S1: Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio.
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: We are stepping out with God. Growing up in him.
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S2: has arrived. Let me check around. Let's see. Ali's gone.
S2: But she told me before she left. She has not arrived.
S3: Okay? She made sure? Yeah, she made sure she did.
S2: Super check on you if you arrived.
S3: No, no, no. Okay.
S2: Shoot. You were close there for a while. A young thunder,
S2: have you arrived?
S3: No, not me either.
S2: Okay. Just checking.
S3: I wasn't particularly close either to Carl.
S2: Yeah, thankfully, God grades on a curve, or else I'd
S2: really be in trouble.
S4: You? Me? Both, brother.
S2: Because I know, I know a bunch of friends. I
S2: know some guys. I know some guys out there. You know,
S2: the beautiful thing about a relationship with God is that
S2: we can commit a whole show to it for hours. Yeah, yeah.
S2: Never exhausted. And I don't anticipate that. Everybody is like, boom, boom, boom,
S2: everything we say. Although one of the plates that we
S2: have of hosting this Morning show is that we walk
S2: away with things every day, every week. And Ali's famous
S2: for saying this. Oh, I'm applying things from 20 weeks ago.
S2: I'm never going to get caught up. And you can't.
S3: Know.
S2: I mean, there's so many things. So you got to
S2: put them in big general buckets. That's what you've got
S2: to do. If you start saying, okay, well we got
S2: we got uh, we got this, we got that, we've
S2: got and we've got all these subcategories. You almost have
S2: to get them into macro categories, as it were. Does
S2: that make sense guys?
S3: Yeah, I think.
S4: It yeah.
S3: Yeah. You're taking things that have some similarities to each
S3: other and kind of looking for some. Do you mean
S3: that looking for some maybe some common themes between them
S3: and saying how can I apply this.
S2: Yeah. So the so let me yeah. Let me give
S2: you a big principle here. So if the principle is abiding.
S2: There are so many different ways that we remain in
S2: the vine. Yes.
S3: Right. Yes.
S2: And it could be decluttering. It could.
S3: Be.
S2: Fill in the blank. It could be lots of different things.
S2: And by the way, we're going to talk about that
S2: decluttering segment we did. When was that by the way
S2: last week.
S3: It was. Yeah. June 18th.
S2: Yeah yeah we're going to talk about that later on today.
S2: But because it's amazing to me how many people benefit
S2: from that. Oh my goodness. But there's all these different
S2: things that we can do to help us abide in Christ.
S2: So and let me give you some listener recommendation here
S2: as you listen to these. Everything that we're talking about here,
S2: I think there's a three different ways to look at it.
S2: And I'm going to use father, son and Holy Spirit.
S2: I think there are things that we do that help
S2: us humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, and
S2: lots of things that we do to do that. So
S2: many things fall into that bucket. Then there are things
S2: that we do to keep us in close proximity to God. Uh,
S2: to Jesus Christ. Excuse me. He is God. So humble
S2: yourself under the mighty hand of God. He will lift
S2: you up. There are things that we can do that
S2: are going to posture us for humility. And Andrew Murray
S2: says it so well, you're going to hear me say
S2: this over and over again. Humility is the one virtue
S2: that gives birth to every other virtue. What a powerful statement, man.
S2: And it's so true. If you look at your own life,
S2: humility positions you for every other virtue out there. Because
S2: humility doesn't let you play God even for a minute.
S2: It doesn't let you play victim because you're a victor
S2: in Christ. It positions you in a powerful way, abiding
S2: in Christ. There's so many things that fall into that bucket.
S2: But Jesus said, if you abide in me, you will
S2: bear much fruit, showing yourself to be my disciples. And
S2: then the third thing, the third bucket, is the liberty
S2: of the Holy Spirit. And I really think you can
S2: organize almost everything that we do around here in those
S2: three buckets. And it's kind of cool, isn't it? Because
S2: we can we can look at any guest we have
S2: in here and anything and we can go, all right,
S2: that fits in one of those three things.
S3: And I think it's helpful to look at it that
S3: way because otherwise if you if you have a million
S3: buckets instead of three buckets, you know, it can feel
S3: overwhelming to say, oh man, I've got so much to
S3: work on. I don't even know how to handle all
S3: of this. I don't know what to start with. I
S3: don't know where to go. But if we can kind
S3: of whittle it down or consolidate them into larger buckets,
S3: then I think that it feels more manageable for us
S3: to say, okay, God, I'm going to walk with you
S3: in this. Let's apply this to my life today.
S2: I really believe that. So the three are humility before God,
S2: proximity to Jesus Christ, and the liberty of the Holy Spirit. Now,
S2: coming up here in a moment because I'm going to
S2: focus on that third bucket today. Liberty of the Holy Spirit,
S2: because this is the as I've confessed recently in a
S2: book that I wrote that's not here to sell books,
S2: but that's where I really documented it. The Holy Spirit
S2: was my lost God. I heard of him. My past
S2: tests about him. He is here right now. He regenerates souls.
S2: He seals us in Christ Jesus. We're sealed by the
S2: Holy Spirit. Ephesians one. And the biggest part of the
S2: power of the Holy Spirit is he guides us into
S2: all truth. And that is epic. So we're going to
S2: focus on that bucket of the liberty of the spirit
S2: in central passages for this, if you're just ducking in
S2: and ducking out and you want to do a deeper
S2: dive on it, real simple. Go to John 14, John 16,
S2: and Romans eight. Those are the passages for the bucket
S2: of the Holy Spirit, the liberty that's found in the
S2: Holy Spirit. Okay. Uh, I was shocked this morning. Reminded
S2: again I'd forgotten about this. Utterly shocked. What shocked Karl?
S2: What shocked? Super die. And yes, that leaves Jonathan saying
S2: it because Ali is in a faraway land.
S4: No pointing fingers or anything, but. Yeah, right.
S2: Ali's at an undisclosed location doing some missions, and she'll
S2: report back next week when she returns.
