Latest / WGKM / We Get To Do This - Calm in the Chaos

Transcript

We Get To Do This - Calm in the Chaos · WGKM

• 0:00
  Father, we honor you this morning. What a privilege
• 0:03
  to come to you on this day to declare, thank
• 0:07
  God it's Monday, T -G -I -M. We get to do this.
• 0:11
  Father, we pray for our friends, our listeners,
• 0:14
  this community, the we get to nation, the doers
• 0:18
  of the we get to nation. And Father, also lift
• 0:21
  up the Christ curious among us, Lord. Bless them
• 0:23
  and encourage them. I pray that today we will
• 0:26
  operate with the mind of Christ. and that we
• 0:29
  will bring life and hope and encouragement to
• 0:31
  all who hear. We honor you in it all, in Jesus'
• 0:34
  name, amen. We get to do this, brother. It's
• 1:11
  going to get longer and longer this opening.
• 1:12
  I know, that is very true. First of all, this
• 1:15
  is our first Monday podcast. We're doing it twice
• 1:19
  a week now. We've moved from Wednesday, so on
• 1:21
  Monday and Thursday. Adjust your life accordingly
• 1:25
  because you will have to. That's how it works
• 1:27
  with podcasting. So many great things to talk
• 1:30
  about today, including, I'll just tease it for
• 1:33
  later on, a full breakdown of Cali means on Joe
• 1:38
  Rogan because the clips are out. Everyone's getting
• 1:41
  different messages. Why watch two and a half
• 1:45
  hours of a podcast when you can just have us
• 1:47
  tell you what was on it? The Reader Digest version.
• 1:51
  Speaking of Reader, I just want to read a couple
• 1:53
  emails that came in from the past responses to
• 1:57
  our number 57. Drew Sample says, I tuned into
• 2:02
  the beginning of the show to hear your thoughts
• 2:03
  on the election. First thing I hear you and Pastor
• 2:06
  Jimmy talk about was reading the Bible. I immediately
• 2:08
  stopped and went to our daily readings, and he
• 2:12
  read, rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing,
• 2:16
  and everything gives thanks, 1 Thessalonians
• 2:18
  5, 16 to 18. Tom Emerson, we get to do this post
• 2:22
  -election. Adam, thanks for the post -election
• 2:25
  talk. Perfect. Pastor Jimmy spoke about the daily
• 2:28
  grind. I often see it on X first thing in the
• 2:30
  early morning. It helps me set the tone of the
• 2:33
  day for myself. Coincidence most days, I guess
• 2:35
  their algo noticed. Very nice. Let's see, then
• 2:40
  we had, what is this? Arthur, Arthur 500. Too
• 2:46
  busy to read the news, but I can see headlines
• 2:48
  last night as I prepared cinnamon rolled dough
• 2:51
  for this morning, which is the way you want to
• 2:54
  be listening to WGTDT. It was so enjoyable to
• 2:59
  listen to. Enjoy the work I was doing. Think
• 3:01
  about tomorrow, today, and listen to others who
• 3:04
  felt the same way. I've been reading the King
• 3:06
  James alongside the Hebrew Bible. Who knew it
• 3:09
  was 30 days of Bible readings? The perfect perfect
• 3:13
  timing. Very cool. So this is what we love hearing.
• 3:16
  These comments and emails, you know, when people
• 3:20
  are, you know, literally ready to get all, oh,
• 3:23
  what do we do about this election? And they just
• 3:26
  calmed down. I'm so thankful that we can do that.
• 3:29
  We can provide that for people. Igbok. Yes, it's
• 3:32
  going to be okay. It's going to be okay. You
• 3:33
  know, I've written that so many times that my
• 3:35
  robot is like, as you always say, Igbok. No,
• 3:38
  no, no. That's Pastor Jimmy. Our robots, man.
• 3:41
  They catch on quick, don't they? They do. They
• 3:43
  do. They're quicker than an algo. What do you
• 3:47
  want to do? First of all, I want to welcome people
• 3:50
  to our inaugural Monday broadcast. We've been
• 3:56
  talking for a while about going to two, you know,
• 3:58
  and it's just a timing thing. And really, I mean,
• 4:01
  we just wait for a green light from God. I mean,
• 4:03
  that's it. It's green light, go. And so here
• 4:05
  we are. I got excited this morning when I got
• 4:08
  up. I take my Sabbath on Monday. But to me, this
• 4:11
  is so enjoyable. This isn't work today. I love
• 4:15
  doing this. And so it's a privilege to be with
• 4:18
  our friends now two times a week. You know, we're
• 4:21
  on number 58. It doesn't start racking up pretty
• 4:23
  quick. It's going to go fast. Yeah, it's going
• 4:24
  to go fast. It was nice. You know, I had this
• 4:26
  wonderful, I had something called a weekend.
• 4:30
  Yeah. I haven't had that in a long time. Nineteen
• 4:32
  years. A long time. And, you know, Tina and I
• 4:35
  hung out, we fudged around, you know, like Sunday
• 4:38
  was weird because we were going to go out to
• 4:41
  lunch with you guys after second service. And
• 4:44
  so not only were we not going to the early service,
• 4:47
  there was no show for me. And so, you know, it's
• 4:50
  like, it's like 930. I'm like, this feels wrong.
• 4:53
  Tina's like, yeah, this feels off. This is so,
• 4:56
  something is very wrong about this. But first
• 4:59
  of all, let's just talk about, you know what,
• 5:01
  why don't you do the message, the briefing from
• 5:05
  yesterday, and then we'll talk about what happened
• 5:07
  here at the church over the weekend. Let's let
• 5:09
  them know what a cultural briefing is. So, for
• 5:12
  the last three plus years, I've been doing a
• 5:15
  lot of things on Sunday mornings that not every
• 5:17
  pastor does, but I've been speaking into culture.
• 5:20
  A lot of that has to do with our friendship,
• 5:22
  our growth, our conversations. It's basically
• 5:24
  we get to do this on Sunday morning. Where I'm
• 5:28
  just bringing an update on what's happening in
• 5:31
  the world and what our response should be, hopefully
• 5:35
  it's practical. A while back, I don't remember
• 5:37
  how long it was, I asked you, About writing a
• 5:41
  briefing, you know because I didn't want to take
• 5:43
  the whole service to do this I wanted to give
• 5:45
  something quick that's written so I don't go
• 5:47
  off script like Trump and take 35 minutes Yeah
• 5:52
  45 minutes so you started producing these Briefings
• 5:57
  tell us a little bit about your impetus and why
• 6:00
  you do them the way you do Maybe a little bit
• 6:02
  of how well part of it. I'm not really a writer.
• 6:05
  So it challenges me to really focus and you know,
• 6:10
  the old adage of, if I had more time, I would
• 6:12
  have written you a shorter letter, you know,
• 6:14
  sort of really trying to make things. And we've,
• 6:17
  you know, I've gone off script a couple of these
• 6:19
  like, yeah, that's great, Adam. Thanks. I'm not
• 6:20
  going to use this one, which is okay, by the
• 6:23
  way. You gave me permission from the beginning.
• 6:25
  Of course. It's always hit or miss. And I think
• 6:29
  the last couple ones, I kind of hit a stride
• 6:32
  and all I'm trying to do is with my amateur theology,
• 6:37
  trying to find truth in whatever is happening
• 6:41
  in the world. And my actual skill for the past
• 6:44
  two decades is finding exactly what is spinning
• 6:47
  people up. It's not necessarily something that's
• 6:50
  going to be on the news always, but it's like
• 6:53
  shooting fish in a barrel with the election.
• 6:55
  And now we have this beautiful advantage of doing
• 7:00
  this podcast. And so I often will think, okay,
• 7:05
  what do we talk about as it relates to what's
• 7:08
  going on today? And how can we give that to the
• 7:12
  people in our church? Because generally, we just
• 7:16
  want to make people feel happy and comfortable
• 7:19
  and calm and not spun up about stuff and give
• 7:22
  some maybe some counter narrative to what they're
• 7:27
  reading online. We have so many people who are
• 7:32
  still on Telegram groups and Reddit. I'm like,
• 7:35
  wow, they're the ones I need to help the most.
• 7:38
  So this one actually, and also trying to inject
• 7:43
  a little bit of humor because you and I both
• 7:45
  agree, I think that when you make somebody laugh,
• 7:49
  the information that you're giving them at the
• 7:51
  same time gets in really deep and it bores into
• 7:55
  their brain and it sits there, which I think
• 7:58
  a lot of comedians know, advertisers know this.
• 8:01
  I mean, this is not like some super trick that
• 8:03
  I'm coming up with. And it's really interesting
• 8:08
  because I love seeing you in this case, you know,
• 8:11
  to deliver my writing is like, wow, I wrote that.
• 8:14
  People are laughing. You know, I kind of find
• 8:16
  to understand like writers of sitcoms and like,
• 8:19
  okay, it's working. They're getting the message.
• 8:22
  Yeah, this is good. So that's where it comes
• 8:24
  from. Well, it's been great. And I've noticed
• 8:26
  you're, you're, you're finding your legs with
• 8:28
  it because we started, we were all over and then
• 8:31
  A few weeks ago, I said, write me a brief, brief,
• 8:35
  a really brief brief. Make it short, Curry. And
• 8:38
  you did. And you came back and you really nailed
• 8:40
  it down. So I want to share this today. This
• 8:42
  is the weekly cultural briefing from yesterday.
• 8:45
  And this is what I shared with our church before
• 8:47
  the message, before we do a big prayer for Israel
• 8:50
  and America and revival. So here it is. Last
• 8:53
  Sunday, we talked about the blackout, 90 days
• 8:56
  without power, chaos in the streets by the blackout
• 9:00
  special. Wednesday morning, I checked. My lights
• 9:03
  were still on. No riots. Just a lot of people
• 9:06
  rattling their keyboards. Somewhere in Gillespie
• 9:09
  County, a windup radio is very disappointed.
• 9:12
  The election did not go the way many of us hoped.
• 9:15
  Texas has a Democrat governor for the first time
• 9:17
  since Ann Richards. And by breakfast, the internet
• 9:20
  had announced the end of the world as we know
• 9:22
  it. It is not. Congress doesn't run the country.
• 9:26
  We still have three branches of government. The
• 9:29
  president, still has the border and he still
• 9:31
  has the veto pen. Nobody has to fly a new flag
• 9:35
  off the back of their F -250. Here at home, Gillespie
• 9:38
  County did its part. About three out of four
• 9:41
  voted red and two out of three registered voters
• 9:44
  showed up. If every county did its job in its
• 9:47
  own corner, we would see very different outcomes.
• 9:51
  Daniel 221 says, he removes kings and sets up
• 9:55
  other kings. Seasons change. God doesn't. So
• 9:59
  what now? 1 Timothy 2 says to pray for kings
• 10:03
  and all who are in authority, not just red, not
• 10:06
  just blue, all of them. Yes, the new governor
• 10:10
  too, especially the new governor. Last week,
• 10:13
  we fixed a heart. We fixed our hearts. This week,
• 10:16
  a fixed mind. Isaiah 26 3, you will keep in perfect
• 10:21
  peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts
• 10:24
  are fixed on you. The depth of your trust determines
• 10:27
  the depth of your peace. So pray for Texas, pray
• 10:31
  for our country, step away from the reply button,
• 10:34
  and bring out the book. That's this week's Weekly
• 10:36
  Brief. Amen. Brother, you crushed it. I love
• 10:40
  the little sigh of relief when you read the line
• 10:43
  about the, you don't have to fly a new flag off
• 10:45
  your F -250. I literally heard guys go, oh yeah.
• 10:49
  You could feel the room. I love that. This is
• 10:52
  so helpful. You know, I want to continue to speak
• 10:55
  into culture on Sunday mornings, but I don't
• 10:57
  want to take the whole sermon and do it or take
• 10:59
  too much time. And I feel like we've found something
• 11:02
  that works for our people. I constantly get responses
• 11:05
  from this and people come in and say, man, I
• 11:08
  love those weekly briefings. Thank you. Those
• 11:09
  are helpful. So, man, brother, well done. It's
• 11:14
  a partnership, right? Yes, it is. And it's a
• 11:16
  pleasure and a privilege. You know, just on that
• 11:19
  for a second, this really only popped up just
• 11:21
  before I left the house because we're in Bridge
• 11:23
  Church, Fredericksburg Studios, which is just
• 11:26
  the nicest studios I've ever been in, especially
• 11:29
  that nice air conditioning that kind of wafts
• 11:32
  down. Yeah, I love it. James Tallarico wasn't
• 11:36
  the only Christian on the ballot or Democrat
• 11:40
  who won. There were a number of other ones. And
• 11:43
  it's just because I found this clip as I was
• 11:46
  going through prep. And there's a couple others
• 11:49
  that also won. And I have a couple of questions
• 11:52
  because I think a lot of people do. And it's
• 11:55
  both. Well, let me play this clip and then we'll
• 11:56
  talk about it. Among the Democrats who won House
• 11:59
  and Senate seats, a surprising number of clergy
• 12:02
  and clergy in training. In some cases, they flipped
• 12:05
  seats from red to blue, as NPR's Jason DeRose
• 12:08
  reports. In recent decades, Republicans have
• 12:11
  often seemed more comfortable talking about religion,
• 12:13
  but this midterm election year was different.
