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S2: Carl and crew helping you take your next step with Jesus.
S2: Have you underestimated the power of your testimony? Possibly. If
S2: you go into the book of revelation, the linchpin turning
S2: point is in the tribulation about halfway through. And I'm
S2: going to back up and get some context here for
S2: one of the coolest verses of the power of your
S2: spoken testimony. Go all the way back to verse seven
S2: in chapter 12 of revelation. Now war arose in heaven.
S2: Michael the archangel and his angels fighting against the dragon
S2: and the dragon and his angels. So this is Satan.
S2: And all his demonic forces fought back, but he was
S2: defeated and there was no longer any place for them
S2: in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down that
S2: ancient serpent who was called the devil and Satan, the
S2: deceiver of the whole world. This is where we get
S2: the theological premise and context for how Satan deceives, thrown
S2: down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down
S2: with him. Verse ten. And I heard a loud voice,
S2: This is John now repeating what he heard from from
S2: Jesus himself in heaven, saying, now the salvation and the power,
S2: and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of
S2: his Christ have come. For the accuser of our brothers
S2: has been thrown down or could be translated. Brothers and
S2: sisters has been thrown down. Who accuses them day and
S2: night before our God? So here we have in a
S2: few short verses. He's the accuser. He is the deceiver.
S2: But now he's thrown down. Theologians say this is the
S2: linchpin verse that I'm about to read, where everything shifts
S2: in the spiritual realm. Verse 11, and they have conquered
S2: him by the blood of the lamb and by the
S2: word of their testimony. For they loved not their lives,
S2: even unto death. Here's what's going on. There are, no
S2: matter where you're at theologically, whether you're eschatology is that
S2: we are going to be here through the tribulation or
S2: the church is raptured out before the tribulation. There are
S2: God's kids who are so radically transformed that they stand strong,
S2: no matter the cost, even unto the point of death.
S2: And it's through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and
S2: the testimony of brothers and sisters that this all happened.
S2: Pretty powerful ally.
S3: When you think about the power of testimony. I mean,
S3: we would probably share our testimony more if we read
S3: this verse every morning.
S2: Yes. And this is why Ali gets so fired up.
S2: And so many of you have been bolstered because there's
S2: something about hearing people's stories. That's why when you go
S2: to a church on a weekend and you hear someone's story,
S2: it's so good. It fuels you, it inspires you. It
S2: takes away some fear, possibly in you. But Ali has
S2: a whole podcast committed to this. This is what you do, right, Ali?
S3: Yeah. I've got over 100 testimonies that I've been able
S3: to collect and share over the last 3 or 4 years,
S3: and each one of them is unique. There's the pivotal
S3: moment that shaped your faith in Christ. That's the premise
S3: of it. And so people go a lot of different directions.
S3: And I've gotten to talk to higher profile guests. And
S3: then one person who we asked, hey, do you want
S3: to be on this podcast? And she said, what's a podcast?
S2: So that's.
S3: Awesome. She's 82 years old and she'd never heard of
S3: a podcast.
S4: So awesome.
S3: That's the full gamut.
S2: What do you think a podcast is. If you've never
S2: heard it and you hear it for the first time,
S2: it's like, uh, pea pods. You're casting them out into
S2: the wind. I don't know. What would a podcast be?
S2: A sleeping pod that you cast into the lake?
S4: I don't know. I don't know.
S2: Oh. That's precious. So I want you to get it.
S2: If you have not heard these stories and you want
S2: something more than Doomscrolling cat videos, we got it for you.
S2: Text the word snap to 800 555 7898. Text snap
S2: to 805 five five 7898. Everyone knows what I mean
S2: when I say doomscrolling cat videos, right?
S4: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. It's the the time where you opened
S4: up the social media app and you said, I'm going
S4: to spend five minutes on this, and then you black
S4: out on cat videos and you wake up and it's
S4: been five hours.
S2: Listen, we've all done that, man.
S4: Oh, yeah.
S2: Come on, come on. Confession time.
S4: We've gotten.
S2: On that. And I'd love to confess this, but I
S2: went through a season. Thankfully I'm out of it now.
S2: grew out of it went through a season where I
S2: was watching boats that hit docks.
S4: Told me about that.
S2: Every size boat and even even ships. And it's it's
S2: what I don't like is, well, I know I didn't
S2: see any where people got injured, but you see people,
S2: you know, it's like run for your lives. We've got
S2: someone on the catamaran that does not know what they're
S2: doing and whammo! And and then ships coming in. I've
S2: seen cruise ships and I won't tell you what company,
S2: but they come into dock and they've got too much
S2: steam going and whammo! Entire piers are taken out. And
S2: I don't know why I got into this, but like
S2: two hours later, after watching boats run into docks, it's like, okay, uh,
S2: let's go on to something else.
S5: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
S3: Let's move along.
S2: So we got the other thing for you. Text snap
S2: to 800 555 7898. And by the way, I want
S2: to tell you it is a spiritual battle to stop
S2: doom scrolling stupid stuff into getting stuff that's valuable. No,
S2: straight up, it's a spiritual battle. Satan would much rather
S2: have you watch calico kittens that are playing for four
S2: hours than listen to one story on Ali. Snapshot. Testimony.
S2: Satan's like, watch the kittens, watch the kittens.
S3: That distraction is one of the most powerful tools of
S3: the enemy.
S6: What are you laughing about, young Thunder?
S4: I just thought of just like, a little punchy line for, like,
S4: a sermon. Like, Satan loves cat videos. And I was like, what? But, oh,
S4: I love I love it drawn out and it's real.
S4: He does. He loves cat videos because he loves distraction.
S2: Look, I don't want to get weird on this one.
S6: No, I mean.
S2: There's some Netflix are great, but when you watch four
S2: hours back to back, maybe not so much. You gotta let.
S6: The Lord.
S2: Lead you on that one. I'm not going to tell
S2: you what to be convicted of.
S5: Give your mind a break.
