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S2: You know, man, there is something so captivating about the
S2: gospel that when it takes us over and I mean,
S2: really takes us over. In fact, I'm going to read this. Sally,
S2: this is a passage that you highlighted for me years ago.
S2: That is one of these. You want to ask the question, well,
S2: what's the impetus for being unashamed here it is for
S2: the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
S2: training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to
S2: live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
S2: You know the answer for any kind of shame that
S2: we may have, or kind of hesitancy when we apply
S2: ourselves to the grace of God, really apply ourselves to it.
S2: I love Dallas, Willard says grace is not opposed to effort.
S2: It's opposed to earning. And it's a game changer because
S2: all of a sudden everything moves from oh my goodness,
S2: here is I lean into the Lord. He gives me victory.
S2: Over what? Renounce ungodliness and worldly passions. Live self-controlled, upright
S2: and godly lives in this present age. And there's some
S2: of you that are so unashamed of the gospel because
S2: you've seen the power of God in our lives. I
S2: you know, you're not unashamed of the gospel if you
S2: got your ducks lined up with kind of biblical apologetics, necessarily,
S2: because that can just be like data points, right? Yeah.
S2: But when you know that Jesus. And by the way,
S2: I'm all for apologetics. Don't hear me say that. But
S2: when you know that, you know that Christ in me
S2: is the hope of glory, and his work in me
S2: is the thing that is undeniably real. It changes everything.
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S2: You've seen God move, and maybe you need a shot
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S2: it's like, man, I've gotten into the rut of Western Christianity, Carl.
S2: That's okay. God can pop you out of that. And
S2: one of the best ways is to just be part
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S2: win here recently and she's in the bleachers. But you
S2: were yelling.
S3: I was yelling, I was yelling for my daughter in
S3: her high school basketball team. As they took the court
S3: to try to win their fourth straight city championship here
S3: in Chicago, they played on a big college court. All
S3: the cameras, it was on TV, and the girls nervously
S3: tried to act like they didn't know that the camera
S3: was panning across as they did the national anthem. And
S3: they all kind of, you know, grin would break out.
S3: Then they would wipe it away and go, oh, I
S3: guess I'm not supposed to act like I know the
S3: camera's on me. But it was a big deal. And
S3: as the game started to wind down, its the fourth quarter.
S3: It's a hotly contested back and forth. And then our
S3: team started to pull ahead up by maybe seven with
S3: a minute to go. And we think, can this really happen.
S3: Could they really win it again. And I'm screaming. I'm
S3: waving my orange rally towel like crazy mama crazy. Oh boy.
S3: And then when the buzzer sounded and I saw my
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S1: Your shot of hope to help you through the day.
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: You ever wonder if God moves through radio? Wonder no longer.
S5: Right, Allie.
S3: We've got a story that proves it. You know, we
S3: don't always get to hear in their own words, the
S3: stories of people who listen to the radio and actually
S3: come to faith in Jesus Christ. And today we get
S3: to feature one of those. It's a man named Dexter.
S3: He's a husband. He's a father of two from Indiana.
S3: Monday morning, about two years ago, started off as an
S3: ordinary day. He did not know it would be the
S3: day that his life changed forever. Take a listen.
S6: I was actually I was taking my wife to work, actually, um,
S6: and we only had one car at the time, so
S6: I had. She has to be at work at five
S6: in the morning, so I had to get up early,
S6: so I, I had dropped her off that morning and
S6: I was I had already came back, but I was
S6: just sitting in the car listening to the moody radio.
S6: So I just to give you a little backstory. So
S6: I work for the railroad. So yeah. So I'm constantly
S6: listening to Moody Radio. So. And you guys were on
S6: that morning.
S7: Okay. Carl and crew mornings.
S6: Yes. I was just sitting in my car listening. And Carl,
S6: you know, sometimes he he just feel prompted by the
S6: Holy Spirit as he says, to, to do certain things.
S6: And he prayed that morning he just to to get
S6: people to give their lives to Christ.
