WEBVTT - Freedom Friday on Monday! 0:00:00.380 --> 0:00:04.430 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.460 --> 0:00:08.300 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.330 --> 0:00:13.190 You know, man, there is something so captivating about the 0:00:13.190 --> 0:00:15.680 gospel that when it takes us over and I mean, 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:19.279 really takes us over. In fact, I'm going to read this. Sally, 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:23.660 this is a passage that you highlighted for me years ago. 0:00:24.170 --> 0:00:27.860 That is one of these. You want to ask the question, well, 0:00:27.860 --> 0:00:30.800 what's the impetus for being unashamed here it is for 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:34.970 the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 0:00:35.060 --> 0:00:38.900 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to 0:00:38.930 --> 0:00:43.070 live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age. 0:00:43.100 --> 0:00:46.790 You know the answer for any kind of shame that 0:00:46.790 --> 0:00:51.379 we may have, or kind of hesitancy when we apply 0:00:51.380 --> 0:00:54.650 ourselves to the grace of God, really apply ourselves to it. 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:59.120 I love Dallas, Willard says grace is not opposed to effort. 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:02.320 It's opposed to earning. And it's a game changer because 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:04.960 all of a sudden everything moves from oh my goodness, 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:08.170 here is I lean into the Lord. He gives me victory. 0:01:08.170 --> 0:01:13.060 Over what? Renounce ungodliness and worldly passions. Live self-controlled, upright 0:01:13.060 --> 0:01:15.850 and godly lives in this present age. And there's some 0:01:15.850 --> 0:01:18.310 of you that are so unashamed of the gospel because 0:01:18.310 --> 0:01:21.010 you've seen the power of God in our lives. I 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:25.510 you know, you're not unashamed of the gospel if you 0:01:25.540 --> 0:01:29.620 got your ducks lined up with kind of biblical apologetics, necessarily, 0:01:29.620 --> 0:01:32.980 because that can just be like data points, right? Yeah. 0:01:33.010 --> 0:01:35.770 But when you know that Jesus. And by the way, 0:01:35.770 --> 0:01:39.190 I'm all for apologetics. Don't hear me say that. But 0:01:39.190 --> 0:01:42.610 when you know that, you know that Christ in me 0:01:42.610 --> 0:01:44.619 is the hope of glory, and his work in me 0:01:44.620 --> 0:01:49.030 is the thing that is undeniably real. It changes everything. 0:01:49.030 --> 0:01:53.830 It changes everything. And I want you to be a 0:01:53.830 --> 0:01:58.240 part of Team Boom. Because sometimes when you there's some 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.440 of you that have just look back over your life. 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.560 You've seen God move, and maybe you need a shot 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.410 in the arm where you see God move again. Maybe 0:02:07.410 --> 0:02:11.880 it's like, man, I've gotten into the rut of Western Christianity, Carl. 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:15.480 That's okay. God can pop you out of that. And 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.060 one of the best ways is to just be part 0:02:18.060 --> 0:02:20.280 of a team win. Ali was part of a team 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.590 win here recently and she's in the bleachers. But you 0:02:22.590 --> 0:02:23.250 were yelling. 0:02:23.250 --> 0:02:26.160 I was yelling, I was yelling for my daughter in 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.890 her high school basketball team. As they took the court 0:02:28.889 --> 0:02:33.299 to try to win their fourth straight city championship here 0:02:33.300 --> 0:02:36.570 in Chicago, they played on a big college court. All 0:02:36.570 --> 0:02:39.960 the cameras, it was on TV, and the girls nervously 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.350 tried to act like they didn't know that the camera 0:02:43.350 --> 0:02:46.440 was panning across as they did the national anthem. And 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:49.320 they all kind of, you know, grin would break out. 0:02:50.340 --> 0:02:52.590 Then they would wipe it away and go, oh, I 0:02:52.620 --> 0:02:54.480 guess I'm not supposed to act like I know the 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.640 camera's on me. But it was a big deal. And 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.350 as the game started to wind down, its the fourth quarter. 0:02:59.350 --> 0:03:03.070 It's a hotly contested back and forth. And then our 0:03:03.070 --> 0:03:06.250 team started to pull ahead up by maybe seven with 0:03:06.250 --> 0:03:08.950 a minute to go. And we think, can this really happen. 0:03:08.980 --> 0:03:11.680 Could they really win it again. And I'm screaming. I'm 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:15.970 waving my orange rally towel like crazy mama crazy. Oh boy. 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.040 And then when the buzzer sounded and I saw my 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.829 girl jump up, I wanted to jump up with her 0:03:20.860 --> 0:03:24.880 as they celebrated the championship. But I felt very much invested, 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:26.650 very part of it. I wasn't on the court, but 0:03:26.650 --> 0:03:28.840 I was in the stands and my heart was there 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:29.889 with them. 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:35.440 Yeah, it's it's. You were team daughter and team team, right. 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:40.000 And it's it's an awesome thing, guys. I want you 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:44.650 to hear here's a golden opportunity for you to reignite 0:03:44.950 --> 0:03:51.040 a love for the active work of God and enter 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:55.780 into that. It's it was Henry Blackaby years ago said, 0:03:55.780 --> 0:03:58.560 find where God's working and join them. All right. That's 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.660 what I wanted to say today. That's what God wanted 0:04:00.660 --> 0:04:03.210 me to get to find where God's working and join him. 0:04:03.210 --> 0:04:05.850 And we've got a golden opportunity. Now we're down to 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:10.680 70 slots left, but we want all 70 filled. And 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.350 as God would have it, it's always the last hour 0:04:13.350 --> 0:04:15.930 before shear, because shear starts in earnest tomorrow and we 0:04:15.930 --> 0:04:20.220 need you praying. I'm asking you to join us. And 0:04:20.220 --> 0:04:23.549 if you've not grabbed a half hour slot left, listen 0:04:23.550 --> 0:04:25.740 to the pitch Ali's going to give you. 