We Get To Do This - Stinkin' Thinkin'

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Father, we're so grateful that we get to do this.

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Not a cliche. It really is our heart's cry and

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it's our declaration today. Father, we pray for

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our listeners. We're so thankful for the feedback

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we've been getting and the notes and the encouragements,

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the donations, all of it together. Lord works

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together to create this amazing community that

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I believe is becoming a family. So thank you

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for what we get to do today and may all who listen

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be encouraged and inspired in Jesus name. Amen.

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Amen. It's Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. We get

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to do this. This is episode number 44. And good

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morning to you, brother. Hey all the way from

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Big D Dallas, Texas. It sounds like you're sitting

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right next to me. It's amazing Wonders of technology

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when it works. It's amazing. It does my I gotta

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tell you my blood is pumping this morning I was

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in the bathroom. I just taking my shower Didn't

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have my hearing aids in but it so I had the phone

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on I'm listening to Josh Howerton on Sean Ryan

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show So I have it nice and loud right and I'm

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putting on my socks and I'm like, wow I never

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heard children yelling or a dog yelping in the

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background at Sean Ryan's show. That's kind of

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odd. I thought he had like a closed off studio.

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And then maybe 15 seconds later, Tina throws

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the door open to the bathroom. Did you hear me

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screaming? I'm like, what? Then at that moment,

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you have to get a read on it. Like, tell me what

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happened now. Scorpion. humongous spider oh a

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spider this time not a scorpion i i haven't seen

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one you've had your fair share of scorpions we

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have you know praise god we haven't had any scorpions

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this year but i had not seen a spider this big

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right there right next to the stove you know

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and and tina she can handle a lot of the scorpions

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she's actually okay with uh but the spider was

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new for her and so And then he's like, I'll get

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the vacuum cleaner. I'm going to suck him up.

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I'm like, no, hold on. I do my old glass and

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a piece of folded paper trick. You know, come

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on, buddy. You don't want to put a heel on one

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of those. That'll make one serious mess. Yeah.

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And they do good. They do good for other things.

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I'm not familiar with this kind. Toss it over

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the fence? Yeah, of course. Yeah, of course.

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And I'm looking at Phoebe who's just laying out

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there like, what, something happened? Like, what

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kind of dog are you? Your mom is yelling for

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help. You know, you should be coming to me. Timmy's

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in the well. No, none of that. None of that.

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I want to welcome all of the no agenda listeners

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who are curious and are coming over here to check

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out what's going on and want to let them all

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know be joining Darin and Larry on tomorrow,

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Thursday to check in with everybody. And so I'm

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excited about that. And you are in Dallas and

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you know, what are you doing? What's going on?

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Well, you know, we just love coming to Dallas,

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you know, driving around. Galleria, you know,

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hang out. Well, all right, the old Galleria.

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Wow, it's been a minute since I've been there.

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But no, we're here for, we were part of a documentary

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called Healing Humanity, The Proper Human Diet.

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As you know, and maybe some of the listeners

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know Annette and I, we're very focused on our

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health and our goal at our age is to run through

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the tape and finish strong. So we We focus on

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our health, on what we eat, what we listen to,

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all the diet of input, anything, any kind of

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input into our lives. We try to have a steady,

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good, positive diet on that. So we got involved

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in this thing back a few years ago. I hit the

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carnivore diet hardcore, me and Annette both.

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And we saw a lot of wonderful things happen for

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our health. So that got us on the radar screen

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of this organization that was looking at doing

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a documentary. So they reached out to us and

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invited us and said, hey, we'll get a crew out

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there. We'll film you guys there at your church.

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And man, we want to hear about your spiritual

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journey concerning health and the carnivore diet,

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Ketivore. And so that's what we did and it was

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just, it was a great experience. And more than

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the experience of the movie documentary, it's

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just been the amazing people we have met in the

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wellness space and the healthcare, healthy space.

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So yeah, so we've made a lot of dear friends

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and great brothers and sisters in Christ that.

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are just trying to take care of themselves, trying

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to go long and live well and live a quality of

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life and really steward their bodies, steward

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what God gave us. The thing we carry from birth

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to death is our body. And that's about the only

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thing we carry from birth to death. So it's probably

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a good idea to take care of it. So that's what

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we're doing. So we get to, there's premieres

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happening, one in Dallas tonight, and then And

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we're going to be a part of that. We'll be on

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a panel. We'll be answering questions and meeting

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people since we're in the movie. And they'll

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show the movie at seven o 'clock at this big

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theater. And they've been selling these out all

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over in Canada and America. So everywhere they

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go, they sell these out. So people are interested

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in this and the movies it's made by two YouTubers.

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So it's not your typical. documentary, it's got

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more of a YouTube vibe to it. But it's done really

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well. People are really getting a hold of this

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and I've had a lot of folks reach out to me because

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of the movie. And after being there in person,

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I think that'll even be a greater, you know,

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our heart, you know us, our hearts to influence

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people towards Jesus, no matter what arena we

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happen to be in. And you don't, it's funny how

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God orders your steps. You don't, You just don't

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have any idea when you're on an adventure with

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God and you're on mission where he's going to

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put you. So, you know, you know, by experience

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and anyone else who's really on the mission and

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on the, on the journey, you realize things happen

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and sometimes they're not all good that at the

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time it feels like, wow, this, I wanted to go

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right, but something happened that made me go

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left. And then you end up right smack dab in

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the middle of God's will and go, Oh, okay. God

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was more in control of that than I thought. I

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thought it was the devil, but yet it was actually

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what got me to where I needed to be. So we're

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just so thankful that we get to do it. We'll

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do that tonight and then we'll fly to Austin

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tomorrow and we'll do it again tomorrow night

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in Austin at one of the big theaters there. And

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it's just, it's our opportunity to talk about

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Jesus to a whole new group of people. that you

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don't normally get to talk to. So we catch the

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wave. We don't generate them. We just catch the

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ones that come by and when God brings a wave,

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we jump on it. Is there a website for this film

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we can send people to? Yeah, Healing Humanity.

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Of course, they're all over social media. Any

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of the Facebook, IGX, you can look up Healing

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Humanity. The proper human died and I don't have

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the website. Actually, I'll pull it up real quick.

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I'm sure they have one. I've seen it. Yeah, they

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do. The guys, Healing Humanity, yeah, healinghumanity

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.movie. There you go. One of those fancy ones,

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.movie. Nice. I know, right? These are, and the

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guys that are doing this are just good people.

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And here's the deal. This is not an MLM. This

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is not multi -level marketing that we're not

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selling products. I'm not. I only want to help

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people. That's all. That's it. I just want to

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help them. finish life healthy and strong, and

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live out their years of the quality of life.

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And that's really the heart behind all of this.

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The documentary has a lot of high -end doctors

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and sharp, I mean, heart doctors, neurologists,

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brain surgeons, I mean, general practitioners

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who are all talking about this way of life, this

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way of eating. I made a, I'd say kind of, we

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all know, speaking of Instagram and social media,

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we all know how algorithms work. I think, I think

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everybody knows algorithm, algo, whatever they

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call it. Everyone's kind of figured it out. Oh,

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when I, when I watch the dog video, I get a lot

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of dog videos. And, and that's technically that's

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incredibly, it's actually a lot less hard than

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you'd think. for a technology company to do that.

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I mean, obviously, you just pause on something

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and say, okay, that's a signal. It uses signals.

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That's a signal. For a long time, there's been

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suspicion, probably not unfounded, that it hears

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you, that some things are registered. We'll never

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really know the truth behind that because it's

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so obscured. But also, even if you're on a Wi

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-Fi network and your spouse or your friend or

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your family member, is on the same Wi -Fi network

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and you're using the same app, i .e. Instagram

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or Facebook, it will start recommending that

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person's friends to you, that person's videos

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to you. I mean, there's all kinds of signals

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that it uses. And I've been just amazed. I believe

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that God has an algorithm that works upside down.

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And upside down is everything. Everything I've

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learned about Jesus and It's like, oh, that's

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kind of the opposite of everything I thought.

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Somehow, whenever I most need a word, it shows

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up, but not on my phone. It shows up in printed

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text. And the one that's just been blowing me

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away is this devotional that my daughter gave

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me for Christmas, Boyd Bailey's, I think it's

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God's Wisdom for Men. And you know and and and

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what shows up just when I need it is Matthew

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14 28 and this is This is Peter who is calling

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out to the Lord and he's in the boat He says

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Lord if it's really you tell me to come to you

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walking on the water. Yes Come Jesus said so

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Peter went over the side of the boat and walked

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on the water toward Jesus And I was just in kind

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of that mode like Lord You're like ahead of me,

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I'm trying to catch up, I'm trying to follow

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and then I get this step out of the boat, walk

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on the water, keep your eyes on me. And I'm like,

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I find it highly probable that God had that all

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written down, that book, make sure it's on August

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the 3rd because Adam's going to be looking for

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it on that date. Is that a crazy thought that

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I have? Not at all. I mean, listen, The intersection

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between God's perfect will and God's ability

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to get things to us and our need is mind -blowing.

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It's beyond comprehension. He can get to us what

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we need, when we need it, sometimes in the eleventh

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hour, sometimes the twelfth hour, right? When

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we need it. And he just has a way of doing that.

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God speaks. The God who spoke still speaks, but

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he can do it through a devotional book. He can

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do it through a conversation. You can do it through

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a store clerk at a retail center. I've got a

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story about that later. I had a really great

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encounter yesterday with a guy at Target, but

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well, I'll tell that later. But what you're saying

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is not, it's the normal Christian life. And it's

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interesting because speaking of algos, our minds

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begin to build a grid or begin to build a filter

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where we begin to recognize things. We begin

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to recognize, wait, he speaks to, okay, he's

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spoken to me like this four times that I can,

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you know, So now our filter starts to lean in

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that direction where now we get more sensitive

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to his voice, whether it's reading scripture

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and things jumping off the page or turning the

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page in a devotional like Oswald Chambers or

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Boyd Bailey or whoever you're reading. And it's

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like, how did he know? How in the world? I also

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often catch myself But when I'm like, nah, you

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know, opening... Coincidence. None of that's

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in the kingdom. No coincidences. Come on. I'll

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be, you know, like, sometimes it could just be

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a different Bible verse that I was going to look

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at and didn't. And I'll hear in the back of my

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mind, like, really? I'm like, oh, well, wait

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a minute. Let me live dangerously. What is it

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going to cost for me to open up this page or

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to tap that app? And I got to tell you, 10 out

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of 10, it was, oh, That's exactly what I needed

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at that very moment. It's wild. It's really,

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really wild. Let me tell you why this encourages

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me. I want to interrupt you because it's important.

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I've been praying for this very thing for you.

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I've been praying for clarity and for strategic

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thinking. That's been one of my prayers for you.

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God, let him have a clear mind. Lord, clear out

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the fog, the fog of war, the fog of grief, the

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fog of everything that's happening. and the clutter,

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and the static, and Lord, let clarity come. Give

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Adam the mind of Christ. That's been my prayer.

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So when you're telling me this, here's my grid

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getting fixed. Wow. God's hearing my prayers.

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Well, wait for it. But wait, there's more. There's

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more. So I'm thinking real hard about no agenda,

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how that needs to continue. And I'm seeing the

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grief from people. And they think the grief is,

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well, of course, Everyone's grieving over John's

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passing, but they're really grieving over something

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bigger Because it you know, there are people

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going back from episode one You know 18 years

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ago and then and then creating these X threads

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of their impression of each episode and within

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like five or six episodes like oh I get it It

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wasn't really about the media deconstruction

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per se it was about you guys About what we were

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talking about your relationship the crazy things

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I would go through John will be scoffing at me

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It was it was you know, it's like Laurel and

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Hardy or you know, right, you know, Lucy and

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Ricky I mean that you can you can name all of

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these teams and Batman and Robin Batman and Robin

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We were a little more equal than Batman and Rob,

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but maybe Batman and Robin were equal. I don't

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know So, you know, it's a it's something that

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literally cannot be recreated you can do other

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things. And so I've been struggling, you know,

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well, what can we do? Because the producers have

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always made that show and we started with, you

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know, 20 minutes, no jingles, no folly, no nothing,

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just us yapping. And it turned into something

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completely different. The producers, which are

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the listeners of that show, have always, they've

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always melded the direction without them really

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knowing it. And as I'm struggling, like, what,

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what can I do? What do we do with this? Mark

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2 22, the row of ducks pops up for me and no

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one puts new wine into old wine skins for the

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wine would burst the wine skins and the wine

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and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls

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for new wine skins. And so that's twofold for

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me. Right? Again, from the written page, not

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an app or something. And I've even been just

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using this this particular scripture in my conversations

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with people. And everyone gets this, even non

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-believers. In fact, one of my, Andrew Horowitz,

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who's a Jew. And so he's probably not dabbling

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around in the New Testament. And I mentioned

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this to him, he's like, there's truth in that,

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there's truth in that. And so I'm like, yes.

