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S2: Practical from the Bible. Tips and tricks to kill. Not

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S1: Delivering the truth daily.

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S4: All of my attempts to, you know, prop myself up

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S6: Oh, you know how much I love blaze. Welcome aboard

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S6: And he has grown exponentially, shall we say. He's grown

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S12: you hear the phrase pleading his blood. Well, the idea

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S12: is that what Christ redeemed me. That I belong to him.

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S12: The devil has no right to any hold on me.

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S12: When we go to bed angry, we can give him ground.

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S12: But he has no ground. We can even reclaim that ground.

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S12: So to take our position as a redeemed child of

452
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S12: God is really very powerful.

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S4: Doctor Bill Thrasher, our guest this morning. Let's talk a

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S4: little bit about the redemption, the propitiation, reconciliation, deliverance from

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S4: sin's power. You take your pick and just go where

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S4: the Lord leads you on it.

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S13: Yeah, let's do it.

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S11: Propitiation.

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S12: I think I was in seminary when that really just

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S12: came alive. To me, the idea, it's the Godward aspect

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S12: of the cross, you know, where we're under the wrath

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S12: of God. Now, false religions basically want to hold people

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S12: captive almost with an irrational fear. When is God going

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S12: to throw a fit? And somehow I have to make

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S12: him satisfied so he doesn't do that to me. That's

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S12: totally opposite in the biblical concept of propitiation. We are

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S12: under the wrath of God, but God is slow to wrath.

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S12: God wants to deliver us from his wrath. He has

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S12: given the propitiatory sacrifice so that now as a child

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S12: of God, you know when I saw that he is

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S12: totally satisfied. When you know the father is pursuing the

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S12: prodigal son, he kissed him before he made his confession.

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S12: There's one wise, godly mother when she would discipline her children,

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S12: and after they had confessed their sin and she would

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S12: look them in the face, says, you can be happy now. See,

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S12: part of that is the idea we somehow we feel

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S12: like we're still on a little bit of probation. You know,

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S12: we know we've done wrong. He disciplines, but he disciplines

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S12: out of love. You know, he says, I'm writing these

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S12: things that you may not sin, but if you do sin,

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S12: we have a propitiation with the father not only for

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S12: our sins, but for the whole world. So the idea

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S12: when you see he's totally satisfied. I still have a

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S12: three by five card. I remember riding on the three

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S12: by five card. Lord never has living a holy life

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S12: being so joyful as seeing that you are totally satisfied

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S12: with Christ's death on the cross. That's propitiation. And there's

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S12: reconciliation that we have. What? The barrier has been broken down.

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S12: We can now come boldly with freedom to the throne

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S12: of grace. Class was just starting one day, and before

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S12: it even started, this student just sort of spontaneously shared

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S12: this testimony. He said, I was I was struggling with

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S12: an ungodly habit. I was asking God to deliver me

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S12: from that ungodly habit. Nothing was happening. I still had

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S12: that ungodly habit. But he says, a discerning, loving man

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S12: of God came to me and looked me right in

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S12: the eye and said, why are you asking God to

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S12: deliver you from that? You don't really want God to

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S12: answer that prayer, do you? You love that ungodly habit.

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S12: He said that was the absolute precise truth. He said

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S12: one of the most humbling things he ever did. He

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S12: came to God and say, God, I'm ashamed of this,

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S12: but I love this ungodly habit. He also told me

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S12: that was the beginning of breaking the ungodly habit.

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S6: Drill down on that. Doctor Bill Thrasher is our guest

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S6: right now. I think a lot of people, I don't

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S6: want to fly past that. That's huge. When we talk

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S6: honestly with God, not just deliver me from this sin

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S6: that's holding me back, but God, I want to be

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S6: honest with you and tell you it's very evident from

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S6: the pattern in my life that I like it too much.

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S6: What is that doing in our communion with God?

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S12: God does not honor a dishonesty, even if the dishonesty

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S12: is almost has a spiritual tone to it. Now that

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S12: person did not want to say. He wanted to say

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S12: deliver me because he knew that's what he should say,

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S12: but his heart wasn't there. And so, you know, to

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S12: be able to when wherever we're praying and we're not

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S12: praying our heart, we're not praying. So it's usually underneath.

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S12: It's where the battles are. That's where the fear is. Ah,

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S12: that's where the anger is, and that's where God wants

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S12: to meet us. If he doesn't meet us there. I mean,

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S12: is God relevant? Of course he's relevant and he wants

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S12: to meet us there. But it takes an environment of

525
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S12: love to allow people to be met there. A critical

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S12: spirit will just shut it off instantly. And sometimes it

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S12: takes time. That in our culture, we don't really feel

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S12: like we have the time. We move too fast to

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S12: even discern what's happening in our life. Ecclesiastes says anger

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S12: is in the bosom of a fool. In other words,

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S12: you just bury it. That's the glorious thing. God is

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S12: the most reconcilable person you'll ever have a relationship. He

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S12: loves you in a way beyond what you love yourself.

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S12: He wants to minister to you in a way that

535
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S12: you don't even know how to ask him to.

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S6: So let's pair those together. Propitiation. He paid the price past,

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S6: present and future. And you're right. First John, chapter two.

538
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S6: Chapter four loaded with, uh, evidence of this past, present, future.

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S6: It seems to me that if we're doing the the

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S6: hard work of discipleship and we're coming before the Lord, honestly,

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S6: that reconciliation is made much more possible and within reach

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S6: when we realize that the very sins that we're wanting

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S6: to get over, God has already forgiven us from. That's powerhouse,

544
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S6: isn't it, Doc?