S2: Yeah. All right. Uh. Coming up. His name's Butch. He
S2: was asked a question. He's a high profile guy. You
S2: might have heard of him. And CBS news asked him
S2: the question, and thankfully, somebody found it on the cutting
S2: room floor, and we got it for you. Coming up
S2: straight ahead. Sometimes some of the best stuff hits the floor.
S2: You journalist Sally, sometimes miss the best stuff sometimes.
S3: But this is a great interview.
S1: He was running from God, but God's love brought him home.
S1: Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on
S1: Moody Radio.
S2: Oh, no, I blew it, Ali. I blew it. Somebody
S2: texted me. Now I'm about to search boats that run
S2: into docks.
S6: No joking.
S5: Now. Oh, no. Don't do it. Don't do it.
S6: Don't do it.
S2: Go listen to testimony.
S6: I know.
S2: It's kind of fun.
S6: But it's.
S2: Kind of fun. I wish I could put you under
S2: a channel or two, but I don't even know how
S2: I find those things. But then when you click on them.
S2: The way social media algorithms work. Then you're like, man,
S2: this guy likes boats running into docks.
S4: Oh, you like that?
S3: Here's 56 other videos we think.
S5: You might like.
S4: They'll show you boats.
S5: For.
S4: A.
S5: Month or so.
S7: Oh, man, I don't know.
S2: I told my wife, I said we should see what
S2: each other really kind of clicks on, because it would
S2: be hilarious because she gets she gets all these this
S2: cooking stuff, man. Which wood? Man? Talk about driving me
S2: to your Snapchat. Snapchat testimony page. Ali I'm the last
S2: thing I need is to watch someone cook. I watched
S2: that beat Bobby Flay or something like that.
S4: Yeah, that was a good show.
S5: Yeah, yeah.
S2: Yeah, that was that was good. Because Bobby usually wins
S2: and I love that. But I love these guys coming
S2: in trying to dethrone Bobby. Bobby Flay. Isn't that his name?
S5: Bobby Flay. Flay not thought it was Flay because flavor.
S2: Not to be confused with Flavor Flay.
S8: I didn't even think I'd hear that.
S5: Flavor Flav, love.
S2: Isn't he the guy with the clock?
S5: Yeah.
S2: Oh, yeah. Can you imagine? The dude wears a clock
S2: that's like this, like 12in across.
S4: Well, it's about the size of his torso.
S5: Well, yes.
S2: So 12in. He might be offended by that.
S5: Oh, dude, I got.
S2: 12in across my torso. Flavor flav.
S5: Oh, that is hilarious.
S2: Okay, so listen, we're talking about testimonies. And the power
S2: of testimony during the tribulation is what we were talking about.
S2: Check it out in Romans. Uh, revelation 12. By the way, uh,
S2: but there is this clip from Butch, the spiritual stud
S2: muffin Wilmore. And he was stuck how many months when
S2: he did this?
S4: Nine months.
S2: So nine months into this space run that was supposed
S2: to last 8 or 9 days. And they're asking him,
S2: how in the world did you do it? Take a
S2: listen to this.
S9: We're all the product of our life experiences, and this
S9: extended business trip of yours certainly qualifies. What is your
S9: life lesson or takeaway Away from these nine months in space.
S10: Well, in answer to your question, I can I can
S10: tell you honestly, um, my feeling on all of this
S10: goes back to my faith. It's bound in my Lord
S10: and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is working out his plan
S10: and his purposes for his glory throughout all of humanity.
S10: And how that plays into our lives is significant and important.
S10: And however that plays out. And I am content because
S10: I understand that. I understand that he's at work in
S10: all things. Some things are for the good. Go to
S10: Hebrews chapter 11. Some things look to us to be
S10: not so good, but it's all working out for his good,
S10: for those that that will believe and and that's that's
S10: the answer. So thanks for asking.
S2: Thanks for.
S5: Asking.
S3: I'm so glad you asked.
S5: Part.
S2: If you turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 11.
S4: Yeah, right.
S2: That was so classic. As we find in Hebrews 11,
S2: as we find in Hebrews 11.
S5: Yes, he's.
S3: An elder at his church.
S5: Yeah.
S2: Is he.
S5: Really?
S3: He's been going to the same church in Texas for
S3: 17 years.
S5: But I reached out to the church, so I'm praying we.
S2: Got to get Butch.
S5: On here. I've reached out, so we're working on it.
S2: We got to get Butch in here.
S4: That's so cool.
S2: It's so cool. And, you know, the question is, do
S2: we speak up when somebody tees it up? I mean,
S2: it was teed up. I mean, what's he going to do?
S2: You know, I noticed one thing. Did you notice him
S2: licking his chops before he got into the answer?
S4: I mean, no doubt.
S2: He was licking his chops. Yeah.
S4: Well, and you can hear the the lilt in his
S4: voice when he says, thanks for asking.
S5: Thanks for.
S4: Asking. Pops up.
S5: Hold it.
S2: Play that last little bit again. You got that last
S2: little bit.
S4: I don't I have to when I, when I play
S4: the system I have to play it from the whole thing.
S4: From the whole thing.
S2: Do we have a link? Because everyone's asking for a link. Oh, no. No,
S2: I just totally got us in trouble.
S4: No. It's okay. Savannah, our. Our person who monitors the texts.
S4: She's been sending stuff out to people who are asking
S4: for it, so. All right, let me, uh, give me
S4: two seconds. I can pull up the clip here on
S4: my own.
S2: Well, okay. Well, here's the deal. If you want the
S2: clip for Savannah. Just just text. What? No. That's going
S2: to give you something else. No, that'll. That's the key word.
S2: Just just text. No, just. Do we have a keyword
S2: for Butch?
S5: No, I don't think so. Don't.
S4: Okay.
S2: So go. Butch. Go, Butch. Butch is good. Just text.
S2: Butch and Savannah will return it to you with a link.
