Hello friends, welcome back to the channel. A brand new seven star terror event has been announced for Pokemon Scholar and Violet. We're going to go over all of the details for what we can expect from this raid as well as some builds we can do in preparation for beating this when it goes live later this week. So running from the second until the 4th of February for its first phase in Pokemon Scholar and Violet, we're going to see a brand new seven star terror event for Impoleon. It will of course be returning for its second phase the week after from the 9th until the 11th of February. So we'll get two opportunities to take this on in our games. If we take a quick overview of the options that Impoleon has, it's going to be at its base typing, a water and a steel type Pokemon. Of course, this will have the mightiest mark will only be catchable once per save file as per usual with the seven star raids. It will likely have its competitive ability, which is its hidden ability, meaning any drops that it takes to its stats throughout the battle using things like screech, acid spray or metal sound. It will activate this ability, giving it a plus to a stat boost in its special attack, making it a very dangerous Pokemon. So our normal lines have been able to weaken those defense stats throughout the raid to just expedite our damage. Isn't something that we'd be able to rely on as we'd normally do with that 30 times multiplier to its HP stat. You're looking at around 9,270 HP that we're going to have to do in damage to take this down. Of course, we have mentioned it will be an ice terror type. So we'll have a boost to any ice type attacks. It will have access to expected attacks that it could have going to be a mix of water type attacks, flying, steel, of course, as well as ice, but it does get some decent coverage with some dark type coverage in there as well. Things to really just keep in mind when going into this battle or when you're building a Pokemon you expect to do well against it. The one thing I would say about Empoleon as well is it does get a good mix of special and physical type attacks. So I would imagine this could be a mixed attacker. So not out of the realms of possibility. Something that might catch a lot of us off when this goes live. Hadropump is its strongest special attacking water type attack. It probably will have access to this. But if it does go down a physical route, liquidation is a very strong option aside from that. Flash Cannon is something that I could see from a special point of view. It having access to that gives it a steel type option. And then you've got to take note of the flying type coverage that it does have. Obviously been an ice type fighting type Pokemon are going to be those at the front of the queue that you're going to bring to do super effective damage. And those flying type coverage moves that it does have access to can be quite detrimental to a lot of strategies that we might be trying to implement. Air Slash is one of those that plays off the special attacking stat that can play off that competitive boost that may be happening throughout the raid. And then you've got Drill Peck as well that it can use from a physical standpoint. If you are planning on bringing a fighting type into this raid, you've got to be aware of these as potential threats to you. And of course being an ice type Pokemon is going to have access to some ice type attacks. It's access to icy wind that will lower our speed on our side of the field. So we can maybe take advantage of that, but it does have some stronger options as well. It's special attacking side options, Blizzard and Ice Beam. We do see the Snorescape on here to bring the hail to the field. It will probably rely on Blizzard. Give it a 100% accuracy throughout the raid as well when that Snorescape is in effect. You've got Ice Beam as well. It's not as reliant on the Snorescape being active, but still a very strong attack you need to be aware of from the special end of the spectrum. You've got Ice Spinner, which is an alternative physical attacking ice move, and that can be detrimental if you are having terrain on the field or anything like that because it will remove the terrain along with that attack. And then Knockoff is a dark type coverage move that we could potentially see, which would remove our item and make things a little bit trickier for some of the builds that we're going to suggest in this raid. Now some of the setup options it does have access to or support moves. It's got Snorescape that makes a lot of sense. Being an ice type in this raid will want to summon the hail to the field, get a defense boost as well, making it even more difficult to take down, and again will boost the accuracy of something like Blizzard. Feather Dance is another option that does have that will lower the attacking stat on our side of the field by two stages every time it uses it. So again, combining quite nicely with that Snorescape if we see it there. Metal Sound is another option it does have access to, lowering our special defense or playing on that competitive ability, which if proc does boost its special attacking stat and make those special attacking options hit a lot harder. And then one of its only ways to boost its own stats is actually Sword Stance. And this what makes me think that it could be maybe a mixed attacker going into this where it plays off things like Blizzard with the Snorescape for a special attacking option and then has that liquidation potentially to play off that physical attack as well because its special and physical attacking stats are pretty good overall. So a mixed set would make a lot of sense and it would make it a lot more threatening to go up against because it's harder to prepare for a mixed attacker than it is just one of the two sides special or physical. And of course it is worth noting it might be worth waiting until the raid goes live before you build anything in game save those resources. But if you do want to build some things in game in preparation for it these are some ideas and they might even inspire some more of your own. But the first one that I really had come to mind was Bronzong. It's going to resist us ice type attacks. We have a way to mitigate the water type attacks as well and then the steel type attacks aren't going to be anything that we really have to be concerned about because they're not going to be hitting us for effective damage so we do resist those. Now this Bronzong is level 100 it is hyper trained make sure you do bottle cap all of those IVs. The terra typing on this Bronzong is steel and we do have the shell bell as the health item so we have a line of recovery throughout the raid so we're not relying on those heal cheers. The move set that we're going to go for with the Bronzong is skill swap our mind metal sound and flash cannon and the EV investment is going to be 252 EVs in HP and then 252 EVs in special attack with the rest put into that special defense stat. As always the builds that we feature in today's video will be down in the description below if you want to take a closer look at all the details from them after the video. Now the basic idea with this Bronzong is that we're going to try and turn one go for a skill swap. The only caveat which might not make this work is if we see your shield go up turn zero or turn one from the impoleon and that will prevent us from actually skill swapping away the competitive ability on the impoleon. So like I say this is why it's probably worth waiting until the raid goes live till we know a bit more information about when the shield goes up when it nullifies stats on our side of the field its side of the field etc but if we don't see that shield go up early on I think the bronzong could be a very good option because as soon as we get that competitive ability from the impoleon it means if it's going to be trying to drop any of our stats it's actually giving us a special attack boost every time that happens and on top of that we would then be able to use the metal sound option where we can lower the impoleon special defense stat by two stages every time you use it potentially setting ourselves up to do some big damage very quickly with the bronzong and it's good defensively as well so it's going to be able to take a flurry of attacks from the impoleon we do have the calm mind so that's going to help us boost our special attack and special defense by one stage every time you use it then combining that with the metal sound where we are lowering that special defense the flash canan is going to be hitting very very hard especially after we are able to thrastly so definitely one to keep in mind i think going into this weekend and one that i do think could do a decent job against impoleon when it goes live next up is something that we all probably have built in our games already but it is going to be an islep i do feel like an islep could potentially be a very good option going into this raid for the fact that impoleon has a lot of options that are going to be able to lower our stats and because of that we can really play off that with the define ability it drops our speed with something like the icy wind then it's going to activate our define ability and give us an attack boost for our trouble we went for the expert belt item here on the anislep fighting terra type of course level 100 and hyper trained with the move set of sunny day bulk up rage fist and drain punch defined is the ability that is very important i think for this impoleon and then the ev investment is going to be 252 in hp 252 in special defense and then the remaining four in attack so your stats should look like this but the basic premise of this is going to be getting that sunny day overriding a snowscape or even a rain dance that we could potentially see from the impoleon that's going to get rid of that defense boost that the snowscape gives ice type pokemon we've got bulk up if we want to try and start setting up ourselves where we can boost our attack and our defense start and then we've got the drain punch which is going to primarily be a main attacking option especially after we thrastalize which then gives us a line of recovery throughout the raid as well so like i say if the impoleon does decide to go down a route where is trying to lower our stats the metal sound the feather dance the icy wind it will all the time it's doing that proc that define ability which could put us in a nice position to really start kind of a momentum swing that we need in the raid to be able to do the damage and take it down pretty easily so definitely one to consider going in in particular because it's accessible to everyone regardless of what version you've got and you've probably already got an annihilate built in your game next up is regi steel a little bit like the bronzon i think could be very good going in against the impoleon this weekend not a pokemon that everyone's going to have access to but if you do you can transfer it into pokemon skull and violet through pokemon home regi steel going to have the fighting terror type on it it's going to be level 100 hyper trained and the shell bell held item and the moveset that we're going for with the regi steel is going to be sunny day again a bit like the annihilate we don't need to go over that again going to remove the snowscape the rain dance potentially if we do see that as an option and then they're going to have amnesia that's going to boost our special defense by two stages every time you use it making us able to take those special attacks those hydro pumps those blizzards anything that comes out that could threaten us a lot easier and iron defense as well that's going to make if it is a mixed attacker us able to really take those physical attacks way way better going to boost our defense that by two stages every time you use it and then it also plays into the body press which actually hits off the defensive stat of the pokemon rather than its attacking stat so when you've used three iron defenses you're essentially maxing out your defense that your body press is going to