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Heidi St. John: Calling Christians To Pray, Shine, Stand Through 2024 · Worldview Matters With David Fiorazo

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  Welcome to World View Matters, discussing controversial issues, discerning current events,
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  defending biblical Christianity.
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  No topic, off limits.
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  And now, here's your host, David Fierazzo.
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  Hey guys, thank you so much for sharing the podcast, for listening, for tuning in.
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  I really appreciate you.
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  I've got Heidi St. John, the busy mom, back with us.
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  I'm just going to bring her in right now, Heidi St. John.com, author, podcaster, troublemaker
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  for the Kingdom of God, and her website, Heidi St. John.com.
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  Second half of this show today, we're going to talk about a brand new book for children,
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  that she's got out called The Mouse and the Sea, coming out, thanks to the people at Brave
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  Books.
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  Welcome back to World View Matters.
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  Hey my friend, it's so good to be here, it's always nice to see you.
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  It's great to see you a little more frequently in the last, I don't know, six months, we've
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  connected a little, a little more often.
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  I love that.
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  Personally, I believe so to the audience here at World View Matters.
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  Let's start, before we get to the children's book, let's start with some recent events
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  and I want to get your take on what's going on.
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  Let's just start with the low hanging fruit.
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  That would be President Trump and the constant attacks on him and the legal battles, but
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  Ron DeSantis dropping, I love DeSantis by the way, what are your thoughts on that whole
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  thing?
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  Well, I'm a super fan, it's worth saying, I'm a super fan of Ron DeSantis in terms of
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  his policy.
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  Yes.
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  I don't know the guy personally, one thing I've learned, I mean, I do know him, I've met
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  him several times, I don't know him.
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  One thing I've learned, and I definitely came away from this with my rent for Congress
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  is, you know, and people, we don't really know, I mean, the average American citizen needs
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  to just admit, we don't know what's going on behind the scenes.
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  So like, I posted, hey, you know, DeSantis has dropped out of the race and I would love
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  to see DeSantis on the ticket with Trump, frankly, I think they'd be unstoppable.
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  I think you did a Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump ticket and I think it would be unstoppable.
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  A whole bunch of people are like, Ron DeSantis is part of the cabal, how do you know that?
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  How do you know?
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  You don't know.
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  You just, you just, you're just guessing.
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  So I, I think we, I think we pray, I think we ask the Lord for his mercy because his
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  country is in desperate need of the mercy of God right now.
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  But I, in terms of his policy, I felt like Ron DeSantis did a phenomenal job as the governor
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  of Florida.
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  Yeah.
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  And I thought he did an honorable thing when he dropped out of the race.
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  He, he's realizing he said this when he dropped out, he doesn't want to spend hundreds
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  and hundreds of millions of dollars on a campaign that has no path to victory.
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  And it's very clear and it has been for months that Donald Trump's second all the oxygen
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  out of the room and he is going to be the Republican nominee.
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  And, and it's time for the Republicans to figure that out and just to get to get, I mean,
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  it's either that or we got, you know, another round of Joe Biden or heaven forbid they run
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  Michelle Obama and somebody suicides Joe Biden.
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  Who knows?
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  You know, maybe, maybe the Clintons are going to suicide him.
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  Nobody knows.
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  But I, I am, I was glad to see him drop out just, just because I don't think he, I don't
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  think this was his time.
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  I don't think he could have pulled it off.
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  And it just further divides the party.
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  Actually, it was pretty frustrated.
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  You didn't ask me this, but I'm going to say it.
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  I was, I was frustrated to see some of Trump's surrogates.
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  Benny Johnson comes to mind, you know, people who put out videos that just mocked DeSantis
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  after he withdrew from the race.
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  Oh, I don't like that.
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  I'm like, listen, he withdrew in, and whether or not you were going to vote for president,
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  it takes a lot of Hutzpah and a lot of courage and a lot of time to run for office.
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  Hello.
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  He deserves.
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  Yeah, you know what that's like.
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  I do not to run for president, but certainly running for Congress.
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  And I, I respect him for that.
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  And so I'd like to see some of these, you know, the name calling it to stop the stupidity
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  of it.
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  It's just they further divide the Republican party because then they throw egg in the face
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  of all the people that really wanted to vote for Ron DeSantis.
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  Well, that doesn't help bring the party together.
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  So how about you start acting like a bunch of grown ups.
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  And I think so far I was happy with Trump's response to, to DeSantis drop out of the race.
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  He said he's retiring.
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  The name Ron DeSantis, which I was like, some of the stuff I'll tell you.
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  But I think it's a good thing overall.
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  So I'm with you when we talk about policy and this is what as Christians, guys, don't
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  fall into the media trap of making, they are making it about personality.
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  I'm not a big fan of president Trump's personality.
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  I'm not a fan of his narcissism.
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  I couldn't stand Obama's narcissism.
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  I didn't want Trump to be so narcissistic, but this, that's who he is.
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  I'll vote for him again if he gets the nomination.
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  But I wish it were someone else, someone that was more biblical when it comes to their
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  fruit.
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  But let me tell you, get back to the three Ps, policy, platform and procedures and the
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  platform, friends.
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  I mean, if you're looking at the Democrat platform and you say you're a Christian, look
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  out because you got answer to God for what you support your thoughts, Heidi.
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  Yeah.
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  That's absolutely right.
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  You know, and it's policy over personality.
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  We're not voting for a savior.
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  We're voting for a president.
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  And so we need to look at the policies of president Trump.
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  He was, I mean, come on.
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  The world was not in chaos like it is now when Trump was the president because he believes
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  and so do I in leading through strength.
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  We didn't have the poorest nature of the southern border.
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  He was working on building a wall.
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  We didn't have fentanyl pouring across our southern border like we do right now.
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  Interesting to note that the Democrats used to be in favor of a closed border.
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  And now they're not.
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  Listen, if you don't have a border, you don't have a nation, borders define nations.
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  And the United States is a sovereign nation that's being treated like a, you know, like some
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  sort of a little summer camp by these people that are just coming across our southern border.
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  So there's a lot of issues.
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  I was frustrated, I think, with Trump's watering down a little bit of the pro life issue that
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  was very disappointing to me, but listen, I'm going to pray for him.
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  Because obviously he is the de facto, unless something happens, he is going to be the Republican
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  nominee.
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  Christians should be praying for this man.
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  He is up against it.
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  Obviously, you know, the, the Biden administration has weaponized the Department of Justice and
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  the DOJ.
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  I mean, on the FBI against Trump, they're trying to make an example of him.
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  These, you know, sorry for the, the, the, the pun, but these, these trumped up charges
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  that they're lobbing against him are really just to keep him from being able to run.
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  These attempts to try to get him off the ballot in Colorado and in Maine, they're trying
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  in Washington state right now, shame on these people, shame on these people.
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  Our country was built on the fact that anyone who wants to run can run and they're trying
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  to keep a man from being able to be on the ballot.
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  And it's just shameful.
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  It's a shameful moment for the country.
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  And it highlights why we so desperately need to get the Democrats out of office.
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  You know, these people are dangerous to the United States, dangerous to freedom.
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  They've weaponized the Department of Justice against parents going to board meeting, school
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  board meetings.
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  Joe Biden, I'm sorry.
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  I don't know how, you know, how many of your listeners like the guy, but he obviously
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  is suffering from severe mental decline.
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  He has no spiritual wisdom at all.
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  I would call many of the things that he has said from the front of our nation's pulpit.
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  The bully pulpit have been evil at their, at their root.
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  And I mean, you guys, demand absolutely.
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  You saw the display that Jill Biden put on at the White House at Christmas.
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  These guys have had transgenders and, you know, people in the White House that are promoting
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  things that are absolutely antithetical to scripture.
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  And so I'm praying for Donald Trump, you know, like you, I'm not a, I'm not a super fan
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  of his personality.
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  I had the opportunity to meet with him for almost a full hour when I was running for
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  Congress just by myself, just sat and, and talked with him.
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  And he has, God has given him, you know, you guys can like it or not like it, but when
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  that guy walks into a room, he has a particular charisma.
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  There's something about him that draws people to his message.
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  And he's a fighter.
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  And we need a fighter.
