Hello everyone and welcome to Prophecy Files Briefing. We're glad that you've joined us today and I want you to be sure to stay tuned at the close of this briefing. I want to give you some important information about the upcoming Prophecy Files Conference right here at Pace Assembly that you will not want to miss. We're only just a few weeks away and I can assure you the information you'll hear is going to be vital for your future. But first I want to take you to a couple of articles that I think are extremely important in light of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ and the evidence of the spirit of Antichrist that is swirling and the anti-word of God attacks that are taking place. This article deals with the truth of the Bible is on trial in Finland. One of the government officials there simply by quoting the passage of Scripture from Romans chapter one has now come under being literally filed and taken to court now for a second time simply because that she posted the Scripture from Romans one and it was directly of course against what the LGBT advocates were saying in this particular article it is against the law to be able to speak that way in Finland and the problem becomes is and this is what her statement is she said if I would be convicted it would have consequences around Europe because the LGBT advocates they are so active and aggressive she said and they have very strong networks so it would have effects in other European countries. We're seeing that take place even in the United States where the Word of God is now in some ways being described as hate speech. But I want you to know that with all that is taking place with that the Word of God is going to be forever and true. It is forever settled in heaven. What God calls sin is still sin. But where there is a vacuum of the voice of God or hearing the Word of the Lord you get other things to fill that. And this you've heard me talk about AI and the AI Jesus where people are now able to type in their question or text their question and get a response back from Jesus. Well this particular article or at least I should say an artificial intelligence Jesus that is described. This article Holy Chat it says AI Jesus now offering advice through texting. The article reads and this is very important because with all of the cancel culture that's happened in our world in recent years this is an attempt to cancel belief and faith in Jesus Christ. This new software program is offering people the opportunity it says in this article to text Jesus and get a response. A report from the religious news describes the new program that is like an instant messaging platform that lets users chat with chat GPT impersonators. Text with Jesus was launched just a few weeks ago and comes from what's called CatGloaf Software of Los Angeles. Very important that you know that this is an attempt as well of course to undermine and to take people's faith away from the true and the living God and the true and living Word. The chief of this particular software said we stir the AI and tell it you are Jesus or you are Moses or whoever and knowing what you already have in your database you respond to the question based on their characters. The article goes on to say that this report explains that chat with Satan is also active if the user chooses. One of the leaders in this software said that they've invited church leaders to try the program and see how it's being developed and then draw their concerns or ask questions and one of them is that it lacks Bible reference. It goes on to say and this is very important in this article this inventor said he made some adjustment so quote it can speak more like a regular person. Of course it's a computer program and acts like one the article says but Peter one of the instigators of the software said that he set it up so Jesus characters tend to avoid making offensive stances instead of taking an inclusive instead they take an inclusive or tolerant line even though the Bible documents Jesus being absolute regarding salvation. One of the ideas out of this software comes and when a person is asked about same sex marriage that is forbidden in the Bible the creation or the creator of this particular software says that it is up to each individual this is the response it's up to each individual to seek guidance from their own faith and tradition and personal convictions. My friends what we're watching is exactly what Jesus said in Matthew 24 and here's the scripture Matthew 24 verse 10 and then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another and many listen to this false prophets shall rise. Now sometimes we want to declare that to be some preacher behind a pulpit but what you're looking at is false prophecies and false prophets trying to deceive the Bible says and shall deceive many and because iniquity shall abound or sin in the heart and life of individuals the love of many shall wax cold in other words the desire for truth and the fading and apostasy would take place these are last day signs and verse 13 but he that shall endure to the ends the same shall be saved that's the promise for the believer. Listen to Matthew 24 verse 23 then if any man shall say unto you lo here is Christ or there and it really stood out to me believe it not believe I T not interesting for there shall arise false Christ and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders and so much if it were possible that shall deceive the very leg. Could it be that people are being deceived by these particular chat devices and all that's taking place or it is the precursor to a massive deception that is on the horizon. The Bible tells us very clearly don't follow after that so in our closing here today let me help you identify false prophets by their message in this five question test so to speak that can help you first. What is the source that their that this individual or AI is speaking from is it the Bible that is basing where they're basing their teachings on check out the savior test does do they believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. Here's the third test the subject test is the primary focus of that teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Here's the salvation test do they teach salvation by grace alone through the cross alone by faith alone. These are tests and here's the fifth and final one the sanctification test that is does the individual the false prophet or the false messaging false texting false software does it teach an endeavor and direct people to holy living towards Christ this is just a few questions that you can ask to help you be able to identify the faults and the deception that is taking place in our day and it is massive. I want to encourage you to stay with the truth. Jesus said I am the truth and that truth has the power to make you free. I encourage you today to stay with the word of God and if you don't have a Bible just contact us we'll be glad to send you on back. I also want to let you know that by the time that you read and study the word of God and see what's taking place in our world I believe that you'll agree with me that Jesus Christ is coming soon. All right good evening Pace family how we doing tonight?  Hallelujah. Proverbs says that God desires the prayers of the upright tonight. Amen and if Jesus is your lord and savior he's talking about you. So that's why we can come boldly to the throne of grace and not only know that he hears but that he answers our prayers. So can we stand tonight take out your prayer and praise. Please remember the 8th family and the Heinz family I've had loved ones that go on to be with the Lord and all the needs that are represented and all throughout the house and in our own lives let's just go to the throne right now. Father we thank you God that you're a good father that you care you're not distant you're not angry but you're ever present Lord God you're an ever present help in time of need Lord and there's all these family members that are needing a touch from heaven tonight Lord and people that are present and those watching online so God we call out in faith tonight and ask God that you would save to the uttermost God that you would bring healing God that you would bring deliverance Jesus God that you would come and do it only you can do Lord and that's be our everything we thank you for it tonight in Jesus name amen amen cross an isle shake a hand of a brother and sister online guests we're so honored that you would be with us this evening we counted a joy that you would spend your Wednesday nights with us here in service and we're believing the same presence of the Lord that's here is is traveling through their waves into your home God knows no distance prayer knows no distance so let us know where you're watching we'd love to know how we can pray for you there's someone online that you can chat with as well but God bless you for being here this evening amen alright high five your neighbor and tell them it's good to be in the house on a Wednesday night come on amen one announcement I want to make you aware of this Sunday pace young adults are gonna be having lunch at five guys that'll be immediately after service so don't miss out on that young adults how many joyful givers do we have in the house amen it's an honor to be able to sew into the kingdom we have offering buckets in the back you can also go online there's a QR code and you can also mail it in but let's pray over the offering father we thank you for the honor and the privilege we have to sew into the kingdom work that you're doing in this time Lord and we ask that you would bless it to meet the needs and so far surpass it in Jesus name amen Praise God good to see you in the house of the Lord tonight you glad to be here amen I want you to take your Bibles and your handout both here and online and let's get ready to study the Word of God together this thing where a tall guy can get to it there we go is that bother y'all good we're glad for you to be here this evening and all of you again that are joining us online we're thrilled that you are want you to all of those that are sharing out this message and getting you can share it out on your social media and so forth we appreciate you doing that and I believe it will be a blessing as a matter of fact this particular series that we're beginning tonight I will believe will be a great blessing to you as we take it up and believe God for understanding from his word you are a quiet bunch tonight I'm just wondering is anybody breathing you're saving it up well if anybody passes out from and I hope you know how to do CPR me tell you one thing before that we get started here tonight I couldn't be more thrilled to make this particular announcement because I believe it will be a tremendous benefit and a lot of times you just don't find out about things until after they already have have hit and and this is one of those things that I can tell you is a positive direction of course because of it I don't know how many of you are familiar with PragerU Dennis Prager's organization and so forth some of you are some of you're not so here's what's just happened or they've just opened it up in the state of Florida schools exclusively in the state of Florida they have now opened up to teachers to be able to utilize the resources of PragerU kids I wish I had time to put a video up on the screen but I'll encourage you to go to PragerU maybe PragerU.com I'm not even sure but if you'll look up PragerU there's a lot of incredible resources and material that I've used off of there for a number of years but directly towards your children and helping them to understand the history of the true history of the United States and not the stuff that's been cancelled out and laid out there in such a positive way in a very conservative mindset of course and teaching biblical principles I was looking on it late this afternoon and you know stories about William Tell things that you and I and this particular demographic grew up