible study. She's in her room.
8:12She's on the study. So, she had my water
8:13ready. Shout out to mama, right? Shout
8:15out to Mama C, y'all. Shout out Mama C.
8:18All right, [laughter] cuz she's in this
8:20Bible study. I didn't know she was.
8:21Okay. A life meant to overflow. Genesis
8:24chapter 2, verse 8 through 17.
8:28[laughter]
8:30[gasps] All right, verses 8 through 17.
8:32And I saw a couple of y'all comments.
8:33It's just going to be me in a Bible
8:34studies from here on out. Uh, someone
8:37actually sent uh Bev a a seed this past
8:42week. Um, whoever you are, if you can
8:46email me because I don't know if you
8:47have Bev's cash app. I don't know if you
8:49have her information, but I want y'all
8:51to have Bev's information cuz like I say
8:52all the time, I want y'all to support
8:55Bev, okay? I want y'all to continue. I
8:57miss her, too. I want y'all to continue
8:59to support Beverly, okay? But like I
9:01said, she's on her own personal journey.
9:02So, y'all continue to keep her in
9:04prayer, okay? Okay. So, I just wanted to
9:06address that cuz I see y'all see a lot
9:08of y'all are returning. Before we get
9:09into prayer, do I have anybody that's
9:11returning? Of course I do cuz I see
9:12y'all names.
9:14But let me just shout out my OG's first
9:16who've been rocking with me in this
9:17Bible study. I love it. I love it.
9:21[snorts]
9:22[laughter]
9:23Good.
9:25Awesome.
9:28Good.
9:32Oh, good. You see on Thursday's glory.
9:34Okay. Hey, Ty. I see you, Tia.
9:40Oh, good. Hey, y'all. Okay. Now, for
9:44those who are new, because I saw a lot
9:46of new names that I've never seen
9:48before. Hey, to all my new beautiful
9:50people. Make sure that those who've been
9:51with me, y'all welcome everybody in. I
9:54know that sometimes Bible studies can be
9:55intimidating. I don't want this Bible
9:57study to be intimidating at all. We
10:00don't have a lot of key terms this Bible
10:03study that I'm going to focus on because
10:04like I said, we going to be in this one
10:06twice. Okay.
10:08All right. So, welcome to all my first
10:10timers. Hello. Hello. Hello. I'm super
10:13excited for you all to be here. Does
10:14everyone have their physical Bible?
10:16Y'all know I'mma say it. Does everyone
10:18have their physical Bibles? I'm in NLT
10:21primarily today
10:24and King James version.
10:26I'm in both. This is not usually the
10:28King James version that I usually have.
10:30This right here is a concordance. This
10:31has a concordance in it, but that's the
10:33first one that I can reach for. My other
10:36one's over there somewhere.
10:38We got our Bibles in hand, right?
10:42Yes. Okay, good. If you're new and
10:46you're like, "Kitty, I don't have a
10:47physical Bible." Baby, if you can afford
10:49it, I want you to grab a physical Bible.
10:51It doesn't have to be a fancy Bible. It
10:53can be a $9, $8, $7 Bible. It it don't
10:56got to be fancy. Just have you a
10:59physical Bible. This is our armor, okay?
11:01And it's just something different about
11:03having the physical Bible where you can
11:04really truly focus. Because when we have
11:06our apps, the apps are good as we go by.
11:09When we have our app a little bit too
11:10much, that muscle memory is going to
11:12say, you know, went from the Bible app
11:14to Instagram reels and you've been
11:16scrolling now. You done landed on
11:18threads and everything else.
11:21Oh, the thrift store for a dollar. Yeah.
11:26tree apples. Look at that. Resourceful.
11:30I like that. All right. So, we have that
11:33[snorts] and we're going to go ahead
11:34briefly. I'm going to go into prayer.
11:35We're going to go ahead briefly. I'm not
11:37going to take up too much of y'all time
11:38because this is a really detailed Bible
11:40study that I want to get into. Okay.
11:44That I want to get into. Let me go back
11:45to this cuz I I think I want to read it
11:49from both of these. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah,
11:53we're going to do
11:54>> Okay. I did not know that. That is good
11:57to know. All right. Before I even start
12:00praying, how has everyone's week been?
12:04I feel like this week I've been feeling
12:05heaviness. So, how's everyone's week
12:07been? I just been feeling a a lot of
12:10lamenting and a lot of sadness.
12:13It just I don't know. It just seems like
12:15it's been like a Yeah, I've been feeling
12:17that and it's not coming for me. Yeah.
12:22I don't know. When I came into worship
12:25today, I was focused on adding more
12:28notes, but I don't know. In worship, it
12:31felt heavy. And it didn't feel heavy
12:33from something that's happening with me.
12:35It just felt like I don't know. I I paid
12:37attention to how many people came in.
12:39I'm like I felt as though since I saw
12:41the devil really trying to cut off the
12:43worship that that was a way of the devil
12:46trying to intervene with us communing
12:48and being in God's presence. And I'm
12:50like, if that is the case, I know it has
12:52to be somebody who's burdened with
12:54something that's here because the devil
12:55just ain't going to do that for kids.
12:59That means that this study is more than
13:01like going to be very purposeful. Not
13:02saying that the rest were not, but this
13:03one's going to be purposeful. I just
13:05know that it is. It was way too many cut
13:08offs in worship.
13:10[laughter]
13:12He tried to keep you out. Yeah, it was
13:13too much going on, but it's okay. So, we
13:15are here. We're here right now, Father
13:18God. And I am asking you, God, that
13:21whoever is in need of this study, Father
13:23God, that they will make it to this room
13:25right now, God. And God, I'm asking to
13:28invite whoever is needing this right
13:30now, Father God, invite them to this
13:32fellowship because when we are weary and
13:34whenever we feel weak, Father God, we
13:36need our brothers and sisters in Christ.
13:38So I usher in the Holy Spirit right now,
13:40Father God. Take over this room, take
13:42over this study, take over my mind,
13:44Father God. Give me the wisdom to be
13:46able to pour out to the hearts that you
13:47have assigned to me. Father God, I thank
13:50you for allowing me to steward this
13:51responsibility, knowing that I have you
13:53to back me up, Father God. But I am
13:55calling on an earthly intervention right
13:57now, Father God. I'm calling on the
13:58heavens to intervene with those who are
14:01feeling distressed, those who are
14:02grieving and lamenting, who feel
14:04burdened in their spirit right now,
14:06Father God. I am asking you to come
14:08down, Father God, and give them comfort,
14:10Father God. For those who feel weary,
14:12Father God, let them know that Christ is
14:14available, Father God. The Holy Spirit
14:16is available, Father God. And I thank
14:18you for that, Father God. I know that
14:20wherever there are trials, Father God, I
14:22know that you are there in the midst of
14:24those trials. But for any reason, if
14:26anyone is going through anything where
14:29they are being tempted, Father God,
14:31please separate that, Father God. Stop
14:33whatever satanic forces there are,
14:35Father God, stop the deception of that
14:37temptation, Father God, and restore them
14:39back to you, Father God. Restore them
14:41back to your presence, Father God. for
14:43those who may have a stony heart right
14:45now, Father God. Make them a tender,
14:47receptive heart so they may be able to
14:49receive you right now, Father God.
14:52Because we need you, Father God. We need
14:54your love, Father God. We need your love
14:56in action right now, Father God. There
14:58is burdens on people right now, Father
15:01God. There are those who are burdened
15:02economically. There are those who are
15:04burdened spiritually. There are those
15:06who are burdened emotionally. There are
15:08those who are burdened financially. And
15:10Father God, I am calling on your
15:12provision right now. Father God, lay
15:14your hand on that heart right now.
15:16Father God, lay your hand on the weary.