S4: All right, I've got the. I've got that one little part. Okay.
S2: The one little part at the end. Ali's right. That's the.
S2: That's the payoff.
S4: Here we go.
S10: And and and that's that's the answer. So thanks for asking.
S5: By the way. Got any more questions?
S2: The way he said that. Thanks for.
S5: Asking. For asking.
S2: I just it's just.
S5: Oh.
S2: Don't you know, his elders are sitting there going. Go, Butch. Yeah.
S5: You go Butch, man.
S2: Oh, boy. Poor Savannah is going to get deluged here.
S2: She's got no.
S5: More. She disappeared. No, no, no. She went to the phone.
S4: Someone texted. Sorry. Savannah. And then texted Butch.
S3: She loves helping the boomers.
S5: No. She gets she has a blast with it.
S2: By the way, if you're getting sweetheart responses to your texts,
S2: it ain't Young Thunder, it's Savannah.
S4: It's true. It's Savannah.
S2: I didn't know if I was going to pick up myself,
S2: but then I thought, no, I'm going to pick on
S2: Young Thunder.
S4: You're more than allowed.
S2: All right, we got a question for you. Ali. What is.
S5: It?
S3: We want to ask. Have you ever had one of
S3: those moments where somebody teed it up for you, not
S3: knowing that the question that they asked set you up
S3: perfectly to talk about your testimony, about how Jesus has
S3: changed you. Tell us, when did someone give you that
S3: kind of a set up question? And you, with a
S3: lump in your throat, maybe some excitement, you went for it.
S3: You talked about Jesus. 800 555 7898 tell us your
S3: butch story. 800 555 7898.
S1: A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is
S1: in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Line them up, guys. We're going to get you in
S2: here lickety split, like we're stacking cordwood. Chuga chuga. Chuga chuga.
S2: Ali loves stacking cordwood. Help her stack some cordwood. Get
S2: your testimonies in here right now. Gonzalez wants to stack
S2: them up.
S3: I've never stacked cordwood before, but I do like this
S3: question we're asking you about a time when someone asked
S3: you a question, having no clue that they were setting
S3: you up perfectly, to share your testimony, to share about Jesus.
S3: 800 555 7898.
S2: Give us a call right now. We're going to get
S2: as many in as we can in the next couple
S2: of minutes. 800 555 7898. Ty called in to answer
S2: this question.
S11: I just wanted to say that early on in my life,
S11: I was a teen mom and had kids early and
S11: later got married and my husband and I, we ended
S11: up having six kids in four years and two sets
S11: of twins. And everyone always asks me like, how did
S11: you manage to take care of these kids? I had
S11: six kids in diapers. It was like a crazy time.
S11: And my husband and I were actually going through some
S11: things and then. But my only answer to everything is
S11: only by God. Like, I can't even go back and
S11: identify one single thing or one thing that I did
S11: on my own strength. It was never my strength. It
S11: was always God's strength that just carried me. And I
S11: look back and everyone's doing fantastic now, and we're blessed.
S11: And God just carried us. It was like an angel
S11: just carrying me through this whole time.
S2: That's. Ty. You got six kids in diapers? Yeah. Giving
S2: glory to God when he's the one that pulled that
S2: one off? Yeah. Come on, mom, you agree with that one,
S2: don't you?
S3: My goodness. How in the world do you do it?
S4: I have one, and I don't get it. That doesn't
S4: make any sense to me other than the power of
S4: the Lord?
S5: Yeah.
S2: I mean, I got a second cousin who had twins,
S2: and then they got the news that they had another
S2: one on the way, and they had triplets and they
S2: had five under. They had five under two.
S4: That's so crazy.
S5: Wow.
S2: Change. It's life changing. Experience is what they tell me.
S4: Yeah, I could imagine it was.
S2: Can you imagine?
S4: Oh my goodness.
S2: Oh my goodness. What? When? When you're teed up. How
S2: in the world do you get through this. What do
S2: you say (800) 555-7898. Philip in Illinois. We haven't heard from
S2: you in a while. Philip. Tee it up, my man.
S2: What's your answer?
S12: Thank you for asking, y'all.
S2: Yeah, man. How does it work for you?
S12: You know something, man? That so often I get people
S12: that say, dude, you're losing your sight. You're almost blind.
S12: You've been through tongue, neck and throat cancer. You've been
S12: through spinal fusion therapy, and yet you always have a
S12: smile on your face and you always seem upbeat. How
S12: do you do it? And it's just a wonderful, you know,
S12: front porch for me to say. The Lord has shown
S12: me that he is sovereign in my life. I can
S12: choose to be either bitter or bitter. I choose better,
S12: and I know that I serve a risen Savior. And
S12: what's more, I know that in heaven I will see
S12: colors like I have never seen before in my life.
S2: You know what, man? Only you can say that we
S2: can't tell your story for you. But, Philip, have there
S2: been moments when you're like, God, this glaucoma, this, this cancer,
S2: I mean, alone at night? There must be some discouraging
S2: moments where then God just gives you a big old hug, huh, bro?
S12: Oh, absolutely my friend. You know, I tell people all
S12: the time, there are moments, especially when I was losing
S12: my vision and dealing with cancer, where Heather and I
S12: and my wife and I would just kneel by the
S12: side of our bed and we would just weep. I mean,
S12: we would weep with just our shoulders shaking, you know?
S12: Snot flying tears. But, you know, at the end of
S12: that trial, that intercessory prayer, we would be able to
S12: laugh through our tears and know that God had us
S12: during the entire time, and that we knew, even though
S12: it was so hard and so painful, you know, that
S12: God was going to bring us through it. And there
S12: was such joy, not just on the other side, but
S12: there was such joy in this journey, in this struggle,
S12: because that's when you really know that you are God's child,
S12: when everything seems to be going sideways. And yet you've
S12: got a northern star that never wavers, that doesn't leave.
S12: It's always right there.
S2: Yeah. You know, our premise has been this morning, Philip.
