1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Don't get down when you're seeing the worst, 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,000 because the last will be the first. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 What a day, I'm telling you, 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,000 all things will be new. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Living up in a down world. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Yeah, we're living, yeah, we're living, 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,000 living up in a down world. 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Oh! 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,000 This is Jimmy Internet. 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000 We are coming to you now from our news studio, 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000 and this is episode number 47. 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,000 News studio, wow. 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,000 I like the way that sounds. 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,000 I know, I like the way it smells. 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,000 I know, okay, so, our son-in-law came in here to help us. 16 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 We're still unboxing things. 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Thank you, Brandon. 18 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 And he and I were putting together the lamps, 19 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 and he said, is this freshly painted, 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,000 because it smells like it? 21 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 I said, well, it is, although it's been a few weeks, 22 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 but it's the carpet that smells. 23 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Yes, and the carpet is gorgeous. 24 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,000 I think I did a good job with all the furniture. 25 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 It makes me want to take my shoes off, though. 26 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,000 You know. 27 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 It's pretty. 28 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,000 I love furniture. 29 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I love solid, good furniture. 30 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 We love leather. 31 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Yes. 32 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000 So, we bought new leather furniture for our house last year. 33 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 This year, new leather furniture. 34 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Is that leather? 35 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Is that real-deal leather? 36 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Oh, yeah. 37 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Is that real-deal? 38 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,000 No, no, no. 39 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 It's not Naga-hide. 40 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000 I don't do that. 41 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 I don't do that. 42 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,000 It looks fantastic. 43 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 I actually unboxed that and put it together today. 44 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,000 I'm shocked. 45 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,000 I'm shocked. 46 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Well, I was seeing it out in the hall, and I'm like, 47 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 that's bugging me. 48 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,000 It needs to be... 49 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Well, there's two mirrors that need to be unboxed, 50 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,000 and there's a monitor that... 51 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Right. 52 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,000 We'll do that tomorrow, because we'll have some time tomorrow 53 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,000 to do that. 54 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 So, it's looking great. 55 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 It is. 56 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Super excited. 57 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 We shot our first video in here, or my first video, 58 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,000 which was for the church. 59 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,000 For the church. 60 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 So, we've got new lighting. 61 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,000 We've got a new table and chairs. 62 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,000 We've got new mic stands. 63 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Couch is coming in the morning. 64 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Couch is coming tomorrow. 65 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Oh, it's in the morning? 66 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 You got the notice? 67 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Between 8, 30 to 12, 30. 68 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Oh, yay. 69 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 That's great. 70 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 We'll be here. 71 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 And so, that'll... 72 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Well, not quite, but almost complete. 73 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000 The biggest thing... 74 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 The only thing we'll lack is the acoustic wall that we're having built, 75 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 and that's going to be, I'm hoping, next week. 76 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,000 It comes in Monday or Tuesday. 77 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 It comes in Monday. 78 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Monday. 79 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,000 So, just... 80 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 We want to give you guys a heads up. 81 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 If you hear a little bit of an echo in here, 82 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 we're still not done. 83 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 We're doing the sound panel, 84 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 and the sound panel is an entire wall, 85 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 and we'll be up against that wall. 86 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 It's also the backdrop for our set. 87 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 So, for videos... 88 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Are we going to be doing YouTube... 89 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Now, we do YouTube channel. 90 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 We will be doing that. 91 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Right. 92 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Called... 93 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Meet Pray Love. 94 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 And someone said, is it Meet M-E-E-T? 95 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 I said, no. 96 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Meet M-E-E-T. 97 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Me, carnivore. 98 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Because we're carnivore. 99 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,000 But are we going to be doing video podcasts in the future? 100 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Is that in our future? 101 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 It's absolutely possible. 102 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 I mean, we could do that sitting here, talking back and forth. 103 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 We've got this great table. 104 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 And then it can be on here too. 105 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 I mean, it's interesting. 106 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Yeah, yeah. 107 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 It's all kind of... 108 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,000 We can do anything in here. 109 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,000 That's what the beauty of having a dedicated studio space. 110 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Studio. 111 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Interesting. 112 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 And, of course, we'll have a big cup of coffee on each of our sides. 113 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 We have a new addiction, don't we? 114 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Oh, my gosh. 115 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 And this is the Curry's fault. 116 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 And this is the Curry's fault. 117 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 It is. 118 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 They introduced us to Black Rifle Coffee. 119 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Oh, my gosh. 120 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,000 And then Rick Green from the Patriot Academy said that they have a new coffee that they 121 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 developed. 122 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 And I'm open to trying it. 123 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 I'm open because I like Rick. 124 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 I will try it. 125 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 I will try it. 126 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 I'm open to trying Rick's coffee. 127 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,000 But I went off coffee for two stinking months and thought, I'm done. 128 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 I'm done. 129 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I'm no longer addicted. 130 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 And then it starts to get a little chilly. 131 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 And here I am. 132 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Yeah, it's hard not to. 133 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 I'm more addicted now than I was. 134 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Oh, my gosh. 135 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 That is the best coffee I've ever tasted. 136 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 It is. 137 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 It's so smooth. 138 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 It's strong and bold, but it is smooth. 139 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 It has no bitter, no bitterness. 