"She Called an Audible!"

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 --> 00:00:20,000 Yeah we're living, yeah we're living, 7 00:00:20,000 --> 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 --> 00:00:28,000 This is Jimmy and Ed, 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000 We are super excited to be with you on this Monday, 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 As we are living up in a down world. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Oh and by the way, Mr. Chevy is with us as well today. 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,000 What's he doing today? 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Well he's just sleeping. 15 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 But you know what, this is episode 23. 16 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Can you believe it? 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,000 23! 18 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 23! That doesn't even make sense. 19 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 23 weeks we have been doing this podcast. 20 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Crazy, I feel like we literally just started doing this. 21 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 It's so bizarre. 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 But I'm happy about it, I'm excited. 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 I'm thinking we're sitting there going, 24 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Okay what are we going to talk about? 25 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Oh my gosh. 26 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 And then I called an audible. 27 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,000 You did, thank you. 28 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 And that makes me, you have no idea. 29 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Mrs. Rule Follower, Mrs. Linear Thinker, 30 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 I'm Mr. Random Abstract, 31 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000 But you called an audible, I'm so proud of you. 32 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 I keep doing that you know. 33 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 And whatever you do with that, I'm happy with it. 34 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 The fact that you actually called an audible. 35 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Well because we were going to go one direction, 36 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 And I felt in my spirit we needed to go in a different direction. 37 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Love that, love that. 38 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Yeah I was all geared up to do something different, 39 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,000 And then you went, errrr. 40 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 It's like that record sound, 41 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 It's like oh no, no, we're going to do something different. 42 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Too bad you don't have any sound effects like that. 43 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Okay you have something. 44 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,000 I know, it's an alarm. 45 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 What I'm saying is like whoa, okay stop the presses. 46 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 And that is going audible. 47 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 I love that, called an audible. 48 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 So first of all let me just say, 49 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 I'm so proud of you and Tina. 50 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Tina Curry, you guys, 51 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Cockering the hills, 52 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 What, two days a week? 53 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Two days a week. 54 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 You walk also on a Wednesday. 55 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,000 I walk Wednesday and maybe Thursday, Friday with someone else. 56 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Four miles. 57 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Wednesday, Thursday. 58 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Four miles. 59 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 And listen to our listeners, 60 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 I just want you to know, first of all welcome to the podcast. 61 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 We're thrilled that you're here. 62 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 We're here to help you live up in a down world, 63 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 And engage life instead of letting life engage you. 64 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Right. 65 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:26,000 And so part of engaging life means sometimes tackling things that seem impossible or beyond you. 66 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 And you two getting up and walking these hills, 67 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 And you know, we've been doing this for a couple weeks. 68 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000 And this today, I think we were talking so much, 69 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Which we do talk a lot, 70 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 But it wasn't that hard today for some reason. 71 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 And I think it was because the weather was, 72 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 It was a little cooler because we had some rain last night. 73 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 It was like a hundred degrees yesterday, 74 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Humidity like way over 50%. 75 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 So it's like, feels like 110. 76 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Exactly. 77 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,000 And yet we had this beautiful rainstorm come through last evening. 78 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 I actually sat out on the back porch, 79 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Had a little drink for myself, 80 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Just a little enjoyment, 81 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 A little beverage stuff. 82 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Just sitting and enjoying the rain, 83 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:11,000 And had a massive, wonderful prayer time with my heavenly father sitting out watching the rain fall. 84 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 While I was cooking your Father's Day dinner. 85 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 I so appreciate it. 86 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 It was amazing. 87 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 It wasn't amazing. 88 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 You think it wasn't? 89 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 I'm just so thrilled. 90 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 I made a roast and it was too tough. 91 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:26,000 And all the meats, all the beef I've made recently have been so tough, 92 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 That I'm kind of done with beef for a little while. 93 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Let me ask you a question. 94 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Do I care? 95 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 No, you don't. 96 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Because you would eat, 97 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 If I gave you a sandwich with butter on it, 98 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 You would say, oh, thank you. 99 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 You're the most amazing wife. 100 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 I've so said this before. 101 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 I grew up a latchkey kid, oldest in the family. 102 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:45,000 So I grew up on Tony's pizzas, SpaghettiOs, and Campbell's chicken noodle soup. 103 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 And we don't buy any of that. 104 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Well, we do buy chicken noodle soup. 105 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 But I don't buy any of the other stuff. 106 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I really tried to make you a beautiful, 107 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 I actually had planned to put the roast in the crock pot yesterday morning. 108 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 So that when we got home from church, or the night before, 109 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 When we get home from church, it's perfect. 110 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Totally spaced it. 111 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 We were driving to church. 112 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 You said, oh no, I forgot to put the roast on. 113 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 I'm like, I don't care. 114 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,000 So we put it on while we were making our sandwiches 115 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 for Father's Day. 116 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Ham and cheese sandwiches. 117 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,000 But then I made this nice dinner and I didn't enjoy it. 118 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 I did not enjoy it. 119 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 You have to understand, I'm so grateful for everything. 120 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 I live a grateful life. 121 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 That doesn't bother me at all. 122 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 And you know, our daughter got sick, 123 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 so she couldn't even come over and celebrate Father's Day. 124 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 That was a bummer. 125 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 She didn't even tell you happy Father's Day. 126 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 But she did write a post on Instagram and Facebook. 127 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Very beautiful. 128 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 That is typical of faith. 129 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,000 That's true. 130 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 That's true. 131 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Face to face, she's a little flat. 132 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 And with the keyboard, she's amazing. 133 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Yes. 134 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Well, let's get back to the walk. 135 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 So I want to talk about the walk. 136 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 So I was walking with Tina this morning 137 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 and she said something that hit me so hard 138 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:08,000 because it really helped me see the value she has in my life 139 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,000 and her own values, her strengths, 140 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 that are so amazing that it caused me 141 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 to when I was listening to a message today 142 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,000 while I was at the gym, it all came together. 143 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 I was like, Lord, you're so good, how you put things together. 144 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,000 So for context sake, sorry to interrupt. 145 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Context is I'm thinking about what listeners are, 146 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 they're just hearing that you went on a walk. 147 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 But on Mondays, we practice Sabbath. 148 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000 This is a relatively new thing in our lives 149 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,000 that we made a hard decision on, kind of coming out of COVID. 150 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Exactly. 151 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 That we're going to take Mondays and Sabbath, 152 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,000 which is biblical and it's actually a command of Scripture. 153 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Yes. 154 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 It's all about rest, but doing things that you enjoy. 155 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 But walking, I don't really enjoy. 156 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 It doesn't bring you a lot of joy. 157 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 No. 158 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 It kind of does. 159 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 But it brings benefits. 