S2: And hold on a second. Boom boom boom. I mean,
S2: triple boomed you in a month of Sundays. But there's
S2: there's a notion, and I think a false one, that
S2: we need to be able to know now that we're
S2: going to be able to stand and deliver when we're
S2: asked for the hope that indwells us and to give
S2: reason for it. But don't you find, Philip, that it's
S2: in that moment that God shows up?
S12: Oh, absolutely. You know, it's hard for us, even as
S12: Christ believers, to be able to rest comfortably in the
S12: already and not yet. You know, it's like what Max
S12: Lucado said, we want dessert. And sometimes God gives us broccoli. Okay,
S12: he knows that we need the broccoli. You know, and
S12: that's really where it is. We have to also be
S12: comfortable in the struggle. And I know that that's a
S12: lot of theology. But, you know, sometimes it's just as
S12: simple as just what our old grandma used to say, son,
S12: trust and obey. That's all.
S2: You got to do.
S12: It. Trust and obey.
S2: They had it right. They did. I mean, we get
S2: so theologically bowed up, and then it comes back down
S2: to trust and obey. For there's no other way to.
S12: No other way. Jesus, happy in.
S2: Jesus.
S12: Is to trust and obey. Come on now.
S2: Come on man, I got half a mind to make
S2: Young Thunder sing that right now a cappella. But I
S2: won't do it to you.
S5: Thank you, thank you.
S4: Come on. To prepare. You can do it I gotta prepare,
S4: I gotta prepare, Philip.
S2: I love you, Philip.
S12: Thanks.
S2: Thanks for calling in.
S12: God bless you all. Absolutely.
S2: It's in that moment, Ali, that God gives us the
S2: grace to deliver when it's teed up for us.
S3: You know, it's it's encouraging because you can start to
S3: think about all of the bad things. I mean, talk
S3: about doom scrolling. You can start to think about all
S3: the bad things that can happen in life. I mean,
S3: and that can take you down a crazy road. I mean,
S3: from persecution to Philip mentioned, you know, going blind A
S3: cancer battle. Back issues, all of these things. And your
S3: mind can go. How in the world could I possibly
S3: give glory to God in the midst of that? Well,
S3: I think it's our daily preparation right now of seeking him,
S3: of taking our roots deep in him that prepares us
S3: for those tough moments when they come.
S2: Yeah, no doubt about it. You know, he's shared this
S2: on air before, so I'm going to share it again. Uh.
S2: Hold it. Is he still there?
S4: Uh, yeah. He's holding Philip.
S2: There. Philip, are you there? No. He's gone. Um, he
S2: lost a big contract. He lost his agent because he
S2: wouldn't take a script. That a big production company. I mean,
S2: Philip's been on big screen and small screen guys.
S4: Mhm.
S2: A lot. And that's that portion of the story is
S2: for him to tell. But the portion that he shared
S2: here before is he, he lost his agent because he
S2: wouldn't take a role. So sometimes standing up and speaking
S2: out is costly. Ally. It's costly.
S3: But even still, we trust that God will give us
S3: the grace in that moment and the courage to do
S3: the thing that he's calling us to do.
S2: Yeah, I got to go back and read this again.
S2: Middle of the tribulation, Satan is thrown down. Why? And
S2: they have conquered him by the blood of the lamb
S2: and by the word of their testimony. For they loved
S2: not their lives, even unto death. Oh my goodness, that
S2: is a faith that is solid and secure. That is powerhouse.
S2: And that's what God wants to do in you. You
S2: might say, Carl, I don't know if I got the
S2: stuff to speak up. If I had it teed up
S2: for me like a Butch Wilmore or Philip. I don't
S2: know if I've got the stuff or a tie. Well,
S2: we don't in and of ourselves, but the Spirit of
S2: God that indwells us has the stuff. All we've got
S2: to do is make sure that that connection is solid
S2: with God, day by day, moment by moment. Because then
S2: when the opportunity tees itself up, bam, you're going to
S2: hit a home run, you're going to do it. It's
S2: going to happen. Let's get some news, my man.
S4: Hey, let's get you updated with a couple quick pieces
S4: of your headlines this morning. Greenpeace is being ordered to
S4: pay $660 million to a Texas company over its involvement
S4: in the Dakota Pipeline protests. A jury at a civil
S4: trial in North Dakota on Wednesday decided that the environmental
S4: group is liable for defamation and for orchestrating criminal behavior
S4: at the protests held nearly ten years ago on the
S4: standing Rock reservation, Texas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners successfully
S4: argued that Greenpeace incited people to protest by using a, quote,
S4: misinformation campaign. Greenpeace had denied the claims. The Federal Reserve
S4: is holding interest rates steady despite some signs that the
S4: economy could be slowing. Chair Jerome Powell said the fed
S4: is focusing on achieving maximum employment and stable prices. The
S4: central bank forecasts that two rate cuts will come later
S4: this year. The decision is in line with the market
S4: expectations and is the second time the fed has paused
S4: rate cuts since January. I'm Jonathan and that is your update.
S2: Savannah has sent out hundreds, so why not 200 more?
S2: We played Butch Wilmore. We played Butch Wilmore's testimony. CBS
S2: news asked him at a out of space presser, which
S2: is a really cool thing. Wouldn't you love to have
S2: done that when back in your network days? Ali, when
S2: you were doing weather and news and all that stuff,
S2: you go live with somebody in outer space and ask.
S5: Them a question. So cool. That would be such.
S3: A fun thing to get to do.
S2: So somebody at CBS asked Butch Wilmore a question about, man,
S2: how do you basically what he was asking is, how
S2: in the world do you make it up here for
S2: 8 or 9 months when you were planning on being
S2: here eight days? And his response? Epic. You didn't hear it.
