"Bent But Not Broken"

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,920This is Jimmy and Annette and of course Mr. Shavy is with us today.200:00:29,920 --> 00:00:36,400We are Living Up In A Down World and this is podcast number 38. So we're rolling right along.300:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,800We want to welcome you to our show today and we are so glad that you're here and that you've400:00:40,800 --> 00:00:46,000joined us and we just want you to listen and participate by going to our website,500:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,400Living Up In A Down World. You can always leave a review, you can write us a note,600:00:49,400 --> 00:00:57,040leave a comment or you can find us on social media, Facebook. Facebook. Why did you say it that way?700:00:57,040 --> 00:01:00,960Well, because we were talking about algorithms earlier today and it just got me in a bad mood800:01:00,960 --> 00:01:08,160about Facebook. You mean the devil? Oh my gosh. We learned so much this week. We did. Talk a little900:01:08,160 --> 00:01:13,440bit about what we got to do. I mean we had a lot going on, right? The first Sunday we left. After1000:01:13,440 --> 00:01:19,040church? After church. Well, church wasn't even over and you just handed the mic to someone else,1100:01:19,040 --> 00:01:25,680just another pastor and said, we got to go catch a plane. So we left. We went to San Antonio,1200:01:25,680 --> 00:01:32,000got on a plane to Dallas, went to a conference for a few days at Gateway and it was one of the1300:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,720best conferences we've ever attended. So who was speaking? Because there were amazing speakers.1400:01:36,720 --> 00:01:50,720Christine Kane, Dr. Tony Evans, Joyce Meyer, Craig Groeschel and Robert Morris. It was a wow time,1500:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,200honestly. And also in terms of leading worship, if you're familiar with Christian music world.1600:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,600Martin Smith. Yeah, Martin Smith from Delirious in Brooke. I never can remember her. Legginwood.1700:02:03,840 --> 00:02:10,160She's from Hillsong and she's on her own stuff. But anyway, they participated with the Gateway1800:02:10,160 --> 00:02:17,440Worship Team, which those guys are phenomenal. It was powerful. It was so powerful. Okay.1900:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,960Since our sabbatical, something's happened to me. I've become... I told you people weren't2000:02:22,960 --> 00:02:28,400going to recognize you. I'm a complete crybaby. I mean, when worship starts, whether it's at our2100:02:28,400 --> 00:02:35,200own church, which it did this Sunday and here they came, you know, or whether we're at a conference.2200:02:35,200 --> 00:02:41,920Oh, you were crying the moment they came out to lead worship. I was... Wow. I mean, God has really2300:02:41,920 --> 00:02:48,640done a work, a deep, deep, deep work in me. Yes, for sure. And I mean, I think the ripple effect of2400:02:48,640 --> 00:02:54,240that is going to just continue to go out. And I think I'm going to discover new things that He's2500:02:54,240 --> 00:03:02,000done in me. It's mind-bending. Yeah, it is. When I turned and looked at you, when they first came2600:03:02,000 --> 00:03:08,320out, you know, in the first five minutes of that conference and saw you weeping, it just... Wow.2700:03:08,320 --> 00:03:13,120I was just like, wow, the rest of the conference. I can't even imagine what's going to happen by2800:03:13,120 --> 00:03:20,880the time we leave. And it was powerful. It was a powerful conference. It was for pastors and leaders.2900:03:21,520 --> 00:03:31,520It was very much kind of... How would you describe the... I mean, the tone of it was...3000:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,120The speakers, you mean? Yeah, what they were saying, the themes? It was all...3100:03:37,120 --> 00:03:44,240It was actually... It was calling pastors and leaders up and calling them out to say,3200:03:44,240 --> 00:03:50,080it's time to get back. COVID's over. Let's go. And some people would say COVID's really not over,3300:03:50,080 --> 00:03:55,040but... Right. You know what I'm saying though. I mean, the crisis, the pandemic. Let's go. We3400:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,240got to get back on mission. And that's really what... I was already there in my own heart. In fact,3500:04:00,240 --> 00:04:05,200I preached a message last week on that very thing, let's get back on mission, talking about the Great3600:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,800Commission and talking about the power of our words, even in the context of the Lord's prayer.3700:04:11,440 --> 00:04:19,280So all I got from them was confirmation of what God has been saying in me, really for months,3800:04:19,280 --> 00:04:24,320but all of a sudden I'm hearing it everywhere. But we're seeing so many pastors compromise their3900:04:24,320 --> 00:04:31,760faith to get accolades from people. And they want to please people, but we're supposed to please God,4000:04:31,760 --> 00:04:39,520number one. And I'm glad you've chosen not to go down that route. And that was... 51%. Yeah, 51%.4100:04:40,400 --> 00:04:47,200That's all it needs to like me. And in listening to all the speakers, it was... The theme was the4200:04:47,200 --> 00:04:54,240same. And I don't even know if that was planned. God usually always... Somehow it weaves into the4300:04:54,240 --> 00:05:03,440same theme, even if a pastor says, hey, do what God's putting on your heart. It's amazing what4400:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,520happens in the middle of that. Yeah, the Holy Spirit moves in and begins to massage it and move4500:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,120it towards something. And then these themes pop up. And so the themes were, it's time to shake off4600:05:13,120 --> 00:05:19,280the dust. It's time to brush off the dirt from your last fall. It's time to bandage the wounds4700:05:19,280 --> 00:05:24,880and get going, get back in the game. I'm always going to use athletics, but get back on the4800:05:24,880 --> 00:05:29,760playing field, get back in the ring, get back in the battleground. The message we want for our4900:05:29,760 --> 00:05:38,240church, not just our pastors, but our church. It's time to quit being complacent in our faith.5000:05:38,240 --> 00:05:43,200That's right. We need to be active and not so passive in our faith. We just jumped right in,5100:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,440didn't we? We did. But that's okay. But it's true because we're passionate about this.5200:05:47,440 --> 00:05:54,000God is up to something. As we quote C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Aslan is on the move.5300:05:54,000 --> 00:06:00,000God is on the move. And I don't want to miss anything. I mean, we've heard about the revivals5400:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,560popping up all over America right now. And I'm like, well, why not here? And why not now?5500:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,640Well, a revival is just waiting to happen. He's just waiting for someone to stand up and5600:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,520say