160 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 And so what it does is it clears my head. 161 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,000 To me, it's as good as going to a therapist. 162 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Now, some people need a therapist, that's fine. 163 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,000 But to me, walking or any kind of exercise that I do 164 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 is very much therapy for me. 165 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,000 But anyway, we're walking today and she was telling me, 166 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 and I'm not going to say the organization, 167 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:25,000 but that she has a lot of expenses coming out this month. 168 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 And she shared that one of the expenses was a pledge 169 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000 that she made to an organization. 170 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,000 And she's not real happy with this organization 171 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 because they've kind of gone woke. 172 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 But she, her and Adam made this pledge, 173 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,000 I think about a year ago, to this organization. 174 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 And this month, she needs to honor that pledge. 175 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 And I made a comment to her. 176 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:51,000 I said, but they're going against your principles basically. 177 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 And she said, yeah, but I made a pledge. 178 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 And I thought, wow. 179 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I love that. 180 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Okay, how many people would, they would just stop. 181 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 They would just stop their giving or they would, 182 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 but they don't honor their word. 183 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 And that told me a lot about Adam and Tina 184 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,000 that even though that particular organization went woke, 185 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 they're going to honor their pledge. 186 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Maybe they won't continue their pledge, 187 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,000 but they're going to honor it because they made a commitment. 188 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Whoa, that's a new concept in this world. 189 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 It says a lot about character. 190 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Yes. 191 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 And character is what matters at the end of the day. 192 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 It is. 193 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 And it really got me thinking and I thought, wow, 194 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,000 how many people say I'm going to sign a commitment, 195 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 I'm going to sign a covenant, I'm going to, 196 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:46,000 but they don't stick with it because they don't have that in them. 197 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:52,000 This is a principle and a truth that Tina and Adam have embraced. 198 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 It's an honor thing too. 199 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 They're honoring their word, 200 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,000 but they're honoring the people that they gave their word to. 201 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Yes, which is huge. 202 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Powerful. 203 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,000 So then I listened to this message today and there was a... 204 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,000 While you were working out. 205 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 While we're working out, we left. 206 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000 What did you do today, by the way? 207 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 I know. 208 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 I worked out four miles, I walked four miles, 209 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,000 then I went, got in the pool to cool off because I was burning up. 210 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 I mean, I'm sweating, I'm pouring. 211 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 We drive to the gym. 212 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000 We drive to the gym and I do biceps and triceps, yes. 213 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 You're a rock star. 214 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Well, I know, I'm trying. 215 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Remind me of...was that girl that was in Terminator 2? 216 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Oh my gosh, if I could only look like that. 217 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 She was ripped. 218 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Yeah, I don't remember her name. 219 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Well, thank you. 220 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 That's so sweet. 221 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Those arms, those traps. 222 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 You don't have your glasses on or something. 223 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 No, literally, I'm seeing your arms right now. 224 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 I'm working out hard. 225 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 I'm really... 226 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Go girl. 227 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Because not everybody wants to do weights like that. 228 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,000 Right. 229 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Since I was 29, I started working out with weights, so I enjoy it. 230 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 It's not even about our bodies as much as about our head space. 231 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Again, it's therapy. 232 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 So, I had lots of therapy. 233 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 I always have lots of therapy before we have our podcast. 234 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 So, in my journal, I wrote down temple care. 235 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Oh yeah, that's what it is. 236 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 So, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I was proud of you. 237 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000 No, but that's okay. 238 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:14,000 But there was a Scripture that this gentleman used that went off on me and then I came home 239 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:21,000 and I said, you've got to...let's dive into this Scripture and it's Jude 1, 1. 240 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 And go ahead, I'll let you read it. 241 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:28,000 I'll read the Scripture because as you were sharing this with me, you were so lit up over 242 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,000 this amazing message. 243 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,000 And anytime I see you like that, I'm like, okay, Holy Spirit saying, pay attention. 244 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Pay attention. 245 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,000 And so, Jude 1, 1 says this. 246 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 And Jude's just one chapter. 247 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 It's not like eight chapters or four. 248 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 It's one chapter. 249 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 It's an odd book because it is one chapter. 250 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 One, one, it's Jude 1. 251 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 I mean, literally. 252 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 And so, listen to this Scripture. 253 00:09:53,000 --> 00:10:00,000 It says, Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James to those who have been...there's 254 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 three things that are listed there. 255 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:08,000 In other words, this is a letter to them but saying everybody that's been... 256 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Yeah, to those who have been. 257 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 So, to everybody. 258 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 And listen to what it says. 259 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,000 This is amazing. 260 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:22,000 To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ. 261 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Okay, that went off. 262 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Called, loved, kept. 263 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,000 I mean, when I read that, it was like, wait a minute. 264 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 I'm called, I'm loved, and I'm kept. 265 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,000 What? 266 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,000 So, you shared with me from the message as I was listening to Coach Mullins. 267 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 He was a football coach, football player, football coach. 268 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 Now, he's a pastor of a massive church. 269 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 His name is Coach Mullins, or call him Coach Mullins. 270 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 He's in Florida. 271 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,000 And he was preaching for Pastor Robert Morris at Gateway because Pastor Robert is taking 272 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:57,000 two months off to do part vacation, part study break to prep for the next year. 273 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:03,000 And so, when you shared this with me and he told a beautiful story about his daughter 274 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000 having to have a major surgery during COVID. 275 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Can you share this story? 276 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Yes, oh yeah. 277 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 In 2020, she had to have a major surgery. 278 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 And back then, I think... 279 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 They were in Florida. 280 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:20,000 They were in Florida, and most of the country was in shutdown mode, or all of the country 281 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 was in shutdown mode. 282 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 And hospitals... 283 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Follow what it is, lockdown. 284 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Yes, lockdown. 285 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:31,000 And hospitals wouldn't even allow family members to come in while a person was having surgery, 286 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 which is... 287 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Unbelievable. 288 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Can you imagine a child needing surgery and their parents can't even be with them? 289 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Don't get me started on that. 290 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 I know. 291 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 I know. 292 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 I know. 293 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Exactly. 294 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Well, anyway, I'm sure she's an older adult, but still she called her parents and she was 295 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 like... 296 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Or the day before the surgery and said, I'm scared. 297 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 I'm really scared. 298 00:11:52,000 --> 00:12:00,000 And she talked to her mom and her mom went and got her husband, which is her dad, and 299 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000 said, our daughter needs you right now. 300 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Our daughter needs you. 301 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Can you talk to her? 302 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:10,120 And he got on the phone and he said, I want you to remember three things. 303 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,200 You are called, you are loved, and you are kept. 304 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,040 He said, I taught you this from a child. 305 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,040 From a child. 306 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,040 You have... 307 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,600 I have instilled this in you as a child. 