I'm going to bring you Barbara Stanwyck in Marsha Burns on the Hallmark Playhouse. Hallmark will bring you Hollywood's greatest stars in outstanding stories chosen by one of the world's best known authors. The distinguished novelist, Mr. James Hilton. Ladies and gentlemen, this is James Hilton. Tonight on our Hallmark Playhouse, we dramatize the story of a very remarkable woman, Marsha Burns, as told in a book by Virginia Technologist, Marsha was a farmer's daughter, born on the banks of the Potomac in the days when Washington was the male of the president, but not yet of a city. She became the friend of such great personalities in American history as Webster, Hamilton, and Jefferson. They came to her cottage by the river to talk, to discuss, and to relax. Marsha had her own private happiness also. She fell in love and married, and later in life she founded her home for orphan children, which was the first of its kind in this country. A charming and noble woman, widely known in her own day and loved by her neighbors and friends, there is certainly no one more appealing in our early history. And the star in this part we are fortunate indeed to have with us tonight that delightful actress, Father of Denver. And now here is Frank Goss from the makers of Hallmark cards. When you want to remember your friends, there's one way to be sure the card you then receives an extra welcome. Look for that identifying Hallmark on the back when you select it. For words to express your feelings, and designs to express your good taste. That Hallmark on the back is your guide. Like the sterling on silver, it's a mark of distinction that all quickly recognize, and it tells your friends, you cared enough to send the very best. And now here is the first act of Virginia Capitol Peacock's Marsha Burns, starring Barbara Stenwick. On September afternoon, Marsha Burns and Ness sat in the doorway of the forum cottage in which she had been born. A mile and a half to the east, you could see the white walls of the Capitol. Almost within a stone's throw was the stately house of the president. She looked about her last momentarily in a haze of memory. September, the days of the year are growing late, and later, and my days also. September for the rules, and September for me. I sit alone on the threshold of a little farmhouse looking back into spring, looking back into the days of my youth. There was no capital land, no president's house, no fine mansion. There was only the small cottage in a few farmhouses, and acre upon acre a farmland and orchard. I sat just as I'm sitting now, in the very doorway one fine spring afternoon, and watched a canoe beach under the vine-hungle trees, and two gentlemen walked towards me. I ran beneath them, and could be before history. I'm up there, I've seen no curtsy, no graceful in this entire land. Do I have the pleasure to address Miss Burns? Yes, sir. Will you tell your father that Mr. Washington and Mr. Carroll are calling on me? President Washington? Yes, sir. Tell your father who's business to discuss with him, and he will stay the night if we're welcome. If they were welcome. What house in the land would not be proud to welcome them? Later I sat in the firelight watching the earnest, eager faces of our visitors. The expressionist face of my father, as President Washington, spoke to him. Congress has granted the money to purchase the land of the capital city. And in the opinion of the committee, and in my opinion, Mr. Burns, this is the ideal spot for it. We all belong in the country, why must you have made for a farm? It's an ideal location, accessible by land and by land. Beautiful. It is beautiful now, but what will it be when you get through with it? It will be the crown jewel of our city, the capital of the United States, land for beauty and for government. This land was to be my daughter's home, as it has been my home and the home of my father's. If you let us out of the land, your daughter will be the greatest heiress in this part of the country. Well, what do you say to that, Marsha? To see a city here, to have our land become the capital, to watch it all go around it. Oh, think of that, father. They'll tear down this house, you can build a mansion with the money there. No, no, if the house is to go, say no, father.  Yes. I don't know if I can make you understand, but this house was built by men in our family who believed in freedom. They came here when there was nothing but wilderness wood on disciplined soil untamed rivers. They used the wood to build this house. They conquered the soil and made it yield for them. And they mastered the river. This house means a great deal to my father and to me. It's a stake driven in the wilderness by our own people. Marsha, I didn't know you felt that deeply about it. I don't think I knew myself until you said it would have to go. This house is part of me and I am part of this house. I was born here. Perhaps I will die here. All right, suppose we do this. Suppose we make a provision that this house is to stand and that the streets of the new city must be laid out so as not to interfere. What do you say to that? Marsha, you have many more years to live than I. What is your pleasure? I think to let them have it, father, not for the money. Well, I'll certainly not be turning the money down. But money isn't the reason. I think it is good to know that our land was chosen for the capital city. Very well, sir. The land is yours. What are you doing out here in the field? Watching those men, father. Aye, they're marking out roads and areas for public buildings. Areas for houses. How exciting it's going to be. Just think. You see it go up on all sides of it. It's the capital of the United States. Oh, I can't wait to see them actually start building. Well, Marsha, I'm afraid you're not going to be here to watch them start. Not going to be here? No, you're going to pork, Marsha. I'm not going to do any such thing. I'm not going to leave here when everything is beginning. You're my daughter and you'll do as I say. And I say you're going to bulk. But why, father?  And this is going to be a city. I want you to take your place in this city as a great lady. The most important people in the country will come here to live. I want you to know how to talk to them, how to entertain them, how to take your place among them. But I want to see the city built. Well, it takes a long time to build a city, Marsha. Have no fear. When you return, they'll still be at it. And so I went to Bolton. There in the gracious home of the Luther Martins, I learned the things my father had wished. How to manage a household in desire over. How to entertain at large parties and so on. How to dress, how to converse and perhaps most important. How to listen. When I returned to my home, I could scarcely believe what I saw. The team that all beauty was being stripped from it. Orchards and meadowlands had been divided into building lots. And were crossed and ray-crossed by muddy parapheres. Across from this house, the president's house was here in completion. The team to raw, ugly buildings. I did all the half-finished houses after every place I looked. I was heart-sick as I looked about. Well, daughter, what do you think your splendid capital? I think it's an outrage. What had completely destroyed every vestige of beauty. Father, how could you let them do it? Well, they didn't consult me at all. Once they took over, they took over. Well, I'm sorry we ever let ourselves get caught into it. They grew in the country. Oh, no, no, no. You're looking at transition. And transition frequently looks ugly and formless. Remember, the river is still beautiful. The style is still rich. The beauty will all return when the houses are built and the men relax and give nature a chance again. When I turn my back on it all and look only at our cottage, I can still see the beauty. And does the cottage not look small to you now? Oh, the cottage looks like home. And I'm glad to be home again. Yes, the cottage was home. But it always been a quiet place. Full of silent contentions. In the past, the silence was broken only by occasional friendly voices of neighbors. But now, day after day, the cottage was full of sound. By day, the shrill, noisy platter of building and by night, the excited young voices of the men who were leaders of the new nation. Tom Jefferson sat on the step of an evening. And Aaron Burr, John Randolph, Alexander Hamilton. And one night, the young congressman came in and asked, John Randolph, he said, Van Mess. Come, walk with me by the river, Marsha Burr. If you like, Mr. Van Mess. You've called your other friends by their first names. I've known them longer. Well, perhaps in time you'll know me better and longer. Those would hope for me when you can have your pick of Congress. I don't know you. I think of being much too flattering. I've heard about you. In New York, more than one of my friends said to me, you must look up Marsha Burr and she's the belle of Washington. Now, just what did you want? Am I to speak to the president for a favor for you?  Oh, you must have to get icon of Scotch answers to Mr. Van Mess. We're suspicious of almost everything. And especially the compliment. I come from Dutch ancestry. We're known for our directness and our honesty. We say what we think. I see. And what else do you think? I think I've decided to marry you. Isn't that a little impulsive of you? It's not an impulse, it's a declaration. May Scotch are also suspicious of anything that might be considered a premature declaration. The Dutch have a reputation for tenacity and determination. I am determined to marry you. I can hardly compliment you on a sense of romance, Mr. Van Mess. Then let me tell you another way, Marsha. Let me tell you that I've known from the beginning I've wanted to marry you. I see in you something I can see from you. A woman of strength. Courage. Honest. I see in you the woman for whom I would live and die. And if I cannot win you, it will be the tragedy of my life. You speak so extravagantly, Mr. Van Mess. Extravagance is also distasteful to the Scotch family. And the Scotch woman? Oh, I think that might be quite a different story. Quite a different story. We will return to the second act of Marsha Burns starring Barbara Stenwick. Appreciate it. It isn't the amount of money spent for all of us who have received expensive gifts that didn't begin to warm our hearts as much as ones that showed evidence that Giver had contributed something of himself.  