Welcome in, it is week eight. CMC is 49er, Resolve Tours ACL. We live in the upside down. Hi, I'm JL. I am joined by my co-host here, owner of lateround.com, Scott Melonby. How you doing today, Scott? Scott. Scott.  I was paid to do that. Oh, okay. Okay. Yes. I'm good. Champion. I don't know anything about NHL. Is Scott Melonby, was he good? That's like the deepest cut that you could have possibly thrown out there. I mean, it's been a long time. I'm pretty sure he was in NHL 94. Like, this is like a very random, very random. Is your friend Mike that in exchange for a t-shirt design, I had to introduce you to Scott Melonby because you used to wreck him, I believe, in NHL 94. That's right. That's right. Yeah, NHL 94, the floor, he played, Melonby I think was a panther because that was one of the first years of the Panthers War franchise. But yes. Yes, I used to, anyone in chat right now, I will wreck you in NHL 94, just a heads up, just so you guys know.  You know, I tell you, entering the show that I'm kind of under the weather today, my brain's probably not gonna work as well. And then you just call me Scott Melonby to start things, to kick things off. I could just see it in your brain. Like, you're like, wait, what? I'm joined by JJ Zachary's, and you know him. He needs no introduction. We're here to answer some waiver wire questions. Week eight, this feels like the time where fantasy champions are made. It's make or break time, fantasy league. JJ, we got a lot of big news too this week. A lot of big news. Breece Hall going down ACL. James Robinson getting traded to the Jets. What are you doing with that situation, the James Robinson situation? Michael Carter on the waiver. How are you feeling about it? Yeah, I mean, look, if Carter's out there, I would still be adding him. Like I, the way that you could think of this is, Breece Hall is a better running back than James Robinson is. I know that James Robinson is a great story, and I loved him as a prospect coming out. And I had a high when James Robinson was great his rookie season. So I'm coming at this from the perspective of, I like James Robinson people. Okay, this isn't me hating on the dude. But we have to recognize that he has not been good this season. Like his success rate has not been strong. Advanced metrics don't like him.  There's a reason why after week three or so I had James Robinson as a sell on my 15 transaction shows because typically when running back start to perform poorly or they are performing poorly, something starts to shift, something changes unless, you know, it's a guy like Joe Mixon or something where the back feel, you know, there's not an obvious player to sort of take over that work. So, you know, James Robinson is fine. He's gonna see early downwork. He's gonna see probably goal line work in the Jets offense, but I'm still not sure that the Jets are going to be this like, you know, I don't think that they're gonna finish with four or five losses this season. And so in any negative game script, Michael Carter is gonna be on the field. I think Carter is a really underrated player himself. I mean, it was a good prospect and has had good efficiency metrics himself. So I'm sort of in this boat where like, you know, I do have James Robinson ranked ahead of Michael Carter rest of season, but I do think that people probably believe that Michael Carter is toast based on this James Robinson move where, you know, they're just replacing Breece Hall with James Robinson, but Breece Hall is a much better running back in a much bigger threat to Michael Carter was to Michael Carter than James Robinson is. So to me, I think Carter can still be like, you know, PPR formats, maybe a low end two, high end three or mid three RB three James Robinson, not that much better than that. So, you know, I'm not like overly high on either guy, but if Michael Carter is out there, I would definitely be adding this week. Yeah, no, I would be too. He looked, he looked good that like first week, I remember watching him just thinking Michael Carter is gonna be so annoying this year. All the Breece Hall, all the Breece Hall managers are gonna be so annoyed at Michael Carter. And then he kind of got marginalized. And hopefully this is an opportunity for him to step up and show what he's got. From the reminder, if you haven't already hit that like button, subscribe to Fandal on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, all everything underneath me. Just go ahead and subscribe to all the socials. Fandal's got amazing content creators, but not content all the time. Did you, we got a question in here from Victor asking, should I stream tight ends until in Joku gets back or trade one of either Kamara or Pierce for Andrews? Running backs are Kamara, Pierce, Swift, Stevenson, Foreman and Pacheco. What do you think, JJ? I mean, look, my rest of season rankings has Andrews one spot ahead of Kamara. And I think you can make the argument very easily that he should be, that you should take Mark Andrews over Pierce because I have Alvin Kamara over Pierce. You know, Pierce is someone who I think is very strong. Like I still have him, I'm referencing my rankings here on my other monitor. I still have him like a mid RB two, high end RB two rest of season. So I still like Damian Pierce, don't get me wrong. They do have a very tough schedule the rest of season. They have the six toughest in terms of my adjusted fantasy points allowed metric. It's the third hardest over the next four weeks. So, you know, I don't mind Pierce, but just keep that in mind. But regardless, I have Andrews ahead of both of those players rest of season.  He didn't practice today, but Tuesday practices don't matter. I would expect a bounce back from him rest of season. So if you want to trade Pierce for him, I think that's totally fine. But if you want to stream, that's also totally fine. Cause I do think that there are enough tight ends out there these days where, you know, like Irv Smith this week going up against Arizona, great, great matchup. You know, he'll see probably a 13, 14% target share. He should be fine, you know, in that kind of matchup. So if you want to do that until when Joku comes back, totally fine. But I'm also cool with sending Pierce for, for Mark Andrews. Yeah, yeah. I think that is a fair trade. Buddy and you're asking Ken Walker and Singletary for Amon Ross St. Brown. Would you make this trade? No, I wouldn't because I have Kenneth Walker ahead of Amon Ross St. Brown alone, rest of season. There you go. You know, I love Amon Ross St. Brown. I'm hopeful that he's going to play this week. After that concussion, non-concussion situation that's going on, I think that the word is a taxia that I learned this week about how when you lose control of your muscles and your clumsy, that's what he displayed. It's like a symptom, right? So he's showing these symptoms on the field that he was showing clumsiness and like his muscles weren't reacting the way that they should react. But he wasn't actually concussed, but they still took him out of the game because he was showing those symptoms, which I know is frustrating, but you know, props to the Lions for actually following protocol and you know, not putting him in harm's way. But rest of season, I mean, Kenneth Walker to me is, he's RB 10 for me, rest of season, which is more valuable. You know, it's a scarcer position.  And so I would rather lean running back in most case, depends on your scoring, depends on your situation, of course, but the fact that you're throwing in single Terry as well, who I think is a low-end RB two, you know, I just don't, I don't think some, I don't think this kind of move is worth it. You can get a lot more for Kenneth Walker. Yeah, Kenneth Walker. I mean, there are a few running backs of the opportunity that he has right now, right? So that to me is the difference. Amun Ra St. Brown, definitely I agree with you. I'm not necessarily down on him, but it's just the difference between the types of players and the position. I'd rather have a running back like Kenneth Walker than Amun Ra St. Brown, who I feel like can be more easily replaced. Yeah. Mr. Scamver said, I too know how to cheat at NHL 94. There's no cheating. There's just being good at the game. 94 is a good year, by the way. Best year, some might say. Not me, but some others. Five o'clock shadow jail is best jail, thanks Joey. Simon's saying, would you prefer to add Michael Carter or Isaiah Pacheco? Well, I think last time we were on the stream, we were talking about how Pacheco was so disappointing. Yeah, we got a Pacheco situation. Carter or Pacheco? Yeah, look, I mean, right now, the good news is that Isaiah Pacheco played more snaps. He's more involved in the offense. He played more snaps and Clyde Edwards a layer this past week. He played one more. And slowly, but surely he looks like the most explosive back in that backfield. It is a committee. That's what we should expect moving forward is a committee. But I do think that he's the type of player that profiles as that like playoff league winning type guy where he not only could just take over that backfield towards the end of the year, but if there's an injury to either Jared McKinnon or Clyde Edwards a layer, Pacheco all of a sudden becomes like a low end, maybe like a mid RB3 or something in fantasy football from a usage standpoint just right away. And obviously Kansas City. I mean, Kansas City has 27 touchdowns this year on offense, which is by far the most of the NFL. So obviously situationally, it's a very good situation, but I think Michael Carter is the dude that you want to add if you need that immediate production. Pacheco has more upside simply because of the offense that he's in the situation that he's in, but clearly the Jets don't think Michael Carter is in every downback. They wouldn't have traded for James Robinson if they thought Michael Carter could be in every downback. But I do think that if you just need production like the safe analyst answer is to add Michael Carter, if you get that production, I still think he can be an RB3 like I said earlier. I think that's the direction that you should go. Even though they named Pacheco the starter this week, are you still expecting a somewhat of an even rotation the rest of season between CEH, Jared McKinnon and Isaiah Pacheco? Yeah, you know, there's a lot of like misunderstanding going on with what that report was all about. So Rappaport came out and he tweeted that and he put an article together that said that Isaiah Pacheco was going to start for Kansas City. And a lot of people read the headline. They're like, oh, that just means he's going to start. He's going to get the first touch, which he did. He did get the first touch in that game for Kansas City. But it was actually deeper. The breakdown was deeper than that. It said that Clyde Edwards-Eleer would still be involved, but the way that the rotation would work where Pacheco was sort of like an afterthought out of the other two with Jared McKinnon and Clyde Edwards-Eleer, McKinnon would be that afterthought with Pacheco being in the CEH role and CEH maybe being in that Jared McKinnon role. So there was like this little rotation going on. But what happened is Kansas City at the end of the first half, they were in this negative game script or they were in this hurry up and Jared McKinnon was their hurry up back. So he was just seeing a ton of snaps in those environments and in those situations. And so Jared McKinnon played the most snaps for Kansas City, but Isaiah Pacheco did play more snaps in Clyde Edwards-Eleer. A lot of people in fantasy football, I mean, I try to preach patience all the time. I mean, I think Travis ETN is the perfect example of that of just being patient and letting things play out a little bit. These flips don't happen immediately without an injury, right? Like Kenneth Walker is one of the best running backs in fantasy football now. And that would have never been the case if not for a Rashad Penny injury. It would have been a, maybe it would have happened eventually but it would have been a slow burn, right? It would have been, okay, now he has a 30% snap share. Now it's a 40% snap share, et cetera, et cetera. It's going to be a slow burn without an injury for Isaiah Pacheco. I just think that's the way that it's going to go if it happens. Because obviously it might not happen too. So right now he's a high upside stash.  