WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.919 Father, thank you for the privilege of being 00:00:01.919 --> 00:00:05.219 here today to be able to get on these mics and 00:00:05.219 --> 00:00:08.580 not just do a show, but to present life. That's 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:11.519 our heart. Lord, we get to do this. Pray for 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:13.939 our listeners today and whenever they're listening 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:16.359 and wherever they're from, we pray that they'll 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.899 find something that brings hope to them, adds 00:00:18.899 --> 00:00:21.379 some lift underneath their wings and blesses 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:23.800 them and encourages them. So Father, we give 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:26.199 this to you. We consecrate everything we talk 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:29.140 about today. For your honor, for your glory and 00:00:29.140 --> 00:00:31.519 for the advancement of your kingdom in our time 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:36.179 in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. It's Wednesday, July 00:00:36.179 --> 00:00:39.759 8th, 2026. We get to do this. This is episode 00:00:39.759 --> 00:01:01.259 number 40. And we get to do this via transatlantic 00:01:01.259 --> 00:01:03.899 link. Once again, it's unbelievable any of this 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:06.400 stuff works at all. How you doing, brother? Brother, 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:09.879 I'm doing so good. I'm so grateful that I get 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:12.799 to do this and I get to be here today talking 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:15.159 to you while you're in Amsterdam. I'm in the 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.680 heart of the Texas Hill country. How cool is 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:22.000 technology? When it works, it's fantastic. It's 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.019 really good. I'm in the hotel room where we've 00:01:27.019 --> 00:01:32.159 been for, let's see, since last Thursday, and 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:35.200 we're actually leaving this hotel tomorrow morning 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:39.480 because when we checked in, they said, yeah, 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:43.379 we didn't tell you, but as of, I think this was 00:01:43.379 --> 00:01:47.409 Saturday, Disney is doing a dating show in the 00:01:47.409 --> 00:01:51.510 hotel. We're like, what? First of all, Disney 00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:54.290 dating show. Okay. What exactly is going on here? 00:01:55.069 --> 00:01:56.930 And, uh, but don't worry. Uh, it won't be too 00:01:56.930 --> 00:01:59.030 disruptive. You just have to come in through 00:01:59.030 --> 00:02:02.469 the side door and well, turns out it's, you know, 00:02:02.469 --> 00:02:04.849 these are television people that they had television. 00:02:04.849 --> 00:02:07.969 People are always disruptive. So it's just gotten 00:02:07.969 --> 00:02:10.449 so bad that the, you know, the experience of 00:02:10.449 --> 00:02:13.639 the hotel, which is this beautiful. boutique 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:17.780 hotel called College Hotel, which originally 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:23.139 was a college. And in fact, all the personnel 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:26.400 here, except for management, all go to the hotel 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:28.840 and restaurant school. So this is kind of their 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.520 internship, which means They really try extremely 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:35.099 hard and it's cute. Once in a while, you might 00:02:35.099 --> 00:02:37.319 get two omelets instead of one, but otherwise 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:41.680 it's pretty good. But we're just like, nah, we're 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:44.379 going to go somewhere else. I mean, TV people 00:02:44.379 --> 00:02:48.580 are so disruptive. It's unbelievable. Wow. Yeah. 00:02:48.659 --> 00:02:50.240 So where are you going? Have you already got 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:52.900 some place already lined out? Well, yeah, I had 00:02:52.900 --> 00:02:56.879 a special something arranged for Tina's birthday, 00:02:56.900 --> 00:03:00.219 which is this Saturday. So we're just going to 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:03.400 extend that by two days. We're going to go there 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:05.099 a little bit earlier, so it's going to be good. 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:09.460 But yeah, I mean, it's funny because we've also 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:13.500 been helping out our daughter Christina and Kevin 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:18.360 with their reality TV show, which again kind 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:24.219 of shows you how fake television is. It's unbelievable. 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:28.360 Oh, man. So, but it's been really good over here. 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.379 The weather up until today. Today it's the perfect 00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:35.419 Dutch gray skies. It has been phenomenal. Just 00:03:35.419 --> 00:03:39.379 beautiful. 75 to 78 degrees. Tina and I have 00:03:39.379 --> 00:03:41.780 been walking all over the city. I've been showing 00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:46.539 her all of the places I used to either live or, 00:03:46.539 --> 00:03:49.000 you know, here's where the pirate radio station 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.319 was. And I've been sending you pictures because 00:03:52.650 --> 00:03:55.650 Now, I don't know if that's just because I'm 00:03:55.650 --> 00:03:57.770 Adam 2 .0. I'm sure it has something to do with 00:03:57.770 --> 00:04:01.210 it. But I'm seeing Bible stuff everywhere. And 00:04:01.210 --> 00:04:03.729 I've been sending you pictures of it too. That 00:04:03.729 --> 00:04:07.530 is so cool. I've been fascinated with things 00:04:07.530 --> 00:04:10.069 that are on buildings and in street corners. 00:04:11.150 --> 00:04:13.870 Maybe you didn't have a filter for it before. 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:17.399 or maybe there's some new things going on around 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:20.079 the world right now. Well, so this one building 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.740 has, and the building is, I think it's a restaurant 00:04:24.740 --> 00:04:26.740 underneath, I had no idea what the building was, 00:04:26.980 --> 00:04:30.399 and big white letters, the Bible, read the Bible, 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:34.139 the book for you. Wow. And then there was this 00:04:34.139 --> 00:04:37.720 guy, I think I've seen that building before, 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:40.490 but then, Right near a hotel, this guy has a 00:04:40.490 --> 00:04:43.509 little stand, very similar to where they might 00:04:43.509 --> 00:04:48.810 sell French fries or would sell raw fish or something 00:04:48.810 --> 00:04:51.550 like that. And he's selling Bibles. And this 00:04:51.550 --> 00:04:57.850 is kind of amazing. It still is a rather secular 00:04:57.850 --> 00:05:02.170 country. It's been in steady decline for decades 00:05:02.170 --> 00:05:04.509 and decades and decades. But it's just so good 00:05:04.509 --> 00:05:07.680 to see that. Yeah, you know where sin abounds 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:10.360 grace abounds more of the scripture says and 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.120 so in these dark places There's these shining 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.879 lights and the darker it is the brighter those 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.699 little lights shine. Oh, amen That's what you're 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:20.379 seeing you're just like and it just what does 00:05:20.379 --> 00:05:21.980 it do for you when you see that? I mean when 00:05:21.980 --> 00:05:24.279 you first look glanced up and saw that course 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:27.100 not written in in English written in yeah in 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:31.500 Dutch Yes written in that and so what what did 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:33.300 that do for you? You're just sitting there and 00:05:33.300 --> 00:05:37.160 you notice that Well, I would say it's exactly 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:38.879 like that. It gave me... Oh, there's someone 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:41.720 calling on the hotel phone. I'll have to wait, 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.120 unfortunately. Of course. It hasn't rung throughout 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:46.980 the entire stay here, but now they're calling 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:52.899 us. It shines like a light. It really does. It's 00:05:52.899 --> 00:05:57.639 just illuminating. Now, what's cool is my dad, 00:05:57.939 --> 00:06:00.980 I think about four years before he passed, he 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:06.740 got saved. And he went to a church in about eight 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:09.800 miles south of Amsterdam, kind of in the suburbs, 00:06:10.339 --> 00:06:14.120 called Crossroads. And I don't know, we probably 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:17.279 haven't talked about it on this show, but a year 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.839 or maybe a year and a half ago, we had a big 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.139 No Agenda meetup in Amsterdam. Tina wasn't with 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:26.560 me during that trip. And maybe 100 people from 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:28.439 No Agenda were there. And someone came up to 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:32.279 me and said, hey, I just want you to know, I 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.779 attend the Crossroads Church and your dad always 00:06:35.779 --> 00:06:37.980 prayed for you. And I'm not quite sure what your 00:06:37.980 --> 00:06:39.540 show was about, but I just wanted to let you 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:42.160 know that and that's why I came today. And it 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:45.120 was a great feeling. Yeah. It was like, wow. 