• 12:15
  Heading to the U .S. Senate, Adam Hamilton is
• 12:18
  a pastor of a large United Methodist congregation
• 12:20
  in Kansas and Texas State Representative James
• 12:23
  Tallarico, who's also a Presbyterian seminarian.
• 12:26
  Heading to the U .S. House, there's Frederick
• 12:28
  Haynes, pastor of a 13 ,000 -member Baptist church
• 12:31
  in the Dallas area. Saratrone Garriott is a state
• 12:35
  senator from the Des Moines area in Iowa and
• 12:37
  a Lutheran pastor. Also in Iowa, Congresswoman
• 12:40
  -elect Lindsey James is a Presbyterian chaplain
• 12:43
  from Dubuque and a state house representative.
• 12:46
  So that's a lot more than I knew about. That's
• 12:48
  pretty interesting. And so these are Democrats.
• 12:51
  So the first thing is... Not all of them. Which
• 12:53
  one is it? The one from the Baptist Church, I
• 12:56
  believe. Yeah, I think you're right. I think
• 12:58
  you're right. I may be wrong on that, but there's
• 13:00
  a 13 ,000 member Baptist Church in Dallas, but
• 13:03
  he may be Democrat. Well, I looked all of them
• 13:06
  up. Not a lot of Baptist Democrats, I'm just
• 13:08
  saying. That's why it would be a little unusual.
• 13:10
  The first thing is, it can totally happen that
• 13:16
  we have a pastor or someone of clergy who is
• 13:21
  a Democrat who runs and who wins, who may be
• 13:26
  completely theologically and biblically aligned
• 13:29
  with us. I just wanted to throw that out there
• 13:32
  because It's not red or blue. The Bible is the
• 13:36
  Bible. And I'm kind of waiting to see what these
• 13:41
  people's positions are. But it is entirely...
• 13:46
  You know that Archie Bunker was actually supposed
• 13:48
  to portray a Democrat. Really? Yes. In fact,
• 13:53
  it was that actual series that kind of transformed
• 13:56
  that kind of blue collar, working guy. to be
• 14:01
  positioned as a Republican, but he was always
• 14:04
  meant to be written as a Democrat. Wow. Yeah,
• 14:06
  I can imagine because of the writers. Well, and
• 14:08
  the Democrats used to be for the working man,
• 14:11
  you know, and that changed. So then the next
• 14:14
  question is, like James Tallerica, I don't think
• 14:18
  you and I have any... argument, the guy clearly
• 14:21
  is speaking with forked tongue over the Gospels
• 14:24
  and the truth of the Bible, although he's taking
• 14:27
  some of them back, but yeah, okay. We see what
• 14:31
  he's doing from the pulpit. So then you get Adam
• 14:34
  Hamilton, United Methodist Church of Resurrection
• 14:37
  in Kansas. He's been elected to US Senate. He
• 14:41
  has written a book making sense of the Bible
• 14:44
  and He says his views on same -sex marriage changed
• 14:48
  slowly as he came to know gay members of the
• 14:51
  church. And now this is how it's written, right?
• 14:55
  So there's all kinds of nuances. The church now
• 14:58
  has an LGBTQ inclusive ministry. I'm not quite
• 15:01
  sure what that means, but maybe we should just
• 15:04
  make clear that I'm sure there's gay people in
• 15:08
  our church, whether we know it or not. But it's
• 15:12
  not like they're not welcome. So the question
• 15:15
  is inclusivity. At what point is it a bigger
• 15:23
  sin than other sins? And this is a tough question,
• 15:26
  I realize. And I don't think you can condone
• 15:29
  any of the sins. Well, you're an adulterer, it's
• 15:32
  okay. So I get that. But I think we have to be
• 15:37
  careful with sometimes how the media pigeonholes
• 15:39
  these pastors and ministers. And I'm just saying,
• 15:46
  I think we need to evaluate everybody on a case
• 15:49
  -by -case basis and not necessarily what someone
• 15:52
  else says of them. I think that's a good way
• 15:53
  to say that. I think that's good to say a case
• 15:55
  -by -case basis and see what their politics,
• 15:58
  how that rolls out. That'll be public record,
• 16:01
  we'll see. But also even what's public record
• 16:04
  is their theological stance. And typically, I'm
• 16:08
  just going to say typically, people who come
• 16:11
  from a more progressive background, like, you
• 16:14
  know, United Methodist Church has really gone
• 16:16
  that way. In fact, they've had a major split
• 16:20
  in the denomination, and now they've got the
• 16:23
  global Methodist, you know, which is a whole
• 16:25
  more conservative, and they take a more conservative,
• 16:28
  traditional approach to Scripture. So, Talarico,
• 16:32
  very extreme, very, very progressive. Straight
• 16:36
  up, no, he's Presbyterian. He's going to seminary
• 16:39
  right now. Wow. Now, he's going to Washington.
• 16:43
  Isn't that going to be true? Yeah, seminary's
• 16:46
  out for a while for him. Each of these will rise
• 16:50
  and stand on their own merits. At the end of
• 16:53
  the day, we will all stand before the throne
• 16:55
  of God. We will all be giving an account for
• 16:59
  how we handled the Word of God, how we handled
• 17:02
  the Scriptures. For example, a dear friend of
• 17:07
  mine, Rick McClure, will be preaching in our
• 17:09
  church next Sunday. He is a board member. Does
• 17:12
  he need a briefing? I might give a briefing.
• 17:16
  He just got reelected for the State House of
• 17:20
  Representatives in Arkansas, and he won again
• 17:22
  for, I think, second or third time. So he's in
• 17:25
  the pocket there. He's very involved with conservatives,
• 17:29
  Republican, very involved with conservative men
• 17:33
  and women of God who love the Lord that are serving.
• 17:36
  And I see this, even though I may not agree with
• 17:40
  a lot of the things from the progressive, well,
• 17:42
  nothing from the progressive, whether it's theological
• 17:45
  or political, I am glad that we live in a country
• 17:49
  where ministers can serve their country in whatever
• 17:56
  lane they tend to run in. But that's a right,
• 17:58
  that's a freedom that we have, and it really
• 18:02
  harkens back to the founding fathers. Many of
• 18:05
  them were deacons, many of them were elders,
• 18:07
  several of them were pastors who founded our
• 18:11
  nation, who even led the American Revolution.
• 18:14
  Those sermons that were preached actually fueled
• 18:19
  the flames of both the First Great Awakening
• 18:22
  and the American Revolution. and so ministers
• 18:26
  have always been involved in the political arena.
• 18:29
  It depends on who you're listening to and who's
• 18:32
  barking the loudest. Separation of church and
• 18:35
  state, which is not in the Constitution or the
• 18:38
  Declaration of Independence. No one has the separation
• 18:40
  clause. Oh my gosh. For some reason. That was
• 18:42
  a handwritten letter from Jefferson to a handful
• 18:45
  of people, and it was opposite in its meaning.
• 18:49
  So we know that. So it's going to be interesting.
• 18:51
  I can't make a judgment on these guys other than
• 18:53
  what I know. And the only one I know because
• 18:56
  it's been so public is Tallarico. And it's not
• 19:00
  even from documents, it's from video of him literally
• 19:02
  saying these things. Now look at it from the
• 19:05
  opposite direction. Everyone's all very concerned
• 19:08
  about Muslims. There's also a possible danger
• 19:12
  that extreme progressivism is now seeping into
• 19:16
  church and people are getting some odd theology
• 19:21
  preach to them. No doubt. And these, some of
• 19:23
  these churches are not small. True. You know,
• 19:26
  so I think we have to be wary of that as well.
• 19:29
  Not that, you know, I don't think you and I can
• 19:31
  do anything about it, but that could, you know,
• 19:34
  just like the separation of church and state,
• 19:36
  you know, it's so prevalent that people believe
• 19:38
  that amongst clergy as well. And the Scripture
• 19:43
  says that there's a great delusion right now
• 19:45
  and that right is wrong, wrong is right. They've
• 19:48
  given over to their passions. I mean, that's
• 19:50
  in the church and that's in the world. So, none
• 19:53
  of this is surprising as we move towards what
• 19:57
  I like to call the last of the last days, however
• 20:00
  long that is. I won't make a judgment on that.
• 20:02
  I just know we're closer than we were last week.
• 20:06
  But we are seeing things ramp up. we're seeing
• 20:10
  things heat up, spin up in terms of the theological
• 20:15
  timetable, the eschatological timeline. It feels
• 20:19
  like, it seems like, and Scripture makes clear
• 20:23
  that there will be many who fall away. There
• 20:26
  will be many who fall away. And then Jesus comes
• 20:29
  in and says, Hey, Narrow is the road. He says
• 20:32
  broad is the way that leads to destruction. Narrow
• 20:36
  is the road that leads to life, and few are those
• 20:38
  who find it. So just because there are churches
• 20:42
  and theologians and pastors doing things in the
• 20:47
  world, it doesn't mean they're necessarily on
• 20:51
  track with Scripture as we know it. And that's
• 20:54
  what's scary about some of this. I'm not surprised.
• 20:57
  None of this surprises me. None of this should
• 20:59
  take us off guard. If we read our scriptures,
• 21:02
  we know these things are coming. And now it's
• 21:05
  kind of, to be honest, I'm not worried about
• 21:07
  it. I'm excited about it. It's funny, because
• 21:10
  I think I posted, is that Thessalonians about
• 21:14
  the great delusion? Yes, it is. Second Thessalonians.
• 21:17
  Yeah, and I posted that on X. Did you? Just as
• 21:20
  a separate scripture, no context. Oh, wow. A
• 21:24
  lot of people are like, yeah, right, I see it.
• 21:27
  But a lot of people went, well, yeah, that's
• 21:29
  Trump. I'm like, yeah, I guess you could look
• 21:32
  at it that way. I mean, who knows? Right, exactly.
• 21:34
  We don't know. A great delusion, yeah. And actually,
• 21:38
  that's not in, maybe in Romans. I'm excited about
• 21:43
  Rick McClure coming to speak though. He's been
• 21:46
  a pastor for many, many years. And then about
• 21:49
  six or seven years ago, he stepped in. And I
• 21:52
  jokingly called him because he's like a mayor.
• 21:54
  He always acts like a mayor. He's always been
• 21:56
  that way. I've known him for 30 years. And I
• 21:58
  wrote him one day and said, hey, are you the
• 22:00
  mayor of Malvern, Arkansas? Yeah, that's where
• 22:03
  he lives in Malvern. And he said, no, but I'm
• 22:05
  running for Congress. I'm like, what? Yeah, I'm
• 22:08
  running for state representative in my district.
• 22:10
  I said, man, that's awesome. And sure enough,
• 22:13
  he did and he won. He's serving and he's doing
• 22:16
  a phenomenal job. 2 Thessalonians 2 .11, therefore
• 22:21
  God sends them a strong delusion so that they
• 22:25
  may believe what is false in order that all may
• 22:28
  be condemned who did not believe the truth but
• 22:31
  had pleasure and unrighteousness. The freaky
• 22:34
  thing about that verse is it says, God sends
• 22:36
  them a strong delusion. Right. God sends it to
• 22:38
  them. But what it was, he's giving them what
• 22:41
  they asked for, which was judgment because of
• 22:43
  their rebellion. And this was actually in Well,
• 22:47
  that's exactly... Stop right there. Everybody
• 22:49
  wants judgment. Wow. Okay. Well, we may not say
• 22:55
  it with our mouth, but we demonstrate it with
• 22:57
  our behavior. You know, I love... Psalm 24 talks
• 23:02
  about, who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Those
• 23:06
  who have clean hands and a pure heart, and they
• 23:09
  don't lift their soul to false idols. And I've
• 23:13
  been swimming in this water for a while. The
• 23:15
  Lord's kind of led me down that track of what
• 23:18
  does it mean to have clean hands and a pure heart?
• 23:21
  Because I'm praying for revival. I'm praying
• 23:24
  for spiritual awakening. And by the way, I mean,
• 23:27
  revival doesn't come. A great awakening doesn't
• 23:30
  come without a rude awakening. I'm praying that
• 23:34
  all this stuff that's going on in the world,
• 23:36
  I'm excited. I'm not depressed. I'm not nervous.
• 23:39
  I'm not scared. I have no fear whatsoever. That'll
• 23:43
  never get to the top of the iTunes podcast charts.
• 23:46
  No, it will not. We've got to put more fear and
• 23:48
  scariness in there. I know. I need to go more
• 23:50
  AI on my cover art. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. This dystopian
• 23:56
  future that we're heading towards. I just refuse
• 23:59
  to believe that. I believe there is a great awakening.
• 24:02
  being birthed right now in America and across
• 24:05
  the globe. And the worse it gets, man, the scripture
• 24:08
  says it, we're sin abounds, grace abounds, all
• 24:12
  the more. That is so prevalent in our church
• 24:15
  right here in Fredericksburg. Just talk about
• 24:17
  what happened this weekend. Well, okay, so this
• 24:22
  weekend we had our quarterly men's breakfast,
• 24:26
  and this thing's been gaining momentum. We're
• 24:28
  seeing We're seeing men who drive F -250 trucks,
• 24:32
  four -wheel drives. I mean, these are men's men.