yes. That's all. Just say yes. Just give him your yes. The way I put it is,5700:06:13,520 --> 00:06:19,040we need to be a revival, looking for a place to break out. So show up and say, all right,5800:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,040the revival's here because I'm being revived in my own heart, my own spirit.5900:06:23,040 --> 00:06:28,480Because that's what a revival is. It is. It's laying down everything and saying,6000:06:28,480 --> 00:06:36,080I'm here, God. Use me. Do what you want with me. And then hopefully, prayerfully, other people6100:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,880will take note and do the same thing. And then you could have crowds of people. That's how a6200:06:40,880 --> 00:06:46,400revival begins. It reminds me of Isaiah in chapter six, as he's standing before the God. He has this6300:06:46,400 --> 00:06:52,960vision. He says, I saw the Lord seated on throne, high and lifted up. The train of his robe filled6400:06:52,960 --> 00:07:01,040the temple. I mean, what a vivid picture. And his response was, whoa, is me. I'm undone. I'm a man6500:07:01,040 --> 00:07:06,000of unclean lips and I live among the people of unclean lips. I mean, he literally is saying,6600:07:06,000 --> 00:07:12,560I can't even stand in your presence. And that's where we need to get to. That's it. Us starts6700:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,720with us. Yeah. It starts with you. It starts with leaders. It starts with you. Yeah. I mean,6800:07:16,720 --> 00:07:22,000and then it trickles down. When Aaron poured the oil, you know, or when the oil was poured over6900:07:22,000 --> 00:07:28,160Aaron, the Psalm says it ran down his beard. It starts on the top. And so whatever level of7000:07:28,160 --> 00:07:33,120leadership you find yourself in, you need to say, you know what, if it's to be, it begins with me.7100:07:33,120 --> 00:07:40,080So I'll put myself on the altar and I'll let God light me on fire, so to speak, and let's go.7200:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,680Let's get it in gear. And I think there's a lot of churches, and you can explain this as I say this,7300:07:46,480 --> 00:07:53,840that are compromising the word of God to please people. I think God will stamp Ichabod on those7400:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,640churches. And you might explain what I just said. Yeah. Ichabod means the Lord is no longer here.7500:07:58,640 --> 00:08:04,720I mean, it's a stamp. It's a mark to say that God's presence has departed this place.7600:08:04,720 --> 00:08:11,520And I believe it will when you see these churches that are compromising. I was meeting with our7700:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,760elders last night. I had a three-hour meeting with them. And what I was doing is rallying the troops,7800:08:16,400 --> 00:08:22,320just saying, guys, no more compromise. Straight on. We got to pray for revival. We got to believe in7900:08:22,320 --> 00:08:28,080God's given words and showing us things. And I mean, literally, I'm blown away about what's8000:08:28,080 --> 00:08:33,360happening right now. Our church is on the verge of a blow up in a good way. I totally believe that.8100:08:33,360 --> 00:08:38,320Revival. So I met with my elders, and I love these men. And of course, they're like all in.8200:08:38,960 --> 00:08:45,280And what I was saying was, you know, we can't quench a revival. God's going to bring revival.8300:08:45,280 --> 00:08:51,760We can't stop a revival, but God will, if we don't receive and participate and cooperate with Him,8400:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,840He'll move it down the road to some other group of people that's crying out for revival.8500:08:55,840 --> 00:09:02,000So you can't stop a revival no more than you can stand in front of a wave in the ocean and stop it.8600:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,200It'll just bowl you over. But it will go on. And you can either catch the wave and ride it,8700:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,120or you can stand there and try to fight and resist it, and it'll just move on past you8800:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,040after it knocks you over. Well, it's interesting because we're going to have a prayer knot,8900:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,320prayer and worship knot. I'm so pumped about this. Usually when we have a knot of worship,9000:09:18,320 --> 00:09:23,040there's baptism, and we're just all worship and a little bit of prayer. This is more prayer9100:09:23,040 --> 00:09:30,240with a little bit of worship sprinkled in. And we're being very intentional about the worship.9200:09:30,240 --> 00:09:36,960Pastor Russ is coming up with some songs with the theme that goes along with the Lord's Prayer.9300:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,680But it'll be interesting because we're doing this on October 15th to see how many people actually9400:09:41,680 --> 00:09:47,520show up. That's going to be very telling. Now I understand people have things they have to do9500:09:47,520 --> 00:09:53,200and everything. But typically when you have a prayer service, when you say, I have a knot of9600:09:53,200 --> 00:09:59,200worship, we have a good amount of people show up. But when you have a prayer service, it will be so9700:09:59,200 --> 00:10:04,560interesting how many people actually attend. It's going to be very telling. Well, on Sunday,9800:10:04,560 --> 00:10:10,400I challenged our church pretty directly. I mean, I just pretty straight up. And again, it's not to9900:10:10,400 --> 00:10:17,040be caustic or to be bold or audacious, but it is to say, God's given us courage and we need to walk10000:10:17,040 --> 00:10:22,880in courageous faith and we need to step up and stand up and say, here we are Lord, use us, send10100:10:22,880 --> 00:10:29,280us. So I challenged the church. I said the same number that are here today, we had what, 44510200:10:29,280 --> 00:10:34,080people in church on Sunday, close to 450. And I'm like, that's what we should have at the prayer10300:10:34,080 --> 00:10:41,200service. It should be us coming together to pray and ask God for spiritual awakening and revival.10400:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,120I love reading about revivals, breaking out in other places.10500:10:45,120 --> 00:10:50,800But I want to be a part of one. Exactly. And I don't want to fly to another state to be a part10600:10:50,800 --> 00:10:58,400of one. I want it here because God's reviving our spirit. So that was a, going back to Gateway,10700:10:58,400 --> 00:11:07,520that was, it just, it ended on Tuesday evening. It was beautiful. We flew back Wednesday and,10800:11:08,640 --> 00:11:13,040wow. We had one day to turn around. One day to turn around. Wash our clothes.10900:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,200And then we go to another conference. Yeah. Repack and be ready for the second conference,11000:11:17,200 --> 00:11:25,120which was Spark Media. Yes. You say it. Yeah. Spark Media Ignite. Ignite. Podcastor's Conference.11100:11:25,920 --> 00:11:32,800And it was put on by Misty Philip and her family. And they had about 150 attendees and it was,11200:11:33,760 --> 00:11:40,880it was excellent. It was. They did