WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.419 Father, we honor you. What a privilege it is 00:00:02.419 --> 00:00:05.700 to be before you. And we truly get to do this. 00:00:05.980 --> 00:00:08.259 And even as we do, we consecrate it to you, Lord, 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:11.339 that all that we do, all that we say would bring 00:00:11.339 --> 00:00:13.759 life, would bring hope, would bring inspiration 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:16.239 and encouragement to our listeners. And we pray 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.160 for them and bless them in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:24.179 Amen. It's Wednesday, July 1st, 2026. We get 00:00:24.179 --> 00:00:45.210 to do this. This is episode number 39. Last days 00:00:45.210 --> 00:00:47.810 of the vacation, my brother. I know. It's weird, 00:00:47.850 --> 00:00:51.509 but it's good because I'm so back in my heart 00:00:51.509 --> 00:00:55.009 and my mind. I had an opportunity this week and 00:00:55.009 --> 00:00:57.729 got a phone call from the hospital that one of 00:00:57.729 --> 00:01:01.210 our church members will go unnamed. went into 00:01:01.210 --> 00:01:03.789 the hospitals, had some complications, and she 00:01:03.789 --> 00:01:06.209 specifically requested that Annette and I come. 00:01:06.569 --> 00:01:08.390 She didn't know we're on vacation or whatever, 00:01:08.510 --> 00:01:11.829 and Annette said, let's go right now. We're in 00:01:11.829 --> 00:01:13.310 our gym clothes. We're getting ready to go to 00:01:13.310 --> 00:01:15.989 the gym. And Annette's like, we got to go. I 00:01:15.989 --> 00:01:18.930 was going to bring this up a little bit later 00:01:18.930 --> 00:01:22.829 in the podcast because I wanted people to know 00:01:22.829 --> 00:01:26.310 that you guys are first responders. I mean you 00:01:26.310 --> 00:01:28.709 really are and and I know that you were on your 00:01:28.709 --> 00:01:30.609 way because we got the same phone call as what 00:01:30.609 --> 00:01:32.569 was going on we're like and we're praying here 00:01:32.569 --> 00:01:35.370 and you know you're like well we're turning around 00:01:35.370 --> 00:01:37.829 we're going right over there and that is I don't 00:01:37.829 --> 00:01:40.170 know if people appreciate that if they ever think 00:01:40.170 --> 00:01:43.159 about that but man That was pretty awesome. You 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.760 truly are first responders. I so appreciate that. 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:49.939 But it's really our privilege to do it. And she 00:01:49.939 --> 00:01:52.260 was so gracious and just shocked that we showed 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:54.980 up. And then when she found out we're on vacation, 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:58.019 she's like, oh no, whoa, whoa, whoa. This is 00:01:58.019 --> 00:02:01.120 what we do. And then Annette said, no, this is 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:04.540 who we are. And I just said, absolutely, babe. 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:07.019 This is it. We get to do this. But what it did 00:02:07.019 --> 00:02:10.199 it. it rekindled because I've been in vacation 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:14.340 mode. Our church and our staff are so good about 00:02:14.340 --> 00:02:17.879 when we're gone, they know not to... I mean, 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.699 they're just so gracious. There's no phone calls, 00:02:20.819 --> 00:02:24.060 no emails, no nothing. Here and there, they're 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:27.500 tiny friends. But also we're that way with our 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:30.560 team. When we know they're gone, we don't send 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.740 them stuff. We don't loop them in unless it's 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:37.199 like an emergency or something. So anyway, She 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:39.280 was so sweet and so gracious and she was just 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.199 so shocked that we showed up on our vacay. We're 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:44.840 like, it doesn't matter. But for me, it reignited 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.360 my heart. I was like, I'm so ready to be back. 00:02:48.379 --> 00:02:52.319 It was a privilege and a pleasure. I'm glad that 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.659 you had a little bit of sun on the vacation because, 00:02:54.939 --> 00:02:57.300 man, if she saw your leg, she might go into cardiac 00:02:57.300 --> 00:03:01.900 arrest. Frightening. Frightening. I'm like, man, 00:03:01.900 --> 00:03:03.560 I'm glad I didn't have to show up in my shorts. 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:06.900 That would have been no good. I just think that's 00:03:06.900 --> 00:03:09.159 so amazing. Thank you, brother. You want to move 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.120 that wire? Is that in the way for you? It's bugging 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:15.120 me. Oh, yeah. Go ahead. We're in the Curry Compound 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.560 studio today. Tina and I are getting ready. That 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:21.669 would mean Tina has packed everything up. as 00:03:21.669 --> 00:03:25.250 we're leaving here in about, what about two and 00:03:25.250 --> 00:03:30.580 a half hours. We're off to Rotterdam. Yeah, man. 00:03:30.580 --> 00:03:32.879 I'm excited for you guys Yeah, well, we're hoping 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:35.280 that the baby will have the grandbaby will arrive 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:37.300 when we're there. That would be so nice gift 00:03:37.300 --> 00:03:41.020 This is OCD brother. I'm seeing Sorry, I need 00:03:41.020 --> 00:03:44.520 this one. I'm a musician some chords stage chords 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:51.000 Actually had to put the other mic arm on there 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.919 because the other one broke Oh, it has like a 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:57.800 little wire on the inside and it snapped The 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.919 little coil or whatever, the spring? Yeah, that's 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.240 a spring mechanism. That's odd. It's a design 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.759 flaw. Is this a new one? It's an old one. I'll 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:08.780 catch you. I think it's actually better. You've 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:10.960 got a few spares, so I know. I've got all kinds. 00:04:11.139 --> 00:04:14.180 Don't open that closet. No, no, no. Talking about 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:17.939 the closet. No, it has not been cleaned up. So 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:20.839 we're going over there and I don't know if we've 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:23.839 talked about it on the show, but Christina, my 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:27.800 daughter, and Kevin, who are expecting the granddaughter, 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.439 they've been doing a reality show for Dutch television. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:39.639 And in 2003, for a whole bunch of reasons, I 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.399 did a reality show with our family called Adam's 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:44.680 Family, and Christina was nine or 10 at the time. 00:04:45.699 --> 00:04:49.259 And it really was, there was like a huge legal 00:04:49.259 --> 00:04:51.459 issue with cash, and so I literally could not 00:04:51.459 --> 00:04:57.319 get money out of the ATM. It was a tax IRS in 00:04:57.319 --> 00:05:01.160 Holland and they later had to apologize, which 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:05.480 showed up on page 23 of the newspapers. The Curry's 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:08.879 in trouble is page one. So they literally, they 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:10.839 can do this in Holland. They can freeze everything, 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:13.360 all your accounts. It goes back to the shipping 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.779 days where they could block everything if a ship 00:05:16.779 --> 00:05:19.240 hadn't paid its dues or whatever. So it's kind 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.139 of an interesting law. So I literally could not 00:05:21.139 --> 00:05:23.920 get anything out of the ATM. Well, this is a 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:27.819 problem. But any new money, any new money would 00:05:27.819 --> 00:05:31.500 be okay. And I just seen the Osbournes, which 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:35.319 an old producer of mine at MTV had done, Greg 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:39.000 Johnson, and he, he literally had one camera, 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:41.759 some extra camera guy time. And he decided to 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:43.579 do this with the Osbournes. Of course, that became 00:05:43.579 --> 00:05:46.899 a big hit said, well, we can do that. And so 00:05:46.899 --> 00:05:51.740 we ate 13 episodes. And, you know, I locked it 00:05:51.740 --> 00:05:53.839 up. It's, you know, that's it. No one can ever 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.079 do any re -airs of it. You know, I have all the 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.000 rights. And so that's why it was just a one time 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.959 thing. And it was actually quite, I thought kind 00:05:59.959 --> 00:06:02.040 of, it was fun to do because I produced it with 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:05.120 two other people. We did it all ourselves. So 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:09.160 after that came a lot of family reality shows, 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.379 every singer family, everyone had a reality show. 