S7: Mhm. Do you remember specifically anything that you heard Carl
S7: say that day?
S6: He was just making a plea for guys for, for
S6: people to just really consider giving your life to the Lord.
S6: Like just like stop. What? Like he was like, he
S6: got serious. He was already serious. But he said, I
S6: feel prompted by the Holy Spirit to just. Let's just
S6: stop for a moment. I can't remember what you guys
S6: were discussing, but he was like, just, just pray. Just
S6: seriously think about where you're at in your life and
S6: give your consider giving your life to the Lord. And
S6: if you would, would you say this prayer with me?
S7: Wow.
S6: So and I was in my car and I said
S6: it because I was working for the railroad. I'm constantly
S6: on the road and I'm away from home and I'm
S6: in hotels. So when I got this job, I just saw,
S6: like the monetary value of it. Like it's a good job,
S6: but obviously like that's it's it's it's it's funny. It
S6: is crazy to me how the Lord works in mysterious ways. Like, yes,
S6: he blessed me with this job, but it wasn't just
S6: about the monetary value that he had for me and mine.
S6: So when I was when I'm in the hotel, I'm alone,
S6: like I said, so what am I going to do here?
S6: So I started reading my Bible again. So I would
S6: read my Bible and work out and that was all
S6: that I would do.
S7: So this was prior to hearing on the radio.
S6: Yes, ma'am.
S7: Okay. So the seeds were already starting to be.
S6: Yes. Yes, ma'am. So I would just read my Bible,
S6: but when I would come home, I would falling back to,
S6: you know, just being Dexter, just my drinking. I started
S6: drinking when I was 15 years old in high school, so.
S6: And then it like, I'm 36 now, for 21 years
S6: of my life, I have been just a functioning alcoholic,
S6: as they say. Just. Yeah, I could go to work,
S6: but when I get off work, if I didn't have
S6: anything to do, I was going to drink, you know?
S6: I couldn't drive nowhere. My wife, my kids want to
S6: go somewhere. Well, daddy's drunk on the couch. He can't
S6: go nowhere.
S7: Wow.
S6: So? So I would. And when I get on the
S6: road and when I'm away, I would get back into
S6: the word. So I asked her. I said, Lord, why
S6: can't I put the two together? Like, why do I
S6: fall in this, this comfort zone when I get home?
S6: And he didn't say nothing right away. I just kept
S6: doing it. But when I got home that day.
S7: So we're back now to the that morning when you
S7: heard Carl make that, it.
S6: Was that weekend. I have four sisters, so two of
S6: them were in town. For some reason. I had the
S6: weekend off. I can't even think to this moment like,
S6: why was I even off that weekend? Because I didn't
S6: plan for it. I just just had the Lord at work.
S6: So I'm like, I just took the opportunity. Like, I'm
S6: gonna spend some time with my sisters. They came to
S6: my house and I said, and got drunk in my
S6: living room. I drank in my living room. Like Ali,
S6: I got. So if I can, ma'am, I don't. This
S6: is it. It's okay.
S7: Speak honestly.
S6: Like I said. And I got a huge bottle. Or not.
S6: We said and drank like I got so intoxicated that
S6: I even forgot the bottle was there. Wow. So the next.
S6: The next day, I went to the liquor store again
S6: and just repeated the process so that come here comes
S6: Monday morning when my wife had to be at work.
S6: And so this goes to me sitting in the car
S6: and listening to you guys calling her in the morning.
S6: So I prayed that prayer. So I'm walking into my
S6: house now and I'm like, I need to charge my phone.
S6: I'm gonna watch TV in my living room and there's
S6: a socket behind my couch. So I pull the socket,
S6: the couch out to, you know, plug my phone in,
S6: and my foot hit something, and I looked down. I said, man,
S6: what is this? And there was that bottle that I
S6: got I forgot about And like I can hear him.
