Okay, good morning, everyone. Welcome to a new week and a new session. Let's begin this time with the work of prayer. So maybe any one of us can please lead in prayer. Let's go ahead. Our Grace is Heavenly Father. We thank you for this beautiful day. A beautiful morning, Father God. Within your presence, Jesus. Father God, this time, Father God, as we are going to study your Word, God. We ask you, Holy Spirit, your leaders and guidance, and bring us to the truth which you have for us, Lord. And Father God, we submit, Pastor Paul, to your mighty hand, as he is teaching us, Father God, leading Father God, and give him a new revelation so that it could come into us, Lord Jesus, through him.  In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Right. Okay. So we are in 2 Corinthians. Last week, we closed at Chapter 6. So Chapter 5, we looked at how the Apostle Paul spoke about the ministry of reconciliation, how the Lord Jesus, you know, one person died for all. And he spoke about how we are all as believers, reconciled unto God because of what Jesus did on the cross. And so basically the reason why Paul was bringing that up was he, you know, we know that his first letter was stern. So he was trying to also make them understand that in my sternness, I want us to be reconciled, not only to each other, but to God as well. Right. In Chapter 6, he talks about a few of his hardships, a few of his challenges that he went through. But he also talked about very importantly not to be yoked with unbelievers. Right. And we listed out the things that happens when we are yoked with unbelievers. Paul says, you know, we will end up, you know, when we're yoked to unbelievers, we will, you know, their character will come into us. We will, we will, how can light and darkness stay together? How can, you know, uses that word Belial? How can, you know, the Holy Spirit dwell and how can we worship other gods and idols when the Holy Spirit is dwelling inside us? So he very sternly says, do not be yoked with unbelievers. Right. So he ended the chapter on that. Let's get into Chapter 7. Let's do as much as we can. You know, we have quite a few chapters left, but let's do, let's begin from Chapter 7. Now, in Chapter 7, the Apostle Paul is again, feel free to stop me whenever you have questions. But I'm just going to keep teaching. And if you have questions, please stop me. Right. So Chapter 7, Paul begins to talk about his joy. In the previous chapters, Paul's, you know, he's been talking about many things, right? So chapter in 2 Corinthians, we see that he's sobered down, he's no more upset, he's not angry, he's not bringing much of exhortation or rebukes. But then in Chapter 7, he begins to encourage the church to take action. Right. So let's look at what he says. Verse 1, therefore having these promises, beloved, let's cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness and the fear of God. So Paul is calling the believers and he's saying, okay, as believers, we must take responsibility to free, to purify, to distance ourselves from anything that contaminates us. That contamination could be body, mind, spirit. Right. So anything that can take us away from God. Now we have to take that responsibility. Right. So again, he's saying, as believers, we cannot be passive, but we need to take action. Right. We have to say, okay, this is something that is not right. So I have to renew my mind. I have to make sure that I don't fall into this temptation or I don't let any wrong filthiness or sin enter my mind, my body, my spirit, my soul. This responsibility is for us as believers. Right. Because this, what Paul is saying is, as believers, later on, we'll talk about the weapons of our warfare as well. Well, but as believers, sometimes, you know, we may have this wrong notion that, okay, the Holy Spirit is in me. I, even if I sin, I can always go by and ask for forgiveness. Yes, God is, God will forgive, but with the Holy Spirit inside us, Paul is giving us this responsibility and saying, we must stay away or cleanse ourselves from filthiness of the flesh and the spirit and perfecting ourselves and holiness and the fear of God. Let's look at Romans 8.13, for if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body and you will live. Right. Now, with the enabling and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we cleanse ourselves and we are aware that all the things that defile us, that is the flesh and the spirit, and we ask the Holy Spirit to bring revelation, to bring wisdom, to bring strength. And again, another important thing is our choices. Right. So sometimes, you know, the Holy Spirit is there, but we end up making the wrong choices. We will fully choose to sin. Right. So we must stay away from that. Right. Thirdly, we put an effort with the help of the Spirit to follow through decisions consistently, meaning when we have made a decision to, you know, to live responsibly, to live in holiness, pleasing in the sight of God, we must be consistent. Right.   Supposing, be consistent. Right. In, in ours, in ours pursuit for God. Let's go down. Let's go to us to open your hearts to us. But we have wronged no one. We have corrupted no one. We have cheated no one.  So it's, it's a plea of reconciliation again here. You see that Paul is urging the Corinthians saying, you know, to draw near to him, to be open, to be transparent and to receive him and his team and the ministry that they are doing. Right. Now remember the first letter Paul had to write and he said he's, he's, he's defending his apostleship. Right. But after all of that, the first letter, you know, he also visits them.  I was sad. And, you know, he didn't want to visit them. But here he's saying, open your hearts to us. But draw to us, draw near to us in the sense that be open, be transparent and receive the ministry. When we say ministry basically means receive our corrections, receive our exhortations. Why? Because it is for your good. Right. So Paul is following that up by saying we have not wronged, meaning to be unjust, to do wrong morally, socially, physically. We haven't wronged anyone to, we haven't corrupted. Right. So we didn't lead people away from holiness. Our pursuit was every one of us to be holy and to grow and be matured in Christ. And three, we haven't cheated anyone. Right. Remember in chapter one, Paul talks about the right of an apostle and how even though he had the rights, he didn't use that rights. And he's openly saying, yeah, we haven't cheated anyone. We haven't, you know, done any to defraud or taken advantage of people.  We haven't done any of that for our own selfish gain. So this is a very important lesson for us as ministers. Right. When we involve in ministry, we must make sure that we don't wrong anyone. We don't corrupt and we don't cheat. Right. And here Paul is reiterating this fact to the Corinthian believers that even to the point of death, they are, you know, the church and the believers are in his heart. So this is a bold claim. Now imagine this. The first letter they was, he was, you know, rebuking and shouting and saying, but here he's saying, even to the point of death, you will be in our hearts.  Then he goes on verse four, four through 12. Okay, let's look at four to seven first. Great is my boldness or speech towards you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulations for indeed when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest. But we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. Nevertheless, God who comforts the downcast comforted us by the coming of Titus. And not only by his coming, but also by consolation with which he was comforted in you when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me. So that I rejoiced even more. Now, when we look at the character of the Apostle Paul, you know, all of us may have different pictures. But here we see that the Apostle Paul was bold, but he was also timid. He says, no, I come to you in humility. I'm not coming in my own to the Romans. He says, I'm not coming on my eloquence or speech. I'm not coming with my intellect. I'm coming in humility. But he's also bold where he says to the Galatians, you foolish Galatians. He was bold and correcting, but then he was equally bold in boasting about the people, the believers, especially the ones in Corinth. So he's declaring here in verse four, I am filled with comfort and I'm exceedingly joyful in our tribulation. He's saying, now, when we know that when he went into Macedonia, he knew that there's going to be trials, tribulations, and there was. There were a lot of challenges when he went there. They tried to kill him. They persecuted. They beat him. But he's saying here that, you know, in this tribulation, they found they were filled with comfort and joy. So who gives this comfort and joy during times of tribulation? So there's so much of challenges, physical challenges, mental challenges. Your spirit is so downcast. People are persecuting you on every side. Paul is saying, I'm filled with comfort and joy. Why? Because this is the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and Paul was flowing in the fruit of the Spirit. We're saying, are there problems? Yes. Are those problems big and challenging? Yes. I'm filled with comfort and joy because of the fruit of the Spirit. And this is such an important lesson to us. You know, when things are going all right, it's very easy to praise God, to be comforted, to be joyful. But what about when things are not going fine?  Or things are not going the way we have planned. We ask the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, fill me with joy, fill me with comfort that I may, even through this season of challenge, I can know that you are a comfort and joy. Right now, the best thing is we have access, right? The same Holy Spirit that the Apostle Paul had is working even now. Right? So here's something very interesting also. In verse 5, he says, for indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. Now you see this balance there? Paul is saying, I was filled with comfort and joy in tribulation. But here in verse 6, he's saying, outside were conflicts, inside were fears. Right? Now, Paul was anxious because when he went into Macedonia, on the way to Macedonia near Troas, he could not find Titus. So he continued along. The plan was he take Titus and go into Macedonia, but he could not find. So Paul was little anxious. Right? Oh, where is Titus? Right? And here he says, you know, the Apostle Paul, he experienced fear in his heart. Right? He says there, inside were fears. He did not hide the fact that he also faced fears. There was stress, there was anxieties, there were things that were happening to him. Paul was secured in his identity in Christ. So he was willing to be open and willing to, you know, let the believers know, hey, I go through the same things.  