How to Trust Your Inner Voice and Listen to Your Intuition
�Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business � everything.
I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which
they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness occurs.� ~ David
Lynch
Did it ever happen to you to have this strong feeling inside of you that something bad is
going to happen and if you don�t pay attention to this feeling you�re going to get in big
trouble?
This is what I felt Monday morning.
I woke up around 4:47 A.M. feeling very frightened, anxious and deeply saddened.
I got up, drank a glass of water to calm down and even though I tried my best to go back
to sleep, I simply couldn�t do it.
There was so much pain all throughout my body and I felt as if my whole body was being poisoned
with all kind of toxic and negative energies.
And because I just couldn�t lay down in bed anymore, I got up, took my laptop and
because O felt this strong need to write an email to my best friend Kristi, I started
writing.
I couldn�t understand why I had to write an email to her at 5 in the morning, but because
I have learned to trust my intuition and always follow my heart, I decided to go ahead and
do it.
I started writing but without really knowing what I was going to write and what I was going
to tell her.
It was very strange and as I was reading the words that were being typed, I realized that
my message was about our trip to Italy.
You see, last year, before leaving Malaysia, we decided that we were going to celebrate
our birthdays together in Italy and that on August 22nd we will both fly to Rome from
wherever we might be and meet there.
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Well, even though I wasn�t fully awake and even though all that anxiety and all that
pain I was feeling in my body were keeping me from thinking clearly, I began to feel
that all those intense and toxic emotions were related to our trip.
So I told her that I have this really bad feeling about the whole thing and that I don�t
feel that we should go anymore.
Of course, that made me mad because it was just a strong feeling in my body but nothing
rational.
I knew that those feelings were real and I felt that something bad was going to happen
to us if we did go, but at the same time, I knew that she might not understand what
I am talking about and eventually get really upset that I was considering canceling the
whole thing because of something imaginary.
Well, I finished writing the email, I hit sent and then I went back to bed with this
feeling of emptiness and sadness in me.
And when I woke up I felt even worse.
For some very strange and bizarre reason, I felt as if someone very dear to me had died
or as if I had lost something or someone I loved.
How to Trust Your Inner Voice and Listen to Your Intuition
Feeling quite sad and very empty on the inside, I immediately went to check my email to see
if Kristi replied to me.
When I opened my inbox, I couldn�t believe what I was seeing.
There was an email from her with the following message:
�OMG, Dana (Daniela is my middle name )� this is so crazy!!!
You won�t believe it, but I woke up this morning with the worst mood ever.
My chest feels heavy, I have difficulties to breath, it feels like someone is standing
on my chest and I have this anxiety� I don�t know what is it?
What does it mean Dana?
I�ve been trying to figure this out the whole morning.
And I feel this sadness in me, and like moodiness.
And I can�t focus.
I feel so empty�
It�s so weird�but right now I can�t get excited about the trip either, I was so
excited before� What happened?�
I was in shock.
I just couldn�t believe that both of us felt the same thing at the exact same time.
I spent that whole day in bed because no matter how strange this might seem, I felt as if
I have already witnessed the horrible things that my intuitions were trying to warn me
about, and I felt that I needed to sleep the pain away and forget about everything.
It felt as if I was grieving.
I can�t say that I haven�t heard my heart and intuition �talking� to me before,
and I can�t say that I haven�t experienced strange things before because I did, but they
were never as strange, as intense and as aggressive as they were this time.
It all felt so real and so frightening.
�Listen to your intuition.
It will tell you everything you need to know.� ~ Anthony J. D�Angelo
We all have an inner voice that is constantly trying to communicate to us.
We all have an inner GPS that is meant to guide us, to protect us and lead us in the
direction we are meant to be going.
Intuition is not something only a few of us possess.
Intuition is a gift we all receive the moment we are born.
It�s our internal GPS.
It�s the thing that�s meant to help us stay on our own life path, always guiding
us and always making sure we are safe and protected from harm and danger.
Intuition is nothing but the voice of the soul, the language of the heart.
When we get all kind of hunches and when we have all kind of strong feelings that we should
do, or shouldn�t do something, that�s our heart talking to us, helping us take wiser
and better decisions and guiding us to move in better directions and into safer places.
I had many times when I chose to ignore my heart and intuition, thinking that it was
all nonsense and thinking that my rational mind knew better, and every time I did so,
I got into trouble.
And now, when my heart speaks, I listen!
I don�t know what would�ve happened if I and my friend decided to ignore our inner
voices, our heart, and intuition and just go, but I do have a feeling that it would�ve
been bad, really bad.
�The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.� ~ Albert
Einstein
Intuition�s not just something that might save your life one day, but also something
that can help you get clarity in life, helping you build a wonderful, fulfilling and happy
life.
If you want to learn to listen and trust your intuition and if you want to learn to let
your heart guide you, you have to first learn to be quiet.
You have to learn how to silence your mind.
You have to get into the habit of thinking less and feeling more.
When the mind is quiet, when there is plenty of space between the thoughts we think and
the words we speak, and when we are at peace with ourselves and the world around us, that�s
when we can hear our own heart talking to us, that;s when we can listen and trust our
intuition.
�There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything.
It resides within each one of use as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing.
We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition, an inner
sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment.� ~ Shakti Gawain
One of the best gifts you can give to yourself is the gift of intuition and you offer yourself
this gift by learning to be quiet, to reflect, to contemplate and to meditate.
You offer yourself this gift by using your imagination more and more each day and by
expressing yourself in as many creative ways as possible.
Silence is the first step towards enhancing your intuition.
The more you quiet your mind, the louder your heart gets and the easier it becomes for you
to listen and trust your inner voice and intuition.
And when you start following your heart and intuition, when you start doing what your
Soul asks you to do, that�s when your life gets very interesting.
That�s when the magic starts to happen.
Meditation is a great way to calm and quiet the mind.
Ever since I started meditating I turned into a completely new person.
If before my mind was running on auto-pilot, making so much noise, leaving me feeling drained
and exhausted, I am now able to control my own thoughts and to only focus on those things
that make me feel calm, at peace and happy about myself and my life.
Spending time in nature as well.
If you could just spend at least 30 minutes per week outside in nature, observing the
beauty that surrounds you and being fully present in the space you are in, you will
become so much more connected with your inner self.
And in time your inner voice will get louder and louder and listen to your intuition will
be an easy thing to do.
Doing what you love is another great way to get in touch with the real you and connect
with your heart at a deeper level.
Living with integrity as well.
When you are true to yourself, living your life in a way that feels right to you, and
when you do things because you feel that you should be doing them, that�s when you will
be aligned more and more with your true self and that�s when you�ll start living your
life in a more honest and authentic way.
In my case, I realized that the more love I put into my work, into my relationships,
into my environment and into everything I do, the louder my inner voice seems to become
and the quieter the mind gets.
It all starts with living authentically and doing things with passion, honesty, love and
dedication.
And if you take one step each day towards loving yourself more and more, and if you
take one step each day towards living your life more truthfully and authentically, before
you know it, listening to your intuition and following
your heart will become a natural and effortless thing to do.
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ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome AEI President Arthur C. Brooks. (Applause.)
ARTHUR BROOKS: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Please take your seats. Our program is about
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Good evening. I'm Arthur Brooks. I'm president of the American Enterprise Institute. I am
so honored to be with you tonight and so grateful to see all of you. This is a celebration we
look forward to every single year. This is our 2017 AEI Annual Dinner and Irving Kristol
Award.
We're here tonight with old friends and new friends, good food, in this beautiful
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There are 1,800 different family stories in this room. They're all different. Some of
your families, like mine, 100 years ago were scratching out a living in some godforsaken
village in Europe. Some of your ancestors were running for their lives from a pogrom
someplace. And some of your ancestors were brought to this country involuntarily. Indeed,
these are different stories, but what we all have in common is that none of us came from
power and privilege. Quite the contrary.
This is a nation — America is a nation built by outsiders. And so it's with deep moral
significance that we don't just help those at the periphery of society today, but we
remember that they are the face of our ancestors. They are effectively us. AEI fights for them.
Since we're about to hear in just a moment from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, let me put my point
in biblical terms. I think there's one verse from the ancient Hebrew Scriptures that summarizes
AEI's mission statement better than any other. It's Exodus 22:21. "Thou shalt
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the land of Egypt." That's the why of the American Enterprise Institute. It's
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And now it's on to our program. Tonight, we're honored to bestow AEI's annual award,
the Irving Kristol Award, named in the memory of our friend and colleague, the late Irving
Kristol. Before we introduce this year's winner, I'd like to turn the microphone
over to my friend, Bill Kristol, son of Irving Kristol, and editor-at-large of The Weekly
Standard. He's going to speak for a moment about the legacy of his great father.
Ladies and gentlemen, Bill Kristol. (Applause.)
WILLIAM KRISTOL: Thank you, Arthur. It's a pleasure to join in welcoming Rabbi Lord
Jonathan Sacks here to Washington and to the American Enterprise Institute and to congratulate
him on being this year's recipient of the Irving Kristol Award. I'm old enough to
remember when Rabbi Lord Sacks was just Rabbi Sacks. But as an Anglophile and a Jew, I very
much like the idea of these two titles or honorifics coming together. (Laughter.) Maybe
we should think about that over here. Actually, as Yogi Berra said in a somewhat related case,
when he was told that there was a Jewish mayor of Dublin, Yogi Berra allegedly said, "Only
in America." (Laughter.) And that's how I feel about Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.
Actually, "only in America" was one of my father's, I think, favorite sayings.
I remember him quoting that. He found that useful as a saying several times. My mother
is more of a "only in Great Britain" person. But I do want to say that my father was and
my mother is a great friend and a great admirer of Rabbi Sacks. The lesser Kristols are also
pleased to be friends and admirers of his. And so we're really thrilled that he's
this year's Irving Kristol awardee.
Rabbi Sacks has — my parents have both cited, I believe, Rabbi Sacks' work in their own
work. They're great, as I say, admirers of his writings and speeches, and he's been
kind enough, I know, to blurb both the book of my father's writings on Judaism and Jewish-related
topics, which came out posthumously, and I believe at least one of my mother's books
on Britain and Judaism, Philo-Semitism in England. And so they've each praised each
other. And, unusually in these circumstances, they've each actually read each other's
work. (Laughter.) It's a shocking thing to you and notably shocking to Rabbi Sacks
to find out that occasionally in Washington people blurb each other's books without
reading the entire book. But that is not the case with either my father or my mother or
Rabbi Sacks. So it's really — I'm really looking forward to hearing him today.
I'll just say a word in conclusion that I think what's distinguished for me always
— and I think I speak for my father and mother in saying this, too — the American
Enterprise Institute from many other fine public policy think tanks is that AEI has
always been concerned, of course, about the details and implementation of public policy,
but also about the moral and cultural and spiritual and intellectual underpinnings of
free institutions and of free society. And I think the honor that's being bestowed
on Rabbi Sacks tonight is really a demonstration of the breadth and depth of AEI's thought
and the issues that the American Enterprise Institute thinks are crucial to our future
as a free society.
So, again, I'm very pleased that Rabbi Sacks is with us tonight. And, without further ado,
I will yield the stage to Arthur Brooks, who will keep us moving along. (Applause.)
ARTHUR BROOKS: Thank you to Lord Editor Bill Kristol. (Laughter.) Only in America. Amazing.
Next, ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special privilege of hearing from last year's
Kristol Award winner, Professor Robert George. Professor George is the McCormick Professor
of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, where he also serves as the founding director
of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. We recognized Robbie last
year with the Irving Kristol Award for his incredible, immense contributions in a variety
of fields, from constitutional law to moral philosophy. He's a close friend of Rabbi
Sacks, and he's going to take the podium now to speak about his friend and this year's
Kristol Award winner, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Robbie George. (Applause.)
ROBERT GEORGE: Thank you very much and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I will confess
that last year when I had the honor of standing before you to receive the 2016 Irving Kristol
Award, I thought to myself, "It doesn't get better than this." But it does, for
this year I have the even greater honor of rising to pay tribute to my beloved friend,
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who will in a few minutes receive the 2017 Irving Kristol Award.
Rabbi Lord Sacks has been a prophetic voice, bearing faithful witness to the most basic
and precious human values: the sanctity of human life and the inherent dignity of the
human person as a creature fashioned in the very image and likeness of God.
The centrality and indeed indispensability of marriage and the family as the original
and best department of health, education, and welfare and as the fundamental unit of
society on which all other social institutions depend for their health and success.