S6: It was no words spoken, but I could hear him, like,
S6: just as plain as you talking to me now. Like
S6: I could hear it. But if that makes sense. Like
S6: I couldn't. There was no sound. And he just said,
S6: pour it out.
S7: Wow.
S6: Because it was still a lot in it. So I
S6: took I picked it up and I went into the
S6: kitchen and poured down the drain. And he said, that
S6: bottle that's under the sink. Pour it out too.
S7: Mhm.
S6: Like and I'm, I just, I just pour it out
S6: and that, that was the last day that I ever
S6: touched alcohol. Like I haven't had a desire, I haven't
S6: had a any notion or anything like really because I
S6: had tried to quit before, you know, because like I said,
S6: I had been drinking for 20 some years of my
S6: life and I would tell my wife, like, I'm gonna quit.
S6: And she just, you know, after a while, it the
S6: people that surround you. They know you better than you
S6: want to know yourself.
S7: So yeah.
S6: She was like, okay, whatever.
S7: I'll believe it when I see it.
S6: Yes. So I go to pick her up. That day
S6: when she got off, she was like, she got in
S6: the car because alcohol comes out of your skin, your pores.
S6: And she was like, have you been drinking? I said, no.
S6: I said, babe, I'm done drinking. And she just laughed.
S6: She said, okay, how long this one's going to last
S6: till you get paid again.
S7: Mm.
S6: But I knew in my heart I knew like this.
S6: This ain't the same thing, babe. Like this is not
S6: on my own power. I know what I felt like
S6: I know what I heard, yeah, but I didn't say
S6: that to her. But I just, I just knew, like, nah,
S6: this ain't this ain't that time. Yeah. This is, this
S6: is really different. And that, that would be. It would
S6: be two years this coming July. Wow. Like, the Lord
S6: has really dramatically just changed my life in a in
S6: a dramatic way. And I, I work with guys on
S6: the train from all over, you know, and I've been like,
S6: I prayed to ask the Lord to help me or
S6: to present me with opportunities so I can because I'm,
S6: I'm I'm excited. Like, I'm like a kid in a
S6: candy store. So I want to tell people about, like,
S6: what he's done for me.
S7: So yeah.
S6: I talked to guys and he just put me in
S6: like situations or put guys around me or people around
S6: me that either whatever they're going through in their life,
S6: I had been through it, or I had some connection
S6: with it in some type of way where I can like,
S6: minister to them and tell them about the love of
S6: Christ and and tell them, like what he's done for me,
S6: like how he how he set me free. Even when
S6: I talked to this guy, I met this, this, this, uh,
S6: police officer, and we were just talking. He said, uh,
S6: he had to let me know that he was used
S6: to be an alcoholic. I said, man, I used to
S6: be one, two. He said, oh really? I said, yeah,
S6: but I, I let Jesus Christ help me because I
S6: couldn't do it on my own, man. I couldn't, I couldn't,
S6: I couldn't do it on my own. And I said,
S6: I said, man, I had to have the Lord take
S6: it from me because it wasn't it wasn't doing me
S6: any good. And I had told, told my brother, I said, man,
S6: I was giving, I was giving Satan the best years
S6: of my life and he wasn't giving me anything in return.
S7: That's a true statement.
S6: Like he wasn't giving me anything and and I was
S6: telling I was ministering to this guy. I'm like, that's
S6: how he deceives us, man. He he shows us these
S6: things and put these things before us. But he don't
S6: give $0.02 about us. He don't, he don't he don't
S6: care where we end up or how the choices that
S6: he influences us to make. He don't care what the
S6: outcome is and how it affects us and the love
S6: us around us, because even my children, and they can
S6: just see the transformation that the Lord has done in me.
S6: And that was that's that's one of the biggest things
S6: to me.
S7: Yeah.
S6: Like like to be an example as a God fearing
S6: man to my children first. First and foremost at home.
S6: Because the Bible says if a man can lead his household,
S6: how can he lead anybody else?
S7: Because I'm sure it's more than just the alcohol. I mean,
S7: as they've seen your transformation. Obviously the drinking was a
S7: big part of it, but your different husband, you're a
S7: different dad.
