There is no limit to what God can do with the life surrendered to the Holy Spirit. The key to the empowered Christian life, the key to walking in the fullness of what God promised is connection with and surrender to the person of the Holy Spirit. The baptism with the Holy Spirit is the influence of the Holy Spirit who lives in you taking over your life. And as you begin to surrender that influence to the Holy Spirit, things begin to happen. Your worship is set on fire.  Your prayer life is set on fire. Your evangelism becomes bold. Your ability to resist sin becomes stronger. Your closeness with God is more often and more intensely sensed. You become more aware of his presence. You begin to walk in greater measures of God's love, joy, peace, and patience. The fruit of the Spirit is expressed through your surrendered life. There are many benefits to the baptism with the Holy Spirit, but I wanna share with you now three things that I've learned about the baptism with the Holy Spirit that I pray will help to bring a greater understanding of what exactly this is and a greater appreciation for what the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives when we are baptized with the Holy Spirit. So the first thing, number one, what I've learned about the baptism with the Holy Spirit, again, I'm just giving you three in this message. It's an event and a lifestyle. Now, because many believers don't know this about the presence of the Holy Spirit or the baptism with the Holy Spirit, they become confused with some of the terminology and they become confused with even some of the teachings that we present concerning things like speaking in tongues, surrendering to the Holy Spirit, receiving of that mighty power on your life. So let's make this clear.  The baptism with the Holy Spirit takes place at salvation, but it's also a continual lifestyle. So the baptism with the Holy Spirit, and I'll show you this in a moment, is both a well and a river. It's both an event, an experience, or an encounter, and a continual state of being. Now, let's look at what the scripture has to say so that we can solidify this first point that the Holy Spirit resides in you, dwells in you, becomes one with your spirit. You are baptized with the Holy Spirit at salvation. Ephesians chapter one, verse 14 says this, the Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him. Here we see that the Holy Spirit is the seal of salvation. So he's present at the moment of salvation. Romans chapter eight, verse nine, but you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. So if you have the Spirit living in you, that means he has influence in your life. And remember that those who do not have the Holy Spirit of Christ or the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all. That's Romans eight, nine. So there it's very clear that you can't even be born again without the Holy Spirit. Those who are unbelievers, those who have not placed their faith in Christ do not have the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit in the way that the believer has the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. So only children of God can have the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit comes to live in you the moment you're saved. You're baptized with the Holy Spirit in that sense in that you receive the infilling. Now, I'm gonna help you work through some of the terminology in a moment because this right here is a point, as I said that causes confusion for many believers because they don't understand that it's both and not either or. The baptism with the Holy Spirit, yes, does take place at salvation. But we also still refer to some of these secondary experiences as the baptism with the Holy Spirit and the use of that terminology causes some confusion. So to clarify, let's just start simply by saying that the moment you are saved you are filled with the Holy Spirit. The moment you put your faith in Christ Jesus the Holy Spirit comes to live in you. It's not as though you get saved and then you have to be an extra good Christian to receive the Holy Spirit or that you have to work to receive the promise of the Father that would be to submit your mind to legalism. That's a legalistic religious perspective, a works-based view on salvation and on your relationship with God. So when you're born again the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in you. He abides in you. God does not send to you a baby Holy Spirit.  The eternal cannot be divided into portion nor is God waiting for you to perform in order for him to give his promise.  That's why you have the Holy Spirit. So God doesn't reserve the presence of the Holy Spirit or the anointing or his power for just the elite group of Christians and there's no such group at all. Rather, we experience more of the power more of the anointing as we surrender to the influence of the Holy Spirit within our lives. So when you are saved, God makes that deposit of the Holy Spirit in you.  No baby Holy Spirits, no new convert Holy Spirits, no partial deposits of the Holy Spirit. He comes in fullness. He's fully committed. God is not withholding him until you perform. In fact, you can't even perform until you have the Holy Spirit. John chapter three, verses five and six, show us the nature of salvation and how the Holy Spirit works in this process. Jesus replied, I assure you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit, capital S. Humans can reproduce only human life but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So there we see that the Holy Spirit is involved the moment you are saved. You could not be saved without the work of the Holy Spirit. He is a participant in the work of salvation. So let's clarify that. The moment you are born again, you receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit. So that is the baptism with the Holy Spirit. But remember, the baptism with the Holy Spirit isn't just a one-time event. It's not just a one-time occurrence. Now some might ask, well, Brother David, does that mean that the Holy Spirit comes and goes? No, no, no, no. The Holy Spirit does not come and go but the influence of the Holy Spirit can be strengthened or weakened depending upon whether or not we choose obedience or disobedience. So as you obey, the influence of the presence of the Holy Spirit who always abides in you is strengthened. As you disobey the influence of the Holy Spirit who does not leave you is weakened. So he still remains, he abides, but you're just not making use of the power that he's giving to you. You're not surrendering to the influence of the presence that lives within you. So the Holy Spirit doesn't abandon you when you make a mistake.  Now, not only is it that one time event but it's also a continual lifestyle, a continual state of being. The baptism with the Holy Spirit again is both a well and a river, both an encounter and a way of being. So the baptism with the Holy Spirit is also a continual feeling.   Now, the grammar of the Greek used in this text indicates to us a continual infilling. Not like water in a cup, but more like wind in a sail, something that continues to have influence that needs to continue in order to have effect. Now, you wouldn't know this by just doing a lookup of the Greek definition in this particular context, nor would you see it in say, for example, a tool like the interlinear Bible. You would have to look at the grammar of the Greek here and this is implying a continual state of being, a continual surrender to that influence of the Holy Spirit. So there is a difference between the infilling of the Holy Spirit and the filling of the Holy Spirit and it's in the terms right there. The infilling is when you receive him. The filling is when you release him. Now, this is only possible because of point number two and that is that number two, it comes from within. The baptism with the Holy Spirit comes from within. Now, let me clarify this because that can sound a little bit new age, but before I clarify that, I want you to leave this in the comment section. Let it be your prayer. Say it publicly, write it out now. Fill me, Holy Spirit. I want you to write that whether you're watching live or on the replay. Fill me, Holy Spirit. I want you to publicly declare that prayer and ask the Holy Spirit to fill your life that he might have influence. Okay, so first we talked about the fact that the baptism with the Holy Spirit is both an event and a lifestyle. And now I'm coming to my second point here. The second thing I've learned about the baptism with the Holy Spirit is that it comes from within. You may say, okay, wait a minute, Brother David. I thought it came from heaven. I thought it came from God. Yes, but remember, at salvation you received the Holy Spirit. So now the Holy Spirit comes to live in you. So if the Holy Spirit comes to live in you and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him, then now where does that influence come? Comes from the presence of the Holy Spirit who lives where? In you. Where does the Holy Spirit live? In you. So where does his influence come from? Within you. So when I say that the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the Holy Spirit comes from within, I am not saying that it's of your own power. It's of your own strength, that it doesn't come from God. I'm saying that when you were born again, as we already saw, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within you. So then when you surrender to that influence, you're surrendering to the Holy Spirit who lives within you. Now this is important because people get confused whenever you talk about the initial infilling and the ongoing influence of the Holy Spirit. It's almost like the Trinity, for example, now I'm going off on a bit of a tangent to give you an analogy to show you how confusion on this particular subject usually goes. Like for example, with the Trinity, we know that God is three persons, but one God, not God expressing himself in three different personality types. No, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, all equally divine, but distinct from one another. So when you talk about the fact that God is three persons, people say, but he's only one God. They get offended if you just talk about the fact that he's three persons. And if I talk about the fact that God is one God, the people who know that he's three persons, get offended and say, wait, no, he's three persons. It's not either or, it's both and. And so what happens sometimes is when we focus on one side of the coin, people get upset or confused because you're not talking about both sides of the coin at the same time. So the same is true of when we talk about the baptism with the Holy Spirit. Yes, the baptism with the Holy Spirit, that initial infilling takes place at salvation. But when we use the word baptism with the Holy Spirit, traditionally speaking, at least in charismatic circles, at least the way I use the terminology, we're talking about now that ongoing influence that's increased as you surrender to the Holy Spirit. So yes, you are filled with the Holy Spirit at salvation that happens the moment you are saved, but this ongoing filling now comes from surrendering to the influence of the Holy Spirit who abides in you already. So at salvation, one could say it this way, at salvation you receive him, at baptism you release him. So that term baptism with the Holy Spirit talks about the reality of that initial infilling, but that initial infilling doesn't lose its influence and you still have to access the power that God gave you.  