Religious liberty and the very sacred rights of conscience, the rule of law, freedom of
speech on campus and in society, and other inalienable rights and liberties to which
people are entitled simply in virtue of their humanity — to all of these precious values,
Rabbi Sacks has borne witness. To moral virtues and the principle of personal responsibility
and accountability, the critical importance of the little platoons, as they're sometimes
called, of civil society, and the limited and subsidiary role of government in the lives
of free people. The market economy, which when properly ordered and uncorrupted by cronyism
has provided the escape route out of poverty for millions of precious members of the human
family across the globe. The obligation of truth-seeking and of living in line with the
truth as God gives us to grasp the truth.
Lord Sacks speaks and is heard and admired and loved not only by those of his own Jewish
faith and heritage, whom he has served tirelessly and selflessly, but by people of every faith
— Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains — and
indeed even by many who regard themselves as secular. Rabbi Lord Sacks is admired and
loved by me, among countless others. In England, where I lived for five years and which I have
visited at least once a year for the past 36 years, Rabbi Lord Sacks is regarded as
the voice of faith not only by the tiny 2 percent of the population of the UK who are
Jewish, but by Anglicans and Catholics and by many Evangelical Protestants, Muslims,
and Hindus as well.
By dint of brilliance, moral courage, and rootedness — deep rootedness in the faith
of his fathers — the faith of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — Jonathan Sacks, this great witness
to the highest and best values of our civilization has become truly a teacher of all mankind.
He is a blessing to the world.
Arthur, the American Enterprise Institute has done well. It has done brilliantly to
honor Lord Sacks with this year's Irving Kristol Award. Thank you. (Applause.)
ARTHUR BROOKS: And now, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the entire AEI community of scholars,
staff, and supporters, it is my honor to award the American Enterprise Institute's highest
scholarly honor, the 2017 Irving Kristol Award, to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. (Applause.)
RABBI LORD JONATHAN SACKS: Beloved friends, I want to thank you from the depths of my
heart for your generosity tonight. I was almost about to say that I'm moved beyond words,
but the truth is no rabbi ever was moved beyond words. (Laughter.) At the Burning Bush, Moses,
the first rabbi of all time, said, "I am not a man of words," and then proceeded
to speak for the next 40 years. (Laughter.) So let me say briefly how grateful I am for
three things.
Number one, for the company I now join of outstanding individuals and especially last
year's winner, who's just so embarrassed me, Robbie George, who's done so much as
the voice of vision and moral courage that lies at the very heart of his and your and
our vision of American life.
Second, for the American Enterprise Institute itself, one of the very greatest think tanks
in the entire world and one from whom I have learned more than any other. And I salute
Arthur Brooks for his wonderful leadership of this institution, and I wish all of you
blessing and success. (Applause.)
But lastly, and perhaps most importantly because of the name that the award bears, the late
Irving Kristol of blessed memory. Elaine and I were privileged to count Irving, of blessed
memory, and his incredible wife, Bea Gertrude Himmelfarb, who is here with us tonight, as
precious and cherished friends. Whenever we were in Washington, they invited us to their
home. They always encouraged me and my work. They were so kind, they were so gracious,
they were so generous of spirit. I always had this cognitive dissonance because Irving
was so vigorous, indeed sharp, in his writing and so gentle and loving in his personality
that he and Bea were role models who lifted our hearts and expanded the horizon of our
aspirations.
There's a prayer we say whenever we say grace after meals — (foreign language spoken)
— let us find grace and good intellect in the eyes of God and our fellow human beings.
Irving had great outstanding intellect, but even before and above that, he had grace.
So I dedicate my words tonight to his blessed memory, and we wish Bea and Bill and all their
wonderful family long life and blessing for many years to come. (Applause.)
Friends, these are really tempestuous times. A few months ago, I asked a friend in Washington,
"What's it been like living in America today?" And he said, "Well, it's a little
bit like the man standing on the deck of the Titanic with a glass of whiskey in his hand
and he's saying, 'I know I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous.'" (Laughter.)
So we've seen the emergence of what I call a politics of anger. We have seen the culture
of competitive victimhood. We have seen the emergence of identity politics based on smaller
and smaller identities of ethnicity and gender. We've seen the new politics of grievance.
We've seen the silencing of free speech in our universities in the name of safe spaces.
Just a few weeks ago, Balliol College Oxford, Balliol College Oxford, the home of three
prime ministers, of Adam Smith, of Gerard Manley Hopkins, barred a Christian union for
having a stall to recruit new students on the grounds that a mere presence of a Christian
in a group of students could be construed as a microaggression.
We have seen public discourse polluted by fake news and the manipulation of social media.
Not by accident did Oxford University — the Oxford English Dictionary chooses its word
that we would remember from 2016 as "post-truth." And we've seen the emergence of — reemergence
in the West, certainly in Europe, of the far right and the far left. And today, according
to the rather expert survey that Bridgewater Capital did recently, populist politics throughout
the West is measurably at its highest levels since the early 1930s.
Hegel said that modern man has taken to reading the daily newspaper in place of morning prayer.
Today, when you finished reading the daily newspaper, you need morning prayer. And all
this is serious. Richard Weaver once said the trouble with humanity is that it forgets
to read the minutes of the last meetings. And so for anyone who actually remembers history,
the politics of anger that's emerged in our time is full of danger — if not now,
then certainly in the foreseeable future.
And although this is affecting the whole of the West, I want tonight, for reasons which
will become quite clear, to focus my remarks on you and the United States of America. And
the reason is that I want to give an analysis that I think the late Irving Kristol would
have understood because a love of Judaism was absolutely central to his life. And because
he knew that in America, democratic capitalism had its roots in the Judeo-Christian heritage,
specifically in the Hebrew Bible.
You know, we often think of the Hebrew Bible as simply a religious book, but it is actually
a political text. I used to study Bible with Tony Blair in 10 Downing Street when he was
prime minister. It was done under the strictest possible secrecy because God forbid the prime
minister should read the Bible. And he once turned to me and said, "Jonathan, how come
your book is more interesting than our book?" (Laughter.) And I replied, "Prime Minister,
obviously, because there's more politics in our book than in your book."
So I want to just look at one little element of biblical political theory, which I think
is unique and which shows remarkable relevance to the situation we're in today. And I want
to begin at a strange point, at a key moment in political history in biblical Israel. You
remember when the people came to Samuel and said, "Appoint us a king." And Samuel
got really upset because he thought the people were rejecting him and God said, "That's
nothing. I'm even more upset they're rejecting me." They sound very much like two Jewish
mothers sitting together discussing their children. But God said to Samuel, "Spell
out what having a king will actually mean. He'll seize your sons, your daughters, your
produce, your land, i.e., taxes, and if they're still willing to pay the price, give them
a king," which is what happened. And the commentators were all puzzled by this,
and rightly so because does the Bible approve of kings or not? If it does, why does God
say that they're rejecting him? And if it doesn't, why did God say give them one if
they ask for it? And the reason the biblical commentators were puzzled is because by and
large, they weren't political scientists. But, actually, the meaning of that narrative
is very simple.
What happened in the days of the Prophet Samuel is precisely a social contract, exactly on
the lines set out by Thomas Hobbes in "The Leviathan." People are willing to give up
certain of their rights, transfer them to a central power, a king, a government, who
undertakes to ensure the rule of law internally and the defense of the realm externally. In
fact, One Samuel, Chapter Eight is the first recorded instance in all of history of a social
contract.
But what makes the Hebrew Bible unique and really fascinating is the — and makes it
completely different from Hobbes and Locke and Jean-Jacque Rousseau is that this wasn't
the first founding moment of Israel as a nation, as a political entity. It was in fact the
second because the first took place centuries earlier in the days of Moses at Mount Sinai
when the people made with God not a contract but a covenant. And those two things are often
confused, but actually they're quite different.
In a contract, two or more people come together to make an exchange. You pay your plumber
— I have a Jewish friend in Jerusalem who calls his plumber Messiah. (Laughter.) Why?
Because we await him daily, and he never turns up. (Laughter.) So in a contract, you make
an exchange, which is to the benefit of the self-interest of each. And so you have the
commercial contract that creates the market and the social contract that creates the state.
A covenant isn't like that. It's more like a marriage than an exchange. In a covenant,
two or more parties each respecting the dignity and integrity of the other come together in
a bond of loyalty and trust to do together what neither can do alone. A covenant isn't
about me. It's about us. A covenant isn't about interests. It's about identity. A
covenant isn't about me, the voter, or me, the consumer, but about all of us together.
Or in that lovely key phrase of American politics, it's about we, the people.
The market is about the creation and distribution of wealth. The state is about the creation
and distribution of power. But a covenant is about neither wealth nor power, but about
the bonds of belonging and of collective responsibility. And to put it as simply as I can, the social
contract creates a state but the social covenant creates a society. That is the difference.
They're different things.
Biblical Israel had a society long before it had a state, before it even crossed the
Jordan and enter the land, which explains why Jews were able to keep their identity
for 2,000 years in exile and dispersion because although they'd lost their state, they still
had their society. Although they'd lost their contract, they still had their covenant.
And there is only one nation known to me that had the same dual founding as biblical Israel,
and that is the United States of America which has — (applause) — which had its social
covenant in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and its social contract in the Constitution
in 1787.
And the reason it did so is because the founders of this country had the Hebrew Bible engraved
on their hearts. Covenant is central to the Mayflower Compact of 1620. It is central to
the speech of John Winthrop aboard the Arbela in 1630. It is presupposed in the most famous
line of the Declaration of Independence.
Listen to the sentence. See how odd it might sound to anyone but an American. "We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and endowed by their
creator with certain inalienable rights." Those truths are anything but self-evident.
They would have been unintelligible to Plato, to Aristotle, or to every hierarchical society
the world has ever known. They are self-evident only to people, to Jews and Christians, who
have internalized the Hebrew Bible. And that is what made G. K. Chesterton call America
a nation with the soul of a church.
Now, what is more, every covenant comes with a story. And the interesting thing is the
Hebrew Bible and America have the same story. It's about what Lincoln called a new birth
of freedom or, by any other name, what we know as an exodus. The only difference is,
in America, instead of the wicked Egyptians, you had the wicked English. (Laughter.) Instead
of a tyrant called Pharaoh, you had one called King George III, and instead of crossing the
Red Sea, you crossed the Atlantic. But it's OK. As a Brit, I want to say, after 241 years,
we forgive you. (Laughter.)
But that is why Jefferson drew as his design for the great seal of America the Israelites
following a pillar of cloud through the wilderness. It is why Lincoln called Americans the almost
chosen people. It is what led Martin Luther King on the last night of his life to see
himself as Moses and to say, "I've been to the mountaintop and I have seen the Promised
Land."
Now, why does this matter to America and to the American Enterprise Institute? Because
America understands more clearly than any other Western nation that freedom requires
not just a state, but also and even more importantly a society, a society built of strong covenantal
institutions, of marriages, families, congregations, communities, charities, and voluntary associations.
Alexis de Tocqueville rightly saw that these were the buffers between the individual and
the state and that what essentially thought to democratic freedom, he thought all that
exercise of responsibility and families and communities was in his lovely phrase our "apprenticeship
in liberty." And we can now say exactly what has been going wrong in American life
in recent times and indeed throughout Europe.
But, in America, the social contract is still there, but the social covenant is being lost.
Today, one half of America is losing all those covenantal institutions. It's losing strong
marriages and families and communities. It's losing a strong sense of the American narrative.
It's even losing e pluribus unum because today everyone prefers pluribus to unum. So
in place of the single collective identity, you find a myriad of ever smaller identities,
local ones based on gender, whatever it is next week.
Instead of a culture of freedom and responsibility, we have a culture of grievances that are always
someone else's responsibility. Because we no longer share a moral code that allows us,
in Isaiah's words, to reason together, in its place has come something called emotivism,
which says, I know I'm right because I feel it. And as for those who disagree, we will
shout down or burn all those dissenting voices because we each have a right not to feel we're
wrong.
And because half of America doesn't have strong families and communities standing between
the individual and the state, people begin to think that all political problems can be
solved by the state. But they can't. And when you think they can, politics begins to
indulge in magical thinking. So you get the far right dreaming of a golden past that never
was and the far left yearning for a utopian future that never will be. And then comes
populism, the belief that a strong leader can solve all our problems for us. And that
is the first step down the road to tyranny, whether of the right or of the left.
But there is good news, which is that covenants can be renewed. That's what happened in
the Bible in the days of Joshua and Josepha and Ezekiel and Josiah and Ezra and Nehemiah.
It happened in America several times. Nations with covenants can renew themselves, and that
has to be our project now and for the foreseeable future. We need to renew the covenant, which
means standing with Robbie George and friends and strengthening marriage and the family.
It means rebuilding communities.
