Father, what a privilege to be before you today
and literally to have the privilege of being
able to speak into people's lives. But Father,
it's not my voice or Adam's voice really that
we want them to hear. We want them to hear your
heart, your voice, your heart for them, your
love for them, calling them back, wooing them,
drawing them, teaching them, all of us together.
And Father, we really are in this together. and
we get to do it together. So Lord, we commit
everything we do to you, everything we do for
you, for your honor and glory in Jesus' name.
Amen. Hello, brother. Cheers, brother. All right.
There we go. The clanking of our metal. The Yeti
cups. It's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing.
What are you drinking over there? I'm drinking,
I presume it's black rifle coffee. Just black.
JB. Yeah, that's their medium. I love it. I need
to. I'm drinking some. That's something you treated
me with. Gigawatt. Oh, yes. Gigawattcoffeeroasters
.com. Cold brew. This is amazing. Isn't that
good stuff? I'm feeling like I'm going to have
to reach out to these guys. How do you get it?
Eli, the coffee guy, he started, he was a producer
of the no agenda show and he, like many of the
most amazing small companies who listen to the
no agenda show, they started a little coffee
roaster company and sent us some coffee. And
like, wow, this is pretty good coffee. In particular,
I like the cold brew, which he had to stop for
a while because there was some, yeah, there was
some scare about the way cold brews were made
and everybody had to stop it for a little bit.
And he brought it back and it's... I mean, it's
the perfect add -on to my already caffeinated
life. No kidding. Like, you know, I've already
had two cups of coffee. I think I'm going to
throw a cold brew on top of that. I need some
cold, yeah. I'm just switching gears. It makes
you feel better anyway, like you're not drinking
too much. But it has that nitro in it, so you've
got to give it a little shake. You've got to
be careful opening it, because it will give you
a... I noticed. I had a feeling. But it's good,
isn't it? So good. So good. He and his wife Jen
run that company. I'm going to have to get their
email address and... I have a feeling Eli listens.
Hey, Eli, if you do, brother, you've made me
happy. I'm happy today. I like it. It has been
a crazy week so far for me. How about you? You
know, I hate to say this, this is kind of the
contrast between black and white. Yes. Pretty
easy one for me. Vacation time for you, man.
You deserve every single minute of it. It's nice,
though. Every minute of it. It's been great.
Yeah, so we had this for our... We're kind of
pulling radio stations and churches too, kicking
and screaming into the digital station concept.
We have a lot of partners, which is Christian
for customers, I've learned. But for many of
them, it's like, okay, I got it. It's checkbox,
it's good to go. And we have probably 15 % that
really are getting it and their success is amazing.
huge increases in engagement, in listening, in
sharing. It's really, really big. So we do these
Godcaster use, which is for our customers. And
we typically have like 25, 30 people, a little
less in this vacation period. But it's a confluence
of things we have to do. So there's Zoom. Man,
you learn a lot about software development when
you use Zoom professionally because they change
things all the time. They move buttons. You have
a co -presenter thing and then, you know, all
of a sudden the sharing, screen sharing doesn't
work, which is critical. And we also have to
show how the app works on the phone. So now you're
sharing your phone screen into the computer.
There's a lot that can go wrong. And yesterday,
and we've had four of these, every single one
of them has had a problem. Yesterday was really
probably the worst. And it starts at noon at
830. First, my power brick on the computer died.
This does not happen often. These things, I mean,
it's a little underpowered for... because you're
supposed to have 130 watt and this one came with
a 90. And the thing just fried. Okay. I had a
backup so plugged it in, ordered a 130. That's
fine. And then literally everything went haywire.
The computer had to almost be rebuilt from the
ground up because of some, I think it had to
do with the sharing of the phone screen and all
kinds of driver displays. And so now it's like
10 30. We haven't even really done a rehearsal,
Gordon and I do this together. And I'm calm,
but I'm like, oh man, I knew I had time. And
then Gordon, my partner, Godcaster, he puts in,
cause we have an internal chat. And so I'm like,
the enemy is up to his tricks, power supply fried
out. I have a backup, locating it, system crash,
another 15, 20 minutes. And he replies, Psalm
140 verse 4, keep me O Lord from the hands of
the wicked preserve me from the violent man who
have purpose to overthrow my goings which I sounds
a lot like the King James version and And I and
I look at that and I pray it right away. I prayed
a second time. There you go And would you believe
that the results came right away? Really? Right
away. Love that. All of a sudden, ploop, ploop,
the screams start coming back. Love it when God
does that. And I'm like, Holy Spirit, thank you.
Wow. And I just wanted to share that because
we forget to do these things. Yes. We've talked
about it before, you know, like, can't find my
keys. Well, I have a golden question for you,
and I want you to just, I'm teeing it up for
you. Yeah, okay, sure. How did knowing Jesus
help you navigate the technical meltdown? Complete
trust and faith and knowing who's really in control
and that this was an enemy attack. How does that
translate into people's lives? I mean, just in
the normal dailies? Well, more and more these
days, every single thought of mine comes back
to, I'm not in control of this. Now that doesn't
mean that in the waiting, we're not supposed
to be doing things. That doesn't mean you sit
on your blessed assurance. But first just knowing
that knowing that that I'm not really in control
whatever is happening is for a reason In this
case, it was pretty obvious anything that I mean
man I'll tell you another story. The enemy does
not like me doing this. That's just clear there
Yeah, and so once you and it comes back to my
Ephesians, you know, this is a spiritual war
and These are wars happening in a whole different
realm that we can't necessarily see I'm like,
okay this makes nothing but sense that, you know,
there's something going on. And I really believe
that computers, you know, it's natural because
it comes from sand, it is silicon, you know,
no two chips are the same. So there's got to
be some kind of connection to the natural world
through these things. So easily friable, you
know, you can create some energy and fry that.