S2: You can. Savannah is here to serve you. And boy,
S2: does she text the word butch to our number. We'll
S2: get you that clip. Share it. All we ask you
S2: to do is don't just listen to it. You got
S2: to share it. That's the only caveat. You got to
S2: pass it along. Text Butch to 800 555 7898. Ali
S2: tells me he's an elder at his church, for crying
S2: out loud. That's his real job. He's an astronaut on
S2: a side hustle.
S5: That's so cool. It's a side hustle.
S3: He was even checking in with the older members of
S3: the church while he was orbiting Earth.
S5: No, he was not. Yes. Yeah.
S3: No he.
S5: Didn't.
S2: We got to get Butch on here.
S5: Forsake his duties.
S3: And his responsibilities even while he was orbiting.
S5: Earth.
S4: That's awesome. He goes, hey, I'm in space right now,
S4: but I'm just checking to see how you're doing.
S5: In.
S3: From.
S5: Space Elders meeting. Okay.
S2: I would love to have I'm talking to you elders
S2: at 180. Some of you get on one of these missions.
S2: I would love to get a call of encouragement back.
S5: From.
S2: Jerry. Jerry. Yao. Hello, Carl. I'm in space. How are
S2: you doing?
S5: How about doctor Coakley?
S13: He's a good friend of ours.
S5: Yeah.
S2: Doctor Coakley is one of our elders.
S5: He'd be great.
S4: Shoot him.
S2: Doctor Coakley.
S5: Up.
S2: To space. I want him on the next mission.
S5: Okay.
S2: They're going to do a lottery pick. We need to.
S2: We need to stuff the ballot box with Jim Coakley's name.
S4: Could you imagine if we stuffed it with his name
S4: and he doesn't know? And we go, hey, Jim, we
S4: got a surprise for you.
S5: He's gonna know now.
S4: You're going to.
S5: Space. There you go.
S2: And, Gail, I know Gail enough to know his bride.
S2: She'd be like, yeah, you get on that jet. He
S2: get on that rocket right now. Get up on that rocket.
S5: That's right.
S2: Oh, too much fun, Tex. Butch. Oh, no. They're coming
S2: in like. By the.
S5: Droves. Yeah.
S2: Tex. Butch to 805 five. Five. 78. 98. You got
S2: a friend that listens in a different time slot here.
S2: Send it on to them as well.
S4: You know, for me, this reminds me of a couple
S4: of years ago I went to a wedding of my
S4: old high school buddy, and I was in in the
S4: wedding party, and so was another friend of ours from
S4: high school. And and he isn't saved. And and I
S4: wasn't at the time I knew him, but I was
S4: going to church all the time and, you know, but
S4: at the time he knew me in high school, I
S4: was living a very double life. He knew I went
S4: to church. I invited him to church sometimes, but then
S4: we would go and run off and do crazy things together.
S4: That absolutely proved that I didn't know God. And and
S4: so we we got together and we're talking and he
S4: was like, dude, I think you'll be really excited. He goes,
S4: I'm doing a lot of like, spiritual searching right now.
S5: And wow.
S4: And I was like, oh, this is awesome. And I said, well, dude,
S4: I was like, let me tell you about what God's
S4: been doing in my life lately, because this was this
S4: was just a couple years after I got genuinely saved.
S4: And so I was able to talk to him and say, hey, man, like,
S4: I know when you knew me in high school, I was,
S4: you know, I was going to church and I was
S4: doing all these things. And I said, but I don't
S4: I didn't really know God at the time. And I
S4: was like, I was living this life this way. And
S4: it was a wreck. And I go, but now he's
S4: really changed me. And there are these things. And I
S4: specifically laid them out and said, he's pulled these out
S4: of my life and he's allowing me to thrive in
S4: this way. And it was it was a great experience
S4: to be able to share with someone who I shared
S4: Jesus in incorrect way in the past, but was able
S4: to say, hey man, I was wrong in that way.
S4: I lived Jesus for you. And I was like, now
S4: I can. Now he's changed me. And it was it
S4: was really cool.
S3: Oh, wow. Well, did he seem receptive?
S5: Was he.
S3: Surprised?
S4: He did seem receptive. I think he was. He was
S4: very you know, I don't I don't think it it
S4: brought him to Jesus. I, I pray it planted a seed,
S4: but but he seemed really like. Oh, that's cool man.
S4: I'm I'm happy that this is what's going on in
S4: your life. And so he was at least receptive and not,
S4: you know, pushing me off.
S5: That's awesome.
S2: That's beautiful. What's your story, Anthony in Illinois. Thanks for
S2: holding on. What's your story, my man?
S14: Hey, Carl Ali young sons. I love you guys so much.
S14: So I'm a soldier. And recently I got awarded a
S14: little coin for for my hard work during this most
S14: recent exercise. And one of the traditions when you receive
S14: an award is everyone yells speech! Speech. So, so I
S14: my heart was beating so fast. I was so nervous.
S14: But I was just praising the Lord in my heart.
S14: I'm like, all right Lord. So I had an opportunity
S14: to tell everyone that it was because of my relationship
S14: with God that I was behaving the way that I
S14: was and and that I primarily tried to serve him
S14: to the best of my abilities. And I was too
S14: nervous to really get the whole gospel out. That was
S14: about it. And then everyone clapped for me. But later
S14: on that day, I got approached by one of my
S14: other fellow soldiers and he was like, hey, man, you know,
S14: there's something, something different about you. You know, you always
S14: talk about God and and, you know, you're always kind
S14: of chill. And it was it was just a really
S14: it was a really amazing experience for me to see
S14: how God is working in me and around me. And
S14: I just was praising the Lord that day.
S2: Boom boom boom. I'm triple booming, you soldier. Couple of things.
S2: Number one, thanks for serving. Thanks for being a man
S2: and thanks for being a man in the moment who
S2: spoke up for your God. Thank you. No speech required
S2: right now. You just get to say. All right.
S14: I'm too nervous.
S15: No, you just got a copy of your book, Carl.
S14: Killing sin. And I'm going through it. And it's a
S14: it's a great book. So thank you.
