WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.060 All right, Father, we honor you. And Lord, even 00:00:03.060 --> 00:00:05.160 with the banging that's going on around us right 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:07.740 now, Lord, it's just the sound of progress as 00:00:07.740 --> 00:00:11.119 we are blessed to even expand our capacity and 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:13.339 capability here at the Bridge and the Bridge 00:00:13.339 --> 00:00:16.660 Studios. Thank you that Adam and I come together 00:00:16.660 --> 00:00:19.660 and we literally have this heart and this attitude 00:00:19.660 --> 00:00:23.420 of we get to do this. So today, we pray for anyone 00:00:23.420 --> 00:00:26.440 who listens to this. We pray, Father, that their 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.359 hearts be open. Minds would be attentive, Lord, 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.539 and you would speak life into them and encouragement 00:00:32.539 --> 00:00:36.299 and hope as we continue down this track. We honor 00:00:36.299 --> 00:00:38.820 you in all we do and say today in Jesus' name. 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:44.119 Amen. Amen. It's Wednesday, April 30th, 2026. 00:00:44.299 --> 00:00:47.320 We get to do this. This is episode number 30. 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:05.819 We get to do this. And hello, everybody. Welcome. 00:01:05.859 --> 00:01:08.439 You've got two frazzled podcasters with you today. 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:11.879 At least I am. I'm a little frazzled today. Oh, 00:01:11.939 --> 00:01:14.640 really? I'm obviously frazzled. I mean, I came 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.040 flying in here from two previous meetings. I 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.920 left a meeting to get here. Oh, man. Because 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:23.739 I love doing this. Me too, brother. I do. I mean, 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:25.700 the meeting's important, but we've got our whole 00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:28.879 staff in there so they can relay the info to 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.510 me. But man, just such a joy to sit here on the 00:01:32.510 --> 00:01:37.109 mic. Likewise. And man, before we get into anything, 00:01:37.549 --> 00:01:41.269 I love the video I saw from the BBC archives 00:01:41.269 --> 00:01:45.290 of you jumping out of your helo into your castle 00:01:45.290 --> 00:01:49.569 and into your opulent gold chair. Wow. I'm looking 00:01:49.569 --> 00:01:52.629 at that. That was amazing. 2004, right? 2004, 00:01:52.890 --> 00:01:57.510 yeah. It was always the public broadcasters who... 00:01:57.150 --> 00:01:59.510 immediately understood, you're like, oh, this 00:01:59.510 --> 00:02:03.329 is something good. NPR, PBS, BBC, these guys, 00:02:03.370 --> 00:02:06.069 they all understood that they only had 24 hours 00:02:06.069 --> 00:02:09.949 a day. And radio listening in the UK is very 00:02:09.949 --> 00:02:13.379 different. Culture than then we have we used 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:15.719 to have that sitting around the wireless. This 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.439 is still very big in the UK Wow, so for them 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.460 to have you know more ways to broadcast and it 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:25.680 was just exciting to them So they came over to 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.419 visit me in Belgium and this was definitely a 00:02:28.419 --> 00:02:30.879 different period in my life And I guess I'll 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:32.719 put a link in the show notes because they just 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:34.379 published this all of a sudden They put it on 00:02:34.379 --> 00:02:36.139 their on their webs on their YouTube channel. 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:40.560 People said oh, oh man. What is this never? seen 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.500 this before. So yeah, but the thing is, it's 00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:48.400 great. I am just as enthusiastic today, maybe 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:52.620 even more so than I was back then. And I also 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:57.340 don't feel older. I look at that now that's, 00:02:57.340 --> 00:03:00.419 you know, and I look at that's 20, 22 years ago. 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:04.580 I don't feel less. I just don't feel older or 00:03:04.580 --> 00:03:07.439 less energetic, the same energy, which makes 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:09.699 sense because this is the path that God has had 00:03:09.699 --> 00:03:13.250 me on all these decades. No kidding. Yeah, but 00:03:13.250 --> 00:03:16.349 yeah, I had the helicopter landing in the back. 00:03:16.409 --> 00:03:18.569 That was kind of cool. Did you see me with my 00:03:18.569 --> 00:03:21.210 Ugg boots? No, I didn't notice the Uggs. I did 00:03:21.210 --> 00:03:23.449 not see the Uggs. I jump out of the helicopter 00:03:23.449 --> 00:03:26.469 wearing Ugg boots. Oh yeah. You were fixing your 00:03:26.469 --> 00:03:29.729 hair. That distracted me. You're under the blades. 00:03:30.150 --> 00:03:32.310 You've got to get the hair. Tina noticed the 00:03:32.310 --> 00:03:34.310 same thing. Oh, look at you, primping your hair, 00:03:34.530 --> 00:03:39.500 man. Look at you. It's a great video. How would 00:03:39.500 --> 00:03:41.419 you find it on if you were to just go to YouTube? 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:43.900 Because it's worth a watch. Talk about the early 00:03:43.900 --> 00:03:46.759 days of podcasting. Yeah, if you say 2004 podcasting 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:49.439 BBC, it'll probably pop up. I'll put a link in 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:51.280 the show notes. Very cool. So we need to apologize. 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:53.400 I did during the prayer, but I need to just call 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.479 it out because it's very loud right now. This 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:58.159 is a church mouse I hear. Oh my gosh. That's 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.180 a big squirrel up in the attic. So we are building, 00:04:02.419 --> 00:04:06.020 we're adding mega seats into... our, we call 00:04:06.020 --> 00:04:09.340 it a flex space or extra room, all purpose room 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:11.919 that we do. Cause our meetings, you know, our 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:14.800 last men's meeting, we had 130 men. Oh, we were 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.199 wall to wall. There'll be probably close to that 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:19.360 with women this Saturday, which by the way, I'm 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:21.660 coming to support Tina. I will be there. I will 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:23.060 be there too. I'll be there cheering her on. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.040 She's doing, giving her testimony. Yeah. That's 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.339 a big deal for her. It's beautiful. Kind of her 00:04:27.339 --> 00:04:30.600 first opportunity to really present that in it. 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:34.100 Yeah. So I've been living with her with this 00:04:34.100 --> 00:04:37.379 as she lived with me When I was gonna do my testimony 00:04:37.379 --> 00:04:40.040 in Lake Wales, it's always a build -up. I completely 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:43.139 understand it Yeah, but this was put on her heart 00:04:43.139 --> 00:04:46.579 well over a year ago, and she's just been Working 00:04:46.579 --> 00:04:49.259 towards this praying like Lord. Is it time yet? 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:51.980 Is it time yet? And then it was time and now 00:04:51.980 --> 00:04:54.339 she's like Lord Are you really sure this is not 00:04:54.339 --> 00:04:58.319 the time? Because yeah, she's She's she's anxious 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.339 a little bit. Yeah, of course, which is understandable, 00:05:00.339 --> 00:05:02.480 but she's a great speaker and there's she'll 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.740 be phenomenal And she's just got the voice the 00:05:05.740 --> 00:05:08.279 buttery voice. It's amazing. I don't know if 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:10.300 it's that Indiana thing, but man, there's just 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:13.540 a Beautiful well, you know, she was the voice 00:05:13.540 --> 00:05:16.339 of the touch tone teller Yes. And I can totally 00:05:16.339 --> 00:05:19.519 hear that. I mean, like, yes. If you'd like to 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.300 get a certificate of deposit, press three. Oh, 00:05:22.339 --> 00:05:25.019 perfect. Right. Back in the day. Oh, man. You 00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:27.740 always wonder who do those. Back when you're 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:29.839 young and you're listening to these, you go, 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:32.199 oh, I wonder what the person looks like who did 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:35.199 this. I think weird. There it is. I think weird. 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:37.000 That's what they look like. That's her. That's 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:39.139 cool. Well, I'm excited for her. So you guys 00:05:39.139 --> 00:05:41.600 listening, pray for her. Just throw a prayer 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.519 up and just say, Lord, bless Tina. She shares 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:47.550 her testimony. that'll have high impact. So that's 00:05:47.550 --> 00:05:51.750 hence the need to expand our space. We have capacity 00:05:51.750 --> 00:05:54.610 for about 100, and we're going to have 130 in 00:05:54.610 --> 00:05:58.329 there. Will this be also used for more people 00:05:58.329 --> 00:06:00.529 during service? Yeah, we're going to create an 00:06:00.529 --> 00:06:03.250 overflow space. We can build a new building for 00:06:03.250 --> 00:06:06.509 $14 million. Let me write a check. Yeah, here 00:06:06.509 --> 00:06:09.279 we go. Let's drop it in there. drop in the hat. 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:13.639 So, or we can actually do an overflow space and 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:16.439 you know, spend 500, 600 ,000 and get that done. 