I mean, really a power brick, are you kidding
me? How many times does that happen in your life?
That really is how I look at things and increasingly,
I recognize this for myself. Like, wait a minute,
I'm not in control of this. And then I'll pray
right away. And of course, the most important
thing is when it is resolved, I pray out of gratitude
and thanks. Absolutely. And just like, oh yeah,
man, this is awesome. Thank you. Can I give a
little caveat to that? Yeah, please. Because
this is a hard thing I've learned. Most of my
lessons, just quite frankly, I've learned the
hard way. I rarely just get something by osmosis
from somebody else. It's usually you have to
be in a trench or in a ditch or behind a door
and figure it out. But I learned to, when I pray
for or about something, especially in the middle
of a crisis or a meltdown or technical or mechanical,
I thank God in advance. Thank you that you're
going to take care of this. Thank you that you're
in control. Father, I thank you that you're answering
my prayer. Even as I'm praying right now, you're
already orchestrating events. and atoms and molecules
and things and elements to come together to bring
this about. And so I've learned to do that with
just about everything. People I pray for, I thank
in advance for what God's going to do in their
lives. That's just extending your faith out beyond
the moment into a future probability. And this
is what I think is the hardest for non -believers
to hear and to see. It's like, come on, man,
this isn't logical. You're praying to some sky
daddy. Like, okay, you know, this is what faith
is. This is what believing is. That, to me, is
the core. And not always immediately, but it
always works out. Not always the way I want it,
but I'm still here. Every single day, everything
works out. That's why we pray, your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
His will, not ours. Yes. Because we definitely
have a will, don't we? We do. It can be very
strong. We do. Especially when you're in the
middle of a meltdown. That's why I think it's
good to unpack this a little bit with you for
our listeners because... You know, people can
see, can hear a voice over the, over the air,
over the internet or whatever, and think, think
you live a charmed life. You know, you just got
it all together. Everything works. Every time
you fire it up, you know, your car always starts,
you know, everything works, you know, every day
is Friday. But the truth is it's not like that.
Hard things come, trouble comes. It's, it's not
that we live any different in terms of things
happening. It's just. We now have the ability
and the empowerment to engage those things with
faith, with hope, with love. And that changes
how we engage, changes how we deal with situations.
I'm counseling a couple of brothers right now
online as we're talking. They produced a movie
documentary that you know about. And they've
got one guy who's a part of that world who's
just gone rogue and dark and he's hammering them
online and accusing them of things. And it's
totally off. And yet he's a big detox Christian
talk and Christianese all the time. And I was
just encouraging them, hey, man, stay the course,
never react, return hate with love. Love will
always win. I'm so proud of you guys. But man,
they've not been in the spotlight. Hardly ever.
I just said, brothers, I said this, I said, I've
learned the hard way after 40 years in the public
eye, when you're over the target, you become
the target. It's so true. And really, that's
what you're saying is, man, the devil really
hates me doing this stuff, because I'm feeling
that resistance. Oh, and earlier in the week
on Monday, it was quite an honor, actually, I
was asked to be part of a discussion about the
Young Washington movie. And that was for Angel
Studios. They're doing an A -250, America 250
series. So that movie's a part of it. And so
the writers were on and they asked me to be on,
which it was kind of weird, other than I've seen
it and I have opinions about it. Your trusted
voice. Well, thank you. That's kind of you to
say. And so these Angel Studios has been doing
these for a while. They know how to do interviews
with people. They know how to set it up. They've
got a studio, obviously, Angel Studios. We get
ready. We're chatting. We're good to go. Hit
record. Whole thing starts to fall apart. And
they can't figure it out. And I'm like... Did
you say it's because I'm on? No, I said, the
enemy doesn't like this kind of talk. So you
got to pray over the equipment. Good for you,
brother. I couldn't hear what they were doing,
but... it got resolved. But this happens all
the time, all the time. You can almost set your
clock by it. I'm like, ah, not today, Satan.
You can try, you can try. You're not going to
win. It'll eventually all resolve itself. And
it does. If you think about it, the MO of the
enemy is just like the MO of what you and I have
been talking a lot about in that social media.
And that's this insane attempt to steal your
attention. And your joy. your joy, to divert
your attention, to get something out of you or
away from you. And we see that play out in social
media and whatnot. And people do it and they
don't even realize they're doing it. I think
a lot of people don't realize they're just playing
the game. You know, I got to do this to get more
clicks, likes, comments, and followers. Or just
feel recognized. Or just be seen, be noticed.
It's not even for that kind of cloud. It's just
notice me. Just to be validated. So I only really
look at Twitter. X and I know every single time
I look at it I'm gonna see something negative
and I've noticed the algorithm because if you
look at the comments, they're not always in chronological
order and Interesting. So whenever I whenever
I post it, it's usually just a new show That's
all I really ever post there. The fourth comment
will be the negative one and it's not the fourth
in order of age. So that's what the algorithm
does. It's like, oh, I feel good. Nice one. Thank
you. Create friction. Yeah, which creates more
feedback. And everybody's in a pecking contest.
