and now we're going to play
Don't get down when you're seeing the worst
Because the last will be the first
What a day I'm telling you
All things will be new
Livin' up in a down world
Yeah, we're livin'
Livin' up in a down world
This is Jimmy Internet
Great news, somebody is back on the show with us today
And it's not Brian Mandel
It's not Master Brian
It's Chevy
Mr. Chevy is back
When you said that he poked his head out
I know, he's like, get to be on
I know, so we're doing a, this is sort of a different approach
Different tack, so to speak
Because it's show number 63, want to welcome you to
Livin' up in a down world
This is Jimmy and Annette Pruitt
Pastor Jimmy and Day Manette as Adam so affectionately calls you
It's funny
Adam Curry, our dear friend and executive producer
He will only let me call him that if the sound is good
So hopefully it's good
So we hope it's good
Yeah, he'll let me know
So we, this is Monday which is our Sabbath day
But we've been traveling a lot
We didn't get to do the podcast last week
Because we were literally gone early Monday morning
Right
Through Thursday
And it was a wall to wall week
Is Mr. Chevy standing up in his chair?
He's standing up
He is scratching my back
Oh, there you go, I bet that feels good
He's good about that
We're excited to have Mr. Chevy
And the reason is it's Monday our Sabbath
And so we knew because we're traveling again tomorrow
We're heading to Gateway Church up in Southlake
Dallas, Fort Worth area
Got some training things that our production director
A.K.A. daughter Faith is going to be going through with him
We couldn't let her go by herself
Because she can't rent a car without it being outrageous
Because she's underage
Exactly, so we're going to be
So darn we have to go
We're going to be mommy and daddy again this week
But this is funny
We're in our pajamas
I am
I'm not
I'm in my workout gear
I am in my pajamas
We drove from our house
When Jimmy said we need to go do it now
I'm like I'm not changing
So I'm in my pajamas
I'm in my office
You have a hoodie on
We snuck in
I have a hoodie on
We snuck in the church
And we brought Mr. Chevy
And brought Mr. Chevy
And we saw one person and said we're not really here
You don't see us
We're just going straight to our office to do a podcast
It was hilarious
Yeah, it is
We had some major, major rain today
And we came up on
Okay, we were driving
We live what 16 miles out?
Yes
We live 16 miles out
We're driving in
And we came up on a two-rex
Yeah, one
One happened probably seconds before I drove up on it
And this guy in a Lexus SUV, a small one
He rolled it
Fortunately, other people had already stopped
And were helping rendering aid
So I didn't feel like I needed to stop
But no, cops can come because they're all
They're all
The other wrecks
So yeah, so a few miles down the road
We come up on another bad wreck
It was bad
The one, this guy was out of the car
He seemed to be fine
He was walking
The one that was rolled
Yeah, he was walking
But the other one, we don't know
We don't know
We heard it was a van
It was badly
Demolished
Badly demolished
And in a truck
Badly demolished
Yeah, so anyway, just heart went out to that
But boy, that'll put you on edge
And it did put us on edge
But the thing is, is every time it rains
And you're traveling on the 87
Which is the road that comes out of our neighborhood
To get to anywhere
You know, Fredericksburg, San Antonio, Burnie
There's always wrecks
Always wrecks on that road
Tina's like, I wish y'all didn't live out there anymore
Please move
But you know, if we take the back roads
Which we ended up turning around and taking a back road
I think we just should, when it rains
Just automatically take the back road in
It's just too dangerous
And it's no traffic and whatnot
So anyway
So we got here a little unnerved
Yeah, we were a little on edge
I mean, I almost said, let's just go back home
But you did
You stopped and I said, no, we're doing this
No, no, we're gonna do it
So we're glad to be with you
And sorry we missed last week
It's just, we're in the very busy travel season
We've got more trips coming up
We got this one this week
Three more
And then we've got
We're doing the K-Love Awards show
On the 25th, 26th
Yeah, that's gonna be great
It's gonna be exciting
But we'll be out then
In fact, Adam, the Podfather Curry
Is actually not podcasting that week
And going with us
This is, okay
Miracles still happen
They still happen
God is still on the throne
You're so funny
Parting the Red Sea
Yes
That's a big deal for him to take a step back
From his show
It's a big deal
But this is important
And I think this is good for him
Based on what he's doing in the industry
The music industry
And what he's trying to provide for them
And getting to see this K-Love Awards
And all the Christian artists
That he could be helping along the way
I think it's just gonna be
Really good information for him
I do too
I think it's educational for him
We'll have a little meetup
While we're there with a handful of people
Yes
Which will be cool
Seeing people who are fans of No Agenda
And Currie and the Keeper
And hopefully
Living up in a down world
And us
Pastor Jimmy DeManette
And Mr. Chevy
And so, Sir Brian with an I
I want you to be encouraged
Because you have been brutal on us
Because Mr. Chevy has not been on the show
Well, he's here now
So he's here now
And it was easy
I think bringing him
It's like, oh wait, we can do this
Because all he wants to do is just sit in our lap
I know
And we can work
He's in your chair right now
So yeah, we're good to go
Okay, so then we have one more trip
Where we're going
Is that the Colorado trip?
