But this morning I'm here to teach you guys out of Romans chapter 8. If you guys open your Bibles, go to Romans chapter 8. We're going to be looking at verses 31 through 39. Romans chapter 8, today's message, I've entitled this message, love without measure. Romans chapter 8 verses 31 through 39. Paul writes, what then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall separate us, or rather, who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, or nakedness, peril, or sword? As it is written, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creative thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. In 1937 the Golden Gate Bridge was completed, and it cost over 35 million dollars to complete. And it was completed in two phases. The first phase it was completed in a the first phase was a very fast paced phase. The second was very slow. Now in the first phase they did not have any kind of safety net for these workers. And unfortunately that led to 23 deaths because they fell, unfortunately it was an accident but they fell to their deaths and so they did not have anything set. But at the last part of the project they actually did set a safety net as a precaution and 10 men fell to that net and they were spared. They lived. Now when they actually put this net in place the production actually increased by 25%. Why? Well because these men actually had the assurance of their security and also that they were free to whole-heartedly serve the project. They did not have to worry about falling into that water because of that safety net. When we talk about security, security is a very important element in life. In fact there might be some here tonight or today who are probably living in insecure life. Perhaps you were a victim of a crime such as a robbery. You were robbed. Now you're insecure. Now as you walk around you're looking around your surroundings. You're kind of keeping an eye out on people because you don't trust people. You're living in an insecure life because of that incident. Now on a personal level maybe you're lacking marital security. Or perhaps it's a job security. And when you think about these areas in life where we want security we realize that we really have no security in these areas that we need most. Fortunately in the single area that truly matters our relationship with God you can have security. And the security that I'm talking about it's the security of God's love towards you. That God loves you. And we have that security and this is what we're going to be looking at here. You see the Bible declares very very clearly that God offers believers his unconditional love and acceptance. And I believe that this is an important part of the Christian life. I like how one man once described the love of God. He said this, the love of God is like the Amazon river flowing down to water one daisy. The power of God's love. The reality of God's love. Now in Scripture one of the people that I see that got a hold of God's love who really grasped the depths of God's love was a man by the name of Paul the Apostle. Paul the Apostle was a man who truly came to grips with God's love. In fact it was him who wrote this in 2 Corinthians 5.14 For the love of Christ compels us because we judged us that if one died for all then all died. What an amazing declaration. It's the love of Christ he says that compels us. Remember Paul hated Christians remember that? He hated Christians with a passion. Even in Acts chapter 9 when he got right with God we got saved him. God went to a man by the name of Ananias and said Ananias I need you to go and lay hands on this man Saul. Ananias said are you serious? Do you know who this guy is? This guy hates us.  Of course he didn't realize that God already transformed his life but yet he was afraid of Paul. And I would too and so you would too. I mean if you actually knew who Paul was before you would actually be afraid of him too. He hated Christians with a passion. Well we see that Paul the Apostle came to grips with God's love and in Romans chapter 8 is a powerful chapter out of this book here this entire Romans book. Chapter 8 here Paul shares something super important for all Christians. In fact Romans chapter 8 verse 31 through 39 I say it's probably the most comforting and encouraging portion in Scripture throughout the entire Bible. Because this chapter this verse here gives us some depth to God's love. Now there are three big no-nos of the Christian faith here in this chapter. And I'm going to be sharing these three big no-nos but from verses 31 to 39 and the big three no-nos of the Christian faith that I want you to understand are these no opposition, no condemnation and no separation. Those are the three big no-nos of the Christian faith that's what I'm calling them. Now the chapter 8 a chapter here in Romans Paul told us that we've been adopted into a family. He also talked about glory awaiting us as we when we die we're glorified. He talked about us that God works things for good all things. And then he paints this huge picture of God's sovereignty in the middle of this chapter. Then he talks about the reality that Christians are more than conquerors and then he tells us why we are more than conquerors. His answer is the high point. His answer I believe is the grand truth of the Christian faith. Is the grand truth of the Christian faith. So let's look at the first big no-no in the Christian life. No opposition. Notice what he says in verse 31. He says this what shall what then shall we say to these things if God is for us who can be against us. This is a question and answer format. These verses 31 through 39. It's a question and answer format and these questions are very personal. It's like he's asking you personally and not only that but there are a total of seven questions that Paul asks in this section. And the first question is what shall we say to these things. Paul is saying all the things that I've already laid out in chapter 8 from verse 1 all the way down here to verse 30. He says what shall we say to these things. Now Paul is so astounded by God's unconditional love that he's calling his readers to respond. Say something. And I find that interesting because I believe that when we look at the Bible the Bible is written in a way for man to respond to say something. When you share the scriptures with a non-Christian you're waiting for a response from them. What do you think about this? You see the Bible it's not a book of information for us to file away. It's a book that we are to receive, read and apply. James even said that in James chapter 1 verse 22 he says be doers of the word. He says be doers of the word not just hears only deceiving yourselves. James says listen you read the Bible do something about it obey it. And even our own Lord said this in John chapter 14 verse 15. He says if you love me keep my commandments. It's not just something that we just take in and put away in the back of our mind and just live the way we want to live. As a follower of Jesus Christ we are held accountable to this book God's holy word. And God is calling us to do something about what we read. When the Bible says something about loving God or something about staying away from here or from that he wants us to respond he wants us to just obey that rather than just taking in the scriptures just for information sake. So Paul says what shall we say to these things and here it is. If God is for us who can be against us? If God is for us who can be against us? Notice Paul doesn't ask the question who is against us. He says he actually qualifies the question with the phrase if God is for us. I want to say something here important about the word if in the Greek. The word if in the Greek is not a term of uncertainty but of certainty. Paul is saying this. If God is working on our behalf and he is then who could succeed in opposing us? That's what he's saying. Remember in Matthew chapter 4 when Jesus was confronted by Satan and Satan said if you are the son of God remember that he would use that if you are the son of God that same word if in the Greek is the same word here it's a term of certainty Satan is saying since you're the son of God turn these rocks into bread that's what he's saying. It's not like Satan didn't know who Jesus was he knew exactly who he was but he was saying since you are and here Paul is saying the same thing since God is for us who in the world can be against you. That's what he's trying to tell us. In spite of who or what comes against you God is for you. This is only for Christians for born again believers because he uses the word us. Us qualifies anybody that is born again. The God is for us. He said this in chapter 8 verse 1 he used the term us to refer to believers. Verse 12, 14, 24, 26, 28 and then 29 to 30 he uses that word us us us us because he's talking to us Christians believers to know that God is for us is such a relief don't you think to know that the God of the universe is for you I don't know about you but I'm pretty cool I'm stoked about that that's awesome that the God who created this entire universe the