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Don't get down when you're seeing the worst,

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Cause the last will be the first.

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What a day I'm telling you,

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All things will be new.

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Living up in a down world.

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Yeah we're living, yeah we're living,

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Living up in a down world.

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This is Jimmy and Annette,

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And we are excited to be here.

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Welcome to Living Up in a Down World.

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We also have Mr. Chevy with us,

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Doing what he always does.

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What did he do?

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He just heard his name.

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He actually moved.

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He moved.

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He doesn't move very much.

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He's been waiting for a while.

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We've been preparing for a little while.

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I know.

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He's been sitting here waiting.

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He got excited when I got the chair out.

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I know.

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He has his thing.

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For those of you,

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First of all, welcome to episode number 39,

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To Living Up in a Down World.

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We're thrilled that you're here with us today.

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If you've ever been with us before,

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We talk about Mr. Chevy typically

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At the beginning of the show.

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Our little poodle.

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Our little poodle.

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Now he's a bichon.

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Bichon?

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Havachon.

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Havachon.

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Havanese bichon, per se, mix.

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Poodle mix.

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He's a poodle.

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You know, it's just a poodle.

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He's a poodle.

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He's a foo foo.

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He's a foo foo dog.

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He knows we're talking about him.

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He is.

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He's moving around.

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Hey Mr. Chevy.

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Up from your nap?

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Well, this is our new time to record.

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We normally record on Mondays,

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But that is also our day that we take as our Sabbath.

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That's our rest day because our weekends are pretty heavy for us on Sundays.

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So, we, last week we decided let's move it to Tuesday

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Because we only have half as busy a day on Tuesday.

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We start with a full staff meeting.

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And then I had an event at 4 o'clock and so now we are.

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So it is 7.37.

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And that's our bedtime.

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We have to quit at 8 because that's our bedtime.

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I told Tina yesterday when we went to see the blind

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She's like, so you're in bed at 8?

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But we start thinking about it at 8.

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Who does that?

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We're old.

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Old people.

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Old people.

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Wait, that's what old people do.

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Hey, we have a big day tomorrow.

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A celebration day.

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100 days.

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You're looking at me like, did I forget something?

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What is going on?

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You didn't get me a card?

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Ketivor.

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Ketivor.

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So the way that fleshes out, we're like day 77 or 8.

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Full-on carnivore.

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And then ketivor is when you're doing some vegetables and stuff, but meat heavy.

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And so, yeah, tomorrow's 100 days.

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It's been remarkable.

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We won't go into a lot of details on it other than wow.

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It's really percolating in me.

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I've been able to meet a couple of guys, Adam and Sean, who have carnivore channels.

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And these guys are big in that culture.

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And so I've been connecting with them.

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I'll share some things they wrote later to us.

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They've been listening to our podcast.

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That's awesome.

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Which is really cool.

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Because we've been listening to their podcast.

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Which is theirs is video.

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So it's like on a YouTube channel.

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So it's not technically a podcast.

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But yeah, we've been watching them and learning and growing from their experiences.

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They have great experiences.

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So anyway, we're feeling pretty good, wouldn't you say?

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After the weekend we had, because we had our annual board meeting.

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And I told the church this on Sunday.

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I said, it's funny how people say, I'll say, oh, yeah, our board of directors is coming in in town.

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They give me that sad look like, oh, I'm so sorry.

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I'll pray for you.

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And I'm like, no, no, no, you don't understand.

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We love, this is one of our favorite weekends of the year when our board of directors comes and spends the weekend with us.

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Most people just think meetings sound boring to begin with.

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But our meetings aren't.

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I mean, they're very productive.

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But I think because we have so many exciting things going on at the church.

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And it's growing and there's a lot of excitement.

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So for those who may be listening for the first time, tell a little bit about our church.

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Well, our church is Bridge Church, Fredericksburg.

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It's a church plant in Texas.

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It's a church plant from Oak Hills Church in San Antonio.

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And we planted Bridge Church four and a half years ago.

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And it's been one of the most amazing church experiences we've ever had.

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We've planted churches in the past.

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This is our last one.

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Right, Lord?

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We're not going anywhere.

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We're home.

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We're rooted.

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But this four years has been a wild ride.

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I mean, we started in September of 2019.

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Six months later, COVID hit.

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Yeah. What a way to kick off a church plant.

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But it really, you know.

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Wasn't bad, was it, for us?

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The reason why it wasn't so bad is because when we planted it, it took us, we had almost a two year transition.

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And it was so much work driving back and forth to San Antonio consistently, several days a week.

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All the legal documents, everything that we had to do to separate ourselves from Oak Hills.

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And then we, then it happens, it's like, but there's no change because it's not like we change gears in any way.

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I mean, it's just a, it's the same church.

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It's just a different name.

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Same leadership because we've been there for many years.

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We'd already been there for years.

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But when COVID hit, it literally gave us a chance to rest.

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I think it was, it was, I know this sounds weird, but it was really a gift to us to have the opportunity to be at home.

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Even though we had, because we had to be at home, but to just rest because we were so exhausted from the transition.

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And we were able to really plan for the upcoming years.

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And it's been, it's been a wonderful, this has been the best church plant we've ever been a part of.

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We've been in, we've had solid growth.

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We've had ongoing, amazing miracles and things that God's doing in our midst and given us influence in our community.

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And it has been a wild and glorious ride.

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And I feel like we're just getting started in many ways.

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Not without its challenges.

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Oh, that's any church, anywhere.

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Any.

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In your family.

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Anywhere there's people, there's going to be challenges.

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Read the Bible, most of the letters that Paul wrote, except for one, we're all correcting and helping churches that were in crisis.

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And so that's, that's normal.

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It's just part of it.

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And so you take the bad with the good and the good way, way, way outweighs the bad.

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And so you just run and gun and stay the course and be faithful and then you say, God, what's next?

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And then you do the next right thing.

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The next thing he tells you to do.

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So we've been here now almost eight years coming up on eight years in January.

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So that's neat.

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That's a we're getting close to a decade here.

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I'm loving it.

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And so happy to be here.

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So that's what we do.

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That's we're spending our life for this.

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And we know our board members.

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When we have an opportunity to have our annual meeting, which we talk with them throughout the year, because we a lot of times we have to do things through email or zoom or whatever because of geographic reasons.

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It's when we do have our meeting, it's just so it's so it's just fun.

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Who says you have a meeting that's fun?

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In fact, Pastor Rich wrote me today and you I don't know if you saw that.

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And he said that this was just like his second home.

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He loves being here and he loves us.

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And that's just you know, that just says a lot about our relationship with our elders and our board.

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He is family.

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But it is tiring because, you know, you're with people Friday night, Saturday, Saturday night doing two services.

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I played guitar in both services and preached.

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So I did double.

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I was shocked.

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Hey, it's a hundred days of carnivore.

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I'm telling you, it's working.

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More energy than I've ever had in my life.

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And so that's where I can really tell when I've got long fatigue oriented things and now I'm not fatigued anymore.

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Now, eight o'clock at night, I'm ready to go to bed.

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But all day long.

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But then you're raring to go first thing in the morning.

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Wake up ready to rock.

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Lock and load.

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But we had a great evening last night.

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We went to see the movie The Blind.

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If you haven't seen that movie, go see it.

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We went with, of course, the Currys, Tina and Adam Curry.

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It's hilarious because I remember the first time we asked them to go to a movie and it was a Christian movie.

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And Adam made the comment to me.