The Colorado trip
We were blessed with a
A week
A week at a timeshare in close to Vail
I keep saying Aspen
But it's close to Vail
It's about 15 minutes from Vail, Colorado
That is a rest trip
Yes, finally
All these others are working trips
I think we'll be fine
To either record the podcast earlier
And have it ready
Or bring our equipment
I'll think about that
Because we're TSA approved
So we don't have to
That's true
That makes it a lot easier
To get through
So anyway, we might do that
Because we might have some things to say
While we're there
Yeah, that's true
Because what are we going to do for a week?
I mean really
I can bring the small mic stands
Okay, you got me thinking already
Yeah
Okay, all right
We may do that
I mean I think it's going to be great
Because I've never been to this part of Colorado
Yeah
So I'm excited to see the beauty
And I heard there could actually still be snow
And I'm like, really?
Wow
Someone said that to me
Wow
You might actually see snow
It's already
And you know I've said this
On the podcast before
I don't go to Colorado and not see snow
So all right, Lord
You're listening to me
I need some snow
I don't have to play it
It could happen
I mean we're coming at the end
Of an 11-year warming cycle
Which is typical
And we're moving into a cooling cycle
All the climate activists are going to lose their mind
Because the temps are going to drop
That's a joke anyway
So they're going to be freaking out
It's a scam
It's a total global scam
It's a poli-
Okay, I better not
Okay, now you're going to get political
I'm about to run down a road here
Yeah
I mean you need to just get on
No agenda with Adam
I think that's your new shows
Man
If something happens to John
Now it's Jimmy and Adam
I can just see it now
Jimmy D
He'll be like
That'll be the only way you'll listen to me
I'm like
But you're three hours
It is long
But it's awesome
It's so full of information
I'm going to ask him
This is what I'm going to ask him to do
I want you to stay at the church
All pre-services and listen to us
And you tell me how you can do it
Yeah
I think he can
He can't do it
Because he has a show
Yeah, because of no agenda
So, yeah
By the way, y'all should check out
No Agenda
That is total media deconstruction
Which they need to be deconstructed
On an ongoing basis
And there's so much low-hanging fruit
Because the world is losing its mind right now
So really three and a half hours
Isn't a stretch for those guys
Think about it
It's given them a show
No doubt
If the media wasn't corrupt
And just totally off on all of their reporting
There would be no reason for no agenda
So no agenda is happening
Because the media is corrupt
They just have to turn to
Currying the Keeper
And turn it into a three-hour show
Right
No, she would never do that
And that's another great show
We always want to recommend
Currying the Keeper
We love Adam and Tina
Some of our dearest friends on the planet
Their wedding renewal
This is a big deal
Vowel service this Sunday night
That we get to be a part of
I'm so excited about it
Because of their newfound faith
And it happening with Bridge Church
And so I think it's just going to be beautiful
Yeah, we've got folks coming from all over the place
That are going to come celebrate with them
They thought maybe 15 people would be there
And they invited all these people from all these other states
And they're all going
We're coming
Yeah, we're showing up
It's Adam Curry and Tina Curry
It's going to be cool
Oh my goodness
A Currying the Keeper wedding
Renewal
I told her you have to give them something
A reason why they're there
I mean you've got to go all out
I mean just spend a little bit of money
But treat them with the best
Because they deserve it
For spending their own money to come out there
To come and celebrate
It's going to be beautiful
What she's doing is top notch
It's only what Tina and Adam would do
And I'm excited too
Because I get to officiate
I get to actually lead
And she told me if it was my real wedding
You would be my maid of honor
And I wanted to say, well I can still stand up there with you
You're funny
I've never been a maid of honor
In my whole life
Well
I know
It's sad
No, you don't understand
I'm sorry
That's something that I've missed out on
Is this triggering you?
Maybe I was a maid of honor at my sister's wedding
That was in the 70s
I was 10 years old
I wouldn't even know
Wow
I know
It is triggering me
So let's go back to them
Okay
I'm just super excited for them
It's going to be beautiful
And what I love is that now that they are totally in Christ
And walking with Jesus
As Adam says, I'm a Jesus freak
I mean just call it what it is
I'm a Jesus freak
And I love that
And God's really using both of them
And what their story, their testimony
Is so powerful and compelling
But what's happening is
Or what happened is they got married
And I think they did a rent a priest or something
Kind of thing
Rent or an officiant
They didn't have a relationship with God
So it was just a contractual marriage
And now this is going to be covenantal
So such a beautiful thing
And I thought it was just a great idea
And so I'm just thrilled and honored
That we get to be a part of it
And celebrate with our dear friends
What's happening in their lives
So congratulations you two
We love you and are excited and honored
To walk with you through this journey
Yes, absolutely
So show number 63
I mean we're rolling right along
We've had a few breaks here and there
Our life is insane right now
And we got invited to go on another trip
What?
