1 00:00:02,710 --> 00:00:06,730 Speaker 1: Life Audio. You know, God gives men dreams to do things, 2 00:00:06,790 --> 00:00:08,910 Speaker 1: but every one of those things fell short because the 3 00:00:09,210 --> 00:00:12,209 Speaker 1: resources weren't there. Well, I remember we had just enough 4 00:00:12,230 --> 00:00:14,239 Speaker 1: money to go to church and gas, and I didn't 5 00:00:14,260 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: know what I was going to do the next day. Well, 6 00:00:15,460 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: we go there, and some lady just, I don't even 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,900 Speaker 1: know who she was, came up and surreptitiously just dropped 8 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:23,420 Speaker 1: $ 10 in my wife's pocket. And at that time, that 9 00:00:23,460 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: bought us enough gas to do what we needed to do. 10 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,060 Speaker 1: And there is nothing more satisfying than just laying down 11 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,180 Speaker 1: money to provide what you know is a need and 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,190 Speaker 1: a good need for people who need it. And God says, 13 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:40,010 Speaker 1: try me. You know, there's not any time where God says, 14 00:00:40,110 --> 00:00:42,130 Speaker 1: test me. But he says in this, test me and 15 00:00:42,170 --> 00:00:42,629 Speaker 1: you will see. 16 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:46,660 Speaker 2: Hello and welcome to the March or Die show. Glad 17 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: to have you joining us again today. And this is 18 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,990 Speaker 2: the show where we do our very best every single 19 00:00:52,050 --> 00:00:54,990 Speaker 2: episode to give you both the principles and perspectives you 20 00:00:55,050 --> 00:00:57,850 Speaker 2: need to march when it would be easier to stay 21 00:00:57,890 --> 00:01:01,910 Speaker 2: where you are and die. And today is really episode 22 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:05,060 Speaker 2: two of a conversation that we began last week with 23 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: David Holland. David, thank you for continuing this conversation with us. 24 00:01:09,890 --> 00:01:12,710 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Jeremy. It's a pleasure to be on. I always 25 00:01:12,770 --> 00:01:15,369 Speaker 1: enjoy talking to you and your fine audience. 26 00:01:15,970 --> 00:01:17,830 Speaker 3: Our fine audience. We do have a fine audience. 27 00:01:17,850 --> 00:01:18,530 Speaker 1: We do. You have the best. 28 00:01:18,550 --> 00:01:19,530 Speaker 3: Some of the smartest in the world. 29 00:01:19,870 --> 00:01:22,709 Speaker 1: That's right. I'll back that up. 30 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: We started talking last week about really a lot of things, 31 00:01:27,060 --> 00:01:32,100 Speaker 2: but financial stewardship and kind of the whys behind even 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,340 Speaker 2: investing in precious metals and those kind of things. You 33 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,060 Speaker 2: are the founder and president of Alpha Omega Gold. 34 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 3: And man, great conversation, helpful conversation. 35 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,619 Speaker 2: We talked about having peace and what that looks like 36 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: and why that's important and why we should be good 37 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:50,300 Speaker 2: stewards of the financial resources that God gives to us. 38 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 2: And I think a lot of us get this wrong 39 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:55,930 Speaker 2: as Christians, just I would say maybe like philosophically, we 40 00:01:55,970 --> 00:02:00,470 Speaker 2: just have the wrong philosophy or general operating knowledge of 41 00:02:00,570 --> 00:02:02,430 Speaker 2: why we should be good stewards. And so we talked 42 00:02:02,450 --> 00:02:04,270 Speaker 2: about that last week. For those that didn't watch or 43 00:02:04,310 --> 00:02:07,710 Speaker 2: listen to that episode, go and check that out. But today, 44 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:12,090 Speaker 2: continuing this conversation, and I'd really love to talk today 45 00:02:13,230 --> 00:02:19,350 Speaker 2: about just some basic principles of stewardship. So someone hears this, 46 00:02:20,310 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 2: maybe last week they were with us. Again, we talked 47 00:02:23,010 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 2: about this last week, but I say last week, the 48 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:28,620 Speaker 2: last episode, which we recorded about 15 minutes ago, but 49 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:29,660 Speaker 2: it came out last week, right? 50 00:02:31,380 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: Time flies. Time flies. All right. 51 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 52 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,700 Speaker 2: But as we talked about that, you look at the 53 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,370 Speaker 2: world around us and all the things that are happening. 54 00:02:39,950 --> 00:02:41,530 Speaker 3: It's crazy. And it's funny. 55 00:02:41,550 --> 00:02:43,870 Speaker 2: I was talking to my dad about this last week. 56 00:02:44,669 --> 00:02:46,650 Speaker 2: In the past, I've been able to keep track of 57 00:02:46,690 --> 00:02:49,010 Speaker 2: what's happening. There's a war going on, and that's the 58 00:02:49,030 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: big thing. There's a financial issue going on, right? The economy, 59 00:02:52,070 --> 00:02:54,380 Speaker 2: that's the thing. There's politics. 60 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 3: There's this. There's that. It seems like everything is happening 61 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,750 Speaker 3: all at once right now. And so overwhelming. Overwhelming. and confusing. 62 00:03:02,070 --> 00:03:06,150 Speaker 2: And again, as we discussed, my response sometimes to that 63 00:03:06,210 --> 00:03:07,570 Speaker 2: is to just say, fine, I'm just going to grab 64 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 2: what's mine. I'm going to pull it in close and 65 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: just hope it all works out somehow. That rarely ever 66 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: works out. But certainly when it comes to finances, it 67 00:03:18,580 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 2: doesn't work out. And I think people do maybe now 68 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,140 Speaker 2: more than they have in. 69 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:25,180 Speaker 3: The last 10 or 20 years. 70 00:03:26,510 --> 00:03:29,230 Speaker 2: Want to understand how to take care of their finances, 71 00:03:29,270 --> 00:03:32,020 Speaker 2: how to invest, how to steward over those things, even 72 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,100 Speaker 2: if it's just taking care of what they have, but 73 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: need good principles. And there are books, there are very 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,420 Speaker 2: popular speakers and radio hosts who talk about how you 75 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:47,770 Speaker 2: should handle your money. We've talked about one of those, 76 00:03:47,970 --> 00:03:51,210 Speaker 2: which you can talk about. So a lot of different 77 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:54,170 Speaker 2: perspectives and it gets very confusing. And so again, even 78 00:03:54,190 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: when I'm trying to do my best, it can be 79 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:59,940 Speaker 2: overwhelming and I can just say, forget it, right? And 80 00:03:59,980 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: step back and not do anything. So I'd love to 81 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: get your thoughts, some basic financial stewardship principles for Christians, 82 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: things that we need to hang on to. And I 83 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 2: don't know if you have a big five, a big 10, 84 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,300 Speaker 2: a big one, whatever it is, where do we need 85 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,099 Speaker 2: to start and how do we walk this out? 86 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, that is where the rubber does meet the road 87 00:04:23,420 --> 00:04:26,210 Speaker 1: for Christians. Like, At the end of the day, I 88 00:04:27,089 --> 00:04:29,770 Speaker 1: think last episode we mentioned the parable of the talents. 