heavens even myself he created me he's for me so whom should I whom shall I fear and we see here that it's it's something that he's talking about here Paul is he's making it clear to us as he says he made reference to this in chapter 8 verse 28 when he says that all things work together for good again clearly showing to us that God works for our good it's he's not against us which is also emphasizing that this is a continuing activity of God that he's constantly going for you or constantly again for you. Now the only time God is against you is when you're in sin when you are outside of the parameters of God's holy holiness I guess if you will that's when God is against you you see what happened to the church in Ephesus is that they left their first love we read that in Revelation and listen to this Jesus said this to them Revelation 2 verses 4 and 5 he says nevertheless I have this against you that you left your first love you have left your first love remember therefore from where you have fallen repent and do the first works or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place unless you repent so the only time God is against you is when you're in sin and he's only against you for the fact that he's trying to bring you to repentance he's showing you that you're in the wrong and he's trying to encourage you to get right with him to repent to make things right with him that's the only time he's against you because he's trying to get you to repent and that's exactly what happened to the church in Ephesus and this is what we see here is that Jesus is saying to these guys I have this against you but repent I'm against what you're doing I'm against where you're at but I want you to repent because I want you to have a right relationship with me another example of a person in scripture whom God went against was Jonah remember Jonah good old Jonah right we know that story right Jonah was asked to go to the to Nineveh to preach to the Assyrians who were horrible people and yet Jonah said I don't want to go there I can't stand those people they can go to hell basically is what he said he went the opposite way and what did God do he went against Jonah right he went into the boat what was the very first thing I created against Jonah a storm the storm came in that didn't work because Jonah says throw me into the waters I know why this storm is happening it's kind of kicking somebody out of the house like you know all the stuff's going on get out of here right but that's what Jonah did threw him in the water but yet God wasn't done right God didn't allow him to die what happened Jaws came right not Jaws but you know what I mean a fish right a fish came in and swallowed him up and Jonah finally hit rock bottom and that is where God spoke to him and that's where he came to grips with God's mercy and realize whoa here really went against me God I wanted to do my own thing but you know the whole story Jonah was given another chance we see here that when God is against us it's because he we are in sin now there are times that it feels like God is against us because maybe you're here today and you're saying Robert you know what I'm going through a hard time right now in life I really feel like God is against me everything that's been going on in my life it's just been going bad I mean things are just not going the right way I don't know if I believe you I think God is really against me right now I'm going to church I'm reading my Bible I'm not in sin I love Jesus but everything that's happening in my life the things that are falling apart I don't know I think he's against me Naomi went through something like that she lost her husband and to her two children and she basically came to the conclusion like she said this God has dealt very bitterly with me it's like God it's against me this is a bitter situation and it was I mean losing not only your husband but your children is horrible I've never gone through that I pray that I will never go through that but she did and maybe some of you here have gone through that but see Naomi finally came to grips that God wasn't against her God was doing something greater in her life behind the scenes and this is what she said in Ruth chapter 2 verse 20 she said this Naomi said to her daughter-in-law blessed be he of the Lord who has not forsaken his kindness to the living and to the dead she came to that understanding that listen God wasn't against me it was hard though this was a horrible horrible trial but yet he was working something greater behind the scenes of my life and that is what's happening with you today you're going through a hard time in your life right now listen God is working something greater behind all of this trust him and here's where we apply this this text God loves you and he's not he's not against you but he's for you another person that comes to mind when it comes to feeling like God is against us is Joseph a young man who God gave him a big dream he was going to be the one who was going to basically lead his family superior than his brothers and what not they didn't like that and what happened his brothers wanted to kill him right and they threw him into this dry well this dark pit and he was there stuck they wanted him just to die but yet instead they pulled him back out they sold him as a slave and he went in this crazy journey here he is imagine what Joseph was going through in his mind God you called me to this and you gave me dreams was it you speaking to me was it not I feel like you're against me now and yet God was working something greater because we have the big picture right we can go into Genesis and see it all right like no no no Joseph listen way down in chapter 50 you're gonna see what's going on here and he came to that understanding himself and notice what he said this in Genesis 50 speaking to his brothers verse 20 but as for you you meant evil against me but God meant it for good in order to bring it about as it is this day to save many people alive God wasn't against them God is for you the only time he's against you is when you're in sin because he wants you to repent and he'll create circumstances in your life to bring you back that's what he will do but as we walk with God not in a perfect life because we won't be perfect yet God is for us not against us and Paul here answers this first question with a rhetorical question and he says this in verse 32 he says he who did not spare his own son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things the cross is the measure of God's love and he's making it very clear that God loved you so much that he sent Jesus to die in your place to die for your sins clearly shows you that God is for you not against you for God to send Christ from heaven to leave eternity to come here and to walk among us sinful people and to be pinned on a cross shows that God is for you not against you John 3 16 right it's a Bible in a nutshell for God so loved the world the object of God's love is the world and he was the initiator of love he's the one who says I'm gonna go down and offer an opportunity for my people for my creation my master creation to get back in a right relationship with me by sending my son to be the final sacrifice I do want to say this though this term freely give the word here means to be stow out of grace and it perhaps it could mean to forgiveness which is an act of God's grace I mean Paul said in 1 Corinthians 1510 by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace toward me was not in vain but I labored more abundantly than they all yet not I but the grace of God which was in me I love that by the grace of God I am what I am well we also see here these all things and I want to just kind of make a quick little side note here this all things here does not include roles Royce's and Jets elaborate jewelry all right because there's a theology out there the prosperity theology that says that when you come to Jesus you're gonna be rich you're gonna get material possessions now there are people that are rich wealthy people and that's okay there's nothing wrong with wealth as long as you honor God with your wealth that's what the Bible says you're supposed to do if wealth corrupts you you're in the wrong spot you're not gonna go anywhere with that but the Bible doesn't talk again it's not against riches it's just the way we handle them and how we honor God with them but but this this all things who's he's freely given us doesn't speak about us praying over that Bentley that we want right because there's there's pastors that will encourage their congregation say if you want that car pray for it in Jesus you know and all of a sudden people get all crazy about it that's not what this text is saying because those word of faith teachers will take this text and say see he has freely giving you all things it's like God is that you know you get your little lampy a genie lampy you rub it this is what I want God and he pops out says sure what do you want that's not what this text says this text is very clear that since God gave the greatest gift the greatest sacrifice of all