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:29.610 We have those slots available, particularly in the latter part 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.920 of the week. We are all full for the early 0:04:31.950 --> 0:04:34.620 morning hours when we kick off tomorrow, Tuesday morning, even 0:04:34.620 --> 0:04:36.900 a lot of Wednesdays full. But if you can grab 0:04:36.900 --> 0:04:38.610 a 30 minute slot in the later part of the 0:04:38.610 --> 0:04:42.660 week and commit to praying specifically for Moody Radio for 0:04:42.660 --> 0:04:45.510 God's provision for the gospel, to continue to go forth 0:04:45.510 --> 0:04:48.060 for stories like the one you're going to hear coming 0:04:48.060 --> 0:04:52.469 up of life change of transformation, 30 minutes wherever you 0:04:52.470 --> 0:04:55.229 are in the world, wherever you are in your house, 0:04:55.230 --> 0:04:57.710 in your car, you pick the spot. You pick the 0:04:57.710 --> 0:05:00.710 time will send you some behind the scenes updates, some 0:05:00.710 --> 0:05:03.680 prayer points, some encouragement so that you know what to 0:05:03.710 --> 0:05:06.260 pray for. But if you're willing to at least consider 0:05:06.260 --> 0:05:08.270 being a part of our prayer crew, just text the 0:05:08.270 --> 0:05:17.450 word crew to (800) 555-7898. Text crew. Crew to (800) 555-7898. 0:05:17.510 --> 0:05:19.730 And thank you so much. In fact, let's get a 0:05:19.730 --> 0:05:22.400 refresh here, super guy. Let's figure out where we're at. 0:05:22.430 --> 0:05:25.039 What's our head count here? How many do we need? 0:05:25.070 --> 0:05:29.570 Speak. We need 75 more. That is it. That is it. 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:30.979 We're at 525. 0:05:31.010 --> 0:05:33.620 We got a minute left on the clock on the game, 0:05:33.620 --> 0:05:34.370 so to speak. 0:05:34.370 --> 0:05:35.270 Wave those. 0:05:35.300 --> 0:05:35.960 Towels. 0:05:36.020 --> 0:05:36.650 Let's fill. 0:05:36.650 --> 0:05:42.349 These slots. Oh, this is exciting. Text crew to 800 555, 7898. 0:05:42.380 --> 0:05:44.750 I think we do need to get a rally towel. 0:05:44.779 --> 0:05:46.370 The more I say it, the more I think. 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:47.240 Yeah, we do. 0:05:47.270 --> 0:05:50.060 Let's get one. Shouldn't just be the basketball teams that 0:05:50.060 --> 0:05:50.570 get them. 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.510 No, we need a we need a team boom. Rally 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.150 towel for sure. That's that's. 0:05:56.150 --> 0:05:58.270 Very cool. Oh, yeah, we got to do that. 0:05:58.300 --> 0:06:01.630 Okay. Loving this. The links are going out. Call a friend. 0:06:01.660 --> 0:06:06.729 Get your small group involved. There's about 75 slots left 0:06:06.730 --> 0:06:09.070 for prayer. That's it. Now they're going to go. And 0:06:09.100 --> 0:06:11.020 as God would have it. Sure enough, we're in our 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.950 one of our final hours here and bada bing bada 0:06:14.950 --> 0:06:21.430 boom it's happening. Crew to 805 five five 7898. This 0:06:21.430 --> 0:06:23.380 is going to bless your socks off. I promise you, 0:06:23.410 --> 0:06:26.409 you're going to be in this to win it in 0:06:26.410 --> 0:06:33.550 a big way. So text crew to 800 555 78, 98. Why? 0:06:33.580 --> 0:06:38.620 Because you're about to hear a story of why share 0:06:38.620 --> 0:06:43.150 and radio and where it can reach is so vitally important. 0:06:43.270 --> 0:06:46.330 Your shot of hope to help you through the day. 0:06:46.330 --> 0:06:49.839 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:06:50.589 --> 0:06:57.170 You ever wonder if God moves through radio? Wonder no longer. 0:06:57.170 --> 0:06:58.070 Right, Allie. 0:06:58.250 --> 0:07:00.770 We've got a story that proves it. You know, we 0:07:00.770 --> 0:07:03.530 don't always get to hear in their own words, the 0:07:03.529 --> 0:07:06.200 stories of people who listen to the radio and actually 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.450 come to faith in Jesus Christ. And today we get 0:07:08.450 --> 0:07:11.030 to feature one of those. It's a man named Dexter. 0:07:11.060 --> 0:07:13.790 He's a husband. He's a father of two from Indiana. 0:07:13.820 --> 0:07:17.630 Monday morning, about two years ago, started off as an 0:07:17.630 --> 0:07:20.690 ordinary day. He did not know it would be the 0:07:20.690 --> 0:07:24.080 day that his life changed forever. Take a listen. 0:07:24.110 --> 0:07:27.950 I was actually I was taking my wife to work, actually, um, 0:07:27.950 --> 0:07:30.170 and we only had one car at the time, so 0:07:30.170 --> 0:07:32.210 I had. She has to be at work at five 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.160 in the morning, so I had to get up early, 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.860 so I, I had dropped her off that morning and 0:07:36.860 --> 0:07:39.140 I was I had already came back, but I was 0:07:39.140 --> 0:07:42.290 just sitting in the car listening to the moody radio. 0:07:42.290 --> 0:07:45.200 So I just to give you a little backstory. So 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.230 I work for the railroad. So yeah. So I'm constantly 0:07:48.230 --> 0:07:51.290 listening to Moody Radio. So. And you guys were on 0:07:51.290 --> 0:07:52.160 that morning. 0:07:52.190 --> 0:07:53.900 Okay. Carl and crew mornings. 0:07:53.900 --> 0:07:56.890 Yes. I was just sitting in my car listening. And Carl, 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.550 you know, sometimes he he just feel prompted by the 0:08:00.550 --> 0:08:04.030 Holy Spirit as he says, to, to do certain things. 0:08:04.030 --> 0:08:06.280 And he prayed that morning he just to to get 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:07.990 people to give their lives to Christ. 0:08:08.020 --> 0:08:12.790 Mhm. Do you remember specifically anything that you heard Carl 0:08:12.820 --> 0:08:14.260 say that day? 0:08:14.290 --> 0:08:17.230 He was just making a plea for guys for, for 0:08:17.230 --> 0:08:21.040 people to just really consider giving your life to the Lord. 0:08:21.070 --> 0:08:24.100 Like just like stop. What? Like he was like, he 0:08:24.100 --> 0:08:27.220 got serious. He was already serious. But he said, I 0:08:27.220 --> 0:08:30.220 feel prompted by the Holy Spirit to just. Let's just 0:08:30.220 --> 0:08:32.590 stop for a moment. I can't remember what you guys 0:08:32.590 --> 0:08:35.410 were discussing, but he was like, just, just pray. Just 0:08:35.410 --> 0:08:37.840 seriously think about where you're at in your life and 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.270 give your consider giving your life to the Lord. And 0:08:40.270 --> 0:08:42.550 if you would, would you say this prayer with me? 0:08:42.580 --> 0:08:43.090 Wow. 0:08:43.510 --> 0:08:45.730 So and I was in my car and I said 0:08:45.730 --> 0:08:48.730 it because I was working for the railroad. I'm constantly 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.339 on the road and I'm away from home and I'm 0:08:51.340 --> 0:08:55.120 in hotels. So when I got this job, I just saw, 0:08:55.150 --> 0:08:58.630 like the monetary value of it. Like it's a good job, 0:08:58.630 --> 0:09:02.949 but obviously like that's it's it's it's it's funny. It 0:09:02.950 --> 0:09:07.630 is crazy to me how the Lord works in mysterious ways. Like, yes, 0:09:07.780 --> 0:09:10.720 he blessed me with this job, but it wasn't just 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:14.050 about the monetary value that he had for me and mine. 0:09:14.470 --> 0:09:17.620 So when I was when I'm in the hotel, I'm alone, 0:09:17.620 --> 0:09:20.140 like I said, so what am I going to do here? 0:09:20.140 --> 0:09:24.429 So I started reading my Bible again. So I would 0:09:24.429 --> 0:09:26.920 read my Bible and work out and that was all 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:27.790 that I would do. 0:09:27.820 --> 0:09:30.520 So this was prior to hearing on the radio. 