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

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Don't get down when you're seeing the worst, 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Cause the last will be the first. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,000 What a day I'm telling you, 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 All things will be new. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Living up in a down world. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Yeah we're living, yeah we're living, 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Living up in a down world. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Oh! 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000 This is Jimmy and Annette and of course Chevy 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,000 and we are so excited. 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 This is our 40th episode. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 We're coming to you from the Hill Country. 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Girl, you are on fire. 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,000 I'm excited. 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 You are on, why are you so excited? 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Well, 40 is a great number. 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,000 I know, I know. 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,000 You know I love that number. 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Unless you turn 40 and people have a meltdown. 20 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 I know, but you know 40 is better than turning 60. 21 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,000 So you know, I wish I could turn the clock back. 22 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Me, January, the big six too, 23 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,000 and I feel better now than I've ever felt in my life. 24 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000 I know. 25 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,000 On every level, mentally, physically, emotionally, 26 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,000 everything, spiritually. 27 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Your preaching is even better. 28 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000 What is it about? 29 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 I mean you're going to... 30 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 I've just doused myself with gasoline, 31 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 a lot of matches, people come and watch me burn. 32 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 You are on fire. 33 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Actually one of the old revivalists used to say that. 34 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000 That's why, that's where I got that. 35 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Oh really? 36 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Yeah, there is a, there's a, 37 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 revival fires are burning here in the Hill Country. 38 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Well they are. 39 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 And they're burning in our hearts first. 40 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Oh my goodness. 41 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Big time. 42 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 We had such an amazing, not a prayer last night. 43 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Well and yesterday morning too. 44 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Well yesterday was one of the best. 45 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 I say this every week. 46 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 That's the best message I've ever heard. 47 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 And then the next Sunday I'm saying that is the best message. 48 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 I don't know what else to say. 49 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 I don't know, but I sure appreciate it. 50 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Well God is really using you. 51 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:54,000 And you, you've pretty much laid everything down 52 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 and said God just use me. 53 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 I don't even care how. 54 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 And you're just, God is using you. 55 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Thank you babe. 56 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 You've even laid down your guitar. 57 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 I know I tried to play. 58 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 I had a little time this afternoon. 59 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000 You and Tina had to go do a consult, a consult over in San Antonio. 60 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Well we went shopping. 61 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 And yeah, some therapy, retail therapy. 62 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 But anyway, so y'all got some hang time. 63 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 And I thought, wow, I've got a couple of hours here. 64 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 I'm going to, man I've got eight guitars hanging on the wall here. 65 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,000 And something happened during the sabbatical where I thought 66 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 I'm going to have all this free time to play my guitars. 67 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Well most people thought you would play your guitar every day. 68 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 You hardly picked it up. 69 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 I hardly picked it up, which is so. 70 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 So do you want me to put all these in the paper and sell them? 71 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 No, not yet, not yet. 72 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 You know we did have a septic thing happen today. 73 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 We did, a little hit. 74 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 We had to pay $3,400 for that. 75 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 He told me we're getting a deal. 76 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 You called that a deal? 77 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,000 I know. 78 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000 He said if we weren't local it would be $4,500. 79 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 You know, he's a salesman. 80 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,000 He sounds like a used car salesman that says, 81 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 oh I'm going to give you a deal on this. 82 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 It does, doesn't it? 83 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Yes. 84 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 So maybe we need to sell some guitars to pay for that. 85 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Rhett was a nice guy. 86 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Wow, okay. 87 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Let's move right along. 88 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Hey, they don't care about my guitars. 89 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 No, and neither do I at this point. 90 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 But here's the thing though. 91 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,000 What was cool though is there is something shifting in me. 92 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 And it did start during the sabbaticals. 93 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 I got really focused on God. 94 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 And I said, you know what? 95 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Well, first of all, I didn't know how tired I was until I wasn't tired. 96 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,000 And all of a sudden it was like all I want to do is be with God. 97 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 And of course you and Chevy, Mr. Chevy. 98 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Well, and I want you to want to be with him more than Chevy and I 99 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 because that's the order at Chevy. 100 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 As I want you to do the same. 101 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Exactly. 102 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 So I just really laid into pursuit. 103 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 And it wasn't like dramatic or anything. 104 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 It's just that I focused. 105 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 And we're still focused. 106 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Absolutely. 107 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000 That's what I don't want anyone to think about because people, a lot of people 108 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,000 obviously have asked us about our sabbatical. 109 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 And it wasn't a mountaintop experience. 110 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 It's just we dug into what we don't often have time to do. 111 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 And that was extended time in God's Word. 112 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Although now that we got rid of TV last February when you came back from a 113 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,000 conference and said the Lord's been telling me for a year to do that. 114 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Really probably even longer than that. 115 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 I just admitted to a year. 116 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Okay, now we know the truth. 117 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,000 It was probably 10 years and I just, you know. 118 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 But I love that you came back from that and said, you know, God spoke to me. 119 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I got to do something about it because I've been putting this off. 120 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 And you were real honest with me. 121 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 And I said, let's do it. 122 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 So we did. 123 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 But that began a process of elimination. 124 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Like an elimination diet. 125 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Exactly. 126 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Some people call certain diets elimination where you're eliminating certain foods 127 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 and whatnot, which we're doing in the physical sense. 128 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,000 But also we're doing it in the spiritual and the mental emotional sense. 129 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 We had no idea what was going to happen. 130 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 No, we didn't. 131 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:52,000 But the peace that surpasses all understanding that guards our heart and our mind 132 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 came in droves. 133 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 It's been phenomenal. 134 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000 I just can't even describe it. 135 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Just having that peace. 136 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:06,000 And for those that are following our podcast, we want to say welcome to the show, guys. 137 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Sorry, I just jumped right in. 138 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 We almost shouldn't even call this a show. 139 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 We're not a show. 140 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 We're just two people who love God passionately and each other passionately. 141 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 And want to be used by God. 142 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:22,000 And we're doing a podcast because our dear friends, Adam and Tina Curry, said, 143 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 you guys should do a podcast. 144 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Well, no, no, no. 145 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 You should do a podcast. 146 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 You just included me. 147 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Well, at first it was me. 148 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Yeah, it was first it was me. 149 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 And I yanked you off the couch and said, please, please, I don't want to do this by myself 150 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 because we do everything together. 151 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 We literally do everything together. 152 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,000 I really haven't realized how much we do together. 153 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 It's unbelievable, our lives. 154 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000 But a lot of it has to do with our past lives. 155 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000 And you learn from your past mistakes. 156 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 And you do a course correction. 157 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 And that's pretty much what we did. 158 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Well, we determined that we're going to do better this go around than what happened to us. 159 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 And we're still here 30 days, 30 years later. 160 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 It feels like 30 days. 161 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 So amazing. Tom flies. 162 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,000 But yeah, 30 years of wow, I call it because it really has. 163 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:13,000 But we're coming up on 31 years, November 20th. 164 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 I know that's right around the corner. 165 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 I can't believe you can remember that. 166 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 So I wanted to say welcome to our guests. 167 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,000 We just so we're like squirrel, squirrel, gnat, squirrel, fly. 168 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 We were like, OK, what are we going to talk about? 169 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Well, we're buzzing. 