Don't get down when you're seeing the worst
Cause the last will be the first
What a day I'm telling you
All things will be new
Living up in a down world
Yeah we're living, yeah we're living
Living up in a down world
Oh!
This is Jimmy and Annette and we are coming to you
from the heart of our, well we always say the Texas Hill country
but I don't want to sound just like Adam
We're coming from the heart of Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas
Literally the heart, we're right in the office, right in the studio
That's right
How are you this morning?
I am good, I'm a little tired because I didn't sleep well
I think I was thinking about the election
So in the middle of the night I would, is I would wake up
I would look at my phone and just see
and then I'm like oh wait I can't see
You did that in the middle of the night?
I did while you were sleeping
Wow I was out of it
You were out
I slept good last night
And then finally I woke up about 6.10 I was like
Your alarm did not go off
I thought it was probably 4 or 5
And so I tried to wake you up when I saw that Trump won
and I literally, I just lost it
I just started bawling
I know, you were crying
I was trying to wake you up, I'm in a total dead sleep
I was crying because I felt like, not because he won
but because God won
because His mercy allows us to have another four years
of trying to turn this, what this other administration has done
to America and turn it back to how it's founded
and I believe that Trump can do that
He's not our Savior obviously
but I just cried out of gratitude that God heard our prayers
We've worked hard over the last year and a half here at the bridge
I mean the thing is I can't affect Washington DC
but I can impact my sphere of influence
and this goes for anybody
and I love what Adam says and others say
Rick Green says it too and others
talk about the fact that the real power for change is local
it's where you live, it's where you work and where you play
and so sometimes we get so bent out of shape about what's going on up in DC
and forget the real critical pieces right where you live
right at home and starting at your own kitchen table
As you put it this morning, you coached our church well
Well I didn't say it that way
I didn't say I coached our church well
Okay, what did you say?
Well like that, but you were able to give them good advice
That sounds like I'm patting myself on the back
No, no, no, no, you were guiding them
and helping people see what's really going on in America
and where we came from, how far we've gone
and I believe that's what a good coach does though
Thank you
You're not taking credit but you learn things
and then you were able to disclose those things to our people
I mean when you look around at our church, when you took a poll
to see how many people had already voted
and we would say probably 90-95% of our people before election day
it was unbelievable, unbelievable
I'd say two weeks ago I took that poll, informal of course
I just asked for a show of hands in both services
How many of you have already voted?
So two weeks ago, two Sundays ago, it was about 80%
I ask others, what did you see?
I'm seeing from up there and everyone I talked to said it had to be 80%
We did it this Sunday and it had to be over 90%
It had to be
I literally didn't see anybody not raise their hand
I turned around and I saw a couple of people
and I don't think they're people that wouldn't vote
I think they just believe strongly in voting on the day
There were people who waited until the day
With what happened in Arizona in the last election
where guys like Charlie Kirk who's such a big voice
and such a massive influencer was told he couldn't vote
because the machines were glitching
I'm going to eat your summer sausage
You go right ahead, you enjoy yourself
Wow, yeah, we'll hear everything you're doing right now
I'm hungry
You are starving, you're eating on our podcast
Adam and Tina, drink on theirs
I'm eating and having coffee
I'm going to drink coffee for sure
We had such a sweet evening last night
Let's just talk a little bit about that
We got to hang out with our best friends
Our best friend, you can't even talk, you've got a full mouth
I do
Tina and I and a lot of the girls from church
all decided to go out to dinner
just to kind of get our mind off so that we're not just glued to the TV
and talk girl stuff and it was just wonderful
and you and Adam went out and had a nice dinner at Hill and Vine
and enjoyed yourself
Then we came back, we met each other back about 8.30
Normally we'd go home
but this was kind of a big day for America
I kind of think it was
but we only watched a little bit
and that was the first time I had seen anything all day
because I didn't watch
I didn't look at anything all day yesterday
because when you're looking at the news
there's so much optics and posturing and chest beating
and just ridiculous
so I had an actually really peaceful and really God-oriented day yesterday