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:18.920 So that's what we're doing right now. So it'll 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:20.879 be a nice space. It won't look like a warehouse 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.519 like it does now. It'll be finished. We'll have 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.319 a big screen or how does that work? Well, yes, 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.000 we're going to do a screen in there and we'll, 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:33.040 we'll have a live, uh, partial band like a, just 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:36.069 so they'll have live music back here. So we want 00:06:36.069 --> 00:06:38.029 to import the whole band. We'll just do, we'll 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:39.750 have the acoustics set back here. So it'll be 00:06:39.750 --> 00:06:41.750 a little more casual. Oh, interesting. And it'll 00:06:41.750 --> 00:06:43.990 be, it'll be a different atmosphere, but then 00:06:43.990 --> 00:06:46.910 the message will be piped from the main room 00:06:46.910 --> 00:06:50.050 into the overflow space. So a lot of it will 00:06:50.050 --> 00:06:51.990 be the same, but we'll have a host over here, 00:06:51.990 --> 00:06:55.459 you know, as it builds. And so yeah, we're at 00:06:55.459 --> 00:06:58.199 that point. We hit nearly 700 two weeks ago. 00:06:58.300 --> 00:07:00.759 We were nearly 700 this weekend. In a town of 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:03.519 11 and a half thousand or whatever it is, that's 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:07.579 crazy. Something's happening. Something is happening 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:10.720 here. Yes. You know, well, maybe I'll just kick 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:14.819 it off with this because bring it. So actually, 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:19.100 I texted Glenn Beck about this. So he came out 00:07:19.100 --> 00:07:22.930 with something that I mean, he's. spending money 00:07:22.930 --> 00:07:28.050 that he'll never get back on an audio series 00:07:28.050 --> 00:07:35.649 called, I think it's America, what is it? Let 00:07:35.649 --> 00:07:37.209 me see where it is. I thought I had it written 00:07:37.209 --> 00:07:39.509 down here. I'll have it because I can pull up 00:07:39.509 --> 00:07:41.629 from your text because I actually listened to 00:07:41.629 --> 00:07:45.860 part of it. Very cool, actually. Yeah, so it's 00:07:45.860 --> 00:07:48.339 the American story is what it's called, the American 00:07:48.339 --> 00:07:52.899 story. And so this just popped into my Godcaster 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:56.040 feed and you can find these if you have the Godcaster 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.379 app. If not, go to Godcast .RFM or go to The 00:07:59.379 --> 00:08:05.620 Bridge and there's links to it. And this episode, 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.819 the third episode is about The Great Awakening. 00:08:09.050 --> 00:08:11.370 Now, did you hear any of that? Yeah, I listened 00:08:11.370 --> 00:08:14.529 to about 15 minutes of it. It was so good. I 00:08:14.529 --> 00:08:17.389 just want to share some of that with people because 00:08:17.389 --> 00:08:20.290 it starts, I didn't realize this, it started 00:08:20.290 --> 00:08:23.569 right after the Salem witch trials and he has 00:08:23.569 --> 00:08:26.110 this whole thing about the Salem witch trials. 00:08:26.110 --> 00:08:28.269 That was cool. How they happened, which was, 00:08:28.269 --> 00:08:32.120 you know, clearly, you know, just... temporary 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:36.340 insanity, basically. Just people went insane. 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:38.539 But that is also the work, you know, confusion 00:08:38.539 --> 00:08:40.299 and stuff like that is the work of the enemy. 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:45.399 And so he takes us through this. This journey 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:47.399 and what I love so much about it is he's doing 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.779 theater of the mind. You know, he's doing sound 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:54.019 effects and he's doing, you know, ambient and 00:08:54.019 --> 00:08:56.059 narration. The girl's screaming in the background, 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:58.799 demons his ass or whatever. I'm going to skip 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:03.399 that bit. But just listen to this is kind of 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:05.919 where the where the change happened. And of course, 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.039 this all came, you know, there's what three million 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:10.139 people, I think, in the colony. So it was pretty 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:13.240 early days. The Salem witch trials, while an 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:15.799 extreme example. were symptomatic of churches 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:19.440 sinking into decay. Puritans repeated the kind 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:21.919 of oppression that they had fled England to escape. 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.919 Their piety had turned rigid and cruel. By the 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:29.980 early 1700s, a sense of decline gripped New England. 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.000 Pastors lamented their congregations straying 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:36.259 from their first love. Distracted by business, 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:39.840 trade, and worldly woes, their hearts had grown 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:45.710 cold. God, they said, had sent judgments as warnings, 00:09:46.110 --> 00:09:48.269 such as the devastating wars with the Native 00:09:48.269 --> 00:09:51.870 Americans and the disaster in Salem. The New 00:09:51.870 --> 00:09:55.269 England colonies were barely a century old, and 00:09:55.269 --> 00:09:59.529 they already needed a reboot. At the first Congregational 00:09:59.529 --> 00:10:02.950 Church in Northampton Mass, embers began stirring. 00:10:03.269 --> 00:10:06.190 It was Pastor Solomon Stoddard. He urged his 00:10:06.190 --> 00:10:09.269 congregation to pray for God to do a new work 00:10:09.269 --> 00:10:12.330 in their community. As Stoddard put it, quote, 00:10:12.620 --> 00:10:15.659 The spirit of the Lord must be poured out upon 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:20.639 the people, else religion will not revive. The 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.899 sparks from those embers in the Northampton Church 00:10:22.899 --> 00:10:26.980 would ignite something massive, a spiritual renewal 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:30.480 that would spread from town to town and change 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:35.259 America. I love this so much. Yeah, I already 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:39.690 unmuted here. I love this so much. Me too. I 00:10:39.690 --> 00:10:41.870 can't wait to dive back in. But this could happen 00:10:41.870 --> 00:10:44.210 here. This is my point. This happened in one 00:10:44.210 --> 00:10:47.509 church. One single church is where this started 00:10:47.509 --> 00:10:52.309 to take hold. I know. Exciting. It is. And are 00:10:52.309 --> 00:10:54.210 you familiar with this pastor, Stoddard? Are 00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:56.629 you familiar with him? No, no. It makes me want 00:10:56.629 --> 00:10:58.789 to go look him up. This is why I love things 00:10:58.789 --> 00:11:01.990 like this, because it's education. It's not just 00:11:01.990 --> 00:11:03.629 the theory of the mind for entertainment, although 00:11:03.629 --> 00:11:04.870 it is very entertaining. It is entertaining. 00:11:05.149 --> 00:11:06.789 Yeah, it is good. Did you hear the drills? Did 00:11:06.789 --> 00:11:08.740 you know they had drills back then? I'm sorry. 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.320 You muted some of that. Here's the second piece. 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.460 This is where we get into it. Revival erupted 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:18.100 in Edward's church. He kept a track of it in 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:21.039 a book called A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:24.840 Work of God, which read like a firsthand account 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:28.440 of a miracle. Listen to this excerpt, his words 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:32.080 capturing the electric atmosphere. The Spirit 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:37.279 of God began extraordinarily to set in. and wonderfully 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.700 to work amongst us. There was scarcely a single 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.620 person in the town, either old or young, that 00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:47.019 was left unconcerned about the great things of 00:11:47.019 --> 00:11:52.379 the eternal world. This work of God, as it was 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:54.799 carried on and the number of true saints multiplied, 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:58.159 soon made a glorious alteration in the town, 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:03.139 so that in the spring and summer following, 1735, 00:12:03.950 --> 00:12:06.409 The town seemed to be full of the presence of 00:12:06.409 --> 00:12:10.090 God. It never was so full of love, nor so full 00:12:10.090 --> 00:12:15.029 of joy. There were remarkable tokens of God's 00:12:15.029 --> 00:12:17.549 presence in almost every house. It was a time 00:12:17.549 --> 00:12:20.230 of joy in families on the account of salvations 00:12:20.230 --> 00:12:23.750 being brought unto them. Parents rejoicing over 00:12:23.750 --> 00:12:26.409 their children as newborn, and husbands over 00:12:26.409 --> 00:12:29.929 their wives, and wives over their husbands. There 00:12:29.929 --> 00:12:32.370 were many instances of persons that came from 00:12:32.370 --> 00:12:35.710 abroad. on visits or on business, who partook 00:12:35.710 --> 00:12:38.250 of that shower of divine blessing that God rained 00:12:38.250 --> 00:12:43.169 down here and went home rejoicing. Till at length 00:12:43.169 --> 00:12:45.610 the same work began to appear and prevail in 00:12:45.610 --> 00:12:49.210 several other towns in the country. In every 00:12:49.210 --> 00:12:52.129 place, God brought his saving blessings with 00:12:52.129 --> 00:12:57.370 him. Edwards was floored, stunned by the scope 00:12:57.370 --> 00:13:00.649 of the revival. Nearly everyone in Northampton 00:13:00.649 --> 00:13:04.009 showed signs of conversion or deep soul surge. 00:13:06.029 --> 00:13:08.389 This revival didn't stay local. It marked the 00:13:08.389 --> 00:13:12.029 dawn of the Great Awakening, a movement of Christian 00:13:12.029 --> 00:13:14.929 conversion and rededication that swept through 00:13:14.929 --> 00:13:19.639 the colonies like a flood. I know, right? So 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:22.139 good. Why'd you turn it off? No, I'm kidding. 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:24.080 We got to get back to the show. After two minutes, 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:27.019 we got to stop somewhere. So good, man. So get 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:28.899 this on the Godcast so you can just search for 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:31.840 Glenn Beck podcast and listen to it in your car 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.360 when you're driving. Listen to it in your truck. 