15:18Father God, lay your hand on the
15:20anxious. Lay your hand on the burden,
15:22Father God. Give them a peace, Father
15:25God. Give them rest where they feel
15:27anxious, God. Let them know that there
15:29is stillness, Father God, in your
15:31presence, Father God. Give them the
15:33strength to be up, Father God, in spirit
15:36and pray, Father God, and worship you so
15:38you may reorient them, Father God, that
15:40they may be able to be aligned with you,
15:42Father God. Let them call on your name,
15:45Father God, in the darkest hour, Father
15:47God. Let them call on your name in the
15:49midnight hour, Father God. Let them call
15:51on your name in the morning hour, Father
15:53God. Let them call on your name midday,
15:55knowing that you are available. And we
15:57thank Christ Jesus for the Holy Spirit
16:00that was ushered in, Father God, to
16:02advocate for us, Father God, to counsel
16:04us, Father God, to mediate us, Father
16:06God. And so I am calling on you right
16:08now, Father God. I am calling out right
16:10now, Father God, in this prayer right
16:12now, Father God, we are calling on
16:13heaven's authority, Father God. Whatever
16:16low places someone may be residing in
16:18right now, Father God, pull them right
16:20now, Father God, give them the strength,
16:22God. Give them the courage to be able to
16:24come out of that dark place. Let them
16:26find the light in you, Father God. Let
16:28them call out to the mighty name of
16:30Jesus Christ right now, Father God. Let
16:33them be restored to Christ Jesus, Father
16:35God. If they are on a weary road right
16:37now, Father God, let the presence of
16:39Jesus Christ meet them right now, Father
16:42God, that they may be saved, Father God,
16:44that they may be healed, Father God,
16:46that they been be restored, Father God.
16:48There is no wound that is too great,
16:50Father God. There is no worry that is
16:52too great. There is no anxious or
16:53doubtful thought that is too great,
16:55Father God, for you, Father God. And I'm
16:57asking for a calmness in their mind,
16:59Father God. Whatever stronghold they may
17:01be facing right now, Father God,
17:03whatever fortress, Father God, I am
17:05asking for the angels to tear it down.
17:07Father God, let your mighty hand fall
17:09down on that stronghold and deliver them
17:12up from the hands of Satan right now.
17:14Father God, give us a peace as we
17:16navigate this study, Father God, that we
17:18may be in your presence and we may gain
17:20your wisdom that we may be able to
17:22mature spiritually. And we love you,
17:25God. And we thank you for the love that
17:27you have given us. We thank you for the
17:29love that you gave us yesterday, the
17:32love that you give us now, today, and
17:34the love that you'll give us tomorrow.
17:36Father God, we thank you for your hand.
17:39We thank you for your courage. We thank
17:40you for your strength. We thank you for
17:42your comfort. We thank you for your
17:44peace. We thank you for being our home.
17:47And so we'll move in this prayer right
17:49now, Father God. And we'll move in this
17:50study together as one body. In the
17:53mighty and matches name we pray. Amen.
17:55All right, y'all. Let's get into it.
17:57Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Amen.
18:00Everybody got it? We all got the
18:02scriptures? We ready? Or we ready? All
18:05right.
18:07I feel like I'm going to need to go in
18:09my prayer closet now cuz I feel a little
18:11heat. Okay. I'll have going there in a
18:13minute. Okay.
18:15If it's early in the morning, praise God
18:17y'all here. If it's late, praise God you
18:20here. But we are here for the presence
18:21of God, y'all. So, let's get into the
18:23word of God. We're in Genesis chapter 2,
18:26verse 8 through 17. And I really think
18:30that I want to
18:32I'm just going to read the NLT because I
18:34have NLT up here. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Then
18:39the Lord planted a garden. I'm reading
18:40off my screen, y'all, but my Bible's
18:42right here. It's on the same thing. Then
18:43the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in
18:47the east. And there he placed the man he
18:50had made. The Lord God made all sorts of
18:53trees grow up from the ground, trees
18:55that were beautiful and that produced
18:57delicious fruit. In the middle of the
19:00garden, he placed the tree of life and
19:02the tree of knowledge and of good and
19:04evil. A river flowed from the land of
19:07Eden, watering the garden. and then
19:10dividing into four branches. The first
19:13branch called the Pyan flowed around the
19:16entire land of Havila where gold is
19:18found. The gold of that land is
19:20exceptionally pure.
19:23Aramatic resin and onyx stone are also
19:25found there. The second branch called
19:27the Guehan flowed around the entire land
19:30of Kush. The third branch called the
19:33Tigris
19:35or the Hakeel flowed east of the land of
19:38Ashure. The fourth branch is called the
19:40Euphrates or the Pirat. Okay, that's
19:44NLT. Let me go to King James version for
19:47just a second. We're just gonna read
19:49this one for just a second. Y'all going
19:50to understand. If you have never went to
19:52translations, you going to understand
19:54why. And a river went out. I'm back at
19:56I'm at verse 10 now because that's the
19:57only one I really want to focus on. And
19:59a river went out of Eden to water the
20:02garden. And from then it was parted and
20:05became into four heads. That the river
20:08go out or in? That's the first thing I
20:11want to ask y'all just from listening to
20:12the text. Amen. By the way, that the
20:14river go out or in? The direction was
20:18out, right? Okay. What I want y'all to
20:20do for this study right here, I want
20:22y'all to highlight in verse 10. A river
20:26flowed from. Flowed from whatever your
20:29text says. This says a river flowed
20:31from. And this one says went out.
20:33Wherever that text is flowed from or
20:36went out, whatever yours say, I want you
20:39to highlight that.
20:41Mhm.
20:43I want you to highlight that. Okay? I'm
20:45going to keep reading on from 15. I'm
20:49going to keep reading that cuz we're
20:50going to use that for the next one, but
20:51we're going to have it now. The Lord God
20:53placed a man in the Garden of Eden to
20:55tend and watch over it. But the Lord God
20:57warned him, "You may freely eat the
20:58fruit of every tree in the garden except
21:00the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
21:02If you eat his fruit, you are sure to
21:04die. All right, I just want to make sure
21:05y'all go back over there because we're
21:06gonna be talking about that. So, the
21:07first thing I want y'all to pay
21:08attention to is there is a flow. There
21:12is a functionality that we already see,
21:15but there is a flow. It did not say that
21:17the river flowed in. It said that the
21:19river flowed out out of Eden. Okay, we
21:23already know that Eden is the presence
21:25of God.
21:27This is the presence of God. Let's just
21:28go ahead and put it out there. Eden is a
21:31space where we can find the presence of
21:32God. There is one river. There is one
21:36river that not four origins but there is
21:40one river that became four riverheads.
21:42One one source one river first that
21:46became four riverheads. The source is
21:49Eden because this is the place of God's
21:51presence. That's what we see the place
21:53of God's presence. Right? The four
21:55rivers are branches.
21:57These are not independent systems to
22:00themselves. They are all branches. So
22:01they come from one source. Same as a
22:04tree. Branches come from a come from a
22:06tree. They are all coming from one
22:08source. That's the first thing I want
22:10y'all to make sure that y'all get in
22:11your head. Okay. [laughter]
22:13The first river that we see is Pyon.
22:17And what did it say? This Pyon, this
22:19flowed out to the land of Havila. And
22:21what was in that land? What was
22:24exceptionally pure that was there? Come
22:26on y'all talk to me. Gold. What else do
22:28we see? What else we see? We saw gold.
22:31Exceptionally pure gold, right? Onyx.
22:35What else?
22:37What else do we see? Resin. Exactly.
22:40Mhm. So, the first thing we see are
22:42valuable things in Pyon.
22:45That's the first thing we saw. So, we
22:47going to go on Pyon first. Okay. Pyon is
22:50associated with abundance. If you look
22:52at what pyon means and the symbolism of
22:54that word, it is abundance.
22:57So we see the first riverhead is a
23:00riverhead of abundance. Okay?
23:03Flowing from Eden, God's presence, the
23:06first river that it identifies in the
23:08word of God is abundance.
23:11That's the first thing we see. Keep
23:13going. What we see is this river right
23:16here flows through the land of Havila.
23:18This is the first one. This flows
23:19through a land of richness.
23:22and value.
23:24So we already saw in Genesis, we saw the
23:27things that God created, we saw the land
23:29that he created, we saw the systems that
23:31God created. Everything was already
23:33there.
23:35When human when man was made, man lacked
23:39nothing from the beginning. Lacked
23:42nothing.
23:44I have a question for you.
23:46The first river identified abundance.
23:51How many times have y'all heard people
23:54believe that they lack everything
23:56because they going through a hard
23:58season. They feel like they came from
24:00misfortune and they speak in a way as if
24:02they lack everything.