S1: She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her.
S1: Super die is in the crew. It's Karl and crew
S1: on Moody radio.
S2: Three buckets I want you to think about. And this
S2: is a really cool thing that I just really believe
S2: that this will help you a lot. When you listen
S2: to what we're doing around here, you can get overwhelmed
S2: with different guests that we have. You can feel like
S2: we do at times like, oh my goodness, that needs
S2: to change me. Oh, I got to get that implemented
S2: in my life. Oh, that's a better reading plan than
S2: I had before. Oh my goodness, a little bit of
S2: clutter out here. Oh that relationship with my wayward kid.
S2: It can get overwhelming. But if you put things into
S2: three buckets relating to the Trinity, the father, son and
S2: Holy Spirit, I think these are the key three buckets
S2: humility before God, humble yourself under his mighty hand. He
S2: will lift you up. First Peter five six. Proximity to
S2: Jesus most famous passage talking to his disciples. Guys, I'm
S2: the vine. You're the branch. You abide in me. You
S2: will bear much fruit. It's to my father's glory that
S2: you bear much fruit. Apart from me, Jesus said, you
S2: can do nothing. Everything Moving us closer to Jesus Christ
S2: throughout the day is beautiful. Put it. Put stuff in
S2: that second bucket. The third is the liberty of the
S2: Holy Spirit. And what's fascinating about the Holy Spirit is
S2: that the Holy Spirit we often go to First Corinthians
S2: or a passage like that. We bear down on that
S2: for teachings on the Holy Spirit. But the truth is,
S2: in First Corinthians we find that to be far more
S2: corrective than it is instructive. But the greatest teachings on
S2: the the liberty found in the spirit are by Jesus himself,
S2: in John 14, John 16, and then Paul in Romans eight.
S2: I mean epic chapters. So if you can put things
S2: into those three buckets, it'll be great. Everything that we're
S2: tackling here every day of the week, anything you hear
S2: on Moody Radio, anything that you hear on a weekend
S2: sermon in a small group, think about it in that term,
S2: those terms, and I think it'll help you a lot.
S2: So I was reminded again this morning, because we're going
S2: to focus on the liberty of the Holy Spirit. And
S2: the Holy Spirit is the pneuma, the wind. That's what
S2: we find in John. Gospel of John, fourth chapter. So
S2: the Holy Spirit is the wind, the pneuma, and he
S2: guides us into all this truth. So it would make
S2: sense that we are to harness the power of the pneuma,
S2: the wind of the spirit. And that's the metaphor that
S2: Jesus uses. So I was blown away because I asked
S2: the question, what did I ask somebody?
S4: Have you ever flown a kite? Do you have a
S4: kite story?
S2: Yeah. And and Jonathan's response was, he's not yet.
S4: Yeah.
S2: I've never flown a kite.
S5: So. Yeah. Thank you. Let's go fly a kite up.
S5: Never flew the high heights. Let's go fly a repressed memory. Dude.
S3: Why would it be? It seems enjoyable. Why would I
S3: repress it?
S2: Maybe it hit.
S5: You up where the air is clear. Oh, let's go
S5: fly a kite. Nope.
S2: Oh my goodness.
S3: I've never flown.
S4: One.
S2: Now to boot. Somebody heard that forever ago on this
S2: radio show. Because I'd forgotten. We'd talked about this once.
S2: Way back. And what did this person do for you?
S3: Yeah, this is a friend of mine and my wife's,
S3: and they sent me a kite, which I have, and
S3: I am very appreciative. And I would love to go
S3: fly it. I just haven't gotten to it. So I
S3: feel horrible about that.
S2: We gotta get you kite flying.
S4: Yeah.
S3: I'll go kite flying.
S2: You in particular? I think Jonathan would love it in particular.
S3: Why in particular?
S2: No. In particular. No, no, no, you would love it. Yeah.
S3: But why?
S2: I think it fits you. You strike me as a
S2: kite flyer.
S3: That's fair. I could I could see myself just standing
S3: in a park and flying a kite.
S6: I can see it with your little girl.
S3: That would be a blast.
S2: Oh, give me some more of that song. Give me
S2: a little bit more.
S3: Okay. Hang tight.
S2: Come on, take it from the top.
S3: Oh, from the from the top.
S6: Okay.
S2: Yeah, from the top. We gotta have. Come on. Here
S2: we go.
S5: Let's go fly a kite up to the highest height.
S5: Let's go fly a kite and send it. Up!
S6: Sing along now.
S5: Through the atmosphere where the air is clear. Oh, let's
S5: go fly a kite.
S3: Yes, that sounds fun. I mean, that song makes it
S3: sound really enjoyable.
S4: And then kite festivals. Oh, some of these kites are gorgeous.
S4: The science.
S6: To.
S4: Get them to fly.
S2: The long tail ones and now they get newfangled ones.
S2: When I was a kid, we had the little typical,
S2: you know, classic kites. And then we had box kites.
S2: A couple guys had box kites. I never understood how
S2: those things.
S4: And made your own making your own kites. We used
S4: to do that with two sticks. Oh yeah. Making your
S4: own kites.
S2: One of the funnest things about kite flying is with
S2: my dad in Arizona, when he was getting his PhD
S2: at Arizona State University and we were living in Tempe now,
S2: we didn't have a lot of money. Dad cut his
S2: salary in half as an educator in Alaska to go
S2: down there. So we we had to find cheap things
S2: for entertainment. And looking back, I know what dad was
S2: up to. It's like, all right, we gotta we gotta
S2: do something cost effective. Get these kids out of the home.
S2: And my dad would take a couple of us kids
S2: out to a big old park, and we'd get a
S2: kite up in the air. And then he showed me
S2: something that was so cool. He took a bubble gum wrapper,
S2: and he formed that thing kind of into a circle.
S2: And then he tore it down the middle to the center.
S2: And then he put that foiled wrapper around that string
S2: and kind of made sure that it could go up
S2: and down that string. And then he said, watch this.