be hitting as hard as possible and into a nice type pokemon you're really going to be able to do a lot of damage the nice thing about regi steel as well it does have the clear body ability so if the unpolion is trying to lower our stats in any sort of way that will be prevented from the clear body ability the ev spread we've got on this regi steel i thought would be good going into this one is going to be 252 in defense and 252 in special defense with the rest put into hp and an impish nature so boosting that defense stat and lowering the special attacking stat which we aren't going to be using in this raid so i do think a decent option going into this raid regi steel probably going to be able to do a good job but i realize not everyone's going to have access to regi steel unfortunately not available to catch and skull and violet but able to be traded in from pokemon home the next step is hariyama i really like this option going into this raid could be potentially very good of course we'll need to be careful if we do see things like air slash or drill peck from the unpolion it is going to threaten it because of its fighting typing level 100 hyper trained has got the fighting terra type and the held item is going to be a flame orb that's going to play off its ability the move set is going to be sunny day belly drum bulk up and drain punch the idea is to basically get that sunny day up turn one we've been through what sunny day does it's going to disrupt the snowscape take away a potential defense boost to the ice type pokemon and if we're in a space where we are able to get a belly drum off and that is definitely something that i'd recommend doing might not be possible though but as a backup to that we're going with bulk up this time around that's going to boost our attack and a defense by one stage fortunately hariyama doesn't get access to sword stance like it's counterpart iron hands so bulk up a decent option nonetheless and then our main attacking option is going to be drain punch the ability is going to be guts and like i say it does play off that flame orb item where it allows us to get an attack boost it burns us as well so we are affected by that status condition the nice thing about it as well because we're probably going to see a lot of ice type attacks that can potentially freeze us put a stop to our run in the raid we avoid that by having that burn status and it also benefits us in our attacking abilities as well the ev spread for this hariyama is going to be two five two in hp and then two five two in its special defense and an adamant nature with the remaining four evs in that stat you could potentially go with the thick fat ability on this hariyama because obviously that cuts the amount of damage done by ice type attacks by fifty percent but then i would change the item to something like maybe an expert belt or a shell or even something like the metronome item that can just swing momentum by boosting the attack damage every time that you're using the same consecutive move of course we've got another fighting type to mention going into this raid and that is going to be iron hands not the best on the special defensive side of things but we can mitigate that slightly with the way we train it with its evs level a hundred hyper trained of course we are giving it the clear amulet item here and also the fighting terra type worth noting that the clear amulet if we do see the impolion try to use any of those moves like feather dance like metal sound or icy wind they're not going to affect us at all in this raid because the clear amulet will protect us from any stat drops move set is going to be bellydrum sword stance close combat and drain punch ability is cork drive of course and the ev spread is going to be 252 in hp and 252 in special defense with an adamant nature basic premise with the iron hands is going to be basically boosting our attack stat up in some means if we're able to get a bellydrum off because we're able to take those hits a little bit better early on in the raid and that's going to be great we're going to be able to expedite our damage quite quickly if you are taking too much damage at the start of the raid then the sword stance is a better more reliable option but you're not taking 50 percent of your hp for the trouble of maxing out your attack stat then drain punch is going to be your main attacking option here going to provide you with a line of recovery throughout the raid probably worth pp maxing the drain punch on the iron hands but definitely a decent option and again a little bit like the anilab where you're already probably going to have an iron hands built in your game and it's going to do a decent job against the impoleon the only thing that is a bit of a disadvantage with the iron hands over the other two fighting options that we've already mentioned the fact that it doesn't get sunny days so if we do see the snowscape from the impoleon it isn't going to be able to remove that defense stat boost that it gets straight away you're going to have to wait those five turns until the snowscape dissipates from the field and finally a pokemon that we're going to mention to wrap up today is going to be glade i do think it could potentially be an okay option a bit like the bronzon has access to that skillswap so we'll get into that in a moment level 100 hyper train fighting a tera type on it and the shell bell as it's held item the move said for the glade is going to be skillswap sunny day calm mind and aurora sphere the ability here doesn't really matter too much steadfast is fine because we're going to be ideally swapping our abilities with the impoleon at the start of the road if that is possible of course falls into the same problem that bronzon could have if we see the shield got up on that turn zero where we're unable to get the skillswap initially which is exactly what we're going to want to try and do with this set get the skillswap up as soon as possible give the glade the competitive ability and the steadfast to the impoleon and then get the sunny day up over at any snowscape or any weather that's on the field and then start calm minding to then take advantage of the aurora sphere that's going to play off that special attacking stat on the glade now the ev spread of this glade is going to be 252 in special attack and 252 in its special defense with a modest nature the only thing that i would say about glade is it has a sky high special defense stat so it is going to be able to take a lot of those special attacking moves from the impoleon again like the other fighting types that we've covered today has to be very careful about those flying type attacks that could potentially be there on the impoleon but otherwise glade going to be a very good option i think going into this especially with the calm mind if you can get a few of those setup going to bolster your defenses you're going to be able to fire those aurora spheres off and do some good damage and especially if you've got the competitive boost if we are able to skillswap that then the impoleon trying to lower our stats in particular with like something like icy wind and it's going to give us that competitive boost to our special attack mean that we can potentially get some good damage off onto it very early on in the raid and start making it a bit easier but if it was to say what pokemon i'd probably be more confident than anything going into the raid it would be the regi steel and then the bronzon probably followed by the annihilate but the bronzon i feel is very solid going into this one it's good defensively it's got the tools to be able to shut down that competitive ability on the impoleon exploded on our side of the field and take advantage of being able to then lower its special defense stats boost stars with the calm mind and then hit it for very hard super effective damage with that flash cannon so they are some builds that i would recommend looking at hopefully either you build them in your game or you hold off or they just inspire some ideas for you to take in to this impoleon this weekend i do feel like this one might be a bit tricky because there is the possibility of it being a mixed attacker like we've already mentioned in this video and that competitive ability does definitely scare me with some of the support options that it has access to let me know down the comment section below what you are thinking about bringing when this raid goes live later this week of course we'll be going live when the raid goes up and we'll be doing the best solo builds for this here on the channel so if you are around later this week it'd be great to have you join us while we figure out what the best solo strategies are to take this seven star impoleon down thank you so much for tuning in friends i hope you found today's video useful as always if you have do consider dropping a like on the video it does really help and definitely hit that subscribe button so you stay up to date with all of our pokemon scholar and violet content when it comes out on the channel thank you so much for tuning in take care of yourselves more importantly than anything and i will see you all in another video very soon until then friends take care of yourselves and bye bye


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Conklin has launched another economy drive drive isn't the word mrs. Davis. It's more of a crusade You might not believe this, but he's rationed each teacher to one piece of chalk a day That's ridiculous Connie, what do you do when the chalk wears out? I wet my finger I was teaching Shakespearean drama let yesterday afternoon and by 2 o'clock. I was up to my cuticle in 12th night That's terrible. Oh, that's nothing today. I have to stop in mr.  Conklin do with pencil shavings, I think he smokes them in his pipe At least I hope he does I've been mixing in chopped rubber bands with my Well if you asked me Connie I'd say that Osgood Conklin was penny-wise and pound-foolish if you asked me I'd say he was all foolish in the yard wide This judgment so poor Remember the idea I had a few months ago to get a tape recorder in school So the students could play back the recordings of their own voices. Yes indeed I thought that was a wonderful idea when I told mr. Conklin about it. He suggested I take an aspirin Now I read where it's being done in high schools and colleges all over the country I know it Walter Denton showed me a spread just the other morning where some college professor came out and said Taping was a great aid in learning English. Walter was all excited about it. It wasn't the learning part that excited Walter He's just gadget happy You're right there Connie when it comes to anything mechanical bad boy is a genius He must be he's kept that car of his running for five years with the wheels held on by Blue Jay corn plasters That reminds me dear Walter phoned while you were in the shower and asked me to tell you that he won't be able to drive You to school this morning. Oh fine, but you can borrow my car Connie if you don't mind picking it up Oh, where is it? Mrs. Davis in the garage next door to school? Somehow I get the feeling that this isn't going to be one of my better days I'm on time now. I can take my Well, this is a switch Pupil beats teacher to classroom. What are you doing here? So early Walter? I thought your car broke down No, ma'am. I just had something else to attend to now then if you'll just read this, please What is it? I'll tell you in a minute. Meanwhile, just read it aloud. All right in My opinion which is shared. I am sure by students and faculty alike He is a generous and progressive minded leader who will spare no expense to improve the teaching methods in our high schools There it's finished. What's finished? What's this box on my desk? Well, it's a Webster Echo tape recorder, Miss Brooks, and I have just captured for posterity your true opinion of our principle My true opinion As I was saying when I so rudely interrupted myself My true opinion of our principle would melt the tape, Walter, but where did you get this machine anyway? I got it