I want to tell a little bit about what happened yesterday morning
but I want to finish this conversation
but first of all just to say how blessed we are to have Adam and Tina in our lives
our friends
and just that we can go through hard things together
hard things in our country together
and keep each other encouraged
keep each other looking up
instead of always just getting down on the negative and seeing the hard stuff
because there are hard things happening around the world right now
and yet we're able to encourage one another
enjoy an evening out
we ate steaks, that was amazing
Rabbi, thank you
and Whitney was a jewel who waited on us at Hill and Vine
we love Hill and Vine and appreciate them
but just such a good time
I thought the restaurant would be empty
I thought it would be like a home football game
where nobody's in the restaurant during the football game
I literally thought
but the place was packed
I was surprised
she was surprised
I think people
a lot of people just wanted to wait until a little bit later
because really you don't know anything before then
it's all speculation
and it's just listening to newscasters do their thing
Tina was right
she made a comment that I thought was really funny
she said this is like the Super Bowl for newscasters
and for news programs and news outlets
whereas hurricanes are like the Super Bowl for Joe Cantori
meteorologists
the weather channels like losing their mind
they're so excited
they're trying to not look like they're excited about it
but it comes through
and it's the same way
so we were at Adam's
and Tina's they pulled up
Adam pulled up on TV
we bounced back and forth from Fox to CNN to MSNBC
just to see the mood and the tone
it was fascinating
it's such a sociological study in human behavior
looking at the different slants and vents
Fox was all hyper and excited
and then all the way on the other end of the spectrum
MSNBC
they were all depressed
you could tell around their panel
their countenance was so different
it was a giveaway
they were like
this doesn't look good for us
it was obvious
but it was really cool though
hanging out with people who have a good footing
their heads not in the clouds
Adam and Tina
they're both sound good thinkers
and then to be able to process
what we were seeing early on
we went home
and I was so tired
because I had an emo day
an emotional day
but it was good
but it was heavy
so I went home very tired last night
and I was like out
you were
I mean boom
I was in La La Land quickly
you were
I went to sleep fairly quickly after you did
but then my mind just kept going
I would wake up
and just start thinking
okay I wonder what's going on
I wonder what's going on
because you know
four years ago
it was quite a different story
very much so
and it looked like he was going to win
and everybody just goes to bed and thinks
oh and then
woo things change at the last minute
so we just didn't want that to happen again
and then I remember the prior four years
you know waking up
and hearing that Trump won
and that was
it was such a wonderful feeling to know
that's how I felt this morning
yeah
you know one of the slogans
that was being thrown around
which I actually liked was
too big to rig
yes I heard that quite often
it's just got to be too big to rig
and that's exactly what happened
so it's going to be interesting
I mean I woke up praying for safety
over the whole team
me too
over all of them
all of the
not just Trump and his own family
but everyone around that
but there would just be safety
and just
you know a healthy transition
I mean
we got a couple of months here to kind of
wade through some hard waters
but still
the future looks bright
and things look hopeful
at least for the next four years
we have a life raft
but our work has just begun
to me this is the kickoff
it's just begun
because we need to
help people win graciously
we need to help them understand that
this is
we're not done here
this is just the beginning
God has given us a chance to
turn America around
and we need to live by Biblical principles
and it doesn't mean we just kind of let our
guard down
that means we need to keep our guard up
because there is a real enemy that wants to take us all out
and take Donald out
which that's where I'm praying
you mean President Trump
President Trump sorry
just like you said
we need to pray for them
but we also need to pray for
this is where I've been all week
is praying for the administration
period
for salvation
whether it's Biden, Harris
you know, Waltz
absolutely agree
anybody
we need their eyes to be opened
and them to be awakened to who Christ is
and continue to pray for Donald Trump
because he needs to
I heard that he said
I'm not your savior
there is only one savior
and it's Jesus Christ
I didn't hear that
but when I heard several people say that
to me
that blessed me so much
and we just need him to keep that posture
because he is not our savior
but he is going to make some policies
that I believe God will be proud of
and so
