"It's Time To Build A War Room!"

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000Don't get down when you're seeing the worst,200:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000Cause the last will be the first.300:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,000What a day I'm telling you,400:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000All things will be new.500:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,000Living up in a down world.600:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000Yeah we're living, yeah we're living,700:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000Living up in a down world.800:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000Oh!900:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000This is Jimmy and Annette and of course Chevy1000:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,000and we are so excited.1100:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000This is our 40th episode.1200:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000We're coming to you from the Hill Country.1300:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000Girl, you are on fire.1400:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,000I'm excited.1500:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000You are on, why are you so excited?1600:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000Well, 40 is a great number.1700:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,000I know, I know.1800:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,000You know I love that number.1900:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000Unless you turn 40 and people have a meltdown.2000:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000I know, but you know 40 is better than turning 60.2100:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,000So you know, I wish I could turn the clock back.2200:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000Me, January, the big six too,2300:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,000and I feel better now than I've ever felt in my life.2400:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000I know.2500:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,000On every level, mentally, physically, emotionally,2600:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,000everything, spiritually.2700:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000Your preaching is even better.2800:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000What is it about?2900:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000I mean you're going to...3000:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000I've just doused myself with gasoline,3100:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000a lot of matches, people come and watch me burn.3200:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000You are on fire.3300:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000Actually one of the old revivalists used to say that.3400:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000That's why, that's where I got that.3500:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000Oh really?3600:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000Yeah, there is a, there's a,3700:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000revival fires are burning here in the Hill Country.3800:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000Well they are.3900:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000And they're burning in our hearts first.4000:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000Oh my goodness.4100:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000Big time.4200:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000We had such an amazing, not a prayer last night.4300:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000Well and yesterday morning too.4400:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000Well yesterday was one of the best.4500:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000I say this every week.4600:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000That's the best message I've ever heard.4700:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000And then the next Sunday I'm saying that is the best message.4800:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000I don't know what else to say.4900:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000I don't know, but I sure appreciate it.5000:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000Well God is really using you.5100:01:49,000 --> 00:01:54,000And you, you've pretty much laid everything down5200:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000and said God just use me.5300:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000I don't even care how.5400:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000And you're just, God is using you.5500:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000Thank you babe.5600:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000You've even laid down your guitar.5700:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000I know I tried to play.5800:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000I had a little time this afternoon.5900:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000You and Tina had to go do a consult, a consult over in San Antonio.6000:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000Well we went shopping.6100:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000And yeah, some therapy, retail therapy.6200:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000But anyway, so y'all got some hang time.6300:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000And I thought, wow, I've got a couple of hours here.6400:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000I'm going to, man I've got eight guitars hanging on the wall here.6500:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,000And something happened during the sabbatical where I thought6600:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000I'm going to have all this free time to play my guitars.6700:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000Well most people thought you would play your guitar every day.6800:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000You hardly picked it up.6900:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000I hardly picked it up, which is so.7000:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000So do you want me to put all these in the paper and sell them?7100:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000No, not yet, not yet.7200:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000You know we did have a septic thing happen today.7300:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000We did, a little hit.7400:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000We had to pay $3,400 for that.7500:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000He told me we're getting a deal.7600:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000You called that a deal?7700:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,000I know.7800:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000He said if we weren't local it would be $4,500.7900:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000You know, he's a salesman.8000:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,000He sounds like a used car salesman that says,8100:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000oh I'm going to give you a deal on this.8200:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000It does, doesn't it?8300:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000Yes.8400:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000So maybe we need to sell some guitars to pay for that.8500:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000Rhett was a nice guy.8600:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000Wow, okay.8700:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000Let's move right along.8800:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000Hey, they don't care about my guitars.8900:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000No, and neither do I at this point.9000:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000But here's the thing though.9100:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,000What was cool though is there is something shifting in me.9200:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000And it did start during the sabbaticals.9300:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000I got really focused on God.9400:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000And I said, you know what?9500:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000Well, first of all, I didn't know how tired I was until I wasn't tired.9600:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,000And all of a sudden it was like all I want to do is be with God.9700:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000And of course you and Chevy, Mr. Chevy.9800:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000Well, and I want you to want to be with him more than Chevy and I9900:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000because that's the order at Chevy.10000:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000As I want you to do the same.10100:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000Exactly.10200:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000So I just really laid into pursuit.10300:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000And it wasn't like dramatic or anything.10400:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000It's just that I focused.10500:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000And we're still focused.10600:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000Absolutely.10700:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000That's what I don't want anyone to think about because people, a lot of people10800:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,000obviously have asked us about our sabbatical.10900:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000And it wasn't a mountaintop experience.11000:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000It's just we dug into what we don't often have time to do.11100:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000And that was extended time in God's Word.11200:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,000Although now that we got rid of TV last February when you came back from a11300:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,000conference and said the Lord's been telling me for a year to do that.11400:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000Really probably even longer than that.11500:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000I just admitted to a year.11600:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000Okay, now we know the truth.11700:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,000It was probably 10 years and I just, you know.11800:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000But I love that you came back from that and said, you know, God spoke to me.11900:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000I got to do something about it because I've been putting this off.12000:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000And you were real honest with me.12100:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000And I said, let's do it.12200:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000So we did.12300:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000But that began a process of elimination.12400:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000Like an elimination diet.12500:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000Exactly.12600:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,000Some people call certain diets elimination where you're eliminating certain foods12700:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000and whatnot, which we're doing in the physical sense.12800:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,000But also we're doing it in the spiritual and the mental emotional sense.12900:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000We had no idea what was going to happen.13000:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000No, we didn't.13100:04:46,000 --> 00:04:52,000But the peace that surpasses all understanding that guards our heart and our mind13200:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000came in droves.13300:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000It's been phenomenal.13400:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000I just can't even describe it.13500:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000Just having that peace.13600:05:01,000 --> 00:05:06,000And for those that are following our podcast, we want to say welcome to the show, guys.13700:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000Sorry, I just jumped right in.13800:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000We almost shouldn't even call this a show.13900:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000We're not a show.14000:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000We're just two people who love God passionately and each other passionately.14100:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000And want to be used by God.14200:05:17,000 --> 00:05:22,000And we're doing a podcast because our dear friends, Adam and Tina Curry, said,14300:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000you guys should do a podcast.14400:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000Well, no, no, no.14500:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000You should do a podcast.14600:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000You just included me.14700:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000Well, at first it was me.14800:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000Yeah, it was first it was me.14900:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000And I yanked you off the couch and said, please, please, I don't want to do this by myself15000:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000because we do everything together.15100:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000We literally do everything together.15200:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,000I really haven't realized how much we do together.15300:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000It's unbelievable, our lives.15400:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000But a lot of it has to do with our past lives.15500:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000And you learn from your past mistakes.15600:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000And you do a course correction.15700:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000And