everything with excellence. And it was, I didn't know what to11300:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,480expect. We've never been to a podcasters conference. Because it really went to a11400:11:44,480 --> 00:11:51,040conference. It was an awards. Right. But it had a lot of, there was breakout times where they had11500:11:51,040 --> 00:11:57,760speakers and they weren't long, which was really good. Just short 30 to 40 minute speakers to help11600:11:57,760 --> 00:12:03,040you develop your podcast. Some of them I was like, could he talk longer? That was really good. I know.11700:12:03,040 --> 00:12:09,200But it was very interesting and more spiritual. I mean, I know it's a Christian podcast event.11800:12:09,200 --> 00:12:14,320But it was ministry focused. But it was very ministry focused. Very impressed. Wonderful.11900:12:14,320 --> 00:12:20,160So we went with our dear friends, Adam and Tina Curry of Curry and the Keeper and No Agenda Fame.12000:12:20,880 --> 00:12:28,160And we flew together and man, what a, just what a sweet adventure it was. We had so much fun for one12100:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,800thing because we all love each other and love hanging out. So we actually flew out of a municipal12200:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,920airport. We were blessed to fly on a private plane. So that was my first gig to go on a private plane.12300:12:37,920 --> 00:12:43,200But you know, Adam Curry, he's the pot father. He's going to do a first class. So we jumped on a plane12400:12:43,200 --> 00:12:48,880in our little town, our little airport. We flew directly to Houston into another little airport.12500:12:48,880 --> 00:12:54,080And Misty picked us up at the airport and we were able to, I mean, within an hour and 10 minutes,12600:12:54,080 --> 00:13:00,240we were there and already at the venue. And there was a lot of good things that happened. First of12700:13:00,240 --> 00:13:07,520all, just never having attended a podcast conference, knowing not what to expect. So we walked in12800:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,880just kind of like, okay, what's going on here? And of course, a lot of people recognized Adam12900:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,120right off the bat. I mean, like they were fawning. It was hilarious. Well, people were excited that13000:13:17,120 --> 00:13:24,080he was going to be a keynote speaker. And I'll brag about him in just a minute. So, but we started13100:13:24,080 --> 00:13:28,320stopping at booths and saying hi to people. And then Adam said, said, Jimmy, I want you to come13200:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,320over here. I want to, I want to introduce you to somebody. So we go over to a booth and on the booth,13300:13:32,320 --> 00:13:37,440it says focus on the family. I'm like, oh, I know this ministry. And then he introduced me to Rob13400:13:37,440 --> 00:13:46,560Kilpatrick. And Rob is just one of those gentle, strong souls, sharp. He's been working for Focus13500:13:46,560 --> 00:13:52,640on the Family for 37 years. And we just had a wonderful conversation. And I was shocked to13600:13:52,640 --> 00:13:59,440find out that he has listened to our podcast. So I was honored and blessed by that. But just,13700:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,600wow. I mean, because sometimes, okay, there's a thing, okay, those of you that are listening,13800:14:03,600 --> 00:14:09,600if you're not a podcaster, you need to understand every speaker that got up that's a podcaster,13900:14:09,600 --> 00:14:15,920said this at one point during their presentation. I've often wondered if anyone is listening,14000:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,920because there's not great feedback mechanisms in podcasting. If you're preaching live in a14100:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,400church, people clap, yell, or shout you down. Or if you're on YouTube, you can hit the share button.14200:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,920You can hit the likes, you can chat. It's totally different. In podcasting, it's just going out14300:14:31,920 --> 00:14:38,080there into the air, into the worldwide web. And you just wonder where it's landing. So you don't14400:14:38,080 --> 00:14:44,560always know. And so every one of them, even the ones that won awards and were rated top, they all14500:14:44,560 --> 00:14:49,280said the same thing. Sometimes we wonder if anyone's listening and if it's worth our time to do.14600:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,360And I thought I was the only one who thought those things.14700:14:54,320 --> 00:14:58,320Yeah. Because how many times have we said, maybe we shouldn't do this? Because I don't know if it's...14800:14:58,320 --> 00:15:03,200Yeah. And here's the thing, we don't want to do anything that's not going to bring value to people.14900:15:03,200 --> 00:15:08,240That's right. That's right. Because it's got to be meaningful and bring value. And if we're going to15000:15:08,240 --> 00:15:16,080take the time and put the work into this, I want God to honor that. And it to be helpful. And so15100:15:16,640 --> 00:15:24,640everybody at that conference, they all feel the same way. And it's not about them, it's about15200:15:24,640 --> 00:15:31,360what can we do to get the gospel to people and help them, give them hope. It was beautiful.15300:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,520All kinds of different podcasts, yet all with the central theme of Jesus is Lord.15400:15:36,640 --> 00:15:41,760I came away very inspired and very encouraged and feeling like we're not alone. Even though15500:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,520Adam and Tina have just been come around us and they're coaching us and walking with us.15600:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,800It's good to know there's others out there that feel the same way and struggle with some of the15700:15:50,800 --> 00:15:56,480same struggles. That a lack of confidence or can we really do this or does it really matter?15800:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,080So it was good to have that. We felt like we were part of a community.15900:16:00,640 --> 00:16:06,320You feel this way a lot on Sundays wondering, because this is what the enemy does to you in16000:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,760the morning. Oh, yeah. Did I hit the mark? Yeah, did I hit it? Or is anybody going to show up today?16100:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,520Are we going to drive up to church? Of course, we go early, but...16200:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,040I've had nightmares like that. I know, that's what I'm saying. And so it's really no different16300:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,600than you being a preacher at the church. You're wondering if people are going to show up.16400:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,480And then you're amazed that they do. So I added this stress, why?16500:16:24,480 --> 00:16:30,400I don't know. Why did you? Now, here's the bottom line, is we want to look at every possible channel16600:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,800to get the good news of Jesus Christ out there. If you're listening today, that's our heart for you16700:16:34,800 --> 00:16:40,960that you would know Jesus. He already knows you, but we want you to know Him. And that's why we do16800:16:40,960 --> 00:16:45,840what we do. That's why we take our time. We spend our own money to get all this gear and put all this16900:16:45,840 --> 00:16:51,680together. And it is because we care about you and we want you to hear the good news of Jesus Christ.17000:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,560And we want you to be able to live up in a down world because...17100:16:54,560 --> 00:16:59,360Absolutely. It's crazy out there. Yes. And we're not always up,17200:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,440but we can get up pretty quick once we put our eyes on Jesus, period.17300:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,840How do we do that? That's a good statement right there.17400:17:05,840 --> 00:17:13,360Well, we've talked about this today earlier on how... Talk about the storm. Talk about the storm,17500:17:13,360 --> 00:17:16,080because this is going to lead us right into what I was going to say.17600:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,640Okay. About two and a half weeks ago, I mentioned this, I think, on one of the podcasts, but I want17700:17:18,640 --> 00:17:24,400you to hear this again because there's a point to this. I needed to drive into town. We live about17800:17:24,400 --> 00:17:29,84016 miles outside of our town. So we live out in beautiful Texas Hill country. So I needed to drive17900:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,440into Fredericksburg. Our daughter lives and her husband live in an apartment there and she needed18000:17:33,440 --> 00:17:39,600a ride because he hit a deer. So his truck's out of commission for a bit. So no big deal, right?18100:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,600I'm going to run to town, pick her up, run her over to the church for rehearsal, for worship,18200:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,400even though I wasn't playing on the team that night. So I was just going to drop her off and18300:17:46,400 --> 00:17:52,080come home. And I was telling you, there's a big storm coming. Yeah. We had seen the storm clouds18400:17:52,080 --> 00:17:58,000building over Fredericksburg and we were like, those look pretty ominous. They look pretty dark.18500:17:58,000 --> 00:18:03,280So I start driving into town and I run into some of the most severe weather I've ever driven in.18600:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,720And you and I have been in some serious weather. I would not have been able to handle it. No,18700:18:06,720 --> 00:18:11,440you would have lost your mind, literally. I mean, you would have been... You like tornadoes and18800:18:11,440 --> 00:18:17,440storms and all that. I'm not, that is not me. You would be a storm chaser if you weren't a preacher.18900:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,520Come on. I could have been. Yes, you would. Absolutely. I love it. Newt twisters on my19000:18:21,520 --> 00:18:27,600famous all time favorite movies. So anyway, so I'm driving it and I mean, it gets so bad.19100:18:27,600 --> 00:18:32,000You know, everyone's got their flashers on, on the road. People are pulling off on the road.19200:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,400Now I've learned something about storms. If you're in a storm, you can either sit there and get19300:18:36,400 --> 00:18:41,520pounded or you can drive through it and punch out on the other side. So I keep moving. And I've19400:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,320learned that through the years of driving through several storms. But you're not afraid you're going19500:18:44,320 --> 00:18:48,560to hit someone in front of you? Everybody's got their blinkers on. You're driving three miles an19600:18:48,560 --> 00:18:55,120hour. I mean, at this point, so at one point it got so intense that, I mean, there was hail coming19700:18:55,120 --> 00:19:00,080down. I was like, Lord, and I was praying to Lord, don't let hail damage my car, break my windshields,19800:19:00,080 --> 00:19:06,560you know, and cause damage. And so I was praying and driving slowly. My, almost my forehead was up19900:19:06,560 --> 00:19:11,920to the windshield. I was just trying to see, cause it was so intense. You could barely see the road.20000:19:11,920 --> 00:19:17,040And at a couple of times you couldn't see the road. But what I could see by looking up on the20100:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,920horizon, I could see the trees that are on the side of the road and they were bending20200:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,520ridiculously. I knew there was rotation in the clouds because I'd spotted that. And I know how to,20300:19:27,520 --> 00:19:32,640how to read all that stuff. So I knew it was serious. You know, you get micro bursts,20400:19:32,640 --> 00:19:37,440you get gusts natos. I mean, there's a lot of things that can happen down bursts that can be20500:19:37,440 --> 00:19:43,440really, they can be as dangerous as a small tornado. So we were in that. That was what was happening.20600:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,680Not we, you. Well, I mean, the other cars that were around me were all,20700:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,520I'm like, I wasn't there. You all become kind of a weird community in that moment of crisis.20800:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,280And like I said, many of them are pulling off the side of the road. And then what happened was20900:19:55,280 --> 00:20:02,400the wind stopped for a second and it completely switched directions. Wow. And the tree started21000:20:02,400 --> 00:20:08,160bending the opposite way. Now anybody's a storm chaser knows whether that's not a good sign. No,21100:20:08,160 --> 00:20:14,960no. That, that means there could be circulation that's now pulling the wind into it, like a funnel,21200:20:14,960 --> 00:20:19,440a tornado. So anyway, I'm looking for that, but you can't, there's no way you could see. So there21300:20:19,440 --> 00:20:26,400was a moment where I thought, okay, this could get really bad. And in the middle of all that,21400:20:26,400 --> 00:20:31,680finally I was able to punch through and got clear. And then the sun came out. It was the craziest21500:20:31,680 --> 00:20:37,040thing, you know, and then, you know, there's movement. And when I drove back through, back home,21600:20:37,680 --> 00:20:43,760there was debris everywhere. I mean, trees, branches and all that. But what I was really,21700:20:43,760 --> 00:20:50,720what was remarkable is that these trees were bent, but they weren't getting broken. And I thought,21800:20:50,720 --> 00:20:59,280what a reminder of us as followers of Jesus. I mean, the storms, the winds blow, the storms come,21900:21:00,080 --> 00:21:08,240sometimes life situations, circumstances, diagnoses just slam you. I sat with a man today who is22000:21:08,240 --> 00:21:14,400probably going to die tonight or tomorrow. That quick? Yeah, yeah. He's got stage four pancreatic22100:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,960cancer. Just found out. Just found out a week or two ago, actually last