"I Give Up!"

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,200This is Jimmy Nanette and we...200:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,600Well, I always have to mention Mr. Chevy because he's with us.300:00:32,600 --> 00:00:33,600He is this time.400:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,960He was not with us last week because...500:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,520We were in Florida.600:00:37,520 --> 00:00:38,520What were we doing in Florida?700:00:38,520 --> 00:00:39,520Oh my gosh.800:00:39,520 --> 00:00:40,520What were we not doing in Florida?900:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,000Having the time of our life.1000:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,160It was so much fun.1100:00:44,160 --> 00:00:45,160I'm really...1200:00:45,160 --> 00:00:46,960I was sad to come back home.1300:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,960I begged you to stay.1400:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,480Honestly, no, I was too.1500:00:50,480 --> 00:00:51,480I felt the same way.1600:00:51,480 --> 00:00:52,480No, no, no.1700:00:52,480 --> 00:00:53,480But I just...1800:00:53,480 --> 00:00:54,480I'm Mr. Responsible here.1900:00:54,480 --> 00:00:55,760I felt like we needed to get back.2000:00:55,760 --> 00:00:56,760Why?2100:00:56,760 --> 00:00:57,760So we could sit here?2200:00:57,760 --> 00:00:58,760Mr. Chevy.2300:00:58,760 --> 00:00:59,760Oh my gosh.2400:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,400Chevy was doing great with Faith.2500:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,640Very, very good.2600:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,400Now, I really wanted a few more days.2700:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,720I know, but you always do that on trips.2800:01:08,720 --> 00:01:09,720You always beg for more.2900:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,720It's like...3000:01:10,720 --> 00:01:11,720What can I say?3100:01:11,720 --> 00:01:12,720No, we got to get back to real life.3200:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,720But we're not in real life yet.3300:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,720We're still in solitude.3400:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,320Well, and to Choo-ching and we didn't have reservations and blah, blah, blah.3500:01:21,320 --> 00:01:22,320There's a lot.3600:01:22,320 --> 00:01:23,320A lot of reasons, obviously.3700:01:23,320 --> 00:01:24,320Okay.3800:01:24,320 --> 00:01:25,320Next time.3900:01:25,320 --> 00:01:26,320I'm doing two weeks.4000:01:26,320 --> 00:01:33,080Okay, so before I sound like I'm just party pooper over here, I want to welcome our guests.4100:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,240Those that are listening, this is show number 32.4200:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,040Yeah, you got it.4300:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,040Can you believe it?4400:01:40,040 --> 00:01:41,04032 episodes.4500:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,120That just sounds like a lot.4600:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,560It feels like we just started last week.4700:01:45,560 --> 00:01:46,880It doesn't to me.4800:01:46,880 --> 00:01:47,880It doesn't?4900:01:47,880 --> 00:01:48,880No.5000:01:48,880 --> 00:01:50,840It feels like they've been doing this for years because you're such a pro.5100:01:50,840 --> 00:01:51,840That's why.5200:01:51,840 --> 00:01:52,840Right.5300:01:52,840 --> 00:01:53,840I am a pro.5400:01:53,840 --> 00:01:54,840You've got the best voice.5500:01:54,840 --> 00:01:55,840Oh, here we go.5600:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,840I'm in the world.5700:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,120Okay, let's go ahead and talk about what we're going to talk about.5800:01:59,120 --> 00:02:00,120Keep eating the mic.5900:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,120That will help.6000:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,120I'm eating the mic.6100:02:02,120 --> 00:02:03,120Oh my gosh.6200:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,120We're back in our bouncy room.6300:02:05,120 --> 00:02:12,000Actually, last week when we took our road caster with us, Adam listened to the show.6400:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,760It was the best sound we've ever had.6500:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,200Adam, the pod father and our executive producer, Curry.6600:02:17,200 --> 00:02:18,200We had what?6700:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,960Towel, wood, floors, no blankets hanging up.6800:02:22,960 --> 00:02:23,960We were in a kitchen.6900:02:23,960 --> 00:02:24,960A kitchen.7000:02:24,960 --> 00:02:25,960Okay.7100:02:25,960 --> 00:02:26,960In a condo.7200:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,240There was noise outside.7300:02:28,240 --> 00:02:29,240It was shocking.7400:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,040Of course, we were on the beach, so there's the beach outside and there's people playing7500:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,600music and vehicles going up and down the beach.7600:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,840We were like, oh, there's no telling what's going to happen.7700:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,320It came off really well.7800:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,320It was way better.7900:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,000The road caster performed.8000:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,680Way better than I thought it would be because he complained.8100:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,680Well, I don't want to say the word complain.8200:02:47,680 --> 00:02:48,680No, he pointed out.8300:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,680He points out quite a bit of our issues.8400:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,080That's why I pay him so much.8500:02:53,080 --> 00:02:58,320We're in our office, our studio, but not there.8600:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,180This doesn't make sense.8700:03:00,180 --> 00:03:01,180We're good to go.8800:03:01,180 --> 00:03:02,180Hopefully.8900:03:02,180 --> 00:03:04,680I think a lot of it was me back in too far off the mic creating.9000:03:04,680 --> 00:03:05,680Who knows?9100:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,160Anyway, we'll see how it goes today.9200:03:07,160 --> 00:03:08,160I'm sure we'll hear from you.9300:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,680I guess I am the pro and you're not.9400:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,480You know, there's a lot of truth in that.9500:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,280By the way, speaking of Adam and Tina Curry.9600:03:14,280 --> 00:03:15,280I know.9700:03:15,280 --> 00:03:16,280Oh, here we go again.9800:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,280Where are they right now?9900:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,960Where we were supposed to be with them in Italy, but that's okay.10000:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,560Next year, we're going to Japan.10100:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,560All of us.10200:03:24,560 --> 00:03:25,560Yeah, we're looking at it.10300:03:25,560 --> 00:03:26,560We're looking at it.10400:03:26,560 --> 00:03:27,560I think it'll be an exciting trip.10500:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,600I had a friend that Evan Archulette went to Japan with his family.10600:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,320No, just with Memily, his wife.10700:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,320Oh, I didn't know.10800:03:33,320 --> 00:03:34,920Yeah, it was just them.10900:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,400He came back and he said, I would move there.11000:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,360I would move there tomorrow.11100:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,800Now, obviously, he went as a tourist.11200:03:42,800 --> 00:03:49,040He didn't know the whole culture, but from a tourist American perspective, what he liked11300:03:49,040 --> 00:03:54,760was how peaceful it was and how clean and orderly it was, which that fits right in with11400:03:54,760 --> 00:03:55,760Evan's mindset.11500:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,960For sure, it's his personality.11600:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,040But I would like to experience that cleanliness.11700:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,040He said peace.11800:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,040Peace.11900:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,040Yes, yes.12000:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,240There's just a, they really, as a culture, they strive for that.12100:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,880I strive for that.12200:04:09,880 --> 00:04:10,880How do you strive for peace?12300:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,300You know, you lean into, you receive, you accept.12400:04:14,300 --> 00:04:16,520So apparently, it was very impactful for him.12500:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,840So that kind of inspired me of saying, you know, I would like to explore.12600:04:20,840 --> 00:04:22,480We've talked about it with Currys.12700:04:22,480 --> 00:04:23,480We may do it.12800:04:23,480 --> 00:04:24,480Yeah.12900:04:24,480 --> 00:04:25,960She wants to come back and start planning it.13000:04:25,960 --> 00:04:31,800You know, if we did that, then we might could do a crossover podcast there in front of Japan.13100:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,200Oh, that's a good idea.13200:04:33,200 --> 00:04:34,800That would be fun.13300:04:34,800 --> 00:04:40,120So last week, Panama Beach, Panama City Beach, we worked out how many days?13400:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,440I mean, so we're on a carnivore journey and we're also, so we're in the middle of our13500:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,440sabbatical.13600:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,240Maybe we're further, we're on the other half of our sabbatical.13700:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,280We have a week from Sunday.13800:04:50,280 --> 00:04:51,760A week from next Sunday.13900:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,840So we've still got a couple of weeks.14000:04:53,840 --> 00:04:58,720And we've been focusing on our mind, our body, and our spirit.14100:04:58,720 --> 00:04:59,720Exactly.14200:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,400Spent the first few weeks really dialing in on the spiritual side of things.14300:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,480Now, we didn't abandon the spirit to go focus on the others.14400:05:06,480 --> 00:05:07,480Right.14500:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,280It's foundations and layers.14600:05:09,280 --> 00:05:15,360And so we focused on the spirit, really got some rhythms, some healthy, healthy devotional14700:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,040rhythms where we both have our times in the morning.14800:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,040We come back and what did you learn?14900:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,040What's God speaking?15000:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,440Sometimes we're texting each other from each end of the house going, oh my gosh, this quote's15100:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,520amazing from, you know, whatever.15200:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,680So when we came back together, that's amazing.15300:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,120So we got our rhythm set in.15400:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,920Then we went to focus on the body, on the physical, which we kind of started anyway15500:05:37,920 --> 00:05:44,160right at the beginning because we re-embraced our keto, our ketogenic diet journey, which15600:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,240we did for years.15700:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,720And then we, after COVID, totally botched that.15800:05:48,720 --> 00:05:49,720Yes.15900:05:49,720 --> 00:05:50,720Which most people did.16000:05:50,720 --> 00:05:51,720It's really sad.16100:05:51,720 --> 00:05:52,720Yeah, it was hard.16200:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,200I've seen a lot of videos and people who said, I just fell apart during COVID because of16300:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,400these lockdowns.16400:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,280That's all I'm going to say about that so I don't get on our rant.16500:06:02,280 --> 00:06:04,280So anyway, that's not this show.16600:06:04,280 --> 00:06:05,440No, that's not this show.16700:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,000We're living up in a down world.16800:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,360But we do realize it's a down world.16900:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,720Especially now.17000:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,560So then we focus on the body.17100:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,160So we started our keto journey and wow, just already we were like, it feels good to feel17200:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,160good again.17300:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,800Feels good to be eating right again.17400:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,160Then we switched to carnivore.17500:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,880We upped our game.17600:06:25,880 --> 00:06:26,880A little