24:05Mhm. The way God created this earth and
24:08the things that we have, he created
24:11wealth into creation. This is not just
24:13about finances. This is resources. There
24:16was wealth that was already created and
24:19built into creation.
24:22A lot of times we talk ourselves out of
24:24that. A lot of times we talk ourselves
24:26out of understanding that God is a God
24:28of abundance.
24:30One thing we did notice is that the flow
24:33was outward. Well, why didn't the word
24:35of God say that the rivers came into
24:38Eden? Because a lot of people want to
24:41make God seem like he's narcissistic.
24:43A lot of people want to say that God is
24:45self-absorbed and he needs people to
24:47worship him and things like that. But
24:50the way that I have an understanding of
24:51the way things typically go whenever we
24:54are giving to somebody else, what's the
24:56flow? Whenever we give to somebody else,
24:58is that outward or inward?
25:01Is that a outward or inward flow?
25:04Okay. When we say I love you, are we
25:07saying that outward to a person or is
25:10that an inward statement that we made?
25:13That's outward, right?
25:16So why not inward?
25:18Why did the rivers Why did God say not
25:20say that the rivers were going into
25:22Eden?
25:23Because if the rivers were coming into
25:25the source, if the rivers were coming
25:27into the presence of God, that that
25:28means that God would have to be the
25:30receiver,
25:31not the source.
25:34We identify God as the source. He didn't
25:37say that there was a river outside 1,200
25:40yards from here and it flowed into Eden
25:43in four branches because then that would
25:45make God the the receiver. But God is
25:48the source.
25:50So life does not flow into God. Life
25:54flows out from God. So that's another
25:58way for you to understand just how much
26:00God loves you. God does not need to
26:03receive life from any of us.
26:06He doesn't need to receive life. He
26:08doesn't need to receive to receive
26:11strength. He doesn't re need to receive
26:12sus sustenance. He doesn't need to
26:14receive any of that. The word of God
26:16says it is in Acts [snorts]
26:21Acts
26:2317. I think it's Acts 17 verse. Hold on
26:28y'all. Let me get it for you. Give me a
26:30second. Let me find it because I want to
26:37Where is it? It is. There we go. Acts 17
26:43verse 25.
26:46Acts 17 verse 25 says, "And human hands
26:49can't serve his needs for he has no
26:52needs." That's what the word of God
26:55says. So if the river would have flowed
26:57inward that means God would have been
26:59dependent on creation
27:02and creation would have been sustaining
27:04the creator.
27:07If you ever think about
27:09let's let's just say this I'll take this
27:11water bottle for a second. If this water
27:14bottle was empty and I poured water into
27:17it and I just left the water open, I
27:20just left it by itself and I left it on
27:22going, not touched everything else.
27:24Well, let's just say that I put water in
27:26a bucket and I just left the water
27:28there. I just poured it into the water.
27:30I mean, poured it into the bucket and it
27:31was inward and it was there. What do you
27:33think would happen to the water?
27:35What happens to still water if I just
27:38There we go. It becomes stale. What
27:40else? Give me some more words. What
27:41happens if we pour into something and it
27:45just stands right there? I like that.
27:48Stagnant, evaporates. Okay. Dries out.
27:52It becomes like still water. Y'all know
27:54still water. We can't swim in still
27:55water, right? We can't swim in still
27:58water.
28:00Mhm. So, if we just were to pour water
28:03in something and it just stayed by
28:06itself and it was still,
28:08nothing can come from that water. No
28:11life can come from that water
28:14if it flowed inward. But if I took that
28:17same water or this water
28:20and I poured it out, it has to go
28:22somewhere. So if I just poured it
28:24downward, it's going to hit a surface
28:26and it's going to flow, right? And it's
28:28going to start to overflow, right? If I
28:31just took water and I just kept pouring
28:33it and it was going outward, eventually
28:36it's just going to start to overflow.
28:38Are y'all following me so far? I'm about
28:40to get into it. Just follow me. Okay.
28:42So, if it was inward, it's going to
28:44become still and and lifeless and
28:46polluted and stagnant and somebody else
28:49was saying dry.
28:51But if I took this water and I poured it
28:53out, let's just say I took this water
28:54and I poured it over a plant, it's going
28:56to nourish that plant.
28:59And something's going to multiply from
29:00the very water in which I pour out
29:03because if I pour water out, it can
29:05sustain an ecosystem.
29:07So what we see is the rivers are flowing
29:10outward which shows that God pours out.
29:14He breathes. He speaks.
29:17He sends. He pours out his love. He
29:21pours out. God is love. Is that not what
29:24the word of God says? His nature is
29:26love.
29:28And love from God cannot only flow
29:30inward.
29:32It cannot only flow inward. I'm about to
29:35get to the rivers. I promise y'all
29:37because if God only flowed inward, if
29:39everything only flowed inward, then that
29:41means that God would be self-absorbed
29:44and love will terminate in him alone.
29:47But that's not the way God works.
29:50What God does, what we've seen in all of
29:52the word of God is God continues to pour
29:55out.
29:56He gives and he pours out. To give and
30:00to pour is outward. Right? Y'all with
30:02me? Right? The flow is outward, right?
30:07Eden symbolizes the presence of God. The
30:11rivers flowed outward.
30:15God gives and pours. That is a outward
30:17expression, right?
30:21If if the flow was only inward is if
30:24love was only inward when it comes to
30:27God, if God was only an inward God, we
30:30would be excluded.
30:33we would be excluded.
30:36God creates [snorts] everything to flow
30:39out and to share.
30:42So, we were created to receive.
30:45That's what happened with Adam. That's
30:47what we saw. We were created to receive.
30:50God didn't create us to just feed him.
30:52He didn't say, "Hey, y'all come in here
30:54and feed me grapes." He didn't say none
30:55of that.
30:57Even when we worship God like we did
30:59while a guy worship does not sustain
31:02God, it doesn't. What worship does is
31:06more so for us than it is for God
31:09because it reorients us back to the
31:11source. Whenever we worship, it realigns
31:13us with God. Whenever we worship, it
31:16puts us in the presence of God. So
31:18whenever we are going through anything
31:20in life, any trial or anything right
31:22there, whenever we worship, what
31:24happens? What happens when y'all are
31:27going through the worst moments and you
31:28get up and worship? I mean, it's the
31:30worst, but you are worship. Your heart
31:32becomes soften softened and receptive to
31:35God. He doesn't need us to sustain him.
31:40If you think of worship, if you think of
31:43worship like opening a window to
31:45sunlight, think of worship that way. If
31:48you think of worship like opening a
31:50window to sunlight, the sun doesn't need
31:52the window.
31:55You do if you think of worship that way.
31:59Opening a window
32:02to sunlight. The sunlight doesn't need
32:04the window. But you you need the window.
32:07You do.
32:09Okay. Let's keep going about the flow
32:11being outward cuz I want to get into
32:12these rivers cuz I thought I thought
32:14this was amazing to see this order.
32:16Okay. God does not take, he gives. And
32:20so I want to help us make sense of this.
32:21God is self-existent.
32:24Okay? He doesn't run off of our praise.
32:27He doesn't run off of our worship. He
32:28doesn't run off of our service. He
32:30doesn't run off of our stewardship. He
32:32doesn't run off of our obedience. He
32:33doesn't do any of that. If he did, he
32:35would not be God.
32:38The reason why creation exists to begin
32:40with is because God gave. God gives. We
32:45serve a giving God, an outward God.
32:50So from the beginning, the first flow
32:53that we identified that we highlighted,
32:55the flow must be outward, not inward.
32:58Let's get into these rivers cuz I want
33:01to talk about that. [snorts]
33:05Each river speaks of a functionality.
33:08Notice what it didn't tell us. It didn't
33:10tell us the length of any one of those
33:11rivers. It didn't tell us none of that.
33:13We got the origin and where those rivers
33:15were flowing to. That's it. We knew they
33:18were flowing somewhere.
33:21So, I want y'all to think of the Garden
33:23of Eden. If you look up the Hebrew word
33:25for Eden, it means delight and pleasure.
33:28That's what the word Eden means in
33:30Hebrew. It means delight and pleasure.