308 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,960 And she wrote it down on the inside of her hand... 309 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,960 Before she went into surgery. 310 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:26,960 Before she went into surgery. 311 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:32,680 And then she showed it to every doctor, every surgeon, every nurse, the anesthesiologist, 312 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:40,560 and explained to them the story of her dad sharing that and how he had instilled that 313 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:45,800 truth from the Bible, Jude 1.1, for her whole life. 314 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,960 Oh, that totally went off on me. 315 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,520 I love what one of the nurses said, that is so powerful. 316 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:52,520 I'm going to have that tattoo. 317 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:53,520 I'm going to get a tattoo. 318 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,280 And the nurse said, I don't even believe in tattoos, but I think I want a tattoo of that. 319 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,160 I'm getting a tattoo of Paul loved and kept by God. 320 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:06,480 So I came home, I was like, Jimmy, you've got to listen to this. 321 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,280 This is your Sunday message. 322 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:15,400 Not that you plagiarized, but when you hear the Scripture that just goes off on you, you 323 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,120 got into what you did. 324 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,120 You actually started studying that Scripture, and you went into the Greek. 325 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,800 I went into autopilot at that point. 326 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,880 You actually took it to a new place than he did, which is good. 327 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:27,880 This is what we do. 328 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:28,880 There's nothing new under the sun. 329 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,000 We're teaching from the Scripture, not from the message. 330 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,440 That's what we do. 331 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,280 We learn from one another. 332 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,720 And it so went off in me, just like you said, it went off like a bomb. 333 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,600 So what does called mean? 334 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,240 When you read this to me, that went off in me again. 335 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,120 So I did a little Greek word study. 336 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:52,960 You may or may not know this if you're a listener, but the New Testament was written in Aramaic. 337 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,360 Aramaic was one of the languages, but not as much. 338 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,640 But the Greek language was the language of the world at the time. 339 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,480 And so that's the common language to everyone, no matter where you're from. 340 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,240 Most everyone spoke Greek, kind of like English is today, to be honest. 341 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,640 You can catch people who know English all around the world. 342 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,000 Very similar. 343 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:19,480 So Greek was the language of culture, and Hebrew, obviously, for the Israelites, but 344 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,080 yet they also spoke Greek. 345 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:25,280 So they knew these languages, three languages at least, that was common to them. 346 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:32,000 So in the Koine Greek, Koine Greek is what's considered an ancient language. 347 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:39,160 So a modern person who speaks Greek from Greece wouldn't speak in Koine Greek, but they're 348 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,160 still very similar. 349 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,840 It's kind of like us speaking Elizabethan English and speaking West Texan. 350 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:50,960 So West Texan is far removed from Elizabethan English, but you'd still understand it, right? 351 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,840 Even though you'd say, oh my gosh, that's so proper, I don't speak like that. 352 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,360 I say y'all and them and fixing to. 353 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:57,360 So you guys... 354 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,360 Which doesn't make sense. 355 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,040 And then if you're from the north, it's you guys. 356 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,040 Fixing to doesn't even... 357 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,760 I know, you guys and all that. 358 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,920 So we have all these aberrations, so it's the same thing. 359 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,360 So in the original Greek language that scripture is written in, here's what the word means, 360 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,560 the word called. 361 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,360 It means divinely selected and appointed. 362 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,360 That literally? 363 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:17,360 Divinely. 364 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,560 You might as well have put a firecracker on my head. 365 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,440 I know that's kind of a weird thing to say, but literally... 366 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,360 I was like, what? 367 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:31,720 Okay, when we say we're called, a lot of times we'll say we're called to preach at this church 368 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:39,040 or we're called to pastor at this church, but we're called as children of God. 369 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,040 God called us into his family. 370 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,200 That means divinely selected and appointed. 371 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,200 Isn't that beautiful? 372 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,640 That is the most beautiful way to... 373 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:56,080 What it does for me is how it speaks to me is it elevates me to say, if God has called 374 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:02,400 me himself, has called me and selected me, chose me, we're chosen. 375 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,760 Scripture even says we're a chosen generation, we're chosen. 376 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:13,120 If I've been chosen by God, appointed and selected, that elevates my life to say, I 377 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,960 don't want to live a normal life. 378 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,040 I don't want to be like everybody else. 379 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:22,240 I want to live above the fray, the norm. 380 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,600 We have to be separated from the world. 381 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:25,600 We have to be. 382 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,560 So, if you're new to the podcast and you're listening, you're going, man, I have some 383 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,720 Christianity background, but I haven't really pursued that. 384 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,280 I want to welcome you to this because this is for you too. 385 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:43,640 Or maybe you're new and maybe you've never even stepped over the line to accept Jesus 386 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,080 Christ as your Lord, as the Savior of your life. 387 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,680 You're welcome here and I want you to listen to our hearts in this because I wasn't raised 388 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,280 in church and wasn't raised in a Christian family. 389 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,240 So it wasn't until I was at the very end of my high school years and out of high school 390 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,680 that I actually stepped into this. 391 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,360 So this was new to me at one point too. 392 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,280 But these are the kinds of things I needed to hear because of what they did, they inspired 393 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,640 me to live up to this. 394 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:14,760 But even if you've been in church all your life, you cannot know what the Scripture says 395 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:15,760 or means. 396 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:16,760 I mean, I was… 397 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:17,760 I meet people like that every day. 398 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,480 I started going to church at 10 years of age. 399 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,320 My mom didn't go to church until I was in junior high. 400 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:33,480 And I didn't…I don't think I heard either I heard some of this and it wasn't revelation. 401 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,720 And now it's revelation. 402 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:43,120 I mean it becomes…the older you get, the more…the New Testament, the Bible is revealed. 403 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,120 It's called revelation. 404 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,120 You need to define what revelation is. 405 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:48,160 It's kind of a churchy term. 406 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,720 Yes, and it means to pull back or revealed. 407 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,320 To peel back. 408 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,480 Yes, and so to me it's like just that word called…man. 409 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,760 Man, called by God, divinely so. 410 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,360 Because when I think of called, I think of my dad calling me out on something or my dad 411 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:07,720 calling me for dinner. 412 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:08,960 You know something like that? 413 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,600 Oh, I can hear my mom calling my brother now. 414 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,160 We could hear her voice from the other end of the United Supermarket. 415 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,760 We all can because we know her. 416 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,000 We're on aisle 14. 417 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 She's on aisle 1. 418 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,520 She could call our name and we would hear it above all the chatter and noise and static 419 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:25,520 of the store. 420 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,520 Yeah. 421 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:31,400 But we're selected and appointed divinely by God. 422 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,840 To me this is an identity scripture. 423 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:34,840 Totally. 424 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,240 It's a total identity scripture in knowing who you are. 425 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:44,080 When we can get a hold of that we're God's masterpiece, we're His workmanship. 426 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:48,540 He knew us before we were born. 427 00:18:48,540 --> 00:18:49,960 He created us. 428 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,120 We are called Jude 1.1. 429 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:54,600 You better preach. 430 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,600 Oh my goodness. 431 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,640 It just…I don't know why. 432 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:03,960 I think because well a lot of the things He said when He was preaching that message today 433 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:12,880 was talking about how when you have truth instilled into you in your life, in your lifetime, 434 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:19,000 your childhood, you have truth, you have Bible principles instilled, they should come out 435 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:25,400 when you get called out by your peers or whatever to do something that… 436 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,040 Invited into something that you know is not good. 437 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:33,320 Is not a godly thing in your life. 438 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,720 You've got a choice to make. 439 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,280 It violates your values or your principles. 