WEBVTT - Let’s Show Gospel Compassion 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.080 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:13.680 Carl and crew come as you are. Overcome what seems impossible. 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:16.799 Live as you never imagined. Is that possible? It's all 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:19.840 done in the name of Jesus. It's interesting. A lot 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.360 of us look at if we maybe tag on in 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:27.400 Jesus name, that that is the way we pray. That 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:30.440 was never the intent in the name of Jesus. And 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:34.040 praying in Jesus name. Is that the embodiment of what 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.680 we just shared, God willing, is true to who we are, 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.800 true to the character of God, true to the truth 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.720 of God's Word. And we say it all in the 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:47.000 name of Jesus, meaning he has the efficacy. He has 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.720 the ability. He has the power to change not only us, 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:54.040 but those people around us here today. You know, I 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:56.319 am aware this morning that you get up and you 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:59.760 have things on your heart that are heavy And one 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.680 of the great tools of transformation that is right at 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:05.720 the ready here today is to be able to pray 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:12.080 and ask God, God, what would you do today? It's 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.240 easy to ask, what am I going to do today? 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.039 How am I going to handle this? How am I 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.960 going to overcome this obstacle that's standing right in front 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.040 of me? How am I going to deal with a 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:26.360 wayward kid that's assaulting me verbally? I mean, fill in 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:29.840 the blank. But there's a beautiful thing that we can 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:33.720 do when we, in the name of Jesus, take all 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:37.160 the trials and the challenges that we're going to face 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:41.480 today and just lay them before God. There's something about open, 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:45.240 honest vulnerability. The greatest prayers are not these surface prayers, 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.760 but they go deep down to the innermost groanings of 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:52.640 our heart. You find that in David. It's a beautiful thing. 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:56.640 And I think that deep work that God wants to 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:58.510 do in us is one of the ones that we 0:01:58.510 --> 0:02:01.310 most avoid. Why do we avoid the deep work that 0:02:01.310 --> 0:02:03.150 God wants to do in us, young thunder? 0:02:03.150 --> 0:02:06.590 Because the deep work can hurt a little bit. Sometimes 0:02:06.590 --> 0:02:11.190 I think that it involves, uh, a little bit more digging. 0:02:11.190 --> 0:02:14.110 And sometimes the deeper you get, the more you maybe 0:02:14.150 --> 0:02:17.429 identify things. Pain in your past that is hard to 0:02:17.470 --> 0:02:21.310 recount or something that you need to admit that you 0:02:21.310 --> 0:02:25.510 don't want to admit. You know, it can require hard 0:02:25.510 --> 0:02:27.550 things sometimes to go deeper. 0:02:27.630 --> 0:02:31.430 Can really can. It can get really tough. And the 0:02:31.430 --> 0:02:34.030 beautiful thing about the Word of God is it reveals 0:02:34.030 --> 0:02:37.350 deep work all over the place. When that comes into 0:02:37.350 --> 0:02:40.589 our mind and we just become kind of intellectual brokers. 0:02:40.590 --> 0:02:43.870 Knowledge brokers is what I love to call it. When 0:02:43.870 --> 0:02:47.710 we become brokers of knowledge, there can be some liberty 0:02:47.710 --> 0:02:52.310 in that. But when we become brokers of truth that 0:02:52.910 --> 0:02:57.430 digs down deep and really cares for the souls of people. Boy, 0:02:57.430 --> 0:03:01.310 it changes everything. When we think about the harvest that's 0:03:01.310 --> 0:03:05.429 ready in this world today, it's. It's real, isn't it? 0:03:05.470 --> 0:03:08.350 I mean, we see we see a lot of pain. 0:03:08.669 --> 0:03:11.910 We see a lot of recklessness. And I think we're 0:03:11.910 --> 0:03:15.030 tempted to say things never change. They're always going to 0:03:15.030 --> 0:03:19.510 be this way. But we live in the kingdom of God. 0:03:19.510 --> 0:03:22.590 We live in a new kingdom. And, you know, there's 0:03:22.590 --> 0:03:25.310 so much going on. I'm thinking about what's happening in 0:03:25.310 --> 0:03:28.590 New York. And they had a big vote yesterday. I 0:03:28.590 --> 0:03:30.669 don't think it's the final vote. It's the primary. 0:03:30.710 --> 0:03:31.190 Primary? 0:03:31.230 --> 0:03:35.590 Yeah. For the mayor of New York. And boy, there's 0:03:35.590 --> 0:03:42.030 a lot of different choices that people have. And. The 0:03:42.030 --> 0:03:47.630 question comes up, are we going to be political animals 0:03:49.110 --> 0:03:52.470 that have strong opinions and maybe wring our hands about 0:03:52.470 --> 0:03:57.590 whatever kind of a political, social, cultural thing that we see? 0:03:58.030 --> 0:04:00.990 Or are we going to be spiritual children of God 0:04:01.310 --> 0:04:05.550 that go before his throne and lay it out? We 0:04:05.590 --> 0:04:09.230 don't have because we don't ask at times. And whether 0:04:09.230 --> 0:04:14.190 it's a national or local or very personal issue that's 0:04:14.230 --> 0:04:17.030 on your heart today. One of the great tools of 0:04:17.029 --> 0:04:20.669 transformation is that we can bring our heart before the Lord, 0:04:20.670 --> 0:04:26.510 open it up and say, father, here's my situation and 0:04:26.510 --> 0:04:30.230 this is the beautiful place where real work gets done. 0:04:31.390 --> 0:04:34.350 Now I want to show this to you because oftentimes 0:04:35.110 --> 0:04:37.550 we say we want to raise up workers for the 0:04:37.550 --> 0:04:40.510 harvest field because look at the harvest, man. It's so ripe. 0:04:40.510 --> 0:04:45.270 And we and we underestimate the two pronged approach to 0:04:45.310 --> 0:04:47.909 care for those that are in the harvest. We don't 0:04:47.910 --> 0:04:50.070 look at the context of the passage. It's easy to 0:04:50.070 --> 0:04:53.620 say the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, 0:04:53.660 --> 0:04:55.859 pray earnestly for the Lord of the harvest to send 0:04:55.860 --> 0:04:58.220 out laborers into his harvest. The question is, what is 0:04:58.220 --> 0:05:01.339 the work that's to be done by the laborers? Fair enough. 0:05:01.580 --> 0:05:02.219 Fair enough. 0:05:02.740 --> 0:05:04.700 We got to ask that one, don't we? Super dei 0:05:05.980 --> 0:05:08.940 every time. If we're raising up workers, what in the 0:05:08.940 --> 0:05:11.220 world kind of work are the workers going to be doing? 0:05:11.260 --> 0:05:12.460 Well, you kind of want to know that. 0:05:12.660 --> 0:05:13.500 Thank you. Yeah. 0:05:14.020 --> 0:05:16.260 So coming up here in a moment, I just I 0:05:16.260 --> 0:05:19.060 really felt prompted this morning that we needed to talk 0:05:19.060 --> 0:05:22.900 about what is this work. Because these tools of transformation 0:05:22.900 --> 0:05:24.860 that we're talking about all week long. And we're going 0:05:24.860 --> 0:05:26.860 to have Jim Coakley in here talking about a book 0:05:26.860 --> 0:05:29.620 that's been highly endorsed, by the way, not only by 0:05:29.980 --> 0:05:32.539 my bride, who says it's the best book she's ever 0:05:32.540 --> 0:05:37.300 read to understand the scriptures as she reads it, but 0:05:37.300 --> 0:05:41.340 it's a book that helps us then take the truths 0:05:41.339 --> 0:05:46.020 that we understand and use them as tools in practical ways, 0:05:46.020 --> 0:05:50.979 in our life and in the life of others. Coming 0:05:50.980 --> 0:05:56.219 up here in a moment. Matthew nine. The harvest is plentiful, 0:05:56.220 --> 0:06:00.540 but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the 0:06:00.540 --> 0:06:03.820 Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 0:06:03.860 --> 0:06:06.140 What are the laborers to do? It's right in the 0:06:06.140 --> 0:06:08.539 context of the passage, and we'll break it down. This 0:06:08.540 --> 0:06:12.220 is Caleb. And John. Got a hallelujah feeling this morning. 0:06:12.900 --> 0:06:15.260 Give God praise. No matter what you're going through. Give 0:06:15.300 --> 0:06:19.020 voice in prayer to God today for that thing. Watch 0:06:19.020 --> 0:06:19.580 him work. 0:06:19.940 --> 0:06:22.980 He's a sports fanatic with a stat for anything you 0:06:22.980 --> 0:06:27.260 can think of. Young Thunder is in the crew. It's 0:06:27.260 --> 0:06:29.500 curl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:06:30.020 --> 0:06:34.460 You know, there is a awesome thing that we find 0:06:34.460 --> 0:06:36.060 in the scriptures. And I'm going to give you the 0:06:36.060 --> 0:06:38.140 passage and then I'm going to illustrate this, and then 0:06:38.140 --> 0:06:40.380 I'm going to ask you to call in and illustrate 0:06:40.380 --> 0:06:43.700 it from your own life. The harvest is plentiful, but 0:06:43.700 --> 0:06:46.540 the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord 0:06:46.540 --> 0:06:49.620 of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field. 0:06:49.730 --> 0:06:52.289 When we think about labors, what do we commonly think, guys? 0:06:52.850 --> 0:06:55.490 Well, I think we laborers in a spiritual sense. 