1 00:00:08,257 --> 00:00:09,057 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:11,137 --> 00:00:14,377 Speaker 2: Download the Jesus Calling app and get started today for free. 3 00:00:14,817 --> 00:00:17,297 Speaker 2: Look for the Jesus Calling app both the Apple and 4 00:00:17,457 --> 00:00:18,456 Speaker 2: Google Play stores. 5 00:00:27,177 --> 00:00:30,457 Speaker 3: Hi, I'm Susie McIntyre Eaton. I want to welcome you 6 00:00:30,617 --> 00:00:34,537 Speaker 3: to Jesus Listen Stories of Prayer. I think this is 7 00:00:34,577 --> 00:00:38,416 Speaker 3: going to be a wonderful interview for you today. Squire Rushnell, 8 00:00:38,817 --> 00:00:43,737 Speaker 3: who was with ABC and did lots of different children's 9 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:49,217 Speaker 3: programs for ABC, and his lovely wife Louise Dwart are 10 00:00:49,257 --> 00:00:53,257 Speaker 3: with me today. Thank you for sitting down, relaxing and 11 00:00:53,297 --> 00:00:57,777 Speaker 3: taking the time to listen, learn and get closer to God. 12 00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:02,817 Speaker 3: I'm coming into this so totally blind, and I'm really 13 00:01:02,857 --> 00:01:08,537 Speaker 3: glad I am because I had heard about a godwink 14 00:01:08,657 --> 00:01:12,097 Speaker 3: and I thought, what in the world are they talking about? 15 00:01:12,297 --> 00:01:15,897 Speaker 3: And you have you, I mean, you got one point 16 00:01:16,137 --> 00:01:18,217 Speaker 3: five million books. 17 00:01:17,857 --> 00:01:22,497 Speaker 1: Out out there. The thirteen books in the series. Actually 18 00:01:22,497 --> 00:01:26,377 Speaker 1: this is the thirteenth one will be Godwinks from Moms 19 00:01:26,857 --> 00:01:30,657 Speaker 1: and it's reached a tipping point. It's interesting because when 20 00:01:30,737 --> 00:01:35,777 Speaker 1: Squire came up with that phrase godwinks, which you know, 21 00:01:35,857 --> 00:01:38,577 Speaker 1: people say, well, what does a godwink? Well, it's almost 22 00:01:38,657 --> 00:01:40,817 Speaker 1: like if you're sitting at the dining room table with 23 00:01:40,897 --> 00:01:44,257 Speaker 1: people you love like grandma and Grandpa, and they look 24 00:01:44,297 --> 00:01:46,417 Speaker 1: at you and they give you a little wink. You 25 00:01:46,457 --> 00:01:48,537 Speaker 1: didn't ask what does that mean? You knew it meant, hey, kid, 26 00:01:48,577 --> 00:01:51,257 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about you right now. I love you. And 27 00:01:51,297 --> 00:01:54,017 Speaker 1: that's simply what a godwink is. Out of eight billion 28 00:01:54,097 --> 00:01:57,497 Speaker 1: people on the planet, it's a person, a person touched 29 00:01:57,497 --> 00:02:00,897 Speaker 1: from God saying I'm with you, You're not alone. 30 00:02:01,897 --> 00:02:06,097 Speaker 2: Personal communication, right, and that means special. Yeah, out of 31 00:02:06,257 --> 00:02:10,137 Speaker 2: eight billion, a special person, a person called great right 32 00:02:10,217 --> 00:02:10,776 Speaker 2: from God. 33 00:02:11,097 --> 00:02:13,857 Speaker 1: You know, one of our closest friends is Kathy Lee Gifford, 34 00:02:14,097 --> 00:02:17,817 Speaker 1: and I know Reva is good friends with Kathy, and 35 00:02:18,257 --> 00:02:21,057 Speaker 1: I think Reaba has talked about