Yes, certainly a large part of the pleasure of a gift for both the receiver and the giver is found in those little extras. 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Now back to James Hilton and the second act of Marshall Byrd starring Barbara Stanway. She gave, effectively, into the late September afternoons. That small, humble cottage doorway framed her world but it seemed to link her with all the most memorable moments of her life. Memorable moments. That late spring afternoon I stood in the same doorway and looked across the young, growing cities. They wondered what they had for it and for me. I don't know how long I'd been there when I realized that my father was standing silently beside me. She never spoke until I turned to look at him. Marsha, Mr. Venice has asked for your hand in marriage. What did you say to him, Father? I told him that if this were the old country, I'd accept him immediately for years. All a father could wish for his daughter. A fine young man of position and need. You checked his name, Father? I take no man on his face value. And I can tell you that I have investigated the young man and his bank account is as huntsome as his purse. If this were not America and the decision were up to me, I'd have accepted him on the spot. But you didn't accept him? No, Marsha. You are not a scotch lassie. You're an American girl. And I want you to have the freedom of your own choice. He's waiting to be done by the red snow. I thought he might send you to him to give him your answer. Or I would take it for him myself if the case may be. So what is it to be? Will you take in your answer or shall I? I'll take in my answer, Father. I'll take in my answer. John and I married and went to live through some sick rented house on Pennsylvania Avenue. There in June of 1803, our daughter Anne was born. And as soon as I was able, I carried her here to this cottage. I might have known I'd find the two of you over here. I want Anne to do a familiar with this house and to love it as much as I do. She's going to be a very wealthy woman someday. I don't want her ever to lose sight of the fact that this is her background and the small house and the wilderness with her beginning. Yes, my dear. And our own new house will be built there, right over there. There's where you and Anne and I will live and put down our roots. You know, I was surprised for you. I ordered special mental pieces from Italy today. Special mental pieces from Italy? Oh, John. I must remind you that you are speaking to a woman descended from the sky. And I am in duty bound to protest against such a tragedy. Madam, permit me to remind you that you address the descendant of the Dutch. I know. I know. Never argue with a Dutch woman. Oh, I want you to be happy. More than anything you will. I want you to be happy. Oh, I am happy, my dear. Happier than I can ever can be. We moved into our new home of our own new. And it was indeed one of the most splendid homes in the city of Washington. John collected treasured force of all over the world. And there really everything great happened. The people we welcomed to our gatherings were to our safe, most interesting people in the world. But they were the people who had come to Washington to help stand this new nation on its young, shaky feet. When my daughter was nine, war and its tragedy came to the city. Everything is going to be all right. I think they'll burn the cars. Oh, why should they want to burn a small, humble place right here? I have to burn anyway. There are any spots and you'll put them out. I'll put them from ancient times by. Yes, of course. That would be one of the first things they looked like. Oh, I can get on. I'm not frightened, am I? I am perhaps a little sad, but not frightened. After all, when I was a child, there were battles with Indians. Then there was really something to fear. That wasn't civilized war like this. If you're going to buy those words, civilized war. It's at least civilized by comparison. I'm not afraid of this enemy. There is nothing to us if we do capture it. But I am sick and hearted at the thought of the loss and the work that we've done all this. Look out the way. It looks like the end of the city. No. No, not the end. We will rebuild the city. And the towns of destruction that had once been there were replaced by the towns of Delhi. They had passed as the capital and the nation grew. And we will pass to John and me. He had frightened with joy and will. Darkened with sorrow. And grew to a lovely girl who then was married. And one in two short years after her marriage, she was taken home. Leaving an aching void in our lives that we've never quite fulfilled. John and I then moved for one month. And for the city that was growing on all sides of my own life, to pay him in his work and particularly with his orphanage being built on our heads. This is Venice. The people of Washington will always remember York City. But wouldn't it be a little more to have more of these children for close by? Oh no, I've always loved children. It would be good to hear the sound of their voices again.  We thought we might be the earth of it after you. After all you are, it's found. No, the orphanage belongs to the city. I think it should be named for the city. Call it the Washington City orphan asylum. Meaning the orphanage for you means the least we could do in the recognition of the generosity. Recognition? Oh, I don't want any recognition. Don't you see? I've lost a child. In exchange I'm trying to make all lost children mine. They need parents and I. I need children. And now I sit here on the steps of this little cottage and look across at the orphanage. Look across at the home John built for us. Look at the fires that he moved possibly growing in here. It seems better moments than if it was spring. Yet much has happened since spring. And so too. Ah, sure. Yes, my God. I've been hunting all over for you. I might have known I'd find you here. I've been sitting here thinking of all the things that started in this house. My life, our life again. And the city of Washington itself. Yes, the city of Washington. It began in that very living room when my father reached an agreement with President Washington. I watched the city begin from the windows of this house. And it was here I found you. My dear, you know you are still as beautiful as the days when you were the Baron Washington. Ah, you must remember. We've got your suspicious of almost everything. Especially, Compton. And don't you forget we've got to have a reputation for honesty. We say what we think. And what are you thinking? That I am the most favored man to have shared these years with you. To be able to share the years ahead. The years ahead? Oh, how wonderful that sounds. You're the head for the nation that will grow through the strength and unity of its young. You're the head for its capital, to be born in the wilderness. And you're the head, my darling. James Hilton will return in a moment. Soon you'll be wanting to send your congratulations and best wishes to the young graduate you know. The graduation day is one of those memorable occasions made more memorable by the thoughtfulness of friends and loved ones. It's one of those occasions when a hallmark card is particularly appropriate. A card that will express your thought and your thoughtfulness perfectly. Saying just what you want to say just the way you want to say it. So just as you look for hallmark cards on those other occasions when congratulations are in order, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, remember to look for hallmark graduation cards. You'll find the words of congratulations on a hallmark card seem warmer, more personal, more of what you like to say. And remember in addition to the words inside the card that familiar hallmark on the back is recognized everywhere as meaning you cared enough to send the very best. Here again is James Hilton. It was a great treat to have you with us on the hallmark playhouse tonight, Bobbo. Thank you for a very fine performance. I'm very glad you asked me, Tim. For myself, I was happy to learn about Marcia Brune. She was certainly a great woman. You often collect stories about real people, don't you, Tim? Yes, we do. And as a matter of fact, we especially like stories of real people who faith and courage have inspired others. I think that's why I always enjoy hallmark playhouse. Also, probably one of the reasons I enjoy sending and receiving hallmark cards is a simple and sincere way to send a message of encouragement. What story have you selected for next week, James? Next week our story will be a dramatization of the events that happened during the famous Lewis and Clark expedition. We shall present Forward the Nation by Donald Colwell's previous, by Donald Colwell's previous, and our star will be Van Heflin. Our hallmark playhouse is every Thursday, our producer-director is Bill Gay, our music is composed and conducted by David Rose, and our script tonight is adapted by June Holloway. Until next Thursday then, this is James Heflin saying, Good night. Look for hallmark cards that are sold only in stores that have been carefully selected to give you expert and friendly service. Remember a hallmark card that you carry enough to send the very best. Margot Stedwick may currently be seen starring in RKO's Clash by Night, a Walt Krasner production co-starring Paul Douglas, Robert Lyon, and Marilyn Monroe. The part of John tonight was played by Raymond Burr, Tudor Owen was Mr. Burns, and Ted DeCorsia, Washington. Ann Whitfield played the role of Ann and Virginia Gregg, the woman. Every Sunday afternoon on television, hallmark cards present Sarah Titchill, who brings you the story of interesting people on the Hallmark Hall of Fame. This is Frank Goss saying good night to you all until next week at the same time. When we return to present Van Heflin in Donald Kohlrock TV's Forward the Nation on the Hallmark Playhouse. Stay tuned for Mr. Pavilion.