that's pretty much what we did.15800:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,000Well, we determined that we're going to do better this go around than what happened to us.15900:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000And we're still here 30 days, 30 years later.16000:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000It feels like 30 days.16100:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000So amazing. Tom flies.16200:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,000But yeah, 30 years of wow, I call it because it really has.16300:06:08,000 --> 00:06:13,000But we're coming up on 31 years, November 20th.16400:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000I know that's right around the corner.16500:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000I can't believe you can remember that.16600:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000So I wanted to say welcome to our guests.16700:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,000We just so we're like squirrel, squirrel, gnat, squirrel, fly.16800:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000We were like, OK, what are we going to talk about?16900:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000Well, we're buzzing.17000:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000We just are mind.17100:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000It's not because we're drinking coffee right now.17200:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000Well, we are.17300:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000It's only half calf.17400:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000Yeah. And it's late.17500:06:31,000 --> 00:06:36,000It's I know seven twenty in the evening and we're having coffee.17600:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000No, it's half calf.17700:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000So it should not bother us at all.17800:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000It's so good, though.17900:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000It is called life boost.18000:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000Too expensive, but it is too expensive.18100:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000So we found some cheaper.18200:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000Yeah. But we're using the last of what we got.18300:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000So good. Clean, low acid.18400:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000So it doesn't impact your stomach at all.18500:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,000And it's just trying to give them business.18600:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000No, I just like details.18700:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000I like talking about.18800:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,000Well, maybe maybe we'll send them a clip and say, hey, we're we're boosting you on.18900:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000So you know what I'm excited about tonight?19000:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000What? Everything.19100:07:08,000 --> 00:07:16,000But I'm really excited about thinking and sharing just some of the notes and we have a lot of letters and we got a review on our website.19200:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000Just some beautiful stuff that God's doing in people's life.19300:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000And then they value for value.19400:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,000They're sending us notes of encouragement or satoshis or some we've got PayPal.19500:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000Yeah, I've got new donors.19600:07:28,000 --> 00:07:33,000And so I'm excited about calling their names out just to say thank you.19700:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000So but I digress.19800:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000Yes, I'm just saying that's coming because we just want to say thank you to everyone.19900:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,000Our we feel like our podcast is catching a lot of traction right now.20000:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000Things are happening.20100:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000We're more comfortable.20200:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000That's true.20300:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000And we've just got a lot to talk about.20400:07:50,000 --> 00:07:56,000We do, because God is so freaking amazing that we can't help but talk about him.20500:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,000Jeremiah, the prophet, said, I can't I can't not talk about him.20600:08:00,000 --> 00:08:06,000It's like a fire shut up in my bones and I'll be consumed if I don't say it.20700:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000I mean, that's what he's talking about.20800:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,000And so we feel the same way as you know, anybody gets good news.20900:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000What do they want to do?21000:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000You want to share it?21100:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000They talk to their friends.21200:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000They jump on social media.21300:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000Hey, here's my daughter.21400:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000She made a honor.21500:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000You know, whatever it is, they bumper sticker on their car.21600:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000Yeah, those are that's a little over the top.21700:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,000But anyway, unless someone listening does that.21800:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000But anyway, hey, it's your kid.21900:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000You can do what you want.22000:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000Exactly.22100:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000Be proud of them.22200:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000Yes.22300:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,000Anyway, but this idea that when you have good news, you have to share it.22400:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000You want to tell people.22500:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,000And so we you know, when we first were learning, you know, we were first doing the podcast.22600:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000First year, we were like, yeah, OK, we got it.22700:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000What are we going to talk about?22800:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,000Let's take thousands of notes, eight pages of notes.22900:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000Now it's like, oh, man, there's so much God's up to you.23000:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000What are we not going to talk about?23100:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000We're looking to see where he's working.23200:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000Yes.23300:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000And then we're joining him in his work.23400:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000Where did you get that?23500:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000I got that from Experiencing God.23600:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000Via your husband.23700:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000Of course.23800:09:06,000 --> 00:09:11,000But we're also and then then we're sharing where he's working.23900:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000And a boy, which is fun.24000:09:15,000 --> 00:09:21,000It is because it gives you an opportunity to look at life in it with a different lens24100:09:21,000 --> 00:09:30,000because we're looking for OK, what can we share that's good that God is doing that is going to be good news to the people that are listening?24200:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000And what is the end product of that?24300:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000You learn how to live up in a down world.24400:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,000That's why we call this and this podcast and we have down days.24500:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000Oh, everybody does.24600:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,000If you just concentrate on everything that's bad, that's going in your life.24700:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000Yeah, you're going to be down in a day.24800:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000Nobody got time for that.24900:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000No, I don't.25000:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000I don't.25100:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000Life's too good.25200:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000Life's too short.25300:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000I made a comment last night.25400:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000My runway is not as long as it used to be.25500:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000And so, man, I'm going to run through the end of this thing.25600:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000It better be longer than you're saying.25700:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000Oh, no, no, I'm not saying it's like I can see the end.25800:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000It's a long runway.25900:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,000It's a long but but it's not as long as it used to be simply because of our age.26000:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000And so it's like we're going to live to be 120.26100:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000Whatever we live to be, we're going to run through the tape, finish strong, finish the race.26200:10:16,000 --> 00:10:23,000We're not going to quit short and stop short of it because there's too many good things to do,26300:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000even though the world is losing its freaking mind right now.26400:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000And things are crazy, wars and rumors of wars.26500:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000The Bible even talks about that.26600:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000And now we're having all that with, you know, first it was Ukraine.26700:10:34,000 --> 00:10:40,000Now it's Israel and Hamas and Palestinians and all that going on, which we are praying for diligently.26800:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000Yes, we are.26900:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000Diligent praying for Israel.27000:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000And so speaking of prayer.27100:10:45,000 --> 00:10:51,000So I did a whole series on the Lord's prayer, the Lord's model prayer, we call it.27200:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,000And it was called Lord, teach us to pray, because that's what the disciples ask.27300:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000And then what did Jesus say?27400:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000When you pray, say.27500:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000So we all know that.27600:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000So we've been focused on that.27700:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,000But what it has done, it's elevated in our church a passion for prayer.27800:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000And we're getting testimonies.27900:11:08,000 --> 00:11:14,000Every week, people are telling us, man, I prayed for this and this happened or I learned this about prayer that I didn't know.28000:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000And I'm praying more.28100:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000And I built a war room in my house.28200:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000Yes, we heard that.28300:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000And so there's this movie.28400:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000We watched it this.28500:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000Yes.28600:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000Why don't you tell them about war?28700:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000It's a great movie.28800:11:24,000 --> 00:11:29,000The movie War Room came out in what, 2015, I believe.28900:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000I think you're right.29000:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000Priscilla Shires in it.29100:11:31,000 --> 00:11:38,000And I can't think of all the different actors, but she's not even an actress.29200:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000I think this was her first movie.29300:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000She is a she's a she a pastor.29400:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000She's a teacher.29500:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000Yeah.29600:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000Her father is Tony Evans.29700:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000Dr. Tony Evans.29800:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000One of my favorite pastors and preachers.29900:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000Yes.30000:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000Who am I listening to today?30100:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000And that dude will light you up.30200:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000He was at Gateway this weekend.30300:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000Yeah.30400:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,000But anyway, she got cast in this movie.30500:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000She said it was the hardest thing she's ever done in her life.30600:11:59,000 --> 00:12:05,000But she was exquisite for someone who this was her first acting gig.30700:12:05,000 --> 00:12:14,000But it's I don't want to tell the whole story, but the gist of it is she was in a marriage that was going downhill.30800:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,000And she was God hooked her up with a woman.30900:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000She's a