"I Think She Just Coughed Up A Lung!"

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 We'll be right back. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Don't get down when you're seeing the worst. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Cause the last will be the first. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,000 What a day I'm telling you. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,000 All things will be new. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Living up in a down world. 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Yeah we're living, yeah we're living. 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Living up in a down world. 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Oh! 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,000 This is Jimmy and Annette and we are super excited to be with you today. 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,000 And we've got Mr. Chevy sitting in his usual place. 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,000 By the way, what kind of dog is Mr. Chevy? 13 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Why do you not remember that? 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Have a Shawn. 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,000 I don't understand why you can't remember that. 16 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Have a Shawn. I'll try to remember that. 17 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Have a Shawn. 18 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Have a Shawn, which is Havanese and Bichon. 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 And he is totally... 20 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 He is so chilled, he's laying. 21 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 His eyes are half way closed. 22 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 He's unbelievable. 23 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 And it's because mama's rubbing his stomach right now. 24 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 I know. 25 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Chest and belly. 26 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 He's tired. He was so excited. 27 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,000 He has had a hard day. 28 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,000 When he saw this chair come over to your desk, he's like, okay, this is it. 29 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 This must be Monday. 30 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000 And then you dilly-daddled a while because you were doing some stuff. 31 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I was doing laundry. 32 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 You were taking care. 33 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Thank you by the way for doing that. 34 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 You're welcome. 35 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,000 I'm just saying it's really amazing what you do around here. 36 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Thank you. 37 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Nothing would get done if I didn't do anything. 38 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. 39 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000 That's going to leave a mark. 40 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 I know. 41 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Anyway, Mr. Chevy is chilled out, but he's happy to be here because he was as 42 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 excited about doing the show as we are. 43 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,000 And we are excited that you are here listening. 44 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Thank you for trusting us with time, which is one of the most valuable assets we 45 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,000 all have. 46 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 And today is our first day at sabbatical. 47 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 This is a huge day. 48 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Oh my gosh. 49 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 It's already been a busy day though. 50 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 We didn't get to rest because we had a lot to do. 51 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 And we'll explain a little bit about sabbatical because not everybody 52 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 understands what that is. 53 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Some people think, hell, wow, so you get an extended vacation. 54 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Good for you guys. 55 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 No. 56 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Vacations mean you're working so hard because you're doing so much that when 57 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000 you get back you need a vacation. 58 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,000 You need a vacation. 59 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,000 We're not doing that. 60 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 No. 61 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,000 No, we're resting. 62 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 And it's based out of scripture in the book of, well, I mean, like in the Old 63 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Testament there's two references to where God told the Israelites, the 64 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Hebrews, that every seven years they're to cease from their work and cease 65 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 from their labors. 66 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 And they're to let the land rest, which is kind of strange. 67 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,000 We're not used to that kind of terminology, to let the land rest. 68 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 But that's code for you have to rest. 69 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 And you have to trust me for your provision and trust me that everything, 70 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 that as you take your hands off of things, I've got it under control. 71 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Right. 72 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Yeah. 73 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,000 And I think for me the last two weeks have been pure, I mean, I have worked... 74 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Not just you. 75 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Me and Mr. Chevy have been busy too. 76 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Right. 77 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Yeah. 78 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Okay. 79 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Anyway, this is about me. 80 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 I was so busy trying to get everything done for our board and elders and 81 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,000 staff and making sure everything was in alignment so that we could go. 82 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,000 And by the time yesterday came, I was so exhausted after church. 83 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 I know. 84 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 I know. 85 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 It was crazy. 86 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 I was asleep early last night. 87 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 We were wiped out. 88 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 I need this now. 89 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Okay. 90 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 I know it's about you, but it's about me too and Mr. Chevy. 91 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 I know. 92 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 You just mainly... 93 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Good for you. 94 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Okay. 95 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 You're looking at me funny. 96 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 I'm saying be careful. 97 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 I know. 98 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 You have to get someone to preach for you. 99 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000 There's just a lot I have to do, but it's okay. 100 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Okay. 101 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 So you've got the administrative piece. 102 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Yes. 103 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 I've got the people and logistical operations piece in terms of the 104 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,000 messages, getting our staff ready, getting all of our guys prepared to 105 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,000 step up into my place for eight... 106 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Solid weeks. 107 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Eight weeks. 108 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 That's a long time. 109 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 We have never done anything like this. 110 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Thirty-eight years I've been in ministry full-time in one 111 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,000 capacity or another. 112 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Twenty-eight years for you. 113 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,000 The whole time we were in Abilene, we didn't take actual vacations. 114 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,000 We would take a day or two after we went to a ministry trip. 115 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Right. 116 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 We never just took off. 117 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Yeah, we'd go to a conference. 118 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 We'd go to whatever was related to what we were doing, and then we'd 119 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 tag a couple of days on and say, that's our vacation. 120 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 It wasn't a vacation. 121 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,000 It was work. 122 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 No, because after you go to a conference, you should take a couple 123 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 of days to rest. 124 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 You're so tested. 125 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Not add more, and that's what we did. 126 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,000 We were young and dumb, so we had to learn some more. 127 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Exactly, and still kind of are in a way. 128 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,000 We still had to learn some more. 129 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Maybe not the young part. 130 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Well, right, but we had to learn some hard lessons about taking care 131 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 of ourselves. 132 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Yes. 133 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 And I mean, our hearts to go for the long haul. 134 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 I have so many friends. 135 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Well, we love what we do. 136 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 That's it. 137 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,000 And I have so many friends in ministry that are not doing it anymore. 138 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,000 They, for whatever reason. 139 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 They've brought out. 140 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 They've brought out. 141 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 I mean, burnout is a real deal thing. 142 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 It really is. 143 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Yes. 144 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,000 And most guys and gals who start in ministry don't end there. 145 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Right. 146 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 They end up doing something else. 147 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Right. 148 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,000 It does take a toll on you after a while, and most people, I don't ever 149 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:07,000 expect people to understand the weight that we carry and the spiritual 150 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 warfare that we deal with. 151 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Because if you've never been in our shoes, you'll never know. 152 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 You'll never know. 153 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Just like I wouldn't pretend to be in somebody else's shoes because 154 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,000 they're running in their lane and I can't even imagine what it would be 155 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 like to put their shoes on and run in that race. 156 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Right. 157 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,000 So I don't expect people to understand, but there's a weight that we carry. 158 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 I mean, COVID did a number on pastors and ministers. 159 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 But you know what was hard? 160 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Today we went to lunch in Kerrville, had a really nice lunch at the Rails. 161 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Amazing lunch. 162 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 And we rocked keto today. 163 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 We did. 164 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 We started our keto back because we thought, hey, why not? 165 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Reboot. 166 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Reboot is a good time to do it. 167 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Maybe we'll come back half the person we were. 168 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Just kidding. 169 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 I don't know about half, but I'm definitely wanting to lose about 12 to 15. 170 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Yeah, me too. 171 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Yeah. 172 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 So anyway, we went to the Rails and ate lunch. 173 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 And that was wonderful. 174 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Great place in Kerrville, Texas. 