S2: And he held it out about arm's length on the
S2: string and let it go. And it was the coolest.
S2: Dad had benefit. That wind took that little piece of
S2: foil all the way up the string right up to
S2: the kite, and soon it disappeared for us because we
S2: got those kites way up in the air.
S3: That's cool.
S2: But it's a isn't that cool?
S3: Extra little extra way to make it fun.
S6: Yeah, it was.
S2: So much fun. Otherwise, you're just standing there looking at
S2: a kite, getting sunburned in Tempe, Arizona.
S4: Oh, there you go.
S3: That's awesome.
S6: Flying.
S2: Kite flying. I mean, I think you need to bring
S2: a lounge chair and some beverages along with you or
S2: something because it. Yeah, once it gets up there, it's
S2: kind of up there.
S6: It's just the.
S4: Soaring of it and watching it and the beauty of
S4: it with the sky.
S2: Yeah. Especially if it's got some different. If you get
S2: some different wind gusts and you know, we would, we'd
S2: have to get it going again because maybe the wind
S2: would die down. And the fun of getting that going
S2: would remind me of this song. Take it from the
S2: top again, just a little bit of that one. It's
S2: so beautiful, man. It's a beautiful song is so beautiful.
S3: All right.
S2: You can't go wrong with this.
S5: Let's go fly a kite up to the highest height.
S5: Let's go fly a kite and send and send it.
S5: So ring up through the atmosphere.
S2: There are people singing along all.
S5: Over North America right now. Absolutely. Oh, let's go fly
S5: a kite.
S2: Oh, yeah. People are just. Oh, come on, man, that's good. Uh,
S2: those are the good old days. Okay, coming up here,
S2: I'm going to talk about a tool of transformation that
S2: I did to harness the wind. That's a great metaphor
S2: for what it is to really experience the liberty of
S2: the spirit, and how this works practically in your life.
S2: Hang on.
S1: You can take him out of Alaska, but you can't
S1: take Alaska out of him. Carl is in the crew.
S1: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Okay, boom, crew. You'll love to hear this. Got a
S2: text from someone just a moment ago. Love the kite song.
S2: Exclamation point. Sitting here with my 98 year old father
S2: in law as we listen. So my 98 year old friend,
S2: if you're enjoying this, I'm going to give it to
S2: you one more time because it is beautiful. How sweet
S2: for him.
S5: Oh. Let's go fly a kite up to the highest height.
S5: Let's go fly a kite and send it on up
S5: through the atmosphere. Up where the air is clear. Oh,
S5: let's go fly a kite.
S2: Getting texts from you all about. Just stuff like that.
S2: Sitting here with my 98 year old father in law
S2: as we listened, that's. I've got a picture in my mind.
S2: It's one of the most beautiful things I can see.
S2: It's sweet. So sweet, so sweet.
S7: Beautiful.
S2: Well, speaking of harness and wind, when you're raised in Alaska,
S2: you do some crazy stuff. One cold winter day, I
S2: was out on the lake in front of our home,
S2: Lake Lucille, just outside of Anchorage, Alaska, and it was
S2: really great ice conditions. It was just so beautiful. The
S2: the lake was pretty well free of snow. Usually snow
S2: gets on these lakes, and then ice skating requires that
S2: you clear off a big area with snow shovels and
S2: the like. But not only was it totally clear of snow?
S2: It was early in the winter. It was. It was
S2: frozen in such a way that it was just so smooth.
S2: It was almost crystal clear. So there was 6 to
S2: 8in of ice, plenty of ice. And what a beautiful
S2: what a beautiful thing it was to be skating around
S2: out there. But as young guys, we got a crazy
S2: idea because the wind was gusting pretty well. We thought, man,
S2: let's let's do something crazy here. And this is what
S2: it resulted in. I got a couple of two by
S2: twos and a big sheet of plastic visqueen. In fact,
S2: it was rhino hide, so it was reinforced Visqueen it
S2: had those nylon strands that were woven into the visqueen
S2: it's called rhino hide and it's just super strong. And
S2: so we we took a staple gun and stapled some
S2: visqueen around those two by twos. And then we talked
S2: my dad into grabbing the car and taking us all
S2: the way up the lake, across the ice. So here
S2: we are, motoring across the lake all the way up,
S2: heading into the wind, as you can imagine. And then
S2: we yelled at him and said, hey, let's get out
S2: right here. And we had been hanging on to the tailgate,
S2: so dropped off, had the two by twos visqueen we
S2: had our skates on and sure enough, we lifted up
S2: that rhino hide between our two by twos and we
S2: started going.
S3: The wind just got you.
S2: The only thing that couldn't last out for too long
S2: was our arms. Because it was super hard to hold
S2: those two by twos. That wind force. But we were
S2: able to do it for pretty good stretches, you know,
S2: quarter mile at a time. I think we went about
S2: two miles up the lake. And as we held up
S2: that rhino hide between those two by twos, we were
S2: skipping along so fast that our our skates were shaking
S2: underneath us. I don't know how fast we were going,
S2: but it was like they were starting to quiver. They
S2: were starting to get that speed shake. Sometimes if you
S2: drive your car too fast. It gets that too. Yeah.
S2: But it's. It was such an awesome rush. I look
S2: back to that day, and I'm reminded of the fact
S2: that the Holy Spirit guides us into all truth, and
S2: the Holy Spirit is the pneuma. And I'm just going
S2: to cut it to you. Really clear here, right now.
S2: I want you to hear this. Since I have really
S2: drilled down now for well over a decade, studying the
S2: power of the spirit in our life, and that the
S2: spirit John 16 convicts the world regarding sin, righteousness and judgment,
S2: and that the Holy Spirit, according to Jesus himself. He said,
S2: I must go, but it's to your advantage that I go.
S2: It's found in John 16, because the Holy Spirit will come.