And it's a lot less sophisticated than people
think. It really is. Tina's figured out her Instagram
algo because she'll search for one thing and
say, oh. I'm in the shoe, I'll go, oh, I'm in
the cottage cheese, I'll go. I'm in the Maltese
puppy, I'll go. And then eventually it goes away
if you stop looking at it or you look at something
else. But it's really, it's not that sophisticated.
It's pretty obvious, but that's the same with
you showing an interest for controversy or someone
counted to your opinion. Then it only gets worse
and worse and worse and worse. You go down the
rabbit hole. Nothing surprising there. So speaking
of social media and how people are looking at
What is what the mainstream media is trying to
call the war of choice? Have you noticed this
this theme the lingo? Yeah, it's the war. It's
a war of choice. It's always the way it's framed
right and Framing matters where it's kind of
interesting to see that, you know for all these
decades Did we really even realize that the Strait
of Hormuz was that important that the whole world
would fall apart over it? Which actually hasn't
happened in the United States. Yes, our gas is
more expensive. Actually, I think it went down
about 20 cents. And you know that there's clearly
other things at play. And I say this because
what has happened in certainly in the United
States is there's this And I think young people
believe this 100%. The 85 % who believe it are
all in that Israel controls our government and
Netanyahu controls Trump. This is just what people
believe. This is why we have this big split in
the conservative commentator. Pado Sphere, if
I can call it that. Pado Sphere, you know, with
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Megan Kelly, you
know, Megan Kelly lamenting with Sean Ryan, like,
you know, they own everything, which is de facto
quite. ridiculous. We've talked about that, about
APAC and how small and insignificant APAC is
compared to the National Association of Realtors
or AARP, the biggest lobby in the world. There's
old people. Oil industry lobbies. It's not even
as big as the realtors. The realtors is much,
much bigger than the oil lobby. There's also
the NRA and there's all kinds of lobbying going
on. the amount of money that we're you know,
we're sending to Israel, which is very very insignificant
in the grand scheme so this war is seen as And
it's I kind of dispute that it's a war I mean
that we don't have troops fighting each other
people have died our own troops have died But
it doesn't mean it's not important. It's like
a chess game is what it looks like to me from
the outside looking in It's definitely a chess
game and and Israel is also a piece of the chess
game now The reason why I'm bringing this up
and why I want to play a few clips is I was reading
I think the you version was doing the Beatitudes
This week and so the seventh I believe it is
is blessed are the peacemakers Should we be saying
blessed or blessed? Yes. Blessed sounds so much
more biblical. Blessed are the peacemakers. I
know it does. I wrote this down and I forgot
actually what is the scripture for blessed are
the peacemakers. Matthew chapter 5 verse 9. Thank
you. I wrote it down and I realized I'd written
down blessed are the peacekeepers. I grew up
in Europe and we had Yugoslavia, in essence,
just blew apart. The US was a part of that too,
but then it became Bosnia -Herzegovina and it
was... partially a religious issue, but a lot
more political and as always about resources
and turf, etc. But in came the blue helmets and
the blue helmets are the United Nations troops,
which is kind of a weird thing. You don't hear
too much about them anymore, but they literally
have blue helmets and they are known as the peacekeeping
force. And so, even though I read clearly Peacemakers,
peacekeepers is what registered in my mind and
As I'm and it struck me right away and this I
had to do kind of a deeper dive on this like
What exactly is a peacemaker? Is a peacemaker
just someone who says hey guys calm down. Everything's
gonna be okay Or does a peacemaker have to go
through certain motions to create peace perhaps
in a region where there has been no peace for
100 or 200 or more years. Is there any explanation
or any analog in Scripture that you can think
of for the term peacemaker? Well, I mean, I'm
looking at some explanation right now on one
of my Bible programs, and I asked the question,
can the word peacemakers in Matthew 5 .9 be translated
to peacekeepers? And it says, the short answer,
not really. The Greek word, and I'm going to
try to pronounce this with my Texas accent to
be butchering, means those who make or create
peace, not those who merely maintain or keep
it. That's another level. Make or create peace.
Ooh, that's rich. So that's where my mind went,
because I also looked at that Greek word and
it's like a whole bunch of E's and I's with weird
squiggly lines over it. I don't know if you have
a phonetic pronunciation guide. I'm looking at
it right now. Usually I take a stab at Greek,
but this is a very long word. Is that it? Well,
rene means peace. Irene and it's this equivalent
of the Hebrew Shalom, but it's Greek means peace.
So there's the front end of that piece and then
the Irene so it's Irene no poya poyo poyo poyo
so the definition I got of it is Disrupts the
broken status quo to forge a new one and I'm
like, wow, okay So, there's something else to
the idea of creating peace. Now, what is the
second part of Matthew 5, 9? For blessed be the
peacemakers. For they shall be called the sons
of God. Thank you. Wow. So, I can already hear
someone going, oh man, are they calling Trump
God, Son of God? No, no, no. I wasn't even thinking
about Trump. I know you were because of the straights
and all that. I went right to us as sons and
daughters of God. I mean, although that's on
a larger level, I get you. So I'm just saying
that doesn't have to be the default. This is
about us, all of us. But there's also a lot of
believers who think that Trump is controlled.
And I think he's controlled by one thing and
one thing only, which is the same thing that
controls my life and your life. And that's ABBA.
