1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Don't get down when you're seeing the worst, cause the last will be the first. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,000 What a day I'm telling you, all things will be new. 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Living up in a down world. Yeah we're living, yeah we're living, living up in a down world. 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:33,000 This is Jimmy and Annette and we are scared of Annette. She's literally jumping out of the chair. 5 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:38,000 She's standing up in the chair. Oh my god. Hey, welcome to living up in a down world, take two. 6 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:45,000 This is take two because I had a boo boo. I had a podcaster boo boo big time. 7 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 And by the way, you are. Boo boo, how old are you? By the way, you're gorgeous. 8 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,000 You're so cute. Absolutely gorgeous. Haven't had a real bath shower in days. 9 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Only hot tub because our water's been out. So I'm not gorgeous. 10 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:05,000 So this is episode number 73 of living up in a down world. Check us out at livingupinadownworld.com. 11 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:10,000 This is Jimmy and Annette and we have Mr. Chevy with us because we're actually at home. 12 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Adam Curry, my best friend on the planet, helped me put together a backpack mobile podcast kit. 13 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:24,000 And so we're giving it a try for the first time. We actually did this what yesterday? 14 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Was that when I messed up? Was it yesterday? Today's Thursday. Yeah it was. 15 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:36,000 So yesterday we recorded a full broadcast 37, 38 minutes worth. 16 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:47,000 And I haven't used GarageBand in a long time and I literally accidentally jettisoned the file and it disappeared and I could not get it back. 17 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:54,000 And I mean, I was sick to my stomach almost. It really upset me. My thought was it just wasn't meant to be. 18 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Oh, I know. Cause you're much more. I was. You've already. Okay. Here's what. Let's just talk about this. 19 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Okay. Let's talk about the reason why I felt bad about it. I know. But the reason why we had a faux pas is because this whole week has been one big faux pas. 20 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:20,000 It has been a weird week. So we'll see if this one works. I will see if this one. I think it's going to. I'm feeling good about it. 21 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Everything looks good. All the lights are on. That's good. Everything's lit up. So I'm assuming it's working. 22 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:32,000 But what you're doing, not really. So I want to welcome you. Does any podcast really know what they're doing? 23 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:40,000 So anyway, we want to welcome you to the broadcast. We are living up at a down world and wow, what a week. 24 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Okay. So this is good. Let's start today and work our way back. Let's reverse engineer the week. Okay. Go ahead. 25 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:53,000 So today we get up very early and we first of all have no water. We have not had water in two days. 26 00:02:53,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Unbelievable. We live out in an agrihood, we call it. So it's this neat area. We've got like five acre lots. 27 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,000 I don't know how many units are in our neighborhood, but it's all spread out through the hills because we live in the Texas Hill country. 28 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,000 It's a beautiful place and beautiful homes. It's just great. Good neighbors. 29 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:20,000 But we had a well issue that services our entire community, except for the people who have their own wells, a handful of them do. 30 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:27,000 But most of us are on city water, aqua, and all of a sudden the water is gone. I mean like won't come on. 31 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:33,000 And we're like, what just happened? I thought we were having a plumbing issue. I thought, oh, something just happened. 32 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Our new toilet that we just had installed. You thought that was a deal. And then I was thinking, oh no, we've got a leak outside or something. 33 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:48,000 So I was looking for water outside to make sure we weren't just blowing water out into the neighborhood and nothing. 34 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:54,000 And for a long time, we didn't know what was going on. No. Finally, somebody building a new well. 35 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:02,000 We knew there's work company. We knew there was work happening. A new well, but they had to shut ours down because of some issues with the new one. 36 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:11,000 And then when they got it back up, they found all these leaks. So it's taken two full days and they've been running water. 37 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:19,000 We couldn't go to work yesterday. We couldn't even get ready. Couldn't do a shower. Couldn't even get ready. 38 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:28,000 And this morning, because I had a doctor's appointment in San Antonio, which is an hour away, we had to get in the hot tub. 39 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,000 We had to turn the hot tub on, get in, rinse off. I smelled like bleach. 40 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:42,000 No, we smelled like we smelled super clean all day. I just bleach and no bacteria in our body. I mean, unreal. 41 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:48,000 So she should have felt sorry for me when she saw me. Who? The doctor or smelt me. 42 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:54,000 She's intense. She wasn't feeling sorry for nobody, but I liked her. She was great. I did. So what'd you do to your knee? 43 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:01,000 So this is kind of the thing that's going on. We're not sure. You mentioned that you thought it was me doing deep squats. 44 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:07,000 She said no, and you need to do those. Right. She put me in my place. She did. She said that did not do this. 45 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Are you sure you didn't do anything? We can't figure it out. If I did, I sure don't remember. Right. 46 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Could be degenerative, but I have a torn meniscus. Torn medial meniscus. Yes. And then you've got some kind of cyst, a Baker's cyst. 47 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Baker's cyst that's ruptured. That's ruptured, which is kind of a good thing because it's going to go away and it absorbs. Yeah. You've got fluid around your knee. 48 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Yeah. And the radiologist who did the MRI said surgery. So my doctor sent me to a surgeon. 49 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:49,000 We put a prayer flare out to our church because I have said all along, I do not want to have surgery. 50 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:58,000 And when we went to see the doctor today, she said you have two options. One is I can give you a steroid shot. 51 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:08,000 We can get you into PT for a few weeks, see what happens, see if you get better and that this takes care of itself or have surgery. 52 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:13,000 And of course, I chose that because I'm still praying. Yeah, we chose not to do surgery. Yeah. 53 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:20,000 I'm still praying that God will fix this. Right through your knee. That was crazy watching that. It hurt. Yeah. 54 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I could tell, but she handled it like a champ. Well, I kicked her. You did kind of kick her, but she said that's why I sit here because people, people kick me and not something else. 55 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Oh my God. Yeah, I heard her say that. And it hurts right now. I just took ibuprofen 600 milligrams about an hour ago and I'm still in pain. 56 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:46,000 But at least we got some direction. We know exactly what's going on. And she said some people opt for this and then end up having to have surgery anyway. 57 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:53,000 She said, but you know, if you want to do this and try it, I'm just like, yes, I don't want to have surgery. 58 00:06:53,000 --> 00:07:02,000 And I think Dr. McCurley probably told her I did not want surgery at all because that was the whole thing. 