1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,960 they had a pen pal program where I got a letter from a nun who was in a convent, 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:12,240 and she was assigned to me. And I was in that home for six months, and I would get these letters 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,360 from this person I'd never met, and she would tell me how much God loved me. 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,320 Wow! 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:22,640 She would speak my identity over me. She would tell me things I'd never heard. 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,040 Chloe and Dove. 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:29,760 Those were so life-changing for me. I literally still have those cards at this point in my life, 8 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:37,040 having moved 45 times, or 35 times, or whatever, a lot. And she was contending 9 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,920 for my salvation and for my life at 15. 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:40,720 Beautiful. 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:56,240 God promises in Joel 2.28 to pour out His Spirit on all humanity. Welcome to global outpouring. 12 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:01,200 Will we contend for that promised outpouring? Will we equip for that outpouring? 13 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,760 So that we may engage in that very outpouring. I'm Philip Bus. 14 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:11,360 And I'm Sharon Bus. Welcome to the podcast today. We have with us again our dear friends 15 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:18,480 and co-workers, John and Linda Thomas, and they're going to continue with their story. 16 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:27,840 And this is about seeing the power of God to redeem and set free and launch into outpouring. 17 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:37,120 Thanks so much for joining us today. 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And don't miss our bookstore and don't miss our blogs and the things that we 25 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:22,000 have recorded on our YouTube channel and our Facebook page. Join us on all these places and 26 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:27,440 get connected with us on Friday nights. We're always recording something special from the Lord 27 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:33,280 on our Friday night live worship. So John and Linda, thank you so much for joining us again today. 28 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:38,960 We want to continue with your story. It is so good to be here. We are, we are so 29 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,840 blessed. Yeah. Thank you so much for having us. We love you guys. We love being around you and 30 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:50,080 we appreciate the opportunity to share our stories. Oh, it's, it's, it's just wonderful. 31 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:55,760 You know, you were sharing with us on our last episode about John, how you started to pray in 32 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:02,320 tongues for your household and for God to do whatever it was that he wanted to do and so on. 33 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:08,800 Yeah. Um, was, was there some kind of a backstory about that, that like Linda, were you already 34 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:18,000 praying something? Was there a book involved? Yes, actually there was. I had started to read 35 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:25,520 the power of a praying wife right after John and I got married. It was really important to me 36 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:35,520 to make sure that I had a godly marriage and I was honoring my husband and I was protecting his heart 37 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:40,800 and using that book, power of a praying wife really brought me closer to the Lord 38 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:46,960 and it also taught me how to pray for my husband. Okay. And then John, what happened with you, with 39 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:53,600 a book? Yeah, well, Linda told me she was reading that book and praying for me pretty early on. 40 00:03:53,600 --> 00:04:00,880 And I could see over the years the Lord was changing me and just looking back on it, I know 41 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:07,680 that a lot of that came from the contending that Linda was doing for me. And so, you know, I started 42 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:14,560 out very, very worldly in our marriage. And even though up to just a few years ago, I was still a 43 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:20,000 lukewarm Christian, I could still see the fingerprint of the Lord in my life working, changing me, 44 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:26,480 changing the way that I was loving Linda. And I know that really a majority of that came from 45 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:31,920 those prayers that she was praying over me. Those prayers are so powerful when you're praying for 46 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:38,640 somebody, your spouse, your children, your loved ones, whoever it is, those prayers are so powerful. 47 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:44,400 And so I just encourage people don't ever give up praying, keep praying for people because it works. 48 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:50,320 Amen. Amen. Was there also a book that you were reading at some point? 49 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:57,840 At some point? Yeah. So about power of a praying husband. Yeah, I actually didn't pick that up until 50 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:04,480 recently. Oh. And yeah. But you were exhibiting the power of a praying husband when you started 51 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,640 praying in tongues, even if you hadn't read the book yet. Yeah. It's the principle. 52 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:14,640 The principle behind it. Yeah. Like I think Linda had said when we were talking yesterday that 53 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,600 I asked Dean Braxton, I asked him, how do I get closer to the Lord? And Dean said, 54 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:24,720 if I want to get close to the Lord, start praying for your wife. Start praying for your wife. 55 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:30,000 And he recommended at that time that I pick up that book, Power of a Praying Husband. 56 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,360 Wow. But I was still so lukewarm that that answer kind of frustrated me. 57 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:43,680 I wanted a much more spiritual answer. But yeah, I realized the importance of praying for 58 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:50,480 Linda. And so we have really developed a strong prayer for each other, separate and together. 59 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,720 And I know that that has been very powerful in our marriage. 