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.399 And now 25 years later, they're doing. you know, 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:20.040 fill in the family name 2025, 2026, 25 years 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.339 later. And so they offered Kevin and Christina 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:26.180 to do this reality show. And I'm like, you know, 00:06:26.500 --> 00:06:28.560 it's not that much of a hassle. It's kind of, 00:06:28.699 --> 00:06:31.439 it's annoying, but it would be a great start, 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.120 you know, cause you, you know, you have a little 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.420 extra cash, you got the baby on the way and Tina 00:06:37.420 --> 00:06:39.660 and I will happily participate, which we have 00:06:39.660 --> 00:06:44.939 done. Now, as a part of that, We gave them some 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:48.259 rights to some of the old footage, which I have. 00:06:48.379 --> 00:06:51.639 Now, to say I have that means I have all the 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:53.959 original tapes, which is useless. You can't give 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.240 that to anybody because it's just all raw material. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:02.160 But I have five DVD sets. And so I needed to 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.100 bring those. And for the whole week, I was anxious 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:08.639 because I knew that eventually I'd have to go 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:13.060 locate these five DVD sets. Which is it in the 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:16.839 closet from hell? Is it in a box in the garage 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:19.920 one of the many box? I mean there must be 25 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.720 boxes and I was the archives I was yes, and I 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:26.220 was like, oh man, and I did something that usually 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:29.500 I do during the moment of frustration For a whole 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:31.819 day yesterday before I started to search. I said, 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:35.759 holy spirit Would you please help me find this 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:39.639 and dude? It is crazy. I didn't even open the, 00:07:39.779 --> 00:07:41.620 I really thought that would be in the hell closet. 00:07:42.220 --> 00:07:44.879 I didn't even open it up. The spirit actually 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.660 sent me to a box, which I don't even remember. 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:50.699 And the box, it wasn't the box, but it was a 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:54.379 box filled with photos. I can't even recall from 00:07:54.379 --> 00:07:58.079 when Christina was a baby and just great. I'm 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.360 always looking for something for her birthday 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.819 or father's day or something to put, you know, 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:05.360 to send to her. I'm like, oh, this is a great, 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:08.720 my social security card, my birth certificate. 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:12.779 This is a good box. The next box I opened right 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:15.199 there, it almost jumped out at me. I'm like, 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:19.779 thank you, Holy Spirit. I just completely believe 00:08:19.779 --> 00:08:23.240 in this stuff, man. That was so helpful. The 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.139 helper came through. The helper helped. That's 00:08:27.139 --> 00:08:30.329 what he does. And he delights in doing so. And 00:08:30.329 --> 00:08:33.110 can you imagine, I mean, think about this, you're 00:08:33.110 --> 00:08:35.950 a father. And if your child would reach out to 00:08:35.950 --> 00:08:39.429 you to say, I need help doing this. This is important. 00:08:39.970 --> 00:08:42.049 Would you help me find my keys? What would you 00:08:42.049 --> 00:08:44.629 do? You knock everything down and everybody over 00:08:44.629 --> 00:08:47.269 to get to her house to help her find her keys. 00:08:47.450 --> 00:08:51.830 I mean, that's the father. And when you ask the 00:08:51.830 --> 00:08:56.690 helper, that's his name. He's ready to help. 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.740 I mean, it's crazy because this happens all the 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:03.480 time and Annette and I, of course, our little 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:06.100 running thing now is, have you asked the Holy 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:09.000 Spirit? It's a joke with us because it's like, 00:09:09.299 --> 00:09:12.299 oh no, okay, hold on. Just do it right now because 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:13.659 you know how it is when you're looking for something. 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:17.940 You're just not thinking about the big cosmic 00:09:17.940 --> 00:09:19.659 things. You're just thinking about, I need my 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:24.590 keys or my DVDs, whatever. It's so nice when 00:09:24.590 --> 00:09:27.129 you just pause for a second and it just settles 00:09:27.129 --> 00:09:29.870 you because you go, okay, he knows where it is 00:09:29.870 --> 00:09:33.669 and he will guide me to it. I've done that, but 00:09:33.669 --> 00:09:36.230 this was the first time I did it upfront before 00:09:36.230 --> 00:09:40.110 I went searching. I have to find this and it's 00:09:40.110 --> 00:09:43.809 really important. I was anxious. The whole day 00:09:43.809 --> 00:09:46.990 I'm doing things, I got this pain in my stomach, 00:09:47.129 --> 00:09:49.330 you know, like, oh man, and I know it's hot in 00:09:49.330 --> 00:09:50.990 the garage and I'm going to be sweating, it's 00:09:50.990 --> 00:09:53.970 going to be dripping from me. No, not only did 00:09:53.970 --> 00:09:56.549 I get the DVDs, I got this great bonus of this 00:09:56.549 --> 00:09:58.950 great archive. It was phenomenal. Beautiful. 00:09:59.350 --> 00:10:01.730 Just phenomenal. Love it, brother. He's good 00:10:01.730 --> 00:10:04.309 that way. So do you have the football fever? 00:10:06.469 --> 00:10:10.009 No, I'm much well actually being hanging out 00:10:10.009 --> 00:10:12.710 in airports for hours and hours. We did a lot 00:10:12.710 --> 00:10:15.090 of, you know, they're on all the TVs. So you 00:10:15.090 --> 00:10:17.330 catch yourself watching it. And I count myself 00:10:17.330 --> 00:10:19.409 going, yeah, you know, and that goes, I didn't 00:10:19.409 --> 00:10:21.330 know you liked soccer. I said, I really don't, 00:10:21.429 --> 00:10:23.909 but I'm kind of getting into it. And then laughing 00:10:23.909 --> 00:10:27.169 at all the fake falls, you know, the drama, the 00:10:27.169 --> 00:10:30.809 theater, I laughed my head off. I'm like, that 00:10:30.809 --> 00:10:33.149 guy needs to play some rugby and take a real 00:10:33.149 --> 00:10:35.190 hit. Cause man, that was, he didn't even touch 00:10:35.190 --> 00:10:38.070 that guy. but it's so fun and it's fun to watch 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:41.529 people in the airport get into it. Everybody's 00:10:41.529 --> 00:10:45.049 watching. Well, I've been watching it because 00:10:45.049 --> 00:10:48.789 I'm the guy who watches. I'll watch the NBA finals. 00:10:48.889 --> 00:10:51.470 I'll watch the Superbowl. I'll watch the World 00:10:51.470 --> 00:10:54.450 Series. Stanley Cup, not so much. I just can't 00:10:54.450 --> 00:10:56.629 follow the puck. It's like that's not for me. 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.419 But I have a couple of teams to root for when 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:02.879 it comes to the football. So Holland, of course, 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:05.840 Italy for my sister, both of them have been knocked 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:08.720 out. I think the USA played last night. I don't 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:12.039 expect, but the Germans were knocked out surprised 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:15.039 because Dermanshaft as they're known, they usually 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:16.919 get into the final. So it's probably going to 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:19.500 be France. But they played a game against a new 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:24.179 team from Curaçao and Curaçao is a Dutch protectorate. 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.720 And they qualified amazing above anyone's expectations. 