33:33And it's symbolic of the ultimate source
33:36of all delight and pleasure, God. That's
33:40Eden. So, I want y'all to think of that
33:41symbolism. And then we have four
33:43riverheads.
33:45And the four riverheads show us the
33:47operational order in which God flows
33:49out. Operational order in which the
33:52things that God gives flows out. The
33:55operational order of how God shows up
33:58and operates in our lives. That's what
34:00we see by the riverhead.
34:03Life moves from God through us
34:08into the world. Let's talk Pyon.
34:11The first river is called Pyan. If you
34:14look up the word pyon to understand what
34:16it means, it means fullflowing,
34:19increase, abundance, and sufficiency.
34:24We're in Genesis 2 8-17.
34:27Pyon, the first river. The meaning of
34:30that river, the name is fullflowing,
34:34increased abundance and sufficiency.
34:40The connotation for pyon for the word
34:42pyon means to gush forth and to overflow
34:45as well. That's the connotation for it.
34:48Okay. So what we see in pyon already is
34:51the fullness of God. We see abundance,
34:53right? We see full flowing
34:56increase abundance and sufficiency.
34:58We're already seeing the fullness of
35:01God. So the starting point of God was
35:03never lacking.
35:06Lack was never God's first starting
35:08point. That was never what it was. If
35:09you look at all of Genesis from what we
35:11read, there was an overflow and an
35:12abundance of everything, right? There
35:14was an abundance of everything.
35:18All needs were already built into
35:20creation. When Adam came, did Adam have
35:23to scrap for anything? Did he have to
35:26run around for anything?
35:28He didn't have to.
35:31Adam had everything. these beautiful
35:33trees, all the fruit,
35:37plants that yielded to themselves, that
35:39yielded seeds of themselves, he had
35:41everything. There was nothing that Adam
35:44or Eve would need.
35:47All needs were built into creation. So
35:50if all needs, if pyon is the fullness of
35:53God, the sufficiency of God, the
35:56fullflowing abundance of God, why is it
35:59that we question God as if though he is
36:01not going to meet all of our needs?
36:04Why do we do that when we know that all
36:07our needs were built into creation? This
36:09is the reason why it's so important to
36:11stay in the presence of God for
36:12instruction and direction because it's
36:15already built into creation.
36:18We have to claim that. But a lot of
36:21times we forget that. So we don't claim
36:22it. And we come to God as if we're
36:25lacking. We're not lacking.
36:27We're not lacking. You claim it. It's in
36:30God. That's why we stay in his presence.
36:33So let's keep going. I'm sorry about
36:34that. I'm I'm getting off track. Let's
36:35keep going. Before work, before to
36:38before assignment, God assured in
36:42Genesis in the beginning that we'd have
36:45enough.
36:47We're only on the first riverhead, by
36:48the way. We're only on Pyon.
36:53Okay, let's talk about Guehan. That's
36:54the second one that we listed. The
36:57second riverhead that we saw in the word
36:59of God. Guhan means to burst forth,
37:02gushing.
37:04So, we have abundance. An abundance, a
37:07whole lot of resources. And then the
37:09second river,
37:12the meaning of the sep means bursting.
37:16and gushing.
37:19Okay, if y'all have y'all EVER SEEN A
37:21FIRE HYDRANT that's open outside? I know
37:25I got some New Yorkers in here
37:26somewhere.
37:27Y'all ever seen a And what happens with
37:30the water? You see it just gushing out,
37:32right?
37:33There's an overflow of water if it
37:36gushes out, right? The other meaning for
37:38Guhan is overflow.
37:40We have two riverheads. We have
37:42abundance
37:44and we have overflow.
37:48The abundance that we have that is
37:50stored up in us that was built into
37:52creation was never meant to be stagnant
37:55according to Guhan. According to the
37:58bursting forth and the gushing and the
38:01overflow, the abundance that is in us
38:05should overflow.
38:07Y'all follow me? Y'all follow me? Am I
38:09losing y'all? Y'all follow me?
38:13Okay, that's Gihan.
38:16Okay, let's talk about the the Tigers
38:18River. We I'm sure y'all heard of that.
38:20That's actually geographical. I'm sure
38:21y'all heard of that. Hide.
38:24The Tigers River. That river means
38:27rapid, swift, or darting.
38:32Darting.
38:33Rapid, swift, or darting. Whenever we
38:38see a overflow,
38:41a gushing of something as it keeps on
38:45going, let's just Okay, think of the
38:48think of a a fire hydrant that's open
38:51and the water is gushing out. Now, there
38:53is a flow on the side of the curb in the
38:56street and it's going and it's a
38:59constant flow. So, if it's a constant
39:02flow, that means that it's built
39:03momentum, right? If something has a
39:06constant flow and it's going swiftly,
39:10that means that it builds momentum,
39:12right? Y'all follow me? Does that Am I
39:15Am I making it up? That That's right.
39:17Right.
39:18That means that it builds momentum.
39:23So the abundance that's stored in us,
39:25the fullness of God that is in us, this
39:29fullflowing abundance that we have here,
39:32this efficiency that we have,
39:35it bursts forth.
39:37It goes, it starts to overflow and it
39:41builds a momentum.
39:44And it builds a momentum. When we say
39:47darting, if y'all ever think about
39:49darting, there's always a destination.
39:51There's always a goal. It's aiming for
39:54something. There's If we're darting at
39:57something, there is an aim, right? Y'all
40:00follow me? There is an aim.
40:05Yes. So, now we have the Euphrates
40:07River.
40:09The meaning of the Euphrates River is
40:11fruitfulness. I'm about to get some
40:13momentum in just a minute.
40:16Is fruitfulness.
40:18That water has to go. The water that
40:20built momentum that had all of the
40:23needs, all of the resources and it was
40:25overflowing of those resources has now
40:27built a momentum and it has to go in
40:30some type of direction. There will be an
40:32end point somewhere. There will be an
40:35endpoint somewhere. And then we get to
40:36the fourth river head
40:39Euphrates. That means fruitfulness.
40:44It means that the water that's there is
40:46sustaining water.
40:51So when there is an overflow of the
40:54abundance that we have,
40:56eventually it'll produce fruit.
41:00Make sure y'all follow me. I'm about to
41:02get to it. Eventually.
41:04So what we see with these four rivers,
41:06they are communicating something to us.
41:08Thank you, Lord. The four rivers are
41:10communicating something to us, and
41:13they're communicating what God wants
41:16operative in our lives.
41:18That's what the four rivers
41:19communicated.
41:22Eden had rivers flowing out. What we saw
41:26in the word of God, God formed man,
41:28right?
41:30God formed man with his own breath. He
41:33formed man. This man had an identity.
41:34And then God place man in Eden. There's
41:37a presence right there. Right. And then
41:40God releases the river that divides into
41:43four flows.
41:46God releases rivers that expand. We've
41:50already seen that God is expansive.
41:54So we look and say is we have to ask
41:56ourselves is this is this how life with
41:59God is meant to function and overflow
42:04an abundance that eventually becomes
42:06fruitfulness.
42:08Y'all are y'all following me? Is this
42:10how life with God is meant to function?
42:13Cuz a riverhead say that there is an
42:15abundance that overflows that now has
42:19momentum because once you keep on doing
42:21something once something keeps going it
42:24eventually becomes steady and it builds
42:27a momentum and then there's fruitfulness
42:30as well. So then once again we see
42:33operationally that life is not just
42:35about us. The abundance that God has
42:37stored in us flows outward for the
42:39fruitfulness that somebody else may
42:41receive the fruit of us. If we carry the
42:44fruit of the spirit, then that's what's
42:46going to flow from us. I hear you, God.
42:50So these rivers were not just locations.
42:55They were functional.
42:58They are the house.
43:01The text doesn't tell us where the
43:04rivers are going as much as how the the
43:08waters behave.
43:10That's what we start to see. So the
43:13rivers start to reveal God's operational
43:16order.
43:20That is insane when you really think
43:21about it.
43:23How it shows how life moves from God
43:27outward from right. It shows how life
43:30moves from God
43:32through us
43:34into the world. Because once the river
43:37flowed out and it built a momentum,
43:39there was an overflow of gushing and it
43:41built momentum. It landed somewhere.
