"KYBO Keep Your Buckets Overflowing"

0:03 Don't get down when you're seeing the worst. Because at last. This is Jimmy and Annette, and we are excited to be with you today. We have been traveling. We've been all over the place, and here we are finally back in the saddle. How are you doing, beautiful? I'm doing well. How are you? You look so vivacious, so excited, so ready to roll. I'm red from being in the pool today. I noticed you're very red with that dress you have on right there. We were walking through a house. And I was like, whoa, she's got the high pro glow going. I have the high pro glow for sure. We want to welcome our friends to Living Up and Down World. We're so glad that you're with us today. We have been traveling on the road. We've had a big trip out to Southern California.

1:03 That was an amazing trip. Now, what was the event called that we went to? Called Last Stand. The Last Stand with Seth Gruber. And 17 speakers in one day. We heard 18 total. Think about lunch. That didn't even count the lunch guys that we had. That's true. I would say almost 20. So 20 speakers in one day with worship. I mean, it was like sunup to sundown. Ben Fuller was my favorite. Ben Fuller, artist from Nashville. He came and did a concert that night. We were tired, but wow, I was so... I was so excited to see him because he's one of our favorites. Yes. Yeah, check out Ben Fuller. He's got a new album out that is phenomenal. It's one of my favorites. I can't turn it off. I just found out today he's coming, I think it's January, July 7th. to Cornerstone Church in San Antonio.

1:57 You didn't even tell me that. I just found out about it a couple hours ago. We have family in town, but we may say, hey, come go with us or you stay home with your baby. We're going to go see Ben Fuller. Truly one of our favorites. He's got an amazing redemption story, a grace story and mercy story of how God reached into his life in the middle of a drug addiction. Failing career and, I mean, just things were not going well. And God turned it all around. His voice, I just love. He's got a country feel to his voice. I guess he used to be a country singer. He was. That's why he moved to Nashville initially. He used to play non -Christian country music and make it in the big times. And he got into drugs and alcohol. The whole scene, unfortunately, entertainment industry can be hard on you. It took him out. But then he radically got saved.

2:52 I want to hear his story. I want to hear that part of the story. Do you know that part? I don't know that part of the story. Oh, if anybody knows that that's listening, please let us know because I want to know what happened. Because I think he said he's been sober six years. Yes, six years sober. And so something must have happened six years ago. He is phenomenal. He goes into prisons. He loves to do concerts in prisons and he goes into prisons. prisons and tells his redemption story. And he's covered with tats. He's rough looking. I mean, he's kind of got that, who were we just listening to? Jelly Roll. Jelly Roll. He's kind of got that Jelly Roll vibe and just full of God, full of Jesus. And man, they put on a great show. And it wasn't like a show, like an entertainment show. It was just great music.

3:36 Yeah, it was great. And just super good Nashville band. I mean, these guys were amazing. So anyway, we had a great time. We were out in... Downey, California, which is in Southern California. It's not far from Anaheim because that's where we stayed. And we just had an amazing trip. We took Pastor Brian and his wife, Naomi. And their kids. And their kids because they've got grandparents that live out there. And so they were able to get some time with the grandparents for the kids. What I loved about the trip, even though there were so many speakers, I was talking to someone about it, I think this morning or yesterday. There was a lot of speakers, but they only gave them like 10 to 12 minutes. So you got, it was kind of a bump and run, but it was good because sometimes a speaker can drone on. I'm not looking at you like you're one of those. I am, and I didn't mean to. But if you're going to, you know, sometimes you can have four or five speakers and they go so long, you're bored. Because they kept it moving so quickly, I never got bored.

4:37 I was kind of excited for the next speaker. And basically... What the last stand is, is standing up for life, for the unborn child. This was an amazing, amazing conference to go to and all day. 600 ,000 abortions last year by the abortion pill. Yeah. I mean, just mind bending 600 ,000. That's a medium sized city. People just completely wiped out by this horrific pill that is hurting people. Not just the unborn, but they've sold a bill of goods that it's safe and it's good. It's not safe and it's not good. And some horror stories coming back to what that pill does to your body. Because it's basically throwing your body into crisis to get rid of this baby. And anyway, it's a terrible, sad situation. But this organization, the White Rose Resistance with Seth Gruber, they're doing amazing things. They've got a new movie coming out this next year, 26.

