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#312 - Bryce Crawford: One Manager's Radical Encounter with God · Brandon Fogal Evolution

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  Do you as a Christian ever feel like my words won't matter?
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  What I share with someone's not gonna do anything? How could God use it?
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  You know, remember, God is the one who brings the increase. No matter what you
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  do, your fumblings and bumblings, I know I've had my share.
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  So many times in my life, I've tried to share Christ and I could not get out
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  a sentence. As you've probably seen, if you've ever watched any of my videos,
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  I sometimes can't get out a sentence.
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  But God can take the weakest, most terrible, you know, depiction or representation
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  of the gospel, you know, and he can use it for good. He can use it for his purposes.
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  Paul the Apostle, when he was in Corinth, he wrote to the Corinthians,
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  when I was with you, I determined to know nothing else but Jesus Christ and
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  him crucified. And that's what I shared.
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  And he got made fun of because he came with weakness and trembling.
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  And it's just like these other guys who were much more strong.
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  They could, the orators, they could speak so well.
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  And they just made fun of Paul. They said his letters are powerful and bold.
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  But when he's in front of you, he's weak and unimpressive.
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  Paul the Apostle could not get any respect at all.
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  And he always had to defend his apostleship. But I want to share with you what
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  Bryce Crawford, that he shared on the Sean Ryan podcast, which was a powerful message.
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  This is not just off the cuff or just random. He constantly shares Christ.
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  And he was at a restaurant. He started sharing with a waitress,
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  and the waitress got mad. The waitress got mad, but the waitress,
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  what are they going to do? And she goes and tells her manager.
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  Her manager comes over and listen to what happens.
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  If God could do a miracle for you right now, what would that be?
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  Like the hardest thing you're dealing with right now, if God could show up and
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  fix that problem, what would it be?
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  And I don't exactly remember what she had said, but that was really what had softened her heart.
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  And we just prayed for her. I shared
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  the gospel with her. and she was just overwhelmed by this love and she...
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  Gave her life to Jesus and surrendered to Jesus that moment.
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  So the next day I went back to that restaurant.
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  I went back to the restaurant and the two ladies that had gotten mad at me before
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  were at the front counter. Like we're the, we're like the host stand.
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  And they went, oh my gosh, you got to be kidding me. I'm going to get our manager to kick you out.
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  So they go and get the manager, the lady that we had just talked to the day before.
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  And she comes back, Bryce, good to see you. Come over here. Come sit down at the table.
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  And it's just totally like rock to roll i'll
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  never forget that story it was in san antonio well so
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  what's that like though what i mean what what was the what
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  did you say to her that she was like i'm in well you
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  know i think that's the thing we have to recognize like there's no amount of words that
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  you and i could conjure up that's going to make someone intellectually believe
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  in jesus the bible says that we plant seeds and
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  water seeds but god brings the increase so the
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  best thing we can do is represent jesus to the best of our ability and
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  that's why like she genuinely surrendered to
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  christ like wanted to follow jesus and i
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  pray that she's continuing on in the faith i don't like count salvations i like
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  so that's that's exactly the truth and i've come to that point where i think
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  how what am i doing like me sharing the gospel how's that gonna do any any good
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  and i there was a time in my life i was sharing the gospel a lot when i was when i was early
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  Christian and just never got a response, never got like just people making like
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  eyes like, okay, some people would tolerate it, some people would push back, but I never got like.
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  Not never, but rarely did I get like, oh, I think I was like,
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  I was never to the point where I actually said to somebody like,
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  I left it at making a decision.
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  And I think that's the salesman aspect of it. It's like, I know it's not sales,
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  you're not selling Christ, but maybe like, I never brought to someone and said,
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  like, what do you want to do with this?
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  And, like, let them decide, you know? Kind of... And it's not a formula.
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  It's not like... It's...
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  But like, I think there is a benefit, like if you do actually put someone,
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  let them think and not just keep talking and keep talking, but actually draw
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  out of them, what are they going through?
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  And not just talk to someone and talk out someone, but to actually,
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  what, what are you going through?
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  What do you think about all this? And let them speak.
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  And I think that, I mean, there's been times where in my life where I've shared
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  in, I actually saw some guys, I, and I think I was just always too nervous.
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  And eventually I got to the point where I like I I was
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  feeling just always too I was always feeling so guilty like if
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  I don't share with someone I felt guilty and I don't and I couldn't live
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  with that and I and I actually kind of stopped I slow I didn't really just openly
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  out there in front of everybody just start sharing with people and I think that
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  that's the difference because some people have that in them that they have that
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  evangelistic attitude and mindset and really that's honestly what I am at the,
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  at the heart, at the core, I want to,
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  but I think I, I just,
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  I got to the point where I just like, I feel like, I felt like I'm doing more harm than good.
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  You know, I think I'm almost pushing people away, but I think that's a terror.
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  It's a wrong mindset. And I think Bryce Crawford is an example of that.
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  You know, like no matter where you're at, you could share, share the gospel
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  of Christ, whether it's with words or with your actions or just a relationship
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  you're building with someone,
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  but to see like instant where somebody actually, actually turns to Christ because
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  somebody could be going home to, you know, take their own life.
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  You don't know what they're going through. You don't, the person that you're
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  running across, you don't know what word you're going to say that could save their life. And it's.
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  The deeper thing is not just your physical life in this. That's what matters.
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  But like where you're going to spend eternity, that's the much bigger question.
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  And I think if we have that mindset, God will take no matter whatever we do,
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  whatever we, I think behind it is our intention.
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  And that's going to what's going to be rewards for someone in heaven.
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  You know, Jesus said, store up your treasure in heaven, not on earth.
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  And I think your intention, if your intention is to go out there and share the
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  gospel in whatever way, whatever way it is, that God will use that and you will get a reward in heaven.
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  But if, and it's not about you're like, I saw an instant result because it is
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  like with the watering, planting the seed, you know, reaping the harvest,
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  you know, like you never know what, what point in that person's life you're going to come across.
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  So it's just being willing and having the mindset that I'm doing it for Christ.
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  No matter how, however it comes out, I'm doing it for Christ.
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  I want the good of this person I'm in front of, and God will use it.
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  So I think that's just the encouragement that while we're here,
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  if you have that in you, if you have that mindset, not everybody does.
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  But I mean, I don't ever say one person's part in the body of Christ is better than another's.
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  We all complement each other. We're all different parts of the body of Jesus.
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  That's what we're doing when we're here. Not everybody's doing the same thing.
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  Not everybody's the mouth of Jesus. Not everybody is the feet of Jesus.
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  We're all doing our own part. And I think just leaning in, God,
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  lead me whichever way you want to go.
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  And I am willing. I'm a willing vessel to be used.
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  All right, we'll leave it at that. I thought it was a very encouraging story.
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  I'm excited to see what Bryce Crawford is doing.
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  And he's already done, had amazing impact in his ministry so far.
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  But we'll leave it at that. Drop a comment. Let me know what you all think.
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  And have a good Thursday. See y'all.