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:37.899 You will be just blown away. You get sucked in. 00:13:37.940 --> 00:13:39.899 And this kind of goes back to what I was saying 00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:43.519 about the BBC, radio dramas, these things. Love 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:46.950 it. They've kind of fallen. by the wayside just 00:13:46.950 --> 00:13:49.389 because they're expensive to produce, although 00:13:49.389 --> 00:13:52.149 increasingly easier to produce because you can 00:13:52.149 --> 00:13:54.809 do it at home. And, you know, we don't have to 00:13:54.809 --> 00:13:57.029 necessarily pay a lot of those true detective 00:13:57.029 --> 00:13:59.289 podcasters. They've got sound effects. You have 00:13:59.289 --> 00:14:03.610 a lot of that going on. Yeah. But also, you know, 00:14:03.669 --> 00:14:06.450 invite your kids to listen to this kid. It's 00:14:06.450 --> 00:14:09.169 thrilling to hear what was not the imagination 00:14:09.169 --> 00:14:12.629 again, which is what we've so dumbed down and 00:14:12.629 --> 00:14:16.320 dulled down with a visual Overslot. I mean, we're 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.039 just like onslaught of visual stuff and it just, 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:22.820 it, it dumbs you down. It's like you get into 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:25.220 numbness. And it's a way, you know, cause reading 00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:27.960 is very difficult for people these days. Uh, 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:30.100 just, you know, sitting still with a book or 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:32.500 there's so many distractions around us all the 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:35.139 time. I mean, you have to basically put your 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:37.220 phone in a different room because that will continue 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:40.519 to, to be, uh, alerting you to some important 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:42.779 thing you need to do. Uh, and which gives us 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:46.220 all a Pavlovian response. but when you just listen 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:49.600 to this and just get swept up in it, and this 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:54.139 is America, and in this 250th year, this is the 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:56.840 stuff that I hope people just will focus on and 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:59.399 listen to, because it is where we come from, 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:01.740 who we are, and man, I hope we can get some of 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:04.779 that back. Man, if you get a chance to text or 00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:06.980 write Glenn or talk, just tell him, man, he's 00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:09.960 got some fans here, we're promoting this, we 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:13.159 are in with it. And we appreciate it. Well, I 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.179 texted him and he says, oh man, thank you so 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:18.820 much. We posted on social media. I said, yeah, 00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:21.620 of course. And then he reposted mine. He's like, 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:24.799 Adam Curry thinks this is good. Yeah, I pulled 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.600 it off of X. There you go. It was so good. So 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:29.820 it worked. You found it through that. Oh, good. 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:31.460 Because I was going to keep it as a surprise 00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:33.139 when you said, I heard that. I'm like, well, 00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:35.480 how did that happen? How did it happen? I'll 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:37.580 follow you on X. It's my own fault. I'll definitely 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:39.960 let him know. I'm a follower. Because he does. 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:44.320 Thank you. He does this kind of stuff and I just 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:46.639 appreciate that because there's, I don't think 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.679 there's just, there's not a lot of, you certainly 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.639 know, well he does, actually there was advertising 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:54.980 in it strangely enough, but anyway, Glenn makes 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:58.620 it work and it's just something cool to listen 00:15:58.620 --> 00:16:02.480 to. And when I hear that, how it started in one 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:06.059 church in one small part of one of the colonies 00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:09.240 and how that just caught fire. And if we all, 00:16:14.530 --> 00:16:20.029 If we all were just a little less cautious about 00:16:20.029 --> 00:16:22.950 talking about our faith, I think we would ignite 00:16:22.950 --> 00:16:26.730 so many other people. For instance, we got a 00:16:26.730 --> 00:16:36.830 really nice email from Carol Goodman. She says, 00:16:36.830 --> 00:16:39.179 Adam, I want to take a moment to write you. Tell 00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:41.159 me how much of an impact you've had on my daily 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.320 life. You genuinely changed my routine and improved 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:46.500 my overall mindset in ways I didn't expect. My 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:48.639 husband and I moved to Fredericksburg in late 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.860 2024 and finally settled full time on our 90 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:54.500 acre ranch in Willow City. Now that we're empty 00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:56.879 nesters, it's been a really rewarding transition. 00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:59.419 I've had a long career as a contracts and acquisition 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:01.639 professional. I'm still doing it, but luckily 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:04.180 now I can work remotely and enjoy what I like 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:06.420 to call the best kept secret, the Napa Valley 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:09.670 of Texas, Fredericksburg. About me, Gen X Georgia 00:17:09.670 --> 00:17:13.029 girl, US Air Force Academy grad, Air Force officer, 00:17:13.230 --> 00:17:16.349 Iraqi war veteran, Christian, wife, mom, now 00:17:16.349 --> 00:17:18.970 a grandmother, and I've always been a hardcore 00:17:18.970 --> 00:17:21.890 conservative and political news junkie. For years, 00:17:21.990 --> 00:17:24.150 that meant staying glued to Fox News and social 00:17:24.150 --> 00:17:27.069 media, which honestly kept me constantly spun 00:17:27.069 --> 00:17:29.970 up. Wow. I realized who you were through attending 00:17:29.970 --> 00:17:32.029 Bridge Church here in Fredericksburg. Do you 00:17:32.029 --> 00:17:33.910 know Carol by any chance? I do. I know exactly 00:17:33.910 --> 00:17:35.789 what you're talking about. And led me to We Get 00:17:35.789 --> 00:17:38.089 To Do This, which led me to No Agenda and everything 00:17:38.089 --> 00:17:40.910 shifted. I feel calmer, more grounded, more intentional, 00:17:41.289 --> 00:17:44.150 how I consume information. You all have helped 00:17:44.150 --> 00:17:46.710 me step away from the noise and I'm truly grateful 00:17:46.710 --> 00:17:49.109 for that. And the message, put down your phones 00:17:49.109 --> 00:17:51.529 and pick up your Bible from the We Get To Do 00:17:51.529 --> 00:17:54.609 This podcast really hit home for me. It really 00:17:54.609 --> 00:17:58.589 stuck. That's beautiful. Yeah. And she also says 00:17:58.589 --> 00:18:01.789 she was a fan back in the MTV VJ day. So just 00:18:01.789 --> 00:18:04.690 leave that, leave that for what it is. But that's, 00:18:04.690 --> 00:18:07.509 to me, it's like, here we are. That's why we 00:18:07.509 --> 00:18:10.869 get to do this. If that's the result, I am super 00:18:10.869 --> 00:18:14.410 happy. You know, while we love getting emails 00:18:14.410 --> 00:18:16.690 and, you know, notes from people all over the 00:18:16.690 --> 00:18:18.589 place and keep them coming, guys. I mean, this 00:18:18.589 --> 00:18:21.470 is a conversation. I try to get back with anybody 00:18:21.470 --> 00:18:25.950 who writes, you know, and respond. But it seems 00:18:25.950 --> 00:18:28.289 there's something really special when it's people 00:18:28.289 --> 00:18:30.349 right here in your community. Because that's 00:18:30.349 --> 00:18:33.089 really where the heart of this, the genesis of 00:18:33.089 --> 00:18:36.549 this is we want to touch our community. We want 00:18:36.549 --> 00:18:39.410 to see this revival that we just heard about 00:18:39.410 --> 00:18:42.130 from history. We want to see that happen right 00:18:42.130 --> 00:18:45.190 here. And so it starts here, starts local, then 00:18:45.190 --> 00:18:48.250 it goes translocal, right? It moves out in concentric 00:18:48.250 --> 00:18:51.490 circles. So wonderful to hear from Carol. And 00:18:51.490 --> 00:18:55.539 what a sweet note. That's awesome. Things are 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:59.900 happening. Theo Vaughan, you familiar with Theo 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:02.980 Vaughan? Why is that ringing a bell? He's a big 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:05.420 YouTube podcaster. Yeah, got long hair. Yeah, 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:07.980 he's kind of like a... Got a mullet working on 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:10.259 a mullet. Yeah, kind of redneckish looking dude. 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:15.119 He's like, I'd say, a Rogan spinoff in a way. 