S2: Thank you. Anthony. Stay on the horn. You're getting two copies.
S2: Probably because we're sending you a Carl and crew prize pack.
S2: So stay on the horn, Anthony. And in all seriousness,
S2: thank you, soldier. Thank you for serving. And thank you
S2: for serving God first and foremost. Epic.
S4: That's awesome man.
S5: Wow.
S4: What a blessing.
S2: How beautiful is that.
S4: Yeah. And that's a that's a hard thing to do
S4: to talk about your faith in Jesus in front of
S4: all the guys who, you know, might have the possibility
S4: of just ribbing you later for it, but it planted
S4: a seed.
S5: Speech, speech, speech, speech.
S2: I'd like to thank my mom and my handlers. I'd
S2: like to thank. I'd like to thank Sergeant Goomba over here.
S2: I'd like to thank. I'd like to thank the US
S2: Air Force or military. I'd like to know. Let me
S2: tell you, I want to thank God.
S4: Amen.
S2: Way to go, Anthony, man. You know, one of the
S2: greatest evidences that you've been transformed by God is that
S2: when you're asked to give a reason for the hope
S2: that lies with you and you. You. Yeah. A little
S2: bit of weak in the knees, of course. Are you
S2: kidding me? I'm convinced. Peter, on the day of Pentecost
S2: was not like I got this. He was clinging to
S2: Jesus the whole way through that message. The whole way
S2: through it. He was clinging to Jesus. There's no way
S2: he's like, ah, yeah, I got this. Cause he remembers
S2: back to when he denied Christ, and now he's filled
S2: with the Holy Spirit. And he's like, I'm blazing a
S2: trail here. I'm blazing a trail here. Whoo! How about
S2: Anthony Ali?
S5: I love.
S3: That story. And when he described that, sort of like
S3: the heart racing lump in the throat when you when
S3: you're about to speak up. We've all felt that. You're going, okay,
S3: I can't how can I do this? And then by
S3: the power of the Holy Spirit, you open your mouth
S3: and you give glory to God.
S2: Sweet stuff. Give us some headlines, young thunder.
S4: All right. Let me give you one of your top
S4: headlines for today. An executive order is expected to be
S4: signed today by President Trump aimed at eliminating the Department
S4: of Education. He's set to do so at a white
S4: House ceremony attended by multiple governors and state education commissioners.
S4: He will then direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take
S4: all steps necessary to begin the closure of the Doe
S4: and return authority to individual states. That's your news. I'm Jonathan.
S2: Something's got to give. When you've got third and fourth
S2: grade reading and arithmetic levels the way we have it
S2: with the amount of money spent per head across our nation,
S2: and I'm talking everywhere in our nation, something has to give.
S2: And it's a tough battle.
S4: And I, I appreciate the explanation because this was something
S4: that I was initially kind of uninformed on, but I
S4: heard the explanation of, you know, people out in the
S4: country don't necessarily need the same rules and guidelines as
S4: people in the city, and it shouldn't be universalized for
S4: people who have so many different experiences across this country.
S4: And so. So let's let it go back to the
S4: states and let them decide what's best for their kids.
S2: Yeah, and I'm not sure we live in a state
S2: that's going to figure that one out, right?
S4: No. But us specifically, we do not.
S2: Uh, $0.46 of every dollar that goes into elementary and
S2: secondary education goes to administrative costs. And so if we
S2: could just get 10 or 15 more cents of that
S2: going directly to the students, it might help with reading
S2: and arithmetic and writing. It just might. Yeah, it just might.
S4: So we pray.
S2: Yeah. We do. Okay. Uh, have you ever wondered what
S2: is God really doing in the 1040 window? That stretch
S2: of swath around the Earth that is really paying a
S2: price for those who would claim the name of Jesus.
S2: We've all wondered that. We've talked a lot about it.
S2: We've had. Oh, goodness sakes, voice of the martyrs on here.
S2: We get some some insight as to what's going on,
S2: but have we got a treat coming up for all
S2: of us? Right, Ali?
S5: Yes.
S3: The Billy Graham of Iran, that's what he's been called.
S3: You're going to meet him coming up.
S1: She's a choreographer extraordinaire. And everything is Greek to her.
S1: Super die is in the crew. It's Carl and crew
S1: on Moody Radio.
S2: So I got my wife running some Intel for us. Ali.
S5: You do?
S2: Yeah. Running Intel. She scoped it out. She said, hey,
S2: you know how much you've been wanting to talk about
S2: Iran and what God's doing over there? Well, I heard
S2: this guy on Janet Parshall Show, and I said, well,
S2: who is he? Now we got him with us. I
S2: have been wanting to know forever what is God doing
S2: in Iran? And when you've got the Billy Graham of Iran? Ali,
S2: we got the right guy.
S3: We do. His name is Doctor Harmon Shariat. He's the
S3: founder and president of Iran Alive Ministries, which uses satellite
S3: broadcasting and the internet to reach Iranians with the gospel.
S2: What is going on, doctor? Chariot. What's God doing in Iran?
S16: I hope your audience are ready to be shocked, because
S16: what you what you hear in the news is so bad. Oh, Iran,
S16: nuclear bomb threat to the peace in the world and
S16: all that. The ayatollahs. But inside Iran, spiritually, there is
S16: another story. God is working. Iran is the first Islamic
S16: nation that's turning to Christ. And Islam is experiencing its
S16: greatest defeat in its history in Iran today. That's what
S16: you don't hear on the news. And people of Iran,
S16: they didn't it didn't happen overnight. It took him 40
S16: years of Islamic rule, that the people of Iran come
S16: to the conclusion that Islam is not the answer. Islam
S16: is actually the root of their problems and they need
S16: to get rid of it. Iranians are done with Islam,
S16: so very open spiritually to the gospel when they hear it. Oh,
S16: it resonates with their heart. They say, we don't believe
S16: in a God that's cruel like Allah. But when they
S16: hear about the love of Christ, they receive that with gladness.