175 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Wonderful, and then we had to go to Walmart for a little while just to spend time buying. 176 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 That's how we did our first day of Sabbath. 177 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Show cards, yes. 178 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,000 And that was, it was a lot of, it was, you know, to try to rest today. 179 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,000 We couldn't because there was so much we needed to do that started today. 180 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Right. 181 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:18,000 But you know, it was hard because we got in the car and I wanted to ask you a question. 182 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 About church. 183 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 And I realized it was about church. 184 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 About work. 185 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 And so we sat there and said nothing. 186 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,000 I thought, wow, this is an interesting conversation. 187 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Day one of six. 188 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Because our whole life revolves around the people of our church. 189 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 It does. 190 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 And we have a lot of work being done at our church. 191 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,000 And it's probably all going to be complete when we get back. 192 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Construction. 193 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 But I had all these things I wanted to talk to you about. 194 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 And I had to stop and say, oh, I can't talk to you about church. 195 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:51,000 It's because in terms of you and I getting married, we've done this together for 28 years. 196 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Yes. 197 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,000 And so all we, our whole life has revolved around ministry, the church. 198 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Our churches we served. 199 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,000 So it's hard to come home and just leave it and turn it off. 200 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 It's not like you work somewhere else and I work somewhere else. 201 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,000 We work together in this, which is a massive blessing. 202 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Most people don't get to work together. 203 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 We're going to have to come up with some new conversation. 204 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,000 We are. 205 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 I know. 206 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 We have to be tomorrow maybe. 207 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Well, actually we did good though. 208 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 We didn't go there. 209 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Well, I started to. 210 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 You caught yourself. 211 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 And I caught myself. 212 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 I was really proud of you. 213 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 I can't ask you this because it has to do with church. 214 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 And then we just sat there while you were driving. 215 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,000 It was awkward. 216 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 It was weird. 217 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Because I was sleepy after eating. 218 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 And also I went off sugar today. 219 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,000 We're going to have withdrawals for a little while. 220 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Yeah, I hit the sugar wall today. 221 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 That's all that was. 222 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 I wasn't checking out on you or anything. 223 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 I literally felt like I was going to go to sleep while I was driving. 224 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 That's not good. 225 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 I know. 226 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 I wouldn't, but I'm just saying I was really sluggish and sleepy. 227 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Well, we went to Walmart to get new SIM cards. 228 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Because we changed our phone numbers. 229 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Yeah, it's a big deal. 230 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 It is. 231 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 How many years have we had those? 232 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Ever since we moved to Nashville? 233 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000 2012. 234 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 The first time. 235 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Yes. 236 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,000 So 2012. 237 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 We've had the same phone numbers in Nashville. 238 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 For 11 years. 239 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,000 And you've said since we moved back to Texas, we should get a local phone number, you know, 240 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 an 830 area code. 241 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 I feel like we're more permanent here. 242 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Oh, we are totally. 243 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 And that, you know, it doesn't mean everybody has to do that for wherever they live. 244 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:25,000 But I felt like as pastors, we needed to have a permanent 830 number, which is our area 245 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 code here and not a 615. 246 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Plus, I was getting all these sales calls constantly from Nashville. 247 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Oh, me too. 248 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 From Tennessee. 249 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Our political ads. 250 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 So now is a good time. 251 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 But we only gave our phone number to our family. 252 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Right. 253 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,000 And did you give it to Pastor Eddie like you were supposed to? 254 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 No, I did not. 255 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Okay, you better do that. 256 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 I'll do that. 257 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Because if there was an emergency today. 258 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Oh, there's not an emergency. 259 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000 But you don't know. 260 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Anyway, I will get that number to Pastor Eddie. 261 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 We don't have any contact with church. 262 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,000 We love Pastor Eddie Freeman and his wife, Jessica. 263 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 You need to stop and do it right now. 264 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 I'm not pausing the broadcast. 265 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 I'm not pausing the podcast. 266 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 I know, but I am. 267 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 I'll do it this evening when we get done. 268 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Please do that. 269 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 So anyway. 270 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 You're disturbing Chevy with your tension. 271 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 I know. 272 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,000 But there's things that we had to do that had to get done today. 273 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Right. 274 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 So really tomorrow, I think, actually starts our Sabbath. 275 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Or sabbatical. 276 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Because today is typically our Sabbath. 277 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Yeah. 278 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,000 But there was things we had to do today that you can't do on a Sunday. 279 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 True. 280 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 And this is very much a reboot for us. 281 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,000 I mean, what Sabbath is, you cease your work so you don't. 282 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 When you work together, that's really hard because we constantly think about it. 283 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,000 So we went out with our daughter, Faith, and her new husband, Brandon, 284 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,000 had a wonderful time with them yesterday for lunch. 285 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 However, we had to lay down the ground rules. 286 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:44,000 You cannot, when we get back together, you can't talk to us about church. 287 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Because Faith works at the church too. 288 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 She's on staff. 289 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 This is going to be a difficult task. 290 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 She has all of our digital things, everything digital Faith does, 291 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:57,000 all the graphics, all the video pieces, the video elements, websites, everything. 292 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 All things digital. 293 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 And she does a phenomenal job. 294 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 However, she can't talk to us about it. 295 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,000 It's going to be awkward because her life is immersed in ministry. 296 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Even our conversation always is around what's going on at the church. 297 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Hey, you need to tweak this on the website. 298 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Hey, we found a spelling error on the website. 299 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Yes. 300 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Hey, I mean, it's nuts. 301 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 It's always something. 302 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 I need a slide. 303 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,000 I need this. 304 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 So it's going to be a challenge. 305 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Hey, I need a podcast. 306 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 I need a cover art. 307 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 And you said, no. 308 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 And so I'm going to re- I'll morph one. 309 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 You're going to do them yourself. 310 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 I'll morph one. 311 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,000 You're going to do them yourself. 312 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Anyway, so that's our life. 313 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 We've been in this thing so long together. 314 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 28 years, you and I. 315 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 30 total, but 28 in ministry. 316 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Me, for me, it's 38 years. 317 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,000 So I have to say something and be very clear about this. 318 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 We're not taking a sabbatical. 319 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 We're receiving a sabbatical. 320 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Right. 321 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 It's a gift. 322 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,000 It's a gift from God. 323 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 It's a gift from our board of directors who are amazing. 324 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,000 And it's a gift from our elders who are also amazing. 325 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,000 And our church has been so supportive. 326 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 And our staff. 327 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 They have so come around us. 328 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 They're giddy almost. 329 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 I can't brag enough. 330 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Which scares me. 331 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Why are they so giddy? 332 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Let me say their names. 333 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Wait, wait. 334 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Because I love everyone. 335 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Why are they giddy? 336 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Don't you find it odd that everybody's so excited that we're leaving? 337 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 It is kind of when the cat's away, the mouse will play. 338 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Oh, you think that? 339 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:18,000 I'm not worried about this team, but I have to tell you, I love Pastor Jeff. 340 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 I am so blessed by him. 341 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 He's our newest addition to the staff. 342 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Love Faith, of course. 343 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 She's our daughter. 