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:18.200 Very big podcast. He does very similar with, 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:21.460 you know, talking to people. You know, very laid 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:24.730 back interviews. And... Now, Theo has been very 00:19:24.730 --> 00:19:28.690 open about his struggles with addiction, alcohol, 00:19:28.950 --> 00:19:36.589 cocaine, pornography. He's a comedian, but this 00:19:36.589 --> 00:19:40.069 podcast thing really caught for him. And all 00:19:40.069 --> 00:19:42.490 of a sudden, he's out doing interviews talking 00:19:42.490 --> 00:19:45.769 about his faith. And I'm not one to spike the 00:19:45.769 --> 00:19:49.190 ball like, yeah, we got Theo Vaughan. But just 00:19:49.190 --> 00:19:52.769 this one thing talking about prayer, I just wanted 00:19:52.769 --> 00:19:55.210 to share this because this was so deep and so 00:19:55.210 --> 00:19:57.769 good, and he needs prayer from us. Listen to 00:19:57.769 --> 00:19:59.970 this. You know, I've been struggling, man. In 00:19:59.970 --> 00:20:02.250 the past, like, couple years, I've had, you know, 00:20:02.650 --> 00:20:05.069 it's been a struggle. You know, sometimes I realize 00:20:05.069 --> 00:20:07.130 for myself, I would pray to God to help me get 00:20:07.130 --> 00:20:10.049 away from certain behaviors in my life, but at 00:20:10.049 --> 00:20:12.529 the same time that I was praying, there would 00:20:12.529 --> 00:20:16.089 be a part of me that knew I was probably going 00:20:16.089 --> 00:20:18.660 to do those things again. And there's a story 00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:21.599 called John 5 and it's about a guy who's at these 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:24.440 pools there's a sick man there and he's been 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:28.400 sick for a long time and And Jesus asked and 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:31.140 Jesus asks him do you want to be healed? He asked 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:36.759 him do you want to be healed? And that's a crazy 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:45.000 question because You know if I get healed Then 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:49.910 I'm different So that's just been something that 00:20:49.910 --> 00:20:51.490 I've been having to ask myself. It's like, do 00:20:51.490 --> 00:20:55.569 I want to be healed? Do I really want something 00:20:55.569 --> 00:21:02.910 different? And sometimes a lot of the answer 00:21:02.910 --> 00:21:06.390 is no, I don't. I want something different, but 00:21:06.390 --> 00:21:10.009 I don't wanna, I don't know if I'm scared of 00:21:10.009 --> 00:21:12.730 it, I don't know what I am. I don't know if I 00:21:12.730 --> 00:21:14.670 don't wanna do what it takes to get, I can't 00:21:14.670 --> 00:21:18.740 even tell what it is. It's hard from this some 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.980 of this stuff's a little bit hard for me to say 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:22.279 I think I don't even know why but I think I want 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:28.740 a new story This hits home for me and for Tina 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:33.059 too because when when we were in the process 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:35.960 of being safe, we're like But I don't really 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:38.220 want to change. I don't want to be different. 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:40.940 This is and that's just how you think at that 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:42.900 moment Well, you know, what am I gonna be like 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:46.109 some? crazy Bible thumper or what is going to 00:21:46.109 --> 00:21:49.230 change? And so I feel him in this moment. I feel 00:21:49.230 --> 00:21:52.210 him. And for me, the answer is, yeah, you're 00:21:52.210 --> 00:21:55.589 going to change. But wow, is it going to be so 00:21:55.589 --> 00:21:59.150 good? This just seems like this is something 00:21:59.150 --> 00:22:02.569 that people are struggling with when it comes 00:22:02.569 --> 00:22:05.569 to their faith. Like you would say, are you ready 00:22:05.569 --> 00:22:08.589 to step over that line? This is the stepping 00:22:08.589 --> 00:22:12.609 over the line bit, man. I can feel him struggling 00:22:12.609 --> 00:22:15.190 with that. Man, I love the fact that he just 00:22:15.190 --> 00:22:19.230 hung that out on his podcast. A lot of times 00:22:19.230 --> 00:22:21.630 when you're podcasting over time, and I'm noticing 00:22:21.630 --> 00:22:25.490 this, you start to feel like you got friends. 00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:31.279 Bo Lacoste, and now Brett Vaughn, and others, 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:34.359 and Carol, and others, Holly. I mean, the list 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:37.240 goes on where you start to realize, okay, there's 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:39.039 somebody listening to what I'm saying right now. 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:41.180 And they may not be in real time, obviously. 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:43.960 It's going to be later. But so you feel that, 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:46.559 you feel, and I can feel him leaning into that. 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:49.819 He's being real and true. I mean, and I love 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:53.930 that. He kind of has a Jelly Roll vibe, you know, 00:22:54.049 --> 00:22:55.670 because Jelly's kind of in the same place. He 00:22:55.670 --> 00:22:57.609 does. He does have a bit of that, yes. He's really 00:22:57.609 --> 00:23:01.109 leaning into his faith. He's growing. But he's 00:23:01.109 --> 00:23:04.150 the first to admit he's still struggling. And 00:23:04.150 --> 00:23:07.410 man, I just totally appreciate that transparency. 00:23:08.289 --> 00:23:10.869 That transparency is what's going to bring the 00:23:10.869 --> 00:23:14.349 breakthrough for healing, the breakthrough. And 00:23:14.349 --> 00:23:17.049 of course, we always think different means weird. 00:23:17.289 --> 00:23:19.670 You know, we think I'm going to suddenly, you 00:23:19.670 --> 00:23:22.710 know, carry a briefcase around instead of a backpack 00:23:22.710 --> 00:23:24.950 and I'm going to suddenly put Jesus stickers 00:23:24.950 --> 00:23:29.490 all over my car like Mel. I got one on mine now 00:23:29.490 --> 00:23:32.829 too. Or I'm going to become, as you call yourself, 00:23:33.069 --> 00:23:35.650 a Jesus freak. But that doesn't mean you're freaky. 00:23:35.950 --> 00:23:37.829 That just means you're freaky over Jesus. It 00:23:37.829 --> 00:23:41.069 doesn't make you weird. It actually makes you 00:23:41.069 --> 00:23:43.829 the best of who you can be because God begins 00:23:43.829 --> 00:23:46.650 to enhance all those amazing gifts that He gave 00:23:46.650 --> 00:23:50.410 you to begin with. that starts to emerge over 00:23:50.410 --> 00:23:53.549 time. And actually, we begin to see the best 00:23:53.549 --> 00:23:57.069 true version of who you are, not the false narrative, 00:23:57.190 --> 00:24:00.390 not the fake or the phony or the imposter. We 00:24:00.390 --> 00:24:03.349 get to see the real person emerge out of that. 00:24:03.589 --> 00:24:07.109 That's what coming to Christ, yeah, we give our 00:24:07.109 --> 00:24:10.130 life over to Him. We surrender, which is the 00:24:10.130 --> 00:24:13.529 hardest thing for anybody. And once you step 00:24:13.529 --> 00:24:16.430 over that line, and He's obviously right there, 00:24:17.889 --> 00:24:22.150 Theo, I like that. That comes actually from theology, 00:24:22.609 --> 00:24:24.509 theos, god. Is that where the name comes from? 00:24:24.509 --> 00:24:26.630 Yeah. I mean, Theodore. He doesn't even know 00:24:26.630 --> 00:24:28.230 that. Yeah, he didn't even know that he calling 00:24:28.230 --> 00:24:31.650 himself Theo, theos is god. So anyway, but I 00:24:31.650 --> 00:24:35.309 love that he's already stepping down that path. 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.779 But what's going to happen while there's that 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:40.099 fear of, I may become something different than 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:43.259 I'm comfortable with or that I know my default. 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:45.960 That's the beauty. You don't become your default. 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:49.380 You become the best of who God created you to 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:52.460 be. And so what also hit me is, he says, you 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:55.160 know, when I'm praying, I'm like, Lord, help 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:59.880 me stop these behaviors. But in his inner self, 00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:02.759 he's like, I'm probably going to do it anyway. 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:06.960 I mean, how do we deal with that in our prayer? 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:10.259 Well, because when you're locked into habits 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:14.880 and addictions, you can't remember a time when 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:17.980 it wasn't that way. So you're sort of stuck behind 00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:21.299 a false wall or a smoke screen. You know, smoke 00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:23.140 screen, you go through it, you're like, oh, it's 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.700 just smoke. It wasn't a brick wall. It looked 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:26.819 like a brick wall. It was just smoke. But we 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.700 get stuck behind those walls, and that's what 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:32.220 I hear, because we can't imagine ourselves not 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:35.759 having a coping mechanism, because that's what 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:38.960 addictions are. It's coping. It's numbing. It's 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:41.619 all those things. And he can't imagine himself 00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:45.759 not having that. So there's a fear. What am I 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.940 going to default to if I don't have this anymore 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:51.759 as a crutch? What am I going to do now? And the 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.460 beauty of it is you're doing it. It changes. 00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:58.240 I mean, even your desires change. Even what you 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:00.799 want and what you crave after. And that didn't 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:02.660 happen overnight. I don't ever want to throw 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:06.599 out this rose -colored glasses moment here. Dying 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:09.839 to yourself is a process, and it's hard. And 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:12.819 Jesus didn't say, he says, my yoke is easy, my 00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:14.880 burdens lie. But he also said, those who desire 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:17.759 to be godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:22.200 I mean, we've got to be careful. that we don't 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:24.220 oversell under deliver in the sense of telling 00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:27.440 people, Hey man, it's awesome on this side, man. 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:30.500 You'll never have another problem. Boy, we're 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:34.299 dealing with car stuff. Still the drama continues 00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:37.319 with Lexus corporation. And I don't want to get 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:39.400 into that on this, this one, cause we're still 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:42.160 waiting on some things. But, but you know, I 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:44.539 had, pastor Brian came into my office today. 