"She Called an Audible!"

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 --> 00:00:20,000Yeah we're living, yeah we're living,700:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,000Living up in a down world.800:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000Oh!900:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,000This is Jimmy and Ed,1000:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000We are super excited to be with you on this Monday,1100:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000As we are living up in a down world.1200:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000Oh and by the way, Mr. Chevy is with us as well today.1300:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,000What's he doing today?1400:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000Well he's just sleeping.1500:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000But you know what, this is episode 23.1600:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,000Can you believe it?1700:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,00023!1800:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,00023! That doesn't even make sense.1900:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,00023 weeks we have been doing this podcast.2000:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000Crazy, I feel like we literally just started doing this.2100:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000It's so bizarre.2200:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000But I'm happy about it, I'm excited.2300:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000I'm thinking we're sitting there going,2400:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000Okay what are we going to talk about?2500:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000Oh my gosh.2600:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000And then I called an audible.2700:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,000You did, thank you.2800:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000And that makes me, you have no idea.2900:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000Mrs. Rule Follower, Mrs. Linear Thinker,3000:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000I'm Mr. Random Abstract,3100:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000But you called an audible, I'm so proud of you.3200:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000I keep doing that you know.3300:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000And whatever you do with that, I'm happy with it.3400:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000The fact that you actually called an audible.3500:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000Well because we were going to go one direction,3600:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000And I felt in my spirit we needed to go in a different direction.3700:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000Love that, love that.3800:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000Yeah I was all geared up to do something different,3900:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,000And then you went, errrr.4000:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000It's like that record sound,4100:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000It's like oh no, no, we're going to do something different.4200:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000Too bad you don't have any sound effects like that.4300:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,000Okay you have something.4400:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,000I know, it's an alarm.4500:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000What I'm saying is like whoa, okay stop the presses.4600:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000And that is going audible.4700:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000I love that, called an audible.4800:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000So first of all let me just say,4900:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000I'm so proud of you and Tina.5000:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000Tina Curry, you guys,5100:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000Cockering the hills,5200:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000What, two days a week?5300:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000Two days a week.5400:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000You walk also on a Wednesday.5500:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,000I walk Wednesday and maybe Thursday, Friday with someone else.5600:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000Four miles.5700:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,000Wednesday, Thursday.5800:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000Four miles.5900:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000And listen to our listeners,6000:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000I just want you to know, first of all welcome to the podcast.6100:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000We're thrilled that you're here.6200:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000We're here to help you live up in a down world,6300:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000And engage life instead of letting life engage you.6400:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000Right.6500:02:20,000 --> 00:02:26,000And so part of engaging life means sometimes tackling things that seem impossible or beyond you.6600:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000And you two getting up and walking these hills,6700:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000And you know, we've been doing this for a couple weeks.6800:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000And this today, I think we were talking so much,6900:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000Which we do talk a lot,7000:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000But it wasn't that hard today for some reason.7100:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000And I think it was because the weather was,7200:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000It was a little cooler because we had some rain last night.7300:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000It was like a hundred degrees yesterday,7400:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000Humidity like way over 50%.7500:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000So it's like, feels like 110.7600:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000Exactly.7700:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,000And yet we had this beautiful rainstorm come through last evening.7800:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000I actually sat out on the back porch,7900:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000Had a little drink for myself,8000:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000Just a little enjoyment,8100:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000A little beverage stuff.8200:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000Just sitting and enjoying the rain,8300:03:04,000 --> 00:03:11,000And had a massive, wonderful prayer time with my heavenly father sitting out watching the rain fall.8400:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000While I was cooking your Father's Day dinner.8500:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000I so appreciate it.8600:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000It was amazing.8700:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000It wasn't amazing.8800:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000You think it wasn't?8900:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000I'm just so thrilled.9000:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000I made a roast and it was too tough.9100:03:20,000 --> 00:03:26,000And all the meats, all the beef I've made recently have been so tough,9200:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000That I'm kind of done with beef for a little while.9300:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000Let me ask you a question.9400:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000Do I care?9500:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000No, you don't.9600:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000Because you would eat,9700:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000If I gave you a sandwich with butter on it,9800:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000You would say, oh, thank you.9900:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000You're the most amazing wife.10000:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000I've so said this before.10100:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000I grew up a latchkey kid, oldest in the family.10200:03:40,000 --> 00:03:45,000So I grew up on Tony's pizzas, SpaghettiOs, and Campbell's chicken noodle soup.10300:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000And we don't buy any of that.10400:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000Well, we do buy chicken noodle soup.10500:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000But I don't buy any of the other stuff.10600:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,000I really tried to make you a beautiful,10700:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000I actually had planned to put the roast in the crock pot yesterday morning.10800:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000So that when we got home from church, or the night before,10900:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000When we get home from church, it's perfect.11000:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000Totally spaced it.11100:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000We were driving to church.11200:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000You said, oh no, I forgot to put the roast on.11300:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000I'm like, I don't care.11400:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,000So we put it on while we were making our sandwiches11500:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000for Father's Day.11600:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000Ham and cheese sandwiches.11700:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,000But then I made this nice dinner and I didn't enjoy it.11800:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000I did not enjoy it.11900:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000You have to understand, I'm so grateful for everything.12000:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000I live a grateful life.12100:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000That doesn't bother me at all.12200:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000And you know, our daughter got sick,12300:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000so she couldn't even come over and celebrate Father's Day.12400:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000That was a bummer.12500:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000She didn't even tell you happy Father's Day.12600:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000But she did write a post on Instagram and Facebook.12700:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000Very beautiful.12800:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000That is typical of faith.12900:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,000That's true.13000:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000That's true.13100:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,000Face to face, she's a little flat.13200:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000And with the keyboard, she's amazing.13300:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000Yes.13400:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,000Well, let's get back to the walk.13500:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000So I want to talk about the walk.13600:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000So I was walking with Tina this morning13700:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000and she said something that hit me so hard13800:05:01,000 --> 00:05:08,000because it really helped me see the value she has in my life13900:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,000and her own values, her strengths,14000:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000that are so amazing that it caused