being able to hear about there's a lot of material that's out there and I couldn't be more thrilled for the teachers in the state of Florida have access to this incredible incredible resource so moms and dads grandparents and so forth I would encourage you to ask the teachers of your children are you using this material if not here it is and let them know where it's at let them make it available to them and let them be able to get involved in that resource it will be a wealth of wisdom that I know will be a blessing to them and you'll be blessed to know that they're that they will use it and if we don't use it then that would be shame on us because it is a conservative resource that is now available and I just I'm that's one of those good good words for us tonight to be able to take hold of so I'm glad about that so I'd like for you to breathe and then I'd like for you to smile back at me as if you're actually alive I'm getting more smiles online right now than I am in the sanctuary and I can't even see them come on something tells me this just feels like I got hot water pants going on right here so hang on a second let's do that y'all alright out there I'm just adjusting the situation okay enough adjustment you got your handout you got your Bible you ready let's go to work now I'm I'm I may or may not finish this lesson tonight I don't know I'm not interested in trying to win the race I want to get the knowledge to you I want you to get the information and I want you to get the word of God embedded in your spirit tonight we're going to take up a brand new series and it's been a number of years actually since I've done anything on this particular subject of renewing the mind tonight a transformed mind let me just say is that some opening comments for you here this evening every situation that is going on in our world in the lives of kids adults whatever that it may be I think I just saw to date I don't want to misquote it but an incredible amount tens of thousands of individuals that have committed suicide since the beginning of the year these are all depression all this kind of stuff is battles that are happening inside of the mind now while there may be in some occasions chemical issues that may be going on not everything is about a chemical imbalance you're talking about spirits that are loose today like never before and I'm not talking about the fact that okay that only hits people that don't know the Lord I'm telling you there are Christians some of you sitting in this room and some of you watching this is the battlefield every day that's right between your ears it is the battlefield of the mind being able to arrest your mind under the power of God's word and be able to discipline the mind is a challenging thing with all of the impulses that are coming to us every day you can't buy toothpaste without there being some kind of impulse coming towards you whatever it may be you know what I'm talking about so it's important that that your mind is renewed on a daily basis multiple times a day it's almost like you're typing on the on your computer whatever and you get you know some misinformation or whatever that it may be and you have to go back and if you're like me I haven't learned all those keys so I just use the ones I'm familiar with back back back back back back back back whatever it takes right you know if I need to correct that whatever that may be this is a constant that's going on and if you don't have your mind renewed in the word of God the persuasive deceptive tactics of the devil today and just the world that we are against you realize we are fighting with the world the flesh and the devil those are the three components that are coming against you constantly and all of them have to do with your mind nothing happens in your body until it first goes through your mind that's the reason why Jesus is is constantly letting us know throughout his writings and of course the Apostle Paul or his words and the Apostle Paul writing the word of God to let us know to let this mind let there's your first thing you got to let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus that let is the removal of every obstacle so that you can be able to receive what you need to receive and let me just say to you that you know when you read the word of God sometimes if you've ever been here you may have read the word of God and you go you know what that didn't really hit me today or that didn't really I don't know that I got fed from that today or that didn't answer the question that I need today go ahead and receive it anyway because the Holy Spirit will bring that back to your remembrance at the right time so you know if you're on a devotional schedule or you got a devotional that you read from read that ingested meditate upon it because in doing so you're renewing your mind why is it so important because the title way the tsunami of information that's coming to you from every outlet is constantly trying to change your mind which will change your behavior which will change your purpose and all those kind of things and I can assure you from the world of flesh and the devil it will not lead you to the mind of Christ this is diametrically opposed to the thinking of this world you hear what I'm saying that's the reason why I share with you about prayer you pray your you kids being available because the impressionable minds of children and the ability for you to impart those principles into their mind that are godly principles has the ability to change their life and send them on the direction that they need to go that when they're old have you ever heard of that when they're old they won't they won't forget it why because it was put in them in an early age I I often wondered when when dad was getting toward the end of his life he couldn't remember what took place around him very much but if I started talking to him about something that took place years and years ago when he was you know growing up whatever it may be sharp just tell me you know it tell me the whole story and you know all that kind of stuff and then I looked up I said how is it that you've got an Alzheimer's patient or somebody like that that can grab that for the first you know they just they just spit that out like it happened yesterday an hour ago and I learned from reading that from psychiatrist say that once you have once you do something for the first time it is like it gets into your head and is and is engraved in your head so first time events a first time I went to the Grand Canyon or first time I did this whatever it stays with you that's the reason why God is a God who wants you to have those first time encounters and experiences with him because that's what keeps it fresh you know you can when you got say that you when you got say you you knelt the first time you ask the Lord Jesus into your heart it's a time that is imprinted into your mind that you can tell people you know what I was this this and this but there was a day there was a moment when I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ now what you're going to learn in this lesson series is the fact that renewing your mind is not a very easy thing because everything about this is is a is a first a spiritual application and your own mind your will and your emotions and your body will fight against all that is taking place to get your spirit man built up y'all follow what I'm saying so that's important for you to understand that and and I don't want you to take it for granted in this series that hey we've heard this or I've heard it before whatever because I truly believe that every time I've ever opened up the Word of God if I've read one scripture before or maybe a hundred times if I'll be open the Holy Spirit will reveal something fresh to me is anybody with me on that right there so get your pen and paper your iPad whatever it is that you're taking notes on and I want us to go to the book of Romans chapter number twelve as a base scripture for us for this entire series there'll be plenty of scripture that will be coming your way but as a base I want you to go there tonight Romans chapter number twelve now Father we know tonight that we need the engrafted Word of God and we know that we need your mind in us in this hour in this time Lord when thinking is completely diverse and opposed to everything godly Lord we must be your people that think the thoughts of God with the mind and then apply those principles into our life to live daily by them so that we can be called the Christians that you want us to be and we ask Lord tonight to open up our understanding give me strength to be able to deliver what you want tonight and we give you the glory and praise for it in Jesus mighty name everybody said a good amen Romans chapter twelve I love this passage of scripture and you should too in fact underline it as the apostle Paul is writing here he says I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies by the mercies I love that not just one mercy but a lot of mercies by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service verse two is where we want to zero be not conformed to this world conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may and what is the point of it that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God great great scripture for you to be able to have a handle on and I want you just make sure you keep that one poised all the time so that you can be able to reference it back go with me over to second Corinthians chapter ten real quick second Corinthians chapter number ten and look with me in verse three I want you to mark verse three four five and six here's what the Bible says if you found it say amen but you're still looking say hold up my Lord I waiting patiently waiting on me I think I'm going to call Clint Brown telling him I wrote a song verse three for though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh okay for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holes now watch this casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God what is the knowledge of God you're holding it in your hand tonight the Bible and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ what is the principle manual for the obedience of Christ you're holding it in your hand tonight you have the mind of God in the Bible so there's not an excuse for any of us the Bible says to wonder away from I well I think God you know wouldn't do this or you know you have all these people's opinions that drop in here well my God wouldn't do that I don't care what all of us have to say preachers included you open up the Word of God and you'll know exactly what God has to say whether in written text or in principle statute testament law judgment whatever they may be if you'll read it you'll find it today today in part of my devotion as I was reading it early this morning I came across an entire section who you're not gonna like this one maybe come across an entire section of passages of scripture and so forth dealing with when national leaders take bribes and I started reading it down y'all and I said oh lord because the consequences of that usually doesn't fall on the person who made the decision it falls on the people that are in that nation the wisdom of God is found in the Word of God are you with me right there so on your paper perhaps and I'm not sure if it's on the screen but yes it is there it is it's on your paper here's somewhat of a definition I like the way this read so I'm bringing it to you the renewal of the mind involves a transformation of the way a person thinks and lives which can be achieved through the power of the Holy Spirit as we reflect on God's Word by being transformed in this way believers can discern believers can discern what is good acceptable and perfect according to God's standard now let me make this abundantly clear and you know that this is the way that we believe and teach here and I believe it's the Bible all the way through and if you don't get this part right nothing I'll