00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:46.099 This is how real it gets around here. And he 00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:48.859 goes, can I just pray for you? He said, I know 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:51.720 this is a distraction. And I know you're trying 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:55.099 to focus on you. We've got WWJDJ tonight. I'm 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.839 teaching tonight on spiritual gifts. He goes, 00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.920 I know you're distracted with all that. Can I 00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:02.079 pray for you? That's what brothers do, right? 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:05.700 We help each other. And I said, please do. And 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:08.220 I've been coping okay, but I'm not going to lie. 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:12.319 I mean, this stuff's coming at me and we're being 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:14.380 told things are going to cost twice as much as 00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:18.279 they were. That we're, you know, everybody's 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:21.099 balking. Nobody wants to own what happened. And 00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:25.200 so all that to say, and again, no details, but 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:28.099 yet, there'll be a time for details, but not 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:30.579 right now. But all I have to say is just when 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:32.960 we find ourselves distracted and being pulled 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:35.519 away, you know, it's so awesome to have brothers 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:38.140 who say, hey man, I know you're distracted because 00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:41.220 I would be. So can I pray for you? Not to be. 00:27:41.369 --> 00:27:45.349 So those are the things that you step into as 00:27:45.349 --> 00:27:48.589 a believer. You don't step into perfection. You 00:27:48.589 --> 00:27:51.609 step into a journey. It's just the first step 00:27:51.609 --> 00:27:54.589 on a long journey. You know, I've been thinking 00:27:54.589 --> 00:27:57.829 about prayer a lot, especially after hearing 00:27:57.829 --> 00:28:01.529 this from Theo Vaughn. And I went back, because 00:28:01.529 --> 00:28:05.890 we have the model prayer, which we talk about 00:28:05.890 --> 00:28:11.839 quite a lot. And so it's Matthew 6. There's a 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:13.700 couple things that struck me as I was rereading 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:17.619 it, because before Jesus tells us, tells the 00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:21.799 disciples how to pray, when you pray, say, He 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:27.099 first started with what not to do. He starts 00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:29.380 with, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:32.380 for they love to pray standing in the synagogues 00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:34.259 and on the street corners to be seen by others. 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:36.920 Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:39.019 in full. But when you pray, go into your room, 00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:41.599 close the door and pray to your Father who is 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:44.079 unseen. Then your Father who sees what is done 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:49.599 in secret will reward you. And so, then the simplicity 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:54.440 of the model prayer, which on its face seems 00:28:54.440 --> 00:29:03.690 simple, I'm like Am I over complicating my prayer 00:29:03.690 --> 00:29:07.450 should it just When Jesus says when you pray 00:29:07.450 --> 00:29:10.410 say and you know, I'm fully aware that it's not 00:29:10.410 --> 00:29:14.410 asking for me is our father not my father Forgive 00:29:14.410 --> 00:29:18.029 us and give us our daily bread. So it's just 00:29:18.029 --> 00:29:23.309 like this meta thing that I look at that and 00:29:23.309 --> 00:29:27.140 I'm like Am I overcomplicating other things when 00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:32.059 I'm praying for healing for people? Should it 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:35.279 all just be wrapped up in the model prayer? Does 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:38.200 this question even make sense to you? Yes, I 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:42.420 do because we all go down that track of waking 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:45.460 up one day and go, why did that take me so long 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:48.509 to get to the point? Maybe God's sitting there 00:29:48.509 --> 00:29:50.670 like somebody when church has gone 15 minutes 00:29:50.670 --> 00:29:53.890 over. He's going, okay, wrap this up, boys. I 00:29:53.890 --> 00:29:56.430 do wonder about that. Land the plane. Is he like 00:29:56.430 --> 00:29:58.950 glancing over his iPad like, oh, I'm sorry, what? 00:29:59.470 --> 00:30:01.069 I'm listening to about a billion other people 00:30:01.069 --> 00:30:06.390 right now at the same time. I love where Jesus 00:30:06.390 --> 00:30:08.950 in that passage you read, he says, I think they'll 00:30:08.950 --> 00:30:11.990 be heard for their many words. Yes. That's verse 00:30:11.990 --> 00:30:14.700 seven. says, and when you pray, do not keep on 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:17.599 babbling. Babbling like pagans. For they think 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:19.440 they'll be heard because of their many words. 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:22.039 That is a keep it simple saint moment if there 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:25.920 was one. So recently in our staff meeting, our 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:28.759 staff used to, we never did like corporate prayer 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:30.839 as a staff. We just kind of one person led and 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:33.619 then we went into our staff meeting. Then we 00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:35.759 started saying, hey, you know what? We got nine 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:39.059 staff. We got 10 here today or nine. We're going 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.759 to assign everybody an area. So you're going 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:43.859 to pray for this flex space. You're going to 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:48.880 pray for the new life center and the outreach 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:55.000 to children with hard things. And then we're 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.279 going to pray for spiritual warfare, pray against 00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:59.519 that, pray for unity, all those things. So we 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:02.619 have 10 every week. And at first, everybody was 00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:04.980 shy when we first started. Nobody prayed hardly. 00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:09.619 But then everybody got unshy. And then we started 00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:12.339 looking at our watches going, wow, this just 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:15.299 took the whole meeting. So I had to come in and 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:18.519 say, listen, guys, everybody gets one minute 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:21.380 because what would they would do? They'd pray, 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.720 they'd do an introduction, the body, and then 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:26.839 a conclusion, like a sermon. Like a whole arc. 00:31:27.049 --> 00:31:29.250 We're already here. Yeah, we don't need the heart. 00:31:29.369 --> 00:31:32.089 Just jump right into the topic. So we limited 00:31:32.089 --> 00:31:35.650 the prayers to a minute. And so in 10 minutes, 00:31:35.849 --> 00:31:39.210 we've prayed, covered a lot of ground. It is 00:31:39.210 --> 00:31:42.950 no less impactful, no less powerful, and no less 00:31:42.950 --> 00:31:47.650 spiritual to get right to the point. And so I 00:31:47.650 --> 00:31:50.109 love this scripture. They think they'll be heard 00:31:50.109 --> 00:31:51.930 because of their many words. And then the next 00:31:51.930 --> 00:31:55.829 line, do not be like them. Yes. For your father 00:31:55.829 --> 00:31:59.210 knows what you need before you ask him. So he 00:31:59.210 --> 00:32:01.990 gives us a template in that model prayer. So 00:32:01.990 --> 00:32:06.109 again, am I doing too much? Because you're not 00:32:06.109 --> 00:32:07.890 really answering the question. Maybe it's not 00:32:07.890 --> 00:32:10.009 to be answered. I don't want to put you on the 00:32:10.009 --> 00:32:12.130 spot like that. No, because a lot of our prayers 00:32:12.130 --> 00:32:14.829 turn conversational, correct? We're more talking 00:32:14.829 --> 00:32:17.730 to him. Very much so. When you're walking Phoebe 00:32:17.730 --> 00:32:22.690 or when I'm driving down 87. It's conversational. 00:32:23.250 --> 00:32:27.549 So I'm more talking to him than creating a formal 00:32:27.549 --> 00:32:30.470 prayer. Because there's different kinds of prayer. 00:32:31.769 --> 00:32:33.890 So that's more conversational. And then just 00:32:33.890 --> 00:32:40.430 as a general observation, the disciples, they 00:32:40.430 --> 00:32:45.589 asked how to pray. They didn't ask, which by 00:32:45.589 --> 00:32:47.809 today's standards, I think we would have been, 00:32:48.250 --> 00:32:50.500 you know, Jesus. show me how to walk on water 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:54.000 man show show me how to steal the stone man can 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:56.380 you teach me how to make the blind man see could 00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:59.140 you could you give me the that's the thing where 00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:02.380 you make the guy get up and walk and like they 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:05.660 knew they knew that the power yeah there is all 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:10.200 in the prayer that's that this is This took me 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:12.099 three and a half years to even start to figure 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:14.519 this out. I'm like, oh, wait a minute. They had 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:16.640 plenty of misses, trust me. I mean, you know, 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:20.380 lots of misses. But there was some insight here 00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:23.660 when they really wanted to be taught how to do 00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:27.160 this. And I'm listening to the sound right now. 