43:47It landed somewhere. So let's go back to
43:49Pyon. Let's go back there. Let's go back
43:52to Pyon. Okay. We saw lack was never the
43:55starting point. Starting point, sorry.
43:58God begins with abundance. There was one
44:03river that flowed through Eden that
44:05became four riverheads flow through
44:08Eden. The presence of God.
44:13So if you ever think about the
44:15capacities that we talked about early on
44:17in Genesis
44:19and you ever think about the emotional
44:21or spiritual
44:23material capacity that we have to handle
44:26what God is asking of us then if we have
44:29the capacity once again it means we lack
44:31nothing right?
44:33If we have the spiritual
44:35or the material capacity to handle what
44:38God is asking of asking of us, it means
44:40that we lack nothing. Right?
44:43>> So if God has commanded you to do
44:46something or has commissioned you out or
44:48called you to do something, why are you
44:51hesitating as if you lack something? I
44:53don't want to hear you tell me, "Oh,
44:55well Kitty, I'm just practicing my
44:56discernment." I don't want to hear that
44:58I'm just in my waiting season. Those are
45:00completely different things. A lot of
45:02times we hesitate because we doubt that
45:04God has given us sufficiency.
45:07Okay, let me slow down. I said I won't
45:08go to take it there. Let me slow down.
45:11Let's let's go to Ghan. Okay, let me
45:14slow down. Okay, so we have the
45:16overflow.
45:18Okay, so what in the world is overflow
45:21communicating to us? When abundance is
45:25established, thank you God. When
45:26abundance is established,
45:28it cannot stay contained in something.
45:32Abundance can never be placed in a box.
45:34Y'all get what I'm saying? It cannot.
45:37It's going to rupture. It's going to
45:39burst. It's too much to be contained.
45:42What God has stored in us, the capacity
45:44that God has stored in us is too much to
45:47be contained. It has to go somewhere.
45:50What's the direction that it has to go,
45:51y'all? The abundance that God has stored
45:55in us has to go somewhere. It cannot be
45:58contained.
46:00So then it starts to push outward. Thank
46:02you. God wants his life in us to
46:08overflow. Let's say that again. God
46:11wants his life
46:14in us to overflow.
46:16Okay? Please don't cuss in my chat.
46:18Okay? Cuz I saw a curse word. Please
46:19don't cuss in my chat. Okay? We're in
46:21God's presence. We have to be very
46:23respectful. Okay? Please don't do that.
46:26Okay? God wants his life in us to
46:29overflow.
46:32Y'all get that?
46:36So, if God encourages us and he stores
46:38up gifts in us, then we are to
46:40encourage, to give, and to serve
46:43naturally. It's going to spill outward.
46:46Tigers, let's keep going. Okay, Tigers.
46:50Now, I'mma talk about momentum. I'm
46:51getting through this Bible study as
46:52quick as I can, y'all. Y'all okay? Y'all
46:54still with me? Y'all good? Are y'all
46:56still with me? We still together? I love
46:58being in the presence of God. We still
47:00here? Okay. So, the Tigris River now
47:03reflects the momentum. Like I said while
47:05ago, the meaning of momentum
47:08is the force and energy built from
47:10consistent, let me say this slowly, the
47:12force and energy built from consistent
47:18small actions that propel you propel you
47:22toward your goals.
47:25creating a self- sustaining cycle of
47:29progress,
47:31motivation, and achievement by making it
47:34easier to keep going, overcoming
47:37resistance, and turning small efforts
47:39into significant results.
47:43Momentum is the driving force that keeps
47:45you moving forward
47:49even when things get tough.
47:53In other words, that overflow, that
47:56gushing out, that moving forward, the
47:58more that we see what's stored up in us,
48:00and the more we stay in the presence of
48:02God, the more we allow God to take over
48:05our lives, the more we trust God, the
48:07more we obey God, when God comes in and
48:10he transforms our inner nature. When God
48:13comes in and he changes our heart and he
48:15puts a different spirit in us, we
48:17naturally begin to obey God and it just
48:20keeps going and it keeps going and it's
48:22abundance that's stored in us. It
48:24overflows and as it keeps going and it
48:27keeps building the momentum. It finds a
48:29destination. It finds where it has been
48:32aiming. It find it's darting and it's
48:35looking for something and it finds it.
48:37So whenever we start to realize that the
48:39momentum was built as we realized that
48:41God made sure that we had whatever it is
48:43that we needed and all of that that was
48:46stored in us started gushing out and we
48:48trusted God in the process and he took
48:51us to somebody he called us to and he
48:54took us to a place an environment a
48:56person a ministry he took us somewhere
49:02and there is a reward in the end that's
49:05what the word of God says but As for
49:07you, be strong and do not give up for
49:11your work will be rewarded.
49:15God designed us for momentum,
49:20abundance,
49:22overflow, momentum, and fruitfulness.
49:25That's the riverheads. Oh, okay. I'm
49:27sorry. Okay, I'm sorry, baby. I thought
49:29I Sorry. Okay, she spelled the wrong.
49:32Okay, I saw the word and I was like,
49:33"Oh, Jesus." Thank you for clearing it
49:35up, honey bun. Thank y'all. Okay, I just
49:37saw the word. I couldn't read the full
49:39text, but I saw the word. Sorry about
49:40that, sugar love. Okay, I got you. It
49:42was dam. I got you, baby. Okay, so what
49:44does that communicate? If God designed
49:46us for momentum, what in the world is
49:48that telling us, kitty?
49:51Once life is abundant
49:54and overflowing,
49:57it will accelerate
50:00and it has a direction
50:03because Tigris was rapid.
50:08That's it. So you mean to tell me that
50:12life is going to speed up?
50:15You got somebody that you are assigned
50:17to.
50:19There's an overflow.
50:21So, it may seems like it may seem like
50:23it's speeding up to you. It's right on
50:25time when it comes to God.
50:28Euphrates.
50:31If y'all ever go and look at uh the
50:34scriptures that talk about Euphrates,
50:36Euphrates is actually in the text a
50:37couple of times. That's one that it
50:38talks about a couple of times. Euphrates
50:41becomes a symbol of inheritance,
50:43boundary, inheritance, all of that. But
50:46it also becomes a measure of expansion.
50:48So this river is not the fast river like
50:51Tigris.
50:53Mhm.
50:55This is not this is not that type of
50:57river. This river right here is the
50:59sustaining water.
51:01The goal of flow is fruitfulness.
51:04That's the goal. This whole flow, the
51:07goal is fruitfulness, expansion,
51:09inheritance, the whole flow of it.
51:13So God's flow that we see coming out the
51:15Garden of Eden is meant to establish
51:18something that lasts. This is why it's
51:21so important that we steward what God
51:23gives us very well.
51:26Because everything that God has stored
51:28in us is meant to establish something
51:31that lasts. This is why our lineage
51:34after us is so important. The people
51:36that we speak to, the people that we
51:38heal, the people that we help, the
51:40people who get to see our fruits, who
51:42get to have and get to enjoy our fruits,
51:44that is so important.
51:47You ever you ever look at your past life
51:50when you lived in in sin or whatever it
51:52was you were doing and ever think or ask
51:55yourself what fruit was multiplying in
51:57me? I have.
52:00I have. And it wasn't the fruit of the
52:02spirit. It was very opposite.
52:05But now the fruit of the spirit is
52:07abundant. There's a overflow of the
52:09fruit of the spirit that's in me and it
52:12pours out and it flows out to everyone
52:14that it is assigned to. If it wasn't,
52:16then I wouldn't be in this Bible study.
52:18So now we see the sequence, y'all. We
52:20got abundance. Let's let's talk about
52:21what the rivers reveal. I'm I'm almost
52:22finished. I promise. We got abundance.
52:26We got overflow.
52:28We got momentum.
52:30And we got fruitfulness.
52:34That's an operating system. It's more
52:36than one functionality. That means that
52:39it is a system. There's more than one
52:41functionality with these rivers. That
52:44means that that is now a system. So we
52:46see God's operating system right here.
52:48Abundance, overflow, momentum,
52:51fruitfulness. Why are we acting like
52:56why do we ever question God?