me14100:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000to when I was listening to a message today14200:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,000while I was at the gym, it all came together.14300:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000I was like, Lord, you're so good, how you put things together.14400:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,000So for context sake, sorry to interrupt.14500:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000Context is I'm thinking about what listeners are,14600:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000they're just hearing that you went on a walk.14700:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000But on Mondays, we practice Sabbath.14800:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000This is a relatively new thing in our lives14900:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,000that we made a hard decision on, kind of coming out of COVID.15000:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000Exactly.15100:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000That we're going to take Mondays and Sabbath,15200:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,000which is biblical and it's actually a command of Scripture.15300:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000Yes.15400:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000It's all about rest, but doing things that you enjoy.15500:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000But walking, I don't really enjoy.15600:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000It doesn't bring you a lot of joy.15700:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000No.15800:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000It kind of does.15900:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000But it brings benefits.16000:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000And so what it does is it clears my head.16100:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,000To me, it's as good as going to a therapist.16200:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000Now, some people need a therapist, that's fine.16300:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,000But to me, walking or any kind of exercise that I do16400:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000is very much therapy for me.16500:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,000But anyway, we're walking today and she was telling me,16600:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000and I'm not going to say the organization,16700:06:20,000 --> 00:06:25,000but that she has a lot of expenses coming out this month.16800:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000And she shared that one of the expenses was a pledge16900:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000that she made to an organization.17000:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,000And she's not real happy with this organization17100:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000because they've kind of gone woke.17200:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000But she, her and Adam made this pledge,17300:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,000I think about a year ago, to this organization.17400:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000And this month, she needs to honor that pledge.17500:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000And I made a comment to her.17600:06:46,000 --> 00:06:51,000I said, but they're going against your principles basically.17700:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000And she said, yeah, but I made a pledge.17800:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000And I thought, wow.17900:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000I love that.18000:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000Okay, how many people would, they would just stop.18100:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000They would just stop their giving or they would,18200:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000but they don't honor their word.18300:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000And that told me a lot about Adam and Tina18400:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,000that even though that particular organization went woke,18500:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000they're going to honor their pledge.18600:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000Maybe they won't continue their pledge,18700:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,000but they're going to honor it because they made a commitment.18800:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000Whoa, that's a new concept in this world.18900:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000It says a lot about character.19000:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000Yes.19100:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000And character is what matters at the end of the day.19200:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000It is.19300:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000And it really got me thinking and I thought, wow,19400:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,000how many people say I'm going to sign a commitment,19500:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000I'm going to sign a covenant, I'm going to,19600:07:40,000 --> 00:07:46,000but they don't stick with it because they don't have that in them.19700:07:46,000 --> 00:07:52,000This is a principle and a truth that Tina and Adam have embraced.19800:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000It's an honor thing too.19900:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000They're honoring their word,20000:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,000but they're honoring the people that they gave their word to.20100:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000Yes, which is huge.20200:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000Powerful.20300:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,000So then I listened to this message today and there was a...20400:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,000While you were working out.20500:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000While we're working out, we left.20600:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000What did you do today, by the way?20700:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000I know.20800:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000I worked out four miles, I walked four miles,20900:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,000then I went, got in the pool to cool off because I was burning up.21000:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000I mean, I'm sweating, I'm pouring.21100:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000We drive to the gym.21200:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000We drive to the gym and I do biceps and triceps, yes.21300:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000You're a rock star.21400:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000Well, I know, I'm trying.21500:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,000Remind me of...was that girl that was in Terminator 2?21600:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000Oh my gosh, if I could only look like that.21700:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000She was ripped.21800:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000Yeah, I don't remember her name.21900:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000Well, thank you.22000:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000That's so sweet.22100:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000Those arms, those traps.22200:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000You don't have your glasses on or something.22300:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000No, literally, I'm seeing your arms right now.22400:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000I'm working out hard.22500:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000I'm really...22600:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000Go girl.22700:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000Because not everybody wants to do weights like that.22800:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,000Right.22900:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000Since I was 29, I started working out with weights, so I enjoy it.23000:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000It's not even about our bodies as much as about our head space.23100:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000Again, it's therapy.23200:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000So, I had lots of therapy.23300:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000I always have lots of therapy before we have our podcast.23400:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000So, in my journal, I wrote down temple care.23500:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000Oh yeah, that's what it is.23600:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000So, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I was proud of you.23700:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000No, but that's okay.23800:09:07,000 --> 00:09:14,000But there was a Scripture that this gentleman used that went off on me and then I came home23900:09:14,000 --> 00:09:21,000and I said, you've got to...let's dive into this Scripture and it's Jude 1, 1.24000:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000And go ahead, I'll let you read it.24100:09:23,000 --> 00:09:28,000I'll read the Scripture because as you were sharing this with me, you were so lit up over24200:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,000this amazing message.24300:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,000And anytime I see you like that, I'm like, okay, Holy Spirit saying, pay attention.24400:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000Pay attention.24500:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,000And so, Jude 1, 1 says this.24600:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000And Jude's just one chapter.24700:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000It's not like eight chapters or four.24800:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000It's one chapter.24900:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000It's an odd book because it is one chapter.25000:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000One, one, it's Jude 1.25100:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000I mean, literally.25200:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000And so, listen to this Scripture.25300:09:53,000 --> 00:10:00,000It says, Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James to those who have been...there's25400:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000three things that are listed there.25500:10:01,000 --> 00:10:08,000In other words, this is a letter to them but saying everybody that's been...25600:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000Yeah, to those who have been.25700:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000So, to everybody.25800:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000And listen to what it says.25900:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,000This is amazing.26000:10:13,000 --> 00:10:22,000To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.26100:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000Okay, that went off.26200:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000Called, loved, kept.26300:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,000I mean, when I read that, it was like, wait a minute.26400:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000I'm called, I'm loved, and I'm kept.26500:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,000What?26600:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,000So, you shared with me from the message as I was listening to Coach Mullins.26700:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000He was a football coach, football player, football coach.26800:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000Now, he's a pastor of a massive church.26900:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000His name is Coach Mullins, or call him Coach Mullins.27000:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000He's in Florida.27100:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,000And he was preaching for Pastor