You know, I'm not, I don't think that we should sell it as anything different because all the evidence suggests that it is a committee but he's inching up and he is getting more work within that committee. Yeah, I feel like I'm constantly talking about how running backs are not valued in the NFL the same way that they're valued in fantasy, right? They're just not used in the same way. And there's no, from when I think about this from the perspective of Andy Reed, why wouldn't he use all of the options available to him if neither one of them is standing out amongst the rest? Right. Right, so it seems logical. Should I start, this is from Jonathan. Should I start Prescott or get another QB? So should you start Dak Prescott or maybe pick a QB off the waiver wire, stream a QB this week? What are you thinking?  I haven't done a ton of research yet for the week eight slate, but from like a streaming standpoint, like I would assume that I'm gonna have Daniel Jones around the same areas where Dak is just from a ranking standpoint, I haven't finished those or done those yet. So, you know, Dimes is probably like the one guy that I would consider over Dak, but I think Dak's fine. I mean, the matchup, because they get Chicago this week, the matchups, not horrific, but I wouldn't be shocked if I do have Daniel Jones ahead of him this week. Yeah, I think that's fair. Daniel Jones, man. It's giants, they're playing lights out. I don't know what's happening over there. Let's see, we got John. That's the same question. Mr. Campers asking half PPR, would you drop either Michael Carter and or Bateman, shot Bateman to add Devin Singletary and or Tyler Boyd? I would not be dropping, I wouldn't be dropping either of those guys for Tyler Boyd. You know, Boyd, there was a good matchup form this week, some broken coverage.  Devin Singletary needs to be added. Devin Singletary in any 10 plus team league, eight plus team league should be on rosters. I would rather have Singletary than both of those guys. I would definitely rather have them than Carter. I think in an ideal scenario, depending on what you, you know, the way that I sort of manage my bench is it's an extension of what my starting roster doesn't have, right? So if I'm good at wide receiver, then my bench is going to have more running backs than wide receivers. So it just depends. Like I think that you can go either way with Bateman and Carter, but Singletary is the best player of those four in fantasy. Yeah, yeah, I'm with you. Tyler Boyd, it feels like he always has these types of games. Simon, my co-host on our morning show in front yard fantasy talks about Tyler Boyd used a lot of teams where they're weak against slot wide receiver. And so you can usually kind of predict where he's going to pop off on these, because that's how the bangles like to utilize him. So yeah, I like that point. And Mr. Scamber is also following up with is Josh Palmer and IR must dash with the Allen slash Williams injuries?  So I'm not like, I think that he's fine to add. I just don't think he's really like this priority this week because they're on buy. And I don't think a lot of your league mates are probably going to be aggressive to get him. I mean, sure, add him. But I just, I don't think that he's a player who is necessarily going to just dominate with Mike Williams out. And we don't know exactly how long Williams is going to be out just yet. But I do think that, like, if you want to stash him, totally fine, but I don't think he's like in the same tier as adding a Gus Edwards or a Michael Carter even this week, you know, just cause he's already had opportunity this year and he hasn't really captured. Yeah. Yeah. That makes a ton of sense. Kind of saying Zach Taylor, great at exploiting matchups. Max. Yeah, that's him. That's him. Alibaz, God's asking, should I trade away T Higgins for Amunra St. Brown? And we talk about these one-for-one position trades frequently on these shows, JJ. Is this one of those musical chair-type trades, as you call them? 100%. There's just like, there's no reason to do this trade because someone's absolutely going to lose the trade in some way. It's the same position. They're two-spot different in my rankings. So, you know, I don't, there's no reason to have like a strong feeling between these two, in my opinion. It's just, you know, neither team is really benefiting at the end of the day. Like one team will, one team won't. Whenever in trades, both teams should benefit. So, you know, if you want to do that, that's fine. I do technically have Amunra two-spots ahead, but I just don't think it's necessary. Yeah, the way I often describe that concept is like trading is a cooperative mechanic in a non-zero sum game, right? So like you and your lead major are cooperating to increase both of your chances to win the lead. So you want, you know, that's, whenever you put it, you're in a position like this, what JJ is saying is like, one side has to lose or not because there is no way for both sides to duel unless they're perfectly even, in which case it was pointless anyway. Right, whereas you could say, okay, I'm trading Amunra, same brown for Kenneth Walker, like we were talking about earlier, where I do have Walker ahead and all that kind of stuff. But at the end of the day, like you could hypothetically get away with doing that trade if you were really, really good at running back and you could get rid of Kenneth Walker, which a lot of teams could, I mean, there's a lot of teams out there that drafted Kenneth Walker late and now they're just set and they might not, you know, they have like really good running backs. And so they need a wide receiver. And so you can make a trade like that in order for both teams to get better, even if Kenneth Walker outperforms Amunra, same brown rest of season, it's still okay enough because both teams are technically getting better in their starting lineup. When you're trading the same position, one player is objectively going to be doing better and it's the same lineup slot. So there's just no reason to do something like that. Yeah, yeah, great break down there. John Doe asking 10 team family league through ESPN, with and Joku out, looking at Dulcich or Ashad White to replace him for a while, trying to gauge different opinions with those two. Aten is also on the waivers. So out of those options there, Dulcich, Ashad White and Kate Otten, I believe that's how you say his name. Which of those guys are you most interested in? I mean, I think Ashad White should be rostered in a lot of leagues right now and the majority of them, you know, he has some flex appeal. He played 44% of their snaps this past week against Carolina the week before that. It was his lowest snap rate in a while. It was 22% against Pittsburgh. So you're seeing this rise. He has a 50% success rate this season. Leonard Fornette has a 45% success rate. So he's playing well. You know, I don't think he's gonna overtake that backfield and become Leonard Fornette and see this like 80% snap share, but he's been good and he has the handcuff appeal, right? Like this is the time of year where you gotta be paying attention to that kind of stuff where if a guy goes down, then that backup, he's one of the handful where, you know, that backup would be viable in fantasy football. So I think where Ashad White needs to be rostered for sure, the other guys are relatively replaceable week in and week out from a tight end streaming standpoint. Like if you wanna throw, you know, if Rashad White's on your waiver wire, I'm gonna assume that like Irv Smith is on your waiver wire. And you like, I would play Irv Smith over Dulcich this week, for instance. So like there's plenty of tight ends. If you need a tight end, you could stream over those guys. Rashad White though is someone that really should be rostered. The other thing to note here with Rashad White, Leonard Fornette has never played a full season in the NFL. He's always missed at least one game. So if and when that happens, Rashad White is in the RB two conversation. Wow, I did not know that's that. It's kind of crazy. Remember the whole narrative whenever he came into the league and it was like, he doesn't like the cold. So he's just not playing the cold. Yeah, yeah, that's pretty funny. Cade and the Colts fan asking, who are some of the running backs I should go after I have lost, Javante, Breece, have Jefferson, Godwin, Allen and Lamb. So these questions are kind of tough. They're kind of tough because they're, it's tough to gauge what your league mates are, you know, what the trade value of your league is. And of course there's all the options, right? So I would suggest a good friend of ours, Peachton High School, who puts out these trade market values. I suggest going and looking there and seeing what the market is valuing some of these players at. Yeah. Yeah, players you have. Go ahead, JJ. The biggest problem with the way that people approach trades, and I'm not trying to call out Cade and the Colts fan here, because, you know, there's a lot of people who feel this way. But when you go and approach trade, you shouldn't just approach these individual players you want to trade for. Because what happens if you say, hey, I want to, I want to go trade for Daryl Henderson this week. But you go look at the Daryl Henderson team and Daryl Henderson is the RB one on that team. The chance that that team is going to get rid of their RB one, despite the fact that it's Daryl Henderson, is slim. Whereas if Daryl Henderson is the RB six on a team, then that team's going to have a lot easier time to give it up. It's just a basic, basic way of doing anything in sales, right? Like, this is just what you do. Like when someone has a lot of something, they're more willing to give it away. And so your consideration set when you go to trade for players should be vast. It should be very large. You should be very open to taking on a lot of players as opposed to which individual guy should I go after? Now, with that being said, there are instances where you can say, okay, the market is way too low on Raheem Mostert more than likely. Maybe I'll go to the Mostert manager and say, hey, I want to trade for Raheem Mostert. He might not realize that Mostert's been productive, et