But when I depend on the Holy Spirit, God empowers me. And because of this dependence on the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul did these great exploits for the kingdom of God. If you look at it in a natural sense, you know, history says that the Apostle Paul was a shot bald man in his old age. Not very charming.  It is not very good looking that people would, he was not the, even though he was the commander of the temple guard in his early 30s, but now this is way later, many, many years later. Right? So there was nothing very great to look upon him. But Paul is saying my dependence was on the Holy Spirit. So here's another important lesson as believers.  As we grow up, sometimes we feel that, hey, I can't share with anyone my fears, my doubts, because what will they think? Right? Now, here's, here's what Paul is saying. Being an apostle, being somebody who's so strong in the faith, started all these churches, done wonderful miracles. He's saying, inside your fears, he's selling the church. Right? So you and I, even if we as, you know, we may be 10 years, 20 years in ministry, when we go through challenges, when we go through difficulties, get help. You don't have to say, oh, what will people think? No, our identity is cry in Christ is who we are. So we don't have to fear what people will think. What if they don't come to me, come to our church? Because, you know, I am fearful or I have done this wrong. No, be open, be willing. And that's what the apostle Paul did. Now, Paul later on, Titus comes, right? Titus arrives and Paul was greatly comforted. Right? He received. So for Titus, what happened was Titus went to Corinth and he came back. And the, and the believers somehow Titus, you know, Titus tells Paul that, you know, the believers have read the letter. And now they were deeply sorrowed. They were deeply burdened and they've asked and they have, you know, they are repented. And now Paul, they greatly want to meet you. They want to see you. This is so emotional. Right? Remember Paul, he comes. He sees them briefly. He comes back and he says, now I'm not going to visit them. I better write a letter to them. But so he writes first Corinthians. Right? And then now after they read that Paul Titus is coming back with a report saying, Paul, they were all read your letter. They all understand. They have lamented. They have repented. Now they want to see you. And the apostle Paul, this was a great rejoicing for him. Right? And you see the heart of the apostle Paul here. In when, you know, especially after that first letter, he was later on, we'll see, you know, he was probably a little fearful whether they will take his corrections or whether they would just turn away from it. But all of them in the church, you know, repented. And they wanted to see Paul. Because the first visit was not very pleasant. They wanted to see him. And Paul is so rejoiced and happy with that fact. And verse eight, for even if I made you sorry with my letter, I did not regret it. Though I did regret it, but I perceive that the same episode made you sorry, though only for a while. Now I rejoice, not that you are made sorry, but your sorrow led to repentance. For you are made sorry in a godly manner that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the world produces death. Now, it's a wonderful right. Paul is, he's, he's telling the Corinthian believers, I regret the way I wrote it, but I also don't regret it. Because if I hadn't said that, now I see that you're all turning to repentance. You're all turning. And that is more joyful than anything else. Right. Look at what he says. Yeah. A quick recap about the sequence of events which led to the strong letter that Paul wrote. Right. Now, first thing, things were not good spiritually and morally in the church in Corinth. Right. Now, in an attempt to get them back on track, Paul writes this harsh letter. Then he makes an unplanned visit. Right. That unplanned visit makes things worse. Right. Now, after that failure of the, of the first visit, Paul decides not to visit Corinth again, but to send, but he sent Titus to them with a strong letter of rebuke. Right. Now, here's what happened. Paul was worried how the Corinthians would receive that letter. And Titus came back saying they have received it. We are correcting themselves. And Paul is talking about godly sorrow. So if you see here, godly sorrow, what does it do? Godly sorrow leads to repentance and life. Godly sorrow leads to conviction of sins. Godly sorrow leads to hope and provides options for change. Right. So there are two kinds of sorrows in the world. There's godly sorrow and the sort of worldly sorrow. Right. Godly sorrow, the sort of the world leads to death, leads to condemnation, leads to more hopelessness. Right. But you and I, even though we sin, we can go back to God and say God forgive us because godly sorrow leads to repentance and life. There's conviction of sins and there's a hope for things ahead. Right. And so it's such a joy. And Paul is saying this letter that I've sent you has made your sorrow, made your sorrow, not just a sorrow of the world, but it was a godly sorrow where you all have decided to turn from your wrong ways. You have repented of your sins and you're willing to change. That is what godly sorrow does. Right. Now when people correct us, when people, you know, when leaders, I think that's a question. Okay. Mangi, you've raised your hand. Thank you, sir. Yes, sir. It's about the godly sorrow and the worldly sorrow because we also, we hear, say, holy anger and worldly anger. What do they call it? Godly anger. Godly sorrow and worldly anger because we have the truth. We know the truth and we have the Holy Spirit in us. So when we get convicted of sin, we will repent because we know the way. And those of the world, even though they might be convicted of their sin and the wrong things they're doing because they don't know the way. They don't know the word.  So why not call it just sorrow or the soul and just anger and then the difference is the knowledge we have. So please, can you please explain more? Yes. Yes. That's a really good question, Mangi. Now, when we say world in all through in the Bible, the word world is referred to the things that are not of the spirit. So here you've got sorrow brought by the Holy Spirit, meaning conviction. So when we pray, as believers we pray and we feel sorrowful, it leads to repentance and that is a Godly sorrow. Now, as you said, Mangi, they don't have the Holy Spirit. They don't understand what is happening. Now, let's look at this example. Look at death. A simple thing which every human being will have to face. What is the difference in death for believers? What was the difference with death with unbelievers? Now, when you see both of them, both places there is mourning, there is sadness. There is sadness. There's a loss of a loved one. Both places, whether they believe Jesus or don't believe Jesus, there is sadness. Now, what is the second step? The second step is there is a hope in terms of believers. Why? Because of the knowledge of the truth of God's word. We know that, hey, this person knows Jesus and to be absent in the bodies, to be present with the Lord and one day we will see each other. There's a hope. But is there sorrow, pain, bereavement? Definitely, yes. But here, there is sorrow, pain, bereavement, but that is leading not to a place of hope, but is leading to a place of guilt, condemnation, fear, doubt or anger. So, if we see the difference, godly sorrow always leads to some kind of a hope, but the worldly sorrow is most often going to, it's not going to bring any hope for the future. Now, how do we know that? Because you and I have the Holy Spirit as a assurance. So there are many times, there are many people that I know of who are unbelievers, people from other faiths. They've lost their loved ones. But even now, I'm talking about 10 years, 10 years down the line, they still feel sorrowful, but they feel this hopelessness. I don't think I can ever see them again. I know of somebody who has lived with this guilt for many years, during the end moment of his mother's life, he was not there for his mother. He was busy working and doing all this, and finally his mother passed away. But even now, that guilt is there. See, worldly sorrow brings guilt, condemnation. But godly sorrow brings hope, brings comfort. Now, is there comfort in the worldly sorrow? Could be. Some of them can just overcome it. They're strong in their mind, they overcome, they go ahead. But here, when we see the difference, it's very important to understand that this whole comfort joy, like how Paul was saying previous to this, comfort, joy, strength, hope, all of this comes only from the Holy Spirit. So the reason he's talking about a worldly sorrow, these are things that the world cannot offer. But this is what God can offer. That's why it's called the worldly sorrow. The world can offer, there may be friends who can comfort you, but what about when they're gone? What about the friends, the friends go home? But that comfort is not going to be there when we're alone at home. Nobody's there. We have somebody who we can look at. We can look at the Holy Spirit. Wonderful example here by Sayyid also. Peter versus Judas's reaction after both sinned is a classic example of godly and worldly sorrows. Yes. So we look at Peter. He did a very bad mistake. Actually both Peter and Judas did the same thing. Judas did it for money. Peter did it for free. Judas said, you give