• 24:35
  The best thing about this weekend, and everyone
• 24:38
  was talking about it. Hey, man. Excuse me. Hey,
• 24:42
  man. Thanks for coming. I know it's opening weekend.
• 24:45
  I'm like... Is the football season starting?
• 24:48
  I'm trying to figure out what opening weekend
• 24:50
  is. I didn't figure out until much later. This
• 24:52
  is the Texas Hill Country. It's the hunting season.
• 24:55
  Deer season open on Saturday morning. No, baseball's
• 24:59
  done. There was concern that we may have a small
• 25:02
  group. It was like 134 people showed up, filled
• 25:06
  the place up, and this is why we're building
• 25:08
  a bigger building back here. We had Mickey Echols
• 25:11
  who wrote a great book on manhood. downloaded
• 25:16
  it this morning. It's called Not Your Average
• 25:20
  Guy. It's about how to be a godly man, how to
• 25:24
  live a life led by the Spirit, how to lead your
• 25:28
  home led by the Spirit. He gave a great word.
• 25:32
  It was fantastic. We had worshiped to see 134
• 25:36
  men worshiping together and see all men leading
• 25:39
  them in worship. It was so amazing. The Spirit
• 25:44
  in that Kit Patterson did a phenomenal job presenting
• 25:49
  communion. I tell him, I said, this is one of
• 25:50
  my favorite communion messages I've ever heard.
• 25:53
  I just really built them up yesterday. And then
• 25:56
  he had a word for me, of course, that's Kit.
• 25:58
  But that happened. And then that was that we
• 26:02
  ended about 1030. And then at 11, we had a celebration
• 26:06
  of life service, a memorial service for John
• 26:10
  Bennett. his wife, Kathy, here. He's such an
• 26:13
  amazing guy. He was a celebrated sculptor artist.
• 26:17
  I'll put some links in the show. Oh, he's the
• 26:19
  real deal. They got stuff in Washington, in the
• 26:22
  White House, and he's just an auto -didact, self
• 26:26
  -taught sculptor. I mean, literally. gift from
• 26:30
  God, this guy's talent. Amazing guy. At 74 years
• 26:34
  of age, he was riding his Indian scout motorcycle
• 26:37
  and a guy hit him from behind. He was stopped
• 26:40
  to turn and the dude was on his phone and hit
• 26:42
  him and took him out. It's terrible. 74 years
• 26:46
  old, and he was headed to get his airplane out
• 26:49
  of the hangar. He's taking flying lessons. And
• 26:51
  what kind of plane is that? I think it was a
• 26:53
  172, but a tail -drager. Tail -drager. Explain
• 26:56
  that to me, because that's apparently a little
• 26:58
  difficult. Yeah, tail -dragers. So a tail -drager
• 27:02
  has... two landing gear in the front and a very
• 27:05
  tiny little wheel in the back, which is great
• 27:07
  for, you know, turning around really quickly
• 27:09
  on the ground. But it's also very squirrely when
• 27:14
  you're taking off or landing, which is why these
• 27:16
  days we have, you know, the three point with
• 27:18
  the nose and the main landing gear. So a tail
• 27:21
  dragger is usually seen as, you know, you're
• 27:24
  pretty good at flying. That's what he wanted
• 27:27
  to learn to fly. Yeah. So he and his brother
• 27:29
  together, both in their seventies, bought one.
• 27:32
  and we're taking lessons together and flying.
• 27:36
  So he ran through the tape, finished strong.
• 27:38
  Well, the church was packed. Oh, it was P300
• 27:42
  plus. All over our community, people from our
• 27:44
  church. Four of their family got up and told
• 27:47
  stories. We laughed, we cried. It was beautiful.
• 27:51
  Tommy Hayes brought a great encouragement to
• 27:54
  kick the thing off. And then I brought a word
• 27:56
  and it really wasn't a message. It was more just
• 27:58
  my heart. sharing about this amazing man. And
• 28:02
  then I shared a gospel presentation because I
• 28:05
  know he would haunt me if I didn't. So he loved
• 28:07
  the Lord and I knew he wanted me to bring the
• 28:10
  gospel. That was a celebration. I mean, a celebration
• 28:14
  of life, a life well lived, one whose faith is
• 28:18
  now sight. So that was, I mean, we had church
• 28:21
  already that morning. I walked out like, this
• 28:24
  was amazing. Then that night we had a volunteer
• 28:29
  appreciation dinner out in our garden area with
• 28:32
  a beautiful garden area. It was professionally
• 28:34
  done by people in our church and it's just stunning.
• 28:38
  They did a candlelight meal out there, catered
• 28:42
  meal, and celebrated. 60 people showed up to
• 28:45
  that. That's great. We had hundreds of people
• 28:48
  on this campus on Saturday. Then on Sunday, we
• 28:51
  all come back, blurry -eyed, tired, bags under
• 28:54
  our eyes, and so thankful that we get to do this,
• 28:58
  two services again. Man, God lit the place up.
• 29:02
  We're sensing. When I lived in Southern California,
• 29:06
  I never was a surfer, but I loved boogie boarding
• 29:08
  and body surfing. I got pretty good at reading
• 29:12
  the sets as they came in. You watch the rollers
• 29:17
  and you can see the big one coming. and they
• 29:20
  come in patterns typically. I'm seeing that right
• 29:24
  now in what God is doing around here. The rollers
• 29:28
  have been coming, but the big one is coming.
• 29:30
  There's a big wave coming, and we're going to
• 29:33
  catch it. We're due for one. Every 50 years,
• 29:38
  there is a revival in America. There's an awakening
• 29:41
  of some kind, and that's now, and it's happening.
• 29:45
  With the so the last one being the Jesus revolution
• 29:48
  would you say okay? Yeah, you played a clip which
• 29:51
  we actually brought for today's podcast of John
• 29:55
  Piper Mm -hmm. You got to set that up because
• 29:57
  yeah now I've seen Versions this is what I liked
• 30:00
  about it because you actually played the video
• 30:01
  in the to the video quality was Poor, but the
• 30:05
  audio was extremely good, and I have only seen
• 30:09
  shorter versions of this with not the great audio
• 30:13
  that you had. So even if you've heard this before,
• 30:18
  just listening to it in context, the full five
• 30:21
  minutes, whatever it is, is so, and this is like
• 30:25
  not even that long ago. I know, 2000. Yeah. So
• 30:29
  what happened was Louis Giglio was a youth pastor,
• 30:31
  youth evangelist. Hey, isn't he from the neighborhood?
• 30:34
  Louis Giglio. I know Louis Giglio. Totally sounds
• 30:38
  like that. Great guys, wife Shelly. They've been
• 30:41
  just in ministry together for years. He just
• 30:44
  had such a heart for the next generation. And
• 30:46
  so he was on an airplane flying. He had just
• 30:49
  lost his position and he was like, what are we
• 30:52
  going to do now? They're trying to figure out
• 30:53
  what's next. He's on an airplane coming from
• 30:56
  a conference. I think he'd spoke at, and he just
• 30:59
  had this glimpse, like a vision just in his mind,
• 31:03
  sanctified imagination. And he saw thousands
• 31:06
  and thousands of students and young people on
• 31:10
  the side of a hill, a grassy hill and a sort
• 31:13
  of a rudimentary stage at one end. And they were
• 31:16
  worshiping God. They were seeking God. And he
• 31:19
  was just moved by this. And he said it so blew
• 31:22
  him away. He didn't even tell Shelley for two
• 31:24
  weeks. So he was like, I don't know what to do
• 31:27
  with this. I mean, right now is the worst time
• 31:29
  for me to even try to do something like this.
• 31:31
  I got to find a job. I mean, I don't know what
• 31:33
  I'm going to do. And it would not go away. He
• 31:36
  shared it with his wife and she's like, then
• 31:38
  why are you telling me about it? We need to do
• 31:40
  this, whatever it means. And he said, I believe
• 31:44
  we're supposed to read the whole Bible first
• 31:47
  before we do anything. And they kind of figured
• 31:51
  out how long that would take. And it's about
• 31:53
  three days if you go 24 hours. So they actually
• 31:58
  set up, they found this grassy hill just outside
• 32:01
  of Memphis, Tennessee. They got the word out
• 32:04
  and they intentionally didn't announce who was
• 32:07
  leading worship. It's just come to this event.
• 32:09
  It's called One Day, but we're going to be there
• 32:12
  three days ahead of time. We barely had the internet
• 32:15
  at this point. Oh, barely, yeah. We're still
• 32:17
  using Mosaic browsers and Netscape. Yeah, very,
• 32:20
  very basic. And he was very connected because
• 32:23
  he's a pretty well -known guy. So he was reaching
• 32:26
  out to all of his friends who were youth pastors
• 32:28
  and pastors saying, I just feel like we're supposed
• 32:30
  to gather young people on this grassy hill and
• 32:34
  go after God and read the Bible in Ezra fashion.
• 32:38
  So Ezra was in the book of Nehemiah, and Ezra
• 32:41
  was a priest. In Nehemiah, they found the scrolls.
• 32:44
  They found the Bible when they went back to rebuild
• 32:46
  the walls of Jerusalem. This is the bring out
• 32:48
  the book part? It is the bring out the book part.
• 32:51
  That story so inspired Louis and he said, we
• 32:54
  need to just do that. We need to read the book,
• 32:56
  get out the scrolls, bring out the book. So they
• 32:59
  did that. They commissioned young people and
• 33:01
  different people to read for three days straight,
• 33:03
  24 hours. Had no idea how many would come. Nobody
• 33:07
  bought tickets. They didn't know who would show
• 33:10
  up. They rented gear. They secured worship leaders,
• 33:15
  you know, little people like Chris Tomlin, Christine
• 33:17
  Auckels, Crowder. This was all 2000, so they
• 33:21
  were kind of unknown. They were all just getting
• 33:24
  going. And so he puts all this together. He commissions
• 33:28
  speakers. Well, one of the guys he felt like
• 33:31
  he needed to reach out to was a guy named John
• 33:33
  Piper, who at that time was not very well known.
• 33:36
  Wasn't a big church. He'd written a couple of
• 33:38
  books. He pretty heady, pretty sharp, you know,
• 33:40
  smart. pretty nerdy, didn't really fit like a
• 33:44
  college kind of gathering. And Louie just felt
• 33:48
  like I got to call him. I got to reach out. So
• 33:50
  he did. And John turned him down through his
• 33:53
  secretary, turned him down and said, man, every
• 33:56
  year this is on, and they did it leading up to
• 33:58
  New Year's Eve, New Year's Day. And he said,
• 34:02
  that's why it's called one day, day one, one
• 34:04
  day. He turns him down and says, I can't come.
• 34:11
  We do a thing on New Year's Day every year. This
• 34:13
  is a tradition with my church. And a few hours
• 34:17
  later, he calls him back and he said, I will
• 34:20
  be there. I've got it. I'm supposed to be there.
• 34:24
  God spoke to me. I'm supposed to be there. He
• 34:26
  shows up. They've got speakers going. They read
• 34:29
  the scripture for three days. Kids start showing
• 34:32
  up, young people with tents and sleeping bags.
• 34:35
  It turns into a Woodstock moment where they're
• 34:37
  just coming and they're camping out on the grounds
• 34:40
  and they're just worshiping and they're listening
• 34:43
  to the reading of the Word and they're praying
• 34:45
  and all these students are coming together. First
• 34:47
  about a hundred show up and then a thousand show
• 34:50
  up. and then thousands show up, somewhere around
• 34:53
  30 ,000. They're all sitting on the grass. They're
• 34:56
  taking notes. They're listening intently. You
• 34:59
  saw the video. They're just sitting cross -legged
• 35:02
  on the ground, rotting in their journals and
• 35:05
  reading their Bibles. They read the scripture.
• 35:08
  This thing grows. It gets legs. They built a
• 35:12
  little tower for that, and then they had a stage,
• 35:14
  not even a big stage, had a little LED screen
• 35:17
  behind them. they just fire up the worship and
• 35:20
  God shows up. Supernatural. He shows up because
• 35:26
  He showed up, not because anybody did anything.
• 35:29
  And they didn't announce the speakers, didn't
• 35:31
  make a big thing out of it. They just worshiped.
• 35:33
  And then when it was John Piper's turn to come
• 35:37
  up and speak, it was like... Who's this guy?
• 35:41
  He's in khaki pants and a button -down shirt
• 35:44
  and got the big 90s glasses on. Almost as out
• 35:47
  of place as Jimi Hendrix was initially at Woodstock.
• 35:50
  No one knew what this guy was doing until he
• 35:53
  set his guitar on fire. Exactly. They're like,
• 35:56
  what just happened? Exactly. Texas Jam that I
• 36:03
  was in. They were like, Van Halen? They just
• 36:06
  released their first album. And he had to use
• 36:10
  borrowed gear because there's got something delayed
• 36:13
  or lost or stolen or something. So they were
• 36:15
  playing borrowed gear. It was incredible that
• 36:18
  I was there. So anyway, he starts speaking. He
• 36:22
  starts speaking this message and the spirit of
• 36:25
  God falls on this place. And this is what you're
• 36:27
  about to hear in the middle of this message as
• 36:29
  he's addressing 30 ,000 young people. There are
• 36:32
  hundreds of you in this crowd who do not want
• 36:36
  your life to make a difference. All you want
• 36:45
  is to be liked. Maybe finish school, get a good
• 36:59
  job, find a husband or a wife, a nice house,
• 37:06
  a nice car, long weekends, good vacations, grow
• 37:12
  old healthy. Have a fun retirement, die easy,
• 37:18
  no hell, and that's all you want. You don't give
• 37:24
  a rip whether your life counts on this earth
• 37:28
  for eternity. That's a tragedy in the making.