S6: Like me and my wife are so close to like
S6: me and my wife. We actually met in high school.
S6: We've been together since we were freshmen in high school.
S7: Wow.
S6: So this year, it'll be 22 years.
S7: That's awesome.
S6: We've been married for eight years. This. This, uh, June 15th.
S6: When I say we grew up together in every sense
S6: of the word, we actually grown together. She's been dealing
S6: with so much, and I was being such a strain
S6: and such a burden. But the Lord has brought us
S6: together like we're closer than we've ever been.
S7: Praise God.
S6: Like I thank the Lord for what he's. What he's
S6: done in my marriage. Like, yeah, it was more. It
S6: was the alcohol. It was. It was pornography. It was
S6: me committing adultery. It was. It was all these things
S6: that I had been doing and have been basically just destroying.
S6: Destroying my family from, you know, from the inside. Just
S6: not not worrying about not caring about it, you know,
S6: not giving any thought to how it's affecting my, my
S6: marriage and my children, how my children see their dad.
S6: And when you're in an addiction state or when you
S6: when you're so wrapped up in sin, you don't you
S6: don't have no, you don't care about how it affects
S6: those who see you or those that's in your household.
S6: And then as the Lord began to change my life
S6: and work in my life, now I can, my son
S6: just got saved. My 17 year old son just got
S6: saved this past Sunday when I actually let the Lord
S6: in my life what he always wanted me to do. Just.
S6: Just let me in and I will. I will bring
S6: everything together. I will, I will do it. It's not
S6: going to be how I wanted it to, but it's
S6: going to work better than I could have ever imagined.
S6: And like, it's so my my daughter, she just she
S6: has a phone. We all have the Bible app on
S6: our phone.
S7: That's awesome.
S6: But she went the next step. She went and got
S6: a physical Bible, okay. And and ordered highlighters. So now
S6: she's highlighting scriptures in the word like and it's, it's
S6: I'm so happy. Like it's God has been doing an
S6: amazing thing in my in my life and it's been
S6: it's been an amazing ride so far. And I know
S6: it's going to continue to get better.
S2: That is epic, Ellie. That is epic. Dexter I. I
S2: hope you understand the impact that your life is having.
S2: And I'm going to give you a link here in
S2: a moment to snapshot testimonies. But bottom line, guys, you
S2: got to get this. You you can't miss this. The
S2: few shekels that everyone chucks in during share is not
S2: just keeping the lights on, it's keeping the message of
S2: hope going into places that, frankly, are building on a
S2: Sunday from 11 to 12 can't reach straight up. And
S2: that's I mean Dexter's Exhibit A. And I want to
S2: thank you ahead of time for what you're going to
S2: do this week. I'm not even going to give you
S2: a link to share. I'm asking you to pray and
S2: consider just going, man, that's one story. That's one story.
S2: And look at the ripple effect. He's got a son
S2: that just surrendered to Christ and a daughter that's buying
S2: highlighters online.
S4: I love that part.
S5: Come on.
S3: That's it's so I just I couldn't stop smiling Just
S3: hearing the joy of the Lord and his voice, hearing
S3: how happy he is in the Lord. Like he said,
S3: I'm like a kid in a candy store. Like, I
S3: just want to tell people.
S5: Yeah.
S2: I want you to get more of these snapshot testimonies.
S2: Alley interviews, people from every walk of life, big name
S2: recording artists, people that just have been radically transformed by
S2: the power of God. And she got wind of a
S2: story or heard a snippet of it, like, Dexter's here
S2: for a few seconds on air and she's like, there's
S2: got to be more there. Boy was there. Wow. Just
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S1: Do you feel stuck or paralyzed with victory just out
S1: of reach? Here are your questions answered. It's time for ask,
S1: Pastor Carl.