440 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:38,280 You have a choice. 441 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:45,160 So you choose either to fall into peer pressure and go against the principles and truth of 442 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,480 your life or you say no. 443 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:49,480 You know what? 444 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:50,480 Yeah. 445 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,880 And you don't have to explain to anybody. 446 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:57,280 To me you don't have to explain, you just back away from it, walk away from it. 447 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:58,280 Can I share the story that… 448 00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,280 Oh the story was… 449 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:00,280 The coach shared… 450 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,280 Yes. 451 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:02,280 Share that. 452 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,280 Coach Mullins shared this great story. 453 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:04,400 So listen up because some of you will relate to this. 454 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,160 I did because sometimes I was on both ends of this as a kid. 455 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,160 I was too. 456 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,000 So I was the wild child in high school. 457 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:16,720 I had a fast car and all that stuff so it kind of…it lent itself to getting in trouble. 458 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,520 And so Coach Mullins, they used to hang out at a drive-in. 459 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,160 Typical drive-in, come up, get your food. 460 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,160 Drive through. 461 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,160 Yeah, like your food. 462 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,160 They come out on… 463 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,160 Like a Sonic or something is what I was picturing. 464 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,160 Oh yeah, we had Holley's burgers. 465 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,160 Yeah, I was thinking about that for you. 466 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,040 They come out and wait on you and they still do that actually which is really cool. 467 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,800 And the kids have a drag that they… 468 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:40,360 Yeah, you drive around downtown, get in trouble and listen to a lot of rock and roll and look 469 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:41,360 for girls. 470 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:42,360 And usually drink. 471 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,840 Yeah, I wouldn't say that. 472 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:44,840 Yeah, party. 473 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:45,840 Party, party. 474 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,000 So that was the culture I grew up in. 475 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:54,760 And so Coach Mullins tells a story about he was invited by his friends and they said, 476 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,120 hey, go with us. 477 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,000 We're going to go do something. 478 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:03,920 And when he walked up to the car at the drive-in, they were all drinking at the time in their 479 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:04,920 car. 480 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,360 And he knew it violated the principle of his heart and what he had been raised with. 481 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,080 And he said, no, I'm good. 482 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,080 You guys… 483 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,240 He was about to get in until he saw that. 484 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,240 Yeah, and then he decided. 485 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,640 And he just said, no. 486 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:17,880 So he didn't. 487 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,520 He says that later that day he was actually driving through town and he saw like a fire 488 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:23,520 ball. 489 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:29,240 I mean, he saw something weird, like just smoke and flame, a flash. 490 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,520 And he rushed over there in his car to it and it was his friends. 491 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,520 His friends. 492 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,360 He would have been in the back seat of that car and his best friend… 493 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:39,360 Passed away. 494 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:40,360 Yeah. 495 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:41,360 Because they were… 496 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,360 They got ejected from the car. 497 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,400 Because they were doing a drag race. 498 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,040 And nobody wore seat belts back then. 499 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,040 No. 500 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,040 Nobody. 501 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,040 Nobody did. 502 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:54,800 I think he said late 50s or something, but he said they were driving and they were drag 503 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:55,800 racing. 504 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,280 How many times have I been… 505 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,680 I know when I was young, in a car, drag racing or… 506 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,320 Let's go through this stop sign real quick. 507 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,360 God really protected me, but not those kids. 508 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,880 And if he would have been in the back seat, he would have been killed. 509 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:16,640 So when he drove up to the wreck, all the, you know, the fire, the police, the ambulance 510 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,440 had just gotten there too and they were all looking for the body. 511 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,960 I mean, these kids got ejected from the car. 512 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,640 It was so bad. 513 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:28,360 And he went to looking for his friend and he was walking through the grass and his foot… 514 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:29,360 Touched. 515 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,440 …hit a body and it was his best friend. 516 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,480 It got to ambulance and he died on the way to the hospital. 517 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:40,600 And he said, you know, if I had not had these principles in my life to understand that my 518 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:47,360 grandmother, my mother, my father, my pastor all had said, you are called. 519 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,360 You are called. 520 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:52,800 Well, and he said that when he got home, he realized he had blood on his hands from his 521 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:53,800 friend. 522 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:59,240 And when he saw that blood, he realized, oh my goodness, that could have been me. 523 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:00,240 He had blood on him. 524 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,240 But I chose not to do that. 525 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,360 His hands, which is just mind-bending. 526 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:12,720 So he understood because he understood that he was called, divinely selected, chosen and 527 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:13,920 appointed. 528 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:18,240 He didn't get in that car and it saved his life, literally. 529 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:19,440 So here's a couple of scriptures. 530 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:20,440 This may help you. 531 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,960 The Bible talks about this. 532 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:27,100 Ephesians chapter 4 verse 1 says this in the New Living Translation, therefore I, a prisoner 533 00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:28,520 for serving the Lord… 534 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:29,520 This is Paul talking. 535 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:30,520 This is Paul speaking. 536 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:36,600 I beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling for you have been called by God. 537 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,880 You have been divinely selected, chosen and appointed by God. 538 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,440 Why wouldn't you want to lead a life worthy of our calling? 539 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:51,400 Which means there are principles and core values that you say… 540 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,240 I love to say it this way. 541 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,960 When somebody says, what's a core value? 542 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:55,960 I say it's a non-negotiable. 543 00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,120 It's just something that cannot be violated. 544 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,120 It will not be negotiated. 545 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:06,320 You're not going to talk me out of it and I'm going to live by these principles. 546 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:11,200 And these principles come from scripture, especially from Jesus' teachings, from the 547 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,200 Apostle Paul… 548 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,040 Which is why it's so important that we know the scripture. 549 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:19,560 We've got to get in the Bible to know the scripture and live by it. 550 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,560 And that we have these values and these core values built off of the scripture so that 551 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:29,160 they become for us…the way I say it is it's like you're on a street and on that street 552 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,800 there's a curb on the right, a curb on the left, right? 553 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,600 And then there's signs all along the way as you're driving. 554 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,600 We've noticed something. 555 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,480 I mean, you called it out this morning. 556 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,480 We saw yet another head-on collision… 557 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,520 Head-on collision in San Antonio where people are dying. 558 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,520 In several. 559 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,840 Several in the last six months. 560 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:53,840 And I did a funeral last year of an EMS driver who was killed in a head-on collision in the 561 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,880 middle of the night, like three in the morning as her and her partner were responding to 562 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:04,560 a car wreck and someone was on the wrong side of the road, hit him head-on, killed her and 563 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,560 I did that funeral which was heartbreaking. 564 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,760 And it was because we're not watching for the signs. 565 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:11,760 Exactly. 566 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:12,760 We're not reading the signs. 567 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:13,760 We're not following the signs. 568 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,480 We're not following the rules of the road. 569 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:21,200 We're doing the things we want to do without any concept of boundaries. 570 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,040 Sometimes people see that God's like this cosmic killjoy. 