Robert Morris at Gateway because Pastor Robert is taking27200:10:51,000 --> 00:10:57,000two months off to do part vacation, part study break to prep for the next year.27300:10:57,000 --> 00:11:03,000And so, when you shared this with me and he told a beautiful story about his daughter27400:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000having to have a major surgery during COVID.27500:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000Can you share this story?27600:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000Yes, oh yeah.27700:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000In 2020, she had to have a major surgery.27800:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000And back then, I think...27900:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000They were in Florida.28000:11:13,000 --> 00:11:20,000They were in Florida, and most of the country was in shutdown mode, or all of the country28100:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000was in shutdown mode.28200:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000And hospitals...28300:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000Follow what it is, lockdown.28400:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000Yes, lockdown.28500:11:25,000 --> 00:11:31,000And hospitals wouldn't even allow family members to come in while a person was having surgery,28600:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000which is...28700:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,000Unbelievable.28800:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,000Can you imagine a child needing surgery and their parents can't even be with them?28900:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000Don't get me started on that.29000:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000I know.29100:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000I know.29200:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000I know.29300:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,000Exactly.29400:11:42,000 --> 00:11:47,000Well, anyway, I'm sure she's an older adult, but still she called her parents and she was29500:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000like...29600:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000Or the day before the surgery and said, I'm scared.29700:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000I'm really scared.29800:11:52,000 --> 00:12:00,000And she talked to her mom and her mom went and got her husband, which is her dad, and29900:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000said, our daughter needs you right now.30000:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,000Our daughter needs you.30100:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,000Can you talk to her?30200:12:05,000 --> 00:12:10,120And he got on the phone and he said, I want you to remember three things.30300:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,200You are called, you are loved, and you are kept.30400:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,040He said, I taught you this from a child.30500:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,040From a child.30600:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,040You have...30700:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,600I have instilled this in you as a child.30800:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,960And she wrote it down on the inside of her hand...30900:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,960Before she went into surgery.31000:12:25,960 --> 00:12:26,960Before she went into surgery.31100:12:26,960 --> 00:12:32,680And then she showed it to every doctor, every surgeon, every nurse, the anesthesiologist,31200:12:32,680 --> 00:12:40,560and explained to them the story of her dad sharing that and how he had instilled that31300:12:40,560 --> 00:12:45,800truth from the Bible, Jude 1.1, for her whole life.31400:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,960Oh, that totally went off on me.31500:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,520I love what one of the nurses said, that is so powerful.31600:12:51,520 --> 00:12:52,520I'm going to have that tattoo.31700:12:52,520 --> 00:12:53,520I'm going to get a tattoo.31800:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,280And the nurse said, I don't even believe in tattoos, but I think I want a tattoo of that.31900:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,160I'm getting a tattoo of Paul loved and kept by God.32000:13:00,160 --> 00:13:06,480So I came home, I was like, Jimmy, you've got to listen to this.32100:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,280This is your Sunday message.32200:13:08,280 --> 00:13:15,400Not that you plagiarized, but when you hear the Scripture that just goes off on you, you32300:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,120got into what you did.32400:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,120You actually started studying that Scripture, and you went into the Greek.32500:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,800I went into autopilot at that point.32600:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,880You actually took it to a new place than he did, which is good.32700:13:26,880 --> 00:13:27,880This is what we do.32800:13:27,880 --> 00:13:28,880There's nothing new under the sun.32900:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,000We're teaching from the Scripture, not from the message.33000:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,440That's what we do.33100:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,280We learn from one another.33200:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,720And it so went off in me, just like you said, it went off like a bomb.33300:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,600So what does called mean?33400:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,240When you read this to me, that went off in me again.33500:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,120So I did a little Greek word study.33600:13:47,120 --> 00:13:52,960You may or may not know this if you're a listener, but the New Testament was written in Aramaic.33700:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,360Aramaic was one of the languages, but not as much.33800:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,640But the Greek language was the language of the world at the time.33900:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,480And so that's the common language to everyone, no matter where you're from.34000:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,240Most everyone spoke Greek, kind of like English is today, to be honest.34100:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,640You can catch people who know English all around the world.34200:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,000Very similar.34300:14:13,000 --> 00:14:19,480So Greek was the language of culture, and Hebrew, obviously, for the Israelites, but34400:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,080yet they also spoke Greek.34500:14:21,080 --> 00:14:25,280So they knew these languages, three languages at least, that was common to them.34600:14:25,280 --> 00:14:32,000So in the Koine Greek, Koine Greek is what's considered an ancient language.34700:14:32,000 --> 00:14:39,160So a modern person who speaks Greek from Greece wouldn't speak in Koine Greek, but they're34800:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,160still very similar.34900:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,840It's kind of like us speaking Elizabethan English and speaking West Texan.35000:14:44,840 --> 00:14:50,960So West Texan is far removed from Elizabethan English, but you'd still understand it, right?35100:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,840Even though you'd say, oh my gosh, that's so proper, I don't speak like that.35200:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,360I say y'all and them and fixing to.35300:14:56,360 --> 00:14:57,360So you guys...35400:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,360Which doesn't make sense.35500:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,040And then if you're from the north, it's you guys.35600:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,040Fixing to doesn't even...35700:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,760I know, you guys and all that.35800:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,920So we have all these aberrations, so it's the same thing.35900:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,360So in the original Greek language that scripture is written in, here's what the word means,36000:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,560the word called.36100:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,360It means divinely selected and appointed.36200:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,360That literally?36300:15:16,360 --> 00:15:17,360Divinely.36400:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,560You might as well have put a firecracker on my head.36500:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,440I know that's kind of a weird thing to say, but literally...36600:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,360I was like, what?36700:15:25,360 --> 00:15:31,720Okay, when we say we're called, a lot of times we'll say we're called to preach at this church36800:15:31,720 --> 00:15:39,040or we're called to pastor at this church, but we're called as children of God.36900:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,040God called us into his family.37000:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,200That means divinely selected and appointed.37100:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,200Isn't that beautiful?37200:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,640That is the most beautiful way to...37300:15:48,640 --> 00:15:56,080What it does for me is how it speaks to me is it elevates me to say, if God has called37400:15:56,080 --> 00:16:02,400me himself, has called me and selected me, chose me, we're chosen.37500:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,760Scripture even says we're a chosen generation, we're chosen.37600:16:05,760 --> 00:16:13,120If I've been chosen by God, appointed and selected, that elevates my life to say, I37700:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,960don't want to live a normal life.37800:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,040I don't want to be like everybody else.37900:16:17,040 --> 00:16:22,240I want to live above the fray, the norm.38000:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,600We have to be separated from the world.38100:16:24,600 --> 00:16:25,600We have to be.38200:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,560So, if you're new to the podcast and you're listening, you're going, man, I have some38300:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,720Christianity background, but I haven't really pursued that.38400:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,280I want to welcome you to this because this is for you too.38500:16:38,280 --> 00:16:43,640Or maybe you're new and maybe you've never even stepped over the line to accept Jesus38600:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,080Christ as your Lord, as the Savior of your life.38700:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,680You're welcome here and I want you to listen to our hearts in this because I wasn't raised38800:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,280in church and wasn't raised in a Christian family.38900:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,240So it wasn't until I was at the very end of my high school years and out of high school39000:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,680that I actually stepped into this.39100:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,360So this was new to me at one point too.39200:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,280But these are the kinds of things I needed to hear because of what they did, they inspired39300:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,640me to live up to this.39400:17:09,640 --> 00:17:14,760But even if you've been in church all your life, you cannot know what the Scripture says39500:17:14,760 --> 00:17:15,760or means.39600:17:15,760 --> 00:17:16,760I mean, I was…39700:17:16,760 --> 00:17:17,760I meet people like that every day.39800:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,480I started going to church at 10 years of age.39900:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,320My mom didn't go