It's such a good way to get like your beans and fruits in to wherever you like that and it's actually like on the hook. Hello you guys, so I've been sick for the past several days, but I'm better now. I just have like a so light lingering cough, but other than that, I feel good. I'm better. But anyways, but I just want to tell you guys that I've been wanting to get an iPad Mini for a while now because there's just like a lot that you can do with it. Like I can plan my videos. I can make a planner out of it. I can use it to watch like Netflix when I'm on set. So I don't need to use my phone and it just basically it's kind of like a portable like laptop. So I got the iPad Mini and I got the pencil and I got this for myself like kind of as a Christmas gift because honestly, why not? I had to search so far and wide for this. This was like the only this was the last iPad Mini or iPad in general because they were all sold out because of Christmas that I can find in the lower mainland like around my area.  It's sold out at every single store and I snatched the last one up here because I saw it was there was one left available online. So I like snatched it right away and then I just came to pick it up now, but I'm so excited. Especially she uses like as a planner and everything and yeah, I'm so excited. The Apple pencil is also $30 off. So kind of a little bit of a sale. But yeah, so Merry Christmas to me. So excited and I knew that I was going to eventually buy this like I've been wanting it for a long time and I was like, you know what? Like I could procrastinate this and wait to get it or since I'm already I know that I'm already like I know that I'm going to get it eventually. So may as well just get it now because I'm going to spend the money eventually. So may as well just do it now so that I have it earlier than waiting. You know, why procrastinate? Anyways, so excited about this.  I got my retainer in right now. So sorry if this is like a really weird list buyout because I try and wear my retainer every single night. And I still have this like kind of small list that still comes with it. Like I never got over the list. It just going to be with me every single time I wear my retainer. So excuse me because I literally just did the whole shipment and getting ready for bed. But I couldn't wait because my mom came home and a package arrived for me and I needed to show you guys the haul right away because I like was waiting to open it. And I'm like, okay, I could wait for tomorrow. But like I'm just going to be too excited to sleep because I'm going to want to open it because getting packages is just sorry I'm literally still have that lingering cough. Getting packages is literally like so exciting and fun. And I want to share boxes with you guys. So I ordered off of Sephora and I usually honestly don't really splurge at Sephora much just because it is quite expensive but I was feeling like treating myself. I was like, you know what, we're going to splurge because I can just sew into makeup lately. Like I don't know what it is but I've just been obsessed with makeup lately and I feel like a lot of people have as well. Like it's not just me. It's everybody. Accumatively, I feel like everyone has just been like collectively. Sorry, I'm just like fixing everyone. I feel like I just been collectively obsessed with makeup. And Sephora, you just, it hits different. You just, I don't know. There's something about it. I just really wanted to try out some new makeup products. I did get some glossy products for Christmas and I'm in love with them. I will show you guys tomorrow but I'm in love with them. And now I just want to try so many other things because Sephora has just, I don't know, I used to shop at Sephora because I was like, you know what, I can get like drugs, things from the drug store and it's way cheaper and you know, it's whatever. But it's like, I'm telling you one, I can treat myself to more luxury makeup. So, I'm going to show you guys what I got. I think I got like five, four, five items. I'm so excited. Okay, let's get into it. Okay, so the first thing I got is the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray Party All Night. And I'm so excited to try this. Apparently, this like keeps your makeup on all day, even under the mask. And I have never used a setting spray in my life before. Like I've never owned any brand of a setting spray. I don't think I have. Maybe like, maybe I've gone from the drug store like a long time ago but I didn't like it and I never used it. But I've never really worn setting spray for more than like a day, maybe one day in my life I wore. But that's it. So I'm really excited to try a setting spray because whenever I wear my mask it takes off my makeup. So I really hope this works.  