Wednesday. And now he's22200:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,280already going to pass. So another funeral. And so when I heard today that they had taken him home22300:21:23,280 --> 00:21:27,040for hospice care and it didn't look good, I just drove straight out to his house. He lives out in22400:21:27,040 --> 00:21:32,880the country. And I sat down with this precious man and held his hand. I prayed with him. I talked to22500:21:32,880 --> 00:21:41,120him about Jesus, make sure he's at peace. And he said, I know Jesus is my savior. I'm ready. He said,22600:21:41,120 --> 00:21:46,080I'm ready to go into his arms. And he would say that between falling asleep because his organs22700:21:46,080 --> 00:21:52,240are starting to shut down. So he's in hospice care. And of course his daughters were there and they22800:21:52,240 --> 00:21:57,840said, yeah, he could go, you know, anytime now. So I wanted to make sure I got there. I didn't want22900:21:57,840 --> 00:22:04,080to not go and then regret not getting out there. And sitting there, it's just so sobering to see23000:22:04,880 --> 00:22:09,600that life can hit you hard. It can come out of nowhere. I've got a friend tomorrow, my friend23100:22:09,600 --> 00:22:17,280Mark, who lives out in Arizona. He's having surgery. And recently he had a real cancer scare.23200:22:17,280 --> 00:22:21,760And they said they found it and then we prayed and then it was gone. But he's got a surgery23300:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,920because they had to do some things to prep for the major surgery. Now they got to unprep him in a23400:22:25,920 --> 00:22:30,480sense. It all has to do with this colon and stuff. I don't understand all that. But anyway,23500:22:31,360 --> 00:22:36,960we have people that are close to us where life has caved in on them. And if you're listening to this23600:22:36,960 --> 00:22:43,760today, and I know there are many people that will hear this and you would say, I don't have cancer,23700:22:43,760 --> 00:22:49,280and maybe you do, but life has caved in on me. Things are not working. And I feel like I'm about23800:22:49,280 --> 00:22:56,880to break. I am definitely bent and I'm afraid I'm at the snapping point. We've used that language23900:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,560before. I feel like I'm about to break. I'm about to snap or I'm at my breaking point.24000:23:01,200 --> 00:23:10,080That's a common word to use. And the thing that we know about God, Annette and I, we've always24100:23:10,080 --> 00:23:17,440tried to live what we call a but God life. Can you explain that? It's just knowing that24200:23:17,440 --> 00:23:26,080we have hope in the midst of the worst circumstances. That even though it looks bad on the surface,24300:23:26,080 --> 00:23:34,240but God, God can do anything. He can help us rise above those circumstances. It's like we were24400:23:34,240 --> 00:23:43,280talking earlier. We were bent. We have been bent, but we were never broken. He's such a good God.24500:23:43,280 --> 00:23:50,240He's going to see to it that we get through things. And that's what a good God does. It doesn't mean24600:23:50,240 --> 00:23:55,920he's going to keep us from those things happening because we live in a fallen world and things are24700:23:55,920 --> 00:24:10,160going to happen to us. How many times have we had diagnosis or relationship quarrels or sickness,24800:24:10,160 --> 00:24:16,320loss of jobs, different things? A beer runs out in front of your car.24900:24:16,320 --> 00:24:23,760Yeah, exactly. We all have things that happen, but we've got our whole goal as Christians. If25000:24:23,760 --> 00:24:30,080you're a Christian, our first thought should be, we've got to turn to God and look up to him25100:24:30,080 --> 00:24:36,880and know that he's going to take care of it somehow because he gives us hope. That's the God we know.25200:24:36,880 --> 00:24:42,960And he always does. And it's never in the timing that we want because we live on human time. He25300:24:42,960 --> 00:24:51,520lives on a whole different time, but he always gets us through. And he has. He's always gotten25400:24:51,520 --> 00:24:57,200us through, always. He has. He's faithful. And so to live a but God life means, yeah, this may be25500:24:57,200 --> 00:25:02,720difficult and this may be hard, but God. One of the things that I was talking to you about25600:25:02,720 --> 00:25:10,880earlier is how I've gotten through some of those challenges that we've had throughout our life.25700:25:13,360 --> 00:25:23,280And typically, when I'm having a really down day or I'm having a moment where the enemy's just25800:25:23,280 --> 00:25:30,480taken my thoughts and just twisted everything, or I've had a major challenge that we've had to get25900:25:30,480 --> 00:25:36,800through, the first thing I do is turn on worship music. Yeah. Now, why does that? What does that26000:25:36,800 --> 00:25:45,040do to you when you do that? Well, it raises my spirit because when you're putting your eyes on26100:25:45,040 --> 00:25:52,640the Creator, your Creator, there is something about worshiping the Creator that takes you. You're26200:25:52,640 --> 00:25:58,080putting your eyes on him and taking your eyes off of your circumstances. If you look at the book of26300:25:58,080 --> 00:26:05,840Psalms, a lot of the verses start with praise the Lord and a lot of them end with praise the Lord.26400:26:05,840 --> 00:26:14,320You look at the New Testament, the model prayer, the Lord's Prayer. It starts with a praise. It26500:26:14,320 --> 00:26:22,400ends with a praise. That is the model prayer for us as we are praying through challenges. But the26600:26:22,400 --> 00:26:30,160first thing we need to do is recognize God in this situation. People that don't know God,26700:26:31,520 --> 00:26:38,240they don't know. They don't have that hope. So they're trying to fix things on their own or they're26800:26:39,200 --> 00:26:46,080using drugs and alcohol or addiction, whatever, escapism to get through things. But as a Christian,26900:26:46,080 --> 00:26:55,920our number one should be to go to God, period. For me, music has always played a huge part in my life,27000:26:55,920 --> 00:27:04,400even as a young person. I loved the rock and roll stations as a young person. I remember turning on27100:27:04,400 --> 00:27:13,440songs that made me happy when I was in a bad place in my life. When I became a Christian and really27200:27:13,440 --> 00:27:18,720walked out my Christianity, not just being introduced and, yes, God, I know who you are,27300:27:18,720 --> 00:27:25,120but I've been putting you on a shelf. But when I began to really release my will to Him, it changed27400:27:25,120 --> 00:27:34,080drastically to where I have to turn on worship music so I can just worship Him and feel Him.27500:27:34,080 --> 00:27:39,040That's when I really feel Him. And it lifts my spirit. It lifts my spirit.27600:27:39,040 --> 00:27:47,600I love that. I remember hearing a message one time about a guy saying that he had this summer27700:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,040where he had to get a summer job. His dad was all over him as a teenager.27800:27:51,040 --> 00:27:52,320I love this message.27900:27:54,720 --> 00:28:03,040He got employed by a dairy queen and they had this big ditch, like a big bar