170 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 We just are mind. 171 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 It's not because we're drinking coffee right now. 172 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Well, we are. 173 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 It's only half calf. 174 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Yeah. And it's late. 175 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:36,000 It's I know seven twenty in the evening and we're having coffee. 176 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 No, it's half calf. 177 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 So it should not bother us at all. 178 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 It's so good, though. 179 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000 It is called life boost. 180 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Too expensive, but it is too expensive. 181 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 So we found some cheaper. 182 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Yeah. But we're using the last of what we got. 183 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 So good. Clean, low acid. 184 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 So it doesn't impact your stomach at all. 185 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,000 And it's just trying to give them business. 186 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 No, I just like details. 187 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 I like talking about. 188 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Well, maybe maybe we'll send them a clip and say, hey, we're we're boosting you on. 189 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 So you know what I'm excited about tonight? 190 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 What? Everything. 191 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:16,000 But I'm really excited about thinking and sharing just some of the notes and we have a lot of letters and we got a review on our website. 192 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Just some beautiful stuff that God's doing in people's life. 193 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 And then they value for value. 194 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,000 They're sending us notes of encouragement or satoshis or some we've got PayPal. 195 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Yeah, I've got new donors. 196 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:33,000 And so I'm excited about calling their names out just to say thank you. 197 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 So but I digress. 198 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Yes, I'm just saying that's coming because we just want to say thank you to everyone. 199 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Our we feel like our podcast is catching a lot of traction right now. 200 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Things are happening. 201 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 We're more comfortable. 202 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 That's true. 203 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 And we've just got a lot to talk about. 204 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:56,000 We do, because God is so freaking amazing that we can't help but talk about him. 205 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Jeremiah, the prophet, said, I can't I can't not talk about him. 206 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:06,000 It's like a fire shut up in my bones and I'll be consumed if I don't say it. 207 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 I mean, that's what he's talking about. 208 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,000 And so we feel the same way as you know, anybody gets good news. 209 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 What do they want to do? 210 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 You want to share it? 211 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 They talk to their friends. 212 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000 They jump on social media. 213 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Hey, here's my daughter. 214 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 She made a honor. 215 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000 You know, whatever it is, they bumper sticker on their car. 216 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Yeah, those are that's a little over the top. 217 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,000 But anyway, unless someone listening does that. 218 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 But anyway, hey, it's your kid. 219 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 You can do what you want. 220 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Exactly. 221 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Be proud of them. 222 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Yes. 223 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Anyway, but this idea that when you have good news, you have to share it. 224 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000 You want to tell people. 225 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,000 And so we you know, when we first were learning, you know, we were first doing the podcast. 226 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 First year, we were like, yeah, OK, we got it. 227 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000 What are we going to talk about? 228 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Let's take thousands of notes, eight pages of notes. 229 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Now it's like, oh, man, there's so much God's up to you. 230 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 What are we not going to talk about? 231 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 We're looking to see where he's working. 232 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Yes. 233 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 And then we're joining him in his work. 234 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Where did you get that? 235 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 I got that from Experiencing God. 236 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Via your husband. 237 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Of course. 238 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:11,000 But we're also and then then we're sharing where he's working. 239 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 And a boy, which is fun. 240 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:21,000 It is because it gives you an opportunity to look at life in it with a different lens 241 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:30,000 because we're looking for OK, what can we share that's good that God is doing that is going to be good news to the people that are listening? 242 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 And what is the end product of that? 243 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 You learn how to live up in a down world. 244 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,000 That's why we call this and this podcast and we have down days. 245 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Oh, everybody does. 246 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,000 If you just concentrate on everything that's bad, that's going in your life. 247 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Yeah, you're going to be down in a day. 248 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Nobody got time for that. 249 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 No, I don't. 250 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000 I don't. 251 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Life's too good. 252 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Life's too short. 253 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I made a comment last night. 254 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 My runway is not as long as it used to be. 255 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000 And so, man, I'm going to run through the end of this thing. 256 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 It better be longer than you're saying. 257 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Oh, no, no, I'm not saying it's like I can see the end. 258 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 It's a long runway. 259 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,000 It's a long but but it's not as long as it used to be simply because of our age. 260 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 And so it's like we're going to live to be 120. 261 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Whatever we live to be, we're going to run through the tape, finish strong, finish the race. 262 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:23,000 We're not going to quit short and stop short of it because there's too many good things to do, 263 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 even though the world is losing its freaking mind right now. 264 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 And things are crazy, wars and rumors of wars. 265 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 The Bible even talks about that. 266 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 And now we're having all that with, you know, first it was Ukraine. 267 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Now it's Israel and Hamas and Palestinians and all that going on, which we are praying for diligently. 268 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Yes, we are. 269 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Diligent praying for Israel. 270 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 And so speaking of prayer. 271 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:51,000 So I did a whole series on the Lord's prayer, the Lord's model prayer, we call it. 272 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,000 And it was called Lord, teach us to pray, because that's what the disciples ask. 273 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 And then what did Jesus say? 274 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 When you pray, say. 275 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 So we all know that. 276 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 So we've been focused on that. 277 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,000 But what it has done, it's elevated in our church a passion for prayer. 278 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 And we're getting testimonies. 279 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Every week, people are telling us, man, I prayed for this and this happened or I learned this about prayer that I didn't know. 280 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 And I'm praying more. 281 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 And I built a war room in my house. 282 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Yes, we heard that. 283 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 And so there's this movie. 284 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 We watched it this. 285 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Yes. 286 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Why don't you tell them about war? 287 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 It's a great movie. 288 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:29,000 The movie War Room came out in what, 2015, I believe. 289 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 I think you're right. 290 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Priscilla Shires in it. 291 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:38,000 And I can't think of all the different actors, but she's not even an actress. 292 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 I think this was her first movie. 293 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 She is a she's a she a pastor. 294 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 She's a teacher. 295 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Yeah. 296 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Her father is Tony Evans. 297 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Dr. Tony Evans. 298 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 One of my favorite pastors and preachers. 299 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Yes. 300 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Who am I listening to today? 301 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 And that dude will light you up. 302 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000 He was at Gateway this weekend. 303 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Yeah. 304 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,000 But anyway, she got cast in this movie. 305 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 She said it was the hardest thing she's ever done in her life. 306 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:05,000 But she was exquisite for someone who this was her first acting gig. 307 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:14,000 But it's I don't want to tell the whole story, but the gist of it is she was in a marriage that was going downhill. 308 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,000 And she was God hooked her up with a woman. 309 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 She's a realtor. 310 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 She hooked her up hooked her up with a woman. 311 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:28,000 He did that has an amazing prayer life. 312 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:37,000 And she helped her be able to use prayer, the power of prayer to change her situation. 313 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 And God did some amazing, amazing things in the whole family. 314 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,000 And in the why is it called war room? 315 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Because she you turned her closet into a war room. 316 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 She took the I don't know that I could take everything out of my closet. 317 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000 She took every closet space. 318 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:59,000 No, she took everything out because she didn't want any distractions. 319 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:06,000 And she had notes all over her closet on what on what to pray for, for her husband. 320 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 It was powerful, very powerful. 321 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:17,000 And what happened when that movie came out, it was so impactful for people that Christians all over America and probably other places, too. 322 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:23,000 But I know in America started building war rooms in their home, like taking a closet or an extra space. 323 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:30,000 And turning it into a place where they dedicated it for prayer and get on the kind of the old get on your knees and fight like a man. 324 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 You know, get on your knees and do war. 325 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Go to battle for your family. 