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He said, I don't go to movies.

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I just because he would rather be in the comfort of his own home, which he wouldn't.

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And he said, so this is kind of a feat for me to go with the autumn movie.

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Well, now we've gone to like five movies.

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We've gone to a bunch of movies.

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It's like that's all we do.

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We drag him along every time.

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But it's been fun.

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We have a wonderful time.

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And we want to support the good Christian producers and directors that are bringing these movies that are meaningful and aren't full of filth and trash.

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And so it's really been wonderful to go see these movies with them.

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And this movie in particular, The Blind, is about the Duck Dynasty dynasty.

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It's you know, they had the show that's such a hit, big viral show about the Roberson family.

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And it started with Phil Roberson, who developed these duck calls that were unique and different.

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And they just took off, which I didn't know because I never watched Duck Dynasty, but I followed them as they have been speaking in churches and so forth.

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But I didn't know the I don't even know the premise of the movie.

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It's good to know.

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I mean, they're rock stars in the hunting world, you know, apparently so they are.

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They're a big deal.

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But he had to go through a lot of adversity, a horrible childhood won't give away the movie.

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You need to go see that.

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It's his true life story.

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And at the end, he's he's sharing a message from his heart of why they did it and his why.

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Yes, big why.

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And so go see The Blind and to do it not only to see a good movie because you can always wait and watch it later on TV, but at home.

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But we're intentionally going to support good, wholesome, life giving Christian because they'll make more movies the more we see them.

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And they see that there is an audience for these movies.

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They'll make more support them.

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And that's why we're going to do a YouTube channel.

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We want to support the carnivore, the beef initiative.

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I mean, support farmers.

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I mean, there are things we can do to help other people.

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And so maybe go into a movie.

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It sounds fun.

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I'm just going to move.

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It's a big deal.

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And then doing our own YouTube channel in terms of our wholeness, wealth, wealth, wellness is what I mean.

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Wholeness and wellness in our health journey.

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That's again to support others on their journey and help them.

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And then this podcast is about helping people live up in a down while.

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Sounds like that's all we want to do in life is help people.

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Oh, and we pastor a church.

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Isn't that what we're called to do as human beings?

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That's why we're here.

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Yeah, we're supposed to be helping people to spend our lives for the good of others.

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And if you've got good news, why wouldn't you want to share it?

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Oh, my goodness.

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Don't we though?

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Yes.

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We have so much good news.

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Our buckets aren't leaking.

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They're bursting.

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Yes, they are.

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And so it's joyful.

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So thank you for being with us today.

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We have had a barrage of wonderful notes, emails, letters, reviews.

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Oh, my goodness.

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It's been a great week.

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Which we'll talk about at the end of the show.

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And I'll share later.

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But man, it's been amazing.

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I just can't.

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Before we even get there, I just want to say thanks to everyone who has taken a moment to write in, to boost us, or to send a boost a gram, to do a review on our website, livingupinadownworld.com.

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You have no idea how much that means to us.

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It's such an encouragement, and it just lets us know you're there, and we are here for you.

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Yes.

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And if I haven't written you back, I'm getting to emails as soon as I possibly can.

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It's just with our board in town, we've had a busy, busy, busy, busy few days.

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So you asked me, what do you want to talk about tonight?

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I know.

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We did.

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And you said, what is on your heart?

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There it is.

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The number one thing that's been on my heart for the last few days is Israel.

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It is.

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I have literally wept over this.

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Oh my goodness.

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I've cried over this.

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Yes.

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Two-eye cry.

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I mean, just sitting here early in the morning before you were up.

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I get up very early and spend time always praying.

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I was up.

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I was just laying in bed.

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Always praying.

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Then I do a devotional or write a devotional.

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I write a devotional every day.

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I'm just getting overwhelmed at what's happened.

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What is it that has so hit your heart about this?

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Well, when you hear just the heinous acts that are happening, like you told me that

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you heard that they're even going in, they're kidnapping women and children, but they're

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also decapitating heads.

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If this is all, we don't know what's all true.

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Right.

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But we have seen that people are in the streets excited about this violence.

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It's like they're animals.

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It's mind-bending.

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It's so evil.

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Of course, I was listening to Pastor Steve Berger from Nashville.

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Nashville.

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He was talking about why should we support Israel?

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I love what he said.

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This is really good.

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He said we should support Israel because Israel gave us the Scriptures.

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There you go.

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Israel gave us the Scriptures.

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I mean, think about it.

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I know.

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Everything started.

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Everything I'm basing my whole adult life on.

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Yes.

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It was given to us through the Israelites.

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Through the Israelites.

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Number two, Israel gave us our Messiah, Jesus.

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Man, right there.

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Jesus was a Jew.

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That's enough reason right there.

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I love what he said.

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If we love Jesus, we have to love Jews.

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If we love Jews, we have to love Jesus.

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To me, I was telling you earlier, I'm always drawn to Holocaust movies or documentaries.

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You are.

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I love.

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We watch a lot of them.

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We've been to the Holocaust.

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We cry every time we watch one.

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We went to the one in Israel and the one in Washington, D.C.

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I've been to the one in Dallas.

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You've been to the one in Dallas with faith.

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It's dark when you walk into the...

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I remember the first time we went to the one in Washington.

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Yeah, you feel the way.

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You feel the darkness.

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Those people are my people.

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Exactly.

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They're my people.

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They are just because they're part of the human race.

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Exactly.

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When another human being, a soul for whom Christ died, is decimated, murdered, raped,

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all the terrible things that we're now seeing in these attacks, but also what's happened

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over the years, it should break our hearts.

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It should.

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We should weep over it.

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The typical reaction is anger and rage, and that's exactly what terrorism...

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That's one of their objectives.

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They can get the world to rage and to spin up, then no one thinks anymore.

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We don't operate out of wisdom.

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We operate out of emotions, and that's a dangerous place to live.

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It is.

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We do things we regret.

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What's the third one?

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The third one is Israel gave us instructions on how to live a blessed life.

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That's right.

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The covenant.

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If you look at Genesis 12.3, which I love.

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Steve Berger said, look at...

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It's a 1, 2, 3.

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Genesis 12.3, which I love.

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Read what that says.

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Do you have that?

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I don't, but it's the covenant.

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I can quote...

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I can paraphrase that.

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It's the covenant that God gave to Abraham.

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So through Abraham, through the Jewish people, he gave a covenant.

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He said that'll be an everlasting covenant.

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In other words, some covenants have an ending.

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This one doesn't.

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And we're grafted into the fine, according to Romans 10.

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So we're a part of that now.

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We're an afterthought, but we are a part.

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And we're in now that we're under that covenant.

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And it literally says this, that in you, he says, through you, all the families in the

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earth shall be blessed, and you shall be a blessing.

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In other words, another way to say it is we are blessed in order to be a blessing.

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And so they gave us the instructions through the Jewish people on how to live a truly blessed

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life.

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And so gave us the scriptures, gave us our Messiah Jesus, and how to live a blessed life.

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And there's many more, but those are three that are just really in our heart and reasons

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why we should honor and turn right around and bless Israel.

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I've prayed so much for them, and I'm praying in the spirit of Psalms 122 verses 6, 7, and

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8.

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Listen to this.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

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May they prosper who love you.

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Peace be within your walls.

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Prosperity within your palaces.

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For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, peace be with you.

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Anywhere you see peace in the Old Testament, it's the word shalom.

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And it means nothing missing, nothing broken, whole or integrated.

