So always be mindful of that when we're talking about this whole thing of establishing people in the present truth. It's about that, you know, because we can get so caught up in, let's say, a character study. We could be talking about David, we could be talking about Joe, we could be talking about, you know, different people. And we should also, you know, when we're talking about these, it's wonderful. Like we talk about these characters, we learn so much about their lives, how about how and then there's a lot of things that we can, you know, put to practice, a lot of things that we can avoid, mistakes that we can avoid from their lives and so on, like how they relate to God. But also we need to understand that in this present time, you know, we are living on this side of the cross, like the cross has happened, some of the characters that we could be referring to in the Old Testament, where before the cross, now we are after the cross. And there are certain things that were available for us, which they did not know, the certain things that we walk in, which they did not. And especially when it comes to the ministry of the Holy Spirit and also our identity, you know, as believers, all that has drastically changed, like over the dispensation, right? So God being the same, but the way he ministers through the spirit is different, right? So we need to be mindful of that and present people that, right? Present that to the audience, which will be very empowering, very liberating, right? Otherwise, it can end up being a very condemning message, you know. So it should be, you know, when a truth presented always liberates, it convicts, of course, convicts the sinner, convicts the person who is rebelling, openly rebelling against God, it convicts the person. But also with that conviction comes, you know, with that pronouncement of judgment, if you want to call it that, you know, comes the, you know, the way out or the door through which they can step in.  So never forget that, right? Okay, so let's move on. The other thing, so we, I'm not sure what page we are in, but we are looking at Chapter 13, Ministering God's Word Practical Instructions, right? So we're looking at point 11 says, point 11 is the reminder that we don't always have to have a revelation or a new revelation. Okay. Because sometimes as speakers, we want to, you know, we want to have that we want to present something fresh, something new, which is a good, good thought, good intention. But if God has revealed something, and all he's got is, you know, leading us to reiterate certain things, which we've already already been declared, it's fine. It's fine to go with it. You know, for example, if you look at Matthew 13 and verse 52, you know, Matthew 13 and verse 52, the Lord Jesus talks about how his scribe brings from the storeroom, Matthew 13, 52, and he said to them, therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. So there is the new, there is the old. So you're like a householder bringing things out of the treasure boat, both new and old. So maybe it's a reiteration of something that is old. Maybe it's a reestablishing of something that is old, no problem. Just go ahead and proclaim that, declare that. So don't be, you don't have to be insecure, we don't have to be apologetic about it. And we can present that confidently. Right. And another scripture to look at is John 8 and verse 31. John 8 verse 31, where the Lord Jesus says that, let me just read that out. John 8, 31. If you abide in my word, I'm looking at 31. Yeah. If you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you. Free. So, Lord Jesus, instruction is this, that you stay in the word, that you abide with the truth of the word, right?  You abide in the word. And this is what will happen when you do that, that you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. Now, when it comes to knowing the truth, it's, it need not be something that is fresh and new, it can be something that is, again, you know, the Lord reminds us of it. And when that truth, truth has this ability of the, the timely truth, timely proclamation of the truth has his ability to, truth has his ability to set us free. You know, so when it's proclaimed in a timely manner, when it's proclaimed as quickened by the Holy Spirit, we will know the truth and having known the truth, it will set us free. Right. So we can go ahead and proclaim it confidently knowing that this is what truth will accomplish in the hearer's life. Okay. One more verse that we can look at is Hebrews chapter two and verse one, Hebrews two and verse one, therefore we must give the more earnest need to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. Okay. We must give the more honest things to earnest heed or meaning more attention, being careful to the things that we have heard. Okay. So it's referring to what we have already heard. So these are not something that is something that are new, but something that we have already heard some instruction that we've already heard some command that we've already received, some reema that we've already received, some revelation that we've already received. So the writer of Hebrews saying, you know, you give the more earnest heed to that, pay attention to that, be careful about that. Because if you don't do that, then there is a danger that we could drift. Okay. That we could slowly move away and it could be in small steps, small distances. So we don't be, we barely notice it. Okay. You know, the thing is if you're in a car, if your tire blows out or if you have a, you know, sudden blowout, we notice it immediately, right? Because there's a loss in pressure, the, you know, the car or the bike acts weirdly, there's a drag on one side. Okay.  