5:40 It's called The Last Stand. We saw the movie last year. The 1916 Project. The 1916 Project. And that was amazing. Powerful, powerful movie. Very eye -opening about. If you've not seen that movie, you just Google it. The 1916 Project with Seth Gruber. Talks about the originator of Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood. Margaret Sanger. It was very eye -opening. Over 100 years ago. We need to watch that again. Yeah, it's powerful, powerful. And all the speakers are so compelling because each of them had their own stories around that world. that, that genre of life. And so we got to see our friend, Victor Marks. He was there, got to hear him, but he was boxed in what he had 15 minutes, I think. No, I think he had 12 minutes. Yeah. 12 or 15. I think they said 15 for him, but anyway, tough, tough, tough to get your point across. He did a great job. They all did. One of our favorites that we got to see, which is one of the reasons why we went.

6:39 Just, I mean, for Victor Marks as well, but for Jack Hibbs. Yes. And we got to go to his church on Sunday. Yeah, right. So the event was on Saturday, literally, sunup, sundown. 9 .30 to 10 .30 at night. At night, yes. Literally all day. 9 .30 in the morning to 10. But then we got up the next morning and we were debating at first. We were so tired. We were exhausted. I was like, if I hear another speaker, I am not, I've got to. But it was so, we were like. But we love Jack Hibbs, Pastor Jack. Even you woke up saying, this is a chance of a lifetime. I mean, we're here. And I listened to Chris Dunham, who was at our church, The Bridge. Yes, you got to, which I've heard nothing but good about what he did. And he did phenomenal. So I listened to him.

7:20 You weren't even awake, but I listened to him that morning. But Jack Hibbs, as soon as we got to the church. Their host team is phenomenal. We need to learn something from them, even though ours is phenomenal. They literally, when we asked, we don't even know where the sanctuary is. Can you show us? And she said, well, here, let me just take you up to the front. I thought she was just going to take us up to the front of the church, like just a few rows back. No, we were front and center, front row. He could spit and hit my face. But that was amazing. And I told her we were pastors and it was amazing. I wish we would have got to meet him. There was a meet and greet before that service because we went to the one o 'clock. Right. But the line was so long. There was no way I was going to get in line and talk to him. I felt like now I knew how he felt. I mean, I know how he feels because we have that long line, too. But that was a great message, too. Pastor Jack Hibbs, he's the pastor, has been there forever at Chino Hills and Chino Hills, but it's Calvary Chapel.

8:27 He's a Calvary Chapel guy. I love the Calvary Chapel guys and just have a huge appreciation. First of all, he's a truth teller. He speaks truth. He doesn't hold anything back. He is a straight up truth teller. And he's a dangerous gentleman. I mean, he's strong. He is fearless. And he stood in the face of some pretty hard things. He's spoken to Congress. He's testified to Congress. He's prayed for Congress. He's done it all. But anyway, he is definitely moving the needle on the kingdom of God. So it was a privilege to sit at his feet and just literally be literally right under him. But so blessed and so encouraged. And the whole trip was just one of those. Do you notice everything? We had so many favor things.

9:11 Yeah. We prayed for favor. And Tina and Adam prayed for favor for us. And we literally, when we got our rental car, they were like, do you want this car or do you want this Defender, this Land Rover Defender? And we're like, heck yes, we'll take that Defender. And we did. And it was, we had never driven one of those. And it was. Really nice. I loved being up high. Made me wish we had one, but we don't. But that was really nice. And then we get to the hotel, and we just got a king room. And they're like, oh, we're going to upgrade you to our one -bedroom, two -bath suite. Upgraded us. That was amazing.

9:54 I took the price. It's like $1 ,200 a night. Wow. And we paid for just a regular king room. Wow. Fantastic. That's what Marriott. points do for you. People, if you want a Marriott card, hit me up. I can refer you because you will get points and I will too. We have been able to go on so many free trips because of Marriott. That's true. I love Marriott. So I know I sound like you don't work for them. I don't work for them. I'm selling them though. I'm telling you, we just have good, good experiences. We have had really good. And when we haven't, they make it good. They, they make it good. So But that was wonderful. And then we get to go to the church.