cetera, et cetera. That's fine. But the real way to get deals done is to find teams that need the thing that you're giving away or find teams that have too much of the thing that you want. Right, complementary teams. Those are the best ones to cooperate with in order to make those trades that you both get better and balance your teams out. Very well said. Andrew said, have Eckler and keep losing my RB2 to injuries. Yeah, join the club. Should I look to trade a pitman for Harris or just hold tight with my current running backs? Tony Pollard, AJ Dillon, Elijah Mitchell and Jacob. Some interesting names in there. Elijah Mitchell, I'm looking at you. What do you think about this one, JJ? Is this, what do you think about this running back situation? I mean, so I have Michael Pittman ahead of Najee Harris the rest of season. I'm certainly worried about Pittman with the quarterback change and what that could do for him. But with Matt Ryan, he's seen one deep ball target all year. If you're looking at 15 plus air yard throws, he's seen zero 20 plus air yard throws. So he's not been that good in fan. Like for as crappy as Najee Harris has been, Michael Pittman's basically been like the Najee Harris of the wide receiver position. Like he's not giving you these spiked weeks. He's giving you more of a floor than a ceiling. Like it's just not that fun. And so like I can understand making that deal if you really want to make that deal. If you're really loaded, let's say a wide receiver. I don't think that that's that absurd and just hope that the Steelers can turn things around and that Najee just looks a little bit better coming off that Liz Frank. But I think Tony Pollard is still a fine like RB3-ish with Dak. AJ Dillon, I don't think you can start right now. Eli Mitchell lost all of his appeal because of Christian McCaffrey. And then Isaiah Pacheco, you're just kind of stashing. So the only guy that I like on your roster at the RB2 spot is Tony Pollard, you know, at least in the short term. So if you want to do a deal like this, as much as I've been down, I mean, I've been down on Najee Harris since April. I mean, I just, I don't like the situation. You know, he's obviously not looked very explosive, but Michael Pittman sort of in the same boat. And I'm worried about the mobility that we're going to see out of the quarterback position in Indianapolis as well, which could limit, you know, looks through the air with that team. So if you want to do that trade, I think it's fair enough as long as you're deep enough at wide receiver. Yeah, you know, Najee Harris is someone who I feel like is a good, he's someone who I'm targeting in trades right now. And it's not that I think the offensive situation is going to get that much better in Pittsburgh. It's just that like, there aren't that many running backs who are getting as much, as many opportunities as he's getting. And even if he's not really turning that into like a ton of like crazy fantasy production, like you're saying, JJ, I still like that type of running, that there's still value in that type of running back on my team. And if you have the upside to then be Najee Harris, if he's able to, you know, work it out throughout the season. Yeah, it's, yeah. To me, like he's an RB two, like that's just what he is. Like a, probably like a lower end one, but he's an RB two and he's getting volume and there's nothing wrong with that. Like that's fine. Because in the context here, it's not like you're training someone who has shown massive, massive upside this season in fantasy and they're getting this quarterback change. So I think it's a pretty neutral trade. And if it's benefiting both teams, it's great. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I agree with you. Let's see. What is this? So, uh, Hardik asking, what are your thoughts on Elijah Moore? Now that Corey Davis and Breece Hall are no longer an option for the team. And now with Robinson coming in. Yeah. I mean, let's hope that, I mean, we're waiting, right? Like you don't have answers. I don't have answers with what's going on with Elijah Moore. So it's kind of tough to answer. I think he's a hold though, in case there is a move by the deadline or in case they just start using it more and he gets targeted a little bit more. Yeah. Victor asking, do you see Jashon Watson as a second half stash or any QBs that you like for the second half of the, or to stream? He's only sporting cousins right now, old Kirkie cousins. I think Watson in a single quarterback league, it's probably a little early to roster him in most leagues, but I do think that he could have value during the second half of the season, for sure, or when he comes back. You know, the quarterback position really takes a big hit, like after the burrow area. I mean, like living the stream, the other podcasts I do, I do the late round podcasts and then living the stream. We've streamed this season the equivalent of a QB six and points per game. We've been better than Kyler Murray through streaming. And it's not so much that we've been amazing, but there's such a drop off and there's such pitiful production from the quarterback position once you get past like Lamar and Joe Burrow, that it's just very easy to replace that production. And DeSean Watson at least has the ability to be above that and be above replacement. So, you know, it depends on what your league structure is like, how deep it is, all that kind of stuff. I think in most leagues of the people that are watching this right now, if you're in a 10 or a 12 team league, you can probably wait a little bit longer to add DeSean. Yeah, yeah, I agree with you. DeSean Watson, even though we haven't seen him in a while, as soon as he gets on the field, he's just one of those types of players who is excellent. His talent is insane. And so, yeah, I think he's a good stash. I agree with you that it's probably a little too early. How early are you getting before you start? Like, when is the week 12? He comes back? The week 11? 12. Probably like... 10? 10-ish, yeah.  Like, you guys know how aggressive your league is more than I do. Like, it just depends. Like, there are some leagues where I might want to add them next week. There's some leagues where I can probably wait until literally when he's back. So it just depends on when your league, you know how aggressive your league is. Yeah, great, great point there. Kate Naskin. I have Madison Pacheco, Chuba Hubbard, and Derek Henry. Is Justin Jefferson for ETN and DeAndre Hopkins solid? Man, it's Clemson's side of this trade. What do you think, JJ? Yeah, this is an LSU for Clemson deal right here. I'm probably still sticking with Justin Jefferson. I usually just stick with the one and a two for one. You know, Hopkins had a great game in terms of production and such, but I don't know if that usage is going to continue the same way for a lot of reasons, kind of where he lined up. You know, Rondell Moore played on the perimeter a lot in that game and it just, it didn't work. He's not a perimeter wide receiver. You know, when Robbie Anderson comes back, it's just going to, it's going to shift things a little bit. I think Hopkins is fine. I think he's like a wide receiver too from here on out. And I think ETN's a low end running back one. But Justin Jefferson is Justin Jefferson. So, you know, depending on what you're just overall situation and such looks like, I don't think it's like the most horrific trade in the world, but I would still take the Jefferson side. Listen, ask anybody, they'll tell you, I'm the biggest Clemson fan. I'm taking the Justin Jefferson side of that trade. Even so, even so. We got green screens in here saying, hey friends, what up? What up, friends, greens? Welcome in. Ooh, that was a fast 30 minutes. That went quick. That went quick. JJ, that was fun. If you guys haven't already, make sure you go follow JJ. 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Because it's one of the main reasons why they chose you, but just because they expect you to be loyal to them, it doesn't mean they're going to be loyal to you. They will throw you under the bus at any chance they get. They will cause you to suffer in order to save themselves and gain a personal advantage. They will criticise, blame and punish you. They will deliberately sacrifice you to get what they want. They will lie. They will cheat.  As long as they get what they want, they won't care about what happens to you. 2. Empathy. You show concern for the sufferings and misfortunes of other people. You wish to help them. You can't just watch them struggling or in pain. You feel like you have a duty to help them out. You will listen to people's problems for hours, without judging or blaming them, and you will do anything you can to help them. Because you want to see people happy and successful. And you don't think any less of them just because they're down. You accept them for who they are. You see them as your equal, regardless of where they are in life. And this is why the narcissist chose you. Because they wanted someone who cares. They knew that your empathy and compassion would oblige you to take action. They knew that it would make you do anything to make their situation better. They knew that they could take advantage of you by making you feel bad. Because they know you want to be a good person. They know that these things matter to you. They know that you don't want to see them down. Even after everything they've done to you. Which is exactly what they want. They want someone to feel sorry for them. Someone who will make great efforts to make them better. And it was easy for them to identify that in you. Because it's something they don't have. They lack empathy and compassion. But they're very good at pretending to care. By imitating how they see you or other people respond. To people who are in pain or distress. But if you've ever needed assistance from them. You will know that it's fake. 3. Authenticity. They chose you because of your authenticity. Because you're real and true.  You don't judge people. You don't form an opinion or conclusion about anyone. Because you understand that we all have flaws and imperfections. We are all imperfect. But you all make mistakes. So you're not hard on anyone if things don't turn out as you expected. Instead you choose to take responsibility. You choose to see how you could have acted differently. So that you can learn from your mistakes. You're able to be vulnerable. So you can connect to people on a deeper level. And narcissists notice this. It arouses their curiosity and interest. Because they can't comprehend how you're able to be so real and confident. They're envious of how you're able to move through life in this way. And they're shocked by how people love you for who you are rather than you having to put on an act. Or by trying to be something you're not. You could just be yourself and people gravity towards you. But our authenticity is often what sets us back when we are dealing with narcissists. Because we tend to assume that they are real too. We believe what they are displaying to us. Because it's difficult for us to comprehend how someone could lie about who they really are. And this is what they use against you. Because in the beginning they married your likes and interests. They acted like they were on the same page.  