bit.17700:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,280I would say more keto-for because we added fruit.17800:06:31,280 --> 00:06:33,840Ketovore sounds like your keto, but a little more.17900:06:33,840 --> 00:06:36,640We're actually more carnivore with a tiny bit of keto.18000:06:36,640 --> 00:06:42,960Just a tiny bit, which is just fruit because keto consists of vegetable salads.18100:06:42,960 --> 00:06:43,960Berries.18200:06:43,960 --> 00:06:44,960Berries, yeah.18300:06:44,960 --> 00:06:45,960Basic fruits.18400:06:45,960 --> 00:06:54,160And we're only incorporating maybe about one serving of fruit a day or every few days.18500:06:54,160 --> 00:06:55,160Right.18600:06:55,160 --> 00:06:56,160It just depends.18700:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,800But we're really, really drilling down on the meat.18800:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,680And that has been... So share your experience.18900:07:01,680 --> 00:07:07,880It was really hard because on the carnivore diet, you're supposed to eat a lot of fat.19000:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,880And I was one that grew up with you don't eat the fat.19100:07:11,880 --> 00:07:12,880Everybody grew up that.19200:07:12,880 --> 00:07:13,880Yes.19300:07:13,880 --> 00:07:14,880And I was...19400:07:14,880 --> 00:07:15,880Well, I was all told fat will make you fat.19500:07:15,880 --> 00:07:16,880Exactly.19600:07:16,880 --> 00:07:17,880Or give you a heart attack.19700:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,880I even went through a time in my life where I did everything low fat.19800:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,480Well, not the carnivore diet.19900:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,280You do everything with high fat.20000:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,240That's why it's okay to do cheese, heavy cream.20100:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,480But they want butter.20200:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,040Lots of butter.20300:07:32,040 --> 00:07:38,240But your meat, you need to eat the highest fat content meat you can eat.20400:07:38,240 --> 00:07:43,600So now when we go into order meat from Smokey's Barbecue over in Bernie, by the way, I would20500:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,240give a high triple thumbs up.20600:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,120If I had three thumbs, they would all be up.20700:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,120I only have two.20800:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,800But if I had three, all three would be up.20900:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,200It was phenomenal.21000:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,560The guy running that place, I don't know who he is, but he was amazing.21100:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,200We went in and said, we just want to order meat.21200:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,280He's like, you came to the right place.21300:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,560I mean, he was like, what do you want?21400:08:03,560 --> 00:08:04,880So he hooked us up.21500:08:04,880 --> 00:08:05,880He hooked us up.21600:08:05,880 --> 00:08:06,880So we had lots of meat.21700:08:06,880 --> 00:08:07,880Wow.21800:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,040I said, I want marbled fatty cuts.21900:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,520He said, no problem.22000:08:11,520 --> 00:08:12,520Boy.22100:08:12,520 --> 00:08:18,400But at the very beginning of this, eating this heavy meat was very hard on me and I22200:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,400was nauseated.22300:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,120It was hard on me too, our stomachs.22400:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,400Not as much as me.22500:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,440True, true.22600:08:23,440 --> 00:08:24,800It was very hard.22700:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,920And I think I was telling Tina after a couple of weeks, I was like, I don't know if I can22800:08:28,920 --> 00:08:29,920continue doing this.22900:08:29,920 --> 00:08:30,920Yeah, I remember.23000:08:30,920 --> 00:08:36,080And then I hit this threshold and I don't know what happened.23100:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,520I think it was about the middle of our time in Panama City Beach.23200:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,000No, it was at the beginning.23300:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000Oh, early on.23400:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000Okay.23500:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,360It was right before we got there.23600:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,040Oh, I'm thinking when all the energy kicked in and we were like, whoa.23700:08:49,040 --> 00:08:50,320I didn't feel full.23800:08:50,320 --> 00:08:51,720I didn't feel heavy.23900:08:51,720 --> 00:08:52,720Gotcha.24000:08:52,720 --> 00:08:58,120Then the energy kicked in in Panama City like unbelievable energy.24100:08:58,120 --> 00:08:59,120Both of us.24200:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,200And her and I, we would walk in our neighborhood and I didn't have any energy to walk and I24300:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,120was having to really strive to walk.24400:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,360When she gets back, it's going to brutalize her.24500:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,200Yeah, but the heat is too much right now.24600:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,200Right, but what I'm saying is you're on fire right now with energy.24700:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,160The energy level has really gone.24800:09:17,160 --> 00:09:24,320And I would never have, I mean, in my mind, I can't comprehend eating fat and getting24900:09:24,320 --> 00:09:25,620thinner, too.25000:09:25,620 --> 00:09:27,240It doesn't make sense.25100:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,160And we're definitely getting thinner.25200:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,720I mean, I just went back and pulled all my old clothes out and started wearing them.25300:09:33,720 --> 00:09:34,720Awesome, too.25400:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,680Wow, some really cool stuff.25500:09:36,680 --> 00:09:38,640Yeah, so it's amazing.25600:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,280But it's not just about that, but it is about feeling.25700:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,280It's about health and feeling good.25800:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,280But I felt really good on keto.25900:09:44,280 --> 00:09:45,280Yeah, I did too.26000:09:45,280 --> 00:09:46,280Yeah.26100:09:46,280 --> 00:09:52,440And I don't know if this is different than that because of going through that couple26200:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,280of weeks time when it was so bad.26300:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,880Now I don't remember how great I felt on keto, but anyway.26400:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,160Yeah, it's kind of hard to remember back.26500:09:59,160 --> 00:10:03,800Yeah, and I'm still leaning that I could go either way.26600:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,600And I don't want to go off of ketovor no matter what.26700:10:07,600 --> 00:10:13,680For me, I'm sticking with carnivore because I've never felt better in my life.26800:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,640And I had hypertension.26900:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,640I was on blood pressure medicine and I took a risk.27000:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,500I said, you know what, I'm going to go off this medication because I'm trying to get27100:10:23,500 --> 00:10:27,480off every supplement, every kind of medication.27200:10:27,480 --> 00:10:28,480I went off of it.27300:10:28,480 --> 00:10:29,480We've been checking your...27400:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,560Dr. Jason Pete, here's this.27500:10:31,560 --> 00:10:32,560You did what?27600:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,880So we've been checking your blood pressure every day.27700:10:34,880 --> 00:10:35,880Every day.27800:10:35,880 --> 00:10:40,520I did it incrementally until we went to Panama City Beach and I literally stopped my blood27900:10:40,520 --> 00:10:45,400pressure medicine because I literally had faith that this was going to work because28000:10:45,400 --> 00:10:51,480I've been really digging into the science of this and our bodies and I was confident28100:10:51,480 --> 00:10:52,480that it would work.28200:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,960So while we were there, it was like 140 over 70 something or 80.28300:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,040It's still a little high.28400:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,040Little high.28500:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,400But according to Dr. Ken Berry, that's really not high.28600:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,360Those standards were set at a different time.28700:11:04,360 --> 00:11:10,640Well, it was 120 over 60 and now he's saying 140 over 80 is the new standard.28800:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,320I'm not sure if that's correct, but that's what he says.28900:11:12,320 --> 00:11:17,960So we went along and I was bouncing around 140 on the top and you were a little nervous,29000:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,880but I was like, no, no, I feel good about this because I have never felt better.29100:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,760I've never had more energy.29200:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,480I mean, brain fog gone.29300:11:28,480 --> 00:11:29,480I mean, it's...29400:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,520But today, it was in the 120s.29500:11:32,520 --> 00:11:38,080Today, we got back and this is the first time I've checked it since we got back from vacation29600:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,080and yeah, 120s.29700:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,080It was like 120 over 72.29800:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,080Yes.29900:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,080Perfect.30000:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,080I mean, literally perfect.30100:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,080It's been complete my...30200:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,520How long have you been off your medication?30300:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,080About two weeks now at least.30400:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,600I think it's been longer than that.30500:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,640Maybe a little long because I started phasing it out.30600:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,900I was doing it every other day.30700:11:55,900 --> 00:11:58,680So I was weaning off of it because I did read about it.30800:11:58,680 --> 00:11:59,680I did my research.30900:11:59,680 --> 00:12:04,080I made sure I didn't do anything stupid and it said I could go off my Ulsa Martin, which31000:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,920is for cholesterol, which I'm so not worried about now.31100:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,640And then it was the other was, you might want to wean off of that, consult your doctor,31200:12:12,640 --> 00:12:13,640blah, blah, blah.31300:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,680And so I did wean off of it and then I went cold turkey.31400:12:17,680 --> 00:12:18,680I said, I'm done.31500:12:18,680 --> 00:12:24,200So I didn't even bring it with me on the trip on purpose so that I would kind of write it31600:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,200out.31700:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,220Anyway, all that to say is my hypertension is gone.31800:12:28,220 --> 00:12:31,240It's been completely reversed and healed.31900:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,000Glory to God and thank you, carnivore diet.32000:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,120This is the thing.32100:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,880We're not just doing diets randomly.32200:12:37,880 --> 00:12:42,160We're literally asking the Lord, show us what's good for us because what's good for us is32300:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,520not always good for other people.32400:12:44,520 --> 00:12:49,480And you have to determine what's best for your body and for, you know, good point because32500:12:49,480 --> 00:12:54,040everybody is different and some people can't tolerate just meat.32600:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,680So thank you for saying that.32700:12:56,680 --> 00:13:00,960So I would agree with you and say we're not telling people they should do it.32800:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,840You need to do your own research.32900:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,320And what and what are your goals?33000:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,040My goal was not to lose weight.33100:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,760Well, you wanted a few pounds a little bit, but I knew that would come whether we did33200:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,160keto or whatever that that would come off.33300:13:14,160 --> 00:13:19,080I knew that was going to happen, but it wasn't the ultimate goal was not primary.33400:13:19,080 --> 00:13:23,760Primary was health, overall health, getting rid of what's called visceral fat, which