60 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,960 Oh, that's wonderful. Amen. That's wonderful. Well, let's go back and talk with you, Linda, 61 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:08,000 about a little bit more about your background and where you came from. And like, were you raised in 62 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:16,400 a Christian home or what's your background? I actually was not. I was raised in, unfortunately, 63 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:24,000 typical for these days, a broken home, not in a Christian lifestyle. My mom grew up in a broken 64 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:30,320 home with a controlling stepdad. And so I ended up growing up in a broken home with a controlling 65 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:35,760 stepdad in my younger years. And you know, we- It's sort of like history repeats itself. 66 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,320 It does. It's interesting to watch that cycle. We ended up moving around a lot, but we ended up 67 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:47,760 landing in Las Vegas when I was maybe 10. And you know, my mom, she was just looking back, 68 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:53,920 she was seeking love and fulfillment in other people. And she didn't know it was really Jesus 69 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:59,920 that she was looking for. We didn't have Jesus. And so, you know, fast forward a little bit and 70 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,920 praise the Lord, she did find a relationship with Jesus when I was in my later teens. 71 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,280 But what about you? 72 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:15,840 Well, growing up in a broken home, I ended up with a lot of traumatic experiences when I was younger. 73 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:24,000 And in response to those experiences, I ended up spending my teen years also searching and 74 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,480 seeking from love for the world, you know, looking for that father figure I never had, 75 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:33,760 for acceptance, for identity, and of course, unfortunately, always looking in the wrong places. 76 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:42,720 Oh dear. You're probably glossing over a whole lot of detail by saying that. Not that you need to 77 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,280 go into detail, but I think everybody gets the picture. 78 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:51,440 Yes. If you can imagine it, it probably happened to me. And you know, starting with maybe drug 79 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,640 rehab at 13. And then- 80 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:59,440 And drug rehab at 13. Wow. 81 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:06,320 Yeah. That's kind of where running away on and off in and out of different group homes and stuff. 82 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:12,800 And basically, just really trying to figure out who I was and find someone to love me. You know, 83 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,840 my mom loved me the best that she could, but not growing up with a father or a father figure 84 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:23,360 that was loving and accepting. I had no idea who I was. I had no sense of my own identity. 85 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:24,960 So, I was out there looking for it. 86 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:31,680 So, that's why it's so important for people to meet Jesus and to meet our heavenly father 87 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,600 and get a relationship established with our heavenly father, because 88 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:41,280 that gives you your true identity. But that's happened. But tell us the stuff in between. 89 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:50,000 Yes. Well, I, from about 15 years old, I did end up in a state-run Catholic girls' home. 90 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:50,640 Oh, really? 91 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:51,600 Yes. 92 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,440 Like, is that where you found Jesus? 93 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:59,920 I didn't find Jesus. It was a Catholic girls' home. But I did hear about a God who loved me. 94 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,720 It was kind of in generals. I think because it was state-run, 95 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,960 there were certain things they weren't really allowed to do. So, there was no salvation message. 96 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,000 But I didn't hear about a Jesus who died for me so that I could be free. 97 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,120 But they started to pour identity in me. 98 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:16,800 Wow. 99 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,080 It was really cool to be around these nuns that were praying 100 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:25,680 and going to chapel every morning. And I remember they even had, this was so powerful, 101 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:32,960 they had a pen pal program where I got a letter from a nun who was in a convent. 102 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:38,320 And she was assigned to me. And I was in that home for six months. And I would get these letters 103 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:43,360 from this person I'd never met. And she would tell me how much God loved me. 104 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:44,320 Wow. 105 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:48,320 She would speak my identity over me. She would tell me things I'd never heard. 106 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:48,800 Glory to God. 107 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:55,280 I mean, those were so life-changing for me. I literally still have those cards 108 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:01,600 at this point in my life, having moved 45 times or 35 times or whatever a lot. 109 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:09,120 She was contending for my salvation and for my life at 15. 110 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:09,600 Beautiful. 111 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:09,760 Wow. 112 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,720 So, don't give up on those broken teenagers that you find out there. 113 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,320 Praise God. Amen. 114 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:21,440 They need your prayers. They need your dedication to praying for them and speaking truth into 115 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:26,080 their life, even if it doesn't look like they're hearing you. They are hearing you. Their spirit 116 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,080 is hearing you and holds on to those things forever. 117 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:37,760 Amen. Beautiful. Beautiful. So, what happened then after you got out of that place? 118 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:43,680 The benefit of that, it got me off the streets. It got me clean. I still didn't know who I was. 119 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:48,880 I still didn't have Jesus. So, then by 16, I was pregnant with my first daughter. 