0:06:55.529 --> 0:06:56.490 Yeah. Pastors. 0:06:56.770 --> 0:06:57.930 Missionaries, I think. 0:06:57.970 --> 0:07:01.650 Missionaries, yeah. People who were who were volunteering each week 0:07:01.650 --> 0:07:04.929 on a team, you know, an evangelist, something like that. 0:07:04.970 --> 0:07:05.290 Yeah. 0:07:05.570 --> 0:07:07.570 Yeah. And I think that's good. 0:07:07.930 --> 0:07:08.330 Yeah. 0:07:08.529 --> 0:07:12.250 But it's not great because we're missing something like the 0:07:12.250 --> 0:07:13.930 broadside of a barn here. This is one of the 0:07:13.930 --> 0:07:17.290 most powerful things. And this is going to this for 0:07:17.290 --> 0:07:19.210 some of you. You're going to go, oh, I know 0:07:19.210 --> 0:07:21.370 who did this for me. This is what Jesus said. 0:07:21.370 --> 0:07:24.010 He went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in 0:07:24.010 --> 0:07:27.570 their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom. Okay. 0:07:28.370 --> 0:07:31.250 That we would say that's work. That's harvest. 0:07:31.250 --> 0:07:31.410 Work. 0:07:31.450 --> 0:07:32.170 That's a harvest. 0:07:32.210 --> 0:07:32.730 That's it. 0:07:32.970 --> 0:07:37.130 But he goes on and healing every disease and affliction. 0:07:38.130 --> 0:07:42.650 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them 0:07:42.650 --> 0:07:47.650 because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Whoa! 0:07:48.810 --> 0:07:52.290 Hold it here a second. He went into the synagogues 0:07:52.290 --> 0:07:57.370 and preached, but he healed. And if you think about healing, 0:07:57.850 --> 0:08:01.490 there's a certain amount of proximity that goes far deeper 0:08:01.490 --> 0:08:05.170 than just teaching in a synagogue, sitting at a pulpit. 0:08:05.890 --> 0:08:09.370 It gets into the life of someone, you know, how 0:08:09.370 --> 0:08:13.210 they're injured, how they're hurting, what they need. But then 0:08:13.210 --> 0:08:14.930 you see the real flavor of this. When he saw 0:08:14.930 --> 0:08:17.490 the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were 0:08:17.490 --> 0:08:21.770 harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. The one 0:08:21.810 --> 0:08:25.770 time you see Jesus really weeping was when he looked 0:08:25.770 --> 0:08:28.810 at a city of Jerusalem, and he knew that they 0:08:28.810 --> 0:08:33.890 were hurting people. There's a certain amount of empathy where 0:08:33.890 --> 0:08:38.610 you get into the muck of a person's life, and 0:08:38.610 --> 0:08:44.330 the heart behind it is not just gospel proclamation, but 0:08:44.610 --> 0:08:50.490 gospel compassion. Passion. Gospel compassion. One of the coolest things 0:08:50.490 --> 0:08:52.490 that ever happened to me. The first taste I ever 0:08:52.490 --> 0:08:55.850 got of gospel compassion, probably beyond my parents. I knew 0:08:55.850 --> 0:08:58.850 that my mom and dad had compassion for me. Sure. 0:08:59.250 --> 0:09:01.090 You know, I think one of the plates for a 0:09:01.130 --> 0:09:03.730 lot of kids that were raised in church is that 0:09:05.090 --> 0:09:07.450 we almost take for granted the love of mom and dad. 0:09:07.450 --> 0:09:09.970 But boy, when you feel it from someone else, Katie 0:09:09.970 --> 0:09:12.490 bar the door. I was working in the oil fields, 0:09:12.490 --> 0:09:15.610 really running from God and I love to tell this story. 0:09:16.490 --> 0:09:20.850 And British Petroleum, I was working for them. They had a. 0:09:21.490 --> 0:09:23.690 This is back in the Wild West. Days were 300 0:09:23.690 --> 0:09:27.010 miles north of the Arctic Circle. We're in this beautiful facility, 0:09:27.010 --> 0:09:29.610 and they had contracted in a band and they had 0:09:29.610 --> 0:09:32.010 an open bar. They don't have open bars anymore, but 0:09:32.010 --> 0:09:34.490 they had an open bar and the partying was heavy. 0:09:34.650 --> 0:09:37.569 We worked 12 hours on, 12 hours off for a 0:09:37.570 --> 0:09:40.770 week to two weeks, sometimes four weeks, and then back home. 0:09:40.809 --> 0:09:44.290 A hitch was 12 hours a day minimum. Sometimes it 0:09:44.330 --> 0:09:47.840 went well beyond that. So you were up there to work, 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.640 but occasionally they would have these parties trying to keep 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.679 the troops morale up and things like that. So I 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.280 had a few in me and I looked across while 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.199 the band was playing. They were playing a good song. 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:00.040 I'm saying with a few buddies and I there, I 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:05.160 saw Dave Churchill. Can't wait to talk with this guy 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:08.960 in heaven. Dave Churchill was planting a church with my 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:13.079 mom and dad outside Anchorage, Alaska. He was a man's man. 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:17.440 Former Alaska state trooper, now a security guard, retired security 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:21.040 guard at British Petroleum, up in the oil fields. And 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.920 here he comes walking my way. And I'm like, I 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.000 might have been maybe the first guy to coin the 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:27.200 phrase hold my beer. 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:31.280 But not in the way that people think. You were afraid. 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:34.079 I'm scared. Where can I crawl under something? 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:38.920 Here comes Dave Churchill. And I thought, oh boy, I'm 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:42.480 going to get scolded. Well, he did something worse. He 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.960 put his arm around me. The band playing kind of 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:50.360 yelled quietly into my ear because the band's loud. He said, hey, Carl, 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.719 it's good to see you. How are you, buddy? I said, 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:54.800 I'm doing great, Dave. Trying not to breathe on him. 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:58.120 Doing great Dave. Doing great. Uh, don't tell my parents 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.120 that I got alcohol on my breath up here, even 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:05.560 though they knew it. And he put his arm around 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:10.400 me and he said, look at me. And I looked 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:15.400 at him. And in those eyes were compassion, genuine compassion. 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.680 And what was worse than getting kind of tongue lashed 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:21.840 with not being in church and having a beer in 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:23.800 my hand that he clearly saw, even though now my 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:30.760 buddy had it. He looked at me and he said, hey, listen. 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:34.040 Life on the slope, it's called the slope. Life on 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.800 the slope can be tough, man. If you ever need 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:39.920 anyone to talk to and we're on the same hitch. 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:45.280 I'm here for you, bro. Yeah, well, it was awful. 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:47.360 And, yeah, I know it was awful. 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:51.720 Dave Churchill was one of the first guys ever in 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:55.240 my life that reached below gospel presentation to have empathy. 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:59.800 And it was powerful. God used Dave Churchill and a 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.440 set of other circumstances to call me out of darkness 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.720 and into light. Because when the chips are down, for 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.959 someone who's really hurting, the very kind of people that 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.079 Jesus looked at and said, they're harassed and helpless like 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:18.000 sheep without a shepherd. That's who flashes through your head. 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.240 It's that kind of compassion, that kind of empathy. It's 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:25.840 a powerful thing, guys. Yeah. One of the tools of transformation, 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.319 when we think about workers that are being raised up 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:34.720 for the harvest field, is not just gospel proclamation. It's 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:39.240 heartfelt compassion, willing to get into the weeds and the 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:42.670 muck and the mire with someone and say, hey, if 0:12:42.670 --> 0:12:46.470 you ever need to talk to anyone, I'm here. It's 0:12:46.470 --> 0:12:51.790 a powerful thing. I've had people since Dave Churchill. It 0:12:51.790 --> 0:12:56.430 was beautiful. It's an awesome thing. But here's what I 0:12:56.429 --> 0:13:00.950 want you to know. And here's what I want you 0:13:00.950 --> 0:13:05.150 to testify to. Some of you have a person in 0:13:05.150 --> 0:13:10.830 mind that didn't just do the work of proclamation. They 0:13:10.830 --> 0:13:14.750 did the work of compassion. They did the work of empathy. 0:13:15.510 --> 0:13:19.110 They looked in your eyes and said, I love you. 0:13:20.110 --> 0:13:22.390 I know that below the surface is some stuff that 0:13:22.390 --> 0:13:27.190 isn't pretty. And I'm here for you. I want you 0:13:27.190 --> 0:13:29.550 to call in and testify to those people this morning. 