So let's just hear how that control that people
think about is working out in real life. A key
piece of President Trump's 2024 campaign was
no new wars. You guys remember this? This is
the setup, obviously. This is MSNBC. So you can
hear what's been this. And there's no difference
between left -wing media and right -wing media.
extreme left and extreme right in this particular
regard. NBC's Kristen Welker asked him about
that during their interview last week. One of
your consistent campaign promises was no new
wars going all the way back to 2015. Did you
break that promise to the American people? I
had to stop a country, very powerful, very dangerous
country, from having a nuclear weapon. What changed
because you insisted no new wars? If I didn't
guarantee no war, why would I have built the
strongest military in the world? I built our
military. I inherited a terrible military. We
had no equipment. We had nothing. I built a tremendous
military. Biden gave a lot of it away, but it's
still a relatively small portion compared to
what I built. But you said it over and over again,
Mr. Trump. Why would I build a military? The
thing is, there's a lot, a lot of video of him
from 2024 saying some version of no wars or no
new wars. Take a look. So we are going to, we
are going to make sure there's no wars. We don't
want to have wars. I call them endless wars.
With our victory in November, the years of war,
weakness and chaos will be over. I don't... have
wars. We had no wars. I could stop wars with
a telephone call. I could stop wars with just
a telephone call. It properly stated it would
never start. No more wars, no more disruptions.
We will have prosperity and we will have peace.
Under Trump, we will have no more wars, no more
disruptions that we will have prosperity and
peace for all. This is what happens with campaign
promises. You get called on it, right? You get
called on it. And rightly so. And so having a
new war, being a peacemaker, perhaps two different
things. Is it a war of choice or is he being
a peacemaker? Well, first, let's dive into the
This was all done for Israel Netanyahu told him
to do it. He was sitting there in the In the
what is it the situation room? He was at the
head of the table. This has all been written
in the New York Times There's no wow no surprise
no pictures or actual evidence of it is just
here's a source Yeah, you know Trump was pushing
his chair in at the table Yeah, he's a hospital
hospitality guy. That's he's like that for everybody.
But anyway, let's see how it's working out. Israel
and Iran have now appeared to back away from
further escalation just hours after the two nations
exchanged fire for the first time since the US
brokered April truce. Now we have to bear in
mind that this is Israel now attacking Lebanon,
which yes, there's proxies in there has Bala
of Iran. But meanwhile, the president is waiting
or working on some peace treaty or some deal
with Iran, and this is going on in the sidelines.
Axios cites two Israeli officials who say Israel
was preparing for the biggest wave of strikes
on Iran since the ceasefire took hold when President
Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
and asked him to stop the strikes. The president
told Axios, quote, I said, Bibi, you better be
careful or you will be on your own very soon.
After the call, the outlet reports Netanyahu
told his senior military commanders to cancel
the strikes. So who's in control here? Why would
they even report on it? Because they know that
they feel like this is a scoop. And I'm pretty
sure it's true, or at least the information about
it was leaked purposely to them, also to ABC.
This after President Trump posting on social
media early Monday morning that Israel and Iran
are looking to do an immediate ceasefire and
claiming that broader negotiations for peace
are proceeding. But over the weekend, the two
countries traded intense strikes. Iran firing
multiple waves of ballistic missiles at northern
Israel, saying it was in retaliation after Israel
launched strikes against Iranian -backed Hezbollah
in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. President
Trump in a series of interviews on Sunday sending
a message to Israel. to hold its fire. This isn't
the first time that he has called Netanyahu and
said, dude, you got to stop this. This was also
a report this was from two weeks ago. And according
to Axios, President Trump just yesterday unloaded
on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
over this with expletives flying over the phone.
Axios reports that Trump demanded that Netanyahu
back off. his plans to take his attacks and offensive
against Hezbollah straight to the center of Beirut.
A U .S. official summarized the call this way
to Axios, that Trump told Netanyahu, quote, you're
effing crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't
for me. This is what you say to someone who controls
you, obviously. And the part that no one has
reported that was in the Axios piece was that
he said, you're the reason everybody hates Israel
right now. Wow. Now, why no one reported on that
is, I mean, why bother, right? Right, right.
So I'm not really believing the Trump is controlled
by Netanyahu or he did this only for Israel.
In fact, here comes the peacemaker part, because
this has been going on since his first administration.
And it's a little thing called the Abraham Accords.
Very difficult to even find a current clip about
the Abraham Accords. This is from WION, I think,
so a bit of an Indian accent, but it just gives
you the brief layup of it. Well, Abraham Accords
are a set of agreements brokered by US that aim
to normalize diplomatic relations between Israel
and several Arab states. The pact was announced
in 2020 during Donald Trump's first term as president.
UAE and Bahrain were the first Arab nations to
sign the deal and to recognize Israel as a state
since Jordan in 1994. After the UAE and Bahrain,
Morocco and Sudan also joined the Accords. However,
Sudan has yet to ratify the pact. Kazakhstan
formally joined the grouping on the 6th of November.
That's just last year. And that makes it the
first nation to join the Accords in Trump's second
term. So this is pretty legendary, where you
have Arab Muslim nations coming into agreement
with Israel. There's only one person who that
doesn't benefit, by the way, Benjamin Netanyahu,
because without war, he's very vulnerable for
his position. So you kind of got to look at his
actions and say well Why is he trying to disrupt
something and then why is president Trump telling
him? Hey, bro, and you got to stand down so the
final piece and I think this is why it's taking
so long to get this deal together of What the
peacemaker is doing is this I would like to have
the countries we were talking about with Saudi
Arabia UAE Guitar and the others we'd like to
have them immediately join the NC. Woodcock is
working on that with Jared and some others, but
would like to have them join the Abraham Accords.