89 00:04:30,250 --> 00:04:32,430 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, if God's setting everything 90 00:04:32,450 --> 00:04:34,650 Speaker 1: in motion and he and Jesus uses the parable of 91 00:04:34,670 --> 00:04:37,890 Speaker 1: the talents for a good stewardship of like, what are 92 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:41,610 Speaker 1: you doing with what I'm giving you, was the overarching principle, 93 00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: even though that one specifically was about money. It comes 94 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:50,740 Speaker 1: down to that. And I think where we've struck a nerve, 95 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: and in a good way, I think, with a lot 96 00:04:52,339 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: of Christians is, you know, a lot of Christians, you know, 97 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: whether they go to church or not, a lot of 98 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: them give, they want to be helpful. They want to 99 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,540 Speaker 1: service with the funds and the money that they have. 100 00:05:02,580 --> 00:05:04,020 Speaker 1: They want to like, okay, how can I do this? 101 00:05:04,779 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: But when I bring up the ideas, like, well, if 102 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,710 Speaker 1: you can't take care of yourself, let's just say, you know, 103 00:05:12,330 --> 00:05:16,469 Speaker 1: the U.S. dollar did a nosedive and, you know, China, 104 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:20,469 Speaker 1: who is currently setting up a gold alternative and basically 105 00:05:20,510 --> 00:05:24,700 Speaker 1: what they call the gold road, which they're going to 106 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,950 Speaker 1: soon encourage all countries to trade with them in their 107 00:05:29,070 --> 00:05:30,909 Speaker 1: own currency in the yuan, but they're going to have 108 00:05:30,970 --> 00:05:34,130 Speaker 1: it settled in gold because no one really trusts China. 109 00:05:34,170 --> 00:05:35,830 Speaker 1: But if China has a vault that says, hey, I 110 00:05:35,870 --> 00:05:37,550 Speaker 1: can take this pile of Chinese money and I can 111 00:05:37,570 --> 00:05:40,650 Speaker 1: turn it into gold, hey, that sounds better. And so 112 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: they're trying to make that play for what the U.S. 113 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,220 Speaker 1: dollar currently holds as the world reserve. But if you 114 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: and I were to wake up one day into a 115 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,610 Speaker 1: world where the dollar was no longer king, we do 116 00:05:53,670 --> 00:05:57,450 Speaker 1: not have a context for that. I was not raised 117 00:05:57,529 --> 00:06:00,950 Speaker 1: by my grandfather. I was raised by my parents, but 118 00:06:00,970 --> 00:06:03,710 Speaker 1: I happen to live very near to my grandfather, who 119 00:06:03,750 --> 00:06:06,610 Speaker 1: was a good bit older than me. I think he 120 00:06:06,650 --> 00:06:09,790 Speaker 1: had my father when he was older, and he was 121 00:06:09,850 --> 00:06:13,070 Speaker 1: a child of the Depression and fought in World War II. Well, 122 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: he lived his life in that depression mentality where he 123 00:06:17,660 --> 00:06:20,060 Speaker 1: saved everything, where everything was set. I mean, you talk 124 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: about it, it was useful. 125 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 3: It had a use. 126 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: I could probably use it later. We lived on a ranch, 127 00:06:24,060 --> 00:06:25,500 Speaker 1: you know, he was a ranch owner and he had 128 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: retired and always had to use for things. But, you know, 129 00:06:30,220 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: and so I, I've gotten some of that into me 130 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: and I saw in the, in the culture that we 131 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,060 Speaker 1: lived in, that was a really bad way to live 132 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,210 Speaker 1: because everything is flying by you really quick. Everyone's taking 133 00:06:42,250 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: out loans. Everyone's maximizing the potential of the, atmosphere in 134 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,820 Speaker 1: which they live at the time of what they lived 135 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,460 Speaker 1: and so you know my grandfather did okay but he 136 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:53,590 Speaker 1: wasn't he never like invested for that kind of world 137 00:06:53,650 --> 00:06:57,410 Speaker 1: well that world flourished from you know the 70s 80s 138 00:06:57,589 --> 00:07:00,210 Speaker 1: up until i would say even now where we're seeing 139 00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: stock market at all-time highs but based on, you know, 140 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:10,060 Speaker 1: the simple biblical principles of, you know, don't be a borrower, right? 141 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: Be a lender. And, you know, if you were a borrower, 142 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,300 Speaker 1: there is going to be a slave to the lender. Now, 143 00:07:15,340 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of talk to say, hey, 144 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,430 Speaker 1: if your house, it's an increasing asset. I get all that. 145 00:07:20,470 --> 00:07:23,430 Speaker 1: Like there's obviously stuff. Most of us have credit cards. 146 00:07:23,450 --> 00:07:25,450 Speaker 1: In fact, I'm beginning to think if you don't have 147 00:07:25,490 --> 00:07:27,410 Speaker 1: a credit card, you're in trouble now because there's so 148 00:07:27,450 --> 00:07:29,850 Speaker 1: much fraud on a debit card system that you really 149 00:07:29,890 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: need a credit card to protect yourself. So I'm I'm 150 00:07:32,270 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: finding that out here lately personally. But the idea is 151 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: that the dollar reserve king system that has served the 152 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: entire world where we were able to live our lifestyle 153 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:48,540 Speaker 1: and our standard of living and basically export inflation around 154 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:51,380 Speaker 1: the world is drawing to a close. And that's why 155 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,180 Speaker 1: you're seeing higher prices everywhere. That's why inflation is a concern. 156 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: And what people aren't ready for is what does that 157 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,630 Speaker 1: world look like afterwards? And as Christians, if our main 158 00:08:03,670 --> 00:08:06,770 Speaker 1: goal is to be of service in the kingdom and 159 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: do kingdom ministry, kingdom work, how are we going to 160 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,860 Speaker 1: do that? You know, if our money is no longer 161 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: good or we don't have the lifestyle or the systems 162 00:08:16,540 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: in place to protect ourselves for when that time comes. 