to church until I was in junior high.40000:17:25,320 --> 00:17:33,480And I didn't…I don't think I heard either I heard some of this and it wasn't revelation.40100:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,720And now it's revelation.40200:17:35,720 --> 00:17:43,120I mean it becomes…the older you get, the more…the New Testament, the Bible is revealed.40300:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,120It's called revelation.40400:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,120You need to define what revelation is.40500:17:46,120 --> 00:17:48,160It's kind of a churchy term.40600:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,720Yes, and it means to pull back or revealed.40700:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,320To peel back.40800:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,480Yes, and so to me it's like just that word called…man.40900:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,760Man, called by God, divinely so.41000:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,360Because when I think of called, I think of my dad calling me out on something or my dad41100:18:06,360 --> 00:18:07,720calling me for dinner.41200:18:07,720 --> 00:18:08,960You know something like that?41300:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,600Oh, I can hear my mom calling my brother now.41400:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,160We could hear her voice from the other end of the United Supermarket.41500:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,760We all can because we know her.41600:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,000We're on aisle 14.41700:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000She's on aisle 1.41800:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,520She could call our name and we would hear it above all the chatter and noise and static41900:18:24,520 --> 00:18:25,520of the store.42000:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,520Yeah.42100:18:26,520 --> 00:18:31,400But we're selected and appointed divinely by God.42200:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,840To me this is an identity scripture.42300:18:33,840 --> 00:18:34,840Totally.42400:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,240It's a total identity scripture in knowing who you are.42500:18:38,240 --> 00:18:44,080When we can get a hold of that we're God's masterpiece, we're His workmanship.42600:18:44,080 --> 00:18:48,540He knew us before we were born.42700:18:48,540 --> 00:18:49,960He created us.42800:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,120We are called Jude 1.1.42900:18:53,120 --> 00:18:54,600You better preach.43000:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,600Oh my goodness.43100:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,640It just…I don't know why.43200:18:57,640 --> 00:19:03,960I think because well a lot of the things He said when He was preaching that message today43300:19:03,960 --> 00:19:12,880was talking about how when you have truth instilled into you in your life, in your lifetime,43400:19:12,880 --> 00:19:19,000your childhood, you have truth, you have Bible principles instilled, they should come out43500:19:19,000 --> 00:19:25,400when you get called out by your peers or whatever to do something that…43600:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,040Invited into something that you know is not good.43700:19:28,040 --> 00:19:33,320Is not a godly thing in your life.43800:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,720You've got a choice to make.43900:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,280It violates your values or your principles.44000:19:37,280 --> 00:19:38,280You have a choice.44100:19:38,280 --> 00:19:45,160So you choose either to fall into peer pressure and go against the principles and truth of44200:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,480your life or you say no.44300:19:48,480 --> 00:19:49,480You know what?44400:19:49,480 --> 00:19:50,480Yeah.44500:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,880And you don't have to explain to anybody.44600:19:52,880 --> 00:19:57,280To me you don't have to explain, you just back away from it, walk away from it.44700:19:57,280 --> 00:19:58,280Can I share the story that…44800:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,280Oh the story was…44900:19:59,280 --> 00:20:00,280The coach shared…45000:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,280Yes.45100:20:01,280 --> 00:20:02,280Share that.45200:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,280Coach Mullins shared this great story.45300:20:03,280 --> 00:20:04,400So listen up because some of you will relate to this.45400:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,160I did because sometimes I was on both ends of this as a kid.45500:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,160I was too.45600:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,000So I was the wild child in high school.45700:20:11,000 --> 00:20:16,720I had a fast car and all that stuff so it kind of…it lent itself to getting in trouble.45800:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,520And so Coach Mullins, they used to hang out at a drive-in.45900:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,160Typical drive-in, come up, get your food.46000:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,160Drive through.46100:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,160Yeah, like your food.46200:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,160They come out on…46300:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,160Like a Sonic or something is what I was picturing.46400:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,160Oh yeah, we had Holley's burgers.46500:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,160Yeah, I was thinking about that for you.46600:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,040They come out and wait on you and they still do that actually which is really cool.46700:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,800And the kids have a drag that they…46800:20:35,800 --> 00:20:40,360Yeah, you drive around downtown, get in trouble and listen to a lot of rock and roll and look46900:20:40,360 --> 00:20:41,360for girls.47000:20:41,360 --> 00:20:42,360And usually drink.47100:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,840Yeah, I wouldn't say that.47200:20:43,840 --> 00:20:44,840Yeah, party.47300:20:44,840 --> 00:20:45,840Party, party.47400:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,000So that was the culture I grew up in.47500:20:48,000 --> 00:20:54,760And so Coach Mullins tells a story about he was invited by his friends and they said,47600:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,120hey, go with us.47700:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,000We're going to go do something.47800:20:58,000 --> 00:21:03,920And when he walked up to the car at the drive-in, they were all drinking at the time in their47900:21:03,920 --> 00:21:04,920car.48000:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,360And he knew it violated the principle of his heart and what he had been raised with.48100:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,080And he said, no, I'm good.48200:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,080You guys…48300:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,240He was about to get in until he saw that.48400:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,240Yeah, and then he decided.48500:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,640And he just said, no.48600:21:16,640 --> 00:21:17,880So he didn't.48700:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,520He says that later that day he was actually driving through town and he saw like a fire48800:21:22,520 --> 00:21:23,520ball.48900:21:23,520 --> 00:21:29,240I mean, he saw something weird, like just smoke and flame, a flash.49000:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,520And he rushed over there in his car to it and it was his friends.49100:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,520His friends.49200:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,360He would have been in the back seat of that car and his best friend…49300:21:38,360 --> 00:21:39,360Passed away.49400:21:39,360 --> 00:21:40,360Yeah.49500:21:40,360 --> 00:21:41,360Because they were…49600:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,360They got ejected from the car.49700:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,400Because they were doing a drag race.49800:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,040And nobody wore seat belts back then.49900:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,040No.50000:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,040Nobody.50100:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,040Nobody did.50200:21:49,040 --> 00:21:54,800I think he said late 50s or something, but he said they were driving and they were drag50300:21:54,800 --> 00:21:55,800racing.50400:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,280How many times have I been…50500:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,680I know when I was young, in a car, drag racing or…50600:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,320Let's go through this stop sign real quick.50700:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,360God really protected me, but not those kids.50800:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,880And if he would have been in the back seat, he would have been killed.50900:22:10,880 --> 00:22:16,640So when he drove up to the wreck, all the, you know, the fire, the police, the ambulance51000:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,440had just gotten there too and they were all looking for the body.51100:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,960I mean, these kids got ejected from the car.51200:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,640It was so bad.51300:22:23,640 --> 00:22:28,360And he went to looking for his friend and he was walking through the grass and his foot…51400:22:28,360 --> 00:22:29,360Touched.51500:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,440…hit a body and it was his best friend.51600:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,480It got to ambulance and he died on the way to the hospital.51700:22:35,480 --> 00:22:40,600And he said, you know, if I had not had these principles in my life to understand that my51800:22:40,600 --> 00:22:47,360grandmother, my mother, my father, my pastor all had said, you are called.51900:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,360You are called.52000:22:48,360 --> 00:22:52,800Well, and he said that when he got home, he realized he had blood on his hands from his52100:22:52,800 --> 00:22:53,800friend.52200:22:53,800 --> 00:22:59,240And when he saw that blood, he realized, oh my goodness, that could have been me.52300:22:59,240 --> 00:23:00,240He had blood on him.52400:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,240But I chose not to do that.52500:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,360His hands, which is just mind-bending.52600:23:05,360 --> 00:23:12,720So he understood because he understood that he was called, divinely selected, chosen and52700:23:12,720 --> 00:23:13,920appointed.52800:23:13,920 --> 00:23:18,240He didn't get in that car and it saved his life, literally.52900:23:18,240 --> 00:23:19,440So here's a couple of scriptures.53000:23:19,440 --> 00:23:20,440This may help you.53100:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,960The Bible talks about this.53200:23:21,960 --> 00:23:27,100Ephesians chapter 4 verse 1 says this in the New Living Translation, therefore I, a prisoner53300:23:27,100 --> 00:23:28,520for serving the Lord…53400:23:28,520 --> 00:23:29,520This is Paul talking.53500:23:29,520 --> 00:23:30,520This is Paul speaking.53600:23:30,520 --> 00:23:36,600I beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling for you have been called by God.53700:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,880You have been divinely selected, chosen and appointed by God.53800:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,440Why wouldn't you want to lead a life worthy of our calling?53900:23:46,440 --> 00:23:51,400Which means there are principles and core values that you say…54000:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,240I love to say it this way.54100:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,960When somebody says, what's a core value?54200:23:54,960 --> 00:23:55,960I say it's a non-negotiable.54300:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,120It's