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  But he needs prayer.
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  I don't, I would not, I don't feel comfortable saying he knows the Lord.
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  I've never heard him make a confession of faith.
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  I heard Melania, her mother's funeral.
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  I watched little pieces of that.
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  And I heard her, you know, thank the universe for her mother.
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  I don't think these are people that know the Lord.
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  And so it's even more reason to pray for them.
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  They're not beyond the reach of God.
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  And what would happen if we had a godly leader at the helm of our nation?
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  It would be, it would be amazing.
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  So you said something earlier that I want to point out what's happening now, what, what
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  their tax on Trump.
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  I think part of the agenda is to use, focus attention off what the administration is doing.
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  It's a smoke screen.
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  These attacks and they're pointing the finger at Trump all the time.
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  But let me look at a couple of headlines here that we've talked about recently on
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  the show.
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  The government is spending $700,000 on trans and inclusive sex ed for 14-year-olds up
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  and main.
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  The Democrats are pushing a bill that would allow the state to seize kids from parents preventing
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  them from getting sex change surgeries.
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  And by the way, the White House just canceled $5 billion in student debt for 74,000 borrowers.
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  Where does all the money come from?
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  They continue.
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  They don't even do it.
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  It's not constitutional.
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  He's acting outside of his authority and it's shocking to me.
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  And that doesn't matter anymore, apparently.
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  It's just amazing.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean, he's already been, he already had his wrist slapped by the Supreme Court who said,
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  Oh, hey, you're outside of your jurisdiction.
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  You don't actually get to do that.
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  That's a decision for Congress to make.
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  And this, this president who absolutely doesn't give one wit about the United States Constitution.
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  He knows he's outside of the law.
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  Yeah.
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  And he doesn't care.
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  It's amazing.
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  I might not know him at this, his mental state now, but whoever's running things for
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  the left, they know.
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  By the way, they're one of their slogans, build back better in order to build something
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  back.
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  You've got to break it.
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  You've got to break it.
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  They're dismantling on purpose.
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  They don't care how much money they're spending.
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  They don't care how they waste taxpayer dollars.
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  They don't care about the chaos at the southern border.
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  But anyway, I think there's so much more we need to talk about.
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  So that's all politics.
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  And this is going to be a very, very interesting year, but for Christians, what would you say?
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  What advice and encouragement would you give to the biblical Christian, not the American
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  professing Christian or the person that thinks they're a believer, but that's not applying
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  the Bible to their lives, not living like it?
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  What advice would you give as far as the election coming up this year and just to keep their
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  foundation straight in their heads on straight as we move through this year of 2024?
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  That's a great question.
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  You know, I, you know, we're talking about this a little while ago.
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  I have been really burdened to prayer really to come and I'm not, I would say I have
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  not been a woman of prayer, like I think God would have me be.
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  I think, you know, people like me, I'm sort of a type A personality.
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  I'm a doer.
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  You know, I want to get in and like, you know, how can I fix it?
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  What can I do?
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  And I think the Lord is calling his people back to say, Hey, it's not about you.
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  It's about me.
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  And what I can do, greater is he who is in me than he who's in the world.
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  And so I have really been reminded to pray and I think we cannot underestimate the power
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  of prayer.
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  It doesn't mean that we disengage, that we stop doing things.
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  It means that we come before the Lord, that we get up that extra 15 minutes earlier,
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  that extra half an hour, whatever it takes, and we dedicate that time to the Lord.
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  I frankly think that's why we saw a victory in 2016.
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  And I think in 2020, everyone was just like, Oh, Hey, we got it in the bag.
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  And so people just kind of were like these relights, right?
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  You know, we, we, we walk away from the Lord or we get lazy or we think that we're the
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  ones who are this is all about or whatever.
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  And then we wind up in trouble.
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  And then we get ourselves into the situation like we're in right now, the church quiet
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  again, not doing what they were supposed to be doing in the first place.
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  So I want to see God's people actually return to a posture of prayer.
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  And I have been my, my, my word for 20, 2024 is shine.
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  God's people should be cheerful.
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  We should be happy warriors.
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  We're not to give up, weren't worked to, we're to stand.
