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Welcome to Toffy TV We're here to talk about a couple of articles that have appeared this week in The Athletic written by Greg O'Keefe and Paddy Boyland If you want to sign up for the athletic Do we because it is very very good very very good some of the best writers in the world dedicated content for Everton football club none of that Nonsense no pop-ups nowhere clickbait nonsense that you see anywhere else some really really good stuff Stories that matter about Everton football club. So if you want to check that out the link is in the description You get there's a 30 day free trial and then it's 50% off for the year The link is in the description as I said and it's it's well worth it And we're gonna as you go to hear from we're gonna talk about a couple of stories There's a really good story last week actually that we should have spoke about which was a brilliant interview with Kevin Morales from Paddy Which is really really good, which we should have spoke about but we didn't but we're gonna speak about this We're gonna speak about the article that appeared this week in the athletic regarding the training ground and how The clear the air talks surrounding the last couple of weeks after evidence for defeating a row and How things have changed with a combination of the manager Talking to the players and having meetings and clearing the air and stuff Yeah, it was a good article and it was a bit of an insight because we haven't you don't really get no that anymore with with Jane let's or even and you know what Everton Everton it's a blame for this as well because they don't give us Enough stuff from we've seen as it happens now. We've seen an interview But it's only nine minutes with Marco Silva But you know the club I'm open the club up another another couple of them, but that was behind And the paywall so to speak she had to be a season ticker older or a member to view it So but we've said before and I think this is one of the problems that some supporters have with Marco Silva They just don't know so it's about Getting to you know, what does he what is principles? What does he want to do? You know, what's he like on the training ground away from it? And this article that Paddy and Greg had co-written actually Gives a little bit of insight in the build-up to the West Ham game and obviously on the back of the West Ham performance and You know, I think it's really interesting To hear about the cleat, you know that clear the air talks which to be honest Though kind of talks are going all the time really at a football club But I think sometimes when it got as bad as it did You know, I think the managers probably realized that it's backs against the world You know, he really is he's in it. He's in a difficult situation. It's not there's no two ways about it I think some of the players, you know, I've got a stand-up and be counted they're not doing what they should be doing So to get that break in the international, you know, window and try to have a look at what's gone on Maybe they've him and the coaching staff have had a look at a few things got the players back Let the players say what they think's going wrong and then try to come to a happy medium It's good to see that that's taking place of everything because I think some people started believing and it was written in the Depress as well that he's very stubborn and he's got his own ways and he doesn't listen to certain things over ever Whether that's right or wrong the minute someone's written it it becomes yeah out there doesn't it? So this was a more balanced I think the problem is though like you just mentioned there that if there's nothing coming out out from the club or out from We're not seeing or hearing things then that those gaps get filled now very very quickly And we've seen that a lot of things with everything Regarding whether it be the players the manager or the potential new stadium. It all just gets filled and and when there's it's quiet You know you all I a diss and I a doubt. We've seen all that nonsense in the last few weeks Especially when things are not going well and think What was interesting out the article what it was, you know quite clear that and it was all Adulcombe from good sources and and Found very interesting that obviously was interesting That's the weekend some players did when called up and stay behind played in the game against Wigan and Then when the players came back the it's you know We get to choose between the day after they come back to three o'clock of the father club But he got them in three o'clock all of them He sat down there the meeting one of the first things he spoke about was the was the was the mark and Zonal marking and Senior player senior defender saying no, we want we want to try my mark and we want to go from some to do something different And that was quite interesting because Michael Silver's always done zonal marking But if the players were telling him, I don't really have a problem with zonal marking I think if it's done right and players are switched on Then it can be done And the reason teams like doing it is because you don't have to set up for different teams You can just do what you want to do but the players obviously feel that may be the make-up of the other players Doesn't lead to a Set up that works for everyone So they they wanted to go back to man to man mark and which they did to the West Ham game And you don't part didn't he part of man and part zonal and for the most part in the West Ham game It seemed to work. Okay. They nearly scored from one corner, but there's a lot of factors contributing to that You know shouldn't have been a corner Sadibi was off the pitch. It was a little bit of a scramble getting them on the pitch and you know, so But I do think that Reading something like this and seeing that it is a combined effort and it's not just the case of Well, the manager has a his way because Ultimately that would be the downfall of the manager the manager being too stubborn to change the way he's doing things When the players are asking for it just when yeah, and the fact that the players of Are able to speak their mind and say right these are the things that I think we think we need to sort out And that's what you need from a from a group as well You need group you need a group and leaders in the group to stand up and say this isn't good enough We need to make this change ourselves but ultimately the You know the the go-aheads got to come from the manager Well, yeah, I mean no, I'm quite sure all the best teams throughout the world and even peps team You know use what's the all or nothing documentary players have input all the time You know Fabian Delphine particularly in that documentary Vincent company people like that have inputting What they think they need to be doing right or wrong now a manager might Take some of it on board and go. Yeah, you're right. They we need to do that But ultimately stick to his principles That's fine because you can't be President doing things you don't think works But if the players aren't comfortable doing what you're asking them to do that has to be some bend and give And if that's what's happened in saying now listen, let's not my two corners Yeah, so I don't think we can sit there and go oh, it was great. I'm answering my mark I'll solve everything. We don't know. Well, there'll be a much more of a test this weekend However, it looks like yet. He means not gonna play so that'll throw up something different again Mason Holgate coming in but We have to you know, you have to trust in the manager That he's the he's there to learn as well. He's a young manager He's got to trust his players and they go to trust them and how do you build trust by working together? You don't build the trust by going you do everything I say or it's you know, my way or the highway so to speak He'll have a clear line, but they should as plays they're the ones playing the game So they feel like this will work better if we do this this or this and he's open to that Why not it's not working what we were trying before So why not try and it wasn't just the zone of mark and obviously we don't know whether people have you know players have said We need to be more attacking or we need you know, you don't know what was said other than He looked at every little thing and he come up with a different way to approach the game last Saturday against West Ham and it Yeah, and obviously there's other factors as well players coming into the side and Seeing what would work best against against the West Ham side and how Who would be what would be the best fit for the system? I will be targeted like declaration things that we got mentioned as well But also leaders, you know mentioned in the article on Tom Davis and how you know He's mentioned as an animal around Finch farm and how hard he trains and how much of a leader is in the dressing room now and how vocal he is and and You know we come sat he didn't let us down at all and it's it that's another interesting side It's like you'll see in the characters. We don't always see the characters of the player we see on a match day players team out new obviously very very professional and Have to put across the same persona But knowing you know laying in that Tom Davis is elite is a leader amongst men after inch farming That's really important and I think that's something that you know I think patiently the club needs to get over more and more and more to fans who think who some club Yeah, some fans just don't think he's a good enough player and not it's interesting as well as saying that He's very much a leave. He's very much a player for the present, but also the future He just has