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:48.860 Okay. Messenger. I got you. Yes. Yes. That's 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:51.600 powerful. So Tina and I said, you know, cause 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:54.959 of course we're missing our church family, our 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:57.829 spiritual family back home. We decided, well, 00:06:57.829 --> 00:06:59.709 let's go to church on Sunday. And they have two 00:06:59.709 --> 00:07:03.430 services, one at 930 and one at 11. So, well, 00:07:03.629 --> 00:07:07.589 let's go to the 11. We're still kind of jet lagged. 00:07:07.610 --> 00:07:10.870 Let's go to the 11 service. And they have, so 00:07:10.870 --> 00:07:14.649 they do have an office in Umsulfein, which is 00:07:14.649 --> 00:07:16.709 south of Amsterdam, but they don't have a church 00:07:16.709 --> 00:07:20.769 building. So they use the auditorium at the school, 00:07:21.509 --> 00:07:25.870 at the Hermann Westling College. So it's a high 00:07:25.870 --> 00:07:29.110 school. And it's funny enough, it's the school 00:07:29.110 --> 00:07:33.029 that my sister went to when she was young. And 00:07:33.029 --> 00:07:37.910 it was the coolest thing. And everything was 00:07:37.910 --> 00:07:42.689 so recognizable in kind of a format that we have, 00:07:42.970 --> 00:07:46.410 you know, the worship team. And it was all in 00:07:46.410 --> 00:07:49.750 English. I think a lot of the people running 00:07:49.750 --> 00:07:53.000 it are from South Africa. just listening to their 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.980 accents. But there were expats there, there were 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:58.620 Dutch people there, a lot of people with younger 00:07:58.620 --> 00:08:02.459 children. When I say younger, like in their early 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:07.339 teens, all different races and colors. It was 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:10.879 so cool just to be there. And the pastor did, 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.100 I guess they were in a series, so he did the 00:08:13.100 --> 00:08:15.600 fourth and the final in a series of Revelation. 00:08:16.540 --> 00:08:19.360 And it was, I mean, they had, it was right down 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:23.129 to the, to the elements, the cups that we have, 00:08:23.389 --> 00:08:26.470 with the juice in it and the bread on the top. 00:08:27.170 --> 00:08:30.949 Wow. Although their juice was darker and a little 00:08:30.949 --> 00:08:33.090 sour, I have to admit. It wasn't quite the juice 00:08:33.090 --> 00:08:36.809 that I expected. But it was so cool. I try to 00:08:36.809 --> 00:08:41.850 keep it fresh. Who knows? They do go sour. I 00:08:41.850 --> 00:08:44.830 could pinpoint, okay, that's Pastor Russ. That's 00:08:44.830 --> 00:08:48.450 the worship pastor. They had a female vocalist. 00:08:48.669 --> 00:08:51.950 She played acoustic guitar, had a guy on bass. 00:08:52.970 --> 00:08:56.889 I think the worship pastor on on keyboards and 00:08:56.889 --> 00:08:58.990 they sang songs that we knew they had the words 00:08:58.990 --> 00:09:02.309 on the screen The funny thing was they had a 00:09:02.309 --> 00:09:05.529 drummer and he may have been visiting because 00:09:05.529 --> 00:09:09.509 he was he was sitting earlier and This guy he's 00:09:09.509 --> 00:09:13.269 he must be playing in some band and he was and 00:09:13.269 --> 00:09:16.850 he was so loud You could barely hear Wow But 00:09:16.850 --> 00:09:19.269 he was pom -pom all the fills and everything 00:09:19.269 --> 00:09:22.690 like wow, this guy's going to town But hands 00:09:22.690 --> 00:09:25.690 in the air, everybody worshipping. It was so 00:09:25.690 --> 00:09:28.190 amazing to see that and to witness that in this 00:09:28.190 --> 00:09:31.629 country. And it just told me that God is here. 00:09:32.190 --> 00:09:35.190 The Spirit is here and people are worshipping. 00:09:35.250 --> 00:09:39.529 The church was not empty. In fact, that 930 service 00:09:39.529 --> 00:09:42.649 was probably 200 people. It was chock full. It 00:09:42.649 --> 00:09:46.870 was just so fantastic. Adam, that is so cool. 00:09:46.929 --> 00:09:49.070 And it's so neat to see that God's doing this 00:09:49.070 --> 00:09:52.909 all over the world right now. God is not limited 00:09:52.909 --> 00:09:57.110 to time or space, or whether you're socialism 00:09:57.110 --> 00:10:00.950 or you're capitalism. He's not limited to any 00:10:00.950 --> 00:10:04.629 of that. That's right. He's far above all of 00:10:04.629 --> 00:10:08.230 those things. He transcends those things so that 00:10:08.230 --> 00:10:12.769 you felt right at home in the flow and the feel 00:10:12.769 --> 00:10:15.649 and everything there. And yet, these were people 00:10:15.649 --> 00:10:20.620 from South Africa. In Amsterdam, I guess, you 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:24.940 were proper. That is so awesome, brother. I love 00:10:24.940 --> 00:10:28.320 that. Man, that makes me happy. Now, just between 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.539 you and I, no one else is listening while we're 00:10:30.539 --> 00:10:36.379 talking here. At Bridge Church, we start with 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:39.899 four worship songs. Then we have the promotional 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:48.490 videos. Then we have our our communion and what 00:10:48.490 --> 00:10:51.210 I call our giving segment talk about what we're 00:10:51.210 --> 00:10:53.049 doing with the church and what we're doing with 00:10:53.049 --> 00:10:57.370 finances and and then we go into the message 00:10:57.370 --> 00:11:00.809 and you know the whole that's kind of the format 00:11:00.809 --> 00:11:03.990 if you will of bridge church so here they did 00:11:03.990 --> 00:11:09.009 open with a worship song then I think the woman 00:11:09.009 --> 00:11:12.460 came on I don't know if she was clear like a 00:11:12.460 --> 00:11:15.299 financial person and you know, she kind of welcomed 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:18.659 everybody. Then they did the videos. They had 00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:21.620 their promotional video, then three songs. Then 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:25.879 the pastor came and he did the sermon and he 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:29.799 led into communion at the end. Oh, I like that. 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:32.440 And then the last, then they had a final worship 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.899 song, which was actually a song that connected 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:37.940 to his message. It was really interesting. Like 00:11:37.940 --> 00:11:41.350 this is good. Unfortunately, After that the woman 00:11:41.350 --> 00:11:45.169 came back on and she said You know, I really 00:11:45.169 --> 00:11:48.490 I'm sad to have to say this but we are coming 00:11:48.490 --> 00:11:52.789 up short 10 ,000 euros every single month and 00:11:52.789 --> 00:11:55.409 You know, so they're clearly in in some kind 00:11:55.409 --> 00:11:58.129 of financial trouble and and that kind of broke 00:11:58.129 --> 00:12:02.379 my heart, you know like It's so tough. It's so 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:04.519 tough to see that a vibrant church and like, 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:06.799 you know, so that had an appeal. They had, I 00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:08.759 think it was a hundred euros from a hundred people 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:10.659 for six months. So they can figure out what the, 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:12.519 cause they have to make some decisions, I guess. 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:15.419 Oh, that's hard. Oh, it broke my heart. That's 00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:17.820 tough. Yeah, that breaks my heart too. I know, 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:20.759 man. It's hard all over the world right now. 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:22.879 You know, I mean, you know, of course we saw 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.159 what happened with Trump announcing that, hey, 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:30.419 we're still in a war. The truce is off or whatever, 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:34.620 or the ceasefire. That just puts people in a 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:37.340 place of fear and they begin to, they don't even 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:39.360 do it consciously, I think, but they begin to 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.059 hold on to things that normally they would have 00:12:42.059 --> 00:12:45.879 released. And generosity, sadly, to say generosity 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.000 is usually the first thing to suffer in these 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.169 things. Yeah, that's a good point, actually. 00:12:51.909 --> 00:12:55.269 There's more fear here than we even realize because 00:12:55.269 --> 00:12:59.049 of the Ukraine -Russia war. I mean, we don't 00:12:59.049 --> 00:13:01.610 hear about that much right now because our president 00:13:01.610 --> 00:13:04.070 hasn't involved himself in that, but I'm sure 00:13:04.070 --> 00:13:07.210 he's going to get involved again. But the people 00:13:07.210 --> 00:13:09.830 here are just being told every single day, oh, 00:13:09.850 --> 00:13:11.789 no, Russia, they're going to come for us. It's 00:13:11.789 --> 00:13:14.309 Ukraine. And then for us, we have to do everything 00:13:14.309 --> 00:13:16.809 for Ukraine. Otherwise, Russia is going to come 00:13:16.809 --> 00:13:21.429 for us. And that's crazy. This is like Cold War 00:13:21.429 --> 00:13:24.330 tactics that we haven't seen for all this time. 00:13:24.889 --> 00:13:28.629 And sadly, I think it's being used to control 00:13:28.629 --> 00:13:31.330 the people here. It's like, we're going to give 00:13:31.330 --> 00:13:35.350 you a freedom tax, which is literally an extra 00:13:35.350 --> 00:13:38.409 tax to protect your freedom so we can buy missiles. 00:13:38.409 --> 00:13:42.769 Boy, there's an oxymoron. Boy, I've never heard 00:13:42.769 --> 00:13:46.850 one. While we are here, it's been great hanging 00:13:46.850 --> 00:13:50.110 out with Christina and with Kevin and she is 00:13:50.110 --> 00:13:53.149 at the top. I mean, she's ready. She is so ready. 