163 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:22,470 Speaker 1: You know, right now, if you see a homeless person, 164 00:08:22,510 --> 00:08:25,330 Speaker 1: which I mean, there's one, there's probably 20 every block 165 00:08:25,370 --> 00:08:27,430 Speaker 1: here in Los Angeles because I walk to work and 166 00:08:27,790 --> 00:08:30,030 Speaker 1: neighborhood's not too bad, but it, you know, it can 167 00:08:30,050 --> 00:08:33,300 Speaker 1: be iffy. And, you know, I could stop and offer 168 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,140 Speaker 1: every one of them, you know, a peanut butter sandwich 169 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: and it would probably help their day. But if you're 170 00:08:38,380 --> 00:08:39,820 Speaker 1: in a place where you're just trying to help out 171 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,780 Speaker 1: your neighbor and you've got a little extra change in 172 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:43,660 Speaker 1: your pocket, you know, what if you woke up one 173 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,210 Speaker 1: day and the things and the tools you use to serve, 174 00:08:46,250 --> 00:08:49,750 Speaker 1: whether you give offering at your local church or, you know, 175 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:52,750 Speaker 1: sponsor a missionary overseas or something like that, help out 176 00:08:52,770 --> 00:08:55,770 Speaker 1: a food pantry. What if those things didn't work? And 177 00:08:55,929 --> 00:08:58,390 Speaker 1: what if your tools that you lived a life by 178 00:08:58,530 --> 00:09:01,750 Speaker 1: were no longer functional and we would have a really 179 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,650 Speaker 1: hard time wrapping our brains. It would be a very 180 00:09:03,809 --> 00:09:06,610 Speaker 1: rude awakening. And so I feel like part of what 181 00:09:06,670 --> 00:09:08,970 Speaker 1: Christians need to prepare for is what does it look 182 00:09:08,990 --> 00:09:15,310 Speaker 1: like in America? We've adjusted to different social changes. I'll 183 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:17,150 Speaker 1: just leave it there without getting too deep in the 184 00:09:17,210 --> 00:09:20,910 Speaker 1: rabbit hole. Social changes in America, and we've adjusted as 185 00:09:20,970 --> 00:09:22,750 Speaker 1: a church, which when I grew up, those were things 186 00:09:22,770 --> 00:09:24,910 Speaker 1: we never talked about, but suddenly they're the law of 187 00:09:24,929 --> 00:09:27,870 Speaker 1: the land. So we've adjusted well. how are we going 188 00:09:27,910 --> 00:09:32,350 Speaker 1: to adjust when our currency fails or the stock market 189 00:09:32,390 --> 00:09:35,189 Speaker 1: crashes a bunch because AI is kind of a pipe 190 00:09:35,230 --> 00:09:37,890 Speaker 1: dream and the Chinese can do AI much cheaper than 191 00:09:37,929 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: we can. And all those valuations aren't really real. And 192 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: your stock portfolio goes down the tubes and suddenly you're like, 193 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: I don't feel as rich as I used to. And 194 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: maybe my mortgage, I can't buy a house. Basically, how 195 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:52,780 Speaker 1: do we prepare for the transition time that I believe 196 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,540 Speaker 1: is coming on America as Christians? And I think using 197 00:09:56,590 --> 00:09:59,449 Speaker 1: the sound principles of sound money that are found inherently 198 00:10:00,270 --> 00:10:02,710 Speaker 1: in the Bible of saying, hey, this is a unit 199 00:10:02,750 --> 00:10:05,250 Speaker 1: of measurement. This is a gold shekel or this is 200 00:10:05,290 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: a gold ounce. And, you know, what's odd and not odd, 201 00:10:09,390 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: if you've done this as long as I have, is 202 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:14,380 Speaker 1: you look at an ounce of gold, look at an 203 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: ounce of silver, roughly, and outside of a few outliers 204 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:21,420 Speaker 1: like the Hunt brothers in the 80s where they tried 205 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: to corner the market and there was a physical play 206 00:10:23,580 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: and a paper play. And there's a lot of manipulation, 207 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,750 Speaker 1: which we won't have to get into here. But generally 208 00:10:28,870 --> 00:10:31,350 Speaker 1: over time, and you take that timeline and you stretch 209 00:10:31,390 --> 00:10:35,110 Speaker 1: it out, an ounce of gold will buy the approximate 210 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:38,910 Speaker 1: same thing year over year over year. So as things 211 00:10:39,010 --> 00:10:42,829 Speaker 1: cost more, they always use the fine Italian suit. So 212 00:10:42,890 --> 00:10:45,500 Speaker 1: back in the 30s, an ounce of gold would buy 213 00:10:45,540 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: you a fine handmade Italian suit, 35 bucks. Now we're 214 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: coming to about $ 4, 500. If you're a fine handmade Italian suit, 215 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:55,660 Speaker 1: an ounce of gold will buy that for you. So 216 00:10:55,960 --> 00:11:00,300 Speaker 1: that level of purchasing power stays intact. Now, gold and 217 00:11:00,350 --> 00:11:03,980 Speaker 1: silver typically will buy a lot more When you're in 218 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: those transitionary times, when people are offloading assets, think of 219 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: like post-World War I Germany, the Weimar Republic, seeing all 220 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:14,870 Speaker 1: those pictures of people with wheelbarrow loads of dollars. Like, 221 00:11:14,890 --> 00:11:17,670 Speaker 1: this is a buy a loaf of bread. And in 222 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: those times, people are offloading assets and gold and silver 223 00:11:22,030 --> 00:11:25,059 Speaker 1: by much, much more than they normally would. So those 224 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,449 Speaker 1: are opportunities that people can capitalize on. But because of 225 00:11:28,490 --> 00:11:31,950 Speaker 1: a debt-based system that we have, and we don't have 226 00:11:31,970 --> 00:11:33,489 Speaker 1: to go down the hole of the Federal Reserve and 227 00:11:33,510 --> 00:11:35,990 Speaker 1: all of that, but we have created a debt system 228 00:11:36,030 --> 00:11:39,270 Speaker 1: that it only has to expand to stay in existence. 229 00:11:39,790 --> 00:11:44,630 Speaker 1: God never created that. That, to me, is a thief. 230 00:11:45,210 --> 00:11:48,230 Speaker 1: They say inflation is a silent theft. If you were 231 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:49,870 Speaker 1: to take 100 years ago, or let's just make it easy. 232 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:51,350 Speaker 1: Let's say 40 years ago, you would take $ 100, 000 in 233 00:11:51,350 --> 00:11:58,099 Speaker 1: $ 100 bills and put it in a safe. And at 234 00:11:58,140 --> 00:12:01,449 Speaker 1: the same time, put $ 100, 000 of gold into that same safe. 235 00:12:02,070 --> 00:12:04,270 Speaker 1: You know, 40 years later, we've opened both of them up. 236 00:12:04,429 --> 00:12:06,809 Speaker 1: One of them is going to buy a lot more 237 00:12:06,870 --> 00:12:09,270 Speaker 1: than the other one because the value of the dollars 238 00:12:09,309 --> 00:12:13,010 Speaker 1: have lost their purchasing power over time where gold has increased. 239 00:12:13,580 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: But really what you're seeing is that gold is staying 240 00:12:15,940 --> 00:12:18,660 Speaker 1: the same and the dollar is just losing its purchasing power. 241 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: So that is a unit of measurement that I believe 242 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:26,590 Speaker 1: absolutely God created. And it's universally recognized, universally understood. So 243 00:12:27,059 --> 00:12:31,420 Speaker 1: Good principles, to me, start with sound foundation of how 244 00:12:31,470 --> 00:12:35,550 Speaker 1: do I prepare for what's coming? If we stay here, 245 00:12:35,590 --> 00:12:38,109 Speaker 1: we're going to die, so we have to march. We 246 00:12:38,150 --> 00:12:42,229 Speaker 1: have to march toward the future with a plan of economically, 247 00:12:42,870 --> 00:12:44,610 Speaker 1: how am I going to be useful to my neighbors? 248 00:12:45,070 --> 00:12:48,359 Speaker 1: How am I going to bless my church? How am 249 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: I going to help out? And how am I not 250 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,580 Speaker 1: going to be the inverse, which is basically a drag? Yeah, 251 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: we're not a heavy-duty prepper family. Again, we live in 252 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,179 Speaker 1: a big city, but we have extra water filtration stuff. 253 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: We have extra food, even though it probably wouldn't last 254 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,110 Speaker 1: that long with, you know, six children in the house. 255 00:13:06,210 --> 00:13:09,070 Speaker 1: But we have a little bit of that because you 256 00:13:09,110 --> 00:13:10,849 Speaker 1: never know if there's going to be an earthquake, is 257 00:13:10,870 --> 00:13:12,770 Speaker 1: there going to be a power outage and things like that. 258 00:13:12,809 --> 00:13:17,010 Speaker 1: So there are preparations that you should make. But there's 259 00:13:17,090 --> 00:13:20,110 Speaker 1: also a thing you have to prepare for, which sometimes 260 00:13:20,170 --> 00:13:22,110 Speaker 1: is not like, do I wake up when the power 261 00:13:22,150 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: goes out? Do I have enough food? Well, that's an 262 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,950 Speaker 1: immediate need. But what happens if you know, the crumble 263 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:30,060 Speaker 1: starts in, I don't know, 2026. And, you know, it's 264 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: crumbling all the way to 2028 and it's a slow crumble. 