God Wings and there's 36 00:02:21,057 --> 00:02:24,096 Speaker 1: so many which is great. There's a lot of celebrities 37 00:02:24,137 --> 00:02:26,537 Speaker 1: now we're talking about god Wings. We just saw where 38 00:02:26,897 --> 00:02:29,897 Speaker 1: Tim Tebow and his wife Demi and God bless him. 39 00:02:29,937 --> 00:02:33,137 Speaker 1: They're you're gonna have a baby, but they talk about 40 00:02:33,137 --> 00:02:37,297 Speaker 1: God Wings, how they met Dolly Parton yet, So it's 41 00:02:37,337 --> 00:02:40,617 Speaker 1: getting the word is getting out there. And and you 42 00:02:40,657 --> 00:02:43,057 Speaker 1: know we have we have several movies on Hallmark and 43 00:02:43,097 --> 00:02:46,217 Speaker 1: a movie on Netflix. And I think what people love 44 00:02:46,257 --> 00:02:50,577 Speaker 1: about them is that they're real stories and people can 45 00:02:50,617 --> 00:02:52,937 Speaker 1: relate to. If that happened to them, it can happen 46 00:02:52,977 --> 00:02:56,857 Speaker 1: to me. And basically it's God is saying you're not alone. 47 00:02:57,057 --> 00:02:59,657 Speaker 1: I'm in this twenty four to seven with you, you bet. 48 00:02:59,937 --> 00:03:03,217 Speaker 1: But the story that's in this book is because it's 49 00:03:03,257 --> 00:03:06,417 Speaker 1: about moms, but it's also about people in our lives 50 00:03:06,457 --> 00:03:11,497 Speaker 1: who mentor us like moms. And I had a teacher, 51 00:03:12,097 --> 00:03:14,457 Speaker 1: Missus Bennett, when I was in high school. She was 52 00:03:14,497 --> 00:03:18,777 Speaker 1: my English teacher and drama coach. And at the end 53 00:03:18,777 --> 00:03:21,217 Speaker 1: of the day, she would ask me because I took 54 00:03:21,257 --> 00:03:25,817 Speaker 1: shorthand and her husband, who was infirmed, he was writing 55 00:03:25,817 --> 00:03:28,377 Speaker 1: a book. Very brilliant man, but he was writing a 56 00:03:28,377 --> 00:03:31,216 Speaker 1: book and he wanted to dictate it. And she knew 57 00:03:31,257 --> 00:03:33,257 Speaker 1: I took shorthands. So I would go to her house 58 00:03:33,577 --> 00:03:37,857 Speaker 1: almost every night and I would be mentored by her. 59 00:03:38,217 --> 00:03:40,457 Speaker 1: And she always believed in me. She always thought I 60 00:03:40,497 --> 00:03:43,057 Speaker 1: had talent. And when I thought, you know, I'd say, oh, 61 00:03:43,057 --> 00:03:46,017 Speaker 1: I can't. She'd say, yes, Louise, you can. You reach 62 00:03:46,097 --> 00:03:48,777 Speaker 1: for the stars. You can be in the entertainment business. 63 00:03:48,857 --> 00:03:51,977 Speaker 1: I said, but Missus Bennett, I'm in Quincy, Massachusetts and 64 00:03:52,297 --> 00:03:54,217 Speaker 1: you can do this, Louise, if you believe in it. 65 00:03:54,937 --> 00:03:57,697 Speaker 1: So she was the one who encouraged me. So i'd 66 00:03:57,697 --> 00:04:01,577 Speaker 1: gone to LA I started in the entertainment industry, and 67 00:04:01,617 --> 00:04:04,457 Speaker 1: then I got a Broadway show in New York and 68 00:04:04,617 --> 00:04:09,697 Speaker 1: missus Bennett, now years later infirmed she has maculate degeneration. 69 00:04:09,857 --> 00:04:12,057 Speaker 1: She can't see that. Well, she's in the front row 70 00:04:12,537 --> 00:04:15,057 Speaker 1: to watch her student on Broadway. 