0:13:31.390 --> 0:13:33.270 You don't have to give gory details, but you can 0:13:33.270 --> 0:13:37.750 give some. But anyone that's truly been transformed by God 0:13:37.750 --> 0:13:41.030 and is growing up in him. Probably had someone who 0:13:41.030 --> 0:13:42.790 became a Y in the road in their life when 0:13:42.790 --> 0:13:46.110 they were at a crisis, and they loved him and 0:13:46.110 --> 0:13:49.510 they spoke words of life over him. Give me a 0:13:49.510 --> 0:13:53.790 call right now. Share your story. 805 55 7898. Come 0:13:53.790 --> 0:13:59.310 on in. 805 55, 78, 98. One of the great 0:13:59.309 --> 0:14:03.230 missing tools of transformation is to be armed with empathy 0:14:03.230 --> 0:14:09.110 and compassion. And it's powerful. Come on. Light them up. 0:14:09.950 --> 0:14:15.429 800 555. 7898. You're overjoyed in the salvation that you 0:14:15.429 --> 0:14:17.470 have in Jesus Christ. And you can look back and 0:14:17.470 --> 0:14:21.190 you can see people who did more than just gospel proclamation. 0:14:21.870 --> 0:14:30.870 It was gospel empathy. It was gospel compassion proclamations. Awesome compassion. 0:14:30.870 --> 0:14:34.670 That's where breakthrough comes. Jesus got down in it with 0:14:34.670 --> 0:14:37.820 the people. He didn't stand off Standoff from afar. He 0:14:37.820 --> 0:14:40.620 got down in it with the people. Give us a 0:14:40.620 --> 0:14:45.050 call right now. 805, 55, 78, 98. Just need 1 0:14:45.050 --> 0:14:49.340 or 2 of you in here. 805, 55. 78. 98. 0:14:49.580 --> 0:14:51.300 If the Spirit of God has a lump in your throat, 0:14:51.340 --> 0:14:54.500 he's probably ringing the dinner bell for you. So give 0:14:54.540 --> 0:14:59.780 me a call. 800 555 7898. 0:15:00.460 --> 0:15:05.060 She's a choreographer extraordinaire, and everything is Greek to her. 0:15:05.500 --> 0:15:09.220 Super di is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:15:09.220 --> 0:15:10.500 on Moody Radio. 0:15:10.540 --> 0:15:15.260 Who's that person in your life who had proclamation which 0:15:15.300 --> 0:15:17.940 amused amusing some iteration here, but I'm using the words 0:15:17.940 --> 0:15:21.100 that Jesus has here in Matthew nine. He proclaimed the 0:15:21.140 --> 0:15:24.620 gospel of the kingdom, but he also had compassion for 0:15:24.620 --> 0:15:27.140 them because they were harassed and helpless. It was both 0:15:27.180 --> 0:15:30.700 proclamation and compassion. And when they come together, wow, you 0:15:30.740 --> 0:15:35.780 got a lethal combination. I it's beautiful, uh, green driving 0:15:35.780 --> 0:15:37.420 here in Chicago. What do you say, green? 0:15:39.140 --> 0:15:44.300 Carl. My dad. Oh, my dad is consistency. Love of God. 0:15:44.340 --> 0:15:46.940 You know, living in people don't know how important it 0:15:46.940 --> 0:15:50.220 is to live in front of your children. And we did. 0:15:50.260 --> 0:15:54.540 I left high school seeking everything every other teenage college 0:15:54.540 --> 0:16:00.660 kid seek. But it's constant love and persistence and dedication 0:16:00.660 --> 0:16:03.660 to God. Just when I when I got to that 0:16:03.660 --> 0:16:07.140 point and the Lord, you know, did that call, it 0:16:07.140 --> 0:16:12.500 was so easy to transition because his consistency made it 0:16:12.500 --> 0:16:16.980 evident that God was real in him. And I wanted 0:16:16.980 --> 0:16:20.100 him real in me. And now I have sons that 0:16:20.100 --> 0:16:24.340 are in the same thing. So my dad's passion, love, 0:16:24.540 --> 0:16:28.900 dedication to God seven days a week was the the 0:16:29.340 --> 0:16:31.540 the the TNT in my life. 0:16:31.700 --> 0:16:35.620 Boom. Green up. I I'd bet my bottom buck. Your 0:16:35.620 --> 0:16:38.020 dad did not get weak in the knees about speaking 0:16:38.020 --> 0:16:39.740 truth to you, right? He spoke truth. 0:16:40.060 --> 0:16:43.660 No, not not only did he speak truth, but he 0:16:43.660 --> 0:16:46.700 ministered truth as well. Yes. He tell you to do 0:16:46.740 --> 0:16:47.700 with your children. 0:16:48.060 --> 0:16:52.260 Yeah. And he and he had compassion galore. That's. You 0:16:52.260 --> 0:16:55.820 had a lethal combination of good dad. Good man. That's 0:16:55.820 --> 0:16:57.220 a good dad. Green. 0:16:58.420 --> 0:17:02.500 The love was so consistent. He did World War two 0:17:02.700 --> 0:17:06.220 in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the Navy. He worked at 0:17:06.220 --> 0:17:10.420 the steel mill for 30 years to feed eight children. 0:17:10.420 --> 0:17:14.860 But he never wavered in his commitment. I don't care 0:17:14.859 --> 0:17:18.460 how bad things got. He was there and the light 0:17:18.460 --> 0:17:21.980 was on, and you had to be. You had to 0:17:21.980 --> 0:17:24.900 be taken out of this world not to recognize it. 0:17:26.220 --> 0:17:30.379 Ah, green, I love your dad. Never met him. Love 0:17:30.420 --> 0:17:37.889 that man. Thank you for calling in. See? Proclamation. Compassion. 0:17:37.890 --> 0:17:44.370 You put those two together. Look out! Jesse Pierre, South Dakota. 0:17:44.410 --> 0:17:46.170 First time caller. What do you say, Jesse? 0:17:47.690 --> 0:17:54.530 Well, it's my foster father. That's who led me to Jesus. And, um, 0:17:54.930 --> 0:18:00.930 you know, such an inspiration. I always said, if anybody is, 0:18:00.930 --> 0:18:03.409 I could compare to anybody on this earth. To Jesus, 0:18:03.410 --> 0:18:06.050 that would be him. Foster dad. He didn't. I mean, 0:18:06.090 --> 0:18:10.090 he was such a wonderful man. Strong Christian family. I mean, 0:18:10.450 --> 0:18:12.850 I was in foster care for almost 16 years. But 0:18:12.850 --> 0:18:17.370 then towards the last 12 years, I met this family 0:18:18.250 --> 0:18:20.010 and it just changed my life. 0:18:20.290 --> 0:18:21.130 Oh, Jesse. 0:18:21.170 --> 0:18:23.730 I'm so grateful that, you know, he planted that seed. 0:18:23.730 --> 0:18:27.490 And this person that was lost absolutely lost because my 0:18:27.490 --> 0:18:29.850 parents threw me alongside the road and said, I don't 0:18:29.850 --> 0:18:33.170 want you no more. I remember that day. And the 0:18:33.170 --> 0:18:36.370 thing is, is that yes, I was three years old 0:18:36.650 --> 0:18:39.090 at the time, and and we were bounced here and 0:18:39.090 --> 0:18:40.210 there in foster care. 0:18:40.730 --> 0:18:41.649 And I just. 0:18:41.890 --> 0:18:45.050 Totally lost trust in people. I was scared of men. 0:18:45.050 --> 0:18:47.210 I was scared of everything. And then when I met 0:18:47.250 --> 0:18:50.050 my dad, it was like, you know, it took me 0:18:50.050 --> 0:18:51.730 about a year and a half to two years to 0:18:51.770 --> 0:18:54.290 trust him. But once I did, boy, that was it. 0:18:54.690 --> 0:18:57.690 I love my dad, but he left me about three 0:18:57.690 --> 0:19:01.210 years ago. He died of cancer. But, you know, that's 0:19:01.250 --> 0:19:04.889 that's my inspiration right there. That's what you know. That's, 0:19:04.930 --> 0:19:09.490 you know, God's love was seen through him. 0:19:10.450 --> 0:19:13.250 Yeah. Jesse, that's one of the most powerful stories I've 0:19:13.250 --> 0:19:16.850 ever heard. Hear you remember when your parents cast you 0:19:16.850 --> 0:19:19.530 aside at three years of age? You remember that, Jesse? 0:19:20.130 --> 0:19:23.409 Yes, I do. It was cold out. It was dark. And. 0:19:23.850 --> 0:19:26.570 And it was like I, my twin brother, and and 0:19:26.609 --> 0:19:29.010 I remember her words. She said, I don't want you. 0:19:29.730 --> 0:19:33.090 And she threw us out on the side of the road. 0:19:34.170 --> 0:19:35.530 And I was like, wow. 0:19:37.050 --> 0:19:37.690 My goodness. 0:19:37.690 --> 0:19:40.770 Jessie. And then we were in and out of foster care. 0:19:41.490 --> 0:19:45.449 And then I met my dad, and he's a Navy man, 0:19:45.450 --> 0:19:48.930 and he, you know, and I'm Native American, and he, 0:19:48.970 --> 0:19:52.250 you know, he didn't see my color either. He said, 0:19:52.250 --> 0:19:55.570 you're my daughter. You're my daughter. 0:19:56.530 --> 0:19:57.090 Jessie. 0:19:59.170 --> 0:19:59.570 Thank you. 0:19:59.810 --> 0:20:02.690 I don't even have words for this guy. What a 0:20:02.690 --> 0:20:04.649 man of God, huh? Jessie. 0:20:05.609 --> 0:20:11.770 Beautiful. He's a wonderful man. Wonderful man. Kind, caring. I mean, 0:20:11.810 --> 0:20:16.410 you saw that, though. Every characteristic that what I'm reading 0:20:16.410 --> 0:20:20.530 in the Bible. But Jesus, he had it. He had. 0:20:20.530 --> 0:20:23.010 It. Oh my goodness. 0:20:23.250 --> 0:20:25.969 Yeah. Thank the Lord for him. Oh, I'm going to 0:20:25.970 --> 0:20:28.760 do that with you. God, I'm with Jesse. I thank 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:32.840 the Lord for her daddy. And what an amazing thing. 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:36.240 And I think, Lord, for me, the fruit of Jesse's 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:44.240 adopted dad, foster dad, whatever he role, whatever title he had, he. 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:47.760 His impact is very evident to me. As seen in 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:51.280 Jesse's life. There's no way a girl can look back 0:20:51.280 --> 0:20:54.239 at three and speak like she does without having a 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:56.800 dad like her that pointed her to a father like you. 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:01.520 And God. We give you thanks for that man and Lord, 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:04.360 I can't wait to meet Jesse's dad in heaven. In 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:08.439 Jesus name. Let it be, man. I can't wait to 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:09.800 meet your dad, Jesse. 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:15.280 I mean, he is there. He is there. Praise God. 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:23.080 Oh, my goodness, that was. That is powerful, Jesse. I 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:24.600 don't even have words for that. 0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:27.520 You can take him out of Alaska, but you can't 0:21:27.560 --> 0:21:31.360 take Alaska out of him. Carl is in the crew. 