59 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:11,000 The beauty of that is you have a sports ortho doctor who did the first exam. Then we go over to a very high rated. I mean, like high. 60 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:20,000 This lady is amazing. Her credentials are insane. She's 40 years old and she's worked with the Detroit Lions. She's worked with National Hockey League. 61 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Another NFL team. She's put together a lot of knees and shoulders. Yeah. And I love the fact that she wasn't surgery happy. Yeah. 62 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Because most doctors would say, let's just get this done and do this. She gave you options. And she gave me options. 63 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Of course, we don't have insurance. She probably felt sorry for us. It's not that we're derelict or anything. 64 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:49,000 It's a lot of money too. What we do is we do a metashare program. It's a Christian metashare, not that particular company. 65 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Yes. But it's really cool because it's way less, but you share with others and help others. It's a real cool. It's a cool program. It's a brilliant way to do it. 66 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:08,000 The biggest drawback is you have to pay everything upfront. And that, I mean, if it's a hundred thousand dollars, that's, I mean, I don't know. I'm sure hospitals work with you. 67 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:14,000 But an interesting thing, and this just tells you a little bit about the medical industry. When you tell them that I'm self-pay, like when you go out to pay. 68 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Oh, the price is reduced. The price is reduced drastically. Yes. I mean, insanely. Yes. And that just tells you the markup on insurance. Of course. 69 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:31,000 And so no wonder we pay so much for insurance, right? So anyway, it works for us, but yeah, you're out of pocket on the front end. But they do take care of you on the back end. 70 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:39,000 And it's always, it's really well done. And what's really cool is they'll put your name out on a list. There's a prayer list. I know. I mean, people be praying for you. 71 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:46,000 If you opt in for it to be on a prayer list, they put it out. I think that's super cool. 72 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:52,000 You know, I don't know how many subscribers they have for this, but we absolutely love them. It works. It's phenomenal. 73 00:08:52,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Yes. I had a cancer surgery on my nose a few years ago and that got covered eventually too. So I know it works. Yeah. It's a great program. 74 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:19,000 I'm not looking forward to surgery. So I hope that's not, and I hope that with PT and everything that this will work out. But what I didn't understand, if you have a tear, what happens? Is it just, the tear doesn't go away? 75 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:28,000 She said it finds a new home. So the tear doesn't go away. It didn't, there's nothing torn away that can't be, that can't still be there. 76 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:39,000 And she said the flap, it's flapping around the meniscus. It's this little half disc thing. That's a cushion between your bones and it's flapping around a little bit. 77 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:48,000 And she said it'll eventually settle in and find a new home is the way she put it, where it'll just be part of your body. It's the way it is. But you won't lose range of motion. You'll be okay. 78 00:09:48,000 --> 00:10:01,000 So she thinks you'll be able to rehab it because she's, she's an athlete herself. You can tell. Yes. She's totally like, totally. I mean, she shook my hand. She broke my knuckles. I was like crack. I mean, I was like, whoa. Okay. She's intense. 79 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:11,000 She is. And, but she was so thorough. She talked so fast. Liked her. She was Rick Green as a female. I was like, whoa. Okay. Slow down. 80 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:18,000 He runs the, he's the founder of the Patriot Academy, which is a phenomenal school for training at the next generation of legislators. 81 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:33,000 But when he speaks, it's like 90 miles an hour. And she did the same thing. And you even asked the nurse about that. You said, is she, is she always like this? The nurse said, yes. Cause I'm, I'm a fast talker too. So I found my match. 82 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:47,000 I'm like, wow. Yeah. So I feel like we got good news. We did. Because we were certain. I still need this pain to go away. Oh, no doubt. That's going to be a part. So those of you listening to our show, you can really help us talk about value for value. 83 00:10:47,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Just by praying for Dame Annette, pray for Annette, pray that the pain will lift and she won't have to have surgery. That really, we would appreciate that more than anything. Yes. Just pray and just make sure she's covered in this. 84 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Cause you know, this last, she's a go getter. You are an energizer bunny. You're a race horse. And this is like putting you on a pony ride. It is. And I want to be back in the gym full time. And we got work to do. We have work to do. Yes. We love what we do. 85 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:38,000 But I do love that she said, you will get to the point where you can do squats again. And I'm going to get you to the point to where you never have to say, I can't do that anymore. That's what I needed to hear. Because there shouldn't be any limit. I don't care if I'm in my sixties or not. There should not be any limit because I've worked out for 32 years. 86 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:53,000 And she said, there won't be. She said, you'll be able to go back and do what you do. And she said, and I want you to, I'm going to get you back to doing what you do. So that was encouraging. That was really good. Really encouraging. So while it was hard, it was, it was also, I'm so glad that we found out what's going on. 87 00:11:53,000 --> 00:12:22,000 And now we have a clear path. It's just funny that the MRI and the radiologist said surgery. I mean, it just essential. And she's like, they always say that, but I want, I want, I always like to try something else first. Who does that? And I tested something. I've had this brain, brain, brain thing where I was like, okay, I'm going to take everything the radiologist said, throw it into perplexity AI. And I'm going to see what, what AI says about it. 88 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 So I did a prompt. 89 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Because we had the whole report from the radiologist. And it's, it's in medical language that you can't even understand. 90 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:45,000 So I took several of those paragraphs, the whole thing, and I put it into, and as a cue or a prompt, I said, I said, what course of action would be recommended by a doctor? 91 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Based on this information. 92 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Based on this information. I would have worded it a lot better than that. But anyway, and then I hit, you know, I hit the prompt button or the inter button. And I mean, it gave this full on. 93 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Well, a doctor would probably, and it was always a, we'll probably, we'll probably, you know, I thought that's interesting, but there's being safe. But it was everything the radiologist recommended. 94 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Yeah, it was. 95 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:15,000 And it was surgery. So then when we go in there, we're thinking, oh, they're going to tell us surgery for sure. 96 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 And I'm thinking, oh, she's going to want to schedule this next week. 97 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Radiologist, the doctor said it probably. And now AI said it. So there it is. The internet said it. And then she says, no, she says, we have options here. And that just made me very happy. 98 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:34,000 It did. Me too. I did not expect that because no other doctor has given me options. 99 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,000 So we celebrated by going to Snooze in San Antonio. 100 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 And had an omelet. 101 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Snooze is this amazing breakfast place. I mean, it's a restaurant, but it's, they're known for their breakfasts. And we went there and just kind of caught our breath because we were like, wow. 102 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Okay. We've got some news. We got information, you know, and there's something about, and those of you listening, you get this. 103 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:10,000 There's something about just having all the information, even if it doesn't change the status in the moment, just having the information helps you navigate it and helps you absorb the information and absorb the shock of it sometimes. 104 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 And so that I felt, I hope you, I think you did too. 105 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 I did. I did. I felt better. 