10:36 I got to talk to Daniel. You got to talk to Daniel. So Daniel was our waiter that morning. And I won't go into big detail, but it was obvious Daniel had some challenges in terms of his life. And he just was so talkative and engaging. I mean, our food got cold sitting there because he was talking to us. Because I started asking him questions. You did. And then I finally said to him, I said, Daniel, is there something personal that I can pray for you? And that was at the end. That was at the end. And he just, he almost melted right there. I know. He said, yeah, I've got some challenges in my life. And then he made a comment about, you know, I go to a certain church, but I haven't been in a while. We never told him we were pastors. Nope. That's what we love to do. We don't like to go and just announce that. Because we don't. Yeah, it can make people uncomfortable. I put my clerical collar away.

11:26 I don't wear that on trips. You're so funny. You don't even wear a clerical. I know, I don't have one. But anyway, if I did, I wouldn't take it. Some people, it puts them off. And we want people to see the light of Jesus in us without us announcing who we are. That's what a true Christian does. You shouldn't have to announce that you're a Christian or you're a pastor or a teacher or whatever. You should just live it. And it was so neat because he said, are y 'all going to come back tomorrow? And we said, yes. And so the next morning we went because we had free breakfast with our meal. I mean, with our hotel. And but we decided we could eat in the lounge for free and it was better food, actually. And so we ate at the lounge, but went back down there and just said, can we just see Daniel, the waiter that we had yesterday? She went and got him, and he just lit up. Well, I wanted to make good on my word. I told him we'd come say hi. You did. And you said, we're just coming to say hi and just let you know we're thinking about you. I hope you have a great day. I pray for you. And he was just kind of blown away that we would come down there. He said, actually, I am doing better. He said, I'm doing good today.

12:32 That was a God thing. It was a God thing. The whole idea there, though, is just simply leaking out life. Whether you're on an airplane and you see somebody, a lady that... Which is what you were doing. Right. She's having a hard time getting her, you know, her carry -on. Because it's tall, especially that one plank. That's why I don't carry one on. And sometimes they can be heavy, depending on how much stuff you're packing. So I always just look for opportunities to help people. And you did all throughout the trip. We talk about this leaky buckets thing, and that's kind of what started Adam and Tina talking about the bridge church and how we started getting to know, because she kept hearing me talk about that in sermons. I did a series. But just to encourage everybody here today, it's so easy to... Fill yourself up with Jesus, and then as you go, and that's actually what the Great Commission in Matthew 28 says. It says, go therefore and make disciples of all the nations. It literally says, as you are going, make disciples. That's what it literally says. In other words, it's not just going to a foreign nation, although that's legitimate. It's actually in your regular routine, where you live, where you work, and where you play, as you are going. Leak out. Yeah.

13:42 And we're not making disciples on this trip. But we are leaking out what we're full of. Planting seeds, though. Planting seeds. And you know what? We'll probably end up at that hotel again eventually because we're going to want to go back to California and see Jack Hibbs. And when we do, we will look him up. Yeah, absolutely. You know, he'll remember us. And William up in the lounge. Oh, I love William. Another guy we hit it off with. I love William. He came over and he started throwing out Christianese code words like blessed. I'm going, oh, he's a brother. He's a brother. He's a brother. And he ended up, he already knew our names and he hugged you. And then he was off for three days and we come up on our last day and he says, oh, they're Pruitts. I know, he's so sweet. Wow, how do you remember that? Because there's hundreds of people that come through there every week. We had so many things happen all through the whole trip. It was amazing. I mean, open doors, even driving in L .A. was no big deal. I mean, literally, I just, so we had a moment. We had a moment. So when we were driving from the airport after we landed in L .A .X., and we made the drive over to Anaheim, which is a good hour depending on traffic. It was a good hour, yeah. So it's an hour. And I'm doing as L .A. people do. I lived in L .A., almost born there. I mean, I've lived there twice. And I'm like driving like somebody from L .A., which means like crazy. Which I didn't like. Like bad out of you know where. I'm cruising, and you are losing your mind over in the seat. No, okay.