344 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 We have to. 345 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 And we love her because she's amazing at what she does. 346 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Yes, she is. 347 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,000 She's gifted. 348 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Love Lori. 349 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Lori is a, she's a pillar. 350 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,000 She is. 351 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,000 She's like been here forever. 352 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 And she's just one of those stable makes you able people. 353 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Stable, yes. 354 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,000 And then we have Pastor Russ Hearn who leads our worship team, all of our production, our 355 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 online digital pieces. 356 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Which if something happened to him, we wouldn't have the church we have. 357 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 That can never go away. 358 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 We can't. 359 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 We're in massive trouble. 360 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 No. 361 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 But thank you, Pastor Russ. 362 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 And his wife, Wendy, also steps up to worship. 363 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Wonderful. 364 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Yes. 365 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 And Pastor Brian and his wife, Leslie. 366 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Brian, Pastor Brian does youth. 367 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Leslie does children. 368 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 But he's also our online pastor. 369 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:12,000 And we are incredibly blessed and surrounded by a team that all week long, now they were 370 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 coming to us writing the, okay, what about this? 371 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 What about this? 372 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,000 What about, I mean, it got a little bit, even on Sunday morning. 373 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 I thought, can we really do this? 374 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,000 I know it was like, can we actually leave? 375 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Because they were hitting us with a thousand questions, but I'm glad they did. 376 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 I'm glad they didn't just assume things. 377 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Don't forget Tommy. 378 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Oh, we love Tommy Watson and his wife, Patty. 379 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 They're amazing. 380 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Which she's stepping in because Lori's going on vacation. 381 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 That's right. 382 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Yeah, she's going to Alaska. 383 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Yes. 384 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Of all places. 385 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 And so it's, well, her daughters live there. 386 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 I know. 387 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Her daughters there. 388 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,000 I know. 389 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 But Patty is volunteering to step up. 390 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 And of course we'll have to do something nice for her. 391 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,000 So if it sounds like we're name dropping, we are. 392 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 It's because we love these people. 393 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 We do. 394 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,000 And we want them to know how much we are honored to serve with them. 395 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Absolutely. 396 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,000 We're a team, but more than that, we're a family. 397 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 So they've got it. 398 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 So I had, there were several people who hit me up over the weekend. 399 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Hey, I need this from you. 400 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,000 I need this. 401 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 And I said, I've already turned over the reins. 402 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 And you just gave it right to everybody else. 403 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Talked to Pastor Russ, talked to Pastor Jeff. 404 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:17,000 And I have to tell you, I thought I'd be afraid of letting go of that, but actually it's the opposite. 405 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,000 I was actually. 406 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Feel free? 407 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Oh, unbelievably free. 408 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 So what are we going to do when we get back? 409 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 I don't know. 410 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 I think that they've got this. 411 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 You know what I mean? 412 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000 They may not need us. 413 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,000 Well, no, your job is a little different. 414 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Right. 415 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 They need you. 416 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Well, you know, anyway, at the end of the day, this is such a God thing. 417 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Yes. 418 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:45,000 And in 38 years, so I was really, so just so you know who you're listening, I was very resistant to this. 419 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Exactly. 420 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 It came up last year and it sounded like a good idea a year ago. 421 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,000 I even planned many little, many vacations. 422 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Sounded great a year ago, right? 423 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 So we had all these plans. 424 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 You worked on plans. 425 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 I worked on plans. 426 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Yeah, we're going to let's do this. 427 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 And then what? 428 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 How many weeks out about a month out? 429 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 No, no, no, no, no. 430 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:10,000 We finally, because we couldn't get anybody to commit to preach. 431 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 It was not until March, Jimmy, because that was when. 432 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:18,000 We sent out a request to our friends and they got busy and forgotten, didn't think about it again. 433 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 And so we were like, we don't want anybody to cover. 434 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 So in February or March, we're like, I guess we're not doing this. 435 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Yeah. 436 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 So we, but we didn't really tell anybody that. 437 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Remember? 438 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000 We didn't talk about it. 439 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 No, it was just you and I. 440 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 So the summer creeps up on us. 441 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:38,000 My relational pastor from Gateway Church out of Southlake, Pastor Eddie, he's still assuming it's all going to happen. 442 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,000 I'm kind of wondering if it's going to happen, thinking probably not. 443 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 And then I remember thinking we can't do this. 444 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Our church is growing, which is a great blessing. 445 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 We've got construction, middle of construction, got renovation going on. 446 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 So it was like, this is the worst time to leave. 447 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:57,000 And Pastor Eddie says, there's never a good time when it's like having a baby. 448 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 There's never a good time to do it. 449 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,000 So do it. 450 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:07,000 And once I bought in, which is about what, two weeks ago, once I stepped over the line, I can't explain this. 451 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:16,000 I've shared this with several people, but it was like, if you take a slinky member, slinky, you take a slinky and you stretch it as far as it'll go. 452 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,000 And then in one second you let go of it. 453 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:24,000 And the force of that slinky coming all the way back, that's what I felt. 454 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:33,000 It was like 38 years of ministry without a real clear break landed on my shoulders. 455 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:45,000 And I woke up on Monday morning, this morning, and I told, I wrote a friend of mine, got some friends, select friends that I'm kind of communicating with. 456 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:49,000 And I said, I feel like a truck ran over me. 457 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I've been hit by a truck. 458 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,000 I could barely get out of bed this morning, which is never happens to me. 459 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Well, I didn't for a while. 460 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000 I really needed to. 461 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,000 And I get up and walk. 462 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 You even said, do not set your alarm. 463 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 No, I knew we needed. 464 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 I knew we needed rest. 465 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,000 I went outside, sat on the deck outside, looked up at the mountain. 466 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 We have a mountain behind us with a big cross. 467 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 It's not a mountain. 468 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 It's a hill. 469 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 In Texas, that's a mountain. 470 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 So it's called the hill country. 471 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,000 So it's a hill, but it's a big hill and it has a big cross on it that stays lit up. 472 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:27,000 And so me and Chevy, we go outside and we set out and we just we watched the sun start to rise. 473 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 The clouds were stunning. 474 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,000 And I just had one of those amazing mornings before the Lord. 475 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,000 And I thought this is not just Sabbath. 476 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,000 This is sabbatical. 477 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:45,000 So for those of you don't understand, I mean, it's just one of those things that God gives as a gift to his children to say, I need you to come away with me. 478 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 I need you to be quiet. 479 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 I need you to be still. 480 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 I need you to listen and not talk. 481 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 And so I just spent the whole morning listening to the Lord. 482 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 It was amazing. 483 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Wrote down a lot of stuff. 484 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 I did some reading. 485 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:05,000 I watched some videos from a guy named Pete Craig out of the UK who has a ministry called 24 seven. 486 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:19,000 He just went on a on a pilgrim's journey from Iona, the island in Scotland, and this spiritual journey is similar to the Santiago Camino, you know, Camino de Santiago in Spain. 487 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 It's a spiritual journey. 488 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000 He just did a three week journey. 489 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,000 He documented the whole thing, videoed it. 490 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 And so he does these little video things. 491 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 So I spent time with that. 492 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,000 It's been amazing. 493 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Great morning, great day. 494 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 And then you and I jumped in the car. 495 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:39,000 And it's just been a lovely to use our friend Tina Curry's word. 496 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,000 I'm stealing it. 497 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,000 A lovely day. 498 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 It was very. 499 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 I'm so happy. 500 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000 I'm encouraged. 501 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,000 I'm excited. 502 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 And I actually woke up a little bit early because I was excited. 503 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Well, you know, sabbatical. 504 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Well, you you slept in a little bit, but then you little bit were excited about. 