0:09:30.550 --> 0:09:31.420 Yes, ma'am. 0:09:31.450 --> 0:09:34.030 Okay. So the seeds were already starting to be. 0:09:34.059 --> 0:09:37.150 Yes. Yes, ma'am. So I would just read my Bible, 0:09:37.179 --> 0:09:41.709 but when I would come home, I would falling back to, 0:09:41.740 --> 0:09:45.819 you know, just being Dexter, just my drinking. I started 0:09:45.820 --> 0:09:48.970 drinking when I was 15 years old in high school, so. 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.270 And then it like, I'm 36 now, for 21 years 0:09:52.270 --> 0:09:55.510 of my life, I have been just a functioning alcoholic, 0:09:55.510 --> 0:09:57.790 as they say. Just. Yeah, I could go to work, 0:09:57.790 --> 0:09:59.679 but when I get off work, if I didn't have 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.720 anything to do, I was going to drink, you know? 0:10:01.750 --> 0:10:04.839 I couldn't drive nowhere. My wife, my kids want to 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:07.630 go somewhere. Well, daddy's drunk on the couch. He can't 0:10:07.630 --> 0:10:08.260 go nowhere. 0:10:08.620 --> 0:10:08.980 Wow. 0:10:09.010 --> 0:10:11.020 So? So I would. And when I get on the 0:10:11.020 --> 0:10:13.870 road and when I'm away, I would get back into 0:10:13.870 --> 0:10:15.670 the word. So I asked her. I said, Lord, why 0:10:15.670 --> 0:10:18.280 can't I put the two together? Like, why do I 0:10:18.580 --> 0:10:22.390 fall in this, this comfort zone when I get home? 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.210 And he didn't say nothing right away. I just kept 0:10:25.210 --> 0:10:27.340 doing it. But when I got home that day. 0:10:27.550 --> 0:10:29.530 So we're back now to the that morning when you 0:10:29.530 --> 0:10:31.150 heard Carl make that, it. 0:10:31.150 --> 0:10:34.510 Was that weekend. I have four sisters, so two of 0:10:34.510 --> 0:10:36.790 them were in town. For some reason. I had the 0:10:36.790 --> 0:10:39.550 weekend off. I can't even think to this moment like, 0:10:39.580 --> 0:10:42.790 why was I even off that weekend? Because I didn't 0:10:42.790 --> 0:10:46.510 plan for it. I just just had the Lord at work. 0:10:46.510 --> 0:10:48.700 So I'm like, I just took the opportunity. Like, I'm 0:10:48.700 --> 0:10:50.500 gonna spend some time with my sisters. They came to 0:10:50.530 --> 0:10:53.170 my house and I said, and got drunk in my 0:10:53.170 --> 0:10:56.160 living room. I drank in my living room. Like Ali, 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.740 I got. So if I can, ma'am, I don't. This 0:10:58.740 --> 0:10:59.670 is it. It's okay. 0:10:59.700 --> 0:11:00.780 Speak honestly. 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.920 Like I said. And I got a huge bottle. Or not. 0:11:04.950 --> 0:11:09.150 We said and drank like I got so intoxicated that 0:11:09.150 --> 0:11:12.630 I even forgot the bottle was there. Wow. So the next. 0:11:12.660 --> 0:11:15.359 The next day, I went to the liquor store again 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.380 and just repeated the process so that come here comes 0:11:19.380 --> 0:11:21.480 Monday morning when my wife had to be at work. 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.480 And so this goes to me sitting in the car 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:26.880 and listening to you guys calling her in the morning. 0:11:27.630 --> 0:11:31.829 So I prayed that prayer. So I'm walking into my 0:11:31.830 --> 0:11:34.740 house now and I'm like, I need to charge my phone. 0:11:34.740 --> 0:11:37.200 I'm gonna watch TV in my living room and there's 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.290 a socket behind my couch. So I pull the socket, 0:11:40.380 --> 0:11:42.840 the couch out to, you know, plug my phone in, 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:48.179 and my foot hit something, and I looked down. I said, man, 0:11:48.210 --> 0:11:50.640 what is this? And there was that bottle that I 0:11:50.670 --> 0:11:55.339 got I forgot about And like I can hear him. 0:11:55.370 --> 0:11:59.720 It was no words spoken, but I could hear him, like, 0:12:00.020 --> 0:12:02.540 just as plain as you talking to me now. Like 0:12:02.570 --> 0:12:04.699 I could hear it. But if that makes sense. Like 0:12:04.730 --> 0:12:09.470 I couldn't. There was no sound. And he just said, 0:12:09.830 --> 0:12:10.910 pour it out. 0:12:11.510 --> 0:12:11.960 Wow. 0:12:11.990 --> 0:12:14.870 Because it was still a lot in it. So I 0:12:14.900 --> 0:12:16.790 took I picked it up and I went into the 0:12:16.790 --> 0:12:20.300 kitchen and poured down the drain. And he said, that 0:12:20.300 --> 0:12:24.349 bottle that's under the sink. Pour it out too. 0:12:24.500 --> 0:12:24.740 Mhm. 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:29.510 Like and I'm, I just, I just pour it out 0:12:29.510 --> 0:12:32.359 and that, that was the last day that I ever 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:36.380 touched alcohol. Like I haven't had a desire, I haven't 0:12:36.380 --> 0:12:40.940 had a any notion or anything like really because I 0:12:40.940 --> 0:12:43.520 had tried to quit before, you know, because like I said, 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:45.260 I had been drinking for 20 some years of my 0:12:45.260 --> 0:12:48.740 life and I would tell my wife, like, I'm gonna quit. 0:12:48.770 --> 0:12:51.290 And she just, you know, after a while, it the 0:12:51.290 --> 0:12:55.870 people that surround you. They know you better than you 0:12:55.900 --> 0:12:56.980 want to know yourself. 0:12:56.980 --> 0:12:57.790 So yeah. 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.119 She was like, okay, whatever. 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:03.610 I'll believe it when I see it. 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.580 Yes. So I go to pick her up. That day 0:13:06.580 --> 0:13:08.800 when she got off, she was like, she got in 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.980 the car because alcohol comes out of your skin, your pores. 0:13:12.610 --> 0:13:16.540 And she was like, have you been drinking? I said, no. 0:13:16.570 --> 0:13:20.050 I said, babe, I'm done drinking. And she just laughed. 0:13:20.050 --> 0:13:21.940 She said, okay, how long this one's going to last 0:13:21.970 --> 0:13:23.350 till you get paid again. 0:13:23.470 --> 0:13:23.860 Mm. 0:13:24.070 --> 0:13:27.040 But I knew in my heart I knew like this. 