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We need to not try to put new wine into an old

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wine skin We have to create a new wine skin there.

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Yes at the same time What we are doing here is

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also new wine in a new wine skin So I want I

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want it both ways. Obviously, I hope the Lord

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will will hear that prayer right, but especially

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just for for that incredible group and It just

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as an aside, you know, I because I'm noticing

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how people are reacting and I looked up the five

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stages of grief Yes, did you know? That the woman

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who wrote that I don't have it on hand That she

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wrote it not about the bereaved But about those

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dying and in fact, yes many researchers say no.

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No, you can't apply this to the bereaved I didn't

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know that I always thought that that's what people

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who lose someone the stages they go through.

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Yeah, I would disagree with some of those estimations

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because having gone through grief multiple times

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in my life, those stages are accurate. I mean,

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it absolutely is for both the bereaved, those

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who are grieving and then those who are facing

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death. It's very similar. But anyway, I guess,

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I mean, it's fascinating though that her initial

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take was not about those grieving the loss as

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the person themselves. Yeah. So some people are

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in the anger stage right now, but some are still

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in the negotiating stage. Like, come on, Adam,

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you can just bring on Jen Briney. It'll be fine

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if you don't even know Jen Briney. No, no, no,

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that will not work. That's not what's going to

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make it happen. So anyway. I'm just so thankful

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that God is giving me this clarity. And that's

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just, I mean, everybody, everybody understands

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this one. You may be listening right now. You're

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not saved. You're not a believer. Well, that

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is just common sense. It really is, isn't it?

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And there may be a little bit of survivor's guilt

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going on here on your part only because you're

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still here. And yet you're feeling the weight

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and the intensity of the grief of the no agenda

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nation, your family. For sure. And so that's

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survivor's guilt. And it's not that you, survivor's

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guilt doesn't mean you want to die. It just means

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that you're feeling the weight because you're

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left behind. You're still here. And that's what

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you're carrying right now. And you know, God's

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grace is sufficient over time, that'll lessen.

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there'll be a new aberration of no agenda as

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man, you know, Larry and Darren are doing a great

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job. I mean, those guys are good. They're good.

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They're pros, man. I mean, I was listening to

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them going, yeah, okay, cool. But the thing is

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they can't just try to step in and replicate.

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That would not even be fair. Again, I think I

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said it last week. It's like, Brad Gillis trying

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to fill Randy Rhoades shoes. Touring with Ozzy

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Osbourne. People were throwing beer bottles at

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him on the platform because he wasn't Randy Rhoades.

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A couple of people have told me this story about

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Rush. I've never been a Rush head. Oh, the drummer.

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Yes. When Neil Peart... Neil Peart, I think,

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right? Yes. When he passed. Yeah, the drummer.

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Yeah. Then everyone's like, okay, that's it.

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It's done. He's the best drummer in the world.

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I can never go again. I can't be a part of it.

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So they brought in some German drummer and the

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girl. Yes. And she's really good. Which is great,

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but what you get then is people will go to the

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nostalgia show. You know, like, hey, Russia,

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we'll go to the, they're going to do a week at

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the Sphere in Vegas. We'll go to that. But then

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it's just like, it's like honoring something

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old. And I don't want that for no agenda. I don't

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want that. Anyway, so that was just really helpful

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to me and it really lifted my spirit. Tell me

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about your encounter with the retail. Well, before

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we segue that quickly, I just want to affirm

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that, that man, you're walking through something

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and I want to say thank you for for being public

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with that. I mean, you know, a podcast when you're

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doing it, it feels like you and I are sitting

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across the table from each other and pouring

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another cup of black raffle coffee, right? And

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just having a conversation. But at the end of

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the day. The multitudes of people who could hear

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this and God will take this where it needs to

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go. I mean, we're wearing our lives and our pain

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out on a sleeve, so to speak. So we're putting

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it out there. So kudos to you, brother, for putting

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it out there because what it does, it also helps

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other people who are going through similar things.

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The dynamics usually are the same, even though

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it may be different circumstances, but you're

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helping people navigate their grief as well.

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So way to go. And man, so applaud that and keep

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doing it. Let's keep talking about what with

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the real stuff, right? Yes. And so, yeah, so

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we, you know, anytime we travel, we end up in

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Target somewhere. I mean, we just found a Target

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because we, oh, we need to get those little -

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Forgot the hairdryer. Tiny shampoos. Yeah, you

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know, your little stuff, right? I always got

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to get a little heavy cream, you know, for the

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trip. So, we would pop in over at Target. We

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walk in, typical Target. Dallas, Fort Worth area.

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You're trying to figure out which target this

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is because they have like three layouts and you're

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going, okay, oh, this is opposite from the one

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we've been to. So we're walking through the store.

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I was actually looking for some cheap headphones

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because that was the one thing I forgot to pack

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was my pants. Oh no. No big deal. You're on the

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road, canless? This is not a good idea. A canless.

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That was the primary purpose for the trip to

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Target. I was like, oh, I found some 999 Sonys

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and they actually sound great. And they work

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great. I'll bet they sound fantastic. And they're

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tiny. I can just toss them in the bag from now

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on. They'll stay there. So anyway, all, you know,

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crisis averted. So, but anyway, so I'll walk

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up and these two kids are checking out these

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young kind of bravado type kids, you know, 16,

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17, trying to be cool. Very awkward, but trying

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to be cool to the checkout guy who's probably

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17, 18. So they're trying to be cool, you know,

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posturing. I'm, you know, I call it. imposter

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syndrome. It's so funny watching this dynamic.

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And I love to watch things like this because

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I was that kid. So I'm watching, kind of getting

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a kick out of it. And I'm noticing that the young

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man who's checking them out, he's like being

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super gracious. And he's like being kind. And

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these guys are trying to be cool. He's being

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kind. And then when they start to walk off, he

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looks at me and says, man, you guys have a blessed

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day. And then they walked off and then I just

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said, then I walked up and said, Hey, how's it

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going? He said, Hey, it's going great. And he

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goes, Hey, I need to ask you something. I mean,

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straight up. He just literally, I mean, there's

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nobody else in line. So it was just me and him.

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He goes, uh, me and my associate saw you and

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your wife walk into the store a little bit ago.

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Well, that creeped me out a little bit because

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I realized people watch it. And he said, uh,

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he said, so we're trying to figure out what you

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do. He said, are you a financier? Are you in

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the financial business? Do you buy stocks and

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bonds, kid? Do you want to get rich? I'm in my

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workout stuff, right? On the plane, I was really

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dressed up in my workout gig. So I'm like, no.

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I laughed. He goes, okay. Man, we were like,

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man, he's got to be in finances. And he goes,

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so what do you do? I said, oh, I'm a pastor.

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And I used to say that sheepishly. I don't anymore.

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I'm like, I don't care what anybody thinks. It's

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my life. It's what God called me to do. So I'm

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:09.220
not proud in a weird way, but just I'm not ashamed

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:11.160
of it. So I'm like, I'm a pastor. And he goes,

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that's awesome. And then he says, he goes, you

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know, he's starting to check me out. He goes,

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you know, I've been, I've been trying to get

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:22.079
closer to God. I went, wow, there it is. There's

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the door. See, this is the thing when you're

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.460
living on mission, you don't have to kick open

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doors. They open right in front of you. They

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open right in front of you. somehow people see

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something and it starts a conversation. And so

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I said, man, I am so proud of you for that. And

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I had told him, I said, I'm a pastor. And I said,

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it's the best job on the planet, man. I said,

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I love what I get to do. In fact, I say this

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every day, I get to do this. He was like, man,

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that is awesome. He was just all charged up.

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And that's when he said, well, I'm trying to

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get closer to God. I really want to. And he said,

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I got this one year Bible and I've been reading

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through it and reading the scripture. He said,

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the hard thing is, is I work here at Target and

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the one thing you can't, you can't have your

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weekends. The weekends are the big time and we

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can't be off for church. And he goes, so it's

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been a little bit hard on me. He said, then the

00:25:14.990 --> 00:25:16.930
last church I was at, the pastor ended up being

00:25:16.930 --> 00:25:21.910
a pedophile. And so. So that went bad. And then

00:25:21.910 --> 00:25:23.650
he talked about another church where something

00:25:23.650 --> 00:25:26.170
happened. And then now he's working at Target

00:25:26.170 --> 00:25:28.150
while he's in college. So he's just like going,

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man, I'm just trying to. And I said, listen,

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I said, it's going to sound weird coming from

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a preacher or a pastor, but you don't have to

00:25:36.170 --> 00:25:37.990
have church. You don't have to wait until you

00:25:37.990 --> 00:25:41.029
can go to church to get close to God. I said,

00:25:41.130 --> 00:25:42.890
brother, you can get close to God right now,

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right here, right while you're checking people

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out. And I talked to him about practicing the

00:25:46.549 --> 00:25:48.690
presence of God. While you're checking people

00:25:48.690 --> 00:25:51.029
out in your mind, be praying for that mom that's

00:25:51.029 --> 00:25:54.069
got three kids out of control in your life. Be

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praying for that guy who walks up and he's nervous

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because he's not sure if he has enough money

00:26:00.329 --> 00:26:02.990
to pay for it. And he's got that look. I said,

00:26:03.109 --> 00:26:05.970
man, you can be praying for people all day long.

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And I'm telling you, that will bring you closer

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to God." I said, you'll be interactive with God.

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Instead of you just thinking in your mind, a

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monologue, turn your mind into a dialogue and

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just talk to God all day long. And I said, he'll

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talk to you. And then, of course, you told them

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:25.460
to listen to We Get to Do This, a fantastic podcast.

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:27.160
No, I didn't tell them. No, people walked over

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that time. It's time to roll. I walked out going,

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I should have said it. I should have mentioned

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that. I should have mentioned it. I had like

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20 things I wish I would have said. I almost

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:36.579
wanted to drive back over and go, hey, there's

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:38.640
about 15. Let me give you a three -point sermon

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:40.920
because I had more to say. But, you know, these

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are the things that happen in these casual moments

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:46.400
when you're just on it on mission with God. His

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:49.500
name is Toby with an I. And I said, Toby, I'll

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.980
be praying for you, brother, because God, he's

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:55.259
hearing your cry. And when you draw near to him,

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:57.960
he will draw near to you. I said, he's probably

00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:00.539
closer than you think. And he was like, man,

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.220
thanks. This is awesome. I'm usually excited

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:06.500
that these people walked up. But anyway, we walked

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:08.779
out and Ed had walked up during the conversation.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:11.859
And she said, I love it that when we can just

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:14.519
walk into a place and somebody sees something.

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:17.180
They may not even know what they're seeing, but

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:20.099
they're seeing, there's something that's tripping

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:22.500
something, it's throwing a flag up in their own

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:26.200
mind of these guys. Well, I think, wasn't it,

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:29.579
Pastor Brian did a sermon, maybe it was part

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:33.279
of WWJD, the walking with Jesus discipleship

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:36.680
journey on Wednesday nights, where he was talking

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:40.480
about the aroma of Christ. He says, when you

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:42.559
walk into a room, people will smell you coming.

00:27:43.330 --> 00:27:46.670
I did that. You did that one? That was me. I

00:27:46.670 --> 00:27:52.930
was telling about dad using Old Spice and mom

00:27:52.930 --> 00:27:55.470
using white diamonds. I mean, you can smell that

00:27:55.470 --> 00:27:57.250
stuff coming from a mile away because you go,

00:27:57.289 --> 00:28:01.309
oh, mom's in the house. But that's true. The

00:28:01.309 --> 00:28:03.670
scripture does talk about we carry the aroma

00:28:03.670 --> 00:28:06.309
of Christ and aromas always get there before

00:28:06.309 --> 00:28:09.630
you do, right? That's right. So it was a sweet

00:28:09.630 --> 00:28:12.480
moment. And I just woke up praying to Toby this

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.220
morning that God would meet him right where his

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:20.440
heart's cry is. We talked briefly about forgiveness,

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:24.880
in particular in relation to Dr. Anthony Fauci

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:30.140
on the last episode. And so we did the last show

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:33.319
before the Senate hearing, which, as we all know,

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:38.740
ended up in 111 Plead the fifth which was was

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:40.519
interesting to say at least but of course that

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:45.279
turned into the show and I'm like, you know and

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:50.359
In text groups and people I'm Observing or talking

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:52.740
to people like yeah. No, we got a forgiveness

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:56.019
one of our newer listeners He said man, I'm a

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:58.039
brother in Christ and I don't know if I'm just

00:28:58.039 --> 00:29:01.559
good enough to forgive Fauci and I've been like,

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:05.180
okay So I'm like marking it down for Jason, you

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:09.359
know, got to pray for Jason. But I really wanted

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:12.980
to figure out what was driving him because people

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:18.400
see him as evil, the devil, Satan, et cetera,

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:22.460
et cetera. Now we know he's just a man, but what

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:27.299
really, and it's interesting how not, I haven't

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:29.480
seen this much on the news or anywhere really

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:32.940
because it's openly available. People are lazy.