You care about the quality you credit care about the audio Fidelity you care about the mic precision you get about so many things and there's so many headsets out there There's a dime a dozen But today we're taking a look at the Logitech Pro X gaming headset And why this headset is unique is because yes I'm using the mic off the headset to record this whole voiceover and it is doing a fantastic job at it Yes, this is simply because this is powered by blue voice a.k.a. Blue microphones they're part of the Logitech as a company and Logitech said look we've got these guys who makes really good microphones Let's try and cooperate into our gaming headset and they've delivered in such an awesome beast now Before we get into the mic itself, which you will hear throughout this video Let's talk about the headset itself. The build quality is really nice. It's got more of a rounded Retro look out say I like the kind of curled wires from each ear cup that go up You know the metal band is soft and solid With the padding around it really good in terms of just fit now. Can you wear this for hours?  And again, you can switch between Ear cup pads, so I've got the I've got the cushion and then there's a leatherette as well And that that version will retail for 129 you can pick up this this up for 99 bucks Now in terms of accessories, you do have a carrying pouch You've got cables. You've got two sets of cables a single inline cable and of course you also have a Split cable as well. Now this comes with its own Dac and that that allows you to allows and gives you the power of blue voice to do a lot of the audio Tweaking in the microphone that I have not seen on any gaming headset.  There are certain things that you do get with the software that's impressive again We still haven't talked about the microphone, so you can go into the software and select DTS headphone X Of course, give me that surround sound, which is really nice You can customize that you can go into the equalizers and do a couple of things You can go into that couple of presets. They're presets for FPS Media there's defaults. You can customize your own presets. There's also Presets for eSports gamers as well. So they've got people like G2 shock or London Spitfire profits You know games you like that you can actually put in there and use those presets if they've got presets that fit your style Go for it. You can do whatever you want to do, but the big kicker here, of course is wit the Microphone, I mean, I mean this just it just sounds so good like you're looking at this You're going really are you using this mic? Why are you using this mic? No, I'm not using this mic. It's not on Yes, I'm actually using the mic off The headset which is truly amazing and let me just go through some of the things that on here on this microphone that really Just sets it apart. I'm gonna just record my screen so you guys can see so when you go into the logic g-hop app You've got a blue voice blue voice is the software that comes in with a lot of things you can do First thing you see there is a micro level input What's what's the input levels you're getting and the micro outputs what people will receive? So that's just one right there, which is insane.  This is this gives you Couple of presets for the mics you're using right now. I'm using broadcaster 2. There's a broadcaster 1. There's am there is There's blue. There's also a fm And then a few others plus in each one you can go in and Customize things like your noise reduction you expand there and gate the limiter the compressor the deezer and You can't just do that You can also test and record them live to see how well they actually sound before you even even save them So you know what you're getting so you can get the right kind of audio volume here again I'm just using broadcaster 2 and I'm not making any changes whatsoever But I wanted to give you a quick sample of what each one sounds. So let's go ahead and switch to am radio This is what am radio sounds. This is the sound you get if you want to give people the sound while you're gaming Sure, be my guest go ahead and do that now moving over to broadcast to one Broadcaster one has a different feel. It's a little bit louder than am radio. Am radio, of course It's gotta give me that old school Well, if you are old as me, but broadcast one is pretty nice I like broadcast it to you. I can do some tweaks here, but I do like this This is the sound I'm using for this whole voiceover And then we're going to switch to FM station a little louder in the tones there, but you get it This is the it's just really impressive how it changes in sound you get that feel now these high voice loud This is what you get with high voice loud in terms of sounds and voices I really love the fact that they've given attention to the microphone this much attention is great You've got a high voice soft again a different audio level here with high voice soft Then you have low voice loud so low voice loud again gives you a different take in how these representations are and don't forget You can't go in and customize within all these all these are voice presets And then finally you have low voice soft now you can go ahead and copy those presets here That's a copy button. You can save them you can add new presets. You can do whatever you want to do I want to switch back to broadcaster to It's impressive how well they've done in crafting the microphone this headset now in terms of just general audio It's really good DTS Headphone X really does a good job the 50 million millimeter drivers here We're gonna do a good representation in those cues you want as a gamer Especially if you're an FPS gamer you want to get those footsteps you want to hear this positional sounds where the weapons are coming from Those things are great But they've really gone ahead and said look we will work on the microphone We'll give you something and we'll work with a company that we have that does a good job with microphones blue and Like column impressed. I am impressed when I'm here the fact that I can get this off a microphone. That's literally here not You know studio microphone.