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.050 This ain't the same thing, babe. Like this is not 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.329 on my own power. I know what I felt like 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.730 I know what I heard, yeah, but I didn't say 0:13:33.730 --> 0:13:36.040 that to her. But I just, I just knew, like, nah, 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.469 this ain't this ain't that time. Yeah. This is, this 0:13:38.470 --> 0:13:42.280 is really different. And that, that would be. It would 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:46.870 be two years this coming July. Wow. Like, the Lord 0:13:46.900 --> 0:13:51.340 has really dramatically just changed my life in a in 0:13:51.340 --> 0:13:54.449 a dramatic way. And I, I work with guys on 0:13:54.450 --> 0:13:57.210 the train from all over, you know, and I've been like, 0:13:57.210 --> 0:13:59.730 I prayed to ask the Lord to help me or 0:14:00.420 --> 0:14:03.630 to present me with opportunities so I can because I'm, 0:14:03.630 --> 0:14:05.730 I'm I'm excited. Like, I'm like a kid in a 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.880 candy store. So I want to tell people about, like, 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:09.870 what he's done for me. 0:14:09.870 --> 0:14:11.040 So yeah. 0:14:11.370 --> 0:14:15.390 I talked to guys and he just put me in 0:14:15.540 --> 0:14:19.020 like situations or put guys around me or people around 0:14:19.020 --> 0:14:23.550 me that either whatever they're going through in their life, 0:14:23.550 --> 0:14:26.370 I had been through it, or I had some connection 0:14:26.370 --> 0:14:29.460 with it in some type of way where I can like, 0:14:29.490 --> 0:14:31.920 minister to them and tell them about the love of 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.460 Christ and and tell them, like what he's done for me, 0:14:35.850 --> 0:14:38.460 like how he how he set me free. Even when 0:14:38.460 --> 0:14:42.300 I talked to this guy, I met this, this, this, uh, 0:14:42.300 --> 0:14:45.480 police officer, and we were just talking. He said, uh, 0:14:45.570 --> 0:14:47.400 he had to let me know that he was used 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.200 to be an alcoholic. I said, man, I used to 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:51.940 be one, two. He said, oh really? I said, yeah, 0:14:51.940 --> 0:14:55.000 but I, I let Jesus Christ help me because I 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.700 couldn't do it on my own, man. I couldn't, I couldn't, 0:14:57.700 --> 0:15:00.729 I couldn't do it on my own. And I said, 0:15:00.730 --> 0:15:02.770 I said, man, I had to have the Lord take 0:15:02.770 --> 0:15:04.690 it from me because it wasn't it wasn't doing me 0:15:04.690 --> 0:15:08.350 any good. And I had told, told my brother, I said, man, 0:15:08.380 --> 0:15:11.530 I was giving, I was giving Satan the best years 0:15:11.530 --> 0:15:14.530 of my life and he wasn't giving me anything in return. 0:15:15.940 --> 0:15:17.410 That's a true statement. 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.800 Like he wasn't giving me anything and and I was 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:22.720 telling I was ministering to this guy. I'm like, that's 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.630 how he deceives us, man. He he shows us these 0:15:25.630 --> 0:15:28.989 things and put these things before us. But he don't 0:15:28.990 --> 0:15:32.200 give $0.02 about us. He don't, he don't he don't 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.570 care where we end up or how the choices that 0:15:34.570 --> 0:15:37.690 he influences us to make. He don't care what the 0:15:37.690 --> 0:15:40.000 outcome is and how it affects us and the love 0:15:40.030 --> 0:15:43.630 us around us, because even my children, and they can 0:15:43.630 --> 0:15:47.050 just see the transformation that the Lord has done in me. 0:15:47.050 --> 0:15:49.930 And that was that's that's one of the biggest things 0:15:49.930 --> 0:15:50.590 to me. 0:15:50.620 --> 0:15:51.160 Yeah. 0:15:51.190 --> 0:15:56.320 Like like to be an example as a God fearing 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.190 man to my children first. First and foremost at home. 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.800 Because the Bible says if a man can lead his household, 0:16:02.830 --> 0:16:04.600 how can he lead anybody else? 0:16:04.630 --> 0:16:08.080 Because I'm sure it's more than just the alcohol. I mean, 0:16:08.110 --> 0:16:11.650 as they've seen your transformation. Obviously the drinking was a 0:16:11.650 --> 0:16:14.650 big part of it, but your different husband, you're a 0:16:14.650 --> 0:16:15.790 different dad. 0:16:15.940 --> 0:16:18.640 Like me and my wife are so close to like 0:16:18.670 --> 0:16:22.120 me and my wife. We actually met in high school. 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:24.430 We've been together since we were freshmen in high school. 0:16:24.460 --> 0:16:25.060 Wow. 0:16:25.450 --> 0:16:28.900 So this year, it'll be 22 years. 0:16:28.930 --> 0:16:29.800 That's awesome. 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:34.330 We've been married for eight years. This. This, uh, June 15th. 0:16:34.630 --> 0:16:37.510 When I say we grew up together in every sense 0:16:37.510 --> 0:16:42.070 of the word, we actually grown together. She's been dealing 0:16:42.070 --> 0:16:44.500 with so much, and I was being such a strain 0:16:44.500 --> 0:16:47.830 and such a burden. But the Lord has brought us 0:16:47.830 --> 0:16:50.330 together like we're closer than we've ever been. 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:51.350 Praise God. 0:16:51.380 --> 0:16:53.900 Like I thank the Lord for what he's. What he's 0:16:53.900 --> 0:16:56.570 done in my marriage. Like, yeah, it was more. It 0:16:56.570 --> 0:16:59.720 was the alcohol. It was. It was pornography. It was 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:04.040 me committing adultery. It was. It was all these things 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:09.889 that I had been doing and have been basically just destroying. 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.550 Destroying my family from, you know, from the inside. Just 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:17.240 not not worrying about not caring about it, you know, 0:17:17.270 --> 0:17:20.120 not giving any thought to how it's affecting my, my 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.850 marriage and my children, how my children see their dad. 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.760 And when you're in an addiction state or when you 0:17:25.790 --> 0:17:28.550 when you're so wrapped up in sin, you don't you 0:17:28.550 --> 0:17:31.700 don't have no, you don't care about how it affects 0:17:31.700 --> 0:17:35.270 those who see you or those that's in your household. 0:17:35.690 --> 0:17:38.030 And then as the Lord began to change my life 0:17:38.030 --> 0:17:41.750 and work in my life, now I can, my son 0:17:41.750 --> 0:17:44.330 just got saved. My 17 year old son just got 0:17:44.330 --> 0:17:48.830 saved this past Sunday when I actually let the Lord 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:52.560 in my life what he always wanted me to do. Just. 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.680 Just let me in and I will. I will bring 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.860 everything together. I will, I will do it. It's not 0:17:58.859 --> 0:18:01.440 going to be how I wanted it to, but it's 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.619 going to work better than I could have ever imagined. 