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all things will be new

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and we want to welcome you

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to Living Up in a Down World

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episode number 56

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believe it, 56 episodes

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and once again we're missing somebody

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a very important part of the equation

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We're never going to be able to bring him

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I don't know how

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But there's not a place to put him

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There's so much traffic in the building now

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People are voting in our building today

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That's right, we hosted the primary here in Texas

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and so yeah we've got a lot of people

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but we've got construction going on too

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Very, it would be very hard

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Are you texting?

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Are you texting Tina again?

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Hey what you doing?

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Hey we want to welcome you all

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to Living Up and a Down World

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Again like I said I'm Jimmy

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This is Ned

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We're actually pastors at Bridge Church

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in the Bridge Church studios

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the Living Up studios

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Living Up and a Down World

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Living Up and a Down World is really more

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than just a clever name

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which I thought it was

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since I came up with it

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that no matter how the world is going

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but it seems pretty crazy right now

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that no matter how things are going in the world

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that you can live up in it

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because we are in Christ

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there's always hope right?

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That's been your motto

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That's what I love about you

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because I'm proud of you

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that means that we are doomed to repeat it

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that are going to uphold the values

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the love for the Constitution, the value

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because it was founded on the Bible, the Word of God

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it was founded on an idea of freedom from tyranny

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and so that's us, that's who we are

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and we want to welcome you to the show today

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we've got some things we want to share in our heart

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some good things going on

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First of all, just a couple of kind of normal life things

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believe it or not, we got to go out with Adam and Tina Curry this week

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Really?

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How many times?

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We're getting together, it's to the point now

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we're getting together more than once a week

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it used to be once a week, now we're like

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we need to get together more often

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so we went out with Adam and Tina

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and they have a great podcast

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we highly, highly recommend

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in fact, I always say this is my favorite episode

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but last week really was my favorite episode

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and I'm going to have to listen to it today

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because I literally have not had a chance

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It's okay

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I know, I will

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I do, I do

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I've got to

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I keep telling you, you need to hear it

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because it was so good

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Adam and Tina, for those of you who don't know

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they have a podcast called Curry and the Keeper

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and it's how we got to know them before we got to know them

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they were attending our church

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our Tina was

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Adam works on Sunday with his podcast No Agenda

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which is another great one

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and someone came to us and said

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hey, you've got some really influential podcasters

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in your church

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and we're like what?

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I mean, we're getting to a size where sometimes

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I don't get surprised anymore at who's sitting in our church

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we had an ex-Major League baseball player

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in our church this last week

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I got to meet him, he was like 6'5

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he looked like a baseball player, looked like a football player

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but anyway, you never know who's sitting in there

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I mean, attorneys, lawyers, Rick Green from the Patriot Academy

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you just never know who's there

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so I wasn't overly shocked

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but I was like that's cool

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and I wasn't into podcasting at the time

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I'd listen to some here and there

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we wouldn't even be here if it weren't for them

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exactly, it's where I'm going with this

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you stole my punch line

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oh, sorry

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no, not really, it wasn't a punch line

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but anyway

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so that's how we

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so someone said hey, they're talking about your church

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on their podcast

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I'm like what?

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who's talking about us on podcasts?

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so they sent me a link and said

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start listening at this time

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and we did

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and we were like oh my gosh

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Tina

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it's Adam and Tina

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she's re-preaching your messages

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and then Pastor Jimmy said

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and then Pastor Jimmy said

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and then he put a bucket up on the pulpit

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and said hey, you gotta have leaky buckets

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I mean

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and I was just shocked

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and excited

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and I thought

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we've gotta get to know these guys

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and turns out

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Adam Curry

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found out later

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the name was familiar

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he was actually a VJ on MTV

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back in the 80s and 90s

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oh, that's Adam Curry

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okay, I remember that guy

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but anyway

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we got to meet them and hang out

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and we've just become the best of friends

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and our life is richer

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richer for having known them

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so we love

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love their podcast

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they taught us how to get this going

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Adam was our executive producer

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Tina became our complaint department

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if anybody has any issues

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reach out to Tina

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Tina and I are about to start our own

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that's right

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two girls and one God

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I am totally pumped about this

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we have a women's luncheon

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that we're hosting in the next couple of weeks

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oh my gosh

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after that

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her and I are gonna be coming in here

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and or her studio

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either one, either one

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or we might just need to build our own studios

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oh, you know what

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your podcasts will probably take off

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it'll probably skyrocket

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because first of all

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it's gonna be interesting

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both of you are lovers of Jesus

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you adore your amazing husbands

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and I had to get that in there

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yes you did

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and you have a lot to help people with

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because both of you all have gone through

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a lot of things personally

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we're gonna be able to talk about it

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from a female perspective

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our Christian faith

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powerful

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I'm really excited about it

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I don't know exactly

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where we're gonna go with it

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but I don't think we need to know

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I think it's one of those things

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we'll just know once we sit down

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and start chatting

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and God will just let it evolve

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I cannot wait

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I really mean it

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I'm more excited about your podcast

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than I'm in ours

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I love doing it

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it's gonna be interesting

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now Adam and I

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we've been kicking around a couple things too

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we may have something up our sleeve

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the problem is

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I'm the only person on the planet

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that can out-talk Adam

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so I don't know if he can handle it

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oh, well I don't know

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it's gonna be hard on him

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yeah, because John Dvorak doesn't out-talk

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yeah, John's chill

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yeah, he's chill

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that would be an interesting podcast too

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it really would

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I mean, a pastor and a...