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.639 It's a little island. Oh, wow. Right off. Actually, 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:35.120 it's north of what I think Venezuela. Only a 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:37.820 couple of hours from here to fly and very small 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:41.820 island. I've been there. I don't like going there 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:43.440 because everyone's Dutch and they know me. It's 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.820 like I don't look at my legs. But they're in 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:49.120 the World Cup. Now they were beaten by Germany, 00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:53.279 like severely beaten. But what happened was something 00:11:53.399 --> 00:12:22.450 glorious. And I have a clip. Giving the glory 00:12:22.450 --> 00:12:24.570 to God any glory that they receive. They're giving 00:12:24.570 --> 00:12:27.909 it back to God. So That's what I'm seeing and 00:12:27.909 --> 00:12:30.909 I want everybody to be looking for that as well 00:12:30.909 --> 00:12:33.669 So two things one, you know when they scored, 00:12:33.669 --> 00:12:36.169 you know, we spiked the ball. We do a little 00:12:36.169 --> 00:12:39.529 dance. No, they are Throwing their crowns down 00:12:39.529 --> 00:12:42.690 on the pitch which is which is football for field 00:12:42.690 --> 00:12:47.120 right on the pitch and after the game the teams 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:49.919 are coming together and praying after the game. 00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:54.179 And so the Germans came and prayed with the Even 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:56.139 the Germans beat him 7 to 1, I mean it was a 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:58.179 sl - I know. Listen to what it sounded like. 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:29.299 Isn't that awesome? I got goosebumps, bro. That 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:32.419 fired me up. Isn't that fantastic? I love this. 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:34.759 It takes me back to sports days, man. There's 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:37.919 just some adrenaline rush that happens, but to 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:40.840 have that prayer prayed over you, just passionate 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:45.039 and fiery. It changes the tone of the game. I 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:46.639 mean, you're still going to have your idiots 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:50.580 out there who are cocky and narcissistic, but 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:53.889 there's a bunch more. gentlemen beginning to 00:13:53.889 --> 00:13:57.409 rise up, and you're seeing sportsmanship, and 00:13:57.409 --> 00:13:59.210 you're seeing camaraderie, and you're seeing 00:13:59.210 --> 00:14:01.610 them even after a bloodbath on the field, whether 00:14:01.610 --> 00:14:05.610 it's football, basketball, whatever it is, and 00:14:05.610 --> 00:14:07.929 they're meeting out in center field, out in the 00:14:07.929 --> 00:14:12.100 middle. to pray and end it off. Is that starting 00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:14.759 the game or after? That I think is from starting 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:18.799 the game. Wow. It sounds like everybody. I had 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.860 a German player talk about it, but it was all 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:23.700 in German, so I wasn't going to play that. But 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:25.720 a couple of German players actually went over 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:29.779 and prayed after the game. So we've got not spiking 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:32.240 the ball, but laying down the crowns. That is 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:36.340 so cool. As with all good sports, we have a ministry 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:39.179 in football. A guy who I actually met, Jesse 00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:42.179 Bradley, have you ever heard of him? I think 00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:45.559 he's in Los Angeles. I think he has a church. 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:48.940 He certainly has a ministry and he was a professional 00:14:48.940 --> 00:14:51.360 soccer player and I got a quick clip from him. 00:14:51.470 --> 00:14:54.070 There's so much happening on many different levels, 00:14:54.490 --> 00:14:56.409 but at the center of it all, it's not really 00:14:56.409 --> 00:14:59.250 about soccer, it's about Jesus. And soccer can 00:14:59.250 --> 00:15:01.809 unite the world, and in the world, attention 00:15:01.809 --> 00:15:04.350 is on the game, but really it's about how God 00:15:04.350 --> 00:15:07.169 transformed lives. And last World Cup, well, 00:15:07.230 --> 00:15:10.230 four years ago, we had an online outreach and 00:15:10.230 --> 00:15:13.129 shared about Jesus and hope, the gospel. The 00:15:13.129 --> 00:15:16.169 good news is that Jesus died first, sins is risen, 00:15:16.250 --> 00:15:18.950 it's not religion, it's relationship. And we 00:15:18.950 --> 00:15:22.799 saw 480 ,000 people. start a relationship with 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:24.659 Jesus, make a first -time decision to follow 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:27.019 the Lord, and then lead them into discipleship 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:29.580 as well. We're still celebrating what God did 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:32.519 four years ago, but now God is moving in this 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:37.039 World Cup. God does beyond what we could ask 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:40.820 or think, and he gets all the glory. Amen. That's 00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:43.159 so awesome. Football, who thought? Man, that's 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:45.980 beautiful. Of course, you and I both have laughed 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:51.710 and enjoyed how listening to those who are visiting 00:15:51.710 --> 00:15:56.590 our country get overwhelmed, just whelmed over 00:15:56.590 --> 00:16:01.629 by everything like Costco. Ranch dressing. All 00:16:01.629 --> 00:16:07.929 of that. It's made me take a step back and appreciate 00:16:07.929 --> 00:16:11.769 our nation. What a time to think that way, right 00:16:11.769 --> 00:16:15.309 as we're stepping into the 250th and to say, 00:16:15.490 --> 00:16:18.509 Lord, thank you for our blessings. It's so easy 00:16:18.509 --> 00:16:21.330 to get caught up. I'm so pushed back from social 00:16:21.330 --> 00:16:24.950 media right now. I've enjoyed not writing a daily 00:16:24.950 --> 00:16:27.129 grind, even though I do love doing it. I started 00:16:27.129 --> 00:16:29.690 it back today, but I've just been posting scripture 00:16:29.690 --> 00:16:32.850 as opposed to writing. It's been very refreshing 00:16:32.850 --> 00:16:36.970 for me and it brought me back strong. I just 00:16:36.970 --> 00:16:39.269 love what's happening where people are seeing 00:16:39.269 --> 00:16:42.509 things in a sense of, I don't know that we're 00:16:42.509 --> 00:16:45.230 at what I would call full -blown revival by definition, 00:16:45.269 --> 00:16:47.899 but we are definitely at an awakening. You know, 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:50.720 it's interesting. I hadn't even prepared this, 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:54.299 but regarding that, because there's two ways 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:57.039 you can look at it. You know, the the cynical 00:16:57.039 --> 00:17:00.639 way is all they care about is, you know, our 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:04.160 fast food and, you know, stuff like that. But 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.980 it's just like you said, it's doing something 00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:11.380 to us. It's doing something inside of us. I'm 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:13.880 just trying to see if I can find this because 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:16.640 Bill Maher, of all people. Interesting, because 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.440 I was actually thinking about that, his little 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.400 spot there, because that's who reminded me to 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:24.940 really think about this, of all people. Let's 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:27.000 listen to this. There actually are some good 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:30.000 things about us. There's a whole, he has a whole 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.960 setup about, actually the setup is kind of worth 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.009 playing, I think. Go ahead, man. And finally, 00:17:37.190 --> 00:17:39.930 let's all give it up for soccer being the greatest 00:17:39.930 --> 00:17:48.549 sport. No. Not the game itself. That sucks. I 00:17:48.549 --> 00:17:51.029 mean, there's more scoring at a Star Trek convention. 00:17:57.660 --> 00:18:00.839 But I am loving that the World Cup has brought 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.240 to our shores all these people who are doing 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:06.420 Americans the service of Reminding us just when 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:09.900 we needed it on our big 250 birthday But actually 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:21.460 this place is kind of awesome. Yeah Yes, I know 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:23.880 how dare I how privileged when there are so many 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.660 problems and threats and people left behind all 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:29.279 true I could give you the statistics where we 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:32.440 are not good enough and have done so many times. 