to get that consistency Well, he's not gonna get consistency if he doesn't play games for a start But it's interesting obviously he had played two in England under 21 games off the back of that so That's that's Again laying them laying them more about players and humanizing them isn't a bad thing In fact, it's a good thing and it's something again everything should be doing more and more and more about You know, I would love to see you know, you mention me for them. I'd say I'd love to see a documentary about everything and and and how people tick behind the scenes and how people are in training obviously we've got a very glossy Videos of in training and last season a lot of fans where said how good, you know, seeing these videos of in the tunnel and and during the weekend training and but again even that at times can be just a little bit too Glossy, I suppose so Really interesting article and the article I followed on was about Theo Wolcott and saying how You know, he's a player that has had to look at himself in a few weeks It's for the few weeks and sitting since the Wolf's game when he was out the squad starting to question why He wasn't in the squad and what he had to do and a lot of people Were shocked by the fact that he was in the Man City Starting to him and obviously he got the injury and that's a couldn't play and obviously the bain again But then started in this game And it almost feels like what it feels like he's got that hunger back He's put next and working in training according to the article. He's in the gym more He's on the training field more. He's got a desire to be part of the Everton team And when we talk about starting 11s and getting it on Merritt That's one of the factors, isn't it? That's one of the factors about being in the Everton team is that you're doing it in training and you're showing that manager That you should be in the team. Yeah, I mean as fans we put Likely so I suppose but we put most of our emphasis on the match, you know But what we forget sometimes is that the judge don't want to do all week, you know We just look and go there are best 11 players they should play and that's fine but For all we know two of our best 11 players are crapping training and putting it in and working on whatever I think any Football any lad who's ever played a woman who's ever played footy and is out the team You're frustrated because you want to play and then you have to look at how you get back in them for professionals It's very difficult The only thing you can do is knuckle down and get your head Right, you know, and I think I think sometimes for pros It's seems and for fans like on the outside looking at it like players are just too comfortable And we just do this and we can just do that. So it's great when you hear one that had to examine what he's doing Right and work doubly hard to get back and you should never stop wanting to learn ever as a footballer If they are well caught 30 right, he's still dead quick. He could still cause a lot of problems He could still be an important evidence squad member now. I'm not trying He should play every week, but if he plays like he did at the weekend Then why shouldn't he play every week because it's up to someone to get better than him to get in the team So I like the fact that he's been He's been shocked enough to be out the squad to have a response If he trains that hard though, that's going to make other people train just as hard to say You know in the asco as well as they sustain like how hard Sniderland saying and how hard Tom Davies saying and Theo Walker It's important that every single player Feels like there's a chance to get in the team if they're working hard and they're showing the manager and training They're giving them something to think about and it isn't just the same 11 week in week out We've criticized Michael Silver saying he last season in tougher spells for not using more players in the first team For all I know that might come down to not enough plays in training or showing that he's a Well he I mean last season he had that there was a little bit of an excuse that it felt like he didn't trust more than 13 or 14 plays Wasn't the right thing to do? But where did that trust come from though? It's the performance Maybe the lack of performance in training If you look at someone like Adam Ola Lucho and that people Saying maybe he could have done more because we could have done more with them For the last two years what he's been doing in training And what he's doing in training at Leipzig where he's not getting in the side either You play one game a week generally maybe two at a push But you're training the rest of the week You're getting paid to put the hard work in day in and day out in the training pitch And this is a manager who feels like that's a big part of where his team selection comes from If he has to make minor calls in terms of This was something David Moyes was very big on You set your standards Monday to Friday What you're going to do Saturday You can't coast in the week and then somehow turn it on at the weekend Maybe Messi can but I don't know Best plays in the world But I also think this comes from I think this comes from also preseason as well There's no coincidence that the players who tend to think Add bad pre-seasons who almost coast through pre-seasons Having a good start to the season they've just continued that Not saying they're not working hard But sometimes it's that you need that job Maybe changing the side And giving these players a reminder that there is competition People have been calling for it for the few weeks But now it's happened maybe because the manager feels like he's had a couple of weeks To have a think about things But it's so important I think that The players first start having an input And telling the manager what they think works and what doesn't work And then the manager decides what's best for the team Based on all the information you've got The truth lies to that If you're a player and you want to voice your opinion And you think the manager is going to listen You're going to respect that manager more Because he's taken on board what you're saying He's not always going to agree with you Because managers look at things differently than players do As a player you're looking at the selfish point of view The manager's going to look at the whole team and how it all fits together But if you feel like your voice isn't heard That's going to demotivate you And you're going to start thinking I've got to clean this fella and he hasn't got this and that And they're at and drift football it doesn't it Look at the end of Martin as he's playing The famous image of him telling beans or unfilting beans Just looking like anywhere else and blowing As if to say what are you talking about So players are like that And then the second thing as well When you're talking about setting standards on the training ground And going out and working hard and feeling like you can get in Four lads out of our academy now training with the first team Now it's about setting them Their standards when they go in Now if they walk over, they get called over Which is a big thing I've just seen the training video with Morgan Feeney He's gone in there because obviously Jeremy is not training With the first team He's gone in there If he sees players wandering around And not really putting their in over ever Then you start You go to what you have to do You play at that level so to speak You go into a new job and people are like I can take the first year People start doing it because You don't know what I mean So if you go in like Anthony Gordon's there every day Had an air and Lewis Gibson They see it's 100%, 100% Their development will go up Because they have to remain with that first team They have to perform at this level Whereas if it's just come over here There's no point in trying here Because then 11 play every week anyway It sets the wrong message So that's what I found interesting about those two articles That it does seem to be a bit of a two way communication I hope that continues I hope the players continue to do that Because if that happens And they work together There's more chance that this manager will get More right than wrong But if he just thinks it's me Or it's my way or the highway so to speak Very quickly players And at every club The manager's out the door Because it's easier to get to the one than 20 So let's hope that they've trained this A little bit of a corner but we're going now will we Let's hope they have Yeah, and players are just Listen, as long as players are working hard I think the quality will normally come to Well it will We'll win and lose games But if they're working hard They'll win more than they lose In the story, there you go Couple of great articles as I said It's on the athletic If you want to check that out The link is in the description Lots of brilliant effort and coverage And there's coverage of all teams And football and general There's some great stories on there No clickbait No it's not The proper sports articles Really Andy, that's the difference There you go So make sure you click the link in the description If you want to check that out Thanks for watching ToffeeTV We'll see you later