It'll be historic if they do it. I think they
owe that to us, to be honest. I think because
that really would be a tremendous sign. And I
think those countries owe it to us. Steve, are
you going to get them to sign? We're definitely
pushing it, Mr. President. I'm not sure we should
make the deal if they don't sign. You want to
know the truth? If they don't sign to join the
Abrahamic course, I don't know that we, you know,
we have countries in there already. UAE, great,
great countries, bold countries. It's turned
out to be so good, so effective. And so we're
requesting strongly that they join. It'll be
great. It'd be great for Saudi Arabia. It'd be
great for Qatar and Kuwait, the whole group.
So the Iran deal might be contingent on more
countries joining. I don't want to say that.
I'm not going to give you what's contingent,
what's not. He just said that, but OK, I'm not
going to tell you what I'm doing or not. But
I think that's truly the idea here. And Iran
will be one thing, but Saudi Arabia, home to
Mecca and Medina, to be in these accords and
to, hey, you know, we may not agree on a lot
of things and we have some cultural differences.
By the way, Arabs and Israelis have lived together
forever. And friends who I know in Israel say,
well, yeah, you know, they're all kind of coexisting.
There's a whole Arab quarter in the old Jerusalem,
the old city that you walk through. They're trading
their wares just like everybody else. So I think
that's what's going on here. And again, I take
nothing for granted when things pop up in my
daily devotional or something and it hits me
like I'm like, blessed be the peacemakers, not
the peacekeepers. So, you know, yeah, he said
no more wars, no more endless wars, but maybe
this was a great opportunity. Well, and I will
I want to caveat that with don't make this jump
that Adam Curry is stating that President Trump
is the son of God. No, please. He is one of billions.
I know you're not saying that, but I know how
people take this stuff and run. That's okay.
That'll be number four on X. It'll be right there.
Or some Dutch guy rolling his eyes. You're like,
oh boy, oh brother. I can't believe he said that.
But I just wanted to put it into context because
it gets so convoluted and so myopic, so constricted
down to a worldview that is, well, that's just
it. We might as well not vote because Israel
controls everything. I'm like, no, it's really,
it's ludicrous when you look at the facts of
it. What started that jumping on that train?
I know Candice was yacking for... She's been
yakking for the last few years, but why, why
Megan? Why Tucker? Why are they jumping on this
train? It came from Massey. AIPAC has been, that's
the American -Israeli Political Action. It's
not a PAC. It's not like a political action committee.
It has a different acronym. But it's a lobbyist,
large lobby group, right? And it's Jewish Americans.
And so the biggest complaint has been that AIPAC
should register under FARA, the Foreign Agent
Registry Act, that they are really acting on
behalf of Israel. Now, is it a stretch to say
that Jewish Americans want certain policies or
laws based upon their... homeland, or their ancestral
land, or their friends or family, or on behalf
of Israel. It's not such a stretch, but it is
not literally the Israeli government controlling
the money. It's Jewish American money, just like
there's Arab lobby groups, et cetera. I think
we went through that on a previous show about
how they separated all of that out. When Thomas
Massey went on Tucker Carlson, he made true statements
by saying, you've got to know, man, that AIPAC
has a lobbyist, a person for every single member
of Congress and the Senate. And that was, oh,
what? That's my Tucker laugh. That was a good
one. That was good. You know, like, oh, this
is crazy. But you know, again, Yes, so does the
National Association of Realtors, etc. But tie
that in with thousands of years of the Jews are
responsible for everything wrong in my life.
It's not that hard to take that. And of course,
at this certain point, it became okay to say
these things out loud. I can't exactly pinpoint
that, but it came after October 7. Which is so
bizarre to me. I mean, I'm sorry. I'm outside
looking and I'm going, These people got brutally
attacked and kidnapped in brutality beyond human
imagination. But they're the enemy? Well, it
was the retaliation. The retaliation and how
that was portrayed. genocide, but this had been
going on for a long time on the left side of
the political spectrum with boycott, divest,
and sanction, the BDS having universities sell
their stock, all of this stuff. And it just bled
over in some form of audience capture. It's hard
to pinpoint how these things work exactly. But
it's amazing how it spreads so quickly and all
of a sudden you've got a next generation, a lot
of them coming to Christ, coming to Jesus. I
mean, we see some amazing things happening in
the next gen, but also we see this push, particularly
in females, way to the left. And they're articulating
this, you know, the river to the seas and all
the mountain to the seas and all this stuff.