I got the smaller size one because they were sold out of the bigger one. But if I like it then I'm gonna purchase the bigger one and their packaging is just so cute. So I got that. And then on the subject of Charlotte Tilbury, I may or may not have got the Airbrush Flawless Finishing Powder. And I'm so excited about this because I haven't been wearing a setting powder recently just because I don't really have the one that I like. I used to like a long time ago use the Laura Mercier one and I liked it but then I just ran out and never repurchased the setting spray. So I mean, powder, setting powder. So I'm so excited. Oh my god, apparently this is like the best setting powder of all time and I'm so excited to try it out like see how it works for me. Apparently they just like fall as they smooth out your skin. So I'm so excited. I got it in the light shade because I'm pretty sure it has like three or four shades. But yeah, I'm so excited for this.  Then I got two things from Wear Beauty. I got the liquid brightening concealer. I got this in the shade 130N. I've been looking for like a new concealer because the one that I have is like my skin tone. It's not lighter than my skin tone.  Apparently this one is good for like dry your skin and it doesn't like crease or anything. Package is just really simplistic, which I really like. And yeah, it does look like a good shade. It's kind of like sketchy picking out your shade online, but this looks good I think. So we'll try it out tomorrow. I'm so excited. Trying out new makeup is just so exciting. And then the next thing that I got from Wear Beauty is I got their liquid blush and I'm so excited about this. I have been not obsessed with makeup, but obsessed with specifically blush. And I don't know, I just don't know how I never used to wear blush. Like I almost like, I didn't want to wear blush in the past. I'm like, why would I wear blush? But now I'm like obsessed, literally obsessed. I just got new ones from Glossier and I'm obsessed with those two. Just like I can't do my makeup without blush anymore. Oh, it can't happen. So I got the Rare Beauty Blush in the shade Belize and this looks like such a beautiful color. Oh my God, it's... Oh my God, that looks so pretty. Okay, well, we're gonna try this out tomorrow too. And then the last thing that I got is the Make It By Mario contour stick because I'm running out of my drugstore cream contour that I use. Or cream bronzer, I don't really use any powdered face products as of right now. So people have been saying how Make It By Mario has a really good brand. So I was like, you know what? I bought them stuff from Rare Beauty. I bought them stuff from Charlotte Tilbury. So why not try out Make It By Mario just to change things up? Oh, this is big. It's bigger than I thought. It comes with a brush. I forgot about that, a brush on one side. And then stick on the other side. That's cute. But okay. This actually looks like a good shade for my fair skin tone right now. So we're gonna try this out tomorrow. I'm so excited about this. This packaging is just so elite, like the black. I love it. And that is all that I got from M.  So yeah, nothing too exciting. Oh, I want to sell the eyebrows. Little sample size. Cute little fun products. Oh, I love it. Little hair products. There's actually a lot of stuff. Wow. Okay, that's nice. Yeah, I just got a couple little more samples in there. But that is all that I ordered and tomorrow. Or the next day, I'm not sure when I'm gonna do my makeup next. But whenever I do my makeup next, I am going to try out the products. And we're going to assess them together because I love makeup and TikTok. Honestly, TikTok has been influencing everybody to be obsessed with makeup recently. Because there's like a lot of TikTok viral makeup products that are sold out because of TikTok. And I feel like that's like definitely subconsciously like made me want to buy makeup. So anyways, I'm so good to use all of this. I'm gonna relax and go to bed now. But I will see you right whenever I do my makeup or pick up the camera next. Good night. Snowed so much last night. The weather called for like a snowstorm warning or whatever. And it actually snowed so much. Like it literally looks like a snow globe outside.  So beautiful. But this is not gonna last long because it's gonna start to rain. So yeah, anyway, it's so beautiful. Let me know if you guys got snow around Christmas because I'm just so happy that we did. Like, wow. I love the snow. It's beautiful, but it gets old fast. Meaning like I like it but only for like a period of time before like spring and stuff comes. And I just want all other. So I've been recently having a smoothie every single morning. I started on Monday and I've been doing it this whole week. And it's such a good way to get like your greens and fruits in right at the beginning of the day before you eat anything. Because it like honestly, I find it really hard to get like vegetables and fruits in me throughout the day. But with the smoothie it like ensures that I have them. So that like I just feel better about it and I know that I have some sort of health at least in like one of my meals of the day.  