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Home video unfiltered unedited uncut video take six. Is this our sixth one? You guys like this let us know We've been avoiding this we actually have been avoiding telling them this yeah Well, it's time Vaya que Dios! I don't even know what that means, but it's sounding so good You guys we're taking a little break we're taking a break not from each other No, and not from you, but from YouTube. Yeah, just a small little one. You want to tell them why? Yeah, you know I'll just give you the brief thing We've we've been watching a few of our friends that are on YouTube take some time off And we've actually been planning this for a little while That's why we've been avoiding telling you is because probably two months. It's hard It's scary to take a break because you know we love engaging we love posting We love encouraging we love being a part of everything But there's something that I've probably been the most convicted of lately is that It's hard. It's hard to be creative when you're constantly creating yeah, and with all the commitments we have regarding the two videos a week regarding the seven daily devotionals a week and All the other projects that are getting released this year We need time to like Not only just connect and and connect and but in just decompress But also to to be creative and to think about fun ideas that will hopefully bless you and bring God's kingdom down here to earth And I feel like we got a little caught up in the rat race of just keeping up with the content. Yeah Which is like great? I'm very thankful that we had such a busy schedule because it kept our hands busy It kept people encouraged, which is a good thing, but I think it left us a little empty Yeah, and we're taking some time to fill up. We're taking some time to to rejuvenate and to get some fresh ideas because We and I don't forgive me for saying this. I never want to sound like a pompous Braggie person like listen. I'm not like Everything that torn I want to do online is for you all trust me when I said everything that we want to do online It's for you all but like I want to do so much more than this right like I wouldn't I want this to be so much more like with what the masters fam is currently doing and how people are connecting and meeting each other and like our vision for like potential meetups and retreats and books and all these other things I See is so much more And we just need some time to like build out these ideas and pray about them and ask God for Discernment to lead us into those if it is his will if it's not that of course shut that door low We always say y'all even say this that you can't pour from an empty cup and we actually just got back from the passion conference which was Absolutely incredible, but it was also really crazy because there were so many Spiritual attacks even in just like getting us in the door of passion for me in particular I feel like I was having probably like some of the most severe like anxiety Emotional attacks that I ever had I was like babe. I'm literally cannot Control my emotions right now, and I just felt like I was Spiraling even to the point where our manager Andrew who is there with us at passion had this Dream of all of these tornadoes swarming and when he was telling me about it I was like, I feel like that was me last night Emotionally where I just felt like my mind Was going down all of these crazy spirals and I was getting so caught up in worry and anxiety And when you're in that place, what's convicting is it was showing how much I wasn't trusting God And I think that at passion one of the speakers been Stuart he was talking about how the root and The like weed that worry is it can literally choke out the fruit in your life and I felt so convicted because I was like everything that we want to do is Share the gospel and walk in the fruits of the Spirit And if I'm bogged down by worry or anxiety, it's literally gonna Choke that fruit out and Someone else said so I think it might have still been Then Stuart who said this but he said the world is not gonna be impressed if you preach the Prince of Peace But you are living inside of a world of stress and I was like, wow, it's super convicting It was really convicting and I just felt like okay. There are some things I really need to just give back to God and surrender and trust him enough to take some time off and just be with him and listen because there really is an attack on our attention and If the enemy can steal your attention and you are so distracted by so many things Then you're not gonna have the ability to focus on the thing that God's telling you to do Yeah, and have that clarity and it's like you're gonna see the promise you can taste the promise But you're gonna be so distracted that like you're never actually gonna reach the promised land And so I feel like for Chad and I like we really just need to take a breather Disconnect reconnect with the Lord hear from him. And that way when we come back we'll come back with so much more strength and energy and joy and messages to share and encourage you guys with You know, yeah, and I think a little piece of encouragement and what Tori was saying as well is that you can even be distracted with like Good things and in like godly like movements and pursuits Those things can even be distracting if they aren't what God actually is asking you to do. Yeah because it just makes me think of when Jesus was was tempted after fasting for 40 days and 40 nights and Satan said to him Tell that rock to turn into a loaf of bread and like bread is not bad unless you're gluten tolerant, right? it's like it's not a bad thing, but He said that man is not fed on bread alone But man is fed on every word out of God's mouth And so we need to make sure that like we don't look at things that aren't inherently bad Like oh like this