from Larkin's electrical shop. Mr. Larkin said we could use it for an indefinite trial period with absolutely no obligation No obligation? Well, just a small obligation. What is it? We have to buy it He's gonna call Mr. Conkin on the phone about it later today I don't like to start teaching before class officially begins, Walter But you have just used two words which cannot possibly fit into one sentence. What words? The words buy and conchlin He'll never authorize an expenditure like this Why I've got to go into an emergency conference with him this morning to see if I can get another pencil You know if he's in his office yet. Sure. He got here early today Fine, then I'll pack up my shavings in my old kit bag and run along One moment, Miss Crooks. If you see Harriet Conkin in her dad's office, would you kindly waft her my way? Air the hum drum rigors of another school day begin. I long to gaze upon my delectable Delilah I'll send her down, Walter, but be sure to keep your cap on. Remember what happened to Samson I'm furious Harriet. Absolutely furious. Why are you furious today, Daddy? Because of the way this I'm not sure. I like your tone girl You inferring that your father is in a constant state of bill temper. Oh, no, Daddy I think you have a very healthy temper That is I know how hard it is for you to control your nerves sometimes. I have perfect control of my nerves So wonder I have any nerves left Look at this lamp yesterday I ordered a repairman from Larkin's Electrical Shop to come out and fix the wiring Look what he did. He simply taped it up and left. It looks all right to me, Daddy. It really doesn't look all right to me, Daddy On top of that the blundering dot left a note saying I owe him three dollars and eighty-five cents Now that takes plenty of guv plenty of gall Why should you be so upset doesn't the Board of Education pay all our schools expenses? Yes Yes, Harriet it does and that's one of the reasons for my crackdown campaign on waste Mr. Stone the head of our board dropped in on me the other day and Informed me that any principal who couldn't run his school with an absolute minimum of expenditure would be removed from office But I am not a rich man Harriet and you and your mother have to have food and you have to have clothes constantly I can't afford to jeopardize my position here. That's why I've got this ball of tape on my desk I'm going to fix some other loose wires. I saw in the hall myself Yeah, well come in Hello, Mr. Conklin Harriet. Hi, Miss Brooks Samson's waiting for you in my tent Delilah a classroom Thanks, Miss Brooks. I'll run along now daddy. See you at lunchtime. I'll be counting the minutes Now then Miss Brooks you may step forward to my desk and briefly state your business. Aye aye sir Miss Constance Brooks reporting for her pencil sir request denied You have our permission to withdraw but your majesty This is pencil Thursday It is but during the past week two board erases have been lost from your room However, we'll discuss that as soon as I take care of that wiring in the hall Oh answer that please yes, sir Hello principal's office. Miss Brooks speaking. You ain't the principal. Are you? Now I ain't I'm an English teacher One thousand the hall at the moment. Who is this? Oh, this is Larkin of Larkin's electrical shop I let Walter Denton take an echo tape recorder over to your school this morning on a trial basis All I want to know is doesn't mr. Conklin wanted or don't he frankly I doesn't think he do Ask him if you want me to yeah, do that. Well, you tell him. It's only 385 dollars what it's a steal at 385 tell him that well I'll step out to the hall mr. Larkin, but I'm sure all I'll get is the exercise Excuse me a minute sure just ask him. What about the tape job? He probably knows all about it already Maybe my partners offer coffee now, but he might have already told mr. Conklin before I got here about it already I perfectly understand Uh phone the hold please I mean home the phone Hang on a minute Mr. Conklin mr. Larkin of Larkin's electrical shop is on the phone Larkin what does that pirate want it's about the tape I know all about it And you may tell mr. Larkin for me that I recognize my obligations and will pay albeit reluctantly what he asks You will pay but mr. Conklin do you realize it will cost I know I know I know 385 Tell Larkin to send the bill to mr. Stone's office at the board of education, but sir go Are you still there mr. Larkin sure what a mr. Conklin say well I think he's delirious, but he said you're to mail the bill to mr. Stone at the board of education Oh, well, but I won't have to mail a bill miss Brooks the board is right not a block from my place I'll bring the bill over to this year mr. Stone when I go out to lunch Well, that's about all we got a disgust I guess thanks for everything you've done mr. Brooks. 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No other dentiferous offers proof of such results Well, I could hardly believe that mr. Conklin actually had okayed the requisition for a $385 tape recorder when lunch period arrived my bewilderment and I joined my favorite biology teacher Philip Boynton In the cafeteria. It is amazing this Brooks and view of mr. Conklin's recent attitude toward expenses Maybe he's becoming a little more sensible about economizing not mr. Conklin He couldn't have changed that fast. Why he's the only person. I know whoever sent in nine cents to the March of Dimes Certainly contradictory especially in view of his action toward me this morning What did he do to you? He stormed into my lab announced. He was cutting me off without a penny for frog food Oh, you like frog food. Oh Forgive me mr. Boynton. I shouldn't tease you about your animals. I know how attached you become to some of them How's McDougal these days? Max fine. Thanks, but I'm a little concerned about a new frog. I caught in the meadow last week It's a wonderful specimen. I've named him shamrock. He weighs almost two pounds. It's a good size shamrock He's healthy looking enough, but I think he's mentally upset. He's so lethargic Yes, I'm almost certain that this frog is the victim of some deep-seated frustration See, I've practically psychoanalyzed him must have used a very small couch Maybe he resents being cooped up in the laboratory. Well, that's the conclusion I reached He's probably longing for his native surroundings of pond flowers and trees But before I decide definitely about taking him back to the meadow I'd like very much for you to meet him as Brooks. All right, mr. Boynton But only on one condition. What's that that you tell him in advance. It's strictly platonic I'm agreeing with that recorder. Walter. Yes, ma'am. There's one switcher has me a little confused I can't tell whether it's on or off Let's see here. I got it figured out now. I think did you have lunch with mr. Boynton? Yes, I did then I stopped in at the lab to meet one of his friends a new frog named shamrock I know shamrock kind of a mope. How'd you like him? He's all right? I guess if you like slimy bulge-eyed pop-bellied monsters Oh, I can tolerate his green little jowls at the distance. It's only when he jumps into my lap that I want to scream Miss Brooksman may I come in? Oh, certainly, mr. Boynton. It just seems like minutes since last we met. That's all it's been Hi, mr. Boynton, what do you got in that jar shamrock? Oh, what have you decided about him, mr. Boynton? Well, I've come to the conclusion. He doesn't belong in a school I think I'll take him out in the woods somewhere and toss him into a pond Toss him into a pond mr. Boynton feels that shamrock isn't happy here He just can't seem to adjust to city life. Oh, why not? I think it's the fault of television He's probably jealous of hop along Cassidy's success Oh It's just that he's lonesome Walter say I've got an idea Maybe we can get him to croak into this microphone and when we play it back He'll think it's another frog and fall in love with it now That's a fine thing to do to a frog. What good to tape recording on a cold night in the swamp No, no, Walter may have something there miss Brooks it might cheer him up considerably The only trouble is shamrock would recognize the call is that of a bullfrog. Why don't you play him the cry of the wild goose? Maybe that'll send him No, no what he needs is the croaking of a female Miss Brooks, I was just wondering Right now. I don't want to give myself the best of it, but I don't think I'm his type. I I Merely wanted you to hold the jar for a moment miss Brooks You see by turning down the base on this recorder and bringing up the treble control. We might fool him you could fool me Hey, I see what you mean mr. Boyden. It'll play back higher here. I'll turn it on. Oh, it is on Just hold him up to the microphone. Come on boy. Let's have a nice clear call Come on shamrock. Let's have it right into the mic What do you suppose is wrong miss Brooks? Maybe he doesn't like the script What do you think Walter? I wish he'd croak Now I'm afraid he isn't gonna do it. Walter better turn it off. Okay. There it's off All nice timing But I have to speak with miss Brooks for a moment. Oh, certainly mr. Conklin. What's wrong, mr. Conklin Am I overdrawn on my paper clips? Word has reached me that you were seen filling your personal fountain pen with school ink Is this true guilty as charged, but I can't understand this excessive economizing on little Oh, you can't you can't well, you'd better try harder miss Brooks when I finish tightening up around here Mr. Stone will have no unnecessary expenditures charged to my account. I Hello, what's that on your desk miss Brooks? It's a tape recorder. Mr. Conklin tape recorder.  Conklin? Yes, why don't you your voice should record beautifully? Well, it has been said that I possess a certain resonance at all How does the thing work here? I'll show you Mr. Conklin will now say a few words about the head of our school board mr. Stone That's all there is to it. Then when you push this button here it plays back. Listen, mr. Stone Simple isn't it go ahead mr. Conklin say something. Oh, but I don't have anything prepared I'll just say a few nice words about mr. Stone. Yes something that'll soften the jolt when the bill arrives Well, I'll improvise something. I Have known mr. Stone for many years in my opinion. He's softened the jolt when the bill arrives What do you mean by that miss Brooks? Please be calm mr. Conklin? It was your idea to send the bill to mr. Stone. What bill the three hundred and eighty five dollar bill for this tape recorder Three hundred and eighty five dollars. I never authorized anything of the sort But surely you remember mr. Larkin calling about it this morning. Oh, Larkin is at the bottom of this that's scoundrel What's wrong with mr. Larkin? He's a crook you ought to be on the rock pile if I ever get the opportunity I'll have that conniving wretch run out of town on a rail But mr. Conklin you told me yourself to have mr. Larkin send the bill to mr. Stone I was referring to a bill for some tape he put on my office lamp a bill for three dollars and eighty five cents tennis anyone When mr. Stone gets that bill he'll come charging over here like a wounded buffalo I can almost hear him growl Holding my name. Oh good Conklin It's almost as if he were in my presence What's the meaning of this bill? I can picture the scene as vividly as if he was oh hello mr. Stone Don't hello me ours good. What's this three hundred and eighty five dollar bill for well, so it's like this I am that is we um may I present miss Brooks. She can explain everything. Well miss Brooks likewise. I'm sure The tape recorder was delivered here because well May I present Walter Denton? He knows more about the matter than anybody. Let's have a dentin Yes, sir. Well, when I saw this machine in Larkins.  