WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.720 Father, we honor you today and with everything 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:05.480 we do, everything we say. Father, we know that 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:07.559 we become what we behold, so we want to continue 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:09.900 to behold you. Behold your face, behold your 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:12.580 word, and behold your works, the things that 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:15.099 you do, your works that honor you, glorify you, 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:18.260 and reveal you to a world that needs hope and 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:21.059 needs Jesus. And so Lord, we pray for our friends 00:00:21.059 --> 00:00:24.600 that will be joining us today and as they listen 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:27.859 to this podcast wherever and from whenever, when 00:00:27.859 --> 00:00:30.440 they do it. and we bless them, Lord. We speak 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.539 life and blessing overall. In Jesus' name, we 00:00:33.539 --> 00:01:03.380 get to do this. Amen. That never gets old for 00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:05.659 me. Where were you? Did you hear me? You were 00:01:05.659 --> 00:01:09.620 distant. I was coming through your microphone. 00:01:10.579 --> 00:01:13.879 I'd muted myself. Wow, usually mute Tina, the 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:16.930 keeper. I muted myself. You do that to her sometimes. 00:01:17.129 --> 00:01:19.530 A self -affliction. I can't believe that actually 00:01:19.530 --> 00:01:21.349 came through. I'm like, where's this coming from? 00:01:21.609 --> 00:01:24.129 I'm like, I don't care. He left the room. I'm 00:01:24.129 --> 00:01:26.469 like, we prayed, Holy Spirit's got this. I'll 00:01:26.469 --> 00:01:28.790 figure it out as soon as we're done. Well, I 00:01:28.790 --> 00:01:31.170 mean, we're a little out of sorts. We're not 00:01:31.170 --> 00:01:33.450 in our normal place. Everything is out of sorts. 00:01:35.450 --> 00:01:38.530 I mean, not that people would care that much, 00:01:38.549 --> 00:01:41.370 but we had a garage door problem. So, you know, 00:01:41.510 --> 00:01:44.370 first world problems. Tried to fix it myself 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:48.510 with Chad GPT and YouTube and called in the big 00:01:48.510 --> 00:01:51.790 guns. Oh, man. Had to finally give in. It was 00:01:51.790 --> 00:01:54.909 so nice, though, that you recommended this guy 00:01:54.909 --> 00:01:57.730 to me. Well, Mark, who owns the company, goes 00:01:57.730 --> 00:02:00.250 to our church. He's a brother and a friend. Oh, 00:02:00.269 --> 00:02:03.209 there it is. There it is. Perfect. Good folks. 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:07.540 They have two employees. One is Alejandro who 00:02:07.540 --> 00:02:10.439 came by today and his son who works after lunch, 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:13.840 after school or something like that. But it was, 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.879 it was so refreshing to have something that could 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.759 be repaired and not like you need a new unit. 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:22.439 We can't just toss it out. I got a new unit, 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:25.639 but I needed it. You had a real old one, but 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:28.120 I was like, this is so surprising. This is, I 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.319 love this. This is good. It's totally good. Nice. 00:02:31.379 --> 00:02:34.669 Good people. Oh man. So no sooner have we, talked 00:02:34.669 --> 00:02:36.650 about everybody. I know the lamp's in the way 00:02:36.650 --> 00:02:38.650 a little bit. Have we talked about everybody 00:02:38.650 --> 00:02:42.069 calming down about Iran? I think it was literally 00:02:42.069 --> 00:02:44.389 two days later, the president's like, oh, I think 00:02:44.389 --> 00:02:46.810 we got this kind of sorted. They're talking. 00:02:47.050 --> 00:02:49.969 We're like, oh, no. The Trump algo means we have 00:02:49.969 --> 00:02:52.430 to go up or down a couple more times. No kidding. 00:02:52.889 --> 00:02:54.610 And you know, Iran's going, what's he talking 00:02:54.610 --> 00:02:57.830 about? Well, that's what's being said. There's 00:02:57.830 --> 00:03:00.550 a lot of... And this is really the point. There's 00:03:00.550 --> 00:03:04.620 a lot of stuff. Being said breaking news. Nobody 00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:08.740 knows anything. Everything is Information doesn't 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:11.719 mean it's good information. Exactly. It could 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:14.620 be misinformation It could be disinformation 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:19.479 and I have started to rely less and less on what 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:24.300 We call news feeds because let's be honest, it's 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:27.919 not it's mind pollution feeds It's just feeding 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.639 and I can't take it anymore I just can't and 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:34.219 then I so I got to play this clip. It's only 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:36.819 clear. I didn't bring much today. Go for it. 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:40.080 I don't know if you've ever seen Fox News, what's 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:44.539 his name? Jesse Waters. He took over what used 00:03:44.539 --> 00:03:46.539 to be the Bill O 'Reilly slot and then I think 00:03:46.539 --> 00:03:49.960 was the Tucker slot and he's okay. I mean, I 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.159 haven't watched Fox News in years, but he has 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.900 this one segment where he sends Johnny out and 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:58.240 Johnny goes out on the street and ask people 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.479 stuff and it's always funny. and man on the street 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:03.620 stuff is one of my favorite ways to do television 00:04:03.620 --> 00:04:05.800 because you can select whatever you want and 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.219 make it super funny and make it sound like everybody's 00:04:08.219 --> 00:04:10.960 an idiot or nobody knows what what they're talking 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:15.259 about and and so he did one of those uh a spring 00:04:15.259 --> 00:04:17.839 break on the beach and i just got 34 seconds 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:21.519 of it oh wow but it made me think in two different 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.620 ways So I'll play this and then we shall discuss. 00:04:45.449 --> 00:04:48.930 What have you heard about Venezuela? Venezuela? 00:04:49.389 --> 00:04:51.269 Nothing. I'm not sure. I barely know what will 00:04:51.269 --> 00:04:52.709 be going on in like Tennessee where I'm from. 00:04:52.810 --> 00:04:54.730 That they beat us in the world baseball classic. 00:04:55.009 --> 00:04:57.889 Have you heard anything else? No. Nothing. I 00:04:57.889 --> 00:05:00.089 haven't heard nothing about Venezuela. Okay. 00:05:00.370 --> 00:05:03.730 So obviously funny. First of all, it's spring 00:05:03.730 --> 00:05:06.970 break. So I would say there's some adult beverages 00:05:06.970 --> 00:05:09.750 have been consumed. It's obvious. I pulled some 00:05:09.750 --> 00:05:11.910 of those quotes out, which contained F words 00:05:11.910 --> 00:05:16.959 and drunk. But. So the intent of this, of course, 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.439 is like, ah, the kids are stupid. And these are 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.639 college kids. They're idiots. They don't know 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:29.120 anything. The extended point of this, as this 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.759 gets around globally, is Americans are stupid. 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:35.459 And so I had, of course, I had those thoughts 00:05:35.459 --> 00:05:38.439 like, oh, that's funny. I've made these myself 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:40.259 and produced them for television. But then I 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:43.509 thought, We could do with a little more of this 00:05:43.509 --> 00:05:46.350 and let me explain as I was driving away from 00:05:46.350 --> 00:05:50.670 the church the other day Was it the last maybe 00:05:50.670 --> 00:05:53.649 it was the last show we did and I I pull out 00:05:53.649 --> 00:05:57.970 I turn left on to whatever that is at 87 That's 00:05:57.970 --> 00:06:00.170 Tyvedale Lane. Yeah, that is that's all we come 00:06:00.170 --> 00:06:03.279 at the big street. Yeah Where Hildes? Right there? 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:06.560 Yeah. No, no. Go past Hildes left. And then that's 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:09.579 - That's highway 16. Yes. What? I have a GPS. 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:13.100 You just turn left when it tells you to. Yes. 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.699 Tina's left. Well, I know how to get home. And 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:22.079 I see across the street, I see a vote for Riley, 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:28.279 our guy. Okay. Yeah. Right. Randy. Randy Briley. 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:30.120 Thank you. See, this is how bad it is. Randy 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:33.399 Briley. Future mayor. And I see a sign and it's 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:35.540 the only sign I've seen. I don't get out much. 