recording in progress. Just waiting for the recording to start. Yes, welcome back to the next session on the anointing. So the anointing of God, so even before we could move on to the anointing. Yes, there are some questions. We have a session. Yes, Sid has posted saying that there's some political people in the state where they come and use the church pulpit to ask for votes and okay, yeah that happens sometimes in some of the small churches but then that's not the right thing as we study today as we discuss saying that you know we should not give the pulpit time to anything else other than the Word of God. Okay and we also see another question. Brother Elisha, okay as a preacher of the Word when we discover that a doctrine you would have thought congregation over the period was wrong you need to apologize to them that you were wrong initially and begin the teaching of the truth or you just put it behind and move on. Okay it is a very important thing. Thank you Elisha for sharing this. As a preacher or as a teacher of the Word when we teach or preach and then later we have found that is not right or it was incorrect. It is good thing. It is the right thing to apologize to the congregation and share the right, share the truth in the right way what the scripture says. It is very very important to do that. Yeah, thank you and we should never feel that as a leader how I can apologize. There's nothing like that as a leader we should learn to apologize. We should learn to accept our mistake and correct ourselves. So that is the right thing to do. Okay so with this we will move on to the next chapter on anointing. So if you have a books we can turn to chapter 6 on anointing. So it is the anointing of God's Spirit. It's the anointing of God. We all know it is really important. That's what makes all the difference and in the ministry. At the end of the day it is not our eloquence of words. It's not how we speak. It is not our skill. It is not our natural ability that is going to make a difference in the lives of people when we minister, preach or teach the word but it is ultimately the Holy Spirit. He is the one who moves through us through this earthen vessel and who uses the gifts that he has given to us to bless people lives. So the anointing that we all understand is what makes all the difference but here are some safeguards that we must keep in mind that anointing and gifts are given to people. The reason God is anointed each one of us and he has given us this gift is to minister and serve people to bless the lives of people, to edify them, to build them up. That's why God has blessed us with the gifts of the Spirit. To edify the church, to edify the body of Christ, to build them, to nurture them, to draw them to the Word of God, to get them rooted in the Word. So let's turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7 please. 1st Corinthians 12 verse 7 but the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the Prophet of all. Thank you. Can I also request someone to read on 1st Corinthians chapter 14 verse 12 please. Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gift, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. Yes and can one of us please turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verse 5 please. For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord and ourselves your born servants for Jesus 2nd Corinthians 4 verse 5. Thank you. Thank you. So that means the gifts that God has given us. It's for the edification of the people. It's for the edification of the people. It's to get there, to see the lines been transformed. We must always remind ourselves that this is for the blessing of people. Now here's what we make. The mistake is that many times once we have someone recognize that God has anointed them and God has given them certain gifts and we see them flow in that gift. So we now tend to think that that people you know they have been gifted so we need to serve them or they also as an individual when we see ourselves being gifted and we are flowing that gift. Now we think that we are someone who are much greater than others and we expect the church, the people to serve us. No that should not be the case because we have been anointed and gifted so we want us we want to serve others because as we know that Jesus came not to be served but to serve so we need to be ready enough to serve others. So what we actually doing is sometimes the nature of people. I'm not blaming anyone but then the nature the very nature is the minute they recognize themselves when gifted they try to elevate themselves. They try to separate themselves from people. They try to do things reverse from what God intended the gifts and calling that God has placed in their life is to be with people to serve them but then here we see something different. People try to elevate themselves above people. They try to separate themselves and they expect people to serve them but then this is not what Jesus has taught us. Jesus has taught us Jesus being 100% God and 100% man. When he came onto this earth he humbled himself. He was one among everyone. He dined with sinners. He lived with them. He ate with them. He was one among the people. He never separated himself from others. Well he also said that I've come here to serve and not to be served. We need to learn so never an anointing that was on Jesus separated Jesus from others or made Jesus to look down upon others but then here he was moved into compassion. That's what we see in Matthew 14-14 saying that Jesus was moved into compassion and he was always with people and wherever Jesus was there was a huge crowd following him. You see, wherever Jesus was there was a huge crowd following him. Always Jesus was with people. He was serving them tirelessly. He never took any time away for himself but then he gave in for them. He was there for them. He was there to serve them. So we need to be mindful of this when God has blessed us with certain gifts and callings. He has placed us in our life. It is for us to edify the church. It is for us to minister to people, serve them and not elevate ourselves or you know stay away from people. So God moves in and through us with this gifts and calling to serve people and we need to be there and also one more character we see is people being very short tempered. They could be really terrible behind the pulpit. I mean they become very short tempered. They become very angry. They become very rude, ill mannered but when they are under the anointing, they are very calm, properly mannered. They have greater understanding. They speak well but outside the anointing they are very different. They are totally a different person. So we need to, we shouldn't avoid making such things in our way of life, in our walk of our life. We need to identify the spirit that is within us. We need to stay calm always. We need to be the same on the pulpit or outside. We need to stay same. We are in Jesus and Jesus isn't abiding in us. So this gifting and calling are in us is the role of the body of Christ and our identity is in Christ. So we must know we must know our identity of who we are and Christ is who we really are and we need to maintain that always. We are not trying to, you know, pretend ourselves a different person on the pulpit and you know after that we are somebody else, a different person. No, we should be always aware of our identity is in Christ and all such other things are not from the spirit of God. They are not the fruit of the spirit. We need to be filled with the gifts and with the fruits of the spirit so that we can see the overflow of that anointing in our lives. So another part of the anointing of God is that you and I must be determined to always desire the genuine and not tolerate the imitation. Very important. Some people can fake meaning pretending that they are anointed and they may pretend to have the gifts flowing in their lives and they just fake it. Remember, what is imitation? The imitation cannot carry the power. They are not genuine. There is no life in it. They cannot impact or change or transform life by their words because it is just an imitation. But then when it is flowing from the anointing, we know that it is flowing from God himself. He is speaking. He is teaching in and through them. And we can also see the attitude of the minister of God always wanting to serve God, service people with all his heart, mind and soul. So we see the anointing that flows in and through that person to others. So we need to see that and we cannot tolerate any such thing. So can we turn to Exodus chapter 30 verse 31 and 32, please? Exodus chapter 30 verse 31 and 32. And you shall speak to the children of Israel saying, this shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations. It shall not be poured on man's flesh, nor shall you make any other like it. According to its composition, it is holy and it shall be holy to you. Amen. So God is speaking to Moses and talking to him about the holy anointing oil, which is a type of the Holy Spirit. The anointing in the New Testament. He says these things to the children of Israel. He's saying the only anointing oil to me is throughout your generation. It shall not be poured out on man's flesh, nor shall you make any other like it. According to its composition, it is holy. So to you. So God is saying, don't make an imitation of this only anointing oil because it is not to be used on flesh. It's not to be used on for any ordinary purposes because it is holy. It is consecrated before God. So we must not tolerate the imitation, you know, because this is a consecrated oil. The anointing is holy. So we need to go behind the genuine. Do not run after the latest fad in the Christodom. We know in the church today, there are a lot of things can arise, can amuse us, but we need to know the identity. We need to know the right, the genuine thing and not run behind the imitations because the scripture also warns us that in the, you know, there will be many such things arising with all kinds of fads that can come in the church over time and all things, you know, people are doing in certain way, which is different from the Word of God. And they call it as the anointing, the gifting. This is how the Holy Spirit moves, but we need to check with the Word of God. That's the word say so. And then discern and then go for it. But do not run behind every move which they call as the gifting or the anointing or the Holy Spirit or the move of the Holy Spirit. Let's turn to John chapter 6 verse 63 please. John 6, 63. It is the Spirit who gives light, the flesh perfects nothing, the words that I speak to you are spirit and they are light. Thank you. For some reason we observe all kinds of fads or you know, the noble ways, but we need to be very careful because the Spirit gives life and the flesh profits nothing. They are generated by the flesh that people, you know, went after their own understanding, profits nothing. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us the life and we must learn to stay alert and learn the flow with the Spirit of God. Remember, as far as the anointing is concerned, we cannot have something unless we receive it from God. We may desire that is the right thing because that's when we receive the gifts of the Spirit. Only when we hear it, we have been educated. We have been learning about the gifts of the Spirit and then we desire for it and then we can hear and pray and see God for that gift. Then we're running after people, post and pillar to get that gift from them. We should remember that God gives the anointing. The anointing comes from God. God releases the gifts and anointing. Yes, He also releases the gifts and anointing through other people, but at the end of the day, you still have to receive it from God. That's what we see in John chapter 3 verse 27. Can I request one of us to please turn to John chapter 3 verse 27, please. John chapter 3 verses 27, John answered and said, a man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. Yes, thank you. See, it works this way. The minute you start desiring, minute you start desiring for that spiritual gift, that is the first place. It is the right thing to do and then you start praying. You start seeking God for it. Yes, there are ways how God can release that anointing in your life. God can release it through His Word in your prayer time, in your spiritual walk with God or there are times when He can release it to the man of God. As He has prepared you, He can release it through that, but at the end of the day, we receive it from God. We receive it from God in time. So John said, a man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. So ultimately, it has to come to us from God. Now it is important and it is useful and it is also valuable to follow the examples of men and women of God and to learn and receive from their ministries, but a heart must not be set on that man or that individual to receive the gift. But our heart should be set on God and God alone, because it is God who is the giver of the anointing and the gift to us, not any individual or any man. We should not pursue any individual, but we need to pursue God who is the giver of all gifts. So it is very important when we minister under the anointing is that we must allow ourselves to be judged at the same time, because God's spirit moves through us. So it doesn't mean that we are perfect. We are not the perfect vessel. We have been used. We are imperfect, but God is perfect. His gifts are perfect. But the vessel through which God is using is imperfect. The gift that has been expressed through this vessel is imperfect. So the process of His anointing been manifested through this earthen vessel is a process of the gift being released to us. So we need to be very careful. We should not misrepresent anything or miscommunicate anything. We need to release the gifts of the spirit in a manner that is worthy. We should be mindful of how we release this gift to others, because the giver of the gift is perfect, because God is perfect. And He is the giver of all gifts. And as God releases this gift in and through us, as He allows it to flow in and through us, we need to judge ourselves. We need to be correct. So we can improve in the area. We can improve how we release the anointing to a congregation, to minister to people, how we express the gifts of the Holy Spirit to others and we don't allow so we don't allow others to judge what God is releasing in and through us. So the important aspect of ministering the anointing is to avoid any sensationalism or hyper-emotionalism. Yes, it is wonderful to see Gods touch the emotion of people and how they respond to the anointing, some respond by crying, some respond by laughing or some experience, joy and peace and all that is beautiful. But if we try on our own web to stir the emotions of people or to do something to, you know, to instill them to cry or instill them to laugh, what I just try is some way that we are whipping and playing up the emotions of people in order to get a response which actually should come from the Holy Spirit and not what we are actually through our own effort. That is actually not right. And it's not our responsibility to create an emotion in people but they should receive a touch from God that emotion should be stirred from the Holy Spirit so that internally they have been transformed. The word what we are releasing from the pulpit should minister to people. That emotion needs to be created by the understanding of the Holy Spirit in them. So it is the more of the Holy Spirit upon people which will create, which will make them to react to the message that has been shared to the ministry of the Holy Spirit which has been ministered with an anointing from the pulpit. That's how we see some people cry, some people feel free, they experience the peace, experience the joy of the Holy Spirit so it is the work of the Holy Spirit and not work of a man and we should not stir it with our own effort. We should not create any emotional response in people because that won't last long, that won't transform the heart of the people, that won't make a person to be transformed inside out because these kind of emotion that has been stirred it will be just like a pep talk which will just last as soon as they step out of that auditorium or the church or out of that place it won't last long. So when we depend on the Holy Spirit for the Holy Spirit to minister to the people, minister to the congregation, when it is the work of the Holy Spirit we see the real transformation in people which will last long in them. So through this we can avoid any kind of personal stirring among people but when we depend on the Holy Spirit there's a lasting change from them and those moments those few moments will be important which will be fruitful to us in the ministry and also to the people because at the end of the day the Lord wants us to be fruitful. He has called us to bear fruit in our ministry. We also see in in John chapter 15 he says that as I abide in you can I request one of us to turn to John chapter 15 verse 1 and 2 please. John chapter 15 verse 1 and 2 I am the true wine and my father is a wine dresser every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away and every branch that bears fruit he prunes that it may bear more fruit. So it may bear more fruit. So the Lord so we are so we need to be watchful about the result that we have in our ministry as Lord Jesus has called us and ordained us so that we will bear fruit in our ministry. So as we read in this chapter John 15 verse 1 and 2 that you know any branch that does not bear fruit will be cut off but every branch that bears fruit it will be pruned so it can bear more fruit. So in the ministry we can either be pruned or cut and the option is our choice would be pruned so it can you know if you are pruned we can bear much fruit for the kingdom of God. So God works in us through pruning and cutting things off that does not belong to him and his kingdom and we need to allow God to do that very important. So when we go into the presence of God we can say Lord here I am you can approve the things that does not belong to you. You can prune me so that I can be more fruitful in the kingdom of God I can be of more hues in your kingdom to serve people to minister to people. As we continue to move in this we will continue to move in greater level of being fruitfulness in the kingdom in the ministry of God that God has placed in us so when God prunes us so that we can even become more fruitful in our life there more fruit so God is at constant pruning taking up all the unnecessary things he can uproot it from our life so that you know we can move on to a greater level of fruitfulness in the ministry in the kingdom of God with much talent and God can multiply that skill and talent in us because Jesus described that as he spoke to us about the parable of talents in Matthew 25 we see that you know how he expects this talent to be multiplied and he also says to the servant well done good and faithful servant so the same way God is asking us to be fruitful so that God one day you know he can look at us and he can say this is your reward well done good and faithful servant so in ministry we have new levels but we must always keep in mind that fruit comes in its season so there are times we need to wait for the fruit but we should always not always comes in its season and there is a time there is a time and God is working in and through us and we need to be patient we need to have that endurance to see the fruit in our ministry in our life in people to whom we are ministering we should not give up in the process because God takes us through where we are actually not being nurtured to things so that we can germinate from inside and then bear much fruit in season sometimes we also be looking for fruit in a season when it's not due yet we can get discouraged thinking that it may be God's not doing things in our life or this is not God's will or God does not want me to be fruitful or you know many things God does not want to multiply my talent or scale or my ministry my congregation is so small we can just go on adding the reason to the list when we are stagnant or when God is asking us to wait but one thing we should know for everything there is a season and every person goes through each season in our life even now in our class if I open to all each of us are in different season but at the end of the day we all are waiting on God we are waiting for him in a waiting time is not a wasted time when we wait on him there's endurance there's patience there's something happening within us there's nurturing there is a time of germination that is happening within us we may not understand the work of God now but when we wait on God without any question but just praising and waiting and seeking God what needs to be done and continue to do what you are doing because the labor and the Lord is not in vain when we depend on God he leads us he leads us and we will see the hand of God after a few months or after few weeks months or years when we look back the season that we went through we will see God's hand on our life he will yes take us through the time of pruning take us through the time of waiting that is the germination time the growth time we may see nothing happening on the surface but always remember the seed that is sown you know it is it is getting rooted it is growing internally so in our waiting time we need to see what are the areas that we need to work on what are the areas that we need to get equipped trained build a skill build a learn talents as we keep doing at UC God working in and through us so this is not the time period for us to be discouraged or stay quiet and keep complaining what God is not doing in our life because we don't understand God completely with her little mind we need to just praise and understand and wait and try to understand God what he is doing in our life so let's turn to John chapter 7 verse 18 please John chapter 7 verse 18 a person making things up tries to make himself look good but someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and does not tamper with reality now if our intent is to