Like for example, if I wanna walk in patience, but I'm constantly giving myself over to anger, does that mean that the Holy Spirit left me? No, does that mean that that fruit of patience is not available to me? No, it just means that I'm not making use of what God has given to me already. So the baptism with the Holy Spirit occurs at salvation, but the baptism with the Holy Spirit, its influence is increased as you surrender. So when we Charismatics talk about the baptism with the Holy Spirit, for example, like the receiving of the gift of tongues, which comes along with the baptism of the Holy Spirit in many cases, we're not saying that you receive the Holy Spirit again and that he leaves you and then you receive him again then he leaves you. We're saying that to be baptized with the Holy Spirit in that sense is to receive a greater dimension of that influence by surrender. You're not receiving more of him, he's receiving more of you. The baptism with the Holy Spirit is not about you getting more of the Holy Spirit, it's about the Holy Spirit getting more of you. So at salvation you receive him and then at baptism you release him into the outer shells of who you are. So he resides in your spirit and then at the baptism with the Holy Spirit, when we talk about, for example, the evidence of speaking with tongues and I'm gonna show you some scripture for this in a moment as well. When we talk about the baptism with the Holy Spirit, we're talking about that influence now having some sort of manifestation in your life. So then every time you surrender, you give way to the floodwaters from within. What does it mean to be baptized? Well, baptized simply means to be immersed within and without, to be overcome by, like a ship sinking. Now I know that's a destructive analogy, but all I'm using that analogy for is to describe the way the water fills the ship both within and without. So when you receive that influence with the Holy Spirit, he comes to dwell in you and as you surrender to that which has been deposited in you, in your spirit, now he begins to affect the soul and then the mind and then your actions and so forth, he begins to change you from within to without, the Holy Spirit works from the inside out. That's why I'm saying the baptism comes from within. And again, this is where people become confused because they may get frustrated and say, no, you receive them at salvation. We say, yes, you receive them at salvation. And if I talk about receiving them at salvation, you say, no, you have to continually surrender in order to experience the fullness of the power of the Holy Spirit in life. I'm saying, yes, that's true too, both and not either or. So people begin to wonder, when is he received? Do I need a second experience? I thought I already received him at salvation. And this is again why I say you receive him at salvation, you release him to influence the rest of your being at baptism. Now, again, that term baptism, this is why people get confused because it's used both for the initial infilling and the continual filling. John chapter seven, verse 38 says, this anyone who believes in me may come and drink. For the scriptures declare rivers of living water will flow from his heart. So that's a flood from within, not rain from heaven, a flood from within. So only those who are born again can receive what we call this secondary experience. And it's not really a secondary experience, it's more of just a continuation of what you initially received at salvation. Now, let me show you this. Look at John chapter 20, verse 22. I wanna show you what Jesus did here. It's a quick verse, I just want you to read it. John 2022, anyone who believes in me may come and drink. For the scriptures declare rivers of living water will flow out of his heart. Excuse me, I just read John 7, 38 again. Jesus, here it is, John 2022. And Jesus breathed on them and said, receive ye the holy ghost. So Jesus breathes on them, his disciples, and tells them to receive the Holy Spirit. Now, if Jesus breathes on you and tells you to receive the Holy Spirit, are you not going to receive the Holy Spirit? If Jesus, the Christ, breathes on you and says, receive ye the Holy Spirit, you think that's gonna have no effect? No, so Jesus breathes on them, tells them receive the Holy Spirit, and then watch this. Many of those who were among that group upon whom Jesus breathed were present in the book of Acts chapter two, verses one through four. Now, follow this here. On the day of Pentecost, all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm and filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. So those among that crowd upon whom Jesus had breathed received the Holy Spirit when Jesus breathes upon them. Then in Acts chapter two, or at least some form of the influence of the Holy Spirit, if not the entire infilling. And then in Acts chapter two, we see them again receiving now the infilling of the Holy Spirit. We see them again, I should say, receiving of the Holy Spirit. Acts chapter four, watch this now, watch this. Acts four, 23 and 24, and then I'm gonna read verses 29 through 31. Keep in mind, those mentioned in Acts chapter four, many of them were among that group in Acts chapter two, who received the initial infilling of the Holy Spirit. By the way, Peter and John among them. Watch this, verse 23. As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said. When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God. Oh, sovereign Lord, creator of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them. So they had a report of persecution. Peter and John report this. The church responds by praying. Verse 29, watch this. This is their prayer. And now, oh Lord, hear their threats, talking about the persecutors and give us your servants great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power. May miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus. Watch this now, verse 31. Remember, who's in this group? Well, many of the believers who were present in Acts chapter two, possibly many of them who were present in John chapter 20, verse 22, possibly many who even before that had been empowered by Jesus to cast out devils and preach the gospel. So these are people who've already had influences of the Holy Spirit, marks of the Holy Spirit, and then very clearly in Acts chapter two, the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Remember, Peter and John among them. Watch this, verse 31.  Okay, here we see, A, an increase in boldness, and then the scripture very clearly tells us they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Wait a minute. I thought they already received the infilling of the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter two, they did. So again, this is what causes people confusion. That baptism with the Holy Spirit is both a one-time event and a continual state of being. The influence of which comes from within the presence of the Holy Spirit. So at salvation, let's break this down now again, at salvation you receive the Holy Spirit. You receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit. He comes to dwell in you. He does not leave you. He does not abandon you. He remains and abides. And then you receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit as we describe in its influence. And that comes through yielding, surrender. That's a continual influence of the Holy Spirit. So there is the infilling and then there is the filling. And both of these are, how shall I put this? Both of these are derived from the same and initial infilling. So this is why we say you need to surrender daily. It's a one-time event, you receive him, but the influence doesn't end there. It continues to affect you all throughout your life as you surrender to the person of the Holy Spirit. That power affects you. So number one, the baptism with the Holy Spirit is an event and a lifestyle. It's an encounter and a continual state of being. Number two, the baptism with the Holy Spirit comes from within. You don't need to receive the Holy Spirit again. He already lives in you. You just need to surrender to that influence. This is why when we pray over people to receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit, we're talking about that filling. We're talking about that immersion. We're talking about that continual influence which is derived from and only possible because you initially received the Holy Spirit at salvation. Now here's number three. Number three, it's different than speaking in tongues. And this I know is going to upset some people because you can actually make a case and it can be rather convincing that the baptism with the Holy Spirit must always come with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Now, the baptism with the Holy Spirit does come in conjunction with the ability to use that gift but that doesn't mean that if you don't pray in tongues that you don't have the Holy Spirit. Look, I say this as someone who believes in the gift of speaking in tongues. In fact, probably some of my most watched teachings have to do with the gift of speaking in tongues. I teach on the Holy Spirit. I teach on the spiritual gifts. I love to talk about the gift of tongues. In fact, one of the criticisms of me is that I talk about the gift of tongues too much. So I'm not saying this as a cessationist who's just being dogmatic because they don't like charismatic culture. I'm not saying this as someone who doesn't believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I'm saying this as someone who loves the Holy Spirit, who wants an increase of the influence of the Holy Spirit, who wants to surrender to the work of the Holy Spirit and who wants to see the Holy Spirit move however he wants to move in any and all the ministry activity and services that we have. So I love the work of the Holy Spirit but I have to tell you just because you don't speak in tongues doesn't mean you don't have the Holy Spirit. Just because you don't speak in tongues doesn't mean that you're not saved. That's heresy. I mean, we are saved by grace through faith not through the gift of speaking in tongues. So yes, I'm a big proponent to the gift of speaking in tongues but if anyone ever tells you that if you don't speak in tongues that you're not truly saved they don't truly understand the Holy Spirit. They don't understand his greater work which is the work of salvation. They