106 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:27,000 For me, you know, when I went to the doctor a week ago, I've just, you know, I went in to the other doctor saying, please no surgery. Tell me this can be helped without that. 107 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:37,000 And so all week we got the church in on praying for me and just because I really did not want to have to have surgery. 108 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:43,000 And so I feel like this is just giving us more time for God to do something. 109 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:53,000 And I really, I mean, I don't know what he's going to do, but it sure would be wonderful if we had a really good outcome. 110 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:59,000 So just for those of you that are with us and you're hearing this, I have a rule of thumb that may help you. 111 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:04,000 And this is what I've taught for many years is we pray like it depends on us. 112 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:10,000 And then we trust like it depends on God, which means we don't become the master of the outcome. 113 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Right. 114 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 We don't try to manipulate God. We don't try to tell God what to do. 115 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:19,000 We simply do our best to pray in alignment with the word of God, with scripture. 116 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:25,000 And that helps us feel like, OK, if we're in his will, then why wouldn't he do something? 117 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:32,000 And then we trust the outcome because the outcome might be something different than we wanted, but yet it's exactly what was supposed to happen. 118 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,000 So there's a trust that happens. And so. 119 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:43,000 And sometimes, I mean, sometimes I've noticed this with people that need healing, that they'll pray that and then they end up having to have surgery. 120 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,000 But then the doctor says, if you wouldn't have had this, I wouldn't have found this issue. 121 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Very true. Names are coming across. 122 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Yes, many names. And so recently, that's yes. 123 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:03,000 So I have left it up to God. But if it was left up to me, I just want it healed and I want to be walking. 124 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 I want to be in the gym again. Of course, I can go to the gym. 125 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,000 She said you can do upper body all day long. So we're going to the gym all day tomorrow. 126 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Well, I know about all day, but we are going because tomorrow is Friday. 127 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:20,000 So we're recording on Thursday because this week was really messed up from the beginning. 128 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,000 I mean, I don't I guess we can backtrack. 129 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Well, Monday morning, we went into the office because we're working on Mondays now. 130 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,000 We used to take Mondays for our Sabbath. 131 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,000 But we're changing that to a Friday or Saturday. 132 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:42,000 We need to be in the office more. So we went in on Monday. But I woke up in a weird funk. 133 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,000 You were in a funk. 134 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 And I can't even explain it. 135 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:50,000 I've probably seen this two or three times in our marriage. That's it. 136 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Well, I would say it's happened more than that, but I've always tried to mask it better. 137 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,000 But for whatever reason, I couldn't shake it off. 138 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:03,000 And we took Chevy to work with us so that we could record and he could be with us. 139 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Yeah. And he I don't know. 140 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:13,000 It was almost like he was sensing that there was something going on with you. 141 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 I've never seen him acting like that either. 142 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:20,000 He lost his mind in the office. He would go and hide. He would jump. 143 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 He was shaking. He only wanted on your lap. 144 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,000 He wouldn't sit on mine like right now. He's sitting on my lap. Just fine. 145 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:32,000 But and then when you were trying to push him down, he went and hid, which he never had. 146 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Really odd. It was really. 147 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:38,000 So here's the thing. I remember Dr. Ricebrook saying this many years ago. 148 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 He says, you know, you don't go looking for a demon around every corner. 149 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:48,000 You don't look for spooky stuff. But also on the flip side of that coin, you never ignore the obvious. 150 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,000 And the bottom line is this. The Bible is very clear that we live. 151 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,000 We are spiritual beings in a natural world. 152 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:01,000 I mean, we have a body, sure. And we have a soul. But we are we're spiritual beings by our very nature. 153 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,000 We're just stuck in these earth suits for a while on this earth. 154 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:09,000 But that precipitates that there is a major, major war going on. 155 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,000 And you were having mind wars. Big time. Big time. 156 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Like second guessing myself, doubting myself. 157 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,000 I mean, the stuff that I rarely deal with. Because you don't. 158 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:28,000 I would deal with that a lot more often than you. But that was unbelievable. 159 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,000 And I think it was worse than you were even letting me know. 160 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Probably. 161 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:38,000 People in our office knew something was off with you because it was obvious. 162 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:47,000 And it wasn't until the end of the day that I realized, wait a minute, I'm kind of slow to the party sometimes or late to the party. 163 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:57,000 But I realized, wait a minute, this was a total spiritual blitz because the things that I'm doing, I'm stepping out into a lot of new territory. 164 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,000 I've been doing it for a year, over a year now. 165 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:14,000 And yet the stakes are getting higher because there is a lot of darkness in this world that is trying to destroy our nation, trying to destroy the church, trying to destroy Christians, families, individuals. 166 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:31,000 And when you start to come against all of that stuff and you start to fight it and you start to out it, so to speak, I begin to, I do this thing at the beginning of most messages, not every time, but most of them, called theater, the absurd, and talking about what's going on in our culture right now. 167 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,000 The things we need to be aware of, what we need to be praying into, what we need to be standing up for. 168 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:43,000 And when you start standing up for truth on a stage like that, on a platform, the enemy says, oh, yeah, I'm going to come take you out. 169 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 And so I just woke up with just a major turmoil. 170 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Well, and also the fact that we're having all this happen to me and we don't even know what caused it. 171 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 That's true. 172 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Literally do not know what caused this. 173 00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Oh, and our daughter started having issues again, health issues, was back in the hospital, sent to the ER. 174 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Going back to the doctor tomorrow. 175 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:16,000 And all of a sudden we're all just under this deluge or this mirage of spiritual warfare. And so it's been really a hard week. 176 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:29,000 And yet so blessed in the middle of all that craziness, so many God taps, so many God moments, so many little things happen where you go, that is so God. 177 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Well, and you had to come to a realization, which you did very quickly, that this was all warfare. 