glorify Jesus you may say the facts we state the facts we don't tamper with the evidence we don't tamper with reality because we know that ultimately God will be glorified so if I want to make myself look good then I'm going to try to make things up and try to exaggerate things and talk things beyond what the reality is so it's very important in Christian ministry that we only talk about Christ we only talk about the fact that has actually happened and we don't try to exaggerate things and talk beyond the reality so when we talk about any any testimonies it just states simply what happened firmly believe that when we just state the fact state the fact just let things happen it will impact the lives of people so God can be glorified through that but if we try to exaggerate and create a lot of hype or it you know actually trying to draw attention to ourselves and getting others distracted and ourselves also distracted with the attention of people and that is which was due to God and the and also when we give testimonies or talk about results it is important that we state whether we are giving an exact or an estimate and not just pretend or exaggerate with the kind of numbers for example if we have gone to minister in some place minister in a place and where we have seen many people come to to that to that conference so we don't have to exaggerate by saying I had we had six thousand people or seven thousand people who had come for the ministry instead just give the actual number this many people had come for the ministry and they were blessed we don't have to exaggerate with some big numbers but just give the actuals and we give the glory to God and leave it because we have seen many times like you know people quote big numbers and say we had about this many people come well the actual may be very different from what people have come so it is very important as a minister of God to say exactly how many people came and they're blessed than giving a big number for the promotion sake or getting or just being exaggerating things beyond the actual and that's not true just give me a minute please excuse me one second the next point here we are about to discuss is acknowledge another man's labor can I request one of us to turn to second Corinthians 10 15 and the other turn to Galatians 6 chapter 6 verse 4 second Corinthians chapter 15 not boasting of things beyond measures that is in man's labor but having hope that as faith is increased we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our spare next Galatians chapter 6 verse 4 Galatians 6 verse 4 but let each one examine his own world and then he will have a choice seen in himself alone and not in another not in one I'm sorry I'm not in another yeah sorry no problem we must learn to acknowledge another man's labor you know in that we mentioned in another so like you know we have also studied I'm sure you will be studying in the kingdom of God or in others where we should acknowledge another man's labor we are co-labor we work with each other we enter into one another man's labor and we compliment each other so we cannot take all the credit for ourselves but especially when we are working as a team we work as a team together so we need to give credit to everyone and the team and not take it to ourselves because without them we would not have achieved what we are even in the scripture we see how Paul and Apollos and other disciples work together as a team in ministering the word of God Paul never took the credit for himself but then he gave the credit to others even though people brought a lot of division between Paul and Apollos but then Paul was very clear there's always one man sows the seed another waters but the growth comes from the Lord and at the end of the day Paul gives all glory to God he does not take any credit to himself he says yes there's one man who sowed the seed there's another watered it but God gave the growth so we need to acknowledge another man's labor and we should not be you know selfish enough to take all the credit to ourselves but then acknowledge others who have worked and who have also invested their time into the ministry so yes by acknowledging another man's labor is by giving God the glory as well for the life that that person lived and toiled in the ministry because the word of God says that your labor in the Lord will never be in vain will never be in vain that's what you know the scripture says so when when we see people working and toiling give glory to God and to that person give God all the glory it all happened because of him yes we need to give glory to God as I said it is God who brings and gives the result so do not compare do not complete in the ministry can I request one of us to please turn to second Corinthians chapter 10 verse 12 please second Corinthians chapter 10 verse 12 for we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise thank you so when they're looking at the result the in our congregation maybe the size the growth or the growth of our ministry do not compare ourselves with the other ministry leaders because this is not a competition we should not compete with others with how many people are we reaching out or they're reaching out how big is our local church with them so these things do not matter in the eyes of the Lord what matters is the Lord requires us to be faithful in whatever we are doing are we faithful are we pleasing God in all the area of our life are we giving our best to the church to the ministry are we growing into what God has ordained in our lives are we staying faithful to our call so these are what really matters to God so when we stay focused on the fruit that God wants us to bear so we can stay focused on the kind of result God is looking for through us in our life in our ministry that God has put in our hands we are responsible to it so God decides whom he calls he calls them to and how he blesses those he calls Romans 14 for says who are you to judge another's servant to his own master he stands or foils indeed he will be made to stand for God is able to make him stand so we should not be comparing ourselves to others or competing with others he just needs to be focused on our self in the ministry which God has blessed us with and we need to be we are totally responsible for the souls that God has placed in our life how we are toiling in our own area how we are ministering to our people how we are serving them and are we giving our best as a question than we looking at others than we seeing the growth of other churches and getting ourselves discouraged no that does not matter we need to see God God what you have called me am I doing it well am I there for my people am I the ministering the word of God am I giving my best to the church at the end of the day the growth comes from God we need to depend on God because in the early church when we read the the book of Acts in the first two to three chapters we see that God added people to the church that means a growth comes from God when we genuinely desire seek God to see the word when we seek to share the word of God with others God brings in people even when we read the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we see wherever Jesus was people gathered there was a huge crowd gathered wherever people was so wherever the presence of God is in these days we'll see people getting attracted to that presence of God so what we need to be mindful of is the anointing of God when God is there when his presence is there when he's moving in and through us we see people being attracted to that anointing God will bring in people God will add people who are in need to us to our church to our congregation and we'll see God adding people to the congregation the church will grow by him and not by us or by your eloquent in speech or by our gift an anointing no it is God who does everything it is God who gives us the gifts it is God who called us it is God who anointed us and God who gives us the gift and it is God who moves and then through us so in everything there is nothing for us to take pride or take credit for but give all glory to God because he is the ultimate he is the God about everything he needs to be praised he deserves all praise and all glory because this anointing is from God just imagine as a mere man as a human can we change a person can we transform a person's heart by our words by our speech we cannot not by our words it is the Lord it's the spirit of the Lord who moves in and through us it's the same spirit of the Lord who will be moving in and through that person the hearts are been transformed by the move of the Holy Spirit and not by any man it's not done by any individual but it is definitely done by God and is anointing over us over our ministry so with everything what we learn is it is the God who deserves all glory he is the one who gives us the anointing and we need to seek him for every spiritual gift for us to be a blessing in the ministry so with this I end this chapter to see the fruitful result in us and as an individual and in the ministry we need to be dependent on God as as the scripture says in John 15 when we abide in him and he abides in us as we are one in spirit with God we shall be fruitful but this I leave I end the session and I open up to the class for discussion you would like to share add or discuss please go ahead this is not regarding the session this is regarding assignment can I ask okay okay yes so for ministers foundation like what are we need to include like from those both resources like fulfilling God's purpose and how much do you expect us to like yeah how do you want us to go about writing it because I but just the main points or yeah so you can just give share a few points of your own understanding I don't expect you to write more pages on it but just few I wanted your personal understanding on each chapter we can on that particular book on each chapter would actually be benefit okay okay yeah yeah okay yeah thank you okay I see Elisha's question here under the anointing is it right for preachers to use words like foolish stupid because they are under the anointing or finding find referencing scripture scripting okay is it something when they preach Elisha are you saying that when they preach is it right for us to use such words is it so yes yes mother yes one thing we need to remember is to keep our words clean and listen until we are reading it in scripture but when we preach and teach I think it is good for us to avoid such words which may offend people okay and I don't think that is not the right word to be used in fact in some of the scriptures when we were studying in our old testament survey there are some scriptures which talks about when we talking about the wisdom books the proverbs and song of songs we came across such words like foolish and you know the other words but I was just thinking how I can use it in the class and I use the words like unwise or silly some some words you know which can actually give a meaning as that but then we as much as possible try to use words that is that is pleasant to others and not offend others is that is that did that answer your question Elisha yes madam it's it doesn't it's perfectly resonates my my thoughts on some of these things thank you there thank you and Rebekah there's a question okay some places we see pastors selling anointed oil water even handkerchief to people it's a right or wrong thing okay yes we believe in the anointed oil water handkerchief but then it should not become a marketplace of selling and making money out of all those things I think that part is not right but then when we we can always pray over the oil because that's what the scripture says when somebody sick use the anointing oil water or the anchorchief but then yes in some churches or some places people have made it a business that is not right as the time is running we can end the session with a word of prayer can I request anyone to lead or to dismiss us and prayer please Sid can you dismiss us and prayer please yes ma'am father we come to the throne of grace thank you for this day thank you for the app that we have spent in learning about your world lord whatever you have learned about preaching a lot about about the results lord we pray that it should be added to our life lord our learning log and it should be used for the kingdom expansion and your work and your word lord that every initial war and every tongue was that Jesus is a lot thank you for this day not all the privileges that you have given us with this our lord thank you in Jesus name pray amen amen amen thank you so much see y'all next week god bless