but we need to continue to pray for him
something I totally agree
then we need to cover
cover all the administrations
everything in prayer
I said something on Sunday
I think is really important
and it was a repeat of something
one of my football coaches said years ago
or maybe it might have been
Coach Reynolds in basketball
but he said this
he said
when we win
we win with class
and when we lose
we lose with class
and I've been coaching and teaching our church
listen
see you're using the word coach
it's okay
no, no
coaching
that wasn't what I was saying
you said
I said I coached our church well
I did not use that word
well you didn't say it like that
I never want to come off as
no, you won't say that
but I will say it
well thank you
I can say it
I appreciate it
because you did
I receive it as a compliment
you helped
open the eyes of the people
whose eyes may have been shut
you know I just said that
Mike True just wrote
I love Mike
he's new to our church
he said
he just wrote me
winning with class
feels pretty darn great
praise God
for his infinite grace
my phone has been blowing up
is blowing up as we speak
just off the chain
but these are people
that we've walked with
for years together
some of them
well Mike's do
we've all been praying
but we've all been praying
and they've walked through
this season of praying
for our nation
and the whole heart of this
in fact let me just write
this is something I shared
with a group of Remnant Alliance pastors
I'm on a text group with them
and I wrote this
our pulpits will thunder
with gratitude
and the resolve to roll up our sleeves
stay the course
and get on with the hard
and joyful work of restoration
and returning to our foundations of faith
and our founding fathers
original intent
we get to do this
and that's really
that's kind of what
you were getting to
we don't just drop our guard
in fact
I've learned this the hard way
as I've gotten older
is that
we tend to be most vulnerable
after a win
that's true
and the enemy loves to come in
after a win
and just
just wreak havoc
and because we kind of drop our guards
we're like oh
we worked so hard
we won the game
but to me
we didn't win the game yet
this is the kickoff
this is like the coin
the elections
the coin toss
the kickoff will be January
when he actually steps in
and takes office
that's the kickoff
and he's making the policies
he promises he'll make
which we know he'll do
which he did before
so we don't have a record of him
breaking his promises
so we're
we just need to continue to pray
you know
I think for me
for him
because of his age
we need to pray
for his mind
yes
and that it will stay sharp
and that
yeah
because that
it is kind of nerve wracking
to have
you know
an older president like this
but
so we need to
we have history now
with Joe Biden
and I'm not putting Joe Biden down
when I even say
or President Biden
when I say
and talk
I try not to be disparaging
because there's a part
it can come across that way
it can come across
just because of how we all feel
about this administration
but there's a very real part of me
that feels sorry for him
in the sense that
there are things slipping
and even more so lately
even though he made
the comment about
you know
anyone who votes for Trump
is garbage
he's not even in his right mind
which is sad
because we have two more months
you know Ronald Reagan
the same thing happened to him
and towards the end of his presidency
and he began to falter
and have memory loss
and have issues
with his thinking
and you know it's a tragedy
it's hard
and so anyway
I don't wish ill will
I'm praying for the salvation
for even those that I've been
verbally frustrated about
in terms of saying
this platform is dark
and even in some cases evil
but I will not cease to pray for them
we have to
and pray for good things
I mean the Bible talks about
praying for our enemies
and they really are our enemies
they talk
talk and try
talk and trash
a lot of garbage
about us
but we
you know
instead of talking back
that way to them
or about them
we have got to come to the terms
that we're not going to go
that low
that we have to be Christians in this
and Christians
you know
have to turn the other cheek
it doesn't mean you vote
for someone like that
it means you turn the other cheek
and you pray for them
you know
Rebecca Alonzo was here this weekend
yeah talk a little bit about
about the Wibbitt's Conference
because that was amazing
it was phenomenal
she wrote a book
an autobiography
many years ago
called The Devil in Pew number 7
we talked about it
I believe on our last show
that she was coming
we had about 130 women there
and she talked about
what happened in her life as a child
when she was 7 years old
for 4 or 7 years of her life
her first 7 years
a man in the church terrorized her family
because her mom and dad
her dad was a pastor
he was an evangelist
who became a pastor of a church
in Sellers Town
and he harassed
he set bombs around their house
he shot out windows in their house