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people say ex-atheist

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that's a terrible moniker for somebody

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unless they say that because it

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shows such contrast

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of where he was to where he is now

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he had the seeds of Christianity

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sown into him as a kid

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from his grandparents

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so did you

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I did too

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and it just took us to later in life

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to figure it out

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it took me till I was 18

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when the ball dropped for me

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but for him

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57

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58

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and man, when it dropped for him

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it dropped big time

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so I'm super proud of those guys

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so we went and hung out with them

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went out to one of our favorites

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so you have to understand where we live

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we live in the Texas Hill Country

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right smack in the middle of it

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and it is wine country

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in fact, it is number two in the nation

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in wine production

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and it is very...

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we're hearing rumors

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that we are fast closing in on Napa

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in terms of production

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and so, I mean, they're building new wineries

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as fast as they can throw them up

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it's crazy

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every time I drive out highway 290

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towards Johnson City

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and Blanco and that area

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I just can't believe

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how many new wineries, distilleries

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I mean

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and restaurants finally

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speakeasies and now finally

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I want some new restaurants

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yeah, me too

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so, but one of our favorite wineries

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a vineyard that we love to go to

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is called Grape Creek

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and it's just

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it's one of the oldest ones around here

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one of the originals

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and it's like a little Tuscany

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I mean, it's just beautiful

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although it doesn't look like Tuscany anymore

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yeah, with some tree damage

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from snowpocalypse or icepocalypse

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what, three years ago now?

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it's just barren

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yeah, it just really damaged a lot

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it did not look good

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yeah, so

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and then we're members of Augusta Venn

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so I'm going to name drop here

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and we got to...

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we need to just give a shout out

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to Trey Blocker

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oh yeah

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Trey has this cool place

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it's a speakeasy

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if you know what one of those are

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a speakeasy

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it's such a neat, chill atmosphere

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and it's called Salvation Spirits

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out on Highway 290

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we went out to his place a couple of weeks ago

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and that was amazing

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hanging out with great people

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we talked about it a little bit last week

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but this week

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so what's the name of the restaurant

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that's connected with the Grape Creek

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that we love so much?

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um...

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uh...

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what?

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no, Heath's is...

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Stout's

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Stout's

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I had to think

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Stout's

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by the way Faith, our daughter is with us

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there's no way we can turn one of these three cameras around

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without messing everything up

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but you can wave Faith, wave at me

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hey yeah, she's waving

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so she's helping us out

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Stout's is a pizza place

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pizza, sandwiches, salads

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it's like brick oven pizza

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it's really good

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it's wood fired

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so when we have a treat meal

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we go out there

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and of course we went a couple of weeks ago for the first time

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had pizza

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first time in eight months

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and did it again last week

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and then said

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nope, not going to be doing that for a long time

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not a long time

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but here's what's interesting

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so we did two treat meals

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kind of back to back

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like we did a Sunday

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then we did a Saturday

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right?

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same place by the way

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and so we're out there hanging out with them

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we're enjoying this amazing pizza

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and I thought

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I'm going to gain ten pounds

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that's how my mind tells me this

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step on the scale

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two days later

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the lowest I've weighed in decades

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I mean mind bending

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how that

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it trips your metabolic system

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it's because of all the waste that leaves our body

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after we eat that kind of food

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yeah, there might be something to that

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yeah

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I didn't like how I felt

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that's the difference in

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when you're doing carnivore

573
00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000
and you feel so good

574
00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000
so there may be people listening and watching

575
00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000
who've not heard of this

576
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000
and by the way

577
00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000
we're merging our carnivore YouTube channel

578
00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000
with our podcast

579
00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000
so we're living up in a carnivore world

580
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000
I don't know how to say this

581
00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000
wow

582
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000
we're you know

583
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000
you're funny

584
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000
it's not a carnivore world yet

585
00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000
so meet, pray, live up in a down world

586
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000
I don't know

587
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000
we've got to combine this somehow

588
00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000
but it'll be the same YouTube channel to host

589
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000
because it's just too much

590
00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000
trying to maintain extra channels

591
00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000
but the thing is

592
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000
the carnivore we feel so good

593
00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000
but

594
00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000
people have told us

595
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000
that it's good to kind of reset your body

596
00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000
every now and then

597
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000
so we've did it two weeks in a row

598
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000
but I don't want to do it again for a while

599
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000
it was too much for me too

600
00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,000
I really enjoy not feeling the heaviness

601
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,000
that's the difference

602
00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,000
that I have felt

603
00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,000
I agree

604
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,000
which is so odd

605
00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000
I can eat a pound of bacon

606
00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000
and not feel heavy at all

607
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000
but in my mind I'm going

608
00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000
you just ate a pound

609
00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000
you need a little bit of bread crust on a pizza

610
00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000
it's so weird

611
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,000
it feels like it blows up inside of you

612
00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,000
it's gluten

613
00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000
yeah it's gluten

614
00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000
no doubt

615
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000
I've always had a bad issue with gluten for the years

616
00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000
yeah

617
00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,000
anyway so yeah

618
00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,000
we had a great time with them

619
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000
as usual

620
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000
it's always amazing

621
00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,000
and so

622
00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000
yeah

623
00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000
so our carnivore journey

624
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000
just a short version of that

625
00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000
that is a huge piece of our life

626
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000
and we call it the W.O.E.