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:34.160 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:37.240 I want to share with you my heart here for 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:39.080 just a moment this morning. I want you to hear 0:21:39.080 --> 0:21:42.960 my heart more than my words. There are many of 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:45.239 you that got up this morning. Maybe you tuned in 0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:47.760 to this radio station. You don't even know how you 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:51.480 got here. But you're here. And I think God brought 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:53.880 you here for a reason. And if there's one of 0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:57.960 you that this reason is important for, that's reason enough. 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:02.760 Our God loves you so much. And there comes a 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:05.879 time in your life when God will allow you to 0:22:05.920 --> 0:22:08.840 go through a level of pain that you need someone 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:12.240 to reach out with compassion and tell you, I see it, 0:22:12.880 --> 0:22:15.159 and I don't know your situation this morning, but I 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:20.760 know this. I've been on my face, the inside of 0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:24.760 my heart, in turmoil, needing someone to reach out with 0:22:24.760 --> 0:22:27.960 compassion to me and tell me where to find life. 0:22:30.359 --> 0:22:34.120 I'm so grateful to God that I had a couple 0:22:34.160 --> 0:22:36.560 of people in my life who didn't reach out with 0:22:36.560 --> 0:22:41.040 condemnation or platitudes, but they reached into my heart and 0:22:41.040 --> 0:22:45.639 they spoke deeply. One was my own dad, who saw, 0:22:45.640 --> 0:22:48.080 although I was raised in church, was so far from God, 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:50.200 and he reached out with love, put his arm around 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:52.240 me with tears streaming down his face, and he said, 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:56.200 we're praying today. Speaking of his, my mom and him said, 0:22:56.200 --> 0:23:00.199 we're praying today that either your life has totally turned 0:23:00.200 --> 0:23:03.240 over to the leadership and the Lordship of Jesus Christ, 0:23:03.240 --> 0:23:06.560 and you give everything that you are to Jesus, or 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:08.560 that God would take you out of this world because 0:23:08.560 --> 0:23:12.720 you're killing yourself anyway. Carl. The backstory behind this is, 0:23:12.720 --> 0:23:16.359 although I was a pretty good kid growing up, lined 0:23:16.359 --> 0:23:19.480 up my Matchbox cars, I had this hole in my 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:24.550 heart and I tried to fill it with everything possible 0:23:25.230 --> 0:23:28.870 from an 1100 mile dog sled race across Alaska to 0:23:28.910 --> 0:23:33.550 working in the oil fields, making good money to get 0:23:33.590 --> 0:23:38.550 in a raging cocaine habit. There wasn't enough cocaine in 0:23:38.550 --> 0:23:42.430 Alaska to fill the void in my heart, but Jesus did. 0:23:44.109 --> 0:23:47.310 And I want to speak to you this morning. You've 0:23:47.310 --> 0:23:53.350 believed in Jesus, but the belief is not transformative. It's 0:23:53.350 --> 0:23:57.710 an intellectual belief, but it's not a soul surrendered belief. 0:24:00.230 --> 0:24:02.710 I want you to give your life to Jesus today. 0:24:04.430 --> 0:24:07.310 I have felt the pain that you've felt in the past. 0:24:08.030 --> 0:24:11.790 It's real as real can be. And you know what's 0:24:11.790 --> 0:24:15.790 going on in your life. Jesus looked at people like 0:24:15.790 --> 0:24:19.830 you and he said, you need a shepherd right now. 0:24:19.830 --> 0:24:23.590 You're being ranched you're being ranched by all the different 0:24:23.590 --> 0:24:27.550 worldviews that are out there. You're being ranched by family 0:24:27.550 --> 0:24:30.990 of origin issues. You're being ranched by your own addictions, 0:24:32.470 --> 0:24:35.230 but no one's put his arm around you to say, 0:24:35.270 --> 0:24:38.070 walk this way. But Jesus is this morning by the 0:24:38.070 --> 0:24:40.750 power of the Holy Spirit, saying, today's the day to 0:24:40.790 --> 0:24:46.190 surrender all that you are to Jesus Christ today. Take 0:24:46.190 --> 0:24:49.830 it from an old cocaine addict. Take it from an 0:24:49.830 --> 0:24:54.470 old partier. God can take the deepest pain in your 0:24:54.470 --> 0:24:57.270 life and transform you completely. And he wants to do 0:24:57.270 --> 0:25:01.670 that today. You might be asking how you know when 0:25:01.670 --> 0:25:05.430 you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord. That's 0:25:05.430 --> 0:25:07.790 deep man, because it's more than just saying like the 0:25:07.790 --> 0:25:12.550 demons believe and they tremble. No, it's saying, I believe 0:25:12.550 --> 0:25:17.750 that Jesus Christ is more than just a good man 0:25:18.030 --> 0:25:21.580 or the Savior of the world. He's my savior today. 0:25:23.020 --> 0:25:25.580 It's an it's an awesome thing when you've been brought 0:25:25.580 --> 0:25:28.660 so low that you have nothing but to cling to Jesus. 0:25:28.660 --> 0:25:32.060 That's that's God's grace. He got you there this morning. 0:25:34.540 --> 0:25:36.540 And take it from a guy who was raised in 0:25:36.540 --> 0:25:39.500 church and walked aisles and was in a youth ministry 0:25:39.500 --> 0:25:43.060 and did all kinds of spiritual stuff that can't save you, friend. 0:25:43.500 --> 0:25:47.780 Only Jesus, through full surrender to his lordship, can save 0:25:47.780 --> 0:25:52.660 your life, but he can save you thoroughly today. And 0:25:52.660 --> 0:25:58.139 I have compassion for you. I can only imagine the 0:25:58.140 --> 0:26:00.219 pain that you have in your life. But this is 0:26:00.220 --> 0:26:03.740 what I know. Although I can only imagine the pain 0:26:03.740 --> 0:26:05.980 in your life, I know the one who can shepherd 0:26:05.980 --> 0:26:11.820 your soul into streams of living water. He can satisfy 0:26:11.820 --> 0:26:14.180 a thirst that you've had and quench it like you 0:26:14.180 --> 0:26:19.340 can't believe. But you must turn around and surrender your 0:26:19.340 --> 0:26:23.180 life to Jesus today and believe that he's been raised 0:26:23.180 --> 0:26:26.420 from the dead. Make Jesus Lord for the first time 0:26:26.420 --> 0:26:31.179 in your life. Don't let the delusion of church attendance 0:26:31.180 --> 0:26:34.020 and spiritual activity think that that can save you. It 0:26:34.020 --> 0:26:37.300 will not save you. You're on a highway to hell. Friend. 0:26:38.220 --> 0:26:40.700 But Jesus can turn you around today. And he is, 0:26:40.700 --> 0:26:44.219 isn't he? I want you to pray with me. It's 0:26:44.220 --> 0:26:46.780 a prayer of faith. And just tell him this. I'm 0:26:46.780 --> 0:26:55.020 hurting God. Thank you for the compassion that I feel. God, 0:26:55.060 --> 0:26:59.980 today I need a shepherd. I'm tired of being ranched. 0:27:01.500 --> 0:27:06.260 Today I surrender everything that I am to Jesus Christ. Everything. 0:27:09.100 --> 0:27:13.020 Today I say you are my savior. I give you 0:27:13.020 --> 0:27:17.100 my whole life. Thank you for dying for my sins. 0:27:17.820 --> 0:27:21.820 Thank you for saving my soul. Right now, this is 0:27:21.820 --> 0:27:23.500 going to sound strange, but I want you to do 0:27:23.500 --> 0:27:27.580 this right now. Tell him thank you for the pain 0:27:27.859 --> 0:27:31.859 that brought me to the point of calling out to 0:27:31.900 --> 0:27:38.220 the good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Tell him that. And if 0:27:38.220 --> 0:27:41.899 today is a day friend that you know that you've 0:27:41.900 --> 0:27:45.459 come to the end of yourself, get this. Blessed are 0:27:45.460 --> 0:27:48.180 the poor in spirit. Theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Wow! 0:27:48.660 --> 0:27:54.740 Spiritual bankruptcy is met with kingdom life. No price for admission. 0:27:54.740 --> 0:27:58.140 It was paid for you by Jesus Christ. And if 0:27:58.140 --> 0:28:00.100 that's you and God's doing a work in you and 0:28:00.100 --> 0:28:03.540 you're driving right now, praise God you're walking right now. 0:28:03.540 --> 0:28:05.660 Praise God you're in an office. You're at home. You're 0:28:05.660 --> 0:28:07.940 in a kitchen. Wherever you are, I want you to 0:28:07.940 --> 0:28:10.300 get to. If you're driving side of the road, get 0:28:10.300 --> 0:28:13.580 to a safe place, and I want all of you 0:28:13.580 --> 0:28:16.970 that are surrendering your life to Jesus today. And you are. 0:28:17.010 --> 0:28:21.090 You are feeling the compassion and the calling of Jesus 0:28:21.090 --> 0:28:25.010 to surrender your life fully to Christ today. Just text 0:28:25.010 --> 0:28:27.010 the word new and we're going to help you with 0:28:27.010 --> 0:28:30.090 some with a resource that's going to tell you what 0:28:30.130 --> 0:28:33.090 to do in these first steps with Jesus. Just text 0:28:33.090 --> 0:28:36.730 the word new right now. Got your phone text new 0:28:36.730 --> 0:28:42.450 to 800 555 7898. Man. God knew that you'd be here. 0:28:42.850 --> 0:28:44.810 The Spirit of God knew that. He'd prompt me at 0:28:44.810 --> 0:28:48.570 this very moment in this hour, to let you know 0:28:48.570 --> 0:28:52.170 about the greatest lover of your soul, the one filled 0:28:52.170 --> 0:28:55.370 with compassion who loves you. And I'm asking you right 0:28:55.370 --> 0:28:59.810 now to respond to him. Don't delay. And we're going 0:28:59.850 --> 0:29:02.530 to help you text the word new right now to 0:29:02.570 --> 0:29:07.690 800 555 78, 98. Just one word. I'll say it slowly. 0:29:07.690 --> 0:29:15.850 Here's the number text new to 805 Five, 55, 78, 98. 0:29:17.210 --> 0:29:21.090 God knew you'd be here. God knew you needed him. 0:29:22.690 --> 0:29:25.410 And God can make all things new. And he's doing 0:29:25.410 --> 0:29:28.410 it today. Coming up here in a moment, I'll shout 0:29:28.410 --> 0:29:30.410 out the last four numbers of all of you that 0:29:30.410 --> 0:29:33.690 are responding to Jesus today. Just text the word new 0:29:34.130 --> 0:29:36.730 and we'll help you in your first steps of surrender 0:29:36.730 --> 0:29:43.410 to Jesus Christ to 800 555 7898. Just that one 0:29:43.410 --> 0:29:50.010 word new to 800 555 7898. And man, I'm talking soft, 0:29:50.010 --> 0:29:51.610 but I'm rejoicing in my heart. 