00:13:53.590 --> 00:13:57.129 Baby Cleo has not presented herself yet. So we're 00:13:57.129 --> 00:13:59.190 just waiting and praying and it'd be great if 00:13:59.190 --> 00:14:02.970 she came while we're here. Yeah, it's, you know, 00:14:02.970 --> 00:14:05.750 we, you don't know. I mean, it could be two more 00:14:05.750 --> 00:14:10.169 weeks, you know, only God knows. So, so that's 00:14:10.169 --> 00:14:13.149 been really nice. But of course we completely. 00:14:14.889 --> 00:14:18.370 missed all of the 250 Fourth of July celebrations. 00:14:18.450 --> 00:14:20.590 So I'd love to hear how things went back at home 00:14:20.590 --> 00:14:23.970 in Fredericksburg. Brother, I love what we know. 00:14:24.090 --> 00:14:26.230 We had Rick Green from the Patriot Academy preach 00:14:26.230 --> 00:14:29.370 on Sunday morning here at the bridge and he brought 00:14:29.370 --> 00:14:32.370 it. I mean, he crushed it over the centerfield 00:14:32.370 --> 00:14:35.309 fence with the bases loaded. I mean, he was in 00:14:35.309 --> 00:14:38.710 true form and yet he was on the tail end of three 00:14:38.710 --> 00:14:43.649 days back to back nonstop work. I mean, he I 00:14:43.649 --> 00:14:46.330 told him, I apologize. I didn't even realize 00:14:46.330 --> 00:14:49.370 all that you would have to be involved in even 00:14:49.370 --> 00:14:52.190 before you got here this morning. And he holds 00:14:52.190 --> 00:14:55.190 his big old 32 ounce mug up. He said, it's full 00:14:55.190 --> 00:14:59.090 brother. I'm caffeineed up. I'm ready to go. 00:14:59.509 --> 00:15:01.529 And he just did such a great job. But what he 00:15:01.529 --> 00:15:04.629 just reminded us of is, first of all, that we're 00:15:04.629 --> 00:15:06.629 not in a political war. We're in a spiritual 00:15:06.629 --> 00:15:09.950 war. I mean, he really was clear with that message. 00:15:10.330 --> 00:15:15.389 And also the message of, you know, we have responsibility 00:15:15.389 --> 00:15:19.029 to continue. Not for us. This is what I appreciated. 00:15:19.710 --> 00:15:22.429 This whole celebration of 250, yes, it's looking 00:15:22.429 --> 00:15:25.409 back. It's celebrating our past. It's celebrating 00:15:25.409 --> 00:15:28.190 the heroes, you know, those who laid down in 00:15:28.190 --> 00:15:30.629 the mud so the next generation could cross over 00:15:30.629 --> 00:15:33.850 the path. And, you know, all of that is there. 00:15:33.950 --> 00:15:37.080 And yet He focused not just on the past, but 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.539 on the future and how what we do today, you know, 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:44.059 the old cliche, what you do today echoes for 00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:46.759 eternity. Oh, there's truth to that. What we 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:49.100 do today matters. And I love what he was saying 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:52.000 about the next generation, that we're not doing 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:55.059 what we're doing right now. This activism, this 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:58.350 being involved, this showing up. this speaking 00:15:58.350 --> 00:16:01.529 of starting at the local level and then the county, 00:16:01.549 --> 00:16:04.549 state and nation. We're not doing this for us. 00:16:04.690 --> 00:16:07.070 We're doing it for the next generation and the 00:16:07.070 --> 00:16:10.129 next for our kids and our grandchildren and our 00:16:10.129 --> 00:16:11.970 great grandchildren. And that's something people 00:16:11.970 --> 00:16:14.970 need to continue to realize. This isn't all about 00:16:14.970 --> 00:16:18.289 us. It's not just about our gas prices. It's 00:16:18.289 --> 00:16:21.909 not just about if property taxes go up again. 00:16:21.909 --> 00:16:24.809 It's not about that. It's about what are we going 00:16:24.809 --> 00:16:26.830 to hand off to the next generation? And when 00:16:26.830 --> 00:16:29.809 we stand before God, how are we going to answer 00:16:29.809 --> 00:16:32.629 the call? What did you do for them? What did 00:16:32.629 --> 00:16:36.149 you do for your heritage? What did you do for 00:16:36.149 --> 00:16:41.169 those who came behind you? And frankly, I want 00:16:41.169 --> 00:16:43.889 to be like one of the founding fathers who said, 00:16:43.929 --> 00:16:48.360 you know what? I'm going to give my life. I'm 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:55.139 going to give my fortune and my sacred honor, 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:58.360 not just for us, but for the next generation. 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:01.019 That's why I'm excited about preaching tonight 00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:04.059 to our students here at the Bridge. Oh, yes. 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:07.940 You're doing the youth group. Yeah, there are 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:10.059 two weeks coming off of youth camp and they're 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:13.079 fired up and they had the theme. I found out 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:15.359 what the theme was. They were taught a lot about 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.279 the person work of the Holy Spirit. And so I'm 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:20.640 going to come in more with some stories than 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:23.279 just teaching. They get sermons all the time. 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.299 It's going to be more storytelling tonight of 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:27.319 just things that I've experienced when I was 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:29.980 a youth pastor working with students who were 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:32.099 impacted by the ministry of the Holy Spirit. 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.720 You know, there's something that happened on 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:37.920 July 4th, which I don't know if everyone heard 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:39.940 about it because there was just so much going 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:42.579 on and it's been a ramp up that's been happening 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:45.940 for the past couple of months and it's the Trump 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:49.160 accounts and I just wanted to play two two clips 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:52.150 here just with a quick explainer of I think this 00:17:52.150 --> 00:17:54.670 is Scott Besant, our Treasury Secretary, speaking 00:17:54.670 --> 00:17:57.049 of our youth. The other thing I want to mention 00:17:57.049 --> 00:18:01.829 briefly, before I get to that, is the Trump savings 00:18:01.829 --> 00:18:04.630 accounts, which I think really is a game changer. 00:18:04.730 --> 00:18:08.970 That is a major, major piece of legislation. 00:18:10.210 --> 00:18:15.009 I think that this is the most important the government 00:18:15.009 --> 00:18:19.549 benefit for young people since the GI Bill. And 00:18:19.549 --> 00:18:24.230 38 % of Americans have no exposure to our great 00:18:24.230 --> 00:18:26.369 equity market. They don't participate in the 00:18:26.369 --> 00:18:30.069 innovation, the dynamic US economy, great managements, 00:18:31.170 --> 00:18:34.470 the managements who I see here today. And for 00:18:34.470 --> 00:18:39.519 them, it is just a foreign concept. So with the 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.920 Trump accounts, any child born during President 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:48.200 Trump's term, they get $1 ,000 seed investment 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:51.819 from Treasury for these, and they're going to 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:57.259 go into low -cost index funds, and they will 00:18:57.259 --> 00:19:01.700 be able to see every day on their phone what 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:05.630 the account's doing. Folks with children under 00:19:05.630 --> 00:19:09.710 18, families with children under 18 can open 00:19:09.710 --> 00:19:12.390 a Trump account and they can put up to $5 ,000 00:19:12.390 --> 00:19:15.250 in there that will compound tax -free until age 00:19:15.250 --> 00:19:21.609 18. At age 18, they can roll it into a traditional 00:19:21.609 --> 00:19:23.890 retirement plan or take it out to start a business 00:19:23.890 --> 00:19:27.930 for education. down payment on a home. And the 00:19:27.930 --> 00:19:29.809 other thing we're seeing with these Trump accounts 00:19:29.809 --> 00:19:33.549 is that we are seeing some of our great philanthropists, 00:19:33.849 --> 00:19:39.190 Michael and Susan Dell, $6 .25 billion to American 00:19:39.190 --> 00:19:43.750 children. So it's going to be about $250 for 00:19:43.750 --> 00:19:46.549 80 % of the American children. Blowing a piece 00:19:46.549 --> 00:19:49.099 of the rock. They never thought possible. They 00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:51.160 might even learn a little bit about capitalism 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:53.660 and business along the way. Well, I think we're 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:57.059 creating a whole new class of shareholders rather 00:19:57.059 --> 00:20:02.259 than giving a toy for someone's birthday. You 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:04.900 cut the price of the toy in half and give the 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:07.960 toy and then put $20 into that account. So you 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:11.039 can constantly top it up. It's worth a lot more 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:15.250 than a welfare check. something that just hasn't 00:20:15.250 --> 00:20:18.289 been explained that well, I feel, just because 00:20:18.289 --> 00:20:20.930 there's so much other news. But if you look at 00:20:20.930 --> 00:20:23.930 the compounded function of these Trump accounts, 00:20:24.009 --> 00:20:27.529 and again, any child born within President Trump's, 00:20:27.529 --> 00:20:30.250 I presume this will be continued after President 00:20:30.250 --> 00:20:33.769 Trump's presidency, gets $1 ,000 to start off 00:20:33.769 --> 00:20:36.670 with. It really is true that all of these great 00:20:36.670 --> 00:20:39.730 companies and philanthropists are putting money 00:20:39.730 --> 00:20:42.690 into it. Some are putting stock into it from 00:20:42.690 --> 00:20:46.369 their companies, I think Star, SpaceX, putting 00:20:46.369 --> 00:20:49.910 stock into it. The calculation is that if you 00:20:49.910 --> 00:20:51.970 have a child who has a Trump account that starts 00:20:51.970 --> 00:20:56.190 now, when they're 18, it could be over $200 ,000. 