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In other words, it's whole and good and wholesome, and it's good.

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And that's what we're praying for the peace of Jerusalem, the peace of Israel for the

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nation.

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Yeah.

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So it's heavier on our heart.

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And what it has also done, it's so interesting enough, timing is interesting because even

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before all this happened, God has already been doing a work through you and me and in

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you and me, really started back in February.

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We started on what would be similar to an elimination diet when you came back from Pink

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Impact and you said, I'm ready to get rid of TV.

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I feel like the Lord has been speaking that to me.

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And I said, that's turned into, I'm good.

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Let's do it.

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I had no problem with that.

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And it wasn't all TV.

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It was just cable, TV shows.

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Mainstream TV.

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Mainstream.

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Yeah, the junk.

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Yeah.

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Let's see.

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And so we got rid of it.

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And that was our first step in kind of an elimination.

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And now we've been through what an elimination diet is.

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You start eliminating foods and then you figure out which ones were causing, you know,

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allergic reactions or causing problems with your body.

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Inflammation, whatever.

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But we're doing this in life.

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God has us.

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We are doing it.

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We're doing it in food too.

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We're doing that as well, since we're doing the carnivore diet.

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But we're doing it in life too, and God has been just slowly, one by one, removing things

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from us and showing us things that are not really adding value.

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They're not helping us.

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Right.

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And so it's been really a season of simplifying and eliminating and concentrating.

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Do you agree with that?

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Totally.

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So I think what's happened is, and so in the context of that, we enter into a sabbatical.

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God begins to speak to me about revival and spiritual awakening, which has always been

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hot on my heart for years.

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But for some reason, coming through and out of the sabbatical by eliminating other things

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and little micro habits and things and establishing sound practices in our daily rhythms, it's

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like God has infused us with a passion for spiritual awakening and revival.

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And prayer.

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And prayer.

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Of course, prayer is an integral part of that.

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It is.

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So what have we got going this next Sunday night?

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Well, on Sunday night, we are having a prayer night, the first one that we've ever called

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the church to.

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Not that we don't pray.

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We pray all the time.

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But we made the decision that we needed to call our people and the people of Fredericksburg.

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This is not limited to Bridge Church, obviously.

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But anyone who wants to come, we're having a prayer and worship night with the emphasis

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on prayer, with just infusing a little bit of worship in there.

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Because to me, you can't work...

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When you're putting God right there, number one, and He is your soul...

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What's the word that I'm trying to think?

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He's the one that you're pointing everything to that person.

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You can't help but praise Him and worship Him.

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So to me, prayer and worship is synonymous with each other.

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So I'm really excited because we're calling the church to this.

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Most of the time when people have prayer meetings, you have a handful of people show up.

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I'm hearing smatterings of a lot of people coming.

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I went to an event tonight and every one of the women that were in this event said, oh,

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we can't wait, we're coming.

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I'm excited about that.

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I had a dream about that last night.

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I woke up and I remember...

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I don't remember my dreams, I'm like you.

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But this one I remember.

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00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:44,760
We had walked in the church and it was like a choir risers, where you have a choir on

512
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:45,760
a riser.

513
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:50,200
And it was the church there for prayer and they were on these risers.

514
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,160
And of course, that's not the way we're going to have prayer.

515
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,400
But it was packed.

516
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,760
We walked in and we're just like, wow, that's what I want to see.

517
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,880
Now God will bring who He wants to there.

518
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:09,400
We aren't having childcare, so that is a challenge for any family that has small children.

519
00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:16,180
But I really foresee this being the beginning of an awakening that's going to take place

520
00:23:16,180 --> 00:23:17,180
in this town.

521
00:23:17,180 --> 00:23:19,360
I really do believe that.

522
00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:25,360
I did a study, an extended study years ago in a sermon series on classic historical revivals.

523
00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:26,360
Right.

524
00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:34,720
Azusa Street, obviously, the Great Awakenings with William Seymour, Evan Roberts and the

525
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:35,720
Welsh revivals.

526
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:41,320
I went through several of these revivals and the one common denominator between them all

527
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:46,680
is that what preceded revival and the outpouring of God's Spirit upon a people and spiritual

528
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:55,720
awakening was not only turmoil and tumult and disruption and chaos in the economy and

529
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:56,720
in the political science.

530
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:57,720
Sounds like what's happening right now.

531
00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:58,720
That's what I'm saying.

532
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,120
I'm reading the signs.

533
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,120
Yeah.

534
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:03,160
But all of that preceded the revival.

535
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:08,240
But then all of them also had this in common is that people begin to cry out to God.

536
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,200
They begin to organize prayer meetings and cry out to God.

537
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,040
And really in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7, 14.

538
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,040
I want to read this.

539
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,480
I want to start in verse 12.

540
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,880
So I want you to listen to this.

541
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,440
And by the way, we're going to have this online.

542
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:23,600
So it's going to be live.

543
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,660
It'll be a live stream.

544
00:24:25,660 --> 00:24:31,500
And you can find us on Facebook at our Bridge Church Fredericksburg page.

545
00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:34,080
You can just type in the search feature, Bridge Church Fredericksburg.

546
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,460
You can pull it up.

547
00:24:35,460 --> 00:24:38,240
So it'll be live there at 6 p.m. on the 15th.

548
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,720
Boy, we'd love for you to join us live.

549
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:40,720
That's what I'm saying.

550
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,680
I'm inviting everybody listening to join us.

551
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,000
And we have a chat box, by the way, on Facebook.

552
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,480
So you can actually interact with my daughter, Faith.

553
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,040
She always mans the computer and loves to chat back and forth.

554
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,580
And it's interactive in nature.

555
00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:55,880
So you can join us.

556
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:56,880
You can watch.

557
00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,360
You can participate at home to pray for your region, where you live.

558
00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:05,800
I know we have a lot of people listen to our podcasts from other nations.

559
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,040
And we're so thankful for that.

560
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,040
We have friends in Amsterdam.

561
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,080
So it'll be 6 o'clock Central time.

562
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:11,080
Yes.

563
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,960
So it'll be Central Standard time on the map.

564
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,320
I don't know what that would be for you.

565
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:16,400
You'll have to check that out.

566
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,080
But you can also watch it later.

567
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,920
But if you could watch it live, I think it'd be really powerful.

568
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,520
And so you can engage that way.

569
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:30,680
You can also watch on our website at bridgefbg.com.

570
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:31,680
Bridgefbg.com.

571
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,280
And we don't know what it's going to look like.

572
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:35,280
Well, yeah, I'm just.

573
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,480
Because we're really going to allow the Holy Spirit.

574
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:38,480
We're going to go with it.

575
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,120
We're going to let the Holy Spirit lead.

576
00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:41,120
Yes.

577
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:45,040
And there will be extended times of praying, and I'll have some specific themes, which

578
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,980
I'm doing tomorrow, working on.

579
00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:50,360
So I'm really, really excited about this.

580
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:55,000
So I want to read this out of 2 Chronicles, because this really captures the essence and

581
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,440
the spirit of revival.

582
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:03,680
2 Chronicles 7-12, it happened during the dedication of the temple that Solomon built.

583
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:10,020
And it was a glorious temple, like one of the big wonders of the world in its time.

584
00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:15,520
And then it says this, then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him, I have

585
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:21,640
heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

586
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:26,440
When I shut up heaven and there is no rain or command the locusts to devour the land

587
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,600
or send pestilence among my people.