265 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: And suddenly you wake up one day and you realize, man, I've, 266 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: you know, I've missed my opportunity. Getting prepared now for 267 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,020 Speaker 1: what you see in the future, I think is something 268 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,569 Speaker 1: that Christians really need to get into their Bible and 269 00:13:45,070 --> 00:13:48,330 Speaker 1: kind of parse through and see what does God approve of? 270 00:13:48,370 --> 00:13:50,170 Speaker 1: What does he say is a good way to do this? 271 00:13:50,690 --> 00:13:52,990 Speaker 1: And then what is ways that we do currently that's 272 00:13:53,030 --> 00:13:55,810 Speaker 1: probably you know, not long for this world because it's 273 00:13:56,210 --> 00:13:56,750 Speaker 1: a more break. 274 00:13:58,190 --> 00:13:59,100 Speaker 3: There are a lot of people. 275 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:03,860 Speaker 2: I honestly, I think probably most people who are trying 276 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:08,140 Speaker 2: to get through one pay period after another. And so 277 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 2: when you say we need to prepare for what is coming, 278 00:14:12,260 --> 00:14:12,950 Speaker 2: we can see it. 279 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:15,180 Speaker 3: We understand it. We need to start getting ready. 280 00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:18,780 Speaker 2: Now we need to buy the right financial instruments or, 281 00:14:19,220 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 2: you know, buy precious metals or whatever it is. This 282 00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 2: is the best way to get ready for what's coming. 283 00:14:25,010 --> 00:14:28,430 Speaker 2: A lot of people may agree to that intellectually, and 284 00:14:29,070 --> 00:14:33,270 Speaker 2: I get it. Yeah, I should do that. But I'm 285 00:14:33,290 --> 00:14:35,710 Speaker 2: trying to get through this part of the month so 286 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:37,590 Speaker 2: that I can get my next paycheck and then get 287 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:40,590 Speaker 2: through that part of the month. What do you say 288 00:14:40,630 --> 00:14:43,830 Speaker 2: to someone that is kind of in that in-between where 289 00:14:43,890 --> 00:14:45,570 Speaker 2: I know I get it, I want to do that, 290 00:14:47,050 --> 00:14:49,210 Speaker 2: but I can't? I think that would apply even to 291 00:14:49,250 --> 00:14:50,229 Speaker 2: people who. 292 00:14:51,270 --> 00:14:53,590 Speaker 3: Are charitable people. They have a heart of charity. They 293 00:14:53,630 --> 00:14:54,410 Speaker 3: want to help others. 294 00:14:54,930 --> 00:14:57,030 Speaker 2: But I can't because I'm just not in a position 295 00:14:57,090 --> 00:14:59,770 Speaker 2: to do that. I'm struggling to get through on my own. 296 00:14:59,790 --> 00:15:00,750 Speaker 2: I'm trying to make it. 297 00:15:03,140 --> 00:15:05,540 Speaker 3: How do you, how do you have that conversation with someone? 298 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, we, we do. I mean, we have people saying 299 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:11,860 Speaker 1: I'm on social security and disability and I only have 300 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: a small monthly income. How do I get prepared? So 301 00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: that is a conversation we have. I generally will, will, 302 00:15:17,940 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: this is where, you know, our, our kind of our 303 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,980 Speaker 1: first leading conversation of, you know, I'll just pray about 304 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: it and God's going to take care of me. That 305 00:15:25,230 --> 00:15:28,310 Speaker 1: is where that does come into play because there are times, 306 00:15:28,350 --> 00:15:30,790 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm going to tell you, there have been 307 00:15:31,150 --> 00:15:34,210 Speaker 1: many times in my life up until, you know, where 308 00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:36,550 Speaker 1: I was just down and out. And I'm like, it 309 00:15:36,630 --> 00:15:38,450 Speaker 1: was by the grace of God that I kept going. 310 00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:41,450 Speaker 1: I was working hard. I was trying to provide, but 311 00:15:41,490 --> 00:15:45,070 Speaker 1: there wasn't anything there. So those situations, I believe when 312 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:47,230 Speaker 1: you kind of just keep building on the principles, God 313 00:15:47,270 --> 00:15:49,470 Speaker 1: will open those doors and But there's going to be 314 00:15:49,510 --> 00:15:51,790 Speaker 1: times everyone's going to be there. And I think, well, 315 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:53,510 Speaker 1: you know, most of us are going to be there 316 00:15:53,530 --> 00:15:56,490 Speaker 1: if we're walking that way because God needs to work 317 00:15:56,530 --> 00:15:59,250 Speaker 1: with us. But I would say, you know, take a 318 00:15:59,290 --> 00:16:02,310 Speaker 1: good look at where you're at. You know, if you're younger, 319 00:16:02,330 --> 00:16:06,110 Speaker 1: I talk to young people all the time who, you know, 320 00:16:06,170 --> 00:16:08,370 Speaker 1: are in a position of like, well, you know, I've 321 00:16:08,410 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: been to a couple of employers and I'm still in 322 00:16:11,030 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: my 30s. I can't, you know, do whatever. And I say, well, 323 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: do you have an IRA or 401k from a previous employer? Like, oh, yeah, 324 00:16:16,820 --> 00:16:19,020 Speaker 1: I got like 20 grand. hey, that's a perfect place 325 00:16:19,060 --> 00:16:20,479 Speaker 1: to start. You can take that and put that in 326 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: gold and silver. And you may still be building on 327 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: your foundations, but that is a good way to start. 328 00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:31,070 Speaker 1: Some people just have a small monthly stream that's like, 329 00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:34,030 Speaker 1: I have an extra three or $ 400 a month. And 330 00:16:34,050 --> 00:16:37,230 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, it makes sense if you can maybe 331 00:16:37,390 --> 00:16:39,989 Speaker 1: every two or three months, collect as much money as 332 00:16:40,010 --> 00:16:42,609 Speaker 1: you can. Give me a call. We'll find something that's 333 00:16:42,650 --> 00:16:44,310 Speaker 1: a pretty good deal at the time and I'll get 334 00:16:44,350 --> 00:16:46,010 Speaker 1: it to you. And then that's something you can do. 335 00:16:46,370 --> 00:16:50,290 Speaker 1: I have a guy who's, in his fifties and he 336 00:16:50,330 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: has all of his assets paid for, but he has 337 00:16:52,980 --> 00:16:56,140 Speaker 1: zero retirement. So he's a, I think a firefighter of 338 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: wildlands firefighter or something. And he, um, he's great guy, 339 00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:04,180 Speaker 1: but he, he just, he paid all this debt off 340 00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:06,090 Speaker 1: and his wife and wife was a stay at home 341 00:17:06,130 --> 00:17:09,070 Speaker 1: mom with the kids. And I think they did homeschooling, 342 00:17:09,090 --> 00:17:11,170 Speaker 1: which is, you know, what we do. And I'm like, Hey, 343 00:17:11,190 --> 00:17:13,830 Speaker 1: this all makes sense. He's like, I don't have retirement. 344 00:17:13,850 --> 00:17:15,889 Speaker 1: I was like, well, cash flow it. So get a 345 00:17:15,910 --> 00:17:17,850 Speaker 1: little bit of money together, send it. We'll get you 346 00:17:17,890 --> 00:17:20,590 Speaker 1: some gold and silver and you can start stacking it. Personally, 347 00:17:20,630 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: for my family, I have had a varied career to 348 00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: where I had had to use the retirement when I 349 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,360 Speaker 1: was younger to do start a business back in Texas. 