don't understand that it's by faith that you receive the free gift of salvation believing on the sacrifice that the Lord Jesus made and repenting of your sins and acknowledging what God has done. It's humility. It's approaching God in faith. That's how you receive salvation not by works that any man should boast. So you need the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues. Yes, but you don't need to speak in tongues in order to have the Holy Spirit. The greatest sign that you've received the Holy Spirit isn't the gift of speaking in tongues. It's not even the supernatural expressions of his power. And I believe in those. I believe in healing, deliverance, prophecy, the spiritual gifts, all of those things. And I practice all of those things and I encourage believers to all practice all of those things. But those aren't the greatest indicators that you've received the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life. Far from it, even hypocrites can do that. Just read Matthew chapter seven. People who perform miraculous signs and drive out devils they end up rejected by the Lord not because of the miraculous signs that they're performing because he never knew them. So that is not the indicator of your salvation. Power is not the indicator of your salvation. The name of Jesus, the Word of God are so powerful that even hypocrites can use them and see results. Again, just reference Matthew chapter seven. But the greatest indication that you have the presence of the Holy Spirit is the nature of Christ in you. His character, his patience, his goodness, his gentleness, his meekness, his self-control, all of that being expressed in your character that is a greater sign that you've received the gift of the Holy Spirit at salvation than is speaking in tongues. And again, I'm not saying I don't believe in speaking in tongues. I'm just saying it's not the indicator of your salvation. That's legalism. Guys, that's legalism. Am I saved by grace through faith in the work that Christ has done? Or am I saved because I received a spiritual gift? I'm saved because of faith. I'm saved because of what Christ has done. And so the spiritual gifts come to us, yes, after we are saved, but the gift of speaking in tongues is not the means to salvation. Now, having said that, I do believe that every believer can pray in tongues. Some might point to 1 Corinthians chapter 12 where Paul the apostle writes to all pray in tongues, but I have an explanation for this. I'll give you it succinctly now and you can maybe go check it out on other teachings. Paul the apostle is talking about the public expressions of the gift there. He's talking about them used in the context of church assembly and the gift of tongues and tongues interpretation, which is separate and different than the tongues that is the personal prayer language that we see in 1 Corinthians chapter 14, verses two and four. So when I'm talking about the gift of tongues, it's important that you know that I do believe that every believer can pray in tongues, not because they're forcing God to give them that gift. That's a prayer language I believe God has given to every believer. Now, not every believer is making use of that gift, but that's in no way an indicator of whether or not they're saved. Watch this now. Acts chapter two, verse one through four. Let's just read it here. Let's go to verse four because we just read this context a few moments ago. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit. Watch how it separates the two, was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other tongues or languages and began speaking heavenly languages or supernatural languages or supernaturally earth languages. They were speaking them. So here we see they were supernaturally speaking earth languages is how I meant to word that. So here we see that the Bible makes a distinction between being filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in other tongues. One has to occur first in order to cause the other. Now you could say that generally speaking, here's just to kind of help you get what I'm saying. I hope I'm being clear. Here's an analogy that I like to use. Generally speaking, all dogs are four-legged animals, but not all four-legged animals are dogs. And so this is the distinction that we have to make. Same type of logic. You need the Holy Spirit in order to pray in tongues. Everyone who truly prays in tongues has the Holy Spirit, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you have to pray in tongues in order to be saved. So that distinction has to be noted and sometimes there's a lot of confusion in there because of the way it's worded by others as if to say that these two have to come together, otherwise you didn't truly receive the other. I mean, look at Acts chapter 19 verses one through five. While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus on the coast where he found several believers. Verse two, did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed, he asked them. No, they replied, we haven't even heard. Watch this now. We haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit. Then what baptism did you experience? He asked and they replied the baptism of John. Paul said John's baptism called for repentance from sin, but John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus. As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied. So notice here, even in this particular portion of scripture that the Bible makes a distinction between the Holy Spirit coming upon them and them speaking in tongues. Chronologically speaking, you have to receive the Holy Spirit first before you can even begin speaking in tongues. But that doesn't mean if you don't speak in tongues that you didn't receive the Holy Spirit. I mean, the Bible calls them believers. They were believers and they didn't even know about this. Again, we call it secondary experience, but really it's a continuation of the initial infilling. They didn't even realize that there was this greater measure of surrender in which they needed to operate. They had the Holy Spirit. Obviously they were believers. The Holy Spirit already dwelt in them. Notice here, the Bible says the Holy Spirit came on them. He didn't infill them, he came upon them. That's the influence of the Holy Spirit. So these are believers who already have the Holy Spirit and this, quote, secondary experience, end quote. I don't necessarily like that term, but it helps to create some distinctions here between the infilling and the filling or the initial encounter in the ongoing lifestyle. Here we see that they already have the Holy Spirit. They already believe, they're called believers. They're the brothers and sisters. They're already saved, which means they have to have the Holy Spirit. But then this secondary, again, that's in quotes, the second experience, the second encounter is still referred to as the baptism. And this again is where people become confused. They receive the Holy Spirit. That's the infilling of the Holy Spirit that salvation. This secondary experience, if you want to call it that, which is really just a continuation of that infilling, is the baptism with the Holy Spirit. Simply put, the baptism with the Holy Spirit is whenever the Holy Spirit gains greater influence in our lives. Whenever we surrender more to the influence that we receive from that infilling, that's when I'm talking, of course, about the continuation of that initial infilling. So to recap, number one, it's an event and a lifestyle. And this right here is where most people are gonna become confused because they're gonna say, well, no, the Holy Spirit was received at salvation. Yes, he was. But this baptism is also a continual filling. They say, well, no, it's also a continual lifestyle. Yes, but he's also received at salvation, both and not either or. And the terminology, as I showed you here, is sometimes used interchangeably, which is what causes confusion. So let's just simplify now, tie together all the threads of the things that we have learned. The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in you at salvation. That's the baptism with the Holy Spirit. That's the infilling. That infilling doesn't stop there in that it doesn't lose its influence. The continuation of the increase of that influence of the initial infilling is also still the baptism with the Holy Spirit. And this is what is sometimes referred to as a second experience. Believers become confused because they think you have to receive the Holy Spirit a second time. You don't, again, baptism with the Holy Spirit, it's not about you getting more of the Holy Spirit, it's about him getting more of you. So it's both an event and a lifestyle, an occurrence and a continuation, a well and a river. Number two, it comes from within. You already have the Holy Spirit. You're already born again. So that influence that overtakes is coming from within. John 738, out of your innermost being will flow rivers of living water. So when what the Holy Spirit is doing in your spirit begins to affect the outer shells of who you are, now you're being immersed in those flood waters. Now you're being flooded in a way that you are being baptized or submerged in the influence of the Holy Spirit. It's an increase in the influence of the Holy Spirit. And number three, it's different than speaking in tongues. The baptism with the Holy Spirit can manifest in the form of speaking in tongues, but this doesn't mean that speaking in tongues is in and of itself the baptism with the Holy Spirit, nor is speaking in tongues a requirement for salvation.  I really believe he will. I want you to take this seriously. I want you to ask the Holy Spirit to have greater influence in your life. The Bible makes it clear that our obedience and cooperation is necessary in order for his influence to increase.  And it's time to surrender. I wanna pray that there be a fresh baptism. Be filled, wind in a sail, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Father, I thank you that you reveal these truths to those who are of your spirit. I thank you Lord for your word which brings clarity to these matters. Thank you Lord that we already have the Holy Spirit. And thank you Lord, there's still more for us to experience as we surrender. And I pray right now that you would empower that one watching and receiving this. I want you to say this out loud. Say welcome Holy Spirit. Say it out loud. I don't care about who's looking at you where you are, just say it. Welcome Holy Spirit. I give you the praise Jesus, thank you. Flood them. Let the mighty river of your power overwhelm them, I pray. Then receive of you, touch them now. Thank you Jesus. Receive that now, something's happening. Just say I surrender. Give them that area of compromise. Give them that area of bitterness. Give them that area of doubt. Give them that area of confusion. Just give it to him now. And say Holy Spirit, feel every part of me. I surrender. Say it, say I surrender. Thank you Lord that your power's coming upon them in a fresh way. Jesus' name we obey. I want you to say it, you believe it. 