588
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:35,480
And here's the key verse, if, and that's a big word right there, if my people who are

589
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:42,160
called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their

590
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:49,120
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and I will forgive their sin and heal their

591
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,560
land.

592
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:56,780
And then he says this, now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to prayer made

593
00:26:56,780 --> 00:26:58,280
in this place.

594
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:04,840
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there forever.

595
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:09,080
And my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.

596
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,400
Now he's talking about the temple that was dedicated.

597
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,520
Now here's the interesting thing in the New Testament.

598
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,160
So where's the temple now?

599
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,200
We are the temple, the Holy Spirit now.

600
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,200
Isn't that beautiful?

601
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,360
We are now that temple.

602
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:27,200
And I believe the principle holds that even in the physical temple, he was talking about

603
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,640
people who are called by his name humble themselves.

604
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:36,760
That's number one, pray, number two, seek his face, number three, turn from their wicked

605
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,080
ways, that's repentance.

606
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:45,400
Number four, he says, then if you do this, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive

607
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,240
their sin and heal their land.

608
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,840
First of all, we need God to hear from heaven.

609
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,100
And that means we need to cry out to him in the spirit of this.

610
00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:55,440
And we need to humble ourselves.

611
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,160
We need to pray, seek his face and repent.

612
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,720
And he will hear the second thing he'll do.

613
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,040
He will forgive our sin.

614
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:08,200
The third thing he will do is he will heal our land.

615
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:16,720
The very most important thing here is repentance, which means we need to change the way we think.

616
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,400
We need to start thinking the way God thinks.

617
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:24,120
And that means we need to start getting rid of things in our life that are idols that

618
00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:35,160
have become idols that we put God up on a shelf and forget about him until Sunday morning.

619
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,160
You know what I'm saying?

620
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,160
It's time.

621
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:43,540
That's why God really, really convicted me for so long about TV because it had become

622
00:28:43,540 --> 00:28:45,120
an idol for me.

623
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,560
And not that it is for everyone, but for you.

624
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,760
So he spoke to you about that thing.

625
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:51,760
Exactly.

626
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:56,840
That you're wasting a lot of time on TV that doesn't matter.

627
00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:02,200
That's actually bringing fear into your life because of the things that I enjoyed watching,

628
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,960
which is just mind boggling to me now for so many years.

629
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:13,600
And it produced fear, which I, you know, I don't want to walk.

630
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,760
Who wants to be fearful all the time?

631
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,560
As a child, I wanted to be in fear, which is weird.

632
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,400
I wanted to watch crazy, scary movies.

633
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,080
Why don't now?

634
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,600
I don't need to have that in my life.

635
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:34,640
I need the peace of God that surpasses all understanding to guard my heart and my mind.

636
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:40,600
So he loves you so much that he came to you and said, I want you to lay this down.

637
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:41,600
Lay this down.

638
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:42,600
I want you to.

639
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,120
And it took me a year to do it.

640
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:45,920
Which I didn't have any idea that was going on.

641
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,520
No, because if I told you.

642
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,800
And then I would have said, I would have made me accountable today.

643
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:51,800
You would have.

644
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,800
I wasn't a huge TV fan.

645
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,480
I mean, I did it, but.

646
00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:01,280
But that was the beginning of the purity God was calling us to walk in.

647
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,560
And it just continued.

648
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,320
I mean, it was like a domino effect.

649
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,920
And we continued to look at every area of our life.

650
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:10,920
Yeah.

651
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:15,960
Then it morphed over into our physical bodies of saying, okay, what are we ingesting into

652
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,880
our body that is not serving us well?

653
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,400
That's not adding any value to our life.

654
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,400
In fact, it's detrimental.

655
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,400
Right.

656
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,000
And of course, that was, that didn't take long to figure out.

657
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,320
It's not beginning to show us.

658
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,640
And for everybody, it's different.

659
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:28,640
Right.

660
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:33,720
But for some, it may be that, you know, there's a lot of people out there that have top two

661
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:34,720
diabetes.

662
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,800
They're taking insulin, but they're continuing to eat the way they used to.

663
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,520
That is something they should bring to the Lord.

664
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:46,560
And say, Lord, is this good for me and let him tell you.

665
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:52,840
Because those are things that we need to, I mean, that's to me, that's not taking care

666
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:53,840
of your body.

667
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:54,840
Exactly.

668
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,240
And if we're, you know, our body is the temple, then we need to take care of it.

669
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,120
Take care of God's temple, God's house, God's dwelling place.

670
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,320
And we increased our exercise routine.

671
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:04,320
Yes.

672
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,320
We've done a lot of things and changed our lifestyle.

673
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:07,320
We changed a whole lot.

674
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:08,320
And we're.

675
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:09,720
We used to enjoy wine pretty often.

676
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,120
I mean, it became a, we live in a town, we live in wine country.

677
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,960
So it's real easy to kind of fall in and enjoy wine.

678
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:22,080
And I remember us on occasion would say, is this too much?

679
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,080
Should we?

680
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,400
And we go, no, this is great.

681
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:25,400
It's Fredericksburg.

682
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:30,920
And but the Lord really spoke to us both and said, I want you to, I want you to take a

683
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:31,920
step back.

684
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:32,920
Yeah.

685
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,360
It wasn't like a, like it's a bad thing.

686
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,080
I mean, my goodness, it's biblical.

687
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:41,280
But for us in what our goal is fun, right?

688
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,480
But it's very little, very little right now.

689
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:49,040
So yeah, because it's just, it's, it's inhibits what we're trying to do.

690
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,040
It really does affect.

691
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,280
That's not calling people out because you've got to do what the Lord speaks to you.

692
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,900
We're just saying what God spoke to us, not what he's speaking to everything, everybody.

693
00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:05,500
And so on the heels of all of that, as, as you can imagine, then this Israel thing happens

694
00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:11,520
and it's like, okay, for such a time as this do we needed revival before, but even now

695
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:17,320
I see the pain on people's faces and I see it in their posts on social media.

696
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,360
I hear it in their hearts in conversation.

697
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:25,480
People are distraught and they're fearful, which is what terrorism's objective is.

698
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:32,080
That's the devil doing his work, the devil incarnate and the timing of our prayer, not

699
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:40,400
being this week on the heels of this war is just, it's such a God thing.

700
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:47,480
And that was reiterated to me this, this evening with these women that were saying God just

701
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,120
knew the timing.

702
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,440
And we chose the right time.

703
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:56,480
Well to you, to our friends here, you who are listening, we want to invite you into

704
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,400
this prayer circle.

705
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,160
We want to invite you to come before the Lord, if you don't know what to pray, I want to

706
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,480
help you with that and go to Matthew, the book of Matthew, the first book of the New

707
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:11,360
Testament and go to chapter six.

708
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,240
Matthew chapter six is where you will find what's called the Lord's prayer.

709
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:20,320
And you can literally read that prayer sentence by sentence, our father in heaven, hallowed

710
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:26,440
be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

711
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:31,280
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who

712
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,520
trespass against us.

713
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:38,280
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom and

714
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,120
the power and the glory forever.

715
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,960
That's in Matthew chapter six and you can literally pray through that prayer.

716
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:52,720
I really loved you breaking down deliver us from evil or lead us not to temptation.

717
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:53,720
Can you break that down?

718
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:59,640
You broke it down Sunday and I think that was an aha moment for most people.

719
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:05,400
Just break that down because people, let me just say this, in the word it says God tempts

720
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,480
no one so that doesn't make sense.

721
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,980
So that makes sense.