571 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,080 But what He's trying to do is protect your life. 572 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:33,480 There are things that were commanded in Scripture to be wise about not to take the fun out of 573 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,480 life. 574 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,600 It's so that you can live a full life. 575 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,600 Yes. 576 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,040 And you're not taken out before your time. 577 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:44,880 And so this idea of being divinely chosen and appointed and selected is really powerful. 578 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,960 To lead a life worthy of your calling. 579 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,480 So if you've been called, we want to lead a life that's worthy of that calling. 580 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,480 And you know what? 581 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:53,480 Everyone has been called. 582 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,000 Every person has been called. 583 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,480 We just haven't all received that calling. 584 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,560 But we've all been called. 585 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,080 Yeah, we may not understand exactly what that means. 586 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,840 But that's what life is about. 587 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,480 It's a journey where you're discovering. 588 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,680 When my brother and I went to Ruedosa, New Mexico years ago, we hiked up one of the biggest 589 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,160 peaks outside of Ruedosa. 590 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,680 Sierra Blanca and that Apache Bowl. 591 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:18,680 All that area. 592 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,280 And Ski Apache. 593 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,980 We hiked up to the top of Sierra Blanca in the summer. 594 00:26:23,980 --> 00:26:26,720 We thought this wasn't going to be a big deal until we got started. 595 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,720 It was brutal. 596 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,560 But we had to follow the signposts along the way. 597 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:39,280 And every turn and twist, every new incline and rise and elevation was a discovery. 598 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:40,460 We discovered beauty. 599 00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:43,320 We discovered twists and turns. 600 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,240 Then when we got to the very top, we got this blessing. 601 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,240 We did not. 602 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:53,660 First of all, you could see miles and miles all the way around from the top of the summit. 603 00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:56,160 But while we're up there, we heard a rumble. 604 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,480 And it was the weirdest sound. 605 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,480 I can't even, it's hard to even explain. 606 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,480 What was it? 607 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,480 It was a herd of elk. 608 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,480 Oh my goodness. 609 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,120 They ran right past us. 610 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:05,120 Wow. 611 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:07,160 And they actually ran right in front. 612 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,880 I took a couple of pictures. 613 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,080 Just reaching for my camera as they were running our way. 614 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,800 I took a couple of pictures. 615 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,920 We were on the top and a herd of elk ran by. 616 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:21,120 We made so many amazing discoveries on that journey. 617 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,540 And that's what this is about. 618 00:27:22,540 --> 00:27:28,000 It's about reading the signposts and discovering along the way these amazing beautiful things 619 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,240 that God has for us. 620 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,160 Well, and that's why we get in the Word. 621 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,840 But sometimes we get in the Word, but the Word doesn't get in us. 622 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,180 Ah, nailed it. 623 00:27:36,180 --> 00:27:39,120 And so to me, sometimes scriptures I could read. 624 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,760 I've read Jude 1, how many times? 625 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,400 I mean over and over and over and over. 626 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,960 We just did a two-year Bible reading. 627 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,960 We read through the scripture. 628 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,760 And sometimes you can hear someone say a scripture and it just comes. 629 00:27:53,760 --> 00:28:00,400 It's like a symbol that just goes off in your ears and you're just like, oh my goodness. 630 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,400 That's what this scripture did for me. 631 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,400 And then Ephesians 4, 1, I love it. 632 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,760 But then there's Ephesians 1, 11 in the message. 633 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:12,240 This is the message of Pastor Eugene Peterson who translated scripture into what he would 634 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:13,960 call the common man's language. 635 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:14,960 Which I love. 636 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,640 And it says, and this is 1, 11 and 12. 637 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:24,440 It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. 638 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:32,120 Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, He had His eye on us. 639 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,460 I love that. 640 00:28:33,460 --> 00:28:38,720 Long before, long before we first heard of Christ. 641 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:39,720 Got our hopes up. 642 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:45,120 He had His eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living. 643 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:49,240 Not living down, living up in a down world. 644 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:54,640 Part of the overall purpose, He is working out in everything and everyone. 645 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,880 If I was in church, I'd stand up and shout, hallelujah. 646 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,680 This is one of those scriptures that brings a lot of definition and clarity that God has 647 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,160 a purpose for your life. 648 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,200 This is not, you weren't born just because. 649 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,440 We don't just go through life and just keep doing the same thing. 650 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,440 There's a purpose. 651 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:17,400 You were born in this world for a purpose and part of that purpose is to make a difference. 652 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,480 It's not about leaving a mark for you. 653 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,760 It's about leaving a mark for Him. 654 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,760 His glory, His honor. 655 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,760 Wait. 656 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,760 Is that Chevy? 657 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:25,760 Is he snoring? 658 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:26,760 He's snoring. 659 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:27,760 Okay, sorry. 660 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:28,760 Keep going. 661 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:29,760 We're boring him. 662 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:30,760 I know. 663 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:31,760 We put him to sleep with our excitement. 664 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,840 This is what happens a lot of times when we read the Word of God at night. 665 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,200 It puts us to sleep. 666 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,200 Yes. 667 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,440 That's what it just did for Him. 668 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:40,600 But I love this. 669 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,640 That God had His eye on us and had designs for us. 670 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,960 He's got a plan for us for glorious living. 671 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:52,280 Part of the overall purpose, He is working out in everything and in everyone. 672 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,160 God loves people. 673 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,800 He loves us that much. 674 00:29:55,800 --> 00:30:00,120 So He puts boundaries in, but it's for our own good. 675 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,120 Exactly. 676 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:07,440 It's like we put, when we build schools, we put fences around the schools so that children 677 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,320 won't go out of those fences, those boundaries, and it's for their own good. 678 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:13,320 Exactly. 679 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,360 It's to save their life and preserve their life. 680 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,600 We think, oh no, God is the killjoy. 681 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,320 He wants to keep us from having fun. 682 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:21,320 Really? 683 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,080 I think I'm having a lot of fun. 684 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:30,660 I don't have to be out there doing drugs and drag races and all the stuff that the world 685 00:30:30,660 --> 00:30:33,880 ends up, or things I was doing when I was young. 686 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,000 I'm enjoying life right now. 687 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,800 I enjoy life when I hear scripture go off and it's like what? 688 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,320 It blows up like a bomb inside of you. 689 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,520 I can't stop until I have to tell you. 690 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:48,760 I almost get a dopamine dump or an adrenaline pump when something goes off in you and you 691 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:49,760 go, yes. 692 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,400 There's an inner yes that yells out, I so agree with that. 693 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,640 That resonates with me. 694 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,280 It's like a tuning fork going off in your chest. 695 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,060 So the next point, I love this. 696 00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:05,800 Not only are we called, we're also loved by God the Father. 697 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,460 God loves us, but let me say something to you as a listener. 698 00:31:09,460 --> 00:31:11,320 You need to hear this today. 699 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,320 God loves you. 700 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,320 Yes. 701 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:15,480 On your worst day. 702 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:20,120 On your worst day, in your worst moment, in the middle of your worst decision. 703 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,520 God still loves you and still wants to call you home. 704 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,560 Listen to this, Romans 5a. 705 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,280 Love, love, love this verse. 706 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:32,600 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this. 707 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,600 While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 708 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,400 What that says to me is he wasn't waiting for us to get our act together before he was 709 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,240 willing to give his life. 710 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,280 When humanity gets it all figured out and cleaned up, then I'll show up. 711 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:53,040 No, he died for us while we were sinners because we needed what his death brought. 