realtor.31000:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000She hooked her up hooked her up with a woman.31100:12:23,000 --> 00:12:28,000He did that has an amazing prayer life.31200:12:28,000 --> 00:12:37,000And she helped her be able to use prayer, the power of prayer to change her situation.31300:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000And God did some amazing, amazing things in the whole family.31400:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,000And in the why is it called war room?31500:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,000Because she you turned her closet into a war room.31600:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000She took the I don't know that I could take everything out of my closet.31700:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000She took every closet space.31800:12:54,000 --> 00:12:59,000No, she took everything out because she didn't want any distractions.31900:12:59,000 --> 00:13:06,000And she had notes all over her closet on what on what to pray for, for her husband.32000:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000It was powerful, very powerful.32100:13:08,000 --> 00:13:17,000And what happened when that movie came out, it was so impactful for people that Christians all over America and probably other places, too.32200:13:17,000 --> 00:13:23,000But I know in America started building war rooms in their home, like taking a closet or an extra space.32300:13:23,000 --> 00:13:30,000And turning it into a place where they dedicated it for prayer and get on the kind of the old get on your knees and fight like a man.32400:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000You know, get on your knees and do war.32500:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000Go to battle for your family.32600:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000Go to battle for your kids.32700:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000Battle for your job.32800:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000I mean, battle for your spouse.32900:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000And so that lit things up.33000:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000Well, it's been we saw it when it came out.33100:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000Of course, we were motivated.33200:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000We didn't do a prayer room because we pray all the time.33300:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,000Practice presence.33400:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,000But I will say it's kind of it's reinspired me.33500:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000So we watched it what Friday night you said?33600:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000Yes. Yeah, it was so we were both crying.33700:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000I mean, it was powerful.33800:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000So look it up.33900:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,000It's called War Room.34000:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,000And I think it's paid.34100:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000It's three dollars.34200:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000Minimal.34300:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000But it is worth watching.34400:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000And it's so inspiring.34500:14:10,000 --> 00:14:18,000And the lady who's the main character, when she does that prayer at the end, my gosh, I could I could have bit the end of a crowbar off.34600:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000I mean, I was like, it fired me up.34700:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000I want to get a clip of her prayer.34800:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,000I just listen to it because it was so real.34900:14:28,000 --> 00:14:33,000So on fire, so war doing war on behalf of people.35000:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000So anyway, I recommend you see it.35100:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000Definitely.35200:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000I mean, say go see it.35300:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000See it in your house.35400:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,000Stream it and let it inspire you in your own prayer life.35500:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000Well, it already was fueling the fire.35600:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,000We're already on fire.35700:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,000So it's like pouring gasoline on because we knew our prayer night was coming up.35800:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,000So let's get into that because that was something that really is remarkable.35900:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000What shocked me.36000:14:54,000 --> 00:15:02,000OK, we've had prayer nights before in the past and you'll have about 10 or 15 people show up.36100:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000You know, you talked about a story.36200:15:04,000 --> 00:15:10,000Well, Pastor Jim Symbola, who wrote Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire and actually has a praying church, I mean, big time.36300:15:10,000 --> 00:15:18,000They have a Tuesday night prayer service that sees fifteen hundred to two thousand people coming, which is a new pray that is to our prayer night.36400:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000And we watched it last night.36500:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000And that's been going 50 years.36600:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000Yes.36700:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000And we actually watched it.36800:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000We streamed it the other night just to see.36900:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,000And oh, my gosh, I mean, they are still going strong.37000:15:28,000 --> 00:15:35,000But he said that the least attended service in most churches in America is the prayer night.37100:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,000Which a lot of churches have a Wednesday night prayer service.37200:15:39,000 --> 00:15:45,000So you'll have just a handful of people come in and then they'll pray for the needs of the people in the church.37300:15:45,000 --> 00:15:50,000We decided we have never had a prayer night at this church.37400:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000You've been preaching on prayer.37500:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,000We've had worship and counter night.37600:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000Right.37700:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000That's a big value.37800:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000Worship.37900:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,000Yes, worship.38000:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000And we incorporated worship in this prayer night.38100:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,000But we really didn't know how many people were going to come.38200:16:04,000 --> 00:16:13,000And what was interesting is last week on Monday night, and I remember that because Tuesday we had staff meeting and I brought it up.38300:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000And I dreamed about our prayer night.38400:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,000And I dreamed that I walked in and it was, you know, dreams are weird.38500:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000It didn't look like our church.38600:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000No, only my dreams are weird.38700:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,000Everybody's.38800:16:25,000 --> 00:16:30,000And it was like risers, like choir risers.38900:16:30,000 --> 00:16:39,000And everybody that came, it was like we were taking a, I don't know, like a big picture of everybody that showed up.39000:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000And they were all on the choir risers.39100:16:42,000 --> 00:16:49,000And I walked in and I saw them and I was shocked to see how many people showed up.39200:16:49,000 --> 00:16:56,000That was the same feeling I had when we walked in last night and our sanctuary began to fill up.39300:16:56,000 --> 00:17:03,000I was in tears looking around going, oh, my gosh.39400:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,000Well, we got there 30 minutes early and there were already a bunch of cars in the parking lot.39500:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000We drove up.39600:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000I'm like, are we late?39700:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000It's not the same thing.39800:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000Did we miss something?39900:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,000But this is what came out of this for me.40000:17:15,000 --> 00:17:24,000It really helped me see the maturity that we have in our church because typically it's people.40100:17:24,000 --> 00:17:30,000I mean, obviously not everybody can come because there's, you know, people have obligations.40200:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000They have children.40300:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000We didn't have any children's ministry to help with that.40400:17:35,000 --> 00:17:44,000But typically the people that come to these are more experienced in God, more mature.40500:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000I was literally floored.40600:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000All ages.40700:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000I was floored.40800:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000I was floored.40900:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000It was from young to old and old to young.41000:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000It was beautiful.41100:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000And there was a buzz in the air.41200:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000The air was electric, the atmosphere.41300:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000There was this expectation and faith.41400:18:00,000 --> 00:18:07,000Part of that is because I've been preaching at a new level of intensity, but because God's elevated that in me,41500:18:07,000 --> 00:18:12,000obviously as the lead pastor, that's going to help other people to begin to step up.41600:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000I'm not taking credit for that.41700:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000I'm just saying God does what God does.41800:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000And all we're saying is do what you want to do, God.41900:18:19,000 --> 00:18:29,000And so I've been talking about revival because that's one of the things the Lord really put in my heart over the sabbaticals that he wants revival more than we do.42000:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000He wants us to be revived.42100:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000Yes.42200:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,000It's time for us.42300:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000To be awakened.42400:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000Yes.42500:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000And not live down in this down world.42600:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000And the only way we can live up is to point, is if we're pointed to Jesus, period.42700:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000That's it.42800:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000The only way.42900:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000That's it.43000:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000Yeah.43100:18:49,000 --> 00:18:54,000So we show up, we walk in, there's already people getting seats and it's like, wow.43200:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000And more and more people are excited and kept coming.43300:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000It was amazing.43400:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000It was amazing.43500:19:00,000 --> 00:19:05,000So I think we had around 200 show up, which is about 40% of our Sunday morning.43600:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000We had 500 on Sunday.43700:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000So that blew me away.43800:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000I did not expect that.43900:19:11,000 --> 00:19:17,000And I even had sort of in my mind, I was like, okay, I'm not going to be disappointed if it's just a few.44000:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000We'll go with the goers.44100:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000Go with the goers.44200:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000Whoever shows up.44300:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000And I was the whole night.44400:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000We had 300 people watching online.44500:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000That's true.44600:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,000Yeah, we had several hundred actually online with us.44700:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000So we're like, whoa, okay.44800:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,000So 500 folks showing up either online or in person.44900:19:37,000 --> 00:19:43,000But again, what was powerful was the atmosphere because I started off pretty strong.45000:19:43,000 --> 00:19:52,000I got up and I started talking about Israel and about our need to pray and why we need to pray and go to battle.45100:19:52,000 --> 00:19:58,000But also not just praying for Israel against someone, but praying for the Palestinians to come to Christ.45200:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000There's innocent people.45300:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000Absolutely.45400:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000People caught up in it.45500:20:01,000 --> 00:20:06,000Like in any war, there's always the innocent people who are just trying to survive and make a life.45600:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000Absolutely.45700:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000And they get swept up in radicalism.45800:20:09,000 --> 00:20:15,000And they don't even want to be, but by proximity, by their race, by wherever they are, they get caught in.45900:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000So