well I shouldn't say he did
he had his goonies
is how she puts it
because he was very wealthy
he was the commissioner
yeah he would hire
of the town
and he pretty much owned the whole town
and he would lend money to farmers
for their needs
and if they couldn't pay him back
he would take their whole farm from them
he was just a cruel and mean man
but what I love about her story
is her parents
instead of leaving the town
after 7 years of terrorism
instead of leaving
they prayed for him
and two of his kids
I think she said he had 9 kids
two of his kids actually got saved
and they had vacations together
with those two kids
which is absolutely crazy
older kids
but they ended up praying
well the tragedy was
there was a woman in their church
that was best friends with Rebecca's mom
and she was being abused by her husband
and she came to Rebecca's mom
and wanted to stay with them
actually Rebecca's mom offered her
to come stay with them for safety
which I don't think I would have thought
that would have been a safe place
knowing bombs were going off
but she loved Rebecca's mom
and chose to do that
well this man, Mr. Watts
got a word that the husband
his wife came and lived with them
and so he planted a seed in there
that you should go kill them
because he knew he was an alcoholic
he knew he was violent
and so he did
and he went and he literally shot
Rebecca's mom to death
and shot her dad
he ended up living
but he had PTSD
and major mental illness from it
what I learned from her story though
is the power of forgiveness
and the power of praying for people
who are not in their right mind
they're cruel
they don't make right decisions
and because she was here this weekend
before the election
I began to think about this election
which is when I kind of started to change
my views about things
yeah am I upset about the way things
have happened for four years
yes, do I agree with all the policies
no, but in hearing her story
it reminded me that God forgave us
when we were not in our right minds
no doubt
you know what I'm saying
yes
and here even though this man
used other people to do his work
which was to kill this family
they chose to forgive
and even Rebecca and her brother
who were the only ones left
the dad ended up dying seven years later
you've got to get this book
The Devil and Pew Number 7
it's fabulous
but they chose to walk in forgiveness
the result of it
the result was Mr. Watts
when Rebecca was a teenager
called her and said
and she had to go to trial at eight years of age
and talk about everything that had happened
but the result was Mr. Watts
contacting Rebecca and her brother
and asking
he said I have one question for you
and she thought he was in prison
but he had just gotten out
he had only gone to prison for one year
for what he did which was sad
but he said will you forgive me
he said all those years of going to church
and harassing your dad
I didn't know Jesus
but I go to prison and I found Jesus
would you forgive me
I'm going to cry
because that's a result of them walking out forgiveness
and she said Mr. Watts
we forgave you a long time ago
he ended up going to heaven
a little bit later
and I'm thinking wow
and she even called
she even said
I'm sure my parents are welcoming him in heaven
because even though they died
from the bullets that he produced
they prayed for him
and so for them it was a win
even though it wasn't a win physically at home
that just literally tore me
I've heard her story
I've traveled with her as she has told this story
I've read the book over and over
but for some reason this weekend it really got to me
and then Dr. Phil's office called Rebecca
and asked if she and her brother
would come on the show
because the man who actually killed her mom
he was going to have him on the show
and he wanted them to talk together
and Rebecca and her brother went to the show
and they had a Bible
they bought a Bible
they inscribed and engraved with his name on it
and gave it to him after the show
and forgave him
and it just to me
if they can forgive
and they've lost both their parents
they've lost their childhood
I think her brother was like three years old or something
and she was eight
give me a break
they've lost everything
that are dear to us
and yet they forgave
we have to forgive this administration
that has done this to America
and we have to live as Christians
we need to pray
and not cease in praying
for those that are not awakened yet
that's kind of what I got out
in fact she asked all of the women that were there
to write down on a piece of paper
who we need to forgive
what we need to forgive
I couldn't think of anything until afterwards
I couldn't think of anyone that I have not literally walked
in forgiveness with
until afterwards when she left
and the Lord said
you need to talk
you need to pray about this administration
and all those people that need Jesus
don't stop praying just because a new
if a new administration comes in
keep them
before me
do you know what I'm saying?