722
00:34:09,980 --> 00:34:15,560
So that line, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil almost sounds rhetorically

723
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,160
like he might lead us into temptation.

724
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:22,440
But all that is is a Hebrew, it's a Hebrew prayer form.

725
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:28,960
You see it all throughout, you'll see it in the Psalms especially where it'll say,

726
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,280
Lord do not do this.

727
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:38,960
He'll say, Lord do not allow my enemy to overtake me.

728
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:43,360
Do not lead, and then it'll say, you will give me victory over my enemy.

729
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:47,620
So it's a do not like a negative and then it ends with a positive and the two together

730
00:34:47,620 --> 00:34:52,080
form a statement that, and another way to say it is this.

731
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,840
Here's how I say it when I pray it to the Lord which I pray probably a dozen times a

732
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:56,840
day.

733
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,000
I stepped out on the back porch and did it this evening.

734
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:04,560
As I say, Lord I thank you that you will never lead me into temptation but you do deliver

735
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,560
me from evil.

736
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,280
But for the average person who's reading that does not understand that.

737
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,160
You really have to dive in.

738
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:15,720
It's a Hebrew form of prayer and so those are just little jewels that you have to mine

739
00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:19,280
out and that's why we have pastors and teachers.

740
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,860
We can do the work for you and help you with that.

741
00:35:21,860 --> 00:35:24,840
But what it does, it makes that line in that prayer make sense.

742
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:32,080
Father you will never lead us into temptation but you do and you will deliver us from evil.

743
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,720
And so even in terms of what's going on in the world right now, you can pray that Father

744
00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:41,120
thank you that you don't lead me into temptation but you do and you are and you have and you

745
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,480
will deliver me.

746
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,360
You will rescue me.

747
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:52,600
And that brings to question what about those people that know God, something bad happens

748
00:35:52,600 --> 00:36:00,400
to them and you say but God you didn't deliver them from evil but he did because if something

749
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:05,840
happened and someone passed away they didn't go to hell, they went to heaven so they were

750
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:06,840
delivered.

751
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,960
But a lot of people they question that.

752
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:15,160
They have issue with that and they think God forsook it.

753
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,680
And he doesn't forsake us at all.

754
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,200
When you read the history of the Bible, when you read it in terms of the whole book, not

755
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:28,460
just spot reading and what we call isogeating, that means taking a verse out of context.

756
00:36:28,460 --> 00:36:31,360
When you read it we say around here context is king.

757
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:36,600
You want to know the historical context before you just start quoting individual scriptures

758
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:37,600
that fit.

759
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:43,040
Like if I'm going to go to the gym, I thank God that he gives me the strength and I can

760
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,160
do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

761
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,200
That's not what that verse means.

762
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,200
That's a whole different context but we'll do that.

763
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,680
We'll rip verses out of their context.

764
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And so knowing scripture, knowing history is so important and not everybody can just

765
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:59,360
do that but you can study, you can learn.

766
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:04,820
But when you read through the whole of the Bible you see that there was a lot of pain.

767
00:37:04,820 --> 00:37:07,040
There was a lot of suffering.

768
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:11,040
There was a lot of brutality.

769
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:16,680
Whole things have happened and the reason that has happened is that we live in a fallen

770
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:17,680
world.

771
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,880
This thing started bad.

772
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:25,040
Started good and then it turned bad when the enemy came in and deceived and deception

773
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,020
and manipulation created a fall.

774
00:37:28,020 --> 00:37:32,080
And so we live in, the terminology we use is we live in a fallen world where there is

775
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:38,600
pain, there is suffering, there are bad diagnoses, there are car wrecks happen, tragedies, airplanes

776
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,040
fall from the sky, wars and rumors of war.

777
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,760
All these things happen and they're brutal.

778
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:50,640
The thing is that when we lean into God, He gets us through these things.

779
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:55,240
He doesn't always instantly eradicate them but He gets us through to the other side of

780
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:56,240
them.

781
00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:00,560
If He doesn't and there's a different plan then we're in the presence of Jesus.

782
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,760
We're face to face with Him.

783
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:04,240
But He gets us through things.

784
00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:08,740
The scripture says in Psalm 23, Ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of

785
00:38:08,740 --> 00:38:11,960
death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me.

786
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:17,200
And it's this idea that even if it's dark, even if it's bad, even if it's the valley

787
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:21,880
of the shadow of death, God you're with me so I will not fear.

788
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,800
And it's amazing.

789
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,240
You hear stories, you hear missionary stories, you hear stories of people who have been under

790
00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:33,280
tremendous persecution and brutality and how there was a peace.

791
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:39,920
There was something inside of them that rose up in the face of these horrific acts.

792
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,920
That's not to diminish the pain or the suffering that people go through.

793
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:48,920
So the way I look at that is that in terms of my own life, no matter what happens or

794
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,660
comes my way, He's with me.

795
00:38:51,660 --> 00:38:56,160
No matter what, He will rescue me one way or the other.

796
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:00,800
It may be the long game where I have to go through something for a long period of time

797
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,880
or it may be the short game where I see Him face to face.

798
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,480
But He will deliver.

799
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,480
He will rescue.

800
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:12,480
I think that's important to let our listeners know because so many people have asked, have

801
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:20,080
really, they thought God had left them, doesn't care about them.

802
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,800
They went through this because of God's judgment on them.

803
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:24,800
That is not God.

804
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:25,800
No, it is not.

805
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:26,800
It is not.

806
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,720
It's a fallen world that we live in.

807
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:34,480
In order for God to be love, and the scripture says God is love in 1 John, He literally is

808
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:35,480
love.

809
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,800
The first fruit of the Spirit is love.

810
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,440
So it is about love.

811
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:45,720
And yet, if we were just robots running out a program down here, prefabricated, predestined

812
00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:50,760
to the point of we really aren't, we're just playing a game or running a computer software

813
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,920
program, that would not be love.

814
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:57,440
So God, in order for it to be love, there must be free will and there must be choice.

815
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:58,880
Exactly.

816
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:06,120
And so that means you have the choice to obey Him and follow His will, His command, His

817
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,560
purposes, His ways.

818
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:13,200
But you also have the choice, the freedom to make the wrong choices and to do dark and

819
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,200
horrible things.

820
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:20,840
And the enemy leverages our humanity and leverages our flesh to get us to do horrible, heinous

821
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:24,920
things that to the outside we would say that's animalistic.

822
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,680
That's not even human.

823
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,520
Like what's going on in Israel right now.

824
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:35,260
It's mind-bending to us to see how a people group can get so off the rails that they lose

825
00:40:35,260 --> 00:40:41,200
complete perspective on the value of life, of all human life.

826
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:47,240
So here's the challenge for all of us, that as much as we're praying for Israel, we need

827
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:49,400
to be praying for Hamas.

828
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:50,640
Exactly.

829
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:55,320
We need to be praying that God would literally, and He is doing this in Muslim nations where

830
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,520
He is, Jesus Himself is appearing to people.

831
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:05,680
And we have testimony after testimony of people who were Muslim who came out of that life

832
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,360
because Jesus appeared to them.

833
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,760
Because sometimes that's the only way the good news, the gospel is going to get to them.

834
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,920
And we need to be praying for miracles that God will show up, that the armies of God will

835
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:21,400
surround Israel and protect them.

836
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,720
And we need to be praying that God will get the good news of the gospel to them and they

837
00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:31,000
will be born again, saved and redeemed and be in heaven someday.