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  I mean, the Bible says having done all stand and we stand in the knowledge of the, the
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  truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we can stand in the knowledge of who we are.
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  And the God's got a plan that he's working out and the we're part of it.
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  We're here for such a time as this.
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  So to me, it's a, it's a return to a posture of prayer.
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  I have a women's Bible study that I'm doing over at faith that speaks.
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  And we've got a couple thousand women over there going through God's word with me.
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  And my women's conference shine is coming up on the first and second of March here in
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  Vancouver, Washington.
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  And so I'm trying to equip as many people as I can with the tools that God has given
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  us in his word to see victory as Christians, we fight not for victory, but we fight from
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  a position of victory, knowing that the battle has already been won and Jesus wanted at
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  the cross.
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  And so now, you know, we're waiting for the Lord to return.
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  And while we do that, he said that we're to share the gospel, that we're to shine the
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  love of Christ that we are there for Christ and bastards as if he were making his appeal
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  through us.
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  What are you saying?
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  Come back to me.
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  Right.
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  That's the heart of the Father.
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  Come back to me.
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  Well, we won't be able to do that unless we commit to prayer.
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  And so that to me is the most, the most important thing.
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  It's just something the Lord's put on my heart, but I think it's his heart for his people
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  for this time and this season.
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  Amen.
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  Pray, shine, stand.
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  How's that for a little motto?
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  Anyway, we've got to take a break when we come back with Heidi, St. John, the busy mom.
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  We're going to talk about a brand new children's book she has called The Mouse and the Sea.
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  Right back on World View Matters.
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  Back to Heidi St. John, the busy mom, also momstronginternational.com.
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  That's what she mentioned, faith that speaks.
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  And Heidi, well, you just mentioned, did you say you're doing a Bible study over there
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  at faith that speaks?
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  Tell us a little bit about that before we move on.
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  Yeah.
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  So we rebranded momstronginternational about several months ago to an organization we were
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  calling faith that speaks because I want to reach out to all women, not just women who
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  are mothers and we had so many people saying, I love what you're saying.
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  It applies to, you know, I want to bring my daughter, my 18 year old or my neighbor down
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  the street, but then I'll have kids.
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  And my passion really has been to get the word of God into the hands of women.
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  And so we rebranded from momstronginternational to faith that speaks.com and they, we asked
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  the question of these women, if your faith found its voice, what would God have you say?
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  If your faith found its feet, where would God take you, the idea that our faith is an
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  active faith and not a silent faith, it's not an immobile faith, it's not a paralyzed
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  faith, God has us here for such a time as this.
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  The lives of the people that are living today are no less significant in God's economy
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  than the lives of Moses or Esther or any of the great Christian leaders that we can
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  think of in past ages.
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  We are here for this time in human history.
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  And so at faith that speaks, I do a Bible study every, every month we release a Bible
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  study and I take the women through it right now.
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  We're going through the book of Esther next month.
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  We're going to be walking through 10 extraordinary women from the Bible and actually looking
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  at a couple of villains, also what can we learn from these women who had lives that were
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  not honoring to God.
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  And so lots of, you know, like I said, my passion just to see these women walk with the
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  Lord and have their faith become a faith that speaks.
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  And so that's really been my heart and passion, my new book for mothers, momstrong 365.
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  It's a 365 day devotional for anyone who has influence in life of a child that came out
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  in September.
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  And then as you just said in January, just a couple of weeks ago, my brand new book
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  from Brave Books for children, the mouse and the sea release.
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  So we got a lot going on, but I'm hoping it's an encouragement to people.
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  Well, you're living up to your name, the busy mom.
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  That's for sure.
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  But let's, I'm over at BraveBooks.us.
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  It is a Christian book publishing company and they're putting out a lot of books.
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  This is this your first children's book because you've written a lot of books, Heidi.
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  Tell us about that.
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  How did this come about?
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  So it came about because Brave reached out to me and what they do is they partner with
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  influencers.
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  So they look for Christian influencers, men and women who have a platform and they say,
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  hey, can we partner with you to write a book, which works out great for people, busy
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  people like me.
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  So we talked about a topic and what would, you know, what would fit with me and what
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  I'm doing.
