"The Six Million Dollar Man?"

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:27,360 This is Jimmy and Annette and we are Living Up in a Down World. 2 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:32,960 We are at episode number 35. We want to welcome you to the show today and Mr. 3 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,160 Chevy is sitting here looking at me. Are you petting him or something? He's got a 4 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:44,520 look on his face like I am so comfortable right now. Of course he's in 5 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:49,000 your lap as usual. He usually lays down and he's sitting up like he's commanding attention. 6 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 He can barely keep his eyes open. Are you gonna like fall asleep sitting up? 7 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:59,880 He's really being strange. He is a mellow. Mr. mellow. He's a good boy. 8 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:05,800 He's okay. Well Mr. Chevy says hi to everybody. I know what's wrong. 9 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:11,000 It's an off day. He's confused. Yesterday we started to do the show. 10 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,800 He was in our lap. I wasn't feeling it yet. You weren't feeling it. Hey we all have days. 11 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,840 I just had a day and I needed... You weren't living up in a down world. 12 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:26,120 You were just living in a down world. I was just living. He's just like, 13 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,880 wait are y'all gonna do what he did yesterday? He's confused. He's really confused. 14 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,600 Yesterday when we got the chair... The way this works y'all is that I set up 15 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:40,240 my little studio. I'm trying to call it a studio because it's my study and my studio. 16 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:45,640 My studio, not that I'm a stud or anything, but my studio. 17 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:52,120 Oh my gosh. When I start setting it up and getting ready for the show, 18 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:57,560 he just loses his mind. He gets so excited because he knows it's time for him to jump up in your chair. 19 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:02,440 You go get my chair. I'll bring a chair in here. He goes nuts. 20 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:08,040 I know. It's hilarious. Right now he's just like, oh I'm in my happy place even though it's a day off. 21 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,240 Now he did lay down. He's like, okay they're gonna do it this time. 22 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:16,600 Yeah, yeah. It's for real. We want to welcome you to today's podcast and we're excited. 23 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,640 We really are living up in a down world even though the world can be down sometimes. It can be difficult. 24 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:29,720 We had quite a re-entry into real life from being two months of a... I'm going to use a word that 25 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:35,960 maybe not everybody likes, but we had a magical, a magical sabbatical. 26 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:42,520 It was extremely peaceful even though we had some drama with things that happened. 27 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:49,800 Right, right. Normal stuff, but as it progressed it became even more peaceful. It was amazing. 28 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:55,400 I wasn't ready to go back to work. I was made to go back to work. I went back to work and we... 29 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:02,200 Oh my goodness. Okay, do you remember the opening scene from the show, The Six Million Dollar Man? 30 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:07,080 Okay, you may not remember. You're really aging yourself. I know, I'm totally aging myself. 31 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,680 It's a handful of people that go, oh I remember that. So Six Million Dollar Man, Lee Majors. 32 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:19,160 Okay, it's been too long. Hello. But the opening scene where he crashes this vehicle or the ship 33 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:24,360 or this space thing. I don't even remember. He was like a land speed car or something and it's like 34 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:31,560 this... it's real footage from an actual crash and then he so shreds his body they have to put 35 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,200 him all back together and he's like half robot. That's me right now. That's the Six Million Dollar 36 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:42,360 Man. In today's economy he'd be the Six Billion Dollar Man. Exactly. But anyway, that's kind of 37 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:48,840 what our re-entry felt like. Yeah. I mean it's like, whoa we're back and it was... yeah, it was 38 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:56,280 intense. Yeah, to say the least. I don't even know what to say honestly. Right. Well, I'm going to 39 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,040 talk a little bit... today's topic for those of you that are interested in this, we're going to 40 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:06,440 talk about spiritual warfare. For sure. And the fact that we... We can define it hugely. Oh my gosh. 41 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:13,720 I mean it's happening right in this. But I had a... not that I expected it, but I had my antennas up 42 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:20,280 thinking that when we come out of this bliss, this season of this is so amazing being with God 43 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:25,640 every day, no distractions. I want to go back there. I asked for one next year too. We'll see if that 44 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:31,480 gets any room. You know, we came back so strong y'all. Love you. What happened? But then if this 45 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,800 is what happens every time we go on one... I know. I don't ever want to go on another one. Well, I mean 46 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:41,160 it's like when someone takes a vacation, right? So they take a week or two and most people when 47 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,000 they're working, they take a vacation and in their mind they're thinking, I know what's going to 48 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,600 happen when I get back to the job. You know, there's going to be stuff piled up. There's going to be 49 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:53,480 things that got left undone. There's going to be things waiting. So we all kind of live with that. 50 00:04:53,480 --> 00:05:01,560 That's just normal flow of life. But imagine being gone for two months and then stepping back into 51 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:08,360 your job. And you hear all these things that happen starting the day after we left. I mean, unbelievable. 52 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:14,840 And they're normal churchy stuff. That's true. Yeah. People stuff. That's true. But it all happened 53 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:19,240 in two months. It all happened at once. It all happened right when we left so that when we got back, 54 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:24,120 we were, it reminded me of when you tried to homeschool our youngest faith. Oh, don't even 55 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:30,360 remind me. No, no, this is what happened. So Annette was going to homeschool Faith because we were 56 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,040 in this transitional time. I used to be a teacher. No big deal. You're a teacher. You know what to do, 57 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:38,840 but Faith was not having it. She needed structure and I thought, oh, this will be great. Oh, she's 58 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:43,080 going to love this. Kind of got some freedom. She could sleep in. That way she can be more fresh. 59 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:50,040 Pressure. No social pressure. She hated it. She did not do well. She said, I never want to ever do that again. 60 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,920 Take me to school. Well, the thing I remember is there were times when I had to go places or be 61 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,920 gone and then I would come back and it would literally be like you meet me at the door with her 62 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:05,880 and basically say, she's yours. She's yours. I mean, you were done. We would have yelling matches. 63 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,160 And I'm like, what happened while I was gone? What is wrong with you? 64 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:17,320 She, we didn't understand her personality and how much she needed structure, which she works for us. 65 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:23,880 She needs structure in her job. That's why we moved her into position with Pastor Russ. Russ 66 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:30,600 loves structure. So he set it up perfectly for her. Our executive pastor. Yes. And so I'm telling you 67 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:37,240 we now know what to do, but I will. Yeah. But what I'm saying is that's what it felt like coming back 68 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,880 from sabbaticals. Like everybody met us at the door and said, excuse me, can I throw up on you 69 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:48,680 right now? Cause I've had a hard time. And oh my gosh, it was rough. I mean, like, whoa, wow. 70 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:54,760 This all happened while we were gone and very little of it had to do with us directly. This 71 00:06:54,760 --> 00:07:01,000 was more like just people stuff, sheep life, church life. But then it continued last week. 72 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,080 Yeah. We thought, okay, maybe we got through this. No, I get an email today and I'm just like, 73 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:10,040 stuff all weekend. Oh my gosh, is this ever going to stop? It's like, okay people, let's take a time 74 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,640 out. But we recognize it. We know where it's coming from. We know exactly where it's coming from. We 75 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:19,560 know who the real enemy is. Well, and our son told us to prepare for this. That's right. So we had 76 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:24,680 talked about Pastor Chris, our son. It's funny to call him Pastor Chris. Pastor Chris, our son. He 77 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:29,640 took his sabbatical. He took his sabbatical like just a few weeks before we did. So there's a little 78 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:35,880 overlay. He spent a little time with us. We talked about it on a few shows ago and a great, great time. 79 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:43,640 But when he got back, I mean, all, all. And I'm like, oh, I'm so sorry that won't happen to us. 80 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:49,320 Oh, it was rough. We were thinking, man, that I feel we felt bad for him. We felt sorry for him. 81 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:54,600 Like, oh, that's a terrible way to return and have all this drama. But not everybody should experience 82 00:07:54,600 --> 00:08:03,560 that. So no, it's not going to happen. We're not going to experience that. Our team is capable. And they are. And they absolutely are. And they handled things. And they did. But we had to 83 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:10,920 hear about the things they handled. It's like what? Oh my goodness. They did what? You know, it was like, wow. 84 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:18,920 So we're sort of in this weird recovery mode. Here's what I, and I told our team, we had a great 85 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:27,800 staff meeting today and I had to just be real. And I just said, Annette and I are fighting. We're having to contend for our peace. 