S2: So he will not only convict the world regarding sin, righteousness,
S2: and judgment, things that need to change in our life,
S2: he will also. John 14 guide us into all truth,
S2: bringing to remembrance the truth of God's Word and one
S2: of the most beautiful things that I can give you
S2: with this illustration or metaphor of raising the rhino hide
S2: between two by twos, is that we need to find
S2: places in our life when we're raising the sales of
S2: our soul and listening to the Holy Spirit speak to us.
S2: This is why I'm a big proponent of getting up
S2: early in the morning and just give God five minutes
S2: and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you. Obviously,
S2: for many of you, you're going to have a Bible open.
S2: And in that Bible is not just information to be gained,
S2: it's information that can lead to transformation. As we raise
S2: the sails of our soul and let the Holy Spirit speak.
S2: And that's what I want for you today. Think about
S2: it that way. Are you allowing room for the Spirit
S2: of God to remind you of truth? guide you into
S2: the truth of God's Word. We don't need new revelation.
S2: We've got all the revelation we need right here in
S2: front of us and guiding us into the love of God,
S2: the fellowship that we have in connection with His Son
S2: Jesus Christ, and then the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
S2: It's to your advantage that he goes, because he will
S2: guide us into all truth. I want you to think
S2: about that this morning. God wants to fill you up completely.
S2: This is Andrew Ripp. Fill my cup, Lord. Fill it up. Overflowing.
S1: Today she was trying to earn her way to God,
S1: but God showed her she didn't have to. Ali is
S1: in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: When you listen to the morning show, Carl and crew,
S2: and then you go on to all these other programs
S2: throughout the day, or you touch point with Janet Parshall,
S2: and she's talking to Hitchcock about spiritual warfare, and you
S2: get into Rob West and you're like, oh my goodness. Yes.
S2: This this advice spiritually for getting my finances together is
S2: so good. And then you go over to David Jeremiah
S2: and he's talking end times prophecy. And you're like, oh boy,
S2: I got to know a little bit more about that.
S2: It can get so overwhelming. And I want you to
S2: think not about a scattershot of all the things that
S2: you hear, let alone what you get in small group
S2: or at church on the weekends and all these things.
S2: You can be overwhelmed with stuff that needs to be
S2: applied in your life. But if you take it and
S2: put it into three buckets and here they are. Humility
S2: before God is found in first Peter five six. Proximity
S2: to Jesus John 15. Really? That whole chapter? Uh, but yeah.
S2: John 15 and Liberty of the Holy Spirit, John 14,
S2: John 16 and Romans eight. You, you camp out in
S2: with a perspective that I want humility before God. What's
S2: going to help me position me that way before God?
S2: I want proximity to Jesus. What's going to keep me
S2: close to him? And I want the liberty of the spirit.
S2: How is God going to use these tools to guide
S2: me into all truth, which is the primary function of
S2: the Holy Spirit? Katie, bar the door, man. It'll change you.
S2: So if you want those three little things, it's just
S2: a little screen grab and you can text for it
S2: right now. Just text the word buck. What do we
S2: text in here? Super day.
S4: Bucket. Just text the word bucket 800 555 7898. We'll
S4: get those three to you. 800 555 7898 and the
S4: word is bucket. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
S2: Three buckets of spiritual priority and connection to the Trinity.
S2: And this will help you kind of organize all the
S2: content you ever get out there. And it will. I
S2: think it'll serve you really well. Coming up, we're going
S2: to have a a A phenomenal taste of a transformational tool.
S2: Sometimes you're thinking, how are we going to reach people
S2: out there with the gospel of Jesus Christ? There's some
S2: guys that are doing things that are so out of
S2: the box, and you're about to get a taste of
S2: that this morning. It's Carl and crew helping you take
S2: your next step with Jesus.
S1: He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then
S1: he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl
S1: and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: It's interesting when we get ready to come into the
S2: studio in downtown Chicago, one of the things that's a
S2: dear friend of ours, as we come in in the morning,
S2: are coming out of the shadows into a streetlight. We
S2: come in early. Some of the late night bars are
S2: shutting down when we're getting in for the day. Yeah.
S2: And it can be a little dicey. Should I say that?
S2: At times?
S3: Yeah.
S4: It's truth.
S2: Sometimes it can get a little dicey. You don't know
S2: who's out wandering the streets, but there's nothing like coming
S2: underneath a streetlight. It's like. Yes, a little bit of
S2: light here. That metaphor compelled a group of three men
S2: to do something with God's Word. That is pretty extraordinary.
S2: Hang on.
S1: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: I think one of the scariest things you can do,
S2: especially when you're in a big city like Chicago, is
S2: find yourself wandering down a block and all the street
S2: lights are out. It's late at night and you're like,
S2: oh my goodness, what in the world's going on here?
S2: Just one light can change everything. That must be the
S2: vision behind Lord and the streetlights, man. They're important, aren't they, Lauren?
S7: Absolutely.
S2: Yeah. Talk to me. That must have been part of
S2: the inspiration for this ministry. I can't wait to talk
S2: about this today. But. Streetlights. There's something about getting under
S2: a streetlight. You feel a sense of hope and security.
S2: And spiritually speaking, it's the same way, isn't it, Lauren?
S8: When you talk about the inspiration or the the significance
S8: of lights on the street, lights on the corner. Especially
S8: when there's a lot of violence in the neighborhood. The
S8: light exposes the darkness. And so it was fitting for
S8: the ministry, for sure.
S2: Okay. We'll get into that. I want you to share
S2: your story. How did God call you out of darkness
S2: and into the light?
S8: Man, you know, at a young age, about 13 years old, uh,
S8: just growing up in the city of Chicago, seeing a
S8: lot of violence in my neighborhood. I just remember hearing
S8: the gospel preached for the first time. And by the
S8: grace of God and through the power of the Holy Spirit. Uh,
S8: just the Lord allowed me to realize my need for him.
S8: Just so thankful for the gospel being real to me
S8: at that age, and just complete transformation through the power
S8: of the Holy Spirit at a very young age for me.