we're praying for everyone.46000:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000We're not just praying for Israel.46100:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000We're praying for Palestinians.46200:20:19,000 --> 00:20:26,000Think about all the people that are being displaced right now and all the Americans that have been killed out there46300:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,000and Americans I've saw today on the news that are trying to get out of there.46400:20:31,000 --> 00:20:36,000I mean, I just, my heart just, I mean, it's the same thing I felt for Ukraine.46500:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000Any war where there's innocent people.46600:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000Any war is hell.46700:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,000And that was a quote from one of the great generals and commanders, war is hell.46800:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000And it's true.46900:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000It's hell on earth.47000:20:47,000 --> 00:20:52,000And the Bible says that in the last days, there'll be wars and rumors of wars.47100:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,000It's going to be this ongoing and it's feeling a lot like that right now.47200:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,000So all that, I said, we have to get on our knees and fight.47300:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,000We don't fight with physical weapons.47400:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000We fight with the weapons of the Spirit.47500:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,000And so I got pretty fired up and I was shocked at the response.47600:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000People were like calling out, crying out, amen, in agreement.47700:21:16,000 --> 00:21:22,000And there was, it just, it was almost a holy roar that came up at various times47800:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,000and spontaneous responses and reactions.47900:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,000And all this told me was that God is showing us that He's getting us ready48000:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000because we're not just praying for the world.48100:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000We're not just praying for that.48200:21:35,000 --> 00:21:40,000We focused on, I took us through eight movements as I was praying about,48300:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000Lord, how do we want to do this?48400:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000And the Lord gave me the word movement.48500:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,000This is a movement and this is a movement and this is a movement.48600:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,000So I took us through eight movements that were focused on,48700:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000I'll just give you the short version of that.48800:21:53,000 --> 00:22:02,000The movements were Lordship, Adoration, the Kingdom of God, Repentance,48900:22:02,000 --> 00:22:07,000Spiritual Warfare, the Fear of the Lord or the awe of God,49000:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000Revival and Spiritual Awakening.49100:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,000And the movement eight is Receiving Our Marching Orders.49200:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,000It was a prayer of empowerment, impartation and commission,49300:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,000commissioning them to go out and take the good news everywhere they went.49400:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000And God, I'm just still blown away.49500:22:23,000 --> 00:22:28,000We also had a Messianic Jewish person who I've never met before who happened to be there.49600:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000Just happened to be there.49700:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000Happened to be there.49800:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,000So we brought him up on stage and Tommy Hayes, who's one of our equip class teachers,49900:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000and he has a wonderful ministry called Messiah Ministries, and he's a powerhouse.50000:22:38,000 --> 00:22:43,000He and I laid hands on this gentleman and prayed for Israel and prayed for God.50100:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000It was remarkable.50200:22:45,000 --> 00:22:52,000What are the odds of a Jewish person being at our church that we don't know on a prayer night of all times?50300:22:52,000 --> 00:22:58,000So anyway, fantastic evening and it just vaulted some things up in us.50400:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,000It reminds me of a prayer night we had in Brownwood that we had God to talk about.50500:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000I know where you're going with this. Wow.50600:23:05,000 --> 00:23:15,000Because many, many years ago, it was 1999, our daughter, our oldest daughter,50700:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,000had been married, was in a great marriage.50800:23:19,000 --> 00:23:28,000She decided to walk away from it, but she left without letting anybody know where she was going.50900:23:28,000 --> 00:23:33,000And what reminded me of this too is we've been listening to Jim Symbola,51000:23:33,000 --> 00:23:40,000he preached a message on our house should be a house of prayer.51100:23:40,000 --> 00:23:51,000He preached this in 1994, and in 1994, he's preaching the best message I've ever heard on prayer in my whole entire life.51200:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,000We've been listening to it all week, over and over and over,51300:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000but he tells a story about something that happened to his daughter,51400:23:58,000 --> 00:24:04,000and you and I began to talk about, oh my gosh, we have a very similar story.51500:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,000Same story. I was blown away.51600:24:07,000 --> 00:24:13,000So anyway, our daughter left, and her husband called us and said,51700:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,000she's left, I don't know where she is, I wouldn't let her take the kids, and she's gone.51800:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000And they were out in Southern California. We were in Texas.51900:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,000We had just planted a church in Brownwood. The church was blowing up.52000:24:25,000 --> 00:24:31,000We were doing well, and we get this news, and what happens to us is we're devastated.52100:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000Devastated. Because we don't know where she is.52200:24:34,000 --> 00:24:44,000And I remember we had a pastor, I think he's from Canada that we met at a conference.52300:24:44,000 --> 00:24:49,000Remember that? And we contacted him, and he said, take communion over her.52400:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000That was another thing.52500:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000I couldn't remember where that came from.52600:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000It was that pastor from Canada.52700:24:55,000 --> 00:25:00,000And he said, take communion over her. Be deliberate about your communion.52800:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000So we did. Remember we took it then.52900:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000As soon as he told us, we went and got juice.53000:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000We were desperate.53100:25:05,000 --> 00:25:13,000We were desperate. So this went on for months, and we couldn't find her.53200:25:13,000 --> 00:25:20,000And Thanksgiving passed, Christmas passed, New Year's passed,53300:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000and we don't know where our daughter is. And she's what?53400:25:23,000 --> 00:25:28,000How old is she? 21? 21. She's young. She's young.53500:25:28,000 --> 00:25:38,000And we had gotten the news that a young girl was going to give us a child.53600:25:38,000 --> 00:25:44,000She had gotten pregnant, and we were in the middle of adopting this child.53700:25:44,000 --> 00:25:49,000And we couldn't even tell her our good news. I'll never forget that.53800:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,000And then one day, we decided, because our church was so supportive of us,53900:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,000here we are, brand new church, only been going a year and a half maybe,54000:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,000and we're devastated about our daughter, our wayward daughter,54100:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000because we don't know where she is.54200:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,000And I remember her husband giving us a phone number saying,54300:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,000he heard this could be a phone number where she's at.54400:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,000Couldn't find her.54500:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000And I tried that number a few times.54600:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,000You tried it many times.54700:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000Nothing.54800:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000I'm a machine of somebody I didn't recognize.54900:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000And we may have told this on the podcast, but this is so important.55000:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,000In terms of prayer.55100:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000Right. Yeah, in terms of prayer.55200:26:25,000 --> 00:26:32,000And then I remember that we decided to have a prayer night,55300:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000and we had a prayer night at our church.55400:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,000It was an off night.55500:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000It was an off night.55600:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,000It was like a Tuesday or whatever.55700:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,000Yeah, it was an off night.55800:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,000A typical night.55900:26:39,000 --> 00:26:45,000And we were praying and praying, and a woman who was sitting on the road with me,56000:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,000I remember I was like on that second row, and she said,56100:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,000I had a dream about your daughter.56200:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,000And she drew this outline of her face.56300:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000And described what she saw.56400:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,000And described what she saw.56500:26:57,000 --> 00:27:02,000And she said, the Lord told me that she is going to be in contact with you56600:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000and home in two weeks.56700:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,000Okay.56800:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000I know.56900:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000You hear something like that.57000:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000You hear something like that, and you're like, well, thank you.57100:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000Be careful putting a time stamp on that.57200:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000You put a time.57300:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000Yeah.57400:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,000I was excited, but I was a little cautious at the same time.57500:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,000I'll never forget this.57600:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,000I can't remember who this was.57700:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000It was probably an angel.57800:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,000It's been a long time.57900:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,000Yeah, probably.58000:27:26,000 --> 00:27:34,000But I'll never forget that because within a week, I think it was within just a few days.58100:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000Actually, it was that week.58200:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,000That week.58300:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,000I remember.58400:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,000Yes.58500:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000You came into the room and said.58600:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000Can I tell this apart?58700:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000Yes.58800:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,000I can tell your apart.58900:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000This is amazing.59000:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000Thank you.59100:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,000Hand off.59200:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000So I was in another room.59300:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000You were sitting in the living room.59400:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000We actually had an apartment in the church.59500:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000It was a weird deal.59600:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,000It was weird.59700:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,000But it was a big apartment, actually.59800:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,000So we were living in our work.59900:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,000It was a little too much.60000:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,000But we were blessed.60100:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,000All right?60200:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000God was moving.60300:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,000So I was in the other end of the apartment.60400:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000And for some reason, I just had this impression.60500:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000Call Alicia now.60600:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000Call that phone number.60700:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000Yeah.60800:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000Call this phone number.60900:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000And