178 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,000 This was not, I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed kind of thing. 179 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,000 This was total warfare. 180 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:52,000 And the good thing is, is when you're a mature Christian, the longer you're a mature Christian, because you could be a Christian all your life and not be mature. 181 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,000 True. 182 00:20:53,000 --> 00:21:00,000 But the longer you're a mature Christian, the quickly you can recognize the enemy's hand and what's really going on. 183 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:12,000 And I feel like, you know, if this would have happened, you know, 10 years ago, you might have had two or three days of mind wars, but you didn't. 184 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000 And you just did a message, you know, on mind wars not too long ago. 185 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,000 But you recognize that this is more than what we see with our physical eye. 186 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:27,000 I think, too, the last three Sundays I've done several messages that are really on faith. 187 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 First one was made for more. 188 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,000 You know, you are made for more than you think. 189 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 I mean, God has got massive plans for you. 190 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:39,000 So when you start to out that stuff and help people realize their potential, the enemy hates that. 191 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Because the last thing he wants anyone to think is that they're worth anything, especially to God. 192 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 And so I did that the first Sunday. 193 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:50,000 The second Sunday I did a message called Made to Rain, talking about we're called a rain in life. 194 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 And rain above our circumstances. 195 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Exactly. 196 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 We're the head and not the tail. 197 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Deuteronomy 28. 198 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,000 We're above only not beneath. 199 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000 We're blessed coming in. 200 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Blessed in the city. 201 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Blessed in the field. 202 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Enemy comes at you one way. 203 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 He's got a little flea seven. 204 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:06,000 So I preached that and that led into a strong faith message. 205 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Enemy hates that. 206 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:12,000 He always hates when you talk about faith and building your faith. 207 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000 So that was that. 208 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:19,000 And then this weekend I did Made for Faith and I did a full on run into. 209 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 I didn't finish it. 210 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:29,000 I did the introduction to Hebrews chapter 11 verse one that talks about the fact that we walk by faith. 211 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 I mean, we are called to faith. 212 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:36,000 And that Jesus is our anchor. 213 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,000 You have to, faith is substance. 214 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,000 So it's something and people will have faith in certain things. 215 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,000 I'm sorry. 216 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 I will try to quote it and I just lost it. 217 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,000 No, I know. 218 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 219 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 So I start unpack just that verse. 220 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000 There's six more in that passage. 221 00:22:55,000 --> 00:23:07,000 I'll do this Sunday part two, but I have to believe that because I'm going there, the enemy is uptight because he does not like people getting a hold of faith. 222 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Faith is the currency of the kingdom. 223 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 It's the coin of the kingdom. 224 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,000 It's what moves mountains. 225 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,000 It's what created the world. 226 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 It's what stilled an ocean. 227 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 It's what healed Lazarus is faith. 228 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,000 It's what got the woman of the issue of blood healed when she touched Jesus. 229 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 He said, it's your faith. 230 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,000 And so faith is the coin. 231 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 It's the currency of the kingdom. 232 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Which means belief in something. 233 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Yes. 234 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Yeah. 235 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000 It's the amplified version. 236 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000 You know this. 237 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Yes. 238 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Trust in, adhere, believe. 239 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:47,000 And the thing is, we all trust in, adhere, and believe in something. 240 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 True. 241 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 But we need to put our trust in God. 242 00:23:50,000 --> 00:24:01,000 And we need to trust that he is with us, that he loves us, that he adores us, and that he wants only the best for us because he's a good God all the time. 243 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:09,000 Even when things don't look great, he's still good and he's still working things out for good for those who are called according to his purpose. 244 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:15,000 And so I love the fact that, I mean, obviously you were being tested. 245 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000 No doubt. 246 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:25,000 And when you're tested, I'm tested because I was the brunt of what was, I was being affected by what was happening with you. 247 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 And then all of this other stuff happened. 248 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,000 I wasn't mean or anything. 249 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,000 No. 250 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,000 I was sullen and I couldn't get out of this. 251 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000 You were not yourself. 252 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 It was like you were a zombie walking around. 253 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Yeah. 254 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 I felt. 255 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:42,000 And then you were a little short tempered because we were having dog issues. 256 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 The dog acted like he wanted to go out. 257 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:49,000 And our other dog happened to be at the church with faith and ran out the door. 258 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 You've got one on a leash. 259 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 You've got the other one running outside of the church. 260 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Never does that. 261 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,000 So when I go out to chase Gracie, the other dog, the door locks behind me. 262 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 And you can't get in. 263 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 How'd you get in? 264 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000 I had to go all the way around the building. 265 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 I wondered about that. 266 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,000 It's a big building with carrying a dog. 267 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,000 But the crazy thing is, is Gracie never does that. 268 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,000 I know. 269 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 She'll run out and go to the bathroom and run back in. 270 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000 I know. 271 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,000 It was just a comedy of errors. 