And I don't know if you noticed, significantly, just recently, Mark Zuckerberg has changed
the mission statement of Facebook from connecting friends to building communities. And, of course,
you need communities if you ever are to have friends. You know, a British charity six years
ago did a survey — medical charity, the Macmillan Nurses did a survey six years ago,
in 2011, and it came up with the discovery that the average Brit between the ages of
18 and 30 has 237 Facebook friends. When asked on how many of those could you count in an
emergency, the average answer was two. When you belong to a church or a synagogue or a
real community, you have real friends, not just Facebook friends. And now, Facebook itself
is beginning to realize this.
It means — and forgive me for saying this — but it means teaching every American child
the American story without embarrassment. (Applause.) Because you and I remember what
people forget — namely, the distinction made by George Orwell between nationalism
and patriotism. Nationalism is about power. Patriotism is about pride. Nationalism leads
to war. Patriotism works for peace. We can be patriotic without being nationalistic.
(Applause.)
It means enlisting not just our cultural heroes but our children and grandchildren's cultural
heroes. I mean, you know why we have grandchildren: because they tell us how these things work.
And they have icons, and we need to find their peers of stage or screen or sports who are
willing to say, we believe in e pluribus unum. We believe, like the University of Chicago,
in free speech on campus because we believe that the only safe space there is is one in
which we give a respectful hearing to views unlike our own. That is what a safe space
actually is. (Applause.)
We need people willing to stand up and say, rich and poor alike, we all have collective
responsibility for the common good. And we need a culture of responsibility, not one
of victimhood, because if you define yourself as a victim, you can never be free. (Applause.)
We have to have people to have the courage to get up and say that earned self-respect
counts for more than unearned self-esteem. And we have to say the fundamental truth that
is at the heart of the Hebrew Bible and of American politics that the state exists to
serve the people. The people don't exist to serve the state. (Applause.)
Friends, those are the values that made America great. And they are still what make America
the last best hope of freedom in a dark, dangerous, and sometimes despairing world riven by those
who fear and fight against freedom.
Friends, you have been so generous to me tonight. The American Enterprise Institute has given
an award to someone who is not American, not terribly enterprising, and in the words of
the great philosopher Marx — I mean, of course, Groucho, not Karl — I'm not yet
ready to be an institution. (Laughter.)
So, therefore, let me as an entirely unworthy outsider beg you, don't lose the American
covenant. It's the most precious thing you have. Renew it now before it's too late.
Thank you. (Applause.)
ARTHUR BROOKS: Rabbi Sacks has spoken to our hearts. And now it's time to break bread
with our friends. Enjoy your dinner. This concludes our formal program. We'll have
supper and we'll have drinking and we'll have dancing and we'll celebrate this beautiful
evening. God bless you all and thank you.
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Everything Coming To Netflix In November 2017 - Duration: 11:56.
We know--everyone's finishing out October with a Stranger Things binge.
But once those final credits roll, how will you fill that Upside-Down-shaped hole in your
heart?
With more TV, of course!
November is bringing plenty of new movies and shows to get excited about.
Here's everything coming to Netflix in November 2017, starting with the Netflix originals.
Alias Grace: Season 1
Hulu may have snagged The Handmaid's Tale, but Netflix is fighting back with Alias Grace,
another drama series based on the works of author Margaret Atwood.
Grace is the semi-biographical tale of Grace Marks, a girl who was convicted of murdering
two people in 1843.
The Netflix adaptation stars Sarah Gadon as the title character and will be released as
a six-part miniseries on November 3rd.
The Big Family Cooking Showdown: Season 1
Get ready for a mouth-watering good time with this unscripted cooking face-off.
Each episode of The Big Family Cooking Showdown sees two families go head to head to prepare
the best dish in a series of challenges.
Netflix got distribution rights for this popular BBC Two cooking show, which originally aired
in the UK in August 2017.
Stream all of Season 1 on November 3rd.
Fate/Apocrypha: Part 1
Based on the series of light novels of the same name, Fate/Apocrypha is an all-new anime
series that follows two warring clans, the Red Faction and the Black Faction, at the
outbreak of an epic magical war.
Netflix and A-1 Pictures originally aired the series exclusively in Japan in July 2017,
and they're bringing the dueling mages stateside on November 7th.
If you're an anime fan, this is one new series you can't miss.
The Killer
Netflix is extending their international acquisitions this month with The Killer, a Brazilian crime
thriller that looks just as intense as its name would suggest.
The story centers on a man named Shaggy who's on a one-gun mission to track down a notorious
outlaw.
Netflix hasn't released many details about this film, but The Killer looks like the Portuguese
spaghetti Western we've all been waiting for.
And we didn't even know it!
Check it out when it hits Netflix on November 10th.
Blazing Transfer Students: Season 1
If Fate/Apocrypha doesn't sate your anime appetite, tune in to Season 1 of Blazing Transfer
Students.
While it's not anime--it's a live-action sequel to the manga of the same name--Blazing Transfer
Students promises to offer up plenty of anime style, with a premise so ridiculous we won't
be able to not watch it: seven boys, all named Kakeru, get transferred to a new school at
the same time on a secret mission.
That's either the worst or the best thing we've ever heard, and we'll find out for sure
when the series hits Netflix on November 10th.
Lady Dynamite: Season 2
There's always something unexpected in each episode of Netflix's hit comedy Lady Dynamite,
and fans can now look forward to a brand new season.
Maria Bamford returns as, well, herself to headline eight new episodes alongside cast
regular Fred Melamed.
Both Bamford and Netflix have remained tight-lipped about what the new season will entail, but
if it's anything like Season 1, we can expect plenty of Bamford's signature humor.
"I do feel better now that I'm off my meds.
I feel SUPER-charged.
Tune in on November 10th.
DeRay Davis: How To Act Black
Stand-up comedian DeRay Davis lands on Netflix this November with How to Act Black, a new
comedy special pulled straight from Davis' stand-up routines.
According to Netflix, the special will dive into life and show business from Davis' point
of view, promising a knock-out series of punchlines and anecdotes than any comedy fan is sure
to love.
Take a look on November 14th.
The Punisher: Season 1
From the minute he was introduced in Season 2 of Daredevil, fans have been eagerly awaiting
Frank Castle's solo Netflix outing, and the wait is finally over.
Jon Bernthal returns as the skull-shirted anti-hero on November 17th.
Season 1 of The Punisher will be comprised of 13 episodes, and Daredevil's Deborah Ann
Woll co-stars, although there's no hint whether Daredevil himself will make an appearance--or
any of the other Defenders, for that matter.
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
In 1999's Man on the Moon, Jim Carrey turned in a powerful performance as comedian Andy
Kaufman.
And as the documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond reveals, Carrey went to insane lengths
for the role.
Literally, psychotic lengths.
The documentary is composed mainly of behind the scenes footage from the set of Man on
the Moon.
In character every step of the way, Carrey would torment the director, provoke his co-stars,
and, basically, "Kaufman" the hell out of the entire production.
"Universal didn't want the footage we took behind the scenes to surface so people wouldn't
think I was an ---hole."
Even off the set, Carrey enmeshed himself in Kaufman, once spending two hours on the
phone with director Ron Howard to talk about their upcoming film How the Grinch Stole Christmas…
in character as Andy Kaufman.
It may have worked wonders for Man on the Moon, but at the same time, it probably explains
just as much about the mess that was Grinch.
You can see the craziness for yourself when Jim and Andy debuts November 17.
Longmire: Season 6
Saddle up, because Netflix's critically acclaimed crime drama Longmire is galloping into its
sixth and final season on November 17th.
If we can believe the trailer, this looks like the end of the road for series protagonist
Walt Longmire, who's ready to turn in his badge and give up his life as a lawman.
Netflix grabbed this modern-day Western when A&E pulled the plug after three seasons, making
this Longmire's third season under the Netflix umbrella.
Mudbound
This Netflix original centers on two soldiers at the end of World War II who return home
to rural Mississippi, only to find that, in many ways, their struggles are only just beginning.
Mudbound premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 to critical acclaim, and Netflix picked
it up for distribution.
Sitting tight with an exceptional percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Mudbound definitely
looks like a film worth waiting for.
Check it out on November 17th.
Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers
With his sarcastic delivery and laid back comedic style, Brian Regan has been making
audiences laugh for decades now, and he's back with a new stand-up special coming exclusively
to Netflix.
Nunchucks and Flamethrowers promises all new jokes and more of Regan's on-point commentary
on everyday life.
Check it out on November 21st.
Saving Capitalism
This movie began life as a Kickstarter campaign that ultimately raised nearly $300,000 for
the film's production.
The documentary follows Robert Reich as he travels the nation to speak to Americans about
the state of the country and how people with different political views can find a common
ground.
Saving Capitalism should offer an interesting glimpse into the political climate of the
US.
Look for it on Netflix on November 21st.
Godless
Are Westerns making their big comeback?
It sure seems like it, and Netflix's upcoming Godless is the latest outlaw joining the gang.
Starring Jeff Daniels, Godless tells the story of Frank Griffin, a bandit hellbent on getting
revenge against his ex-partner.
The six-part miniseries was created by Scott Frank, who penned Logan, with Steven Soderbergh
serving as executive producer.
Get set for all the slick six-shooter action on November 22nd.
She's Gotta Have It: Season 1
Spike Lee's 1986 romantic comedy She's Gotta Have It wasn't a smash hit by any means, but
it brought in over $7 million on a $175,000 budget, so you could definitely call it a
financial success.
And apparently the honchos at Netflix thought it wouldn't be a terrible idea to capitalize
on that by turning it into a series...even if it happened 21 years later.
The show will follow the same premise as the film: one woman has three lovers, but hesitates
to settle down with any of them.
Will it capture the same magic as Lee's original film?
We'll all have the chance to find out when Season 1 premieres on November 23rd.
Cuba and the Cameraman
After making waves at the Venice International Film Festival, Jon Alpert's Cuba and the Cameraman
is set to come out on Netflix on November 24th.
The documentary chronicles four decades of revolution, war, and Communism in Cuba under
the rule of Fidel Castro.
It's not light viewing, but Cuba and the Cameraman should go on everyone's list of must-see documentaries.
Frontier: Season 2
Jason Momoa's gritty period drama is getting a return with Season 2, launching viewers
back into the blood-soaked action and frontier justice.
Created by Rob and Peter Blackie, Frontier follows Momoa's character Declan Harp and
his fight against fur traders in Eastern Canada.
Critics have given the show mixed reviews, with some praising the action and the set
pieces and others deriding Frontier's inconsistent pacing.
However, if you're looking for something action-packed to watch while you kick back and relax, you
can catch Frontier Season 2 on November 24th.
Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park: USA
In the first installment of the Trailer Park Boys' semi-spinoff show Out of the Park, Bubbles,
Julian, and Ricky went to Europe to spread their shenanigans abroad.
In the second season, they're heading to the States.
Some fans felt Out of the Park just wasn't as good as the show, so fingers crossed the
second season will bring back that old trailer park magic.
"It's Samsquanch, Ricky, and there's one right outside my f---ing door, right now, he's trying
to get in my shed."
"Holy s---, Bubbles, I see him.
Don't scare him, he's f---ing worth a lot of money."
Look for Out of the Park: USA on November 24.
Glitch: Season 2
There have been several different series about people mysteriously coming back to life in
recent years.
From the French Les Revenants to the American remake, The Returned, and ABC's unrelated
Resurrection, this idea somehow became the most remade trope in recent memory.
And the Australian telling of the story, Glitch, is built on the same bones: citizens of a
small town have to come to grips with the fact that their loved ones are returning from
the grave.
But while the American series fell a little flat, Glitch was much better received and
went on to win several Australian television awards.
Netflix came in to co-produce Season 2, which airs internationally November 28th.
Good Morning Call: Season 2
Based on a manga of the same name, Good Morning Call is a romantic comedy series about a girl
who accidentally becomes roommates with the hottest boy in school.
Japanese shenanigans ensue, leading to plenty of ridiculous situations and a few unexpected
friendships.
Season 2 is set to land on Netflix on November 28th, so keep your eyes peeled.
That covers all the Netflix originals.
Now let's take a look at some of the new movies Netflix is adding to its lineup in November.
New movies
To start with, Netflix is adding a handful of new action movies this month.
On the 1st, look for Chappie, a sci-fi action comedy from District 9's Neil Blomkamp, as
well as Men in Black.
"Now that's what I'm talking about."
November 1st is also seeing the addition of some classic comedies like the original Scary
Movie and The Whole Nine Yards.
For a more serious watch, be sure to check out brand new documentaries like 2016's It's
Not Yet Dark, an inspiring story about Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, who set out to
direct a film after he was diagnosed with neurodegenerative ALS at the age of 34.
Look for it November 2.
Other documentaries to watch for this month include 2017's Williams, a supercharged glimpse
into the founder of the Williams Formula 1 team, and Long Time Running, a music-driven
glimpse into Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.