I'm like, uh.61000:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,000So I think I walked in and said, do you have that phone number or something like that?61100:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000And I'm like, yes.61200:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,000And you're like, what?61300:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000And I said, she didn't answer.61400:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000She never has answered.61500:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000This is not where she is.61600:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,000And I said out loud, very firmly, I'm supposed to do this now.61700:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000So you gave me the number.61800:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000I made the call.61900:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000And she answered the phone.62000:28:30,000 --> 00:28:36,000And the reason why she answered is because she was in the bathroom contemplating suicide62100:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000because she had made a huge mistake.62200:28:39,000 --> 00:28:44,000And she saw this was back when we had caller ID on our regular phones.62300:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,000Regular phones.62400:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000We didn't have cell phones back then.62500:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,000And she saw your name.62600:28:48,000 --> 00:28:54,000And she had just cried out to Jesus and said, give me a sign if I'm not supposed to do this.62700:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,000And you called.62800:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,000Oh, my God.62900:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,000At that precise moment, you called.63000:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000And I said, do not hang up.63100:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,000Do not hang up.63200:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,000Whatever you do.63300:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,000Whatever you've done.63400:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,000It doesn't matter.63500:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,000It doesn't matter.63600:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,000We love you.63700:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,000And she held on.63800:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000Oh, my goodness.63900:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000So we ended up having a beautiful conversation.64000:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,000Of course, we didn't know the depth of what she was in because she kind of just snapped out of it64100:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000because she was talking to mom and dad again.64200:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000And she was herself.64300:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000And you made arrangements within a few days.64400:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,000To go get her.64500:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,000Jump in a van, drive to Southern California, and pick her up.64600:29:31,000 --> 00:29:39,000And I shared with her that I had some news and that we were going to be adopting a child.64700:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,000And that child was in Southern California.64800:29:42,000 --> 00:29:53,000Could we, if I pick her up, can we drive over to that town and see the little girl that was giving us her baby?64900:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,000And she was fine.65000:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000And she said, but I have to tell you something.65100:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000I'm pregnant.65200:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,000And a heart kind of sunk at first.65300:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000But then it was like, you know what?65400:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,000That's okay.65500:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,000We'll have two babies in the house.65600:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,000I remember saying, we'll set up two cribs.65700:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000We'll do whatever it takes.65800:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,000We had an attitude of, it doesn't matter.65900:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,000It doesn't matter.66000:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,000We will figure this out.66100:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,000This is what love does.66200:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,000This is what God does.66300:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,000Love says, I don't care right now.66400:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000What's more important is your life.66500:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000Life.66600:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,000And what is more important than getting you safe into a safe place.66700:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,000Yes, absolutely.66800:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,000So we will figure it out, even though we don't know what we're going to do.66900:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,000We will figure it out.67000:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000And that's the best answer sometimes you can give somebody.67100:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000We don't know what we're doing, but we'll figure it out.67200:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,000We'll figure it out.67300:30:35,000 --> 00:30:42,000The great thing is, is by the time we got her back to our home, it was within that two week period of that woman.67400:30:42,000 --> 00:30:48,000And I remember rejoicing going, oh my gosh, she did hear from God.67500:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,000Because there's a lot of weirdos out there that will say things.67600:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000And you're like, really?67700:30:53,000 --> 00:31:02,000But this was the power of us having that prayer night and praying for this specific situation.67800:31:02,000 --> 00:31:11,000Before we skip too far ahead, remember we had been praying every night for her through this little booklet by Gloria.67900:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,000Copeland.68000:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,000No, not Gloria.68100:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,000Germaine Copeland.68200:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000Not related to Gloria Copeland.68300:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000Germaine Copeland, she's a prayer warrior.68400:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,000She wrote several books.68500:31:19,000 --> 00:31:26,000And this one was called, Prayers That Avail Much, which I have still on my nightstand an updated version of it.68600:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,000I just bought one for Tina so that she would have one.68700:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000And I still use that several times a week.68800:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000Before we go to bed, I'll read three or four.68900:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,000And all she does is take scripture and turn it into prayer.69000:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000So you're praying the Bible.69100:31:38,000 --> 00:31:43,000You're praying the Word of God, which is the best way to pray when you're praying God's words.69200:31:43,000 --> 00:31:53,000But we prayed for Alicia through that because it's topics and it's like praying for a wayward son or a wayward child or whatever.69300:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000So we were praying for that.69400:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,000And God answered our prayers.69500:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,000Didn't do it in the timing we thought he would.69600:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000He didn't do it instantly.69700:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,000We went through some weeks and months of just pain and panic.69800:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,000And in the middle of that, we're planning a new church.69900:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000I'm working two jobs.70000:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000And we're planning for a child, a new baby to come in.70100:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,000Now we're about to adopt a baby.70200:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,000Anyway, just so much was going on.70300:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,000I mean, it was a whirlwind, like a hurricane or a typhoon was happening around us.70400:32:21,000 --> 00:32:31,000But in the middle of all of that was God teaching us, stretching us, walking with us constantly, just in little ways saying, I've still got you.70500:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000I'm here. I haven't left.70600:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,000I'm not going to abandon you.70700:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,000I'm not going to leave you.70800:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000I'm not going to forsake you.70900:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,000Go back to the Word.71000:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,000What does it say?71100:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,000I'll never leave you.71200:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,000I'll never forsake you.71300:32:40,000 --> 00:32:46,000And He was with us through the storm and taught us how to pray.71400:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,000That's why prayer is so important.71500:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,000We prayed with communion over her.71600:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,000We had Sunday night prayer night.71700:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,000I mean, we prayed daily.71800:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000We cried out to God.71900:33:01,000 --> 00:33:05,000We travail over this situation.72000:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000I've never had a baby.72100:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,000Never will.72200:33:07,000 --> 00:33:21,000But knowing, watching a mama go through that kind of travail and pain and then at the end of that, there's this joy and this life at the end of that travail.72300:33:21,000 --> 00:33:28,000We were travailing because in a sense we were trying to birth something, we're birthing movement, we're birthing change.72400:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,000And that's something we need to just help you understand.72500:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000And we're constantly reminded of the power of prayer.72600:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000But also, prayer is heavy.72700:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000It can be laborious.72800:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,000But here's the thing, the joy we find it, because there's joy at the end of that.72900:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,000You know, I mean, for the joy it set before us.73000:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,000So there is something, there's a reward.73100:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000I guess I don't even want that word.73200:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,000There's a result.73300:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000Let's say it this way.73400:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000Prayer garners results.73500:33:53,000 --> 00:33:58,000Why would Jesus tell us to pray if there wasn't going to be results at the end of that?73600:33:58,000 --> 00:34:05,000Well, that leads us to our devotion today, which could not have been better timing.73700:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,000We're listening to, we do a devotion called The Way of Life.73800:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000This is our third time through it because it's so good.73900:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,000Every time we finish it, we start it over because it's so good.74000:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,000It's 41 days.74100:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,000Yes, 41 days.74200:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,000It's The Way of Life by Bill Johnson on YouVersion.74300:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000And today's was on prayer.74400:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,000So we're going to play a little, was it one minute clip.74500:34:25,000 --> 00:34:31,000So you can hear what Pastor Bill Johnson says about prayer.74600:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,000By the way, we will be at Pastor Bill Johnson's church in two weeks for a conference.74700:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,000I'm so excited.74800:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000Can't wait to be out in Redding, California with Pastor Bill.74900:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,000Yes.75000:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,000All right.75100:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000So I'm going to put this up so you can hear it.75200:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000So if any of you are from Redding, California, we're going to be there.75300:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000We can do a meetup.75400:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,000Oh my gosh, it would be cool to meet somebody.75500:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,000That would be.75600:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,000Absolutely.75700:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,000All right.75800:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,000Here we go.75900:34:49,000 --> 00:34:55,000If the Lord gives us a direction in prayer, then the outcome has to be measurable.76000:34:55,000 --> 00:35:01,000Or we tend to get our joy, our pleasure from praying and not from answers.76100:35:01,000 --> 00:35:09,000And Jesus designed