86 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:39,800 Because we believe that the enemy is trying to steal, kill and destroy, John 10 10, what we accomplished and what God did in us through our sabbatical. 87 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:46,600 I waited 38 years to have this sabbatical. Finally get it. And it's literally everything I dreamed it would be and more. 88 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:58,040 And sure enough, the moment we're off, it's like, it's like all hell breaks loose. And we're like, whoa. So we've had to sort of be in this recovery mode, 89 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:09,320 triage mode, fix things, talk to people, set up meetings, console our staff and just walk through some stuff, some hard stuff. 90 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:17,240 And but it was very clear to me as this was unfolding, what was going on. I knew the source immediately. 91 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:26,280 I knew the source. It wasn't the sheep that are acting up. It wasn't people getting offended for whatever reason people get offended for in life. 92 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:34,280 They're not the enemy. No, they're actually pawns in a much bigger game. And so let's talk a little bit more about that. 93 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:43,400 I think you're going to need to do a series on spiritual warfare. No kidding. Well, we'll talk a little bit about it today and just because everybody is in it, whether they know it or not. 94 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:51,080 I'll read a little. Most people just get offended with other people. True. Not realizing who the real enemy is. 95 00:09:51,080 --> 00:10:01,480 That's exactly right. That's why when you when you make this commitment, which I have done, and that is I give up my right to be offended, then there will be ample opportunity to be offended. 96 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:06,440 That's how that works. And yet it's not like God's. It's like praying for patience. 97 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:12,040 It's real life. Yes, you're going to have to have something to be. I don't even think it's God doing it. I think it's just life. 98 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:21,480 But it is life. It is. And so you are going to get what you pray for. Yeah. But the thing we have to realize and for you listening today, there is a real enemy out there who wants to destroy you. 99 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:39,640 John chapter 10 verse 10 says the key the thief comes only except to steal, kill and destroy. Fortunately, the verse doesn't end there because Jesus turned right around and flips the script on it and says, but I came that you might have life and life more abundantly or life to the full. 100 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:48,680 And that's that's the the interplay that we live in and the tension we live in in this world. There there are forces at work. 101 00:10:48,680 --> 00:11:00,600 I'm going to read an excerpt, really, really unique excerpt. It's from I mean, this is from like it's called a book called The Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer. 102 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:07,960 And it's St. Michael fighting the dragon, which is a beautiful painting picture from hundreds of years ago. 103 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:23,280 And it shows the saint in the middle of all these demons and whatnot. And the title of the of the of the post that I got this from is called Wading Through Angels. 104 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,360 And it talks about this idea that that we are not on our own. 105 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:37,800 I mean, there is more going on all around us in an unseen realm, a different dimension, so to speak, of angels, but also of demons. 106 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,760 You know, they're fallen angels. And all of this is happening around us. 107 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:49,800 And I love the way this this this person wrote this in terms of we are literally wading through angels. 108 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:57,800 I mean, as we go, it makes me want to say, excuse me, excuse me, because I'm walking on. Sorry, that was your toe or that was your wing. I'm bad. I feel bad. 109 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:05,120 But, you know, we're wading through angel. In other words, he's just saying you have to understand how thick the atmosphere is with warfare, 110 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:10,240 how thick the atmosphere is with activity that is otherworldly. 111 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:18,480 And yet we are we are citizens of another world, of another kingdom, as followers of Jesus, who are born again and born of the Spirit. 112 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:24,960 And so I just I've never heard that terminology wading through angels really gripped me. 113 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,920 I shared it on Sunday during the message, and there was an audible gasp from people. 114 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:37,960 They'd never thought of it in those terms that the atmosphere is thick, thick with action. 115 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,320 This world is not static. There's things happening all around us. 116 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:55,360 And so, anyway, it's really powerful. And that's something that I love the way this person says one of the most one of the dangerous assumptions we modern Christians often make is that we are more advanced than believers who lived before us. 117 00:12:55,360 --> 00:13:00,440 And to be sure, we have advanced beyond them if we're talking about technology, health care and the like. 118 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:05,480 Exactly. But in other ways, in more substantial ways, we have regressed. 119 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:17,120 We suffer from living solely by sight. Ours is a visual world full of facts, things, empirical evidence, stuff we can count and measure and touch. 120 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:23,760 But our fathers and mothers in the faith who have gone before us were more keenly aware of this fact. 121 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,000 All around us are realities beyond our visual capacity. 122 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:37,720 Demons waiting to ensnare and woo us into false belief and despair and vice, angels guarding and directing and serving us. 123 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,040 We wade through spirits as we go about our daily tasks. 124 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:48,560 As the poet Francis Thompson says, we disturb an angel's wing every time we turn a stone. 125 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:54,800 A whole world unseen stands and flies all around us. 126 00:13:54,800 --> 00:14:00,120 I mean, that is so graphic. That's from Chad Bird, who's a great theologian and just a great writer. 127 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:04,480 And he's this phenomenal guy. I really enjoyed reading some of his stuff. 128 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:09,800 But that idea that there is so much going on around us. 129 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:19,760 That's it's mind boggling to think about that and that there's something bigger out there than what you're just seeing right here. 130 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:25,200 It's easy to ignore because we get busy and distracted and we're not thinking about, you know, 131 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:29,560 the scripture says in Matthew 6 33, seek first the kingdom of God. 132 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:37,960 We're not seeking the kingdom. We're busy and we're distracted and we got things to do and deadlines and people to meet with and fires to put out. 133 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,840 We're so busy that we forget. But I heard someone say this recently. 134 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,080 I'm trying to think who it was. Oh, it was Pastor Bill Johnson. 135 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:54,640 He said that during the day, you need to stop and just speak out loud to the Lord and say, Father, I reset my affection upon you. 136 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:59,760 I turn my affection to you. I've been I've added that as a practice into my daily life. 137 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:08,040 Part of practicing this presence where I'm finding myself when I get stressed or or I get news like we did all last week and even today. 138 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,040 Some, you know, you just pause. 139 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:19,200 Sometimes I excuse myself like I did. I'll be back in a second. I walked down the hall and as I walk down the hall. 140 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:24,120 Well, I did have to go to the bathroom to you, but as part of that, I was multitasking, right? 141 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,840 There you go. Spiritual multitasking. 142 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:33,960 So but what I did is as I was alone, I said, Father, I reset my affection upon you. 143 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:38,640 You're all that matters. I seek first the kingdom of God and your righteousness. 144 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,400 And I know that everything else will be brought into order according to your plan. 145 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:50,320 And so you have to you have to become active and engaging and resetting your affection. 146 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:55,960 And that right there is a lot of the battle is realizing, OK, there's more going on here. 147 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,840 I need to get my my eyes back on Jesus. 148 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:04,960 The scripture in Colossians three says that we're to set our minds on things above and not on things on the earth. 149 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaking of that, because this happened last week and as soon as we left work last Tuesday, 150 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,760 we were just kind of distraught because that was our first day back. 151 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:22,080 Monday was a holiday. Went back Tuesday, got all the news from everything that's happened. 152 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:28,400 And it was just overwhelming. We decided to go to the gym. 153 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:33,880 Yes. And we said we need to go throw some weights. 154 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:41,080 That's right. And we had heard another I don't know, it was a podcaster or somebody that said, 155 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:47,200 you know, when you get stressed, I could think it was a doctor said or you have some stressful news. 156 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,800 Start doing jumping jacks, do push ups, do something. 