S2: We got a beautiful question this morning, and this is
S2: casting a huge net around so many of your stories,
S2: and not just with the specific issue that this friend
S2: is sending in today. And I call him friend. I
S2: don't know who they are, but they're friends because I
S2: know that this in this case, a woman is all
S2: in with Jesus. Boy, what a what a Freedom Friday
S2: we're having here on a Monday.
S5: My goodness.
S2: So good. Uh, got this question, pastor Carl. Long story short.
S2: Now I want you. I'm going to play back some
S2: of these words in this email. Okay. So I want
S2: you to listen closely. Long story short, I can't control
S2: what I eat. I've been overweight since I was 5
S2: or 6 years old. I felt over and over, the
S2: Holy Spirit has told me to get a hold of
S2: my eating habits and lose weight permanently. Then maybe, Carl,
S2: I can be a good example to my brother who
S2: struggles with PTSD, anxiety, and alcohol. She gives some details
S2: on what his role is, but I don't want to
S2: disclose that. Recently, my brother just had to do a
S2: detox because of an ultimatum because of the role that
S2: he's in. There was an ultimatum laid down. Anyway, I
S2: need help staying focused on my assignment. Thank you in
S2: advance and God bless you. Okay. There's so much here. First,
S2: let me say this. Oh, sister, 5 or 6 years old,
S2: I get it. I've not been there. But I want
S2: you to know I hurt with you. And you know,
S2: when you look back at something like this, you know
S2: as well as I do that there's a lot of
S2: childhood trauma that's going on that's represented there that maybe
S2: you haven't even unearthed yet in your life, but God can.
S2: And then you make a leap to I can't get control. Carl,
S2: what do I do now? I'm going to give you
S2: some hope in a very funny package here. You'll never
S2: be able to. Great. Carl, I thought this was as
S2: Pastor Carl so that we can get some help here.
S3: That's discouraging.
S2: Yeah, it's it's kind of the. It's kind of the
S2: bait and the switch here.
S5: Yeah.
S2: I mean, this from the bottom of my heart. I
S2: feel like crying right now for you. You can't do
S2: what only God is able to do. Full stop. So
S2: many times, especially food related or alcohol related or or
S2: bad habit related of any kind or behaviorally related. It's
S2: almost anything that's really holding us back from the abundant
S2: life that's found in Christ. We feel it's incumbent on
S2: us to get over this. And please let me state
S2: again for the 149,000th time on this show. This is
S2: not on you, my sister. And I mean this from
S2: the bottom of my heart. This is on God. Your
S2: role is to keep in step. In Galatians five we
S2: find if you live in the spirit, keep in step
S2: with the spirit. That's what God wants you to do.
S2: Now I want to encourage you here because self-control are
S2: you ready for this is a fruit of the spirit. Whoa. Well,
S2: what's that mean, Pastor Carl? It means that our role
S2: is to be positioning ourself where the power of God
S2: will flow through us so that the fruit of self-control
S2: will be born. Now, here's I want to share something
S2: I gave yesterday at one of our campuses here where
S2: I am pastor in Chicago, and we have this crazy
S2: mindset that God saves us and we need to sanctify us.
S2: It's a lie out of the pit of hell. God
S2: saves us. In that same power can sanctify us. Big
S2: word for growing up in the Lord. I'm telling you
S2: right now. And anyone listening, whatever needs to change in
S2: your life, whatever you feel needs to change, can only
S2: be changed by the power of the Holy Spirit. The
S2: fruit of the spirit is self-control. Now, I want to
S2: encourage you with something phenomenal here because there's a lot
S2: of parts to this, but I want to encourage you
S2: with something really practical. And I'm going to get a
S2: book out to this person who sent me this email.
S2: I'm going to figure a way to get her address.
S2: But there is a story at the front end of
S2: a book that we're given out for any gift of
S2: any amount during share. And no, we're not selling books.
S2: We're helping you grow and go with God. I mean,
S2: you give a buck, we're going to send you this book.
S2: And I don't even think that'll cover postage. But it
S2: doesn't matter. Here's what you need to know. My executive assistant.