Netflix's drama lineup is similarly getting better in November, with 42, Field of Dreams,
Michael Clayton, and The Pursuit of Happyness all arriving on the first of the month.
Those are some hard-hitting films, but don't worry: Netflix is adding plenty of films for
family time, too, with Casper and Charlotte's Web hitting the service on November 1st, Scooby-Doo
2: Monsters Unleashed on November 13, and The Boss Baby on November 22nd.
Then, once the kids are in bed, keep the post-Halloween chills going with Silent Hill and Oculus on
November 1st and 2017's Darkness Rising on the 27th.
But horror shouldn't be too serious, so you can also look forward to the campy scares
of 2010's Piranha 3D on November 20.
New television
If the first of the month comes and you've finished binging on Stranger Things already,
don't freak out.
There are plenty of other shows to grab your undivided attention.
In addition to The Punisher, Netflix is bringing on Season 1 of Stranger, a South Korean mystery
thriller about a police prosecutor on the hunt for a serial killer.
The series garnered rave reviews in its home country, and you can experience all the twists
and turns on November 1st.
Also, get ready for police-on-convict action, COPS style, with Under Arrest: Season 7 dropping
on the first of the month and Lockup: State Prisons arriving on the 15th.
Finally, settle in for the third season of Broadchurch on November 27th, the critically
acclaimed British drama that was nominated for seven BAFTA awards in its first season,
and which Entertainment Weekly went so far as to call "a bona fide national obsession."
"Now that's impressive."
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What Makes the MOST MONEY? Amazon vs. Dropshipping with Aliexpress - Duration: 14:32.
Hey, guys.
It's me, Sarah, the video editor here at Wholesale Ted and in today's video, we're gonna be answering
a super common question that we get asked a lot here at Wholesale Ted.
Which is better, dropshipping with Aliexpress or private labeling and selling on the Amazon
FBA program?
Now, first off, if you don't know what these business models are, then I have some great
videos that you can watch.
To learn about Aliexpress dropshipping, I suggest you watch my free video, "How to Dropship
with Aliexpress."
To learn about private labeling with Amazon FBA, I suggest you watch my video, "Pick the
Best Items to Private Label on Amazon."
I'll have a link to both of those videos in the description below.
So yes, I am gonna answer which one of the models makes the most money.
But I'm also gonna compare them when it comes to other important points as well, such as
which is the cheapest for newbies to get started with and which one is the most passive?
So let's jump straight into it.
Which is the cheapest to get started?
To get started with dropshipping, you're going to need the following things: one, products
to sell; two, an online store; three, money for advertising.
All right, because of the fact that you're dropshipping, you don't need to purchase any
items in advance, because you only purchase items that customers have already bought from
you.
And usually, you'll be selling items that cost less than $10 to fulfill, so you would
need very little startup money.
Now, let's move on to starting an online store.
When it comes to this, you've got two options.
Firstly, you can start a Shopify store.
This is usually what I recommend to beginners because it's super easy to use.
Shopify costs just $29 a month, and they have a free app, Oberlo, which helps you automate
the dropshipping process.
And I have a great video tutorial which teaches you how to create a Shopify store, and I'll
have a link to that in the description below.
But of course, if $29 a month is too expensive, then you could start a WooCommerce store.
And I have a great tutorial which teaches you how to do this as well, and again, I'll
have a link to that in the description below.
And of course, you will need one final thing, money for advertising.
Just to be clear, this is optional.
You could be using a free traffic method like SEO or building up a Facebook fan page, but
I suspect that most of my subscribers here plan to be using paid traffic.
And if you do that, you'll be running short one-week ads for the products that you are
testing.
You run the ad and see if it's breaking even or making a small profit, and if it is, you
scale up from there.
Now yes, this costs money, but you can start with tiny ad budgets, as low as $3 a day.
This means it can cost as little as $21 to test a product.
And while you're testing the product, you will make sales, even from products that aren't'
breaking even.
You can then take that money and reinvest it until you find a winning product.
You can do this gradually even if you don't have that much money to get started.
That means then that if you've got, say, a weekly budget of $50, then you can test two
to three products a week.
Now, let's compare that with private labeling with Amazon FBA.
Immediately, you're going to need to order stock in inventory.
And the chances are, you're probably going to need at least 200 units.
Ideally, you'll be running a launch marketing campaign where you'll be giving away products
using coupon codes, and also using paid traffic to drive fast sales.
I've got a great video which goes into these launch marketing strategies.
It's called, "How to Launch Your First Amazon FBA Product," and again, I will have a link
to that in the description below.
Ultimately, you can be looking at easily a thousand dollars to get started with Amazon
FBA.
So I think that we have a clear winner in this case.
And the winner is dropshipping.
Right.
Now, dropshipping is on one point, and private labeling is on zero.
Can it catch up?
Which business model is the most passive?
Okay, when it comes to dropshipping, you're going to need to do a lot of things to keep
your business running.
Firstly, every day, you're going to need to check to see if you've made any sales.
Next, you're gonna have to actually fulfill those sales.
With apps like Oberlo, you can greatly streamline the process, but at the end of the day, you're
still going to need to fulfill the sales.
And when I say "fulfill the sale," I mean you're going to need to order the item from
the Aliexpress seller, and then get it shipped to your customer.
You're also going to need to be watching your email inbox and answering questions from customers.
Because of the fact that you've got long shipping times from China, you're definitely gonna
be receiving quite a few emails from people, so you need to be staying on top of your customer
support.
In addition, you're probably gonna be running ads on Facebook, so you need to be monitoring
those and adding new ones as well.
Now yes, once you've got an established store, you can certainly hire VAs to help you with
these tasks and to make it more passive.
And I have a free video about this, "How to Hire a Virtual Assistant," And again, I'll
have a link to it in the description below.
But until then, yes, this is a hands-on business model.
Now, let's turn to Amazon FBA.
Once you find your product, manufacture it, ship it into the Amazon FBA warehouse, and
run your launch promotion, there isn't a lot more that you need to do.
The work for private labeling is upfront.
You do your research, you manufacture your products, you run your launch promotion, and
from then on out, it's quite hands-off.
Why?
Well, this is for two reasons.
One, Amazon handles fulfillment for you.
When it comes to dropshipping, it's up to you to watch for orders and then to fulfill
the order for your customer.
But when you sell using the FBA program, Amazon takes care of all of that for you.
They store the items in their warehouse.
And when a customer orders it from them, they go find it and then ship it out to them.
All the while, you do nothing.
Two, Amazon handles the marketing for you.
If you run a good launch promotion, then you should be sitting at the top of the Amazon
search results for the keywords that you were targeting.
And every day, people would be coming to Amazon, searching for your keywords, finding your
item, and then buying it, all the while, you don't have to do anything.
The most important thing that you need to be doing as an Amazon FBA seller is watching
your inventory levels and making sure that they are healthy.
But all that day-to-day, hands-on stuff, well, you can let Amazon do that for you.
So again, I think in this case here, we have a clear winner.
And the winner is Amazon private labeling.
Round 2 has ended with an absolute knockout, with Amazon private labeling knocking dropshipping
to the floor.
It's time for Round 3.
What makes the most money?
With dropshipping, you can sell and test a lot of products without having to wait to
manufacture inventory.
And if you find a winning product, it can earn you tens of thousands of dollars a month.
That means that if you get really efficient, and build your VA team, then you can legitimately
scale to over a million dollars in a single year.
Now, I, myself, have never personally scaled this big, but I've had several friends and
guests on this channel who have shared in their video collaborations how they did this.
My friend Aidan Booth did this, my friend Fred Lam did this, and my friend Adrian Morrison
did this.
Plus with dropshipping, you have the big advantage that people are coming to your personal store.
What this means is that you have power over what is happening to the customers since they
are coming to your site that you control.
Which means that you can add upsells to your products, which greatly increases the amount
of money that you make per order.
And you can have Facebook pixels to your website, so that you can catch the customers who are
more retargeting on Facebook.
And of course, you are collecting their email addresses for further remarketing.
Now let's turn around and look at private labeling with Amazon.
Now obviously, there's a lot of money to be made.
But let's be honest, scaling is not gonna be as fast.
You can't immediately sell products.
You need to manufacture them, private label them, and then ship them into the Amazon warehouse.
Plus, because you're selling them to Amazon's site and not your own, you don't have control
over what items Amazon upsells them on, because yes, Amazon most certainly upsells to customer
on more products, but they get to choose what the products are, and oftentimes, they're
not gonna be yours.
They're going to be your competitors.
Plus, you have strict limitations over how you're allowed to email your existing customers.
And obviously, you don't get to pixel them either.
So if you haven't already guessed, and the winner is dropshipping.
Amazon FBA private labeling is down.
Dropshipping has come back up and has taken the lead.
It's now 2-1.
Can Amazon come back?
Which business model has the least risk?
See, here's the thing with dropshipping.
The key is to test different products with ads, and see which ones connect and which
ones don't.
Now unfortunately, most products won't connect.
You're gonna have to test a lot of different products before you find winning ones.
The average that we've noticed to the industry is that you tend to test about 20 products
to find 1 winning item.
But that is just an average.
You might be super-duper lucky and find that your first item is a winner.
Or it might take you 50 products to find a winner.
There is no way to know.
Now, let's look at Amazon FBA.
If you're doing that right, you are not testing lots of different products to find a winning
item.
Instead, you have access to a huge bank of data so that you can immediately spot a winner.
Using Jungle Scout, you can see how many sales are being made for similar items every month.
And you can see if itemless [SP] things that are poorly optimized are still making sales.
And with that data, you can then go find an item that is making lots of sales even for
competitors which have product listings that are poorly optimized.
You can then private label, manufacture it, and then optimize your product listing so
that it's better than the competition's, and sell.
And if you claim your two-week Amazon launch strategy right, then you are following a proven
formula for rising to the top of the Amazon search engine results for the keywords that
you are targeting.
And then you will make organic sales.
With private labeling, there is no guess work.
Using data, you pick your wining product, and then using data, you launch your product
following a proven formula, and then you make your money.
So with this in mind, I think we once again have a clear winner.
And the winner is Amazon private labeling.
Oh, dropshipping got taken back clearly by Amazon private labeling.
It's now even on 2-2.
Who's gonna win Round 5?
Which is best for free traffic?
For long-time subscribers here at Wholesale Ted, you know that I have a soft spot when
it comes to free traffic.
Why?
Because usually, when you're getting free traffic, you're getting it from search engines.
And I personally love manipulating search engines.
Some people like to spend their time skiing.
Some people like to cook.
Me, I like to spend my time manipulating search engines.
So what is a search engine?
Well, the best example of a search engine is Google.
You go to Google, you type in the name of an item that you're looking for, and then
Google will give you a list of pages that it thinks best matches what you are searching
for.
Now if you want to use search engines to get free traffic to your Aliexpress drop shipping
store, you absolutely can.
And it's something that I taught in my free video, "How to Dropship from Aliexpress with
no Startup Money."
In that video, I highlight a store that's currently successfully doing that, World of
Harry.
World of Harry has invested heavily into ranking their store for search terms in Google.
For example, if you come to Google and type in "Ron Weasley Magic Wand," if you scroll
down, you'll find that their store is listed on the first page of results.
Because the store is ranking for keywords like that, it means that they are getting
free sales from people coming to Google, typing in an item, and then finding their store.
But here is the thing about ranking for keywords in Google.
It is slow.
It can take weeks, even months, for Google to move your website up the search results.
If the keywords that [inaudible 00:11:30] your competition, you're going to need to
spend your time or your money into something that is called backlinks.
Optimizing your SEO metadata is just not enough.
Explaining backlinks to my viewers here that don't know what they are is far too complicated
for this video, but let me just say that they are a huge, huge pain.
So even though you can get free traffic to an Aliexpress dropshipping store, it isn't
something that I would recommend.
Now, let's compare this to private labeling on Amazon.
Well, honestly, there is no comparison.
Private labeling rocks when it comes to free traffic.
You see, when you sell at Amazon, you have access to another search engine, and that
is the search engine on Amazon's site.
In fact, on Amazon, roughly 90% of sales come from organic traffic and just 10% of sales
come from the paid ads that you can purchase on Amazon's site.
So if you are doing the private label business right, then it will be built upon the idea
of creating a product listing which sits at the top of Amazon search results.
So let's say you did your research and you discovered that for some reason, there was
a huge opportunity to sell aluminum water bottles on Amazon.
Your goal would be to create your listing so that when people type aluminum water bottle
into the Amazon search engine, your product appears on the first page of results.
And luckily, unlike the Google search engine, manipulating the Amazon search engine is really
easy and really fast.
It's something that I talk about in my video that I referenced earlier, "How to Launch
Your First Product on Amazon."
And the winner is Amazon private labeling.