Well yesterday with Rick Green
Oh, yeah
Patriot Academy
And when I looked at the schedule
I'm like okay well it's in between this trip and this trip
But the first night is the night that you're doing
A presentation with Liberty Moms
So that's how
I'm speaking at an event
So I'm going to have to decline
But we'll have to take him up on the next trip
Yeah, Liberty Moms
These ladies are amazing
They're just going into their school system
And they're not fighting the school system
They're fighting some of the forces behind
What's driving putting porn books
In the libraries
In elementary, middle school, high school
And they've had some success
And now they've been stalled out
And so we're just there to support and encourage them
It's happening all over this
Everywhere
Even in Little Low Fredericksburg, Texas
Yeah, where you would think it wouldn't happen
It's unbelievable
There's just a lot of evil out there
There's a lot of ignorance too
Because most people don't believe it
Or they don't
And then when you show them excerpts
Of the actual books that kids are checking out
And we know they're checking them out
Because you can see they're checking out
Yes
It's pornography
But the thing is
Straight up pornography
Even the school board
When someone gets up to read off what's in the books
They're like stop, stop
It's so offensive
I'm like wait
You don't want to hear it
Right
Because it's offensive
But it's okay for a 6 year old
An 8 year old
A 12 year old
A 15 year old
To read that
It's okay
And what is their thinking
Well they have the opportunity anyway
Because of the internet
I know
But not in school
This is education
We're supposed to be educated
Not indoctrination
Yes
Not grooming
Sexually grooming kids
That's what public schools
I thought it was reading, writing, arithmetic
What happened to that?
I know
Public school has turned into
And there are so many good public school principals
I was going to say
There are great teachers
People working in that field
And I feel bad for them
And their hands are cuffed
Yes
They are trapped into a system that's broken
It's not their fault
And it's their livelihood
That's what breaks my heart
We need to pray for them
We have Scott in our church
He's a principal
He's of the middle school
Middle school
Great guy
And we have a lot of teachers
We have great teachers
The Sivingtons
And they do the best they can
Houston
Yes
To navigate it
There are standards that they have to teach
And I feel bad for them
We have one who will go unnamed
Who came to us and just said
I can't do it anymore
I'm done
I've got to quit
I've got to walk away from it
And not everybody has that opportunity
He wanted to be in it
To help people
And to really encourage the next generation
But he's so trapped in his particular field
Yes
And area
Don't need to say what it is
No
Don't want to identify him
But he's caught in it
He's got nothing he can do
So he's like I've got to get out
I've got to get out
I can't with a good conscience do that
So anyway
Our heart breaks for that
So this Moms for Liberty
These ladies are their mama bears
And they're all over the United States
And they get vilified
They get smashed in the press
The liberal left agenda
Marxist agenda slams them constantly
And they just get put down in the paper
And there's so much propaganda
And they're lying about things they're saying
Oh they're lying about them
It's horrible
And they're harassing them
Literally calling, hanging
I mean just silly like prank stuff
So anyway
I said I would be glad
Honored to open in prayer
And say something to encourage
And so we've got that event
That we'll be part of
I'm looking forward to many many more opportunities
To speak about our liberties
That are eroding
And how we get God back into this thing
Because we've got to get God back in the culture
I mean we've got to get back to our original documents
America was founded on the principles of the Bible
Absolutely
And we've walked away from it
And our current administration wants to take God
Out of every area of life
Yeah, speaking of
Listen to this
This is from a little document
Called the Declaration of Independence
You may have heard of it
I don't know
Most people haven't these days
Especially the next generation
Because they're not being taught
They're taking it out
Yeah
Revisionist history is destroying our foundations
But listen to this
Declaration of Independence
Drafted in 1776
Ratified I believe in 89
So it was a few years later
We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal
That they are endowed by their creator
Let me repeat that
Yeah
By their creator
With certain unalienable rights
That among these are life, liberty
And the pursuit of happiness
That to secure these rights
Governments are instituted among men
Deriving their just powers from
Let me just say this again
Who this is from
Not from ruling oligarchy
Or ruling dictators or emperors
We are a constitutional republic
Not a democracy
We're moving towards socialism
Super fast
And we're trying to put the brakes on that
Deriving their just powers from
The consent of the governed
Government
No, not the government
I mean the governed
The consent of the governed
That's us
We the people
Yes
And we are
I mean
We are the people who have considered the ignorant masses
They've taken us out of it
They've taken God out of it
They have put themselves
It's an anarchy
It is
Well, no
It is
They're trying to create anarchy
Yeah, they're creating division and chaos
Yes
They're creating it
But they want to be the leaders
And dominate everything
And lead all of us deplorables
And they're dumbing us all down
Stupid people
They're dumbing us down
In education
And taking out everything
That we grew up in history knowing
So the kids of today don't know anything
Oh, yeah
And so they only know what they're being taught
Literally editing history
Editing history so that the founding fathers
Who were Christians and pastors
And deacons and elders in their churches
Are being edited out
Their statements, their quotes
Are being withheld and dumbed down
So that the next generation doesn't even know
We were founded on biblical principles
Unless their parents are teaching them
And the sad thing is their parents don't know either
They don't know
So we've got to get back to our original documents
This generation
Yeah
Earlier generations
But I wouldn't know to teach my daughter that
I would think that the school's teaching her
I had, and this is what happened
COVID happened
And then school was having to be
Taught
Online
At home
Parents having to supervise
Parents are seeing
Because they're at home because they can't go to work
Because of what the government did with this pandemic
And so they're sitting there with their children
They're having to
The children's asking questions
Because they don't know how to
You know
Or mom's looking over Junior's
Shoulder
And seeing this going what?