So I'll have a smoothie with a glass of water and then just have that let it digest for a couple hours and then eat because it just ties me over. But it's just like the perfect thing every morning and it makes me feel so healthy. So basically what I put in it, I kind of mastered my recipe is I put little avocado frozen chunks and this might sound weird. But I used to not put avocados in my smoothies and ever since I started putting them it's been a game changer. Like the texture that the smoothie turns out to be is so creamy with a little bit of avocado. Like I'm not even kidding you. I know it sounds so weird but it changes the texture completely and it makes it so creamy like way creamier than the banana I can ever make it. So put those and then I just go ahead and put half a banana and then I put whatever frozen fruit we have in the fridge. So today I just put mango and then we have this mix of like berries and stuff so I put that and then that's like my fruit and my vegetables. Timmy Green sent me this like literally a year ago maybe. And I just put this powder in here and it has matcha spirulina wheatgrass and then it has a whole bunch of like vegetables in it. So it has like chlorophyll powder, spirulina powder, spinach leaf powder, broccoli, kale, broccoli, parsley, celery. So it has like a whole bunch of good like greens and it makes me feel like I'm at least getting some greens in for the day. And it has a tiny bit of caffeine to give me like that boost in the morning which is nice because of the matcha. So I've been loving putting this in my smoothies because it helps me get like the green portion of it. And honestly if I didn't have this I would just add spinach so it's the same thing like you're getting your greens in. And then I just add a bit of this. This is like a natural sweetener but it's like this fruit that apparently tastes like maple syrup and it helps sweeten my smoothies. So I put like a couple teaspoons of this inside and that's pretty much it. And then I just add some oat milk and that's it and I love having this in the morning. I used to not be a smoothie drinker in the morning but I've been loving it and it makes me feel so healthy. Then I put it in a cute mason jar and then get started for work for the day. So yeah just thought I'd share. Okay you guys are literally balancing on a candle right now because I don't know like I have a little tripod and I have a big tripod. And I have no idea where my little tripod went. I've been trying to look for it and we still don't know. So you're balancing on a candle so please say a little prayer that we don't fall. Anyways I'm literally kind of like not snowed in today. Like we might not have snowed in Walmart but kind of snowed in like I don't know if I want to leave the house. But regardless I still want to try out the new makeup so we're just going to do my makeup for fun. I never really do my makeup for no reason. Like I always do if I'm going to go out but not if I'm going to stay home because like what's the point. But I really wanted to try out these products you guys so you can see how they are because I'm just like so excited to try them. So why not do a little test trial at home.  It's like I tried to clean it and I soaked it in like I don't know. It was like this medley that I looked up online that you can soak the beauty blender in until I clean it. And it's still like nasty but I did clean it. So it's cleaner than it was but I still want to get a new one because I've had this for a while. And Madison just got a sty and it gets like getting pretty bad. And she thinks it's from her like old makeup products and her old beauty blender. So if you guys have had like an old mascara or whatever or beauty blender or don't clean your brushes. Reminder to do so so you don't get little styes and just like bad infections. Cause that's not fun. Okay so we're going to start off with... I'm just going to get some products that I want. I'm so excited especially to try the Pallet Tilbury Powder. Oh my goodness. This is just like personally standard. Okay we're going to try the concealer from Rare Beauty first. I have really high hopes for everything so. But the good thing about Sephora is that their return ball sees amazing. So if you don't like something they'll literally take it back after you use it. Or just after one thing that's really good about them even though their stuff is really expensive. So these are the areas that I wanted to use a lighter concealer for. Because this is like brightening you know the under eyes. I'm just going to be doing a little makeup look. I just want to try these products and not do anything crazy. I'm going to just blend this out. Sorry you guys are like not in front of the mirror so I'm like my head's over here. Oh that actually blends in really nicely. Like it just like blends in seamlessly. Like you know some concealers it's like it's harder to blend them in there if they're thicker. I like this one actually it's not too like thick. It's not too high coverage. It has a moisturizing buildable concealer that melts seamlessly into the skin. Cake free coverage. Yes it does melt seamlessly into the skin. 10 out of 10 I really like that and the shade is perfect. I'm sorry I sold that