just something that cannot be violated.54400:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,120It will not be negotiated.54500:24:01,120 --> 00:24:06,320You're not going to talk me out of it and I'm going to live by these principles.54600:24:06,320 --> 00:24:11,200And these principles come from scripture, especially from Jesus' teachings, from the54700:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,200Apostle Paul…54800:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,040Which is why it's so important that we know the scripture.54900:24:15,040 --> 00:24:19,560We've got to get in the Bible to know the scripture and live by it.55000:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,560And that we have these values and these core values built off of the scripture so that55100:24:23,560 --> 00:24:29,160they become for us…the way I say it is it's like you're on a street and on that street55200:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,800there's a curb on the right, a curb on the left, right?55300:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,600And then there's signs all along the way as you're driving.55400:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,600We've noticed something.55500:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,480I mean, you called it out this morning.55600:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,480We saw yet another head-on collision…55700:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,520Head-on collision in San Antonio where people are dying.55800:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,520In several.55900:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,840Several in the last six months.56000:24:47,840 --> 00:24:53,840And I did a funeral last year of an EMS driver who was killed in a head-on collision in the56100:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,880middle of the night, like three in the morning as her and her partner were responding to56200:24:57,880 --> 00:25:04,560a car wreck and someone was on the wrong side of the road, hit him head-on, killed her and56300:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,560I did that funeral which was heartbreaking.56400:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,760And it was because we're not watching for the signs.56500:25:10,760 --> 00:25:11,760Exactly.56600:25:11,760 --> 00:25:12,760We're not reading the signs.56700:25:12,760 --> 00:25:13,760We're not following the signs.56800:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,480We're not following the rules of the road.56900:25:15,480 --> 00:25:21,200We're doing the things we want to do without any concept of boundaries.57000:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,040Sometimes people see that God's like this cosmic killjoy.57100:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,080But what He's trying to do is protect your life.57200:25:27,080 --> 00:25:33,480There are things that were commanded in Scripture to be wise about not to take the fun out of57300:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,480life.57400:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,600It's so that you can live a full life.57500:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,600Yes.57600:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,040And you're not taken out before your time.57700:25:39,040 --> 00:25:44,880And so this idea of being divinely chosen and appointed and selected is really powerful.57800:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,960To lead a life worthy of your calling.57900:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,480So if you've been called, we want to lead a life that's worthy of that calling.58000:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,480And you know what?58100:25:52,480 --> 00:25:53,480Everyone has been called.58200:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,000Every person has been called.58300:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,480We just haven't all received that calling.58400:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,560But we've all been called.58500:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,080Yeah, we may not understand exactly what that means.58600:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,840But that's what life is about.58700:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,480It's a journey where you're discovering.58800:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,680When my brother and I went to Ruedosa, New Mexico years ago, we hiked up one of the biggest58900:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,160peaks outside of Ruedosa.59000:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,680Sierra Blanca and that Apache Bowl.59100:26:17,680 --> 00:26:18,680All that area.59200:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,280And Ski Apache.59300:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,980We hiked up to the top of Sierra Blanca in the summer.59400:26:23,980 --> 00:26:26,720We thought this wasn't going to be a big deal until we got started.59500:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,720It was brutal.59600:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,560But we had to follow the signposts along the way.59700:26:30,560 --> 00:26:39,280And every turn and twist, every new incline and rise and elevation was a discovery.59800:26:39,280 --> 00:26:40,460We discovered beauty.59900:26:40,460 --> 00:26:43,320We discovered twists and turns.60000:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,240Then when we got to the very top, we got this blessing.60100:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,240We did not.60200:26:48,240 --> 00:26:53,660First of all, you could see miles and miles all the way around from the top of the summit.60300:26:53,660 --> 00:26:56,160But while we're up there, we heard a rumble.60400:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,480And it was the weirdest sound.60500:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,480I can't even, it's hard to even explain.60600:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,480What was it?60700:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,480It was a herd of elk.60800:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,480Oh my goodness.60900:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,120They ran right past us.61000:27:04,120 --> 00:27:05,120Wow.61100:27:05,120 --> 00:27:07,160And they actually ran right in front.61200:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,880I took a couple of pictures.61300:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,080Just reaching for my camera as they were running our way.61400:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,800I took a couple of pictures.61500:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,920We were on the top and a herd of elk ran by.61600:27:16,920 --> 00:27:21,120We made so many amazing discoveries on that journey.61700:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,540And that's what this is about.61800:27:22,540 --> 00:27:28,000It's about reading the signposts and discovering along the way these amazing beautiful things61900:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,240that God has for us.62000:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,160Well, and that's why we get in the Word.62100:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,840But sometimes we get in the Word, but the Word doesn't get in us.62200:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,180Ah, nailed it.62300:27:36,180 --> 00:27:39,120And so to me, sometimes scriptures I could read.62400:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,760I've read Jude 1, how many times?62500:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,400I mean over and over and over and over.62600:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,960We just did a two-year Bible reading.62700:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,960We read through the scripture.62800:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,760And sometimes you can hear someone say a scripture and it just comes.62900:27:53,760 --> 00:28:00,400It's like a symbol that just goes off in your ears and you're just like, oh my goodness.63000:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,400That's what this scripture did for me.63100:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,400And then Ephesians 4, 1, I love it.63200:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,760But then there's Ephesians 1, 11 in the message.63300:28:06,760 --> 00:28:12,240This is the message of Pastor Eugene Peterson who translated scripture into what he would63400:28:12,240 --> 00:28:13,960call the common man's language.63500:28:13,960 --> 00:28:14,960Which I love.63600:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,640And it says, and this is 1, 11 and 12.63700:28:17,640 --> 00:28:24,440It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.63800:28:24,440 --> 00:28:32,120Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, He had His eye on us.63900:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,460I love that.64000:28:33,460 --> 00:28:38,720Long before, long before we first heard of Christ.64100:28:38,720 --> 00:28:39,720Got our hopes up.64200:28:39,720 --> 00:28:45,120He had His eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living.64300:28:45,120 --> 00:28:49,240Not living down, living up in a down world.64400:28:49,240 --> 00:28:54,640Part of the overall purpose, He is working out in everything and everyone.64500:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,880If I was in church, I'd stand up and shout, hallelujah.64600:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,680This is one of those scriptures that brings a lot of definition and clarity that God has64700:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,160a purpose for your life.64800:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,200This is not, you weren't born just because.64900:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,440We don't just go through life and just keep doing the same thing.65000:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,440There's a purpose.65100:29:11,440 --> 00:29:17,400You were born in this world for a purpose and part of that purpose is to make a difference.65200:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,480It's not about leaving a mark for you.65300:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,760It's about leaving a mark for Him.65400:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,760His glory, His honor.65500:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,760Wait.65600:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,760Is that Chevy?65700:29:24,760 --> 00:29:25,760Is he snoring?65800:29:25,760 --> 00:29:26,760He's snoring.65900:29:26,760 --> 00:29:27,760Okay, sorry.66000:29:27,760 --> 00:29:28,760Keep going.66100:29:28,760 --> 00:29:29,760We're boring him.66200:29:29,760 --> 00:29:30,760I know.66300:29:30,760 --> 00:29:31,760We put him to sleep with our excitement.66400:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,840This is what happens a lot of times when we read the Word of God at night.66500:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,200It puts us to sleep.66600:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,200Yes.66700:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,440That's what it just did for Him.66800:29:39,440 --> 00:29:40,600But I love this.66900:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,640That God had His eye on us and had designs for us.67000:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,960He's got a plan for us for glorious living.67100:29:46,960 --> 00:29:52,280Part of the overall purpose, He is working out in everything and in everyone.67200:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,160God loves people.67300:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,800He loves us that much.67400:29:55,800 --> 00:30:00,120So He puts boundaries in, but it's for our own good.67500:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,120Exactly.67600:30:01,120 --> 00:30:07,440It's like we put, when we build schools, we put fences around the schools so that children67700:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,320won't go out of those fences, those boundaries, and it's for their own good.67800:30:12,320 --> 00:30:13,320Exactly.67900:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,360It's to save their life and preserve their life.68000:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,600We