Yeah
And now
It was a wake up call
People are waking up
But not enough people
Not enough and it's too slow
And so if you're listening to this podcast
We need you to join
Jump in
I mean we need people to be informed
We need people
I want you to do something
I want you to go to PatriotAcademy.com
Patriot Academy
You can look it up
Just Google Patriot Academy
Rick Green
They have lots of information
They are biblically based
Rick, Kara, and his family
Attend our church
They've moved over here from Dripping Springs
To set up their academy here
They're building it all out right
It's an amazing campus
They teach and equip the next generation
How to go into their schools
They take that gap year
And they go in and they're equipped
To answer questions
And they're equipped to call out
Their history teachers who are faking it
And teaching lies and propaganda
And they're equipped to deal with that
So they teach them and ground them
In the Word of God
And in our original documents
And so it's an amazing organization
They have great
And Rick has a great podcast
Called The Tavern
We're actually taking a course
Adding another thing to our plate
Tonight at 7 o'clock
We start our first class
Biblical Citizenship
With Kurt Cameron
Yes, Kurt Cameron will be the speaker tonight
So that's going to be great
And then we're going to host it here
In our church as well
So anyway, that's another one
Another one is wall builders
Just look up wall builders
David and Tim Barton
Those guys have miles of information
It's unbelievable how much volumes of information
But we just need to get back to our basic stuff
Read the Declaration of Independence
Just read that
Read the Bill of Rights
Check it out
And I'm re-educating myself
So much of this I had in school
In high school and in Poli Sci
As an Academy of Freedom student
At Howard Payne University
And a Bible major
So I did both Poli Sci and Bible
And I'm re-acquainting myself
With our original documents
Okay, I'm going to land the plane
Because I could really keep going on this
You sure could
But part of the reason is we spent last week where?
We spent our last week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
For four days of a fire hose just being poured out on us
With this information of what's happening
In the government right now
What's happening in America
And helping us understand our constitutional rights
What is actually said and what is actually being done
Which is going against everything that laws were made for
A literal Marxist agenda that's been happening for decades
This isn't anything new
But what's happening is coming to fruition now
It started many decades ago
And now it is culminated into just total chaos
Things like anti-Semitism, pro-Hamas
Protests on over 200 schools
I say over 50 schools
But I think it's actually accelerated from there
And all this is fueled by organizations
That connect back to George Soros, Rockefeller, all these guys
Obama
And yeah, just say it
Let's just say it
All these go back to and tie into a full on
Declared Marxist agenda
Not just something
And nothing is hidden here
This is all very much in the open
Sorry, I'm making noise
Antifa
All these organizations are actually supplying these kids with signs
And it's just unbelievable
And they don't even know what they're doing
They're just being told
They don't even know
You need to get in on this
And they're going, okay, just give me a sign
And then a reporter asks them
What's this about?
And they're like, I don't know
I don't know why I'm here
But boy, is this fun
Man, I'm telling you
What's happening too is finally people are beginning to crack down on these
And they're telling these kids, you're done
Your education is useless now
Because you will not be hired
I'm very glad about that
You might go over to the east and get a job somewhere in Iran
But you're not getting a job here
And I think it's good
They're actually going to crack down on these crack pots basically
They don't even know what they're doing
Freedom of speech isn't so that you can be belligerent and violent and hateful towards people
That's not the point of freedom of speech
No
If that freedom of speech is damaging and hurting and literally creating violence
And creating dissension and division
That has to stop
That's not what free speech is for
That's not the point of it
We've pushed the envelopes on these things
We've overinterpreted many of them
And gone way beyond the scope of what our founding fathers meant
Anyway, I'm glad some schools are reeling that back in
Some of them are just total sellouts anyway
They're just a part of the system
Moving right along
What else is going on?
We were in Milwaukee
By the way, beautiful city
I did not realize it
There were some beautiful areas we were in
And the weather was rainy
It's rainy everywhere right now
Raining here
So Milwaukee last week, we'll be in Dallas, Fort Worth this week
Just for a few days
It'll be a real quick trip
And get to connect with some people that we love and care about
In our church world
And then we're back and then...