838
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:35,360
There are great stories of great miracles, not only in the Muslim nations but all around

839
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:42,160
the world of miracles where Jesus supernaturally inserted Himself in situations and people's

840
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,160
lives were changed.

841
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,160
Because He loves everyone.

842
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,720
He loves them in spite of them.

843
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:48,880
And just like He loves me in spite of me.

844
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,200
It's heavy stuff.

845
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,200
It is.

846
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:52,200
It's very heavy.

847
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:58,920
And that is why we want to invite you into prayer with us, not only for Israel but for

848
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:04,800
spiritual awakening and revival wherever you live, wherever you work, wherever you play.

849
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:06,880
That's your sphere of influence.

850
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:13,400
And so we invite you again October 15th, 6 p.m. Central Standard Time.

851
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:14,400
And it will be live.

852
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,360
It will be available after the fact.

853
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,920
The only thing we didn't tell them is it's also on YouTube.

854
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:21,560
So you can find us on YouTube.

855
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,240
It will be the same broadcast on all three of those platforms.

856
00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:29,440
And on YouTube you look up Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas.

857
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:33,520
Make sure you put in Texas because there is a Fredericksburg, Virginia and a Bridge Church

858
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:34,520
there.

859
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:35,760
So that's happened before.

860
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,120
So Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas.

861
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,400
We invite you to come and I'll be leading out.

862
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,760
We'll have some worship but it's going to be real low key.

863
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:47,440
Intentionally we have a full band and all that but for this night we're going to keep

864
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,160
the worship more low key and focus on prayer.

865
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:56,260
And we'll have movements of prayer where it'll be sections where we'll be praying together

866
00:42:56,260 --> 00:43:02,160
corporately and then we'll be also breaking off into groups within our church family.

867
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,800
And wherever you are, if you're by yourself you can just continue to pray with us and

868
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:06,920
join us.

869
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:11,380
And then if you're with somebody you can pray with them as well, both individually and together.

870
00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:18,360
So we invite you to do that because we believe that our world is ripe for revival.

871
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,760
Jesus said it this way.

872
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,680
He said that the harvest is already here.

873
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,360
The harvest is here.

874
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:28,680
But now pray that God will send laborers into the harvest.

875
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:32,240
And at the end of the day, you're a laborer, I'm a laborer.

876
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:36,960
We are the answer to that prayer that we are the laborers.

877
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,480
That means we tell our story.

878
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:43,020
We share our faith and we invite people to come to know Jesus.

879
00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:44,020
So we love you.

880
00:43:44,020 --> 00:43:45,720
We're so thankful for you.

881
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:49,640
And speaking of Thanksgiving, I want to share some cool stuff.

882
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,200
So I'm going to start with this is a…

883
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,440
So Peggy Layden has become just a dear friend of ours.

884
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,120
She is a ray of sunshine.

885
00:43:58,120 --> 00:43:59,120
So she writes…

886
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:00,520
I'm not going to read her whole letter but I'm going to read part of it.

887
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,680
She says, hey guys, that's typical Peggy.

888
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:04,920
Hey guys, it's better…

889
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,640
Is it better to comment here or on…

890
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:08,640
No, she's good.

891
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,560
She commented on our sub stack.

892
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:12,560
And she said this.

893
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:13,680
She said, love you guys.

894
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:14,680
God bless you.

895
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,960
During your sabbatical, I asked the Bridge Church prayer team to cover my preparations

896
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:22,920
and delivery of this work she had just started in Boston, this new big work.

897
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:26,400
And she's happy to share that God answered her prayer and it couldn't have gone any

898
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:27,400
better.

899
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,080
Yay, Jesus, you're too good to us.

900
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:30,600
More fun updates to come your way.

901
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,120
I just want to share my leaky bucket.

902
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:34,120
Just love her.

903
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:36,400
God is so cool and all over her and her family.

904
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:37,400
Beautiful.

905
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:41,720
And I just want to say to everybody, we appreciate the outpouring of encouragement, the support

906
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:43,480
that's coming from you.

907
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,760
You're the inspiration for Living Up and Down.

908
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:47,400
You're why we do what we do.

909
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:48,400
You are our why.

910
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,840
And so here's some things that can be done.

911
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:58,040
First of all, I want to invite you to participate by subscribing to our newsletter.

912
00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,740
We put it out now every Monday.

913
00:44:59,740 --> 00:45:00,740
We were doing it on Sundays.

914
00:45:00,740 --> 00:45:02,560
Now we do it on Monday.

915
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,960
And you can go to livingupandadownworld.com and you can subscribe.

916
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:07,960
It's simple.

917
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:08,960
It's free.

918
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:09,960
It doesn't cost a dime.

919
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,760
You can subscribe and you'll be on our mailing list.

920
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:12,760
So we'll be...

921
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:17,160
We just send out a weekly reminder to let you know when the next show is and just give

922
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,120
you a little heads up on what's coming.

923
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:23,920
And then another thing you can do, and we talk about this thing, beautiful thing called

924
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:25,560
Value for Value.

925
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:30,120
And if what we are doing is bringing and are adding value to your life, if what we're doing

926
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,320
means something to you, then you can return the value.

927
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:39,600
And one of the ways you can do that is there's opportunity for a PayPal for a donation on

928
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,320
livingupandadownworld.com.

929
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:49,180
Or if you listen on Fountain app or Cast-O-Matic, any of the podcasts 2.0, you can boost.

930
00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:53,200
And boosts are just...they're appreciated and just lets us know you're there.

931
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,160
And what are really fun are to get boost-o-grams.

932
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:57,480
And so I'm going to share a couple.

933
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,020
But here's another...here's some more shout outs and thank yous.

934
00:46:00,020 --> 00:46:02,520
First of all, this is from Adam Lacey.

935
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:06,800
Adam Lacey has a YouTube channel and it's called Carnivore Today.

936
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,400
And he's a great guy.

937
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,560
He's on the carnivore journey.

938
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:15,960
But he's also...he says, hey, Jimmy, listen to a couple of podcast episodes.

939
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:17,720
You guys are great.

940
00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:21,280
Looking forward to more Adam Lacey Carnivore Today.

941
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,120
And then another guy that I've connected with is Sean White.

942
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:28,700
And his carnivore channel is called...our YouTube channel is called Intentional Carnivore.

943
00:46:28,700 --> 00:46:31,680
He has an amazing story of massive weight loss.

944
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,080
He lost like 290 something pounds.

945
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:37,280
I think...whatever it was, it was close to 200 pounds.

946
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,400
No, I thought it was 290s.

947
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,240
He was in like suicidal depression and all that.

948
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:47,280
And then when he embraced the carnivore journey, changed his life.

949
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:48,960
And he is full of Jesus.

950
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,500
He's excited.

951
00:46:50,500 --> 00:46:51,500
And he wrote this.

952
00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:53,480
Definitely keep doing the podcast.

953
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:54,960
God opened the door for that.

954
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,120
Never stop.

955
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,480
So many hurting people looking for answers.

956
00:46:58,480 --> 00:46:59,760
I like the podcast.

957
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:00,760
It's good.

958
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:02,840
I'm Sean White, the Intentional Carnivore.

959
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:03,840
Love you, Sean.

960
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:04,840
Good to meet you.

961
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:06,560
Looking forward to getting to know you and spend more time with you.

962
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:11,520
In fact, I'm going to be doing an interview with Adam on his YouTube channel.

963
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:12,520
Adam Lacey.

964
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:13,520
With Adam Lacey.