627
00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,000
way of eating

628
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,000
so it's not a diet

629
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,000
now

630
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,000
anything you look up online

631
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,000
in terms of carnivore

632
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000
you'll see the carnivore diet

633
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000
but for us

634
00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000
it may have started as that

635
00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000
just as we were trying to figure it out

636
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000
back in July

637
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000
we're now over eight months now

638
00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,000
into this

639
00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000
actually over eight months

640
00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000
and so we embrace this way of eating

641
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000
and I gotta tell you

642
00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000
it's been a game changer for us

643
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000
it's changed our lives

644
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,000
it's reversed several things in our lives

645
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000
especially the inflammation in the body

646
00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000
the reason why you have so many aches and pains

647
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000
and you think old football injuries are hurting you

648
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000
right?

649
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000
old football injuries

650
00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000
wrong

651
00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000
so

652
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000
old ski

653
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000
your ski accident

654
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000
or whatever

655
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,000
you know

656
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,000
what a lot of that is

657
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000
it's not actually an injury

658
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000
it's inflammation

659
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000
around the scarring

660
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,000
you know

661
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,000
the damage that happened

662
00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000
but once the inflammation is gone

663
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000
a lot of that

664
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000
most of that pain

665
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,000
or all of it goes away

666
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,000
yeah

667
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,000
it's amazing

668
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,000
and so it's amazing

669
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000
how much better you feel

670
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000
I had somebody ask me at lunch today

671
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,000
we're doing

672
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000
we've gone from one service

673
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000
when we got here eight years ago

674
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,000
to we're now doing

675
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000
three back to back services

676
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,000
on a given Sunday

677
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000
that's how much growth we've experienced

678
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000
and I was asked today at lunch

679
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000
by PB

680
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000
Pastor Ryan

681
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,000
our new associate

682
00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000
executive pastor

683
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000
he says

684
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000
how are you

685
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,000
how are you

686
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000
handling it physically?

687
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000
how are you holding up?

688
00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,000
and I said

689
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000
I actually feel amazing

690
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000
I said this Sunday

691
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000
I felt better

692
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000
out of all of them that we've done

693
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,000
and I had energy to burn

694
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,000
and we came home and watched

695
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000
how many of the chosen

696
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000
four

697
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,000
oh

698
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,000
gotta talk a little about that

699
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000
Jonathan

700
00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000
what is it?

701
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000
it's called Jonathan and Jesus

702
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,000
the chosen docu-series

703
00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000
oh my gosh

704
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000
we watched all four

705
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000
all four of them back to back

706
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000
and we didn't fall asleep

707
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000
no

708
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000
I thought I would be

709
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,000
out

710
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,000
I felt great

711
00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000
it's really

712
00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000
really good

713
00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000
so we did a treat meal

714
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000
so that's where we started

715
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000
so we did a treat meal

716
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,000
some people call it a cheat meal

717
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000
I thought I would be

718
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000
out after having that

719
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000
I did too

720
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000
but I was okay

721
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000
we're doing good

722
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000
it wasn't too bad

723
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,000
yeah

724
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000
not too bad

725
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000
so check it out

726
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000
the chosen docu-series

727
00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000
it's on Amazon Prime

728
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000
am I correct?

729
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000
and it's a four episode docu-series

730
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000
called Jonathan and Jesus

731
00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000
it's about Jonathan

732
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000
go ahead

733
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000
no go ahead

734
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000
go ahead

735
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000
it's about Jonathan

736
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000
and it's about Jonathan

737
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000
go ahead

738
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000
no go ahead

739
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,000
well it's basically about

740
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,000
Jonathan Rumi was given the role of Jesus

741
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000
in the chosen series

742
00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000
which is now in season four

743
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,000
and this is a documentary of how

744
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:44,000
he prepared for the role of Jesus

745
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000
and then Jesus Revolution

746
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,000
he played Lonnie Frisbee

747
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000
in the movie Jesus Revolution

748
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000
it's all about his journey to get there

749
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000
it was so good

750
00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000
it's very real

751
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000
it's very raw

752
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000
it's very emotional

753
00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,000
yes

754
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000
because can you imagine

755
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000
you get cast to play Jesus Christ

756
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000
first of all it's a heavy thing

757
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000
and he's very deeply Catholic

758
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000
I mean like committed Catholic

759
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000
but he's not your typical Catholic

760
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000
no he's very evangelical

761
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000
very outgoing

762
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,000
very out there with his faith

763
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000
he doesn't hide

764
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000
he doesn't hold anything back

765
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000
so that was a big deal for him

766
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,000
but they had no idea how the series was going to take off

767
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,000
they thought they'd have a few thousand viewers

768
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000
turns into the millions and millions

769
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,000
now it's being translated into other languages

770
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000
it's going all over the world

771
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000
it's on the movie screen now

772
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,000
it's on the movie screen

773
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000
all the episodes

774
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000
he had no idea it was going to blow up like that

775
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,000
never dreamed that a Jesus movie show

776
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000
TV show would blow up

777
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000
and there's still so many people out there

778
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000
especially Christians who've never seen it

779
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,000
I know

780
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000
so if you've not watched The Chosen

781
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000
you need to go online

782
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000
my gosh

783
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000
and watch The Chosen

784
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000
because I literally

785
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000
start with episode one, season one

786
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000
I thought it was going to be some cheesy

787
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000
oh here we go another one of those Christian films

788
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000
that is boring

789
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000
there's been some bad ones out there

790
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000
this is phenomenal

791
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000
it's not anything like I thought

792
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000
and so we highly recommend it

793
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000
so this docu-series

794
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000
they're now in their fourth season

795
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000
it sort of goes this crew

796
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000
basically lives in his apartment with him

797
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000
and goes on these trips with him

798
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000
and he gets real raw