S2: Her name is Lori. She's been on our show here before,
S2: and I put her story front and center in this
S2: book right up near the front. In fact, the editors
S2: at Moody Publishers said, man, this is a heavy duty story.
S2: Do we want this thing at the front? I said, yeah,
S2: we want it right at the front. They said, are
S2: you sure? I said, yeah, I'm sure. Because if God
S2: can get victory over this for Lori, he can get it.
S2: This is one of these battles that is so out
S2: there that it's like, if God can get victory over this,
S2: I think sometimes we go, well, God, this is a
S2: big one. You can't handle this one. So let me
S2: give you a little one to work.
S5: On while.
S3: I tackle this big one over.
S5: Here. Yeah, well, I.
S2: Tackled this big one over here. Here's what you need
S2: to know. God can do what you can't do. I
S2: just want to jump through my microphone, into your kitchen,
S2: into your car, into your place of work until you.
S2: It is time now to stop living on this treadmill
S2: of self-help, trying to conquer the one thing that is
S2: defeating you. She wants to be a witness to her brother.
S2: And I'm telling you, you will be. God is not
S2: done with you, sister. God is not done with you.
S2: And there's layers to this. It has to do with
S2: bringing it into the light. It has to do with
S2: crying out to God on your knees like Lori did,
S2: just yelling out to God, my full switch is broken.
S2: I'm willing to admit it, I've been sedentary. When the
S2: Lord told me to move, I've been gluttonous. When the
S2: Lord told me to slow down. It's owning certain things
S2: and then crying out for God to fill that void.
S2: And he can. And I don't know any better thing
S2: to do than to get this and grab it and go.
S2: So I'm going to do something really practical. This sister
S2: is getting a book signed by me to her home.
S5: Oh that's great.
S2: So if you're listening right now, I'm signing one to you, sister.
S2: You're getting it there because you got it. If nothing else,
S2: you got to see Lori's story. And how, by God's Spirit,
S2: she conquered the one thing that was defeating her. And
S2: then for all of you, what a great. What a
S2: great opportunity. As you jump in with sure, you're part of.
S2: If you hadn't heard Dexter's story yet earlier on this hour.
S2: Oh my goodness. Or Lori's story, you just need to
S2: know God is on the move here, and we want
S2: you to be a part of this incredible effort. And
S2: we're going to give you a link. I don't even
S2: know if this phone's working, Ali, but we want you
S2: to be a part of this greater effort starting tomorrow
S2: morning and at the same time get freedom. Yes, and boy,
S2: what a combo pack we have this year, don't we?
S3: Yeah, we we want to give this book the Carl's book,
S3: Killing Sin. That's going to be our gift to you
S3: for a gift of any amount during share. So if
S3: you want to give already, thank you to those that
S3: many of you who have already given. But if you've not,
S3: it's a great time. We're starting live tomorrow, but man,
S3: give when it's convenient for you. Just text the word
S3: share to 800 555 7898. Can't wait to get this
S3: book into your hands. Just text share to 800 555 7898.
S2: Yeah, and if the phone line if the phone center
S2: isn't working, I know this for sure. The website is right.
S3: Always working.
S5: Yeah.
S2: And we're so grateful for you. But if you need
S2: a story of inspiration just laid out with even the
S2: steps that got her to a place of victory sustained
S2: victory for now, what are we coming up on for Lori?
S2: Four years. Five years? Yeah, it's pretty epic. It's pretty epic.
S2: And I'm not even going to give you the details
S2: of Lori's story. Are like Dexter's. They're like hard to
S2: get your mind around, right, Ali?
S3: Yes. Yeah. Just text shared 800 555 7898.
S2: Yeah. Coming up here, boy, we are warming up for
S2: a week of life change and you get to be
S2: a part of it. You get to join the team
S2: in practical ways. Hold on.
S1: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: The final countdown to dun dun dun dun dun dun
S2: dun dun dun dun dun dun. We're here. This is amazing.