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I hope you're not ashamed of the gospel. I hope that as a believer, souls are a priority to you. I think sometimes that believers can become so swept up in the cares of this world that they forget about eternity, not just for themselves, but for others. Think about the fact that we are on a rescue mission. You need to take this seriously. We are the carriers of the gospel. We know the truth. Think about that. We know the truth that will truly set people free. Now, let me ask you something. If we don't preach the gospel, who will? Is some political party going to suddenly make it their agenda to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ? No. Is Hollywood or the film industry suddenly going to make it their priority to spread the gospel? No. Is the music industry, as wicked as it is, going to make it a priority to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ? No. No one else has that on their agenda. No other organization has set that as their priority. Only the church, only you and I, brothers and sisters, only you and I will carry the gospel to the nations of the world. If we don't preach the gospel, nobody will. Necessity truly is laid upon us. We are compelled to preach the gospel. Souls, listen to me. Souls and their eternities hang in the balance. This is more important than just changing a life. This is about changing eternities. Please hear me. This is more than just about changing a life. This is about changing someone's eternity. Either we believe this or we don't. Either we take this seriously or we don't. And I think sometimes it becomes so consumed by the world that we forget that there is a lost and dying world out there, that there are souls hanging in the balance and that if we don't preach the gospel, no one will. Now, the gospel is free. But if you want to deliver the gospel on a mass scale, that takes resources. And our ministry is not just talking about it. We're doing it and hear me loud and clear. It's working. My friend, it's working. Darkness is losing ground. Light is advancing. We are engaged in a battle for the soul of a generation. We are engaged in a battle for souls. This is a war for soul. It's time to get committed. It's time to get involved. It's time to do your part. It's time to join the mission. It's the greatest mission that has ever been. There's no greater need. There's no higher priority than the gospel being preached. And so this is where I need your help. I want you to take it seriously now. I need your help. I need everyone watching this to do their part. Many of the people watching this are giving. Many of the people watching this are supporting. I need you to do your part. I need you to get involved. We can't do it without each other. That's how God designed it to be. We need each other to accomplish this. So I'm asking you right now. I need everyone who's watching this, everyone who hears what I'm saying. 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Now, the Bible says, Jesus said, freely you receive, so freely give. And that's what we do as a ministry. We don't charge for the gospel. It's free, we hand it out. But if we wanna continue doing what we're doing on a mass scale, this is where we need people to do it the biblical way, which is to out of their own free will give offerings to help support the work of the ministry. And that really is what's gonna help us.  Nadine Roberts, thank you for your gift. Patsy, thank you for your gift. Jaya, thank you for your gift. I also see Aaron, thank you for your support. Marvin and Alicia Wilfredo, thank you for becoming monthly supporters of this ministry. It'll take you no more than, it should only take about 60 seconds to two minutes. And then you're partnered with us. And then you did your part. Again, single one-time gifts or also partnerships or whether it's large or whether it's small, it all counts. Join the mission today.


But listen, congratulations, first of all. This album, the Heathen Choir, and it's quite easy for me to say it when you're sitting there. It's amazing. Thank you very much. It's amazing. Was it a long process? Well, yes, I suppose. The album's divided into two. There's the EP, the first half of it, the first extractor of the EP that I put out in May, and I suppose that was a year and a half in the making, really, from the end of COVID, sort of up until May, you know. And I released the three singles off that, London Bridge, The Life and Times of Me and The Raging Song.  So I had the live show that I did in 2020 in the Ghostlight Sessions, and they were all original songs that haven't appeared anywhere else.  Master Stroke. I love that because there's a lot of thought within this. The Life and Times of Me, the EP, brilliant. And then, you know what you're getting there down? As a listener music, I'm looking at that and saying, there's somebody's prepared to give value for money as well. You know, you're putting an effort in the live.  I want to talk more about that after, but in the meantime, the first track you're going to do for us? Yeah, the first track, part of my new show is debuting brand new material and kind of a new style in this one-man show style, because in the past I've played with a band with the Heathen Choir, you know, and now it's the Heathen Choir one-man thing, you know? Yeah. And the first track's a brand new song. It's called RSVP. Yeah. And I'll blast it for you tonight. Right, whenever you're ready. Thank you. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks very much. And Arnie's in studio with us. He's going to be talking about his one-man show and talk more about the album, but in the meantime, we're going for an update with the football wrapped up at the stage, but John Mulligan's reporting. Fin Hartz, live in Highland in association with B&S credit union, Ballon Buffet, whose back-to-school loan is here to help with those back-to-school costs. Visit bnscu.ie or free phone 1800 290 390. B&S credit union limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. It's a need, as I say, almost a wrap-up, I think, at this stage, but John, every time we're talking, we're seeing one null. Is that the way they ended up? We've finished. You're probably here in the backgrounds. We are the champions being played because, of course, going out and won the first division title on Friday night last, but they were given a scare at the very, very end. A freak corner kick that was driven in by flood was cleared off the line by Evan O'Connor, and it could have finished one-all. The goal coming in the 40th minute was Wasim, who ran down the right wing, sensed the cross. Even Watch got his foot to it, but unfortunately, it wasn't him who turned it into the net. He had taken a touch off Jamie Watson on its way to the Goyanite striker, and that's the way it was at halftime, Goyanite leading by one goal to nil. There were a couple of halftances in the second half, one or two of an old one, and Patrick Ferry had one in the 16th minute, and, obviously, Billy Banda had a very good shot in the 41st minute, but it was saved by Brendan. The United will wonder how they didn't get more than one goal, some good solid defending, and also some goalkeeper from Antonia Tuta kept him at bay, but it was Goyanite who are celebrating tonight. Of course, they are the league winners, and for Fin Harps, it's a new journey under their head coach, Darren Murphy, who was in charge of them tonight. We'll see how they go from here, but there were some very good individual performances nonetheless, and Kevin Jordan, definitely unlucky. Stephen Daugherty played well. Billy Banda came into it in the second half, and then in the second half as well, you had Daniel Stocco coming into the game, as did Aaron McLaughlin and Max Hutchinson, all tried their bit, but they just came up against the Goyanite team who are still on a high after Friday night, and just that little bit too strong. The final score here at MNDC Park, a win for the home side. Goyanite, they beat Fin Harps by one goal to nil. Thank you very much indeed, John. Thanks for your update, sir, this evening, and have a safe journey back home again. There you go, Goyanite, one up on Fin Harps, and you know the rest yourself. Right, we'll go for a quick break. Back at this, don't go away. Fin Harps on Highland Radio in association with BNS Credit Union Balabafay, where they have fantastic student loan rates now in offer. Don't miss out on the greater reduced rate. Visit bnscu.ee or call free phone 1800 290 390. BNS Credit Union Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. 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At Bluebird Care, we offer a wide variety of Qmark-approved, personalized home care services across Donegal. And our fully trained and committed staff will always meet your care needs with kindness, compassion, and dignity. To get your personal home care assessment plan, visit bluebirdcare.ie or call our care team today on 07491 29562 and bring care home. Yeah welcome back and Darren Doherty's in studio and I had a Martin McFadden listening and Martin good to hear from you as always and he said enjoy the show lads and you're sounding good, Darren. So there you go, compliment for a good friend, Martin. So, Darren, the one man show. Tell us a bit about it. Well, I release, as I say, I release all my music under the name The Heathen Choir, that's the name of it.  Well, I released my first album under the, of this music, you know, in 2017 and then, you know, I made it all at home, like I do a lot of my stuff. Made it at home and then when I wanted to take it out on the road, I needed the band, you know. So originally I was just going to call it Darren Doherty, you know, release it under my own name but then when I got the band together, I like naming things. So I gave the band the name, so it was Darren Doherty and The Heathen Choir. And then after a while then, I liked the name of it an awful lot and I don't like my name that much so I sort of, I got to trim that off and so all my music's released under The Heathen Choir moniker, you know. But it's, oh my, it's my solo project, you know, that's what it is essentially. And the new one-man show is three acts really. I just did it over in the Baller Theatre there two weeks ago. Shout out to Connor at the Baller for being brilliant. Great people. And, you know, the first half of the show was these brand new songs where I'm working with the tracks, playing them live because I produced all of this myself. Yes. A songwriter and an arranger and a producer. So, you know, I've always found it limiting to just be turning up with a acoustic guitar. And I've been doing it 25 years. So like, you know, I just, it doesn't say everything I want to say. You know. You wanted an odd direction basically. Ah, that's it.  