965
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,280
Yeah, I'm looking forward to that.

966
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,000
This is from Francis Schaff.

967
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:21,680
Greetings, Jimmy and Annette.

968
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:27,560
Wanted to tell you your podcast is not just going out on the airwaves to a vast nothingness.

969
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:30,360
You are being heard and appreciated.

970
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:34,440
As a listener, also of No Agenda and Curry and the Keeper, of course, that's Adam and

971
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,200
Tina Curry, our dear friends.

972
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:37,680
Great podcasts.

973
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,120
I've heard this in a couple of places and was hoping you could explain in a little more

974
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,120
detail.

975
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:43,120
So she had a question.

976
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,120
Adam often refers to giving up his right to be offended.

977
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:50,760
And then recently I heard you talk about giving up your right to withhold encouragement.

978
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,120
Could you elaborate a little bit on what you mean by that?

979
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:56,280
What does that look like and how does someone recognize they do that?

980
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:57,280
And how do they change?

981
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,600
I so appreciate both of you.

982
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,440
I donated via PayPal.

983
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:02,600
I hope it worked.

984
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:03,600
Francis Schaff.

985
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,920
Francis, I did write Francis back and just gave some thoughts on that.

986
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:13,240
But Adam and I, we say this a lot that we've given up our right to be offended or to stay

987
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:14,240
offended.

988
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:15,880
And basically that means this.

989
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,760
The world will tell you, oh, you have a right to be mad.

990
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:20,400
You have a right to be upset.

991
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,160
You have a right to be angry because of what they did to you.

992
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:27,720
But when you give up your right, that means you lay yourself down because you value your

993
00:48:27,720 --> 00:48:30,600
relationship over your rights.

994
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,080
And you realize, you know what?

995
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:33,080
It's not worth it.

996
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,480
I don't need the weight on my life.

997
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:37,080
And it's not on me.

998
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,080
It's on them.

999
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:39,400
And they're going to have to deal with it.

1000
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:43,640
And so giving up the right to be offended means you just literally lay yourself down.

1001
00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:44,640
You say, you know what?

1002
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:45,640
It's not worth it.

1003
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:51,100
And what it does, it keeps you from being tore up, spun up, angry, frustrated, upset.

1004
00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:53,380
And you can literally forgive people.

1005
00:48:53,380 --> 00:48:58,280
You know, part of the Lord's Prayer I was talking about a minute ago says this, forgive

1006
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:03,360
my sins, forgive my offenses as I forgive those who offend me.

1007
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:05,040
And then, so thank you, Francis.

1008
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:06,040
Good to hear from you.

1009
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,880
And then from Ed and Amy Coughlin.

1010
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,500
They're members of our church, fairly new members.

1011
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:14,680
And they wrote, hi, Amy and I were able to listen to number 38 episode while driving

1012
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:16,520
back to Texas on Friday.

1013
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:21,120
We had already been profoundly impacted by the Teach Us to Pray series, bought the 21

1014
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:26,400
Seconds book, started incorporating it into our devotion time, and sent copies to family

1015
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:30,220
members along with a link to the second Sunday sermon video.

1016
00:49:30,220 --> 00:49:32,480
We look forward to being there on Sunday night.

1017
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:33,480
They're coming to prayer night.

1018
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:34,480
Oh, good.

1019
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,340
Thank you for standing in the Gap for Israel.

1020
00:49:36,340 --> 00:49:38,300
You are welcome, Ed and Amy.

1021
00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:41,360
We also want you to know that your podcast is awesome.

1022
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:42,360
This means so much.

1023
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:43,640
This is so sweet.

1024
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:47,900
Its purpose is clear and very relevant for believers who need to elevate their faith

1025
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:52,080
to overcome the increasing adversity in our world, but God.

1026
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:58,920
The show has a very valuable benefit of hearing how God is working in you both, individually,

1027
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:00,560
and as a couple in ministry.

1028
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:05,040
We know it's hard work and appreciate your devotion and heart for God and the kingdom,

1029
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:06,040
Ed and Amy Coughlin.

1030
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,600
Ed and Amy, thank you so much.

1031
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:12,360
That just means so much to us and really, really encourages us.

1032
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,520
Then we have a new review on our website, and this is from Iris.

1033
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,200
Iris lives, I believe, in Amsterdam.

1034
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:20,980
So listen to this.

1035
00:50:20,980 --> 00:50:23,280
In fact, Adam knows Iris and her husband.

1036
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:24,280
He knows them.

1037
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:25,280
I was going to say, just got back from there.

1038
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:26,280
Yeah.

1039
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:31,520
I think her husband has been involved with Adam for years, 15 years.

1040
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:34,360
She wrote this, This podcast is very inspiring.

1041
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:38,080
It supports me in my development in my newfound faith.

1042
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:42,440
A few times I started to doubt, and then I heard something in this podcast that totally

1043
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:48,400
resonated with me and helped me see things in a new light, and I got back on track.

1044
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:53,560
When I saw a new episode had come out this afternoon, I called out, yes, and put it on.

1045
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,960
In short, I love it, and it has given me a lot already.

1046
00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,400
I hope many more episodes will follow.

1047
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:00,400
Iris.

1048
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:01,400
Oh, that's beautiful.

1049
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:02,400
Is that not just beautiful?

1050
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:04,200
That makes this worth it, right here.

1051
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,440
Iris, we don't know you, but we love you already.

1052
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:10,520
You're a friend and you're already family to us.

1053
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:15,120
You're our sister in Christ, all the way across in the other side of the world.

1054
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,880
Thank you so much for taking the time to write a beautiful review.

1055
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:23,000
She also wrote a note besides that that I got from her.

1056
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,000
Just wonderful.

1057
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,000
We got some boostograms, too.

1058
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,440
I have to start with the big one here.

1059
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:33,800
Of course, this would be from Mr. Adam the Podfather Curry.

1060
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,640
It is what we call a striper set.

1061
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:40,840
77,777 satoshis.

1062
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:44,760
He says, thank you for sharing your Ignite Conference experience, because we talked about

1063
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:47,720
going to the Spark Media Ignite Conference.

1064
00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:51,160
Supporting podcasters with value keeps them motivated.

1065
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:53,400
Keeps them motivated, people.

1066
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:54,400
Boosting is loving.

1067
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:55,480
Amen, my brother.

1068
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:56,480
Much love to you.

1069
00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:02,560
We also got a boostogram of 35,313 sats from Iris.

1070
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:03,760
Here's her note.

1071
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:04,960
Loved your past episodes.

1072
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:06,600
You two really helped me with my faith journey.

1073
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:07,600
I feel very inspired.

1074
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:12,960
And a few times when I prayed after listening to you and to Bill Johnson, who I found through

1075
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:16,360
you, I got these really beautiful and helpful insights.

1076
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,960
I also started listening to your sermons.

1077
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:23,440
So thank you both for being real and relatable and inspiring.

1078
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:26,560
Greetings from a small village in the north of the Netherlands.

1079
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:28,200
Oh, so it's not Amsterdam.

1080
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,240
Oh, she even writes this.

1081
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:31,240
So definitely not Amsterdam.

1082
00:52:31,240 --> 00:52:32,240
Oh, how funny.

1083
00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:33,640
That's a beautiful Iris.

1084
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:35,460
I'm telling you, we love you already.

1085
00:52:35,460 --> 00:52:37,960
We need to come see you and hug your neck.

1086
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:41,040
So thank you for the beautiful and thank you for the boostogram.