me money, I will betray. Peter said, I will betray. But both sinned, both betrayed, but you see the difference there. What godly sorrow did was brought him to repentance. Worldly sorrow got him to guilt, condemnation, over and over again led to suicide. Worldly sorrow leads to death. Now when we say death, it may not be only physical death. There's a spiritual death. There's no life in the spirit anymore. Meaning there's no joy, there's no comfort, there's no peace. So Mangi, to look at it, one thing we must understand that sorrow is there. Sorrow will be there, whether we are believers or unbelievers. As human beings, we all will face sorrow. But how we react to those sorrows, those situations, those seasons will determine whether we have godly sorrow or whether we have worldly sorrow. Look at even what you said about anger, holy anger and worldly anger. Holy anger will result in, again, change of heart, change of, look at what Moses did. And there are many places, right? Moses, when he came down from that mountain, he was so upset to see that idol. What did he do? He broke that idol with the Ten Commandments and he crushed it into pieces and put it in, mixed it in water and made them eat it, drink it. Those are extreme. But that has got the anger. But what happened after that? It resulted in many people turning back. Now what if Moses went there and said, okay, this is done. Please don't do this. Next time, you know, it's not good. I'm sure if they carried on on the way, somewhere in between, they would have done it again. But we don't see an account after that. After that, we don't see an account where they built a calf and they said, begin to worship. No, we don't see an account of that. So godly anger will always lead towards God. But the worldly anger will lead us away from God. Godly anger will lead us to holiness and to righteousness. But worldly anger will lead us to sin and death. So there's a difference there. So that's why it's called godly and worldly. Maggie, I hope that gives some kind of clarity to your question. Yes, first. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, let's carry on. Okay, so we see here Paul lists down eight qualities that he observed in the Corinthian believers because of God. He says they were diligent. They were clearing of oneself, meaning they were giving a reason. And there was indignation. There was fear. There was vehement desire, a zeal, a vindication, meaning clearing of blame. And they were proving oneself to be clear. Now it goes on verse 13. Therefore, we have been comforted in your comfort and we rejoice exceedingly more for the joy of Titus because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I am not ashamed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus was found true. And his affections are greater for you. He remembers the obedience of you all. How it filled and trampled you in the effort of rejoicing, having confidence in doing everything. This Paul is sending this. Now the letter is like the buks. It's interesting to think of this. It's nice to tell them how they have wished you to the Lord's table like this. You know, with the help of its food. He's really repeating the first letter. But he's sending Titus and he's saying, Titus, these people are very good believers. I have boasted to Titus. It says there, right? I boasted about you. So he was, he was, you see, Paul is not saying he's written the letter all the wrongs and correcting them, rebuking them. But Paul is not saying Titus go to this church and, you know, I started this church on the second missionary journey. Now they are doing everything wrong. Go and correct them, rebuk them nicely, give this letter to them, read it to them, make sure they follow it. He doesn't do that. He was 14, it says, for if in anything I have boasted to him about you. He's saying, oh, this Titus, meaning by sending Titus, he stole the church and Corinth are wonderful believers. They are flowing in the gifts of the Spirit probably and go and encourage them.  He's saying all that, but I can only picture Titus if he had opened the letter and kept reading it. It would have been the opposite. But Titus rejoices after receiving the good report because his Paul, sorry, Paul rejoices after receiving the good report from Titus because his boasting was not incorrect. So when Titus came back and said they are changing, they've received him and have loved him, they've honoured Titus, they've so much of love and affection, they've treated him, Paul is saying, see, I told Titus that I have boasted about you all and I'm correct in my boasting. All this resulted in the restoration of Paul's confidence in the Corinthian believers. Yes, a very, very wonderful, important lesson for us as believers, right? Not everyone are perfect. We all go through challenges. We bring correction, but always, always look to, you know, especially when you're working as a team, don't always look at the negative in a person or in their ministry or the things they're doing. Look at what God can do in their lives. Look at what they are as believers, what God has called them. Paul is not saying, you know, he didn't list out to Titus. You know, these people are not having communion properly. These people are doing this wrong and that wrong and they're asking this division within the church. They are eating food, sacrifice to idols. They are getting unwillingly yoked with unbelievers. They're doing this and that, nothing. Paul just boasted about the church and said, go Titus, meet them, correct? Just give them this letter. And when Titus comes back, Apostle Paul says, I'm glad. What I boasted about you in Titus, that is Titus, what I have said is true. So it's such a beautiful lesson that we can all learn. Now let's go into chapter eight. And chapter eight, Paul is suddenly changing his talk, right? He's moving to another subject. He's talking about financial giving and generosity to the Corinthian church, right? Now we know that the church in Jerusalem was a huge church. They were very poor. They were going through financial situations. And he mentions that in 1 Corinthians 16, he says, you know, concerning collections, he says this, right? So he continues on that note. He's saying, what kind of giving the Apostle Paul saw in the churches of Macedonia? Now the churches of Macedonia were cities such as Philippi, Thessalonica, and Beria. So if you look at the map here, Macedonia, okay? Akhaya was a part of it, right? So some of them say that even Corinth was part of Macedonia, even though there was this little diversion here. So Corinth is here, Athens. So Paul was going from Corinth to Macedonia. He was going to Macedonia. And you see that distance there, right? So in Macedonia, what happened? There were these churches, Philippi, Thessalonica, and Beria. Remember Beria? People, the Berians always ask questions. So we know that there's a church planted there. But we don't have a letter written to the church in Beria. So he's using them as an example of giving. And here's what he starts off in verse one onwards. Brethren, we make known to you by the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia, that in great trial and affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty are bounded in the riches of their reality. For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, beyond their ability, they were freely willing. Now the believers in the region of Macedonia, again, they were not very rich. They were also financially poor. But Paul saw the grace of God operate in their lives. Now, the church in Philippi, Thessalonica, when we read those letter cells, always thank you, received it. Thank you for the blankets tell. We didn't have much. The church in Macedonia. But grace of God knew the importance of giving. To the begpaw said, Paul, you can, please, receive it. Receive these gifts. Now, five is interesting. Not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and then to us by the will of God. Look at that. They first gave themselves to the Lord. Now, as believers, here's an important lesson that we must learn. Financial giving is very important. But what did the Macedonian church do? In their little, they first gave themselves to the Lord. They said, God, I come under your subjection, your will, your purposes. They gave themselves to the Lord and then out of that relationship, they gave unto God. Out of that relationship for God, with God, they gave to the ministry. Now, sometimes as Christians, we may think, okay, if I don't go to church, it's okay.  But I will give so much money to the children's home. I will give so much money to a destitute home. I'll give so much money to the church building fund. I'll give so much to the church. I'll go once every six months. Put a huge offering. God will be pleased. God is not pleased.  