But if it is a slow leak, right, if it is going in maybe, you know, a few ounces at a time, I don't know if you can call it ounce, but, you know, if there's a slow leak, then the danger is that you don't notice it, right? And you don't notice how far or, you know, how damaging the outcome is till it is too late, right? So maybe if it's a slow leak, it's like, okay, you parked the vehicle, you came home and it was fine when you parked the vehicle. You didn't notice it at all, anything that you were driving, but then the next morning you get up and you want to go someplace in a hurry, then you realize that the tire is completely flat, right? So that's a slow leak. So you realize that it has been going out, you know, every few minutes or every hour, but I didn't notice it, right? So, so the writer of Hebrews is saying, you know, you give more earnest heed to the things that you've already heard, okay? Because if you don't, if you're not careful, if you're not holding on, if you're not putting that to practice in your life, then what would happen is that there is a chance of drifting away, moving away and you don't even notice that movement, right? Okay, so all that to say that, well, truth is powerful. While we need to seek God and ask Him for a fresh direction, fresh revelation, well, don't be afraid, don't be insecure about presenting the truth. What has already reiterated, what has already been already shared. Okay, then the thing is to avoid, so this is more in terms of, again, rightly dividing the word and sharing it, avoid subjective revelations. Okay, so what do we mean by that? Something that is subjective, something that is, you know, something that is maybe a revelation that is in a certain context it works. Let's look at 1 Timothy chapter 4 and verses 1 and 2. Okay, so here's a warning that Paul gives Timothy says, now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. Speaking lies and hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron. Okay, so it's a warning, you're saying, you know, the source of certain teachings, certain revelations, doctrines, you need to be careful. Okay, so here he's saying, you know, they are giving heed or being attentive to deceiving spirits and these are doctrines of demons, so which means these are not from God, not from the Holy Spirit, so we don't have the witness of the Spirit in us because our conscience is already seared, right, and we are speaking lies and hypocrisy, which means we don't see it in our own lives, we don't follow it in our own lives and we are speaking those lies and hypocrisy and our conscience is seared, so doctrines of demons and deceiving spirits, so these are causing, so the thing is this, you know, we don't have to be paranoid about it because as long as our heart's posture is Lord, I want to share the truth, you show me, if I'm going off on a tangent anywhere, you show me, you lead me, I'm submissive, I'm submitted to your leading, to your equipping, to your, you know, the discerning and everything I'm submitted to you, so as long as we have that posture, then we are fine, right, so here these doctrines or these teachings are from the deceiving spirits and they are causing a person to depart from the faith itself, okay, so that's the danger, right, similarly if you look at, you know, the sixth chapter and verses three to five, so he says, if anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud knowing nothing but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, etc. like useless wrangling of men, wranglings of men, of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain from such withdraw yourself, okay, so here, again, you're saying, be careful when it comes to what you consider as a special revelation, always test, always check, always compare, so he's saying that if someone does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus, if you're negating that and maybe not even in agreement with the words of the Lord, and look at this, the doctrine which accords with godliness, that is verse three, the latter part of verse three, the doctrine which accords with godliness, that's very important, the teaching which is an agreement with godliness, which does not have a so-called facade of holiness or discipline or anything, but it's something which is an agreement which accords with it in harmony with godliness, which leads to godliness. So he's saying, if it's otherwise, it will create all kinds of problems, enemies, strife, suspicions, arguments and everything, okay, so we avoid those things, watch what we teach, going to chapter four and verse 16, again Paul's instruction he says, take heed to yourself, be careful about your life, how you live your life, and to the doctrine. In 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy, Paul over and over again, he's talking about these things to the young pastor, so he's saying, be careful how you, what you speak, because what you speak, what you teach results in believing, and if it's wrong believing, it will result in wrong action, always he talks about that, because it could result in strife, it could result in division, but if it's something wholesome, then it reflects in godliness, results in godliness, sorry. So here chapter six, I'm sorry, chapter four verse 16 is, take heed to yourself and to the doctrine and continue in them, okay, continue in them, like don't let it be just for a season, but you put it in your life, you walk in it, you believe you walk in it. In doing this, there is this whole thing of salvation that is happening, which is salvation of the soul, we are already saved, we are justified, but there is this whole thing of sanctification and salvation that is happening, you'll save both yourself and those who hear