71 00:04:16,537 --> 00:04:21,057 Speaker 3: Think about it. Another one that is very important our grandmother's. 72 00:04:21,657 --> 00:04:23,217 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, my grandmother. 73 00:04:23,296 --> 00:04:28,376 Speaker 3: I got the biggest godwink from him because my mama 74 00:04:28,416 --> 00:04:30,896 Speaker 3: went to work for the superintendent of school. She was 75 00:04:30,936 --> 00:04:33,936 Speaker 3: a school teacher, and she influenced a lot of people. 76 00:04:34,017 --> 00:04:37,457 Speaker 3: My grandmother was a school teacher, and she influenced my mother, 77 00:04:37,577 --> 00:04:40,896 Speaker 3: who was not her mother in law at that time. 78 00:04:42,376 --> 00:04:46,856 Speaker 3: And so my mama went to work and I hadn't 79 00:04:46,897 --> 00:04:50,497 Speaker 3: started school yet. So she made it to where the 80 00:04:50,537 --> 00:04:53,737 Speaker 3: school bus driver would come by our house pick me up, 81 00:04:53,816 --> 00:04:56,016 Speaker 3: and on his way to pick up my aunt who 82 00:04:56,097 --> 00:04:59,136 Speaker 3: was still in high school, he let me off and 83 00:04:59,176 --> 00:05:03,176 Speaker 3: picked her up, and so no other grandkids were around, 84 00:05:03,657 --> 00:05:07,337 Speaker 3: no other you know, my grandpa was there, but I 85 00:05:07,416 --> 00:05:11,257 Speaker 3: had her to myself, and God gave me that huge 86 00:05:11,337 --> 00:05:19,017 Speaker 3: blessing of Grandma who never got in between those sheets, 87 00:05:19,056 --> 00:05:21,817 Speaker 3: except that she got down on her knees at night 88 00:05:21,936 --> 00:05:24,177 Speaker 3: and she prayed for her kids and her grandkids. 89 00:05:24,736 --> 00:05:30,217 Speaker 2: You're so right, Susie. Yeah, this book really tries to 90 00:05:30,217 --> 00:05:35,097 Speaker 2: touch almost all of those women, whether it's young mothers 91 00:05:34,736 --> 00:05:36,616 Speaker 2: or family. 92 00:05:36,257 --> 00:05:43,897 Speaker 1: Mom, grandmoms, dog moms, dog moms in there, dog and cat, 93 00:05:44,017 --> 00:05:50,296 Speaker 1: dog and cat. Okay, Well, what it does is that, 94 00:05:50,936 --> 00:05:54,497 Speaker 1: you know, moms worry about things, and they wonder am 95 00:05:54,537 --> 00:05:57,296 Speaker 1: I doing the right thing? And I think all these 96 00:05:57,337 --> 00:06:02,056 Speaker 1: stories in the book encouraged them to say, yeah, you're okay. 97 00:06:02,416 --> 00:06:04,416 Speaker 1: You know God is with you and He's going to 98 00:06:04,496 --> 00:06:06,856 Speaker 1: get you to the place where you need to go. 99 00:06:07,257 --> 00:06:11,217 Speaker 1: We often say that that god wings are like gifts 100 00:06:11,296 --> 00:06:14,897 Speaker 1: left on your doorstep. You have to open the door 101 00:06:15,137 --> 00:06:19,777 Speaker 1: and open your gift there for everyone. God is no 102 00:06:19,897 --> 00:06:23,897 Speaker 1: respect of persons. He wants us all to receive his blessing, 103 00:06:24,296 --> 00:06:27,137 Speaker 1: and he communicates with us all the time. Asquire as 104 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:29,256 Speaker 1: you were talking, I was thinking that the radio station, 105 00:06:29,376 --> 00:06:33,137 Speaker 1: how the radio frequency. The closer you get to the tower, 106 00:06:33,816 --> 00:06:36,936 Speaker 1: the clearer the boys