is33500:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,560the fat around your organs, which is the dangerous fat.33600:13:27,560 --> 00:13:29,840The fat on your thighs is not dangerous.33700:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,880The fat around your liver.33800:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,880It's actually healthy.33900:13:33,880 --> 00:13:34,880Right.34000:13:34,880 --> 00:13:39,800It's actually God's gift to in case of famine, it's a primal thing.34100:13:39,800 --> 00:13:40,800Exactly.34200:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,560Our ancestors had to store up fat for lean times.34300:13:44,560 --> 00:13:47,200It's different now, so we don't have to do that.34400:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,660But that's why our bodies do that and respond that way.34500:13:50,660 --> 00:13:55,840So getting rid of that visceral fat is the healthiest thing you can do.34600:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,880And ketogenic diet is great for that.34700:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,700Carnivore diet is great for that.34800:14:00,700 --> 00:14:04,360We did keto is great, but I wanted to up the game.34900:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,240What I don't go for it.35000:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,040What I found out when I was doing the low fat diet years and years ago is they would35100:14:10,040 --> 00:14:11,360add extra sugar.35200:14:11,360 --> 00:14:16,760So you're you're you're eating low fat products, but they're adding especially if you're eating35300:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,160a lot of processed stuff, which is so bad for you anyway.35400:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,800They're adding sugar and taking out the fat.35500:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,800Yes, they really have.35600:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,880Introducing totally against low fat diets.35700:14:29,880 --> 00:14:30,880Yeah.35800:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,360Well, and for us, we're not doing any processed food at all.35900:14:33,360 --> 00:14:37,000No, I mean, and that was the thing with the ketogenic diet that we were doing.36000:14:37,000 --> 00:14:43,760We were adding all these Atkins, Slim Fast, all these bars, bread, keto bread.36100:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,280There's no such thing.36200:14:45,280 --> 00:14:46,280They're all still processed.36300:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,200Let me say this again.36400:14:48,200 --> 00:14:54,160The food industry has completely contaminated the ketogenic diet by introducing all these36500:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,800processed snacks.36600:14:55,800 --> 00:14:56,800Yes.36700:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,960Peanut butter cups and clusters.36800:14:58,960 --> 00:14:59,960Does sound good.36900:14:59,960 --> 00:15:02,840But anyway, I digress.37000:15:02,840 --> 00:15:08,760All that it's fully processed and it will it will completely derail your ketogenic is37100:15:08,760 --> 00:15:09,760not pure diet.37200:15:09,760 --> 00:15:17,200Which is why when we tried keto back on a year ago and we were buying all that stuff,37300:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,280we didn't do that the first time we started buying all that because, hey, this is available37400:15:21,280 --> 00:15:22,280now.37500:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,560And I was doing workout supplements.37600:15:24,560 --> 00:15:30,400I was doing Spark from Avicare, which is full of sugar and caffeine, all that stuff.37700:15:30,400 --> 00:15:35,640So yeah, all those things we were doing, all these supplements was actually detrimental37800:15:35,640 --> 00:15:36,640to what we were trying to do.37900:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,440So we're completely off all of those.38000:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,440No sugar.38100:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,200I don't remember the last time we had sugar unless it was accidental.38200:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,920Yeah, I don't think so.38300:15:44,920 --> 00:15:45,920Literally nothing.38400:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,480I guess it was just when we ate out at Panama City Beach, if any of the restaurants added38500:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,440sugar to any of the meat.38600:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,480Sometimes bacon's got sugar added.38700:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,360We were very careful about even dying bacon.38800:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,120We talked to each of the waiters and waitresses and said, this is what we're doing and this38900:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,120is what we want.39000:16:01,120 --> 00:16:02,120And they were great.39100:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,120Yes.39200:16:03,120 --> 00:16:08,520Speaking of that, let's move off of that onto the favor factor.39300:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,920So we prayed before our trip, we prayed for Adam and Tina as they went on their trip to39400:16:12,920 --> 00:16:19,440Amsterdam, Italy, Spain, no, Amsterdam, Spain, Italy.39500:16:19,440 --> 00:16:20,440They're in Italy now.39600:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,440And they're going back to Amsterdam.39700:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,280They're going back to Amsterdam to spend time with his family.39800:16:24,280 --> 00:16:25,280But we prayed for them.39900:16:25,280 --> 00:16:26,280We prayed for ourselves.40000:16:26,280 --> 00:16:27,760We asked the Lord for favor.40100:16:27,760 --> 00:16:35,800Lord, would you grant favor with every clerk, every attendant, every ticket agent, every40200:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,680airline, every steward or stewardess?40300:16:38,680 --> 00:16:45,120I mean, just we asked God for favor, so we moved in what's called, and those of you40400:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,320listening, listen to this, heads up on this.40500:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,040We moved in the spirit of appeal.40600:16:49,040 --> 00:16:50,680Father, we appeal to you.40700:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,240Would you grant us favor?40800:16:52,240 --> 00:16:53,880It's a question.40900:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,880Would you?41000:16:54,880 --> 00:16:55,880Would you?41100:16:55,880 --> 00:16:56,880Would you?41200:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,080After that, we moved on to declaration.41300:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,720And that's where we moved from appeal to declaration.41400:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,080Now prayer of declaration is just what it sounds like.41500:17:05,080 --> 00:17:10,640We declare favor over our lives, who declare the favor of God on us according to God's41600:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,960word in Psalm 30 verse 5.41700:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,360Psalm 5 says He surrounds you with favor as like a shield.41800:17:18,360 --> 00:17:23,620Psalm 30 verse 5 is, "'Anger lasts for a moment, but his favor lasts for a lifetime.'"41900:17:23,620 --> 00:17:26,400So we declared God's word over us.42000:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,040His word is His will.42100:17:28,040 --> 00:17:32,080So when you declare His word, you're declaring His will over your life.42200:17:32,080 --> 00:17:36,520It means His desire, which I love that.42300:17:36,520 --> 00:17:42,440His desire, which means His will for us is what He desires for us.42400:17:42,440 --> 00:17:43,440Isn't that beautiful?42500:17:43,440 --> 00:17:44,440Yes.42600:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,440I love that.42700:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,000I just heard that this week.42800:17:47,000 --> 00:17:52,000I want to encourage you in your prayer life, take both approaches.42900:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,620Come in the spirit of appeal.43000:17:53,620 --> 00:17:56,080Come in the spirit of declaration.43100:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,160Appeal means you're asking.43200:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,160Father would you?43300:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,160Don't say, Father, I just ask you to.43400:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,520It doesn't make sense.43500:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,240Father would you?43600:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,960Then you move into the place of declaration because you now know you have the word of43700:18:08,960 --> 00:18:09,960God on it.43800:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,400When you have the word on it, you can be quite clear.43900:18:13,400 --> 00:18:18,880I declare in the name of Jesus that favor will go before us.44000:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,900It's exactly what happened.44100:18:20,900 --> 00:18:24,840From the moment we left our home to the moment we came back, it was unbelievable.44200:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,880How many cool conversations did we have with waiters and waitresses?44300:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,320I mean, everybody, we ran into them.44400:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,320Even our waiter.44500:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,320And locals.44600:18:33,320 --> 00:18:34,320Locals there in Florida.44700:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,920Our waiter at that really nice seafood place.44800:18:36,920 --> 00:18:37,920Captain Anderson's.44900:18:37,920 --> 00:18:38,920Wow.45000:18:38,920 --> 00:18:39,920That was amazing.45100:18:39,920 --> 00:18:40,920Shane.45200:18:40,920 --> 00:18:41,920Yeah.45300:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,600He said, his family's from Bernie.45400:18:43,600 --> 00:18:44,600We're like, what?45500:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,280He goes, do you know where Bernie is?45600:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,200Yes, we do all of our shopping there.45700:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,160We go to the gym there.45800:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,280We're 20 minutes from Bernie.45900:18:52,280 --> 00:18:53,640I was pretty shocked at that.46000:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,480He was such a neat young man.46100:18:55,480 --> 00:18:56,480He was very respectful.46200:18:56,480 --> 00:18:57,480He was so great.46300:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,000We kept hanging out at our table, even though the place was crushed because it's one of46400:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,040the most, it's like top 10 in Florida for seafood.46500:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,040Wonderful.46600:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,160And he was just hanging out and standing at our table.46700:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,960Our food was getting cold at one point because he was just hanging out with us.46800:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,440But I loved every second.46900:19:14,440 --> 00:19:18,240I kept thinking, this is the favor factor.47000:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,580This is God.47100:19:19,580 --> 00:19:21,360He's drawn to us for a reason.47200:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,800Not because we're amazing, but because God in us is amazing.47300:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,080And that happened everywhere.47400:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,040So let me tell you a miracle that happened.47500:19:29,040 --> 00:19:30,040TSA?47600:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,440Hey, I'm telling you, my Bible says miracles happen, according to Pastor Eddie Freeman.47700:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,400My Bible says the same thing.47800:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,000Miracles still happen.47900:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000TSA.48000:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000All right.48100:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,720Just the very letters TSA puts the fear of God in people.48200:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,240I mean, just like, you know, it's almost like saying the DMV.48300:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,240That's another adult.48400:19:47,240 --> 00:19:48,240Oh, gosh.48500:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,240That's for sure.48600:19:49,240 --> 00:19:50,240Please.48700:19:50,240 --> 00:19:54,280So we're at Panama City Beach Airport, which is a small airport.48800:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,640It reminded me of that show, Wings.48900:19:56,640 --> 00:19:57,640Yes.49000:19:57,640 --> 00:19:58,640I loved it.49100:19:58,640 --> 00:19:59,640Everybody was nice.49200:19:59,640 --> 00:20:00,640Oh, it was so sweet.49300:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,680Doing our baggage, doing our tickets.49400:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,680And he was the pilot as well.49500:20:04,680 --> 00:20:05,680I'm kidding.49600:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,000But it was a small airport.49700:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,840But we go to International, which is shocking.49800:20:10,840 --> 00:20:11,840Nice airport.49900:20:11,840 --> 00:20:12,840We go through