you, okay, so it's very important. And one more instruction, some practical instruction is develop the ability to communicate God's word, okay, so while, you know, we might be, as people following the Lord Jesus as ministers of God, you know, we are passionate about prayer and worship and receiving from Him, you know, also the thing is to develop the ability to communicate. Not all of us are maybe naturally gifted communicators, so it helps if we, if you struggle in that area, we find challenging to communicate ideas to develop the ability, okay, so this is an ability that can be developed, which means that there is a certain amount of learning, certain amount of training, certain practical things that we need to, we need to do, we need to change, maybe about ourselves, you know, the way we speak, the way we express ideas, you know, and certain other things, you know, gestures and how we stand, and all these, you know, small, minute things which go a long way in enabling us to be good communicators, right, so we can always learn, we can always learn from that and better ourselves in this area, so saying, so this, it helps, right, so when we develop the ability to communicate God's word clearly, it always helps the hearer to learn, to receive it, to retain it, and also to put to practice, okay, so that's, those are some things that we can look into, okay, okay, so let's look at, you know, some simple steps, okay, to confident speaking, okay, so when it comes to preaching, of course we're talking about verbal communication, right, we're talking about communicating a message by speaking out with words, sentences, proclamation that happens, so when it, if we need to communicate, then we need a certain level of confidence in order to face people, in order to communicate the truth to them, right, so what really helps us to be confident, okay, always, we need to understand that there is this sense of, there could be a sense of apprehension, you know, a small percentage of nervousness, even before we start, right, which is a physiological thing, our body's getting ready, you know, there could be a small amount of sweating that could happen and, you know, body's just getting physiologically ready for the task that's ahead, so which is fine, but if there's, you know, if there's so much of uncertainty and nervousness and that results in lack of confidence where you're forgetting what you need to share, where you're just constantly being crippled by fear that you're not enjoying the whole thing, right, then we need to address it, we need to, it can be fixed, it can be sorted, and we can have, you know, do or share confidently or preach confidently, okay, so let's look at a few things, so again, a practical few things, right, the first one is preparation, okay, the, for most part, why we are not confident, if you look back and maybe you had a, you know, presentation in school or college or, you know, wherever you had to talk in front of a, you know, publicly speak in front of people, the thing is that maybe there wasn't adequate preparation, maybe you didn't have time, maybe you just put on the spot and you didn't have time to prepare, okay, so preparation gives birth to confidence, okay, so that's the number one thing to start, to endeavor, to prepare, to know the content, okay, what is it that we are going to be speaking about, to familiarize ourselves, to know the content and to research, right, to be knowledgeable in whatever we are sharing, okay, so in the message that we are speaking, that we are sharing, you know, how knowledgeable are we, right, you prepare, you spend time, you read through, and like, you know, someone says, someone said that, okay, for every minute that you spend, you need to spend an hour preparation, but I mean, it seems like an exaggeration, but the thing is, you know, but the takeaway is this, that when we prepare and when we are more prepared, then we are confident, you know, so you are acquainted with the topic, we are confident in a right way, you know, it's not like, okay, I can do this, I can do this on my own, it's not that we are, we are, you know, depending on the Lord, right, for revelation, for continuous guidance, for continuous, you know, even as we speak, we are, we are depending, we are saying, God, you know, you give me, you know, you're free to change things, you know, you're free to, you know, drop in those ideas, drop in those illustrations, whatever it is, God, you know, drop in those things that I need to emphasize, you know, Lord, you speak, you speak to me, so we are mindful of that, right, but the fact is that when we prepare, the Bible talks about that, the preparation of the heart is our responsibility, we see that in problems, right, the preparation of the heart belongs to man, the answer of the tongue is from the Lord, so both are there, both are true, you know, we cannot negate the preparation of the heart, we cannot negate the answer of the tongue that we receive from the Lord, so both are important, right, so preparation, so I believe, like, Muhammad Ali, the boxer, you know, his bouts of the matches lasted, you know, 10 minutes or less than 10 minutes, but the thing is, you would spend hours in preparing for that match, right, we physically, mentally prepared for that, so preparation creates confidence in our abilities, confidence in knowledge, confidence in a successful outcome, confidence to overcome the fear and the confidence to take action, right, so preparation, the second thing is, you know, after preparation, practice, okay, now to be engaged in public speaking, to be engaged, not to be preaching, one needs to practice, okay, if we are not used to preaching, then we need to actually, you know, practice it, because there