ditch,28000:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,920in front of their dairy queen. It was really long and it faced a busy road in their little town.28100:28:07,920 --> 00:28:13,920And he spent half his summer with a yoyo. If anybody knows what a yoyo is, it's called a28200:28:13,920 --> 00:28:19,760weed whacker. And it's not one with a motor on it. It's hand. You swing, you swing, you swing.28300:28:19,760 --> 00:28:25,440And he had to do that for a summer. And all of his friends would drive by and laugh at him,28400:28:25,440 --> 00:28:31,280make fun of him. And here he was in that ditch. And he said, at one point, he was just ready to28500:28:31,280 --> 00:28:38,400just go tell the boss, forget it. I'm out. This is a dumb job. I'm smarter than this. I'm better.28600:28:39,120 --> 00:28:43,920And in the middle of that, he had committed his life to Christ and God began to speak to him.28700:28:43,920 --> 00:28:49,760And one of those hot days, I was either really sun stroking, like delirious, or God was speaking28800:28:49,760 --> 00:28:54,720to me. And he said, the Lord said, you need to praise your way out of this bar ditch.28900:28:54,720 --> 00:29:00,320And he was like, what? He said, praise your way out of this ditch. And he started29000:29:00,320 --> 00:29:05,440using that, the rhythm of that yoyo going back and forth, swinging it back and forth. And he29100:29:05,440 --> 00:29:12,080started singing songs that he knew and praising God and praying in rhythm to that yoyo. And he29200:29:12,080 --> 00:29:18,640said, literally, after a few days of this, then his, that cloud began to lift off of him. His29300:29:18,640 --> 00:29:24,560friends would drive by and he had a smile on his face instead of looking dejected and down. And he29400:29:24,560 --> 00:29:31,120literally said, I praised my way out of that bar ditch. We heard that, gosh, probably 25 years ago.29500:29:31,120 --> 00:29:36,320And I still remember that story. I will never forget that story. Because there are times when29600:29:36,320 --> 00:29:40,560you do feel stuck, you feel like you're down in the weeds and it's like, I can't even see because29700:29:40,560 --> 00:29:46,800the weeds are so high or the debris and the stuff of life. And that sermon comes back to me that,29800:29:46,800 --> 00:29:52,240I need to praise my way out of this bar ditch. I need to begin to praise God in the darkness.29900:29:52,240 --> 00:29:57,200The scripture talks in Psalm 23 about the valley of the shadow of death.30000:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,880Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me.30100:30:02,880 --> 00:30:07,680And that idea of even when you're down in that valley, you're down in that bar ditch, you're30200:30:07,680 --> 00:30:13,280down in those places, that's when you start to praise. But it's also the time when you don't30300:30:13,280 --> 00:30:20,480feel like it. And this is where we're called upon to walk by faith and not by sight. And so a lot30400:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,600of times a signal for me to praise God and worship is when I don't feel like it. That's like an30500:30:25,600 --> 00:30:30,800autopilot. It's like a flag goes off in me and says, that's all the more reason to put on some30600:30:30,800 --> 00:30:36,800music that praises God and honors Him and enter into worship. And so a lot of times you come in30700:30:36,800 --> 00:30:41,120the opposite spirit of what you're feeling, what your flesh is telling you. And you're like, okay,30800:30:42,160 --> 00:30:48,080I don't want to, but I need to, I have to. And so in a way you're praising yourself out of your own30900:30:48,080 --> 00:30:52,720bar ditch or you're praising God out of your own bar ditch. Well, and I heard a preacher say one31000:30:52,720 --> 00:30:59,440time that people come in with their palms up or their palms down. And when their palms are up,31100:30:59,440 --> 00:31:04,960they're praising God. But when their palms are down, you know, they're not in a good place.31200:31:05,600 --> 00:31:11,920And I realized, gosh, I don't want to judge people that can't get there, but I do want to31300:31:11,920 --> 00:31:17,280pray that they can get there. That they can get to that point where their palms are up31400:31:17,280 --> 00:31:22,480and they're literally surrendering. They're surrendering their circumstances, their challenges31500:31:22,480 --> 00:31:27,920to the Lord and saying, I can't do this anymore. Because I think that thing so much of us think we31600:31:27,920 --> 00:31:33,840have to fix everything. And if we would just give it to God, and it's so hard because a lot of times31700:31:33,840 --> 00:31:39,040we'll give it to Him, then we'll take it back. And He's like, I was right there about to take that31800:31:39,040 --> 00:31:44,960from you and you took it back. How many times has that happened? And we've got to get to the31900:31:44,960 --> 00:31:50,880point of maturity to where we give it to Him and say, okay, it's all yours. And then you take your32000:31:50,880 --> 00:31:57,120hands off of it. And now your palms are looking at God. So back to our palm tree or our trees,32100:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,160we didn't want to have palm trees here in the hill country. These trees that I saw,32200:32:00,800 --> 00:32:06,720this bent but not broken thing, that has become through the years a statement that I make. I say,32300:32:06,720 --> 00:32:11,680I'll even in my prayer time say, Lord, I may be bent today, but I am not broken. In the name of32400:32:11,680 --> 00:32:19,040Jesus, I am not broken. I don't agree with that. Christ in me is the hope of glory. I just use the32500:32:19,040 --> 00:32:26,240word of God to praise my way and preach my way, preach to myself sometimes. Sometimes you need to32600:32:26,240 --> 00:32:31,760preach to yourself and let the word of God do what the word of God does because it has power32700:32:31,760 --> 00:32:38,000and your words have power. And so sometimes when you're out, you and Tina left, y'all did32800:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,240something on Monday, went to a doctor's appointment. It gave me an hour or two here32900:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,640and I walked through the house and I preached to myself. I was preaching through the house and33000:32:46,640 --> 00:32:53,040praising God. Oh, totally crashed out on the couch wondering what I was up to, but he didn't care.33100:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,320So you were preaching out loud.33200:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,000Out loud. I walked through the house and preached and prayed through the house because33300:32:58,560 --> 00:33:04,000sometimes you need to say things out loud. You got to be declarative and use proclamation33400:33:04,000 --> 00:33:09,040to get your words into the atmosphere. And our words, when they're anointed with the word of God,33500:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,960actually seed the atmosphere and change the atmosphere.33600:33:12,960 --> 00:33:13,920Yes, absolutely.33700:33:13,920 --> 00:33:19,680And I've believed that for many years and we've seen the power of that. But this idea,33800:33:19,680 --> 00:33:24,880there's some of you listening and you feel bent and