Remember a Hallmark card when you carry enough to send the very best. Bring your Douglas Fairbanks in Booth Tarkington's Meshirbo Care on the Hallmark Playhouse. Chosen by one of the world's best known authors. Ladies and gentlemen, this is James Hilton. Tonight on our Hallmark Playhouse we present a dramatization of a very popular story by a very popular American author, Booth Tarkington. But the story isn't American. On the contrary, Mr. Tarkington takes us to the romantic world of wigs and duels of fascinating ladies and spirited gentlemen whose capital was Paris two centuries ago. Mr. Tarkington shows himself thoroughly at home in this world and has given millions of readers some pleasant diversion. Meshirbo Care is the story we tell tonight. And to star in the title role, we have chosen most appropriately that fine actor whose very name conjures up the world of romance and adventure, Douglas Fairbanks. And now a word about Hallmark cards from Frank Goss before we begin the first act of Booth Tarkington's Meshirbo Care. For every occasion important to your friends and loved ones, there are Hallmark cards to carry your thoughts across the miles, across the years, often merely across the way. That's important in these fast-moving days when families and friends are separated on short notice. When a word of thoughtfulness can mean so much. On special days and every day, a Hallmark card says what you want to say, the way you want to say it. And that identifying Hallmark on the back, as always, says just what you want to say, the way you want to say it. Now Hallmark Playhouse presenting Booth Tarkington's Meshirbo Care starring Douglas Fairbanks. I just feel you were born in the wrong century. Do you think you'd have preferred to live in a different age, in the era of elegance perhaps, when gentlemen in powdered wigs dance beneath glittering chandeliers with ladies in gowns of gold? Would you like to have lived in a world of marble palaces, of kings and colonists, where ladies panned themselves and fainted, where men fought duels at the drop of a glove? Then listen. Listen to a letter written 200 years ago. A letter to the children of the earth. A letter to be opened on this day 200 years hence. This is the first day of March in the year of His Grace, 1751. Our king is Louis XV. I wonder what king will sit on the throne of France in your day. Until an ancient dream come true at last. Will each man be... But I prefer to walk the streets of Paris, not as a clattering assortment of titles, but as a man. So I call myself M. Bocage. This did not please my cousin, his royal. Put the best-looking young buck of our court go poking, which might belong to a baker or a barber.  I shall close my mouth, along with my ears and my eyes. If you were not one of the favorites of our court, my boy, I would exile you for important. Instead, we offer you an attraction. Does that not please you? Who are the king and you have spoken? This should make you forget this masquerade as M. Bocage. Perhaps Your Majesty. Or perhaps not. We'll be solemnized on the second Sunday in May. Had I been merely a monsieur and Henriette merely a mademoiselle, I would have tried gracious and lovely. We walked in the palace gardens one day with the fountains played, and the whole world seemed to be made. You're disturbed, my cousin. Won't you tell me what troubles you? No, it's nothing, Henriette. Sometimes when you stare into the distance, it seems almost as if you were trying to look farther than the horizon. Oh, Henriette. Sweet cousin. Any man should be proud to have you as his bride. But not you. Now, it's only that I wish to choose for myself as you should choose for yourself. No king should tell our hearts what to do. Long ago, when I was still a child, I gave my heart away. You were in love, cousin? Completely. Then how can I obey the king's command and still call myself a gentleman? A prince might force himself upon a noble woman who loved someone else, but... Monsieur Bocaille, never. I said I was in love. I did not say with whom. Cousin, what are you staring at so far away? Sometimes I seem to bring myself ahead in history. Is it good, cousin, the thing you see? Not all good. But it is a world of many wonders where men travel amid the stars, where men breathe free. I wish we could live in that world. Perhaps we were born too soon into this winter of kings. The springtime is not yet upon the earth. Tell me, cousin, if I were a lackey, a baker, a barber, and I came to you unadorned, untitled, could you marry me then? Often I wish I were a maid in a cottage who would never seen the inside of a palace. Then you know why I must disobey the king, why I must leave this court in search. For what? For adventure? Or perhaps a star? A square of free earth to stand on. Oh, Ariette, what will history write about us? Will they dwell only upon the court and the king and the gaudy elegance? Or will the historians look down the dark streets as I have to see the beggars and the starving children? Will they hear the thunder which hangs in the air? Oh, cousin, you see too much.  Have I frightened you? Go. Go quickly. To the horizon and farther. As far as your dream will carry you. Will you miss me? My good thoughts will all be with you. Goodbye, sweet cousin. The gods were at my heels. I have no appetite for the Bastille.  After all, I am the king's ambassador and his majesty is displeased with you. You go to England shortly.  We go tonight. But let me go with you. It's impossible, my boy. I'm lost, I'm lost. Oh, Monsieur Le Maquis. Yes. Lucien, your barber has been taken with a fever. He will be unable to make the trip to England, sir. Now why must everything go wrong at the last moment? The barber. Of course, let me go with you to England as your barber.  It would be very simple. I'll put on a black wig. I'll take off his fancy clothes. I shall be the lackiest of lackies. Well, monsieur.  Perhaps those of us who are older see and knew something that we've all lost. The spirit of daring. A heart that refuses to grow old. You'll do it then. You'll take me when you... We'll chance it. There's only one condition. Yes? Swear that you will never try to give me either a shave or a haircut. Monsieur Bouquet, barber to the ambassador. The Maquis moved in the most fashionable circles. And I was suddenly sad that my circles were so far beneath his. Why? Because I've found... Isn't it strange how one face can change your life? I saw her one day, golden hair, an angel of heaven. Her name? The Lady Mary Carlisle. As distant and cool and lovely. In society I was merely a barber. A lackey. I had to find a way to meet her. To be with her. To be in the same room with her. In the same world with her. And so in a back room I began to play cards with the dandies of the town. I played and looked always for an opening. I have played my cards honestly. But you see, I pluck a card from your sleeve. You have cheated me at a simple, sociable game of cards. You devil, how dare you speak to me like that? I speak only the truth, Monsieur Le Duc. Here is the card. There is your sleeve. They did not walk toward each other. What do you intend to do about it? Would it not be a disgrace to your social position if not about the Duke of Winters had had a card up his sleeve? What manifestation would believe a barber? Who would believe you? I have a reputation for honesty, Monsieur. You are suspect. Whispers have been going around that you play cards with me only because no one else will trust you. But if I should also call you a cheat... Dog, devil, gutter snide. How do you do? My name is Monsieur Bocair. You can't do a thing. I have the ear of my master, the Marquis de Miroir. I need only whisper to him, and all of Britain will soon know of this incident. What do you want? Money? No. I want to be your guest tonight at the court ball. And you are going to introduce me to the Lady Mary Carlisle.  Lady Mary Carlisle of all women and I would prefer the devil to a man of no birth, and everyone knows Bocair is a barber. Then I shall change. See? I remove this wig. So, and I shall shave off my moustache like a good barber. And I shall go as... What shall it be, Monsieur Le Duc? Shall I go as a vicante, a marquis? What? Out of a compliment to you, I shall be a duke. Le duke de château rien. That'll do fine. It can only come to disaster. Perhaps longings go beyond mere longings. In France, one may adore a woman. Alas, one must worship the Lady of England. Our ladies are flowers. But yours are stars. I shall meet you shortly at your lodgings. But we shall go, arm in arm, to dukes, to the ball. You have trapped me into this. Shall do you no good, barber? We shall see. Go now. You wish to be a lackey. And now I am a lackey who wishes to be a nobleman. Conduct of Monsieur Bocair starring Douglas Fairbanks. No one knows who said it first, but there's an old saying, words spoken from the heart find a heart listening. Though the person who first put the thought into these words has long since been forgotten, the words live on. Probably because they explain the fine quality of sincerity so simply and so beautifully. That's the quality we all feel instinctively when we see or hear or say the words we really mean. And that's the quality the writers of Hallmark Cards strive for in every message on a Hallmark card. Sincerely. They recognize and respect the power of words and use the warm, simple words of the heart. You can find Hallmark cards with words that bring genuine comfort to a friend in sorrow. Words with just the right amount of gaiety to carry cheer into a hospital room. Words so well chosen for every occasion, they will make friends and keep friends and bring loved ones closer together. So when you're looking for a way to say something to someone you care for, look for a Hallmark card and you'll find the right words. You'll find a Hallmark card that says just what you want to say, the way you want to say it. And in addition, that Hallmark on the back will carry its own special message. It will say, you cared enough to send the very best. Now back to James Hilton and the second actor, Monsieur Bouquet, starring Douglas Fairbanks. earned in a ballroom chandelier. The ladies of the court were paracons of loveliness and it seemed the most graceful of eras. But men like Voltaire and Rousseau knew it was only a shallow elegance. They dreamed of the day when each man would be a king, his own master, the charter of his own destiny. The man who called himself Monsieur Bouquet had such a dream too.  