157 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:59,440 Well, you and I, because we're gym rats, we drove from Fredericksburg all the way to Bernie to go to the gym. 158 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:08,640 And I turned on a sermon that I just kind of was randomly looking for something on YouTube from Robert Morris, 159 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:14,960 which I always do. And there was one on He's My Refuge. Remember this? 160 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:24,120 Yes. As I was listening to it, he was talking about when we're going through times like this, what are you going to do? 161 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:27,400 Are you going to go to God who says, I am your refuge? 162 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,720 So he said, what do you run to as your refuge? 163 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:40,880 And some people, alcohol, some people, drugs, some people, what would you say is another? 164 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,960 Pornography. Pornography. Some kind of vice. 165 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:53,680 Shopping, power shopping. Yes. And he said, we've got to as Christians, turn that around and go straight to God because he is the only one. 166 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:59,760 And I remember listening to that going, this is what I'm doing. Oh, he mentioned exercise too. 167 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,800 But I thought, no, exercise is good as long as I'm listening to the Word of God. 168 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:14,160 Not that it's not if you don't. But at this point, when I needed God as my refuge, because I was so down, 169 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,240 I was overwhelmed that even our staff had to deal with things. It wasn't about us. 170 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,960 We love them. This is hard on them. 171 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:25,920 I hate that they had to go through things. They were living down in a down world. 172 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:36,440 I mean, they were really having to navigate. They didn't have us to bounce it off of and to help and to alleviate the pain from things. 173 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,320 They had to deal with things themselves, which is good. Which is good on one hand. 174 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:44,080 It is. But it was hard for us to hear. It caused them to rise up, which is actually a good thing. 175 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:50,440 But I'm listening to him, to Pastor Robert, and he's saying, you know, do these things. 176 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:55,320 And I thought, I actually patted myself on the back and said, you know what? I didn't turn to alcohol. 177 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,720 Right. I didn't turn to advice. 178 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,320 One of the things we used to do is just veg and the TV. Oh, yeah. 179 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,240 Just something that's just mindless. We didn't do that. We went straight to God. 180 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,840 Because you turned our TV off. Well, I did. I got rid of cable. 181 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,960 Which was a great decision back in February. Exactly. And now we're happy. 182 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:19,960 Oh, so glad. So to me, it was really a timely word that it just happened to come up on my YouTube. 183 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,480 Happened to. Yeah. When you pulled your homepage up, it just pulled up. And I saw that and I went, 184 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:33,720 so then this is what's so strange. I'm listening to it and it ends. And the next thing that comes 185 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,320 on through my ears, because I'm not looking at it on my phone. It's just coming through. 186 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:45,480 YouTube was a Bill Johnson message. And he was talking about something that happened recently. 187 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:50,920 And then I hit the wrong button. I think I hit my phone or did something as I was working out. 188 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:58,200 And it went to the next message. And it was when in war, create. Wow. And I told you about it. 189 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:03,960 And you and I were both listening to it at the same time. In the gym. We were both going, wow. 190 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:09,720 This is so bad. And then we came home and turned it on TV. Or we put it on. We just threw it up, 191 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:16,840 cast it on the TV and watched it again. I took so many notes. Oh, copious notes. It took us almost 192 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:21,160 three hours to get through it because I kept stop pausing. Like a 35 minute. I've got to write this 193 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:25,160 down. I've got to write this down. It was a long message. I think it was an hour and a half. Oh, 194 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:31,560 that was the long one? Okay. He was just, this pastor Bill Johnson. And that was so profound 195 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:37,960 and so impactful to me. It got me thinking about Adam, our friend, friends Adam and Tina. You know, 196 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:45,960 Curry and the keeper, no agenda, mo facts, all the stuff that, that Adam Curry is into, by the way, 197 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,120 we have a bro date tomorrow night. I know fired up about that. We've been texting each other. 198 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:54,200 We're excited, making sure we're wearing the same clothes, you know, like a couple of girls, 199 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,960 a hamburger or something. I don't know, but you'll have Mr. Chevy. Oh, okay. So anyway, 200 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:05,000 but I sent it to Adam because we always send stuff to each other and to encourage each other and pray 201 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:12,040 and stay, stay focused in this crazy world. And, and I sent that to him. He wrote back. Wow. I mean, 202 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:19,080 that was a mind blower. If you are interested in hearing something and that is really profound, 203 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:25,800 deeply profound, got to be a little bit of a brainiac to follow this one. It is so good. 204 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,480 It's by pastor Bill Johnson. You can just YouTube that pastor Bill Johnson, 205 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:37,000 when in war create. That's the title. And what it, what it did for us, I mean, it was such a timely 206 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,800 message as you're saying, we were like, yeah, it was a fluke, right? Yeah. Like there's a 207 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:49,000 coincidences in the kingdom. There are none. God's in control. And so the Holy Spirit needed you to 208 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,960 hear that. Of course you sent it to me. I think you sent me a, we're in the, okay, we're in a big gym. 209 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,440 It's planet fitness. It's very large. So we see each other, but we're doing different things. And 210 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:03,240 so we're texting each other half the time. And I sent you a picture of, sent me a picture and I 211 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:09,880 started listening to it and I was hooked. I was like all in so encouraged. The power of, 212 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:17,400 what he was talking about is the power of creativity and how much we've lost and how much 213 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:24,040 we've lost as we age and what it's done, it's dumbed us down. And I won't go into the details. 214 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:29,640 You should just say, go listen to it. But it was what, but the Holy Spirit, what we're finding is 215 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:35,480 that even in the middle of war or feeling like we're in under attack or war with, like I said, 216 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:41,160 wasn't specific to us, but we were ones having to bear the weight. We were having to do triage for 217 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:49,000 everybody around us. In the middle of that, the Holy Spirit comes alongside. He becomes our 218 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:56,360 counselor, our comforter, our helper, our intercessor, our advocate, our friend, our teacher. 219 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:03,880 He comes alongside and he gets to us what we need in those times. And I'm at a point in my life, 220 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,680 and I know you are too in it, because we talk about this all the time, is that we expect that 221 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:14,600 to happen now. It used to be a hope God shows up. I hope we hear from him. I hope we get a word of 222 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:21,640 wisdom so we'll know how to. Now we just know we will. There's a knowing and a confidence and a 223 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:31,400 trust that has been tried and true over decades. Well, and when you, it's not that he's never 224 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:37,080 talking. He's always talking. But are we listening? Do we have our antenna up? Yeah. 225 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:47,800 Are our ears open to hear what he wants to say to us? And he does it through many, many different 226 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:52,200 avenues. So when someone says, well, how do you recognize the voice of God? And I said, well, 227 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:58,840 let me just say he doesn't ever do it the same. I mean, he can talk through anything, a picture, 228 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:06,120 a song, a lyric, a poem, a post on social media. Yes, God can even use social media. 229 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,480 His, the Bible. Open his word. I've got mine sitting in front of me right now, which I want 230 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:13,800 to read some scripture, just a couple of scriptures here, talking about the spiritual warfare. He 231 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:20,280 speaks in so many ways. There are some people that say they hear the voice of God. I've never heard 232 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:26,600 like the audible. I've heard very close to, but it was really more in my mind and spirit, my mentality. 233 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:34,200 But some people do that. But I do hear him in my heart, so to speak. I get impressions 234 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:40,440 that I would think are him. And if you're having an impression that's negative, that is not from 235 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:45,720 God because he's never going to contradict who he is and who his character is. No. That's what 236 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:50,840 people will say, well, I heard this. It's got to be God telling me to go do this. I'm like, no, 237 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,880 especially if it's something that's going to cause harm or not be good for the person. 