just with everything you guys have been through the last couple of weeks how how fun was that to get out there and be able to play and play as well as you did? um that was that was uh you know that was all the work that we put in man um you know all the hours of you know just pushing each other and you know just you know just trying to get better man you know it paid off you know what I mean and although we had um you know I think it was 16 days um you know that we had to get through man you know those hours showed up man and you know to see it you know manifest um you know just just makes this one even better um but at the end of the day before and though we got um a lot of games left and you know it's early still early so we just got to continue to have that growth mindset and um you know look forward to the next game. Luke. Johnny we hear you guys talk a lot about the belief that you guys have in each other and how much mental toughness there is on this team. You're 4-0 right now a lot of things have gone well for you. You kind of think the sky's the limit for this team I mean I know you don't want to talk about record expectations or anything like that but how high is the limit for this team right now? We just we just believe in each other man you get rid of money that's all we do is believe trust you know that um you know we're going to play our ourself for for that God next to us man for this entire organization. I sort of come down to it man just um you know having passion having love for all we do and caring about the God next to you you know it's successful than that. Ryan said that you basically only got one non-walkthrough practice in over the last two weeks what was it that allowed you guys to have the fast start and play as cohesively as you did despite that? We um you know we uh just took advantage of what we could do um you know whether it was you know meetings you know virtually um you know just trying to you know take advantage we we all you know you need athletes man you know we're gonna run fast we're gonna be strong we're gonna jump high you know that's that's that's what we've been doing all our entire lives and you know we're you know the best at it you know I mean when we're playing at this level so um you know we knew that that would be here you know it's just you know being together and just getting everything on the same page it was a little tougher because we couldn't do that physically but um you know we just uh you know actually you know those days you know a lot of guys are healthy doing those days as well and um you know just don't we can do at home you know just we're professionals and it's you know we got to be self-motivated so um you know just to be self-driven and you know get what you can get in that home and just knowing that you know we got to prepare for a game and uh you know a lot of guys you know play at this level for a long time so you know what that requires man so we just uh don't do what we can do. Yeah you say you know to be self-motivated but but how much was the exterior stuff you know the stuff you were hearing a lot of doubts a lot of anger around the league with all this going on I mean did that really serve as as motivation? You just lock it out man I mean everybody got their ways of dealing with things um honestly man I didn't even pay attention to what was going on in the media I just I just know it wasn't good things you know what I mean um whether it be good things or bad things and I just me as a player is like myself man I just try to you know block all that stuff off because uh you know um you know it's just it's it's not good for you for your mindset you know I mean people try to write you off you know and it may not be as bad as it is and people try to um you know amplify you may not be as good as it is so I just try to keep it even careful man um you know God didn't play the game that I love and play with passion you know I mean doing this since I was four or five years old and I still got that same love and passion that I had then so I don't get me wrong I appreciate the love and support from our fans you know we got a great you know support system in this city in this state you know I mean in this whole you know southern area so I definitely definitely appreciate that you know it's great to have but you know I just blocked that stuff up last question Jim hey John newt just how much were guys chomping at the bit just to get out there and play after having two games rescheduled and do you feel like this team is playing with a little bit of a chip a little bit of a chip on its shoulder we just always been that team man that we that's just been our identity you know flashy you know I mean we know you know we probably uh you know not the team that's going to get all the prime time games but you know we just find a way to win games um they look ugly maybe about one point two points that we get it done man and Vanessa's will be preached um so you know we just brought ourselves man on just being that team that establishes a coach in the locker room um you know live on that and just you know believe in each other and you've got five touchdowns in in four games how good does that feel and how good does it feel to be making such a big contribution on this team it feels great to continue to um be a contributor to this team to this offense as in this organization um and I'm just gonna keep keep going you know what I've been doing and just continue to get better um a lot of things I gotta clean up um you know you know just some good things you know I've got to get gotta you know get the things that I didn't do so well cleaned up and uh you know we're just going to continue with myself and on the way out John do did you see Ryan's landing on the touchdown celebration and you guys give him a little grief about that yeah yeah we told him don't don't do that again don't do that again man don't don't do that again you uh you scared us man and he Ryan Ryan is good for giving us a good scare I don't know because he thinks it's October Halloween coming up something he wasn't scared but now he gotta chill it out man we need you know we just gave him a little bit of uh you know a little bit of hard tough love


What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2022 BMW X2 courtesy of Apple BMW in York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so what did happen this one today? Because this is actually a relatively affordable BMW not to mention you get three years 36,000 miles of free maintenance as well, which makes it even more affordable believe it or not. And there are some minor changes for the 2022 X2. And so in this video, I will be testing out and going over everything from paddle shifters, acceleration, braking, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all of that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so of course there will be a few different configurations for the 2022 X2. First one being the S-Drive 28i starting at $36,600. X-Drive 28i, which actually is the one we have today starting at $38,600. And the M35i starting at $46,450. And so as you can probably conclude by the trim levels there, there are two different engine configurations available for the X2. First one belonging to the 28i trim levels being a two liter twin power turbocharged inline four cylinder engine, putting out 228 horsepower at 5,000 RPM, 258 pound feet of torque coming in at right around 1,400 RPM, power sent to front wheels or all wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters, giving you a zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 6.6 seconds for the front wheel drive, 6.3 seconds then for the all wheel drive that we have today, giving you MPG numbers coming in at 24 city, 32 highway for the front wheel, 24 in the city, 31 on the highway for the all wheel drive taking premium unlit fuel. But so then there is that other engine configuration of course belonging to the M35i. This one is going to be a two liter M tuned twin power turbocharged inline four cylinder, 301 horsepower at 5,000 RPM, 331 pound feet of torque coming in right around 1,700 RPM, power sent to all four wheels once again through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifter zero to 60 on that one, 4.7 seconds. That's quite impressive actually for an SUV and MPG numbers for that one, 23 in the city, 30 on the highway taking premium unlit of fuel yet again. So before we do this paddle shifter test here first, I did want to mention there are of course some driving modes. That drive mode selector is going to be located directly to the left of the shifter and that will include eco pro comfort in sport, adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response and the steering sensitivity. So now I haven't got all of that out of the way you guys. What do you say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put these paddle shifters here to the test. Every single time I've tested the BMW's paddle shifters in the past, they have always been absolutely amazing. So I really have no worries when it comes to this test but I always have to do it. Let's go ahead and put this thing in the test and let's see how quickly these paddle shifters are going to react for us here. Let's do real quick before we do this paddle shifter test, I did want to mention there is a full manual shift mode where you have complete control over the shifting to put it in that mode just simply slide the shifter all the way to the back and to the left. It is going to display what gear you're in up on the gauges as well so you don't have any issues there but now having said that, now having got that out of the way here is our straightaway coming up so let's put these things to the test here. There's going to be someone behind us so let's go. Very quick, very quick, always very quick. Like I was saying before, paddle shifters are lightning quick, never disappoint me in any BMW that I have ever tested. I'm telling you guys, if you were into shifting through your own gears via the paddle shifters, any BMW is really going to put you on point so wonderful as always. But to get back full control to this X2, I'm just going to simply slide the shifter back to the right here and one more time, let's do a quick little acceleration test now and let's see how quickly this thing is going to get us here up to speed. All right, we're going to start on a bridge here. I don't know why but in three, two, one, go. That'll get the job done. Definitely not the quickest thing in the world.  That's going to be 4.7 seconds to 60 but that'll get the job done. Definitely not going to have any issues of merging onto the highway. I think I was just expecting a bit more because it's a BMW but still, plenty of an acceleration just maybe not enough of an acceleration for me because I wanted a little bit more. Anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So of course as expected, you will find four-wheel ventilated disc brakes for the X2 as far as that 60 to zero stopping distance goes, 111 feet, that is brilliant you guys, let me tell ya. This is a number I always like to emphasize in all of my reviews. So I have rambled off hundreds of these 60 to zero stopping distance numbers at this point. 