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S12: That is powerhouse and in the provision of the crosses also,

546
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S12: you know obviously to have a relationship with the Holy God,

547
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S12: he has to forgive you of everything past, present, future, everything.

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S12: But he's also enable us to enjoy intimate relationship with him.

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S12: Imperfect me. The idea is we walk in the light.

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S12: That's one of the most freeing verses in all. The

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S12: Bible to me is we walk in the light, walk openly, honestly,

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S12: transparently before him. The blood of Jesus cleanses us from

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S12: all sin. Yes, the fellowship, forgiveness that he. And he

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S12: wants me to be intimate with him.

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S4: Doctor Bill Thrasher, our guest this morning. If you want

556
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S4: more from Doctor Thrasher, he has lots of resources. He's

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S4: got a website. He puts out some encouragements. Just text,

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S4: pray to 800 555 7898. Text pray to 800 555 7898.

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S6: You know, uh, Doc, I want to let you riff

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S6: on one last thing here. The resurrection of Christ from

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S6: the dead. This incredible hope rising is what we're capturing

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S6: as at our campuses this year. We can just focus.

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S6: I guess we could go celebrate. The tomb is empty.

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S6: But boy, that has implications for our day to day life,

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S6: doesn't it? Give us a couple of high points?

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S12: Well, you know, resurrection power, what Paul prayed, you know,

567
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S12: that we would know the power of his resurrection. That

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S12: was his aim in his life, that I may know

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S12: him and the power of his resurrection. Not only is

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S12: it the power to live a new life. Romans six

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S12: four now we can walk in newness of life, uh,

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S12: because one of the accomplishments, the cross, he's delivered us

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S12: not just from sins, penalty from sins, power. Another thing

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S12: that really ministered to me in regard to resurrection power,

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S12: resurrection power is the power that gives victory out of

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S12: apparent defeat. I think I saw this for the first

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S12: time in revelation 11. Two future unnamed witnesses. They have

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S12: a glorious ministry and then they are martyred. And then

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S12: not only are they martyred, but they are lay in

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S12: the streets and they're mocked. They don't even give them

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S12: a proper burial. And they celebrate the deaths of these

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S12: two godly men. But out of this apparent defeat. Then

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S12: there's what they're raised from the dead. And so that

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S12: is really the message of, you know, it looked like

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S12: the enemies of righteousness had won when they crucified Christ

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S12: and laid him in a tomb. And the disciples fled,

587
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S12: and they were scared. But out of that parent defeat,

588
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S12: God wins victories. Now that's a way of God, and

589
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S12: that way will be experienced in all of our lives.

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S12: But when God's done something special, it's usually been preceded

591
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S12: by a difficult time, a thing that caused me to

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S12: be low almost. I could have despaired, but God brings

593
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S12: us low. For would you cry out to him and

594
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S12: win those victories in the midst of apparent defeat? So

595
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S12: I pray that God will put hope into each one,

596
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S12: listening to us in regard to whatever their struggle may be,

597
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S12: whatever their difficulty may be, that God wants to do

598
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S12: something very, very special. On the other side of that.

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S4: Doctor Bill Thrasher, just text, pray to 800 555 7898

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S4: for more. Just text. Pray 800 555, 78, 98.

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S1: The gospel changes everything.

602
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S4: Where else am I gonna find peace? Joy. Eternal life

603
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S4: not found in anyone else.

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S1: You're listening to Carl and Crew.

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S6: Yeah, you get that, right. I didn't want to leave

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S6: us there. And Holy Week is a great reset. By

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S6: the way, when you get this link unleash and you

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S6: the word done. That gets your name in the hopper

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S6: word far and wide where they're not sticks in tents

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S6: hopper for this cool gift pack. And it's awesome, man.

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S6: Moody Bible commentary, Killing sin and the seven resolutions. I'm

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S6: going to sign my two books. Michael Riedel is going

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S6: to sign as general editor, the Moody Bible Commentary, and

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S6: we're going to send ten of you this cool little

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S6: prize pack. But make sure after you do it, text

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S6: the word done. Now some of you are just tuning

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S6: in going, hold it a second, I want a text done.

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S6: I want to get my name in the hat. But

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S6: what am I doing here?

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S2: That's right. It's a little Easter. Unleash the gospel challenge

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S2: and we want you to be a part of it.

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S2: Share the app with ten friends. How do you get

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S2: the word unleash. Unleash to (800) 555-7898. That gets the whole

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S6: Yeah. Really cool. And we're grateful for you doing this.

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S6: What a win win guys. Okay. There is a cool story.

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S6: It's the widow's mite, two copper coins. And by the way,

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S6: let me just tell you about this story. What would

637
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S6: have been really interesting is there were these vessels that

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S6: had kind of a trumpet effect, and they would have

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S6: dropped in their offerings in the temple courts, and the

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S6: widow's mite wouldn't have made much noise. Others made noise,

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S6: and they probably loved to advertise it. There would have

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S6: been those. But there's a bigger plot going on, and

643
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S6: in order to see this, I want to back up

644
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S6: just in front of the mark account of this story.

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S6: Jesus said in his teaching, he said, beware of the

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S6: scribes who like to walk around in long robes and

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S6: like greetings in the marketplaces, and have the best seats

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S6: in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts

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S6: who devour widows houses. Isn't that interesting? We don't normally

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S6: back up to this text, who devour widows houses and

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S6: for a pretense, make long prayers. They will receive the

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S6: greater condemnation. Then he says this, and he sat down

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S6: opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into

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S6: the offering box. These are these trumpet little vessels. Many

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S6: rich people put in large sums. So it's going. Clang

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S6: clang clang clang clang clang clang clang. And then he

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S6: says this. And a poor widow came and put in

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S6: two small copper coins which made a penny. And he

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S6: called his disciples to him. Hey, guys, come over here.