Boynton? What's this all about Boynton? Well, this is uh, this is uh, this is miss Brooks I know you have a right to be I'm not angry miss Brooks. Hey, I'm jealous jealous Yes, I wanted to be the first one to introduce tape recorders into our local school system They're a boon to modern education I'd give a lot to know the identity of the progressive minded individual who first wanted one for Madison Mr. Stone it is with great reluctance born of innate modesty that I reveal my role in the matter of this tape recorder Your role when when I first got the idea when you first got the idea Why I told you about using tape recorders in schools three months ago. No, no miss Brooks Let's not wash our soiled linen in public. Why not? It can use it Mr. Stone although miss Brooks is one of our best and oldest teachers in point-of-service. He means Hasn't been able to adjust herself to the rather stern But just discipline with which I operate this institution personally. I'm afraid she rather resents me How can you say that mr. Conklin quiet you?   Conklin water? I'm not interested I am any matter that involves the relationship between one of our Principles and a member of the faculty is the board's concern Play the record boy. Yes, sir Miss Brooks, what do you think of Madison's principal? He's all right. I guess if you like slimy bulge-eyed The right I've heard quite enough. Thank you. Well, I haven't it's very enlightening to know how the faculty feels about you I was good. No way. It's all a mistake. So we're all very fond of mr. Conklin water play the right spot on that tape Okay, I think this might be it What have you decided about him mr. Boynham? I've come to the conclusion. He doesn't belong in a school I think I'll take him out in the woods somewhere and toss him into a That's a mistake too.  Don't touch that machine boy. I want to hear more of this Mr. Stone, I deeply regret this unseeming exhibition that this unholy triumvirate should Choose to expose their flagrant disrespect for me and your presence is a cruel blow indeed They know how I admire and respect you sir. How I cherish your friendship I want to hear everything that's on those records. Yes, sir Mr. Conklin will now say a few words about the head of our school board mr. Stone. He's a crook Run out of town on a rail Are my ears playing tricks on me? Did I just hear what I thought I heard? Play it again walter. We can all dance to it this time Please mr. Stone your ears were playing tricks on you. This is all a horrible nightmare of misunderstanding.  You've not heard the end of this incident. Mr. Osgood ex-principal conklin Well, miss bro Suicide anyone? 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My name is Roxay, I'm the CEO of PowerHouse Security, been in business for 12 plus years, born and raised in Pasadena, California. How are you guys doing? My name is Craig. I wanted to join the HP Labs fitness challenge because you know I wanted to better myself, wanted to get more in shape, try to take on this challenge. Since we're not in the best shape, and that's been for both of us, since we're not in the best shape, you know, our body's aching right there. But we're immune to it, and we've been doing this for a long time. We're heavier set guys, so, you know, the weight comes into effect when, you know, we're definitely working, you know, standing for long hours at a time. I don't want to be that guy to come around. If I signed up for something, I'm going to do it. And I figured that this might be my only opportunity, you know, to go with a six-pack team and just grind it out. So I figured out that was a good motivation for me to do it. Eight weeks that will shape the rest of your life. Can you look at that? Yeah.


Next question is from Pete on the gram. What are the best workout shoes?  You can't just take your shoes off Expect to run and have all these amazing benefits So depends what I'm talking to if you have Stability issues and ankle mobility issues like am I gonna tell you to go barefoot?  How many people are like that very little So the shoes you choose they have to match who you are and your issues And then you can if you want to progress to less supportive shoes you can but it's a it's a methodical slow and Controlled process in if you are at that point barefoot or shoes that have minimal support But if I throw the average person in minimal support shoes or flat-footed I mean you're gonna cause problems because they just are our feet are so underdeveloped and our ankles have such poor mobility Because of the way we've treated ourselves for so long that just not a good idea It's kind of funny that in the fitness industry. We really didn't put any consideration around foot strength or zero Yes support and that shoes were a big contributor to that And I remember like distinctly when I was training in a facility with like independent trainers Which was a whole nother sort of breed of trainer versus like what I had a 24-hour fitness and everywhere else and and everybody in there had the the finger shoes the toes and but also the Chucks and and and I remember that being like they're cool shoes in all but like I'm like How do you guys train in these things? That's crazy to me like I just thought it was crazy I was all about the Nike shoes that had you know all the support and You know we're very much more athletic Driven like for running and all this kind of stuff But you know honestly the the worst shoe to to bring into the weight room Because of you know the the lateral stability.  Well, what are we gonna hear? We're gonna hear Chucks Metcons vans Vivo barefoot whatever shoes like Minimus these are yeah minimus right these are all gonna be the top shoes that are gonna make this list right here And the truth is what makes them the top shoes is they're the closest to barefoot exactly So the the ultimate goal is to be able to get to a place where you can work out barefoot I think that's the answer to this like and whatever shoe is close to remember get to right get to that's why I'm saying It's very similar the way we talk about squatting aster grass That it should be a good goal So if you're if you're not squatting aster grass right now doesn't mean I'm telling you tomorrow You can't break 90 right now and then you hear on the show I say Yeah, don't go don't go get down there just if just because we say to do that But work towards that work work on the hip mobility and ankle mobility to be able to get into a deep squat the same thing goes with barefoot training and what does that look like what looks like first walking around barefoot like if You don't take your shoes right now If the only place you ever take your shoes off is like before you go to bed like you ought to practice that first like Any time I'm at a place where it doesn't like require have shoes like obviously I'm not some weirdo when I go into you know the grocery store and shit I'm walking in there barefoot and stuff like that or walking around out here in public downtown like that But you bet when I get home one of the first things that comes off are my shoes my shoes come off And I'm barefoot and any time See what I mean in the backyard with max and we're playing in the sand and the tambark and the dirt like 100% were barefoot like so and and that's how it started for me was and by the way like It was just not that long ago where my my feet were completely asleep And I had no connection to them and I couldn't squat astagrass and then my feet both Pronated so I was a mess here So it's not like this is gonna take you forever to do this but it just starts with those practices first it starts With you first doing those little things by taking the shoes off and walking around barefoot Then you can start doing some body weight type of movements work on stability, right? So this is where a place where before I go and throw 400 pounds in my back and squat barefoot I'm gonna do some, you know lunges to a balance barefoot, you know I'm gonna do some things that are single legs So I have to work on that ankle stability and strength and foot strength at the same time But build build those muscles up get strong on your feet I have specific shoes that wear for specific lifts and that's just because I don't take the time necessarily to go and Really develop my feet and my ankles Just you know full disclosure. So when I deadlift I like very flat shoes I wear chucks when I deadlift if I overhead press I'll also like to wear chucks If I'm barbell squatting I wear squat shoes because the heel is elevated and it compensates for my lack of ankle mobility If I'm doing anything on a bench I don't care because my feet really don't matter if I'm sitting or laying on a bench So that's the way you got to think about it like what are you willing to do? What are you willing to work towards but don't go barefoot for the sake of going barefoot if you don't have the The right stability and strength in your feet and you just go and take off your shoes or go super flat You're setting yourself up for potential injury and pain even walking barefoot I've even had people say oh, I took all my shoes off and just walk barefoot And then they get you know They get issues with the bottom of their feet and they're like why am I why am I getting fascia issues and say well You always walk around heels So it's a slow gradual process our bodies have totally adapted to wearing shoes and if you've ever looked at a picture of A hunter-gatherers foot next to a modern person's foot It is interesting forget the bottom gnarly looking forget the bottom of the foot with the thick skin All that stuff just look at the top of the foot like toes are spread out and open and it's like this nice Muscular wide strong foot and then you got the modern feet where the toes are all brought together and at weird angle Crushed and it's like we really did a number ourselves and by the way some of this damage can be reversed not all of it If you have children do this when they start walking This is how you prevent these issues because once you go past a certain point You can fix some of it like Adam's fixed a lot of it But will he ever have the kind of feet that he would have like my son when he was I won't have feet like my son I'm doing the same thing with my with my baby son, right? So some of the damage and you ever look at pictures of like pro basketball players to their feet Oh, it's terrible because they had such big feet.  That's all Hey, if you enjoyed that clip You can find the full episode here or you can find other clips over here and be sure to subscribe


Hi everybody, Joe for Jaspy's casebreaks.com here coming at you with a mosaic basketball hangar box, random team break number one with 10 of those immaculate basketball spots being given away in that one box break. Big thanks to this group right here, we're going to do the break first. They're all the teams right here, let's roll it and randomize it, two and a one three times for the break, one, two and three. Different dice roll for the giveaway part of course. Two and a one three times for the teams, one, two and three. Alright, so here's the first part of the list here, Nico with the hornets, here's the second part of the list right here, Danny with the Timberwolves. Could be a surprise here in these hanger boxes, you never know. Let's print and rip and let's find out. Lugadange in action today against the Suns, I've only been half watching, half listening to the game but it looks like it's a pretty good one. Let's see what we got, what a game he had yesterday. I think these look like the exclusives to this set, these are pretty nice. These will ship of course. Alright, so nothing too crazy there but the biggest hits of the break are those 10 immaculate spots were given away. So let's gather everybody's names again, new dice, new list, let's roll it, randomize it, two and a three, five times, top ten after five, good luck, one, two, three, four and fifth and final time. After five, from eleven on down, Brian, sorry, very close, no cigar, but thanks everyone else, thanks to Brian and everyone for giving this a shot. We have to do one more of these so there's another shot you could take if you'd like. Top ten, you're in. David, Danny, Adrian, Brett, Sean, Matt, Steven, Nico, Russell and Mike. Congrats to the top ten here, you're in that break, we'll see you for that a little bit later tonight at jaspeaskrace.com.