We'll live in your day. The search for the unattainable will men in all centuries wish to be what they are not. This is madness, my boy. Surely the ambassador can spare an elegant coat and britches. The barber wishes to masquerade as a duke. The coat, Monsieur, please. I must take it to a tailor to be altered. Why not masquerade as a tailor and alter it yourself? What logic is there in such behavior? None whatsoever. It is an affair of the heart. Of the heart? Of the heart. Ah, we are both Frenchmen. How can I refuse? Many britches in the barber was a nobleman again. How easy the transformation from Monsieur Bouquet to Le Duc de Châtillon. I wager you'll regret that you entered this ballroom, Barbara. Stop rumbling, sir, and give me my introduction. Very well. Good evening, Lady Mary. Good evening. May I present a friend from France, the Duc de Châtillon. I am honoured, Monsieur Le Duc. And I, my dear lady, and but a poor Frenchman whom emperors would envy at this moment. What a lovely thing to say, Monsieur Le Duc. Would you honour me with this dance? I should be delighted. Your greatest of winter sets. I am your servant, sir. Come, Lady. You must not say that, Monsieur. I've always heard that the tongue of a Frenchman is notoriously deceitful. In France the tongue and the heart have secret connections. We cannot help but spill out all that our heart wishes to say. And what does it wish to say, Monsieur Le Duc? It wishes a favour. The rose you carry, nearly the rose. Well, certainly not, Monsieur. It's a small favour. I merely wish the rose which your hand has touched. Never, Monsieur, never. The dance is over. The rose? All night of red, red roses. Farewell. The rose lasts only until morning, Monsieur Bocair. Oh, do you think so, winter set? And the rose is an unlucky colour, I think. Does it not remind you of the colour in the veins of a Frenchman? You've cut enough throats, Barbara, to know the colour of blood. I saw more and more of Lady Carlyle. She had begun by giving me a rose. Now she was almost ready to give me her heart. We rode one night in a carriage after an evening of dancing. The moon was radiant over the misty fields. The air was mild and fragrant.  Tell me, Monsieur Lidue, do you not miss France? Sometimes, mademoiselle, I hear a melody, I see a turn in the road which seems like a familiar spot of my childhood, and I feel like a wanderer. My dreams, however, are not of France, but of a dearer country, a country of gold and snow and the blue sky. Your dreams carry you to strange lands, Monsieur Lidue. I look for that land in a lady's eyes. Appoedic, you Frenchman. I only wish the snow were not so cold for me. Any coldness was gone long ago, Monsieur. My dear Lady Mary. Halt the carriage! The highwayman! Be calm, dear lady, I have my sword. Part of that carriage, Monsieur Bouquet. We will show you how we treat upstarts who dare to ride in the same carriage with a lady of high society.  How about there are six of them? I shall fight them all.  This sword is disposed of such ruffians before. It's quite a good sherd, don't you think? Winters, let's help him. We've been set upon by these highwaymen. Help him, certainly not. Those are my servants who fight this puppy. What? They disposed of the violet quickly and upstarting a Monsieur Bouquet who dared to step in nine o'clock. I assure you he will not appear. However, if he is impertinent enough to carry out his promise, we shall not merely wound him this time. Every gentleman here will see that he dies. The main doors of the ball will open so slowly. In excellency, the French ambassador For a moment it was the other Frenchman. My friends, as ambassador from the court you will permit me to present to you, Steve Knight, my friend Monsieur Bouquet. Ladies, gentlemen, how kind of you to invite me to your party. One moment, Monsieur l'Ambassadère. We respect you, sir, as a diplomat and a gentleman. But may we remind you that it is not the captain in England to present our butt. My friends, you would do me the greatest honour of all if you would call me merely Monsieur Bouquet. For a man, my friends, is not his father nor his ancestors, but himself. And now, my friend Monsieur de Marquis, I believe our business is finished here. I have kept my appointment. Oh, one moment, my boy. I have not had the opportunity to tell you a message I have just received from France. His Majesty has heard the entire charming tale of your masquerade and I am told that his laughter shook the chandeliers. Though he wants you to come home. Under what conditions? You may do as you like. He no longer orders you to marry the princess Henriette. Ah, then I shall return to France. And if she will have me of her own choice, I shall marry Henriette. Orphania, can you forgive me? I made a grievous mistake. There's nothing to forgive, Lady Mary. But I wish you less of the English winter in your heart. As for you, my dear Duke of Wintersetter, may you cheat at cards, but be very careful how you play the game of life. And for what stakes? I'm home, cousin. I hoped I'd find you here in the garden. Oh, cousin, sweet cousin. I've looked toward the farthest horizons, but I never really looked into your eyes. What do you see there? Blue skies and tiny flecks of gold. Henriette, you told me once that you'd given your heart away. Completely, cousin. Who is the man so fortunate? You know him well. He's a barber named Bocair. Oh, Henriette. My darling. I thought we were born too soon. But each of us must live in our own time. We must do what we can. We must love our fellow men, be they barons or barbers, kings or stable boys. Then one day, the dream will come true. Write this letter to you 200 years ahead in time. Have you found the dream? Has the miracle happened? Today, as I write this, it hangs on the wind, as hope in the hearts of men for freedom. Have you found it yet, you men of the future? If you have, preserve it. If not, keep searching. Find new avenues to the stars, chart new courses in the dignity of man, so that he can go his own way, unafraid. Then every woman of the world will be a princess, and each man will be a king. I had a rough winter in your part of the country. This year, up when March arrives, there's always hope we've left the worst behind. And this year, March brings us Easter, Easter with its eternal promise of spring. But if you want more than a promise of spring and feel you'd like to get a sneak preview of that young lovely right now, may I suggest a walk down the display aisles of the store where you buy hallmark cards? Here you'll see the greens and pinks and whites, all the tender colors of spring. You'll find cards as gay as Irish laughter, for you'll not be forgotten March 17th now, will you? Cards as fresh with prettiness as an Easter bonnet and much less expensive. And of course you'll find cards of beauty and simplicity and good taste for every occasion. Yes, just seeing these hallmark cards will put spring in your mind. And remember, sending them puts the hope of spring into the hearts of your friends and loved ones. When the card you send has that familiar hallmark on the back, it takes on even more value. For that means you cared enough to send the very best. Now back to James Hilton. Thanks, Doug Fairbanks, for appearing on the hallmark playhouse tonight. Not only are you a fine actor, but you must be one of the busiest of men for you've just released a picture called the Great Man Hunt. You've also wide interests in the world of affairs and diplomacy. I believe you've just been appointed National Chairman of the American Relief for Career. That's so Jimmy, but after a buildup like that, you'll find I'm about speechless. I guess I'll just have to take a cue from your hallmark cards and say the simple, sincere thing. Thank you. And since this seems to be a night for telling tales about people, I understand your new book, Morning Journey, has been chosen as the March Selection of the Literary Guild. Congratulations, Jimmy. Well, thanks, Doug. That's very nice of you. And with you selecting the stories and hallmark making such a worthwhile and interesting product, no wonder listening to the hallmark playhouses is the favorite Thursday night event at our house. What have you planned for next week, Jimmy? Next week we have selected Blanche Henry Perrin's Deepwood for our dramatization. For our star, we are happy to welcome that delightful Hollywood actress Rosalyn Russell. Our hallmark playhouses every Thursday, our director-producer is Bill Gay, our music is composed and conducted by Lynn Murray, and our story tonight was dramatized by Lawrence and Lee. Until next Thursday, then, this is James Hilton saying good night. Four hallmark cards that are sold only in stores that have been carefully selected to give you expert and friendly service. Remember hallmark cards when you will carry enough to send the very best. Our cast tonight included Barbara Eiler, Betty Lou Gerson, Hans Conrad, then Wright, Ted Osburn and Edgar Barrier. This is Frank Goss saying good night to you all until next week at the same time. When hallmark playhouse returns to present Rosalyn Russell in Blanche Henry Perrin's Deepwood, and the week following Laura Ingo's Wilders the Long Winter, starring Edward Arnold on the hallmark playhouse. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. This is KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri.