111 feet is among the best without a doubt. Typically in SUVs, you'll find 120s, 130s a lot of the times as high as 139 feet that I've seen. So 111 feet is dang near brilliant. That is a wonderful stopping distance. As far as braking feel goes, it's perfectly fine. There's not any squishiness or sponginess to the braking so absolutely no issues when it comes to that. But then touching on suspension and handling. Of course for the X2, you will find an independent front and rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars, gas pressurized shock absorbers as well. And if you were to go with that M35i trim level, you will also get a M sports suspension as well, which is pretty cool. And to go along with that for the M35, there is an adaptive damping suspension that is optional for the M35i that goes for $500 as an option by the way. But that is one I always like to recommend because it gives you the best of both worlds and not only tightens up the suspension during heavy cornering, but it also monitors these shock absorber to give you a smoother ride absorbing a lot of the roads and perfections as well. So that is why I always like to recommend that one whenever you can get it in any manufacturer, any vehicle out there. So I did want to mention that, but as far as that ride quality goes, it has been perfectly fine. I mean, it's not X3, X5 good, but it'll get the job done. You can feel a little bit more of the road comparing it to like the X3 or X5, but it'll get the job done. So no issues there for me. As far as cabin noise goes, BMW crushes it with cabin noise. There's little to no exterior wind noise coming into the cabin, which you typically do get at higher speeds. I mean, I've gone over 50 miles per hour already in our X2 and there is nothing as far as wind noise coming into the cabin, which a lot of times you do get little bit of road noise, no wind noise though whatsoever. So cabin noise with the X2 is absolutely wonderful without a doubt. As far as steering feel goes, that is another wonderful thing with this one because you can actually tailor it to your liking with the driving modes. If you want a little bit heavier of a weight to the steering, just simply put it in that support driving mode. If you wanted a looser feel, put it back to comfort. So it's best both worlds for that one at least. And as far as visibility goes, this is the one where I got to say visibility is kind of meh. It's just, it's definitely not as good as like the X1, let's say, which is slightly less expensive than the X2 because of its shape. It is a bit narrower of a visibility, I guess you could say when you're looking out that rear view mirror. So it's to be expected though with the shape of the X2. It's not a bad thing. It's just something you're probably gonna have to get used to. That's all I'm saying. Marine sensing windshield wipers actually do come standard on the X2 as well, which is going to assist with visibility there. Essentially what that is, is whenever the X2 detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's gonna automatically turn on there's windshield wipers for you. So it's just one last thing you gotta worry about. That's really a wonderful thing right there, most vehicles don't get that standard. So that's pretty cool. Any head up display is going to come with the premium package. It goes for $3,650. We do have it today. So right now I'm looking at the speed limit of the current road I'm on as well as the speed I am currently going. And it's also going to illuminate some safety features up there when needed as well. So that's definitely gonna assist you with visibility. Yet again, but that about rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 BMW X2. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2022 BMW X2 finished in Brooklyn gray metallic. That is the exterior color name that we have today. Also by the way, we do have something called the M mesh edition. So I'll be going over that in a second or two, but I did want to also let you guys know that because there are several exterior changes as well as interior when it comes to that particular package option. But let's go ahead and start up front on this one. Satin aluminum trim is going to come standard surrounding that front grill as well as some other areas as well. But there is shadow line trim available and that M mesh edition actually gets a specific front grill that you guys are currently looking at right now then as well. And it is an active kidney front grill that typically you will find on BMW of course as well. But front air curtains to the bottom corners there helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination giving a little better aerodynamics there to the sides LED headlights with the cornering function coming standard as well. Meaning when you're going around a bend at night those headlights are going to swivel based on the direction of your steering angle better help illuminating what is around that bend. So that's definitely a safety feature in itself. Automatic feature of course coming standard as well meaning the headlights are going to turn on automatically for you there whenever it detects any kind of darkness. LED daytime running lights then also coming standard on this one too. But overall very nice look up front there. And actually since this front grill is specific to the M mesh edition let me go ahead and touch on that real quick for you guys. So overall that M mesh edition goes for $7,050. It is going to include the 19 inch multicolored W orange wheels which I am about to show you guys. There's some aluminum hexagon trim up front on the front grill. There is a lights package M Sport steering wheel M Sport front seats, M Sport X exterior package shadow line exterior trim that's going to be the gloss block as opposed to the satin aluminum trim anthracite headliner and extended shadow line trim as well. So overall that is what that $7,050 gives you. So then now making our way to the side of this one if you were curious if the X2 can get roof rails on it it actually can it is a $250 option if you wanted to go that route. BMW located on the C-pillar towards the back that is one of the coolest little design features that I've always liked on the X2 from the second it came out. No other BMW has that on the C-pillar but the X2 which makes it special. So I'm a big fan of that. Also get that M badging on the front fender thanks to the M mesh package that we do indeed have here today. Matte black side skirts are going to come standard on the 28 eye body colored side skirts for the M35 eye. So a little bit of a difference there when it comes to the side mirrors they are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals as well. And one of the new minor updates for the 2022 X2 is there are now black side mirror caps as a standalone option for the X2. Then take a look down at the wheel setup 18 inch Y spoke alloys with all season run flat tires come standard on the 28 eye 19 inch double five spoke alloys with all season run flat tires coming standard with the M35 eye. And again, specific wheel and tire combination are going to come with that M mesh package that we have here today. And probably the easiest way to tell if you're looking at that package is the wheels because of the orange accents on them. So do want to mention that but now let's go ahead and make our way to the back of the X2. Let's open now making our way to the back starting at the very top body colored shark fin antenna does come standard just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light just below that rear window wiper LED tail lights coming standard across the board very nice tail light design on this one. And just below it all dual exhaust outlets typically with chrome tips although we do have the dark chrome tips here today to go along with our shadow line exterior accents is pretty darn cold. But nonetheless, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. It's up and now since we are around back of the X2 when it comes to opening that rear lift gate, there are a few different ways to go ahead and do that there is a button on the key fob itself that is one way. There's also a button on the driver's side door that is the other way but the coolest way to go ahead and open that up is going to be the hidden way within the BMW logo. You simply press in on that BMW logo you don't have to lift up on anything like you do with Volkswagen for example but just simply press in on that and it is actually going to open up itself which is pretty freaking cool because if you don't know the next thing you're probably not going to know how that is going to go ahead and open up. And by the way it is a hands free power lift gate if you were to go with the premium package or convenience package so I wanted to mention that as well. But once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 21.6 cubic feet. If that was not enough space you can fold those rear seats down bumping that up to 50.1 cubic feet then. Also wanted to mention in that cargo area you can find grocer bag hooks there is some cargo lighting there is a cargo cover there is actually a 12 volt power outlet back there but the thing that surprised me in the cargo areas if you lift up underneath the cargo floor there is a good bit of in-floor storage I'm not just talking about a little but it is a pretty deep amount of in-floor storage within that cargo floor. So that is pretty darn cool you do not always get that with SUVs and for a compact SUV like this definitely a very good thing. But now let's go ahead and make our way up to the rear legroom that is going to come in at 36.7 inches. So for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I have back there. Also for those rear passengers there is a rear center armrest with cup holders there is rear ventilation and there are phone charging ports for those rear passengers then as well. Then making our way up to the front seats eight way power adjustable front seats do come standard with two way power side bolsters as well. And the lumbar support on those seats I gotta say is extremely good. A lot of times lumbar support isn't as adjustable as they definitely are here in the X2. So that was definitely nice to see. Since the tech upholsterer by the way comes standard on the X2 however Dakota leather that we have today is optional so plenty comfortable, plenty fine for me. Heat and ventilated seats by the way are optional actually as well if you wanted to go ahead and get them. But again like I said seats are plenty comfortable. I like how they're all one piece too like the headrest are included with the seats it definitely gives it a sportier look. So I'm digging it but anyway so let's now go ahead and take a look at the steering wheel this tilt and telescoping again it is an M sports steering wheel because we have the M mesh package that I was mentioning to you guys. It is leather wrapped either way you can get a heated steering wheel if you wanna go with that as a standalone option it's $550. Otherwise you can also get with the premium package it's another route but overall 10 and two grips are plenty good. Definitely like how they're thicker and again that's specific to the M sports steering wheel that we do indeed have here today. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You do have your M colors on the one side and pretty much all your buttons are gonna be located on one side of the key. You got lock on lock and that button to pop the rear liftgate there and the lock button is going to be the BMW logo so I always like to mention that because it's kind of hidden I guess on the key fob. Anyways it does all keyless entry with a push button start so all I'm going to do here is simply put my phone on the brake and press that engine start button which is located just underneath of the climate fence just to the right of the gauges there. But once started up speedometer is on your left tachometer is on your right and it is a digital display front and center towards the bottom there giving you things like how many miles you have left until you hit empty also your speed limit, outside temperature and of course trip A, trip B, time of day the basics basically and of course it's also going to show you down there if you change your driving modes as well which is what I was looking at when I was changing my driving modes during that test drive so that is pretty cool. But now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality then. Power moonroof is going to come standard on the X2 however a panoramic moonroof is going to come with the convenience and premium packages and that of course is what you guys are looking at right now. AnthroSight headliner also coming standard homelink controls are going to come with the convenience and premium packages for up to three different garage doors found just underneath of that rear view mirror there. Dual zoom climate control coming standard on the X2 ambient lighting with the convenience and premium packages, wireless phone charger is going to be a $500 standalone option if you wanted that. And overall as far as finishes go it is extremely high quality as you would expect in a BMW. I like the carbon fiber ish look it's not authentic carbon fiber but it goes on the doors just above the passenger side glove box. There are plenty of soft touch materials along with stitching that goes throughout the doors and just above the glove box as well. If there's any constructive criticism I have on the interior quality it's going to be just around the shifter there's a lot of matte gray plastics that they probably least could have finished with a design to them maybe like a little diamond pattern or something to the plastic rather than just leaving it matte black but other than that it's really all I got just in front of the shifter there's a 12 volt power outlet USB charging port little bit of storage two cup holders in front of the shifter as well behind the shifter there's an electric mechanical parking brake and within the center armrest is actually where you're going to go ahead and find that wireless phone charger if you went with that option so that's where we got that and underneath of that center armrest there's a decent amount of storage along with a phone charging port under there then as well. So overall interior quality is definitely very nice as expected because we are in a BMW after all but now let's go ahead and make our way to the tech display it is an 8.8 inch color touchscreen display by the way if you did not want to use that touchscreen there actually is a circular dial-in buttons located directly behind the shifter so that is probably what I would use while I was driving however it probably would be a little more convenient to actually use the touchscreen while you were parked there's a little bit of a reach while you were driving so that's why I put it that way but Bluetooth and all your streaming does come standard Apple CarPlay factory navigation actually comes standard on the X2 that's pretty cool you can of course check out some weather information up there which is also pretty cool climate control settings can be found up there the date, the time of day of course and of course your radio information as well and so there are a couple different sound systems for the X2 a Hi-Fi sound system with seven speakers and 205 watts does come standard on this one however there is an optional $875 Harman Kardon sound system that we have today and so having said that let's go ahead and turn on the radio see we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one and I'm not watching anymore that was pretty darn good definitely a very nice sound system with the Harman Kardon setup that we have today plenty of bass, plenty of clarity that was crystal clear that was a very nice sound system more than enough for the size of the X2 I'll put it that way but last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on that infotainment screen is when you do put this X2 in reverse you of course will find a rear view camera letting you know who or what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so to start front side side curtain airbags do come standard in the back you're gonna have latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system but also standard is going to be a frontal collision warning system lane departure warning speed limit recognition and front and rear parking sensors as well and then there's a couple of optional features including adaptive cruise control with stop and go goes for a thousand bucks and a parking assistant feature as well that goes for $200 but overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the X2 the driving dynamics are really what makes this thing so enjoyable but because of the acceleration although the M35 is definitely going to be where it's at when it comes to the acceleration on the X2 but braking is absolutely wonderful again 60 to zero and 111 feet is great especially for an SUV handling is wonderful as well the steering feel is great in that sport driving mode I'll tell you that it has a nice heavy weight to it a part of the reason why the handling is so great is because this one does have a pretty stiff suspension which is good for handling but the trade off to that is it's not going to be as smooth as let's say the X3 or X5 so ride quality suffers a little bit for that so maybe like I said if you can get the adaptive damping suspension on this thing that is definitely the way to go also love the BMW loco on the C pillar of the exterior of this thing that is one of the cool design features that I've always loved on this thing so that is definitely a big plus in my book one of the constructive criticisms I got though is there are so many optional features on this thing and a lot of these options should be coming standard on a BMW especially at this price range like heated seats for example heated seats are something that should come standard on every BMW out there in my opinion wireless phone charger is one I think should be standard as well seeing as everybody has smartphones these days that are compatible with wireless phone chargers is definitely something that BMW should consider making standard on all their vehicles at this point but overall very fun crossover slash SUV to drive so I definitely enjoyed it but let me know what you guys think of this new 2022 X2 in the comments section below that is about it for this one you guys feel free to follow me on social media if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it actually gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold


Do you feel that there is a tedious, tiresome effort about your spirituality? If you're struggling with holiness, with worship, with prayer, with devotion to the Word, then today on Spirit Church I want to simplify the matter for you. And I want to teach you the one thing that you need to do, the one thing that you need to guard, the one thing that you need to have, out of which all things will flow. This will simplify your spirituality and it will lift the burdens of religious thinking off of you.  I'm excited for you because I know that you're about to be refreshed and you're about to go into a deeper place, a deeper walk, and a deeper knowledge of Christ Himself. Stephen Mockezuma is here with me as usual. He's going to lead you in some worship and then we're going to get right into this lesson here on Spirit Church on Encounter TV. Here's Stephen Mockezuma. No one else can touch my heart like you do, and I can search for all eternity and find, there is none, there is none. No one else can touch my heart like you do, and I can search for all eternity. Luke chapter 10 verse number 38 where the scripture says, As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed them into her home. Her sister Mary sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he taught. But Martha was worrying over the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me. But the Lord said to her, My dear Martha, you are so upset over all these details. There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it and I won't take it away from her. What was this one thing that Mary had discovered that Martha had missed? Martha was busy with work and it could be an analogy for ministry, for our service to the Lord. It could be an analogy for all of these things we keep track of in our mind that we feel we are lacking in. You can become very discouraged when you look at the progress that you're making and find that it's not the kind of progress that you want to be making. Maybe you want to be a person of prayer and find that your prayer life is not quite where you want it to be. Maybe you want to be someone who's devoted wholeheartedly to the Word of God and you find that your devotion to the Word is lacking. Maybe you want to be someone who is a worshiper by nature, who seeks the face of God, who is aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit on a moment by moment basis. And if we're not careful, we can go down this checklist and become discouraged when we find we ourselves are not in keeping with this checklist. And we go off and we mark this thing and we take note of that thing and we criticize ourselves in one area and another. Now, to be clear, I am not against growth. I am not against self-evaluation. David the Psalmist wrote, search me, O God, and we need to have this type of openness with the Lord, where we open ourselves to the knowing eyes of the Lord, where he can see and reveal and mend and transform those things in us that need transforming. However, when the focus becomes those things, when the focus becomes our tasks, when the focus becomes this list of spiritual duties