lingering cough that like comes up everyone still want what I tried to talk. But the shade is actually really nice and I really like it. I like how it's not too high coverage because I was debating between getting this one in the Tarte Shape Tape. But I know that the Tarte Shape Tape is really high coverage and I don't know if I'd want that in a concealer. Like I just kind of want a lighter to meet like a medium coverage. I don't want like a full coverage concealer. Especially since it's just going like under my eyes for that brightening effect. I really like this. And also the packaging is like really just simple and cute. Okay make it by Mario Contour Stick is up. I got this in the shade light. By the way I'll have all these products linked down below if you guys want to buy them. It has like a stipple as you can see. And apparently that helps like blend it out better. So okay first impressions love the shade shade I think is perfect. And yeah if I want any darker than that for my skin tone right now I don't think that would be good. I don't know how I feel about the brush. It's very dense. I don't know because I usually use this brush going in to blend my contour. This is an Elf one. And I kind of like this one better. I don't know if it just because I'm used to it or not. Okay first impression I really like it. It blends very nicely into the skin and the color is like perfect. And also if I was doing like a heavier makeup look I feel like I would do another coat of it. But this is fine for what I'm doing right now. Just like this brush better I don't know if it just because like I'm used to this brush. Yeah I like this brush better but the product itself is a 10 out of 10. I really like it. It's really cute too and it's a lot bigger than I expected. Like there's a lot more product in here than I thought. Okay now we're going in with the Rare Beauty blush. I'm so excited. I also got glossy blush for Christmas and I'll show you guys how that looks in another video. Because I'm in love with that blush. So I'll show you guys that in an upcoming video. Apparently this dries really fast. So I'm getting a brush out ready because I like blending. This is like a little blush brush that I use. And apparently this is like super pigmented so we're not going to go strong. Okay I just put on three little tiny dots just because I know that this should be pigmented. And I'm just going to blend it in. I really like that. It blended honestly. Blended, blends in seamlessly. That's it. Just like melt into the skin. That is so pretty. Oh my god. I'm in love. When you're in a company you really take a good job. You guys have not used blush. If you don't use blush in your makeup routine, you need to change that right now.  Like I know it sounds dramatic but I literally changed the makeup game for me. Like I can't go without it now. I love it so much. That is so pretty and you honestly don't need a lot for it to like be prominent because it's so pigmented. That is so pretty and I'm in love with the shade too. It's like a light pink. Now we have to try the Charlotte Tilbury powder. Oh my god I'm so excited. This is like what I've been waiting for to be honest. Okay I'm done. Okay we gotta try this. Okay I'm so excited to see what the hype is all about. Okay wow. That really does just smooth everything out and it kind of like blends everything in together. That is really pretty. I just like smooth everything out. Like wow. Okay I'm impressed. And apparently like keeps your makeup in place and everything which is good because I haven't been using a powder at all to set anything. So now I'm gonna go with the setting spray. I'm like scared to spray. Even though like I'm not gonna make up on for that long today. Whatever I wear makeup like for a longer day I will still update you guys just because today's not really a good day to test the fall day thing. I got the Glossier Boy Brow for Christmas in the shade Brown. And I just like to brush up my eyebrows with that and it's really good. I really like this one and I also really like the Merritt Beauty Brow Skoolie as well in the shade Brown too. They're honestly like equal to me like I love them equally the same. But this one has looks like it has less product than this one and I'm pretty sure they're about the same price so. Alright I don't feel like putting on mascara. Blush and lip liner are two things that I never used to like do for makeup. And now I can't like live without them. Like I'm not even kidding you. I don't do my makeup with one of those things. Like it does not look good at all. I don't know how I used to do my makeup without either of those things. Like okay well here's the final look. This is just like literally concealer, cream contour, brows, blush, setting spray. And lip liner and that's pretty much it. I'm obsessed with the products. Sephora just hits different. It literally just hits different. Okay I don't even know if I'm going to Walmart anymore. So we end up deciding that we're gonna go to Walmart because Madison used to get a bunch of new makeup. This vlog