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:29.480 It's just like, wow. I'm tuning it out. I'm like, 00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:33.259 I don't really hear that. I could probably make 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:37.259 that go away with some AI post -processing. It's 00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:40.900 progress. I have done podcasts in the weirdest 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:44.039 places with the weirdest ambient sounds and noises 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:46.299 and no one ever really complains. The closets 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:51.180 are the best. The Cloodio is the best sound ever. 00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:54.319 Sorry to get off topic there. It's all the distraction 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:59.539 there. I think we do overdo it sometimes. I find 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:03.269 myself trying to get simple again. And this is 00:34:03.269 --> 00:34:05.250 one of my defaults right here. So I go back to 00:34:05.250 --> 00:34:08.429 the Lord's Prayer, the model prayer. I do this 00:34:08.429 --> 00:34:12.449 several times a day. Also at night, I've started 00:34:12.449 --> 00:34:16.650 a new thing. I'm now reading prayers. I've never 00:34:16.650 --> 00:34:19.090 really... Out loud or just reading? Out loud. 00:34:19.250 --> 00:34:23.630 No, out loud. I use the prayer that avails much. 00:34:24.190 --> 00:34:27.449 And then someone recently gave me a book called... 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:32.579 prayer of Americans or when Americans pray, and 00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:38.539 it's prayers by various people in public office, 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:43.460 like Mike Huckabee or Haley McEnany or all these 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:45.900 different people that have prayed. And some of 00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:48.219 the prayers are for America, we're praying for 00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:50.440 our president. But a lot of them are just real 00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:53.119 generalized and excellent book. I have to show 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:55.099 you that book. Yeah, you gave me a book today. 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.900 I didn't want to forget that. Yes, it's a different 00:34:56.900 --> 00:35:02.289 book. This is called... Forge the Sun by Bret 00:35:02.289 --> 00:35:06.030 Hahn. Did you meet him? No, I found him on Substack. 00:35:06.369 --> 00:35:08.530 I used to not pay a lot of attention to Substack. 00:35:08.590 --> 00:35:13.349 It's not exactly user -friendly. It's a little 00:35:13.349 --> 00:35:20.929 different. You got to dive in. I've got about 00:35:20.929 --> 00:35:23.710 300 subscribers there just from living up in 00:35:23.710 --> 00:35:26.630 a down world. When I switched over, it got me 00:35:26.630 --> 00:35:29.170 back into that world a little bit. And what I 00:35:29.170 --> 00:35:31.510 find about Substack is that people are writing. 00:35:32.769 --> 00:35:35.449 They're not just, these are not social media 00:35:35.449 --> 00:35:38.550 posts. These are people who really want to own 00:35:38.550 --> 00:35:42.429 their craft. And it's a very supportive community. 00:35:43.110 --> 00:35:45.650 I found him somehow stumbled on something he 00:35:45.650 --> 00:35:50.670 wrote and I just was like, whoa, this resonates 00:35:50.670 --> 00:35:53.659 with me. writes a lot about our early days, the 00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:56.679 founding of our country, but he's relating it 00:35:56.679 --> 00:36:00.780 to how they raised men, sons, how they forged 00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:05.250 them. I love the title, Forge the Sun. So I started 00:36:05.250 --> 00:36:07.170 reading his stuff and then I commented a couple 00:36:07.170 --> 00:36:09.809 of times. It turns out he's a listener and all 00:36:09.809 --> 00:36:13.030 that. No agenda. Listen to his bio. Brett Hahn 00:36:13.030 --> 00:36:15.849 is the founder of Amrev Resurrected and a son 00:36:15.849 --> 00:36:18.889 of the American Revolution. His seventh great 00:36:18.889 --> 00:36:21.210 -grandfather served in the New Jersey militia 00:36:21.210 --> 00:36:24.150 under General Washington. Isn't that cool? Yes, 00:36:24.389 --> 00:36:27.909 very cool. It looks like a great book. I'm definitely 00:36:27.909 --> 00:36:29.889 going to read that. You'll enjoy it. It's an 00:36:29.889 --> 00:36:32.210 easy read, but it's a series of essays, and he 00:36:32.210 --> 00:36:36.210 posts those on Substack. So every day or so, 00:36:36.210 --> 00:36:39.269 I think he's posting one a day up to the 250th. 00:36:39.730 --> 00:36:42.630 It's so good. I read one in bed the other night 00:36:42.630 --> 00:36:46.369 too. Can I read this to you? Sure. Well, she 00:36:46.369 --> 00:36:49.110 didn't know. It's kind of long. So she was almost 00:36:49.110 --> 00:36:51.210 snoring by the time we got done, but it was so 00:36:51.210 --> 00:36:54.880 rich and so good. So anyway, Brett, such a blessing, 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:57.619 brother, to find your writings and, man, keep 00:36:57.619 --> 00:37:01.239 doing it. Keep teaching about our early days 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:05.679 and our founding and how men were forged by hard 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:09.380 times and by toil and by difficulty, but also 00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:11.619 living for a dream that was bigger than them. 00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:14.019 And what we can do today to replicate that. That's 00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:16.840 the whole point. That's the point, yeah. So the 00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:19.760 King and Queen of England are visiting us and, 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:23.500 of course, they're being sent to Yorktown to 00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:26.199 see where they were defeated. Which is one of 00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:28.559 the funniest things. That was a great brief that 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:31.139 you wrote for Sunday, by the way. And I cracked 00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:33.900 up big time when I read that. I was like, whoa. 00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:36.480 They're here to negotiate the terms of surrender. 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:39.900 A handful of people got that. Yeah, I know. Some 00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:43.780 people did. Yeah, that was good. So there was 00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:46.360 a dinner last night, and they had the typical 00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:50.639 back and forth jokes. But by the way, you notice 00:37:51.210 --> 00:37:54.530 That there were no no Kings protests during his 00:37:54.530 --> 00:37:56.690 arrival all the King was here What I mean what 00:37:56.690 --> 00:37:59.210 an opportunity to go out there and say we don't 00:37:59.210 --> 00:38:04.389 want any Kings But he spoke to the joint joint 00:38:04.389 --> 00:38:07.829 houses of Congress and I watched it yesterday 00:38:07.829 --> 00:38:10.309 Mainly because there had already been kind of 00:38:10.309 --> 00:38:12.630 these setups I listened to a lot of the UK media 00:38:12.630 --> 00:38:15.769 like well, I should probably brought that clip 00:38:15.769 --> 00:38:20.260 We believe that the speech will be very good. 00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:22.820 It will go over Trump's head, but people will 00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:26.019 know what he really means. I'm like, okay. So, 00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:28.679 you know, that was your typical British media. 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:33.079 But he brought something up. Now he is also the 00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:35.800 head of the Church of England, which now what 00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:38.659 do we know about the Church of England? It's 00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:42.019 called the Anglican Church. It was a split off 00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:44.340 from the Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic 00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:49.800 Church. They didn't want to submit to the pope. 00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:52.920 They wanted their head of the church to be the 00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:57.800 leader of the nation. There's a lot of similarities 00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:01.619 in terms of how they do what they do. There's 00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:04.539 a lot of theological similarities. Anyone who's 00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:09.179 Catholic or Anglican can correct me on any of 00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:11.719 this because I'm not an expert on that at all. 00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:15.900 One of my favorite human beings is a is a bishop 00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:18.840 in the Anglican church. He was in Africa for 00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:22.380 many years, now in his 70s. He's raising up pastors 00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:27.179 in countries I can't name because he's doing 00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:29.579 undercover work for the gospel, for the kingdom, 00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:34.239 and he is a fireball for Jesus in his 70s. So 00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:37.952 I've had great respect for some of the Anglican 00:39:37.949 --> 00:39:40.590 men that I've met through the years that are 00:39:40.590 --> 00:39:42.650 ministers. So the whole concept of separation 00:39:42.650 --> 00:39:44.730 of church and state doesn't go over very well 00:39:44.730 --> 00:39:46.570 there. You ever hear the Brits complain about 00:39:46.570 --> 00:39:49.309 that? No, I've never heard that statement reiterated. 00:39:49.429 --> 00:39:51.329 And we don't actually have it here either. No, 00:39:51.329 --> 00:39:55.610 we don't. But he did say something that I just 00:39:55.610 --> 00:39:59.789 thought was super curious, and I have an opinion 00:39:59.789 --> 00:40:02.289 about what he was saying. I'd love to hear yours. 