S2: Lauren Lulu is my guest right now. He's the founder
S2: of Street Lights and it's an amazing ministry. We're going
S2: to actually give you a little sample of this in
S2: just a moment. But Lauren, what in the world is
S2: street lights? What's your vision for this incredible ministry?
S8: Yeah. So our vision was to see this and future
S8: generations hear the Word of God be transformed by the
S8: Word of God. And just see the power of the
S8: Holy Spirit just move in their lives. And so our
S8: desire was, as musicians, we're actually a collective of musicians
S8: and artists. And so the founders are Esteban Shedd, myself
S8: and Aaron Lopez. And so we just wanted to produce
S8: God's Word to music in a way that would connect
S8: to the heart language of the young people across urban
S8: cities in the United States and around the world. And
S8: so we just began to produce book after book after book,
S8: and those seeds began to sprout in the hearts of
S8: so many young people. And today we're reaching 1.3 million
S8: people around the world.
S2: That is amazing, Lauren, because when I first had you
S2: on here, those that was nowhere near the original numbers.
S2: God is doing something here, Isn't he 100%?
S8: He's on the move, and we're humbled to see just
S8: the organic growth of the ministry Street lights. More and
S8: more is becoming like a resourcing house, and there's many
S8: doors into that house to get into the Word of God.
S8: And so that's through our partnerships with YouVersion and the
S8: Bible Project. And then we're also now we have a
S8: podcast as well. As, you know, we have our own
S8: music that we produce, but all of it is to
S8: get them to the Word of God. So that way
S8: that they can, you know, be able to internalize Scripture
S8: for themselves. And that's the vision.
S2: I want you to get a taste of this boom crew.
S2: I want you to get a taste right now of
S2: street lights. Take a listen to this.
S9: Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value
S9: of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I
S9: have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so
S9: that I could gain Christ and become one with him.
S10: So if God has given you the ability to prophesy.
S10: Speak out with as much faith as God has given you.
S10: If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If
S10: you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is
S10: to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously.
S10: If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously.
S11: Put on all of God's armor so that you will
S11: be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
S11: But we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies,
S11: but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world.
S2: Relevant. Powerful. Forceful. That's what I was taught in communication.
S2: You've got to have. And boy, you've done it. Lauren,
S2: this is an amazing project. What are your hopes for
S2: the future for street lights? Obviously, taking the word and
S2: bringing it to life through music is powerful. Where do
S2: you go from there, brother?
S8: Yeah. So what we've been seeing is that the same
S8: tensions and, you know, just seeing so many of the
S8: young people, again, not only through the inner cities of Chicago,
S8: but we think about young people throughout Latin America and
S8: Australia and South Africa and throughout Europe. They're dealing with
S8: all the same kind of tensions. And so our heart
S8: right now is that we want to develop street lights
S8: into other languages. Specifically, we're looking at Japanese, German, Portuguese,
S8: potentially Arabic and Hebrew. And so the goal and the
S8: vision is that now we would take the blueprint of
S8: what the Lord has allowed us to produce in English
S8: and in Spanish, and now begin to develop in other languages.
S2: I love it, Lauren. I man, I got to tell you,
S2: it's so good to have you pop in here and
S2: boom crew, if you're listening to this going, how in
S2: the world do we get more of this? Just text
S2: the word street right now. Street to (800) 555-7898. Just that
S2: one word. Street to 800 805 55, 7898. Parents. Grandparents.
S2: We got young people listening yesterday. We had a 13
S2: year old call in here. But this is the time
S2: and this is the place. Tech Street to 805 55, 7898. Lauren,
S2: I feel compelled to pray for you and your ministry
S2: right now. Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank
S2: you for Lauren. I thank you for his team. I
S2: thank you for the vision that you gave these brothers
S2: and the way you're using them around the globe. And Lord,
S2: what a sweet thing to hear that over a million
S2: people are taking in the truth of your word. Uh,
S2: with the vision and the heart and the musicality of
S2: street lights. And I just praise you, God, you're on
S2: the move. You're working in ways that we can't imagine.
S2: This is my prayer for Lauren and his team. Father,
S2: would you make available to him all the resources needed
S2: to fulfill his calling? That's what I'm asking for. Make
S2: available to him all the resources needed to fulfill that calling.
S2: And I praise you in Jesus name. Amen. And if
S2: you're listening right now and you've just heard Lauren's heart
S2: and a little taste of what's going on with street lights,
S2: when you get to this link and you got an
S2: opportunity and you feel compelled by the spirit, throw them
S2: some shekels, man. Let's get some ducats going their way.
S2: Ministry costs money, and we'd love it if you'd be
S2: a part of that. Godspeed, Lauren. Thanks for being with
S2: me today, man.
S1: Your shot of hope to help you through the day.
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S3: Well, boom crew. We're talking today about tools. Spiritual tools
S3: that will help you grow in Jesus Christ. And I
S3: want to give you a tool that will help you
S3: grow in Jesus Christ. But before that, I need a
S3: little theme music.
S2: Well, if you got to do it.
S4: Oh my. Illmatic.
S3: What? Oh, boy.
S10: You're picking.
S3: A fight.
S12: You snuck that one.
S2: He took over the show.
S12: People. He took.
S2: Over.
S12: The show. You are picking a fight.
S2: But pardon me. Turn it up a little bit.
S12: Oh, this could be our year.
S5: With your team.
S3: What are the Chicago Bears have to do with tools
S3: of spiritual formation? Well, I've got.
S12: Famous.
S2: For losing when they should be.
S12: Winning.
S4: Careful, careful.
S3: Well, this is an accurate.
S12: I'm a fan. I'm just.
S2: I'm trying to draw the connection here.
S3: Spoken like a true Chicago Bear fan. So I am
S3: a Chicago Bear fan. I've grown up in Illinois, so
S3: they're my team. I don't blame you for having other teams.
S3: You can have your team. That's okay.
S12: But you just.
S2: Can't play your theme.
S12: Song.