• 37:35
  That is a tragedy in the making. About three
• 37:38
  weeks ago, we got news at our church that Ruby
• 37:45
  Eliason and Laura Edwards were killed in Cameroon.
• 37:56
  Ruby Eliason, over 80, single, all her life,
• 38:06
  a nurse, poured her life out for one thing, to
• 38:13
  make Jesus Christ known among the sick and the
• 38:18
  poor in the hardest and most unreached places.
• 38:23
  Laura Edwards, a medical doctor in the Twin Cities
• 38:27
  and then in retirement, partnering up with Ruby.
• 38:33
  also pushing 80 and going from village to village
• 38:38
  in Cameroon and the brakes give way over a cliff
• 38:45
  they go and they're dead instantly and I asked
• 38:49
  my people is this a tragedy two women in their
• 39:03
  80s almost a whole life devoted to one idea Jesus
• 39:11
  Christ magnified among the poor and the sick
• 39:16
  in the hardest places and 20 years after most
• 39:24
  of their American counterparts had begun to throw
• 39:29
  their lives away on trivialities in Florida and
• 39:32
  New Mexico fly into eternity with a death in
• 39:36
  a moment. Is this a tragedy? I asked. It is not
• 39:43
  a tragedy. I'll read you what a tragedy is. I've
• 39:47
  got a little article here from Reader's Digest.
• 39:52
  You don't read Reader's Digest, I know that.
• 39:56
  But there is a generation who does. This is a
• 40:03
  tragedy. Title of the article, Start Now, Retire
• 40:09
  Early, February 1998. Bob and Penny took early
• 40:17
  retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five
• 40:21
  years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now
• 40:27
  they live in Punta Gorda, Florida, where they
• 40:31
  cruise on their 30 -foot trawler, play softball,
• 40:37
  and collect shells. That's a tragedy. That's
• 40:49
  a tragedy. And there are people in this country
• 40:52
  that are spending billions of dollars to get
• 40:55
  you to buy it. And I get 40 minutes to plead
• 41:02
  with you Don't buy it. With all my heart, I plead
• 41:08
  with you, don't buy that dream, the American
• 41:15
  dream, a nice house, a nice car, a nice job,
• 41:22
  a nice family, a nice retirement, collecting
• 41:27
  shells. As the last chapter, before you stand
• 41:34
  before the creator of the universe, to give an
• 41:37
  account with what you did. Here it is, Lord,
• 41:42
  my shell collection. Look, Lord, my shell collection.
• 41:50
  And I've got a good swing. And look at my boat.
• 41:58
  God, look at my boat, God. Well, not for Ruby
• 42:07
  and not for Laura. Don't waste your life. Don't
• 42:14
  waste it in this day and age where everybody
• 42:19
  wants a quick Instagram reel a little dopamine
• 42:24
  hit from Facebook or X or whatever I hope people
• 42:28
  took the moment just to let that sink in and
• 42:31
  this is this is what motivates me. It's like
• 42:33
  I'm 62 three years older than than the dude who's
• 42:38
  retiring to collect shells. And like, yeah, what
• 42:42
  really matters? What really matters? And what
• 42:45
  a delusion we've been sold. No kidding. And I
• 42:48
  see you, Adam. This is what I love about you.
• 42:50
  It's one of the reasons why we click is that
• 42:52
  we both have, we don't, our word is not in our
• 42:56
  vocabulary. This retirement thing, this idea
• 42:59
  of retiring, and I'm okay with people retiring
• 43:02
  from it. a job or a career. Actually, Steve Harvey
• 43:08
  said this. He said, your job and your career
• 43:11
  is what you get paid for. Your calling is what
• 43:14
  you were made for. There it is. I love the fact
• 43:18
  that you are driven by calling. You're driven
• 43:21
  by purpose. It is the purpose -driven life. I
• 43:25
  told a story about Miss Charlene Gish, 89 years
• 43:29
  old, shook her bony finger in my face in 2016,
• 43:33
  the day I stepped into this church for the first
• 43:35
  time. And she said, I'm going home to see Papa.
• 43:40
  She had one foot in the grave. She was ready
• 43:43
  to go. She was ready to die at 89 years of age.
• 43:46
  And just in a weird moment, I said, can I see
• 43:49
  your arm? Just meeting the lady. She's the church
• 43:52
  mama. She's like, what is this guy? she handed
• 43:54
  me her arm, I put my fingers on her pulse there.
• 43:58
  And I said, I said, Miss Charlene, you still
• 44:01
  have a pulse. And I said, where there's a pulse,
• 44:03
  there's a promise. And where there's a pulse,
• 44:06
  there's still a purpose. I said, God's not done
• 44:08
  with you. And I mean, I walked away from that
• 44:11
  going, well, that was wild. I mean, it just all
• 44:15
  came in a moment. And that 89 -year -old precious
• 44:21
  lady who was ready to go home and see Papa, to
• 44:24
  go home. She came alive. She caught fire. She
• 44:28
  lived for several more years. Yeah, she died
• 44:30
  at 97. He was 94. She just took off to the races,
• 44:38
  in her walker. She's the lady who pulled a gun
• 44:41
  out in church, was wagging it around, and I said,
• 44:44
  Ms. Charlene, put your piece away. One of our
• 44:47
  security guys are going to tackle you, break
• 44:49
  you in half. A guy was going to take it to an
• 44:53
  auction for her, and she was just taking it out.
• 44:55
  She said, I'm just showing him my gun. He goes,
• 44:58
  ma 'am, please, Ms. Charlene. That's how she
• 45:00
  was a character. She got lit on fire, and she
• 45:04
  literally started a ministry. to a state -funded
• 45:08
  nursing home, which are not pleasant places.
• 45:11
  They got the smell when you walk in. It just
• 45:14
  smells like death. She started dragging people
• 45:17
  from our church to go every week and minister
• 45:19
  to those people, going up and down the halls
• 45:21
  in her walker. What I noted was most of the people
• 45:26
  were younger than her in there, and some of them
• 45:29
  were in better shape than she was, but she was
• 45:32
  now driven with a purpose. she now had a mission.
• 45:36
  So instead of retiring, she got refired. And
• 45:40
  man, I'm telling you, and when COVID hit, she
• 45:43
  was so committed to those people that she was
• 45:46
  ministering to that she would go up to the bushes
• 45:49
  with her walker and part the bushes and will
• 45:53
  go up to the windows and talk to the people through
• 45:55
  the windows and minister to them and pray for
• 45:58
  them. And I'm telling you, that's somebody, that's
• 46:01
  a Caleb spirit. Caleb was 85 years old when he
• 46:04
  said, I am just as strong as I was when I was
• 46:07
  40. He said, give me my mountain. God, I was
• 46:10
  promised a mountain. I'm going to take my mountain
• 46:12
  now. That Caleb spirit can come alive. America,
• 46:17
  and I don't know how it is in other countries,
• 46:20
  has destroyed our older generation. by convincing
• 46:24
  them that their goal is to work to 65, now 67,
• 46:28
  and then quit. Oh, it's worse than that, brother?
• 46:31
  It's horrible. It's like in European countries,
• 46:33
  like, I'm a burden. Just kill me now. No. Yes.
• 46:38
  Put me in the chamber. The collective wisdom
• 46:41
  of people who've lived a whole life is worth
• 46:44
  its weight in gold. the missing link for the
• 46:49
  next generation. Instead, we just call them boomer
• 46:53
  and ignore them. There's a lot of that. Put them
• 46:55
  out to pasture. They're irrelevant now. Well,
• 46:58
  let me tell you something. When you get a cancer
• 47:00
  diagnosis at 28, they're not irrelevant anymore.
• 47:03
  That's right. There it is. When you lose a spouse
• 47:06
  at 34, they're not irrelevant anymore. You need
• 47:08
  someone who's been down the road, someone who's
• 47:10
  been through some things, someone who walks with
• 47:13
  a limp. And so one of my passions and goals here
• 47:17
  at our church is to reignite that older generation,
• 47:21
  rekindle the fire, help them re -dream again.
• 47:25
  go back, re -dig the old wells and discover those
• 47:28
  dreams. And there's so much that you can do,
• 47:31
  especially men, men with younger men. I mean,
• 47:34
  that's what's needed. Absolutely. And another
• 47:36
  thing we can to use this word is commission them
• 47:40
  and deploy them to do is become intercessors
• 47:43
  for the kingdom of God. They've got this time
• 47:46
  on their hands. They can be praying. They can
• 47:49
  be like storming the gates of heaven and charging
• 47:52
  the gates of hell in prayer because they've got
• 47:55
  the time to do it. But they can be doing mission
• 47:58
  trips like these two ladies that got killed in
• 48:01
  Cameroon. One was over 80, one was 79. And they
• 48:05
  got killed serving the poor, serving the broken.
• 48:08
  And they went out, they ran through the tape
• 48:10
  and finished strong. Well, I'm looking forward
• 48:14
  to... saving people in America. Come on, brother.
• 48:17
  That seems to be my home base. Come on, bro.
• 48:19
  But we have a lot of foreign listeners as well.
• 48:22
  Yeah, which I'm excited about. And as we look
• 48:24
  at, you know, what is truth, actually, Tony Evans
• 48:27
  just had a whole, these are all from the archives,
• 48:30
  about truth and, you know, how these people,
• 48:33
  these day people say like, well, I got my truth,
• 48:35
  you know, no, no. And then accountants have their
• 48:39
  truth and psychologists have their truth, whatever
• 48:41
  you feel is your truth. But of course, we know
• 48:43
  what the truth is. the Word of God, Jesus is
• 48:46
  truth. So something happened on Friday, and I
• 48:49
  actually got in touch with Joe Rogan. I'm a name
• 48:53
  drop here. I'm looking forward to this. Got a
• 48:55
  little name drop from my buddy Joe. We have each
• 48:59
  other's numbers. I don't text Joe often, but
• 49:03
  when I do, there's a reason for it, and he always
• 49:05
  answers very graciously. I figured his phone
• 49:09
  blows. He actually switches numbers from time
• 49:11
  to time. And I'm always waiting for that one
• 49:13
  time when I won't get the new number. Like, oh,
• 49:16
  I still got it. I'm still on the list. So he
• 49:20
  did a podcast episode with Callie Means. And
• 49:23
  Callie and his sister Casey went in to the Make
• 49:27
  America Healthy movement with Robert Kennedy
• 49:30
  Jr. In fact, I think Callie introduced RFK Jr.
• 49:34
  to President Trump and got that whole thing going.
• 49:39
  And the reason I reached out to Joe is I said,
• 49:42
  brother, this is no coincidence. Without me saying
• 49:44
  it, I'm saying it feels like this was a setup
• 49:47
  because something really big has to happen here.
• 49:50
  And what Callie did is he exposed with names
• 49:53
  and really like documented proof. the amount
• 50:00
  of corruption that is taking place across our
• 50:02
  government. In fact, right under President Trump's
• 50:05
  nose. And the reason why it's important that
• 50:08
  I want to play a couple of clips from this is
• 50:10
  because it's already been clipped. It's already
• 50:12
  everywhere. Now it's like, Trump, here it is.
• 50:15
  Trump is corrupt. Everything's corrupt. Well,
• 50:18
  the whole point of what Kylie Means was saying
• 50:20
  is the system to its core is corrupt. And there's
• 50:25
  no difference between the White House The Senate,
• 50:29
  the House of Representatives, the EPA, the FDA,
• 50:33
  the CDC, the FAA, the LMNOP, it's all one big
• 50:38
  corrupt thing. And there's a tremendous opportunity
• 50:41
  to now expose this. And I would say this is what
• 50:44
  President Trump was always calling about drain
• 50:46
  the swamp. So this came out on Friday and an
• 50:51
  hour after this podcast came out, which is, you
• 50:54
  know, to me, it's like, okay. This is not a coincidence.
• 50:58
  This happened. PBS News has learned Suzy Wiles
• 51:01
  had planned to remain in her role until the new
• 51:04
  Congress is sworn in early next year. But after
• 51:07
  those staggering midterm losses, President Trump
• 51:10
  decided Wiles had to go much sooner. Tonight,
• 51:14
  the first chip to fall following the midterm
• 51:17
  elections, White House Chief of Staff Suzy Wiles
• 51:20
  is out. I wanted to make a change. I think Susie's
• 51:26
  done a very good job. Just three weeks ago Trump
• 51:29
  insisted he was not even considering replacing
• 51:32
  Wiles. But CBS News has learned Wiles submitted
• 51:41
  her resignation Thursday night and it was tied
• 51:44
  to the flood of GOP defeats. Now Stephen Miller,
• 51:48
  one of the most controversial figures in the
• 51:51
  administration, will serve as chief of staff.
• 51:54
  Okay, Stephen Miller. The reason why he was chosen
• 51:57
  is he for two reasons. One, clearly Trump really
• 52:01
  trusts him. He is also a hatchet man and I believe
• 52:05
  he's going to clean house. So Callie comes in
• 52:07
  and by the way, I looked up scripture about corruption.