Over the course of 500 at bats, what would Trevor Poof the hitter, what would his stats look like against Trevor Poof the pitcher? You'd light yourself up. Yeah, average white righty. 500 for 500 with 500 home runs. That's what everything's told us. I'm a position player pitching. Yeah. Yeah. So if we just go back and look at the history of myself, I'm two for two with two homers. So yes, then apparently I would go 500 straight homers. How are you pitching yourself? High fastballs, high and in. You can try and go bust yourself up high and in. Scouting report on me is pretty easy. Yeah, make me expand in to open up a way. OK. Hard end, soft away. It's pretty it's pretty standard. Scouting report exposed. What if it's all Trevor Poof's fielding? Depends what year? I was a pretty good fielder for a few years. A pretty shitty fielder for a few years. 2014.  OK, so that's that balance out then. So then maybe you're hitting like 380 was a secret. I would rake myself 100 percent. I would rake myself.  That's a dream. That's a fight at the Batrack 88 to 90. You should have seen what Jake was checking yesterday. Popped my mitt popping yesterday. I missed that sound. Yeah. And we were in a we were in like a corridor. So there is a little echo to the pop of the mitt. Sound pretty good. He was throwing nothing but knuckleballs and then he fired like his hardest fastball. Didn't let me know it was coming. I was squatting down with no protection. It was kind of scary. I'll let you know. I gave you the glove. That's a curveball. Just missed it. That was my curveball. Power curve. OK. Oh, my goodness. Yeah.


just start off by wishing all of you a happy birthday because today, everybody say today, is Radiant Church's 22nd birthday. September 8th, 1996, so happy birthday to you. I don't know if you've come along on all 22 years or 22 minutes, but happy birthday to you. It's been a wild ride and it's been awesome to see what the Lord has done just really quickly. How many of you have been a part of Radiant Church for 10 years or longer? Raise your hand. Okay, look at that.  Raise your hand. Look at that. Raise your hand if you've been here for all 22 years. There's my family right down there, so here we are. So happy birthday, Jane and Mikey and Ashley. And so thanks all of you for joining us tonight. If you had your Bibles turned with me to Isaiah chapter 58, Isaiah chapter 58, this is part of our tuned-in series. We've been talking throughout the month of August and now September about hearing the voice of God, the different ways that God speaks to us and the different ways that we can engage with the Lord on a very personal level. And tonight, we're gonna be talking about praying and fasting, prayer and fasting. And you might think to yourself, well, that's not like a one-on-one level class there. You know, I mean, prayer is kind of one of those things everybody kind of gets, but fasting, that's like for the Ninja Navy Seal Christians. I mean, this is not like one-on-one stuff. But let me just tell you, yeah, it's not one-on-one, but we're not a one-on-one church. And we're not living in one-on-one days. How many know that the days we're living in require a little bit more than kind of your entry-level Christianity. We need to know God, we need to hear God, we need to have His Word hidden in our hearts. We need the strength and the power of the Holy Spirit. And so when we talk about something like prayer and fasting, it's really two sides to a nuclear, a nuclear weapon in our spiritual arsenal that God has given to us. Prayer, there's lots of different ways that we pray. We'll highlight some of those tonight a little bit. But when prayer and fasting are combined together, they have an atomic reaction in the spiritual realities of our life. And I wanna draw your attention to Isaiah 58, beginning in verse number six, we'll read a few verses. But God said this, He said, is this not the fast that I choose to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked to cover him and not to hide yourselves from your own flesh, then shall your light break forth like the dawn and your healing shall spring up speedily.   And God is speaking to His people about fasting, about His chosen fast, because you see the Jewish people had all kinds of different fasts. But like with anything else, whether it's reading your Bible, whether it's going to church, whether it's singing songs, reading a devotional, whatever you can think of, something that is life-giving can eventually become religiously stagnant in our lives, to the point where we can actually go through the motions of doing the same thing over and over, and at one time, what we were doing actually brought life to us, but now it's become routine to us and we just do it out of obligation, but it's not transformation. You know what I'm talking about? It's kind of like one time I used to read my Bible and it's like every time I read it, it was something new was coming off the page and feeding me. But now it may be that you found yourself in a season where reading the Bible is just kind of obligatory. I'm doing it because I know that I should do it. I go to church because I know that I should go to church. Well, the Jewish people were fasting and worshiping God on the different high days, the holy days, but their heart wasn't in it anymore. And that's why God speaks to them in Isaiah chapter 58. He says, listen, I've seen all of your fast. I've seen all of your religious rituals and your ceremonies and this is the fast that I want for you. This is not only the kind of fast, but this is the reason for the fast. And he lists off all kinds of different things that are listed in there, but at the bottom line of this entire text that Isaiah is speaking over God's people is God saying, I want your heart. I want there to be a transaction of the heart when you pray and when you're fast that changes how you see things, changes how you relate to other people and it actually rejuvenates and stirs once again your passion for the Lord. And that's the kind of fasting that we want. Even in our day, we have certain denominations have 40 days out of the year or even 21 days out of the year. And if we're not careful, we can do the right things outwardly without the right condition inwardly. And that doesn't produce anything other than hungry saints. Not hungry for the right things. And we want to be hungry for the right things. You know, prayer when it's combined with fasting, you know, let me just say this, there's really three different things or three different kinds of prayer. So it's important that we know this. Number one is prayer is devotional. That's us relating to God. That's you and your quiet place. Pastor John, before a tornado blew through was in the middle last week of talking about building a secret place. And how many know in Michigan, we get tornadoes and when they're like category zero, you know you are not in Kansas. We're like the category fives come through, but did anybody see that picture of the cloud that came over Richland? How many of you were here last week? Raise your hand. Okay, great. And Pastor John became the star of the sequel to Twister. You know, it's... But so as he was teaching you, prayer is devotional. That's me and God. That's me listening to the voice of the Lord. It's me reading the Bible. It's me worshiping. It's devotional, but prayer is also petitional, which means I ask God for things. I ask him based on his word, based on his will for as Jesus called it, my daily bread. I ask for forgiveness. I ask for, you know, if I have needs, if you ask anything in my name, according to my will, my Father in heaven will do it for you. So we can have confidence that we can ask God. Paul writes in Timothy, he says, I wish that prayers. And he talks about supplications or petitions. In other words, asking God. And that's the second kind of prayer. But the third kind of prayer is intercessory prayer. An intercessory prayer, literally the word intercessor means standing between two parties. And so when we stand in the gap between God in heaven and situations on earth or people on earth or environments on earth, and we stand in the gap, agreeing with God, but pleading for mercy and pleading for him to move on behalf of situations on the earth, that's called intercessory prayer. And many of you in this room are intercessors.  We have some incredible people in this church over the years that have just given themselves intensely to intercession, where they're praying on behalf of others as if they were praying for themselves. And when we're talking about prayer and fasting, obviously prayer devotionally is important and we do that daily. Petitioning God is important, we do that daily. But when we find ourselves in a place of intercession where we're standing in the gap, that is where fasting oftentimes is a atomic, or we'll call it a nuclear option that God gives to us in our spiritual arsenal. It's really important that we understand that because listen, in the West, in the West, and I'm talking about Western civilization, we have way more than anybody else has. And we have all kinds of options and things that are appealing to us and to our appetites.  When we pray it, it's more of a metaphor for Lord, just kind of meet my special needs today so that I just feel loved and affirmed and maybe sometimes we're praying for groceries, but we're not praying it as literal as maybe some other places. Why is that important for us to understand? It's because it's very easy for us to get filled up on the things of the world just by default because we live in a consumeristic American prosperous culture and there's nothing wrong with that. We just have to be really, really aware of the fact that by our, just our default setting, we get filled up on the things of the world from morning until night. How many can relate to that?  It's like, mm. And I'll have that with waffle fries, extra well done.  It's like, hey, man, how you doing? You want some chips, man? Come on over here. It's like those chips, they got a voice all their own and the salsa, man, I'm gonna have some salsa. And I do, I like it. And chocolate chip cookies. And if you try and do a diet, all you have to do to get some really good food in your life is just go on a diet.  Go keto diet, all of a sudden people will have parties with baked goods at it.  