238 00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:00,600 And so God is a good God. So he's never going to compromise. A good shepherd, a good father. 239 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:06,200 Exactly. So it's going to be a voice of a shepherd and a father, not a voice of an accuser. 240 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,960 Exactly. Who's pointing their finger down your throat saying, you did this, you did that. 241 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:15,000 Exactly. That is not God at all. That's demonic. But again, that's how some people see God. We've 242 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,880 talked about this before on the show based on how they've seen their own father. Yeah, 243 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:25,320 their own negative experiences and traumas. They think God is up there. Just waiting. Just waiting 244 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:34,120 to zap you. Waiting for us to trip up. So luckily we have enough experience behind us to recognize 245 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:39,800 that what we're dealing with and what our team dealt with is spiritual warfare. It's ongoing. 246 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:45,720 Doesn't happen apart from movement though. Oh, that's right. It's almost like Newton's third law. 247 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:51,000 For every action, there's an opposite and equal reaction. It's like if you stand up in the back 248 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:56,920 of a pickup going 60 miles an hour, there will be an equal and opposite reaction. That wind will 249 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,640 hit you in the face and every bug and bird in sight. I mean, you're getting pelted and it's 250 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:08,840 because you're moving. You created the movement. I mean, it's so interesting how this parallels. 251 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,800 But when you start moving the kingdom ball down the field, so to speak, when you're advancing 252 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,800 the kingdom, you're seeing things happen. Good things are happening. God's working. 253 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:22,600 You've got this vitality about your life. I mean, the scripture says we look to Him and our faces 254 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:27,880 are radiant. And as you're doing that, you're creating movement and the enemy's like, I need 255 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:35,000 to stop that. I need to shut that down. He'll pull out all the stops. He'll do everything to resist. 256 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:42,360 He knows where your hot buttons are. And so he's going to do everything he can to get to you, 257 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:47,320 to where you falter in your faith, where you feel like I can't go on anymore. 258 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:54,120 So the enemy knows he can't kill you. He knows he can't, he more than likely cannot ruin your 259 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:58,360 relationship with God, but he will do everything he can to break your fellowship with God. 260 00:26:58,360 --> 00:26:59,080 Exactly. 261 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:03,880 That peace, that passes all understanding, that joy and vitality you have as a believer. 262 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:09,560 You know, when you were young and Lord, you might have, the word of God was alive and living to you. 263 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:15,400 And now after getting beat down for years by the enemy, you just can barely open the book and get 264 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:20,600 anything out of it, or you're bored at church, or you have a difficult time worshiping. You know, 265 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:26,520 all of that's just road wear. That's the fog of war. And when we recognize it, we can do something 266 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:32,040 about it. But you do, you've got to identify that and go, wait a minute, this isn't right. This isn't, 267 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:38,600 this isn't how my inner child wants to be. That young person in me that found Christ, 268 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:45,560 found Christ was alive and playful and joyful. And now I'm, I'm a curmudgeon. I know I'm, I'm 269 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:47,960 sour curmudgeon. 270 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:48,760 What is that? 271 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,600 It's an unhappy person. 272 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,240 Oh, I've never heard that word come out of your mouth before. 273 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:53,960 Let's look it up. 274 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,680 Oh gosh, we can move on. 275 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:57,480 ChatGBT. 276 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:58,040 Look it up. 277 00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,240 Oh my gosh. 278 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:06,120 Anyway, so yeah, I mean, you're like, yeah, you're like, you know, yeah, you're like Shrek, 279 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:10,200 you know, you're just, you're mean, you're angry, you're all of those things. And it's like, 280 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:15,080 wait a minute, that shouldn't be my nature as a child of God. Well, it's because the fog of war 281 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:19,320 has just cluttered our life and we've got to learn to identify that. And then how do we get rid of it? 282 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:24,360 How do we shake it off? I want to share a scripture here. Listen to this out of second Corinthians, 283 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:30,520 chapter 10. And even the subtitle of my Bible says the spiritual war. And I won't read the whole 284 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:35,240 thing. I'll just read this part. Verse three, for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war 285 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:41,560 according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, that's fleshly, 286 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:49,160 but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds. Stronghold is when the enemy gets a hold of 287 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:55,320 something in you. He can leverage it. It can be a habit, it can be an issue, it can be a sin, 288 00:28:55,320 --> 00:29:01,480 it can be a behavior, it can be a thought. A stronghold is like when the enemy has a 289 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,200 hook in you that he can just grab hold of. Something that you can't shake off. You can't. 290 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:12,120 It's like a besetting sin and it just, no matter what you do, you can't stop. I always think of 291 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:17,080 mountain climbers when they're going up there hammering those hooks into the side of a granite 292 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:23,000 wall. That's what that is. It's a stronghold and they can attach something to it, you know, 293 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,160 their rope and whatever, all their gear. And that's how they were able to scale a wall. Well, 294 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:32,520 the enemy attaches these things attached to us and it's like he literally has leverage now 295 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,960 in our lives and to harass and oppress us. He says, I want to read that verse again, 296 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:43,960 for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal or fleshly, but mighty in God. Our weapons are 297 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:52,120 mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments, and every high thing 298 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:57,480 that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Everything that would exalt itself against you 299 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:03,480 knowing God can be cast down. It can literally, because your weapons of your warfare are mighty 300 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:10,120 in God. The problem is, is we don't teach this and we don't talk about it enough. And we think in our 301 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:16,040 modern civilized world that this is just ancient stuff. Well, it's not because most of the populated 302 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:22,680 world knows this and understand it. We Americans who think we've intellectually ascended and 303 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:27,800 are so civilized. Yeah, we're real civilized. Just look back a couple years ago with the riots. 304 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:32,120 Yeah, that was civilized. And look at all the smash and grab robberies that are happening right 305 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:38,920 now and carjackings and random street beatings and stuff. Yeah, we're so civilized. No, we're 306 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:44,760 not any different. So listen to this. Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts 307 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,680 itself against the knowledge of God. And then this one stuck out to me. I learned this many, 308 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:56,280 many years ago. Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. God has 309 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:02,360 given us the ability to capture thoughts. In other words, to capture a thought, it's like hunting. 310 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:08,200 You can't shoot something you can't see. If there's not a target, you're just shooting into the woods 311 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:14,040 hoping to hit something, right? What are the odds? But you've got to be able to see a target. And so 312 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:20,440 I see it like that. That the ability to captivate a thought means you can see what it is. There's a 313 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:26,200 target. Wait a minute. It's like when you recognize a counterfeit bill in a stack of 20s going, 314 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,800 wait a minute, this doesn't feel right. This doesn't even feel like real money. Something's 315 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:35,240 not right here. You just know something's off. And so when our minds go down these tracks, 316 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,600 I'll bless you. I'm sorry. No, I'm not boring you. No, you're not. I'm just kidding. I'm sorry. It's 317 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:45,080 been a day. It is late too. We never do this, this late seven o'clock here. We're usually like two 318 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:51,480 in the afternoon. But we are able to identify these thoughts and recognize, okay, something's 319 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:57,400 not right. That didn't originate with me. I don't think those kinds of thoughts. And so when we 320 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:03,240 recognize it, we can now capture it and we make it obedient to Christ. We subject that thought to 321 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:06,600 Christ. Does that make sense? Right. Which means you have to change the way you think. 