0:18:04.890 --> 0:18:08.490 And like, it's so my my daughter, she just she 0:18:08.490 --> 0:18:10.500 has a phone. We all have the Bible app on 0:18:10.500 --> 0:18:11.250 our phone. 0:18:11.250 --> 0:18:11.790 That's awesome. 0:18:11.790 --> 0:18:13.980 But she went the next step. She went and got 0:18:13.980 --> 0:18:17.609 a physical Bible, okay. And and ordered highlighters. So now 0:18:17.609 --> 0:18:21.359 she's highlighting scriptures in the word like and it's, it's 0:18:21.390 --> 0:18:24.300 I'm so happy. Like it's God has been doing an 0:18:24.300 --> 0:18:27.570 amazing thing in my in my life and it's been 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:29.820 it's been an amazing ride so far. And I know 0:18:29.820 --> 0:18:31.439 it's going to continue to get better. 0:18:31.470 --> 0:18:40.770 That is epic, Ellie. That is epic. Dexter I. I 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:48.620 hope you understand the impact that your life is having. 0:18:49.700 --> 0:18:51.199 And I'm going to give you a link here in 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:54.889 a moment to snapshot testimonies. But bottom line, guys, you 0:18:54.890 --> 0:19:00.800 got to get this. You you can't miss this. The 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:04.760 few shekels that everyone chucks in during share is not 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:07.040 just keeping the lights on, it's keeping the message of 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:11.240 hope going into places that, frankly, are building on a 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:15.680 Sunday from 11 to 12 can't reach straight up. And 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:21.770 that's I mean Dexter's Exhibit A. And I want to 0:19:21.770 --> 0:19:23.300 thank you ahead of time for what you're going to 0:19:23.300 --> 0:19:24.830 do this week. I'm not even going to give you 0:19:24.830 --> 0:19:26.780 a link to share. I'm asking you to pray and 0:19:26.780 --> 0:19:33.020 consider just going, man, that's one story. That's one story. 0:19:33.020 --> 0:19:34.940 And look at the ripple effect. He's got a son 0:19:34.940 --> 0:19:37.250 that just surrendered to Christ and a daughter that's buying 0:19:37.250 --> 0:19:39.050 highlighters online. 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:40.459 I love that part. 0:19:40.490 --> 0:19:41.600 Come on. 0:19:41.660 --> 0:19:47.710 That's it's so I just I couldn't stop smiling Just 0:19:47.740 --> 0:19:51.040 hearing the joy of the Lord and his voice, hearing 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.460 how happy he is in the Lord. Like he said, 0:19:54.460 --> 0:19:56.139 I'm like a kid in a candy store. Like, I 0:19:56.140 --> 0:19:57.580 just want to tell people. 0:19:58.119 --> 0:19:58.929 Yeah. 0:20:00.250 --> 0:20:02.830 I want you to get more of these snapshot testimonies. 0:20:02.859 --> 0:20:07.270 Alley interviews, people from every walk of life, big name 0:20:07.270 --> 0:20:13.119 recording artists, people that just have been radically transformed by 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:14.560 the power of God. And she got wind of a 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:16.810 story or heard a snippet of it, like, Dexter's here 0:20:16.810 --> 0:20:18.910 for a few seconds on air and she's like, there's 0:20:18.910 --> 0:20:23.050 got to be more there. Boy was there. Wow. Just 0:20:23.050 --> 0:20:26.320 text the word snap and get subscribed to Ali's podcast 0:20:26.350 --> 0:20:35.109 snapshot testimony. Text snap snap to 805 55 7898. Text 0:20:35.140 --> 0:20:41.980 snap to 800 555 7898. And this is going to 0:20:41.980 --> 0:20:45.670 bless you in a big way. Yeah. Get subscribed. Snap. 0:20:45.670 --> 0:20:48.389 That's the number one. That's that's the word. One word 0:20:48.390 --> 0:20:55.770 snap to 805, five, five, 78, 98 and never ever 0:20:55.800 --> 0:21:02.760 question again. Does this matter? Is God really changing lives? Yeah. 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:04.649 And he can change yours as well. 0:21:04.980 --> 0:21:08.310 Do you feel stuck or paralyzed with victory just out 0:21:08.310 --> 0:21:12.810 of reach? Here are your questions answered. It's time for ask, 0:21:12.810 --> 0:21:13.980 Pastor Carl. 0:21:15.540 --> 0:21:19.530 We got a beautiful question this morning, and this is 0:21:19.530 --> 0:21:23.490 casting a huge net around so many of your stories, 0:21:23.609 --> 0:21:27.000 and not just with the specific issue that this friend 0:21:27.030 --> 0:21:29.310 is sending in today. And I call him friend. I 0:21:29.310 --> 0:21:32.760 don't know who they are, but they're friends because I 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:35.880 know that this in this case, a woman is all 0:21:35.880 --> 0:21:39.930 in with Jesus. Boy, what a what a Freedom Friday 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:41.609 we're having here on a Monday. 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:42.750 My goodness. 0:21:42.810 --> 0:21:49.750 So good. Uh, got this question, pastor Carl. Long story short. 0:21:50.170 --> 0:21:52.030 Now I want you. I'm going to play back some 0:21:52.030 --> 0:21:54.520 of these words in this email. Okay. So I want 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:59.169 you to listen closely. Long story short, I can't control 0:21:59.170 --> 0:22:04.609 what I eat. I've been overweight since I was 5 0:22:04.609 --> 0:22:10.240 or 6 years old. I felt over and over, the 0:22:10.240 --> 0:22:13.870 Holy Spirit has told me to get a hold of 0:22:13.869 --> 0:22:21.880 my eating habits and lose weight permanently. Then maybe, Carl, 0:22:21.880 --> 0:22:25.750 I can be a good example to my brother who 0:22:25.750 --> 0:22:33.790 struggles with PTSD, anxiety, and alcohol. She gives some details 0:22:33.790 --> 0:22:35.619 on what his role is, but I don't want to 0:22:35.619 --> 0:22:41.709 disclose that. Recently, my brother just had to do a 0:22:41.710 --> 0:22:45.430 detox because of an ultimatum because of the role that 0:22:45.450 --> 0:22:49.889 he's in. There was an ultimatum laid down. Anyway, I 0:22:49.890 --> 0:22:54.989 need help staying focused on my assignment. Thank you in 0:22:54.990 --> 0:23:00.149 advance and God bless you. Okay. There's so much here. First, 0:23:00.180 --> 0:23:07.500 let me say this. Oh, sister, 5 or 6 years old, 0:23:07.650 --> 0:23:11.970 I get it. I've not been there. But I want 0:23:11.970 --> 0:23:16.800 you to know I hurt with you. And you know, 0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:20.010 when you look back at something like this, you know 0:23:20.010 --> 0:23:22.260 as well as I do that there's a lot of 0:23:22.260 --> 0:23:27.030 childhood trauma that's going on that's represented there that maybe 0:23:27.030 --> 0:23:31.410 you haven't even unearthed yet in your life, but God can. 0:23:33.720 --> 0:23:39.899 And then you make a leap to I can't get control. Carl, 0:23:40.800 --> 0:23:43.260 what do I do now? I'm going to give you 0:23:43.260 --> 0:23:47.930 some hope in a very funny package here. You'll never 0:23:47.960 --> 0:23:52.880 be able to. Great. Carl, I thought this was as 0:23:52.880 --> 0:23:54.919 Pastor Carl so that we can get some help here. 0:23:54.950 --> 0:23:56.090 That's discouraging. 