S2: And sure enough, just like share with every half hour goal,
S2: God puts us right down to the limit. And here
S2: we are in the final few minutes and we get
S2: some good news for you. We're going to get update.
S2: Refresh it one more time. Super die. But, Ali, what an.
S2: What an invitation. We've got an invitation and a half here,
S2: and we're running out of seats now, so you better
S2: come and get it. What is the prayer crew? And
S2: how important is this for sure, Ali?
S3: The prayer crew is a vital part of what we
S3: are doing here at Moody Radio. We have asked ten
S3: of you per half hour of time that we are
S3: on air for share. So starting tomorrow at 5 a.m.,
S3: there's going to be ten people praying and then ten
S3: people taking over the next half hour all the way
S3: through till Saturday morning around nine when we finish. So
S3: we have how many slots left to fill.
S4: 40, 40.
S3: Slots left to fill. Let me take a look. It
S3: looks like we've got a handful on Thursday still available.
S3: We've got some on Friday and then some on Saturday,
S3: so if you can commit to 30 minutes of praying
S3: on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
S2: Saturday just got filled. Not only Saturday just got filled.
S3: Okay then we're just down to Thursday and Friday.
S2: Yeah. And let me give you my pitch for Friday.
S2: Friday is like, usually bearing down. So this is great.
S2: We got seats in the bear down day here. We
S2: got seats on the. And isn't that true, Ali Friday
S2: is crunch time.
S4: Yes it is.
S3: Each day has its unique challenges.
S2: It does.
S3: But Friday. Thursday for me I feel like is.
S2: The hard.
S3: Day is the hardest day. I think it's where fatigue
S3: starts to set in and people are not. It's not
S3: quite the it's the last push, it's somewhere in the middle.
S3: So the early givers have given and then the last
S3: push people are waiting. And so it's like this middle
S3: zone where we definitely need some support. So if you
S3: Thursday or Friday, if that's your day check it out.
S3: Just text crew to 800 555 7898 text crew c
S3: r e w to 800 555 7898. Scroll down. Find
S3: one of those that still has some slots available. And
S3: we would love for you to jump in.
S2: Yeah, and I'm going to keep it right here. We're
S2: going to do the countdown. So if you can get
S2: this link and get signed up we're going to count
S2: it down here. Text crew right now to 800 555 7898.
S2: Somebody texted in prayer crew love you for it. Just
S2: one word. Crew. That's it. They got it. Crew to 805, five, five, 78, 98.
S2: And if you can grab this link right now and go,
S2: let's go. We got 40 slots out of 600 prayer slots.
S2: How sweet is that? We've got 40 left and we're
S2: going to do the countdown on this. So grab this
S2: link right now. Grab them up no matter where you are.
S2: As a matter of fact, I got a call out
S2: for Tennessee. Come on in Tennessee, Maryland, New York, Florida,
S2: New Mexico, Washington.
S3: Alaska, Alaska.
S2: Yes, Alaska. Come on, let's go. We're running this race
S2: just like the Iditarod is going right now. Alaska. Let's go.
S2: Come and get a seat. Tex. Crew to 800 555, 78, 98.
S2: And then come on. Chicago land. You are near and
S2: dear to our hearts, and we're asking everyone to jump
S2: in right now. Grab this link. And if you've got time, just.
S2: It's so simple to get signed up. And again, I
S2: love that we got Friday left the lion's share of
S2: Friday because that's sweet. We're going to do the countdown here.
S2: We're going to keep it right here for a couple
S2: of minutes because people get these links and then they
S2: get signed up. We got two slots left on Thursday.
S2: That's it, that's it. And now now we're filling up
S2: Friday because Saturday is taken. So we're in that sweet
S2: spot of Friday. And oh my goodness I'm looking. Eight
S2: slots left at Friday from 1030 to 11. We need
S2: that one. That's that's a big enchilada right there.
S4: Do you want a little inspirational music. Yeah.
S2: Give us a little inspirational music. Hold on, hold on. Oh, yeah.