TSA.50000:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,440I have to unpack everything.50100:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,600I had four iPads.50200:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,120No, three iPads.50300:20:20,120 --> 00:20:21,640You had mine too.50400:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,200A laptop computer.50500:20:23,200 --> 00:20:28,360Three iPads, a laptop, and the Roadcaster Duo, which is what we're doing the podcast50600:20:28,360 --> 00:20:29,360through.50700:20:29,360 --> 00:20:30,520It's the equipment, all the microphone.50800:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,720I had to unpack all of that out of my backpack.50900:20:32,720 --> 00:20:33,720I had my backpack.51000:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,360My backpack weighed 70 pounds.51100:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,360And it's not even that big.51200:20:37,360 --> 00:20:39,740But anyway, we got it all in there.51300:20:39,740 --> 00:20:42,400And I'm like, do I have to unpack everything?51400:20:42,400 --> 00:20:47,000We didn't have to do that in Austin, which was great.51500:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,120So I unpack everything.51600:20:49,120 --> 00:20:55,080And my phone, get everything repacked because it took a minute for me to get everything51700:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,080back together.51800:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,080And you know how it is in those lines.51900:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,080You don't want to err.52000:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,440But there weren't that many people there.52100:20:59,440 --> 00:21:00,440So it wasn't that bad.52200:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,240But anyway, we get up to our gate.52300:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,240I feel my pocket.52400:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,760And I'm like, my phone's not in my pocket.52500:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,840Oh, it's in my backpack.52600:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,280I go through my backpack.52700:21:10,280 --> 00:21:11,280It's not there.52800:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,040And I realize I left it in one of those bins.52900:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,000Which anybody could have picked up.53000:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,440Not only was that my phone.53100:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,020It was credit cards and my driver's license.53200:21:22,020 --> 00:21:26,320So I'd be more twerp about some of that than I would my phone.53300:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,360You can replace the phone.53400:21:28,360 --> 00:21:33,440But anyway, so I was actually very calm about it.53500:21:33,440 --> 00:21:34,920I was quite shocked.53600:21:34,920 --> 00:21:35,920I decided not to panic.53700:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,600Because you're a calm person.53800:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,680But still, that's pretty unnerving.53900:21:40,680 --> 00:21:41,760It was.54000:21:41,760 --> 00:21:42,760And I got up.54100:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,880I walked back to, which wasn't very far.54200:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,240It's a small airport.54300:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,240Hallelujah.54400:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,960It's not the FW or Chicago or O'Hare.54500:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,480So I walked back.54600:21:52,480 --> 00:21:53,480And I walked right through.54700:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,080It says, do not enter.54800:21:55,080 --> 00:21:59,000To go back in, I walked right in and right up to the TSA agents.54900:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,980And they're like, could we help you?55000:22:00,980 --> 00:22:02,140They were nice.55100:22:02,140 --> 00:22:03,140But could we help you?55200:22:03,140 --> 00:22:05,040I said, I left my phone.55300:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,000And I said, are you sure it's here and it's not in your backpack?55400:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,780I said, we checked our find my phone.55500:22:12,780 --> 00:22:13,780It's right here.55600:22:13,780 --> 00:22:15,200No, but you went back twice.55700:22:15,200 --> 00:22:16,200The first time.55800:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,640They said, come back and check your backpack one more time.55900:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,120I humored them, went back, checked the backpack, came back with find my phone.56000:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,600I said, because my wife had the phone, you had the phone.56100:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,000I told them that.56200:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,040And they went into action.56300:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,520They tore that place apart.56400:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,280And then she said, just call it.56500:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,920And you said, well, yeah, I don't have the ringer on.56600:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,960She goes, I'll hear the vibration.56700:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,200She turned off the fans.56800:22:39,200 --> 00:22:40,200So there were fans.56900:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,280The airport was hot because it's hot everywhere in the world right now.57000:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,360The world's on fire right now.57100:22:45,360 --> 00:22:50,240She turned off all the fans in that area, which was, I was like, this is amazing.57200:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,240And she was so gracious.57300:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,520And she's all right, everybody be quiet for a minute.57400:22:54,520 --> 00:23:02,680I mean, she told the whole six TSA agents to shut up and shut down all the machines.57500:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,080And they said, call it.57600:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,920So we called it and she said, I hear something.57700:23:06,920 --> 00:23:12,840They tore, they went through Ben after Ben after Ben and tore that place apart and found57800:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,800it and she goes, I got it and she was so excited.57900:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,800They all started clapping.58000:23:17,800 --> 00:23:18,800What?58100:23:18,800 --> 00:23:19,800Okay.58200:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,800Don't tell me there's not still miracles.58300:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,120Adam has a real hard time with TSA, but they had a good experience too.58400:23:27,120 --> 00:23:28,120So that's true.58500:23:28,120 --> 00:23:29,120We had a great experience.58600:23:29,120 --> 00:23:30,120They give a bad rap, but you know what?58700:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,160Because they have a hard job.58800:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,160They do.58900:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,160They do.59000:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,960People are jerks flying right now.59100:23:35,960 --> 00:23:36,960They are.59200:23:36,960 --> 00:23:37,960I know I said that was very direct.59300:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,200But God had his favor on you.59400:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,200And I just think that.59500:23:41,200 --> 00:23:46,320But first, you know what, when you first went back down to look for it and I was still sitting59600:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,600there, I was just going, really God?59700:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,600Everything has been wonderful.59800:23:49,600 --> 00:23:50,600Everything.59900:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,600This is not the way I want to end my trip.60000:23:53,600 --> 00:24:00,520So I began to pray and I didn't even think about find my phone app on my phone until60100:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,320you came back and you said, hey.60200:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,360Hey, find my phone.60300:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,960Because you're always checking up on me where I'm at.60400:24:06,960 --> 00:24:07,960Yeah.60500:24:07,960 --> 00:24:08,960That's true.60600:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,760But God is so good.60700:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,600Oh, God is good.60800:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,080I'm just saying those TSA agents were great and they were fun.60900:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,840And I got to tell you, I was so blessed by that.61000:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,240And I just said, I cannot thank you enough for your attitudes.61100:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,880I just went past Oralon.61200:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,120I'm a practically loved.61300:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,080I mean, it was crazy.61400:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,960I've never seen that in an airport before.61500:24:31,960 --> 00:24:32,960I haven't either.61600:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,440And it was so the favor of God.61700:24:35,440 --> 00:24:36,440A lot of times.61800:24:36,440 --> 00:24:37,440That's why when I came back, I was so happy.61900:24:37,440 --> 00:24:38,440Right.62000:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,080I told you, we found it.62100:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,800But not only did we find it, these people were amazing.62200:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,680They've been over backwards to take care of me.62300:24:46,680 --> 00:24:53,440So yay for the TSA agents in the Panama City Beach Airport.62400:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,240Which I want to go back as soon as we can.62500:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,240We're going to go back.62600:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,240That was such a good experience.62700:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,240Okay.62800:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,280The trip was, I'm going to dare I say it, use a word that some Christians get weird62900:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,280about.63000:25:04,280 --> 00:25:05,280It was magical.63100:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,280It really was.63200:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,280It was enchanted.63300:25:07,280 --> 00:25:13,280But I felt the peace of God, the favor of God.63400:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,920I can't even explain.63500:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,560And not only that, just such a love for you.63600:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,620Us getting away together.63700:25:21,620 --> 00:25:23,600Even though we've been here every day.63800:25:23,600 --> 00:25:24,600We have, but it's home.63900:25:24,600 --> 00:25:25,600It's a little different.64000:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,960There's something special about going away together.64100:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,600And I just, I'm already in love with you.64200:25:33,600 --> 00:25:34,880I already love you.64300:25:34,880 --> 00:25:35,940I'm in love with you.64400:25:35,940 --> 00:25:40,200Would I, if you could even say that I re-fell in love with you.64500:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,200That sounds weird.64600:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,720I don't know what words to use, honestly.64700:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,480But literally it was one of my favorite times in our 30 years of marriage.64800:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,320Why do you think I asked if we could stay a few more days?64900:25:52,320 --> 00:25:53,320I didn't want that.65000:25:53,320 --> 00:25:54,320I get it.65100:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,320I so get it.65200:25:55,320 --> 00:26:01,880Well, because I do know once we get back in the groove a week from Sunday, it's, you know.65300:26:01,880 --> 00:26:02,880Game on, right?65400:26:02,880 --> 00:26:03,880Yes.65500:26:03,880 --> 00:26:04,880Yeah, we're back in.65600:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,640But we're not the same people.65700:26:06,640 --> 00:26:07,640No, no.65800:26:07,640 --> 00:26:14,160God has done such a work in us that we will go back into our work life joyfully, by the65900:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,160way.66000:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,720I am getting excited about it because I know we're not the same people we were.66100:26:19,720 --> 00:26:25,760God has done such a deep work in us and I'm forever grateful.66200:26:25,760 --> 00:26:26,760Forever grateful.66300:26:26,760 --> 00:26:27,760I am too.66400:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,640We're very blessed to have a board and staff.66500:26:30,640 --> 00:26:31,640We have a board of directors.66600:26:31,640 --> 00:26:32,640That are so...66700:26:32,640 --> 00:26:33,640Supportive.66800:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,640Supportive of us.66900:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,640Loving.67000:26:36,640 --> 00:26:44,040And want