It's the devil, I'm telling you. There are demons of carbohydrates in the atmosphere of America. Somebody said, amen, thank you for that. Wave your hanky or your wrapper at me. But we just have so much. And we are full, we're full, oftentimes of all the wrong things. And so the idea of fasting, see in America it's like our pursuit is to get more. Fasting is actually taking a step back from the things that feed our appetites. Somebody asked me one time, they said, well, did God ever fast? And my answer to that was no, God's perfect, right? But then I was preparing for a teaching on fasting during Sikh about two years ago. And the Lord actually said to me, the Holy Spirit, I felt like it was the Lord when I was reading the Bible. He says, actually I did fast for 33 years. You see, Philippians chapter two says that Jesus, when he came in the flesh, he emptied himself or he set aside all of his God-deserved privileges in heaven. And he set them aside for 33 years. See, when God fasted, he set aside the spirit to step into the flesh. When we fast, we set aside the flesh in order to step into the spirit.  I mean, us give up a little food to give up a little social media or to give up some of the pleasures of the things of the world for the sake of standing in the gap in prayer is nothing in comparison to what Jesus gave up when he emptied himself of omnipotence and omniscience and omnipresence. And he became a man, a child, an embryo in the womb of a Middle Eastern teenager who was born into a feeding trough who had his life threatened from the first year of his birth who was nailed to a Roman cross while people spit on him and the very people that he came to save were the very ones who said crucify him and were ridiculing him right up until the time he gave up his last breath. But it was because he was willing to do that, it says, because he humbled himself even to the point of death that says that God has also highly exalted him and given him a name above all names so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that he is Lord. What did he do? He humbled himself in fasting and prayer. I just want to give you some principles, maybe a better way of saying it is describe to you what fasting does because I know for a lot of us, it's like, well, I've never fasted before. I don't know how to do that. I'm not even sure if that's for me. Number one, Jesus said Christians would do three things. When you pray, when you fast and when you give. It's in the Sermon on the mountain. Jesus didn't say if you pray, if you fast, if you give. He said when you do it. In other words, it's built into what it means to be a follower of Jesus. And there's some reasons for it. And I'm gonna share that with you. But let me give you three revelations about what fasting does so that we can all kind of wrap our heart and mind around the truth of it and then be able to participate and engage in it with the right attitude and the right heart. Number one, first thing that fasting does is fasting breaks the bonds within us so that we can break the chains around us. Breaking of bonds, that's what Isaiah says. It says, is this not the fast that I chose to lose the bonds of wickedness and to undo the straps of the yoke and to set the oppressed free?  And so the yoke kept them in line so that they would move in the direction that you wanted them to, not going to the side. And literally what it did was it forced the beast of burden to move at your will because you would whip at it and it couldn't get out of the yoke. So when God talks about fasting, breaking the yoke, it's talking about loosing the straps off of the yoke that the enemy through bondages and addictions and issues of the flesh and sin have become a yoke to us to where the enemy is treating us like a slave and we're being driven by those things and we can't get free. I'm fully convinced that the reason why so many Christians are weak is not because the Holy Spirit on the inside of them is inferior, it's just because they're bondage to things that are associated with shame and guilt overwhelm them so much that they can't see who they really are in Christ. They've come under the yoke of an enemy and the very first thing it says about fasting is the reason why God wants us to fast is because he wants to remove the bonds. He wants to take the bondages off. He wants to remove the burdens and he wants to deal with the hardened hearts. Says, is this not the fast that I choose for you? To loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, listen, to set the oppressed free and to break every yoke. Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your home when you see the naked to cover them and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? What's that part dealing with? It's dealing with hard hearts. That we can actually see brokenness around us and get to the place where we're not moved by it anymore. You see in 1996, when we were 25-year-old kids and we were moving to Kalamazoo to plant radiant church, God gave me one mandate. I want you to build a praying and a worshiping church. I want you to build a praying and a worshiping church. And so for 22 years, prayer and fasting have been a part of what we have done. There have been moments in my own life where I've driven through our city and thought to myself, you know what, I don't feel, I don't feel the heart of God for my city anymore. And I've actually gone to God and said, God, this isn't right, I've become hardened. I mean, have you ever had something like that where it's like, yeah, you just see things, but it's like, it comes at you too fast and too much that you almost, you build calluses on your conscience because you can't take being that vulnerable to see what's happening in our young people, to see what's happening in the entertainment industry, to see what's happening on our college campuses, to see how the devil is just deconstructing young people's identity, destroying the nuclear family, making a mockery out of Christianity. And we begin to look at these things. And if we're not careful, we just kind of go through our life and we build like this force field between us and what's going on on the other side of that force field in the real world, where there's 7 billion people over 5.5 billion of them that have never heard Jesus before, but as long as I'm living in my glass little bubble and everything's okay and I don't have to feel the pain, then I'm just gonna live my life, arrive safely at death, go into glory into heaven and rejoice forever and ever. But God says that's not why I put you on the planet. I put you on the planet because I want you to feel what I feel. I want you to look on the city and I want you to see that the harvest fields are ripe unto harvest. I don't want you to say nine months from now, I want you to say right now they are harvest of all. Right now I want you to look into the eyes of people that are in your city and realize so many of them don't know Jesus. And God doesn't just want us to feel, listen, part of the reason why we don't like to feel is because we don't know what to do with it. It's like, well, what do I do with it? Do you know that the greatest thing that you can do is to pray and to fast. And say, number one, God soften my heart once again. Loose the bonds. If there are issues in me, I can't be an agent of change in my community. I can't win my friends to the Lord. I'm not gonna be able to invite people to at the movies. I'm not gonna be able to share my testimony. I'm not gonna be able to pray for the sick and see them heal until I deal with some issues in my life. I'm not content to live in my little bubble and just leave it that way. God, deal with me so that I can be part of the change outside of my bubble. It's kind of like I'm letting down the force field and I'm gonna let the breeze of the world flow in and I wanna feel it, I wanna smell it, I wanna hear the heartbeat of God. And if that takes fasting, then God, I'm gonna fast and I want you to change my heart. I believe that God will do that if we'll ask Him. See, the second thing that fasting does is it says no, fasting is saying no to the flesh so that we can say yes to the spirit. I used to have this kind of wrong religious idea about fasting. I thought fasting was if I fast, I put God's arm behind his back. It's like, God's like, you know what? I hear what you're saying, I hear what you're praying, but I don't really wanna do that. And it's like, God saved my city or God healed somebody and God's like, no, no, no. I'm like, you remember what you used to do with your siblings, right?  Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Somehow we feel like, God, I'm gonna fast and God's like, whoa, let's not get crazy. And you're just like, fasting, I'm fasting for a whole day and God's like, oh, oh, okay.  No, God, I'm gonna fast 21 days and God's like, okay, uncle, uncle, I'll give you what you want. It's almost that we create fasting to be some adversarial posture between us and the fathers. If we're trying to convince God to do something he doesn't wanna do, but he is willing to do to get you off of his back, but that's not really what fasting does. Fasting is you and I saying no to the flesh so that we can actually say yes to the spirit. We're talking about hearing the voice of God. And there is something about fasting and when I say fasting, let me just, I know that there's lots of different ways to fast. Social media, I'm fasting television, I'm fasting comfort, I'm doing whole 30, whatever. I mean, there's all kinds of crazy fasts out there. All of those are awesome entry level fasts. At the end of the day, here's the biblical definition of fasting. Are you ready? Don't eat. No, wait a second, I mean, is that like no carbs? No, don't eat. Now, can I have peanut butter protein shakes? Don't eat. Now, you need to consult your physician to make sure that you're healthy enough. You may go on an extended fast and do juice only, but it's giving up physical food. And you might say, well, why does God care that I give up physical food? Because there is something about denying your flesh. And there is no stronger appetite that your flesh has than food and drink.  You will hear from your body.  Your mind is colluding with your body. And it will do everything to convince you. It's like, come on, man, this isn't gonna really change the world anyways, and you really need it. You're getting too skinny, come on.  I mean, it's like, I've seen myself in the mirror. I could fast for nine months and still be all right.  