My name is Bruce Cree. We've been doing this for over 30 years in conjunction with Catholic Church, St. Mark's down the road. And today we set 900 meals per there. And we have a sit down meal here at the facility. And probably 40-50 dollars have helped to join us. Let me turn this over to somebody else on the top. And I've been a member of the North Avenue Church since 1993 and been involved in this helping out and serving and delivering meals for about 22 years now. And I find that it's a great service to offer to people. And for people that can't get out, it's a special treat to be able to deliver meals to them and wish them a happy Thanksgiving. And sometimes we might be the only people that they see within this day. So I think it's really important to give meals out and welcome people and say happy Thanksgiving. And the joy of the Lord is in all of this and helping hands make light work for people. So it's a pleasure and an honor to be serving God and caring for each other. And I'm going to serve it to my sister Mary. Hi, my name is Mary O'Donnell. I am Linda's sister and a friend of Bill. And I'm not a member here. I only attend North Avenue Alliance Church when I'm visiting my sister. And when she said that, hey, we make, the church makes meals to give to the people that are in, that can't get out and would like Thanksgiving meal, plus they also serve. So she told me she delivers and would I like to be a part of it. And I've been doing it for quite a few years. North Avenue Alliance and St. Mark's Church do it together. And if anybody needs a meal, get a hold of somebody at North Avenue Alliance Church or St. Mark's Church gets signed up. And there's so many volunteers. Everything gets covered. The meals get delivered and the people we receive in the meals are so thankful. And I'm thankful. God is good and we share His love. Thank you. Hi, my name is Mark Kruger. I've been a member of the congregation here for many, many years. And I love to come out here and work this Thanksgiving meal with my wife and I. You know, we come out here and help serve and do whatever needs to be done. And we just really, very much enjoy that. Well, I don't know if you know this, but I'm related to a very historical figure, Governor William Bradford. Believe it or not, he was actually my ancestor. Um, and that's why Thanksgiving is kind of important to me, not just to me, but also my entire family. And that's pretty much what I have to say. Oh, um, and, and, let me start. Sorry, technical difficulties. Um, I don't know if you know this, but I'm also a student at UVM. And we're on a, so you've, this is, yeah, I'm on Thanksgiving break right now. Actually, I go back to school on Monday. So UVM has made a big difference not only in my family's life, but in mine as well. My name is Paula. This is the first time we've come to this event. And thanks to Lorraine and her husband, they're the ones who came and got me and brought me here and going to be bringing me home. And I'm Lorraine. So I have, I've enjoyed being here, meeting people. I've learned so much just from talking to people and having them share their stories with me, get to be with people who, you know, we get to share the day together. And I enjoy that, enjoy being with people. And it's just fun to learn, learn from them to hear about their lives and time to celebrate with one another. Hello everyone. I am, my name is Eva and I live here in Burlington. I've been here for 24 years. And I usually come to this place when I found out there was one. For a number of years I did home with my turkey and stuff. And I used to go downtown to the other one. They had turkey, but I really enjoy the meal here, able to sit here and enjoy the people here. And I get to meet new people. I may see them next year and I've seen people that I haven't seen in a long time, sometimes. So next year if you're not, if you're available, you can come to the church here on North Avenue. Today they had it from 11 till 2, I believe. And I still kind of finished up my dinner a little bit here. And then I'm going to go home and maybe watch TV or do something special because I live by myself. And I didn't want to be by myself today so I got out of the house.  I want to wish you a happy turkey day. I want to wish you a happy turkey day. I want to wish you a happy turkey day from the bottom of my heart. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas because I won't see you in the Christmas time. Goodbye. So we're happy to be here today. We had nowhere to go really so we heard about North Avenue Alliance Church hosting this really nice gathering here. We ate well and we got even the takeouts. People were so nice to us, so willing to help us and wait on us. Very nice. So we appreciate it very, very much. I am Lina Lu. I'm an artist and so when I got here and realized there were no signs, I made a couple signs so people would come in to this lovely dinner where all these people are welcoming and have great food and my friend Angela got me into this because my family lives in Minnesota and the other friends were going elsewhere and it's just been a super, super welcoming event. So how do you say it? What's the name? What's your church's name? The church. This church is North Avenue Alliance. North Avenue Alliance Church sponsored this. We could even have fed more people than we have but everybody here has been wonderful to each other and wonderful to talk to and the food is fantastic. So anyway, I'm glad they're talking about this so other people can remember it for next year. And happy Thanksgiving. Find out what you're grateful for. So I'm grateful for friends and family and when I can't be with my family 300 miles south of here, I like to volunteer and help out and that makes me feel happy and grateful. So yes, the venue for the sit-down dinner was here at North Avenue Alliance Church and I do it in conjunction with St. Mark's Church up the street and they will deliver meals directly to your home. There's volunteers that drive around the meals. I just heard that they did 900 meals today driving them directly to people's homes. And this was nice because this was the sit-down area and we got to visit with guests that were on their own for various reasons. They became a widower or a widower or they're just in the area and have no family. I really hope that these Thanksgiving opportunities get much more, have much more awareness so other people in the coming years will hear about it and come. I'm sure there's a lot of people that haven't heard but I guess each year it gets a little bigger. So I'm grateful for that as well and happy to be here. Thanks so much. I'm Brenda Dal Viana and I grew up in Burlington so I know most of the people that grew up here and my friends and I'm at the North Avenue Alliance Church and they have given us a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and I'm really grateful to them because I always had a big family dinner with my family and now it is really nice to come and gather with a bunch of people and have a nice social dinner when all my family has moved away and so I just recommend that you take advantage of this opportunity because these people are wonderful and I got to have real, real mashed potatoes which I love, lots of gravy for the first time in a long time so it's been nice talking to you. Thank you. We're at St. Mark's and we did the takeout deliveries today we had over 900 and then the volunteers stayed and eight also because a lot of them didn't have any place to go and we appreciate their help. We got a total of 89 turkeys and about 300 pounds of potatoes and everybody that, all the drivers that came were delightful and very helpful and everything was pretty much donated all the food was donated which is great, it's a great community and the drivers came from all over we did deliveries to Heinsberg we did some to Underhill we did some to South Burlington San Richmond, so it was a great time and Mary, Sarah was one of the ones that helped volunteers she'd been here all week helping us we started cooking turkeys on Sunday and we cooked the last one today so here's Sarah. Hi, well I have a really delightful physical therapist and I said I don't know how to keep moving this week, I have something for you to volunteer and she gave me Tina's number and I've been here all week and it's such a wonderful thing I've received Thanksgiving dinners in 21 and 22 and I think this is a way of giving back when people are, I live at Heineberg senior residence and when people are alone and live alone the holidays can be hard and I figure as long as I'm healthy and able to help that it's just as big a blessing to give as to receive we are also going to be a takeout dinner for Christmas dinner we're having ham with the potatoes and vegetable and then we're offering macaroni and cheese as a vegetarian option so if anybody won't like a dinner on Christmas day reach out to St. Mark's church and we'll be happy to drop one off or if anybody wants to help volunteer cooking or delivering the meal that would really be appreciated thank you so we're members of the Battery Park community here in Burlington and we're representing the on-housed community we're representing support for the on-housed community and all are invited to this free Thanksgiving feast that's held here at the first United Methodist Church the church with red doors and we're appreciative of their support we have a lot of supporters including the VFW including the Richard Kemp Center including just the individuals here that put their effort together we have Maddie Maddie was in the