Video summary
Tony Gaskins shares an update from his current location in Mazama, Washington, where he is staying in a cabin while attending the wedding of his sister-in-law after flying into Seattle and driving four hours to reach them. He describes the living situation as somewhat eerie due to reports of mice inside the structure, which adds a layer of tension to filming the video amidst what feels like scenes from a scary movie. To ensure he does not disturb his wife during her final few nights before the big day, Tony has decided to sleep downstairs in a bed located below hers; this arrangement is particularly necessary because she sleeps extremely lightly due to training herself over years after their premature son required constant monitoring for breathing issues related to acid reflux and feeding tubes.
Beyond recounting his travel logistics and sleeping arrangements, Gaskins uses the video as an opportunity to promote his growing ecosystem of motivation and inspiration, which includes his Substack newsletter and a new podcast titled "The Power 15." He announces that on August 21st, he will launch what he considers the most important project in his career yet: a coaching service designed for individuals who cannot afford traditional one-on-one sessions or do not have access to regular life coaches. This initiative aims to provide personal and character development support at an accessible level, marking a significant step forward as he shifts his focus toward helping others reach their next level of potential through various platforms like TonyAcademy.com and the Destiny app.
Throughout the update, Gaskins addresses rumors regarding his personal life by firmly stating that there are no divorces or major family rifts occurring; instead, any perceived negativity is attributed to spiritual warfare where he feels compelled to fight against demonic influences trying to disrupt families and lives. He emphasizes that carrying a light for others and helping people navigate challenges is never easy work, often requiring him to engage in battles that can lead to misunderstandings online or snap reactions toward critics who comment negatively on his social media. Despite these struggles with external forces attempting to cause trouble within the body of Christ and his own family unit, he maintains faithfulness to God's plan while preparing for a podcast tour where he intends to discuss very real issues openly.
As the video concludes, Tony encourages viewers to keep their heads up and remain diligent in their spiritual walk, especially when using dating apps like Destiny which requires mindfulness because not all users are perfect or safe despite best efforts to curate quality matches. He plans to eventually add educational content regarding safety on such platforms once his background setup is complete but urges everyone to stay watchful given that evil will always appear alongside good in any environment. With an early morning commitment at 7 a.m. requiring him and his wife's sister to wake up by 6 a.m., he signs off with blessings, reminding the audience of God's faithfulness even as they step into new wildernesses together while continuing to build their shared destiny through hard work and prayerful persistence.
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Hey, Tony G is here now. Y'all got to
forgive me. I'mma do right. I'm in the
cabin. So, I'm in the cabin. Look a
little interesting in here now.
And they said they might have a mice in
here, too. But my sister-in-law getting
married in the state of Washington.
And so we had to fly into Seattle
and then drive four hours.
So we in a little place called Mazama
and I'm in a cabin and it's it's
interesting now. It is interesting
and filming this video. Just pray for me
cuz we out here boy.
This is what scary movies are made of, I
tell you.
And I'm downstairs in the bed because my
wife, my wife wife, she upstairs in the
bed. But Jess, she got a last few nights
she been working so hard and just
getting everything together for the
trip. And Tayen, I told I'mma sleep down
here in case I go to snowing. I don't
want her to get woke up when she got a
big day tomorrow sister wedding and got
to be lively
and just some of the things you got to
do in marriage. A lot of y'all wouldn't
understand that if you ain't married or
if you on snow.
But she say if I'm real tired, she said
I might be snoring. And she sleep like
super light. If I wiggle my toe, it wake
up. I ain't telling no lie. She could be
in a deep sleep, breathing deep. If I
move my leg, like my leg sitting on
this, I got my leg propped up a little
bit. If I take this foot and I stretch
it out, you hear how you hear that
little sound. I stretch that foot out,
that wake up. And it come because our
oldest son was premature and so he came
home on a feeding tube
and he would have like acid reflux and
stuff. And when he would have that he
would he would like stop breathing. And
so she
just like train herself to sleep so
light to where she never broke out of
it.