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:40.259 And I thought if I were to go down Main Street 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:43.879 in Fredericksburg and ask people about Venezuela 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:46.339 or about Iran, I think most people would have 00:06:46.339 --> 00:06:49.100 an opinion, but they may not know that Randy 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:51.160 Briley is running. They may not even know there's 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:55.399 a mayoral election. True. And so this is what 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:59.199 social media has done, even to me, I can't remember 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:03.819 Randy Briley's name, he goes to our church, is 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:08.319 it removes us from what is truly important, from 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:12.360 our local, the business of our town, the business 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.720 of our community. We keep getting sucked up into 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.339 these global national, and I'm, hey, I'm part 00:07:19.339 --> 00:07:22.180 of that system to be honest about it, but we 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:25.620 get sucked up into that and Does it really matter? 00:07:26.459 --> 00:07:30.540 I mean, yeah, okay, we saw a small, not even 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:32.879 instant, but we saw a change of gas prices. That 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:36.019 would be the main thing that we saw. But that 00:07:36.019 --> 00:07:39.680 fluctuates, but that's really it. There's not 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.319 that much else, but that dominates the entire 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:47.860 online culture and arguments. And I don't know, 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:49.620 it just, I felt like - Yeah, and you have to 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:52.819 ask. Sorry, I just interrupt you. No, please 00:07:52.819 --> 00:07:55.920 go for it. You need to do that more to me. I 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.019 feel a buster. Well, it gives you a chance to 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:00.160 drink your coffee. Yes, sir. By the way, thanks 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.079 for the black raffle today. That's the best. 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:04.139 Annette and I were talking while we're walking 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:07.360 today. We did a walk this morning and I was saying, 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:14.120 I literally said, how is this affecting us? This 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:16.540 war, yeah, we're frustrated about, yeah, we want 00:08:16.540 --> 00:08:19.639 to see it come to an end. Yes, we have interests 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.980 in what's happening, but where we live, and we 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:25.000 say it like this, where we live, where we work, 00:08:25.019 --> 00:08:27.420 and where we play. So that's just where you do 00:08:27.420 --> 00:08:33.460 your life. And she said, it really doesn't, other 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:38.960 than I paid $62 to fill the car up, but it didn't 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:45.759 ruin my day. It wasn't a high impact, not that 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.429 there won't be other ripple effects. But I think 00:08:48.429 --> 00:08:53.110 what happens is there's a cultural mood, a cultural 00:08:53.110 --> 00:08:56.590 milieu, if you will, ethos. And I think it impacts 00:08:56.590 --> 00:09:00.470 that more than it impacts most of our real world 00:09:00.470 --> 00:09:02.509 situations. Now, there are other things going 00:09:02.509 --> 00:09:06.490 on in the government, DHS. That's tragic for 00:09:06.490 --> 00:09:09.009 these TSA people who that's their job, their 00:09:09.009 --> 00:09:11.289 livelihood. And man, they're taking a beating 00:09:11.289 --> 00:09:14.250 right now. And that is affecting people truly 00:09:14.250 --> 00:09:16.809 on the ground. Where they live. Of course, that 00:09:16.809 --> 00:09:19.490 is a political game. I think most people recognize 00:09:19.490 --> 00:09:22.549 it. And some people would say it's the Republicans 00:09:22.549 --> 00:09:24.610 or the Democrats, but that should tell you right 00:09:24.610 --> 00:09:27.889 there. It's a political game and we should be 00:09:27.889 --> 00:09:30.909 disappointed in our elected representatives in 00:09:30.909 --> 00:09:32.929 general for that kind of politicking. But yes, 00:09:33.090 --> 00:09:36.009 that, that is, but even that has nothing to do 00:09:36.009 --> 00:09:39.309 with, well, I guess that is another, that is 00:09:39.309 --> 00:09:41.409 another main topic. Yeah. It's a ripple effect. 00:09:41.409 --> 00:09:47.169 It impacts things. So I agree with you. The only 00:09:47.169 --> 00:09:49.490 place it really affects me other than the gas 00:09:49.490 --> 00:09:53.110 pump at this point is in my mindset, my mentality. 00:09:53.309 --> 00:09:58.090 I always default back to 1 Samuel that says that 00:09:58.090 --> 00:10:01.590 these were David's mighty men, the sons of Issachar, 00:10:01.610 --> 00:10:04.649 the men of Issachar, who discerned the times, 00:10:04.830 --> 00:10:07.769 understood the times, and knew what to do. I 00:10:07.769 --> 00:10:09.929 keep going back to that. It's one of those things 00:10:09.929 --> 00:10:15.080 I can't shake over and over. engaging, whether 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.200 it's social media or you're listening to podcasts 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:21.120 by your favorite podcasters, hopefully us, but 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:24.039 others. And as you're doing that, though, you're 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:26.019 listening with discernment. You're listening 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:30.019 with wisdom. You're listening with the idea that 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:32.779 I'm going to respond, but I'm not going to react. 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.200 And that means you take a mental pause when you 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.539 hear these things so that what they're calling 00:10:39.539 --> 00:10:41.970 news doesn't land hard all the time. Because 00:10:41.970 --> 00:10:45.690 how it lands is how it impacts you. And so anyway, 00:10:45.950 --> 00:10:47.769 I'm just totally in alignment with what you're 00:10:47.769 --> 00:10:52.470 saying here because in a sense, what's stirring 00:10:52.470 --> 00:10:56.669 us up is our own need to think we've got to be 00:10:56.669 --> 00:11:00.529 in the know. That's it. Fear of missing out. 00:11:01.289 --> 00:11:04.750 Where does that fundamentally come from? Does 00:11:04.750 --> 00:11:08.519 Scripture say anything about this? I know. I'm 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.440 like, come on, pastor, don't think you roll that 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:12.059 out. I texted you last night. I said, what are 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:17.279 we doing? This just came up. Jimmy JPT. So while 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:19.980 you're looking something up, I mean, well, go 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:22.200 ahead. No, no, no. Go ahead. I want you to clarify 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:23.860 a little bit because give me a little more on 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:26.899 that. Because I'm always looking now to scripture. 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:29.820 That is my default. I'm starting to figure this 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:33.360 out in a way for myself. Like, okay, I get it. 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.210 I'm not running the show. I have to listen and 00:11:37.210 --> 00:11:42.110 try to do God's will. I kind of have an idea 00:11:42.110 --> 00:11:47.009 of what my contribution is to the kingdom. He's 00:11:47.009 --> 00:11:49.330 been showing me my whole life. He's been creating 00:11:49.330 --> 00:11:51.929 opportunities for me my whole life. I've strayed 00:11:51.929 --> 00:11:53.970 from time to time or it may have been adjacent. 00:11:55.409 --> 00:11:58.809 And so I'm 61, you know. So what have I got to 00:11:58.809 --> 00:12:01.850 lose then to always try and look at everything 00:12:01.850 --> 00:12:05.730 through a worldview that is based on scripture. 00:12:06.389 --> 00:12:08.230 So, you know, the thing that keeps, this is one 00:12:08.230 --> 00:12:10.210 of my favorites, what keeps coming back and back 00:12:10.210 --> 00:12:13.690 and back is when the disciples say, hey, yo Jay, 00:12:15.009 --> 00:12:17.470 when is this all gonna come to a pass? What will 00:12:17.470 --> 00:12:20.409 be the end of the age? And the first thing Jesus 00:12:20.409 --> 00:12:23.470 says in Matthew 24, four is, see that no one 00:12:23.470 --> 00:12:27.330 deceives you. And there's a lot of that going 00:12:27.330 --> 00:12:31.490 on, maybe not intentionally. And then, This is 00:12:31.490 --> 00:12:33.669 my favorite. You will hear of wars and reports 00:12:33.669 --> 00:12:36.549 of wars. See that you are not alarmed for these 00:12:36.549 --> 00:12:39.769 things must happen, but it will not yet be the 00:12:39.769 --> 00:12:42.450 end. Nation will rise against nation, kingdom 00:12:42.450 --> 00:12:45.389 against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes 00:12:45.389 --> 00:12:47.750 from place to place. All of these are the beginning 00:12:47.750 --> 00:12:52.129 of the labor pains. So this is it. But this could 00:12:52.129 --> 00:12:55.029 just been going on for 2000 years, could be longer 00:12:55.029 --> 00:13:00.210 than that. But everyone gets so spun up and I 00:13:00.210 --> 00:13:02.549 was like, Everyone was born into war. This is 00:13:02.549 --> 00:13:05.250 what it is. It's not great. I wish it was different, 00:13:05.509 --> 00:13:07.990 but that's not going to happen until Jesus comes 00:13:07.990 --> 00:13:11.549 back. That's right. So that's how I'm starting 00:13:11.549 --> 00:13:15.190 to look at things. So when I see, and we all 00:13:15.190 --> 00:13:18.230 have it, this incessant need to be in the know. 00:13:18.309 --> 00:13:20.509 And when you have that need to be in the know, 00:13:20.830 --> 00:13:23.289 it's like your mind is wide open saying, shovel 00:13:23.289 --> 00:13:25.389 any manure in here that you want to, because 00:13:25.389 --> 00:13:27.830 I'm ready. And you chase it down these roads 00:13:27.830 --> 00:13:30.809 and these paths. You're right. You're like wide 00:13:30.809 --> 00:13:32.269 open. You're like a big antenna. Remember the 00:13:32.269 --> 00:13:34.490 old satellite dishes? You'll see one of those 00:13:34.490 --> 00:13:37.210 every once in a while. They're huge. Big fiberglass 00:13:37.210 --> 00:13:41.330 dish. We become that. We're literally taking 00:13:41.330 --> 00:13:44.830 in everything. I did a daily grind the other 00:13:44.830 --> 00:13:47.330 day about guarding your heart because out of 00:13:47.330 --> 00:13:51.309 it come the wellsprings of life. As your heart 00:13:51.309 --> 00:13:53.309 goes, that's how everything's going to go, your 00:13:53.309 --> 00:13:56.009 mindset, your mentality. The scripture is clear. 