kitchen and put in on a lot of effort we have a lot of support from friends and family and we're just here just to put on an event in support of the on-housed and those who are hungry this season and we had a good time the music is great we had 120 miles that we fed here and everyone enjoyed we know that there are scarce resources around so we wanted to make sure that we were one of the individuals or the groups here that support the greater community at a time like this so just shouting out from the Battery Park community space and then um no it's just been fun donating to the community and look forward to us next year doing something very similar if not the same yeah next year the title is the free Thanksgiving feast so every year we want to make sure it's as big as possible donations make this happen this is all sponsored and support so anyone who wants to know more about it look out for the Battery Park community page on Facebook and all the social media platforms my name is Todd and I like to say first of all thank everybody for what happened here today it's amazing I was really flabbergasted a little nervous because we were going to run out of food I'm looking at this as this is not just a certain people event this will be an event that will happen year after year and eventually the whole community will come together and say hey it's Thanksgiving we got to go to the church and get off a meal and bring everybody in the whole entire whoever wants to come and eat for one day on Thanksgiving and enjoy themselves and enjoy company and it'd be a zen in their own selves that's a beautiful Wellington we we really like I never know I believe like this is happening and I'm like this is really happening for people who don't have nothing no homes and be outside and cold and trying to like make it up in life and then be like oh we have support somewhere and then we hear and then I just walk today I'm like I never know it's happening and it did but it is I got some food for me for Thanksgiving and then only things I can say God bless and God bless America thank you hi my name is E. Shaden and I'm staying here at the Methodist Church in Wellington Thanksgiving dinner and it was very nice we served about 100 to 120 people and it was very nice and we're planning on doing it again next year and it was a really fun event we served dinner and for the homeless and it was really fun


Welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here today. I have a very fun and exciting video for you I have been getting a lot of requests and I mean a lot for my favorite WW snack foods and I have been collecting Compiling hoarding all of these snacks and packages of some of my favorite and my least favorite I'm gonna share a bit good and the bad with you snacks over the last couple of months Now most of the things that I'm going to be showing you are good quality food But there are some some of the snack items that have a little bit of questionable ingredients But there are still things that I like to incorporate into my snack routine I like a snack in the morning and the afternoon if I'm hungry But most days I have at least one snack if not two So these are the items that I reach for whenever I'm hungry for a snack So if you're ready for snack overload stay tuned I'm around from my given disaster Speed away from the holy moly Jump into the pantry where the majority of my favorite snacks are held I do have some refrigerator and freezer snacks as well But snacks to me generally means items that are found in my pantry So I want to start this off with Emmys now Emmys is a new thing that I have most recently found at Walmart I will be linking everything that I can find down below in the description box for you guys But these are a really good vegan snack now They are a little bit high in smart points, but they are absolutely delicious They're creamy and coconut and as I always say just lower the amount of the serving size to lower the smart points So one of these is so rich and delicious that that satisfies my snacky craving I am going to put here on the screen all of the points for you guys as well So that should help you out in deciding if these snacks are snacks that you'd like to incorporate into your eating So I really like these Emmys. They had several flavors. I really like this vanilla coconut one highly recommend number two are the cookies Cookies with an R and these are from the Thrive Market. You guys know I love love love the Thrive Market There's a link down below where you can earn $20 a free product of your choice when you become a member of Thrive How do you recommend it is really affordable some of the best prices that you're going to find for good high quality lots of Organic real food on the Thrive website. They also ship for free and they throw goodies in every single order So check out the Thrive Market. I will be showing a lot of products from there So it'd be great if you came on over and join me as a member of Thrive But that's where I've heard just these cookies now I would get these cookies probably a 7 out of 10 They're good But I expected them to be a little bit sweeter than they are and they're more of that rich cocoa cacao flavor now Again, they are good and they are pretty decent in smart points. So again 7 out of 10 for these next up are the fuel snacks Now, this is a brand new find for me literally within the last week. I found these at Walmart. Oh my goodness These are so incredibly incredibly good You can have 10 of the pieces for five smart points How do you recommend you weigh these out because the pieces in the bag come a little bit smaller some big some small So it's best to always with snacks, especially dry snacks or most snacks in general weigh them out versus counting out the pieces But you can have one ounce for five points. I generally have about half of an ounce for three points They're really really good. They taste delicious They're filling their satisfied full of really really good ingredients and again I found these at my local Walmart store. Next are the avocado crisps. I also purchased these off of the Thrive market Now these I would give probably a 3 out of 10 definitely would not be repurchasing these When I first ate it, I thought it tasted really good But as it sat on my tongue and in my palate It has a little bit of a fishy taste and I even flipped it over to read the back of the ingredient label to see if there was Maybe some sort of fish oil or something in there for those. How are healthy benefits? Nope, I don't know where that flavor comes from but not my favorite Now I don't know if you dipped these in some hummus or some dip that maybe they would taste a little bit better But I probably would not be repurchasing these but as you know, all of our taste buds are different So if you like avocado crisps, maybe you should give them a shot Next are the ava organics coconut rollers You guys know that I am obsessed with these and I am so sad that my Costco no longer carries them Now I did find them on amazon, so I'll link them down below for you guys But holy moly are these Incredible these have such great flavor. They're super sweet and they have fabulous ingredients They cure that sweet tooth and kind of give me that tropical vibe I really really like them. I literally look at Costco every time I go to see if they're back So I might be breaking down and buying a bag on amazon because these in my opinion 10 out of 10 Next are the gfb or the gluten-free bites Now I bought these at fredmeyer kind of on a whim because I was hungry when I was grocery shopping I know not to grocery shop hungry, but I bought these on a whim and I love them They are so incredibly delicious. They kind of have a net coating on the outside And like a truffle type of consistency in the center They are a little bit higher in smart points, but they're very good very good ingredients and very satisfying The only ones I have tried are the peanut butter ones and they were delicious I know that some of the other flavors are higher in smart points So make sure that you are scanning and calculating the points if you do go with a different flavor But these are really really good. I would highly recommend also at fredmeyer kind of on a whim I picked up these go raw carrot cake bites I do not like them. I think they're absolutely Horrible and to be completely honest with you, I've purchased a lot of the go raw products And I haven't liked a single one of them. So I think that lesson learned. I'm going to steer clear of the go raw products I don't think they taste anything like carrot cake They have a little bit of a spice to them, but they just have a really weird aftertaste a very earthy aftertaste So I probably give these like a two out of 10 and I would definitely not repurchase Let's talk about granola because I have been loving smoothie bowls I've been loving quinoa bowls and on those I like to put granola and I have two Favorite granolas number one is the cleanest granola that you are going to find and that is the julian bakery pro granola This one is the espresso cluster, but they have several flavors vanilla vanilla cinnamon They have a chocolate. They have so many flavors and the ingredients are stellar There isn't a single questionable ingredient. There's no natural flavors and it is so incredibly low in smart points You can have an entire half of a cup for two smart points or you can have a quarter of a cup for one smart point You can't beat it.  It has a really good flavor I really like the espresso. It's one of my favorites along with the vanilla cinnamon The vanilla is vegan. So if you follow a vegan diet, it's great highly highly highly recommend I do have 10 off for pro granola. So down in the description box That link will give you a code for 10 off But if you want a granola, that's as clean as clean can be julian bakery My other favorite granola is the safe and fair brand now.  