think, oh no, God is the killjoy.68100:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,320He wants to keep us from having fun.68200:30:20,320 --> 00:30:21,320Really?68300:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,080I think I'm having a lot of fun.68400:30:23,080 --> 00:30:30,660I don't have to be out there doing drugs and drag races and all the stuff that the world68500:30:30,660 --> 00:30:33,880ends up, or things I was doing when I was young.68600:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,000I'm enjoying life right now.68700:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,800I enjoy life when I hear scripture go off and it's like what?68800:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,320It blows up like a bomb inside of you.68900:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,520I can't stop until I have to tell you.69000:30:43,520 --> 00:30:48,760I almost get a dopamine dump or an adrenaline pump when something goes off in you and you69100:30:48,760 --> 00:30:49,760go, yes.69200:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,400There's an inner yes that yells out, I so agree with that.69300:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,640That resonates with me.69400:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,280It's like a tuning fork going off in your chest.69500:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,060So the next point, I love this.69600:31:01,060 --> 00:31:05,800Not only are we called, we're also loved by God the Father.69700:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,460God loves us, but let me say something to you as a listener.69800:31:09,460 --> 00:31:11,320You need to hear this today.69900:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,320God loves you.70000:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,320Yes.70100:31:14,320 --> 00:31:15,480On your worst day.70200:31:15,480 --> 00:31:20,120On your worst day, in your worst moment, in the middle of your worst decision.70300:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,520God still loves you and still wants to call you home.70400:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,560Listen to this, Romans 5a.70500:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,280Love, love, love this verse.70600:31:28,280 --> 00:31:32,600But God demonstrates his own love for us in this.70700:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,600While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.70800:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,400What that says to me is he wasn't waiting for us to get our act together before he was70900:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,240willing to give his life.71000:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,280When humanity gets it all figured out and cleaned up, then I'll show up.71100:31:47,280 --> 00:31:53,040No, he died for us while we were sinners because we needed what his death brought.71200:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,120We needed a Savior.71300:31:55,120 --> 00:32:00,960New life, new hope, and this idea of being loved, truly loved.71400:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,600Not like the world loves, but how God loves, which is unconditional.71500:32:04,600 --> 00:32:05,600Powerful, powerful.71600:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,600Listen to this next verse.71700:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,3601 John 4 and 9.71800:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,360Love this.71900:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,600This is how God showed his love among us.72000:32:15,600 --> 00:32:22,560He sent his one and only Son, that's Jesus, into the world that we might live through72100:32:22,560 --> 00:32:23,560him.72200:32:23,560 --> 00:32:24,560This is love.72300:32:24,560 --> 00:32:25,560So he's just laying down.72400:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,320He's being very clear.72500:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,200This is love and here it is.72600:32:29,200 --> 00:32:37,440Not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for72700:32:37,440 --> 00:32:38,440our sins.72800:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,760Now you and I have very different stories than that.72900:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,080I had a loving father.73000:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,520In fact, I reached out to him yesterday on Father's Day.73100:32:44,520 --> 00:32:49,880This is a beautiful response and just I'm so thankful that he's still alive.73200:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,880He's 86 years old now.73300:32:51,880 --> 00:32:52,880Oh my goodness.73400:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,000I know and still going strong.73500:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,480He's like the Energizer Bunny.73600:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,840He didn't quit.73700:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,240Your situation was different.73800:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,240You didn't have a father.73900:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,240I didn't.74000:33:01,240 --> 00:33:08,240I didn't have an understanding of the love of God because I didn't have that understanding74100:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,120of the love of my own father, my own dad.74200:33:12,120 --> 00:33:19,680This was a hard one for me for many, many years until I got the revelation that God74300:33:19,680 --> 00:33:27,880and my dad are two totally opposite people because God created me.74400:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,480He loved me from the beginning.74500:33:31,480 --> 00:33:36,200My own father didn't have the love of God in him.74600:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,360God loved him, but he didn't understand that.74700:33:38,360 --> 00:33:46,600So he never became a Christian until two weeks before his death.74800:33:46,600 --> 00:33:51,520Do you think, for those that are listening, there are people who are listening right now74900:33:51,520 --> 00:33:56,120and they've never had the love of their own earthly father.75000:33:56,120 --> 00:34:00,360Do you think that it's easy to use that almost as a template and we put that over God?75100:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,680We say, oh God's mean.75200:34:01,680 --> 00:34:02,680You can't even compare.75300:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,800God doesn't love me because he's mean.75400:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,440We're thinking about our…we're projecting about our own earthly father.75500:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,400It's because of the word father, I think.75600:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,400It's the word father.75700:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,600It can be a bad word for some and for me it's a good word.75800:34:14,600 --> 00:34:15,600It can be.75900:34:15,600 --> 00:34:16,600It can be for others.76000:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,240It was a bad word, but Jesus wasn't.76100:34:18,240 --> 00:34:20,320Jesus was a good word.76200:34:20,320 --> 00:34:26,720But God the Father was a hard word for me because father, I didn't have a good father.76300:34:26,720 --> 00:34:32,480So many in our culture, our society have been raised by horrible fathers.76400:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,760When I worked in the child care industry, worked for Butler Children's Home and dealt76500:34:36,760 --> 00:34:41,600with kids, most of the issues were daddy issues straight up.76600:34:41,600 --> 00:34:45,400They were unwanted, unloved, they were rejected and abandoned.76700:34:45,400 --> 00:34:49,120Others didn't know how to be fathers because their own fathers were.76800:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,120Exactly.76900:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,120It's generational.77000:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,120It's generational.77100:34:52,120 --> 00:34:57,240But the depth of those scars and wounds and cuts were so deep that sometimes you would77200:34:57,240 --> 00:35:01,680almost think apart from God, they can't be healed.77300:35:01,680 --> 00:35:06,560There needs to be a move of God in their lives and encounter with a person of God.77400:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,600And that's what happened with me.77500:35:08,600 --> 00:35:16,960And I got that revelation that God the Father is a whole new different person than my own77600:35:16,960 --> 00:35:17,960father.77700:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,640My father was a human.77800:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,760God is divine.77900:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,320He's divine.78000:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,720Jesus was divinely human, but God was human.78100:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,720I mean, was divine.78200:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,480My father was only human.78300:35:32,480 --> 00:35:37,760He didn't even have the divine quality until he became a believer.78400:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,880I didn't get to grow up with that.78500:35:39,880 --> 00:35:40,880It's sad.78600:35:40,880 --> 00:35:49,120When I see and hear of men and women who had amazing godly fathers, my heart just drops78700:35:49,120 --> 00:35:55,680because I only wish that I had a father that loved the Lord Jesus.78800:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,480It literally meant you had to overcome.78900:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,480I did.79000:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,640It's a lot harder to overcome.79100:36:00,640 --> 00:36:06,200For me, it was easy to just receive God as my father and go, oh, God's good.79200:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,480All the time, and all the time God's good.79300:36:08,480 --> 00:36:15,040I've never doubted that in my whole existence as a Christian now for a long time.79400:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,680So for me, that was an easy jump because I had a good dad.79500:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,520But I also understand just the damage that can be done and how hard it can be to just79600:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,640say, oh yeah, God's my daddy.79700:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,640He's my father.79800:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,040He loves me.79900:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,040Some will struggle with that.80000:36:28,040 --> 00:36:29,040Some will.80100:36:29,040 --> 00:36:33,560Which my father's day was yesterday.80200:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,840That could have been hard on many.80300:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,520It could have been really hard.80400:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,840I didn't even honestly, this is what's so sad.80500:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,600I didn't think about my dad much.80600:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,300When I was thinking about Father's Day, I was thinking about you because you're such80700:36:47,300 --> 00:36:50,080a good daddy.80800:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,940I say daddy because that's what your daughter caused you.80900:36:53,940 --> 00:36:55,560To me, it was about you.81000:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,000My dad's passed on.81100:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,000He's gone on.81200:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,360He's gone on to be with Jesus.81300:37:00,360 --> 00:37:06,400Now he sees everything, all the mysteries have been revealed to him.81400:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,080He knows everything.81500:37:09,080 --> 00:37:15,280So I don't mourn because I didn't have it good with him.81600:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,280You know what I'm saying?81700:37:16,280 --> 00:37:22,160I'm sad that he lived the life he did here because he could have lived such a...81800:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,160You have compassion.81900:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,440Yes, I have much compassion.82000:37:25,440 --> 00:37:29,200But I