350 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: That didn't go so well when God was trying to 351 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: get my attention. That was part of it. But nowadays, 352 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,380 Speaker 1: what I use is I just when things are better, 353 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: I buy some gold and silver and I set it aside. 354 00:17:39,790 --> 00:17:41,670 Speaker 1: And if I need it, my family has some needs 355 00:17:41,710 --> 00:17:45,150 Speaker 1: that are unexpected. I take that and I can convert that. 356 00:17:45,210 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: So gold and silver for me, our family acts as 357 00:17:48,859 --> 00:17:51,540 Speaker 1: a savings account, a buffer, if you will. And I 358 00:17:51,580 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: can keep it at home. I don't have to worry 359 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,780 Speaker 1: about if the bank's going to be shut down or not. 360 00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:59,270 Speaker 1: But there are many ways to do it. And I 361 00:17:59,310 --> 00:18:02,090 Speaker 1: would say just take a look at what you have often. 362 00:18:03,050 --> 00:18:06,129 Speaker 1: there's only small times in our life when we're in 363 00:18:06,170 --> 00:18:08,629 Speaker 1: a position to where we can't do anything, to where 364 00:18:08,670 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: we're just like, I'm leaving it in God's hands. And 365 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: that's okay. I am there. And I always tell people, look, 366 00:18:14,859 --> 00:18:17,100 Speaker 1: if you need someone to talk to, call me. Or 367 00:18:17,140 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 1: when things turn around, call me again and we'll see 368 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:21,260 Speaker 1: what we can do. So if you're in the position 369 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,220 Speaker 1: to where you can't do anything, have the extra time 370 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:28,670 Speaker 1: and pray. God will take care of you. He's not 371 00:18:28,730 --> 00:18:31,530 Speaker 1: requiring you to bring really anything to the table. But 372 00:18:31,570 --> 00:18:35,380 Speaker 1: if he's giving you something, That's when you have to realize, okay, 373 00:18:35,420 --> 00:18:37,100 Speaker 1: how do I make use of what he's giving me? 374 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of that, but there's plenty of 375 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,300 Speaker 1: people and almost everyone has a little bit different variation 376 00:18:45,340 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: on that. Some of them are widowers. Some of them 377 00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: are just the randomest type of thing you could imagine. 378 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:55,260 Speaker 1: I come across it. So I think there's an answer 379 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: for everybody if we can kind of like go through 380 00:18:57,780 --> 00:19:00,530 Speaker 1: maybe some of their history. So that's what we're here 381 00:19:00,570 --> 00:19:02,669 Speaker 1: for is just to talk to people and see- How 382 00:19:02,690 --> 00:19:04,899 Speaker 1: can they take advantage of what they can look at? 383 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,899 Speaker 1: And it takes a lot of the fear away. They 384 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,420 Speaker 1: can either just be at peace like, hey, I don't 385 00:19:09,460 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 1: have a lot of options now, but I'm not going 386 00:19:11,740 --> 00:19:13,959 Speaker 1: to worry about it because I feel okay where I'm at. 387 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,310 Speaker 1: And so that's what we want to leave people. I 388 00:19:16,330 --> 00:19:19,109 Speaker 1: don't want them to leave with a sense of not peace. 389 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:21,530 Speaker 1: I want them to have a sense of, hey, I've 390 00:19:21,550 --> 00:19:23,030 Speaker 1: done what I can do. I'm in a place where 391 00:19:23,070 --> 00:19:25,070 Speaker 1: I can be taken care of. That's good. 392 00:19:25,940 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 2: And I think one of the keys there, just like 393 00:19:28,030 --> 00:19:31,090 Speaker 2: so many other areas of life, is getting help. You 394 00:19:31,130 --> 00:19:34,409 Speaker 2: don't have to have all the answers. It is very complex. 395 00:19:34,530 --> 00:19:38,550 Speaker 2: It is very confusing. And this has been a lesson 396 00:19:38,570 --> 00:19:42,250 Speaker 2: for me, and I'm still learning it, is it's okay. 397 00:19:43,530 --> 00:19:45,149 Speaker 3: Call it humility. Call it whatever you want. 398 00:19:45,190 --> 00:19:49,929 Speaker 2: But you need to put more value in the potential end. 399 00:19:50,270 --> 00:19:53,859 Speaker 2: the upside then you do the embarrassment that you'll feel 400 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,859 Speaker 2: for 15 seconds when you ask for help of people 401 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:59,700 Speaker 2: who are there to help you i mean that's that's 402 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 2: the point too and so don't feel like you have 403 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,460 Speaker 2: to figure this out on your own and and again 404 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 2: you know and i and i obviously endorse alpha omega 405 00:20:09,340 --> 00:20:12,419 Speaker 2: one of the reasons it's funny so when we when 406 00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:16,750 Speaker 2: we met we started talking about having these conversations and 407 00:20:17,470 --> 00:20:19,850 Speaker 2: we talked about what we talk about and talked about 408 00:20:19,970 --> 00:20:22,210 Speaker 2: your company and talked about what i do and how 409 00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:24,730 Speaker 2: we do it and why and all those things because 410 00:20:24,780 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 2: it's very important to me that if someone needs help 411 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,660 Speaker 2: they can talk to someone like you who's going to say, well, 412 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,770 Speaker 2: this is what the Bible says. This is the perspective. 413 00:20:33,830 --> 00:20:36,310 Speaker 2: This is why we're doing this. Maybe that's not for you. 414 00:20:36,350 --> 00:20:41,169 Speaker 2: Maybe we shouldn't do that. And helping the client or 415 00:20:41,210 --> 00:20:45,310 Speaker 2: the customer is more important than kind of your bottom line. 416 00:20:45,570 --> 00:20:48,139 Speaker 2: And so that is important. So find the right people, 417 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 2: but also find someone to help you. 418 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 3: And that's okay. 419 00:20:51,980 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. No, it totally is. And I have those conversations 420 00:20:56,020 --> 00:20:57,580 Speaker 1: all the time. People are halfway through and they're like, 421 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,590 Speaker 1: You know, I got to pray about this. I need 422 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,629 Speaker 1: a sense of peace. And so I'll generally ask, OK, 423 00:21:03,670 --> 00:21:06,450 Speaker 1: so you've prayed about it. And then I'll say, what 424 00:21:06,650 --> 00:21:09,659 Speaker 1: are your concerns? Because lots of times you with a 425 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: lot of people, they have unanswered questions and maybe they're too. 426 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,129 Speaker 1: They're too– they think, you know, what is the old– 427 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:21,010 Speaker 1: the only stupid question is one not asked, right? And 428 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:23,109 Speaker 1: so they feel that way. It's like, hey, how do 429 00:21:23,150 --> 00:21:25,030 Speaker 1: I do it? So I'll start asking questions like, what's 430 00:21:25,109 --> 00:21:27,129 Speaker 1: really your concern? You're afraid you're going to send me 431 00:21:27,170 --> 00:21:28,369 Speaker 1: your money and I'm going to run off with it. 432 00:21:28,869 --> 00:21:31,609 Speaker 1: That's an okay concern. Let's talk about that. Where does 433 00:21:31,650 --> 00:21:33,500 Speaker 1: the gold and silver store it if it's in an IRA? 434 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: Or how do you ship it to me? Or, you know, 435 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:37,300 Speaker 1: how does all this work? If I get it at 436 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: home and the world melts down, how do I use it? 437 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: I can't go to the store. 438 00:21:41,780 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 2: Right. 