322 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:13,000 Big time. Literally be transformed by the renewing of your mind or the changing of the way you think. 323 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:20,760 Romans 12, 1. Yep. 12, 1 and 2. Yeah. So good. So I don't know if any of you are relating to that. 324 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:26,600 I'm sure you are. We all know that we're under this something's going on that's bigger than us. 325 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:32,280 And the beauty of it is there's hope in Jesus Christ. I don't know what people do without the 326 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,600 hope of Jesus. We were just talking about that recently. With what we've had to deal with this week, 327 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:42,360 I just, I don't know. I really don't know what people would do. I just, thank God we have a 328 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:49,640 savior to go to and say, help, help us. You said that you give us help in our time of need and we 329 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:59,400 are in need of help. We need wisdom. We need to do what is right, not what our flesh wants to do, 330 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:04,280 but what you want us to do in this situation. You know, freedom in Christ doesn't mean that you get 331 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:08,840 to do what you want to do. It means that you now have the ability to do what's right. Exactly. 332 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:13,080 People don't get that though. Yeah. They think freedom means, oh, I just go do this, go party, 333 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,960 and go act like a fool. I'm going to heaven. Yeah. No big deal. Grace covers it. No. That's not what 334 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:23,320 it means. Freedom in Christ doesn't mean you do whatever you want. It means you now are empowered 335 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:30,120 to do the right things. You have power to do that. That's freedom. Freedom is having power over 336 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:36,040 thoughts, power over your flesh and over those base things about us and primal things that we 337 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:40,600 want to do, these fleshly things. And God gives us that power, gives us authority. 338 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:46,760 The word grace is an interesting word because people think it's soft. Oh grace. Yeah, it's grace. 339 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:51,960 Yeah, there's grace for that. It's actually a very powerful word and it literally, when you break it 340 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:57,480 down in the Greek into its various parts and parse it down, it literally means this, God's power, 341 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:05,160 God's strength, God's ability, God's authority, and God's favor to do what you cannot in and of 342 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:11,640 yourself do. That's grace. That's not passive. That's powerful. Right. And so we have been given 343 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:19,080 grace to stand and oppose the enemy who comes and opposes us. We sure have. I'm preaching now. You 344 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:23,240 are. I'm excited. You are. I'm fired up. That's my bedtime though. I'm getting really sleepy. 345 00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:30,600 I know. I'm fired up. So I want to land the plane on that, but I also just want to bring up a couple 346 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:37,160 of cool things that happened. One is we had another, yet another birthday celebration. 347 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,840 Well, Adam gets several because- Yeah, most people get a day, right? 348 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,520 I get a whole month. If I'm lucky, I get a day. No, I get a whole month. You get a month. I get a day. 349 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,520 If I'm lucky. You get a day because your birthday's on the next to the last day of the month. Yeah, 350 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:54,440 that's true. It's boring. But not Adam. He gets multiple outings. So we took him out and we talked 351 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,640 about that last week. We brought him here. Well, we took him out and then we brought him here. 352 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,160 We brought him over here. I wanted to show off my new pellet grill. 353 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,800 Of which he said, oh my gosh, I got to go get one now. 354 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:09,800 So he begged Tina, can I get this for my birthday? And she's like, I already got you a birthday. 355 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:15,000 All right. Well, Christmas. Well, because Tina's doing carnivore. So for those of you who don't 356 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,800 know, last week we talked, we talked about this last few weeks where we're doing the carnivore diet. 357 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:26,760 We are on day number 72 of eating nothing but meat. Lots of meat. And a little bit of fruit. 358 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:32,360 Tiny bit of fruit. A little tiny bit. Just here and there. But that's it. Only watermelon 359 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:37,560 because it's about to go out of season. Yeah. And then Dr. Paul Saladino says watermelon's okay 360 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:41,720 in moderation. Yeah, I like him. I like to find the doctors who say it's okay. 361 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:46,360 Oh, he says honey's okay too. I know, but I won't do that. I'm too afraid it'll spot my insulin. 362 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:53,080 It will. It will for sure. So Tina has joined us on this carnivore journey because first of all, 363 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:57,720 she saw the impact it made on us. I mean, we started losing weight. We're in shape. It's like 364 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:03,400 got energy. We feel good. I'm so thankful we were doing this when we hit all this mess. 365 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:09,640 It's like all this turbulence. Or we would have gone and had a box of brownie mix. Or a box of 366 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:14,440 wine or something stupid. Well, and that too. That's another thing we gave up. That was our normal 367 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:19,800 go-to before. Yeah, it's so easy to get trapped into that. Like, oh, well, we deserve a drink 368 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:25,560 tonight because we're tired and we're stressed. And we just completely turned our back on all of 369 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:34,200 that and said, no, no, no more. Our refuge is Christ. We will run to Him only. And that's a 370 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,120 commitment that you and I have made to each other. And so we're checking each other up. 371 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:46,760 You know, so I'm drinking a cup of chocolate salt. I know it sounds crazy. So there's this 372 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,560 cool. So part of the carnivore journey and the health side of this, we call it mind, body, 373 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:56,360 spirit, total life victory. We're trying to get the three-legged stool all in the right order. 374 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:03,160 So we returned on to element as a, it's a thousand milligrams of sodium, 375 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:11,480 it's like 600 milligrams of magnesium or potassium. I don't remember. Yeah. So it's magnesium, 376 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:16,920 sodium, potassium, and it's very flavorful. But they also have a chocolate salt. It's very salty 377 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:21,320 because of the sodium. Which you can put in your coffee or you can put hot water. I'm drinking it 378 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:27,400 with butter. Do you put sugar? I mean, any kind of? No, no. No sweetener or anything. Element. It's 379 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:32,120 great. It's LMNT. So anyway, we're all in this journey together. We're learning all these things. 380 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:36,920 We've been studying and researching. And so we brought them over for a meat night. 381 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:42,040 What did we make? What was that called? That huge thing, a bavette? A bavette. Did I get that right? 382 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:47,640 Never have made that in our life. And we got a bavette in our meat stock that we ordered. 383 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:55,080 From KNC Cattle. It was really good. It's a top of flank steak. Good. It was amazing. I've never 384 00:37:55,080 --> 00:38:01,080 cooked anything like that. So we had to work around it, but we got it figured out and it was so good. 385 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:07,480 But we had such a sweet evening. But I felt sorry for Adam. He's not doing the carnivore. He doesn't 386 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,160 want to join the gang. So all we talk about at dinner and he's just like, I feel left out. I saw 387 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:16,040 the look on his face. I'm like, man, we got to bring Adam back into the conversation. He's feeling 388 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:21,720 left out. Well, I did. I talked about Noah Jinda, his podcast and how. I know. Because we listened 389 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:25,720 to Noah Jinda and we were getting a lot out of it actually. Yeah, it was really good. So if you want 390 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:32,680 to listen to a podcast that will really inform you and get you thinking about what's going on, 391 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:40,520 deconstructing media, especially the mainstream media, then Adam Curry, John Devorax called 392 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:46,600 Noah Jinda. It's only like three and a half hours long. That was the longest podcast I've ever seen. 393 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:51,160 And they do it twice a week. They do it on Sunday and they do it on Thursday. So we don't always 394 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:55,800 get to. Yeah, it's a lot. I mean, sorry, Adam, a lot of hours. We have jobs too that we keep us really 395 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,760 busy, but we do try. But what we do is we ask Adam, we're together all the time. Tell us what you 396 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:05,000 talked about. Tell us what's going on. What did y'all deconstruct and all that. And it's just always 397 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:10,120 very informative. But if you want to really listen to a podcast that will give you some 398 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:15,960 good information, go with that. Or their podcast, Curry and the Keeper, which that's really how we 399 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:21,560 got to know them. Initially, we listened to their podcast. They didn't have one this week. They took a week off. 400 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:28,200 They took a week off. Yeah. Have we ever done that? Yes, we did. We did one time early on when we were kind of 401 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:33,960 figuring all this out. This is their first time to take a week off. We're not late, but hey, better late than 402 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:38,680 never. She needed a break. That's right. That's right. Leaving early in the morning. So yeah. 403 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:44,680 So anyway, we had a sweet time with them. We always have an amazing time when we hang out with our 404 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:51,240 best friends. And that's just, we're thankful for them. Lots of God conversations. Oh man. 405 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:57,160 We're all learning. We're all on a journey. You and I have known the Lord many years. They're new to Christ. 