It is God. God is the one who gave us that. God wants us to first give ourselves to the Lord. And so, whether we give... During Jesus' time, the Pharisees came and they gave their offerings so that everyone could see the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the rich people. Then there was a poor widow who came and just put one coin. What was the difference? She gave herself to the Lord and she said, God, what I have, I'm giving you. That is more insane. I'll give how much ever I want to give to God. They're giving from their abundance to God because it's far removed and detached from the way they live their lives. What is leading to God is when our heart is fully surrendered to His will, to His plans, His purposes. And then when we give, there is beauty in that. There is blessings in that. So never compensate giving to God to our holy life and our living. I can't say I'll give so much money every two months or I'll bless so many pastors every month and they will pray instead of me. I'll pray for 10 minutes, let them pray for me. That's not going to work. First, give ourselves to the Lord and out of that relationship, out of that fellowship, we'll come out giving. And God is pleased with that kind of money. Let's look at 6 and 7. So we urge Titus that as he had begun, so he would also complete this grace in himself but as about faith and knowledge and all religions and in all your love for us, see that you are about this grace. So Paul is saying, Corinthians, I thank you and I am pleased to have you. I see changes in you but as about everything, your faith and your knowledge and your religions in the way you have changed, in the way you have received me and in changing your receiving word, all this we see the grace but I want to also see the grace of God or bound even in the number of giving. So here's a biblical way of, sometimes we look at ministries and say, we're always looking for money. Yeah, it could be. This is the way to do things. But remember, when we give, it should be out of the abundance of our heart. We will give to God, grumbling, murmuring. It's better not to give because God says, God loves a cheerful giver. And you can see it turn around. When we give to God out of whatever we have, it's not how much. It's with what heart we're giving. You see that when God blesses, nobody can stop those blessings. People will recognize, people will bless. There was eight onwards. I speak by command but I'm taking the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that He was it for your sake. He came for it. And that through His poverty, He came for it. And in this, give advice. It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you've been and as I do here, but now also complete the doing of it. That is, there was greatness to desire it. So there also be a completion of what you have. So He's saying, okay, Paul is not commanding the believers but he's exerting the believers to be sincere in their giving, to be sincere in their love, to other saints, to other ministries, to other believers as well. Two points here and then we'll take a break. He asked the Corinthian believers to the eagerness of the Macedonian church to give despite the poverty, they did not have much, yet they gave their all. That's so wonderful, right? They did not have much but whatever they had, they gave. And that must be our heart's desire also. As believers, we may not have much but what is little when we give it our all, when we say, God, this is what I have. I'm giving to you. Bless it. God will multiply it. God will bless it. Now God knows what is our all. We don't have to explain to God, right? God, this is my budget, this is, this is. And finally, so I'm giving all. No, we don't have to explain. God knows that they didn't have much. They gave their all. The man of the Lord Jesus gave himself to us. The Lord Jesus had everything, yet he emptied himself for us. Right? And so he brings out these two things. They didn't have much. The Macedonian church, they gave them all the same way. The Lord Jesus, they had everything but he emptied himself for us. Right? So let's take a break. We'll come back at 10 o'clock and continue with this.


What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here Just want to share my quick thoughts on John Carpenter's thoughts regarding the halloween kills He has called this movie. I Believe in the past the quintessential slasher and he's come out recently the past couple of days saying something Kind of similar of not necessarily the same wording exactly, but he's calling it brilliant He says it's the ultimate slasher and he concludes by saying there's nothing more than this one just wow So this was during a recent interview where he was sitting down with entertainment weekly I believe and he couldn't really say too much about it But he shared those little thoughts on what his opinion on the film was and honestly John Carpenter he's he's never been one to kind of shine or frown upon been like nervous to frown upon The other sequels so like when he's giving his stamp of approval Opposed to like I guess a Stephen King who tends to stamp an approval on to almost every one of his adaptations Outside of the shining I guess I kind of take John Carpenter's word a little bit more serious because We know he was not a big fan of where the series went prior to what David Gordon Green and Danny McGride Were able to do with the 2018 film and you know his original film that that's a sequel to so With him calling Halloween kills brilliant and the ultimate slasher It does have me kind of a little bit more interested in seeing how exactly this film turns out now What I did just also want to point out is Unlike what most people might take from this I'm not gonna then have like the most unrealistic expectations for this movie So like I'm not gonna set my expectations so high that I get a good film But then I'm gonna crap on it because I was not expecting it to be you know Like that's all like that's that's all and they're calling it brilliant Like I'm not letting these words Inflate my mind to think I'm about to get some type of Avengers in-game type of film or Something like I don't know Like just some all around five out of five star movie like I'm not expecting that from a Halloween film I don't even give that to the original the original I give that like a solid eight and then the sequel I give that a seven Halloween four gets like a six for me Halloween five is instantly just a four and a half I don't even need to go into details Halloween six is It's That's a five and then you know you have h2o. I gave that like a six and a half Resurrection trash Rob zombies first remake Decent second remake And then you got Halloween 2018 which I gave a Solid seven I was struggling between the six and a half in a seven I was with that movie but with Halloween kills and with all these words that keep coming out about it Don't get your mind in a mentality where you're gonna get a very good well-made movie But you're not gonna be able to see that because you're gonna be looking for all these other things that you probably shouldn't have even Been looking for to begin with from a Halloween movie So like don't let his words get you so hyped for a movie and then when it comes you don't get what you I guess you would consider Appropriate for his word choice. Keep in mind. This is what he deems appropriate based off what he saw That doesn't mean that the movie isn't good, but maybe you won't think that it's something brilliant. It could still be very good I just don't want people to harp on these words like I say that a lot There's these good movies that come out that have been hyped up and a lot of people will say Oh, it wasn't that good because it was overhyped or and everything like that or it wasn't good at all It was overhyped when in fact the movie was good. It's just You guys some people take words from others and then you can get those in your head and you set these high to the bar Balls to the wall expectations for movies and it's just like why why do that? Just wait and watch just wait and watch and give a fair review But I went way off of what I was trying to talk about what I wanted to talk about was mostly just the fact that Yeah, him saying that this movie is the is the ultimate slasher There's probably a lot of other slasher movies after scene after I see Halloween kills I'm pretty confident that I'll have a lot of other slasher movies that I would want to turn on Before looking at Halloween kills. I'm gonna say that right now. I'm gonna say that right now I'm gonna be highly I won't be surprised if there's a good chance I'd rather watch scream over any Halloween sequel including Halloween kills now if Halloween kills is a better made movie then Another movie that I might Prefer over it I'll admit it and tell you where it falls short Well it where its strengths are because that's one of the one of the movies I do plan to do a review for on this channel Halloween kills I know I stopped doing a lot of my reviews on this channel I don't I don't do it on this channel that much more only save that for Specific movies such as screen 5 and Halloween kills. I might do it for Godzilla versus Kong But John Carpenter seems to think that this movie is the ultimate slasher what that means We'll have to wait and see I don't know exactly what else to expect from this movie because they have me so and So excited about it to the point where I just wish We got it last year. I I know I'm not the only one. I wish this movie came out last year I wish we would have got to see the resolution to That night continuing and just catching up with the people have had in field catching up with all of these Returning characters learning about how that night in 78 affected them to not just Lori Strowed, but we're gonna get it this year I'm confident in that. I don't think we'll get any delays Jason Blum told us that would not occur One way or another this movie will be released this year Can't wait to see it let me know what you guys think about John Carpenter's words down in the comments section below if You haven't already make sure you subscribe turn on post notification at numbers to video in the description I have links on my social media accounts on my Facebook Twitter and Instagram you can message me there Of course, let me know is any movies news or reviews you like me to cover in the future with all that in mind guys I will see you in the next video


but you still have a lot of folks in Congress who have had to learn this was important from getting a lot of calls from their constituents over time. Well, and also they probably do they hear from people like us or they listening more to, you know, to the providers, the big providers and telling them what they need to do, you know. It's an excellent point and part of the problem is the big providers, the biggest providers, I can tell you, like AT&T and Verizon and Comcast, they have a lobbyist assigned to literally every office, you know, to be there at their elbow and to and it's very tough, you know, because, you know, you guys as constituents, you can make a call and that's important and it counts a lot. I don't want to underestimate that either. The biggest problem, as somebody who's been doing this in DC for 20 years, I can tell you the biggest problem is the very high turnover rate among staff because you have staff, many of whom are young, chronically underpaid and, you know, they get up to speed on an issue and then they leave and you have to educate the new staffer all over again.