439 00:21:42,350 --> 00:21:44,990 Speaker 1: We talk about all that, like real questions. And so 440 00:21:46,030 --> 00:21:48,830 Speaker 1: we answer those because those are real questions where people 441 00:21:48,950 --> 00:21:52,450 Speaker 1: really are. And that's important at the end of the day. 442 00:21:52,510 --> 00:21:54,889 Speaker 1: You need that clarity. And at the end of the day, 443 00:21:54,930 --> 00:21:58,550 Speaker 1: clarity is, as someone said, clarity is currency. Like it 444 00:21:58,690 --> 00:22:02,430 Speaker 1: gives you the ability to make decisions. And I believe 445 00:22:02,450 --> 00:22:05,210 Speaker 1: that's what God intended. That's why we have the Bible. 446 00:22:05,270 --> 00:22:09,389 Speaker 1: I mean, the old basic instructions before leaving earth, you know, 447 00:22:09,410 --> 00:22:12,260 Speaker 1: the Bible acronym. it's what it's for. Like if we 448 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,140 Speaker 1: were just showed up here, if I just was born 449 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: one day and if I didn't have the Bible, I 450 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,239 Speaker 1: don't think I really truly don't think I would be here. 451 00:22:19,310 --> 00:22:21,750 Speaker 1: I think I would have faced too many hard things 452 00:22:21,810 --> 00:22:24,810 Speaker 1: in life with no answers, with no clarity. And I 453 00:22:24,950 --> 00:22:27,330 Speaker 1: couldn't take it, but the Bible is there to give 454 00:22:27,390 --> 00:22:31,060 Speaker 1: us clarity. And then people who, use the Bible to 455 00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:34,580 Speaker 1: understand things and in their relevant field, whether it's, you know, 456 00:22:34,859 --> 00:22:38,660 Speaker 1: talking about, you know, financial things or talking about, you know, 457 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:42,380 Speaker 1: the hereafter, talking about death and life and children and marriage. 458 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: And I mean, you name the subject, Bible's got something 459 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,900 Speaker 1: to say about it. It's not silent on anything. I mean, 460 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,060 Speaker 1: I don't care if it's AI. I don't care if 461 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:54,820 Speaker 1: it's technology. The Bible is always talking because it's an 462 00:22:55,740 --> 00:23:00,380 Speaker 1: eternal thing that God gave for us. So, there's plenty 463 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,020 Speaker 1: of information for people, but don't be afraid. I mean, 464 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,510 Speaker 1: even like on Sunday, I saw a friend I hadn't 465 00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:10,470 Speaker 1: seen since I left Northern California. That was six years 466 00:23:10,490 --> 00:23:13,950 Speaker 1: ago in 2020. Really hadn't talked to him, really had anything, 467 00:23:13,970 --> 00:23:17,170 Speaker 1: but he came and he preached at our church and 468 00:23:17,190 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: he had a word for me. I mean, that's all 469 00:23:20,020 --> 00:23:22,060 Speaker 1: I can tell you is that God knew what words 470 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:23,660 Speaker 1: I needed to hear and he was there and God 471 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,060 Speaker 1: had told him what to say and he prayed with 472 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:30,189 Speaker 1: me and like I got what I needed because I, 473 00:23:30,790 --> 00:23:33,630 Speaker 1: I needed someone and I need people and God sends 474 00:23:33,650 --> 00:23:35,810 Speaker 1: people to me that I need. So he sends me 475 00:23:35,830 --> 00:23:37,930 Speaker 1: to people that need what I have. And he sends 476 00:23:37,970 --> 00:23:39,929 Speaker 1: people to me that need what, what I need and 477 00:23:39,950 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: they have it and, and everyone. And that's, that's that 478 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,699 Speaker 1: whole point of the body of, of Christ is that 479 00:23:45,740 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 1: everyone's like, I've got a different strength and a different 480 00:23:48,180 --> 00:23:51,100 Speaker 1: gifting and they all come together to, to, to take 481 00:23:51,140 --> 00:23:53,330 Speaker 1: care of one another. And that's, that's the beauty of it. 482 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,820 Speaker 1: And that's what we want to service is whatever part, 483 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:58,730 Speaker 1: you know, we are, We want to help with that 484 00:23:58,790 --> 00:24:00,830 Speaker 1: and help it faithfully. That's awesome. 485 00:24:01,730 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 2: I think one of the other important reasons, we've touched 486 00:24:05,890 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 2: on this, but one of the other important reasons to 487 00:24:07,820 --> 00:24:13,620 Speaker 2: really get your hands around financial stewardship is generosity. We've 488 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,270 Speaker 2: been called by God to be generous. And I think 489 00:24:16,290 --> 00:24:19,149 Speaker 2: sometimes we see that as kind of a leftover, if 490 00:24:19,190 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 2: we can get there kind of thing. But it's as 491 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:26,020 Speaker 2: much a directive from God in scripture as any of 492 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 2: the other things we point to is like God said, well, 493 00:24:28,380 --> 00:24:31,540 Speaker 2: he also said, be generous. He also said, take care 494 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,379 Speaker 2: of one another, not just your household, but the household 495 00:24:34,420 --> 00:24:38,189 Speaker 2: of faith. And so there's this understanding in both Old 496 00:24:38,230 --> 00:24:42,250 Speaker 2: Testament and New Testament that we'll be generous with the 497 00:24:42,290 --> 00:24:45,350 Speaker 2: resources that God gives to us. And so this conversation 498 00:24:45,410 --> 00:24:48,410 Speaker 2: is not just about how can I get more stuff 499 00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:50,940 Speaker 2: and hang on to it so I feel better. It 500 00:24:51,020 --> 00:24:53,700 Speaker 2: really is how can I position myself to be used 501 00:24:53,820 --> 00:24:57,270 Speaker 2: in whatever way God wants me to be used. I 502 00:24:57,310 --> 00:24:58,790 Speaker 2: don't know if I talk about this a lot, but 503 00:24:59,150 --> 00:25:02,270 Speaker 2: I remember when I was first kind of called into 504 00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:06,510 Speaker 2: ministry and I pastored for a while and going through 505 00:25:06,550 --> 00:25:09,150 Speaker 2: all of that, this topic became very important to me 506 00:25:09,609 --> 00:25:13,260 Speaker 2: because I realized having not spent a lot of time 507 00:25:13,340 --> 00:25:16,260 Speaker 2: preparing financially for whatever was going to happen in the future. 508 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:17,300 Speaker 3: I didn't know what that was. 509 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 2: Having not prepared for it, When I did feel like 510 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 2: God was leading me into some things, I was not 511 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,260 Speaker 2: in a position where I could follow. 512 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 3: So it wasn't that. 513 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 2: God hadn't called or hadn't led or hadn't shown me 514 00:25:29,460 --> 00:25:32,430 Speaker 2: what the next step was. It was that I was 515 00:25:32,490 --> 00:25:37,030 Speaker 2: not in a position, specifically financially, to be able to 516 00:25:37,109 --> 00:25:39,330 Speaker 2: walk that out. And so it took me time to 517 00:25:39,369 --> 00:25:42,010 Speaker 2: figure that out and to walk through that. But man, 518 00:25:42,050 --> 00:25:45,390 Speaker 2: I think a lot of our conversation is about that too. 519 00:25:45,470 --> 00:25:47,330 Speaker 2: Don't limit what God can do with you. 520 00:25:47,350 --> 00:25:47,419 Speaker 3: Yep. 521 00:25:48,350 --> 00:25:50,730 Speaker 2: Because you're not taking the steps to prepare right now. 522 00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 2: So I think about this. A person could say, I 523 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:56,859 Speaker 2: think the US dollar is going to be fine. I 524 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,619 Speaker 2: think things are going to be fine. The economy is 525 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,739 Speaker 2: going to bounce back. Look at what happened over here. Okay, well, 526 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,670 Speaker 2: you can also hold that position, but prepare because God 527 00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:08,830 Speaker 2: has something for you in the future. So let's say 528 