teach you will fit because everything from the Revelation and backwards and forwards and in between all of it ladies and gentlemen is built around the cross and Jesus finished work at the cross now you may not agree with that but I can assure you I can wear you out with scriptures and personal experience now aside from me preaching the Word of God and bringing you not my opinion but the Word of God I can assure you there has never been a time when I have preached and brought the cross to the forefront and lifted up Jesus and Him crucified on that cross that I did not feel the awesome power of the Holy Spirit getting behind that message and pushing it like a locomotive like a freight train like a dynamo okay so with that in mind I want to make sure you understand the renewing of your mind this is of course the implanting and imparting and understanding, knowledge, wisdom of the Word of God into your spirit realize, we've talked a lot about this that what Christ has done on the cross is a finished work and what He has done Jesus has paid it all let me say to you in salvation He did it all and when we come to Him in salvation He paid the price, He covered our sins it could not be more better illustrated than when Pastor T took that paint brush up here and painted all of your sins in mind red because you suddenly realize through that visual that Jesus didn't halfway cover it He took care of all of it I feel a little preach coming on see so the cross in salvation is that one time act of sanctification and transformation that takes place when we give our life to Jesus forgive us of our sins and we by faith apply what Christ has done into our life we had nothing to do with it He did it all Jesus paid it all all to Him I owe so there's nothing I could do I can't come to church enough I can't read my Bible enough I can't do all of the different things to be saved He saved me, He paid it all but many times we feel like that sanctification or even the renewing of our mind here is all based upon us I do not want you to confuse what I'm going to be talking to you about in the renewing of the mind with what is necessary for you to do in salvation and sanctification which means this that within the perimeters of the cross I will tell you you will see this again in the coming weeks I'm going to be teaching this entire series over again because if you get this you can get freed up because we got so much faults doctrine and mess that's going on out there some people that believe that Christians can be demon possessed I can assure you that once I come to Jesus Christ He lives in a one room house He don't have like a three bedroom condominium with little demons in there of problems that I always got to deal with when I come to the cross He cleans it all He drives the devil out the devil has no place in me so I place my faith there and remember that your faith is not about having to be of great size even though our faith should increase why do I need to do that why am I needing to renew my mind I must think with God's mind in order to live this life and be effective in this life because there is the mind of the world out there the mind of the flesh the mind of the devil the devil has a doctrine and all of that is being pushed at us all the time and the only truth that there is is in the Word of God now let me make sure you understand I come to Christ to be saved and I place my little faith right there in fact it's amazing it's like your daddy comes and gives you $100 and said okay there is your $100 right there and then he comes back and says hey I want you to give me that $100 back don't get mad at your daddy for giving you the $100 and asking for it back it was his to start with so when Jesus gave faith to every person center and saint alike he gave to all of us the faith he gave you a starter faith then he says to you now draw near to me renew your mind and increase your faith and let me say it like this what you are increasing is trust now I know when you got married and all that kind of stuff that you said oh I do and I love you and everybody walked out and they threw rice and all that kind of stuff and then the wedding day was over and you married somebody that you thought you knew and then you had to learn how to trust them are you hearing what I'm saying now if you ever breach that trust then trust is no longer given it has to be earned that's the reason why the lord said you can trust me because I'm trustworthy I will never have to earn your trust because I will never break your trust I'm about to shout pastor people have failed me people will but God never will so if you're acting like because this is the and like I said I'm just taking my time here just take your time pastor alright I think I will this is the reason why people will get mad at God since one of the first ones that people got mad at after 9-11 was God God where are you they always want to point their finger at God he's the first one to blame oh he's the first one that they want to go to when they're in trouble but he's the first one to blame when something seems to go wrong I can assure you that nothing is going on in our lives right now that God is not only keenly aware of but already has a plan God is not biting his holy fingernails in trouble last night he's not biting his fingernails because America gave $6 billion to Iran are you hearing what I'm saying and thumbing their nose at Israel all that kind of stuff going on let me just tell you something God knows the end from the beginning now oh God so let me help you right here so if you're listening to the God who knows the end from the beginning and then he gives you his written word down the logos for you to be able to understand what he already knows is going to happen from the end all the way back to the beginning in other words God who picked you out and chose you I think I heard that preach chose you already had an end product in mind that's what Jeremiah said why in the world would you not tap into the mind of God to find out instead of asking somebody who don't have a clue I don't need you to tell me who I am I need to know who I am in Christ and from there all things will fit in order for my life didn't say I wouldn't go through trouble didn't say I wouldn't go through adversity didn't say that I didn't need to increase my faith but he starts me out with a seed and I choose a seed of faith there for my salvation but I cannot go anywhere else for my sanctification that is that is the removal of things from the world that I defaulted in because I was born with the sin nature alright we always go back to that because that's the sin nature our mind goes back to the base things that's the reason why we gotta have a renewed mind otherwise we find ourselves in constant defeat so even with the renewing of your mind that I'm gonna be teaching you about over the next several weeks we never remove our faith from Christ and Him crucified and the boundaries of that because the only one who knows the mind of God who can enlighten you on what Christ is saying and what the God of Heaven is saying from the beginning of the book to the end is none other than the Holy Spirit now does He give wisdom in how to be able to deal with your finances He most certainly does let me tell you the greatest financial book of all times if you'll read this it'll show you how to conduct yourself financially and how to be successful what about business greatest business leadership manual of all times so it goes without saying that the renewing of our mind we are picking up the mind of God that He's given to us and then applying it to our hearts but we never leave what Christ has done and take our faith and say well I know it I got it I'm gonna go over here and you know make this some kind of motivational seminar I want you to understand this book is not just some motivational seminar if you want to get motivational seminars going on then hook up with the guy who wears a Hawaiian layer around his neck right he'll talk to you about what a great person you are and you can do it today everybody stand up and say yes but I want you to know the rug gets pulled out from underneath you when you are not spiritually connected to the God who knows all and sees all and in the process of renewing my mind I am changing from what I started in my mind in a default toward the sin nature to the mind of God are you all with me right here everybody with me right there so I want to make that clear to you throughout this entire series that we talk about now some of you have seen me do this before and some of you maybe have not that is the reason why I am teaching again so there is this and I am the worst I did not pass art class very good but I don't know if it is an egg or an asteroid or whatever it is I have no idea but I can tell you that this represents the body we are a tripart being you are going to see in a moment why it is so hard you can read novels that are 500 pages in one setting and you sit down to read the word of God and suddenly or then start making excuses I can't pronounce the words well the first thing you don't do the names first thing you don't do is go to the book of Numbers or Leviticus and start trying to read the Bible because I can tell you there are scholars that can't pronounce those names in there okay so we have a body this is the mind the soul and then there is the spirit okay and the reason why some of you may have heard a little bit of this before and you are thinking I have already heard this try to stay with me because you have been trying to give somebody else a piece of your mind and you better hold on to it for a little while I almost called this series a piece of my mind but I didn't do that because I need all I can get so here is the the mind, the will and the emotions I was talking to somebody about this the other day and they started I mean it was like a light bulb came on because if you don't understand that you are a tripart being amazing you don't have to struggle to find out the principles of God they are line upon line, precept upon precept what you need to understand is that everything comes in threes in the word of God father, son, holy ghost body, soul, spirit mind, will and emotions this is actually a diagram of the tabernacle if you looked at it from the tabernacle perspective we are a spirit we have been created a spirit he took wrapped a soul around us which makes up the second portion which if you look at the tabernacle this would be the holy of holies your innermost being this would be representative of the holy place where you will find three pieces of furniture the golden altar of incense the table of showbread and the candlestick the gold and candlestick, the menorah here it is all of them representing the mind, will and emotions and then the outer court is the body Paul said I am trying to beat my body into subjection because the problem is there is a battle going on between me the real me and the guy everybody sees are you all with me? so in this diagram you are going to see that there is let me say it like this there is the spirit of your mind or spirit of the mind and then there is the mind of the spirit the two the two will fight the carnal man and the spiritual man will fight you fought it today some of you recognized oh wow that was that is the old me trying to get up and then some of you have gone along with what you wanted to say to somebody and you went ahead and said it and now you are going oh because there is a struggle that is going on between the spiritual man the spirit man and the mind, will and the emotions and the body the physical man the body operates by his how he feels what he sees by the senses what do those senses come from they are going to come in your emotional level how do I feel about it I feel like taking the garbage out I don't feel like taking the garbage out until your sensors in your nose go somebody needs to take the garbage out or you can choose by an act of your will to say somebody needs to take the garbage