S3: You just can't play your theme song here. But for me,
S3: I love listening to anything about the Chicago Bears. And
S3: back in January, the Chicago Bears hired Ben Johnson, who.
S12: Was.
S3: Who was the big like the big fish coach of
S3: the off season, and no one could believe that the
S3: bears actually got him. And I was really.
S12: Excited.
S2: Because they couldn't believe he would.
S12: Come.
S3: Here. Well, that's also true. And so since I was
S3: really excited, I started listening because I wanted to be
S3: a part of the conversation here. Everybody's reactions to getting
S3: Ben Johnson and something I actually did was I'd listen
S3: to some podcasts that made me feel excited or happy,
S3: and what I did was I saved those podcast episodes
S3: about the bears hiring Ben Johnson, and I'd go back.
S3: I went back weeks and months later when I was like,
S3: I need a little, a little refresher of that moment
S3: that I lived back in January.
S2: Okay.
S12: Time out. Yeah.
S4: All right.
S12: You better.
S2: Give us the.
S12: Highlights.
S3: The highlights.
S12: Of and hopefully.
S2: It's relatable. What did you learn that had you so
S2: fired up you save podcasts of Ben Johnson.
S3: Yes. Exactly.
S12: Okay. All right. Go ahead.
S3: Because it made me feel it made me feel what
S3: I had felt when I first listened. It made me
S3: feel good because it was this exciting moment that I
S3: was able to relive and re-experience. And, you know, I
S3: think there's an importance to that when we do move
S3: it into the spiritual realm, because there are so many
S3: amazing things that God gives us through his Word that
S3: we want to relive, re-experience so we can apply it
S3: to our lives.
S2: I love it. Okay, before we go any further, you've
S2: got to give me what did you learn about Ben
S2: Johnson that bears repeating? That's relatable to everyone, even if they're,
S2: who knows, they might like the Packers.
S3: Okay, I'll give you an example. So Ben Johnson, everyone
S3: was worried when when he was deciding where he was
S3: going to coach if he would come to the Chicago Bears,
S3: because the bears have a history of being bad. They
S3: have a history of not just being bad as a team,
S3: but particularly they don't make the best decisions all the time.
S3: And and people were worried, well, is he going to
S3: trust the management? And what I heard from the process
S3: of listening back to these podcasts is that through his
S3: interview process and through the things that management did to
S3: prove to him we've made changes, he felt comfortable to come.
S3: So what I say is, even if you have a history,
S3: a history of things not going so great or a
S3: history of making bad decisions, there's always, always a pivot
S3: point that you can make, always a point where you
S3: can make a change.
S2: Coming up, how in the world does this relate to
S2: tools for transformation? Now you got to draw the string
S2: between the two. Young thunder on fire this morning. Go bears!
S13: The Chicago Bears again reclaim the way to victory.
S3: I had to play it one more time.
S2: Send your mail.
S9: To.
S2: Young Thunder.
S3: Whether you're a Browns fan.
S2: Young thunder at Moody Radio dot.
S4: Oh my.
S2: No, we don't have a we don't have an email
S2: for Young Thunder.
S3: No we don't. And I'm okay with that today.
S2: It's okay when when you get into fandom man you
S2: are bumping cups out.
S3: There I know, I know you could be a Browns fan.
S3: You could be a Bucs fan, you could be a
S3: Seahawks fan. But you know what? We all love our
S3: teams and I have the opportunity. So I have to
S3: take it.
S2: All right. So take it. All right. Go back quickly
S2: to Ben Johnson and tie a string to the bigger.
S3: Yes yes. So this does have a spiritual tie to it.
S3: So I was talking about how Ben Johnson, the big
S3: fish coach of the off season, took the job for
S3: the Chicago Bears back in January. I was really excited
S3: about it. I was listening to a bunch of podcasts
S3: about it at the time, and what I did is
S3: I said to myself at the time, I said, I'm
S3: going to want to relive this. And so I saved
S3: podcast episodes that I could go back and listen to later,
S3: so I.
S2: Could not only listen to him, you saved him.
S3: I saved him so I could relisten again a little later,
S3: when the podcast may be a little farther down the line.
S3: So this has a spiritual tie to it. And the
S3: reason is, is sometimes it's really good to go back,
S3: to go back to things that we've heard before from
S3: the Word of God, from spiritual and God led teaching
S3: to help us apply things to our lives. You know,
S3: time flies and we forget things that we've learned, but
S3: we know, hey, that made an impact on me. I
S3: need to hear that again. And you have that opportunity
S3: here with Carl and crew. We have what we call
S3: the Carl and Crew Show cast, which is every show
S3: that we do whittled down to the meat. It gets
S3: rid of the songs. It gets rid of any underwriting
S3: that would be giving you breaks between us. And it's
S3: just the content, the content that you've told us that
S3: you love, that you grow from, that you want to hear,
S3: and we give you the opportunity to hear it again.
S3: And so just text the word show. I'll give you
S3: the link first and I'll explain more. Text the word
S3: show to (800) 555-7898. It's the word show to (800) 555-7899 eight.
S3: You can go back to any show we've had within
S3: the last year. So maybe you just started listening this
S3: week and you say, hey, I've heard some things. I
S3: like what God's doing here, I want to I want
S3: to hear more. You have that opportunity to go back
S3: and hear some things that God has done in the past.
S3: You also have the opportunity to go back and listen
S3: to some things you heard before. Maybe it was an interview,
S3: maybe last week it was Hormoz Shariat talking about what
S3: God's doing in Iran and you want to hear and say, hey,
S3: I want to share that with a friend, but I
S3: need to I need to know more about it. So
S3: you go back and you listen to it again. Maybe
S3: you pick up something you missed the first time. It's
S3: a really great opportunity to just allow God to do
S3: more work in your heart.
S2: What are some of the big hits? You've got? A
S2: you got a dashboard in front of you there. What
S2: are some of the show casts that have just absolutely
S2: blown up here as of late.