00:26:08,850 --> 00:26:12,820 Speaker 2: the economy takes off and David's wrong and Well, you 529 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,859 Speaker 2: still need to be financially in a position where you 530 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 2: can be generous and helpful because there are a lot 531 00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:21,859 Speaker 2: of people that need Jesus, first of all, but also 532 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,260 Speaker 2: need the resources necessary to get that message out. And 533 00:26:25,310 --> 00:26:28,150 Speaker 2: so generosity is a part of this conversation I don't 534 00:26:28,190 --> 00:26:32,409 Speaker 2: think we often consider because it's kind of like, well, 535 00:26:32,430 --> 00:26:35,910 Speaker 2: if there's something left over, sure, I'll be generous. But no, 536 00:26:35,970 --> 00:26:39,070 Speaker 2: this really fundamentally is about being in a position where 537 00:26:39,109 --> 00:26:39,540 Speaker 2: you can be. 538 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:45,859 Speaker 1: Yes, that's so true. I mean, I can say being 539 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: where I believe God didn't intend for me to be 540 00:26:49,619 --> 00:26:52,300 Speaker 1: in the length of time, you know, early on in 541 00:26:52,340 --> 00:26:54,659 Speaker 1: my life and after I married my wife for a 542 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,740 Speaker 1: while and we started having kids, like I always, there's 543 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: always stuff I wanted to do. There's people I wanted, 544 00:26:59,940 --> 00:27:03,260 Speaker 1: there's things, there's like, you know, God gives men dreams 545 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,510 Speaker 1: to like to do things. But every one of those 546 00:27:05,530 --> 00:27:08,690 Speaker 1: things fell short because the resources weren't there. Well, you know, 547 00:27:08,869 --> 00:27:10,330 Speaker 1: once you get into the will of God and I 548 00:27:10,390 --> 00:27:12,730 Speaker 1: had to go through a lot of bumps and bruises 549 00:27:13,210 --> 00:27:16,580 Speaker 1: on the journey getting there. But I remember many times 550 00:27:16,619 --> 00:27:19,659 Speaker 1: when we were pretty dirt poor, like I remember one 551 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,859 Speaker 1: time and specifically we didn't have any money. This was 552 00:27:23,140 --> 00:27:27,510 Speaker 1: early on like 2018 and didn't know what I was 553 00:27:27,550 --> 00:27:29,630 Speaker 1: going to do. Maybe early 2019. I think my wife 554 00:27:29,670 --> 00:27:33,810 Speaker 1: was expecting our first child in California here. And, I 555 00:27:33,869 --> 00:27:36,250 Speaker 1: just was having a hard time adjusting to a new 556 00:27:36,310 --> 00:27:38,770 Speaker 1: job and couldn't make any extra money. And I remember 557 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:41,590 Speaker 1: we had just enough money to go to church and gas, 558 00:27:41,609 --> 00:27:42,530 Speaker 1: and I didn't know what I was going to do 559 00:27:42,550 --> 00:27:45,150 Speaker 1: the next day. Well, we go there, and some lady just, 560 00:27:45,869 --> 00:27:47,189 Speaker 1: I don't even know who she was, came up and 561 00:27:47,330 --> 00:27:51,070 Speaker 1: surreptitiously just dropped $ 10 in my wife's thing. And at 562 00:27:51,109 --> 00:27:53,530 Speaker 1: that time, that bought us enough gas to do what 563 00:27:53,570 --> 00:27:55,750 Speaker 1: we needed to do. And I remember later on, someone 564 00:27:55,770 --> 00:27:59,369 Speaker 1: else gave us $ 500. And then someone else who I 565 00:27:59,430 --> 00:28:02,219 Speaker 1: never knew who they were gave us um i want 566 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:03,980 Speaker 1: to say it was over a thousand dollars they gave 567 00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: us a nice card and they basically you know gave 568 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: me a good word to like you know keep you 569 00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:10,260 Speaker 1: know working hard for your family i know you're trying 570 00:28:10,859 --> 00:28:14,310 Speaker 1: so things like that were generous to me well fast 571 00:28:14,369 --> 00:28:17,290 Speaker 1: forward several years you know god has has helped me 572 00:28:17,790 --> 00:28:20,669 Speaker 1: got me stabilized and i know a couple times it 573 00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:23,430 Speaker 1: was a one fellow who was you know he never 574 00:28:23,470 --> 00:28:24,909 Speaker 1: had a lot of money in our church but he 575 00:28:24,930 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: would rely on a bicycle um to get back and forth. 576 00:28:28,660 --> 00:28:30,750 Speaker 1: And he, I think finally got an electric bike and 577 00:28:30,770 --> 00:28:34,169 Speaker 1: then someone stole his bicycle. And so one of the 578 00:28:34,210 --> 00:28:36,430 Speaker 1: men in the church is like, Hey, well, we're going 579 00:28:36,450 --> 00:28:37,770 Speaker 1: to try to get together and take up a small 580 00:28:37,869 --> 00:28:40,470 Speaker 1: offering for, I think it was brother Bob. And I 581 00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:44,090 Speaker 1: was like, I'll pay for, I've got enough. I am 582 00:28:44,130 --> 00:28:46,990 Speaker 1: in a position. We're going to do this. So not 583 00:28:47,030 --> 00:28:49,130 Speaker 1: only are you going to just get enough to replace it, 584 00:28:49,150 --> 00:28:50,610 Speaker 1: let's get him a better one, right? Let's get him 585 00:28:50,630 --> 00:28:53,290 Speaker 1: some extra equipment. And I was in a position to 586 00:28:53,350 --> 00:28:55,330 Speaker 1: do that. I've been in a position to help, you know, 587 00:28:55,490 --> 00:28:58,650 Speaker 1: youth ministries to help kids who maybe they didn't have 588 00:28:58,710 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: enough money to go on, you know, youth outing or 589 00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: things like that. Being in a position to be able 590 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,100 Speaker 1: to do that is the one thing. I don't think 591 00:29:08,140 --> 00:29:12,250 Speaker 1: that the world... could ever possibly understand as far as satisfaction. 592 00:29:12,290 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 1: Like there is nothing more satisfying than just laying down 593 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: money to provide what you know is a need and 594 00:29:19,380 --> 00:29:23,140 Speaker 1: a good need for people who need it. And, you know, 595 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,380 Speaker 1: going back to the homeless population here, it's really hard 596 00:29:26,420 --> 00:29:28,540 Speaker 1: because I can't just hand out money because I know 597 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: that's probably not going to go to their basic needs. 598 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,690 Speaker 1: It's going to go to drugs or other bad stuff. 599 00:29:32,690 --> 00:29:34,430 Speaker 1: So here you got to kind of do food, but 600 00:29:34,430 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: it's different. But when it comes to needs within the 601 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,430 Speaker 1: body of Christ, and James addressed it when he said, 602 00:29:39,430 --> 00:29:41,050 Speaker 1: You know, if you go up and you say, hey, 603 00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:44,090 Speaker 1: be warm and be filled, but you don't do anything. 604 00:29:45,170 --> 00:29:47,229 Speaker 1: The most frustrating thing I think I can in my 605 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,300 Speaker 1: life is seeing a need and just being impotent and 606 00:29:50,380 --> 00:29:53,820 Speaker 1: not being able to do anything about it. So being generous, right? 