0:23:56.480 --> 0:23:59.540 Yeah, it's it's kind of the. It's kind of the 0:23:59.570 --> 0:24:00.649 bait and the switch here. 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:01.040 Yeah. 0:24:01.070 --> 0:24:03.890 I mean, this from the bottom of my heart. I 0:24:03.890 --> 0:24:10.190 feel like crying right now for you. You can't do 0:24:10.220 --> 0:24:17.000 what only God is able to do. Full stop. So 0:24:17.000 --> 0:24:21.920 many times, especially food related or alcohol related or or 0:24:21.920 --> 0:24:25.640 bad habit related of any kind or behaviorally related. It's 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:28.609 almost anything that's really holding us back from the abundant 0:24:28.609 --> 0:24:32.990 life that's found in Christ. We feel it's incumbent on 0:24:32.990 --> 0:24:36.139 us to get over this. And please let me state 0:24:36.140 --> 0:24:43.010 again for the 149,000th time on this show. This is 0:24:43.010 --> 0:24:46.870 not on you, my sister. And I mean this from 0:24:46.869 --> 0:24:50.080 the bottom of my heart. This is on God. Your 0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:53.949 role is to keep in step. In Galatians five we 0:24:53.980 --> 0:24:56.109 find if you live in the spirit, keep in step 0:24:56.109 --> 0:24:58.300 with the spirit. That's what God wants you to do. 0:24:58.330 --> 0:25:02.379 Now I want to encourage you here because self-control are 0:25:02.380 --> 0:25:09.070 you ready for this is a fruit of the spirit. Whoa. Well, 0:25:09.070 --> 0:25:16.419 what's that mean, Pastor Carl? It means that our role 0:25:16.420 --> 0:25:21.640 is to be positioning ourself where the power of God 0:25:21.640 --> 0:25:26.169 will flow through us so that the fruit of self-control 0:25:26.170 --> 0:25:31.690 will be born. Now, here's I want to share something 0:25:31.690 --> 0:25:33.970 I gave yesterday at one of our campuses here where 0:25:33.970 --> 0:25:41.080 I am pastor in Chicago, and we have this crazy 0:25:41.080 --> 0:25:47.310 mindset that God saves us and we need to sanctify us. 0:25:47.790 --> 0:25:50.580 It's a lie out of the pit of hell. God 0:25:50.609 --> 0:25:54.240 saves us. In that same power can sanctify us. Big 0:25:54.240 --> 0:25:56.970 word for growing up in the Lord. I'm telling you 0:25:57.000 --> 0:26:00.600 right now. And anyone listening, whatever needs to change in 0:26:00.600 --> 0:26:04.859 your life, whatever you feel needs to change, can only 0:26:04.859 --> 0:26:11.550 be changed by the power of the Holy Spirit. The 0:26:11.550 --> 0:26:14.909 fruit of the spirit is self-control. Now, I want to 0:26:14.940 --> 0:26:18.810 encourage you with something phenomenal here because there's a lot 0:26:18.840 --> 0:26:22.110 of parts to this, but I want to encourage you 0:26:22.109 --> 0:26:27.000 with something really practical. And I'm going to get a 0:26:27.000 --> 0:26:32.730 book out to this person who sent me this email. 0:26:32.730 --> 0:26:35.280 I'm going to figure a way to get her address. 0:26:36.630 --> 0:26:39.449 But there is a story at the front end of 0:26:39.450 --> 0:26:43.000 a book that we're given out for any gift of 0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:46.180 any amount during share. And no, we're not selling books. 0:26:46.180 --> 0:26:48.700 We're helping you grow and go with God. I mean, 0:26:48.700 --> 0:26:50.680 you give a buck, we're going to send you this book. 0:26:50.710 --> 0:26:52.929 And I don't even think that'll cover postage. But it 0:26:52.930 --> 0:27:00.100 doesn't matter. Here's what you need to know. My executive assistant. 0:27:00.130 --> 0:27:02.889 Her name is Lori. She's been on our show here before, 0:27:02.890 --> 0:27:05.800 and I put her story front and center in this 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:08.500 book right up near the front. In fact, the editors 0:27:08.500 --> 0:27:11.560 at Moody Publishers said, man, this is a heavy duty story. 0:27:11.590 --> 0:27:13.359 Do we want this thing at the front? I said, yeah, 0:27:13.359 --> 0:27:15.100 we want it right at the front. They said, are 0:27:15.100 --> 0:27:18.430 you sure? I said, yeah, I'm sure. Because if God 0:27:18.430 --> 0:27:21.940 can get victory over this for Lori, he can get it. 0:27:21.970 --> 0:27:26.620 This is one of these battles that is so out 0:27:26.619 --> 0:27:29.680 there that it's like, if God can get victory over this, 0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:32.139 I think sometimes we go, well, God, this is a 0:27:32.140 --> 0:27:33.820 big one. You can't handle this one. So let me 0:27:33.820 --> 0:27:34.780 give you a little one to work. 0:27:34.780 --> 0:27:35.950 On while. 0:27:35.950 --> 0:27:37.240 I tackle this big one over. 0:27:37.240 --> 0:27:38.199 Here. Yeah, well, I. 0:27:38.230 --> 0:27:41.200 Tackled this big one over here. Here's what you need 0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:46.530 to know. God can do what you can't do. I 0:27:46.530 --> 0:27:49.740 just want to jump through my microphone, into your kitchen, 0:27:49.740 --> 0:27:53.670 into your car, into your place of work until you. 0:27:53.700 --> 0:27:58.650 It is time now to stop living on this treadmill 0:27:58.680 --> 0:28:02.220 of self-help, trying to conquer the one thing that is 0:28:02.220 --> 0:28:06.419 defeating you. She wants to be a witness to her brother. 0:28:06.420 --> 0:28:09.030 And I'm telling you, you will be. God is not 0:28:09.060 --> 0:28:12.600 done with you, sister. God is not done with you. 0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:16.920 And there's layers to this. It has to do with 0:28:16.920 --> 0:28:18.960 bringing it into the light. It has to do with 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:21.510 crying out to God on your knees like Lori did, 0:28:21.510 --> 0:28:24.899 just yelling out to God, my full switch is broken. 0:28:24.900 --> 0:28:28.260 I'm willing to admit it, I've been sedentary. When the 0:28:28.260 --> 0:28:31.889 Lord told me to move, I've been gluttonous. When the 0:28:31.890 --> 0:28:35.400 Lord told me to slow down. It's owning certain things 0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:38.100 and then crying out for God to fill that void. 0:28:38.100 --> 0:28:41.130 And he can. And I don't know any better thing 0:28:41.160 --> 0:28:44.930 to do than to get this and grab it and go. 0:28:45.290 --> 0:28:48.650 So I'm going to do something really practical. This sister 0:28:48.650 --> 0:28:52.340 is getting a book signed by me to her home. 0:28:52.370 --> 0:28:52.850 Oh that's great. 0:28:52.880 --> 0:28:55.700 So if you're listening right now, I'm signing one to you, sister. 