326 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Go to battle for your kids. 327 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Battle for your job. 328 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 I mean, battle for your spouse. 329 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 And so that lit things up. 330 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Well, it's been we saw it when it came out. 331 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Of course, we were motivated. 332 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 We didn't do a prayer room because we pray all the time. 333 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Practice presence. 334 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,000 But I will say it's kind of it's reinspired me. 335 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 So we watched it what Friday night you said? 336 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Yes. Yeah, it was so we were both crying. 337 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 I mean, it was powerful. 338 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 So look it up. 339 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,000 It's called War Room. 340 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,000 And I think it's paid. 341 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 It's three dollars. 342 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Minimal. 343 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 But it is worth watching. 344 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 And it's so inspiring. 345 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:18,000 And the lady who's the main character, when she does that prayer at the end, my gosh, I could I could have bit the end of a crowbar off. 346 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 I mean, I was like, it fired me up. 347 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 I want to get a clip of her prayer. 348 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,000 I just listen to it because it was so real. 349 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:33,000 So on fire, so war doing war on behalf of people. 350 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000 So anyway, I recommend you see it. 351 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Definitely. 352 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 I mean, say go see it. 353 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 See it in your house. 354 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Stream it and let it inspire you in your own prayer life. 355 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Well, it already was fueling the fire. 356 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,000 We're already on fire. 357 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,000 So it's like pouring gasoline on because we knew our prayer night was coming up. 358 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,000 So let's get into that because that was something that really is remarkable. 359 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 What shocked me. 360 00:14:54,000 --> 00:15:02,000 OK, we've had prayer nights before in the past and you'll have about 10 or 15 people show up. 361 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 You know, you talked about a story. 362 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Well, Pastor Jim Symbola, who wrote Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire and actually has a praying church, I mean, big time. 363 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:18,000 They have a Tuesday night prayer service that sees fifteen hundred to two thousand people coming, which is a new pray that is to our prayer night. 364 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 And we watched it last night. 365 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 And that's been going 50 years. 366 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Yes. 367 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 And we actually watched it. 368 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 We streamed it the other night just to see. 369 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,000 And oh, my gosh, I mean, they are still going strong. 370 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:35,000 But he said that the least attended service in most churches in America is the prayer night. 371 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Which a lot of churches have a Wednesday night prayer service. 372 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:45,000 So you'll have just a handful of people come in and then they'll pray for the needs of the people in the church. 373 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:50,000 We decided we have never had a prayer night at this church. 374 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 You've been preaching on prayer. 375 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,000 We've had worship and counter night. 376 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Right. 377 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 That's a big value. 378 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Worship. 379 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Yes, worship. 380 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 And we incorporated worship in this prayer night. 381 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,000 But we really didn't know how many people were going to come. 382 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:13,000 And what was interesting is last week on Monday night, and I remember that because Tuesday we had staff meeting and I brought it up. 383 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000 And I dreamed about our prayer night. 384 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,000 And I dreamed that I walked in and it was, you know, dreams are weird. 385 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 It didn't look like our church. 386 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 No, only my dreams are weird. 387 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Everybody's. 388 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:30,000 And it was like risers, like choir risers. 389 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:39,000 And everybody that came, it was like we were taking a, I don't know, like a big picture of everybody that showed up. 390 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 And they were all on the choir risers. 391 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:49,000 And I walked in and I saw them and I was shocked to see how many people showed up. 392 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:56,000 That was the same feeling I had when we walked in last night and our sanctuary began to fill up. 393 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:03,000 I was in tears looking around going, oh, my gosh. 394 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Well, we got there 30 minutes early and there were already a bunch of cars in the parking lot. 395 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000 We drove up. 396 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000 I'm like, are we late? 397 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 It's not the same thing. 398 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Did we miss something? 399 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,000 But this is what came out of this for me. 400 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:24,000 It really helped me see the maturity that we have in our church because typically it's people. 401 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:30,000 I mean, obviously not everybody can come because there's, you know, people have obligations. 402 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000 They have children. 403 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 We didn't have any children's ministry to help with that. 404 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:44,000 But typically the people that come to these are more experienced in God, more mature. 405 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I was literally floored. 406 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000 All ages. 407 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I was floored. 408 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 I was floored. 409 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 It was from young to old and old to young. 410 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 It was beautiful. 411 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 And there was a buzz in the air. 412 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 The air was electric, the atmosphere. 413 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 There was this expectation and faith. 414 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Part of that is because I've been preaching at a new level of intensity, but because God's elevated that in me, 415 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:12,000 obviously as the lead pastor, that's going to help other people to begin to step up. 416 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 I'm not taking credit for that. 417 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 I'm just saying God does what God does. 418 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 And all we're saying is do what you want to do, God. 419 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:29,000 And so I've been talking about revival because that's one of the things the Lord really put in my heart over the sabbaticals that he wants revival more than we do. 420 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000 He wants us to be revived. 421 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Yes. 422 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,000 It's time for us. 423 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 To be awakened. 424 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Yes. 425 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 And not live down in this down world. 426 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000 And the only way we can live up is to point, is if we're pointed to Jesus, period. 427 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000 That's it. 428 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 The only way. 429 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 That's it. 430 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Yeah. 431 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:54,000 So we show up, we walk in, there's already people getting seats and it's like, wow. 432 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000 And more and more people are excited and kept coming. 433 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 It was amazing. 434 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 It was amazing. 435 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:05,000 So I think we had around 200 show up, which is about 40% of our Sunday morning. 436 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000 We had 500 on Sunday. 437 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000 So that blew me away. 438 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 I did not expect that. 439 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:17,000 And I even had sort of in my mind, I was like, okay, I'm not going to be disappointed if it's just a few. 440 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 We'll go with the goers. 441 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Go with the goers. 442 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Whoever shows up. 443 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 And I was the whole night. 444 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 We had 300 people watching online. 445 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 That's true. 446 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Yeah, we had several hundred actually online with us. 447 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 So we're like, whoa, okay. 448 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,000 So 500 folks showing up either online or in person. 449 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:43,000 But again, what was powerful was the atmosphere because I started off pretty strong. 450 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:52,000 I got up and I started talking about Israel and about our need to pray and why we need to pray and go to battle. 451 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:58,000 But also not just praying for Israel against someone, but praying for the Palestinians to come to Christ. 452 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 There's innocent people. 453 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Absolutely. 454 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 People caught up in it. 455 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Like in any war, there's always the innocent people who are just trying to survive and make a life. 456 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Absolutely. 457 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 And they get swept up in radicalism. 458 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:15,000 And they don't even want to be, but by proximity, by their race, by wherever they are, they get caught in. 459 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 So we're praying for everyone. 460 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 We're not just praying for Israel. 461 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 We're praying for Palestinians. 462 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Think about all the people that are being displaced right now and all the Americans that have been killed out there 463 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,000 and Americans I've saw today on the news that are trying to get out of there. 464 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:36,000 I mean, I just, my heart just, I mean, it's the same thing I felt for Ukraine. 465 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Any war where there's innocent people. 466 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Any war is hell. 467 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,000 And that was a quote from one of the great generals and commanders, war is hell. 468 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 And it's true. 469 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 It's hell on earth. 470 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:52,000 And the Bible says that in the last days, there'll be wars and rumors of wars. 471 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,000 It's going to be this ongoing and it's feeling a lot like that right now. 472 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,000 So all that, I said, we have to get on our knees and fight. 473 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,000 We don't fight with physical weapons. 474 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000 We fight with the weapons of the Spirit. 475 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,000 And so I got pretty fired up and I was shocked at the response. 476 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000 People were like calling out, crying out, amen, in agreement. 477 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:22,000 And there was, it just, it was almost a holy roar that came up at various times 478 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,000 and spontaneous responses and reactions. 