is literally all about makeups. I just wanted to show you guys how funny this looks because I didn't realize like how cropped this jacket was. And I went to go put it over my sweatsuit and it just like looks so funny because the hoodie is so much longer than it. So I just wanted to come on here and show you how funny it looks. Kind of looks like a little marshmallow. But I think I'm just gonna go no jacket because even though it's like snowy it's not like that cold. And we're just walking in and out of the store so it's not the big video. So definitely jacket needs to go. But I need to go scrape off the cars because they are snowy. Okay I know the lighting is so show right now. But it's because I'm in starlight on and I've been just so obsessed with turning it on. And setting the vibes for the night. Like I hop in bed. I turn my starlight on and I just chill and watch Love Island. I have been so into Love Island. I just got a subscription to Hey You, H-A-Y-U. It's literally only like six dollars a month. Canadian so it's probably like four US. I don't know it's so cheap. But they have Love Island on it. And I'm watching like the original like UK version. I did not know there was 50 episodes in one season. Like I thought it was like a joke because I first when I wanted to watch it. I was just looking at it on like an illegal like streaming site or whatever. And I saw on there that I had 50 episodes. And I was like okay this is like wrong like this is like messed up. So then I got the subscription to Hey You because I realized that I was on there.  And it's actually like got me hooked. And I really like I really love The Bachelor. But honestly I like this more than The Bachelor because it's like more organic. Like it's like kind of like The Bachelor in Paradise if you guys know what that is. But like on steroids like I don't know it's just so entertaining to me. But you'd only like if you like dating shows and reality TV. But I don't know I really like it. I've been actually really at it. I'm on episode 19. Oops what did I do? Oh and you can also download. You can download stuff like you can on Netflix. You can watch it with that Wi-Fi. 58 episodes that is literally crazy. I thought there was just 50. Oh my goodness this is like I never don't think I've ever seen any sort of season slash series with 58 episodes in one season. That is crazy. But anyways like my room is such a vibe right now. I'm obsessed. I stopped using my projector like the star thing for a long time. Because I kind of just forgot about it and I lost like the core to it. And then I recently like found it and then now I started using it again and I forgot how like vibe it is. Like it just like now I look forward to just getting into bed at night. Putting that on maybe lighting a candle. And planning my day like my next day. Taking off some boxes whatever like just like wrapping up for the night. Preparing for the next day. So calming. I 10 out of 10 would suggest getting one of these. Just literally look it up on Amazon. It's like 40, 50 bucks or whatever. And it's so worth it. I really want to also get one of those like sunset lights. More projects like orange circle or whatever. Those seem really cool too. So I don't know. I've just been vibing with lights. And it's just so calming. So if you guys don't have one already get on it because they're worth the hike. You can also like change the colors which is really cool. But yeah I'm gonna end the vlog here. When we went to Walmart by the way Madison just ended up getting a couple drugstore makeup items. And it was nothing exciting so I didn't pull the camera out. Love you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Peace out.


Welcome to Toffy TV, it is my three things from Everton 4, Brighton and Ovalbyn 2 at Gwladyswyrn Park today, a seventh consecutive victory this season for Everton. What a perfect start to this season it is and I've said it before and I'll say it again, obviously the only disappointing thing is we're not there to witness it, we're not there to see it but it's brilliant. What a start and the way we're playing is fantastic, scoring tons of goals. It's absolutely brilliant. Let's begin with the first thing I want to talk about is the lads who came in. That's the first thing I want to talk about, the squad, the players who have come in today and done a job and the players who have come in the other night. Too long and too often we've bemoamed the quality that is available to us really when we, obviously everybody has their best 11, you lose players, you're gutted with it and of course there's people like Alan where there would be a huge drop off, of course there would, we're not at the stage where we've got another one set on the bench. But for people like Tom Davis today, I thought he started off, he was first off for me was typical Tom, some real good things and some silly sloppy things but I thought he got better and better and better and also did his job at right back and was very good out there as well. So, you know, him, I thought he did well today when he came