00:20:56.430 --> 00:20:58.529 By the time they're 30, it could be over a million 00:20:58.529 --> 00:21:02.190 dollars. Wow. Will they be able to add anything 00:21:02.190 --> 00:21:05.230 to it or is it just - Yes. No, you can continuously 00:21:05.230 --> 00:21:08.049 add to it. Grandparents can add to it. Anybody 00:21:08.049 --> 00:21:10.990 can put more money in and it's based on index. 00:21:11.009 --> 00:21:14.809 And if you look at the index funds like the S 00:21:14.809 --> 00:21:19.390 &P 500, most people who mess around in the stock 00:21:19.390 --> 00:21:21.069 market, if they just put their money into the 00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:24.559 S &P 500 would have made the same or more. than 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:26.460 trading every day and moving stuff around. I 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:29.819 mean, it just continuously goes up. And it's 00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:33.480 such a uniquely American idea. And I just love 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:36.140 it so much. And my granddaughter will be eligible 00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:39.519 as well. Oh, wonderful. Yeah. I just think it's 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.559 so awesome that we're doing this. And it's probably 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:45.880 better than... social security in the long run, 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:48.059 which as we know is probably going to run out 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:50.319 of money at some point. It's tenuous. I've been 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:52.019 hearing my whole life. It's going to run out 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:54.140 of money the next year. So I mean, it's well, 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:57.519 they just kick the cam down the road. Yeah, exactly. 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:59.779 Exactly. No, you're right. This is great. Again, 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:02.480 we're talking about the next generation and what 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:04.880 does it mean to build for them? What does it 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:08.299 mean to build into them? And I love it that our 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:11.240 Our president, our country is saying, no, the 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:13.380 next generation is important. It's not just about 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:17.579 us. Our generation, I'm a boomer. So the boomer 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:19.599 generation tended to have this, it's all about 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:23.700 me. Mentality, I'm going to get mine while I 00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:27.359 can. And we just handed screens, iPods and phones 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:30.740 off to our kids and said, entertain yourself. 00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:33.279 We got work to do and we're paying the price 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:36.799 for that. Yes. Well, Generation X didn't do much 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:39.200 better, and we're pretty close in age, brother. 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:43.539 I'm technically a boomer by three months. You're 00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:45.859 right on the cusp. By three months. But I was 00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:47.640 the face of Generation X, so I'm going to hold 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:51.599 on to that. For sure. But I see Tina and I, we 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:54.779 pray every single day, every night for our girls, 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:57.900 for them to be safe, for them to see who's really 00:22:57.900 --> 00:23:00.880 in control. And so we were at Kevin and Christina's 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:04.430 house. You know, we're doing the reality show. 00:23:05.210 --> 00:23:09.150 So Tina Cooks, which was hilarious, and one of 00:23:09.150 --> 00:23:11.309 those perfect television moments, the rice caught 00:23:11.309 --> 00:23:13.089 on fire, you know, could not have been any better. 00:23:13.710 --> 00:23:15.930 The camera's rushing into the kitchen like, yeah, 00:23:16.009 --> 00:23:17.750 that's smoke. This is perfect. Drama. Oh, they're 00:23:17.750 --> 00:23:19.769 loving it. This is show material. Show material 00:23:19.769 --> 00:23:21.990 for sure. It's hilarious. So we sit down and 00:23:21.990 --> 00:23:25.210 I say, well, I'm just going to pray. And I do 00:23:25.210 --> 00:23:28.910 that anyway with the kids. But I also really 00:23:28.910 --> 00:23:32.400 like that this would be on camera. And I can 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:36.059 tell that the production crew was like, oh yes, 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:38.119 we want to get praying, lots of praying because, 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:40.140 you know, they're crazy Christians. I know that 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:43.319 that's kind of the feel they have. And so I launched 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:45.740 into one of my prayers, one of those where at 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.480 a certain point I'm like, we pray for the governments 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:50.319 of the Netherlands and America. Tina starts squeezing 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:53.119 my hand, like before you start thanking the sanitation 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:58.500 workers. But then after that, Christina says, 00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:01.539 just spontaneously, you know, Kevin, we pray 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:05.920 at dinner now. I'm like, oh, I love that so much. 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:09.920 So seeds are being planted. Seeds are growing 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:13.160 and just by, because we're not forcing anything 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:15.200 on them. We're not telling them what to do. We're 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.880 just leading by example. And to see that happen, 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:21.880 you know, she's like, and you know, our daughter 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:25.380 is going to go to a a Christian school. I'm not 00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:29.200 sure which one, but they want to send her to 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:33.839 a school that is more biblically based. No screen. 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:38.960 It says, just like we see where we live, a lot 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:41.240 of the parents will give their kids an Apple 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:43.680 Watch, which can only do phone calls and text 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:46.839 messaging. I guess you could call an Uber if 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:49.779 you needed one. So it's like, no, no, no, I'm 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.839 not going to have any screens. It's just so good 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:54.519 to see the influence. It matters. It matters 00:24:54.519 --> 00:25:00.119 what you do. Your example matters. Without even 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.180 having to do anything or say anything, they just 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:05.759 start to pick it up. And that's so heartwarming. 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:09.240 Man, I love that, Adam. And I love that you guys, 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:11.700 you're not forcing anything on your kids. You're 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:15.460 just being yourself. And we call it leaky buckets. 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:18.789 You're just leaking out. the life that's in you, 00:25:18.829 --> 00:25:22.430 and it's catching. It's so much, and you know 00:25:22.430 --> 00:25:24.930 this in far as raising kids and instructing the 00:25:24.930 --> 00:25:27.210 next generation. There are things that we can 00:25:27.210 --> 00:25:31.430 teach, but most is more caught than taught. It's 00:25:31.430 --> 00:25:34.130 what they see. It's what they hear. It's them 00:25:34.130 --> 00:25:36.789 walking into a room instead of catching their 00:25:36.789 --> 00:25:39.089 dad on a computer on porn. They catch him on 00:25:39.089 --> 00:25:42.589 his knees praying with an open Bible. That's 00:25:42.589 --> 00:25:46.380 the kind of stuff that impacts the psyche. the 00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:50.140 development of a child so that they become all 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:52.359 that they're called to be and destined to be 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.700 in God. We give them that platform to do it because 00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:58.079 we don't want to be the ceiling that caps them 00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.880 off. We're going to be the launching pad for 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:05.480 them. Yes. Amen to that. I got a very joyous 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:09.960 text from my buddy Diederich who wrote the screenplay 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:13.599 for Young Washington. Oh, very cool. It's the 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:20.460 movie that was produced by The Wonder Project, 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:25.859 who did House of David, and this is the brand 00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:29.579 new, I guess you could call it studio, that has 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:32.740 been started to become the Christian HBO, but 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:36.000 really just making movies for people who just 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:38.619 want a nice story and a movie, and yes, please 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:41.940 put some God in there, which is part of our tradition 00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:46.339 anyway. And Angel Studios was doing the distribution, 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:49.779 the theatrical distribution. They opened the 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:52.420 biggest opening that Angel Studios has ever had, 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:55.680 $22 million opening weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:59.319 equally strong, at least 5 million more than 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:03.279 they expected over their top predictions, their 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.720 top expectations, the projections. And what's 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:12.440 so good about this is this solidifies the model, 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:17.240 the audience, the product for all intents and 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:21.859 purposes, Hollywood, for the filmmaking industry, 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:24.799 that this is legit. You can get people to put 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:26.980 their butts in seats. They will go to the theater. 