272 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,760 It was a comedy of errors kind of thing where it was like anything that could go wrong was 273 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,480 going wrong. 274 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,440 Interesting enough, I wake up on Tuesday morning and I'm fine. 275 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,800 It's like the fog was gone. 276 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,200 We went in, had staff meeting. 277 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,240 Man, we just had a great day. 278 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,400 Got a lot of work done. 279 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,000 We moved the ball down the field a lot, moved the needle. 280 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,200 And I was laughing about it. 281 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,760 That was crazy. 282 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,200 But then we got the news from the radiologist that, oh, you're going to have to have surgery. 283 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,200 The doctor calls. 284 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,840 That you did indeed have a torn meniscus. 285 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,280 So that was like, ah. 286 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:45,760 So it was kind of a week. 287 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,160 The whole week was just. 288 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,120 And then we lose water yesterday and today. 289 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:50,600 And we just got our water. 290 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:51,600 I can't wait. 291 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,160 When we get done with this podcast, I'm sorry, but I'm going to take a bath. 292 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,640 Did I mention that I lost our recording, our first? 293 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:58,640 Yes. 294 00:25:58,640 --> 00:25:59,640 Did I already mention that? 295 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:00,640 I think you did at the beginning. 296 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:01,640 Did I? 297 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:02,640 But you did. 298 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:03,640 We recorded 38 minutes. 299 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:04,640 Yesterday. 300 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,400 It'll be the best podcast. 301 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,400 No one will ever hear. 302 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,000 Well, same thing happened with you and Pastor Brian. 303 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,000 Yeah, Pastor Brian. 304 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,960 And I heard that one because I was in there when y'all were talking. 305 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,880 It was phenomenal. 306 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,280 And then you had forgot to hear the record. 307 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,280 I know. 308 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:22,760 Wait, am I muted now? 309 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,760 Because you muted me earlier. 310 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:24,760 No, you are not. 311 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:25,760 I need to see that. 312 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:26,760 Okay. 313 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:27,760 I just want to make sure. 314 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:28,760 Uncheck. 315 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:29,760 Everything's rocking and rolling. 316 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,760 We're 26 minutes in. 317 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,920 I think this is the best one, but I definitely want to make sure I'm not muted. 318 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,280 It's number two for the week. 319 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:36,280 So yeah. 320 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,280 Yeah. 321 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,280 Here we go again. 322 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:39,280 But you know what? 323 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:40,280 This is life. 324 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:41,280 It really is. 325 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:42,280 Life is messy. 326 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:43,280 That's for sure. 327 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:44,280 It is. 328 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:45,280 And sometimes you don't get the best news. 329 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:46,280 And things don't work out all the time. 330 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,080 Things don't work out the way you want them to. 331 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:53,000 We have an anchor and we have faith in God and his... 332 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,480 An anchor for the soul. 333 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:55,480 Yes. 334 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,040 I almost want to say cheers for that because we're both drinking decaf coffee. 335 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,200 Well, we're drinking decaf coffee this evening. 336 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,200 We just cheered. 337 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,240 We're drinking Black Rifle decaf coffee. 338 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,240 JD. 339 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,240 Oh my gosh. 340 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,240 Just decaf. 341 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,560 I do love their just decaf. 342 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,560 It is very good. 343 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:09,560 It makes everything better. 344 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:10,560 I'm just saying. 345 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,560 Even though it's decaf. 346 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,840 The reason that we're doing that is 716 in the evening. 347 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:15,840 And I can't stay up. 348 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,520 So I have to tell one little thing about last week. 349 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:24,680 I was backtracking a little bit further since we had our last podcast. 350 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,700 So we have a friend named Adam Curry and he has a birthday coming up. 351 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:29,700 This Friday. 352 00:27:29,700 --> 00:27:32,480 So what do you get a guy like Adam Curry? 353 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:33,480 I mean, it's kind of- 354 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:34,480 Who has everything. 355 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,160 He's owned an helicopter. 356 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,640 He's the pod father. 357 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,520 He's just... What do you get a guy like that? 358 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,720 And I knew exactly what I wanted to get him. 359 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,880 And you and I thought about it at the same time. 360 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:45,880 Exactly the same time. 361 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:50,000 We both talked about it on one day because we were like, gosh, what do you get Adam Curry? 362 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,040 And I said, here's what... I actually flew it out there wondering if you'd go for it 363 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,040 because I wasn't sure. 364 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,040 Because it's expensive. 365 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,040 It's expensive. 366 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:58,480 And I said, I want to get him a pellet grill. 367 00:27:58,480 --> 00:27:59,960 And you said, really? 368 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:01,400 I was just thinking about that. 369 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:02,400 Literally. 370 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,120 And I said, then it's the perfect gift. 371 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:05,120 This is what he needs. 372 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:07,160 Because he's a meat eater. 373 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,440 Tina's a big time meat eater. 374 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,960 And so they do a lot of beef and stuff. 375 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,880 So I've been singing the praises of mine and I was like, I want to get him- 376 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:19,160 And other people in our friends circle are getting pellet grills. 