And it's like, they've just bought it hook line
and sinker. But if you were to sit one down and
say, tell me exactly why you think what that
means, and tell me why exactly you feel like
the Jews are doing all this. All they can do
is cite podcasters. Right. And what they will
say is, well, why are we sending all this money
to Israel and I can't afford my rent? And the
answer is Look at the actual numbers. I looked
them up today and it ends in 2028 and they're
doing some things to change that. It's 3 .3 billion
dollars a year. Well, we've sent 38 billion dollars
to Israel over the past 15 years. We send 150
billion within two years to Ukraine. There you
go. Which isn't even something we're remotely
involved in. Exactly. And we've said before that
3 .3 billion is You know, that whole annual budget,
which is spent on U S military equipment is about
three weeks of snap benefits. So, you know, you
have to put the money in perspective. Um, it's
just, it's become people parrot stuff. They,
and particularly if you've got your favorite
podcasters, I know how hard this is because when
I say, well, this is just not true. the hate
I get, and I've been listening for 10 years,
I can't listen anymore, boomer take, you know,
everything you can imagine, like, okay, well,
but I'm not going to buckle because this is just
the truth. And I can go way back. I think we've
done some of that. You can go back to the 70s
and explain. how Israel got involved and why
we set it up after Vietnam. We didn't want our
kids dying, get some people in the desert to
fight our wars. I mean, it's not like we're innocent
as a country in the setup of this, but it's become
a thing. And remember one of the last things
Charlie Kirk did that we had on recording and
we played where he was asking Gen Z, are you
an anti -Semite? And they said, no, I just don't
think we should be sending all this money to
Israel. But if you're going to call me an anti
-Semite, I might as well, if I'm going to be
accused of the crime, I might as well just do
the crime. So, you know, no one has helped in
any way in this conversation. But it's dumb because
the evidence isn't there. And ultimately, Netanyahu
is responsible for what he does. But I see a
very good outlook and picture. If Saudi Arabia
signs onto this, and I have a feeling they will,
Iran almost won't matter. By the way, Iran, I
mean, the school kids are protesting. You look
at, because the internet opened back up. They
went, oh, we'll turn the internet back on for
whatever reason. And so the high school kids,
they're out there protesting saying, we're done
with these mullahs. Not a lot of hijabs on the
girls' heads. It does not like bombs and, you
know, rubble everywhere. This is, you know, when
you think of war, this is not exactly what you're
seeing in that, in Iran or Tehran or anywhere
really. This is a very small, small theater,
which is just about the Hormuz Straits. And we're
keeping it closed. We're keeping it closed because
we're going to be okay. And we'll see if they...
If they come to the table, I keep predicting
before July 4th, I think I know the president
well enough. You're like, I gotta get this done
by July 4th. Maybe he's waiting a little bit.
But meanwhile, oil just keeps going down no matter
what happens and gas prices come down. So it's
not exactly what people predicted it would be.
But most importantly, just calm down everybody.
Let's get on our knees and fight like men and
women of God. That's not just some anecdote.
This is what moves things. It moves nations.
It moves atmospheres. It moves people. We have
the ability to move things. I read a book years
ago. It was in college, Wesley Duell. I'm trying
to remember the title. It hit me when I'm not
thinking about it. You can pray for any place
in the world, and it's as though you're there.
So, if you're praying for what's going on in
Iran and Israel and Persia, for lack of a better
term sometimes, if you're praying for that, it's
literally as though you were standing on that
ground praying. You don't have to go there to
pray for it to be any more powerful than praying
where you are. It was called Retouch the World
Through Prayer is what it was, the book. where
he talks about all these stories of prayer where
people couldn't always travel and go to other
places, but they could pray for them. And they
would pray fervently and God would move. And
this is where we've got to get back to as believers
and sons and daughters of God to say, my prayers
matter. What I say matters. I'm not just moving
molecules in space. Even physically speaking,
in terms of physics, when you say something,
it It's forever. We think the internet captures
something forever. That's just what you can see.
But what you don't see are the sound waves that
continue to reverberate. When I pray a prayer,
it's going. The concept that a butterfly flapping
its wings in one part of the world can cause
a tornado somewhere else. Well, we can cause
an F5 somewhere else in prayer. It's what I've
been pounding this drum for three plus years.
political problem, we have a spiritual problem.
When we get that right, it's amazing how other
things will line up. It's really cool to think
of it that way because it's really like the internet.
You can type something on your computer here
and it shows instantaneously clear across the
globe. Prayer works the same way. It does. Absolutely.
It's already there. There is no time space. you
know, just to quote back to the future. So, there
is nothing. There's nothing to, in the spiritual
realm, there's no walls. There's nothing resisting
or, well, there is resistance. We know, of course,
there is that. But it doesn't stop. And so, we
can stand and pray. And here's the thing, you
know, I don't have to agree with Massad or IDF
or any of the things that are going on over there
to pray for them and to pray that way for peace,
for shalom, because that's what God told us to
pray. Yes, there it is. You know, Texas Slim
came through town and he actually got into his
program that he needed to get into. He had some
physical problems. So, pray for Texas Slim for
his physical health. That's an answer to prayer
right there. Are you kidding me? Yeah, right
on. And even though he has some stuff that he
has to go into medical care for, he's always
thinking, and he's always thinking about young
American men. And he sent me something that he's
been working on for a while. He calls it the
cowboy code, ancient wisdom for modern men. And
I asked, I said, man, can I share this on the
show? He said, yes, please. And so he has 12,
go figure, he has 12 scripture, piece of scripture,
and the way he sees them. And so I wanted to
share that we can talk about each one. As iron
sharpens iron, we hold these truths to be our
standard stewardship. The Lord God took the man
and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it
and take care of it. That's Genesis 2 .15. So
he's thinking like a rancher in how we should
be But I think you can translate that to everything
we do as men. He's not thinking in terms of climate
change. He's thinking in terms of stewarding
what God has given us the green light to do.
Expertise. Know well the condition of your flocks
and give attention to your herds. Proverbs 27,
23, which, again, doesn't just apply to cattle.
It can apply to anything. It can apply to being
a pastor, really. Or your own family. Excellence.
Whatever you do, work hardily as for the Lord
and not for men. Colossians 3 .23. This is something
I've been working on real hard. Like, I'm doing
this for God. I'm not doing it for me. I'm not
doing it for, you know, I hope it works for other
people, but that, you know, really do not be
confused with perfectionism. And that's easily
done. Yeah, we'll break that down. Well, if something
is excellent, it's got to be perfect. No, no,
no, no. It just means it's given the best you've
got towards something and then trusting God with
the rest. Transparency. Let what you say be simply
yes or no. Anything more than this comes from
evil. Man, I've fallen prey to this a lot in
the past. Like, yeah, maybe I'll work on that.