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:29.799 And there was some stark competition. I mean, 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:32.339 they had, what are those minions, the little 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:36.380 widget people? The minions opened up the same 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:42.519 weekend. This is just fantastic. I'm just so 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:46.220 happy that we'll be able to see more of this 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:49.579 in the future. Boy, I'm finding myself really 00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:51.640 encouraged. Annette and I just had a conversation 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:56.940 last night. As you know, we've become hearties. 00:27:57.579 --> 00:28:01.119 We've watched every episode of When Calls the 00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:03.500 Heart. And so here's how much we're into it. 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:06.450 We started over. We went right back to the, and 00:28:06.450 --> 00:28:08.809 there are so many details we missed in the beginning. 00:28:08.890 --> 00:28:10.630 Watching it the second time is actually more 00:28:10.630 --> 00:28:13.369 fun to us right now. But also because we have 00:28:13.369 --> 00:28:16.009 this expectation because there's so many redemptive 00:28:16.009 --> 00:28:19.930 story arcs in that show of all the various characters, 00:28:19.930 --> 00:28:21.950 you know, where they start off rough or in a 00:28:21.950 --> 00:28:24.829 bad place. But as the show progresses, you see 00:28:24.829 --> 00:28:27.809 this, this redemptive story arc and that's what 00:28:27.809 --> 00:28:30.490 people are looking for. I think people in movies, 00:28:30.490 --> 00:28:33.829 they want some good news. They don't want to 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:36.279 Not everybody wants to go to the movies and be 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:39.180 left with a mystery that's dark and negative 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:42.700 and the worst possible outcome. I mean, there's 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:44.940 times to be intellectually challenged in movies 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:48.799 and things, but there's also, I think, the human 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:52.900 experience. We desire redemptive, life -giving 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:57.220 story arcs. We want to see the hero win. We want 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:59.839 to see the good people come out on top. We want 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.599 to see those that are dark and nefarious rescued 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:06.579 and become good people. And so we were talking 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:09.500 about it last night as we turned off the TV and 00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:12.339 getting ready to hit the sack and go lights out. 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:16.019 And we were saying, watching these kinds of shows 00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:18.980 make me want to be not only a better person, 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:23.339 a better citizen, but a better Christian. Yes. 00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:30.000 Yes. Yes. How do we do that? How do we be better 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.180 Christians? Well, it's simple. I mean, it literally 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:37.099 is to just do exactly the simple things, the 00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:39.359 everyday things. We think being a Christian, 00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:42.140 you know, is some epic thing where there's all 00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:44.660 these mountaintop experiences and you're just 00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:48.160 sort of sailing over life above the line, above 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.799 the cloud line. But at the end of the day, it's 00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:53.500 actually the daily things. It's the daily decisions. 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:56.420 It's being on an airplane and seeing an older 00:29:56.420 --> 00:30:01.839 lady or any lady who can barely lift her carry 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.960 on above her head. And you jump up and you grab 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:07.039 it and put it up for her. And then when you leave, 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:09.759 you say, can I get that down for you? Those are 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:12.279 the little things that may be being a good person, 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:15.440 a good citizen, but it's driven with a biblical 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.400 worldview. It's a game changer for people. We 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:20.640 had an experience on the airplane and I don't 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:23.099 even think about this stuff. I just do it. There 00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:25.900 were three older ladies getting on the plane 00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:27.779 together. You could tell they were together and 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:30.380 having a big time. I was already seated, already 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:33.759 had my earbuds on. I mean, I'm ready for the 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:37.599 flight. And I see all three of them come in and 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:40.740 they're dragging these. Fairly large, you know 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:43.079 carry -ons and they're bumping the edges, you 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.980 know, they're hitting things or you can tell 00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:47.680 that they're awkward And I just jumped up. I 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.940 didn't say a word. I said ma 'am. Do you mind? 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.960 Can I put that over they were right behind us 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:55.740 and Those ladies were so shocked and they said 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:58.400 to Annette They said you are so lucky to have 00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:01.750 a good man for a husband And she turned around 00:31:01.750 --> 00:31:05.109 and said, I absolutely am. And that's not about 00:31:05.109 --> 00:31:07.509 a big pat on the back for me. This is simply 00:31:07.509 --> 00:31:10.029 doing what a Christian does. You ask, what does 00:31:10.029 --> 00:31:11.990 it mean to be a good Christian? It means the 00:31:11.990 --> 00:31:16.130 little things. It means not getting bent out 00:31:16.130 --> 00:31:18.470 of shape on the interstate when somebody cuts 00:31:18.470 --> 00:31:21.869 you off because they got into your space. They 00:31:21.869 --> 00:31:23.670 made you take your foot off the accelerator. 00:31:23.750 --> 00:31:25.650 How dare they? That's a tough one though. It's 00:31:25.650 --> 00:31:27.509 a tough one for a lot of people. I'm getting 00:31:27.509 --> 00:31:30.009 better. I am getting better. That's an Easter 00:31:30.009 --> 00:31:32.269 egg for Annette. We'll see. She may call me out 00:31:32.269 --> 00:31:35.890 on that one. But it's the little things. The 00:31:35.890 --> 00:31:39.390 epic things, those opportunities come along once 00:31:39.390 --> 00:31:42.150 or twice in a lifetime where you get to do something 00:31:42.150 --> 00:31:45.220 epic. help somebody at a car wreck or go into 00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:47.599 a burning house. But at the end of the day, it's 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:49.839 the dailies. It's what we do every day, just 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:53.059 making good decisions. You know, what's been 00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:56.279 interesting over here is in the last couple of 00:31:56.279 --> 00:32:01.420 days, I think I've received five or maybe six 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:05.779 emails from people who I've met before or I know 00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:09.240 from a couple of years ago. And they all have 00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:12.470 the same message. It's like, hey, I've been listening 00:32:12.470 --> 00:32:16.069 to We Get To Do This and it's affecting me. I'm 00:32:16.069 --> 00:32:20.250 feeling like I want to go back to church or I'm 00:32:20.250 --> 00:32:25.809 very interested in what you're experiencing. 00:32:25.970 --> 00:32:28.309 How can I experience that? Which is actually, 00:32:28.430 --> 00:32:31.650 before I read any of these, how can people experience? 