to me that's
it sounds biblical
it does
can I share the scripture?
yes absolutely
so you can get a drink of your coffee there
Matthew 5 43 to 45
Jesus says this
you have heard that it was said you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy
but I say to you
love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven
I mean come on
it doesn't get any clearer than that
exactly it's clear
but the problem is too many Christians
they don't know the Bible
and they
so they don't know how to walk that out
or they know it but they can't
because the enemy has just put a filter
you know on their mind and their heart
and have hardened their hearts towards people who
have hurt or persecuted us
and I literally that's what I walked away with
because I said Lord
is there anyone that I have not forgiven
that I'm just walking in hatred that I feel
this contempt for
I couldn't I literally couldn't think of anybody at the time
that's freedom
it is
that is freedom
because I've walked through freedom so much
I've had to walk through forgiveness because
I had
I had to come to a realization
of my own state
when God forgave me
and I could I could
I can't even describe
the gratitude I feel for what he's done for me
and what he wants to do for everyone
everyone
absolutely
he wants everyone will be calling on the name of the Lord
when he comes back
everyone
whether they repent
and say and really believe he is Lord
but everyone will know he is Lord when he comes back
and so
so to me
I felt like
her timing of coming was
I need to up my prayers for
the administration for the current
the new one coming in for anyone that is running our government
making decisions for America
that their eyes will be open that they will turn to Christ
because he is king
and here's another piece of that that I want to add to that
because I think you're this is where you start right
because those are the ones that are more obvious and blatant
because
there are people driving platforms
that that are so contrary to our biblical worldview
so they that tends to alienate us
yes but not only that there
we have neighbors in our neighborhood
we have people that we
I've been praying for those neighborhood
those neighbors that have the Harris
signs
one in particular on our block
praying for their eyes to be open
because I love them I don't hate them
and that's the thing I'm resisting right now
is being angry with
because if you listen to all the new stuff
and you just feed on this negativity
you can begin to just
you see a sign that's not the color of yours
and you just have this reaction this this visceral reaction
I am so trying to fight that
because I do not
you know one nation under God right
right we're supposed to be one nation under God indivisible
you know and these not dividable
because you know
divided we I mean
divided we fall
united we stand divided we fall
yes I mean if we cannot do this thing together
and so one of my prayers over this next term
is of course there's going to be reactions
in the short term right we know that's going to happen to some degree
I think less than what people are expecting but we'll see
whatever that is I hope we can all get past that
I just I know the divide is intentional
the enemies you know tactic is divide and conquer right
it is so our prayer let me read this Jesus said in Luke 23 34
and Jesus said father forgive them
for they don't know what they're doing
Mark 11 25 whenever you stand praying if you have anything against anyone
forgive him that your father in heaven may also forgive you
your trespasses
Romans 12 14
bless those who persecute you
bless and do not curse them
I mean it just goes on and on Ephesians 432
and be kind to one another tender hearted forgiving one another
even as God in Christ forgave you
and there's endless there's so many scriptures about this
and it's so the heart of God
and for Jesus to be hanging on a cross
beaten bloodied and knowing that his own disciples
were going to be beaten and bloodied and knowing
the future of the early church especially the persecution
they were going to endure he still says father forgive them
they don't even know what they're doing
and we're supposed to imitate him
we're supposed to the whole point of
of knowing Jesus is about a relationship
I know the closer I get to my friends
the more I kind of act like them
you know what I'm saying
it's like we go back to junior high middle school