that we are to be keeping, we become like Martha. We're busy and we're so busy that we miss the whole point. Mary had discovered a fellowship with Jesus. Mary had discovered a connection with the Lord, a personal connection with Jesus. Martha had missed it. Now, what Martha was doing was not wrong in and of itself. She was preparing a meal for the Lord. Often those things that we do for the Lord, though they can distract us from the Lord, are not wrong in and of themselves. But if we're not careful, we can become so consumed with our list. We can become so consumed with the standard that we are trying to keep. And it's good to keep that standard that we fail to connect with God. And so, while I am all for holiness, while I'm all for discipline, I am all for devotion to the Word, you've heard me teach on it countless times, I must stress to you that there's one thing, one thing only that you need to cultivate, one thing, and one thing only that you need to guard, and that is the secret place. The secret place is your private time with the Lord. The secret place is your devotion to Him that is free of ambition and earthly motives. The secret place is the place that you go to connect with Jesus undistracted, that you go to connect with the Lord without an agenda. It is the place that you find the depths of the Spirit. It is the place that you find safety and security. In my own life, I found that whenever I've entered into seasons where my prayer life and my secret place began to lack, I found myself entering into old mindsets. I found fear and anxiety and sadness and heaviness tried to overtake me. And I've realized that there's only one place I'm free from those things. There is only one place I can truly go to find peace, to find joy, to find sustenance, to find spiritual strength, and that is in the presence of the Lord in the secret place. Psalm chapter 80, verse number 18 says this, So will not we go back from thee, quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. What's powerful here is that the scripture is showing that first the Lord must quicken us, and then we can call upon his name. Now, when I talk about the secret place, I'm not talking about just prayer, because the truth is that you could at any moment that you want offer a prayer to the Lord. You can at any moment that you want begin to worship the Lord. You can at any moment that you want begin to seek his face in the Word. That's the truth. And that fellowship never goes away. You are connected with the Lord 24-7. I taught on this last week on the abiding presence of God. The presence of God does not come and go in the life of the believer.  However, what I am talking about are special moments where the Lord will send to you an invitation to draw you in to a deeper place. There are seasons where God will call you upward. The scripture says that we go from glory to glory to glory. He calls us from one glory to another glory. What is glory? Well, the Father has declared you justified.  Whenever you hear of glorification or the glory of God, it has to do with the attention and the magnification of Jesus. It has to do with the adoration of the person of Christ. So then, to go from glory to glory is to go from being like Jesus to being more like Jesus to being more like Jesus. Going from glory to glory is not blessing to blessing. It is not promotion to promotion, but Christ's likeness to Christ's likeness. So then, God will call us to these places of glory. He will call us to seasons where he takes us to a deeper level in our prayer lives. And these are things of the Spirit. Not everyone is going to understand what I am saying. Some people will say, well, what are you talking about? I don't need any more than I already have in Christ. Christ died and he gave me everything that I need. And that is true that Christ died and he finished the work and he gave you fellowship with God. But it is up to you to pursue the Lord. Why would God tell us to seek His face if He didn't need to be sought? Why would the Lord tell us to grow if there were no levels of spirituality? If you can grow in something, it means there are levels to it. I can grow in power. I can grow in favor. I can grow in ministry. I can grow in spirituality. And that tells me that there are levels. People don't like to think that there are levels, especially in this generation. We want to create an even playing field and we want to make everybody equal. And while everybody in the Spirit has the equal opportunity to pursue God to the greatest depths, not everyone will take Him up on that offer. So then God quickens us first in these special seasons. God quickens us first and then we respond. Quicken us and we will call upon Thy name. John chapter 91 verses 1 through 7 says, His truth shall be Thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flyeth by day, Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteeth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at Thy side, And ten thousand at Thy right hand, But it shall not come nigh thee. The scripture is talking about the protection of the Lord, being in the dwelling place of God. But the scripture says, In order to receive the benefits of the secret place, the secret place has to become a lifestyle and not an occasional visit. It says He that dwelleth in the secret place, not He who occasionally goes to the secret place. The secret place is your time alone with the Lord and He calls you to it daily. He calls you every day, He welcomes you every day and it is up to us to respond to that invitation. You have to realize that the fact that God has called us to go into the secret place and to have fellowship with Him, that fact is amazing. That He would want fellowship with us, that He would welcome us, not only after saving us, that He would welcome us into the depths of His presence. Let me tell you something. There is no substitute for the secret place. You cannot say I want to do ministry and not have a secret place. You cannot say I want to be anointed of God and not have the secret place. You can't want to preach the word with the anointing of the Holy Ghost and not be in the secret place. The secret place is the key to all things. The secret place when you cultivate that with the Lord, when you set aside that time for Him, when you choose to respond to the invitations that He has given to you, you are entering into a place of power.  Without the secret place, we're just like Martha, running around busy with no real power, with no real connection, with no real fellowship with the Lord Himself. You want to preach sermons, you want to write songs, you want to open up ministries, you want to live the Christian life, you want to win souls to Jesus, all of it comes from the secret place. You cannot be anointed of God. You cannot be empowered by God without the secret place. There's no substitute for prayer. There is no substitute for a prayer life. People ask me all the time, Brother David, what's the key? How do I get a ministry like yours? How do I have what you have? And they look at what I call the glamor of it. They see here, I'm preaching to you on this edition of Spirit Church here on YouTube. Sometimes they'll see encounter TV on the television program. They'll come to the miracle services where they see hundreds healed, where the presence of God moves, where people come from all over, some of them fly in from different nations, some of them stand outside and wait for the doors to open, some of them drive in from hours away. And they say, I want that. I want to write books. I want to preach on platforms. I want to be on TV. But the truth is, this is not what my spirituality consists of. You take all that away, and if I didn't have that secret place, if I didn't have that connection with the Lord, what would I have? What do you think I draw from to give to you week after week, month after month? What do you think I pool from to create these lessons, to create the podcast that some of you maybe who watch this probably don't listen to? It's a whole different audience. And it's different material. Or who watch in counter TV, which again, it's different material. Or who come to the events. It's different revelation. It's fresh bread for every single thing we do as a ministry. You take all that away. I go to an event. People gather, you see those things that you love to see. But guess what?   And then I'm there. Sometimes just me and the Lord. When I travel, like some of you saw when I was in the Philippines and I went and stood in front of almost 3000 people, began to declare the goodness of God to them, saw miracles happen, tumors disappearing, people walking who were unable to walk for years, hundreds getting saved, almost a thousand youth and young adults getting baptized in the power of the Holy Ghost. It's a rush, it's a charge. But then I had to leave that stage, go backstage, enter the car and go right back to the hotel room where it was just me and the Lord. And you know what? All of this, it's really nothing. What is this anyway? If I don't have the Lord. Take anything and everything from me. Give me Jesus. Take the world from me, but give me Jesus. Take the ministry from me, but give me Jesus. Without Him, I don't have an identity. Without Him, I have no power, no substance. I have nothing to give you outside of Him. This is the power of the secret place. You have to guard and cherish your time with the Lord. The Lord invites you into deeper places, places where you will be shaken to the point of awe. I understand God as our Father. I understand He's loving and He's kind and He's merciful. But God wants to take you to the place where you are shaken to your core. And that only happens in the secret place. There's no secret action that you can take. There are no shortcuts. You really do want God to use your life. That's wonderful. I'm not against that because I want God to use my life too.  And I'm not saying that the ministry is not important to me. I'm saying that the most important thing in my life is this secret place. If I don't have it, if I didn't have it, I would lose my mind. You may say, Brother David, how? You have no idea. I wouldn't even tell you. I would lose my mind if I didn't have the secret place.  It's the Lord. It has to be the Lord. There's no secret. It's just a matter of obeying God and getting into the secret place. If you don't set aside that time for the Lord, forget everything else. If you don't set aside that time for the Lord, you're done before you even get started.  