in. I thought, I will be came on and I thought the first half couldn't really get into it as well as he'd alike, but second half he was in, you know, he got into the game and obviously had an assist and I played the ball for the corey for his assist. So he made a big difference and worked hard as well and looked better and it's key, it's key that those lads are coming into the team who aren't starting at the moment to contribute and that's what you want in any squad. And I don't think we necessarily had that, certainly not for a good while and I think we've got it now. You know, you're talking about a team that didn't have a landing, it didn't have Andre Gomez in today, we lost with Charles in after 25 minutes. There was no mwys keen on the bench to give us a little bit of strength coming off the bench. And so you have to look at it and say to those players, they do the job for us, you know, well done. And I think the squad is there. Obviously, listen, Ben Godfrey, probably being announced tonight as our latest signing and if not, it'll be tomorrow. He's another one, he's going to come into this squad. He's an athletic big lad. Will make a difference quick to us. And the level of the squad starts rising. You can get more, obviously you start to progress more, you've got better options and your team becomes stronger and stronger. We're seeing the quality of the team on a pitch. Guilffy Sigartons, another one, who hasn't been starting and if everybody was fit, he might not have started today and I thought he did okay. I thought he did well to be fair. There's times when you can do things better and he's not very quick, but I still thought he stuck to the task he pressed well, set the first goal up. So these lads who haven't always, haven't been starting or coming in, doing their jobs and I think that's been key for us this season. So I just thought I'd talk about them. Second thing, or person rather, I'm going to speak about is Adelaide D'Corey, who was my man at the match today. And I don't think I've mentioned him on these so far this season, but for me, he's been a brilliant addition to our football club. One to them for a couple of years, and to be honest, seeing them and thought is exactly what we need. Didn't know whether that had passed when we didn't get them last season, but again, you hope that, you know, Wafford went down. It was like, can we get them? And we were able to get them and we have got them and he's made a huge difference. His physical presence, his athleticism are on a pitch. He's everywhere. He breaks quickly. He's still breaking into the box near the end, looking for a goal himself in the 90th minute. So it can be a little bit sloppy at times in possession, but you've overlooked that for all the good that he does. And I just thought he was brilliant today. Not having a lan there, it was the first Premier League games play without a lan who sat and allowed him to do his job and he had to do a slightly different job. I thought he was brilliant and that's why for me, I give him man of the match. Yet he mean a ran him close and obviously hammers Rodriguez for two goals and an assist and ran him very close as well, but a person for me who affected the whole game and got himself an assist while doing it was man of the match for me. So add the lie decor, a fantastic sign for us and I absolutely love him. And the third person I'm going to talk about is hammers because why wouldn't I? Absolutely unbelievable footballer. That left foot is incredible. I've seen, I've seen us win the league, albeit as a kid, I've seen us win the league twice in three years. I've seen us with incredible footballers. Kevin Sheedy with just a wand of a left foot. I've seen Anthony Kinshalkis who for me was along with Wayne Mooney, probably the best ever player of the last 20 years in terms of technical ability and power and pace. This fella probably the best ever player I've ever seen. In terms of having that technical ability, being able to effect the game, being able to slow the game down to his level, genuine, genuine world-class footballer. He's unbelievable. He's unbelievable. His left foot is incredible. He scores goals, he creates, he's got three already this season, Ahmed Field altogether got nine last season. He's got three already, we're only what four games in. He's just absolutely brilliant. He's a joy to watch and I keep saying it. Not being able to be there and watching is obviously horrible for us all of the moment, but it's going to be incredible when we do get back in the stadium and we can see him live. But he's been incredible for us. We've got him on a free transfer. His weight is a big, but if you deliver, then that's fine. It's no issue, is it?  He's given everything something that the top teams have, which is that match winners, that moments of brilliance, that divide separates you from other teams. He's absolutely class. Left foot, right foot today, finishes at the back post. The free kick to Gary Mina, inch perfect delivery. His little balls, he's got people kicking him.  