S2: Text crew. That's good. Keep it low. Text crew to
S2: 800 555, 7898. And let's go. As soon as you
S2: grab this link, grab it. Half hour per slot. We're
S2: going to send you prompts each morning with a video
S2: and your prayer slot. You can keep it up. Super die.
S2: Don't turn it down now. Oh, yeah. I was going
S2: to keep this going.
S4: Okay.
S2: Sorry. No. Yeah. Just keep it cooking. Final countdown here.
S2: Text crew to 800 555 78, 98, 98. Five 800
S2: 555 7898, 805, five, five 7898. Come and get it, guys,
S2: and thankful for you jumping in here. One of the
S2: added features. That's good super day. I'm driving us all
S2: crazy here.
S4: There we go now.
S2: All right.
S4: Now we got that last verse in there.
S2: All right. Um, one of the cool features is we're
S2: going to have a way for you to respond to
S2: what you're hearing from the Lord in prayer. Just praise
S2: reports what the Lord is doing in you, and maybe
S2: something that you're hearing from the Lord that you need
S2: us to hear. We'd love to get that kind of
S2: dialogue going in prayer this year. So again, text crew
S2: to 800, 555, 78, 98. And while we're still here,
S2: we're going to get updates on who's filled slots and
S2: how many we got left. And super di give us
S2: an update right now.
S4: Yeah, I'm really excited. We're down to 30. That's it.
S4: 30 spaces left. That is all.
S2: Wow. We got one slot on Thursday. All the rest
S2: are on Friday and they are going fast. Ali, pour
S2: out your heart one last time here, sister.
S3: You know, we just continue to be so grateful. We.
S3: We say we have the best listeners in the world
S3: and we mean it. And we see it in so
S3: many different ways. We see it when we get to
S3: meet you out at events and hear a little bit
S3: of your story, we see it when we hear a
S3: story like Dexter's that we heard this morning. We see
S3: it when you show up to give, and we see
S3: it when you show up to pray that you would
S3: commit 30 minutes. Not because you just love Carl and crew.
S3: You believe that the gospel changes everything, and that Christian
S3: radio is still really important. And so that's why you pray?
S3: Because you want to see this thing continue and get
S3: stronger and reach more people. And we just can't thank
S3: you enough.
S2: Yeah. We're so grateful for you. The sacrifice I know
S2: to grab 30 minutes, that's a big chunk. But we're
S2: going to give you prayer prompts. Text crew right here
S2: to 800 555 78, 98. We're going to fill up
S2: these seats while we're sitting here. This is so cool. Ali. Uh,
S2: super guy, where are we at here?
S4: HeadCount 23, 2023 left. That is it.
S3: We are watching these come in in real time, which
S3: is really exciting. Just 23 slots left to fill all
S3: on Friday and all in from 9 a.m. on. So
S3: we've got our early bird slots filled. If you have
S3: the ability to pray on Friday morning between 930 30
S3: and noon. We are targeting that because that's the only
S3: slots we have left. Text crew to (800) 555-7898. If you're
S3: planning on doing it doing it, go ahead and sign
S3: up right now so we can see all of these
S3: filled really in the next five minutes or so. Text
S3: crew to 800 555 7898.
S2: I think we're down to 20. I think we're down
S2: to 20. And they're going like hotcakes right now. Look
S2: at them. They're just getting gobbled up. 20 down to
S2: 20 slots on Friday. We've got, uh, nine, nine, 30, ten,
S2: 1030 and 11. We got a few slots. This is awesome. Well,
S2: we want to thank you guys for jumping in. Tomorrow's
S2: going to be a big day. Wherever you are. Stay
S2: and pray when you give. Stay and pray and enjoy.
S2: It's a madhouse around here. Ali goes crazy.
S4: Yeah.
S2: And so just text crew. We're going to need prayer
S2: for Ali to just keep it under control here. Text
S2: crew to 805 five five 7898. And thank you ahead
S2: of time for jumping into this team. We love you guys.