00:13:56.129 --> 00:13:59.809 Guard that. got to fight for that. You've got 00:13:59.809 --> 00:14:03.690 to contend for that. So that may mean sometimes 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:07.549 not just pushing totally away from what you're 00:14:07.549 --> 00:14:09.830 saying, because we do, but realistically we don't. 00:14:09.850 --> 00:14:11.830 We can say it all day long, but at the end of 00:14:11.830 --> 00:14:13.610 the day, we're going to find ourselves scrolling 00:14:13.610 --> 00:14:16.769 and doing it. But listening with a different 00:14:16.769 --> 00:14:20.029 mentality, guarding your heart, keeping your 00:14:20.029 --> 00:14:22.870 heart, and literally have this running conversation. 00:14:23.789 --> 00:14:29.139 Jesus, is this true? Why not go to the source? 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:32.039 The real source. Sounds easy. Jesus, is this 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:34.519 true? Is this real? Is this really happening? 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:37.360 I heard something today that alarmed me this 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.659 morning and I was like, is this true? I mean, 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.399 literally just came out like, is this true? Do 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:45.200 you want to share what that was? Trying to remember 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:47.960 what it was. There's so much. It just was this 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:53.340 morning. Oh, okay. This is going to sound dumb. 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:55.120 Now you caught me on this, but I'm going to say 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:58.919 it anyway. I saw where the New Zealand government 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:02.120 was forcing beekeepers to destroy their hives. 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:05.179 This is classic. The world will collapse when 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:06.779 the bees go away. I know. These are the most 00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:09.360 important. And I was reading it going, oh no, 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:12.639 because I love New Zealand honey. Because Mark 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.799 Harmon addicted me to it. He got me hooked on 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:17.679 it. Mark and Pam are good people. Oh my gosh. 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:19.659 They're amazing people. But every once in a while, 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:22.419 he slips me a bottle of this, let's just say 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:25.500 very expensive honey. Excuse me. I have not been 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:28.919 put... He and I are more in the same age category. 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:32.740 We work out, we talk about health and peptides 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:35.460 and all that stuff. So he goes, I know you're 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:37.919 a carnivore and I'm more like a Ketivore. And 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.100 he said, but this is like raw unfiltered. It's 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:43.539 like got some of the highest ratings, you know? 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:46.460 So it's like putting something really amazing. 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:49.220 Well, then I find out this morning, what? They're 00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:51.279 getting rid of my favorite honey? Oh, no. I mean, 00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:53.559 I literally had a little panic moment, literally. 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.899 And I had to go, Lord, is this true? I'm getting 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:57.960 worked up over this. They're killing the bees, 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:59.279 you know? And what came back? That's what I'm 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:02.580 talking about. What came back? I went and got 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:04.960 me some honey out of the closet. It made me hungry 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:07.519 for it. And I just let it go. I'm like, you know 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.899 what? That's probably just not even true. It's 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:13.980 just some weird random thing. It may be. I don't 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:15.860 know. If I had to count the number of times. 00:16:16.429 --> 00:16:19.950 The bee collapse was upon us, and without bees, 00:16:20.090 --> 00:16:22.529 the whole world goes to hell in a handbasket. 00:16:22.850 --> 00:16:26.429 I mean, it's probably in the 18 years I've been 00:16:26.429 --> 00:16:30.409 doing No Agenda, at least 30, 40 times. It's 00:16:30.409 --> 00:16:32.850 always, and the bees, and you get all the YouTube 00:16:32.850 --> 00:16:35.149 videos. And of course, once you watch that, you 00:16:35.149 --> 00:16:36.950 can't help but seeing all the other stuff that 00:16:36.950 --> 00:16:38.740 comes out. Yeah, I was watching it. And the guy 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:41.179 was saying, these bees are perfectly healthy. 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:45.379 Why am I having to destroy them? So that hits 00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:47.639 on everything. It's the heartstrings. We're killing 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:50.019 these innocent bees and they produce the best 00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:52.659 food in the world. And without them pollinizing 00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:54.240 everything, the world collapses, brother. Here 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.059 we go. Dystopian future is upon us. Isn't that 00:16:58.059 --> 00:17:02.240 wild though? I had to step myself down because 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:06.660 it bothered me. Man, it's Mark Harman's fault 00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:08.220 for getting me addicted. Well, no, of course 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:10.779 we blame Mark. Pam is faultless, but we blame 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:16.099 Mark. But isn't that also just another version 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:19.359 of end times talk? Isn't everything ultimately 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:23.200 for non -believers, it doesn't matter who you 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:26.420 are, everything you read will ultimately come 00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:29.119 down to, and we're all going to die. Oh, yeah. 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:32.700 Every single time. And that's the thing that 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:35.839 we have to guard our hearts for because it works. 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:38.619 Fear is the best emotion. You can sell people 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:41.720 anything, certainly information. I have a friend 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:43.640 I had lunch with last week. I'm not going to 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:46.900 say his name to protect the guilty. And if he 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:48.759 listens to this, he'll know. But he was telling 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:51.220 me, he said, you know, Pastor Jimmy, I've never 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:55.099 thought about needing to have anything prepared 00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:58.920 for survival until now. And I said, what do you 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:01.099 mean by that? He said, man, I've got a generator 00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:04.319 out of my shed, no gasoline, it's still in the 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:06.900 box. I said, yeah, that could be a problem. That 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:10.740 might not help you. And he said, and I've been 00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:14.720 thinking, do I need to stock up on ammo? I don't 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.859 even have extra water around. So I mean, he's 00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:22.240 going down this... track. And I said, what's 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.180 making that happen? He's, you know, stuff he's 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:26.480 reading, stuff he's hearing about, people that 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.920 are around him that are caught up in that. That's 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:31.039 interesting that you say that because I still 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.319 have in my closet, a one acre crisis garden, 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:38.160 which comes in a tube. It sees and I bought that 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:44.599 in 2012 listening to Alex Jones. And so, you 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:48.039 know, and I had to think of this yesterday. I 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.599 was listening to Victor Davis Hanson, who is 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:55.619 an intellectual guy. He's out there at Stanford, 00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:58.819 I want to say, but he has his own institute and 00:18:58.819 --> 00:19:02.619 he's a conservative guy, but a very, very intelligent 00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:07.319 voice. I'm pretty sure he's a believer. He understands 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:11.940 Greek and old language, classic languages. And 00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:16.180 he's doing this podcast and he's deconstructing 00:19:16.109 --> 00:19:19.890 you know, the anti -Israel stuff and all that. 00:19:20.890 --> 00:19:26.029 And then he has an ad for survival food. I'm 00:19:26.029 --> 00:19:33.089 like, this is nuts because, I mean, I have a 00:19:33.089 --> 00:19:36.890 box full of MREs, meals ready to eat, you know, 00:19:36.890 --> 00:19:40.029 and they're good for 30 years. Brother, in 30 00:19:40.029 --> 00:19:41.430 years, we'll be looking at those things. God, 00:19:41.509 --> 00:19:43.150 they're finally spoiled and we didn't, we're 00:19:43.150 --> 00:19:45.529 still here. There actually is an expiration date 00:19:45.529 --> 00:19:48.670 on this. We had that blackout in Austin, the 00:19:48.670 --> 00:19:51.049 snowpocalypse. We had no power for five days. 00:19:51.250 --> 00:19:53.730 And I told myself, I'm going to make sure I get 00:19:53.730 --> 00:19:55.609 a generator. Well, here we are. We've been here 00:19:55.609 --> 00:19:58.470 for almost six years. Have we had a blackout? 