You cannot birth something in the flesh and expect it to be sustained by the Spirit. Even the starting point has to be spiritual. And so there's nobody there in that secret place to see your performance. When you pray to the Lord in secret, when you seek His face, when you set aside that time to worship Him and adore Him in that secret place, you are proving to the Lord that your faith is genuine. Why? Because there's nobody else there to see it. Why would you pray in private between just you and the Lord if you didn't believe the Lord heard you? We must guard this. We must cultivate this. And we must cherish it. The people you see most anointed of God, most powerfully used by God are the ones who spend the most time with Him intimately in the secret place. Don't seek His face with false motives. I think about Judas. Think about this. Judas knew where to find Jesus. That's how he betrayed Him. Judas used the secret place for personal gain. He betrayed the Lord with a kiss. His knowledge of where the Lord was and His worship, the kiss or His adoration of Christ was used for personal gain. There are some people who will seek God for personal gain, who will pursue that secret place for personal gain. Don't be like Judas, who seeks the presence of the Lord, who knows the secret of the Lord and abuses it. The scripture says in Psalm 25 verse 14, the secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him and He will show them His covenant. When you go into the secret place, when you cultivate that, that mighty and powerful relationship with the Lord, you come out of it with greater revelation. You come out of it knowing things about God. There are things I know about the Lord I won't share with any of you. Maybe I'll share it with my closest circle if the Lord permitted me, but there are some things that the Lord told me it's not even time to share yet. And these aren't necessarily things that contradict the scripture or are brand new, they're just things that are personal. But the truth is that when you go into that place, everything gets set into its proper order. You're no longer keeping track of all these things. It's no longer tedious and tiresome. It's no longer burdensome and heavy. It's no longer religious and systemized. It becomes focused and powerful.  Matthew chapter 6 verse 33 says, but seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and then all these things shall be added unto you.  It is to love God with all that we are. When you come out of that secret place, there's a glow about you just as there was upon Moses. When you come out of that secret place, you're carrying an atmosphere with you.  You're dripping with the anointing. You are saturated in the oil of the Holy Spirit. And everyone you touch and everything you come into contact with is transformed, is changed.  That's one of the greatest markers of someone who's been in the presence of God. When they talk about the Lord, other people get hungry for Him. Other people are inspired with the holy jealousy to say, I want that too. And hopefully you want that too. Let's pray and let's believe that God will help you to discern those moments where you are to lay aside for Him. Let us pray and ask the Lord together to invite us in to say, Lord, I wanna know your presence. I want to seek your face. I want the privilege of paying the price for your presence. It's a privilege to pay that price. There is no sacrifice here because everything we give is return, tenfold, a hundredfold. There's no such thing as sacrifice. He made the sacrifice. Sure, are there things that will be difficult? Yes, but ultimately at the trade-off, it's no sacrifice. Stretch your hands toward mine and let's believe that we will be people of the presence. So Father in Jesus' name, I pray for that one watching right now, who is so hungry for your presence, who desires to see your face. I pray, Father, in the name of Jesus, that that one watching would become a steward of their time, would become one who is so hungry for your presence that they would drop everything to seek you. Lord, give us a hunger for you. Help us to see the privilege we have in prayer. Help us to seek your face. Holy Spirit, you're the only one who could give us these desires. We ask, quicken us. Quicken us and we will call upon your name. Quicken us and we will call to you. Invite us, Lord. Welcome us, Lord. Into your presence. Into greater depths. Help us, Jesus, to cherish the secret place. In your name we pray. And I want you to say it, if you agree, say amen. Well, I felt the anointing on that and I pray that it encouraged you. I wanna welcome now the new members of Spirit Church. There you are up on the screen, as I always say, because I always mean it. We love you, we are praying for you and welcome to the Spirit Family. Now, if you'd like information on how you could join Spirit Church or the Spirit Family, then go ahead and click on the link that's just about to appear over my head. If you're not watching this on YouTube, maybe you're watching a different version of this video, then that link will not appear. Instead, use the information at the bottom of the screen to manually find how you can become a member of Spirit Church. Spirit Church membership is 100% free. You are not obligated, though we ask you to become a $30 a month partner. You're not obligated to sign up to become $30 a month partner. With the Spirit Church membership, you're gonna get a brand new teaching every single Sunday sent right to your email inbox. You're gonna get prayer support. All you have to do for prayer is reply to those emails or call our prayer line and we will be in prayer with you. I'm gonna read your comments now and these comments are from the Abiding Presence of God, which was the last edition of Spirit Church. Melissa writes, this video pretty much said everything I was dealing with. Thank you, David. This video touched me. I was in tears. God bless all. Well, Melissa, I'm very happy to know that you were blessed by that lesson. Stefan writes, thank you for sharing this message. There were times in my walk with God, I felt that I am alone and there is nobody to help. But this message really brought me encouragement. I am not alone and that all three, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are always with me. Thank you and may God bless you. Hosanna Alem writes, seriously perfect timing. Thank you for your ministry and all you do. Well, thank you for watching and I pray that you guys are sharing these teachings with your friends. You know, I encourage you, share this video. You have no idea who is going to be blessed on your wall and it's funny, even though people don't like or comment, you'll be surprised how many people secretly take a look at the content that you post. So post this, post the videos, share them, help us grow our viewership so that we can touch more lives. Another commenter writes, I just am in awe of how God works. I clicked this message as an escape while I and my best friend are in the middle of our struggle. Every word pierces my heart and soul. I cried heavily and truly believed God is speaking to me through Pastor David. God is so good. God bless this ministry. Anadale writes, bless you. I am really blessed by God's teachings through you all the way from Egypt. Wow, you're watching from Egypt. Thank you for watching Spirit Church on Encounter TV all the way in Egypt. We love you and we pray you are blessed. And the final comment here, this commenter writes, thank God for this message. I've been going through a lot of emotional struggles and relationship problems with family. I felt God talking to me the whole time. I cried and prayed to God saying I felt him distant. I received an email and clicked on the link. God spoke to me through your message. The Lord is so amazing. Thank you, Jesus. God bless everything this church is doing. Well, we are a ministry and I'm glad that you were so blessed by that.  If you would like to leave a comment or me to read your comment, you can go ahead and leave a comment here on this video. Remember to make it succinct, make it unique. You can even raise questions if you want. Even objections that are politely raised. I will address here in the comment section of this video. So go ahead, comment now and we will be sure to review all those. And maybe your comment will make it on the next edition of Spirit Church. Now don't turn off this video just yet. I need to update you. Every week that goes by, we get a little bit closer to our goal. And so now we have less than, I think it's around 475 partners that we need at the $30 a month level to get us to our goal of the thousand new $30 a month partners. Now, those of you who are partnered, stick with it. Don't stop. Do not stop giving. I pray you plan on doing this long term and that you and I will work together for years to come. I'm your ambassador to the nations. I'm your ambassador that you're sending the gospel through and together we're touching lives all around the world. This expansion of ministry is going to include what it's not limited to, our brand new facility, which will allow us to do Sunday night meetings, a 24 seven prayer room. It'll allow us to bring in studio audiences so that we can bless people in person. It will allow us to do live broadcasts from the set and it will also allow us to translate some videos. It will allow us to do events, many, many more events and on much larger scales and overall it's basically just to help expand the ministry. This building being a cornerstone of the expansion phase but it's not all that this is about. We are about souls. We wanna keep winning souls. You've been watching this. Now is the time I just spoke to our real estate representative today. He's a real estate broker, very good friend of our ministry. He's in pursuit now because I know you're gonna come through for us. So here's what I need. I need you right now to sign up to become a $30 a month partner and let me be honest with you. Even after we reach our goal, guess what? I'm gonna ask for more partners. You know why? Because we wanna constantly expand the ministry so that we can constantly reach more people. You mark my words, you're gonna see a day where we are reaching millions for Jesus. That's right, millions. And we're gonna see millions come to the cross. We're gonna see millions come to repentance and we will spread the glory of Jesus all around the world in the face of all the darkness that is coming against our world today. It is the best time right now to spread the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the world. So go ahead, sign up right now. Don't say someone else. Don't say some other time. Now is the time to do it. Let me hear from you today. Sign up to become a $30 a month partner. Again, your gifts of any amount, both one time and monthly, are gonna help us continue to expand and to reach the international events, worldwide television and global discipleship media. Well, that is it for this edition of Spirit Church. Until next time, remember, nothing is impossible with God. Hey, what's up guys? Thank you so much for watching Encounter TV. My name is Stephen Moctezuma and I wanna encourage each and every one of you to subscribe to Encounter TV. Encounter TV features hundreds of videos that will help you draw closer to the Lord. We feature worship, miracles, teachings and so much more. Encounter TV, experience the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit.