WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.379 Father, in Jesus' name, what a privilege it is 00:00:02.379 --> 00:00:05.860 to be before you today. And Lord, we get to do 00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:08.960 this, not as a cliché, not as a title to a podcast, 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:12.880 but as a mantra for our lives. Lord, we do get 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:15.500 to do this, and we do it for your honor and for 00:00:15.500 --> 00:00:18.000 our friends listening. Lord, bless them, encourage 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.660 them through all that is said, all that's spoken, 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:23.660 and questions that rise. So we thank you for 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:28.269 them, in Jesus' name. Amen. It's Wednesday, March 00:00:28.269 --> 00:00:32.030 4th, 2026. We get to do this. This is episode 00:00:32.030 --> 00:00:51.000 number 23. We get to do this. Yeah, that's right. 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:53.399 This is our midweek catch up everybody. At least 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:55.259 that's what we call it. You call it, we get to 00:00:55.259 --> 00:00:58.820 do this, a podcast. You like those pickles, huh? 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.079 I am excited about these pickles. Louisiana dill 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.939 pickles. Yeah, these are from Jody. Sweet and 00:01:05.939 --> 00:01:08.519 spicy. Dude, I'm telling you those are so good. 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:11.659 Great combination. Even the onions and the peppers, 00:01:11.780 --> 00:01:15.000 you can eat all those. Oh yeah, yeah. I'm fired 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.219 up about it. How you doing, brother? I'm doing 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:20.420 actually really good. I feel so much better back 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:24.859 to life. Colors back, energy's back. You know 00:01:24.859 --> 00:01:27.420 when you're really sick, you start to have these 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:29.939 weird thoughts like, will I ever feel good again? 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.180 You're really sick when you're feeling that. 00:01:32.180 --> 00:01:36.120 That was happening. Even Annette jokingly said, 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.700 because I happen to have my 38 Special laying 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:41.500 out on my nightstand. Just in case. She said, 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.680 why don't you put that away? I said, what? So 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:49.000 I had my 38 special which is a very nice birthday 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.519 slash anniversary gift for somebody I really 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:54.700 appreciate and love and value. Actually is my 00:01:54.700 --> 00:01:57.599 favorite gift ever. Really? Yeah, because I can 00:01:57.599 --> 00:01:59.980 actually carry it with me. It actually fits in 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:02.859 my front pocket. Oh, yeah. No, you can fit it 00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:05.780 in your pocket. It's great. I love it. So anyway, 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.099 I had it laying out on the nightstand because 00:02:09.099 --> 00:02:11.340 I usually put it in a drawer, but I just had 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:13.180 it out happening. She said you might want to 00:02:13.180 --> 00:02:15.379 put that up. I'm like, what? Just in case you 00:02:15.379 --> 00:02:17.180 go psychotic in the middle of the night. No, 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:20.900 in case she does. She said she felt so bad. I 00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:23.460 said, you're kidding, right? She goes, eh, sort 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:25.620 of, you know. But you know, when you get really 00:02:25.620 --> 00:02:28.479 sick. Yeah. So our doctor, we went and saw our 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:30.400 Dr. Marcy. You know Dr. Marcy. Yes, of course. 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:33.379 Last week. And she said, oh, we all got off easy. 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:35.699 You only had it three weeks. She said, there 00:02:35.699 --> 00:02:38.620 are people having this six and seven weeks, whatever 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:42.099 this is. She said, it could be rhinovirus gets 00:02:42.099 --> 00:02:45.750 in. Part and mixed in with flu as in rhino as 00:02:45.750 --> 00:02:49.210 in nose or in rhinoceros. I have no idea I just 00:02:49.210 --> 00:02:50.969 shook my head like I knew what she's talking 00:02:50.969 --> 00:02:54.430 about But what well what it is, it's when it 00:02:54.430 --> 00:02:57.210 gets in your chest. Yeah That's where it gets 00:02:57.210 --> 00:03:00.169 that your bronchial tube infected and that's 00:03:00.169 --> 00:03:03.009 what we both had So that's why we we felt worse 00:03:03.009 --> 00:03:05.949 the last half of it than we did the flu part 00:03:05.949 --> 00:03:08.610 I remember you had this kind of like relapse 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:11.979 I'm good now, though. I'm back. It's funny you 00:03:11.979 --> 00:03:15.500 say that because I had a thought. In fact, I 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:17.800 texted you this, just so you know, Pastor Jimmy 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:21.719 and I, we have a morning text. It's a check -in. 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:25.680 It's good. It's the first thing we do. And I 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:29.639 woke up the other day. I usually set my alarm 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:34.439 for 630. I woke up at 530. And I woke up from 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:38.520 a roaring tinnitus, also known as tinnitus, we're 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:41.139 not going to argue the point, in my left ear. 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:43.979 And I've had this for several months. Now you've 00:03:43.979 --> 00:03:48.900 had it for years and years. But it wasn't painful, 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.800 but it was roaring. And so I'm just like, all 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.159 right, Lord Jesus, heal this. Let me go back 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.539 to sleep. And I actually did go back to sleep 00:03:57.539 --> 00:04:00.400 and didn't even hear my alarm because that's 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.620 on the left side. barely heard it and like, okay, 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.340 something's wrong. And this roar was here. And 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:08.500 the first thing that went through my mind, just 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:12.639 to sort of hook into what you said, during COVID, 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:17.660 there were several people who got tinnitus so 00:04:17.660 --> 00:04:20.699 bad, they ended up taking their life. I remember 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:24.410 hearing about that. And all I could think was, 00:04:24.550 --> 00:04:28.250 Lord, let this not be like that. So now, lucky 00:04:28.250 --> 00:04:30.790 enough, you put the hearing aids in. Yes, we're 00:04:30.790 --> 00:04:33.930 back to hearing old men hearing aid talk. And 00:04:33.930 --> 00:04:36.949 that really alleviates it right away. It's still 00:04:36.949 --> 00:04:38.810 there, but at least you can hear. You're not 00:04:38.810 --> 00:04:42.269 focused on it. And nobody knows exactly where 00:04:42.269 --> 00:04:44.569 this comes from. You can go to audiologists. 00:04:44.649 --> 00:04:46.290 You can go all over the world and say, we don't 00:04:46.290 --> 00:04:50.769 really know. So I think you and I both share 00:04:50.769 --> 00:04:52.910 the belief that it's something in your mind or 00:04:52.910 --> 00:04:57.209 in your brain or brain issue. So it eventually 00:04:57.209 --> 00:05:00.589 cleared up, but it took several hours. It's scary. 00:05:00.610 --> 00:05:04.310 It is. Because it can be debilitating. I have 00:05:04.310 --> 00:05:07.269 friends that have debilitating tinnitus. They 00:05:07.269 --> 00:05:10.329 go to our church and they struggle. They were 00:05:10.329 --> 00:05:13.389 hearing, not AIDS, they plugged their ears during 00:05:13.389 --> 00:05:16.250 worship because loud noises can... you know, 00:05:16.410 --> 00:05:20.310 make it worse. But I've done a lot of reading 00:05:20.310 --> 00:05:22.170 and research. I'm sure you have too, because 00:05:22.170 --> 00:05:26.470 when you do and now your whole feeds fill with 00:05:26.470 --> 00:05:31.569 offers to fix your tinnitus with cream. My phone 00:05:31.569 --> 00:05:33.930 is ringing like we got something for you. Home 00:05:33.930 --> 00:05:36.970 remedies and eye ages and everything's a miracle 00:05:36.970 --> 00:05:40.750 cure. It must be a big moneymaker. Have you found 00:05:40.750 --> 00:05:43.709 anything that actually works? Well, what I did 00:05:43.709 --> 00:05:46.170 notice is that it's definitely connected to my 00:05:46.170 --> 00:05:49.829 TMJ, which is not a big deal. Just got busted 00:05:49.829 --> 00:05:53.149 up playing football. TMJ. TMJ. It's jaws. It's 00:05:53.149 --> 00:05:56.649 your jaw alignment. Oh, did you ever break that 00:05:56.649 --> 00:06:00.250 as a kid? Probably. So when I, you know, being 00:06:00.250 --> 00:06:03.350 a kid in the years, when we grew up, you broke 00:06:03.350 --> 00:06:05.850 things and cut things and just kept going, rub 00:06:05.850 --> 00:06:08.329 dirt in it and keep going. You'll be fine. Rock 00:06:08.329 --> 00:06:10.110 fight. Oh, someone got a hole in their head. 00:06:10.149 --> 00:06:13.509 Oh, it's the end of the rock fight. Oh man. Killjoy, 00:06:13.649 --> 00:06:17.410 buzzkill. So I grew up that way. So I know playing 00:06:17.410 --> 00:06:20.670 football. racing motorcycles, wrecks, all the 00:06:20.670 --> 00:06:22.889 stuff I've been through, things happen. Things 00:06:22.889 --> 00:06:26.230 get out of alignment. So TMJ, you can test it 00:06:26.230 --> 00:06:29.149 by, if I jump my jaw out forward, it changes 00:06:29.149 --> 00:06:32.529 the tone of the tinnitus. It literally changes 00:06:32.529 --> 00:06:34.850 it. That's actually a good thing. Because what 00:06:34.850 --> 00:06:37.230 it does, it narrows it down to what one of my 00:06:37.230 --> 00:06:39.470 primary causes is, and it's this misalignment 00:06:39.470 --> 00:06:45.839 of my jaw. Everything's off. You look pretty 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:49.699 handsome. I feel good. I'm all whacked. I don't 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:53.399 see your jaw in this line. I've had a lot of 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:56.220 injuries through the years, but typical kid stuff. 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.759 But I know how debilitating it can be because 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:04.339 mine is like a tone, but a very high pitched 00:07:04.339 --> 00:07:08.240 tone. Oh, that's irritating. But it doesn't get 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:12.230 loud unless, now if I've had alcohol. Sometimes 00:07:12.230 --> 00:07:15.129 it'll get louder. It does, and I've read about 00:07:15.129 --> 00:07:18.529 that as well. But really, if I've been in a loud 00:07:18.529 --> 00:07:20.529 environment, go to a concert or something and 00:07:20.529 --> 00:07:23.649 forget earplugs, I wear earplugs at a full -on 00:07:23.649 --> 00:07:27.930 concert, 112 decibels. As you should. I do. But 00:07:27.930 --> 00:07:31.889 even that, just those loud environments can actually 00:07:31.889 --> 00:07:34.220 cause it. trigger it to get louder. It's like 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:37.199 it's trying to compensate or something. And just 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:39.060 not to belabor the point, because people are 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:41.779 probably like, OK, get out of here. For me, it's 00:07:41.779 --> 00:07:44.120 when it's really quiet. It's when it's really 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:47.339 quiet, then whoo. And for me, it's just like 00:07:47.339 --> 00:07:50.980 a roaring sea. Wow. I will say this. The hearing 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:54.199 aids have almost minimalized it to where it's 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:56.230 already there. So I'm very happy about that. 00:07:56.689 --> 00:07:59.149 So consider hearing aids for the men in your 00:07:59.149 --> 00:08:01.649 family. It's very important because us guys will 00:08:01.649 --> 00:08:04.329 keep trucking along. We'll talk about it. And 00:08:04.329 --> 00:08:06.509 before you know it, we just stop communicating 00:08:06.509 --> 00:08:08.850 because we can't hear anyway. I saw that in my 00:08:08.850 --> 00:08:11.269 dad. And we start to withdraw. And it's very, 00:08:11.269 --> 00:08:15.269 very dangerous. It is. So there's stuff going 00:08:15.269 --> 00:08:19.279 on in the world, brother. I was just talking 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:21.339 to Pastor Brian about that. We had a great conversation 00:08:21.339 --> 00:08:23.720 the first day back. He was supposed to be in 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:26.579 Israel right now with a group of 12 people, he 00:08:26.579 --> 00:08:32.320 and his wife. On Friday, I got word and thanked 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:36.570 the Lord for intel. And that you have people 00:08:36.570 --> 00:08:40.970 you can reach out to. I reached out to Sir Brian 00:08:40.970 --> 00:08:43.909 of London who lives in Tel Aviv. Hey, how's it 00:08:43.909 --> 00:08:46.309 going there? Man, gave me great counsel on that. 00:08:46.429 --> 00:08:48.730 I really appreciate him doing that. And then 00:08:48.730 --> 00:08:51.789 I also reached out to somebody who is a very 00:08:51.789 --> 00:08:54.509 high ranking at Dias Air Force Base in Abilene, 00:08:54.509 --> 00:09:00.950 Texas. Home of the B1s, the C137. Yeah, and so 00:09:00.950 --> 00:09:03.710 that base is buzzing right now. They're even 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:07.389 flying b2s into that base So what's going so 00:09:07.389 --> 00:09:09.710 there's movement? Yeah, this was all on Friday 00:09:09.710 --> 00:09:13.049 morning What what cued me and I knew I knew the 00:09:13.049 --> 00:09:14.710 whole team was gonna leave on Saturday morning 00:09:14.710 --> 00:09:17.230 like fly out very early like you know 5 a .m. 00:09:17.389 --> 00:09:21.259 6 a .m. Typical international hours And we had 00:09:21.259 --> 00:09:22.860 to make a decision quick because people were 00:09:22.860 --> 00:09:25.259 going to go drive down and stay the night before 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:27.740 they got on the plane in Austin or San Antonio. 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:30.879 So I was under a lot of pressure to make a decision 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:34.320 quick. So I reached out, found out the base was 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:37.940 buzzing, but I also got word. Sometimes people 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:39.940 can say things without saying things because 00:09:39.940 --> 00:09:41.740 they're not supposed to say anything. That's 00:09:41.740 --> 00:09:43.399 the best way to know what's going on. They can 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.500 say things like, If I was you, I would not go 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:48.639 to Israel right now. I can't tell you how to 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:51.440 invest, but here's what I do. Exactly. So I had 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:53.759 that. And then I reached out to a state representative 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:57.759 who had been meeting with some very important 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:02.059 people on Thursday who will remain unnamed. And 00:10:02.059 --> 00:10:06.080 they had said to him and seven other guys that 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.919 are all legislators, it's a governor. And they 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.000 said to him, if you know anybody in Israel, tell 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.669 them to get out now. Don't hesitate. I got I 00:10:16.669 --> 00:10:18.710 got the same. Are you in Israel right now? Get 00:10:18.710 --> 00:10:22.980 out. Yeah. Yeah, so I was so thankful that I 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:25.820 had people to talk to that I trusted and that 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:28.120 were on the inside. They know what's really going 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.820 on. As a pastor, as the leader here, you know, 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.299 the thing you really didn't want to have happen 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:38.340 is you call it all off and then it's a big, you 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:40.460 know, it's like a wet fart. You're like, okay, 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:42.179 nothing happened. Because then you just feel 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:45.279 horrible. I know. But man, you made straight 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:48.159 up the right decision. Thank you, Lord. Boy, 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:50.279 but I tell you, I felt the weight of it. of that 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.299 decision, because these are 12 people who've 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:54.519 paid a lot of money to go to Israel on a big 00:10:54.519 --> 00:11:00.320 tour. And man, we were in the blind, as apparently 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.720 Iran was, too. So I mean, it's supposed to happen 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:06.059 on Tuesday. It happened on Saturday. Boom, element 00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:09.539 of surprise. Wow. So I want to talk about Iran, 00:11:09.580 --> 00:11:12.779 but I want to kind of back into it from another 00:11:12.779 --> 00:11:18.879 direction, because what immediately happens is 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:22.580 And particularly in Texas, the timelines get 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:27.039 flooded with Islam is taken over, be afraid, 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.960 this is a huge problem, be afraid, be afraid, 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:33.139 be afraid. And we've discussed this before. There 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:37.360 is a huge difference between Muslims and radical 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.740 Islam. Now, you can put whatever labels you want 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:47.149 on it, but there have not been 300 new mosques 00:11:47.149 --> 00:11:49.389 built in Texas in the last two years. Let me 00:11:49.389 --> 00:11:51.070 just - I keep hearing that. That's because it's 00:11:51.070 --> 00:11:52.990 going around on social media. They show a map 00:11:52.990 --> 00:11:55.830 and it shows there's about 300 mosques, period, 00:11:56.350 --> 00:12:00.669 against 25 ,000 churches. And a mosque doesn't 00:12:00.669 --> 00:12:02.309 necessarily mean that there's people who want 00:12:02.309 --> 00:12:04.710 to kill you who are going there. True. Because 00:12:04.710 --> 00:12:06.690 then you can say the thing for a temple. You 00:12:06.690 --> 00:12:08.870 can say the same thing for a Buddhist temple. 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:11.659 I really want to be careful about. I want people 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:14.440 to think about this because I grew up with Muslims 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:21.440 in Europe. It was actually quite cool. When they 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:25.779 had Ramadan, they'd invite me over to have the 00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:31.379 celebration, the food, the sugar stuff. I even 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:34.080 heard this morning, well, you know, there's 1500, 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:38.360 this is now all political, there's 1500 known 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:40.820 terrorists from Iran who are now in America. 00:12:41.820 --> 00:12:43.980 We need to, and keep your head on a swivel when 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:47.179 our representatives are saying this. But we have 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:50.899 to be careful because you build up hatred out 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:54.720 of ignorance. And what's happened in Europe, 00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:56.539 People say, well, you don't know what you're 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:58.059 talking about. Look at all the rapes and the 00:12:58.059 --> 00:12:59.919 murders happening from Islam in Europe. I said, 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:05.440 no, these are undesirables from mainly countries 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:11.200 in Africa who were led in, and I say led in LEAD 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:16.879 by the United Nations, the Office of International 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:21.740 Migration. They specifically on purpose brought 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:26.019 them in, gave them no integration into these 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:30.460 countries, and you know, now they live in squalor. 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:34.120 Well, no, not even squalor because they get free 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.500 stuff from the government, but they live in no 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:40.879 -go zones in very nice ghettos, let's put it 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:42.960 that way, because they have their own community 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:45.279 and they're not integrated with these countries, 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:48.360 and they've brought their culture with them, 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:51.720 which is not exactly the same as radical Islam, 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:58.070 nor are the majority of Iranians, radical Islamists 00:13:58.070 --> 00:14:02.149 or even Muslim believers at all. They are more 00:14:02.149 --> 00:14:04.629 secular than you'd know. When the internet first 00:14:04.629 --> 00:14:07.509 kicked off, the most spoken language on the internet 00:14:07.509 --> 00:14:11.009 was Farsi. They're so connected. It's a very 00:14:11.009 --> 00:14:15.789 young country. I know this is very liberating 00:14:15.789 --> 00:14:19.990 for them, but we have to be careful to not let 00:14:20.690 --> 00:14:24.370 politics take this and scare us into voting Republican, 00:14:24.750 --> 00:14:26.970 because that's what they're doing. Vote for who 00:14:26.970 --> 00:14:29.309 you want to vote for from your biblical worldview. 00:14:29.610 --> 00:14:31.529 There you go. But not just because someone's 00:14:31.529 --> 00:14:34.330 going to protect you from the evil Islam man 00:14:34.330 --> 00:14:35.950 who's going to come and kill you. We have to 00:14:35.950 --> 00:14:38.309 be careful of all kinds of dangers out there. 00:14:38.309 --> 00:14:41.929 Right. I'm just very annoyed by it. And when 00:14:41.929 --> 00:14:46.629 it's not this, then it switches over to military 00:14:46.629 --> 00:14:49.879 age men from China. And so I went to vote yesterday. 00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:52.000 Thank you very much, Matt Long, for giving me 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:54.559 a good guide. There you go. I used most of it, 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:57.740 not all, I used most of it. It's very handy to 00:14:57.740 --> 00:15:00.139 have that. I used Rick Green's and I didn't do 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:03.019 everything he said, but I thought for myself. 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:06.759 It was really nice to have a guiding hand and 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:08.440 all that. And there's a couple of those out there. 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:13.039 And it was kind of funny because right there 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.519 in the propositions, it says the state of Texas 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.750 should Outlaw Sharia law. It was the last one. 00:15:21.629 --> 00:15:24.710 It was the last one, wasn't it? I think it was 00:15:24.710 --> 00:15:27.230 the last one. I hope I didn't miss one. Yeah, 00:15:27.230 --> 00:15:32.710 I think it was. And I'm like, yeah, first of 00:15:32.710 --> 00:15:38.169 all, what is Sharia law? It's not law. Anything 00:15:38.169 --> 00:15:41.769 that people might believe is in Sharia law is 00:15:41.769 --> 00:15:44.649 by definition illegal in the United States. So 00:15:44.649 --> 00:15:50.259 this was a political Well, you know what propositions 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:55.080 are. It's a survey. Literally all it is is the 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.659 GOP survey. If you're on the GOP side, that's 00:15:58.659 --> 00:16:02.360 all that is. It's saying, how would people vote 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:06.059 on these things if these were laws? It's a survey. 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:09.279 It's not a law. A proposition is not a law. But 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:12.340 it was just kind of offensive to me because it 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:16.019 has no context. And if you ask someone, what's 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:19.279 Sharia law? That's suppressing women. No, it's 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:22.320 not. It's like there's blood libel is included. 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.139 There's a whole bunch of things included in that, 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:29.360 which by definition have no basis in the American 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:33.960 system. Right. But because we call it, they don't 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:36.740 call it Sharia law anyway. We call it Sharia 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:39.139 law. It sounds like law. I need my lawmakers 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:43.139 to take care of it. So let's just calm down is 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:47.059 what I'm saying. Calm down. It's going to be 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:50.779 okay. Are there problems? Yes, of course. Yeah, 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:55.519 we need to be aware and wise. Yes. Not just informed, 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:58.840 but wise with what we do with the information. 00:16:59.179 --> 00:17:01.980 We definitely need to be more informed. So I'm 00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:03.159 not, you know, cause then people, you don't know 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.339 what you're talking about. It took 25 years for 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:08.859 Europe to get into the position they are, not 00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:12.980 because of radical Islam, because of asylum seekers, 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:16.400 of which I have to say the Ukrainians are the 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:19.420 biggest problem, which is not a Muslim problem 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:22.880 at all. You know, it's a governmental free stuff. 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:25.579 Come here, take stuff before our own citizens 00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:30.180 problem. We don't have that. So just beware and 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:35.519 be on watch for people trying to scare you. leads 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:41.980 me into Brother Reagan Green, who preached on 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:45.609 Sunday. Just give me your thoughts about this 00:17:45.609 --> 00:17:47.130 because he was here because we were supposed 00:17:47.130 --> 00:17:50.309 to be in Israel, right? Exactly. Yeah, I really 00:17:50.309 --> 00:17:52.349 thought he did a good job. I thought he hit it 00:17:52.349 --> 00:17:55.910 out of the park. This is a 27 28 year old young 00:17:55.910 --> 00:18:00.089 man something like that. Yeah, and He his dad 00:18:00.089 --> 00:18:03.750 is Rick Green who has started the Patriot Academy 00:18:03.750 --> 00:18:06.750 what 20 something years ago long time Yeah, and 00:18:06.750 --> 00:18:11.230 long term and so Reagan just has a real gift 00:18:11.230 --> 00:18:13.390 and a real calling on his life as a teacher. 00:18:13.690 --> 00:18:16.549 I see more as a teacher than a preacher. There's 00:18:16.549 --> 00:18:20.269 a little bit of a nuance there. And I had the 00:18:20.269 --> 00:18:23.349 idea, thinking we were going to be in Israel, 00:18:24.309 --> 00:18:27.210 to let Reagan have a shot, let him be in the 00:18:27.210 --> 00:18:30.349 pulpit. Like a guest podcast. Absolutely, yeah. 00:18:30.609 --> 00:18:33.609 Hey, you get the microphone. And I trust him. 00:18:33.650 --> 00:18:36.269 And he spoke for our men's meeting and did a 00:18:36.269 --> 00:18:39.710 great job. The only way, it's like swimming, 00:18:39.869 --> 00:18:41.789 the only way to get better at swimming is to 00:18:41.789 --> 00:18:44.470 swim. Got to jump in. And so for these young 00:18:44.470 --> 00:18:46.930 preachers, if we don't give them opportunities 00:18:46.930 --> 00:18:49.029 to speak, they're not going to get any better. 00:18:49.309 --> 00:18:51.829 We have to help them. This is a part of raising 00:18:51.829 --> 00:18:54.569 up the next generation of world changers. So 00:18:54.569 --> 00:18:59.190 as a pastor who's now, I've been in this 42 years, 00:18:59.410 --> 00:19:02.269 I'm 64 years of age, I'm looking down the line 00:19:02.269 --> 00:19:04.670 going, we need to raise up the next generation 00:19:04.670 --> 00:19:07.630 of teachers, preachers, pastors. I'm looking 00:19:07.630 --> 00:19:09.390 for those that have that mark on their life, 00:19:09.569 --> 00:19:12.869 and Reagan's got that. I'm looking at him going, 00:19:13.509 --> 00:19:15.750 you've got to do a podcast. I'm going to approach 00:19:15.750 --> 00:19:17.789 you about it. You don't know it yet, but I'm 00:19:17.789 --> 00:19:22.170 coming for you. His time may be crazy taxed because 00:19:22.170 --> 00:19:26.670 they just had their second child. He leads what 00:19:26.670 --> 00:19:28.849 they call the scholars, the students out of the 00:19:28.849 --> 00:19:31.029 Patriot Academy. He's over that, doing all the 00:19:31.029 --> 00:19:34.849 coordination. He can fit in a podcast. He can 00:19:34.849 --> 00:19:39.029 fit one in. We need voices like his beyond the 00:19:39.029 --> 00:19:41.250 pulpit as well. So I pulled a couple clips because 00:19:41.250 --> 00:19:47.069 I really like what he did. This overarching theme 00:19:47.069 --> 00:19:49.529 and I just pulled some short clips. So please 00:19:49.529 --> 00:19:54.150 go to The Bridge website. You can watch in the 00:19:54.150 --> 00:19:55.869 Godcaster. In fact, you can watch the YouTube 00:19:55.869 --> 00:19:58.509 video. You can listen to it. It's well worth 00:19:58.509 --> 00:20:00.789 it. Actually watch it because there's some some 00:20:00.789 --> 00:20:05.170 visual stuff in there. And it was about great 00:20:05.170 --> 00:20:08.349 awakening, great deception, great wrestling. 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:12.180 And I want to talk about it because it really 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:17.680 hit home for me in really the stuff we talk about 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:21.119 here on the podcast. So this is him starting 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:24.000 off about a great awakening amongst young people 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:26.519 that he's seeing in America. There's also a great 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:29.259 awakening happening right now. I can personally 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:31.039 attest to this. I'm seeing this in the life of 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:33.119 my scholars. I'm seeing this around the country. 00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:35.119 There is a great awakening that is happening 00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:38.609 right now. God's spirit is also on the move. 00:20:39.329 --> 00:20:42.529 And we can be excited about that. Amen. Yes. 00:20:46.529 --> 00:20:48.890 And what really classifies this great awakening 00:20:48.890 --> 00:20:50.950 for me, what this means, what I'm seeing is that 00:20:50.950 --> 00:20:55.009 people are starting to own their faith. Just 00:20:55.009 --> 00:20:57.309 last week, you baptized three people. It's like 00:20:57.309 --> 00:20:59.509 middle -aged men. They're starting to own their 00:20:59.509 --> 00:21:03.930 faith. People who grew up in faith, in homes 00:21:03.930 --> 00:21:06.569 that knew the Lord were Christian homes. That's 00:21:06.569 --> 00:21:09.650 great, but I'm starting to see young people start 00:21:09.650 --> 00:21:13.309 to really own their faith for their own. It can't 00:21:13.309 --> 00:21:15.329 just be this thing that they were taught from 00:21:15.329 --> 00:21:18.549 their parents. It can't just be this atmosphere 00:21:18.549 --> 00:21:20.190 that they grew up in. It has to be something 00:21:20.190 --> 00:21:23.970 that is truly yours. And I'm seeing that, and 00:21:23.970 --> 00:21:27.970 it's beautiful. But a part of this awakening, 00:21:28.049 --> 00:21:29.849 when people start owning their faith, what happens 00:21:29.849 --> 00:21:32.809 is now they start genuinely asking real and serious 00:21:32.809 --> 00:21:35.619 questions about that faith. This was so good. 00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:39.720 That was great. And interested, just a side note, 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:42.559 I was talking to a big time Hollywood producer 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:47.059 the other day, not dropping a name, but he actually 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.839 has been listening to the No Agenda show for 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:51.960 years. And, you know, turns out he was the guy 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:55.319 that did House of Cards and, you know, huge movies. 00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:57.440 And he hates Hollywood. He's moved out of Hollywood. 00:21:57.460 --> 00:22:00.640 He has a ranch. And he called me about something 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.029 unrelated. And I said, brother, you know, have 00:22:03.029 --> 00:22:06.009 you ever considered doing something for a Christian 00:22:06.009 --> 00:22:08.930 audience? He says, oh man, this is so big, it's 00:22:08.930 --> 00:22:11.569 so huge. And so, well, how come you haven't done 00:22:11.569 --> 00:22:13.849 anything? Well, you know, blah, blah, blah. So 00:22:13.849 --> 00:22:16.250 we're talking, and I said, you know, the audience 00:22:16.250 --> 00:22:18.309 is here. He says, you know, it's interesting 00:22:18.309 --> 00:22:21.710 you say that. My 13 -year -old daughter, she 00:22:21.710 --> 00:22:24.490 attends a homeschooling class, I think, online. 00:22:26.089 --> 00:22:28.109 For her birthday, her 13th birthday, she wanted 00:22:28.109 --> 00:22:30.920 a Bible. And he said, it's not coming from me. 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:33.420 She goes to church with her friends. He said, 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:36.839 I look at this Bible. It's like it's got notes 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:40.059 and underlines and it looks kind of like a middle 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:42.359 school girl's diary, except it's not. I said, 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:45.220 this is what's happening. And he recognized that. 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:47.880 And then I told him he should probably option 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:49.539 the book, which is what you say in Hollywood. 00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:51.740 He said, what book? Well, there's this book that 00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:54.400 has like 66 books in it. It's a really good... 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:58.359 Anyway, but this is happening. And when it's 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:02.839 happening to the parents of people who really 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:05.460 are in, he's not in Hollywood anymore, but part 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:09.220 of that, unprovoked, if I can put it that way, 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:12.539 that is something amazing that's taking place. 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:17.079 And so Reagan identifies this and he simultaneously 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:22.960 identifies an angst and what he calls the great 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:25.710 deception. In the midst of a great awakening, 00:23:26.349 --> 00:23:29.829 there is also an equal and opposite attempt at 00:23:29.829 --> 00:23:33.650 a great deception. So while God's people, while 00:23:33.650 --> 00:23:36.769 we're waking up to the spirit of the Lord moving 00:23:36.769 --> 00:23:39.609 right now, Satan is going to try to capitalize 00:23:39.609 --> 00:23:43.130 on this momentum to also deceive people and pull 00:23:43.130 --> 00:23:46.690 people away. So listen, I'm convinced that when 00:23:46.690 --> 00:23:48.869 history writes about our time right now, this 00:23:48.869 --> 00:23:50.750 is the beginning stages of a third grade awakening. 00:23:51.109 --> 00:23:53.390 I'm convinced of that. I think that is very true. 00:23:57.910 --> 00:24:00.029 But while that is happening at the same time, 00:24:00.170 --> 00:24:02.450 there's an attempt at a great deception. So church, 00:24:02.589 --> 00:24:05.549 family, we need to be on guard for that. And 00:24:05.549 --> 00:24:10.109 we need to arm ourselves for that. Gosh, I love 00:24:10.109 --> 00:24:13.349 how our church sounds. I love the room. I heard 00:24:13.349 --> 00:24:16.849 myself go, come on, come on, good. Good word. 00:24:17.349 --> 00:24:20.130 I know, it was me. I'm all, I'm cheering him 00:24:20.130 --> 00:24:22.769 on, you know? Of course. This is such a privilege 00:24:22.769 --> 00:24:25.829 to raise up the next generation. Such a privilege 00:24:25.829 --> 00:24:29.509 to... put fuel on the fire and let them burn, 00:24:29.509 --> 00:24:31.089 you know, and they're going to make mistakes. 00:24:31.150 --> 00:24:33.410 This is a thing when you talk about mentoring 00:24:33.410 --> 00:24:36.950 and raising up the next. We got to give them 00:24:36.950 --> 00:24:39.230 the freedom to fail, freedom to miss the mark, 00:24:39.289 --> 00:24:42.869 but he didn't with this. He was spot on. So what 00:24:42.869 --> 00:24:46.329 made me smile is you and I have talked about 00:24:46.329 --> 00:24:49.369 young pastors using props, how you had a motorcycle 00:24:49.369 --> 00:24:51.910 on stage, you were flying drones, you were hitting 00:24:51.910 --> 00:24:55.269 golf balls and all kinds of stuff. And so he 00:24:55.269 --> 00:24:57.759 brought two kids, young men from the Patriot 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:02.599 Academy to give us a visual representation of 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:04.819 the wrestling, which he now, and this is the 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:09.380 last clip, the great wrestling of the Great Awakening 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:12.240 and the Great Deception. And of course, as Christians, 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:16.960 we all know that the devil is always there waiting 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:20.400 to pounce. But the way, and so I cut out all 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:23.900 the wrestling bit because it's very visual. But 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:26.000 he said some things in here, and I hope that 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:28.619 there were multiple people in our church who 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:32.019 heard this and that it hit them, that it sunk 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:35.220 in. Because man, when I heard this, I almost 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:37.579 wanted to get up and say, you, you, you, you. 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.460 I think I know where you're going with this. 