Say yes or no. It's usually better than something
wishy -washy. Integrity. Whoever walks in integrity
walks securely, but he who makes his way crooked
will be found out." Proverbs 10 -19. That's pretty
much always true, I'd say. Honor. For we aim
at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight,
but also in the sight of man. 2 Corinthians 8
-21. Do you have anything to say about that one?
Well, I just think about the preamble to the
Declaration of Independence. We pledge our lives,
our fortunes, and our sacred honor. Yes, good
one. Brotherhood, of course, my favorite is iron
sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
That's Proverbs 27 .17. I'd point out that sharpening
an iron, if you're really doing it right, includes
sparks. Absolutely. Friction, sparks, heat, all
of the above. So it's not just like, hey, yo,
bro, I agree with you. Oh, it's pretty. That's
not how it works. Courage, be watchful, stand
firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1
Corinthians 16, 13, 1 Corinthians. Tina was rubbing
me about that. The other said, 2 Corinthians.
She said, you mean 2 Corinthians? Oh, whatever.
She said, I'm European. Exactly. Steadfastness
be strong and courageous for the Lord your God
is with you wherever you go Joshua 1 9 stay the
course Mentorship in everything set them an example
by doing what is good Titus 2 7 8 put down your
screens parents. That's that's how you get that's
the best. That's the shortest Yeah, what you
need will lead Discipleship the student is not
above the teacher, but everyone who is fully
trained will be like their teacher This is a
tough one from Luke 6 for a lot of people to
wrap their head around. Well, the way I see that,
first of all, you have to break down the word
disciple. Another aberration of that is discipline.
So again, it goes back to that excellence piece,
integrity piece. When you have discipline, you
become impervious to the enemy. I heard a Satanist
say this recently. She said the thing that when
she was in Satanism that they fear the most is
a Christian who's disciplined. because they're
unmovable. Where was this that you were listening
to a Satanist? Just hanging out on the street
corner, man. Hey, what's up? Hey, I like your
pentagram. So you went to Austin, is that what
you're saying? Okay, I'm sorry, Austin. Actually,
I wasn't Austin. But anyway, no, it wasn't Austin.
But anyway, she was writing, and I'm a Substack
freak. I'm really enjoying Substack. But she
was writing and talking about how now she's radically
saved. She's all on fire for Jesus. But she said
she feels like the Lord allowed her to go through
that 10 -year period so that she can now come
out and say, this is what's happening and this
is what works. Wow. Discipline. Wow. Discipleship.
It all works together. And 12, finally, justice.
Surely the righteous will never be shaken, Psalm
112, 5 to 6. Just a nice, nice list. Solid. And
you mentioned Substack. So as we start to get
our game together here, we're going to integrate
the podcast with Substack. I think Tina and I
are looking at some of the capabilities. We had
a nice little hangout as we solidified our partnership
with the girls. Yeah, that's great. Was that
Monday? Yeah, it was Monday. No, it was Tuesday.
It was Monday. I don't remember what day is today.
Is it Wednesday still? Today is Wednesday. I
know, me too. Hey, I'm on vacation. It's all
running together right now. I know, I know. And
also, so we really want, because it's such a
nice social network that it's turned into something
different than how it started out. Oh really?
I mean, it was really just... It started out
as really email lists. You write something, you
can send it to email, you can subscribe to the
email, you can pay for the subscription. Then
they added these notes and other things and it
became more of a social appreciation network.
Yeah, it really is. It's positive. host and start,
not that we're going to host our podcast with
them, but it's now common to have a podcast integrated.
I kind of like it. I think it's a cool system.
I'm impressed. I got to read this note from Shelly
Carpenter on Substack. She reached out. She said,
I absolutely love we get to do this as do my
pre and teenagers 12 and 13. They enjoy listening
and without a doubt, questions ensue. We are
a grateful family. We love that. What really
landed with me on that was that a 12 and 13 year
old are listening to us. I felt the weight from
that in a good way. I even told Annette, I said,
that really makes me think through even in a
different level what I'm saying, how I'm responding,
because the next generation, if they're listening,
I want to make sure that what I'm saying is going
to be helpful for them too. Yes. Not just for
mom and dad. Keep the stay the course brother.
I think I think we're doing okay, man Really,
you know these 12 and out to the carpenter family
man He's 12 and 13 year olds and not like we
were when we were 12 and 13 We were kind of moronic.
I'd say we were dumb you think Yeah, it's a different.
It's a little different now. We're very different.
So with that we got a note from Charles Charles
steel and He he says he listed the show. He loved
it. He doesn't just love the show. He absolutely
loves the show But in 2017, his daughter Viola
was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. It's
pulmonary vein stenosis. I'm sure someone out
there is going, oh boy. She's had several heart
surgeries. He said 14. Yeah, a lot. A lot. But
he is asking for discernment in a decision that
they have to make about an operation. Should
they do it or shouldn't they do it? pros and
cons to everything. He sent a prayer flare, basically,
for his daughter Viola, but also for discernment
for them. Do you want to just pray for them real
quick, brother, so we all can do that? We're
praying for Viola, and he sent some pictures
of her, too. Just a beautiful, beautiful child.