0:29:52.090 --> 0:29:56.650 A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 0:29:56.650 --> 0:30:00.290 in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:30:00.450 --> 0:30:04.210 It's Carl and crew. It's Wednesday morning, bottom of the hour, but. Oh, no. 0:30:04.210 --> 0:30:06.170 We're going to break some hearts this morning. 0:30:06.210 --> 0:30:06.730 We are. 0:30:07.290 --> 0:30:10.210 Boy, we're going to break some hearts. This is tough. 0:30:10.210 --> 0:30:12.250 I want to be able to tell you this though. 0:30:12.290 --> 0:30:16.810 Ali has gone to a mission field that cannot be disclosed. 0:30:17.490 --> 0:30:19.530 So we're going to have to leave some mystery in that. 0:30:19.530 --> 0:30:21.730 But she is headed off to a mission field that 0:30:21.730 --> 0:30:24.810 cannot be disclosed. It's one of those kind of fields 0:30:24.810 --> 0:30:28.610 of ministry. But how cool that our sister is rolling 0:30:28.610 --> 0:30:30.330 up her sleeves doing something like that. 0:30:30.370 --> 0:30:33.770 That's awesome. Yeah. So excited in my prayers, that is 0:30:33.770 --> 0:30:36.090 for sure. I can't wait to hear her stories when 0:30:36.090 --> 0:30:36.730 she comes back. 0:30:36.810 --> 0:30:39.610 It's going to be tremendous. And please be praying for 0:30:39.610 --> 0:30:41.570 Ali as she's away and give us some grace on 0:30:41.570 --> 0:30:43.810 the jokes. I was thinking about doing them and then 0:30:43.850 --> 0:30:46.890 the Holy Spirit told me, no, you're not going to 0:30:46.930 --> 0:30:49.970 try dad jokes for Ali. That isn't going to work. No. 0:30:50.530 --> 0:30:53.490 They've got Doctor Jim Coakley here with us today, and 0:30:53.490 --> 0:30:55.690 we are going to really mix it up. Here's what 0:30:55.690 --> 0:30:57.570 I want to spike here before I bring in Jim. 0:30:57.570 --> 0:31:00.130 This is very important. And I want you to hear 0:31:00.170 --> 0:31:01.890 me boom crew. And I want you to hear me 0:31:01.890 --> 0:31:05.850 loud and clear. Oftentimes when we think of the work 0:31:05.850 --> 0:31:09.170 of the ministry, it's what Super and Young Thunder just 0:31:09.170 --> 0:31:10.800 said at the top of the hour. Come on, let's 0:31:10.800 --> 0:31:12.600 go through them. Work of ministry. What is it, guys? 0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:15.360 Come on. Normal conventional wisdom. Work of ministry. 0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:16.120 Pastors. 0:31:16.480 --> 0:31:17.400 Missionaries. 0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:18.000 Yeah. 0:31:18.080 --> 0:31:21.880 Uh, you got evangelists? Yeah. Your regular volunteers at the 0:31:21.880 --> 0:31:24.840 church who are who are at the Welcome Center, that 0:31:24.840 --> 0:31:25.480 kind of thing. 0:31:25.640 --> 0:31:31.240 Yeah, yeah. And those are all great. I mean, my goodness. Evangelists, teachers. 0:31:31.560 --> 0:31:32.400 Thank you. Yes. 0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:35.160 Yeah. We got to have that. We've got to have servants. 0:31:35.160 --> 0:31:36.960 We've got people that are rolling up their sleeves and 0:31:36.960 --> 0:31:39.560 caring for little kids. But therein lies now we're getting 0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:43.000 into the word a little bit more. See, to have 0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:48.240 proclamation without compassion was never the intent of God. As 0:31:48.240 --> 0:31:51.320 a matter of fact, proclamation without compassion. What is it? 0:31:51.320 --> 0:31:56.600 It's cold Orthodoxy. It's cold. And if you look into 0:31:56.600 --> 0:31:58.760 your own life, you've all got the Dave Churchill's in 0:31:58.760 --> 0:32:03.360 your life. People that loved you enough to say, look, 0:32:03.360 --> 0:32:05.520 I know you got alcohol on your breath, Carl. That's 0:32:05.520 --> 0:32:09.160 Dave Churchill's story for me. I know you're up here 0:32:09.160 --> 0:32:12.680 partying in the north Slope of Alaska, 300 miles north 0:32:12.680 --> 0:32:15.960 of the Arctic Circle, working hard, earning a lot of money. 0:32:15.960 --> 0:32:20.320 But deep inside your soul, you're empty. And I'm here 0:32:20.320 --> 0:32:23.520 for you. That's what Dave Churchill was saying to me. 0:32:24.120 --> 0:32:27.360 And boy, did he read my mail. Everything inside of 0:32:27.360 --> 0:32:29.600 me wanted to talk to Dave and go. Dave, let 0:32:29.600 --> 0:32:31.760 me tell you more here, man. But I was too 0:32:31.760 --> 0:32:34.200 proud to do it right there. Got my buddies. One 0:32:34.200 --> 0:32:39.080 of them's holding my beer. So the question is, how 0:32:39.080 --> 0:32:41.400 do we get into the Word of God and begin 0:32:41.400 --> 0:32:45.000 to see things? I'm kind of interested. What's one of 0:32:45.000 --> 0:32:47.720 the 14 fresh ways that I looked at this passage 0:32:47.720 --> 0:32:51.680 right here, and got beyond the proclamation and see the compassion? Well, 0:32:51.720 --> 0:32:56.040 context is very important, and just reading around a central 0:32:56.040 --> 0:33:00.000 passage of Scripture is key. But there are 14 fresh 0:33:00.040 --> 0:33:02.880 ways to enjoy the Bible, and it is a book, 0:33:03.120 --> 0:33:05.760 and it's such a great book. We had callers yesterday 0:33:05.800 --> 0:33:08.270 that said it just changed their life. A guy named 0:33:08.270 --> 0:33:11.229 Garth called me yesterday and said, change. Change the way 0:33:11.230 --> 0:33:13.790 I read the Bible. And I think the biggest testimonial 0:33:13.790 --> 0:33:16.710 for this book is my own bride who says, Bob, 0:33:16.750 --> 0:33:21.190 this book single handedly has changed my Bible reading into 0:33:21.190 --> 0:33:24.350 a more robust understanding like no other book that I've read. 0:33:25.310 --> 0:33:28.430 So talk about tools to transform. And the author of this, 0:33:28.430 --> 0:33:30.830 Jim Coakley is in studio, and we're going to talk 0:33:30.830 --> 0:33:33.350 with him in just a moment. Great man of God, 0:33:33.350 --> 0:33:37.350 dear friend, colleague here at Moody, but also one of 0:33:37.350 --> 0:33:39.430 our elders at 180 Chicago. So I get to see 0:33:39.470 --> 0:33:42.190 up close and personal a heart of compassion in this guy. 0:33:42.190 --> 0:33:45.270 And it's a beautiful thing. Hang on. Jim Coakley coming 0:33:45.270 --> 0:33:47.030 up straight ahead. 0:33:47.470 --> 0:33:50.270 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:33:50.670 --> 0:33:53.110 The heart of the Savior is amazing. You see him 0:33:53.110 --> 0:33:57.790 weeping over Jerusalem. And in this narrative of Matthew chapter nine, 0:33:57.790 --> 0:34:00.110 you see these words and these are often quoted. The 0:34:00.110 --> 0:34:02.950 harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray 0:34:02.990 --> 0:34:05.430 earnestly for the Lord of the harvest to send out 0:34:05.470 --> 0:34:09.630 laborers into his harvest. Doctor Jim Coakley with us right now, 0:34:09.830 --> 0:34:12.149 author of a tremendous book, and we're going to break 0:34:12.150 --> 0:34:15.310 that down. But I want to jump right into this narrative, Jim. 0:34:15.670 --> 0:34:19.589 It's an interesting thing. We can get a cultural default 0:34:19.590 --> 0:34:23.910 that says proclamation, teaching of the word. That's the essence 0:34:23.910 --> 0:34:26.910 of workers or using your gift in some way, shape 0:34:26.910 --> 0:34:31.470 or form. But there is both proclamation and compassion here 0:34:31.469 --> 0:34:34.830 that is absolutely beautiful. And we've got to catch that, 0:34:34.830 --> 0:34:35.470 don't we, Jim? 0:34:35.510 --> 0:34:37.790 Oh, we sure do. And that's the the beauty of 0:34:37.790 --> 0:34:39.750 what I think I see in this passage right from 0:34:39.750 --> 0:34:43.189 the start. Oftentimes we think that, hey, the reason I 0:34:43.230 --> 0:34:45.790 before I can even minister, before I become a missionary, 0:34:45.790 --> 0:34:48.670 before I become a pastor, I need to work up compassion. 0:34:48.670 --> 0:34:50.910 But if you look at what the text says, look 0:34:50.950 --> 0:34:53.390 at what it begins with. It says Jesus went through 0:34:53.390 --> 0:34:56.670 all the towns and villages teaching in their synagogues. So 0:34:56.670 --> 0:34:59.670 it wasn't like he needed to muster up compassion before 0:34:59.670 --> 0:35:02.549 he went into ministry. He was doing ministry. And while 0:35:02.550 --> 0:35:06.310 he's doing ministry, that compassion developed. And so this is 0:35:06.310 --> 0:35:09.270 where it's a combination that you can't separate the two. 0:35:09.310 --> 0:35:13.150 They're dovetailed together. Is that as you're going out doing 0:35:13.150 --> 0:35:16.750 the Lord's work, you develop compassion and then you want 0:35:16.750 --> 0:35:19.310 to do more of the Lord's work. And so this 0:35:19.310 --> 0:35:22.790 is really, I think that idea of proclamation and compassion 0:35:22.790 --> 0:35:27.470 together is really so embedded, so intertwined here in Matthew 0:35:27.469 --> 0:35:28.270 chapter nine. 0:35:28.710 --> 0:35:31.950 I don't know that we have, because the goal of 0:35:31.989 --> 0:35:36.629 real work is that it's transformative to our listeners and 0:35:36.630 --> 0:35:38.910 to those that we're reaching out to and touching. Jim, 0:35:38.910 --> 0:35:41.390 you must have had that early on before you were 0:35:41.390 --> 0:35:43.630 born again, if you haven't seen a picture of it. 0:35:43.870 --> 0:35:48.270 Jim Coakley, he was bandana man, long hair and, uh, 0:35:48.430 --> 0:35:51.149 far from God, Jim. But somebody must have reached into 0:35:51.150 --> 0:35:53.270 your heart more than just with the gospel, but with 0:35:53.270 --> 0:35:54.870 the heart of love and compassion. 0:35:55.270 --> 0:35:57.390 Yeah. I mean, I think there's several people that I 0:35:57.390 --> 0:36:00.150 think were were part of that. One of them is 0:36:00.270 --> 0:36:04.100 my beloved wife, Gail. When I think about what I 0:36:04.100 --> 0:36:06.740 look like in high school and the. The long haired 0:36:06.739 --> 0:36:10.020 hippie type with the bandana around my head and the 0:36:10.020 --> 0:36:13.420 fact that she didn't shun me, and the idea of 0:36:13.420 --> 0:36:16.180 even her parents when I was first starting to go 0:36:16.180 --> 0:36:16.700 to church. 