are a lot of things that are, that could be new, okay, for the, I remember the first time I, this was in school, and the teacher asked me to, you know, come, come in front, and I think it was some, some essay that I had to speak, that I had to, the whole class had actually prepared, but we had to come and speak it out in front of the whole class, so when my turn came, I went forward, I went in front, and when I saw the class, I froze, because everything was new in the sense that view itself, you know, we were so used to sitting in our desk, and then, you know, looking at the teacher, and just one person was facing us, and we were facing, you know, the teacher, but then suddenly you're facing the class, and there's a whole bunch of people who are looking at you, it was not just one person, so the view itself is different, the view has changed, and what we realize is that, okay, we're so used to sitting and hearing the teacher speak, listening to the teacher's voice, but now, it was no longer the teacher, it was my voice, that I was, you know, that I was hearing, and it sounded so different, so strange, just to hear my voice over and over again, for that, it was not a very long session, it was just a few minutes, but then it felt very, very strange, very awkward, because we were not used to it, so to be able to practice that, to be able to stand in front of a crowd, big, small, whatever, and to be able to speak, to be able to, you know, and also we settle, you know, certain things in our own mind, knowing that, okay, this is how it will be, you know, this is what the view will be, and this is how my voice will sound, okay, so we settle all that in our minds, and also with practice comes, we become more and more proficient, with practice, suddenly you realize, I'm saying a lot of things that I should not be, you know, I'm, for example, some repetitions maybe, and maybe some annoying things like, I'm repeating certain words, like, you know, I know, you know, things like that, so you realize when you actually start speaking, and you realize that you're speaking very fast, you realize that you're speaking very slow, all those things, which would not, which we would not have understood, or which we would not have come to our knowledge, unless we practiced, right, so with practice, all these things come up, and you understand, okay, I need to maybe change things here, I need to change things there, right, I need to be a little more crisp over here, I cannot just go on and on, I need to step the point and move on to the next thing, and things like that, so we learn all that, okay, so there are several ways by which we can practice speaking, okay, for those of us who are absolutely new to this, to take our opportunities, right, maybe there are certain opportunities to minister in a smaller setting, and so on, you can do that, you know, maybe a life group, maybe even a speaking club, and so on, you know, there's something called Toastmasters, there's a public speaking, you know, platform, which is really, I know some people who have done that, and they've gotten really good at public speaking, right, so those are some things that we can, yeah, you know, while we look at these practical things, right, we are, these are skills that we are developing, okay, and you're using these skills for God's glory, you know, we need to look at it that way, okay, these are, these skills are not going to replace the power of God's transformative, you know, the transformative power of God's Holy Spirit, these skills are not going to in any way replace the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, these skills are not going to replace any of that, right, the power of God, the presence of God, you know, those are some key things, fundamental foundational things, right, and we are always dependent and inviting God to do his thing, but these are skills that can facilitate the message to be communicated in a clear manner, we are after all, you know, his spokesperson, right, he has called us to be ambassadors, representatives, so these are things that we can do to upgrade our skills to get better at, you know, at communicating, right, so that's why we are looking at this, right, okay, then practice and then perseverance, perseverance being that, okay, just because things didn't go well the first time or the second time, not to give up, okay, so we are keep on putting in the effort, putting in the preparation, putting in the practice, so we don't give up, okay, I remember the first time actually, this was not in public speaking, but it was the first time, of course, I shared, you know, this is how it happened, it looked very different and whole scenario, so I froze, I just mumbled through some things and I could not think, so went back, you know, sweating and quite determined that I'll never do that again, the same thing happened when it came to singing also, you know, though it's a different out of context, but I'm saying, you know, it was a public thing, so I went and I went prepared with one song and I, you know, sang and the guitar, unfortunately, the guitar that I played at home was tuned differently to a different octave, the guitar that I played in school that was tuned very high and so I ended up singing very high and it sounded, you know, not like my voice, so the guys were saying, you know, you sounded like a girl, why did you sing like that and so it was very embarrassing by the time I finished the song and then I decided, you know, I'm never going to do that again, never again will I do it, never again will I go in public and make a fool of myself, you know, so the thing is this, you know, we can come to some conclusions like that and really miss out on what God has for us as