Ooh-ooh, it's a complete knockout.
Dropshipping is down and Amazon private labeling is a hit.
The score is now 3-2.
Can dropshipping pull it back?
Which is best for paid traffic?
Okay, so the winner for this one is pretty obvious, to be honest, so I'm gonna keep it
short.
With Aliexpress dropshipping, you get to take full advantage of paid traffic.
You can test lots of products and find super winning items, and importantly, you can get
those ads running up within days if you wanted to.
Why?
Well, because you don't have to wait a month to manufacture products and then ship them
into the Amazon FBA warehouse.
Now, with Amazon, it's very different.
Of course, if you've got a successful product listing, then it is a fantastic idea to run
paid traffic to it.
But that's it.
You've got one product.
And if you want to run more, then you're gonna need to have to go, find a new product, manufacture
it, ship it into the Amazon FBA warehouse, and then you get to run ads for it.
So if you like working with paid ads and traffic, then there is no contest.
And the winner is clearly dropshipping.
That's it, folks.
It looks like we have a tie.
Who would have guessed that there's no right or wrong choice here?
You need to pick the right business model that suits you.
Comment below and let me know which business model that you prefer.
Thanks for watching this video.
If you liked it, I'd appreciate it if you gave it a thumbs up.
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Top 10 Scariest Creatures (Legends) - Star Wars Countdown - Duration: 5:24.
Hey everybody and welcome to Leia's Lair.
In this special Halloween-themed episode I will be counting down the top 10 scariest
creatures that are legends.
If you are enjoying the videos, please give them a like and subscribe to the channel so
I can continue making them for you!
Now before I go through the list, be advised that some of these creatures are also in canon
however, not much may be known in the canon versions.
So this information is all based on the legends version.
I also have a Top 10 Scariest Creatures in Canon video, so be sure to check that out as well.
Starting the list off, at number 10 are the Steep.
The Steep are amphibians, native to the planet Metellos.
These carnivores have 10 centimetre thick skin, and are known to dwell in sewage-filled water.
Steep would wander into alleyways at night, searching for children to eat.
Next in, at number 9 are the Sandswimmers.
Sandswimmers are spider-like carnivores from the planet Tatooine that could swim underneath the sand.
They would swim to the surface to latch onto their above-surface prey, and then suck all
the fluid from the victim so rapidly that they did not require paralyzing poisons.
Their main source of diet was Jawa scavengers.
Next in, at number 8 are the Maalraas.
The Maalraas, otherwise known as Nighthunters, are predatory quadrupeds that resided on Dxun,
also known as the Demon Moon.
These creatures would hunt in packs, and were able to use the Force to cloak themselves.
Only highly-trained Jedi or Sith could recognize their silhouettes.
Moving on, at number 7 are the Vornskr.
The Vornskr are canine beasts from the planet Myrkr.
These vicious creatures had the ability to sense the Force, with Force-sensitives being
their favourite prey, which included Jedi.
They hunted mostly during the night, and they had mildly-venomous tails that would be used
to stun prey.
After this, at number 6 are the Krayt Dragons.
Krayt Dragons are large carnivorous reptiles on the planet Tatooine.
These creatures could live for 100 years and when their summer mating season began, you
could hear their howls throughout the canyons.
They could secrete a lethal venom, through either their teeth or spine.
There are at least two subspecies of Krayt Dragons.
The Canyon Krayt Dragon and the Greater Krayt Dragon.
The Greater Krayt Dragons had 10 legs and could measure 100 meters or more in length.
Halfway though, at number 5 are the Tuk'ata.
Tuk'ata, otherwise known as Sith Hounds, were beasts that were bred to guard the Sith
tombs on Korriban.
They had 3 rows of sharp teeth, 3 horns, and six-inch claws.
It is thought that they were originally a non-violent species that was corrupted by Sith alchemy.
Some were able to live for centuries and grew to immense proportions.
They were intelligent creatures, and could even speak the Sith language.
Onto the next, at number 4 are the Leviathans.
Leviathans were large, carnivorous reptiles that were created using dark-sided alchemy.
They predated the Lords of the Sith and could hibernate for millennia, but could be awakened
if prey were nearby.
They could interfere with Sense abilities of Force-sensitives, which could cause the
victims to hear screams, develop headaches, all while making the victims obsess over making
the pain stop.
When these creatures killed a being, they would absorb their life force and knowledge.
They were also capable of shooting fire.
The bronze trophy, at number 3 is the Gorog.
The planetary origin of the Gorog, as well as whether or not there are more than one, remains unknown.
This creature had sharp teeth with 4 large tusks.
The immense strength and size made it able to clutch a Rancor with one hand.
The only known Gorog was kept at the Tarko-se Arena on Cato Neimoidia, but was ultimately
killed by Boba Fett.
Runner-up, at number 2 is the Terentatek.
The Terentatek was a dark-sided creature that was first found on Dromund Kaas, although
it is reported that it could have been created on Korriban by Exar Kun.
The theory is that they were once Rancors, that were mutated.
They had highly venomous tusks and claws, and would feed off the blood of Force-sensitives.
Being extremely powerful and dangerous, they were often referred to as Jedi Killers.
If the dark side was weak in the galaxy, the Terentatek would go into hibernation until
the dark side was strong again.
Finally, at number 1 is the Starweird.
This non-material humanoid was only found in space.
They are tall, gaunt, and have long, sharp talons.
With wild white hair, and glowing eyes, these creatures hovered instead of walking, and
could pass through solid objects.
They have been known to appear to spacers while repairing their ships in space, or come
aboard while traveling through hyperspace.
Once the Starweird chose a target, it would emit a telepathic scream, and then proceed
to shred the victim with it's claws.
They were powerful, with the ability to use the Force, and had a strong hatred for Force-users.
It should be obvious why this one is at the top of the list, just looking at it freaks me out.
Honorable mentions include the Dire-cat, the Mythosaur, the Tikulini, the Corpse-Leeches,
and the Challat Eater.
And there you have it! My countdown of the scariest creatures in legends.
Thanks for watching everyone.
So which creature do you think is the scariest?
What is your order, or what creature would you add to this list?
Let me know down below in the comment section.
And remember to like and subscribe to the channel for more great videos to come.
I hope to see you all again in Leia's Lair.
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Last Call with Carson Daly - Mura Masa: "Lovesick (feat. Fliss)" (Episode Highlight) - Duration: 3:29.
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Mi muerte en Halloween - Duration: 5:34.
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Terror and tourism in Tokyo Dark - Duration: 1:42.
In Tokyo dark you're a detective who explores Tokyo's creepy underworld, but also
famous tourist destinations like Akihabara and Shinjuku
The tourist spots might be tacky
But they can be fun too. When Detective Ito needs to talk to witnesses in a maid cafe you get dragged into their full routine
Holding your hands up like paws
Reciting a chant and tasting a cat -shaped pancake, which looks delicious
Later there's a temple, surrounded by falling cherry blossoms, a friendly golden gai bar and a cat cafe
where a cat creeps up and noses into the text box while you're trying to interview the owner.
Even when you visit places that aren't as nice like a bar owned by the Yakuza
the suicide forest debate of Aokigahara or a hostess club where a gross dude hits on you it still feels like a very familiar Japan.
Witnesses won't always open up unless you find the right way to talk to them
But you can just threaten them until they tell you what you want to know if you're not in the mood for their side quests
or their pancakes.
I didn't want to take this option, except for with that one
gross dude in the club because the gaudy side of Tokyo is so cheerful.
The people might be obstructive, but as Tokyo Dark veers into murder and madness, tangling you up in the story of a suicide cult
the tacky distractions become a reprieve from the horror and traveling back to the light side of the city feels like a relief
Even the maid cafe.
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Last Call with Carson Daly - Mura Masa: "What If I Go? (feat. Bonzai)" (Episode Highlight) - Duration: 3:49.
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A Cord of Three Strands Celebrity Panel | Steven Curtis Chapman, Tim Brown, Sean Lowe - Duration: 26:54.
MALE ANNOUNCER: COMING UP ON "MARRIAGE TODAY WITH JIMMY &
KAREN"... STEVEN CURTIS: WHEN WE HAD NO
CLUE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, SOMETIMES NO CLUE HOW TO EVEN
BEGIN TO LOVE AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER OR ANYTHING, TO HAVE
THAT ANCHOR, TO HAVE THAT PLACE TO RUN AND SAY, "GOD, WE'RE
TRUSTING YOU. WE'RE TRUSTING THAT YOUR WORD IS TRUE. WE'RE
ANCHORING OUR HEARTS TO THAT," AND ALL OF US ARE SAYING HE HAS
BEEN FAITHFUL THROUGH ALL THAT.
JIMMY: THIS SESSION IS CALLED "A CORD OF 3 STRANDS," AND WE'RE
CALLING IT THAT FROM-- "ECCLESIASTES" 4 SAYS, "TWO ARE
BETTER THAN ONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GOOD REWARD FOR THEIR
LABOR. FOR IF THEY FALL, ONE WILL LIFT UP HIS COMPANION. BUT
WOE TO HIM WHO IS ALONE WHEN HE FALLS, FOR HE HAS NO ONE TO HELP
HIM. AGAIN, IF TWO LIE DOWN TOGETHER, THEY WILL KEEP WARM;
BUT HOW CAN ONE BE WARM ALONE? THOUGH ONE MAY BE
OVERPOWERED BY ANOTHER, TWO CAN WITHSTAND HIM. AND A THREEFOLD
CORD IS NOT QUICKLY BROKEN." YOU KNOW, GOD CREATED MARRIAGE
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, KAREN, AND IT WASN'T ADAM AND EVE. IT
WAS ADAM AND EVE AND GOD, AND GOD WAS THE CORD OF 3 STRANDS,
AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM ALL OF THE COUPLES HERE IS JUST
SIMPLY ABOUT YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING GREAT ROLE MODELS. THANK YOU FOR
STANDING UP WHEN IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, TELLING YOUR STORY
WHEN IT WAS EASIER NOT TO TELL YOUR STORY, AND ALL OF THAT, BUT
SEAN AND CATHERINE OVER HERE NOW, THE FIRST QUESTION--YOU
KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A DUD WITH THEM--IS, HOW DID YOU MEET?
YOU KNOW, WELL, YEAH, SO Y'ALL WERE ON "THE BACHELOR." YOU WERE
ON "THE BACHELOR." SEAN: WE MET THE OLD-FASHIONED
WAY. JIMMY: HA HA HA! YEAH.
SEAN: YES. UM, I WAS THE BACHELOR, AND I HAD 26 WOMEN ALL
VYING FOR ME, I GUESS, AND SHE-- JIMMY: THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THAT'S
JUST NOT RIGHT. SEAN: IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT DIDN'T
FEEL RIGHT, EITHER, AND, YOU KNOW, LONG STORY SHORT, I WENT
INTO THAT CRAZY WORLD NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING. I KIND OF
FIGURED, YOU KNOW, "GOD HAS OPENED THIS DOOR. I'M GONNA WALK
THROUGH IT, BUT I DON'T SEE MYSELF EVER MEETING MY WIFE ON
TV." I MEAN, THE THOUGHT OF IT JUST SOUNDED RIDICULOUS, AND I
KNOW THAT MAY SOUND HYPOCRITICAL BECAUSE I WAS THE BACHELOR AND
THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE SHOW, BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT
COULD HAPPEN, AND, LO AND BEHOLD, A COUPLE MONTHS INTO IT,
I REALIZED I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH THIS WOMAN
RIGHT HERE. JIMMY: THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S
AWESOME. TIM AND SHERICE-- TIM, LET ME SAY, HEISMAN TROPHY
WINNER IN 1987. KAREN: WHOO.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] JIMMY: HE--TIM HAS BEEN INDUCTED
INTO THE NFL HALL OF FAME. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
YEAH. 17 YEARS WITH THE OAKLAND
RAIDERS. THAT'S WRONG. YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN A COWBOY.
TIM: HA! I TRIED. I TRIED. JIMMY: SHOULD'VE BEEN A COWBOY.
TIM: MICHAEL IRVIN WOULDN'T LET ME COME PLAY WITH HIM, SO--
HA HA HA! JIMMY: OK, SO HOW DID YOU GUYS
MEET? TIM: ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS
CHESTER McGLOCKTON--GOD REST HIS SOUL--HE PASSED AWAY, 42 YEARS
OLD, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT HE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THIS YOUNG
LADY WHO LIVED IN HIS BUILDING WHO WAS A GREAT COOK, WHO WAS
BEAUTIFUL, AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, MY BOY WAS, YOU KNOW,
SETTING ME UP WITH ONE OF HIS EX-GIRLS OR SOMETHING. I WAS
LIKE, "CHET, PLEASE, MAN, DON'T DO YOUR BOY LIKE THAT,"
AND HE KEPT TELLING ME, "TIM, NO. THIS IS THE GIRL FOR YOU,
I'M TELLING YOU," AND IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
AT HIS WEDDING, HE HAD US SITTING TOGETHER, AND THAT'S
WHERE I MET HER. I MET HER AT THE WEDDING, AND--
JIMMY: WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR SIDE.