I mean, just heart -wrenching, really, from a
daddy, granddad. It's all in my heart. So, Father,
we lift up Viola right now, and Charles and his
family, as they make this this very weighty decision,
this weight that they're carrying, Lord, Your
Word says that Your yoke is easy, Your burden
is light. So I'm asking, Lord, that You would
just completely infuse this decision with Your
wisdom, with Your guidance. Your Word tells them
and tells us that we have the mind of Christ,
that we hold the thoughts, feelings, and purposes
of Your heart. And so, Lord, as they make this
decision, I'm asking as a family, that they would
be able to go into this confident. I just appreciated
Charles' spirit even in the way he wrote. I was
lifted up. I was encouraged. I was strengthened
by his writing and just his faith. And so, Lord,
we hold his family before you. We ask, Father,
for a favor that you would do what only you could
do for Viola's heart and for her life and extend
her life, Lord, that she would live and not die.
Give her peace. give their family peace, Charles'
peace, in Jesus' name. We pray and we thank you
in advance for the answer. We thank you in advance
for the wisdom. Thank you in advance that the
decision they make will be the one that's your
heart, in Jesus' name. Amen. That's a new way.
I like that, in advance. That's what we talked
about at the very beginning. Instead of ending
with just amen, thank the Lord for what's going
to happen in advance. Yes. Okay, we learned something
new. We learned every day. Every single show.
Man, I had so many other things. We'll just move
on. I know. There's always stuff too. What did
you have that? Because I always feel like I buffalo
right in. No, no, no, no, no. Brother, listen.
You got to remind me so we do some of this stuff
on the next step. You know what we need? Eventually,
we need another day. That's where this is going
to come down to. Brother, OK. I'm serious. We've
got too much to say. Yeah, we do. Too much good.
And every day, there's something else we could
add to the world, I think. Well, just watch the
news. So this morning, I want to do this very
short. Sure. This morning. As I get up in the
morning, well, I got up at 4 .55 this morning.
I'm like, okay, Lord, apparently you have something
to say, something to do. So I went ahead and
got up, me and Mr. Chevy. And so I sat down and
I just pulled out my Bible, my trusty Bible,
and just started reading through. There's a couple
of places where my Bible just falls open to.
It's done it so much. It's like Harry Potter's
book. Well, I don't know about that. I think
this is really creased there, but anyway, it's
in Colossians, and you know my heart for Colossians.
Colossians 3 says this, and Colossians 3 .1,
if you then were raised with Christ, seek those
things which are above where Christ is, sitting
at the right hand of God. Man, if that's not
good enough, the next verse was the one that
sealed the deal for me. Set your mind on things
above not on things on the earth. Amen So I did
a little deep dive because I had some time this
morning hours And I just jumped into that that
whole idea of what does it mean to set your mind?
And it literally means to fix your attention
upon your focus So I wrote this daily grind and
I called it first things first and I want to
share this because I think this might help somebody
It helped me this morning just as I sort of thought
out loud with my with my keyboard I accidentally
caught a couple of headlines early this morning
when I turned on my computer. That's all I had
to do was just awaken. Yeah, just move the mouse.
And there I was, you know? I said, bing, bing,
bing, notifications. As I turned on my computer
to write today's devotional, I could feel the
pull to click and keep reading. Most everything
that comes across your screen is screaming for
your attention. The next news story, the next
breaking headline, the next hyperlink, all designed
to capture you. Not just your attention, but
you. Paul was crystal clear when he wrote, set
your minds on things above. This is a call to
a deeper place of knowing Jesus more fully, eliminating
distractions and focusing your attention on Him.
This was such a wake -up call when I was waking
up because I got my brand new cup of coffee.
I mean, I'm barely, you know, and I hit my mouse
and my screen comes on. And there's all those
notifications just saying, Look at me. Look at
me. Alert. Alert. Breaking news. So if you're
reading this and now if you're listening to this,
you have no doubt already been dopamine bombed
by alerts, notifications, and headlines. Resist
it. Resist it. Scripture before screens. I said,
put down your screen and pick up your Bible.
And brother, I just want to end with that today
because As I floated that out on different platforms,
here I am part of the problem, right? Alert,
pay attention to me, my daily grinds. This is
important. I feel so weird, doesn't it? It's
meta. It totally is. But what was interesting
is feedback I got from people just almost instantly
is, I did that this morning. That happened to
me this morning. Because it happens to all of
us. Of course it does. By design, it happens
to us. So just a caution, stay the course. Pick
up your Bible. That's what I did. My real Bible,
not my screen Bible. I've been doing that a lot
more. This is really, that's why I have it with
me today. That's the only way to avoid what's
happening on the screen. If it's only you version,
you're going to get a buzz, a bing, a boop, a
notification, and it's going to distract and
be like, I do turn off all my notifications when
I go to bed. Especially in the mornings. Yeah,
my stuff doesn't do anything at night. So it's
just when I When you move that screen. I accidentally
with my coffee go bump my mouse and all of a
sudden the world's screaming. I literally laughed
out loud. I said, I know what you're doing. I
caught you and I just ignored it. But that's
why I wrote that. I love it. I know people struggle
because it's by design. Hey, we love you guys
and we so appreciate everybody who's listening
to the show. Your encouragement helps. and it
motivates us to continue on. I mean, that one
about the kids listening and also the privilege
of praying for Viola and Charles and their family.
It's our privilege to do. We get to do this.
I have an idea. Let's do it again next week.
We get to do this then. See everybody. Have a
fantastic week. We get to do this This is a chance
we did not miss This is the life We get to do
this