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:36.319
Just let me grab a clip from someone else saying

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:39.779
something and that'll be it. So there were 136

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:45.099
pages of his, I guess he was writing his memoirs

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:48.599
on a government computer and Rand Paul got a

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:53.720
hold of that and he was using some of that. But

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:55.380
as I'm going through because I'm like I got to

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:57.700
read this and we just I got it I mean what an

00:29:57.700 --> 00:30:00.619
opportunity Although it feels kind of like violation,

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:03.380
but there you go. No, you know He was writing

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:07.019
down his thoughts and and I'm like, oh lord this

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:10.740
guy fell for one of the oldest in the book His

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:15.599
no kidding his problem was pride Yes, I mean,

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:18.039
yeah, I'll just read a few of these entries because

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:21.329
it was I mean and and I've been Very prideful

00:30:21.329 --> 00:30:24.529
in my life whenever you are in the public eye,

00:30:24.650 --> 00:30:27.869
you know Although I will always give props to

00:30:27.869 --> 00:30:31.930
my first wife who she really kept me in check

00:30:31.930 --> 00:30:35.609
because she She inherently knew what all of the

00:30:35.609 --> 00:30:39.549
trappings of fame were So so they didn't grab

00:30:39.549 --> 00:30:42.309
me as much but you know, I'm sure I was prideful

00:30:42.309 --> 00:30:47.970
just ten minutes ago So 2013, HHS turned me down

00:30:47.970 --> 00:30:50.390
on requests from CNN, Wolf Blitzer, and Soledad

00:30:50.390 --> 00:30:52.710
O 'Brien. I asked John Berklo to call up Bill

00:30:52.710 --> 00:30:55.390
Hall and find out what the heck is going on and

00:30:55.390 --> 00:30:57.369
what the reason for all of this is. John told

00:30:57.369 --> 00:31:00.490
me that the CDC complained to Bill Hall and HHS

00:31:00.490 --> 00:31:03.349
that I was getting all the publicity on an issue,

00:31:03.750 --> 00:31:06.650
which was influenza tracking, and that they considered

00:31:06.650 --> 00:31:09.599
that. their issue. I do not know who at CDC did

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:12.079
this. It could be anyone from Tom Frieden to

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:14.240
more likely Tom Skinner in any event. It has

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:16.380
nothing to do with my use of the word epidemic

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:19.619
on Wolf Blitzer Show. Everything to do with pure

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:22.119
jealousy that I'm a rock star stealing their

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:26.740
thunder. Shame on the CDC. Now what's interesting,

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:36.799
he's diagnosing envy in other people. I'm calling

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:40.200
the kettle black. July 21st, 2022. A couple of

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.380
interesting things related to the infection of

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.819
the president. This is when President Trump,

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:47.720
no, this is when, I guess, I wonder if that was

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:50.000
Biden. Biden must have gotten the infection.

00:31:50.589 --> 00:31:52.950
I called up Kevin O 'Connor, who is the physician

00:31:52.950 --> 00:31:54.750
to the president, got a briefing from him for

00:31:54.750 --> 00:31:57.289
the simple reason that when I go out on TV and

00:31:57.289 --> 00:31:59.609
I'm asked whether or not I'd be consulted, it

00:31:59.609 --> 00:32:01.470
would be rather embarrassing to say they did

00:32:01.470 --> 00:32:04.089
not call the so -called most famous infectious

00:32:04.089 --> 00:32:07.029
disease expert in the world, who happens to also

00:32:07.029 --> 00:32:09.289
be the chief medical advisor to the president.

00:32:10.170 --> 00:32:14.859
I mean, and it goes on and on and on. And he

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:17.960
just loved hanging out with celebrities, and

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:22.119
celebrities were calling him. And this is a trap

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:25.460
that I've seen it happen to lots of people. This

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:29.240
is a real, real, real easy one to fall into.

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:38.880
And so I guess what I'm asking, maybe semi -stating

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:43.599
is that when you fall into a sin like this, This

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:46.420
is probably where the enemy, the devil, Satan,

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:49.539
Beelzebub, call him what you want. That's when

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:52.640
he dives in like, whoa, look at this one I can

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:56.900
take advantage of. Yeah, he's an opportunist

00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:00.079
and he uses leverage. And so when we fall, when

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.740
we take the bait, remember the title of John

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:05.579
Bevere's book, The Bait of Satan. When we take

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:08.099
the bait, I mean, now he has all the leverage.

00:33:08.490 --> 00:33:11.569
And he will leverage our pride. He'll leverage

00:33:11.569 --> 00:33:14.690
our vanity. He'll leverage our need for validation

00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:18.490
and our need to belong and connect and be seen

00:33:18.490 --> 00:33:21.190
and noticed and heard. He'll leverage all those

00:33:21.190 --> 00:33:24.329
things, which in and of themselves, some of those

00:33:24.329 --> 00:33:27.069
things aren't bad. They're just human dynamics.

00:33:27.849 --> 00:33:30.049
You want to believe that you're seen. You want

00:33:30.049 --> 00:33:32.230
to believe that you're heard. You want to believe

00:33:32.230 --> 00:33:34.670
that somebody actually listens to what you have

00:33:34.670 --> 00:33:38.470
to say. But he'll take those natural things that

00:33:38.470 --> 00:33:42.130
are not necessarily bad or malevolent, and then

00:33:42.130 --> 00:33:46.630
he will leverage them into darker places. And

00:33:46.630 --> 00:33:50.309
that is his MO. I mean, because the Bible calls

00:33:50.309 --> 00:33:52.829
the devil, it says he's the liar. He's the liar

00:33:52.829 --> 00:33:55.890
and the father of lies. There is no truth in

00:33:55.890 --> 00:33:59.990
him. That's in John chapter eight. There is no

00:33:59.990 --> 00:34:02.960
truth in him. He is the liar and the father of

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:05.400
lies. So that's the only, what's interesting

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:07.680
is people think the devil has real power and

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:10.019
authority. He really doesn't. He's been defanged.

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:13.300
Jesus won at the cross. It is finished, done.

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:16.019
And so Jesus took back the keys of the kingdom.

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:20.440
However, the enemy still has one thing and it's

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:23.079
not a power in itself, but he can use it in a

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:25.940
powerful way. And that is the ability to lie,

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:29.059
manipulate and deceive. So those aren't really

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:32.309
superpowers. Unless you've got willing participants.

00:34:32.309 --> 00:34:35.610
And so when you've got a guy like Fauci who stumbles,

00:34:35.630 --> 00:34:38.289
who's into pride, he's into vanity, he's starting

00:34:38.289 --> 00:34:41.110
to believe press about himself. He's even writing

00:34:41.110 --> 00:34:44.610
about it. Man, that is all the enemy needs. He's

00:34:44.610 --> 00:34:47.590
already got the momentum. It's like jujitsu.

00:34:47.789 --> 00:34:50.710
You don't win jujitsu through strength. You learn

00:34:50.710 --> 00:34:54.659
to manipulate momentum and leverage. inertia

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:57.739
to win. And that's exactly what the enemy does.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:01.980
And I really like looking at the entire COVID

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:05.559
pandemic, scamdemic in this light, because now

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:09.039
I can see the steps on the stairs. You know,

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:11.840
okay, so you get this pride, boom, I've got that

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:14.699
one. Then you go straight to the media and the

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:18.679
media, you know, they have their own sinful ways

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:21.960
and quite honestly, they make money by scaring

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:25.360
people. Whatever it is, that's why if it bleeds,

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:28.739
it leads. Everyone's heard that term. If you

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:32.139
want viewership, breaking at this hour. By the

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:34.460
way, I use that at this hour thing. It's kind

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:36.320
of cool. The news at this hour. It sounds very

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.980
urgent. You better be paying attention what's

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:40.980
coming next. That's right. The art of the tease.

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:44.519
All of that is what media is. And of course,

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:47.280
the devil is the prince of the air. The prince

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:50.119
of the air waves, maybe. I don't know if I can

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:54.199
make that jump or not. No, I think he's the prince

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:56.280
of the power of the air is what Ephesians says.

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:59.800
And so it literally, you kind of go, hmm, he

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:03.400
may have some, we'll think about it. If the airwaves

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:06.800
are full of lies, deception, manipulation, that's

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:10.320
the mark of the enemy. That's his MO. So I'd

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:12.739
say that's pretty accurate. So how, so for me

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:15.849
it's become very, And it's always hard, but it's

00:36:15.849 --> 00:36:18.190
much easier for me reading this to go, oh, okay,

00:36:18.190 --> 00:36:21.530
I forgive this guy. Man, this guy was just a

00:36:21.530 --> 00:36:26.769
minor pawn. Now, there you go. Of course, I think

00:36:26.769 --> 00:36:28.190
you have to be careful when people say, yeah,

00:36:28.309 --> 00:36:30.190
but they were behind it. I'm like, it's a little

00:36:30.190 --> 00:36:33.809
hard for me to forgive they, you know. Right,

00:36:33.889 --> 00:36:36.429
right. That's too abstract. You know, it's like,

00:36:36.730 --> 00:36:39.780
so go ahead. I was going to say, and that kind

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.920
of called me out last week. She heard my section

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:44.000
on, you know, we need to forgive him. And she

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:46.280
goes, now, wait a minute. This is my wife. I'm

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:48.519
just being straight. This is us being real. Okay.

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:51.559
This is you and I over coffee. She said, that's

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:53.719
too simplistic. And I said, excuse me. She said,

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:57.340
you're talking to people who are genuinely enraged.

00:36:57.789 --> 00:37:01.510
because people died, lots of people died. Businesses

00:37:01.510 --> 00:37:04.670
closed, church closed. Funerals couldn't be attended.

00:37:05.010 --> 00:37:08.909
I mean, people died alone. And she said, so the

00:37:08.909 --> 00:37:11.449
weight and magnitude of the ripple effect of

00:37:11.449 --> 00:37:15.309
what he did, while he may not have directly done

00:37:15.309 --> 00:37:20.710
those things, he created the platform for that.

00:37:20.849 --> 00:37:22.949
And that's what it led to, the domino effect,

00:37:22.949 --> 00:37:25.630
I guess I'd say. And so I'm listening to my wife,

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:29.119
take me apart one thing at a time. I'm going,

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:32.860
you're right. That is simplistic. So I did a

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:36.400
little deep dive on something because there is

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:38.420
something that's hard. Because I made the comment,

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:40.880
well, we need to trust the justice system. And

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:43.760
that's hilarious talking to all of us about that.

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:48.360
But here's the thing. But I was thinking, and

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.800
I should have clarified, so I want to do that

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:53.460
now. In Romans 13, we have this, the apostle

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:56.500
Paul is breaking it down about what government

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:59.079
is for. I mean, he's literally saying, this is

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:01.539
what it's for, and it's ordained by God. Can

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:04.760
I read this real quick? Of course. It says, Romans

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:07.460
13 .1, everyone must submit himself to the governing

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:09.380
authorities. Now, when you just read that without

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:12.559
any context, you're like, what? And it says this,

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:15.820
but there is no authority except that which God

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:18.719
has established. The authorities that exist have

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:20.960
been established by God. Now, thank goodness

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:22.980
he didn't just stop there or we would just go,

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:27.070
what? So, he says this, consequently, he who

00:38:27.070 --> 00:38:29.510
rebels against the authority is rebelling against

00:38:29.510 --> 00:38:32.210
what God has instituted, and those who do so

00:38:32.210 --> 00:38:34.469
will bring judgment on themselves. Now, everybody

00:38:34.469 --> 00:38:36.469
defaults to, well, what about wicked authority?

00:38:36.929 --> 00:38:38.630
What about people who have abused their power?

00:38:38.750 --> 00:38:42.349
Well, it doesn't stop here. For rulers hold no

00:38:42.349 --> 00:38:45.130
terror for those who do right, but for those

00:38:45.130 --> 00:38:48.170
who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear

00:38:48.170 --> 00:38:50.110
of one in authority? Then do what is right, and

00:38:50.110 --> 00:38:53.639
he will commend you. Verse four. for he is God's

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:56.420
servant to do you good. But if you do wrong,

00:38:56.739 --> 00:39:00.019
be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:03.239
nothing. He is God's servant, an angel, an agent,

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:07.699
an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:10.500
wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:12.559
to the authorities, not only because of possible

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:15.500
punishment, but also because of conscience. Now,

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:17.719
if you go back up there and you break it down,

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:21.099
you realize He's saying that if government has

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:23.699
been established by God, then the government

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:26.500
official, the person who has been established

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:28.940
in that place, has a responsibility to follow

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:32.619
through with justice for the righteous, but also

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:36.460
justice for the wicked. And he's saying, and

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:38.880
sometimes Romans, it gets a little convoluted

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:40.539
in its language because Paul was going, this

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:42.679
is one of his deepest theological books. So you

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:45.559
got to really read it. But it's literally saying,

00:39:45.949 --> 00:39:48.449
If there is a government official, government

00:39:48.449 --> 00:39:52.369
not doing what God required of them, and that

00:39:52.369 --> 00:39:56.710
is to reward the righteous and punish the wicked,

00:39:57.190 --> 00:40:00.070
then they are no longer under God's authority.