00:40:02.289 --> 00:40:06.869 Here we go. And Mr. Speaker, for many here, and 00:40:06.869 --> 00:40:11.750 for myself, the Christian faith is a firm anchor 00:40:11.750 --> 00:40:16.110 and daily inspiration that guides us, not only 00:40:16.110 --> 00:40:36.110 personally... guides us not only personally, 00:40:36.289 --> 00:40:39.670 but together as members of our community. Having 00:40:39.670 --> 00:40:43.369 devoted a large part of my life to interfaith 00:40:43.369 --> 00:40:49.849 relationships and applause, yeah, wait for it, 00:40:50.070 --> 00:40:53.510 and greater understanding, it is that faith in 00:40:53.510 --> 00:40:57.329 the triumph of light over darkness which I have 00:40:57.329 --> 00:41:01.010 found confirmed countless times. Through it, 00:41:01.469 --> 00:41:05.230 I am inspired by the profound respect that develops 00:41:05.230 --> 00:41:08.909 as people of different faiths grow in their understanding 00:41:08.909 --> 00:41:21.849 of each other. It is why, which is my hope, my 00:41:21.849 --> 00:41:26.090 prayer, that in these turbulent times, working 00:41:26.090 --> 00:41:29.190 together and with our international partners, 00:41:29.750 --> 00:41:33.090 we can stem the beating of plowshares into swords. 00:41:42.140 --> 00:41:47.179 I am mindful that we are still in the season 00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:50.380 of Easter, the season that most strengthens my 00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:54.119 hope. It is why I believe with all my heart that 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:57.320 the essence of our two nations is a generosity 00:41:57.320 --> 00:42:01.639 of spirit and a duty to foster compassion, to 00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:04.989 promote peace. to deepen mutual understanding 00:42:04.989 --> 00:42:09.130 and to value all people of all faiths and of 00:42:09.130 --> 00:42:13.849 none. Accentuated by some banging on the ceiling. 00:42:14.670 --> 00:42:18.349 The interfaith relationships, that kind of confused 00:42:18.349 --> 00:42:20.309 me. Like, what is he talking about? Do you think, 00:42:20.369 --> 00:42:23.190 I mean, is it just in general about living together 00:42:23.190 --> 00:42:26.090 with other, with people who have other beliefs 00:42:26.090 --> 00:42:30.059 and other faiths or none, or is he... There was 00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:32.440 a lot of criticism about this particular piece 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:34.719 of the speech in the UK because he's talked about 00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:37.619 living in the season of Easter where he didn't 00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:41.500 say anything on Easter in the UK but did congratulate 00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:44.610 everybody on Ramadan. I didn't know that. Yeah, 00:42:44.710 --> 00:42:47.010 there's a little bit of strife about that. What 00:42:47.010 --> 00:42:49.050 was your impression over all of this? Well, I 00:42:49.050 --> 00:42:51.969 think in terms of what's happening in the UK 00:42:51.969 --> 00:42:56.670 with Islam coming in full force. Being brought 00:42:56.670 --> 00:43:00.389 in, drawn in full force. Unreal, open borders, 00:43:00.590 --> 00:43:04.110 if ever there were. And so I think he's probably 00:43:04.110 --> 00:43:06.650 alluding to that, but I don't know that for sure. 00:43:07.130 --> 00:43:11.690 But that would be the most obvious thing because 00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:16.099 Yeah, that's what he's doing. I think he's alluding 00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:20.780 to this crossing boundaries and whatnot and working 00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:24.659 together. What do we take away? You know, the 00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:27.280 first part of it, I was in on him. I mean, faith 00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:30.599 is a firm anchor, inspiration that guides us 00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:33.639 both personally. And yeah, I was all in with 00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:39.400 that. I don't know, you know, I mean, we're experiencing 00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:41.400 a lot of things here in the United States and 00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:45.460 Texas. Yes. There's a lot of Islamic fear and 00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:49.500 all that, that some is not merited. I think caution 00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:55.460 is merited, but not fear per se. So yeah, my 00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:58.280 takeaway though, if I'm leaning towards the first 00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:02.440 part of what he said, you know, hey, we know 00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:04.420 all about his life because we watched the crown. 00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:07.519 So we know everything. We know the whole deal 00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:12.260 inside and out, Charles. Accurate news. Literally, 00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:14.880 in my mind, I'm defaulting to the show when he 00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:16.920 was a kid and going to school. You can't help 00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:19.039 yourself but do that. I'm fighting it, going, 00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:25.119 this isn't helping me. Knowing lots of different 00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:27.139 things about his life, I'm thinking, was faith 00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:31.900 really an anchor then? It's hard not to think 00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:35.639 that way. I want to be positive. I want to live 00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.079 up and down world regarding that and just say, 00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:42.050 wow. appreciate what he said. You know, you want 00:44:42.050 --> 00:44:47.449 to value what people bring. Can you value something 00:44:47.449 --> 00:44:50.550 and affirm them without affirming their position? 00:44:51.170 --> 00:44:53.010 You know, that's always tricky. That's a good 00:44:53.010 --> 00:44:55.070 one because that's... You could hear the difference 00:44:55.070 --> 00:44:59.150 in the claps. I think during the interfaith part, 00:44:59.309 --> 00:45:01.130 that was only the Democrat side of the house. 00:45:01.590 --> 00:45:04.190 I'm pretty sure it was coming from probably the 00:45:04.190 --> 00:45:06.929 left. They were sitting left of stage. President 00:45:06.929 --> 00:45:08.869 Trump had a great joke. Again, I didn't bring 00:45:08.869 --> 00:45:10.510 the clips. He had a great joke last night at 00:45:10.510 --> 00:45:13.010 the dinner. He said, King Charles, you're so 00:45:13.010 --> 00:45:17.679 amazing. You spoke in Congress and even the Democrats 00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:19.719 stood for you. That's something I have not been 00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:23.679 unable to do. I love it. It's pretty funny. It's 00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:25.679 pretty funny. Anyway, for the most part, I thought 00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:27.800 it was great. The interfaith, I'm a little confused 00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:30.800 about just what he means by that because used 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:36.159 to that was more of just pretty generic. I think 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:38.280 with the rise of Islam and some of the scary 00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:43.679 things, hard things, I think it's got a different 00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:46.300 connotation now than it would have 20 years ago, 00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:50.139 30 years ago. I mean, I took it in a similar 00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:53.719 vein because I just, you know, so many dinner 00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:56.900 conversations, you know my stance on this, so 00:45:56.900 --> 00:46:00.460 many people like, oh, Islam's taking over. I'm 00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:02.179 like, well, yeah, there may be some problems, 00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:06.420 but please don't hate everybody you see who, 00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:11.159 you know, might be a Muslim. Right. Please, please. 00:46:12.410 --> 00:46:16.369 Pump the brakes on that a little bit because 00:46:16.369 --> 00:46:19.869 we just that that's the I think that just the 00:46:19.869 --> 00:46:22.710 enemy loves that like yeah Yeah, let's just stir 00:46:22.710 --> 00:46:25.530 up some hatred and and then we're all you know 00:46:25.530 --> 00:46:28.190 the enemies feeding on us again It comes back 00:46:28.190 --> 00:46:30.929 to our broad stroke Generalization. Yes, right. 00:46:31.130 --> 00:46:33.670 Yes, you know no more than then we want people 00:46:33.670 --> 00:46:36.570 to do that to us Yes, we have to give the same 00:46:36.570 --> 00:46:38.809 consideration to others. There's so many different 00:46:38.809 --> 00:46:42.070 groups I mean, it's Baskin -Robbins, you know, 00:46:42.150 --> 00:46:44.769 31 different flavors, you know, it's Heinz 54. 00:46:44.969 --> 00:46:48.050 I mean, there's so many aberrations within the 00:46:48.050 --> 00:46:50.670 Christian tradition, so many aberrations within 00:46:50.670 --> 00:46:53.849 the, you know, Islam tradition as well. And so 00:46:53.849 --> 00:46:57.849 it is dangerous to do broad stroke. I see a lot 00:46:57.849 --> 00:47:02.739 of that right now on both sides. Yeah, but I 00:47:02.739 --> 00:47:05.079 would be curious to hear someone who knows more 00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:08.500 about his stance on that, to bring clarity to 00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:10.440 that. I've been looking for it. It wouldn't surprise 00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:13.099 me if we got an email or two, a comment or two, 00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:14.860 of someone straightening this out, and I'm fine 00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:16.860 with that. I would hope so. I'd like to hear 00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:20.289 if someone knows a little more about. That. Where 00:47:20.289 --> 00:47:22.989 are the Anglicans listening? That's right. We 00:47:22.989 --> 00:47:25.250 want to hear from the Anglicans. Absolutely. 00:47:26.190 --> 00:47:28.650 Absolutely. Otherwise, brother, I got to tell 00:47:28.650 --> 00:47:31.150 you, things are looking good in the United States. 00:47:31.449 --> 00:47:33.610 I'm feeling good about what President Trump is 00:47:33.610 --> 00:47:36.289 doing. I'm unapologetic about my analysis of 00:47:36.289 --> 00:47:39.389 what he's doing. Your briefing was so good. It 00:47:39.389 --> 00:47:43.429 was fun to write. Fun to read. Because I'm like, 00:47:43.550 --> 00:47:49.460 this is just good. He's doing stuff that... I 00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:52.659 think it was, he's doing things for our grandchildren 00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:55.059 because he cares, you delivered it perfectly, 00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:57.659 because he cares more about that than poll numbers. 