120 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:55,120 And here I am, a high school dropout working full-time, pregnant and living on the couch 121 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:00,640 of a friend and God intervened dramatically in my life at that point. 122 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:07,440 It's a story that sounds so much like every single mom, pregnant young story, but God 123 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:14,080 threw a little three-line ad in the back of a magazine that said, open adoption, 124 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:21,360 Pleasant Hill, California. And I was in Vegas at the time. And just having somebody come up to me 125 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:27,280 and show me that little ad, it opened up a world of open adoption for me that I was able to step 126 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:33,360 into because I didn't want to raise a daughter in the life I was living because I knew I had nothing. 127 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:40,160 I didn't want to raise her like that. And I did not want to have an abortion. My sister took me to 128 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,880 a crisis pregnancy center when I told her, my older sister, when I told her I thought I was pregnant. 129 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:53,200 And when I walked into that place, I assumed if I was pregnant that I would get an abortion. 130 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Here I am 16 years old. I'm already dropped out of high school. I don't have a really great 131 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:04,720 relationship with my mother. And so no one to turn to. Well, they sat me down and they gave me a free 132 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:11,120 test, but they made me watch a 28-minute video on abortion. And back then, you know, in the early 133 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:18,640 90s, it was a real video that showed what really happens when you have an abortion. And I walked 134 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:23,440 out of that place and I was like, there's no way I cannot do that. I have a baby inside of me. 135 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:30,080 I have a baby inside of me. I am pregnant and I can't kill my baby. So I thought, well, 136 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:37,120 I didn't know anything about adoption except the stigma that it's bad because everybody who 137 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,520 I had ever known that was adopted, you know, didn't know their parents and it was very secretive. And 138 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:46,960 it was, it seemed to be a bad thing, you know, like you don't love your kid or something like that. 139 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:53,280 But it was completely the opposite. Explain what an open adoption is. Because I had never heard of 140 00:12:53,280 --> 00:13:00,800 it until not so very long ago. It was beautiful. I contacted them and they sent me a hundred letters 141 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:05,920 and pictures of families that had already been vetted that were ready to adopt. And I got to 142 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:13,440 choose my daughter's parents. And they were lovely. I got to go down the list and if I didn't like them, 143 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,520 I could pick the next ones and I could, I could interview them all until I felt I had the right 144 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:22,960 choice. And of course, God intervening. I had the very first couple I chose were June and Rod. 145 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:29,200 And they lived in California and they were lovely. I ended up, this isn't normal, probably, 146 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:35,120 but I ended up moving, they moved me to California to live with them while I was pregnant. And I got, 147 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:41,040 I got medical care and I got to, to see other girls that were pregnant. And I got to have 148 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:45,760 counseling sessions one-on-one with them. Like we had group sessions with these other girls that 149 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,960 were thinking about adoption. And the choice was mine all the way up to, to birth and right after 150 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:57,360 to change my mind with no condemnation. And it was neat because I got to live with them and I got to 151 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,600 see what a sound marriage and a stable life looked like. It was lovely. 152 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:02,960 Pete But were they believers? 153 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,320 Julie They were not. They didn't know Jesus. And at that point, 154 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,720 I didn't really know enough to realize that that was missing. 155 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:13,040 Pete Yeah, yeah. But you figured it out later. 156 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:14,400 Julie I did. 157 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,480 Pete So, you lived with them until your daughter was born. 158 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,840 Julie Yes, Alexis. 159 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,560 Pete How much, how much have you been involved in Alexis's life? 160 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:27,280 Julie That's the beautiful part of open adoption is she has always known me. She's always had 161 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:32,560 pictures of me. I've gotten pictures and video of her growing up. There's never been a secret about 162 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:38,000 it. She's always known she was adopted. As a matter of fact, she, glory to God, June and Rod 163 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:44,720 ended up being able to have a second child. So, they have a child. And she, he always would grow 164 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,600 up saying he was adopted because he wanted to feel special like she was. 165 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:56,720 Pete Oh, that's so sweet. So, you got to be a part of her life from the get go. And you could explain 166 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:04,720 to her, she could understand that it wasn't that you abandoned her. You loved her enough to give 167 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,800 her a better opportunity than she would have if you had kept her. 168 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:15,120 Julie Yes, yes. And if I hadn't loved June and Rod so much and gotten to actually get to know them, 169 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,440 you know, honestly, I never would have been able to give them my baby. It was the hardest thing I've 170 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:20,240 ever done. 171 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:26,400 Pete Yeah, I can't imagine how complicated and difficult that would be because you, you know, 172 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:34,080 you carry that baby in your womb. And to bring that child forth and then not be able to, you know, 173 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:41,920 nurture and carry in your arms and grow up and grow her up. I understand what you did and why you 174 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:47,200 did it and it was the right thing to do. But I know it must have been terribly difficult. 