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:36.640 Infant mortality rate, 54th in the world. Women 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:40.480 in government, 85th. Overdose deaths, lack of 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:44.160 health insurance. Yes, many problems. But that's 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:46.759 because the name of our country is America, not 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:48.940 utopia. That was actually a really good line. 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:52.309 I thought it was good. What everyone has done, 00:18:52.410 --> 00:18:54.970 what even I did, although it was for early identification 00:18:54.970 --> 00:18:56.730 purposes, is look at all these people and what 00:18:56.730 --> 00:18:58.930 they're saying. He kind of turned it around and 00:18:58.930 --> 00:19:02.390 said, look how happy we should be. How happy 00:19:02.390 --> 00:19:04.690 we should be about our country. There actually 00:19:04.690 --> 00:19:07.750 are some good things about us. Even with all 00:19:07.750 --> 00:19:11.109 the ICE nonsense, we have more immigrants than 00:19:11.109 --> 00:19:14.250 the next four countries combined. We have to 00:19:14.250 --> 00:19:16.509 fight for it, but still have freedom of speech. 00:19:17.340 --> 00:19:20.380 assembly and trial by jury and even if you're 00:19:20.380 --> 00:19:22.960 found guilty you can still ask a Kardashian to 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:31.960 get you a pardon other countries struggle just 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:35.559 to have water here we make it put on a show in 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:47.250 the desert We have drive -throughs for both church 00:19:47.250 --> 00:19:49.509 and... Yeah, I'm gonna skip a couple of these. 00:19:50.150 --> 00:19:53.309 It gets a little launchy. I can't imagine. But 00:19:53.309 --> 00:19:56.269 he basically says, hey, you know, this is a great 00:19:56.269 --> 00:20:00.150 country. Yeah, we have our problems. But it's 00:20:00.150 --> 00:20:03.339 so true. And it kind of comes back to what we 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:05.160 were talking about on the last show. You get 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:09.799 so myopic and so focused on a screen and you 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:13.700 forget everything that's around you. It's so 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:16.019 good. That's what it's doing for me. Beautiful. 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:19.480 For me too. And I get so encouraged by it because 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:22.920 I'm like, if a guy from France, and we visited 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:26.339 France in 2019 and they didn't seem to like us 00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:28.680 very much. I'm just straight up, especially the 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:31.230 waiters and waitresses. you know, I was like, 00:20:31.250 --> 00:20:32.710 hey, could you bring me my check? They don't 00:20:32.710 --> 00:20:34.809 like each other. They don't like each other. 00:20:34.930 --> 00:20:36.970 Don't worry about it. Well, okay. So I don't 00:20:36.970 --> 00:20:39.509 feel bad. I didn't feel bad. But anyway, to hear 00:20:39.509 --> 00:20:42.150 a French guy saying, you know, Costco, I'll give 00:20:42.150 --> 00:20:44.970 my right arm for Costco. Revolution. Yeah. Revolution. 00:20:45.450 --> 00:20:48.250 I'll start a revolution for Costco. I just, I'm 00:20:48.250 --> 00:20:53.819 like, wow. we need to step back and put our screens 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:56.500 down and pick up our Bibles and say, thank you, 00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:59.480 God, that we get to live in the most amazing 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:04.180 country in America and forgive those of us who 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:07.059 have complained and who have put this nation 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:09.819 down and who have tried to destroy this nation. 00:21:10.250 --> 00:21:13.509 and Father, let us stand up straight again, upright, 00:21:13.809 --> 00:21:16.630 righteous before you." And so, that's what it's 00:21:16.630 --> 00:21:20.190 doing for me. It's bringing me back to my foundations 00:21:20.190 --> 00:21:24.049 as a believer of gratitude and thanksgiving, 00:21:24.509 --> 00:21:26.730 which is, the scripture says, is the will of 00:21:26.730 --> 00:21:30.210 God. It is the will of God to give thanks. And 00:21:30.210 --> 00:21:33.609 so, that's what it's doing for me. And I'm excited 00:21:33.609 --> 00:21:35.990 not only about that, but another thing that makes 00:21:35.990 --> 00:21:40.309 me thankful is seeing All the sports teams praying. 00:21:40.529 --> 00:21:44.029 I mean, these poor commentators, especially down 00:21:44.029 --> 00:21:45.849 on the field, they know what's going to happen 00:21:45.849 --> 00:21:47.869 when they hand the mic to a football player. 00:21:48.789 --> 00:21:52.269 I think Jesus Christ, the gospel, it changes 00:21:52.269 --> 00:21:55.750 my life. I mean, it is just happening. It's really 00:21:55.750 --> 00:21:58.029 steamrolling right now. Did you see the guy with 00:21:58.029 --> 00:22:01.930 the three nails? No, no. I just ordered my first 00:22:01.930 --> 00:22:05.559 three nails. Workout shorts. He had like three 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:09.400 long, long nails and he was doing an after show 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:12.619 comp. Gosh, I wish I knew who that was. The American 00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:15.720 guy. And he says, you know, these three nails 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:18.279 and he went into the whole story of the crucifixion, 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:21.920 but in graphic detail, passion of the Christ 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:25.619 Mel Gibson movie level detail. Wow. And I just 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:27.240 sat like. And there was, you could have heard 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:30.019 a pin drop in the press room. And he says, and 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:32.039 that's, and that's why I'm grateful. And you 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:35.559 know, just so good. It was, it was like, whoa. 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.019 So can I share something from Jeremy Camp? You 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:40.619 don't have to ask me to share anything, brother. 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:42.460 You go for it. It's right in line with all of 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:44.960 this. I love Jeremy Camp because he's a contemporary 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:46.920 Christian music artist. I hear him all the time. 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:49.460 And hello friend. Phenomenal. Yes. And he's got 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:52.079 big guns too. The dude is pumped. He's juiced. 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:55.559 But he's just a great guy. When we lived in Nashville, 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:58.799 they attended our church and his wife, Addie 00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:00.660 was on the worship team. He wasn't because I'm 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:02.740 sure he's got clauses where he can't do that. 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:05.240 But she was on the worship team regularly and 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:07.000 it'd be nothing to look down the row and say, 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:09.880 oh, there's Jeremy Camp and his kids. So, really 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:12.180 cool family. But listen to what he writes about 00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:14.299 revival. He just wrote a song called Revival. 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:17.539 And he says, throughout scripture, revival begins 00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:21.279 with God's people humbling themselves, repenting, 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:24.759 and allowing him to transform their hearts. It's 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:27.559 not simply about counting decisions, it's about 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:30.660 seeing lives changed. It's about forgiveness 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:34.539 replacing bitterness, purity replacing compromise, 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:38.880 humility replacing pride, and the fruit of repentance 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:42.640 becoming evident in everyday life. Real revival 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:45.400 doesn't stop at the altar, it follows us home. 