his son it says clearly that he will certainly not hesitate to give believers all other things pertaining to and leading to their ultimate glorification in other words you have been given everything that you need to live the Christian life through the Holy Spirit that is why Paul says confidently in Philippians chapter 1 verse 16 he says being confident of this very same thing he says that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus well why is he so confident because we've been given the things that we need to live that Christian life and we see here that this is what Paul is actually encouraging us about that Christ has bestowed out of his grace all these wonderful things now the next two questions are more legal in nature and we come to the second big no no of the Christian faith no condemnation no condemnation this is what he says in verse 33 notice who shall bring a charge against us or against God's elect it is God who justifies who is he who condemns it is Christ who died and furthermore he's also risen who is even at the right hand of God who also makes intercession for us and he stops there no condemnation who shall bring a charge against God's elect the idea here is who could make a formal accusation in court or press charges against God's people you know that Satan is considered the accuser of the brethren you know that that jerk and I could say that you know that that jerk accuses you before God every single day every time you blow it or you mess up or whatever he saw look at there's the Christian you say that's really the Christian look at this guy look at this girl look at him and he accuses us before God but you see Satan is going to be destroyed he's gonna be gone and I like what God said we see in Scripture John actually wrote this Revelation 12 10 he says this then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven now salvation and strength in the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ have come for the accuser of the brethren who accused them before our God day and night has been cast down Satan's accusations will be thrown out of court because it is God who justifies it's exactly what he says the judge himself declares the accused person righteous on the basis of his faith in Jesus Christ on the basis of his faith in Jesus Christ so the question is this who would dare bring a charge against God's people the answer is no one God justifies the soul nobody can accuse them nobody can press charges I guess if you will no one can successfully accuse someone whom God has declared righteous that's what we see here and as a result of all accusations it's all dismissed no one can bring that accusation because Christ is our defense attorney and then he says in verse 34 who is he who condemns to condemn means to declare guilty and sentenced to punishment kind of reminds me of that story in John chapter 8 and verse 11 and 12 remember the woman that was caught in the very act of adultery these guys somehow set this woman up or whatever they knew something was up and they were there that's gross right I mean these guys were there and they bring this woman to Jesus to see what Jesus is going to say we caught her in the very act well as they bring her over to Jesus you know the whole story right I mean Jesus began to he started the doodle on the ground and and one by one these guys left we don't know what he wrote here there's a lot of speculations perhaps every sin that they've committed he's writing them not every but maybe some of the recent ones we don't know but but whatever he wrote basically got them to leave and then Jesus said this to the woman woman where are those accusers of yours has no one condemned you the woman said this no one Lord and I love Jesus response and Jesus said to her neither do I condemn you go and sin no more you know how liberating that must have been for that woman she thought she was gonna get hammered but she's Jesus said you know what I don't condemn you listen Jesus Christ if you're in Christ there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ that's a fact Romans 8 1 that's the way Paul starts this entire chapter there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ certainly the judge will not condemn his own John 522 says for the father judges no one but has committed all judgment to the son see Christians are not gonna be judged do you hear that a lot you know are we gonna be judged no we're gonna be judged in the sense of rewards and our motives what what our motives were like when we serve God and then we're gonna get rewards or crowns or whatever it's that's what we're gonna go through the B.m.c. a Christ that that that place of rewards that's what we're gonna go through but we're not gonna be judged anymore because that's been taken care of on the cross so there's no judgment in the sense of like a judgment that a non-Christian will go through a non-born-again person they're gonna be confronted with the wrath of God because they refuse to come to Christ and we see here that certainly the judge will not condemn his own who are in faith who are in him by faith so Paul says it here that there is no pump no opposition no condemnation and now he seals his argument by exclaiming that there is no separation no separation here is the grand truth here is the liberating truth of the Christian faith listen to this 35 who shall separate us from the love of Christ who shall separate us from the love of Christ the word separate is a very unique word in fact the Bible uses that word in other places to refer to a divorce between a man and a woman when their divorce they separate it's a totally separation there the word here the root word here means this space or distance so what this verse is saying is can anything put this a distance between you and God's love can anything put a distance between you and God's love it sounds totally different now I mean this is potentially the most critical question a Christian can ask is there anything that that I can do that that that will just not you know how Jesus Christ will not love me for in other words is there any space that that I can have or when it comes to God's love and of course the answer is no there's nothing on this earth that can stop Jesus from loving you and I want you to understand this is not about your love for God it's God's love towards you and the reason why I say this is because there are things in this life they can separate us from loving God sin the last thing you want to do is love God when you're in sin when you fail God that separates your love towards God but this is speaking about God's love towards you that even when we fall and fail God is there loving you through it and again bringing you back to a place of repentance because that's the way he works with his kids and we see here that there are things in here that they could separate us from loving him but nothing from him loving us and Paul lists in verse 35 seven experiences that have no power to separate us from God's love look at this let's look at these in just briefly the first thing he says here who shall separate us from the love of Christ first thing shall tribulation the word tribulation means pressure and it's an interesting word because it carries the idea of being squeezed or placed under pressure how many of you in here have been pressured by life in life raise your hand how many of you guys have gone through pressure I think everybody should if you haven't I want to meet with you afterwards what is what what it what how do you do that everybody here goes through pressure the tribulation he says it very clearly here it's the kind of adversity that is common to all people there's a lot of people being pressured due to finances unemployment health issues he says those experiences cannot separate you from God's love the second thing he says is distress refers to being strictly confined in a narrow difficult place or being helplessly hemmed in by one's circumstances you guys remember Paul and Silas in the book of Acts when they were thrown in prison they were literally thrown in socks they were put in stocks it was in a comfortable position it was just it was just probably horrible and it was a dark place they were at God's mercy there's nothing that they couldn't do they didn't have the power to break those chains so what did they do cry out to God and say God why are you against us do you really love us what did they do they started singing hymns they start praising God isn't that crazy they start singing do you sing to God when you're going through a hard time in your life probably not right these guys are totally praising God and God through that praise the power of praise they were basically miraculously cut loose amazing and we see here that this distress being confined being in a difficult place he says even that does not separate you from God's love another one here he says persecution speaking of suffering because you are a follower of Christ Matthew 5 10 says blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven then he says famine hunger when you're hungry it doesn't