0:28:55.700 --> 0:28:58.220 You're getting it there because you got it. If nothing else, 0:28:58.220 --> 0:29:03.560 you got to see Lori's story. And how, by God's Spirit, 0:29:03.560 --> 0:29:07.100 she conquered the one thing that was defeating her. And 0:29:07.100 --> 0:29:09.620 then for all of you, what a great. What a 0:29:09.620 --> 0:29:13.850 great opportunity. As you jump in with sure, you're part of. 0:29:13.880 --> 0:29:16.700 If you hadn't heard Dexter's story yet earlier on this hour. 0:29:16.730 --> 0:29:22.940 Oh my goodness. Or Lori's story, you just need to 0:29:22.940 --> 0:29:29.030 know God is on the move here, and we want 0:29:29.030 --> 0:29:32.300 you to be a part of this incredible effort. And 0:29:32.300 --> 0:29:34.130 we're going to give you a link. I don't even 0:29:34.130 --> 0:29:37.760 know if this phone's working, Ali, but we want you 0:29:37.760 --> 0:29:42.430 to be a part of this greater effort starting tomorrow 0:29:42.430 --> 0:29:46.960 morning and at the same time get freedom. Yes, and boy, 0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:49.239 what a combo pack we have this year, don't we? 0:29:49.270 --> 0:29:52.450 Yeah, we we want to give this book the Carl's book, 0:29:52.450 --> 0:29:54.580 Killing Sin. That's going to be our gift to you 0:29:54.580 --> 0:29:57.520 for a gift of any amount during share. So if 0:29:57.520 --> 0:29:59.650 you want to give already, thank you to those that 0:29:59.650 --> 0:30:02.110 many of you who have already given. But if you've not, 0:30:02.140 --> 0:30:05.080 it's a great time. We're starting live tomorrow, but man, 0:30:05.110 --> 0:30:07.870 give when it's convenient for you. Just text the word 0:30:07.870 --> 0:30:11.890 share to 800 555 7898. Can't wait to get this 0:30:11.890 --> 0:30:17.530 book into your hands. Just text share to 800 555 7898. 0:30:17.770 --> 0:30:19.930 Yeah, and if the phone line if the phone center 0:30:19.930 --> 0:30:22.870 isn't working, I know this for sure. The website is right. 0:30:23.140 --> 0:30:24.190 Always working. 0:30:24.220 --> 0:30:24.940 Yeah. 0:30:24.970 --> 0:30:28.180 And we're so grateful for you. But if you need 0:30:28.180 --> 0:30:31.300 a story of inspiration just laid out with even the 0:30:31.300 --> 0:30:35.020 steps that got her to a place of victory sustained 0:30:35.020 --> 0:30:38.920 victory for now, what are we coming up on for Lori? 0:30:38.950 --> 0:30:43.980 Four years. Five years? Yeah, it's pretty epic. It's pretty epic. 0:30:43.980 --> 0:30:46.140 And I'm not even going to give you the details 0:30:46.140 --> 0:30:48.720 of Lori's story. Are like Dexter's. They're like hard to 0:30:48.720 --> 0:30:49.920 get your mind around, right, Ali? 0:30:49.950 --> 0:30:54.750 Yes. Yeah. Just text shared 800 555 7898. 0:30:55.110 --> 0:30:59.610 Yeah. Coming up here, boy, we are warming up for 0:30:59.610 --> 0:31:02.580 a week of life change and you get to be 0:31:02.580 --> 0:31:05.730 a part of it. You get to join the team 0:31:05.730 --> 0:31:07.860 in practical ways. Hold on. 0:31:08.610 --> 0:31:11.880 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:31:12.960 --> 0:31:18.840 The final countdown to dun dun dun dun dun dun 0:31:19.200 --> 0:31:23.190 dun dun dun dun dun dun. We're here. This is amazing. 0:31:23.190 --> 0:31:28.560 And sure enough, just like share with every half hour goal, 0:31:28.980 --> 0:31:33.360 God puts us right down to the limit. And here 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:36.540 we are in the final few minutes and we get 0:31:36.540 --> 0:31:38.880 some good news for you. We're going to get update. 0:31:39.340 --> 0:31:42.640 Refresh it one more time. Super die. But, Ali, what an. 0:31:42.670 --> 0:31:46.390 What an invitation. We've got an invitation and a half here, 0:31:46.390 --> 0:31:49.600 and we're running out of seats now, so you better 0:31:49.600 --> 0:31:51.970 come and get it. What is the prayer crew? And 0:31:51.970 --> 0:31:53.860 how important is this for sure, Ali? 0:31:53.890 --> 0:31:56.830 The prayer crew is a vital part of what we 0:31:56.860 --> 0:32:00.190 are doing here at Moody Radio. We have asked ten 0:32:00.190 --> 0:32:03.220 of you per half hour of time that we are 0:32:03.220 --> 0:32:06.310 on air for share. So starting tomorrow at 5 a.m., 0:32:06.340 --> 0:32:08.410 there's going to be ten people praying and then ten 0:32:08.410 --> 0:32:11.020 people taking over the next half hour all the way 0:32:11.020 --> 0:32:14.740 through till Saturday morning around nine when we finish. So 0:32:14.740 --> 0:32:17.080 we have how many slots left to fill. 0:32:17.080 --> 0:32:18.610 40, 40. 0:32:18.640 --> 0:32:21.310 Slots left to fill. Let me take a look. It 0:32:21.310 --> 0:32:25.060 looks like we've got a handful on Thursday still available. 0:32:25.060 --> 0:32:27.970 We've got some on Friday and then some on Saturday, 0:32:27.970 --> 0:32:30.970 so if you can commit to 30 minutes of praying 0:32:30.970 --> 0:32:33.850 on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. 0:32:33.970 --> 0:32:37.030 Saturday just got filled. Not only Saturday just got filled. 0:32:37.060 --> 0:32:40.230 Okay then we're just down to Thursday and Friday. 0:32:40.260 --> 0:32:42.690 Yeah. And let me give you my pitch for Friday. 0:32:42.720 --> 0:32:49.140 Friday is like, usually bearing down. So this is great. 0:32:49.140 --> 0:32:52.260 We got seats in the bear down day here. We 0:32:52.290 --> 0:32:55.350 got seats on the. And isn't that true, Ali Friday 0:32:55.350 --> 0:32:56.550 is crunch time. 0:32:56.580 --> 0:32:57.570 Yes it is. 0:32:57.750 --> 0:32:59.880 Each day has its unique challenges. 0:32:59.910 --> 0:33:00.510 It does. 0:33:00.540 --> 0:33:03.990 But Friday. Thursday for me I feel like is. 0:33:03.990 --> 0:33:04.560 The hard. 0:33:04.590 --> 0:33:07.650 Day is the hardest day. I think it's where fatigue 0:33:07.650 --> 0:33:11.190 starts to set in and people are not. It's not 0:33:11.190 --> 0:33:13.920 quite the it's the last push, it's somewhere in the middle. 0:33:13.920 --> 0:33:16.770 So the early givers have given and then the last 0:33:16.770 --> 0:33:19.320 push people are waiting. And so it's like this middle 0:33:19.350 --> 0:33:22.860 zone where we definitely need some support. So if you 0:33:22.890 --> 0:33:26.040 Thursday or Friday, if that's your day check it out. 0:33:26.040 --> 0:33:31.740 Just text crew to 800 555 7898 text crew c 0:33:31.740 --> 0:33:37.200 r e w to 800 555 7898. Scroll down. Find 0:33:37.230 --> 0:33:39.520 one of those that still has some slots available. And 0:33:39.520 --> 0:33:41.020 we would love for you to jump in. 0:33:41.050 --> 0:33:43.060 Yeah, and I'm going to keep it right here. We're 0:33:43.060 --> 0:33:44.800 going to do the countdown. So if you can get 0:33:44.800 --> 0:33:46.840 this link and get signed up we're going to count 0:33:46.840 --> 0:33:52.330 it down here. Text crew right now to 800 555 7898. 0:33:52.330 --> 0:33:55.810 Somebody texted in prayer crew love you for it. Just 0:33:55.810 --> 0:34:04.660 one word. Crew. That's it. They got it. Crew to 805, five, five, 78, 98. 0:34:04.660 --> 0:34:07.210 And if you can grab this link right now and go, 0:34:07.210 --> 0:34:11.470 let's go. We got 40 slots out of 600 prayer slots. 0:34:11.469 --> 0:34:14.589 How sweet is that? We've got 40 left and we're 0:34:14.590 --> 0:34:16.810 going to do the countdown on this. So grab this 0:34:16.810 --> 0:34:19.420 link right now. Grab them up no matter where you are. 0:34:19.450 --> 0:34:21.609 As a matter of fact, I got a call out 0:34:21.610 --> 0:34:26.140 for Tennessee. Come on in Tennessee, Maryland, New York, Florida, 0:34:26.739 --> 0:34:29.680 New Mexico, Washington. 0:34:30.310 --> 0:34:32.170 Alaska, Alaska. 