377 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,160 And so it was just perfect. 378 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,000 And there was a certain one that I wanted for him because it has a sear plate on it 379 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,000 and I just needed- 380 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,200 And I wanted to give him an extra long one. 381 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,200 Yeah, a larger one than mine. 382 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,480 Because he and her are so social. 383 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:32,480 They host. 384 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:33,480 They host a lot. 385 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:34,480 We don't. 386 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:35,480 They host people all the time. 387 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,480 So we didn't need a large one. 388 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,360 So we actually got him a better one than we have. 389 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,760 But isn't that what you do with friends? 390 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:41,760 You do. 391 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,560 I think that's what everybody should do. 392 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,080 You should always treat everybody better. 393 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:47,760 You should buy the better gift. 394 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:48,760 Totally agree. 395 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:49,760 Worn up to myself with him. 396 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:50,760 You did. 397 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:51,760 Because I want him to have the best. 398 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,520 And so here was the caveat. 399 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,480 It didn't come assembled, right? 400 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,480 Shipped to you. 401 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,000 You assembled ours and it took six hours? 402 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:05,320 Six hours by myself and it was 120 degrees in the garage because it was 110 outside last 403 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:06,320 year. 404 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,680 So how long did it take you to do this one? 405 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,960 So Adam and I did it together on Saturday. 406 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,800 I can't, wait, I can't picture in my mind Adam with the wrench. 407 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:15,800 Hey, I was super proud of him. 408 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:16,800 No, no, he did great. 409 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:17,800 I was super proud of him. 410 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:18,800 What did he do? 411 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,800 Did he just sit there and talk to you? 412 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,800 No, not at all. 413 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:21,800 No, he jumped in. 414 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:22,840 We both jumped in. 415 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:23,840 I'm shocked. 416 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:24,840 I know. 417 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:25,840 I can't see that. 418 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:26,840 Well, I'm not shocked. 419 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:27,840 Cause he's. 420 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,120 Well, I know, but it's his own gift too. 421 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,480 Why would you ask him to help with his own gift? 422 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,280 I wasn't going to ask him to. 423 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:35,720 We just, we didn't even talk about it. 424 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:36,720 He just did it. 425 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:37,720 We just jumped on it. 426 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:38,720 I said, let's attack this thing. 427 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,400 It really needs two people to put this together, which you only did by yourself. 428 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:43,400 And we did it fairly quickly. 429 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:44,400 The first one. 430 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,840 I can't, I don't remember the exact time, but I mean, we got it done pretty quick. 431 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,160 And so he tried it out. 432 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:54,480 I think last night he fired it up and said it was a hit and he's excited about it. 433 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,120 And so I made my day. 434 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,840 Well, it's not his birthday yet, but it came early and I just wanted to go ahead and give 435 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:00,840 it to him. 436 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,840 Well, it's the gift that keeps on giving. 437 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:02,840 Yeah. 438 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:03,840 And they're going out of town. 439 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:04,840 So I wanted him to have it before they got out of town. 440 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,840 That's his birthday gift as they're going on a trip together. 441 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:07,840 It was fun. 442 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,280 You know, he turned in a wrench, playing with metal, you know, putting a sibling. 443 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,720 I wish I had a picture of that. 444 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,000 You didn't take a picture of him helping you. 445 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,000 Why would I do that? 446 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,000 That's weird. 447 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,000 Because I want to see it. 448 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,000 Why? 449 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000 We're dudes. 450 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000 Yeah. 451 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000 Hey, here's a selfie with me and Adam. 452 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,400 Do you do selfies with everything? 453 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,600 No, not with stuff like that. 454 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:29,600 No, this was due to time. 455 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,160 Well, it's the gift that keeps on giving and that's the kind of gifts I like. 456 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,160 Yeah. 457 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,160 I just love my friend. 458 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,280 And you know, when you care for somebody and you love them, you want them to have the best. 459 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:42,840 And so I'm just super, super blessed that it worked out and happy. 460 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,840 But we're not doing Christmas gifts next year. 461 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,400 Last year they said only birthday must don't do Christmas. 462 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,400 Oh, I'm cool with that. 463 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,960 And then I ended up buying them Christmas and she was like, don't you remember? 464 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,620 And I said, oh. 465 00:30:55,620 --> 00:31:00,800 So I told them this year, especially after spending what we spent on that, I said, no, 466 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:01,800 no Christmas gifts. 467 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,360 They're like, okay, okay. 468 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,360 It's all cool. 469 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:05,360 It's all cool. 470 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,080 We've all blessed each other and that's what's fun about having great friends. 471 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:09,080 So Adam, team. 472 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,920 Our relationship is more important than any gift. 473 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,640 Just so blessed by those guys. 474 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,040 And go check out their podcast. 475 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,800 They have, if you've never listened to their podcast, they are who inspired us to do a 476 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,320 podcast and they do a podcast called Curry and the Keeper. 