separate you from God's love nakedness being in need materially he says peril refers to danger in general obviously speaking of danger from mistreatment and the last thing he says is sword notice it says here he says or sword suggesting murder or being killed that won't separate you from God's love you know that Paul experienced the first six and he was always threatened by the seven by the seventh one he experienced all the other first the first six he experienced them firsthand but he was always threatened by that last one people wanted to kill him and we see here he speaks from experience that these things stated in increasing intensity do not separate Christians from God's love and we see that God himself has confirmed it through this and he says in verse 36 he uses this example of this he says for your sake we are killed all day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter in other words Christians should not be surprised when they are mistreated for Christ's sake in fact Paul was the one who told Timothy this he said 2nd Timothy 312 yes and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution I mean isn't that what you experience sometimes as Christians maybe in your work you know place of employment maybe you have non-christian family members that make fun of you I mean I've gone through that I've had co-workers make fun of me I mean it's just one of those things that happens because we're Christians and then we see that that it's very clear here that Paul says listen we're like sheep to the slaughter Christians you know we're like you know people are always picking on us you know what I'm saying and that's just the fact that's a reality here when it comes to the Christian faith but he makes it clear though in verse 37 yet in all these things he says we are more than conquerors through him who loved us more more than conquerors that phrase more than conquer means to over conquer or to conquer completely without any real threat to personal life or death we are more than conquerors in other words you are a super conqueror you are a super conqueror no wonder James says in James 122 my brother and counted all joy when you fall into various trials because you're like what are you talking about counted all joy I don't count it all joy that's the last thing I do because you're more than conqueror you can conquer this in Christ and then this is what people see sometimes in our lives your unsafe friends or family members when they know you're going through a hard time in your life and they see you praising Jesus still reading your Bible praying over things and whatnot they're like you still are good with God knowing that you're going through what you're going through yes I am they're blown away we're more than conquerors even in the midst of a trial like casting crowns old that old song which is an amazing song I will praise you in the storm we can still do that because of Christ because of the power and the strength he gives us I like what one man said he said this we overwhelmingly conquer by coming out of troubles stronger than when they first threatened us more than conquerors super conquerors then he gets into something interesting in verses 38 and 39 a list of dimensions of created things notice what he says he says for I'm persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities no powers nor things present or things to come so when he says death and life earthly things the two things that we fear most living and dying will not separate us from God's love God's love is strong then he says angels and principalities if you're an angel fan God still loves you like that one up and I'm wearing red but it's not red it's maroon celestial beings celestial beings things that you don't see and then he says notice he says in all these things I love how he finishes it he says in all these things he says nor any other creative thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord wow you know we can spend weeks just in this chapter I hope I did justice listen how are you supposed to respond to this text how are we supposed to respond to this amazing love of God simply like this you can live with confidence and live without fear living with confidence and without fear that's how you're supposed to respond to God's love there's no fear in knowing God you shouldn't be terrified the fear as far as reverence to who he is a respect but you can live without fear and you can live with confidence listen to what John said John chapter first John chapter 4 verse 17 he says this love has been perfected among us in this that we may have boldness in the day of judgment because as he is so we are in this world there is no fear in love but perfect love cast out fear because fear involves torment but he who fears has not been made perfect in love we love him because he first loved us the fear of thinking that God doesn't love you anymore should be thrown out the window after this text sometimes you wonder does God really love me listen according to this text he loves you you know I was reading a story about this professor and it was actually a postgraduate class a seminary class and they had this brilliant theologian well respected theologian and the class was excited to have this man in their class as a guest speaker and the class asked this big theologian the question what is the greatest truth in all your studies you have ever come across wow what a question right this was his response it is this Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so wow I thought it was about sorteria amen right amazing a man who had so much knowledge of theology said I could sum all this up by saying that God loves me listen guys God is for you not against you God loves you it's that simple God loves you it's that simple that should actually drive you to pray I should drive you to talk to God every single day because according to Hebrews chapter 4 verse 16 it says this that we can come boldly to the throne of grace not of judgment of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace in time of need because I know that Jesus loves me so much it should drive me to say Lord how are you Lord help me because he will never push you away he's always attentive to your needs he's there for you God is on our side God loves us we need to understand these three big no-knows in Christ's there's no opposition in Christ there is no condemnation in Christ there is no separation between his love towards you it's that simple yet it's very powerful and yet we sometimes forget this because life sometimes will kick us in the teeth right sometimes and we forget these things but it's so important for us to understand and grasp these things if you grasp this your life will be transformed even more changed as you live your life without fear and with confidence as a Christian if you're not a Christian and you're just right now listening and you're like I didn't know about this wow God loves me you know what if you're not Christian God loves you John 316 that's my proof text that God loves you if you're not a Christian here today however he doesn't want to leave you where you're at he loves you enough to say you need to get right with me you need to get saved you need to you need to ask for forgiveness of your sins because I want to save you I don't want no one to perish but I want everyone to come to repentance to come to that understanding of my son Jesus Christ and perhaps you're here and maybe you're just not walking with Jesus maybe your first time coming back to church you're like I'm glad I'm here well listen if you're here and you're like I need to get right with the Lord I'm gonna give you that opportunity today if you have never experienced God's love or perhaps something has stole that love that you once had that you once experienced the love that God has towards you today make things right with God something happened along the way here I want to give you that opportunity this morning because I want everyone here as they walk out to have confidence in their walk with Christ especially if you're not even a Christian would you guys please stand the worship team is gonna be coming out here to do a song and during that song listen guys I am going to give you the opportunity for everyone that's here who needs to get right with God listen you just heard that God loves you don't be afraid of him you should come to him to say I want to come to a loving God I want my life right with God I am done living the way I'm living it's time to be real and you're coming to a God who truly loves you a God who wants to give you a life in his son