52:59Why do we ever doubt God? This right
53:02here again in Genesis shows us how much
53:05God loves us in action. That's why the
53:08word of God reminds us that God is love.
53:11He gives.
53:14He It flows from God.
53:18It comes from God. God said, "I'mma make
53:21sure you okay. It's in you." I know
53:24right now you probably looking like,
53:25"Kitty, I got $2 in my bank account.
53:28There's so much more that God has stored
53:30in you. And we have to remember that we
53:32have to claim these things. The very
53:35thing that Satan wants you to do is
53:37believe that God is not a giver and that
53:39God is selfish and he's self-absorbed.
53:41And that is not how God is. He didn't
53:43say that the rivers flowed in. He didn't
53:45say you had to feed me grapes and
53:46lettuce and everything else. God said it
53:48flows out from me. There is life that
53:50flows out from me. So the enemy tries to
53:53remind you and tries to deceive you and
53:55make you believe that God is
53:57self-absorbed. that God is the
53:58narcissist, that God doesn't care about
54:00you. But the truth is, God showed us
54:03time and time again. And we, it was
54:05built in us already.
54:07You got to tap in, twin. This why we
54:10stay in the presence of God. This is why
54:11we stay in the word of God. So we can
54:14know God for ourselves. This is the
54:16reason why we study the word of God. So
54:17we can comprehend God for ourselves to
54:19see that God is a God of love. There is
54:23abundance in you. Do not come into
54:25agreement with the enemy and say that
54:27you are broke. Don't say that. Don't say
54:29I'm broke. Don't come into the agreement
54:31with the enemy. Don't say I'm never
54:33going to I'm never going to have. Don't
54:34come into the agreement with the enemy.
54:36Come into agreement with God. And the
54:38agreement is right here. God said I am a
54:39God of abundance, overflow, momentum,
54:42and fruitfulness.
54:45Recognize who we serve.
54:48God formed Adam. Adam had an identity.
54:51God created a garden. Adam had a place
54:54to go and then God gave an operation.
54:57How life is to flow outward
55:01after the identity after he placed Adam
55:04then there was the flow
55:07is there. So sometimes the reason why we
55:10don't necessarily see the float is
55:12because we have not yet been transformed
55:14internally. God is working on you which
55:16is the reason why you feel so many
55:18convictions. Why am I not doing the
55:20things that I used to do? Why am I not
55:22speaking like I used to speak? Why am I
55:24not feeling like the like I used to
55:26feel? Because the word of God tells you
55:27that. The word of God tells you that God
55:30is going to give you a new heart. Put a
55:32new spirit in you. Turn your heart from
55:34stony to tender and receptive.
55:38That's what the word of God says. So a
55:40lot of times you feel like I don't
55:42understand why I'm going through this
55:44because he has to transform you so
55:46obedience can flow naturally. There has
55:49to be a transformation. That's the
55:51reason why Jesus calls obedience his
55:52yoke. There is a transformation that has
55:55to happen inside of you. So all these
55:57trials and stuff you trying to figure
55:58out why am I going through this? Cuz God
56:00is transforming you and making your
56:02heart more receptive. He is changing
56:06your identity as he changes your
56:09identity because identity is the first
56:10thing that was seen. So when the
56:12identity is newly formed now you have a
56:14place where God is setting.
56:17Now you have the place and when you get
56:20to that place, now we have those rivers.
56:24This is a reason why when you give God
56:26your yes after all the trials
56:30and just remember that God is with you
56:32in those trials. When you give God your
56:34yes and he now changes your very
56:37identity, then you start to see now I'm
56:39in a different environment. I'm not even
56:40around the same people. This is new for
56:42me. And then that abundance comes out of
56:44nowhere and it comes so fast that you
56:46like, I don't get this. It was already
56:49there for you. God already had it
56:51working for you. But sometimes it's our
56:53very resistance. It was my resistance
56:54that would not let me say yes to God.
56:58When I said yes to God, talk about the
57:00overflow.
57:02But it was my own rebellion and my own
57:05resistance and my own doubt and my own
57:08trauma that wouldn't allow me to give
57:10God a yes. So I was always resisting the
57:13transformation. I mean it was conviction
57:14after conviction and I was like I'm
57:16okay. I'm okay. I wasn't.
57:22So you can't manage this flow that God
57:25reveals in Genesis if you're not rooted
57:28in God's presence. In order for the flow
57:30to come out, there had to be God's
57:31presence first. Eden, right? We talking
57:33about Eden, right? So you can't manage
57:35the flow unless you're rooted in God's
57:38presence. Kitty, why is the abundance
57:40not happening? Are you in God's
57:42presence?
57:45How you going to manage this overflow?
57:47How you going to manage this momentum?
57:49How you going to manage all the fruit of
57:50this if you are not rooted in God's
57:52presence? You are going to be very
57:54irresponsible with it.
57:59In order for us to manage the flow, we
58:02have to be rooted in God's presence.
58:04Just as one river
58:06flowed from Eden and became four
58:10lifegiving
58:12streams,
58:14we are mobile dwelling places. We are
58:16the little mini Edens. We are mobile
58:18dwelling pa places of God.
58:21We carry we we carry God's presence
58:30and we can be sources of spiritual life
58:32to other people. Remember, whatever the
58:34abundance it is that God stored in us is
58:37going to flow out to other people. Now,
58:39I need my water. We are vessels.
58:43[clears throat]
58:44We are vessels.
58:47What is a vessel? We are a living
58:51intersection
58:53of heaven and earth. We're vessels.
58:58So our fruitfulness
59:01flows from remaining in God's presence.
59:06Just as one river flowed from Eden
59:09into four lifegiving streams,
59:13God's life now flows through his
59:17believers,
59:21little dwelling places
59:23into the world. This is the reason why
59:26we have to steward the gifts and the
59:28responsibility that God has given us
59:30because what the abundance is that's
59:32stored up in us
59:35is going to go to other believers or
59:38people who are not believers, people who
59:39are lost. We have to remember we're
59:41little mini dwelling places. It's the
59:43reason why we have to take care of our
59:44temples. We have to treat this temple
59:46right.
59:50These four rivers,
59:52excuse me, y'all. Excuse me.
59:56These four rivers of Eden,
1:00:01they reveal God's design for our life.
1:00:04[snorts]
1:00:05So, what is God's design for our life,
1:00:07y'all? We just talked about it. What is
1:00:08his design for our life? Abundance that
1:00:11becomes overflow?
1:00:14Overflow that creates momentum
1:00:18and momentum that produces lasting
1:00:20fruit. That is the order and the design
1:00:23for us. Abundance that becomes overflow.
1:00:28Can y'all feel that?
1:00:31What? Yes, I want a new identity. Yes, I
1:00:34want to be made new in Christ. Yes, I
1:00:36want abundance. I want to be reminded
1:00:38that I have abundance. Yes, I want to I
1:00:41want to witness this overflow. Yes, I
1:00:43want to feel this momentum. said,
1:00:45"Absolutely. Yes. I want to see the
1:00:48fruit that was produced
1:00:50from being in the presence of God."
1:00:53Yeah. I want that.
1:00:56So, when what we see in the word of God,
1:00:58we going to keep going, y'all. In the
1:01:00next study, we going to keep talking
1:01:01about it cuz we got to talk about these
1:01:02trees. We got to talk about it. [gasps]
1:01:05But God doesn't do anything without
1:01:07reason.
1:01:08He just don't be wasting no words cuz
1:01:10cuz if you read it, you like, "Now, why
1:01:12he put them up in there?" What? Who we
1:01:14talking about some rivers for? If you
1:01:16were just to to read the Bible in that
1:01:19365 day challenge, you would have said
1:01:22somebody would say, "Did you read about
1:01:24the rivers in Genesis?" Yeah. I don't I
1:01:26don't understand why he had to talk
1:01:28about them rivers, but I remember that
1:01:29Adam and Eve. I remember the the apple,
1:01:34the fruit.
1:01:37I remember the trees.
1:01:40Mhm.
1:01:42that you sit down and study that because
1:01:45God doesn't waste his words. Nothing in
1:01:48the word of God is wasted.
1:01:51Let me stop playing. [laughter]
1:01:54This is why we study the word of God.
1:01:57God doesn't do things on a whim.