799
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000
and real honest about the weight

800
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000
of playing Jesus

801
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000
because he wants to do it right

802
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000
he doesn't want to

803
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000
he knows that there will be people that

804
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000
their image of Jesus will be his face

805
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,000
right

806
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000
and how he portrays Jesus

807
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000
will imprint people

808
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000
and yet he's such a humble man

809
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000
he is

810
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,000
boy the humility he has is

811
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000
it's really remarkable

812
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,000
I would say

813
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000
get you a box of tissue to keep close

814
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,000
because it is

815
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000
it's real and it's raw

816
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000
I love it

817
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000
and relevant it's all those

818
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000
and so anyway

819
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000
we highly recommend it

820
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000
and so

821
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000
yeah so

822
00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000
man

823
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,000
got to have two treat meals

824
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000
and we got to hang out with the Currys

825
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000
which is awesome

826
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000
go check out their

827
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000
their podcast amazing

828
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000
and

829
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000
and then we had church

830
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000
and we had church

831
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000
which was amazing

832
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,000
wow

833
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,000
I just still

834
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000
we set a new record

835
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000
a new attendance record this week

836
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000
and

837
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,000
it's just

838
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000
keeps growing

839
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,000
and

840
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,000
we just

841
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000
we realize this is not about us

842
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000
this is about Jesus

843
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000
and we're making him famous

844
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000
and

845
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000
that seems to be working

846
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000
so we're going to stay the course

847
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000
dance with the one that brought us

848
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000
so to speak

849
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000
and just stay humble

850
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000
and keep doing what we're doing

851
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000
and seeing lives transformed

852
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000
it's just amazing

853
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000
so God's got great things

854
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000
we always just say

855
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,000
Aslan is on the move

856
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000
which Aslan was the

857
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000
the lion

858
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000
from the lion

859
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000
the witch

860
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000
and the wardrobe

861
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,000
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

862
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000
and

863
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000
we always say

864
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000
Aslan is on the move

865
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000
and he is

866
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000
Jesus is on the move

867
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000
and God's working

868
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000
revival literally is breaking out

869
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000
all across America right now

870
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000
and we're here to all over the world as well

871
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000
but I know here in America

872
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000
there's things happening on college campuses

873
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000
seminaries

874
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000
I heard Liberty University recently

875
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000
yeah

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00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000
breaking out there

877
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000
blowing up there

878
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000
it's

879
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000
it's unbelievable

880
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,000
yay God

881
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000
yay God

882
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000
and here in Fredericksburg, Texas

883
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,000
we're experiencing it

884
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000
everything is getting touched right now

885
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000
just every area

886
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,000
every arena

887
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000
and it's exciting to just know that

888
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,000
we're part of something

889
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000
way way bigger than us

890
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,000
it's humbling

891
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000
but it's exciting too

892
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000
and it's tiring

893
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,000
it's exhausting

894
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,000
because the bigger our church grows

895
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,000
we've doubled

896
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,000
I mean it's like

897
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000
that's a weight load

898
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000
that none of us expected

899
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000
and here we are

900
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000
and we just say

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00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000
thank you Jesus

902
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000
and go God right

903
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000
so speaking of Jesus and God

904
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we wanted to talk about

905
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just something briefly today

906
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000
and it's about this

907
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000
because we're getting to experience

908
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,000
so many people come into faith

909
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000
not just young people

910
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000
not just children

911
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000
and that's happening too

912
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000
but also we're seeing adults

913
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000
a large significant number of adults

914
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,000
who maybe had a faith journey in the beginning

915
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,000
maybe they were raised

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00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000
in a traditional Christian home

917
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000
or Catholic home or whatever

918
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000
and at an older age now

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00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000
with what God's doing all around us

920
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000
and all around other places

921
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000
they're coming back to their faith

922
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000
like coming home

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00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000
we get emails all the time

924
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000
and we want to encourage you

925
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000
if you're listening or watching

926
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000
write us

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00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,000
go to our website

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00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000
livingupinadownworld.com

929
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and you could write us

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00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,000
right from the front page

931
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000
we love hearing from you

932
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,000
any questions you have

933
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000
we want to encourage you

934
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000
maybe we can connect you with resources

935
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000
or if you have questions

936
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000
that we can't answer

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00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000
we want to help you

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00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000
in any way we can

939
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000
on your faith journey

940
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000
but we have people writing into us

941
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000
saying, wow, you know

942
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,000
when I was a kid

943
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,000
we went to church

944
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000
and then I got away from God

945
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000
and now I'm coming back

946
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,000
and sometimes because of

947
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000
listening to Adam and Tina

948
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,000
on Courier and the Keeper

949
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,000
or listening to us

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or both of us

951
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,000
they're finding hope again

952
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,000
and they're finding

953
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000
it's okay to come back

954
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,000
it's okay

955
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000
God doesn't reject me

956
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000
so in saying that

957
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000
what I wanted to throw out there

958
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,000
is because again

959
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,000
a large number of people

960
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,000
right here in our orbit

961
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,000
in our relationship sphere

962
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000
are coming back to Christ

963
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,000
but some of them are not

964
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000
getting all the help, support

965
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,000
and excitement that they thought

966
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000
they would get from their friends

967
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000
so we want to kind of throw that out there

968
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,000
and what do you see in that dynamic

969
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000
when sometimes not everybody's

970
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000
excited about your new found faith

971
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,000
as you are

972
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,000
it can be hard

973
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because it can hurt you

974
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000
because a lot of people

975
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don't want to go where you're going

976
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000
and so they don't want to hear it

977
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,000
and so it can be kind of disheartening

978
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000
on the person that's just newly

979
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000
come to the faith

980
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000
and so we don't want to

981
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,000
burst your bubble

982
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,000
but we do want to prepare you

983
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000
that not everybody's going to be as excited

984
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000
I remember when you came to your faith

985
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000
and your dad said, you know

986
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000
hey, don't get so excited

987
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,000
and I remember Tina talking about

988
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000
someone in her life who said

989
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000
are y'all going to be cool still?