140 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Tina says it does, but I don't taste the bitterness. 141 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 I don't either, at least not in the cups, the K cups we're doing. 142 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Yeah. 143 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 We did the K cups. 144 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 This is so quick and easy for us. 145 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:08,000 I bet his is so strong because he uses ground coffee and they put a lot in the carafe or 146 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 whatever. 147 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 That's probably why. 148 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Yeah, it could be. 149 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 I can't do that. 150 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 He does a French press. 151 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Right. 152 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 So yeah, you can make that stronger if you want. 153 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 But anyway, that's our new addiction, our new love. 154 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Oh, my gosh. 155 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 So back to the studio. 156 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 We'll have that done next week. 157 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,000 So there may be a little bit of an echo in here because we still don't have all of our 158 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 furniture, which will break up the sound. 159 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 So it's a big, big, nice box. 160 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 I mean, we're in this box, but... 161 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 But we have carpet, which helps. 162 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Yeah. 163 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 We didn't have carpet at our house. 164 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 So speak into your mic. 165 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Just make sure. 166 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 That'll help. 167 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Okay. 168 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 I'm getting as close. 169 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 We even bought new mics. 170 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 You're doing good. 171 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 We bought new equipment. 172 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 No, not new mic stands. 173 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Stands. 174 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 We did buy a camera. 175 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:52,520 That's going to be a full frame camera for really high def and like 4K and all that stuff. 176 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:53,520 Yes. 177 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,600 And one of the reasons why we did that, I have to let our audience know, when Pastor 178 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:07,160 Jimmy did a YouTube channel, when you were being interviewed, one gentleman wrote in 179 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,520 and said, I couldn't listen. 180 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,360 I couldn't watch because the quality was so bad. 181 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,560 And we were like, okay, we got to do something. 182 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:15,560 But we didn't. 183 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:16,560 It was our first time. 184 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:17,560 Not just because some dork did that. 185 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:18,560 That wasn't it at all. 186 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,560 I know. 187 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,320 But still, we want to be excellent in everything we do. 188 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:26,800 But we were, I was doing this favor for Adam Lacey on his Carnivore Today channel. 189 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,840 So I had to just grab the thing I had. 190 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:30,840 It was, you made do. 191 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:31,840 Yeah, I made do. 192 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:33,840 But, oh, it's going to be nice. 193 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:35,040 It's going to be super nice. 194 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,480 Got lighting too, studio lighting and everything. 195 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,800 So we got that set up today and shot our first video. 196 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,320 So it'll be interesting. 197 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:42,320 It's fun. 198 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:43,320 This is fun stuff. 199 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,160 It's really enjoyable. 200 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:50,360 You know, when you talk about the things you love, you want to talk a lot about them. 201 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:51,360 Exactly. 202 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,360 So steak, meat. 203 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,000 I mean, I love meat. 204 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,560 You girl have turned into a lioness. 205 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,560 I know. 206 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,820 I mean, like I'm a meat snob. 207 00:06:00,820 --> 00:06:01,820 You are. 208 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:02,820 Yeah. 209 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:06,920 Because you have to have filet mignon while I'm over there eating a chuck eye. 210 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,120 Poor man's rib eye. 211 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,280 I've always had a champagne taste. 212 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:11,280 Always. 213 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:12,280 I grew up that way. 214 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:13,280 That is the truth. 215 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:16,200 I'm glad that I had the money to have. 216 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:17,200 I just had that. 217 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,200 Exactly. 218 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,200 Exactly. 219 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,200 It came from my mother, I believe, because she wanted the best of everything. 220 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,880 And yeah, it's pretty crazy. 221 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,680 Oh, well, hey, you're worth it. 222 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,680 You're worth it. 223 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,680 It's so tasty. 224 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:29,680 You are worth it. 225 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,680 And you look stunning today. 226 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,680 Oh, thank you. 227 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:32,680 I like the shirt. 228 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:33,680 I like the jacket. 229 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:34,680 What do you call it? 230 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:35,680 It's not a jacket, is it? 231 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:36,680 It's a cardigan sweater. 232 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:37,680 Oh, thank you. 233 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:38,680 Yes. 234 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,680 Thank you. 235 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:40,680 Technical stuff. 236 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Oh my gosh. 237 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,680 You're funny. 238 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,760 I like the vibe in here. 239 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:45,760 I do, too. 240 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,400 We need to bring those lights on down. 241 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:48,400 Oh, we have a dimmer. 242 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,400 Do you want me to trot over there and do that? 243 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:51,400 Trot over there. 244 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,400 Okay. 245 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,400 Let's go see. 246 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,400 You keep going. 247 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:55,400 You keep talking. 248 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,400 Well, okay. 249 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,400 You're so funny. 250 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:58,400 I'll be right back. 251 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,400 It's going to be nice. 252 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,400 Can you hear it? 253 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,400 Yes. 254 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:06,400 One of the reasons why we felt like it's... 255 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,400 That's good. 256 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:08,400 That's good. 257 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,600 One of the reasons why we felt like it was good to move our studio here is because we 258 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:12,960 want to... 259 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,560 We'll be spending more time at the office. 260 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,000 We're getting busier and busier. 261 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,240 We're going to three services in January. 262 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,720 But we felt like after we have some meetings on a Tuesday morning, we can come right in 263 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:31,440 here and record, rather than go home and then go, oh, do we even have anything in us? 264 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,440 And I always want to... 265 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:33,440 Sometimes we're tired. 266 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,680 Yeah, sometimes we're tired because we've been meeting with people all day. 267 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:37,680 And I want to... 268 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,040 We may even do it first thing in the morning before we have a staff meeting or something. 269 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,840 We can kind of plan it however we want. 270 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:51,360 But we want to be excellent in that and we want to have good energy and not be so tired. 