00:40:00.389 --> 00:40:04.309
They're forfeiting the right to rule and to lead.

00:40:04.829 --> 00:40:08.070
So now that's a big statement coming back to

00:40:08.070 --> 00:40:11.750
how this applies to Fauci and all that. You know,

00:40:11.889 --> 00:40:13.889
as these hearings have rolled out, these Senate

00:40:13.889 --> 00:40:15.690
hearings, which you and I have called theater,

00:40:16.269 --> 00:40:19.969
and we've seen it as that for years, but they

00:40:19.969 --> 00:40:22.610
have a responsibility. It's not enough just for

00:40:22.610 --> 00:40:24.650
Holly to get up there and nail these guys, you

00:40:24.650 --> 00:40:26.889
know, and just, you know, berate them, you know,

00:40:26.969 --> 00:40:28.329
in front of everybody. And then everybody goes

00:40:28.329 --> 00:40:30.690
home and says, boy, boy, he got his today. No,

00:40:31.010 --> 00:40:33.849
people want justice. They want justice. They

00:40:33.849 --> 00:40:36.449
want follow through. And that is the responsibility

00:40:36.449 --> 00:40:39.329
of our government, not only to us who elected

00:40:39.329 --> 00:40:43.489
them, but also to God who appointed them. So

00:40:43.489 --> 00:40:46.269
there is something very serious and it's much

00:40:46.269 --> 00:40:49.469
bigger than the failure of Dr. Fauci. It's also

00:40:49.469 --> 00:40:51.929
the failure of our government to operate under

00:40:51.929 --> 00:40:54.150
God's covenant. And when our founding fathers

00:40:54.150 --> 00:40:56.469
established this nation, this is what they had

00:40:56.469 --> 00:41:00.460
in mind. They understood this. that they were

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:03.519
carrying a responsibility before God or Ben Franklin

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:06.440
would have given that amazing speech about our

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:10.519
familiar friend who we were seeking. He wouldn't

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:12.139
have got back up and said, we need to get back

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:14.260
out on our knees. This is a man who wasn't even

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:17.960
quote a Christian saying, we need God. And so

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:21.019
this is so important to me because this brings

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:24.699
more context into the picture. Do I have a responsibility

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:27.940
to forgive Fauci for what he did? Yes, but that

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:30.500
doesn't mean he gets off the hook or gets a free

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:33.480
pass. Forgiveness doesn't mean someone's being

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:37.000
released from natural and logical consequences

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:40.119
that are coming their way. I'm not giving that

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:43.159
person a pass. So I can forgive somebody and

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:46.179
file charges against them. Forgiving them doesn't

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:48.019
mean you walk away from it as though nothing

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:50.679
ever happened. You know, when people are saying

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:52.900
Fauci, man, if you're in front of me, I'd kill

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:55.260
him, I'd do this, I'd do that. You know who talks

00:41:55.260 --> 00:42:01.239
like that? Prisoners. That's prison talk. You're

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:07.280
in a prison if you speak like that. And it's

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:09.559
been very freeing to me. Now the next thing I

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:13.460
really hope people can do is forgive their family

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:16.400
members. This is the most heartbreaking thing

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:20.619
to me. that happened during the COVID years,

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:22.760
which may turn out to be later in the history

00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:28.079
books after we're up in heaven, might be the

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:32.780
spark of the, would it be the third great awakening?

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:37.260
If you think about it. Because people are - Well,

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:41.619
there will be no unity on this planet apart from

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:44.880
forgiveness. That is the turnbuckle. That is

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:47.829
the turnkey on which everything turns. If we

00:42:47.829 --> 00:42:51.409
cannot forgive one another, we cannot be unified

00:42:51.409 --> 00:42:54.530
as a people, period. And God's not going to bring

00:42:54.530 --> 00:42:58.010
a revival where there's no unity. He actually

00:42:58.010 --> 00:43:00.289
dwells among brothers who dwell in unity, the

00:43:00.289 --> 00:43:01.989
scripture says. He's there and that's where he

00:43:01.989 --> 00:43:04.489
commands the blessing. And if it's to be, let

00:43:04.489 --> 00:43:09.260
it start with me. Come on, brother. We had my

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:13.659
son and his family, our family, our kids, we

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:15.639
called them, and grandkids with us this last

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:19.340
week, and we had such a sweet time. And we had

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:23.739
some deep conversations about, I don't even like

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:25.739
to use the word politics. It's just culture in

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:28.000
general. Call it politics, call it whatever.

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:31.039
Call it red, blue, whatever. It's culture. It's

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:33.320
the culture we live in. You can't get away from

00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:37.710
it. He's in a church that's very multicultural,

00:43:38.070 --> 00:43:39.969
which is great, which is amazing in the middle

00:43:39.969 --> 00:43:43.809
of Houston, Texas. We know Houston's got some

00:43:43.809 --> 00:43:49.710
very, very left liberal bent in terms of their

00:43:49.710 --> 00:43:51.849
city politics and things that are coming out

00:43:51.849 --> 00:43:55.289
of Houston. And so we got to talking about the

00:43:55.289 --> 00:43:57.809
vaccine because my son is very much on a health

00:43:57.809 --> 00:43:59.769
journey himself. So we were talking about health

00:43:59.769 --> 00:44:03.659
and it came up and He mentioned that they did

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:06.500
take the VAC. They took the shots. And I said,

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:08.199
man, I'm really sorry about that. And he goes,

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:11.019
he said, yeah, he said, we didn't know any different.

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:13.059
He said, we were just doing what doctors were

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:15.219
telling us to do. I said, that's a lot of people.

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.699
It wasn't a political decision. It was just,

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:20.400
your doctor said, do you need to do this if you're

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:22.280
going to fly? And they needed to fly, so they

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:25.619
did it. But I said, do you regret it? He goes,

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:28.860
I regret that I didn't know the whole story.

00:44:29.730 --> 00:44:32.590
I regret that I didn't know everything. I was

00:44:32.590 --> 00:44:34.369
telling him about our friend, David, who's an

00:44:34.369 --> 00:44:36.989
ER doctor and how many young people were coming

00:44:36.989 --> 00:44:40.750
in with all kinds of weird, strange anomalies

00:44:40.750 --> 00:44:44.070
physically that had just snowballed after the

00:44:44.070 --> 00:44:46.929
vaccines started hitting and they were vaccinating

00:44:46.929 --> 00:44:49.909
teenagers. And he said, yeah, we've heard all

00:44:49.909 --> 00:44:55.300
those stories too. But I thought, I love that

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:58.920
we could go there together and we were not exactly

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:01.420
on the same side of the fence of that, but have

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:05.340
a wonderful conversation of understanding and

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:08.840
talking through. And what usually informs our

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:12.639
ideas is context. And once you have a real conversation,

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:16.039
and you can talk about something in context,

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:19.619
you go, okay, I can see why you did that. As

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:24.199
opposed to, I hate you. You're either woke or

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:27.320
you're MAGA or you're whatever. It's like, I

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:30.179
see what led up to that decision. Whether I agree

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:32.659
with it or not, it's almost irrelevant. You were

00:45:32.659 --> 00:45:34.980
led to that decision and informed by something.

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:38.400
Decisions aren't made in a vacuum, are they?

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:45.239
Never. There was a a theory, which I still kind

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:51.539
of follow as a Belgian guy, Dutch guy, Matthias,

00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:57.860
I forget his last name, I think it was mass.

00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:02.639
It was like mass hysteria, but it was different.

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:05.659
Now I feel silly that I can't remember it. Mass

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:11.199
hypnosis. I can't remember. I'll put it in the

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:17.389
show notes. It was a solid theory, and it works.

00:46:18.789 --> 00:46:21.030
When you're at home, you're online. And now,

00:46:21.030 --> 00:46:23.610
of course, because of the work at home, stay

00:46:23.610 --> 00:46:26.090
at home, be online, we're much more online than

00:46:26.090 --> 00:46:28.530
ever. Very few people even pick up the phone

00:46:28.530 --> 00:46:31.869
anymore, myself included, text message. Lucia

00:46:31.869 --> 00:46:33.570
and I will jokingly say, well, maybe we should

00:46:33.570 --> 00:46:35.889
just pick up the phone. This has been a 50 messages

00:46:35.889 --> 00:46:37.989
back and forth. They just pick up the phone.

00:46:38.210 --> 00:46:43.349
We talk about this in 30 seconds. We are now,

00:46:43.349 --> 00:46:47.190
you know just taking into account that that the

00:46:47.190 --> 00:46:50.789
enemy loves using the airwaves loves using media

00:46:50.789 --> 00:46:54.250
To put us in a certain state of mind. There is

00:46:54.250 --> 00:46:58.869
I I truly believe in America at least There is

00:46:58.869 --> 00:47:04.289
a a psychosis forming which is not irrational

00:47:04.289 --> 00:47:10.409
From from a psychological standpoint, but we

00:47:10.409 --> 00:47:14.179
need to talk about First of all, how it's being

00:47:14.179 --> 00:47:20.619
presented, why it's being presented to us. And

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:23.400
what I'm referring to here is, now remember,

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:26.239
when you're just looking at a screen, your whole

00:47:26.239 --> 00:47:30.119
worldview in that moment is the screen. You are

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:33.239
not a bird that can look at the seed on the ground

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:35.579
and look for the enemy with your other eye. That's

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:38.760
not who we are. You're sitting there both. both

00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:40.679
synapse, you know, both sides of the brain are

00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:42.679
firing, probably fighting with each other. You're

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:45.519
trying to figure stuff out. And the one that

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:47.679
we're going through right now in America, and

00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:51.000
maybe even particular in Texas, because we're

00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:54.480
such a, you know, patriotic, free, open, you

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:56.519
know, like, hey, this is, we're Texans, we're

00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:58.300
Americans, you know, but nothing's going to happen

00:47:58.300 --> 00:48:03.000
to us, is the quote unquote, Muslim invasion.

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:08.519
while there is, and I want to talk about this,

00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:12.280
while there are definitely very important issues

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:16.679
for us to look at, what is happening is this

00:48:16.679 --> 00:48:23.860
most recent occurrence in Siusa, which is a small

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:28.860
little, you know, northern part of, well, North

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:32.849
Africa basically, but Morocco. that is Spanish

00:48:32.849 --> 00:48:35.090
protectorate. It's been that way since I think

00:48:35.090 --> 00:48:38.269
1668 or something. And it's a tiny piece of land.

00:48:38.309 --> 00:48:43.369
Very tiny piece of land. It is about I think

00:48:43.369 --> 00:48:47.789
15 miles through the ocean to get to Spain. So

00:48:47.789 --> 00:48:50.610
that's important. Look at a map and look this

00:48:50.610 --> 00:48:54.519
place up. when you're hearing that and seeing

00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:58.380
the headlines, Europe is being invaded, 60 ,000

00:48:58.380 --> 00:49:03.320
Muslims crash into Spain. So first of all, that's

00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:07.840
just factually not true. And there's a reason

00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:10.980
for what happened. But just two quick examples

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:14.199
of how this is being presented in the media.

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:22.219
This is Fox News. Military age men. There's no

00:49:22.219 --> 00:49:26.679
women. There's no families. This is such military

00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:30.960
age men. They did this with the border, the southern

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:34.059
border. Oh, it's military age men. Chinese are

00:49:34.059 --> 00:49:35.760
coming in. They're taken over from the inside.

00:49:35.960 --> 00:49:40.480
This is being done for a reason. These are military

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:43.019
age men. There's no women. There's no families

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:45.179
desperate for a better life. What do you think

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:49.340
they're up to? What a great question. What do

00:49:49.340 --> 00:49:51.099
you think they're up to? What could it possibly

00:49:51.099 --> 00:49:53.179
be? Clearly, they're only here to invade. You

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:55.000
know, Brian, this is exactly what we went to

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:56.940
under the last administration. We saw the same.