Hey, this is rance with secure agent mentor with another episode of marketing mania today We're gonna talk about web pages and web sites and what you need to do to have at least a landing page for people to go To and see what you do and be able to contact you from that if you haven't already Please subscribe to our YouTube channel like the video share the video. We always appreciate that Join our Facebook group and then like us on Facebook and you'll stay update date and all the great stuff that we're doing here Secure agent mentor so today's topic again, we're talking about websites You don't have to have a you know a multi-million dollar hundred thousand dollar fifty thousand or even a thousand dollar website But if you're an agent you want to have a landing page We've gone over social media and stuff like that a lot of people are familiar with social media these days And they have their social media accounts, but you need to take it one step further You need to have a landing page though But so that you know someone can search for you on the internet and if they're doing it in your local area There's a chance, you know, they'll find you on Google on a Google search And what you want to do is just have something really simple, you know as I mentioned just a landing page with what you do the type of insurance services you provide and Definitely your contact information and maybe even have a form that they can fill out to be contacted That'll you can link through an email and there's tutorials and stuff like that online It's not super complicated and there's really simple services You can use to help you build a web page or a website, you know GoDaddy has a simple builder if you're not familiar with WordPress. There's a there's a drag-and-drop website builder there Even more easy easier options or like Wix You can go to wix.com. That's Wix. No, they're not paying us, but I wish they were And you can also use Squarespace and those websites are really they're really simple You just drag and drop the type of things that you want on your web page You just add pictures add your text your contact info You just you know, you can spend a couple days if you've got a weekend free You could spend, you know a weekend just building your web page or a couple web pages for you And it's gonna pay off dividends in the long run And I think that everybody should do this and if you haven't done it already Definitely look into it start learning about it and again, it's not doesn't have to be a huge investment It can just be some time that you invest and I think you all can do it on your own till next time


Right, so hey guys and welcome back to another PHP tutorial if you guys remember in the last tutorial We created a website that would allow us to basically Enter you use the name and a login password and then redirect us to a session page This was only done using fixed variables and not really the way it should be done by linking it to a database So in today's tutorial, we're going to be carrying on with linking it to a database so that we have a register interface as well So first of all what you want to do is go to ZAMP and turn on the Apache and SQL servers Once you're done with that you want to go ahead and click on the admin for the SQL because that's where we're going to be managing the database for this system create a new database. I'm just going to call this Trial system and then we click on create and Then in this database, we're going to create different tables that are going to store the information that we need So the first table we're going to store users. So the different users that are going to be registered on the server So type in the username. I mean the name of the table called users and then click on go Once we're done with that, we're going to create the different fields that are going to be stored in the table So what we want to be stored is an ID that will automatically be incremented for every username that is selected So the type is going to be integer and go over to the AI auto increment and then click on Take it up and then click on go. So next what we're going to be saving is the username and Password and that's about it So we'll be saving ID username and password in a real-life login system Obviously, you'll be saving more details about this and also like Hashing the password so no one's able to crack it and stuff But today I'm just going to keep it really simple because this tutorial is really intended for beginners So what we're going to do is change this from Integer type to either text or work here. We can do it whichever one you like I prefer text personally and then you can set a length if you like as well So the username I'm going to set a length of 50 and the password Okay, so once we're done with that, we're going to click on save and Then as you see right here, we have a trial system database inside with one table and it's called users And we have ID username and password So what we want to do first of all is go over to our code from last time I if you haven't watched the last tutorial I really recommend you do because otherwise this wouldn't make sense links going to be in the description So in the last tutorial as you know, we created a login page So in this one, we're going to create a register page as well within the same system So this bit right here is the form that allows us to log in into the system While we're also gonna what we're going to do is create another button down here I'm going to do input type equals summit name equals Register start And then the value is going to be equal to register obviously Okay We're just going to do a VR Okay, so now if you go over to localhost My folder is called login and register So If I go over there as you see right here As you see right here We have another button called register and we have a button called login Both of them don't have any actions assigned to them because I've taken off the code which I had from last tutorial So when we click on this essentially what it should do is take this information Check if a user already exists with this name in our database If he does it shouldn't allow that username to be used again And if he doesn't it should register the user So that is what should happen and if user clicks on login It should just log in and log them into the account checking if the account exists obviously So what we would want to do first of all is do the if asset statement. So we're going to do if this is a Post so if the event of a post happens and of the value that is submitted equals Register start Then what we're going to do is we're going to grab the username username and Also, we're going to grab the password. So we're just going to copy this over again and Paste it right here So what these two lines of code are going to do is They're going to grab the username and password Which is going to be posted from these input boxes once the login button is pressed and it's going to save them into the username and password variable, so we're just going to Tab this as register so that it's going to be different to the login variable. We're going to create later Once that's done. What you want to do is start a MySQL connection. So MySQL connect localhost Because that's where the server's running localhost and User is going to be the root root user and the password is none Once you're done with the connection what you want to do next is Select the database so MySQL select database The database name was system trial. Okay I'm just going to check that again. Yeah, it's trial system. Actually, so just the other way around Okay, now that we've connected to the database and we've selected the right database We're going to write a query. So we're going to do MySQL dot in query Query and in the query what we're going to do is we're going to select star from table of users so star means everything select everything from users where username Which is this we're referencing to this right now where username equals The variable username that we've saved up here. So we're saying select any Information that where from the table users where the username the field right here is equal to the username that we just submitted Okay, and then we're going to call this variable Request Once we're done with that we're going to do MySQL num rows request right and Then we're going to say results So what we've just done is we've created another variable called result and what this variable is going to do is it's going to grab the amount of rows That the use that for this request So let's say there is one username which equals the username. We've just entered it's going to return one if there's none It's going to return none if there's two obviously it's going to return two so what we're essentially doing is checking whether the given username which is entered Into the field here already exists within the table So that it doesn't get overwritten So we're going to write an if condition based on that actually we're just going to test this first so echo result Let's do a quick refresh on the page and we'll do register and define variable in usernames that on 26 Oh, so it was a mistake right there. So it's red username not just username refresh again and As we see right here when we click on register, there's zero users registered with that name. So if we go ahead and insert a Record manually into the system insert and The username is going to be this one right here. Just copy that over here Username passwords. Oh my god. It doesn't want to copy for some reason There you go. I'm possible. It's going to be one two three And the ID should automatically do its job So once we're done with that, we're going to go back to users as you see right here We now have the username admin at isaacota UK and a password So now when we try to click on register It should Return one because obviously there's