271 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:52,360 And lately... 272 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:53,360 Oh my goodness. 273 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,760 Well, life got crazy after we got off of sabbatical. 274 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:56,760 Okay. 275 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,760 What did we do? 276 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:58,760 Oh my gosh. 277 00:07:58,760 --> 00:07:59,760 We have like increased... 278 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:00,760 I know. 279 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:01,760 I think... 280 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:02,760 Well, part of it is... 281 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:03,760 Okay. 282 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,280 I mean, this is just the reality of it. 283 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,280 We focused on mind, body, spirit. 284 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,880 So that trifecta, taking care of our mental health, our spiritual health, our physical 285 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:14,800 health, it energized us. 286 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,800 It did. 287 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,160 So we came back strong. 288 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:22,080 I mean, like when we talked about going to three services, I looked at our staff, whom 289 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,000 I love and adore, and I could see the terror in their eyes. 290 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:31,600 Mainly in Leslie's case because she has to deal with volunteers, more volunteers. 291 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,480 Because their mind just goes into overdrive of how are we going to staff it? 292 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,480 How are we going to do it? 293 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:36,480 Do we have a worship team to do it? 294 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,160 There's a lot of moving parts to it. 295 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,320 But I'm the one who carries the ball on preaching three services when I play guitar. 296 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,680 I'll play guitar and preach three services. 297 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:47,680 But I didn't bat an eye. 298 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:49,360 I mean, I literally... 299 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:53,840 If you would have said this last year, we brought it up some last year and I was resistant 300 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:59,760 because I was like, I can barely make two right now, but I feel so amazing. 301 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,040 And it's not just carnivore. 302 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,400 It's not just the diet. 303 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,200 It's actually my heart and my spirit and my mentality. 304 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,200 You got rejuvenated. 305 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,200 I did. 306 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:15,600 You got so rested that you're able to put on more on your plate, put more on your plate. 307 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,760 And so that's what we're going to do. 308 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,400 But we're going to space it out. 309 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,960 We've decided that we're going to do podcasts every two weeks. 310 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,920 Yeah, big announcement right there. 311 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:25,920 Because we... 312 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:26,920 For now. 313 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:27,920 Right. 314 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:28,920 It may be a season. 315 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:29,920 It could change. 316 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:30,920 It may not, but for now... 317 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:31,920 But we don't know what it's... 318 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:32,920 Right now, we're going into the holidays. 319 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:33,920 Yeah. 320 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:34,920 Then we start our three services. 321 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,960 We're going to be with energy everywhere that we need to. 322 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:38,960 Yeah, exactly. 323 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,240 And so I feel like we'll have more content. 324 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,400 We'll be refreshed. 325 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:44,400 I think so too. 326 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,240 I mean, because we have a whole lot going on. 327 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,640 We've had things every other night. 328 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,400 We've had dinner dates and all... 329 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,400 It's all good. 330 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,400 It's all people we love. 331 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,040 It's church families who want to spend time with. 332 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,320 So these are things, but they do tend to pile up sometimes. 333 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,160 I mean, we had a big staff Christmas party with what? 334 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,160 40 people there. 335 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,160 40 people. 336 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,600 And older staff and their wives and husbands and spouses. 337 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:14,240 So yeah, so I mean, we've been going and blowing, but we still feel fantastic. 338 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:19,120 And today, the weather kind of turned and it feels more like Christmas. 339 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,120 It really does. 340 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,120 I mean, I walked out. 341 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,120 I didn't even wear... 342 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,120 I didn't bring a coat. 343 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,120 I've got a sweater on, but it's a light... 344 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:26,120 Well, I have a sweater on. 345 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,440 No, this is a super light sweater. 346 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,720 And I walked out and man, the wind was blowing. 347 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,040 It was raining like that misty drizzle. 348 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,480 And I was like, whoa, it is actually cold out here. 349 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:38,480 It switched on us. 350 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:39,480 Wow, okay. 351 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:40,480 That caught me off guard. 352 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,480 But I was just going straight to the car. 353 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,880 So I hung out with a bunch of pastors today who have become friends. 354 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:53,880 Pastor Lance from Brady, Texas, small town America, Pastor Tim and Pastor David, they're 355 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,360 two pastors from Mason, Texas. 356 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,800 So those are smaller communities in our area. 357 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,960 And then we're a small community here in Fredericksburg, even though God's given us a massive footprint. 358 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,480 It's a small town. 359 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:10,760 So it's really neat getting to know guys that are in similar situations in terms of being 360 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,280 in a small town and supporting each other. 361 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:14,280 Like-mindedness. 362 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,840 Yeah, like-minded support, encouragement, prayed for each other. 363 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,960 They gathered around me and prayed over me because we met at my church. 364 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,680 And then when we meet at somebody else's, we'll gather around them and pray over them. 365 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:26,920 It's just a way to encourage and build each other up. 366 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:27,920 Super cool. 367 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,680 Super encouraged by that. 368 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:30,680 I love that. 369 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:31,680 I love that. 370 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:32,840 Yeah, it was neat. 371 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:40,840 So even though it's a bit premature that we're in our studio, it's either that or we wouldn't 372 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,080 have been able to do a show today. 373 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,080 And we don't have- 374 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,080 Chevy. 375 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,800 That's my only sad moment right now. 376 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:49,800 We can bring him. 377 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:50,800 We were very busy today. 378 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,160 Yeah, we can on Tuesdays. 379 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:56,680 We didn't today because we knew we had a lot of outside things going. 380 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:02,200 But Chevy's been really sick and we had to take him to the hospital bed yesterday. 381 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,960 To the puppy doctor yesterday. 382 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,880 Almost $400 later after all the x-rays, everything. 383 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,920 Did we really need that? 384 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:11,920 I was like, what? 385 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,000 That sounds like us. 386 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,560 It's more than what happens when we go. 387 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:16,560 I know, exactly. 