SHERICE: OK. LET'S START OVER. SO AT THE WEDDING, I'M STANDING
THERE WITH SOME GIRLFRIENDS, AND HE'S STANDING BEHIND ME IN THE
LINE, AND I THINK HE WENT OVER TO CHESTER IMMEDIATELY AND
ASKED, "WHO IS THAT YOUNG LADY?" AND CHESTER SAID TO HIM, "THIS
IS THE YOUNG LADY I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU TO--INTRODUCE
YOU TO," SO THAT'S THE REAL STORY.
JIMMY: I GOT IT. THERE YOU GO. STEVEN CURTIS AND MARY BETH, OK,
HOW YOU ALL MET, HOW YOU FELL IN LOVE, WHEN YOU DECIDED TO GET
MARRIED, ALL OF THAT. MARY BETH: OK. WE MET AND
MARRIED IN 13 MONTHS. I WAS A FRESHMAN AT ANDERSON UNIVERSITY,
WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN I MET HIM, 19 WHEN WE GOT MARRIED.
I WENT TO-- I WAS A FRESHMAN, SO YOU KNOW
HOW FRESHMEN GO EARLY AT, LIKE-- I DON'T KNOW. THEY HAVE ALL
DIFFERENT NAMES, LIKE PREVIEW WEEK OR WHATEVER. MY ROOMMATE
AND I WERE IN THE BACK ROW OF THIS CONCERT, AND I KEPT
THINKING, "WELL, THERE'S AN ODD-LOOKING LITTLE MAN."
HE HAD A GREEN GUITAR, AND-- [LAUGHTER]
STEVEN CURTIS: OH, GOSH. MARY BETH: AND, UNBEKNOWNST TO
ME, I REALLY WASN'T PAYING MUCH ATTENTION--SORRY--AND I DIDN'T
HEAR THAT HIS NAME WAS STEVE CHAPMAN, WHICH IS WHAT HE WENT
BY IN SCHOOL, AND HE GOES BY STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN BECAUSE--
THAT'S A WHOLE 'NOTHER STORY-- BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER STEVE
CHAPMAN THAT DOES MUSIC, BUT-- SIDE NOTE--I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
WAS WHO THAT WAS, WHICH MEANS WHEN I WENT TO MY MAILBOX AND
STARTED SEEING MAIL FROM STEVE CHAPMAN, I DIDN'T MAKE THE
CONNECTION THAT THAT WAS THE GUY THAT I SAW PERFORMING ON STAGE,
AND YOU AT THE SAME TIME SAW MAIL TO ME, AND YOU ACTUALLY
TOLD ME THAT YOU THOUGHT, "WOULDN'T THIS BE INTERESTING IF
I MET THIS MARY BETH CHAPMAN PERSON AND WE ACTUALLY, LIKE,
LIKED EACH OTHER AND GOT MARRIED?" AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED. NOW, STEVEN CURTIS AND MARY
BETH, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT THE TRAGEDY THAT
HAPPENED WITH YOUR DAUGHTER AND THE--
TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND HOW ONLY WITH
GOD'S HELP, I MEAN, WOULD YOU GUYS BE SITTING HERE HAPPY AND
IN LOVE AND WITH A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
MARY BETH: YEAH. IN 2008, PROBABLY MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN
THIS ROOM KNOW THAT WE LOST OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER MARIA AS A
RESULT OF A CAR ACCIDENT IN OUR DRIVEWAY.
IF GOD WERE NOT IN THE CENTER OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, IT IS A 100%
TRUTH THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED. MANY PEOPLE IN THIS
ROOM PRAYED FOR US AND PRAYED FOR OUR SON AND OUR FAMILY, AND
WE ARE A 100% LIVING RESULT OF PRAYERS OF PEOPLE WHO INTERCEDED
ON OUR BEHALF, SO THANK YOU, FIRST AND FOREMOST...
STEVEN CURTIS: AMEN. [APPLAUSE]
MARY BETH: AND THIS MAN RIGHT HERE IS A 100% SAFE PLACE FOR
ME, AND NOT EVEN-- NOT EVEN JUST IN THE DEATH OF
MARIA, BUT IN OUR EARLY YEARS OF MARRIAGE, HE RAN AND IS RUNNING
HARD AFTER GOD, WHICH IS WHY I RAN HARD AFTER HIM--HA HA!--
BECAUSE I SAW THAT IN HIS LIFE. I SAW IT EARLY ON WHEN WE FIRST
MET AND HOW HONORABLE HE WANTED TO BE TOWARD ME AND OUR
RELATIONSHIP, AND I'VE WATCHED HIM IN RAISING OUR 5 LIVING
CHILDREN, AND HE, STEVEN, REALLY GAVE OUR WHOLE FAMILY THE
PERMISSION TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS AND TO BE ANGRY AND TO WRESTLE
IT OUT, AND WE LANDED. IT WAS A FACE PLANT, BUT WE LANDED, AND
IT WAS SOLID GROUND AT THE END OF IT, AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, GOD
HAS BEGUN TO REDEEM. STEVEN CURTIS: THANK YOU,
SWEETHEART. UM, I LOVE YOU. I'M PROUD OF ONE OF THE MOST
COURAGEOUS--THE MOST COURAGEOUS WOMAN ON THE PLANET, AS FAR AS
I'M CONCERNED, SITTING BESIDE ME, AND THROUGH THE DARKEST OF
TRAGEDIES AND ALL OF THAT, JUST KNOWING THAT WHEN NOTHING ELSE--
WHEN WE HAD NO CLUE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, SOMETIMES NO CLUE
HOW TO EVEN BEGIN TO LOVE AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER OR ANY OF
THAT, TO HAVE THE ANCHOR, TO HAVE THAT PLACE TO RUN AND SAY,
"GOD, WE'RE TRUSTING YOU. WE'RE TRUSTING THAT YOUR WORD IS TRUE.
WE'RE ANCHORING OUR HEARTS TO THAT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT,"
AND ALL OF US ARE SAYING HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL THROUGH ALL OF IT.
JIMMY: YOU GUYS HAVE TOUCHED MANY MILLIONS OF LIVES, AND YOU
HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAYING FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD--YOU'D SOWN
A LOT OF SEED BEFORE THAT EVER HAPPENED. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU FOR
ALL THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH AND HOW YOU WENT THROUGH IT, AND YOU
WILL SEE YOUR DAUGHTER AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE A WONDERFUL
DAY WHEN WE ALL GET BACK TOGETHER IN GOD.
STEVEN CURTIS: AMEN. AMEN. [APPLAUSE]
JIMMY: THANK Y'ALL FOR SHARING. SEAN AND CATHERINE, I WANT TO--
TALK TO YOUR GENERATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
WATCHING RIGHT NOW. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YOUR GENERATION
RELATED TO MARRIAGE? SEAN: WELL, SO SPECIFICALLY, THE
THING THAT WE TOOK THE MOST HEAT OVER AND WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING
TO IS OUR DECISION TO WAIT UNTIL OUR MARRIAGE NIGHT TO HAVE SEX,
AND THE TABLOIDS GOT A HOLD OF THIS. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE,
SOMEBODY ASKED ME A QUESTION, A REPORTER, AND I ANSWERED IT
HONESTLY. HE MUST HAVE ASKED HOW OUR SEX LIFE WAS OR SOMETHING
ALONG THOSE LINES, AND I SAID WE WERE WAITING UNTIL WE GOT
MARRIED, AND FROM THAT MOMENT FORWARD, ANY TALK SHOW I WENT
ON, EVERY TABLOID, THAT'S ALL THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT--"WHY
AREN'T YOU GUYS HAVING SEX?"-- AND IT REALLY BOTHERED ME IN THE
BEGINNING. THEY LABELED ME THE VIRGIN BACHELOR, EVERY TABLOID--
"THE VIRGIN BACHELOR." IT COULD BE RESPECTABLE NEWS
OUTLETS LIKE "GOOD MORNING AMERICA." ALL THEY WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IS OUR SEX LIFE OR LACK THEREOF. I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW
WHY WE WERE TAKING THAT STANCE, BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE TO HEAR MY
REASONING. THEY JUST WANTED TO PUT A LABEL ON US, BUT AS THE
MONTHS WENT ON, WHAT I THINK WE BOTH REALIZED IS THAT WHETHER OR
NOT THE TABLOIDS AND THE ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS AND
EVERYBODY WANTED TO HEAR OUR STORY, PEOPLE WERE STILL
UNDERSTANDING IT, AND PEOPLE WERE STILL GETTING THE MESSAGE,
AND THEY WERE SEEING GOD'S TRUTH THROUGH US. FOR ALL THE YOUNG
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE LISTENING, YOU WILL NOT REGRET
THAT DECISION, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT SEX HERE. YOU WILL NOT
REGRET THAT DECISION TO WAIT UNTIL MARRIAGE, AND IT'S SUCH A
SPECIAL, INTIMATE THING THAT GOD HAS CREATED, AND I KNOW YOU'VE
PROBABLY HEARD THIS IN CHURCH A MILLION TIMES, AND YOU MAY EVEN
HAVE READ IT IN THE BIBLE, BUT IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL,
INTIMATE THING THAT GOD MADE FOR YOU AND THAT
ONE PERSON YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH LIFE WITH, YOU'RE DOING
YOURSELF A HUGE DISSERVICE IF YOU'RE HAVING SEX WITH OTHER
PEOPLE. CATHERINE: AND, TO BE HONEST,
SEAN WAS THE ONE WHO PRESENTED THAT COMMITMENT TO ME WHEN WE--
THE DAY BEFORE HE PROPOSED, HE SAID, "I AM NOT GONNA HAVE SEX
UNTIL MARRIAGE," AND I IMMEDIATELY WAS LIKE, "WAIT.
WHAT? I KNEW YOU WERE A CHRISTIAN, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY THEY'RE CHRISTIAN, AND THEY DON'T LIVE IT OUT," SO I WAS,
LIKE, VERY TAKEN BACK, BUT IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT, "YES.
ABSOLUTELY I WILL DO THAT WITH YOU, NO QUESTIONS ASKED," AND WE
HELD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE THE WHOLE TIME. WE MADE SURE THAT
THAT COMMITMENT THAT WE BOTH MADE MEANT SOMETHING, AND I
THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED TO HEAR US SAY THAT
ABOUT SEX, BUT THAT WAS THE BEST DECISION THAT I COULD'VE EVER
MADE, IS TO SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT? FORGET MY PAST. FORGET WHAT I
COULD HAVE DONE AND WHAT PATH I COULD HAVE TAKEN." THE WAY THAT
HE PRESENTED IT TO ME AND THE WAY THAT I HAD JUST SAID,
"ABSOLUTELY," AND I STUCK TO THAT COMMITMENT, I AM SO GLAD
THAT I DID THAT, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT HE PRESENTED IT TO ME
BECAUSE I AM--THERE'S NO LOOKING BACK, AND I AM SO HAPPY, AND I
HOPE THAT EVERYBODY REALLY LOOKS AT IT SERIOUSLY AND THINKS, "I
DON'T WANT TO MOVE IN BECAUSE THAT CHANGES SO MUCH ABOUT
A RELATIONSHIP, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEX." IT'S, LIKE, THE
MOST AMAZING THING THAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH.
JIMMY: WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
KAREN: YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, SEAN, YOU, AS A
MAN, MADE THAT DECISION. THERE'S A LOT OF WOMEN THAT WANT TO BE
VIRGINS, BUT THE MEN PUT PRESSURE ON THEM, AND FOR YOU TO
BE THE ROLE MODEL THAT YOU ARE FOR MEN, I MEAN, THAT'S FOR--
JUST LIKE SHE SAID, "HE PRESENTED IT TO ME," AND
IMMEDIATELY, SHE'S LIKE, "WELL, YEAH." CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT THIS
GENERATION THAT YOU'RE A PART OF, HOW IT WOULD CHANGE IF MEN
SAID, "WE WILL REMAIN PURE," AND WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR THE WOMEN
IN OUR SOCIETY? JIMMY: YEAH. NOW I WANT TO TALK
TO TIM AND SHERICE. OK. WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
YOU LEARNED ABOUT MARRIAGE? TIM: WELL, MARRIAGE IS PROBABLY
THE MOST DIFFICULT THING THAT YOU EVER GO THROUGH, WITHOUT A
DOUBT. I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW-- THIS IS A EVER-CHANGING BEING.