one record in the database with that username So now based on this concept, we're going to write an if condition in the code So instead of echoing result what we're going to do is we're going to say if if the Results is less than one So if it's obviously zero Then we're going to say We're going to write a query that's going to insert the username and password into the database so that the user will have an account So we're going to do my ask you our query Insert into Users values Reg username We need single quotes as well. I think right comma reg password and We're just going to do a blank one for the ID so that it just ignores it automatically Okay, it needs to be in the same order otherwise takes my get messed up So once we're done with that query, you're just going to close that and then we're going to write the L statement. So if Or if obviously by any chance There isn't any so if the result is on zero that means there's no record I Mean if it's if it's one or greater than one obviously there is a record. So we're just going to say echo account with this username Already exists Okay Time for a quick check I'm going to refresh account with this username already exists and now we're going to try to sign up using a different account name Just click on that again. Not going to change anything. So if we try to log in using this which hasn't been registered yet it refreshes and Now if we go to I just want to get rid of this one now, so I'm just going to go into In Cognitive and try accessing it really quickly Log in and register Okay, that's perfect. I'm just going to close this down Because it keeps Pressing in the password. That's why it's a bit annoying. So now what we're going to do is go and check so as you see right here since we didn't have a User based on this username So Johan Godino it automatically Incremented the user into the system and if we try logging in with the same username again, so Johan Godino You try that the click on register it should say you account with this username already exists So if you do a new username like this It's just gonna create the account and if we go back and refresh as you see right here. It's created the account So when it does create the account, we just need to say echo account has been Created right So now that that's sorted What we want to do next is we're going to go on to the login sessions, so we're gonna say Else if this set is a dollar post Log in log in start I think it is yeah Logging starts If that's the case then we're gonna grab the username and password again I'm just gonna copy and paste this because there's no point of typing it again, and then just take up the red Okay, and then we move on to making an SQL connection so we can just copy this again Okay, this as well So we're literally just repeating the procedure here This is quite a short form of code because we're not using any security Measures and stuff just so that it's easy for you guys to understand So what we're doing here again is we're taking a request. We're making a request So we're gonna call this login request instead and then we're gonna call this the login result And change that to login. I mean you can keep the same variable names Well, I just prefer to change them up So we're gonna say select from users where username equals username equals Change this to the username variable and We also need to add a statement and say and password equals The password variable now we're verifying the password as well So now the login result if it equals one That means that the login has succeeded. If not, that means the password's wrong with this So we're gonna do a concept based on that. So we say if Login results is Greater than One Let's say if it's less than one, which means it has failed then we say echo Incorrect username or password Right and else that means the password is correct. We're just gonna do A redirect so we're gonna use a header tag to redirect the user. I mean a meta So I'm just gonna paste that in so what this is gonna do is redirect the user to the correct page So username Just gonna get rid of this So it's gonna redirect the user to something called session PHP, which was another blank type of file we just created last time in the last tutorial and We're gonna pass the information about the username being obviously username onto the next page too So let us just save this and quickly rerun it I'm just gonna run this again refresh account with this username already guess so okay. We're gonna type in We're gonna create a new legit account, so join one two three and The password is going to be one two three register account has been created. Okay Johan one two three and I'm gonna put the wrong password Login incorrect username or password. Okay, and Johan one two three and then one two three and As we see right here the system is working perfectly fine right now. So based on obviously the database and the Linking PHP code it's verifying whether the username or password is already existing the system and then allowing you to register and Also later on allowing you to log in simply using the simple script that we've created within this tutorial Obviously, it's missing a lot of security concepts like Using MD5 and stuff to hash the passwords But we can look into that in a future tutorial as well as obviously styling issues Which haven't been included in this because I just wanted to keep it as basic and simple for you guys as possible Anyway, guys, hope I was able to help you during this tutorial I look forward to helping you out even further if you type it type your problems in the comment sections or any Errors that you have the next tutorial is going to be about styling this website a bit more to make it look most more suitable and Similar to a login site and register site So stay tuned for that as well as the other tutorials that are gonna follow about PHP Anyway guys, thanks for watching. Please make sure to like comment subscribe and I'll see you in the next one. Peace out


The presence of the Lord is the fullness of joy. And we're so glad that you are joining us today for Hope Today. It is Friday and we're gonna have a lot of fun and we're gonna bring a lot of joy into your world. I'm here with Matt and Anna. And Matt, tell us about our guests that's coming up. Yeah, speaking of fullness of joy, today I think we need the right definition on what joy really is. And so our guest today, Kelly Miller, is gonna really share and break down some different things that we experience in life of what joy really looks like, how to live in unexpected joy. So Anna, I'm excited about this topic. I could use a little bit more joy in my life. And so I'm excited for what we're gonna talk about. We love Fun Fridays when we get to talk about joy and we've got news for you. We are starting this Fun Friday segment that is coming up at the end of the program. So that's gonna be like, stump the host and then each one of us were assigned to share a fun fact about our lives that maybe you don't know, so it should be a good time. And I'm just, it's nice that it's Friday and we get to have some light, joyful conversation with also some good content. Yeah, and I think it's really important, you know, everything that's going in our world right now and all the shaking, all the rumbling, all the tragedies. I think one of the things that I know I'm reminded of in a spiritual mentor recently told me is that joy is actually spiritual warfare. Is that when we have joy, when we're able to laugh in the enemy's face, when we're able to have and express, you know, what is going on in our lives, there's something that happens. And so we just wanna encourage you today that maybe you are going through a hard time, like maybe sometimes you don't have a deal, I'm like, okay, everything's going wrong and I just start singing, I start praising, just laughing because it really does good in your spirit and does good for the body in medicine, Matt.  You just said it, joy is like medicine. I mean, me and my dad were talking the other day and my dad had probably won like the most roughest years he's had in a long time. He got in a couple bike accidents and as much as it's serious, looking back on it, we can't stay stuck in this serious moment of the past constantly. And so we just kind of just laugh about everything that happened even though he was like laying up in the hospital bed for all this time. But I look at it as laughter and joy.  