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:43.539 I heard the same thing. So while there is this 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:46.740 great deception that's trying to happen, there's 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:49.670 this feeling of a great wrestling. When you start 00:25:49.670 --> 00:25:51.809 questioning things and you start wrestling, there 00:25:51.809 --> 00:25:53.869 becomes this movement, there becomes a motion 00:25:53.869 --> 00:25:56.869 and a game that we play with Satan. And Satan's 00:25:56.869 --> 00:26:00.289 goal is to look for opportunities, windows into 00:26:00.289 --> 00:26:03.230 your questioning, where he can trap you into 00:26:03.230 --> 00:26:06.589 dangerous ideas and then sweep you over into 00:26:06.589 --> 00:26:11.230 disbelief. And now Satan is dominating you. Family, 00:26:11.509 --> 00:26:13.569 that's what is happening actually right now to 00:26:13.569 --> 00:26:17.140 a lot of young people too. They are getting swept 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:22.579 up into deceit. They're getting swept up into 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:30.119 nefarious concepts Gnostic ideas sniff just nefarious 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:35.400 and Conspiratorial speculation about events and 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:37.680 things ding -ding as you start wrestling with 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:40.619 stuff You still bring a window of opportunity 00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:45.059 to trap you to trap your mind, to trap your thoughts, 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:49.500 your emotions, and then sweep you into disbelief. 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:52.880 And again, it's not that hard for him. It's really 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:55.279 easy to get swept up into disbelief when you're 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:59.500 not rooted in a relationship with Christ. I love 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:03.819 that he said conspiratorial because that is what 00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:09.099 you see everywhere right now. And what Satan 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:13.599 has done, the enemy has And part of that is, 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:16.539 a large part is thanks to COVID and, you know, 00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:22.079 and lockdowns and all kinds of related measures 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:26.119 that were put upon us. People have, I think only 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:29.299 17 % of the United States population trust the 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:31.339 government. It's pretty much an all time low. 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:33.559 This happens all the time. Not that it was super 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:38.019 high 10 years ago, but, and so with the advent 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:42.869 of social media, This is the enemy's playground. 00:27:43.190 --> 00:27:45.789 He's right there on your slave slab on the phone. 00:27:46.130 --> 00:27:48.390 And I have an example which I brought because 00:27:48.390 --> 00:27:51.490 this was just like, oh, wow, this is such a perfect 00:27:51.490 --> 00:27:59.670 one. So we struck Iran. And I monitor all of 00:27:59.670 --> 00:28:02.230 the, I try to monitor what's the narrative. What's 00:28:02.230 --> 00:28:03.950 the narrative from the television? What's the 00:28:03.950 --> 00:28:05.589 narrative from the president? What's the narrative 00:28:05.589 --> 00:28:08.529 from the Democrat party, Republican party? What's 00:28:08.529 --> 00:28:11.359 the narrative online? And the predominant narrative 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:14.079 online, including Tucker Carlson, which is just, 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:18.819 he's so disappointing to me, is this is Bibi 00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:23.420 Netanyahu drawing America into the fight. Drawing 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:28.400 them in and of course the conspiracy then goes 00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:31.390 on to say, well, that's because Every single 00:28:31.390 --> 00:28:33.769 member of Congress has an AIPAC representative. 00:28:33.950 --> 00:28:36.390 They're controlled by Israel and the Epstein 00:28:36.390 --> 00:28:39.589 blackmail. You go down this road forever and 00:28:39.589 --> 00:28:42.710 ever and ever. And so we heard the president 00:28:42.710 --> 00:28:46.150 very clearly saying, help is on its way. We're 00:28:46.150 --> 00:28:50.009 going to do this. We're going to do that. that 00:28:50.009 --> 00:28:52.670 this is the moment for you to take your own destiny 00:28:52.670 --> 00:28:55.250 into your own hands. And then our Secretary of 00:28:55.250 --> 00:28:58.069 State Marco Rubio, who I hold in very high regard 00:28:58.069 --> 00:29:01.309 for a number of reasons. I think especially after 00:29:01.309 --> 00:29:04.650 the Charlie Kirk memorial service where he just 00:29:04.650 --> 00:29:07.650 was preaching the gospel like I had no idea, 00:29:07.849 --> 00:29:14.910 Marco. And he's a smart, smart man. He said something 00:29:14.910 --> 00:29:18.640 that immediately was taken into the conspiracy 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:23.519 hole and I want to give a different take on what 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.859 happened here. States conducted this operation 00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:28.440 with a fair clear goal in mind. I haven't got 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:31.339 a chance to see a lot of reporting. I don't understand 00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:33.680 what the confusion is. Let me explain it to you 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:35.660 and I'll do it once again as clearly as possible. 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:38.049 Perhaps you'll report it that way. The United 00:29:38.049 --> 00:29:40.170 States is conducting an operation to eliminate 00:29:40.170 --> 00:29:43.549 the threat of Iran's short -range ballistic missiles 00:29:43.549 --> 00:29:46.309 and the threat posed by their Navy, particularly 00:29:46.309 --> 00:29:48.910 to naval assets. That is what it is focused on 00:29:48.910 --> 00:29:50.829 doing right now, and it's doing quite successfully. 00:29:51.009 --> 00:29:53.289 I'll leave it to the Pentagon and the Department 00:29:53.289 --> 00:29:55.349 of War to discuss the tactics behind that and 00:29:55.349 --> 00:29:57.470 the progress that's being made. That is the clear 00:29:57.470 --> 00:30:00.009 objective of this mission. The second question... 00:30:00.009 --> 00:30:02.690 Just hold that in mind. He's saying the clear 00:30:02.690 --> 00:30:06.869 objective is to stop ballistic and missiles and 00:30:06.869 --> 00:30:09.630 potential nuclear to protect our troops and our 00:30:09.630 --> 00:30:12.589 Navy. He's not saying anything about regime change 00:30:12.589 --> 00:30:15.210 or anything like that, which is already different 00:30:15.210 --> 00:30:17.450 from what the president was saying. The president 00:30:17.450 --> 00:30:19.910 was saying, help is on the way. We're here to 00:30:19.910 --> 00:30:23.029 take care of you. We're going to help you take 00:30:23.029 --> 00:30:24.730 destiny into your own hands. This is already 00:30:24.730 --> 00:30:27.920 a change. That is the clear objective of this 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:30.019 mission. The second question that has been asked 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:32.640 is, why now? Well, there's two reasons why now. 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:35.220 The first is it was abundantly clear that if 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:37.839 Iran came under attack by anyone, the United 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:40.059 States or Israel or anyone, they were going to 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:42.220 respond and respond against the United States. 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.779 The orders had been delegated down to the field 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:47.000 commanders. It was automatic. And in fact, it 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:49.880 bared to be true. Because in fact, within an 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:53.299 hour of the initial attack on the leadership 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:56.819 compound, the missile forces in the south and 00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.759 in the north for that matter had already been 00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:01.019 activated to launch. In fact, those had already 00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:03.440 been pre -positioned. The third is the assessment 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:06.119 that was made that if we stood and waited for 00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:09.019 that attack to come first before we hit them, 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:12.059 we would suffer much higher casualties. And so 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:14.539 the president made the very wise decision. We 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:16.539 knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:18.559 We knew that that would precipitate an attack 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:20.900 against American forces. And we knew that if 00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:23.000 we didn't preemptively go after them before they 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.220 launched those attacks, we would suffer higher 00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:28.240 casualties and perhaps even higher those killed. 00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.920 And then we would all be here answering questions 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.440 about why we knew that and didn't. So this immediately 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:37.019 was taken as the Israelis were going with or 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:39.539 without us. And they drew us into this because 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:41.940 we knew that there would be an Israeli attack. 00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:44.779 Yeah. So if I could see, and right. And for a 00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.460 moment, I'll be honest with you, but I'm like, 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:50.440 what was I wrong about this? This, this is, I 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:55.619 had to really think about it and When you objectively 00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:59.180 look at it, Israel going alone with or without 00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:03.259 America is ludicrous because they don't have 00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:06.160 any of the hardware that they need to continue 00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:11.400 that. We had an entire double armada in place 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:15.059 for several weeks, so this was all set up. But 00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:19.680 I realized once it got into the politics of it, 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:24.420 that typically if you start something aggressively 00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:27.859 as the United States president, you need to immediately 00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:32.859 within 48 hours, Congress has to get the to enact 00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:36.359 the war powers resolution. And the war powers 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:40.299 resolution take has is for Congress to take control. 