daily devotional podcast or whatever may be it's not a bad thing. It's a good thing But if you're doing it the wrong way or out of empty cup or you're not doing it out of obedience Then it could be a bad thing. And so we want to make sure that we're operating that same way And so but all this is honestly Like really good. Yeah, like I feel good Even though I can't wait to like turn the camera off and turn the phone off and everything. I feel really excited about this time Yeah, I feel I feel Expectant, you know And I mean, I'm also just excited, you know for a trip So there's that too. He said we're both so excited. We've needed it and it's been how long? Yeah, I mean like like like a true vacay like an actual vacation where we didn't work yes Yes Then what's been three years it'll almost have been three years Yeah, yeah because we've taken vacations But I feel like we'll like vlog them or we'll work while we're there and that's a benefit of doing what we do is Hey, we can take a trip and we can take our work with us So we're not saying that we're not very blessed in that but when your job is social media, it's really hard To turn work off. And so I think for us It's gonna take some discipline to like genuinely just turn it all off and just so y'all know like we are Pre-recording the daily devotional podcast because we want you guys to still have those every single day And so the only like we're taking YouTube off So there won't be any videos next week and maybe not the week after we're not really sure we'll keep updated on that, but we're just gonna try to be obedient inside of that but what's cool about you guys and Just so you know We got to meet so many of y'all at passion and it was the coolest experience ever Now that I'm looking at the screen, it's like I can see all your faces and That's just so special to us. And I think I said that like it was even a mind-blowing is what it was It was absolutely mind-blowing. Yeah, and I feel like because we started YouTube in such a weird time in the world We never really got to do like meetups and different things like that And so, you know, we just turn on the camera and it's like we kind of see Ourselves and we have an idea of who maybe hopefully we're talking to but actually seeing your faces and it changed It changed it for me. Yeah, it just gave us like a entirely deeper sense of why Yeah, I think that's what gets me excited. Is that this doesn't feel And this is not like there's no hidden messages in this at all But it doesn't feel like we're just debating what we're doing in life This feels like a this is like I don't say the calm before the storm but this feels like Like let's rest right now because I feel like God's really about to do something crazy in a good way like a good thing and I'm getting so excited for it and I felt so excited with so many ideas After after meeting you all in person that it just made it so much more real It made it so much more real to like literally pray for someone Like in person and and in hug people and say hello and hear your stories and hear your voices That was super exciting for me I see we haven't even had a chance to really be decompressed from it because we've just been Every we literally got back last night and we leave in the morning. So yeah But I'm glad we booked the trip it just probably wish we had a little bit more time to prepare to leave But yeah, so anyways, I I just I'm really excited about this time because I honestly I'm not gonna say I can't wait to get Back, but I can't wait to get back Because I know that the stuff that we're gonna be bringing with us to do in the future. Yeah is It's gonna change so many things. We're like, hopefully expectant because I feel like When you take that time to be still in the presence of the Lord He always meets you there and so I'm like excited not only to process everything the Lord downloaded to us at passion but to also like Hear God specifically for you guys and be able to like truly Press into that like something that I really want to grow in this year's intercession and prayer I don't know Tori's crazy. Oh I just get emotional thinking about the power of prayer and how God moves inside of that Excited to go to war in prayer over you guys because seeing y'all in person And y'all sharing things like sometimes I just feel like we don't have a ton of time Yes to like journal and like truly be like so intentional over you guys in prayer Like I know we do in our daily emotional podcast like on the daily, but like over specific things. Yeah, and so Just know how much we love you guys. Yeah, and as we take this break, yes, it's to fill our cups But it's also to come back hopefully with an overflowing cup so we can encourage you guys more and better and so I Just imagined buckets just You know like water hose You're good me. Yeah, I'm good. I'm super emotional guys Yeah, I mean a lot of that's emotion coming out too because we have been needing this and so yeah, we're super excited Can't wait to share with you about how the trip goes and how the downtime goes And what we will probably integrate this more frequently in our schedule That's one of the cool things about learning is that looking back at it We like wow we should have taken quite a few more breaks in there Even though it would have cost us more money and probably not set us we wouldn't be a setup financially It would have we would have been more mentally and emotionally Set up and so sometimes you got to spend a little to save a little Does that make sense spend a little money to save a little emotional? Stability and with yeah, and so Anyways, can't wait to talk to you guys when we're back We love you so much. We'll miss you. We'll be We'll be talking to you once we're back We'll see you when we're looking at you Goodbye Sayonara Ciao Arrivederci Choose Let's go on vacation We gotta get our babble Do it