And everybody's got, everybody's got like the mission statement and I must start about being a band, you know? I had a request just hang on now because I'll tell you who it was. I've seen a message in here and I just found it too late. And it was from Rosie Conley. And she said, Paul, my son's up there marked with the notions. Tell them that Mom Rosie is so very proud of them. So if you're listening, folks, and I didn't see that until they left. But apologies for that. But I'm like, sorry. No, I was just saying it's class to see a gang. You know what I mean? Like, you know, I love that too. You've got your gang. You know, the problem is when you get to my age and that, you know, it's difficult to get a gang together because people have families and, you know, serious, very serious jobs and whatnot. You're right.  I still want it to be anthemic. I still want that they have moods and atmosphere and different, you know, and, and so that's what the new show is. It's me sort of figuring this out. And I performed the first half hours, all these brand new songs that have been working on for about a year and a half at home, or SVP was one of them there. I'm only going to play songs from that section tonight, actually, on the show, because I'm very excited about them. Then the second half of the show is songs from the EP. So London Bridge, The Raging Song, Life and Times and Me and that as well. And I also do a segment where I pay tribute to some of our fallen, fallen heroes, you know, Shania O'Connor and D'Orson Reader and the Cranberries and that, you know, people that meant a lot to me, you know. So that's what the show's been. It's been going really well, you know. And you're pleased with it. And the thing about it is you've put this all together yourself. Yeah, yeah. Well, there ain't nobody else there.  I love that, you know, where you're reaching out in another direction, not so much, you know.  But to take on a different angle from it as you say, you know, about yourself and stuff, you're kind of exposing yourself about there. But it's a big step. It's a big step, you know. So you are playing, you're on the baller. That's right. And you're playing, sorry. I did Banger there on Saturday night too. I was up at the Favis Filties back bar sessions in Banger, you know, hosted by Stephen McCartney. Shout out to Stephen for putting this up. It's a really well-renowned songwriter evening, you know. And it's a small wee bar, you know what I mean? In the back. It's very intimate. It's got a great listenership, you know, people that have come for a long time. Not unlike the ghostlight sessions here, you know what I mean? The same kind of vibe. And now the Robbie did throw a bit of a spanner on the works like because everybody was fairly oiled by the time I got on. But it was fantastic to do the show as well. Again, it went down terrifically, you know. October, they're trying to send you're in Newton hours in the town hall. That's right. I'm up with my friend, Rory and Ellis up there playing in Newton hours town hall. These first three dates were sort of go out and see how it goes, you know what I mean? And try and get a feeling for the crowds and see how the show goes down. And to be honest, two out of three so far and it's went absolutely brilliant. So I'm in the process of working out shows for all next year. Because I want this good legs. I'm really encouraged by the reaction. I love what you're saying there. It's got legs, it's right.  And you're putting it out. You're going to different directions of the country there. You know, that's not an easy thing to do when people don't really know who you are. So they're taking the chance to sit and listen to you. And you're pleased with the feedback you got on that? Well, funnily enough, absolutely. Very, very much. So one of the songs that I do in the show Dark Sides, it sort of ends in a euphoric rave, 90s rave kind of thing. And the crowd on Saturday Night in Bangor, we're mad for that. Absolutely loved it. So I know, as I say, it's going really, really well. Excellent. We wish you well with it. We'd love to get another track for me. Yeah, cool. This next song is called Three Cheers for Judgment Day. And this is a wee bit about, you know, people who have lost and contemplating, you know, the end and what it all means and all the rest of it. But also I had a great, there was a band called Frightened Rabbit, singer Scott Hodgeson, their Scottish band. I followed them for years, you know. And he passed away in 2018, made a big, big impact on my life and many, many others, you know. And I've kind of always taken it to myself to try to carry on his birth, you know, and to try and because it was, you know, he was a very troubled dude, like many of us. And he gave a lot of people that a hope, you know, and, you know, suffered by addiction and things like myself. And I used to come in 2018 and this song touches on my meeting when I met him. And it touches on on that thing. It's a hopeful song, though. You know what it means? So that's three cheers for Judgment Day. We're welcome for this. Thank you. Thank you very much.  Yeah, yeah, yeah. I saw it. It's all mine now. Lay it on over. Quick eye-break. Just don't go away. I've just had the Eclipse Cinema's experience. Wow! They truly have taken a night at the movies to a whole new level. Amazing recliner chairs, directors lounge, V.A.P. rooms, pizza and hot food served to your seat. 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He has been performing his new one-man show called Life in Times of Me, just released a brand new 12-track album, which is a combination of his recent EP plus a live album. Where can people get the album, Darren? Well it's online anyway. In all usual places Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube it's all under the name the heathen choir. So if you're looking for tunes go on. It's the heathen choir If you want a CD how you get me on Instagram, you know what I mean? That's the heathen choir on Instagram. I can send out the CDs I only got a short one of them made because I like to do that just sell them at the shows, you know Brilliant. Well, listen, we wish you well with that. She won machines. It's sounding good down. Thank you very much So all right listen, we're gonna go out with Darren Daugherty. Thanks indeed for your company tonight. Thanks to the notions Thanks to Darren here as well. Especially. Thank you very much indeed. And of course, our good friend Tanya McCall. 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For this segment, we'll be reviewing Steven Webb's If the Universe is Teaming with Aliens, Where is Everybody? Now, this book is a favourite of notice space explorer Elon Musk, who we've discussed many times on this programme, and the book deals with the Fermi Paradox, which was postulated by famous physicists Enrico Fermi. Now, the paradox says that the universe is really old, within the universe are a lot of galaxies, within the galaxies are a lot of planets, and some of these planets should have the ability to host intelligent life forms. And yet, we haven't heard from any of them. And so, the book kind of discusses reasons why these extraterrestrial civilisations, or ETCs as they're known in this, haven't been able to communicate with us. Yeah, the book lays out about 75 different solutions to the Fermi Paradox, and we'll spare you going through all of these. However, they fall into three main categories. The first is that the aliens are already here, either we're the aliens, the aliens are observing us, and we don't know. The second is that the aliens exist, but they can't communicate with us. Either they're not advanced enough, or they're simply too far away. And then finally, is the idea that we're alone in the universe. There's no other intelligent species out there. Now, I know both of us have thoughts on this going into the book. Adam, did the book change your opinion in any way? It certainly made me aware of just how miraculous it is that we have life on Earth. Because there's so much that has to go right, and there's also so much that you have to avoid going wrong. I'm just going to call out a few examples. Webb mentions things like the moon being absolutely essential, because it does things like regulate tides, and it also gives us a slight axial tilt on Earth, which gives us the nice seasons we're accustomed to, as opposed to being alternately burnt and frozen by the sun. He also mentions things like plate tectonics being important. By splitting apart pieces of land, you basically get species that develop in different climates, and that contributes to the sort of genetic diversity you need to survive the near extinction level of events that pop along every once in a while. In terms of things you have to avoid, there's obvious stuff like meteorites, the kind of stuff that would make dinosaurs extinct. As advanced as we are, we don't really have the capabilities right now to deflect a significant meteorite. If one hit, we'd be pretty screwed. The other thing Webb mentions are gamma ray bursts, which are these massive explosions of energy. And again, if your planet is unfortunate enough to get in the way of one of those, there's really not much you can do as a civilization to survive one. Yeah, absolutely. Going through this, though, I thought that perhaps Stephen was a little bit too anthropocentric, and that he thinks of humanity as being this unique thing that all of the conditions in the universe have to be meant to create. Now, obviously, we have the ultimate selection bias. We only know of one advanced civilization that exists, our own. And so we really can't decide what other civilizations might look like. That said, he really comes to the conclusion that human life elsewhere in the universe is unlikely. And the reason why is because we rely on water or carbon-based life forms, and all these things are relatively recent in the universe's history, and it would be unlikely to have been generated earlier than we find them now. So I would actually want to take an anthropocentric view of things, as you say, and point out that humans have barely been around at all. We think the universe is about 14.8, 15 billion years old, but humans of the species have only been around about 175,000 years. And in addition, we've only really had the technology to detect, say, a radio signal for less than 100 years. And so in that sense, we barely started listening to ETCs. Yeah, there was a really interesting example in the book which I loved, which talked about, let's say we take a radio engineer from the 1920s and we put them in New York City today, and we asked them to detect the signals that are flying around. Well, it turns out in 1920, you didn't know about FM communication, you certainly didn't know about XM communication. So all of the things that people in New York might be listening to, this engineer could never find. It would all sound like noise, and perhaps that's exactly what we're running into today. So if you think about the