He provides himself time and if he likes the ball so well, he's an absolutely pleasure to watch him. We've had a lot of Colombian fans, you know, subscribe and talk to us on the channel. And they were saying the other week, he's just got to play and if he's playing and he's fit, he's going to be in for the treat. We're getting that treat now because he's absolutely phenomenal and long may continue. So thank you, Carlo Antelotti. Thank you, Farad Mishiri, and all of you, and everybody else for being able to get him here for us as Evertonians to be able to watch him. And for the Premier League as well, I mean, the people who enjoy watching him when he's not playing against their team, because he's just a fantastic talent and we love watching. That's football fans. We love watching fantastic talent. So I'm delighted he's an Everton player. He's absolutely incredible and he was brilliant again today and I thought that was a way to finish for me because he was just amazing. So there you go. There you go. There are my three things. Let me know what you think in the comments section below, anything to add or anything you want of the pudding yourself. Let me know in the comments section below. Check out all of the other Brighton and Hove, Brighton and Hove, Alvin, Matty action stuff. Give the video a thumbs up, subscribe if you haven't. And if you want more videos, join us on Patreon. See you later.


Good afternoon pastor. Hey John. Welcome everybody to unfiltered a random moment with pastor David And today pastor I'd like to ask a question in Ephesians chapter 4 Paul instructs The Church of Ephesus to walk worthy Walk worthy of the calling in which they've been called as Christians we use that term walking worthy walking with the Lord that Identifies how we live our life for Christ Recently, I had a conversation with somebody and they Mentioned to me that they're Christians But they also Drink alcohol even to the point where it has caused some drunkenness Can Christianity? and alcohol Be considered a walk that is walking worthy for the Lord The sipping saint right the whole question You know how much is how much is too much and how far can I go usually questions like that are like that there's a line drawn we'll say and The question very often John is how close to that line can I get? and anybody who is Wanting to find that line so they can say can do something You know that they feel is within the bound boundaries of grace Is telling me they're carnal that I mean just from the beginning Instead of saying God saved me from this wicked life and God helped me To live a life that pleases you and say God help me to enjoy life and do the things I want and still get to heaven And all of that so bro You know that the argument today is an argument that I guess the church has had for many years, but I um I immediately Respond to such a question by saying why why give me some benefits from drinking Yeah, give me some benefit. Oh, wait a minute. Jesus made wine. Oh gee. I never have heard that one and uh, you know, but it says be not drunk with wine, you know And uh, so there's no prohibition and even the deacons were to not be given too much wine Right and so we get into a big big discussion about What what wine is what is the composition of wine? What kind of wine did they drink during the time of christ? Did jesus get drunk Did jesus drink did jesus drink wine when he had Passover? You know, did he have Unfermented wine or did he you know things like that, you know, and so Here's the thing john anytime Somebody begins to want to know how far they can go and still be saved It's a danger anytime And I I've done I've done this kind of conversation before where I've spent several minutes developing Why drinking is not a good thing Drinking to excesses obviously and any christian who claims that oh, I have freedom and christ to be drunk Is disobeying scripture? It isn't wise for a man to to to drink wine. It's not fit for kings Olem well, you know, the writer of proverbs says, you know, it isn't fit for kings and if we truly are um Kings kings and priests if we truly are members of the kingdom of god and and Spiritual royalty which we are in christ. It isn't fit for a king to drink wine It's certainly not fit for a man of god or a woman of god to To push the boundaries and see how far they can go without getting too drunk or drunk at all Be not drunk with wine. So if you've got a christian who is drinking to the point of inebriation, he violated scripture so Can you be a good Witness for the love and grace of god the power of the holy spirit the fruit of the spirit Can you While you're drinking your wine talking to your friends, can you really? And if you think you can you've deceived yourself because you can't You cannot At least here in the united states and please don't start arguing with me about italy Or england and how you know or in germany where luther would over a good pint of ale You know think of deep things and what else did he think of we don't know So I I just I think those are Those are arguments that are intended not to make a