Hey everybody, welcome to the Healing Scars podcast.
Pastor B here, and this week I'm shooting from the hip, I'm talking raw from the heart.
I don't have a single note in front of me.
And for those of you who looked at the time counter, you probably already saw that this
is a very short episode, especially compared to normal.
And there's for good reason, okay?
We're actually wrapping up season one, okay?
There is season two, season two is coming.
Very quickly, matter of fact, and I'm going to explain to you how it's going to work.
So initially the plan was to go for a year, take a break, look at how to improve things,
and then come back for season two.
I made the call because the Lord placed it on my heart, so I had it on my heart.
Hey, finish what you started.
We were already in the book of Ephesians.
So we finished the book of Ephesians, now here we are, we're going to take this week, possibly
next week and just take a little break and then come back in on season two.
Matter of fact, I already had the first message ready and waiting to go into recording.
And what we're doing in the meantime is taking a look at lessons learned over the past year
and continuing to look at how we can improve our processes to better serve you, to serve
the kingdom of God, and work to bring His word to the world and work in His glory.
So with that said, we have been so, so blessed by you and by the Lord over the course of
last year.
With the exception of Antarctica, we have listeners on every continent of the planet
now.
Absolutely tremendous.
I really didn't expect that.
When we started this matter of fact, I didn't know how long it was going to last, if it
was going to last.
Matter of fact, those first few episodes, I'm sure you noticed those of you who listen
to them or if you go back and listen to them now, the audio on there is a lot more raw.
The reason being was because I didn't know how to start, just wanted to get started.
So I picked up my cell phone, opened up an app and was recording from my cell phone.
I was like, we're not waiting anymore.
We're just going to get in there and we're going to get this done.
Of course, since then, made a few changes there and moved up and how we're recording
what we're using the whole bit.
So that part has been improved dramatically.
Of course, we're still looking at how to improve those processes.
Matter of fact, we're on so many platforms now.
One of the biggest ones is we're now on YouTube.
Being there, of course, a lot of people is like, hey, you're on YouTube.
Why don't you have video?
People have been asking for video for a while.
It's coming.
That itself is a slow process because let's face it, decent recordings and all that are
expensive.
Trying to find the best way to do it as well to have good video there.
We're debating a few things right now, whether it's me just sitting down and doing a podcast
style video and recording for you or if I'm standing in the sanctuary and we're just recording
me preaching at people.
We could do that as well.
There's so many things that we're looking at there.
Just trying to find the best way to deliver what you're asking for and be able to do it
well.
My granddad used to say, there's nothing so important, you can't take the time to do it
right.
That's what we're doing.
This week, well, before I go into that, of course, if you're not following us on social
media, please do.
On Facebook, the podcast page is Healing Scars Podcast or you can look up the sanctuary,
just Be The Light Sanctuary.
We have separate pages for both of those.
Things get posted, sometimes shared there as well.
Lots of stuff going on there.
With that said, since we're taking this week and possibly next week off before we kick
off season two, I do encourage you, if you missed an episode, go back and listen to it.
If there is one that really spoke to you and you've been meaning to get back to it, you're
here to go back and do it.
There's so much there.
Just last year, we went through the 10 least preached books of the Bible.
There's been a Bible study there.
There's sermons, reluctant leaders, all sorts of stuff.
Matter of fact, you can even see how things have changed and how things have improved.
Just listen to those first few episodes and then move forward to now.
Please go back, take a list of those.
Don't fall out of the word.
Don't take time off because that's how we're armed and equipped in our day-to-day life.
That's where we get our manna, our bread.
When we pray, we say, give us today our daily bread.
That's what it is, the word.
Stay in the word.
We're going from there.
I say this is very raw.
I have no notes in front of me.
Again, we're just going to take a quick look of the lessons learned, continue evaluating
and seeing how to continue to improve for you.
If there is something you'd like to hear me speak about, if you have questions, concerns,
prayer requests, prayer requests are great, all that kind of stuff.
Even if you don't want to go to social media, if you go to our webpage at bethelightsanctuary.org,
you can see how to contact me there.
My email's there and I do get those directly, each and every single one.
If you have a prayer request you'd like me to share, you can even put it in there.
I could share it or if you want me to keep it private, say, hey, keep this private.
Let me know what your prayer requests are so I know how to pray for you.
We need to pray for each other.
I'm more than happy to do so.
I'd love to.
Like I say, if there's something that you'd like me to share with the church, then please
send it.
That would be absolutely wonderful.
So we're going to take that break starting now.
We'll see you again here in a week or two and we're going to keep on going because that's
what we do.
We come together as a church.
We listen to the word and we take it to the world so that everybody has that chance to
hear about Jesus.
So catch you all soon.
Love you all.
Peace.