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S6: I want to tell you. I say to you, this

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S6: poor widow has put in more than all those who

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S6: are contributing to the offering box, more than all those,

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S6: for they all contributed out of their abundance. But she

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S6: gave out of her poverty and has put in everything

665
00:35:46,670 --> 00:35:50,989
S6: she had. All she had to live on, all she

666
00:35:50,989 --> 00:35:56,069
S6: had to live on. So is this a story of generosity? Yes.

667
00:35:56,110 --> 00:36:00,109
S6: For sure. Is it a story of radical generosity? Yes,

668
00:36:00,750 --> 00:36:05,270
S6: but there's a bigger subplot going on here. This is

669
00:36:05,270 --> 00:36:11,830
S6: a woman who looked beyond the obvious at an earthly level.

670
00:36:11,830 --> 00:36:14,029
S6: She could have looked at the Pharisees. She could have

671
00:36:14,030 --> 00:36:16,350
S6: looked at all this pomp. She could have been listening

672
00:36:16,350 --> 00:36:20,550
S6: to the big jingle going into the container going, oh boy,

673
00:36:20,590 --> 00:36:23,469
S6: what is mine? But more than that, she could have

674
00:36:23,469 --> 00:36:27,110
S6: looked at the hypocrisy. See, on Tuesday of Holy Week

675
00:36:27,270 --> 00:36:30,149
S6: is when Jesus spoke about this widow's mite. But the

676
00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:33,230
S6: day before is when he had flipped over the money

677
00:36:33,230 --> 00:36:37,990
S6: changers tables. Pigeons are going everywhere. Coins are going everywhere.

678
00:36:39,350 --> 00:36:42,149
S6: And he's saying, this is the house of prayer, and

679
00:36:42,150 --> 00:36:44,669
S6: you've turned it into a den of robbers. You got

680
00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:48,390
S6: to ask. Well then, Carl, if it's not just generosity,

681
00:36:48,430 --> 00:36:53,270
S6: what was it? Listen, it wasn't lost on anyone, including

682
00:36:53,270 --> 00:36:58,480
S6: this poor widow who gave everything she had, that the

683
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:03,840
S6: system that she was giving it into was flawed big time.

684
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,720
S2: Like. Like, no, I mean, like any other.

685
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:11,440
S6: Like any other. Like it was, it was filled with grift, man.

686
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:16,160
S6: Guys are skimming money. They're dressed in their finery, and

687
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:21,320
S6: she's giving. And here's the point. Did she give sacrificially? Yeah,

688
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:28,560
S6: she gave sacrificially, but she didn't let flawed humans and

689
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:33,399
S6: flawed human systems become an excuse for her to not

690
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:34,400
S6: worship God.

691
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,880
S2: Amen. That's a big deal.

692
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,040
S6: That's a big deal.

693
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,879
S2: Because we've heard that before where I don't I want

694
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,840
S2: to give to God. I don't want to give to man.

695
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,920
S2: Man messes it up. So I'm just not gonna. I'm

696
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,680
S2: not gonna be a part of anything.

697
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,600
S6: Welcome to the world, man. Messes up everything we do.

698
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:55,680
S2: We certainly do.

699
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,839
S6: You know, I just think about all the pastors out

700
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:03,839
S6: there listening right now. Here's the truth. The vast majority

701
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,560
S6: of pastors are not fleecing people. The vast majority.

702
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:08,319
S2: 100%.

703
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:12,240
S6: Are out there sacrificially duking it out. And they are

704
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,359
S6: all in on the gospel. Hug your pastor someday and

705
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,600
S6: then tell them why. Thanks for being faithful with the gospel.

706
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,919
S6: But here's here's the truth. I don't care how great

707
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,440
S6: a pastors are, they're going to be moments when we

708
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,480
S6: when we invest in something that was kind of a

709
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,960
S6: kind of an empty hole when it comes like drilling

710
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,799
S6: wells for God's kingdom. Sure. Are there going to be

711
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:43,239
S6: times when we, uh, a pastor has a, uh, a

712
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,839
S6: lunch meeting that really isn't too valuable, but, you know,

713
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,919
S6: it went on the church credit card and it was

714
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,160
S6: for 15 bucks. And it probably isn't going to result

715
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,000
S6: in a lot of fruit. Yeah, it's going to happen.

716
00:38:55,640 --> 00:39:00,240
S6: You can find the smallest reasons from an earthly level

717
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:04,680
S6: to not give. And this widow, she gave sacrificially, but

718
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,400
S6: she gave to God, not to man.

719
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:08,880
S3: Yeah.

720
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,279
S6: At the end of the day, she gave for the

721
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,560
S6: eyes of God, not for man. How awesome is that?

722
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,880
S2: Because that's what it was all about. It was. It

723
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,759
S2: had nothing to do with the men surrounding the situation.

724
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:23,160
S2: It was, God, I love you and I want to

725
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,320
S2: give everything I have to you. And so I do.

726
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:31,600
S6: Yeah, it's it's absolutely beautiful. So here's my appeal on

727
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:37,120
S6: this Holy Week. Don't get hung up on the fallenness

728
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:46,200
S6: of people. The imperfection of a leader. The. When he

729
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,920
S6: was talking to me, he was looking over my shoulder.