• 52:11
  Whoa. Yeah. Whoa. This is everywhere. Exodus,
• 52:16
  so right out there in the beginning, 23A, take
• 52:19
  no bribes for a bribe makes you ignore something
• 52:22
  that you clearly see a bribe makes even a righteous
• 52:25
  person twist the truth. And so, the connection
• 52:29
  here is that Susie Wiles was a lobbyist. And
• 52:33
  lobbyists, this is kind of come out of our constitution,
• 52:37
  you have the right to redress your government,
• 52:40
  which means you should be able to petition your
• 52:42
  government, say, Hey, I disagree with this. And
• 52:44
  this has turned into an incredible industry,
• 52:48
  which typically you see. work the other way around
• 52:51
  where someone is inside government. They're working
• 52:53
  at, I'll just take an easy example, the Department
• 52:56
  of Defense, and then they help shepherd things
• 52:59
  through for Boeing or Raytheon. And then when
• 53:02
  they leave, they're sitting on the board or they're
• 53:04
  making a million dollars. And so that's kind
• 53:07
  of the revolving door everybody has seen. And
• 53:10
  sadly, we've gotten used to. This works the other
• 53:13
  way, where a lot of lobbyists came in and were
• 53:20
  They already had set agendas and Susie Wiles,
• 53:24
  if you ever watch the West Wing, you'll see the
• 53:25
  Chief of Staff is kind of the gatekeeper in general,
• 53:29
  but she was gatekeeping to make sure policy didn't
• 53:32
  ruin the business of her previous clients and
• 53:37
  her daughter's clients because her daughter kind
• 53:40
  of picked up the lobbying from her. And then
• 53:43
  the other important person you'll hear about
• 53:46
  is a political consultant who does polling, and
• 53:51
  he would do polling and tell the president, no,
• 53:54
  people aren't interested in this issue. And that
• 53:57
  was a blatant lie. So we'll just start off from
• 54:00
  the beginning. These are the most powerful people
• 54:01
  in the country. And let me just go through dispassionately,
• 54:05
  just factually who these people are. Susie Wiles,
• 54:08
  the chief of staff, before she joined the Trump
• 54:10
  administration, was one of the top lobbyists
• 54:12
  in the country. She spent her career by taking
• 54:15
  money from Benjamin Netanyahu, who she was a
• 54:18
  top control. I think, by the way, that she took
• 54:21
  a lot of money from a lot of countries. I think
• 54:23
  Cali is throwing, because he does this a lot,
• 54:25
  he throws in foreign countries, foreign countries,
• 54:28
  Israel. I think he's doing that purposely to
• 54:31
  ignite something because it's a left and a right
• 54:33
  issue for people. But don't get hung up on that
• 54:36
  because that's not really, that's not the egregious
• 54:39
  part. the pharmaceutical industry, the pesticide
• 54:43
  industry. So just passionately, just as a statement
• 54:45
  of economic fact, Susie Wiles, her career has
• 54:49
  been taking money from the industries and foreign
• 54:51
  governments who would pay her the most money.
• 54:52
  That's what she did. Nobody disputes that. James
• 54:56
  Blair, who was the head of political operations,
• 55:00
  is her friend from Florida and a long -term political
• 55:05
  consultant. a lot of money from industries like
• 55:08
  the sugar industry. But that's been his career,
• 55:11
  running some campaigns, taking money from special
• 55:12
  interests. She brought him along and really propped
• 55:15
  him up with Trump. Tony Fabrizio is one of the
• 55:18
  most powerful people in the country. He's Trump's
• 55:20
  chief pollster, very good friends with Suzy.
• 55:24
  He is on the outside the whole time. And every
• 55:27
  single policy issue goes through him because
• 55:30
  he tells the team whether it's politically appropriate
• 55:32
  to do or not based on his polling. As he's been
• 55:36
  working in the Trump administration in this extremely
• 55:38
  powerful role, where every single cabinet secretary
• 55:40
  is trying to get on his good side, he is, and
• 55:43
  this is actually on his website, he takes money
• 55:46
  from Pepsi. He takes money from pharmaceutical
• 55:48
  companies. He takes money from almost every single
• 55:51
  industry we're fighting against right now to
• 55:53
  this day. So he's taking money at the same time.
• 55:54
  I don't even know if President Trump fully knows
• 55:56
  that. But as we were fighting things like school
• 56:00
  lunch reform and getting an ultra processed food
• 56:02
  definition, 90 % of the country wants this. We're
• 56:04
  going to define ultra processed food. 70 % of
• 56:06
  a child's diet is ultra processed food. We need
• 56:08
  to define it. We need to figure out what to do
• 56:09
  there. It's a widely popular promise from the
• 56:11
  administration. He is getting paid by Pepsi and
• 56:14
  giving political analysis that the juice isn't
• 56:17
  worth the squeeze on doing policies like that,
• 56:18
  as simple as school lunch reform. So you follow
• 56:21
  what's going on here? Yes. And I remember this
• 56:24
  like, oh yeah, school lunches, no processed food.
• 56:26
  And I thought it was going to happen. I thought
• 56:27
  it already happened. Exactly. It got blocked.
• 56:30
  It got blocked because of processed food industry,
• 56:34
  you know, sugar industry. And the pollster would
• 56:38
  go to the president and say, no, look at the
• 56:40
  numbers. No one cares about this. The juice isn't
• 56:42
  worth the squeeze. We'll go to Micah 7 .3, both
• 56:46
  their hands are equally skilled at doing evil.
• 56:48
  Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The
• 56:52
  people with influence get what they want and
• 56:54
  together they scheme to twist justice. Wow. This
• 56:57
  is the NLT that I'm reading. So this, now we
• 57:00
  bring in glyphosate. And glyphosate we probably
• 57:05
  know here as Roundup, Roundup Ready. This was
• 57:09
  another big one that was supposed to get that
• 57:12
  out of our food system. I think most people in
• 57:14
  Texas know that we use Roundup. I'll just call
• 57:18
  it Roundup to make it because I keep mispronouncing
• 57:20
  glyphosate. Our corn our soy and some of our
• 57:25
  wheat is genetically modified So when you spray
• 57:28
  that stuff on it, it doesn't kill the corn the
• 57:30
  soy and the wheat It kills all the weeds makes
• 57:33
  yields much much more productive. It's probably
• 57:35
  90 % of all of our crops have it The downside
• 57:38
  is it kind of kills people poisons. It gives
• 57:40
  you cancer You know, Iowa has the highest rate
• 57:44
  of cancer in the world concentrated amount of
• 57:47
  cancer in the world and Here was the gambit Because
• 57:51
  of the this is Bayer now that bought Monsanto
• 57:54
  who makes it and Bayer, you know, they're huge
• 57:57
  huge pharmaceutical pesticide herbicide What
• 58:02
  they did is they lobbied so hard that they got
• 58:07
  National Security Council advisors to tell the
• 58:12
  president and they pre -wrote an executive order
• 58:15
  to tell the president that we could not get rid
• 58:18
  of Roundup glyphosate because the phosphor that
• 58:22
  is used in it and the supply chain that brings
• 58:27
  it into our country is necessary for national
• 58:30
  security. So that's one thing. We can't ban it.
• 58:35
  We can't even start to reduce it because the
• 58:37
  supply chain is important for our munitions or
• 58:40
  whatever. But the trick that they did, and this
• 58:43
  is what you hear in this clip, is they took This
• 58:46
  executive order that the president signed like,
• 58:49
  okay. Yeah, we need the supply chain Took it
• 58:51
  to the Supreme Court in a case that made the
• 58:55
  Supreme Court decide based upon the law which
• 58:58
  says the EPA makes the determination and the
• 59:01
  executive order that it would receive the same
• 59:04
  protection as Vaccines meaning you can't sue
• 59:08
  a vaccine company if your vaccine injured you
• 59:11
  can't sue Glycephate manufacturer if you've been
• 59:15
  injured by glyceph and they've settled billions
• 59:17
  of dollars worth of lawsuits that you never hear
• 59:20
  about So this is how that worked in practice
• 59:23
  because it's obviously bad politics if the administration
• 59:25
  looks like they're putting their thumb on the
• 59:27
  scale to Provide a product that has been proven
• 59:31
  to give kids cancer legal immunity. Obviously,
• 59:33
  that's a massive political loser so I chatted
• 59:37
  with Suzy's team I chatted with the USDA leadership.
• 59:43
  I'm like, we agree, the administration at the
• 59:45
  very least should not be weighing in on this.
• 59:48
  We should not be putting – that's a political
• 59:50
  disaster. Time goes on, and I was called into
• 59:57
  a room, and Suzy's person, Walker Barrett is
• 1:00:03
  there, and he puts an executive order down on
• 1:00:07
  the desk. And he says, please review. And it
• 1:00:12
  was the glyphosate EO that says it's a national
• 1:00:16
  security issue. We need to have glyphosate and
• 1:00:18
  alluded to liability protection using national
• 1:00:20
  defense reasons. National security to make sure
• 1:00:25
  that we have glyphosate use. And I will tell
• 1:00:28
  you, the Secretary of War, the major generals,
• 1:00:34
  they don't see our lack of glyphosate on U .S.
• 1:00:37
  farms as a national security issue. And the EO
• 1:00:39
  was all about farming, all about glyphosate.
• 1:00:42
  and military leadership sees this as a national
• 1:00:44
  security issue. So Walker put that on the table.
• 1:00:48
  I read it. I said, this is a political disaster.
• 1:00:53
  We need to talk about this. And he said, this
• 1:00:57
  is final. It's national security. It's coming
• 1:00:59
  out tomorrow. I know the people in the room.
• 1:01:04
  And he said, please inform Bobby. And this is
• 1:01:06
  not up for discussion. And Bobby should not be
• 1:01:09
  calling the president or calling anyone. This
• 1:01:10
  is not up for discussion. Suzy then called Bobby's
• 1:01:13
  office and said, we're not discussing this. I
• 1:01:17
  went and informed Bobby and it was announced
• 1:01:19
  the next day. So they totally did that behind
• 1:01:24
  the president's back and they only have a couple
• 1:01:27
  more clips here and I'll wrap it up. But it's
• 1:01:29
  important because I'm already seeing how the
• 1:01:31
  message is being convoluted, converted. People
• 1:01:34
  are watching clips. There's commentary around
• 1:01:36
  it. This is the true meaning of this corruption.
• 1:01:40
  It's here. It has nothing to do with Republicans,
• 1:01:44
  Democrats. It is the system. Have you spoken
• 1:01:46
  to Trump about this? No, I think he did. Personally,
• 1:01:50
  I think this was a grand setup and I think Joe's
• 1:01:53
  in on it. Like, let's get this out and let's
• 1:01:55
  see what we can do. To scatter this to the wind
• 1:01:59
  like they're doing right now, that has to be
• 1:02:01
  intentional. I believe it is. You don't go on
• 1:02:04
  Rogan with 13 million listeners. And people are
• 1:02:07
  like, oh, we got to get Cali protection. No,
• 1:02:09
  nothing will happen to him. That would be the
• 1:02:11
  dumbest thing. Yeah, Tina was like, is he going
• 1:02:12
  to be OK? Of course. Of course. And they're not
• 1:02:15
  going to do anything to him. And he's out there
• 1:02:17
  saying, Make sure if you're going to sue me that
• 1:02:19
  you bring all your receipts for discovery because,
• 1:02:22
  and he has a whole list, it's all been pre -written.
• 1:02:24
  I believe this to be a fabulous opportunity for
• 1:02:28
  this president to do some great things for our
• 1:02:30
  country in these remaining two years. Well, this
• 1:02:32
  is what's really interesting. I, seeing this
• 1:02:37
  work out, had a strong suspicion that this was
• 1:02:42
  happening under his nose. And we had a meeting
• 1:02:46
  with him and Bobby. and some other folks. And
• 1:02:50
  a farmer who was there, a regenerative farmer,
• 1:02:55
  brought it up. And President Trump reacted to
• 1:02:59
  the Supreme Court decision saying it's a terrible
• 1:03:01
  idea. How the hell did this happen? Had no idea
• 1:03:03
  the Department of Justice. Jesus Christ. Amen,
• 1:03:06
  Joe. I think it's emblematic. And I will say,
• 1:03:10
  certainly what I saw when President Trump heard
• 1:03:13
  about an issue, his inclination was right. And
• 1:03:18
  the people around him, I think, treat him horribly.
• 1:03:22
  They treat him like they talk about him like
• 1:03:23
  a baby. And they say it's because we're, you
• 1:03:26
  know, the political experts. But, you know, Trump
• 1:03:29
  wanted to go hard on investigating vaccines.