990
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,000
like really we're only cool

991
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,000
happened to Adam too

992
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000
so it can be difficult

993
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000
it can be really difficult

994
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000
you found something that changes your life

995
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000
and that lights you up again

996
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000
and you're like, oh I have hope again

997
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,000
I have a mission and a purpose in life

998
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,000
I have a reason to get up on Tuesday morning

999
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000
and Thursday morning and Sunday morning

1000
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where I didn't before

1001
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and you think and assume

1002
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000
that everybody's going to be excited about it

1003
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000
as you are

1004
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000
and when they're not

1005
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000
it can be really disappointing

1006
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000
it can be

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00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,000
disillusioning and deflating

1008
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000
and so we want to encourage you

1009
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,000
if you're coming back to your faith

1010
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000
or maybe you're new to faith

1011
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000
just know there will be people who are not excited

1012
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,000
and that's for various reasons

1013
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,000
sometimes it's because they have a wound

1014
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,000
well I was going to say

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they were hurt in the church or by the church

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00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000
or they felt disappointed in God

1017
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000
because they prayed

1018
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000
and God didn't appear to answer

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00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000
the way they wanted

1020
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000
the way they wanted

1021
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000
and so now they're mad at God

1022
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,000
or something horrible happened

1023
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000
and this is real trauma

1024
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000
they were victimized

1025
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,000
something terrible happened

1026
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000
where was God during that?

1027
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,000
and so we know those are real honest questions

1028
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,000
and real reasons why some people are resistant

1029
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,000
to say hey it didn't work for me

1030
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000
so it's not going to work for you

1031
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,000
oh you're happy now

1032
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,000
but you won't be forever

1033
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,000
so we just want

1034
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000
we want to encourage folks

1035
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,000
and I've got a Bible passage

1036
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,000
is that cool?

1037
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,000
I won't read all the scriptures

1038
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,000
but there was this man

1039
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000
he was lame in his feet

1040
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000
and it says this in Acts chapter 3

1041
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,000
now Peter and John

1042
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,000
who were two disciples of Jesus

1043
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000
went up together to the temple

1044
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000
at the hour of prayer

1045
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,000
they're in Jerusalem

1046
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,000
the ninth hour

1047
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000
and a certain man

1048
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,000
lame from his mother's womb was carried

1049
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,000
whom they laid daily

1050
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000
at the gate of the temple

1051
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,000
which is called beautiful

1052
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000
the beautiful gate still exists

1053
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,000
by the way it's there

1054
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,000
we've seen it

1055
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000
to ask alms from those

1056
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,000
who entered the temple

1057
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,000
so he's begging

1058
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,000
and that's what they did

1059
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000
they parked themselves

1060
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,000
they'd have somebody bring them

1061
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000
and set them down

1062
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,000
park them right in front of the

1063
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000
and hopefully people going into the temple

1064
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,000
would have compassion

1065
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,000
and give them some money

1066
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000
collect alms

1067
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000
says who that he saw

1068
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,000
Peter and John

1069
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,000
about to go into the temple

1070
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000
asked for alms

1071
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000
and check this out

1072
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,000
this gets crazy

1073
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,000
and fixing his eyes on him with John

1074
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000
Peter said look at us

1075
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000
so he gave them his attention

1076
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,000
expecting to receive something from them

1077
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,000
then Peter said

1078
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,000
silver and gold I do not have

1079
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,000
but what I do have

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00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,000
I give you

1081
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000
in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth

1082
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,000
rise up and walk

1083
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,000
and nothing happened

1084
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,000
no it's not the truth

1085
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,000
verse 7

1086
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,000
check this out

1087
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,000
and he took him by the right hand

1088
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,000
and lifted him up

1089
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000
and immediately his feet

1090
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,000
and ankle bones received strength

1091
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,000
so he leaping up

1092
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000
stood and walked

1093
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,000
and entered the temple with them

1094
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,000
walking leaping and praising God

1095
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,000
and all the people saw him walking

1096
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,000
and praising God

1097
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,000
because the people around there

1098
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,000
it's a community

1099
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000
they knew he'd been lame

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00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000
from birth

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00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000
verse 10

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00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,000
then they knew that it was he who sat

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00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,000
bagging alms at the beautiful gate of the temple

1104
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000
and they were filled with wonder

1105
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,000
and amazement at what had happened to him

1106
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,000
I mean this is like a major miracle

1107
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,000
and what I love about Peter and John

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00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,000
they said look we don't have silver and gold

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00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000
but we got something better

1110
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,000
we got legs

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00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,000
we're going to give you legs

1112
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000
and they actually

1113
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,000
in a moment God through them healed him

1114
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000
and he gets up and he's running around

1115
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000
first of all the miracle got healed

1116
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000
secondly he has balance all of it

1117
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,000
he can walk instantly

1118
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,000
he never walked in his life

1119
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,000
and suddenly he's up in the air spinning around

1120
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,000
so people saw it and they knew

1121
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,000
they knew who he was

1122
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,000
and so you would think that everybody is going to be

1123
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,000
this is amazing

1124
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000
it's the greatest thing that ever happened

1125
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,000
so have you ever seen people who come back to their faith

1126
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,000
and they're just super excited

1127
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,000
we have people all around us right now

1128
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,000
in our church that are just so excited

1129
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000
about recovering their faith

1130
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,000
maybe you could even use the same metaphor

1131
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,000
it's almost like they couldn't walk for years

1132
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,000
and suddenly they're walking again

1133
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000
and they're walking with Jesus

1134
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000
they're walking with God

1135
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000
and I don't know about you

1136
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,000
but sometimes when people are super exuberant

1137
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,000
I'm happy with them

1138
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000
but there's a part of me that says

1139
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000
oh Lord protect them

1140
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,000
protect them

1141
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,000
now why would we even think that?