And I remember a pastor saying last year, like we have to have a sense of humor anymore. I think we even like lost this sense of having a sense of humor over things, everything's offensive or whatever it might be, right? But I think in order to live a life with fullness of joy, well, then we've got to look at our lives and say, okay, well, I've got to count everything as joy because that's what helps develop my faith. Right. Yeah, I have thought a lot about this tension of holding joy and suffering together at the same time. And for those of us who are Christ followers, we have the joy even in the midst of the darkest times that Jesus is still on the throne, that his promises are still yes and amen, that his word says that he is working all things, all things together for our good and his glory. So even in the midst of that darkness, when you feel like all hope is lost, when you feel that discouragement or that fear, all we have to do is fix our eyes back on the one who stands victorious at the end of that dark season, knowing that joy, that peace can be there in the midst of all of that turmoil, and that provides us with joy. When you were saying that, and it just reminds me of a scripture that with the joy set before him, Jesus endured the cross. And I think it's really hard to think of, Jesus hanging on the cross and he's on Calvary, but there was joy because he knew what was gonna come out of that pain, out of that suffering. And the same is true for us. Just what you were just saying, Anna, is that we have to be reminded of that, is that because of those of us who are in Christ Jesus and those of us who follow him and have laid our lives and are surrendered to him, we know that we win at the end, no matter how bad it looks, no how crazy it gets. We know because of Jesus, because he got up again, that we have that same power living in the inside of us. And that is good news today. So maybe you need to get a little joy boost today. Give us a call on our prayer line at<PHONE_NUMBER>, Matt. Listen, the joy of the Lord is our strength. Okay, so happiness and purpose, those are two things that most of us strive for on a daily basis. And while we constantly pursue them, they are not always easily attainable. So Kelly Miller is our next guest and he is the author of the book, Unexpected Joy, Finding True Purpose Through Surrender. He joins us now to encourage you on how to pursue and embrace the full and joyful life that God has promised. Kelly, welcome to Hope Today. Hey Matt, thanks so much for having me. Absolutely, you know, one thing I love to start off with whenever we have these conversations is, you know, getting to know who is Kelly from, you know, you're this, what were you, a software executive, you know, to what you're doing today, but maybe tell our viewers just a little bit at home, you know, how you got to where you are today. Yeah, I've been married for 26 years. We don't have any children because my wife has some health challenges that prevent that. And she has some limitations that prevent us from adopting. And so we got involved in student ministry like 20 years ago. And even though I was kind of tracking in this really successful business career, the joy of working with high school students kind of led to a lot of different things and a lot of engagement with organizations and trips like that. And so it was a situation where we were given an opportunity to be a part of something truly unique in East Africa and Uganda. And so we decided to say yes to that opportunity. So I left the business world and we moved to Uganda in 2016 and we were there for about five years building a truly unique school.  You know, that's what joy should probably look like. But you ended up, you know, turning that away and falling after a will of God in your life to go to Uganda.  Well, you know, the decision making in the will of God is a tricky thing. I've been in a lot of pastoral positions with students and then when I was in Uganda, I was working with a small number of foreign nationals that would be coming over and we tend to get paralyzed by these decisions and God works through opportunities. And as we engage in the world, as we engage in our burdens and as we walk with the spirit, opportunities are gonna come and God equips us and sometimes prompts us and conditions us to say yes to this opportunity. So when this opportunity first came, I was like, there is no way I'm leaving Uganda and it wasn't just because I was successful, it's because I had all the boxes checked, right? So I had a great church, I had great ministry, I had done all these trips, we were generous, we were serving, we were doing all these things. I didn't need to move to Uganda, but as the opportunity kept coming back around, my wife was like, we need to be open to this. And so just kind of being open and aware of the presence of the spirit. And it was just like this, hey, I've prepared you for this. All that you've done and all this experience, even going to seminary in the mid 2000s, in the midst of a business career, it's like, hey, you're equipped to do this, right? You're encouraged to say yes. So it was really more about just looking at it from a wisdom perspective. And this was a really wise thing for us to do is as an application of our gifts and experiences for Kingdom purposes. Yeah, I think a lot of times when opportunities arise and when we take that leap of faith, I know this has happened to me at times where I'm like, man, did I make the wrong choice? You know, do I need to go back? I mean, have you ever faced that whenever you were pursuing this opportunity and what kept you though with staying the course, staying on the path? Yeah, that's an awesome question because about two years in, that's exactly the question I was asking. And it had nothing to do with not being around the comforts of our life here in America, but there are some deep, deep cultural issues with foreign nationals, especially those with white skin because of colonization. And it takes a very, very long time to build a trust that's authentic. And so even two years in, I thought I had done everything I could to show my staff and the community and the students that I love them and I'm here for the right reasons. And there was just a lot that the enemy was doing in that season to really throw me off. And so at that time, I was just like, we need to just go. I told my wife, I'm like, let's just, what are we doing? Nobody appreciates that we're here. And she said, let me ask you a question. Do you love our students? I said, yeah, I love our students. She said, well, how's it gonna help them if you give up and leave? And so that's how God used kind of the experiences we were having in that moment to say, no, no, you need to stay. And I'm so glad I did. Turned out to be the greatest, most exciting, joy-filled spirit building season of our entire life that continues right now. But yeah, there was definitely a season where I was questioning whether or not we had made the wisest decision. Let's talk a little bit about your time in Uganda because you just mentioned earlier, just even like the culture differences, right? Between Uganda and America, but maybe you can even just share in your experience, what are some things that are the same with when it comes to like spiritual battles between the two? Yeah, that's a super insightful question because the most everything is the same, it just manifests differently. And so when you look at the brokenness that we see in Uganda, it's more tangible. We see people that are in material poverty. And so everything is kind of done through that lens of material things. And so their brokenness can sometimes be looked at as more broken than we are in the States. And I look specifically around the way that women are treated, especially girls are treated in the village communities in Uganda where girls are second or third class citizens. They're for the pleasure of men. They go through experiences that, if I hadn't talked about it and written about it, I would be emotional right now, but what these girls have to go through is horrific. And so when I look at that situation, you would say, oh man, it's so much worse than it is in the States. But in the States, our young girls, especially our teenage girls are being assaulted in I think a worse way because it's in the background. Their identity is being destroyed by social media and our entire movement in this country as it relates to media with teenagers. And so even though we have the kind of the protections of laws and the comforts of wealth, I think that our girls are struggling as much or more than the teenage girls in Uganda, even though the tangible things that the teenage girls face in Uganda may be optically worse. But I think if we're gonna look at identity as the core of who we are, I think that the identity of our girls in the United States is being destroyed. So that's an example where something is kind of the same, even though it looks different. And that's just the basic brokenness and the way the enemy is attacking our young people. Wow, that's powerful. Everything Kelly you're sharing, it kind of bases down. First of all, I love the title of your book, Unexpected Joy. But I feel like that unexpected joy comes in these different trials helping people. And I know that right now that's kind of heavy on your heart. In chapter nine, it talks about when helping doesn't help. Once you expound on that a little bit, how does that lead to unexpected joy in our lives? And whatever God has really given you revelation for that. Yeah, it's obviously a play on the famous seminal work when helping hurts, which is a phenomenal book and has been a guide for doing missions and engaging in the developing world. But it's become this excuse for people to not help. And so you kind of have these two ends of the spectrum of people so afraid they're gonna hurt in their helping that they don't help or in kind of ignorance, people just giving people things and starting things and hey, I'm gonna try to help you with a job. But what we found over and over again is that when you give a person the dignity of your time, your friendship, your attention, and they are not a project and the goal is for them to understand that they are equally made in the image of God. They have equal value in a culture that says they do not. Then at that point, you can come alongside them with financial assistance or give them a boost as it relates to a job or something like that and you can see success. Because if you do not deal with the poverty of identity of that person first, if you don't deal with the core of their problem, which is they do not believe they have value or worth to God or their community, then you are destined to fail with the help that you are giving. Now, this is different than emergency relief and things like that. I'm talking about development, talking about formation. And so it should be an exciting thing for people to hear because if we put in the time to give people dignity and to show them that they are loved and valued, then the alongside work we do becomes meaningful, it becomes part of the process and not a means to an end. And so when you look at it from a joy perspective, this is what we are created to do. We are created to glorify God in the way that we love other people for their sake and for His glory. And when we do that, we do receive His joy because we are capable of kind of producing or manufacturing a level of joy with our stuff and our trips and all the kind of material comforts so we can have seasons of happiness and moments of joy but the real joy, the joy that Jesus talks about in the Vine and the branches, His joy in us comes from sincere obedience and it could not be more clear. He says it right there.  