406 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:02,680 But what's so fun is sharing all of our learnings. Because they're learning things that 407 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,720 we're just going, wow, that's insightful. Of course, Adam's brilliant and Tina is too. 408 00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:12,440 So they have a lot of great insights. They do. So it's fun to watch their journey and watch them 409 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:18,280 growing in Christ and for us to get to just be with them on that journey and encourage them along 410 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:22,440 the way. That's what I'm most excited about is getting to be with someone on that journey 411 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:30,280 on a daily basis like we are. We don't, that rarely happens with us. So it's really amazing. 412 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:35,160 But yesterday we had a very interesting thing happen at the gym and at the restaurant. I was just about to bring that up 413 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:41,720 because I was thinking in terms of when you're, we call it leaky buckets. You get so full, 414 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:45,800 so full. Our buckets aren't leaky anymore. They're just running over. And we are going to the gym 415 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:51,800 every day right now because of the stress. Well, and because we're in shape. We're wanting to do it. 416 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:56,760 You know, we're staying in it. Right. But it helps. Oh, it does help. It keeps me out of the psychiatrist office. 417 00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:02,600 So we haven't done pictures and all that stuff, but we've had a pretty massive transformation 418 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,280 in our physiques and our bodies. Not that we were terribly out of shape because we stayed, 419 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:12,760 we were in the gym the whole time. But once we got on first, we got into ketosis through keto, 420 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:17,320 the ketogenic diet, which we're very familiar with and did that for years. But then we wanted to 421 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:22,040 up our game and we embraced the carnivore journey because my friend Michael Schuser from the band 422 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:26,840 Mercy Me, he's one of the guitar players, he's been on it. So he's a little further down on the road. 423 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:32,280 So I was watching his journey. So I started talking to him about his keto journey, start sending me 424 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:37,080 pictures of what he's eating, you know, just steaks and, you know, it was man food, you know, like 425 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:42,840 primitive. And we just said, you know, let's do this. We didn't. Well, I think we should do this. 426 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:47,560 And I'm like, I don't know if I can eat meat every day. I did because I was ready for a change. I 427 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:51,880 was ready to get this under control. I was nervous. But I thought, I'll give it a try. I didn't feel good though. 428 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:56,600 I wasn't feeling great. So you were, you needed a change. I knew I needed something that would, 429 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:02,120 that was more hardcore in a sense. Well, it is. And it's been wonderful. It's been transformative for us. 430 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:07,960 The first two and a half weeks were really tough. Oh yeah. After that. But anyway, yesterday, 431 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:14,520 oh my goodness, we're at the gym. Okay. So we've been going to the same gym for four and a half years. 432 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:20,600 I told this to Tina today. It was just, it was just so beautiful. And I couldn't wait to tell 433 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:26,440 her when I saw her, she was volunteering at the church. But there was this woman there that we see 434 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:32,520 every time we go. She's there every, I've wondered if she lives there. I mean, literally, 435 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:37,000 every time we go, we could go early in the morning, she's there. We could go late in the 436 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:41,720 afternoon, she's there. And I'm just like, cause we have to go at varied times because of our work. 437 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:51,560 And I, you know, you've talked about not withholding encouragement. Yeah. We've given up the right to 438 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:57,320 withhold encouragement. And we talked about that on our last podcast. Well, because I see her all 439 00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:04,520 the time, I thought, you know, I want to go encourage her and say, cause she's an older lady. I knew she 440 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,840 was older. I wasn't for sure. But I didn't know how old. I didn't know either cause we're old. She 441 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:14,360 could be 40 and look like 80 or she could be 80 and look like 40. You know, you just don't know. 442 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:20,680 And so I, I, uh, so you felt prompted to talk to her and I was going to try to make eye contact 443 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:25,560 with her and you know, like with a smile and then walk over there. Well, I tried and she wasn't 444 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:30,600 looking at me. She was like looking behind me or something. I was like, okay, there's a timing. 445 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:36,920 Cause there is a gym etiquette and I appreciate gym etiquette myself. And so I go and I work out, 446 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:47,400 finally I get to the AB room, which is my, my last thing that I work out and she stops me. Okay. 447 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:52,760 We've seen her four and a half years, never stopped me. And yet the Lord told me I needed to 448 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:57,000 talk to her, never said a word to her, never said a word. And I know it was the Lord prompted me 449 00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:03,320 cause I'm not one to go talk to someone in a gym at all. At all. I'm very focused. She stops me. 450 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:11,240 I take out my earbuds and she asked me if I'm an athlete in training. Like, are you an athlete? 451 00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:17,320 Cause you're training the way you look. And I said, Jimmy, don't do that. You make 452 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:21,800 the dog move. Sorry, Chevy. He thinks you're caught. When I snap my fingers, he loses his mind. 453 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:28,040 He does. It's weird. So anyway, I said, well, I was an athlete. I was a gymnast in school and she 454 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:34,520 goes, I knew it. That's what it is. I said, that was elementary. And she started laughing. So you're 455 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:40,440 not an athlete at all. I said, no, I just come to the gym. It made me feel really, so can I tell 456 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:45,400 my version? So I had a different, no, I had a different vantage point. I look over cause I 457 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:49,160 always look for you. And we usually end up at the abs. So we ended up kind of at the same time. We 458 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,840 end up, you know, you're right. That's where we know we're about done. We know we're done. Yeah. 459 00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:58,440 About 50 minutes to an hour. We know. Okay. So I walk into the AB area and they're at Planet 460 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:04,920 Fitness and I see y'all talking and you're engaged and I'm going, they're smiling. And I literally 461 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:10,120 real, I thought, this is a God moment that's happening. This is, this is leaky bucket territory. 462 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:15,160 Something happened that precipitated a conversation. And I've always been curious. 463 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:19,000 And you didn't know if it was me or her. I didn't know, but I just. Cause I hadn't told you what the 464 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:25,160 Lord had showed me. And I had my, I had my Bose earbuds on and so, and they have great silencing. 465 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:29,880 That's what I love about them. But I could hear y'all laughing even with the silence on, you know, 466 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:35,880 the, the noise cancellation. Cause I was in the same little room with you and I was actually 467 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:40,440 prayed for y'all. I didn't know who, I don't know her name. I don't know anything about her. I found 468 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:45,560 out her name and I prayed for y'all talking for your conversation that God would be in the middle 469 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:49,880 of it. Well, it was, it was really interesting because I literally felt like the Lord told me 470 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:55,960 to go and encourage her. And then she approaches me and encourages me. But then I was able to do 471 00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:02,200 what the Lord told me to do. And I said, how old are you? And she said, I'll be 71 in November. 472 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:09,320 And I was like, what? Wow. Had no idea. And she works out on a StairMaster for an hour. Okay. I 473 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:15,480 can't go past six minutes on a StairMaster. She works out for like three or four hours at every 474 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:22,760 other day. 71, she's thin and trim. I mean, I was just like, what? And she said her husband's 81 475 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:28,920 and he's even in better shape than she is. Which I'm like, what? He said, he can, he can beat out 476 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:34,440 anyone in this gym and looks better than anyone in this gym. And I said, wait a minute, my husband's 477 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:40,520 right over there. But it was, it was really good because I got to say, listen, I have been wanting 478 00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:49,000 to come and talk to you and just tell you how much I admire you and how I admire your discipline. 