you feel like you're on the verge of snapping.33900:33:24,880 --> 00:33:31,280And I would just give you this, maybe this encouragement to out loud say,34000:33:31,280 --> 00:33:37,040because this is easy to remember, I may be bent, but I am not broken. And you can tell that to God,34100:33:37,040 --> 00:33:42,160you can tell that to the devil and tell it to yourself. Tell it to your situation. I may be34200:33:42,160 --> 00:33:48,240bent, but I will not break. I am not done. This is not over. In Genesis chapter 50,34300:33:48,880 --> 00:33:55,280when Joseph was talking to his brothers after he got exalted to, it's a long story, but34400:33:55,280 --> 00:34:01,840Joseph says this to his brothers. He says, you intended to harm me. And then the next two words,34500:34:01,840 --> 00:34:09,680but God. You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done,34600:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,360the saving of many lives. That's a but God life right there.34700:34:13,360 --> 00:34:19,120Which he ended up turning around saving his own brothers who sold him into slavery.34800:34:19,120 --> 00:34:23,680Yes. And that's a but God mentality. That's living up in a down world. The idea of,34900:34:23,680 --> 00:34:31,120of you know what? This was, this came at me that the enemy meant it for harm, but God, but God,35000:34:31,120 --> 00:34:36,640you turned it into good. Romans 8 28, that's a, it's a but God kind of verse, even though it doesn't35100:34:36,640 --> 00:34:42,400say but God. And it just says that, you know, he causes all things to work together for the good of35200:34:42,400 --> 00:34:48,480those who love him and are the called according to his purpose. He, he doesn't cause all things to35300:34:48,480 --> 00:34:55,040happen. He causes things to work together for our good. He takes and touches and massages things35400:34:55,040 --> 00:35:01,520to where it now works for our good. It's just amazing. That's a but God mentality. And so35500:35:01,520 --> 00:35:09,360we want to encourage you in that to say it out loud. I may be bent, but I will not be broken35600:35:09,360 --> 00:35:14,160because I'm a but God, but God is on working on my behalf. That's good. That's good. Yeah.35700:35:14,160 --> 00:35:19,200Yeah. So we hope you're encouraged by this. And I just want to say some shout outs. I'm not going35800:35:19,200 --> 00:35:24,560to read these out loud today. I'm just going to say thank you to those of you that have boosted35900:35:24,560 --> 00:35:34,240us and have taken advantage of podcasting 2.0 on, on apps like Cast-O-Matic and Fountain. We really36000:35:34,240 --> 00:35:38,160love Fountain. We just kind of know some of those guys there and appreciate what they're doing.36100:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,160And we appreciate you, the notes you've sent us, the letters you've written in,36200:35:42,160 --> 00:35:48,560just so appreciate Sir Brian with an I gave us a bump and just a nice note and so appreciate it.36300:35:49,520 --> 00:35:57,600Sir Bies Grace also sent some emails. He always sends encouraging emails. He loves Charles Stanley,36400:35:57,600 --> 00:36:03,040Pastor Charles Stanley. So he sends a little clips of these great messages from him. And so we so36500:36:03,040 --> 00:36:09,440appreciate that. And of course, my buddy, Adam, the Podfather Curry, you know, he did, he did give a36600:36:09,440 --> 00:36:14,400striper boost. So I'm just going to have to do that. He says you have to do that. I have to do that.36700:36:14,400 --> 00:36:19,120So he gave me that file. So I've got to play it for him, but I do want to say thank you.36800:36:19,120 --> 00:36:25,120Thank you, my friend. I do wait, I did want to brag on him. So, so, yes, we do need to, again,36900:36:25,120 --> 00:36:29,440I want to say thank you to everyone. Thank you for supporting us. Do go to our website,37000:36:29,440 --> 00:36:36,320livingupinadownworld.com and just leave a note, leave a comment, let us know you're there.37100:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,640We are like those podcasters we were talking about. We sometimes wonder if this is landing37200:36:40,640 --> 00:36:46,080anywhere, but we're not going to give up because we believe God's called us to get the good news37300:36:46,080 --> 00:36:49,760of Jesus Christ. If it's only for one, it's worth it. That's right. That's exactly right. But we've37400:36:49,760 --> 00:36:54,000got to talk about Adam and what he did before we leave. We've got to brag on Adam, my friend. So37500:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,960we go to the Spark Media podcasters award show and the night they had a gala where everybody dressed37600:37:00,960 --> 00:37:06,480up and except for Tina and I, well, y'all didn't know it was a formal. Well, I did. There was a37700:37:06,480 --> 00:37:12,800little communication breakdown. I said there was and Tina talked with Adam and he said, no,37800:37:12,800 --> 00:37:20,560they never do that in podcast world. And we get there and the women are all in long gowns and37900:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,440they're, I mean, they're, some of them are to the nines. I've never seen anything like it.38000:37:25,440 --> 00:37:30,960Now, some of the dudes were wearing like jeans in a jacket. Well, that would be you and Adam.38100:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,880I didn't see anybody else. Everybody else. No, no, I did. Oh, you didn't? Okay. Even Rob Kilpatrick38200:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,560from Focus on the Family. I got to say one other guy I met from Focus on the Family. Oh yeah, it was38300:37:38,560 --> 00:37:46,320John. Yeah, John Fuller. He's actually on the Focus on the Family broadcast. He's one of the38400:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,280presenters on that and he's got that golden voice. He's a radio personality. He came up and was38500:37:51,280 --> 00:37:56,160talking to us and we had a wonderful conversation. He knew everything about our lives because he too38600:37:56,160 --> 00:38:02,080has listened to our podcast. And he was, but when I heard his voice, I'm like, that voice is38700:38:02,080 --> 00:38:08,080butter. Adam's got that kind of voice too. They've got that broadcast voice and it's just38800:38:08,080 --> 00:38:13,200trained through the years of broadcast. And anyway, it was a pleasure to meet Rob Kilpatrick and38900:38:13,920 --> 00:38:21,120John Fuller, just great guys doing a great work. So, and I sat with Rob at the banquet.39000:38:21,120 --> 00:38:27,200Or the gala. So that night they did all these presentations and they brought Adam up. Of course,39100:38:27,200 --> 00:38:31,680they had a picture of him from MTV. That was hilarious. Headbangers Ball back in the day.39200:38:31,680 --> 00:38:36,800The classic hair picture. When people ask me about Adam or I let them know, you know,39300:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,720who they are. That's famous. They want to see that. That's the picture. Yeah, that's the picture.39400:38:40,720 --> 00:38:44,560It's the hair. I'll never forget it. He had the hair. He had better hair than I did. He had better39500:38:44,560 --> 00:38:50,480hair than most women had. So yeah, he had it all teased out and probably three gallons of