00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:00.219
same same incidents over time and time again

00:50:00.219 --> 00:50:03.199
and when you advertise amnesty when you advertise

00:50:03.199 --> 00:50:05.159
work permits come here we're not going to remove

00:50:05.159 --> 00:50:07.800
you and especially in the eu which once you come

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:10.380
in what they call feet dry when you come in on

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:12.619
the water you can just go anywhere you're going

00:50:12.619 --> 00:50:15.000
to attract you're not going to attract anyone

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:16.639
that's just coming for a better life you sometimes

00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:18.420
gonna attract the worst the worst like you said

00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:20.679
you have military -age male this is real this

00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:25.429
is like it's not even logical Right. I hear where

00:50:25.429 --> 00:50:27.230
he's going. You're only going to track the worst

00:50:27.230 --> 00:50:29.349
of the worst of the worst. It can't be any worse

00:50:29.349 --> 00:50:31.809
than this. Males coming from God knows where

00:50:31.809 --> 00:50:34.570
that you don't know who they are. They have been

00:50:34.570 --> 00:50:36.369
properly vetted. You don't know who's in your

00:50:36.369 --> 00:50:38.570
country right now. We went through that and look

00:50:38.570 --> 00:50:41.269
what ICE had to do with the brave men and women

00:50:41.269 --> 00:50:43.150
of Border Patrol had to do to go in and find

00:50:43.150 --> 00:50:45.269
these individuals and remove them. We've gone

00:50:45.269 --> 00:50:47.949
15 months with the most secure border ever with

00:50:47.949 --> 00:50:50.610
zero releases in the country. And if we don't

00:50:50.610 --> 00:50:53.039
take a lesson from Spain, this is what we're

00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:55.239
going to have to go through again. Be afraid.

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:56.739
We got to take a lesson from Spain. There it

00:50:56.739 --> 00:50:59.460
is. Be very afraid. And then this is important

00:50:59.460 --> 00:51:03.360
because what we have learned without any doubt

00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:07.539
is what has happened in Europe, the European

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:11.099
Union, but it's been happening for 25 years in

00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:12.719
the Netherlands. These things do take a little

00:51:12.719 --> 00:51:19.760
while before it's maybe irreversible. The UK,

00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:24.250
it all surrounded, illegal immigration couched

00:51:24.250 --> 00:51:30.170
under the guise of asylum and asylum laws have

00:51:30.170 --> 00:51:33.829
purposely not been changed. England, the United

00:51:33.829 --> 00:51:36.369
Kingdom is an island. I mean, you can't even

00:51:36.369 --> 00:51:39.489
get a dog into the United Kingdom without putting

00:51:39.489 --> 00:51:42.349
it into quarantine for six months. I know I've

00:51:42.349 --> 00:51:48.849
had to do it. Wow. So just consider how strange

00:51:48.849 --> 00:51:53.000
all of this is. And over time, again, a quarter

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:55.719
of a century, but I saw it happen. I saw it happen

00:51:55.719 --> 00:52:01.280
started in 99. What if you, if you, if you have

00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:04.179
apathy and like, okay, whatever, it's just, you

00:52:04.179 --> 00:52:07.099
know, it's like the boiling frog. And before

00:52:07.099 --> 00:52:09.139
you know it, and this is probably most prevalent

00:52:09.139 --> 00:52:12.920
in Belgium and Antwerp, then the asylum seekers

00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:15.260
now all of a sudden have government positions

00:52:15.260 --> 00:52:19.260
and they have. different background, different

00:52:19.260 --> 00:52:22.500
culture, but when they are in positions of legislative

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:27.219
power, now you have a problem. Play one more.

00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:30.760
This is from Deutsche Welle, so this is a German

00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:33.559
report. You've seen things like this happen before.

00:52:33.960 --> 00:52:37.460
These images of all of these young men trying

00:52:37.460 --> 00:52:40.739
to get into Europe, do people there at the border

00:52:40.739 --> 00:52:44.480
in Spain, do they ask, where are the women? Where

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:48.030
are the wives? Where are the mothers? Well, I

00:52:48.030 --> 00:52:50.210
think most of them are actually much too young

00:52:50.210 --> 00:52:56.429
to they have mothers but sisters well I think

00:52:56.429 --> 00:52:58.789
there's you know further a lot of religious and

00:52:58.789 --> 00:53:00.809
political reasons of why it be more difficult

00:53:00.809 --> 00:53:04.380
for women young women particularly to do this.

00:53:05.139 --> 00:53:08.440
But it is mostly young men. Many of these men

00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:11.679
will be in fact underage and the Spanish state

00:53:11.679 --> 00:53:16.199
has an obligation to look after them until they're

00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:20.500
18. And the services that offer that are already

00:53:20.500 --> 00:53:23.280
hugely overwhelmed in cities like Barcelona,

00:53:23.400 --> 00:53:27.400
Madrid and Valencia. So I found that to be...

00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:31.360
Soundtrack. What I thought was kind of interesting

00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:34.579
is that there's a difference between military

00:53:34.579 --> 00:53:37.960
-age men than young men who are underage who

00:53:37.960 --> 00:53:40.019
really may just be desperate to find something

00:53:40.019 --> 00:53:43.119
else, but that is never an option. Now again,

00:53:44.059 --> 00:53:46.739
I understand when you look at Europe and you

00:53:46.739 --> 00:53:49.099
have people like Tommy Robinson going around

00:53:49.099 --> 00:53:51.260
all the churches in Texas saying, you have two

00:53:51.260 --> 00:53:53.139
years, you have two years, you have two years.

00:53:53.420 --> 00:53:56.760
Well, we have a different situation right off

00:53:56.760 --> 00:54:00.039
the bat. Luckily have a president who did what

00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:02.400
they said was impossible without immigration

00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:05.820
reform, comprehensive immigration reform. I've

00:54:05.820 --> 00:54:09.780
heard it mentioned for 20 years. No, he just

00:54:09.780 --> 00:54:12.639
said, no clothes were done. It's okay. Right.

00:54:12.739 --> 00:54:15.519
And why governments wanted this is a whole different

00:54:15.519 --> 00:54:18.400
podcast and a whole different episode of a podcast.

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:23.139
But what really happened here is the courts made

00:54:23.139 --> 00:54:26.599
it possible. The Spanish court literally made

00:54:26.599 --> 00:54:30.440
this this move by going around the fence through

00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:33.019
the water instead of over the fence, made it

00:54:33.019 --> 00:54:39.340
legal. So you have to question what exactly were

00:54:39.340 --> 00:54:41.440
their reasons for that. But that's Europe. Right

00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:44.340
now I'm talking about the United States. Here's

00:54:44.340 --> 00:54:46.739
the problem. Here's the thing we have to look

00:54:46.739 --> 00:54:51.480
out for. This particular situation where we have

00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:54.280
an example of Europe, it's clear. No one's going

00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:57.610
to argue that in particular what is called the

00:54:57.610 --> 00:55:01.550
red green alliance where you have islamists uh

00:55:01.550 --> 00:55:07.570
practiced by some muslims um combining with socialists

00:55:07.570 --> 00:55:11.230
and and the reason for that the reason why they

00:55:11.230 --> 00:55:13.449
always connect it sounds it's almost like the

00:55:13.449 --> 00:55:17.489
weirdest thing like hey i practice sharia law

00:55:17.489 --> 00:55:20.469
so i will kill you if you're gay or throw you

00:55:20.469 --> 00:55:23.949
off the roof right right but The reason why they,

00:55:24.429 --> 00:55:28.429
and women, you can't show any skin. The reason

00:55:28.429 --> 00:55:33.349
why the very liberal socialist in America, it's

00:55:33.349 --> 00:55:36.030
the Democrat socialist of America, they both,

00:55:36.269 --> 00:55:38.989
as long as the enemy of my enemy, if you are

00:55:38.989 --> 00:55:43.449
the enemy of my enemy, you're good to go. And

00:55:43.449 --> 00:55:46.690
that is the reason, it's like that's the thing

00:55:46.690 --> 00:55:48.570
in the human mind, I can't quite comprehend,

00:55:48.610 --> 00:55:51.789
but the enemy of my enemy, I will connect with

00:55:51.789 --> 00:55:57.590
them. But this fear, this new fear, which is

00:55:57.590 --> 00:56:00.130
not completely invalid, although it's a very

00:56:00.130 --> 00:56:02.190
different situation, but when you're thrown with

00:56:02.190 --> 00:56:05.650
these images all day of 60 ,000 military age

00:56:05.650 --> 00:56:07.150
men, well, this could happen here. It's already

00:56:07.150 --> 00:56:09.289
happening here. There's 5 ,000 mosques being

00:56:09.289 --> 00:56:13.429
built an hour. This is being monetized before

00:56:13.429 --> 00:56:16.230
your very eyes. This is what we have to realize

00:56:16.230 --> 00:56:19.590
when I come from media I started when I was 15

00:56:19.590 --> 00:56:22.570
I was in commercial media big time when I was

00:56:22.570 --> 00:56:26.730
19 the way you get people to buy something is

00:56:26.730 --> 00:56:29.789
to Trigger their emotions and the minute the

00:56:29.789 --> 00:56:32.730
emotions are triggered Then you can slip in any

00:56:32.730 --> 00:56:36.369
kind of message you want and it will stick. It's

00:56:36.369 --> 00:56:38.710
just that's just that's how advertising works

00:56:38.710 --> 00:56:42.469
advertising is Tell people to be afraid of something.

00:56:42.469 --> 00:56:44.789
It can be afraid of you know, I'm never gonna

00:56:44.789 --> 00:56:47.030
get that girl So I better drink Bud Light. I

00:56:47.030 --> 00:56:50.110
mean, it's it's it's subtle, but it works now

00:56:50.110 --> 00:56:53.309
listen to the Megyn Kelly show Big influence

00:56:53.309 --> 00:56:54.829
actually I should probably I should probably

00:56:54.829 --> 00:56:57.809
start here I looked up the ed because Tina sent

00:56:57.809 --> 00:57:00.050
me a video about this. I was like, this is fascinating.

00:57:00.170 --> 00:57:04.429
We talk about influencers the etymology of the

00:57:04.429 --> 00:57:10.360
word influencer a bit No, but I love etymology.

00:57:10.760 --> 00:57:17.340
Yes, so late 14th century, influenza. So, influenza,

00:57:18.820 --> 00:57:23.840
a streaming ethereal power from the stars, acting

00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:26.719
on your character and destiny without your knowledge

00:57:26.719 --> 00:57:32.599
or consent. Astrology, basically. Wow. The word

00:57:32.599 --> 00:57:36.940
influenza comes from this root word, influenza.

00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:41.000
because at the time people thought the stars

00:57:41.000 --> 00:57:46.320
did this to them. So now this is so deep because

00:57:46.320 --> 00:57:50.099
it comes from the stars, astrology, but what

00:57:50.099 --> 00:57:53.929
are influencers? They are stars. I mean just

00:57:53.929 --> 00:57:58.429
this word alone carries so much power that we

00:57:58.429 --> 00:58:01.530
need to be careful about that. That was hidden

00:58:01.530 --> 00:58:04.829
in plain sight. And I can't believe that this

00:58:04.829 --> 00:58:08.829
word has been around us for a decade and I've

00:58:08.829 --> 00:58:11.449
never even considered to look up the etymology

00:58:11.449 --> 00:58:14.610
of it. Anyway, so we have to be careful of the

00:58:14.610 --> 00:58:18.530
influences. I like Megyn Kelly. I've been on

00:58:18.530 --> 00:58:21.989
her show a couple times. She seems nice. She

00:58:21.989 --> 00:58:25.130
took a kind of a weird turn at a certain point

00:58:25.130 --> 00:58:28.869
and whatever. I mean, I have no disdain for her,

00:58:28.869 --> 00:58:32.590
but you have to realize what influencers like

00:58:32.590 --> 00:58:36.110
her are doing with fear. This is straight from

00:58:36.110 --> 00:58:38.610
her podcast. I'm sorry, but for many of us Americans,

00:58:38.789 --> 00:58:41.670
that phrase is deeply rattling and disturbing.

00:58:41.809 --> 00:58:45.489
And the last thing we need to have is to hear

00:58:45.489 --> 00:58:47.929
it broadcast five times a day from loudspeakers

00:58:47.929 --> 00:58:51.500
all over American cities, Rich. Yeah, no, obviously

00:58:51.500 --> 00:58:53.860
no one has a problem with Muslims praying and

00:58:53.860 --> 00:58:57.159
every time I see it I have all due respect for

00:58:57.159 --> 00:58:59.179
people whose faith means so much to them, but

00:58:59.179 --> 00:59:02.500
this is obviously It's a violation of noise ordinance

00:59:02.500 --> 00:59:06.199
or should be right and those hours of the day

00:59:06.199 --> 00:59:08.920
We wouldn't want church bells ringing at 3 30

00:59:08.920 --> 00:59:13.079
in the morning. That's crazy And it goes it feels

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:15.360
to a lot of people as a act of cultural aggression

00:59:16.429 --> 00:59:19.110
Buy gold and get free silver. That's right for

00:59:19.110 --> 00:59:25.710
every $5 ,000. Listen to Howard's position too.