607 00:29:53,860 --> 00:29:56,460 Speaker 1: Proverbs says that the generous soul shall be made fat. 608 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,290 Speaker 1: And I live by that principle. I know One of 609 00:30:00,310 --> 00:30:03,729 Speaker 1: the men who helped me early on in my sales career, 610 00:30:04,270 --> 00:30:06,530 Speaker 1: he was the most generous person I'd ever met. And 611 00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:09,490 Speaker 1: it's like the guy just would give people money, but 612 00:30:09,530 --> 00:30:12,620 Speaker 1: he never lacked. It would just always come back to him. 613 00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: And the old principle of you can't out give God 614 00:30:16,140 --> 00:30:19,300 Speaker 1: and those who lend unto the poor lend unto God. 615 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:24,180 Speaker 1: It's like God takes careful notes. So being generous is 616 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:27,570 Speaker 1: an untapped power source that you have. And in fact, 617 00:30:27,610 --> 00:30:30,190 Speaker 1: if you go into the scriptures, the scriptures plainly say, 618 00:30:30,650 --> 00:30:33,250 Speaker 1: God says, try me. You know, there's not any time 619 00:30:33,270 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: where God says, test me. But he says, test me 620 00:30:35,890 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: and you will see. And I'm telling you, the principle 621 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,500 Speaker 1: of you cannot give God is true. But you need 622 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,860 Speaker 1: to be in a position to prepare for that. So, 623 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: you know, basic, I think basic Dave Ramsey. Dave Ramsey 624 00:30:47,940 --> 00:30:50,490 Speaker 1: and I disagree on gold and silver. I think it's 625 00:30:50,550 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: foundationally stable. that a country has to operate on, let 626 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,940 Speaker 1: alone you and me, for things to continue well. But 627 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,730 Speaker 1: the principles of getting out of debt, of having extra 628 00:31:00,750 --> 00:31:02,270 Speaker 1: so that you can be a blessing, you know, the 629 00:31:02,290 --> 00:31:04,910 Speaker 1: whole blessed to be a blessing is a very important 630 00:31:04,930 --> 00:31:07,770 Speaker 1: principle for Christians. Because at the end of the day, 631 00:31:07,830 --> 00:31:09,590 Speaker 1: when we're talking about gold and silver, it serves a 632 00:31:09,790 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: definite purpose here on earth. but you know, up in heaven, it's, 633 00:31:14,620 --> 00:31:17,140 Speaker 1: it's the building material for, for the streets and for 634 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: the walls and for the city. And it's like the, the, 635 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: the purpose is shift, but they're both created by God. 636 00:31:22,220 --> 00:31:25,100 Speaker 1: So use them for their purposes. But, but you have 637 00:31:25,140 --> 00:31:28,190 Speaker 1: a purpose down here with your finances and that's beyond, 638 00:31:28,230 --> 00:31:30,230 Speaker 1: you know, God's going to provide for me and my family, 639 00:31:30,270 --> 00:31:32,470 Speaker 1: but I got other people who I know are lacking 640 00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:34,630 Speaker 1: and just want God to lead me to them so 641 00:31:34,670 --> 00:31:36,890 Speaker 1: I can be a blessing to them as well. Yeah. 642 00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:39,210 Speaker 3: That's so good. Yeah. That's so good. 643 00:31:40,070 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 2: Um, I've really enjoyed our conversations. Thank you for just 644 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 2: your insight and what you guys are doing. Tell the 645 00:31:47,930 --> 00:31:52,260 Speaker 2: audience again where they can find the company and get 646 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,540 Speaker 2: in touch with you and get more information. 647 00:31:54,140 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: Or whatever they need to do. 648 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:56,900 Speaker 3: Absolutely. 649 00:31:56,940 --> 00:32:00,780 Speaker 1: Just go to AO.gold, but we have a special ending 650 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,980 Speaker 1: page set up here for March or Die audience and 651 00:32:05,060 --> 00:32:09,890 Speaker 1: Jeremy's audience. Just go to AO.gold. forward slash MOD. And 652 00:32:09,930 --> 00:32:11,630 Speaker 1: then just tell us you heard us on there. We'll 653 00:32:11,650 --> 00:32:13,930 Speaker 1: send you some, we have different like PDFs we can 654 00:32:13,950 --> 00:32:16,380 Speaker 1: send over to you. Helps you understand gold and silver, 655 00:32:16,410 --> 00:32:20,420 Speaker 1: like different products, kind of some different, you know, things, 656 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,140 Speaker 1: historical stuff. But most importantly, we have a thing called 657 00:32:23,260 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: should Christians buy gold? I think most of your audience 658 00:32:26,180 --> 00:32:28,620 Speaker 1: would find that interesting. Like I thought about it, but 659 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,380 Speaker 1: I've always heard this. So we answer some like basic questions. 660 00:32:31,820 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: I won't gold and silver be, you know, worthless here 661 00:32:34,140 --> 00:32:36,690 Speaker 1: on earth and things like that, that are, sort of, 662 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,140 Speaker 1: I would say sort of are mostly out of context 663 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: thinking why people will always say, because you get a 664 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: lot of those when I'm doing shows, I get a 665 00:32:43,740 --> 00:32:46,010 Speaker 1: lot of in the comments, well, it's going to be worthless. 666 00:32:46,070 --> 00:32:48,470 Speaker 1: And so it's something that we address all the time. 667 00:32:48,910 --> 00:32:50,910 Speaker 1: And there's a specific reason the Bible says that and 668 00:32:50,990 --> 00:32:53,489 Speaker 1: why it says that. And it's not in the way 669 00:32:53,530 --> 00:32:55,490 Speaker 1: that most people use it or pretty much never in 670 00:32:55,510 --> 00:32:58,150 Speaker 1: the way that people use it. But we have PDFs 671 00:32:58,170 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: that people can help. And then things about like the 672 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,340 Speaker 1: control grid. So we're looking at a digital currency unrolling. 673 00:33:03,740 --> 00:33:07,500 Speaker 1: that is going to have far-vast reaching consequences that are 674 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,260 Speaker 1: foretold in the Bible. So we kind of go through 675 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,290 Speaker 1: the step-by-step of how that's going to affect people. And 676 00:33:13,330 --> 00:33:15,070 Speaker 1: it's interesting. It's free. You don't have to pay for 677 00:33:15,110 --> 00:33:17,450 Speaker 1: any of it. It's just PDFs we'll send you in 678 00:33:17,490 --> 00:33:21,330 Speaker 1: the email. So, yes, go to ao.gold forward slash MOD 679 00:33:21,550 --> 00:33:23,270 Speaker 1: and just say, hey, send me some of those PDFs. 680 00:33:23,910 --> 00:33:27,729 Speaker 1: You can call me. Our phone number is 855-426-8255. 4 681 00:33:27,730 --> 00:33:32,910 Speaker 1: 6 5 3 8 5 5 4. The number for 682 00:33:33,070 --> 00:33:36,330 Speaker 1: AO gold. My email address, you can even email me 683 00:33:36,370 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: as just David at AO dot gold. Ask questions. We're 684 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 1: a service. I don't, this is not just a, a 685 00:33:44,090 --> 00:33:46,310 Speaker 1: can to like get on that. This is my favorite part. 686 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,910 Speaker 1: I like talking to people because I feel like I 687 00:33:48,930 --> 00:33:52,050 Speaker 1: get more satisfaction. Like I like selling gold and silver. It's, 688 00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:53,810 Speaker 1: it's how we keep the pay the light, you know, 689 00:33:53,830 --> 00:33:56,630 Speaker 1: pay the, pay the light bill and keep kids fed. 690 00:33:57,330 --> 00:33:59,610 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I like helping people. 691 00:33:59,870 --> 00:34:03,010 Speaker 1: And again, there's no satisfaction greater than saying, Hey, that 692 00:34:03,070 --> 00:34:06,469 Speaker 1: person is, is in a good spot and, and, and 693 00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:08,830 Speaker 1: laying out the information, especially when they come from it 694 00:34:09,170 --> 00:34:10,950 Speaker 1: where they don't understand it. They have a lot of questions. 695 00:34:11,390 --> 00:34:13,330 Speaker 1: I can tell you that the hours and upon hours 696 00:34:13,410 --> 00:34:16,670 Speaker 1: upon hours I've spent talking to people and, you know, 697 00:34:17,330 --> 00:34:19,230 Speaker 1: not all of them bought with me, but I can 698 00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:21,969 Speaker 1: tell you, I always enjoyed explaining it and getting that 699 00:34:22,090 --> 00:34:24,540 Speaker 1: light bulb to turn on. And that's something we take 700 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,259 Speaker 1: really seriously and no pressure. Just want to answer those 701 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:29,790 Speaker 1: questions and know that if this will work for you, 702 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,020 Speaker 1: it'll work for you. If it won't, we're happy to 703 00:34:32,060 --> 00:34:33,860 Speaker 1: tell you that as well. Awesome. 704 00:34:34,460 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 3: Well, David, thank you so much. Really appreciate it. 705 00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:38,819 Speaker 1: You're welcome, Jeremy. It's been a pleasure, sir.