[LAUGHTER] AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE IS, IT
CHANGES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, SO--HA HA!--I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
ADJUST TO THAT AND TO-- JIMMY: AND ALL THE MEN SAID,
"AMEN." TIM: "AMEN." HA HA HA!
JIMMY: I DON'T WANT TIM TO JUST HANG OVER THERE BY HIMSELF.
TIM: RIGHT. COME ON, Y'ALL. LOOK. YEAH...
JIMMY: I MARRIED HER TWIN RIGHT HERE.
SHERICE: I HEARD SOME WOMEN GOING, "HMM."
TIM: SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, YOU
ALWAYS HAVE TO BE OPEN. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE READY FOR
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND, YOU KNOW, SO I KNOW THAT SHE'S GOT
CENTERED, SO WHENEVER THINGS-- IF THINGS START TO SLIDE
A LITTLE BIT TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, ALWAYS, "HEY, YOU KNOW,
THIS GOD THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT, LET'S GET BACK THERE,"
BECAUSE THERE, WE CAN ALWAYS BE HEAD TO HEAD
AND WE CAN ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE, AND I THINK THAT'S
THE PLACE I WANT TO BE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU
KNOW, I PLAYED FOOTBALL AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE,
BUT THIS I HAVE TO WORK AT VERY, VERY HARD. THERE IS NO
AUTOPILOT, YOU KNOW. I WISH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU COULD GO ON
AUTOPILOT, BUT YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT DO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE TO
FIND A WAY EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S HAPPY.
NOW, I DON'T--I FAIL, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT'S NOT
BECAUSE OF LACK OF EFFORT, AND SO I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT I
HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PLEASE HER BECAUSE IF MAMA'S HAPPY,
EVERYBODY'S HAPPY, AND THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, AND THAT'S
HOW I TRY TO APPROACH IT. JIMMY: AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH
THAT, TIM, AND I THINK EVERY MAN WOULD. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THEM
TO BE LESS COMPLICATED. YOU WANT THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW--HA HA HA!
TIM: SEE, YOU USE THAT WORD. I WASN'T USING THAT WORD.
HA HA HA! JIMMY: AND I'LL PAY A HIGH PRICE
FOR THAT, TOO, TIM, BUT, NO, REALLY AND TRULY, IT IS WORK,
AND IT IS EVER-CHANGING, AND THAT MAKES IT CHALLENGING, BUT
IT ALSO MAKES IT WHAT IT IS. TIM: ABSOLUTELY. A BEAUTIFUL
THING. SHERICE: THAT GOES BOTH WAYS...
TIM: OHH! SHERICE: BUT ONE THING I CAN SAY
IS, YOU WERE VERY HELPFUL AND INSTRUMENTAL WITH ME BECAUSE WE
DO A WIVES' PRAYER. A GROUP OF MY GIRLFRIENDS, WE HAVE A WIVE''
PRAYER GROUP, AND WE WALKED IN ONE DAY, AND SHE'S LIKE,
"LADIES, SIT DOWN. I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU--JIMMY EVANS.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO HEAR THIS," AND I'M LIKE, "UH-OH. WHAT DID
WE DO?" BUT IT WAS MORE OR LESS SAYING HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
SUPPORT OUR HUSBANDS. YOU REALLY WERE REALLY TEACHING ON HOW THE
WIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS BIGGEST CHEERLEADER, AND WE ALL
SAT BACK--I CAN'T SAY ANY NAMES BECAUSE SOME WELL-KNOWN WOMEN--
AND WE SAT BACK AND WE SAID, "WOW," AND WE ALL HAD TO THINK
ABOUT IT, AND WE SAID, "OK, SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THEM
IN ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING, REALLY NOT SAY TOO MUCH, BUT TO
SUPPORT THEM AND THEN LET THEM KNOW, "HEY, I SUPPORT YOU. I
LOVE YOU," AND THAT'S OUR ROLE, NOT THAT WE CAN'T BE HEARD AND
YOU CAN'T GIVE YOUR OPINION, BUT YOU DON'T TEAR YOUR HUSBAND
DOWN. YOU DON'T BEAT YOUR HUSBAND DOWN FOR MAKING BAD
DECISIONS. YOU COME TOGETHER. COMMUNICATION IS KEY.
TIM: "BAD DECISIONS"? HA HA HA! SHERICE: BAD DECISIONS. HA HA!
HA! COMMUNICATION IS KEY, I WOULD TELL ANYONE, AND WE'RE IN
OUR FORTIES, BUT JUST COMMUNICATION IN YOUR MARRIAGE
HAS GOT TO BE NUMBER ONE. IF YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE,
THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOUR MARRIAGE IS GONNA SURVIVE
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE IN ONE CORNER AND SHE IN ANOTHER CORNER
AND YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS AND I'M IN THIS AREA AND WE'RE NOT
COMING TOGETHER. IT JUST DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT
BIBLICAL, SO-- JIMMY: IN MARRIAGE, EVERYTHING
WE DO AFFECTS THE OTHER PERSON, AND SO THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO
SPEAK INTO IT, AND SO IT'S MEANT FOR HUSBANDS TO INCLUDE THEIR
WIVES IN DECISION MAKING IS A HUGE SHIFT...
SHERICE: AMEN. JIMMY: AND I KIND OF LEARNED
THAT THE HARD WAY, TOO. WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU
GUYS LEARNED ABOUT MARRIAGE? STEVEN CURTIS: WELL, YOU KNOW, I
THINK, ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I MEAN, REALLY
CELEBRATING THOSE DIFFERENCES. I THINK EARLY ON IN OUR
MARRIAGE, I MADE GREAT MISTAKES IN TRYING--
YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS SORT OF IDEA OF THIS IS WHAT MY WIFE IS
GONNA--HOW SHE'S GONNA RESPOND TO THINGS. AND, QUICKLY, WE
LEARNED, I THINK, WITH, YOU KNOW, COUNSELORS AND DIFFERENT
ONES WITH GOD'S DIRECTION THAT-- I THINK IT WAS OUR PASTOR AT THE
TIME, SCOTTY SMITH, THAT LIKENED US TO--BECAUSE WE WERE FANS OF
WINNIE-THE-POOH, HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF LIKE TIGGER
AND EEYORE HAVE GOTTEN MARRIED HERE," AND...
[LAUGHTER] IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG IF YOU'RE
AROUND US TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS THE "HOO HOO HOO! FUN,
FUN, FUN" GUY DIVING IN, SADDLING UP HIS HORSE, AND NOT
THAT MY WIFE IS IN ANY SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION LIKE EEYORE.
MARY BETH: I CAN BE FUN. STEVEN CURTIS: SHE CAN BE VERY
FUN, BUT THE WISDOM, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO ASSESS SITUATIONS
AND READ THOSE AND TO REALLY EMBRACE AND RECOGNIZE THAT AS A
GIFT FROM GOD, EVEN THE VAST DIFFERENCES AND SOME THAT WERE
REALLY HARD FOR US, YOU KNOW, TO EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE, BUT IT
WAS SO IMPORTANT AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO CELEBRATE THOSE, AGAIN, ALL GOING BACK TO
TRUSTING THAT GOD REALLY DOES KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING WHEN HE
BRINGS US TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF TIMES WHEN IT'S EASY
TO GO, "OK, GOD. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THIS ONE. YOU MISSED IT ON
JUST THIS ONE," YOU KNOW. "ALL THE OTHER ONES YOU GOT RIGHT,
BUT THIS ONE, THERE'S NO WAY THIS COULD'VE BEEN YOUR DESIGN,
THIS IS SO DIFFERENT, WE'RE SO DIFFERENT," AND YET TO REALLY
BEGIN TO WATCH GOD REDEEM THAT AND SAY, "NO. I ACTUALLY HAVE A
REALLY BRILLIANT PLAN HERE GOING ON IF YOU'LL TRUST ME WITH IT
AND LEARN THROUGH THE PROCESS." JIMMY: WELL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED
THAT TEACHING TODAY. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
TEACHINGS THAT I'VE EVER BROUGHT IS A MESSAGE CALLED "FLYING HIGH
IN MARRIAGE," AND IT'S A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO HELP YOU TO
HAVE THE MARRIAGE OF YOUR DREAMS AND TO HAVE A MARRIAGE THAT'S
GREAT THAT LASTS FOR A LIFETIME, AND THAT MESSAGE IS CALLED
"FLYING HIGH IN MARRIAGE." RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT
TO SUPPORT US HERE AT "MARRIAGE TODAY," I WANT TO SEND YOU THE
CD SINGLE OF THAT MESSAGE. IT'LL REALLY BLESS YOU. FOR YOUR
GIFT OF $75 OR MORE RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO SEND YOU THE FULL 5-PART
SEMINAR SERIES "FLYING HIGH IN MARRIAGE." AND IT HAS EMOTIONAL
HEALING AND HEALTH. IT HAS GOD'S LAWS OF LOVE. IT HAS TREMENDOUS
MESSAGES IN THERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR MARRIAGE
RELATIONSHIP, AND SO RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR GIFT OF $75, WE WANT TO
SEND YOU THE FULL 5-PART CD SERIES AND MY "RIGHT ONE" BOOK.
"THE RIGHT ONE" IS A BOOK ABOUT DATING AND MARRIAGE, AND IT'S
PERFECT IF YOU HAVE A CHILD OR SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S
HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AGE, SINGLE, DIVORCED, OR WHATEVER,
PERFECT BOOK TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR MARRIAGE. RIGHT NOW
FOR YOUR GIFT OF $120 OR MORE, WE WANT TO SEND YOU THE DVDs AND
THE CDs OF "FLYING HIGH IN MARRIAGE," THE FULL SEMINAR, AND
"THE RIGHT ONE" BOOK AND WORKBOOK. NOW, "THE RIGHT ONE"
BOOK IF YOU'RE SINGLE, DIVORCED, COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, WHATEVER,
IT'S PERFECT FOR ANYONE WHO IS SINGLE AND THEY WANT TO GET
MARRIED, AND THE WORKBOOK IS FOR YOU TO TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER BUT
ALSO TO HAVE A BIBLE STUDY OR A SMALL GROUP WORKING ON, YOU
KNOW, GETTING MARRIED AND DATING AND DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, SO
WE WANT TO PUT THESE VERY IMPORTANT RESOURCES INTO YOUR
HANDS RIGHT NOW AS YOU GIVE TO SUPPORT US HERE AT "MARRIAGE
TODAY," AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN DO IT.
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: IN THE "FLYING HIGH IN MARRIAGE" SERIES, YOU'LL
DISCOVER WHY YOU FELL IN LOVE, HOW TO HEAL FROM THE EMOTIONAL
SCARS OF LIFE, AND WHAT KEEPS YOUR RELATIONSHIP GROWING AND
THRIVING. SUPPORT "MARRIAGE TODAY" WITH YOUR ONLINE GIFT OF
ANY AMOUNT, AND WE'LL SEND YOU THE "FLYING HIGH IN MARRIAGE"
SINGLE. JIMMY: WE DIDN'T GET MARRIED TO
LIVE TWO SEPARATE LIVES. WE GOT MARRIED TO SHARE OUR LIVES
TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GONNA RUN THIS THING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: RECEIVE THE 5-PART CD SERIES AND "THE RIGHT
ONE" BOOK FOR YOUR GIFT OF $75 OR MORE. IN "THE RIGHT ONE"
BOOK, YOU'LL GET BIBLICAL, NO-NONSENSE ADVICE ON
SUCCESSFULLY DATING AND MARRYING THE RIGHT PERSON. FOR YOUR GIFT
OF $120 OR MORE, YOU'LL RECEIVE THE 5-PART DVD SERIES,
"THE RIGHT ONE" BOOK, AND THE "FINDING THE RIGHT ONE"
WORKBOOK. INCLUDED IN THE 5-PART DVD SERIES IS A CELEBRITY PANEL
WITH STEVEN CURTIS AND MARY BETH CHAPMAN, TIM AND SHERICE BROWN,
AND SEAN AND CATHERINE LOWE. MARRIAGE CAN GET BETTER YEAR
AFTER YEAR. YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE CAN FLY HIGH IN MARRIAGE.