00:59:25.889 --> 00:59:27.469
Hold on a second. The Birch Gold Group this month

00:59:27.469 --> 00:59:29.710
in advance of Veterans Day, they will send you

00:59:29.710 --> 00:59:32.829
a free patriotic silver round that commemorates

00:59:32.829 --> 00:59:35.440
the Gadsden and American flags. Look, gold is

00:59:35.440 --> 00:59:37.579
up over 40 % since the beginning of this year

00:59:37.579 --> 00:59:40.260
and Birch Gold can help you own it by converting

00:59:40.260 --> 00:59:44.039
an existing IRA or 401k into a pay off IRA in

00:59:44.039 --> 00:59:46.400
physical gold. Plus, they'll send you free silver

00:59:46.400 --> 00:59:50.579
honoring our veterans. And if you are current

00:59:50.579 --> 00:59:53.679
or former military. It just goes on and on and

00:59:53.679 --> 00:59:55.980
on. So be a patriot. The juxtaposition of the

00:59:55.980 --> 00:59:59.460
two there. Wow. Well, here's my favorite one.

00:59:59.769 --> 01:00:03.469
This is Ali Beth Stuckey, who I also like. I

01:00:03.469 --> 01:00:05.269
mean, I usually like the first five minutes.

01:00:05.409 --> 01:00:09.070
I'm like, okay. Right. Same. She is definitely

01:00:09.070 --> 01:00:12.110
an influencer. A lot of people listen to her

01:00:12.110 --> 01:00:15.610
podcast and here she is. And anyway, and even

01:00:15.610 --> 01:00:17.630
in the Quran, you have like these beautiful servant

01:00:17.630 --> 01:00:19.869
boys. This is a guest. In heaven, which is kind

01:00:19.869 --> 01:00:22.429
of ambiguous. And some people say it's meant

01:00:22.429 --> 01:00:28.739
to be sexually enticing. And here's the ad. Next

01:00:28.739 --> 01:00:31.260
sponsor for the day is Jace Medical. This is

01:00:31.260 --> 01:00:33.960
a way to stay prepared for your family. You don't

01:00:33.960 --> 01:00:35.940
want to get in a situation where you can't access

01:00:35.940 --> 01:00:38.159
the medication that you need. Oh no, if the Muslims

01:00:38.159 --> 01:00:40.599
come, you won't be able to access your medication.

01:00:40.980 --> 01:00:45.360
I just want people to see it. Please, I just

01:00:45.360 --> 01:00:48.780
want you to see it. That's a great observation.

01:00:49.809 --> 01:00:54.269
So, it was Matthias Desmet that you were referring

01:00:54.269 --> 01:00:57.210
to. Desmet, yeah. Mass formation. Yeah, Desmet.

01:00:57.710 --> 01:01:00.210
Mass formation psychosis. Psychosis, that's it.

01:01:00.210 --> 01:01:04.289
Thank you. Wow. Yes, discredit, of course, as

01:01:04.289 --> 01:01:09.610
being a quack, obviously. Now, pastors have an

01:01:09.610 --> 01:01:13.630
interesting take on this. Not a single pastor

01:01:13.630 --> 01:01:16.469
has not said, we need to pray. And I'm happy

01:01:16.469 --> 01:01:18.269
to hear that. And there's a lot of pastors out

01:01:18.269 --> 01:01:25.440
there. that discuss this. And they use fear tactics

01:01:25.440 --> 01:01:28.079
as well, which I'm just not sure is the best

01:01:28.079 --> 01:01:31.780
way to do it. And I want to give an example here.

01:01:33.199 --> 01:01:38.179
This is Jack Hibbs. So to back that up, let's

01:01:38.179 --> 01:01:44.420
show you something that's going on. Let's play

01:01:44.420 --> 01:02:01.279
a little bit of scary Allah Akbar music. All

01:02:01.279 --> 01:02:04.480
right, ladies and gentlemen, that is every Friday

01:02:04.480 --> 01:02:09.219
night in New York City Times Square. Welcome

01:02:09.219 --> 01:02:15.139
to America. Since the election of Mandani, Zoran

01:02:15.139 --> 01:02:18.659
Mandani, He has been speaking more and more Arabic,

01:02:18.860 --> 01:02:20.780
and he's been speaking more and more about Sharia

01:02:20.780 --> 01:02:25.780
law in New York City. And now the call to prayer

01:02:25.780 --> 01:02:31.079
is put out by speaker over New York City. And

01:02:31.079 --> 01:02:34.679
you don't go to Times Square on Fridays any longer

01:02:34.679 --> 01:02:37.039
in New York City. What do you think of that?

01:02:37.639 --> 01:02:40.739
All that because Christians did not vote in New

01:02:40.739 --> 01:02:44.340
York City. So there's a high probability, friends,

01:02:44.500 --> 01:02:47.599
26 % of the eligible Christians in California,

01:02:48.119 --> 01:02:52.139
26 % of them vote, which means whoever's running

01:02:52.139 --> 01:02:56.980
for governor or assembly or presidents or whatever,

01:02:58.420 --> 01:03:01.619
the Christian vote in California no longer matters.

01:03:02.679 --> 01:03:08.699
So he's enticing his congregation to vote, which

01:03:08.699 --> 01:03:12.570
of course is after prayer. But of course we need

01:03:12.570 --> 01:03:17.590
to vote. And that's for any group that we don't

01:03:17.590 --> 01:03:20.449
necessarily, but voting for what? It's not just

01:03:20.449 --> 01:03:23.969
about your Senator, your state Senator. It's

01:03:23.969 --> 01:03:27.050
your zoning board. If you want to determine where

01:03:27.050 --> 01:03:31.230
a mosque is built, get on the zoning board. Have

01:03:31.230 --> 01:03:33.590
your church vote for you. I mean, we - County

01:03:33.590 --> 01:03:35.989
commissioner. County commissioner is a big one.

01:03:36.050 --> 01:03:40.110
Those are critical. Critical. This is what didn't

01:03:40.110 --> 01:03:43.690
happen in Europe. By the way, when I was growing

01:03:43.690 --> 01:03:46.389
up, or coming up, I should say, in the 80s and

01:03:46.389 --> 01:03:50.489
90s, I had a daughter. I didn't care at all about

01:03:50.489 --> 01:03:52.550
the school board, running for the school board.

01:03:52.550 --> 01:03:54.210
You got nothing better than a loser. I mean,

01:03:54.469 --> 01:03:58.929
I'm honest about it and I regret it. You didn't

01:03:58.929 --> 01:04:01.530
know what you didn't know. Maybe no one told

01:04:01.530 --> 01:04:05.869
me, maybe I wasn't listening. And so, Pastor

01:04:05.869 --> 01:04:11.980
Hibbs is correct, but I kind of feel like you

01:04:11.980 --> 01:04:14.320
undo the prayer part by saying, well, you better

01:04:14.320 --> 01:04:16.599
be afraid of this. You can't go to Times Square

01:04:16.599 --> 01:04:19.179
in New York on a Friday night because you didn't

01:04:19.179 --> 01:04:22.039
vote. I mean, I don't know. It doesn't entirely

01:04:22.039 --> 01:04:25.420
sit right with me, but he's doing a version of

01:04:25.420 --> 01:04:28.199
be afraid. You got to go out and vote. But I

01:04:28.199 --> 01:04:32.179
would prefer that people also stand to be voted

01:04:32.179 --> 01:04:37.840
on. It can't just be a passive activity of go

01:04:37.840 --> 01:04:42.260
off and tick a box. And then the one that I think

01:04:42.260 --> 01:04:45.179
most people stumble on with this next pandemic,

01:04:45.719 --> 01:04:52.440
this next mass formation psychosis is, well,

01:04:53.070 --> 01:04:55.670
We might as well give up because the numbers

01:04:55.670 --> 01:04:58.690
are just against us. There is fear of upsetting

01:04:58.690 --> 01:05:01.409
that. That's one part. The second part is the

01:05:01.409 --> 01:05:03.789
right in demographics. And that is the labor.

01:05:03.929 --> 01:05:05.650
That is the left vote. You're having exactly

01:05:05.650 --> 01:05:08.389
the same problem in the U S with the Democrats

01:05:08.389 --> 01:05:11.550
doing everything they can to please their voting

01:05:11.550 --> 01:05:14.530
base. Doesn't matter how they destroy the country.

01:05:14.570 --> 01:05:18.800
And we have the same. issue here. We had a cap

01:05:18.800 --> 01:05:21.820
on giving money to families with two children

01:05:21.820 --> 01:05:25.119
so we give money. extra money if you've got two

01:05:25.119 --> 01:05:27.500
children. And there was a cap that you couldn't

01:05:27.500 --> 01:05:29.739
get that child benefit if you had more than two

01:05:29.739 --> 01:05:32.320
children. But of course, Muslim families have

01:05:32.320 --> 01:05:35.679
huge, huge families, huge amount of children.

01:05:36.440 --> 01:05:38.719
So Labour decided it was damaging their voter

01:05:38.719 --> 01:05:41.219
base to have that restriction. So they removed

01:05:41.219 --> 01:05:43.480
it. So if you've got seven, eight, nine, ten

01:05:43.480 --> 01:05:46.139
children with your four wives, that's all fine.

01:05:46.460 --> 01:05:50.260
You now get the benefits for that. So it is purely

01:05:50.260 --> 01:05:53.400
moving towards your voter base and doing anything

01:05:53.400 --> 01:05:56.219
you want. That was the Glenn Beck show, by the

01:05:56.219 --> 01:05:58.599
way. And this is kind of where people throw up

01:05:58.599 --> 01:06:02.579
their hands and go, well, we're lost. That's

01:06:02.579 --> 01:06:04.960
it. We can never, we can't keep up with seven,

01:06:04.960 --> 01:06:07.780
eight kids. They're going to overrun us. And,

01:06:07.780 --> 01:06:11.800
and without a doubt, that is true in Europe where

01:06:11.800 --> 01:06:14.480
they're missing an element that we have in the

01:06:14.480 --> 01:06:17.199
United States. And really the one pastor I found

01:06:17.199 --> 01:06:22.400
who at least, praise God, is really, at least

01:06:22.400 --> 01:06:24.139
starting with the right message, and I think

01:06:24.139 --> 01:06:26.760
you and I will add one bit to that, is Josh Howerton.

01:06:27.719 --> 01:06:30.239
Especially for young men, if somebody was like,

01:06:30.280 --> 01:06:32.260
hey dude, just give it to me straight. What do

01:06:32.260 --> 01:06:34.639
I need to be doing? Here's what I would say,

01:06:35.000 --> 01:06:37.300
and I would say pray, ask the leadership ability

01:06:37.300 --> 01:06:40.199
spirit, follow your conscience if it deviates

01:06:40.199 --> 01:06:42.579
from any of this. But essentially, some of these

01:06:42.579 --> 01:06:45.809
are not deviatable. I would essentially go, hey

01:06:45.809 --> 01:06:48.050
man, if you want to live a life of extraordinary

01:06:48.050 --> 01:06:52.510
consequence, give your life to Jesus, read your

01:06:52.510 --> 01:06:54.050
Bible every day, pray every day, and act like

01:06:54.050 --> 01:06:57.429
it. Go to church, find a cute girl that loves

01:06:57.429 --> 01:07:01.469
Jesus, and get married young. Let me just side

01:07:01.469 --> 01:07:04.650
note real quick. The more I'm hanging out with

01:07:04.650 --> 01:07:06.969
young adults in our church, and they're like

01:07:06.969 --> 01:07:09.070
26, 27, 28, and they're like, ah, I'm not ready

01:07:09.070 --> 01:07:13.369
to get married yet. I'm like, what? Are you crazy?

01:07:13.800 --> 01:07:20.780
Are you crazy? You're like 10 years into historical

01:07:20.780 --> 01:07:28.059
marriageable age in human history. In general,

01:07:29.239 --> 01:07:30.940
people right now are waiting way too late to

01:07:30.940 --> 01:07:36.400
get married. Biologically, all the things, find

01:07:36.400 --> 01:07:39.440
a cute girl that loves Jesus, get married young,

01:07:39.980 --> 01:07:42.860
have one more kid than you think you can afford.

01:07:43.199 --> 01:07:45.559
I was just like, let me just have one more kid

01:07:45.559 --> 01:07:48.500
than you think you could afford and then work

01:07:48.500 --> 01:07:51.139
hard to build something great instead of complaining.

01:07:51.719 --> 01:07:54.480
You do that stuff and you're going to live a

01:07:54.480 --> 01:07:58.260
life of extraordinary consequence. The only thing

01:07:58.260 --> 01:08:02.179
I would say to the olds, people like me, apparently.