• 1:03:31
  Tony Fabrizio got paid by pharma and did a poll
• 1:03:33
  saying that it's not a popular issue. And Susie
• 1:03:35
  and Tony Fabrizio in that world put a full halt
• 1:03:38
  for a year on any vaccine inquiry. The president
• 1:03:41
  busted that up just like he did with the psychedelic
• 1:03:43
  thing. The president did not know about the Department
• 1:03:49
  of Justice memo. He didn't know about the Supreme
• 1:03:54
  Court ruling on Glyphosate. And he didn't know
• 1:03:56
  that the administration supported it, and his
• 1:03:58
  initial, his reaction was that that's a terrible
• 1:04:00
  decision. Did he investigate and find out who
• 1:04:03
  was responsible for that? I can't speak to that,
• 1:04:04
  but I can, listen, the president, I'm not making,
• 1:04:07
  he has a lot going on. This of course is the
• 1:04:09
  issue. Of course he's got a lot going on, a lot
• 1:04:11
  of things going on. So now we get into what I
• 1:04:16
  think is where this is headed and I pray it is
• 1:04:18
  and I want us to pray for everybody, including
• 1:04:21
  the new Congress, House of Representatives, Senators,
• 1:04:24
  because they're walking into, they have no idea
• 1:04:28
  that 90 % of their time is going to be filled
• 1:04:30
  up with fundraising. And they'll really have
• 1:04:34
  very little to do with their actual job. And
• 1:04:37
  the only way this will change is if the citizens
• 1:04:39
  are aware of it, if we have this information
• 1:04:42
  and we start holding people accountable. And
• 1:04:44
  I think President Trump could drive it. He's
• 1:04:47
  got to work on his communication skills. So,
• 1:04:49
  you know, people will have to help him. So let
• 1:04:51
  me take you back to the cabinet. What would be
• 1:04:55
  like I want you to imagine that Trump hears this
• 1:04:58
  podcast and says this all this was I'm thinking
• 1:05:01
  like mm -hmm Yeah, okay. Oh, he might have just
• 1:05:04
  heard it. He knows I want to talk to you. Tell
• 1:05:06
  me what we should do What do you tell him? I
• 1:05:11
  would recommend I would recommend that he clears
• 1:05:13
  house and I think he's getting there and do What
• 1:05:18
  makes you remember this is just an hour before
• 1:05:21
  Susie Wiles tenders her resignation fully my
• 1:05:24
  intuition. I hope he's getting there. I would
• 1:05:27
  say Mr. President, you have suffered. You've
• 1:05:32
  been shot to drive significant change. You've
• 1:05:37
  been dealing with a lot of things. A lot of great
• 1:05:39
  things have happened. We have had crime go to
• 1:05:42
  an all time low. We have secured the border.
• 1:05:45
  We have combated the woke. Mind virus which is
• 1:05:49
  very important straight up like there's a lot
• 1:05:51
  of cultural accomplishments that we've made But
• 1:05:54
  he still has an opportunity to do what he wants
• 1:05:57
  to do, which is go down as a great president
• 1:05:58
  by Really combating special interests combating
• 1:06:02
  the swamp combating the real institutions of
• 1:06:04
  DC that he knows is broken He should not be trying
• 1:06:07
  to make friends with John Thune anymore Who's
• 1:06:09
  a demon like the majority leader that of the
• 1:06:12
  Cali both I should mention he's a believer he's
• 1:06:14
  a very devout Christian he he in this whole interview
• 1:06:18
  talks a lot about how it's evil, it's demonic.
• 1:06:22
  These people are demons specifically. And I,
• 1:06:25
  well, of course, we're not fighting against flesh
• 1:06:28
  and blood here. So we know where all of this
• 1:06:29
  comes from. Trying to make friends with John
• 1:06:32
  Thune anymore, who's a demon, like the majority
• 1:06:34
  leader of the Republicans. He knows these people
• 1:06:38
  are broken. He needs to go to war with Congress,
• 1:06:41
  go to war with the Senate. take some of the new
• 1:06:47
  lefties at their word that they are not taking
• 1:06:49
  corporate money and really want to drive this
• 1:06:50
  reform. Meet with them. I think the best chance
• 1:06:53
  the president has to get things done is meeting
• 1:06:55
  with Barney, meeting with Al Sayed. They ran
• 1:06:57
  on a Trump message. Like, if you close your eyes
• 1:07:00
  and listen to what the socialists are saying,
• 1:07:02
  they're, oh, no, we don't want to do social stuff.
• 1:07:05
  We don't want to do DEI stuff. We want to help
• 1:07:06
  the middle class. We want to combat the swamp.
• 1:07:09
  Like, they are running as Trump. So there's an
• 1:07:12
  opportunity for the president to get back to
• 1:07:16
  basics. I went back and listened and it's true.
• 1:07:20
  Interesting. It's true. And what is the first
• 1:07:23
  thing the president said? No, I'll be working
• 1:07:25
  with him. I'd like to work with him, see what
• 1:07:28
  I can figure out. I do not take him as a dumb
• 1:07:31
  guy. I'm not the first one to go four, five,
• 1:07:34
  six D chess, but these events that occurred over
• 1:07:41
  the past three, four days is no coincidence.
• 1:07:44
  Final clip here. You know, you have to go into
• 1:07:46
  the motivations of people, right? And I don't
• 1:07:49
  want to assume what people are thinking. I can
• 1:07:51
  just, you know, look at what they've done in
• 1:07:54
  their lives. Look at what they're probably going
• 1:07:56
  to work after. Assume that they are motivated
• 1:07:58
  by getting money for their family and, you know,
• 1:08:01
  look at where their children are working. Well,
• 1:08:03
  clearly, and also if that's the narrative is
• 1:08:05
  the whole thing is just about money. And that's
• 1:08:08
  the most important aspect of it. Yeah, that's
• 1:08:12
  that's it's like. You can't imagine how accepted
• 1:08:16
  that belief is. You know the 90 % of Senator
• 1:08:20
  time being fundraising. It's just like this isn't
• 1:08:23
  right like like can we step back and just ask
• 1:08:26
  do we think senators should be spending 90 %
• 1:08:28
  of their time fundraising from corporate donors?
• 1:08:31
  Like is that a good thing? Like like like we
• 1:08:35
  kind of just have like honestly like I feel like
• 1:08:37
  there's gaslighting about like preventing Americans
• 1:08:41
  from just having common sense discussions that
• 1:08:43
  on things 90 % of people care about. If I was
• 1:08:48
  driving a strategy, it'd be like, we're actually
• 1:08:51
  going to take a hold on policy for a year if
• 1:08:54
  we have a new administration. We are going to
• 1:08:57
  take on Congress, take on the Senate, take on
• 1:09:01
  DC, and demand structural reform. So we actually
• 1:09:07
  have more of a terrain where we can actually
• 1:09:08
  get some things done. Unless we fix that, we're
• 1:09:12
  not getting anything done. This place is demonic.
• 1:09:15
  It's demonic. And I'm not here to just beat up
• 1:09:21
  on Susie or James. These are case studies. They're
• 1:09:27
  totally bipartisan. The Dems are doing the exact
• 1:09:29
  same thing right now. The Dems have done it before.
• 1:09:33
  I'm trying to share specific stories from where
• 1:09:36
  I was leading. to kind of color this. I think
• 1:09:41
  this is the important thing is that we need to
• 1:09:43
  understand that something structural has to change.
• 1:09:46
  I was looking up the, you know, senators initially
• 1:09:49
  were appointed by the legislature of the states.
• 1:09:53
  They weren't elected by the electorate. And this
• 1:09:59
  is where I think things went awry. And our founding
• 1:10:02
  fathers, biblical men, they knew the pure nature
• 1:10:07
  of man. They knew. And man, I just… Scripture
• 1:10:11
  is filled with bribes and corruptions and this
• 1:10:15
  is nothing new. But the mistake that people make
• 1:10:19
  is, it's Suzy Wiles. It's this guy. It's that
• 1:10:23
  person. It's not. It's not. This is… It's a broken
• 1:10:28
  system. It's systemic. Which has been captured
• 1:10:31
  by the enemy. It's in humankind to be this broken
• 1:10:39
  way. And it would be very interesting to see
• 1:10:44
  the president working with what we would consider
• 1:10:47
  to be crazy people who want, they say, well,
• 1:10:50
  we're going to change the constitution. Well,
• 1:10:52
  what if they want to change the constitution,
• 1:10:54
  but we actually change a few things so that this
• 1:10:56
  corruption is much harder to have within our
• 1:11:01
  government. Wouldn't that be nice? It would be.
• 1:11:05
  This is why I'm not afraid. No, not at all. I
• 1:11:08
  feel like every season, every turn of the page
• 1:11:11
  presents massive challenges, but also massive
• 1:11:15
  opportunities. And I think people are so wired
• 1:11:19
  into distrust and so wired into the negative.
• 1:11:21
  They give up often. They just throw their hands
• 1:11:24
  up. There we go. Here we go again. When I saw
• 1:11:29
  it and woke up on Wednesday morning, Thursday,
• 1:11:31
  yeah, Wednesday morning, I had a little bit of
• 1:11:33
  that going on and like, why do I even try? You
• 1:11:36
  know, I mean, literally that thought just crossed,
• 1:11:38
  why do I even, why am I giving so much energy
• 1:11:40
  to this? And then I settled down and then I got
• 1:11:44
  up and down my screen, picked up my Bible and
• 1:11:47
  I found equilibrium again. I went, no, no, no,
• 1:11:50
  there's opportunity here. Change is hard. but
• 1:11:55
  it presents new open doors that would have never
• 1:11:58
  been there without that change, even if it's
• 1:12:01
  a hard change, even if we don't like it. So,
• 1:12:04
  the enemy is an opportunist who leverages the
• 1:12:07
  heart of man. Scripture says that the heart of
• 1:12:09
  man is desperately wicked. The enemy knows this.
• 1:12:12
  He leverages it. But there's another side to
• 1:12:14
  this coin. There's new opportunities as well.
• 1:12:18
  Why can't we leverage what is happening to say,
• 1:12:22
  okay, It's like a chess game. That person's great
• 1:12:27
  move may become your opportunity. I think if
• 1:12:30
  we'll keep our wits about us and keep our heads
• 1:12:33
  about us and stay strategic. The scripture tells
• 1:12:37
  me that I have the mind of Christ. That doesn't
• 1:12:40
  mean I use it all the time, but I have it. I
• 1:12:42
  have access to it. Even driving in today, before
• 1:12:45
  we sat down to do this podcast, I was saying,
• 1:12:47
  Lord, give Adam and I, let us tap into the mind
• 1:12:50
  of Christ. Let us see things strategically. Let
• 1:12:53
  us think differently. Let us think outside the
• 1:12:56
  box. And so I feel like I'm hearing this and
• 1:13:00
  some people hear doom and gloom. I'm hearing
• 1:13:02
  it and going, okay, we need to know this, but
• 1:13:05
  that also means there's gaping holes in that
• 1:13:07
  system. So let's keep our ears open. Let's listen
• 1:13:13
  to what people are saying and not be cynical
• 1:13:15
  and skeptical. Well, it's good to have skepticism
• 1:13:19
  and be on guard. It's a necessary part of it.
• 1:13:22
  Yeah, but keep your ears open what people are
• 1:13:24
  saying, because there will be people who say,
• 1:13:27
  hey, we can change something. Here's an opportunity.
• 1:13:30
  And I don't really care what color vest they're
• 1:13:33
  wearing. If they want to change it, I'm interested.
• 1:13:36
  I'm interested. I'm with you there. This is interesting.
• 1:13:40
  It's a very lovely moment, as we're going to
• 1:13:42
  thank some people who have supported us. Before
• 1:13:44
  we do that, I have something for you. For me?
• 1:13:46
  Yes. What is this? It's not like you need another
• 1:13:49
  Bible in your arsenal, but I wanted to get you
• 1:13:52
  this Bible. Awesome. It's called the NIV Larger
• 1:13:57
  Print Compact. Yes. It's not like giant print.
• 1:14:01
  I wanted you to have one to carry around because
• 1:14:03
  I'm doing the same thing and I saw you go goo
• 1:14:06
  goo over mine. Yeah, I was actually... And I
• 1:14:08
  thought I'm going to get you one of these. Thank
• 1:14:10
  you, brother. Happy birthday. Thank you. It's
• 1:14:11
  a belated birthday present. Oh, I love that.
• 1:14:13
  And I was looking for one. I was looking it up
• 1:14:16
  on Amazon. I'm like, I don't know if this is
• 1:14:19
  the right size because it's hard to tell. Thank
• 1:14:22
  you, brother. You're welcome. Happy birthday.
• 1:14:24
  Late birthday. Thank you very much. And it's
• 1:14:28
  perfect. I'm just going to carry this everywhere
• 1:14:29
  now. I'm doing the same thing. I've got it carried
• 1:14:31
  around. It stays with me. I love it. Cool. We're
• 1:14:35
  going to thank some people who supported us.
• 1:14:37
  We are value for value. You just heard some...
• 1:14:40
  Some podcasters the other day get all their advertisers
• 1:14:43
  are walking away for things they said or things
• 1:14:46
  they laughed at. And it's bad on two sides. One,
• 1:14:50
  they lose their income. Bad people like, ha ha
• 1:14:52
  ha, they lost their income. No one benefits in
• 1:14:55
  this scenario. And so we don't do that. We only
• 1:14:59
  want to be supported by the people who enjoy
• 1:15:02
  us. If you get value from the podcast, send it
• 1:15:04
  back. You can go to WGTDT .com, which is our
• 1:15:07
  substack, which I'm loving the substack platform
• 1:15:10
  because for some reason, there's just positive
• 1:15:13
  things there. I don't get a lot of negativity
• 1:15:16
  and people are thoughtful. It's hard to explain
• 1:15:22
  why it's X different from Instagram, different
• 1:15:24
  from Facebook. It's just how things work sometimes.