0:36:16.739 --> 0:36:18.100 That's bigger. Yeah, yeah. 0:36:18.140 --> 0:36:20.899 That was a bigger. And I'm thinking now, based on 0:36:20.900 --> 0:36:24.300 what I would have thought of myself with anybody wanting 0:36:24.340 --> 0:36:26.580 to date my daughter, now she's married. So I think 0:36:26.620 --> 0:36:28.900 we have to worry about those kind of things. But 0:36:28.900 --> 0:36:31.940 the idea is, you know, that I was not shunned. 0:36:31.980 --> 0:36:35.500 Even though I looked different. I didn't look like I 0:36:35.500 --> 0:36:38.660 was a Christian. If there was a prototype, that could 0:36:38.660 --> 0:36:41.980 be that I was not it. And so the idea 0:36:41.980 --> 0:36:45.300 that they allowed me space to be able to process 0:36:45.739 --> 0:36:48.979 the claims of the gospel in a way that gave 0:36:48.980 --> 0:36:52.460 me freedom to kind of work through that was, I think, 0:36:52.460 --> 0:36:54.859 really the catalyst that it could have really set me 0:36:54.860 --> 0:36:58.340 off in a totally different trajectory if they had rejected me. 0:36:58.620 --> 0:37:02.300 What's one of the ways waves in 14 ways when 0:37:02.300 --> 0:37:05.380 it comes to studying the Bible and looking at the Bible, 0:37:05.380 --> 0:37:09.260 what way have we utilized today that allows us to 0:37:09.300 --> 0:37:13.620 see the full embodiment of workers or laborers for the 0:37:13.620 --> 0:37:17.100 harvest field, as both proclamation and compassion? What are we 0:37:17.140 --> 0:37:19.220 doing there that you would cheer for? 0:37:19.620 --> 0:37:22.140 Well, I think, you know, first of all, I see repetition. 0:37:22.140 --> 0:37:24.300 If you look at that last verse, it says harvest 0:37:24.300 --> 0:37:27.700 three times. So whenever something is repeated multiple times, you 0:37:27.700 --> 0:37:30.859 always want to pay attention to that, because it could 0:37:30.900 --> 0:37:34.780 have easily been summarized just once rather than repeatedly. So 0:37:34.820 --> 0:37:38.180 clearly we see this heart of compassion being determined as 0:37:38.180 --> 0:37:40.900 he's looking out at the harvest. They're ready for again 0:37:40.900 --> 0:37:44.739 the workers to harvest the crop, as it were. And 0:37:44.739 --> 0:37:49.660 so that repetition of harvest really sets the geographical background 0:37:49.739 --> 0:37:54.300 for what really sets up this proclamation compassion combination. 0:37:54.460 --> 0:37:57.460 That's beautiful coming up here. Straight ahead. More with Doctor 0:37:57.460 --> 0:38:01.300 Jim Coakley 14 Fresh Ways to Enjoy the Bible. My 0:38:01.300 --> 0:38:07.540 own bride says this book has single handedly transformed her 0:38:07.540 --> 0:38:10.739 reading of the scriptures in ways she couldn't have imagined. 0:38:10.980 --> 0:38:12.540 What's in it? Hang on. 0:38:13.140 --> 0:38:16.060 You're listening to Curl and Crew on Moody Radio. 0:38:16.580 --> 0:38:21.340 Transformational tools. Tools that God gives us. Ultimately, the Word 0:38:21.340 --> 0:38:25.660 of God is the ultimate tool. It's the this is 0:38:25.660 --> 0:38:31.340 the bread of life. And from these words we find transformation. 0:38:31.340 --> 0:38:33.939 But tools can help us understand when we dig into 0:38:33.940 --> 0:38:37.260 it what we're looking for. Doctor Jim Coakley, my guest 0:38:37.300 --> 0:38:40.940 right now, dear friend, incredible author of the book 14 0:38:40.980 --> 0:38:44.219 Fresh Ways to Enjoy the Bible. What motivated you, Jim, 0:38:44.219 --> 0:38:45.580 to get this book written? 0:38:45.739 --> 0:38:48.060 Well, I think it was my own Bible reading. I mean, 0:38:48.100 --> 0:38:50.540 I had gone to Bible college, I'd gone to seminary, 0:38:50.580 --> 0:38:53.780 did doctoral work, but I still felt like I wasn't 0:38:53.780 --> 0:38:58.089 really getting into the word like I wanted to. Of course, 0:38:58.090 --> 0:39:00.250 I was getting the information. I could do all sorts 0:39:00.250 --> 0:39:03.410 of Bible trivia. I had Bible memory verses, but there 0:39:03.410 --> 0:39:06.529 was just something about that I wasn't seeing what I 0:39:06.570 --> 0:39:10.090 thought the author was trying to get me to focus on. 0:39:10.290 --> 0:39:12.850 And so I was hearing lots of information, but I 0:39:12.850 --> 0:39:15.090 was more concerned. How can I get to the heartbeat 0:39:15.130 --> 0:39:17.930 of what the biblical authors, both human and divine, are 0:39:17.930 --> 0:39:20.290 trying to say to me? And that's when I began 0:39:20.290 --> 0:39:22.970 to kind of say, well, what kind of techniques do 0:39:22.969 --> 0:39:27.490 all good communicators use to convey what they're really interested 0:39:27.489 --> 0:39:28.410 in talking about. 0:39:28.410 --> 0:39:29.650 Whether speaking or writing. 0:39:29.650 --> 0:39:31.850 Whether speaking or writing. And so all of a sudden, 0:39:31.850 --> 0:39:35.009 I found that there's these little tricks and tips and 0:39:35.010 --> 0:39:38.890 techniques that all good communicators use. And so it all 0:39:38.890 --> 0:39:43.050 started with the concept of looking at when a Bible 0:39:43.050 --> 0:39:47.450 character is introduced, look at their first words, their first actions, 0:39:47.450 --> 0:39:51.529 and any physical descriptor, because that's what we call indirect characterization. Now, 0:39:51.530 --> 0:39:55.650 I've never been literarily trained, but I just realized that 0:39:55.650 --> 0:39:58.170 I'm a consumer, just like everyone else is in our 0:39:58.170 --> 0:40:02.050 audience of good film, good literature, and to realize that 0:40:02.050 --> 0:40:06.450 all good communicators use this technique because they can't spill 0:40:06.450 --> 0:40:09.530 out everything about a character. So they have to show 0:40:09.530 --> 0:40:10.970 us rather than tell us. 0:40:10.969 --> 0:40:13.490 Make that technique super simple. What's it mean? 0:40:13.489 --> 0:40:17.130 What's that mean is, when an author is introducing a character, 0:40:17.170 --> 0:40:19.690 they are going to be selective in what they want 0:40:19.690 --> 0:40:22.489 the reader or the viewer to watch. And that's going 0:40:22.489 --> 0:40:26.049 to be a very important kind of character trait that's 0:40:26.050 --> 0:40:28.570 going to follow that individual the rest of the way. 0:40:28.890 --> 0:40:30.090 So repetition. 0:40:30.090 --> 0:40:35.290 Repetition, but also it's the notion of first words again, speech. 0:40:35.410 --> 0:40:38.690 What is it that we first see this character saying, uh, 0:40:38.690 --> 0:40:42.969 also too, along with what labels, what character labels are given, 0:40:42.969 --> 0:40:44.930 how do we see them? Do we see them as 0:40:44.930 --> 0:40:48.089 an occupation? Do we see them in familiar language? Do 0:40:48.090 --> 0:40:51.450 we see them as an ethnic label? And all of 0:40:51.450 --> 0:40:54.210 a sudden I'm paying attention to the the ways that 0:40:54.210 --> 0:40:59.130 authors can communicate about a character without necessarily. In a sense, 0:40:59.130 --> 0:41:03.090 telegraphing it. But we get to experience it. I'm getting 0:41:03.090 --> 0:41:06.730 ready for speaking next week at Maranatha Camp for Moody. Week. 0:41:06.890 --> 0:41:11.690 And this is the 50th anniversary of the movie jaws. Okay, so. 0:41:11.730 --> 0:41:12.170 Oh, boy. 0:41:12.210 --> 0:41:12.410 How. 0:41:12.410 --> 0:41:13.650 And I'm getting old. 0:41:13.690 --> 0:41:16.810 Yeah, I know, I'm getting old too. But one of 0:41:16.810 --> 0:41:21.009 the main characters is a guy by the name of Quint. Okay. Okay. 0:41:21.050 --> 0:41:23.410 And so I'm looking at the movie. How was he 0:41:23.410 --> 0:41:26.410 first introduced? Because he's going to be a main character. 0:41:26.410 --> 0:41:28.890 He's the one who helps to hunt down the shark 0:41:28.890 --> 0:41:31.969 and everything else. But the first scene we see him doing, 0:41:32.210 --> 0:41:35.890 the town is all gathered together, and they're all squabbling about, 0:41:35.930 --> 0:41:38.450 you know, they shut down the beach because the shark attack. 0:41:38.570 --> 0:41:40.850 And you see this guy sitting on a chair, and 0:41:40.850 --> 0:41:45.290 he scratches the chalkboard in a classroom with his fingernails. 0:41:45.570 --> 0:41:48.930 So again, how irritating is that? The first thing we 0:41:48.930 --> 0:41:52.399 see this guy doing is scratching a chalkboard. And he 0:41:52.400 --> 0:41:55.759 also speaks very uncouth. And so what that's telling us 0:41:55.760 --> 0:42:00.280 is that this guy is nonconformist. He's a little bit cantankerous. 0:42:00.760 --> 0:42:03.759 He's an irritant, but he's the guy that's going to 0:42:03.760 --> 0:42:06.480 be used to, in a sense, hunt down this, you know, 0:42:06.520 --> 0:42:10.480 great white shark. And so it's showing us without telling 0:42:10.480 --> 0:42:12.440 us that that's what his character is going to be 0:42:12.440 --> 0:42:14.200 like the rest of the way. And sure enough, as 0:42:14.200 --> 0:42:16.799 you watch the rest of the film, he portrays that 0:42:16.800 --> 0:42:19.400 character out very well in every scene. 0:42:19.560 --> 0:42:21.480 Okay, so let's camp out here. Give me an example 0:42:21.480 --> 0:42:24.880 of that in Scripture. Opening scene. How it sets the tone. 0:42:25.200 --> 0:42:28.040 Yeah. You think of Moses. Okay. The first thing we 0:42:28.040 --> 0:42:31.080 see him doing is as an adult, because of course, 0:42:31.080 --> 0:42:34.319 we we know he's growing up in Pharaoh's court. But 0:42:34.320 --> 0:42:38.000 the first action that we see Moses doing is when 0:42:38.000 --> 0:42:41.880 he sees a, you know, Hebrew or a pharaoh hitting 0:42:41.920 --> 0:42:47.040 an Egyptian slave, I mean, a an Egyptian taskmaster. And 0:42:47.040 --> 0:42:49.680 so looking this way and that, so we see fear. 0:42:50.560 --> 0:42:53.279 He hits and kills the Egyptian and hides him in 0:42:53.280 --> 0:42:56.600 the sand. So we see, first of all, that he's 0:42:56.600 --> 0:43:00.000 a man of compassion. We talked about compassion earlier. Uh, 0:43:00.040 --> 0:43:02.680 here we see a character trait of Moses. The first 0:43:02.680 --> 0:43:05.319 thing we see him doing is he has compassion upon 0:43:05.320 --> 0:43:09.799 his fellow Hebrews. But the first actions is he has 0:43:09.840 --> 0:43:13.800 also got anger. And so we see that trait, compassion, 0:43:13.840 --> 0:43:16.680 which also mixed with anger. And so both of those 0:43:16.680 --> 0:43:19.160 traits are going to characterize Moses the rest of the way. 0:43:19.160 --> 0:43:22.160 He's a man of compassion, but also too, he is 0:43:22.160 --> 0:43:25.000 a man that has anger issues. So paying attention to 0:43:25.040 --> 0:43:27.880 his first actions, you know, and the first words come 0:43:27.880 --> 0:43:30.520 out to the next day when he sees two Hebrews 0:43:30.520 --> 0:43:33.040 fighting together. First words that come out of Moses mouth, 0:43:33.040 --> 0:43:35.759 why are you hitting your fellow Egyptians, fellow Hebrew? So 0:43:35.760 --> 0:43:39.200 we see this man who's justice oriented, associated with the law. 0:43:39.200 --> 0:43:43.080 So right from the start, that introduction of compassion and anger, 0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:47.760 but also justice orientation is really a perfect introduction to Moses, 0:43:47.800 --> 0:43:50.190 the character, The rest of the way in the Bible. 