479 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,000 And all this told me was that God is showing us that He's getting us ready 480 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 because we're not just praying for the world. 481 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 We're not just praying for that. 482 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:40,000 We focused on, I took us through eight movements as I was praying about, 483 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Lord, how do we want to do this? 484 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 And the Lord gave me the word movement. 485 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,000 This is a movement and this is a movement and this is a movement. 486 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,000 So I took us through eight movements that were focused on, 487 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 I'll just give you the short version of that. 488 00:21:53,000 --> 00:22:02,000 The movements were Lordship, Adoration, the Kingdom of God, Repentance, 489 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Spiritual Warfare, the Fear of the Lord or the awe of God, 490 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Revival and Spiritual Awakening. 491 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,000 And the movement eight is Receiving Our Marching Orders. 492 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,000 It was a prayer of empowerment, impartation and commission, 493 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,000 commissioning them to go out and take the good news everywhere they went. 494 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 And God, I'm just still blown away. 495 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:28,000 We also had a Messianic Jewish person who I've never met before who happened to be there. 496 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Just happened to be there. 497 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Happened to be there. 498 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,000 So we brought him up on stage and Tommy Hayes, who's one of our equip class teachers, 499 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000 and he has a wonderful ministry called Messiah Ministries, and he's a powerhouse. 500 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:43,000 He and I laid hands on this gentleman and prayed for Israel and prayed for God. 501 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000 It was remarkable. 502 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:52,000 What are the odds of a Jewish person being at our church that we don't know on a prayer night of all times? 503 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:58,000 So anyway, fantastic evening and it just vaulted some things up in us. 504 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,000 It reminds me of a prayer night we had in Brownwood that we had God to talk about. 505 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 I know where you're going with this. Wow. 506 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Because many, many years ago, it was 1999, our daughter, our oldest daughter, 507 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,000 had been married, was in a great marriage. 508 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:28,000 She decided to walk away from it, but she left without letting anybody know where she was going. 509 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:33,000 And what reminded me of this too is we've been listening to Jim Symbola, 510 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:40,000 he preached a message on our house should be a house of prayer. 511 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:51,000 He preached this in 1994, and in 1994, he's preaching the best message I've ever heard on prayer in my whole entire life. 512 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,000 We've been listening to it all week, over and over and over, 513 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 but he tells a story about something that happened to his daughter, 514 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:04,000 and you and I began to talk about, oh my gosh, we have a very similar story. 515 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Same story. I was blown away. 516 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:13,000 So anyway, our daughter left, and her husband called us and said, 517 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,000 she's left, I don't know where she is, I wouldn't let her take the kids, and she's gone. 518 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 And they were out in Southern California. We were in Texas. 519 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,000 We had just planted a church in Brownwood. The church was blowing up. 520 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:31,000 We were doing well, and we get this news, and what happens to us is we're devastated. 521 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Devastated. Because we don't know where she is. 522 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:44,000 And I remember we had a pastor, I think he's from Canada that we met at a conference. 523 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Remember that? And we contacted him, and he said, take communion over her. 524 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 That was another thing. 525 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 I couldn't remember where that came from. 526 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 It was that pastor from Canada. 527 00:24:55,000 --> 00:25:00,000 And he said, take communion over her. Be deliberate about your communion. 528 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 So we did. Remember we took it then. 529 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 As soon as he told us, we went and got juice. 530 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000 We were desperate. 531 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:13,000 We were desperate. So this went on for months, and we couldn't find her. 532 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:20,000 And Thanksgiving passed, Christmas passed, New Year's passed, 533 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000 and we don't know where our daughter is. And she's what? 534 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:28,000 How old is she? 21? 21. She's young. She's young. 535 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:38,000 And we had gotten the news that a young girl was going to give us a child. 536 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:44,000 She had gotten pregnant, and we were in the middle of adopting this child. 537 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:49,000 And we couldn't even tell her our good news. I'll never forget that. 538 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,000 And then one day, we decided, because our church was so supportive of us, 539 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,000 here we are, brand new church, only been going a year and a half maybe, 540 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,000 and we're devastated about our daughter, our wayward daughter, 541 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 because we don't know where she is. 542 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,000 And I remember her husband giving us a phone number saying, 543 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,000 he heard this could be a phone number where she's at. 544 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Couldn't find her. 545 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000 And I tried that number a few times. 546 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,000 You tried it many times. 547 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Nothing. 548 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 I'm a machine of somebody I didn't recognize. 549 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 And we may have told this on the podcast, but this is so important. 550 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,000 In terms of prayer. 551 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Right. Yeah, in terms of prayer. 552 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:32,000 And then I remember that we decided to have a prayer night, 553 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 and we had a prayer night at our church. 554 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,000 It was an off night. 555 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000 It was an off night. 556 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,000 It was like a Tuesday or whatever. 557 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Yeah, it was an off night. 558 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,000 A typical night. 559 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:45,000 And we were praying and praying, and a woman who was sitting on the road with me, 560 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,000 I remember I was like on that second row, and she said, 561 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,000 I had a dream about your daughter. 562 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,000 And she drew this outline of her face. 563 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 And described what she saw. 564 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,000 And described what she saw. 565 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:02,000 And she said, the Lord told me that she is going to be in contact with you 566 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 and home in two weeks. 567 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,000 Okay. 568 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000 I know. 569 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000 You hear something like that. 570 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000 You hear something like that, and you're like, well, thank you. 571 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Be careful putting a time stamp on that. 572 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 You put a time. 573 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Yeah. 574 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,000 I was excited, but I was a little cautious at the same time. 575 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,000 I'll never forget this. 576 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,000 I can't remember who this was. 577 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 It was probably an angel. 578 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,000 It's been a long time. 579 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Yeah, probably. 580 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:34,000 But I'll never forget that because within a week, I think it was within just a few days. 581 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Actually, it was that week. 582 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,000 That week. 583 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,000 I remember. 584 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,000 Yes. 585 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000 You came into the room and said. 586 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000 Can I tell this apart? 587 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Yes. 588 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,000 I can tell your apart. 589 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000 This is amazing. 590 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Thank you. 591 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Hand off. 592 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 So I was in another room. 593 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 You were sitting in the living room. 594 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 We actually had an apartment in the church. 595 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000 It was a weird deal. 596 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,000 It was weird. 597 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,000 But it was a big apartment, actually. 598 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,000 So we were living in our work. 599 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,000 It was a little too much. 600 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,000 But we were blessed. 601 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,000 All right? 602 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000 God was moving. 603 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,000 So I was in the other end of the apartment. 604 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000 And for some reason, I just had this impression. 605 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000 Call Alicia now. 606 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Call that phone number. 607 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000 Yeah. 608 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Call this phone number. 609 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000 And I'm like, uh. 610 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,000 So I think I walked in and said, do you have that phone number or something like that? 611 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000 And I'm like, yes. 612 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,000 And you're like, what? 613 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000 And I said, she didn't answer. 614 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000 She never has answered. 615 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000 This is not where she is. 616 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,000 And I said out loud, very firmly, I'm supposed to do this now. 617 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000 So you gave me the number. 618 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,000 I made the call. 619 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000 And she answered the phone. 620 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:36,000 And the reason why she answered is because she was in the bathroom contemplating suicide 621 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000 because she had made a huge mistake. 622 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:44,000 And she saw this was back when we had caller ID on our regular phones. 623 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Regular phones. 624 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000 We didn't have cell phones back then. 625 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,000 And she saw your name. 626 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:54,000 And she had just cried out to Jesus and said, give me a sign if I'm not supposed to do this. 627 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,000 And you called. 628 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Oh, my God. 629 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,000 At that precise moment, you called. 630 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 And I said, do not hang up. 631 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,000 Do not hang up. 632 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,000 Whatever you do. 633 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,000 Whatever you've done. 634 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,000 It doesn't matter. 