00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:43.579 And the president then has 60 days to do what 00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:46.200 he needs to do and then 30 days to unwind it. 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:50.079 But Congress can shut that down. Now, if we just 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:53.000 decide to declare war on somebody, that needs 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:56.519 a vote in Congress regardless. So I'm thinking, 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:01.039 what is going on? Why did Marco Rubio say that? 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:03.579 Because he's not stupid. He's not going to say 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:05.859 that to, you know, because he knows that this 00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:09.460 is going to spark conspiracies, witness Tucker 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:11.579 Carlson. I won't even play him. It angers me 00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:15.319 so much. What they did is they registered under 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:21.180 UN Charter Article 51. The political piece of 00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:25.279 this action, was Israel struck first. Now, of 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:28.460 course, the plan, we had these plans. Israel, 00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:32.079 you strike first. Then we are automatically in 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:35.880 defensive mode. So there is no war powers resolution. 00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:39.440 The president is not hampered by Congress. And 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:42.779 he knows that there's too many Republicans both 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:46.019 in the House and the Senate that they would shut 00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.519 this down. So what you're saying, this wasn't 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:51.630 planned overnight. I believe this is planned 00:33:51.630 --> 00:33:55.190 before he even took office in January. And now 00:33:55.190 --> 00:33:59.930 we get to the oil piece. So, there's no coincidence 00:33:59.930 --> 00:34:04.309 that Venezuela came just a few weeks before this. 00:34:04.490 --> 00:34:10.070 Who was the number one client of cheap sanctions 00:34:10.070 --> 00:34:13.489 and therefore ghost oil from Venezuela? I'll 00:34:13.489 --> 00:34:17.010 skip to the answer, China. 75 % of what they 00:34:17.010 --> 00:34:20.179 still had, was going to China illegally sanctioned 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:22.579 by the entire world, not by the US, but by the 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:25.500 entire world. Because you're screwing with the 00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:30.440 price of oil. It's a problem for everybody. Iran, 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:34.900 90 % of their oil through go ships, through sanctioned 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:38.519 illegal shipping, going to China. China was in 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:41.179 Iran with almost a half a trillion dollars of 00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:44.780 support with massive missiles that could take 00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:47.780 out any one of our aircraft carriers. This was 00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:53.079 known and this was set up take into that. Just 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:57.659 I think three weeks ago, President Putin through 00:34:57.659 --> 00:35:00.880 not himself, but through his cabinet, said that 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:05.579 they were seriously considering pricing their 00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:08.420 oil in dollars again. Remember, they got kicked 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:11.480 off of the swift system by the Europeans, not 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:15.130 even by the US. And I have a feeling that. Notice 00:35:15.130 --> 00:35:17.670 Russia is very quiet right now. They're not jumping 00:35:17.670 --> 00:35:20.789 up and down. So all of this oil from Venezuela 00:35:20.789 --> 00:35:25.969 and from Iran was all being paid for in anything 00:35:25.969 --> 00:35:29.869 but the US dollar. I got to tell you, this has 00:35:29.869 --> 00:35:31.750 always been American doctrine. If you don't want 00:35:31.750 --> 00:35:33.750 the whole world to collapse when our currency 00:35:33.750 --> 00:35:35.940 is no longer the reserve currency, You've got 00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:39.000 to protect that. So there are things much bigger 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:43.659 at play here. Thank you to Israel for doing whatever 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:46.760 President Trump asked you to do, because that's 00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:50.139 the fact. And they put themselves and their country 00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:52.440 and their people at great risk and great harm. 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:59.139 We owe a dedication of gratitude for what they 00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:02.780 have done. And I hope that people take it that 00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:07.769 way. there's always going to be people who just 00:36:07.769 --> 00:36:10.829 will mock this. And that, you know, so I've been, 00:36:11.610 --> 00:36:14.070 people have been, without them even knowing it, 00:36:14.110 --> 00:36:16.750 have been helping me with different scripture. 00:36:17.789 --> 00:36:19.769 I've got to bring some scripture in. Proverbs 00:36:19.769 --> 00:36:23.460 9, 7 to 9. This is what I've learned what I need 00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:26.579 to be careful of anyone who rebukes a mocker 00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:29.219 will get an insult in return That's when you 00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:32.360 respond to the troll on social media sure anyone 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:36.579 who corrects the wicked will get hurt So don't 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:40.019 bother correcting mockers. They will only hate 00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:44.659 you I can testify first hand but correct the 00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:47.079 wise and they will love you instruct the wise 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:50.019 and they will be even wiser teach the righteous 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:54.820 and they will learn even more now there is there's 00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:59.739 another proverb that says you must get rid of 00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:02.639 the mockers i don't have it on on hand not quite 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:05.159 sure how to take these two in that context other 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:10.420 than blocking them but You know like rid rid 00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:13.400 rid. How what is it? What is it brother? It's 00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:18.599 um I didn't write it down It's like Proverbs 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:26.340 20 20 verse 22 10 yeah, but drive out a scoffer 00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:29.920 right and strife will go out and quarreling and 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:32.800 abuse will cease. So how do you drive out a scoffer? 00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:37.139 That was a question. The how -to? Yes, this was 00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:40.199 a pastor moment, a question for my pastor. So 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:43.800 taking the previous problem into account, which 00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:46.340 I love, and I understand that, how do you drive 00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:48.539 out the scoffer? Well, it's amazing how silence 00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:52.300 is powerful. Ah, there it is. When you're talking 00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:55.039 about deals, you're talking about business, you're 00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:59.849 talking about mastery and conversation, Silence 00:37:59.849 --> 00:38:03.889 is powerful. You know this, when you were leading 00:38:03.889 --> 00:38:08.090 a large corporation and you're in a conversation 00:38:08.090 --> 00:38:10.809 that's got a lot of weight and gravity to it 00:38:10.809 --> 00:38:14.909 and you go pause and then they try to fill in 00:38:14.909 --> 00:38:16.690 all the blanks and they play all their cards. 00:38:17.730 --> 00:38:20.210 So it's the same way with a mocker. If you don't 00:38:20.210 --> 00:38:22.210 give them attention, they run out of, they don't 00:38:22.210 --> 00:38:25.829 have anything, no energy. Right. So always, when 00:38:25.829 --> 00:38:27.630 Annette and I, you know, through the years, being 00:38:27.630 --> 00:38:29.929 a pastor, we take hits all the time. Of course. 00:38:30.389 --> 00:38:34.349 And we've learned the hard way to, because the 00:38:34.349 --> 00:38:36.630 first thing we all want to do is validate ourselves. 