730
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:54,970
S6: It's happened. It's easy to get cynical by looking at

731
00:39:55,290 --> 00:40:00,410
S6: imperfections in leaders or in churches or in organizations. It

732
00:40:00,410 --> 00:40:08,290
S6: is so easy. Don't let that rip you off from

733
00:40:08,290 --> 00:40:12,690
S6: what God wants to do in you. This is so

734
00:40:12,730 --> 00:40:18,330
S6: much bigger than humans or human made systems. This is

735
00:40:18,330 --> 00:40:22,250
S6: about a God who sees what you give, sees what

736
00:40:22,250 --> 00:40:26,049
S6: you do. He sees your time, talent, and treasure, and

737
00:40:26,050 --> 00:40:28,489
S6: it's for the eyes of God. And that's what the

738
00:40:28,489 --> 00:40:32,170
S6: widow teaches us. Because don't you know that wise woman

739
00:40:32,170 --> 00:40:36,250
S6: knew exactly all the grift going on around there? And

740
00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:39,770
S6: she goes, this isn't for you knuckleheads. This is for

741
00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:40,290
S6: my God.

742
00:40:40,330 --> 00:40:43,370
S2: Exactly. And it's not as if her gift was going

743
00:40:43,410 --> 00:40:46,050
S2: to impress any of them anyway. In fact, some people

744
00:40:46,050 --> 00:40:47,770
S2: probably would have looked at it and scoffed.

745
00:40:47,850 --> 00:40:48,569
S6: Oh, they would have.

746
00:40:48,610 --> 00:40:51,930
S2: You only got two little coins to give. Yeah. What's

747
00:40:51,930 --> 00:40:55,250
S2: the point? Yeah, well, the point was, she loved God.

748
00:40:56,010 --> 00:41:02,810
S6: Don't be a cynic. Cynics never bear fruit. Don't get cynical.

749
00:41:04,170 --> 00:41:08,810
S6: Someone needed to hear that today. The widow's mite is

750
00:41:08,810 --> 00:41:14,450
S6: an example of extreme generosity in the face of crazy

751
00:41:14,489 --> 00:41:15,810
S6: spiritual systems.

752
00:41:16,570 --> 00:41:16,970
S3: Yeah.

753
00:41:17,450 --> 00:41:24,049
S6: Don't let cynicism grab you by the throat today. Be grateful.

754
00:41:24,330 --> 00:41:26,610
S6: Be joyful. The tomb is empty.

755
00:41:27,450 --> 00:41:30,450
S1: This is Karl and crew on Moody Radio.

756
00:41:32,370 --> 00:41:36,810
S6: The great commandment was given during Holy Week. Jesus was

757
00:41:36,810 --> 00:41:41,730
S6: pinned down, asked a question. What's the greatest command? Might

758
00:41:41,770 --> 00:41:44,330
S6: have been seen as a trap by some, but it

759
00:41:44,330 --> 00:41:49,529
S6: was real for one man. The question is, what's the

760
00:41:49,530 --> 00:41:55,529
S6: greatest commandment found in Mark 1230? It's a beautiful passage.

761
00:41:55,530 --> 00:41:59,170
S6: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind,

762
00:41:59,170 --> 00:42:02,210
S6: and strength. The second is like it love your neighbor

763
00:42:02,210 --> 00:42:07,049
S6: as yourself. You know, that second part is exactly what

764
00:42:07,090 --> 00:42:11,250
S6: indicates that the real first one is really authentic. It's

765
00:42:11,250 --> 00:42:14,770
S6: a powerful insight. So I got a crazy open question

766
00:42:14,770 --> 00:42:19,129
S6: for you. When did God capture your heart to love

767
00:42:19,130 --> 00:42:22,290
S6: him with all your heart? It's that simple. When was it?

768
00:42:22,969 --> 00:42:28,130
S6: When was it? You know, the interesting thing about our

769
00:42:28,130 --> 00:42:31,169
S6: love for God is that I do believe it is

770
00:42:31,170 --> 00:42:36,290
S6: possible that you can have repented of your sins and

771
00:42:36,489 --> 00:42:41,370
S6: found salvation in Jesus Christ because you've acknowledged I'm a sinner.

772
00:42:41,770 --> 00:42:44,850
S6: I need a Savior. But it could have been some

773
00:42:44,850 --> 00:42:48,290
S6: time after that, that the full embrace of love for

774
00:42:48,290 --> 00:42:54,370
S6: God was realized and its ever deepening. Its not one

775
00:42:54,370 --> 00:42:58,970
S6: and done. Its a deepening and an understanding of boy.

776
00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:02,010
S6: He wants my heart, my soul, my mind, my strength.

777
00:43:02,010 --> 00:43:05,290
S6: Everything about me. But I want to get your story.

778
00:43:06,210 --> 00:43:09,850
S6: When is God really captivated your heart and what was

779
00:43:09,850 --> 00:43:12,649
S6: going on then that caused that to happen? I want

780
00:43:12,650 --> 00:43:15,730
S6: you to give us a phone call. When did God

781
00:43:15,730 --> 00:43:19,850
S6: really capture your heart, soul, mind and strength with love

782
00:43:19,850 --> 00:43:23,450
S6: for him? What was happening? My hunch is it was

783
00:43:23,450 --> 00:43:27,250
S6: a tough time. My hunch is it's when you needed

784
00:43:27,250 --> 00:43:30,850
S6: him most. Give us a call right now. I'm asking

785
00:43:30,850 --> 00:43:34,250
S6: you to be bold. Never called before. Today's your day.