479 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:53,560 Because most people don't have that. I mean, it takes a lot of discipline to do what she's doing 480 00:46:53,560 --> 00:47:00,280 for sure. And so then I realized, God, you really were in this, but you were wanting me to get to 481 00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:05,480 her because she was going to do something for me that I needed. And I needed to hear that. 482 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:09,160 I needed to hear that affirmation. Are you an athlete? Yeah. You're on this transformative 483 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:13,560 journey right now. And it's nice when someone says something. Yeah. Because you know, you wonder, 484 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:19,000 okay, nobody. It's creepy when a dude does, but it's nice when someone of the same sex says, 485 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:25,160 you know, I can see you. You're, man, what are you doing? You don't look the same. Yeah. And it was 486 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:34,680 really, it was very flattering, but it was also humbling. And it was just, I'm just so in awe of 487 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:40,840 God and how he wanted me to get something to her so that she could, or get to her so she could get 488 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:46,360 something to me first. And it was amazing. Well, it's an exchange. It's a beautiful exchange. 489 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:50,200 Y'all were encouraging one another, which is what scripture talks about. We should do, 490 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:56,120 we should live that way. And I do have to say, Tina has been complimenting me every time she sees 491 00:47:56,120 --> 00:48:01,640 me. She's like, oh my God. I'm like, you see me all the time. Well, not all every day, but she's 492 00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:05,320 been wonderful. She's beautiful. Our daughter thinks she's a supermodel. I know. And I'm just, 493 00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:10,280 I keep telling her I'm just trying to look like her. She looks like a supermodel. But yesterday, 494 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:17,000 we leave, I have to tell the other story. Okay. The other side. It's a little embarrassing. I know, 495 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:23,560 but for you, but we leave and go straight to Bill Miller's barbecue. It's a new barbecue place. 496 00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:30,200 We can have a pound of brisket. That's right. Not each. We split it. And, which is so weird, 497 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:35,640 we go up to order. We're like, we don't want a sandwich or anything. Can we just have a pound 498 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:41,800 of brisket? She's like, sure. Yeah, this is easy. Do you want it moist? Do you want it? I'm just 499 00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:48,040 like, wow. Okay. So we, we do that. We sit down. We're in our gym clothes. We just came from the 500 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:53,240 gym and you leave to go get some butter. I said, go get some butter, which turned out to be margarine. 501 00:48:53,240 --> 00:48:58,040 And we said, no, no, no, no, no. Thank you. We don't do that stuff. It's poison. But while you're 502 00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:02,120 over there, a gentleman is sitting there with, I didn't know if it was his granddaughter or his 503 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:08,280 daughter, little, little, like four year old, five, five or six year old. And he turns to me and he 504 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:15,560 said, is that your husband? And I said, yes. Like, are you okay? I mean, I was like, kind of scary. 505 00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:22,600 It's kind of an odd question. Like, yes. And he said, he looks amazing. I'm just like, what is 506 00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:31,640 going on, Lord? That's crazy. We're, we've had a really crazy week and we have two people on the same day 507 00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:37,960 compliment us. And he said, he looks amazing. I wish I could look like that. And I know you're 508 00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:43,000 about our age, but man, he just looked, he just wouldn't stop. Well, the shock was when I told him 509 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:48,840 we were 61 and he thought we were about the same age. He's probably younger. He's younger than us. 510 00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:56,680 But we, he turns around when you get there and he asks you questions and you're sharing with him. 511 00:49:56,680 --> 00:50:01,480 And he wanted to know what we were doing. And it was really amazing. But it turned into this really 512 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:06,840 interesting conversation because I sense more was going on. And he even said at one point, he said, 513 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:13,320 you two are really cool people. There's something about y'all. And I always think of that scripture. 514 00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:19,880 It says, they look to him and their faces are radiant. And that's what we endeavor to do. 515 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:25,880 Minding our own business. Eating a bunch of meat. And we were eating a big pile of meat. We were 516 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:30,040 hungry. I've almost gotten to the point where I eat it with my hands. You've turned into a primal carnivore. 517 00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:34,280 Give it to me with my hands. I don't even need it for. You did that the other day. I did. I was like, 518 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:40,200 you're such a Philistine. What can I say? It's so good. But I love it. It's hot. I'm not going to lie. 519 00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:45,080 So anyway, those were two really amazing things. He turned out to be this big entrepreneur guy who's 520 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:50,760 building this new amazing place in town and showing us pictures. And it was his granddaughter. Inviting 521 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:56,200 us to come and inviting us to come. We can't really eat there. But we can, maybe you can modify some 522 00:50:56,200 --> 00:51:02,280 force. We'll do whatever we have to do. Yeah. Make us a bowl of cheese and pepperonis and sausages. 523 00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:07,960 That's about all we can eat there. But it was a God thing. And that was, again, it was that leaking 524 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:15,080 life. It was that faces radiant. And that is, that's our heart. When we, you know, living up in a down 525 00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:20,680 world, the title came from a paper I wrote in college when our teacher said, you can write a 526 00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:26,200 paper, you know, it has to be this long, whatever topic you want. And for some reason, this phrase 527 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:31,960 popped into my mind. I was young, new Christian, excited. I was studying for the ministry. And I 528 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:38,040 was just thinking, I was God minded all the time, God inside minded. And that title popped in. I'm 529 00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:43,480 living up in a down world because I'm a follower of Jesus. So that's what launched that. So that has 530 00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:49,560 stuck with me from college. Wow. Just not exactly yesterday or last year. No, it wasn't. So all those 531 00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:55,160 years ago. And so, but I've never been able to use that title for anything until we started this 532 00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:59,560 podcast. And I felt like the Lord's, this is what we want to help people do because this is what 533 00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:05,240 we're doing. And we could have sat there with a snarl on our face and talked about, you know, 534 00:52:05,240 --> 00:52:11,320 how bad things are. And we, you know, people can sense that kind of stuff too. So it was really 535 00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:17,720 good that we came in, we were energetic. That exchange had just happened with that woman. 536 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:22,520 We, I listened to some good messages because I always, yeah, we were grateful. We were in a 537 00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:29,640 grateful place. Came in and then he was just, it was just, it was amazing. His name was Michael. 538 00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:34,200 Yeah. Oh, you caught his name. Yeah. I don't remember his name. Super cool guy. Yeah. It was very 539 00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:39,880 uplifting. We will go see him again. We'll circle back around as soon as his new restaurant opens in January. 540 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:45,640 We should go the first day. That would be cool. Come to the opening, go, remember us from Bill Miller. 541 00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:53,400 We were eating a pile of meat. It has to be meat. Right. Anyway, that was a beautiful exchange. 542 00:52:53,400 --> 00:53:00,200 Leaky bucket moments. And we're so grateful that we get to do these kinds of things. 543 00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:05,480 Even though we had had a really bad week, even though we were like, eh, you know, just kind of 544 00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:11,880 crawling out from under the rubble of our return, within a very short time, we were able to flip that 545 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:19,320 and be gracious and have gratitude and be thankful and to say, well, you know, this is just temporary. 546 00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:25,160 This will pass. This stuff, we've been in this for a long time, three decades together and me, 547 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:30,760 four decades. You know, we have history in God. We know these things turn. We know these things 548 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:36,280 come kind of in waves and then they go away. And so, you know, we have a perspective of having a 549 00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:40,760 long walk with God, you know, long obedience in one direction, as one writer put it. 550 00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:46,760 And so we know it's going to pass and we'll wake up in a couple of days and go, oh, wow, that wasn't 551 00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:51,800 what it is. And usually what happens, in hindsight, we say things like, that wasn't as big a deal as 552 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:56,760 we made it. Right. Or I wish I hadn't reacted at that. I wish I hadn't gotten so dramatic over that 553 00:53:56,760 --> 00:54:01,800 because it really wasn't that big a deal. Right. And that's the value of experience. And so 554 00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:07,560 we were sort of in that mode that day. It was actually on Monday and we were just in a good 555 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:13,720 place and even coming off of all that. And God brings these two people to just encourage us and 556 00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:17,880 create these beautiful exchanges. But I was still so taxed with everything. I was so tired. I was 557 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:25,240 like, I can't do the show because my mind is mush. Are you in? And you had to work on our Sabbath. 