Hi, I'm Kate Young, and you're listening to This is Purdue, the official podcast for Purdue University. As a Purdue alum and Indiana native, I know firsthand about the family of students and professors who are in it together, persistently pursuing and relentlessly rethinking. Who are the next game changers, difference makers, ceiling breakers, innovators? Who are these Boilermakers? Join me as we feature students, faculty and alumni taking small steps toward their giant leaps and inspiring others to do the same. Seeing all our team's hard work in countless hours actually come into fruition is one of the best feelings in the world. When I joined this team, getting into the top 15, even top 20, was not a guarantee. It was not something that we were confident about achieving as a team. Seeing it build up from where it was from the start throughout where it is now is amazing. As we kick off another school year at Purdue, we're focusing on a student organization and going behind the scenes with the students themselves to learn more about the Purdue Formula Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE. Each year since 1983, these Purdue SAE students design and build custom race cars, then compete against hundreds of other universities from around the world, including teams from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Germany as part of SAE's Collegiate Design Series. In June 2022, the Purdue Formula SAE team finished second overall at Michigan International Speedway, their best finish in 30 years. But it took plenty of persistence and teamwork to finally get there. We caught up with a few of the 2021-2022 Purdue Formula SAE team members as they unveiled their race car at a live event this spring. Listen in as Helen Rumsey, Dominic Nocon, and Arpit Agrawal walk us through how this student organization provides hands-on experience to create innovative car designs and test engineering skills with real-world problems. Arpit, who is majoring in aeronautics and astronautics, works on the car's aerodynamics this year. He explains the SAE organization overall and the three different race cars that Purdue students build throughout the year leading up to these summer competitions. This is the SAE unveiling event. SAE stands for Society of Automotive Engineers. They hold like a Collegiate Design Series where basically universities from all around the world, not just the U.S., can compete against other universities. Specifically, these three are race car teams. So we got the internal combustion engine team, which the three of us are part of. Then we got the Baja team and then the electric racing team. So all of us kind of compete in different style races. Electric racing and us kind of compete in more autocross style. And then Baja does off-roading endurance races. But yeah, it's all the SAE organization. Like if you get really involved in the team, then you can get credit out of this. So as long as you're part of the mechanical engineering program, you're allowed to use this as your senior design project. But everyone else who's part of the team is just using this as a club. So it is a lot of work, but it's a lot of fun. To break these three teams and cars down further, the Purdue Baja SAE team builds single seat off-road cars. The Purdue Formula SAE team builds a single seat formula style car with an internal combustion engine. And the Purdue Electric Racing team builds a similar formula style car with electric motors powered by a 300 volt battery pack that can go from 0 to 60 in under four seconds. Now, as you probably can imagine, designing and building these custom race cars takes time. The teams start planning out their cars in the summer. And once they're back on campus in August, they work on finalizing the design elements. Here's Dominic, who was the chief engineer for this 2022 team. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue this spring. The summers are around May or June. Once the competition ends from the previous year. In a normal year, we would design all the way up until the end of October and then manufacturing from the end of October to the start of March. Once the snow starts to melt and then once winter's over, we could go outside and test for in-soul competition in May. That's right. The students are always keeping their fingers crossed that March brings minimal snow because getting into these cars and practicing is an integral part of preparing for competitions. But for our pit, shoveling snow at the Grand Pre-Track to get a few practice laps in was actually one of his favorite memories of the entire year. When we were initially testing the car, this was back in late February or early March, there was obviously snow on the ground. And we test our car at the Purdue Grand Pre-Track, which was fully covered in snow the day that we first wanted to go test. And me alongside a couple others went and bought some shovels from Ben Hardwoods and went and just shoveled the snow in the morning such that enough to have it melt away so that we can go actually run the car later in the afternoon. I think that is one of my favorite memories just because it kind of shows our overall dedication of the team. We're willing to wake up and go and shovel an entire track just so we can take our car out for a couple hours and actually improve that it works. And it's just something that I guess not a lot of teams can say they've had to go do. This year, for the first time, Purdue SAE hosted a public event on campus to unveil all three teams' custom-built race cars. Since the students design, build, and test these cars throughout the year and don't compete until summer, most of Purdue's students and faculty never get the chance to see these finished race cars before the semester ends. But this year, that all changed. Parents, family members, friends, and other students filled Fowler Hall to support these students and the energy was electric. No pun intended. Jared Pike, the communication specialist for Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering, served as the emcee for this live event. Purdue is the perfect place for students who are passionate about motorsports. Every part of every car you see on the stage was designed and built by students here at Purdue, except for maybe engines or tires or shocks. These cars are 100% Purdue engineers. And these students have poured thousands of hours of work into these cars, most of it on their own time, after classes. Are you ready to see our first car? The podcast team was there and it was a blast meeting and interviewing some of these Boilermakers. The official This is Purdue podcast hosted by our own Kate Young, who is here today. So say hi to her, get some podcast swag, and pay attention to that story because she is awesome. That awesome podcast guest Jared is referring to? Well, it's none other than Purdue Mechanical Engineering alum and indie car engineer Angela Ashmore, who was also part of Purdue Formula SAE when she was a student. If you haven't checked out our This is Purdue episodes with Angela, who was the first woman crew member to win the Indianapolis 500, by the way. Be sure to watch on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast app. Okay, so sure, Purdue SAE features heavy engineering work, but another key aspect of the student organization is the business and management side of building the cars. The students are responsible for finding sponsors for their cars and negotiating for in-kind donations of things like parts, materials, and services. Each team has a business team that helps raise and manage money. Dominic tells us more about the importance of these sponsors. On average, it takes probably around $70,000 to build at least the formula car. And a lot of that is done through the help of the mechanical engineering school, various other colleges on campus. But in addition to that, we have sponsors for parts such as like radiators or cooling tubes, et cetera, as well as our engine. Boeing, Cummins, Ford, and dozens of other companies have contributed as sponsors and their logo decals can be seen on different parts of these finished race cars, just as we would see in a professional racing series like IndyCar. Todd Nelson was also part of this live unveiling. He serves as the managing director of Purdue Motorsports and faculty advisor for all three SAE teams. Todd told us that not only are these students developing professional skills to take into the real world, they're also essentially running a race team and small engineering firm. They strengthen their engineering skills, as you can imagine, by building the cars and applying everything they've learned in their classrooms to design abilities. But they also gain an understanding of the importance of program management so they can get all of this done in this tight timeline of one year and within their budget, which is essential. They also learn how to work with lots of different people and lots of different perspectives, lots of different opinions and how to figure out what to do and how to get it done and be effective. And then my favorite, they learn incredible leadership skills. They're such good leaders that they get college students to voluntarily give up most of their social life and a lot of sleep to work on these cars. For Todd, this role is extra special to him because he's a former Purdue Formula SAE member himself. As you can see there from the picture, I was heavily involved with Formula as a student when I was a mechanical engineering student back in the day. And the experience was just absolutely invaluable