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  And so the book that we wrote was just about asking for help.
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  You know, we're trying to teach children to lean into their communities.
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  So much of what happens in the culture right now with children is tearing them away from
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  their, their support system away from their families and onto social media or to their
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  school counselors or whatever.
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  But God has given us community right here in our homes and in our purchase.
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  And so I think we often avoid asking for help out of fear that it will burden somebody
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  else.
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  Yep.
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  And, and this book really speaks to that.
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  But even though it's written for children, I think it's a lot of parents were related
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  to it, right?
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  So this little, this little mouse, it's beautifully illustrated by the way.
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  I mean, they just do an incredible job.
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  Oh, yeah, it's just, it's really, really sweet.
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  But this little mouse, he has the kind of the gift of help and he loves to help people.
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  And he, he sees his friends at the bottom of the ocean that need help, like his one of
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  his friends little Orca whale.
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  And he has a, I think a toilet lid or something stuck on his tooth.
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  Someone dropped in the ocean and he takes it off and he just goes around and helps people.
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  So then he needs help, right?
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  The bad guy comes into the story and he's kidnapped and he needs help.
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  And he refuses the help from his friends because he doesn't want to burden them, which
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  of course gets him into even more trouble.
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  And so his friends come alongside and help him, you know, it's sort of like we can get
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  by a little help from my friends.
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  But what I love about this is I think, I think it's going to resonate with adults as well
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  as children.
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  And Brae books is amazing.
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  They are really, they're doing something to combat the problem of woke ideology that's
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  specifically in our schools right now coming out from companies like Scholastic, you and
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  I have talked about Scholastic on the show before.
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  And my book is part of Brae books Freedom Island series.
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  It's the first book in saga four.
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  So they've been at this for a little while.
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  So you're going to see the same group of characters they've added one.
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  Of course, I'm Mr. Mouse.
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  They've added my character now to the team.
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  And they're going to move over to the island where all the bad guys are.
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  So Dometron is the name of that island.
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  And every book from Brae teaches a traditional American value.
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  And they bring children into this beautiful world of imagination with a purpose.
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  So it's a wonderful way to combat the woke ideology that's out there today.
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  And people can sign up to become part of the Freedom Island book club series in every
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  single month.
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  You get a box in the mail that has a brand new book.
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  This month, it's my book.
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  So people join this month, they'll get my book for free because it comes as the first book
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  in the series.
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  But it's really a phenomenal way to engage your children or in my case, my grandchildren.
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  So we got the book club for my grandkids.
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  Awesome.
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  And it's just a beautiful, beautiful way to combat woke ideology, bring families together.
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  You get games and it all kinds of fun things.
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  So it's the Freedom Island book club.
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  And if people use the promo code Heidi, they'll get a discount when they check out.
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  So that's a really good little tip for your listeners.
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  Use that promo code when you check out.
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  So they connect to that at bravebooks.us.
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  Yep.
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  Or bravebooks.com.
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  I'm sure it will probably go to the, to the same place.
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  And they sign up.
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  You can sign up for the Freedom Island book club series.
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  It's really, it's really, really cool.
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  And then they'll get my book for free when they subscribe.
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  And there's a new, I mean, my friend Kurt Cameron, I think he's done three books for them.
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  Missy Robertson from Deck Dynasty has done books for them.
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  They've just got some really, really great, great authors and some fun, some fun perks
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  like a Freedom Island map.
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  Because remember, they're tracking these characters all around Freedom Island.
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  So they track the characters, they get to know them, they track them with stickers,
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  they get magnets and coloring pages, all kinds of things.
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  So it's, it's a lot of fun.
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  And I think that, I think that the ages that they're, that they're really shooting for
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  are four to 12.
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  So we're looking like elementary school, age, children and preschool.
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  Boy, do we need more children's books after we've seen the onslaught of drag queen
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  story hours and all these things taking place.
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  So thank you, Heidi, for being a part of this movement.
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  And I appreciate Kurt Cameron rebelling and offering Christian books or kids' books
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  at the local school library, people doing these events that are Christian.
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  I've even had some pastor friends do pastor story hour at their library or whatever.