388 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:17,560 Yeah, it was. 389 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:18,560 But he's okay. 390 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:22,040 He has allergies, really bad ear infection. 391 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:23,680 But he scared me. 392 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,320 Now, okay, Chevy's a dog. 393 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:27,320 Hello. 394 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,360 But he's keeping us up with his coughing. 395 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:33,280 It sounds like that's something a toddler would do. 396 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,880 And he's keeping us up at night because of his coughing. 397 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:43,000 And then yesterday he woke up, he was coughing, but then he seemed to be gasping for air. 398 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,320 And that scared me. 399 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,600 That's why we ended up having to take him in because we didn't want there to be... 400 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,400 We were afraid there could be an obstruction. 401 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:51,400 Right, right. 402 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,640 Or he had swallowed something maybe that we didn't know about. 403 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,280 So yeah, so I took him in yesterday. 404 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,440 I stayed home from the office while you guys had staff meeting. 405 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,520 I was zoomed in or I just did a conference in. 406 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,360 So I was still with you, but I was taking care of him. 407 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,160 But you know what was so cool? 408 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:13,480 I took him to this great place called Lindner over in Comfort, Texas, right off the I-10. 409 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,560 And three girls in the office there, I walk in, we start chatting. 410 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:18,560 They're just in a good mood. 411 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:20,840 I mean, I was like, you know, they're happy. 412 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,120 I could tell it was a good atmosphere. 413 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,380 I said, hey, I got a question for y'all. 414 00:13:24,380 --> 00:13:25,380 Can you imagine what I just asked? 415 00:13:25,380 --> 00:13:26,380 Oh, so you did your question. 416 00:13:26,380 --> 00:13:27,380 I said, I got a question. 417 00:13:27,380 --> 00:13:28,380 I'll start with you. 418 00:13:28,380 --> 00:13:32,360 And I pointed to the one girl and I said, first thing comes off top of your head, what 419 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:33,600 are you thankful for? 420 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,000 And she went, oh, oh, my family. 421 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Everybody says family. 422 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 I said, you know what? 423 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 That's the number one answer by far. 424 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000 And I said, how about you? 425 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 And she said, my dog. 426 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Oh, of course. 427 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 She works at a... 428 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 She better say that. 429 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,400 She works at a veterinarian office, her dog. 430 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,560 And then the other one was family as well. 431 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:51,200 And they just, they started laughing. 432 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:52,800 We got us laughing and talking. 433 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,720 I said, I've been surveying dozens of people. 434 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,080 And in fact, I did our waiter today, Steve at Hill and Vine. 435 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,080 You're doing it everywhere. 436 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,480 And he and I had a great visit, great chat. 437 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,480 And he said, I'm just happy to be here to serve you. 438 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,440 I said, oh, your tip just went up, bro. 439 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,440 Oh, wow. 440 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:10,440 You're working it. 441 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:17,440 I remember, I remember we had a friend and every time we would go to a restaurant, they 442 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,880 would say, your tip is going to depend on... 443 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,960 They would start off the meal. 444 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,360 You take care of us, you're going to get a big tip. 445 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,560 He did that everywhere we went. 446 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:37,280 Now, I can't remember who it was, but I remember that distinctly, that that person said, your 447 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:38,400 tip will depend. 448 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:43,560 If you take care of us, you keep us with sweet tea or whatever. 449 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:48,920 You will get a great tip, but it worked because I don't know if it would work these days. 450 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:50,600 This was more like 15 years ago. 451 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,200 God, it's a little different. 452 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,200 But it was different. 453 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,200 I had never heard anything like that. 454 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,200 My approach is kindness. 455 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,200 I treat them with dignity and respect. 456 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,720 But he didn't say it in a mean way. 457 00:14:58,720 --> 00:14:59,720 He was just saying... 458 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,080 Yeah, but still laying the law down a little bit. 459 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,120 It's like, yeah, don't cross over this line or else kind of thing. 460 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:06,120 It feels like a threat. 461 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,120 It can work, bro. 462 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,120 Of course, the waiter could go, you know what, I'll find someone else. 463 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,840 I always look for a contact point. 464 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:17,600 If it's a dude, I don't do females, but always looking for a contact point. 465 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,400 He was wearing a watch similar to mine. 466 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,400 Oops, sorry. 467 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,400 Oh, so there's your conversation. 468 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,000 So I said, hey, how do you like your Apple Ultra? 469 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,480 And he's like, oh man, I love this thing and blah, blah, blah. 470 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:27,480 I used to have a Garmin. 471 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,040 And then we started talking about triathlons and working out. 472 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,080 And then he hung out for a while with all four of his pastors. 473 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,040 He had no idea standing over the table full of pastors. 474 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,040 Wow. 475 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,040 It's cool. 476 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,040 That's good. 477 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:40,040 I like Steve. 478 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,040 He's a neat guy. 479 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,040 So yeah. 480 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:50,800 Hey, so one of the things we were talking about is the power of what we say and do. 481 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,440 It's interesting to me how things come back to you. 482 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:54,440 Yes. 483 00:15:54,440 --> 00:16:00,120 Like, you know, you can say, for me, even on this podcast, we could say something and 484 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:05,480 it may be something we've said in other arenas, but for whatever reason, God takes that one 485 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:12,160 thing, that one little ism, that little truth, and he zeros it in on somebody on the other 486 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,500 side of the world. 487 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:18,960 That's the beauty of podcasting is that you can literally impact somebody in another country, 488 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,540 in another nation. 489 00:16:20,540 --> 00:16:24,280 And speaking of that, we got a beautiful note from Iris. 490 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,960 Remember Iris from Holland? 491 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,760 And she gave us a boost, 35,000 sats. 492 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:34,000 She says, Hi, Jimmy and Annette, I loved your past episodes. 493 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,320 Thank you for the reminder to be grateful. 494 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:42,200 Trust in God to help us on our path and to please God before people. 495 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,720 I am always very inspired after listening to you and more confident in my faith. 496 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:47,720 Lots of love, Iris. 497 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,720 Isn't that beautiful? 498 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,720 That's beautiful. 499 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,520 And I just thought about how the power of this, we had a conversation and we talked 500 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:58,360 about gratitude, which I talk a lot about because I talk about a lot about the things 501 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,520 I love. 502 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,520 And we were talking about that. 503 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:06,000 And we were also talking about, you know, we need to, God's who we need to please, 504 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,000 not everybody else. 505 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,400 And sometimes we sacrifice pleasing God for pleasing others. 