the best for us because they know that they'll get the best of us if we take67100:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,160care of our temple.67200:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,160That is true.67300:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,160And take care of our marriage and our family.67400:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,360It's kind of like when your parents are healthy, the family's healthy.67500:26:52,360 --> 00:26:57,480What's odd is we haven't hardly talked to faith except through text.67600:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,400Our own daughter, our youngest daughter who's on staff at our church.67700:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,800There's two times in seven weeks, six weeks.67800:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,800Hardly just here and there.67900:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,040But it's just because with her working at the church, we're really...68000:27:11,040 --> 00:27:19,720We're trying to be kind of separate from the church as much as we can and not get sucked68100:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,160into it because we can.68200:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,400Because our minds go there.68300:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,680Once your mind goes there, it's hard to disengage.68400:27:25,680 --> 00:27:26,680And so...68500:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,200But we do think about the people a lot.68600:27:28,200 --> 00:27:29,200We talk about them.68700:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,200We miss.68800:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,960I saw Amy when we went to the...68900:27:32,960 --> 00:27:33,960Cleaners today.69000:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,920She'll be here and she'll hear that she loves our podcast.69100:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,880Amy, we love you so much.69200:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,680Amy Moore, she works at the cleaners and we had to go pick up our bedding.69300:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,760And I so enjoyed talking to Amy.69400:27:45,760 --> 00:27:46,760I did too.69500:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,240It was like, one of our people.69600:27:48,240 --> 00:27:49,520I literally felt that.69700:27:49,520 --> 00:27:53,760I didn't say anything to you, but I noticed that we just stayed there a long time until69800:27:53,760 --> 00:27:54,760car pulled up.69900:27:54,760 --> 00:27:55,760I know.70000:27:55,760 --> 00:27:56,760I keep looking to see if there were cars behind us.70100:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,760Nobody was behind us because I think God wanted us to.70200:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,200I talked to one of our church members that we love.70300:28:01,200 --> 00:28:02,200It was funny.70400:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,200It was almost like we're desperate.70500:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,880Oh my gosh, a real conversation with a church person.70600:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,440I was like, ah, so good to see you.70700:28:09,440 --> 00:28:15,360But anyway, we love Amy so much and thank you, Amy, for listening to our podcast.70800:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,400Just good to see you today.70900:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,400Can't wait to see the church.71000:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,320This is going to be a family reunion when we go back.71100:28:20,320 --> 00:28:21,320I know.71200:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,280Well, I've had many dreams this week about going back.71300:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,280It's freaky.71400:28:25,280 --> 00:28:26,280I know.71500:28:26,280 --> 00:28:27,920Why are we dreaming about this?71600:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,440Because it's coming up really fast.71700:28:30,440 --> 00:28:31,440It's coming fast.71800:28:31,440 --> 00:28:32,440Fast, yes.71900:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,400I don't have a lot of spiritual dreams.72000:28:34,400 --> 00:28:35,400I have freaky.72100:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,400It's weird.72200:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,680But when you do, you remember them.72300:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,440When I do, I remember and I've been having some dreams.72400:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,280Some of them are a little frightening and demonic and I know where that's coming from.72500:28:45,280 --> 00:28:46,960I know the source of all that.72600:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,880A dark enemy hates what we've done.72700:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,640He hates that we didn't take a sabbatical.72800:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,640We received the gift of sabbatical and he hates that.72900:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,240We haven't squandered it and we've worked through it.73000:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,360All right.73100:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,360We've gone on and on, but we're full.73200:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,360Our tanks are full.73300:29:07,360 --> 00:29:12,880Pastor Eddie Freeman from Gateway Church in Southlake has been our coach and mentor through73400:29:12,880 --> 00:29:13,880this.73500:29:13,880 --> 00:29:15,120Although once we started, he's like, hands off.73600:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,120Don't even text me.73700:29:16,120 --> 00:29:17,120I don't want to hear from you for two months.73800:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,160You had to text him to ask him if he could preach.73900:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,720You're not even supposed to be thinking about this.74000:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,760It's coming up soon and you do need someone to fill the pulpit.74100:29:25,760 --> 00:29:31,360We've reached at our church twice and some little information gets through from time74200:29:31,360 --> 00:29:37,400to time and people have loved him and adored him as we do.74300:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,200He has coached and mentored us well through this.74400:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,720He set us up for success.74500:29:41,720 --> 00:29:49,560He's been meeting with our staff, which I love because they can draw some nuggets from74600:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,080him that he... Because we're part of the Gateway Church's74700:29:53,080 --> 00:29:59,280network and he's just come in and really carried the load for us.74800:29:59,280 --> 00:30:03,480So thankful, Pastor Eddie and a dear brother and a dear friend.74900:30:03,480 --> 00:30:10,080I want to switch gears for the last part of the show and I want to talk a little bit about75000:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,040some of the things we've been learning, some of our learnings within this.75100:30:14,040 --> 00:30:19,520A while back, I even said it in a message, maybe in the last message or two that I preached75200:30:19,520 --> 00:30:24,640before we started the sabbatical, which was now what, six weeks ago, however long it's75300:30:24,640 --> 00:30:25,640been.75400:30:25,640 --> 00:30:31,580It was basically a declaration and it was a declaration that I give up.75500:30:31,580 --> 00:30:34,880It's not often as a Christian you go, I just give up.75600:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,320That sounds very defeating.75700:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,480It sounds like, oh my gosh, he's not going to make it.75800:30:39,480 --> 00:30:43,800But really, I want to talk about the fact that I've given up and here's what I've given75900:30:43,800 --> 00:30:44,800up.76000:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,140I've shared this on here before so I won't be laborious on this, but I want to give some76100:30:48,140 --> 00:30:50,160scripture background.76200:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,960So for those of you listening, I want to share this with you.76300:30:52,960 --> 00:30:59,320It's just three learnings that we're getting out of the sabbatical, although there's millions76400:30:59,320 --> 00:31:00,600of them at this point.76500:31:00,600 --> 00:31:01,600But here it is.76600:31:01,600 --> 00:31:02,600It's a declaration.76700:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,080I give up my right to be offended.76800:31:06,080 --> 00:31:10,260Now I shared this on a couple broadcasts, so I mean this isn't brand new, but I want76900:31:10,260 --> 00:31:15,880to reiterate because I'm the kind of guy that I don't get anything the first or second time.77000:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,920I need repetition.77100:31:17,920 --> 00:31:18,920Most of us do.77200:31:18,920 --> 00:31:26,760And I remember hearing, we were watching a show called Holy Ghost or something by Darren77300:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,200... I'm trying to remember.77400:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,800You know who I'm talking about.77500:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,560And he was interviewing Michael W. Smith.77600:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,280And Michael W. Smith made a couple of statements, but he said one of the things he's endeavored77700:31:37,280 --> 00:31:43,640to do for the rest of his life is that he is endeavored to never be offended again.77800:31:43,640 --> 00:31:47,760This is a guy who's been in the music business for 30, 40 years.77900:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,520And he's saying, I am endeavoring to never be offended again.78000:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,080I thought he said that on the Jesus movie.78100:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,080It was one of those.78200:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,080I mean, it was that.78300:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,660It was in that same vein.78400:31:59,660 --> 00:32:06,440And so we heard Pastor Bill Johnson, who we have high respect, high honor for, say this.78500:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,240He says, I gave up my right to be offended.78600:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,680And so I just morphed that into my own wording.78700:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,100I give up my right to be offended.78800:32:16,100 --> 00:32:19,600And I have to keep that in front of me.78900:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,280So I want to give a couple of scriptures on that and then we'll move on because I want79000:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,000you to hear a couple of others.79100:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,680Matthew 13, 21, listen to this.79200:32:26,680 --> 00:32:32,600Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while.79300:32:32,600 --> 00:32:40,440And when tribulation or persecution arises or offense arises on account of the word,79400:32:40,440 --> 00:32:41,960immediately he falls away.79500:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,120Remember, that's the context of the four soils.79600:32:45,120 --> 00:32:50,760And he's saying that whenever persecution arises, immediately he falls away.79700:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,000And that's so true.79800:32:52,000 --> 00:32:56,400Sometimes we're doing really good and then offense comes and it just takes us out.79900:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,160Tanks us.80000:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,160Knocks us off.80100:32:59,160 --> 00:33:00,160It does.80200:33:00,160 --> 00:33:01,160It does.80300:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,160It does.80400:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,160Because we end up...80500:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,160And it eats at you.80600:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,320I was going to say, what do we do with it?80700:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,320Yes.80800:33:07,320 --> 00:33:13,200And it causes so much stress in our bodies and then we start eating improperly.80900:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,720We start thinking improperly.81000:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,200Our minds go crazy.81100:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,200We spin out.81200:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,200We spin out.81300:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,200And we spin up.81400:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,200Yeah.81500:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,440Another verse, Matthew 18, 21, I love this.81600:33:23,440 --> 00:33:28,560Then Peter came up and said to him, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me and81700:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,200I forgive him?81800:33:30,200 --> 00:33:37,920As many as seven times, Jesus said to him, I do not say to you seven times, but 77 times.81900:33:37,920 --> 00:33:38,920And what he's acting...82000:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,800He didn't even say he's asked for forgiveness, did it?82100:33:41,800 --> 00:33:46,200So he's like, if a brother sins against me this many times, what do I do?82200:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,680He says, you forgive him, period.82300:33:49,680 --> 00:33:54,760And actually, 77 times is a perfect number and it literally means