point But to give oneself permission to do what they just flat out want to do and so Are you a good witness when you drink? Are you thinking of the things of the lord when you have your beer? Are you really? Because what that really reveals to me is you've got other things on your mind and other desires And you're basically placating the desires of the flesh One of the things we were sharing just recently about john the baptist is he would not drink strong drink He was somebody who was filled with the spirit From his mother's womb and and he did not drink And that was a demonstration of his separation that he was set apart for the work of god and I think that he's a good example of somebody who truly had a righteousness within him And so when somebody is saying Pastor can I drink?  It's that The person that's watching is being affected and I heard the story of a pastor whose father was He was a good family man He loved his kids He went to church He was at a party and while at the party Somebody invited him to have a drink the man had never had a drink in his life He said I watched my father A man who was really just always a good man there for the family I watched him as he slowly but surely began to get addicted to alcohol To the point where my father eventually divorced my mother left the family and died an alcoholic He said okay He want to argue about drinking wine and you have freedom to do it But have you thought about the ones you influence with your freedoms? You may not become an alcoholic But have you ever asked yourself whether you've influenced somebody to become one? Listen if you really love people and I think we do That's a mark of a christian Then you're not going to want to do something to stumble a brother And jesus said that a person who fends It'd be better for him this little one who believes in me for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and dropped into the deepest part of the sea so john I just really have I I really have an opposition to sipping saints because In the end and I probably lost so many right now you're not going to hear this conclusion but In the end it's because I want people saved I want people saved I want them saved out of out of The money they spend on wine that could have been spent on their family or even given to the lord The money that they spend on their alcohol That is being misplaced and sometimes It could have been used for so many other things The illnesses that they can get it when they drink and get the cirrhosis of the liver eye I have ministered to people Who have died of cirrhosis of the liver? I have done that. I had a I had a cousin who died of cirrhosis And it's not it's not a pretty way to die You know people who have Who have lost everything lost families lost jobs lost reputation lost so many things so I'm not the the right pastor to argue with about those things, you know I'm I'm not I'm not a ivory tower person. Oh, you know in love and grace. No, I'm a practical person and Just isn't wise to linger at the cup to look at the wine when it's red because Who has well who has bruises who has wounds with no reason? The one who lingers at the cup and so Instead of going out and spending money on something that kills you You could put that money into something that Bills you up. You could put that money into something that It builds your family up so The Christians drink Are the unsaved because they had a beer That's not what I'm saying anybody who thinks that's what I'm saying isn't listening because you're you're probably those who are offended You're probably what I like to call a alcohol evangelist You're more concerned with your freedoms and getting people to agree with you Than you are with bringing people to saviour faith in jesus christ your freedoms mean more than their freedom Keep that in mind and so Hate me if you want. I don't know. I don't know you But if you're struggling with alcohol, jesus can set you free. I was a drunk I was a drunk. I know what that life is. I was arrested three different times for alcohol related offenses It's not like I've never carried at the cop It's not like I've never broken people's hearts by things I was doing when I was drunk And if you're still drinking You need to be filled with the spirit be not drunk with wine but be filled with the spirit Why why don't be drunk with wine because he says in it is dissipation the word dissipation Lack of control a lack of self-control.  They cite them or jail them for driving under the influence And that's why instead of being under the influence of Of the alcohol were to be under the influence of the spirit So there's your answer. Amen. Thank you so much pastor. Thank you so much for your time With random moments with pastor david and want to join you guys. Have you joined us on wednesday evening? Tomorrow 7 p.m. Yep, and we're going through the book of Job and then on sunday We have 8 30 and 10 45. Yep, uh through the book of mark. So come and have a drink with us Ah Thank you pastor david. Uh, god bless you. Thank you guys for tuning in. Thank you pastor