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:34.440 what we feel as Christians once we're saved. 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:37.700 It seems like there's a path, you know, and people 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:39.259 say, I really want to feel it, but what am I 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:41.160 supposed to feel? Am I feeling the right thing? 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:44.420 Well, I would say, I mean, the first word that 00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:46.259 came to my mind when you said this is kind of 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:51.759 a hot take here. Surrender. Give up. Wave the 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:55.480 white flag. Tell God and don't tell him in a 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:57.779 fancy way. Don't speak in Elizabethan English 00:32:57.779 --> 00:33:00.619 or think you've got to put together a very beautifully 00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:04.900 crafted prayer. Just be real with him. God, I 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:08.220 have made horrible mistakes. I've messed up. 00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:12.119 I've missed the mark. I need you. I'm desperate. 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:16.000 I need you. Talk to me. Help me. Show me. I mean, 00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:20.700 just tell him what you need. Tell him and ask 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:24.859 him. The scripture says, if you being evil know 00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:26.700 how to give good gifts to your children, how 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:30.420 much more does the father want to give good things 00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.700 to you? I mean, he's talking about how in his 00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:37.559 goodness as a good father, he wants to do things 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:41.319 for you, with you, be a part. He wants to participate 00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.099 in life with you. That's why he created you, 00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:47.539 was for relationship. And so what does it mean? 00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:51.140 James 4 .8 is always just one that comes to me. 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:54.980 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. 00:33:55.279 --> 00:34:00.119 So he simply says, make the first move. Jesus 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:02.319 has already issued the challenge, come unto me 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.859 all who are weary and heavy laden, I'll give 00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:07.799 you rest. He's already issued the invitation, 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:11.960 but now just make a move, take a step. I think 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:14.440 the word surrender is the right one because that's 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:16.820 what I have to remind myself of constantly is 00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:21.280 I'm not in control. I surrender control to you, 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:24.269 Lord. And just show me the way, show me what 00:34:24.269 --> 00:34:27.329 I have to do. Show me how I, you know, actually 00:34:27.329 --> 00:34:30.610 this was a note we got from JJ. I love this. 00:34:30.929 --> 00:34:33.150 He says, I went back and started episode one 00:34:33.150 --> 00:34:35.610 because this podcast you're doing with your pastor. 00:34:35.929 --> 00:34:38.530 Well, it's my friend, but okay. Yes. Also my 00:34:38.530 --> 00:34:41.949 pastor is so wonderful. Each time I listen, I 00:34:41.949 --> 00:34:45.630 feel less anxious and more full of faith in Jesus. 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:49.019 I forgot how wonderful it is to be reminded of 00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:51.780 the core truths that build us up and feed our 00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:56.659 spirits. I mean, like, wow. I could not have 00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:58.400 said that better. That's so awesome. You know, 00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:01.340 one thing I would say to JJ is stay the course. 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:04.380 You know, once you start down this path, I mean, 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:06.519 I've mentioned this before, I think even on the 00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:10.860 show that I've heard, you know, maybe once or 00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:15.380 twice, for sure once, I think twice. the audible 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:19.000 voice of God. And it wasn't so audible that it 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.980 reverberated in my car and sounded like Joe Darth 00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:28.900 Vader, the guy who plays Darth Vader. It was 00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:32.460 just simply three words driving down the highway 00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:35.679 in a really dark season where I just frankly 00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:38.659 had been betrayed by who I thought was one of 00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:40.599 my dearest friends. And it turned out it was 00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:43.679 a sham. He was just using me to get what he could 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:46.019 out of the church and stuff. And I just, man, 00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:49.179 just shattered me. But also I was angry. I was 00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:51.460 mad. I was hitting my steering wheel. I was ticked 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:55.460 off. And I just said, God, I don't get it. I 00:35:55.460 --> 00:36:00.099 mean, how did I not see this coming? And what 00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:02.699 do I do? And the Lord, I just heard these three 00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:08.239 words, stay the course. No fanfare, no angels, 00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:11.860 nothing. Just stay the course. I have leaned 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:16.900 on that for years now. So we had a memorial for 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:19.039 my mom, it was 20 years ago, that she passed. 00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:21.000 We actually did that on 4th of July with the 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.860 family. My sister came in with her family and 00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:27.619 my nephew and niece from Italy and my sister 00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:34.969 here. But also, Hans. I grew up with him in the 00:36:34.969 --> 00:36:37.530 Netherlands. He was my next door neighbor. He 00:36:37.530 --> 00:36:39.190 said, I think he's two or three years older than 00:36:39.190 --> 00:36:43.050 I am, but we grew up together. We made like super 00:36:43.050 --> 00:36:45.469 eight millimeter cowboy movies together. We had 00:36:45.469 --> 00:36:48.210 the walkie talkies from one house to the next. 00:36:48.389 --> 00:36:51.090 We had the wired intercom, all this stuff. We 00:36:51.090 --> 00:36:53.869 did all this crazy stuff together. And I think 00:36:53.869 --> 00:36:58.510 it was now three years ago when I got a nudge 00:36:58.510 --> 00:37:01.539 like check it on Hans and I called him. He said, 00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:03.400 and he lives in Spain. I said, Hans, how you 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:05.880 doing? I'm dying. He said, I'm dying. I said, 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:09.639 what? See, I'm dying. And now he was a friend 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:11.619 of the family. So not just, you know, my boyhood 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:13.119 friend, but you know, my sisters know him, et 00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:15.980 cetera. And I said, okay, we're going to come 00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:18.539 to see you on our summer vacation. So a couple 00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:21.860 of months later we went and he wasn't just, he 00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:24.320 looked almost dead. I mean, he had, he suffered 00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:29.309 from alcoholism. psoriasis of the liver. He couldn't 00:37:29.309 --> 00:37:31.869 walk. He had a scooter, you know, like a three 00:37:31.869 --> 00:37:34.949 -wheeler that he rode on. He was shaking. He 00:37:34.949 --> 00:37:39.550 was just, you know, skin over pulled over bones. 00:37:39.989 --> 00:37:43.909 His skin was so thin that if he rubbed the wall, 00:37:43.949 --> 00:37:47.869 it started to bleed. And I mean, it was so bad. 00:37:48.110 --> 00:37:51.050 And Tina and I just prayed over him, prayed over 00:37:51.050 --> 00:37:53.730 him. When we saw him the first time, I met him 00:37:53.730 --> 00:37:56.670 again the next day, third day. prayed over him 00:37:56.670 --> 00:38:00.210 again and the next thing I know I heard from 00:38:00.210 --> 00:38:03.590 him is he said you know I went to AA and which 00:38:03.590 --> 00:38:07.010 is very faith -based and you know he says we're 00:38:07.010 --> 00:38:10.550 I'm praying I've reconnected with with with the 00:38:10.550 --> 00:38:15.849 father and he came he came to this reunion he 00:38:15.849 --> 00:38:19.289 was literally skipping He's like, hey guys, how 00:38:19.289 --> 00:38:22.849 you doing? I mean, it was a whole different man. 00:38:22.949 --> 00:38:26.329 I'm like, holy crap, Hans. And he had flown in 00:38:26.329 --> 00:38:30.329 for it. And he was just skipping along. Everything's 00:38:30.329 --> 00:38:34.590 great. Same old, his humor was back. And I'm 00:38:34.590 --> 00:38:36.530 just like, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. 