635 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,000 It doesn't matter. 636 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,000 We love you. 637 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,000 And she held on. 638 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000 Oh, my goodness. 639 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000 So we ended up having a beautiful conversation. 640 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Of course, we didn't know the depth of what she was in because she kind of just snapped out of it 641 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 because she was talking to mom and dad again. 642 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 And she was herself. 643 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000 And you made arrangements within a few days. 644 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,000 To go get her. 645 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,000 Jump in a van, drive to Southern California, and pick her up. 646 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:39,000 And I shared with her that I had some news and that we were going to be adopting a child. 647 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,000 And that child was in Southern California. 648 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:53,000 Could we, if I pick her up, can we drive over to that town and see the little girl that was giving us her baby? 649 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,000 And she was fine. 650 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 And she said, but I have to tell you something. 651 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000 I'm pregnant. 652 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,000 And a heart kind of sunk at first. 653 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000 But then it was like, you know what? 654 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,000 That's okay. 655 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,000 We'll have two babies in the house. 656 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,000 I remember saying, we'll set up two cribs. 657 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000 We'll do whatever it takes. 658 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,000 We had an attitude of, it doesn't matter. 659 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,000 It doesn't matter. 660 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,000 We will figure this out. 661 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,000 This is what love does. 662 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,000 This is what God does. 663 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,000 Love says, I don't care right now. 664 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000 What's more important is your life. 665 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000 Life. 666 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,000 And what is more important than getting you safe into a safe place. 667 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,000 Yes, absolutely. 668 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,000 So we will figure it out, even though we don't know what we're going to do. 669 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,000 We will figure it out. 670 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000 And that's the best answer sometimes you can give somebody. 671 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000 We don't know what we're doing, but we'll figure it out. 672 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,000 We'll figure it out. 673 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:42,000 The great thing is, is by the time we got her back to our home, it was within that two week period of that woman. 674 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:48,000 And I remember rejoicing going, oh my gosh, she did hear from God. 675 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,000 Because there's a lot of weirdos out there that will say things. 676 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000 And you're like, really? 677 00:30:53,000 --> 00:31:02,000 But this was the power of us having that prayer night and praying for this specific situation. 678 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:11,000 Before we skip too far ahead, remember we had been praying every night for her through this little booklet by Gloria. 679 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,000 Copeland. 680 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,000 No, not Gloria. 681 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,000 Germaine Copeland. 682 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Not related to Gloria Copeland. 683 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000 Germaine Copeland, she's a prayer warrior. 684 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,000 She wrote several books. 685 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:26,000 And this one was called, Prayers That Avail Much, which I have still on my nightstand an updated version of it. 686 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,000 I just bought one for Tina so that she would have one. 687 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000 And I still use that several times a week. 688 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000 Before we go to bed, I'll read three or four. 689 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,000 And all she does is take scripture and turn it into prayer. 690 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000 So you're praying the Bible. 691 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:43,000 You're praying the Word of God, which is the best way to pray when you're praying God's words. 692 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:53,000 But we prayed for Alicia through that because it's topics and it's like praying for a wayward son or a wayward child or whatever. 693 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000 So we were praying for that. 694 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,000 And God answered our prayers. 695 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Didn't do it in the timing we thought he would. 696 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000 He didn't do it instantly. 697 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,000 We went through some weeks and months of just pain and panic. 698 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,000 And in the middle of that, we're planning a new church. 699 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000 I'm working two jobs. 700 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000 And we're planning for a child, a new baby to come in. 701 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,000 Now we're about to adopt a baby. 702 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,000 Anyway, just so much was going on. 703 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,000 I mean, it was a whirlwind, like a hurricane or a typhoon was happening around us. 704 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:31,000 But in the middle of all of that was God teaching us, stretching us, walking with us constantly, just in little ways saying, I've still got you. 705 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000 I'm here. I haven't left. 706 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,000 I'm not going to abandon you. 707 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,000 I'm not going to leave you. 708 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000 I'm not going to forsake you. 709 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,000 Go back to the Word. 710 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,000 What does it say? 711 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,000 I'll never leave you. 712 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,000 I'll never forsake you. 713 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:46,000 And He was with us through the storm and taught us how to pray. 714 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,000 That's why prayer is so important. 715 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,000 We prayed with communion over her. 716 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,000 We had Sunday night prayer night. 717 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,000 I mean, we prayed daily. 718 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000 We cried out to God. 719 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:05,000 We travail over this situation. 720 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000 I've never had a baby. 721 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,000 Never will. 722 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:21,000 But knowing, watching a mama go through that kind of travail and pain and then at the end of that, there's this joy and this life at the end of that travail. 723 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:28,000 We were travailing because in a sense we were trying to birth something, we're birthing movement, we're birthing change. 724 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,000 And that's something we need to just help you understand. 725 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000 And we're constantly reminded of the power of prayer. 726 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000 But also, prayer is heavy. 727 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000 It can be laborious. 728 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,000 But here's the thing, the joy we find it, because there's joy at the end of that. 729 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,000 You know, I mean, for the joy it set before us. 730 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,000 So there is something, there's a reward. 731 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 I guess I don't even want that word. 732 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,000 There's a result. 733 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000 Let's say it this way. 734 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000 Prayer garners results. 735 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:58,000 Why would Jesus tell us to pray if there wasn't going to be results at the end of that? 736 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:05,000 Well, that leads us to our devotion today, which could not have been better timing. 737 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,000 We're listening to, we do a devotion called The Way of Life. 738 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000 This is our third time through it because it's so good. 739 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,000 Every time we finish it, we start it over because it's so good. 740 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,000 It's 41 days. 741 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,000 Yes, 41 days. 742 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,000 It's The Way of Life by Bill Johnson on YouVersion. 743 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000 And today's was on prayer. 744 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,000 So we're going to play a little, was it one minute clip. 745 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:31,000 So you can hear what Pastor Bill Johnson says about prayer. 746 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,000 By the way, we will be at Pastor Bill Johnson's church in two weeks for a conference. 747 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,000 I'm so excited. 748 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 Can't wait to be out in Redding, California with Pastor Bill. 749 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,000 Yes. 750 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,000 All right. 751 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000 So I'm going to put this up so you can hear it. 752 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000 So if any of you are from Redding, California, we're going to be there. 753 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000 We can do a meetup. 754 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,000 Oh my gosh, it would be cool to meet somebody. 755 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,000 That would be. 756 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,000 Absolutely. 757 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,000 All right. 758 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,000 Here we go. 759 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:55,000 If the Lord gives us a direction in prayer, then the outcome has to be measurable. 760 00:34:55,000 --> 00:35:01,000 Or we tend to get our joy, our pleasure from praying and not from answers. 761 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:09,000 And Jesus designed prayer to be a method by which we are encouraged and have fullness of joy. 762 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:16,000 In fact, in John 16, he said, he said, in that day, you will ask the father in my name and anything you ask for will be done. 763 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,000 And here's our phrase, that your joy might be full. 764 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:31,000 What happens in religious communities, if we don't have practical understanding of what heaven on earth looks like, then we derive our joy from having gone through the discipline of prayer. 765 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:36,000 The discipline of prayer is great, but that's not supposed to be where we have our joy. 766 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,000 It's supposed to be a pleasure to serve the Lord in that way. 767 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000 But the actual fullness of joy comes through answers. 768 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:52,000 And so my whole deal is let's find out how we can measure the impact of an answered prayer when he says heaven can come to earth. 769 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000 What does it look like in the practical sense? 770 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000 So that's that's really what we're doing. 771 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,000 Wow. 772 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:04,000 When I heard that today, even though this is my third time, my fourth time, because we actually put all of those. 773 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000 I've watched that video 20 times. 774 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,000 Yes. 775 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,000 On a track. 776 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000 And oh, my goodness, that was just beautiful. 777 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:24,000 What he's saying, I mean, just to boil it down in simple terms, is that that we should be able to see results from prayer, that that it's not about just having a discipline of prayer to have a discipline or a practice of prayer to have a practice. 778 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000 It's just religious repetition. 779 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,000 I'm not in this for religion, and I'm not in this for repetition. 780 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,000 I'm in this to see God move. 781 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000 I'm in this to see the kingdom of God advanced. 