we began to like the same things we buy
they're the same clothes
Tina I'll just say this every time
you know Tina and I go shopping we both like the same thing
we end up buying a lot of the same things
I was buying on her jacket last night going
I want this jacket
I've got it
and I was like just give it to me
she goes no it's too big for you
I'm like okay well I have to have it
but that's how we are
when we get close to someone we begin
I mean like you and I we're so close
we almost look alike now in a way
I'm just kidding it's a joke
it's a joke
because it was funny because Rebecca
when she was sitting next to me at church
and I was sitting really close to you
and I was kind of getting closer
and she was like okay do y'all need to get a room or something
it was hilarious
I nearly snorted my coffee when you said that
but it's because we're so close
we think alike
you've become you went from the gray area
to the black and white area
that is true
you used to be all gray
I'm much more black and white than I used to be
all black and white
no kidding
now I'm getting a little bit more gray
but you're getting a little bit more black and white
because we spend time together
this is the evidence
of when we spend time with Christ
we will imitate Him
the evidence of it is we will look like Him
so we need to learn about Jesus
I say read everything Jesus wrote in the New Testament
so you can know who Jesus is
so the way I put it and I've always said this
read the red and pray for the power
exactly
spend time
I read a proverb a day
that's become such a just my go-to
but I actually was thinking
I need to read the Gospels again
I need to balance that out with the Gospels
so I'm going to start going back through the Gospels
probably start with the Gospel of John
I know you're going to say John
you always tell people start with John
gosh I've really grown fond of Luke
by going through the book of Acts
it's really gotten me
so I may do Luke
probably Luke
maybe that is how you get to know who He is
and then we imitate Him
and when we don't
when we get in our flesh
and we begin to go back to the way we used to do things
before salvation
I just think He weeps for us
like gosh they forgot
they don't remember
and He's trying to change our heart
because that's the whole point of salvation
is we are a new creation, a new creature
which is the greatest miracle
to me that's a bigger miracle
than legs growing out
or knees being healed
that is the biggest miracle
the transformation of the human heart
that we don't as the church
see that as the biggest miracle
too many churches think that you need the other signs and wonders
and to me that's the biggest
and not just one time
people walking out there for salvation
learning and keeping His word in their heart
that's the biggest miracle
because it says narrow is the road
narrow, narrow
yeah and in Psalm 119 verse 11
you just reminded me
your word have I hid in my heart
that I might not sin against you
the power of the word being hidden
you reading it, taking it in
not only you reading the Bible
but the Bible reading you
it's reading us at the same time
and when that happens
there's a massive great exchange that happens
and we are transformed
from glory to glory the scripture says
one level of glory to another
that's when this thing gets fun
I was telling Adam at dinner last night
our discussions are basically
God, the world and other things
literally that's the order
God, the world and other things
that's how our conversations go
that's why I love him as a best friend
because that is what our conversations center around
and I was saying just how
I lost my train of thought
I just totally bounced it
how old are you? You're about to be
sorry I had to do that
no, anyway
it was just one of those conversations
where we were talking about
God, how He works in us and through us
and what a privilege it is
that we get to
oh, I realized
being its back
I'm here
I said isn't this a great adventure?
I love the song by Stephen Curtis Chapman
the great adventure
when you said that that's what came to my mind
I just heard that on Hello Fred
I mean literally
oh, he played it
yeah, it's on there
because I sent it to him
so let's talk a little bit about Hello Fred
because I love this idea
of talking about forgiveness
it brings freedom
and when you're truly forgiving people
and you have released that
it sets you free
but what does it set you free for?