ministers, right, so just because we've, you know, did a poor job or did a bad job, you know, once, twice, thrice, don't give up, don't be too hard on yourself, right, you know, work at preparing, work at, you know, all these skills, all these practical skills, so that, so the word is perseverance, the key is perseverance not to give up, to constantly, you know, learn, improve and go back to it again and you will see that, okay, there is a mark improvement and those improvements can be celebrated, need to celebrate, we can introspect, reflect and see where is it that we can make changes, make changes and it's a journey, right, that we make, okay, so the thing is this, you know, to talk, to review, to introspect, to train, you know, to reflect and to introspect and then, you know, to do that again, to take action, to review, to improve and do that again, right, okay, so, so three things that we saw, you know, the three P's, you know, preparation, practice and perseverance, very important, now the thing, the other thing is, is to plan a simple structure, okay, now, you know, in our message outline, we looked at, you know, several things, we looked at the introduction, we looked at, you know, the components and mechanics of sermon preparation, we looked at different things, you know, we looked at an opening statement and those are all, you know, we went into the nuts and bolts of it, so we kind of had to spread that out and look at each of these things, right, but when it comes to the structure of delivering the sermon, you know, have a very simple structure, okay, so it, you know, it can be like this, introduction, tell them what you are going to tell them, okay, the body of the message, tell them two or three clear ideas, okay, that's the body of the message, right, and in conclusion, tell them what you have told them, you know, that's a very simple way of looking at it, conclusion is tell them what you have told them, okay, while all the other things that we discussed, these are true, but then to keep in mind that this is a structure, this is a simple thing, you know, all the complex ideas and everything that we're going to, you know, look at and communicate, you know, especially, you know, we've been looking at some, this last sermon series that we've been looking, we looked at faith, you know, faith and science, last five Sundays, if you go and review those, you know, there's quite a bit of heavy content to that, but if you look at the structure, you know, the flow of it, it's this, you know, today we're going to look at this, and then you tell what you're going to look at, what you're actually looking at, then you conclude by saying, okay, this is what we studied, this is what we, you know, learned today, right, so have a simple structure to the message, okay, the thing is to also understand that there is, when it comes to public speaking, it can be a very accelerating, you know, experience, it can give us much pleasure, right, knowing that you are a spokesperson for God, knowing that you're ministering the living word, that you're carrying the, you know, the living word of God, knowing that, you know, the outcome of it is going to result in people being set free, right, and change lives and transformation, so it's a, it's actually a very thrilling, very exciting, you know, process, it's process, right, and we need to kind of, we need to enjoy it, right, because initially though we might be, you know, nervous, and we may not really enjoy it, but then with perseverance and with, you know, with some of those things that being addressed, you know, maybe our speaking style, our expression, our gestures, our physical posture, everything, you know, so you keep improving that, and it can be a very pleasurable experience, like, because you're sharing something which is the truth which is eternal, right, and something that brings life in people, so always be mindful of that, right, and it can be very liberating for the hearer, and the thing is this, for us also, you know, it's a reiteration, and more and more as we declare the truth, you know, we are being established in it ourselves, right, okay, then in terms of personality, okay, you know, it's a, while we, you know, while we share this message, while we share this eternal truth, the fact is that we ourselves are actually part of the message, right, the messenger himself or herself also is a message, you know, okay, we might say why, why do you say that, the thing is this, that, you know, if you are a doer of the word, if you, you know, if you have put the word, put the practice of the word, if you believe in it, if you are convicted of it, convinced of it, then the message comes out, is communicated in a different way, okay, whereas if you are distanced from the content, if you are not convinced about it, if you are definitely not living it, right, so then the message comes out in a very different way altogether, the message becomes a more of a sharing of information, this is what they say, you know, it's not something that is authentic, it's not part of your life, right, it's not, you know, it's not intrinsically, you know, entwined part of my life, so it comes out very differently, right, it is, it's proclaimed very differently, okay, so the thing is that our personality, you know, we could be, I don't know, serious people, we could be funny, we could be, you know, thinkers, we could be, you know, whatever, our personality comes through in the message that we share, okay, in the content that we share, right, our personality comes through, so, so don't be afraid, don't be afraid of that, it doesn't have to be a very neutral monotone, right, now, you know, God didn't design us that way, he, the way he designed us to