505 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,000 I didn't have an alarm, but I still my body clock. 506 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,000 I needed to rest. 507 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 My body is tired. 508 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Yeah, so does Chevy. 509 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Obviously, he's completely out in your lap right now. 510 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 He's he's gone. 511 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 So anyway, it's been great. 512 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 So we start this and this was day one. 513 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,000 And man, I'm just I think it's not going to get real till about day three or four. 514 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Probably when we start going, well, it's going to be in the second week. 515 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Oh, really? 516 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 I think maybe. 517 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Well, we have family coming in tomorrow. 518 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,000 Oh, we do. 519 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,000 We do. 520 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Our son, Chris, he's a pastor in Houston. 521 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 And he is on a sabbatical. 522 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,000 He's a phenomenal pastor. 523 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 He and our grandson are coming in. 524 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,000 So it's going to feel just like we have family in town for a few days. 525 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Sweet. 526 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 And then next week we'll be by ourselves. 527 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Yeah. 528 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,000 And I think it's going to hit us then. 529 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Well, I think today there were moments where I went, it's really quiet. 530 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 I'm used to being on social media. 531 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000 We were in the car. 532 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:55,000 I'm doing a I wouldn't call it digital detox, but a social media detox is really more accurate 533 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 because I'm still going to do some things with digital. 534 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,000 I have to. 535 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 I'm doing part of it and this is part of it. 536 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:06,000 But yeah, it's a moment where I thought this feels kind of weird, but it feels good. 537 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000 It feels really good. 538 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:12,000 I'm already, even though we had things to do today, just to kind of lean in and we went 539 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,000 shopping for our keto journey. 540 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 There's a lot to do with that. 541 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,000 But I'm still already in a place of peace. 542 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Pastor Eddie said, you're going to be miserable for two weeks. 543 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Wow. 544 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,000 You know what? 545 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 I don't like that. 546 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 I don't believe that. 547 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,000 I'm not miserable. 548 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 I'm just being encouraged and excited. 549 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 We love our church. 550 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Of course I want to know what's going on, but I'm letting it go. 551 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,000 I'm letting it go. 552 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Taking my hands off the wheel. 553 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,000 So I've passed all that on to a competent team. 554 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 So that's our journey so far. 555 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Now we got a wonderful, I've got to pull this up. 556 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Yeah, you do. 557 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,000 I want to read this because it was such a blessing to hear from Megan. 558 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Got some great, got some great reviews on the website. 559 00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Anyway, folks, if you, it would really encourage us and we love the interaction. 560 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:05,000 So go to livingupinadownworld.com. 561 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,000 You can leave a review, you can leave comments on the blogs that I post. 562 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,000 You can email us and contact us through that. 563 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 I always love to get back with folks. 564 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:20,000 And so I've got to read a couple because I mean just wonderful, wonderful, encouraging words. 565 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,000 So here's one right here. 566 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Man, this is powerful. 567 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 This is huge stuff. 568 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Let me read Paul Lopez review. 569 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,000 He left a review. 570 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 He goes to our church. 571 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Amazing family. 572 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 He and Anita are precious. 573 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,000 He says, I've been binge listening to the podcast over the last few days. 574 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Wow. 575 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 I've laughed. 576 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,000 I've teared up and I've been ministered to. 577 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Thank you, Jimmy Annette and Chevy. 578 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:49,000 We've got to give Mr. Chevy credit for what God has called you to do both as pastors and podcasters. 579 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Paul, thank you so much for leaving that review. 580 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Beautiful. So sweet. 581 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000 That just means a ton to us. 582 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 And we're going to post that on our website, by the way. 583 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 So you'll see that. 584 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,000 And we've got a lot of new people who've subscribed to our mailing list. 585 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 So I've got to add another one today, which is really exciting. 586 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 And so if you are listening, maybe for the first or second or third time, and you're like, 587 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 yeah, I want to get on that. 588 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:17,000 And what I do is I put out a newsletter about a day before the podcast, just as a reminder to listen and be looking for us. 589 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,000 And I put some things in there, pictures, highlights, just various things. 590 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 So anyway, I'd love to have you join that. 591 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,000 So you can sign up for that on our website and just let me know. 592 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Also, this is from Megan. 593 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 And this is beautiful. 594 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Well, we've asked people to write in and let us know if there's a topic that is something that they would like for us to discuss. 595 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,000 And Megan wrote us just what this is last week. 596 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Oh, I missed one. I missed another review. 597 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 So let me read that first. We'll go to Megan's. 598 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 OK. Megan's request, because it's beautiful. 599 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 And this is amazing. It's from Jesse. 600 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000 And she says this. I love the interaction. 601 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 She titled it great people with a great message. 602 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Oh, sweet. I know you're awesome, Jesse. 603 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Thank you for listening and being a part of our family. 604 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:12,000 She says, I love the interaction between two people that love each other and God. 605 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 And that is the truth. She nailed it. 606 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:22,000 I mean, we are 30 years of while we've been married and I am more in love with this girl. 607 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:27,000 And I call her a girl out of respect because I still see you as that girl that I met. 608 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 And I went hubba hubba. 609 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Oh my God. OK. 610 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,000 At the gym when I saw you. 611 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,000 Let's read the. 612 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Anyway, moving right along. 613 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 It's a great way. She says this. Thank you, Jesse. 614 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:41,000 It's a great way to hear about life as a Christian from real people. 615 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 They may not be perfect people. Wait a minute. 616 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,000 No, I'm kidding. Yeah, right. They may not be perfect people, but they're still amazing. 617 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Thank you, Jesse. Beautiful, beautiful review. 618 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:55,000 We really appreciate a five star review and just appreciate your heart and sharing your heart with us. 619 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,000 And I have to tell you, in terms of being real, that's our heart. 620 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,000 And I've always said from the beginning, we'll never hide our scars. 621 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 No secrets, no leverage. That's right. 622 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:12,000 So thank you so much. I want to read Megan's great input here. 623 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Such a good question. I love this. So she says, Hi, I would love to hear y'all's thoughts. 624 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 You think she's from Texas? From the South? 625 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:27,000 I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on working through strained family relationships as a Christian. 626 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,000 That's a tough one. Booyah. Yeah, that's that's heavy. 627 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,000 I mean, I feel the weight in my heart. 628 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:38,000 It's hard. And she says, I know God's path is for us to forgive. 629 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:44,000 But when relationships are not able to happen because of brokenness, 630 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:49,000 how do we navigate this whole following God's path? 631 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,000 And she says this, I love this podcast. I got caught up in less than two weeks. 632 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:58,000 I can't even imagine. Megan, Megan, you're a podcast rock star right there. 633 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Wow. Listen to us and Mr. Chevy wallowing around on mom's lap. 634 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:08,000 My parents know she says thanks for always being so real. Wow. 635 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,000 And that's our heart. We want to make faith real for the rest of us. 636 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Making faith real for real people because we're real people. 637 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000 So how are you going to answer that question? I was going to ask you that very same question. 638 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 No, I'm asking you. Wow. OK, let's just talk about this. 639 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:27,000 We did. She says, I want to hear your thoughts about working through strained family relationships as a Christian. 640 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:36,000 That's probably one of the number one questions we get asked probably over the last 30 years of working in ministry. 641 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,000 Almost on a weekly basis because we do an altar call at the end. 642 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,000 It's not just the old school altar call. It's like if you need prayer for any reason, we're here for you. 643 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Just come. We have all of our elders at the front, our staff. We're at the front. 644 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Without fail, most or many weeks, I'll just say many weeks, people come and they ask the same question. 645 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,000 What is some kind of strained relationship, whether it's friendship or family? 646 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000 More often than not in family, but it's both, no doubt. 647 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:10,000 In fact, isn't it interesting that the very thing that God created us for from the beginning was to have a relationship with Him? 648 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:15,000 And doesn't it make sense that that is what is always under attack? 