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:48.940 It changes the way we love our spouses, raise 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:52.259 our children, treat our neighbors, serve our 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:55.380 communities and represent Christ in our schools 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:58.319 and workplace. Because revival is not merely 00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:01.220 measured by how many people gather, it's ultimately 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:05.640 revealed by how many people are changed. Isn't 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:09.000 that rich? This folds right into our brother, 00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:11.259 Rick Green, who spoke at the men's breakfast 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:15.279 on Saturday. I hated to miss that. You would 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.319 have loved being there. I'm so glad that we're 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:20.299 expanding the space because it was a hundred 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:23.220 and thirty four men pretty much study room only 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:27.779 one thirty one thirty seven and Crazy and Rick's 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:31.119 message was not dissimilar to Jeremy But he was 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:34.559 saying as men we have an obligation. We can start 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:38.519 this at home Pray with our wives with our children, 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.640 you know He actually he did something we've talked 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:42.759 about that you preach from the pulpit going through 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:45.200 the Lord's Prayer and stopping at each piece 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:48.660 and how can I um, you know, what can I pray specifically 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:51.880 about, you know, uh, daily bread or forgive us 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:54.859 of our debts or even our father art in heaven. 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.920 And it was so motivating. And it was, and there 00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:00.420 was a lot of young men, like eight, nine years 00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:04.980 old. And I just have to say Jonah Mandel, pastor 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:08.460 Brian's son, who just turned 15. He was still 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:11.140 14 and he had something to say about something 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:13.500 that he had. learned at the camp because they 00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:16.880 were all at camp this past week. So Pastor Brian 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:19.279 invited him to come up there and talk and then 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:22.200 also invited him to do the closing prayer. And 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.839 brother, I got to tell you, we got a couple of 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:26.569 generations lined up in our church. but he had 00:25:26.569 --> 00:25:31.009 the Mandel shuffle, man. It was awesome. He was 00:25:31.009 --> 00:25:34.170 doing left and right and back and forth. And 00:25:34.170 --> 00:25:37.269 they say, Ms. Adam, Ms. Adam, I think I'm ready 00:25:37.269 --> 00:25:39.130 to get the podcast going again. I'm like, oh 00:25:39.130 --> 00:25:45.650 yeah. Okay. Yeah. be able to do it solo without 00:25:45.650 --> 00:25:48.410 relying on anybody. He has to get to that barrier 00:25:48.410 --> 00:25:51.029 of, I'm talking into a microphone, into a void. 00:25:51.809 --> 00:25:54.210 There's no one in the pews. Oh, he can do it. 00:25:54.210 --> 00:25:56.329 He's solid. He's so good. I know he can. I know 00:25:56.329 --> 00:25:59.170 he can, so I'm excited. Actually, I did a pilot 00:25:59.170 --> 00:26:01.289 yesterday for another podcast that will come 00:26:01.289 --> 00:26:04.250 out of our church from Windy. Are you familiar 00:26:04.250 --> 00:26:11.609 with Windy? It's also with a W. Yeah, Windy Witzhead. 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:14.859 I think you're right. Winstead. Winstead. Winstead. 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:18.640 She's sharp. Winstead, yes. She is sharp. So 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:22.460 she had this idea, which I think she talked to 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:26.039 pastor to Annette about it and to you. And I 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.819 think Dame Annette said, Oh yeah, Adam will do 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:30.940 that. Just call him. Here's his number. She was 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:33.900 right. That was, that was a move by the spirit. 00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:35.980 And I talked to her on the phone and said, come 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.680 on, we'll do a pilot and we'll see how it goes. 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:41.589 It's called, I know a woman and it's essentially 00:26:41.589 --> 00:26:45.690 each episode is maybe a 12 to 17 minute nice 00:26:45.690 --> 00:26:50.930 testimonial of someone who either can't or doesn't 00:26:50.930 --> 00:26:54.329 want to do it herself and so she's written it 00:26:54.329 --> 00:26:58.410 out I mean I was choked up man I'm just gonna 00:26:58.410 --> 00:27:00.450 all I had to do was just record and it was one 00:27:00.450 --> 00:27:04.190 take she said she has a beautiful voice just 00:27:04.190 --> 00:27:06.950 went straight through not a single stop not a 00:27:06.950 --> 00:27:09.309 single pick up I'm like I'm stunned. I'm like, 00:27:09.490 --> 00:27:11.369 all I have to do is just put some stuff at the 00:27:11.369 --> 00:27:13.650 beginning and the end and this is a show. I'm 00:27:13.650 --> 00:27:17.490 excited to get it on our Godcaster station. Of 00:27:17.490 --> 00:27:19.390 course, it'll be everywhere as a podcast, but 00:27:19.390 --> 00:27:23.250 oh man, this is so good. She's funny too. She's 00:27:23.250 --> 00:27:26.549 great. We sat down with her a while back and 00:27:26.549 --> 00:27:30.730 we left that meeting just lifted and encouraged 00:27:30.730 --> 00:27:34.430 by her story and just what God's doing in her 00:27:34.430 --> 00:27:37.009 life and in and through her, but also others. 00:27:38.110 --> 00:27:41.730 But I'm so happy. One of the big wins for me 00:27:41.730 --> 00:27:46.690 was that we got to use our studios for somebody 00:27:46.690 --> 00:27:49.289 in the church. This is why we built that studio, 00:27:49.390 --> 00:27:51.170 as I've told Annette. This is why we did this, 00:27:51.289 --> 00:27:54.009 not just for us. It's just to get more voices 00:27:54.009 --> 00:27:58.710 out there, more people getting bold, staying 00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:01.470 the course. stepping up to the plate and saying, 00:28:01.509 --> 00:28:03.269 you know what? I have a voice and I have something 00:28:03.269 --> 00:28:05.910 to say. Yeah. Well, we actually have a studio. 00:28:06.109 --> 00:28:08.009 You can do that in. We have a studio. We have 00:28:08.009 --> 00:28:09.970 a platform. We want that to be a blessing. And 00:28:09.970 --> 00:28:16.470 then Doug, Doug, also from our church, Doug, 00:28:16.470 --> 00:28:20.869 Doug Brand, Doug Fire, Doug. Spredo? Flames. 00:28:21.529 --> 00:28:24.710 We have several Dougs. I love this. Hold on a 00:28:24.710 --> 00:28:29.099 second. Let me see. It was Doug. Oh, man. Doug 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:32.799 Burns. Oh, yeah, yeah. He's done radio. Yeah. 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:35.539 And he's like, because I was talking to Matt 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:37.759 Long after the breakfast and he says, Oh, I want 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.680 you to meet Doug. You know, Doug's been in radio, 00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:42.019 rock and roll radio and doesn't look like anything 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.980 like the rock and roll radio guy you'd expect, 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:47.980 but typical also. I said, yeah, I've got this 00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:50.119 interview podcast and I've got everything all 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:52.900 set up and I've got the gear and everything good 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:55.180 to go. But I need a host. I said, you need a 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:58.200 host. So what do you mean? Like someone to host 00:28:58.200 --> 00:29:00.000 it? He says, no, no, I'm going to do it. I need, 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:02.980 how do I get it into a podcast? I said, oh, hello. 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:10.160 This is exactly what we want to do here at Bridge 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.720 Charge. We'll get you up on rss .com because 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:15.519 we have a partnership with them and we'll get 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:18.740 this rolling. So, I mean - He's sharp. I did 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:21.539 an interview with him like nine years ago when 00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:24.119 we first came here and when he found out I played 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:27.210 guitar and stuff. he started talking about contemporary 00:29:27.210 --> 00:29:29.650 Christian music and he had a show on one of the 00:29:29.650 --> 00:29:32.430 local radio stations here where he would do this, 00:29:32.849 --> 00:29:37.150 he'd do like old hits like 70s, 80s, 90s Christian 00:29:37.150 --> 00:29:40.799 music. It was so good. and he's a great voice. 