712 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,120 We needed a Savior. 713 00:31:55,120 --> 00:32:00,960 New life, new hope, and this idea of being loved, truly loved. 714 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,600 Not like the world loves, but how God loves, which is unconditional. 715 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:05,600 Powerful, powerful. 716 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,600 Listen to this next verse. 717 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,360 1 John 4 and 9. 718 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,360 Love this. 719 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,600 This is how God showed his love among us. 720 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:22,560 He sent his one and only Son, that's Jesus, into the world that we might live through 721 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:23,560 him. 722 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:24,560 This is love. 723 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:25,560 So he's just laying down. 724 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,320 He's being very clear. 725 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,200 This is love and here it is. 726 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:37,440 Not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for 727 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:38,440 our sins. 728 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,760 Now you and I have very different stories than that. 729 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,080 I had a loving father. 730 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,520 In fact, I reached out to him yesterday on Father's Day. 731 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:49,880 This is a beautiful response and just I'm so thankful that he's still alive. 732 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,880 He's 86 years old now. 733 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:52,880 Oh my goodness. 734 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,000 I know and still going strong. 735 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,480 He's like the Energizer Bunny. 736 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,840 He didn't quit. 737 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,240 Your situation was different. 738 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,240 You didn't have a father. 739 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,240 I didn't. 740 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:08,240 I didn't have an understanding of the love of God because I didn't have that understanding 741 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,120 of the love of my own father, my own dad. 742 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:19,680 This was a hard one for me for many, many years until I got the revelation that God 743 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:27,880 and my dad are two totally opposite people because God created me. 744 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,480 He loved me from the beginning. 745 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:36,200 My own father didn't have the love of God in him. 746 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,360 God loved him, but he didn't understand that. 747 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:46,600 So he never became a Christian until two weeks before his death. 748 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:51,520 Do you think, for those that are listening, there are people who are listening right now 749 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:56,120 and they've never had the love of their own earthly father. 750 00:33:56,120 --> 00:34:00,360 Do you think that it's easy to use that almost as a template and we put that over God? 751 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,680 We say, oh God's mean. 752 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:02,680 You can't even compare. 753 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,800 God doesn't love me because he's mean. 754 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,440 We're thinking about our…we're projecting about our own earthly father. 755 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,400 It's because of the word father, I think. 756 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,400 It's the word father. 757 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,600 It can be a bad word for some and for me it's a good word. 758 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:15,600 It can be. 759 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:16,600 It can be for others. 760 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,240 It was a bad word, but Jesus wasn't. 761 00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:20,320 Jesus was a good word. 762 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:26,720 But God the Father was a hard word for me because father, I didn't have a good father. 763 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:32,480 So many in our culture, our society have been raised by horrible fathers. 764 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,760 When I worked in the child care industry, worked for Butler Children's Home and dealt 765 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:41,600 with kids, most of the issues were daddy issues straight up. 766 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:45,400 They were unwanted, unloved, they were rejected and abandoned. 767 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:49,120 Others didn't know how to be fathers because their own fathers were. 768 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,120 Exactly. 769 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,120 It's generational. 770 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,120 It's generational. 771 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:57,240 But the depth of those scars and wounds and cuts were so deep that sometimes you would 772 00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:01,680 almost think apart from God, they can't be healed. 773 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:06,560 There needs to be a move of God in their lives and encounter with a person of God. 774 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,600 And that's what happened with me. 775 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:16,960 And I got that revelation that God the Father is a whole new different person than my own 776 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:17,960 father. 777 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,640 My father was a human. 778 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,760 God is divine. 779 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,320 He's divine. 780 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,720 Jesus was divinely human, but God was human. 781 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,720 I mean, was divine. 782 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,480 My father was only human. 783 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:37,760 He didn't even have the divine quality until he became a believer. 784 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,880 I didn't get to grow up with that. 785 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:40,880 It's sad. 786 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:49,120 When I see and hear of men and women who had amazing godly fathers, my heart just drops 787 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:55,680 because I only wish that I had a father that loved the Lord Jesus. 788 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,480 It literally meant you had to overcome. 789 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,480 I did. 790 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,640 It's a lot harder to overcome. 791 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:06,200 For me, it was easy to just receive God as my father and go, oh, God's good. 792 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,480 All the time, and all the time God's good. 793 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:15,040 I've never doubted that in my whole existence as a Christian now for a long time. 794 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,680 So for me, that was an easy jump because I had a good dad. 795 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,520 But I also understand just the damage that can be done and how hard it can be to just 796 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,640 say, oh yeah, God's my daddy. 797 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,640 He's my father. 798 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,040 He loves me. 799 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,040 Some will struggle with that. 800 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:29,040 Some will. 801 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:33,560 Which my father's day was yesterday. 802 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,840 That could have been hard on many. 803 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,520 It could have been really hard. 804 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,840 I didn't even honestly, this is what's so sad. 805 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,600 I didn't think about my dad much. 806 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,300 When I was thinking about Father's Day, I was thinking about you because you're such 807 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:50,080 a good daddy. 808 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,940 I say daddy because that's what your daughter caused you. 809 00:36:53,940 --> 00:36:55,560 To me, it was about you. 810 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,000 My dad's passed on. 811 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,000 He's gone on. 812 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,360 He's gone on to be with Jesus. 813 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:06,400 Now he sees everything, all the mysteries have been revealed to him. 814 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,080 He knows everything. 815 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:15,280 So I don't mourn because I didn't have it good with him. 816 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,280 You know what I'm saying? 817 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:22,160 I'm sad that he lived the life he did here because he could have lived such a... 818 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,160 You have compassion. 819 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,440 Yes, I have much compassion. 820 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:29,200 But I didn't mourn because I don't mourn what I had. 821 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,680 I mourn what I wish I had. 822 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:32,680 That's the difference. 823 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:33,680 Right, I get that. 824 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:34,680 Totally get that. 825 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:40,400 The last thing I love, the Scripture says, to those who have been called, who are loved 826 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:45,200 by God the Father, and then the last part is kept by Jesus Christ. 827 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:46,520 What an interesting word. 828 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:47,520 Listen to this. 829 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,880 Kept, that means held. 830 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,560 That means covered. 831 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:56,240 What a powerful word to be kept by Jesus Christ. 832 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:57,640 So in Christ we're kept. 833 00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:58,640 This is our identity. 834 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,840 2 Timothy 1-7, listen to this. 835 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:07,800 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 836 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,760 The ability to think well. 837 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,200 This is what we've been given. 838 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,520 He keeps us in this. 839 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,320 He holds us in this. 840 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:21,720 This ability to not be impacted by fear, but to live above and beyond fear. 841 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:26,720 So many people have been impacted by fear and live by anxiety. 842 00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:28,000 Oh, no doubt. 843 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:32,040 This world has created so much fear. 844 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:39,320 And we as Christians have to keep this Scripture, this Word of God in our hearts so that we 845 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,760 don't allow fear to take us down. 846 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,520 Oh my gosh. 847 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:47,400 This idea of being kept and covered, I love this Scripture. 848 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:53,440 I want to look up another Scripture because I feel like it really fits here. 849 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:58,480 While you're looking it up, I'm going to read Jude 1-24 because this one we were going through 850 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,880 Scripture after hearing that message. 