to me. I used what I learned pretty much every day in my 15-year career in automotive and aerospace. And so when Purdue actually offered me the job to come back here and said would you like to be the faculty advisor as well, I almost saw off my chair and thought it was a dream come true. And it has been, it's been absolutely awesome. Okay, so as I mentioned, Purdue Formula SAE had their best ever podium finish in June, second place overall. So let's get into the competition side of SAE. This May and June, the teams traveled to Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan as part of SAE's Collegiate Design Series. This isn't a small competition. Remember, there are dozens of university teams from the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Germany. And this isn't limited to one big race. There's multiple events that the students are judged on and can earn podium finishes for. Helen is an upcoming junior studying mechanical engineering, and she serves as the chassis team lead for Purdue Formula SAE. Helen discusses the different events at these competitions. At the competition we're competing for us specifically, we have like four dynamic events. So we're doing like acceleration and skid pad. Then as like Arpit mentioned, the autocross and then an endurance, which is like autocross but longer. And then we also have the static event. So like the design event where we're presenting on like why we made specific design decisions and all that. So it's more than just like racing the car. It's also like our understanding of the car that we built. There's kind of like the two portions, like you want your car to do really well, but you also want to make sure that everyone on the team has a good understanding of the design behind the car so that you can do well in the design event. You could place first an acceleration and like last an endurance. The results of all those races determine the results of the competition. So there's multiple factors to it. Arpit expands on what these competition weekends look like for the team. The competition is broke up into like four days. The first day is just kind of like you prepping your car and then all the SAE workers like the volunteers are setting up the event. They're just kind of getting prepped on like doing all the behind-the-scenes work. The second day is where they actually inspect your car. So to be able to compete in the race you have to make sure that your car is actually safe. That means going through the rule book and making sure like you pass every single rule in the book. All the teams kind of get staged outside like a bay.  The second to last day is where we do all the like autocross events. That's where you have a random course thrown at you and then you just kind of like have the driver sit in and go around that random course. Then you have the acceleration event which is like more of like a drag race. You sit in the car and just floor it and try to go as fast as possible. Then you have the skip head event which is just kind of going and like figure eights just kind of like circles. Then based on your results from those three events they kind of like stage you on like which place you're going for the endurance event and that's like the last day. So the last day is like all the teams competing. It's 22 kilometers. You all just like stage together and your driver goes in and like each driver does like half of that. That's kind of like I guess the full duration. So it starts off like inspecting the car then you go into like those small races and then it's the long one at the very end. The endurance race he just mentioned goes for about 16 miles and takes around 20 minutes which he says doesn't seem like a lot but many things could go wrong during that time frame if the car isn't fully prepared ahead of this big race. He says just finishing the endurance race is a massive achievement and what about the drivers of these cars? There's four drivers in total. There's two that do like the autocross and endurance event. Our chief engineer Dominic right here is actually one of the drivers and then there's two other drivers who do like acceleration and skidpad event. How do you get to be the driver and the chief engineer? Most of it's just putting a lot of work into the team. Over the years I guess freshman year started out doing drivetrain things and then became a powertrain team lead so in charge of all the engine and engine management stuff my sophomore and junior years when then I decided to take on the role for chief this year. Last year I was trained as an acceleration and skidpad driver but I just kind of improved from there to get this vision now. This year the team entered their first competition in May at Michigan International Speedway. They finished ninth in the endurance race third in design and second in sales presentation and when combined with all of the other events they finished sixth place overall among 99 teams. They were also the fastest single cylinder engine on the grid. These results are fantastic but we are talking about Boilermakers after all. They weren't ready to give up just quite yet. They were persistent. They were innovative. They worked together and they re-entered the car in another competition at Michigan International Speedway in June. At this competition the team placed second in design first in skidpad third in autocross and second in the endurance race and they jumped up to a second place finish overall. Arpit who will be the future chief engineer of the 2022- 2023 Purdue Formula SAE team describes the feeling of bringing home nine trophies between two competitions. Seeing all our team's hard work and countless hours actually come into fruition and come with the results that we got is one of the best feelings in the world. When I joined this team getting into the top 15 even top 20 was not a guarantee. It was not something that we were confident about achieving as a team. Seeing it build up from where it was from the start throughout where it is now is amazing. I'm extremely proud and happy that I got to be part of the people that helped build up the fundamentals of the team, build up the foundation to get where we are now. And what did it mean to Arpit and his teammates to make Purdue Formula SAE history this summer? Our team has finally figured out how to build a reliable and efficient car. It's kind of weird in a sense that some other people would think of this as like a oh you got second place like now what more is there. For me I see this as a level one achievement of our team rather than being there at the top. The reason I say this is because the goal of my team and just me personally is to be a consistently winning team. So just because we got second place this year doesn't necessarily mean that we've done all the achievements that we've wanted to do. I would really like to continue building on our fundamentals, continue making more achieving more complex decisions overall trying to aim for the number one spot and continuously aim for the number one spot not just next year but the year after that, the year after that and be a team that can consistently win the competition. I think it's going to be a very big goal in general and be something that our team strives for next. Their persistence certainly paid off. For Dominic and Arpit a large part of why they wanted to come to Purdue University was because of Purdue Formula SAE and its strong reputation. Here's Dominic. For me I'm born and raised in San Francisco, California. When I was applying to colleges I applied to Purdue because it's one of the best engineering schools in the country so I moved from big city out to the Midwest and I guess a lot of the ways of spending my time is on this team. What was that adjustment like coming from a big city like that? It was pretty different but I keep myself busy on the team. This team is also one of the reasons why I applied to Purdue. I saw they had a really good result in 2018 and that's where I wanted to apply and join like a highly competitive team. And here's Arpit who is from the Midwest but didn't want to go to that one engineering school about 30 minutes from his house. I'm from the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan but I guess as an aerospace engineer there's the Purdue Cradle of Astronauts so obviously like this was like really up there. Alongside that as Dom said I kind of like looked at the results of this team and wanted to join it but my kind of thinking was like I really just wanted to get out of my comfort zone. A lot of people I knew were going to like University of Michigan so I wanted to like just get to know like different people so that's where I kind of like filtered out to like Cradle of Astronauts get to know different people and get a cool race team. As for Helen, well she was pretty much destined to become a boiler maker. I'm from Indiana both my parents went to Purdue and did Purdue Engineering. It was always something that I considered kind of like grew up in a Purdue family. At the end of the day Purdue has a really good engineering program and