00:19:58.589 --> 00:20:01.869 Maybe a blip, maybe an hour, or the power company 00:20:01.869 --> 00:20:05.809 was doing an upgrade. No. So the thing is, and 00:20:05.809 --> 00:20:08.089 I'm not saying that you shouldn't do some things 00:20:08.089 --> 00:20:11.390 to be prepared just for anything, for another 00:20:11.390 --> 00:20:14.690 whiteout or an ice out like we had icepocalypse. 00:20:15.130 --> 00:20:19.869 you know, for something like that. But at some 00:20:19.869 --> 00:20:22.309 point, in fact, the guy that was telling me this, 00:20:22.430 --> 00:20:24.450 I was really surprised he was saying this because 00:20:24.450 --> 00:20:26.990 he's probably one of the godliest men I've been 00:20:26.990 --> 00:20:30.089 around in a long time. And yet I could see fear 00:20:30.089 --> 00:20:33.349 taking him down a path. And I kind of laughed 00:20:33.349 --> 00:20:35.430 it off with him. You know, we ended up joking 00:20:35.430 --> 00:20:38.589 about it, you know, but I just, I thought, wow, 00:20:38.690 --> 00:20:43.130 you know, something has caught him and it's causing 00:20:43.130 --> 00:20:46.039 him now to rethink his whole way of life. Yeah. 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:48.740 Am I missing something? Am I going to be in trouble? 00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:50.700 I said, well, I live four miles from Patriot 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:53.900 Academy so I can walk there. So I'm good. And 00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:56.259 I already got permission. Do not be deceived. 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:59.380 If it goes down. Comes back to do not be deceived. 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:02.240 Listen to this out of James 1 .5. If any of you, 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:05.000 I keep hitting this because it's not mine. I'm 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.420 not used to it. You want me to reposition it? 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:08.500 No, it's perfect. I'm just sorry for the bumping. 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:12.029 Oh no, it's all right. James 1 .5, I love this, 00:21:12.130 --> 00:21:15.130 if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God who 00:21:15.130 --> 00:21:17.730 gives generously to all without reproach and 00:21:17.730 --> 00:21:21.029 it will be given him. So as we're talking about 00:21:21.029 --> 00:21:23.529 fear -mongering, alert, alert, you know, breaking 00:21:23.529 --> 00:21:26.630 news, all this stuff that gets us so spun up, 00:21:27.150 --> 00:21:30.630 there are biblical answers to these things and 00:21:30.630 --> 00:21:34.009 biblical wisdom that we can draw from. For example, 00:21:34.109 --> 00:21:38.380 it says this, if you lack wisdom, ask God. And 00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:41.619 he'll give it to you. I mean, it's like, it's 00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:44.099 so common sense though. And the things that are 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.799 simple, you know, Occam's razor, the things that 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:48.640 are simple, we tend to bypass. And they're typically 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:51.480 the best answer. That's cultural. That's cultural. 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:54.220 So Ephesians five, listen to this. Look carefully 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:57.539 then how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, 00:21:58.140 --> 00:22:01.240 making the best use of the time because the days 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:04.420 are evil. Those was written 2000 years ago and 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:07.460 the days were evil then. And they still are. 00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:10.599 And we got air conditioning. Oh, my gosh. And 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:13.160 yours feels good, by the way. This is nice right 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:17.680 here. It's a net heavy power walking today. So, 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:20.839 here's another one that some will recognize. 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:23.299 It's a more popular verse, Proverbs 3, 5, and 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:27.079 6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:29.460 do not lean on your own understanding. In all 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:32.519 your ways, acknowledge Him and He will make straight 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:35.480 your paths. I could go on and on because there's 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:38.769 so many scriptures on this. about trusting God, 00:22:39.109 --> 00:22:42.349 walking in wisdom, and what is wisdom at the 00:22:42.349 --> 00:22:45.730 base? Well, this is a good question because I'm 00:22:45.730 --> 00:22:47.849 sure a lot of people would like to know what 00:22:47.849 --> 00:22:51.529 is wisdom. Well, wisdom is the application of 00:22:51.529 --> 00:22:57.369 acquired knowledge. That's it. It's the heart 00:22:57.369 --> 00:23:01.569 that distills all this incoming information into 00:23:01.569 --> 00:23:04.710 something that produces life. To me, that's just 00:23:04.710 --> 00:23:08.519 a simple simple way of looking at wisdom. There 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:10.880 is a lot of difference between someone who's 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.339 just intelligent and spewing information, content, 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:17.759 facts, stats. Yeah, a lot of podcasters like 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:21.500 that. And there's a difference between that and 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:24.359 people who walk in wisdom. When you're in the 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:26.900 presence of someone who carries that, you just 00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:31.150 know it and you know Igbok. It's going to be 00:23:31.150 --> 00:23:34.910 okay. I've got a handful of people like that 00:23:34.910 --> 00:23:38.589 in my life. I count you one of those and others 00:23:38.589 --> 00:23:41.069 who, when I'm in their presence and we're talking 00:23:41.069 --> 00:23:43.990 about, this guy's falling, chicken little language. 00:23:44.890 --> 00:23:47.910 It's like, oh, no, no, no. Okay. Take a pause. 00:23:48.690 --> 00:23:51.990 Take a step back. I love to surround myself with 00:23:51.990 --> 00:23:56.380 people who are not spun up. Right on brother. 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:58.140 That are walking in wisdom and they are doing 00:23:58.140 --> 00:24:01.579 what Proverbs 3 says, trust in the Lord with 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:06.279 all your heart. This morning, John 7 .38 popped 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:12.480 up for me, which I had to, I got it in the, there 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.299 might have been on you version, I can't remember, 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:16.779 but someone read the older version. This is the 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:19.519 New Living Translation. Anyone who believes in 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:22.480 me may come and drink. I'm sorry, that's exclamation 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:24.759 mark. Anyone who believes in me may come and 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:28.019 drink. I'm reading Ephesians out loud tonight. 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:31.319 Tina and I will read two or three chapters of 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.519 Scripture before we go to sleep. And I'm really 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:36.920 trying to read it. I'm like, oh, there's exclamation 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.700 mark. Hold on. Oh, there's a comma there. I'm 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:41.059 really working on my annunciation. So anyway, 00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:43.700 anyone who believes in me may come and drink. 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:46.940 For the Scriptures declare, rivers of living 00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:50.660 water will flow from his heart. So if you drink 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:56.329 from Jesus, rivers of living water, of healing, 00:24:56.529 --> 00:24:59.109 you know, light and whatever will flow from your 00:24:59.109 --> 00:25:02.569 heart. That's the way I read that. And man, I 00:25:02.569 --> 00:25:05.529 want to be that. I want to be that so much for 00:25:05.529 --> 00:25:08.809 everybody. I really, I strive towards that. Well, 00:25:08.809 --> 00:25:10.769 I've been thinking about our podcasts too. I 00:25:10.769 --> 00:25:13.890 mean, cause when you, it's hard not to compare 00:25:13.890 --> 00:25:15.809 yourself to others, right? I mean, all these 00:25:15.809 --> 00:25:17.910 podcasts, you know, you listen to a bunch, I 00:25:17.910 --> 00:25:20.390 do. And then at times I kind of go into that 00:25:20.390 --> 00:25:23.869 little, wow, so what are they doing? What are 00:25:23.869 --> 00:25:25.210 they doing that's working? What are they doing 00:25:25.210 --> 00:25:27.809 that's not? And you get into that comparison 00:25:27.809 --> 00:25:30.849 thing. And we mentioned this last week, but I 00:25:30.849 --> 00:25:33.190 think this bears an ongoing conversation, at 00:25:33.190 --> 00:25:36.170 least touching on it, is that it feels like and 00:25:36.170 --> 00:25:39.390 seems like podcasters are just constantly bringing 00:25:39.390 --> 00:25:43.799 things down. They're constantly critical. It's 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:47.119 all about being critical. Simon Cowell back in 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:50.059 the day, he seems a lot nicer now. He's actually 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.799 the good guy now. Yeah, he's the good guy now. 