infinity.82400:33:54,760 --> 00:34:03,400So there is no limit to our extending grace, mercy, forgiveness to others.82500:34:03,400 --> 00:34:10,600Another scripture, last one, Ephesians 4.31, 32, let all bitterness and wrath and anger82600:34:10,600 --> 00:34:15,520and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice.82700:34:15,520 --> 00:34:25,240Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.82800:34:25,240 --> 00:34:26,240There it is.82900:34:26,240 --> 00:34:29,280I give up my right to be offended.83000:34:29,280 --> 00:34:37,240And here's the thing, family, I mean, anyone who's been wronged, there'll be 15 people83100:34:37,240 --> 00:34:44,200as you walk away from the cross of Jesus Christ, as you leave, as you move away, there'll be83200:34:44,200 --> 00:34:49,76015 or 20 people patting you on the back saying, you have every right to be offended.83300:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,000And the only reason why we tell people about our offense is we want to get them on our83400:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,200side so they can see we're right and they're wrong.83500:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,800It's called validation.83600:34:58,800 --> 00:34:59,800Exactly.83700:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,360And it's wrong.83800:35:01,360 --> 00:35:05,040And that's where I want to really grow as a Christian.83900:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,040It's all about the flesh, right?84000:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,040Yes.84100:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,920So what we're doing, and I want to encourage you to do this, make this declaration.84200:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,800I would write this down.84300:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,320I give up my right to be offended.84400:35:17,320 --> 00:35:21,720Now at first, you go, well, if I say that, I'm afraid I'm going to be tested.84500:35:21,720 --> 00:35:22,720You're going to be tested anyway.84600:35:22,720 --> 00:35:23,720Oh, you'll be tested.84700:35:23,720 --> 00:35:26,040No, no matter what, because we live in a fallen world.84800:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,040Bingo.84900:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,040We live in a down world.85000:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,040We're living up in a down world.85100:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,280So one of the ways we live up in this down world...85200:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,880Is do the opposite of what the world does.85300:35:33,880 --> 00:35:34,880Exactly.85400:35:34,880 --> 00:35:35,880Bingo.85500:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,480That's what I'm telling you.85600:35:37,480 --> 00:35:38,480Awesome.85700:35:38,480 --> 00:35:39,480All right.85800:35:39,480 --> 00:35:40,480Second declaration.85900:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,880So that was one we've already talked about, but I feel like it's good to bring it back86000:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,040up just as a reminder.86100:35:45,040 --> 00:35:52,080But another declaration is this, number two, I give up my right to withhold encouragement.86200:35:52,080 --> 00:36:00,760How many times have you had this inkling, we call them God taps, a God pause moment86300:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,360where you feel like, I should reach out to so-and-so.86400:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,160I haven't heard from so-and-so in a while.86500:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,800I hope they're okay.86600:36:07,800 --> 00:36:08,840I should text them.86700:36:08,840 --> 00:36:09,840I should call them.86800:36:09,840 --> 00:36:10,840Whatever.86900:36:10,840 --> 00:36:11,840I should email.87000:36:11,840 --> 00:36:12,840Whatever.87100:36:12,840 --> 00:36:13,840But we don't do it.87200:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,120And in our mind, we justify that we sort of did because we thought about them.87300:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,120But good wishes and good thoughts and good intentions don't do anything.87400:36:21,120 --> 00:36:22,120And you never know.87500:36:22,120 --> 00:36:27,360That person may have needed what you had to say right then, and you could have given up87600:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,560that opportunity.87700:36:28,560 --> 00:36:34,200I reached out to somebody just this morning with something that was on my heart, an encouragement.87800:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,720I reached out to them.87900:36:35,720 --> 00:36:39,640They wrote me back almost immediately and said, thank you.88000:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,960I've been going through a difficult, rough, was their words.88100:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,520I've been going through a rough time.88200:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,280This is timely.88300:36:47,280 --> 00:36:52,200And that was a confirmation from the Lord, you heard me.88400:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,120And so I've been trying to be very mindful of that.88500:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,120I've limited my reach right now simply because we're on sabbaticals.88600:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,920So I'm not like just blasting out texts and emails.88700:37:02,920 --> 00:37:07,960But I have a handful of people that are in my orbit that I continue to reach out to and88800:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,280encourage.88900:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,440Dear friend of mine, Mark Barry, I'm so excited for Mark.89000:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,440Mark went in.89100:37:14,440 --> 00:37:15,440Mark's my age.89200:37:15,440 --> 00:37:20,160We were both guitar players in a rock band, a Christian rock band in college back at Howard89300:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,480Payne University back in the mid-80s.89400:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,520We both were dueling lead guitar players.89500:37:25,520 --> 00:37:30,320We wrote a lot of music together, had a lot of fun just touring and playing music.89600:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,200And we've stayed friends, close friends.89700:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,640He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.89800:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,240And he was diagnosed.89900:37:36,240 --> 00:37:41,240He went in and he had his colonoscopy, you know, we're both 61.90000:37:41,240 --> 00:37:42,800And it came back bad.90100:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,800They said, you've got, we've removed polyps.90200:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,240We think there may be a problem.90300:37:48,240 --> 00:37:50,600Went in to an oncologist who did the test.90400:37:50,600 --> 00:37:56,380They came back and said it was cancerous and that they may need to look at radiation or90500:37:56,380 --> 00:37:57,640what's the other one?90600:37:57,640 --> 00:37:58,640Chemo.90700:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,480And so they were talking about what to do.90800:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,280They removed these polyps at the time.90900:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,520They also disconnected his colon and did some...91000:38:05,520 --> 00:38:09,680Yeah, he's had a bag and all that stuff.91100:38:09,680 --> 00:38:10,680Colostomy.91200:38:10,680 --> 00:38:11,680That.91300:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,600So he's having to deal with that right now.91400:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,240And this dude is like an entrepreneur.91500:38:15,240 --> 00:38:16,240He's got businesses.91600:38:16,240 --> 00:38:18,720He's an amazing guy.91700:38:18,720 --> 00:38:22,720And all of a sudden he's like incapacitated because of this.91800:38:22,720 --> 00:38:26,640And they're saying, so they did all the blood work and I've been walking with him and texting91900:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,920him every other day saying, give me an update, Mark, how are things?92000:38:29,920 --> 00:38:30,920How are you feeling?92100:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,140How's your heart through this?92200:38:32,140 --> 00:38:33,140He has been doing great.92300:38:33,140 --> 00:38:34,140He's been praying.92400:38:34,140 --> 00:38:36,480I've been praying with him.92500:38:36,480 --> 00:38:37,880He just wrote me back today.92600:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,160Can I read the text?92700:38:39,160 --> 00:38:40,160Sure.92800:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,440Even said, please share this story.92900:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,760I want people to know how good God is.93000:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,200He said, good morning, bro.93100:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,200Thank you for that.93200:38:49,200 --> 00:38:50,200It's something I sent this morning.93300:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,200Encouragement.93400:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,760Again, I gave up my right to withhold encouragement.93500:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,920He said, that's sermon material right there.93600:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,760He said, I would appreciate your prayers this afternoon because I have an appointment93700:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,360at 2 p.m. to go over my blood work.93800:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,600If it comes back clean, then I won't need any kind of treatment.93900:39:04,600 --> 00:39:05,600Thank you again.94000:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,360I hope you all are doing well, blah, blah, blah.94100:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,840And he says, I just had my doctor's appointment.94200:39:10,840 --> 00:39:15,400This is later today to go over my blood work, which is a determining factor if I was going94300:39:15,400 --> 00:39:16,580to need treatment or not.94400:39:16,580 --> 00:39:18,680And they said that my blood work was clean.94500:39:18,680 --> 00:39:19,680Wow.94600:39:19,680 --> 00:39:20,680So thank you, Jesus.94700:39:20,680 --> 00:39:21,680Jesus.94800:39:21,680 --> 00:39:22,680Wow.94900:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,440And I said, I have been praying for you and boom, there it is.95000:39:26,440 --> 00:39:27,920I'm so happy for you, brother.95100:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,560Now you can move forward and leave this behind.95200:39:30,560 --> 00:39:36,040He said, yes, and I would love it if you could use my testimony in a sermon sometime.95300:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,040Wow.95400:39:37,040 --> 00:39:42,480The fact that I was diagnosed and completely clean within five weeks is nothing short of95500:39:42,480 --> 00:39:43,480a miracle.95600:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,480Miracle.95700:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,480God is awesome.95800:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,440I want to thank you and your wife for your prayers.95900:39:48,440 --> 00:39:49,440Wow.96000:39:49,440 --> 00:39:55,480And he's got a corrective surgery on September 7th to take care of that colostomy and get96100:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,080everything back and he'll be back to normal.96200:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,080So praise God.96300:40:00,080 --> 00:40:01,080Wow.96400:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,080Go.96500:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,080Yay, Jesus.96600:40:03,080 --> 00:40:04,080Yay, God.96700:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,800And yeah, just one of those things.96800:40:05,800 --> 00:40:10,840And so again, I've just chosen not to withhold encouragement.96900:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,520And so I've been reaching out to people.97000:40:13,520 --> 00:40:19,040First Thessalonians 5 11, therefore encourage one another and build one another up.97100:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,560I love that.97200:40:20,560 --> 00:40:21,560Yes.97300:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,440Encourage one, build each other.97400:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,720The word encourage literally means to inspire courage.97500:40:26,720 --> 00:40:30,720So when we encourage someone, it inspires courage within them.97600:40:30,720 --> 00:40:33,240Hebrews 10 24 and 25.97700:40:33,240 --> 00:40:39,700And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to97800:40:39,700 --> 00:40:45,640meet together as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another.97900:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,020And all the more as you see the day drawing near.98000:40:49,020 --> 00:40:50,680We talked about this earlier today.98100:40:50,680 --> 00:40:55,760We feel like, and we're listening to a lot of great teachers who believe we're in the98200:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,560last of the last days.98300:40:58,560 --> 00:41:05,120I'm not ever going to try to calculate times, seasons, or so to speak, but yet Jesus said,98400:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,120be aware, be mindful.98500:41:07,120 --> 00:41:08,120Be vigilant.98600:41:08,120 --> 00:41:09,120Yeah.98700:41:09,120 --> 00:41:10,560Keep your eyes open.98800:41:10,560 --> 00:41:15,020And so encouraging one another and all the more as you see the day drawing near.98900:41:15,020 --> 00:41:20,040So