it sets you free to live
it sets you free to be on an adventure with God
that's where the train of thought was going that way
so you're going to segue into Hello Fred
because this is something
I love what Tina said
she said I've never seen Adam this excited
well, and she didn't
none of us understood what he was putting together
until he put it together
I did because he had been dropping it all night
Tina and I didn't
and I absolutely love this project
we're listening to it 24-7
I get up in the morning
we don't turn anything else on
it's that good
so explain what it is
so Hello Fred is a
for lack of a better term
it's like a built-in player
that you drop into your website
like if you've got
for example
you can go to bridgefbg.com
scroll down the page
and you'll see the player
and it says Godcaster
so he's calling it the Godcaster
and Hello Fred is actually a local station
that he's producing
that has all the music that we've chosen
I've had input on it
you had input through me on it
a lot of friends
had input on the best songs
and it's also news bits
things that are happening around our local community
what God's up to
and then he's taking clips
from Pastor Brian and myself
and doing those
and then I'm also doing
Tina calls them Godshots
I call them my daily grind
the daily grind
it's my daily Devo
and he's running those
and it's all sprinkled in
into this one 24-7 stream
it's like turning on the radio
to your favorite station
and listening to all your songs
and every now and then
you'll get a little 22nd Devo
but it's all local
it's localized
and he's playing some excerpts of our podcast
Curry and the Keeper
her Godshots
it's amazing
I absolutely love it
the only thing I asked
if he was going to do
which he hasn't done yet
but it's in the works
is like when you're in the car
and you're listening
you want to know what song that is
yeah it's hard to shazam it
yeah and so he is going to have the song
and the writer on there
so we're the prototype
yeah I was going to say
we're the guinea pig
that's another nice way to say beta testers
we're guinea pigs
so I want you to go to
bridgefbg.com
scroll down the home page there
and you'll see the Godcaster player
and then you can click on
Hello Fred
and just let it run
it is so cool
I let it run in the background
while you're working or driving
and listen to it
but we've also added some podcasts
that are relevant to our church
and to our faith walk
and so you'll see those on there
we're actually adding some more
we're going to do Jack Hibbs
and Alan Jackson
their podcast
there's Kurt Kamerins is on there
I love his and what he's doing
and he ended up calling you recently
yeah he called me and left a message
which is really nice
I haven't got back to him yet
but he called me because
I quoted his book
his new book
and put a slide up with his quote
every week you've been doing this
I know I've been using his quote
because he wrote a book called
Born to Be Brave
fantastic book
and I highly recommend it
but Rick Green's friends with him
and Rick took a snapshot and said
hey Pastor Jim
he's talking about your book
and he sent the kindness message
he said give me his phone number
I want to contact him
super cool
I missed his call but anyway
he left a really lengthy message
I was really
I was very heartfelt
I really appreciate it
so I'm looking forward to calling him back
or getting in touch with him
I want to bring him here
to talk about his book
even talk about the monument
the way he talked about the monument
on the biblical citizenship class
how impactful that was
was so impactful
we got in our car and drove
we got in our car and drove to the airport
we flew
we drove to the airport
so back to the Godcaster
so this is a project that
that Adam's working on
with two other friends of his
Dave and Gordon
and they put together this amazing tool
I mean if you're a business owner
you can actually run it in your business
and it's going to have local announcements
and local news
and you know
hey here's what's coming up
here's a community calendar
it's got all of that
it's programmable
and it is phenomenal
I cannot not listen to it right now
I can't either
so go to Bridge
and it's odd to hear your
wait hold on
it's odd as we're
as I'm getting ready
and I'm hearing
you're in there
getting ready with me
and I'm hearing you on the radio
it's unbelievable to me
but it's beautiful because
a radio station can use it
as a widget in there
on their website
and have 24-7 things running
because local radio
this is sad
but local radio
for the most part
it's going away
but we don't want Matt Long's show to go away
I know we love Matt
it's beginning to fade
but you know what
Matt's a show that we could
probably put in here as a podcast
because any podcast you can actually have
loaded into the player
so there's lots of possibilities
so we've loaded several things
that are dear to us
so you can go to bridgefbg.com
scroll all the way down
and you can listen to
Hello Fred Live
for 24 hours
or you can listen to one of the podcasts
so it's still in beta development
so we're finding glitches
or little things
we're fixing along the way
I say we
I'm just transferring information to Adam
and he with his geniuses
they do all that
but we're just helping by running it constantly
I'm listening to it as much as possible
and if I ever hear anything
I just shoot him a text
so it's really cool
even in the week that he's
from the week when he started it to today
it's like a thousand percent improved
but already
I mean it's amazing
I'm super proud
He's a genius
I'm proud of Adam
I'm proud of my friend
I love
It's for the kingdom
It's for God's glory
I love hearing his voice throughout
He'll say Hello Fred
This is Hello Fred
and I love that
I love hearing him
It does remind me of the MTV days
Does it?