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:57.180 Back in the day, he was like the meanie. It's 00:25:57.180 --> 00:26:00.240 sort of discipled a generation into being critical. 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:05.559 This is a great observation. People are pushing 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:08.119 back on me. Tina rightly said the other night, 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:11.000 she said, darling, for as long as I've known 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:13.269 you, People have pushed back on you, have hated 00:26:13.269 --> 00:26:15.490 you online, have said horrible things and said, 00:26:15.490 --> 00:26:17.930 I guess you're right. But this is new and the 00:26:17.930 --> 00:26:20.890 thing, cause you know, on no agenda, we deconstruct 00:26:20.890 --> 00:26:24.470 media, which is an overall term, you know, but 00:26:24.470 --> 00:26:27.509 we do, we do more than that. But what I hear 00:26:27.509 --> 00:26:31.029 constantly is you should criticize Trump more. 00:26:31.410 --> 00:26:33.049 And this is, and so it's just hitting me now 00:26:33.049 --> 00:26:37.730 that you say this. People want criticism. No. 00:26:38.089 --> 00:26:44.470 I'm not for that. It feeds some weird fleshly 00:26:44.470 --> 00:26:48.329 need in us. It's the old school. It's so common 00:26:48.329 --> 00:26:51.910 sense. Back when we were kids, junior high, early, 00:26:51.930 --> 00:26:55.430 we would put others down because it somehow lifted 00:26:55.430 --> 00:26:59.650 us up. It was our default mechanism to guard 00:26:59.650 --> 00:27:01.930 against our own insecurity and our own sense 00:27:01.930 --> 00:27:04.910 of inferiority. So if I can press everybody down 00:27:04.910 --> 00:27:08.319 around me, that puts me heads above. Wow, we're 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:10.799 back in middle school. Hey, but we're still doing 00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.799 it. We don't really grow up. We just grow older 00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:17.259 and we hide things better. I mean, nobody did 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:20.460 we really ever grow out of this stuff. It's got 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:23.759 to be the ongoing battle of the flesh and the 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:26.559 spirit that Galatians 5 talks about. As you always 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:28.700 say, it's a spiritual problem. It is, brother. 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:31.519 Tell me about Galatians 5. Galatians 5, it talks 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:33.740 about that's the fruit of the spirit. Love, joy, 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:36.549 peace, patience, kindness, goodness. gentleness, 00:27:36.750 --> 00:27:38.910 faithfulness, self -control, against such, there 00:27:38.910 --> 00:27:41.730 is no law. I mean, those are like, this is the 00:27:41.730 --> 00:27:43.990 fruit of the Spirit, not the fruit of the flesh. 00:27:44.650 --> 00:27:47.950 It even says right before that, that the mind, 00:27:48.210 --> 00:27:50.369 the flesh sets itself against the Spirit and 00:27:50.369 --> 00:27:53.329 the Spirit sets itself against the flesh. And 00:27:53.329 --> 00:27:56.430 these two are in opposition to one another. So 00:27:56.430 --> 00:27:59.289 that's the flesh war, mind war, spirit war that 00:27:59.289 --> 00:28:02.390 we live every day, just driving down the road. 00:28:02.509 --> 00:28:05.740 I mean, this is how just being real I can see 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:08.720 a beat up car and I'll start judging the person 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:15.599 driving it. I'll just think, why don't they take 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:17.940 care of the car? Maybe they don't have money. 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:21.240 Maybe they're broken. You can have a runaway 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:24.380 on stuff from just being human right here. It's 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.920 not like I run around doing that with everybody, 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:27.740 but every once in a while I'll just catch myself 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:30.460 or somebody pulls out in front of me and I dissect 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:33.500 the man's life because he pulled out in front 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:36.430 of me and made me mad. So I start to think, dude 00:28:36.430 --> 00:28:39.609 must be a jerk, man. How can he do that? I mean, 00:28:39.690 --> 00:28:42.589 he must be selfish. I mean, just start down this 00:28:42.589 --> 00:28:44.970 road. That's great. But it's the part of the 00:28:44.970 --> 00:28:47.950 mind war and the Holy Spirit screaming, stop. 00:28:47.950 --> 00:28:50.789 That's it. Okay, so let's deconstruct this because 00:28:50.789 --> 00:28:55.589 you're a very thoughtful person. I've mentioned 00:28:55.589 --> 00:28:59.369 this before. You do it very quickly, but you'll 00:28:59.369 --> 00:29:01.809 think for a split second before you answer anybody 00:29:01.809 --> 00:29:07.980 about anything. trying to be better. My boy James, 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:10.839 quick to be listened, slow to speak, and much, 00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:13.380 much, much slower before you vomit words out 00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:18.279 of your mouth. Slow to be angry. But there's 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:22.940 something about driving that is cutting off that 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:28.380 part of your consciousness or something. And 00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:32.200 I'd love to know what that is. Because the preoccupation 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:35.819 with driving, I mean, what could that be? You 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:38.440 know, when we're behind the wheel of a car, that's 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:41.119 our space, right? Yeah. Remember my space, my 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:43.900 page, my space. Blink tags, blink tags. Yeah, 00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:46.059 there it is. So when you're in your car, you're 00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:50.440 sort of like, this is my space. And you expect 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:53.680 other people to be courteous in driving. And 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:56.619 when they're not, it's just a letdown. It's just 00:29:56.619 --> 00:30:01.380 frustrating. I wouldn't do that. I try to think, 00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.900 okay, how can I make this a better experience 00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:05.440 for everybody involved? I mean, I think that 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.079 when I'm driving down the road, so I'll try not 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.859 to get up on somebody's bumper if they're going 00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:12.680 slow. I'll try not to raise my hand up like I'm 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:14.460 frustrated and hopefully they'll move out of 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:19.309 my way. I did that back in the day. how do you 00:30:19.309 --> 00:30:21.349 drive in the spirit as opposed to the flesh? 00:30:21.470 --> 00:30:23.049 And I'm telling you, you can. Well, that's a 00:30:23.049 --> 00:30:25.150 good place to practice it for sure. Absolutely. 00:30:25.309 --> 00:30:26.549 That's a great place to practice. Especially 00:30:26.549 --> 00:30:29.269 on the 87 and the I -10 out there. I'm talking 00:30:29.269 --> 00:30:32.970 to Tina now. You and Tina are the same person 00:30:32.970 --> 00:30:35.549 in the car. Easter egg. Actually, I'm doing so 00:30:35.549 --> 00:30:38.950 much better. I'm really leaning into, what does 00:30:38.950 --> 00:30:42.049 it matter anyway? Yeah. What does it matter? 00:30:42.170 --> 00:30:45.740 At the end of the day, what does it matter? I 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.839 have my grandfather and my grandmother in me 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:50.720 in both places. And I thought about my grandmother 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:53.339 just about before we started the podcast. So 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:57.460 my grandfather, when he was in his eighties, 00:30:57.599 --> 00:31:02.380 he lived to be 98, but maybe late eighties still, 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:05.640 on Saturdays, he would go out and he'd drive 00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:09.240 around to the home for the old ladies and they'd 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:12.339 bring everybody flowers. And whenever there was 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:15.930 an intersection or any type of who goes first, 00:31:16.150 --> 00:31:18.450 he'd be like beep beep and he'd be waving everybody 00:31:18.450 --> 00:31:20.630 on. Well, we'll let this good person go first. 00:31:20.809 --> 00:31:24.029 He was always like that. And I took over all 00:31:24.029 --> 00:31:26.930 of that from him. That's gracious. And too much 00:31:26.930 --> 00:31:30.369 to Tina Chagrim because she says, sometimes you're 00:31:30.369 --> 00:31:33.589 confusing traffic because you should be going 00:31:33.589 --> 00:31:35.190 and you're confusing traffic by being nice. Did 00:31:35.190 --> 00:31:37.869 you know that if you wave somebody in an intersection 00:31:37.869 --> 00:31:39.970 where you have the right of way and there's a 00:31:39.970 --> 00:31:43.529 wreck, it's my fault. Yeah. Cause you waved him 00:31:43.529 --> 00:31:48.079 through. And I'll say, but Jesus. My grandfather. 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:55.059 And my grandmother. And as Tina said, so I can't 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.660 believe you're going to have Jimmy come into 00:31:56.660 --> 00:32:00.400 that studio. It is disgusting. It's so messy. 