175 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:54,480 Julie Yeah, it was the amount of love I had for her that I, you know, I didn't want her to grow up 176 00:15:54,480 --> 00:16:01,760 without the stability that I knew and the love that I knew she could get from a mother and father 177 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,400 together. 178 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:08,240 Pete So, what has her reaction been now that she's grown? Has she, have you talked together about 179 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:08,800 that? 180 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:16,880 Julie Absolutely. We talk all the time. She loves me very much. I love her. I'm close with her and 181 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:24,240 her mom, June, is wonderful. And it's neat when the three of us can get together. She has since 182 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:29,920 accepted Jesus. So, she's in her family of believers too. So, I have her for eternity. 183 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:38,400 And I got to be an influence on her in that very specific area that she came back into our lives 184 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,760 after I was saved and I got to influence her for the Lord. 185 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:42,880 Pete Glory to God. 186 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,800 Julie Praise God. That's tremendous. So, how did you find Jesus? 187 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:52,000 Julie Well, he was always there. 188 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,600 Pete Oh, don't you love that? But you just didn't know. 189 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:00,640 Julie Yes, I didn't. I didn't know. But you know, what was a blessing is after, since my mom did 190 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:07,840 get saved, after I had Alexis, I came home to Vegas and I had a praying mom this time. So, 191 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:15,440 I was able to, even though I went back into the world for a few years and ended up getting 192 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:22,800 pregnant again, and I ended up getting married at 20, the Lord helped intervene in those times. 193 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:30,320 I got cleaned up and stable before I got pregnant, which is what I had happened with the Catholic 194 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,120 girls home the first time. And so, having a- 195 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:40,160 Julie Wait, wait, wait, wait. When you say cleaned up, you were doing drugs up until that moment 196 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,600 where you began to get cleaned up before you got pregnant each time. 197 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,640 Pete Each time. 198 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:53,280 Julie Isn't God good to take care of your children that way? To clean the drugs out of your system 199 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:58,400 before you got pregnant? I mean, you weren't even trying. God did that. 200 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:03,360 Julie He did it. He really did. And I really believe it was because of the prayers of the people 201 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:09,520 around me. I really strongly believe that because, you know, to wake up one morning and be, 202 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:15,280 and literally, I woke up one day, I can tell you the date, it was March 23rd, 203 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:22,640 1994. And I looked at my life and I said, this isn't who I am. And I don't need to be doing drugs. 204 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:23,680 And I quit that day. 205 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:28,480 Pete Wow. That was a great start. That's great. 206 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:34,160 Julie And it was the Holy Spirit, but I didn't know it talking to me. Like, look at your life. 207 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:39,520 You know, he literally said you didn't give up a child to live a life like this. 208 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,200 Julie Wow, wow, wow. 209 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,320 Pete Wow, wow, yes. 210 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,280 Julie So, you got pregnant again, and then you married the father. 211 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:52,640 Julie I did. And you know, cycles continue because I ended up marrying somebody who was 212 00:18:52,640 --> 00:19:00,240 very controlling and manipulative. And, you know, after eight years of emotional abuse and infidelity, 213 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:05,520 I realized that my daughter Cheyenne now, who I loved and I had kept and was raising, 214 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:11,920 she was growing up in the same environment that I had, you know, that I had grown up in. 215 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:17,440 And so, again, God intervening, I ended up, you know, just a moment of opening your eyes and I 216 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:22,400 ended up leaving my husband at the time. I took Cheyenne and my dog. We fled, literally fled, 217 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:27,680 and didn't take a car, didn't take anything with us, and started all over living in a friend's 218 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:35,200 basement. And so, I was still living in a very secular way, you know, the kind of like party on 219 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:41,680 the weekends kind of lifestyle that most Americans that I know or knew before Christ live that way. 220 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:47,840 And, you know, you fast forward a few years and we get a knock on the door when Cheyenne was in 221 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:52,160 about third grade and there was a little kid there from her school inviting her to go to church on 222 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:57,680 this white bus that was sitting out front. And I was like, wow, okay. So, of course, I called the 223 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:03,600 pastor and found out what church it was and I started letting her go. And it took about a year 224 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:09,040 on that church bus. You know, it was interesting because they invited me to all the special events, 225 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:15,360 Cheyenne. At that point, she was in every play and she sang every special song at Christmas. And 226 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:22,080 it was a Mother's Day brunch, I remember very clearly. I sat across, they invited me, so of 227 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,360 course, I had to come because she'd made me something and it was Mother's Day and she wanted 228 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:30,400 to celebrate me. So, I remember coming into the church and feeling a little uncomfortable, 229 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:37,520 for sure. But I sat across the warmest, like shiniest woman. Her name was Robin, 230 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:44,080 and she just exuded God's love. And I didn't get that out in the world. She was just open 231 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:50,080 and she was non-judgmental. And I just instantly, my spirit loved her spirit. It was like, wow, 232 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:57,760 this is, she knows Jesus. I was like, and I don't know Jesus. There is a pretty big difference 233 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:04,960 between her spirit and my spirit. And so, I just knew she had Jesus in her life. It took about a 234 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:11,840 year, but by March of 2005, I ended up with a very traumatic experience with an ex-boyfriend. 