00:38:37.110 --> 00:38:39.630 Validate our decision or validate just who we 00:38:39.630 --> 00:38:41.670 are, character, especially if it's a character 00:38:41.670 --> 00:38:43.949 slice. But at the end of the day, I've learned 00:38:43.949 --> 00:38:47.909 if you'll just be quiet, it's amazing how this 00:38:47.909 --> 00:38:51.130 stuff goes dormant real quick. Yeah. Mockers 00:38:51.130 --> 00:38:55.090 enjoy the gameplay. They enjoy, especially on 00:38:55.090 --> 00:38:58.349 social media, Lord. They're just sitting in mom's 00:38:58.349 --> 00:39:00.550 basement on their computer waiting. So those 00:39:00.550 --> 00:39:02.969 two really, excuse me, really do go hand in hand. 00:39:02.969 --> 00:39:05.389 They absolutely do. Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank 00:39:05.389 --> 00:39:06.789 you. I could have figured that. The Scripture 00:39:06.789 --> 00:39:09.150 even says that if you will be silent, you'll 00:39:09.150 --> 00:39:11.750 be perceived as wise. Yes. But if not, you'll 00:39:11.750 --> 00:39:14.449 be perceived as stupid. Boom. It's a great verse. 00:39:14.489 --> 00:39:17.710 Boom. There it is. So that was really the message 00:39:17.710 --> 00:39:21.610 I brought for today because when I heard Reagan 00:39:21.610 --> 00:39:25.059 preach And I think he really could have quite 00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:27.659 a future as a pastor. I mean, I don't know where 00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:31.079 he wants to go, but I mean, and he's young. I 00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:33.380 could call him pastor on the platform. And rightly 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:36.679 so. I said pastor. And he grand and looked at 00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:39.000 me and then I went off mic and I said, now I 00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:41.460 may be prophesying or prophesying. Time will 00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:43.820 tell. That's what I said to him. Time will tell. 00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:47.400 He has it. He does. And you can tell he's used 00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:50.059 to talking to a younger audience, which I actually 00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:53.300 kind of like. That's good for me. But he was 00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:56.199 aware because he continued to speak to the older 00:39:56.199 --> 00:40:00.280 audience saying, I'm trying to help you address 00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:03.260 the next generation. And boy, that was a lot 00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:06.199 of maturity there. He's trying to connect the 00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:08.239 dots between the two generations so that there's 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:12.019 not this gap. And I love that he did that. So 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:15.059 I'm meeting with him next week. He wants me to... 00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:18.019 deconstruct his message. He wants to talk about 00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:21.400 it. He wants to learn and this is again a show 00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:24.739 of wisdom when he's saying, come critique me. 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:28.739 I want to get better at what I'm doing. So we're 00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:32.659 meeting next week for coffee. I won't have a 00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:35.599 whole, whole lot to correct, to be honest. You 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:38.480 should teach him the drone trick and the motorcycle 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:41.699 trick. We'll get a good laugh out of some of 00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:43.780 the stupid things I did. I love those stories. 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:45.659 That's my favorite. That's going to hurt people. 00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:50.219 It's seriously gotten hurt. You and I consider 00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:53.380 this particular podcast really to be for our 00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:56.440 church and if it reaches beyond. It does. So 00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:59.119 we're really happy. Yeah, absolutely. Thankful 00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:02.380 for people who are listening in. But don't fall 00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:08.559 into the trap that Israel controls us. You know, 00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:15.139 this made me laugh so hard. The argument always 00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:18.440 is, well, APAC, they have a lobbyist for every 00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:21.559 single member of Congress and every single member 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:25.260 of the Senate. Thank you, Tucker. So I actually 00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:29.280 looked some stuff up. So their budget is, just 00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:35.199 grab this, their budget is, I think, $2 .9 million 00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:43.590 or what they spend annually on APAC. what they 00:41:43.590 --> 00:41:47.570 spend annually. And so I went and did some research 00:41:47.570 --> 00:41:52.690 on other lobbying groups that also have a lobbyist 00:41:52.690 --> 00:41:55.949 for every single member of Congress and the Senate. 00:41:57.530 --> 00:41:59.650 Surprising. You know what the biggest one is? 00:42:00.409 --> 00:42:03.769 With 10 times the amount of money, almost $26 00:42:03.769 --> 00:42:08.230 million, National Association of Realtors. Wow. 00:42:08.650 --> 00:42:12.920 Yes. They have the federal political coordinators 00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:15.000 program. So really it's the realtors who are 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:18.179 running the nation. And number two, American 00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:21.239 Medical Association. They are the ones who bring 00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:25.360 you transgenderism. They're not all bad, obviously. 00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:30.039 Right. Next on the list, American Bankers Association. 00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:33.519 Wow. And these all outstrip the money that APAC 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:38.940 spends far and wide. And then my favorite, And 00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:42.099 they are lobbying on behalf of us, the AARP, 00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:44.780 because yes, the old people need lots of lobbying. 00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:48.179 They represent the largest, most consistent voting 00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:51.320 block, which is seniors, making their coverage 00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:54.800 extremely effective. So the next time you think 00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:58.440 that APAC controls Congress, go look at your 00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:01.079 realtor, because there's something going on there 00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:03.039 that I don't even know what they're happening. 00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:06.300 Well, I didn't see that coming. Wow. The mandate 00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:08.880 they had then was contact their assigned legislator 00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:12.199 quarterly and respond to calls for action, ensuring 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:16.000 a local voice is always present, very influential. 00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:18.539 Realtors are influential. You'll see a lot of 00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:21.659 realtors in local politics too. This happens 00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:27.539 frequently. clandestine network out in the open, 00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:30.079 controlling our government. Look at your realtor 00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:36.519 and get to know him. Take him out for coffee. 00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:40.420 But you know what? They do have their finger 00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:42.199 on the pulse of what's happening in the community 00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:45.280 because they're on all kinds of boards and commissions 00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:48.719 and groups. Especially here in Fredericksburg, 00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:52.460 Wendy sits on several days and she knows what's 00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:57.000 going on. Not Jewish. No, of course it's not. 00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:59.699 So I've got this thought, put down your slave 00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:02.840 slab and pick up your Bibles. There you go. There's 00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:05.559 the thought. It's a long title, but who knows, 00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:10.820 right? It's combining several of our things we've 00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:13.739 said over the times. You've short, I really like, 00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:17.327 although that's a good, I always like the... 00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:20.099 Scripture before screens, man. That is short, 00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:22.619 that is to the point, and that just makes so 00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:24.639 much sense. And as long as we can remember to 00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:27.579 do that, it's going to be really, really good. 00:44:28.299 --> 00:44:30.480 A lot of changes here at the church, the new 00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:33.659 life centers about to open. You've got an office. 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:36.139 I've got an actual office, not a studio anymore. 00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:39.199 Although I love the studio. Studio is cool. But 00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:41.139 it's cleaner, if you notice. We cleaned it all 00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:44.000 up. Yes, and I'm about to bring in gear and make 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:47.219 it a little more full and get some stuff going 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:49.480 because we've got the young and the faithful 00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:52.000 boys. We've got to get them set up and autonomous. 