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:04.420 I'm like, I think he'll be okay. He's a dude. 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:10.960 And then my grandmother, she had a sign in her 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:15.269 kitchen. call and said, bless this mess. The 00:32:15.269 --> 00:32:19.349 whole family always talked about it was a disaster, 00:32:19.730 --> 00:32:21.849 just like my studio, but they all would follow 00:32:21.849 --> 00:32:25.089 by saying, but great food comes out of it. I'm 00:32:25.089 --> 00:32:28.369 like, okay. Yeah. So bless this mess. I do want 00:32:28.369 --> 00:32:31.309 to clean it up, but bless this mess, man. Bless 00:32:31.309 --> 00:32:34.549 this mess. My grandparents, I know they're looking 00:32:34.549 --> 00:32:36.549 down on me. I'm sure they're very happy. Beautiful. 00:32:37.250 --> 00:32:40.309 We have a note. Oh, yes. Which is important for 00:32:40.309 --> 00:32:43.210 us to share. And I have something to say about 00:32:43.210 --> 00:32:46.049 Bo and the pickles. This is my note. It's from 00:32:46.049 --> 00:32:47.910 Bo. Go for it. Let's do it. Did you get a note 00:32:47.910 --> 00:32:50.230 from Bo as well? I did. I got an email. Well, 00:32:50.269 --> 00:32:52.309 I emailed him first. I said, how can I get more 00:32:52.309 --> 00:32:55.829 of these pickles? Anyway, I want to read this 00:32:55.829 --> 00:32:58.910 because it's such a good note and we've been 00:32:58.910 --> 00:33:00.930 talking about these Louisiana sweet and sour 00:33:00.930 --> 00:33:04.119 pickles. He says, Adam and Pastor Jimmy, this 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:06.599 is Beau Lacoste, the guy that sent you The Pickles, 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:09.980 aka Cepheus of Ratchet City. Thank you and Pastor 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:12.440 Jimmy so much for your overwhelmingly complimentary 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.460 remarks about The Pickles. I'm thrilled that 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:16.599 you guys enjoyed the value for value. I certainly 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:19.539 enjoy the new we get to do this podcast just 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:23.559 as much if not more. Jody White, we've been crediting 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.740 with these pickles and I've been friends and 00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:27.420 work colleagues for over 20 years. We've both 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:29.759 enjoyed laughing about you guys giving Jody so 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:31.980 much credit for the pickles, especially since 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:34.259 she has absolutely no involvement in the pickle 00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:37.099 ministry at all before now. It's a pickle ministry. 00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:39.819 I know. I didn't realize this. It's cool. I obviously 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:41.900 created confusion when I asked Jody to email 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:43.759 you to ensure the pickles I emailed were received. 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.099 I only asked her to email because she had your 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:48.059 address and you guys had already been corresponding. 00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:50.519 Perhaps the mix up has been God's way of keeping 00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:53.759 me humble, he says. Yeah, I probably needed that. 00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:55.819 But my concern and my reason for this letter 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.759 is that you guys may have missed the main point 00:33:57.759 --> 00:34:01.680 of the pickles altogether. So I wanted to share 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:04.740 this because this is good. One more paragraph. 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:08.059 When I started making these pickles a few years 00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:10.059 ago, everyone who tasted them told me how good 00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:12.260 they were, so I decided to dedicate them to the 00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:14.760 Lord. I'm not great at a lot of things, but people 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:17.739 sure seem to enjoy these pickles. Amen. What 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:20.340 better way to glorify God, right? I'm not sure 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:22.300 if you and Pastor Jimmy noticed the label on 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:26.440 the jars. I did, but the scriptures listed on 00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:29.460 there can be a useful witnessing tool. The concept 00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:31.659 of my pickles is that I sell them for a set price 00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:34.639 per jar. the price is only enough to cover ingredients 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:37.519 cost for two jars, then for my Christian friends. 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:41.260 I offer them as a BOGO deal, buy one, get one, 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:43.599 where they get a second jar for free as long 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:45.780 as they promise to use the second jar to spread 00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:48.760 the good news of Jesus Christ. I don't make pickles 00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:51.380 for profit, in fact, I make them at a loss. I 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:53.380 actually invest all my labor for free and that's 00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.940 why it's so important that would be clear about 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:57.960 the reason I make these pickles. And he keeps 00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:00.380 on going. It says, I'm overjoyed you guys like 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:02.579 the pickles. I don't mind if you give out my 00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:05.719 name or email address, so it's louisianadillpickles 00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:09.639 at gmail .com. That's louisianadillpickles at 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:12.880 gmail .com. I don't even care if Jody officially 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:14.800 gets crowned pickle princess and becomes the 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:17.739 public spokesperson for the ministry. However, 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.059 if anyone gets credit with regards to the pickles, 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:23.079 please, please, please make sure that it's Jesus 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:25.800 who is ultimately glorified. May God continue 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.719 to bless you and your work, your friend in Christ, 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:32.949 Bo. That is so cool. I love this. And we completely 00:35:32.949 --> 00:35:35.510 messed everything up. We're enjoying the pickles 00:35:35.510 --> 00:35:38.369 and we kind of missed the whole backstory. So 00:35:38.369 --> 00:35:40.550 I really wanted people to know about that. I'm 00:35:40.550 --> 00:35:43.269 glad you did that. I wrote him saying, how can 00:35:43.269 --> 00:35:45.250 I get more of these pickles? And he's not a guy. 00:35:45.429 --> 00:35:47.150 He doesn't have like a shipping department or 00:35:47.150 --> 00:35:49.210 anything. But I didn't know that. I didn't know 00:35:49.210 --> 00:35:52.090 if it was a company or what. So he wrote me back 00:35:52.090 --> 00:35:54.030 and gave me a good heads up about why he does 00:35:54.030 --> 00:35:58.780 it and all that. Wonderful, wonderful guy. It's 00:35:58.780 --> 00:36:01.760 just interesting how just a simple act of kindness 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:05.980 can just lift. The fact that you and I are laughing 00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:11.719 about it, now we're desperate for them. Cut to 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.199 the chase. Can we get more of these pickles? 00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:15.519 Man, I'll pay for them. I told him, I said, whatever 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:18.380 you need. I'm going to get back with him. He 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:22.400 told me what it costs to do it. He said, We'll 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.980 figure it out. Let's chip in, man. Let's get 00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:27.840 like a case or something and hand it out to people. 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:30.159 I was thinking eight to 10 jars at least. Easily. 00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:33.380 We'll do that. I'd love to do that. We'll reach 00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:35.500 out to him and get an order. That's so good. 00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:38.760 Oh my gosh. I tried to rash them. They barely 00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:41.400 lasted. I got them through about six days, I 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:44.239 think. And then Annette caught me. She's like, 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:46.880 what are you doing? Because she hears me. She's 00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:49.800 like Chevy with E -Feed. Move the cheese wrapper. 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:54.219 He's there. What are you doing? Who are you texting? 00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.840 What are you thinking? Where are you walking? 00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:59.360 She said, what are you eating? I said, a pickle. 00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:03.500 And then I emphasized the last pickle. I said, 00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:07.000 but there's a jalapeno left if you want. Oh man. 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:10.389 Brother. Yeah. Anyway, we laugh about it. It's 00:37:10.389 --> 00:37:13.210 all good. Man, this is good stuff. Good people. 