786
00:43:34,730 --> 00:43:42,490
S6: 800 555 78. 98. When did Jesus capture your love

787
00:43:42,489 --> 00:43:48,939
S6: for him? heart, soul, mind and strength. And what was

788
00:43:48,940 --> 00:43:51,500
S6: going on then? Give us a call right now. Light

789
00:43:51,500 --> 00:43:56,540
S6: them up, guys. 800 555, 7898. Give us a call

790
00:43:56,540 --> 00:44:01,259
S6: on this one 800 555 7898.

791
00:44:02,260 --> 00:44:05,339
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.

792
00:44:06,540 --> 00:44:10,460
S6: Yeah, it's a beautiful thing when we get. And it's

793
00:44:10,460 --> 00:44:13,219
S6: usually related to coming to the end of our self

794
00:44:13,219 --> 00:44:16,660
S6: when we really experience that man, I love the Lord

795
00:44:16,660 --> 00:44:19,820
S6: my God with all my heart, my soul, my mind,

796
00:44:19,820 --> 00:44:23,020
S6: and my strength and the fruit. Then the overflow of

797
00:44:23,060 --> 00:44:26,700
S6: that is then we love our neighbor as ourself. It's

798
00:44:26,700 --> 00:44:30,779
S6: the greatest commandment. It was given during Holy Week, and

799
00:44:30,780 --> 00:44:35,020
S6: it's the engine room for everything good that flows out

800
00:44:35,020 --> 00:44:38,860
S6: of us. Everything that flows out of us flows from that.

801
00:44:39,140 --> 00:44:43,620
S6: Give us a call 800 555, 7898. Taking your calls.

802
00:44:43,620 --> 00:44:47,220
S6: We've had a couple come in here that couldn't stick around,

803
00:44:47,219 --> 00:44:53,700
S6: but we're taking your calls 805, five five 7898. And

804
00:44:53,700 --> 00:44:56,540
S6: the question is, what is God doing in your life?

805
00:44:56,540 --> 00:45:00,140
S6: What was he doing to capture everything about you? Sherry.

806
00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:03,180
S6: First time caller, Winter Haven, Florida. What's your story? Sherry.

807
00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:09,660
S14: I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer. Um,

808
00:45:09,660 --> 00:45:13,420
S14: not not much hope of of a five year survival.

809
00:45:13,420 --> 00:45:17,900
S14: And the Lord just absolutely put it on my heart

810
00:45:18,460 --> 00:45:23,660
S14: that there were several treatment options and that I just

811
00:45:23,660 --> 00:45:29,580
S14: needed to choose one and then totally lean into him

812
00:45:29,620 --> 00:45:34,580
S14: and stick with him. And it really didn't matter which

813
00:45:34,580 --> 00:45:38,580
S14: one I picked. The. The important part was to trust

814
00:45:38,580 --> 00:45:43,380
S14: the Lord And six and a half years later, I'm

815
00:45:43,380 --> 00:45:44,140
S14: still here.

816
00:45:44,420 --> 00:45:47,740
S6: Wow. That's beautiful. Sherry. We're so happy for you, sister.

817
00:45:48,060 --> 00:45:52,420
S6: Isn't it amazing what God does to drive us to

818
00:45:52,620 --> 00:45:55,299
S6: our knees in those moments? And then we find his

819
00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:56,900
S6: love like never before, sister.

820
00:45:56,940 --> 00:45:57,420
S3: Amen.

821
00:45:58,580 --> 00:46:03,219
S14: Amen. Amen. I, I never would have thought that I

822
00:46:03,219 --> 00:46:05,940
S14: would be thankful that I had that kind of a disease.

823
00:46:05,940 --> 00:46:09,219
S14: But oh my goodness, it's just made every bit of

824
00:46:09,219 --> 00:46:11,340
S14: difference in my walk with the Lord.

825
00:46:11,540 --> 00:46:14,700
S6: Yeah. That's beautiful. Sherry. Boom, sister. That's why we call

826
00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:19,220
S6: you the boom crew here, guys. Boom boom boom. Beautiful.

827
00:46:19,260 --> 00:46:21,620
S6: Lizette in Florida. What's your story, Lizette?

828
00:46:22,860 --> 00:46:28,020
S15: Um. Hi, Carl. So grateful for your ministry. Um, I

829
00:46:28,140 --> 00:46:32,219
S15: am walking through a divorce, and, um, you know, my

830
00:46:32,219 --> 00:46:36,540
S15: husband was really my everything. I didn't realize really how

831
00:46:36,540 --> 00:46:39,270
S15: much I had put him in front of God, And

832
00:46:39,270 --> 00:46:44,230
S15: it's only since this separation and subsequent divorce that I just.

833
00:46:44,230 --> 00:46:47,350
S15: I didn't choose to turn to another man or. Or

834
00:46:47,390 --> 00:46:51,350
S15: the worldly pleasures I. From the beginning, Jesus said, focus

835
00:46:51,350 --> 00:46:53,870
S15: on me. Look to me. Don't look left. Don't look right.

836
00:46:54,270 --> 00:46:57,469
S15: And while it's been the most the hardest years of

837
00:46:57,469 --> 00:46:59,870
S15: my life, because I did lose my father and and

838
00:46:59,870 --> 00:47:03,750
S15: my marriage in the same year. Um, it's just Jesus

839
00:47:03,790 --> 00:47:07,190
S15: has proven to be my everything. He's, he's really given

840
00:47:07,190 --> 00:47:10,469
S15: me the strength to walk through all of this. And

841
00:47:10,469 --> 00:47:13,790
S15: my heart is for him like never before. And that's,

842
00:47:13,830 --> 00:47:15,629
S15: you know, the years that are left in my life,

843
00:47:15,630 --> 00:47:18,710
S15: that's what matters to me is just running towards him,

844
00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:20,469
S15: running for what he has for me. I know this

845
00:47:20,469 --> 00:47:22,910
S15: isn't the end. I know this is my story is

846
00:47:22,950 --> 00:47:23,989
S15: way not over.