0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:38.310 Yes, Alaska. Come on, let's go. We're running this race 0:34:38.310 --> 0:34:41.850 just like the Iditarod is going right now. Alaska. Let's go. 0:34:41.880 --> 0:34:46.800 Come and get a seat. Tex. Crew to 800 555, 78, 98. 0:34:46.800 --> 0:34:51.960 And then come on. Chicago land. You are near and 0:34:51.960 --> 0:34:55.110 dear to our hearts, and we're asking everyone to jump 0:34:55.110 --> 0:34:58.590 in right now. Grab this link. And if you've got time, just. 0:34:58.590 --> 0:35:02.340 It's so simple to get signed up. And again, I 0:35:02.340 --> 0:35:05.190 love that we got Friday left the lion's share of 0:35:05.190 --> 0:35:07.920 Friday because that's sweet. We're going to do the countdown here. 0:35:07.920 --> 0:35:09.600 We're going to keep it right here for a couple 0:35:09.630 --> 0:35:12.480 of minutes because people get these links and then they 0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:15.900 get signed up. We got two slots left on Thursday. 0:35:15.900 --> 0:35:19.020 That's it, that's it. And now now we're filling up 0:35:19.020 --> 0:35:21.540 Friday because Saturday is taken. So we're in that sweet 0:35:21.540 --> 0:35:24.240 spot of Friday. And oh my goodness I'm looking. Eight 0:35:24.239 --> 0:35:27.899 slots left at Friday from 1030 to 11. We need 0:35:27.900 --> 0:35:30.990 that one. That's that's a big enchilada right there. 0:35:31.020 --> 0:35:33.660 Do you want a little inspirational music. Yeah. 0:35:33.690 --> 0:35:37.670 Give us a little inspirational music. Hold on, hold on. Oh, yeah. 0:35:37.700 --> 0:35:41.810 Text crew. That's good. Keep it low. Text crew to 0:35:41.840 --> 0:35:47.480 800 555, 7898. And let's go. As soon as you 0:35:47.480 --> 0:35:50.690 grab this link, grab it. Half hour per slot. We're 0:35:50.690 --> 0:35:54.290 going to send you prompts each morning with a video 0:35:54.290 --> 0:35:56.779 and your prayer slot. You can keep it up. Super die. 0:35:56.810 --> 0:35:58.940 Don't turn it down now. Oh, yeah. I was going 0:35:58.969 --> 0:35:59.870 to keep this going. 0:35:59.900 --> 0:36:00.140 Okay. 0:36:00.140 --> 0:36:04.340 Sorry. No. Yeah. Just keep it cooking. Final countdown here. 0:36:04.370 --> 0:36:10.759 Text crew to 800 555 78, 98, 98. Five 800 0:36:10.760 --> 0:36:18.800 555 7898, 805, five, five 7898. Come and get it, guys, 0:36:18.800 --> 0:36:21.799 and thankful for you jumping in here. One of the 0:36:21.800 --> 0:36:24.800 added features. That's good super day. I'm driving us all 0:36:24.800 --> 0:36:25.730 crazy here. 0:36:25.820 --> 0:36:26.899 There we go now. 0:36:26.930 --> 0:36:27.410 All right. 0:36:27.440 --> 0:36:28.969 Now we got that last verse in there. 0:36:29.000 --> 0:36:32.870 All right. Um, one of the cool features is we're 0:36:32.870 --> 0:36:35.960 going to have a way for you to respond to 0:36:36.020 --> 0:36:38.420 what you're hearing from the Lord in prayer. Just praise 0:36:38.420 --> 0:36:40.730 reports what the Lord is doing in you, and maybe 0:36:40.730 --> 0:36:42.830 something that you're hearing from the Lord that you need 0:36:42.830 --> 0:36:45.530 us to hear. We'd love to get that kind of 0:36:45.530 --> 0:36:49.850 dialogue going in prayer this year. So again, text crew 0:36:49.850 --> 0:36:54.860 to 800, 555, 78, 98. And while we're still here, 0:36:54.860 --> 0:36:57.469 we're going to get updates on who's filled slots and 0:36:57.469 --> 0:37:00.170 how many we got left. And super di give us 0:37:00.170 --> 0:37:01.190 an update right now. 0:37:01.219 --> 0:37:03.710 Yeah, I'm really excited. We're down to 30. That's it. 0:37:03.890 --> 0:37:06.620 30 spaces left. That is all. 0:37:06.650 --> 0:37:08.900 Wow. We got one slot on Thursday. All the rest 0:37:08.900 --> 0:37:12.050 are on Friday and they are going fast. Ali, pour 0:37:12.050 --> 0:37:13.819 out your heart one last time here, sister. 0:37:13.850 --> 0:37:16.580 You know, we just continue to be so grateful. We. 0:37:16.610 --> 0:37:19.310 We say we have the best listeners in the world 0:37:19.310 --> 0:37:21.650 and we mean it. And we see it in so 0:37:21.650 --> 0:37:23.480 many different ways. We see it when we get to 0:37:23.510 --> 0:37:25.910 meet you out at events and hear a little bit 0:37:25.910 --> 0:37:28.040 of your story, we see it when we hear a 0:37:28.040 --> 0:37:30.919 story like Dexter's that we heard this morning. We see 0:37:30.920 --> 0:37:32.899 it when you show up to give, and we see 0:37:32.900 --> 0:37:34.910 it when you show up to pray that you would 0:37:34.910 --> 0:37:38.760 commit 30 minutes. Not because you just love Carl and crew. 0:37:38.790 --> 0:37:42.240 You believe that the gospel changes everything, and that Christian 0:37:42.239 --> 0:37:46.290 radio is still really important. And so that's why you pray? 0:37:46.290 --> 0:37:49.259 Because you want to see this thing continue and get 0:37:49.260 --> 0:37:52.170 stronger and reach more people. And we just can't thank 0:37:52.170 --> 0:37:52.950 you enough. 0:37:53.010 --> 0:37:56.790 Yeah. We're so grateful for you. The sacrifice I know 0:37:56.790 --> 0:37:59.700 to grab 30 minutes, that's a big chunk. But we're 0:37:59.700 --> 0:38:03.480 going to give you prayer prompts. Text crew right here 0:38:03.480 --> 0:38:07.140 to 800 555 78, 98. We're going to fill up 0:38:07.140 --> 0:38:10.500 these seats while we're sitting here. This is so cool. Ali. Uh, 0:38:10.710 --> 0:38:12.270 super guy, where are we at here? 0:38:12.300 --> 0:38:16.109 HeadCount 23, 2023 left. That is it. 0:38:16.140 --> 0:38:18.719 We are watching these come in in real time, which 0:38:18.719 --> 0:38:24.060 is really exciting. Just 23 slots left to fill all 0:38:24.060 --> 0:38:28.080 on Friday and all in from 9 a.m. on. So 0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:30.509 we've got our early bird slots filled. If you have 0:38:30.510 --> 0:38:34.480 the ability to pray on Friday morning between 930 30 0:38:34.510 --> 0:38:37.750 and noon. We are targeting that because that's the only 0:38:37.750 --> 0:38:42.880 slots we have left. Text crew to (800) 555-7898. If you're 0:38:42.880 --> 0:38:45.040 planning on doing it doing it, go ahead and sign 0:38:45.040 --> 0:38:47.320 up right now so we can see all of these 0:38:47.320 --> 0:38:49.660 filled really in the next five minutes or so. Text 0:38:49.660 --> 0:38:53.620 crew to 800 555 7898. 0:38:53.980 --> 0:38:56.500 I think we're down to 20. I think we're down 0:38:56.500 --> 0:38:59.170 to 20. And they're going like hotcakes right now. Look 0:38:59.170 --> 0:39:02.350 at them. They're just getting gobbled up. 20 down to 0:39:02.380 --> 0:39:07.330 20 slots on Friday. We've got, uh, nine, nine, 30, ten, 0:39:07.360 --> 0:39:11.560 1030 and 11. We got a few slots. This is awesome. Well, 0:39:11.560 --> 0:39:13.509 we want to thank you guys for jumping in. Tomorrow's 0:39:13.510 --> 0:39:15.430 going to be a big day. Wherever you are. Stay 0:39:15.430 --> 0:39:18.790 and pray when you give. Stay and pray and enjoy. 0:39:18.790 --> 0:39:21.940 It's a madhouse around here. Ali goes crazy. 0:39:21.969 --> 0:39:22.390 Yeah. 0:39:22.420 --> 0:39:24.520 And so just text crew. We're going to need prayer 0:39:24.520 --> 0:39:27.460 for Ali to just keep it under control here. Text 0:39:27.460 --> 0:39:32.230 crew to 805 five five 7898. And thank you ahead 0:39:32.230 --> 0:39:34.989 of time for jumping into this team. We love you guys.