radio spectrum that's out there, it runs from about one metahertz to 300 gigahertz. That's a huge spectrum, and we just don't know where to look, and so it's totally possible that aliens are sending the signals all the time, but we're not looking at them. So not only do we have this broad radio spectrum to try and hunt for this elusive ETC signal, but I also wonder how long we have left to keep looking. There's some interesting stuff in the book about how long the human species as a whole has left, and you can do these interesting back-of-envelope calculations. One method was proposed by Richard Gott, where he basically said that if you treat each observation in time as a random one or from a uniform distribution, you can say that with 95% probability, you've got about one-thirty-ninth to thirty-nine times whatever your observation is left. So he used this originally to calculate how long it would be before the Berlin Wall came down, but you can do the same thing for human species, whereby if you take the 175,000-year number I mentioned, you come up with a figure that we had between 4500 years and about 7 million years left. Now, it sounds like a lot, but it's really not in terms of the grand scheme of the universe, and so I think you can think of intelligence as being kind of these breached sparks in the night, whereby intelligence civilizations develop, but then they burn out so quickly, but we never actually have time to intercept another ETC that's at the same level that we are, and that's why we haven't had any communication. Yeah, I think one interesting question to ask about this book is why does Elon Musk like it so much? And one of the things that's clear to me is that it's very possible we're the only advanced civilization, at least in our area, and we could be perhaps even the first advanced intelligence to conquer the universe, and I think this appeals greatly to Elon Musk. He would love to be the person who sort of sparks this colonization effort and really brings humanity as the master of the universe. Why don't I think Elon has to worry about running into any ETCs as part of his space exploration? Because this book has really convinced me that when you consider the difficulty of starting life, the difficulty of reaching the level of intelligence required for interstellar travel communication, and the fact that the ETCs, after all this, would actually have to want to communicate with us, and it's very unlikely that we've run into an extraterrestrial civilization in our lifetimes. And having said that, I think that's a really, really good thing. I don't want to meet an ETC. I think you'll be potentially disastrous for the planet, and I'm quite happy being an only child, being alone in the universe. Adam, I agree with you on the danger, but I am more than excited to meet an ETC. And I'll tell you why. In the book Super Intelligence, we laid out the argument that even though a super intelligent AI is going to be incredibly dangerous, it could wipe out humanity. People are going to be incentivized to create such a thing because they want to see the benefit in their lifetime. Now, it might kill them, but they're hoping that it won't, and they want to see the positive side. You can think about alien civilizations as being the same way. Yes, the aliens most likely will show up and immediately kill us because we provide no value to them. However, it's also possible they'll share their advanced technology and bring in a golden age of humanity. And so for that reason, I am more than excited to have them show up and greet us with fond regards. Well, if there are any aliens watching or listening, I'd encourage you to check out the rest of our Random Talkers back catalog and consider subscribing on YouTube. This has been Random Talkers. Thank you for tuning in.


With the high emphasis on test scores these days, the quality of education isn't what it used to be. Teachers are pressured into teaching curriculums that might not always align with their values. Fundings depend heavily on the performance of the schools, and yes, students stop enjoying going to school as much as they used to. Something is definitely wrong when anxiety and depression are on the rise in elementary schools. Kids at that age shouldn't have to worry so much about perfecting their scores when they're only young once. Fed up with the same boring criteria and want something different, here attend psychology lessons not taught in school. Number one, personal stories are more persuasive than research. In writing class, your teacher might have taught you that one way of opening up your essay is by providing statistics. And yes, while that may be powerful, research has shown that antidotes speak louder. The secret is to start off with a story first and then follow up with the data. People will engage with your essay, presentation, or video better. Why? Because stories provoke empathy. It gets people to make connections when it triggers their own relevant memories. Number two, handwritten letters tend to be more honest. It's great we no longer have to rely on pigeons to deliver our letters when there's this thing called texting, but interestingly enough, if you want the truth, a handwritten letter may work best in your favor. In one study from DePaul University, 48 business students were given 89 imaginary bucks and had to decide how much they wanted to share with their partner. One group communicated via email while the other wrote letters. The group that wrote emails lied about the amount of money more than the group that hand wrote letters. The same results occurred for managers who took part in the study, showing that they were more likely to lie over email exchanges instead of pen and paper. Number three, we think we're more important in how events work than we really are. Today's age gets a bad rep for being narcissistic when we enjoy taking selfies. But self-importance has always existed before Instagram was even born. Product manager, Krish Manat, explains the illusory correlation. Think about those days when you're ready to check out during a busy line at the grocery store. You might sulk and complain whether lines aren't going any faster and may even start to believe the other line is better without being aware that you're moving and making progress, too, in the lane you've already chosen. The illusory correlation happens when we mistake two things for being linked, even though they aren't. We only notice two things at the grocery store, ourselves and the line moving faster. When we exaggerate our self-importance, we fail to recognize how the events are actually unfolding. Number four, the nocebo effect is just as powerful as the placebo effect. You've probably heard of the placebo effect. When someone is down with the flu and they are given a sugar pill being told it'll boost their immune system, they get better from this belief. But the nocebo effect is also real. When someone is given a sugar pill, believing it has a side effect that makes them dizzy, it can actually make them feel worse without actually having that side effect. This explains why some people act drunk when they actually aren't after consuming a non-alcoholic drink placed in a party cup. Number five, the law of attraction is in your favor. Although the law of attraction isn't backed up by solid research, it has been studied and applied by many philosophers. Positivity takes you further in life. So you might as well look on the bright side. The law of attraction says that when you focus on something enough, you'll start attracting it in your life. This doesn't mean if you think about your crush or your dream job enough, then they'll magically reciprocate feelings for you or call you in for an interview. But what it does is lends you opportunities when you put in the work. You'll start to build resilience against your failures and work harder next time to catch your crush's attention or a new job opening. Number six, we perform worse on tests when we think of stereotypes. Stereotypes are mean, right? Asians get a rep for excelling and girls are told to stay away from science careers. Aside from being false and degrading, they can cause us to perform worse on cognitive tests. This phenomenon is called priming, in which one stimulus influences the response of another stimulus. One study showed that black participants perform significantly worse on the GRE tests when they were primed with negative academic stereotypes of African Americans. It's intimidating when that stereotype goes hand in hand with the image of smart that is primed as a white person with a prestigious background. Number seven, you know how to do things you've never done before. Yes, you heard that correct. Let's take the example of someone who knows how to read books, but has never read on a Kindle or iPad before. They use what is called a mental model. They're familiar with what a book looks like when they open it up. So to some degree, they also know what to expect when they start navigating the tools on the Kindle or iPad. Mental models can be efficient when they help people problem solve in unfamiliar situations. Number eight, if you see your crush more regularly, your chance of scoring a date is higher. This is called the mere exposure effect. This doesn't mean that chances necessarily 100%, but people generally start to like things they are exposed to on a daily basis. You might shrug something off if you see it once, like a scarf at a clothing store, or a bottle of juice at the gas station. But the more you see these items when you run errands, you might start to grow curious about them each time. The same applies to your crush. They might just start thinking about you too. The more you guys pass each other in the hallways or have the same classes together. Number nine, we associate the individual with adjectives they use to describe others. This phenomenon is called spontaneous trait transference. If you start badmouthing about a family member, friend or coworker, the person listening to you might start to associate those same traits with you. This is why it's probably not a good idea to gossip or talk ill of someone behind their back. Number 10, multitasking slows things down. You see it on job postings and lifestyle blogs all the time. Multitasking is seen as effective, but this information is misleading. According to research studies, it takes an average of 15 minutes for your brain to reorient itself to the primary task. So if you're trying to cook while also responding to texts at the same time, your efficiency actually can drop as much as 40%. Bottom line, avoid multitasking as much as possible. You'll spend more time than if you focus on one project at a time. Want to see more content schools might not always cover? Check out and subscribe to Dr. Mike's channel. Certified, approachable and super informative, you'll get a better grasp on medicine. If you also like this video, be sure to give it a thumbs up. As always, thanks for watching.