Then Colorado, like I said
That's it
No, Nashville
Nashville
Yeah
Yeah, so anyway
So we had a really beautiful, beautiful Mother's Day yesterday
Because this is Monday
And we had this brainstorm in our staff meeting about two weeks ago
That I wasn't included in
It's kind of a mutiny
You might call it a loving, a benevolent mutiny
You think so
If there is such a thing
Benevolent manipulation
It was a benevolent mutiny
Where one of our staff said,
Pastor Annette
No
Dame Annette
First off, they asked,
Pastor Jimmy, what are you going to preach on this Sunday?
Because we always talk about what you're going to preach on
And I think it was you that said
Was it you who said,
No, I think Annette should preach
That was some way said,
Oh, by the way, two weeks, week and a half, Mother's Day is coming up
And that's when I said,
Oh, well Annette should preach
And when I said it, the whole staff jumped in
And they were like, yes, yes
They mutinied on me
They totally mutinied
You were so outvoted
7 to 1
Okay
And so
There's a good reason for that
Well, there's two reasons
One
Tell us
Well, there's two reasons
One, it's Mother's Day
Nobody ever feels like they're a good enough mother to preach on Mother's Day for sure
But also, I haven't been in the pulpit in years and years and years and years
And so that just gave me a little pause
But thirdly, let's just say there's three things, not just two
But thirdly, I take it very seriously
The weight of preaching the Word of God and dividing His Word out to people
That's a serious thing
So just to be caught off guard like that was
It was not fair
It was not fair to me
But you know what?
You handled it with grace and you said, you know what?
I'll think about it
I'll let you know
When you said you'll think about it, you were done
Because everybody was all over it
I was like, oh Lord
And so then the next day
I was in my devotions
I was doing a you version devotion
And it came upon this scripture
And it just jumped off the page
And I felt like it was God saying
You can do this
But you're not going to do it in your own strength
You're going to do it in mine
Because you're weak
And it was
I was like, I can't do this
I'm just too
And God said, no, you're going to do it in my strength
And it was the scripture of the day
And I just began to read that passage
You always look at the context of the passage
And it was a passage that Paul was talking about too
To the church, I think in Rome
And so I was like, okay
I can do this
So I called Tina and I said, I'm going to do this
And she was like, really?
So you're going to preach on that?
I'm like, I don't know
I don't know if this is just for me
Or if I'm supposed to preach on this
I really don't know
But it's Mother's Day
How do you bring mother into that?
And so God totally laid it all out
While we were in Milwaukee
And wrote my sermon Saturday
No, Friday
I wrote it Friday morning
Spent all day in the kitchen just writing
And the Lord just given me all these scriptures
And just things that I was supposed to say
And I felt extremely confident that this was the word of the Lord
And I did something I've never done
You know, we talk a lot about our lives
Especially on this podcast
Everybody knows all about my life
But I never shared about my mother
And what the transformation in her life
Before Christ and after
That literally changed the trajectory of all of our lives
Especially my father who came to know Christ
Basically within a couple of weeks of him dying
And it was because of the seeds my mother planted
And myself and my sister I believe
But I was able to use the message
And talk about her being sold out 24-7
And how we need to walk in Lordship
And I said the best gift a mother can give their family
Is to really walk in 24-7 Lordship
Where you're giving everything
And what was the question I posed
Before, during, and after my sermon?
Do you remember?
I do
I wrote it down because it was so powerful
What part of your life is Jesus not the Lord over?
And that was the whole premise of my message
And I said it over and over and over
So for our listeners, what part of your life is Jesus not the Lord over?
Drop the mic
Even as we were driving in and praying
You said there is an area that I think we need to give to the Lord
And we talked about it, I'm not going to talk about it
It's personal but it's not sinful
It's not anything
It's just one little area
And I'm like you know what?
I love that even preaching that and studying it
The Lord showed us something
I think he's always going to show us something
Where are you going?
You're leaving
You're what?
Okay
And so I feel like this is what I love about the Word of God
Is that we're always learning
And we should, okay let me put it this way
We should always be learning and growing
And when you preach a message, if it's not for you first
I don't even know if you should preach it
You know what I'm saying?
Either you preach it because you're learning it or you have learned it
Right
Do you know what I'm saying?
So I felt so strongly about this one
And so I preached three services
Okay now I get it
And I had high heels on
Okay you and Brian don't wear high heels
I had like four inch high heels on
Don't try to diminish our suffering
We do it every weekend
I know
I did sit down some during worship just to preserve my feet
I actually didn't get really really tired until the very end
But it was amazing
I had a great time
But this is what I kept telling people
I don't want this to just be a good message
Oh we heard a good message
Or it was okay, it was an okay message
I want it to be convicting
To me if a church, if you walk out and you just say that was good
You didn't learn anything, you're not going to apply anything
It's just a message, it's just nothing, it's just talk
But a message should be convicting
Can I give you an example of that?