You had already invested in them. So they already knew it was going to be difficult for you to let go. Because they knew you were an authentic person. They knew you established a real attachment to them. And they know it's not so easy for a real person to sever ties with someone. Four. Resilience. The narcissist picked you because of your capacity to withstand adversity and bounce back from difficult life events. You're tough. You're able to take responsibility.  Not only for yourself but also for the people care about. You remain calm and opposed and ready to do what is necessary. Especially when met with adversity and crisis. You hold everything together. Without you everything would fall apart. And that is what drew the narcissist to you. Because they know that things aren't going to go well for them. But your resilience tells them that you won't leave when things get tough. Five. Forgiveness. They picked you because you're able to release feelings of resentment and vengeance.  You're able to remain positive and move forward. Instead of seeking revenge. Which is exactly what they want. They want you to overlook their wrongdoing. They want you to accept them even though they're not really sorry for what they did. Because they're going to keep doing what they do. They're going to keep hurting you. So they need to be with someone who is going to forgive them. Someone who isn't going to hold a grudge. Which can cause problems for you. Because you should only forgive someone. If they intend on changing their behavior. But the narcissist will take advantage of your forgiveness. And they will expect you to forgive them for everything. But if you make a mistake. They won't forgive you. They will hold it against you. And they will use it to justify what they do. Thank you for watching. If you found this video helpful please give it a thumbs up. Share your thoughts in the comment section. Hit the subscribe button to receive the notifications. If you would like to support the channel. You can donate at paypal.me.narchsurvivor. You can book a one on one with me on my website. It's narchsurvivor.co.uk Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


We're in chapter 23. Let's begin reading at verse 1. I'll read verses 1 through 7. We'll get into our study as we continue our study here in the Book of Second Samuel. Let's begin reading at verse 1. I'll read verses 1 through 7 and we'll get into our study. Now these are the last words of David. Thus says David, the son of Jesse. Thus says a man raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob and the sweet psalmist of Israel. The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me and his word was on my tongue. The God of Israel said, the rock of Israel spoke to me, he who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. He must and he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises a morning without clouds like the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things and secure for this is all my salvation and all my desire. Will he not make it increase? But the sons of rebellion shall be as thorns thrust away because they cannot be taken with hands. But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear. They shall be utterly burned with fire in their place. Now notice how he begins here. He begins by saying these are the last words of David. These are the words in other words that have most importance. It's not as if he's not going to have anything else to say because obviously he does. He has other things to say that he'll be saying in other portions of scripture. What he's saying is these are my final words are the most important. These are the things that matter in other words. And so as David is giving these things that matter and sharing a few things, the first thing I want to point to you is that as a great man, and indeed David was an exceptional man, a great man, he never forgot where he came from. And I think that that is one of the elements of greatness is not forgetting where he came from. Notice as he begins here in verse one, he says, thus says David the son of Jesse. So he's basically saying, I know where I came from. My father was a peasant in the small city of Bethlehem and I haven't forgotten my humble origins. I know that God raised me to be the king. He raised me up on high.  And so David is basically saying that God has raised him and put him in the position even though he was a man of humble origins. Not only was he raised to be king, but he's also referred to himself here as the sweet Psalmist of Israel, which simply means that God gave me words to speak that were inspired by him to bring praise to him. Out of the 150 Psalms that we find in our book of Psalms, 77 of those Psalms were written by David. But as we look at that, notice with me one that he says, I am the son of Jesse. David never forgot his humble origins and God raised him because God has a tendency of raising those with humility of heart. That's the way the Lord works. God takes the most unlikely people whose hearts are his and God uses those people for his glory. When Paul was writing about that to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians chapter one verses 26 through 29, he said, you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called, but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise. God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty, the base things of the world and the things which are despised, God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence. God has a way of raising people up. Even as David said, he raised me from the dung hill. God has a way of raising people up if their hearts are his and he uses them in mighty ways. That means that people in this room, many of us, if not all of us, can be used in one way or another for the glory of God. And we ought to have hearts that are willing to be so. Not hearts that want to take credit for ourselves or glory in the accomplishments that we think that we have somehow been able to perform, but rather that God might do a work within us because we can be used by God if we understand that God has a way of reaching down and using you in a way that to others may be remarkable, but in God's economy is really normal. And David was able to say that. He said, Thus says a man raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel.  Now notice how he says in verse two, the spirit of the Lord spoke by me. His word was on my tongue. David is acknowledging the fact that he knew that God inspired him to write the things that he wrote, the Psalms and all. And David understood that. David knew that God used him. God inspired him in that way. As I mentioned a moment ago, 77 of the 150 Psalms have been written by David. But out of those 77 Psalms that were written by David, 16 of those Psalms were what are called messianic Psalms. 16 of those Psalms written by David have implications related to the coming Messiah. Next week when we gather together and we look at the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, more than likely we will read Psalm 16 verse 10, which is an example of a messianic Psalm.  So that was a Psalm that David wrote that really had messianic implications because it speaks concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Later on, the apostle Peter in the book of Acts in chapter 2 verse 27 quoted that Psalm. The apostle Paul in Acts 13, 35 quoted that Psalm because that was a Psalm that had messianic expectation that God was going to resurrect the Lord Jesus Christ. So David knew that he was inspired by God and that's what he's saying here. The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me. His word was on my tongue. He goes on in verse 3, The God of Israel said, The rock of Israel spoke to me, He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. He shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Now when he says this, and I want you to see this and we're going to look at this for a moment. He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. He's saying a person who governs justly is as glorious as the sun rising, a sun that brightly dispels all the darkness. He's making it very clear that a person who rules in that fashion, well that person is as refreshing as rain that waters the dry ground and results in the beauty of flowers. And he's speaking concerning one who rules over men. Now notice he says, he who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. He's to govern with the fear of God because you see genuine fear of the Lord is not a liability. A genuine fear of the Lord is a great asset. This is one who governs not just according to the law of the land but according to the law of God. And his fear of God, his love for God's word and righteousness is going to influence a nation for its good. And David is making that very clear. This is something I underlined so that I might remember this always. He who rules or governs over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. I wonder how many of us in this room really were interested in American history. Very few of us probably. I can say for myself that I really wasn't very interested in American history, so I probably am speaking for maybe the majority of us. It really wasn't something that was so interesting but I did get taught history that did impact the way that I think. And as I was looking at this, I wanted to bring some things out to perhaps remind you. I would like to remind you of the foundations of this nation because again it says he who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And I would remind you, I would remind all of us that the nation's foundations, the foundations of the United States are distinctly religious foundations, distinctly religious. In 1620 the pilgrims who founded the United States arrived seeking religious freedom. In 1646, Harvard, our very first college was founded for the training of Christian ministers. I wonder how many of us remember that? That Harvard, the very first university founded on American soil, was actually established to train evangelists to take the word of God to the new world. I wonder how many of us realize that? The founding of Princeton, like Brown and Rutgers and Dartmouth, was one of the consequences of the great awakening, the series of religious revivals that swept the English colonies in America in the mid-1700s. These Ivy League colleges, Princeton and Rutgers, Brown, various colleges were actually established for the training of evangelists. The first 126 colleges were established by either a religious group or Christian denomination. Of the 55 men who signed the U.S. Constitution, all but three were Orthodox Christians. Listen to this, the first act of Congress authorized the printing of 20,000 Bibles to be used for the evangelization of Native Americans. The very first act of Congress authorized the printing of Bibles. Can you imagine that? Could you see that happen today in the United States where Congress actually passes law saying we want the word of God to go out to people who don't know Jesus Christ and we want him to be saved? That's the way it was in the early days of the history of this nation that we live in, that they actually printed these Bibles, 20,000 for the evangelization of Native Americans. The Northwest Ordinance drafted in 1787 the same year as the drafting of the Constitution included the words, religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. This was approved by the United States Congress. Religion shall be forever encouraged. In September 1796, George Washington gave his very famous farewell address and this is part of what he said. George Washington said, of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. There was no sense of the separation of church and state. He made it very clear that religion is indispensable to establish morality in this nation. The very first president and many have said the greatest American who ever lived, George Washington made that statement. George Washington had what you call daily prayers. There's a book that is written that has the daily prayers of George Washington. This is one excerpt. This is what George Washington said. He said, I have sinned and done very wickedly. Be merciful to me, O God, and pardon me for Jesus Christ's sake. Instruct me in the particulars of my duty. Suffer me not to be tempted above what thou givest me strength to bear. Take care, I pray, of my affairs and more direct me in thy truth.  