01:08:03.960 --> 01:08:06.320
I like the message. This wasn't even necessarily

01:08:06.320 --> 01:08:09.739
related to Muslims, but I looked at a lot of

01:08:09.739 --> 01:08:11.719
influences and pastors to see what they're saying

01:08:11.719 --> 01:08:14.639
and to see what we're all being exposed to. Now,

01:08:14.659 --> 01:08:18.159
if you listen to Pastor Hibbs, the one thing

01:08:18.159 --> 01:08:20.859
that neither he nor Josh Howerton really connect

01:08:20.859 --> 01:08:24.420
to it, they know it, they connect to it, is multiply.

01:08:25.140 --> 01:08:30.899
Which is our actual job to not just multiply

01:08:30.899 --> 01:08:35.640
with making humans, but to multiply bringing

01:08:35.640 --> 01:08:38.720
people to Christ. Because then if it's only 26

01:08:38.720 --> 01:08:42.159
% of Christians in California, but you triple

01:08:42.159 --> 01:08:45.239
the size and the amount of Christians, now all

01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:48.979
of a sudden you have a different picture. And

01:08:48.979 --> 01:08:52.619
that just hit me like a lightning bolt the other

01:08:52.619 --> 01:08:55.600
day as I'm like, Oh man, it's right there. The

01:08:55.600 --> 01:08:58.539
answer is right there. We don't have to sit at

01:08:58.539 --> 01:09:02.220
home shivering in front of the screen that the

01:09:02.220 --> 01:09:04.899
Muslims are taking over. We can never combat

01:09:04.899 --> 01:09:08.079
this. We don't have enough children. Go out and

01:09:08.079 --> 01:09:13.180
multiply people. That's so good. Be fruitful

01:09:13.180 --> 01:09:16.399
and multiply. That is one of the first early

01:09:16.399 --> 01:09:20.060
commandments from the Lord for humankind. That

01:09:20.060 --> 01:09:22.680
was the whole... That was why we were put on

01:09:22.680 --> 01:09:26.140
the planet. It's Genesis 1 .28. God blessed them,

01:09:26.239 --> 01:09:29.119
who's them, Adam and Eve, and said to them, be

01:09:29.119 --> 01:09:31.300
fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth

01:09:31.300 --> 01:09:33.920
and subdue it, rule over the fish, the sea, the

01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:36.279
birds of the air, and every living creature that

01:09:36.279 --> 01:09:39.100
moves on the ground. And then after the flood,

01:09:39.880 --> 01:09:42.359
Genesis 9 .1, then God blessed Noah and his son,

01:09:42.479 --> 01:09:45.500
saying to them, be fruitful and increase in number

01:09:45.500 --> 01:09:48.720
and fill the earth. I mean, these are early commands.

01:09:48.760 --> 01:09:51.340
These are some of the first basic things that

01:09:51.340 --> 01:09:54.380
we were put on the planet to do. And it's interesting

01:09:54.380 --> 01:09:57.579
that some of the supposedly greatest minds in

01:09:57.579 --> 01:10:00.479
the world are panicking over the sheer number

01:10:00.479 --> 01:10:02.920
of people on earth. We're destroying the planet.

01:10:03.260 --> 01:10:06.659
There's too many people. We have to stop birthing

01:10:06.659 --> 01:10:09.159
babies. I mean, we've got to start limiting.

01:10:09.340 --> 01:10:13.500
We got to start literally creating foods and

01:10:13.500 --> 01:10:18.520
atmosphere and circumstances where people cannot

01:10:18.520 --> 01:10:21.319
multiply anymore. So we're going to promote things

01:10:21.319 --> 01:10:23.119
that will keep you from having more children.

01:10:23.199 --> 01:10:24.960
I mean, and yet it's one of the first commands

01:10:24.960 --> 01:10:28.060
in Scripture. And then you see the command in

01:10:28.060 --> 01:10:31.739
the New Testament, which is the... It's the...

01:10:31.739 --> 01:10:34.939
The Great Commission? The Great Commission, the

01:10:34.939 --> 01:10:39.159
apostolic command, and it literally says, go

01:10:39.159 --> 01:10:42.289
there for... and make disciples of all nations,

01:10:42.550 --> 01:10:44.050
baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son,

01:10:44.109 --> 01:10:45.449
and the Holy Spirit, teaching them everything

01:10:45.449 --> 01:10:48.170
I've taught you, and I will be with you till

01:10:48.170 --> 01:10:51.130
the end of the age. So I mean, these two commands

01:10:51.130 --> 01:10:53.989
both have the same element, and that is multiply

01:10:53.989 --> 01:10:57.590
physically in number and then multiply spiritually

01:10:57.590 --> 01:11:00.329
in number. Those are our commands as followers

01:11:00.329 --> 01:11:04.350
of Jesus. And so you don't have to sit at home

01:11:04.350 --> 01:11:08.420
feeling helpless. And the good news is Jesus

01:11:08.420 --> 01:11:11.399
is trending. So you already got a point ahead.

01:11:12.600 --> 01:11:15.420
People are interested. Things are looking good.

01:11:15.699 --> 01:11:18.359
I was just told the other night we've been having

01:11:18.359 --> 01:11:22.020
46 plus people come on a Tuesday night for just

01:11:22.020 --> 01:11:25.659
a six week Bible study. And it wasn't over advertised.

01:11:25.880 --> 01:11:28.500
It's none of our staff leading it. It's on experiencing

01:11:28.500 --> 01:11:33.000
God. And the word I got back was from Blair Nevins

01:11:33.000 --> 01:11:35.699
who's leading this and others who've been. People

01:11:35.699 --> 01:11:40.579
are hungry. Yes. People are hungry. Even on Sundays,

01:11:40.720 --> 01:11:44.859
I've been teaching on this, just one more, just

01:11:44.859 --> 01:11:47.819
get up and go do something. People are hungry.

01:11:48.239 --> 01:11:50.779
I mean, and they're responding to these messages.

01:11:50.939 --> 01:11:53.739
So there are good things. This is a good season.

01:11:54.569 --> 01:11:57.449
I'm not going to take the position of Jack Kibbs

01:11:57.449 --> 01:12:00.609
and say like Chicken Little, the sky's falling,

01:12:00.770 --> 01:12:04.369
it's too late, we're done, our vote doesn't count.

01:12:04.789 --> 01:12:08.270
I'm telling you, I would not have said that even

01:12:08.270 --> 01:12:11.229
if the numbers pointed that way because I don't

01:12:11.229 --> 01:12:14.029
live my life according to statistics. I live

01:12:14.029 --> 01:12:17.369
my life according to God's word and what he promises

01:12:17.369 --> 01:12:21.539
and what he says will happen. Not what Some survey

01:12:21.539 --> 01:12:24.180
which you know what a survey is worth barely

01:12:24.180 --> 01:12:26.500
worth a paper. It's printed on I mean, let's

01:12:26.500 --> 01:12:29.600
just be real and too many too many factors too

01:12:29.600 --> 01:12:33.699
many nuances too many agendas so I Would not

01:12:33.699 --> 01:12:36.300
have said what I know what he's doing He's he

01:12:36.300 --> 01:12:39.300
was in a moment The fear was rising could feel

01:12:39.300 --> 01:12:41.600
the room and he just sort of put an exclamation

01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.560
point on it. Basically, it's too late We've already

01:12:44.560 --> 01:12:46.640
lost California. I mean, that's what it sounded

01:12:46.640 --> 01:12:52.119
like to me and yet you got Victor Marks in. Colorado

01:12:52.119 --> 01:12:54.960
running for governor, full on for Jesus, spirit

01:12:54.960 --> 01:12:57.899
-filled. He's taking massive abuse for his faith

01:12:57.899 --> 01:13:00.680
right now, but the dude is still standing. He

01:13:00.680 --> 01:13:03.479
won the primary. I mean, he is like fighting.

01:13:03.579 --> 01:13:06.800
He just did a thing with Pierce and Pierce just

01:13:06.800 --> 01:13:09.060
went there on all that and just tried to undo

01:13:09.060 --> 01:13:11.039
him right there on camera. I'll have to watch

01:13:11.039 --> 01:13:14.399
that. Oh, yeah. It was brutal. But he said, don't

01:13:14.399 --> 01:13:16.659
watch Pierce's version, watch the whole thing,

01:13:16.720 --> 01:13:19.399
because there will be the whole thing. That's

01:13:19.399 --> 01:13:21.590
another episode we have to do. about editing.

01:13:21.890 --> 01:13:25.069
No kidding. Yeah. But all that to say is that

01:13:25.069 --> 01:13:30.069
the reason why I say we get to do this is because

01:13:30.069 --> 01:13:33.770
it keeps my mind thinking forward, not looking

01:13:33.770 --> 01:13:36.529
downward. I'm looking upward. I'm looking towards

01:13:36.529 --> 01:13:39.609
him. The reason why I call our podcast living

01:13:39.609 --> 01:13:42.590
up in a down world is that we refuse to fall

01:13:42.590 --> 01:13:46.770
into this rut of stinking thinking and believing

01:13:46.770 --> 01:13:50.310
it's all over. And basically it steals the hope.

01:13:50.270 --> 01:13:53.770
out of your heart. Yes. And I will not live hopeless.

01:13:54.590 --> 01:13:56.810
There's three things that remain, faith, hope,

01:13:56.850 --> 01:13:58.810
and love. The greatest of these is love, but

01:13:58.810 --> 01:14:02.310
faith and hope. By the way, the essence of faith

01:14:02.310 --> 01:14:05.630
and hope are the same thing. Faith is literally,

01:14:07.029 --> 01:14:10.430
biblical hope is the confident and joyful expectation

01:14:10.430 --> 01:14:13.489
of a desired good. That's the root of faith too.

01:14:14.010 --> 01:14:16.270
Believing, trusting, there's going to be something

01:14:16.270 --> 01:14:19.770
good that comes. And that's the essence of the

01:14:19.770 --> 01:14:23.250
Christian life. And that's why I refuse to buy

01:14:23.250 --> 01:14:27.729
into, even some of my peers, my colleagues saying

01:14:27.729 --> 01:14:30.329
doom and gloom, it's over, they're sounding,

01:14:31.109 --> 01:14:34.649
the sirens are growing off in our city, stop,

01:14:34.949 --> 01:14:39.510
drop and roll and pray. I refuse to give in to

01:14:39.510 --> 01:14:42.250
that idea that anything's over. Because we almost

01:14:42.250 --> 01:14:44.350
act like it's the worst that it's ever been in

01:14:44.350 --> 01:14:46.670
America. And if we know our history, this is

01:14:46.670 --> 01:14:49.770
not the worst it's ever been in America. We love

01:14:49.770 --> 01:14:52.250
hearing from everybody out there. I'm not quite

01:14:52.250 --> 01:14:54.970
sure what we're going to call everybody. We get

01:14:54.970 --> 01:14:58.390
to doers? I'm not quite there yet. We've got

01:14:58.390 --> 01:15:00.689
to come up and help us people. Help us with that.

01:15:00.689 --> 01:15:04.369
Send in your thoughts. You can always email us,

01:15:04.369 --> 01:15:11.810
adam at wgtdt .com, psjimmy at wgtdt .com. Wgtdt

01:15:11.810 --> 01:15:14.470
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01:15:20.989 --> 01:15:24.170
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01:15:24.550 --> 01:15:26.529
If you get any value from what we're doing here,

01:15:26.569 --> 01:15:28.449
we'd love to receive that back from you with

01:15:28.449 --> 01:15:30.869
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01:15:30.869 --> 01:15:33.789
using that before I was born again. I had no

01:15:33.789 --> 01:15:39.159
idea. It was a biblical thing. I got to tell

01:15:39.159 --> 01:15:44.500
you, we built a website, WGTDTdonations .com,

01:15:45.399 --> 01:15:48.619
and we've been getting a lot of beautiful notes.

01:15:49.479 --> 01:15:51.619
and value, and I just want to thank some people

01:15:51.619 --> 01:15:55.819
who sent it in for us today. Start off with $500

01:15:55.819 --> 01:15:59.100
from Anonymous. Now this person is so anonymous

01:15:59.100 --> 01:16:02.319
that he or she donated and then immediately erased

01:16:02.319 --> 01:16:06.800
all their tracks. So I don't know why, but we

01:16:06.800 --> 01:16:09.479
appreciate you. Thank you, whoever you are. Thank

01:16:09.479 --> 01:16:12.680
you. Christopher Witzel sent us $100 and he has

01:16:12.680 --> 01:16:15.779
a note. Thank you, Adam and Pastor Jimmy. About

01:16:15.779 --> 01:16:18.560
20 months ago, I found God after my wife left

01:16:18.560 --> 01:16:21.699
and my young family was broken apart. I hit rock

01:16:21.699 --> 01:16:23.680
bottom and reached the point where I wanted to

01:16:23.680 --> 01:16:26.279
end it all. But a close friend shared the gospel

01:16:26.279 --> 01:16:28.500
with me, which set me on a path to where I am

01:16:28.500 --> 01:16:31.539
today, a new creation in Christ, 2 Corinthians

01:16:31.539 --> 01:16:35.180
5, 17. I was so excited to hear on no agenda

01:16:35.180 --> 01:16:37.460
that Adam was on a similar walk. I've been enjoying

01:16:37.460 --> 01:16:41.119
WGTDT since last year when you were arguing with

01:16:41.119 --> 01:16:43.699
JCD about the new podcast and sharing material.