S3: Give us a little bit of your own background. Growing
S3: up in an Islamic household, you are a muslim background believer.
S3: Tell us your story.
S16: Yeah, I was born in Iran, in an Islamic family.
S16: I was pretty devout in my early years, but when
S16: I got to be a teenager, I said, hey, memorizing
S16: these prayers and repeating them five times a day, what
S16: does it add to my life? Hey, may just be
S16: a good person and pursue your dream. My dream was
S16: to come to the United States, get a PhD, be
S16: a research scientist. So I work hard towards that. I
S16: came to us at the University of Southern California, USC
S16: studying PhD in artificial intelligence, and that's when I said, hey,
S16: maybe there is God and you need to consider that.
S16: So I studied Quran. I wanted to be a good
S16: Muslim because I thought, oh, Islam is the last religion,
S16: best religion. Why don't I start with that? So I
S16: read Quran very carefully. It did not satisfy my soul
S16: out of my intellectual pride. I said, If God has
S16: written other books, okay, I will read it. So I
S16: got a Bible and I read the Genesis, then said
S16: what is who is Jesus? I jumped to Matthew and
S16: oh my gosh, a crisis. This Jesus. Who is this Jesus?
S16: This is not the Jesus that Quran teaches me. Islam
S16: teaches me. So I struggled for a few months. Is
S16: Jesus true? I mean he makes such big claims. I
S16: went to a church in downtown Los Angeles, and that's
S16: where I heard the simple, simple message of the gospel
S16: that even a child can understand. You don't need to
S16: have a PhD to understand it, but it's powerful. It
S16: changes life and it changed my life.
S2: Oh, doctor. Hormoz Shariat here. Uh, what an amazing thing.
S2: Then God providentially did. Because I'm okay with languages. But
S2: for me to learn Farsi and to get geared up
S2: to evangelize those folks, that's a reach. But here you
S2: are now, fully equipped to somehow, some way, go back
S2: to reach the people that you love. You got to
S2: share with us the story. Jesus transforms your life. You're
S2: now set free in Jesus. You must then want others
S2: to hear this, right?
S16: Oh yeah. I hope everybody feels the same. You know,
S16: I was an engineer type and introvert and nerd. I
S16: was more comfortable with books and then people. But when
S16: I got saved, I felt this way. And I hope
S16: everybody feels this way, that you are selfish. If you
S16: keep this message to yourself. It's a powerful message that
S16: is an answer to your personal problems, to your addictions,
S16: to your anger, to your depression. It is a response
S16: or it's a solution to your relational problem. You know,
S16: I was at the verge of divorce and Jesus healed
S16: my marriage. So it's an answer to every society problem.
S16: Why don't you share this powerful message with others? He
S16: does the work. You just share, and God changes lives
S16: and saves people. So let's let's get God's heart on that.
S2: Let's go. Okay, now I got to tell you, I
S2: am chomping at the bit to know what God is
S2: doing in Iran. Give us some facts and figures. Is there,
S2: as we hear, a movement of the spirit among the
S2: Iranian people?
S16: Definitely, yes. According to an independent survey, Iran has the
S16: fastest growing evangelical Angelical population in the world in terms
S16: of rate of growth. Iranians are coming to Christ. They're open.
S16: They're questioning Islam. They're looking for God. They're looking at
S16: eastern religions. They're looking at New Age. And of course,
S16: they're looking at Christianity. They're looking everywhere for God except Islam.
S16: So this is the time that you and I, if
S16: we do our part, which is if we share the gospel,
S16: we tell them about Jesus. There is no competition, but
S16: we have to say it. That's what we do in Iran,
S16: alive through satellite television. We go over the signal, go
S16: over the heads of the mullahs into people's homes, privacy
S16: of their homes. And I talked to them about God's love.
S16: And the government of Iran is mad, but they cannot
S16: stop that signal because it comes from the sky. And
S16: that's why people come to Christ. Um, so easy. They
S16: call me Billy Graham. And of course, I don't call
S16: myself that. And my response is this Iranians are so
S16: open to the gospel that if you share the gospel
S16: with them, you too can be Billy Graham of Iran.
S5: Wow.
S2: I got to stop right here, and I got to
S2: praise the Lord. I'm sorry. We're going to do this
S2: right here. I got to stop right now. Father, I
S2: give you praise for what you are doing in Iran. Uh,
S2: for those beautiful people who are under the yoke of
S2: Islam and under the yoke of performance and and kneeling down,
S2: but no one to talk back with them. God, thank
S2: you that you're bringing them out of darkness into the light.
S2: In Jesus name, Amen.
S16: Amen.
S3: We have Doctor Ramos Shariat with us right now, founder
S3: and president of Iran Alive Ministries. He talked about the
S3: use of media. Now, Iran Alive is the most watched
S3: Christian television channel in Iran. An independent survey of over
S3: 10,000 Iranians found that 7.7% of the population say it's
S3: their favorite Channel.
S16: That's what they told us. And by God's grace, you know,
S16: I don't know. I don't know why people of Iran
S16: like us, but they do. They love they sense the
S16: love that we have for them. You know, before I
S16: go before the camera and all of our staff, I'm
S16: not the only one. People think I'm a televangelist. I'm not.
S16: I love people, and I. I'm a pastor kind of thing. Now,
S16: when I go before the camera, I pray before that. God,
S16: give your love for these people to my heart. I
S16: want to love them. And you know what? Even though
S16: through camera, when you genuinely love people, they sense that,
S16: they sense that you truly love them and they're touched.
S16: Because in Islam there is no love. Perfect love casts
S16: out fear. And that's the cast out is a spiritual warfare.
S16: We we have a spiritual warfare with the spirit of Islam.