the last one, and I want some comments from you on this because this has really been99000:41:20,040 --> 00:41:21,560powerful for me.99100:41:21,560 --> 00:41:26,400We heard this was spawned by some of what we've been listening to, what we've been growing99200:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,000through during our sabbatical.99300:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,280Number three.99400:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,720So that last one was I give up my right to withhold encouragement.99500:41:33,720 --> 00:41:34,720Number three is this.99600:41:34,720 --> 00:41:35,720I want to encourage you.99700:41:35,720 --> 00:41:36,720You should write this down.99800:41:36,720 --> 00:41:39,880I give up my right to not take responsibility.99900:41:39,880 --> 00:41:40,880All right.100000:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,120You got to think through that.100100:41:42,120 --> 00:41:43,880This is a thinker a little bit.100200:41:43,880 --> 00:41:49,480I give up my right to not take responsibility.100300:41:49,480 --> 00:41:55,360You know, the word responsibility, you can hyphenate the word response-ability.100400:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,920Think about that for a second.100500:41:57,920 --> 00:41:58,920Response-ability.100600:41:58,920 --> 00:42:07,960And what it is, what responsibility is, it's the God-given ability to respond in a Christ-like100700:42:07,960 --> 00:42:08,960and biblical manner.100800:42:08,960 --> 00:42:12,160I want to read that again because I think that's important.100900:42:12,160 --> 00:42:19,760Responsibility, the God-given ability to respond in a Christ-like and biblical manner.101000:42:19,760 --> 00:42:25,080As followers of Christ, we've been given, we've been empowered and given the ability101100:42:25,080 --> 00:42:32,000to respond rightly, to respond biblically, to respond as Christ would respond because101200:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,080Christ in us, the hope of glory lives.101300:42:35,080 --> 00:42:40,200And so I give up my right to not take responsibility.101400:42:40,200 --> 00:42:41,200Here's another way to say it.101500:42:41,200 --> 00:42:50,300I have the ability to respond to injustice, sin, unrighteousness, and immorality.101600:42:50,300 --> 00:42:57,720What I'm not talking about is jumping on your computer and crushing everything out there101700:42:57,720 --> 00:43:05,040on social media or getting your opinion out there in a sea of opinions because it's just101800:43:05,040 --> 00:43:06,040more noise.101900:43:06,040 --> 00:43:07,700It's more static.102000:43:07,700 --> 00:43:09,160It goes nowhere.102100:43:09,160 --> 00:43:17,400I'm talking about to intelligently address real issues, not by reacting, but by responding.102200:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,800When we react, we're in the flesh.102300:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,200When we respond, we can be in the Spirit.102400:43:22,200 --> 00:43:23,200Does that make sense?102500:43:23,200 --> 00:43:27,280Does that sound, does that resonate with you?102600:43:27,280 --> 00:43:40,840Now, yeah, absolutely, because I think it's hard because we tend to, when we see injustice102700:43:40,840 --> 00:43:49,520in some way, we tend to react to the situation instead of respond rightly.102800:43:49,520 --> 00:43:55,000And so it's where, it's like what our moms used to say, put your thinking caps on.102900:43:55,000 --> 00:44:02,600Well, put your thinking caps on before you speak and say something intelligibly and not103000:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,320just say something that's from the flesh.103100:44:06,320 --> 00:44:11,000And what would, I mean, God, I mean, Jesus, I mean, he was in the temple.103200:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,840He was upset because they were gambling in the temple.103300:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,920And he responded rightly.103400:44:17,920 --> 00:44:22,520I mean, he was angry, but he didn't sin.103500:44:22,520 --> 00:44:23,520There's a difference.103600:44:23,520 --> 00:44:24,520He didn't react.103700:44:24,520 --> 00:44:25,520He responded.103800:44:25,520 --> 00:44:26,520He responded.103900:44:26,520 --> 00:44:36,960And, but I do believe that we are so quick to react and we don't think before we respond104000:44:36,960 --> 00:44:39,680so much of the times, especially as Christians.104100:44:39,680 --> 00:44:40,680What are our values?104200:44:40,680 --> 00:44:41,680What are our values?104300:44:41,680 --> 00:44:42,680What are God's values?104400:44:42,680 --> 00:44:47,000Are our values lining up with God's values?104500:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,880And are we using honey?104600:44:50,880 --> 00:44:51,880You know what I'm saying?104700:44:51,880 --> 00:44:52,880Yes, yes.104800:44:52,880 --> 00:44:58,000I know that saying you, you know it.104900:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,000Come on.105000:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,800You know what I'm saying?105100:45:02,800 --> 00:45:03,800Yeah.105200:45:03,800 --> 00:45:04,800Honey attracts.105300:45:04,800 --> 00:45:05,800I know.105400:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,960I can't think of what it is, but you know what I'm saying.105500:45:09,960 --> 00:45:21,200It's, it's, don't come in the spirit of this aberration where you're just a boring things.105600:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,280It's the way you come.105700:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,920Coming in anger, coming in indignation.105800:45:25,920 --> 00:45:26,920Indignation.105900:45:26,920 --> 00:45:27,920Yes.106000:45:27,920 --> 00:45:28,920Wrath.106100:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,680It's a, it's a whole different spirit that you come in.106200:45:31,680 --> 00:45:33,160It's a spirit of love.106300:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,160Yes.106400:45:34,160 --> 00:45:40,000I'm going to take, I'm going to, I'm going to take my ability to respond and I'm going106500:45:40,000 --> 00:45:48,240to speak into a situation that is, has to do with sin, unrighteousness, injustice, or106600:45:48,240 --> 00:45:49,560immorality.106700:45:49,560 --> 00:45:55,080What's happened is for Christians, we've been marginalized and silenced because we're106800:45:55,080 --> 00:45:59,320not out there beating some kind of drum, but it's time.106900:45:59,320 --> 00:46:04,000I talked about this in a sermon right before the sabbatical called Take a Stand.107000:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,680There's going to be another sermon called I Give Up.107100:46:07,680 --> 00:46:13,860I'm giving up my right to not take responsibility.107200:46:13,860 --> 00:46:18,400So when we take responsibility, a lot of times when we, okay, think about how we say it.107300:46:18,400 --> 00:46:23,680Oh man, that person took responsibility for what they said, or they're a responsible107400:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,520person because they show up on time.107500:46:26,520 --> 00:46:34,760But to truly take responsibility means I act upon the enablement of the Holy Spirit and107600:46:34,760 --> 00:46:44,420the God-given ability to speak into, not react, but to respond well, to think well, to respond107700:46:44,420 --> 00:46:51,960intelligently and spiritually and biblically into a situation which means government, big107800:46:51,960 --> 00:46:58,560tech, big pharma, everything that's going on in our world, education, food industry,107900:46:58,560 --> 00:47:04,600all the things that are spinning out right now, government, local, state, federal, we108000:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,320need to be showing up at meetings.108100:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,960We need to be responding, not reacting.108200:47:08,960 --> 00:47:13,960We need to be responding because we've been given the ability to do so.108300:47:13,960 --> 00:47:20,500So I give up my right to not take responsibility, which means it's time to take a stand, stand108400:47:20,500 --> 00:47:29,320up and say what needs to be said in love, in love, not in anger, not in protest, but108500:47:29,320 --> 00:47:30,320in love.108600:47:30,320 --> 00:47:31,320Exactly.108700:47:31,320 --> 00:47:36,760And that is what you're talking about where honey will get you a lot further than vinegar.108800:47:36,760 --> 00:47:37,760Exactly.108900:47:37,760 --> 00:47:38,760There you go, honey.109000:47:38,760 --> 00:47:39,760But what is that saying?109100:47:39,760 --> 00:47:40,760I can't remember the saying.109200:47:40,760 --> 00:47:41,760I can't remember the exact saying.109300:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,600You can tell us what we're completely botching here.109400:47:44,600 --> 00:47:45,960Sure, I was told that as a child.109500:47:45,960 --> 00:47:47,280But I know exactly what you're saying.109600:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,560You're going to attract a lot more with honey than you will with vinegar.109700:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,760A lot more flies or whatever.109800:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,200I think that's due with flies.109900:47:54,200 --> 00:47:55,200Gross.110000:47:55,200 --> 00:48:00,720So anyway, a couple scriptures here, Ephesians 5-11, listen to this, take no part in the110100:48:00,720 --> 00:48:06,040unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.110200:48:06,040 --> 00:48:07,040Boom.110300:48:07,040 --> 00:48:11,480You know, as you're talking about this, this is what Steve Berger, this is his...110400:48:11,480 --> 00:48:12,920Oh, Pastor Steve.110500:48:12,920 --> 00:48:18,880His whole passion right now is exactly what you're saying.110600:48:18,880 --> 00:48:21,280It's exposing the darkness and speaking up intelligently.110700:48:21,280 --> 00:48:22,600And he is really taking a stand.110800:48:22,600 --> 00:48:30,560And he said it's time for churches, for pastors to stand up and not acquiesce to the culture110900:48:30,560 --> 00:48:32,840and become like everybody else.111000:48:32,840 --> 00:48:37,840We have got to be set apart from the culture because we're Christians.111100:48:37,840 --> 00:48:39,640We're supposed to be set apart.111200:48:39,640 --> 00:48:41,800We're not supposed to look like everybody else.111300:48:41,800 --> 00:48:46,920What I'm really thankful for is we have a group of parents, moms here in our community111400:48:46,920 --> 00:48:52,760at Fredericksburg, Texas, who are standing up and they're getting castigated in the newspaper,111500:48:52,760 --> 00:48:53,760getting castigated by...111600:48:53,760 --> 00:48:55,640Anyway, I'm not even going to go into details.111700:48:55,640 --> 00:48:57,320That it's worldly people.111800:48:57,320 --> 00:48:58,560It's people who...111900:48:58,560 --> 00:49:04,600But some people say they're Christians, but it has to do with pornography in the libraries.112000:49:04,600 --> 00:49:05,600That's just part of it.112100:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,960There's a lot broader stroke than that.112200:49:07,960 --> 00:49:09,680But that's one thing.112300:49:09,680 --> 00:49:15,440And I'm so proud of Tracy and Tara and that group of women, Andrea and others who have112400:49:15,440 --> 00:49:17,240stepped up, Jeannie.112500:49:17,240 --> 00:49:18,240Yeah.112600:49:18,240 --> 00:49:19,240Yeah.112700:49:19,240 --> 00:49:20,240Nancy.112800:49:20,240 --> 00:49:21,240Nancy.112900:49:21,240 --> 00:49:24,040I mean, so many have stepped up and said, enough's enough.113000:49:24,040 --> 00:49:26,400We're tired of what you're feeding our children.113100:49:26,400 --> 00:49:29,800You know what's interesting is some of these people that are standing up don't even have113200:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,120children and may have never had children.113300:49:32,120 --> 00:49:35,680And yet their heart for the next generation.113400:49:35,680 --> 00:49:37,680It's not even about just barking.113500:49:37,680 --> 00:49:41,640It's about taking responsibility.113600:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,040They're taking their ability to respond and we're running with it.113700:49:44,040 --> 00:49:45,880I'm just so proud of them.113800:49:45,880 --> 00:49:47,240So the next scripture, listen to it.113900:49:47,240 --> 00:49:49,760So they're exposing them, the deeds of darkness.114000:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,600Listen to this, James chapter 4 verse 17.114100:49:52,600 --> 00:49:58,320So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.114200:49:58,320 --> 00:49:59,320Wow.114300:49:59,320 --> 00:50:01,720Wow and ouch.114400:50:01,720 --> 00:50:02,720How many times...114500:50:02,720 --> 00:50:04,440I'm just going to be real transparent here.114600:50:04,440 --> 00:50:12,840Have I sat silent in a meeting or in a group or in a situation only because I didn't want114700:50:12,840 --> 00:50:14,720to be the outsider.114800:50:14,720 --> 00:50:20,400I didn't want to be the one guy who says, I don't agree with this.114900:50:20,400 --> 00:50:23,680But you stay silent because you want people to like you.115000:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,320I'm too nice.115100:50:25,320 --> 00:50:26,320People pleaser.115200:50:26,320 --> 00:50:27,320Too nice.115300:50:27,320 --> 00:50:28,320Instead of going, you know what?115400:50:28,320 --> 00:50:29,320This isn't right.115500:50:29,320 --> 00:50:35,280And here's the thing, really again, what God's teaching me through the sabbatical is there's115600:50:35,280 --> 00:50:41,920a time to speak up and a time and you can do it and you can speak the truth in love.115700:50:41,920 --> 00:50:43,440And that's really our heart.115800:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,000And that's my desire.115900:50:45,000 --> 00:50:51,760And so coming back into the world out of this hibernation of two months, I will not be the116000:50:51,760 --> 00:50:52,760same