782 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:37,000 I'm in this to see revival, spiritual awakening. 783 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,000 I'm in it to see answers. 784 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:45,000 Not that I'm trying to get answers like stuff for me, but I'm talking about things about the kingdom, about people coming to know Christ. 785 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:51,000 Some of you that listen, you've written into us and you said, gosh, you guys are helping me rediscover my faith and come back to God. 786 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000 And that is what we live for. 787 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,000 We live for you. 788 00:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,000 We live for those moments where you connect the dots to maybe something you knew when you were younger. 789 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:06,000 You knew about Jesus or you had a faith and then something life happened and you got away from that. 790 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:12,000 And our prayer, I mean, we pray, by the way, Annette prayed tonight before we came on the show. 791 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:18,000 Not only did she open the show, but I asked her to pray and she prayed heaven down over you. 792 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000 You that's listening right now. 793 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,000 And when I say while you, I mean you who just heard my voice. 794 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:29,000 She prayed for you that you would hear the truth and you would know the truth and it would set you free. 795 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,000 Absolutely. 796 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,000 That's what truth does. 797 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000 And so that's what prayer is about. 798 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:43,000 Just like Pastor Bill was saying, Jesus gave us prayer, gave us this beautiful tool so that we could see things move and see things change. 799 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:52,000 And so what God has been doing in us is reminding us of this amazing gift of prayer and how overlooked it is. 800 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Because sometimes we get disappointed. 801 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,000 Things don't happen in timing that we think it should. 802 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,000 Or the way it should. 803 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000 Or we try to tell God how he should do it. 804 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,000 Exactly. 805 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000 That's on us, not on God. 806 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:11,000 And I, you know, we've got to get to the point to where we know he, it's like a parent who's trying to tell a child something. 807 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:19,000 They're not telling them don't go run in the street with, you know, scissors because they are trying to keep them from having fun. 808 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,000 Give me a break. 809 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Yeah, yeah, kill joy. 810 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:27,000 Yeah, they're trying to protect you and keep you from danger. 811 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,000 That is what God does for us. 812 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,000 He knows best. 813 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,000 He sees the end from the beginning, his word says. 814 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,000 So he knows best. 815 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,000 So he's trying to keep us from danger, basically. 816 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,000 Exactly. 817 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,000 So things will happen that we're like, that's not how I intended it to happen. 818 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,000 But God knows best. 819 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Beautifully said. 820 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:57,000 And one of the greatest places to start, if you're kind of in this place of, well, yeah, I would like to pray, but I kind of don't know what to say. 821 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,000 That's legitimate. 822 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000 A lot of, I mean, we all had to start somewhere, right? 823 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,000 And it's hard when you go into a group or a church and they go, hey, would you mind saying the prayer? 824 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000 And you're like, no, no, no way. 825 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,000 It's scary. 826 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,000 It takes time and it's like anything you learn. 827 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:15,000 But there is a place you can start and you can find it in the book of Matthew, chapter six. 828 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,000 Yes. 829 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000 And it's called the Lord's model prayer. 830 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000 And it's Matthew, chapter six. 831 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000 And it says this. 832 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,000 Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 833 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000 Your kingdom come. 834 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,000 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 835 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:39,000 Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 836 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:43,000 For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. 837 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,000 Amen. 838 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,000 There's your starting place. 839 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:50,000 By the way, it's my ending place, too, because I've re-embraced the Lord's model prayer. 840 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:59,000 And I found as I studied and exegeted those passages, I've gone through the Greek language and just mined out the jewels. 841 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,000 And it is it's more powerful than I ever knew. 842 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,000 In fact, I'm so excited about I pray it ten times a day. 843 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000 I think we're going to put it on a bookmark. 844 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:15,000 Yeah, we're going to put the interpretive version of it where I'm adding in the Greek words and what it literally says. 845 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,000 And just to give you a heads up of what that would sound like and how I pray it. 846 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:25,000 I say, my father in heaven, holy, holy, holy is your name. 847 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,000 Kingdom of God, come. 848 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000 Will of God, be done. 849 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000 See, it's a declaration, it's a proclamation. 850 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,000 And then I say, what's after that? 851 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:40,000 On earth as it is on earth right here, right now, as it is in heaven. 852 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,000 Give us our date. 853 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,000 No, give us our bread today. 854 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,000 Give us today. 855 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Tomorrow's bread. 856 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,000 I'm sorry. 857 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,000 I'm not. 858 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,000 I usually just say it. 859 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000 We usually have it written down somewhere. 860 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,000 I just rattle it off. 861 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,000 So it's harder when I break it down. 862 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,000 But give us today our bread for tomorrow, because that's what it literally means. 863 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000 It's about God's abundance and increase. 864 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:05,000 And then forgive us our offenses as we forgive those who offend us. 865 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,000 Boy, aren't there ample opportunities to do that? 866 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,000 There are absolutely. 867 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:15,000 What I found when I prayed through that prayer after after about a month and a half during the sabbatical, 868 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,000 I started forgetting who I was praying, who I was on that list because I had forgiven them. 869 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,000 I'd let it go so much that they actually went out of my memory. 870 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:29,000 And I remember one morning I'm praying and I'm like, why can't I remember these names? 871 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,000 I had to really think about it. 872 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:38,000 And the Lord whispered to me, not in an audible voice, but in my mind, this sense of it's because you've forgiven them. 873 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,000 You're healed. 874 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,000 Absolutely. 875 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,000 And then I'm like, there's nobody on the list. 876 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,000 So please don't anybody get on the list. 877 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,000 Stay off my list. 878 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,000 But anyway, so then and then the next part is very misunderstood. 879 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,000 It is. 880 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000 It says and lead us not into temptation. 881 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:57,000 Well, that's actually a Hebrew prayer form that is worded like this in the Psalms. 882 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:05,000 Father, I thank you that you will never lead me into temptation, but you will deliver me from evil and the evil one. 883 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,000 So anyway, that's the Lord's Prayer. 884 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000 So there's there's your starting place. 885 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000 So we're going to put that on a bookmark. 886 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,000 And if anybody wants one, write us and we'll we'll send it to you. 887 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000 We're going to work on that this week. 888 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:23,000 Yeah, yeah, we've got that interpretation because it's it's it's the original language. 889 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,000 It's how Jesus intended us to pray it because it's a proclamation. 890 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,000 It's an imperative. 891 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:33,000 And so he doesn't say when you pray, ask is when you pray, say, so we lean in and we declare. 892 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,000 And here's the confidence you can have. 893 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,000 This is what I love about prayer. 894 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:43,000 When you're confident that you're praying the will of God and what's more the will of God than the word of God. 895 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:50,000 Exactly. When you're praying what Jesus told us to pray, you can be confident that there will be results. 896 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,000 There will be measurable results as Pastor Bill was talking about. 897 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000 And so we want to encourage in your prayer life. 898 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,000 If you don't know where to start, start with the Lord's model prayer. 899 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:03,000 Then when you get advanced, stay with the Lord's model prayer. 900 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:13,000 I think in our church, because it has it's sinking in so deeply into our heart, the hearts of our people. 901 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:20,000 I think you need to start off every message with that prayer or end with that prayer every time, 902 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:23,000 because that's what he says the model prayer is. 903 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,000 Why not every week? 904 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,000 I actually intended to do it yesterday morning, but I was so off to the races. 905 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,000 I was so psyched up. 906 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,000 I was on the ground running, but last night we did that together. 907 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,000 It's powerful. It's beautiful. 908 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:42,000 When the whole church body says it together, it's got to make God's heart burst. 909 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,000 When he hears his kids praying exactly what Jesus taught them to pray. 910 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,000 And so yeah, that was amazing. 911 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,000 So we want to encourage you in this. 912 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:52,000 You don't know where to start. 913 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:58,000 Start with the Lord's model prayer and know that God gave you this as a tool to get results. 914 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:02,000 So it's not just about the practice of prayer for the practice of prayer. 915 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000 It's about seeing God move. 916 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:10,000 And so we want you to experience revival where you live, in your community, where you are. 917 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,000 Pray for your city. 918 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,000 Pray for your county. 919 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,000 Pray for what's going on around you, even as we pray for things in the world. 