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.880 And so, yeah, he'll be good. So that's another 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:46.119 one. So we're just becoming like a podcast ministry, 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:48.339 man. I'm excited by this. Well, I told you a 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:50.220 while back, I said, you know, every church has 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:52.980 a lane. Yeah. And I feel like our lane is something 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:56.279 that was spoken to me back in the 1990s. And 00:29:56.279 --> 00:30:01.359 of all places, Hesperia, California, with an 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:04.539 evangelist named Jojo Sanchez, who stopped me. 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:07.259 And he said, I remember it was the mid -90s. 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:10.839 He says, He says, I want to say something to 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:12.680 you by the spirit. And he said, if you're ready. 00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:15.240 I said, yeah. He said, have you ever done anything 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:17.740 with multimedia? Remember multimedia, stacked 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:21.460 projectors? CD -ROMs. Kodak. I mean like thousands 00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:26.019 and thousands of slides. And I said, no, but 00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:29.119 I'm fascinated. He said, get ready. You're going 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:32.809 to speak to millions. through multimedia. Now, 00:30:32.809 --> 00:30:34.690 he had mentioned the internet because I was just 00:30:34.690 --> 00:30:36.990 starting to get some traction. Yeah. I mean, 00:30:37.089 --> 00:30:40.130 mid -90s. Sure. Yeah. Wow. I mean, I had Juno 00:30:40.130 --> 00:30:42.109 at that time, I think, or America Online, one 00:30:42.109 --> 00:30:46.869 of those. Prodigy. Prodigy. I've had all of those. 00:30:46.990 --> 00:30:50.490 I was an early adopter. Yeah. And so doing what 00:30:50.490 --> 00:30:53.329 we're doing right now is so natural to me because 00:30:53.329 --> 00:30:56.210 I know this is what the Lord said was going to 00:30:56.210 --> 00:30:59.460 happen back in the 90s. So here we are, brother. 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:02.559 And here we are, sitting in the studio. I love 00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:06.339 it. So we have a praise report. Come on. Oh, 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:10.279 yes. Which now on the last show, we actually 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:12.660 stopped in the middle of the show and prayed 00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:17.200 for Viola. She's Charles's daughter, Charles, 00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:22.460 and trying to think what his wife's name is. 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:28.009 I can't remember. Sorry. but they were on their 00:31:28.009 --> 00:31:31.549 way and he was keeping us updated on email. And 00:31:31.549 --> 00:31:34.349 I just read a little bit of this. I mean, it's 00:31:34.349 --> 00:31:38.670 a lot of detail, but the bottom line is, he says, 00:31:38.710 --> 00:31:41.609 our God is so good, praise report incoming, Tracy 00:31:41.609 --> 00:31:45.990 is her name. And she came out of surgery fine, 00:31:46.809 --> 00:31:49.130 a little touch and go with fluids and they had 00:31:49.130 --> 00:31:51.170 to intubate her, but then they took her off, 00:31:51.230 --> 00:31:54.109 they got her on the CPAP, then the CPAP could 00:31:54.109 --> 00:31:58.809 come off. and hoping to move out of the cardiac 00:31:58.809 --> 00:32:01.809 ICU today or tomorrow. So, praying for healing 00:32:01.809 --> 00:32:04.849 and protection against infection. And I just 00:32:04.849 --> 00:32:06.990 love what he says here. Trace and I are so grateful 00:32:06.990 --> 00:32:09.609 for our Lord's grace and all the prayers we've 00:32:09.609 --> 00:32:12.529 been receiving nationwide. And remember, this 00:32:12.529 --> 00:32:14.930 could have gone completely the opposite direction. 00:32:15.289 --> 00:32:17.849 And they were more concerned about even deciding 00:32:17.849 --> 00:32:20.250 to do the operation to give the go ahead. That 00:32:20.250 --> 00:32:23.599 was the big decision. Yeah. Viola is on prayer 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:26.160 list from Virginia to California. Our home church, 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:28.720 New Hope Assembly of God in Urbandale, Iowa has 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:31.700 circled around us with support. Our pastor Brian 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:34.319 even offered to fly to Boston for the surgery. 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:37.119 It's so humbling to be surrounded by such loving 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:39.240 people. I don't know how people go through life 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:43.319 without God's church," says Charles. Wow. And 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.400 so thank you all for praying and don't stop. 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:48.539 Don't stop praying for Viola and Charles and 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.019 Trace. And I think they have another daughter 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:53.269 as well. Beautiful. So happy to hear that. Thank 00:32:53.269 --> 00:32:56.089 you, Lord. Thank you, God. Thank you for our 00:32:56.089 --> 00:32:58.170 friends here on our podcast who may be paused 00:32:58.170 --> 00:33:01.009 and prayed with us when we prayed for her. Maybe 00:33:01.009 --> 00:33:03.170 when you listen to this podcast. Pray again. 00:33:03.410 --> 00:33:05.609 Through her name up. Yeah. She's a fireball. 00:33:05.710 --> 00:33:09.690 I mean, she is Spitfire. Can you imagine what 00:33:09.690 --> 00:33:11.630 this kid's going through? What a destiny though. 00:33:11.769 --> 00:33:15.589 What a destiny on her life. Right. And Charles 00:33:15.589 --> 00:33:17.990 even made a comment. This is a story, a testimony 00:33:17.990 --> 00:33:20.950 being built. And so, man, it's a hard way to 00:33:20.950 --> 00:33:22.750 build a testimony, but I'm telling you, it's 00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:25.009 going to honor God and be a blessing to a lot 00:33:25.009 --> 00:33:27.109 of people. I'm always excited when I hear these 00:33:27.109 --> 00:33:29.690 stories, kind of like Seamus, who was a kid I 00:33:29.690 --> 00:33:32.410 was praying for. I'm excited to see what the 00:33:32.410 --> 00:33:34.289 Lord's going to do with these kids, because when 00:33:34.289 --> 00:33:38.789 you go through that... What can stop you from 00:33:38.789 --> 00:33:41.609 doing anything you need to do? Everything else 00:33:41.609 --> 00:33:44.630 is butter after that. Exactly. It's beautiful. 00:33:44.930 --> 00:33:48.950 We're so blessed. There's a lot of talk in social 00:33:48.950 --> 00:33:53.369 media about the church. The church hurt me. I'm 00:33:53.369 --> 00:33:55.470 traumatized from the church. I've been triggered 00:33:55.470 --> 00:34:00.069 by going to church. It's kind of like America. 00:34:00.549 --> 00:34:03.130 There's so many people saying terrible things 00:34:03.130 --> 00:34:06.339 and yet when you peel away the handful of people 00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:08.840 that are being critical, judgmental, and negative, 00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.780 and that's not to say bad things haven't happened. 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:14.800 I would never say that because unfortunately, 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:17.579 there's bad apples everywhere because where there's 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:19.360 people, there's going to be sin, there's going 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:24.769 to be issues. But by and large, Man, the Church 00:34:24.769 --> 00:34:28.449 of Jesus Christ doesn't hurt people. People hurt 00:34:28.449 --> 00:34:30.250 people. People hurt people. It's the same thing 00:34:30.250 --> 00:34:33.090 when I say the Holy Spirit's not weird, people 00:34:33.090 --> 00:34:35.730 are weird. Quit blaming the Holy Spirit for the 00:34:35.730 --> 00:34:39.110 weirdness of people. Well, quit blaming the Church 00:34:39.110 --> 00:34:42.739 for the weirdness of people as well, sadly. There 00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:44.960 are people in the church who represent the church 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:47.500 who've made terrible, gross mistakes. Because 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:49.860 they're people and they're, hello, humans. And 00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:52.300 God will deal with that. He will have the ultimate 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:54.639 say. But when I hear something like this from 00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:57.760 Charles, I'm just so thankful for what he said 00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.920 there that, thank God for the church. They're 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:03.820 so blessed. And I love our church. I see how 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.980 people come around our people. All the time. 