00:38:37.250 --> 00:38:40.869 And I say this because I got a note from one 00:38:40.869 --> 00:38:45.670 of our listeners. And he sent me an email. I 00:38:45.670 --> 00:38:49.659 said, hey, could you pray over me because I'm 00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:52.480 an alcoholic and I can't seem to get out of this. 00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:57.360 I gave him, and I did of course, and I emailed 00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:00.380 him back and I said, hey man, you can do this. 00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:03.260 He says, yeah, but I'm afraid about my wife and 00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:05.500 my job. He says, you got to surrender to this. 00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:07.960 You got to surrender. You got to bring your wife 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:11.599 into your struggle. Don't try to white knuckle 00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:14.550 this. And so I don't want to give his name out. 00:39:14.570 --> 00:39:17.789 We'll just call him Pete for reasons of anonymity. 00:39:18.110 --> 00:39:20.570 I just want people to pray for him because he's 00:39:20.570 --> 00:39:22.409 going through a real rough patch. I just love 00:39:22.409 --> 00:39:25.829 the fact that he reached out that he felt that 00:39:25.829 --> 00:39:28.269 he could just talk and say, hey, man, I need 00:39:28.269 --> 00:39:31.849 to bring this up. Man, that is what this is about. 00:39:32.170 --> 00:39:34.809 You know, we had Charles reach out to us about 00:39:34.809 --> 00:39:37.989 his daughter Viola and just was asking for prayer, 00:39:37.989 --> 00:39:40.610 you know, and that's what it is our privilege 00:39:40.610 --> 00:39:43.539 to pray for people. And when we know a little 00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:45.800 bit about what we're praying for, it helps to 00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:48.400 pray more specific. I like having a prayer target. 00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:52.019 And so, man, for your friend, Pete, we'll call 00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:54.539 him Pete. You know, Lord God, do what you need 00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.880 to do, Lord. He's opening his heart. He's becoming 00:39:56.880 --> 00:40:00.139 vulnerable. I'm asking you to give him courage 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:03.940 to face this demon and courage to face these 00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:06.699 fears. And Father, as He steps through these 00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:08.639 fears, Lord, it'll be like He stepped through 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:11.659 a mist or a smoke screen. It was fake. The enemy 00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:14.659 just was trying to shut Him down with fear. So 00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:17.840 Lord, break that spirit of fear over His life. 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:20.539 and give him the courage to take the next step. 00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.599 And Lord, your word says, as he draws near to 00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:25.699 you, you will draw near to him. But even as he 00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:28.619 makes a step in life, Father, meet him there 00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:31.719 and help him along in Jesus' name. Amen. Yes. 00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:35.000 It works, people. It really does work. Come on. 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:37.039 Yeah. Come on. It was just so awesome to see 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.760 Hans. I'm like, this is exactly... And I got 00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:42.789 this email the next day. I'm like... I was just 00:40:42.789 --> 00:40:45.829 shown how it works, how well it can work. And 00:40:45.829 --> 00:40:52.809 AA is really good. I mean, the program is not 00:40:52.809 --> 00:40:55.929 for everybody, maybe, but I just saw this work 00:40:55.929 --> 00:40:59.369 so well. And I'm like, man, find a meeting, find 00:40:59.369 --> 00:41:01.949 a sponsor. It can be done. It really can be. 00:41:01.989 --> 00:41:04.170 I think a lot of people struggle with just struggle, 00:41:04.510 --> 00:41:06.429 just struggle so much. Oh, of course. No doubt. 00:41:06.590 --> 00:41:10.570 No doubt. You're familiar with Andrew Huberman, 00:41:10.829 --> 00:41:14.329 right? He has Hooverman Lab. He's a neuroscientist. 00:41:14.829 --> 00:41:17.909 He's real big on, you know, he's sharp guy. Well, 00:41:17.989 --> 00:41:20.889 he recently came out and said, I had learned 00:41:20.889 --> 00:41:23.809 to pray. God has met me in prayer. I mean, this 00:41:23.809 --> 00:41:27.309 guy's had a complete, massive turnaround where 00:41:27.309 --> 00:41:30.730 he is now talking about, you know, he's a neuroscientist 00:41:30.730 --> 00:41:32.429 and he's one of the, you know, very well known, 00:41:32.489 --> 00:41:35.030 very popular. And he's coming back and saying, 00:41:35.250 --> 00:41:39.539 man, Neuroscience. God already taught through 00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:42.320 the Bible what we're just now figuring out in 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.019 terms of neuroscience. And he's talking about 00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:48.119 the power of prayer in his life. And I just want 00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:50.719 to focus on this just for a minute for JJ, for 00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:54.000 Charles, for your friend Pete, for others, for 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:57.360 Hans. Man, what a great story there. And all 00:41:57.360 --> 00:42:00.380 of this started with and continues to be maintained 00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:03.829 by prayer. And prayer is simply a conversation 00:42:03.829 --> 00:42:06.130 with God. It's not just a monologue, although 00:42:06.130 --> 00:42:08.530 we kind of start there. You know, it's a good 00:42:08.530 --> 00:42:11.750 place to start, you know, talk to him, but it's 00:42:11.750 --> 00:42:15.409 also a dialogue in the sense of learning to be 00:42:15.409 --> 00:42:19.570 still and quiet and listen. The scripture talks 00:42:19.570 --> 00:42:22.130 about, you know, a still small voice that God 00:42:22.130 --> 00:42:24.010 didn't come in the earthquake, He didn't come 00:42:24.010 --> 00:42:26.510 in the thunder, He didn't come in the lightning, 00:42:26.730 --> 00:42:30.659 but He came in a still small voice. And sometimes 00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:32.920 through all the noise and chatter, if we're the 00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:35.940 only ones talking, then we can't hear. That's 00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:38.780 why I know you quote James a lot, be slow to 00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:41.619 speak, quick to hear, slow to speak. Yeah, there 00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:45.219 it is. And that's so true. You got two ears and 00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:47.199 one mouth and there's a reason, there's a ratio 00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:50.639 there that God built into this thing that we 00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:52.699 need to listen twice as much as we're speaking. 00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:55.960 And that's something I try to do in prayer where 00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:58.820 prayer for me is not just talking all the time. 00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:01.559 Sometimes it's just listening. It's interesting. 00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:03.599 I was reading about, are you familiar with the 00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:08.880 term aptonym? No. I will be in a second. Yes. 00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:13.059 Sometimes known as nominative determinism. Oh, 00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:15.960 you've mentioned this before. We heard this somewhere. 00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:20.900 We may have briefly talked about it on the last 00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:23.840 show. I can't remember, but I went researching 00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:26.300 for it because I literally had to ask the robot. 00:43:26.570 --> 00:43:30.130 when someone's name is kind of like their character. 00:43:30.869 --> 00:43:33.150 So yeah, yeah. We heard this on a clip, I think 00:43:33.150 --> 00:43:35.349 the last week. That might've been a Usain Bolt, 00:43:35.550 --> 00:43:39.289 you know, he's a sprinter. So of course you may 00:43:39.289 --> 00:43:45.329 know a butcher named Jules Chop, a firefighter 00:43:45.329 --> 00:43:47.969 named Les McBurney, you know, this kind of stuff. 00:43:48.289 --> 00:43:50.309 And I was thinking like, and I was thinking like, 00:43:50.429 --> 00:43:54.130 well, Jimmy, can we presume that that comes from 00:43:54.130 --> 00:43:59.789 James? Yes. Yes. So you literally, because I 00:43:59.789 --> 00:44:01.570 see you, especially when we're in the studio 00:44:01.570 --> 00:44:05.150 together, you are quick to listen. You hear someone 00:44:05.150 --> 00:44:07.750 first and you've gotten so good at it that within, 00:44:07.750 --> 00:44:12.889 I'd say, 0 .6 seconds, you've processed. But 00:44:12.889 --> 00:44:15.829 you are not one who immediately responds. You 00:44:15.829 --> 00:44:18.710 process for a moment. I'm like, yeah, the aptanen 00:44:18.710 --> 00:44:22.409 Jimmy works. I'm not quite sure how Adam works. 00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:25.380 I mean, you might be able to analyze that for 00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:28.519 me, but when I hear you mentioning James, one 00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:31.400 of my favorites, I'm like, yeah, your name is 00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:36.099 an aptonym of who you are. Wow. That word aptonym, 00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:38.679 I need to nail that down because I see that. 00:44:38.969 --> 00:44:41.889 You've known people all your life. You'll meet 00:44:41.889 --> 00:44:45.349 somebody, his name is Fred. And then you grow 00:44:45.349 --> 00:44:48.309 up around Fred and Fred has these characteristics 00:44:48.309 --> 00:44:52.650 and just his way of life, his idiosyncrasies. 