prayer to be a method by which we are encouraged and have fullness of joy.76200:35:09,000 --> 00:35:16,000In fact, in John 16, he said, he said, in that day, you will ask the father in my name and anything you ask for will be done.76300:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,000And here's our phrase, that your joy might be full.76400:35:20,000 --> 00:35:31,000What happens in religious communities, if we don't have practical understanding of what heaven on earth looks like, then we derive our joy from having gone through the discipline of prayer.76500:35:31,000 --> 00:35:36,000The discipline of prayer is great, but that's not supposed to be where we have our joy.76600:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,000It's supposed to be a pleasure to serve the Lord in that way.76700:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000But the actual fullness of joy comes through answers.76800:35:42,000 --> 00:35:52,000And so my whole deal is let's find out how we can measure the impact of an answered prayer when he says heaven can come to earth.76900:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000What does it look like in the practical sense?77000:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000So that's that's really what we're doing.77100:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,000Wow.77200:35:57,000 --> 00:36:04,000When I heard that today, even though this is my third time, my fourth time, because we actually put all of those.77300:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000I've watched that video 20 times.77400:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,000Yes.77500:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,000On a track.77600:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000And oh, my goodness, that was just beautiful.77700:36:11,000 --> 00:36:24,000What he's saying, I mean, just to boil it down in simple terms, is that that we should be able to see results from prayer, that that it's not about just having a discipline of prayer to have a discipline or a practice of prayer to have a practice.77800:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000It's just religious repetition.77900:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,000I'm not in this for religion, and I'm not in this for repetition.78000:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,000I'm in this to see God move.78100:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000I'm in this to see the kingdom of God advanced.78200:36:33,000 --> 00:36:37,000I'm in this to see revival, spiritual awakening.78300:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,000I'm in it to see answers.78400:36:38,000 --> 00:36:45,000Not that I'm trying to get answers like stuff for me, but I'm talking about things about the kingdom, about people coming to know Christ.78500:36:45,000 --> 00:36:51,000Some of you that listen, you've written into us and you said, gosh, you guys are helping me rediscover my faith and come back to God.78600:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000And that is what we live for.78700:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,000We live for you.78800:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,000We live for those moments where you connect the dots to maybe something you knew when you were younger.78900:37:00,000 --> 00:37:06,000You knew about Jesus or you had a faith and then something life happened and you got away from that.79000:37:06,000 --> 00:37:12,000And our prayer, I mean, we pray, by the way, Annette prayed tonight before we came on the show.79100:37:12,000 --> 00:37:18,000Not only did she open the show, but I asked her to pray and she prayed heaven down over you.79200:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000You that's listening right now.79300:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,000And when I say while you, I mean you who just heard my voice.79400:37:24,000 --> 00:37:29,000She prayed for you that you would hear the truth and you would know the truth and it would set you free.79500:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,000Absolutely.79600:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,000That's what truth does.79700:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000And so that's what prayer is about.79800:37:33,000 --> 00:37:43,000Just like Pastor Bill was saying, Jesus gave us prayer, gave us this beautiful tool so that we could see things move and see things change.79900:37:43,000 --> 00:37:52,000And so what God has been doing in us is reminding us of this amazing gift of prayer and how overlooked it is.80000:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,000Because sometimes we get disappointed.80100:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,000Things don't happen in timing that we think it should.80200:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,000Or the way it should.80300:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000Or we try to tell God how he should do it.80400:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,000Exactly.80500:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000That's on us, not on God.80600:38:04,000 --> 00:38:11,000And I, you know, we've got to get to the point to where we know he, it's like a parent who's trying to tell a child something.80700:38:11,000 --> 00:38:19,000They're not telling them don't go run in the street with, you know, scissors because they are trying to keep them from having fun.80800:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,000Give me a break.80900:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,000Yeah, yeah, kill joy.81000:38:21,000 --> 00:38:27,000Yeah, they're trying to protect you and keep you from danger.81100:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,000That is what God does for us.81200:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,000He knows best.81300:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,000He sees the end from the beginning, his word says.81400:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,000So he knows best.81500:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,000So he's trying to keep us from danger, basically.81600:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,000Exactly.81700:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,000So things will happen that we're like, that's not how I intended it to happen.81800:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,000But God knows best.81900:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000Beautifully said.82000:38:51,000 --> 00:38:57,000And one of the greatest places to start, if you're kind of in this place of, well, yeah, I would like to pray, but I kind of don't know what to say.82100:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,000That's legitimate.82200:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000A lot of, I mean, we all had to start somewhere, right?82300:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,000And it's hard when you go into a group or a church and they go, hey, would you mind saying the prayer?82400:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000And you're like, no, no, no way.82500:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,000It's scary.82600:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,000It takes time and it's like anything you learn.82700:39:10,000 --> 00:39:15,000But there is a place you can start and you can find it in the book of Matthew, chapter six.82800:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,000Yes.82900:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000And it's called the Lord's model prayer.83000:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000And it's Matthew, chapter six.83100:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000And it says this.83200:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,000Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name.83300:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000Your kingdom come.83400:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,000Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.83500:39:30,000 --> 00:39:39,000Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.83600:39:39,000 --> 00:39:43,000For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.83700:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,000Amen.83800:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,000There's your starting place.83900:39:45,000 --> 00:39:50,000By the way, it's my ending place, too, because I've re-embraced the Lord's model prayer.84000:39:50,000 --> 00:39:59,000And I found as I studied and exegeted those passages, I've gone through the Greek language and just mined out the jewels.84100:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,000And it is it's more powerful than I ever knew.84200:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,000In fact, I'm so excited about I pray it ten times a day.84300:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000I think we're going to put it on a bookmark.84400:40:07,000 --> 00:40:15,000Yeah, we're going to put the interpretive version of it where I'm adding in the Greek words and what it literally says.84500:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,000And just to give you a heads up of what that would sound like and how I pray it.84600:40:18,000 --> 00:40:25,000I say, my father in heaven, holy, holy, holy is your name.84700:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,000Kingdom of God, come.84800:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000Will of God, be done.84900:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000See, it's a declaration, it's a proclamation.85000:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,000And then I say, what's after that?85100:40:35,000 --> 00:40:40,000On earth as it is on earth right here, right now, as it is in heaven.85200:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,000Give us our date.85300:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,000No, give us our bread today.85400:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,000Give us today.85500:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000Tomorrow's bread.85600:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,000I'm sorry.85700:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,000I'm not.85800:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,000I usually just say it.85900:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000We usually have it written down somewhere.86000:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,000I just rattle it off.86100:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,000So it's harder when I break it down.86200:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,000But give us today our bread for tomorrow, because that's what it literally means.86300:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000It's about God's abundance and increase.86400:40:58,000 --> 00:41:05,000And then forgive us our offenses as we forgive those who offend us.86500:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,000Boy, aren't there ample opportunities to do that?86600:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,000There are absolutely.86700:41:10,000 --> 00:41:15,000What I found when I prayed through that prayer after after about a month and a half during the sabbatical,86800:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,000I started forgetting who I was praying, who I was on that list because I had forgiven them.86900:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,000I'd let it go so much that they actually went out of my memory.87000:41:24,000 --> 00:41:29,000And I remember one morning I'm praying and I'm like, why can't I remember these names?87100:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,000I had to really think about it.87200:41:30,000 --> 00:41:38,000And the Lord whispered to me, not in an audible voice, but in my mind, this sense of it's because you've forgiven them.87300:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,000You're healed.87400:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,000Absolutely.87500:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,000And then I'm like, there's nobody on the list.87600:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,000So please don't anybody get on the list.87700:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,000Stay off my list.87800:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,000But anyway, so then and then the next part is very misunderstood.87900:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,000It is.88000:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000It says and lead us not into temptation.88100:41:52,000 --> 00:41:57,000Well, that's actually a Hebrew prayer form that is worded like this in the Psalms.88200:41:57,000 --> 00:42:05,000Father, I thank you that you will never lead me into temptation, but you will deliver me from evil and the evil one.88300:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,000So anyway, that's the Lord's Prayer.88400:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000So there's there's your starting place.88500:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000So we're going to put that on a bookmark.88600:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,000And if anybody wants one, write us and we'll we'll send it to you.88700:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000We're going to work on that this week.88800:42:17,000 --> 00:42:23,000Yeah, yeah, we've got that interpretation because it's it's it's the original language.88900:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,000It's how Jesus intended us to pray it because it's a proclamation.89000:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,000It's an imperative.89100:42:27,000 --> 00:42:33,000And so he doesn't say when you pray, ask is when you pray, say, so we lean in and we declare.89200:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,000And here's the confidence you can have.89300:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,000This is what I love about prayer.89400:42:37,000 --> 00:42:43,000When you're confident that you're praying the will of God and what's more the will of God than the word of God.89500:42:43,000 --> 00:42:50,000Exactly. When you're praying what Jesus told us to pray, you can be confident that there will be results.89600:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,000There will be measurable results as Pastor Bill was talking about.89700:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000And so we want to encourage in your prayer life.89800:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,000If you don't know where to start, start with the Lord's model prayer.89900:42:59,000 --> 00:43:03,000Then when you get advanced, stay with the Lord's model prayer.90000:43:03,000 --> 00:43:13,000I think in our church, because it has it's sinking in so deeply into our heart, the hearts of our people.90100:43:13,000 --> 00:43:20,000I think you need to start off every message with that prayer or end with that prayer every time,90200:43:20,000 --> 00:43:23,000because that's what he says the model prayer is.90300:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,000Why not every week?90400:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,000I actually intended to do it yesterday morning, but I was so off to the races.90500:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,000I was so psyched up.90600:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,000I was on the ground running, but last night we did that together.90700:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,000It's powerful. It's beautiful.90800:43:36,000 --> 00:43:42,000When the whole church body says it together, it's got to make God's heart burst.90900:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,000When he hears his kids praying exactly what Jesus taught them to pray.91000:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,000And so yeah, that was amazing.91100:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,000So we want to encourage you in this.91200:43:51,000 --> 00:43:52,000You don't know where to start.91300:43:52,000 --> 00:43:58,000Start with the Lord's model prayer and know that God gave you this as a tool to get results.91400:43:58,000 --> 00:44:02,000So it's not just about the practice of prayer for the practice of prayer.91500:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000It's about seeing God move.91600:44:04,000 --> 00:44:10,000And so we want you to experience revival where you live, in your community, where you are.91700:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,000Pray for your city.91800:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,000Pray for your county.91900:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,000Pray for what's going on around you, even as we pray for things in the world.92000:44:18,000 --> 00:44:22,000And if you have a wayward child, let us know.92100:44:22,000 --> 00:44:28,000Because we have the faith that God will bring that child back.92200:44:28,000 --> 00:44:37,000And so we love hearing stories where we can pray and intercede for people who have the same situation that we had.92300:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,000So let us know.92400:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,000I am looking at you.92500:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,000Actually, I took a couple of pictures of you a minute ago.92600:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,000Is that what you were doing?92700:44:43,000 --> 00:44:48,000I am because I'm looking at you and just going, girl, this is a girl on fire.92800:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,000I mean, she's on fire for Jesus.92900:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,000Well, it started with you.93000:44:51,000 --> 00:44:55,000You are never more beautiful to me than when you're fired up about Jesus.93100:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,000Thank you. I appreciate that.93200:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,000I mean that.93300:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,000Wow.93400:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,000Did I just say that over the Internet?93500:44:59,000 --> 00:45:00,000Yes.93600:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,000So anyway, back to our show.93700:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,000So I want to share some things with everyone here.93800:45:03,000 --> 00:45:07,000Some encouraging things and just hope that you are encouraged.93900:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,000But listen, we got some Boostergrams.94000:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,000So I want to share some of these.94100:45:11,000 --> 00:45:17,000Boostergrams are when you're on the podcast platform 2.0, podcast 2.0, value for value.94200:45:17,000 --> 00:45:22,000And what value for value works is if what we're doing adds value to you and brings value to you94300:45:22,000 --> 00:45:27,000and it means something to you, then you can return that value through time, talent, treasure.94400:45:27,000 --> 00:45:33,000We've got opportunities to do that on our newsletter, our website, livingupinadownworld.com.94500:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,000I needed to mention something.94600:45:35,000 --> 00:45:39,000Well, I'll mention something about Adam and Tina because about last night at the prayer thing,94700:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,000but I'll bring that up when I read his Boostergram.94800:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,000So that's important to me to say this.94900:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,000And so value for value means you just simply go, okay, man, that helped me.95000:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,000I'm encouraged.95100:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,000I want to add value to them because they added value to me.95200:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,000And you can do that livingupinadownworld.com.95300:45:55,000 --> 00:46:01,000We have opportunities for you to do it there or on any of the platforms like Castamatic, Fountain.95400:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,000They have opportunities for boost.95500:46:03,000 --> 00:46:08,000And Boostergrams are really fun because you can write a note along with the Satoshis that you're sending.95600:46:08,000 --> 00:46:12,000So here's some Boostergrams I want to share with you that and Annette,95700:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,000I love it when you get excited about these not because of their value,95800:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,000but because it's people taking the time to write something and encourage us.95900:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,000That's what is really valuable.96000:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,000So I want to start with this one.96100:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,000Sir Sean Riser. Sir Sean Riser wrote this.96200:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,000I've been listening to you since you were on sabbatical.96300:46:30,000 --> 00:46:34,000I found you via the Extended Curry Podcasting Universe96400:46:34,000 --> 00:46:39,000and have binged your back episodes while recovering from some medical issues.96500:46:39,000 --> 00:46:43,000I'm so proud of you, Sir Sean. Hope your recovery is going well.96600:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,000He says this, you have made the recovery easier.96700:46:46,000 --> 00:46:50,000I have a question. I'm a traditional church man, raised Catholic.96800:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,000These days I identify as a Lutheran.96900:46:53,000 --> 00:46:58,000I keep hearing the term worship team from you and the Currys,97000:46:58,000 --> 00:47:06,000which Adam says that's a K.A. band from you and the Currys.97100:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,000Is this just a choir with modern music or am I missing something?97200:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,000God bless you both. Thank you, Sir Sean.97300:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,000Annette, you want to answer that question? What is a worship team?97400:47:14,000 --> 00:47:19,000A worship team is a team of musicians and singers that are just worshiping the Lord.97500:47:19,000 --> 00:47:24,000They're bringing contemporary modern music.97600:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,000Also known as a Christian band.97700:47:26,000 --> 00:47:27,000Christian band.97800:47:27,000 --> 00:47:31,000It is. We have electric guitars. We have keyboards.97900:47:31,000 --> 00:47:32,000Drums.98000:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,000Full on drums. Bass guitar.98100:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,000Yes. Several guitars.98200:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,000Yeah, several guitars. I'm a lead guitar player.98300:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,000Non-denominational churches typically have Christian bands leading.98400:47:44,000 --> 00:47:48,000It's very contemporary. The music we do has been written recently.98500:47:48,000 --> 00:47:54,000We do very recent music from a lot of different churches that just write amazing worship98600:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,000that's really relevant in our culture and our time.98700:47:57,000 --> 00:48:01,000We also appreciate and have a high value for the hymns.98800:48:01,000 --> 00:48:09,000We have a lot of songs that are modern hymns where we will mix up a classic hymn with newer music.98900:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,000It just kind of brings it up into our time.99000:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,000It's a great question and we appreciate that.99100:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,000Man, I'm just glad you're doing better, Sir Sean.99200:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,000So blessings to you, my friend.99300:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,000I also received a boostogram from Sir...99400:48:22,000 --> 00:48:26,000Oh, Sirv in Silence. You run all those letters together. It looks funny.99500:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,000Sirv in Silence.99600:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,000He said, I just wanted to say thank you and I love you guys.99700:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,000You are a beautiful blessing to the kingdom.99800:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,000Sirv in Silence, thank you so much.99900:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,000Thank you for your kind words. That means a ton to us.100000:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,000Who are you texting?100100:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,000Is this Tina?100200:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,000No. I just got a text from Naomi.100300:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,000Oh, we love Naomi.100400:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,000Yes.100500:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,000Yeah.100600:48:49,000 --> 00:48:53,000Alright, so and then we got a boostogram from Dee's Laughs.100700:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,000Dee's Laughs.100800:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,000And oh, by the way, Dee's Laughs did a striper boost.100900:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,000She got a little striper boost there and she says,101000:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,000bless you all. This is an Adam Curry donation.101100:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,000So I guess that's a Via Adam Curry.101200:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,000And then the next one, let's see.101300:49:11,000 --> 00:49:15,000Oh, here's one from One Adam the Podfather Curry,101400:49:15,000 --> 00:49:21,000Adam C. 1999 with 77,777 saps.101500:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,000That's a striper boost.101600:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,000He says this, I love hearing all the notes,101700:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,000boostograms and donations of value.101800:49:27,000 --> 00:49:31,000Living up in a down world is one of my must listens always.101900:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,000I love that.102000:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,000Here's what I wanted to say about Adam and Tina.102100:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,000First of all, for those of you who don't know,102200:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,000they attend our church and we're best friends.102300:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,000I mean, literally he's become my best friend on the planet.102400:49:41,000 --> 00:49:44,000But here's the thing, it's kind of a weird thing.102500:49:44,000 --> 00:49:49,000It's Tina comes and sits with Annette every Sunday morning during our second.102600:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,000We have two services, so she comes and sits in the second.102700:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,000And so they hang out on the front row.102800:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,000But the hard part is that Adam can't come on Sundays102900:49:57,000 --> 00:49:59,000because he's doing no agenda.103000:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,000He's getting prepared for no agenda, which is a lot of work.103100:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,000If you've ever listened to no agenda, I don't know how they get all that.103200:50:04,000 --> 00:50:05,000I don't either.103300:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,000It's unbelievable what they put together.103400:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,000Three and a half hour podcast, mind-bending,103500:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,000and a lot of content, a lot of information.103600:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,000So he spends that whole morning.103700:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,000He does take time.103800:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,000He watches our first service, which is a nine o'clock service,103900:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,000and then usually texts me right after between services.104000:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,000Good show. Round two coming up.104100:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,000We always talk about it. It's funny. We laugh at each other.104200:50:25,000 --> 00:50:29,000They're not saying, praying for your podcast, and go for it.104300:50:29,000 --> 00:50:30,000So we've got that kind of friendship,104400:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,000and that kind of encouragement happens back and forth.104500:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,000But here's what I loved.104600:50:34,000 --> 00:50:39,000Because we did it on a Sunday night, Adam was able to be with us, wasn't he?104700:50:39,000 --> 00:50:40,000Yes.104800:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,000Wasn't that beautiful seeing him on the front row with his wife, with Tina?104900:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,000Seeing them together, worshiping God.105000:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,000Worshiping