be unique is that our personality, you know, however he has designed us, the uniqueness that we have, the creativity that we have and, you know, so, you know, who we are as a person comes through in the message and needs to come through the message for people to relate, okay, so we're not saying that, okay, you, you know, you elevate yourself, no, okay, so we're not saying that, we're not saying that, okay, you need to, you know, you need your personality, everything should be first or it needs to be elevated, no, you know, in the communication of the truth in all humility, you know, just feel free for, you know, who you are as a person to come through in the message, right, and that will come through because, you know, you are, you have dealt with the word, I mean, dealt with the word in the sense, you know, you, your response to the word, the truth that you're declaring, your engagement with it, your involvement with it, you know, how far you esteem it, right, and how far you have put to practice in your own life, you know, all that will come through because, you know, in your, in our sharing, okay, how much we are convinced of it, how much we are not, everything comes through, so our personality comes through in what we are sharing, you know, because, and then it's, you know, you look at an example, maybe you're excited about, you know, sharing something and you find something, you know, really funny and you share that, or you talk about your life experience and when it comes to this truth and how, what it means to you, so all that comes out as we are sharing, so our personality, who we are as a person, you know, comes through in the message that we share, and we have to hold back, we don't have to be very restrictive about it, we just need to make sure that, you know, we're not putting ourselves on display, or, you know, it's not like an egoistic thing, it is what I did, I did, and I, it's not that, but in the communication of the truth, who you are as a person comes through, definitely will come through, and that makes the message even more relatable, it's even more authentic, because as people, you know, we have strengths, we have flaws, we have things that we are working through, right, we have, you know, certain things that we have failed in, and we need the grace of God to help us, you know, stand up and carry on, so all that comes through, and that is what makes the message even more, you know, relatable, and God uses that, you know, God uses who we are, God uses our strength, God uses our flaws, everything, like, because his strength is made perfect in our limitations, in our weaknesses, right, so yeah, so that's the thing, so the thing is this, that we need not imitate someone else, okay, so that also, you know, I'm saying with, you know, carefully in the sense, you know, if someone is, you know, if someone has a, like, you know, there are best practices that we can always learn from, learn from people, learn from, you know, that is how, you know, as part of our skill and ability, best practices, we learn, this is what they say and do, but we don't have to, you know, at the cost of changing our own personality, we don't have to do it at that, right, so there's a fine line, right, in wanting to be like someone or, you know, where you lose your authentic voice, your authentic self, and you're pretending to be someone else, no, so that is what, you know, we don't have to do that, you don't need to do that, okay, in wanting to sounding like someone, in wanting to, you know, come across like someone, someone else rather than yourself, right, so be authentic, be real, and you know, so the thing is, if you're trying to be someone else, you know, there's always this thing that sometimes we might forget, right, forget to be like that person all the time, right, so, and we let down our God and then we let our true self out, right, so, whether it's the manner of speaking, whether it's the way you conduct yourself, whether it's, you know, whatever else, right, so, so the thing is to be ourselves always, and therefore, there is true freedom in that, right, well, we can always improve, we can always change, we can always add, be skillful, all that is true, but be yourself, right, authentic self, okay, I guess we'll stop here, there are a few more things that we need to look at, so we'll stop here, and then we'll continue in our next class, right, okay, thank you so much, God bless, we'll meet in our next class, bye. Thank you, Pastor. Goodbye, God bless.


back to the show it's around the northwest this Christmas week and so we're not out and about but I can tell you the Kevin Fury is he's in Count Donna today and he's there with some goodies to give away and we can join him now hopefully hold on a second we can join him hopefully if I can cut out some of the the background noise and then go live we're streaming as well by the way if you want to look in but Kevin's in the Count Donna I can't it sounded there for a second like somebody was breaking glass in the background but then I realized just a trolley yeah yes there's loads of people in and around the shop here today I get those Christmas bits of peace and we've had an absolutely great day here so far loads of people calling up to us and entering into our free draw as well and of course it does include those gift vouchers as well the voucher for Doherty Super Wally here in Count Donna and of course as well at 50 year voucher for the Seascapes Spa as well at the Silver Tassie Hotel as I said we've had a great day here today loads of people in and out loads of people in the Christmas mood as well today don't forget to those Highland Radio goodie bags also include Highland Radio and branded hats as well there's t-shirts