15:12 No, no, I'm not saying it's a bad thing. No, but I had a lot of anxiety. You were nervous. You had a lot of anxiety. And my heart was, I felt like I had an elephant on my chest. And you realized, okay, we've been married almost 33 years. A bliss. A bliss. Wow. And when we travel in heavy traffic cities, I get very anxious when you're driving. Even though I know you're a great driver. It's not about that. But men tend to like to be closer. To the car. Now, I understand we have depth perception issues as females. I know that. But I always think if they stop suddenly, we hit them. And I've had that happen before. I was in a car wreck. That's what airbags are for, right? No. This is where I probably got it from because when I was with my ex. When we were driving in the rain and he was getting too close and he was making fun of the fact that he had never had an accident and I had. And he hit the car because he was too close. That's probably where the anxiety came from. That's probably where your trauma trigger. But what happens is I get so nervous because of that, of you driving so close. But what I did do the next day, we did a lot of driving. And you said, you know what? I figured out. I need to just give myself some distance. I'm going to purposefully give distance to make you feel better. And our

16:45 whole trip was I never had another anxiety. Why did it take me 32 years to figure this out? We drove all the way to Newport Beach and Huntington and all that in a lot of traffic. I had zero anxiety. It took 33 years. Hey, baby, better late than never. Oh, my gosh. So from now on, wherever we go, you're going to be relaxed when we drive. And, you know, that anxiety started when we moved to Nashville the second time. I think it was in 2013. Yeah, it's bad. Because you kept going, why are you so anxious? But it was really bad. And it never subsided. So pro tip for husbands that are listening. Give yourself about three or four car lengths, and don't worry about people merging into traffic, merging into your lane. You didn't have to do three car lengths.

17:37 I did about three or four car lengths. You did? Yeah, for the most part. So to me, it looked like two, and I think that's plenty. To you. I know. Isn't that funny? I get it. Why do we have a depth perception problem? I don't know. You know, men are from, you know, Mars. Women are from Venus. I mean, it's the waffle thing. I don't know. It is really. It's just, we're just all wired different. Yeah. But anyway. But that was kind of a breakthrough for us. So pro tip for husbands, man, give some space and don't worry about people merging in. And you'll be a lot more at peace because mama's at peace. Because we're not arguing. I know. We had a great time, actually. That's probably the only time we ever really argued. That's probably the most relaxing drive we've had in 32 years. And that was in L .A. L .A. Of all the places. Talk about proving a point. And what was crazy in driving from the airport to the hotel, It was in the afternoon. It was five o 'clock traffic. It was like four o 'clock traffic, but it was crazy.

18:35 We were driving through Compton and all that bad areas. I was nervous because I was seeing these cars that were luxury cars that were beat up. And when you look inside, who's driving them, they look like. the shows we watch or used to watch, you know, that you're like scared of. A little rough. I was very nervous about that because you don't, and you don't know if someone's going to pull out a gun or whatever. You don't want to take those guys off. I mean, again, you know, just using some situational awareness, which is something I learned from the Patriot Academy. Yes. When I did the constitutional defense course. It's actually helped me a lot. Yeah.

19:16 It's helped me be more aware of my environment, but it's also helped me to be more at peace. Because the more aware you are, the more rested you can be. Does that make sense? Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, that peace of God that passes all understanding floods in. So what a great trip. We felt like, and we prayed a lot on that trip. We prayed and we were walking. We prayed over our, when we got our room, here's another pro tip. Whenever you go stay in a hotel, pray. Over the room. As soon as you walk in. When you walk in, pray over the room and consecrate it to the glory of God. Because you don't know what happened in that room. Exactly. I mean, we're talking hotels here. Even the nice luxury hotels, you never know. No, you don't. So hundreds, sometimes thousands of people have been in and out of those rooms. And again, you don't know who or what.

20:00 And so we just make it a point. And our room was spectacular. I think it's because we prayed over it. It was so nice. I said, can we stay in extra? You're not going to move there. We didn't really have any reason to come home because early. Right, we're on vacation. Our vacation has already started. Yeah, even though you're preaching Sunday. I'm preaching Sunday because it was kind of one last hoorah before I go. But other than that, I'm done. So we get a good little break here. So let's talk about that. So the last time you had one last hurrah, which was two years ago, before we took a two -month sabbatical, which we're only taking a month vacation right now, you dropped a bomb on everybody, and then we left. And it wasn't like... I mean, it was like... It was a good bomb, not a bad bomb. It was a good bomb. But you were like, I may not have a church when we get back. I was joking.