506 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,520 And so she just cued in on that. 507 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:19,080 And so to think that right here in Fredericksburg, Texas, that message got over to Iris across 508 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,080 the world and she was encouraged and blessed by it. 509 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:23,080 That's beautiful. 510 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:24,080 Isn't that amazing? 511 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,280 Technology is amazing to me. 512 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,720 If you leverage it for good, it's fantastic. 513 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:34,600 I remember there was a day when you were so excited when it was when technology was just 514 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:40,600 coming very apparent and I wasn't very happy about it because I was thinking about all 515 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,080 the negative aspects of it. 516 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:48,680 But as we've matured and we've grown and technology has grown, I mean, obviously there's 517 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,320 a lot of negative, but there's a lot of positive. 518 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,600 We wouldn't be able to do what we're doing if we didn't have technology. 519 00:17:55,600 --> 00:18:04,040 And so, you know, and doing this podcast, this isn't just I mean, it's not just little 520 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,680 old Fredericksburg people that are hearing us. 521 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:11,080 We have the opportunity to affect people in Japan, of which we're going hopefully next 522 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,080 year. 523 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,440 We we affect people in all different parts of the world. 524 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,080 And what we say matters. 525 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,680 And it's I love the fact that we can. 526 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:27,760 I mean, this is to me part of the gospel of Matthew 28 and go into all the world and preach 527 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:28,760 the gospel. 528 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:29,760 That's beautiful. 529 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,480 And this is what we're doing. 530 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:36,440 And we're able to get it to places that we normally could never get it to because we're 531 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:42,000 you know, we're not going to be able to travel to every place in the world that needs a gospel. 532 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,320 But you can through the airwaves. 533 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:50,000 And I love that we have this opportunity and have the opportunity through video as well. 534 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,440 You know, we video our services. 535 00:18:51,440 --> 00:19:00,200 I love that churches are now becoming able to be able to video their services. 536 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,920 People that probably thought they would never have the opportunity to do that. 537 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:08,800 Maybe a small church doesn't have a lot of money, but it doesn't take much. 538 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,280 Do you remember when we used an iPad? 539 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,240 And we was an old iPad, four years old, out of date. 540 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,240 Yes. 541 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,840 And I gaff taped it to a pole. 542 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,320 And that's how we recorded our services. 543 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,720 This was just four years ago. 544 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,760 All we had four years ago. 545 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:24,760 Yeah, four. 546 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:25,760 And now look at it. 547 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:30,000 Yeah, that was when we were a campus of another church. 548 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:34,840 And so we didn't have a lot of resources and they wouldn't really help us with any resources 549 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,040 to do technology. 550 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,480 So we're like, we'll figure it out. 551 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,080 You get resourceful when you have to. 552 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,880 But we felt so impressed that we needed to get the message out. 553 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,120 I love the word good news. 554 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:51,800 When we use the word gospel, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and there may be listeners who 555 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:52,840 don't know what that means. 556 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,600 It literally means good news. 557 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,880 It's the good news of Jesus Christ, not the bad news. 558 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,560 Sometimes people think Christianity is bad news. 559 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:02,880 No, this is good news. 560 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,000 Or a bunch of rules of do's and don'ts. 561 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Right, right. 562 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Yeah, that's, I don't know. 563 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,800 I remember I got over that real quick as a new Christian and realized, no, this is, there's 564 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:11,800 a lot of do's. 565 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,640 Like, man, we got a lot to do. 566 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:14,640 This is amazing. 567 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,680 And I found out that living for Jesus was like being on an adventure. 568 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:23,040 Like you're in a, you know, C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia movie or something. 569 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,480 It was life-giving and good. 570 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,000 And so, you know, you were talking about the power of podcasting, the power of getting 571 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,400 our voice out. 572 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:35,360 We called this podcast, Living Up in a Down World, because that's our goal. 573 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:36,760 We want to be positive. 574 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,520 We want, there's too many negative voices out there in the world. 575 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:46,760 You know, I love what Adam Curry and John Dvorak are doing with, you know, media deconstruction. 576 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,960 They're saying, look, this is not true, or this is actually a lie. 577 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,080 This is false information. 578 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:57,920 And they're deconstructing that because we don't need to give energy to bad news or fake 579 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:58,920 news. 580 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,480 And when you've got good news, you want to tell people about it. 581 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:07,420 And I feel led to challenge our listeners right now. 582 00:21:07,420 --> 00:21:09,640 Maybe you thought, well, maybe I should do a podcast. 583 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,760 I got things to talk about. 584 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,000 I would encourage you to do it. 585 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,960 You know, we took the plunge and we didn't have anything. 586 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,280 We didn't have a microphone. 587 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:19,640 We didn't have a mic stand. 588 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,800 We didn't have anything. 589 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,240 And it was actually Adam and Tina challenged us to do a podcast. 590 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,440 And we were like, we don't know where to start. 591 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,660 We don't know what to do. 592 00:21:30,660 --> 00:21:34,200 And then here we're 47 episodes in. 593 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,880 And then we were challenged to do a YouTube channel, you know, in particular for our health, 594 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,640 you know, journey. 595 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:46,240 And I thought, OK, we can wait until we get all the right equipment. 596 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,360 We can wait until we've got a studio. 597 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:49,720 We can wait until it. 598 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,200 And instead, I just did it. 599 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,360 I pulled the trigger. 600 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:58,520 Because I've realized that you can sit around with good intentions and never do anything. 601 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,720 It's true. 602 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:06,400 But there's something that's exciting about jumping into the unknown and in knowing it 603 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:13,200 could fail, knowing it may not work, knowing that it may be a miss, a swing and a miss. 604 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,720 But there's also something exciting when you do it and someone writes you a note back and 605 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,000 says, this really helped me. 606 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,120 This changed my life. 607 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:25,440 I'm now walking with Jesus and I walked away. 608 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:30,600 I'm now going back to a church because I walked away because I was hurt. 609 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,560 Those are the things I want to hear. 610 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,040 And we are hearing those constantly. 611 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,860 And that's what keeps me going. 