0:43:50.469 --> 0:43:53.790 30s. Why in the world do you want someone to 0:43:53.790 --> 0:43:55.590 read this book? Give them your passion. 0:43:55.870 --> 0:43:59.109 Well, the idea is, I think we have the standard 0:43:59.110 --> 0:44:03.390 process of, you know, observation, interpretation, application. But what I 0:44:03.430 --> 0:44:06.549 found the missing link was and often people's lives is 0:44:06.590 --> 0:44:08.710 they don't really know what to look for when they 0:44:08.710 --> 0:44:13.989 do the observation stage. So really this is that observation stage, 0:44:13.989 --> 0:44:16.589 skill building kind of book that will help them with that. 0:44:16.590 --> 0:44:20.190 Tremendously awesome. Guys, I want you to grab this. We 0:44:20.190 --> 0:44:23.270 don't directly promote just books here. We try to give 0:44:23.270 --> 0:44:26.750 away free resources, but on occasion we'll say this is 0:44:26.750 --> 0:44:29.830 the one you need to consider getting 14 fresh waves 0:44:29.830 --> 0:44:33.989 to enjoy the Bible. Text the word fresh to 800 0:44:34.110 --> 0:44:42.109 555 7898. Text the word fresh to 800 555 7898. 0:44:42.150 --> 0:44:44.350 At least get a look at it. One thing for sure, 0:44:44.350 --> 0:44:47.950 you can check out on most links and sites. You 0:44:47.950 --> 0:44:50.790 can see a first chapter for free. Scope it out, 0:44:50.830 --> 0:44:53.150 see if this is for you. Text fresh to 800 0:44:53.190 --> 0:44:57.989 555 7898. Jim I love you brother. Thank you for 0:44:57.989 --> 0:44:59.030 being with us today. 0:44:59.070 --> 0:45:01.870 Oh, you're so welcome. Blessings on you and our listeners. 0:45:01.870 --> 0:45:03.950 Coming up here in a moment. Chris Martin, who in 0:45:03.950 --> 0:45:06.509 the world is this guy, and how in the world 0:45:06.510 --> 0:45:09.270 does he have a clearinghouse of resources that over a 0:45:09.270 --> 0:45:11.670 million people have tapped? Details coming up. 0:45:12.070 --> 0:45:14.790 Your shot of hope to help you through the day. 0:45:15.030 --> 0:45:18.149 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:45:18.190 --> 0:45:21.870 Let's talk with my son. He's got a startup in Miami, 0:45:21.870 --> 0:45:25.150 and he said, dad, for your staff there at church 0:45:25.150 --> 0:45:27.270 and even what's going on at Moody Radio? You got 0:45:27.270 --> 0:45:31.750 to find these young, fire breathing, run through the wall 0:45:31.790 --> 0:45:36.390 kind of guys. And I'm like, yeah, and they could 0:45:36.390 --> 0:45:39.750 be guys. That's my kind of universal term for guys 0:45:39.750 --> 0:45:43.430 and gals. But we got a very serious dude who 0:45:43.430 --> 0:45:46.230 runs through walls, and I've got him with me right now. 0:45:46.270 --> 0:45:47.790 How's that for an intro, Chris Martin? 0:45:47.830 --> 0:45:50.510 I'll take it. I'll take it. I run through walls that. 0:45:50.510 --> 0:45:51.630 I suppose that could be a good thing or a 0:45:51.630 --> 0:45:54.190 bad thing. I try to run through walls constructively, more 0:45:54.190 --> 0:45:55.270 than destructively. 0:45:55.630 --> 0:45:59.109 Yes, running through walls is a metaphor for willing to get. 0:45:59.150 --> 0:45:59.590 Right. 0:45:59.630 --> 0:46:02.509 Get done what you got to get done. And it's 0:46:02.510 --> 0:46:05.190 great to have you on this team here. For anyone 0:46:05.190 --> 0:46:08.670 that's kind of new to you, Chris, I'm going to 0:46:08.670 --> 0:46:10.270 let you give your own bio because I don't know 0:46:10.270 --> 0:46:12.109 what in the world kind of hats you're wearing right now. 0:46:12.110 --> 0:46:13.510 What's going on in your life? 0:46:13.550 --> 0:46:16.109 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So first, I'm a husband and dad. 0:46:16.110 --> 0:46:19.310 I'm a husband to Susie and father to Maggie and Daisy. 0:46:19.350 --> 0:46:22.509 Five and one and a half and, uh, yeah, my 0:46:22.510 --> 0:46:24.549 family and I, we live outside Nashville, and we've been 0:46:24.550 --> 0:46:26.110 there for a number of years. But I get to 0:46:26.150 --> 0:46:28.950 serve here at Moody Global Media and Moody Radio as 0:46:28.950 --> 0:46:31.230 the director of content. So I get to oversee everything 0:46:31.230 --> 0:46:33.830 we're doing on the air and how we're serving listeners, 0:46:33.830 --> 0:46:37.070 like everyone listening today. And I also get to help, 0:46:37.110 --> 0:46:38.950 you know, we're doing this thing kind of alongside what 0:46:38.950 --> 0:46:42.149 we're doing with Moody Radio and yourself and others. We're 0:46:42.150 --> 0:46:44.940 kind of building up some more online content. So we're 0:46:44.940 --> 0:46:48.340 trying to develop more podcasts. We're developing more videos for 0:46:48.340 --> 0:46:50.259 YouTube because that's I mean, it's the biggest website in 0:46:50.260 --> 0:46:52.500 the world. Virtually. Yes. And so we're just trying to 0:46:52.500 --> 0:46:55.339 do a lot of work to serve people wherever they 0:46:55.340 --> 0:46:57.739 want to be helped in taking their next steps in 0:46:57.739 --> 0:47:00.420 their walk with Christ, whether it's on the air, listening 0:47:00.420 --> 0:47:03.500 in their car, on their phone, or whether they're accessing 0:47:03.500 --> 0:47:07.060 stuff through Facebook, YouTube or the internet generally. So I'm 0:47:07.100 --> 0:47:09.700 trying to help serve you all and what you're doing 0:47:09.700 --> 0:47:12.700 on air, as well as develop some new content for 0:47:12.700 --> 0:47:13.420 the internet. 0:47:13.460 --> 0:47:16.020 Yesterday we had callers, we had the phone lines wide 0:47:16.020 --> 0:47:18.060 open here, and people were just flooding us with all 0:47:18.060 --> 0:47:20.859 kinds of tools of transformation. That's what we're tackling all 0:47:20.860 --> 0:47:23.340 week long. We'll get to your side hustle called Bible 0:47:23.380 --> 0:47:26.940 to Life in a moment. But the the cool thing, Chris, 0:47:26.980 --> 0:47:31.660 is how many people are truly impacted by Moody Radio 0:47:31.940 --> 0:47:34.460 and the fact that you want to expand this into 0:47:34.460 --> 0:47:37.739 more of a digital realm, especially with video. You're you've 0:47:37.739 --> 0:47:40.779 got plans for that, even for the morning show right here. 0:47:40.820 --> 0:47:41.180 Don't you? 0:47:41.180 --> 0:47:44.259 Totally. Yeah. I mean, we we would love for this 0:47:44.260 --> 0:47:46.819 morning show and actually believe that sometime in the, in 0:47:46.860 --> 0:47:49.100 the next number of months. If not, you know, at 0:47:49.100 --> 0:47:51.020 least within this next year, but certainly in the next 0:47:51.020 --> 0:47:54.700 number of months, we want this morning show to go 0:47:54.739 --> 0:47:57.620 beyond the bounds of radio. We want you guys to 0:47:57.620 --> 0:48:01.580 continue to thrive and serve everyone who's listening today. But 0:48:01.580 --> 0:48:03.580 we want to serve people who maybe don't listen to 0:48:03.620 --> 0:48:05.580 the radio on a daily basis, but they do watch 0:48:05.580 --> 0:48:08.219 YouTube shorts or they listen to podcasts, which I know 0:48:08.219 --> 0:48:09.700 you guys have got the show cast and plenty of 0:48:09.700 --> 0:48:12.580 people listen there, but I believe to get a little 0:48:12.620 --> 0:48:15.779 wonky here for a second, short form video on the 0:48:15.780 --> 0:48:19.100 internet is one of the most important forms of media 0:48:19.100 --> 0:48:22.420 I've seen in my 12 plus years working in in 0:48:22.420 --> 0:48:28.500 digital media. More people are consuming TikToks, Instagram Reels, YouTube 0:48:28.500 --> 0:48:32.259 shorts than any form of content I've ever seen. The 0:48:32.260 --> 0:48:34.460 share of attention, if you think of it that way, 0:48:34.460 --> 0:48:38.799 the share of attention going to 30, 60, 92nd two 0:48:38.800 --> 0:48:42.660 minute videos is incredibly high. And to me, as someone 0:48:42.660 --> 0:48:45.700 who wants to take all the resources we have generously 0:48:45.700 --> 0:48:47.900 been given here at Moody Radio and Moody Global Media, 0:48:47.900 --> 0:48:50.739 through through generous donors, through the people who give their 0:48:50.739 --> 0:48:53.259 time and efforts through working here. I want to say, 0:48:53.260 --> 0:48:55.260 how can we reach as many people with the gospel 0:48:55.260 --> 0:48:58.859 as possible? That makes me ask and think, hmm, well, 0:48:58.860 --> 0:49:02.140 where are people's eyes and ears? Insanely increasing number of 0:49:02.140 --> 0:49:05.140 people's eyes and ears are on short form video. And 0:49:05.140 --> 0:49:07.299 I want to take what you guys are doing, the 0:49:07.300 --> 0:49:09.780 ministry you're doing through Carl and crew in the morning show, 0:49:10.140 --> 0:49:13.020 and get that to people whose ears may never open 0:49:13.020 --> 0:49:15.819 up to radio, but who are scrolling these apps all 0:49:15.820 --> 0:49:17.739 the time. And I think that's a you know, I 0:49:17.739 --> 0:49:20.020 was talking with a guy who leads our digital content efforts. 0:49:20.020 --> 0:49:22.379 His name is Sean, and he said, he said, man, 0:49:22.380 --> 0:49:24.140 this year, in the next 12 months or so, I 0:49:24.140 --> 0:49:27.300 want us to be posting 100 videos a week, 100 0:49:27.300 --> 0:49:30.290 videos a week. Right now we're probably doing about 7 0:49:30.290 --> 0:49:32.940 or 8, maybe ten. And so we just want to 0:49:32.940 --> 0:49:36.900 significantly increase the ministry we're doing in places where people's 0:49:36.900 --> 0:49:38.660 attention is rapidly increasing. 