20:53 Okay, so are you going to do that this time? Because I already told someone that you might be doing that. I'm bringing a strong word. I said that to Pam, that you were probably going to do that. And she said, well, just tell me you aren't leaving, though. It's not going to be that. I said, no, no, no. We don't want to leave. We've asked God to leave us here. For any Bridgers that are listening right now, you are stuck with us. You just might be strong as far as what you're going to communicate. So I'll give you the title. I'll just give that away. Oh, you already have it? Yeah, the title is Let's Do Difficult. And I'm going to talk about what does it look like to do difficult. I'm going to have a series of things. I won't say anything else, but we need to think about it. We're very soft in America. You think? Yeah. We're very spoiled. And looking at you, kid. You pointed at me. We're very spoiled. Why do you think I'm spoiled? Don't get me started. Okay. Okay. So anyway, we're spoiled in America. We're soft.

21:54 We've had it really well. But what does it look like as a follower of Jesus to choose difficulty as opposed to always choosing the easy way? So what does it look like to do difficult? Yeah. So that's what we're going to talk about. Okay. And it'll be strong. And it could change between now and then because I know what happens to you. I already know where I'm going. Okay. We'll see. Yeah. We'll see. So anyway, yeah. So that's what we're doing Sunday. And then we're done. I mean, literally for a month. We're going to Trey and Jules. Yeah. We've got one little afternoon. A little afternoon reception thing. Celebrate their marriage. And then we'll be done. Yeah. But we still have people that have invited us to dinner. And I know you're like. I don't want to do too much because it's our vacation, but just a little bit of stuff. You're a little miss socialite. No, no. You need to learn to say, don't say no, just say not now. Okay. But the thing is, I am not Tina Curry who has to do something every night. And I don't understand that. You just threw your friend under the bus and backed up over. Every single night she has to do something.

22:58 I'm like. Girl. By the way, we're about to go hang out with them in a few minutes. That's why we're killing time by doing a podcast. I wanted to get a podcast. So listen, for you guys that listen to our podcast, if we didn't do this right now, we're in between. We just went and did some stuff with our daughter and son in love. And then we had one hour and I said, let's go stop by the church. Little did Annette know I was setting her up. I knew you were doing that. She's like, go to the church. Why don't we just go over at Faith and Brandon's? Because they invited us. We've got some construction I want to see. Let's go look at the new construction. Well, we did need to see it. It was good. And then I said, hey, since we're here and we have 30 minutes, let's do a podcast. And she's like, I knew you were going to do that. So we're doing this as a labor of love because we love you.

23:44 And so this is a different kind of podcast than normal because it's not, we're kind of all over the place because we're, we're, good things are happening to you and we're super encouraged. God has been so faithful. We're excited about our time, our break. We do this every year in July now. And I'm really looking forward to it because we always come back refreshed and strong. And I love. When you take care of the temple, you know, God gives you your mind, body, spirit. When you take care of those three areas, and we'll do that a lot during this next few weeks, we'll take care of those things. It's amazing how you come back strong, refreshed, renewed, revived. Well, after our sabbatical, you literally came back so strong. I mean, we didn't stop.

24:32 And yet it was okay because when we had our next vacation, which was last year in July, we settle down and we're able to just relax and get our bearings again and then start all over again. Come back strong. And here we go. I know. I'm excited about it. It is nice. Looking forward to it. So in a few minutes, we're going to go to the Revel Kitchen. Which is El Quinto. I thought it was Rebel. I thought it was Rebel. No, it's R -E -V -E -L, but it's also - This is a cool thing. They do this pop -up kitchen. And it's not like, is it random kind of? No, they started doing it now every weekend. Oh, okay. So here in Fredericksburg, this is really cool. ElQuinchotextx .com. My only concern about going to this tonight is that it's 6 .33 p .m. and the temperature in Fredericksburg is 87 degrees. Oh, okay. Well, it's better than 97. Well, that is true. It is outdoors. It is outdoors. Anyway, I'll be roasting.