I have the birthday cake the honey crisp apple The salty popcorn and the chocolate my favorite hands down is the birthday cake Then the honey crisp apple then the chocolate then the popcorn kettle corn one. I don't really care for that one These are phenomenal. They're a little high in points. You get one third cut for five smart points But if you're just putting a tablespoon or two on a smoothie bowl or a quinoa bowl or on top of some yogurt You can definitely get low smart points for that It does have a few ingredients that I don't love So I generally will reach for the pro granola, but the flavor is on point I know that some cost goes are carrying the birthday cake flavor But I'm going to link them down below for you guys as well But if you want a really good like sweet yummy granola safe and fair is delicious One of my favorite clean eating whole food great ingredient products is from the company called c at day S i e t e they have phenomenal ingredients My favorite things that I have found so far. I've yet to purchase the tortillas. It's on my list But they're like nine dollars for a pack so I've kind of Steered clear those because I have another favorite tortilla that I'm going to share with you But I did purchase the sea at day tortilla chips in the lime flavor. Oh my goodness. These are incredible They are so good. They are grain-free. They have fantastic Perfect perfect ingredients, and I think they taste better than any other type of tortilla chip that I've ever had I love to pair this with the sea at day mild queso I used to eat the tostitos queso all the time. I i'm not a fan of the ingredient So I wanted to find a substitute and the sea at day queso is Amazing. It is so good. It has stellar stellar ingredients and you pair that with the chips and hop You are literally in sea at day heaven highly highly recommend next I want to talk about chocolate Because when I decided to have a clean approach to w w I wonder just how many chocolate options I would have and I have discovered three that I am obsessed with Number one, of course, is the well-known lilies. I love the lilies chocolate chips, but I also love the lilies chocolate bars They are so Good so good. I love the milk chocolate the sea salt almond I really love every flavor of them and if you just have one row of the chocolate It's one to two smart points. It cures that chocolate craving It tastes really really good and lilies has great ingredients as well My second favorite chocolate vine is one that I found at Costco and these are dark chocolate squares I love that these are individual little squares with dried main blueberries those little tiny sweet blueberries These are so delicious. They are two smart points per square One square is enough for me because you get that chocolate and you get the really sweet of the blueberry And I love them. They have pretty darn good ingredients I think the only questionable thing is the natural flavors But other than that, this is a great chocolate solution And lastly is my favorite chocolate option and this is the enjoy life chocolate chips. I'm obsessed with the mini ones They're so good at baking pancakes just to eat by the spoonful. They are so delicious They are free of the nine most common allergens. They literally have four ingredients in them Every single ingredient is perfection. They are a little bit higher in smart points It is going to cost you three points per tablespoon, but it is well worth it because these are the creamiest Richest chocolate chips you're going to find I want to share with you a couple of cracker options as well That's another thing I was a little nervous about is am I going to be able to find a good whole food cracker That doesn't have your traditional white or wheat flour and any of your not so desirable oils like soybean and vegetable oil And I actually found two brands that I love first is these simple mills There are actually quite a few simple mills products that I really really like I love their almond flour crackers The rosemary and basil is my favorite and this sea salt one is really good as well You can pick this big box up at cosco for a great price of the sea salt and thrive market carries all of the other flavors Including the rosemary that one is so delicious. I love it dipped in hummus or cottage cheese So good has really really good ingredients not perfect, but really good ingredients Now if you're looking for a cracker with perfect ingredients Mary's gone crackers for the win. These crackers honestly are my very favorite I love the everything seed. There's also a basil one. These are so good There is nothing in these crackers that is even a negative ingredient. They are perfect perfect ingredients They have a really rich nutty dense taste. They keep you nice and full I love love these with cottage cheese I like to make up some tuna salad or chicken salad and use the cracker to dip and scoop up the salad and place a bread So incredibly good. I found the best price and biggest selection also on the thrive market So these two are kind of my go-to crackers with simple mills They also make a farmhouse cheddar Which is similar to a cheese it and I found them in these little individual bags on the thrive market And I like this because they're pre-portioned out. You don't have to worry about overeating them They are four smart points per bag and these are really really good They're a definite dupe for a cheese it with a much much better ingredients So just look for simple mills or Mary's gone crackers and you have great options When it comes to crackers and again, I find all of this on the thrive market I also was on the hunt for some good rice cakes I really like having a rice cake with some nut butter on it But a lot of those rice cakes have not so great ingredients I was actually able to find a brand called the lundberg brand and they actually make a brown rice rice cake Which is the circular thick rice cake. I believe there are two smart points a piece Of course, it's here on the screen for you Excellent excellent ingredients. These are really good with hummus peanut butter Whatever you would put on a regular rice cake. You can put on these as well Also from the same brand lundberg. They make thin Stackers now these are great because you get a lot of bang for your points buck with these You can have four of these crackers for the smart points So you could put some nut butter on one Some tuna salad on another one some hummus whatever you'd like It's also really good with some lunch meat and avocado Just a really great lunch or snack And I found both of these on the thrive market and I've also seen them at a lot of these Natural grocery stores. We do not have sprouts or whole foods, but I've seen these at natural grocers Which is kind of our store in my area that's similar to whole foods or sprouts So great options for rice cakes with really good ingredients The brown rice keeps you nice and full with the fiber excellent choices I've been loving these roasted chickpeas. I found this big bag of these at costco These are the sea salt. They are so good. You can have one ounce for three smart points They're full of protein and fiber. They keep you nice and full. They satisfy that crunch factor They're really really delicious. You can also add these to salads That's a great thing to add in the place of croutons. I've yet to find A good crouton option So I will add chickpeas or nuts to my salad and these roasted chickpeas give the crunch of croutons So good lots of nutritional benefit highly recommend Also from costco. I have found two other amazing So delicious snacks now.  So when I eat them I generally have half of a serving first is the coconut clusters These are from inno foods. Both of these are from the same brand.  You can have a full serving for eight smart points They're so good. They have big chunks of nuts and pieces of coconut I'm obsessed. I love them and they have excellent ingredients Also from the same company from costco are the chocolate coconut clusters Now these are really really good. They have a dark chocolate coating. Oh my gosh, they're so good Again, I have half of a serving of these I will pick these if I really want something sweet and I'm not as concerned about feeling as full So they definitely satisfy the sweetness. They do give you some nutritional value But they don't keep you as full as the regular coconut clusters So I tend to lean towards these more as a dessert, but they have really really good ingredients and for chocolate Great ingredients and again, both of these I found at costco Of course, if I can find them on amazon or somewhere, I'll link them down below for you guys But really great ingredients really delicious I'd like to revisit simple meals again And I want to talk about a couple of other great sweet treats that I have found from simple meals First are their cookies. They have a ton of different cookies. They're really really delicious There is three cookies in a serving and I would say that the size of the cookie is about The size of a half dollar maybe a little bit bigger and you can have three of them for the smart points I generally just have one cookie because it satisfies that need for cookies You guys know what I'm talking about and they're really good. They have excellent excellent ingredients Most of their cookies use coconut oil as their oil, which is amazing So again thrive market is where I found these but I've also seen these at my local natural food store And I think I saw them at won't and also from simple meals. I found these carrot cake bars So these are kind of a soft baked granola bar. These are so delicious. They are so good My husband loves them. It legit tastes like you're eating carrot cake minus the frosting But the actual cake part that is exactly what these taste like. They're so sweet and spicy Delicious, it's really hard to find a store-bought granola bar That is number one point friendly and number two has good ingredients and this simple meals one is both of those things It is delicious. Sometimes I'll have this for breakfast and I'll pair that with an egg and some fruit And the only thing I have to count being on the blue plan is the simple meals carrot cake bar Really great great to throw in your purse in your car in your desk drawer for a good on plan healthy eating snack Next up is smart sweets. Now when I switched over to this clean approach to w w I read the back of everything. We've talked about this. I told you guys that I'm like the ingredient label Nazi now. I read every ingredient label and it I was pleasantly surprised at the smart sweets ingredient label Now they just recently switched over their sweetener to alulose, which is a natural sweetener that comes from figs and raisins So it's even better than the ingredients they were using before and smart sweets have great great ingredients They are gluten-free. They are plant-based They're only three smart points for the entire bag and they have several different kinds of smart sweets My personal favorites are the peach rings and the sweet fish and stay tuned my friend because they are coming out with a brand new Smart sweet and I can't wait for it. I literally that will probably be my new favorite I have not gotten it yet, but as soon as I can get my hands on it. I'll be sharing it with you guys But if you want candy legit candy With a clean approach Definitely pick smart sweets. My code here will get you free shipping on their website You can find these in your stores target g and c but I find for me It's easier to just order them online Sometimes they're cheaper and they ship for free to my doorstep anyways And it saves me from traveling from store to store around town trying to find them Really really delicious you guys and great ingredients for candy also from the thrive market I found these pretzels. I love pretzels But they're made with usually white or whole wheat flour which I tend to try to avoid So I found these butternut squash pretzels and let me tell you I debated on whether or not to buy these because I thought it sounded terrible. These pretzels are delicious You can have an entire serving for three smart points. I absolutely positively love love love them They are great by themselves. You don't even have to dip them in anything They satisfy that crunchy salty snack They have great