JIMMY: YOU KNOW, ON THE PROGRAM TODAY, YOU SAW THE CELEBRITY
COUPLES, AND THAT WAS SUCH A FUN TIME AND A POWERFUL TIME OF THEM
SHARING, BUT THE THING THAT THEY ALL HAD IN COMMON WAS JESUS, AND
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO PORTRAY, IS, YOU KNOW, SEAN AND
CATHERINE, THEIR MARRIAGE, YOU KNOW, CAME TOGETHER AROUND
JESUS, AND WE LOVE WHAT SEAN-- YOU KNOW, HOW HE WAS SUCH A MAN
OF GOD IN HONORING HER BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED, AND THAT NEEDS
TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY AND PEOPLE GETTING
MARRIED, IS KEEPING YOURSELF UNTIL MARRIAGE AND THE BLESSING
THAT THAT BRINGS, BUT ALSO TIM AND SHERICE AND THEIR MARRIAGE,
WHAT A POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF HOW THIS MAN--SO FAMOUS, SO GIFTED--
HAD MONEY, FAME, EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT--BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH
WITHOUT JESUS AND HOW THAT TERRIFIC COUPLE HAS DEDICATED
THEIR MARRIAGE TO GOD AND HOW GOD HAS BLESSED THEM.
THE STATISTICS OF DIVORCE IN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS, PERIOD, IS
HORRIFIC, AND IN FOOTBALL IS HORRIFIC, BUT THERE IS
AN EXAMPLE OF HOW JESUS CHRIST MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE
OF A PERSON. YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT TIM AND
SHERICE AND JUST ENVY THEM AND THINK, "OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S THE
MOST INCREDIBLE COUPLE. THEY HAVE MONEY. THEY'RE
GOOD-LOOKING. THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING." NO, NOT WITHOUT
JESUS, AND THEY KNOW THAT, AND, SEE, WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS US TO
BELIEVE IS, ALL THESE CELEBRITIES OUT THERE, WELL,
THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING. CELEBRITIES NEED JESUS JUST THE
WAY EVERYBODY ELSE DOES, AND THIS IS WHY WE WANTED THEM TO
SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY, IS JUST AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US IS, WE
NEED JESUS. IF THEY NEED JESUS, WE ALL NEED JESUS, AND HE MAKES
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD, BUT STEVEN CURTIS AND
MARY BETH, WHAT A PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS COUPLE. STEVEN CURTIS
IS THE MOST AWARDED CHRISTIAN MUSIC ARTIST IN HISTORY.
HIS GRAMMYS, YOU KNOW, HIS-- THE DOVE AWARDS HE'S WON, IT'S
JUST INCREDIBLE HOW GIFTED THAT MAN IS, BUT THEY WENT THROUGH
A TRAGEDY IN THEIR FAMILY, AND MOST COUPLES THAT LOSE A CHILD
DIVORCE. THE DIVORCE RATE FOR COUPLES LIKE THAT GOES UP
DRAMATICALLY, BUT THEY MADE IT BECAUSE OF GOD. THEY MADE IT
BECAUSE GOD WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND GAVE THEM
THE STRENGTH TO GET THROUGH SUCH A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME,
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED THE CELEBRITY COUPLES TODAY, BUT LET
ME JUST SAY SOMETHING. WE NEED JESUS IN OUR MARRIAGES. PEOPLE
ASK KAREN AND I, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MADE IT IN OUR MARRIAGE.
JESUS. WE ARE MARRIED BECAUSE OF GOD, AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST-- I'M NOT SAYING BECAUSE WE WALKED
THE AISLE WHEN WE WERE 13 YEARS OLD AND GOT SAVED. I'M SAYING,
BECAUSE WE PRAY EVERY DAY AND DEPEND ON JESUS EVERY DAY IN OUR
MARRIAGE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT
AN ACTIVE, DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP ON JESUS CHRIST.
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN MARRIAGE. IT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT ISSUE. WHETHER TO PREDICT WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO
SUCCEED OR FAIL IN MARRIAGE IS YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS CHRIST. WHEN GOD CREATED MARRIAGE IN "GENESIS" 2, GOD WAS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MARRIAGE. IT WASN'T ADAM AND EVE. IT WAS
ADAM AND EVE AND GOD. IF YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO
JESUS CHRIST, I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW, OPEN YOUR HEART TO CHRIST
AND ASK HIM TO COME IN TO BE YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, AND HE
WILL. IN AN INSTANT OF TIME, YOUR ETERNAL ADDRESS WILL CHANGE
FROM HELL TO HEAVEN, AND GOD WILL COME IN. HE'LL FORGIVE YOUR
SINS, AND FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, JESUS WILL LIVE INSIDE
OF YOU, AND YOU'LL BE A NEW PERSON. HE WILL FULFILL YOU.
HE WILL FILL YOU WITH HIS LOVE AND ABILITY TO LOVE OTHER
PEOPLE, BUT IT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THAT WILL BE MADE IN
YOUR MARRIAGE, IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, SO I
HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL
OPEN YOUR HEART TO CHRIST IF YOU HAVEN'T, AND IF YOU'RE NOT
DEPENDING ON JESUS RIGHT NOW, I WANT YOU TO GIVE YOUR MARRIAGE
TO GOD. MAYBE YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. MAYBE YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH A TOUGH TIME. I WANT YOU TO GIVE YOUR MARRIAGE TO GOD AND
JUST SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES FOR YOU. I HOPE YOU'VE
ENJOYED THE PROGRAM TODAY. LISTEN. IF THIS MINISTRY'S
A BLESSING TO YOU, WOULD YOU SUPPORT US FINANCIALLY? WOULD
YOU GIVE YOUR MOST GENEROUS GIFT RIGHT NOW TO HELP US COME BACK
TO YOU AND GO TO OTHER PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, HELPING THEM
IN THEIR MARRIAGES? THE INFORMATION'S ON YOUR SCREEN.
YOU CAN CALL THE NUMBER THERE. YOU CAN GO ON OUR SECURE
WEBSITE, OR YOU CAN MAIL YOUR GIFT IN TO THE ADDRESS THAT'S
THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, BUT GIVE YOUR MOST GENEROUS GIFT TO HELP
US RAISE THE STANDARD. YOU KNOW, MARRIAGE IS UNDER ATTACK, AND
WE'RE ON THE FRONT LINES OF HELPING PEOPLE TO SUCCEED IN
THEIR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. THANK YOU FOR
GIVING, AND WATCH THIS. WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
MALE ANNOUNCER: GOING THROUGH DIVORCE IS A LOT TO ASK OF
CHILDREN AND OFTEN RESULTS IN YEARS OF EMOTIONAL PAIN.
IT'S A VIOLENT RIPPING APART OF THEIR PARENTS AND A SENSE OF
ABANDONMENT. WHAT SOMETIMES WE SEE AS A QUICK WAY OUT CAN MEAN
COMPLETE LOSS FOR A CHILD. JIMMY: YOU HAVE A 100% CHANCE OF
SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE. YOU WERE MADE FOR MARRIAGE.
MALE ANNOUNCER: "MARRIAGE TODAY" EXISTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM
THE PAIN OF DIVORCE AND TO STEER COUPLES AWAY FROM MARITAL
FAILURE BY TELLING THEM THE TRUTH. WHEN YOU STAND WITH
"MARRIAGE TODAY," YOUR INDIVIDUAL EFFORT MULTIPLIES
WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS, AND TOGETHER, WE CAN REBUILD THE
LEGACY OF STRONG FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD. CHOOSE YOUR LEVEL OF
PARTNERSHIP TODAY AND RECEIVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO
STREAMING LIBRARY. BECOME A ROCK
SOLID PARTNER TODAY.
Thank you for watching MarriageToday
with Jimmy and Karen. Subscribe to MarriageToday's
YouTube channel for more marriage-building videos
and updates.
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KILLER CLOWN -- It the Movie in Roblox - Duration: 11:43.
I hear screaming what is that I've overcome no no don't kill me oh my gosh
he killed me already
hi everybody I'm Paula and I am in roblox I am going to look at some things
that have to do with the movie it let's go ahh I don't know I'm kind of scared
oh there's people down here so hey guys is there a clown in your clown game no
probably not some people put things in the title why
is this closed why can't we get in there Oh oh my gosh they are clowns guys get
away oh gosh stop okay there are clowns I'm scared to
hold me don't let me get killed by clowns oh my gosh there are clowns I
didn't think there would be clowns hello stop what is it no no no no no what kind
of a gun do I have I don't think it's doing much oh gosh they just keep coming
no-no-no I'm dead okay that was great that was really great
good job okay what is that why does that keep popping down is that like a problem
with my game okay that was kind of fun I will go back and try to kill another
clown but first but first I need to what is that that's a little pistol oh
gosh I have no idea what gun I need wait what is this ah stop it okay Donald
Trump led busy okay let's get bendy cuz bid these pretty pretty oh my gosh
what's that hack my gun is coming out of Bendis I what what am I even seen this
is not exactly how it should look okay this is a nightmare I'm going down
and I'll probably die because that's just what I do
I die
wait hi miss bindi look her hair is sticking out too if I accidentally shoot
you I'm sorry here comes the clown oh gosh
good job Oh how's that shot huh this is scary oh
no no no no this guns better stop no I don't want it
this is like a troll game okay let's see how far down they just keep spotting do
you run out of ammo in this game why is nothing working there's probably
somebody stance that stands behind me and shoot and that's why I felt like I
was killing them and now let's get away from them okay where are they spawning
from oh my gosh what no oh well that about Kim me okay nevermind that I don't
like this game let's go look at another one
such a big baby okay we're gonna try another one okay oh my gosh this is it
smile which I'm not sure what this is meaning oh my gosh I'm scared
Oh guys no wait am I supposed to hide I think I'm supposed to hide
oh gosh I am scared seriously I'm scared okay where's the
clown I'm a human ah don't shine your flashlight that much what oh gosh I
don't like this I'm already scared I'm already scared help me help me I'm
scared wait what is that screaming I hear screaming what is that oh no no
don't kill me oh my gosh she killed me already what Wow I am such a loser
seriously oh my goodness okay well that went really well I have a flashlight
which is good and look at the red balloons oh gosh
I don't want to float seriously I don't want to float it scares me
this is terrifying I'm scared and I'm not even in there
where do you go in here ah let's go in here is there anything scary
oh don't be scary hey what you guys doing what you doing hey okay good bye
yeah we're all fat we are all fat okay I'm sorry and I'm stuck somebody who has
a knife you have a knife wow that's cool and everybody is just like why are you
in my way how do you get by people in here I guess I figured it out okay
twenty seconds and I'll get stuck on something how do you get these t-shirts
no cancel and if you buy them do you get him forever
or do you only get him for a little while oh gosh it's so scary okay this is
the last time I played this one this is scary me and he jumped up he seriously
did you can't hide up high and it's dark and even that bruises scare me and I
don't know who anybody is because I don't see anything over their heads hey
guys don't scare me please don't scare me okay I have a flashlight and he's
gonna see me with the flashlight right
it sounds terrifying can I hide try not to use your flashlight
oh my guys
oh so scary hide me hide me oh you got one of them
springy things it's so dark wait that person is climbing up hi can I
walk off the edge what was that oh don't don't go that way I'm pretty sure it was
nothing wait she went into that hi can we hide
in here this is like creepy what I'm dead
okay that was great okay guys this is scary oh my look at that
the hand oh that is the hand okay I'm gonna do this one more time and I'm
gonna do it so legit I'm gonna be good I don't even have a knife I need a knife
no I don't want smiles balloon although I would like to have something hey
there's nobody in here run let's see what's down here I can
actually get my big butt through it maybe oh no there's nothing down here
and this is scary why is this scary because what if he pops in there oh I'm
scared I'm so scared I'm going back hi you have like rainbow glasses and guys
don't get me back here I'm scared it's a scare they're gonna start crying wait am
I going the right direction halt I'm here never mind I know what's going on
okay this time I'm gonna be really legit why do I feel short I feel short next
you guys okay I don't know where's the best place to go I'll just follow
everybody how's that that was good that was really good
ah wait what what I'm down again he's gonna come any second I'm panicking guys
guys I'm panicking okay never mind forget that you saw that you didn't see
me panic what you know he's gonna come for us right because he's a clown and
clowns are scary and they come for you and tried to kill you
oh gosh are we stuck here oh oh I wouldn't be with you guys I don't want
to go out there by myself no I don't want to go by myself
everybody's trying to get up on top hey that person is up on top oh gosh I am
I'm gonna be dead you scared me that was a jump scare from a redhead whoa am I on
your head what am I I'm I'm so scared
do you see him oh my gosh whoa that scared me why do they scare me I
made it oh gosh if he jumps up here so help me cute little koala whatever that
is hi are we cheating is this like cheating oh I don't want to fall down
okay I'm going to put my flashlight on hi guys I have a floating flashlight
which hopefully it doesn't look like that to you to see come up here did I
jump off what is this then we all die okay that was weird that was really
weird but anyway guys this is so fun you have got to come check this out and I
will try to remember to put a link in the description this is scary oh gosh so
anyway guys you have fun and wow I can almost hide myself in there and I will
talk to you later bye
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