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:10.019 Funny thing, and this is a good thing. I'm one 00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:12.300 of the last people to get a call when somebody 00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:16.099 goes down, sick or whatever. It used to be where, 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.900 call the pastor, call the pastor, you've got 00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:20.519 to call, you know, that's old school. And one 00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:22.880 pastor can't serve us a thousand people. That's 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:26.099 not even, Jesus could only handle 12 and he lost 00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:31.719 one. So, he's down to 11, right? So, what makes 00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.880 us think we can handle more than that realistically? 00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:37.340 That's why when the church becomes the church, 00:35:37.710 --> 00:35:41.170 I'm the last one to get the call. Their life 00:35:41.170 --> 00:35:43.369 group, their connect group leader gets a call. 00:35:44.190 --> 00:35:46.969 Their brother they met at the men's breakfast 00:35:46.969 --> 00:35:49.510 gets the call. The lady they met, the sister 00:35:49.510 --> 00:35:52.349 that she met at the women's ministry luncheon 00:35:52.349 --> 00:35:56.400 or breakfast, brunch, they get the call. the 00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:58.420 person they sit around in church kind of see 00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:01.239 each other on a red, they get the call. That's 00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:04.179 the church when the church is healthy and firing 00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:06.360 on all eight cylinders and doing what it's supposed 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:09.179 to be doing because we are the church, the people 00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:12.400 are the church, not the pastor, the people. And 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:14.699 just like presidents, pastors will come and go. 00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:16.860 I'm not announcing my departure. I can't wait 00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:19.039 to get back in the saddle. But what I'm saying 00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:22.780 is that leadership and pastors and presidents 00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:25.239 and cabinets and All these things come and go, 00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.960 but at the end of the day, it's the people you 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:30.559 do life with every day. That's your family. That's 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:33.760 your church. That's your community. And you're 00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:36.840 right. We have a very strong one. I mean, just 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:39.019 the other day, Tina's like, oh, we got to go 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.679 bring dinner over to Larry and Jeannie. So what 00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:44.099 happened? Jeannie had an operation. Back surgery. 00:36:46.650 --> 00:36:50.389 They're 70, I think, close to it. So we're just 00:36:50.389 --> 00:36:52.630 making it easy for them. Like, oh, that's so 00:36:52.630 --> 00:36:56.409 cool. That's what the church does. But in order 00:36:56.409 --> 00:36:58.829 to do that, and you've heard me say this a million 00:36:58.829 --> 00:37:02.510 times, connection is protection. You've got to 00:37:02.510 --> 00:37:04.670 be connected. And that takes some effort on your 00:37:04.670 --> 00:37:07.489 part. To have friends, you have to be a friend. 00:37:07.809 --> 00:37:10.610 And to be connected, you have to connect too. 00:37:10.630 --> 00:37:12.989 So it's not just waiting for people to come connect 00:37:12.989 --> 00:37:17.130 with you. It's you having the heart And the courage 00:37:17.130 --> 00:37:19.750 to step out and meet and greet and connect with 00:37:19.750 --> 00:37:23.550 other people. So I connected with someone at 00:37:23.550 --> 00:37:26.170 the men's breakfast, Cody Sharp. I'm not sure 00:37:26.170 --> 00:37:27.570 if you're familiar with Cody. Oh, he is sharp. 00:37:27.789 --> 00:37:29.989 I love Cody. And so I'm sitting there, he has 00:37:29.989 --> 00:37:33.389 his son Jackson, great kid, eight years old. 00:37:33.750 --> 00:37:36.110 And I'm looking at him and I'm like, this guy 00:37:36.110 --> 00:37:38.590 has some funky hearing aids. So let me see, hey 00:37:38.590 --> 00:37:39.949 man, what's up with the hearing aids? Those are 00:37:39.949 --> 00:37:42.010 pretty cool. So I got these, he says, well, they're 00:37:42.010 --> 00:37:45.510 actually a cochlear implants. I said, oh, okay. 00:37:45.769 --> 00:37:48.349 He says, I pretty much couldn't hear anything 00:37:48.349 --> 00:37:51.889 up until two years ago. And so now you have my 00:37:51.889 --> 00:37:55.409 attention. I'm like, oh, this is cool. And we're 00:37:55.409 --> 00:37:59.269 talking and he said, what's it like to hear? 00:37:59.469 --> 00:38:01.750 He said, well, I can hear him. His speaking was 00:38:01.750 --> 00:38:04.829 almost undetectable that he had a hearing issue. 00:38:06.369 --> 00:38:09.920 He says, Well, birds are kind of a problem for 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:12.519 me because I'd never heard them before and they're 00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:15.539 loud and they're kind of freaky. And, you know, 00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:17.940 I have three kids at home, two, five and eight. 00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:22.260 And it's kind of chaotic. And I hear everything. 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:24.460 He said, I've never heard cymbals before in my 00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:27.860 life, only drums. And then I said, Hey man, so, 00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:29.780 you know, do you have the Godcast rap? Do you 00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:33.039 listen? He says, yeah, I do. I said, well, do 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:35.460 you listen to, so we get to do this? He says, 00:38:36.029 --> 00:38:39.210 Two voices is still a problem. Wow. Yeah, two 00:38:39.210 --> 00:38:41.889 voices is he's trying to, you know, I guess it 00:38:41.889 --> 00:38:43.909 just takes a while. He has to train his brain 00:38:43.909 --> 00:38:46.309 to separate. That's exactly right. Yeah, to separate 00:38:46.309 --> 00:38:50.530 that. And he says, but music wise, you really 00:38:50.530 --> 00:38:51.909 don't, you know, I'm really not playing what 00:38:51.909 --> 00:38:55.110 I like or what do you like? He says, death metal. 00:38:55.489 --> 00:38:58.210 I'm like death metal. He said, yeah. And he shows, 00:38:58.230 --> 00:39:00.650 he gives me a playlist and this is all, these 00:39:00.650 --> 00:39:04.420 are Christians. Christian, hardcore, death metal. 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:07.420 It's like vertical worship. I mean, and I'm just 00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:11.960 like, holy moly, I never… Brother, send more 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:14.000 to me. I just want to get into this. It's great 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:16.679 for working out. Maybe we'll make a whole different 00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:19.079 channel of this stuff. Cody, if you're listening, 00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:22.219 bro, stay the course. Keep listening. Your brain 00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:25.420 will adjust. Neuroscience tells us it will. So, 00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:27.559 be encouraged, brother, and just glad you're 00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:29.320 listening. He's a good guy, man. He is a good 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:33.230 guy. Really, really enjoy. that a lot. So, have 00:39:33.230 --> 00:39:36.110 you prepared for your next messages? I mean, 00:39:36.230 --> 00:39:37.590 have you gotten any… So, here's the deal. I'm 00:39:37.590 --> 00:39:39.389 coming back this weekend. I'm on the worship 00:39:39.389 --> 00:39:41.269 team and I'm going to introduce Rick. That's 00:39:41.269 --> 00:39:43.510 all I get to do. Oh, no. Oh, right. Because he's 00:39:43.510 --> 00:39:45.210 going through 4th of July, right? Of course. 