ingredients and they really truly are delicious in my opinion They're even better than your white flour Wheat enriched pretzels. So I highly recommend these again I found these on the thrive market and I believe that sprouts carries them as well We just don't have a sprouts in my area You also know that I love my built bars and I've said since the very beginning Of my transition over to a clean approach to ww that I will continue to eat built bars Now do they have the best ingredients? No There are a couple of ingredients in built bar that are questionable built bars do have urethritol But it is a very very small amount less than a packet of sweetener They also have multodextrin and natural flavors neither of which I'm a huge fan of However, it's nice to have a protein bar available for times that you just don't have time to eat Breakfast a snack lunch whatever It's nice to have a protein bar available to you and a lot of the really good ingredient protein bars Just don't work that well into at least my ww plan. They're really high in smart points I mean, we're talking eight to 12 smart points. Their taste is Debatable they don't taste as good as the built bar. So I made the decision to continue to eat the built bars I don't necessarily have one every day, but I do have them very regularly And they are only three to four smart points on ww They taste delicious like a candy bar and they have lots of protein fiber Fat which is great because it keeps you full and again, they're smart smart point friendly So in my opinion for the best smart points bang for your buck It's definitely going to be the built bar my code on the screen will get you 10 off in free shipping And there's a link down below of course for built bar if you are brand new to built bar If you've never ordered from them before they have an exciting deal going on right now for new built bar customers You get 10 dollars off your order 10 dollars So you can buy a box of built bars for less than a dollar per bar Which is extremely affordable compared to most protein bars in the grocery store So there's a link down below a separate link for the 10 dollars off and this is for new built bar customers only So you have to have an email address that built bar doesn't have already in their system But it's a great deal if you want to give built bar a try and those returning built bar customers You can use my 10 off and free shipping forever. It's a reusable code. So protein bar my choice is built bar Next is popcorn I love popcorn and I know that you can pop your own at home and you can control what goes into the popcorn But sometimes a girl just needs an on the go popcorn And I searched high and low and I found one and let me tell you how delicious it is This is the trader joe's organic olive oil popcorn. It is popped in olive oil It's literally popcorn olive oil and salt and it's amazing. It is so delicious The popcorn is nice and crispy. You get that saltiness, but it's popped in a fantastic oil So if you're looking for kind of an on the go snack that you can throw in your desk Or you could pre portion this out You can even just take the whole bag and portion out your snacks as you go This is a great great great choice for popcorn I've yet to find another popcorn option that has this great of ingredient other than making it at home Next is nut butters. I have been loving nut butters I have went through almost the entire big jar of mixed nut butter from costco Since I transitioned over to clean eating. I have two favorites I love the mixed nut butter from costco And I love the creamy peanut butter the organic one from trader joe's Both of these are excellent choices with excellent ingredients Smart points are about the same Generally, I choose to have one tablespoon for three smart points and I put this on anything I even put this in my smoothies. I like it on those rice cakes. I like it on toast I like peanut butter just on the spoon. It is so incredibly delicious So I always have a couple of different nut butter options on hand I want to try sun butter that's made from sunflower seeds That's on my list to try. I've heard that that's really really delicious as well Just make sure you're selecting a nut butter that doesn't have anything But the nut and maybe some salt stay away from like hydrogenated oils and added sugars You don't need them. They taste just as good without it. So nut butters Those are always on stop and the last pantry snack staple Is from nut stop now. I love the nut stop website. I order a lot of product from there I actually just shared this in a recent what I eat in a day video But they have a lot of nut options that are really really affordable I love the cashews the pistachios the walnuts. So I go to nut stop. I buy these one pound bags for great prices They're resealable bags. They ship for free nut stop is a great great website. It's family owned They're kind of a small business. I love to support small business Especially right now. So I've been placing my orders on nut stop pretty regularly for pretty much everything in anything They have snack foods granolas trail mixes nuts seeds. They have candy options They have tons of powders like maca powder and goji berry powder And they have a lot of dried fruit as well. So I love nut stop. I do have 10 off for nut stop It is not an affiliate link. I don't receive any commission But I ask them for a code to share with you guys because one I love them and two I want to support their business So if you're looking for a great site that ships to your doorstep for all of those nuts and other staples Highly recommend nut stop Let's move into my refrigerator now I do have less refrigerator and freezer snack options But I still have some favorites that I want to share with you starting with siggy's yogurt I've talked about this a lot. I haul this pretty regularly in my saturday grocery hauls I love siggies. I love their full fat option I just have a really hard time finding that in my area So I generally will select their 2 option like this one. This one is so incredibly delicious They range from four to five smart points for the 2 option and they can be more points than that if you opt for the full fat They have excellent ingredients very limited added sugar I like these with a little bit of granola or nuts on top So so good and again a really good clean yogurt That's flavored most flavored yogurts are going to have natural flavors and I love that siggies does not so I love siggies. I just wish I could find the real full fat one But I'll stick with the two percent They do also have a zero percent yogurt if you're looking for more of a non fat Option for yogurt speaking of yogurt. I've been loving full fat yogurt full fat plain greek yogurt It's so creamy and rich my favorite two things to do with full fat yogurt Are to add them to smoothies and smoothie bowls to give them that creamy Rich consistency and I also love to add them to my quinoa Breakfast bowl to again give the quinoa that like creaminess that the yogurt gives it now They are a little bit higher in points because they're full fat But they're much better for you whenever you remove the fat out of yogurt you remove all of its Benefits so you remove all of the really good nutritional benefits when you remove the fat Due to the heat processing from the yogurt So it's always better to go with a full fat yogurt And I just lower my portion size to be able to work it into my day Oftentimes I'll use about a quarter of a cup and it can range me anywhere from one to two smart points So that's totally doable. I'm getting all of the health benefits and it's so much better It's so much richer and creamier. Yeah, I also have been loving cottage cheese My favorite is the good culture, but I have a hard time finding that in my area So I've been buying another full fat option for cottage cheese. It's equally as delicious. I just love the good culture I've been going strictly for full fat cottage cheese again to retain the health benefits in the cottage cheese And I find it more filling and satisfying and it tastes so good It's so rich and creamy and the smart points are generally about one point more than a light or low fat cottage cheese So for me, I'll gladly take that extra point just for the health benefits But even for the absolute exceptional taste that a full fat cottage cheese will give you Another thing that I've always loved but I've just been Incorporating it a little bit more into my days is kombucha. Now kombucha again has a ton A ton of health benefits lots of prebiotics probiotics Really really great health benefits and I love the taste of kombucha Generally it ranges from 50 to 60 calories for the entire bottle. It is generally about three smart points I don't necessarily count it as three smart points and we'll get into that in another video But I've been implementing kombucha a lot into my day I'm noticing a lot of gut benefits from it and again, I really like it and it's kind of gives me that pop cola sparkling Taste it makes me feel like I'm indulging in a beverage and it's super low smart points and has great health benefits My favorite is the gts brand. You'll see me buy that a lot Love it also string cheese has been a go-to snack for me I'm loving the full Fat as fat as mozzarella can get string cheese. This organic valley brand is really great. These are called string goals I found these at cosco right now I don't know if it'll still be on coupon when you see this video But it's less than five dollars for 24 Organic cheese sticks. I just think it tastes better and they range from two to three smart points Depending on the brand and again I'll gladly pay the extra smart point for the better tasting full fat mozzarella cheese versus the light mozzarella cheese And still what a great low point snack full of protein and a lot of health benefit If you've been following me, you know, I'm obsessed with hope hummus like literally obsessed Not only can you have three smart three tablespoons for the same smart points is two tablespoons of any other brand Hope hummus is organic and has excellent excellent ingredients My favorite is the kale pesto, but I recently picked up the black garlic and I love that too They even have a Thai curry one. I mean you name it Hope hummus has some excellent flavors for hummus really truly if you want a good ingredient with no bizarre oils Or artificial flavor natural flavor highly highly recommend hope. It's my go-to. I literally don't even look at other hummus I just go directly over to hope pick out a couple and I've been eating it almost daily I know I mentioned the siete queso, which I love has the best ingredients But before I found the siete, I have been buying this honest stand mild nacho dip. This is delicious You guys it's plant-based so it has no dairy It has good ingredients not as great as siete, but good ingredients I've been loving dipping crackers in this I've been putting it on top of my quesadilla Instead of taking the smart points for melted cheese on the inside Very very low in smart points. It tastes really good And they have several several different flavors of the honest stand dips I find these in the health food section of my really my local grocery store I found these at friend meyer if you like queso or cheese dip. This is a great option And again, it's plant-based and has great ingredients I've also been eating a lot of lunch meat. My very favorite brand is apple gate farms It has the best ingredients in addition trader joe's turkey breast organic is really great ingredients as well But I've been buying this apple gate. I like the turkey and I like the ham The turkey is zero smart points on blue and purple and the ham is about one smart point for two ounces Very very low smart points.  