649 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:21,000 The enemy is always seeking to bring a breach between you and other people that you care about and love 650 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:26,000 and people that we think would never turn their backs on us. They do. 651 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,000 It always hurts from people that we're the closest to. 652 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:36,000 And Megan, wonderful question. You're actually asking a question that a lot of people have asked. 653 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:40,000 Recently, we were listening to... Oh, you okay, baby? 654 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Sorry, I've got something in my throat. 655 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 You got a tickle in your throat? 656 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 I do. 657 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Do you need something to drink? 658 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Yes, I'm going to go get something while you work. 659 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Oh, you're just going to leave me here? 660 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,000 I have to. 661 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,000 I'm by myself. I can say anything I want right now. 662 00:25:54,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Anyway, so Megan, recently Annette and I, we love... there's pastors that we love to listen to. 663 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Glad to recommend those. 664 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,000 You know, they're not for everybody. 665 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,000 You've got to find who speaks into your life, speaks into your heart. 666 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Annette is hacking up a lung in the other room. I hope she's okay. She's good. 667 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 Okay, here she comes. 668 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:23,000 But we're glad to recommend maybe ministers, pastors, people who speak life and truth. 669 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:30,000 And one that's ministered us through the years, over the years, is Pastor Bill Johnson out of Bethel Church in Reading, California. 670 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,000 We've been out there a couple of times. We've had friends on staff there. 671 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:39,000 But he said something in a message. He lost his wife about a year ago. 672 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:44,000 And that got my attention. I've always enjoyed him. I always love listening to him. 673 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,000 But there's something about listening to someone who's navigating pain. 674 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,000 And I'm always curious to see how they navigate pain. 675 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:58,000 And he shared a lot. So he got up actually the Sunday after his wife passed. 676 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:06,000 And they've been married decades. And after she passed, he got up. He's 72 years old, so they've been together a long time. 677 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000 And he shared his heart. And I watched him navigate pain. 678 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:18,000 But he said something in the context of that sermon that Annette, in fact Annette said, pause, pause. We need to write that down. 679 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:26,000 And it was this. He said this, I have given up my right to be offended. 680 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 That's pretty powerful. 681 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Let the gravity of that sink in for just a minute. I have given up my right to be offended. 682 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 At this point, he was talking about God. 683 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:44,000 God because of his wife passing and his whole ministry is surrounded by healing and believing in the healing miracles of God. 684 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Miraculous. 685 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 And his dad passed away. 686 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,000 Yeah, from cancer. 687 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Many years ago. And now his wife from an illness. 688 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:56,000 And so it was very, for him to say that. 689 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,000 It's powerful. 690 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:03,000 And this was just a few days after her funeral. And boy, talk about an amazing. 691 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 I might have cried during that sermon. 692 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,000 Oh, you cried through the whole thing. 693 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:11,000 I know. Last week's podcast was titled, Big Boys Don't Cry. 694 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000 You were crying. 695 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,000 But this one does. 696 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,000 That was pretty powerful. 697 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Hit me so hard. 698 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Giving up your right to be offended. 699 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,000 And I've heard this before. I remember Michael W. Smith. Many of you all may know who Michael W. Smith is. 700 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 He's one of the most prolific songwriters in Nashville. 701 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,000 He interviewed us for a job. 702 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 He did, yeah. We had a great conversation with Michael. 703 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000 That was an interesting interview by the way. 704 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Great guy. Great guy. We loved our time with him. 705 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Very nice guy. 706 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,000 He ended up calling his son-in-law to be the pastor of the church. 707 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,000 He's the pastor of the center of us. 708 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000 We get it. It's family. 709 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000 But anyway, he was gracious and we had a wonderful visit with Michael. 710 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:51,000 But I remember seeing Michael in a movie, a documentary, where he was sitting on the front porch. 711 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,000 He's got a little cabin out on his land there in Franklin, Tennessee. 712 00:28:54,000 --> 00:29:03,000 And he said, I have endeavored that I will never be offended again for the rest of my life. 713 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 I remember hearing that. That was like thunder in my soul. 714 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000 And then I heard Bill say it. 715 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,000 So that's two people. 716 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000 Yeah, I hear Pastor Bill Johnson say it recently. 717 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:19,000 But I love the way he said it. He said, I give up my right to be offended. 718 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,000 From a world's perspective and from all the friends that we run with, they'll say, 719 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:29,000 hey, you should be mad about that. You should be upset. You should be offended about that. 720 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:38,000 But when you've given up your right to be offended because you're so submitted to the Lordship of Christ, that's powerful. 721 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,000 It really is. 722 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000 How did that hit you when he said it? 723 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:46,000 It really did hit me hard because I thought, have I ever even thought about that? 724 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:54,000 Because so many times we get offended by people who say negative things about us or to us or whatever. 725 00:29:54,000 --> 00:30:00,000 And we immediately, I mean, our first reaction is, oh my gosh, why do they say something like that? 726 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:07,000 And we take on that offense. And when he said that, it was like, wow. 727 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:14,000 Why are we even allowing offense to take root in our heart? 728 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:21,000 That is profound. And I'm thinking in terms of what Megan talked about in terms of family. 729 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000 And that's harder. 730 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:29,000 That can be even harder because they're close and in a good way and sometimes a hard way, you're stuck with family. 731 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:40,000 Blood is blood, right? Or marriage and the bonds of matrimony bring families together and not always the best situations, obviously. 732 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:44,000 And so there are times when there's massive disruption. 733 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:49,000 I always and I truly believe this, that the enemy is to blame. 734 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,000 Right. 735 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,000 And he's seeking to destroy the family. 736 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,000 Look what he's doing in the world in this culture. 737 00:30:55,000 --> 00:31:03,000 In John chapter 10, remember that verse, John 10, 10 says the thief comes only except to steal, kill and destroy. 738 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:08,000 Jesus flips the script and says, but I came that you might have life and have it more abundantly. 739 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:15,000 The enemy is there to destroy and what he's looking to destroy is not looking to take away your money, take away your security. 740 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,000 That's all very ancillary in life. 741 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,000 That's just extra stuff. Those are the accoutrements of life. 742 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,000 He's here to destroy relationships. 743 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000 And your peace. 744 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Well, through that. 745 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,000 Through that, yes. 746 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 But the primary target is relationships. 747 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,000 Exactly. 748 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000 Because that was why we were created. 749 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:39,000 We were created to be in relationship with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and the heavenly host. 750 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,000 And then we're created to be in relationship with one another. 751 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:48,000 So that is the biggest breach there can possibly be. 752 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,000 Cain and Abel. 753 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,000 Right. 754 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000 Think about it. 755 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,000 Exactly. 756 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,000 One brother killing another brother. 757 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,000 Yes. 758 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,000 I mean, it started. 759 00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:01,000 And so every, I mean, it's been from the beginning, the breach in relationship. 760 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:10,000 But someone has to stand up and say, I'm not going to allow this offense to continue to take root. 761 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,000 I'm going to live how Jesus wants me to. 762 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:19,000 And then when that offense, when it comes into your mind, you just have to get it out of your mind. 763 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,000 You have to think of other things. 764 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000 And you have to think. 765 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:28,000 For me, I always think about the brokenness of the other person. 766 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:37,000 That the reason why there's an offense on their part that cannot get ratified is because they're broken. 767 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,000 There's some brokenness. 768 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000 There's something that they don't. 769 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,000 No doubt. 770 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,000 That they can't. 771 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,000 Sometimes you can't even explain what it is. 772 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,000 It could be something from your childhood. 773 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,000 It can be something from something that happened years ago. 774 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:59,000 But you've got to be able to look at that person and say, I'm not going to be upset at that person because it's deeper than that. 775 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000 There's something else there. 776 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,000 Nailed it. 777 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,000 You know what I'm saying? 778 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000 Absolutely, Annette. 779 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:10,000 I love this idea of seeing people in 3D. 780 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:18,000 And what it means is by looking at them from every angle, you know, when you just look at somebody who's standing in front of you upset, 781 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:25,000 or they've written you an email or a horrible text or whatever, that's not seeing them in 3D. 782 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,000 That's just seeing them in one dimensionally. 783 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000 You're just seeing what's there in front of you. 784 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:35,000 But when you begin to look in 3D, the idea there is that you step around to the side and you see what's going on. 785 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,000 You step around from behind and realize there's a past here. 786 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,000 There's a history here. 787 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:49,000 And a lot of times, as a pastor, I take a lot of shots and hits because when you're a public figure, you get a target on your back. 788 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,000 Exactly. 