You're not gonna be sharp-minded. Really, God needs you sharp-minded. And how about you fast tomorrow? When you begin to hear those thoughts, it's your mind, it's your flesh. And that's exactly what we're attacking by fasting. And here's what happens. When you begin to fast, you weaken your flesh, but your spirit rises up, and your spirit is what communicates with God. The spirit on the inside of you is what the Holy Spirit speaks to. It's what you hear from God. And when we are able to tone down the voices of the flesh and its appetites, and we elevate our spirit so that it can become dominant, all of a sudden now we can begin to get clarity. We can begin to partner with what God is doing. The scriptures begin to come to life, even though we're hungry, you will be hungry.  It's like, how long have I been fasting? 30 minutes. It's 8.30 in the morning. I'm already starving, Jesus. Don't you see? Hear me from heaven. Slow. Why is that? It's because we're so used to being on the go, eating, thinking, feeding, watching the news, listening to our music, reading the newspaper, podcasts, all this kind of stuff. But when you fast, it's not just giving up food, but you combine it with prayer, where it's like I'm getting along with the Lord. I'm suppressing the flesh and its appetite so that I can hear the voice of God. It's powerful. Jesus said this in Matthew 26, verse 41. He says, watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation, for the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Your spirit wants to hear from God. Your spirit wants to worship. Your spirit wants to intercede. Your spirit wants to rise up and fulfill its destiny, but your flesh is very powerful. And as long as you feed your flesh, it is dominant, it's dominant over your life. But as soon as you begin to say, you know what, God? I'm hungry, but I'm hungry for the food of doing your will. I'm hungry to hear your voice. I'm thirsty for a fresh outpouring of your Holy Spirit.  I want to hear your voice over my family, over my situation, over my friend. I don't want to enter into temptation. My flesh is weak, but my spirit is willing. And so we lean into the spirit. Romans chapter eight, it says, for those who live according to the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit, they set their minds on the things of the spirit. To set the mind on the flesh, listen, to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile towards God. Your fleshly mind is hostile towards God, for it does not submit to God's law. Indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God, but you are not in the flesh because you have the spirit of God living on the inside of you. So when we dial down, it's kind of like, all right, you know what, music's a little loud here of my flesh and I'm not going to give it what it wants. Immediately, what you will recognize is that life and peace flood you. And the voice of the Lord is loud and clearer in your heart. So some people make the mistake of fasting, but not praying. It's like, well, God didn't say anything.  You need to, fasting and prayer are the nuclear option. It's nitro and glycerin. They come together and it's explosive. Why? It's because the volume of the flesh is turned down and my ear of my heart is turned up to hear what God is saying. Last thing about fasting is corporate fasting, which is when people fast together, shifts spiritual atmospheres, shifts spiritual atmospheres. You and I, we live in a natural world and if you watch the news or, you know, it's hurricane season, my daughter, Tiffany, is in college down in Florida. And so last year at this time, there was a hurricane, one of the largest recorded hurricanes in history that was coming right now, coming towards Florida. And we were trying to decide, should we get her out of there? But she's in the middle of the state. So we kind of thought, oh, she'll be fine. She's with a friend, their house is hurricane ready. But as we begin to watch it, and like we all do, you begin to watch that storm and they show you that little spinning cyclone, right? And how it's coming up here. And the meteorologists are awesome. They're just like, this is gonna be so destructive. I mean, they're excited about it.  It's like, this is the largest storm ever. My daughter's in that state. The storms coming up and they've got all these diagrams and they can also show you the projections of where it's gonna go. And they were wrong. Because they said, first it was gonna come up the east coast of Florida. And we're just like, all right, safe. Then they said, no, it's gonna come up the west side of Florida. And we thought, okay, we're safe. And then they said, no, it's actually going right up the middle. Like, and one of the guys was like, kind of like a ball going down an alley and a bowling alley. It's just heading right towards Lakeland. That's where my daughter's at. And it's like, this is not funny. And you begin to see this storm category five going right up the middle of the state. And you see these diagrams and these satellite images of the atmosphere. And we prayed like crazy. And miraculously, really, the storm dissipated before it got to Lakeland, before it destroyed. I mean, people were saying it was gonna be the largest, most powerful hurricane in history. And it actually was destructive, but it didn't do the damage. And it came right over where our daughter was. And it hardly did anything. They didn't even lose power.  We were praying and we were fasting. But when I saw that meteorological, there we go, map of the atmosphere, I wonder whether we realize that there are spiritual atmospheres all around us that are unseen to the naked eye.  And that just like in the natural, there are storms, there are demonic strategies and attacks. There are angelic ministries that are taking place. Probably, well, probably in this room. And what's crazy is that we've had three or four people over the last year or so that attend our church, don't know each other, that have actually seen angels in our church. And if for some of you, you're just like, whoa, that's kind of weird. Read the Bible, it's there. We've actually had people who are just like, there's literally angels that are in the room. Why are we so blown away by that? Just because we can't see it. But if right now, if God were to just pull back the curtain, we would see atmosphere, spiritual atmospheres. In other words, things that are shifting. You read the book of Daniel and Daniel prays and he fasts for 21 days for his nation. They're in exile. And he prays and he repents and he intercedes. And on the 21st day, the angel Gabriel shows up and he comes with the answer, the answer of deliverance. He has the whole rest of his prophecy. He says, God's gonna deliver you. God's gonna set this in motion. Israel's gonna come back into his land. But here's what he says. He says, I was sent from heaven to give you the answer the day that you started praying. But I was detained by the Prince of Persia and the Prince of Greece. And I was in a battle for 21 days until Michael the Archangel came and assisted me in the battle so that I could be set free to come and deliver the answer to you. You just don't see that happening in the natural. Who's the Prince of Persia? Well, what we know is Persia would overtake Babylon that Daniel's in as the New World Empire. But before it ever manifest in the natural, there was a spiritual storm swirling over that region between angels and the demonic over principalities or over political regions of the earth. And Daniel finds himself smack in the middle of that. There are spiritual atmospheres. And listen, it's not just in the book of Daniel in the Middle East. It's in Kalamazoo, Michigan. There are spiritual realities that you don't see and I don't see that are happening as we speak. And we shift, we can shift spiritual environments with prayer and fasting. Just like the meteorologists are like, well, here comes a storm and project where it's gonna go. We can cry out to God and we can say, God, shift it, move it. Don't let the strategies and the demonic ploys of the enemy and the designs that he has on our city, don't let them come to pass. We want your kingdom to come and we want your will to be done in Kalamazoo, in Southwest Michigan, in our generation, into your 2018, in America, in the nations, on earth as it is in heaven. We can pray like that. Consider this example, Acts chapter 13. It says in verse number one, now there were in the church of Antioch prophets and teachers Barnabas, Simeon, and one who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manayan, a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch and Saul. And while they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. And then after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them and they sent them off so that being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus and when they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God. Now here's what I want you to see. A massive door opened up for Paul who's the greatest evangelist, the greatest church planner, greatest apostolic leader of the church. He took the gospel into territories nobody else went in. But until this event took place, he was a Bible teacher in a local church in Antioch. On the road to Emmaus, he had been called by God to be an apostle and stand before kings and preach the gospel to the whole world. But he didn't have a release from it. He just went and he submitted to a local church. But while they were praying and fasting together, it says that the Holy Spirit said, you know why they could hear what the Holy Spirit was saying? Because they were fasting and worshiping and praying together. And in that environment, God said, and so they laid their hands on Paul and says, all right, God's saying that through a word of prophecy, through the affirmation of all the leaders. And they said, this is what God's saying, laid hands on Paul and Barnabas. And Paul and Barnabas left there and preached the gospel in territory to people who had never heard the gospel. And within three short years, more people, misciologists say, through Paul's first missionary journey, more people were saved in one year under Paul's ministry than the first 30 years of the church. And you know why it happened? It's because there was a church at Antioch that prayed and fasted corporately and it shifted spiritual environments. And that's what I believe that we're called to be, those kind of people. Like I said, this is not one-on-one Christianity. This isn't just Jesus loves me, this I know for the Bible tells me so. We believe that, it's foundational. But