with his hands lifted up.105100:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,000Both of them just together.105200:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,000Bro, we've got to figure out how to get you on Sunday morning.105300:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,000I know.105400:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,000How can we carve out that time?105500:50:55,000 --> 00:50:56,000I know.105600:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,000I'm hoping. So anyway, hoping and praying.105700:50:59,000 --> 00:51:04,000Because man, when he's in the house, and I also feel like my best friend's there105800:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,000on the front row, I feel more secure.105900:51:06,000 --> 00:51:07,000Like all is well with...106000:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,000Yeah, I feel covered.106100:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,000So I'll get you sucked when you're there. I feel that way.106200:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,000And when I'm not.106300:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,000And if you're not, it feels weird.106400:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,000Exactly.106500:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,000So Adam, you're making me feel weird by not being in church.106600:51:15,000 --> 00:51:18,000Well, he wants us to have a Saturday night service so that can happen.106700:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,000Yeah.106800:51:19,000 --> 00:51:20,000You never know.106900:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,000That's a lot of logistics on that one.107000:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,000But you know what?107100:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,000We're going to have to go to three services.107200:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,000I mean, our church is blowing up right now.107300:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,000We had a record attendance this last Sunday.107400:51:27,000 --> 00:51:32,000And so we're like, we've got to figure this three-service thing out.107500:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,000Anyway.107600:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,000So Adam, man, love you so much.107700:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,000Are you kicking me because I'm drunk?107800:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,000No, I'm playing footsies with you.107900:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,000I'm going on or are you just kicking me?108000:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,000Sorry.108100:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,000Well, that's my shin and those are your shoes. That hurts.108200:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,000No, I don't have shoes on.108300:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,000No. Okay.108400:51:46,000 --> 00:51:51,000So anyway, it was just, I was so blown away to see them together worshiping.108500:51:51,000 --> 00:51:55,000I actually snuck a picture of them, which I'll put maybe in the next newsletter.108600:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,000It's just so amazing seeing them there together.108700:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,000So anyway, thanks for the boost, my friend.108800:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,000Much love to you.108900:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,000And then we got a donation.109000:52:03,000 --> 00:52:04,000This is awesome.109100:52:04,000 --> 00:52:07,000It's $25 from Stephanie Wyatt-Francis.109200:52:07,000 --> 00:52:13,000Stephanie, we want to say thank you for taking the time and just showing us some value and some love for that.109300:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,000That means a ton to us.109400:52:15,000 --> 00:52:17,000We really do appreciate it.109500:52:17,000 --> 00:52:18,000God bless you.109600:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,000And just, man, keep living up in a down world.109700:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,000David Wicker. I love this guy.109800:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,000I'm looking forward to meeting David Wicker in person.109900:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,000I feel like he's a brother already.110000:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,000I get several emails.110100:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,000He writes you every day.110200:52:30,000 --> 00:52:31,000Yeah, every other day.110300:52:31,000 --> 00:52:35,000And he's always sharing stuff about revival and links to things.110400:52:35,000 --> 00:52:39,000And so, David, you're a brother, my friend, and thank you for your donation.110500:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,000And we really appreciate it.110600:52:41,000 --> 00:52:42,000I appreciate your friendship.110700:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,000I mean, even though we haven't met yet, I just feel there's brotherhood there.110800:52:45,000 --> 00:52:46,000So thanks a lot.110900:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,000Really, really appreciate it.111000:52:48,000 --> 00:52:56,000And then we got a beautiful note from Danny Lodewa.111100:52:56,000 --> 00:53:00,000D-A-N-I-L-O-D-U-S-O-S-W-A.111200:53:00,000 --> 00:53:01,000Okay.111300:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,000I don't know.111400:53:02,000 --> 00:53:04,000But it starts with Danny, so I'm going to stick with Danny.111500:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,000It says this, greetings from Ireland.111600:53:06,000 --> 00:53:09,000Oh, that's my homeland.111700:53:09,000 --> 00:53:10,000It is.111800:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,000When I did 23andMe, I am 98.3% Irish.111900:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,000We might need to go back and do a meetup there as well.112000:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,000Dublin.112100:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,000Dublin's my family.112200:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,000So not Northern Ireland, but Ireland.112300:53:21,000 --> 00:53:25,000Greetings from Ireland, and thank you for making an inspiring podcast.112400:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,000It restores my faith in humanity.112500:53:27,000 --> 00:53:28,000Oh, gosh.112600:53:28,000 --> 00:53:31,000Danny, that's a huge statement, really.112700:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,000And God bless you.112800:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,000Oh, man.112900:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,000I'd love to do a meetup in Ireland.113000:53:37,000 --> 00:53:40,000We were able to go, what, a few years ago?113100:53:40,000 --> 00:53:41,000Yes.113200:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,000And it was, oh, man.113300:53:43,000 --> 00:53:44,000And we did go up north, too.113400:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,000We went up to Belfast, and it was beautiful.113500:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,000But there's so much more we want to see.113600:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,000We didn't get to see any castles.113700:53:50,000 --> 00:53:51,000I know.113800:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,000We didn't really explore.113900:53:52,000 --> 00:53:53,000Yeah.114000:53:53,000 --> 00:53:54,000We hung around Dublin a lot.114100:53:54,000 --> 00:53:55,000But anyway, beautiful country.114200:53:55,000 --> 00:53:56,000We love it.114300:53:56,000 --> 00:53:57,000And God bless you.114400:53:57,000 --> 00:54:01,000And we're just happy that we get to play a role in helping you live up in a down world.114500:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,000So God bless you.114600:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,000And keep listening.114700:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,000We want to help you all we can.114800:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,000And then we got a review.114900:54:08,000 --> 00:54:14,000We got a review last week from Iris, who's from the Netherlands.115000:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,000But now we got one from Rebecca.115100:54:16,000 --> 00:54:17,000Where's she from?115200:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,000Five-star review, it doesn't say.115300:54:19,000 --> 00:54:20,000And she says this.115400:54:20,000 --> 00:54:21,000I love this.115500:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,000She says, this has been a really refreshing podcast.115600:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,000My husband suggested I listen to this podcast, as he is a huge Adam Curry fan.115700:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,000Oh.115800:54:29,000 --> 00:54:30,000Well, so am I.115900:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,000And so it says it's really been refreshing.116000:54:33,000 --> 00:54:39,000I started with episode one and have now gotten through episode 30 in about two weeks.116100:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,000That is unbelievable.116200:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,000That's got to be some kind of record.116300:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,000Oh, and our first few were so bad.116400:54:45,000 --> 00:54:46,000I know.116500:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,000Hey, we were learning.116600:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,000We're learning.116700:54:49,000 --> 00:54:50,000It's a whole new thing.116800:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,000But hey, we're number 40 today.116900:54:52,000 --> 00:54:53,000I know.117000:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,000So he's got 10 to catch up with.117100:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,000She says, this is so sweet.117200:54:58,000 --> 00:55:07,000Just wanted to thank you for sharing your journey and say that this episode about giving up our rights to be offended, really blessed, and convicted me all at once.117300:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,000Me too, by the way.117400:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,000It convicted me.117500:55:10,000 --> 00:55:18,000Thank you for the reminder of what it truly means to walk with the grace of Jesus, the ultimate example of giving up His right for offense.117600:55:18,000 --> 00:55:19,000Well said, Rebecca.117700:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,000And thank you for the beautiful review.117800:55:22,000 --> 00:55:24,000And anyone else out here, go to our website.117900:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,000You can write us a note.118000:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,000I'll always get back with you.118100:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,000You can give us a review.118200:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,000That's always encouraging.118300:55:32,000 --> 00:55:35,000And you can make a donation value for value there.118400:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,000And so we want to hear from you.118500:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,000We love, love, love hearing from you guys.118600:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,000We've been talking with Adam and Tina a lot about.118700:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,000In fact, we're going to do a meetup in Austin.118800:55:44,000 --> 00:55:47,000We're going to do a Curry and the Keeper, No Agenda, Living Up in a Down World.118900:55:47,000 --> 00:55:51,000All three of us together are going to go do this.119000:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,000It's Austin, November.119100:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,000You told me the other day.119200:55:55,000 --> 00:55:58,000Anyway, November when they have a great group out there.119300:55:58,000 --> 00:56:05,000I've gone to one of the meetups with Adam and I had so much fun meeting people that have listened to our podcast.119400:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,000Most of them are big fans, obviously, of No Agenda and Curry and Keeper.119500:56:08,000 --> 00:56:13,000But we've kind of caught their draft a little bit and we've become friends with a lot of them.119600:56:13,000 --> 00:56:16,000And it's just such a blessing.119700:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,000And then Sir Brian with I don't think I mentioned Sir Brian last.119800:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,000Maybe you did.119900:56:20,000 --> 00:56:22,000Yeah, he just sticks with you.120000:56:22,000 --> 00:56:25,000Sir Brian, man, we love you, bro.120100:56:25,000 --> 00:56:27,000Hey, I didn't diss you with my phone number.120200:56:27,000 --> 00:56:28,000I think I said this last week.120300:56:28,000 --> 00:56:31,000But we changed our phone numbers and we went on sabbatical.120400:56:31,000 --> 00:56:33,000So that's why you haven't been able to text me.120500:56:33,000 --> 00:56:35,000So anyway, blessings to you.120600:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,000All right, baby.120700:56:36,000 --> 00:56:37,000Girl, you're still back on.120800:56:37,000 --> 00:56:38,000Are you still learning Naomi?120900:56:38,000 --> 00:56:39,000I know.121000:56:39,000 --> 00:56:43,000Well, she needs some information and I was just kind of looking while you were.121100:56:43,000 --> 00:56:45,000Well, did I tell you you're beautiful?121200:56:45,000 --> 00:56:46,000You did.121300:56:46,000 --> 00:56:47,000Wow.121400:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,000I'm seriously.121500:56:48,000 --> 00:56:49,000I'm smitten with you right now.121600:56:49,000 --> 00:56:50,000Well, I love you, baby.121700:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,000It's because you're oozing Jesus.121800:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,000We're all much better looking when we're oozing Jesus, right?121900:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,000Exactly.122000:56:56,000 --> 00:56:57,000Hey, we love you guys.122100:56:57,000 --> 00:57:02,000Thank you for being a part of this show just by being with us and hanging with us.122200:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,000We want to hear from you.122300:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,000We want you to get your prayer life on fire.122400:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,000Just light it up.122500:57:07,000 --> 00:57:27,000God bless you and have a great week.122600:57:37,000 --> 00:58:02,000Thank you.