there's a lot of opportunities like club wise like this club that I'm in and like research and other stuff so I chose it because of that and then also the in-state price first intuition is really like hard to be like hitting all the sweets economically like it really doesn't make sense to go anywhere but Purdue for me. As for the Purdue formula SAE students who graduated this spring Todd says he's always been a big believer in using motorsports as a springboard for students future careers. Students are able to make connections and have those networking opportunities through this organization between the judges and volunteers at these competitions many of which come from massive companies like Ford, Honda, and Tesla. In fact Arpit is currently in his second round of an internship with SpaceX. He says the reason for this internship opportunity with a brand like SpaceX is all thanks to formula SAE. Incoming sophomore Troy Crooks is majoring in chemical engineering technology and automation systems integration engineering technology. You're gonna have to break that down for me. Okay so I'm in mechanical engineering technology so that's in the school of polytech so I'm not in all these guys are in the college of engineering so I'm double majoring which is only like five or six extra classes where I take more hands-on like robotics classes and machining integration. Troy is interested in pursuing a full-time job in professional motorsports after graduation so being a part of the Purdue formula SAE is the perfect opportunity for him to learn and hone these skills. So we're both freshmen but like just looking at the experience any racing just getting my hands dirty ideally the dream job would be formula one but who doesn't want to work in a formula one track side would be so cool they traveled like 23 different countries races all over the world. I feel like that'd be a really cool experience but any car is so close so getting an internship is a goal for the next couple years then see what happens. Troy's formula SAE teammate Zach McNabb is an incoming sophomore who is majoring in mechanical engineering. Zach is interested in the professional motorsports world as well. There's a lot of different classes and I think any of them would be really cool. IMSA, IndyCar, formula one as well and like all the formula two and three series over in Europe track side I think would be really cool personally kind of traveling around with the team it's like getting them a broad opportunity. Purdue SAE will be hosting a call out for all Purdue students on Wednesday August 31st at 7 p.m. in the electrical engineering building EE 129. Following short presentations from each SAE team there will be a meet and greet at the engineering fountain. Here students can ask team leaders questions in an informal setting and get better idea of which team would be a good fit for them. This episode was so fun because our podcast team was able to meet these students chat in person and check out the unveilings of these incredible cars. Featuring students on this is Purdue is always really special to us. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Simply scroll down on the app and click write a review. 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Welcome back to The Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. Let's now go into a couple of years ago in history and share with you what happened on this day the 11th of June. I'm starting with the year 1955 and this is on record one of the worst sporting disasters ever. One of the worst racing disasters ever where of course about 80 lives were lost on this day in 1955 after two race cars crashed into each other and of course broke down into numerous pieces. 80 people died, about 83 people have a good part of died and about 180 were injured including one of the race car drivers. It also led to the pausing of Mercedes from participating in F1. They eventually came back in 1984. Most of the casualties, most of the debts accord from the breakdown of the car parts that spread into the stand where the spectators were sitting watching the race. It's called the 1955 Le Mans disaster and it was a major crash that occurred on this day during the 24 hours of Le Mans motor race in France. A large pieces of debris flew into the crowd killing 83 spectators and the French driver Pierre Bollini who raced of course for Mercedes at that time may also injured about 180 people. It is on record the most catastrophic crash in motorsport history and it prompted Mercedes Benz at that time to retire like I said from motor racing until 1987. There was of course a lot of debate over who you know was to blame but at that time the both cars were moving as fast as 200 kilometers per hour about 125 miles per hour and made contact with each other that caused the crash. The official inquiry held none of the drivers specifically responsible and criticized instead the layout of the 30-year-old track which had not been designed for cars on that speed. Of course a special mass was held in the morning of the Le Mans Cathedral for the funeral of the victims and you know eventually of course the F1 and motorsports in general as a result of the crash now knew that they needed to do more with regards safety for spectators and safety for drivers in motorsports. So generally a lot of changes needed to be made. The stands and the space between the drivers and the stands of course had to be had to be extended. I think at that time they also didn't have some of all those barriers on the you know on the sides of the track that they currently have now and some of all those things. So sadly of course you know this number of people had to die for some of those changes to be made but on this day that's when of course that disaster happened. My my just it was just such a sad day in history you know this day the 11th of June and then that special mass held you know in that catholic church for the first funerals for the victims I feel very bad when we have to talk about sad news regarding deaths on today in history it's just so terrible. 80 people you know what it means for and it really just creates a picture and imagine you're ahead of how fast these cars actually move to be running at 200 kilometers per hour on a track is insane speed and so any and that's you know one of the most delicate parts of you know these sports. Anything that happens at that time any mistake that you know that happened of course at that time puts you between life and death you know and that of course includes drivers includes the assistants includes the technical team includes also spectators people who came that day to enjoy a good motor sport race didn't get back home you know a lot of them of course died and many others about 180 or others ended up in hospital you know because of various degrees of injury so it's a lot it's a lot to take in but let's look for something yes something better something something way way lighter it's still in sports understand history the 11th of June 2010 and the first Africa FIFA World Cup kicked off in South Africa South African President Jacob Zuma officially opened the 2010 World Cup and it opened with a ceremony a very colorful ceremony in the soccer set stadium in South Africa that stadium had just been renovated ahead of the World Cup it was just such a beautiful day in South African history we saw you know that that picture just saw that man with the Vovzela the Vovzela became very popular after that South African event with the World Cup because people were look at that picture there people were just enjoying themselves at the Vovzela the beautiful colorful face paintings the colorful dressing of the South Africans you know there are other notable fans like like Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu he was one of the spectators at that event the stadium was just buzzing with life there are about 90 000 people who who actually was at that event right there the 11th of June 2010 and we also know that in a total of 10 arenas 64 World Cup games were played and you know according to the soccer governing body FIFA 97 percent of the 2.88 million tickets were sold but many locals could not afford the you know two buy tickets that were really expensive so they watched this ticket they watched the game from their home not necessary live too too expensive to afford but was just such a such a very notable event in South Africa it featured hundreds of dancers South Africa's legendary trumpeter was there American R&B star Arakeli you know there were military plane flight passes over the stadium it was just such a remarkable event in South Africa very colorful ceremony there and that from the 11th of June to the 11th of July 2010 that's also you know the time that the Vovuzelas became very very popular I think they were one of the most colorful you know aspects of the whole World Cup yes Masakila you Masakila the legendary South African trumpeter they used to blow the the Vovuzelas and even in Nigeria some people on their way back from South Africa bought some of the brought some of those Vovuzelas