235 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:18,320 And I found myself sitting in the gym of that church, watching my daughter Cheyenne play upward 236 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:25,360 basketball. And just feeling like I was at my rock bottom again, I was at my lowest point. And 237 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:31,600 two very sweet older women came up to me and they invited me to go to church the next day, 238 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:37,600 to their Sunday morning class for solitary women. And they were lovely. And I know now, looking 239 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,760 back, they had been praying for me because I had come to basketball games and it was very quiet. 240 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:49,520 And you could tell that I was of the world for sure. And so, you know that they were praying for 241 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:50,520 me. 242 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:51,520 But they were contending for you. 243 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:52,520 Contending, yeah. 244 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,080 They were. They were. And the Lord set that up because they didn't even talk about it, 245 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:01,520 I found out later. They both came up at different times and invited me to go to church. 246 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,520 And they invited me and I was like, yes, I've never felt more solitary than I do now. Jesus, 247 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,760 I will stop running from you and I will come to church. 248 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:08,760 Wow. 249 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:14,240 And you know, I went that week and I literally just opened my heart up to Jesus Christ. 250 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,800 In that moment. Praise God. 251 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:23,680 In that moment. And I never looked back. Those people in that church, it was an older fellowship 252 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:32,080 in that church. And they loved me. They loved broken Linda, still drinking, smoking, cussing 253 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:40,960 of the world. And they just surrounded me and they just loved on me. It was beautiful and very much needed. 254 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:48,640 Hallelujah. I just want to make a comment. What you described a few moments ago about Robin 255 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:56,560 is what you have become. You have become that woman that is exuding the love of God and exuding 256 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:04,640 the joy of the relationship with Jesus. You know, it's like Jesus put her in front of you and said, 257 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:11,680 here's the model. Here's what you're going to be. I'm calling you. I'm calling you into this. 258 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:18,080 And that's what you've become. It's just, I remember, you know, we had met the first time 259 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:26,960 you came here with Dean Braxton and then we went to Grace City Church. He was ministering there. 260 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:32,240 I mean, that's where we attend. And it was the first time you had been there because you were 261 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:38,400 there because Dean was there and you were kind of sort of the area. Springfield isn't exactly close, 262 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:44,560 but close enough that, you know, you can stretch and make it be close if you really, really want to. 263 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,320 The church alive is worth the drive. Amen. Amen. 264 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:55,680 And then when you showed up again months later, I was at the front ministering something. I don't 265 00:23:55,680 --> 00:24:00,480 remember why I was even, you know, sometimes the Holy Spirit would give me something and I'd come 266 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:05,840 up and share it. And I remember looking out into the congregation and there you were glowing. 267 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:14,960 Absolutely glowing. You were glowing. You're just beaming. You're beaming the love of God. 268 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:21,760 And I thought, I think I know her. Where do I know her from? You know, it took a while for it to come 269 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:31,440 back, but when it came, it was like, oh yeah, oh yeah, that's Linda. But you stood out in the crowd 270 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:40,160 and I just wanted to encourage you that you have become what you saw. It was like you saw Robin in 271 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:46,240 a mirror and that mirror reflection made a difference in your life. And so that's what 272 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:52,880 you're doing for other people. And listener, this is what you can do in other people's lives as you 273 00:24:52,880 --> 00:25:00,400 simply live for Jesus and just walk in that love walk with Jesus. And, you know, you can tell when 274 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:08,160 a person is in love, he can tell when somebody's in love. And so listener, you can make a difference 275 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:17,840 in people's lives just by smiling, just by beaming the love of God. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to take 276 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:24,640 over, but that's beautiful. Where were we in the story? You went to church, you gave your heart to 277 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:31,280 Jesus and then what happened? And then I met my Prince Charming three months later, John Thomas. 278 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:40,720 And you were just, you had never sung hymns before. You had never been a church goer before. 279 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:45,840 And then this was like a Nazarene church or something. It was a Nazarene church. And yeah, 280 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:51,840 we still had the hymnals. We did a little contemporary, but it was where I learned how 281 00:25:51,840 --> 00:26:00,880 to worship the Lord in church. And it was beautiful. Yeah. And then, so you met Prince Charming. 