S16: And the best power that we have is our love,
S16: because it casts us the spirit of Islam. That's what
S16: we do in our channel. Love people, share the love
S16: of Christ and many, many are coming to Christ. Let
S16: me share you just a recent story. On Fridays I
S16: have church service because that's their day off. We do
S16: church service, live church service on Fridays and the most
S16: watched program we have. You know, we have 24 over seven,
S16: but most watch program is our Friday service. And after
S16: my sermon we have a like a two hour zoom
S16: open zoom. It's like a lobby where people come to
S16: meet their pastor and ask the pastor questions or get prayer.
S16: So I go to an open zoom meeting last Friday.
S16: Just last Friday, for two hours, I was leading people
S16: to Christ. They were there, lined up. They would come
S16: share a little bit about themselves, ask a couple questions
S16: to make sure what they're doing. They know what they're
S16: doing and then pray to receive Christ. Now what is amazing,
S16: if you ask any missionary who works among Muslims, this
S16: will be amazing to them even more. These people on
S16: Friday last Friday are leading people to Christ. They did
S16: not have any questions. They didn't say, oh, how about Islam? Oh,
S16: why do you say Jesus is God? No. They were ready.
S16: They count.
S2: To.
S16: God and they would say, just I want to. I
S16: want to receive Christ. Do you have any question? No.
S16: And one of them was saying, hey, I was I
S16: was watching your sermon and I felt somebody is planting
S16: flowers in my mind, you know. Beautiful. Another one was
S16: saying I was eating dinner and I was watching you,
S16: and I just could not eat anymore because my heart
S16: was filled with so much joy. This is what God
S16: is doing. Of course. Signs, wonders, miracles, visions, dreams also
S16: happens a lot. Yeah.
S2: What is the cost for the average Iranian who surrenders
S2: their life to Jesus Christ? What's at risk? What's going
S2: on in the real world?
S16: Risk. Risk of being in jail for many years and
S16: even death. But the government of Iran is very afraid
S16: of Christians because they know we are growing fast. So
S16: their response, you know, they cannot put millions there. At
S16: least 2 million Iranian Muslim background believers in Iran right now.
S16: They can put everybody in jail. So what they do
S16: is a campaign of fear and intimidation. How do they
S16: do that? They arrest a few people. And for minor
S16: Christian crimes, you can call that and put them in
S16: long jail. Just a couple of weeks ago, three people
S16: were arrested. One of them beautiful young lady with a
S16: small child. They put her in jail for 17 years.
S2: What was her crime?
S16: Attending a house, church.
S2: But it's not stopping the forward movement of God's kingdom,
S2: is it? Hermosa?
S16: No, it's not working. People are so desperate that they.
S16: You know, I sometimes I'm more concerned about them than
S16: they among themselves sometimes say, hey, be careful. Be careful.
S16: You know, these young people say, I'm not afraid of
S16: this government. They are afraid of me. That's why they
S16: want to put me in jail. They're afraid of my message.
S16: Think of the desperation. These people have come to a
S16: point that they don't care to live or die. And
S16: that's when they find Jesus. So after they find Jesus,
S16: they have dealt with death. You know, I have a
S16: program on politics. I had this young man. He was
S16: not a Christian when he was on my program. And
S16: he told me, I said, you're so brave. He was
S16: inside Iran. He had been arrested. He had been tortured.
S16: They had shot him multiple times. When he was outside,
S16: they tried to assassinate him, and he was showing his
S16: face on my program. And I said, hey, you're so brave.
S16: Tell me, why are you so brave? Aren't you afraid
S16: of being killed? He said, no. I said, why aren't
S16: you afraid? He said, because I love my people. I'm
S16: ready to give my life for my people. I said,
S16: I need to talk to you. So I talked to him.
S16: I talked to him a couple of times, and he
S16: came to Christ and he has become a political Christian activist.
S16: Right now. And he will be one of the future
S16: ministers of Iran when the government collapses.
S2: I can barely take this. I'm so overjoyed and thrilled
S2: with your work.
S16: Praise the Lord. It's all his grace, his spirit moving
S16: in Iran and we as Christians, we need to be
S16: awake to see what God is doing. Iran is the
S16: key to the Middle East and to the world. Can
S16: I shock your viewers another time? One more time. Yes.
S16: I make this outrageous statement. Iran will be a Christian
S16: nation and people say, are you crazy? Just. Just Google it.
S16: It's 98% when you Google it. I said, no, it's
S16: not 98%. And Iran will be Christians. And they say,
S16: where did you get that idea? I tell them I
S16: stole it. Where did you steal it from? I stole
S16: it from the Lord in Jeremiah 4938. He promises in
S16: Jeremiah 4938. He said, I will set my throne in Islam.
S16: Islam is completely inside the land of Iran today, so
S16: we know Iran eventually be a Christian nation and sitting
S16: on his throne. What does it mean? It means that
S16: Iran will be a blessing to the Middle East and
S16: the world. You know, Jesus loves the world, so wherever
S16: he rules, that could be a sending nation. Iran will
S16: be ascending nation to the Middle East and the world,
S16: and we are approaching that very fast.
S3: Doctor Shariat, our guests right now. If you want more
S3: on this ministry, Iran Alive Ministries, just text alive to
S3: 800 555 7898. Text alive to 805 557898.
S2: One of the things you're going to find there is
S2: Doctor Chariot's new book, Iran's Great Awakening, and I am
S2: going to read it cover to cover. Doctor, I got
S2: to tell you something. This has. absolutely lit a fresh
S2: fire in me today, and I thank you from the
S2: bottom of my heart. Godspeed to you, my friend. Would
S2: you pray for the people of Iran in Farsi before
S2: you go today?
S16: Yes, I will do that. But that Iran that Hamas faces.
S16: Mohabbat KE Dastak. Tehran. Iran. Iran. Saudi Arabia, Iran. Iran.
S16: Nur Jahan der nomi ci masih Amin.
S2: Amen. Wow! Text alive to 805 five five 7898. Just
S2: that one word alive to 805 five five 7898. And
S2: let's be in prayer for our brothers and sisters and
S2: those to be in Iran.