25:29 Look, I can't open. I'm trying to open their website. And it's not found. So I'm excited about it because we're going with some dear, dear friends. We're going with David and Andrea Massaro. Massarano. Oh, my gosh. Now you've got me. Sorry, missed their name. Love, love, love these guys. So we're going to go hang out with them. And then also Adam and Tina Curry, our besties. And we've got stuff to catch up on. Adam and I are laughing because it's like, gosh, we're going to be around a lot of people. It means we've got to talk to other people. People don't understand. We've got stuff to talk about. Oh, my gosh. You're hilarious. We're changing the world one meeting at a time. You're hilarious. I'm looking forward to that. So we're going to head over there soon.

26:10 What are you doing on your phone? Are you looking up something? I'm looking up. It's not opening for you. Safari can't open the page because the server can't be found. Sounds like their website's down. Yeah, it does. So anyway, so we're doing that. And it's going to be like this, what, three - or four -course meal? Oh, here it is. Is it a four -course meal, five -course? It is. Well. It's just a lot. I mean, it's an amazing, amazing thing. So this is a real culinary treat. I'm a little nervous about the food because I'm so picky, and the menu is a lot of very odd. I don't even. I can't even pronounce everything that's on. A lot of quail and lamb. I'm not a fan. Oh, I love quail and I love lamb. I'm a little nervous about eating. Honey, they have eyes. It's good for carnivore. It's carnivore life. Yeah. But anyway, we'll see. I may be eating. Vegetables, which is not carnivores, more keto, but we'll see. It'll be fun. Anyway, we're doing it with friends and it's more about the fellowship and connection with our dear friends. So we're looking forward to that. So anyway, Hey, we want to encourage you guys living up in a down world is the name of our podcast. And this is kind of a short bump and run. I totally, totally hoodwinked my wife into this, which is so fun. I feel like I have a major victory, a score to victory here. Wow.

27:23 Wow. I tricked you. You did. You tricked me. I did. I thought we were going to come in and just sit down in our office and kind of relax. And you're like, no, we're doing a podcast. It's either that or put that chair together over there. And I don't want to do that right now. No, we'll get Tommy to do that. You're funny. Hey, we love you guys. Thank you for supporting us. We so appreciate it. Do go to our website, livingupandadownworld .com and check out the blog. It'll say at the top, just our drop down menu, say blog. And when you do that, You need to go answer that call. Go ahead. No, I keep going because, because we're so go to. Oh, wow. Yeah. Okay. Sorry. Annette's showing me stuff on her phone. I'm in a podcast right now. Stay with us. Stay with us. Come back to us. So anyway, go to our, go to our website, livingupanddownworld .com. Go to the blog and I do a daily devotional there and it's, it's called the daily grind. It's also on our, um, Our amazing, amazing Godcaster, which is almost fully ready to be released as a complete app.

28:28 I've got the tester app, so I'm enjoying that. Which is great because you can listen to it wherever you go. Yeah, wherever you are. And you can stream it on anything you have, all your Bluetooth stuff or your car. All that will be available. We'll let you know. But do check out the Godcaster. It's going to be amazing. All right. Annette's having a moment here. Todd Willman just had a heart attack. Had a stroke. Honey, whoa. Okay, a dear friend of ours. Let's pray right now on the podcast. All right, let's pray on the podcast right now. Our dear friend, Todd Willman. Father, in the name of Jesus, right now, right now in this moment, we pause. First of all, to thank you for life, to thank you for friendship, to thank you for our friend Todd and Debbie Woman, and we hold them up to you in the name of Jesus. And Father, we speak life over Todd. We speak health over Todd. We speak wellness over him in the name of Jesus, Lord. Bless him. And Father, thank you. You're putting good doctors around him to take care of him. And Father, we declare healing and life, life, life over him in the name of Jesus. We also lift up Debbie as this will be hard on her. her heart and her mind, Lord, protect her, send your comforter, the Holy spirit to be around her and with her. We hold up our dear friends in Jesus name. Amen. Wow.

29:40 That's a shocker. So yeah, we'll, we'll be reaching out to our friends here in a little bit. So wow. Okay. Well, this is live. We love you guys. And again, thanks for being with us today. We are so excited that you joined us. You guys have an amazing week on purpose and we'll be back with you next week.