847
00:47:24,190 --> 00:47:26,510
S6: So I'll tell you, Lisette, I'm going to tell you something.

848
00:47:26,910 --> 00:47:29,589
S6: I can tell that you are drawn near to God

849
00:47:29,590 --> 00:47:31,670
S6: and you're finding love in him with your whole heart,

850
00:47:31,670 --> 00:47:35,190
S6: because you've got the piece of the fruit of the

851
00:47:35,190 --> 00:47:38,950
S6: spirit coming out of you. That's God, isn't it? Lisette.

852
00:47:39,670 --> 00:47:43,430
S15: It so is. Absolutely. It's only God. Because it wasn't

853
00:47:43,430 --> 00:47:44,390
S15: there in the beginning.

854
00:47:45,350 --> 00:47:45,830
S13: Did you get.

855
00:47:45,830 --> 00:47:48,270
S6: Blindsided with something in this marriage, or did.

856
00:47:48,270 --> 00:47:48,629
S13: You see.

857
00:47:48,830 --> 00:47:52,230
S15: A fair. He had an affair. Yeah. Midlife crisis is real.

858
00:47:52,230 --> 00:47:55,390
S15: Real deal. Affair with a 24 year old. Mhm.

859
00:47:55,630 --> 00:47:57,230
S6: Has he repented of that?

860
00:47:57,830 --> 00:47:59,790
S15: Nope. No, he's living with her.

861
00:48:00,910 --> 00:48:01,350
S13: Oh my God.

862
00:48:02,710 --> 00:48:03,230
S15: Yep.

863
00:48:03,630 --> 00:48:07,750
S6: Well, that's. That's proof positive that God can meet us

864
00:48:07,750 --> 00:48:09,950
S6: at our point of need. You got every opportunity to

865
00:48:09,950 --> 00:48:14,149
S6: be bitter, angry, and and disconnected from God. But you've

866
00:48:14,190 --> 00:48:16,270
S6: gone the other direction. What do you say to someone

867
00:48:16,270 --> 00:48:19,509
S6: that's in a crisis right now like yours, Lisette? Or something?

868
00:48:19,630 --> 00:48:21,550
S6: A crisis of any kind. You know, you say.

869
00:48:22,870 --> 00:48:26,590
S15: It, God's got a purpose. While he doesn't cause these things,

870
00:48:26,590 --> 00:48:31,190
S15: he they, he does allow things. And I realize, you know,

871
00:48:32,230 --> 00:48:36,149
S15: he called me years ago and, and my husband was

872
00:48:36,150 --> 00:48:38,910
S15: in the way. I mean, I hate to say that, but,

873
00:48:38,950 --> 00:48:40,710
S15: you know, because I really had made an idol out

874
00:48:40,710 --> 00:48:44,590
S15: of my marriage and my husband, but, but but Jesus

875
00:48:44,630 --> 00:48:48,870
S15: is truly my provider. You know, I was so afraid

876
00:48:48,870 --> 00:48:52,710
S15: because this man, you know, provided for me and everything else. Um,

877
00:48:52,830 --> 00:48:57,350
S15: but that Jesus has shown himself worthy in every way.

878
00:48:57,390 --> 00:49:00,270
S15: And the lonely nights, the sadness, the tears. I did

879
00:49:00,310 --> 00:49:02,950
S15: believe every tear I cried. And believe me, I shed

880
00:49:02,989 --> 00:49:06,390
S15: a lake full. That he was bottling them up and

881
00:49:06,390 --> 00:49:08,910
S15: that he is going to use them. He is watering

882
00:49:08,910 --> 00:49:13,750
S15: a garden. Um. It has been a hard process, but

883
00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:17,830
S15: the only way the world will offer many temptations and

884
00:49:17,830 --> 00:49:21,710
S15: many other areas to take your focus off of Jesus.

885
00:49:21,710 --> 00:49:24,550
S15: But the thing is, pour in. Get in a good church.

886
00:49:24,590 --> 00:49:28,629
S15: Get surrounded by good friends that pray you through this crisis.

887
00:49:28,630 --> 00:49:31,910
S15: Because there is. There is so much hope and healing

888
00:49:31,910 --> 00:49:35,080
S15: through it and and purpose. I have a new purpose.

889
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,680
S15: Like I've never had before. Because I know I am

890
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:38,640
S15: so not alone.

891
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:39,359
S13: Isn't that.

892
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:44,680
S6: Amazing? Oh, Lisette, you know, I. You must have a

893
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:46,680
S6: couple of good buddies around you, don't you?

894
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,040
S15: I do, I do. Yeah, I do.

895
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:53,600
S6: Yeah. It's beautiful. Tell him Karl said thank you for

896
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:55,720
S6: being a good friend through a storm, would you?

897
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:57,320
S15: I will.

898
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:00,440
S6: Yeah. Proud of you, Lisette. That's why we call you

899
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:04,080
S6: the boom crew here. Boom crew right there. I don't

900
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:06,400
S6: know what you're up against today, but there's really two

901
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,959
S6: directions to go. One is to kind of run away

902
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,400
S6: from God, and you won't even do it necessarily willfully,

903
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:17,360
S6: but in a panic in Heartbrokenness. You might look around

904
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,319
S6: for some substitute God to fill that void. I'll tell

905
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:23,239
S6: you something. Jesus is the only answer when you're in

906
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:29,120
S6: a crisis. And for you today, because God's speaking to you.