612 00:22:38,860 --> 00:22:46,760 If one person says what you're saying is making sense to me, it's I feel like it's time for 613 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,000 me to make a change in my life. 614 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,000 It's worth it. 615 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,680 And just know we're not fishing for compliments. 616 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,960 This is actually we're asking for testimonies. 617 00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:01,660 If what we're doing matters and if what we're doing is helping you, I've learned I gave 618 00:23:01,660 --> 00:23:03,880 up my right to withhold encouragement. 619 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:10,120 So when I'm in a given situation, for example, Steve, our waiter today, I mean, or the girls 620 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:13,960 at the veterinary clinic, you know, these are kids. 621 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,080 I just have given up the right to withhold encouragement. 622 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:22,000 And so any environment I'm in right now, it's like my antenna is up, my eyes are open, my 623 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,840 radar is on, and I'm looking for an opportunity. 624 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,960 I don't force anything because that's weird. 625 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,720 I guess weird. 626 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:34,120 But it's amazing how natural these things come up if you're aware and if you're kind 627 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:37,240 of looking for that opportunity to encourage. 628 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,360 The word encourage simply means to inspire courage. 629 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:42,760 It's to build another person up. 630 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:48,440 And the reason I do it is because I know how I feel when people build me up. 631 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,240 And it is interesting how when you throw things out there, they come back. 632 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,200 You do need a lot of encouragement. 633 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:58,640 You have course always number one love language. 634 00:23:58,640 --> 00:23:59,640 Words of affirmation. 635 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:00,640 Words of affirmation. 636 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:01,640 Yep. 637 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,120 And so that's why you love doing that. 638 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:08,080 Not because you want them to do it back, but because it's something that you desire so 639 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,080 much. 640 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,080 So you just give it to others. 641 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,080 So I give it to others. 642 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,080 You just give it to others. 643 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,080 I love that. 644 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,080 Give what I want. 645 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,080 And sometimes it does come back. 646 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,080 Sometimes it doesn't. 647 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,080 That's okay too. 648 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,360 But there's something powerful when we build other people up. 649 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:24,080 So the whole idea of living up in a down world, the whole idea of doing a podcast, the whole 650 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:31,680 idea of doing a meet, pray, love, health journey YouTube channel is to build people up because 651 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,640 there's so much bad news in this world. 652 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,680 We want to live up in a down world, not live down in a down world. 653 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,880 The holidays can be very tough for some people. 654 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,280 Oh, thank you for bringing that up. 655 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:42,280 Very tough. 656 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:43,280 Wow, talk about that for a second. 657 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:50,940 And so to me, people need encouragement right now because they may be going into situations 658 00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:56,800 and you know, into a family situation that's uncomfortable, that brings on anxiety, depression. 659 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:05,240 And we want you to be able to go in to those situations and have the strength that God 660 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,680 wants to give you to get through that. 661 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:13,600 And to go in with eyes and a heart that's softened, that's different because you're 662 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:19,200 different and not go into those situations as you always have in the past. 663 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,280 And I know for me, it was hard. 664 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,680 Every Christmas was hard because my dad was so mean. 665 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,360 And so he hated the name of Jesus. 666 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:35,740 And every time we brought it up, you know, it was, there was carnage, honestly. 667 00:25:35,740 --> 00:25:38,720 And every Christmas, my mother would do this. 668 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:44,080 She would buy him a Bible every Christmas for years. 669 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,680 And my sister and I were married, you know, we're bringing our family and we know what's 670 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,600 going to happen. 671 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,400 And she continued to do that. 672 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,960 It was so hard. 673 00:25:54,960 --> 00:26:00,880 And so we had a lot of anxiety going in to Christmas knowing what my mom was going to 674 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:08,080 do until finally we got her to, mom, this is not the way you win him to Christ. 675 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:13,720 You win him by loving him, by treating him the way you want to be treated. 676 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:22,440 You win him by showing how you love one another and how, you know, showing the love of Christ 677 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,520 but not throwing it down his throat, so to speak. 678 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:31,360 And it was just, the great thing is, is he ended up coming to know the Lord right before 679 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:32,360 his death. 680 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:33,360 That was so powerful. 681 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:39,440 But the anxiety we felt just going every Christmas was very difficult on us. 682 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:46,080 And so I know there are people out there that have family members that maybe mistreated 683 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,680 them when they were younger and they have to see them again. 684 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:50,800 And those are hard things. 685 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,300 But, you know, God wants to redeem and restore. 686 00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:55,480 And that's who he is. 687 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,080 He is a God that restores. 688 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:03,680 He restores us back to the way, he restores us better than we were. 689 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,920 And I know that because I know what I've gone through in my past and how I needed to be 690 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,160 redeemed and restored. 691 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,320 And so to me, that's, you know, that's the message. 692 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:21,440 The gospel is when he can come in and he can restore you and you don't feel those things 693 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:22,440 anymore. 694 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,560 You go in with a different heart. 695 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,360 You see through a different lens. 696 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:31,960 And to me, it can make Christmas so much more delightful. 697 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:39,680 When you put the emphasis on Christ-mas, not Christmas as in commercial holiday. 698 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:47,560 And so this Christmas, I pray that as we've, if you've listened to us and hopefully gotten 699 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:51,960 into the word that you're going to go in and have a different type of Christmas than you've 700 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:52,960 ever had. 701 00:27:52,960 --> 00:28:02,480 I know like for instance, Adam and Tina, they last Christmas, it was their, I don't know, 702 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:08,560 it was their really first Christmas last year when they were getting to know God. 703 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:09,560 Okay. 704 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,760 Let's just say getting to know him. 705 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:18,080 This Christmas, they have matured so much that, and they're having family come in. 706 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:22,880 And I guarantee you this Christmas is going to be so different because they are so different. 707 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:29,040 They're approaching this Christmas season as a child of God, not as just someone who's 708 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,120 just been informed of who God is. 709 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:32,120 Do you know what I'm saying? 710 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:36,360 And I know that it's going to be special for them. 711 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:42,920 And I pray that for everybody that's listening that let's not go in with commercial eyes 712 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,400 of the best presents. 713 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,120 I got to have the best food. 714 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,160 It's all about retail. 715 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,240 Let's go into it with what is the true reason? 716 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,160 Why is it that we even have Christmas? 717 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,040 Why do we even celebrate Christmas? 