00:44:52.869 --> 00:44:55.949 And then you meet a Fred later in life and it's 00:44:55.949 --> 00:44:58.929 almost, you can put a template over him. And 00:44:58.929 --> 00:45:01.730 it's like, I've noticed that. I didn't know if 00:45:01.730 --> 00:45:04.400 there was anything really to it. But I've noticed 00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:07.559 things like that, like certain names, and sometimes 00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:09.420 they can have a negative connotation as well. 00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:12.980 Could be, could be. But yeah, I think that's 00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:15.159 a fascinating study. It makes me want to study 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:18.699 a little on that and just dive in. It does. I 00:45:18.699 --> 00:45:20.739 just brought that up because especially there's 00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:22.760 a lot of biblical names here in the Netherlands. 00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:27.960 A lot of people have names from the Bible, and 00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:31.360 it's just something to look out for. interesting 00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:33.239 and I'm kind of getting into it. Like, what's 00:45:33.239 --> 00:45:35.940 your name? Okay, let me see. That's fascinating. 00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:40.639 Let me see if this fits exactly. So this is interesting. 00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:44.719 I just looked this up and actually the name James, 00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:49.260 Jimmy's a derivative, but the name James is also 00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:54.320 in Hebrew the name Jacob. Oh, really? And there 00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:57.440 are some negative connotations to that name. 00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:00.420 We'll skip over those. He's a supplanter, one 00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:02.940 who takes the place of another. He will grab 00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:05.500 her. There's all that. But here's the thing. 00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:08.719 That's funny. The thing is, is that because of 00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:12.059 that intentionality, he actually got the blessing. 00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:16.860 He got the inheritance. So yeah, I mean, I am 00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:20.360 pretty intentional on pretty all that. So anyway, 00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:24.380 interesting. Got me thinking. So we're, we're 00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:28.079 going to be here through Monday. Pray that baby 00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:30.420 Cleo will arrive before we have to leave. Yes, 00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:33.039 that'd be beautiful. Christina was like, can't 00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:36.380 you stay longer? We could stay a week and she 00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:38.519 still may not be here. She said, we'll come back. 00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:40.219 We'll come back as soon as she's born. We're 00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:42.539 going to be booking flights to come back. I get 00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:46.079 it. Tina mentioned that to Annette about Christina 00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:48.500 saying, can you stay another week just in case? 00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:52.500 I felt the angst in that because everything in 00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:55.320 you wants to say, yeah, sure. But gosh, three 00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:59.599 weeks being gone is a long time. We have Phoebe 00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:03.900 staying at Jill and Mike's place. We want to 00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:08.039 get back to our home. Tina has her birthday this 00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:11.079 Saturday. I have some celebrations here for her. 00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:14.579 She has a birthday party I think that someone 00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:19.000 is throwing for her. I have customers for Godcaster 00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:21.179 who we need to talk to and I can't do it at three 00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:24.059 in the morning. I'm doing, I'm doing no agenda 00:47:24.059 --> 00:47:28.739 until midnight. It's like baby girl. And your 00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:31.079 brother, and your brother, Jimmy misses your 00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:34.940 face. So, you know, there's that. Yeah. I love 00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:37.639 our catch up, but we really need to face to faces. 00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:40.480 There's nothing quite beats it. Although, man, 00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:42.659 it's as if you're sitting right here next to 00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:45.159 me. It's crazy. Isn't it crazy technology and 00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:48.460 your buddy who made the pod mobile. Wow. I can't 00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:50.920 say enough good things about this because Annette 00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:54.440 was like, she We're almost finished with her 00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:58.480 office. She's laying the carpet this week. And 00:47:58.480 --> 00:48:00.920 so that'll be done. But she's in the studio today 00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:04.139 and she had a meeting and she said, I'll be glad 00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:06.059 to take your office. You can take the studio. 00:48:06.199 --> 00:48:08.239 I said, baby, I got the Pod Mobile. I'm good 00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:14.500 to go. I can go do this anywhere. And anyway, 00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:16.980 big kudos to that young man who developed this. 00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:20.840 Yes. And if anyone wants to start a podcast, 00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:25.920 for your community, for your church. Go to hyperlocalpodcasts 00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:30.039 .com and I have a whole set up there. I've written 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:32.519 that, I wrote that out two years ago probably. 00:48:33.219 --> 00:48:35.179 It tells you where to get the Pod Mobile, what 00:48:35.179 --> 00:48:39.579 very inexpensive microphone to get, just an instant 00:48:39.579 --> 00:48:42.860 starter kit and you know don't ask anything other 00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:45.659 than how soon can I start and just start. Just 00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:49.440 do it. You don't need to be a professional. Just 00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:52.260 if you've got something to talk about, your community, 00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:56.940 your church, your city council, anything, there 00:48:56.940 --> 00:49:00.920 is a huge demand for hyper local information 00:49:00.920 --> 00:49:02.960 and just people love hearing about their town, 00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:05.800 hearing about their home. Radio has left, everything 00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:09.320 has left, all that you have. is Facebook rants 00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:11.880 and raves about your town. That is not a positive 00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:14.719 place. No, that's ugly. To be talking about your 00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:16.280 town. All right, brother, you want to land this 00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:19.280 plane? Yeah, I'll land it. Let me just land it 00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:22.860 by saying big thanks to Beau. Man, I'm telling 00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:26.000 you, so enjoying those pickles. Jeez, I can't 00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:28.820 say enough about his amazing pickles. Yes. So 00:49:28.820 --> 00:49:31.219 I mean, I just love all of our guys. We have 00:49:31.219 --> 00:49:33.119 so many amazing people listening to the show 00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:35.860 now. I've got some new Substack folks on there, 00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:39.880 like Brett Hahn, great writer about the American 00:49:39.880 --> 00:49:43.420 Revolution. Chad Logan also bringing some great 00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:45.579 things about the black robe regiment. Just some 00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:48.139 great guys that I'm connecting with there through 00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:50.260 Substack. And if anybody wants to connect, find 00:49:50.260 --> 00:49:53.639 me on Substack. I love to chat and visit and 00:49:53.639 --> 00:49:55.960 encourage anything we can do to be a blessing 00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:58.699 to you. That's why we're here, because we get 00:49:58.699 --> 00:50:02.320 to do this. We have our website coming. Tina 00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:04.480 is working on the newsletter and the website. 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:09.980 You could email us now, adam at wgtdt .com or 00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:15.980 psjimmy, that stands for pastor, at wgtdt .com. 00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:18.500 We'd love to hear from you, so feel free to send 00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:21.400 an email. Awesome. All right, brother. Well, 00:50:21.460 --> 00:50:25.179 thank you for being there once again. I look 00:50:25.179 --> 00:50:27.599 forward to coming home and doing the next one 00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:30.619 in the studio. we'll see you soon brother okay 00:50:30.619 --> 00:50:34.599 and we get to do this we'll be back next wednesday 00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:37.079 from home base see you then everybody thanks 00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:38.300 for listening