as part of you know you know souvenirs from South Africa it also of course there was a time that there was huge and huge you know tourism into South Africa in that period and basically just shown you know you know put a spotlight on what South Africa was able to achieve in that time but you can also also have this conversation without talking about the influence of Nelson Mandela in gets in that World Cup to South Africa about four six years ago when they held the bid for that eventually Spain of course won the World Cup and if you ask yourself this happened in 2010 we're in 2021 can Nigeria host the World Cup are you talking about the World Cup what's the what's the name of that other match that was eventually Councilors was holding Lagos what's the thing we're having well it's course to discuss what it is so basically I think it just shows how much sports can unify yes bring people together serves an avenue for tourism yes you know how much South Africa made during that period with all the people who flew into the country you know tourism it just opened up the country in so many ways I think it would be beautiful yeah I think we should be focusing on that not have situation where the government promises to give you money for your idol festival and then they tell you there's no money and your people are using boats it's just it can be very embarrassing in this part of the world but anyway good news today 2010 June 11th the World Cup in South Africa opened and of course a little side for me 1955 the Le Mans disaster in France the 83 people died in a motor spot disaster stay with us we'll be back after the short break and we're moving straight into our first major conversation for today and that is in Noshun state where of course the government is giving identity cards to head us as a way of curbing the insecurity challenges the state is facing we'll talk about it after this break


Hello Earth citizens. In this video, I will show you a 10 minute routine to do for whole body shaking. Whole body shaking is one of my favorite exercises because it's the easiest and fastest way to help you get rid of any unwanted energy, thoughts, emotions, just a general feeling of ickiness or off balance or brain fog or pain. Anything that you don't want to feel, it can help you shake it off and alleviate some of the symptoms from that. So what I love about whole body shaking is you don't need much space, you don't need much time, you don't need to learn some special technique. If you just have your body and you can move your body, that's all you need to do whole body shaking. So I'll show you in this video how to do it and then you can feel the benefits of how it makes you feel after you do it for just less than 10 minutes. Alright, so first, please stand up. If you're not standing up already, please stand up. If you're not able to stand up, that's okay. You can do sitting down, just copy the movements that I'm doing and you can feel the benefits too. So if you can, please stand up, bring your feet shoulder width apart, toes pointing forward. So not pointing out or pointing in, toes pointing forward so your legs are parallel to each other. Now bring your knees slightly bent because if you straighten your knees, you can feel your body weight tends to go to your shoulders and your upper body. You don't want your body weight to be up here.  Can you feel this? Okay, so now if you can feel this, straighten your spine, imagine a straight line coming down from the top of your head down the center of your body. So your posture is nice and straight. You don't want to slouch like this, okay?  So now from here, you're going to gently start bouncing from your knees, like this. Create vibration in your knees. When you create vibration in your knees, it will feel like there's a spring underneath your feet kind of bouncing up, helping you shake like this. Can you feel your feet? All right, now make the vibration a little bit bigger. The vibration starts from your knees, but you can feel the spring in your feet. So just like when you drop a stone in a river or a lake, it ripples out. So imagine that happening in your body. The vibrations get bigger. You can close your eyes if it helps you focus. If your eyes are open, even though you're watching me, please focus on your body, okay? Focus on how you feel. All right, now as your vibrations grow, make your spine loose. So you don't want to make your spine stiff like this, okay? Make your spine loose so that it's waving like a snake, like this. Make your spine loose. So now if you're sensitive to energy, you can feel the vibration growing from your knees to your feet. And now feel your hips, feel your tailbone. From your tailbone, make your spine loose. Now your body starts to shake from your tailbone to your lower back. Move your lower back from your lower back to your middle back. Now from your middle back to your upper back and shoulders. With your upper back and shoulders shaking, now your arms start to shake naturally. Remember, there's no right or wrong way to do this. Just feel your body and let your body shake naturally. You don't need to try to control the movements. Just shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. Now from your shoulders, your neck. As you shake, don't forget to exhale. Don't hold your breath. Breathe naturally. Now from your neck, you can shake your head side to side. Let the vibration, that one started from your knees, grow to your entire body just like the riffles in a lake. Breathing out and now please close your eyes. If you haven't done so already, close your eyes and I want you to feel your body. Feel your body as you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. Keep your feet planted to the floor. And now if you want to, as the vibrations grow, you can modify the movements a little bit. You can shake left and right. Anything you'd like. The trick is to focus on your body. Notice which areas you have stiffness, you have tightness, you have tension. Focus your attention there and shake. Shake and breathe. It's shake and breathe. Can you feel your body moving? Can you feel the energy moving too? Let go of your thoughts, just move. Just move. There's no right or wrong way, just move. Now as you move, imagine all heavy energy, tense energy, stressful energy, angry energy, negative energy. Anything that you don't want, that you can feel that you're holding on to. Imagine all of that shaking off. Heavy energy, negative energy, dark energy, shakes off from your fingers, from your head, from your feet.  Focus on where you feel the tension. Bring your mind there, move that area more vigorously.  Don't forget to breathe. Keep your feet firmly planted onto the floor. One more minute. Anything is okay. Just feel where you have tension and shake.  You can shake your chest, you can shake your rib cage. You can shake your shoulders, neck, head. You can even stretch your face. Any movement is okay. All movements are healing movements. Your body is opening, blockages are opening. In second. Keep your eyes closed, feel your body. Can you feel tingling in your body now? Where do you feel the tingling? Usually you will feel strong tingling in your hands, in your feet. Notice any other places that you feel tingling. Does your body feel warmer than before? Great job. Take a deep breath in. Sigh out. Again, deep breath in. As you sigh out, imagine all heaviness coming out of your body through your breath. How do you feel? If you have a lot of tension, especially in your shoulders, neck, head, lots of heavy thoughts, lots of busy emotions inside of you, you might need to shake your body a little bit more. Maybe do this routine again to shake, shake, shake, shake. But when you shake, it's the easiest and fastest way to get rid of all these energies. So make sure you really feel your body. Notice where you feel the tension, the stiffness, and then focus your energy there. Focus on shaking that area. When you keep repeating, when you build, build, build over time, you will have way less tension and you'll feel much lighter and brighter. You did a great job. To experience a full one-hour brain education-based class, please visit a local Body and Brain Yoga Studio near you.


This paper discusses the importance of developing a concise and focused presentation of the key information that will most likely help someone make a decision about whether to participate in a study. It then goes on to describe how a community-engaged technology development approach was used to inform feature options within the RedCap software platform centered around collection and storage of electronic consent, e-consent. This e-consent framework includes a portfolio of eight features which were reviewed by community stakeholders and tested at two academic medical centers. Early adoption and utilization of this e-consent framework has demonstrated acceptability, and next steps will focus on testing the efficacy of these features to improve participant engagement with the consent process. This article was offered by Colleeny Lawrence, Leah Dunkel, Mark McEver, and others.