1142
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000
because we know how the enemy works

1143
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000
ah enter the villain

1144
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000
yes

1145
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,000
because he wants to steal any kind of joy you receive

1146
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,000
so he wants to steal anything

1147
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,000
so that you'll say oh well that didn't work

1148
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,000
or that there must not really be a God

1149
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,000
because I don't feel the same way I felt

1150
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,000
because you might not

1151
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,000
you might wake up two weeks from now

1152
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,000
and the adrenaline's worn off

1153
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,000
exactly

1154
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000
now what do you do then?

1155
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000
what do you do?

1156
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,000
what do you do when you wake up

1157
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,000
and you're not excited anymore

1158
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000
when suddenly it's not as fun

1159
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,000
or a best friend turns on you

1160
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,000
and walks away

1161
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,000
or a family member says oh you're the same

1162
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,000
you'll never change

1163
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,000
what do you do when somebody comes at you like that?

1164
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,000
this is what's so hard for like Jewish people

1165
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,000
or people of faith where if they turn to Christ

1166
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000
they literally lose their faith

1167
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,000
we have no idea what that's like

1168
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,000
we just don't

1169
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,000
and I have compassion for those

1170
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,000
just like when we were in Israel in 2005

1171
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:56,000
and all of we went to that Messianic Jewish ceremony

1172
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,000
and that church and it was just

1173
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,000
I was so sad and I loved the joy

1174
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,000
that they had as they were dancing

1175
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,000
in Christ

1176
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000
in Christ

1177
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,000
but I had such compassion because I knew

1178
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,000
that they longed for their family

1179
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,000
to feel and have the same thing that they do

1180
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,000
and that was very hard to watch

1181
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,000
sobering to know that that entire church

1182
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000
that entire group of people

1183
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:26,000
that 99.9% of their families had completely disowned them

1184
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000
completely dissed them

1185
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,000
and it was heartbreaking in one sense

1186
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,000
and yet the exuberance and joy

1187
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,000
that they had

1188
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000
that brought them over that and through that

1189
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,000
we saw it on display

1190
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,000
It was amazing

1191
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,000
It was amazing, it was miraculous

1192
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,000
because how can you knowing that your family

1193
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,000
has disowned you

1194
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,000
but how can you still have that joy

1195
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,000
and it's really because the joy comes from the Lord

1196
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,000
it doesn't come from your circumstance

1197
00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:01,000
but they truly, truly understand where their joy lies

1198
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,000
and it's really knowing Christ, walking with Christ

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00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,000
living with Christ, being on the journey with Christ

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00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,000
even though they've lost their family

1201
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,000
in the middle of it

1202
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,000
they have eternity with Christ

1203
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,000
and they're experiencing real peace

1204
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000
I mean what the Bible calls the peace of God

1205
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000
that passes all understanding

1206
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000
I mean they're experiencing that in real time

1207
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,000
and it's bringing them through that loss

1208
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000
or that the cost of discipleship

1209
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,000
Dietrich Bonhoeffer back in the 1930s

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00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,000
wrote a book called The Cost of Discipleship

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00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,000
and that book talked about

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00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,000
where he, a famous line of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1213
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,000
by the way, he's the one who came out against the Fuhrer

1214
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000
you know who the Fuhrer was? Adolf Hitler

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00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,000
and he preached a sermon saying

1216
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,000
we've got to stop this, we cannot

1217
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000
this is about to get bad

1218
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000
he actually called it, he knew what was coming

1219
00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,000
and it happened when as soon as he became Chancellor

1220
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000
as the Fuhrer

1221
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000
when Hitler became Chancellor

1222
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,000
he turned on the people and turned on the Jewish people

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00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,000
Jewish Germans

1224
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,000
and began to decimate, destroy and murder millions

1225
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,000
and he called it, he saw it coming

1226
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,000
and he said this famous line

1227
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,000
Jesus bids a man come and die

1228
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000
Wow, welcome to the Christian faith

1229
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,000
die

1230
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,000
what's interesting is there are believers

1231
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,000
there are followers of Jesus, apprentices of Christ

1232
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000
all over the world

1233
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000
who will lose their life today

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00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000
because of their stand for Christianity

1235
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,000
their stand for Jesus

1236
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000
they will be called upon to give up their life

1237
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,000
I believe it's going to happen in America

1238
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,000
it's an evil world

1239
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,000
it is

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00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,000
so when I say living up in a down world

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00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000
I'm not just that, I'm the most positive person you'll meet

1242
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000
but I'm also realistic

1243
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,000
this world is fallen

1244
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,000
that's why I use the term down world

1245
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,000
because it's a fallen world, it's fallen down

1246
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,000
and so

1247
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,000
to think that everything is going to be

1248
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000
smooth sailing

1249
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000
man, I'm going to put on my rose colored glasses