church, it's time we grow up. It's time we recognize that this is why we've been put on the planet. To know God and to make him known. But more than that, we've got these weapons in our arsenal that God has given to us. And you may just think to yourself, well, I'm just living my life, I love Jesus and that's great. This isn't about salvation, at least for you. But this is about shifting the environment so that we see God move in our city. See, what I'm believing for is 100,000 people to be saved in the next decade out of Southwest Michigan. Let me repeat that so you hear that. I'm not believing for a trickle of a handful of our friends and neighbors to come to Christ. I'm believing for 100,000 souls in the next decade out of Southwest Michigan. And I don't care if that's at Radiant. I don't care if that's at Center Point. I don't care if that's at Mount Zion downtown. There's not enough seat and capacity in our city if we had a revival for every church to be full. And we need every church to be full. We're contending for that. And the way that we're contending for that is we're going to pray and fast. We felt coming into this fall that this was a significant season for our church. And so we've declared a 10 day instead of 21 days, 10 days of praying and fasting as we go into the new kind of school year in the fall. And so I don't know if you got these when you came in. If not, they're out in the back, but basically this is seek 10 days of prayer and fasting. And we're going to do this together. And we've got, here's what we're doing. It's 10 days. We're going to have a prayer meeting every single day, Monday through Saturday. One that is at noon, that is going to be at our Portage Campus. And then one at 6.30 p.m. that's going to be here at Richland, up in our upper room, with worship and prayer as we fast. So I'm going to ask everybody, let's all stand up. Let's stand up all over the room. Here's what I'm asking everybody to do. Number one, if you're a Christian, if you love Jesus and radiance your home, even if it's not, would you pray and fast for this for the next 10 days, for breakthrough? For you, if you've never fasted before, it may be for you saying, I'm going to fast one day. One 24 hour period of timer from sun up to sun down, I'm going to fast. And I'm going to give some time to really praying over some of these things. We've got prayer for our business leaders. We've got pray for families, pray for marriages, pray for prodigals to come home, salvation for the lost. Every day has a new theme, and it's written on there. We're going to ask you, would you fast? Some of you will do a meal a day, or two meals a day, or fast for several days. Some of you, because of how you work, you can't not eat because you need the physical strength, but you might say, well, I'm going to fast and have juice only, or I'm going to just do minimalism. I'm not going to eat much other than what I need to. But all of us to say, yes, I'm going to fast. And then to say, yes, I'm going to pray. And I'm going to ask us to go against the current. See, the devil doesn't think that the church in America is ever going to rise up in prayer and fasting under revival. He's fully convinced that we're way too comfortable, that we're weak, that we're self-centered, that we don't care about anybody besides ourself. And so he just, he thinks the sleeping giant is anesthetized, but I believe different. I believe that if my people who are called by my name will hear the voice of the Lord, we'll fast and we'll pray, we can shift the environments in our city and in our region. So I'm going to ask you, would you come to a prayer meeting, portage, give up your lunch hour at work and come to portage and worship and pray for an hour at noon during the week? Or would you come at 6.30 PM, maybe come to both here at Richland and over the next 10 days. Here's what we're doing. We're bombarding heaven saying God, we are hungry and thirsty for you to move in our city. And then we're going to culminate it on Wednesday night the 19th. We have Corey Russell from the International House of Prayer is going to be here teaching on intercessory prayer, worshiping and we're going to pray like we have never prayed before. Come on, how many are in with me? Come on, raise your hand if you're in with me. Here's what I want us to do. We're going to worship for just a moment. We're going to take some time and just tonight we're going to minister to the Lord and I want you to ask the Holy Spirit tonight. Lord, what would you say to me? What bonds and yolks need to be loosened off of my life? Lord, tonight does my heart need to be stirred?  Lord, tonight how do you want to use me to shift atmospheres and environments? Let God download and deposit that into your heart as we worship Him. To make my life a prayer, did you want it? Token prayers when you said to sing for myself and I just pray you'll comfort me to know you're real. A song that Corey was singing, but it's an old Keith Greene, all of his old people. I love that song, I love Keith Greene because he was somebody that challenged me in the early days of my faith to live radically for Jesus. To not live moderately, conservatively, play it safe. To go all in, no compromise. Love Jesus radically, love my city radically.  I really believe that a window will open up over our region and over our city for at the movies when we're going to see thousands of people saved. I really believe it's going to open up a window in our high schools for young people to be saved and to experience the presence of the Lord and to encounter God. We have no idea what God has in store, but he's just waiting for some people to say, no compromise, I'll go in all the way.  I want you to just make your way to the front and we're going to consecrate ourselves in prayer before we go. If you just say, Lord tonight, I'm consecrating myself and be a part of this. I want to lay my life down, I want to pray, I'm going to fast, I'm going to ask God to move. You don't have to come. I don't want you to come because somebody else next to you is coming. But if your heart tonight just says, God, yes, I want to be a part of that.  We will never know what heaven has in store if we don't knock on the door and seek and we ask. And that's what we're going to do. Just squish right into the middle, everybody. We believe God's going to raise up an army of Gideons out of the wine press that say, God, use me. We're going to pray. Before we do that, I want to make an announcement. I'll wait until this time because I want us to close in prayer. Is that okay? Is that all right if we pray in church? But I want to make this announcement tonight. Many of you know one of our dear pastors, John Porter. Pastor John Porter, his wife, Melissa, been a part of Radiant Church for 21 years. And he oversees our care ministry and some of our counseling. He's one of my dearest friends and just has invested his entire life into the kingdom of God. Just loves Jesus so much. He was just diagnosed about a week ago with stage four colon cancer. And really, they're weighing all their options, but there really is only one option and it is a miracle. It's a miracle. We need a miracle in Pastor John Porter's body.  He's not mad, he's not bitter, he's not upset, he's not any of those things. But he's hungry and he's thirsty. And one of the things that we're gonna be praying for over this period of fasting is him and other people that have serious terminal illnesses that need breakthrough miracles in their life. So before we go, we're gonna pray for John, but I just wonder how many are here tonight and either you or somebody that's near and dear to you needs a breakthrough miracle of healing in their bodies.  Look at this. Isaiah 58 says, and then your healing will spring forth. And I'm not content to just pray weak prayers. I really think that we just need to storm heaven. God, pour out healing power. Pour out your grace and your mercy. Come on, let's raise our hands towards heaven in this place. Lord, we pray that as we consecrate ourselves tonight for what you're gonna do over the next 10 days and beyond, that Lord, you would hear us from heaven, that you would be stirred, that you'd be moved, that the atmosphere over our region would shift, would shift, that the light would break through where there's been darkness. Lord, and we cry out for healing over John's body and over every other name that's been mentioned that needs a miracle. Lord, extend your hand. Heal, deliver, save, repel the works of the devil and darkness. We recognize the storm as being from the enemy. But Lord, you're the God of breakthrough. This is how we fight. This is how we battle. Prayer, worship is our weapon. And Jesus, we're gonna win the battle because you've already won it. We don't fight for victory. We fight from victory. And in the name of Jesus, we declare right now the kingdom of God will come unearthed in Kalamazoo as it is in heaven. Healing break forth, deliverance break forth, prodigals coming home, businesses changed and different. Schools protected in the name of Jesus, Lord. Send your reign, God. Send your reign, God. Release revival over Kalamazoo, Michigan, God. Do an astounding work. Behold, I do a new thing. Behold, I do a new thing. Behold, I do a thing that's never been seen before, that you've never seen, never thought of, that's unheard of, that no one would have ever considered or thought possible. God says, I'm opening a window over the Great Lakes. I'm opening a window over the Great Lakes and I'm about to let it rain over the Great Lakes. I'm about to fill the lakes to overflowing. I'm about to fill the churches to overflowing. Rivers are gonna overflow their banks. The sun is gonna shine even while it rains. For God says, I'm opening a window over the Great Lakes and it's gonna be the latter and the former reign that I release in Jesus' name. Come on, let's lift up a shout of victory in Jesus' name. Just lift up your voices and worship Jesus like it's already happened. Lord, we surrender everything to you. God moved powerfully in our midst in Jesus' name. Lord, move powerfully in our city, in our schools, in our families, every church that names the name of Christ and preaches the Bible in this city. Lord, pour out your spirit. Everybody say this with me, say, I solemnly swear that I will not be lulled to sleep, but I am awakened to what God is doing in my life and through my life, in my church and through my church and in my city and through my city. So help me God. Amen.