00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:55.519 And I know Reagan Green, they have their own 00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:58.139 studios, but I still wouldn't still wouldn't 00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:59.960 mind having them up here from time to time. I 00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:02.440 think it'd be great because I really feel that 00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:05.539 that there's there's people in this community, 00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:08.679 especially young people who will be great at 00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:11.579 podcasting, doing, you know, communicating their 00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:14.219 thoughts and ideas. I'm super excited about it. 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:18.139 So can I encourage just from kind of where we 00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:20.800 just sort of pull this into? tie a bow on it. 00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:22.960 And land it? Yeah, I can land the plane too. 00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:26.119 I can do that. Please. Flaps are down. So nose 00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:31.599 up. It's gumps. It's gear, gas, undercarriage, 00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:37.039 manifold, prop, and the S is, I don't know, I 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:40.239 forget what safety is. There you go. Awesome. 00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:42.539 Now that's good for me to know. You'll hear that 00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:46.380 on Sunday probably. So yeah, as I think about 00:45:46.570 --> 00:45:49.670 tie this all up. First of all, there's great 00:45:49.670 --> 00:45:53.989 hope for tomorrow. Having somebody like Reagan 00:45:53.989 --> 00:45:57.070 standing in your pulpit, I just felt like a dad. 00:45:57.789 --> 00:46:00.110 No knock on Rick, he's the actual dad, but I 00:46:00.110 --> 00:46:03.010 felt like a spiritual father watching a son grow 00:46:03.010 --> 00:46:08.829 up. I said this to the Congress, I said, hearing 00:46:08.829 --> 00:46:11.550 him speak and preach the way he did with the 00:46:11.550 --> 00:46:14.050 maturity he did gives me great hope for the future. 00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:17.840 It's so easy to go down the conspiratorial rabbit 00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:21.860 holes and just people swim in that water and 00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:24.139 you can't swim in a cesspool without stinking, 00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:26.679 you know? There you go. And they mean well and 00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:29.780 the good -hearted people, but I get stuff every 00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:31.559 Sunday. Somebody will walk over to me kind of 00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:34.289 a sidebar and go, well, you know. It's all about 00:46:34.289 --> 00:46:38.769 to go down. Every week. Pastor, I hope you're 00:46:38.769 --> 00:46:41.510 packing your piece. This is all about to go down. 00:46:41.610 --> 00:46:45.250 I get this almost every week. And these are good 00:46:45.250 --> 00:46:48.329 people. These aren't people that are nefarious 00:46:48.329 --> 00:46:51.309 in any way. It's just they've been spending so 00:46:51.309 --> 00:46:53.829 much time online. What's the line again? You 00:46:53.829 --> 00:46:55.989 can't go swimming in a cesspool without stinking? 00:46:56.190 --> 00:46:58.110 What was it again? That's it. I like that. I 00:46:58.110 --> 00:47:00.849 just made it up. But yeah, I'm digging it. It's 00:47:00.849 --> 00:47:06.289 true. My encouragement is, first of all, it only 00:47:06.289 --> 00:47:09.269 takes 21 seconds to change your life. Learn the 00:47:09.269 --> 00:47:11.929 Lord's Prayer. Matthew chapter 6. Check it out. 00:47:12.170 --> 00:47:14.750 and start praying that prayer over your life. 00:47:15.210 --> 00:47:16.889 If you're listening and you don't really know 00:47:16.889 --> 00:47:19.369 where to start with prayer, let me just give 00:47:19.369 --> 00:47:22.530 you a little help because you need to be praying 00:47:22.530 --> 00:47:25.230 over the world situation, over what's going on. 00:47:25.610 --> 00:47:29.269 And the Lord's Prayer gives us this simple, super 00:47:29.269 --> 00:47:31.190 simple template. I'm going to look it up right 00:47:31.190 --> 00:47:38.090 now in Matthew 6 in my Bible. Here it is. This 00:47:38.090 --> 00:47:41.150 is Jesus and he says this, he says in verse 9 00:47:41.150 --> 00:47:45.329 of Matthew chapter 6. So Matthew 6 verse 9 he 00:47:45.329 --> 00:47:48.630 says, pray then like this. Luke says it, when 00:47:48.630 --> 00:47:51.699 you pray say. So it's the same thing. Our Father 00:47:51.699 --> 00:47:53.500 in Heaven. Now, I'm not going to do the King 00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:55.039 James version. No, let's do that version because 00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:57.260 that's the one I can do with you. Let's do that 00:47:57.260 --> 00:47:59.199 one, please. Our Father, which art in heaven, 00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:03.099 hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will 00:48:03.099 --> 00:48:06.840 be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us 00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:10.119 this day our daily bread, and forgive us our 00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:13.400 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us 00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:16.679 not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:20.039 For thine is the kingdom and the power and the 00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:24.440 glory forever. Amen. Amen. Thank you. I wanted 00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:27.599 to say it that way. That's great. So use it as 00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:30.619 a template. I mean, literally just, it's good 00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:32.840 to have a roadmap. So if you're learning how 00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:34.460 to pray or maybe you've been praying, but you're 00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:37.380 looking for something fresh, go to Matthew six, 00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:40.420 start in verse nine. You can read it, but then 00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:43.659 that's 21 seconds of your time, but then use 00:48:43.659 --> 00:48:46.800 it as a jumping off point and as a template for 00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:49.619 other things. The first, it starts with praise. 00:48:50.579 --> 00:48:52.760 Yes. Hallowed be thy name. Father just starts 00:48:52.760 --> 00:48:54.760 off with praise. There's your praise section. 00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:57.699 Then it goes into your kingdom come, your will 00:48:57.699 --> 00:49:00.320 be done on earth as it is in heaven. That's the 00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:03.119 stuff of life. But you're also calling heaven 00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:06.119 down. Invoking is, I love that word. Invoking, 00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:08.639 good one. We're invoking heaven to come to earth, 00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:10.940 you know, when heaven invades earth kind of thing. 00:49:11.239 --> 00:49:14.619 And then the next part is just provision, God's 00:49:14.619 --> 00:49:16.380 providence. This is my favorite, give us this 00:49:16.380 --> 00:49:20.599 day our daily bread, is guidance and provision 00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:23.139 for the guidance you're giving us. Like, whatever 00:49:23.139 --> 00:49:25.219 you guide me, I know you're going to give me 00:49:25.219 --> 00:49:27.559 what I need to go there. And it actually reads 00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:31.219 in the Greek, give us today our bread for tomorrow. 00:49:31.639 --> 00:49:34.340 It's not even about just today, it's about the 00:49:34.340 --> 00:49:37.360 future as well. And then forgive us our debts. 00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:41.269 Now, when I pray my version of it, I say, Father, 00:49:41.630 --> 00:49:45.789 forgive me for my offenses as I forgive those 00:49:45.789 --> 00:49:49.409 who offended me. That's really more in our language. 00:49:50.090 --> 00:49:54.670 And then the last part of that is, and lead us 00:49:54.670 --> 00:49:57.230 not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:01.320 and the evil one. So, it's not just general evil. 00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:04.699 It's actually deliverance from Satan. So, just 00:50:04.699 --> 00:50:06.940 let that be a template. Maybe that'll help somebody 00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:09.000 today who's trying to learn how to pray. For 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:11.360 me, for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and 00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:14.199 the glory. That for me is just, He's in control. 00:50:15.179 --> 00:50:17.840 It's all his. That's just reminding me. And just 00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:19.760 so you know, that wasn't in the original manuscript 00:50:19.760 --> 00:50:22.039 of the Bible. It's an add -on, but it's a good 00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:24.219 add -on. It was added on in the first, second 00:50:24.219 --> 00:50:27.039 century. It's in parentheses in my Bible. And 00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:29.300 that's okay. It's all good. Man, it's still, 00:50:29.320 --> 00:50:32.199 it's just a nice way to wrap it up. All right, 00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:36.579 so guys, pray. Let's pray more. Well, there's 00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:38.760 your instruction for the next week. We'll be 00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:41.079 back next week. We get to do this. Thanks for 00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:41.760 being here, everybody.