851 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:06,560 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling. 852 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:12,800 He keeps us from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault 853 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,280 and with great joy. 854 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,280 What? 855 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:21,400 Okay, so he keeps us from stumbling and he presents us before his glorious presence without 856 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:22,880 fault and with great joy. 857 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,160 In other words, he doesn't see our faults. 858 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,840 He sees us whole. 859 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,840 We are whole and perfected in him. 860 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,440 We see our faults. 861 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:35,440 Wow. 862 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,880 Listen to what the word, I looked up the Greek word while you were talking. 863 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,440 That is beautiful. 864 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,760 Listen to what the actual Koine Greek word, it's a word. 865 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:44,760 Of kept? 866 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,000 It's a word, tereo, tereo. 867 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,640 And it means this, yeah, of kept. 868 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,760 It literally means this, to guard. 869 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:52,760 To guard. 870 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:53,760 He guards us. 871 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:58,480 To guard from loss or injury properly by keeping the eye upon. 872 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:03,640 He's watching us and guarding us, thus differing from others which means to prevent escaping 873 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:04,640 or whatever. 874 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:09,240 He keeps his eye on us in a good way, a positive life-giving way. 875 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:16,760 It actually implies a fortress or full military lines of protection. 876 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:17,760 Wow. 877 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,200 Like to have a brigade around you. 878 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,200 Wow. 879 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:26,440 I live in Abilene, Texas which is, there's a military base there so I'm picturing being 880 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,480 in the middle of that military base with military people around us. 881 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,480 I always felt safe. 882 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,480 We went to a lot of functions on Dias Air Force Base. 883 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:39,520 It was always like, man, if there's a safe place, it's right here in the middle of all 884 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,760 these soldiers and these amazing warriors. 885 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,840 It means, this is so powerful. 886 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:45,840 I love this. 887 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,520 He's able to keep us from stumbling. 888 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:57,040 So that is the Holy Spirit in us which is what happened with Coach Mullins, Pastor Mullins, 889 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:05,600 is that the Holy Spirit in him literally pricked his heart and said, don't go in that car. 890 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:06,920 Reminded him of a principle. 891 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:07,920 Yes. 892 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:08,920 No, don't fall into that. 893 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:09,920 Don't fall into that. 894 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,760 He's like, nope. 895 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,400 I have truth inside of me. 896 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:22,000 Am I going to go against that truth or am I going to use that truth to make my decision? 897 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,040 That's exactly what he did. 898 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,040 I love that. 899 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:29,160 Some other words as I'm looking at other words that relate to that. 900 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,760 One is to preserve. 901 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:31,760 Wow. 902 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,040 Christ preserves us. 903 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:37,120 That doesn't mean bad things aren't going to happen to us. 904 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,120 Things happen. 905 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:39,680 We live in a fallen world. 906 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:40,680 Stuff breaks. 907 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,000 Wheels fall off. 908 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,200 Things happen. 909 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,200 People abandon. 910 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,200 People turn on you. 911 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:46,200 Rejections. 912 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:47,200 Things happen. 913 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,440 But he preserves us through that. 914 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:54,720 The word preserve, it's like this idea of giving you endurance to endure through. 915 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:56,680 So you don't succumb to it. 916 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,480 You actually preserve and get through it. 917 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:08,680 So kept, to be kept by Christ means you have now the ability to be preserved through calamity, 918 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,720 through hard things. 919 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:15,840 And knowing that even if calamity hits, let's just say a tornado comes in, because right 920 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:17,920 now we're in tornado alley. 921 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,400 It's happening everywhere in Texas. 922 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,480 Not just Texas. 923 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,840 I know that if that's how, I mean we're all going to die. 924 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,880 We're all going to pass. 925 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:29,720 We don't live forever. 926 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:32,880 But I know where I'm going to go when it happens. 927 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,140 And there is a time. 928 00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:35,140 There is a time. 929 00:42:35,140 --> 00:42:36,680 I mean I think about that. 930 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,800 I think the older we get, the more we think about our mortality. 931 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,480 So I think about it a lot. 932 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,920 I think I brought this up in our last podcast or one of them, because I do think about that 933 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,200 because we're aging. 934 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:51,720 And as we're aging, I know we don't have as much time and we're not going to live to be 935 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,160 130 years old. 936 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:54,160 It would be a miracle. 937 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,560 I don't know if I would want to live to be 130. 938 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,000 I'm thinking not right now. 939 00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,000 No. 940 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:04,960 But the thing is, is we all are appointed to die. 941 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,520 But dying for a Christian is living for Christ. 942 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:09,520 It's living. 943 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:10,520 We don't know where we're going. 944 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:11,520 We don't. 945 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,200 Our flesh dies, but our spirit soars. 946 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:15,760 It continues. 947 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:24,640 And so, you know, if we're kept, even if calamity came and we died today, we're still kept in 948 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:28,240 Jesus because we just go to the next place. 949 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,500 We don't die and it's over. 950 00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:34,520 So many people believe that it's just all going to be black. 951 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,600 We're going to die and everything goes black. 952 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:37,600 What? 953 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:38,600 What a tragic way to live. 954 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,800 They don't know what the Word says. 955 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,720 They do not know the Bible. 956 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:47,520 What I love about the Synod, also it helps us not only in the future, it helps us live 957 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:48,520 fearless now. 958 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:49,520 Yes. 959 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:54,040 I love the fact that Pastor Steve Berger out of Tennessee, he was our pastor in Nashville 960 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,520 when we lived there. 961 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,440 What I loved about him, he lived a fearless life. 962 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:58,440 He still does. 963 00:43:58,440 --> 00:43:59,440 He's a fearless individual. 964 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:04,240 The reason was is because he lost his 19-year-old son in a terrible car accident. 965 00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:07,880 I'm sure they were praying he would come out of a coma. 966 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:08,880 All of that. 967 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:13,080 But on the other end of it, it drove him to study about heaven. 968 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,880 Remember, he came out of that with this fearlessness. 969 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,080 I'm not afraid. 970 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:20,320 If I live, I win. 971 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,600 If I die, I win. 972 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,160 Boy, that will change your perspective. 973 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:24,160 It does change your perspective. 974 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:25,160 So that you live fearless. 975 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:26,160 It doesn't mean you live foolish. 976 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:27,160 Exactly. 977 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:28,160 It means you live fearless. 978 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,160 Exactly. 979 00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:33,680 It means you're not afraid of preaching the gospel, sharing your faith, helping people 980 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,800 understand you're fearless. 981 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,560 This fearlessness has so inspired my life. 982 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:39,560 It has. 983 00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:40,560 In a huge way. 984 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:44,560 You're not even the same person that you were before we attended that church. 985 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:45,560 I agree with that. 986 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:50,000 God really used Pastor Steve because he was kept by Jesus Christ. 987 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,000 He got it. 988 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,000 There you go. 989 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,000 He understood. 990 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,000 There you go. 991 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:55,000 Listen, I want to give some shout-outs. 992 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,000 This is so powerful. 993 00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:01,960 Our heart for you that are listening is that you would step into, at least take the first 994 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,840 step on the journey towards Jesus Christ. 