282 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:08,640 And John, what was, what was going on for you? Yeah, for me, I had been called back to church 283 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:15,760 by the Lord and was still also very much in the world, but knowing the Lord wanted me at church, 284 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:22,880 so I was going, I started attending this Nazarene church and met Linda right away. So I think, 285 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:27,120 like Linda said, it was very shortly after she had given her life to the Lord, I met her. 286 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:32,960 And the thing that was going through my mind was I've been a Christian basically all my life. I've 287 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:41,680 loved Jesus since I was a little kid, but here this woman was so in love with Jesus, so on fire for 288 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:46,320 Jesus, so different than I had ever been, so different than anything I've ever had. 289 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:53,360 It really just kind of threw me for a loop. It's like, yeah, I've called myself a Christian 290 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:58,720 a long time, but this lady has what I need. She provoked you to jealousy. 291 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,840 Yeah, totally did. She totally did. I'm like, how is this? I don't even get this, but yeah, 292 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:09,600 I want that because I still, I still had a, you know, a cold heart. I still had a heart heart. 293 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:19,280 And so really religious heart, getting to watch Linda just love Jesus purely the way that she does 294 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:26,400 really was so inspiring to me and helped me in coming out of that religious attitude. 295 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:26,960 Yeah. Wow. 296 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,200 And then how did the Lord connect you together? 297 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,760 Well, as in any Nazarene, good Nazarene church, everybody gets together after and goes out to eat. 298 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:45,040 And so we had, I had all of these lovely older women that would, you know, in their 60s and 299 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:49,920 70s that would just, I'd go out and have lunch with all of them. And so John was standing there 300 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:55,120 at one point and we were doing the, would you like to go to lunch? Would you like to go to lunch? 301 00:27:55,120 --> 00:28:01,120 And he was like, yes. And he's like, but I can't this week. So how about next week? 302 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:07,360 And then next week, again, would you like to go to lunch? Yes. Okay. So we look around for 303 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:11,760 everybody else that's going and they all deserted us and left us by ourselves. 304 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,760 It was a God set up for sure. Those girls were still praying. 305 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,440 I'm thinking, I'm thinking that they were thinking too. 306 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,720 Yes. They did not stop praying for me. Thank you, Jesus. 307 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,960 I'm thinking that, that there might've been just a tad of manipulation on their part, 308 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,760 like matchmakers. 309 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:38,960 Yeah, we started to date and it was really interesting because I had never dated anybody 310 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:48,720 that knew the Bible or had biblical values. And so, John got to teach me, he got to teach me things 311 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:53,360 like you can trust the word of God, the Bible. Like when I'd say, well, how do you know what's 312 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:58,080 right? Or how do you know what to do? And it's like, open the Bible. And it's like, oh, the answers 313 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:03,280 are in there. You mean I can trust it? And he taught me things like little white lies are not 314 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,760 okay. Like what do you mean they're not okay? That's how the world lives their life. Well, no, 315 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:14,080 that's, well, if I say this and it kind of makes it right and it kind of, he goes, no, no, that's a 316 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:22,160 lie. Really? Really? So, things like that. And then especially worship. I just, I remember our first 317 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:27,600 date, I asked him, what kind of music do you listen to? And he said, Christian. And I went, 318 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:35,680 no, like on the radio. And he said, Christian. And I went, oh, like they have like bands and stuff? 319 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:43,040 He's like, yeah, they even have radio stations. I was totally clueless. I was clueless. So, he made 320 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:48,560 me a CD and he wrote all his favorite worship songs on the top front, you know. And I got to 321 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,440 learn to worship the Lord that way too. Wow. 322 00:29:51,440 --> 00:30:00,480 So, John, what happened when the Lord's, you were thinking about, is this okay for me to marry Linda? 323 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:07,120 Right? Yeah. I'd gone on a mission trip with my mom and my brother and some other folks from their 324 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:14,240 church to Haiti. And while I was on that trip, I was really praying and asking the Lord, is Linda 325 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:21,200 the one you want me to be with? And I didn't get a clear answer while I was on that trip. But when I 326 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:27,600 came back and was in church, like the next Sunday, it was pretty quickly after we got back from this 327 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:34,080 trip anyways, I every other week would run the PowerPoint for worship. And so, I was in the back 328 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:41,280 of the church running the PowerPoint. And also in a Nazarene church, you have very, very little 329 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:45,920 freedom of worship. Like very few people would stand up during worship. Very few people would 330 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:52,240 raise their hands during worship. So, but Linda just loved Jesus, you know, and she didn't care 331 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,720 what anybody thought. And that's one of the beautiful things about her. She's just such a 332 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:04,640 completely genuine, real person. You know, she doesn't put on a show. She just, whatever is on 333 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:09,440 the inside is what comes out on the outside. And what was on the inside of her at that point was 334 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,800 Jesus. And so, Jesus was coming out and she stood up and was just worshiping Jesus from like the 335 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:20,480 front row. I'm in the back looking at her, looking at her worship Jesus. And I heard in my spirit, 336 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:28,560 yes, she's the one you can marry her. So, yeah, that was cool. It was absolute confirmation. 