477 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,960 They're on an episode like 103 or four right now. 478 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,480 And you and Adam are about to start another one called Hello Fred. 479 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:31,480 Hello Fred. 480 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:32,480 Yeah. 481 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:33,760 Me and Adam are going to do some things together. 482 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,240 Fred is not a person. 483 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,240 Fredericksburg. 484 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,880 What we're trying to do and I love, this is his brainchild. 485 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,160 I mean, God really dropped this on him. 486 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,280 He's doing a thing called a thousand voices where he wants churches all over the United 487 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:51,040 States and different varying communities to begin to have a voice into the community on 488 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,580 current events on what's going on. 489 00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:59,720 Even like a to do calendar and like a show where, and that's part of why we put together 490 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,720 and he put together this, I just kind of watched him. 491 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:03,720 Wow. 492 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:04,720 That's amazing. 493 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,400 But this pod mobile, it's called pod mobile. 494 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:08,400 This is a prototype. 495 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:13,720 It's a prototype, but I think this is the now the one they're doing, but this was a 496 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,160 prototype that was built. 497 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,720 And so we're using it tonight and you can throw it in a backpack to a couple of microphones 498 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:21,720 and you've got a podcast. 499 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,040 I mean, it's really, and it's well built. 500 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,280 It's got processing on it and everything. 501 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:33,160 So the goal is to get these out to churches and individuals within churches who will be 502 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,480 a voice into their community. 503 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:39,040 And here's why, it's because newspapers are going away, especially in smaller communities. 504 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,320 So now you can't get local news. 505 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,320 Radio stations are going away, broadcast stations, because everyone's streaming now or there's 506 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:47,660 the huge conglomerates. 507 00:32:47,660 --> 00:32:54,140 So there's no local voices out there in the airwaves and yet you can become a voice for 508 00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:55,140 your community. 509 00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:57,760 So he's going to do, he called it Hello Fred. 510 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:58,760 I love that. 511 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,360 Like good morning Fred kind of thing. 512 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,160 But I'm going to have a segment in it too. 513 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,080 And we're still talking it through, whiteboarding it a little bit, kicking it around, but I 514 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,680 want to do a section called, did you know? 515 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:15,120 And what that is, that's about the history of our community. 516 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:16,440 I've got some books on it already. 517 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,520 I've met a couple of historians of our community. 518 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,880 I'm going to be interviewing them, having conversations about our community, how it 519 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:29,240 started and then I'm going to do another little section called, what's right with Fred. 520 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:33,040 Which we did a campaign like that in Abilene and it was wonderful. 521 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,240 What's right with Abilene, yeah, and did you know? 522 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:40,840 So based on what we've done before, I did that with the mayor and kind of brainstormed 523 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:41,840 that with him. 524 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,560 And then he did this big billboard thing, but this will be voices. 525 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:49,320 This will be us podcasting and having a show. 526 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:50,320 Adam needs another podcast. 527 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:51,320 Yeah, he's not doing enough. 528 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:55,720 I think he's doing five right now, at least. 529 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:56,720 It's unbelievable. 530 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:57,720 Oh, he's amazing. 531 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,000 He works all the time and he loves it. 532 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,000 See, he's good at it. 533 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,380 Y'all are working, Tina and I, out of a job. 534 00:34:03,380 --> 00:34:06,000 So we might not be doing our podcast with y'all. 535 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,000 I thought y'all were going to do one God and two girls. 536 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,000 I know, we might just have our own without y'all. 537 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,000 Is that right? 538 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,000 One God, two girls? 539 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,000 One God, two girls, one God. 540 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,000 Two girls, one God. 541 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,600 I mean, her and I could just do one and just forget y'all. 542 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,600 Y'all just do y'all's own. 543 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,040 I'm excited for all this. 544 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:23,320 So these are fun things that we're working on in the podcast world. 545 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,960 In our heart, I'm not Seth Gruber. 546 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,320 I'm not Joe Rogan. 547 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,920 I'm certainly not Adam Curry. 548 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,320 But everybody's got a voice. 549 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:35,320 Everyone's got something to say. 550 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,820 And that's part of what Adam was, why he drew us into this world. 551 00:34:39,820 --> 00:34:43,720 He was like, you guys have a voice and you need to have an outlet for your voice. 552 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,120 So let's do this podcast. 553 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:49,080 So we came up with Living Up In A Down World and we're now on episode 73. 554 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,080 73. 555 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,080 I know. 556 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,400 So we're chugging right along. 557 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,000 So anyway, thank you for joining us on this experiment today. 558 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,680 This is a completely different platform. 559 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,680 Now I hope this sounds okay. 560 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,960 We usually put blankets up when we're at home. 561 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:04,960 We didn't do that. 562 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,960 So Adam will probably critique us a little bit. 563 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,160 If you'll get a little closer to the mic, it'll help. 564 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,640 You don't have to talk so loud. 565 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,640 Well, Adam might critique us on this, but we'll see. 566 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:14,640 Well, I hope he does. 567 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:15,640 That's what a good producer... 568 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:16,640 That's why I pay him the big bucks to be our executive producer. 569 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,760 I was surprised you didn't put the blankets up. 570 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:19,760 I didn't want to. 571 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,000 I wanted to set up in a way that you would do this in a hotel room. 572 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,280 You do it where you're... 573 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,120 Because you don't have all that stuff. 