907
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:33,200
S6: I don't care if this crisis is small or large.

908
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,480
S6: Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden.

909
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:40,000
S6: I'll give you rest. You take my yoke upon you,

910
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:41,920
S6: and you learn from me. For I am gentle and

911
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:44,520
S6: humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

912
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,120
S6: For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

913
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:54,520
S6: Jesus is saying, come on, come near to me. And

914
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:58,719
S6: you let that love for God, heart, soul, mind, strength.

915
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:02,000
S6: You let that boil in your belly and he's going

916
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,479
S6: to meet you in ways like Lisette just spoke that

917
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:11,600
S6: you cannot even imagine. Did God cause it? No. Did

918
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:16,080
S6: he allow it? Yeah. Does he leverage it for your good? Yes.

919
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,120
S6: Yes he can. What a great promise that is.

920
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,200
S1: Tune in whenever you like. Check out the Carl and

921
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,799
S1: Crew podcast wherever you like to stream.

922
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,320
S6: Carl and crew and Stella. Thanks for holding on. First

923
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:32,719
S6: time caller from Running Hills, Illinois. When did Jesus capture

924
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:34,720
S6: your heart to love him with all your heart?

925
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,560
S16: Good. Monica. I love you guys and I'm glad that

926
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,680
S16: I was able to call him today because the lady

927
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:47,200
S16: last time, the one that just finished speaking, I believe Leslie, uh,

928
00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:50,520
S16: her story is similar to mine. Um, only that I'm

929
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:54,760
S16: still in my marriage, uh, to the glory of God. So, yes. Um,

930
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:59,719
S16: I really, truly surrender to the Lord and loved him. And, uh,

931
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:03,040
S16: I've always been a Christian, raised in a Christian home. Uh,

932
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:06,839
S16: but my marriage, uh, 17 years ago. Well, I've been

933
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:10,440
S16: in the marriage, uh, over 22 years now, but, uh,

934
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:14,719
S16: 17 years ago, before my second daughter was born, uh,

935
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:20,279
S16: we were having so much crisis. And, um, for some reason,

936
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,560
S16: the Lord just called me and said, Stella, I need

937
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:25,760
S16: you to focus on me because I want to focus

938
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:26,360
S16: on you.

939
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:26,760
S3: Wow.

940
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:32,839
S16: And I think that that call. Uh. Got me. Really? Uh, chill.

941
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:36,280
S16: And I loved my husband. I felt like he was

942
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:40,239
S16: everything to me. But at the minute. At the moment,

943
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:44,080
S16: I just needed somewhere to, like, you know, to go

944
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:47,640
S16: to and be hiding and just really see what what

945
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:50,840
S16: is this for me? Yeah. And through that time, God

946
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:54,400
S16: revealed to me that I am number one. Uh, and

947
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:58,480
S16: every other thing comes second. So, um, and I decided

948
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,799
S16: to walk in him. I plugged myself up into a

949
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:06,520
S16: good community of, uh, you know, women. I was always

950
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,399
S16: a single person, even though I was married in a group. Uh,

951
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:13,400
S16: they poured into me. And, um, I just loved Jesus

952
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:17,359
S16: every day, and I'm still in that marriage. So the

953
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:18,520
S16: marriage is thriving.

954
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:21,239
S17: Yeah. Way to go, Stella. That's so.

955
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:25,600
S6: Cool. Boom! Sister. First time caller from Illinois here. Wow.

956
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:27,210
S2: These are great stories.

957
00:53:27,210 --> 00:53:28,290
S6: Oh my goodness.

958
00:53:28,330 --> 00:53:30,330
S2: You know, what I love about these stories is they

959
00:53:30,330 --> 00:53:34,129
S2: all have a common thread that they their love for

960
00:53:34,130 --> 00:53:38,009
S2: God increased when they saw God's love for them in

961
00:53:38,010 --> 00:53:39,170
S2: a more clear way.

962
00:53:39,210 --> 00:53:41,090
S6: God initiated. They responded.

963
00:53:41,130 --> 00:53:43,410
S2: Yeah. And I think that's so important. I heard Susie

964
00:53:43,450 --> 00:53:46,250
S2: Larson say one time, and it's important, I think, for

965
00:53:46,250 --> 00:53:50,009
S2: all of us to hear that take time, to not

966
00:53:50,050 --> 00:53:52,609
S2: take time 15 minutes a day to to sit and

967
00:53:52,610 --> 00:53:56,010
S2: focus not on how much you love God and evaluate that,

968
00:53:56,010 --> 00:53:58,970
S2: but sit and focus on how much God loves you. Yeah.

969
00:53:59,010 --> 00:54:00,969
S2: And sit and think about that. And the more that

970
00:54:00,969 --> 00:54:03,489
S2: becomes a reality to you, the more your love for

971
00:54:03,489 --> 00:54:04,569
S2: him will increase.

972
00:54:04,570 --> 00:54:08,690
S6: Big time, big time. Great word. Stella. Boom, sister. That's

973
00:54:08,690 --> 00:54:11,729
S6: why we call you the Boom crew. Okay, couple news hits.

974
00:54:11,770 --> 00:54:12,730
S6: Let's go, my man.

975
00:54:15,810 --> 00:54:18,930
S2: The US has reportedly attacked a site in the Iranian

976
00:54:18,930 --> 00:54:22,529
S2: city of Isfahan with massive bunker buster bombs. Word of

977
00:54:22,530 --> 00:54:24,930
S2: the strike came as President Trump shared a video without

978
00:54:24,930 --> 00:54:28,330
S2: context yesterday of a massive explosion followed by detonations and

979
00:54:28,330 --> 00:54:31,049
S2: huge fires. The city is home to an air base

980
00:54:31,050 --> 00:54:34,569
S2: and is also the site of Iran's leading nuclear research facility.