995 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:08,560 One of the ways you can do that, and we can help you do that, if you'll go to our website, 996 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:12,560 livingupandadownworld.com, you can write us on our website. 997 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:13,560 There's a box there. 998 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,120 You can click on it, contact us. 999 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,120 We want to hear your story. 1000 00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:17,400 We want to hear your struggles. 1001 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,000 We're here to encourage you, to help you. 1002 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,240 We'll pray for you and pray with you along the journey. 1003 00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:25,240 Feel free to write in. 1004 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,720 Feel free to contact us. 1005 00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:29,640 Sometimes you just need a listening ear. 1006 00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:31,160 We're here. 1007 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,120 We would not be doing this podcast just to do it. 1008 00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,680 We're here because we feel like it's for a purpose. 1009 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,640 It may be part of that purpose is for you today. 1010 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,120 This is resonating in you. 1011 00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,200 You're thinking, I need to come home. 1012 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,240 I need to come back to Jesus. 1013 00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:47,240 We're here to help you. 1014 00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:49,640 I don't know this Jesus you're talking about. 1015 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,040 I need help. 1016 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,520 Help me understand. 1017 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,360 We can share our heart with you. 1018 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:55,800 Do go to our website. 1019 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,040 You can always obviously listen to our podcast. 1020 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:03,760 I do a daily devotional on there so that every day you can read that and be encouraged in 1021 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,520 your faith because that's my heart is to inspire, to encourage, to build up. 1022 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:12,520 You can be encouraged from the scripture and then also just from personal stories. 1023 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:13,880 We're here for you. 1024 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:14,880 Go there. 1025 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:19,720 Now, we also would always encourage you to listen on Fountain, the app. 1026 00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,040 You can get that app on iOS. 1027 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,480 You can get it on Android. 1028 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:27,400 You can actually earn Satoshi's while you're listening. 1029 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:32,340 I also want to give some shout outs of people that have written into us and shared some 1030 00:46:32,340 --> 00:46:33,340 things with us. 1031 00:46:33,340 --> 00:46:34,340 I want to say this. 1032 00:46:34,340 --> 00:46:40,320 Sir, by His grace, who gave us some sat, so appreciate you loving it forward, this value 1033 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,760 for value where you say, you know what? 1034 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,320 What you're saying is valuable to me and it's adding value to my life. 1035 00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,160 So, I want to add some value to yours. 1036 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,600 It's a beautiful exchange, we call it. 1037 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,800 I love what Sir, by His grace says. 1038 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,040 He says, stoked for y'all. 1039 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,040 Here's what he's talking to me. 1040 00:46:56,040 --> 00:47:00,640 He's referring to last week, we talked about we're going on a sabbatical for eight plus 1041 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:01,640 weeks. 1042 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:05,440 I'm doing a digital detox and we'll still do the podcast because we don't consider 1043 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:06,440 this work. 1044 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:07,440 We consider it as personal. 1045 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,680 So, we'll still do our podcast on a weekly basis. 1046 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,360 And so, he says this, stoked for y'all. 1047 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:18,960 Our staff just implemented the sabbatical thing a year or so ago. 1048 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,800 It was tough for all the pastors because it is tough. 1049 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,200 We tried to back out, didn't we? 1050 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:24,200 Oh, we sure did. 1051 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,400 We totally tried to back out, but we got called out by some friends. 1052 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,200 Because they said, there's no good time. 1053 00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:29,680 We're like, it's not a good time. 1054 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:30,680 There's no good time. 1055 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,760 He says it was tough for all the pastors, but very rewarding. 1056 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:38,200 No talking about church, but I know y'all will be talking tons and tons about Jesus. 1057 00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,040 Okay, this is funny that you said, I have to say this. 1058 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:47,160 I got approached by someone who invited us to an event in July during our sabbatical. 1059 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,480 We had planned it before the sabbatical. 1060 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,080 And she said yesterday, okay, well, we won't pray. 1061 00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:54,520 We won't ask Jimmy to pray. 1062 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:55,520 We won't talk about God. 1063 00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:57,520 I said, no, no, no, no, no. 1064 00:47:57,520 --> 00:47:58,520 Praying is not work. 1065 00:47:58,520 --> 00:47:59,520 We're Christians first. 1066 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:00,840 We're Christians first, period. 1067 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,480 Just don't talk about what happened at church. 1068 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:04,480 If the speaker... 1069 00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:05,480 But I love the heart. 1070 00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:08,640 Because we're going to have different pastors preach while we're gone. 1071 00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:13,200 I said, just don't talk about how good or bad they were or how you miss Jimmy. 1072 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:14,200 Just leave that out. 1073 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:15,200 Let's just be friends. 1074 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,200 Let's be friends. 1075 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:17,200 Let's just talk about life. 1076 00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:18,200 It's kind of funny. 1077 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,200 It's going to be funny. 1078 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,200 Yes. 1079 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,060 And then he ends by saying, Jesus is the only name to remember. 1080 00:48:22,060 --> 00:48:25,080 Thank you for your courage and Sir Bia's grace. 1081 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:29,100 Thank you for the sats, but also thank you for sharing just the encouragement there. 1082 00:48:29,100 --> 00:48:30,720 You tell a little bit of your story. 1083 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,520 And then somebody named Adam Curry. 1084 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:36,880 All the sevens for the seventh year, a little Straper boost. 1085 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:37,880 I love the Straper boost. 1086 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:38,880 Oh my gosh. 1087 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:39,880 That's so awesome. 1088 00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:40,880 Thank you, my friend. 1089 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,200 Sir Bia's grace also earlier than that said, they're all good. 1090 00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,280 Talking about the podcast, they're all good. 1091 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:49,280 This one was fantastic. 1092 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:50,280 That really... 1093 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:51,360 Which one was that? 1094 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:52,360 Last week? 1095 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:53,360 Last week. 1096 00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:54,360 Wow. 1097 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:55,360 And then of course, Sir Brian with a wine. 1098 00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,440 See, Sir Brian keeps changing his name. 1099 00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:58,520 Why is he doing that? 1100 00:48:58,520 --> 00:48:59,520 Sir Brian with an I. 1101 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,400 So now he's saying with a... 1102 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:02,400 With a wine. 1103 00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:06,080 Not W-I-N-E, but W-H-I-N-E. 1104 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:07,880 That's so funny. 1105 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,000 He just gave us the big thumbs up. 1106 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,880 Listen, we so appreciate all of you. 1107 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:16,480 We've had other comments I wasn't able to access right quick, but so appreciate it. 1108 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:21,520 It means more than you know for us to hear from you because our heart is for you. 1109 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:25,400 So as we land the plane today, I mean, anything you got on the way out today? 1110 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:26,400 Oh man, I'm just... 1111 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:27,400 Today's been a good day. 1112 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:28,400 Very good day. 1113 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:29,400 I love getting in the Word with you. 1114 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:30,400 It's just iron sharpens iron. 1115 00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:31,400 It does. 1116 00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:32,400 I love that scripture. 1117 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:33,400 I was in Proverbs 27. 1118 00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:34,400 And that's what we do. 1119 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:35,400 We're weird as a couple, right? 1120 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:36,400 We are. 1121 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:37,400 We start talking about the Bible. 1122 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:38,400 We start talking about sermons and messages. 1123 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:39,400 And we get super stoked and fired up. 1124 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:40,400 And then we're like hilarious. 1125 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:41,400 That's what makes our life fun. 1126 00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:42,400 That makes it wow. 1127 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:43,400 I love you. 1128 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:44,400 I love you too. 1129 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:45,400 Thirty years of wow and counting. 1130 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:46,400 We're just getting started. 1131 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:47,400 I got chill bunch when you said that. 1132 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:48,400 Well, I'm just saying, I love you. 1133 00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:49,400 I love you too. 1134 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:50,400 I love you. 1135 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:51,400 I love you. 1136 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:52,400 I love you. 1137 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:53,400 I love you. 1138 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:54,400 I love you. 1139 00:49:54,400 --> 00:50:01,400 I love you too.