00:37:13.369 --> 00:37:16.150 We have some of the best listeners. Jeremy Ryan 00:37:16.150 --> 00:37:17.969 Slate. I don't know if you ever heard of him. 00:37:18.190 --> 00:37:23.429 He has a podcast. Oh, cool. I think he may have 00:37:23.429 --> 00:37:26.780 a... a degree in it, but he is a certified Roman 00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:30.559 Empire expert. And I should put this in the show 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:33.019 notes, but you were talking about Constantine 00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:35.320 and Constantine. I kind of casually said, well, 00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:39.420 Constantine made Christianity official religion. 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:41.320 I know you got a letter on that. I got a letter 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:44.619 on that, yes. He says, you talk about this. I 00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:46.360 wanted to mention because people say the books 00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:48.300 of the Bible were written at the Council of Nicaea. 00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:50.820 Incorrect. He goes into this whole thing, but 00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:56.019 he at least Constantine did live his life as 00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:58.900 a Christian, wasn't baptized until his death. 00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:01.119 I didn't realize that. I didn't know that either. 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.840 And Christianity became the official religion 00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:06.840 of the empire in 3080 after Thedosius the Great. 00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:11.780 So Constantine, like stolen valor. No kidding. 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:15.420 I just love this stuff. I love hearing it. It's 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:18.239 fascinating. It really is. It's so incredibly 00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:21.219 good. Well, we do appreciate our listeners and 00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:24.139 just giving us some time. But what our hope is, 00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:26.679 is that it will lift them. The whole point of 00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:29.199 this, you're a pilot, you get it. Yes, I do. 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:31.840 We want to put lift under them. We want to put 00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:34.940 lift under their wings and encourage them and 00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:36.880 hopefully maybe laugh every once in a while. 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:39.119 Even if it's at our expense, that's okay. It 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:42.320 better be. Yeah, please. But some levity in this 00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:45.400 world and also looking at the things that are 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:48.099 happening in culture. from a different worldview, 00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:51.139 a different viewpoint through a scriptural lens. 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:54.119 It's not all doom and gloom. I mean, there is 00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:56.920 good news out there and good people like Bo and 00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:59.519 others, the guy you just mentioned. I mean, they're 00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:03.639 just Joe who schooled me on some stuff. It's 00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:06.320 awesome though. And by the way, Joe, we're hosting 00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:09.559 tonight an organization called the Caleb Company. 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:12.610 It's Caleb Global. and they're coming in, and 00:39:12.610 --> 00:39:15.289 we're doing a whole evening on Israel. We've 00:39:15.289 --> 00:39:17.449 got over 200 people signed up already. Yeah, 00:39:17.449 --> 00:39:19.730 we're going. And there'll be more that'll show 00:39:19.730 --> 00:39:22.469 up. Thanks to Matt Long having me on the radio. 00:39:22.929 --> 00:39:25.809 Good appearance, by the way. I listened to the 00:39:25.809 --> 00:39:27.969 whole thing. It was fantastic. It was interrupted 00:39:27.969 --> 00:39:31.210 a little bit by our, by Felisa Tos, who was so 00:39:31.210 --> 00:39:33.210 happy she got her paperwork in order, you know, 00:39:33.289 --> 00:39:35.250 so I'm like listening with one ear, like, I got 00:39:35.250 --> 00:39:38.849 to wait for the podcast to come out. But it was 00:39:38.849 --> 00:39:42.280 good. I mean, Yeah. Thank you. You guys both 00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:45.500 did a really good job. And I think, yeah, there's 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:47.639 no kidding there'll be 200, maybe more. Can people 00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.519 just walk up if they're... I think there'll be 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:51.000 more. Absolutely. I think so, too. Yeah, we put 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:53.519 it out. So we'll see what happens. But even if 00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:55.460 it's that 200 that signed up, it's going to be 00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:58.199 great and it's going to give a biblical response. 00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:59.760 You know, what should be a Christian's response 00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:02.239 to what's happening in Israel? You know, there's 00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:05.340 so much confusion out there and it's really not 00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:07.579 that confusing, you know, once you boil it down. 00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:11.659 to the basics. And I have good news of my own 00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:13.980 just because I'm tracking the trends. There is 00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:17.519 a blowback happening against this Israel is to 00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:20.920 blame for everything in the podcasting space 00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:23.579 and online. Please don't go looking for it. Don't 00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:26.039 worry. I've got the trend lines. And also when 00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:29.260 I really look at the actual numbers going back 00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:32.860 to the opening of the show, You'd be surprised 00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:35.480 to find that a lot of people are not preoccupied 00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:37.699 with these things. They really have lives and 00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:41.440 are doing other things. It's a much smaller number 00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:49.360 than we think. We are information people. Most 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:52.420 people just go to work, come home, just maybe 00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:54.340 want to crack a beer, sit down, hang out with 00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:57.219 a family, have dinner, aren't too involved in 00:40:57.219 --> 00:41:00.639 this. And every morning I remind myself, you 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.480 know, I have all these, we talk about this often, 00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:05.699 all these little translations of the Lord's Prayer, 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:08.000 you know, daily bread, guidance and provision, 00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:10.840 and lead us not into temptation. It's like, don't 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:13.599 look at it. Just don't look at it. It's not worth 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:17.840 it. And I gotta say, I know a lot of men who 00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:21.139 are recovering from porn addiction. This is not 00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:24.579 that much different. It really, it's a different 00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:28.059 type of pornography. Exactly, because it's that 00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:32.260 dopamine bump that we get addicted to. That's 00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:34.159 why I've turned off. That's why I leave my phone 00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.659 now. When we go to a restaurant, I leave it in 00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:38.880 my pocket. I love stretchy jeans, man. You couldn't 00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:42.900 do that before stretchy jeans. I have a little 00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:47.800 life hack that you may want to employ. It only 00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:51.239 works for guys like us, because we have the magic 00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:55.800 HAs, the hearing aids. So I've set up a separate 00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:59.099 notification sound that only comes through when 00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:02.539 you're on Do Not Disturb. So I know if that's 00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:05.860 you texting me, or Tina texting me, or any of 00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:08.659 our daughters texting me, everything else is 00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:10.900 muted. So I do not, you know, that bloop, you 00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:15.500 know, that's, I have logs, I gotta look at it. 00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:18.780 That's nothing. I tried to rig it so I would 00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:22.139 actually say, this is Pastor Jimmy texting. Can't 00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:24.139 get us to do that. But a different sign, you 00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:26.940 put it on, do not disturb. You put the people 00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:29.480 you care about in favorites, you assign a different 00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:32.780 thing to them and your life changes overnight. 