789 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,000 And also when you're preaching the truth and the gospel, you're targeted. 790 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,000 So I've had to learn how to navigate pain. 791 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,000 I've had to learn how to navigate people coming against me, lying. 792 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000 But it still hurts. 793 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,000 Oh, it hurts deeply because I'm a heart leader. 794 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,000 That's what's so hard is we hurt so much. 795 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,000 We do. It's brutal. 796 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000 And there's things that happen to us when we take a hit like that. 797 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000 We want to validate ourselves. 798 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:20,000 If we're not careful in our immaturity, we'll run around and gather a bunch of people who love us to make us feel good. 799 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000 Pat me on the back. Tell me I'm okay. 800 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000 That's not the answer. 801 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,000 That's a low level. 802 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:31,000 And not that we don't need people telling us we're good, but that is a low level of maturity. 803 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:38,000 The more mature you get, the more you're able to begin to have thick skin and shake things off and say, you know what? 804 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,000 I'm not going to allow this offense to penetrate me. 805 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:46,000 I'm going to become impermeable because I died. 806 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,000 My life is now hidden in Christ, Colossians chapter 3. 807 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,000 I am hidden. 808 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,000 And then in Galatians 2.20, I know I've been crucified with Christ. 809 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,000 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. 810 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000 And the word in means through. 811 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000 I know exactly what you're saying. 812 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:11,000 In the life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. 813 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000 It's Galatians 2.20. 814 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:20,000 And so Colossians 3, those first three verses, Galatians 2.20, our life is hidden in Christ. 815 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:27,000 And it's almost as though, I love the way Pastor Bill said it, I give up my right. 816 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:33,000 In a very real sense, if we've died and we've been crucified, we have no rights. 817 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000 A dead man doesn't have rights. 818 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,000 A dead woman doesn't have rights. 819 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,000 That doesn't mean you're not real, that you're not human because we do. 820 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,000 Pain hurts. 821 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,000 In some days, putting it in real language, it sucks to be you. 822 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:51,000 It's just hard, especially when it's people close to you or family. 823 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:58,000 However, there is something powerful about an individual who knows who they are in Christ. 824 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,000 Because when you know who you are, you know what to do. 825 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,000 Exactly. 826 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,000 I talked about Stephen. 827 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000 Man, Stephen was a young man in Christ. 828 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:13,000 He came along with that first wave in the early chapters of the Book of Acts when the Holy Spirit was poured out in the church. 829 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000 As we know, it was birthed. 830 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Powerful story of Stephen. 831 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:21,000 Stephen was hauled in for preaching the gospel. 832 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,000 He was called a blasphemer. 833 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:36,000 In fact, this group of religious leaders of the Hebrew people actually paid people to lie and bear false witness against him in a court before a group called the Sanhedrin. 834 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000 This is still happening today. 835 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000 Oh, this stuff happens all the time. 836 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,000 It happens in families. 837 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:49,000 They may not be paying somebody, but they gather people to support the lie or validate a lie or an untruth or a half-truth, which is a lie. 838 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000 That's what happened to Stephen. 839 00:36:51,000 --> 00:37:02,000 It says that as he was before them and they were accusing him, the Bible literally says in Acts chapter 6 that as they looked upon Stephen, he had the face of an angel. 840 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,000 That was really an interesting passage. 841 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,000 It's powerful and yet it spoke loudly to me. 842 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000 It did some exegesis. 843 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,000 There were many interpretations of that. 844 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,000 What does that mean? 845 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,000 Exactly. 846 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:20,000 You felt like he was confident in who he was. 847 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,000 Christ-confident, identity-confident. 848 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000 I know who I am. 849 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,000 I know what I'm called to do. 850 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:31,000 You may be railing against me, falsely accusing me, but I know who I am. 851 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:35,000 Because I know who I am, I know what to do. 852 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,000 Exactly. 853 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000 I want to encourage Megan and anybody else listening to this. 854 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:42,000 Listen, you can't fix the people in your family. 855 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,000 You can't. 856 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,000 When you try, that's called codependence. 857 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000 But you can pray for the people in your family. 858 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,000 You've got the weapon of warfare. 859 00:37:49,000 --> 00:38:01,000 You pray that God will penetrate their heart, help them see the truth of a situation, whatever it is, because we don't know what it is, and be able to walk in forgiveness once and for all. 860 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:08,000 Because once we walk into forgiveness, that bondage is broken, that stronghold is broken. 861 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,000 Forgiveness becomes a cage and a jail and a prison of our own making. 862 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:17,000 And then you, and I love this, you go from... 863 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,000 Contempt? 864 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,000 Contempt. 865 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,000 To compassion. 866 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,000 To compassion. 867 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Oh my gosh. 868 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,000 When I got to that point with my father, it changed our relationship. 869 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,000 Yeah. 870 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,000 Totally. 871 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,000 Yeah. 872 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:34,000 And because I had so much contempt for him for so long. 873 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,000 And then God just, I don't know what happened. 874 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:50,000 I just got a revelation that something had to have happened to him when he was young that caused him to be the father, not a great father, not a great role model for me. 875 00:38:50,000 --> 00:39:05,000 But now, looking back, I'm like, oh, I wish I could have at least talked to him to find out when I was younger more about his relationship with his own family and friends when he was growing up. 876 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000 Yeah. 877 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000 I don't know. 878 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,000 You began to see him in 3D. 879 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,000 I did. 880 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,000 I saw him in 3D. 881 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000 I remember when that happened. 882 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,000 It was powerful. 883 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,000 Oh my goodness. 884 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,000 Yes. 885 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000 By the way, you're beautiful. 886 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,000 Oh, you're so sweet. 887 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:19,000 When you go spiritual, I'm just like, man, Katie, bar the door. 888 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000 I'm just trying to live up to you, honey. 889 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000 I love you so much. 890 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,000 Beautiful. 891 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000 And you're right. 892 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,000 We move from contempt to compassion. 893 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,000 Compassion. 894 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:36,000 And we have to forgive even when people don't accept it. 895 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000 And you still have to forgive on your part. 896 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:49,000 It's like, God, I love what Jesus said at the cross when he was being beaten and flogged. 897 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,000 I can't even imagine. 898 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,000 Stephen said it too. 899 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,000 And Stephen said it too. 900 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:58,000 Stephen, as they were stoning him, and I say stoning, you may not understand what that is as an American, but it was brutal. 901 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:05,000 They would take up rocks and they would get in a circle around an individual and they would literally pound them to death. 902 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,000 Yes. 903 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,000 And as that was happening, the Bible says he dropped to his knees. 904 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,000 He said, forgive them. 905 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,000 Yes, they don't know. 906 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,000 Forgive them. 907 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,000 They don't know what they're doing. 908 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,000 I mean, what? 909 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,000 Jesus did the same thing. 910 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,000 And we're supposed to be like Jesus. 911 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000 That is hard. 912 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,000 That is really hard. 913 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:28,000 But we've got to get to the point where we're maturing enough in our faith that we have that kind of response. 914 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000 And, you know, a lot of us aren't there yet. 915 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,000 And it's hard. 916 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,000 So think about what Pastor Bill Johnson said. 917 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000 He said, I give up my right. 918 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000 In other words, he surrendered it. 919 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,000 That's how we do it. 920 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,000 We surrender our right to be angry. 921 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000 We surrender our right to be offended. 922 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Exactly. 923 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000 And, Megan, if you're hearing this, no, we're not perfect. 924 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000 Oh, my gosh. 925 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000 We're still learning and growing in this ourselves. 926 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,000 No doubt. 927 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,000 I think we will always be having to navigate these kinds of things. 928 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,000 Well, if we ever get to the point where we say we know everything. 929 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,000 Not going to happen. 930 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,000 Not on this side. 931 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,000 Not on this side. 932 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,000 Because something took over and it wasn't godly. 933 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000 Because that's a hard one. 934 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,000 It is very hard. 935 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:23,000 It took me decades to get to the point to where I could literally forgive my father and walk in, walk out that forgiveness and not just let it fester and hold on to myself. 