1:02:05I mean, if you think about it, what if
1:02:07this was reversed? I mean, just think
1:02:08about if it was reversed. Could this
1:02:10possibly? What would happen if this was
1:02:12reversed? There couldn't be an overflow
1:02:14without abundance. It just couldn't.
1:02:16We'd be dry. If there was a overflow
1:02:20without abundance, you mean to tell me I
1:02:23only got two yams left and you talking
1:02:27there's a overflow? It's overflowing
1:02:28these two yams that I got. I have
1:02:30nothing left. If there was a overflow
1:02:32without abundance, we would all be dried
1:02:35up.
1:02:38So God is never going to ask us to give
1:02:40what he has not supplied.
1:02:43So when God calls you and you're like,
1:02:44"Lord, I don't have it." Yes, you do.
1:02:46That's why he called you. Yes, you do.
1:02:49When he gives you instruction, it's
1:02:51because you have it. Yes, you do.
1:02:54You may not physically have it right
1:02:55there in that moment, but it's coming.
1:02:57You got it. You good.
1:02:59You got it. So, another thing that we
1:03:02see, and I I thank God for this. If you
1:03:06ever if y'all ever take the time to go
1:03:08back over the notes that we talked about
1:03:09in Genesis and Exodus,
1:03:11y'all will start to see that God very
1:03:13much so protects us through his order.
1:03:15This is the reason why we serve an
1:03:17orderly God. He protects us through his
1:03:20order. He has systems in place for us.
1:03:24And he protects us through that order
1:03:25and those systems that it's the order
1:03:28that keeps life flowing as God intended
1:03:32it to flow. Y'all understand that?
1:03:35We got that.
1:03:38Are we good on that, y'all?
1:03:42That's really just all that it is. None
1:03:44of this could have been in reverse. None
1:03:46of this could have changed. None of
1:03:48this. This is exactly how God wanted it
1:03:50to be.
1:03:52This is exactly how God wanted it to be.
1:03:57Life that does not move outward
1:04:00ceases to be life. If it flowed inward,
1:04:06y'all know if the water flowed inward,
1:04:07what would happen?
1:04:10God flows out. He pours out. That is
1:04:12love is outward.
1:04:16To bust out.
1:04:18We were created to receive. I want y'all
1:04:20to remember that
1:04:24we were created to receive. And even in
1:04:26the Garden of Eden, the flow of God's
1:04:30presence
1:04:32is outward. He loves us enough to pour
1:04:36into us, to speak life into us, to speak
1:04:38to us, to pour out his love. If he
1:04:41didn't love us, he would have never
1:04:43created such a perfect world for Adam to
1:04:45begin with
1:04:48if he didn't love us.
1:04:52So fruit fruit is always going to grow
1:04:55because that's the last of the order
1:04:56system. Fruit is always
1:04:59going to grow where life flows
1:05:02consistently. And God made a system to
1:05:05do that.
1:05:07So the next time we come together,
1:05:08y'all, we going to be talking about Adam
1:05:10and these trees.
1:05:14Now we got to talk about that. We ain't
1:05:16going to skip over that part at all.
1:05:18[laughter]
1:05:19We're not skipping over that part at
1:05:20all. But these are the four riverheads.
1:05:23I go over just one just a brief thing
1:05:26one more time just so I can make sure
1:05:27that everybody got it. I'm just going to
1:05:29go over these quick little cliff notes
1:05:31that I made at the bottom so I can make
1:05:32sure that everybody got it cuz I know
1:05:33I'll be talking fast. Okay. Hashan
1:05:38first riverhead that was identified. It
1:05:41surrounds Havila.
1:05:43It's pure gold that's found there.
1:05:46The resin, the onyx, all of that stuff.
1:05:50The Hebrew name is related to a root
1:05:53meaning to spring up
1:05:55which suggests an abundant flow.
1:05:58The meaning of it is full flowing or
1:06:00increase.
1:06:02Gihan is the second riverhead that's
1:06:04identified. It flowed around the entire
1:06:07land of Kush. I believe it was uh the
1:06:10other I think in King James it says or
1:06:14Ethiopia. Yeah, that's right. It says
1:06:15that in King James
1:06:18and that means to burst forth gushing
1:06:21and overflow. And then we have the
1:06:23Tigers River. That's the third riverhead
1:06:25that's identified. Tigers and Euphrates
1:06:26are two rivers that you can actually
1:06:28find right now. The other two, you can't
1:06:29find them at all. People still trying to
1:06:31figure out where they at. We ain't
1:06:32worried about geographical statements.
1:06:34We ain't worry about that. Okay. But the
1:06:36Tigers River is the third river head
1:06:37that's identified. It means swift,
1:06:40rapid, darting, or fastm moving. Mhm.
1:06:43Yes. Same one. Mhm. Hit a kale. Same
1:06:45one. Yes.
1:06:47And then the Euphrates.
1:06:51Hello.
1:06:55Yeah. Yeah, that's that one. Okay. And
1:06:57then Euphrates is the fourth riverhead
1:06:59that's identified. We hear Euphrates all
1:07:01the time. That's the one that people in
1:07:03the uproar about. That's going to dry up
1:07:05getting a little scared. Okay. And that
1:07:07means fruitfulness. It actually means
1:07:09fruitfulness and sweet. Thought that was
1:07:11coincidental. I thought that was cool.
1:07:14So we understand that abundance
1:07:17hashan guehan is overflow tigress is
1:07:20momentum and Euphrates I say Euphrates
1:07:24Euphrates is fruitfulness and
1:07:25inheritance. Y'all understand that flow
1:07:28now. Y'all see the the flow that God
1:07:29designed.
1:07:32I'm just saying y'all we we really we
1:07:34really have an amazing God that we
1:07:36serve. Like my father is amazing. Can't
1:07:39nobody turn me against him because what
1:07:41do you mean you created wealth? You
1:07:43built wealth into creation. What do you
1:07:45mean? I have it all.
1:07:49I have it all. I do. I have it all. And
1:07:54I will be in God's presence. I have it
1:07:56all. I do. And that's what I'm going to
1:07:59remind myself. It's not going to be no
1:08:00agreement with the enemy. I'm not No, I
1:08:03lack nothing. So long as I believe in
1:08:07God and I live in Christ, I lack
1:08:10nothing. So long as I keep his commands,
1:08:12his decrees, his regulations that are
1:08:14written on my heart in real life, I lack
1:08:17nothing. And I'm not comparing myself to
1:08:19anybody else. Just cuz you have $12
1:08:21million and I don't have 12 don't mean I
1:08:24lack a thing.
1:08:26Cuz what does my fruit say in the end?
1:08:31What does my fruit reveal about me in
1:08:34the end? Because that's the end point.
1:08:36Something that lasts. What does my fruit
1:08:39say about me and my abundance?
1:08:43I hope y'all enjoyed the Bible study.
1:08:46What y'all taking from today's study? I
1:08:48got us out before
1:08:51in an hour almost. I did good. Yeah.
1:08:55[laughter]
1:08:57[gasps]
1:08:58Come on now. Praise report.
1:08:59Congratulations, baby. Look at God. I
1:09:02love it. Come on. Created to receive.
1:09:05You got to Oh, you got to say that.
1:09:08Hold on.
1:09:10That's what I should have titled this. I
1:09:12was created to receive.
1:09:14Wait,
1:09:16baby. That should have been a title.
1:09:20I was created to receive. My Lord, that
1:09:23is something. My God.
1:09:32What I say? Oh, these are moving fast.
1:09:35Oh, baby. I can't even get back to it.
1:09:38Yes. We lack nothing. Amazing.
1:09:43Oh, good. Glory.
1:09:46That's right. Come on, YouTube. I see
1:09:48y'all. God provides everything we need.
1:09:52Yes.
1:09:54Come on.
1:09:57What's the direction? What's God's flow?
1:10:01Is it outward or inward? I just want to
1:10:04make sure that I remind y'all of this.
1:10:07I don't care who comes into agreement
1:10:09with the enemy. The enemy has to have
1:10:12something in return because the enemy
1:10:14doesn't know how to love. He doesn't
1:10:16understand love. That's the reason why
1:10:17the enemy was fighting so hard to be
1:10:19worshiped. The only thing the enemy
1:10:21wants is to be worshiped.