come. So the closer we get 107 00:06:36,976 --> 00:06:40,857 Speaker 1: to Jesus, the closer we get to God, we can 108 00:06:40,976 --> 00:06:44,457 Speaker 1: hear the voice more. You know, he's in Proverbs. It says, 109 00:06:44,496 --> 00:06:48,256 Speaker 1: in all your ways, acknowledge me, and I will direct 110 00:06:48,337 --> 00:06:52,697 Speaker 1: your paths. And he promises that. So we say, well, 111 00:06:52,697 --> 00:06:55,616 Speaker 1: how do we hook into that. It's all about communicating 112 00:06:55,657 --> 00:06:57,616 Speaker 1: with Him. If we can teach our kids to do 113 00:06:57,657 --> 00:07:00,816 Speaker 1: that all through their lives, that is that's the greatest 114 00:07:00,856 --> 00:07:02,856 Speaker 1: gift we can give them. As talk to God. 115 00:07:03,657 --> 00:07:07,416 Speaker 3: Well, what we do with Jesus listens, stories of prayers 116 00:07:07,496 --> 00:07:12,177 Speaker 3: that we I read a passage from Jesus Listens, and 117 00:07:13,057 --> 00:07:16,977 Speaker 3: as a prayer to him, I would just ask y'all 118 00:07:16,977 --> 00:07:20,577 Speaker 3: to join me while I read this, and I just 119 00:07:20,617 --> 00:07:23,777 Speaker 3: want to thank you so much for being here. It's 120 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:29,577 Speaker 3: from Jesus Listens, August thirteenth. Magnificent Jesus. When I depend 121 00:07:29,657 --> 00:07:33,937 Speaker 3: on you, my whole perspective changes. I'm able to see 122 00:07:34,057 --> 00:07:40,137 Speaker 3: your miraculous works, though others see only natural occurrences and coincidences. 123 00:07:41,697 --> 00:07:45,297 Speaker 3: I begin each day with joyful expectation, eager to see 124 00:07:45,337 --> 00:07:49,256 Speaker 3: what you will do. I accept weakness as a gift 125 00:07:49,257 --> 00:07:53,377 Speaker 3: from you, knowing that your power is fulfilled and completed 126 00:07:54,137 --> 00:07:58,217 Speaker 3: shows itself most effective in my weakness. I keep my 127 00:07:58,337 --> 00:08:03,057 Speaker 3: plans tentative, trusting that your plans are far superior. I 128 00:08:03,177 --> 00:08:07,297 Speaker 3: consciously live, move and have my being in you, in 129 00:08:07,417 --> 00:08:12,297 Speaker 3: him we live. Yeah. I love that song, rejoicing that 130 00:08:12,377 --> 00:08:16,777 Speaker 3: you live in me, in your exhilarating name. Amen. 131 00:08:17,337 --> 00:08:19,457 Speaker 1: Thank you, What a blessing to speak with you. 132 00:08:19,897 --> 00:08:22,937 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. We're so glad you joined us 133 00:08:23,017 --> 00:08:27,417 Speaker 3: today for Jesus Listening stories of prayer with Squire Russell 134 00:08:27,497 --> 00:08:31,377 Speaker 3: and Louise Duarch. Wasn't that perfect? I just love the 135 00:08:31,417 --> 00:08:35,257 Speaker 3: way they love each other. Oh to have that kind 136 00:08:35,337 --> 00:08:40,297 Speaker 3: of relationship and then be able to work together. We'll 137 00:08:40,297 --> 00:08:44,497 Speaker 3: be back with another episode and another time. But always 138 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:49,177 Speaker 3: remember that Jesus hears you, he cares for you, and 139 00:08:49,257 --> 00:08:52,857 Speaker 3: he's just a prayer away. God bless you. 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