• 1:15:28
  And of course, we have WGTDTdonations .com. If
• 1:15:32
  you send a donation, it's on the page there.
• 1:15:34
  It says send your note to note at WGTDT .com.
• 1:15:39
  And we had said that when people reach a level,
• 1:15:43
  they always want to celebrate that. We already
• 1:15:46
  have three people who have reached $1 ,000 in
• 1:15:48
  aggregate for their support of We Get To Do This.
• 1:15:53
  That means that we've already ordered the first
• 1:15:56
  set of challenge coins. We're doing the whole
• 1:15:59
  armor of God, starting with the belt of truth.
• 1:16:02
  And we can't even start to congratulate them
• 1:16:05
  and thank them without a jingle. I like the riff,
• 1:16:24
  man. Jimmy's going to like that one. He's really
• 1:16:27
  going to like that one because of the guitar.
• 1:16:28
  Listen for the riff. So we're doing this in order.
• 1:16:33
  The belt of truth is first. And so we had, and
• 1:16:36
  of course you get a title, Lieutenant Colonel,
• 1:16:39
  get to nation, part of God's army. And our first
• 1:16:42
  three are Mike Holbrooke, Jill Holbrooke, and
• 1:16:46
  coming in hot today is Michael Anastasio, the
• 1:16:51
  OG Salmonier of Curry and the Keeper. He's in
• 1:16:54
  Raritan, New Jersey. And I've skipped over our
• 1:16:58
  first donor just to... because I want to do this
• 1:17:00
  first. I want to make sure we get the Lieutenant
• 1:17:02
  Colonel's awarded right off the bat. He says,
• 1:17:04
  I couldn't miss being in the inaugural class
• 1:17:07
  of officers. Brothers, please continue to share
• 1:17:09
  the word. The funny thing is, is the robot, as
• 1:17:14
  I was putting today's show together, the robot
• 1:17:16
  said, Michael Anastasio is actually three cents
• 1:17:19
  short. Do you still want him to have it? Robot,
• 1:17:25
  robot, robot. So go to WGTDTdonations .com. You
• 1:17:30
  can let us know where, now for these people we
• 1:17:34
  happen to know, but moving forward, you can put
• 1:17:36
  your, it's called Claim Your Challenge Coin.
• 1:17:38
  Give us your address. You keep your own accounting,
• 1:17:41
  by the way. It's on the honor system. We don't
• 1:17:44
  have a huge staff. We have even if the robot
• 1:17:46
  calls you out for three cents. It's okay. We'll
• 1:17:50
  be okay. So just about the belt of truth, because
• 1:17:53
  the whole armor of God, What's always struck
• 1:17:57
  me is the belt comes first. And of course I'm
• 1:18:01
  asking you, I'm just giving you my, you know,
• 1:18:03
  it's one of my big, you know, Ephesians is one
• 1:18:05
  of my big ones. Right. You can't keep everything
• 1:18:10
  in place without your belt. There it is. So fill
• 1:18:14
  us in on how important the belt of truth is.
• 1:18:17
  Well, I was hanging out with some of our security
• 1:18:19
  guys yesterday, man. I love our security guys.
• 1:18:22
  Awesome. They look the business, too. They do,
• 1:18:24
  man. They are big, burly men. They are men's
• 1:18:28
  men. And they look just alike. They look like,
• 1:18:30
  I call them twins. Hey, brother. Yeah, it's Garrett.
• 1:18:34
  Yeah, yeah. I love these guys. So I was talking
• 1:18:37
  to him, but I was also noticing, man, these belts
• 1:18:39
  they wear. These belts have everything. Clips
• 1:18:42
  and pockets. And I mean, it holds everything
• 1:18:46
  together. Of course, women will tell you, hey,
• 1:18:49
  the belt holds everything together. From the
• 1:18:51
  style side of it, Annette will tell you that,
• 1:18:55
  pulls everything together. But I'm thinking more
• 1:18:57
  in terms of a warrior who's got to have access
• 1:19:00
  to tools and access to weaponry, knives, different
• 1:19:05
  pieces of what it takes to do war. And so the
• 1:19:09
  belt, it's interesting that it's called the belt
• 1:19:11
  of truth because And as the belt holds it all
• 1:19:14
  together and creates a platform for everything
• 1:19:16
  else, so does the word of truth, the word of
• 1:19:19
  God. Truth holds everything together. And so
• 1:19:23
  the belt of truth, it just makes sense to have
• 1:19:26
  that first. I'm so happy. I'm pumped about getting
• 1:19:30
  these, man. So Tina designed them and they look
• 1:19:33
  fantastic. They look super cool. I pulled out
• 1:19:37
  all my coins the other day as we were talking
• 1:19:39
  about this because I found one in a drawer and
• 1:19:41
  I was like, oh man, how'd that get out of there?
• 1:19:43
  So I've got them all in one spot, but I'm looking
• 1:19:45
  forward to getting this. I think Erededarian
• 1:19:50
  is going to see if he can make the stands for
• 1:19:52
  us. Yeah, yeah, the wood rack to hold it. With
• 1:19:55
  your first coin, you get the rack so you can,
• 1:19:58
  you know... You display it from day one. I'm
• 1:20:01
  excited about having them too. I'm a nerd now
• 1:20:04
  though with this big time. I think it's awesome.
• 1:20:06
  And we got to go one by one because of the cost.
• 1:20:09
  Of course. You don't want to only 10, but you
• 1:20:12
  order a lot. There's a cost in production. We'll
• 1:20:15
  wait until the people move out. But you know
• 1:20:16
  what? It's worth it. It's so worth it. It's so
• 1:20:19
  good. Because our people are worth it. And we
• 1:20:21
  get to do this together. Absolutely. DJ Hoogstraaten,
• 1:20:27
  and when this came in, I'm like, DJ Hoogstraaten,
• 1:20:30
  he's from Austin, Texas, send us $500. And I
• 1:20:34
  looked at this, I'm like, wait a minute, this
• 1:20:36
  isn't a DJ disc jockey, this is Dieterich. This
• 1:20:40
  is the... Our friends, Dede Rick and his wife
• 1:20:44
  Kelly, she's the CEO of Wonder Project. He did
• 1:20:48
  the screenplay for Young Washington. Oh man,
• 1:20:52
  what a cool guy and what a man, what a talent.
• 1:20:56
  And so I texted him, I said, Hey, Is this you
• 1:20:59
  DJ host? I said, oh yeah, Kelly and I decided
• 1:21:02
  a long time ago, we're giving up on mainstream
• 1:21:05
  media. We're only supporting independent productions
• 1:21:08
  that we value. So he understands the value for
• 1:21:11
  value system. Man, I appreciate that. I was really
• 1:21:13
  touched by that. That is so cool. Super talented
• 1:21:16
  family right there. Thank you. Thank you, brother.
• 1:21:20
  You want to pick it up with John Whidden, I think?
• 1:21:23
  Yeah, John Whidden from Kodiak. Is that? Yeah,
• 1:21:26
  it is Alaska. Wow. Almost said Arkansas. That
• 1:21:29
  would have been a terrible one. No bad. A .K
• 1:21:31
  .A. Alaska, John Whidden. At $200, thank you,
• 1:21:35
  John. We look forward to your podcast each week.
• 1:21:38
  We listen to several Christian podcasts, but
• 1:21:40
  yours adds a welcome combination of spirituality
• 1:21:43
  and current events. Blessings, John and Laurie
• 1:21:47
  Kodiak in Alaska. Blessings right back to you.
• 1:21:50
  And look who comes in at number four with one,
• 1:21:53
  two, three, four, five. This is none other than
• 1:21:57
  Nathan Cochran from Tennessee. He is, of course,
• 1:22:02
  a bass player for Mercy Me. Come on, Nathan.
• 1:22:05
  Love it, man. Dude can rip a bass. He's got great
• 1:22:08
  hair. And he's got a great backup voice, man.
• 1:22:11
  He's back there on the harmonies killing it.
• 1:22:14
  I almost like his harm. I mean, no knock on his
• 1:22:16
  bass playing, but man, those harmonies he brings
• 1:22:18
  in to Mercy Me are amazing. They're epic. We
• 1:22:22
  just love all those guys. I do too, man. They're
• 1:22:24
  great guys. Thank you so much, Nathan. That is
• 1:22:25
  so appreciated. Very cool. All right. And from
• 1:22:28
  Groveland, Florida, $100, Brandon McDaniel. He
• 1:22:32
  says, hi Adam and Pastor Jimmy. I first heard
• 1:22:35
  Adam on Joe Rogan, who hasn't. A lot of those
• 1:22:37
  came in. followed him over to No Agenda, RIP
• 1:22:40
  JCD, and now I'm with you guys on We Get to Do
• 1:22:44
  This. Adam, I'm genuinely happy to hear about
• 1:22:46
  this new season of your life. So am I. You guys
• 1:22:49
  are my favorite podcast. As a seasoned Christian
• 1:22:52
  who has served in full -time ministry for 20
• 1:22:54
  years, I want you both to know that you minister
• 1:22:57
  to me with every episode. I also appreciate the
• 1:23:00
  optimistic and level -headed approach on the
• 1:23:02
  robots. Go robots! Amen. Keep up the great, yo
• 1:23:06
  -ho, keep up the great work. I'm looking forward
• 1:23:08
  to hearing you twice a week. God bless you both.
• 1:23:11
  Brandon Mizumaki, McDaniel. Thank you. Hey, thanks,
• 1:23:15
  brother. Thank you, Brandon. Brady Heinz sends
• 1:23:18
  in $77 .41. He's in Cape Coral, Florida. He sends
• 1:23:24
  a really long note, but... He did say, I'll just
• 1:23:27
  pick a couple of important pieces. Adam, Pastor
• 1:23:29
  Jimmy, thank you for your weekly dose of clarity.
• 1:23:32
  It's so easy to get sidetracked and psy -opped
• 1:23:34
  into thinking the sky is falling. Exactly. We
• 1:23:37
  get to do this, helps bridge the gap between
• 1:23:39
  Christ and the ever -changing world around us.
• 1:23:42
  And while the world may seem to be moving unpredictably,
• 1:23:46
  there's one constant and that's God's presence
• 1:23:49
  and love for us. Thank you so much. I love hearing
• 1:23:53
  that. We get to do this has been a welcome relief.
• 1:23:57
  I can proudly say I was there from the beginning.
• 1:23:59
  I look forward to witnessing what's to come.
• 1:24:01
  He sent us some scripture here, Colossians 1
• 1:24:04
  verse 10, so that you may live. a life worthy
• 1:24:08
  of the Lord and please him in every way, bearing
• 1:24:10
  fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge
• 1:24:13
  of God, I have a favor to get to nation," he
• 1:24:15
  says. My beautiful, amazing wife, Rachel, has
• 1:24:18
  found some time between soccer, homeschooling,
• 1:24:20
  and raising two small children, two and six years
• 1:24:22
  old, to embark on designing and selling Christian
• 1:24:25
  and sometimes silly t -shirts on Etsy. So her
• 1:24:30
  Etsy shop is Small Things and Sacred. at smallthingsandsacred
• 1:24:38
  .etsy .com. So go take a look at what she's doing.
• 1:24:41
  And Ned already went. She's already picked out
• 1:24:43
  a shirt. Oh, she has? She said, you're going
• 1:24:45
  to love this. So when I get home, I'm going to
• 1:24:48
  check it out. Love it. So thanks, Brady. Oh,
• 1:24:50
  also, I think it was Brady. Yes, it was Brady
• 1:24:52
  who, and I almost forgot this, who suggested
• 1:24:55
  that instead of saying, hit him in the mouth,
• 1:25:00
  which we did for No Agenda, if you want to tell
• 1:25:03
  someone about the show and get them to listen,
• 1:25:05
  We hit them in the heart. I love that. And I
• 1:25:07
  am all in. We go out, we hit them in the heart.
• 1:25:10
  That is it for Get2Nation. Thank you, Brady.
• 1:25:14
  That's a great contribution. I will catch these
• 1:25:17
  next three and then you can take Linda. So we've
• 1:25:19
  got James Gonzalez at $51 .99. No note, but James,
• 1:25:23
  thank you. Feel free to write us a note. We'd
• 1:25:25
  love to hear from you. And then also Bagundi.
• 1:25:29
  Bagundi Luther, named guest from email. That's
• 1:25:32
  my robot saying, this is what I guessed. So anyway,
• 1:25:35
  thank you. $50. Appreciate that. No, no, no location.
• 1:25:39
  And then we have Tonya Seaman from Buffalo, Texas.
• 1:25:42
  I wonder where Buffalo is. I've lived in Texas
• 1:25:45
  my whole life. I know a lot of towns. It's a
• 1:25:47
  big state, but I'm not sure where Buffalo is.
• 1:25:49
  I'll have to check it out. $50. Thank you, Tonya.
• 1:25:51
  We appreciate you. And there's Linda Lu Patkin
• 1:25:53
  from Casa Rock, Colorado. And she sends $50.
• 1:25:58
  This is interesting. Linda Lupatkin, she's always
• 1:26:03
  supported No Agenda. She's talked about her business.