It's so good. You guys It's so good. You can make breakfast sandwiches out of these roll ups with tortillas Actual sandwiches. You can eat it wrapped around one of those organic string cheeses I just have been loving having lunch meat on hand and as long as it has good ingredients I don't mind having it speaking of tortillas and quesadillas and tacos and all the things I have found the best other than the siete the siete actually has the best ingredients But again, it's about nine dollars for a pack of tortillas So I have discovered the law tortilla factory They have both the big tortillas that are about the size of the ole wellness for two smart points Not bad one extra point and they have the smaller ones that I use a lot for Fajitas and those are only one smart point. They have really great ingredients Nothing really questionable It's just that the ingredients in the siete ones are even better But these law tortilla factories are about half the price of the siete I love them. My husband has even been eating them hasn't even questioned that they're not Flower tortillas. He's not said a word and he's been liking them as well They're about the same price as the ole wrap. They just have a million times better ingredients And again, they are two smart points instead of one but well worth it And last for the fridge is a pop soda whatever you call it replacement I have not been drinking any type of diet coke diet pepsi diet Whatever's because they all contain caramel coloring and caramel coloring is an ingredient that I like to avoid So I found zevia and if I if it's pronounced zevia, let me know down in the comments But I think it's zevia and this is a really really delicious Stevia sweetened soda or pop without caramel coloring. They even have cola They have ginger ale this strawberry one is delicious. I love their root beer But when you pour this out it is clear because it doesn't have any caramel coloring And the way that they get the brown color of coke or pepsi is with caramel coloring So it tastes just as delicious, but it has really really much better for you ingredient Now it is a little bit on the pricey side It's about five dollars first six pack and that is no matter where I find it It's about five dollars first six pack I can find it in my health food store fred meyer wal-mart thrive has it amazon has it But it's really really delicious and if you want to pop or soda This is a really good go to because it has much much better ingredients and no caramel color Take a little tour into my freezer and talk about my favorite freezer snacks I'm excited to share these with you guys first. I want to start with frozen fruit frozen fruit is a staple for me I have been loving smoothies. I literally have either a smoothie or a smoothie bowl every single day So I'm always really stocked up on frozen fruit. I recently found this blend at costco this dragon fruit blend It's so good. It has peaches and dragon fruit and big chunks of coconut all organic I do only buy organic frozen fruit. You guys can eat this right out of the freezer Fruit just isn't in season yet. So I like having frozen fruit on hand. It's picked at its freshness So the freshest the fruit is when it's picked and put into these frozen fruit blends or frozen fruit bags I've been loving little mini while blueberries from trader joe's really just any organic frozen fruit Now I do not count blended fruit when I make a smoothie That's what I choose to do If you want to count blended fruit by all means count the blended fruit And I just recently came out with a smoothie video where I shared six Ww friendly smoothies with you So I will make sure that I link that video down below for you so you guys can check it out I also have a smoothie bowl video that you may already have seen or it will be out after this video I'm not sure how that's all going to play out But again, I don't count for blended fruit. So I like to have frozen fruit on hand at all times I love frozen fruit. Also, I've been loving smart cakes and smart muffins A lot of you have asked me if I'm still eating these I am because believe it or not you guys these have good ingredients They're gluten-free. They're even keto friendly. So they're low net carb. They're delicious I love the smart cakes. They're only one smart point apiece. I like this broken up over yogurt You guys know that that I love it with yogurt. I love making parfaits with the smart cakes I like just warming it up and having it as a snack Again, they have good ingredients and you can't beat a little mini cake for one smart point I love the orange the raspberry the cinnamon you name it I love the smart cakes and with the smart cakes are the smart muffins I love love these as well These are huge muffins like bigger than Costco size muffins And they range from only two to three smart points apiece and again, they have good ingredients in them They're a great bang for your smart points buck. They do have sugar alcohols That's really the only thing that is it my favorite But it's a decent amount of them that I don't Completely eliminate them out of my diet. I don't eat these every day I like them every once in a while as a sweet treat or when I'm just really craving a muffin And I just want a muffin and eggs for breakfast I really like the smart cakes and the smart muffins I do have a discount code for those. I'll put that here on the screen for you guys They run a lot of free shipping promotions on their website as well So you can often get free shipping and double dip with the discount So great little snack cakes and muffins to have on hand. Keep them in your freezer.  They often have oils that I don't eat. So I was so Freaking excited when I found the so delicious cocoa whip. This is delicious It has good ingredients the only ingredient I don't love is natural flavors You can have a couple tablespoons for a couple of smart points So I will gladly take the extra point and throw this into my parfait or on my coffee Wherever I wanted whipped cream before I just now use cocoa whip in replacement of that It is so good you guys and I get a lot of questions on whether it tastes like coconut I don't think so. I think it tastes like regular whipped cream It's just made from coconut milk, but it is absolutely delicious So pick it up if you want to avoid carrageenan and you're looking for a good option for whipped cream Also, I found these waffles now. I saw these originally on Whitney Simmons channel She was eating the blueberry waffles I avoided those because they had natural flavor where these traditional original gluten-free vans waffles do not have natural flavor These are so good. You guys you can really top these with just about anything Some fresh berries some syrup some nut butter. They're really really delicious Just pop them in your toaster or your air fryer. They get nice and crispy So it's nice for me to at least have a quick easy breakfast That has good ingredients and I some times will pair these with eggs and maybe some sausage But really really great option if you like waffles and you just want something quick and delicious and carby in the morning And the last freezer items items come from Ezekiel. Both of these are refrigerated or frozen breads number one is the Ezekiel raisin bread This raisin bread is so delicious and the Ezekiel breads have excellent ingredients You can't go wrong with any single one of them that you choose. They're all sprouted And delicious. So this raisin bread is absolutely divine. I love it. It is three smart points per slice I will have this with a little bit of my milk plant paste butter that i'm obsessed with as well It's so good and delicious and sweet and it has great ingredients for a raisin bread And I also as you know love love love the Ezekiel english muffins They are two smart points for half or four smart points for the entire muffin Which is the same amount of smart points that are in the thomas muffin that don't have as great of ingredients So I will gladly take a better ingredient english muffin for the same smart points These are so dense and filling and satisfying same with the raisin bread or any of the sprouted Ezekiel breads in general Such a great option for bread. These are all frowned in the freezer section in like the natural food section of your grocery store Also trader joes makes a great sprouted bread. So you have options just when you're looking for bread english muffins Tortillas even you want to look for sprouted. It's just going to have a better ingredient So that is it my friends. Those are my ww favorites These are my snack foods that I can't live without my rider dies These are always in my pantry refrigerator and freezer. I love snacks I really truly do and since I've moved over to clean eating I don't eat as many snacks as I used to but I still like to have a lot on Hand especially when I'm on the go I even have some of these thrown in my desk in my real estate office I have some of these items that won't perish and heat or cold in my car I just like having some options as far as it comes with snacks I like to implement some of these into my meals as well my breakfast my lunches and my dinners These are just my all-time favorite So I hope this gave you tons and tons of great snack ideas that are ww friendly real whole delicious food So if you're new to my channel welcome welcome, I follow the blue plan on ww But I also approach ww with a clean eating mentality I try to eat as clean as possible whole real food as much as I possibly can So these snacks kind of fall in line with that style of eating So make sure that you're subscribed and your bell notification is turned on so you don't miss a single video Definitely turn your bell on so you're notified Otherwise you may miss a video that you can't live without And of course give this video a big thumbs up if you love all these snack ideas and leave those comments down below I want to hear what did I share with you today that you never knew was a a good whole ingredient food and bw w friendly And if you made it to the end of this very long snack video Make sure that you leave a healthy snack in the comments. How about the avocado? If you're on a desktop computer, just type the word avocado Thank you guys so much for watching sticking through this big long snack video with all these ideas I love doing the research and finding these things for you guys So I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your day and I'll see you in my next video. Bye