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Daught in this episode and somebody got in a little bit of an issue with me. I don't be doing nothing to nobody. But anyway, let's get into this first question from my guy, Anthony. He said, what's good in gravy and hope you and your family are well. I have a little bit of an issue with you respectfully few videos ago. I remember you saying that Hollywood Brown was the best wide receiver. The Ravens ever drafted over Tory Smith. I have the numbers of their first three seasons to debunk that. Tory Smith, three seasons, 164 receptions, 2,824 yards, 19 touchdowns. Hollywood Brown, 195 receptions, 2,361 yards, 21 touchdowns. Now, Hollywood has more catches and two more TDs. But the thing that I believe put Smith over Brown was those P.I. calls. Really? The passing interference calls? That's what put Tory Smith over Hollywood Brown. Not a row tree. Not that. Not them really maximizing his use as a wide receiver. Not him being really Ravens wide receiver one, but P.I. calls. Let's keep going. I don't remember Hollywood getting one P.I. call as a Raven. I could be mistaken, but I just don't remember. Hey, I don't remember either. But I don't think P.I. calls would be something that puts one receiver over another. But anyway, he said, also, Tory would fight for extra yards. I can't fight with you on that. I can't argue that one at all. I don't have an issue with Hollywood, but if I had to choose, it'll be Tory over Hollywood. Sorry for the long way. I hope you and your family stay safe out there. So that's fine. That's fine. Something that I also said in that same video that you're talking about. I said that if you if you ask somebody who is the best receiver the Ravens have ever drafted and developed both? I said their answer would be either Hollywood Brown or Tory Smith. And it all depends on who you ask, but it's going to be one of those two. And if if if one person's answers Hollywood Brown, then the person right after that is probably going to be Tory Smith. If one person answers Tory Smith, then right after that is going to be Hollywood Brown. It wasn't to pick them against each other. And I don't even think that numbers don't ever tell the whole story. They tell part of it, but they don't tell the whole story. I can't just look at the numbers. Oh, by the numbers, then this guy was a better receiver because of the numbers. We've got to watch the games. We've got to watch the film. We've got to see what they did, what they didn't do. And one of the biggest reasons why I say Hollywood is because, again, as a wide receiver, one, yeah, he did have limitations. He was a little smaller, so catch radius is a little smaller. But as a wide receiver, one, he was able to take on that role better than Tory Smith did when Tory Smith was wide receiver one. And Tory Smith was wide receiver one is like, oh, whoa. But I do think both of them would be phenomenal as wide receiver twos. But we never really got to see that with Hollywood, because, again, last year, everything was all out of whack with the injuries and all is just we never really get to see it because Tory Smith, his his best role was when he had somebody opposite of him, who was the sort of possession receiver was that like that dog or see that nasty receiver. When he got Anquan Bowden, oh, it was a beautiful thing. Oh, Tory Smith excelled. But then when they got rid of Anquan Bowden, they made Tory Smith. It was Tory Smith and Jacobi Jones. I was like, oh, yeah, this this this is not this isn't it. But then when he got seen, I was like, oh, there we go. There we go. Um, I wish we could have seen something like that with Hollywood, like for the Ravens to have gotten somebody who could really be that wide receiver one. No, it could have been Rochelle Bale. But again, injuries, injuries, missed everything up. Sammy Watkins, injuries, injuries, missed everything up. But yeah, it's all good, man. Next question. And this is such a great question. It came from my guy, Paul. He said, how concerned should we be about Marcus Peters? Now, just from the title alone, we should be very concerned, in my opinion, because I keep on asking, keep on hearing nothing. I have not heard anything on Marcus Peters whatsoever. So I'm at training camp, wait to AMP, but that's it. Have not heard anything about his prognosis, his progression, his status. Nothing. So I think we should be very concerned about Marcus Peters. But let's get to your question. He said, hey, and Graven has been a while since I sent in a question, and I know my last few are very long, so I try to keep this one short and simple. This last week, we Ravens fans saw the long way to return of J.K. Dobbins, who should greatly benefit our offense when he returns and if he can stay healthy, it sucks. But I'm glad you put that part in there because that's that just applies so much. Anyway, he said we've also heard that Ronnie Stanley appears to be doing well and should be able to return very soon, if not week one. But unless I'm missing something, we haven't heard much of anything about Marcus Peters, who we really missed last year. Oh, man, we sure did. We miss him so bad with him in 2019 and 2020. Our secondary was elite, but with him missing in 2021, our past defense was literally the worst in the league. I know we had a reinforcement this offseason in the form of Marcus Williams, Kyle Hamilton, Jaylenomar Davis, Damarian Williams, Kyle Fuller. But will this be enough if Marcus Peters has to miss a significant period of time? I hope that the Ravens don't have to find out. I hope Marcus Peters ends up being back right now. I just I don't know. I don't know. I got to ask around a little bit more. But I don't know anything that's going on. What's going on, Marcus Peters? And it's like it's the craziest thing. Like we have literally not heard anything about MP. So anyway, he said, by the way, I'm really excited to see what I say. Like they can do for offense from what I've seen. He looks like a matchup nightmare for defenses and like he could be a legit deep threat. I think he's one of the biggest deals in the draft and Ravens were very smart to select them. Anyway, best of luck to you and the family. And I'm out. Appreciate it, Paul. And yeah, that's hopefully we can get some answers to your question because I'm lost on that. Team keep it clean. Welcome to another episode of NFL questions from subs. And it's where you can ask any NFL question you want to. And we answer them in videos just like these. I appreciate y'all participating in it. Shout out to all the team keep it clean patrons. If you want to become a patron, you can go to patreon.com slash engraving vids. And if you don't want to, don't worry about it. Our next question comes from a frequent team, keep it clean patron, a frequent person in question from subs, Nazarene, and a name that y'all are so familiar with. And if you're not, you will be. You said, what's good? Fam, I just watched a video on Rockwine Smith. I don't think a new receiver was stunt the receiver's growth. You either got it or you don't period. Oh, I love that. I love that. I love it. And even got we only got to continue. That's it. But anyway, let's continue. But I do believe our receivers will be good if Lamar is good. I also want to make this statement. Last year, Bateman was disrespected by the Ravens.  That was so frustrating. Hollywood had a really bad game. Sammy Watkins was having a really bad game. We look, we see Rashard Bateman on the sideline, standing up, not limping around, not hurting, standing up on the sideline. It's like, hold up, Hollywood is struggling in this game. Sammy Watkins is struggling in this game. The Florida Ravens are not doing good right now. Why are we not involved in Rashard Bateman? But then at the end of the game, when it was kind of out of reach, pretty much out of reach, not all the way out of reach, but pretty much out of reach. That's when they start involving Bateman. It's like, anyway. So I feel what you're saying. It happens to James Brochette, too. But anyway, let's keep moving. He said, I think it has something to do with the jealousy in the locker room. 11 of 12 Rashard Bateman first catches were first downs. Every time Bateman went off, he barely was targeted the next game. The fans were going crazy whenever he caught the ball. He was a fan favorite since day one. I think that caused problems in the locker room personally. I don't think so at all. Um, I, I, I. I mean, I don't. But let me let us keep going. He said, I think Lamar and Greg wanted to make Hollywood happy. So they targeted him every chance that they got. That's why he was top 10 in targets. Now that part, I think it's true because Hollywood had let it be known. This was not an offense that he was happy being a part of. And the whole trade request was old news. He had been on that for a long time. So I do think that Lamar did a lot of forcing to Hollywood. Probably