718 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:05,440 We didn't even do many decorations this year. 719 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:10,480 We chose, well, sorry, we chose to kind of go a little bit more minimalistic this year 720 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:16,120 and not put so much emphasis on our, on that in our home at this point, just because we 721 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:17,720 were busy. 722 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:22,440 But it was, it's, I mean, it's kind of creeping up on us. 723 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,080 It's in less than two weeks. 724 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:25,080 It's here. 725 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:29,040 And you know, I love what you're saying because there are people even listening that have 726 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,040 been traumatized by family. 727 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,040 That's what I said. 728 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,040 Yes. 729 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,960 Just lived in real trauma and real terror like you did. 730 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:41,080 And then the thought of going back into those environments can be really harsh and very 731 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,080 triggering. 732 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,080 Yes. 733 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,080 And I agree with you. 734 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:49,000 And I think the prayer for those who listen to our show and really for everybody is that 735 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,680 they will realize how much they've changed, how much they've grown. 736 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,320 They're not that kid anymore. 737 00:29:55,320 --> 00:30:01,200 They're not that sad, lonely, broken teenager anymore. 738 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,560 They're a child of God. 739 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,360 They're a son of God, a daughter of God. 740 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,600 And they carry that identity now back into those environments. 741 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:15,360 And I have to say, you know, I remember when I got in my twenties, especially in here, 742 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:20,240 I was married now, I was going to college, I was working full time and going to college 743 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,120 and being, it was crazy, crazy life. 744 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:28,160 And I remember when I would go back home, because we moved away from to another community, 745 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,880 would go back home over the holidays and I would almost revert to a 12 year old in my 746 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:32,880 mind. 747 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,160 Now I was blessed. 748 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,720 I didn't have abuse and all those things. 749 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:43,320 But still there's dysfunctional family dynamics that you deal with, even if there's not trauma 750 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,440 or abuse, there's still dysfunction because we're all humans, right? 751 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:48,520 Being human. 752 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:54,120 So I would go back and I would catch myself relating to my grandmother like I was 12 again. 753 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,280 And it wasn't until I got like through my twenties and starting to get in my thirties 754 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:03,380 where I began to really embrace my identity as a child of God that I'm not that 12 year 755 00:31:03,380 --> 00:31:05,060 old kid anymore. 756 00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:09,360 And so it may not even be that you had abuse, but it may just be there was a dysfunctional 757 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,100 family dynamic. 758 00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:12,100 And I don't blame my family. 759 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:15,920 I had a great family, but hey, we were weird like everybody else. 760 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:22,800 It's no blame or anything on anybody, but we just had odd dynamics sometimes. 761 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:31,920 And so you may be going back into a hard situation or a hard dynamic where your mom or your grandmother 762 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:38,160 still knows how to push every button you have and that turns you back into a teenager in 763 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:39,160 a nanosecond. 764 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:43,720 And so we want to encourage you in that, that as you go back, first of all, you should take 765 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:50,240 a moment and literally out loud say to yourself, I am not who I used to be in the name of Jesus. 766 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,280 And because of Jesus, I am now a child of the King. 767 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,000 I'm a child of the ancient of days. 768 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,840 I'm a child of God and I'm not that person. 769 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:09,880 And I can walk upright knowing that God is who I look to, not anybody else, not man, 770 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:10,880 but God. 771 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:16,160 The word righteous, for example, when the Bible says that we are the righteousness of 772 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,400 God in Christ Jesus, it literally means we are able to stand upright. 773 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,400 In other words, we're not cowering. 774 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:23,400 We're not in fear. 775 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:28,340 We're not cowering out of a loss of esteem or identity. 776 00:32:28,340 --> 00:32:29,720 We're actually bold. 777 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,520 We're actually strong. 778 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,120 And we are because Christ makes us that way, not because we can just rev it up or make 779 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:36,920 it happen, but it is. 780 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:43,840 And so to encourage you as you go back into odd family dynamics, maybe not abusive now, 781 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:49,440 but maybe still triggering, walk in like you're different because you are. 782 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,760 Remind yourself when you're out in the car before you walk in and carry all your goodies 783 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,280 and stuff in there. 784 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,000 I am not who I used to be. 785 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,960 This will not be the same. 786 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:03,020 And we've encouraged people to do that for years as pastors and kind of right before 787 00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:06,920 Christmas we'll always talk about family dynamics from the pulpit and say, hey, you're about 788 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,680 to step back into some could be awkward situations. 789 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,200 You're not who you used to be. 790 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,520 You're not even who you were a year ago when you were there last year. 791 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:21,960 And so I just want to encourage our listeners to really embrace the truth that you are God's 792 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,160 child, you're God's son, God's daughter. 793 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,200 You're not that insecure teenager anymore. 794 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,040 You're not that insecure adult anymore. 795 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,080 You're secure in Jesus. 796 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:38,560 And let the truth of God's Word bring out the book and let the truth of God's Word change 797 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:39,560 your mind about things. 798 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:40,560 Love that. 799 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:44,480 You know, I was just now looking at the calendar. 800 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,680 Our next podcast, Christmas will be over. 801 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:48,680 Oh, wow. 802 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:49,680 Wow. 803 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:50,680 That's why I wanted to bring that up. 804 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:51,680 Merry Christmas, everybody. 805 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,080 Because literally Christmas is in a week and a half. 806 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:56,080 And I thought... 807 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,400 It's hard to believe it's here. 808 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,400 I know. 809 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:04,200 And I thought that was important that we share that because we definitely want you to have... 810 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,800 We want this to be the best Christmas you've ever had. 811 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:13,640 And especially if you're embracing Christ, maybe for the first time or coming back, we 812 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,320 want this to be a time where you're so different. 813 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,720 People go, I want what you have. 814 00:34:19,720 --> 00:34:20,760 What's changed about you? 815 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:21,760 What did you do different? 816 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:22,760 Yeah, you're different. 817 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:23,760 Yeah. 818 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:24,760 Something's different. 819 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:25,760 Yeah. 820 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:26,760 And we're not going to have that opportunity. 821 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,480 We're going to have our daughter and son-in-law are coming. 822 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,920 We are going to Tina and Adam's on Christmas Day. 823 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,880 So we're not going to be around people this time. 824 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:36,880 Our typical family. 