981
00:54:35,850 --> 00:54:39,489
S2: TSA employees started receiving retroactive pay on Monday following weeks

982
00:54:39,489 --> 00:54:43,290
S2: of working without compensation during the partial government shutdown. While

983
00:54:43,290 --> 00:54:46,450
S2: many workers saw deposits hit their bank accounts, officials cautioned

984
00:54:46,450 --> 00:54:49,290
S2: that some payments may take longer to process and full

985
00:54:49,290 --> 00:54:52,410
S2: reimbursement could be delayed. The back pay follows an executive

986
00:54:52,410 --> 00:54:56,410
S2: order signed Friday aimed at easing long wait times and

987
00:54:56,410 --> 00:55:01,049
S2: addressing the rise in employee absences nationwide. I'm Jonathan. That's

988
00:55:01,050 --> 00:55:01,970
S2: your real quick update.

989
00:55:02,330 --> 00:55:04,530
S6: I want to give you a banner ad for something

990
00:55:04,530 --> 00:55:07,650
S6: we just unleashed today. It's only a three day effort,

991
00:55:07,650 --> 00:55:10,490
S6: but boy, we are leaning in and I'm asking you

992
00:55:10,530 --> 00:55:13,450
S6: you to be a part of this one today. And

993
00:55:13,690 --> 00:55:16,010
S6: this is kind of like share. Don't look over your shoulder.

994
00:55:16,010 --> 00:55:18,649
S6: I'm asking you to do this. Yes. And this is

995
00:55:18,650 --> 00:55:22,410
S6: not asking you to give anything except just a few

996
00:55:22,410 --> 00:55:24,609
S6: moments of your time, and what you're going to give

997
00:55:24,610 --> 00:55:27,609
S6: away is going to be amazing. Take it away, my man.

998
00:55:27,650 --> 00:55:31,650
S2: Yeah. This is the Easter week. Unleash the gospel challenge.

999
00:55:31,650 --> 00:55:33,050
S2: We want you to be a part of it. Listen,

1000
00:55:33,050 --> 00:55:35,250
S2: we've been talking about the Moody Radio app for a

1001
00:55:35,290 --> 00:55:37,730
S2: while now because it's such a great resource. You can

1002
00:55:37,730 --> 00:55:40,250
S2: access all of our live stuff. You can listen to

1003
00:55:40,250 --> 00:55:43,009
S2: us live there, or you can listen to our podcast.

1004
00:55:43,010 --> 00:55:44,930
S2: You can listen to the podcast of any other show

1005
00:55:44,930 --> 00:55:48,049
S2: you listen to at any moment in time, wherever you

1006
00:55:48,050 --> 00:55:51,290
S2: may be at. We have it for you, and now

1007
00:55:51,290 --> 00:55:53,890
S2: we want you to share it with others, especially those

1008
00:55:53,890 --> 00:55:56,810
S2: who don't have a moody radio station near them. So

1009
00:55:57,010 --> 00:56:01,450
S2: this challenge starts with you texting us the word unleash.

1010
00:56:01,489 --> 00:56:09,850
S2: Text the word unleash to 800 555 7898 800 555 7898.

1011
00:56:09,890 --> 00:56:12,170
S2: Once you do that, you're going to get a link

1012
00:56:12,170 --> 00:56:15,250
S2: to the app, share that link, and maybe even a

1013
00:56:15,250 --> 00:56:17,650
S2: word of encouragement of why you wanted to share it

1014
00:56:17,650 --> 00:56:20,569
S2: with ten friends. Again, especially those who don't have a

1015
00:56:20,570 --> 00:56:23,540
S2: moody radio station near them. Encourage them to listen to

1016
00:56:23,580 --> 00:56:27,100
S2: get this biblically based grounded in the word content. Once

1017
00:56:27,100 --> 00:56:29,820
S2: you've shared it with ten friends, come back to us

1018
00:56:29,820 --> 00:56:36,379
S2: and text us the word done. The word done to 800, 555, 78, 98.

1019
00:56:36,420 --> 00:56:39,940
S2: That will automatically enter you into a pool of people

1020
00:56:39,980 --> 00:56:42,780
S2: who have texted the same thing. We will randomly pick

1021
00:56:42,820 --> 00:56:46,180
S2: ten winners who will get this awesome gift pack that's

1022
00:56:46,180 --> 00:56:48,340
S2: got some great resources in it just for you.

1023
00:56:48,380 --> 00:56:52,500
S6: Yeah, it's really cool. Moody Bible commentary, killing sin, the

1024
00:56:52,500 --> 00:56:55,660
S6: seven resolutions. I'm going to sign my two most recent books.

1025
00:56:55,780 --> 00:56:58,940
S6: Michael Wright is going to put a signature on the

1026
00:56:58,940 --> 00:57:01,500
S6: Moody Bible commentary as the general editor, and we'll get

1027
00:57:01,500 --> 00:57:04,820
S6: that out to you. Ten of you randomly selected everybody

1028
00:57:04,820 --> 00:57:08,300
S6: jump in the pool and we're grateful right now. One

1029
00:57:08,300 --> 00:57:13,540
S6: key word unleash to 805 five, five, 78, 98 one

1030
00:57:13,540 --> 00:57:18,340
S6: word unleashed to 800 555, 78, 98. What a win

1031
00:57:18,340 --> 00:57:20,620
S6: win for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.