574 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,200 And so I thought, let's do it like this. 575 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,600 Let's see how the sound works out. 576 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:36,040 Again, we're guinea pigging for him to help out and we'll make some tweaks as we go. 577 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:40,800 So anyway, we want to say to you, first of all, thank you for joining us today. 578 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:41,920 Thank you for listening. 579 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:49,000 I've noticed that we're up around 65,000 downloads over our 73. 580 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,000 That's good. 581 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,000 That's amazing. 582 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,320 That's a lot of people listening. 583 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,320 It's shocking. 584 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,200 It's a lot of hours of people listening. 585 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,640 We have listeners from all over the world, literally. 586 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:02,040 I love rss.com because you can get analytics on that and it shows a map. 587 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:09,280 And I'm just so grateful that people would take the time to listen to us and listen to 588 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:10,280 our podcasts. 589 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,640 And so we want to encourage you. 590 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,480 Our whole goal is to help you live up in a down world. 591 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,160 That is what we're all about and anything we can do to brighten you. 592 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,220 But we also wanted you to know that we have bad days too. 593 00:36:22,220 --> 00:36:24,520 This is why we wanted to talk about my bad days, my bad week. 594 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,080 Well, we usually talk about mine, but not yours. 595 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:28,080 So this was unusual. 596 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:29,080 This was my bad day. 597 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:33,360 So your one that you'll have for 10 years was this week. 598 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:34,600 I hope that's all it is. 599 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,080 Yeah, because you're the optimist, which I love, which is why I love being married to 600 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:39,320 you because you're the optimist. 601 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,000 You're much like Adam Curry. 602 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,920 He's definitely the optimist always. 603 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:43,920 It's only in our buds. 604 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,480 You are so much alike. 605 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:46,480 It's unbelievable. 606 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:51,760 We love God, how God, and we are living up in a down world for sure. 607 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,200 And you've helped me be able to live up in a down world. 608 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:55,200 Aw, baby. 609 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,200 Which I'm giving my testimony. 610 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,200 I love you. 611 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,200 September 22nd at church. 612 00:36:58,200 --> 00:36:59,200 I'm doing a women's luncheon. 613 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,200 I'm super happy about that. 614 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,280 That's going to be amazing. 615 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:09,720 And I'm sure your name will be coming up quite a bit because you are directly responsible 616 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:15,320 for, and I named this luncheon Redeemed and Restored. 617 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:16,900 Love that. 618 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:22,720 Not because you redeemed me and restored me, but Jesus did through you. 619 00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:23,720 Wow. 620 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:24,720 Thank you. 621 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:31,960 I'm going to be definitely talking about my story and how you play the biggest part in 622 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:32,960 my redemption. 623 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:33,960 That's humbling. 624 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:34,960 Yeah. 625 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:35,960 It makes me look forward to it. 626 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:36,960 I'm looking forward to it. 627 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,680 So if anybody's in the area and wants to come, it's a luncheon at Bridge Church. 628 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:45,160 You can go to bridgefbg.com and look at the calendar of events. 629 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:46,880 And really excited. 630 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,920 I haven't given my testimony like this in many years. 631 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:50,920 Yeah. 632 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:51,920 It's great. 633 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:52,920 And just thank you for saying that. 634 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,280 I want to riff on that just for a sec. 635 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,680 Thank you for just bringing up Bridge. 636 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:57,680 Bridgefbg.com. 637 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,560 For those of you who don't have a home church, maybe you don't have a home church, maybe 638 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,440 you're not sitting under biblical teaching. 639 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,080 We put all of our sermons. 640 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:10,920 I'm the main speaker, but also Pastor Brian Mandel is my executive pastor. 641 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,040 He's a phenomenal communicator as well. 642 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,320 We're going to be tag teaming. 643 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,280 We're going to do a whole series on the book of Acts coming up. 644 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,700 But we put all of our messages are online. 645 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:23,080 You can find us at bridgefbg.com. 646 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,440 Go about halfway down that page. 647 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:25,440 You'll see it. 648 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,120 You go into the archives there. 649 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:28,200 You can watch them. 650 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,200 They're on video. 651 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,520 You can watch our worship team or you can just go straight to the message. 652 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:37,360 So we want to encourage you any way we can to help you live up in a down world. 653 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,000 And thanks for being with us today. 654 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,600 I think that about does it for this evening. 655 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,320 We landed at 38 minutes, so I'm super happy about that. 656 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,320 Yesterday's was 38 minutes. 657 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:47,320 Okay. 658 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:48,320 Well, we got in right now. 659 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:49,320 The lost episode. 660 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:50,320 The lost episode that no one will ever hear. 661 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:51,320 But it was amazing. 662 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,320 So, hey, this one was better. 663 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,320 Okay. 664 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,320 We love you guys and I love you. 665 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:56,320 And Mr. Chevy just popped right up. 666 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:57,320 Hi, Mr. Chevy. 667 00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:58,320 I'm glad you're with us again on the show. 668 00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,320 We've missed you. 669 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,320 So God bless you. 670 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:22,040 Have a great week and keep living up in a down world.