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  I mean, the library is public, right?
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  So one description of the book says your book, The Mouse and the Sea carries a powerful
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  message for mothers to encouraging them to forget the do it all mentality and not be afraid
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  to lean on others.
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  Heidi, let's stop right there.
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  We're running out of time, but talk to busy moms who maybe they have a hard time asking
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  for help because they're used to doing it all.
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  Go ahead.
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  You've got experience with that.
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  I'm sure.
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  I do.
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  Well, I mean, for those of your listeners who don't know, I have raised seven children and
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  now I'm a grandmother.
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  Just on our daughter, Sierra and her husband are expecting their first baby.
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  So that'll be five grandbabies coming into the St. John household.
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  But I think, you know, we can really easily fall as mothers, especially if you're a
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  homeschool mom or you've got several young ones at home into the sort of martyr mom syndrome
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  where no one's ever listening to me and we're slamming the dishwasher glows and you're
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  exhausted at the end of the day and producing your marriages, suffering, your relationships
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  are suffering.
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  That is not God's heart.
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  He is created as for community.
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  We need to ask for help.
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  It's what I have really dedicated my life to doing with my husband and starting the
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  homeschool resource center and all the things that we do to come alongside parents.
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  We need each other and that's really the message of the mouse in the sea.
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  I think that's why I said, I think it's not only is it good for children, but it's going
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  to be good for that mom who's like, you know, I hasn't asked for help, but she desperately
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  needs it.
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  And so to sort of keep that at the front and center to say, hey, if you need help, ask
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  for it.
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  And there's a privilege that we have right in coming alongside other other brothers
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  and sisters in the Lord and saying, hey, I noticed that you could use a little help
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  from a friend.
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  And that really is the message of the mouse in the sea, just like all the books from
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  Brave Books.
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  It has a wonderful positive uplifting message.
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  I think we'll resonate not only with kids, but with parents as well.
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  And with your book, The Mouse in the Sea, I think of bearing one another's burdens offering
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  help.
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  If you, if we are physically able Christian, let's just not talk it.
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  Let's be about offering our time, our help and the resources that we have, time, talents,
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  treasure.
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  Heidi, we just got one more minute here and I'm just so thankful to have connected with
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  you all these years.
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  I don't know when we first talked and I don't even know how that happened, but I'm so
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  glad because I just sense a kindred spirit and you're a fighter, you're a warrior.
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  I like to be, you know, sometimes life will beat us down a little bit, but, but Christ
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  is king.
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  He wins.
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  That means we win in the end.
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  So we have such an amazing hope in him.
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  Just love for you to share your final words of encouragement and we'll let you go.
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  Well, I, you know, as you know, in 2022, I ran for Congress and I'm not only going to find
• 26:08
  my, my political voice in doing that, but I learned that Christianity is absolutely
• 26:12
  under the, under attack in this country.
• 26:13
  And I think this year is going to be one of the most important battles for conservatives
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  in this country.
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  Most of these people are just like our parents.
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  And everyone who's listening to show to be encouraged.
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  You're here for this time in human history.
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  God would have us get off the bench, get on to the battlefield, encourage your friends
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  and your neighbors, what can we do to be ambassadors for the living God around us and bring
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  some light to where God has us in the culture.
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  It's a dark world, but Jesus shines brightly.
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  And we shine even more brightly in the darkness.
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  about what might come in 2024, but I'm not.
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  I know that we're here for this time in human history
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  and greater is he who's in me than he who's in the world.
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  Amen.
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  Be people of faith and fear is not of God.
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  We've not been given a spirit of fear,
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  but power, love and a sound mind.
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  Heidi, I think back to what you said earlier,
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  let's pray, let's shine and let's stand.
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  What do you say?
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  I love it.
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  Let's do it.
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  God bless you and all you have going on.
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  Thanks for your time today.
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  HeidiSaintjohn.com.
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  We'll see you next time.
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  Thank you.
• 27:16
  All right, friends, we appreciate your support
• 27:18
  for sharing the podcast.
• 27:19
  It's getting out there thanks to you.
• 27:21
  So God bless you and as always, keep speaking the truth
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  about things that matter.