1:10:24That's not how God is. Even if you read
1:10:26Exodus, you like, "Well, why does he say
1:10:28that he wants his people to worship me?"
1:10:30Cuz he wants his people to be reoriented
1:10:32to the source.
1:10:34That's why
1:10:37God was serious about Israel. He was
1:10:40says, "Be reoriented to who I am, the
1:10:43God of Abraham, so you can understand
1:10:45this inheritance." But the enemy don't
1:10:47work like that. He just wants to be
1:10:49worshiped because he's self-absorbed.
1:10:51If the enemy had his way, everything
1:10:52would be inward. He doesn't know how to
1:10:54give outward. So I don't care just
1:10:55because somebody just got a new Bugatti
1:10:57and a mansion and stuff like that cuz
1:10:59they sold their souls to the enemy. In
1:11:00the end, something has to come back to
1:11:02the enemy. He's going to collect
1:11:04something. That's not the way God works.
1:11:06He wants us to receive love. He wants us
1:11:09to live an amazing life. He wants us to
1:11:11live a life in abundance and overflow.
1:11:13You have to know that as well. Don't
1:11:15hesitate when God tells you to do it.
1:11:17Trust God. Don't doubt him. Because if
1:11:19it's one thing we know about God, God
1:11:22has order. And he does everything the
1:11:25way it needs to be done. Whether we like
1:11:26it or not, it is for the better of us.
1:11:30Okay.
1:11:32Okay. We got that.
1:11:35We going to be some little mini Edings,
1:11:36y'all. We got the presence of God in us.
1:11:38[laughter]
1:11:39I hope y'all
1:11:41I hope y'all were able to enjoy today's
1:11:44Bible study. The enemy didn't want this
1:11:46Bible study to go. as we saw, he was
1:11:47trying to get up on the worship. But we
1:11:49understand why. Cuz I'm hoping that by
1:11:51the end of this Bible study that in this
1:11:53Bible study, God was able to reorient a
1:11:56lot of you all's hearts. Especially if
1:11:57your heart is being pushed away from God
1:11:59because of what you're going through in
1:12:01life. It's okay. Don't be don't be
1:12:04dismayed. Don't feel deceived. Don't do
1:12:06none of that stand in the presence of
1:12:07God. He would give you instruction. He
1:12:09would give you out. A lot of the trials
1:12:10that we go through is because he has to
1:12:12build us for what he has for us. I know
1:12:15it sounds tough, but baby am I a witness
1:12:17to it. I am a walking testimony of that.
1:12:20Okay, it's not always comfortable, but
1:12:22man, the overflow from it is amazing.
1:12:26And to be able to see the fruit of it. I
1:12:28thank God. I thank God for that. Okay,
1:12:30so hopefully by the end of this Bible
1:12:32study, a lot of you all are able to look
1:12:34at God and understand why he does things
1:12:36that he does. His flow is outward. And
1:12:39if you can't understand that the flow of
1:12:42love is outward,
1:12:44if you ever think a person, think about
1:12:46a person who only loves themselves,
1:12:48everybody else is excluded. But that's
1:12:50not how God is. The outward flow is
1:12:52God's nature to pour out, to give, to
1:12:56love. That's his nature.
1:12:58That's his nature. So don't forget that,
1:13:00okay? Heavenly Father, we thank you for
1:13:02today's Bible study. God, today was was
1:13:06good. God, this was amazing. And I thank
1:13:08you for being present in this Bible
1:13:10study. I thank you for opening the minds
1:13:12and the hearts of the believers, Father
1:13:13God. I thank you for helping me study
1:13:16and prepare for this, Father God. I
1:13:17thank you for being with me along the
1:13:19way to be able to teach this study,
1:13:21Father God. And thank you for trusting
1:13:22me with this study. And thank you for
1:13:24making sure that everyone has joined
1:13:26because this fellowship is much more
1:13:27than me. This fellowship is not just
1:13:30about me having a Bible study and things
1:13:32like that. This fellowship is for us to
1:13:34come together and share our love for
1:13:36Christ, to share our love for you and to
1:13:38share our experiences with you, Father
1:13:40God, and to learn who you are and to
1:13:42learn who your nature is, Father God.
1:13:44And this is the reason why we remind
1:13:46ourselves that you are home because you
1:13:48are loved. And we thank you, God, for
1:13:51loving us in such a mighty way, Father
1:13:53God. We thank you for giving us peace in
1:13:57such a mighty way and keeping your ear
1:13:59to us and keeping your hand over our
1:14:01life, Father God. And we thank you for
1:14:03shielding us and protecting us and being
1:14:05our fortress, Father God, and being our
1:14:07refuge, Father God. And we want to take
1:14:09the time right now, Father God, to exalt
1:14:11and worship and honor your name because
1:14:12you are worthy. You are worthy of
1:14:16praise, God. And we love you and we
1:14:19honor you, Father God. And let us who
1:14:21have an assignment or responsibility
1:14:22that was gifted by you, Father God,
1:14:24steward it well, knowing that we are
1:14:26responsible for being living testimonies
1:14:29and being walking vessels, Father God,
1:14:31to show people who you are, to show
1:14:34people the very nature of who you are,
1:14:35Father God. So I take the time right
1:14:37now, Father God, to cover everyone who
1:14:39is in this Bible study, Father God, as
1:14:41they move throughout the rest of the
1:14:42week, that they will be safe, Father
1:14:44God, and that the glory of you will pour
1:14:46into somebody else who is in front of
1:14:47them, who is around them, who is
1:14:49assigned to them, Father God. Let the
1:14:51likeness of you be displayed in all of
1:14:53their lives, Father God. So we thank
1:14:55you, we honor you, and we praise you. In
1:14:56a mighty and matchless name we pray.
1:14:58Amen.
1:15:00All right, babies.
1:15:03Thank y'all for coming.
1:15:06Thank y'all. Thank y'all. Thank y'all so
1:15:07much for coming. Y'all make sure that
1:15:09y'all enjoy the rest of you all's
1:15:11evening. I'm going to see you all in two
1:15:14weeks. Not next week, but the week after
1:15:16next. Every two weeks now. Okay. Every
1:15:20two weeks. Give me a little time to
1:15:21study and get it all together cuz you
1:15:23know mama do this whooping my butt over
1:15:25here.
1:15:26Who would have thought? I would have
1:15:27been mama, counselor, teacher.
1:15:30Never thought I was going to put on the
1:15:31teacher had my guy.
1:15:33Not for no kids. I'm over here being a
1:15:36whole
1:15:38What grades are my kids? Fifth, no,
1:15:40sixth and fourth grade teacher. Y'all
1:15:42pray for me, okay? Pray for my peace of
1:15:45mind, please, cuz it's been hard. Okay,
1:15:48so I'mma see y'all in two weeks. Oh,
1:15:50yeah. By the way, cuz I know a lot of
1:15:52y'all have been asking me to become
1:15:53clients, y'all. I'm still going through
1:15:55a lot of people who've reached out to me
1:15:58to become clients, and it's still a lot.
1:16:00And so I need to make sure that I'm
1:16:02doing this right because I don't never
1:16:03want to just mess anybody over because I
1:16:05had to come away from counseling for a
1:16:07while because home was really oh man
1:16:10home was just crazy and I was really
1:16:11being tugged and I just couldn't be
1:16:13present for my clients. And so now that
1:16:15I'm opening back my opening my schedule
1:16:17back I have to make sure I do it right
1:16:19cuz I I never I don't like to leave my
1:16:21clients. I don't. But I am doing classes
1:16:23again. We got a class in February. It's
1:16:26a class series. So, I am going to be
1:16:28doing that again because I love teaching
1:16:29and I miss teaching classes. So, yes, I
1:16:32think I think it's like it's like 20
1:16:34more seats if I'm not mistaken because I
1:16:35only did 50 per class. I'm not doing no
1:16:37more than that. I don't want it I just
1:16:39want to still be able to know everybody
1:16:40that's in the class. Okay, so y'all
1:16:42enjoy your evening. Y'all have a blessed
1:16:44evening. I will see y'all. I think I see
1:16:47some of y'all.