558 00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:29,320 I did. I don't get a Sabbath like you. And it's because we have a board meeting coming up. It's 559 00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:35,160 our annual meeting. So there's a lot to do. I've got a lot on my plate. You do. You do. And so 560 00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:40,280 I was like, no, it's okay. We can wait a day or not even do it this week if we don't have to. 561 00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:45,960 The sun will come up tomorrow. The moon will shine. Isn't that a song? The sun will come up tomorrow. 562 00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:54,520 Okay, let's thank some people. Thanks some folks. Hey, gosh, okay. Let me scroll down here. First 563 00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:59,080 of all, we want you to know the way we do the show, we don't have sponsorships. We don't have 564 00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:06,200 sponsorships. We don't have people sponsoring us to do a podcast. All we have is a lot of encouragement 565 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:12,760 from Adam and Tina Curry, the pod father and the pod couple. But we participate in something called 566 00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:18,520 value for value. And what that is is when, and really this is such a life principle that Adam 567 00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:24,120 really felt like was a God thing that he gave him a few years ago. Value for value is this, is when 568 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:29,240 you see value in what something's doing, it's kind of like when you have a good server at a restaurant 569 00:55:29,240 --> 00:55:34,760 and they're chipper and they're alive and it adds value to your experience. You want to bless them. 570 00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:39,720 You want to pay it forward. And so you give them a good tip. And I call it sometimes giving an 571 00:55:39,720 --> 00:55:44,280 offering instead of a tip, you know, because we want to bless people who are doing something 572 00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:49,480 that's meaningful and it adds value to your life. So if what we're doing on this show is encouraging 573 00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:54,600 you and adding any level of value, we don't get paid to do this. This is something we do out of 574 00:55:54,600 --> 00:56:01,000 love. It's a love thing, but it's nice when people show value. And so we have the opportunity for 575 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:08,200 that on our website. It's called livingupinadownworld.com. Very simple, livingupinadownworld.com. 576 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:13,800 And we have a feature there where you can donate and encourage and help and just show value for 577 00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:19,320 what we're doing if you're getting value. And we want to say thank you for those that are. Karen Young 578 00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:24,120 blessed us with a gift this last week. We love David and Karen. They go to our church. He's an 579 00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:29,640 ER doctor and they're just cool people. And he came up to me on Sunday. Now he's a big boy. He 580 00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:34,680 looks like a linebacker. And when he gives a hug, I mean, I have to brace myself because I know it's 581 00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:40,920 coming strong. ER doc, he's strong, he's intense. And I love David. And he comes up and gives me a 582 00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:46,760 bro hug, you know, and crushes a couple of my ribs. And he said, man, what are you? He said, 583 00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:50,760 because people haven't seen us in two months. So we've had a transformation in two months. 584 00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:57,240 And he's like, dude, what are you doing? He said, I don't even, you look totally different. You're 585 00:56:57,240 --> 00:57:02,680 in great shape. And I said, I looked at him, I said, carnivore. He goes, we need to talk. So we're 586 00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:07,400 going to, we're going to talk. So David and Karen, two of our just precious people from our church. 587 00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:13,560 And so thank you, Karen, for blessing us. Yes, really appreciate it. And then we've got 588 00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:19,000 boostograms that I want to share. I'm going to start at the top with one, believe it or not, 589 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:23,720 Mr. Adam Curry. In fact, you know, no, I kind of like this one. 590 00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:34,360 He's all about keeping the lid down at the house. And so one of the guys watching the show did that 591 00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:39,720 for him. I love that. So he sent me that. So, and it is actually a Straper boost. So I kind of have 592 00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:45,240 to give it a little Straper moment there, but so appreciate, so appreciate him. Let me just give 593 00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:52,280 you the note he said, he says, boosting for my super model keeper. She is 55% of this power couple 594 00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:57,240 because I'm talking about them being a power couple. And I just said, I said, love it. We both married 595 00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:02,680 up my friend and so appreciate Adam. He's just a dear friend looking forward to our bro date. 596 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:08,760 Also the keeper, believe it or not, Tina Curry. She also boosted us. She's mad that I'm not, 597 00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:13,240 but you give enough for both of us now. That's true. That's true. That's true. We back and forth 598 00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:17,720 because we love each other. She quoted me, asked the Lord for wisdom. Fear of the Lord is the 599 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:23,080 beginning of wisdom. So good. Another thought provoking, inspiring podcast. Love you too, 600 00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:27,960 so much. Tina, we love you too much as well. We're praying for your trip and it's going to be a 601 00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:34,920 blessed time. And then it got, oh, this is cool. We did get another Striper donation, Striper Boost 602 00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:41,320 from Sir T.J. The Wrathful. Man, that's a wild handle. He says, thank you for the weekly 603 00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:46,600 encouragement. My brother Ben Dorffle has some worship songs on value for value. I think you 604 00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:53,240 might really like, oh, he gave me a link to this. This is on apparently Adam on Boostagram Ball, 605 00:58:53,240 --> 00:59:00,600 which is a completely value for value based radio internet podcast that Adam has developed 606 00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:06,280 and has put together where people that he plays their songs. And if people are boosting with 607 00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:11,880 Satoshis and Bitcoin, it actually goes to the artists. And so artists who've never been signed 608 00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:18,680 are on a label, which is a joke these years, these days. Music industry is just as broken as anything. 609 00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:24,840 Now they can actually play their songs and be heard and be blessed. And if you like what you're 610 00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:30,200 hearing, you can boost them and send them value for value. And that thing is taken off. So it's 611 00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:35,000 called Boostagram Ball. If you want to check out Adam and his element as a DJ, because that's, 612 00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:39,160 that was what it cut his teeth. How do you get on it? Through Fountain? You can find it on Fountain. 613 00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:44,760 You can just Google Boostagram Ball and it'll take you to the right podcast. There's several 614 00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:51,720 platforms that it's on. And so podcastindex.com, you can look that up and actually find it on there 615 00:59:51,720 --> 00:59:56,680 as well. And then he just, man, there's some great music out there that people never get signed. 616 00:59:56,680 --> 01:00:01,400 There's so much talent that, you know, and maybe some producer will hear them. Exactly. Well, 617 01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:05,720 and it goes not always to be, I think, I think this thing's going to take off. It's going to be 618 01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:11,560 a whole new wave of music in the future. Awesome. So Adam, man, just the entrepreneur he is. So 619 01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:18,200 thank you, Sir Brian, Sir TJ, the raffle. We really appreciate that. Appreciate your boost 620 01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:24,120 and your encouragement. And then Julie Herbert, friend of ours from church. We love Julie. 621 01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:30,840 And I'm proud of her. She's figured out how to do boostograms. That's huge. It is. That's so proud 622 01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:36,680 of her. She says, probably my favorite yet. That was last week's episode number 34. She says, 623 01:00:36,680 --> 01:00:41,960 as Pastor Bobby V, that's Pastor Bobby Vitek at our church here in town, a friend of ours, 624 01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:45,800 Holy Ghost Lutheran. Have you ever heard of a Lutheran church called Holy Ghost? Very different 625 01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:50,120 name. But it is what it is. It's one of our great churches here in our community. He's a great 626 01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:56,360 pastor. And he says, got some good nuggets there. So sweet. But we love our friends and we love you. 627 01:00:56,360 --> 01:01:01,160 Thank you for listening. And Chevy, thank you for being with us today. He's just looking at me like, 628 01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:06,600 I'm having a blast here. Hey, we love you guys again. Go to our website, we love you. We love 629 01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:12,120 you. Go to our website, Living Up in a Down World. Feel free to leave a review. We'd love to hear 630 01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:16,600 from you or if you want to write us and let us know of anything, we would love to hear from you. 631 01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:22,440 So we would encourage you to have a great week, an amazing week on purpose, 632 01:01:22,440 --> 01:01:37,800 and keep living up in a down world. 633 01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:53,240 you