936 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,000 So giving up our right. 937 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,000 And, you know, forgiveness, Megan, I know you know this. 938 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 I would say this to anybody. 939 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,000 We know these things. 940 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000 But forgiveness is not a feeling. 941 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,000 Right. 942 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,000 It's not an emotion. 943 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000 And it doesn't condone what someone did. 944 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,000 Exactly. 945 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,000 It's a choice. 946 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,000 We make a choice that I'm going to forgive them. 947 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,000 Now, that may not mean that I let them back into my orbit. 948 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,000 Exactly. 949 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,000 Because we have to put up a moat, a boundary around ourselves. 950 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,000 Exactly. 951 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000 To say, you know what? 952 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,000 What they did, it's just I won't say it's unforgivable. 953 00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:01,000 It's just I can't let them back into that space and into I can't be that vulnerable. 954 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,000 So that's not wrong. 955 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,000 That's a healthy thing. 956 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,000 It's a good thing. 957 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:13,000 Henry Cloud Boundaries, one of the best books ever written, talks about that is that you do you forgive, you let go, you release. 958 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:18,000 Or as Pastor Bill says, you surrender your right to hold on to that. 959 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:24,000 And yet, not but, yet, you still have to build boundaries around you. 960 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:31,000 And just another thing, just a thought, love is so powerful. 961 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:37,000 Love goes beyond the hurt, goes beyond the wounds, goes beyond the hits. 962 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:46,000 And it sees past it so that you can see the wounded person they are, the wounded child that they are. 963 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000 Because it was probably something. 964 00:42:48,000 --> 00:43:02,000 I've learned this as a pastor through 38 years, nearly four decades of doing this, that 99 out of 100 times when I've taken a hit from another individual, it wasn't about me. 965 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:03,000 That's right. 966 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,000 It was on my watch. 967 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:09,000 I might have been a trigger, but it wasn't about me. 968 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,000 And I've learned not to take these things personally. 969 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,000 Now, let me back up. 970 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,000 I'm learning. 971 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,000 There you go. 972 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:21,000 And I think this, if I ever get to the point where it doesn't hurt me or bother me, I need to quit the ministry. 973 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,000 Exactly. 974 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:26,000 I need to go do something else because I need my heart to be open. 975 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:34,000 And it's okay that it's got a lot of scars and cuts and bruises because it's worth it to love people deeply. 976 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:44,000 Jesus, I love the scripture, it says that Jesus didn't give himself to man because he knew what was in man. 977 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,000 And yet he was one of the greatest lovers of all time. 978 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,000 Yet he didn't give himself. 979 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:59,000 There's a tension or a balance in that where we love people deeply, but we also have boundaries and we understand the rules of the game, so to speak. 980 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,000 Exactly. 981 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:13,000 And so, Megan, our heart goes out to you because anytime we hear about family relationships and strained family relationships, and here we are followers of Jesus, what's really harder for me sometimes, honestly, 982 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:28,000 I'm a follower of Jesus who loves God with all my heart, but there may be another person on the other side of the fence who's a follower of Jesus, loves the Lord with all their heart, and yet we don't seem to be able to connect, reconcile, or work it out. 983 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,000 That's hard. 984 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,000 It is hard. 985 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:43,000 I think that will be a mystery that goes in the mystery box of why two followers of Jesus who love him intently can't seem to work through the brokenness and the strain. 986 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,000 That'll be in the mystery box. 987 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,000 There's always mystery. 988 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,000 Always. 989 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:52,000 If you can't embrace mystery, you're going to have a hard time as a follower of Jesus. 990 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,000 That is true. 991 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,000 Any closing words on that? 992 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,000 No, I just… 993 00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:00,000 My heart goes out to Megan and anyone else who's suffering from these kinds of things. 994 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,000 Because she's not the first one who's brought that up. 995 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,000 No, not at all. 996 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,000 Not at all. 997 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:11,000 And we've touched on this a little bit in the past, but it's really fresh for her, and I felt like it was time for us to bring it up. 998 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,000 Yeah, I agree. 999 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,000 I agree. 1000 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,000 It's heavy. 1001 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,000 It's a heavy weight to bear. 1002 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:19,000 But God, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, right? 1003 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,000 Humpty Dumpty… 1004 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,000 You're not going to hear that for eight weeks. 1005 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:28,000 Had a great fall, all the king's horses, all the king's men couldn't put Humpty together again, but God can. 1006 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,000 God can and God does. 1007 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,000 So Megan, our heart goes out to you. 1008 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,000 We're going to breathe a prayer for you. 1009 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:41,000 And anyone else who's listening today says, oh gosh, if Megan only knew what I was going through. 1010 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:46,000 I mean, just a lot of people are hurting in that arena, and so our hearts go out. 1011 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,000 And we get it. 1012 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,000 We understand. 1013 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,000 We do. 1014 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:51,000 We really do. 1015 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,000 And God wants to heal those wounded hearts. 1016 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:58,000 That's why He died for us, is to heal those wounded hearts. 1017 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,000 Yeah. 1018 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:04,000 So Megan, He hears your cries. 1019 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,000 He hears all of your pain. 1020 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,000 He knows all your pain. 1021 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,000 Absolutely. 1022 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,000 He sees it. 1023 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,000 Absolutely. 1024 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,000 And He's there. 1025 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,000 Just turn to Him. 1026 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:17,000 Every time you feel something, just turn to Him and say, here I go again. 1027 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:18,000 Here I am again. 1028 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,000 I'm back. 1029 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,000 It's okay. 1030 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,000 He's a good God. 1031 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:22,000 He really is a good God. 1032 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:23,000 He really is. 1033 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,000 Can I pray for Megan? 1034 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:25,000 Yeah, let's do that. 1035 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,000 Let's just take a moment and do that. 1036 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,200 And those of you that are listening, even though you're going to be listening, not in 1037 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,000 real time, and I think prayers are retroactive. 1038 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,000 It doesn't matter. 1039 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:34,000 It's the heart. 1040 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:40,000 So join us in praying for Megan and others who are listening to the broadcast who are 1041 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,000 hurting and struggling with these strained relationships. 1042 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,000 So I'll keep it short. 1043 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:52,840 We bring Megan and others before you who are suffering through strained family relationships. 1044 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:57,000 They're painful and they don't always have a clear resolution. 1045 00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:03,280 We always don't get the apology we wanted or the reconciliation that we feel like would 1046 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:04,280 be right. 1047 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:05,280 We don't always get it. 1048 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,800 We don't always get the answers of even why it happened. 1049 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,200 And so Lord, we lean into trust. 1050 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:16,480 We lean into open in our hearts and like Pastor Bill, such a profound word. 1051 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,800 I give up my right to be offended. 1052 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,360 Lord, may we step into that posture in that place. 1053 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:29,280 And so for Megan and others who are listening right now, wherever they are and whenever 1054 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:35,360 they listen to this, whether it's tomorrow or 15 weeks from now or a year from now, if 1055 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:41,360 they hear this, they can join in this prayer for themselves that your grace is enough. 1056 00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:49,680 It's sufficient and that your love, father, we are all of us called, loved and kept by 1057 00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,680 you in Jesus name. 1058 00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:52,680 Amen. 1059 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:53,680 Amen. 1060 00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:54,680 We love you Megan. 1061 00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:55,680 God bless you. 1062 00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:58,240 Meg, I want to share some things with some great. 1063 00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:04,680 We had a great week by the way on, on fountain and boostograms and encouragement and notes. 1064 00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:05,960 So I want to share some of these. 1065 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:10,360 I'm just going to start from the top, uh, sending in Satoshi's, which by the way, if 1066 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:16,160 you listen on any of the podcast platforms that are podcasting 2.0, like castamatic and 1067 00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:20,520 fountain, you can actually earn Satoshi's while you're listening and you can bless those 1068 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:24,320 forward and value for value is what we call that. 1069 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:29,760 So appreciate Adam Curry and Tina for teaching us about the power of value for value. 1070 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,440 By the way, we've not talked about Adam and Tina. 1071 00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:36,960 We need to talk about their amazing podcast, which used to be bi-weekly. 1072 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,240 They did weekly. 1073 00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:39,400 Now they do it every week. 1074 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:45,120 Martha came, she texted me yesterday or the day before and said, Oh my gosh, I've listening 1075 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,160 to curry and the keeper and I can't quit laughing. 1076 00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:49,160 Oh, beautiful. 1077 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:50,160 Good. 1078 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:51,840 Cause you're probably crying with ours. 1079 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:52,840 You're laughing with her. 1080 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:53,840 No, I'm just kidding. 