didn't mourn because I don't mourn what I had.82100:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,680I mourn what I wish I had.82200:37:31,680 --> 00:37:32,680That's the difference.82300:37:32,680 --> 00:37:33,680Right, I get that.82400:37:33,680 --> 00:37:34,680Totally get that.82500:37:34,680 --> 00:37:40,400The last thing I love, the Scripture says, to those who have been called, who are loved82600:37:40,400 --> 00:37:45,200by God the Father, and then the last part is kept by Jesus Christ.82700:37:45,200 --> 00:37:46,520What an interesting word.82800:37:46,520 --> 00:37:47,520Listen to this.82900:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,880Kept, that means held.83000:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,560That means covered.83100:37:51,560 --> 00:37:56,240What a powerful word to be kept by Jesus Christ.83200:37:56,240 --> 00:37:57,640So in Christ we're kept.83300:37:57,640 --> 00:37:58,640This is our identity.83400:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,8402 Timothy 1-7, listen to this.83500:38:00,840 --> 00:38:07,800For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.83600:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,760The ability to think well.83700:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,200This is what we've been given.83800:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,520He keeps us in this.83900:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,320He holds us in this.84000:38:14,320 --> 00:38:21,720This ability to not be impacted by fear, but to live above and beyond fear.84100:38:21,720 --> 00:38:26,720So many people have been impacted by fear and live by anxiety.84200:38:26,720 --> 00:38:28,000Oh, no doubt.84300:38:28,000 --> 00:38:32,040This world has created so much fear.84400:38:32,040 --> 00:38:39,320And we as Christians have to keep this Scripture, this Word of God in our hearts so that we84500:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,760don't allow fear to take us down.84600:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,520Oh my gosh.84700:38:43,520 --> 00:38:47,400This idea of being kept and covered, I love this Scripture.84800:38:47,400 --> 00:38:53,440I want to look up another Scripture because I feel like it really fits here.84900:38:53,440 --> 00:38:58,480While you're looking it up, I'm going to read Jude 1-24 because this one we were going through85000:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,880Scripture after hearing that message.85100:39:00,880 --> 00:39:06,560To him who is able to keep you from stumbling.85200:39:06,560 --> 00:39:12,800He keeps us from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault85300:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,280and with great joy.85400:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,280What?85500:39:15,280 --> 00:39:21,400Okay, so he keeps us from stumbling and he presents us before his glorious presence without85600:39:21,400 --> 00:39:22,880fault and with great joy.85700:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,160In other words, he doesn't see our faults.85800:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,840He sees us whole.85900:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,840We are whole and perfected in him.86000:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,440We see our faults.86100:39:34,440 --> 00:39:35,440Wow.86200:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,880Listen to what the word, I looked up the Greek word while you were talking.86300:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,440That is beautiful.86400:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,760Listen to what the actual Koine Greek word, it's a word.86500:39:43,760 --> 00:39:44,760Of kept?86600:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,000It's a word, tereo, tereo.86700:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,640And it means this, yeah, of kept.86800:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,760It literally means this, to guard.86900:39:51,760 --> 00:39:52,760To guard.87000:39:52,760 --> 00:39:53,760He guards us.87100:39:53,760 --> 00:39:58,480To guard from loss or injury properly by keeping the eye upon.87200:39:58,480 --> 00:40:03,640He's watching us and guarding us, thus differing from others which means to prevent escaping87300:40:03,640 --> 00:40:04,640or whatever.87400:40:04,640 --> 00:40:09,240He keeps his eye on us in a good way, a positive life-giving way.87500:40:09,240 --> 00:40:16,760It actually implies a fortress or full military lines of protection.87600:40:16,760 --> 00:40:17,760Wow.87700:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,200Like to have a brigade around you.87800:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,200Wow.87900:40:21,200 --> 00:40:26,440I live in Abilene, Texas which is, there's a military base there so I'm picturing being88000:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,480in the middle of that military base with military people around us.88100:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,480I always felt safe.88200:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,480We went to a lot of functions on Dias Air Force Base.88300:40:34,480 --> 00:40:39,520It was always like, man, if there's a safe place, it's right here in the middle of all88400:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,760these soldiers and these amazing warriors.88500:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,840It means, this is so powerful.88600:40:44,840 --> 00:40:45,840I love this.88700:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,520He's able to keep us from stumbling.88800:40:48,520 --> 00:40:57,040So that is the Holy Spirit in us which is what happened with Coach Mullins, Pastor Mullins,88900:40:57,040 --> 00:41:05,600is that the Holy Spirit in him literally pricked his heart and said, don't go in that car.89000:41:05,600 --> 00:41:06,920Reminded him of a principle.89100:41:06,920 --> 00:41:07,920Yes.89200:41:07,920 --> 00:41:08,920No, don't fall into that.89300:41:08,920 --> 00:41:09,920Don't fall into that.89400:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,760He's like, nope.89500:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,400I have truth inside of me.89600:41:14,400 --> 00:41:22,000Am I going to go against that truth or am I going to use that truth to make my decision?89700:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,040That's exactly what he did.89800:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,040I love that.89900:41:25,040 --> 00:41:29,160Some other words as I'm looking at other words that relate to that.90000:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,760One is to preserve.90100:41:30,760 --> 00:41:31,760Wow.90200:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,040Christ preserves us.90300:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,120That doesn't mean bad things aren't going to happen to us.90400:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,120Things happen.90500:41:38,120 --> 00:41:39,680We live in a fallen world.90600:41:39,680 --> 00:41:40,680Stuff breaks.90700:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,000Wheels fall off.90800:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,200Things happen.90900:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,200People abandon.91000:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,200People turn on you.91100:41:45,200 --> 00:41:46,200Rejections.91200:41:46,200 --> 00:41:47,200Things happen.91300:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,440But he preserves us through that.91400:41:49,440 --> 00:41:54,720The word preserve, it's like this idea of giving you endurance to endure through.91500:41:54,720 --> 00:41:56,680So you don't succumb to it.91600:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,480You actually preserve and get through it.91700:41:59,480 --> 00:42:08,680So kept, to be kept by Christ means you have now the ability to be preserved through calamity,91800:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,720through hard things.91900:42:10,720 --> 00:42:15,840And knowing that even if calamity hits, let's just say a tornado comes in, because right92000:42:15,840 --> 00:42:17,920now we're in tornado alley.92100:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,400It's happening everywhere in Texas.92200:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,480Not just Texas.92300:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,840I know that if that's how, I mean we're all going to die.92400:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,880We're all going to pass.92500:42:27,880 --> 00:42:29,720We don't live forever.92600:42:29,720 --> 00:42:32,880But I know where I'm going to go when it happens.92700:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,140And there is a time.92800:42:34,140 --> 00:42:35,140There is a time.92900:42:35,140 --> 00:42:36,680I mean I think about that.93000:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,800I think the older we get, the more we think about our mortality.93100:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,480So I think about it a lot.93200:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,920I think I brought this up in our last podcast or one of them, because I do think about that93300:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,200because we're aging.93400:42:47,200 --> 00:42:51,720And as we're aging, I know we don't have as much time and we're not going to live to be93500:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,160130 years old.93600:42:53,160 --> 00:42:54,160It would be a miracle.93700:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,560I don't know if I would want to live to be 130.93800:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,000I'm thinking not right now.93900:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,000No.94000:42:59,000 --> 00:43:04,960But the thing is, is we all are appointed to die.94100:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,520But dying for a Christian is living for Christ.94200:43:08,520 --> 00:43:09,520It's living.94300:43:09,520 --> 00:43:10,520We don't know where we're going.94400:43:10,520 --> 00:43:11,520We don't.94500:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,200Our flesh dies, but our spirit soars.94600:43:14,200 --> 00:43:15,760It continues.94700:43:15,760 --> 00:43:24,640And so, you know, if we're kept, even if calamity came and we died today, we're still kept in94800:43:24,640 --> 00:43:28,240Jesus because we just go to the next place.94900:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,500We don't die and it's over.95000:43:30,500 --> 00:43:34,520So many people believe that it's just all going to be black.95100:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,600We're going to die and everything goes black.95200:43:36,600 --> 00:43:37,600What?95300:43:37,600 --> 00:43:38,600What a tragic way to live.95400:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,800They don't know what the Word says.95500:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,720They do not know the Bible.95600:43:42,720 --> 00:43:47,520What I love about the Synod, also it helps us not only in the future, it helps us live95700:43:47,520 --> 00:43:48,520fearless now.95800:43:48,520 --> 00:43:49,520Yes.95900:43:49,520 --> 00:43:54,040I love the fact that Pastor Steve Berger out of Tennessee, he was our pastor in Nashville96000:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,520when we lived there.96100:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,440What I loved about him, he lived a fearless life.96200:43:57,440 --> 00:43:58,440He still does.96300:43:58,440 --> 00:43:59,440He's a fearless individual.96400:43:59,440 --> 00:44:04,240The reason was is because he lost his 19-year-old son in a terrible car accident.96500:44:04,240 --> 00:44:07,880I'm sure they were praying he would come out of a coma.96600:44:07,880 --> 00:44:08,880All of that.96700:44:08,880 --> 00:44:13,080But on the other end of it, it drove him to study about heaven.96800:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,880Remember, he came out of that with this fearlessness.96900:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,080I'm not afraid.97000:44:19,080 --> 00:44:20,320If I live, I win.97100:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,600If I die, I win.97200:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,160Boy, that will change your perspective.97300:44:23,160 --> 00:44:24,160It does change your perspective.97400:44:24,160 --> 00:44:25,160So that you live fearless.97500:44:25,160 --> 00:44:26,160It