00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:34.880 Because you still want to know like, is everything 00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:39.360 okay? Are the kids are okay? And it's pretty 00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:42.429 much quiet. Well, I turned on my hearing aids, 00:42:42.530 --> 00:42:45.329 I turned off the notifications. The only notification 00:42:45.329 --> 00:42:49.909 I get is a phone call, which is rare. We don't 00:42:49.909 --> 00:42:52.849 use these as phones anymore. So that hardly ever 00:42:52.849 --> 00:42:54.989 happens. So that's the only notification that 00:42:54.989 --> 00:42:57.829 gets just a little beep. That's truly it, man. 00:42:58.090 --> 00:43:00.909 The notifications, that is what does it all. 00:43:01.050 --> 00:43:03.170 That's what it does it all. And then you still 00:43:03.170 --> 00:43:06.050 got to be strong because Tina has notifications 00:43:06.050 --> 00:43:10.650 off, but then Any pause in whatever we're doing 00:43:10.650 --> 00:43:12.289 she'll like, okay, just let me check everything 00:43:12.289 --> 00:43:14.590 and then the 15th because women I don't know. 00:43:14.670 --> 00:43:17.110 I'm sorry. It's a women thing. They got a lot 00:43:17.110 --> 00:43:20.329 of text messages. They do they talk. Yeah, conversational 00:43:20.329 --> 00:43:25.130 got a lot. So last night we watched I can only 00:43:25.130 --> 00:43:30.539 imagine two. Oh, I know right so Good. So good. 00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:33.360 I didn't know this story about, this is about 00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:36.860 Mercy Me, but really more about Bart Millard 00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:40.300 and also Tim Timmons. I didn't know that backstory. 00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:42.719 What a great backstory. Man, it's a powerful 00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:47.480 show. And for a band tour movie, very well done. 00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:50.119 Although I thought the real guys in Mercy Me 00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:52.039 are much handsomer than the actors. I totally 00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:53.920 agree. And they made Nathan look like some kind 00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:57.559 of... I know. Cookie Dope. I'd be a little offended 00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:59.619 if I was Nathan. Well, also Barry, all they had 00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:01.800 about Barry was, how old are you, Barry? Oh, 00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:04.239 yeah. We came from another band, Audio Adrenaline, 00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:06.519 which I didn't know. That was good. I loved that 00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.960 band back in the day. I did know that. I did 00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:10.880 know that. But they're always cracking on Barry 00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:13.280 being much older than everybody else. I'm like, 00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:16.619 come on, man. It's because he doesn't have hair. 00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:20.539 That's it. Well, I'm not going to say anything 00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:25.820 about Mike. Great. What is there to say about 00:44:25.820 --> 00:44:28.039 Mike? We love these guys. That's what we got 00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:29.980 to say. We do. We love these guys. Have you seen 00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:32.860 Mike's mustache? No. He's got a full on mustache. 00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:36.159 He's got a stat? Really? Yeah. He's sporting 00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:38.900 a mustache. You got to see it. Where did you 00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:41.420 see it? Instagram. I saw it on something. Yeah, 00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:44.699 probably Facebook, whatever. Another reason not 00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:47.539 to be on these social media things. All right, 00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:49.690 brother. I think... Oh, the only other thing 00:44:49.690 --> 00:44:52.110 I wanted to just tell you before I forget, because 00:44:52.110 --> 00:44:54.510 I wrote it down Sunday. Great message, by the 00:44:54.510 --> 00:44:58.730 way. Everybody should go to bridgefbg .com. Look 00:44:58.730 --> 00:45:01.670 at the message from Sunday or listen to it in 00:45:01.670 --> 00:45:07.250 the Godcaster. It was just so good. And as you 00:45:07.250 --> 00:45:09.230 were talking about, and you have to remind me 00:45:09.230 --> 00:45:12.389 if you can recall, about standing above, you 00:45:12.389 --> 00:45:15.710 are above all of it. Can you can you remind me 00:45:15.710 --> 00:45:19.820 what Yeah, the Bible says that in Ephesians 2 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:22.019 that we've been raised up together. That's the 00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:23.739 resurrection of Christ. We've been raised up 00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:27.099 together in Christ and seated in heavenly realms 00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:30.239 or heavenly places. Ephesians chapter 1 says 00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:33.340 Paul's praying one of his great prayers and he 00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:38.179 says that Jesus Christ has taken the seat at 00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:40.340 the right hand of God, which is the place of 00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:42.579 honor. It's the place of authority, the place 00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:45.449 of favor. but it says, we're seated in Christ 00:45:45.449 --> 00:45:48.469 in heavenly realms. Jesus is sitting at the right 00:45:48.469 --> 00:45:49.929 hand of the Father. Follow the logic train. That's 00:45:49.929 --> 00:45:52.550 it. The logic train, that means that that's where 00:45:52.550 --> 00:45:56.329 we are, and that puts us and places us in Christ 00:45:56.329 --> 00:45:59.070 far above, I'm just going to quote it, all power, 00:45:59.409 --> 00:46:02.969 might, and dominion. All of that stuff, and that's 00:46:02.969 --> 00:46:05.809 all demonic stuff. That's all dark. So why I 00:46:05.809 --> 00:46:08.130 wrote this down is because I'm always looking 00:46:08.130 --> 00:46:12.309 for Dutch sayings Dutch sayings that you know 00:46:12.309 --> 00:46:14.789 I love the old saying most classic is you know 00:46:14.789 --> 00:46:17.849 when you turn 50 you see Abraham or you see Sarah 00:46:17.849 --> 00:46:20.329 But they have all these different sayings and 00:46:20.329 --> 00:46:23.570 there's one that finally I understood the origin 00:46:23.570 --> 00:46:25.590 of well because it's very these all come from 00:46:25.590 --> 00:46:27.989 scripture all these Dutch sayings come from scripture 00:46:27.989 --> 00:46:36.900 and it is Be above all of that and the way it's 00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:39.239 actually the translation is very literal. The 00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:42.840 people are say Ixty or both. I'm above all that 00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:45.139 Can often be interpreted if you take it literally 00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:47.980 like, you know, I'm better than you but that's 00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:51.019 not where it comes from it comes from be above 00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:54.000 that battlefield, be above at the right hand 00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:56.199 of Christ. And I wrote that down like, oh, I'm 00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:58.519 so excited to tell Pastor Jimmy about this. It 00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:01.000 hit me. We're going to dissect the whole Dutch 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:03.380 language. Oh, I love those things. Hopefully 00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:05.139 in October, you're going to be with us in Amsterdam. 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:07.000 You're going to be speaking Dutch. You'll be 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:10.340 perfect. Come on. It's such an easy language 00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:13.539 to learn. Just one more hairball and you'll be 00:47:13.539 --> 00:47:16.300 fine. All right, brother, you got anything else 00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:20.579 for today's catch up? Well, I just appreciate 00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:23.519 so much that we get to do this. I keep saying 00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:26.500 it because before it was the title of a podcast, 00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:29.900 it just comes out of my mouth naturally. It's 00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:31.860 living a grateful life is what that comes down 00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:34.380 to. I say we get to do it means we're grateful 00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:37.559 that we are even privileged to do these things. 00:47:38.409 --> 00:47:41.070 I'm really grateful for people that are listening. 00:47:41.349 --> 00:47:43.469 I hope if it's helping and encouraging, you'll 00:47:43.469 --> 00:47:46.170 get the word out to friends and family. Let us 00:47:46.170 --> 00:47:48.650 know, email. Let us know. We like to get feedback. 00:47:48.750 --> 00:47:51.110 We do. We love that a lot. And you're right, 00:47:51.190 --> 00:47:54.309 we get to do this. Can you imagine? It's a Wednesday. 00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:57.780 Late morning, we get to do a podcast in my home. 00:47:58.019 --> 00:48:00.860 I know, right? Thank you, Jesus. This is the 00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:03.119 best ever. Love it, brother. All right, everybody. 00:48:03.300 --> 00:48:06.000 We'll be back next Wednesday with another episode. 00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:08.840 Thank you for joining us. We get to do this next 00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:09.340 week again.