This week for my video I posted a vlog of me going to get some fish with my boyfriend Julian And I have since taken that video down and I've seen a lot of people I did write a response on Twitter as to why I was taking it down and there's still a lot of people that are like very confused as to what happened and I First of all, I didn't sleep Wednesday through Thursday because this was like It was completely just like destroying I was like sobbing all day on Thursday I fell asleep last night at like 8 p.m. Or something and and just woke up so I'm laying in bed this morning, and I'm just like how can I make this a teachable moment a fixable moment where I can Show people my mistakes so that people don't do it again instead of just taking it down like I'd like to at least be Like making this into something where people can have a better idea of What to do in the future and what not to do in the future because I made a mistake and It was my fault and I feel terrible for it And I know a lot of you at least that saw the video when it was up and even now or like this is ridiculous and I totally understand that attitude But to me it's not ridiculous and to I'm sure a lot of people that have fish as pets Don't see it as ridiculous. So I guess I just want to like say a couple things about it I think maybe at the end of this I am gonna include the video so you can see what I did and Hopefully that will be Enough reason for someone to not make that mistake again instead of it just not being on the internet Like I'd like to have it be something where you can at least Learn what not to do and you know why I made a mistake and you know why other people make mistakes too some of the Criticism that I had received after I got my hamster ad was that I was you know Getting a pet like on an impulse on a whim and didn't know enough about them to take care of them and all that was sort of valid except for the fact that like When I'm getting a new pet they're like my family member So maybe I don't have all of the most perfect information up front before I get them, but I am fully Ready and willing and responsible enough to know that I'm I'm going to do anything that I can While they are with me they you know everything that they do in their life is as a result of my effort and I'm going to take care of them to the best of my ability I'm not a person that's gonna go get a pet and then decide like oh, you know I really don't want this and then you know get rid of them or give them away and Like although the videos do seem very spontaneous of me going and getting a hamster for example I promise you that my level of Responsibility is completely there and my heart is completely there and as you saw with ad although I didn't make like a longer follow-up video with ad you saw like through Julian's vlogs and my snapchat and in the future with ad like I will do anything to make sure that you are a happy hamster And I'm sorry that I went to pet co or pit smart wherever I went and you know got what was available there to me And that wasn't what was the best for him because ad deserves the best. He's my son You know so with the fish From learning from that experience if I'm gonna get a fish I'm going to go to the most you know wonderful fish place. I'm gonna get some really good advice I'm gonna get someone that's gonna tell me everything that I need to know And you know really set this up right and make sure that that these fish are like king fish You know, I want them to have a great life and a great time while they're in my house. It's a small locally privately owned aquarium specific store And they have glowing online reviews About a knowledgeable staff about people that know what they're talking about And I had read a couple of those reviews that were like, you know, I was a beginner and I went in here and they really helped me so I thought That I was doing these fish a service by getting them from someone that actually cared about where they were gonna go and Like yes, all of this again Is my fault because it's my job to be informed about the fish And where they should live and how they should live not the person selling them to me And I should have done a better job off the bat by just Maybe going in there with an idea of what a what a good first fish first fish for me to have was And you know just educating myself In that level, but I didn't I went in there and I was hoping that someone could educate me A complete beginner on fish Sort of I mean as an adult a complete beginner and uh, you know, help me pick out something that was going to be good for me And my experience with fish in the past has been You know, I come from a time in the united states where it wasn't uncommon to win a goldfish at a carnival You know And I think that's part of the whole where oh, they're just fish comes from because you know You could win a fish and then we'd go home and put them in a bowl and they might die So people are like us just a fish will you know have a little fishy funeral for them But that's not the case obviously They're living beings they deserve to have a nice environment just like anybody else And I had had some successful fish when I was a little older had goldfish And uh, you know, I was like I think I understand what it takes to have a fish and you know, even if it's Far more intensive than that. I'm willing to do that because I'm an adult now and I'd like to have some fish I think it'd be great Um, so it wasn't my lack of wanting to have them or wanting to take care of them It was my lack of information Going in so that I could preemptively make sure that they had a good place to live for fuck's sake Sorry, that camera just died. So anyways, I went into a uh, a nice specialty fish store And I was hoping they could set me up a fish appropriate for my skill level And a tank appropriate for my skill level and I was really counting on that person to help me their expertise Uh, because you know, it's not like I had never been exposed to any fish things in the world I had in the past as a younger person and I had as an adult sort of a little bit, you know Like I know that I don't want a saltwater fish or a shark or something that needs a hundred gallon tank You know, I would like something Small and you know that I can take care of Without being a fish expert and that if I would like to continue to move into that hobby that I can Grow and learn and you know expand my knowledge like that So I was really counting on uh this person To recommend something to me rather than Me going in there with a certain set of ideas about you know, what I thought was good for me as a beginner So as you'll see in the video, uh shows us going in there and the guy had said to I don't I don't want to disclose The place I mean maybe in the future I will if people are curious But they did really have really nice reviews and I'm not trying to blow up their spot really like I'm not trying to say You know, these people did this to me You know, fuck them like I don't I don't really know Some people might have a really great experience with them. Maybe they are really great I don't know but this was my experience and I'm not trying to like drag them personally um But I went in and he told me to pick a tank size first And then we'll work that way in order to pick a fish that's appropriate for that And appropriate for my skill level because I was like, you know, I don't I don't know anything and You know, I'm new to having a fish and I need something for like a beginner And uh, you know, he explained to me the larger the tank The easier it is to clean and that you know, we should get the largest tank that we can feasibly get and uh, You know work that way. So you'll see in the videos that he recommended a circular tank to me Uh, although it looks kind of small in the video it is eight gallons You know, it's not super tiny and a lot of people were saying to me, you know The general rule is like one gallon uh, per fish basically or one to two Depending on what the fish are and the the fish that he Told me to get were we gave me a bunch of options the ones that we decided were petra barbs or barbs so basically they'll grow to like two or three inches maybe and uh, So yeah, they might eventually grow out of that, but you know, he didn't explain that to me, but in theory Yes, that was enough space for them Just based on that But I have since learned when I posted this video because it's a really cool tank There's you know led lights and like bubbles and stuff. It's rad But that the circular tanks are illegal in some countries because it's seen as cruel So they basically just like swim around. They think there's predators there distorts their vision like it's not good for them And obviously I would have never bought a circular tank if I had known that but you know, again This is my fault for going in there and not knowing that and it also is kind of discouraging to me that We in america would even sell that as an option if it's not good for a fish and uh, you know I got a lot of comments from people being like I have a bio orb. It's really great Like this is ridiculous like don't worry about it But like if there's any question like how hard is it to get a rectangle tank? Not hard for me. You know what I mean? Like who cares and also Again, the the bubble the center filtration there. I did he did get me to get a uh heater in there A thermometer so that the temperature was correct and all of that But someone had told me in the comments of my video that the center bubble column It sort of ends like right here and that there was a power outage one time and he had a beta fish in there The same size as mine, which is in the comments. I read probably appropriate for maybe one beta fish maybe and uh The power went out and his beta fish swam like into there and like basically killed itself So I live in Southern California You guys have seen when we have like blackouts and stuff It's like it happens too often for me to not consider that as something to be really worried about I don't want my fish to kill themselves.  