doesn't mean you live foolish.97600:44:26,160 --> 00:44:27,160Exactly.97700:44:27,160 --> 00:44:28,160It means you live fearless.97800:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,160Exactly.97900:44:29,160 --> 00:44:33,680It means you're not afraid of preaching the gospel, sharing your faith, helping people98000:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,800understand you're fearless.98100:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,560This fearlessness has so inspired my life.98200:44:38,560 --> 00:44:39,560It has.98300:44:39,560 --> 00:44:40,560In a huge way.98400:44:40,560 --> 00:44:44,560You're not even the same person that you were before we attended that church.98500:44:44,560 --> 00:44:45,560I agree with that.98600:44:45,560 --> 00:44:50,000God really used Pastor Steve because he was kept by Jesus Christ.98700:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,000He got it.98800:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,000There you go.98900:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,000He understood.99000:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,000There you go.99100:44:54,000 --> 00:44:55,000Listen, I want to give some shout-outs.99200:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,000This is so powerful.99300:44:56,000 --> 00:45:01,960Our heart for you that are listening is that you would step into, at least take the first99400:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,840step on the journey towards Jesus Christ.99500:45:04,840 --> 00:45:08,560One of the ways you can do that, and we can help you do that, if you'll go to our website,99600:45:08,560 --> 00:45:12,560livingupandadownworld.com, you can write us on our website.99700:45:12,560 --> 00:45:13,560There's a box there.99800:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,120You can click on it, contact us.99900:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,120We want to hear your story.100000:45:16,120 --> 00:45:17,400We want to hear your struggles.100100:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,000We're here to encourage you, to help you.100200:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,240We'll pray for you and pray with you along the journey.100300:45:24,240 --> 00:45:25,240Feel free to write in.100400:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,720Feel free to contact us.100500:45:27,720 --> 00:45:29,640Sometimes you just need a listening ear.100600:45:29,640 --> 00:45:31,160We're here.100700:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,120We would not be doing this podcast just to do it.100800:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,680We're here because we feel like it's for a purpose.100900:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,640It may be part of that purpose is for you today.101000:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,120This is resonating in you.101100:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,200You're thinking, I need to come home.101200:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,240I need to come back to Jesus.101300:45:46,240 --> 00:45:47,240We're here to help you.101400:45:47,240 --> 00:45:49,640I don't know this Jesus you're talking about.101500:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,040I need help.101600:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,520Help me understand.101700:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,360We can share our heart with you.101800:45:54,360 --> 00:45:55,800Do go to our website.101900:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,040You can always obviously listen to our podcast.102000:45:58,040 --> 00:46:03,760I do a daily devotional on there so that every day you can read that and be encouraged in102100:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,520your faith because that's my heart is to inspire, to encourage, to build up.102200:46:08,520 --> 00:46:12,520You can be encouraged from the scripture and then also just from personal stories.102300:46:12,520 --> 00:46:13,880We're here for you.102400:46:13,880 --> 00:46:14,880Go there.102500:46:14,880 --> 00:46:19,720Now, we also would always encourage you to listen on Fountain, the app.102600:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,040You can get that app on iOS.102700:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,480You can get it on Android.102800:46:23,480 --> 00:46:27,400You can actually earn Satoshi's while you're listening.102900:46:27,400 --> 00:46:32,340I also want to give some shout outs of people that have written into us and shared some103000:46:32,340 --> 00:46:33,340things with us.103100:46:33,340 --> 00:46:34,340I want to say this.103200:46:34,340 --> 00:46:40,320Sir, by His grace, who gave us some sat, so appreciate you loving it forward, this value103300:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,760for value where you say, you know what?103400:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,320What you're saying is valuable to me and it's adding value to my life.103500:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,160So, I want to add some value to yours.103600:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,600It's a beautiful exchange, we call it.103700:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,800I love what Sir, by His grace says.103800:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,040He says, stoked for y'all.103900:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,040Here's what he's talking to me.104000:46:56,040 --> 00:47:00,640He's referring to last week, we talked about we're going on a sabbatical for eight plus104100:47:00,640 --> 00:47:01,640weeks.104200:47:01,640 --> 00:47:05,440I'm doing a digital detox and we'll still do the podcast because we don't consider104300:47:05,440 --> 00:47:06,440this work.104400:47:06,440 --> 00:47:07,440We consider it as personal.104500:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,680So, we'll still do our podcast on a weekly basis.104600:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,360And so, he says this, stoked for y'all.104700:47:13,360 --> 00:47:18,960Our staff just implemented the sabbatical thing a year or so ago.104800:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,800It was tough for all the pastors because it is tough.104900:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,200We tried to back out, didn't we?105000:47:23,200 --> 00:47:24,200Oh, we sure did.105100:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,400We totally tried to back out, but we got called out by some friends.105200:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,200Because they said, there's no good time.105300:47:28,200 --> 00:47:29,680We're like, it's not a good time.105400:47:29,680 --> 00:47:30,680There's no good time.105500:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,760He says it was tough for all the pastors, but very rewarding.105600:47:33,760 --> 00:47:38,200No talking about church, but I know y'all will be talking tons and tons about Jesus.105700:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,040Okay, this is funny that you said, I have to say this.105800:47:41,040 --> 00:47:47,160I got approached by someone who invited us to an event in July during our sabbatical.105900:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,480We had planned it before the sabbatical.106000:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,080And she said yesterday, okay, well, we won't pray.106100:47:53,080 --> 00:47:54,520We won't ask Jimmy to pray.106200:47:54,520 --> 00:47:55,520We won't talk about God.106300:47:55,520 --> 00:47:57,520I said, no, no, no, no, no.106400:47:57,520 --> 00:47:58,520Praying is not work.106500:47:58,520 --> 00:47:59,520We're Christians first.106600:47:59,520 --> 00:48:00,840We're Christians first, period.106700:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,480Just don't talk about what happened at church.106800:48:03,480 --> 00:48:04,480If the speaker...106900:48:04,480 --> 00:48:05,480But I love the heart.107000:48:05,480 --> 00:48:08,640Because we're going to have different pastors preach while we're gone.107100:48:08,640 --> 00:48:13,200I said, just don't talk about how good or bad they were or how you miss Jimmy.107200:48:13,200 --> 00:48:14,200Just leave that out.107300:48:14,200 --> 00:48:15,200Let's just be friends.107400:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,200Let's be friends.107500:48:16,200 --> 00:48:17,200Let's just talk about life.107600:48:17,200 --> 00:48:18,200It's kind of funny.107700:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,200It's going to be funny.107800:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,200Yes.107900:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,060And then he ends by saying, Jesus is the only name to remember.108000:48:22,060 --> 00:48:25,080Thank you for your courage and Sir Bia's grace.108100:48:25,080 --> 00:48:29,100Thank you for the sats, but also thank you for sharing just the encouragement there.108200:48:29,100 --> 00:48:30,720You tell a little bit of your story.108300:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,520And then somebody named Adam Curry.108400:48:33,520 --> 00:48:36,880All the sevens for the seventh year, a little Straper boost.108500:48:36,880 --> 00:48:37,880I love the Straper boost.108600:48:37,880 --> 00:48:38,880Oh my gosh.108700:48:38,880 --> 00:48:39,880That's so awesome.108800:48:39,880 --> 00:48:40,880Thank you, my friend.108900:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,200Sir Bia's grace also earlier than that said, they're all good.109000:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,280Talking about the podcast, they're all good.109100:48:48,280 --> 00:48:49,280This one was fantastic.109200:48:49,280 --> 00:48:50,280That really...109300:48:50,280 --> 00:48:51,360Which one was that?109400:48:51,360 --> 00:48:52,360Last week?109500:48:52,360 --> 00:48:53,360Last week.109600:48:53,360 --> 00:48:54,360Wow.109700:48:54,360 --> 00:48:55,360And then of course, Sir Brian with a wine.109800:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,440See, Sir Brian keeps changing his name.109900:48:57,440 --> 00:48:58,520Why is he doing that?110000:48:58,520 --> 00:48:59,520Sir Brian with an I.110100:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,400So now he's saying with a...110200:49:01,400 --> 00:49:02,400With a wine.110300:49:02,400 --> 00:49:06,080Not W-I-N-E, but W-H-I-N-E.110400:49:06,080 --> 00:49:07,880That's so funny.110500:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,000He just gave us the big thumbs up.110600:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,880Listen, we so appreciate all of you.110700:49:11,880 --> 00:49:16,480We've had other comments I wasn't able to access right quick, but so appreciate it.110800:49:16,480 --> 00:49:21,520It means more than you know for us to hear from you because our heart is for you.110900:49:21,520 --> 00:49:25,400So as we land the plane today, I mean, anything you got on the way out today?111000:49:25,400 --> 00:49:26,400Oh man, I'm just...111100:49:26,400 --> 00:49:27,400Today's been a good day.111200:49:27,400 --> 00:49:28,400Very good day.111300:49:28,400 --> 00:49:29,400I love getting in the Word with you.111400:49:29,400 --> 00:49:30,400It's just iron sharpens iron.111500:49:30,400 --> 00:49:31,400It does.111600:49:31,400 --> 00:49:32,400I love that scripture.111700:49:32,400 --> 00:49:33,400I was in Proverbs 27.111800:49:33,400 --> 00:49:34,400And that's what we do.111900:49:34,400 --> 00:49:35,400We're weird as a couple, right?112000:49:35,400 --> 00:49:36,400We are.112100:49:36,400 --> 00:49:37,400We start talking about the Bible.112200:49:37,400 --> 00:49:38,400We start talking about sermons and messages.112300:49:38,400 --> 00:49:39,400And we get super stoked and fired up.112400:49:39,400 --> 00:49:40,400And then we're like hilarious.112500:49:40,400 --> 00:49:41,400That's what makes our life fun.112600:49:41,400 --> 00:49:42,400That makes it wow.112700:49:42,400 --> 00:49:43,400I love you.112800:49:43,400 --> 00:49:44,400I love you too.112900:49:44,400 --> 00:49:45,400Thirty years of wow and counting.113000:49:45,400 --> 00:49:46,400We're just getting started.113100:49:46,400 --> 00:49:47,400I got chill bunch when you said that.113200:49:47,400 --> 00:49:48,400Well, I'm just saying, I love you.113300:49:48,400 --> 00:49:49,400I love you too.113400:49:49,400 --> 00:49:50,400I love you.113500:49:50,400 --> 00:49:51,400I love you.113600:49:51,400 --> 00:49:52,400I love you.113700:49:52,400 --> 00:49:53,400I love you.113800:49:53,400 --> 00:49:54,400I love you.113900:49:54,400 --> 00:50:01,400I love you too.