1250
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,000
and everything is great

1251
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,000
I've got peace and nothing will ever break again

1252
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000
and no one will ever be upset with me

1253
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000
no one will ever gossip about me

1254
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,000
or slander me

1255
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,000
man, everybody is going to be so happy

1256
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000
that I found Jesus

1257
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000
it's just not true

1258
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000
there will be many that are, there will be many that will cheer you on

1259
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000
but there will be many who will try to tear you down

1260
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,000
it's the crab in the bucket syndrome

1261
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000
right

1262
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000
it sure is

1263
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,000
go ahead

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00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000
I just didn't know if you just kind of looked at me like that

1265
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,000
I know what it is, you tell the audience what it is

1266
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,000
crab in the bucket syndrome, okay I'll tell you

1267
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000
crab in the bucket syndrome is this

1268
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,000
if you put a group of crabs into a bucket

1269
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000
they will all start to try to crawl out

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00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000
they'll claw their way up the side

1271
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,000
and as soon as one gets up a certain amount

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another one will pull them back down

1273
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000
because they're trying to get up too

1274
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,000
and of course they have no sense of space

1275
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000
or boundaries

1276
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,000
so they'll actually pull each other down

1277
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000
where if any one of them waited

1278
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000
they could all get out of the bucket

1279
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,000
but they won't

1280
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000
because they're trying so hard to get out

1281
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000
they pull each other back down

1282
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,000
and that is really a picture of the world today

1283
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,000
where we don't want you to succeed

1284
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,000
we don't want you to have peace

1285
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,000
we don't want you to have

1286
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000
joy and life and exuberance

1287
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,000
and vitality

1288
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,000
so we're just going to pull you down

1289
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,000
we're going to pull you down to our level

1290
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000
and there are people who don't like the fact

1291
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000
that you're smiling now

1292
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,000
and like the fact that you have peace now

1293
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,000
like the fact that you

1294
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000
turn your Christian music up

1295
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000
when you get in the car

1296
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000
or you're not joining them in all the escapades

1297
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,000
you used to

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00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000
or all you talk about is Jesus when you're sitting at the dinner table

1299
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000
where you used to it was all about

1300
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,000
something else

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00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000
and now you're talking about church and God

1302
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000
and oh my goodness it's been so amazing

1303
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,000
and some people they're so in that dark

1304
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000
down place

1305
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,000
and what they want is for you to enjoy life

1306
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000
and it's hard on them

1307
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000
and listen to what happened to this guy

1308
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000
so he gets healed

1309
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,000
he gets crazy amazing

1310
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,000
and people are all amazed

1311
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,000
Peter saw it

1312
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,000
he realizes they're all amazed

1313
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,000
and they think Peter and John did it

1314
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000
and they said look men of Israel why do you marvel at this

1315
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000
or why do you look so intently at us

1316
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000
though by our own power or godliness

1317
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,000
we made this lame man walk

1318
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000
this isn't us

1319
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,000
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

1320
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,000
the God of our fathers glorified

1321
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000
his servant Jesus whom you delivered up

1322
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
and denied in the presence of Pilate

1323
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000
he kind of throws down there

1324
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000
when he was determined to let him go

1325
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000
but you denied the Holy one and the just

1326
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,000
and asked for a murder

1327
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000
he's just going off on these guys

1328
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000
this is your fault

1329
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000
and then look what he says

1330
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000
in his name, Jesus name

1331
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
and his name through faith in his name

1332
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,000
has made this man strong whom you see and know

1333
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,000
and he says the faith which comes through him

1334
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000
has given him this perfect soundness

1335
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000
in the presence of you all

1336
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000
and he goes on and on

1337
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,000
and he tells them what to do, they need to repent

1338
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000
they need to be converted, they need to give

1339
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000
their lives to God

1340
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000
and receive Christ

1341
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,000
so he goes on and on

1342
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
and it all looks good but then

1343
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000
on the heels of all of this, man everything looks amazing

1344
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000
right? This guy from

1345
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
birth is now running around

1346
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000
singing the praises of God

1347
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000
Peter and John, people want to put him on their shoulders

1348
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,000
and carry him around, they're going no, no, no

1349
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,000
it's not us, it's God, look what happens

1350
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000
verse 4, or chapter 4

1351
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000
now as they spoke to the people, the priests

1352
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000
the captain of the temple

1353
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000
and the Sadducees came upon them

1354
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000
being greatly disturbed that they

1355
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000
taught the people and preached in Jesus

1356
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000
the resurrection from the dead

1357
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000
and they laid hands on them and put them

1358
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000
in custody until the next day for it was already

1359
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000
evening, however

1360
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000
many of those who heard the word believed

1361
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000
and the number of the men came to about

1362
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000
5,000

1363
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000
this miracle set off a

1364
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000
revival, however

1365
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000
it wasn't met with all cheers

1366
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000
it was met with some jeers, right?