S3: Yeah, this is great. This is just from the month
S3: of June. We had, uh, the number one was debunking
S3: prayer myths and overcoming clutter, both of those things people
S3: really wanted to hear. And I think it's fair because 100%
S3: of people deal with some type of clutter or too
S3: much stuff. And hey, how do I get rid of this?
S3: What does that mean in my heart?
S2: Yeah. And that was Kathy Lipp on the declutter. Yes.
S2: And and it was, um, uh, debunking prayer myths. Help me,
S2: help me, help me.
S3: Debunking.
S2: Sam.
S3: Yes.
S2: Sam storms.
S3: Yeah. And then we also had, uh, Diana. That was
S3: this is number two on the list. Diana sharing her
S3: testimony of what God has done in her life, how
S3: he saved her, how he brought her to saving faith
S3: and and so many people related to that and wanted
S3: to know more. And yeah, we also had people sharing
S3: their Freedom Friday stories about how God freed them and
S3: brought them into a knowing relationship. That's you, the boom crew.
S3: And then what is pulling me away from God. Plus,
S3: an update about Iran that was hormones. Like I mentioned before,
S3: and Pastor Gary Stevens from Colorado, I think these are
S3: great insights as to what God is using to grow you.
S3: And I think this is just a great resource for
S3: you to be able to go back and have literally
S3: a year's worth of shows and information through that is
S3: grounded in the Word of God to say, hey, God
S3: wants to grow me. I want to apply His Word
S3: to my life. Let's do it.
S2: Yeah. Love it, young Thunder. Good job, my man. Thank you.
S2: Good job.
S3: I'm excited about.
S2: This. This is so cool. So it's it's amazing to
S2: me because here's what's cool for us. Boom crew. We
S2: get an understanding of how God's working most in your heart.
S2: And this actually guides a lot of our show prep. Yes,
S2: we find out, wow, this is really hitting paydirt already
S2: this month. This month I think we've had 10,000 downloads.
S3: Yeah. Almost 11.
S2: Almost 11,000 downloads, which is tremendous. And here's what that represents.
S2: Not just downloads, but these are people who are passing
S2: this content on to others. Yes. So this is a
S2: super good resource. We're spiking this because very practically we
S2: can find ourselves. A lot of you struggle with time
S2: redemption or you're getting gobbled up with stuff. You're going
S2: down rabbit trails on who knows what with reels or
S2: shorts or Netflix and all those things that those aren't
S2: inherently bad until they become bad. Yes. That's that's the problem.
S2: But if you want the bigger yes for your life,
S2: this is what we want to provide a clearinghouse of
S2: resources here. Things that are really transforming lives. And so
S2: text the word show to 800 555 7898. Just text
S2: show to 800 Hundred 555, 7898. And what you get
S2: up and somebody just said, how do you get the podcast?
S2: This is what you do right now. Just text the
S2: word show and what you get when you text show
S2: to 805 five, five, 78, 98, you get two links.
S2: Explain that one young thunder.
S3: Yeah. So this is basically two links for whatever works
S3: best for you. So we send out one for Apple Podcasts.
S3: If you have any Apple product you can listen to
S3: that there. Or Spotify, which is the the most common
S3: podcasting app. Uh, and that's accessible for everyone iPhone or Android.
S3: So if you have a preference, you can choose between
S3: the two or Spotify just works for you. But wherever
S3: you like to listen to podcasts, you can get those links.
S3: You can go just text the word show to (800) 555-7898.
S3: And the good thing is, once you text show the
S3: first time, click on the link that will take you
S3: to two Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Then subscribe to Carl
S3: and crew on that app. That means you never have
S3: to text the word show again. it's just saved in
S3: your profile for that app. You open it up, it's
S3: going to be right there. It'll let you know when
S3: we have a new podcast that's downloaded. We we upload
S3: podcasts daily for the show. So you can you can
S3: get that by texting show to 855 five 7898.
S2: That is awesome I young Thunder I love you, man.
S3: Love you too bro.
S2: Young Thunder is a great man. And, uh, I'm so
S2: glad you poured out your heart on this, because this
S2: is this is a great resource. And, I mean, they
S2: are flat going out the door right now.
S7: Praise God.
S2: Yeah. Praise God is right. Grateful for you. Boom! Crew.
S2: Coming up here. What do you do with all these resources?
S2: And this is so timely because the Lord hit me
S2: with something very important, uh, early this morning. We do
S2: a lot of show prep, we have a lot of
S2: things that are ready to go, but sometimes last minute
S2: we get an adjustment and it can be really cool.
S2: So I'm going to give you an analogy and a
S2: strategy for how to organize all the different resources that
S2: you've got coming into your life, so you can organize
S2: them in a way where it's like, yes, I know
S2: how to put these to work. We're going to break
S2: that down for you first. Katie. Nicole here. My God,
S2: can I don't know what you're up against today, but
S2: God is able. He can do it.
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: This is a wild one. Splendour of Ireland. We are
S2: featuring a trip that has been. It's almost loaded. It's
S2: almost topped off. But we wanted to bring in the
S2: guide for this trip, doctor Nick Gatski. And if you
S2: are in the Ohio area, you know his voice. You
S2: know his heart. Senior pastor of Old Old North Church.
S2: I got it in Canfield, Ohio, and he hosts the
S2: Moody radio program A Better Word. He's convinced, as am I,
S2: that the preaching of God's Word can change lives. And
S2: he and his bride, Amy, have three little kids, and
S2: they're all in with Jesus. Doctor Nick, good to have
S2: you with us this morning, my man.
S14: Hey, great to be with you guys. Amen to everything
S14: you just said.
S2: What a sweet. What a sweet thing coming up here
S2: in October. We'll have some exact dates here in just
S2: a moment. But what's going on? Where? You're leading a
S2: trip to Ireland. We've got, like, 12 now. I found out.
S2: I thought we had 13. We're down to 12 slots left.
S2: What's going on on this trip, my man cast a
S2: vision for us.