00:47:58.460 --> 00:48:02.719 And man, that is the truth. And in a weird way, 00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:06.460 and that kind of comes back to the book that 00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:11.019 Brett Hahn wrote, we are so self -centered on 00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:13.679 what's happening right now, the gas prices right 00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:17.000 now, my rent right now, the job I have right 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:21.099 now. And we need a little, particularly as we 00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:25.960 are in the middle years of our lives, maybe over 00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:30.739 the halfway point, probably. I have a grandchild 00:48:30.739 --> 00:48:35.980 on the way. I am really like, you know, it's 00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:42.440 not great. I'm blessed beyond belief, but I've 00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:45.500 been on all sides of the wealth spectrum and 00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:48.639 I've given up worrying about that. But even if 00:48:48.639 --> 00:48:52.659 there's pain, it should not be for me anymore. 00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:56.400 It has to be for these coming generations. And 00:48:56.400 --> 00:49:00.619 when you put that lens on your view, of what 00:49:00.619 --> 00:49:02.800 President Trump is doing and what he's attempting 00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:05.320 to do. And if you listen to what he's saying, 00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:09.920 it really changes your attitude overall. Just 00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:14.099 like, yeah, that will be good if we have manufacturing 00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:17.780 come back, come roaring back in America. Now 00:49:17.780 --> 00:49:21.039 you still have to parse through his... bombastic 00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:23.679 rhetoric of, we're the hottest country right 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:26.380 now, from his standpoint we are because he sees 00:49:26.380 --> 00:49:28.920 the investment coming in and that's not making 00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:31.300 a difference to us right now at this moment. 00:49:31.800 --> 00:49:35.820 So I just hope that people take some time to 00:49:35.820 --> 00:49:39.639 think about that. How do we form and have a category 00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:42.699 in our mindset? for forming, because a lot of 00:49:42.699 --> 00:49:45.159 what formed my generation and yours were hard 00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:49.000 things, hard times. We talked about 1974, oil 00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:52.199 embargoes, which was a big scam. Turns out it 00:49:52.199 --> 00:49:55.820 was fake. But man, it threw our country into 00:49:55.820 --> 00:50:00.380 just fear and fights at gas pumps. Man, it got 00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:03.739 crazy there. But how do we form and forge the 00:50:03.739 --> 00:50:07.139 next generation? Because here's what's the trick. 00:50:09.369 --> 00:50:13.130 them to have an easier time than we did. And 00:50:13.130 --> 00:50:18.110 that has produced soft men. It has produced, 00:50:18.110 --> 00:50:20.309 that's a broad stroke generalization, so if you're 00:50:20.309 --> 00:50:22.230 out there and you're tough, don't whip me up 00:50:22.230 --> 00:50:25.030 for that. But just, let's just say, generally 00:50:25.030 --> 00:50:28.590 speaking, it's produced a lack of resilience, 00:50:29.610 --> 00:50:32.710 a lack of perseverance and endurance, a lack 00:50:32.710 --> 00:50:37.110 of patience. It's produced a generation that 00:50:37.110 --> 00:50:39.949 would rather sit in their in their house or a 00:50:39.949 --> 00:50:42.030 coffee shop on their phone or their computer 00:50:42.030 --> 00:50:45.269 than actually be outside. I stood outside last 00:50:45.269 --> 00:50:48.510 night while I was grilling steaks and just looked 00:50:48.510 --> 00:50:51.230 around. And you know what I thought to myself? 00:50:51.610 --> 00:50:53.489 It's been too long since I just stopped and looked 00:50:53.489 --> 00:50:56.960 around. Because studying yesterday is on my screen. 00:50:57.179 --> 00:51:00.199 I got the upgraded version of Logos, so I'm nerding 00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:03.619 out over that because I'm just enjoying it. But 00:51:03.619 --> 00:51:06.079 I'm standing there looking around smelling smoke 00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:09.739 and going, oh my gosh, I miss this. But how do 00:51:09.739 --> 00:51:12.639 we forge the next generation? They have to feel 00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:16.139 it. If they feel no pain, they will never appreciate 00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:19.880 what they have in terms of this country. That's 00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:23.639 kind of where we're at. Well, I have similar. 00:51:25.610 --> 00:51:28.750 For the past couple of months, there's something 00:51:28.750 --> 00:51:32.429 about this particular time of year with the rains 00:51:32.429 --> 00:51:38.110 that we've had, and I still have some smell ability 00:51:38.110 --> 00:51:43.269 left in my senses. I've had all kinds of allergy 00:51:43.269 --> 00:51:45.150 things and all kinds of issues throughout the 00:51:45.150 --> 00:51:49.349 year, so it's diminished somewhat, but I remember 00:51:49.349 --> 00:51:54.340 the smells, the smell of the wet leaves, I stop 00:51:54.340 --> 00:51:56.599 and I listen to those. We're very fortunate. 00:51:56.659 --> 00:52:01.059 We have a great silent back road, quieter than 00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:04.280 the studio. My goodness, I know. Those guys are 00:52:04.280 --> 00:52:07.579 getting it done though. We need them to do it. 00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:12.780 And I hear the amount of birds. And I think probably 00:52:12.780 --> 00:52:15.619 the best thing you can do is get your kids into 00:52:15.619 --> 00:52:18.019 nature where there's no cell service, if possible. 00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:20.500 We have great national parks. It doesn't have 00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:23.980 to be an expensive weekend or whatever it is. 00:52:24.260 --> 00:52:28.059 And just sit and just walk in nature because 00:52:28.059 --> 00:52:32.920 that is God's creation. And I'm in awe. And it's 00:52:32.920 --> 00:52:36.260 been decades since I've even, as a kid, I remember 00:52:36.260 --> 00:52:38.159 like, wow, this is so cool. Look at this tree. 00:52:38.219 --> 00:52:40.889 Look at that tree. And now I'm like, wow, look 00:52:40.889 --> 00:52:43.469 at God's creation. Look at every blade of grass. 00:52:43.849 --> 00:52:47.170 Look at that cow over there. Smell the, I smell 00:52:47.170 --> 00:52:49.949 this, this fragrance from this tree, from that 00:52:49.949 --> 00:52:54.170 tree. You know, before we get into feeling the 00:52:54.170 --> 00:52:57.809 hard times, maybe just, it's like this dumb thing 00:52:57.809 --> 00:53:00.309 people say, oh, go touch grass. But there's kind 00:53:00.309 --> 00:53:02.690 of something to it. They're really grounding. 00:53:03.670 --> 00:53:07.949 But I get it. Surrounded and grounded. That's 00:53:07.949 --> 00:53:10.050 just my advice because this is working for me 00:53:10.050 --> 00:53:14.320 really well right now. Same thing you had. Yeah, 00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:16.380 I remember this and it takes me back man. It 00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:19.320 takes me back I remember what books I was reading 00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:23.139 about nature and American Indians and I learned 00:53:23.139 --> 00:53:27.219 how to build a Shanty a lean to I tried to build 00:53:27.219 --> 00:53:31.599 a wigwam not so successful made a lot of fire 00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:40.840 Yeah, so I was very fortunate to grow up in West 00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:45.389 Texas, which is a very Rural and cowboy culture, 00:53:45.809 --> 00:53:48.409 ranches everywhere, and farms everywhere. You 00:53:48.409 --> 00:53:51.070 had a horse called Midget. I know, two of them. 00:53:51.269 --> 00:53:55.809 I grew up around horses and tractors. Annette 00:53:55.809 --> 00:53:57.369 and I have been talking about that a little bit 00:53:57.369 --> 00:54:01.409 more lately of just how thankful we were to be 00:54:01.409 --> 00:54:04.469 raised in a more rural setting because it also 00:54:04.469 --> 00:54:06.750 makes me value and appreciate where we live in 00:54:06.750 --> 00:54:09.090 Fredericksburg, Texas and the Texas hill country. 00:54:10.099 --> 00:54:12.519 I love when a farmer rolls up in his old beat 00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:16.440 up truck. And he says, hey, I think it's going 00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:18.320 to rain today. I mean, that's the depth of your 00:54:18.320 --> 00:54:20.239 conversation. You know what though? That man 00:54:20.239 --> 00:54:23.699 is just, I love that stuff. I love small town. 00:54:24.280 --> 00:54:27.059 When we have people visit us and we go to a restaurant 00:54:27.059 --> 00:54:29.900 and 15 people call by name out, which happened 00:54:29.900 --> 00:54:32.960 the other day. They're like, man, you know everybody. 00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:35.260 I'm like, no, they just know me. I don't know 00:54:35.260 --> 00:54:38.239 everybody, but just because I'm pastor of the 00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:41.119 church. But I love it. I love walking into a 00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:43.360 restaurant or store and seeing people I know 00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:47.579 and just the exchange of life. People, come visit 00:54:47.579 --> 00:54:50.340 Fredericksburg. Come on. Come enjoy all of the 00:54:50.340 --> 00:54:52.860 beautiful things we have to enjoy. We have a 00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:57.219 Lady Bird Park. Yeah, State Park. So go hang 00:54:57.219 --> 00:55:00.619 out there. Check out some of the wineries. Not 00:55:00.619 --> 00:55:03.219 all of them. Some of them are drinking barns. 00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:06.360 Yeah, some of them are. All right, but let's 00:55:06.360 --> 00:55:08.639 land this plane. I love it. Thank you so much 00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:11.519 for taking time out of your busy and hectic day. 00:55:11.820 --> 00:55:13.659 Can I just thank our listeners one more time? 00:55:13.659 --> 00:55:17.239 Yes. Guys, ladies, thank you for listening. Thank 00:55:17.239 --> 00:55:21.579 you for sharing notes. We value you. We appreciate 00:55:21.579 --> 00:55:24.340 you and that you would give us time and we want 00:55:24.340 --> 00:55:26.679 to continue to encourage you and build you up 00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:28.940 in your faith. and your journey and your walk 00:55:28.940 --> 00:55:30.880 in Christ. Brother, I love doing this with you. 00:55:30.900 --> 00:55:33.920 I love doing it with you, brother. We'll be back 00:55:33.920 --> 00:55:36.059 next Wednesday. We get to do this. Take care, 00:55:36.159 --> 00:55:36.400 y 'all.