• 1:26:06
  She helps people write resumes. And all of a
• 1:26:08
  sudden now her copy has changed. Now she says,
• 1:26:12
  there's a proverb. I mean, Linda, hello. Are
• 1:26:15
  we Christ curious? Are you decloaking? Wait a
• 1:26:18
  minute. Here we go. I like it a lot. There's
• 1:26:30
  a proverb about diligent people standing before
• 1:26:32
  kings. But in today's job market, Even the most
• 1:26:36
  accomplished professionals can struggle to get
• 1:26:38
  in front of decision -makers. This is where Linda
• 1:26:40
  Liu, Duchess of Jobs, comes in. She helps professionals
• 1:26:43
  and executives turn what makes them different
• 1:26:45
  and valuable into a resume that gets results.
• 1:26:48
  Then she helps, and she has helped a lot of people.
• 1:26:51
  She's good. The way she's segued into that. That's
• 1:26:55
  fantastic. She has helped people get jobs when
• 1:26:58
  everyone's using ChatGPT and everything. Go to
• 1:27:02
  imagemakersinc .com, Image Makers Inc. with a
• 1:27:05
  K, and Linda Liu, she's the Duchess of Jobs and
• 1:27:07
  writer of winning resumes. And thank you very
• 1:27:10
  much, Linda. Thanks for following me over from
• 1:27:13
  No Agenda and being here with me and Pastor Jimmy.
• 1:27:16
  It's so highly appreciated. Cool. I got the next
• 1:27:18
  four. Then you can read the notes. You got it.
• 1:27:21
  So Jeffrey Morrill, no note. No location, $34
• 1:27:25
  .83. I think these are $33 .33 plus the fees
• 1:27:28
  from Paypal. Thank you. Thank you so much. Nancy
• 1:27:31
  Martin Johnson, same, $34 .83. Eric Marklin at
• 1:27:35
  $34 .83 and Peter Eich at $34 .83. We appreciate
• 1:27:40
  you. Yeah, and a lot of these people are sending
• 1:27:42
  these on automatic payments, which recurring
• 1:27:45
  donations make a huge difference. Thank you so
• 1:27:48
  much. Uh, Laurel and Lumen from Fredericksburg.
• 1:27:51
  Yeah, hometown. Uh, Laurie Lumen. Wait, Laurie,
• 1:27:55
  we must know Laurie Lumen. Laurie Lumen. I'm
• 1:27:59
  putting you on the spot. Okay. Dear Pastor Jimmy
• 1:28:02
  and Adam, I've been listening to your podcast
• 1:28:03
  since it was first mentioned in church. Your
• 1:28:05
  weekly podcast has become the highlight of my
• 1:28:08
  day. Thank you for all you do. Laurie Lumen.
• 1:28:11
  I know that Tina is sitting at home right now
• 1:28:13
  going, yes, you know, Laurie. I know, me too.
• 1:28:16
  Here's the thing though. We have About 1 ,500
• 1:28:20
  who come to our church. So I've probably met
• 1:28:24
  her dozens of times. Thank you, Laurie. Thank
• 1:28:26
  you so much. Come up to me on Sunday. I love
• 1:28:28
  that. Fredericksburg. Yay. All right. We have,
• 1:28:30
  this is from Tomball, Texas, another Texas town,
• 1:28:34
  Count Sir economic hit man. You may know this
• 1:28:36
  one. And at 2222 memo from Count Sir. economic
• 1:28:41
  hitman. That's all it is. F -Y -C would be, I
• 1:28:55
  get to do this for your courage, I think. I'm
• 1:28:57
  not sure. I got it working through. But thank
• 1:29:01
  you, Colleen and Edward. Yeah, I'd love to hear
• 1:29:03
  what that is. And we have Justin Nguyen at 1688,
• 1:29:06
  says, very thankful for the seven years I got
• 1:29:08
  to listen to No Agenda and for John introducing
• 1:29:11
  me to the word Calipigus. Calipigus. Calipigus.
• 1:29:16
  Calabages. Calipigus. Calipigus. On the last
• 1:29:19
  episode of No Agenda by Aussie. Dollar redo's
• 1:29:23
  AP level donation was snubbed. So in true no
• 1:29:26
  agenda fashion, I bequeath a $25 dollar dollar
• 1:29:30
  redo donation for perhaps the last no agenda
• 1:29:33
  make good ever. I now look forward to the years
• 1:29:36
  I get to now listen to WGTDT. Which seems very
• 1:29:41
  timely as my curiosity in Christ is growing.
• 1:29:44
  In regards, Justin Wynn. Thanks, Justin. You're
• 1:29:47
  in the right spot, brother. You are in the right
• 1:29:49
  place. So we sent us $25 Australian dollars,
• 1:29:51
  which is $16 .88 US. Those guys are in trouble.
• 1:29:56
  Yeah. Appreciate it, though. Bruce Hargis, Bakersfield,
• 1:29:59
  California. Hello, California. $16 .30. Bryce.
• 1:30:03
  Oh, Bryce. Thank you. I put off donating until
• 1:30:06
  I could think of something witty. I gave up on
• 1:30:09
  that. Here's the Bible verse. That's witty. Commit
• 1:30:14
  your actions to the Lord and your plans will
• 1:30:16
  succeed. Proverbs 16 .3, that's why he donated
• 1:30:20
  $16 .30. Thank you. Very cool. Thanks, Bryce.
• 1:30:23
  And then we have Sean Rooney from Hollister,
• 1:30:27
  California. He and I went back and forth, helped
• 1:30:29
  him get the note on Substack. $11 .40 from Sean
• 1:30:34
  Rooney. verse, Psalm 11 -4. I don't have it sitting
• 1:30:40
  in front of me. You want to look that up while
• 1:30:41
  I read this? Yeah, I will. Longtime No Agenda
• 1:30:43
  fan following his adventures in WGTDT, and you
• 1:30:47
  too inspired me to work on my own faith art YouTube
• 1:30:51
  channel. Hey, way to go Waypoint Witness. This
• 1:30:54
  donation note is from Sean in Hollister. Oh,
• 1:30:58
  there's the Bible verse. I got it now. Go ahead
• 1:31:00
  and read it. You got it. It's still being...
• 1:31:03
  The robot's slow. I haven't opened up my Bible
• 1:31:05
  yet. Oh, that'll take you an hour. So here it
• 1:31:08
  is. The Lord is in His holy temple. The Lord's
• 1:31:11
  throne is in heaven. His eyes behold His eyelids.
• 1:31:15
  Try the children of men. A reminder that whatever
• 1:31:18
  turmoil we face here on the Blue Rock, God's
• 1:31:21
  got our back because... There it is. It's going
• 1:31:24
  to be okay. Love that, Sean. Thanks, bro. Here's
• 1:31:28
  another note. I think, yeah, here it is. I've
• 1:31:30
  been a long time, no agenda fan listening since
• 1:31:32
  the tail end of year one. I want to check out
• 1:31:35
  the WGTD. Teapod. I know your favorite word.
• 1:31:39
  Shortly before John passed, and I'm glad to follow
• 1:31:41
  Adam's kingdom work with Pastor Jimmy, reminding
• 1:31:44
  us all to live up in a mighty, crazy world. You
• 1:31:47
  too have inspired me to return to kingdom work
• 1:31:49
  on my YouTube channel, Waypoint Witness, where
• 1:31:52
  I combine watercolor art with Bible readings,
• 1:31:55
  devotionals, and prayer. Thank you, Adam and
• 1:31:58
  Pastor Jimmy, and God bless, and thank you, Shawn.
• 1:32:00
  Great to meet you, brother. I'll close these
• 1:32:03
  out, brother. I got Tristan Murray with $10 .80.
• 1:32:06
  We have our weekly, I think, $7 .77 from Kyle
• 1:32:12
  Perelka, Morgan Medlock, and Randall Black. Randall
• 1:32:15
  Black, thank you very much. Brian Moore, $5 .69,
• 1:32:19
  and I think he sends that for scripture. He says,
• 1:32:23
  sorry for the multiple emails. Oh, people love
• 1:32:25
  sending emails. I meant to share another good
• 1:32:27
  prayer app I would recommend while you're waiting
• 1:32:29
  on the one mentioned on show is the Echo Prayer
• 1:32:31
  app. Okay, I'll check it out. I've been using
• 1:32:33
  that one for about a year and I like it for a
• 1:32:38
  stock app store app. Okay. Pastor Jim and I,
• 1:32:42
  I'm establishing a weekly 1 Peter 5, 6 to 9 donation,
• 1:32:46
  5 69, to get in on the ground floor to support
• 1:32:50
  the WGTDT podcast. I'm so thankful for the show.
• 1:32:54
  It's the perfect successor to No Agenda for me
• 1:32:56
  as a brother in Christ. Thank you for the continued
• 1:32:59
  get -to -media assassination, and more importantly,
• 1:33:03
  the spiritual insight through God's holy word,
• 1:33:06
  keep proclaiming King Jesus. Love you guys, mean
• 1:33:08
  it. 1 Peter 5, 6 to 9, so humble yourselves under
• 1:33:13
  the mighty power of God, and at the right time,
• 1:33:16
  He will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries
• 1:33:19
  and cares to God, for He cares about you. Stay
• 1:33:22
  alert! watch out for your great enemy the devil
• 1:33:24
  he prowls around like a roaring lion looking
• 1:33:27
  for someone to devour stand firm against him
• 1:33:30
  and be strong in your faith remember that your
• 1:33:33
  family of believers all over the world is going
• 1:33:35
  through the same kind of struggle you are And
• 1:33:38
  he kind of added something to the scripture there.
• 1:33:39
  So good, man. That's solid. And Randy Black,
• 1:33:42
  again, with $5 .65. Thank you, Randy. And Isaiah
• 1:33:46
  Seeker, $5 .65. And Kyle Perelka, again, I guess
• 1:33:51
  people are donating now for two shows. Thank
• 1:33:54
  you. From Piscataway, New Jersey. Dan Godfrey
• 1:33:57
  with $4. And Dwayne Spellman Jr., as always,
• 1:34:00
  with $1 .53. And from the P .O. Box, thank you,
• 1:34:05
  Sir Skunkbeard. Night of the Third Coast for
• 1:34:07
  the t -shirts. I gave Pastor Jimmy his, and he
• 1:34:10
  sent a beautiful card with love and prayers in
• 1:34:12
  the glory. The card says, May God be very close
• 1:34:15
  to you and in His loving way restore your spirit,
• 1:34:18
  give your strength, and bless you day by day.
• 1:34:20
  Very cool. Thank you all so much for supporting
• 1:34:23
  us. That is, I mean, I'm blown away. I am too,
• 1:34:26
  brother. Just this amount of outpouring and support
• 1:34:29
  is a big deal to us. We so appreciate it. W -G
• 1:34:36
  -T -D -T -O -Nations .com. Wait, let me close.
• 1:34:39
  I got to close out the whole Armour of God first.
• 1:34:41
  Oh, yeah. All right. Man, I'm loving the riffs.
• 1:34:59
  I worked all night on them, Pastor Jimmy. Really,
• 1:35:03
  prompt, prompt, prompt, prompt. Brother, why
• 1:35:05
  don't you close us out with your daily grind
• 1:35:06
  so we can… All right. Glad to do it. Hey, you
• 1:35:09
  know what I love about this? I love the feedback
• 1:35:11
  loop. Yeah, that's big. When this is what kills
• 1:35:14
  what you say seven episodes, typically they fade.
• 1:35:17
  This one did pod fade. Yeah. Yeah. So man, just
• 1:35:19
  getting the feedback, it puts wind in our sails.
• 1:35:22
  It sure does. Makes us want to keep rolling.
• 1:35:24
  It sure does. All right. Here it is. All right.
• 1:35:26
  This is today's daily grind and the title is
• 1:35:29
  More Than All We Ask or Imagine. Today's scripture
• 1:35:32
  is Ephesians chapter three, verses 20 and 21.
• 1:35:36
  Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more
• 1:35:39
  than all we ask or imagine according to His power
• 1:35:43
  that is at work within us. To Him be glory in
• 1:35:47
  the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all
• 1:35:49
  generations forever and ever. Amen." You know,
• 1:35:53
  you can't read Paul's prayer without catching
• 1:35:55
  the spirit and energy with which he's declaring
• 1:35:57
  how amazing God is. This declaration captures
• 1:36:01
  the character and essence of who God is. He is
• 1:36:05
  able. This can be your declaration too. Say it
• 1:36:09
  out loud. God is able to do immeasurably more
• 1:36:12
  than all I ask or imagine according to His power.
• 1:36:16
  Notice it's His power, not ours. It's on Him,
• 1:36:19
  not us. Enjoy this truth today. So your instructions
• 1:36:23
  for today, stop what you're doing and make Paul's
• 1:36:25
  declaration your declaration. In our prayer for
• 1:36:28
  the day, Father, thank you for the truth of this
• 1:36:31
  amazing confession of faith by Paul. I, too,
• 1:36:34
  will stand on the truth of this Word today. In
• 1:36:37
  Jesus' name, amen. All right, everybody. We'll
• 1:36:40
  be back on Thursday. You don't have to wait that
• 1:36:43
  long. As you know, we all get to do this. See
• 1:36:45
  you then.