0:49:38.700 --> 0:49:41.209 Yeah, it's so beautiful. What do you think? The blue 0:49:41.210 --> 0:49:44.009 sky is so blue ocean on me here. A little 0:49:44.050 --> 0:49:46.170 big time vision. What do you think can happen? I 0:49:46.170 --> 0:49:49.169 know that the goal of Mark job is to double 0:49:49.170 --> 0:49:52.170 our impact. We might be going way beyond that. 0:49:52.170 --> 0:49:54.810 Oh, yeah? Yeah. Moody Global Media wants to. Right now, 0:49:54.810 --> 0:49:56.969 we think, you know, estimates can be kind of tough, 0:49:56.969 --> 0:50:00.050 especially with radio. It's actually a little bit easier on 0:50:00.050 --> 0:50:03.490 digital where you can track views or people who are engaging. 0:50:03.730 --> 0:50:05.690 But we want to be reaching 100 million people a 0:50:05.690 --> 0:50:07.930 week with the gospel. You know, our core of who 0:50:07.930 --> 0:50:09.330 we are is we want to help people take their 0:50:09.330 --> 0:50:11.450 next steps in their in their walk with Christ by 0:50:11.489 --> 0:50:14.490 giving them tools like you're talking about here, by serving 0:50:14.489 --> 0:50:17.010 them through the morning show, all of our national programming 0:50:17.010 --> 0:50:19.569 throughout the day, as well as through other tools like 0:50:19.570 --> 0:50:22.010 we're developing right now. We want to be serving 100 0:50:22.010 --> 0:50:24.129 million people a week, and right now, we estimate we're 0:50:24.130 --> 0:50:27.410 probably serving about 44 million people a week. So we're 0:50:27.450 --> 0:50:29.730 we're doing we're doing great. We're serving more people than 0:50:29.730 --> 0:50:32.490 we ever have. And we really think that by opening 0:50:32.489 --> 0:50:35.890 up these digital avenues of communication and media, that we 0:50:35.890 --> 0:50:38.290 can get to that 100 million people a week. Number. 0:50:38.650 --> 0:50:40.050 Within the next number of years. 0:50:40.650 --> 0:50:43.050 Dynamite. And I just want to tell you. Boom crew. 0:50:43.330 --> 0:50:45.770 This guy, Chris Martin, he's the real deal. This guy 0:50:45.810 --> 0:50:48.649 loves the Lord deeply. And it gives me great hope 0:50:48.650 --> 0:50:51.250 for the future man of our nation, of the world 0:50:51.250 --> 0:50:54.130 and the gospel going forward. Okay, a little side hustle 0:50:54.170 --> 0:50:56.649 you have. It's called Bible to Life. Tell us all 0:50:56.650 --> 0:50:59.730 about it. Talk about tools that transform. First off, how 0:50:59.730 --> 0:51:02.050 many hits are you getting a month on this site? 0:51:02.050 --> 0:51:03.850 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I used to just for anyone listening, 0:51:03.850 --> 0:51:05.609 I used to work at Moody Publishers for a number 0:51:05.610 --> 0:51:07.490 of years before I came over here to Moody Radio 0:51:07.489 --> 0:51:10.010 and Moody Global Media, and when I was at Moody Publishers, 0:51:10.010 --> 0:51:12.570 they said, hey, you know, we understand the importance of digital. 0:51:12.610 --> 0:51:14.609 We recognize people aren't reading books as much as they 0:51:14.610 --> 0:51:16.610 used to. What if we took bits and pieces of 0:51:16.610 --> 0:51:19.169 our books and chopped them up, you know, took a 0:51:19.210 --> 0:51:21.649 chapter here or a part of a chapter here, and 0:51:21.650 --> 0:51:23.370 we put them on the internet for people who are 0:51:23.410 --> 0:51:27.410 googling for spiritual questions or biblical questions about, you know, 0:51:27.450 --> 0:51:29.850 where's my dog go when it dies? Or does God 0:51:29.850 --> 0:51:31.770 love me even if I lie sometimes? You know, they're 0:51:31.770 --> 0:51:34.530 asking questions like this to Google more than they're asking 0:51:34.530 --> 0:51:37.640 to pastors or parents. Which is sad. But rather than 0:51:37.640 --> 0:51:40.000 just weeping over that, we can also step in and say, 0:51:40.000 --> 0:51:42.200 how can we help? What can we do for people 0:51:42.200 --> 0:51:44.960 who are asking Google these kinds of questions? So we 0:51:45.000 --> 0:51:47.600 developed this website called Bible to Life, which is taking 0:51:47.640 --> 0:51:51.239 trusted Moody Publishers resources as well as articles written by 0:51:51.239 --> 0:51:54.080 friends of Moody Bible Institute and Moody Radio. And we 0:51:54.120 --> 0:51:56.840 are getting in the last 12 months. So since June 0:51:56.880 --> 0:52:01.839 of last year, we've had about 3.1 million people view 0:52:01.880 --> 0:52:06.759 about 4.4 million articles. So. So 3.1 million people are 0:52:06.760 --> 0:52:09.359 coming to the site per year now. And it's it's 0:52:09.360 --> 0:52:11.840 rapidly growing. We're getting people from all over the world. 0:52:11.960 --> 0:52:14.279 People are looking for Bible verses to encourage them. They're 0:52:14.280 --> 0:52:16.600 looking for every year we do a big post of, hey, 0:52:16.640 --> 0:52:19.080 if you know, in January, want to start reading the 0:52:19.080 --> 0:52:20.600 Bible for the first time, here are a few Bible 0:52:20.600 --> 0:52:23.680 reading plans. That's always one of our most popular articles. 0:52:23.680 --> 0:52:26.719 So when you're talking about tools and giving people tools 0:52:26.719 --> 0:52:30.120 to help follow Christ and become more like Jesus, this 0:52:30.120 --> 0:52:32.279 is exactly the kind of thing we're trying to do here. 0:52:32.320 --> 0:52:34.560 Bible tell your joke. It's a it's a side hustle. 0:52:34.600 --> 0:52:38.000 It's actually it is a ministry of Moody Global Media 0:52:38.000 --> 0:52:39.839 that I just do with a few hours, a month 0:52:39.840 --> 0:52:41.560 of my time. And our hope is over the course 0:52:41.560 --> 0:52:43.440 of the next couple of years, and our efforts to 0:52:43.480 --> 0:52:46.160 serve people on the internet more in some more robust ways, 0:52:46.160 --> 0:52:48.160 is that Bible to life can become even more than 0:52:48.160 --> 0:52:50.640 what it currently is. But about 3 million people a 0:52:50.640 --> 0:52:52.680 year are being served by it, and we're grateful for that. 0:52:52.719 --> 0:52:54.879 And we're hopeful that that people are taking their next 0:52:54.880 --> 0:52:56.120 steps with Jesus with it. 0:52:56.120 --> 0:52:59.240 So, Chris, the website Bible to life.com. 0:52:59.239 --> 0:53:01.720 That's right. That's right. Bible Life.com you can go there 0:53:01.719 --> 0:53:03.960 and there's a there's a web page for new visitors. 0:53:03.960 --> 0:53:06.359 If you've never been there before, it'll tell you how 0:53:06.360 --> 0:53:08.360 to use it. If it's a bit confusing, there's also 0:53:08.560 --> 0:53:10.480 a weekly email. We don't send a ton of email. 0:53:10.480 --> 0:53:12.359 We won't spam you. But once a week I send 0:53:12.360 --> 0:53:15.040 out a collection of popular articles from the week if 0:53:15.080 --> 0:53:17.239 you would rather get an email. I know a lot 0:53:17.239 --> 0:53:19.439 of folks prefer that rather than going to a site 0:53:19.440 --> 0:53:20.600 and looking for things. 0:53:20.640 --> 0:53:22.279 Yeah, I love it. Okay, I'm going to put you 0:53:22.280 --> 0:53:26.360 on the spot here. I've been advertising all week long. Mr. Pin, sleek, 0:53:26.400 --> 0:53:29.960 acid free highlighter on. Honestly, this is the best highlighter 0:53:29.960 --> 0:53:33.799 ever because most highlighters bleed through multiple pages of scripture. Yeah, 0:53:33.800 --> 0:53:36.000 it's kind of funny, I know, but it's a really 0:53:36.000 --> 0:53:39.160 good tool that helps transform my life because I get 0:53:39.160 --> 0:53:42.040 to highlight scriptures in a good old fashioned hard copy Bible. 0:53:42.520 --> 0:53:46.400 What resource has most impacted you spiritually lately? 0:53:47.200 --> 0:53:52.319 Oh man. Most impacted me spiritually lately. Resources. So I, um, 0:53:52.320 --> 0:53:55.480 I've been brushing up on catching up on C.S. Lewis. 0:53:55.480 --> 0:53:57.719 So when I was in college, like a lot of 0:53:57.719 --> 0:53:59.480 people probably, I read a lot of C.S. Lewis for 0:53:59.480 --> 0:54:01.040 the first time, I read Mere Christianity. You know, I 0:54:01.040 --> 0:54:04.600 read the hits, I read Mere Christianity, I read Screwtape Letters, 0:54:04.600 --> 0:54:07.319 I read Narnia, but I didn't go beyond to a 0:54:07.320 --> 0:54:09.520 bunch of his other works. And so this spring, I've 0:54:09.520 --> 0:54:12.040 been kind of remedying that. So I read The Abolition 0:54:12.040 --> 0:54:16.040 of Man. I read letters to Malcolm chiefly on prayer. 0:54:16.200 --> 0:54:18.239 I read The Weight of Glory. So I've read some 0:54:18.239 --> 0:54:20.680 of his work. So good. Yeah, I've read some of 0:54:20.680 --> 0:54:23.240 his works that aren't quite as well known. And man, 0:54:23.360 --> 0:54:26.200 Letters to Malcolm, chiefly on Prayer, which I think is 0:54:26.200 --> 0:54:30.710 the last book he ever published. Tremendous resource on And 0:54:30.989 --> 0:54:35.950 helping me reflect on my prayer life, my corporate worship life, 0:54:35.950 --> 0:54:38.589 and how I view the corporate worship experience. Just this week, actually, 0:54:38.590 --> 0:54:41.310 I wrote in my newsletter. I think Lewis has a 0:54:41.310 --> 0:54:44.150 great point in there, talking about how we're often tempted 0:54:44.150 --> 0:54:48.070 to pray as we think we ought, rather than pray 0:54:48.070 --> 0:54:50.590 as we actually are. And I don't think there's a 0:54:50.590 --> 0:54:52.910 lot of ways that we can fumble our prayers and 0:54:52.910 --> 0:54:55.310 coming before the Lord. But I think our kind of 0:54:55.350 --> 0:55:00.430 admittance ticket is simply being ourselves, rather than being someone 0:55:00.430 --> 0:55:02.190 we think we should be. And I think if there's 0:55:02.190 --> 0:55:04.870 any way we can truly fumble coming before the Lord 0:55:04.870 --> 0:55:07.990 in prayer, it's by thinking that we ought to come 0:55:07.989 --> 0:55:11.109 a certain way rather than come as we are. And 0:55:11.110 --> 0:55:12.830 I think Lewis just has a great point on that. 0:55:12.830 --> 0:55:15.670 So Letters to Malcolm chiefly on prayer would be my 0:55:15.670 --> 0:55:16.830 tool that I recommend. 0:55:16.870 --> 0:55:20.830 Love it. Bible to life. Com boom crew. Check it 0:55:20.830 --> 0:55:24.629 out today. Get subscribed there and start looking around. You're 0:55:24.630 --> 0:55:27.030 going to find resources that are going to be transformative 0:55:27.030 --> 0:55:29.950 Bible to life. Com Chris Martin thanks for ducking in 0:55:29.950 --> 0:55:30.470 here man.