1081 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:59,440 Um, and I sent that text to, to, uh, Adam and Tina and they were just very blessed to 1082 00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:02,720 know that, that, uh, someone else is listening. 1083 00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:03,720 Beautiful. 1084 00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:07,280 So curry and the keepers would love for you to check these guys out. 1085 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:12,640 Adam also has a great podcast where they do media deconstruction and kind of what's current, 1086 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,840 what's happening in real time called no agenda. 1087 00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:16,840 So you can check that out. 1088 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:22,320 He and John Dvorak do an amazing job pulling things apart, getting to the truth. 1089 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:23,760 They're not bashing people. 1090 00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:26,400 They're dealing with systems that are broken. 1091 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:33,560 And so that's another very educational media is definitely, oh my gosh, media, culture, 1092 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:34,560 government. 1093 00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:36,880 Don't get me started all broken. 1094 00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,680 And that's why we're living up in a down world. 1095 00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:42,240 We are choosing to live up in that. 1096 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:43,240 So some boostograms. 1097 00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:46,440 Let me share you some, share with some good things are going on. 1098 00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:48,560 So sharing sats with us. 1099 00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,720 Satoshi's is a sir by his grace. 1100 00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:52,720 Love this guy. 1101 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:53,720 Is that Brian? 1102 00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:56,160 No, no, no Brian with an eye. 1103 00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:57,160 Yes. 1104 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:58,160 Okay. 1105 00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:00,000 I was being quiet on our Satoshi deal. 1106 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,000 Yeah. 1107 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,000 Better check on him. 1108 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,000 I know. 1109 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,000 Nice. 1110 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:05,000 I love Brian. 1111 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,000 And I, Brian and I hadn't heard from you recently. 1112 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:07,000 Sir, by his grace. 1113 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,040 Listen to he says, let's go, bro. 1114 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,320 I love my kind of guy. 1115 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:13,880 He says this quote, I am the Lord. 1116 00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:14,880 I've spoken. 1117 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:15,880 It shall come to pass. 1118 00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:16,880 I will do it. 1119 00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:17,880 I will not go back. 1120 00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:18,880 I will not spare. 1121 00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:22,520 I will not relent according to your ways and your deeds. 1122 00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:23,520 You will be judged. 1123 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:27,400 There's a Lord Ezekiel two for some heavy duty. 1124 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:28,400 That's intense. 1125 00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,640 And then he says blessed by the Pruitts. 1126 00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,000 That is so cool. 1127 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:34,000 Thanks sir. 1128 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:35,000 By his grace. 1129 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:36,000 We love you, man. 1130 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:37,000 Absurdian. 1131 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:38,000 I love this girl. 1132 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:43,000 She's very artsy, very, very into digital art, has some incredible work that she does. 1133 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:44,880 And she just wrote such a sweet time. 1134 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:45,880 Such a sweet thing. 1135 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,080 She sent 40,000 sats to us. 1136 00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:49,080 That's beautiful. 1137 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,080 Thank you so much. 1138 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:53,080 And she said, worthy title episode and true. 1139 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:54,080 I'm a big boys. 1140 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:55,080 Don't cry. 1141 00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,080 But that's what he does. 1142 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:57,080 Yeah, you do. 1143 00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:58,080 So thank you. 1144 00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,680 Thank you so much for blessing us with that and just showing the value for what we're 1145 00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:02,680 doing. 1146 00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:03,680 I love this name. 1147 00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:04,760 This is one of my favorite names. 1148 00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:05,760 I love sushi. 1149 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,160 Oh, by the way, I do too. 1150 00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,320 I love sushi. 1151 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:14,920 And they say this, your weekly episodes always encourage and uplift me and get Mondays off 1152 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:17,760 to the on the right foot. 1153 00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:20,160 Thank you for your faithfulness and thank you. 1154 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:21,160 Sent 10,000 sats. 1155 00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:22,680 Isn't that beautiful? 1156 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:23,680 Thank you. 1157 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:24,680 I love sushi. 1158 00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:25,680 I love your name. 1159 00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:26,680 That's amazing. 1160 00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:27,680 And I do love sushi too. 1161 00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:34,840 And RG BTC just wrote boost with a ton of zeros, ton of O's, a hundred sats. 1162 00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:35,840 Thank you for that. 1163 00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:40,920 In fact, several actually, another one and said, God bless you and Bridge Church. 1164 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:42,640 Do you mean that? 1165 00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:43,640 Thank you. 1166 00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:44,640 Thank you. 1167 00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:45,640 Thank you. 1168 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,760 Surbise grace again. 1169 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:49,040 Just keeps getting better. 1170 00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:50,840 Loved how biblical show 23 was. 1171 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:51,880 This is going back. 1172 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:53,520 We're on show 25, by the way. 1173 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,120 I didn't even say what episode we're on. 1174 00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:57,600 And here we are. 1175 00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:00,640 Adam Curry, man, dude, you're such a blessing. 1176 00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:05,560 We're going back here to our dashboard, but such a blessing how you just continue to send 1177 00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:08,000 your love and send your encouragement. 1178 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:09,000 And we are thankful. 1179 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,640 I'm going to pull up the fountain app because I love the fountain app. 1180 00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:12,640 You can comment. 1181 00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:14,320 They're called Booster grams. 1182 00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:18,280 Not only do you show value, but you actually write a comment of encouragement. 1183 00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:20,960 And we got several in here and just want to share a couple of them. 1184 00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:26,400 I won't go too deep with this, but it's just beautiful when people share with us. 1185 00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,400 Adam Curry, 77,777. 1186 00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:32,120 There's seven numbers. 1187 00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:33,120 I love that. 1188 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:34,320 Man, I did not upload. 1189 00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:39,800 He sent me a great file for a striper boost and I didn't get a chance to upload it because 1190 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:40,800 I've been so busy. 1191 00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:43,560 Well, you're getting a new I know I'm getting it. 1192 00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:44,560 Oh, I'm so excited. 1193 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:45,560 I'm nerding out. 1194 00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:48,160 So we're going to have a lot of I'm getting a road caster. 1195 00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,560 We're going to have a lot of so pump sound effects. 1196 00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:51,560 Yeah. 1197 00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:52,560 He's going to send me all kinds of stuff. 1198 00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:53,560 I'm curious as to how you're going to use those. 1199 00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:55,480 Anyway, he wrote this striper jingle incoming. 1200 00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:56,480 He sent it to me. 1201 00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:57,480 My bad. 1202 00:52:57,480 --> 00:53:01,000 So I have to say to hell with the devil. 1203 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,000 Remember that song by striper? 1204 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:03,000 Oh my God. 1205 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,200 There's a whole album to hell with the devil. 1206 00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,720 What eighties nineties. 1207 00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:13,320 I'm thinking nineties, but anyway, looking forward to our next bro date. 1208 00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:14,320 Me too. 1209 00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:17,120 Adam Curry, dude, it's on. 1210 00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:20,640 We've gone back to keto, so I'm feeling the needs for some serious beef. 1211 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,320 His daughter's here for a couple of weeks. 1212 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:23,320 Yeah. 1213 00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:28,640 Her boyfriend, they came over from Rotterdam in the Netherlands and hanging out and get 1214 00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,320 some sun in Texas and having a good time. 1215 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:35,120 So anyway, I love Adam Curry and so thankful. 1216 00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:39,560 And again, there's these others already shared these so much love. 1217 00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:41,680 So you and Tina still walking the hills. 1218 00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:43,440 Yeah, we're going back tomorrow. 1219 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:44,440 No way. 1220 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:50,040 I had to take a break today because I've had some back issues and, uh, but I'm ready 1221 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:51,040 to go tomorrow. 1222 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:52,040 Guys are going to find it out. 1223 00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:54,880 I know it's, I know you all have a great time catching up as well. 1224 00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:57,320 So Hey family, we love all of you guys. 1225 00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:59,680 You are such a blessing to us. 1226 00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:04,680 We love doing this and we will be doing this all throughout our sabbatical. 1227 00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:06,360 We don't consider this work. 1228 00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:07,360 We consider this love. 1229 00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,880 And so thank you for listening. 1230 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:10,880 Share with your friends. 1231 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:11,880 Let people know going social. 1232 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:14,920 Hey, check out living up in a down world. 1233 00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:16,960 These guys are nuts and Chevy's crazy. 1234 00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:17,960 We're nuts. 1235 00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:18,960 We kind of are. 1236 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:19,960 Hey, we love you guys. 1237 00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:20,960 Have a great week. 1238 00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:21,960 We'll talk to you next week. 1239 00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:42,960 Bye.