out even though I don't smell anything we need to get the garbage out of the house this is what you are dealing with with your children because they are little feelers coming into this world with a sin nature none of them come automatically obeying I can't get no amen's out here but you didn't come automatically obeying are you hearing what I am saying and you can play around with it all you want but until the will now God is not about you breaking their spirit their will must be otherwise they will stand up and say I will or I won't are you hearing what I am saying so whenever their glutamous maximus fills the strike then their cerebral cortex will get the understanding and their little wills will begin to comply because that don't feel good shall we close in the benediction prayer right in that way it works now sometime I will go into this in much detail because one you have an understanding of what's going on here and what you are wrestling with and where it's coming from because the emotions are powerful things emotions are constantly directing you but God doesn't and He created you and me as emotional beings I mean I don't want that to be taken away from me it's how I know not to put my hand on the stove again why? because it's hot alright I know now not to go close to that heater because it's hot when I backed up to it I could feel it if my feelings this alright so let me take you right here the Bible says one of the things in the last days that would take place is that people's conscience would be seared no feeling so now they sin without shame you get that? where's that all happening right here and right here and all the while the Holy Spirit who's working as a believer is found in Romans chapter number 7 where Paul himself shows us the struggle of what's going on and how important that it is that we understand what happened at the cross what we need to do in the renewing of our mind and the increasing of our trust I preached to you a little bit this past weekend about Matthew 17 where Jesus comes down the mountain and he says to everybody there he says you're living in a faithless generation and he turns around to the disciples and said the reason why you couldn't cast it out is because you had a little faith well wait a minute Jesus you said if I have faith as a grain of mustard seed and that's about as little as it gets I could say the mountain would be without a remove it isn't then about how big it is it's where you placed it they did not trust Jesus now a lot of people want to throw that to the bottom of that verse of that little story right there and say Jesus said this kind comes out by by fasting and prayer so I need to fast more and they need to pray more and that's a wonderful Christian discipline but that's not going to drive the devil out because you and I can't do it without Christ come on somebody we can't get saved without Christ we can't walk without Christ every day so who is that Christ well it's not the church is not the body of Jesus the church is the body of Christ and Christ is the anointed one right so the anointing that we use as a Christian colloquialism is what we're talking about when we say Christ look what references he makes right here have the mind of Christ well wait a minute I thought it was all about Jesus the Christ gave Jesus the physical man the power to do what he had to do and then he said I'm going to go back to heaven and sit down at the right hand of the Father and I'm going to send you the Christ from the inside of your innermost being right there to be the power to make you an outcomeer not without me look what Paul says I can do all things who does what who strengthens me are you seeing when I'm coming from so when you when Jesus comes into your heart we talk about Jesus he's not physical body cramming down into your spirit he is the Christ coming in to confirm that we are the sons of God but now what do we have made the mistakes in Pentecostal churches and I've been raising it so I can talk about it that we feel like whenever people come to the altar and they give their life to Jesus Christ the next thing that God does is he somehow lifts their skull up and packs everything in there that they need shuts it down and we give them a Bible and say go teach a Sunday school or a Bible study class somewhere they just started in this building watching online there are different levels of knowledge and wisdom of God same teacher same power depends on how much you want to access it and how much you want to renew your mind and let me just tell you just renewing your mind won't make it how many of you have ever done the little whatever it was online that you needed to fill out and you went through the whole process and you plugged in your credit card number and you plugged in the date that it expired and then you punched in the security code and then you filled in all of your addresses and the second address and your password and you got all this so you spent a half hour filling all this in and then you went over there and you forgot to push the apply button you can read this Word of God all you want to but until we push the apply button there'll be no change that happens in our lives are you with me change your mind and change your life look at your neighbor and tell them change your mind change your life so how do you how many people know that you're saved I'm here in 3A man's apparently my introduction has pretty well killed your faith in God how many of you know that you're saved you're born again okay pastor how am I supposed to know that well 2nd Corinthians tells us if any man be in what happens he's a new what happens all things are made what all things are made new now whenever the terminology happens here where you see the the little prefix re on something re-pent re-new what he's saying is I'm going to give you something that hasn't already been there in my mind I'm going to re for repent I'm going to take you and repent is the pinnacle so I'm going to take your mind and I'm going to return you back to the highest pinnacle of what I created you to be repent to renew the mind of some brand new revelation that I need to get he's returning us back in our minds to the highest level of renewed mind in Christ that's what's happening whenever you're renewing your mind now you're renewing your mind here because now that you've given your life and I'm assuming this you've given your life to Jesus Christ now all things have passed away and behold all things are brand new then you're not saved are you hearing what I'm saying that kind of locks some of you up salvation is past tense it means a transaction has occurred I've given him my life he's given me his life anybody still glad about it after all these years so what is saved to you is your body saved you can say no that's not a trick question is your mind saved you can say oh no to that one right there right because constant impulses and thoughts are going through your head and now you've got to discern is this a God thought maybe it's a good thought or is this a bad thought is this something that's going to take me to my old things that are supposed to be passed away or is this going to is this going to help me is this going to help me to the new mind of Christ the renewed mind of Christ you know your body is not saved it won't be saved until Jesus Christ comes back and gives you a new one so I'm just telling you I don't care how much you confess in your mouth you know Marm ain't broke, Marm ain't broke Marm ain't broke, Marm ain't broke I'm telling you if the bone is broke then you're broke how many of you know it hurts let's see how you cry out when that happens so your body is going to be saved when Jesus comes otherwise if your body was saved you wouldn't have to put deodorant on to get here tonight and everybody sitting beside you says amen come on somebody your spirit is saved when you say yes to Jesus Christ you are now born again I was born one time you must be born again now that Jesus has come in he's come into my life the Christ man is living on the inside of me I am now born again okay before I was dead in trespasses and sins now that I have come alive in Christ now I'm aware that I am and who I am in God and now I must begin to train and transform my mind into the mind of God so that I can please him so that I can do the will, the work and the purpose of God for my life so your spirit is saved that's what born again means that's what it means to be delivered in your spirit and that's the most important part because you are a spirit you have a soul and you live in a body your spirit is saved right now your mind which is involving your memories your emotions, your will your mind, will and emotions all of that is being saved it is being renewed at least that's what you're doing here tonight and whenever you pick up that word right there you are renewing your mind it's an action on our part so in my spirit I'm saved in my mind I'm being saved and in my body I shall be saved this is the story of redemption for us it's exactly what the book of Romans says how do I know my body is going to be saved just to drop this off for you he's saying that this mortal shall put on immortality this corruptible shall put on incorruption alright so my spirit is saved right now not going to be saved I don't have to wait until I get to heaven I have everlasting life right now if I've been born again I don't know how that makes you feel but it makes me feel pretty good you know what that means? that means I don't have to wait on somebody I don't have to shake a preacher's hand I don't have to fill out a card I don't have to ask you am I saved or did I keep all the list of rules and all that kind of stuff Jesus has made me a new creature in him but my mind needs to be saved because my mind is crazy go ahead and say amen for your neighbor they're all locked up so how do I expedite this change in my life because I can't stay with an old mindset and serve the Lord in this new life the two will not mix my mind then is in a process I'm taking my time my mind is in a process why is that important because the Bible says this that it is with the mind that we serve the Lord it is with the mind that we serve the Lord I've been born again an instantaneous deal if I died right then I'm going to heaven but the problem now is God didn't kill me last night so now I gotta walk out today amongst all you heathens on my job on the TV on every other direction and if I don't get the mind of Christ renewed in me then that world is going to try to cram me or conform me into its image and thinking the next thing you know I'm over here conflicted in my mind because what the world says is one thing and what the Bible says is another and now I have the awesome choice in my own mind of which God gave to you the ability to choose whether or not I'm going to believe and trust this or whether I'm going to believe and trust this so it is with the mind that we serve the Lord why because the more we know about him the better we can serve him don't confuse that with salvation your salvation you're there but between now and the coming of the Lord if I don't have my mind renewed I might act, do, say anything because I'm crazy I'm sorry you might act and do and say anything because you are crazy now you look clean you took a bath you put on your church clothes you come down here and know how to do church all that kind of stuff going on but I'm just telling you the right person who pushes the right button you too can turn into an instant devil just like that say a man for your neighbor right now who's afraid to confess that they still have that old man still working on the inside oh trust me you look sharp I mean your teeth are clean, you got them all nice and white all that kind of stuff but I'm just telling you out of that little enamel right there can come some words and here's the problem with that from the abundance you get it why would you even ask why I need my mind renewed because me and God are on two different bandwidths right here and I and God is not going to change his bandwidth for you so here's the important thing because I'm free flying right now what we want to do as Christians especially for others you're watching this happen right now you're hearing a lot about a two tiered justice system okay what we want to do is lower God's standards until we can step over it with ease and if I wrote the book all y'all will be in come on it's a party in heaven but God said the only ones that are going to make it of those that have been born again and he gives further instruction to let us know that God is not everybody going but few there will be that find that way and broad is the other direction that leads to destruction because because why that a man thinks in his heart one thing and it leads to destruction so all that you're seeing manifest in our world right now is the battle between the spirit man and the soulish man you're seeing scientists and AI and all that kind of stuff trying to penetrate they're trying to get right into here they're trying to break that down and become God and if you're not careful you'll think the thoughts of the world and how you feel over what God says but second Corinthians says to all of us ladies and gentlemen you've got to take all those imagined nations there's too many people living in imagination it's called imagination you're a citizen of imagination Jeremiah says in his writings that the people were continually thinking about evil imaginations you know what God said I'm going to give him over to their imagination Romans chapter 1 I'm going to give him over to their imagination why is he saying that you got to get your mind renewed so you can pull every thought I'm never going to be able to make it that's an imagination and if you leave it in there it's going to build a stronghold oh I feel my anointing coming in here now it's going to build up a stronghold where's that stronghold it's not in their mind it's in your mind if you leave bitterness in your heart a root will get in there and spring up stuff and the next thing you know you got all kinds of thoughts about people that are not true and you you cop some kind of attitude and all kind of stuff is coming out of you because now it's all coming through the filter of what experience or whatever that you believe to be true and this is the problem we've got today we have such an absence of truth that whenever whenever people look at that in the world even in the face of you could put truth in their face and hey the sky is blue I don't believe it okay because they watched on the news and you know David Muir told him something different right and because oh God and because we're too lazy to get our minds renewed we just receive anything that comes down the pike and you know what happens that's when false prophets start rising up and telling you this that and the other thing and God said I didn't say that but because we haven't had our mind in this book go ahead and preach preacher and had his mind of Christ inside of us the next thing we know is we're believing stuff that they're saying instead of what God said y'all all right Ephesians 423 says be renewed in the spirit of your mind because that spirit of your mind is not the same as the mind of the spirit and God's not moving you got to move to him right I serve the Lord with something that isn't fully changed yet so in your sensors in your sensory area you know your touch your sight your smell et cetera there are millions of sensory receptors that come through those senses but you have 10 billion receptors in your imagination close your eyes you're on an island it's green and lush the beautiful white sand and the clear blue waters lapping up on the shore you're in the virgin islands open your eyes you're in pace look what your mind has the power to do for a moment why'd you do that pastor I was enjoying that so much for a moment you were in the virgin islands get back this is what virtual reality is doing why am I teaching this because on the days ahead AI is going to make you believe that this is true when it's not at all are you hearing what I'm saying and what does that constitute it constitutes an idol and what do you say thou shalt make no graven an image an idol something that takes the place of God an image imagination this is what's going on in our heads every day so the mind then is still in the process and it's still going through changes and consequently I am constantly in conflict between the mind of God and my mind that's the reason why people are not so excited about going to heaven because they've never seen it and since preachers don't preach about it that much we're not impressed and it was one of the things that kind of hit me on Saturday night whenever our evangelist that was here for fearless put that video on the screen of the woman getting up out of the wheelchair who had been all tied up in knots for years got up out of the wheelchair and in a moment God straightened her hands up and by the time he was over with age and I looked across this crowd of young people and because they have seen so much didn't impress because in our minds we can conjure up and do all kinds of stuff let me say this to you never ever let your mind think God is common God is not you God is not human that's the reason why you need to celebrate and worship every time you see that miracle or every time you see somebody getting up out of a wheelchair isn't that something are you kidding me God help us to see that more often but because we've had such shysters that have yanked people out of wheelchairs and then sat them right back down and walked them out the door people are skeptics and Jesus said that's exactly what would happen but there better be in the last days there better be a group of people whose mind is connected to God that can tell the truth from the faults and celebrate God because he's never stopped healing, delivering, saving and setting free are you with me so the mind is not there yet and we collect images all day long don't we in our senses, in our mind you're programmed constantly and this is the day that Jesus predicted and prophesied that there would come a day, listen when Christians would be without a Christ Christian mind they would be serving the Lord on the outside through their mechanics that's exactly what he accused the church at Ephesus he said you're doing all the stuff but your heart is far from me you left not lost it you left your first love now you know you know where to say amen in the right places you know how to do this you know just exactly what to do all that kind of stuff and you have let it become religious you gotta go back and get your mind renewed and a freshness in your mind and in your spirit lest you try to serve the Lord with an outside facade but your heart is far from him they call that hedonism born again but not transformed into the thinking of Christ isn't that amazing pastor how could that be oh it's very clear we just watched as the entire Methodist denomination has separated from one another from those who believe that you can go ahead and ordain what God calls sin and others that don't well wait a minute how can two Christians look at the same thing one calls it sin and the other one doesn't because somebody's mind is still carnal they're still operating in a carnal mentality pastor they gonna go to heaven that's up to God but I can tell you this you will not have a victorious alive let me give you this right here right down because you've been waiting on something to write down let me go ahead and say it like this here we go you will not survive the battle for your soul without a transformed mind you'll not survive it not I'm talking about I'm not talking about a little bit I'm talking about you will not survive it in this world that's the reason why so many people have walked out the door after COVID and never came back because fear the negative emotion of fear that the devil used in the very beginning in the garden of Eden to trap Adam and Eve into a place behind the bushes and try to work out their own righteousness on their own instead of trusting God that negative emotion of fear has gripped this world once again same thing the devil used in the very beginning and now people are operating out of fear instead of faith and what happens when that takes place when you turn the spirit of fear loose all around the globe like it is right now you get evil that wants to rise up in school board meetings and tell you your kids are going to read this book full of pornography come on somebody we're going to arrest a preacher for preaching and standing on the street corner in his Bible are you see this we're talking about a society that has lost its godly mind there was a time in America and even in other countries that would respect America because we had values and principles that were based out of the mind of God now we're not even being true to that so people are disillusioned today and look what's about to happen in the United States of America I'm not so sure I make this statement to you tonight where it loosely I'm not so sure that next year might be the last election that we ever have in the United States of America because what's going on because the people cannot look at a leader that will rise up in the last days and have such principles and godly principles that their life reflects it and people are in conflict over that well remember you're not electing a Messiah and this is not a political speech already got my Messiah Jesus and there and he will never change but I'm talking about living in a society where the mindset is completely opposed to what you and I are doing here right now so you'll never survive the battle for your soul without a transformed mind but pastor I'm saved we love the feeling of being saved sin washed and cleanse but we wind up repeating the cycle because we have not changed our thinking and renewed our mind because we wind up living by feelings instead of living by faith are you hearing what I'm saying so the difference between the work of the cross and the way of the cross are two different things same location two different actions and acts here's something else for you to write down because you're so busy living an overcoming life as a believer depends on a transformed mind it depends on a transformed mind you cannot operate in the things of God without your mind being transformed it will be conformed look what's going on now the conformation the conforming of the minds of the masses in the in the face of truth I've got 10 things that I cited I've done it right here and I'll tell you where I did at prophecy files a few weeks ago I just read the article whether you want to believe it or not I just read the article I'll bring it out in prophecy files Lord willing everybody was all bent out of shape about ivermectin it was already an FDA approved medication but the propaganda machine said it's a bunch of horse medicine and if you take it you're going to get sick so forth and so on you may have read about this this week or not but here's what happened they sat down the HHS secretaries and questioned them about this and said because doctors were put out of medicine of medicine lost their license because they were doing it all this kind of stuff is going on and guess what they asked him the question is this an approved medication for humans yes can doctors prescribe this yes well then why were all of you saying that there was no sense in you taking it because it wouldn't work and driving us towards something else that you wanted and in the faith pastor don't get on that I'm trying to tell you I'm trying to tell you that in the days ahead this is not just about you coming to church and doing your church thing and getting your mind renewed in here and then I'll be a little Christian about taking this mind and going out into that world and the discernment of the Holy Spirit telling you what is true and what is not true and you're going to need this ladies and gentlemen because when the information comes to you you're going to ask the question should I or should not it's at that moment you got to say Holy Ghost you got to lead me and guide me into all truth and my mind has got to be convinced of what God's word said and if I don't have an answer at that moment no matter what it is I'm going to say we got I'm just going to say we got because here's what they had to say they had to say that it was the authority was fine for doctors to prescribe it then why Dr. Fauci and why all of you were telling us not because there was a agenda I don't want to think this way do you? I don't want to think this way I was raised when the door stayed open at my house on my street nobody locked their door are you kidding me we didn't worry about security system are you kidding cameras I was raised in that day I don't want to think that somehow there is another evil agenda going on but ladies and gentlemen one of the things that Jesus said for us to do in the last days was to wake up be alert be sober be vigilant that's not just for you to come in here lift your hands and sing a song and hear a sermon that's for you to effectively affect this world as salt and light and if you don't know what God's Word says you can't offer them anything because the number one thing that's been lost throughout the past few years I'm going to spell it out for you people will tell you people will tell you I haven't lost my faith I'm still saved pastor okay then why don't you come to church anymore why don't you serve the Lord anymore I am serving the Lord I just do it in my own way no you may not have lost your faith but you have lost your hope and when you listen when the enemy takes your hope away then me explaining that there's going to come a rapture as so completely foreign I can't even wrap my head around the fact that there's going to be millions of people that are going to be snatched off of the face of this earth pastor that's hard for me to understand in fact I'm thinking about going to a different church because you're preaching you've got a fanatic crazy man because I heard Dr. Dum-Dum say that there is no rapture folks you'd be shocked to see what came on Facebook I just tell them to delete it I don't have time to do it I'm trying to keep my mind right now because there's some stuff how many of you admit just some stuff just today I could have lost my mind but thanks be to God the Lord kept me he kept me I'm here I'm here I'm here I'm here I'm here I'm here he kept me I'm here I'm here I'm here I came in the door and I I love Jesus and everything I don't care how you got here if you had to walk in here without a feeling whatsoever you're not coming to serve the Lord by your feelings if I felt like it every day I wouldn't be here but because I serve the Lord by faith I'll keep on walking with him or I don't get up on your feet while the anointing is in the room and bless the Lord with a brand new mind I don't care what people tell you I care about what God said come on church let's bless the Lord with all of our heart soul mind and strength you better thank him ladies and gentlemen what did the Lord say God has not given you the spirit of come on God has not given you God has not given you the spirit of but what power power you ought to thank your God of heaven right now that your mind is still sound that you're still up in your right mind thank God I hadn't lost my mind come on somebody I can lose my car I can lose my house I can lose my friend but thank God I still got my mind you got to have a renewed mind you get your mind right you can help other people get their mind right if your mind is not right you can't help nobody get out of the rain you got to have the knowledge of God increase my trust in you Lord the more I hear the word of God faith comes by somebody say it like this because so many times we say faith I got faith faith faith no let me say it like this trust faith comes by and by the that's right so the more I get that word the more I hear it I'm driving on the road to when I was coming here today this morning to the office I'm listening to something on my little cell phone right there that's going to renew my mind because I know sooner or later in one given day there's going to be something that's going to hit me I'm going to lose my mind at some point so I'm trying to renew my mind so that when I get to that point of crisis in any given day I will respond the way God wants me to respond and not the way Joey wants me to respond because Joey will tell you off but the Lord will say come on let's join hands and have prayer meeting right here you need is a few posts on your prophecy files facebook do this and if you that you are not to be preaching blah blah blah blah well I hope you're watching and I hope your mind gets renewed and I hope you don't pick up my words and take them back that value I hope you get the rich gold bullion that's coming up out of the mind of God tonight so when you wake up in the morning you'll say this is the day the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it I wish I had some people in here that would go ahead and give God the praise for a sound mind I wish you meant some noise in here and let the devil know you're not going to get my mind I'm not going to have Alzheimer I'm not going to have dementia because the book says the mind of God is mine I'm going to tell you something you know how powerful the mind of God is this is how powerful the mind of God is I've stood beside the bedside of dying people who've had dementia and Alzheimer's and all that and everybody be in the room talking about everything under the sun talking about their funeral arrangements and all that kind of stuff but you let somebody begin to talk about Jesus and I've watched somebody raise up out of the bed and start quoting scripture and singing songs you know why? because once you get it in you once it's in you the devil know nobody else can get it out of you it's embedded in there and the Holy Ghost said when you need it I'll bring it up and it'll come out of your mouth we need a renewed mind lift those hands and ask the Lord for it right now it's not my teaching that's going to do it it's going to be you applying what the Lord has already said all you got to do is read that book Lord give me a renewed mind Lord give me, come on cry out to the Lord tonight Lord give me a renewed mind I don't want to think my thoughts I want to walk into a situation and the anointing of God begins to tell me what to do and what to say you don't want to operate in a vacuum you need my mind freed up from all of the garbage of the day freed up from all of the hassles you want peace to rule my heart and my mind and keep me that's what you said so Lord I pray that you would renew every heart every mind in this place tonight let the Spirit of God just God I pray that you would place a hunger in the people here and those watching online for the Word of God for the mind of God Lord it's not how much they read that's going to do you good do them good it's going to be what they digest what they meditate upon and I pray God if you give them one Word when they wake up in the morning and find that Scripture to meditate on let it be nourishment let it be strength let it be the protein drink let it be the exercise of the mind and Spirit that creates inside of them what you've called them to be I got to get in line with you Jesus and I give you glory for it I said I give you glory I gave you glory for it come on everybody receive this Word here tonight come on give God the glory for it amen Lord I thank you I praise you I thank you for this wonderful group of people here and those watching online may the peace of God keep their hearts and minds throughout the rest of this week if you tarry your coming Lord we get to come back here and worship you on Sunday may heaven be open and pour out we have never seen in this house and we give you glory for it in Jesus mighty name shake hands with about 10 or 12 people and tell them I got a renewed mind I got a renewed mind God bless all of you for watching tonight we'll see you Sunday don't miss it


Selecting the right tire and tire pressure can make a huge difference to your speed. A few quick changes could save you 10 to 20 watts or more, but navigating which tires and pressures are slower and faster is not always intuitive. In fact, if history is anything to go by, then most people's intuition can often be wrong when it comes to determining what's fast. Today's video is going to be a little bit different than my usual style of video. I got a chance to sit down with Josh Portner and talk all about marginal gains, and this is the first part of our conversation on tire rolling resistance. For those of you who don't know who Josh is, he's a marginal gains pioneer. He's currently the owner of Soka, but before that he was the technical director at Zip and helped to bring aerodynamic carbon wheels and power meters to the Pro Peloton, which we all take for granted today. He's also the co-producer of the marginal gains podcast, which is one of my favorite podcasts to listen to because Josh will go super in depth on all these little things that you can do to go faster from making your drivetrain as efficient as possible to every aerodynamic hack that you can think of to things that you might not think of like the placebo effect. Anyway, Josh has such a depth of knowledge in all of these topics, and I was super excited to have him on for this video. So let's go ahead and jump into our conversation on rolling resistance. Yeah, I think, you know, those are all things that we can calculate and, you know, we've got, if you've used it, a tire pressure calculator. I think I used that before every single race that I do because it's not like, oh, my tire pressure is 30 psi and that's what I run. It's dependent on the course, it's dependent on the tire width, it's dependent on your weight. I'm probably missing a few factors off the top of my head here, but yeah, for one person, the correct tire pressure could be completely different depending on all these variables. Glad you like it.  I mean, Roubaix changes a little bit here and there, but we, you know, we know those Pave sections, we know the courses. And then eventually just had to create this tool to help myself because people would ask questions and, you know, you just start to confuse yourself with, oh, God, well, it could be, you know, I'm trying to do the mental math. But a tool like that, you know, it will get you very close to the right number and I think it will allow you to then, I think what I like about it is it allows you to pick the tire that you think for that event and then get straight to the pressure quickly in a way that, you know, you go to unbound a few days early, you know, you can ride some sections and it really becomes more about the tire choice than, than having to refigure the whole algorithm every time. You know, I go, it's going to be really dry and hard this year. So maybe I'll go with a little bit smaller tire and then you can test ride that section and look at your data and think, is this a good decision or do I want to go back to something a little bit wider? Yeah. And one point that I want to drive home here is that when we're talking about tire pressure, lower pressure is not only making your bike more comfortable, it is doing that, but it's actually reducing the amount of watts that you need to produce at a given speed. Of course, there's too low. You can go too low. But I've actually done this test. I've got a section of gravel road where I'll ride it at the exact same power output and maybe I've got two sets of wheels with different tires on them and I'll do them back to back, try to see which tires faster and then I'll lower the pressure to try to see if that's faster. I'll raise the pressure, try to see if that's faster. It's not perfect, but I have found that I've found the point at which it's too low and I've found the point at which it's too high and I've kind of found the optimal pressure. And my biggest takeaway when I do that and when I use your tire pressure calculator is a lot of times the right pressure is lower than people think it is. Most people are running too high. Yeah. I mean, that's been a drum that we've been banging on for 12 or 13 years now since we really discovered that effect. It was a guy, Tom Anhalt, in California who's just a super genius of a guy and a close friend of mine was the first to really kind of notice this. Wait a minute. Roller data, the roller says that the rolling resistance goes down as pressure goes up. But in the real world, if we're using a virtual elevation or the Chung method, and we've got power meters and all these things, you know, those tools became more prevalent. And he was the first to really point out, wait a minute, it actually goes up again. And then we really pwned in on what is that and why is that happening? And I was around 0708, I think that we first quantified it with some pro athletes actually during the 303 development with the Saxo Bank at the time. And yeah, I think the big takeaway for people to think about there is that the rolling resistance improvement as pressure goes up is quite shallow. But what we call impedance, the losses due to the vibration of having to like bounce over all those bumps, the impedance is typically steeper than the casing loss. And so you're always better to be lower than higher. Five PSI too low might be half a watt, five PSI too high might be five watts. Yeah, which I think a lot of people would find surprising because I think at least most road riders, maybe mountain bike and cyclocross, they know the value of low tire pressure, but at least most road riders probably assume, well, it's better to be on the high end than on the low end. But what you're saying is that it's the opposite. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And I think that's how we grew up. I mean, I certainly grew up in an era of the more you can get in there, the better. And you need a silica pump because it goes to 210 and you might need it. And we look at that now and it's, I mean, even on really high quality track surfaces, we can see these breakpoints. You have to get to like a polished, varnished wood track before you can even dream of seeing like a 200 PSI pressure. But I'm even a lot of like the concrete velodromes in the country here. I mean, they might have optimal pressures on a 23 millimeter tire of 110, right? I mean, which is way below what you go talk to people at events. I mean, we joke, we have a van, we call the, in a setup, we call the inflation station, we take it to events and it's, you know, free pumps for people to use and talk, have a talk with us and lube your chain. And the joke is that, you know, we carry these pumps all over the country for these events. And almost all that we do is let air out of people's tires. It is very rare that we're actually inflating a tire. Need a rename deflation. The deflation station. To me, it's not necessarily intuitive which tire is faster than another tire. I think a lot of people just immediately, they're, they're looking at the tread pattern. Maybe less so for road because, you know, road tires are generally slick, but at least for gravel and mountain bike, first thing they're looking at it is the tread pattern. And if the tread pattern looks pretty smooth, they assume that's going to be faster. And if it's very knobby, they assume that's going to be slower, that obviously plays a role. But what other factors are there in making a tire fast versus slow? Yeah, this one's hard. And you really just need to test them as kind of the first thing I'll say. I mean, the, I would say if there is, if there is a rule of thumb for tire rolling resistance, it's probably going to be that lighter tires are generally going to be faster. And of course, that starts to fall apart when you get to like the two foe road tires, which can be very light and very slow. Although they've, they're updating and changing their technology. And I know they've made some huge improvements there. But yeah, you know, you think of the, the loss in the tire is what we would call hysteresis, right? So it's essentially when deflection within the tire is leading to some conversion to heat, right? There's some sort of like rubbing or losses that convert to heat. And so the rubber compound, the rubber material is a big deal. Some are just higher loss than others. And, you know, the way to think of that is like these running shoe foams, you know, like Nike's got this Peabox running shoe foam that is like one of the most efficient foams known to man. It's actually what we make the silk bar tape is made from the same stuff. And it's just a super efficient foam. It's got something like a 15% hysteresis loss where like EVA foam in a traditional classic running shoe, you know, that might have a 40% loss. And you think of something like Sorbithane, right, is a pretty well known trade brand name for, for foam.  And so, you know, which would you rather make your attire out of, right? You want the lowest loss possible. And so that's where you see people trying to add a lot of fancy names or chemicals to the rubber to make it lower loss.  But as we've seen testing, that's not always true. You know, some brands use latex, like, you know, Vittoria does a great job of using very pure latex in their sidewalls. And latex is extremely low hysteresis. But then there's other brands with 320 TPI casings that are using less efficient rubbers and those tires don't test as well. So, you know, there's sites out there, I think bicycle rolling resistance.com is a good one to use those numbers. I subscribe to bicycle rolling. You do? Yeah, his numbers aren't quite real because he's not converting from round drum to flat.  Those aren't exactly real world numbers. But I mean, they're the trend holds. If tire A is faster than tire B on the drum, it's going to be faster in the real world. You know, and I think that for me, the most exciting thing really happening in tires is tubeless sealants getting better. And what that allows for is thinner tires with less with fewer plies or fewer layers. And you think every, every time we want to put a layer of protection or something in a tire, that's just another opportunity for this hysteretic loss. And so, you know, if I can take the puncture belt out of a tire, the tire gets faster. If I can make the tread thinner, the tire gets faster. If I can make the casing thinner, the tire, you know. And of course, that only becomes possible with really high quality sealants because of what you're doing otherwise is effectively making really fragile tires. An example that you've used that I think really helps people to visualize hysteresis loss in tires is the memory foam, like a memory foam mattress versus, you know, I don't know, like a bouncy ball. Yeah. And I think that's a great way too, to visualize this static versus dynamic stiffness thing that happens. So yeah, you think of the memory foam commercial, right? When they push the hand in and you pull the hand away and the handprint stays, that's a very high hysteresis material. And the, there's this thing called dynamic stiffness that happens where, you know, as an engineer, I like to talk in graphs.   That's a very low hysteresis thing. A high hysteresis thing, you know, you push it, push the hand in, move it up, and then it takes time for that to come back up. Well, you think of that in like hitting cobbles or hitting bumps, you know, you hit that first bump and it compacts, and then you're hitting the second bump before it's had time to rebound. And so now you're effectively, you think of like, if you're punching the memory foam mattress, eventually you just collapse that foam down until it's, you know, nearly rigid. And then you're just hitting the rigid thing. And so, you actually have this very high stiffness.  And you think, well, if they're the same pressure, they should have the same stiffness. And if I push on them one way with my test machine, they do have pretty much the same stiffness, but this dynamic stiffness characteristic or component, it's much harder to measure for, but that's really what you're feeling. And, you know, the mountain bike guys will talk about this as packing, right? You'll hear someone talk about like washboard, you know, the suspension forks will pack down over washboard. And that's effectively telling you that you're, you're over damped for that surface. And so that's one of the reasons that, you know, these high hysteresis tires are not only slower, but they're actually quite a bit less comfortable. And they also don't hold the road as well on rougher surfaces because the tire isn't able to respond to the road surface in a way that's giving you the optimal contact patch at all times. One more thing on tires. Tire inserts have become more and more popular for mountain bike gravel. And now we're seeing it in road as well. How does a tire insert affect the rolling resistance? So it really depends what type. We've done a lot of work with these and I have to say we've really successfully implemented them with EF, in particular, the Education First team. There's two types. You have the sort of mountain bike, you know, I'll call it like the Huck Norris or the Apheto Mariposa, where you're essentially, you know, you're taking like the volume of the tire and you're putting something in the volume of the tire that's really giving you protection from a bottom out. And those don't affect resistance unless they are loading the sidewall of the tire in a way that, you know, if you think if it's wide enough that it's touching the sidewall of the tire, it's now involved. Every time the tire rolls, you know, gets to the bottom, it's compressing this way, which means that it's bulging out a little bit wider. And then as soon as it comes up from being at the contact patch area, it's squeezing back in. And if that foam is touching it, that's just a new hysteretic loss, right? That's just a new inefficient thing in your system. And so the size of those is really critical. But I would say typically, you know, you're using them in applications where like, do you really care about that last lot of rolling resistance? You know, I probably not. For road, we've seen some similar things where, you know, you've got these higher volume inserts that are touching, that's bad for rolling. But Vittoria in particular has an insert that is really more meant to squish down in between the bead. And what's cool about that particular insert being a closed cell foam is that when you inflate the tire, the higher pressure around the foam actually causes the foam to shrink down. And so when the tire is at pressure, the insert is sort of collapsed down in between the beads at a place where it's really not affecting the rolling resistance because it's not engaging in any of the compression or the movement of the casing. And then of course, as soon as you flat, it pops, you know, it poofs open. And now you're running on that. But, you know, we had two punctures at Roubaix last year with EF and both riders were able to finish on the foam insert without issue. And that's, you know, that that's magic, right? And it's for for the time that you're on the insert, it's a couple, you know, it's whatever, five or eight or 10 additional watts of rolling resistance, because the foam is not that efficient. But that's a whole lot better than, you know, stopping at the side of the road and waiting for two minutes for the team car to come and give you, right? I mean, so so that technology is pretty exciting to me. And it's been really fun to be a part of watching that grow. Thanks for watching. Let me know down in the comments if you enjoyed this different style of video. I have a lot more of this conversation that I plan on releasing. If you enjoyed the video, be sure to give it a like, subscribe, and share this video with your cycling friends. I'll see you in the next one.


How does the narcissist really feel about you?  Deep down they love the way you look. They love your personality. They love everything about you. The problem is when they realize that these qualities cannot be theirs.  They cannot do what you do or have done. They become envious of the attention and admiration you are receiving just from being you. If they cannot have these qualities which you possess they will do whatever they can to destroy them.  They will redefine you and rewrite your past.  They abuse you psychologically, emotionally and sometimes even physically. This is all because they loved your qualities and you as a person so much but then realize that your qualities could not be theirs so now they want to destroy your qualities and you. They are fueled by hate, anger, envy and jealousy. When they were with us they got lucky and they know it. That's why they had to manipulate and devalue us making us believe that we are not worthy of them. When the truth is they were not worthy of us. They already knew this which is why they created a false personality, a false character. They only got with us because we were physically attractive to them or we had status, money, power, charisma or anything else that they wanted but did not have. We were like fashion accessories to them, tools to assist them in obtaining their narcissistic supply. After us to go back to their true standards they go back to the whole where they belong. The reality of what they were before they met us. We were only attracted to them because as empaths we are not shallow people.  The narcissist married us and showed us what we wanted to see in the beginning so we were attracted to their false personalities. They manipulated us in the beginning and love bombed so that we overlocked the red flags. They have to compensate for how insecure and unworthy they really feel. This is part of what creates these narcissists.  In the beginning of the relationship they liked that we are attractive. They liked our inequalities. They will even tell you this themselves. They value you but over time they became very competitive like they were trying to out do us. This is because they believe that we are above their level both on physical attraction and the depth of our personalities. If they really believed that they were better looking or had superior personalities there is no way they would abuse, manipulate, devalue or compete with us in any way. They originally liked us very much but then they realised that it's something they do not have. Good lucks, deep emotions, the ability to be real with them. We are genuine people. Over time as they realised that they could not be real or genuine so they could not partake. Imagine how frustrating that must feel if you can't even be real or genuine with someone.  Instead of appreciating they just hate on us. They compete and try to out do us. That's why they always try to flirt with other people when they were with us. They may have told themselves that they are better looking or have better personalities than we do but they were in denial. If that's what they really believed they wouldn't have had to prove it to us but then it got to the point where they couldn't deny it anymore so they discarded us or the abuse got worse and worse to the point where you had to discard them. If you really believe you are at the level of someone else you would never abuse or manipulate them. You would never compete with them but that's exactly what narcissists do because they know they are not on our level. This is why they become obsessive stalkers always trying to compete or out do us in some way.  Cheating is an attempt to be validated or admired by someone else because they cannot validate themselves a person who cannot validate themselves can never be faithful to anyone and as we know the narcissist cannot self reflect or look within which means that they will never be able to be faithful to anyone. They will always cheat no matter how great the source is. Narcissists are obsessed with us because they are desperate for power and control. If they have to accept that they really secretly like us and every quality we possess it will take away their power and control. This forces them to accept that it is not all about them so although they do secretly like everything about us deep down it very quickly becomes hate. It becomes hate because they cannot partake and they want what we have. They want to have our good qualities they want to have our charisma they want to be real and genuine but they know all too well that they are not capable of that so they might mirror us trying to appeal to our own ideals but deep down there's a lot of hate, anger, envy and jealousy as they realize that they can never generally operate on our frequency. So now they want to control us they become obsessed with anything that relates to us or interests. When they reach this level of obsession what option do they have other than to hate, devalue or even humiliate us but understand this what purpose would there be in devaluing or humiliating a person who has no value in your eyes anyway. There is a fine line between love and hate and the fact that they are so obsessed with us should prove that it is almost like they're in love with us. Of course narcissists cannot experience genuine love but this is as close as it gets for them. If you really hate a person you are not going to want them on your mind 24-7. You wouldn't want to be anywhere near them you wouldn't want to see them you wouldn't want to hear anything about them you wouldn't want to know where they're going you wouldn't want to know what they're doing you would not be focused on them or anything that relates or interests them if you really do hate them but they do want to be around us they want to be in close proximity they want to see us they want to hear everything about us they want to know where we are going and what we are doing they want to know everything that relates to us or interests us as i said there is a fine line between love and hate and from what i have just made clear to you it should be obvious that they are right on that line there is a balance of both love and hate that's what keeps them coming back think about it you wouldn't keep going back to something you hate so there is clearly an element of love or at least a deep liking for us but they will never tell you any of this they will continue pretending as though they really do hate you but how can that be true when they have this obsession you would not be obsessed with someone you hate look at people they actually do hate do you see them obsessing over them i believe that there is an element of hate since they cannot partake or possess the same qualities or whatever it is that they are envious of but there is also love or a deep liking for us and that's why they keep coming back they become very bitter and envious people they try to deal with these negative emotions by making us feel envious in some way even if you are not feeling envious they will just tell themselves that you are it saves their fragile fragile egos and prevents an arc injury moving on are two words the narcissist never wants to hear the thought of you moving on with a genuine loving person is an injury to their whole existence you can bet that they will compare themselves in every way and then they will begin to realize where they went wrong but if they cannot have you no one can they will enforce flying monkeys and creates mere campaigns anything to prevent you from having a real loving relationship nothing hurts them more this is probably one of their greatest fears once they know you are gone for good they go looking for someone just like you hoping that they will be more willing to tolerate their abusive and manipulative nature but no matter no matter how many people they go through they can never find you and believe me this hurts them we were their great aid supply they never find anyone who is worthy of our replacement they settle for whatever they can find it's like taking a drug for the first time we were that first high after that they spend the rest of their lives chasing that same high but never really finding it they might try similar drugs or people but it's never quite the same it never gives them the feeling they first had with us in some cases they will hoover and try to come back to you but you see through them now you know what they're about and it's nothing good so even when they go back to that first drug they tried it's still not the same because they abuse that drug over and over again they abused us but they never self reflect or look within instead they rather point the finger and put the blame on to you they are too emotionally immature to ever accept responsibility or accountability for anything that they do so they never change for the better they just get worse they will try to find you in another person but they will never find you


A 60-year-old Pequot Lakesman is dead after a fatal head-on crash in Highway 371 early this morning. The crash happened south of Pequot Lakes and Sibley Township when the driver hit a semi-trailer head-on. The Minnesota State Patrol says that the Pequot Lakesman was driving a 1998 Ford truck north on Highway 371 when it hit a barrier on the right side of the road and went across the highway into the southbound lane hitting a 1998 Peterbilt semi-trailer head-on. The name of the deceased has not been released due to pending notification of family. The State Patrol also says that the Pequot Lakesman was not wearing his seatbelt. The driver of the semi-trailer 60-year-old Daniel Jackson of Hackensack was not injured. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


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