920 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:22,000 And if you have a wayward child, let us know. 921 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:28,000 Because we have the faith that God will bring that child back. 922 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:37,000 And so we love hearing stories where we can pray and intercede for people who have the same situation that we had. 923 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,000 So let us know. 924 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,000 I am looking at you. 925 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,000 Actually, I took a couple of pictures of you a minute ago. 926 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,000 Is that what you were doing? 927 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:48,000 I am because I'm looking at you and just going, girl, this is a girl on fire. 928 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,000 I mean, she's on fire for Jesus. 929 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,000 Well, it started with you. 930 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:55,000 You are never more beautiful to me than when you're fired up about Jesus. 931 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,000 Thank you. I appreciate that. 932 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,000 I mean that. 933 00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,000 Wow. 934 00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,000 Did I just say that over the Internet? 935 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:00,000 Yes. 936 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,000 So anyway, back to our show. 937 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,000 So I want to share some things with everyone here. 938 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:07,000 Some encouraging things and just hope that you are encouraged. 939 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,000 But listen, we got some Boostergrams. 940 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,000 So I want to share some of these. 941 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:17,000 Boostergrams are when you're on the podcast platform 2.0, podcast 2.0, value for value. 942 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:22,000 And what value for value works is if what we're doing adds value to you and brings value to you 943 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:27,000 and it means something to you, then you can return that value through time, talent, treasure. 944 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:33,000 We've got opportunities to do that on our newsletter, our website, livingupinadownworld.com. 945 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,000 I needed to mention something. 946 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:39,000 Well, I'll mention something about Adam and Tina because about last night at the prayer thing, 947 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,000 but I'll bring that up when I read his Boostergram. 948 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,000 So that's important to me to say this. 949 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,000 And so value for value means you just simply go, okay, man, that helped me. 950 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,000 I'm encouraged. 951 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,000 I want to add value to them because they added value to me. 952 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,000 And you can do that livingupinadownworld.com. 953 00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:01,000 We have opportunities for you to do it there or on any of the platforms like Castamatic, Fountain. 954 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,000 They have opportunities for boost. 955 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:08,000 And Boostergrams are really fun because you can write a note along with the Satoshis that you're sending. 956 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:12,000 So here's some Boostergrams I want to share with you that and Annette, 957 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,000 I love it when you get excited about these not because of their value, 958 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:20,000 but because it's people taking the time to write something and encourage us. 959 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,000 That's what is really valuable. 960 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,000 So I want to start with this one. 961 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,000 Sir Sean Riser. Sir Sean Riser wrote this. 962 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,000 I've been listening to you since you were on sabbatical. 963 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:34,000 I found you via the Extended Curry Podcasting Universe 964 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:39,000 and have binged your back episodes while recovering from some medical issues. 965 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:43,000 I'm so proud of you, Sir Sean. Hope your recovery is going well. 966 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,000 He says this, you have made the recovery easier. 967 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:50,000 I have a question. I'm a traditional church man, raised Catholic. 968 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,000 These days I identify as a Lutheran. 969 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:58,000 I keep hearing the term worship team from you and the Currys, 970 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:06,000 which Adam says that's a K.A. band from you and the Currys. 971 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,000 Is this just a choir with modern music or am I missing something? 972 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,000 God bless you both. Thank you, Sir Sean. 973 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,000 Annette, you want to answer that question? What is a worship team? 974 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:19,000 A worship team is a team of musicians and singers that are just worshiping the Lord. 975 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:24,000 They're bringing contemporary modern music. 976 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,000 Also known as a Christian band. 977 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:27,000 Christian band. 978 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:31,000 It is. We have electric guitars. We have keyboards. 979 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:32,000 Drums. 980 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,000 Full on drums. Bass guitar. 981 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,000 Yes. Several guitars. 982 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,000 Yeah, several guitars. I'm a lead guitar player. 983 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,000 Non-denominational churches typically have Christian bands leading. 984 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:48,000 It's very contemporary. The music we do has been written recently. 985 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:54,000 We do very recent music from a lot of different churches that just write amazing worship 986 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,000 that's really relevant in our culture and our time. 987 00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:01,000 We also appreciate and have a high value for the hymns. 988 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:09,000 We have a lot of songs that are modern hymns where we will mix up a classic hymn with newer music. 989 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,000 It just kind of brings it up into our time. 990 00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,000 It's a great question and we appreciate that. 991 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,000 Man, I'm just glad you're doing better, Sir Sean. 992 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,000 So blessings to you, my friend. 993 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,000 I also received a boostogram from Sir... 994 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:26,000 Oh, Sirv in Silence. You run all those letters together. It looks funny. 995 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,000 Sirv in Silence. 996 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,000 He said, I just wanted to say thank you and I love you guys. 997 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,000 You are a beautiful blessing to the kingdom. 998 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,000 Sirv in Silence, thank you so much. 999 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,000 Thank you for your kind words. That means a ton to us. 1000 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,000 Who are you texting? 1001 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,000 Is this Tina? 1002 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,000 No. I just got a text from Naomi. 1003 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,000 Oh, we love Naomi. 1004 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,000 Yes. 1005 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,000 Yeah. 1006 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:53,000 Alright, so and then we got a boostogram from Dee's Laughs. 1007 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,000 Dee's Laughs. 1008 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,000 And oh, by the way, Dee's Laughs did a striper boost. 1009 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,000 She got a little striper boost there and she says, 1010 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,000 bless you all. This is an Adam Curry donation. 1011 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,000 So I guess that's a Via Adam Curry. 1012 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,000 And then the next one, let's see. 1013 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:15,000 Oh, here's one from One Adam the Podfather Curry, 1014 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:21,000 Adam C. 1999 with 77,777 saps. 1015 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,000 That's a striper boost. 1016 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,000 He says this, I love hearing all the notes, 1017 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,000 boostograms and donations of value. 1018 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:31,000 Living up in a down world is one of my must listens always. 1019 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,000 I love that. 1020 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,000 Here's what I wanted to say about Adam and Tina. 1021 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,000 First of all, for those of you who don't know, 1022 00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,000 they attend our church and we're best friends. 1023 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,000 I mean, literally he's become my best friend on the planet. 1024 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:44,000 But here's the thing, it's kind of a weird thing. 1025 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:49,000 It's Tina comes and sits with Annette every Sunday morning during our second. 1026 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,000 We have two services, so she comes and sits in the second. 1027 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,000 And so they hang out on the front row. 1028 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,000 But the hard part is that Adam can't come on Sundays 1029 00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:59,000 because he's doing no agenda. 1030 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,000 He's getting prepared for no agenda, which is a lot of work. 1031 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,000 If you've ever listened to no agenda, I don't know how they get all that. 1032 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:05,000 I don't either. 1033 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,000 It's unbelievable what they put together. 1034 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,000 Three and a half hour podcast, mind-bending, 1035 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,000 and a lot of content, a lot of information. 1036 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,000 So he spends that whole morning. 1037 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,000 He does take time. 1038 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,000 He watches our first service, which is a nine o'clock service, 1039 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,000 and then usually texts me right after between services. 1040 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,000 Good show. Round two coming up. 1041 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,000 We always talk about it. It's funny. We laugh at each other. 1042 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:29,000 They're not saying, praying for your podcast, and go for it. 1043 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:30,000 So we've got that kind of friendship, 1044 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,000 and that kind of encouragement happens back and forth. 1045 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,000 But here's what I loved. 1046 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:39,000 Because we did it on a Sunday night, Adam was able to be with us, wasn't he? 1047 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:40,000 Yes. 1048 00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,000 Wasn't that beautiful seeing him on the front row with his wife, with Tina? 1049 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,000 Seeing them together, worshiping God. 1050 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,000 Worshiping with his hands lifted up. 1051 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,000 Both of them just together. 1052 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,000 Bro, we've got to figure out how to get you on Sunday morning. 1053 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,000 I know. 1054 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,000 How can we carve out that time? 1055 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:56,000 I know. 1056 00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,000 I'm hoping. So anyway, hoping and praying. 1057 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:04,000 Because man, when he's in the house, and I also feel like my best friend's there 1058 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,000 on the front row, I feel more secure. 1059 00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:07,000 Like all is well with... 1060 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,000 Yeah, I feel covered. 1061 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,000 So I'll get you sucked when you're there. I feel that way. 1062 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,000 And when I'm not. 1063 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,000 And if you're not, it feels weird. 1064 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,000 Exactly. 1065 00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,000 So Adam, you're making me feel weird by not being in church. 1066 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:18,000 Well, he wants us to have a Saturday night service so that can happen. 