1367
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000
So you've got these religious

1368
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000
people saying, oh no, no, no

1369
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000
we cannot have this, we cannot

1370
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000
have this, and so

1371
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
all of this happens

1372
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and then Peter and John

1373
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000
have to address those religious

1374
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000
leaders, it's called the Sanhedrin, the 70

1375
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
they had to address them and kind of

1376
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000
give a defense the next day

1377
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,000
and so they do that and they talk about

1378
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000
it, and the response

1379
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,000
from the religious leaders

1380
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000
is they forbid them

1381
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000
to speak in the name of Jesus

1382
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000
I mean, they just, a real

1383
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000
deal, bona fide miracle

1384
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000
transformed life, 5,000

1385
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000
people

1386
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,000
have their lives transformed in a

1387
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000
moment, and they're saying, you can never

1388
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speak in this name

1389
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000
again, I mean that was what they

1390
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that was literally they said. It's kind of

1391
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000
like what political seems happening

1392
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000
right now with Christians

1393
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000
they don't want us to speak out

1394
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,000
the same thing. They don't want us to

1395
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000
they don't want us to address the issues

1396
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000
in culture, I remember one time

1397
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,000
I spoke out, this had been years

1398
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000
ago, and I remember this

1399
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000
this individual, I won't say who

1400
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000
it is, but they said to me

1401
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,000
in this dark, dark

1402
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,000
maniacal way

1403
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,000
she said this, she said

1404
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000
you're in my house now

1405
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000
because in her mind, because I'm a

1406
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
pastor, I don't have a right

1407
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000
to speak into Black Lives Matter

1408
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000
I don't have a right to speak into

1409
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000
the riots

1410
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,000
I don't have a right to speak into culture

1411
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000
I don't have a right to speak into the political

1412
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,000
world, because that's her

1413
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000
house, not mine, as though

1414
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000
I have no right to speak

1415
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000
I have no opinion, she was

1416
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000
basically telling me, you need to stay over on

1417
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,000
your side of the fence, you're a

1418
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,000
preacher, keep it in the church

1419
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
and all that has been for me

1420
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,000
is like, today that's like

1421
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,000
saying, sick them to a dog

1422
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000
you tell me I don't have a right to speak, I'm

1423
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000
gonna show you different, because

1424
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,000
what she doesn't know is

1425
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,000
she actually set something on fire in me

1426
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000
it took a while to catch

1427
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,000
but boy, that I've never

1428
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000
forgot, I even remember

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you're in my house now, I'm like

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oh no, this is God's house, don't

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even, don't even

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and that is a motivator for me to speak out

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and let it be known

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so look what happens, so they command

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them not to speak or to preach in the name

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of Jesus, and here's the result

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but Peter and John answered and said to

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them, whether it is right in the side

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of God to listen to you more than to

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God, you judge

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for we cannot but speak the

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things which we have seen

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and heard, and at the end

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of the day they simply said

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no way Jose

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no, you can't tell us not because

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we know what we've experienced

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which is why we still have to speak out

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even if not everybody's as excited

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as we are, which

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shouldn't stop us from telling

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good news, which is what the gospel

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is, you can't unsee

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what you've seen, you can't unhear

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what you've heard, and you cannot

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un-experience, to use a non-word

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what you've experienced, salvation

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in itself

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is a miracle, think about it

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it's a miracle, absolutely, absolutely

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the fact that we have

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an opportunity to

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receive God who

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created us

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into our lives and

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go on a journey with him

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and allowing

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him to use us in the

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way that he needs to use us

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to get this gospel out, yes

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it's a miracle, it's a

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privilege and a blessing

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to be able to do that

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it is, we get to do this

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to shrink

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back because

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someone doesn't like it

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who are we trying to please here? Exactly

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there it is, and that's what Peter and John

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modeled for us, you know, doesn't

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matter what you think, we cannot

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help but speak of what we've seen and heard

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so, we want to encourage you

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because there's going to be times when you're

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going to feel like

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I don't know if I should say something, I don't know if I

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should say something, but let me tell you something

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you cannot help but speak

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about what you've seen and heard, you cannot

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unexperience what you've experienced, you can't

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unsee what you've seen or unhear what you've heard

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we want to encourage you, speak

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speak up, speak out

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God's given you a voice, He's

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given you a testimony

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and take your testimony

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and speak about Jesus, let's make

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much of Jesus, yes, absolutely

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get the word out there, amen, amen

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we just don't want you to be discouraged when

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everyone is excited for you

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as you are, that's just the reality

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of it, but there will be so many more that

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are, let that build you

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up and don't worry about the naysayers

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and if God is for you, who can be

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against you, ooh good girl

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hey listen, it's been great, I want to read

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one boostogram, it's super cool, it was sent

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to us from My Thrill to Learn It

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he says, thank you for this valuable

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message, especially for those of us

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that have a sort of inferiority complex

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and feel as though we may not do enough

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for Christ in our lifetime

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man, God is for you, my friend

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he says, I'm a no agenda

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listener and I'm glad your ministry is catching

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fire, and then he introduces

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us to a teacher that he likes

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named John Barnett, so I'm going to check out that

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YouTube video, but just want to say

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thank you for writing in, thank you for the boost

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and thank you My Thrill to Learn It

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for just sending a note in and letting

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us know that good things are happening

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we didn't get many notes this week

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usually we get a bunch, but very quiet

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this week, but we did get a lot

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of new subscribers, so I want to say

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welcome to all the new subscribers

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again, go to livingupinadowndworld.com

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by the way, I write a daily devotional

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I post every morning on there

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so all you have to do is go to that website

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and click on blog, and all

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of them are there, so you'll see

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dozens of them, because I do them

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every day, and they're designed to

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encourage you in your walk with Jesus

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so that you can say it loud

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and proud, I'm a follower of Jesus, I'm an

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apprentice of Christ, I'm a disciple

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and so anyway, check it out

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we love you, we want to hear from you

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have an amazing week, alright, get us

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out of here, what do you need to do?

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What do I need to do? Say goodbye

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Say goodbye, you say goodbye

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Goodbye everybody, we love you

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and have a great week

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have an amazing week on purpose, keep living

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living up in the down world

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you