1087
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,240
Sir Brian with an I showed back up.

1088
00:52:43,240 --> 00:52:44,240
Wow.

1089
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:45,240
Hey, Sir Brian with an I.

1090
00:52:45,240 --> 00:52:46,720
Yeah, we haven't heard from him in a while.

1091
00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:47,720
Brother, we love you.

1092
00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:51,640
And I know you probably thought I ghosted you because my number changed.

1093
00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:55,080
It's only because we went on sabbatical.

1094
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:56,340
So we changed our phone number.

1095
00:52:56,340 --> 00:52:58,200
That's why I did not diss you.

1096
00:52:58,200 --> 00:52:59,200
It's not personal.

1097
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:03,560
A lot of people think I dissed them because we changed our phone numbers, but we had to

1098
00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:04,560
do that.

1099
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:08,720
So he sent a boostogram of 10,000 sats and he said this, I've always wanted to be a storm

1100
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:09,720
chaser too.

1101
00:53:09,720 --> 00:53:12,480
Remember we talking about being in that storm?

1102
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,800
But I'm glad God called you to minister to us instead.

1103
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,600
But if you ever decide to do sermons by video, let's hit the road.

1104
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:23,440
So all right, brother, if I ever decided to go video, we go chase the storms.

1105
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:24,440
You could do that.

1106
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:25,440
Oh my gosh.

1107
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:26,440
Did you hear I said you, not us.

1108
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:27,440
You could do that.

1109
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:29,120
Oh, I would love that.

1110
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:30,120
Awesome.

1111
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:31,120
Thank you, Sir Brian with an I.

1112
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:32,120
Love you, my friend.

1113
00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:37,240
Julie Herbert, she just sent a heart emoji and hands raised in that boost of a thousand

1114
00:53:37,240 --> 00:53:38,240
sats.

1115
00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:39,240
Thank you, Julie.

1116
00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:40,240
You're a blessing to us.

1117
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:45,800
And then we got also some, some, some boost, not boostograms, but just boost from Cast-O-Matic

1118
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:48,820
from Dave Jackson, who has the school of podcasting.

1119
00:53:48,820 --> 00:53:52,740
We got to meet him at the spark ignite conference.

1120
00:53:52,740 --> 00:53:53,740
Great guy.

1121
00:53:53,740 --> 00:53:58,200
He's been doing podcasting for almost the same amount of time that Adam has.

1122
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:01,640
And he has taught many, many, many people how to do podcasting.

1123
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:02,960
So thank you, Dave Jackson.

1124
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:06,000
It was a blessing to meet you and get some hang time with you.

1125
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:10,320
And then we got another boost from Gilligan and there's no note with that, just Gilligan.

1126
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:11,320
So thank you, Gilligan, for the boost.

1127
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:14,040
I don't think I've ever heard of that name other than the TV show.

1128
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:15,040
I know Gilligan's Island.

1129
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:17,720
That was the first thought that popped in my head.

1130
00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:21,400
And then one boost from John S. SBRT.

1131
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:22,840
So thank you, John.

1132
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:26,360
Thank you to everyone for listening and being a part of this.

1133
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:30,080
You know, what we want to leave you with is, is I want to leave you with this verse out

1134
00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:32,360
of Isaiah chapter 6.

1135
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:38,320
The Bible says that Isaiah had a vision and he saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high

1136
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:41,840
and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

1137
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:42,840
It's very majestic.

1138
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:46,440
It's very glorious and powerful.

1139
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:49,220
And it says this, above it stood Seraphim.

1140
00:54:49,220 --> 00:54:51,360
These are like creatures.

1141
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:55,600
Each one had six wings with two he covered his face, two he covered his feet, with two

1142
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:56,600
he flew.

1143
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:57,680
And one cried to another.

1144
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,740
So picture this scene.

1145
00:54:59,740 --> 00:55:03,760
He saw the Lord sitting on a throne, train of his robe filled the temple, high and lifted

1146
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:09,480
up, and then these creatures are over him and they're singing and saying, holy, holy,

1147
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,240
holy is the Lord of hosts.

1148
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:13,240
Different one, different verse.

1149
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:14,520
That's out of Revelation.

1150
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:16,320
This is out of Isaiah.

1151
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:18,480
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.

1152
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:20,520
The whole earth is full of his glory.

1153
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:26,320
And it says this, and the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried

1154
00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:29,280
out and the house was filled with smoke.

1155
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:31,600
The smoke often represented the presence of God.

1156
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:35,120
So you can, what a scene is unfolding before Isaiah.

1157
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:41,160
So Isaiah, the first word out of his mouth, he says, so I said, whoa.

1158
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:48,400
Whoa is me for I am undone because I'm a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of

1159
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,080
a people of, in other words, I have spoken things.

1160
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:57,040
I have blasphemed of unclean lips for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

1161
00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:02,440
And at the end, what happens is one of these seraphim, flat goes over to this flies over

1162
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:09,400
to this, this pit of coals, hot coals with a tongue takes it, touches it to Isaiah.

1163
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:11,740
I know it sounds like sizzle, right?

1164
00:56:11,740 --> 00:56:16,300
But what he does, he touches it to his mouth and it to his lips and it purifies him.

1165
00:56:16,300 --> 00:56:21,280
That's all symbolic, obviously, but he purifies him so that now he's clean.

1166
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:24,440
It says he touched my mouth with it and said, behold, this has touched your lips.

1167
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:30,680
Your iniquity has taken away your sin purged, which is what Jesus did for us.

1168
00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:34,160
Exactly what Jesus is such a type and shadow of Jesus.

1169
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:38,120
Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send and who will go for us?

1170
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:43,160
And by the way, God continues that that call continues to go out.

1171
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:45,120
This is the call that we're answering right now.

1172
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:47,340
We want to invite you to answer this call.

1173
00:56:47,340 --> 00:56:49,080
Follow the call.

1174
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:53,240
Whom shall I send and who will go for us?

1175
00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:54,560
It's going out to us.

1176
00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:57,200
That's why we're saying yes, Lord, to revival.

1177
00:56:57,200 --> 00:56:58,840
We're willing to be an epicenter.

1178
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:03,280
We're willing to host and contend for revival.

1179
00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:09,000
Then I said, and this is what we want you to say, here am I, send me.

1180
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:11,160
That's going to be really the crux of our prayers.

1181
00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:15,520
We're going to be crying out to God, here we are, send us.

1182
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:16,520
Use us, use us, use us.

1183
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:17,520
Yeah, send us.

1184
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:18,520
Where will we go?

1185
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:19,520
Where we live?

1186
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:20,520
Where we work?

1187
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:21,520
Where we play?

1188
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,120
Go and tell this people.

1189
00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:25,120
Go and tell.

1190
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:26,120
Which is Matthew 28.

1191
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:27,960
It's the great commission.

1192
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:28,960
Go and tell.

1193
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:29,960
Go therefore and tell.

1194
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:30,960
Go tell your story.

1195
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:33,800
Go tell your good news story.

1196
00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:35,440
Family, we love you guys.

1197
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:38,920
We hope you will have an amazing week.

1198
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:42,120
It's been a pleasure to be here today and hang out with you guys.

1199
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:43,960
Hey, we love you.

1200
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:46,080
Keep living up in a down world.

1201
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:47,440
Keep your buckets overflowing.

1202
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:50,680
Have an amazing week on purpose.

1203
00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:51,680
God bless.

1204
00:57:51,680 --> 00:58:21,160
God bless.