It's like a whole setup for like beginners, you know They got everything you need in there. Just get this guy and then uh, all right over here. We got some some barbs Some, you know, he threw out tetras or tetras are different fish and you know, all these other Like walked us down and I was like, here's all the freshwater fish and uh, you know These are some good ones that you can start off with and I'm like, okay and um Then I was like, I don't know what to put in here. Like, is there gravel? He's like, it comes with gravel And then he pointed me to like the biowarp.  It was like, okay, cool And he explained to me sort of the cycle, you know, that we should wait as long as we can to introduce them into the water whereas now I realized that This needed to be done like a month ahead of time because The the fish need if you guys want to do research if you ever would like a fish I you know, check out taylor nicole dean who has been a blessing to me In the aftermath of this. I it's really invaluable to have her opinion and thoughts It's like the mistake I made when I was younger when you would win a goldfish out of fare and you're like Dad, help me set it up and you know, you put him in a nice bowl and he dies Like you can't just put a fish Into some water even with conditioner even with the biological whatever Because they they need it to be the ph balance the ammonia the nitrates and all this stuff needs to be right for them to live in and You know, he did sort of make it sound to me that by adding these things to the water and letting it set up for a while and uh adding their water and that it was going to be okay for them and It's not It's not okay. I'm upset that I Trusted someone else's expertise.  They like to be with their friends And they need like a a nice long like at least 30 gallon tank to swim back and forth and like have a good time with their buddies and Had I known that I would have never put them into a circular tank alone Basically After I uploaded the video To where a lot of people, you know, this is their experience as well Is you go into a place you have some knowledge? Not really obviously the best knowledge or enough knowledge, but you do have some knowledge or experience And you know, you take someone else's word in good faith And you come home and you do the best that you can and you obviously want Your fish to have a wonderful environment.  Nobody wants to see their fish be like wow.  I hate my life post of the video And I started getting feedback obviously of like first first and foremost No circle tank. Don't do that.  Okay That's something I can fix. I can fix that. I can get them a bigger tank. No problem Second like those plastic plants in there like that's not good for them Like they need natural plants obviously like their natural environment. Okay. Fuck. All right. Let me fix that I can do that. I can work on that Um the filter obviously the person telling me the power going out and them going in there. Fuck.   Okay I'll do anything. I'll do anything that it takes and then as I started to look more and more into it. I realized like Basically my fish are suffering right now. So because there's no established like Cycled system in there. Basically when they poop and pee they create ammonia And then there's supposed to be a good level of bacteria in that tank already that eats that ammonia So to fish cycle the tank, you know, it takes a little while for those fish to live in there And some might die, which is what he was explaining to me and Like that's just part of the system. But since the fish community has sort of Made their way around that and have created a fish list Cycle for their tanks so that they don't have to have little fish that live in an awful environment and die In order to get your tank ready for fish to live in it That's one thing that I am really grateful to the fish community on YouTube and the internet as well is that instead of people giving me feedback that was making me feel like some monster For following the directions of someone that didn't necessarily have my or the fish's best interests at heart um, they were normalizing my experience and genuinely trying to help me moving forward what is the best thing to do for these fish and um, I really appreciate that and I already felt horrible enough as it is once I realized that I had made a mistake And what doesn't help is when people are like Fuck you for doing this.  Like this was an honest mistake and I am really sorry to the fish I'm sorry to anyone that thinks that they should do this or like I I sat with The guilt of the fact that I have a in the other room a tank full of fish that don't deserve to be in that environment and you know, I thought I was doing something fun and happy and it wasn't like For fuck's sake.   It feels bad, man So I genuinely appreciate that people were you know, not only trying to help me But they were normalizing this as you know before I became a fish expert I did the same thing and I had fish die and it really sucks and it feels terrible And you know, it's something that people do go through Not because they want to but because sometimes this is the information that is you know Available to us and at this point with the internet. This is my fault. There is no excuse I should have done this beforehand. I should have had a tank doing its thing For a month so that I can introduce some fish in a safe way. This is my fault So after I uploaded the video, I did reach out to taylor who by the way, if you are looking to get a fish Her and there's a bunch of other channels solid gold aquatics as the other girl that commented on my channel Um, but there's like there's a really red fish community on youtube and I of course found them all after the fact And taylor nicole dean by the way, uh as everything was sort of going on I fell down a serious cheese hole, which is cheese is one of her fish and now I'm emotionally invested in cheese um But I just I really appreciate That the fish community sort of was like, okay, adrena, you know, you sort of fucked up but like here's what you can do now and um I did it. I asked taylor a dm taylor on twitter I need to know now that I've done this. What is the most ethical thing for me to do at this point now that the fish are in Uh environment that's you know, not balanced for them ready. It's not ready yet Um, do I leave them in there? Do I continue to let them sort of like Help the tank go through this natural cycle. Do I move them into a bigger tank and you know, have them do it in there? Do I give them back to the pet store because you know, it's sort of unethical to leave them in that tank And taylor gave me a couple of options. I want to just tell you From my perspective and why why I got here I ethically didn't want to leave the fish in that tank and mostly the information that was you know being Bestowed upon me was that you know, you change 25 percent of the water every single day So that the ammonia build up in there isn't enough to like harm them And totally willing to do that no problem, but it felt wrong like Those fish are basically in there With not good bacteria. It's not great. It's the wrong shape. It's the wrong size. They're not having a good time There's no natural plants bad time bad time all around bad water bad fun bad time And to move them into another tank with even more water and even more space and not natural plants in there You know, I'm just asking them to do that process on an even bigger scale and now an even more stressful scale And to me the most ethical thing to do was to get them out of the environment that I had put them in Immediately and to get them back into water that was safe for them Into an environment that wasn't going to hurt them like the plastic plants. No good for them They're going to cut their little fins on there. No fun. They don't like them to me. There was no other option like Yes, I could go into that room and change 25 of the water every day Hoping that they're going to live through it and hoping that everything's going to be okay And I can cycle my tank But I just I literally could not look at them being like, yeah, I hope you live.  That is my fault not yours Why should you have to suffer the consequences of my bad decision? Do you know what I'm saying?  