Yes
Let you rest for a sec
Okay
So we were in Milwaukee
Yes
They do a presentation
Yes
One hour of drinking from a fire hose
Showing how Marxism has crept into our schools
Starting back in the early 1900s
Back with Rockefeller and all the funding to dumb people down for the factory lines
They wanted to create good factory workers
So they shaped education to basically teach them not to be critical, independent thinkers
Because they needed to be able to be subservient and obedient
And so that started a whole new kind of education
Just beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic
We drink from the fire hose
We hear books and lists of statistics of how bad things are right now in our schools
And in our general world
And the host gets up and goes, well how did everybody enjoy that?
And I'm sitting here going, I didn't enjoy that at all
I'm thinking, I need to do something about this
What is my role?
What am I supposed to do with this hard information I just heard?
And so I thought to myself, that was the wrong question to ask
And I went up to the presenter
Because he ended up standing right over where we are
And you said that to him
And I walked over to him and I said, thank you so much for sharing
And I said, Paul, who was the host, I said, Paul asked the wrong question
He goes, what do you mean?
I said, he asked, how did you all enjoy that?
And I said, I'll let you know in a week or two after I've processed this
He said, I get what you're saying
He understood what I meant
But it should be, when truth is presented
It should cross cut anything in our lives that is not under the Lordship of Christ
Right
And we all have something
Some things
Yes, we all have many things
Some things God is working on with us
And it's not always big and epic
It's typically little nuanced things, little habits you fall into
It could be gossip, it could be negative talk, it could be coarse talking
It could be cussing, it could be
Gosh, I mean I'm thinking little things
I know, it could be a thousand things
It's not these big things
Right, nuanced things
And so that's what I was hoping
And so of all the
I've gotten so many emails and texts from preaching
And I appreciate them so much
But the ones that meant more to me, I don't want to say more
Because they all meant something, they all did
But the ones that I took notice of were the ones that said
You caused me to think
There you go
That's what every preacher, every speaker
That's our goal, that's our objective
When we're speaking, we're preaching, we're teaching, whatever
School teacher, we've provoked people to think
And that's a conviction
That's a, oh
That's something the Holy Spirit can work with
When you have to think about something
Even if it's provocative
I'm not intentionally provocative, but truth cuts
And when you bring the truth
And you do it because you love people
The Bible says that we're to speak the truth in love
That's a primary preposition, the word in
And it literally means because, by or with
So we speak the truth because we love
Not just in love
If you just keep it in that place
Speaking the truth in love, that's like
Oh, you need to dumb it down
Because it's not loving to say something that causes
Consternation in somebody
That causes disruption
And that's not true
No, no, if it makes them uncomfortable
That's not, that can't be love
No, we do it because we love them
If the bridge is out, I have responsibility because I love you
To warn you, to be a watchman on the wall
To be Paul Revere who rode through
And let them know the British are coming
It's that, you've got to be that one who's sounding the alarm
And that's what truth does
It sounds an alarm against sin
And against rebellion
And against when we're going against God
And I'm not talking political
I'm not talking government
I'm talking about you being a self-governor
Of your own soul
Right, right
And one of the things
Obviously, the title of my message was
Is Jesus your Sunday habit?
No, you left out a word
Is Jesus just your Sunday habit?
Just your Sunday habit
Which means do you only hear about him, think about him
See him on Sunday morning
But then you don't think, see, hear about him during the week
And we used an illustration
I say week because you and I talked about it
About a former employee
Who worked with our youth
As a volunteer
But she was an employee
And she made this statement
In one of our staff meetings
That she separates her Christian life from her personal life
And I'm just going...
Notice the word former employee?
Yes
She didn't last long
No, but the sad thing is...
Say again what she said
Okay, she separates her Christian life from her personal life
Okay, this bothers me because how often
And she would tell the children that
Youth
How often did she tell them that?
How much of that did they hear
And how much are they doing because of what she said?
How much damage did she do?
Oh my gosh, there are scriptures about people
That lead children away from the Lord
Like a millstone tire on your neck thrown into the ocean
And I'm just like what?
That is antithetical to the gospel
But what happens is then they see their parents doing the same thing
They see their parents live one way, talk another way
Which is something I've seen in my life
In a former life
And so I'm just...I was so appalled
To remember that she did that
And it made me think
There are so many people out there
That have separated their lives
And you're either a Christian, you're all in Christian
Or you're not a Christian at all to me
You cannot have it both ways
You just cannot have it
Even the Bible talks about you can't live in the world
And be spiritual
You just can't
We're in the world but we're not of the world
And so it's...I spoke this message
And I highlighted my mother a lot
Because she was the one who really impacted my life
I got to see the difference in her
Before she was a Christian and after she was a Christian
The transformation was just unbelievable
She still had her quirks
She got into legalism and all that
But that doesn't matter
It's what I saw before and after
I was talking to Faith about it today
And she said, yeah I didn't see Mammal like that
I said, but you didn't see her before
So you have no idea
You don't know the contrast
And she said, yeah you're right
And Pawpaw died before I was born
I said yes
And that was what she had to deal with
With my father for 50 years
She overcame the fear that was happening in our home
Because of what Christ did for her
And she lived for Christ
She didn't live for what was going on at home
She didn't allow that fear of my dad
Constantly bringing curses against us
And physical attacks against my mom
She didn't live with that
She allowed God to take over her life
And give her peace in the midst of that
She just began to lock her own door
Because dad moved into another bedroom
I mean she just learned how to live with God
100% of the day 24-7
So to me she was Mammal
And Mammal was sold out to Jesus
Mammal, which is funny because she was my mom
Not my grandmother
But she could have been because she was
She was older when they had you
We were older than her when we had faith
But we're a little bit more...