In a little noise it wake up. She's not
a hard sleeper at all.
at all at all at all.
So
I said I'mma sleep on down here.
But wanted to pop on here for one for me
just by consistency. I ain't get to
write my sub stack. So I might write
that in the morning. I get to write my
sub stack. But um so if you ain't on my
sub stack and then I took and released
my little podcast, the power 15. I
released it to the substack because the
substack is the power 15 too. And so, as
if you have not been able to tell, I'm
creating an ecosystem
of motivation and inspiration. Like, we
going to the next level. Everybody who
coming with me, we going to the next
level. Next Friday, August 21st,
launching
the most important thing I've launched
and I want to shift all my focus to it
in the sense of personal development,
character development,
coaching.
And so stay tuned for that because
if you don't have a life coach that you
work with every month,
if you don't do one-on-one sessions or
one-on-one sessions have not been
affordable or it's just not for you,
then this going to be
an alternative, something that's going
to bless you.
And we gonna make that right there
happen. So stay tuned. I'll be posting
next week. Something big coming.
But time to build, time to grow. I did
not get to check to see how many tickets
we got left on
the purpose art seminar, but
grab that tonyacademy.com.
Make sure you get on over there.
And I'mma tell y'all, you know, one
thing you got to realize. I'm I'm here
and I'm putting out and I'm serving. I'm
doing the best that I can.
And so you already know the devil going
to be busy. The devil going to be busy.
I stay in spiritual warfare. I stay
slaying demons. I stay going through
something, having to deal with
something, having to overcome something.
And that's one thing I want you to
realize and understand. So when I be on
here,
if I mess around and snap on you, you
know, you getting them comments talking
crazy, you get snapped on and blocked,
just know, boy, I be over here. You got
to go to war sometimes. You got to go to
war.
And it ain't going to be easy when you
trying to carry a light. you trying to
be a light. You trying to help people,
be a blessing, you and
going to that next level. It ain't going
to be easy. So, I want you to realize
and understand that.
And keep me in your prayers.
And ain't nothing, you know, ain't
nothing going wrong. Ain't nothing to
stop nothing. Ain't nothing f to happen.
I know sometime people go to think, "Oh,
Tony about to go through a divorce or
something like that." Ain't nothing like
that. No. Ain't nothing like that. Just
spiritual warfare. Just the devil busy
trying to disrupt, trying to cause
little rifts and stuff like that in the
body, in the family, in the
life.
But God is faithful still doing his
thing and I'm getting ready to step out
into the wilderness. I'm going to these
different doing a little podcast tour
right now doing different podcast having
good conversations talking very real
talking about some very real things and
getting the word out there
and we still building Destiny. Now
the.com you'll see been promoting the
destinyapp.com.
It's still called destiny but it's the
destiny app
meaning
it just easier to remember and to say
and it is your date with destiny. So
y'all remember when you get on there,
that's a match making app and it take
time cuz it's real matches.
But we working on it, getting more men
on there and working through the through
the kinks and the bugs. And you got to
realize when you get on stuff like that,
you still got to be careful. You still
got to be mindful. You going to have
crazy men, crazy women,
pervert men and women. No matter where
you go, you always ain't nothing gonna
be 100%
perfect or 100% good. Wherever there's
good at evil going to show up. So you
still got to be diligent. You still got
to be mindful,
watchful, and just really paying
attention
to what's going on and and be be safe
out there while you dating. And I'm
planning to add some education videos
and stuff like that eventually once I
get my little background set up. But in
the meantime, between time, stay tuned.
Keep your head up. Keep going. I'm about
to get on get on to sleep here cuz we
got to be up early cuz my wife she she
going I got to go be there 7 a.m. with
her sister helping her sister and stuff.
So, [sighs]
got to get up by 6 a.m. But hey, God
bless you. Keep your head up. We'll be
in touch.