Suffer me not to be drawn from thee by the blandishments of the world, carnal desires, the cunning of the devil, or deceitfulness of sin. Work in me thy good will and pleasure, and discharge my mind from all things that are displeasing to thee. Of all ill will and discontent, wrath and bitterness, pride and vain conceit of myself, and render me charitable, pure, holy, patient, and heavenly minded. That was our first president, and that was one of his daily prayers. There was a French writer by the name of Alexis de Tocqueville, and he came and visited America in 1831, and this is what he said. De Tocqueville said, I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests, and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich minds, her vast world commerce, her public school system, and in her institutions of higher learning it was not there. I looked for it in her Democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution. It was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. This is part of what was said about the nation that you live in today. Francis Scott Key in 1814 was on a ship that was basically trying to destroy Fort McHenry there in Baltimore, Maryland. While there, he penned these words, we know it as a national anthem. Many of us have heard the national anthem as it's being butchered when people sing it before a baseball game. But we've heard it and we know it and if we begin to, if I start the refrain, we probably, most of us would know most of the words to this, but we only know the first portion of it. I wonder how many of us have heard the concluding portion of the national anthem. This is what Francis Scott Key said. He said, Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand between their loved home and the war's desolation, blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must when our cause it is just, and this be our motto, in God is our trust, and the star-spangled banner and triumph shall wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. That's our nation. That's our national anthem. It includes that we should praise the power that has made us and preserved us as a nation. That was a hymn that was sung concerning the greatness of this nation that people believed that God had actually established. Psalm 113 says, When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? A Bible commentator by the name of J. Vernon McGee said, We need men who will rule in the fear of God, and until we get them, we're going to have corruption in high places. And there's no doubt about that. He who rules over men must be just ruling in the fear of God. They should rule not just with the concern for the, whether it's law, but what is, is it God's law? Is it something that God is pleased with? You see, in these last days, the church needs to remember that we have a purpose in the world. Jesus said in Matthew 5, 13 through 16, You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It's no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. We have a purpose to be light. We have a purpose to be salt. We have a purpose, and the church has a reason for existence. It's to retard the decay. It's to brighten the darkness. I heard the story of a man who had gone to one of the Pacific islands, and as he was there, he was speaking to a native of the island, and he said to this native, he said, I'm so sorry that missionaries came and destroyed your beautiful culture here. And the islander looked at him and said, you think that the missionaries destroyed our culture? And he said, yes. He said, and I feel sorry for you that these missionaries came in and destroyed your beautiful Polynesian culture. And so the islander looking at this tourist said to him, do you see that over there? And he points towards something that looks like a trough. It's cut out of stone. And the man looking at this trough-like thing says, yeah, I see it. The islander says to him, do you know what it is? He says, no, I can't say that I do. He says, well, let me explain to you what it is. He said, my ancestors used to use that trough. He said, you see, when somebody would arrive on a ship, seeing that this person was not from this island, he immediately was regarded as an enemy. And so what my ancestors would do is they would capture the enemy. They would bring them to that trough. They would put their head in the trough.   And he said, I want you to know that if it were not for Christian missionaries, I'd be eating your brains right now. And there are people who really do believe that the church has no purpose, but Jesus said we are light. We are salt. We have a purpose. And we're supposed to live in such a way that people will see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven. Proverbs 14.34 says righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. So when David was speaking concerning a ruler, notice again he said he who rules over men must be just ruling in the fear of God. Not just trying to be a man, please are not saying things that cause people to like you or agree with you, but doing the thing that is right before God. And that's what David said is the way a governor should be. That's the way somebody who rules ought to be. And he's going to be a blessing. That's what it means in verse 1. It says he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises. It'll be like dispelling the darkness. The brightness comes and dispels the darkness. It's a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. It's God bringing water onto the dry ground, producing abundance of flowers and just the beauty, he said. And that's what happens when somebody who fears God, that's what happens when somebody is righteous, that's what happens when somebody who is just actually is in position of governing. He goes on in verse 5 and he says, although my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things insecure, for this is all my salvation and all my desire. Will he not make it increase? My family has been ungodly, but God has been merciful to me. You see, just because David was a man who loved God doesn't mean that all of his children would and they didn't. Just because you may be a mom and a dad who love the Lord doesn't mean your kids will. You can be a godly parent and have ungodly children. That's how it works. So you can be a godly child with ungodly parents. There's no automatic transference of my faith to my children or my children's faith to me. David is saying that my house is not so with God. My house has been filled with those who don't know or have a relationship with the Lord, but God has been very gracious to me and God has blessed me. Notice verse 6, the sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away because they cannot be taken with the hands. But the man who touches them must be ironed with iron and the shaft of a spear and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place. So if you see these thorns, he says a way to dig them up is to get a spear and just rip it out of the ground. And then what do you do? He says you take those and you burn them.  They're harmful. They're injurious and they ultimately end up in the fire. Sons of Belial, verse 6, Sons of Rebellion. A rebellion is translated, Belial Belial is translated worthlessness. He's worthless people oppose all that a just king wants to do, but they ultimately will receive judgment for that. Now those are the first seven verses. Now we have verses 8 to the conclusion of the chapter. There's no way I'm going to be able to give you a verse by verse on every one of those. And so what I'm going to do is just touch on a few things. And so let's begin at verse 8 here where what you have is what would be called a roll call. This is a list of David's mighty men. This is a this is a list of this incredible these incredible men who followed after David. We'll begin reading at verse 8. These are the names of the mighty men whom David had, Joseph Boshavet, the Tacoma Knight, chief among the captains. He was called, I don't know, that night because he had killed 800 men at one time. After him was Ali Azar, the son of, now what's that word? Dodo? It looks like that, huh? Actually, that's not how you pronounce the name. Ali Azar was the son of Doodoo. Here's a little tidbit for you. The word doodoo in Hebrew is beloved. And it is also a nickname for David. My name is Doodoo in Israel. And I've been with Raul in Israel, Raul Reis. And all of a sudden you'll hear him going a doodoo. He gets a kick out of that. Doodoo. But that word means beloved. Ali Azar, so anyway, Ali Azar, the son of Doodoo, the Owite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle and the men of Israel had retreated. He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand was weary and his hand stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day and the people returned after him only to plunder. And after him was Shamad, the son of Agih, the Owite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines. But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory. These are the three top mighty men of David. And you're going to see something about this. You're going to see that one of them, the first one that's mentioned, was the bravest of all of David's men. He was responsible for the death of 800 men in one battle. This is a man of exceptional courage. After him is Ali Azar. This is a warrior who would not quit. He held on to his sword until his hand was cramping and he didn't stop fighting until the enemy was vanquished. He held on to the end. Then you have Shamad. Now as you look at Shamad, you don't think much about it. But this is a man with uncommon valor, a man with uncommon concern for the welfare of other people. You see, during the time of the writing, when the Philistines would come in, they would come and they would take the crops as the crops were ready to be harvested. And when they would come in and take the crops, it would leave the people there who were relying on those crops. It would leave them hungry, even starving. And this man here said, I'm not going to allow that to take place. This is a man who said, I'm not going to let this, let you do this again. I'm not going to allow you to get away with this. So he stood his ground. He took his sword. He planted his feet. He defended the crop because this is the one who concerned himself for the welfare of other people. What you see here is not simply the courageous bravery of men, but you also see a heart and a character. Now we need to remember something about these men. We need to remember that they were the ones who were part of that rowdy band of guys who came to follow after David. The discontent, the ones who were discouraged, the ones who were in debt. This group of people that were basically the losers, the offscar and the ones who did not have anything going for them, who rallied around a man like David, became mighty men. Mighty men. And God has a way, once again, of taking people who don't seem to have anything going for them and rallying them around the right kinds of things and using them. And so what you have here is you have some of the mightiest men who've ever lived. One man who was able to defeat in a battle, 800. Another man who was fighting and holding on and not giving up and not finishing until his hand cramped on the sword. And he just kept going. Another man who planted his feet and said, you're not going to move. You're not going to take this. I'm not going to move from here. I'm going to defend this to the end. And it's just lentils, but it's more than that. For him it was food for people and he cared. He had compassion. They had courage and they had loyalty. And that's what God will do. That's what leadership is, by the way. God looks for men and women like that who are courageous. People who are fighters who hold on firmly and don't give up. People who care about other people. That's what God uses for leadership and that's what they had. Those are the qualities they had. Courage, long suffering and concern for other people. Those of us who lead in the body of Christ ought to see these as examples. Hold on to the very end. Care about other people and have the courage to know that with God all things are possible and you'll see mighty things happen. And that's what you see here going on. Then three of the 30 chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adulam and the troop of Philistines encamped in the valley of Refayim. David was there, was then in the stronghold and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. David said with longing, oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the wall of Bethlehem, which is by the gate. So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines drew water from the well of Bethlehem. That was by the gate and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless, he would not drink it, but poured it on the ground and he said, far be it from me, oh Lord, that I should do this. Is this not the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? Therefore, he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men. David is there and he's thinking, I am thirsty and he's thinking out loud. I'm thirsty. Well, David was from Bethlehem and so he says, oh, there was a little well there that I used to draw some clean cold water from. Boy, I'd do about anything if I could just have a drink of that water. So he's saying it out loud, oh, that I could have a drink from the well there in Bethlehem. Three of his men are there listening, immediately say basically this, your wish is our command. And they go in to great danger of their own lives into where the Philistines are, where their enemy are, and they get past them.  And when David sees it, he can't deal with it. He's thinking, this is the cost of blood. You could have lost your life for a drink of water. There's no way that I'm going to do that. I'm not going to drink this water. So when it says he poured it out, that's actually like an offering to God. He says, no, this is the cost of blood. I'm not about to take something that was such a high price. And he made that as an offering to the Lord. So their service to David was actually service to the Lord because David takes it and he pours it out. And he says, I'm not going to drink of this. I'm going to make this as an offering to God himself because David could not bear to drink that water because it was procured under dangerous conditions. Now, when you look at verses 18 all the way to the very end, we're not going to read all those names. I just want to draw your attention to one of them. I want you to notice verse 39. These are the lists of the men who are referred to as David's mighty men. It's broken down into groups of the mightiest and then subgroups and all. But you get to verse 39 and look who's there. Uriah the Hittite. Uriah the Hittite. Listed in the names of David's most loyal warriors. I want to talk to you about that for a minute. We all know the story. David is on his roof. David looks down. David sees an absolutely stunning beautiful woman who's bathing Bathsheba. David says, who is that? He inquires, who is that? The answer comes. Is this not Bathsheba? The wife of Uriah. In the answer that he receives upon the question, who is she? There is a warning. She's married. She is the wife of Uriah the Hittite. Uriah the Hittite is one of David's mighty men, one of his most loyal men. David, is this not Uriah's wife? David hands off. She belongs to somebody. She's married. David could have had any woman he wanted who was free for him to have. He could have wives. He could have concubines. He didn't want his wives. He didn't want his concubines. He wanted that man's wife. He wanted Bathsheba. So he says, bring her to me. And with all of his power, all of his authority, all of his ability to hold somebody in awe. David was so greatly respected. The Bible says he was very handsome. He was very charming. He was very eloquent. This is a man's man. And when Bathsheba came in and she's looking at David, there's just something about him. And all of his power that he has is an intimidating factor. And so he lays with her. She doesn't resist. There's no indication in Scripture that she resisted. She didn't resist. He used his authority and his power to influence her to do evil. And that's what happens sometimes with power. And as he does that, and he influences her, she sends word to him, as you know, and as you remember, I am pregnant with child. So David calls Uriah. And on two occasions, tries to get Uriah to go home and to sleep with his wife so that he might believe that this child that she conceived belonged to him. But Uriah was just too much of a man, too much of a proper man. There's no way that he was going to go sleep with his wife when his men were sleeping out in the fields there in battle. Uriah wouldn't go. So David calls his general and says to him, I want you to put him, actually send some message. I want you to put Uriah on the front lines where the battle is the hardest and at the right moment I want you to withdraw your troops from surrounding him and I want him dead. And that's what happens. Uriah dies. David, David forgot Uriah. David forgot Uriah. David forgot what a godly man he was. David forgot what a good man he was. David forgot what a loyal man Uriah was. But God didn't. God remembered. Because here in this verse here, just as almost a footnote, Uriah the Hittite. It's like a footnote. Uriah the Hittite. What are you telling us, Lord, two things. One, I'm telling you that David's sin is still something I'm aware of even in verse 39. David was guilty of sin and it's printed. But two, I haven't forgotten Uriah. Uriah was forgotten by David. But Uriah wasn't forgotten by God. There are things that you do that nobody notices that are good things. Why is it that people seem to notice the bad things that we do and very seldom notice the good things. But there are things that you do that seem to go unnoticed. May I encourage you today to remind you that your works do not go unnoticed. God remembers. Hebrews chapter 6 verse 10 says, God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward his name in that you have ministered to the saints and do minister. God isn't unjust to forget. God remembers everything that you've done, all the good that you've done on his behalf. You'll be rewarded for everything. Now, if you want to be seen, if you want to be known, if you want to do something so that people will say, boy, you're great and good and godly and boy, are you ever wonderful, then Jesus would say, well, you're kind of like that Pharisee, aren't you? You like to pray in public.  You like to fast to be known by men. And Jesus said, look, if you want man's attention, you can have it. Just do it in such a way as to be open and ostentious about it. They'll see it. And they'll give you your reward. If you want your reward now, you can have it. Or the one who sees in secret will reward you openly, which is it. You see, in this society that we have, if anybody does anything good, they want it to be in the newspaper. They want people to know they did good. They gave this much. This is what they did. They want you to know that so they can have influence. They want you to know all the good that they did so they can get their reward now. Jesus said, that's not the way you do it. The way you do it is do it secretly. Do it as unto me. Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Your father sees it. He'll reward you.  So the bottom line is, Uriah is somebody that God did not forget, even though David did. Because in the heat of his lust and the inflammation of his heart towards Bathsheba, David forgot Uriah, a loyal man whom God did not forget, because God put his name here in this Bible to say he was one of David's mighty men. He was one of his loyal mighty men. Uriah the Hittite, a man who didn't even belong to the promises of God. He wasn't even a Jewish man. But he was somebody who was part of that, part of David's motley crew, part of David's group of discontent, part of David's group of mighty men. Uriah. So David never forgot where he came from. He was able to rally people around him for just cause, and he learned his lessons over time to the point where he said, if a man's going to rule, he needs to be just. He needs to have the fear of the Lord. But David also had some men that rallied around him who were mighty men. When you have people like this in your life, you can accomplish wonderful things for the glory of God. When you have people who are courageous, when you have people who stick to it, don't run, hold fast, plant their feet, you can do marvelous things, wonderful things, because they're not going to run. They're not going to flee in the face of danger. They're not going to give up when things get difficult. They're going to hold their ground, and they're going to dig in, and they're going to see God move, and that's what makes people great. They just don't give up. They hold on, and then they see God give the victory. David had men like that. Sometimes he did not respect them the way he should have. Obviously in the case of Uriah, he didn't. But he had some wonderful men. Would to God that the church would be filled with men and women like these, too, who had a strength, a courage, a stick to it, and this kind of attitude of, I'm going to hold on until the very end, because when you have people like that, God will do wonderful and great things. May God make us into people like that.


And now to Emo State, with a senior special assistant to the governor of Northern Affairs, Suleiman Ibrahim, says their administration is really finding governance through infrastructure in the state. Speaking to journalists in the state capital, Ibrahim said the hope Uzzadimah's government has shown quality leadership following the ongoing road construction in various parts of the state. Ibrahim urged the youths in the state to shun violence and support the government to provide dividends of democracy to the people, other than that integrity will not help the state but rather make intending investors change their minds. He's doing his best. If you see infrastructure in the state, you have seen changes. The road has been constructed where we cannot go before we are Calvary or not, where we cannot live, you can live, you can to come on Yoha site, where for over 13 or 14 years people who live there, they are destroyed very long time, they will live because of the situation there. But today, everybody is living in peace. We can see what he's doing and if you see, he is the first government that put a commitment to his people during Christmas, giving them food, giving them everything they need, giving them love, giving them hospitality, we have to appreciate him, we have to thank him, we have to phone him, we have to back him up. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


1996 study by Matsuzawa et al. reported extremely long-lasting afterglow of senior al-204 EU2 plus codeped with di-3 plus ions, which was brighter than ZNS-CU company. Despite this discovery, the number of stable and efficient persistent phosphorus is still low, and the mechanism behind this phenomenon is unclear. This review presents an overview of known persistent luminescent materials based on EU2 plus emission and discusses suggested models and mechanisms for bright afterglow in various compounds. This article was authored by Kuhn Van Den Eekhout, Philippe F. Smet, and Dirk Palman.


A World of Sand www.aworldofsand.com Atelier NL To see a world in a grain of sand Explore the world in 348 samples of sand On a website, a white and pale blue map of the world is dotted by a growing number of digital pins Many are clustered in Europe but other locations are marked as well including Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Southeast Africa the Canary Islands, Iceland, Australia and the Americas Two text boxes at our upper left read About this project and Submit your sample We begin to navigate the website by zooming in on the Netherlands and activating a pin A sidebar opens revealing a photo of two women shoveling beach sand into a bucket under the title SampleLoonObsand-0001 More pins are activated providing sidebar photos and stories from Albania, Egypt, Croatia, Thailand, Spain, Iceland, Morocco and Kenya The story accompanying the Kenyan sample is typed out This is the most special place on earth to us as it is the place we call home Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake at the highest elevation of the Kenyan Great Rift Valley It is a very fertile volcanic area dominated by Mount Longanaut The lake is fed by the Malwa and Gilgill rivers and home to over 400 different species of birds and a population of hippos A magnified sand sample features brown, tan and translucent grains We flip through samples from Morocco, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, France and New Zealand The story accompanying the New Zealand sample is shared This black sand is really heavy because it contains iron I like the beauty of the variation of colors Blue, purplish, black, beige especially when there's a lot of wind it becomes a moving painting In summertime it's almost impossible to walk bare feet as the sand gets extremely boiling Small waves roll onto a dark sandy beach leaving behind small white shell fragments A magnified sample shows smooth, black, beige and translucent grains of sand We scan more samples from Thailand, the Netherlands, Tanzania, Indonesia, Morocco, Germany, Spain and Iceland The story in the Iceland sidebar reads This sand was collected in a beach near Vic in the south coast of Iceland Here everything seems like another planet Literally you will drive from grass fields to rocky mountains from sulfuric chimneys to endless field of volcanic ash from pristine springs to gigantic glaciers all along an endless coastline of black sand shaped by the force of the ocean A long, flat concrete bridge crosses a shallow river with wide banks of black sand A dark mountain looms nearby A magnified sample reveals glossy black grains of sand Since 2010, Atelier NL has been collecting wild sand from dunes, beaches, rivers, mountains and pories to melt into glass This way they'll reveal the unique colors and textures of the world and share the origins and stories of both sand and people from all corners of the globe A blonde woman with a bucket and shovel approaches a large conical sandpile being built by a raised excavation conveyor belt She begins to dig Another woman helps her shovel sand into a sealable bucket Labeled plastic bottles full of sand line two orderly shelves Every bottle is different and each sample is a different color A flag planted in a sand dune flaps in the wind Nearby, people approach three converted shipping containers on a vast sandy beach A sand sample is collected from a grassy dune Dozens of small white bowls containing sand samples line a table One bowl is weighed and sifted sand is added to another White powder is stirred into a sample The blonde woman and several colleagues work with and discuss the samples White bowls contain clear and dark glass We scan pins on the website from Kenya, the United Kingdom Aruba, Croatia, Sri Lanka and Belgium The story from Belgium reads Following an ancient Roman glass and sand trade route a sand collection journey that spans several countries in western Europe Using sand from quarries, beaches and other sandy areas we combine scientific documentation with storytelling revealing the complexity, temporal layers and the unique materials that characterize each type of sand Each sand has a story to tell lush trees surround a sandy valley floor The sun rises over the treeline bathing sandy trails and beds of wildflowers and beams of hazy light An intricate spiderweb stretches between the branches of an evergreen A magnified sample features translucent beige, brown and black grains of sand We scan the website again and open sidebars from the United Kingdom the Netherlands, Thailand, Morocco Spain and Mexico The story from Mexico reads This sand was collected outside of my mother's house in Mexico The beach here is constantly changing due to a heavy current from the Pacific that brings a big surf making the sea a dangerous yet powerful place Each day the tide brings in new sands and takes others away to a new and distant place The accompanying photo shows people strolling past open beach umbrellas A sample shows grains of sand in a variety of shapes, sizes and earthen tones Scanning the website we open sidebars from the Netherlands France, Italy, Thailand, Brazil and Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan story reads This is sand from a terrific laid back beach on the south side of Sri Lanka Big waves roll in but break on a reef Therefore you can safely stand in the warm water and sense the atmosphere When you overlook the waves you know that there is nothing between this beach and Antarctica some ships perhaps The accompanying photo shows piles of green seaweed on a narrow sandy beach The sand sample contains tiny grains and larger pebbles in a tan and light grey palette www.aworldofsand.com Atelier NL Movie Blikfanger Website Hey Hey De Haas


Well, happy Vloom Day 17! I'm already hot and sweaty and gross and yes, I am wearing the same shirt as last night because it only worked for a couple of hours and it's fine. It is a big day. I am starting to move some stuff as you can see. My trunk is full and I got kind of a late start because I was doing laundry this morning. I had to wait a little bit because my dad was sleeping and like the laundry is like literally right outside his door and he doesn't sleep very well, so I had to wait. It was about a little before four o'clock, so welcome to the vlog. Super late. I am gonna get in and unload all of my stuff and I think I'm gonna just start like putting stuff away in at least the correct rooms, not like super organized but in the right rooms. So basically the bulk of the stuff that's here, there's like organizers, there's like bathroom stuff, kitchen stuff, stuff for like my closet, like things that I don't need and then that you know two to four weeks. I have no idea when I'm actually moving in you guys. Yeah, I just, I don't know. I did however go to Culver's and get this thing which is amazingly delicious. This is like, I think it's a cooler drink is what they call it, but it's mango and strawberry and I got it last weekend and it was really good, so I figured treat your sale. Oh, so good.  I can't imagine what it's gonna be like to unpack it, so we'll see. But I'll give you little progress updates as I go along but it's probably gonna be a couple of hours until I actually give you a little bit of an update because I want to get the bulk of this stuff unpacked and put in the right areas and then I'll just kind of like show you around or whatever. So if I have time tonight I am gonna start sanding but I just don't know if I'm gonna have enough time to do that now that I've kind of changed the plans for today. I was supposed to just like sand the baseboards but I feel like this is gonna take a long time. I'll check in with you guys in just a little bit. Alright, I told you guys I was gonna show you the chairs in the light of day so you could see them a little bit better, so here they are. I got these yesterday at Cosplus World Market, unfortunately this particular fabric is not available anymore but the style is but yeah, I love it and they were on clearance for $99 a piece and they're like, I don't know, like a faux-worn leather which is really nice and I love it and they're super comfortable. So I've got three, I'm gonna go get the other three tomorrow or actually I'm gonna get the other three today when you guys are watching this in the camera. Alright, so I am going to do the laundry for the first time. I have all of these towels that I got mostly at like Home Goods Marshals TJ Maxx, however I did get a couple of these, I think I got these white ones on clearance for, I can't remember where I got them, maybe coals if I remember right but obviously I'm like a pretty neutral color palette and I figured I had a lot of time here today so I would start some laundry and see how these bad boys work because you know, this is the deluxe laundry service here. So here's what's been going on today and mom just grabbed the camera here. So I've got one coat on, those floorboards right there and Emily has been busy as a little beaver upstairs here, let me bring you up and tell you what she's been doing. So instead of sanding down the other floorboards upstairs, a little diversion, she's putting away lots of stuff.  