Aquanet39600:38:50,480 --> 00:38:56,800on it. Yeah, which he should have gotten some stock from. So he got up and spoke and he did a39700:38:56,800 --> 00:39:02,160masterful job of speaking about podcasting. Drove into the history of it and how it was39800:39:02,160 --> 00:39:09,120developed and how he and another guy, Dave, worked on that together. And those first rudimentary39900:39:09,120 --> 00:39:14,080meetings told about meeting Steve Jobs and Steve really coming behind him and supporting him and40000:39:14,080 --> 00:39:19,520saying, we want to support this. We see a future in this. Certainly was. He made that call, right?40100:39:19,520 --> 00:39:23,600But he also, he talked about the history, but he also talked about the present. And then he talked40200:39:23,600 --> 00:39:29,040about the future of podcasting. The future was really good. Delivery was spot on. And he used40300:39:29,040 --> 00:39:34,240the term RSS. Everybody knows if you're in podcasting, you know what RSS feeds are. And they've been40400:39:34,240 --> 00:39:40,000around a long time and he called it the rock solid signal. Yeah, rock solid signal. The rock40500:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,960solid signal that will never go away. It will always be constant. And of course he linked that40600:39:44,960 --> 00:39:50,000to God, you know, the rock solid signal we get from Christ. And I love it when he said, I'm a new Christian.40700:39:50,000 --> 00:39:57,840It's only been within the last year and everybody just clapped. And he said, but I see that God's40800:39:57,840 --> 00:40:06,080been in my life all along because he's the one who brought the idea of podcasting to me. But I didn't40900:40:06,080 --> 00:40:13,200know it at the time. He didn't know it till now. Ah, that was so powerful. Yeah, it was so good.41000:40:13,200 --> 00:40:17,760It was interesting. I had another somebody, I won't use their name, but they made the comment41100:40:17,760 --> 00:40:22,320to me. They said, you know, I'm so glad that you've come alongside Adam and Tina and you're41200:40:22,320 --> 00:40:27,120discipling them and walking with them. And I said, whoa, whoa, whoa. Discipling and they said,41300:40:27,120 --> 00:40:31,600discipling. Discipling and walking. I said, whoa, whoa, whoa. I said, let me say this. I said,41400:40:31,600 --> 00:40:38,880this is a friendship and he's not a project. Because people do think, especially pastors,41500:40:38,880 --> 00:40:45,440they have projects. I don't have projects. I have friends and none of my friends and no one will41600:40:45,440 --> 00:40:51,440ever be a project to me. That's not what we're about. And so I cut the guy off a little bit just41700:40:51,440 --> 00:40:56,160to say, no, no, no, that's not how this is. This is a friendship. I'm learning things from him41800:40:56,800 --> 00:41:00,880and he's learning. That's what a friendship is about. Iron sharpens iron. It's interesting41900:41:00,880 --> 00:41:05,840to learn from someone that's a new Christian because we've been Christians for so long. You42000:41:05,840 --> 00:41:11,680kind of forget. Our perspective is different. Totally. Yes. What you're framing and what42100:41:11,680 --> 00:41:17,200informs you is different. Yes. So it's been really refreshing to walk with Adam and Tina42200:41:17,760 --> 00:41:23,440as they are on this really exponential growth trajectory. Unbelievable. Never seen anything42300:41:23,440 --> 00:41:29,920like it in all of my years of ministry. I've never seen a couple grow as quickly as they have.42400:41:29,920 --> 00:41:34,960God is doing things not only with them, but others that we are seeing coming into the faith.42500:41:34,960 --> 00:41:40,640They're having accelerated growth. And that's a signal to me that revival and spiritual awakening42600:41:40,640 --> 00:41:47,280is at hand. It's here. And so God's doing things quickly. And so I want to encourage you, if you've42700:41:47,280 --> 00:41:52,560not really stepped over the line to go all in with Jesus and you've thought about it, but you don't42800:41:52,560 --> 00:41:59,040really know where to start, I want to encourage you, find a church where you live. Find a Bible42900:41:59,040 --> 00:42:08,320teaching church that teaches Jesus and plug in and find community. But before you even do any of43000:42:08,320 --> 00:42:15,120that, just right now you can just say, Lord Jesus, I've messed it up. It's not working out for me.43100:42:15,120 --> 00:42:20,560And I'm a sinner and I need you. I need your help. Would you save me? Would you save me from the43200:42:20,560 --> 00:42:26,640inside out? Would you change me from the inside out? And just say this, say, I give you my past.43300:42:26,640 --> 00:42:33,120I give you my present. And I give you my future. And Lord Jesus, come in and save me. And here's43400:42:33,120 --> 00:42:40,000the beauty. He loves that when you invite him in, he comes in and he will save you. And now you're43500:42:40,000 --> 00:42:45,520what the Bible calls born again. And that means that you'll be in eternity in heaven with him and43600:42:45,520 --> 00:42:51,120with us together as family. And he wants you, he wants you to come to know him. And he already43700:42:51,120 --> 00:42:57,200knows you, but he wants you to know him. And so we just offer that out as an invitation to give43800:42:57,200 --> 00:43:02,400your life to Christ, give your life to Jesus. If you have questions about that, go to our website,43900:43:02,400 --> 00:43:08,640livingupinanddownworld.com and write me a note. And I'd be glad to encourage you to send you links44000:43:08,640 --> 00:43:13,200to resources, whatever we can do to help you in your walk with Jesus. That's what it's about.44100:43:13,200 --> 00:43:18,880Amen. Amen. Say amen, sister. Amen. Put your hands in the air. Oh my gosh.44200:43:18,880 --> 00:43:24,480I love you so much. Okay. So we need to let our listeners know. I was about to wax.44300:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,320We're going to, we're going to, oh, thank you. I love you too, baby. The moment's gone.44400:43:29,200 --> 00:43:33,760Just want to let our listeners know that we're going to move to Tuesday nights rather than Monday44500:43:33,760 --> 00:43:38,080nights. Too many things keep coming up on Monday night. We have a day job.44600:43:39,680 --> 00:43:44,640So Tuesday night we'll be releasing our podcast from now on. And in terms of a rhythm that's44700:43:44,640 --> 00:43:49,040going to work a lot better for us at this point. So sorry for the one night off thing.44800:43:49,920 --> 00:43:55,680We had so much going on. You had a meeting. It was insane. And too, we really want to protect our44900:43:55,680 --> 00:44:01,360Sabbath day and our Sabbath for us, we take that on Monday. We want to guard that. Hey, we love you45000:44:01,360 --> 00:44:06,240guys. We're so glad that you're with us and we want you to live up in a down world. Reach out,45100:44:06,240 --> 00:44:10,640let us know and send us to a friend. Maybe this will encourage somebody you know. And if so,45200:44:10,640 --> 00:44:14,160man, get the word out. Have a great week, y'all.45300:44:40,640 --> 00:44:41,680you45400:45:10,640 --> 00:45:11,200you45500:45:40,640 --> 00:45:40,800you45600:46:10,640 --> 00:46:10,880you45700:46:40,640 --> 00:46:40,960you45800:47:10,640 --> 00:47:10,960you