337 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:35,200 And it's just a neat memory for us that the Lord did it that way. While she stood up, the lone one 338 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,800 to worship in the Nazarene church, the Lord said, this is your wife. 339 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:44,560 Wow. How beautiful. How beautiful. So, how did you break the news to her? 340 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:52,560 Yeah. Well, I was in a big hurry to break the news to her, I guess. And because I'd been wanting 341 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,880 I'd been wanting to know. And since I got a yes from the Lord, it was like, okay, let's, 342 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:05,520 let's do this. So, I mean, she heard too, right? Oh, I had a yes way before that. Oh, really? 343 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:13,600 Wow. Oh, yes. I was not letting him go. So, he proposed that night. He said, he dropped her one 344 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:19,280 knee at the front door and he said, I want to worship the Lord with you forever. Will you marry 345 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:25,920 me? Is that beautiful? I said, yes. It was beautiful. And we were married. We got married 346 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:32,080 in 2006. And something really cool is that Robin and her husband sang at our wedding. 347 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:37,040 Oh, how sweet is that? Yeah. That's like a kiss from the Lord. 348 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:45,440 It really was. Yeah. And that was really, it was cool because that was like the start of me learning 349 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:50,880 to be like a journey and learning how to partner with Jesus to be a good wife, because I'd never 350 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,120 had a good marriage and I didn't know how to treat somebody. And it hadn't been modeled for you just 351 00:32:55,120 --> 00:33:02,880 a whole lot. No, I had nothing really to look at. A little bit from June and Rod in California when 352 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:10,000 I was pregnant, a little bit in the people in the church that I saw, but really I had Jesus to turn 353 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,320 to and the word. So, that's where I started. Wow. Praise God. Learning how to be a good wife. 354 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:20,800 Yeah. Proverbs 18 22 in the passion says, when a man finds a wife, he has found a treasure, 355 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:27,600 for she is the gift of God to bring him joy and pleasure. Wow. So, I, yeah, I really went on a 356 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:33,120 journey realizing that my husband's heart was fragile and it was my job to steward and protect 357 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:41,040 it from myself. Like, I needed to protect John from myself, from words, from actions that would be 358 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:46,400 harmful, because you can't take those things back. True. You know, a man is strong on the outside, 359 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:53,760 but tender on the inside. True, true. And so, Proverbs 31 in the passion verses 11 and 12 say, 360 00:33:54,320 --> 00:34:00,080 her husband has entrusted his heart to her, for she brings him the rich spoils of victory. 361 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:06,480 All throughout her life, she brings him what is good and not evil. Oh, that's beautiful. That is 362 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:12,960 beautiful. Wow. We should write that one down, honey. Yeah, I like that. I'm going to go back 363 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:18,240 and study that. The passion says that. Yeah, that's beautiful. So, it was really neat because God 364 00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:23,120 took me on a journey to realize that my words really lined up with either the kingdom of darkness 365 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:30,000 or I could partner with the kingdom of light and I could build my husband up and take all my 366 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:35,120 complaints and hurt some things. If I took those things to Jesus, instead of spewing whatever my 367 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:41,840 flesh wanted to spew out of my mouth, I could work through it with the Holy Spirit and with Jesus and 368 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:47,600 say, you know, well, this is how I feel. It's like, very quickly, when you start complaining to Jesus 369 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:56,560 about your husband, that shortens the argument very quickly. That's good. That is good. Yes. 370 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:01,280 He gets to the core of what do you need and what are you looking for? Because that's really what 371 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:07,760 it is, you know? And then he gets to turn it around and show me how to apologize quickly, 372 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:12,800 how not to hold on to hurts, how to forgive quickly and how to speak life over my husband. 373 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:18,320 And that's actually that Power of a Praying Husband and Power of a Praying Wife book 374 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:23,040 has helped me with that a lot. That's tremendous. Wow. 375 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:31,120 1 Peter 3, 7 is talking to husbands. Likewise, you husbands dwell with them, talking about their 376 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:38,000 wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, because we are 377 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:43,520 physically weaker. There's all kinds of things that our husbands can do that, you know, he can, 378 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:48,320 my husband can tighten something much tighter than I can tighten it and things like that, you know, 379 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:53,440 and he can, he can loosen things that are too tight. Can you take the lid off this thing, honey? 