00:39:45.210 --> 00:39:47.010 Yeah, 4th of July, 250th. You know, it's a big 00:39:47.010 --> 00:39:49.949 deal. I thought, gosh, a year ago I asked him 00:39:49.949 --> 00:39:52.539 to do this because I thought… How could we not 00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:55.159 be more appropriate time to have Rick Green in 00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:58.219 the pulpit? Because he's going to be on fire. 00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.860 And if people don't know Rick Green, you can 00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:02.599 listen to Wall Builders on the Godcaster app, 00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:07.079 Flashpoint USA, and Patriot Academy. Just go 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.960 look at the Patriot Academy. You'll get a good 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:11.000 idea of who Rick Green is. And then the following 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:14.239 week, we have Todd McDowell in the pulpit from 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:18.860 Caleb Global now. It used to be Caleb Company, 00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:21.730 but I knew them back in Nashville. and he's a 00:40:21.730 --> 00:40:24.349 phenomenal teacher. So, we'll have him on Saturday 00:40:24.349 --> 00:40:27.250 for a conference, just an all -day conference 00:40:27.250 --> 00:40:29.070 or seminar. Yeah, I'm sad we're missing that 00:40:29.070 --> 00:40:31.230 because I really wanted to be a part of that. 00:40:31.469 --> 00:40:33.469 And then he'll be in the pulpit. I'll be up on 00:40:33.469 --> 00:40:36.210 the guitar again to introduce him. But one treat 00:40:36.210 --> 00:40:39.530 we have is Don Finto, Papa Don Finto, who is 00:40:39.530 --> 00:40:42.889 just a legend in the Christian world, particularly 00:40:42.889 --> 00:40:46.260 missions and ministry to Israel. will be with 00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:48.400 us as well. He doesn't usually travel with them 00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:52.119 to churches, but he wanted to come meet us. We 00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:54.239 stepped in and supported them and brought them 00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:56.280 on. We adopted them as one of the ministries 00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:59.099 we support, so Don wanted to come and meet us 00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:05.010 and get to know us. I think it was the title 00:41:05.010 --> 00:41:08.750 of it, What About Israel? It's very clear. This 00:41:08.750 --> 00:41:12.349 is not political. This is not anything. It's 00:41:12.349 --> 00:41:14.389 really just biblical scripture. It's a whole 00:41:14.389 --> 00:41:16.710 day and I really wish I could be there. It's 00:41:16.710 --> 00:41:19.650 going to be rich. Yeah, I bet it will be. Yeah. 00:41:19.989 --> 00:41:21.789 So that's happening. We need that at this moment. 00:41:21.869 --> 00:41:23.750 So I'm not preaching for another three weeks. 00:41:24.809 --> 00:41:27.349 I'm about to bust. Nice work if you can get it, 00:41:27.670 --> 00:41:30.610 pastor. I know, right? But at least I get to 00:41:30.610 --> 00:41:32.929 play guitar and I'm just happy to see our people. 00:41:33.170 --> 00:41:35.530 Really looking forward to that. Can I land the 00:41:35.530 --> 00:41:37.230 plane with a daily grind? I would love for you 00:41:37.230 --> 00:41:39.750 to do that. So today I wrote my first daily grind 00:41:39.750 --> 00:41:41.849 in nine days because I took a break and I've 00:41:41.849 --> 00:41:44.829 never done that in 22 years. It's the first time 00:41:44.829 --> 00:41:46.170 I've ever done it. First of all, you deserve 00:41:46.170 --> 00:41:48.190 it. Thank you. Second of all, I love that you 00:41:48.190 --> 00:41:53.909 kept it going. I just called it Just Jesus. I 00:41:53.909 --> 00:41:55.550 went through the Beatitudes and all I did was 00:41:55.550 --> 00:41:59.449 make a slide graphic with those and that's it. 00:41:59.590 --> 00:42:01.949 No commentary. I'm a big fan of just doing something. 00:42:02.070 --> 00:42:04.869 You know what's crazy? I got more likes and just 00:42:04.869 --> 00:42:07.170 as much as I would have ever if I just was writing. 00:42:07.349 --> 00:42:09.349 So I got, wow, maybe I should stick with this. 00:42:09.349 --> 00:42:12.550 Never take it personally. No, I don't. I actually 00:42:12.550 --> 00:42:15.050 appreciated it. So here's today's daily grind, 00:42:15.130 --> 00:42:17.650 Just Jesus day nine, because I did the ninth 00:42:17.650 --> 00:42:20.840 last. There is a, let me just read that to you 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.739 because it's the scripture, let me pull it up, 00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:31.260 the graphic. It's in Matthew chapter 5. There 00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:34.059 we go. All right. It's Matthew 5, 11, and 12. 00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:37.039 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute 00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:40.659 you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely 00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:44.159 for my sake. rejoice and be exceedingly glad, 00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:47.079 for great is your reward in heaven, for so they 00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:49.800 persecuted the prophets who were before you." 00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:53.260 And then the actual daily grind is simply this. 00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:57.280 There's a cost to committing your life to following 00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:00.480 Jesus. We here in the States have become accustomed 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:03.960 to comfort that real persecution is strange, 00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:07.809 so accustomed to comfort, sorry, that Real persecution 00:43:07.809 --> 00:43:10.809 is strange and unfamiliar to us. While we should 00:43:10.809 --> 00:43:13.489 be thankful, this has also served to soften us 00:43:13.489 --> 00:43:16.530 when it comes to going against the grain of culture, 00:43:16.949 --> 00:43:20.170 friendships, media, and entertainment. It's easier 00:43:20.170 --> 00:43:23.369 to just go with the flow. What if walking in 00:43:23.369 --> 00:43:26.730 deeper places with Jesus really does cost us? 00:43:26.969 --> 00:43:30.469 Would we still follow, still speak up, still 00:43:30.469 --> 00:43:33.849 refuse to go along with the crowd? Jesus bids 00:43:33.849 --> 00:43:37.690 us, come and follow me. Now, I want to give a 00:43:37.690 --> 00:43:39.849 quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer out of his book, 00:43:39.929 --> 00:43:41.949 The Cost of Discipleship, which was published 00:43:41.949 --> 00:43:47.809 in 1937, where he was dealing with the Nazi regime 00:43:47.809 --> 00:43:51.289 in Germany as Hitler was rising to power. And 00:43:51.289 --> 00:43:53.429 he wrote this book called The Cost of Discipleship. 00:43:53.449 --> 00:43:57.469 In it, he says this, the cross is laid on every 00:43:57.469 --> 00:44:01.090 Christian. When Christ calls a man, he bids him 00:44:01.090 --> 00:44:04.969 come and die. I mean, this was a man that was 00:44:04.969 --> 00:44:07.210 heading towards his death because he was going 00:44:07.210 --> 00:44:10.309 against the grain of culture, of government, 00:44:10.530 --> 00:44:14.190 of the evil Nazi regime. In Luke 9 .23, I'll 00:44:14.190 --> 00:44:17.030 end with this, then he said to them all, this 00:44:17.030 --> 00:44:19.929 is Jesus speaking, if anyone desires to come 00:44:19.929 --> 00:44:23.909 after me, let him deny himself and take up his 00:44:23.909 --> 00:44:27.849 cross daily and follow me. My heart on writing 00:44:27.849 --> 00:44:31.059 this is that while I'm thrilled and I'm cheering 00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:35.199 on the crowds that are coming to Christ, I want 00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:38.480 to see real revival. We'll know real revival 00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:41.219 is here, not just awakening. When we see those 00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:44.199 people that are showing up in masses now at events 00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:47.340 and stadiums all around the world, when we see 00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:50.599 their lives changed and them willing to stay 00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:53.280 the course in the midst of persecution and pain, 00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:56.659 and we'll see that's when revival will show up. 00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:59.500 And boy, we need each other in order to do that 00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:03.360 because it is real. The persecution is real and 00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:06.679 it can hurt. Even if it's on social media. It's 00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:10.139 like, oh man, that kind of stings. That's beautiful, 00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:12.260 brother. Thank you. Thank you so much. So I'm 00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:13.780 going to be in Holland next week, but we'll do 00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:16.639 the show, obviously. Yes. We're going to do it. 00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:18.480 We'll work out the details on the timing of that. 00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:21.380 Another transatlantic call. For a few hours difference, 00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:24.860 right? It's six or seven. Yeah, seven hours. 00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:27.579 I am looking forward to it, man. Thank you, brother. 00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:30.920 Have a great trip. Be blessed till Kevin and 00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:34.340 Christina plus one. Yes. Send our love from Jimmy 00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:37.099 and Annette. Well, if everything goes according 00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:39.480 to plan, they'll be here maybe September, October. 00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:42.159 Beautiful. And they're bringing the grandbaby 00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:43.940 with them. It's going to be beautiful. Very excited. 00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:47.699 So would you have a fantastic week and we'll 00:45:47.699 --> 00:45:51.239 be back next week because we get to do this. 00:45:57.670 --> 00:46:02.889 We get to do this This is a chance we did not 00:46:02.889 --> 00:46:08.070 miss This is life We get to do this