It really does
because of his voice
has it changed
but it just
when I hear him on it
when I hear you
when I hear Tina
I'm on it
You're on it?
I don't really like that part
but I just get giddy hearing us
knowing that people are going to hear
the little God shots that we're all giving
and it's just beautiful
It's another way for us to get the gospel out
There it is
Good news
I learned the gospel through music
Living up in a down world is good news
Music is how I was drawn to the Lord
Me too
and I love that we're using music
and other things to draw people to the Lord as well
I think this thing is going to go big
really big
He's got another meeting this morning
the one yesterday
with other radio stations who are starting to pick it up
Will he name it like whatever city has it
Hello Cincinnati or whatever
Well they can do what they want with it
because it will be there
so they can customize it to there
They can put their 24 hour radio stream on it
or whatever
So he named ours Hello Fred
because we're in Fredersburg
Because of Fred
I love it
I'm super excited about it
and just proud of him
I'm proud
It's fun to see him lit up
We were both saying
I've never seen him like this
He just turned a big 6-0
He leveled up
I'm 62
and we were just talking last night
about how we feel so youthful
We feel so
We're so excited about what God's doing
in each of our spheres of influence
and what we can do together
and we're talking about doing a podcast together
We're starting to
It's in development
Well Tina I've been talking about for a year
and it hadn't happened
That's on y'all
You'll have to decide when you're going to do it
We're waiting for God's perfect timing
because the right thing at the wrong time
is still the wrong thing
We want it to be the right thing at the right time
So it's all percolating right now
and it's starting to develop
but we're not rushing anything
It's like God's timing is perfect
So we'll be doing something
probably God the world and other things
I don't know
That's for sure
Who knows
Well listen as we land the plane today
First of all
Wow I think we didn't have very much energy
at the beginning
and then we end with all this
Well I think this is my second cup of coffee
Oh me too
I just finished mine
And it kicked in
It did
So boom I'm alive
Yeah you had a lot more energy than me
I'm just going okay
I'm still trying to wake up
Well I think I got really excited
when you talked about Hello Fred though
because I've never been so excited about a project as this
I think it's just genius
I do too
I just love that
I'm super fired up
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We didn't do a podcast last week remember
Was it last week?
Yeah
No we did it
We did?
Yes we did
We skipped a week
I guess we did it last week
Yeah
It was the week before
Wow a lot has happened in the last week
But anyway I want to say thank you to all of you
Those of you who have been contributing
Those who have been doing Boostergrams
We want to say thank you
Adam Curry you're always big time on the Boostergrams
There's a stop at Boostergrams
He always rocks our world with 77,000 sats
and so appreciate that
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We're just excited about what God's up to
Of course we're in a good mood this morning
because something we've been praying about so hard
has come to pass
but I go back to this
We forgive
We also win with class
And we also are humbly grateful
for what God's up to
We feel like the future is so bright
We just got to wear shades right?
We have four years of a life raft
Well I would say four years of an opportunity
You can use a life raft as good
But I say an opportunity to turn this nation back to God
Which means the work just begins
Yeah MAGA to me means Make America Godly Again
That's what we're going to do
Well God bless you
We love you
And we just want to say thanks for listening today
And we're out of here
Have an amazing week on purpose
Go to Hello Fred on our website
And check it out
I know you're laughing at me
When you said go to Hello Fred
You know what my mind went to
You are hilarious
I know
You're strange
I love you and you're beautiful by the way
Thank you
Stunning and gorgeous
I think I'm ready for another cup of coffee
It's starting to work
Wow
Hey we love you family
Talk to you soon
Bye bye