in there too and the reason as I said we're out and about too is just somebody to get into the Christmas spread loads of people saying what are you here for today and stuff like that then it's just simply to get out and about around the county we're in Ruffo obviously yesterday we're also at the dry arch and after we finish here we're going to high tail it fire the gear into the back of the car and we're heading up to Bonnecrana so if you're going to be in around the Bonnecrana area do keep an eye out for the Highland Radio car we're going to have another goodie bag to give away as well and the main question people is asking us how much is it to enter it's free you don't have to pay at all it's as it's Christmas time so things are free at Christmas time yes that's all you have to do is actually come up to us give your name to them myself or to Sean and you can be able to chance the voting at Highland Radio a goodie bag so there's loads of people in here they've got that man with a trolley full of drink past don't get in his way for him to say everything here yeah there's loads of rattling there's no changes it's all bottles that everyone people's having a great day here in that country we're going to do the draw and Sean has handed me the winners name and the name in front of me here is Yvonne Farrell so congratulations to you you are the winner of that there Highland Radio goodie bag as well so we'll be in contact with you've got that 50 year voucher here for the Supervali here in Cardona Doherty's Supervali and she also gets that 50 year voucher as well for the sea skips spa so that is Cardona done and dusted we're literally going to get all packed up here and we're going to head over the road so if you are in around the Bonnecrana area there's where you'll find myself and Sean and we'll check in with you a little bit later on this afternoon Kevin keep the hat on keep the giveaways coming and you're going to be chatting to David later on and just looking at the schedule here around about maybe half two and maybe a quarter past three but that's a it's a fluid situation we'll sort of make it up as we go along exactly yeah there's people coming up to us here as well we're thinking we're trying to get on the radio here and there's people buying away a ticket it's sort of texting Don and Maria there as well just give them another few minutes just so we get a few bits and pieces sorted here I'll certainly be keeping the hat on because it is it is quite the part here today yesterday was actually quite mild actually but today it's kind of gone back to last week's scenario it's that we would call so we keep them a keeping the hat and the headphones on me for the middle of the afternoon anyway you got a you got a red make shield there to match with it that's you know that's that's good thinking that's planning for you it is actually nothing left to chance last night for the for the Monday night sessions and I said whatever you do don't lose that because I'm going to need this tomorrow so we have to get out the red colors get into the get into the Christmas Christmas spirit okay well the best look and catch up with you later on down in the Bunkrana or David will thanks Kevin yeah perfect John thanks very much


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Every good day starts with a weasel. Obviously, it starts better to weasel and then it starts with me. Chevy. Oh, yes, thank you for bowing, but you don't have to bow to me. That's cool, that's cool, man. Commander, how you doing, bud? Don't you touch me again. I'll bite you. These gums can do some damage, man. Geez. Commander, how you doing? How you doing? I know you hate the camera. I know you hate the camera. So, I'm gonna try to get some more work done on the deck today. But first, Chinese food. It's expensive. We spent like 100 bucks on Chinese food yesterday. It'll last us a few days. The good thing about ordering Chinese food is that you have tons of leftovers all the time. I'm gonna save this for later. I always put more on my plate than what I'm actually hungry for. My eyes are always hungrier than my stomach. Covered up just like that. I'll eat it in a couple hours for supper. I was thinking of taking the day to go out on the bike and go to Winnipeg for cruise night, but I think this deck is a little bit more pressing. I've gotta get further on this today. You always gotta finish your work first before you have fun. Work first, fun later. If you don't have time for fun later, I guess it's too bad. Gotta make time sometime, but anybody else wanna go outside? Yeah, I just wanna go outside and hang outside for a little bit and drink my poison here. This is my favorite drink. I like Pepsi Zero. I know. I know. It's got this, I know. It's my little, it's my one indulgence right now. Come on, guys.  And where's the commander? Commander, did he go out already? Frank, hey, you coming or what? Commander, come on, hey. I'm the supreme leader. I'm giving you a direct order. There you go, come on, come on. I'm gonna get out of here. This is our mat that we usually have on the front, but since I'm working in the front, it brought it back here, has our name on it, the Geese Brust. We got this from our realtor, actually. Really nice realtor. If you guys are in the area here and you're thinking of selling your house or selling your property, I would highly recommend Coldwell Banker. They did a really good job. And the realtor, like I said, bought us a nice gift. We went through three different realtors with our last sale and purchase, which was kind of ridiculous. We should have just stuck with one with Coldwell Banker. But the other ones we worked with were really nice as well. We just wanted everything to sort of be centralized next time, because when we bought this house that I'm in right now, we bought it through the realtor that was advertising for it. It was also the seller's realtor. And then the land that we bought was a whole different realtor. It was just the name on the sign in front of the property. And then when we sold our house, we picked Coldwell Banker to sell our house as well. And they sold it the first day it was on the market. There was the first day. We finally got it ready to go.  