a lot of times when he shouldn't have to. But I think that he was really trying. Like, Hey, that's my guy. That's my boy. I'm trying to make my boy happy. Oh, one in the league. We trying to beat the Florida Ravens, but Hollywood said, no, thanks. Love you Lamar. Don't love the offense. I'm out. But anyway, um, I think they chose his happiness over what would have actually worked last year. I don't think Hollywood, no disrespect, would have been our number one receiver this year. No, I don't think he would have been. I think it would have been Bateman and Hollywood. Like we were talking about earlier, Hollywood, Hollywood would have been number two, and that would have been just fine. Hollywood even said, who was he talking to? It was in an interview where he's talking to somebody and he said that he looks forward to being a number two. And so, OK, shout out to honesty. He said, I also say this, if Hollywood would have stayed, they would have been a nice one to combo. Oh, yes, man. They would have been. Oh, they would have been, they would have been, man. I think our receivers are highly disrespected and underrated. Adding another receiver is fine with me, though. How do you hit us with that swerve like that? Like, OK, I think our receivers are highly disrespected and underrated. Adding another receiver is fine with me, though. The more the better. I believe our top four receivers on the depth chart are legit. I was definitely listing over adding Julio, but no one else unless it was through a trade. I think we got the juice to dominate. I hope so. If we don't, I'm quite sure we would draft the receiver high in the draft because we won't have the money to pay one after paying LeMau. Yes, they will, man. Yes, they will. If you want something done, you can make it work, man. Straight up. He said, keep the content coming, bro. I love it. Are you not entertained in the gladiator voice? Appreciate it, Azarine. This was fun. LeMau versus Trey. Next question came from my guy JT. He said, what's good in gravy and JT? Here, big shout out to you. The fam and all the team keep it clean. My question is, why is Trey Lam's viewed in such a high regard, but when it comes to LeMau, he is still battling the same stereotypes dating back to high school. I'm not trying to take shots at Trey. You'll make this a LeMau versus Trey topic, but in my opinion, LeMau does everything better. There is no comparison. We'll see what Trey lambs. I'm excited to see him play. I'm excited to see what he does with this 49ers team versus what Jimmy G. did with this 49ers team. So let's see. Let's see. I'm not too familiar with his game. I know he got it on, and I know he could take off with them legs too, but I'm not too familiar with his game. So I'm excited to see just how it ends up working out. He said, LeMau played at a better school. One of Highsman Trophy continues to get better every year and didn't even mention the unanimous MVP. With Trey, he played against lower-ranked competition in college and only played 18 games, but Scouts and others have so much to say about his potential and upside. Depending on how it goes down, it could end up being a lot of the same things. It could end up being a lot of the same conversation that surrounds LeMau Jackson with Trey Lance. Because a lot of times that's how it happens. A lot of quarterbacks who are athletically gifted, they get placed into this box by a lot of experts and analysts and whatnot. They get placed into this box where people just view them as athletes, and you could tell what the wording and stuff that they use when they talk about them, but they view them as athletes, and they talk about them as athletes, but they don't really talk about them as quarterbacks. So I hope the same thing that happened to LeMau doesn't happen to Trey Lance. I would love for it to stop with LeMau, but it's never gonna stop. It's never gonna stop with him. So with Trey Lance, hopefully it doesn't start, but it probably will end up starting. But we'll see, we'll see. He said, there's just so much unknown about Trey, yet he's put on such a pedestal. We're always hearing about what if LeMau gets hurt, yet throughout his career, he's been one of the healthiest quarterbacks. Then there's Trey who broke his finger in one of his first few games that he claims affected his rookie season. I know this all seems like I'm hating on Trey, but I'm not, it's just an observation in my opinion. I wish him the best, just not against us. Hope my question makes it on the show. Peace and blessings, big up to you and the fam, JTA. Appreciate it, man. And yeah, it's gonna be one of those things but we just gotta wait it out and hope that they don't try to put Trey Lance in that same box like they do. But if it happens, it won't be a surprise. And the last question on this episode came from my guy, Gold Morano. He said, oh, it's time for more questions than Graven, question one. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Rashal Bateman is already the hands down wide receiver one and that all the other receivers are fighting to determine who falls where in the pecking order. That is very true. You've seen, you've heard about what's been happening in training camp. And if you get a chance to watch it, you will see it for yourself too. You see how the Ravens have portrayed Rashal Bateman, how they propped it him up. Like, oh, hey, this is the guy. And it's like, oh, okay, cool. And I think that's the expectation that Rashal Bateman propped himself up. He said, hey, Hollywood, he was cool. That was my brother, but it's my time now. So he's embracing that role. So it's coming from all different sides and all different people including Rashal Bateman to really take on that role as wide receiver one. He said, do we know for certain that Bateman is our wide receiver one? Could James Pro Shae, AKA Sticky Fingers, outstar 2021 first round pick and presumed top receiver? Could the Ravens' 2026 round pick overcome all odds and outperform his good friend and teammate? Hey, I wouldn't be mad reason being because if James Pro Shae is performing like that and then you still got Rashal Bateman and he's performing good too. Ooh, hey, the more people performing better, the merrier. I'll be with it all day. So I wouldn't care, hey, whoever, wide receiver, one, two, three, four. If you a baller, you a baller. And I don't care where you listed it on a depth chart. All right, he said Bateman is nice with his and looks like he's gonna make some real noise in the NFL. But it's the football universe sleeping on Pro Shae that hard work is showing up in his preseason performance. Well, we'll see if it shows up in the preseason performance. Well, by the time you see this video, they will have already played the first preseason game. But we'll see if he does play in that first preseason game, hopefully he can go off. I don't think Rashal Bateman would play because he just got back to practice a couple of days ago, but you never know. So we'll see. Question number two, you may remember that I'm the one who predicted a 10 and seven outcome because of the very stiff competition in the AFC this season. Although I'd much rather see us add four more wins for a 14 and three record, a record that I believe would have been achievable with the addition of that juggernaut offensive weapon. With no positive news about Ronnie Stanley, I'm already counting him out. Questions and reasonable calls for concern over Tyler Linderbaum's lingering foot condition. Reports that Joanne James, despite his athleticism, appears lethargic, lazy, and lack of days ago, according to the media. Hearing the comments made by Cincinnati State with the wide receivers and given the current status of the offensive line and the very real possibility that Lamar's blindside may be more of a liability than last season. Do you still stand by your 14 and three prediction or would you feel more comfortable hanging out with me in the 10 and seven zone? You are going to join us. We have cold beverages and nachos. No, no, no, no. I said 14 and three, that would be like a high for me. 14 and three, 15 and two. I was thinking more like 12 and five, 13 and four.  So yeah, I think 12 and five, 13 and four. That's what I'm thinking. If they're healthy, if they're healthy, hopefully they're healthy and hopefully they can exceed my expectations and blow them out the water. He said disclaimer, I finally believe that Lamar's going to find a way to put up great numbers against many teams while keeping himself in that conversation for his second MVP season. But with the condition of the offensive line, my skepticism over just how fully recovered JK Dobbins is keeps me stuck at 10 and seven. Ravens, please prove me wrong. Ravens, please prove him wrong. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I made. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, out of made it. Out of made it. Dick Raven. Shout out to Dick Raven.