And these are commands that are given for our benefit. It is incredible to me that God has said, here's exactly what you need to do to have a joyful, happy life. Here's how to do it. And by the way, I'm gonna give you my spirit to actually accomplish it. And we go, no, I'm good, I got it. I'll do it myself. And so we go through this exhaustive effort in trying to be happy and do these things. And so even in doing work like I just described, if we're not doing it with the right motivation, we're not gonna receive the joy. So it's about understanding how to engage in the world with the guidance and wisdom that God has given us but leaning into His strength to do it. So when we're talking about helping people, it's about following the commands of Jesus at that moment with them and giving them dignity. And then you can come with all the wealth and material assistance that we want to and they desperately need. Everything that you're talking about here, Kelly, I mean, one key word that you said, I think as major is the word obedience, like bottom line. I think God's looking for those who are willing in obedience, right, to His call. But I think when I hear the word obedience, it's sometimes a little bit scary because of maybe the things that I might have to give up, right, the things that I have to sacrifice. And I love that you talk a little bit about what sacrifice is. Could you maybe just encourage us a little bit because we're scared of sacrifice, but why is sacrifice probably one of the most beneficial things for you and I today? Yeah, and it's a tough word because when we hear the word sacrifice, like you said, we think of giving up. And it's more about embracing the alternative way that God has given us. And I think regardless of whether we grew up in the evangelical South like I did or something like that, legalism kind of takes over as it relates to obedience. And so we look at obedience as like this list of rules to follow and it's exhausting. And then also we don't get the joy from it because that's not the point of the rules. But when we look at obedience as a way not that we have to give up something, that God gives us the strength to give up those things or sacrifice those things that we don't necessarily need or are good for us, it becomes a positive thing to embrace, not just a rule to follow. Wow, that's great. Hey, Kelly, thank you so much. I wish we had another whole hour so that we could just talk. I know there's a lot of great revelation and wisdom that you have. I'm excited about your book and all the things that God is gonna do in your life. So thank you so much for your time and God bless you. You're welcome. Thank you, Matt. Thanks for having me guys. I appreciate it. Absolutely. Ooh, that was a good conversation and lots to unpack there. 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To give, call<PHONE_NUMBER> or go to ctvn.org slash donate. Hope happens here. It is Friday and we always want to just add some extra fun as you go into your weekend. And so this is something new that we're trying and we know that you all love Stump the Host. So we're gonna start there and then hopefully we're gonna have some time to talk a little bit more about joy and surrender and obedience and sacrifice. So without further ado, it's time for Stump the Host. All right, well, we love for you to play along. We have not seen these questions, so let's see if we can get the right answers. What are the first five books of the Old Testament referred to as you, as, wait, let me back up here. What are the first five books of the Old Testament referred to as, can you, oh, can you name all five? Okay, so how? Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy. Wait, Leviticus. Leviticus. Numbers, Deuteronomy. Numbers, yep, that's it. All right, Genesis, Exodus, yay, got that, very good. Let's go. Oh, and we had to say what it was called. Oh, the Pentateuch. Oh, what is it called? We see the answer now, so we kind of lost, yes. So, pronounce that again for us. I missed it, if it was all right. The Pentateuch. The Pentateuch, right? Isn't it pronounced Pentateuch? Yeah, I don't know how that's pronounced. The Pentateuch, I'm pretty sure. Okay. That could be totally wrong. Where's Tom? All right. Exactly. All right, next question. Which gospel does not record Jesus walking on the water? Does not record Jesus walking on the water? I don't know. That is a really good question. Whoa. You're saying John? I'm just saying John. All right, so let's go with John. We're gonna say John. Woo! All right. We're close. Okay, and here's question number three. Where is this verse? Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Psalms. That's the book of Psalms. Everything that breathes praise the Lord. Everything that has breathed praise the Lord. That's in the book of Psalms. All right, we're saying Psalms. Yay. All right, very good. We got two out of three. Awesome, awesome. Very good. We hope that you played along and that maybe you got three out of three at home and it's always a good time. But you know what, guys? We do have a few minutes left in the show and I wanna make sure that we get back into this conversation about joy, about identity, obedience. Like, Sidney, what's your take on that? Well, something Kelly said that I think was so powerful that when he was talking about, you know, dealing with the poverty, the poverty. You know, there's a mindset of poverty that people can have that doesn't matter. You can be in Uganda and you can be in the United States and that's something that even at my church, that Bishop Clay, he's just been really speaking to us about because of when you're able to change someone's mindset and help them to understand, you know, who God created them to be, their identity and their purpose, regardless of their circumstance, things change, communities shift. We see the move of God happen and so that is something he shared that I was like, that is so powerful and it's something we cannot look past because you can have all the, you can have to be the richest person in the world and you can still be in a spirit of poverty and that's something that needs to be broken. It's something that needs to be dismantled because once it is, you will see life, you will see growth, you will see health, you'll see deliverance. It's a powerful, powerful thing and there emanates joy, Matt. Yeah, you know, one thing I love about his testimony when we were asking at the very beginning is when he was talking about basically staying in the course, you know, even in the tough times. I love that Bible verse that talks, that says, don't grow weary and doing good for at the right time, you'll reap a harvest if you don't give up. I think that's really a big key to joy in our lives too is staying put even in the hard times, even in the hard places.  Sure, it might look shaky, but no, like the Bible says to count it all joy, everything, every trial, every situation. Why? Because it's the development of our faith. So I love that. I think that's powerful. I need to remind you of that at times. You know, whenever I start walking into a new venture of my life, you know, I just have to believe if God opened it, I'm gonna stay the course. And in that moment, because I know that God did it and he won't leave me down a path of destruction, well, there's where I can find peace and joy in the midst of staying put even in the hard times. Yeah, and I also loved what Kelly talked about that obedience leads to joy and that God gives us the commands in the Bible for our good. It's not to put this burden of hardship on us, but it is because he, and the Bible also says this, that he laid before us the path of life. So let's walk on it by obeying his commands that when we do, it brings peace. It brings joy. It brings life. And when we look at our culture and the path to life that our culture says is, you know, that American dream, get married, have babies, have the house with a white picket fence, have the job that's making a lot of money. Well, what happens when things like infertility strikes or divorce happens or job loss and unemployment happens or that health scare that just has a terrible diagnosis. What do we do? Where do we find joy? Because guess what? Joy was not found in the things that we thought were going to give us joy. Joy is found in a person and his name is Jesus. So if you are walking on this path, thinking if I can just get that house, if I can just get that degree, if I can just find that special man or that special woman and then I will be happy, then I will be fulfilled, it's deception. Jesus is who you need. Jesus is your savior. And if you have never accepted him as your savior, all you have to do right where you are today is cry out to him and say, Jesus, forgive me of my pride for my striving. Help me rest and surrender in your presence that I need you for joy and happiness and all things good.  So let's just say, let's pause on that. That the greatest joy that we can have is not in material things, it's not in our success, it's nothing but in Christ and Christ alone. That's what we will find our purpose, that's what we'll find healing, that's what we'll find everything that we need in life. And so we pray for you today as you head into the weekend that your Fun Friday would be rooted in your faith and would be rooted in the truth of who Jesus is in you.