It was a good offer. We accepted it, done deal. Just like that, less than a day. It took a little longer than that obviously to get everything finalized with all the paperwork and signatures and everything, but yeah, I recommend that.  Oh, it's my bedtime. I set an alarm every evening so that I remember to start getting ready for bed. Otherwise, if I'm watching TV or distracted, I end up staying up to like 10 o'clock and I gotta be up at five every day. So I like to be going to bed at about 8 p.m. and pretty much sleeping around 9.30, somewhere in there. It's sort of my schedule. I need my sleep, otherwise I'm just not a hundred percent. Weasel, apparently it's bedtime, man. The phone told me. I don't think we're going to be selling this house. If at all possible, we wanna hold on to it as a rental property. We'll see what happens when the time to build comes. We might need the money off of this house to build it the way we want to at our land there. We'd like to do both, but you know, reality doesn't always agree with us. Our neighbor's back there with such a nice yard. Underground sprinkler system, that's something that I'd like in our front yard at our new place. Underground sprinkler system. I gotta write that down. That's going in the dream book. And we're starting to get a pretty good bunch of apples on here. These are gonna be delicious once they're ripe. And then this fall I've got a trim it. Especially before it touches that power line up there. It's an insulated power line, so it's okay. You can touch it, nothing will happen. But if it rubs on for too long and a wear through, then you got a problem. All of these cables, the lower ones, those are all just for internet and cable TV. I know we've got a spider web of wires up here. A couple of you from Europe have expressed concern and astonishment and surprise by the amount of wires hanging above ground. I felt the same way when we moved here. I haven't really seen this before, but I mean, like we got the transformers on that pole back there. And then the power goes to this pole here. And then from this pole, power comes to this pole, and then it goes to this house. This one goes to our house. That one goes to our neighbor's house up there. That one goes to that house there. And that one goes to that house there. So there's one, two, three, four, five houses getting their electricity that's all coming off this one pole here. And it's all like right at the corner of our yard. So the power wires are all high enough up that we don't really have to worry about them. I do have to trim this tree. It's getting a little too close. And the wires in there, like that tree has been trimmed up there obviously and over there. It would be a lot nicer to have everything underground. That's definitely the way I want to do it at our new place. That's how we did it at our old place as well. Everything underground just saves a lot of hassle. As long as you know where the wires are, right? Cause you don't want to dig them up. That's why you always call before you dig anywhere to make sure you're not going to hit those power wires. I don't mind them. They've never fallen down and rarely ever, if ever. But you guys do have a point. It's not very convenient. Here's what it is. Diesel, I've got a job for you. You look very excited. I need you to fold all that laundry. Just a quick little video for you this weekend. Hope you guys are having a great weekend yourself. I will see you in tomorrow's video. Diesel, anything you want to say? Anything at all? I'm not gonna fold your laundry, man. I don't have shums. I believe in you. You'll figure it out. Come on, weasels can do anything. Right? Why do you look so sad? Come on, we all got to pull our weight. And we all got to do something. This room is kind of cluttered. One second. Diesel, come on. Oh, and Chevy. Chevy's gonna come in here now. I'd let him out of the room because I thought he wanted to go out.  Stuff hanging on the door there. All right, guys. A little bit of a cluttered room, eh? We don't use the dryer at all for anything. We hang all over clothes. I don't, I've, when I first moved out, I didn't know how to do laundry. And I had to learn the hard way that if you put a grad sweater in the dryer, it's gonna shrink and you'll never be able to wear it again. So I shrunk my grad sweater from high school. And then since that day, I haven't used the dryer at all for anything except socks, pretty much. I don't use the drying rack. I guess it saves energy if you wanna think of it that way. Don't use the dryer much just for socks, blankets, and sheets, and pillowcases and stuff. And for the dog beds, but not for clothes. I'm way too worried about them shrinking. That's just me. How about you guys? You guys use the dryer for all your stuff?  How do you make sure it doesn't shrink? Oh, leaving you with the tough questions here at the end of the vlog. I actually wanna know how do you get things not to shrink in the dryer? I mean, Britt probably has all the answers to this, but I wanna see if you have the answers so that I can figure it out without asking her. So I can figure things out on my own. I'm not afraid to ask for directions sometimes, but this is between me and you, okay? We'll see you tomorrow.