You know, just let them live but to me It's like I put my fish in a bad place So I'm gonna make it right and I'm gonna put them in a right place So we brought the fish back to the place that I got them and I was like You know, I want to talk to the guy that Sold me these fish and told me that this was a good environment for them and told me what to do I want to tell him, you know, hey, man I double checked and it turns out everything you told me was kind of fucked And so I went in there being like It took a while to get our our fish used safely into a bag so that we could bring them back And it was really hard to like do that because I was now emotionally attached to them I love them. I want them to be happy But knowing that I was doing something that was ultimately right for them and gonna help them And I wasn't gonna make them suffer through a new cycle process.  Like I don't want my money back I'm I'm not mad. I just I have to get back to you and I just start crying like a baby And he was like, what's wrong? Can I give you credit? Like, you know, and I was like These fish don't you guys sold me a circle tank and you said that was okay with plastic plants And a filter that they could in theory get into and you guys you said that that was right and these fish You know, they I'm like crying They grow to be like a couple inches and they need to be in a school and they need us went back and forward And they need to like, you know, have other fish there eventually And he was like, yeah, there's a lot of bad information online. Isn't there?   It's it's fine.  It sort of just made me realize like obviously I care about fish Obviously I care about other living beings. I literally don't eat animals Like I care. I care about my pets I want them to be happy. Yeah, those fish could have lived in that tank just fine And everyone that had told me that is totally right You know, we can make it work so they can live in there and that's fine But an analogy I think that helps me understand is like with my dogs Or dogs in general is like Yeah, a german shepherd could live in a one bedroom apartment and spend eight hours a day in a crate And survive, but it's not right for him. You know, it's not the place that he should be And if you care about that dog You you wouldn't make him do that just because you love him and you want him to like be with you, you know so I wanted to do right by those animals and this whole thing's been a really big learning experience for me, obviously and That's I guess that's my biggest takeaway is that I would have loved to have provided a fish or a couple of fish a really lovely environment It's not that I'm unprepared once I get them to take care of them and do everything that it takes I had just failed them in the beginning by not having an environment ready for them and My only option After this point was to just make sure that they were in a safe environment So in the future when you're like Jenna, where's your fish? They're not here I brought them to a place where they'd be better off and You know someday if I decide that I'm not completely scarred by this experience Because it has been kind of traumatic for me That if I would like to you know get a fish that I would I would like to make sure That I do it the right way and that there's an environment appropriate for them before they even come in so obviously This is like it's pretty awful for me to post It's like pretty it's like tearing me up inside obviously I'm like I don't I don't want to put my video up But I want this to be Something that maybe not only normalizes your experience Or you know prevents anyone in the future from making this mistake with fish in particular because people's attitude about fish is a lot Like what that guys is is like, you know, whatever.  They'll just they're fine. They're fish whatever But to me it was like I feel terrible.  Like I can't believe that I Did this I feel terrible. I am gonna put the video up so you can see a step-by-step tutorial of how not to get a fish and how to set up their environment completely wrong and I'm gonna link some channels in the description that have some good information about fish some solid information about fish If you're curious about doing this and you don't want to make the same mistake that I did and even though it it hurts me and It's embarrassing and I feel literally fucking awful. I'm trying to make this into a positive thing and At least prevent someone else from seeing my video and being like all that circle. Thanks.  You know what I'm saying If there's something that you do take away from the video, I hope that you see how like Genuine I am and that like I just want some fish that have a nice place to live And then I didn't do this out of any malice or with any intentions other than like I'd like to have some fish You know, they're great. They're cool.  I hope I've done enough here to Make sure again that you know This is not what you should do And if you want to know what to do, there's lots of resources Please if you ever have a friend or anybody that's like, I want to get a fish make sure that you like point them in a good direction Yeah, this sucks Uh, I'm so incredibly sorry And I hope that I did enough for the the fishies to get them back into a better environment So that they did not have to cite painfully cycle a tank themselves A tank that wasn't right the wrong size the wrong shape with no natural fun fucking plants in there for them Like nothing fun in there for them and in the future if I choose to do this I will gladly and happily make a video about the right way to do it So for those of you that are like this is stupid and like way too extra I apologize, but to a lot of people it's not and to me it's not and these are living breathing beings and I just want them to have a good life and I fucked up and I'm really sorry I hope that this is like enough to prevent anyone else from doing this And know that I feel really really terrible about it and That's you know, that's it and it's not like with the fish. It wasn't like ad where it was like Oh my god. I'll fix it right away. It was like No, they're they're gonna continue to suffer because of my bad choice And you got to make it right right now Like you can't just get him a bigger tank So, I mean as much as I wanted to continue to Give the fish a bigger and better and amazing fun environment for them Like it would have required them to suffer through that and I'm just I wouldn't be able to like go to sleep at night. Honestly. I can't here's the video It's a step-by-step tutorial of what not to do if you would like to get a fish Most of the video is just me being annoyed at Julian. So Take that for what it is. But here is the video. This is what happened to the video I hope you understand. I am incredibly sorry I did not mean to disappoint anybody or make anyone mad or do wrong by any animals. So again, I really apologize And I hope that if you're looking into getting some fishies, just don't do what I did Just don't just don't do it. Here you go. I will see you next week. Okay. Bye Hi there Oh I didn't even say it I want to get some fishies What kind of fish? I don't know.  I don't know. See I don't know that much about fish I haven't had one since I was younger. I had two goldfish, but then one of them like ate the other one What happens when it dies? Why are you thinking that far ahead? I don't know what can go learn. I forget to feed ads sometimes. I feed out every single night And I'm gonna need help if we're gonna get more animals Well, we feed him at the same time as ad just a little sprinkle here fish photo Will sprinkle adds seeds and nuts somewhere where if there's an earthquake he's gonna be okay All right. Let's get a fish fine. Really? You don't seem excited. I'm excited Don't I look excited? No, that doesn't look like the face of excitement. No, let's get a fish Are you naming him or do I get to name him again? If that's the compromise you can name him No one's gonna want a dog sit anymore because they have to feed a zoo. It's not a zoo This is my sanctuary This was your reaction when I asked for ad and now he's like your actual best friend in the world You heard it. We're going to get a new friend. Listen. Okay. Hear me out I know a lot of you are like jenna. You have so many animals. You can't just keep acquiring animals I woke up today wanting to do one of two things.  It's it's not okay or acquire a new friend for our family I know we joke about my age all the time that I'm like 31 and have a basketball game tomorrow Which is all very true. Also a burgo. I'm also never wrong But like I feel like I'm at the age where all I want to do is just mother something to death And I read a comment recently on one of our hamster videos that was like I can't wait to see what animal jenna gets next so she can mother it to death Which is so completely true But I'm I'm really like julie and I do want to have kids But like we need a couple of things before we get there.  I'm being realistic here. We could get a little fishy guy I asked julie and prayer cat just about every day and julie says no So I feel like a fish is a good compromise. Yeah, it is. I can't have plants.  We're gonna get a fishy guy I don't know what kind I'm 31 and I need something that's at least gonna survive through my basketball game tomorrow All those fails. We're coming home with a piranha This is really excited. Yeah, nice. How do you play pubg? Whoa, that guy's a big one. What's your favorite subreddit? Your tank when you buy it You're tanking one week. Can you get me a free life on hq, please? Do you play hq? Oh, I like him I like him a lot.  