01:16:44.239 --> 01:16:47.119
I remember thinking, what is this scandalous

01:16:47.119 --> 01:16:51.899
podcast that has JCD so up in arms? I will deeply

01:16:51.899 --> 01:16:54.829
miss John C. Pastor Jimmy, your words were such

01:16:54.829 --> 01:16:57.170
a comfort in the last episode as we said farewell

01:16:57.170 --> 01:16:59.850
to a friend. As Christians, we have the ultimate

01:16:59.850 --> 01:17:02.350
hope of knowing he has moved on to a better place.

01:17:02.670 --> 01:17:04.890
The very same hope that pulled me out of the

01:17:04.890 --> 01:17:07.310
valley I was in and gave me new life in Christ

01:17:07.310 --> 01:17:10.170
Jesus. It's a completely new outlook on life

01:17:10.170 --> 01:17:12.750
and I love sharing the good news now. Chris Winslow,

01:17:13.350 --> 01:17:16.720
Spirit Lake, Idaho. That's great. Love that.

01:17:16.819 --> 01:17:18.500
I should say we're taping a little bit early,

01:17:18.560 --> 01:17:20.500
so if you got the newsletter and you sent in

01:17:20.500 --> 01:17:23.100
a note with your donation, we'll do it on next

01:17:23.100 --> 01:17:25.939
Wednesday so you have not been forgotten. Darren

01:17:25.939 --> 01:17:28.680
Wilson comes in with what is quickly becoming

01:17:28.680 --> 01:17:33.840
a favorite donation amount, $77 .77. I love that.

01:17:34.239 --> 01:17:37.300
It's great. He says, Ephesians 4 .1, live a life

01:17:37.300 --> 01:17:39.399
worthy of the calling you have received. Peace

01:17:39.399 --> 01:17:44.719
be with you, brothers, from Darren Wilson. $50

01:17:44.719 --> 01:17:49.779
from ex -Vermonters. I'm deriving that from their

01:17:49.779 --> 01:17:52.460
email address, ex -Vermonters. So I just guess

01:17:52.460 --> 01:17:54.600
they're formerly from Vermont. No note, thank

01:17:54.600 --> 01:17:57.640
you. Justin Zetzer, $50. No note, thank you,

01:17:57.739 --> 01:18:01.640
Justin. Alison Stang sends $50. Dear Adam, it's

01:18:01.640 --> 01:18:03.439
been such an encouragement to witness you living

01:18:03.439 --> 01:18:06.579
out Matthew 16 .24. What is that, brother? What

01:18:06.579 --> 01:18:10.550
is 16 .24? I don't know. I'm not a walking concordance,

01:18:10.670 --> 01:18:14.529
but I can find it very quickly. What? Matthew

01:18:14.529 --> 01:18:18.369
16, 24. I'll find it. You're not a walking concordance.

01:18:18.449 --> 01:18:21.930
So disappointing. Like, hey, you're a comedian,

01:18:22.090 --> 01:18:23.689
tell a joke. Come on, you should be able to do

01:18:23.689 --> 01:18:26.710
that. Here it is. Then Jesus said to his disciples,

01:18:26.850 --> 01:18:29.010
if anyone would come after me, he must deny himself,

01:18:29.189 --> 01:18:32.149
take up his cross and follow me. Boom. Fantastic.

01:18:32.569 --> 01:18:35.449
Thank you, Allison. She says, thank you. Thank

01:18:35.449 --> 01:18:37.590
you, Pastor Jimmy, for being such a consistent.

01:18:37.819 --> 01:18:43.100
calm fountain of wisdom each week. Then a long

01:18:43.100 --> 01:18:44.880
note, but it's an important one, so I'm going

01:18:44.880 --> 01:18:47.180
to share the last one from Carrie Scott. She

01:18:47.180 --> 01:18:50.720
sent us $41, which I think will also become a

01:18:50.720 --> 01:18:54.260
special number for the show. I love it. Adam

01:18:54.260 --> 01:18:57.060
and Pastor Jimmy, I'm donating $41 as a symbol

01:18:57.060 --> 01:19:00.180
of what comes after a 40 -day season of testing.

01:19:00.699 --> 01:19:03.500
The 41st day when someone takes the first step

01:19:03.500 --> 01:19:05.819
into God's promised purpose or a new beginning.

01:19:06.079 --> 01:19:09.060
I found this especially fitting for Adam as he

01:19:09.060 --> 01:19:11.899
walks through this season of transition. My husband

01:19:11.899 --> 01:19:13.779
Brandon has been an Avid Noah gender listener

01:19:13.779 --> 01:19:15.899
since around episode 200. I've listened with

01:19:15.899 --> 01:19:19.260
him off and on since we met in 2012, and eventually

01:19:19.260 --> 01:19:21.720
I began listening to Kuri and the Keeper as well.

01:19:22.060 --> 01:19:24.460
We were both deeply saddened by the loss of JCD

01:19:24.460 --> 01:19:27.520
and we sent our heartfelt condolences. I was

01:19:27.520 --> 01:19:30.319
listening to last week's episode of WGTDT and

01:19:30.319 --> 01:19:32.680
felt led to donate and share a brief testimony.

01:19:33.470 --> 01:19:35.869
I've been what I would call a room temperature

01:19:35.869 --> 01:19:38.470
Christian, cooler than lukewarm, since I fell

01:19:38.470 --> 01:19:40.449
out of sync with the Lord when I was a teenager,

01:19:40.470 --> 01:19:43.289
I'm now 35. This past February I found myself

01:19:43.289 --> 01:19:46.609
depressed and in a very dark place. One evening

01:19:46.609 --> 01:19:49.149
after going down some dark satanic rabbit holes

01:19:49.149 --> 01:19:51.489
that I couldn't seem to pull myself out of following

01:19:51.489 --> 01:19:54.069
the release of the Epstein files, wow, a lot

01:19:54.069 --> 01:19:56.850
of people have been there, I heard God ask me,

01:19:57.229 --> 01:19:59.409
when I come back to free my people from evil

01:19:59.409 --> 01:20:02.220
of this world, are you coming with me? Well,

01:20:02.220 --> 01:20:04.439
there was only one answer I could give. Since

01:20:04.439 --> 01:20:06.579
that moment I've been deep diving into God's

01:20:06.579 --> 01:20:08.659
Word and rebuilding my relationship with Christ.

01:20:09.140 --> 01:20:11.239
Every night as Brandon and I are falling asleep,

01:20:11.340 --> 01:20:13.539
I rest my hand on his shoulder and pray that

01:20:13.539 --> 01:20:16.699
the Lord captures his heart and he joins me wholeheartedly

01:20:16.699 --> 01:20:19.579
on this journey of faith. He prays with me occasionally

01:20:19.579 --> 01:20:21.699
and watches sermons from Bridge Church with me

01:20:21.699 --> 01:20:24.319
from time to time, but he still wrestles with

01:20:24.319 --> 01:20:27.090
his beliefs. I'd like to ask if you would join

01:20:27.090 --> 01:20:29.489
me in praying that the walls around his heart

01:20:29.489 --> 01:20:31.989
would be broken down and he would fully accept

01:20:31.989 --> 01:20:34.949
Jesus as his Lord and Savior so he will one day

01:20:34.949 --> 01:20:37.189
join me in the kingdom of heaven. I apologize

01:20:37.189 --> 01:20:39.630
for such a long note. Love the podcast. Can't

01:20:39.630 --> 01:20:42.170
wait to see where the Lord leads it next. God

01:20:42.170 --> 01:20:46.130
bless from Kerry Scott. Wow. Beautiful. Wow.

01:20:46.350 --> 01:20:48.909
Thank you, Kerry. Wow. Thank you for your transparency.

01:20:49.149 --> 01:20:51.890
Yes. And beautiful note. I have one note to share.

01:20:52.970 --> 01:20:57.609
This is from Joe Rojas. He's become a buddy and

01:20:57.609 --> 01:20:59.810
a friend of We Get To Do This. He says, Hey,

01:20:59.970 --> 01:21:01.649
Pastor Jimmy, I hope you're having an amazing

01:21:01.649 --> 01:21:04.310
day. The thanks really goes to God, but I wanted

01:21:04.310 --> 01:21:06.470
to acknowledge your part in my life. And he says

01:21:06.470 --> 01:21:09.970
this, Joe Rogan led me to Adam. Adam led me to

01:21:09.970 --> 01:21:15.000
no agenda and JCD. Adam led me to you. You have

01:21:15.000 --> 01:21:17.420
had a profound impact on my life showing me all

01:21:17.420 --> 01:21:20.319
that church can be. I prayed that I'd find a

01:21:20.319 --> 01:21:22.260
church like yours and the Holy Spirit led me

01:21:22.260 --> 01:21:24.560
to Grace Church here in West Bridgewater, Maine.

01:21:25.319 --> 01:21:27.199
I went for the first time today to check it out

01:21:27.199 --> 01:21:29.500
and I immediately found myself overwhelmed with

01:21:29.500 --> 01:21:32.039
the presence of God. It has a similar format

01:21:32.039 --> 01:21:34.659
to what I've watched in your church. I'm excited

01:21:34.659 --> 01:21:36.939
to go back and take my whole family this next

01:21:36.939 --> 01:21:39.739
Sunday. I pray that someday I find my way to

01:21:39.739 --> 01:21:41.579
Fredericksburg so that I can shake your hand

01:21:41.579 --> 01:21:44.220
and say thank you in person. Thank you, Joe Rojas

01:21:44.220 --> 01:21:47.939
for writing in that note. These notes encourage

01:21:47.939 --> 01:21:50.399
us beyond what you would know. And they also,

01:21:50.460 --> 01:21:53.859
God uses them to confirm that we're on the right

01:21:53.859 --> 01:21:55.579
track, that we're doing what we're supposed to

01:21:55.579 --> 01:21:58.460
be doing. Amen. All right, land the plane for

01:21:58.460 --> 01:22:02.680
me, brother. All right. Well, I had a good landing

01:22:02.680 --> 01:22:04.600
and then, oh, I got one. Hang on. Hang on. I

01:22:04.600 --> 01:22:07.319
just remember this. Here's what we get to do.

01:22:07.319 --> 01:22:10.739
This is, we're doing life at the crossroads of

01:22:10.739 --> 01:22:15.220
culture and Christianity. There you go. Yes.

01:22:16.699 --> 01:22:18.720
That's it. It's a little long for my t -shirt,

01:22:18.720 --> 01:22:24.359
but I like it. It's not a band name. I know,

01:22:24.439 --> 01:22:26.319
right? That's what we're doing though. We do

01:22:26.319 --> 01:22:28.720
life, man. Right? We're culture and Christianity.

01:22:29.000 --> 01:22:32.100
right at the middle of the crossroads. Subscribe

01:22:32.100 --> 01:22:35.720
to our newsletter, WGTDT .com. We really appreciate

01:22:35.720 --> 01:22:37.779
everyone who's listening and we're excited to

01:22:37.779 --> 01:22:42.720
see where this goes. I love these numbers. The

01:22:42.720 --> 01:22:46.239
numerology is fun. I don't want to just call

01:22:46.239 --> 01:22:49.039
people listeners. I've never really liked that.

01:22:49.779 --> 01:22:51.439
They'll have to come up with something, so send

01:22:51.439 --> 01:22:54.100
us your ideas. Brother, have a great time tonight

01:22:54.100 --> 01:22:57.789
at the premiere and the one in Austin. Awesome.

01:22:57.890 --> 01:22:59.609
We're hitting the gym, Planet Fitness here in

01:22:59.609 --> 01:23:01.609
a little bit, a little temple care, and then

01:23:01.609 --> 01:23:05.409
we get to go eat at a Brazilian steakhouse. But

01:23:05.409 --> 01:23:06.770
the carnivores getting together, that should

01:23:06.770 --> 01:23:09.369
be wild. And then the movie, seven o 'clock.

01:23:09.729 --> 01:23:12.989
Beautiful. And we will be back next Wednesday

01:23:12.989 --> 01:23:15.850
with another episode of We Get To Do This. Have

01:23:15.850 --> 01:23:27.909
a great week, everybody. This is the chance we

01:23:27.909 --> 01:23:34.050
did not miss This is the life we get to do this