So we got, whoops, hold on, the laundry room is pretty well set up, but a little laundry that's gone through and we got a dryer going, can you hear it, oh maybe not, anyway, so she's got stuff, whoop, maybe not, okay, okay, sorry about that, but she's got stuff. Yeah, but I've got all my organizers out, so I'm going to put all my extra organizers in the guest room, so when I'm ready for them, I'll be ready, so I'm trying to figure it all out. All of the rearranging everything anyways, you guys know this, I'll film it, of course. Of course. Of course.  Anyway, these are things that are open, and then in here, this is all like my travel stuff, so like small samples and things like that, this is all my makeup, so it's not all of my makeup, but just sad to say, it's kind of just extras or like more fancy makeup or things that are in packages, so things I don't use on a daily basis. Here are extra brushes, I do have brushes at home right now, so yeah, and then I just put a couple of things up here, this is all my nail care stuff down here, so that's really it. More space for more stuff down here. Right, I think up here I want to end up putting up all of my towels, because there's a lot of room to go upwards with them, but I don't know, and I really am not going to keep my makeup in here just because of the condensation, I don't want to keep it in here, but it's in here for now, so I can show you the tour of the drawers right now. Okay. Alright, so if you look down. And by the way, Emily is all red, because she's been working so hard. I look like a tomato all the time, it's just... She's just working hard. I don't actually like, I mean I sweat, but I just get really red, it's crazy. It's hereditary, I do the same thing. Alright, so I got some of these containers from the container store, these are just ones I've used, they're like not clean or anything, but I got these, so I figured this could be my skincare drawer, so I've got some pimple cream and stuff, and then I've got some of my under eye stuff, and then I can just put some things in there, and then in this little cubby, this is all my health care stuff, so I've got contacts and cold medicine and ointments, and then in here I've got these little guys, so this is like just cleansing wipes and pads, and then this is all band-aids, so kind of like my first aid over there. Great for the zombie attack. Right, and then in here this is just all my hair care stuff, I don't do my hair a lot, so I figured that would be good, and then that little thing, I don't know if the camera is picking it up, this little guy right here, this has like all my bobby pins and extra hair ties and stuff, I just don't use it a lot, so it goes in there. So these are all my like, I don't know, heat sprays and stuff, I don't use it a lot, it's kind of boring, and I don't have anything in there yet. So we've got more space to fill. And then I put just all my oral stuff in here so far, but yeah, I don't have actual toothbrushes in here yet, but I will, so I figured I needed one for toothbrush, one for skincare, and look at all these cool containers right here, I think these are all from the container store, I think this one might actually be from Office Max, it's like a pencil holder, but I actually used to have this on my desk, and I would put like some of my bigger things in there, so like some of my makeup stuff, like brushes. But look at those nice cool, whoa, I like those. So they're for lipsticks, and then in here you have like lip liners, or like eyeliners, and those little, I think they're from the container store many years ago, I'm sure they still have them. Okay, and look at all this stuff up here. Yeah. Well by the way, Emily found some more paint for this bathroom, this lovely gray. I guess where it's gonna go. And the permanent file.  Just keeps going. Yes. Oh and by the way, this bathtub was like a mess. I got rid of all the sticky stuff with GooGun up there, and down here was just like a big ol' ugly mess with a pebbled floor on that. Oh it's not picking up very well. Anyway, it's clean, it was pretty nasty before. So we've got more work to do on this, but it's just a definite improvement. Yeah. Anyway, so this is the update on what is going on in this bedroom, in this bathroom, but this room. I've got more things I'm finding that I didn't even realize I had. This bathroom has not been painted yet, at some point it will be, but we can guarantee it will not be this color. And by the way, that whatever that is over there. This thing? Yeah, that's going. It's like a glorified placement on the wall. You can almost pull it off the wall right now. I know, but I'm afraid of what's underneath it. It's pretty close. I've almost pulled it off myself, but yeah. I'm afraid that it's not painted underneath, I think it's painted underneath, but I just, I don't want to live like that for too long. Okay. All right. Yeah. So that's what we've got going on upstairs. Yeah. I've got one more bag to go through, and this is it. So I've got some of my clean and dirty stuff, some of my faves. I'll leave my affiliate link below for you guys. This is one of my favorite things. This is the coffee and clay mask. It's actually a powder, and you mix it with either water or you can do it with, you can use it with apple cider vinegar as well, but if your body's not used to apple cider vinegar on your face, you can do like a half and half mixture with like water and apple cider vinegar, but like it's really, really good, but it's just like a loose powder. So I don't know if you guys can see if it's coming off on camera. Yeah. It's just, it's just dark. Yeah. The cool thing is, is that it lasts way longer. It's almost like, you know, more of it just because of that. So it's kind of cool. Kind of neat. All right. Love me some skin care. Okay. All right. Well, we're going to leave this area. We got the Vikings logo going on right here. Go, go, bikes. Go, bikes. Hey, it was free, you guys. I don't know anything about spores. You know this. Yeah. Well, me and the favorite son, we go for the bikes. Yeah. All right. Anyway, mom has to get back to painting floorboards downstairs. So bye. First load of laundry was a success. Here's all of the things that I laundered. So these are all the same collection, but different prints and they're all kind of that gray G topi color. And I got everything you see here from, I think I said this already, but like home goods and Marshall's TJ Maxx, those, that's always just like a really great resource to find things for like on the cheap. And then these and these, I think I got all of these at Kohl's, but I got these on clearance plus I had a coupon. And I think I went back another day because I had like a, I think it was like a $10 off a $10 purchase coupon and I basically got these for free. And the cool thing is they have like little scrubbers inside of them. So I don't know. I just thought that was kind of a nice little thing to have on hand because I don't really have anything like that. So I think those will go very well in the kitchen. Well I am done at the townhouse now. I just stopped at Walgreens and I'm in the parking lot and they figured I would show you guys a little haul.  But if I take nightquil, then it suppresses the cough and I'm not up all freaking night, you know?  And she's like, ah, actually you should get some snacks for the road trip tomorrow because when you see this, we will be on the road.  My mom's only request was twizzlers. These have 10% more. They're like super long. So I got a bunch of stuff like salty and sweet because I'm like, I don't know. And then like I got all stuff that I would eat at some point, but it's not good for you anything. So if you're on a diet or you don't like things like this, please just click out. But I got eight skittles. I got a ruffles and a Cheetos coffee and I got a chewy caramels. And then I got some gummy bears. I actually really like gummy bears, you guys. Like I know it's like so juvenile, but I just don't care. And then I got a roasted cashews, some, oh, what I came there for in my Nyquil. Put that in my cup holder. And then whole almonds, let's see what else is in here. Oh, raisin nuts, totally my jam, love those. And then, okay, so I got some blue diamond, the lightly salted almonds because I figured we're not going to eat all this stuff. There's just no way. But it's just better than playing gas station prices.  So that's what I got. So there's the snack haul for you guys and all of its glory. I am headed back to my parents' house now and I think we're going to have something for dinner. I don't know what it is, currently eight o'clock. We've been eating like really late, lately. And then I'm going right to bed. So I will show you Doyle though because it's challenge accepted. I am going to show Doyle in every vlog. So I will show Doyle when I get home and then I'll probably just close out the vlog because we're not doing anything exciting tonight because Saturday night, this is when all the party people come out just like me. Just kidding. Okay, I'm probably going to clip that out but I will see you when I get home. All right, so I am home now. Just showed mom all the snacks. She's excited. All the snacks. Trust me. We're not going to eat all of them. I wanted to show you Doyle dog. Hi Doyle. You're going to say hello to your friends. You're not even going to say hello to your friends. What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? Oh, you just want the pets. All right, so mom is making some abdenah so let me show you. All right. Whoa. It is shrimp and pasta. It's actually very good by through some more peas in here. It's very green today. So it's very green. So it looks nutritious. It's like a frozen meal pack from the grocery store. So I've never had this before but mom says it's good. It's yummy. It's favorite mother approved. It is. Yes. So we are going to eat that and my dad will be joining us as well. So it should probably all get eaten though. Looks good. He's on the way home from Walmart. And he likes the Walmart people because he thinks it's hilarious. So anyway, I am going to end the vlog now and I am going to try to get this edited tonight and then preload it for tomorrow morning because we are going to be on the road two eye away to get some chairs. So I will take you along tomorrow obviously because it's part of bloom and I will see you guys in the next video. So bye bye.