person.116100:50:52,760 --> 00:50:54,760I already know that.116200:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,920And so anyway, these scriptures have really impacted me.116300:50:58,920 --> 00:51:00,880Here's another one, the last one.116400:51:00,880 --> 00:51:02,800This is Matthew 5 13.116500:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,040You are the salt of the earth.116600:51:05,040 --> 00:51:07,280I was about to use the word salt.116700:51:07,280 --> 00:51:08,280Oh yes.116800:51:08,280 --> 00:51:09,280You are the salt.116900:51:09,280 --> 00:51:10,280Definitely.117000:51:10,280 --> 00:51:11,280We love salt, don't we?117100:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,960Being on the carnivore diet where you have a new love affair with salt.117200:51:13,960 --> 00:51:14,960Okay, let's go back.117300:51:14,960 --> 00:51:16,920You are the salt of the earth.117400:51:16,920 --> 00:51:19,400You are the light of the world.117500:51:19,400 --> 00:51:25,720Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory117600:51:25,720 --> 00:51:28,280to your Father who is in heaven.117700:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,880I love that passage.117800:51:30,880 --> 00:51:36,800Where to be salt, salt seasons, it preserves, but they've got a little sting to it sometimes.117900:51:36,800 --> 00:51:41,120I mean, speak the truth in love.118000:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,480Take response ability.118100:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,640I hope you'll never read that word the same again.118200:51:46,640 --> 00:51:50,320I hope you'll never define that word the same again.118300:51:50,320 --> 00:51:59,680You have been given by God an ability to respond well and to respond in a responsible way, if118400:51:59,680 --> 00:52:04,800that sounds funny, double negative there, but that's what it's about.118500:52:04,800 --> 00:52:07,280So anyway, I hope you're encouraged.118600:52:07,280 --> 00:52:08,280Are you encouraged in that?118700:52:08,280 --> 00:52:09,280I'm encouraged.118800:52:09,280 --> 00:52:10,280Is Chevy encouraged?118900:52:10,280 --> 00:52:11,280That's what I really want to know.119000:52:11,280 --> 00:52:12,280He's been asleep the whole time.119100:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,240He's crashed out in your lap again.119200:52:14,240 --> 00:52:16,680So as we land the plane, I've got some thanks to say.119300:52:16,680 --> 00:52:22,120You've had such a great response and I want to pull some of these up and say thank you119400:52:22,120 --> 00:52:23,760to some of our dear friends.119500:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,960In fact, I'll just read some of these comments.119600:52:26,960 --> 00:52:29,880I'm going to start down here with Skippy.119700:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,800Skippy, this is on Fountain Rites.119800:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,280Wow, not only do you set...119900:52:35,280 --> 00:52:36,280No, wait.120000:52:36,280 --> 00:52:41,440He says keep it going, exclamation point, and a striper boost of all things.120100:52:41,440 --> 00:52:44,160So I've got to do a striper boost.120200:52:44,160 --> 00:52:49,160Thank you Adam, the Podfather Curry for the file, the striper file.120300:52:49,160 --> 00:52:51,360By the way, I loved striper back in the day.120400:52:51,360 --> 00:52:52,360I know you do.120500:52:52,360 --> 00:52:53,680So yeah, good guitar player.120600:52:53,680 --> 00:53:02,960So and then Adam, the Podfather Curry comes in with another striper boost of 77,777 sats.120700:53:02,960 --> 00:53:11,240He says, wow, not only do you sound wonderfully peaceful and rested, that's my favorite compliment.120800:53:11,240 --> 00:53:12,240It was.120900:53:12,240 --> 00:53:13,520That made me feel good.121000:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,320We were really up.121100:53:16,320 --> 00:53:17,320We had a lot of energy.121200:53:17,320 --> 00:53:21,720We thought we had a lot of energy, but yet we were very rested and very peaceful.121300:53:21,720 --> 00:53:27,160He says the sound quality of this remote recording is outstanding in all caps, which makes me121400:53:27,160 --> 00:53:29,200super happy.121500:53:29,200 --> 00:53:33,960Congrats on another great episode and love from Amsterdam, because they were in Amsterdam121600:53:33,960 --> 00:53:34,960waiting for it.121700:53:34,960 --> 00:53:35,960So I have to just do this.121800:53:35,960 --> 00:53:36,960I love these pads.121900:53:36,960 --> 00:53:37,960I know you do.122000:53:37,960 --> 00:53:38,960I know.122100:53:38,960 --> 00:53:39,960Good guitar player.122200:53:39,960 --> 00:53:50,720From a user who did not put their name in here, it says, so happy you got away heading122300:53:50,720 --> 00:53:56,560to see, oh wait, this has got to be, this has got to be Julie Hipple.122400:53:56,560 --> 00:53:57,560What?122500:53:57,560 --> 00:53:58,560Get that right.122600:53:58,560 --> 00:53:59,560Hold on.122700:53:59,560 --> 00:54:00,880I have no idea what you're saying.122800:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,320It's somebody from our church.122900:54:02,320 --> 00:54:06,280So happy you got away heading to Seaside with my daughter tomorrow for a few days.123000:54:06,280 --> 00:54:07,280Julie Herbert?123100:54:07,280 --> 00:54:08,280Yes.123200:54:08,280 --> 00:54:09,280Thank you, Hipple.123300:54:09,280 --> 00:54:10,280I'm not sure who Herbert is.123400:54:10,280 --> 00:54:11,280Sorry, Julie.123500:54:11,280 --> 00:54:14,480So yeah, but it's not on this particular.123600:54:14,480 --> 00:54:17,520And she gave a thousand sets and we are so thankful for that.123700:54:17,520 --> 00:54:18,640Thank you for doing that.123800:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,680And I hope you had a wonderful time with your daughter.123900:54:21,680 --> 00:54:22,680Seaside?124000:54:22,680 --> 00:54:23,680Is that what she said?124100:54:23,680 --> 00:54:24,680Yeah, Seaside.124200:54:24,680 --> 00:54:25,680That's Destin.124300:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,000Yeah, right down the street, right?124400:54:27,000 --> 00:54:28,400From where we were.124500:54:28,400 --> 00:54:29,400Beautiful.124600:54:29,400 --> 00:54:30,400Somebody named The Keeper.124700:54:30,400 --> 00:54:31,400Who could that be?124800:54:31,400 --> 00:54:32,880I wonder who that is.124900:54:32,880 --> 00:54:33,880Tina Curry.125000:54:33,880 --> 00:54:34,880Tina.125100:54:34,880 --> 00:54:36,280They're coming back this weekend.125200:54:36,280 --> 00:54:37,280I know.125300:54:37,280 --> 00:54:38,280We miss them.125400:54:38,280 --> 00:54:39,280We miss them.125500:54:39,280 --> 00:54:41,320I miss them and I miss Phoebe.125600:54:41,320 --> 00:54:46,080And so I'm ready for the Currys to be home and my little girlfriend, Phoebe.125700:54:46,080 --> 00:54:47,080She's not that little.125800:54:47,080 --> 00:54:50,320She's like 118 pounds, but she's still my girl.125900:54:50,320 --> 00:54:51,800So anyway, I miss them.126000:54:51,800 --> 00:54:52,800We miss them.126100:54:52,800 --> 00:54:55,400And we've been getting tons of pictures.126200:54:55,400 --> 00:54:56,400Every day we're talking.126300:54:56,400 --> 00:54:57,400Wow.126400:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,880We have not missed a day ever.126500:54:59,880 --> 00:55:01,840It's hard to not have the spirit of envy.126600:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,160But anyway, 25,000 sets.126700:55:05,160 --> 00:55:06,760Thank you, Tina.126800:55:06,760 --> 00:55:10,340She says this, you have the remote location recording down.126900:55:10,340 --> 00:55:11,340No excuses.127000:55:11,340 --> 00:55:15,240The road caster must always be packed on recording days.127100:55:15,240 --> 00:55:16,640Another great podcast.127200:55:16,640 --> 00:55:17,640Love you too.127300:55:17,640 --> 00:55:18,640And what do we say?127400:55:18,640 --> 00:55:19,640We love you back.127500:55:19,640 --> 00:55:20,640We'll be back.127600:55:20,640 --> 00:55:21,640Love you more.127700:55:21,640 --> 00:55:24,720And then the last one was, Jessie wrote this.127800:55:24,720 --> 00:55:25,720Jessi Workshop.127900:55:25,720 --> 00:55:30,000Try, oh, this is, you're going to love this.128000:55:30,000 --> 00:55:33,080Must have heard our carnivore conversation.128100:55:33,080 --> 00:55:35,120Try making a liver jerky.128200:55:35,120 --> 00:55:36,120No, thank you.128300:55:36,120 --> 00:55:37,120You love liver.128400:55:37,120 --> 00:55:38,120I don't.128500:55:38,120 --> 00:55:39,120I wrote Jessie back.128600:55:39,120 --> 00:55:43,560She said, I think from Miss Annette, that'll be a, Dame Annette, that'll be a hard no.128700:55:43,560 --> 00:55:44,560No.128800:55:44,560 --> 00:55:46,400Try making liver jerky.128900:55:46,400 --> 00:55:50,200We slice ours up, season with salt, pepper, garlic, and dehydrate it.129000:55:50,200 --> 00:55:53,520If you don't like it, they also make great dog treats.129100:55:53,520 --> 00:55:56,280Sheffy would probably love it.129200:55:56,280 --> 00:55:58,560The smell alone would do me in.129300:55:58,560 --> 00:56:01,120Speaking of food, we need to land the plane on this.129400:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,800I do have one, a couple of letters.129500:56:03,800 --> 00:56:04,800Beautiful.129600:56:04,800 --> 00:56:06,240Just a couple of beautiful things.129700:56:06,240 --> 00:56:08,040So let me, let me find this.129800:56:08,040 --> 00:56:09,400This, I love this.129900:56:09,400 --> 00:56:13,240This is from one of our dear, dear, dear friends.130000:56:13,240 --> 00:56:15,880Peggy, Peggy Layden.130100:56:15,880 --> 00:56:17,760Peggy, we love you so much.130200:56:17,760 --> 00:56:18,760She wrote this.130300:56:18,760 --> 00:56:19,760Hi guys.130400:56:19,760 --> 00:56:22,000So glad to hear that you are at the beach and enjoying it.130500:56:22,000 --> 00:56:23,920The majesty and the ripples.130600:56:23,920 --> 00:56:28,400Also, just wanted to encourage you that I think you made a good decision to not travel130700:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,160abroad during your sabbatical.130800:56:30,160 --> 00:56:34,200That made me feel better because I was feeling kind of ganged upon.130900:56:34,200 --> 00:56:36,440That kind of travel is a lot.131000:56:36,440 --> 00:56:39,120Love that you are getting lots of deep rest.131100:56:39,120 --> 00:56:42,880Can't wait to hear what pours from your teaching, Jimmy.131200:56:42,880 --> 00:56:43,880Me too.131300:56:43,880 --> 00:56:44,880I can't wait to get back.131400:56:44,880 --> 00:56:45,880I can't either.131500:56:45,880 --> 00:56:46,880I'm kind of trumpling it a bit.131600:56:46,880 --> 00:56:47,880I know you are.131700:56:47,880 --> 00:56:48,880Obviously.131800:56:48,880 --> 00:56:52,960And then we had some, also we had quite a few new people sign up for, to subscribe to131900:56:52,960 --> 00:56:53,960our newsletter.132000:56:53,960 --> 00:56:54,960Yes, to our newsletter.132100:56:54,960 --> 00:56:56,720So those of you listening, subscribe to our newsletter.132200:56:56,720 --> 00:56:58,720Go to livingupandadownworld.com.132300:56:58,720 --> 00:57:00,720Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe.132400:57:00,720 --> 00:57:02,200What's Sheffy doing?132500:57:02,200 --> 00:57:03,200No, he's funny.132600:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,800He's so chill.132700:57:05,800 --> 00:57:07,040Subscribe to our newsletter.132800:57:07,040 --> 00:57:12,720I put it out every Sunday so that you are reminded that on Monday we will release our132900:57:12,720 --> 00:57:14,720podcast.133000:57:14,720 --> 00:57:21,000And then also we got another just a cool, I love this guy, David Wicker, Sir Bia's Grace.133100:57:21,000 --> 00:57:22,480Oh, yes.133200:57:22,480 --> 00:57:25,880So pleased to hear you had a favored vacation in our home state.133300:57:25,880 --> 00:57:28,040I didn't realize he was from Florida.133400:57:28,040 --> 00:57:30,120Looking forward to hearing all about it.133500:57:30,120 --> 00:57:32,160I'm an episode behind.133600:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,160Not for show.133700:57:33,160 --> 00:57:34,160I'm going to share below.133800:57:34,160 --> 00:57:35,280So listen to what he says.133900:57:35,280 --> 00:57:37,600We had a great sermon today.134000:57:37,600 --> 00:57:38,600James 4.134100:57:38,600 --> 00:57:43,920Brother Jimmy, James, the book of James, and your promotion of giving up my right to be134200:57:43,920 --> 00:57:48,960offended and call to encourage go hand in hand.134300:57:48,960 --> 00:57:52,680The God who spoke in that Old Testament is the same one speaking today.134400:57:52,680 --> 00:57:53,680Yes.134500:57:53,680 --> 00:57:57,040Stole that from you as well to work over here in North Florida.134600:57:57,040 --> 00:57:59,000The message is clear.134700:57:59,000 --> 00:58:03,440Always really working on praying for those that I'm not in agreement with.134800:58:03,440 --> 00:58:06,240KTLD, keep the lid down.134900:58:06,240 --> 00:58:07,880I love that.135000:58:07,880 --> 00:58:09,640And then buckets leaking.135100:58:09,640 --> 00:58:10,640Absolutely.135200:58:10,640 --> 00:58:11,800It's a rippling.135300:58:11,800 --> 00:58:12,800Let's go.135400:58:12,800 --> 00:58:14,320I so love that.135500:58:14,320 --> 00:58:15,320Thank you, David.135600:58:15,320 --> 00:58:16,320We love you, man.135700:58:16,320 --> 00:58:17,440I'll write you back.135800:58:17,440 --> 00:58:21,800I hadn't had a chance to do that today, but listen, we got steaks to cook out because135900:58:21,800 --> 00:58:23,840we're in carnivore lion version.136000:58:23,840 --> 00:58:24,840It's getting late.136100:58:24,840 --> 00:58:25,840I'm hungry.136200:58:25,840 --> 00:58:26,840Yes.136300:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,200I do want to say how much we love and appreciate all of you.136400:58:30,200 --> 00:58:32,240Thank you so much, everybody, for tuning in.136500:58:32,240 --> 00:58:56,480And we will see you next week on living up in a down world.136600:59:03,240 --> 00:59:04,240Bye.136700:59:04,240 --> 00:59:32,240Bye.