1067 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,000 Yeah. 1068 00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:20,000 You never know. 1069 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,000 That's a lot of logistics on that one. 1070 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,000 But you know what? 1071 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,000 We're going to have to go to three services. 1072 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,000 I mean, our church is blowing up right now. 1073 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,000 We had a record attendance this last Sunday. 1074 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:32,000 And so we're like, we've got to figure this three-service thing out. 1075 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,000 Anyway. 1076 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,000 So Adam, man, love you so much. 1077 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,000 Are you kicking me because I'm drunk? 1078 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,000 No, I'm playing footsies with you. 1079 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,000 I'm going on or are you just kicking me? 1080 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,000 Sorry. 1081 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,000 Well, that's my shin and those are your shoes. That hurts. 1082 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,000 No, I don't have shoes on. 1083 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,000 No. Okay. 1084 00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:51,000 So anyway, it was just, I was so blown away to see them together worshiping. 1085 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:55,000 I actually snuck a picture of them, which I'll put maybe in the next newsletter. 1086 00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,000 It's just so amazing seeing them there together. 1087 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,000 So anyway, thanks for the boost, my friend. 1088 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,000 Much love to you. 1089 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,000 And then we got a donation. 1090 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:04,000 This is awesome. 1091 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:07,000 It's $25 from Stephanie Wyatt-Francis. 1092 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:13,000 Stephanie, we want to say thank you for taking the time and just showing us some value and some love for that. 1093 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,000 That means a ton to us. 1094 00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:17,000 We really do appreciate it. 1095 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:18,000 God bless you. 1096 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,000 And just, man, keep living up in a down world. 1097 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,000 David Wicker. I love this guy. 1098 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,000 I'm looking forward to meeting David Wicker in person. 1099 00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,000 I feel like he's a brother already. 1100 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,000 I get several emails. 1101 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,000 He writes you every day. 1102 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:31,000 Yeah, every other day. 1103 00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:35,000 And he's always sharing stuff about revival and links to things. 1104 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:39,000 And so, David, you're a brother, my friend, and thank you for your donation. 1105 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,000 And we really appreciate it. 1106 00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:42,000 I appreciate your friendship. 1107 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,000 I mean, even though we haven't met yet, I just feel there's brotherhood there. 1108 00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:46,000 So thanks a lot. 1109 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,000 Really, really appreciate it. 1110 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:56,000 And then we got a beautiful note from Danny Lodewa. 1111 00:52:56,000 --> 00:53:00,000 D-A-N-I-L-O-D-U-S-O-S-W-A. 1112 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:01,000 Okay. 1113 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,000 I don't know. 1114 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:04,000 But it starts with Danny, so I'm going to stick with Danny. 1115 00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,000 It says this, greetings from Ireland. 1116 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:09,000 Oh, that's my homeland. 1117 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:10,000 It is. 1118 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,000 When I did 23andMe, I am 98.3% Irish. 1119 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,000 We might need to go back and do a meetup there as well. 1120 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,000 Dublin. 1121 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,000 Dublin's my family. 1122 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,000 So not Northern Ireland, but Ireland. 1123 00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:25,000 Greetings from Ireland, and thank you for making an inspiring podcast. 1124 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,000 It restores my faith in humanity. 1125 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:28,000 Oh, gosh. 1126 00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:31,000 Danny, that's a huge statement, really. 1127 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,000 And God bless you. 1128 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,000 Oh, man. 1129 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,000 I'd love to do a meetup in Ireland. 1130 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:40,000 We were able to go, what, a few years ago? 1131 00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:41,000 Yes. 1132 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,000 And it was, oh, man. 1133 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:44,000 And we did go up north, too. 1134 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,000 We went up to Belfast, and it was beautiful. 1135 00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,000 But there's so much more we want to see. 1136 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,000 We didn't get to see any castles. 1137 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:51,000 I know. 1138 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,000 We didn't really explore. 1139 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:53,000 Yeah. 1140 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:54,000 We hung around Dublin a lot. 1141 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:55,000 But anyway, beautiful country. 1142 00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:56,000 We love it. 1143 00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:57,000 And God bless you. 1144 00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:01,000 And we're just happy that we get to play a role in helping you live up in a down world. 1145 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,000 So God bless you. 1146 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,000 And keep listening. 1147 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,000 We want to help you all we can. 1148 00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,000 And then we got a review. 1149 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:14,000 We got a review last week from Iris, who's from the Netherlands. 1150 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,000 But now we got one from Rebecca. 1151 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:17,000 Where's she from? 1152 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,000 Five-star review, it doesn't say. 1153 00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:20,000 And she says this. 1154 00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:21,000 I love this. 1155 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,000 She says, this has been a really refreshing podcast. 1156 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,000 My husband suggested I listen to this podcast, as he is a huge Adam Curry fan. 1157 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,000 Oh. 1158 00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:30,000 Well, so am I. 1159 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,000 And so it says it's really been refreshing. 1160 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:39,000 I started with episode one and have now gotten through episode 30 in about two weeks. 1161 00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,000 That is unbelievable. 1162 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,000 That's got to be some kind of record. 1163 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,000 Oh, and our first few were so bad. 1164 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:46,000 I know. 1165 00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,000 Hey, we were learning. 1166 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,000 We're learning. 1167 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:50,000 It's a whole new thing. 1168 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,000 But hey, we're number 40 today. 1169 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:53,000 I know. 1170 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,000 So he's got 10 to catch up with. 1171 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,000 She says, this is so sweet. 1172 00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:07,000 Just wanted to thank you for sharing your journey and say that this episode about giving up our rights to be offended, really blessed, and convicted me all at once. 1173 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,000 Me too, by the way. 1174 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,000 It convicted me. 1175 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:18,000 Thank you for the reminder of what it truly means to walk with the grace of Jesus, the ultimate example of giving up His right for offense. 1176 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:19,000 Well said, Rebecca. 1177 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,000 And thank you for the beautiful review. 1178 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:24,000 And anyone else out here, go to our website. 1179 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,000 You can write us a note. 1180 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,000 I'll always get back with you. 1181 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,000 You can give us a review. 1182 00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,000 That's always encouraging. 1183 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:35,000 And you can make a donation value for value there. 1184 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,000 And so we want to hear from you. 1185 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,000 We love, love, love hearing from you guys. 1186 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,000 We've been talking with Adam and Tina a lot about. 1187 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,000 In fact, we're going to do a meetup in Austin. 1188 00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:47,000 We're going to do a Curry and the Keeper, No Agenda, Living Up in a Down World. 1189 00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:51,000 All three of us together are going to go do this. 1190 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,000 It's Austin, November. 1191 00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,000 You told me the other day. 1192 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:58,000 Anyway, November when they have a great group out there. 1193 00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:05,000 I've gone to one of the meetups with Adam and I had so much fun meeting people that have listened to our podcast. 1194 00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,000 Most of them are big fans, obviously, of No Agenda and Curry and Keeper. 1195 00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:13,000 But we've kind of caught their draft a little bit and we've become friends with a lot of them. 1196 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:16,000 And it's just such a blessing. 1197 00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,000 And then Sir Brian with I don't think I mentioned Sir Brian last. 1198 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,000 Maybe you did. 1199 00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:22,000 Yeah, he just sticks with you. 1200 00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:25,000 Sir Brian, man, we love you, bro. 1201 00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:27,000 Hey, I didn't diss you with my phone number. 1202 00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:28,000 I think I said this last week. 1203 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:31,000 But we changed our phone numbers and we went on sabbatical. 1204 00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:33,000 So that's why you haven't been able to text me. 1205 00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:35,000 So anyway, blessings to you. 1206 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,000 All right, baby. 1207 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:37,000 Girl, you're still back on. 1208 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:38,000 Are you still learning Naomi? 1209 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:39,000 I know. 1210 00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:43,000 Well, she needs some information and I was just kind of looking while you were. 1211 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:45,000 Well, did I tell you you're beautiful? 1212 00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:46,000 You did. 1213 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:47,000 Wow. 1214 00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,000 I'm seriously. 1215 00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:49,000 I'm smitten with you right now. 1216 00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:50,000 Well, I love you, baby. 1217 00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,000 It's because you're oozing Jesus. 1218 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,000 We're all much better looking when we're oozing Jesus, right? 1219 00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,000 Exactly. 1220 00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:57,000 Hey, we love you guys. 1221 00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:02,000 Thank you for being a part of this show just by being with us and hanging with us. 1222 00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,000 We want to hear from you. 1223 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,000 We want you to get your prayer life on fire. 1224 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,000 Just light it up. 1225 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:27,000 God bless you and have a great week. 1226 00:57:37,000 --> 00:58:02,000 Thank you.