I'm like so many lovers. Are you shrink? So we picked a smaller like round One thing that isn't good like starting on Tell him one word A tank Or it comes with gravel what we're gonna get some decorations And then he recommended something like little fish that we can get to start and establish an ecosis And then if you're in different nations, we have not picked out the fish yet. I'm very excited We're gonna get a little school of Penta barbs. He said five or six This is the one we're getting Penta barbs. Penta barbs. They keep giving me name of all the barbs. Yeah They like to hang out in little school and they're good like starter fish to make it grow Some of them are gonna miss their friends when they take it. No, they'll get this I marked the one you don't need to use with an X You like them? Yeah It's gotten dark. Okay, we had a lot of learning to do but that guy was so helpful Hey, he was really really really helpful He made sure that we got fishies that were good to like establish an ecosystem in there and like We're not gonna fight each other. We got five right not six five five Tetra barbs Is that what they're called? Tetra barbs named after barbs from stranger things. We got five barbs y'all This is some real justice for barb. They're all named barb So we're gonna take them home They're gonna have a lot of time to chill out while we get their tank ready So that we make sure we have the the right setup for them and julian will name them all are you excited? Yeah, they look i'm so excited.  The doggies to say hello to the mill bars Kermit's very curious. He just jumped on the table and almost stepped on their bag This is like a nice solid surface. If there's an earthquake what we don't know is our tetra barbs to go flying I know you have to wash everything. Look at this terrifying picture Do not place in direct sunlight because it can concentrate the light rays can cause the fire I like barbs, but I also Don't want to catch it on fire Very informative to my aries partner julian disconnect the power before you ever reach into the water. Okay Julien never carry or pull the unit by the electrical cable. Are you listening julien? We got this really nice selection of things since they're freshwater fish We chose a nice little Freshwater selection of things except i picked out this one Except for this because julian insisted on getting this. Does that have a name? Yeah, okay. We'll ask you later Carl that's spelled coral Julien, you excited? Yeah How do you get one turned that way? What is that? Another rock Julien you have to bury that big ball. Julien you're smooshing. Don't aries this up. Okay. Like I kind of want to live in there Stop being nasty. They're heater and thermometer back there.   I'm a good fish parent. Feel the boost Ew I think we did it.  I want it to be red Now I want it to be green now. I want it to be blue. The statue isn't centered. It's turned. Oh my god I'm a borgo. Do not unplug it. Just so you can straighten the statue butter So we're gonna let this run for a little while make sure it's the right temperature We'll see you in a little while here are the barbs. They're so cute. They've pooped in their water a bunch They've just been hanging out try and get your water in here with the new water So you can start feel look it. They're all like let us out already So they're gonna acclimate and just kind of like stay still for a while Bob So this has been going for quite a while now The guy at the fish store did say to let it cycle for 24 hours And I was like is it possible to do it at all today and he said yeah But there is a chance that you know, they're not gonna acclimate well and they might die But that they might also do that after 24 hours because they're new fish and a new tank So I mean I'm a little concerned because they want the barbs to live certainly doesn't mean 24 hours So like we've been having the tank go for quite some time I should put a little bit of the tank water in with their water. This seems so extra. Just put them in No, they'll die. Either way, he did prepare me that anytime you're starting a new tank some fish might die So I'm really pulling for all of our barbs and we're trying our best here So a little at a time we'll do a little more in a little bit Please if you're on the internet and you're a fish care elitist Know that I have not had a fish since I was a child I'm trying my best just like with ad like if I make some mistakes in the comments You can try and help me understand, but know that I want the best for my fish. I really do I'm not trying to do anything wrong. But if I do don't yell at me Okay, I have a lot of things to mother pitch you up. Do you want to see the fishies? I'm trying to wait like as long as possible to put them in left You got on the left a little shrimpy fella Which which one they all look the same Guy on the left bottom left right there shrimpy one looking up apple tv. That's apple tv No, please do not name him apple tv. That's apple tv Oh no You got it on top. Rick Astley the fourth Julian Top right debit debit like a debit card Like debit the fish hold on to something for this next one Don't hold it on hold a pot of coffee. Wow. Oh, you listen to this elfish pressly Julian Okay, elfish pressly debit apple tv Rick Astley before Rick Astley before or if you're you have never met him use the formal lusted sir rick astley before Okay, if you look at them right now, there's one that's flying above the rest Julian you can't keep naming the top fish. He's flying above the rest the final fish's name aviation Those are terrible names. What they are unbelievable names and for unbelievable fish Julian Who did you say was gonna live the longest lusted red rick astley lusted rick astley before was gonna make a big splash No pun intended I thought you said lusted rick astley the fourth There's so many levels to that name Okay, can you read lusted rick astley the fourth All right, we can oh wow that oh wow that She got it Here's your lusted rick All right, we're gonna give him a little while debit's the quiet one Okay, he barely knows english because then he just kind of swallows around What language does he speak english but he barely knows it but his other language is null What language do the other ones speak? Well, apple tv is very versed in spanish. He's a spanish speaking fish But he lives in the united states so he knows he has to learn english What does aviation speak? Sign language American sign language? Aviation knows american and canadian sign language Is canadian sign language different than american sign language? It's an entirely different game.  What is elfish prep? He just sings He sings rock and roll Those those fish hips, they're stunning I'm proud of my five sons. Yes, they're all boys Dad, it's a girl Dad, it's a girl Dad, it's a girl Lusted rick astley the fourth is not a girl This boy rick astley is a boy Also, all of our last names are solomita No, I'm not agreeing to that Remember how I pitched to san franc solomita? Han solomita No, still no I'll allow doing away with the last names Debit is lowercase except for the tea That looks like debby tea No, julian Do you think this is gravy?  So it is much later Ad is now in wake Good morning, baby The fish are sort of like They're really enjoying all of their plants and stuff They're hiding a little bit They're like a little skittish And they keep hiding Down in there It's okay You don't have to come out Y'all can hide in there for a little while until you feel ready The end of this video isn't very exciting Because they're just in there hanging out Getting used to their new home And Julian has fallen asleep because We waited so long So that they could have a tank that was the most well adjusted We could make it It's not very exciting right now But I will do my best to keep you updated on Snapchat As how things go Please send your prayers out Did the best that I could I hope all of them live through a new tank experience I love them very much I'm a little iffy on their names I would say Oosted Rick Ashley the fourth is my favorite Okay go down I'm really excited I think it looks really nice It's so relaxing and fun to sit by They're just like little baby ad here They're just gonna need a little bit of time to adjust If you don't follow me on Snapchat Hopefully next week I'll be able to just show you A quick update of how they're doing I'm optimistic that We followed the instructions and We're gonna have some nice little barbs in there But right now they just seem to relax They had a stressful day Coming to a new environment But in the meantime Why don't we go put little Addy baby Into his little house Ad Cam This is our best pet He's Hikey our favorite pet There he goes It's like a night See the fishies All right guys You have a good night's sleep I'll see you in the morning I hope you enjoy your new little house I hope you guys enjoyed watching me get some fishies But yeah that's pretty much it Make sure you subscribe to my channel I put out new videos every Wednesday slash Thursday Feel like I have something to mother When I come home from my basketball games At 9 a.m. every single day So I'll see you guys next week Bye


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