380 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,760 I can do more than that. Well, of course, of course, that's just a simple little, 381 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:03,920 some simple little thing. Like there's loads of things that you can do that I can't, and I'm 382 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:11,120 grateful. So giving honor to the wife as unto the weaker vessel. In other words, there's probably a 383 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:17,360 better translation for this. I wonder what it's like in the Passion. As unto the weaker vessel 384 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:22,960 and as being heirs together of the grace of life. Here's the key line here, that your prayers be not 385 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:30,880 hindered. In other words, husbands, if you want your prayers to be successful, how you treat your 386 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:36,480 wife is going to make a difference. That's a powerful scripture and you don't hear anybody 387 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:42,560 talk about that often. It's very true. Yeah. Let me just find that in the Passion. Just a second. 388 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:50,960 First Peter three, seven, husbands, you in turn must treat your wives with tenderness, 389 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:56,640 viewing them as feminine partners who deserve to be honored for they are coheirs with you 390 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:03,200 of the divine grace of life so that nothing will hinder your prayers. Beautiful. Yeah. 391 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:10,480 You know, this is, this is such a beautiful story of a couple that the Lord has been working with 392 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:16,320 in their lives. And now that you're both spirit filled and you're both praying in tongues and 393 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:23,840 you're both keeping your eyes on Jesus, he has brought you so far in, in your walk with him. 394 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:28,160 We talked about that in the last episode, some of the things that God is doing through you both 395 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:36,080 and the visions that you have for, for things to come. You've been contending in your own lives 396 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:42,320 for outpouring. You've been contending for the people around you. Uh, and you've been equipping, 397 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:48,080 you've been equipping, you have been adding equipment into your, into your toolbox for, 398 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,360 serving the Lord and being prepared for whatever he has coming down the pike. 399 00:37:53,360 --> 00:38:00,720 I'm just, I'm just excited to see where all you're going to go. And I love the fact that we are 400 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:07,440 connected for eternity. Amen. You know, wherever, wherever God takes us all in, in the days to come, 401 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:13,120 we don't know what that future holds, but we know who holds the future. And we know that we've been 402 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:19,600 connected for God's eternal purposes and his purposes for the outpouring here on the earth. 403 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:26,000 So we definitely have had an acceleration in the spirit since we, since we both started praying in 404 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,720 tongues and really getting into our word in a way that we've never gotten into it before. 405 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:36,400 It really has opened up our ears to hear the Holy Spirit and the revelations and the directions 406 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:44,000 he wants us to go. And it's really cool to see where he's brought us. Amen. So would one or the 407 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:49,920 other of you pray for our listeners and maybe pray for marriages and pray for the people that 408 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:54,880 are listening and what God has for them in the future? Absolutely. You know, and God really told 409 00:38:54,880 --> 00:39:01,120 me that it's important to share your testimony because it builds community and unity and unity 410 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:07,040 right now in the body. And that's what the Bride of Christ is supposed to be, a unified, beautiful 411 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:14,080 body working together. And I think as we share our testimonies with each other, you can see how God 412 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:20,720 has moved in my life and where I've come out of and what God's doing in me can give you hope that 413 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:26,400 what you're going through, you can come out of and there is a brighter day ahead. You know, 414 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:34,800 I think as we each share God's testimony of what he's done in our life, we can really have hope 415 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:43,120 and see his glory and his eternal purposes and get more of a heavenly viewpoint on what's going 416 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:49,600 on in our life. Absolutely. Dear Lord Jesus, thank you so much for everybody who's going to listen to 417 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:58,880 this. Lord God, you are glorious Jesus. The things that you have done for me and for others, 418 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:05,440 for everybody, you love us each so individually. The love that you have for me is so different 419 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:11,760 than the love you have for Sharon and Philip and John. But it's so perfect and it's everything that 420 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:18,000 I ever needed. And I thank you for the people that you put in my life that prayed for me, 421 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:25,040 that contended for me, that lifted me up to you, that kept me as a memorial before you, Jesus. 422 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:31,360 So, you stood next to me and you waited for my heart to be ready to turn to you and for my 423 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:37,760 surrender. You waited for me. It wasn't you waiting. It was me that was waiting to turn to you. 424 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:42,320 And I just thank you. I thank you for your generosity. I thank you for your love. I thank 425 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:49,520 you for your Holy Spirit gives us wisdom and gives us the gifts of healing and the gifts of just 426 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:55,120 loving people well. We just thank you, Jesus. We ask that you would help us to love others well, 427 00:40:55,120 --> 00:41:01,920 that you would let us pour out your love on those around us and release your glory everywhere we go. 428 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:08,640 Yes. Keep us in an eternal mindset, Lord, to know that we are your light and our only job 429 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:15,920 is to worship you and love others. Yes. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. Amen. 430 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:27,200 If you enjoyed today's podcast, please subscribe, rate and review this podcast on Apple podcasts 431 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:33,120 or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your review helps the podcasting platform suggest this podcast 432 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:38,640 to other listeners who are also looking for a great move of the Holy Spirit. 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