I don't know
Are we cooler?
I almost said progressive, but I don't like that word
That's a bad word right now
We're just young
We're young minded
Young minded, there we go
And able bodied
Yes, but she lived for the Lord
Everything she did was for the Lord
She did
I mean she was
Everything
She served her church
She was revered in her church
Because she started ministries
She ministered to individuals
She prayed with people
Hundreds of people came to Christ because of my mother
Led people to Jesus
I mean she really was
And she was very quirky
And it's easy with people
Especially family
To get focused on the quirks
And miss the gold in the hills
And miss the jewels that are right in front of you
And looking back
I think there were times when we were distracted
By the quirkiness
Because with family, quirk is always amplified
It's mom
It's always amplified
Mom and their daughters
There's something about mom and their daughters
And if Faith and Alicia listen to this
Which they don't really listen to our podcast
Our kids don't listen to our stuff
But if they listen to it
They would understand
Because there is this thing with mom and daughters
And not everybody
I know some mom and daughters that are so
Just have this beautiful relationship
But not everybody has that
And we tend to look only at the negative
And the Lord in writing this sermon
Said I want you to take the gold
That was in y'all's relationship
The gold that you saw
I love that you did that
Because he sees that
I need to see it
And you know what?
I have never done this before
If I have ever spoken out on Mother's Day
Even if it was just to a small audience
Women or whatever
I never have in church that I know of
Or don't remember
I always use
Or if I ever speak
And I want to say anything about a mom
I always talk about my daughter Alicia
Being my hero
Because she gave us our daughter Faith
But I have never ever spoken about my mother
Unless it was a negative
And I repent for that
And I think the Bible talks about
You honored her
Honoring our mom and dad
And that we will live a long life
If we honor our parents
And I want to live a long healthy life
Not a long sickly life for sure
And we want to remember the good
We want to remember the things
I don't want to be remembered for my mistakes
Or my quirks
Exactly
Or my shortcomings
And my mother wouldn't want that either
No, no one would
And I don't want that either
We honor where honors do
It was an honor to preach on Mother's Day
And be able to share that story
But really bring in why
Why do we need to live 24-7?
Because this world is so fallen
And things are happening around us
And we need Jesus to get us through it
He's our only hope
And how cool was it that the day you got to preach
Was a record-setting attendance day
We had 700 people
We've never had 700 on a regular Sunday
Other than Christmas and Easter
So we were on this growing trend
Which is exciting
And it's not because we're being sweet and nice
We're bringing things hard
We're going really hard
We're trying to raise the bar of discipleship
To say if time is truly short in this world
And I think if you're looking around and a bit perceptive
You'd realize things are winding down or up
Whichever way you look at it
We're accelerating
Time is short
And so we don't have time to be nice
We don't have time to patty cake
We don't have time to coddle Christians
We've been coddled for too long
That's why we're weak and anemic
There's too many preachers out there
That are just tickling the ears of people
And then they're leaving going, oh, that was a good message
And then they go have lunch
And they meet someone
They go, oh, what did they talk about?
I don't know
But I felt good
But I felt good when I left
It was good
Well, there's something wrong there
Yeah
There's something wrong
The Bible says our responsibility is to equip the saints
For the work of ministry
Work, work, work
Which means work and ministry
Where they live, where they work, where they play
And so we made a decision as a team
Yes
And I led the charge
But everybody jumped in and said, we've got to raise the bar
So from our children, our little babies and kids
By the way, we had a baby dedication service
13 families
13 babies, 13 families
I mean, our stage wasn't big enough for everybody
So good things are happening
Need a bigger building and a bigger stage
The thing is though, since we started raising the bar
And really calling people to step up and speak out for Christ
And be the change agent in their sphere of influence
The church started growing
And we started blowing up
Because people are ready for truth
They're ready to be challenged
And called out
Not in a bad way
This is not mean-spirited
This is because of love
Right
It's a love thing
And you have repented to the church for your apathy
Yeah, well for being
Really what I repented of was for being too passive
Right
Instead of really challenging them to go all in with Jesus
Not that I haven't
Yes
But this is another level
It's a whole other level
It's a whole other thing
And I did the same thing yesterday
I apologized
And cultural engagement
And said that if you want a church
That's just going to pat you on the back
And just let you hear what you want to hear
Then this might not be the church
You're in the wrong place
And if we have 10 people next week
Then God's given us 10 people
And we'll see what happens next week
I've been saying that for months
And we're up 200 and something people
It's crazy
Since New Year
But I felt like too
I wanted to repent as a staff member
Just as for our part
Because I really feel like God's saying
The time is near
And I need you to accelerate what I'm doing
And so help everyone understand
Because as we're gaining this revelation
It's not for us
It's for everybody
That's right
So what we're doing
It's our job
We're calling people to go deeper in
In their walk with Jesus
And to understand the power of lordship in your life
Jesus has to be Lord
If He's not Lord overall
He's not Lord at all
And so we're calling people to go into a deeper level
Of obedience and saying yes Lord
Get up in the morning
Good morning Holy Spirit
Good morning Abba Father
Lord Jesus
What do you want me to do today?