S14: Yeah, I mean, it is the best of of multiple
S14: realities colliding at one time. I mean, we know that
S14: we can be enriched and learn a ton in our
S14: spiritual life when we experience things that happen in church history,
S14: things that God has done in the past and that
S14: we're asking him to do again. Yeah. And this trip
S14: is going to highlight some of those things, in an area.
S14: The an area of the world that's absolutely strikingly beautiful
S14: with culture and all kinds of cool things to do
S14: and see, uh, with a bunch of other moody radio listeners.
S14: So you get a lot of cool things to happen
S14: all at the same time.
S2: I'm really excited that you're on this trip, by the way,
S2: I need you to know, although I've not met you personally,
S2: I've heard so much about you, and you need to
S2: know that some of the folks here at Moody are
S2: just so thrilled that you're part of the team here. And, Nick,
S2: I want to I want to thank you for that.
S2: I can sense your spirit. What's, um, give us a
S2: piece of history from Ireland. What pops into your heart?
S2: Because give us one thing that it's like. Yeah, we
S2: want to drill down on this on this trip.
S14: Yeah. You know, one of my favorites is that it
S14: actually started in America, the American Prayer revival in the 1850s, 1857,
S14: and 58 started in New York, uh, and expanded out
S14: from there. At one point, 10,000 people a day were
S14: coming to prayer meetings during the lunch hour in New
S14: York City. Wow. And that spilled over into the British
S14: Isles and into Ireland, and was one of the catalysts
S14: for what's called the Ulster Revival of 1859, when there
S14: was pressure of hundreds of prayer meetings springing up across
S14: conviction of sin. And the Lord just wrecked people about
S14: the ways that they were rebelling against him. And there's
S14: an estimated over 100,000 people that put their faith in
S14: Jesus during those couple of years in Ulster alone, plus
S14: whatever spilled out beyond that, maybe up to 300,000 across Ireland.
S14: And so, um, a phenomenal move of God, uh, fueled
S14: by prayer, his word, conviction of sin, repentance, and the
S14: grace of Jesus that pours over.
S2: I want you to put on your pastor hat speak
S2: to this issue of repentance, because, Nick, you and I
S2: know that revival is going to bring us down to
S2: blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
S2: kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven. Explain that a
S2: little bit. How do you see that as a pastor?
S2: And why might a trip like this even cultivate that
S2: within our heart?
S14: Well, Carl, we're all really, really good at excusing our sin,
S14: and we're really good at minimizing the significance of it.
S14: I know I am. And one of the things that
S14: God calls us to do again and again is to
S14: turn away, to confess it, and then to turn away
S14: from it. That's the nature of repentance. And when we
S14: do that, an amazing thing happens. He's so quick to
S14: forgive us. Yeah. What's so hard for us in our pride?
S14: And that whatever little safety thing that sin represents to us, uh,
S14: is so quickly dissolved with the grace of Jesus. And
S14: so revival doesn't happen without repentance. That's very, very clear. Uh,
S14: and whether that's, uh, big revivals like the one I
S14: just mentioned or even the personal revival of your heart,
S14: which is why, uh, we encourage people all the time
S14: to repent, repent every day. And the Lord is so
S14: quick to forgive.
S2: Give love this. Uh, it's Irish splendour. It's going to
S2: be an eight day trip across Ireland. And pastor Nick
S2: is going to be your host on this trip. We've
S2: got 12 slots available. And as I was looking through
S2: this link that we're going to send out here in
S2: a moment, this is really reasonable. I mean, it's probably
S2: not in the reach of everybody, but there are a
S2: lot of people who say, you know, I've been looking
S2: for something, a trip. This is going to be in October,
S2: by the way, the dates October 17th through the 24th,
S2: eight days, and we only have 12 slots left. And
S2: we're looking to cap it off in in this hour
S2: right now. Uh, what's on your heart about this trip?
S2: I know there's going to be a lot of stops
S2: in Dublin and Blarney Castle and Farm visit Cliffs of
S2: Moher more. Um, what else are you wanting to feature here, Nick?
S14: Yeah. I think the fact that you have the opportunity,
S14: that we have the opportunity to be with other people
S14: to experience these things is going to be one one
S14: of the special dynamics. Have you ever been on a
S14: trip like this before? Sometimes you make friends that last
S14: the rest of your life and, uh, to experience history
S14: and the spiritual dynamics, uh, and to experience one of
S14: the very neat monasteries, uh, in the history of Ireland,
S14: I think will also be a certainly a highlight.
S2: Uh. That's awesome. Well, I appreciate you. And I love
S2: your heart. Doctor Nick Gatski is going to be the
S2: guide on this trip. It's going to be an incredible time.
S2: It's going to be eight days in Ireland. We got
S2: 12 slots left. That is it. Now, this is real simple.
S2: You can get the information. Just because you click on
S2: this link doesn't mean you're committed. It's not like we
S2: grab your credit card number the minute you click it,
S2: but you can get a full download of everything that's
S2: going on. When these 12 slots are filled, it's done.
S2: And so you're going to want to grab it right now.
S2: Super die. Give us that link, would you?
S4: Yeah. Real simple text Ireland. How creative is that text
S4: Ireland to 805 five five 7898. The word is Ireland
S4: and the number 800 555 7898.
S2: Doctor Nick Gatski, thank you for being with us, Nick.
S2: We appreciate your heart and this is going to be
S2: an incredible trip. You're right. There's going to be friends
S2: made on this trip that will last a lifetime. And
S2: it's going to be sweet. And Godspeed to you, my man.
S14: You too I can't wait. Thank you everybody.
S2: All right. Again, that link is Ireland. Just text Ireland
S2: to our number here 800 555 7898. Only 12 slots left.
S2: Text Ireland to 800 555 7898. And oh my goodness,
S2: the links are going out.
S7: So you're going to need.
S2: To pray about this quickly and get your name in
S2: the hat there. So again just the word Ireland to
S2: our number here 800 555 7898.