825 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,640 Well, but it'll give us a good time to rest. 826 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,960 Oh, it'll be really needed. 827 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:42,960 Many times. 828 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,440 But we're around people all the time, almost daily. 829 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,440 It is true. 830 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:47,440 So it'll be a nice rest. 831 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:54,440 But I still really encourage you to draw near to Jesus. 832 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,160 He says, when you draw near to me, I'll draw near to you. 833 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,080 And draw near to Him in this time. 834 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,640 Don't forget who He is and what He's done in your life. 835 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,640 So what are our plans for the holidays? 836 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,240 What are we going to do with all this downtime? 837 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:09,240 Nothing. 838 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:10,240 We talked about this already. 839 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:11,240 I cannot wait. 840 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:14,280 We're going to carnivore like to the end of the world, and then we're going to go to the 841 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,840 gym almost every day. 842 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:16,840 And rest. 843 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,520 I'm looking forward to it. 844 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,720 It's funny because people don't think going to the gym is restful, but it is for us. 845 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:22,720 It's therapeutic. 846 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:23,720 It is. 847 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:27,160 And we always listen to preaching, teaching, or some good music. 848 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,640 It's spiritually therapeutic for us, honestly. 849 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:35,880 Because that's the time that we really spend more time in His Word. 850 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:41,540 Not that we don't every day, but we really increase our time when we get to rest. 851 00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:43,560 So who do we have to thank today? 852 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:48,800 Well, not a lot today because we didn't do our show last week, and so it gets really 853 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:49,800 quiet. 854 00:35:49,800 --> 00:36:00,400 But I do have to say that one Mr. Adam, the Podfather Curry at 77,777 sats. 855 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,400 That's a striper boost. 856 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,960 And he says, my word for 2024, because we've been talking about my one word. 857 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:06,960 What is your one word? 858 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,640 He says, my word will be encourage. 859 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,080 I just said that. 860 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,120 And he says, another excellent episode. 861 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,440 Adam is already like an over the top. 862 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,600 He's one of the most encouraging people I know. 863 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,160 One of the most positive people I've ever met. 864 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,160 For real. 865 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:23,160 Yes. 866 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:24,680 And so that'll be a great word for him. 867 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,480 This may be the first year he's ever done that. 868 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,880 So for those of you listening, Annette and I, years ago, we used to do, I used to try 869 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:32,880 to do resolutions. 870 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:33,880 Remember that? 871 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:35,160 And I'd go, here's top 10. 872 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,160 You never did that? 873 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,160 I did. 874 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,160 I brought them down. 875 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:39,160 Oh yeah. 876 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,160 No, I did. 877 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:41,160 But then I'd forget them the day after. 878 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:42,160 I would lose them. 879 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:43,160 I forgot where I stuck them. 880 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:44,160 I stuck them in a Bible somewhere or a book and I can't find them. 881 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,160 Never looked at them again. 882 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,160 I know. 883 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:47,160 I was like, ah, I can't remember. 884 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,840 I can't remember again, but I don't remember. 885 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:53,840 So then we stumbled on, it's been years ago, this thing called My One Word. 886 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,280 And I thought, oh, what a great idea. 887 00:36:56,280 --> 00:37:03,840 Instead of having 10 resolutions that I'll forget in two weeks or less, or I'll misplace, 888 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,000 pick one word that is a theme. 889 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,680 It's thematic for the year. 890 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,920 And so I've had several. 891 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,840 I'm revisiting, I'm revisiting a word right now. 892 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,400 And the word is engage. 893 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,280 Which we've had in the past. 894 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,280 Back when we were in Tennessee. 895 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,280 But it's a good word. 896 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,280 Back when we lived in Nashville. 897 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:23,280 Yes, it's a good word. 898 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,360 It was actually the word that I gave for the year that we came here. 899 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:29,560 It was a, I'm ready to engage. 900 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:30,560 Was that really? 901 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:31,560 I'm ready. 902 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:32,560 That year. 903 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:33,560 I was stepping into a new place. 904 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:34,560 I love that. 905 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:35,560 So that was 2016. 906 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:36,640 So we're revisiting that one. 907 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,880 And usually we embrace the same word just because it's easy for us to encourage each 908 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:41,880 other. 909 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,080 Well, I used to have a separate one and then it got confusing. 910 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,520 And we decided, which you came up with engage. 911 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:47,520 So I'm just going along with it. 912 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:48,520 Are you cool with that? 913 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:49,520 You like it? 914 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:50,520 Yep. 915 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,680 I figure it fits where we're at right now is we're praying for revival. 916 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:53,840 We're believing for it. 917 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:58,360 We're being more engaging with people by asking them what they're thankful for every day, 918 00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:59,800 everywhere I go. 919 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,120 So do what? 920 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:03,120 He has youth in a minute. 921 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,120 So we need to get, I'm looking at the time. 922 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,120 Oh, 425. 923 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,000 That's why I'm like, yeah, we need to wrap it up a minute. 924 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,000 Okay. 925 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,000 Yeah. 926 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,000 I've got student ministry about to fire up on the other side of the wall. 927 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,920 We don't want them to interrupt our podcast. 928 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:15,920 What's time to land the plane? 929 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,360 Listen, we love you guys. 930 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,560 And we want to say thank you for being patient with us as we get the studio built. 931 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:22,560 It's getting there. 932 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,160 I'll take some pictures in two weeks when we come back. 933 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:26,160 It should be done. 934 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:27,160 It'll be done. 935 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,160 Oh, totally. 936 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:29,160 Actually. 937 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:30,160 Yeah. 938 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,080 Before then, but we wanted to have a small one just right before we get going. 939 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,800 So, Hey, we love you guys. 940 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,160 And Hey, Merry Christmas. 941 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,480 Can you believe it's here? 942 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,960 Go watch some Hallmark movies or something. 943 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,120 You guys have a great week. 944 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,120 Merry Christmas. 945 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,120 Merry Christmas. 946 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:45,120 We'll talk to you the next time. 947 00:38:45,120 --> 00:39:12,520 Bye bye.