Yes, absolutely
What is my assignment?
And so we're really drilling that in right now
And what's happening and also that spills over into
Your sphere of influence out in the culture
Yes
We call it cultural engagement
We've been silent for too long
The church has capitulated
There's your word
I love that word
The church has capitulated
Yes
We have stepped back
Yes
We have withdrawn ourselves from the public square
We're no longer relevant
We're no longer invited to pray before city council meetings
That happens in some towns occasionally here
But we're no longer invited to the table
In terms of bringing
A scriptural biblical worldview
Into a city planning meeting
Or into the mayor's chambers
Pastors used to be the leaders
They were the leaders
Of their wherever they're living
Their cities, their states
We were known as the leaders
Not anymore
No
We've been marginalized
But here's the thing
Totally
We really marginalized ourselves
And that's the thing we want to own
Even though it wasn't my generation
As now as I'm getting older
Now I'm responsible for what I know
And so I'm responsible to not be quiet
And I can't
I've counted the cost
We've had these conversations
There is a cost
No matter what happens
Yes
We will stand
No matter what happens
Our mantra down the road
Probably will not comply
We're not going to be knuckled under by tyranny
We're going back to the original documents
And saying this is what our Constitution says
This is what the declaration
This is our Bill of Rights
And we're saying this is what we operate by
Because they're founded on God's Word
Absolutely
I'm so proud of you
You stepped up to the plate
Swung for the fence
A triple header
I can't believe I pulled it off
Back to back
You did a fantastic job
The video of the second one
You can go online
Bridge Church
FBG
Is it Bridge Church?
BridgeFBG.com
I don't even know
And you can watch that message
It's not your typical Mother's Day message
It's a challenge to step up to the plate
And I'm so proud of you
Also check out our website
LivingUpAndAndDownWorld.com
You can find all
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He's in my lap
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And I'm just loving on him and petting him
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Absolutely
And we appreciate your prayers for us
Because we have put ourselves over the enemy's target
By stepping up, speaking out
We're watching our back a lot now
Head on a swivel, right?
And we upped our security at the church
When you start addressing cultural issues
You get the enemy's attention
You have to pay the price
So yeah
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In fact, speaking of boostograms
I got a few here
So I want to read these off
I'll start with the highest one
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You probably don't know who this is
I wonder who
This would be our executive producer
Adam, the podfather, Curry
He says, boosting in celebration
Of Dame Annette's Mother's Day message
Oh
So he just boosted before we even
Yeah, he did this today
You crushed it, girl
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I love Sir Brian
He's our friend from Austin
He says, what an excellent discussion
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We will?
At the vow renewal
Oh yeah, you're right
He is definitely not going to turn that one down
We got so much going
I can't keep it all straight
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Between Pastor Jimmy and Pastor Brian
But when are the Mandels going to start
Doing their own show?
Nudge, nudge, I'd love to listen
Hey, that is not completely out of the question
No, we've got him working too hard
We've got him doing too much
He doesn't have time
I'll drag him in here
When Annette's not feeling it
We'll bring him in
I think once a month is good
For Brian to come in
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Oh gosh, he is so strong
And he's right there with us on cultural engagement
He and Nomer's, too, his wife
They're amazing
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I mean, this is not a time to be silent
This is not a time to withdraw
It's not a time to be quiet
It is a time to shout it from the rooftops
And do not be ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Don't be ashamed of who you are as a child of God
The government wants to silence us
And we're not going to
No way, no way
Loud and proud
Not arrogant, not boastful, not brazen
But bold and courageous
And because we love
We're telling people the bridge is out
We're telling Marxist people the bridge is out
We're telling those who want to make this a socialist country
The bridge is out
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They're going to run off the cliff
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Annette, do you have any final words as we wrap up?
Randall Black
Randall Black, thank you so much
And again, looking forward to seeing some of our friends
From Living Up and a Down World, Curry and the Keeper
Coming up at the wedding
At the wedding renewal vow
That's going to be fun
Super excited about that
All right, guys, we love you
And we have got to get moving along
Any last words, Dane, Annette?
I think I've said plenty in the last 24 hours
Have you talked out?
I'm talked out
All right, hey, we love you guys
Have an amazing week on purpose
Keep living up and a down world
And we are out of here
Thank you